9.2.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

CE 33/1

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MINUTES

(2006/C 33 E/01)

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

IN THE CHAIR: Josep BORRELL FONTELLES

President

1.   Resumption of session

The sitting opened at 17.05.

2.   Welcome

On behalf of Parliament, the President welcomed Monsignor Rallo, the Vatican's special envoy to the Council of Europe, who had taken his seat in the distinguished visitors' gallery.

3.   Tribute

On behalf of Parliament, the President paid tribute to Pope John-Paul II, who had died on 2 April 2005. He pointed out that he had sent a message to the Vatican as soon as the Pope's death had been announced and that, together with Jacek Emil Saryusz-Wolski, Vice-President of Parliament, and Commission President José Manuel Barroso, he had attended the Pope's funeral in Rome. The President mentioned the spiritual and political legacy of John-Paul II.

Parliament observed a minute's silence.

4.   Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

Corrections to votes:

Date of sitting: 9 March 2005

Report: Valdis Dombrovskis — A6-0043/2005

—	paragraph 28 for: Britta Thomsen

Motion for a resolution B6-0186/2005: Mid-term review of the Lisbon Strategy

—	amendment 26, first part for: Britta Thomsen

—	amendment 2, second part for: Jean-Marie Cavada against: Britta Thomsen

Date of sitting: 10 March 2005

Motion for a resolution RC-B6-0199/2005: Trade in human egg cells

—	amendment 6 for: Lissy Gröner

Motion for a resolution B6-0147/2005: Forthcoming reform of the common organisation of the market in sugar

—	amendment 13D for: Gerard Batten

—	resolution (as a whole) against: Hélène Goudin, Nils Lundgren, Lars Wohlin

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Correction to Item 15: Decisions concerning certain documents

Authorisation to draw up own-initiative reports (Rule 45)

ITRE Committee:

—	Financial resources earmarked for the decommissioning of nuclear power plants (2005/2027(INI)) (opinion: CONT, ENVI) (Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 03.03.2005)

The Minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

5.   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:

—	Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Decision No 1419/1999/EC establishing a Community action for the European Capital of Culture event for the years 2005 to 2019 (3608/2005 — C6-0088/2005 — 2003/0274(COD);

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Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulations (EEC) No 1408/71 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons, to self-employed persons and to members of their families moving within the Community and (EEC) No 574/72 laying down the procedure for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 (3609/2005 — C6-0087/2005 — 2003/0184(COD));

—	Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code (3611/2005 — C6-0090/2005 — 2003/0167(COD)).

6.   Membership of committees

At the request of the PPE-DE Group, Parliament ratified the following appointments:

—	INTA Committee: Jan Christian Ehler was no longer a member,

—	BUDG Committee: Richard James Ashworth to replace Den Dover,

—	ECON Committee: Jan Christian Ehler,

—	ITRE Committee: Den Dover to replace Richard James Ashworth.

At the request of the PSE Group, Parliament ratified the following appointments:

—	EMPL Committee: Joel Hasse Ferreira to replace Fausto Correia,

—	LIBE Committee: Fausto Correia.

7.   Documents received

The following documents had been received:

1)

