ISSN 1725-2423

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 296E

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 49
6 December 2006

Notice No

Contents

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I   (Information)

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

2006-2007 SESSION

Sittings of 26 and 27 April 2006

Wednesday 26 April 2006

2006/C 296E/01

MINUTES

1

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

Resumption of session

Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

Documents received

Written declarations (Rule 116)

Transfers of appropriations

Membership of Parliament

Name of a delegation

Agenda

Twenty years after Chernobyl: Lessons for the future (debate)

Accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union (debate)

Suspension of aid to the Palestinian authority (debate)

A stronger partnership between the European Union and Latin America (debate)

Modification of the Protocol on Privileges and Immunities (debate)

One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Discharges for the implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2004 (debate)

Asset management (debate)

State aid for innovation (debate)

Agenda for next sitting

Closure of sitting

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

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Thursday 27 April 2006

2006/C 296E/02

MINUTES

17

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

Opening of sitting

Road safety: bringing eCall to citizens (debate)

Promoting multilingualism and language learning in the EU (debate)

Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

Voting time

Official name of interparliamentary delegation D14 (vote)

Community classification of adult cattle carcasses * (Rule 131) (vote)

Competition rules relating to agricultural products * (Rule 131) (vote)

Mobilisation of the Solidarity Fund (Rule 131) (vote)

Draft amending budget No 1/2006 * (Rule 131) (vote)

Allocation of quotas of hydrochlorofluorocarbons with respect to the new Member States ***I (Rule 131) (vote)

Convention on the strengthening of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission *** (Rule 131) (vote)

Unesco Convention * (Rule 131) (vote)

Veterinary expenditure * (Rule 131) (vote)

Health requirements for aquaculture animals and products * (Rule 131) (vote)

Switch-over from analogue to digital broadcasting (Rule 131) (vote)

A stronger partnership between the European Union and Latin America (vote)

EC-Mauritania Sea Fisheries Agreement * (vote)

Modification of the Protocol on Privileges and Immunities (vote)

2004 discharge: Section III — Commission (vote)

2004 discharge: Section I — European Parliament (vote)

2004 discharge: Section II — Council (vote)

2004 discharge: Section IV — Court of Justice (vote)

2004 discharge: Section V — Court of Auditors (vote)

2004 discharge: Section VI — European Economic and Social Committee (vote)

2004 discharge: Section VII — Committee of the Regions (vote)

2004 discharge: Section VIII A — European Ombudsman (vote)

2004 discharge: Section VIII B — European Data Protection Supervisor (vote)

2004 discharge: 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th European Development Funds EDF (vote)

2004 discharge: European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (vote)

2004 discharge: European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (vote)

2004 discharge: European Agency for Reconstruction (vote)

2004 discharge: European Monitoring Centre for Racism and Xenophobia (vote)

2004 discharge: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (vote)

2004 discharge: European Environment Agency (vote)

2004 discharge: European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (vote)

2004 discharge: Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union (vote)

2004 discharge: European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products (vote)

2004 discharge: Eurojust (vote)

2004 discharge: European Training Foundation (vote)

2004 discharge: European Maritime Safety Agency (vote)

2004 discharge: European Aviation Safety Agency (vote)

2004 discharge: European Food Safety Authority (vote)

Asset management (vote)

State aid for innovation (vote)

Road safety: bringing eCall to citizens (vote)

Promoting multilingualism and language learning in the EU (vote)

Explanations of vote

Corrections to votes and voting intentions

Membership of Parliament

Request for the defence of parliamentary immunity

Declaration of financial interests

Decisions concerning certain documents

Forwarding of texts adopted during the sitting

Dates for next sittings

Adjournment of session

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

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ANNEX I

36

ANNEX II

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TEXTS ADOPTED

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P6_TA(2006)0145
Community classification of adult cattle carcasses *
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation determining the Community scale for the classification of carcases of adult bovine animals (codified version) (COM(2005)0402 — C6-0309/2005 — 2005/0171(CNS))

99

P6_TA(2006)0146
Competition rules relating to agricultural products *
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation applying certain rules of competition to production of and trade in agricultural products (codified version) (COM(2005) 0613 — C6-0019/2006 — 2005/0231(CNS))

99

P6_TA(2006)0147
Mobilisation of the Solidarity Fund
European Parliament resolution on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund according to point 3 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 7 November 2002 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on the financing of the European Union Solidarity Fund supplementing the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999 on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure (COM(2006)0114 — C6-0086/2006 — 2006/2064(ACI))

100

ANNEX

101

DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

101

P6_TA(2006)0148
Draft amending budget No 1/2006
European Parliament resolution on Draft amending budget No 1/2006 of the European Union for the financial year 2006, Section III — Commission (Floods in Bulgaria, Romania and Austria) (8512/2006 — C6-0131/2006 — 2006/2066(BUD))

