18.12.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

CE 323/1

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MINUTES

(2008/C 323 E/01)

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

IN THE CHAIR: Hans-Gert PÖTTERING

President

1.   Resumption of session

The sitting opened at 17.05.

2.   Statement by the President

The President made a statement in response to the murder of two Spanish civil guards by ETA in Capbreton (France) on 1 December 2007. He informed Members that he had passed on Parliament's condolences to the victims' families and its sympathy to the Spanish authorities; he reiterated Parliament's condemnation of any use of violence for political ends.

3.   Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

The Minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

4.   Membership of Parliament

The Romanian authorities had forwarded the names of the 35 Members elected to the European Parliament at the elections held on 25.11.2007:

ANASTASE Roberta Alma

BODU Sebastian Valentin

BOŞTINARU Victor

BULZESC Nicodim

BUŞOI Cristian Silviu

CORLĂŢEAN Titus

CREŢU Corina

CREŢU Gabriela

CSIBI Magor Imre

DĂIANU Daniel

DAVID Dragoş Florin

DUMITRIU Constantin

FILIP Petru

FRUNZĂVERDE Sorin

IACOB-RIDZI Monica Maria

MĂNESCU Ramona-Nicole

MARINESCU Marian-Jean

NECHIFOR Cătălin-Ioan

NICULESCU Rareş-Lucian

OPREA Dumitru

PAŞCU Ioan Mircea

PETRE Maria

PLUMB Rovana

POPA Mihaela

POPA Nicolae Vlad

SÂRBU Daciana Octavia

SEVERIN Adrian

SÓGOR Csaba

STOLOJAN Theodor Dumitru

ŢICĂU Silvia-Adriana

TŐKÉS László

VĂLEAN Adina-Ioana

WEBER Renate

WINKLER Iuliu

ZLOTEA Marian

The President welcomed those Members.

The Danish authorities had informed Parliament of the appointment, with effect from 29.11.2007, of Johannes Lebech in place of Anders Samuelsen and of Christian Foldberg Rovsing in place of Gitte Seeberg.

The Polish authorities had informed Parliament of the nomination, appointment, with effect from 06.12.2007, of Krzysztof Hołowczyc in place of Barbara Kudrycka and of Urszula Gacek in place of Bogdan Klich.

Under Rule 3(2), until such time as their credentials had been verified or a ruling had been given on any dispute, and provided that they had previously made written declarations stating that they did not hold any office incompatible with that of Member of the European Parliament, these new Members would take their seats in Parliament and on its bodies and would enjoy all the rights attaching thereto.

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Jean-Louis Bourlanges had given notice in writing of his resignation as Member of Parliament, with effect from 01.01.2008.

Under Rule 4(1), Parliament established that a vacancy existed with effect from that date and informed the Member State concerned thereof.

5.   Signature of acts adopted under codecision

The President announced that, on Tuesday, he and the President of the Council would sign the following acts adopted under the codecision procedure pursuant to Rule 68:

—	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 (03660/2007/LEX — C6-0464/2007 — 2006/0308(COD))

—	Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Community Statistical Programme 2008 to 2012 (03654/2007/LEX — C6-0462/2007 — 2006/0229(COD))

—	Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directives 89/665/EEC and 92/13/EEC with regard to improving the effectiveness of review procedures concerning the award of public contracts (03634/2007/LEX — C6-0461/2007 — 2006/0066(COD))

—	Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Community programme to improve the operation of taxation systems in the internal market (Fiscalis 2013) and repealing Decision No 2235/2002/EC (03633/2007/LEX — C6-0460/2007 — 2006/0076(COD))

—	Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council banning the placing on the market and the import to, or export from, the Community of cat and dog fur and products containing such fur (03632/2007/LEX — C6-0459/2007 — 2006/0236(COD))

—	Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing common rules for the provision of basic information on Purchasing Power Parities and for their calculation and dissemination (03615/2007/LEX — C6-0458/2007 — 2006/0042(COD))

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Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 89/552/EEC on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the pursuit of television broadcasting activities (03667/2007/LEX — C6-0457/2007 — 2005/0260(COD))

The President announced that, on Tuesday 18.12.2007, he and the President of the Council would sign the following act adopted under the codecision procedure pursuant to Rule 68:

—	Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 2004/2003 on the regulations governing political parties at European level and the rules regarding their funding (03688/2007/LEX — C6-0455/2007 — 2007/0130(COD))

6.   Referral back to committee for reconsideration of amendments tabled in plenary (Rule 156)

The President announced that, as over 50 amendments had been tabled to the report by Giuseppe Castiglione on the proposal for a Council regulation on the common organisation of the market in wine and amending certain regulations (A6-0477/2007) (Item 12 on the final draft agenda) for consideration in plenary, he had asked the AGRI Committee, as the committee responsible, to meet that day in order to consider those amendments under Rule 156. Any amendment not receiving favourable votes at this stage from at least one 10th of the members of the committee would not be put to the vote in plenary.

The debate on the report remained on the next day's agenda.

7.   Documents received

The following documents had been received:

1)

from the Council and Commission: — Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2002/22/EC on universal service and users' rights relating to electronic communications networks, Directive 2002/58/EC concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector and Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 on consumer protection cooperation (COM(2007)0698 — C6-0420/2007 — 2007/0248(COD)) referred to responsible: IMCO   opinion: CULT, ITRE, JURI, ECON, LIBE — Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directives 2002/21/EC on a common regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services, 2002/19/EC on access to, and interconnection of, electronic communications networks and services, and 2002/20/EC on the authorisation of electronic communications networks and services (COM(2007)0697 — C6-0427/2007 — 2007/0247(COD)) referred to responsible: ITRE   opinion: CULT, JURI, ECON, LIBE, IMCO — Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Electronic Communications Market Authority (COM(2007)0699 — C6-0428/2007 — 2007/0249(COD)) referred to responsible: ITRE   opinion: CULT, BUDG, JURI, ECON, CONT, LIBE, IMCO — Draft amending budget No 7 for the financial year 2007 — Section III — Commission (15715/2007 — C6-0434/2007 — 2007/2237(BUD)) referred to responsible: BUDG — Letter of amendment No 2 to the draft general budget of the European Communities for the financial year 2008 (15716/2007 — C6-0435/2007 — 2007/2019(BUD)) referred to responsible: BUDG — Draft general budget of the European Communities for the financial year 2008, as amended and accompanied by proposals for modifications (15717/2007 — C6-0436/2007 — 2007/2019(BUD)) referred to responsible: BUDG — Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the statistical classification of economic activities in the European Community (Codified version) (COM(2007)0755 — C6-0437/2007 — 2007/0256(COD)) referred to responsible: JURI — Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the State of Israel, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union (15061/2007 — C6-0445/2007 — 2007/0165(AVC)) referred to responsible: AFET   opinion: INTA — Proposal for a Council regulation setting up the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (COM(2007)0571 — C6-0446/2007 — 2007/0211(CNS)) referred to responsible: ITRE   opinion: ENVI, BUDG, CONT — Proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers, as regards the support scheme for cotton (COM(2007)0701 — C6-0447/2007 — 2007/0242(CNS)) referred to responsible: AGRI   opinion: BUDG — Proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 21/2004 as regards the date of introduction of electronic identification for ovine and caprine animals (COM(2007)0710 — C6-0448/2007 — 2007/0244(CNS)) referred to responsible: AGRI — Proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Mobilisation of the Flexibility Instrument (COM(2007)0786 — C6-0450/2007 — 2007/2273(ACI)) referred to responsible: BUDG   opinion: ITRE

2)

