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The Committee on Budgets had considered the Commission's proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 14/2007 (C6-0148/2007 — SEC(2007)0560).

Having noted the Council's opinion, it had authorised the transfer in full under Article 24(3) of the Financial Regulation of 25.06.2002, as amended on 13.12.2006.

The Committee on Budgets had considered the Commission's proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 16/2007 (C6-0164/2007 — SEC(2007)0674).

Having noted the Council's opinion, it had authorised the transfer in full under Article 24(3) of the Financial Regulation of 25.06.2002, as amended on 13.12.2006.

The Committee on Budgets had considered the Commission's proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 17/2007 (C6-0165/2007 — SEC(2007)0675).

Having noted the Council's opinion, it had authorised the transfer in full under Article 24(3) of the Financial Regulation of 25.06.2002, as amended on 13.12.2006.

The Committee on Budgets had considered the Commission's proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 19/2007 (C6-0189/2007 — SEC(2007)0677).

It had delivered a favourable opinion on the transfer under Article 24(2) of the Financial Regulation of 25.06.2002, as amended on 13.12.2006.

The Committee on Budgets had considered the Commission's proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 20/2007 (C6-0167/2007 — SEC(2007)0678).

It had authorised the transfer in full under Article 24(2) and (3) of the Financial Regulation of 25.06.2002, as amended on 13.12.2006.

The Committee on Budgets had considered the Commission's proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 23/2007 (C6-0194/2007 — SEC(2007)0681).

It had authorised the transfer in full under Article 24(2) and (3) of the Financial Regulation of 25.06.2002, as amended on 13.12.2006.

The Committee on Budgets had considered the Commission's proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 24/2007 (C6-0192/2007 — SEC(2007)0682).

It had delivered a favourable opinion on the transfer under Article 24(2) of the Financial Regulation of 25.06.2002, as amended on 13.12.2006.

4. Debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (announcement of motions for resolutions tabled)

Pursuant to Rule 115, the following Members or political groups had requested that such a debate be held on the following motions for resolutions:

Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 97/67/EC concerning the full accomplishment of the internal market of Community postal services [COM(2006)0594 — C6-0354/2006 — 2006/0196(COD)] — Committee on Transport and Tourism.

The following spoke: Pervenche Berès (draftsman of the opinion of the ECON Committee), Stephen Hughes (draftsman of the opinion of the EMPL Committee), Hannes Swoboda (draftsman of the opinion of the ITRE Committee), Markus Pieper (draftsman of the opinion of the REGI Committee), Marianne Thyssen, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Brian Simpson, on behalf of the PSE Group, Luigi Cocilovo, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Roberts Zīle, on behalf of the UEN Group, Eva Lichtenberger, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Francis Wurtz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Michael Henry Nattrass, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Luca Romagnoli, on behalf of the ITS Group, Alessandro Battilocchio, Non-attached Member, Mathieu Grosch, Inés Ayala Sender, Dirk Sterckx, Seán Ó Neachtain, Pierre Jonckheer, Erik Meijer, Johannes Blokland, Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Saïd El Khadraoui and Nathalie Griesbeck.

The following spoke: Zbigniew Krzysztof Kuźmiuk, Joost Lagendijk, Patrick Louis, Corien Wortmann-Kool, Robert Navarro, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, Claude Turmes, Etelka Barsi-Pataky, Alain Hutchinson, Ona Juknevičienė, Christine De Veyrac, Zita Gurmai, Olle Schmidt, Astrid Lulling, Emanuel Jardim Fernandes, Reinhard Rack, Nicole Fontaine and Charlie McCreevy.

Report on financial services policy (2005-2010) — White Paper [2006/2270(INI)] — Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.

The following spoke: Jean-Paul Gauzès (draftsman of the opinion of the JURI Committee), Othmar Karas, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Pervenche Berès, on behalf of the PSE Group, Margarita Starkevičiūtė, on behalf of the ALDE Group, and Sahra Wagenknecht, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group.

The following spoke: John Whittaker, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Petre Popeangă, on behalf of the ITS Group, Gunnar Hökmark, Harald Ettl, Sharon Bowles, Alexander Radwan, Antolín Sánchez Presedo and Charlie McCreevy.

Report on modernising labour law to meet the challenges of the 21st century [2007/2023(INI)] — Committee on Employment and Social Affairs.

The following spoke: Donata Gottardi (draftsman of the opinion of the ECON Committee), Mia De Vits (draftsman of the opinion of the IMCO Committee), Kartika Tamara Liotard (draftsman of the opinion of the FEMM Committee), José Albino Silva Peneda, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Ole Christensen, on behalf of the PSE Group, Luigi Cocilovo, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Jan Tadeusz Masiel, on behalf of the UEN Group, Elisabeth Schroedter, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Roberto Musacchio, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Derek Roland Clark, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, and Roger Helmer, Non-attached Member.

Details of voting (amendments, separate and split votes, etc.) appear in the ‘Results of votes’ annex to the Minutes.

The next item was the election of a Vice-President to fill the seat vacated by Pierre Moscovici following his resignation with effect from 26.06.2007.

As Martine Roure was the only candidate, the President proposed that the House vote by acclamation, pursuant to Rule 12(1).

The President proclaimed Martine Roure Vice-President of the European Parliament and congratulated her on her election. Pursuant to Rule 17(1), she would take the place of her predecessor in the order of precedence.

8.2. Request for consultation of the Committee of the Regions on the role of volunteering in economic and social cohesion (Rule 118) (vote)

Request for consultation of the Committee of the Regions on the role of volunteering in economic and social cohesion

Recommendation on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Protocol to the Euro Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic to the European Union [08937/2007 — COM(2006)0765 — C6-0153/2007 — 2006/0254(AVC)] — Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Report on the proposal for a Council and Commission decision on the conclusion of the Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Moldova, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union [COM(2007)0009 — C6-0103/2007 — 2007/0003(CNS)] — Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Report on the proposal for a Council and Commission decision on the conclusion of the Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union [COM(2007)0007 — C6-0102/2007 — 2007/0004(CNS)] — Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Report on the proposal for a Council and Commission decision on the conclusion of the Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Armenia, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union [COM(2007)0113 — C6-0161/2007 — 2007/0041(CNS)] — Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Report on the proposal for a Council and Commission decision on the conclusion of the Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Azerbaijan, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union [COM(2007)0114 — C6-0160/2007 — 2007/0040(CNS)] — Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Report on the proposal for a Council and Commission decision on the conclusion of the Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Georgia, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union [COM(2007)0098 — C6-0162/2007 — 2007/0046(CNS)] — Committee on Foreign Affairs.

8.9. Accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Convention on the use of information technology for customs purposes * (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the recommendation for a Council decision concerning the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Convention of 26 July 1995, drawn up on the basis of Article K.3 of the Treaty on European Union, on the use of information technology for customs purposes [COM(2007)0211 — C6-0168/2007 — 2007/0079(CNS)] — Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.

8.10. Direct insurance other than life assurance (implementing powers conferred on the Commission) ***I (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 92/49/EEC on the coordination of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to direct insurance other than life assurance, as regards the implementing powers conferred on the Commission [COM(2006)0924 — C6-0009/2007 — 2006/0289(COD)] — Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.

Pervenche Berès (rapporteur) made a statement pursuant to Rule 131(4) and withdrew the first part of the amendment by the committee responsible.

8.11. Undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities (implementing powers conferred on the Commission) ***I (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 85/611/EEC on the coordination of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities (UCITS), as regards the implementing powers conferred on the Commission [COM(2006)0926 — C6-0010/2007 — 2006/0293(COD)] — Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.

8.12. Reinsurance (implementing powers conferred on the Commission) ***I (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2005/68/EC relating to reinsurance, as regards the implementing powers conferred on the Commission [COM(2006)0905 — C6-0017/2007 — 2006/0280(COD)] — Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.

Pervenche Berès (rapporteur) made a statement pursuant to Rule 131(4) and withdrew the amendment by the committee responsible.

8.13. A new statistical classification of products by activity (CPA) ***I (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a new statistical classification of products by activity (CPA) and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 3696/93 [COM(2006)0655 — C6-0376/2006 — 2006/0218(COD)] — Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 on the organisation of a labour force sample survey in the Community [COM(2006)0565 — C6-0326/2006 — 2006/0180(COD)] — Committee on Employment and Social Affairs.

Jan Andersson (rapporteur) made a statement pursuant to Rule 131(4) and stated that amendments 1 to 3 by the committee responsible had been withdrawn.

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on a Community energy-efficiency labelling programme for office equipment (recast) [COM(2006)0576 — C6-0329/2006 — 2006/0187(COD)] — Committee on Industry, Research and Energy.

8.16. United Nations Convention on a Code of Conduct for Liner Conferences (repeal of Council Regulation (EEC) No 954/79) ***I (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 954/79 concerning the ratification by Member States of, or their accession to, the United Nations Convention on a Code of Conduct for Liner Conferences [COM(2006)0869 — C6-0059/2007 — 2006/0308(COD)] — Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.

Report on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Council Regulation (EC) No 601/2004 of 22 March 2004 laying down certain control measures applicable to fishing activities in the area covered by the Convention on the conservation of Antarctic marine living resources and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 3943/90, (EC) No 66/98 and (EC) No 1721/1999 [COM(2006)0867 — C6-0054/2007 — 2007/0001(CNS)] — Committee on Fisheries.

8.18. Accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Europol Convention * (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the recommendation for a Council decision concerning the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Convention of 26 July 1995, based on Article K.3 of the Treaty on European Union, on the establishment of a European Police Office (Europol Convention) [COM(2007)0215 — C6-0169/2007 — 2007/0076(CNS)] — Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.

8.19. Accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Convention on mutual assistance in criminal matters * (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the recommendation for a Council decision concerning the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Convention of 29 May 2000, established by the Council in accordance with Article 34 of the Treaty on European Union, on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters between the Member States of the European Union [COM(2007)0213 — C6-0158/2007 — 2007/0080(CNS)] — Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.

8.20. Accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Convention on driving disqualifications * (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the recommendation for a Council decision concerning the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Convention of 17 June 1998, drawn up on the basis of Article K.3 of the Treaty on European Union, on driving disqualifications [COM(2007)0214 — C6-0155/2007 — 2007/0075(CNS)] — Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.

8.21. Accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Convention on the fight against corruption involving officials of the European Communities or officials of Member States of the European Union */***I (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the recommendation for a Council decision concerning the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Convention of 26 May 1997, drawn up on the basis of Article K.3(2)(c) of the Treaty on European Union, on the fight against corruption involving officials of the European Communities or officials of Member States of the European Union [COM(2007)0218 — C6-0156/2007 — 2007/0072(CNS)] — Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.

8.22. Corrigenda (new Rule 204a of Parliament's Rules of Procedure) (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on insertion of a new Rule 204a on Corrigenda in Parliament's Rules of Procedure [2005/2041 (REG)] — Committee on Constitutional Affairs.

8.23. Application and interpretation of the Rules of Procedure (amendment of Rule 201) (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on amendment of Rule 201 of Parliament's Rules of Procedure on application and interpretation of the Rules of Procedure [2006/2192(REG)] — Committee on Constitutional Affairs.

Report on the request for consultation on the immunity and privileges of Alessandra Mussolini [2006/2301 (IMM)] — Committee on Legal Affairs.

Report on the request for defence of the immunity and privileges of Ashley Mote [2007/2122(IMM)] — Committee on Legal Affairs.

Report on draft amending budget No 4/2007 of the European Union for the financial year 2007 Section III — Commission [10966/2007 — C6 0195/2007 — 2007/2072(BUD)] — Committee on Budgets.

Report on Special Report No 9/2006 of the European Court of Auditors concerning translation expenditure incurred by the Commission, the Parliament and the Council [2007/2077(INI)] — Committee on Budgetary Control.

Report on minimising administrative costs imposed by legislation [2005/2140(INI)] — Committee on Budgetary Control.

8.29. Law applicable to non-contractual obligations (‘Rome II’) ***III (vote)

Report on on the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the law applicable to non-contractual obligations (‘Rome II’) — [PE-CONS 3619/2007 — C6-0142/2007 — 2003/0168(COD)] — Parliament's delegation to the Conciliation Committee.

8.30. Community action programme in the field of health (2007-2013) ***II (vote)

Recommendation for second reading on the Council common position for adopting a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a second programme of Community action in the field of health (2007-2013) [16369/2/2006 — C6-0100/2007 — 2005/0042(COD)] — Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety.

Recommendation for second reading on the Council common position for adopting a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 76/769/EEC relating to restrictions on the marketing of certain measuring devices containing mercury [05665/1/2007 — C6-0114/2007 — 2006/0018(COD)] — Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety.

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a common authorisation procedure for food additives, food enzymes and food flavourings [COM(2006)0423 — C6-0258/2006 — 2006/0143(COD)] — Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety.

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on food additives [COM(2006)0428 — C6-0260/2006 — 2006/0145(COD)] — Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety.

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on food enzymes and amending Council Directive 83/417/EEC, Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999, Directive 2000/13/EC, and Council Directive 2001/112/EC [COM(2006)0425 — C6-0257/2006 — 2006/0144(COD)] — Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety.

8.35. Flavourings and food ingredients with flavouring properties for use in and on foods ***I (vote)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on flavourings and certain food ingredients with flavouring properties for use in and on foods and amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 1576/89, Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/91, Regulation (EC) No 2232/96 and Directive 2000/13/EC [COM(2006)0427 — C6-0259/2006 — 2006/0147(COD)] — Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety.

Report on the proposal for a Council directive amending Directive 92/84/EEC on the approximation of the rates of excise duty on alcohol and alcoholic beverages [COM(2006)0486 — C6-0319/2006 — 2006/0165(CNS)] — Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.

At its sitting of 23 May 2007, Parliament had rejected the proposal for a directive (Minutes of 23.05.2007, Item 54)

The following spoke: Astrid Lulling (rapporteur), who recommended that the amendments of the committee responsible and its report be rejected, and Pervenche Berès (chairwoman of the ECON Committee), on Mrs Lulling's remarks.

(A legislative resolution confirming the rejection of the Commission proposal is included in the Texts adopted (P6_TA(2007)0324).)

Report on the proposal for a Council directive on the identification and designation of European Critical Infrastructure and the assessment of the need to improve their protection [COM(2006)0787 — C6-0053/2007 — 2006/0276(CNS)] — Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.

Report on prospects for the internal gas and electricity market [2007/2089(INI)] — Committee on Industry, Research and Energy.

Report on industrial fisheries and the production of fishmeal and fish oil [2004/2262(INI)] — Committee on Fisheries.

Åsa Westlund said that she had twice requested, unsuccessfully, an electronic check during the voting on her reports (A6-0153/2007 and A6-0154/2007). (The President noted this.)

9. Convening of the Intergovernmental Conference: opinion of the European Parliament (deadline for tabling amendments)

The President announced that the deadline for tabling amendments to the report by Jo Leinen on the convening of the Intergovernmental Conference (A6-0279/2007) (Item 46 on the agenda) had been put back to Tuesday, 10.07.2007 at 15.00.

Explanations of vote submitted in writing under Rule 163(3) appear in the Verbatim Report of Proceedings for the sitting.

Corrections to votes and voting intentions appear on the ‘Séance en direct’ website under ‘Votes’/‘Results of votes’/‘Roll-call votes’. They are published in hard copy in the ‘Result of roll-call votes’ annex.

The electronic version on Europarl will be regularly updated for a maximum of two weeks after the day of the vote concerned.

After the two-week deadline has passed, the list of corrections to votes and voting intentions will be finalised so that it can be translated and published in the Official Journal.

13. Modernising labour law to meet the challenges of the 21st century (continuation of debate)

Report on modernising labour law to meet the challenges of the 21st century [2007/2023(INI)] — Committee on Employment and Social Affairs.

The following spoke: Thomas Mann, Jan Andersson, Elizabeth Lynne, Konrad Szymański, Ilda Figueiredo, Ana Mato Adrover, Françoise Castex, Ona Juknevičienė, Mieczysław Edmund Janowski, Edit Bauer, Joel Hasse Ferreira, Siiri Oviir, Andrzej Tomasz Zapałowski, Richard Falbr, Anneli Jäätteenmäki, Wiesław Stefan Kuc, Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Maria Matsouka, Janusz Wojciechowski, Ria Oomen-Ruijten, Richard Howitt, Zita Pleštinská, Agnes Schierhuber, Monica Maria Iacob-Ridzi, Tadeusz Zwiefka, Iles Braghetto, Philip Bushill-Matthews and Vladimír Špidla (Member of the Commission).

Oral question (O-0041/2007) by Jan Andersson, on behalf of the EMPL Committee, to the Commission: Posting of workers (B6-0132/2007)

The following spoke: Philip Bushill-Matthews, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Anne Van Lancker, on behalf of the PSE Group, Anne E. Jensen, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Elisabeth Schroedter, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Mary Lou McDonald, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Thomas Mann, Jean Louis Cottigny, Evelyne Gebhardt, Proinsias De Rossa and Vladimír Špidla.

Report on a future maritime policy for the European Union: a European vision for the oceans and seas [2006/2299(INI)] — Committee on Transport and Tourism.

The following spoke: Satu Hassi (draftsman of the opinion of the ENVI Committee), Jorgo Chatzimarkakis (draftsman of the opinion of the ITRE Committee), Struan Stevenson (draftsman of the opinion of the PECH Committee), Yiannakis Matsis (draftsman of the opinion of the REGI Committee), Luís Queiró, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Paulo Casaca, on behalf of the PSE Group, Josu Ortuondo Larrea, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Ian Hudghton, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Georgios Toussas, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Johannes Blokland, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Jim Allister, Non-attached Member, Corien Wortmann-Kool, Robert Navarro, Anne E. Jensen, Marian-Jean Marinescu, Matthias Groote, Francesco Musotto, Riitta Myller, David Casa, Jamila Madeira and Margie Sudre.

The following spoke: Richard Howitt, Rosa Miguélez Ramos, Emanuel Jardim Fernandes, Karin Jöns and Joe Borg.

Günter Verheugen (Vice-President of the Commission) answered the question and a supplementary by Catherine Stihler.

Question 26 (Brian Crowley): Combating youth and long-term unemployment within the EU.

Vladimír Špidla (Member of the Commission) answered the question and a supplementary by Brian Crowley.

Question 27 (Olle Schmidt): European refuge for persecuted writers and journalists.

Franco Frattini (Vice-President of the Commission) answered the question and supplementaries by Olle Schmidt, Jörg Leichtfried and Jim Allister.

Question 29 (Stavros Arnaoutakis): Risk of total depletion of fish stocks in the Aegean.

Joe Borg (Member of the Commission) answered the question and supplementaries by Stavros Arnaoutakis, Reinhard Rack and Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou.

Question 30 (Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou): Protection of children's rights in the context of the EU's foreign relations.

Benita Ferrero-Waldner (Member of the Commission) answered the question and a supplementary by Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou.

Benita Ferrero-Waldner answered the question and supplementaries by Bernd Posselt, Reinhard Rack and Danutė Budreikaitė.

Question 32 (Evgeni Kirilov): The situation with the Bulgarian nurses and the Palestinian doctor in Libya.

Benita Ferrero-Waldner answered the question and supplementaries by Evgeni Kirilov, Glyn Ford and Bogusław Sonik.

Andris Piebalgs (Member of the Commission) answered the question and supplementaries by Georgios Papastamkos, Paul Rübig and Danutė Budreikaitė.

Andris Piebalgs answered the question and a supplementary by Dimitrios Papadimoulis.

Andris Piebalgs answered the question and supplementaries by Justas Vincas Paleckis and Paul Rübig.

Questions which had not been answered for lack of time would receive written answers (see annex to the Verbatim Report of Proceedings).

The President had received the following requests for appointments from the PSE and Verts/ALE Groups:

The appointments would be deemed ratified if there were no objections before the approval of these Minutes.

Report on the implementation of the first railway package [2006/2213(INI)] — Committee on Transport and Tourism.

The following spoke: Elisabeth Jeggle, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Robert Navarro, on behalf of the PSE Group, Nathalie Griesbeck, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Roberts Zīle, on behalf of the UEN Group, Erik Meijer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Georg Jarzembowski, Leopold Józef Rutowicz, Pedro Guerreiro and Jacques Barrot.

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules for the operation of air transport services in the Community (recast) [COM(2006)0396 — C6-0248/2006 — 2006/0130(COD)] — Committee on Transport and Tourism.

The following spoke: Elisabeth Jeggle, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Ulrich Stockmann, on behalf of the PSE Group, Mieczysław Edmund Janowski, on behalf of the UEN Group, Jaromír Kohlíček, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Georg Jarzembowski, Inés Ayala Sender, Jim Higgins and Jacques Barrot.

Report on keeping Europe moving — sustainable mobility for our continent [2006/2227(INI)] — Committee on Transport and Tourism.

The following spoke: Satu Hassi (draftsman of the opinion of the ITRE Committee), Dieter-Lebrecht Koch, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Inés Ayala Sender, on behalf of the PSE Group, Paolo Costa, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Sepp Kusstatscher, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Johannes Blokland, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Reinhard Rack, Anne E. Jensen, Renate Sommer, Jerzy Buzek and Jacques Barrot.

Oral question (O-0032/2007) by Helmuth Markov, on behalf of the INTA Committee, to the Commission: Recent developments in bilateral trade relations with China (B6-0129/2007)

The following spoke: Georgios Papastamkos, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Francisco Assis, on behalf of the PSE Group, Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Cristiana Muscardini, on behalf of the UEN Group, Bastiaan Belder, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Georg Jarzembowski, Joan Calabuig Rull, Marek Aleksander Czarnecki, Christofer Fjellner, Carlos Carnero González, Tunne Kelam, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Peter Mandelson and Bastiaan Belder, who put a question to the Commission. Peter Mandelson said he would answer it in writing.

The agenda for the next day's sitting had been established (‘Agenda’ PE 391.081/OJME).

ANNEX II

RESULT OF ROLL-CALL VOTES

1. Grabowska report A6-0269/2007

Resolution

For: 636

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Baeva, Bărbuleţiu, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Buşoi, Cappato, Cavada, Ciornei, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Costa, Davies, Degutis, Deprez, De Sarnez, Dičkutė, Drčar Murko, Duff, Ek, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hellvig, Hennis-Plasschaert, Hyusmenova, in 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Karim, Kazak, Koch-Mehrin, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Morţun, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Panayotov, Pannella, Piskorski, Pistelli, Pohjamo, Polfer, Raeva, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Savi, Sbarbati, Schmidt Olle, Şerbu, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Susta, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Toma, Vălean, Van Hecke, Veraldi, Virrankoski, Watson

GUE/NGL: Agnoletto, Aita, Brie, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Henin, Holm, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, McDonald, Markov, Maštálka, Meijer, Morgantini, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Ransdorf, Remek, Rizzo, Seppänen, Søndergaard, Strož, Svensson, Uca, Verges, Wagenknecht, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Bonde, Goudin, Sinnott

ITS: Buruiană-Aprodu, Claeys, Coşea, Dillen, Gollnisch, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Pen Marine, Le Rachinel, Mölzer, Moisuc, Popeangă, Romagnoli, Schenardi, Stănescu

NI: Baco, Battilocchio, Belohorská, Bobošíková, Kozlík, Martin Hans-Peter, Rivera

PPE-DE: Albertini, Anastase, Antoniozzi, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Ayuso, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Burke, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Casa, Casini, Caspary, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Daul, De Blasio, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Ehler, Elles, Esteves, Fajmon, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote, Ganţ, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Graça Moura, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Harbour, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hudacký, Hybášková, Iacob-Ridzi, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Jałowiecki, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kamall, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Kelemen, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Kónya-Hamar, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, De Lange, Langen, Langendries, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, Lulling, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Marinescu, Marques, Martens, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Matsis, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Mladenov, Montoro Romero, Morin, Musotto, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Ouzký, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Patriciello, Peterle, Petre, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pirker, Pleštinská, Pomés Ruiz, Posselt, Post, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stauner, Stavreva, Stevenson, Strejček, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Surján, Szabó, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Ţîrle, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Urutchev, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Veneto, Vidal-Quadras, Vlasák, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zatloukal, Zdravkova, Zieleniec, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Athanasiu, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia i Cutchet, Beňová, van den Berg, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Borrell Fontelles, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bulfon, Bullmann, Van den Burg, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Chiesa, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, Creţu Corina, Creţu Gabriela, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Dîncu, Dobolyi, Douay, Dumitrescu, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Färm, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Goebbels, Golik, Gomes, Gottardi, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Groote, Gruber, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hazan, Hedh, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Iotova, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kirilov, Kósáné Kovács, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Le Foll, Lefrancois, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lévai, Lienemann, Lyubcheva, McAvan, McCarthy, Madeira, Maňka, Martínez Martínez, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Miguélez Ramos, Mihalache, Mikko, Morgan, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Neris, Obiols i Germà, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri, Paparizov, Paşcu, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Plumb, Podgorean, Poignant, Prets, Pribetich, Rapkay, Riera Madurell, Rosati, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Saks, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Sârbu, Schaldemose, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Severin, Simpson, Siwiec, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Walter, Weber Henri, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Yáñez-Barnuevo García

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Borghezio, Bossi, Camre, Crowley, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, Didžiokas, Gobbo, Janowski, Krasts, Kristovskis, Kuc, Kuźmiuk, La Russa, Maldeikis, Masiel, Muscardini, Ó Neachtain, Pęk, Rogalski, Roszkowski, Rutowicz, Ryan, Speroni, Szymański, Tatarella, Vaidere, Zapałowski, Zīle

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Cramer, Evans Jill, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Hammerstein, Harms, Hassi, Horáček, Irujo Amezaga, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Özdemir, Onesta, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt Frithjof, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Trüpel, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Against: 13

IND/DEM: Krupa, Tomczak, Wojciechowski Bernard

ITS: Binev, Chukolov, Stoyanov

NI: Chruszcz, Giertych

UEN: Foltyn-Kubicka, Grabowski, Kamiński, Libicki, Wojciechowski Janusz

Abstention: 19

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Toussas, Triantaphyllides

IND/DEM: Batten, Booth, Clark, Coûteaux, Farage, Knapman, Louis, Nattrass, Titford, de Villiers, Whittaker, Wise, Železný

ITS: Mote

NI: Allister, Helmer

2. Leichtfried report A6-0272/2007

Resolution

For: 648

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Baeva, Bărbuleţiu, Beaupuy, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Buşoi, Cappato, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Ciornei, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Costa, Davies, Degutis, Deprez, De Sarnez, Dičkutė, Drčar Murko, Duff, Ek, Ferrari, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hellvig, Hennis-Plasschaert, Hyusmenova, in 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Karim, Kazak, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Morţun, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Panayotov, Pannella, Piskorski, Pistelli, Pohjamo, Polfer, Raeva, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Savi, Sbarbati, Schmidt Olle, Şerbu, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Susta, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Toma, Vălean, Van Hecke, Veraldi, Watson

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Bonde, Goudin, Sinnott

ITS: Binev, Buruiană-Aprodu, Chukolov, Claeys, Coşea, Dillen, Gollnisch, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Pen Marine, Le Rachinel, Mihăescu, Mölzer, Moisuc, Popeangă, Romagnoli, Schenardi, Stănescu, Stoyanov

NI: Allister, Baco, Battilocchio, Belohorská, Bobošíková, Helmer, Kozlík, Martin Hans-Peter, Rivera

PPE-DE: Albertini, Anastase, Antoniozzi, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Ayuso, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Burke, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Casa, Casini, Caspary, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Daul, De Blasio, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Elles, Esteves, Fajmon, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote, Ganţ, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Graça Moura, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Harbour, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hudacký, Hybášková, Iacob-Ridzi, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Jałowiecki, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kamall, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Kelemen, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Kónya-Hamar, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, De Lange, Langendries, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, Lulling, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Marinescu, Marques, Martens, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Matsis, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Mladenov, Montoro Romero, Morin, Musotto, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Ouzký, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Patriciello, Peterle, Petre, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pirker, Pleštinská, Pomés Ruiz, Posselt, Post, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stauner, Stavreva, Stevenson, Strejček, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Surján, Szabó, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Ţîrle, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Urutchev, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Veneto, Vidal-Quadras, Vlasák, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zatloukal, Zdravkova, Zieleniec, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Athanasiu, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia i Cutchet, Beňová, van den Berg, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Borrell Fontelles, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bulfon, Bullmann, Van den Burg, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Chiesa, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, Creţu Corina, Creţu Gabriela, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Dîncu, Dobolyi, Douay, Dumitrescu, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Färm, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Golik, Gomes, Gottardi, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Groote, Gruber, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hazan, Hedh, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Iotova, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kirilov, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Le Foll, Lefrancois, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lienemann, Lyubcheva, McAvan, McCarthy, Madeira, Maňka, Martínez Martínez, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Miguélez Ramos, Mihalache, Mikko, Morgan, Muscat, Myller, Navarro, Neris, Obiols i Germà, Occhetto, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri, Paparizov, Paşcu, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Plumb, Podgorean, Poignant, Prets, Pribetich, Rapkay, Riera Madurell, Rosati, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Saks, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Sârbu, Schaldemose, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Severin, Simpson, Siwiec, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Walter, Weber Henri, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Yáñez-Barnuevo García

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Borghezio, Bossi, Camre, Crowley, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, Didžiokas, Foglietta, Foltyn-Kubicka, Gobbo, Grabowski, Janowski, Krasts, Kristovskis, Kuc, Kuźmiuk, La Russa, Maldeikis, Masiel, Muscardini, Ó Neachtain, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Roszkowski, Rutowicz, Ryan, Speroni, Szymański, Tatarella, Vaidere, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zapałowski, Zīle

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Cramer, Evans Jill, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Hammerstein, Harms, Hassi, Horáček, Hudghton, Irujo Amezaga, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Özdemir, Onesta, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt Frithjof, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Trüpel, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Against: 7

IND/DEM: Krupa, Tomczak, Wojciechowski Bernard

NI: Chruszcz, Giertych

UEN: Kamiński, Libicki

Abstention: 17

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Toussas, Triantaphyllides

IND/DEM: Batten, Booth, Clark, Coûteaux, Farage, Knapman, Louis, Nattrass, Titford, de Villiers, Whittaker, Wise, Železný

ITS: Mote

Corrections to votes and voting intentions

For: Elly de Groen-Kouwenhoven

3. Sornosa Martínez recommendation A6-0218/2007

Amendment 2

For: 317

ALDE: Alvaro, Bourlanges, Bowles, Buşoi, Chatzimarkakis, Cornillet, Costa, Davies, Degutis, Deprez, De Sarnez, Dičkutė, Ferrari, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Griesbeck, Kazak, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Laperrouze, Lehideux, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Morillon, Morţun, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Oviir, Panayotov, Pannella, Polfer, Riis-Jørgensen, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Susta, Takkula, Toma, Van Hecke, Watson

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Triantaphyllides

IND/DEM: Batten, Belder, Blokland, Booth, Clark, Farage, Knapman, Krupa, Nattrass, Sinnott, Titford, Tomczak, Whittaker, Wise, Wojciechowski Bernard

ITS: Binev, Buruiană-Aprodu, Chukolov, Claeys, Dillen, Gollnisch, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Pen Marine, Le Rachinel, Mihăescu, Mölzer, Moisuc, Mote, Popeangă, Romagnoli, Schenardi, Stănescu, Stoyanov

NI: Allister, Baco, Belohorská, Bobošíková, Helmer

PPE-DE: Albertini, Anastase, Antoniozzi, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Ayuso, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Burke, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Casa, Casini, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera, Chichester, Chmielewski, Daul, De Blasio, Deß, Deva, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ehler, Esteves, Fajmon, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz, Fraga Estévez, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote, Ganţ, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gewalt, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gräßle, Grosch, Gyürk, Handzlik, Harbour, Heaton-Harris, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hudacký, Hybášková, Iacob-Ridzi, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kamall, Karas, Kasoulides, Kelam, Kelemen, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Lamassoure, De Lange, Langen, Langendries, Lechner, Lewandowski, Lulling, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Marinescu, Marques, Martens, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Mauro, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nassauer, Nicholson, van Nistelrooij, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Ouzký, Patriciello, Peterle, Petre, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pirker, Pleštinská, Pomés Ruiz, Posselt, Post, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Seeber, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stauner, Stevenson, Strejček, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Surján, Szabó, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Veneto, Vidal-Quadras, Vlasák, Vlasto, Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zatloukal, Zdravkova, Zieleniec, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

PSE: De Vits, El Khadraoui, Tarabella, Van Lancker

UEN: Angelilli, Berlato, Bielan, Borghezio, Camre, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, Didžiokas, Grabowski, Janowski, Krasts, Kristovskis, Kuc, Kuźmiuk, Libicki, Maldeikis, Masiel, Muscardini, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Speroni, Tatarella, Vaidere, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zapałowski, Zīle

Verts/ALE: Hudghton, Staes

Against: 352

ALDE: Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Baeva, Bărbuleţiu, Beaupuy, Birutis, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cappato, Cavada, Ciornei, Cocilovo, Drčar Murko, Duff, Ek, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hellvig, Hennis-Plasschaert, Hyusmenova, in 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Karim, Lax, Manders, Matsakis, Piskorski, Pistelli, Pohjamo, Raeva, Resetarits, Ries, Samuelsen, Savi, Sbarbati, Schmidt Olle, Şerbu, Szent-Iványi, Veraldi, Virrankoski

GUE/NGL: Agnoletto, Aita, Brie, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Henin, Holm, Kaufmann, Liotard, McDonald, Markov, Maštálka, Meijer, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Ransdorf, Remek, Rizzo, Seppänen, Søndergaard, Strož, Svensson, Toussas, Uca, Verges, Wagenknecht, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Bonde, Coûteaux, Goudin, Železný

ITS: Coşea

NI: Battilocchio, Chruszcz, Giertych

PPE-DE: Cederschiöld, Coelho, Demetriou, Descamps, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Ebner, Elles, Fontaine, Freitas, Gklavakis, Graça Moura, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Hennicot-Schoepges, Hökmark, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Jałowiecki, Kauppi, Kónya-Hamar, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Landsbergis, Lehne, Liese, Matsis, Mavrommatis, Morin, Niebler, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Samaras, Schwab, Seeberg, Silva Peneda, Ţîrle, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Urutchev, Vakalis, Weber Manfred

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Athanasiu, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia i Cutchet, Batzeli, Beňová, Berès, van den Berg, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Borrell Fontelles, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bulfon, Bullmann, Van den Burg, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Chiesa, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, Creţu Corina, Creţu Gabriela, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Díez González, Dîncu, Dobolyi, Douay, Dumitrescu, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Färm, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Goebbels, Golik, Gomes, Gottardi, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Groote, Gruber, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hazan, Hedh, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Iotova, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kirilov, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Le Foll, Lefrancois, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lévai, Lienemann, Lyubcheva, McAvan, McCarthy, Madeira, Maňka, Martínez Martínez, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Miguélez Ramos, Mihalache, Mikko, Morgan, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Neris, Obiols i Germà, Occhetto, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri, Paparizov, Paşcu, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Plumb, Podgorean, Poignant, Prets, Pribetich, Rapkay, Riera Madurell, Rosati, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Saks, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Sârbu, Schaldemose, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Severin, Simpson, Siwiec, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Walter, Weber Henri, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Yáñez-Barnuevo García

UEN: Aylward, Crowley, Foglietta, Foltyn-Kubicka, La Russa, Ó Neachtain, Roszkowski, Rutowicz, Ryan, Szymański

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Cramer, Evans Jill, Flautre, Frassoni, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Hammerstein, Harms, Hassi, Horáček, Irujo Amezaga, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Özdemir, Onesta, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt Frithjof, Schroedter, Smith, Trüpel, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Abstention: 12

GUE/NGL: Kohlíček

IND/DEM: Louis, de Villiers

NI: Kozlík, Martin Hans-Peter, Rivera

PPE-DE: Caspary, Mladenov, Siekierski, Toubon

UEN: Kamiński, Pęk

Corrections to votes and voting intentions

For: Hans-Peter Martin, Jean Marie Beaupuy

Against: Christofer Fjellner

4. Sornosa Martínez recommendation A6-0218/2007

Amendment 1

For: 315

ALDE: Alvaro, Bărbuleţiu, Beaupuy, Bourlanges, Bowles, Chatzimarkakis, Cornillet, Davies, Degutis, Deprez, De Sarnez, Dičkutė, Ferrari, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hellvig, Jäätteenmäki, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Laperrouze, Lehideux, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Morillon, Morţun, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Panayotov, Pannella, Polfer, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Takkula, Van Hecke, Watson

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Triantaphyllides

IND/DEM: Batten, Belder, Blokland, Booth, Clark, Farage, Knapman, Louis, Nattrass, Sinnott, Titford, de Villiers, Whittaker, Wise

ITS: Buruiană-Aprodu, Claeys, Dillen, Mölzer, Moisuc, Mote, Popeangă, Romagnoli

NI: Allister, Belohorská, Bobošíková, Helmer

PPE-DE: Albertini, Anastase, Antoniozzi, Atkins, Audy, Ayuso, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Burke, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Casa, Casini, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera, Chichester, Chmielewski, Daul, De Blasio, Demetriou, Deß, Deva, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Ehler, Elles, Esteves, Fajmon, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Florenz, Fraga Estévez, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote, Ganţ, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gewalt, Glattfelder, Goepel, Graça Moura, Gräßle, Grosch, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Harbour, Heaton-Harris, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hudacký, Hybášková, Iacob-Ridzi, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Jałowiecki, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kamall, Karas, Kelam, Kelemen, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Kónya-Hamar, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, De Lange, Langen, Langendries, Lechner, Lewandowski, Lulling, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Marinescu, Marques, Martens, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Mauro, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Mladenov, Montoro Romero, Musotto, Nassauer, Nicholson, van Nistelrooij, Olajos, Olbrycht, Őry, Ouzký, Patriciello, Peterle, Petre, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pirker, Pleštinská, Pomés Ruiz, Posselt, Post, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Seeber, Siekierski, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stauner, Stavreva, Stevenson, Strejček, Sturdy, Sudre, Surján, Szabó, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Urutchev, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, Veneto, Vidal-Quadras, Vlasto, Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zatloukal, Zdravkova, Zieleniec, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

PSE: De Vits, El Khadraoui, Kindermann, Schulz, Siwiec, Tarabella, Van Lancker

UEN: Angelilli, Berlato, Bielan, Borghezio, Bossi, Camre, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, Didžiokas, Foglietta, Foltyn-Kubicka, Gobbo, Grabowski, Janowski, Kamiński, Krasts, Kristovskis, Kuc, Kuźmiuk, La Russa, Libicki, Maldeikis, Masiel, Muscardini, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Roszkowski, Rutowicz, Speroni, Szymański, Tatarella, Vaidere, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zapałowski, Zīle

Verts/ALE: Hudghton, Smith, Staes

Against: 346

ALDE: Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Baeva, Budreikaitė, Busk, Buşoi, Cavada, Cocilovo, Costa, Drčar Murko, Duff, Ek, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, Hyusmenova, in 't Veld, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Karim, Kazak, Lax, Matsakis, Onyszkiewicz, Oviir, Piskorski, Pistelli, Pohjamo, Raeva, Resetarits, Ries, Samuelsen, Savi, Sbarbati, Schmidt Olle, Şerbu, Susta, Szent-Iványi, Toma, Vălean, Veraldi, Virrankoski

GUE/NGL: Agnoletto, Aita, Brie, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Henin, Holm, Kaufmann, Liotard, McDonald, Markov, Maštálka, Meijer, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Ransdorf, Remek, Rizzo, Seppänen, Søndergaard, Strož, Svensson, Toussas, Uca, Verges, Wagenknecht, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Bonde, Coûteaux, Goudin, Krupa, Tomczak, Wojciechowski Bernard, Železný

ITS: Coşea, Mihăescu

NI: Battilocchio, Chruszcz, Giertych, Martin Hans-Peter

PPE-DE: Cederschiöld, Coelho, Descamps, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Fjellner, Fontaine, Freitas, Gklavakis, Grossetête, Guellec, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hökmark, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Klaß, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lehne, Liese, Matsis, Mavrommatis, Morin, Niebler, Oomen-Ruijten, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Reul, Samaras, Schwab, Seeberg, Silva Peneda, Stubb, Ţîrle, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Varvitsiotis, Vlasák, Weber Manfred

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Athanasiu, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia i Cutchet, Batzeli, Beňová, Berès, van den Berg, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Borrell Fontelles, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bulfon, Bullmann, Van den Burg, Calabuig Rull, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Chiesa, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, Creţu Corina, Creţu Gabriela, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Díez González, Dîncu, Dobolyi, Douay, Dumitrescu, Estrela, Ettl, Färm, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Goebbels, Golik, Gomes, Gottardi, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Groote, Gruber, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hazan, Hedh, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Iotova, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kinnock, Kirilov, Koterec, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Le Foll, Lefrancois, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lévai, Lyubcheva, McAvan, McCarthy, Madeira, Maňka, Martínez Martínez, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Miguélez Ramos, Mihalache, Mikko, Morgan, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Neris, Obiols i Germà, Occhetto, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri, Paparizov, Paşcu, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Plumb, Podgorean, Poignant, Prets, Pribetich, Rapkay, Riera Madurell, Rosati, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Saks, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Sârbu, Schaldemose, Schapira, Scheele, Segelström, Severin, Simpson, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Walter, Weber Henri, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Yáñez-Barnuevo García

UEN: Aylward, Crowley, Ó Neachtain, Ryan

Abstention: 19

ALDE: Cappato, Manders

GUE/NGL: Kohlíček

ITS: Binev, Chukolov, Gollnisch, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Pen Marine, Le Rachinel, Schenardi, Stănescu, Stoyanov

NI: Baco, Kozlík, Rivera

PPE-DE: Caspary, Gaubert, Toubon

Corrections to votes and voting intentions

Against: Martin Schulz

5. Westlund report A6-0153/2007

Amendment 16

For: 332

ALDE: Cavada, Ferrari, Harkin, Resetarits

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Aita, Brie, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Henin, Holm, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, McDonald, Markov, Maštálka, Meijer, Morgantini, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Ransdorf, Remek, Rizzo, Seppänen, Søndergaard, Strož, Svensson, Toussas, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Verges, Wagenknecht, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Bonde, Krupa, Sinnott, Tomczak, Wojciechowski Bernard

NI: Allister, Baco, Belohorská, Chruszcz, Giertych, Martin Hans-Peter

PPE-DE: Sonik

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Athanasiu, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia i Cutchet, Batzeli, Beňová, Berès, van den Berg, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Borrell Fontelles, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bulfon, Bullmann, Van den Burg, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Chiesa, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, Creţu Corina, Creţu Gabriela, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Dîncu, Dobolyi, Douay, Dumitrescu, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Färm, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Goebbels, Golik, Gomes, Gottardi, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Groote, Gruber, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hazan, Hedh, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Iotova, Jöns, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kirilov, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhne, Lambrinidis, Le Foll, Lefrancois, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lévai, Lienemann, Lyubcheva, McAvan, McCarthy, Madeira, Maňka, Martínez Martínez, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Miguélez Ramos, Mihalache, Mikko, Morgan, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Neris, Obiols i Germà, Occhetto, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri, Paparizov, Paşcu, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Plumb, Podgorean, Poignant, Prets, Pribetich, Rapkay, Riera Madurell, Rosati, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Saks, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Sârbu, Schaldemose, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Severin, Simpson, Siwiec, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Walter, Weber Henri, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Yáñez-Barnuevo García

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Borghezio, Bossi, Crowley, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, Didžiokas, Foglietta, Foltyn-Kubicka, Gobbo, Grabowski, Janowski, Kamiński, Krasts, Kristovskis, Kuc, Kuźmiuk, La Russa, Libicki, Maldeikis, Masiel, Muscardini, Ó Neachtain, Pęk, Piotrowski, Roszkowski, Rutowicz, Ryan, Speroni, Szymański, Tatarella, Vaidere, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zapałowski, Zīle

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Cramer, Evans Jill, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Hammerstein, Harms, Hassi, Horáček, Hudghton, Irujo Amezaga, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Özdemir, Onesta, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt Frithjof, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Trüpel, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Against: 345

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Baeva, Bărbuleţiu, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cappato, Chatzimarkakis, Ciornei, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Costa, Davies, Degutis, Deprez, De Sarnez, Dičkutė, Drčar Murko, Duff, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Hellvig, Hennis-Plasschaert, Hyusmenova, in 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Karim, Kazak, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Morţun, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Panayotov, Pannella, Piskorski, Pistelli, Pohjamo, Polfer, Raeva, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Savi, Sbarbati, Schmidt Olle, Şerbu, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Susta, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Toma, Vălean, Van Hecke, Veraldi, Virrankoski, Watson

