17.8.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

CE 193/1

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MINUTES

(2006/C 193 E/01)

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

IN THE CHAIR: Josep BORRELL FONTELLES

President

1.   Resumption of session

The sitting opened at 17.05.

2.   Corrections to votes from previous sittings

Corrections to votes were submitted by the following Members:

Date of sitting: 06.07.2005

Report: Diana Wallis — A6-0211/2005

—	amendment 26, 1st part for: Marie-Hélène Descamps

Date of sitting: 07.07.2005

Accession process of Bulgaria and Romania — RC-B6-0443/2005/rev.

—	resolution (as a whole) for: Zita Gurmai, Adeline Hazan

3.   Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

The Minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

4.   Corrigendum to the Minutes of 04.07.2005

In paragraph 3 of Item 6, ‘Membership of Parliament’, ‘Article 7(1)’ should read ‘Article 7(2)’.

5.   Statement by the President

The President made a statement in which he mentioned the terrorist attacks, accidents and natural disasters that had caused such terrible suffering in various parts of the world during the summer, including Iraq, Latin America, Europe and the United States. He stated that in each case he had, on behalf of Parliament, sent messages of solidarity to the authorities of the countries affected. He added that that European Union had demonstrated its ability to take action in each case and pointed out that Parliament would soon have the opportunity to contribute to legislation to step up air safety.

Parliament observed a minute's silence in memory of the victims.

6.   Announcement by the President (Members' Statute)

The President announced that, at its meeting of 18 July 2005, the Council had adopted the text on the Statute for Members of the European Parliament that Parliament had forwarded, and that the text could therefore be considered adopted. The President would soon sign the Statute, which would then be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

7.   Membership of Parliament

The Polish authorities had given notice of the appointment of Andrzej Tomasz Zapałowski to replace Filip Adwent as Member of Parliament with effect from 12.07.2005.

The President drew attention to the provisions of Rule 3(5).

8.   Verification of credentials

On a proposal from the JURI Committee, Parliament validated the mandates of Giovanni Rivera and Jean-Pierre Audy.

9.   Request for the waiver of parliamentary immunity

At its meeting of 13 July 2005, the Committee on Legal Affairs had considered a request for the waiver of Marco Pannella's parliamentary immunity in the context of legal proceedings pending before a court in Rome.

The Committee on Legal Affairs noted that Parliament, acting on a request from the Member concerned, had already taken a decision to uphold Mr Pannella's immunity and privileges on 10 February 2004. That decision had been sent to Italy's Permanent Representative, along with a request that the court in Rome be informed of the decision.

On a proposal from Klaus-Heiner Lehne, the rapporteur, the Committee on Legal Affairs had decided unanimously that the request for waiver of immunity was redundant as Parliament had already taken a decision on the matter, and had asked the President to inform the House and the Italian authorities accordingly.

10.   Membership of committees and delegations

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

—	AFET Committee: Jana Hybášková

—	DEVE Committee: Jürgen Zimmerling to replace Jana Hybášková

—	Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union: Jean-Pierre Audy

—	Delegation for relations with the Gulf States, including Yemen: Jürgen Zimmerling

11.   Signature of acts adopted under codecision

The President announced that, on Wednesday, he and the President of the Council would sign the following acts adopted under the codecision procedure pursuant to Rule 68:

—	Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on statistics relating to vocational training in enterprises (3607/2/2005 — C6-0257/2005 — 2004/0041(COD))

—	Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on harmonised river information services (RIS) on inland waterways in the community (3612/3/2005 — C6-0258/2005 — 2004/0123(COD))

—	Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mutual recognition of seafarers' certificates issued by the Member States and amending Directive 2001/25/EC (3613/3/2005 — C6-0259/2005 — 2004/0098(COD))

—	Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on ship-source pollution and on the introduction of penalties for infringements (3623/2005 — C6-0260/2005 — 2003/0037(COD))

—

Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Decision 2001/51/EC establishing a programme relating to the community framework strategy on gender equality and Decision No 848/2004/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a community action programme to promote organisations active at European level in the field of equality between men and women (3630/1/2005 — C6-0261/2005 — 2004/0194(COD))

—	Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 concerning community statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC) (3624/1/2005 — C6-0262/2005 — 2005/0004(COD))

