1.12.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

CE 304/1

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MINUTES

(2005/C 304 E/01)

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

IN THE CHAIR: Josep BORRELL FONTELLES

President

1.   Resumption of session

The sitting opened at 17.05.

2.   Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

The Minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

3.   Statements by the President

The President made a statement in which he welcomed the fact that Spain had voted in favour of the European Constitutional Treaty the previous Sunday. On behalf of Parliament, he had congratulated the Spanish Prime Minister and the political parties that had taken part in the process.

The President then made a statement on President Bush's visit to Brussels, announcing that he was to take part in the meeting between the US President, the Presidents of the Council and Commission and the 25 EU Heads of State and Government.

The following spoke: Hans-Gert Poettering, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group.

4.   Verification of credentials

On a proposal from the JURI Committee, Parliament validated the mandate of Pedro Guerreiro.

5.   Membership of committees and delegations

At the request of the PPE-DE and ALDE Groups, Parliament ratified the following appointments:

—	INTA Committee: Brice Hortefeux

—	CONT Committee: Simon Busuttil to replace Antonis Samaras

—	LIBE Committee: Lapo Pistelli to replace Jean-Louis Bourlanges

Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Joint Parliamentary Assembly:

—	Luisa Fernanda Rudi Ubeda to replace Jaime Mayor Oreja

—	Jana Hybášková

6.   Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council

The Council had forwarded certified true copies of the following:

—	Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other part, to combat fraud and any other illegal activity to the detriment of their financial interests;

—	Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation concerning the criteria and mechanisms for establishing the state responsible for examining a request for asylum lodged in a Member State or in Switzerland;

—	Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation concerning the participation of Switzerland in the European Environment Agency and the European Environment Information and Observation Network;

—	Agreement between the European Union, the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on the Swiss Confederation's association with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen ‘acquis’;

—	Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation in the audiovisual field, establishing the terms and conditions for the participation of the Swiss Confederation in the Community programmes MEDIA plus and MEDIA training;

—	Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Community and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Tajikistan, of the other part;

—	Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on cooperation in the field of statistics;

—	Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation providing for measures equivalent to those laid down in Council Directive 2003/48/EC on taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments;

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Memorandum of Understanding between the European Community, the Kingdom of Belgium, the Czech Republic, the Kingdom of Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of Estonia, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, Ireland, the Italian Republic, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Poland, the Portuguese Republic, the Republic of Slovenia, the Slovak Republic, the Republic of Finland, the Kingdom of Sweden, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the Swiss Confederation;

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Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and Barbados, Belize, the Republic of the Congo, Fiji, the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, Jamaica, the Republic of Kenya, the Republic of Madagascar, the Republic of Malawi, the Republic of Mauritius, the Republic of Surinam, Saint Christopher and Nevis, the Kingdom of Swaziland, the United Republic of Tanzania, the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, the Republic of Uganda, the Republic of Zambia and the Republic of Zimbabwe on the guaranteed prices for cane sugar for the 2001/2002, 2002/2003, 2003/2004, 2004/2005 delivery period;

—	Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation amending the agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation of 22 July 1972 as regards the provisions applicable to processed agricultural products;

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Procès-verbal of rectification of the protocol drawn up on the basis of Article K.3 of the Treaty on European Union on the scope of the laundering of proceeds in the Convention on the use of information technology for customs purposes and the inclusion of the registration number of the means of transport in the Convention;

—	Agreement between the European Community and the Principality of Liechtenstein providing for measures equivalent to those laid down in Council Directive 2003/48/EC on taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments;

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Memorandum of Understanding between the European Community, the Kingdom of Belgium, the Czech Republic, the Kingdom of Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of Estonia, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, Ireland, the Italian Republic, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Poland, the Portuguese Republic, the Republic of Slovenia, the Slovak Republic, the Republic of Finland, the Kingdom of Sweden, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Principality of Liechtenstein.