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Coûteaux, Goudin, Louis, de Villiers, Železný

NI: Bobošíková, Helmer, Rivera

PPE-DE: Albertini, Anastase, Antoniozzi, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Ayuso, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Burke, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Casa, Casini, Caspary, Castiglione, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Daul, De Blasio, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Ehler, Elles, Esteves, Fajmon, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote, Ganţ, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Graça Moura, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Harbour, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hudacký, Hybášková, Iacob-Ridzi, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Jałowiecki, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Kelemen, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Kónya-Hamar, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, De Lange, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, Lulling, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Marinescu, Marques, Martens, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Matsis, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Mladenov, Montoro Romero, Morin, Musotto, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Ouzký, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Patriciello, Peterle, Petre, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pirker, Pleštinská, Pomés Ruiz, Posselt, Post, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sommer, Spautz, Šťastný, Stauner, Stavreva, Stevenson, Strejček, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Surján, Szabó, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Ţîrle, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Urutchev, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Veneto, Vidal-Quadras, Vlasák, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zatloukal, Zdravkova, Zieleniec, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

PSE: Jørgensen

UEN: Camre

Abstention: 15

ALDE: Buşoi, Ek

IND/DEM: Batten, Booth, Clark, Farage, Knapman, Nattrass, Titford, Whittaker, Wise

ITS: Mote

NI: Battilocchio, Kozlík

UEN: Rogalski

Corrections to votes and voting intentions

For: Dan Jørgensen

6. Westlund report A6-0153/2007

Amendment 18

For: 319

ALDE: Cavada, Ferrari, Harkin, Resetarits

IND/DEM: Bonde, Sinnott, Wojciechowski Bernard

ITS: Claeys, Coşea, Dillen, Gollnisch, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Mihăescu, Mölzer, Moisuc, Popeangă, Romagnoli, Stănescu

NI: Allister, Baco, Battilocchio, Belohorská, Chruszcz, Giertych, Martin Hans-Peter

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Athanasiu, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia i Cutchet, Batzeli, Beňová, Berès, van den Berg, Bösch, Bono, Borrell Fontelles, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bulfon, Bullmann, Van den Burg, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Chiesa, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, Creţu Corina, Creţu Gabriela, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Dîncu, Dobolyi, Douay, Dumitrescu, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Färm, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Golik, Gomes, Gottardi, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Groote, Gruber, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hazan, Hedh, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Iotova, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kirilov, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Le Foll, Lefrancois, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lévai, Lienemann, Lyubcheva, McAvan, McCarthy, Madeira, Maňka, Martínez Martínez, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Miguélez Ramos, Mihalache, Mikko, Morgan, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Neris, Obiols i Germà, Occhetto, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri, Paparizov, Paşcu, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Plumb, Podgorean, Poignant, Prets, Pribetich, Rapkay, Riera Madurell, Rosati, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Saks, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Sârbu, Schaldemose, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Severin, Simpson, Siwiec, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Walter, Weber Henri, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Yáñez-Barnuevo García

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Borghezio, Bossi, Crowley, Czarnecki Ryszard, Didžiokas, Foglietta, Foltyn-Kubicka, Gobbo, Grabowski, Janowski, Kamiński, Krasts, Kristovskis, Kuc, Kuźmiuk, La Russa, Libicki, Maldeikis, Muscardini, Ó Neachtain, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Roszkowski, Rutowicz, Ryan, Speroni, Szymański, Tatarella, Vaidere, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zapałowski, Zīle

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Cramer, Evans Jill, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Hammerstein, Harms, Hassi, Horáček, Hudghton, Irujo Amezaga, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Özdemir, Onesta, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt Frithjof, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Against: 348

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Baeva, Bărbuleţiu, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Buşoi, Cappato, Chatzimarkakis, Ciornei, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Costa, Davies, Degutis, Deprez, De Sarnez, Dičkutė, Drčar Murko, Duff, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Hellvig, Hennis-Plasschaert, Hyusmenova, in 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Karim, Kazak, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Morţun, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Panayotov, Pannella, Piskorski, Pistelli, Pohjamo, Polfer, Raeva, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Savi, Sbarbati, Schmidt Olle, Şerbu, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Susta, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Toma, Vălean, Van Hecke, Veraldi, Virrankoski, Watson

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Coûteaux, Goudin, Louis, de Villiers, Železný

NI: Bobošíková, Helmer

PPE-DE: Albertini, Anastase, Antoniozzi, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Ayuso, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Burke, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Casa, Casini, Caspary, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Daul, De Blasio, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Ehler, Elles, Esteves, Fajmon, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote, Ganţ, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Graça Moura, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Harbour, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hudacký, Hybášková, Iacob-Ridzi, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Jałowiecki, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Kelemen, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Kónya-Hamar, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, De Lange, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, Lulling, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Marinescu, Marques, Martens, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Matsis, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Mladenov, Montoro Romero, Morin, Musotto, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Ouzký, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Patriciello, Peterle, Petre, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pirker, Pleštinská, Pomés Ruiz, Posselt, Post, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stauner, Stavreva, Stevenson, Strejček, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Surján, Szabó, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Ţîrle, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Urutchev, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Veneto, Vidal-Quadras, Vlasák, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zatloukal, Zdravkova, Zieleniec, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

UEN: Camre, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Masiel

Abstention: 24

ALDE: Ek

GUE/NGL: Adamou

IND/DEM: Batten, Booth, Clark, Farage, Knapman, Krupa, Nattrass, Titford, Tomczak, Whittaker, Wise

ITS: Binev, Buruiană-Aprodu, Chukolov, Lang, Le Pen Marine, Le Rachinel, Mote, Schenardi, Stoyanov

NI: Kozlík, Rivera

7. Westlund report A6-0153/2007

Amendment 13

For: 326

ALDE: Alvaro, Cavada, Ferrari, Harkin, Resetarits

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Aita, Brie, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Henin, Holm, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, McDonald, Markov, Maštálka, Meijer, Morgantini, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Ransdorf, Remek, Seppänen, Søndergaard, Strož, Svensson, Toussas, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Verges, Wagenknecht, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Bonde, Goudin, Sinnott

NI: Allister, Baco, Belohorská, Martin Hans-Peter

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Athanasiu, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia i Cutchet, Batzeli, Beňová, Berès, van den Berg, Berlinguer, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Borrell Fontelles, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bulfon, Bullmann, Van den Burg, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Chiesa, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, Creţu Corina, Creţu Gabriela, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Dîncu, Dobolyi, Douay, Dumitrescu, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Färm, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Golik, Gomes, Gottardi, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Groote, Gruber, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hazan, Hedh, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Iotova, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kirilov, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Le Foll, Lefrancois, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lévai, Lienemann, Lyubcheva, McAvan, McCarthy, Madeira, Maňka, Martínez Martínez, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Miguélez Ramos, Mihalache, Mikko, Morgan, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Neris, Obiols i Germà, Occhetto, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri, Paparizov, Paşcu, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Plumb, Podgorean, Poignant, Prets, Pribetich, Rapkay, Riera Madurell, Rosati, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Saks, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Sârbu, Schaldemose, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Severin, Simpson, Siwiec, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Walter, Weber Henri, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Yáñez-Barnuevo García

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Borghezio, Bossi, Crowley, Czarnecki Ryszard, Didžiokas, Foltyn-Kubicka, Gobbo, Grabowski, Janowski, Kamiński, Krasts, Kristovskis, Kuc, Kuźmiuk, La Russa, Libicki, Maldeikis, Muscardini, Ó Neachtain, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Roszkowski, Rutowicz, Ryan, Speroni, Szymański, Tatarella, Vaidere, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zapałowski, Zīle

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Cramer, Evans Jill, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Hammerstein, Harms, Hassi, Horáček, Hudghton, Irujo Amezaga, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Özdemir, Onesta, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt Frithjof, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Trüpel, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Against: 350

ALDE: Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Baeva, Bărbuleţiu, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Buşoi, Cappato, Chatzimarkakis, Ciornei, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Costa, Davies, Degutis, Deprez, De Sarnez, Dičkutė, Drčar Murko, Duff, Ek, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Hellvig, Hennis-Plasschaert, Hyusmenova, in 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Karim, Kazak, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Morţun, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Panayotov, Pannella, Piskorski, Pistelli, Pohjamo, Polfer, Raeva, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Savi, Sbarbati, Schmidt Olle, Şerbu, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Susta, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Toma, Vălean, Van Hecke, Veraldi, Virrankoski, Watson

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Coûteaux, Louis, de Villiers, Železný

NI: Bobošíková, Helmer

PPE-DE: Albertini, Anastase, Antoniozzi, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Ayuso, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Burke, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Casa, Casini, Caspary, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Daul, De Blasio, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Ehler, Elles, Esteves, Fajmon, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote, Ganţ, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Graça Moura, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Harbour, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hudacký, Hybášková, Iacob-Ridzi, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Jałowiecki, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Kelemen, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Kónya-Hamar, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, De Lange, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, Lulling, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Marinescu, Marques, Martens, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Matsis, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Mladenov, Montoro Romero, Morin, Musotto, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Ouzký, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Patriciello, Peterle, Petre, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pirker, Pleštinská, Pomés Ruiz, Posselt, Post, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stauner, Stavreva, Stevenson, Strejček, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Surján, Szabó, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Ţîrle, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Urutchev, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Veneto, Vidal-Quadras, Vlasák, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zatloukal, Zdravkova, Zieleniec, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

PSE: Goebbels, Thomsen

UEN: Camre, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Foglietta, Masiel

Abstention: 18

IND/DEM: Batten, Booth, Clark, Farage, Knapman, Krupa, Nattrass, Titford, Tomczak, Whittaker, Wise, Wojciechowski Bernard

ITS: Mote

NI: Battilocchio, Chruszcz, Giertych, Kozlík, Rivera

Corrections to votes and voting intentions

For: Britta Thomsen

8. Westlund report A6-0153/2007

Amendment 26

For: 325

ALDE: Alvaro, Ferrari, Harkin, Resetarits

IND/DEM: Bonde, Krupa, Sinnott, Tomczak, Wojciechowski Bernard

ITS: Binev, Buruiană-Aprodu, Chukolov, Claeys, Dillen, Gollnisch, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Pen Marine, Mihăescu, Mölzer, Moisuc, Popeangă, Romagnoli, Schenardi, Stănescu, Stoyanov

NI: Allister, Baco, Battilocchio, Belohorská, Chruszcz, Giertych, Martin Hans-Peter

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Athanasiu, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia i Cutchet, Batzeli, Beňová, Berès, van den Berg, Berlinguer, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Borrell Fontelles, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bulfon, Bullmann, Van den Burg, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Chiesa, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, Creţu Corina, Creţu Gabriela, De Keyser, De Rossa, De Vits, Díez González, Dîncu, Dobolyi, Douay, Dumitrescu, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Färm, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Golik, Gomes, Gottardi, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Groote, Gruber, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hazan, Hedh, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Iotova, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kirilov, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Le Foll, Lefrancois, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lévai, Lienemann, Lyubcheva, McAvan, McCarthy, Madeira, Maňka, Martínez Martínez, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Miguélez Ramos, Mihalache, Mikko, Morgan, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Neris, Obiols i Germà, Occhetto, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri, Paşcu, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Plumb, Podgorean, Poignant, Prets, Pribetich, Rapkay, Riera Madurell, Rosati, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Saks, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Sârbu, Schaldemose, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Severin, Simpson, Siwiec, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Walter, Weber Henri, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Yáñez-Barnuevo García

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cramer, Evans Jill, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Hammerstein, Harms, Hassi, Horáček, Hudghton, Irujo Amezaga, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Özdemir, Onesta, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt Frithjof, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Trüpel, Turmes, Ždanoka

Against: 351

ALDE: Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Baeva, Bărbuleţiu, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Buşoi, Cappato, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Ciornei, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Costa, Davies, Degutis, Deprez, De Sarnez, Dičkutė, Drčar Murko, Duff, Ek, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Hellvig, Hennis-Plasschaert, Hyusmenova, in 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Karim, Kazak, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Morţun, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Panayotov, Pannella, Piskorski, Pistelli, Pohjamo, Polfer, Raeva, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Savi, Sbarbati, Schmidt Olle, Şerbu, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Susta, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Toma, Vălean, Van Hecke, Veraldi, Virrankoski, Watson

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Coûteaux, Goudin, Louis, de Villiers, Železný

ITS: Coşea

NI: Bobošíková, Helmer

PPE-DE: Albertini, Anastase, Antoniozzi, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Ayuso, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Burke, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Casa, Casini, Caspary, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Daul, De Blasio, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Ehler, Elles, Esteves, Fajmon, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote, Ganţ, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Graça Moura, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Harbour, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hudacký, Hybášková, Iacob-Ridzi, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Jałowiecki, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Kelemen, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Kónya-Hamar, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, De Lange, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, Lulling, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Marinescu, Marques, Martens, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Matsis, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Mladenov, Montoro Romero, Morin, Musotto, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Ouzký, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Patriciello, Peterle, Petre, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pirker, Pleštinská, Pomés Ruiz, Posselt, Post, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stauner, Stavreva, Stevenson, Strejček, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Surján, Szabó, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Ţîrle, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Urutchev, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Veneto, Vidal-Quadras, Vlasák, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zatloukal, Zdravkova, Zieleniec, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

PSE: Goebbels

UEN: Camre, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Masiel

Abstention: 13

GUE/NGL: Adamou

IND/DEM: Batten, Booth, Clark, Farage, Knapman, Nattrass, Titford, Whittaker, Wise

ITS: Mote

NI: Kozlík, Rivera

9. Westlund report A6-0154/2007

Amendments 71 + 77

For: 338

ALDE: Alvaro, Ferrari, Resetarits, Samuelsen, Schmidt Olle

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Bonde, Coûteaux, Goudin, Krupa, Louis, Sinnott, Tomczak, de Villiers, Wojciechowski Bernard

NI: Allister, Battilocchio, Chruszcz, Giertych, Martin Hans-Peter

PPE-DE: Seeberg

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Athanasiu, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia i Cutchet, Batzeli, Beňová, Berès, van den Berg, Berlinguer, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Borrell Fontelles, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bulfon, Bullmann, Van den Burg, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Chiesa, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, Creţu Corina, Creţu Gabriela, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Dîncu, Dobolyi, Douay, Dumitrescu, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Färm, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Golik, Gomes, Gottardi, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Groote, Gruber, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hazan, Hedh, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Iotova, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kirilov, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Le Foll, Lefrancois, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lévai, Lienemann, Lyubcheva, McAvan, McCarthy, Madeira, Maňka, Martínez Martínez, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Miguélez Ramos, Mihalache, Mikko, Morgan, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Neris, Obiols i Germà, Occhetto, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri, Paparizov, Paşcu, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Plumb, Podgorean, Poignant, Prets, Pribetich, Rapkay, Riera Madurell, Rosati, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Saks, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Sârbu, Schaldemose, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Severin, Simpson, Siwiec, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Walter, Weber Henri, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Yáñez-Barnuevo García

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Borghezio, Bossi, Crowley, Czarnecki Ryszard, Didžiokas, Foglietta, Foltyn-Kubicka, Gobbo, Grabowski, Janowski, Kamiński, Krasts, Kristovskis, Kuc, Kuźmiuk, La Russa, Libicki, Maldeikis, Ó Neachtain, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Roszkowski, Rutowicz, Ryan, Speroni, Szymański, Tatarella, Vaidere, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zapałowski, Zīle

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Cramer, Evans Jill, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Hammerstein, Harms, Hassi, Horáček, Hudghton, Irujo Amezaga, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Özdemir, Onesta, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt Frithjof, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Trüpel, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Against: 348

ALDE: Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Baeva, Bărbuleţiu, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Buşoi, Cappato, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Ciornei, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Costa, Davies, Degutis, Deprez, De Sarnez, Dičkutė, Drčar Murko, Duff, Ek, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hellvig, Hennis-Plasschaert, Hyusmenova, in 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Karim, Kazak, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Ludford, Maaten, Manders, Morillon, Morţun, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Panayotov, Pannella, Piskorski, Pistelli, Pohjamo, Polfer, Raeva, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Savi, Sbarbati, Şerbu, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Susta, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Toma, Vălean, Van Hecke, Veraldi, Virrankoski, Watson

IND/DEM: Batten, Booth, Clark, Farage, Knapman, Nattrass, Titford, Whittaker, Wise, Železný

ITS: Mote

NI: Bobošíková, Helmer

PPE-DE: Albertini, Anastase, Antoniozzi, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Ayuso, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Burke, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Casa, Casini, Caspary, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Daul, De Blasio, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Ehler, Elles, Esteves, Fajmon, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote, Ganţ, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Graça Moura, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Harbour, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hudacký, Hybášková, Iacob-Ridzi, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Jałowiecki, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Kelemen, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Kónya-Hamar, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, De Lange, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, Lulling, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Marinescu, Marques, Martens, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Matsis, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Mladenov, Montoro Romero, Morin, Musotto, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Ouzký, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Patriciello, Peterle, Petre, Pieper, Pinheiro, Pirker, Pleštinská, Pomés Ruiz, Posselt, Post, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stauner, Stavreva, Stevenson, Strejček, Sturdy, Sudre, Surján, Szabó, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Ţîrle, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Urutchev, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Veneto, Vidal-Quadras, Vlasák, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zatloukal, Zdravkova, Zieleniec, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

PSE: Goebbels

UEN: Camre, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Masiel

Abstention: 5

ALDE: Matsakis

NI: Baco, Belohorská, Kozlík, Rivera

10. Westlund report A6-0154/2007

Amendment 72

For: 198

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Baeva, Bărbuleţiu, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Buşoi, Cappato, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Ciornei, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Costa, Davies, Degutis, Deprez, De Sarnez, Dičkutė, Drčar Murko, Duff, Ek, Ferrari, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hellvig, Hennis-Plasschaert, Hyusmenova, in 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Karim, Kazak, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Morţun, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Panayotov, Pannella, Piskorski, Pistelli, Pohjamo, Polfer, Raeva, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Savi, Sbarbati, Schmidt Olle, Şerbu, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Susta, Szent-Iványi, Toma, Vălean, Van Hecke, Veraldi, Virrankoski, Watson

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Aita, Brie, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Henin, Holm, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, McDonald, Maštálka, Meijer, Morgantini, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Ransdorf, Remek, Rizzo, Seppänen, Søndergaard, Strož, Svensson, Toussas, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Verges, Wagenknecht, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Bonde, Goudin, Krupa, Sinnott, Tomczak, Wojciechowski Bernard

ITS: Coşea

NI: Allister, Chruszcz, Giertych, Martin Hans-Peter

PPE-DE: Seeberg

PSE: Ferreira Anne, Lévai, Obiols i Germà, Occhetto

UEN: Angelilli, Bielan, Camre, Czarnecki Ryszard, Foltyn-Kubicka, Grabowski, Janowski, Kamiński, Kuc, Kuźmiuk, La Russa, Libicki, Muscardini, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Roszkowski, Rutowicz, Szymański, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zapałowski

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Cramer, Evans Jill, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Hammerstein, Harms, Hassi, Horáček, Hudghton, Irujo Amezaga, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lichtenberger, Özdemir, Onesta, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt Frithjof, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Trüpel, Turmes, Ždanoka

Against: 475

ALDE: Takkula

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Železný

NI: Battilocchio, Bobošíková, Helmer, Rivera

PPE-DE: Albertini, Anastase, Antoniozzi, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Ayuso, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Burke, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Casa, Casini, Caspary, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Daul, De Blasio, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Ehler, Elles, Esteves, Fajmon, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote, Ganţ, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Graça Moura, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Harbour, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hudacký, Hybášková, Iacob-Ridzi, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Jałowiecki, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Kelemen, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Kónya-Hamar, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, De Lange, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, Lulling, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Marinescu, Marques, Martens, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Matsis, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Mladenov, Montoro Romero, Morin, Musotto, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Ouzký, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Patriciello, Peterle, Petre, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pirker, Pleštinská, Pomés Ruiz, Posselt, Post, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stauner, Stavreva, Stevenson, Strejček, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Surján, Szabó, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Ţîrle, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Urutchev, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Veneto, Vidal-Quadras, Vlasák, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zatloukal, Zdravkova, Zieleniec, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Athanasiu, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia i Cutchet, Batzeli, Beňová, Berès, van den Berg, Berlinguer, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Borrell Fontelles, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bulfon, Van den Burg, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Cercas, Chiesa, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, Creţu Corina, Creţu Gabriela, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Dîncu, Dobolyi, Douay, Dumitrescu, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Färm, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gill, Glante, Goebbels, Golik, Gomes, Gottardi, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Groote, Gruber, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hazan, Hedh, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Iotova, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kirilov, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Le Foll, Lefrancois, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lyubcheva, McAvan, McCarthy, Madeira, Maňka, Martínez Martínez, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Miguélez Ramos, Mihalache, Mikko, Morgan, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Neris, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri, Paparizov, Paşcu, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Plumb, Podgorean, Poignant, Prets, Pribetich, Rapkay, Riera Madurell, Rosati, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Saks, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Sârbu, Schaldemose, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Severin, Simpson, Siwiec, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Walter, Weber Henri, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Yáñez-Barnuevo García

UEN: Aylward, Berlato, Borghezio, Bossi, Crowley, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Didžiokas, Foglietta, Gobbo, Krasts, Kristovskis, Maldeikis, Masiel, Ó Neachtain, Ryan, Speroni, Tatarella, Vaidere, Zīle

Abstention: 18

IND/DEM: Batten, Booth, Clark, Coûteaux, Farage, Knapman, Louis, Nattrass, Titford, de Villiers, Whittaker, Wise

NI: Baco, Belohorská, Kozlík

PSE: Castex, Gierek, Lienemann

11. Westlund report A6-0154/2007

Amendment 74

For: 112

ALDE: Alvaro, Ferrari, Resetarits

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Bonde, Coûteaux, Goudin, Krupa, Louis, Sinnott, Tomczak, de Villiers, Wojciechowski Bernard

NI: Allister, Belohorská, Chruszcz, Giertych, Martin Hans-Peter

PSE: Obiols i Germà, Schulz

UEN: Bielan, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, Foltyn-Kubicka, Grabowski, Janowski, Kuc, Kuźmiuk, Libicki, Masiel, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Roszkowski, Rutowicz, Szymański, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zapałowski

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Cramer, Evans Jill, Flautre, Graefe zu Baringdorf, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Hammerstein, Harms, Hassi, Horáček, Hudghton, Irujo Amezaga, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Özdemir, Onesta, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt Frithjof, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Trüpel, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Against: 574

ALDE: Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Baeva, Bărbuleţiu, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Buşoi, Cappato, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Ciornei, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Costa, Davies, Degutis, Deprez, De Sarnez, Dičkutė, Drčar Murko, Duff, Ek, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hellvig, Hennis-Plasschaert, Hyusmenova, in 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Karim, Kazak, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Matsakis, Morillon, Morţun, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Panayotov, Pannella, Piskorski, Pistelli, Pohjamo, Polfer, Raeva, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Savi, Sbarbati, Schmidt Olle, Şerbu, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Susta, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Toma, Vălean, Van Hecke, Veraldi, Virrankoski, Watson

IND/DEM: Batten, Booth, Clark, Farage, Knapman, Nattrass, Titford, Whittaker, Wise, Železný

ITS: Binev, Buruiană-Aprodu, Chukolov, Claeys, Coşea, Dillen, Gollnisch, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Pen Marine, Le Rachinel, Mihăescu, Mölzer, Moisuc, Mote, Popeangă, Romagnoli, Schenardi, Stănescu, Stoyanov

NI: Battilocchio, Bobošíková, Helmer, Rivera

PPE-DE: Albertini, Anastase, Antoniozzi, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Ayuso, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Burke, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Casa, Casini, Caspary, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Daul, De Blasio, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Ehler, Elles, Esteves, Fajmon, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote, Ganţ, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Graça Moura, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Harbour, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hudacký, Hybášková, Iacob-Ridzi, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Jałowiecki, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas, Kauppi, Kelam, Kelemen, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Kónya-Hamar, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, De Lange, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, Lulling, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Marinescu, Marques, Martens, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Matsis, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Mladenov, Montoro Romero, Morin, Musotto, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Ouzký, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Patriciello, Peterle, Petre, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pirker, Pleštinská, Pomés Ruiz, Posselt, Post, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stauner, Stavreva, Stevenson, Strejček, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Surján, Szabó, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Ţîrle, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Urutchev, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Veneto, Vidal-Quadras, Vlasák, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zatloukal, Zdravkova, Zieleniec, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Athanasiu, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia i Cutchet, Batzeli, Beňová, Berès, van den Berg, Berlinguer, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Borrell Fontelles, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bulfon, Van den Burg, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Cercas, Chiesa, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, Creţu Corina, Creţu Gabriela, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Dîncu, Dobolyi, Douay, Dumitrescu, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Färm, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Goebbels, Golik, Gomes, Gottardi, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Groote, Gruber, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hazan, Hedh, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Iotova, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kirilov, Kósáné Kovács, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Le Foll, Lefrancois, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lévai, Lienemann, Lyubcheva, McAvan, McCarthy, Madeira, Maňka, Martínez Martínez, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Miguélez Ramos, Mihalache, Mikko, Morgan, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Neris, Occhetto, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri, Paparizov, Paşcu, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Plumb, Podgorean, Poignant, Prets, Pribetich, Rapkay, Riera Madurell, Rosati, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Saks, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Sârbu, Schaldemose, Schapira, Scheele, Segelström, Severin, Simpson, Siwiec, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Walter, Weber Henri, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Yáñez-Barnuevo García

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Borghezio, Bossi, Camre, Crowley, Didžiokas, Foglietta, Gobbo, Kamiński, Krasts, Kristovskis, La Russa, Maldeikis, Muscardini, Ó Neachtain, Ryan, Speroni, Tatarella, Vaidere, Zīle

Abstention: 5

NI: Baco, Kozlík

PSE: Castex, Ferreira Anne, Koterec

12. Westlund report A6-0154/2007

Amendment 38

For: 426

ALDE: Alvaro, Andria, Attwooll, Baeva, Bărbuleţiu, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Buşoi, Cappato, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Ciornei, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Costa, Davies, Degutis, Deprez, De Sarnez, Dičkutė, Drčar Murko, Duff, Ek, Ferrari, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hellvig, Hennis-Plasschaert, Hyusmenova, in 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Karim, Kazak, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Morţun, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Panayotov, Pannella, Piskorski, Pistelli, Pohjamo, Polfer, Raeva, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Savi, Sbarbati, Schmidt Olle, Şerbu, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Susta, Szent-Iványi, Toma, Vălean, Van Hecke, Veraldi, Virrankoski, Watson

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Bonde, Coûteaux, Goudin, Krupa, Louis, Sinnott, Tomczak, de Villiers, Wojciechowski Bernard

ITS: Binev, Buruiană-Aprodu, Chukolov, Coşea, Dillen, Gollnisch, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Pen Marine, Le Rachinel, Mihăescu, Mölzer, Moisuc, Popeangă, Romagnoli, Schenardi, Stănescu, Stoyanov

NI: Baco, Belohorská, Chruszcz, Giertych, Martin Hans-Peter

PPE-DE: Brepoels, Karas, Pirker, Rack, Rübig, Schierhuber, Seeber, Seeberg

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Athanasiu, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia i Cutchet, Batzeli, Beňová, Berès, van den Berg, Berlinguer, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Borrell Fontelles, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bulfon, Bullmann, Van den Burg, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Chiesa, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, Creţu Corina, Creţu Gabriela, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Dîncu, Dobolyi, Douay, Dumitrescu, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Färm, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Golik, Gomes, Gottardi, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Groote, Gruber, Gurmai, Hänsch, Hamon, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hazan, Hedh, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Iotova, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kirilov, Koterec, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Le Foll, Lefrancois, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lévai, Lienemann, Lyubcheva, McAvan, McCarthy, Madeira, Maňka, Martínez Martínez, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Miguélez Ramos, Mihalache, Mikko, Morgan, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Neris, Obiols i Germà, Occhetto, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri, Paparizov, Paşcu, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Plumb, Podgorean, Poignant, Prets, Pribetich, Rapkay, Riera Madurell, Rosati, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Saks, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Sârbu, Schaldemose, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Severin, Simpson, Siwiec, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Walter, Weber Henri, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Yáñez-Barnuevo García

UEN: Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Borghezio, Bossi, Camre, Crowley, Czarnecki Ryszard, Didžiokas, Foglietta, Foltyn-Kubicka, Gobbo, Grabowski, Janowski, Kamiński, Krasts, Kristovskis, Kuc, Kuźmiuk, Libicki, Maldeikis, Masiel, Muscardini, Ó Neachtain, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Roszkowski, Rutowicz, Ryan, Speroni, Szymański, Tatarella, Vaidere, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zapałowski, Zīle

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Cramer, Evans Jill, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Hammerstein, Harms, Hassi, Horáček, Hudghton, Irujo Amezaga, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Özdemir, Onesta, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt Frithjof, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Trüpel, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Against: 251

IND/DEM: Železný

ITS: Claeys, Mote

NI: Allister, Bobošíková, Helmer

PPE-DE: Albertini, Anastase, Antoniozzi, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Ayuso, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Březina, Brok, Burke, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Casa, Casini, Caspary, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Daul, De Blasio, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Ehler, Elles, Esteves, Fajmon, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote, Ganţ, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Graça Moura, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Harbour, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hudacký, Hybášková, Iacob-Ridzi, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Jałowiecki, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Kelemen, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Kónya-Hamar, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, De Lange, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, Lulling, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Marinescu, Marques, Martens, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Matsis, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Mladenov, Montoro Romero, Morin, Musotto, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Ouzký, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Patriciello, Peterle, Petre, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pleštinská, Pomés Ruiz, Posselt, Post, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stauner, Stavreva, Stevenson, Strejček, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Surján, Szabó, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Ţîrle, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Urutchev, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Veneto, Vidal-Quadras, Vlasák, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zatloukal, Zdravkova, Zieleniec, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

PSE: Goebbels, Guy-Quint

UEN: Angelilli, La Russa

Abstention: 13

ALDE: Takkula

IND/DEM: Batten, Booth, Clark, Farage, Knapman, Nattrass, Titford, Whittaker, Wise

NI: Battilocchio, Kozlík, Rivera

Corrections to votes and voting intentions

Against: Rainer Wieland

13. Westlund report A6-0154/2007

Amendment 75

For: 115

ALDE: Alvaro

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Aita, Brie, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Henin, Holm, Kaufmann, Liotard, McDonald, Markov, Maštálka, Meijer, Morgantini, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Ransdorf, Remek, Rizzo, Seppänen, Søndergaard, Strož, Svensson, Toussas, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Verges, Wagenknecht, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Bonde, Coûteaux, Goudin, Krupa, Louis, Sinnott, Tomczak, de Villiers, Wojciechowski Bernard

NI: Belohorská, Chruszcz, Giertych, Martin Hans-Peter

PPE-DE: Brepoels, Rack

PSE: Dumitrescu, Leichtfried, Lienemann, Matsouka, Obiols i Germà, dos Santos, Siwiec, Szejna

UEN: Bielan, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, Foltyn-Kubicka, Grabowski, Janowski, Kamiński, Kuc, Libicki, Masiel, Muscardini, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Roszkowski, Rutowicz, Szymański, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zapałowski

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Cramer, Evans Jill, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Hammerstein, Harms, Hassi, Horáček, Hudghton, Irujo Amezaga, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Özdemir, Onesta, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt Frithjof, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Trüpel, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Against: 570

ALDE: Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Baeva, Bărbuleţiu, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Buşoi, Cappato, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Ciornei, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Costa, Davies, Degutis, Deprez, De Sarnez, Dičkutė, Drčar Murko, Duff, Ek, Ferrari, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hellvig, Hennis-Plasschaert, Hyusmenova, in 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Karim, Kazak, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Morţun, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Panayotov, Pannella, Piskorski, Pistelli, Pohjamo, Polfer, Raeva, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Savi, Sbarbati, Schmidt Olle, Şerbu, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Susta, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Toma, Vălean, Van Hecke, Veraldi, Virrankoski, Watson

IND/DEM: Batten, Belder, Blokland, Booth, Clark, Farage, Knapman, Nattrass, Titford, Whittaker, Wise, Železný

NI: Battilocchio, Bobošíková, Helmer, Rivera

PPE-DE: Albertini, Anastase, Antoniozzi, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Ayuso, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Březina, Brok, Burke, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Casa, Casini, Caspary, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Daul, De Blasio, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Ehler, Elles, Esteves, Fajmon, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote, Ganţ, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Graça Moura, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Harbour, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hudacký, Hybášková, Iacob-Ridzi, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Jałowiecki, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Kelemen, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Kónya-Hamar, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, De Lange, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, Lulling, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Marinescu, Marques, Martens, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Matsis, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Mladenov, Montoro Romero, Morin, Musotto, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Ouzký, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Patriciello, Peterle, Petre, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pirker, Pleštinská, Pomés Ruiz, Posselt, Post, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stauner, Stavreva, Stevenson, Strejček, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Surján, Szabó, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Ţîrle, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Urutchev, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Veneto, Vidal-Quadras, Vlasák, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zatloukal, Zdravkova, Zieleniec, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Athanasiu, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia i Cutchet, Batzeli, Beňová, Berès, van den Berg, Berlinguer, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Borrell Fontelles, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bulfon, Van den Burg, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Cercas, Chiesa, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, Creţu Corina, Creţu Gabriela, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Dîncu, Dobolyi, Douay, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Färm, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Goebbels, Golik, Gomes, Gottardi, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Groote, Gruber, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hazan, Hedh, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Iotova, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kirilov, Kósáné Kovács, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Le Foll, Lefrancois, Lehtinen, Leinen, Lévai, Lyubcheva, McAvan, McCarthy, Madeira, Maňka, Martínez Martínez, Medina Ortega, Miguélez Ramos, Mihalache, Mikko, Morgan, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Neris, Occhetto, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri, Paparizov, Paşcu, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Plumb, Podgorean, Poignant, Prets, Pribetich, Rapkay, Riera Madurell, Rosati, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Saks, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, Sârbu, Schaldemose, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Severin, Simpson, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Walter, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Yáñez-Barnuevo García

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Borghezio, Bossi, Camre, Crowley, Didžiokas, Foglietta, Gobbo, Krasts, Kristovskis, Kuźmiuk, La Russa, Maldeikis, Ó Neachtain, Ryan, Speroni, Tatarella, Vaidere, Zīle

Abstention: 8

ALDE: Resetarits

GUE/NGL: Kohlíček

NI: Allister, Baco, Kozlík

PSE: Castex, Koterec

Verts/ALE: Jonckheer

Corrections to votes and voting intentions

Against: Reinhard Rack

14. Doyle report A6-0177/2007

Amendment 35

For: 382

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Baeva, Bărbuleţiu, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Buşoi, Cappato, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Ciornei, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Costa, Davies, Degutis, Deprez, De Sarnez, Dičkutė, Drčar Murko, Duff, Ek, Ferrari, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hellvig, Hennis-Plasschaert, Hyusmenova, in 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Karim, Kazak, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Morţun, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Panayotov, Pannella, Piskorski, Pistelli, Pohjamo, Polfer, Raeva, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Savi, Sbarbati, Schmidt Olle, Şerbu, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Susta, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Toma, Vălean, Van Hecke, Veraldi, Virrankoski, Watson

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Bonde

NI: Allister, Belohorská, Bobošíková, Helmer

PPE-DE: Albertini, Anastase, Antoniozzi, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Ayuso, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Burke, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Casa, Casini, Caspary, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Daul, De Blasio, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Ehler, Elles, Esteves, Fajmon, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote, Ganţ, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Graça Moura, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Harbour, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hudacký, Hybášková, Iacob-Ridzi, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Jałowiecki, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Kelemen, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Kónya-Hamar, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, De Lange, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, Lulling, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Marinescu, Marques, Martens, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Matsis, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Mladenov, Montoro Romero, Morin, Musotto, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Ouzký, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Patriciello, Peterle, Petre, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pirker, Pleštinská, Pomés Ruiz, Posselt, Post, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stauner, Stavreva, Stevenson, Strejček, Sturdy, Sudre, Surján, Szabó, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Ţîrle, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Urutchev, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Veneto, Vidal-Quadras, Vlasák, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zatloukal, Zdravkova, Zieleniec, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

PSE: Goebbels

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Borghezio, Bossi, Camre, Crowley, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, Didžiokas, Foglietta, Foltyn-Kubicka, Gobbo, Grabowski, Janowski, Kuc, Kuźmiuk, La Russa, Libicki, Maldeikis, Masiel, Muscardini, Ó Neachtain, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Roszkowski, Rutowicz, Ryan, Speroni, Szymański, Tatarella, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zapałowski

Against: 278

ALDE: Resetarits

IND/DEM: Coûteaux, Goudin, Louis, Sinnott, de Villiers, Wojciechowski Bernard

ITS: Coşea, Dillen, Lang, Romagnoli

NI: Battilocchio, Chruszcz, Giertych, Martin Hans-Peter

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Athanasiu, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia i Cutchet, Batzeli, Beňová, Berès, van den Berg, Berlinguer, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Borrell Fontelles, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann, Van den Burg, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Chiesa, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, Creţu Corina, Creţu Gabriela, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Dîncu, Dobolyi, Douay, Dumitrescu, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Färm, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Golik, Gomes, Gottardi, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Groote, Gruber, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hazan, Hedh, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Iotova, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kirilov, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Le Foll, Lefrancois, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lévai, Lienemann, Lyubcheva, McAvan, McCarthy, Madeira, Maňka, Martínez Martínez, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Miguélez Ramos, Mihalache, Mikko, Morgan, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Neris, Obiols i Germà, Occhetto, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri, Paparizov, Paşcu, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Plumb, Podgorean, Poignant, Prets, Pribetich, Rapkay, Riera Madurell, Rosati, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Saks, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Sârbu, Schaldemose, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Severin, Simpson, Siwiec, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Walter, Weber Henri, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Yáñez-Barnuevo García

UEN: Krasts, Kristovskis, Vaidere, Zīle

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Cramer, Evans Jill, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Hammerstein, Harms, Hassi, Horáček, Hudghton, Irujo Amezaga, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lichtenberger, Özdemir, Onesta, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt Frithjof, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Trüpel, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Abstention: 30

IND/DEM: Batten, Booth, Clark, Farage, Knapman, Krupa, Nattrass, Titford, Tomczak, Whittaker, Wise, Železný

ITS: Buruiană-Aprodu, Chukolov, Claeys, Gollnisch, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Pen Marine, Le Rachinel, Mihăescu, Mölzer, Moisuc, Mote, Popeangă, Schenardi, Stănescu, Stoyanov

NI: Baco, Kozlík

UEN: Kamiński

15. Drčar Murko report A6-0185/2007

Amendment 38

For: 668

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Baeva, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Buşoi, Cappato, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Ciornei, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Costa, Davies, Degutis, Deprez, De Sarnez, Dičkutė, Drčar Murko, Duff, Ek, Ferrari, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hellvig, Hennis-Plasschaert, Hyusmenova, in 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Karim, Kazak, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Morţun, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Panayotov, Pannella, Piskorski, Pistelli, Pohjamo, Polfer, Raeva, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Savi, Sbarbati, Schmidt Olle, Şerbu, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Susta, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Toma, Vălean, Van Hecke, Veraldi, Virrankoski, Watson

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Bonde, Coûteaux, Goudin, Krupa, Louis, Sinnott, Tomczak, de Villiers, Wojciechowski Bernard

ITS: Binev, Buruiană-Aprodu, Chukolov, Claeys, Coşea, Dillen, Gollnisch, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Pen Marine, Le Rachinel, Mihăescu, Moisuc, Popeangă, Romagnoli, Schenardi, Stănescu, Stoyanov

NI: Bobošíková, Chruszcz, Giertych, Helmer

PPE-DE: Albertini, Anastase, Antoniozzi, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Ayuso, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Burke, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Casa, Casini, Caspary, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Daul, De Blasio, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Elles, Esteves, Fajmon, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote, Ganţ, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Graça Moura, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Harbour, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hudacký, Hybášková, Iacob-Ridzi, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Jałowiecki, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Kelemen, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Kónya-Hamar, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, De Lange, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, Lulling, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Marinescu, Marques, Martens, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Matsis, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Mladenov, Montoro Romero, Morin, Musotto, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Ouzký, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Patriciello, Peterle, Petre, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pirker, Pleštinská, Pomés Ruiz, Posselt, Post, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stauner, Stavreva, Stevenson, Strejček, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Surján, Szabó, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Ţîrle, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Urutchev, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Veneto, Vlasák, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zatloukal, Zdravkova, Zieleniec, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Athanasiu, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia i Cutchet, Batzeli, Beňová, Berès, van den Berg, Berlinguer, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Borrell Fontelles, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bulfon, Bullmann, Van den Burg, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Chiesa, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, Creţu Corina, Creţu Gabriela, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Dîncu, Dobolyi, Douay, Dumitrescu, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Färm, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Golik, Gomes, Gottardi, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Groote, Gruber, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Haug, Hazan, Hedh, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Iotova, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kirilov, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Le Foll, Lefrancois, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lévai, Lienemann, Lyubcheva, McAvan, McCarthy, Madeira, Maňka, Martínez Martínez, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Miguélez Ramos, Mihalache, Mikko, Morgan, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Neris, Obiols i Germà, Occhetto, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri, Paparizov, Paşcu, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Plumb, Podgorean, Poignant, Prets, Pribetich, Rapkay, Riera Madurell, Rosati, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Saks, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Sârbu, Schaldemose, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Severin, Simpson, Siwiec, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Walter, Weber Henri, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Yáñez-Barnuevo García

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Borghezio, Bossi, Camre, Crowley, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, Didžiokas, Foglietta, Foltyn-Kubicka, Gobbo, Grabowski, Janowski, Krasts, Kristovskis, Kuc, Kuźmiuk, La Russa, Libicki, Maldeikis, Masiel, Muscardini, Ó Neachtain, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Roszkowski, Rutowicz, Ryan, Speroni, Szymański, Tatarella, Vaidere, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zapałowski, Zīle

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Cramer, Evans Jill, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Hammerstein, Harms, Hassi, Horáček, Hudghton, Irujo Amezaga, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Özdemir, Onesta, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt Frithjof, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Trüpel, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Against: 2

ITS: Mote

PSE: Goebbels

Abstention: 16

IND/DEM: Batten, Booth, Clark, Farage, Knapman, Nattrass, Titford, Wise, Železný

NI: Allister, Baco, Battilocchio, Belohorská, Kozlík, Rivera

UEN: Kamiński

Corrections to votes and voting intentions

For: Hans-Peter Martin

16. Drčar Murko report A6-0185/2007

Amendment 51

For: 315

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Cornillet, De Sarnez, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Griesbeck, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, Laperrouze, Lehideux, Lynne, Maaten, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Ortuondo Larrea, Pistelli, Polfer, Raeva, Resetarits, Samuelsen

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Aita, Brie, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Henin, Holm, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, McDonald, Markov, Maštálka, Meijer, Morgantini, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Ransdorf, Remek, Rizzo, Seppänen, Søndergaard, Strož, Svensson, Toussas, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Verges, Wagenknecht, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Batten, Belder, Blokland, Booth, Clark, Coûteaux, Goudin, Krupa, Louis, Sinnott, Titford, Tomczak, de Villiers, Whittaker, Wise, Wojciechowski Bernard

ITS: Le Pen Jean-Marie, Mihăescu, Popeangă

NI: Chruszcz, Giertych, Martin Hans-Peter

PPE-DE: Cederschiöld, Fjellner, Hökmark, Ibrisagic, Kónya-Hamar, Mauro

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Athanasiu, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia i Cutchet, Batzeli, Beňová, Berès, van den Berg, Berlinguer, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Borrell Fontelles, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bulfon, Bullmann, Van den Burg, Calabuig Rull, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Chiesa, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, Creţu Corina, Creţu Gabriela, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Dîncu, Dobolyi, Douay, Dumitrescu, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Färm, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Golik, Gomes, Gottardi, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Groote, Gruber, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Haug, Hazan, Hedh, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Iotova, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kirilov, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Le Foll, Lefrancois, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lévai, Lienemann, Lyubcheva, McAvan, McCarthy, Madeira, Maňka, Martínez Martínez, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Miguélez Ramos, Mihalache, Morgan, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Neris, Obiols i Germà, Occhetto, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri, Paparizov, Paşcu, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Plumb, Podgorean, Poignant, Prets, Pribetich, Rapkay, Riera Madurell, Rosati, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Saks, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Sârbu, Schaldemose, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Severin, Simpson, Siwiec, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Walter, Weber Henri, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Yáñez-Barnuevo García

