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Document C:2004:067E:TOC

Official Journal of the European Union, CE 67, 17 March 2004


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17 March 2004
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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
2003 - 2004 SESSION
Sittings of 12 to 15 May 2003
Monday 12 May 2003
(2004/C 67 E/001)MINUTES
PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING 1
1. Resumption of session 1
2. Approval of Minutes of previous sitting 1
3. In memoriam 1
4. Statements by the President (observers) 1
5. Requests for defence of parliamentary immunity 2
6. Request for the waiver of parliamentary immunity 2
7. Verification of credentials 2
8. Membership of committees 2
9. Application of the Rules of Procedure 2
10. Judgment of the Court of First Instance in the case of Le Pen v European Parliament 2
11. Documents received 3
12. Authorisation to draw up own-initiative reports 12
13. Written declarations (Rule 51) 12
14. Action taken on Parliament's positions and resolutions 12
15. Transfers of appropriations 12
16. Petitions 15
17. Order of business 17
18. One-minute speeches on matters of political importance 18
19. Intelligent Energy for Europe (2003-2006) ***II (debate) 18
20. Cogeneration based on a useful heat demand ***I (debate) 19
21. Insurance requirements for air carriers and aircraft operators ***I (debate) 19
22. Ministerial meeting of the European Space Agency (statement followed by debate) 20
23. Agenda for next sitting 20
24. Closure of sitting 20
ATTENDANCE REGISTER 21
Tuesday 13 May 2003
(2004/C 67 E/002)MINUTES
PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING 23
1. Opening of sitting 23
2. Vote on request for urgent procedure 23
3. Documents received 23
4. Debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (announcement of motions for resolutions tabled) 23
5. Environmental liability ***I (debate) 24
6. Simplification and improvement of the regulatory environment (debate) 25
7. Commission's implementing powers * (debate) 25
8. Steel (2003-2009) ***I (Rule 110a) (vote) 26
9. Renewal of the EC-Russia science and technology agreement * (Rule 110a) (vote) 26
10. Occurrence reporting in civil aviation ***III (Rule 110a) (vote) 26
11. Community statistics on income and living conditions ***II (vote) 27
12. Transmission of data on national accounts and employment data ***II (Rule 110a) (vote) 27
13. Place of supply of electricity and gas * (Rule 110a) (vote) 27
14. World shipbuilding (Rule 110a) (vote) 28
15. Corporate social responsibility (Rule 110a) (vote) 28
16. Intelligent Energy for Europe (2003-2006) ***II (vote) 28
17. Cogeneration based on a useful heat demand ***I (vote) 28
18. Insurance requirements for air carriers and aircraft operators ***I (vote) 29
19. Commission's implementing powers * (vote) 29
20. Simplification and improvement of the regulatory environment (vote) 29
21. ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly in 2002 (vote) 30
22. Approval of Minutes of previous sitting 30
23. Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) (statement followed by debate) 30
24. Parliament's estimates for 2004 (debate) 31
25. Preliminary draft general budget - 2004 financial year (Presentation by the Commission) 31
26. Euromed cooperation in the energy sector (debate) 31
27. Question Time (Commission) 31
28. Search made of the Ankara headquarters of the Human Rights Association of Turkey (statement followed by debate) 33
29. ECS: Statute - Involvement of employees (debate) 34
30. Recreational craft ***III (debate) 35
31. Tourism (Oral question with debate) 35
32. Ministerial meeting of the European Space Agency (announcement of motions for resolutions tabled) 35
33. Agenda for next sitting 36
34. Closure of sitting 36
ATTENDANCE REGISTER 37
ANNEX I
RESULTS OF VOTES 39
1. Steel (2003-2009) ***I 39
2. Renewal of the EC-Russia science and technology agreement * 40
3. Occurrence reporting in civil aviation ***III 40
4. Community statistics on income and living conditions ***II 40
5. Transmission of data on national accounts and employment data ***II 40
6. Place of supply of electricity and gas * 40
7. World shipbuilding 40
8. Corporate social responsibility 41
9. Intelligent Energy for Europe (2003-2006) ***II 41
10. Cogeneration based on a useful heat demand in the internal energy market ***I 41
11. Insurance requirements for air carriers and aircraft operators ***I 43
12. Exercise of Commission implementing powers * 44
13. Simplification and improvement of the regulartory environment 45
14. ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly in 2002 45
ANNEX II
RESULT OF ROLL-CALL VOTES 47