from committees: 2.1) reports: — * Report on the proposal for a decision of the Council and the representatives of the governments of the Member States of the European Union, meeting within the Council, on the conclusion of the Euro-Mediterranean Aviation Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, on the one hand, and the Kingdom of Morocco, on the other hand (COM(2006)0145 — C6-0333/2007 — 2006/0048(CNS)) — TRAN Committee. Rapporteur: Johannes Blokland (A6-0416/2007) — * Report on the proposal for a Council decision relating to the conclusion of an Agreement between the European Community and the Council of Europe on cooperation between the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights and the Council of Europe (COM(2007)0478 — C6-0311/2007 — 2007/0173(CNS)) — LIBE Committee. Rapporteur: Adamos Adamou (A6-0443/2007) — * Report on the proposal for a Council decision establishing the European Police Office (Europol) (COM(2006)0817 — C6-0055/2007 — 2006/0310(CNS)) — LIBE Committee. Rapporteur: Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra (A6-0447/2007) — Report on deposit-guarantee schemes (2007/2199(INI)) — ECON Committee. Rapporteur: Christian Ehler (A6-0448/2007) — ***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 98/71/EC on the legal protection of designs (COM(2004)0582 — C6-0119/2004 — 2004/0203(COD)) — JURI Committee. Rapporteur: Klaus-Heiner Lehne (A6-0453/2007) — Report on the Green Paper: Dimplomatic and consular protection of Union citizens in third countries (2007/2196(INI)) — LIBE Committee. Rapporteur: Ioannis Varvitsiotis (A6-0454/2007) — * Report on the proposal for a Council decision adapting Annex VIII to the Act of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania (COM(2007)0594 — C6-0405/2007 — 2007/0217(CNS)) — AGRI Committee. Rapporteur: Neil Parish (A6-0455/2007) — * Report on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of Protocols amending the Agreements on certain aspects of air services between the European Community and — the Government of Georgia — the Republic of Lebanon — the Republic of Maldives — the Republic of Moldova — the Government of the Republic of Singapore and — the Oriental Republic of Uruguay to take account of the accession to the European Union of the Republic of Bulgaria and the Republic of Romania (COM(2007)0366 — C6-0265/2007 — 2007/0125(CNS)) — TRAN Committee. Rapporteur: Paolo Costa (A6-0456/2007) — * Report on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of a Protocol amending the Agreement between the European Community and the Kingdom of Morocco on certain aspects of air services in order to take account of the accession to the European Union of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania (COM(2007)0497 — C6-0329/2007 — 2007/0183(CNS)) — TRAN Committee. Rapporteur: Paolo Costa (A6-0457/2007) — * Report on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of a Protocol amending the Euro-Mediterranean Aviation Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Kingdom of Morocco, of the other part, to take account of the accession to the European Union of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania (COM(2007)0495 — C6-0330/2007 — 2007/0181(CNS)) — TRAN Committee. Rapporteur: Paolo Costa (A6-0458/2007) — Report on Asset Management II (2007/2200(INI)) — ECON Committee. Rapporteur: Wolf Klinz (A6-0460/2007) — * Report on the proposal for a Council regulation on information provision and promotion measures for agricultural products on the internal market and in third countries (COM(2007)0268 — C6-0203/2007 — 2007/0095(CNS)) — AGRI Committee. Rapporteur: Bogdan Golik (A6-0461/2007) — Report on the trade and economic relations with Korea (2007/2186(INI)) — INTA Committee. Rapporteur: David Martin (A6-0463/2007) — ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 on nutrition and health claims made on foods (COM(2007)0368 — C6-0200/2007 — 2007/0128(COD)) — ENVI Committee. Rapporteur: Adriana Poli Bortone (A6-0464/2007) — Report on the common organisation of the market in the fisheries and aquaculture products sector (2007/2109(INI)) — PECH Committee. Rapporteur: Pedro Guerreiro (A6-0467/2007) — * Report on the proposal for a Council regulation on jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of decisions and cooperation in matters relating to maintenance obligations (COM(2005)0649 — C6-0079/2006 — 2005/0259(CNS)) — LIBE Committee. Rapporteur: Genowefa Grabowska (A6-0468/2007) — * Report on the proposal for a Council directive amending Directive 2006/112/EC with regard to certain temporary provisions concerning rates of value added tax (COM(2007)0381 — C6-0253/2007 — 2007/0136(CNS)) — ECON Committee. Rapporteur: Ieke van den Burg (A6-0469/2007) — * Report on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers and Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) (COM(2007)0484 — C6-0283/2007 — 2007/0177(CNS)) — AGRI Committee. Rapporteur: Jan Mulder (A6-0470/2007) — ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on population and housing censuses (COM(2007)0069 — C6-0078/2007 — 2007/0032(COD)) — EMPL Committee. Rapporteur: Ona Juknevičienė (A6-0471/2007) — * Report on the proposal for a Council directive concerning indirect taxes on the raising of capital (Recast version) (COM(2006)0760 — C6-0043/2007 — 2006/0253(CNS)) — ECON Committee. Rapporteur: Werner Langen (A6-0472/2007) — ***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on non-automatic weighing instruments (codified version) (COM(2007)0446 — C6-0241/2007 — 2007/0164(COD)) — JURI Committee. Rapporteur: Hans-Peter Mayer (A6-0473/2007) — ***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the coupling device and the reverse of wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (Codified version) (COM(2007)0319 — C6-0175/2007 — 2007/0117(COD)) — JURI Committee. Rapporteur: Hans-Peter Mayer (A6-0474/2007) — * Report on the proposal for a Council regulation laying down maximum permitted levels of radioactive contamination of foodstuffs and of feedingstuffs following a nuclear accident or any other case of radiological emergency (Codified version) (COM(2007)0302 — C6-0205/2007 — 2007/0103(CNS)) — JURI Committee. Rapporteur: Hans-Peter Mayer (A6-0475/2007) — * Report on the proposal for a Council directive laying down minimum standards for the protection of calves (codified version) (COM(2006)0258 — C6-0200/2006 — 2006/0097(CNS)) — JURI Committee. Rapporteur: Francesco Enrico Speroni (A6-0476/2007) — * Report on the proposal for a Council regulation on the common organisation of the market in wine and amending certain regulations (COM(2007)0372 — C6-0254/2007 — 2007/0138(CNS)) — AGRI Committee. Rapporteur: Giuseppe Castiglione (A6-0477/2007) — * Report on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 386/90 on the monitoring carried out at the time of export of agricultural products receiving refunds or other amounts (COM(2007)0489 — C6-0282/2007 — 2007/0178(CNS)) — CONT Committee. Rapporteur: Herbert Bösch (A6-0478/2007) — * Report on the proposal for a Council regulation setting up the Innovative Medicines Initiative Joint Undertaking (COM(2007)0241 — C6-0171/2007 — 2007/0089(CNS)) — ITRE Committee. Rapporteur: Françoise Grossetête (A6-0479/2007) — * Report on the proposal for a Council directive on the marketing of fruit plant propagating material and fruit plants intended for fruit production (Recast version) (COM(2007)0031 — C6-0093/2007 — 2007/0014(CNS)) — AGRI Committee. Rapporteur: Ioannis Gklavakis (A6-0480/2007) — * Report on the proposal for a Council regulation setting up the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking (COM(2007)0315 — C6-0226/2007 — 2007/0118(CNS)) — ITRE Committee. Rapporteur: Lena Ek (A6-0483/2007) — * Report on the proposal for a Council regulation on the establishment of the ‘Artemis Joint Undertaking’ to implement a Joint Technology Initiative in Embedded Computing Systems (COM(2007)0243 — C6-0172/2007 — 2007/0088(CNS)) — ITRE Committee. Rapporteur: Gianni De Michelis (A6-0484/2007) — Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (COM(2007)0600 — C6-0343/2007 — 2007/2226(ACI)) — BUDG Committee. Rapporteur: Reimer Böge (A6-0485/2007) — * Report on the proposal for a Council regulation setting up the ‘ENIAC Joint Undertaking’ (COM(2007)0356 — C6-0275/2007 — 2007/0122(CNS)) — ITRE Committee. Rapporteur: Nikolaos Vakalis (A6-0486/2007) — Report on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2008 as modified by the Council (all sections) and Letters of amendment Nos 1/2008 (13659/2007 — C6-0341/2007) and 2/2008 (15716/2007 — C6-0435/2007) to the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2008 (15717/2007 — C6-0436/2007 — 2007/2019(BUD)) — BUDG Committee. Rapporteur: Kyösti Virrankoski (A6-0492/2007) — Report on Draft amending budget No 7/2007 of the European Union for the financial year 2007 (15715/2007 — C6-0434/2007 — 2007/2237(BUD)) — BUDG Committee. Rapporteur: James Elles (A6-0493/2007) 2.2) recommendations for second reading: — ***II Recommendation for a second reading on the Council common position for adopting a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Framework for Community action in the field of Marine Environmental Policy (Marine Strategy Framework Directive) (09388/2/2007 — C6-0261/2007 — 2005/0211(COD)) — ENVI Committee. Rapporteur: Marie-Noëlle Lienemann (A6-0389/2007) — ***II Recommendation for second reading on the Council common position for adopting a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on a paperless environment for customs and trade (08520/4/2007 — C6-0267/2007 — 2005/0247(COD)) — IMCO Committee. Rapporteur: Christopher Heaton-Harris (A6-0466/2007) — ***II Recommendation for a second reading on the Council common position for adopting a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules in the field of civil aviation and establishing a European Aviation Safety Agency, and repealing Council Directive 91/670/EEC, Regulation (EC) No 1592/2002 and Directive 2004/36/EC (10537/3/2007 — C6-0353/2007 — 2005/0228(COD)) — TRAN Committee. Rapporteur: Jörg Leichtfried (A6-0482/2007)