UEN: Czarnecki Ryszard, Krasts, Kuc, Kuźmiuk, Pęk, Rogalski, Tatarella, Wojciechowski Janusz

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Cramer, Evans Jill, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Hammerstein, Harms, Hassi, Horáček, Hudghton, Irujo Amezaga, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Özdemir, Onesta, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt Frithjof, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Trüpel, Turmes, Ždanoka

Against: 342

ALDE: Andria, Baeva, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bourlanges, Bowles, Busk, Buşoi, Cappato, Ciornei, Cocilovo, Costa, Davies, Degutis, Deprez, Dičkutė, Drčar Murko, Duff, Ferrari, Geremek, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Hellvig, Hyusmenova, in 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Karim, Kazak, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Lax, Ludford, Morţun, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Oviir, Panayotov, Pannella, Piskorski, Pohjamo, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Sbarbati, Schmidt Olle, Şerbu, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Susta, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Toma, Vălean, Van Hecke, Veraldi, Virrankoski, Watson

IND/DEM: Železný

ITS: Coşea, Stănescu

NI: Allister, Bobošíková, Helmer

PPE-DE: Albertini, Anastase, Antoniozzi, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Ayuso, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Burke, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Casa, Casini, Caspary, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Daul, De Blasio, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Elles, Esteves, Fajmon, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote, Ganţ, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Graça Moura, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Harbour, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hudacký, Hybášková, Iacob-Ridzi, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Jałowiecki, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Kelemen, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, De Lange, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, Lulling, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Marinescu, Marques, Martens, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Matsis, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Mladenov, Montoro Romero, Morin, Musotto, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Ouzký, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Patriciello, Peterle, Petre, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pirker, Pleštinská, Pomés Ruiz, Posselt, Post, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stauner, Stavreva, Stevenson, Strejček, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Surján, Szabó, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Ţîrle, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Urutchev, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Veneto, Vidal-Quadras, Vlasák, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zatloukal, Zdravkova, Zieleniec, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

PSE: Goebbels

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Borghezio, Bossi, Camre, Crowley, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Didžiokas, Foglietta, Foltyn-Kubicka, Gobbo, Grabowski, Janowski, Kamiński, Kristovskis, La Russa, Libicki, Maldeikis, Masiel, Muscardini, Ó Neachtain, Piotrowski, Roszkowski, Rutowicz, Ryan, Speroni, Szymański, Vaidere, Zapałowski, Zīle

Verts/ALE: Voggenhuber

Abstention: 24

ALDE: Budreikaitė, Ek, Manders, Savi

IND/DEM: Nattrass

ITS: Binev, Buruiană-Aprodu, Chukolov, Claeys, Dillen, Gollnisch, Lang, Le Pen Marine, Le Rachinel, Moisuc, Mote, Romagnoli, Schenardi, Stoyanov

NI: Baco, Battilocchio, Belohorská, Kozlík, Rivera

Corrections to votes and voting intentions

For: Jean Marie Beaupuy, Gitte Seeberg

17. Lulling report A6-0148/2007

Amendment 29

For: 303

ALDE: Alvaro, Andria, Attwooll, Bărbuleţiu, Bourlanges, Bowles, Buşoi, Cappato, Cavada, Cocilovo, Costa, Davies, Degutis, Deprez, De Sarnez, Dičkutė, Drčar Murko, Duff, Ek, Ferrari, Fourtou, Geremek, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hellvig, in 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Karim, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Lax, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Matsakis, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Onyszkiewicz, Oviir, Panayotov, Pannella, Pistelli, Pohjamo, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Savi, Sbarbati, Schmidt Olle, Şerbu, Sterckx, Susta, Szent-Iványi, Toma, Vălean, Veraldi, Virrankoski, Watson

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Aita, Brie, de Brún, Figueiredo, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Henin, Holm, Kaufmann, Liotard, McDonald, Markov, Meijer, Morgantini, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Ransdorf, Remek, Rizzo, Seppänen, Søndergaard, Strož, Svensson, Toussas, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Verges, Wagenknecht, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Bonde, Goudin

NI: Battilocchio, Belohorská, Martin Hans-Peter

PPE-DE: Burke, Doyle, Higgins, Korhola, McGuinness, Mitchell, Roithová, Zieleniec

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia i Cutchet, Batzeli, Beňová, Berès, van den Berg, Berlinguer, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Borrell Fontelles, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bulfon, Bullmann, Van den Burg, Calabuig Rull, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Chiesa, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Cottigny, Creţu Corina, Creţu Gabriela, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Douay, El Khadraoui, Ettl, Evans Robert, Färm, Fava, Ferreira Anne, Ford, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Goebbels, Gomes, Gottardi, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Groote, Gruber, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Haug, Hazan, Hedh, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kirilov, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Le Foll, Lefrancois, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lévai, McAvan, McCarthy, Madeira, Maňka, Martínez Martínez, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Mikko, Morgan, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Neris, Obiols i Germà, Occhetto, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Poignant, Prets, Pribetich, Rapkay, Riera Madurell, Rosati, Rothe, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Saks, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Schaldemose, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Simpson, Siwiec, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Walter, Weber Henri, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Yáñez-Barnuevo García

Verts/ALE: Auken, Bennahmias, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Cramer, Evans Jill, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Hammerstein, Harms, Hassi, Horáček, Irujo Amezaga, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Özdemir, Onesta, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt Frithjof, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Trüpel, Turmes, Ždanoka

Against: 335

ALDE: Andrejevs, Baeva, Beaupuy, Birutis, Budreikaitė, Chatzimarkakis, Cornillet, Gentvilas, Griesbeck, Hyusmenova, Kazak, Laperrouze, Lehideux, Morillon, Piskorski, Polfer, Raeva, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Takkula

GUE/NGL: Kohlíček

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Coûteaux, Krupa, Louis, Sinnott, Tomczak, de Villiers, Wojciechowski Bernard, Železný

ITS: Binev, Buruiană-Aprodu, Chukolov, Claeys, Coşea, Dillen, Gollnisch, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Pen Marine, Le Rachinel, Mihăescu, Moisuc, Mote, Popeangă, Romagnoli, Schenardi, Stănescu, Stoyanov

NI: Allister, Bobošíková, Chruszcz, Giertych, Helmer

PPE-DE: Albertini, Anastase, Antoniozzi, Ashworth, Atkins, Ayuso, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Casa, Casini, Caspary, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Daul, De Blasio, Demetriou, Deß, Deva, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Dover, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Ehler, Elles, Fajmon, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote, Ganţ, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gawronski, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Graça Moura, Gräßle, Grosch, Gyürk, Handzlik, Harbour, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Hökmark, Hudacký, Hybášková, Iacob-Ridzi, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Jałowiecki, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Kelemen, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Kónya-Hamar, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, De Lange, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, Lulling, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Marinescu, Marques, Martens, Mato Adrover, Matsis, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mladenov, Montoro Romero, Morin, Musotto, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Ouzký, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Patriciello, Peterle, Petre, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pirker, Pleštinská, Pomés Ruiz, Posselt, Post, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stauner, Stavreva, Stevenson, Strejček, Stubb, Sturdy, Surján, Szabó, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Ţîrle, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Urutchev, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Veneto, Vidal-Quadras, Vlasák, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zatloukal, Zdravkova, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

PSE: Athanasiu, Capoulas Santos, Correia, Dîncu, Dumitrescu, Estrela, Fernandes, Golik, Hasse Ferreira, Miguélez Ramos, Paparizov, Plumb, Podgorean, Severin

UEN: Angelilli, Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Borghezio, Bossi, Camre, Crowley, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, Didžiokas, Foglietta, Gobbo, Grabowski, Janowski, Krasts, Kristovskis, Kuc, Kuźmiuk, La Russa, Libicki, Maldeikis, Masiel, Muscardini, Ó Neachtain, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Roszkowski, Rutowicz, Ryan, Speroni, Szymański, Tatarella, Vaidere, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zapałowski, Zīle

Abstention: 44

ALDE: Busk, Ciornei, Hennis-Plasschaert, Manders, Morţun, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Ortuondo Larrea, Van Hecke

GUE/NGL: Flasarová, Maštálka

IND/DEM: Batten, Booth, Clark, Farage, Knapman, Nattrass, Titford, Whittaker

NI: Rivera

PPE-DE: Audy, Descamps, De Veyrac, Esteves, Fontaine, Gaubert, Gauzès, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Mathieu, Saïfi, Sudre, Toubon

PSE: Carlotti, Falbr, Iotova, Lyubcheva, Mihalache, Paşcu, Rouček, Sârbu

UEN: Foltyn-Kubicka

Verts/ALE: Hudghton, Voggenhuber

Corrections to votes and voting intentions

Against: Pedro Guerreiro, Ilda Figueiredo

18. Lulling report A6-0148/2007

Resolution

For: 46

ALDE: Andria, Birutis, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Ferrari, Morţun, Pannella, Szent-Iványi, Veraldi

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Železný

ITS: Dillen, Le Pen Marine, Le Rachinel, Romagnoli, Schenardi

NI: Baco, Belohorská, Kozlík

PPE-DE: Albertini, Burke, Doyle, Higgins, McGuinness, Mitchell, Mladenov, Seeberg

PSE: Gottardi, Grabowska, Herczog, Iotova, Mikko, Paşcu, Plumb, Podgorean

UEN: Aylward, Bielan, Crowley, Krasts, Libicki, Ó Neachtain, Ryan

Verts/ALE: Voggenhuber

Against: 627

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Baeva, Bărbuleţiu, Beaupuy, Bourlanges, Busk, Buşoi, Cappato, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Costa, Davies, Degutis, Deprez, De Sarnez, Dičkutė, Drčar Murko, Duff, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Hellvig, Hennis-Plasschaert, Hyusmenova, in 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Karim, Kazak, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Laperrouze, Lax, Lehideux, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Oviir, Panayotov, Piskorski, Pistelli, Pohjamo, Polfer, Raeva, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Savi, Sbarbati, Schmidt Olle, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Susta, Takkula, Toma, Vălean, Van Hecke, Virrankoski, Watson

IND/DEM: Batten, Bonde, Booth, Clark, Coûteaux, Farage, Goudin, Knapman, Krupa, Louis, Nattrass, Sinnott, Titford, Tomczak, de Villiers, Whittaker, Wise, Wojciechowski Bernard

ITS: Binev, Buruiană-Aprodu, Chukolov, Claeys, Coşea, Gollnisch, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Mihăescu, Moisuc, Mote, Popeangă, Stănescu, Stoyanov

NI: Allister, Battilocchio, Bobošíková, Chruszcz, Giertych, Helmer, Martin Hans-Peter

PPE-DE: Anastase, Antoniozzi, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Ayuso, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Casa, Casini, Caspary, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Chmielewski, Coelho, Daul, De Blasio, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Dover, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Ehler, Elles, Esteves, Fajmon, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote, Ganţ, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Graça Moura, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Harbour, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Hökmark, Hudacký, Hybášková, Iacob-Ridzi, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Jałowiecki, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Kelemen, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Kónya-Hamar, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Lamassoure, De Lange, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, Lulling, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Marinescu, Marques, Martens, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Matsis, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Montoro Romero, Morin, Musotto, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Ouzký, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Patriciello, Peterle, Petre, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pirker, Pleštinská, Pomés Ruiz, Posselt, Post, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stauner, Stavreva, Stevenson, Strejček, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Surján, Szabó, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Ţîrle, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Urutchev, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Veneto, Vidal-Quadras, Vlasák, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zatloukal, Zdravkova, Zieleniec, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Athanasiu, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia i Cutchet, Batzeli, Beňová, Berès, van den Berg, Berlinguer, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Borrell Fontelles, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bulfon, Bullmann, Van den Burg, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Chiesa, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, Creţu Corina, Creţu Gabriela, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Dîncu, Dobolyi, Douay, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Färm, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Goebbels, Golik, Gomes, Grech, Gröner, Groote, Gruber, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hazan, Hedh, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kirilov, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Le Foll, Lefrancois, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lévai, Lienemann, McAvan, McCarthy, Madeira, Maňka, Martínez Martínez, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Miguélez Ramos, Mihalache, Morgan, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Neris, Obiols i Germà, Occhetto, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri, Paparizov, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Poignant, Prets, Pribetich, Rapkay, Riera Madurell, Rosati, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Saks, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Sârbu, Schaldemose, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Severin, Simpson, Siwiec, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Walter, Weber Henri, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Yáñez-Barnuevo García

UEN: Angelilli, Berlato, Borghezio, Bossi, Camre, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, Didžiokas, Foglietta, Foltyn-Kubicka, Gobbo, Grabowski, Janowski, Kristovskis, Kuc, Kuźmiuk, La Russa, Maldeikis, Masiel, Muscardini, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Roszkowski, Rutowicz, Speroni, Szymański, Tatarella, Vaidere, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zapałowski, Zīle

Verts/ALE: Auken, Bennahmias, Breyer, Cohn-Bendit, Cramer, Evans Jill, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Hammerstein, Harms, Hassi, Horáček, Irujo Amezaga, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Özdemir, Onesta, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt Frithjof, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Trüpel, Ždanoka

Abstention: 13

ALDE: Ciornei, Ek, Harkin, Manders, Ortuondo Larrea, Samuelsen, Şerbu

NI: Rivera

PPE-DE: Landsbergis

PSE: Falbr, Lyubcheva, Stihler

Verts/ALE: Hudghton

Corrections to votes and voting intentions

For: Gitte Seeberg

Against: ITS, Alfonso Andria, Catherine Stihler, Anders Samuelsen

19. Vidal-Quadras report A6-0249/2007

Amendment 4

For: 245

ALDE: Alvaro, Andria, Beaupuy, Bourlanges, Bowles, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Cornillet, Degutis, Deprez, Dičkutė, Ferrari, Fourtou, Griesbeck, Jäätteenmäki, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Laperrouze, Manders, Morillon, Polfer, Ries, Van Hecke

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Aita, Brie, de Brún, Flasarová, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Markov, Maštálka, Morgantini, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Ransdorf, Remek, Strož, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Wagenknecht, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Bonde, Sinnott, Tomczak

ITS: Binev, Buruiană-Aprodu, Chukolov, Coşea, Dillen, Gollnisch, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Pen Marine, Mihăescu, Moisuc, Popeangă, Romagnoli, Schenardi, Stănescu, Stoyanov

NI: Allister

PPE-DE: Audy, Berend, Böge, Brejc, Březina, Busuttil, Casa, Caspary, Castiglione, Daul, Descamps, Deß, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Ebner, Ehler, Ferber, Fontaine, Friedrich, Gahler, Gaľa, Ganţ, Gargani, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Gräßle, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Hudacký, Hybášková, Iacob-Ridzi, Jeggle, Karas, Klamt, Klaß, Koch, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Langen, Langendries, Lehne, Liese, Mann Thomas, Marinescu, Mathieu, Matsis, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mladenov, Nassauer, Niebler, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Peterle, Petre, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pirker, Pleštinská, Posselt, Post, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Radwan, Reul, Roithová, Rübig, Saïfi, Samaras, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Seeber, Siekierski, Sommer, Spautz, Šťastný, Stauner, Stavreva, Szájer, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Urutchev, Vakalis, Varvitsiotis, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau, Zaleski

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Batzeli, Berès, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bulfon, Bullmann, Carlotti, Castex, Cottigny, De Keyser, Dobolyi, Douay, Dumitrescu, Färm, Ferreira Anne, Gebhardt, Glante, Goebbels, Golik, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Hazan, Hedh, Herczog, Hutchinson, Iotova, Jöns, Kindermann, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Le Foll, Lefrancois, Leichtfried, Leinen, Martínez Martínez, Matsouka, Navarro, Neris, Öger, Piecyk, Poignant, Prets, Pribetich, Rapkay, Roure, Schapira, Scheele, Severin, Swoboda, Tarabella, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Weber Henri

UEN: Angelilli, Berlato, Borghezio, Bossi, Crowley, Didžiokas, Gobbo, La Russa, Maldeikis, Muscardini, Ó Neachtain, Ryan, Speroni, Tatarella

Against: 406

ALDE: Andrejevs, Baeva, Bărbuleţiu, Birutis, Budreikaitė, Busk, Buşoi, Cappato, Ciornei, Cocilovo, Costa, Davies, Drčar Murko, Duff, Ek, Geremek, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hellvig, Hennis-Plasschaert, Hyusmenova, in 't Veld, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Karim, Kazak, Lax, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Matsakis, Morţun, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Panayotov, Pannella, Piskorski, Pistelli, Pohjamo, Raeva, Resetarits, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Savi, Sbarbati, Schmidt Olle, Şerbu, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Susta, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Toma, Vălean, Veraldi, Virrankoski, Watson

GUE/NGL: Guidoni, Henin, Holm, McDonald, Meijer, Rizzo, Seppänen, Søndergaard, Svensson, Verges

IND/DEM: Batten, Belder, Blokland, Booth, Clark, Goudin, Knapman, Titford, Wise, Wojciechowski Bernard, Železný

NI: Battilocchio, Belohorská, Bobošíková, Chruszcz, Giertych, Helmer, Martin Hans-Peter

PPE-DE: Albertini, Antoniozzi, Ashworth, Atkins, Ayuso, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Belet, Bonsignore, Bowis, Braghetto, Brepoels, Brok, Burke, Bushill-Matthews, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Casini, del Castillo Vera, Cederschiöld, Chichester, Coelho, De Blasio, Deva, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Elles, Esteves, Fajmon, Fatuzzo, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Gál, Galeote, García-Margallo y Marfil, Garriga Polledo, Gawronski, Goepel, Graça Moura, Grosch, Gyürk, Handzlik, Harbour, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Ibrisagic, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Jałowiecki, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Kelemen, Kirkhope, Klich, Konrad, Kónya-Hamar, Korhola, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Landsbergis, De Lange, Lauk, Lulling, McGuinness, Mantovani, Marques, Mauro, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Morin, Musotto, Nicholson, van Nistelrooij, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Ouzký, Pomés Ruiz, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Rack, Ribeiro e Castro, Rudi Ubeda, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Saryusz-Wolski, Schwab, Seeberg, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sonik, Stevenson, Strejček, Stubb, Sturdy, Surján, Szabó, Tajani, Tannock, Ţîrle, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, Veneto, Vidal-Quadras, Vlasák, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zahradil, Zatloukal, Zdravkova, Zieleniec, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

PSE: Athanasiu, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia i Cutchet, Beňová, Berlinguer, Berman, Borrell Fontelles, Bozkurt, Van den Burg, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Cercas, Chiesa, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Creţu Corina, Creţu Gabriela, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Dîncu, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, García Pérez, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Gomes, Gottardi, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Gruber, Gurmai, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Jørgensen, Kinnock, Kirilov, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Lehtinen, Lévai, Lienemann, Lyubcheva, McAvan, McCarthy, Madeira, Maňka, Medina Ortega, Miguélez Ramos, Mihalache, Mikko, Morgan, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Obiols i Germà, Occhetto, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Paparizov, Paşcu, Patrie, Peillon, Pinior, Pittella, Plumb, Podgorean, Riera Madurell, Rosati, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rouček, Sacconi, Sakalas, Saks, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Sârbu, Schaldemose, Schulz, Segelström, Simpson, Siwiec, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Stihler, Stockmann, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Walter, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Yáñez-Barnuevo García

UEN: Bielan, Camre, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, Foglietta, Foltyn-Kubicka, Grabowski, Janowski, Krasts, Kristovskis, Kuc, Kuźmiuk, Libicki, Masiel, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Roszkowski, Rutowicz, Vaidere, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zapałowski, Zīle

Verts/ALE: Auken, Bennahmias, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Cramer, Evans Jill, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Hammerstein, Harms, Hassi, Horáček, Hudghton, Irujo Amezaga, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Özdemir, Onesta, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt Frithjof, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Trüpel, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Abstention: 22

ALDE: Gentvilas

GUE/NGL: Figueiredo, Guerreiro, Liotard, Toussas

IND/DEM: Coûteaux, Krupa, Louis, de Villiers

ITS: Claeys, Mote

NI: Baco, Kozlík, Rivera

PPE-DE: Anastase, Chmielewski, Demetriou, Lewandowski, Martens, Mato Adrover

PSE: van den Berg, Panzeri

Corrections to votes and voting intentions

For: Harald Ettl, Harlem Désir, Reinhard Rack

Against: Edit Herczog, Marianne Thyssen, Anna Hedh, Göran Färm, Jan Andersson, Zbigniew Zaleski

20. Vidal-Quadras report A6-0249/2007

Amendment 8

For: 108

ALDE: Koch-Mehrin, Susta

GUE/NGL: Agnoletto, Aita, Guidoni, Henin, Holm, Liotard, Meijer, Morgantini, Musacchio, Portas, Rizzo, Seppänen, Søndergaard, Svensson, Triantaphyllides, Verges

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Bonde, Sinnott

NI: Helmer, Martin Hans-Peter

PPE-DE: Ashworth, Atkins, Beazley, Bowis, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Chichester, Deva, Elles, Harbour, Heaton-Harris, Jackson, Kamall, Kirkhope, Nicholson, Purvis, Stevenson, Sturdy, Tannock, Van Orden, Zieleniec

PSE: Bourzai, Casaca, Castex, Correia, Estrela, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Gomes, Hasse Ferreira, Hutchinson, Laignel, Le Foll, Lefrancois, Lienemann, Madeira, Pahor, Pinior, dos Santos, Trautmann, Vaugrenard

UEN: Czarnecki Ryszard, Didžiokas, Krasts, Kuźmiuk, Rogalski, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zapałowski

Verts/ALE: Auken, Bennahmias, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Cramer, Evans Jill, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Hammerstein, Harms, Hassi, Horáček, Hudghton, Irujo Amezaga, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Özdemir, Onesta, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt Frithjof, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Trüpel, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Against: 555

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Baeva, Bărbuleţiu, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Buşoi, Cappato, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Ciornei, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Costa, Davies, Degutis, Deprez, Dičkutė, Drčar Murko, Duff, Ek, Ferrari, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hellvig, Hennis-Plasschaert, Hyusmenova, in 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Karim, Kazak, Klinz, Krahmer, Laperrouze, Lax, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Matsakis, Morillon, Morţun, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Panayotov, Pannella, Piskorski, Pohjamo, Polfer, Raeva, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Savi, Sbarbati, Schmidt Olle, Şerbu, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Toma, Vălean, Van Hecke, Veraldi, Virrankoski, Watson

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Brie, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, McDonald, Markov, Maštálka, Papadimoulis, Ransdorf, Remek, Strož, Uca, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Batten, Booth, Clark, Goudin, Knapman, Krupa, Titford, Tomczak, Wise, Wojciechowski Bernard

ITS: Binev, Buruiană-Aprodu, Chukolov, Claeys, Coşea, Dillen, Gollnisch, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Pen Marine, Le Rachinel, Mihăescu, Moisuc, Mote, Popeangă, Schenardi, Stănescu, Stoyanov

NI: Battilocchio, Bobošíková, Chruszcz, Giertych

PPE-DE: Albertini, Anastase, Antoniozzi, Audy, Ayuso, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Burke, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Casa, Casini, Caspary, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera, Cederschiöld, Chmielewski, Coelho, Daul, De Blasio, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Ehler, Esteves, Fajmon, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote, Ganţ, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Graça Moura, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hudacký, Hybášková, Iacob-Ridzi, Ibrisagic, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jałowiecki, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Kelemen, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Kónya-Hamar, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, De Lange, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, Lulling, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Marinescu, Marques, Martens, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Matsis, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Mladenov, Montoro Romero, Morin, Musotto, Nassauer, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Ouzký, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Patriciello, Peterle, Petre, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pirker, Pleštinská, Pomés Ruiz, Posselt, Post, Protasiewicz, Queiró, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Stauner, Stavreva, Strejček, Stubb, Sudre, Surján, Szabó, Szájer, Tajani, Thyssen, Ţîrle, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Urutchev, Vakalis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Veneto, Vidal-Quadras, Vlasák, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zatloukal, Zdravkova, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Athanasiu, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia i Cutchet, Batzeli, Beňová, Berès, Berlinguer, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Borrell Fontelles, Bozkurt, Bulfon, Bullmann, Van den Burg, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Cashman, Cercas, Chiesa, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Cottigny, Creţu Corina, Creţu Gabriela, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Dîncu, Dobolyi, Douay, Dumitrescu, El Khadraoui, Ettl, Evans Robert, Färm, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Ford, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Goebbels, Golik, Gottardi, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Groote, Gruber, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Haug, Hazan, Hedh, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Iotova, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kirilov, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhne, Lambrinidis, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lévai, Lyubcheva, McAvan, McCarthy, Maňka, Martínez Martínez, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Miguélez Ramos, Mihalache, Mikko, Morgan, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Neris, Obiols i Germà, Occhetto, Öger, Paasilinna, Paleckis, Panzeri, Paparizov, Paşcu, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pittella, Plumb, Podgorean, Poignant, Prets, Pribetich, Rapkay, Riera Madurell, Rosati, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Saks, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, Sârbu, Schaldemose, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Severin, Simpson, Siwiec, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vergnaud, Walter, Weber Henri, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Yáñez-Barnuevo García

UEN: Angelilli, Berlato, Bielan, Borghezio, Bossi, Camre, Crowley, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Foglietta, Foltyn-Kubicka, Gobbo, Grabowski, Janowski, Kristovskis, Kuc, La Russa, Libicki, Maldeikis, Masiel, Muscardini, Ó Neachtain, Pęk, Piotrowski, Roszkowski, Rutowicz, Ryan, Speroni, Tatarella, Vaidere, Zīle

Abstention: 16

ALDE: Manders, Pistelli

GUE/NGL: Pflüger, Toussas, Wagenknecht

IND/DEM: Louis, de Villiers, Železný

ITS: Romagnoli

NI: Allister, Baco, Belohorská, Kozlík, Rivera

PPE-DE: Hennicot-Schoepges

PSE: van den Berg

Corrections to votes and voting intentions

For: Hans-Peter Martin

Against: Bernadette Bourzai, Catherine Trautmann, Anne Ferreira, Roselyne Lefrancois, Françoise Castex

21. Vidal-Quadras report A6-0249/2007

Amendment 10

For: 306

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Baeva, Bărbuleţiu, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Buşoi, Cappato, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Ciornei, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Costa, Davies, Degutis, Deprez, Dičkutė, Drčar Murko, Duff, Ek, Ferrari, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Harkin, Hellvig, Hennis-Plasschaert, Hyusmenova, in 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Karim, Kazak, Klinz, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Laperrouze, Lax, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Matsakis, Morillon, Morţun, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Panayotov, Pannella, Piskorski, Pistelli, Pohjamo, Polfer, Raeva, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Savi, Sbarbati, Schmidt Olle, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Susta, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Toma, Vălean, Van Hecke, Veraldi, Virrankoski, Watson

GUE/NGL: Agnoletto, Aita, Morgantini, Musacchio, Pflüger, Portas, Wagenknecht

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Bonde, Goudin, Sinnott

NI: Allister, Helmer, Martin Hans-Peter

PPE-DE: Ashworth, Atkins, Beazley, Bowis, Bushill-Matthews, Chichester, Deva, Elles, Harbour, Heaton-Harris, Jackson, Kamall, Kirkhope, Nicholson, Purvis, Seeberg, Šťastný, Stevenson, Sturdy, Tannock, Van Orden, Zieleniec

PSE: Andersson, Athanasiu, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia i Cutchet, Beňová, van den Berg, Berlinguer, Berman, Bösch, Borrell Fontelles, Bozkurt, Bulfon, Bullmann, Van den Burg, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Cercas, Chiesa, Christensen, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Creţu Corina, Creţu Gabriela, De Keyser, De Rossa, De Vits, Díez González, Dîncu, Dobolyi, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Färm, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Gomes, Gottardi, Grabowska, Grech, Groote, Gruber, Gurmai, Hänsch, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hedh, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Iotova, Jöns, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kirilov, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhne, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lévai, Lyubcheva, McAvan, McCarthy, Madeira, Maňka, Martínez Martínez, Medina Ortega, Miguélez Ramos, Mihalache, Mikko, Morgan, Muscat, Napoletano, Navarro, Obiols i Germà, Occhetto, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Paleckis, Panzeri, Paparizov, Paşcu, Piecyk, Pinior, Pittella, Plumb, Podgorean, Prets, Rapkay, Riera Madurell, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rouček, Sacconi, Sakalas, Saks, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Sârbu, Schaldemose, Schulz, Segelström, Severin, Simpson, Siwiec, Skinner, Sornosa Martínez, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Walter, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Yáñez-Barnuevo García

UEN: Camre, Didžiokas, Kuc, Maldeikis

Verts/ALE: Auken, Bennahmias, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Cramer, Evans Jill, Flautre, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Hammerstein, Harms, Horáček, Hudghton, Irujo Amezaga, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Özdemir, Onesta, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt Frithjof, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Trüpel, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Against: 329

GUE/NGL: Figueiredo, Guerreiro, Kohlíček

IND/DEM: Batten, Booth, Clark, Knapman, Krupa, Titford, Tomczak, Wise, Wojciechowski Bernard, Železný

NI: Battilocchio, Bobošíková, Chruszcz, Giertych

PPE-DE: Albertini, Anastase, Antoniozzi, Audy, Ayuso, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bonsignore, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Burke, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Casa, Casini, Caspary, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera, Cederschiöld, Chmielewski, Coelho, Daul, De Blasio, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Ehler, Esteves, Fajmon, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote, Ganţ, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Graça Moura, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hudacký, Hybášková, Iacob-Ridzi, Ibrisagic, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jałowiecki, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Kelemen, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Konrad, Kónya-Hamar, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, De Lange, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, Lulling, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Marinescu, Marques, Martens, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Matsis, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Mladenov, Montoro Romero, Morin, Musotto, Nassauer, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Ouzký, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Patriciello, Peterle, Petre, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pirker, Pleštinská, Pomés Ruiz, Posselt, Post, Protasiewicz, Queiró, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Stauner, Stavreva, Strejček, Stubb, Sudre, Surján, Szabó, Szájer, Tajani, Thyssen, Ţîrle, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Urutchev, Vakalis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Veneto, Vidal-Quadras, Vlasák, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zatloukal, Zdravkova, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

PSE: Arif, Arnaoutakis, Batzeli, Berès, Bono, Bourzai, Carlotti, Castex, Cottigny, Désir, Douay, Dumitrescu, Ferreira Anne, Glante, Goebbels, Golik, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Hazan, Hutchinson, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Lefrancois, Lienemann, Matsouka, Neris, Patrie, Peillon, Poignant, Pribetich, Roure, Schapira, Tarabella, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Weber Henri

UEN: Angelilli, Berlato, Bielan, Borghezio, Bossi, Crowley, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Foglietta, Foltyn-Kubicka, Gobbo, Grabowski, Janowski, Krasts, Kristovskis, Kuźmiuk, La Russa, Libicki, Muscardini, Ó Neachtain, Pęk, Piotrowski, Roszkowski, Rutowicz, Ryan, Speroni, Tatarella, Vaidere, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zapałowski, Zīle

Verts/ALE: Hassi

Abstention: 38

ALDE: Manders

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Brie, de Brún, Flasarová, Guidoni, Henin, Holm, Kaufmann, Liotard, McDonald, Markov, Maštálka, Meijer, Papadimoulis, Ransdorf, Remek, Rizzo, Seppänen, Søndergaard, Strož, Svensson, Toussas, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Verges, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Coûteaux, Louis, de Villiers

NI: Baco, Belohorská, Kozlík, Rivera

PPE-DE: Hennicot-Schoepges

PSE: Scheele

UEN: Rogalski

22. Stevenson report A6-0155/2007

Amendments 11 + 13

For: 247

ALDE: Degutis, Deprez, Jäätteenmäki, Resetarits

GUE/NGL: Adamou, Agnoletto, Brie, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Henin, Holm, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Liotard, McDonald, Maštálka, Meijer, Morgantini, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Ransdorf, Remek, Rizzo, Seppänen, Søndergaard, Strož, Svensson, Toussas, Triantaphyllides, Uca, Verges, Wagenknecht, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Bonde, Goudin, Krupa, Tomczak, Wojciechowski Bernard

NI: Battilocchio, Chruszcz, Giertych, Martin Hans-Peter, Rivera

PPE-DE: Braghetto, Brepoels, Seeberg

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Athanasiu, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia i Cutchet, Batzeli, Beňová, Berès, van den Berg, Berlinguer, Berman, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bulfon, Bullmann, Van den Burg, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Chiesa, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, Creţu Corina, Creţu Gabriela, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Dîncu, Dobolyi, Douay, Dumitrescu, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Färm, Falbr, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Goebbels, Golik, Gomes, Gottardi, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Groote, Gruber, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hazan, Hedh, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Iotova, Jöns, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krehl, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Lefrancois, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lienemann, Lyubcheva, McAvan, Madeira, Maňka, Martínez Martínez, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Miguélez Ramos, Mihalache, Morgan, Muscat, Napoletano, Navarro, Neris, Obiols i Germà, Öger, Paasilinna, Paleckis, Panzeri, Paparizov, Paşcu, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Plumb, Podgorean, Poignant, Prets, Pribetich, Rapkay, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Sacconi, Sakalas, Saks, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Sârbu, Schaldemose, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Severin, Simpson, Siwiec, Skinner, Stihler, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Walter, Weber Henri, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott

Verts/ALE: Bennahmias, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Cramer, Evans Jill, Frassoni, Graefe zu Baringdorf, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Hammerstein, Harms, Hassi, Horáček, Hudghton, Irujo Amezaga, Jonckheer, Kallenbach, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lichtenberger, Lipietz, Özdemir, Onesta, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt Frithjof, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Trüpel, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Against: 339

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Andria, Attwooll, Baeva, Bărbuleţiu, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Cappato, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Ciornei, Cocilovo, Cornillet, Costa, Dičkutė, Drčar Murko, Duff, Ek, Ferrari, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Griesbeck, Guardans Cambó, Hall, Hellvig, Hennis-Plasschaert, Hyusmenova, in 't Veld, Jensen, Juknevičienė, Karim, Kazak, Koch-Mehrin, Laperrouze, Lax, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Matsakis, Morillon, Morţun, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Panayotov, Pannella, Piskorski, Pistelli, Pohjamo, Polfer, Raeva, Riis-Jørgensen, Savi, Sbarbati, Schmidt Olle, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Susta, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Toma, Vălean, Van Hecke, Veraldi, Virrankoski, Watson

GUE/NGL: Aita

IND/DEM: Coûteaux, Louis, Sinnott, de Villiers, Železný

ITS: Binev, Chukolov, Claeys, Coşea, Dillen, Gollnisch, Mihăescu, Moisuc, Mote, Popeangă, Romagnoli, Schenardi, Stănescu, Stoyanov

NI: Allister, Bobošíková, Helmer

PPE-DE: Albertini, Anastase, Antoniozzi, Ashworth, Audy, Ayuso, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belet, Berend, Bonsignore, Bowis, Brejc, Březina, Brok, Burke, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Casa, Casini, Caspary, del Castillo Vera, Cederschiöld, Chmielewski, Coelho, Daul, De Blasio, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Elles, Esteves, Fajmon, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Fjellner, Florenz, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote, Ganţ, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Graça Moura, Gräßle, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Harbour, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hudacký, Hybášková, Ibrisagic, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Kelemen, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Koch, Kónya-Hamar, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Kušķis, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, De Lange, Langen, Langendries, Lauk, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, Lulling, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Marinescu, Marques, Martens, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Méndez de Vigo, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Mladenov, Montoro Romero, Morin, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Ouzký, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Patriciello, Peterle, Petre, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pirker, Pleštinská, Posselt, Post, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Roithová, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Saryusz-Wolski, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sommer, Spautz, Šťastný, Stauner, Stavreva, Stevenson, Strejček, Stubb, Sudre, Surján, Szabó, Szájer, Tannock, Thyssen, Ţîrle, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Urutchev, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Vidal-Quadras, Vlasák, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zatloukal, Zdravkova, Zieleniec, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

PSE: Christensen, Sornosa Martínez

UEN: Angelilli, Berlato, Borghezio, Bossi, Camre, Crowley, Didžiokas, Foglietta, Foltyn-Kubicka, Gobbo, Grabowski, Janowski, Krasts, Kristovskis, Kuc, La Russa, Libicki, Muscardini, Ó Neachtain, Piotrowski, Roszkowski, Rutowicz, Ryan, Speroni, Tatarella, Vaidere

Abstention: 19

ALDE: Harkin, Manders

IND/DEM: Booth, Clark, Wise

NI: Baco, Belohorská, Kozlík

PPE-DE: Cabrnoch, Castiglione, Fatuzzo, Konrad, Mauro, Musotto, Sonik, Tajani, Veneto

PSE: Bösch, Borrell Fontelles

TEXTS ADOPTED

P6_TA(2007)0291

EC-Algeria Euro-Mediterranean Agreement ***

European Parliament legislative resolution of 10 July 2007 on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic to the European Union (8937/2007 — COM(2006)0765 — C6-0153/2007 — 2006/0254(AVC))

(Assent procedure)

The European Parliament,

—	having regard to the proposal for a Council decision (COM(2006)0765) (1),

—	having regard to the text of the Council (8937/2007),

—	having regard to the request for assent submitted by the Council pursuant to Article 300(3), second subparagraph, in conjunction with Article 310 and Article 300(2), first subparagraph, second sentence, of the EC Treaty (C6-0153/2007),

—	having regard to Rules 75, 83(7) and 43(1) of its Rules of Procedure,

—	having regard to the recommendation of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (A6-0274/2007),

1.	Gives its assent to the conclusion of the Protocol;

2.	Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission, and to the governments and parliaments of the Member States and of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria.

(1) Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TA(2007)0292

EC-Moldova Partnership and Cooperation Agreement *

European Parliament legislative resolution of 10 July 2007 on the proposal for a Council and Commission decision on the conclusion of the Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Moldova, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union (COM(2007)0009 — C6-0103/2007 — 2007/0003(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

—	having regard to the proposal for a Council and Commission decision (COM(2007)0009) (1),

—	having regard to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement with the Republic of Moldova (9221/2004),

—	having regard to Article 44(2), Article 47(2), last sentence, Articles 55, 57(2), 71, 80(2), 93, 94, 133, 181a, and Article 300(2), third subparagraph, of the EC Treaty,

—	having regard to Article 101(2) of the Euratom Treaty,

—	having regard to Article 300(3), first subparagraph, of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C6-0103/2007),

—	having regard to Rules 51, 83(7) and 43(1) of its Rules of Procedure,

—	having regard to the report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (A6-0224/2007),

1.	Approves the conclusion of the Protocol;

2.	Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission, and to the governments and parliaments of the Member States and of the Republic of Moldova.

(1) Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TA(2007)0293

EC-Ukraine Partnership and Cooperation Agreement *

European Parliament legislative resolution of 10 July 2007 on the proposal for a Council and Commission decision on the conclusion of the Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union (COM(2007)0007 — C6-0102/2007 — 2007/0004(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

—	having regard to the proposal for a Council and Commission decision (COM(2007)0007) (1),

—	having regard to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement with Ukraine (9108/2004),

—	having regard to Article 44(2), Article 47(2), last sentence, Articles 55, 57(2), 71, 80(2), 93, 94, 133 and 181a, and Article 300(2), third subparagraph, of the EC Treaty,

—	having regard to Article 101(2) of the Euratom Treaty,

—	having regard to Article 300(3), first subparagraph, of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C6-0102/2007),

—	having regard to Rules 51, 83(7) and 43(1) of its Rules of Procedure,

—	having regard to the report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (A6-0216/2007),

1.	Approves the conclusion of the Protocol;

2.	Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission, and to the governments and parliaments of the Member States and of Ukraine.

(1) Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TA(2007)0294

EC-Armenia Partnership and Cooperation Agreement *

European Parliament legislative resolution of 10 July 2007 on the proposal for a Council and Commission decision on the conclusion of the Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Armenia, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union (COM(2007)0113 — C6-0161/2007 — 2007/0041(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

—	having regard to the proposal for a Council and Commission decision (COM(2007)0113) (1),

—	having regard to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement with the Republic of Armenia (9257/2004),

—	having regard to Article 44(2), Article 47(2), last sentence, Articles 55, 57(2), 71, 80(2), 93, 94, 133, 181a and Article 300(2), third subparagraph, of the EC Treaty,

—	having regard to Article 101(2) of the Euratom Treaty,

—	having regard to Article 300(3), first subparagraph, of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C6-0161/2007),

—	having regard to Rules 51, 83(7) and 43(1) of its Rules of Procedure,

—	having regard to the report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (A6-0254/2007),

1.	Approves the conclusion of the Protocol;

2.	Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission, and to the governments and parliaments of the Member States and of the Republic of Armenia.

(1) Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TA(2007)0295

EC-Azerbaijan Partnership and Cooperation Agreement *

European Parliament legislative resolution of 10 July 2007 on the proposal for a Council and Commission decision on the conclusion of the Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Azerbaijan, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union (COM(2007)0114 — C6-0160/2007 — 2007/0040(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

—	having regard to the proposal for a Council and Commission decision (COM(2007)0114) (1),

—	having regard to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement with with the Republic of Azerbaijan (8924/2004),

—	having regard to Article 44(2), Article 47(2), last sentence, Articles 55, 57(2), 71, 80(2), 93, 94, 133, 181a, and Article 300(2), third subparagraph, of the EC Treaty,

—	having regard to Article 101(2) of the Euratom Treaty,

—	having regard to Article 300(3), first subparagraph, of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C6-0160/2007),

—	having regard to Rules 51, 83(7) and 43(1) of its Rules of Procedure,

—	having regard to the report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (A6-0255/2007),

1.	Approves the conclusion of the Protocol;

2.	Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission, and to the governments and parliaments of the Member States and of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

(1) Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TA(2007)0296

EC-Georgia Partnership and Cooperation Agreement *

European Parliament legislative resolution of 10 July 2007 on the proposal for a Council and Commission decision on the conclusion of the Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Georgia, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union (COM(2007)0098 — C6-0162/2007 — 2007/0046(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

—	having regard to the proposal for a Council and Commission decision (COM(2007)0098) (1),

—	having regard to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement with Georgia (8916/2004),

—	having regard to Article 44(2), Article 47(2), last sentence, Articles 55, 57(2), 71, 80(2), 93, 94, 133, 181a, and Article 300(2), third subparagraph, of the EC Treaty,

—	having regard to Article 101(2) of the Euratom Treaty,

—	having regard to Article 300(3), first subparagraph, of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C6-0162/2007),

—	having regard to Rules 51, 83(7) and 43(1) of its Rules of Procedure,

—	having regard to the report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (A6-0256/2007),

1.	Approves the conclusion of the Protocol;

2.	Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission, and to the governments and parliaments of the Member States and of Georgia;

(1) Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TA(2007)0297

Accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Convention on the use of information technology for customs purposes *

European Parliament legislative resolution of 10 July 2007 on the recommendation for a Council decision concerning the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Convention of 26 July 1995, drawn up on the basis of Article K.3 of the Treaty on European Union, on the use of information technology for customs purposes (COM(2007)0211 — C6-0168/2007 — 2007/0079(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

—	having regard to the Commission recommendation to the Council (COM(2007)0211) (1),

—	having regard to Article 3(4) of the Act of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C6-0168/2007),

—	having regard to Rules 51 and 43(1) of its Rules of Procedure,

—	having regard to the report of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (A6-0265/2007),

1.	Approves the Commission recommendation;

2.	Calls on the Council to notify Parliament if it intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament;

3.	Asks the Council to consult Parliament again if it intends to amend the Commission recommendation substantially;

4.	Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission and to the governments of Bulgaria and Romania.

(1) Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TA(2007)0298

Direct insurance other than life assurance (implementing powers conferred on the Commission) ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution of 10 July 2007 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 92/49/EEC on the coordination of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to direct insurance other than life assurance, as regards the implementing powers conferred on the Commission (COM(2006)0924 — C6-0009/2007 — 2006/0289(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

—	having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2006)0924) (1),

—	having regard to Article 251(2) and Articles 47(2) and 55 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C6-0009/2007),

—	having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure,

—	having regard to the report of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (A6-0237/2007),

1.	Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

2.	Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend the proposal substantially or replace it with another text;

3.	Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.

