23.2.2006 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
CE 45/1 |
MINUTES
(2006/C 45 E/01)
PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING
IN THE CHAIR: Josep BORRELL FONTELLES
President
1. Resumption of session
The sitting opened at 15.05.
2. Welcome
On behalf of Parliament, the President welcomed a delegation of Members of the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Pomerania, who had taken their seats in the distinguished visitors' gallery.
3. Approval of Minutes of previous sitting
Hans-Peter Mayer had indicated that he had signed the attendance register but that his name was missing from it.
Corrections to votes:
Date of sitting: 10.03.2005
Common organisation of the market in sugar — B6-0147/2005
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resolution (as a whole) for: Antoine Duquesne |
Date of sitting: 12.04.2005
Report: Ona Juknevičienė — A6-0063/2005
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amendment: 1, 1st part for: Margrietus van den Berg |
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amendment: 9 against: Antoine Duquesne, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, Alexander Lambsdorff abstention: Wolf Klinz |
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amendment: 10 against: Antoine Duquesne, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert |
Report: Glenys Kinnock — A6-0075/2005
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resolution (as a whole) against: Anna Záborská |
Date of sitting: 13.04.2005
Report: Geoffrey Van Orden — A6-0078/2005
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amendment: 3 for: Ole Christensen, Dan Jørgensen, Poul Nyrup Rasmussen |
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resolution (as a whole) for: Poul Nyrup Rasmussen |
Report: Helmuth Markov — A6-0076/2005
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amendment: 11 for: Luigi Cocilovo, Paolo Costa, Antonio Di Pietro, Lapo Pistelli, Vittorio Prodi, Patrizia Toia |
European Council — RC-B6-0225/2005
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paragraph: 14 against: Athanasios Pafilis, Georgios Toussas |
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amendment: 4 against: Poul Nyrup Rasmussen |
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resolution (as a whole) against: Wolf Klinz |
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The Minutes of the previous sitting were approved.
4. Documents received
The following documents had been received:
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from the Council and Commission:
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from committees:
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from Members:
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5. Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council
The Council had forwarded a certified true copy of the following:
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Agreement between the European Community and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on access to markets. |
6. Agenda
The order of business had been established (Minutes of 11.04.2005, Item 13) and a corrigendum to the agenda had been distributed (PE 356.376/OJ/COR). The following change had been proposed:
Wednesday
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request from the DEVE Committee to hold over until a later part-session the report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a financing instrument for development cooperation and economic cooperation [COM(2004)0629 — C6-0128/2004 — 2004/0220(COD)] Rapporteur: Gay Mitchell (A6-0060/2005) Parliament approved the request. |
The President indicated that Members would be able to make one-minute speeches under Rule 144 following the Commission statement on: The Roma in the European Union (Item 57 on the Agenda).
The agenda was thus established.
7. Human rights in the world (2004) and the EU's policy (debate)
Report on the Annual Report on Human Rights in the World 2004 and the EU's policy on the matter [2004/2151(INI)] — Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Rapporteur: Simon Coveney (A6-0086/2005)
Simon Coveney introduced the report.
The following spoke: Nicolas Schmit (President-in-Office of the Council) and Joaquín Almunia (Member of the Commission).
The following spoke: José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Richard Howitt, on behalf of the PSE Group, Johan Van Hecke, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Hélène Flautre, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, and Vittorio Agnoletto, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group.
IN THE CHAIR: Antonios TRAKATELLIS
Vice-President
The following spoke: Bastiaan Belder, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Konrad Szymański, on behalf of the UEN Group, Koenraad Dillen, Non-attached Member, Charles Tannock, Véronique De Keyser, Sajjad Karim, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Miguel Portas, Kathy Sinnott, Marcin Libicki, Ryszard Czarnecki, Laima Liucija Andrikienė, Józef Pinior, Irena Belohorská, Albert Jan Maat, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Bogusław Sonik, María Elena Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Vytautas Landsbergis, Jas Gawronski, Ursula Stenzel, Philip Bushill-Matthews, Barbara Kudrycka, Nicolas Schmit and Joaquín Almunia.
The debate closed.
Vote: Minutes of 28.04.2005, Item 9.13
8. The Roma in the European Union (debate)
Commission statement: The Roma in the European Union
Vladimír Špidla (Member of the Commission) made the statement.
The following spoke: Lívia Járóka, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Martine Roure, on behalf of the PSE Group, Viktória Mohácsi, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Elly de Groen-Kouwenhoven, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Vittorio Agnoletto, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Alessandro Battilocchio, Nonattached Member, Edit Bauer and Hannes Swoboda.
IN THE CHAIR: Jacek Emil SARYUSZ-WOLSKI
Vice-President
The following spoke: Milan Horáček, Luca Romagnoli, Katalin Lévai, Claude Moraes, Wiesław Stefan Kuc, Inger Segelström and Vladimír Špidla.
Motions for resolutions to wind up the debate tabled pursuant to Rule 103(2):
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Jaime Mayor Oreja, Ewa Klamt and Lívia Járóka, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on the Situation of Roma in Europe and Marking the International Roma Day (B6-0272/2005); |
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Viktória Mohácsi, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on International Roma Day and promoting awareness of anti-Gypsyism and Romaphobia (B6-0273/2005); |
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Vittorio Agnoletto, Giusto Catania, Bairbre de Brún, Ilda Figueiredo, Mary Lou McDonald, Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann and Erik Meijer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the situation of Roma people in the European Union (B6-0274/2005); |
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Hannes Swoboda, Martine Roure, Katalin Lévai, Claude Moraes and Jan Marinus Wiersma, on behalf of the PSE Group, on the situation of the Roma in the European Union (B6-0275/2005); |
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Elly de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Milan Horáček and Gérard Onesta, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the situation of the Roma in Europe (B6-0276/2005). |
The debate closed.