Westendorp y Cabeza report A5-0121/2003 - Resolution 47
Valdivielso de Cué report A5-0130/2003 - Resolution 48
McNally report A5-0131/2003 - Amendment 16 49
McNally report A5-0131/2003 - Amendment 24 50
McNally report A5-0131/2003 - Amendment 27 51
Sacconi report A5-0123/2003 - Resolution 52
Miranda report A5-0124/2003 - Amendment 7 53
Miranda report A5-0124/2003 - Amendment 8 54
Miranda report A5-0124/2003 - Amendment 4 56
Miranda report A5-0124/2003 - Amendment 5 57
Miranda report A5-0124/2003 - Resolution 58
TEXTS ADOPTED
P5_TA(2003)0193
Steel (2003-2009) ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council regulation on the production of annual Community statistics on steel for the reference years 2003-2009 (COM(2002) 584 - C5-0509/2002 - 2002/0251(COD)) 60
P5_TC1-COD(2002)0251
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 13 May 2003 with a view to the adoption of European Parliament and Council Regulation (EC) No .../2003 on the production of annual Community statistics on steel for the reference years 2003-2009 60
ANNEX
List of characteristics to be transmitted to Eurostat in accordance with Article 4 64
P5_TA(2003)0194
Renewal of the EC-Russia science and technology agreement *
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision concerning the conclusion of an Agreement aimed at renewing the Agreement on cooperation in science and technology between the European Community and the Government of the Russian Federation (COM(2003) 95 - C5-0106/2003 - 2003/0041(CNS)) 66
P5_TA(2003)0195
Occurrence reporting in civil aviation ***III
European Parliament legislative resolution on the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee for a European Parliament and Council directive on occurrence reporting in civil aviation (PE-CONS 3619/2003 - C5-0129/2003 - 2000/0343(COD)) 67
P5_TA(2003)0196
Community statistics on income and living conditions ***II
Common position adopted by the Council with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning Community statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC) (15090/1/2002 - C5-0077/2003 - 2001/0293(COD)) 68
P5_TA(2003)0197
Transmission of data on national accounts and employment data ***II
European Parliament legislative resolution on the Council common position with a view to adopting a European Parliament and Council regulation amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2223/96 with respect to the time limit for transmission of the main aggregates of national accounts, to the derogations concerning the transmission of the main aggregates of national accounts and to the transmission of employment data in hours worked (15091/1/2002 - C5-0078/2003 - 2002/0109(COD)) 68
P5_TA(2003)0198
Place of supply of electricity and gas *
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council directive on amending Directive 77/388/EEC as regards the rules on the place of supply of electricity and gas (COM(2002) 688 - C5-0617/2002 - 2002/0286(CNS)) 69
P5_TA(2003)0199
World shipbuilding
European Parliament resolution on the sixth report from the Commission to the Council on the situation in world shipbuilding (COM(2002) 622 - 2003/2062(INI)) 71
P5_TA(2003)0200
Corporate Social Responsibility
European Parliament resolution on the Communication from the Commission concerning Corporate Social Responsibility: A business contribution to Sustainable Development (COM(2002) 347 - 2002/2261(INI)) 73
P5_TA(2003)0201
Intelligent Energy for Europe (2003-2006) ***II
European Parliament legislative resolution on the Council common position with a view to the adoption of a European Parliament and Council decision on adopting a multiannual programme for action in the field of energy: Intelligent Energy - Europe Programme (2003-2006) (15547/3/2002 - C5-0037/2003 - 2002/0082(COD)) 80
P5_TC2-COD(2002)0082
Position of the European Parliament adopted at second reading on 13 May 2003 with a view to the adoption of European Parliament and Council Decision No ... /2003/EC adopting a multiannual programme for action in the field of energy: Intelligent Energy - Europe (2003-2006) 80
ANNEX
INDICATIVE ALLOCATION OF THE ESTIMATED AMOUNT NEEDED 89
P5_TA(2003)0202
Cogeneration based on a useful heat demand ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the promotion of cogeneration based on a useful heat demand in the internal energy market (COM(2002) 415 - C5-0366/2002 - 2002/0185(COD)) 90
P5_TC1-COD(2002)0185
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 13 May 2003 with a view to the adoption of European Parliament and Council Directive 2003/.../EC on the promotion of cogeneration based on a useful heat demand in the internal energy market 90
ANNEX I
Cogeneration technologies covered by the Directive 104
ANNEX II