(1) Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TC1-COD(2006)0289

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 10 July 2007 with a view to the adoption of Directive 2007/.../EC of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 92/49/EEC on the coordination of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to direct insurance other than life assurance, as regards the implementing powers conferred on the Commission

(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position at first reading corresponds to the final legislative act, Directive 2007/.../EC.)

P6_TA(2007)0299

Undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities (implementing powers conferred on the Commission) ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution of 10 July 2007 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 85/611/EEC on the coordination of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities (UCITS), as regards the implementing powers conferred on the Commission (COM(2006)0926 — C6-0010/2007 — 2006/0293(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

—	having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2006)0926) (1),

—	having regard to Articles 251(2) and 47(2) of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C6-0010/2007),

—	having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure,

—	having regard to the report of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (A6-0239/2007),

1.	Approves the Commission proposal;

2.	Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend the proposal substantially or replace it with another text;

3.	Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.

(1) Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TA(2007)0300

Reinsurance (implementing powers conferred on the Commission) ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution of 10 July 2007 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2005/68/EC relating to reinsurance, as regards the implementing powers conferred on the Commission (COM(2006)0905 — C6-0017/2007 — 2006/0280(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

—	having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2006)0905) (1),

—	having regard to Article 251(2) and Articles 47(2) and 55 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C6-0017/2007),

—	having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure,

—	having regard to the report of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (A6-0238/2007),

1.	Approves the Commission proposal;

2.	Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend the proposal substantially or replace it with another text;

3.	Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission.

(1) Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TA(2007)0301

A new statistical classification of products by activity (CPA) ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution of 10 July 2007 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a new statistical classification of products by activity (CPA) and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 3696/93 (COM(2006)0655 — C6-0376/2006 — 2006/0218(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

—	having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2006)0655) (1),

—	having regard to Article 251(2) and Article 285(1) of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C6-0376/2006),

—	having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure,

—	having regard to the report of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (A6-0242/2007),

1.	Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

2.	Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.

(1) Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TC1-COD(2006)0218

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 10 July 2007 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EC) No .../2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a new statistical classification of products by activity (CPA) and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 3696/93

(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position at first reading corresponds to the final legislative act, Regulation (EC) No .../2007.)

P6_TA(2007)0302

Labour force sample survey ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution of 10 July 2007 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 on the organisation of a labour force sample survey in the Community (COM(2006)0565 — C6-0326/2006 — 2006/0180(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

—	having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2006)0565) (1),

—	having regard to Articles 251(2) and 285(1) of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C6-0326/2006),

—	having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure,

—	having regard to the report of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (A6-0181/2007),

1.	Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

2.	Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend the proposal substantially or replace it with another text;

3.	Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission.

(1) Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TC1-COD(2006)0180

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 10 July 2007 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EC) No .../2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 on the organisation of a labour force sample survey in the Community

(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position at first reading corresponds to the final legislative act, Regulation (EC) No 1372/2007.)

P6_TA(2007)0303

Energy Star ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution of 10 July 2007 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on a Community energy-efficiency labelling programme for office equipment (recast) (COM(2006)0576 — C6-0329/2006 — 2006/0187(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

—	having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2006)0576) (1),

—	having regard to Article 251(2) and Article 175(1) of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C6-0329/2006),

—	having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure,

—	having regard to the report of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (A6-0234/2007),

1.	Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

2.	Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend the proposal substantially or replace it with another text;

3.	Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.

(1) Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TC1-COD(2006)0187

(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position at first reading corresponds to the final legislative act, Regulation (EC) No .../2007.)

P6_TA(2007)0304

United Nations Convention on a Code of Conduct for Liner Conferences (repeal of Council Regulation (EEC) No 954/79) ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution of 10 July 2007 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 954/79 concerning the ratification by Members States of, or their accession to, the United Nations Convention on a Code of Conduct for Liner Conferences (COM(2006)0869 — C6-0059/2007 — 2006/0308(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

—	having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2006)0869) (1),

—	having regard to Article 251(2) and Article 80(2) of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C6-0059/2007),

—	having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure,

—	having regard to the report of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (A6-0258/2007),

1.	Approves the Commission proposal;

2.	Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend its proposal substantially or replace it with another text;

3.	Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission.

(1) Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TA(2007)0305

Fishing activities in the Antarctic *

European Parliament legislative resolution of 10 July 2007 on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Council Regulation (EC) No 601/2004 of 22 March 2004 laying down certain control measures applicable to fishing activities in the area covered by the Convention on the conservation of Antarctic marine living resources and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 3943/90, (EC) No 66/98 and (EC) No 1721/1999 (COM(2006)0867 — C6-0054/2007 — 2007/0001(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

—	having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2006)0867) (1),

—	having regard to Article 37 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C6-0054/2007),

—	having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure,

—	having regard to the report of the Committee on Fisheries (A6-0213/2007),

1.	Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

2.	Calls on the Commission to alter its proposal accordingly, pursuant to Article 250(2) of the EC Treaty;

3.	Calls on the Council to notify Parliament if it intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament;

4.	Asks the Council to consult Parliament again if it intends to amend the Commission proposal substantially;

5.	Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.

TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION

AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 1

ARTICLE 1, POINT 2A (new)

Article 5a (new) (Regulation (EC) No 601/2004)

2a.

The following Article 5a is inserted:

Article 5a

Notification of intent to participate in a krill fishery

All Contracting Parties intending to fish for krill in the Convention area shall notify the CCAMLR Secretariat of their intent not less than four months in advance of the regular annual meeting of the CCAMLR immediately prior to the season in which they intend to fish.;

Amendment 2

ARTICLE 1, POINT 2B (new)

Article 6, paragraph 3 (Regulation (EC) No 601/2004)

2b.

Article 6(3) is replaced by the following:

3. The flag Member State shall notify the Commission not later than four months in advance of the ordinary annual meeting of the CCAMLR of the intention of a Community fishing vessel to develop a new fishery in the Convention area.

This notification shall be accompanied by as much of the following information as the Member State is able to provide:

(a)	the nature of the proposed fishery, including target species, methods of fishing, the proposed fishery region and any minimum level of catches required to develop a viable fishery;

(b)	biological information from comprehensive research/survey cruises, such as distribution, abundance, population data and stock identity;

(c)	details of dependent and associated species and the likelihood of such species being affected in any way at all by the proposed fishery;

(d)	information from other fisheries in the region or similar fisheries elsewhere that may assist in the evaluation of potential yield;

(e)	if bottom trawl gear is to be used in the proposed fishery, information on the known and anticipated impacts of this gear on vulnerable marine ecosystems, including benthos and benthic communities.;

Amendment 3

ARTICLE 1, POINT 4

Article 7b, point (a) (Regulation (EC) No 601/2004)

(a)

Dissostichus spp. individuals shall be tagged and released at a rate of one individual per tonne of green weight catch throughout the season in accordance with the CCAMLR Tagging Protocol. Vessels shall only discontinue tagging after they have tagged 500 individuals, or leave the fishery having tagged one individual per tonne of green weight caught;

(a)

Amendment 4

ARTICLE 1, POINT 4

Article 7b, point (b) (Regulation (EC) No 601/2004)

(b)	the programme shall target individuals of all sizes in order to meet the tagging requirement of one individual per one tonne of green weight catch. All released individuals shall be double tagged and releases shall cover as broad a geographical area as possible;

(b)

the programme shall target individuals of all sizes in order to meet the tagging requirement of one individual per one tonne of green weight catch. All released individuals shall be double tagged and releases shall cover as broad a geographical area as possible; in regions where both Dissostichus spp species occur, the tagging rate shall, to the extent possible, be in proportion to the species and size of Dissostichus spp present in the catches;

Amendment 5

ARTICLE 1, POINT 4

Article 7b, point (c) (Regulation (EC) No 601/2004)

(c)	all tags shall be clearly imprinted with a unique serial number and a return address so that the origin of tags can be retraced in the case of recapture of the tagged individual;

(c)	all tags shall be clearly imprinted with a unique serial number and a return address so that the origin of tags can be retraced in the case of recapture of the tagged individual; from 1 September 2007 all tags for use in explanatory fishery shall be sourced from the CCAMLR Secretariat;

Amendment 6

ARTICLE 1, POINT 4

Article 7b, point (e) (Regulation (EC) No 601/2004)

(e)	all recaptured tagged individuals shall be biologically sampled (length, weight, sex, gonad stage), an electronic photograph taken if possible , the otoliths recovered and the tag removed;

(e)	all recaptured tagged individuals shall be biologically sampled (length, weight, sex, gonad stage), an electronic time-stamped photograph taken of the fish , the otoliths recovered and the tag removed;

Amendment 7

ARTICLE 1, POINT 4

Article 7b, point ga (new) (Regulation (EC) No 601/2004)

(ga)	Dissostichus spp individuals that are tagged and released shall not be counted against the catch limits.

Amendment 8

ARTICLE 1, POINT 12A (new)

Article 26a (Regulation (EC) No 601/2004)

12a)

The following Article 26a is inserted:

Article 26a

Report of vessel sighting

1. If the master of a licensed fishing vessel sights a fishing vessel within the Convention area, the master shall, where possible, document as much information as possible on the vessel sighted, including:

(a)	the name and description of the vessel;

(b)	the vessel call sign;

(c)	the registration number and the Lloyds/IMO number of the vessel;

(d)	the flag State of the vessel;

(e)	photographs of the vessel to support the report;

(f)	any other relevant information regarding the observed activities of the sighted vessel.

2. The master shall forward a report containing the information referred to in paragraph 1 to his flag State as soon as possible. The flag State shall submit that report to the CCAMLR Secretariat if the sighted vessel is engaged in illegal, undeclared or unregulated (IUU) fishing activities according to CCAMLR standards.;

Amendment 9

ARTICLE 1, POINT 14

Article 30, paragraph 1(d) (Regulation (EC) No 601/2004)

(d)	vessels appearing in the IUU vessel list that enter their ports voluntarily are inspected in port in accordance with Article 27;

(d)

vessels appearing in the IUU list are denied access to ports except for the purpose of enforcement action or for reasons of force majeure or for rendering assistance to vessels or persons on those vessels in danger or distress. Vessels allowed entry to port are to be inspected in accordance with Article 27;

(da)

where port access is granted to such vessels:

—

documentation and other information, including Dissostichus spp catch documents where relevant, are examined, with a view to verifying the area in which the catch was taken; and where the origin cannot be adequately verified, the catch is detained or any landing or transhipment of the catch refused, and

—	where possible, if the catch is found to have been taken in contravention of CCAMLR conservation measures, the catch is confiscated.

All support to such vessels, including non-emergency refuelling, resupplying and repairs shall be prohibited.

Amendment 10

ARTICLE 1, POINT 15

Article 30, paragraph 2(a) and (b) (Regulation (EC) No 601/2004)

(a)	by derogation of Article 11 of Regulation (EEC) 2847/93, for Community fishing vessels, support vessels, motherships and cargo vessels, to participate in any transhipment or joint fishing operations with, support or re-supply vessels appearing on the IUU vessel list;

(a)	by derogation of Article 11 of Regulation (EEC) 2847/93, for Community fishing vessels, support vessels, refuel vessels, mother-ships and cargo vessels, to participate in any way in transhipment or joint fishing operations with, support or re-supply vessels appearing on the IUU vessel list;

(b)	for vessels appearing in the IUU vessel list that enter ports voluntarily, to land or tranship therein;

Amendment 11

ARTICLE 1, POINT 15A (new)

Article 31 (Regulation (EC) No 601/2004)

15a.

Article 31 is replaced by the following:

Article 31

Scheme to promote compliance by nationals with CCAMLR conservation measures

1. Without prejudice to the primacy of the responsibility of the flag State, Member States shall take appropriate measures, subject to and in accordance with their applicable legislation:

(a)	to verify if any natural or legal persons subject to their jurisdiction are engaged in the IUU activities as described in Article 28;

(b)	to enable them to take appropriate action in response to any verified activities referred to in point a); and

(c)	to enable them to cooperate for the purpose of implementing the measures and actions referred to in point a). To this end, relevant agencies of Member States shall cooperate to implement CCAMLR conservation measures and shall seek cooperation by fishing industries within their jurisdiction.

2. To assist with the implementation of this conservation measure, Member States shall submit to the CCAMLR Secretariat and the Contracting Parties and non- Contracting Parties cooperating with CCAMLR, for the purpose of implementing the Catch Documentation Scheme for Dissostichus spp., a report on the actions and measures taken in accordance with paragraph 1, in a timely fashion, with a copy to the Commission.;

(1) Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TA(2007)0306

Accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Europol Convention *

European Parliament legislative resolution of 10 July 2007 on the recommendation for a Council decision concerning the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Convention of 26 July 1995, based on Article K.3 of the Treaty on European Union, on the establishment of a European Police Office (Europol Convention) (COM(2007)0215 — C6-0169/2007 — 2007/0076(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

—	having regard to the Commission recommendation to the Council (COM(2007)0215) (1),

—	having regard to Article 3(4) of the Act of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C6-0169/2007),

—	having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure,

—	having regard to the report of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (A6-0260/2007),

1.	Approves the Commission recommendation;

2.	Calls on the Council to notify Parliament if it intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament;

3.	Asks the Council to consult Parliament again if it intends to amend the Commission recommendation substantially;

4.	Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission and to the governments of Bulgaria and Romania.

(1) Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TA(2007)0307

Accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Convention on mutual assistance in criminal matters *

European Parliament legislative resolution of 10 July 2007 on the recommendation for a Council decision concerning the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Convention of 29 May 2000, established by the Council in accordance with Article 34 of the Treaty on European Union, on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters between the Member States of the European Union (COM(2007)0213 — C6-0158/2007 — 2007/0080(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

—	having regard to the Commission recommendation (COM(2007)0213) (1),

—	having regard to Article 3(4) of the Act of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C6-0158/2007),

—	having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure,

—	having regard to the report of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (A6-0261/2007),

1.	Approves the Commission recommendation;

2.	Calls on the Council to notify Parliament if it intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament;

3.	Calls on the Council to consult Parliament again if it intends to amend the Commission recommendation substantially;

4.	Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission and to the governments of Bulgaria and Romania.

(1) Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TA(2007)0308

Accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Convention on driving disqualifications *

European Parliament legislative resolution of 10 July 2007 on the recommendation for a Council decision concerning the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Convention of 17 June 1998, drawn up on the basis of Article K.3 of the Treaty on European Union, on driving disqualifications (COM(2007)0214 — C6-0155/2007 — 2007/0075(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

—	having regard to the Commission recommendation to the Council (COM(2007)0214) (1),

—	having regard to Article 3(4) of the Act of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C6-0155/2007),

—	having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure,

—	having regard to the report of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (A6-0269/2007),

1.	Approves the Commission recommendation;

2.	Calls on the Council to notify Parliament if it intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament;

3.	Calls on the Council to consult Parliament again if it intends to amend the Commission recommendation substantially;

4.	Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission and to the governments of Bulgaria and Romania.

(1) Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TA(2007)0309

The fight against corruption involving officials of the European Communities or officials of Member States of the European Union *

European Parliament legislative resolution of 10 July 2007 on the recommendation for a Council decision concerning the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Convention of 26 May 1997, drawn up on the basis of Article K.3(2)(c) of the Treaty on European Union, on the fight against corruption involving officials of the European Communities or officials of Member States of the European Union (COM(2007)0218 — C6-0156/2007 — 2007/0072(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

—	having regard to the Commission recommendation to the Council (COM(2007)0218) (1),

—	having regard to Article 3(4) of the Act of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C6-0156/2007),

—	having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure,

—	having regard to the report of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (A6-0272/2007),

1.	Approves the Commission recommendation;

2.	Calls on the Council to notify Parliament if it intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament;

3.	Asks the Council to consult Parliament again if it intends to amend the Commission recommendation substantially;

4.	Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and the Commission and to the governments of Bulgaria and Romania.

(1) Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TA(2007)0310

Corrigenda (new Rule 204a of Parliament's Rules of Procedure)

European Parliament decision of 10 July 2007 on the insertion of a new Rule 204a on Corrigenda in Parliament's Rules of Procedure (2005/2041(REG))

The European Parliament,

—	having regard to the letter from its President dated 10 March 2005,

—	having regard to Rules 201 and 202 of its Rules of Procedure,

—	having regard to the report of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs (A6-0229/2007),

1.	Decides to amend its Rules of Procedure as shown below;

2.	Points out that the amendment will enter into force on the first day of the next part-session;

3.	Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council and Commission, for information.

PRESENT TEXT

AMENDMENTS

Amendment 1

Rule 204a (new)

Rule 204a

Corrigenda

1.	Where an error is identified in a text adopted by Parliament, the President shall, where appropriate, refer a draft corrigendum to the committee responsible.

2.	Where an error is identified in a text adopted by Parliament and agreed with other institutions, the President shall seek the agreement of those institutions on the necessary corrections before proceeding in accordance with paragraph one.

3.	The committee responsible shall examine the draft corrigendum and submit it to Parliament if it is satisfied that an error has occurred which can be corrected in the proposed manner.

The corrigendum shall be announced at the following part-session. It shall be deemed approved unless, not later than forty-eight hours after its announcement, a request is made by a political group or at least forty Members that it be put to the vote. If the corrigendum is not approved, it shall be referred back to the committee responsible which may propose an amended corrigendum or close the procedure.

5.	Approved corrigenda shall be published in the same way as the text to which they refer. Rules 66(3), 67 and 68 shall apply mutatis mutandis.

P6_TA(2007)0311

Application and interpretation of the Rules of Procedure (amendment of Rule 201)

European Parliament decision of 10 July 2007 on amendment of Rule 201 of Parliament's Rules of Procedure on application and interpretation of the Rules of Procedure (2006/2192(REG))

The European Parliament,

—	having regard to the proposal for amendment of its Rules of Procedure (B6-0166/2006),

—	having regard to Rules 201 and 202 of its Rules of Procedure,

—	having regard to the report of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs (A6-0230/2007),

1.	Decides to amend its Rules of Procedure as shown below;

2.	Points out that the amendment will enter into force on the first day of the next part-session;

3.	Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council and Commission, for information.

PRESENT TEXT	AMENDMENTS
Amendment 1
Rule 201, paragraph 1
1. Should doubt arise over the application or interpretation of these Rules of Procedure, the President may , without prejudice to any previous decisions in this field, refer the matter to the committee responsible for examination.	1. Should doubt arise over the application or interpretation of these Rules of Procedure, the President may refer the matter to the committee responsible for examination.
Where a point of order is raised under Rule 166, the President may also refer the matter to the committee responsible.	Committee chairs may do so where such a doubt arises in the course of the committee's work and is related to it.

P6_TA(2007)0312

Immunity and privileges of Alessandra Mussolini

European Parliament decision of 10 July 2007 on consultation on the immunity and privileges of Alessandra Mussolini (2006/2301(IMM))

The European Parliament,

—

having regard to the request by Anna Maria Pagliari, examining judge, for a decision of the European Parliament as to whether parliamentary immunity applies to the statements made by Alessandra Mussolini about Giuseppe Pisanu, for which the latter brought civil proceedings against her before the District Court of Rome with a view to obtaining damages for defamation (procedure No R. G. 54191/05), of 24 July 2006, as announced in plenary sitting on 16 November 2006,

—	having heard Alessandra Mussolini in accordance with Rule 7(3) of its Rules of Procedure,

—	having regard to Articles 9 and 10 of the Protocol of 8 April 1965 on the Privileges and Immunities of the European Communities and Article 6(2) of the Act of 20 September 1976 concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage,

—	having regard to the judgments of 12 May 1964 and 10 July 1986 (1) of the Court of Justice of the European Communities,

—	having regard to Article 68 of the Constitution of the Italian Republic,

—	having regard to Article 3 of Italian Law No 140 of 20 June 2003,

—	having regard to Rules 6(1) and 7(13) of its Rules of Procedure,

—	having regard to the report of the Committee on Legal Affairs (A6-0251/2007),

Considers that parliamentary immunity within the meaning of Articles 9 and 10 of the Protocol of 8 April 1965 on the Privileges and Immunities of the European Communities and, insofar as it is applicable, Article 68 of the Italian Constitution fully covers the statements made by Alessandra Mussolini and therefore decides to defend her immunity and privileges;

2.	Instructs its President to forward this decision, and the report of the committee responsible, immediately to the appropriate authorities of the Italian Republic.

(1) Case 101/63 Wagner v Fohrmann and Krier [1964] ECR 195 and Case 149/85 Wybot v Faure and others [1986] ECR 2391.

P6_TA(2007)0313

Request for the defence of the immunity and privileges of Ashley Mote

European Parliament decision of 10 July 2007 on the request for defence of the immunity and privileges of Ashley Mote (2007/2122(IMM))

The European Parliament,

—	having regard to the request of 4 May 2007 by Ashley Mote for defence of his immunity in connection with criminal proceedings pending before a court in the United Kingdom, announced in plenary sitting on 10 May 2007,

—	having heard Ashley Mote in accordance with Rule 7(3) of its Rules of Procedure,

—	having regard to Article 10 of the Protocol of 8 April 1965 on the Privileges and Immunities of the European Communities, and Article 6(2) of the Act of 20 September 1976 concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage,

—	having regard to the judgments of 12 May 1964 and 10 July 1986 (1) of the Court of Justice of the European Communities,

—	having regard to Rules 6(3) and 7 of its Rules of Procedure,

—	having regard to the report of the Committee on Legal Affairs (A6-0250/2007),

A.	whereas Article 10 of the Protocol on privileges and immunities provides that ‘During the sessions of the European Parliament, its members shall enjoy: (a) in the territory of their own State, the immunities accorded to members of their parliament ...’,

B.	whereas the criminal proceedings in question have been brought against Ashley Mote in the territory of the United Kingdom,

C.	whereas Members of the United Kingdom Parliament do not enjoy immunity from criminal prosecution,

D.	whereas, therefore, Ashley Mote has no immunity to defend,

E.	whereas the circumstances do not constitute an administrative or other restriction imposed on the free movement of the Member travelling to or from the place of meeting of Parliament,

1.	Decides not to defend the immunity and privileges of Ashley Mote;

2.	Instructs its President to forward this decision, and the report of the committee responsible, immediately to the appropriate authority of the United Kingdom.

(1) Case 101/63 Wagner v Fohrmann and Krier [1964] ECR 195 and Case 149/85 Wybot v Faure and Others [1986] ECR 2391.

P6_TA(2007)0314

Draft amending budget No 4/2007

European Parliament resolution of 10 July 2007 on Draft amending budget No 4/2007 of the European Union for the financial year 2007, Section III — Commission (10966/2007 — C6-0195/2007 — 2007/2072(BUD))

The European Parliament,

—	having regard to Article 272 of the EC Treaty and Article 177 of the Euratom Treaty,

—	having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (1), and particularly Articles 37 and 38,

—	having regard to the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2007, as finally adopted on 14 December 2006 (2),

—	having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (3),

—	having regard to Preliminary draft amending budget No 3/2007 of the European Union for the financial year 2007, which the Commission presented on 13 April 2007 (SEC(2007)0476),

—	having regard to Draft amending budget No 4/2007, which the Council established on 18 June 2007 (10966/2007 — C6-0195/2007),

—	having regard to Rule 69 of and Annex IV to its Rules of Procedure,

—	having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets (A6-0268/2007),

A.	whereas adjustments are necessary to enable the budgetary structure and allocations needed for the financing of the Executive Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation to be taken into account and implemented in the budget of the European Union for 2007;

whereas the Draft amending budget also provides for modifications to the budget structure as a result of the extension of the mandate of the Executive Agency for Education, Audiovisual and Culture, as well as the modification of the establishment plans of three other agencies: Eurojust, the European Agency for Fundamental Rights and Frontex,

C.	whereas the purpose of Draft amending budget No 4/2007 is to formally enter these budgetary resources into the 2007 budget,

1.	Takes note of Draft amending budget No 4/2007;

2.	Recalls that the appropriations for Executive Agencies are paid from the operational budget of the programme concerned;

3.	Approves Draft amending budget No 4/2007 unamended;

4.	Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and Commission.

(1) OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1995/2006 (OJ L 390, 30.12.2006, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 77, 16.3.2007.

(3) OJ C 139, 14.6.2006, p. 1.

P6_TA(2007)0315

Translation expenditure

European Parliament resolution of 10 July 2007 on Special Report No 9/2006 of the European Court of Auditors concerning translation expenditure incurred by the Commission, the Parliament and the Council (2007/2077(INI))

The European Parliament,

—	having regard to the European Court of Auditors' Special Report No 9/2006 concerning translation expenditure incurred by the Commission, the Parliament and the Council together with the Institutions' replies (1),

—	having regard to Article 248(4), first subparagraph, Article 276(3) and Article 280(5) of the EC Treaty,

—	having regard to Rule 45 of its Rules of Procedure,

—	having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A6-0215/2007),

Respect for multilingualism

Considers multilingualism to be a key feature of the EU highlighting cultural and linguistic diversity and ensuring equal treatment of Union citizens; considers that multilingualism guarantees the right of citizens to communicate with the EU institutions in any of its official languages, thus enabling those citizens to exercise their right of democratic control; notes that, at the same time, the linguistic services of the EU institutions help those institutions to remain open and transparent to the citizens of Europe;

2.	Is of the opinion that the concept of ‘controlled full multilingualism’, laid down in its Code of Conduct on multilingualism (2), represents the only means of keeping costs within acceptable budgetary limits, whilst maintaining equality among Members and citizens;

3.	Regrets that more and more documents and communications, in particular compromise amendments when put to the vote in committee or, for instance, annexes to reports, are submitted in one language only;

Cost of translations

4.	Stresses that the total cost of all the linguistic services of the EU institutions — translation and interpretation combined — represents merely 1 % of the total EU budget;

5.	Notes that, in 2005, the volume of translations was 1 324 000 pages in the Commission (1 450 translators), 1 080 000 pages in the Parliament (550 translators) and 475 000 pages in the Council (660 translators);

Is surprised that the institutions have so far calculated neither their total translation costs (3), nor their costs per page; notes, furthermore, that the European Court of Auditors (ECA) estimated the full cost of translation, in 2003, at EUR 414,2 million (2005: EUR 511 million), being 214,8 million for the Commission (2005: EUR 257 million), EUR 99 million for the Parliament (2005: EUR 128 million) and EUR 100,4 million for the Council (2005: EUR 126 million); for the same year the average costs per page stood at EUR 166,37 (2005: EUR 196,3), being EUR 150,2 for the Commission (2005: EUR 194), EUR 149,7 for the Parliament (2005: EUR 119), and EUR 251,8 for the Council (2005: EUR 276);

7.	Welcomes, in that context, that its administration has managed to reduce translation costs by page, in spite of enlargement;

8.	Is concerned about the ECA's observation that the productivity of the Council's translation service is low;

9.	Calls on the institutions to take the appropriate measures to further improve the productivity of the EU translation services;

10.

Notices that the prices it paid for freelance translators were on average 12 % higher than the prices paid by the Commission; notes the explanation given by its administration, which points out that the language range of Parliament's freelance translators is wider and that those translators must meet shorter deadlines and very high quality standards;

11.

Welcomes the fact that the Commission and the Council have managed to limit the increase in translation volume after the enlargement of the EU in 2004 to include 10 new Member States, thereby curbing the cost increase; notes that Parliament introduced the concept of ‘controlled full multilingualism’, thereby enabling it to maintain the level of service while keeping costs in check;

12.	Calls on the three institutions to establish clear and comparable cost parameters with a view to ascertaining both the total costs of translation and the price per page; stresses that the figures obtained should be used not only for budgetary purposes, but also to raise cost awareness among users;

13.

Agrees with the principle (4) that verbatim reports of proceedings in plenary should be published as a multilingual document in which the statements of the speakers only appear in the original language, on the understanding that filmed versions of the debates, together with live interpretation into all the official languages, be made available free of charge to the general public on demand on an appropriate technical platform and that only the original text is authoritative, given that, legally, interpretation is not an oral translation; is of the opinion that Members must be entitled to have access to extracts of debates translated into their language, with the possibility of downloading those extracts, and that without delay; is of the opinion also that provision must be made to keep a digital and searchable archive; requests the Secretary-General to draw up a formal proposal implementing that decision of principle, which would include antiabuse clauses and identify, if indicated, potential changes to the Rules of Procedure (such as Rule 173) and to other internal rules which are necessary to put the proposed new approach into practice;

Quality of translations

14.

Welcomes the fact that the quality and timeliness of translations into the EU-15 languages (the official languages of the 15 Member States prior to the 2004 and 2007 enlargements), according to a client satisfaction survey carried out by the ECA, is considered generally satisfactory, although some problems persist in relation to technical and legal terminology;

15.

Is concerned, however, about the considerably lower quality of the EU-10 translations (the translations into the official languages of the 10 Member States which acceded in 2004) in some institutions in 2004, mainly caused by a lack of qualified translators; notes that, in the meantime, the Commission has addressed the problem and that all institutions, with the help of the Member States, have made progress in recruiting qualified translators;

16.	Calls on the Commission to organise a critical review of EPSO's failure to recruit the staff needed from the EU-10 countries;

17.

Is generally of the opinion that the institutions must take the necessary measures to guarantee a high standard of translations; calls on its administration, the Council, and the Commission, therefore, to report, in time for the 2006 discharge procedure, on measures taken to monitor and improve the quality of translations;

18.	Calls on the institutions to set up tools for measuring user satisfaction ; in addition, calls for random quality checks and client satisfaction surveys to be conducted on a regular basis;

Procedures for managing translation demands

19.	Notes that the ECA criticised ambiguous procedures for requesting translations, and also unclear guidelines with regard to what documents must be and need not be translated;

20.	In this context, welcomes the Commission's readiness to address the authorisation procedure and the screening of translation requests in 2006; also welcomes the fact that, in 2003, the Council established a list of core documents, thereby limiting the translation of other texts;

21.	Recommends that greater use be made of documents that are limited in length and of written summaries;

22.	Encourages parliamentary committees and delegations, whenever possible, to provide texts only in the languages of committee and delegation members and their substitutes; considers that additional language versions should be provided only upon request;

23.	Highlights the importance of committees, delegations and political groups in the drawing up of monthly translation forecasts (5); stresses that, in return, users should be informed of the costs incurred by their requests for translation;

Efficiency of the translation process

24.	Calls on the institutions to develop qualitative and quantitative performance indicators with a view to facilitating the monitoring of translation processes for management purposes;

25.

Regrets that its translation service does not yet make systematic use of translation tools; calls, therefore, on its management to take the necessary steps to ensure the systematic use of such tools, in particular translation memory systems (i.e. Euramis), in which the potential for re-use, and hence for qualitative gains, is high;

26.	Calls on the Parliament, the Council and the Commission to make efficient and effective use of internal and external resources, such as data bases, computer-assisted translations, teleworking and outsourcing;

27.

Welcomes the improving inter-institutional cooperation between the translation services of the different institutions, and in particular the creation of a common terminology data base, the development of common translation memories and the sharing of resources by means of the workload-balancing project;

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28.	Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission and the European Court of Auditors.

(1) OJ C 284, 21.11.2006, p. 1.

(2) Code of Conduct on Multilingualism, adopted by the Bureau on 4 September 2006.

(3) According to the Court those figures entail costs for translators, secretaries, management, service staff, planning, building, IT, and human resource management (i.e. training).

(4) Defined in the minutes of the meeting of the Bureau of 16 January 2006 (PE 368.524/BUR/Corr).

(5) Article 12(2) of the Code of Conduct on Multilingualism.

P6_TA(2007)0316

Minimising administrative costs imposed by legislation

European Parliament resolution of 10 July 2007 on minimising administrative costs imposed by legislation (2005/2140(INI))

The European Parliament,

—	having regard to the EC Treaty,

—

having regard to the communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on Better Regulation for Growth and Jobs in the European Union (COM(2005)0097) and the communication from the Commission on an EU common methodology for assessing administrative costs imposed by legislation (COM(2005)0518),

—	having regard to the Commission Staff Working Document entitled ‘Annex to the communication on an EU common methodology for assessing administrative costs imposed by legislation: Outline of the proposed EU common methodology and Report on the Pilot Phase (April to September 2005)’ (SEC(2005)1329),

—	having regard to the communication from the Commission to the Spring European Council entitled ‘Time to move up a gear — The new partnership for growth and jobs’ (COM(2006)0030),

—	having regard to its resolution of 20 April 2004 on assessment of the impact of Community legislation and the consultation procedures (1),

—	having regard to the Report from the Commission — ‘Better Lawmaking 2004’ (COM(2005)0098),

—

having regard to the conclusions of the Competitiveness Council of 13 March 2006 on SME policy for growth and employment, on the basis of the communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions entitled ‘Implementing the Community Lisbon Programme — Modern SME policy for growth and employment’ (COM(2005)0551),

—	having regard to the communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions entitled ‘A strategic review of Better Regulation in the European Union’ (COM(2006)0689),

—	having regard to the Commission working document entitled ‘Measuring administrative costs and reducing administrative burdens in the European Union’ (COM(2006)0691),

—	having regard to the Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on an Action Programme for Reducing Administrative Burdens in the European Union (COM(2007)0023),

—	having regard to the Pilot Project ‘Minimising Administrative Burdens’ (EU Budget 2007, Article 26 01 08),

—	having regard to Rule 45 of its Rules of Procedure,

—	having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control and the opinions of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs and the Committee on Legal Affairs (A6-0275/2007),

A.	Whereas the issue of minimising administrative costs imposed by legislation is one of the most important aspects of the general aim of better regulation,

B.	Whereas it is important to seek flexible and coherent cooperation between committees in Parliament on subjects which might have a significant impact on the implementation of the budget of the European Union,

Whereas the mission of its Committee on Budgetary Control is to assure the citizens of the European Union that EU funds are raised and spent effectively and properly, and that they are correctly allocated to the tasks which the EU has been asked to perform; whereas to accomplish this aim the Committee strives to develop a modern, effective and efficient public EU accountability system which can ensure sound implementation of the budget, better governance and clear accountability,

Whereas regulatory costs, of which administrative obligations are just one element, must be analysed in a broad context encompassing the economic, social and environmental costs and benefits of regulation, and such regular review and integrated analysis should be considered by all as key components of better regulation,

E.	Whereas compliance costs are all the costs of complying with regulation, with the exception of direct financial costs and long term consequences and can, in the context of the Standard Cost Model, be divided into substantive compliance costs and administrative costs,

F.	Whereas administrative costs are defined as the costs incurred by enterprises, the voluntary sector, public authorities and citizens in meeting legal obligations to provide information on their actions or products, either to public authorities or to private parties,

Whereas the European Court of Auditors has repeatedly stated that, on the basis of its audit results, it is of the opinion that one of the main causes of irregularities are the underlying rules and regulations, which do not allow for an adequate risk management and strongly hinder the legal and regular expenditure of EU funds,

Whereas the proposed Action Programme for Reducing Administrative Burdens in the EU could reduce administrative burdens by 25 % by 2012, covering Community legislation as well as national regulatory burdens, which could lead to an increase in the level of EU GDP of approximately 1,4 % or EUR 150 billion in the medium term (2),

Whereas the European Council of 8 and 9 March 2007 decided that in Spring 2008, on the basis of a review by the Commission, it will consider whether further action is needed, taking into account different options, including that of a group of independent experts that advise the institutions on their work towards better regulation,

Whereas the European Council of 8 and 9 March 2007 supported the intention of the Commission to set up, as a pilot project, an independent expert committee to assist the Commission and the Member States with the implementation of the abovementioned Action Programme for Reducing Administrative Burdens,

K.	Whereas reducing administrative burdens is an important measure for boosting Europe's economy, especially through its impact on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs),

L.	Whereas legislation is the foundation of properly functioning societies, taking into account social, economic and environmental considerations and assessing their value equally,

1.	Welcomes the interinstitutional agreement on better law-making (3) and calls on the Council, the Commission and Parliament to make this a reality;

Recalls that the Protocol on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality annexed to the EC Treaty provides that the Commission should ‘take duly into account the need for any burden, whether financial or administrative, falling upon the Community, national governments, local authorities, economic operators and citizens to be minimised and proportionate to the objective to be achieved’;

Agrees that the regulatory environment in which businesses operate is a determinant of their competitiveness, sustainable growth and employment performance, and that ensuring that the existing and future regulatory environment is transparent, clear, effective and generally of high quality should be an important objective of EU policy;

4.	Emphasises the importance of fully applying the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality in adopting Community legislation;

Feels that the continual consultation of stakeholders is an important component in the examination of legislative proposals; points out that consultation should involve all groups concerned, with a particular focus on those which have to carry the heaviest burdens resulting from legislation, and that the selection of consulted groups should be transparent and balanced; further points out that the consultation procedure should fully respect the Treaty provisions regarding the role of social partners as provided for in Article 138, as well as the principles laid down in the communication from the Commission entitled ‘towards a reinforced culture of consultation and dialogue — general principles and minimum standards for consultation of interested parties by the Commission’ (COM(2002)0704), which requires the Commission to ensure that relevant parties have the opportunity to express their opinions;

6.	Underlines further that smaller actors should be actively consulted because they are simply not capable of competing with multinationals and large corporations or organizations with the resources to hire expensive lobbyists and consultants to bring forward their grievances;

7.	Is of the opinion that it is important, with the reduction of administrative burdens for businesses and citizens, that the Commission consult ex-post target groups to determine to what extent administrative burdens have been effectively reduced;

8.	Stresses in this light the need to make existing web portals accessible to every European citizen, company or NGO in all the official languages of the EU, in order to assure maximum accessibility and influence;

Welcomes the emphasis placed on the early consultation of stakeholders, including the social partners, SMEs, legislators, law enforcement bodies and non-governmental organisations; underlines the role of social dialogue as a useful tool, contributing to better European governance by ensuring a better balance of interests through the involvement of all actors in decision-making and in the implementation process; stresses that ‘all actors’ must include those working in SMEs, as laid down in the SME Charter and agreed by the Lisbon European Council of 23 and 24 March 2000; calls on the Commission to take initiatives to extend and enhance social dialogue at European level and, on the basis of the outcome, to continue to improve social standards without disregarding the need to preserve jobs;

10.	Invites the Commission to report on its current initiatives to guarantee the direct consultation of stakeholders; feels that it is also important that the Commission carry out an ex-post evaluation that gives evidence of the results obtained;

11.	Calls on the Commission, when proposing new legislation, to give an indication as to what the costs of implementing and monitoring the proposed legislation are; argues that the Commission should take as a basis the total expenditure occasioned by the legislation in question;

12.

Stresses that the effect of simplifying and updating existing legislation should not be deregulation, diluting health and safety legislation or dismantling basic social standards; calls on the Commission to make sure that legislation continues to deliver improvements in social standards whilst at the same time not being detrimental to business competitiveness; recognises that one important way of improving social standards is to reduce unemployment, by fostering a regulatory climate which promotes enterprise and job creation;

13.

Considers it very important to counteract any unnecessary gold-plating or topping-up of legislation by Member States; urges the Commission to take this into account when issuing regulations and directives; feels strongly that the Commission must clearly state the minimum requirements of regulations and directives;

14.

Expects Member States when raising the level of requirements and control measurements beyond the minimum requirements laid down in Community legislation, to communicate and indicate this in national legislation or the implementing measures; calls on the Commission to monitor Member States as regards unnecessary administrative burdens arising from implementing measures and national legislation;

15.

Calls on the Commission, within the framework of the abovementioned interinstitutional agreement on better law-making, to adopt targeted, well-considered legislation with predictable consequences which will contribute to creating favourable conditions by providing suitable incentives for undertakings and companies, reducing superfluous expenditure and procedures, removing barriers to adaptability and innovation and generally providing legal certainty;

16.

Urges that the Commission, when proposing new legislation, indicate the administrative burden this imposes on the various economic, social and environmental sectors in comparison to equivalent sectors outside the EU; proposes that this be given special attention within the newly proposed competitiveness testing, which is an integral part of impact assessments;

17.	Invites the Commission to present to Parliament the ‘project on competitiveness testing’ currently under elaboration, in order to allow an exchange of views before it is put into place;

18.

Highlights the need for the Commission, the Member States and Parliament to cooperate and to commit to a common and comprehensive strategy to promote better regulation in order to strengthen the Partnership for Growth and Jobs, namely through the examination of the different national legislative frameworks and the incorporation of the best proven practices identified; calls on the Commission to respect the different practices and national strategies adopted by the Member States, whether they implement European directives in the fields of employment and social protection through collective agreement or by regulation and law;

19.

Stresses the importance of better implementation and enforcement of existing legislation, across all Member States, and calls for infringement procedures to be rapid in order to ensure a level playing field; calls on the Commission and the Member States to improve mechanisms for identifying legislation which must be simplified;

20.	Supports the Commission Action Programme for reducing the administrative burdens in the EU, the aim of which is to measure the administrative cost for companies in Europe and to reduce administrative burdens by 25 % by 2012;

21.	Notes that the strategy for a 25 % reduction refers to administrative burdens for companies, especially needless burdens and cannot, as the Commission itself states, be perceived as deregulation;

22.	Gives full support to the Commission's initiative but, at the same time, will watch to ensure that the legislative goals are not affected by that approach;

23.	Underlines the need for fast track procedures to effectively reduce administrative burdens by 25 % by 2012; stresses that Parliament and the Council should be fully supportive in making the simplification process work;

24.

Supports therefore the proposal by the Commission for ‘fast track actions’ concerning Commission measures, collective proposals and stand-alone proposals; invites the Commission to make more use of the experience acquired by Member States which have already carried out baseline measurements, in order to establish further ‘fast track actions’;

25.

Notes the identification of the 13 priority areas in the abovementioned Commission Action Programme on the reasoning that 80 % of the total administrative burden is to be found in those areas; Emphasizes that this assessment is based on national experiences and measurements (4); agrees with the Commission that this approach is pragmatic, but feels it should be seen as a first phase;

26.	Supports therefore the intention of the Commission to extend the Action Programme to other areas that are currently not included; expects the Commission to include the identification of all further eligible burden reductions in its strategy of outsourcing actual measurement to external consultants;

27.

Is of the opinion that the introduction of the Community Action Programme for reducing the administrative burden subsequently means that the Commission has to allocate sufficient resources and appropriations; supports, therefore, the fact that approximately EUR 19,6 million excluding VAT has been made available by the Commission services to this end; invites the Commission however to report to the Committee on Budgets as to which budget lines the appropriations are taken from, to what extent this affects other policies, how and when that sum will be spent and what the legal bases are to justify that expenditure;

28.	Stresses that if the Commission feels that it is unable to allocate sufficient resources and appropriations within the current administrative framework, it should pinpoint and communicate possible solutions to overcome those problems to the budgetary authority;

29.

Points out that the 25 % reduction should reflect a net reduction in burdens; emphasises, therefore, the need to include administrative burdens following on from new regulations as of 2008, as well as in the final assessment in 2012; stresses that a 25 % reduction within the 13 priority areas can only be seen as a gross reduction target; points out that the present approach cannot therefore ensure an actual reduction of 25 % for companies;

30.

Calls on the Commission to publish and present to Parliament's relevant committees a detailed scoreboard with precise targets to be achieved and a set timeline for the implementation of measures, identified as necessary for achieving the 25 % reduction target by 2012, and to report annually on its progress to Parliament's competent committees;

31.	Stresses that the Council, Parliament and the Commission have to engage fully and assume political responsibility concerning the reduction of administrative burdens; is convinced that without ownership at the political level, the EU will be unable to succeed in changing its culture of law-making;

32.	Intends to fully apply impact assessment procedures to determine the effect of amendments to proposals, and calls on the Council to do the same; asks the Commission to provide the necessary assistance and expertise;

33.

Calls on the Commission to ensure that, during implementation of the impact assessment guidelines, a study of economic activities improves the quality of the actual impact assessment; insists that it is imperative that impact assessments are conducted in a thorough, transparent and balanced way, giving equal weight to social, economic and environmental aspects;

34.

Emphasises that ownership at the political level also needs to be accompanied by improved practices at the management and implementation levels; stresses therefore that each Directorate-General (DG) must be made aware of the unnecessary administrative burdens in their policy areas through an initial baseline measurement, and further proposes a system, such as, for example, internal audit capabilities in each Commission DG that can advise and help the various Director-Generals cultivate and implement reduction policies and individual targets per DG;

35.	Asks the Commission to report on its internal organisational set-up for the administrative burden reduction policy; Asks it to compare this set-up with the set-ups used in the various Member States that already have an administrative burden reduction policy in place;

36.

Calls on the Commission to evaluate the added value of the Impact Assessment Board (IAB) in the impact assessment procedures by 2008; invites the Commission to report specifically on the impact of the IAB in comparison to the impact of independent advisory boards in different Member States and to assess the maximum possible added value of truly independent scrutiny at a European level;

37.