7.   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):

13 January 2005

by Paul Braithwaite (Equitable Members Action Group) (No 29/2005);

by Kleon Minotis (No 30/2005);

by Ioannis Oikonomidis (No 31/2005);

by Atilio Laurence Almagia (No 32/2005);

by Ricard López (Apascide — Asociación Española de Padres de Sordociegos) (No 33/2005);

by Juan Angel de la Torre González (Mesa Eólica Merindades de Burgos) (No 34/2005);

by Francisco J. Menéndez Canto (Ministero de Trabajo y Asuntos Sociales) (No 35/2005);

by Jacqueline Princesse De Croy (No 36/2005);

by Laurence de la Martinière (A.D.I.P.H.C.M.) (No 37/2005);

by Christine Faisans-Blanc (No 38/2005);

by Pierre Morel à l'Huissier (No 39/2005);

by Joseph Saad (TRSP Radiotelevisione) (No 40/2005);

by Michel d'Herbigny (No 41/2005);

by Jean-Christophe Potin (No 42/2005);

by ASPAS — Association pour la Protection des Animaux Sauvages (No 43/2005);

by Patrick Graziani (No 44/2005);

by Roger Abiven (Agir pour l'Environnement et le Développement Durable) (No 45/2005);

by Gennaro Ciancio (No 46/2005);

by Ugo Celauro (No 47/2005);

by Federico Righi (No 48/2005);

by Anna Zecchino (No 49/2005);

by Luciano Motta (No 50/2005);

by Andrea Murgia (No 51/2005);

by Paolo Frigerio (Comune di Alzate Brianza) (No 52/2005);

by Roberta Angelilli (No 53/2005);

by Roberta Angelilli (No 54/2005);

by Roberta Angelilli (No 55/2005);

by Nikos Papadimas (Epitropi Protovoulias Gia Tin Apomakrynsi Tis Homateris Kai Tin Mi Epektasi Tis Dimos Ano Liosion) (No 56/2005);

by Anastasios Theodoridis (No 57/2005);

by Savvas Deirmentzidis (No 58/2005);

by Stelios Skevofylax (No 59/2005);

by Konstantinos Iatrou (No 60/2005);

by Carola Lemke-Leontoglou (No 61/2005);

by Sotiria Siatou (No 62/2005);

by Christos Praskidis (No 63/2005);

by Christina Tsichlaki (No 64/2005);

by Jörg Lehmann (SGM Grüne Aue Köpenick e.V.) (No 65/2005);

by Eckhard Brünger (No 66/2005);

by Dimitrios Grigoropoulos (No 67/2005);

by Gerardo Klipcious (No 68/2005);

by Christian Wenge (No 69/2005);

by Dave Prentis (Unison) (No 70/2005);

28 January 2005

by Christos Rinis (No 71/2005);

by Manuel Puga (No 72/2005);

by Juan José Archilla Pintidura (No 73/2005);

by Ramón Román Gálvez (No 74/2005);

by Théodore Pescatore (Association Liberté de Conscience a.s.b.l.) (No 75/2005);

by Nicolas Pomiés (Union des Familles Laïques) (No 76/2005);

by Edith Nagant (Fédération Humaniste Européenne) (No 77/2005);

by Emmanuel Dupuy (Union des Républicains Radicaux) (No 78/2005);

by Nicolas Goudine (Centre d'Action Laïque de Belgique) (No 79/2005);

by Pierre Debusschere (Union Rationaliste de Belgique) (No 80/2005);

by Sophie Breslaw (Pensée pour l'Europe) (No 81/2005);

by Yves Warnant (Maison de la Laïcité Hypathia d'Ottignies — Louvain-la-Neuve) (No 82/2005);

by Dominique Laget (SAEL) (No 83/2005);

by Guy Biamont (Centrale Générale des Services Publics) (No 84/2005);

by Albert Dubois (Libre Pensée de Jodoigne) (No 85/2005);

by Armelle Xhrouet (Theux Action Laïque) (No 86/2005);

by Salvatore Maccio (No 87/2005);

by Noaman Ben Abdessalem (No 88/2005);

by Alexia Wattel (No 89/2005);

by Maxime Metzmacher (No 90/2005);

by Paolo Pozzan (No 91/2005);

by Nicolas José Zacci (No 92/2005);

by Konstantin Mitin (No 93/2005);

by Luludakis (Studio Fiorentino S.a.s.) (No 94/2005);

by Chiara Maria Della Croce di Dojola (No 95/2005);

by Gianni Luigi Mor (No 96/2005);

by Federico Iadicicco (No 97/2005);

by Corinne Millardet (No 98/2005);

by Silva Rogério Amoroso (No 99/2005);

by Luis Castela (No 100/2005);