3)

from Members: 3.1) oral questions for Question Time (Rule 109) (B6-0384/2007): — to the Council: Medina Ortega Manuel, Papastamkos Georgios, Moraes Claude, Ludford Sarah, Panayotopoulos- Cassiotou Marie, Geringer de Oedenberg Lidia Joanna, Schmidt Olle, Markov Helmuth, Papadimoulis Dimitrios, Posselt Bernd, Seppänen Esko, McGuinness Mairead, Harkin Marian, Burke Colm, Higgins Jim, Mitchell Gay, Karim Sajjad, Mavrommatis Manolis, Vakalis Nikolaos, Crowley Brian, Ryan Eoin, Aylward Liam, Ó Neachtain Seán, Newton Dunn Bill, Martin David, Van Hecke Johan, Pafilis Athanasios, Czarnecki Ryszard, Toussas Georgios, Manolakou Diamanto, Guerreiro Pedro, Andrikienė Laima Liucija, Paleckis Justas Vincas — to the Commission: van Nistelrooij Lambert, Paleckis Justas Vincas, Riis-Jørgensen Karin, Burke Colm, Higgins Jim, Budreikaitė Danutė, Corda Giovanna, Markov Helmuth, Posselt Bernd, McGuinness Mairead, Mitchell Gay, Seppänen Esko, Öger Vural, Crowley Brian, Hutchinson Alain, Rübig Paul, Czarnecki Ryszard, Podimata Anni, Andrikienė Laima Liucija, Papastamkos Georgios, Moraes Claude, Papadimoulis Dimitrios, Gklavakis Ioannis, Ludford Sarah, Panayotopoulos- Cassiotou Marie, Harkin Marian, Goudin Hélène, Toussas Georgios, Ryan Eoin, Aylward Liam, Martin David, Arnaoutakis Stavros, Gill Neena, Ţicău Silvia-Adriana, Raeva Bilyana Ilieva, Medina Ortega Manuel, Evans Robert, Batzeli Katerina, Matsis Yiannakis, Karim Sajjad, Mavrommatis Manolis, Salinas García María Isabel, Vakalis Nikolaos, Bushill-Matthews Philip, Ó Neachtain Seán, Irujo Amezaga Mikel, Kuźmiuk Zbigniew Krzysztof, Trakatellis Antonios, Belet Ivo, Iotova Iliana Malinova, Van Hecke Johan, Pafilis Athanasios, Gaľa Milan, Manolakou Diamanto, Guerreiro Pedro, Leichtfried Jörg, Martin Hans-Peter

8.   Oral questions and written declarations (tabling)

The following documents had been received from Members:

1)

oral questions (Rule 108): — (O-0074/2007) Gianluca Susta, Ignasi Guardans Cambó and Johan Van Hecke, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Robert Sturdy, Tokia Saïfi, Georgios Papastamkos and Vasco Graça Moura, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Erika Mann, Glyn Ford, Kader Arif and Elisa Ferreira, on behalf of the PSE Group, Cristiana Muscardini and Eugenijus Maldeikis, on behalf of the UEN Group, Caroline Lucas and Alain Lipietz, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, to the Commission: Textiles (B6-0383/2007); — (O-0066/2007) Glyn Ford, Giles Chichester, Graham Watson, Arlene McCarthy, Peter Skinner, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Elizabeth Lynne, Sarah Ludford, Toine Manders, David Martin, Glenys Kinnock, Claude Moraes, Erika Mann, Alexandra Dobolyi, Ana Maria Gomes, Robert Evans, Christopher Heaton-Harris, Reino Paasilinna, Marianne Mikko, Stephen Hughes, Stavros Lambrinidis, Malcolm Harbour, Bill Newton Dunn, Catherine Stihler, Sérgio Sousa Pinto, Jan Andersson, Linda McAvan, Luisa Morgantini, Jan Marinus Wiersma, Harlem Désir, Jo Leinen, Zita Gurmai, Caroline Lucas, Brian Simpson, Barbara Weiler, Christel Schaldemose, Neena Gill, Benoît Hamon, Michael Cashman, Udo Bullmann, Corina Creţu and Glenis Willmott, to the Commission: Hotel fire safety (B6-0385/2007); — (O-0072/2007) Paolo Costa, on behalf of the TRAN Committee, to the Commission: Directive 2006/38/EC on charging heavy-goods road vehicles (Eurovignette), Article 11, interim reporting on assessment of inclusion of internal and social costs (B6-0386/2007); — (O-0073/2007) Giuseppe Gargani, on behalf of the JURI Committee, to the Commission: Common frame of reference for European contract law (B6-0387/2007); — (O-0077/2007) Pedro Guerreiro, Jacky Hénin, Roberto Musacchio, Marco Rizzo, Ilda Figueiredo and Helmuth Markov, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, to the Commission: Expiry of the Memorandum of Understanding between the EU and China on imports of certain textile and clothing products (B6-0388/2007);

2)

written declarations for entry in the Register (Rule 116): — Daniel Strož, on the need to resolve fundamental problems in the EU by means of the forms of direct democracy, in particular the referendum (108/2007); — Jules Maaten, on the jail sentence handed down to the Chinese cyber-dissident Yang Maodong (109/2007); — Benoît Hamon, Ana Maria Gomes, Véronique De Keyser and Harlem Désir, on the EU taking over the protection of Ayaan Hirsi Ali (110/2007); — Mary Lou McDonald, Jacek Protasiewicz, Claude Moraes, Gérard Onesta and Jean Marie Beaupuy, on ending street homelessness (111/2007); — Oldřich Vlasák, Miroslav Ouzký, Herbert Reul and Edit Herczog, on the low-carbon energy future (112/2007); — Jo Leinen, Vural Öger and Marek Siwiec, on the proposition of a creation of a Committee of wise men (113/2007); — Urszula Krupa, on ensuring personal data protection in the EU (114/2007); — Urszula Krupa, on discrimination against the Torun College for Social and Media Studies (115/2007); — Urszula Krupa, on respect for human dignity and journalistic ethics in the European Union (116/2007).

9.   Petitions

The following petitions, which had been entered in the register on the dates shown below, had been forwarded to the committee responsible pursuant to Rule 191(5):

03.12.2007

Tsveta Hristova (Coalition ‘for Nature in Bulgaria’ — Ecologist (Коалиция ‘За да остане природа в България’)) (1082/2007)

Kurt Möbus (1083/2007)

Bernhard Schick (1084/2007)

Axel Bandow (1085/2007)

Elisabeth Liakopoulou (1086/2007)

Oisin Jones-Dillon (1087/2007)

(name confidential) (1088/2007)

Gábor Egri (Association for the Roman Bank) (3 600 signatures) (1089/2007)

Dimitrinka Staikova (1090/2007)

Seamus Feeney (1091/2007)

Joan O'Sullivan (6 signatures) (1092/2007)

(name confidential) (1093/2007)

(name confidential) (1094/2007)

Hans Müller (Sandkorn) (1095/2007)

Anne Iurascu (1096/2007)

Wanda Novicka (Astra Network — Federation for Women and Family Planning) (8 signatures) (1097/2007)

Juan Antonio Carrasco Ragel (Asociación Gaditana para la Defensa y el Estudio de la Naturaleza) (8 signatures) (1098/2007)

Yosheba Sainz de la Higuera y Gartzia (1099/2007)

Catalina Rodríguez Lahoz (1100/2007)

Ángeles Negre Cuevas (1101/2007)

(name confidential) (8 signatures) (1102/2007)

Laurent Hermoye (Association pour la Défense des Droits des Médecins en formation (ADDMF)) (1103/2007)

Alain Larralde (Association pour la sérénité à la Campagne) (17 signatures) (1104/2007)

(name confidential) (8 signatures) (1105/2007)

David Ojeda Caicedo (1106/2007)

Germano Bertolino (1107/2007)

Andrea Bucci (1108/2007)

Michel Brams (1109/2007)

Theo Lathouwers (1110/2007)

Maria Przybylska (1111/2007)

Robert Szarfenberg (1112/2007)

Kamil Gardocki (1113/2007)

José Sampaio (1114/2007)

Sándor Hadnagy (1115/2007)

Sebastian Viorel (1116/2007)

Stephanie Johanna Goldbach (1117/2007)

Wolfgang Friedrich Dahm (1118/2007)

Norbert Höfs (1119/2007)

Thomas Weigelt (1120/2007)

(name confidential) (1121/2007)

Rudolf Bichler (1122/2007)

Karl-Friedrich Lentze (1123/2007)

Gerold Ewald (Danziger Exilregierung) (1124/2007)

Jovanka Jusic (1125/2007)

Stelian Ciuciu (1126/2007)

Gregor Fister (1127/2007)

Rainer Sander (Carcentro S.L.) (1128/2007)

Beata Monika Pokrzeptowicz-Meyer (1129/2007)

Peter Ausborn (1130/2007)

Achim Alex (1131/2007)

Petros Kazias (1132/2007)

Adam Augustyn (1133/2007)

Salva Piera (1134/2007)

Romana Sodotovicova (1135/2007)

Heinz-Peter Schepputat (1136/2007)

(name confidential) (1137/2007)

Mark Kerwin (1138/2007)

José María Martínez Fagoaga (1139/2007)

José Manuel Ruiz Álvarez (1140/2007)

Juan Manuel Fajardo Recouso (Agrupación comarcal de Izquierda Unida Arousa) (2 signatures) (1141/2007)

(Colegio Fray Pedro de Aguado A.M.P.A.) (1142/2007)

Jesús Carlos Marruecos Huete (1143/2007)

Jean François Guiheneuf (1144/2007)

Alain Vermeulen (General Menuiserie Sprl) (1145/2007)

(name confidential) (1146/2007)

(name confidential) (1147/2007)

Flavio Miccono (I.P.A.) (1148/2007)

Simone Curini (2 signatures) (1149/2007)

Andrea Gaffuri (1150/2007)

Dino Pasquali (1151/2007)

Eliana Lentisco (1152/2007)

Hans Super (1153/2007)

Janina Rebkowska-Vrouwenvelder (1154/2007)

Monika Orzechowska (Nieformalna Grupa Inicjatywna ‘Fosfi’) (2 signatures) (1155/2007)

Eva-Maria Weides (Naturschutzjugend des NABU) (60 signatures) (1156/2007)

(name confidential) (60 signatures) (1157/2007)

Jiri Pik (1158/2007)

Dionisie Buzogany (Asociaţia Foştilor Militari Constructori) (1159/2007)

Denis O'Hare (1160/2007)

Rafael Gomez (Organic and Organomineral Fertiliser Association (FOMA)) (1161/2007)

Markos Manchado Mateos (1162/2007)

Damien Martin (1163/2007)

Caterina Caloisi (1164/2007)

Paolo Pollini (1165/2007)

(name confidential) (1166/2007)

Adrian Stefan Iurascu (Romanian Civic Forum (Forumul Civic Romanesc)) (1167/2007).