—	Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 74/408/EEC relating to motor vehicles with regard to the seats, their anchorages and head (3636/2005 — C6-0263/2005 — 2003/0128(COD))

—	Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 77/541/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to safety belts and restraint systems of motor vehicles (3637/2005 — C6-0264/2005 — 2003/0130(COD))

—	Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 76/115/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to anchorages for motor-vehicle safety (3638/2005 — C6-0265/2005 — 2003/0136(COD))

—	Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the recognition of professional qualifications (3627/2005 — C6-0270/2005 — 2002/0061(COD))

12.   Documents received

The following documents had been received:

1)

from committees: 1.1) reports and recommendations: — ***I Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on a Community programme for employment and social solidarity — Progress (COM(2004) 0488 — C6-0092/2004 — 2004/0158(COD)) — Committee on Employment and Social Affairs Rapporteur: Jöns Karin (A6-0199/2005) — Report on options for developing the European schools system (2004/2237(INI)) — Committee on Culture and Education Rapporteur: Honeyball Mary (A6-0200/2005) — Report on the application of Articles 4 and 5 of Directive 89/552/EEC (the ‘TV without Frontiers’ Directive), as amended by Directive 97/36/EC, for the period 2001-2002 (2004/2236(INI)) — Committee on Culture and Education Rapporteur: Weber Henri (A6-0202/2005) — ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the implementation of the deployment and commercial operating phases of the European programme of satellite radionavigation (COM(2004)0477 — C6-0087/2004 — 2004/0156 (COD)) — Committee on Industry, Research and Energy Rapporteur: Barsi-Pataky Etelka (A6-0212/2005) — * Report on the proposal for a Council decision concerning the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Albania on the readmission of persons residing without authorisation (COM(2004)0092 — C6-0053/2005 — 2004/0033 (CNS)) — Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Rapporteur: Klamt Ewa (A6-0214/2005) — Report on Major and Neglected Diseases in Developing Countries (2005/2047(INI)) — Committee on Development Rapporteur: Bowis John (A6-0215/2005) — *** Recommendation on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of a Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Kingdom of Morocco, 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 (09649/2005 — COM(2004)0848 — C6-0200/2005 — 2004/0292(AVC)) — Committee on Foreign Affairs Rapporteur: Brok Elmar (A6-0219/2005) — *** Recommendation on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Tunisia, 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 (09648/2005 — COM(2004)0736 — C6-0199/2005 — 2004/0265(AVC)) — Committee on Foreign Affairs Rapporteur: Brok Elmar (A6-0220/2005) — *** Recommendation on the proposal for a Council decision concerning the conclusion of a Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, 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 (05092/2005 — COM(2004)0578 — C6-0202/2005 — 2004/0196(AVC)) — Committee on Foreign Affairs Rapporteur: Brok Elmar (A6-0221/2005) — * Report 1. on the proposal for a Council directive amending Directive 77/388/EEC with a view to simplifying value added tax obligations 2. on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1798/2003 as regards the introduction of administrative cooperation arrangements in the context of the one-stop scheme and the refund procedure for value added tax (COM(2004)0728 — C6-0024/2005 — 2004/0261(CNS)) — Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs Rapporteur: Becsey Zsolt László (A6-0228/2005) — Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund pursuant to point 3 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 7 November 2002 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on the financing of the European Union Solidarity Fund supplementing the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999 on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure (COM(2005)0247 — C6-0183/2005 — 2005/2127(ACI)) — Committee on Budgets Rapporteur: Böge Reimer (A6-0229/2005) — * Report on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and Georgia on certain aspects of air services (COM(2005)0061 — C6-0060/2005 — 2005/0009(CNS)) — Committee on Transport and Tourism Rapporteur: Costa Paolo (A6-0231/2005) — * Report on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Lebanon on certain aspects of air services (COM(2005)0062 — C6-0059/2005 — 2005/0012(CNS)) — Committee on Transport and Tourism Rapporteur: Costa Paolo (A6-0232/2005) — * Report on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 2075/92 on the common organisation of the market in raw tobacco (COM(2005)0235 — C6-0193/2005 — 2005/0105(CNS)) — Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development Rapporteur: Daul Joseph (A6-0233/2005) — * Report on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 on organic production of agricultural products and indications referring thereto on agricultural products and foodstuffs (COM(2005)0194 — C6-0140/2005 — 2005/0094(CNS)) — Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development Rapporteur: Daul Joseph (A6-0234/2005) — Report on new prospects and new challenges for sustainable European tourism (2004/2229 (INI)) — Committee on Transport and Tourism Rapporteur: Queiró Luís (A6-0235/2005) — * Report on the proposal for a Council Regulation on electronic recording and reporting of fishing activities and on means of remote sensing (COM(2004)0724 — C6-0187/2004 — 2004/0252(CNS)) — Committee on Fisheries Rapporteur: Casaca Paulo (A6-0238/2005) — * Report on the proposal for a Council regulation on access to Community External Assistance (08977/2005 — C6-0156/2005 — 2005/0806(CNS)) — Committee on Development Rapporteur: Gahler Michael (A6-0239/2005) — ***I Report on the proposal for a recommendation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of minors and human dignity and the right of reply in relation to the competitiveness of the European audiovisual and information services industry (COM (2004)0341 — C6-0029/2004 — 2004/0117(COD)) — Committee on Culture and Education Rapporteur: De Sarnez Marielle (A6-0244/2005) — ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on medicinal products for paediatric use and amending Regulation (EEC) No 1768/92, Directive 2001/83/EC and Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 (COM(2004)0599 — C6-0159/2004 — 2004/0217(COD)) — Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Rapporteur: Grossetête Françoise (A6-0247/2005) — Report on Draft amending budget no 3/2005 of the European Union for the financial year 2005, Section III — Commission (surplus 2004) (09760/2005 — C6-0214/2005 — 2005/2102(BUD)) — Committee on Budgets Rapporteur: Garriga Polledo Salvador (A6-0248/2005) — Report on gender discrimination in health systems (2004/2218(INI)) — Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality Rapporteur: Svensson Eva-Britt (A6-0250/2005) — Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the revision of the financial perspective 2000-2006 (COM(2004)0666 — C6-0219/2004 — 2004/2222(ACI)) — Committee on Budgets Rapporteur: Böge Reimer (A6-0252/2005) — Report on Draft amending budget No 5/2005 of the European Union for the financial year 2005 — Section III — Commission (11221/2005 — C6-0240/2005 — 2005/2126(BUD)) — Committee on Budgets Rapporteur: Garriga Polledo Salvador (A6-0253/2005) — Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the flexibility instrument in favour of the rehabilitation and reconstruction assistance to Tsunami-affected countries according to point 24 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999 (SEC(2005)0548 — C6-0127/2005 — 2005/2083(ACI)) — Committee on Budgets Rapporteur: Böge Reimer (A6-0254/2005) — Report on Draft Amending Budget No 4/2005 of the European Union for the financial year 2005 — Section III — Commission (Tsunami) (11220/2005 — C6-0239/2005 — 2005/2079(BUD)) — Committee on Budgets Rapporteur: Garriga Polledo Salvador (A6-0255/2005) 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 on the management of waste from extractive industries and amending Directive 2004/35/EC (16075/1/2004 — C6-0128/2005 — 2003/0107(COD)) — Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Rapporteur: Sjöstedt Jonas (A6-0236/2005) — ***II Recommendation on the Council common position for adopting a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the minimum health and safety requirements regarding the exposure of workers to the risks arising from physical agents (optical radiation) (19th individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC) (05571/6/2005 — C6-0129/2005 — 1992/0449B(COD)) — Committee on Employment and Social Affairs Rapporteur: Őry Csaba (A6-0249/2005)

