9.12.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

CE 300/1

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MINUTES

(2006/C 300 E/01)

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

IN THE CHAIR: Josep BORRELL FONTELLES

President

1.   Resumption of session

The sitting opened at 17.10.

2.   Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin and Richard Corbett 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.

3.   Membership of interparliamentary delegations

On a proposal from the Conference of Presidents, Parliament ratified the appointment of Armando Veneto as member of the Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly.

The number of members of the delegation increased from 77 to 78 — East Timor's accession to the Association Agreement had brought the number of member countries to 78.

4.   Request for the defence of parliamentary immunity

Jannis Sakellariou, a former MEP, had written to the President requesting that his parliamentary immunity be upheld in the context of legal proceedings pending before a court in Athens.

Under Rule 6(3), the request had been referred to the committee responsible, the JURI Committee.

5.   Membership of committees and delegations

The PPE-DE and ALDE Groups had notified the President of the following requests for appointments:

—	INTA Committee: Gianluca Susta

—	CONT Committee: Aldo Patriciello

—	ECON Committee: Andrea Losco

—	LIBE Committee: Donato Tommaso Veraldi

—	Delegation to the EU-Bulgaria Joint Parliamentary Committee: Aldo Patriciello

—	Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries and the Gulf: Carlo Casini

—	Delegation to the Euromediterranean Joint Parliamentary Assembly: Vito Bonsignore

The appointments would be deemed ratified if no objections had been raised before the approval of these minutes.

6.   Signature of acts adopted under codecision

The President announced that, on Wednesday, 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 on shipments of waste (3662/8/2005 — C6-0177/2006 — 2003/0139(COD))

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Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directives 78/660/EEC and 83/349/EEC concerning the annual accounts of certain types of companies and consolidated accounts, 86/635/EEC concerning the annual accounts and consolidated accounts of banks and other financial establishments and 91/674/EEC concerning the annual accounts and consolidated accounts of insurance companies (3675/4/2005 — C6-0172/2006 — 2004/0250(COD))

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Decision of the European Parliament and Council introducing a simplified regime for the control of persons at the external borders based on the unilateral recognition by the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia of certain documents as equivalent to their national visas for the purposes of transit through their territories (3609/1/2006 — C6-0173/2006 — 2005/0158(COD))

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Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a simplified regime for the control of persons at the external borders based on the unilateral recognition by the Member States of certain residence permits issued by Switzerland and Liechtenstein for the purpose of transit through their territory (3610/2/2006 — C6-0178/2006 — 2005/0159(COD))

—	Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to the taking-up and pursuit of the business of credit institutions (recast) (3669/4/2005 — C6-0175/2006 — 2004/0155(COD))

—	Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the capital adequacy of investment firms and credit institutions (recast) (3670/3/2005 — C6-0176/2006 — 2004/0159(COD)).

7.   Documents received

The following documents had been received:

1)