Proposes that the appropriations reserved on line 26 01 08 of the EU Budget for a pilot project minimising administrative burdens be used to set up an independent panel of experts, comprising representatives from all stakeholder groups, to fully monitor implementation of the Action Programme ‘Reducing Administrative Burdens in the EU’; Points out that this also means that the independent expert committee can focus on all impact procedures, measurements and legislative proposals outside the 13 priority areas;

38.	Stresses that the appointment and work of this independent panel of experts should be fully transparent and that members of the panel should be required to complete a declaration of interests;

39.

Expresses its satisfaction at the support already given to this approach by the Council and Commission, as stated in paragraph 25 of the Presidency conclusions of the European Council of 8 and 9 March 2007; emphasises that this is also in line with the recommendations given by the Nationaler Normenkonntrollrat (Germany), Better Regulation Commission (United Kingdom) and the Dutch Advisory Board on Administrative Burden (The Netherlands) in their position paper on the Commission Action Programme (5);

40.

Proposes further that the abovementioned independent panel of experts, as well as fully supervising the implementation of the European Action Programme, also assess the findings and outcome of the Internet and local level consultations; proposes that such panel be granted access to the impact assessment of reduction proposals before their adoption by the Commission;

41.

Asks the Commission to appoint an independent free-thinking representative to chair the abovementioned independent panel of experts and have such panel fully operational by September 2007; asks further that the other members of the panel reflect the external stakeholders in the legislative process and include independent experts and academics in the field of administrative burden reduction;

42.	Asks the Commission to allow the independent panel also to comment on the steps already undertaken in 2006 and 2007 to set up the administrative burden reduction policy;

43.	Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission and the governments and parliaments of the Member States.

(1) OJ C 104 E, 30.4.2004, p. 146.

(2) Arjan M. Lejour, George M. M. Gelauff, Five Lisbon Highlights: The economic impact of reaching these targets, CPB Document No 104, CPB, The Hague, 2006.

(3) OJ C 321, 31.12.2003, p. 1.

(4) ‘Pilot Project on Administrative Burdens’, WIFO-CEPS, October 2006.

(5) Position paper on the European Commission ‘Action Programme for Reducing Administrative Burdens in the European Union’, 1 March 2007.

P6_TA(2007)0317

Law applicable to non-contractual obligations (‘Rome II’) ***III

European Parliament legislative resolution of 10 July 2007 on the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the law applicable to non-contractual obligations (‘Rome II’) (PE-CONS 3619/2007 — C6-0142/2007 — 2003/0168(COD))

(Codecision procedure: third reading)

The European Parliament,

—	having regard to the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee (PE-CONS 3619/2007 — C6-0142/2007),

—	having regard to its position at first reading (1) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2003)0427) (2),

—	having regard to the amended Commission proposal (COM(2006)0083) (3),

—	having regard to its position at second reading (4) on the Council common position (5),

—	having regard to the Commission's opinion on Parliament's amendments to the common position (COM(2007)0126) (3),

—	having regard to Article 251(5) of the EC Treaty,

—	having regard to Rule 65 of its Rules of Procedure,

—	having regard to the report of its delegation to the Conciliation Committee (A6-0257/2007),

1.	Approves the joint text and draws attention to the Council and Commission statements thereon;

2.	Instructs its President to sign the act with the President of the Council pursuant to Article 254(1) of the EC Treaty;

3.	Instructs its Secretary-General to sign the act, once it has been verified that all the procedures have been duly completed, and, in agreement with the Secretary-General of the Council, to have it published in the Official Journal of the European Union;

4.	Instructs its President to forward this legislative resolution to the Council and the Commission.

(1) OJ C 157 E, 6.7.2006, p. 371.

(2) Not yet published in OJ.

(3) Not yet published in OJ.

(4) Texts Adopted, 18.1.2007, P6_TA(2007)0006.

(5) OJ C 289 E, 28.11.2006, p. 68.

P6_TA(2007)0318

Community action programme in the field of health (2008-2013) ***II

European Parliament legislative resolution of 10 July 2007 on the Council common position for adopting a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a second programme of Community action in the field of health (2008-2013) (16369/2/2006 — C6-0100/2007 — 2005/0042A(COD))

(Codecision procedure: second reading)

The European Parliament,

—	having regard to the Council common position (16369/2/2006 — C6-0100/2007),

—	having regard to its position at first reading (1) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2005)0115) (2),

—	having regard to the amended Commission proposal (COM(2006)0234) (2),

—	having regard to Article 251(2) of the EC Treaty,

—	having regard to Rule 62 of its Rules of Procedure,

—	having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (A6-0184/2007),

—	having regard to the trilateral declaration of Parliament, the Council and the Commission and the Commission declaration, both annexed hereto,

1.	Approves the common position as amended;

2.	Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.

(1) OJ C 291 E, 30.11.2006, p. 372.

(2) Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TC2-COD(2005)0042A

Position of the European Parliament adopted at second reading on 10 July 2007 with a view to the adoption of Decision No .../2007/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a second programme of Community action in the field of health (2008-2013)

(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position at second reading corresponds to the final legislative act, Decision No 1350/2007/EC.)

TRILATERAL DECLARATION

The European Parliament, the Council and the Commission,

—	share the view that the 2nd Programme of Community action in the field of Health (2008-2013) must be provided with financial means that allow fully for its implementation;

—

recall Article 37 of the Interinstitutional Agreement on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (1) stating that the budgetary authority and the Commission undertake not to depart by more than 5% from the budget unless new, objective, long term circumstances arise for which specific reasons are given. Any increase resulting from such variation must remain within the existing ceiling of the heading concerned;

—	assure their willingness to evaluate in a sound manner the specific needs and circumstances of the Health Programme in the annual budget procedure.

(1) OJ C 139, of 14.6.2006.

COMMISSION DECLARATION

1. On 24 May 2006, the Commission issued an amended proposal for a second Programme of Community action in the field of Health (2007-2013) (1). In Art. 7, the reference amount of the programme was proposed to be set at EUR 365,6 million for the period starting in 2007 and ending in 2013.

2. Because of delays in the legislative procedure, on 23 March 2007 the Commission informed the Budget Authority that the start of the new Public Health programme will have to be postponed to budget year 2008 (2). As a consequence, the envelope of the new Public health programme 2008-2013 would need to be adjusted to the level of EUR 321,5 million.

3. An amount of EUR 44,1 million will be used in the 2007 budget year under the present Public Health programme (3) in order to ensure maximum continuity concerning public health actions. Therefore, the total envelope for public health actions financed from the programmes over the period 2007-2013 sums up to EUR 365,6 million.

(1) COM(2006)0234.

(2) COM(2007)0150.

(3) Decision No 1786/2002/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 September 2002 adopting a programme of Community action in the field of public health (2003-2008 (OJ L 271, 9.10.2002, p. 1).

P6_TA(2007)0319

Measuring devices containing mercury ***II

European Parliament legislative resolution of 10 July 2007 on the Council common position for adopting a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 76/769/EEC relating to restrictions on the marketing of certain measuring devices containing mercury (5665/1/2007 — C6-0114/2007 — 2006/0018(COD))

(Codecision procedure: second reading)

The European Parliament,

—	having regard to the Council common position (5665/1/2007 — C6-0114/2007),

—	having regard to its position at first reading (1) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2006)0069) (2),

—	having regard to Article 251(2) of the EC Treaty,

—	having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure,

—	having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (A6-0218/2007),

1.	Approves the common position;

2.	Notes that the act is adopted in accordance with the common position;

3.	Instructs its President to sign the act with the President of the Council pursuant to Article 254(1) of the EC Treaty;

4.	Instructs its Secretary-General to sign the act, once it has been verified that all the procedures have been duly completed, and, in agreement with the Secretary-General of the Council, to have it published in the Official Journal of the European Union;

5.	Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.

(1) Texts Adopted, 14.11.2006, P6_TA(2006)0483.

(2) Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TA(2007)0320

Common authorisation procedure for food additives ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution of 10 July 2007 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a common authorisation procedure for food additives, food enzymes and food flavourings (COM(2006)0423 — C6-0258/2006 — 2006/0143(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

—	having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2006)0423),

—	having regard to Article 251(2) and Article 95 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C6-0258/2006),

—	having regard to the opinion of the Committee on Legal Affairs on the proposed legal basis,

—	having regard to Rules 51 and 35 of its Rules of Procedure,

—	having regard to the report of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (A6-0153/2007),

1.	Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

2.	Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend the proposal substantially or replace it with another text;

3.	Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.

P6_TC1-COD(2006)0143

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 10 July 2007 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EC) No .../2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a common authorisation procedure for food additives, food enzymes and food flavourings

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 95 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ║,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (1),

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty (2),

Whereas:

(1)	The free movement of safe and wholesome food is an essential aspect of the internal market and contributes significantly to the health and well-being of citizens and to their social and economic interests.

(2)	A high level of protection of human life and health and of the environment needs to be assured in the pursuit of Community policies.

(3)	So as to protect human health, the safety of additives, enzymes and flavourings for use in foodstuffs for human consumption must be assessed before they are placed on the Community market.

(4)

Regulation (EC) No XXX/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of ... [on food additives] (3), Regulation (EC) No YYY/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of ... [on food enzymes] (3) and Regulation (EC) No ZZZ/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of ... [on food flavourings and certain food ingredients with flavouring properties] (3) lay ▐ down criteria and requirements concerning the assessment and authorisation of these substances.

(5)

It is envisaged, in particular, that food additives, food enzymes and food flavourings, to the extent that the safety of the latter must be assessed in accordance with Regulation (EC) No ZZZ/2007, must not be placed on the market or used in foodstuffs for human consumption, in accordance with the conditions laid down in each sectoral food law, unless they are included on a Community list of authorised substances.

(6)	Transparency in the production and handling of food is absolutely crucial to achieving consumer credibility.

(7)	In this context, it appears appropriate to establish a common Community assessment and authorisation procedure for these three categories of substances that is effective, time-limited and transparent, so as to contribute to their free movement within the Community market.

(8)	This common procedure must be founded on the principles of good administration and legal certainty and must be implemented in compliance with these principles.

(9)	The criteria laid down for authorisation in Regulations (EC) No XXX/2007, (EC) No YYY/2007 and (EC) No ZZZ/2007 should also be fulfilled for authorisation pursuant to this Regulation.

(10)

This Regulation will thus complete the regulatory framework concerning the authorisation of the substances by laying down the various stages of the procedure, the deadlines for these stages, the role of the parties involved and the principles that apply. Nevertheless, for some aspects of the procedure, it is necessary to take the specific characteristics of each sectoral food law into consideration.

(11)

In accordance with the framework for risk assessment in matters of food safety established by Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety (4), the placing of substances on the market must be authorised only after an independent scientific assessment, of the highest possible standard, of the risks that they pose to human health. This assessment, which must be carried out under the responsibility of the European Food Safety Authority (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Authority’), must be followed by a risk management decision taken by the Commission under a regulatory procedure that ensures close cooperation between the Commission and the Member States.

(12)	It is recognised that ▐ scientific risk assessment alone cannot provide all the information on which a risk management decision should be based, and that other legitimate factors relevant to the matter under consideration must be taken into account.

(13)	So that both business operators in the sectors concerned and the public are kept informed of the authorisations in force, the authorised substances need to be included on a Community list created, maintained and published by the Commission.

(14)

Networking between the Authority and the Member States' organisations operating in the fields within the Authority's mission is one of the basic principles of the Authority's operation. In consequence, in preparing its opinion, the Authority may use the network made available to it by Article 36 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 and by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2230/2004 of 23 December 2004 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 with regard to the network of organisations operating in the fields within the European Food Safety Authority's mission (5).

(15)	The common authorisation procedure for the substances must fulfil transparency and public information requirements while guaranteeing applicants the right to preserve the confidentiality of certain information , in duly justified cases and for stated reasons .

(16)	Pursuant to Article 41 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002, Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents (6) applies to documents held by the Authority.

(17)

Articles 53 and 54 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 establish procedures for taking emergency measures in relation to foodstuffs of Community origin or imported from third countries. They authorise the Commission to adopt such measures in situations where foodstuffs are likely to constitute a serious risk to human health, animal health or the environment and where such risk cannot be contained satisfactorily by measures taken by the Member State(s) concerned.

(18)	In the interests of efficiency and legislative simplification, there should be a medium-term examination , including consultation of stakeholders, as to whether to extend the scope of the common procedure to other legislation in the area of food.

(19)

Since the objectives of this Regulation cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States on account of differences between national laws and provisions and can therefore be better achieved at Community level, the Community may adopt measures in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve these objectives.

(20)

The measures necessary for the implementation of this Regulation should be adopted in accordance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission (7) . The Commission should, as appropriate, consult stakeholders in preparing the measures to put before the Committee referred to in that Decision.

(21)

In particular, the Commission should be empowered to update and modify the Community list of food additives, food enzymes and food flavourings to be established under this Regulation. Since those measures are of general scope and are designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation, inter alia by supplementing it with new non-essential elements, they must be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny provided for in Article 5a of Decision 1999/468/EC,

HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Chapter I

General principles

Article 1

Subject matter and scope

1. This Regulation lays down a common assessment and authorisation procedure (hereinafter referred to as the ‘common procedure’) for food additives, food enzymes, food flavourings and sources of food flavourings used or intended for use in or on foodstuffs (hereinafter referred to as the ‘substances’), which contributes to improved consumer protection and public health and the free movement of food within the Community.

This Regulation shall not apply to products authorised under Regulation (EC) No 2065/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 November 2003 on smoke flavourings used or intended for use in or on foods (8).

2. The common procedure shall set the procedural arrangements for updating the lists of substances the marketing of which is authorised in the Community pursuant to Regulation (EC) No XXX/2007, Regulation (EC) No YYY/2007 and Regulation (EC) No ZZZ/2007 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘sectoral food laws’).

3. The criteria according to which substances can be included on the Community list provided for in Article 2, the content of the Regulation referred to in Article 7 and, where applicable, the transitional provisions concerning ongoing procedures are laid down in each sectoral food law.

Article 2

Community list of substances

1. Under each sectoral food law, substances that have been authorised to be placed on the Community market shall be included on a list the content of which is determined by the said law (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Community list’). The Community list shall be updated by the Commission in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 14(3) . It shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Substances included on the Community list may be used by all food business operators subject to the conditions applicable to them, provided their use is not restricted under Article 12(7).

2. ‘Updating the Community list’ means:

(a)	adding a substance to the Community list;

(b)	removing a substance from the Community list;

(c)	adding or changing conditions, specifications or restrictions associated with the presence of a substance on the Community list.

Chapter II

Common procedure

Article 3

Main stages of the common procedure

1. The common procedure for updating the Community list may be initiated either on the initiative of the Commission or following an application. Applications may be made by a Member State or by an interested party, who may represent several interested parties, according to the conditions provided for by the implementing measures referred to in Article 9(1)(a) (hereinafter referred to as ‘the applicant’).

2. The Commission shall seek the opinion of the European Food Safety Authority (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Authority’) in advance, in accordance with Article 5.

However, for the updates referred to in Article 2(2)(b) and (c), the Commission shall seek the opinion of the Authority only if these updates are liable to have an effect on human health.

3. The common procedure shall end with the adoption by the Commission of a regulation implementing the update, in accordance with Article 7.

4. By way of derogation from paragraph 3, the Commission may end the common procedure and decide not to proceed with a planned update, at any stage of the procedure, if it judges that such an update is not justified. Where applicable, it shall take account of the opinion of the Authority, any relevant provisions of Community law and any other legitimate factors relevant to the matter under consideration.

In such cases ▐ the Commission shall make public its decision, subject to the provisions of Article 12, and shall inform the applicant directly, indicating in its letter the reasons for the update not being considered justified.

Article 4

Initiating the procedure

1. On receipt of an application to update the Community list, the Commission shall:

(a)	║ acknowledge receipt of the application in writing to the applicant within 14 working days of receiving it;

(b)	▐ notify the Authority of the application and request its opinion.

The application shall be made available by the Commission to the European Parliament, to the Member States and to stakeholders .

2. Where it initiates the procedure on its own initiative, the Commission shall inform the Member States and make public the fact and, where applicable, request the opinion of the Authority.

Article 5

Opinion of the Authority

1. The Authority shall give its opinion within nine months of receipt of a valid application.

2. The Authority shall forward its opinion to the Commission, the Member States and ▐ the applicant. The opinion shall also be made public, subject to the provisions of Article 12.

Article 6

Additional information concerning risk assessment

1. ▐ Where the Authority requests additional information from applicants, the period referred to in Article 5(1) may be extended. After consulting the applicant, the Authority shall lay down a period within which this information can be provided and inform the Commission of the additional period needed. If the Commission does not object within eight working days of being informed by the Authority, the period referred to in Article 5(1) shall be automatically extended by the additional period.

2. If the additional information is not sent within the additional period referred to in paragraph 1, the Authority shall finalise its opinion on the basis of the information already provided.

3. Where applicants submit additional information on their own initiative, they shall send it to the Authority and to the Commission. In such cases, the Authority shall give its opinion within the original period , unless there are special reasons for extending the period .

4. The additional information shall be made available to the Member States by the Authority.

Article 7

Updating the Community list

Within six months of the Authority giving its opinion, the Commission shall submit to the Committee referred to in Article 14(1) a draft regulation updating the Community list, taking account of the opinion of the Authority, any relevant provisions of Community law and any other legitimate factors relevant to the matter under consideration.

The Commission shall justify its draft regulation and explain the considerations on which it is based.

Where the draft regulation is not in accordance with the opinion of the Authority, the Commission shall explain the reasons for its decision .

The regulation shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 14(3) .

Article 8

Additional information concerning risk management

1. Where the Commission requests additional information from applicants on matters concerning risk management, it shall determine, together with the applicant, a period within which this information can be provided. In such cases, the Commission may extend the period referred to in Article 7 and shall inform the Member States of the extension .

2. If the additional information is not sent within the additional period referred to in paragraph 1, the Commission shall act on the basis of the information already provided.

Chapter III

Miscellaneous provisions

Article 9

Implementing measures

1. In accordance with the regulatory procedure referred to in Article 14(2), within a period of no longer than 24 months from the adoption of each sectoral food law, the implementing measures for this Regulation shall be adopted, and shall concern in particular:

(a)	the content, drafting and presentation of the application referred to in Article 4(1);

(b)	the arrangements for checking the validity of applications;

(c)	the type of information that must be included in the opinion of the Authority referred to in Article 5.

2. With a view to the adoption of the implementing measures referred to in paragraph 1(a), the Commission shall consult the Authority, which, within six months of the date of entry into force of this Regulation, shall present it with a proposal concerning the data required for risk assessment of the substances concerned.

Article 10

Extension of time periods

The periods referred to in Article 5(1) and Article 7 may be extended by the Commission on its own initiative or, where applicable, at the Authority's request, if the nature of the matter in question so justifies, without prejudice to Article 6(1) and Article 8(1). In such cases ▐ the Commission shall inform the applicant and the Member States of the extension and the reasons for it.

Article 11

Transparency

The Authority shall ensure the transparency of its activities in accordance with Article 38 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002. In particular, it shall make its opinions public without delay. It shall also make public any request for its opinion as well as any time period extension pursuant to Article 6(1).

Article 12

Confidentiality

1. ▐ Information provided by applicants may be given confidential treatment only where the disclosure thereof might significantly harm their competitive position.

Information relating to the following may never , in any case, be considered confidential:

(a)	the name and address of the applicant and the name of the substance;

(b)	a clear description of the substance and the conditions for its use in or on specific foodstuffs or food categories;

(c)	information that is relevant to the assessment of the safety of the substances;

(d)	where applicable, the analysis method(s).

2. So that paragraph 1 can be implemented, applicants shall indicate which of the information provided they wish to be treated as confidential. Verifiable justification must be given in such cases.

3. The Commission shall decide which information can remain confidential and notify applicants and the Member States accordingly.

4. After being made aware of the Commission's position, applicants shall have three weeks in which to withdraw their application so as to preserve the confidentiality of the information provided. Confidentiality is preserved until this period expires.

5. The Commission, the Authority and the Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure appropriate confidentiality of the information received by them under this Regulation, except for information which must be made public if circumstances so require in order to protect human health, animal health or the environment.

6. If an applicant withdraws, or has withdrawn, its application, the Authority, the Commission and the Member States shall respect the confidentiality of commercial and industrial information, including research and development information, as well as information the confidentiality of which is the subject of disagreement between the Commission and the applicant.

7. Scientific data and other information provided by applicants may not be used for the benefit of a subsequent applicant for a period of five years from the date of authorisation, unless the subsequent applicant has agreed with the prior applicant that such data and information may be used and costs are shared accordingly, where:

(a)	the scientific data and other information were designated as proprietary by the prior applicant at the time the prior application was made; and

(b)	the prior applicant had exclusive rights of reference to the proprietary data at the time the prior application was made; and

(c)	the substance could not have been authorised without the submission of the proprietary data by the prior applicant.

8. The implementation of paragraphs 1 to 6 shall not affect the circulation of information between the Commission, the Member States and the Authority.

Article 13

Emergencies

In the event of an emergency concerning a substance on the Community list, particularly in the light of an opinion of the Authority, measures shall be adopted in accordance with the procedures referred to in Articles 53 and 54 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002.

Article 14

Committee

1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health established by Article 58 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002.

2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 5 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.

The period laid down in Article 5(6) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at three months.

3. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5a(1) to (4) and Article 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.

Article 15

Competent authorities of the Member States

Not later than six months after the entry into force of this Regulation, the Member States shall forward to the Commission and to the Authority, in relation to each sectoral food law, the name and address of the national competent authority for the purposes of the common procedure, as well as a contact point therein.

Chapter IV

Final provision

Article 16

Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

For each sectoral food law, it shall apply from the date of application of the measures referred to in Article 9(1).

Article 9 shall apply from the date of entry into force of this Regulation.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at ..., on ...

For the European Parliament

The President

For the Council

The President

(1) OJ C 168, 20.7.2007, p. 34.

(2) Position of the European Parliament of 10 July 2007.

(3) OJ L ...

(4) OJ L 31, 1.2.2002, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 575/2006 (OJ L 100, 8.4.2006, p. 3 ).

(5) OJ L 379, 24.12.2004, p. 64.

(6) OJ L 145, 31.5.2001, p. 43.

(7) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23. Decision as amended by Decision 2006/512/EC (OJ L 200, 22.7.2006, p. 11).

(8) OJ L 309, 26.11.2003, p. 1.

P6_TA(2007)0321

Food additives ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution of 10 July 2007 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on food additives (COM(2006)0428 — C6-0260/2006 — 2006/0145(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

—	having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2006)0428) (1),

—	having regard to Article 251(2) and Article 95 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C6-0260/2006),

—	having regard to the opinion of the Committee on Legal Affairs on the proposed legal basis,

—	having regard to Rules 51 and 35 of its Rules of Procedure,

—	having regard to the report of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (A6-0154/2007),

1.	Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

2.	Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend the proposal substantially or replace it with another text;

3.	Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.

(1) Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TC1-COD(2006)0145

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 10 July 2007 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EC) No .../2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on food additives

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 95 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ║ ,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (1),

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty (2),

Whereas:

(1)	The free movement of safe and wholesome food is an essential aspect of the internal market and contributes significantly to the health and well-being of citizens, and to their social and economic interests.

(2)	A high level of protection of human life and health should be assured in the pursuit of Community policies.

(3)

This Regulation replaces previous Directives and Decisions concerning food additives permitted for use in foods with a view to ensuring the effective functioning of the internal market and a high level of protection of human health and the environment, as well as the interests of consumers , including those consumers who are intolerant to certain substances, via comprehensive and streamlined procedures.

(4)

This Regulation harmonises the use of food additives in foods in the Community. This includes the use of food additives in foods covered by Council Directive 89/398/EEC of 3 May 1989 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to foodstuffs intended for particular nutritional uses (3) and the use of certain food colours for the health marking of meat and the decoration and stamping of eggs. It also harmonises the use of food additives in food additives and food enzymes thus ensuring their safety and quality and facilitating their storage and use. The last category has not previously been regulated at Community level.

(5)

Food additives are substances that are not normally consumed as food itself but are added to food intentionally for a technological purpose, such as the preservation of food. However, substances should not be considered as food additives when they are used for the purpose of imparting flavour and/or taste. Moreover, substances considered as foods which may be used for a technological function, such as sodium chloride or saffron for colouring and food enzymes should also not fall within the scope of this Regulation. Finally, as regard food enzymes, they are covered by Regulation (EC) No .../2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of ... [on food enzymes] (4), which excludes the application of this Regulation.

(6)	Substances not consumed as food itself but used intentionally in the processing of foods, which only remain as residues in the final food and do not have a technological effect in the final product (processing aids), should not be covered by this Regulation.

(7)

Food additives should be approved and used only if they fulfil the criteria laid down in this Regulation. Food additives must be safe when used, there must be a technological necessity for their use, their use must not mislead the consumer and their use must bring a benefit to the consumer. Misleading the consumer includes, but is not limited to, issues related to the quality of the ingredients used, the naturalness of a product or of the production process, its nutritional quality and its fruit and vegetable content .

(8)

Food additives must at all times comply with the approved specifications. The specification should include information to adequately identify the food additive, including origin and to describe the acceptable criteria of purity. The specifications previously developed for food additives included in Commission Directive 95/31/EC of 5 July 1995 laying down specific criteria of purity concerning sweeteners for use in foodstuffs (5), Commission Directive 95/45/EC of 26 July 1995 laying specific purity criteria concerning colours for use in foodstuffs (6) and Commission Directive 96/77/EC of 2 December 1996 laying down specific purity criteria on food additives other than colours and sweeteners (7) should be maintained until the corresponding additives are entered in the Annexes to this Regulation. At that time, the specifications related to such additives should be set out in a Regulation. Those specifications should relate directly to the additives included in the Community lists in the Annexes to this Regulation. However, considering the complex character and substance of such specifications for the sake of clarity, they should not be integrated as such in the those Community lists but should be set out in one or more separate Regulations.

(9)	Some food additives are permitted for specific uses for certain authorised oenological practices and processes. The use of such food additives should comply with this Regulation and with the specific provisions laid down in the relevant Community legislation.

(10)

In order to ensure uniformity, the risk assessment and approval of food additives should be carried out in accordance with the precautionary principle and the procedure laid down in Regulation (EC) No .../2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of ... [establishing a common authorisation procedure for food additives, food enzymes and food flavourings] (4).

(11)

Under Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety (8) the European Food Safety Authority (hereinafter referred to as‘the Authority’), is to be consulted on matters likely to affect public health.

(12)	A food additive which falls within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 on genetically modified food and feed (9) should be authorised under that Regulation as well as under this Regulation.

(13)

A food additive already approved under this Regulation which is prepared by production methods or starting materials significantly different from those included in the risk assessment of the Authority, or different than those covered by the specifications laid down, should be submitted for evaluation by the Authority for an evaluation with emphasis on the specifications. Significantly different production methods or starting materials could mean a change of the production method from extraction from a plant to production by fermentation using a micro-organism or a genetic modification of the original micro-organism.

(14)	Food additives should be kept under continuous observation and must be re-evaluated whenever necessary in the light of changing conditions of use and new scientific information. Special evaluation programmes should be adopted to review authorisations granted.

(15)

Member States which have maintained prohibitions on the use of certain additives in certain specific foods which are considered traditional and are produced on their territory should be permitted to continue to apply those prohibitions. Moreover, as regard products such as ‘Feta’ or ‘Salame cacciatore’, the present Regulation is without prejudice to more restrictive rules linked to the use of certain denominations under Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 of 20 March 2006 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs (10) and Council Regulation (EC) No 509/2006 of 20 March 2006 on agricultural products and foodstuffs as traditional specialities guaranteed (11).

(16)

Food additives remain subject to the general labelling obligations as provided for in Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 March 2000 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the labelling, presentation and advertising of foodstuffs (12) and, as the case may be, in Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 and Regulation (EC) No 1830/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 concerning the traceability and labelling of genetically modified organisms and the traceability of food and feed products produced from genetically modified organisms (13). In addition, specific provisions on labelling of food additives sold as such to the manufacturer or to the final consumer should be contained in this Regulation.

(17)	The measures necessary for the implementation of this Regulation should be adopted in accordance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission (14).

(18)

In particular, the Commission should be empowered to update and amend the Community list of food additives to be established under this Regulation. Since those measures are of general scope and are designed to amend or delete non-essential elements of this Regulation, or to supplement it by the addition of new non-essential elements, they must be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny provided for in Article 5a of Decision 1999/468/EC.

(19)

In order to develop and update Community legislation on food additives in a proportionate and effective way, it is necessary to collect data, share information and coordinate work between Member States. For that purpose, it may be useful to undertake studies to address specific issues with the view to facilitating the decision-making process. It is appropriate that the Community may finance such studies as part of its budgetary procedure. The financing of such measures is covered by Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on official controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules (15) and consequently the legal basis for the financing of the above measures will be Regulation (EC) No 882/2004.

(20)	Member States are to carry out official controls in order to enforce compliance with this Regulation in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 882/2004.

(21)

Since the objective of the action to be taken, namely to lay down Community rules on food additives, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States and can therefore, by reason of market unity and the high level of consumer protection required, be better achieved at Community level, the Community may adopt measures in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve that objective.

(22)

Following the adoption of this Regulation the Commission assisted by the Standing Committee on Food Chain and Animal Health should review all the existing authorisations on the basis of the conditions for authorisation laid down in this Regulation . All food additives that are to continue to be authorised in the Community should be transferred to the Community lists in Annexes II and III to this Regulation. Annex III to this Regulation should be completed with the other food additives used in food additives and enzymes and their conditions of use in accordance with Regulation (EC) No .../2008 [establishing a common authorisation procedure for food additives, food enzymes and food flavourings]. To allow a suitable transition period, the provisions in Annex III, other than the provisions concerning carriers for food additives, should not apply until [1.1.2011].

(23)

Without prejudice to the outcome of that review, within one year following the adoption of this Regulation, the Commission should set up an evaluation programme for the Authority to re-evaluate the safety of the food additives that were already approved in the Community. That programme should define the needs and the order of priorities according to which the approved food additives are to be examined.

(24)

This Regulation repeals and replaces the following acts: Council Directive 62/2645/EEC on the approximation of the rules of the Member States concerning the colouring matters authorised for use in foodstuffs intended for human consumption (16), ║ Council Directive 78/663/EEC of 25 July 1978 laying down specific criteria of purity for emulsifiers, stabilizers, thickeners and gelling agents for use in foodstuffs (17), Council Directive 78/664/EEC of 25 July 1978 laying down specific criteria of purity for antioxidants which may be used in foodstuffs intended for human consumption (18), First Commission Directive 81/712/EEC of 28 July 1981 laying down Community methods of analysis for verifying that certain additives used in foodstuffs satisfy criteria of purity (19), Council Directive 89/107/EEC of 21 December 1988 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning food additives authorised for use in foodstuffs intended for human consumption (20), European Parliament and Council Directive 94/35/EC ║ of 30 June 1994 on sweeteners for use in foodstuffs (21), Directive 94/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 June 1994 on colours for use in foodstuffs (22), Directive 95/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 February 1995 on food additives other than colours and sweeteners (23) as well as Decision No 292/97/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 December 1996 on the maintenance of national laws prohibiting the use of certain additives in the production of certain specific foodstuffs (24) and Commission Decision 2002/247/EC of 27 March 2002 suspending the placing on the market and import of jelly confectionary containing the food additive E 425 konjac (25). However, it is appropriate that certain provisions of those acts remain in force during a transitional period to allow time for the preparation of the Community lists in the Annexes to this Regulation,

HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Chapter I

Subject-matter, scope and definitions

Article 1

Subject matter

This Regulation lays down rules on food additives used in foods to ensure the effective functioning of the internal market and a high level of human health , consumer and environmental protection.

For those purposes, this Regulation provides for:

(a)	Community lists of approved food additives;

(b)

conditions of use of food additives in foods, including food additives and ▐ food enzymes as referred to in Regulation (EC) No .../2008 [on food enzymes] and including food flavourings as referred to in Regulation (EC) No .../2008 [on food flavourings and certain food ingredients with flavouring properties] ;

(c)	rules on labelling of food additives sold as such.

Article 2

Scope

1. This Regulation shall apply to food additives.

2. This Regulation shall not apply to the following substances unless they are used as food additives:

(a)	processing aids;

(b)	substances used for the protection of plants and plant products in conformity with Community rules relating to plant health , with the exception of post-harvest plant protection products used as preserving agents ;

(c)	substances added to foods as nutrients;

(d)	substances used for the treatment of water for human consumption falling within the scope of Council Directive 98/83/EC (26) ;

(e)	microbial cultures that are used in the production of food and which may produce food additives but which are not specifically used to produce them.

3. This Regulation shall not apply to food enzymes falling within the scope of Regulation (EC) No .../2007 [on food enzymes].

4. This Regulation shall apply without prejudice to any specific Community rules concerning the use of food additives:

(a)	in specific foods;

(b)	for purposes other than those covered by this Regulation.

5. Where necessary, it may be decided in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 28(3) as to whether or not a given substance falls within the scope of this Regulation.

6. No food additive and/or food containing such a food additive may be placed on the market and/or put in circulation if the use of this food additive does not comply with the requirements of this Regulation.

Article 3

Definitions

1. For the purposes of this Regulation, the definitions laid down in Regulations (EC) Nos 178/2002 and 1829/2003 shall apply.

2. The following definitions shall also apply:

(a)

‘food additive’ shall mean any substance not normally consumed as a food in itself and not normally used as a characteristic ingredient of food, whether or not it has nutritive value, the intentional addition of which to food for a technological purpose in the manufacture, processing, preparation, treatment, packaging, transport or storage of such food results, or may be reasonably expected to result, in it or its by-products becoming directly or indirectly a component of such foods;

▐ the following are not considered to be food additives:

(i)	▐ monosaccharides, disaccharides or oligosaccharides, and foods containing them, used for their sweetening properties;

(ii)	foods, whether dried or in concentrated form, including flavourings incorporated during the manufacturing of compound foods, because of their aromatic, sapid or nutritive properties together with a secondary colouring effect and an additional technological effect ;

(iii)

substances used in covering or coating materials, which do not form part of foods and are not intended to be consumed together with those foods;

(iv)	products containing pectin and derived from dried apple pomace or peel of citrus fruits, or from a mixture of both, by the action of dilute acid followed by partial neutralisation with sodium or potassium salts (‘liquid pectin’);

(v)	chewing gum bases;

(vi)	white or yellow dextrin, roasted or dextrinated starch, starch modified by acid or alkali treatment, bleached starch, physically modified starch and starch treated by amylolitic enzymes;

(vii)

ammonium chloride;

(viii)

blood plasma, blood proteins, edible gelatin, protein hydrolysates and their salts, milk protein and gluten;

(ix)	amino acids and their salts other than glutamic acid, glycine, cysteine and cystine and their salts having no technological function;

(x)	caseinates and casein;

(xi)

inulin;

(b)

‘processing aid’ shall mean any substance which:

(i)	is not consumed as a food by itself;

(ii)	is intentionally used in the processing of raw materials, foods or their ingredients, to fulfil a certain technological purpose during treatment or processing; and

(iii)

may result in the unintentional but technically unavoidable presence in the final product of residues of the substance or its derivatives provided they do not present any health risk and do not have any technological effect on the final product;

(c)	‘functional class’ shall mean one of the categories set out in Annex I based on the technological function a food additive exerts in the foodstuff;

(d)

‘unprocessed food’ shall mean a food which has not undergone any treatment resulting in a substantial change in the original state of the food, for which purpose the following in particular are not regarded as resulting in substantial change: dividing, parting, severing, boning, mincing, skinning, paring, peeling, grinding, cutting, cleaning, trimming, deep-freezing, freezing, chilling, milling, husking, packing or unpacking;

(e)

‘food with no added sugars’ shall mean a food without the following:

(i)	any added monosaccharides or disaccharides ▐ ; or

(ii)	food containing monosaccharides or disaccharides ▐ which is used for its sweetening properties;

(f)	‘energy-reduced food’ shall mean a food with an energy value reduced by at least 30 % compared with the original food or a similar product;

(g)	‘table-top sweeteners’ shall mean preparations of permitted sweeteners, which may contain other food additives and/or food ingredients and which are intended for sale to the final consumer as a substitute for sugars .

(h)	‘food reduced in sugars’ shall mean a food in which the total reduction in content of monosaccharides and disaccharides is at least 30% compared to a similar product.

(i)	‘quantum satis’ shall mean that no maximum level is specified. However, additives shall be used in accordance with good manufacturing practice, at a level not higher than is necessary to achieve the intended purpose and provided the consumer is not misled.

Chapter II

Community lists of approved food additives

Article 4

Community lists of food additives

1. Only food additives included in the Community list in Annex II may be placed on the market as such and used in foods, including foodstuffs for particular nutritional uses falling within the scope of Directive 89/398/EEC.

2. Only food additives included in the Community list in Annex III may be used in food additives and in food enzymes.

3. The listing of food additives in Annex II shall be made on the basis of the categories of food to which they may be added.

4. The listing of food additives in Annex III shall be made on the basis of the food additives or food enzymes or categories thereof to which they may be added.

5. Food additives shall at all times comply with the specifications as referred to in Article 12.

Article 5

General conditions for inclusion and use of food additives in Community lists

1. A food additive may be included in the Community lists in Annexes II and III only if it meets the following conditions:

(a)	it does not, on the basis of the scientific evidence available, pose a safety concern to the health of the consumer at the level of use proposed;

(b)	there is a reasonable technological need , in terms of benefits to the consumer, that cannot be achieved by other economically and technologically practicable means;

(c)	its use does not mislead the consumer ;

(d)	it does not, on the basis of the scientific evidence available, entail any adverse environmental effects during any part of its life cycle.

2. To be included in the Community lists in Annexes II and III a food additive must have advantages and benefits for the consumer and therefore serve one or more of the following purposes:

(a)	preserving the nutritional quality of the food;

(b)	providing necessary ingredients or constituents for foods manufactured for groups of consumers with special dietary needs;

(c)

enhancing the keeping quality or stability of a food or improving its organoleptic properties, provided that the nature, substance or quality of the food is not changed in such a way as to mislead the consumer . Misleading the consumer includes, but is not limited to, issues related to freshness and quality of the ingredients used, naturalness of a product and fruit and vegetable content ;

(d)

aiding in the manufacture, processing, preparation, treatment, packing, transport or storage of food, provided that the food additive is not used to disguise the effects of the use of faulty raw materials or of any undesirable practices or techniques, including unhygienic practices or techniques, during the course of any such activities.

3. By way of derogation from point (a) of paragraph 2, a food additive which reduces the nutritional quality of a food may be included in the Community list in Annex II provided that:

(a)	the food does not constitute a significant component of a normal diet; or

(b)	the food additive is necessary for the production of foods for groups of consumers with special dietary needs.

4. With the exception of proprietary knowledge and information which it is appropriate to keep confidential, the approval of a food additive shall refer explicitly and transparently to the consideration given to the criteria laid down in paragraphs 1 to 3, and shall explain the basis for the final decision.

Article 6

Specific conditions for sweeteners

A food additive may be included in the Community list in Annex II for the functional class of sweetener only if, in addition to serving one or more of the purposes set out in Article 5(2), it also serves one or more of the following purposes:

(a)	replacing sugars for the production of energy-reduced food, non-cariogenic food , food reduced in sugars or food with no added sugars; ▐

(b)	producing food intended for particular nutritional uses as defined in Article 1(2)(a) of Directive 89/398/EEC.

Article 7

Specific conditions for colours

A food additive may be included in the Community list in Annex II for the functional class of colour only if, in addition to serving one or more of the purposes set out in Article 5(2), it also serves one of the following purposes:

(a)	restoring the original appearance of food of which the colour has been affected by processing, storage, packaging and distribution, whereby visual acceptability may have been impaired;

(b)	making food more visually appealing;

(c)	giving colour to food otherwise colourless.

There must, however, be no risk of the additive misleading consumers into believing that the food contains ingredients other than those actually present.

Article 8

Functional classes of food additives

1. Food additives may be assigned to one of the functional classes in Annex I on the basis of the principal technological function of the food additive.

Allocating a food additive to a functional class shall not preclude it from being used for several functions.

2. Where necessary, as a result of scientific progress or technological development, additional functional classes may be added to Annex I in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 28(2).

Article 9

The content of the Community lists of food additives

1. A food additive which complies with the conditions set out in Articles 5, 6 and 7 may, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Regulation (EC) No .../2007 [establishing a common authorisation procedure for food additives, food enzymes and food flavourings], be included in:

(a)	the Community list in Annex II to the present Regulation; and/or

(b)	the Community list in Annex III to the present Regulation.

2. The entry for a food additive in the Community lists in Annexes II and III shall specify:

(a)	the name of the food additive , additive group and ▐ E number if one has been assigned;

(b)	the foods and/or food additives and/or food enzymes and/or food flavourings to which the food additive may be added;

(c)	the conditions under which the food additive may be used;

(d)	if appropriate, whether there are any restrictions on the sale of the food additive directly to consumers ;

(e)	the other food additives which may not be used in combination with the food additive.

3. The Community lists in Annexes II and III shall be amended in accordance with the procedure referred to in Regulation (EC) No [...] establishing a common authorisation procedure for food additives, food enzymes and food flavourings.

Article 10

Levels of use of food additives

1. When establishing the conditions of use referred to in Article 9(2)(c):

(a)	the level of use shall be set at the lowest level necessary to achieve the desired effect;

(b)

the level shall take into account:

(i)	any acceptable daily intake, or equivalent assessment, established for the food additive and the probable daily intake of it from all sources;

(ii)	where the food additive is to be used in foods eaten by special groups of consumers, the possible daily intake of the food additive by consumers in those groups.

2. If the use of nanotechnology is authorised, separate limit values for that purpose shall be laid down in accordance with paragraph 1(a).

3. Where appropriate, no maximum level shall be fixed for a food additive (quantum satis). In that case, the food additive shall be used in accordance with the definition set out in Article 3(2)(i) .

4. The maximum levels of use of food additives , including in a dilute state if appropriate, set out in Annex II apply to ready-to-eat foods prepared in accordance with the instructions for use unless otherwise stated.

5. The maximum levels for colours set out in Annex II apply to the quantities of colouring principle contained in the colouring preparation unless otherwise stated.

Article 11

Food additives falling within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003

A food additive produced from, with or by genetically modified organisms (GMOs) or falling within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 and not already included in the Community lists in Annexes II and III to this Regulation may be included in those lists in accordance with this Regulation only if it is covered by an authorisation in accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003. It shall be clearly labelled, displaying the words ‘produced by GMOs’ or ‘produced from GMOs’ next to its name or E-Number.

Article 12

Specifications of food additives

The specifications of food additives relating, in particular, to origin, purity criteria and any other necessary information, shall be adopted when the food additive is included in the Community lists in Annexes II and III for the first time, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Regulation (EC) No .../2008 [establishing a common authorisation procedure for food additives, food enzymes and food flavourings].

Chapter III

Use of food additives in foods

Article 13

Use of food additives in unprocessed foods

Food additives shall not be used in unprocessed foods, except where such use is specifically provided for in Annex II.

Article 14

Use of colours and sweeteners in foods for infants and young children

Colours and sweeteners shall not be used in foods for infants and young children as referred to in Directive 89/398/EEC, including dietary foods for infants and young children for special medical purposes, except where specifically provided for in Annex II to the present Regulation.

Article 15

Use of colours for markings

Only food colours listed in Annex II to the present Regulation may be used for the purpose of health marking as provided for in Council Directive 91/497/EEC of 29 July 1991 amending and consolidating Directive 64/433/EEC on health problems affecting intra-Community trade in fresh meat to extend it to the production and marketing of fresh meat (27) and other markings required on meat products, for the decorative colouring of eggshells and for the stamping of eggshells as provided for in Commission Regulation (EC) No 557/2007 of 23 May 2007 laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1028/2006 on marketing standards for eggs (28).

Article 16

Carry-over principle

1. The presence of a food additive shall be permitted:

(a)	in a compound food other than as referred to in Annex II, where the food additive is permitted in one of the ingredients of the compound food;

(b)

in a food to which a food additive, food enzyme or flavouring has been added, where the food additive:

(i)	is permitted in the food additive, food enzyme or flavouring in compliance with this Regulation;

(ii)	has been carried over to the food via the food additive, food enzyme or flavouring;

(iii)

has no technological function in the final food;

(c)	in a food which is to be used solely in the preparation of a compound food and provided that the compound food complies with this Regulation.