04.12.2007

Günther Dauwen (European Free Alliance) (10 signatures) (1168/2007)

Klaus Zimmer (1169/2007)

Peter Ulbrich (2 signatures) (1170/2007)

Wolfram Arlt (1171/2007)

Hans-Peter Schneider (1172/2007)

Christian Hagemann (1173/2007)

Guido Debye (1174/2007)

Gerhard Brenner (1175/2007)

Jochen Sommer (Sommer Motorradtechnik) (1176/2007)

Maura Griffin (1177/2007)

Mark De'Ath (Amenity Forum) (80 signatures) (1178/2007)

Louise Anne Pulis (1179/2007)

Pat Grant (2 signatures) (1180/2007)

Frank Doyle (12 signatures) (1181/2007)

Steven Morris (2 signatures) (1182/2007)

Mary Wall (1183/2007)

Grace Kinirons (Nutritional Therapists of Ireland) (1184/2007)

Ewaen Fred Ogieriakhi (1185/2007)

Michael Cain (1186/2007)

Beatrice Laloux (Union Internationale de la propriété immobilière) (2 signatures) (1187/2007)

Paula May Gladys Douglas (1188/2007)

Matthias Verbeke (Bringing Peace Together) (1189/2007).

05.12.2007

Mark Sugrue (1190/2007)

John Browne (1191/2007)

Ann Kelly (1192/2007)

Thomas Doyle (1193/2007)

Elizabieta Whomsley (1194/2007)

Kurt Heidenreich (1195/2007)

Jürgen Reinke (1196/2007)

Diethelm Grass (1197/2007)

(name confidential) (1198/2007)

Kumar Mitra-Endres (1199/2007)

(name confidential) (1200/2007)

Giorgio Bortini (1201/2007)

Michael Wenner (1202/2007)

Karl-Enno Doehnel (1203/2007)

Ralf Gerhardt (1204/2007)

(name confidential) (1205/2007)

Paulo Jorge Frade Parreira (1206/2007)

(name confidential) (1207/2007)

Wilfried Meyer (1208/2007)

René Brungs (1209/2007)

Anka Dörnfeld (1210/2007)

Christian Dirk Ludwig (1211/2007)

Alexander Weimann (1212/2007)

Horst Steinicke (1213/2007)

Alireza Shahbazi (Iranian National Civil Resistance and Disobedience) (1214/2007)

Desmond Fitzgerald (9 signatures) (1215/2007)

Nigel Beckwith (1216/2007)

Janusz Wilczynski (2 signatures) (1217/2007)

(name confidential) (4 signatures) (1218/2007)

Milan Reska (1219/2007)

Henry Price (1220/2007)

Sakthi Sathivel (1221/2007)

Ralph Ellis (1222/2007)

Marc Wisbey (1223/2007)

Brian Heath (1224/2007)

Henrik Ladefoged (1225/2007).

10.   Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council

The Council had forwarded certified true copies of the following:

—	protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Arab Republic of Egypt, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union,

—	protocol to the Agreement on Cooperation and Customs Union between the European Economic Community and the Republic of San Marino, regarding the participation, as contracting parties, of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania, following their accession to the European Union,

—	agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Community and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan amending the EC-Jordan Association Agreement.

11.   Lapsed written declarations

In accordance with Rule 116(5), written declarations 71, 72, 73, 74, 76 and 77/2007 lapsed as they had not obtained the required number of signatures.

12.   Request for urgent procedure

Council request for the application of urgent procedure (Rule 134) for:

—	the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 21/2004 as regards the date of introduction of electronic identification for ovine and caprine animals [COM(2007)0710 — C6-0448/2007 — 2007/0244(CNS)]

Reason for request:

The Commission report indicated that it was no longer possible to confirm the mandatory date of 1 January 2008 laid down in the regulation. Urgent procedure had been requested because an amendment to the proposal would need to be adopted by 1 January 2008 for the sake of legal certainty.

Parliament would take a decision on the request for urgent procedure at the beginning of the following day's sitting.

13.   Fight against terrorism (motions for resolutions tabled)

The debate had been held on 05.09.2007(Minutes of 05.09.2007, Item 2).

Motion for a resolution to wind up the debate tabled pursuant to Rule 108(5):

—	Jean-Marie Cavada, on behalf of the LIBE Committee, on the fight against terrorism (B6-0514/2007)

Vote: Minutes of 12.12.2007, Item 3.13.

14.   Order of business

The next item was the order of business.

The final draft agenda for the December 2007 sittings had been distributed (PE 398.771/PDOJ) and no changes had been proposed.

The order of business was thus established.

15.   One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Pursuant to Rule 144, the following Members who wished to draw the attention of Parliament to matters of political importance spoke for one minute:

Georgios Papastamkos, András Gyürk, Antonio Masip Hidalgo, Inés Ayala Sender, Metin Kazak, Zdzisław Zbigniew Podkański, Milan Horáček, Willy Meyer Pleite, Gerard Batten, Monica Maria Iacob-Ridzi, Justas Vincas Paleckis, Toomas Savi, Ryszard Czarnecki, Gisela Kallenbach, Kyriacos Triantaphyllides, Pál Schmitt, Maria Eleni Koppa, Zsolt László Becsey, Marianne Mikko, Emmanouil Angelakas, Marios Matsakis, Hanna Foltyn-Kubicka, Mairead McGuinness, Silvia-Adriana Ţicău, Zita Pleštinská, Richard Corbett, Ljudmila Novak, Viktória Mohácsi, Mieczysław Edmund Janowski, Milan Gaľa and Jörg Leichtfried.

IN THE CHAIR: Manuel António dos SANTOS

Vice-President

The following spoke: Ján Hudacký, Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Dushana Zdravkova, Péter Olajos, Nickolay Mladenov, Edit Bauer, Tunne Kelam, Czesław Adam Siekierski, Eluned Morgan, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Jacky Hénin, Ioan Mircea Paşcu and Manolis Mavrommatis.

16.   Protection and conservation of the marine environment: Marine Strategy Directive ***II (debate)

Recommendation for second reading on the common position adopted by the Council on 23 July 2007 with a view to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Framework for Community Action in the field of Marine Environmental Policy (Marine Strategy Framework Directive) [09388/2/2007 — C6-0261/2007 — 2005/0211(COD)] — Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety.

Rapporteur: Marie-Noëlle Lienemann (A6-0389/2007)

Marie-Noëlle Lienemann introduced the recommendation for second reading.

The following spoke: Charlie McCreevy (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Eija-Riitta Korhola, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Justas Vincas Paleckis, on behalf of the PSE Group, Adamos Adamou, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Ioannis Gklavakis, Inger Segelström, Georgios Toussas, Andres Tarand, Daciana Octavia Sârbu and Charlie McCreevy.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 11.12.2007, Item 9.18.

17.   Air pollution: ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe ***II (debate)

Recommendation for second reading on the common position adopted by the Council on 25 June 2007 with a view to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe [16477/1/2006 — C6-0260/2007 — 2005/0183(COD)] — Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety.

Rapporteur: Holger Krahmer (A6-0398/2007)

Holger Krahmer introduced the recommendation for second reading.

The following spoke: Charlie McCreevy (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Anja Weisgerber, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group.

IN THE CHAIR: Marek SIWIEC

Vice-President

The following spoke: Dorette Corbey, on behalf of the PSE Group, Marios Matsakis, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Mieczysław Edmund Janowski, on behalf of the UEN Group, Marie Anne Isler Béguin, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Dimitrios Papadimoulis, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Bastiaan Belder, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Andreas Mölzer, Non-attached Member, Péter Olajos, Justas Vincas Paleckis, Zdzisław Zbigniew Podkański, Hiltrud Breyer, Jaromír Kohlíček, Françoise Grossetête, Silvia-Adriana Ţicău, Leopold Józef Rutowicz, Richard Seeber, Lambert van Nistelrooij and Charlie McCreevy.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 11.12.2007, Item 9.19.

18.   Population and housing censuses ***I (debate)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on population and housing censuses [COM(2007)0069 — C6-0078/2007 — 2007/0032(COD)] — Committee on Employment and Social Affairs.

Rapporteur: Ona Juknevičienė (A6-0471/2007)

The following spoke: Meglena Kuneva (Member of the Commission).

Ona Juknevičienė introduced the report.

The following spoke: José Albino Silva Peneda, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Emanuel Jardim Fernandes, on behalf of the PSE Group, Ewa Tomaszewska, on behalf of the UEN Group, Elisabeth Schroedter, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Jiří Maštálka, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Derek Roland Clark, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, and Andreas Mölzer, Non-attached Member.