by Francisco Manuel Ventura (No 101/2005);

by Georgios Grympogiannis (No 102/2005);

by Evangelia Charalambous (No 103/2005);

by Georges Marcopoulos (FFPE) (No 104/2005);

by David Brenner (SPÖ Landtagsklub) (No 105/2005);

by Thomas Daub (No 106/2005);

by Jörg Hensel (No 107/2005);

by Olaf Kuhn (No 108/2005);

by Gertrude Hollaus (No 109/2005);

by Peter Scheuß (No 110/2005);

by Carsten Cepnik (No 111/2005);

by Carsten Thurau (No 112/2005);

by Thomas Böhne (No 113/2005);

by Borijan Dronjic (No 114/2005);

by Roderick O'Mullane (No 115/2005);

by Marina Karacosta (No 116/2005);

by Elan Chechover (No 117/2005);

by Aldo Rabaiotti (No 118/2005);

by Stephen Lambourne (Pomegranate Pictures Limited) (No 119/2005);

by Charles Watson (No 120/2005);

by Juraj Mesik (No 121/2005);

by Panayiotis Christophorou (No 122/2005);

by Joe Doublet (No 123/2005);

by Alexander MacPherson (No 124/2005);

by Natalja Grüntal (No 125/2005);

by Ilkka Leinonen (No 126/2005);

by Özcan Kaldoyo (ACSA) (No 127/2005);

by Zenon Jasinski (No 128/2005);

3 February 2005

by George Luke (No 129/2005);

by Jeff Lovitt (PASOS — Policy Association for an Open Society) (No 130/2005);

by Oisin Jones-Dillon (No 131/2005);

by Joseph Tierney (No 132/2005);

by John Parkes (No 133/2005);

by Nora Erbil (No 134/2005);

by Giovanpaolo Sandalini (No 135/2005);

by Frank Cooper Blakeley (No 136/2005);

by Michael Keating (Crumlin Against Asbestos) (No 137/2005);

by David Hugh Kynaston Mainwaring (No 138/2005);

by Harold Corkhill (No 139/2005);

by Agnieszka Holland (No 140/2005);

by Richard Geoffrey Damer Harrison (No 141/2005);

by Robert J.N. Ewing (No 142/2005);

by Michael Humphries (No 143/2005);

by Ger Essers (No 144/2005);

by Stevens Axel (No 145/2005);

by Özcan Kaldoyo (ACSA) (No 146/2005);

by Özcan Kaldoyo (ACSA) (No 147/2005);

by Ferenc Tibor Zsák (Tiszántúli Természetvédők Társulata Society Conservationists of Eastern Hungary) (and 4000 signatures) (No 148/2005);

by Krzysztof Iwaniuk (Urząd Gminy w Terespolu) (No 149/2005);

by Sonja Orel (No 150/2005);

by Hermina Nemec (No 151/2005);

by Brigitte Scherb (Niedersächsischer Landfrauenverband Hannover) (No 152/2005);

by Bernhard Kahlert (No 153/2005);

by Ulrike Schnur (No 154/2005);

by Hans Hentze (No 155/2005);

by Szilvia Deminger (No 156/2005);

by Moudansirou Morou (Togolesischen Vereine in München Selbsthilfszentrum) (and 261 signatures) (No 157/2005);

by Hans-Josef Friedrich (No 158/2005);

by Grigorij Dubovskjj (No 159/2005);

by Wolfgang Juwig (No 160/2005);

by Helmut Stolze (No 161/2005);

by Helmut Molner (No 162/2005);

by Carolin Philipp (No 163/2005);

by Carmen Graap (No 164/2005);

by Manolis Perakis (No 165/2005);

by Vasileios Hristoforidis (Union Panhellénique des Médecins d'Assistance Primaire) (No 166/2005);

by Petros Grigoropoulos (No 167/2005);

by Olivier Romano (No 168/2005);

by Albert Arte (No 169/2005);

by Manthos Achilleas (No 170/2005);

by Viviana Dolcetti (No 171/2005);

by Duccio Matteucci (No 172/2005);

by Duccio Matteucci (No 173/2005);

by Manuel Lopes Zebral (No 174/2005);

by Anatoliy Kuzmichov (No 175/2005);

by Apostolos Kondylis (No 176/2005);