2. Paragraph 1 of this Article shall not apply to infant formulae, follow-on formulae, processed cerealbased foods and baby foods and dietary foods for special medical purposes intended for infants and young children as referred to in Directive 89/398/EEC, except where specifically provided for.

3. Where a food additive in a flavouring, food additive or food enzyme is added to a food and has a technological function in that food, then it shall be considered a food additive of that food and not a food additive of the added flavouring, food additive or food enzyme.

4. Without prejudice to paragraph 1, the presence of an intense sweetener shall be permitted in a compound food with no added sugar, in an energy-reduced compound food, in compound dietary foods intended for low-calorie diets, and in a compound food with a long shelf-life, provided that the intense sweetener is permitted in one of the ingredients of the compound food.

Article 17

Interpretation decisions

Where necessary, a it may be decided in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 28(3) whether or not:

(a)	a particular food belongs to a category of food referred to in Annex II; or

(b)	a food additive listed in Annexes II and III and permitted at ‘quantum satis’is used in accordance with the criteria referred to in Article 10(3).

Article 18

Traditional foods

The Member States listed in Annex IV may continue to prohibit the use of certain categories of food additives in the traditional foods produced on their territory as listed in that Annex.

Chapter IV

Labelling

SECTION 1

Labelling of food additives not intended for sale to the final consumer

Article 19

Labelling of food additives not intended for sale to the final consumer

Food additives not intended for sale to the final consumer, whether sold singly or mixed with each other and/or with ingredients as defined in Article 6(4) of Directive 2000/13/EC may be marketed only if their packaging or containers bear the information provided for in Articles 20 to 23 of this Regulation, which must be easily visible, clearly legible and indelible.

Article 20

Information requirements concerning the identification of food additives

1. Where food additives not intended for sale to the final consumer, are sold singly or mixed with each other, their packaging, or containers shall bear the following information in respect of each food additive:

(a)	the name and/or its E-number laid down in this Regulation; or

(b)	in the absence of a name and/or E-number, as referred to in point (a), a description of the food additive that is sufficiently precise to distinguish it from products with which it could be confused.

2. Where food additives are sold mixed with each other, the information provided for in paragraph 1 shall be given in respect of each food additive, in descending order of its percentage by weight of the total.

Article 21

Information requirements where other substances, materials or food ingredients are incorporated in food additives

Where substances, materials or food ingredients other than food additives are incorporated in food additives not intended for sale to the final consumer to facilitate their storage, sale, standardisation, dilution or dissolution, the packaging, containers or accompanying documents of the food additives shall bear the information provided for in Article 20 and an indication of each component in descending order of its percentage by weight of the total.

Article 22

Information requirements where food additives are mixed with other food ingredients

Where food additives not intended for sale to the final consumer are mixed with other food ingredients, the packaging or containers of the food additives shall bear a list of all components in descending order of their percentage by weight of the total.

Article 23

General information requirements for food additives

1. The packaging or containers of food additives not intended for sale to the final consumer shall bear the following information:

(a)	the statement either ‘for use in food’ or the statement ‘restricted use in food’ or a more specific reference to its intended food use;

(b)	if necessary, the special conditions of storage and use;

(c)	instructions for use, if the omission thereof would preclude appropriate use of the food additive;

(d)	a mark identifying the batch or lot;

(e)	the name or business name and address of the manufacturer, packager or seller;

(f)

where a component of the food additive is subject to a limit on quantity in food, an indication of that component's percentage of the food additive or sufficient information on the composition of the food additive to enable the purchaser to ensure compliance with the limit on quantity in food; where the same limit on quantity applies to a group of components used singly or in combination, the combined percentage may be given as a single figure; the limit on quantity shall be expressed either numerically or by the quantum satis principle;

(g)	the net quantity;

(h)	where relevant, information on a food additive or other substances referred to in Articles 20, 21 and 22 ║ of the present Regulation and listed in Annex IIIa to Directive 2000/13/EC as regards the indication of the ingredients present in foodstuffs ;

(i)	the shelf-life.

2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the information required in points (c) to (f) and points (h) and (i) of that paragraph may appear merely on the documents relating to the consignment which are to be supplied with or prior to the delivery, provided that the indication ‘intended for the manufacture of food and not for retail sale’ appears on an easily visible part of the packaging or container of the product in question.

3. By way of derogation from the labelling and information requirements of Articles 19 to 22, and of paragraph 1 of this Article, for bulk deliveries all of the information may appear on the accompanying documents which are to be supplied with or prior to the delivery.

SECTION 2

Labelling of food additives intended for sale to the final consumer

Article 24

Labelling of food additives intended for sale to the final consumer

1. Without prejudice to Directive 2000/13/EC, food additives intended for sale to the final consumer may be marketed only if their packaging contains the following information, which must be easily visible, clearly legible and indelible:

(a)	the name under which the food additive is sold; that name shall be constituted by the name laid down by any Community provisions applying to the food additive in question and its E-number;

(b)	the information required in accordance with Articles 20, 21 and 22 and points (a) to (e), (g) and (h) of Article 23(1).

2. The sales description of a table-top sweetener shall include the term ‘... -based table-top sweetener’, using the name(s) of the sweetener(s) used in its composition.

3. The labelling of a table-top sweetener containing polyols and/or aspartame and or aspartame-acesulfame salt shall bear the following warnings:

(a)	polyols: ‘excessive consumption may induce laxative effects’;

(b)	aspartame/aspartame-acesulfame salt: ‘contains a source of phenylalanine’.

4. The labelling of food additives containing azo-dyes shall bear the warning ‘azo-dyes may provoke allergenic effects’.

SECTION 3

Other labelling requirements

Article 25

Other labelling requirements

1. Articles 19 to 24 shall be without prejudice to more detailed or more extensive laws, regulations or administrative provisions regarding weights and measures or applying to the presentation, classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances and preparations or applying to the transport of such substances.

2. The information provided for in Articles 19 to 24 shall be in a language easily understandable to purchasers.

Within its own territory, the Member State in which the product is marketed may, in accordance with the rules of the Treaty, stipulate that this information shall be given in one or more of the official languages of the Community, to be determined by that Member State. The first and second subparagraph of this paragraph shall not preclude such information from being indicated in several languages.

Chapter V

Procedural provisions and implementation

Article 26

Information obligation

1. A producer or user of a food additive shall inform the Commission immediately of any new scientific or technical information which might affect the assessment of the safety of the food additive.

2. A producer or user of a food additive shall, at the request of the Commission, inform it of the actual use of the food additive.

Article 27

Monitoring of food additive intake

1. Member States shall maintain systems to monitor the consumption and use of food additives on a risk-based approach and report their findings each year to the Commission and the European Food Safety Authority (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Authority’).

2. After the Authority has been consulted, a common methodology for the gathering of information by the Member States on dietary intake of food additives in the Community shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 28(3) .

Article 28

Committee

1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Committee’).

2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 5 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.

The period laid down in Article 5(6) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at three months.

3. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5a(1) to (4) and Article 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.

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Article 29

Community financing of harmonised policies

The legal basis for the financing of measures resulting from this Regulation is Article 66(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004.

Chapter VI

Transitional and final provisions

Article 30

Establishment of Community lists of food additives

1. Food additives which were permitted for use in foods under Directives 94/35/EC, 94/36/EC and 95/2/EC before the date of entry into force of this Regulation and their conditions of use shall be entered in Annex II to this Regulation after a review of their compliance with Articles 5, 6 and 7 of this Regulation in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 28(3) . This review shall not include a new risk assessment carried out by the Authority. The review shall be completed by [...]

2. Food additives authorised for use in food additives as permitted carriers in Annex V to Directive 95/2/EC and their conditions of use shall be entered in Annex III, Part 1 to this Regulation after a review of their compliance with Article 5 of this Regulation in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 28(3) . This review shall not include a new risk assessment carried out by the Authority. The review shall be completed by [...].

3. Specifications of the food additives covered under paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article shall be adopted, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No .../2007 [establishing a common authorisation procedure for food additives, food enzymes and food flavourings], at the moment those food additives are entered in the Annexes in accordance with those paragraphs.

4. Any appropriate transitional measures may be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 28(3) .

Article 31

Re-evaluation of approved food additives

1. Food additives which were on the market at the date of entry into force of this Regulation, but have not been reviewed and received a positive opinion from the Scientific Committee for Food or the Authority, shall be subject to a new risk assessment carried out by the Authority. These additives will be allowed to remain on the market until the new risk assessment is carried out by the Authority.

2. The Authority's risk assessment shall form part of the review to be carried out by the Commission, assisted by the Committee, of all food additives which were approved prior to the entry into force of this Regulation. This review shall be conducted on the basis of the conditions of authorisation laid down in this Regulation, and on the basis of an assessment of intake and risk management.

All food additives that are to continue to be authorised in the Community shall be transferred to the Community lists in Annexes II and III. Annex III shall be completed with the other food additives used in food additives and enzymes and their conditions of use in accordance with the Regulation (EC) No .../ 2008 [establishing a common authorisation procedure for food additives, food enzymes and food flavourings]. To allow a suitable transition period, the provisions in Annex III, other than the provisions concerning carriers for food additives, shall not apply until [1.1.2011].

The review shall be conducted on the basis of an evaluation programme which shall be adopted , after consultation of the Authority, by ... (29), in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 28(3) . The evaluation programme shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

3. After the evaluation programme in paragraph 2 has been carried out, and after consultation of the Authority, a new evaluation programme shall be adopted for authorisations pursuant to this Regulation. This new evaluation programme shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 28(3) and shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

4. Food additives and uses which are no longer current shall be removed from the Annexes when the authorisation is reviewed.

Article 32

Repeals

1. The following acts are repealed:

(a)	Directive 62/2645/EEC; ║

(b)	Directive 78/663/EEC;

(c)	Directive 78/664/EEC;

(d)	Directive 81/712/EEC;

(e)	Directive 89/107/EEC;

(f)	Directive 94/35/EC;

(g)	Directive 94/36/EC;

(h)	Directive 95/2/EC;

(i)	Decision 292/97/EC;

(j)	Decision 2002/247/EC.

2. References to the repealed acts shall be construed as references to this Regulation.

Article 33

Transitional provisions

By way of derogation from Article 32, the following provisions shall continue to apply until [...]:

(a)	Article 2(1), (2) and (4) of Directive 94/35/EC and the Annex thereto;

(b)	Article 2(1) to (6), (8), (9) and (10) of Directive 94/36/EC and Annexes I to V thereto;

(c)	Articles 2 and 4 of Directive 95/2/EC and Annexes I to VI thereto.

Notwithstanding point (c), the authorisations for E 1103 Invertase and E 1105 Lysozyme laid down in Directive 95/2/EC are repealed with effect from the date of application of the Community list on food enzymes in accordance with Article 18 of the [Regulation on food enzymes].

Article 34

Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from ... (30).

However, Article 4(2) shall apply to Parts 2 and 3 of Annex III from [1 January 2011]

Foods which do not comply with the requirements of this Regulation but have been produced in accordance with Community law may continue to be marketed until the end of their shelf-life.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at ..., on ...

For the European Parliament

The President

For the Council

The President

(1) OJ C 168, 20.7.2007, p. 34 .

(2) Position of the European Parliament of 10 July 2007.

(3) OJ L 186, 30.6.1989, p. 27 . Directive as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1).

(4) OJ L ...

(5) OJ L 178, 28.7.1995, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Directive 2006/128/EC (OJ L 346, 9.12.2006, p. 6 ).

(6) OJ L 226, 22.9.1995, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Directive 2006/33/EC (OJ L 82, 21.3.2006, p. 10 ).

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(8) OJ L 31, 1.2.2002, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 575/2006 (OJ L 100, 8.4.2006, p. 3 ).

(9) OJ L 268, 18.10.2003, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1981/2006 (OJ L 368, 23.12.2006, p. 99).

(10) OJ L 93, 31.3.2006, p. 12. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1791/2006 (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 1).

(11) OJ L 93, 31.3.2006, p. 1 .

(12) OJ L 109, 6.5.2000, p. 29. Directive as last amended by Commission Directive 2006/142/EC (OJ L 368, 23.12.2006, p. 110).

(13) OJ L 268, 18.10.2003, p. 24.

(14) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23. Decision as amended by Decision 2006/512/EC (OJ L 200, 22.7.2006, p. 11.

(15) OJ L 165, 30.4.2004, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1791/2006.

(16) OJ ║ 115, 11.11.1962, p. 2645/62. Directive as last amended by Directive 95/45/EC (OJ L 226, 22.9.1995, p. 1).

(17) OJ L 223, 14.8.1978, p. 7. Directive as last amended by Commission Directive 92/4/EC (OJ L 55, 29.2.1992, p. 96).

(18) OJ L 223, 14.8.1978, p. 30. Directive as last amended by Commission Directive 96/77/EC.

(19) OJ L 257, 10.9.1981. p. 1.

(20) OJ L 40, 11.2.1989, p. 27. Directive as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 ║.

(21) OJ L 237, 10.9.1994, p. 3. Directive as last amended by Directive 2006/52/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 204, 26.7.2006, p. 10).

(22) OJ L 237, 10.9.1994, p. 13. Directive as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003.

(23) OJ L 61, 18.3.1995, p. 3. Directive as last amended by Directive 2006/52/EC.

(24) OJ L 48, 19.2.1997, p. 13.

(25) OJ L 84, 28.3.2002, p. 69.

(26) OJ L 330, 5.12.1998, p. 32. Directive as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003.

(27) OJ L 268. 24.9.1991, p. 69. Directive as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 806/2003 (OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 1).

(28) OJ L 132, 24.5.2007, p. 5 .

(29) One year after the date of entry into force of this Regulation.

(30) One year after the date of publication of this Regulation.

ANNEX I

FUNCTIONAL CLASSES OF FOOD ADDITIVES IN FOODS AND OF FOOD ADDITIVES IN FOOD ADDITIVES AND FOOD ENZYMES

1.	‘sweeteners’ are substances (bulk sweeteners and intense sweeteners) used to impart a sweet taste to foods or in table top sweeteners.

‘colours’ are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food. Preparations obtained from foods and other natural source materials obtained by physical and/or chemical extraction resulting in a selective extraction of the pigments relative to the nutritive or aromatic constituents are colours within the meaning of this Regulation.

3.	‘preservatives’ are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms;

4.	‘antioxidants’ are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by oxidation, such as fat rancidity and colour changes;

‘carriers’, are substances used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a food additive or a flavouring , food enzyme nutrient and/or other substance added for nutritional or physiological purposes to a foodstuff (or food and/or food supplement) without altering its function (and without exerting any technological effect themselves) in order to facilitate its handling, application or use;

6.	‘acids’ are substances which increase the acidity of a foodstuff and/or impart a sour taste to it;

7.	‘acidity regulators’ are substances which alter or control the acidity or alkalinity of a foodstuff;

8.	‘anti-caking agents’ are substances which reduce the tendency of individual particles of a foodstuff to adhere to one another;

9.	‘anti-foaming agents’ are substances which prevent or reduce foaming;

10.	‘bulking agents’ are substances which contribute to the volume of a foodstuff without contributing significantly to its available energy value;

11.	‘emulsifiers’ are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff;

12.	‘emulsifying salts’ are substances which convert proteins contained in cheese into a dispersed form and thereby bring about homogenous distribution of fat and other components;

13.	‘firming agents’ are substances which make or keep tissues of fruit or vegetables firm or crisp, or interact with gelling agents to produce or strengthen a gel;

14.	‘flavour enhancers’ are substances which enhance the existing taste and/or odour of a foodstuff;

15.	‘foaming agents’ are substances which make it possible to form a homogenous dispersion of a gaseous phase in a liquid or solid foodstuff;

16.	‘gelling agents’ are substances which give a foodstuff texture through formation of a gel;

17.	‘glazing agents’ (including lubricants) are substances which, when applied to the external surface of a foodstuff, impart a shiny appearance or provide a protective coating;

18.	‘humectants’ are substances which prevent foods from drying out by counteracting the effect of an atmosphere having a low degree of humidity, or promote the dissolution of a powder in an aqueous medium;

19.	‘modified starches’ are substances obtained by one or more chemical treatments of edible starches, which may have undergone a physical or enzymatic treatment, and may be acid or alkali thinned or bleached;

20.	‘packaging gases’ are gases other than air, introduced into a container before, during or after the placing of a foodstuff in that container;

21.	‘propellants’ are gases other than air which expel a foodstuff from a container;

22.	‘raising agents’ are substances or combinations of substances which liberate gas and thereby increase the volume of a dough or a batter;

23.	‘sequestrants’ are substances which form chemical complexes with metallic ions;

24.

‘stabiliser’ are substances which make it possible to maintain the physico-chemical state of a foodstuff; stabilisers include substances which enable the maintenance of a homogenous dispersion of two or more immiscible substances in a foodstuff, substances which stabilise, retain or intensify an existing colour of a foodstuff and substances which increase the binding capacity of the food, including the formation of cross-links between proteins enabling the binding of food pieces into re-constituted food.

25.	‘thickeners’ are substances which increase the viscosity of a foodstuff;

26.	‘flour treatment agents’ are substances, other than emulsifiers, which are added to flour or dough to improve its baking quality.

ANNEX II

COMMUNITY LIST OF FOOD ADDITIVES APPROVED FOR USE IN FOODS AND CONDITIONS OF USE

ANNEX III

COMMUNITY LIST OF FOOD ADDITIVES APPROVED FOR USE IN FOOD ADDITIVES, FOOD ENZYMES AND FOOD FLAVOURINGS , AND CONDITIONS OF USE

Part 1	Carriers in food additives , food enzymes and food flavourings
Part 2	Additives other than carriers in food additives , food enzymes and food flavourings
Part 3	Additives in food flavourings
Part 4	Carriers in nutrients

ANNEX IV

TRADITIONAL FOODS FOR WHICH CERTAIN MEMBER STATES MAY CONTINUE TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF CERTAIN CATEGORIES OF FOOD ADDITIVES

Member State	Foods	Categories of additives which may continue to be banned
Germany	Traditional German beer (‘Bier nach deutschem Reinheitsgebot gebraut’)	All except propellant gases
France	Traditional French bread	All
France	Traditional French preserved truffles	All
France	Traditional French preserved snails	All
France	Traditional French goose and ducks preserves (‘confit’)	All
Austria	Traditional Austrian ‘Bergkäse’	All except preservatives
Finland	Traditional Finnish ‘Mämmi’	All except preservatives
Sweden Finland	Traditional Swedish and Finnish fruit syrups	Colours
Denmark	Traditional Danish ‘Kødboller’	Preservatives and colours
Denmark	Traditional Danish ‘Leverpostej’	Preservatives (other than sorbic acid) and colours
Spain	Traditional Spanish ‘Lomo embuchado’	All except preservatives and antioxidants
Italy	Traditional Italian ‘Mortadella’	All except preservatives, antioxidants, pH-adjusting agents, flavour enhancers, stabilisers and packaging gas
Italy	Traditional Italian ‘Cotechino e zampone’	All except preservatives, antioxidants, pHadjusting agents, flavour enhancers, stabilisers and packaging gas

P6_TA(2007)0322

Food enzymes ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution of 10 July 2007 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on food enzymes and amending Council Directive 83/417/EEC, Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999, Directive 2000/13/EC, and Council Directive 2001/112/EC (COM(2006)0425 — C6-0257/2006 — 2006/0144(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

—	having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2006)0425) (1),

—	having regard to Article 251(2) and Articles 37 and 95 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C6-0257/2006),

—	having regard to the opinion of the Committee on Legal Affairs on the proposed legal basis,

—	having regard to Rules 51 and 35 of its Rules of Procedure,

—	having regard to the report of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety and the opinion of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (A6-0177/2007),

1.	Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

2.	Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend the proposal substantially or replace it with another text;

3.	Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.

(1) Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TC1-COD(2006)0144

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 10 July 2007 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EC) No .../2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on food enzymes and amending Council Directive 83/417/EEC, Regulation (EC) No 258/97, Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999, Directive 2000/13/EC, and Council Directive 2001/112/EC

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 95 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ║,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (1),

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty (2),

Whereas:

(1)	The free movement of safe and wholesome food is an essential aspect of the internal market and contributes significantly to the health and well-being of citizens, and to their social and economic interests.

(2)	A high level of protection of human life and health should be assured in the pursuit of Community policies.

(3)

Enzymes other than those used as food additives are not currently regulated or are regulated as processing aids under the legislation of the Member States. Differences between national laws, regulations and administrative provisions concerning the assessment and authorisation of food enzymes ▐ hinder their free movement, creating conditions for unequal and unfair competition. It is therefore necessary to adopt Community rules harmonising national provisions relating to the use of enzymes in foods.

(4)

This Regulation should only cover enzymes that are added to food to perform a technological function in the manufacture, processing, preparation, treatment, packaging, transport or storage of such food, including enzymes used as processing aids (‘food enzymes’). The scope of this Regulation should therefore not extend to enzymes that are not added to food to perform a technological function but are intended for human consumption, such as enzymes for nutritional or digestive purposes. Microbial cultures traditionally used in the production of food, such as cheese and ║ wine, and which may contain enzymes but are not specifically used to produce them should not be considered food enzymes.

(5)

Food enzymes used exclusively in the production of food additives falling within the scope of ║ Regulation (EC) No ... of the European Parliament and of the Council of ... [on food additives] (3), flavourings falling within the scope of ║ Regulation (EC) No ... of the European Parliament and of the Council of ... [on flavourings and certain food ingredients with flavouring properties for use in and on foods] (3) ║ and novel foods falling within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 1997 concerning novel foods and novel food ingredients (4) should be excluded from the scope of this Regulation, since the safety of these foods is already assessed and regulated. However, when these food enzymes are used as such in food, they are covered by this Regulation. Regulation (EC) No 258/97 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(6)

Food enzymes should be approved and used only if they fulfil the criteria laid down in this Regulation. Food enzymes should be safe when used, there should be a technological need for their use , ▐ their use should not mislead the consumer and their use should be of benefit to the consumer. Misleading the consumer includes, but is not limited to, issues related to the nature, freshness and quality of ingredients used, the naturalness of a product or of the production process, or the nutritional quality of the product .

(7)

Some food enzymes are permitted for specific uses, such as in fruit juices and certain similar products and certain lactoproteins intended for human consumption and for certain authorised oenological practices and processes. Those food enzymes should be used in accordance with this Regulation and with the specific provisions laid down in the relevant Community legislation. Council Directive 2001/112/EC of 20 December 2001 relating to fruit juices and certain similar products intended for human consumption (5), Council Directive 83/417/EEC of 25 July 1983 on the approximation of the laws of the Member states relating to certain lactoproteins (caseins and caseinates) intended for human consumption (6) and Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine (7) should therefore be amended accordingly.

(8)

Food enzymes the use of which is permitted within the Community should appear in a Community list that should clearly describe the enzymes, specify any conditions governing their use and be supplemented by specifications, in particular on their origin and purity criteria. Where the food enzyme is produced with or by a genetically modified organism (‘GMO’) within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 1830/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 concerning the traceability and labelling of genetically modified organisms and the traceability of food and feed products produced from genetically modified organisms and amending Directive 2001/18/EC (8), the unique identifier assigned to the GMO under that Regulation should also be included in the specifications.

(9)

With a view to harmonisation, the risk assessment of food enzymes and their inclusion in the Community list should be carried out in accordance with the precautionary principle and with the procedure laid down in Regulation (EC) No [...] of the European Parliament and of the Council of [...] establishing a common authorisation procedure for ║ food additives, food enzymes and food flavourings (9).

(10)

Under Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety (10), the European Food Safety Authority (‘the Authority’) is to be consulted on matters likely to affect public health.

(11)

A food enzyme derived from an organism which falls within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 on genetically modified food and feed (11) should be authorised in accordance with that Regulation, prior to or simultaneously with authorisation under this Regulation.

(12)

A food enzyme already included in the Community list under this Regulation and prepared by production methods or from starting materials significantly different from those covered by the Authority's risk assessment, or different from those covered by the authorisation and the specifications under this Regulation, should be submitted to the Authority for an evaluation with emphasis on the specifications. Significantly different production methods or starting materials could mean a change in the production method from extraction from plants to production by fermentation using a micro-organism or genetic modification of the original micro-organism.

(13)

Since many food enzymes are already on the Community market, provision should be made to ensure that the switchover to a Community list of food enzymes takes place smoothly and does not disturb the existing food enzyme market. Sufficient time should be allowed for applicants to make available the information necessary for the risk assessment of these products. An initial two-year period should therefore be allowed following the date of application of the implementing measures to be laid down in accordance with Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No [...] [establishing a common authorisation procedure for ║ food additives, food enzymes and food flavourings], in order to give applicants sufficient time to submit the information on existing enzymes which may be included in the Community list to be drawn up under this Regulation. It should also be possible to submit applications for the authorisation of new enzymes during the initial two-year period. The Authority should evaluate without delay all applications for food enzymes for which sufficient information has been submitted during that period.

(14)

In order to ensure fair and equal conditions for all applicants, the Community list should be drawn up in a single step. That list should be established after the risk assessment of all food enzymes for which sufficient information has been submitted during the initial two-year period has been completed. However, the opinions of the Authority should be published as soon as the scientific assessment is completed.

(15)

A significant number of applications is expected to be submitted during the initial two-year period. A lengthy period may therefore be needed before the risk assessment of these has been completed and the Community list is drawn up. In order to ensure equal access to the market for new food enzymes after the initial two-year period, a transitional period should be provided for during which food enzymes and food using food enzymes may be placed on the market and used, in accordance with the existing national rules in the Member States, until the Community list has been drawn up.

(16)

The food enzymes E 1103 Invertase and E 1105 Lysozyme, that have been authorised as food additives under Directive 95/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 February 1995 on food additives other than colours and sweeteners (12), and the conditions governing their use should be carried over from Directive 95/2/EC to the Community list when it is drawn up by this Regulation. In addition, ║ Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 authorises the use of urease, betaglucanase and lysozyme in wine subject to the conditions laid down in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1622/2000 of 24 July 2000 laying down certain detailed rules for implementing Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine and establishing a Community code of oenological practices and processes (13). Those substances are food enzymes and they should fall within the scope of this Regulation. They should therefore be also added to the Community list when it is drawn up for their use in wine in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 and Regulation (EC) No 1622/2000.

(17)

Food enzymes remain subject to the general labelling obligations provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 and Regulation (EC) No 1830/2003 as applicable. In addition, specific labelling provisions for food enzymes sold as such to the manufacturer or to the consumer should be laid down in this Regulation.

(18)

Food enzymes are covered by the definition of food in Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 and are therefore, when used in food, required to be indicated as ingredients in the labelling of the food in compliance with Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 March 2000 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the labelling, presentation and advertising of foodstuffs (14). Food enzymes should be designated by their technological function in food, followed by the specific name of the food enzyme. However, provision should be made for a derogation from the provisions on labelling in cases where the enzyme performs no technological function in the final product but is present in the foodstuff only as a result of carry-over from one or more of the ingredients of the foodstuff or where it is used as a processing aid. Directive 2000/13/EC should be amended accordingly.

(19)	Food enzymes should be kept under continuous observation and should be re-evaluated whenever necessary in the light of changing conditions governing their use and new scientific information. However, a fresh scientific evaluation and classification should be performed at least every 10 years.

(20)	The measures necessary for the implementation of this Regulation should be adopted in accordance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission (15).

(21)

In particular, the Commission should be empowered to determine whether a food enzyme falls within the scope of this Regulation and to adopt transitional measures regarding the establishment of the Community list of food enzymes. Since those measures are of general scope and are designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation, inter alia by supplementing this Regulation with new non-essential elements, they must be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny provided for in Article 5a of Decision 1999/468/EC.

(22)

In order to develop and update Community legislation on food enzymes in a proportionate and effective way, it is necessary to collect data, share information and coordinate work between Member States. For that purpose, it may be useful to undertake studies to address specific issues with a view to facilitating the decision-making process. It is appropriate that the Community may finance such studies as part of its budgetary procedure. The financing of such measures is covered by Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on official controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules (16) and consequently the legal basis for the financing of the above measures will be Regulation (EC) No 882/2004.

(23)	Member States are to carry out official controls in order to enforce compliance with this Regulation in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 882/2004.

(24)

Since the objective of the action to be taken, namely to lay down Community rules on food enzymes, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States and can therefore, by reason of market unity and the high level of consumer protection required, be better achieved at Community level, the Community may adopt measures in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve that objective,

HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION

Chapter I

Subject matter, scope and definitions

Article 1

Subject matter

This Regulation lays down rules on food enzymes used in foods, including such enzymes used as processing aids, to ensure the effective functioning of the internal market and a high level of human health protection and consumer protection.

For those purposes, this Regulation provides for:

(a)	a Community list of approved food enzymes;

(b)	conditions of use of food enzymes in foods;

(c)	rules on labelling of food enzymes sold as such.

Article 2

Scope

1. This Regulation shall apply to food enzymes.

2. This Regulation shall not apply to food enzymes used exclusively in the production of:

(a)	food additives falling within the scope of Regulation (EC) No ...[on food additives];

(b)	flavourings falling within the scope of Regulation (EC) No ...[on flavourings];

(c)	novel foods falling within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 258/97;

(d)	digestive aids.

3. This Regulation shall apply without prejudice to any specific Community rules concerning the use of food enzymes:

(a)	in specific foods;

(b)	for purposes other than those covered by this Regulation.

4. This Regulation shall not apply to:

(a)	microbial cultures that are ▐ used in the production of food and which may incidentally produce enzymes but which are not specifically used to produce them ;

(b)	enzymes intended for direct human consumption, such as enzymes for nutritional purposes or enzymes used as digestive aids.

5. Where necessary, it may be decided in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 12(2) whether or not a given substance falls within the scope of this Regulation.

Article 3

Definitions

For the purposes of this Regulation, the definitions laid down in Regulation (EC) No 178/2002, Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 and Regulation (EC) No [...] [║ on food additives] shall apply.

The following definitions shall also apply:

(1)

‘enzyme’ means any protein of vegetable, animal or microbial origin, capable of catalysing a specific biochemical reaction, without changing its own structure in the process; this definition should for the purposes of this Regulation also include ‘pro-enzymes’, i.e. compounds that are inactive or nearly inactive precursors of enzymes and can be converted to active enzymes if subjected to a specific catalytic change;

(2)

‘food enzyme’ means a product obtained by extraction from plants , animals , micro-organisms or products thereof, or by a fermentation process using micro-organisms:

(a)	containing one or more enzymes capable of catalysing a specific biochemical reaction; and

(b)	added to food to perform a technological function in the manufacture, processing, preparation, treatment, packaging, transport or storage of foods;

(3)	‘food enzyme preparation’ means a formulation consisting of one or more food enzymes in which substances such as food additives and/or other food ingredients are incorporated to facilitate their storage, sale, standardisation, dilution or dissolution;

(4)	‘produced by a GMO’ means derived by using a GMO as the last living organism in the production process, but not containing or consisting of GMOs nor produced from GMOs ;

(5)	‘quantum satis’ means that no maximum level is specified. However, additives shall be used in accordance with good manufacturing practice, at a level not higher than is necessary to achieve the intended purpose and provided the consumer is not misled.

Chapter II

Community list of approved food enzymes

Article 4

Community list of food enzymes

Only food enzymes included in the Community list may be placed on the market as such and used in foods, in compliance with the specifications and conditions of use provided for in Article 6(2).

No person shall place on the market a food enzyme or any food in which such a food enzyme is present if the use of the food enzyme does not comply with this Regulation.

Article 5

General conditions for inclusion and use of food enzymes in the Community list

A food enzyme may be included in the Community list only if it meets the following conditions:

(a)	it does not, on the basis of the scientific evidence available and the precautionary principle , pose a safety concern to the health of the consumer at the level of use proposed;

(b)	there is a reasonable technological need;

(c)

its use does not mislead the consumer ; misleading the consumer includes, but is not limited to, issues related to the nature, freshness and quality of ingredients used, the naturalness of a product or of the production process, the nutritional quality of the product or the fruit and vegetable content;

(d)	its use has a clear benefit for the consumer.

Article 6

The content of the Community list of food enzymes

1. A food enzyme which complies with the conditions set out in Article 5 may, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Regulation (EC) No [...][establishing a common authorisation procedure for food additives, food enzymes and food flavourings], be included in the Community list.

2. The entry of a food enzyme in the Community list shall specify:

(a)

the definition of the food enzyme , including its common or recommended name, systematic name and synonyms, if possible according to the nomenclature of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and, in the case of complex enzymes, selected on the basis of the enzyme activity that determines the enzyme's function ;

(b)

the specifications of the food enzyme, including its origin, purity criteria and any other necessary information; where the food enzyme is derived from an organism falling within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 1830/2003, a reference to the unique identifier attributed to the genetically modified organism pursuant to that Regulation shall be included in the specifications;

(c)	▐ the foods to which the food enzyme may be added;

(d)	▐ the conditions under which the food enzyme may be used;

(e)	if appropriate, whether there are any restrictions on the sale of the food enzyme directly to consumers;

(f)	▐ specific requirements in respect of the labelling of food in which the food enzymes have been used in order to ensure that the final consumer is informed of the physical condition of the food or the specific treatment it has undergone.

3. The Community list shall be amended in accordance with the procedure referred to in Regulation (EC) No [...] [establishing a common authorisation procedure for food additives, food enzymes and food flavourings].

Article 7

Food enzymes falling within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003

A food enzyme falling within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 and not already included in the Community list may be included in that list in accordance with this Regulation only if it is covered by an authorisation in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 .

Chapter III

Labelling

SECTION 1

Labelling of food enzymes and food enzyme preparations not intended for sale to the final consumer

Article 8

Labelling of food enzymes and food enzyme preparations not intended for sale to the final consumer

1. Food enzymes and food enzyme preparations not intended for sale to the final consumer, whether sold singly or mixed with each other, ▐ may be marketed only where the packaging or containers bear the information provided for in this Article , which must be easily visible, clearly legible and indelible.

2. The packaging or containers shall provide the following information:

(a)	the name laid down in this Regulation, and the description according to the nomenclature of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; and

(b)	a description of the food enzyme that is sufficiently precise to distinguish it from products with which it could be confused.

Where food enzymes or food enzyme preparations are sold mixed with each other, the information provided for in point (a) or (b) shall be given in respect of each food enzyme, in descending order of its percentage by weight of the total;

(c)	the net quantity;

(d)	the expiry date beyond which use of the food enzyme would be inappropriate;

(e)	the statement either ‘for use in food’ or ‘restricted use in food’ or a more specific reference to its intended food use;

(f)	if necessary, the special conditions of transport, storage and use.

3. In addition, the following information shall be provided, either on the packaging or container, or in the documents relating to the product which are to be supplied with or prior to the delivery, on condition that the indication ‘intended for the manufacture of food and not for retail sale’ is visible on the packaging or container of the product in question:

(a)	the name or business name and address of the manufacturer or packager, or of a seller established within the Community;

(b)	a mark identifying the batch or lot;

(c)	directions for use, if the omission thereof would preclude appropriate use of the food enzyme;

(d)

where applicable, sufficient information on the composition of the food enzyme or food enzyme preparation to enable the user to comply with quantitative limitations in food: the limit on quantity shall be expressed either numerically or by the quantum satis principle; when enzymes are added to foods, this shall be done only in the dose strictly necessary in order to attain the purpose for which they are being used. This will minimise the quantity of enzymes ingested and afford better protection to sensitive population groups;

(e)	sufficient information to enable the user to comply with Directive 2000/13/EC, in particular the provisions relating to allergen labelling;

(f)	the side-effects of their use in excessive quantities.

4. This Article shall be without prejudice to more detailed or more extensive laws, regulations or administrative provisions regarding weights and measures or applying to the presentation, classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances and preparations or applying to the transport of such substances.

5. The information provided for in this Article shall be given in a language easily understandable to purchasers. Within its own territory, the Member State in which the product is marketed may, in accordance with the rules of the Treaty, stipulate that this information shall be made available upon request in one or more of the official languages of the Community, to be determined by that Member State. This shall not preclude such information from being indicated in several languages.

▐

Article 9

Information requirement where food enzymes or food enzyme preparations are mixed with other food ingredients

Where food enzymes or food enzyme preparations not intended for sale to the final consumer are mixed with other food ingredients, the packaging or containers of the resulting product shall bear a list of all components in descending order of their percentage by weight of the total.

▐

SECTION 2

Labelling of food enzymes and food enzyme preparations intended for sale to the final consumer

Article 10

Labelling of food enzymes and food enzyme preparations intended for sale to the final consumer

Without prejudice to Directive 2000/13/EC, food enzymes or food enzyme preparations intended for sale to the final consumer may be marketed only if their packaging contains the following information, which must be easily visible, clearly legible and indelible:

(a)	the name under which the food enzyme is sold or both that name and the technological function in the food; the name shall be constituted by the name laid down by any Community provisions applying to the food enzyme in question;

(b)	the information required in accordance with Article 9 ║;

(c)	where applicable, an indication that the product contains genetically modified organisms or substances produced from them.

In addition, information about all enzymes used in the production process should be made available to consumers, if not on the label then at least through other information channels, with priority assigned to those at the point of sale. Moreover, provision should also be made for consumers to access this information from home, for example over the Internet or by means of telephone hotlines.

▐

Chapter IV

Procedural provisions and implementation

Article 11

Information obligation

1. A producer or user of a food enzyme shall inform the Commission immediately of any new scientific or technical information which might affect the assessment of the safety of the food enzyme.

2. A producer or user of a food enzyme shall, at the request of the Commission, inform it of the actual use of the food enzyme.

Article 12

Committee

1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health (║ ‘the Committee’).

2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5a(1) to (4) and Article 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.

║

Article 13

Community financing of harmonised policies

The legal basis for the financing of measures resulting from this Regulation is Article 66(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004.

Chapter V

Transitional and final provisions

Article 14

Establishment of the Community list of food enzymes

1. The Community list of food enzymes shall be drawn up on the basis of applications made pursuant to paragraph 2.

2. Interested parties may submit applications for the inclusion of a food enzyme in the Community list.

The deadline for submitting such applications shall be 24 months after the date of application of the implementing measures to be laid down in accordance with Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No [...] [establishing a common authorisation procedure for food additives, food enzymes and food flavourings].

3. The Commission shall establish a Register of all food enzymes to be considered for inclusion in the Community list in respect of which an application complying with the validity criteria to be laid down in accordance with Article 9(1) of Regulation (EC) No [...] [establishing a common authorisation procedure for food additives, food enzymes and food flavourings] has been submitted in accordance with paragraph 2 of this Article (‘the Register’). The Register shall be made available to the public.

The Commission shall submit the applications to the Authority for its opinion.

4. The Community list shall be adopted by the Commission in accordance with the procedure laid down in Regulation (EC) No [...] [establishing a common authorisation procedure for food additives, food enzymes and food flavourings], once the Authority has issued an opinion on each food enzyme included in the Register.

However, by way of derogation from that procedure:

(a)	Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No [...] [establishing a common authorisation procedure for food additives, food enzymes and food flavourings] shall not apply to the Authority's adoption of its opinion;

(b)

the Authority shall be allowed to decide on a ‘fast track’ authorisation procedure for food enzymes which are currently on the market if the Authority is satisfied that they have undergone an adequate safety assessment at national or Community level within the EU so that such enzymes could be directly transposed to the Community list of food enzymes;

(c)	the Commission shall adopt the Community list for the first time after the Authority has delivered its opinion on all the food enzymes listed in the Register.

5. If necessary, any appropriate transitional measures for the purposes of this Article may be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 12(2).

Article 15

Transitional measures for certain food enzymes already covered by Community legislation

Notwithstanding Articles 6 and 14 of this Regulation, the Community list shall, when drawn up, include the following food enzymes:

(a)	E 1103 Invertase and E 1105 Lysozyme, stating the conditions governing their use as specified in Annex I and Part C of Annex III to Directive 95/2/EC;

(b)	Urease, beta-glucanase and lysozyme for use in wine in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 and the implementing rules for that Regulation.

Article 16

Amendments to Directive 83/417/EEC

In Annex I, Section III(d) of Directive 83/417/EEC, the indents shall be replaced by the following:

‘—	rennet meeting the requirements of ║ Regulation (EC) No .../... of the European Parliament and of the Council of ... [on food enzymes] (17),

—	other milk-coagulating enzymes meeting the requirements of ║ Regulation (EC) No .../... [on food enzymes]

Article 17

Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 258/97

In Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 258/97, the following point (d) shall be added:

‘(d)	food enzymes falling within the scope of Regulation (EC) No .../... of the European Parliament and of the Council of ... [on food enzymes] (18).

Article 18

Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999

In Article 43 of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999, the following paragraph 3 shall be added:

‘3. Enzymes and enzymatic preparations used in the authorised oenological practices and processes listed in Annex IV shall meet the requirements of ║ Regulation (EC) No .../... of the European Parliament and of the Council of ... [on food enzymes] (19) .

Article 19

Amendments to Directive 2000/13/EC

Directive 2000/13/EC is hereby amended as follows:

Article 6(4) shall be amended as follows:

(a)

Point (a) shall be replaced by the following:

‘(a)	‘Ingredient’ shall mean any substance, including additives and enzymes, used in the manufacture or preparation of a foodstuff and still present in the finished product, even if in altered form.’

(b)	In point (c)(ii), the introductory word ‘additives’ shall be replaced by ‘additives and enzymes’;

In Article 6(6), the following indent shall be added:

‘—

enzymes present in the food product must be designated by the name of one of the categories of ingredients listed in Annex II, followed by their specific name and an indication of whether they are still active in the final product or not; for enzymes produced from GMOs the indication ‘produced from GMOs’ shall be given on the label ,’

Article 20

Amendments to Directive 2001/112/EC

In Annex I, Section II (2) of Directive 2001/112/EC, the fourth, fifth and sixth indents shall be replaced by the following:

‘—	Pectolytic enzymes meeting the requirements of ║ Regulation (EC) No .../... of the European Parliament and of the Council of ... [on food enzymes] (20)

—	Proteolytic enzymes meeting the requirements of ║ Regulation (EC) No .../... [on food enzymes]

—	Amylolytic enzymes meeting the requirements of ║ Regulation (EC) No .../... [on food enzymes]

Article 21

Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Article 4 shall apply from the date of application of the Community list. Until that date, national provisions in force concerning the placing on the market and use of food enzymes and food produced with food enzymes shall continue to apply in the Member States.

Articles 8 to 10 shall apply from ... (21).

Food enzymes, food enzyme preparations and food containing food enzymes which do not comply with the provisions of Articles 8 and 9 and were placed on the market or labelled prior to ... (22) may be marketed until the end of their shelf-life.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at ..., on ...

For the European Parliament

The President

For the Council

The President

(1) OJ C 168, 20.7.2007, p. 34 .

(2) Position of the European Parliament of 10 July 2007.

(3) OJ L ...

(4) OJ L 43, 14.2.1997, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 (OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1).

(5) OJ L 10, 12.1.2002, p. 58.

(6) OJ L 237, 26.8.1983, p. 25. Directive as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 807/2003 (OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 36).

(7) OJ L 179, 14.7.1999, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1791/2006 (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 1).

(8) OJ L 268, 18.10.2003, p. 24.

(9) OJ L ...

(10) OJ L 31, 1.2.2002, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 575/2006 (OJ L 100, 8.4.2006, p. 3 ).

(11) OJ L 268, 18.10.2003, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1981/2006 (OJ L 368, 23.12.2006, p. 99).

(12) OJ L 61, 18.3.1995, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Directive 2006/52/EC (OJ L 204, 26.7.2006, p. 10).

(13) OJ L 194, 31.7.2000, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 556/2007 (OJ L 132, 24.5.2007, p. 3).

(14) OJ L 109, 6.5.2000, p. 29. Directive as last amended by Commission Directive 2006/142/EC (OJ L 368, 23.12.2006, p. 110 ).

(15) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23. Decision as amended by Decision 2006/512/EC (OJ L 200, 22.7.2006, p. 11).

(16) OJ L 165, 30.4.2004, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1791/2006.

(17) OJ L ...’

(18) OJ L...’

(19) OJ L...’

(20) OJ L...’

(21) 12 months after the date of publication of this Regulation.

(22) 12 months after the date of publication of this Regulation.

P6_TA(2007)0323

Flavourings and certain food ingredients with flavouring properties for use in and on foods ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution of 10 July 2007 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on flavourings and certain food ingredients with flavouring properties for use in and on foods and amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 1576/89, Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/91, Regulation (EC) No 2232/96 and Directive 2000/13/EC (COM(2006)0427 — C6-0259/2006 — 2006/0147(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

—	having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2006)0427) (1),

—	having regard to Article 251(2) and Articles 37 and 95 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C6-0259/2006),

—	having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure,

—	having regard to the report of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (A6-0185/2007),

1.	Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

2.	Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend the proposal substantially or replace it with another text;

3.	Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.