IN THE CHAIR: Edward McMILLAN-SCOTT

Vice-President

The following spoke: Jan Březina, Silvia-Adriana Ţicău, Kathy Sinnott, Lambert van Nistelrooij, Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Ljudmila Novak, Miroslav Mikolášik and Meglena Kuneva.

The debate closed.

Vote: at a later part-session.

19.   Toy safety (debate)

Commission statement: Toy safety

Meglena Kuneva (Member of the Commission) made the statement.

The following spoke: Marianne Thyssen, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Evelyne Gebhardt, on behalf of the PSE Group, Marios Matsakis, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Roberta Angelilli, on behalf of the UEN Group, Hiltrud Breyer, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Eva-Britt Svensson, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Malcolm Harbour, Arlene McCarthy, Zbigniew Krzysztof Kuźmiuk, Heide Rühle, Iliana Malinova Iotova, Vicente Miguel Garcés Ramón and Meglena Kuneva.

The debate closed.

20.   Fire safety in hotels (debate)

Oral question (O-0066/2007) by Glyn Ford, Giles Chichester, Graham Watson, Arlene McCarthy, Peter Skinner, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Elizabeth Lynne, Sarah Ludford, Toine Manders, David Martin, Glenys Kinnock, Claude Moraes, Erika Mann, Alexandra Dobolyi, Ana Maria Gomes, Robert Evans, Christopher Heaton-Harris, Reino Paasilinna, Marianne Mikko, Stephen Hughes, Stavros Lambrinidis, Malcolm Harbour, Bill Newton Dunn, Catherine Stihler, Sérgio Sousa Pinto, Jan Andersson, Linda McAvan, Luisa Morgantini, Jan Marinus Wiersma, Harlem Désir, Jo Leinen, Zita Gurmai, Caroline Lucas, Brian Simpson, Barbara Weiler, Christel Schaldemose, Neena Gill, Benoît Hamon, Michael Cashman, Udo Bullmann, Corina Creţu and Glenis Willmott, to the Commission: Hotel fire safety (B6-0385/2007)

Glyn Ford moved the oral question.

IN THE CHAIR: Gérard ONESTA

Vice-President

Meglena Kuneva (Member of the Commission) answered the oral question.

The following spoke: Malcolm Harbour, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Arlene McCarthy, on behalf of the PSE Group, Wolfgang Bulfon, Linda McAvan and Meglena Kuneva.

The debate closed.

21.   European contract law (debate)

Oral question (O-0073/2007) by Giuseppe Gargani, on behalf of the JURI Committee, to the Commission: Common frame of reference for European contract law (B6-0387/2007)

Rainer Wieland moved the oral question.

Meglena Kuneva (Member of the Commission) answered the oral question.

The following spoke: Klaus-Heiner Lehne, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Manuel Medina Ortega, on behalf of the PSE Group, Diana Wallis, on behalf of the ALDE Group, and Meglena Kuneva.

Motion for a resolution to wind up the debate tabled pursuant to Rule 108(5):

—	Giuseppe Gargani, on behalf of the JURI Committee, on European contract law (B6-0513/2007)

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 12.12.2007, Item 6.3.

22.   Tenth anniversary of the mine ban treaty (Ottawa Convention) (debate)

Commission statement: Tenth anniversary of the mine ban treaty (Ottawa Convention)

Meglena Kuneva (Member of the Commission) made the statement.

The following spoke: Stefano Zappalà, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Ana Maria Gomes, on behalf of the PSE Group, Marios Matsakis, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Ģirts Valdis Kristovskis, on behalf of the UEN Group, Angelika Beer, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Tobias Pflüger, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Geoffrey Van Orden, Thijs Berman, Meglena Kuneva and Marios Matsakis, who deplored the absence of the Council at the last three debates (the President took note of this).

As the motions for a resolution tabled were not yet available, they would be announced in the House at a later time.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 13.12.2007, Item 6.7.

23.   Agenda for next sitting

The agenda for the next day's sitting had been established (‘Agenda’ PE 398.771/OJMA).

24.   Closure of the sitting

The sitting closed at 22.20.

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EN

Official Journal of the European Union

CE 323/21

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MINUTES

(2008/C 323 E/02)

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

IN THE CHAIR: Miguel Ángel MARTÍNEZ MARTÍNEZ

Vice-President

1.   Opening of sitting

The sitting opened at 09.05.

2.   Decision on urgent procedure

Council request for the application of urgent procedure (Rule 134) for:

—

the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 21/2004 as regards the date of introduction of electronic identification for ovine and caprine animals [COM(2007)0710 — C6-0448/2007 — 2007/0244(CNS)] — Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development. Rapporteur: Friedrich-Wilhelm Graefe zu Baringdorf (A6-0501/2007)

The following spoke: Friedrich-Wilhelm Graefe zu Baringdorf (rapporteur), on behalf of the AGRI Committee.

The request for urgent procedure was approved.

The item was added to the agenda for the sitting of Wednesday 12.12.2007.

Vote: Minutes of 13.12.2007, Item 6.5.

3.   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:

I.

EASTERN CHAD — Ryszard Czarnecki, Adam Bielan, Ewa Tomaszewska, Hanna Foltyn-Kubicka, Eugenijus Maldeikis, Ģirts Valdis Kristovskis and Mieczysław Edmund Janowski, on behalf of the UEN Group, on recent unrest in Eastern Chad and the urgency of the deployment of EUFOR CHAD/CAR (B6-0527/2007); — Tobias Pflüger, Mary Lou McDonald, Willy Meyer Pleite and Marco Rizzo, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on recent unrest in Eastern Chad (B6-0529/2007); — Colm Burke, Charles Tannock, Laima Liucija Andrikienė, Bernd Posselt and Eija-Riitta Korhola, on recent unrest in Eastern Chad and the urgency of the development of EUFOR CHAD/CAR (B6-0533/2007); — Pasqualina Napoletano, Marie-Arlette Carlotti, Ana Maria Gomes, Alain Hutchinson, Glenys Kinnock and Josep Borrell Fontelles, on behalf of the PSE Group, on recent unrest in Eastern Chad and the urgency of the deployment of EUFOR CHAD/CAR (B6-0535/2007); — Thierry Cornillet and Marios Matsakis, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on recent unrest in Eastern Chad and the urgency of the deployment of EUFOR CHAD/CAR (B6-0536/2007); — Raül Romeva i Rueda and Marie Anne Isler Béguin, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on Eastern Chad (B6-0541/2007);

II.

WOMEN'S RIGHTS IN SAUDI ARABIA — Roberta Angelilli, Mogens N.J. Camre, Adam Bielan, Ryszard Czarnecki, Gintaras Didžiokas and Brian Crowley, on behalf of the UEN Group, on women's rights in Saudi Arabia (B6-0526/2007); — Eva-Britt Svensson, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on women's rights in Saudi Arabia (B6-0530/2007); — Avril Doyle, Charles Tannock, Laima Liucija Andrikienė, Bernd Posselt, Eija-Riitta Korhola and Colm Burke, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on women's rights in Saudi Arabia (B6-0534/2007); — Marios Matsakis, Karin Riis-Jørgensen and Frédérique Ries, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on women's rights in Saudi Arabia (B6-0537/2007); — Raül Romeva i Rueda, Hiltrud Breyer and Jill Evans, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on Saudi Arabia (B6-0539/2007); — Pasqualina Napoletano, Lilli Gruber, Ana Maria Gomes and Elena Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, on behalf of the PSE Group, on women's rights in Saudi Arabia (B6-0540/2007);

III.

JUSTICE FOR ‘COMFORT WOMEN’ — Jean Lambert, Raül Romeva i Rueda and Hiltrud Breyer, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on comfort women (B6-0525/2007); — Eva-Britt Svensson, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on comfort women (B6-0528/2007); — Konrad Szymański, Wojciech Roszkowski, Ryszard Czarnecki, Ewa Tomaszewska and Brian Crowley, on behalf of the UEN Group, on comfort women (B6-0531/2007); — Sophia in 't Veld and Marios Matsakis, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on comfort women (B6-0538/2007).

Speaking time would be allocated in accordance with Rule 142.

4.   Commission legislative and work programme for 2008 (motions for resolutions tabled)

The debate had been held on 13.11.2007(Minutes of 13.11.2007, Item 4).

—	Hartmut Nassauer and Joseph Daul, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on the Commission Legislative and Work Programme 2008 (B6-0500/2007);

—	Pierre Jonckheer, Monica Frassoni and Daniel Cohn-Bendit, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the Commission's Legislative and Work Programme for 2008 (B6-0501/2007);

—	Martin Schulz and Hannes Swoboda, on behalf of the PSE Group, on the Commission's Legislative and Work Programme for 2008 (B6-0502/2007);

—	Silvana Koch-Mehrin, Diana Wallis and Graham Watson, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the Commission's Legislative and Work Programme for 2008 (B6-0504/2007);

—

Brian Crowley, Cristiana Muscardini, Adam Bielan, Guntars Krasts, Gintaras Didžiokas, Roberta Angelilli, Janusz Wojciechowski, Ryszard Czarnecki, Konrad Szymański, Mieczysław Edmund Janowski and Mario Borghezio, on behalf of the UEN Group, on the Commission Legislative and Work Programme for 2008 (B6-0506/2007);

—	Francis Wurtz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the Commission Legislative and Work Programme 2008 (B6-0508/2007).