17 February 2005

by Nikos Sevasteris (No 177/2005);

by Aggelos Papadopoulos (No 178/2005);

by Pere Castellsagués Riera (No 179/2005);

by Laura González Betlinski (Asociación de Padres de Alumnos del CEIP Ramon Llull) (No 180/2005);

by Carlos Jiménez Rodríguez (No 181/2005);

by Juan Carlos Pérez González (No 182/2005);

by Stéphane Patin (No 183/2005);

by Pilar Cabrera Rodriguez (No 184/2005);

by Rubén Méndez Cebrián (No 185/2005);

by Mariana Lopez Santiago (No 186/2005);

by Carmelo Santos Cáceres Acosta (No 187/2005);

by Miguel Ibáñez Verdú (Asociación de Vecinos de Rebolledo ‘Amigos de Foncalent’) (No 188/2005);

by Cristóbal Aguado Laza (Associació Valenciana d'Agricultors) (No 189/2005);

by Antonio Santamaría Abad (Asociación Pro Hucho Salamanca) (No 190/2005);

by Marc Cohen (No 191/2005);

by Marc Le Men (FRAPNA Savoie) (No 192/2005);

by André Thurion (No 193/2005);

by Bernard Bellu (No 194/2005);

by Michel Meurice (Association Symboles et Neutralité) (No 195/2005);

by Jean-Louis Napolitano (No 196/2005);

by Gianmaria Picchi (No 197/2005);

by Marco Tomalino (No 198/2005);

by António Marinho Teixeira (Associação dos Habitantes de Chamosinhos) (No 199/2005);

by Sergiu Valentin Lipcan (No 200/2005);

by Axel Marschall (No 201/2005);

by Vladimir Drabek (No 202/2005);

by Jörg Stanislawski (No 203/2005);

by Dimitar Beltschinow (No 204/2005);

by Alexander Nurtsch (No 205/2005);

by Ilona Flick (No 206/2005);

by Horst Höricke (No 207/2005);

by Manfred Strimitzer (No 208/2005);

by Herbert Fuchs (No 209/2005);

by Linda Taal (Stichting Actie Zwerfhonden i.o.) (No 210/2005);

by Mark Haywood (Lloyd's Private Capital Association) (No 211/2005);

by Phillip Cantwell (No 212/2005);

by Hubbard (No 213/2005);

by Nadya Yasinsky (and 46 signatures) (No 214/2005);

by Todor Hristov (No 215/2005);

by Donders Ronald (No 216/2005);

by Borg Christopher (No 217/2005);

by Irene Götz (No 218/2005);

by Chris O'Byrne (No 219/2005);

by Gary Chambers (No 220/2005);

by Ralph Arbeid (No 221/2005);

by Vervloet (Inventief Beheer BV) (No 222/2005);

by Jarosław Marszałek (No 223/2005);

by Zlatko Tišljar (No 224/2005).

8.   Written declarations (Rule 116)

In accordance with Rule 116(5), written declarations Nos 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45/2004 lapsed as they had not obtained the required number of signatures.

9.   Action taken on Parliament's positions and resolutions

The Commission communications on the action taken on the positions and resolutions adopted by Parliament during the September, October I and II, and November 2004 part-sessions had been distributed.

10.   Order of business

The next item was the order of business.

The final draft agenda for the sitting of February (354.151/PDOJ) had been distributed. The following changes had been proposed under Rule 132:

Sittings of 21 February 2005 to 24 February 2005

Monday

—	no changes

Tuesday

—	no changes

Wednesday

—	request from the PPE-DE Group to add an item on the situation in Lebanon following the assassination of Mr Hariri, the former Prime Minister, to the Council and Commission statements on EU relations with the Mediterranean region (Item 28 on the agenda)

The following spoke: Hans-Gert Poettering, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, who withdrew the request and suggested that the matter be raised by way of an oral question to the Commission; and Hannes Swoboda, on behalf of the PSE Group, who agreed to the suggestion.

—	request from the PSE Group to reverse the order of the oral questions on textiles and clothing, and hunger and poverty (Items 30 and 31 on the agenda)

The following spoke: Hannes Swoboda, on behalf of the PSE Group.

Parliament approved the request.

The President pointed out that the political groups had agreed that debates should go on no longer than 18.00 to ensure that all the items to which the Council was to contribute could be covered.

Bernd Posselt spoke.