from committees: 1.1) reports: — Report on inshore fishing and the problems encountered by inshore fishermen (2004/2264(INI)) — Committee on Fisheries Rapporteur: Ó Neachtain Seán (A6-0141/2006) — ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the submission of data on landings of fishery products in Member States (COM(2005)0566 — C6-0376/2005 — 2005/0223(COD)) — Committee on Fisheries Rapporteur: Morillon Philippe (A6-0169/2006) — Report on the consequences of the judgment of the Court of 13 September 2005 (C-176/03 Commission/Council) (2006/2007(INI)) — Committee on Legal Affairs Rapporteur: Gargani Giuseppe (A6-0172/2006) — * Report on the proposal for a Council directive on the supervision and control of shipments of radioactive waste and nuclear spent fuel (COM(2005)0673 — C6-0031/2006 — 2005/0272(CNS)) — Committee on Industry, Research and Energy Rapporteur: Seppänen Esko (A6-0174/2006) — Report on pandemic influenza preparedness and response planning in the European Community (2006/2062(INI)) — Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Rapporteur: Adamou Adamos (A6-0176/2006) — Report on the deliberations of the Committee on Petitions during the parliamentary year March 2004 — December 2005 (2005/2135(INI)) — Committee on Petitions Rapporteur: Cashman Michael (A6-0178/2006) — ***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the assessment and management of floods (COM(2006)0015 — C6-0020/2006 — 2006/0005(COD)) — Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Rapporteur: Seeber Richard (A6-0182/2006) — Report on the deployment of the European rail signalling system ERTMS/ETCS (2005/2168(INI)) — Committee on Transport and Tourism Rapporteur: Cramer Michael (A6-0183/2006) — Report on protection of the financial interests of the Communities and the fight against fraud — 2004 annual report (2005/2184(INI)) — Committee on Budgetary Control Rapporteur: Bösch Herbert (A6-0185/2006) — * Report on the initiative by the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden for adoption of a Council framework decision on the European enforcement order and the transfer of sentenced persons between Member States of the European Union (07307/2005 — C6-0139/2005 — 2005/0805(CNS)) — Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Rapporteur: Varvitsiotis Ioannis (A6-0187/2006) — Report on non-discrimination and equal opportunities for all — a framework strategy (2005/2191(INI)) — Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Rapporteur: Ždanoka Tatjana (A6-0189/2006) — * Report on the proposal for a Council framework decision on the protection of personal data processed in the framework of police and judicial co-operation in criminal matters(COM(2005)0475 — C6-0436/2005 — 2005/0202(CNS)) — Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Rapporteur: Roure Martine (A6-0192/2006) — ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules in the field of civil aviation security (COM(2005)0429 — C6-0290/2005 — 2005/0191(COD)) — Committee on Transport and Tourism Rapporteur: Costa Paolo (A6-0194/2006) — * Report on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and Bosnia and Herzegovina on certain aspects of air services (COM(2005)0351 — C6-0139/2006 — 2005/0140(CNS)) — Committee on Transport and Tourism Rapporteur: Costa Paolo (A6-0195/2006) — * Report on the proposal for a Council decision adapting Annex VIII to the Act of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania (COM(2006)0152 [02] — C6-0134/2006 — 2006/0054(CNS)) — Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development Rapporteur: Daul Joseph (A6-0197/2006) — * Report on the proposal for a Council decision adapting the Act of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania with regard to rural development (COM(2006)0152 [01] — C6-0133/2006 — 2006/0053(CNS)) — Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development Rapporteur: Daul Joseph (A6-0198/2006) — * Report on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Community, of the Protocol on Mountain Farming attached to the Alpine Convention (COM(2006)0170 — C6-0144/2006 — 2006/0059(CNS)) — Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development Rapporteur: Daul Joseph (A6-0199/2006) — * Report on the proposal for a Council decision in accordance with Article 122(2) of the Treaty on the adoption by Slovenia of the single currency on 1 January 2007 (COM(2006)0225 — C6-0164/2006 — 2006/0077(CNS)) — Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs Rapporteur: Langen Werner (A6-0200/2006) — ***I Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the seventh framework programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) (COM(2005)0119 [01] — C6-0099/2005 — 2005/0043(COD)) — Committee on Industry, Research and Energy Rapporteur: Buzek Jerzy (A6-0202/2006) — * Report on the proposal for a Council decision concerning the seventh framework programme of the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) for nuclear research and training activities (2007 to 2011) (COM(2005)0119 [02] — C6-0112/2005 — 2005/0044(CNS)) — Committee on Industry, Research and Energy Rapporteur: Buzek Jerzy (A6-0203/2006) — * Report on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Protocol on Soil Protection, the Protocol on Energy and the Protocol on Tourism to the Alpine Convention (COM(2006)0080 — C6-0099/2006 — 2006/0026(CNS)) — Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Rapporteur: Seeber Richard (A6-0205/2006) 1.2) recommendations for second reading: — ***II Recommendation for second reading on the Council common position for adopting a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing an Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European community (Inspire) (12064/2/2005 — C6-0054/2006 — 2004/0175(COD)) — Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety — Rapporteur: Brepoels Frieda (A6-0081/2006) — ***II Recommendation for second reading on the Council common position for adopting a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of groundwater against pollution (12062/1/2005 — C6-0055/2006 — 2003/0210(COD)) — Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Rapporteur: Klaß Christa (A6-0146/2006)