from committees: 1.1) reports: — * Report on the proposal for a Council regulation establishing measures for the recovery of the sole stocks in the Western Channel and the Bay of Biscay (COM(2003)0819 — C5-0047/2004 — 2003/0327(CNS)) — Committee on Fisheries Rapporteur: Morillon Philippe (A6-0050/2005) — * Report on the proposal for a Council regulation establishing measures for the recovery of the Southern hake and Norway lobster stocks in the Cantabrian Sea and Western Iberian peninsula and amending Regulation (EC) No 850/98 (COM(2003)0818 — C5-0042/2004 — 2003/0318(CNS)) — Committee on Fisheries Rapporteur: Miguélez Ramos Rosa (A6-0051/2005) — * Report on the proposal for a Council decision approving the accession of the European Community to the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants, as revised at Geneva on 19 March 1991 (COM(2004)0798 — C6-0010/2005 — 2004/0275 (CNS)) — Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development Rapporteur: Daul Joseph (A6-0052/2005) — ***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to the use of frontal protection systems on motor vehicles and amending Council Directive 70/156/EEC (COM(2003)0586 — C5-0473/2003 — 2003/0226(COD)) — Committee on Transport and Tourism Rapporteur: Hedkvist Petersen Ewa (A6-0053/2005) — Report 1. * on the proposal for a Council directive on a specific procedure for admitting thirdcountry nationals for purposes of scientific research (COM(2004)0178 — C6-0011/2004 — 2004/0061(CNS) 2. * on the proposal for a Council recommendation to facilitate the admission of thirdcountry nationals to carry out scientific research in the European Community (COM (2004)0178 — C6-0012/2004 — 2004/0062(CNS) 3. ***I on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council recommendation to facilitate the issue by the Member States of uniform short-stay visas for researchers from third countries travelling within the European Community for the purpose of carrying out scientific research (COM(2004)0178 — C6-0013/2004 — 2004/0063(COD)) — Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Rapporteur: Peillon Vincent (A6-0054/2005) — Report on short sea shipping (2004/2161(INI)) — Committee on Transport and Tourism Rapporteur: Navarro Robert (A6-0055/2005) — *** Recommendation on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Community and its Member States, of a Protocol to the Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other, on the free movement of persons, regarding the participation, as contracting parties, of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic, pursuant to their accession to the European Union (12585/2004 — COM(2004)0596 — C6-0247/2004 — 2004/0201(AVC)) — Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Rapporteur: Kirkhope Timothy (A6-0058/2005) — * Report on the proposal for a Council decision establishing the European Police College (CEPOL) as a body of the European Union (COM(2004)0623 — C6-0203/2004 — 2004/0215(CNS)) — Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Rapporteur: Demetriou Panayiotis (A6-0059/2005) — ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a financing instrument for development cooperation and economic cooperation (COM(2004)0629 — C6-0128/2004 — 2004/0220(COD)) — Committee on Development Rapporteur: Mitchell Gay (A6-0060/2005) — Report on the annual report from the Council to the European Parliament on the main aspects and basic choices of CFSP, including the financial implications for the general budget of the European Communities — 2003 (2004/2172(INI)) — Committee on Foreign Affairs Rapporteur: Brok Elmar (A6-0062/2005) — Report on discharge for implementing the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2003, Section I — European Parliament (C6-0015/2005 — 2004/2041(DEC)) — Committee on Budgetary Control Rapporteur: Juknevičienė Ona (A6-0063/2005) — * Report on the proposal for a Council framework decision on certain procedural rights in criminal proceedings throughout the European Union (COM(2004)0328 — C6-0071/2004 — 2004/0113(CNS)) — Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Rapporteur: Buitenweg Kathalijne Maria (A6-0064/2005) — * Report on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 as regards the reciprocity mechanism (COM(2004)0437 — C6-0097/2004 — 2004/0141 (CNS)) — Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Rapporteur: Lax Henrik (A6-0065/2005) — Report on the discharge for implementing the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2003, Section II — Council (C6-0016/2005 — 2004/2042(DEC)), Section IV — Court of Justice (C6-0071/2005 — 2004/2043(DEC)), Section V — Court of Auditors (C6-0018/2005 — 2004/2044(DEC)), Section VI — European Economic and Social Committee (C6-0019/2005 — 2004/2045(DEC)), Section VII — Committee of the Regions (C6-0020/2005 — 2004/2046(DEC)), Section VIII — Ombudsman (C6-0021/2005 — 2004/2047(DEC)) — Committee on Budgetary Control Rapporteur: Stubb Alexander (A6-0066/2005) — ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) by reason of the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia to the European Union (COM(2004)0592 — C6-0118/2004 — 2004/0202(COD)) — Committee on Regional Development Rapporteur: Galeote Quecedo Gerardo (A6-0067/2005) — Report on the internal market in the new Member States: situation, opportunities and lessons to be learnt (2004/2155(INI)) — Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Rapporteur: Handzlik Małgorzata (A6-0068/2005) — Report on the