Vote: Minutes of 12.12.2007, Item 6.1.

5.   Economic Partnership Agreements (motions for resolutions tabled)

The debate had been held on 28.11.2007(Minutes of 28.11.2007, Item 17).

Motions for resolutions to wind up the debate tabled pursuant to Rule 103(2):

—	Robert Sturdy and Maria Martens, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on Economic Partnerships Agreements (B6-0497/2007);

—

Harlem Désir and Pasqualina Napoletano, on behalf of the PSE Group, Helmuth Markov, Vittorio Agnoletto, Luisa Morgantini, Jens Holm, Gabriele Zimmer and Miguel Portas, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Frithjof Schmidt, Marie-Hélène Aubert, Carl Schlyter and Raül Romeva i Rueda, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on Economic Partnership Agreements (B6-0498/2007);

—	Gianluca Susta, Thierry Cornillet and Danutė Budreikaitė, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on Economic Partnership Agreements (B6-0499/2007);

—	Cristiana Muscardini, Ryszard Czarnecki, Adam Bielan and Janusz Wojciechowski, on behalf of the UEN Group, on Economic Partnership Agreements (B6-0511/2007).

These motions for resolutions replaced motions for resolutions B6-0486/2007, B6-0488/2007, B6-0489/2007 and B6-0491/2007, which had been withdrawn.

Vote: Minutes of 12.12.2007, Item 6.2.

6.   Documents received

The following documents had been received:

1)

from the Council and Commission: — Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the installation of lighting and light-signalling devices on two or three-wheel motor vehicles (Codified version) (COM(2007)0768 — C6-0449/2007 — 2007/0270(COD)) referred to responsible: JURI — Proposal for a Council regulation on the protection of vulnerable marine ecosystems in the high seas from the adverse impacts of bottom fishing gears (COM(2007)0605 — C6-0453/2007 — 2007/0224(CNS)) referred to responsible: PECH   opinion: ENVI — Proposal for a Council regulation establishing a Community system to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (COM(2007)0602 — C6-0454/2007 — 2007/0223(CNS)) referred to responsible: PECH   opinion: DEVE, ENVI, INTA — Proposal for a Council and Commission decision on the conclusion of the stabilisation and association agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Montenegro, of the other part (11568/2007 — C6-0463/2007 — 2007/0123(AVC)) referred to responsible: AFET   opinion: INTA — Proposal for a Council framework decision on the use of Passenger Name Record (PNR) for law enforcement purposes (COM(2007)0654 — C6-0465/2007 — 2007/0237(CNS)) referred to responsible: LIBE   opinion: AFET, TRAN — Proposal for a Council framework decision amending Framework Decision 2002/475/JHA on combating terrorism (COM(2007)0650 — C6-0466/2007 — 2007/0236(CNS)) referred to responsible: LIBE   opinion: AFET, JURI

2)

from committees: 2.1) reports: — ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending the Common Consular Instructions on visas for diplomatic missions and consular posts in relation to the introduction of biometrics including provisions on the organisation of the reception and processing of visa applications (COM(2006)0269 — C6-0166/2006 — 2006/0088(COD)) — LIBE Committee. Rapporteur: Baroness Sarah Ludford (A6-0459/2007) — Report on the Commission's 23rd Annual report on monitoring the application of Community law (2005) (2006/2271(INI)) — JURI Committee. Rapporteur: Monica Frassoni (A6-0462/2007) — *** Recommendation on the proposal for a Council and Commission decision on the conclusion of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Montenegro, of the other part (11568/2007 — C6-0463/2007 — 2007/0123(AVC)) — AFET Committee. Rapporteur: Marcello Vernola (A6-0498/2007) — Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Mobilisation of the Flexibility Instrument (COM(2007)0786 — C6-0450/2007 — 2007/2273(ACI)) — BUDG Committee. Rapporteur: Reimer Böge (A6-0499/2007) — Report on the amended proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 on budgetary discipline and sound financial management as regards the multiannual financial framework (COM(2007)0783 — C6-0321/2007 — 2007/2213(ACI)) — BUDG Committee. Rapporteur: Reimer Böge (A6-0500/2007) — * Report on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 21/2004 as regards the date of introduction of electronic identification for ovine and caprine animals (COM(2007)0710 — C6-0448/2007 — 2007/0244(CNS)) — AGRI Committee. Rapporteur: Friedrich-Wilhelm Graefe zu Baringdorf (A6-0501/2007)

3)	from Members: 3.1) motions for resolutions (Rule 113): — Jana Bobošíková. Motion for a resolution on the need for the Lisbon Reform Treaty to be ratified by means of a referendum (B6-0430/2007) referred to responsible: AFCO

7.   Common organisation of the market in wine * (debate)

Report on the proposal for a Council regulation on the common organisation of the market in wine and amending certain regulations [COM(2007)0372 — C6-0254/2007 — 2007/0138(CNS)] — Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development.

Rapporteur: Giuseppe Castiglione (A6-0477/2007)

The following spoke: Mariann Fischer Boel (Member of the Commission).

Giuseppe Castiglione introduced the report.

The following spoke: Elisabeth Jeggle, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Katerina Batzeli, on behalf of the PSE Group, Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Sergio Berlato, on behalf of the UEN Group, Friedrich-Wilhelm Graefe zu Baringdorf, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Vincenzo Aita, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Vladimír Železný, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Peter Baco, Non-attached Member, Esther Herranz García, Luis Manuel Capoulas Santos, Donato Tommaso Veraldi, Andrzej Tomasz Zapałowski, Marie-Hélène Aubert, Ilda Figueiredo, Jean-Claude Martinez, Agnes Schierhuber, Rosa Miguélez Ramos, Anne Laperrouze, Mikel Irujo Amezaga, Diamanto Manolakou and Dimitar Stoyanov.

IN THE CHAIR: Luisa MORGANTINI

Vice-President

The following spoke: Ioannis Gklavakis, Vincenzo Lavarra, Olle Schmidt, Adamos Adamou, Struan Stevenson, Gilles Savary, Astrid Lulling, Bogdan Golik, Béla Glattfelder, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Czesław Adam Siekierski, Christa Prets, Oldřich Vlasák, Gábor Harangozó, Zita Pleštinská, Christine De Veyrac and Mariann Fischer Boel.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 12.12.2007, Item 3.11.

8.   CAP: common rules for direct support schemes and certain support schemes for farmers and support for rural development * (debate)

Report on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers and Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) [COM(2007)0484 — C6-0283/2007 — 2007/0177(CNS)] — Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development.

Rapporteur: Jan Mulder (A6-0470/2007)

The following spoke: Mariann Fischer Boel (Member of the Commission).

Jan Mulder introduced the report.

The following spoke: Mairead McGuinness, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Bernadette Bourzai, on behalf of the PSE Group, Nathalie Griesbeck, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Janusz Wojciechowski, on behalf of the UEN Group, Friedrich-Wilhelm Graefe zu Baringdorf, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Jacky Hénin, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Jeffrey Titford, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Jim Allister, Non-attached Member, James Nicholson, Francesco Ferrari, Seán Ó Neachtain, Maria Petre, Czesław Adam Siekierski and Mariann Fischer Boel.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 11.12.2007, Item 9.21.

(The sitting was suspended at 11.25 pending voting time and resumed at 11.30.)

IN THE CHAIR: Martine ROURE

Vice-President

9.   Voting time

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

9.1.   EC-Morocco agreement: air services, protocol following the accession of Bulgaria and Romania * (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of a Protocol amending the Agreement between the European Community and the Kingdom of Morocco on certain aspects of air services in order to take account of the accession to the European Union of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania [COM(2007)0497 — C6-0329/2007 — 2007/0183(CNS)] — Committee on Transport and Tourism.

Rapporteur: Paolo Costa (A6-0457/2007)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 1)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2007)0578)

9.2.   EC-Georgia, Lebanon, Maldives, Moldova, Singapore and Uruguay Agreements: Protocols amending the agreements on certain aspects of air services following the accession of Bulgaria and Romania * (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of Protocols amending the Agreements on certain aspects of air services between the European Community and

—	the Government of Georgia,

—	the Republic of Lebanon,

—	the Republic of Maldives,

—	the Republic of Moldova,

—	the Government of the Republic of Singapore and

—	the Oriental Republic of Uruguay

to take account of the accession to the European Union of the Republic of Bulgaria and the Republic of Romania [COM(2007)0366 — C6-0265/2007 — 2007/0125(CNS)] — Committee on Transport and Tourism.

Rapporteur: Paolo Costa (A6-0456/2007)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 2)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2007)0579)

9.3.   Rural development: adapting Annex VIII to the Act of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania * (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council decision adapting Annex VIII to the Act of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania [COM(2007)0594 — C6-0405/2007 — 2007/0217(CNS)] — Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development.

Rapporteur: Neil Parish (A6-0455/2007)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 3)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2007)0580)

9.4.   Monitoring of exports of agricultural products receiving refunds or other amounts * (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 386/90 on the monitoring carried out at the time of export of agricultural products receiving refunds or other amounts [COM(2007)0489 — C6-0282/2007 — 2007/0178(CNS)] — Committee on Budgetary Control.