2)

from Members: 2.1) oral questions (Rule 108): — (O-0056/2006) Liam Aylward, on behalf of the UEN Group, to the Council: Sustainable Development Strategy (B6-0222/2006) — (O-0057/2006) Liam Aylward, on behalf of the UEN Group, to the Commission: Sustainable Development Strategy (B6-0223/2006) — (O-0014/2006) Elmar Brok and Karl von Wogau, on behalf of the AFET Committee, to the Council: The European Union and the UN 2006 Review Conference on Small Arms (B6-0225/2006) — (O-0015/2006) Elmar Brok and Karl von Wogau, on behalf of the AFET Committee, to the Commission: The European Union and the UN 2006 Review Conference on Small Arms (B6-0226/2006) — (O-0049/2006) Luís Queiró, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, to the Commission: Measures to promote tourism (B6-0307/2006) — (O-0060/2006) Vincenzo Lavarra, Roberta Angelilli, Katerina Batzeli, Jean Marie Beaupuy, Giovanni Berlinguer, Giusto Catania, Thierry Cornillet, Giuseppe Castiglione, Donata Gottardi, Umberto Guidoni, Giovanni Claudio Fava, Janelly Fourtou, Lilli Gruber, Claire Gibault, Nathalie Griesbeck, Anne Laperrouze, Pia Elda Locatelli, Andrea Losco, Mario Mauro, Sebastiano (Nello) Musumeci, Francesco Musotto, Philippe Morillon, Pasqualina Napoletano, Pier Antonio Panzeri, Giovanni Pittella, Umberto Pirilli, Lapo Pistelli, Vittorio Prodi, Guido Sacconi, Matteo Salvini, Francesco Enrico Speroni, Luciana Sbarbati, Gianluca Susta, Marc Tarabella, Riccardo Ventre, Donato Tommaso Veraldi, Marcello Vernola, Armando Veneto, Marta Vincenzi, Sepp Kusstatscher, Mauro Zani and Nicola Zingaretti, to the Commission: Use of wood chippings to age wine (B6-0308/2006) — (O-0062/2006) Giuseppe Castiglione, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, to the Commission: Use of wood chips as oenological practice for European wines (B6-0309/2006) 2.2) oral questions for Question Time (Rule 109) (B6-0224/2006): — Schlyter Carl, Ebner Michl, El Khadraoui Saïd, Papadimoulis Dimitrios, Sonik Bogusław, Belet Ivo, Rutowicz Leopold Józef, Staes Bart, Evans Robert, Kuźmiuk Zbigniew Krzysztof, Goudin Hélène, McAvan Linda, McGuinness Mairead, Bowis John, Czarnecki Ryszard, Isler Béguin Marie Anne, Posselt Bernd, Ryan Eoin, Crowley Brian, Paleckis Justas Vincas, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco Elena, Dührkop Dührkop Bárbara, Menéndez del Valle Emilio, Van Lancker Anne, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou Marie, Papastamkos Georgios, Ó Neachtain Seán, Aylward Liam, Riis-Jørgensen Karin, Medina Ortega Manuel, Van Hecke Johan, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra Agustín, Busuttil Simon, Bushill-Matthews Philip, Weber Manfred, Mitchell Gay, Galeote Gerardo, Masip Hidalgo Antonio, López-Istúriz White Antonio, Moraes Claude, Moreno Sánchez Javier, Newton Dunn Bill, Karatzaferis Georgios, Dimitrakopoulos Giorgos, Manolakou Diamanto, Pafilis Athanasios, De Rossa Proinsias, Toussas Georgios, Matsis Yiannakis, Jensen Anne E., Martin Hans-Peter, Andrikienė Laima Liucija — Posselt Bernd, Evans Robert, Mitchell Gay, Martínez Martínez Miguel Angel, Andrikienė Laima Liucija, Hall Fiona, Schierhuber Agnes, Ryan Eoin, Karas Othmar, Ó Neachtain Seán, Fernandes Emanuel Jardim, Olajos Péter, Trakatellis Antonios, Aylward Liam, McGuinness Mairead, Doyle Avril, Czarnecki Ryszard, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou Marie, Rack Reinhard, Seeber Richard, Isler Béguin Marie Anne, Davies Chris, Crowley Brian, Van Hecke Johan, Karim Sajjad, Caspary Daniel, Papadimoulis Dimitrios, Mavrommatis Manolis, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra Agustín, Masip Hidalgo Antonio, Menéndez del Valle Emilio, Moreno Sánchez Javier, Medina Ortega Manuel, Sjöstedt Jonas, McAvan Linda, Montoro Romero Cristobal, Newton Dunn Bill, Karatzaferis Georgios, Pafilis Athanasios, De Rossa Proinsias, Toussas Georgios, Manolakou Diamanto, Jensen Anne E., Martin Hans-Peter 2.3) written declarations for entry in the Register (Rule 116): — Caroline Lucas and Angelika Beer, on the withdrawal of US nuclear weapons from European territory before the end of 2006 (0047/2006) — Bogusław Rogalski, on the violation of human rights by the German authorities and courts (0048/2006).