discharge to the Commission for implementing the budget of the sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth European Development Funds for the financial year 2003 (COM (2004)0667 — C6-0165/2004 — 2004/2049(DEC)) — Committee on Budgetary Control Rapporteur: Xenogiannakopoulou Marilisa (A6-0069/2005) — Report on the discharge for implementing the European Union general budget for the financial year 2003, Section III — Commission (SEC(2004)1181 — C6-0012/2005 — 2004/2040(DEC) — SEC(2004)1182 — C6-0013/2005 — 2004/2040(DEC)) — Committee on Budgetary Control Rapporteur: Wynn Terence (A6-0070/2005) — Report on the 2006 budget: the Commission's Annual Strategy report (APS) (2004/2270 (BUD)) — Committee on Budgets Rapporteur: Pittella Giovanni (A6-0071/2005) — Report on the European Security Strategy (2004/2167(INI)) — Committee on Foreign Affairs Rapporteur: Kuhne Helmut (A6-0072/2005) — Report on the discharge for the financial year 2003 to 1. the European Agency for Reconstruction (N6-0216/2004 — C6-0235/2004 — 2004/2051(DEC)), 2. the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (N6-0207/2004 — C6-0226/2004 — 2004/2050(DEC)), 3. the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (N6-0208/2004 — C6-0227/2004 — 2004/2060(DEC)), 4. the European Environment Agency (N6-0209/2004 — C6-0228/2004 — 2004/2053 (DEC)), 5. the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (N6-0213/2004 — C6-0232/2004 — 2004/2061(DEC)), 6. the European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products (N6-0212/2004 — C6-0231/2004 — 2004/2056(DEC)), 7. the Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union (N6-0214/2004 — C6-0233/2004 — 2004/2062(DEC)), 8. Eurojust (N6-0220/2004 — C6-0239/2004 — 2004/2063(DEC)), 9. the European Training Foundation (N6-0210/2004 — C6-0229/2004 — 2004/2058 (DEC)), 10. the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (N6-0211/2004 — C6-0230/2004 — 2004/2055(DEC)), 11. the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia (N6-0215/2004 — C6-0234/2004 — 2004/2059(DEC)), 12. the European Food Safety Authority (N6-0217/2004 — C6-0236/2004 — 2004/2054 (DEC)), 13. the European Maritime Safety Agency (N6-0218/2004 — C6-0237/2004 — 2004/2057(DEC)), 14. the European Aviation Safety Agency (N6-0219/2004 — C6-0238/2004 — 2004/2052 (DEC)) — Committee on Budgetary Control Rapporteurs: Ayala Sender Inés, Schlyter Carl (A6-0074/2005) — Report on the role of the European Union in the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) (2004/2252(INI)) — Committee on Development Rapporteur: Kinnock Glenys (A6-0075/2005) — Report on the application by Romania to become a member of the European Union (2005/ 2028(INI)) — Committee on Foreign Affairs Rapporteur: Moscovici Pierre (A6-0077/2005) — Report on the application by the Republic of Bulgaria to become a member of the European Union (2005/2029(INI)) — Committee on Foreign Affairs Rapporteur: Van Orden Geoffrey (A6-0078/2005) — * Report on the initiative of the Federal Republic of Germany, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, the Italian Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland with a view to adopting a Council decision on protecting the euro against counterfeiting, by designating Europol as the Central Office for combating euro counterfeiting (14811/2004 — C6-0221/2004 — 2004/0817(CNS)) — Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Rapporteur: Díaz de Mera García Consuegra Agustín (A6-0079/2005) — *** Recommendation on the application by the Republic of Bulgaria to become a member of the European Union (AA1/2/2005 [01] — C6-0085/2005 — 2005/0901(AVC)) — Committee on Foreign Affairs Rapporteur: Van Orden Geoffrey (A6-0082/2005) — *** Recommendation on Romania's application to become a member of the European Union (AA1/2/2005 [02] — C6-0086/2005 — 2005/0902(AVC)) — Committee on Foreign Affairs Rapporteur: Moscovici Pierre (A6-0083/2005) 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 amending Directive 1999/32/EC as regards the sulphur content of marine fuels (12891/2/2004 — C6-0248/2004 — 2002/0259(COD)) — Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Rapporteur: Hassi Satu (A6-0056/2005) — ***II Recommendation for second reading on the Council common position for adopting a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for the setting of eco-design requirements for Energy-Using Products and amending Council Directive 92/42/EEC and Directives 96/57/EC and 2000/55/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (11414/1/2004 — C6-0246/2004 — 2003/0172(COD)) — Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Rapporteur: Ries Frédérique (A6-0057/2005) — ***II Recommendation for second reading on the Council common position for adopting a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on minimum conditions for the implementation of Council Regulations (EEC) Nos 3820/85 and 3821/85 concerning social legislation relating to road transport activities (11336/1/2004 — C6-0249/2004 — 2003/0255(COD)) — Committee on Transport and Tourism Rapporteur: Markov Helmuth (A6-0073/2005) — ***II Recommendation for second reading on the Council common position for adopting a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the harmonisation of certain social legislation relating to road transport and amending Council Regulations (EEC) No 3821/85 and (EC) No 2135/98 (11337/2/2004 — C6-0250/2004 — 2001/0241(COD)) — Committee on Transport and Tourism Rapporteur: Markov Helmuth (A6-0076/2005)