Thursday

—	no changes

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

—	Proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999 as regards a specific action for transfers of vessels to countries hit by the tsunami in 2004 [COM(2005)0036 — C6-0036/2005 — 2005/0005 CNS)]

Reason for request:

In view of the urgent situation with regard to fisheries in the areas hit by the tsunami in December 2004, the proposal laid down a legislative framework that was essential in order for Member States to be able to send small vessels to the fishing communities concerned.

—	Proposal for a Council regulation imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities in view of the situation in Côte d'Ivoire [COM(2004)0842 — C6-0023/2005 — 2004/0286(CNS)]

Reason for request:

It was vital that the regulation be adopted as soon as possible to avoid funds and resources being transferred that should remain frozen.

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

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The order of business was thus established.

11.   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:

Bogdan Pęk, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Luis Yañez-Barnuevo García, Georgios Karatzaferis, Ashley Mote, Georgios Papastamkos, Richard Corbett, Jo Leinen, Urszula Krupa, Borut Pahor, Gay Mitchell, Sarah Ludford, Dariusz Rosati, Gerard Batten, Ryszard Czarnecki, Carlos José Iturgaiz Angulo, Giovanni Pittella, Gyula Hegyi, Ilda Figueiredo, Carl Schlyter, Béatrice Patrie, Mirosław Mariusz Piotrowski, Luis Francisco Herrero-Tejedor, Marie Anne Isler Béguin, Bogusław Rogalski, James Hugh Allister, Manuel Medina Ortega and Mojca Drčar Murko.

The following spoke: Luis Francisco Herrero-Tejedor, under Rule 145(1), to make a personal statement in response to Manuel Medina Ortega's remarks (the President pointed out that Mr Herrero-Tejedor's comments did not constitute a personal statement); and Proinsias De Rossa, on James Hugh Allister's remarks.

The President pointed out that Rule 145 should be strictly adhered to.

12.   Commission legislative and work programme (2005) (continuation of debate)

First part of the debate: see Minutes of 26.01.2005, Item 6

The following spoke: José Manuel Barroso (President of the Commission) and Françoise Grossetête.

IN THE CHAIR: Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Vice-President

The following spoke: Martin Schulz, on behalf of the PSE Group, Andrew Duff, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Angelika Beer, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Helmuth Markov, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Gerard Batten, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Eoin Ryan, on behalf of the UEN Group, Timothy Kirkhope, Hannes Swoboda, Elmar Brok, Robert Goebbels, Martine Roure, Klaus-Heiner Lehne, Evelyne Gebhardt, José Albino Silva Peneda, Genowefa Grabowska and Othmar Karas.

IN THE CHAIR: Miroslav OUZKÝ

Vice-President

The following spoke: Mihael Brejc, Zbigniew Zaleski, David Casa and José Manuel Barroso.

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

—	Francis Wurtz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the Commission's strategic objectives for 2005-2009 and the Commission's legislative and work programme for 2005 (B6-0099/2005);

—	Brian Crowley and Cristiana Muscardini, on behalf of the UEN Group, on the Commission's legislative and work programme for 2005 (B6-0106/2005);

—	Monica Frassoni and Daniel Marc Cohn-Bendit, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the Commission's legislative and work programme for 2005 (B6-0109/2005);

—	Andrew Duff and Alexander Lambsdorff, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the Commission's legislative programme for 2005 and its five-year strategic programme (B6-0115/2005);

—	Françoise Grossetête, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on the Commission's legislative and work programme for 2004 (B6-0120/2005);

—	Martin Schulz and Hannes Swoboda, on behalf of the PSE Group, on the Commission's 2005 work programme (B6-0121/2005).

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 24.02.2005, Item 7.7

13.   World Social Forum, World Economic Forum (debate)

Commission statement: World Social Forum, World Economic Forum

José Manuel Barroso (President of the Commission) made the statement.

The following spoke: Nirj Deva, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Harlem Désir, on behalf of the PSE Group, Silvana Koch-Mehrin, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Marie-Hélène Aubert, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Tobias Pflüger, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Thomas Mann, Proinsias De Rossa, Jan Jerzy Kułakowski, Carl Schlyter, Othmar Karas, Glyn Ford, Jules Maaten, Piia-Noora Kauppi, Kader Arif and José Manuel Barroso.