(1) Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TC1-COD(2006)0147

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 10 July 2007 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EC) No .../2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council on flavourings and certain food ingredients with flavouring properties for use in and on foods and amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 1576/89, Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/91, Regulation (EC) No 2232/96 and Directive 2000/13/EC

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 37 and 95 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ║,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (1),

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty (2),

Whereas:

(1)

Council Directive 88/388/EEC of 22 June 1988 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to flavourings for use in foodstuffs and to source materials for their production (3) needs to be updated in the light of technical and scientific developments. In the interests of clarity and efficiency Directive 88/388/EEC should be replaced by this Regulation.

(2)

Council Decision 88/389/EEC of 22 June 1988 on the establishment, by the Commission, of an inventory of the source materials and substances used in the preparation of flavourings (4) provides for the establishment of that inventory within 24 months of its adoption. That Decision is now obsolete and should be repealed.

(3)

Commission Directive 91/71/EEC of 16 January 1991 completing Council Directive 88/388/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to flavourings for use in foodstuffs and to source materials for their production (5) lays down rules on the labelling of flavourings. These rules are being replaced by this Regulation and that Directive should now be repealed.

(4)	The free movement of safe and wholesome food is an essential aspect of the internal market and contributes significantly to the health and well being of citizens and to their social and economic interests.

(5)

In order to protect human health the scope of this Regulation should cover flavourings, source materials for flavourings and foods containing flavourings. It should also cover certain food ingredients with flavouring properties which are added to food for the main purpose of adding flavour and which contribute significantly to the presence in food of certain naturally occurring undesirable substances (‘food ingredients with flavouring properties’), their source material and foods containing them.

(6)

Flavourings and food ingredients with flavouring properties may only be used if they fulfil the criteria laid down in this Regulation. They must be safe when used, and certain flavourings should, therefore, undergo a risk assessment before they can be permitted in food. Where possible, attention should be given to whether or not there could be any negative consequences for vulnerable groups, including the development of taste preferences in children. They should not mislead the consumer and their presence in food should, therefore, always be indicated by appropriate labelling. Misleading the consumer includes, but is not limited to, issues related to the nature, freshness and quality of ingredients used, the naturalness of a product or of the production process, or the nutritional quality of the product.

(7)

Since 1999, the Scientific Committee on Food and subsequently the European Food Safety Authority have expressed opinions on a number of substances occurring naturally in source materials for flavourings and food ingredients with flavouring properties (6) which, according to the Committee of Experts on Flavouring Substances of the Council of Europe, raise toxicological concern. Substances for which the toxicological concern was confirmed by the Scientific Committee on Food should be regarded as undesirable substances which should not be added as such to food.

(8)

Due to their natural occurrence in plants, undesirable substances might be present in flavouring preparations and food ingredients with flavouring properties. The plants are used traditionally as food or food ingredients. Appropriate maximum levels should be established for the presence of these undesirable substances in foods which contribute most to the human intake of these substances, taking into account both the need to protect human health and their unavoidable presence in traditional foods.

(9)	Provisions should be established at Community level in order to prohibit or restrict the use of certain plant or animal materials which raise concern for human health in the production of flavourings and food ingredients with flavouring properties and their applications in food production.

(10)

Risk assessments should be carried out by the European Food Safety Authority, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Authority’, established by Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety (7).

(11)

In order to ensure harmonisation, the risk assessment and approval of flavourings and source materials that need to undergo an evaluation should be carried out in accordance with the precautionary principle and the procedure laid down in Regulation (EC) No .../2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of ... [establishing a common authorisation procedure for food additives, food enzymes and food flavourings].

(12)

Flavouring substances are chemically defined substances with flavouring properties. An evaluation programme of flavouring substances is ongoing in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2232/96 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 October 1996 laying down a Community procedure for flavouring substances used or intended for use in or on foodstuffs (8). Under that Regulation a list of flavouring substances is to be adopted within five years of adoption of that programme. A new deadline should be set for the adoption of that list. That list will be proposed for inclusion in the list referred to in Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No .../2007 [establishing a common authorisation procedure for food additives, food enzymes and food flavourings].

(13)

Flavouring preparations are flavourings other than chemically defined substances obtained from materials of vegetable, animal or mineral origin, by appropriate physical, enzymatic or microbiological processes, either in the raw state of the material or after processing for human consumption. Flavouring preparations produced from food do not need to undergo an evaluation or an approval procedure for use in and on foods unless there is doubt about their safety. However, the safety of flavouring preparations produced from non-food material should be evaluated prior to approval.

(14)

Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 defines food as any substance or product, whether processed, partially processed or unprocessed, intended to be, or reasonably expected to be, ingested by humans. Materials of vegetable, animal or microbiological origin, for which hitherto there is significant evidence of use for the production of flavourings, are considered as food materials for this purpose, even though some of these source materials, such as rose wood, oak wood chips and strawberry leaves, may not have been used for food as such. They do not need to be evaluated.

(15)

Likewise, thermal process flavourings produced from food under authorised conditions need not undergo an evaluation or an approval procedure for use in and on foods unless there is doubt about their safety. However, the safety of thermal process flavourings produced from non-food material or produced under non-authorised conditions should be evaluated prior to approval.

(16)

Regulation (EC) No 2065/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 November 2003 on smoke flavourings used or intended for use in or on foods (9) lays down a procedure for the safety assessment and approval of smoke flavourings and aims to establish a list of primary smoke condensates and primary tar fractions the use of which is authorised to the exclusion of all others.

(17)

Flavour precursors impart flavour to food by chemical reactions occurring during food processing. Flavour precursors produced from food do not need to undergo an evaluation or an approval procedure for use in and on foods unless there is doubt about their safety. However, the safety of flavour precursors produced from non-food material should be evaluated prior to approval.

(18)	Other flavourings which do not fall under the definitions of the previously mentioned flavourings may be used in and on foods after they have undergone an evaluation and approval procedure.

(19)	Material of vegetable, animal, microbiological or mineral origin other than food may only be authorised for the production of flavourings after its safety has been evaluated scientifically. It might be necessary to authorise the use of only certain parts of the material or to set conditions of use.

(20)	A flavouring or a source material which falls under the scope of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 on genetically modified food and feed (10) should be authorised according to that Regulation as well as under this Regulation.

(21)	Flavouring substances or flavouring preparations should only be labelled as ‘natural’ if they comply with certain criteria which ensure that consumers are not misled.

(22)	Specific information requirements should ensure that consumers are not misled concerning the source material used for the production of natural flavourings. ▐

(23)

Food flavourings should remain subject to the general labelling obligations as provided for in Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 March 2000 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the labelling, presentation and advertising of foodstuffs (11) and, where appropriate, in Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003. In addition, specific provisions on labelling of flavourings sold as such to the manufacturer or to the final consumer should be included in this Regulation.

(24)

Consumers should be informed if the smoky taste of a particular food is due to the addition of smoke flavourings. In accordance with Article 5 of Directive 2000/13/EC ║ , the name under which the product is sold should not confuse the consumer as to whether the product is smoked conventionally with fresh smoke or treated with smoke flavourings. That Directive needs to be adapted to the definitions of flavourings, smoke flavourings and the term ‘natural’ for the description of flavourings laid down in this Regulation.

(25)	For the evaluation of the safety of flavouring substances for human health, information on the consumption and use of flavouring substances is crucial. The amounts of flavouring substances added to food should therefore be checked on a regular basis.

(26)	The measures necessary for the implementation of this Regulation should be adopted in accordance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission (12).

(27)

In particular, the Commission should be empowered, inter alia, to adapt Annexes II to V ║ to scientific and technical progress and to lay down a methodology for the gathering of information on the consumption and use of flavourings. Since those measures are designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation, inter alia by deleting some of those elements or by supplementing this Regulation with new elements, they must be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny provided for in Article 5a of Decision 1999/468/EC.

(28)

In order to develop and update Community legislation on flavourings in a proportionate and effective way, it is necessary to collect data, share information and coordinate work between Member States. For that purpose, it may be useful to undertake studies to address specific issues with a view to facilitating the decision-making process. It is appropriate that the Community finance such studies as part of its budgetary procedure. The financing of such measures is covered by Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on official controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules (13) and consequently the legal basis for the financing of the above measures will be Regulation (EC) No 882/2004.

(29)

Pending the establishment of the Community list, provision should be made for the evaluation and approval of flavouring substances which are not covered by the evaluation programme provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2232/96. A transitional regime should therefore be laid down. Under that regime such flavouring substances should be evaluated and approved in accordance with the procedure laid down in Regulation (EC) No .../2007 [establishing a common authorisation procedure for food additives, food enzymes and food flavourings]. However the time periods provided for in that Regulation for the Authority to adopt its opinion and for the Commission to submit a draft Regulation updating the Community list to the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health should not apply, because priority should be given to the ongoing evaluation programme.

(30)

Since the objective of the action to be taken, namely to lay down Community rules on the use of flavourings and certain food ingredients with flavouring properties in and on foods, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States and can therefore, by reason of market unity and the high level of consumer protection required, be better achieved at Community level, the Community may adopt measures in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve that objective.

(31)

Council Regulation (EEC) No 1576/89 of 29 May 1989 laying down general rules on the definition, description and presentation of spirit drinks (14) and Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/91 of 10 June 1991 laying down general rules on the definition, description and presentation of aromatised wines, aromatised wine-based drinks and aromatised wine-product cocktails (15) need to be adapted to certain new definitions laid down in this Regulation.

(32)	Regulations (EEC) No 1576/89, (EEC) No 1601/91 and (EC) No 2232/96 and Directive 2000/13/EC should be amended accordingly,

HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Chapter I

Subject matter, scope and definitions

Article 1

Subject matter

This Regulation lays down rules on flavourings and food ingredients with flavouring properties for use in and on foods to ensure a high level of human health protection and consumer protection and the effective functioning of the internal market ▐ .

For those purposes, this Regulation provides for:

(a)	a Community list of flavourings and source materials approved for use in and on foods, set out in Annex I (‘the Community list’);

(b)	conditions of use of flavourings and food ingredients with flavouring properties in and on foods;

(c)	rules on labelling of flavourings.

Article 2

Scope

1. This Regulation shall apply to:

(a)	flavourings which are used or intended to be used in or on foods, without prejudice to more specific provisions laid down in Regulation (EC) No 2065/2003;

(b)	food ingredients with flavouring properties;

(c)	food containing flavourings and/or food ingredients with flavouring properties;

(d)	source materials for flavourings and food ingredients with flavouring properties.

2. This Regulation shall not apply to:

(a)	substances which have exclusively a sweet, sour or salty taste;

(b)	raw or non-compound foods such as, but not exclusively, fresh, dried or frozen herbs and spices or tea/herbal infusions as such .

3. Where necessary, it may be decided in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 18(3) whether or not a given substance or mixture of substances, material or type of food falls within the scope of this Regulation.

Article 3

Definitions

1. For the purposes of this Regulation, the definitions laid down in Regulations (EC) No 178/2002 and (EC) No 1829/2003 shall apply.

2. The following definitions shall also apply:

(a)

‘flavourings’ shall mean products:

(i)	not intended to be consumed as such, which are added to food in order to impart odour and/or taste;

(ii)	made or consisting of the following categories: flavouring substances, flavouring preparations, thermal process flavourings, smoke flavourings, flavour precursors or other flavourings or mixtures thereof;

(iii)

which may contain food including food additives as permitted by Regulation (EC) No .../2007 [on food additives];

(b)	‘flavouring substance’ shall mean a chemically defined substance with flavouring properties which is obtained by appropriate natural processes or chemical synthesis ;

(c)

‘natural flavouring substance’ shall mean a flavouring substance obtained by appropriate physical, enzymatic or microbiological processes from material of vegetable, animal or microbiological origin either in the raw state or after processing for human consumption by one or more of the traditional food preparation processes listed in Annex II;

(d)

‘flavouring preparation’ shall mean a product, other than a flavouring substance, obtained from:

(i)	food by appropriate physical, enzymatic or microbiological processes either in the raw state of the material or after processing for human consumption by one or more of the traditional food preparation processes listed in Annex II and/or appropriate physical processes; and/or

(ii)	material of vegetable, animal or microbiological origin, other than food, obtained by one or more of the traditional food preparation processes listed in Annex II and/or appropriate physical, enzymatic or microbiological processes;

(e)

‘thermal process flavouring’ shall mean a product obtained after heat treatment from a mixture of ingredients not necessarily having flavouring properties themselves, of which at least one contains nitrogen (amino) and another is a reducing sugar; the ingredients for the production of thermal process flavourings may be:

(i)	food; and/or

(ii)	source material other than food;

(f)	‘smoke flavouring’ shall mean a product obtained by fractionation and purification of a condensed smoke yielding primary smoke condensates, primary tar fractions and/or derived smoke flavourings as defined in points (1), (2) and (4) of Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 2065/2003;

(g)

‘flavour precursor’ shall mean a product, not necessarily having flavouring properties itself, intentionally added to food for the sole purpose of producing flavour by breaking down or reacting with other components during food processing; it may be obtained from:

(i)	food; and/or

(ii)	source material other than food;

(h)	‘ ▐ flavouring not elsewhere specified ’ shall mean a flavouring added or intended to be added to food in order to impart odour and/or taste and which does not fall under the definitions (b) to (g);

(i)

‘food ingredient with flavouring properties’ shall mean a food ingredient other than flavourings which may be added to food for the main purpose of adding flavour to it or modifying its flavour and the use of which contributes significantly to the presence of substances in compound foods as specified in Part B of Annex III ;

(j)

‘source material’ shall mean material of vegetable, animal, microbiological or mineral origin from which flavourings or food ingredients with flavouring properties are produced; it may be:

(i)

food;

(ii)	source material other than food;

(k)	‘produced by GMOs’ shall mean derived by using a GMO as the last living organism in the production process, but not containing or consisting of GMOs nor produced from GMOs ;

(l)

‘appropriate physical process’ shall mean a physical process which does not intentionally modify the chemical nature of the components of the flavouring , without prejudice to the listing of traditional food preparation processes in Annex II, in which the use of singlet oxygen, ozone, inorganic catalysts, ▐ organometallic reagents and/or UV radiation is not included .

3. For the purpose of the definitions listed in paragraph 2(d), (e), (g) and (j), source materials for which hitherto there is significant evidence of use for the production of flavourings, are considered as food.

▐

Chapter II

Conditions for use of flavourings, food ingredients with flavouring properties and source materials

Article 4

General conditions for use of flavourings or food ingredients with flavouring properties

Only flavourings or food ingredients with flavouring properties which meet the following conditions may be used in or on foods:

(a)	they do not, on the basis of the scientific evidence available and the precautionary principle , pose a safety concern to the health of the consumer;

(b)	their use does not mislead the consumer ;

(c)	their use has advantages and benefits for the consumer;

(d)	there is a reasonable technological need.

Article 5

Presence of certain substances

1. Substances listed in Part A of Annex III shall not be added as such to food.

2. When there is a justified scientific concern that certain substances, naturally present in flavourings and food ingredients with flavouring properties, in ▐ compound foods may pose a safety concern to the health of the consumer, the Commission may, on its own initiative or on the basis of information provided by Member States, and following the opinion of the Authority, set maximum levels for these substances which will be listed in Part B of Annex III ▐ .

The maximum levels shall apply to the compound foods as offered ready for consumption or as prepared according to the instructions of the manufacturer.

3. By way of derogation from paragraph 2, the maximum levels shall not apply where a compound food contains no added flavourings and the only food ingredients with flavouring properties which have been added are fresh, dried or frozen herbs and spices.

4. Detailed rules for the implementation of paragraph 2 may be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 18(3) .

Article 6

Use of certain source materials

1. Source materials listed in Part A of Annex IV shall not be used for the production of flavourings and food ingredients with flavouring properties.

2. Flavourings and food ingredients with flavouring properties produced from source materials listed in Part B of Annex IV may only be used under the conditions indicated in that Annex.

Article 7

Flavourings for which an evaluation and approval is not required

1. The following flavourings may be used in or on foods without an approval under this Regulation, provided that they comply with Article 4:

(a)	flavouring preparations referred to in Article 3(2)(d)(i);

(b)	thermal process flavourings referred to in Article 3(2)(e)(i) and which comply with the conditions for the production of thermal process flavourings and maximum levels for certain substances in thermal process flavourings set out in Annex V;

(c)	flavour precursors referred to in Article 3(2)(g)(i);

(d)	food ingredients with flavouring properties.

2. Notwithstanding paragraph 1, if the Commission, a Member State or ║ the Authority expresses doubts concerning the safety of a flavouring or food ingredient with flavouring properties referred to in paragraph 1, a risk assessment of such flavouring or food ingredient with flavouring properties shall be carried out by the Authority. Articles 4 to 6 of Regulation (EC) No .../2007 [establishing a common authorisation procedure for food additives, food enzymes and food flavourings] shall then apply mutatis mutandis.

If necessary, the Commission shall adopt measures following the opinion of the Authority, in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 18(3) . Such measures shall be laid down in Annexes III, IV and/or V as appropriate.

Chapter III

Community list of flavourings and source materials approved for use in or on foods

Article 8

Flavourings and sources materials for which an evaluation and approval is required

This Chapter applies to:

(a)	flavouring substances;

(b)	flavouring preparations referred to in Article 3(2)(d)(ii);

(c)	thermal process flavourings obtained by heating ingredients which fall partially or totally under Article 3(2)(e)(ii) or for which the conditions for the production of thermal process flavourings and the maximum levels for certain undesirable substances set out in Annex V are not met;

(d)	flavour precursors referred to in Article 3(2)(g)(ii);

(e)	║ flavourings not elsewhere specified referred to in Article 3(2)(h);

(f)	source materials other than food referred to in Article 3(2)(j)(ii).

Article 9

Community list of flavourings and source materials

Of the flavourings and source materials referred to in Article 8, only those included in the Community list may be placed on the market as such and used in or on foods.

Article 10

Inclusion of flavourings and source materials in the Community list

1. A flavouring or source material may be included in the Community list, in accordance with the procedure laid down by Regulation (EC) No .../2007 [establishing a common authorisation procedure for food additives, food enzymes and food flavourings], only if it complies with the conditions set out in Article 4.

2. The entry for a flavouring or source material in the Community list shall specify:

(a)	the identification of the flavouring or the source material approved;

(b)	where necessary, the conditions under which the flavouring may be used.

3. The Community list shall be amended in accordance with the procedure referred to in Regulation (EC) No .../2007 [establishing a common authorisation procedure for food additives, food enzymes and food flavourings].

Article 11

Flavourings or source materials falling within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003

A flavouring or source material falling within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 and not already included in the Community list in Annex I to this Regulation may be included in that list in accordance with this Regulation only if it is covered by an authorisation in accordance with ▐ Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003.

Chapter IV

Labelling

SECTION 1

Labelling of flavourings not intended for sale to the final consumer

Article 12

Labelling of flavourings not intended for sale to the final consumer

Flavourings not intended for sale to the final consumer may be marketed only if their packaging, containers or accompanying documents bear the information provided for in Articles 13 and 14, which must be easily visible, clearly legible and indelible.

Article 13

General information requirements for labelling of flavourings

1. The packaging or containers of flavourings not intended for sale to the final consumer shall bear the following information:

(a)	the sales description: either the word ‘flavouring’ or a more specific name or description of the flavouring;

(b)	the name or business name and address of the manufacturer or packager, or of a seller established within the Community ;

(c)	the statement either ‘for use in food’ or the statement ‘restricted use in food’ or a more specific reference to its intended food use;

(d)

a list in descending order of weight of:

(i)	the categories of flavourings present; and

(ii)	the names of each of the other substances or materials contained in the product ▐ , their E-number and , where appropriate , the indication ‘produced from GMOs’ ;

(e)

an indication of the maximum quantity of each component or group of components subject to quantitative limitation in food and/or appropriate information in clear and easily understandable terms enabling the purchaser to comply with this Regulation or other relevant Community legislation , including Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 ;

(f)	if necessary, the special conditions for storage and use;

(g)	a date of minimum durability;

(h)	a mark identifying the batch or lot;

(i)	the net quantity.

2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the information required in points (c) to (g) of that paragraph may appear merely on the documents relating to the consignment which are to be supplied with or prior to the delivery, provided that the indication ‘intended for the manufacture of food and not for retail sale’ appears on an easily visible part of the packaging or container of the product in question.

Article 14

Specific information requirements for the sales description of flavourings

1. The term ‘natural’ may only be used to describe a flavouring in the sales description referred to in Article 13(1)(a) as provided for in paragraphs 2 to 6 of this Article.

2. The term ‘natural’ for the description of a flavouring may only be used if the flavouring component comprises only flavouring preparations and/or natural flavouring substances.

3. The term ‘natural flavouring substance(s)’ may only be used for flavourings in which the flavouring component contains exclusively natural flavouring substances.

4. The term ‘natural’ may only be used in combination with a reference to a food, food category or a vegetable or animal flavouring source, if at least 95 % [by w/w] of the flavouring component has been obtained from the source material referred to.

The flavouring component may contain flavouring preparations and/or natural flavouring substances.

The description shall read ‘natural “food(s) or food category or source(s)” flavouring’.

5. ‘Natural “food(s) or food category or source(s)” flavouring with other natural flavourings’ may only be used if the flavouring component is partially derived from the source material referred to and can easily be recognised.

The flavouring component may contain flavouring preparations and/or natural flavouring substances.

6. The term ‘natural flavouring’ may only be used if the flavouring component is derived from different source materials and where a reference to the source materials would not reflect their flavour or taste , and in the circumstances described in paragraphs 4 and 5 .

The flavouring component may contain flavouring preparations and/or natural flavouring substances.

SECTION 2

Labelling of flavourings intended for sale to the final consumer

Article 15

Labelling of flavourings intended for sale to the final consumer

1. Without prejudice to Directive 2000/13/EC, Directive 89/396/EEC (16) and, where appropriate, Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, flavourings intended for sale to the final consumer may be marketed only if their packaging contains either the statement ║ ‘for use in food’ or the statement ‘restricted use in food’ or a more specific reference to its intended food use, which must be easily visible, clearly legible and indelible.

2. The term ‘natural’ shall be used to describe a flavouring in the sales description referred to in Article 13(1)(a) only as provided for in Article 14.

Chapter V

Procedural provisions and implementation

Article 16

Reporting by the food business operators

1. A producer or user of a flavouring substance shall inform the Commission immediately of any new scientific or technical information which is known and accessible to him which might affect the safety assessment of the flavouring substance .

2. The food industry user of the flavouring containing the flavouring substance and the producer of the flavouring shall in cooperation, at the request of the Commission, inform it of the actual use of the flavouring substance. The information provided in this context shall be treated as confidential data.

3. Detailed rules for the implementation of paragraph 1 shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure referred to in Article 18(2).

Article 17

Monitoring and reporting by the Member States

1. Member States shall establish systems to monitor the consumption and use of flavourings set out in the Community list and the consumption of the substances listed in Annex III and report their findings each year to the Commission and to the Authority.

2. After the Authority has been consulted, a common methodology for the gathering of information by the Member States on the consumption and use of flavourings set out in the Community list and of the substances listed in Annex III shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 18(3) .

Article 18

Committee

1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health ║.

2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 5 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.

The period laid down in Article 5(6) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at three months.

3. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5a(1) to (4) and Article 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.

Article 19

Amendments to Annexes II to V

Amendments to Annexes II to V ║ to reflect scientific and technical progress shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 18(3) .

Article 20

Community financing of harmonised policies

The legal basis for the financing of measures resulting from this Regulation is Article 66(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004.

Chapter VI

Transitional and final provisions

Article 21

Repeals

1. Directive 88/388/EEC, Decision 88/389/EEC and Directive 91/71/EEC shall be repealed.

Regulation (EC) No 2232/96 shall be repealed from the date of application of the list referred to in Article 2(2) of that Regulation.

2. References to the repealed acts shall be construed as references to this Regulation.

Article 22

Establishment of the Community list of flavourings and source materials and transitional regime

1. The Community list shall be established by placing the list of flavouring substances referred to in Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2232/96 in Annex I to this Regulation at the time of its adoption.

2. Until the establishment of the Community list, the common authorisation procedure provided for in Regulation (EC) No .../2007 [establishing a common authorisation procedure for food additives, food enzymes and food flavourings] shall apply for the evaluation and approval of flavouring substances which are not covered by the evaluation programme provided for in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 2232/96.

By way of derogation from that procedure, the time periods of six months and nine months referred to in Article 5(1) and Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No .../2007 [establishing a common authorisation procedure for food additives, food enzymes and food flavourings] shall not apply to such evaluation and approval.

3. Any appropriate transitional measures may be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 18(3) .

Article 23

Amendment to Regulation (EEC) No 1576/89

Regulation (EEC) No 1576/89 is hereby amended as follows:

Article 1(4)(m) is amended as follows:

(a)

In point (1)(a), the second subparagraph shall be replaced by the following:

‘Other flavouring substances as defined in Article 3(2)(b) of Regulation (EC) No .../2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of ... [on flavourings and certain food ingredients with flavouring properties for use in and on foods] (17) and/or aromatic plants or parts of aromatic plants may be used in addition, but the organoleptic characteristics of juniper must be discernible, even if they are sometimes attenuated. ║

(b)

Point 2(a) shall be replaced by the following:

‘The drink may be called ‘gin’ if it is produced by flavouring organoleptically suitable ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin with flavouring substances as defined in Article 3(2)(b) of Regulation (EC) No .../2007 [on flavourings and certain food ingredients with flavouring properties for use in and on foods]. and/or flavouring preparations as defined in Article 3(2)(d) of that Regulation so that the taste is predominantly that of juniper.’

(c)

In point 2(b), the first subparagraph shall be replaced by the following:

‘The drink may be called ‘distilled gin’ if it is produced solely by redistilling organoleptically suitable ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin of an appropriate quality with an initial alcoholic strength of at least 96 % vol in stills traditionally used for gin, in the presence of juniper berries and of other natural botanicals provided that the juniper taste is predominant. The term ‘distilled gin’ may also apply to a mixture of the product of such distillation and ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin with the same composition, purity and alcoholic strength. Flavouring substances as defined in Article 3(2)(b) of Regulation (EC) No .../2007 [on flavourings and certain food ingredients with flavouring properties for use in and on foods] and/or flavouring preparations as specified at (a) may also be used to flavour distilled gin. London gin is a type of distilled gin.’

In Article 1(4)(n)(1), the second subparagraph shall be replaced by the following:

‘Other flavouring substances as defined in Article 3(2)(b) of Regulation (EC) No .../2007 [on flavourings and certain food ingredients with flavouring properties for use in and on foods] and/or flavouring preparations as defined in Article 3(2)(d) of that Regulation may additionally be used but there must be a predominant taste of caraway.’

In Article 1(4)(p), the first subparagraph shall be replaced by the following:

‘Spirit drinks with a predominantly bitter taste produced by flavouring ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin with flavouring substances as defined in Article 3(2)(b) of Regulation (EC) No .../2007 [on flavourings and certain food ingredients with flavouring properties for use in and on foods] and/or flavouring preparations as defined in Article 3(2)(d) of that Regulation.’

In Article 1(4)(u), the first subparagraph shall be replaced by the following:

‘A spirit drink produced by flavouring ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin with flavouring of cloves and/ or cinnamon using one of the following processes: maceration and/ or distillation, redistillation of the alcohol in the presence of parts of the plants specified above, addition of flavouring substances as defined in Article 3(2)(b) of Regulation (EC) No .../2007 [on flavourings and certain food ingredients with flavouring properties for use in and on foods] of cloves or cinnamon or a combination of these methods.’

In Article 4(5), the first and second subparagraphs, excluding the lists in points (a) and (b), shall be replaced by the following:

‘Only natural flavouring substances and flavouring preparations as defined in Article 3(2)(b) and (d) of Regulation (EC) No .../2007 [on flavourings and certain food ingredients with flavouring properties for use in and on foods] may be used in the preparation of the spirit drinks defined in Article 1(4), except in the case of those defined in Article 1 (4) (m), (n) and (p).

However, flavouring substances as defined in Article 3(2)(b) of Regulation (EC) No .../2007 [on flavourings and certain food ingredients with flavouring properties for use in and on foods] and flavouring preparations as defined in Article 3(2)(d) of that Regulation shall be authorized in liqueurs except those mentioned below:’

Article 24

Amendment to Regulation (EEC) No 1601/91

Article 2(1) is hereby amended as follows:

In point (a), the first sub-indent of the third indent shall be replaced by the following:

‘—	flavouring substances and/or flavouring preparations as defined in Article 3(2)(b) and (d) of Regulation (EC) No .../2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of ... [on flavourings and certain food ingredients with flavouring properties for use in and on foods] (18) , and/or ║

In point (b), the first sub-indent of the second indent shall be replaced by the following:

‘—	flavouring substances and/or flavouring preparations as defined in Article 3(2)(b) and (d) of Regulation (EC) No .../2007 [on flavourings and certain food ingredients with flavouring properties for use in and on foods] and/or’

In point (c), the first sub-indent of the second indent shall be replaced by the following:

‘—	flavouring substances and/or flavouring preparations as defined in Article 3(2)(b) and (d) of Regulation (EC) No .../2007 [on flavourings and certain food ingredients with flavouring properties for use in and on foods], and/or’

Article 25

Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 2232/96

In Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 2232/96, paragraph 1 shall be replaced by the following:

‘1. The list of flavouring substances referred to in Article 2(2) shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 7 by 31 December 2008 at the latest.’

Article 26

Amendment to Directive 2000/13/EC

In Directive 2000/13/EC, Annex III shall be replaced by the following:

‘Annex III

DESIGNATION OF FLAVOURINGS IN THE LIST OF INGREDIENTS

1. Without prejudice to paragraph 2, flavourings shall be designated by the terms

—

‘flavourings’ or a more specific name or description of the flavouring, if the flavouring component contains flavourings as defined in Article 3(2)(b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g) and (h) of Regulation (EC) No .../2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of ... [on flavourings and certain food ingredients with flavouring properties for use in and on foods] (19);

—	‘smoke flavouring(s)’ , or a more specific name or description of the smoke flavouring(s), if the flavouring component contains flavourings as defined in Article 3 (2) (f) of Regulation (EC) No .../2007 [║ on flavourings] and imparts a smoky flavour to the food.

2. The term ‘natural’ for the description of flavourings shall be used as laid down in Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No .../2007 [║ on flavourings]. ║

3. For flavourings produced from a source material falling under the scope of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 on genetically modified food and feed (20), the indication ‘produced from GMOs’ shall appear on the label.

For flavourings produced by an organism falling under the scope of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, no specific labelling shall be required.

Article 27

Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from ... (21). However, Article 9 shall apply from ... (22) .

Flavourings and food placed lawfully on the market before the abovementioned dates may continue to be used until stocks have been exhausted.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at ..., on ...

For the European Parliament

The President

For the Council

The President

(1) OJ C 168, 20.7.2007, p. 34 .

(2) Position of the European Parliament of 10 July 2007.

(3) OJ L 184, 15.7.1988, p. 61. Directive as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1).

(4) OJ L 184, 15.7.1988, p. 67.

(5) OJ L 42, 15.2.1991, p. 25.

(6) http://europa.eu.int/comm/food/food/chemicalsafety/flavouring/scientificadvice_en.htm

(7) OJ L 31, 1.2.2002, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 575/2006 (OJ L 100, 8.4.2006, p. 3 ).

(8) OJ L 299, 23.11.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003.

(9) OJ L 309, 26.11.2003, p. 1.

(10) OJ L 268, 18.10.2003, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1981/2006 (OJ L 368, 23.12.2006, p. 99).

(11) OJ L 109, 6.5.2000, p. 29. Directive as last amended by Commission Directive 2006/142/EC (OJ L 368, 23.12.2006, p. 110 ).

(12) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23. Decision as amended by Decision 2006/512/EC (OJ L 200, 22.7.2006, p. 11).

(13) OJ L 165, 30.4.2004, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1791/2006 (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 1).

(14) OJ L 160, 12.6.1989, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by the 2005 Treaty of Accession.

(15) OJ L 149, 14.6.1991, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by the 2005 Treaty of Accession.

(16) Council Directive 89/396/EEC of 14 June 1989 on indications or marks identifying the lot to which a foodstuff belongs (OJ L 186, 30.6.1989, p. 21). Directive as last amended by Directive 92/11/EEC (OJ L 65, 11.3.1992, p. 32).

(17) OJ ...’

(18) OJ ...’

(19) OJ L ...

(20) OJ L 268, 18.10.2003, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1981/2006 (OJ L 368, 23.12.2006, p. 99)’

(21) 24 months after entry into force of this Regulation.

(22) 18 months after the entry into force of the Community list.

ANNEX I

COMMUNITY LIST OF FLAVOURINGS AND SOURCE MATERIALS APPROVED FOR USE IN AND ON FOODS

ANNEX II

LIST OF TRADITIONAL FOOD PREPARATION PROCESSES BY WHICH NATURAL FLAVOURING SUBSTANCES AND NATURAL FLAVOURING PREPARATIONS ARE OBTAINED

Chopping	Coating
Cooking, baking, frying (up to 240 °C)	Cooling
Cutting	Distillation/rectification
Drying	Emulsification
Evaporation	Extraction, incl. solvent extraction
Fermentation	Filtration
Grinding	Heating
Infusion	Maceration
Microbiological processes	Mixing
Peeling	Percolation
Pressing	Refrigeration/Freezing
Roasting/Grilling	Squeezing
Steeping

ANNEX III

PRESENCE OF CERTAIN SUBSTANCES

Part A: Substances which may not be added as such to food

Agaric acid

Capsaicin

Hypericine

Beta-asarone

1-Allyl-4-methoxybenzene

Hydrocyanic acid

Menthofuran

4-Allyl-1,2-dimethoxybenzene

Pulegone

Quassin

1-Allyl-3,4-methylene dioxy benzene, safrole

Teucrin A

Thujone (alpha and beta)

Part B: Maximum levels of certain substances, naturally present in flavourings and food ingredients with flavouring properties, in certain compound food to which flavourings and/or food ingredients with flavouring properties have been added

Name of the substance

Compound food in which the presence of the substance is restricted

Maximum level

[mg/kg]

▐

ANNEX IV

LIST OF SOURCE MATERIALS TO WHICH RESTRICTIONS APPLY FOR THEIR USE IN THE PRODUCTION OF FLAVOURINGS AND FOOD INGREDIENTS WITH FLAVOURING PROPERTIES

Part A: Source materials which shall not be used for the production of flavourings and food ingredients with flavouring properties

Source material
Latin name	Common name
Tetraploid form of Acorus calamus	Tetraploid form of Calamus

Part B: Conditions of use for flavourings and food ingredients with flavouring properties produced from certain source materials

Source material		Conditions of use
Latin name	Common name	Conditions of use
Quassia amara L. and Picrasma excelsa (Sw)	Quassia	Flavourings and food ingredients with flavouring properties produced from the source material may only be used for the production of beverages and bakery wares.
Laricifomes officinales (Vill.: Fr) Kotl. et Pouz or Fomes officinalis	White agaric mushroom	Flavourings and food ingredients with flavouring properties produced from the source material may only be used for the production of alcoholic beverages.
Hypericum perforatum	St Johns wort
Teucrium chamaedrys	Wall germander

ANNEX V

CONDITIONS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF THERMAL PROCESS FLAVOURINGS AND MAXIMUM LEVELS FOR CERTAIN SUBSTANCES IN THERMAL PROCESS FLAVOURINGS

Part A: Conditions for the production:

(a)	The temperature of the products during processing shall not exceed 180 °C.

(b)	The duration of the thermal processing shall not exceed 15 minutes at 180 °C with correspondingly longer times at lower temperatures, i.e. a doubling of the heating time for each decrease of temperature by 10 °C, up to a maximum of 12 hours.

(c)	The pH during processing should not exceed the value of 8,0.

Part B: Maximum levels for certain substances

Substance	Maximum levels μg / kg
2-amino-3,4,8-trimethylimidazo [4,5-f] quinoxaline (4,8-DiMeIQx)	50
2-amino-1-methyl-6-phenylimidazol [4,5-b]pyridine (PhIP)	50

P6_TA(2007)0324

Rates of excise duty on alcohol and alcoholic beverages *

European Parliament legislative resolution of 10 July 2007 on the proposal for a Council directive amending Directive 92/84/EEC on the approximation of the rates of excise duty on alcohol and alcoholic beverages (COM(2006)0486 — C6-0319/2006 — 2006/0165(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

—	having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2006)0486) (1),

—	having regard to Article 93 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C6-0319/2006),

—	having regard to Rule 51 and Rule 52(3) of its Rules of Procedure,

—	having regard to the report of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (A6-0148/2007),

1.	Rejects the Commission proposal;

2.	Invites the Commission to withdraw its proposal;

3.	Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.

(1) Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TA(2007)0325

European Critical Infrastructure *

European Parliament legislative resolution of 10 July 2007 on the proposal for a Council directive on the identification and designation of European Critical Infrastructure and the assessment of the need to improve their protection (COM(2006)0787 — C6-0053/2007 — 2006/0276(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

—	having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2006)0787) (1),

—	having regard to Article 308 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C6-0053/2007),

—	having regard to the Council Conclusions of 1 and 2 December 2005 on the principles for a European Programme on Critical Infrastructures,

—	having regard to its recommendation of 7 June 2005 to the European Council and to the Council on the protection of critical infrastructure in the framework of the fight against terrorism (2),

—	having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure,

—	having regard to the report of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs and the opinions of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy and the Committee on Transport and Tourism (A6-0270/2007),

1.	Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

2.	Calls on the Commission to alter its proposal accordingly, pursuant to Article 250(2) of the EC Treaty;

3.	Calls on the Council to notify Parliament if it intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament;

4.	Calls for initiation of the conciliation procedure under the Joint Declaration of 4 March 1975 if the Council intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament;

5.	Asks the Council to consult Parliament again if it intends to amend the Commission proposal substantially;

6.	Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.

TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION

AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 1

Title

Directive of the Council on the identification and designation of European Critical Infrastructure and the assessment of the need to improve their protection

Directive of the Council on the identification and designation of European Critical Infrastructure priority sectors and the assessment of the need to improve their protection

Amendment 2

Recital 2

(2) On 17 November 2005 the Commission adopted a Green Paper on a European Programme for Critical Infrastructure Protection which provided policy options on the establishment of the programme and the Critical Infrastructure Warning Information Network (CIWIN). The responses received to the Green Paper clearly showed the need to set up a Community framework concerning critical infrastructure protection. The need to increase the critical infrastructure protection capability in Europe and to help reduce vulnerabilities concerning critical infrastructures was acknowledged. The importance of the principle of subsidiarity and of stakeholder dialogue was emphasised.

(2) On 17 November 2005 the Commission adopted a Green Paper on a European Programme for Critical Infrastructure Protection which provided policy options on the establishment of the programme and the Critical Infrastructure Warning Information Network (CIWIN). The responses received to the Green Paper emphasised the possible added value of a Community framework concerning critical infrastructure protection. The need to increase the critical infrastructure protection capability in Europe and to help reduce vulnerabilities concerning critical infrastructures was acknowledged. The importance of the key principles of subsidiarity , proportionality and complementarity, as well as of stakeholder dialogue was emphasised.

Amendment 3

Recital 3

(3) In December 2005 the Justice and Home Affairs Council called upon the Commission to make a proposal for a European Programme for Critical Infrastructure Protection (EPCIP) and decided that it should be based on an all-hazards approach while countering threats from terrorism as a priority. Under this approach, manmade, technological threats and natural disasters should be taken into account in the critical infrastructure protection process , but the threat of terrorism should be given priority. If the level of protection measures against a particular high level threat is found to be adequate in a critical infrastructure sector, stakeholders should concentrate on other threats to which they are still vulnerable .

(3) In December 2005 the Justice and Home Affairs Council called upon the Commission to make a proposal for a European Programme for Critical Infrastructure Protection (EPCIP) and decided that it should be based on an all-hazards approach while countering threats from terrorism as a priority. Under this approach, manmade, technological threats and natural disasters should be taken into account in the critical infrastructure protection process, while structurally determined threats should also be covered. The threat of terrorism should, however, be given priority.

Amendment 4

Recital 4

(4) The primary responsibility for protecting critical infrastructures currently falls on the Member States and the owners/ operators of critical infrastructures. This should not change.

(4) The primary and ultimate responsibility for protecting critical infrastructures falls on the Member States and the owners/operators of critical infrastructures. Given that national services know best what is happening in their countries, a bottom-up approach towards European Critical Infrastructure protection should be taken.

Amendment 5

Recital 4a (new)

(4a) The protection of critical infrastructure is of vital significance for internal security in the Union and for the wellbeing of Union citizens. In the final analysis, destroying or disrupting certain infrastructure can wreck human lives, the environment and economic assets as well as cause lasting damage to public confidence in State protection and care.

Amendment 6

Recital 5

(5) There are a certain number of critical infrastructures in the Community, the disruption or destruction of which would affect two or more Member States or a Member State other than that in which the critical infrastructure is located. This may include transboundary cross-sector effects resulting from interdependencies between interconnected infrastructure. Such European critical infrastructures should be identified and designated by means of a common procedure. The need to improve the protection of such critical infrastructures should be assessed under a common framework. Bilateral schemes for cooperation between Member States in the field of critical infrastructure protection constitute a well established and efficient means of dealing with transboundary critical infrastructure. EPCIP should build on such cooperation.

(5) There are a number of critical infrastructures in the Community the disruption of which would affect three or more Member States or at least two Member States other than that in which the critical infrastructure is located. This may include transboundary cross-sector effects resulting from interdependencies between interconnected infrastructure. Such European Critical infrastructure should be identified by means of a common procedure. On the basis of common criteria, a list of European Critical Infrastructure priority sectors should be drawn up. A common action framework should be laid down for the protection of such European Critical Infrastructure that puts Member States in a position to reduce the potential danger to critical infrastructure on their territory by taking appropriate measures. Bilateral schemes for cooperation between Member States in the field of critical infrastructure protection constitute a well established and efficient means of dealing with transboundary critical infrastructure. The EPCIP should build on such cooperation.

Amendment 7

Recital 5a (new)

(5a) A series of measures governing the identification, designation and protection of European Critical Infrastructures in some sectors already exists. Any future Community regulation should not result in duplicate regulation in these sectors in the absence of increased security.

Amendment 8

Recital 6

(6) Since various sectors have particular experience, expertise and requirements concerning critical infrastructure protection, a Community approach to critical infrastructure protection should be developed and implemented taking into account sector specificities and existing sector based measures including those already existing at EU, national or regional level, and where relevant cross-border mutual aid agreements between owners/operators of critical infrastructure already in place. Given the very significant private sector involvement in overseeing and managing risks, business continuity planning and post-disaster recovery, a Community approach will need to encourage full private sector involvement. The establishment of a common list of critical infrastructure sectors is necessary in order to facilitate the implementation of the sector-by-sector approach to critical infrastructure protection.

(6) Since various sectors have particular experience, expertise and requirements concerning critical infrastructure protection, a Community approach to critical infrastructure protection should be developed and implemented taking into account sector specificities and existing sector based measures including those already existing at EU, national or regional level, and where relevant cross-border mutual aid agreements between owners/operators of critical infrastructure already in place. Given the very significant private sector involvement in overseeing and managing risks, business continuity planning and post-disaster recovery, a Community approach should ensure full private sector involvement. The establishment of a common list of critical infrastructure sectors is necessary in order to facilitate the implementation of the sector-by-sector approach to European Critical Infrastructure protection.

Amendment 9

Recital 6a (new)

(6a) European Critical Infrastructure should be designed in a way that minimises any links with and localisation in third countries. The localisation of elements of European critical infrastructures outside the EU increases the risk of terrorist attacks with spill-over effects on the whole infrastructure, access by terrorists to data stored outside the EU, as well as risks of non-compliance with Community legislation, thus rendering the entire infrastructure more vulnerable .

Amendment 10

Recital 7

(7) Each owner/operator of European critical infrastructure should establish an Operator Security Plan identifying critical assets and laying down relevant security solutions for their protection. The Operator Security Plan should take into account vulnerability, threat and risk assessments, as well as other relevant information provided by Member State authorities.

(7) Each owner/operator of European Critical Infrastructure should establish an Operator Security Plan identifying critical assets and laying down relevant security solutions for their protection. The Operator Security Plan should take into account vulnerability, threat and risk assessments, as well as other relevant information provided by Member State authorities. These Operator Security Plans should be forwarded to the European Critical Infrastructure Protection (ECIP) Contact Points in the Member States. Compliance with existing sectoral protection measures should be regarded as possibly satisfying the requirement to establish and update an Operator Security Plan.