2)

from Members: 2.1) oral questions (Rule 108): — Gerardo Galeote Quecedo, Konstantinos Hatzidakis and Sérgio Marques, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Constanze Angela Krehl, Bárbara Dührkop Dührkop, Marilisa Xenogiannakopoulou and António Costa, on behalf of the PSE Group, to the Commission: The new challenges of the regional policy (B6-0161/2005); — Jean-Marie Cavada, on behalf of the LIBE Committee, to the Council: Progress in 2004 on the development of the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (AFSJ) (Article 2 ECT and Article 39 TEU) (B6-0164/2005); — Jean-Marie Cavada, on behalf of the LIBE Committee, to the Commission: Progress in 2004 on the implementation of the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (AFSJ) (Article 2 of the EC Treaty and Article 39 of the Treaty on European Union) (B6-0165/2005); — Alexander Nuno Alvaro, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Kathalijne Maria Buitenweg, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Herbert Reul, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, and Martine Roure, on behalf of the PSE Group, to the Council: Data retention (B6-0166/2005/rev.1) — Francis Wurtz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Harlem Désir, on behalf of the PSE Group, and Hélène Flautre, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, to the Commission: Redundancies at Alstom (B6-0167/2005); — Nikolaos Sifunakis, on behalf of the CULT Committee, to the Commission: Combating doping in sport (B6-0168/2005); — Nikolaos Sifunakis, on behalf of the CULT Committee, to the Commission: Draft Unesco Convention — cultural diversity (B6-0169/2005); — Pedro Guerreiro, Bairbre de Brún and Kyriacos Triantaphyllides, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, to the Commission: Regional policy challenges in the context of the financial framework for 2007-2013 (B6-0170/2005); — Karl-Heinz Florenz, on behalf of the ENVI Committee, to the Commission: Commission's strategy for the First Conference of the Parties on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) (B6-0171/2005); — Glyn Ford and Erika Mann, on behalf of the PSE Group, Neil Parish and Robert Sturdy, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, and Graham Watson, on behalf of the ALDE Group, to the Commission: Fiscal and environmental dumping (B6-0172/2005); — Jacek Protasiewicz, Ria Oomen-Ruijten, Csaba Őry, Milan Cabrnoch, Mihael Brejc, Struan Stevenson and Othmar Karas, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, to the Commission: Discrimination against workers and companies from the new Member States in the EU internal market (B6-0173/2005); — Pierre Jonckheer, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, to the Commission: Fiscal and environmental dumping (B6-0229/2005) 2.2) oral questions for Question Time (Rule 109) (B6-0163/2005): Seppänen Esko, Evans Robert, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou Marie, McGuinness Mairead, Bushill-Matthews Philip, Posselt Bernd, Hökmark Gunnar, Martin David, Barón Crespo Enrique, Meyer Pleite Willy, Hammerstein Mintz David, Ortuondo Larrea Josu, Guardans Cambó Ignasi, Cavada Jean-Marie, Medina Ortega Manuel, Newton Dunn Bill, Ryan Eoin, Crowley Brian, Ó Neachtain Seán, Aylward Liam, Westlund Åsa, Schlyter Carl, Hedkvist Petersen Ewa, Moraes Claude, Davies Chris, Triantaphyllides Kyriacos, Doyle Avril, Papadimoulis Dimitrios, López-Istúriz White Antonio, Matsis Yiannakis, Mitchell Gay, De Rossa Proinsias, Sjöstedt Jonas, Belet Ivo, Czarnecki Ryszard, Toussas Georgios, Manolakou Diamanto, Pafilis Athanasios, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou Rodi, Martin Hans-Peter, Figueiredo Ilda- Barón Crespo Enrique, Bushill-Matthews Philip, Aylward Liam, Staes Bart, Batzeli Katerina, Mitchell Gay, Ford Glyn, Papadimoulis Dimitrios, McGuinness Mairead, Lucas Caroline, Westlund Åsa, De Rossa Proinsias, Doyle Avril, Vakalis Nikolaos, Tzampazi Evangelia, Bowis John, Toussas Georgios, Posselt Bernd, Martin David, Hedh Anna, Beglitis Panagiotis, Davies Chris, Sjöstedt Jonas, Zwiefka Tadeusz, Brepoels Frederika, Matsis Yiannakis, Papastamkos Georgios, Seppänen Esko, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou Marie, Evans Robert, Antoniozzi Alfredo, Karatzaferis Georgios, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco María Elena, Coveney Simon, Meyer Pleite Willy, Hammerstein Mintz David, Ortuondo Larrea Josu, Cavada Jean-Marie, Medina Ortega Manuel, Newton Dunn Bill, Ryan Eoin, Crowley Brian, Ó Neachtain Seán, Segelström Inger, Moraes Claude, Speroni Francesco Enrico, Figueiredo Ilda, Sonik Bogusław, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra Agustín, López-Istúriz White Antonio, Kuźmiuk Zbigniew Krzysztof, Salinas García María Isabel, Belet Ivo, Reul Herbert, Czarnecki Ryszard, Riis-Jørgensen Karin, Schapira Pierre, Manolakou Diamanto, Pafilis Athanasios, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou Rodi, Martin Hans-Peter, Goudin Hélène, Sifunakis Nikolaos 2.3) motions for resolutions (Rule 113): — Muscardini Cristiana — Motion for a resolution on the future of the European Schools (B6-0214/2005) referred to responsible: CULT opinion: BUDG — Deva Nirj, Bushill-Matthews Philip, Harbour Malcolm, Kirkhope Timothy, Purvis John — Motion for a resolution on the Huygens Space Probe (B6-0219/2005) referred to responsible: ITRE — Muscardini Cristiana — Motion for a resolution on combating female genital mutilation (B6-0220/2005) referred to responsible: FEMM opinion: DEVE — Muscardini Cristiana — Motion for a resolution on the definition of ‘waste’ (B6-0222/2005) referred to responsible: ENVI 2.4) proposal for a recommendation (Rule 114): Zappalà Stefano, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group — Proposal for a recommendation to the Council on preventing and combating the financing of terrorism through measures to improve exchanges of information, transparency and the traceability of financial transactions (B6-0221/2005) referred to responsible: LIBE opinion: ECON 2.5) written declarations for entry in the Register (Rule 116): — Patrick Gaubert, Timothy Kirkhope and Luis Herrero-Tejedor, on the third anniversary of the kidnapping of Ingrid Betancourt and Clara Rojas (14/2005) — Marielle De Sarnez and Bernard Lehideux, on recognition of the slave trade and slavery as a crime against humanity (15/2005) — Daniel Marc Cohn-Bendit, Andrew Duff, Alain Lamassoure and Hannes Swoboda, on the rejection of the nomination of Paul Wolfowitz as President of the World Bank (16/2005) — Maciej Marian Giertych and Sylwester Chruszcz, on the return of the painting ‘Madonna and Child’ by Lucas Cranach the Elder to Głogów (17/2005) — Michael Cramer, Bronisław Geremek, Bogusław Liberadzki, Erik Meijer and Paul Rübig, on the setting of priorities for co-financing sustainable trans-European Transport Networks (TEN-T) (18/2005) — Frank Vanhecke, Philip Claeys and Koenraad Dillen, on Commissioner Louis Michel's intention to use resources earmarked for development cooperation for military purposes (19/2005) — Neil Parish, Paulo Casaca, Marios Matsakis, Caroline Lucas and Miguel Portas, on export refunds for live cattle to third countries (20/2005)