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

—	Eoin Ryan, Cristiana Muscardini, Brian Crowley, Mogens N.J. Camre, Umberto Pirilli and Guntars Krasts, on behalf of the UEN Group, on the World Economic Forum and World Social Forum (Davos and Porto Alegre) (B6-0092/2005);

—	Jules Maaten and Silvana Koch-Mehrin, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the World Economic Forum and World Social Forum (Davos and Porto Alegre) (B6-0097/2005);

—	Thomas Mann and Nirj Deva, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on the World Social Forum and World Economic Forum (B6-0098/2005);

—	Marie-Hélène Aubert, Bernat Joan i Marí, Alain Lipietz, Raül Romeva i Rueda and Carl Schlyter, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the 2005 World Social Forum in Porto Alegre and the 2005 World Economic Forum in Davos (B6-0102/2005);

—	Harlem Désir, on behalf of the PSE Group, on the World Social Forum and the World Economic Forum (B6-0104/2005);

—	Francis Wurtz, Vittorio Agnoletto, Tobias Pflüger, Pedro Guerreiro, Bairbre de Brún, Gabriele Zimmer, Sahra Wagenknecht, Feleknas Uca and Marco Rizzo, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group on the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre and the World Economic Forum in Davos (B6-0111/2005).

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 24.02.2005, Item 7.8

14.   Exchange of information extracted from the criminal record * — Quality of criminal justice in the European Union (debate)

Report on the proposal for a Council decision on the exchange of information extracted from the criminal record [COM(2004)0664 — C6-0163/2004 — 2004/0238(CNS)] — Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.

Rapporteur: Antonio Di Pietro (A6-0020/2005)

Report on the proposal for a recommendation of the European Parliament on the quality of criminal justice in the European Union [2005/2003(INI)] — Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.

Rapporteur: António Costa (A6-0036/2005)

Franco Frattini (Vice-President of the Commission) spoke.

Antonio Di Pietro introduced the report (A6-0020/2005).

António Costa introduced the report (A6-0036/2005).

The following spoke: Mihael Brejc, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, and Martine Roure, on behalf of the PSE Group.

IN THE CHAIR: Ingo FRIEDRICH

Vice-President

The following spoke: Antoine Duquesne, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Kathalijne Maria Buitenweg, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Ole Krarup, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Mario Borghezio, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Marcin Libicki, on behalf of the UEN Group, Philip Claeys, Non-attached Member, Barbara Kudrycka, Stavros Lambrinidis, Mojca Drčar Murko, James Hugh Allister, Rainer Wieland, Giovanni Claudio Fava, Lena Ek, Carlos Coelho, Claude Moraes, Ioannis Varvitsiotis, Charlotte Cederschiöld, Maria da Assunção Esteves and Franco Frattini.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 22.02.2005, Item 7.11 and Minutes of 22.02.2005, Item 7.12

15.   Competition policy (2003) (debate)

Report on the Commission's XXXIIIrd Report on Competition Policy — 2003 [2004/2139(INI)] — Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.

Rapporteur: Jonathan Evans (A6-0024/2005)

Jonathan Evans introduced the report.

The following spoke: Neelie Kroes (Member of the Commission), Gunnar Hökmark, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Elisa Ferreira, on behalf of the PSE Group, Diamanto Manolakou, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, John Whittaker, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Leopold Józef Rutowicz, Andreas Schwab, Katerina Batzeli and Neelie Kroes.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 22.02.2005, Item 7.14

16.   State aid in the form of public service compensation (debate)

Report on State aid in the form of public service compensation [2004/2186(INI)] — Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.

Rapporteur: Sophia in 't Veld (A6-0034/2005)

Sophia in 't Veld introduced the report.

The following spoke: Neelie Kroes (Member of the Commission), John Purvis, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Joseph Muscat, on behalf of the PSE Group, Wolf Klinz, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Ian Hudghton, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Hans-Peter Martin, Non-attached Member, Karsten Friedrich Hoppenstedt, Gilles Savary, Marian Harkin, Mia De Vits, Benoît Hamon, Ieke van den Burg and Neelie Kroes.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 22.02.2005, Item 7.15

17.   Agenda for next sitting

The agenda for the next sitting had been established (‘Agenda’ PE 354.151/OJMA).

18.   Closure of sitting

The sitting closed at 23.10.

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