Amendment 11

Recital 8

(8) Each owner/operator of European critical infrastructure should designate a Security Liaison Officer in order to facilitate cooperation and communication with relevant national critical infrastructure protection authorities.

(8) Each owner/operator of European Critical Infrastructure should designate a Security Liaison Officer in order to facilitate cooperation and communication with relevant national critical infrastructure protection authorities. Compliance with existing sectoral protection measures should be regarded as possibly satisfying the requirement to designate a Security Liaison Officer.

Amendment 12

Recital 10

(10) In order to facilitate improvements in the protection of European critical infrastructures, common methodologies should be developed for the identification and classification of vulnerabilities, threats and risks to infrastructure assets.

(10) In order to facilitate improvements in the protection of European Critical Infrastructures, common methodologies should be developed and implemented for the identification and classification of threats and risks to , and structural vulnerabilities affecting infrastructure assets.

Amendment 13

Recital 11

(11) Only a common framework can provide the necessary basis for a coherent implementation of measures to protect European critical infrastructure and clearly define the respective responsibilities of all relevant stakeholders. Owners/operators of European critical infrastructure should be given access to best practices and methodologies concerning critical infrastructure protection.

(11) By defining the respective responsibilities of all relevant stakeholders a common framework can provide the necessary basis for a coherent implementation of measures to protect European Critical Infrastructure. Member States and owners/operators of European Critical Infrastructure should be given access to best practices and methodologies concerning critical infrastructure protection.

Amendment 14

Recital 12

(12) Effective protection of critical infrastructure requires communication, coordination, and cooperation at national and Community level. This is best achieved through the nomination of CIP Contact Points in each Member State, who should coordinate CIP issues internally, as well as with other Member States and the Commission.

(12) Effective protection of European Critical Infrastructure requires communication, coordination, and cooperation at national and Community levels. This is best achieved through the nomination of ECIP Contact Points in each Member State, which should coordinate ECIP issues internally, as well as with other Member States and the Commission.

Amendment 15

Recital 13

(13) In order to develop Critical Infrastructure Protection activities in areas which require a degree of confidentiality, it is appropriate to ensure a coherent and secure information exchange in the framework of this Directive. Certain Critical Infrastructure Protection information is of such nature that its disclosure would undermine the protection of the public interest as regards public security. Specific facts about a critical infrastructure asset, which could be used to plan and act with a view to causing unacceptable consequences for critical infrastructure installations should be classified and access granted only on a need-to-know basis, both at Community level and at Member State level.

(13) In order to develop European Critical Infrastructure Protection activities in areas which require a degree of confidentiality, it is appropriate to ensure a coherent and secure information exchange in the framework of this Directive. Certain European Critical Infrastructure Protection information is of such nature that its disclosure would undermine the protection of the public interest as regards public security. Specific facts about a critical infrastructure asset, which could be used to plan and act with a view to causing unacceptable consequences for critical infrastructure installations should be classified and access granted only on a need-to-know basis, both at Community level and at Member State level.

Amendment 16

Recital 14

(14) Information sharing regarding Critical Infrastructure should take place in an environment of trust and security. The sharing of information requires a relationship of trust such that companies and organisations know that their sensitive data will be sufficiently protected. To encourage information sharing, it should be clear for the industry that the benefits of providing Critical Infrastructure related information outweigh the costs for the industry and society in general. Critical Infrastructure Protection information exchange should therefore be encouraged.

(14) Information sharing regarding European Critical Infrastructure should take place in an environment of trust and security. The sharing of information requires a relationship of trust such that companies and organisations know that their sensitive data will be sufficiently protected.

Amendment 17

Recital 15

(15) This Directive complements existing sectoral measures at Community level and in the Member States. Where Community mechanisms are already in place, they should continue to be used and will contribute to the overall implementation of this Directive .

(15) This Directive complements existing sectoral measures at Community level and in the Member States. Where Community mechanisms and legislation are already in place, they should be implemented and applied so as to contribute to the improvement of public safety, avoiding overlaps and contradictions with this Directive and the imposition of additional costs without an increase in security.

Amendment 18

Recital 17

(17) Since the objectives of this Directive, namely the creation of a procedure for the identification and designation of European Critical Infrastructures, and a common approach to the assessment of the needs to improve the protection of such infrastructures, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States and can therefore, by reason of the scale of the action, be better achieved at Community level, the Community may adopt measures in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Directive does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve those objectives.

(17) Since the objectives of this Directive, namely the creation of a procedure for the identification and designation of European Critical Infrastructure priority sectors , and a common approach to the assessment of the needs to improve the protection of such infrastructures, cannot in all cases be sufficiently achieved by the Member States and can therefore, by reason of the scale of the action, be better achieved at Community level, the Community may adopt measures in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Directive does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve those objectives , but particular attention should be paid to financial acceptability for owners or operators and for the Member States.

Amendment 19

Article 1

This directive establishes a procedure for the identification and designation of European Critical Infrastructures, and a common approach to the assessment of the needs to improve the protection of such infrastructures.

This directive establishes a procedure for the identification and designation of European Critical Infrastructure priority sectors , and a common approach to the assessment of the needs to improve the protection of such infrastructures.

Amendment 20

Article 2, point (b)

(b)

‘European Critical Infrastructure’ means critical infrastructures the disruption or destruction of which would significantly affect two or more Member States, or a single Member State if the critical infrastructure is located in another Member State. This includes effects resulting from crosssector dependencies on other types of infrastructure;

(b)

‘European Critical Infrastructure’ means critical infrastructures the disruption or destruction of which would significantly affect three or more Member States, or at least two Member States other than that in which the critical infrastructure is located. This includes effects resulting from cross-sector dependencies on other types of infrastructure;

Amendment 21

Article 2, point (d)

(d)	‘vulnerability’ means a characteristic of an element of the critical infrastructure's design, implementation, or operation that renders it susceptible to disruption or destruction by a threat and includes dependencies on other types of infrastructure;

(d)	‘ structural vulnerability’ means a characteristic of an element of the critical infrastructure's design, implementation, or operation that renders it susceptible to disruption or destruction by a threat and includes dependencies on other types of infrastructure;

(This amendment applies throughout the legislative text and its adoption would necessitate technical adjustments throughout the entire text.)

Amendment 22

Article 3, paragraph 1

1. The cross-cutting and sectoral criteria to be used to identify European Critical Infrastructures shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 11(3). They may be amended in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 11(3).

1. The cross-cutting and sectoral criteria to be used to identify European Critical Infrastructures shall be based on existing protection criteria and be adopted and amended in accordance with Article 308 of the EC Treaty and Article 203 of the Euratom Treaty.

The cross-cutting criteria having a horizontal application to all critical infrastructure sectors shall be developed taking into account the severity of the effect of the disruption or destruction of a particular infrastructure. They shall be adopted by [one year after the entry into force of this Directive] at the latest.

The cross-cutting criteria having a horizontal application to all European Critical Infrastructure sectors shall be developed taking into account the severity of the effect of the disruption or destruction of a particular infrastructure. They shall be adopted by [one year after the entry into force of this Directive] at the latest.

The sectoral criteria shall be developed for priority sectors while taking into account the characteristics of individual critical infrastructure sectors and involving , as appropriate, relevant stakeholders. They shall be adopted for each priority sector at the latest one year following the designation as a priority sector.

The sectoral criteria shall be developed for priority sectors and be based on existing sectoral protection measures taking into account the characteristics of individual critical infrastructure sectors and involving all relevant stakeholders given that there will be in each sector particular experience, expertise and requirements concerning the protection of their critical infrastructure . They shall be adopted for each priority sector at the latest one year following the designation as a priority sector.

Where Community mechanisms are already in place, they shall continue to be used. Duplications of, or contradictions between, different acts or provisions shall be avoided at all costs.

Amendment 23

Article 3 paragraph 2

2. The priority sectors to be used for the purposes of developing the criteria provided for in paragraph 1 shall be identified by the Commission on an annual basis from among those listed in Annex I.

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Annex I may be amended in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 11(3) in so far as this does not broaden the scope of this Directive.

Amendment 24

Article 3, paragraph 3

3. Each Member State shall identify the critical infrastructures located within its territory as well as critical infrastructures outside its territory that may have an impact on it, which satisfy the criteria adopted pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 2.

3. Each Member State shall identify the possible European Critical Infrastructures located within its territory as well as possible European Critical Infrastructures outside its territory that may have an impact on it, which satisfy the criteria adopted pursuant to paragraph 1 , at the latest one year after the adoption of relevant criteria and thereafter on an ongoing basis.

Each Member State shall notify the Commission of the critical infrastructures thus identified at the latest one year after the adoption of the relevant criteria and thereafter on an ongoing basis.

Amendment 25

Article 4, Title

Designation of European Critical Infrastructure

Identification and designation of priority sectors

Amendment 26

Article 4 paragraph -1 (new)

-1. Each Member State shall identify the priority sectors within its territory, as well as those outside its territory that may have an impact on it, which are to be used for the purposes of developing the criteria adopted pursuant to Article 3 (1).

Each Member State shall notify the Commission of the priority sectors thus identified at the latest one year after the adoption of the relevant criteria and thereafter on an on-going basis.

Amendment 27

Article 4, paragraph 1

1. On the basis of the notifications made pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 3(3) and any other information at its disposal, the Commission shall propose a list of critical infrastructures to be designated as European Critical Infrastructures.

1. On the basis of the notifications made pursuant to paragraph -1 and any other information at its disposal, the Commission shall propose a list of European Critical Infrastructure priority sectors.

Amendment 28

Article 4, paragraph 1a (new)

1a. European Critical Infrastructures shall be designed so as to minimise any links with and localisation in third countries .

Amendment 29

Article 4, paragraph 2

2. The list of critical infrastructures designated as European Critical Infrastructure shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 11(3).

2. The list of European Critical Infrastructure priority sectors shall be adopted and amended by the Council.

The list may be amended in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 11(3).

Amendment 30

Article 4a (new)

Article 4a

Processing of personal data

The processing of personal data carried out directly or through an intermediary necessary for the activities of European Critical Infrastructure protection shall be carried out in accordance with the provisions of Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (3) and of the applicable principles with regard to data protection. The data processing shall be carried out within the Union and any mirroring of data shall not be allowed in third countries for reasons of security .

Amendment 31

Article 5, paragraphs 1 and 2

1. Each Member State shall require the owners/operators of each European Critical Infrastructure located on its territory to establish and update an Operator Security Plan and to review it at least every two years.

The Commission and the Council shall adopt a list of existing protection measures applicable to specific sectors listed in Annex I. Compliance with one or more of the listed protection measures shall satisfy the requirement to establish and update an Operator Security Plan.

2. The Operator Security Plan shall identify the assets of the European Critical Infrastructure and establish relevant security solutions for their protection in accordance with Annex II. Sector specific requirements concerning the Operator Security Plan taking into account existing Community measures may be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 11(3).

Acting in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 11(2), the Commission may decide that compliance with measures applicable to specific sectors listed in Annex I satisfies the requirement to establish and update an Operator Security Plan.

Amendment 32

Article 5, paragraph 3

3. The owner/operator of a European Critical Infrastructure shall submit the Operator Security Plan to the relevant Member State authority within one year following designation of the critical infrastructure as a European Critical Infrastructure.

3. The owner/operator of a European Critical Infrastructure shall submit the Operator Security Plan to the relevant ECIP Contact Point within one year following designation of the critical infrastructure as a European Critical Infrastructure.

Where sector specific requirements concerning the Operator Security Plan are adopted based on paragraph 2, the operator security plan shall only be submitted to the relevant Member State authority within 1 year following the adoption of the sector specific requirements.

Where sector specific requirements concerning the Operator Security Plan are adopted based on paragraph 2, the operator security plan shall only be submitted to the relevant ECIP Contact Point within 1 year following the adoption of the sector specific requirements.

Amendment 33

Article 5, paragraph 5

5. Compliance with Directive 2005/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October 2005 on enhancing port security satisfies the requirement to establish an Operator Security Plan.

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Amendment 34

Article 6, paragraph 1

1. Each Member State shall require the owners/operators of European Critical Infrastructures on their territory to designate a Security Liaison Officer as the point of contact for security related issues between the owner/operator of the infrastructure and the relevant critical infrastructure protection authorities in the Member State. The Security Liaison Officer shall be designated within one year following the designation of the critical infrastructure as a European Critical Infrastructure.

1. Each Member State shall require the owners/operators of European Critical Infrastructures on their territory to designate a Security Liaison Officer as the point of contact for security related issues between the owner/operator of the infrastructure and the ECIP Contact Point in the Member State. The Security Liaison Officer shall be designated within one year following the designation of the critical infrastructure as a European Critical Infrastructure.

Compliance with one or more of the protection measures contained in the list referred to in Article 5(1) shall satisfy the requirement to designate a Security Liaison Officer.

Amendment 35

Article 6, paragraph 2

2. Each Member State shall communicate relevant information concerning identified risks and threats to the Security Liaison Officers of the European Critical Infrastructure concerned.

2. Each Member State shall communicate relevant information concerning identified risks and threats to the Security Liaison Officers of the European Critical Infrastructure concerned through the national ECIP Contact Point .

Amendment 36

Article 7, paragraph 2

2. Each Member State shall report to the Commission on a summary basis on the types of vulnerabilities, threats and risks encountered in each sector referred to in Annex I within 18 months following the adoption of the list provided for in Article 4(2) and thereafter on an ongoing basis every two years.

2. Each Member State shall report to the Commission on a summary basis on the types of structural vulnerabilities, threats and risks encountered in European Critical Infrastructures within 12 months following the adoption of the list provided for in Article 4(2) and thereafter on an ongoing basis every two years.

A common template for these reports shall be developed in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 11(3).

A common template for these reports shall be developed by the Commission and approved by the Council.

Amendment 37

Article 7, Paragraph 3

3. The Commission shall assess, on a sectoral basis, whether specific protection measures are required for European Critical Infrastructures.

3. The Commission and the Member States shall assess, on a sectoral basis, whether specific protection measures are required for European Critical Infrastructures. Account shall be taken in this context of existing good practices and methodologies.

Amendment 38

Article 7, paragraph 4

4. Common methodologies for carrying out vulnerability, threat and risk assessments in respect of European Critical Infrastructures may be developed on a sectoral basis in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 11(3).

4. If deemed to be necessary, common methodologies carrying out structural vulnerability, threat and risk assessments in respect of European Critical Infrastructures may be developed on a sectoral basis. Such common methodologies shall take into account existing methodologies.

Amendment 39

Article 8

The Commission shall support the owners/operators of designated European Critical Infrastructures by providing access to available best practices and methodologies related to critical infrastructure protection.

The Commission and the Member States shall support the owners/operators of designated European Critical Infrastructures providing access to available best practices and methodologies related to critical infrastructure protection.

Amendment 40

Article 10, paragraph 2

2. Any person handling confidential information pursuant to this Directive on behalf of a Member State shall have an appropriate level of security vetting by the Member State concerned.

2. Any person handling confidential information pursuant to this Directive on behalf of a Member State shall have an optimum level of security vetting by the Member State concerned.

Amendment 41

Article 10, paragraph 3

3. Member States shall ensure that Critical Infrastructure Protection Information submitted to the Member States or to the Commission, is not used for any purpose other than the protection of critical infrastructures.

3. Member States and the Commission shall ensure that European Critical Infrastructure Protection Information submitted to them is not used for any purpose other than the protection of European Critical Infrastructures and that due account is taken of the principle of proportionality from a material point of view and of fundamental rights and institutions which should be protected .

Amendment 42

Article 11

Committee

deleted

1.	The Commission shall be assisted by a Committee composed of a representative of each CIP Contact Point.

2.	Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 3 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.

3.	Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 5 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof. The period laid down in Article 5(6) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at one month.

4.	The Committee shall adopt its Rules of Procedure.

Amendment 43

Article 12, Paragraph 1, subparagraph 1

1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 31 December 2007 at the latest. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions and a correlation table between those provisions and this Directive.

1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 31 December 2008 at the latest. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions and a correlation table between those provisions and this Directive.

Amendment 44

Annex I, Title

List of critical infrastructure sectors

List of possible critical infrastructure sectors

Amendment 45

Annex I, Sector III, Sub-sector 9

Radio communication and navigation

Radio communication , navigation and radio-frequency identification (RFID)

Amendment 46

Annex I, Sector VII, Sub-sector 19

Payment and securities clearing and settlement infrastructures and systems

Payment and securities clearing and settlement infrastructures and systems and their service providers

Amendment 47

Annex I, Sector VII, Sub-sector 19a (new)

19a Banking and insurance

(1) Not yet published in OJ.

(2) OJ C 124 E, 25.5.2006, p. 250.

(3) OJ L 281, 23.11.1995, p. 31 .

P6_TA(2007)0326

Internal gas and electricity market

European Parliament resolution of 10 July 2007 on prospects for the internal gas and electricity market (2007/2089(INI))

The European Parliament,

—	having regard to the Commission Communication An Energy Policy for Europe (COM(2007)0001),

—	having regard to the Commission Communication Prospects for the internal gas and electricity market (COM(2006)0841),

—	having regard to the Commission Communication Inquiry pursuant to Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 into the European gas and electricity sectors (COM(2006)0851) and to the accompanying Commission staff working document — DG Competition report (SEC(2006)1724),

—	having regard to the Commission Communication Priority Interconnection Plan (COM(2006)0846),

—	having regard to the Commission staff working document Implementation Report on the prospects for the internal gas and electricity market (SEC(2006)1709) — Accompanying document to the Commission Communication (COM(2006)0841),

—	having regard to the Commission staff working document on EU energy policy data (SEC(2007)0012),

—	having regard to its resolution of 14 December 2006 on a European strategy for sustainable, competitive and secure energy — Green Paper (1),

—	having regard to its resolution of 23 March 2006 on security of energy supply in the European Union (2),

—	having regard to Decision No 1364/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 September 2006 laying down guidelines for trans-European energy networks (3),

—

having regard to its position adopted at second reading on 23 May 2007 with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down general rules for the granting of Community financial aid in the field of the trans-European transport and energy networks (4),

—	having regard to Directive 2005/89/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 January 2006 concerning measures to safeguard security of electricity supply and infrastructure investment (5),

—	having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 September 2005 on conditions for access to the natural gas transmission networks (6),

—	having regard to Council Directive 2004/67/EC of 26 April 2004 concerning measures to safeguard security of natural gas supply (7),

—	having regard to Directive 2003/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2003 concerning common rules for the internal market in electricity (8),

—	having regard to Directive 2003/55/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2003 concerning common rules for the internal market in natural (9),

—	having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2003 on conditions for access to the network for cross-border exchanges in electricity (10),

—

having regard to the Annual Report of the European Energy Regulators for the period 1 January 2006 to 31 December 2006 to all members of the Council of European Energy Regulators (CEER) and the European Regulators Group for Electricity and Gas (ERGEG), the European Parliament, the Council of Ministers and the European Commission, made under Article 3(8) of Commission Decision 2003/796/EC of 11 November 2003 on establishing the European Regulators Group for Electricity and Gas (11),

—	having regard to the Presidency Conclusions of the European Council of 8 and 9 March 2007, concerning the European Council's endorsement of a European Council Action Plan (2007-2009) — Energy Policy for Europe,

—	having regard to Rule 45 of its Rules of Procedure,

—	having regard to the report of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy and the opinions of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Committee on Regional Development (A6-0249/2007),

A.	whereas the European Union's new energy policy for sustainable, secure and competitive energy needs to be ambitious and aimed at long-term benefits, with the main focus on combating climate change, limiting the EU's external vulnerability to imports, and promoting growth and jobs,

B.	whereas an adequate legislative framework in accordance with the principle of sudsidiarity must be established in a timely manner in order to achieve these ambitious, long-term benefits,

C.	whereas the completion of the internal energy market and the creation of effective solidarity mechanisms between Member States are prerequisites for guaranteeing security of supply and economic efficiency,

D.	whereas liberalisation and market integration are of equal importance in facilitating cross-border trade, achieving greater economic efficiency and increasing market liquidity, and thus completing the internal energy market,

E.	whereas decisions about the energy mix in a Member State have consequences for the entire Union as regards competition, security of supply and environmental sustainability,

F.	whereas the principles of social inclusion and equal opportunities for all mean that it is essential for every Union citizen to have affordable access to energy,

G.	whereas 20 out of the 27 Member States are yet to fully transpose Directives 2003/54/EC and 2003/55/EC in word and in spirit,

Whereas the abovementioned Commission Communication on the prospects for the internal gas and electricity market and the DG Competition report on the energy sector inquiry conclude that the present rules and liberalisation measures have led to efficiency improvements in energy supply and delivered savings to customers, but that markets have not yet been fully opened and barriers to free competition still remain,

I.	whereas the establishment by national regulators of strong and effective harmonised rules on network access together with effective unbundling are pre-requisites to allowing new entrants to enter the market,

J.	whereas in some Member States long-term contracts apply to a substantial proportion of the market, thereby jeopardising the development of free competition and hence the completion of the internal energy market,

K.	whereas the implementation of existing EU unbundling provisions and regulatory frameworks in Member States vary considerably and this has serious implications for the development of the internal electricity market,

L.	whereas the convergence and synchronisation of national action with regard to the unbundling provisions is the only way to proceed towards the completion of the internal energy market,

M.	whereas most gas undertakings' profits are generated mainly by their trading activities rather than gas extraction,

N.	whereas few Member States have opened their gas markets; whereas lower prices and a quality service in the supply in the gas market are key for the whole system, both for consumers and undertakings,

O.	whereas reducing congestion in the transmission of electricity requires both massive investment in the expansion and upgrading of the electricity grid and more efficient market-based congestion management mechanisms,

P.	whereas any proposed new legislation should tackle the specific problems faced by energy intensive industries, such as the high energy prices derived from the lack of competition in the markets,

Q.	whereas interconnection levels between several Member States are still insufficient, far from the agreements adopted at the Barcelona Summit of 15 and 16 March 2002 and, in many cases, a variety of political and administrative impediments are the root cause of the delays in their construction,

R.	whereas, before proposing any legislation on the mandatory creation of gas storage facilities in each Member State, the Commission should put forward a cost benefit study and a thorough impact assessment,

S.	whereas liberalisation and market integration are of equal importance in completing the internal energy market,

whereas the final sentence of point 33 of the abovementioned Presidency Conclusions of the European Council on 8 and 9 March 2007 states the great importance of the energy-intensive sector and emphasises that cost-efficient measures are needed to improve both the competitiveness and the environmental impact of such industries,

U.	whereas lack of transparency has been identified by the Commission as a barrier to the promotion of competition in the internal market,

V.	whereas there is a need for a clear, stable and predictable regulatory framework for the long-term investments that are necessary in the energy sector,

W.	whereas a European Union public energy authority could help to finance research and the development of renewable energies, maintain tariff equalisation and ensure equal access to energy for all citizens,

X.	whereas the available data suggest that Member States have made only limited use of targeted public service obligations to address vulnerable customers,

Reiterates that the Lisbon Strategy can be a success only if further efforts are made to establish a common energy policy based on a broader vision of the common European interest in the energy field by respecting national characteristics and allowing Member States to adhere to their energy mixes in order to diversify energy sources and energy producers as much as possible;

Transmission unbundling

Considers transmission ownership unbundling to be the most effective tool to promote investments in infrastructures in a non-discriminatory way, fair access to the grid for new entrants and transparency in the market; underlines however that this model might not address all of the issues at stake such as interconnections or congestion points;

3.	Recognises that the application of further unbundling measures for the gas sector is not straightforward; therefore urges the development of specific solutions to enable the completion of the internal gas market, taking into account the differences between the upstream and downstream markets;

Calls on the Commission to present an analysis in which the expected costs of ownership unbundling and of establishing independent system operators for the Member States, the expected effects on investment in the networks, as well as the benefits for the internal market and consumers are demonstrated; points out that the analysis should address the question whether, and if so what problems or costs would arise if no unbundling is carried out by the state as well as the question whether the negative consequences differ as between state and private ownership; suggests furthermore that the analysis should consider what the advantages would be of an ownership unbundling compared to the independent regional market operator approach as regards the achievements of objectives;

Urges the Commission to consider the structural differences between the EU electricity and gas sectors, including the fact that, some Member States have no indigenous production of these sources of energy and that, in important gas upstream markets, full economic reciprocity is not currently guaranteed; calls therefore on the Commission to come forward with a balanced proposal allowing EU gas emissions to use new upstream pipeline investments and long-term contracts in order to raise their negotiating power vis-à-vis third countries;

6.	Insists that no third country company should be allowed to purchase energy infrastructure unless there is reciprocity with that country;

Regulators

Welcomes the Commission's proposal to enhance cooperation between national regulators at EU level, through an EU entity, as a way to promote a more European approach to regulation on cross-border issues; considers that increased convergence and harmonisation of the competences of national regulators is essential to overcome technical and regulatory differences that impose serious barriers to cross-border trade and interconnections; emphasises that the Commission should play a determining role, whilst not undermining the independence of national regulators; believes that decisions by the regulators should be made on specifically defined technical and trade issues and on an informed basis considering, where appropriate, the views of transmission system operators (TSOs) and other relevant stakeholders, and should be legally binding;

Points out that national regulators should remain the only authority responsible for decisions affecting their national market only; is in favour of their competences being extended to include the drawing up of an inventory of required investment and the active promotion of the implementation thereof;

9.	Believes that regulators must ensure that any company owning energy infrastructure, and in particular transmission networks or pipelines, undertakes to meet clearly defined investment targets in order to avoid speculation in this area;

10.

Believes that national regulators should be independent, strong and have well-defined competences in order to ensure that the law is fully implemented in practice and is adhered to by market players and that the necessary investments and transparency levels are in place; believes, furthermore, that their competences should be harmonised at EU level via the establishment of common rules on transparency, disclosure and accountability in order to ensure they are fully independent of national authorities and industry;

11.

Believes that national energy regulators should be given the role of penalising operators which do not respect their decisions or transmission operators who fail to meet their network maintenance obligations, of ensuring that energy companies provide advice to end users on energy and-use efficiency as laid down in Directive 2006/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2006 on energy end-use efficiency and energy services (12) and of imposing electricity and gas release programmes; believes further that mutual cooperation between regulatory authorities and the relevant competition authorities should be strengthened at both national and EU level;

12.

Calls on the Commission to provide a solution to the problems of independence/conflicts of interests and transparency with regard to TSOs; calls on the Commission to put forward proposals that enable TSOs to fulfil their responsibility as market facilitators and to harmonise the international regulations for TSOs so as to improve cross-border transport;

13.	Welcomes the proposal to grant existing associations of TSOs an official role with formal obligations and objectives (the ETSO+\GTE+ solution);

14.	Criticises the excess interventionism of some governments in the decisions taken by national regulators, as this undermines the latter's role as independent authorities;

15.	Notes the development of some regional markets; points out that appropriate measures will be required to prevent the creation of bigger ‘energy islands’ and demands that these regional structures not endanger the completion of the internal energy market;

Regulated tariffs

16.

Urges Member States to gradually end the application of generalised regulated tariffs — with the exception of last resort tariffs as referred to in Directive 2003/54/CE — whilst ensuring that there are adequate measures to protect vulnerable customers, particularly in terms of fuel poverty, including nonmarket based mechanisms; regrets the lack of reference in the abovementioned Commission Communication on an energy policy for Europe to price mechanisms; recalls that intervention on prices should only be allowed, as a last resort, where national regulators seek to control soaring prices that are artificially stimulated, in order to prevent harm to consumers, businesses and new entrants, but also that prices should in any case cover the real costs;

17.

Considers that subsidies for non-renewable sources of energy should be eliminated, thereby ensuring a level playing field, that external environmental costs should be internalised in the price of energy and that market-based instruments should be used to achieve environmental and energy policy objectives;

18.

Notes that targeted high-standard universal service obligations and public service obligations should comply with State aid rules and that competition law applies with respect to price discrimination and restrictions on re-sale; stresses that it is of crucial importance to assess the impact of the remaining regulated supply tariffs on the development of competition, and to remove market distortions;

Social impact and consumer protection

19.	Asks the Commission to present full impact assessments including the evaluation of the social effects of its different proposals and to support the industries in developing mechanisms for training and redeployment;

20.

Believes that supplying consumers with energy to meet basic needs is indispensable and that energy poverty must be combated using all available means, in particular by encouraging energy savings and energy efficiency; moreover, calls for appropriately targeted and transparent social measures which, while not impeding fair competition, are needed to protect vulnerable and disadvantaged consumers;

21.	Urges the Commission to present its proposal for an Energy Consumers' Charter by the end of 2007;

Interconnections

22.	Welcomes the indicative objective of achieving interconnection levels of 10 % in Member States;

23.

Calls on the Member States to increase their efforts, including through the strengthening of bilateral cooperation, to remove technical, administrative and political barriers to the completion of existing and future projects, in particular the four projects identified by the Commission as projects of Community interest; asks Member States to facilitate authorisation procedures for the building of interconnection lines and to limit the duration of the procedures; considers, however, that considerations of general interest should always be taken into account;

24.	Reaffirms the need to increase the budget allocated to trans-European energy networks for, in particular, removing environmental obstacles;

25.	Calls on the Commission to accelerate the appointment of EU coordinators for projects of Community interest which are experiencing problems with implementation;

26.	Emphasises that decentralised energy infrastructure and generation can help to bring about a higher level of security of energy supply and should be encouraged when energy policy strategies are drawn up;

Long-term contracts

27.

Recognises that upstream long-term contracts, in particular in the gas sector, are necessary to provide a positive investment climate and that they contribute significantly to security of supply and do not harm the integration of the internal energy market, provided that new entrants are not excluded;

28.	Believes that balanced, effective application of the ‘use-it-or-lose-it’ principle must be ensured so that new entrants may access the networks where capacity is not utilised;

29.

Believes that downstream bilateral long-term contracts, as long as they do not take up a significant percentage of the market and do not prevent customers from switching suppliers, enable energy intensive industries to negotiate more competitive and stable energy prices with the supplier of their choice and that they should therefore be permitted, assuming that they are properly supervised by the relevant authorities and as long as they do not create additional costs for the networks, close the market to new entrants or hamper market development;

30.	Calls on the Commission to propose a definition of what constitutes a high energy user and to give special consideration to high energy users in the EU that are competing in the global economy;

31.	Asks the Commission to provide clear guidance on downstream bilateral long-term contracts in order to reduce uncertainty in the market and to move towards standardisation of contracts;

32.	Recalls that energy generation, transmission, storage and distribution facilities are critical infrastructures the safety and security of which must be fully preserved and ensured under all circumstances;

Electricity grid and gas networks

33.

Reiterates its concern over the investment needed to upgrade the electricity grid and gas networks to ensure the security of supply in EU; insists on the stability, coherence and transparency of the regulatory framework in order to create an investment-friendly environment and therefore calls for the development of such a regulatory framework for the shared benefit of consumers and businesses in the EU;

34.

Regrets that many obstacles still remain in Members States that cause disproportionate delays in the creation of new energy import infrastructures and in the connection of new generation to the main electricity grid; therefore calls on national, regional and local authorities to take all necessary steps to ensure that these delays are reduced to the strict minimum and that every inhabited remote and inaccessible area (including islands and mountainous areas) is connected to the main electricity grid;

35.

Urges the Member States to facilitate an increase in grid capacity in order to allow the incorporation of new massive onshore and offshore renewable energy generation; calls on the Commission to assess the feasibility of creating an EU smart-grid taking full advantage of the latest information and communication technologies available, one which would accommodate a wide variety of generation options, empower the consumer and be able to rapidly detect and analyze disturbances and respond to and remedy their effects; urges the Member States to favour related investments and to give their regulators an explicit mandate to favour the achievement of these goals;

36.	Emphasises the need for the technical harmonisation of EU networks;

37.	Calls on the Commissions to draw up a road map for the creation of a single EU electricity and gas network;

38.	Welcomes the recent technological progress in feeding biogas into the gas network; urges the Commission to propose concrete measures to exploit this potential more extensively, so as to contribute to the security of gas supply, notably to guarantee access to the biogas network;

Strategic stocks

39.

Agrees with the Commission's assessment that, in relation to gas, considering the present technology, it is better to diversify supply routes and technologies, such as degasification plants and liquefied natural gas terminals, than to create massive gas stocks; calls on the Commission to submit specific proposals for making better use of existing gas stocks without disturbing the balance between security of supply and favouring new market entrants;

40.

Stresses the complementarities of the electricity grid and the gas network; in this context, points out that storage is an integral part of the gas network and should be managed in a spirit of national and Union solidarity; also believes that storage could support stand-by generators of electricity and thus aid security of supply;

41.	Notes that strategic gas stocks may be proposed and developed by individual Member States according to their economic and technical feasibility;

Transparency

42.	Believes that transparency is a prerequisite for the development of competition and that information should always be disclosed in a timely, clear and easily accessible way and on a non-discriminatory basis;

43.

Notes the difficulties that household consumers encounter in benefiting from liberalised markets; urges the Commission to put forward concrete proposals on how to enhance transparency for consumers; to make consumer information complete and clear (including the various tariffs available, the company's energy mix and other useful information such as labelling, as referred to in Directive 2003/54/EC) and to strengthen the role of consumer organisations in the internal energy market;

44.	Agrees with the Commission on the need to introduce binding rules on transparency for both the electricity and the gas markets; believes that a high, harmonised level of transparency promotes efficient competition and brings new entrants to the markets;

45.	In this respect, welcomes the Commission's commitment to ensuring better transparency in the markets;

Implementation of Community legislation

46.	Is concerned at the number of Member States who are still to transpose Directives 2003/54/EC and 2003/55/EC and those who have failed to implement them properly; calls on the Member States to transpose and fully implement these directives without delay;

47.	Believes that Directives 2003/54/EC and 2003/55/EC contain sufficient provisions that, if properly applied, would ensure a competitive scenario and the completion of the internal energy market;

48.

Agrees with the Commission that there is no alternative to the liberalisation process and calls on Member States to ensure full and effective transposition of existing liberalisation directives; moreover, endorses the Commission's proposal to address the malfunctioning of the market by applying both competition-based and regulatory remedies;

49.	Calls on the Commission to publish all the results of and the answers received in its impact assessment study and to inform it thereof before presenting new legislative proposals;

50.	In this respect, welcomes the Commission's initiative to open infringement procedures against those Member States that have failed to transpose or correctly implement Directives 2003/54/EC or 2003/55/EC;

51.

Warns against excessive market concentration and considers that this would be best addressed via further progress in market integration and in regulatory measures, as there should be consumer choice of supplier in an open competitive environment; reiterates its call on the Commission to take further steps to address concentrations in the energy market in cases of abuse of market dominance;

52.

Draws attention to the fact that, although developments in coordinating the distribution of crossborder capacity are encouraging, the low level of transparency in the calculation of the net transfer capacity required for auctions and in the determination of the available transfer capacity constitutes a serious obstacle to competition, one which needs to be tackled by introducing stricter regulations relating to the concerted practices which have been found to occur at auctions and by stepping up anti-trust monitoring;

53.

Urges the Commission to closely supervise the impact of concentration on competition, both at national and at EU level, taking also into consideration the current consolidation process that is giving rise to new, large, multinational energy undertakings active in a significant number of Member States and with a high degree of vertical and gas-electricity integration;

54.

Believes that public ownership in the electricity and gas markets is one of the main causes of distortions at EU level and that the stimulus for competition in those markets is reduced if there are public enterprises, because, in most cases, by virtue of their company statute, there is a lower level of transparency and less information for potential investors and because they are dependent on political decisions taken by Member State governments;

55.	Invites the Commission in all its actions and proposals to take account of the importance of the role of small and medium-sized energy companies to the functioning of competitive energy markets;

56.

Calls on the governments of the Member States to stop the promotion of the so-called national champions and to refrain from passing protectionist legislation preventing the development of a truly integrated EU energy market; calls for the establishment of active gas and electricity release programmes and more liquid balancing markets in order to favour new market actors;

57.	Considers it essential that a future, modified Emissions Trading Scheme be fully integrated into the liberalised energy market in a transparent way and under the supervision of national regulators so as to avoid causing distortion in market mechanisms;

58.	Reiterates the importance of achieving a fully liberalised EU energy market as soon as possible and insists on the Commission's presenting its package of additional measures for the internal market in late September 2007, as announced;

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59.	Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council , the Commission and the governments and parliaments of the Member States.

(1) Texts Adopted, P6_TA(2006)0603.

(2) OJ C 292 E, 1.12.2006, p. 112.

(3) OJ L 262, 22.9.2006, p. 1.

(4) Texts Adopted, P6_TA(2007)0198.

(5) OJ L 33, 4.2.2006, p. 22.

(6) OJ L 289, 3.11.2005, p. 1.

(7) OJ L 127, 29.4.2004, p. 92.

(8) OJ L 176, 15.7.2003, p. 37.

(9) OJ L 176, 15.7.2003, p. 57.

(10) OJ L 176, 15.7.2003, p. 1.

(11) OJ L 296, 14.11.2003, p. 34.

(12) OJ L 114, 27.4.2006, p. 64.

P6_TA(2007)0327

Production of fishmeal and fish oil

European Parliament resolution of 10 July 2007 on industrial fisheries and the production of fishmeal and fish oil (2004/2262(INI))

The European Parliament,

—

having regard to the ban on feeding fishmeal to ruminants imposed by the Commission in 2001, a precautionary measure introduced by Council Decision 2000/766/EC of 4 December 2000 concerning certain protection measures with regard to transmissible spongiform encephalopathies and the feeding of animal protein (1) and later consolidated in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1234/2003 of 10 July 2003 (2) amending Annexes I, IV and XI to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001, laying down conditions under which the Member States could authorise the feeding of fishmeal to non-ruminant animals (Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 as amended),

—	having regard to the 2004 working paper of the European Parliament's Directorate- General for Research entitled ‘The Fish Meal and Fish Oil Industry — Its Role in the Common Fisheries Policy’,

—

having regard to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (3), as amended in particular by Regulation (EC) No 1923/2006 of 18 December 2006 (4), and to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1292/2005 of 5 August 2005 amending Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards animal nutrition (5), adopted by the Commission following the development of a validated method (see Commission Directive 2003/126/EC of 23 December 2003 on the analytical method for the determination of constituents of animal origin for the official control of feedingstuffs (6)) that enables the detection of mammalian meat and bone meal in animal feed even where there is fishmeal in the same feed, and recognising that the basis for prohibiting the feeding of fishmeal to ruminants is therefore no longer valid and that the prohibition should be lifted,

—

having regard to its resolution of 28 October 2004 on the draft of the abovementioned Commission Regulation (7), calling for the withdrawal thereof, and taking the view that the feeding of fishmeal to ruminants is not consistent with the duty imposed on the Community to protect the health of its citizens,

—

having regard to the maximum allowable levels of undesirable substances in animal feed set out in Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 May 2002 on undesirable substances in animal feed (8), amended in 2003 to include dioxins by Commission Directive 2003/57/EC of 17 June 2003 (9) and further amended by Commission Directive 2003/100/EC of 31 October 2003 (10),

—	having regard to the Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on improving the monitoring of industrial fishing within the EU (COM(2004)0167) which aims at establishing transparent and effective monitoring of industrial landings throughout the Community,

—	having regard to its position adopted at first reading on 17 May 2006 on rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (11),

—	having regard to the answers provided by the European Food Safety Authority to the questions submitted by the European Parliament on 26 October 2005,

—	having regard to Rule 45 of its Rules of Procedure,

—	having regard to the report of the Committee on Fisheries (A6-0155/2005),

A.	whereas it is necessary for the stability of the fishmeal and fish oil industry to deal in a coherent way with questions of ethics, sustainability, toxins, heavy metals and pollutants which are sometimes raised,

B.	whereas there is no scientific evidence that the use of fish products in animal feed might transmit BSE or TSEs; whereas strict regulatory controls, together with extensive investment by the industry, have ensured the safety of the food chain from contamination by dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs,

C.	whereas because of improved official methods there is no risk of confusing the presence of mammalian meat and bone meal with fishmeal,

D.	whereas fishmeal is rich in essential amino acids, and fish oil and fishmeal are rich in fatty acids, which provide health and welfare benefits to both humans and animals,

whereas, whilst there are diverse opinions on the effects of industrial fishing and too much reliance should not be placed upon single sources of information, the results of the 2004 ICES study suggested that the impact of industrial fishing on marine eco-systems is relatively small in comparison with the effects of fishing for human consumption,

F.	whereas, nevertheless, research should continue into the impact of industrial fishing on marine ecosystems and the wider environment,

G.	whereas all the countries and regions supplying the EU with fishmeal support and implement the FAO Technical Guidelines for Responsible Fisheries,

H.	whereas the 2004 DG Research working paper stated that in EU waters most of the targeted species for which data is available are considered to be within safe biological limits,

I.	whereas the fishmeal and fish oil industry is of global importance, employing an estimated 2 222 people directly and 30 000 indirectly in Europe, and more than 100 000 people in Peru, the largest fishmeal producer and exporter,

J.	whereas fishmeal and fish oil are of crucial importance as a basic feed stock for farmed fish in the EU's burgeoning aquaculture sector,

1.	Recognises that the Commission currently applies the principle of setting TACs and quotas according to certain scientific criteria and considers the use of fish once landed to be an economic and not a conservation issue;

2.	Welcomes the abovementioned Commission Communication on improving the monitoring of industrial fishing within the EU;

Stresses the importance of continuing research into the impact of industrial fisheries and its effect on other fisheries as well as on the wider marine environment, with a view to keeping all fishing activities at a sustainable level and rewarding those fishermen using the most environmentally friendly techniques;

4.	Asks the Commission to increase scientific research on blue whiting in order to obtain improved advice and management in the near future;

5.	Stresses the problem of discards from marine fisheries, given that there are estimated to be up to 1 million tonnes of discards in European fisheries annually;

6.	Calls on the Commission to carry out studies and/or pilot projects to investigate the current situation concerning discards and the possibility of their use by the industrial fishing sector so that, under no circumstances, could it lead to an over-exploitation of resources;

7.	Suggests that the use of discards by the fishmeal and fish oil industry should be examined by the Commission in close relation with Parliament's Committee on Fisheries given the swiftly expanding EU aquaculture sector;

Stresses the controls in place in the EU to limit the presence of undesirable substances and contaminants in animal feed, ensuring that levels in fishmeal and fish oil remain well within the limits, and welcomes the EUR 25 million investment by the fishmeal and fish oil industry in Denmark and the UK aimed at eliminating dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs and ensuring safe and healthy products; calls on the Commission and the Member States to monitor closely the application of the existing controls;

9.	Notes with approval that this investment by the industry was willingly undertaken despite the lack of adoption by the EU of the ‘polluter pays’ principle;

10.	Stresses the need for the industry to apply the ALARA (as low as reasonably achievable) principle at all times when dealing with dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs;

11.	Calls for scientific analysis to determine acceptable limit values for dioxins in fishmeal used for feeding pigs and poultry;

12.	Stresses that there is no scientific evidence to support a total ban on fishmeal as feed on the ground that it may transmit BSE or other TSEs;

13.

Notes that Regulation (EC) No 1923/2006 prohibits the feeding of animal protein to ruminants, but enables the Commission to grant derogations for feeding fishmeal to young ruminants, provided that such derogations are based on a scientific assessment of the dietary needs of young ruminants and follow an assessment of the control aspects;

14.	Recalls its abovementioned position adopted on 17 May 2006, which provided, in relation to Article 7 of that Regulation, for a derogation allowing, in certain circumstances, the feeding of young animals of ruminant species with proteins derived from fish;

15.	Calls on the Commission and the Council to lift the ban on feeding fishmeal and fish oil to ruminants;

16.	Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and Commission.

(1) OJ L 306, 7.12.2000, p. 32.

(2) OJ L 173, 11.7.2003, p. 6.

(3) OJ L 147, 31.5.2001, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 722/2007 (OJ L 164, 26.6.2007, p. 7).

(4) OJ L 404, 30.12.2006, p. 1.

(5) OJ L 205, 6.8.2005, p. 3.

(6) OJ L 339, 24.12.2003, p. 78.

(7) OJ C 174 E, 14.7.2005, p. 178.

(8) OJ L 140, 30.5.2002, p. 10. Directive as last amended by Commission Directive 2006/77/EC (OJ L 271, 30.9.2006, p. 53).

(9) OJ L 151, 19.6.2003, p. 38.

(10) OJ L 285, 1.11.2003, p. 33.

(11) OJ C 297 E, 7.12.2006, p. 219.

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