Calculation of electricity from cogeneration 104
ANNEX III
Calculation method for determining electricity from cogeneration 106
ANNEX IV
Methodology for determining the efficiency of the cogeneration process 110
ANNEX V
Criteria for analysis of national potentials for high-efficiency cogeneration 113
ANNEX VI
Criteria for defining support schemes for high-efficiency systems 113
P5_TA(2003)0203
Insurance requirements for air carriers and aircraft operators ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council regulation on insurance requirements for air carriers and aircraft operators (COM(2002) 521 - C5-0455/2002 - 2002/0234(COD)) 114
P5_TC1-COD(2002)0234
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 13 May 2003 with a view to the adoption of European Parliament and Council Regulation (EC) No .../2003 on insurance requirements for air carriers and aircraft operators 115
P5_TA(2003)0204
Exercise of Commission implementing powers *
Proposal for a Council decision amending Decision 1999/468/EC laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission (COM(2002) 719 - C5-0002/2003 - 2002/0298(CNS)) 123
P5_TA(2003)0205
Simplification and improvement of the regulatory environment
European Parliament resolution on environmental agreements at Community level within the framework of the Action Plan on the Simplification and Improvement of the Regulatory Environment (COM(2002) 412 - 2002/2278(INI)) 127
P5_TA(2003)0206
ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly in 2002
European Parliament resolution on the work of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly in 2002 (2002/2018(INI)) 130
Wednesday 14 May 2003
(2004/C 67 E/003)MINUTES
PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING 135
1. Opening of sitting 135
2. Situation in Iraq (statements followed by debate) 135
VOTING TIME
3. ECS: Involvement of employees * (Rule 110a) (vote) 136
4. Recreational craft ***III (vote) 136
5. ECS: Statute * (vote) 136
6. Parliament's estimates for 2004 (vote) 137
7. Environmental liability ***I (vote) 137
END OF VOTING TIME
8. Approval of Minutes of previous sitting 138
9. EU-USA extradition agreement and the International Criminal Court (statement followed by debate) 139
10. Official welcome 139
11. New Neighbours Initiative and The Wider Europe (statements followed by debate) 139
12. Preparation for the EU-Russia summit (statements followed by debate) 139
13. Question Time (Council) 140
14. Control of foot-and-mouth disease * (debate) 141
15. Capacity-building in developing countries (debate) 142
16. Poverty reduction in developing countries (debate) 142
17. Protection of audio-visual performers (debate) 142
18. Ecopoint system for Croatian traffic in transit through Austria * (debate) 143
19. Agenda for next sitting 143
20. Closure of sitting 143
ATTENDANCE REGISTER 144
ANNEX I
RESULTS OF VOTES 146
1. Involvement of employees * 146
2. Recreational craft ***III 146
3. ECS: Statute * 147
4. Parliament's estimates for 2004 147
5. Environmental liability ***I 149
ANNEX II
RESULT OF ROLL-CALL VOTES 154
Gebhardt report A5-0146/2003 - Resolution 154
Gill report A5-0140/2003 - Amendment 1 155
Manders report A5-0145/2003 - Amendment 26 156
Manders report A5-0145/2003 - Amendments 85 and 99, 1st part 157
Manders report A5-0145/2003 - Amendments 85 and 99, 2nd part 159
Manders report A5-0145/2003 - Amendments 86 and 103 160
Manders report A5-0145/2003 - Amendment 38 161
Manders report A5-0145/2003 - Amendments 87 and 104 162
Manders report A5-0145/2003 - Amendment 107 164
Manders report A5-0145/2003 - Commission proposal 165
Manders report A5-0145/2003 - Resolution 166
TEXTS ADOPTED
P5_TA(2003)0207
Involvement of employees *
European Parliament legislative resolution on the draft Council directive on supplementing the Statute for a European Cooperative Society with regard to the involvement of employees (9924/2002 - C5-0494/2002 - 1991/0389(CNS)) 168
P5_TA(2003)0208
Recreational craft ***III
European Parliament legislative resolution on the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee for a European Parliament and Council directive amending Directive 94/25/EC on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to recreational craft (PE-CONS 3615/2003 - C5-0109/2003 - 2000/0262(COD)) 174
P5_TA(2003)0209
ECS Statute *
European Parliament legislative resolution on the draft Council regulation on the Statute for a European cooperative society (9923/2002 - C5-0485/2002 - 1991/0388(CNS)) 175
P5_TA(2003)0210
Parliament's estimates for 2004
European Parliament resolution on the estimates of revenue and expenditure of Parliament for the financial year 2004 (2003/2016(BUD)) 179
P5_TA(2003)0211