Rapporteur: Herbert Bösch (A6-0478/2007)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 4)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2007)0581)

9.5.   Wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors: coupling device and reverse (codified version) ***I (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the coupling device and the reverse of wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (codified version) [COM(2007)0319 — C6-0175/2007 — 2007/0117(COD)] — Committee on Legal Affairs.

Rapporteur: Hans-Peter Mayer (A6-0474/2007)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 5)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2007)0582)

9.6.   Non-automatic weighing instruments (codified version) ***I (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on non-automatic weighing instruments (codified version) [COM(2007)0446 — C6-0241/2007 — 2007/0164(COD)] — Committee on Legal Affairs.

Rapporteur: Hans-Peter Mayer (A6-0473/2007)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 6)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2007)0583)

9.7.   Radioactive contamination of foodstuffs and of feedingstuffs * (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council regulation (Euratom) laying down maximum permitted levels of radioactive contamination of foodstuffs and of feedingstuffs following a nuclear accident or any other case of radiological emergency (codified version) [COM(2007)0302 — C6-0205/2007 — 2007/0103(CNS)] — Committee on Legal Affairs.

Rapporteur: Hans-Peter Mayer (A6-0475/2007)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 7)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2007)0584)

9.8.   Minimum standards for the protection of calves (codified version) * (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council directive laying down minimum standards for the protection of calves (codified version) [COM(2006)0258 — C6-0200/2006 — 2006/0097(CNS)] — Committee on Legal Affairs.

Rapporteur: Francesco Enrico Speroni (A6-0476/2007)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 8)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2007)0585)

9.9.   Marketing of fruit plant propagating material and fruit plants intended for fruit production * (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council directive on the marketing of fruit plant propagating material and fruit plants intended for fruit production (Recast version) [COM(2007)0031 — C6-0093/2007 — 2007/0014(CNS)] — Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development.

Rapporteur: Ioannis Gklavakis (A6-0480/2007)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 9)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL, AMENDMENTS and DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Ioannis Gklavakis (rapporteur) made a statement pursuant to Rule 131(4).

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2007)0586)

9.10.   Temporary provisions concerning VAT rates * (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council directive amending Directive 2006/112/EC with regard to certain temporary provisions concerning rates of value added tax [COM(2007)0381 — C6-0253/2007 — 2007/0136(CNS)] — Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.

Rapporteur: Ieke van den Burg (A6-0469/2007)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 10)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL, AMENDMENTS and DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Pervenche Berès (chairwoman of the ECON Committee) made a statement pursuant to Rule 131(4).

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2007)0587)

9.11.   The Artemis Joint Undertaking * (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council regulation on the establishment of the Artemis Joint Undertaking to implement a Joint Technology Initiative in Embedded Computing Systems [COM(2007)0243 — C6-0172/2007 — 2007/0088(CNS)] — Committee on Industry, Research and Energy.

Rapporteur: Gianni De Michelis (A6-0484/2007)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 11)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL, AMENDMENTS and DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2007)0588)

9.12.   The ENIAC Joint Undertaking * (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council regulation setting up the ‘ENIAC Joint Undertaking’ [COM(2007)0356 — C6-0275/2007 — 2007/0122(CNS)] — Committee on Industry, Research and Energy.

Rapporteur: Nikolaos Vakalis (A6-0486/2007)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 12)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL, AMENDMENTS and DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2007)0589)

9.13.   The Innovative Medicines Initiative Joint Undertaking * (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council regulation setting up the Innovative Medicines Initiative Joint Undertaking [COM(2007)0241 — C6-0171/2007 — 2007/0089(CNS)] — Committee on Industry, Research and Energy.

Rapporteur: Françoise Grossetête (A6-0479/2007)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 13)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL, AMENDMENTS and DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2007)0590)

9.14.   The Clean Sky Joint Undertaking * (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council regulation setting up the CLEAN SKY joint undertaking [COM(2007)0315 — C6-0226/2007 — 2007/0118(CNS)] — Committee on Industry, Research and Energy.

Rapporteur: Lena Ek (A6-0483/2007)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 14)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL, AMENDMENTS and DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2007)0591)

9.15.   Green Paper: Diplomatic and consular protection of Union citizens (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the Green Paper: Diplomatic and consular protection of Union citizens in third countries [2007/2196(INI)] — Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.

Rapporteur: Ioannis Varvitsiotis (A6-0454/2007)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 15)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Ioannis Varvitsiotis (rapporteur) made a statement pursuant to Rule 131(4).

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2007)0592)

9.16.   Draft amending budget No 7/2007 (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on Draft amending budget No 7/2007 of the European Union for the financial year 2007 [15715/2007 — C6-0434/2007 — 2007/2237(BUD)] — Committee on Budgets.

Rapporteur: James Elles (A6-0493/2007)

(Qualified majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 16)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2007)0593)

9.17.   A paperless environment for customs and trade ***II (Rule 131) (vote)

Recommendation for second reading on the common position adopted by the Council with a view to the adoption of a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on a paperless environment for customs and trade [08520/4/2007 — C6-0267/2007 — 2005/0247(COD)] — Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection.

Rapporteur: Christopher Heaton-Harris (A6-0466/2007)

(Qualified majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 17)

COMMON POSITION OF THE COUNCIL

Declared approved (P6_TA(2007)0594)

9.18.   Protection and conservation of the marine environment: Marine Strategy Directive ***II (vote)

Recommendation for second reading on the common position adopted by the Council on 23 July 2007 with a view to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Framework for Community Action in the field of Marine Environmental Policy (Marine Strategy Framework Directive) [09388/2/2007 — C6-0261/2007 — 2005/0211(COD)] — Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety.

Rapporteur: Marie-Noëlle Lienemann (A6-0389/2007)

(Qualified majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 18)

COMMON POSITION OF THE COUNCIL

Declared approved as amended (P6_TA(2007)0595)

9.19.   Air pollution: ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe ***II (vote)

Recommendation for second reading on the common position adopted by the Council on 25 June 2007 with a view to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe [16477/1/2006 — C6-0260/2007 — 2005/0183(COD)] — Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety.

Rapporteur: Holger Krahmer (A6-0398/2007)

(Qualified majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 19)

COMMON POSITION OF THE COUNCIL

Declared approved as amended (P6_TA(2007)0596)

9.20.   The interoperability of the Community rail system (recast) ***I (vote)

Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the interoperability of the Community rail system (recast) [COM(2006)0783 — C6-0474/2006 — 2006/0273(COD)] — Committee on Transport and Tourism.

Rapporteur: Josu Ortuondo Larrea (A6-0345/2007)

The debate had been held on 28.11.2007(Minutes of 28.11.2007, Item 18).

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 20)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P6_TA(2007)0597)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2007)0597)

9.21.   CAP: common rules for direct support schemes and certain support schemes for farmers and support for rural development * (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers and Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) [COM(2007)0484 — C6-0283/2007 — 2007/0177(CNS)] — Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development.

Rapporteur: Jan Mulder (A6-0470/2007)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 21)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P6_TA(2007)0598)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2007)0598)

(The sitting was suspended at 11.50 and resumed at 12.00.)

IN THE CHAIR: Hans-Gert PÖTTERING

President

10.   Award of the Sakharov Prize (Formal sitting)

From 12.00 to 12.30, Parliament held a formal sitting for the award of the Sakharov Prize to Mr Salih Mahmoud Osman, a Sudanese lawyer acting for the victims of the war in Darfur.

IN THE CHAIR: Martine ROURE

Vice-President

11.   Explanations of vote

Written explanations of vote:

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

Oral explanations of vote:

—	Report: Françoise Grossetête — A6-0479/2007: Miroslav Mikolášik and Zuzana Roithová

—	Report: Marie-Noëlle Lienemann — A6-0389/2007: Danutė Budreikaitė

—	Report: Holger Krahmer — A6-0398/2007: Ryszard Czarnecki and Zuzana Roithová

12.   Corrections to votes and voting intentions

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.

Christopher Beazley had informed the Chair that his voting machine had not worked during the vote on the report by Ieke van den Burg — A6-0469/2007.

(The sitting was suspended at 12.40 and resumed at 15.00.)

IN THE CHAIR: Miguel Ángel MARTÍNEZ MARTÍNEZ

Vice-President

13.   Approval of the Minutes of the previous sitting

Ioan Mircea Paşcu, André Laignel and Wolfgang Kreissl-Dörfler had informed the Presidency that they had been present but that their names were not on the attendance register.

The Minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

14.   Draft general budget 2008 as modified by the Council (all sections) (debate)

Report on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2008 as modified by the Council (all sections) (15717/2007 — C6-0436/2007 — 2007/2019(BUD) — 2007/2019B(BUD)) and Letters of amendment Nos 1/2008 (13659/2007 — C6-0341/2007) and 2/2008 (15716/2007 — C6-0435/2007) to the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2008, Section I — European Parliament, Section II — Council, Section III — Commission, Section IV — Court of Justice, Section V — Court of Auditors, Section VI — European Economic and Social Committee, Section VII — Committee of the Regions, Section VIII — European Ombudsman, Section IX — European Data Protection Supervisor — Committee on Budgets.

Co-rapporteurs: Kyösti Virrankoski and Ville Itälä (A6-0492/2007)

Ville Itälä and Kyösti Virrankoski presented the report.