102

P6_TA(2006)0149
Allocation of quotas of hydrochlorofluorocarbons with respect to the new Member States ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council, as regards the base year for the allocation of quotas of hydrochlorofluorocarbons with respect to the Member States that acceded on 1 May 2004 (COM(2004)0550 — 13632/2005 — C6-0421/2005 — 2004/0296(COD))

103

P6_TA(2006)0150
Convention on the strengthening of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission ***
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Community, of the Convention for the Strengthening of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission established by the 1949 Convention between the United States of America and the Republic of Costa Rica (14343/2005 — C6-0023/2006 — 2005/0137(AVC))

104

P6_TA(2006)0151
Unesco Convention *
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Unesco Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (5067/2006 — COM(2005)0678 — C6-0025/2006 — 2005/0268(CNS))

104

P6_TA(2006)0152
Veterinary expenditure *
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision amending Decision 90/424/EEC on expenditure in the veterinary field (COM(2005)0362 — C6-0282/2005 — 2005/0154(CNS))

105

P6_TA(2006)0153
Health requirements for aquaculture animals and products *
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council directive on animal health requirements for aquaculture animals and products thereof, and on the prevention and control of certain diseases in aquatic animals (COM(2005)0362 — C6-0281/2005 — 2005/0153(CNS))

106

P6_TA(2006)0154
Switch-over from analogue to digital broadcasting
European Parliament resolution on the transition from analogue to digital broadcasting: an opportunity for European audiovisual policy and cultural diversity? (2005/2212(INI))

120

P6_TA(2006)0155
A stronger partnership between the European Union and Latin America
European Parliament resolution on a stronger partnership between the European Union and Latin America (2005/2241(INI))

123

P6_TA(2006)0156
EC-Mauritania Sea Fisheries Agreement *
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters concerning the amendments to the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for in the Agreement on cooperation in the sea fisheries sector between the European Community and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania for the period 1 August 2001 to 31 July 2006 (COM(2005)0591 — C6-0433/2005 — 2005/0229(CNS))

135

P6_TA(2006)0157
Discharge 2004: Section III — Commission

136

136

137

138

P6_TA(2006)0158
2004 Discharge: Section I — European Parliament
European Parliament decision on the discharge for implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2004, Section I — European Parliament (N6-0027/2005 — C6-0357/2005 — 2005/2091(DEC))

162

P6_TA(2006)0159
2004 Discharge: Section II — Council

163

163

163

P6_TA(2006)0160
2004 Discharge: Section IV — Court of Justice

165

165

166

P6_TA(2006)0161
2004 Discharge: Section V — Court of Auditors

168

168

169

P6_TA(2006)0162
2004 Discharge: Section VI — European Economic and Social Committee

171

171

172

P6_TA(2006)0163
2004 Discharge: Section VII — Committee of the Regions

174

174

175

P6_TA(2006)0164
2004 Discharge: Section VIII A — European Ombudsman

177

177

178

P6_TA(2006)0165
2004 Discharge: Section VIII B — European Data Protection Supervisor

179

179

180

P6_TA(2006)0166
2004 Discharge: sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth European Development Funds

181

181

183

185

P6_TA(2006)0167
2004 discharge: European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training

191

191

192

193

P6_TA(2006)0168
2004 discharge: European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions

196

196

197

198

P6_TA(2006)0169
2004 discharge: European Agency for Reconstruction

200

200

201

203

P6_TA(2006)0170
2004 discharge: European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia

206

206

207

208

P6_TA(2006)0171
2004 discharge: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction

211

211

212

213

P6_TA(2006)0172
2004 discharge: European Environment Agency

215

215

216

218

P6_TA(2006)0173
2004 discharge: European Agency for Safety and Health at Work

220

220

221

223

P6_TA(2006)0174
2004 discharge: Translation Centre for the bodies of the European Union

225

225

226

227

P6_TA(2006)0175
2004 discharge: European Medicines Agency

229

229

230

232

P6_TA(2006)0176
Discharge 2004: Eurojust

234

234

234

236

P6_TA(2006)0177
2004 discharge: European Training Foundation

238

238

238

240

P6_TA(2006)0178
2004 discharge: European Maritime Safety Agency

242

242

243

244

P6_TA(2006)0179
2004 discharge: European Aviation Safety Agency

247

247

248

249

P6_TA(2006)0180
2004 discharge: European Food Safety Authority

252

252

253

254

P6_TA(2006)0181
Asset management
European Parliament resolution on asset management (2006/2037(INI))

257

P6_TA(2006)0182
State aid for innovation
European Parliament resolution on sectoral aspects of the State Aid Action Plan: aid for innovation (2006/2044(INI))

263

P6_TA(2006)0183
Road safety: bringing eCall to citizens
European Parliament resolution on Road safety: bringing eCall to citizens (2005/2211(INI))

268

P6_TA(2006)0184
Promoting multilingualism and language learning in the EU
European Parliament resolution on measures to promote multilingualism and language learning in the European Union: European Indicator of Language Competence (2005/2213(INI))

271

P6_TA(2006)0185
Diabetes
Declaration of the European Parliament on diabetes

273

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