8.   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):

22.05.2006

Klaus-Peter May (221/2006)

Thorsten Nauroth (222/2006)

Alexander Schenk (223/2006)

Michael Hartl (224/2006)

Olaf Pritzko (225/2006)

Felice Gallo (226/2006)

Marianne and Eduard Jakob (227/2006)

Gerda Margarethe Fikke (228/2006)

Dirk Jan Knip (229/2006)

Michael Reichhart (230/2006)

Herbert Jäger (231/2006)

Harald Seier (232/2006)

Margaret and Wolfgang Hempel (233/2006)

Eberhard Schulze Bürgerinitiative B 187 Dessauer/Coswiger Landstraße) (with 11 signatures) (234/2006)

Hans-Jürgen Rumpf (235/2006)

Raimar Ocken (236/2006)

Carsten Thurau (237/2006)

Giorgio Bortini (238/2006)

Karl Heinz Lämmermann-Duthel (239/2006)

Miroslav Vanek (240/2006)

Karlheinz Seidl (Menschen für Tierrechte Regensburg e.V.) (with 700 signatures) (241/2006)

Norbert Tarsten (242/2006)

Angela Tucek (243/2006)

Hans Redelfs (244/2006)

Waldemar Pape (245/2006)

(name confidential) (246/2006)

Gilbert Favero (247/2006)

Christa Nejzchleba (248/2006)

Charalampos Psaros (249/2006)

Dimitrios Psikos (Association de coopérative des petits vendeurs grecs) (250/2006)

Nikolaos Kalogiannidis (251/2006)

Konstantinos Gousianopoulos (Association des enseignants salariés and intérimaires OAED du nome de Thessaloniki) (with 2 signatures) (252/2006).

06.06.2006

Íñigo de Angulo (253/2006)

Ángel González Pérez (Salvem La Casella) (with 15 000 signatures) (254/2006)

Carlos Lumbreras Vicente (Ecologistas en Acción de Salamanca) (255/2006)

Antonio Marín Segovia (Associació de veïns i cultural ‘Cercle Obert’ de Benicalap Iniciativas sociales y culturales de futuro) (256/2006)

Encarnación Remón Suescun (257/2006)

Plataforma de Vecinos contra el nuevo (with 91 signatures) (258/2006)

Victor Campos Guinot (Generalitat Valenciana) (259/2006)

Jacqueline Claire Cotterill (Vëins de Parcent) (260/2006)

Marta Gumà Bondia (261/2006)

Brian O'Carroll (262/2006)