The following spoke: Emanuel Santos (President-in-Office of the Council) and Dalia Grybauskaitė (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Richard James Ashworth, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Catherine Guy-Quint, on behalf of the PSE Group, Anne E. Jensen, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Wiesław Stefan Kuc, on behalf of the UEN Group, Helga Trüpel, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Esko Seppänen, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Nils Lundgren, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Sergej Kozlík, Non-attached Member, Salvador Garriga Polledo, Jutta Haug, Gérard Deprez, Zbigniew Krzysztof Kuźmiuk, Hans-Peter Martin, Reimer Böge, Vladimír Maňka, Nathalie Griesbeck, László Surján, Jan Mulder and Janusz Lewandowski.

IN THE CHAIR: Marek SIWIEC

Vice-President

The following spoke: Ingeborg Gräßle, Monica Maria Iacob-Ridzi, Margaritis Schinas, Simon Busuttil and Emanuel Santos.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 13.12.2007, Item 6.2.

15.   Annual report of the European Union on human rights (debate)

Council and Commission statements: Annual report of the European Union on human rights

Manuel Lobo Antunes (President-in-Office of the Council) and Benita Ferrero-Waldner (Member of the Commission) made the statements.

IN THE CHAIR: Manuel António dos SANTOS

Vice-President

The following spoke: Laima Liucija Andrikienė, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Raimon Obiols i Germà, on behalf of the PSE Group, Sarah Ludford, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Konrad Szymański, on behalf of the UEN Group, Hélène Flautre, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Patrick Louis, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Philip Claeys, Non-attached Member, Ari Vatanen, Józef Pinior, Anneli Jäätteenmäki, Hanna Foltyn- Kubicka, Milan Horáček, Roberta Alma Anastase, Richard Howitt, Ewa Tomaszewska, Ana Maria Gomes, Genowefa Grabowska, Manuel Lobo Antunes and Benita Ferrero-Waldner.

The debate closed.

16.   Second EU-Africa Summit (Lisbon, 8 and 9 December 2007) (debate)

Council and Commission statements: Second EU-Africa Summit (Lisbon, 8 and 9 December 2007)

Manuel Lobo Antunes (President-in-Office of the Council) and Louis Michel (Member of the Commission) made the statements.

The following spoke: Maria Martens, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Josep Borrell Fontelles, on behalf of the PSE Group, Thierry Cornillet, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Eoin Ryan, on behalf of the UEN Group, Marie Anne Isler Béguin, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Luisa Morgantini, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Gerard Batten, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Koenraad Dillen, Non-attached Member, Luís Queiró, Alain Hutchinson, Miguel Portas, Michael Gahler, Glenys Kinnock and Gabriele Zimmer.

IN THE CHAIR: Diana WALLIS

Vice-President

The following spoke: Marie-Arlette Carlotti, Ana Maria Gomes, Manuel Lobo Antunes and Louis Michel.

The debate closed.

17.   Question Time (Commission)

Parliament considered a number of questions to the Commission (B6-0384/2007).

Part one

Question 34 (Lambert van Nistelrooij): Energy — World Trade Organisation.

Günter Verheugen (Vice-President of the Commission) answered the question and supplementaries by Lambert van Nistelrooij, Paul Rübig and Jörg Leichtfried.

Question 35 (Justas Vincas Paleckis): Sustainable urban development model.

Günter Verheugen answered the question and supplementaries by Justas Vincas Paleckis and Reinhard Rack.

Question 36 (Karin Riis-Jørgensen): Net neutrality in the telecom reform package.

Viviane Reding (Member of the Commission) answered the question and supplementaries by Karin Riis-Jørgensen, Malcolm Harbour and Paul Rübig.

Part two

Question 37 (Colm Burke): European Charter for Small Enterprises.

Günter Verheugen answered the question and supplementaries by Colm Burke and Malcolm Harbour.

Question 38 (Jim Higgins): Noise pollution from motor vehicles.

Günter Verheugen answered the question and supplementaries by Jim Higgins, Hubert Pirker and Margarita Starkevičiūtė.

Question 39 would receive a written answer.

Question 40 (Giovanna Corda): Liberalisation of the energy market for the benefit of consumers.

Andris Piebalgs (Member of the Commission) answered the question and supplementaries by Giovanna Corda, Teresa Riera Madurell and Danutė Budreikaitė.

Question 41 lapsed as its author was absent.

Question 42 (Bernd Posselt): Energy cooperation in south-east Europe.

Andris Piebalgs answered the question and supplementaries by Bernd Posselt and Danutė Budreikaitė.

Question 43 (Mairead McGuinness): Ireland's integration into the EU energy market.

Andris Piebalgs answered the question and a supplementary by Jim Higgins (deputising for the author).

Questions 44 to 52 would receive written answers.

Question 53 (Georgios Papastamkos): EU funding of European environmental NGOs.

Andris Piebalgs answered the question and supplementaries by Georgios Papastamkos and Jörg Leichtfried.

Question 54 (Claude Moraes): Waste crime/protection of the environment through criminal law.

Andris Piebalgs answered the question and supplementaries by Claude Moraes and Reinhard Rack.

Question 55 (Dimitrios Papadimoulis): Wastewater treatment plants in Greece.

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

Questions 67 and 83 were inadmissible.

Questions 56 to 66, 68 to 82 and 84 to 90 would receive written answers.

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

Commission Question Time closed.

(The sitting was suspended at 20.10 and resumed at 21.05.)

IN THE CHAIR: Rodi KRATSA-TSAGAROPOULOU

Vice-President

18.   European Aviation Safety Agency ***II (debate)

Recommendation for second reading on the common position adopted by the Council with a view to the adoption of a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules in the field of civil aviation and establishing a European Aviation Safety Agency, and repealing Council Directive 91/670/EEC, Regulation (EC) No 1592/2002 and Directive 2004/36/EC [10537/3/2007 — C6-0353/2007 — 2005/0228(COD)] — Committee on Transport and Tourism.

Rapporteur: Jörg Leichtfried (A6-0482/2007)

Jörg Leichtfried introduced the recommendation for second reading.

The following spoke: Jacques Barrot (Vice-President of the Commission).

The following spoke: Zsolt László Becsey, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Inés Ayala Sender, on behalf of the PSE Group, Arūnas Degutis, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Mieczysław Edmund Janowski, on behalf of the UEN Group, Eva Lichtenberger, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Jaromír Kohlíček, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Philip Bradbourn, Ulrich Stockmann, Kyriacos Triantaphyllides, Reinhard Rack, Silvia-Adriana Ţicău, Timothy Kirkhope and Jacques Barrot.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 12.12.2007, Item 3.8.

19.   Eurovignette (debate)

Oral question (O-0072/2007) by Paolo Costa, on behalf of the TRAN Committee, to the Commission: Directive 2006/38/EC on charging heavy-goods road vehicles (Eurovignette), Article 11, interim reporting on assessment of inclusion of internal and social costs (B6-0386/2007)

Silvia-Adriana Ţicău (deputising for the author) moved the oral question.

Jacques Barrot (Vice-President of the Commission) answered the oral question.

The following spoke: Georg Jarzembowski, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Ulrich Stockmann, on behalf of the PSE Group, Eva Lichtenberger, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Reinhard Rack, Inés Ayala Sender, Jörg Leichtfried and Jacques Barrot.

The debate closed.

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The following spoke: Jörg Leichtfried, on the interpretation.

20.   Information provision and promotion measures for agricultural products * (debate)

Report on the proposal for a Council regulation on information provision and promotion measures for agricultural products on the internal market and in third countries [COM(2007)0268 — C6-0203/2007 — 2007/0095(CNS)] — Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development.

Rapporteur: Bogdan Golik (A6-0461/2007)

The following spoke: Mariann Fischer Boel (Member of the Commission).

Bogdan Golik introduced the report.

IN THE CHAIR: Luisa MORGANTINI

Vice-President

The following spoke: Pilar Ayuso, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Silvia-Adriana Ţicău, on behalf of the PSE Group, Nils Lundgren, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, and Mariann Fischer Boel.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 12.12.2007, Item 3.6.

21.   Legal protection of designs ***I (debate)

Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 98/71/EC on the legal protection of designs [COM(2004)0582 — C6-0119/2004 — 2004/0203(COD)] — Committee on Legal Affairs.

Rapporteur: Klaus-Heiner Lehne (A6-0453/2007)

The following spoke: Charlie McCreevy (Member of the Commission).

Klaus-Heiner Lehne introduced the report.

The following spoke: Wolf Klinz (draftsman of the opinion of the ECON Committee), Manuel Medina Ortega (draftsman of the opinion of the IMCO Committee), Piia-Noora Kauppi, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, on behalf of the PSE Group, Alexander Lambsdorff, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Marcin Libicki, on behalf of the UEN Group, Eva Lichtenberger, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Daniel Strož, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Christoph Konrad, Leopold Józef Rutowicz, Malcolm Harbour, Jean-Paul Gauzès, Marianne Thyssen, Jacques Toubon, Christian Rovsing and Charlie McCreevy.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 12.12.2007, Item 3.10.

22.   Agenda for next sitting

The agenda for the next day's sitting had been established (‘Agenda’ PE 398.771/OJME).

23.   Closure of the sitting

The sitting closed at 23.40.

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