8.   Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council

The Council had forwarded certified true copies of the following:

—	Protocol defining, for the period 3 December 2003 to 2 December 2007, the fishing opportunities and the financial compensation provided for by the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of Mauritius on fishing in Mauritian waters;

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Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters on the provisional application of the protocol defining, for the period 3 December 2003 to 2 December 2007, the fishing opportunities and the financial compensation provided for by the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of Mauritius on fishing in Mauritian waters;

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Protocol to the Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other, on the free movement of persons regarding the participation, as contracting parties, of he Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia, and the Slovak Republic, pursuant to their accession to the European Union;

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Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Arab Republic of Egypt, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia, and the Slovak Republic to the European Union;

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Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement establishing a partnership between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Uzbekistan, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia, and the Slovak Republic to the European Union;

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Protocol to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, of the other part, on a Framework Agreement between the European Community and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on the general principles for the participation of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia in Community programmes;

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Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement establishing a partnership between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Kyrgyzstan, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia, and the Slovak Republic to the European Union;

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Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the Republic of Armenia, of the one part, and the European Communities and their Member States, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia, and the Slovak Republic to the European Union;

—	Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Community and the Kingdom of Norway concerning Protocol No 2 to the bilateral free trade agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway;

—	Framework Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Albania on the general principles for the participation of the Republic of Albania in Community programmes;

—	Framework Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Croatia on the general principles for the participation of the Republic of Croatia in Community programmes;

—	Framework Agreement between the European Community and Serbia and Montenegro on the general principles for the participation of Serbia and Montenegro in Community programmes;

—	Framework Agreement between the European Community and Bosnia and Herzegovina on the general principles for the participation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Community programmes;

—	Partnership and Cooperation Agreement establishing a partnership between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Tajikistan, of the other part.

9.   Petitions

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

04.03.2005

Kyriakos Tozakides (No 225/2005);

Antonios Ziogas (No 226/2005);

Alex Bermúdex (No 227/2005);

Francisco Lorenzo Aparicio (No 228/2005);

José Antonio Albert Monferrer (No 229/2005);

Mariano Chaves Nuñez (No 230/2005);

Jacques Ondoua (and 5 signatures) (No 231/2005);

Marc Labrosse (and 22 signatures) (No 232/2005);

Theodoros Papoulakos (No 233/2005);

Umberto Soliani (No 234/2005);

Dario De Pasquale (No 235/2005);

Pasquale Galluccio (No 236/2005);

Sergio Conti Nibali (No 237/2005);

Sandra Di Muzio (No 238/2005);

Patrizia Del Fiacco (No 239/2005);

Gaetano Cortese (No 240/2005);

Alessandro Scarabelli (No 241/2005);

Regina Vecchi (No 242/2005);

Antonio Saporito (No 243/2005);