Bizén Fuster Santaliestra (263/2006)

Javier Juárez Camacho (Comité de Empresa — Tele Madrid) (264/2006)

Paul Villerme (265/2006)

Joseph Marcou (266/2006)

Philippe Guers (Association Brie Champnier défense Environnement) (267/2006)

Ivana Castagna (268/2006)

Piergiorgio Strata (Associazione ‘Luca Coscioni’) (269/2006)

Rodolfo Sabelli (270/2006)

Luciano Motta (271/2006)

07.06.2006

Edwin Alcock (272/2006)

Gordon Nelson (Gibraltar Local Disability Movement) (273/2006)

Geoffrey Kealty (274/2006)

Adrian Mifsud (Association of Local Council Executive Secretaries Malta) (275/2006)

Remigijus Šimašius (Lithuanian Free Market Institute) (with 21 signatures) (276/2006)

Vitor Chatinho (277/2006)

Albert Smith (278/2006)

Graham Charles Johnson (279/2006)

Aboulgasm Omar Younes Said (280/2006)

Darren Thwaites (Gazette Media Company Ltd.) (281/2006)

Ian Clegg (282/2006)

Jacquie and Derek Burks (283/2006)

Dave Houghton (284/2006)

Jean Joel Blankert (285/2006)

Maria do Rosario de Melo Gomes (with 7 signatures) (286/2006)

Armando Augusto Esteves Cardoso (287/2006)

Virgolino Mealha Louca (288/2006)

Özcan Kaldoyo (Assyrian Chaldean Syriac Association) (289/2006)

Asko Rainer Karppinen (290/2006)

Henriette Fabian (291/2006)

Mihaly Zelenak (292/2006)

Andrzej Kempinski (293/2006)

Joanna Frackiewicz (294/2006)

Julia Karwasz (with 3 signatures) (295/2006)

Waldemar Wozniczak (296/2006)

Leszek Zlobinski (297/2006)

Jürgen Förster (298/2006)

Diedrich Lessing (299/2006)

María José Martínez González (300/2006).

9.   Transfers of appropriations

The Committee on Budgets had considered the Commission's proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 10/2006 (C6-0125/2006 — SEC(2006)0382).

Having noted the Council's opinion, it had decided to reject the entire proposal under Article 24(3) of the Financial Regulation of 25 June 2002.

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The Committee on Budgets had considered the Commission's proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 11/2006 (C6-0126/2006 — SEC(2006)0383).

Having noted the Council's opinion, it had decided to authorise the transfer in full under Article 24(3) of the Financial Regulation of 25 June 2002.

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The Committee on Budgets had considered the Commission's proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 12/2006 (C6-0143/2006 — SEC(2006)0470).

Having noted the Council's opinion, it had decided to authorise the transfer in full under Article 24(3) of the Financial Regulation of 25 June 2002.

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The Committee on Budgets had considered the Commission's proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 13/2006 (C6-0155/2006 — SEC(2006)0521).

Having noted the Council's opinion, it had decided to authorise the transfer in full under Article 24(3) of the Financial Regulation of 25 June 2002.

10.   Written declarations (Rule 116)

In accordance with Rule 116(5), written declaration No 13/2006 lapsed as it had not obtained the required number of signatures.

11.   Action taken on Parliament's positions and resolutions

The Commission communication on the action taken on the positions and resolutions adopted by Parliament at the February I and II part-sessions had been distributed.

12.   Calendar of part-sessions

At the request of the Presidency-in-Office of the Council, the Conference of Presidents had decided, at its meeting of 8 June 2006, that a part-session would be held between 11.00 and 13.00 on 20 June.

The only item on the agenda would be the Council and Commission statements on the outcome of the European Council of 15-16 June 2006.

The following spoke: Miguel Angel Martínez Martínez, who expressed his disappointment that the partsession in question was to be held at the same time as an ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly in Vienna, and Bernd Posselt, who questioned the relevance of holding such a part-session.