Environmental liability ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council directive on environmental liability with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental damage (COM(2002) 17 - C5-0088/2002 - 2002/0021(COD)) 185
P5_TC1-COD(2002)0021
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 14 May 2003 with a view to the adoption of European Parliament and Council Directive 2003/..../EC on environmental liability with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental damage 186
ANNEX I
ACTIVITIES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 3(1) 200
ANNEX II
REMEDYING OF ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE 202
ANNEX III
INFORMATION AND DATA REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 22(1) 204
Thursday 15 May 2003
(2004/C 67 E/004)MINUTES
PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING 205
1. Opening of sitting 205
2. Broad economic policy guidelines (2003-2005) (debate) 205
3. Replacement of a member of the ECB Executive Board * (debate) 205
4. Deadline for tabling amendments to SAB 1 and 2/2003 206
5. Agenda 206
VOTING TIME
6. Capacity-building in the developing countries (Rule 110a) (vote) 206
7. Replacement of a member of the ECB Executive Board (Rule 110a) (vote) 207
8. Customs cooperation to combat money laundering ***I (vote) 207
9. Control of foot-and-mouth disease * (vote) 207
10. Ecopoint system for Croatian traffic in transit through Austria * (simplified procedure) (vote) 208
11. Ministerial meeting of the European Space Agency (vote) 208
12. Search made of the Ankara headquarters of the Human Rights Association of Turkey (vote) 208
13. Preparation for the EU-Russia summit (vote) 209
14. Poverty reduction in developing countries (vote) 209
15. Protection of audio-visual performers (vote) 209
16. Broad economic policy guidelines (2003-2005) (vote) 210
17. Appointment of observers in committees 211
18. Approval of Minutes of previous sitting 211
19. Postal services (debate) 211
20. Communication of common positions of the Council 212
21. Democratic Republic of Congo: the Ituri region (debate) 212
22. Taiwan's observer status at the 56th World Health Assembly (debate) 213
23. Freedom of expression and religion in Vietnam (debate) 213
VOTING TIME
24. Democratic Republic of the Congo - the Ituri region (vote) 213
25. Taiwan's observer status at the 56th World Health Assembly (vote) 214
26. Freedom of expression and religion in Vietnam (vote) 214
END OF VOTING TIME
27. Documents received 214
28. Declaration of financial interests 216
29. Referral to committees - Authorisation to draw up own-initiative reports - cooperation between committees 216
30. Written declarations included in the register (Rule 51) 219
31. Forwarding of texts adopted during the sitting 219
32. Dates for next sittings 219
33. Adjournment of session 219
ATTENDANCE REGISTER 220
ANNEX I
LIST OF OBSERVERS APPOINTED IN COMMITTEES 222
ANNEX II
RESULTS OF VOTES 239
1. Capacity-building in developing countries 239
2. Appointment of a member of the ECB Executive Board 239
3. Customs cooperation to combat money laundering *** I 240
4. Control of foot-and-mouth disease * 240
5. Ecopoint system for Croatian traffic in transit through Austria * 241
6. Ministerial meeting of the European Space Agency 241
7. Search made of the Ankara headquarters of the Human Rights Association of Turkey 241
8. Preparation for the EU-Russia summit 242
9. Education and training in developing countries 242
10. Protection of audio-visual performers 243
11. Broad economic policy guidelines (2003-2005) 243
12. Democratic Republic of the Congo - the Ituri region 245
13. Taiwan's observer status at the 56th World Health Assembly 245
14. Freedom of expression and religion in Vietnam 246
ANNEX III
RESULT OF ROLL-CALL VOTES 247
Ferrer report A5-0066/2003 - Resolution 247
Randzio-Plath report A5-0153/2003 - Secret vote 248
Schmitt report A5-0073/2003 - Resolution 249
Kreissl-Dörfler report A5-0141/2003 - Amendment 50 250
Kreissl-Dörfler report A5-0141/2003 - Commission proposal 251
Kreissl-Dörfler report A5-0141/2003 - Resolution 252
5-0240/2003 - RC - Taïwan's observer status at the 56th World Health Assembly - Resolution 253
5-0239/2003 - RC - Freedom of expression and religion in Vietnam - Resolution 254
TEXTS ADOPTED
P5_TA(2003)0212
Capacity-building in the developing countries
European Parliament resolution on capacity-building in the developing countries (2002/2157(INI)) 255
P5_TA(2003)0213
Appointment of a member of the ECB executive board
European Parliament resolution on the appointment of Mrs Gertrude Tumpel-Gugerell as a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank (8090/2003 - C5-0193/2003 - 2003/0810(CNS)) 258
P5_TA(2003)0214