Roberto Tesi (No 244/2005);

Luca Procacci (and one signature) (Comitato dei Deportati in Campo di Sterminio Nazista KZ e dei Lavoratori Coatti in Fabbriche Tedesche) (No 245/2005);

Eduardo Ribeiro (No 246/2005);

Carlos Correia de Matos (No 247/2005);

Félix Socías Bruguera (Associación Catalana de Capitanes de la Marina Mercante) (No 248/2005);

Isaac Ibáñez García (No 249/2005);

José Sanmartín García (No 250/2005);

Raymont Parant (No 251/2005);

Ben Djerba (No 252/2005);

Caterina Alpa (and 12 000 signatures) (No 253/2005);

18.03.2005

Dimitrios Kyriakopoulos (No 254/2005);

Lazaros Tsanakas (No 255/2005);

Anastasios Thodorisis (No 256/2005);

Anastasion Katsianin (No 257/2005);

Antonio García Sáez (No 258/2005);

María Paz Calvo (No 259/2005);

Francisco Guillan y Suarez (No 260/2005);

Colette Goeuriot (No 261/2005);

Robert Raynaud (No 262/2005);

Joël Lunel (No 263/2005);

Francesco Di Giano (No 264/2005);

Sergio Trabalza (No 265/2005);

John E West (No 266/2005);

Jonathan Chandra (No 267/2005);

Albert Žirovnický (No 268/2005);

Velta Briedīte (and 34 signatures) (No 269/2005);

Małgorzata Łagiedo (and 2 signatures) (No 270/2005);

Eugeniusz Smoliński (No 271/2005);

Alfred Azzopardi (No 272/2005);

Arjan Beluli (and 554 signatures) (No 273/2005);

Sotirios Souliotis (No 274/2005);

Lieselotte Simmon and Joachim Schumann (No 275/2005);

Edith Körper (Deutscher Falun Dafa Verein e.V.) (No 276/2005);

Ellen Eigemeier (Ökologisch-Demokratische Partei) (and 4 800 signatures) (No 277/2005);

Emma Kamanina (No 278/2005);

Paul-Hubert Mönnig (No 279/2005);

Uwe Piepschyk (No 280/2005);

Thomas Schwindkowski (No 281/2005);

Mira Pohle (No 282/2005);

Horst Hinspeter (No 283/2005);

Andree Heilemann (No 284/2005);

Christian and Ivana Schoepf (No 285/2005);

Francesco Palma (No 286/2005);

Uwe Preugschat (No 287/2005);

Arkadiusz Seliga (No 288/2005);

Thomas Fauseweh (No 289/2005);

Andreas Hümmer (No 290/2005);

Fabian Panthen (No 291/2005);

Walter Eckerl (No 292/2005);

Nelli Dilmann (No 293/2005);

08.04.2005

Ann Shepherd (No 294/2005);

James Lunney (No 295/2005);

Daniel Thompson (No 296/2005);

Klas Hejm (Svenska Naturskyddsföreningen) (No 297/2005);

Ole Vielemeyer (No 298/2005);

Oisin Jones-Dillon (No 299/2005);

Panicos Eleftheriou (No 300/2005);

Hana Kastakova (No 301/2005);

Martin Baldwin-Edwards (No 302/2005);

Oisin Jones-Dillon (No 303/2005);

Giovanni Pietro Nani (Comunitá Montana ‘Alta Valle Orba Erro Bormida di Spigno’) (No 304/2005);

Carmine Rota (No 305/2005);

Andrew Gray (No 306/2005);

Mary Foley Corkery (No 307/2005);

Brian Gonourie (No 308/2005);

Hana Kastakova (No 309/2005);

Michael Wattles (No 310/2005);

Charles Cochrane (No 311/2005);

Petri Mäkelä (No 312/2005);

Constant Verbraeken (No 313/2005)

György Cseh Németh (No 314/2005)

Inta Leimane (and 60 signatures) (No 315/2005);

Józef Szyc (No 316/2005);

Krzysztof Sławomir Antosik (Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Biednych i Potrzebujących Pomocy) (No 317/2005);

Filip Żelazny (No 318/2005);

Vid Kondić (No 319/2005);

Matevž Krivic (Društvo izbrisanih prebivalcev Slovenije) (No 320/2005);

Irini Vlaikidou (No 321/2005);

Emmanouil Moulos (No 322/2005);

Georgios Pilitsopoulos (No 323/2005);

Christos Koumelis (No 324/2005);

Nicolas Kasnakidis (No 325/2005);

Ioannis Manos (No 326/2005);

Antonio Rodríguez de León (Plataforma por el Mar Canario) (No 327/2005);

Juan Carlos Del Olmo Castillejos (WWF/Adena) (No 328/2005);