13.   Order of business

The next item was the order of business.

The final draft agenda for June (PE 373.342/PDOJ) had been distributed. The following changes had been proposed under Rule 132:

Sittings of 12.06.2006 to 15.06.2006

Monday

—	no changes

Tuesday

—	the Seppänen report (A6-0174/2006), which had been scheduled for voting time, would be held over and included on the agenda (with debate and the tabling of amendments) for the July part-session.

Wednesday

—	the PPE-DE Group had requested that the debate on the European Council should not be followed by a vote that week on the motion for a resolution on Bulgaria and Romania.

The following spoke: Elmar Brok, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, who moved the request, and Hannes Swoboda, on behalf of the PSE Group, also on the request.

Parliament rejected the request by electronic vote (90 in favour, 95 against, 8 abstentions).

Thursday

—	no changes

The order of business was thus established.

14.   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:

Véronique De Keyser, Graham Watson, Ján Hudacký, Monica Frassoni, Kyriacos Triantaphyllides, Gerard Batten, Leopold Józef Rutowicz, Aldis Kušķis, Milan Gaľa, Edit Herczog, Marianne Mikko, Ioannis Gklavakis, Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Danutė Budreikaitė, Ryszard Czarnecki, András Gyürk, Lasse Lehtinen, Georgios Papastamkos, Andrzej Jan Szejna, Marian Harkin, Carl Schlyter, Ilda Figueiredo, Evangelia Tzampazi, Antonio Masip Hidalgo, Marios Matsakis, James Nicholson, Jörg Leichtfried, Mirosław Mariusz Piotrowski, Alyn Smith, Marcin Libicki and Richard Corbett.

IN THE CHAIR: Antonios TRAKATELLIS

Vice-President

15.   Deliberations of the Committee on Petitions (2004-2005) (debate)

Report on the deliberations of the Committee on Petitions during the parliamentary year March 2004 — December 2005 [2005/2135(INI)] — Committee on Petitions

Rapporteur: Michael Cashman (A6-0178/2006)

Michael Cashman introduced the report.

Margot Wallström (Vice-President of the Commission) spoke.

The following spoke: Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Alexandra Dobolyi, on behalf of the PSE Group, Diana Wallis, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Marcin Libicki, on behalf of the UEN Group, András Gyürk, Miguel Angel Martínez Martínez, Carlos José Iturgaiz Angulo, Maria Matsouka, Inés Ayala Sender, Michael Cashman, who made a personal statement in response to Carlos José Iturgaiz Angulo's remarks, Margot Wallström and Carlos José Iturgaiz Angulo, on Michael Cashman's remarks.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 13.06.2006, Item 7.12.

16.   Forced prostitution during the 2006 football World Cup (debate)

Oral question (O-0054/2006) by Anna Záborská, on behalf of the FEMM Committee, to the Commission: Forced prostitution during 2006 football World Cup (B6-0221/2006)

Anna Záborská moved the oral question.

Franco Frattini (Vice-President of the Commission) answered the oral question.

The following spoke: Christa Klaß, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, and Christa Prets, on behalf of the PSE Group.

IN THE CHAIR: Luigi COCILOVO

Vice-President

The following spoke: Hiltrud Breyer, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Eva-Britt Svensson, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Ryszard Czarnecki, Non-attached Member, Corien Wortmann-Kool, Zita Gurmai, Elizabeth Lynne, Ilda Figueiredo, Edit Bauer, Marta Vincenzi, Thomas Mann, Teresa Riera Madurell, Tadeusz Zwiefka, Emine Bozkurt, Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Katerina Batzeli, Bernadette Vergnaud, Pia Elda Locatelli, Marianne Mikko and Franco Frattini.

The debate closed.

17.   Agenda

The President proposed to the House that the Ždanoka report (A6-0189/2006), the final item on the agenda for Tuesday (Item 65 on the agenda), be switched with the final item on Wednesday's agenda, ‘Level 2 implementing measures for Directive 2004/39/EC (MIFID)’(Item 28 on the agenda).