Customs cooperation to combat money laundering ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and the Council on the prevention of money laundering by means of customs cooperation (COM(2002) 328 - C5-0291/2002 - 2002/0132(COD)) 259
P5_TC1-COD(2002)0132
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 15 May 2003 with a view to the adoption of European Parliament and Council Directive 2003/.../EC on the prevention of money laundering by means of customs cooperation 260
ANNEX
DECLARATION FORM 266
P5_TA(2003)0215
Control of foot-and-mouth disease *
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council directive on Community measures for the control of foot-and-mouth disease and amending Directive 92/46/EEC (COM(2002) 736 - C5-0029/2003 - 2002/0299(CNS)) 267
P5_TA(2003)0216
Ecopoint system for Croatian traffic in transit through Austria *
Proposal for a decision on the conclusion in the form of an exhange of letters of an agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Croatia on the ecopoint system applicable to Croatian transit through Austria (COM(2003) 121 - C5-0215/2003 - 2003/0051(CNS)) 279
P5_TA(2003)0217
Ministerial meeting of the European Space Agency
European Parliament resolution on the European Space Agency 279
P5_TA(2003)0218
Search made of the Ankara headquarters of the Human Rights Association of Turkey
European Parliament resolution on the search made of the Ankara headquarters of the Human Rights Association of Turkey 280
P5_TA(2003)0219
Preparation for the EU-Russia summit
European Parliament resolution on the EU-Russia summit 282
P5_TA(2003)0220
Poverty reduction in developing countries
European Parliament resolution on the Commission communication to the Council and the European Parliament on education and training in the context of poverty reduction in developing countries (COM(2002) 116 - C5-0333/2002 - 2002/2177(COS)) 285
P5_TA(2003)0221
Performance of audio-visual performers
European Parliament resolution on the protection of audio-visual performers 293
P5_TA(2003)0222
Broad economic policy guidelines for 2003
European Parliament resolution on the Commission recommendation on the Broad Guidelines of the Economic Policies of the Member States and the Community (for the 2003-2005 period) (COM(2003) 170 - C5-0189/2003 - 2003/2074(INI)) 295
P5_TA(2003)0223
Democratic Republic of the Congo - the Ituri region
European Parliament resolution on the situation in Ituri (Democratic Republic of Congo) 304
P5_TA(2003)0224
Taiwan's observer status at the 56th World Health Assembly
European Parliament resolution on Taiwan (56th World Health Assembly) 307
P5_TA(2003)0225
Freedom of expression and religion in Vietnam
European Parliament resolution on freedom of expression and religion in Vietnam 309
Key to symbols used
*Consultation procedure
** ICooperation procedure: first reading
** IICooperation procedure: second reading
***Assent procedure
*** ICodecision procedure: first reading
*** IICodecision procedure: second reading
*** IIICodecision procedure: third reading
(The type of procedure is determined by the legal basis proposed by the Commission)
Information relating to voting time
Unless stated otherwise, the rapporteurs informed the Chair in writing, before the vote, of their position on the amendments.
Abbreviations used for Parliamentary Committees
AFETCommittee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy
BUDGCommittee on Budgets
CONTCommittee on Budgetary Control
LIBECommittee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs
ECONCommittee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
JURICommittee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market
ITRECommittee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy
EMPLCommittee on Employment and Social Affairs
ENVICommittee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy
AGRICommittee on Agriculture and Rural Development
PECHCommittee on Fisheries
RETTCommittee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism
CULTCommittee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport
DEVECommittee on Development and Cooperation
AFCOCommittee on Constitutional Affairs
FEMMCommittee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities
PETICommittee on Petitions
Abbreviations used for Political Groups
PPE-DEGroup of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats
PSEGroup of the Party of European Socialists
ELDRGroup of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party
Verts/ALEGroup of the Greens/European Free Alliance
GUE/NGLConfederal Group of the European United Left/Nordic Green Left
UENUnion for a Europe of Nations Group
EDDGroup for a Europe of Democracies and Diversities
NINon-attached Members
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