Vote: Minutes of 28.04.2005, Item 9.14
9. One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
Pursuant to Rule 144, the following Members who wished to draw the attention of Parliament to matters of political importance spoke for one minute:
Zbigniew Zaleski, Linda McAvan, Marie Anne Isler Béguin, Vittorio Agnoletto, Urszula Krupa, Hans-Peter Martin, Pál Schmitt, Manuel Medina Ortega, Mario Borghezio, Ryszard Czarnecki, Vytautas Landsbergis, Luca Romagnoli, Carlo Fatuzzo and Proinsias De Rossa.
10. Social protection and good quality healthcare (debate)
Report on modernising social protection and developing good quality health-care [2004/2189(INI)] — Committee on Employment and Social Affairs.
Rapporteur: Milan Cabrnoch (A6-0085/2005)
Milan Cabrnoch introduced the report.
Vladimír Špidla (Member of the Commission) spoke.
The following spoke: Thomas Ulmer (draftsman of the opinion of the ENVI Committee), José Albino Silva Peneda, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Harald Ettl, on behalf of the PSE Group, Elisabeth Schroedter, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Jiří Maštálka, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Urszula Krupa, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Jan Tadeusz Masiel, Non-attached Member, Thomas Mann, Jan Andersson, Gabriele Zimmer, Philip Bushill-Matthews, Ole Christensen, Ilda Figueiredo, Karin Jöns, Georgios Toussas, Jacky Henin and Vladimír Špidla.
IN THE CHAIR: Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN
Vice-President
The debate closed.
Vote: Minutes of 28.04.2005, Item 9.15
11. European Agency for Safety and Health at Work * (debate)
Report on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 2062/94 establishing a European Agency for Safety and Health at Work [COM(2004)0050 — C6-0014/2004 — 2004/0014(CNS)] — Committee on Employment and Social Affairs.
Rapporteur: Stephen Hughes (A6-0092/2005)
Vladimír Špidla (Member of the Commission) spoke.
Stephen Hughes introduced the report.
The following spoke: Giovanni Berlinguer (draftsman of the opinion of the ENVI Committee), Milan Cabrnoch, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Marian Harkin, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Sepp Kusstatscher, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Kathy Sinnott, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Ashley Mote, Nonattached Member, Proinsias De Rossa, on behalf of the PSE Group, and Vladimír Špidla.
The debate closed.
Vote: Minutes of 28.04.2005, Item 9.10
12. Financial markets (debate)
Report on the current state of integration of EU financial markets [2005/2026(INI)] — Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.
Rapporteur: Ieke van den Burg (A6-0087/2005)
Ieke van den Burg introduced the report.
Charlie McCreevy (Member of the Commission) spoke.
The following spoke: John Purvis, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Pervenche Berès, on behalf of the PSE Group, Wolf Klinz, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Thomas Wise, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Sergej Kozlík, Non-attached Member, Alexander Radwan and Manuel António dos Santos.
IN THE CHAIR: Miroslav OUZKÝ
Vice-President
The following spoke: Margarita Starkevičiūtė, Lars Wohlin, Hans-Peter Martin, Piia-Noora Kauppi, Othmar Karas and Charlie McCreevy.
The debate closed.
Vote: Minutes of 28.04.2005, Item 9.16
13. Reciprocity mechanism * (debate)
Report on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 as regards the reciprocity mechanism [COM(2004)0437 — C6-0097/2004 — 2004/0141(CNS)] — Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.
Rapporteur: Henrik Lax (A6-0065/2005)
Franco Frattini (Vice-President of the Commission) spoke.
Henrik Lax introduced the report.
The following spoke: Barbara Kudrycka, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Marie-Line Reynaud, on behalf of the PSE Group, István Szent-Iványi, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Carlos Coelho, Jan Jerzy Kułakowski, Stanisław Jałowiecki and Franco Frattini.
The debate closed.
Vote: Minutes of 28.04.2005, Item 9.11
14. Schengen Information System — access for vehicle registration services ***II (debate)
Recommendation for second reading on the common position adopted by the Council with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement of 14 June 1985 on the gradual abolition of checks at common borders, as regards access to the Schengen Information System by the services in the Member States responsible for issuing registration certificates for vehicles [14238/1/2004 — C6-0007/2005 — 2003/0198(COD)] — Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.
Rapporteur: Carlos Coelho (A6-0084/2005)
Carlos Coelho introduced the recommendation for second reading.
Franco Frattini (Vice-President of the Commission) spoke.
IN THE CHAIR: Luigi COCILOVO
Vice-President
The following spoke: Martine Roure, on behalf of the PSE Group, and Ole Krarup, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group.
The debate closed.
Vote: Minutes of 28.04.2005, Item 9.7
15. Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) (debate)
Oral question by Karl-Heinz Florenz, on behalf of the ENVI Committee, to the Commission: Commission's strategy for the First Conference of the Parties on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) (B6-0171/2005)
Avril Doyle (deputising for the author) moved the oral question.
Stavros Dimas (Member of the Commission) answered the oral question.
Edite Estrela spoke on behalf of the PSE Group.
Motion for a resolution to wind up the debate tabled pursuant to Rule 108(5):
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Karl-Heinz Florenz, on behalf of the ENVI Committee, on the EU strategy for the Punta del Este Conference on Persistent Organic Pollutants (B6-0217/2005) |
The debate closed.
Vote: Minutes of 28.04.2005, Item 9.17
16. Agenda for next sitting
The agenda for the next sitting had been established (‘Agenda’ PE 356.376/OJJE).
17. Closure of sitting
The sitting closed at 21.30.
Julian Priestley
Secretary-General
Edward McMillan-Scott
Vice-President
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