Thais Del Castillo Perez (No 329/2005);

Evariste Pini-Pini Nsasay (No 330/2005);

Léon Verbeeck (Groupe ‘Gatti de Gamond’) (No 331/2005);

Josyane Querelle (Fédération des Luttes pour l'Abolition de la Corrida) (No 332/2005);

Dialot Nawasadio (Les Anges asbl) (No 333/2005);

Kevin Sourd (Collège le Moulin à Vent) (No 334/2005);

Christiane Orliac (Coordination Nationale Retraite des Maitres de l'Enseignement Privé) (No 335/2005);

Franck Carenni (No 336/2005);

Adriano Lazzari (No 337/2005);

Dora Scocozza Liguori (Unione Artisti ‘U.N.A.M.S.’) (No 338/2005);

Annick Dron (No 339/2005);

Valentino Vitale (No 340/2005);

Moreno Giannini (No 341/2005).

10.   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 December I and II 2004 and January I and II 2005 part-sessions had been distributed.

11.   Written declarations (Rule 116)

In accordance with Rule 116(5), written declarations 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62/2005 lapsed as they had not obtained the required number of signatures.

12.   Calendar of part-sessions for 2006

The Conference of Presidents had made the following proposals for the calendar of part-sessions for 2006:

16 to 19 January

1 and 2 February

13 to 16 February

13 to 16 March

22 and 23 March

3 to 6 April

26 and 27 April

15 to 18 May

31 May and 1 June

12 to 15 June

3 to 6 July

4 to 7 September

25 to 28 September

11 and 12 October

23 to 26 October

13 to 16 November

29 and 30 November

11 to 14 December

The deadline for tabling amendments was Monday 11.04.2005 at 19.00. The vote would take place on Wednesday 13.04.2005 at noon.

13.   Order of business

The next item was the order of business.

The final draft agenda for the April I and II sittings (PE 356.376/PDOJ) had been distributed and a number of changes had been proposed (Rule 132):

Sittings of 11.04.2005 to 14.04.2005

Monday

—	no changes

Tuesday

—

Request from the Verts/ALE Group to add a Commission statement on illegal imports of Bt10 maize into the EU The following spoke: Friedrich-Wilhelm Graefe zu Baringdorf, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, who moved the request, and Françoise Grossetête, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group. Parliament rejected the request by EV (114 for, 114 against, 3 abstentions). The following spoke: Hannes Swoboda and Paweł Bartłomiej Piskorski.

Wednesday

—	no changes

Thursday

Debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (Rule 115):

—

Request from the PSE Group to replace the item on Bangladesh (Item 98 on the Preliminary Draft Agenda) with an item on Burma The following spoke: Pasqualina Napoletano, on behalf of the PSE Group, who moved the request, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, and Monica Frassoni, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group. Parliament rejected the request.

—	Request from the PPE-DE Group to replace the item on Lampedusa (Item 100 on the Preliminary Draft Agenda) with an item on Burma Parliament rejected the request by EV (103 for, 152 against, 9 abstentions).

Sittings of 27.04.2005 and 28.04.2005

—	no changes

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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:

Luis de Grandes Pascual, Evangelia Tzampazi, Sophia in 't Veld, Pedro Guerreiro, Urszula Krupa, Ashley Mote, Erna Hennicot-Schoepges, Panagiotis Beglitis, Proinsias De Rossa, Marios Matsakis, Charles Tannock, Koenraad Dillen, Vladimír Remek, Christa Prets, Ryszard Czarnecki, Sarah Ludford, Karl von Wogau, Genowefa Grabowska, Georgios Karatzaferis, Eluned Morgan, Bogdan Pęk, Marie-Noëlle Lienemann and Manuel Medina Ortega, who spoke on Luis de Grandes Pascual's remarks, Aloyzas Sakalas and Luis de Grandes Pascual, who made a personal statement in response to Manuel Medina Ortega's remarks.

15.   Progress in 2004 in the development of the areas of freedom, security and justice — Data retention (debate)

Oral question by Jean-Marie Cavada, on behalf of the LIBE Committee, to the Council: Progress in 2004 on the development of the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (AFSJ) (Article 2 ECT and Article 39 TEU) (B6-0164/2005)

Oral question by Jean-Marie Cavada, on behalf of the LIBE Committee, to the Commission: Progress in 2004 on the implementation of the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (AFSJ) (Article 2 of the EC Treaty and Article 39 of the Treaty on European Union) (B6-0165/2005)

Oral question by Alexander Nuno Alvaro, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Kathalijne Maria Buitenweg, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Herbert Reul, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, and Martine Roure, on behalf of the PSE Group, to the Council: Data retention (B6-0166/2005/rev.1)

Jean-Marie Cavada moved oral questions B6-0164/2005 and B6-0165/2005.