Parliament approved the proposal.

18.   Protection of groundwater against pollution ***II (debate)

Recommendation for second reading on the common position adopted by the Council with a view to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of groundwater against pollution [12062/1/2005 — C6-0055/2006 — 2003/0210(COD)] — Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

Rapporteur: Christa Klaß (A6-0146/2006)

Christa Klaß introduced the recommendation for second reading.

IN THE CHAIR: Manuel António dos SANTOS

Vice-President

Stavros Dimas (Member of the Commission) spoke.

The following spoke: John Bowis, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, María Sornosa Martínez, on behalf of the PSE Group, Chris Davies, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Hiltrud Breyer, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Dimitrios Papadimoulis, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Liam Aylward, on behalf of the UEN Group, Johannes Blokland, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Irena Belohorská, Non-attached Member, Riitta Myller, Jan Mulder, Margrete Auken, Jonas Sjöstedt, Kathy Sinnott, Karl-Heinz Florenz, Karin Scheele, Marios Matsakis, Richard Seeber, Gyula Hegyi, Péter Olajos, Andres Tarand, Bogusław Sonik, Wiesław Stefan Kuc, Thomas Ulmer, Mairead McGuinness, Stavros Dimas and Christa Klaß, who put a question to the Commission which Stavros Dimas answered.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 13.06.2006, Item 7.6.

19.   Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community (Inspire) ***II (debate)

Recommendation for second reading on the common position adopted by the Council with a view to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing an Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community (Inspire) [12064/2/2005 — C6-0054/2006 — 2004/0175(COD)] — Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

Rapporteur: Frieda Brepoels (A6-0081/2006)

Frieda Brepoels introduced the recommendation for second reading.

Stavros Dimas (Member of the Commission) spoke.

The following spoke: John Bowis, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, María Sornosa Martínez, on behalf of the PSE Group, James Hugh Allister, Non-attached Member, and Richard Seeber.

IN THE CHAIR: Janusz ONYSZKIEWICZ

Vice-President

The following spoke: Evangelia Tzampazi and Stavros Dimas.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 13.06.2006, Item 7.7.

20.   Flood assessment and management ***I (debate)

Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the assessment and management of floods [COM(2006)0015 — C6-0020/2006 — 2006/0005(COD)] — Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

Rapporteur: Richard Seeber (A6-0182/2006)

Stavros Dimas (Member of the Commission) spoke.

Richard Seeber introduced the report.

The following spoke: Jill Evans (draftsman of the opinion of the REGI Committee), Anja Weisgerber, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Edite Estrela, on behalf of the PSE Group, Holger Krahmer, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Mieczysław Edmund Janowski, on behalf of the UEN Group, Johannes Blokland, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Leopold Józef Rutowicz, Non-attached Member, Bogusław Sonik, Dorette Corbey, Vittorio Prodi, Urszula Krupa, Péter Olajos, Karin Scheele, Petr Duchoň, Gyula Hegyi, Thomas Ulmer, Christa Klaß, Oldřich Vlasák, Simon Busuttil, Rolf Berend and Stavros Dimas.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 13.06.2006, Item 7.8.

21.   Measures to promote tourism (debate)

Oral question (O-0049/2006) by Luís Queiró, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, to the Commission: Measures to promote tourism (B6-0307/2006)

Luís Queiró moved the oral question.

Günter Verheugen (Vice-President of the Commission) answered the oral question.

The following spoke: Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Marta Vincenzi, on behalf of the PSE Group, Sepp Kusstatscher, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Zdzisław Zbigniew Podkański, on behalf of the UEN Group, Margie Sudre, Emanuel Jardim Fernandes, Stanisław Jałowiecki, Nikolaos Sifunakis, Antonio López-Istúriz White and Joseph Muscat.

The debate closed.

22.   Agenda for next sitting

The agenda for the next sitting had been established (‘Agenda’ PE 374.609/OJMA).

23.   Closure of sitting

The sitting closed at 23.15.

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