Alexander Nuno Alvaro, Kathalijne Maria Buitenweg, Herbert Reul and Martine Roure moved oral question B6-0166/2005/rev.1.

Luc Frieden (President-in-Office of the Council) answered the oral questions (B6-0164/2005 and B6-0166/2005/rev.1).

IN THE CHAIR: Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Vice-President

Franco Frattini (Vice-President of the Commission) answered oral question B6-0165/2005.

The following spoke: Carlos Coelho, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Magda Kósáné Kovács, on behalf of the PSE Group, Sarah Ludford, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Johannes Voggenhuber, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Athanasios Pafilis, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, and Charlotte Cederschiöld.

IN THE CHAIR: Mario MAURO

Vice-President

The following spoke: Stavros Lambrinidis, Sophia in 't Veld, Hélène Flautre, Kyriacos Triantaphyllides, Bogusław Sonik, Katalin Lévai, Vittorio Agnoletto, Simon Busuttil, Maria da Assunção Esteves, Luc Frieden and Franco Frattini.

The debate closed.

Vote: 11.05.2005

16.   Procedural rights in criminal proceedings * (debate)

Report on the proposal for a Council framework decision on certain procedural rights in criminal proceedings throughout the European Union [COM(2004)0328 — C6-0071/2004 — 2004/0113(CNS)] — Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.

Rapporteur: Kathalijne Maria Buitenweg (A6-0064/2005)

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

Kathalijne Maria Buitenweg introduced the report.

The following spoke: Camiel Eurlings, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Martine Roure, on behalf of the PSE Group, Alexander Nuno Alvaro, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, James Hugh Allister, Non-attached Member, Timothy Kirkhope, Giovanni Claudio Fava and Lena Ek.

IN THE CHAIR: Luigi COCILOVO

Vice-President

The following spoke: Ewa Klamt and Adeline Hazan.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 12.04.2005, Item 9.9

17.   European Police College (CEPOL) * (debate)

Report on the proposal for a Council decision establishing the European Police College (CEPOL) as a body of the European Union [COM(2004)0623 — C6-0203/2004 — 2004/0215(CNS)] — Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.

Rapporteur: Panayiotis Demetriou (A6-0059/2005)

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

Panayiotis Demetriou introduced the report.

The following spoke: Jutta D. Haug (draftsman of the opinion of the BUDG Committee), Adeline Hazan, on behalf of the PSE Group, Bill Newton Dunn, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Johannes Blokland, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 12.04.2005, Item 9.5

18.   Social legislation relating to road transport activities ***II — Harmonisation and control equipment in the field of road transport ***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 minimum conditions for the implementation of Council Regulations (EEC) Nos 3820/85 and 3821/85 concerning social legislation relating to road transport activities [11336/1/2004 — C6-0249/2004 — 2003/0255(COD)] — Committee on Transport and Tourism.

Rapporteur: Helmuth Markov (A6-0073/2005)

Recommendation for second reading on the common position adopted by the Council with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the harmonisation of certain social legislation relating to road transport and amending Council Regulations (EEC) No 3821/85 and (EC) No 2135/98 [11337/2/2004 — C6-0250/2004 — 2001/0241(COD)] — Committee on Transport and Tourism.

Rapporteur: Helmuth Markov (A6-0076/2005)

Helmuth Markov introduced the recommendations for second reading.

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

Mathieu Grosch spoke on behalf of the PPE-DE Group.

IN THE CHAIR: Alejo VIDAL-QUADRAS ROCA

Vice-President

The following spoke: Willi Piecyk, on behalf of the PSE Group, Anne E. Jensen, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Eva Lichtenberger, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Michael Henry Nattrass, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Roberts Zīle, on behalf of the UEN Group, Georg Jarzembowski, Gary Titley, Margrete Auken, Philip Bradbourn, Jörg Leichtfried, Corien Wortmann-Kool, Reinhard Rack, Luis de Grandes Pascual, Stanisław Jałowiecki and Jacques Barrot.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 13.04.2005, Item 4.7 and Minutes of 13.04.2005, Item 4.8

19.   Short sea shipping (debate)

Report on short sea shipping [2004/2161(INI)] — Committee on Transport and Tourism.

Rapporteur: Robert Navarro (A6-0055/2005)

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

Robert Navarro introduced the report.

The following spoke: Georg Jarzembowski, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Marta Vincenzi, on behalf of the PSE Group, Jacky Henin, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Georgios Karatzaferis, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Saïd El Khadraoui, Nikolaos Sifunakis and Jacques Barrot.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 12.04.2005, Item 9.6

20.   Agenda for next sitting

The agenda for the next sitting had been established (‘Agenda’ PE 356.376/OJMA).

21.   Closure of sitting

The sitting closed at 22.15.

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