2)

from Members: 2.1) oral questions for Question Time (Rule 109) (B6-0330/2005): — Karim Sajjad, Ludford Sarah, Davies Chris, Howitt Richard, Papadimoulis Dimitrios, Posselt Bernd, Moraes Claude, Wagenknecht Sahra, Stevenson Struan, Aylward Liam, Crowley Brian, Ó Neachtain Seán, Ryan Eoin, Bushill-Matthews Philip, Morgan Eluned, Westlund Åsa, Stihler Catherine, Martin David, Bowis John, Agnoletto Vittorio, Parish Neil, Tannock Charles, Mitchell Gay, Casaca Paulo, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco María Elena, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou Rodi, Purvis John, Kirkhope Timothy, Vakalis Nikolaos, Czarnecki Ryszard, Harbour Malcolm, Ashworth Richard James, Pafilis Athanasios, Van Orden Geoffrey, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou Marie, Jackson Caroline, Manolakou Diamanto- Beglitis Panagiotis, Ó Neachtain Seán, Toubon Jacques, Vakalis Nikolaos, Paleckis Justas Vincas, Mitchell Gay, Lundgren Nils, Staes Bart, Alvaro Alexander Nuno, Ludford Sarah, Posselt Bernd, Papadimoulis Dimitrios, Moraes Claude, Catania Giusto, Wuermeling Joachim, Sbarbati Luciana, Segelström Inger, Ayala Sender Inés, Karim Sajjad, Purvis John, Aubert Marie-Hélène, Doyle Avril, Ortuondo Larrea Josu, Fjellner Christofer, Poignant Bernard, Wagenknecht Sahra, Casaca Paulo, Aylward Liam, Crowley Brian, Ryan Eoin, Salinas García María Isabel, Hatzidakis Konstantinos, Westlund Åsa, Ek Lena, Hedh Anna, Martin David, Agnoletto Vittorio, Kuźmiuk Zbigniew Krzysztof, Mote Ashley, Chmielewski Zdzisław Kazimierz, Ebner Michl, Stihler Catherine, Hutchinson Alain, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco María Elena, Batzeli Katerina, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou Rodi, Czarnecki Ryszard, Battilocchio Alessandro, Galeote Quecedo Gerardo, Mavrommatis Manolis, Guerreiro Pedro, Badía i Cutchet María, Buzek Jerzy, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou Marie, Chruszcz Sylwester, Becsey Zsolt László, Toussas Georgios 2.2) motions for resolutions (Rule 113): — Garriga Polledo Salvador — Motion for a resolution on increasing the oil-refining capacity in the European Union (B6-0449/2005) referred to responsible: ITRE — Angelilli Roberta — Motion for a resolution on a strategy to protect European products from the influx of Chinese textile products (B6-0450/2005) referred to responsible: INTA   opinion: EMPL, ITRE, JURI, REGI — Muscardini Cristiana — Motion for a resolution on new anti-terrorism measures (B6-0451/2005) referred to responsible: LIBE — Poli Bortone Adriana — Motion for a resolution on the establishment of a competitive market in over-the-counter (OTC) medicines (B6-0452/2005) referred to responsible: ENVI   opinion: IMCO — Angelilli Roberta — Motion for a resolution on harmonisation of the professional requirements for nail therapists and Shiatsu practitioners in the beauty treatment sector (B6-0453/2005) referred to responsible: EMPL   opinion: ENVI — Angelilli Roberta — Motion for a resolution on harmonisation of the professional requirements for tattoo artists/body piercers (B6-0454/2005) referred to responsible: EMPL   opinion: ENVI 2.3) written declarations for entry in the Register (Rule 116): — Jana Bobošíková, Miloslav Ransdorf, Jaromír Kohlíček, Sahra Wagenknecht and Bogdan Golik, condemning the challenge to the conclusions of the Postupim Agreement (43/2005) — Martin Callanan, Daniel Hannan, Christopher Heaton-Harris and Roger Helmer, on free trade (44/2005) — Chris Davies, Nigel Farage, Timothy Kirkhope, Jean Lambert and Gary Titley, the Council of Ministers and secretive law-making (45/2005)

13.   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):

05.07.2005

Frederick Holloway (No 527/2005);

Michael Merrigan (Genealogical Society of Ireland) (No 528/2005);

Yasar Mert (FAKT Partei) (No 529/2005);

Madeleine Ulyett (No 530/2005);

Constanta Stratan (No 531/2005);

Chris Taylor (No 532/2005);

Mattew Buttigieg (No 533/2005);

Bob Higgins (Aghancon Concerned Residents Association) (No 534/2005);

Ann Oltra (Informal Association of Affected Local People) (No 535/2005);

Ramil Sharov (No 536/2005);

Peter Spruijt (Fundacja Nemo) (No 537/2005);

John de Vries (No 538/2005);

Jennifer Lakin (No 539/2005);

Nigel and Janet Ross (No 540/2005);

Helena Schwarzenberg (The Public Law Centre) (No 541/2005);

Chris Vassallo (No 542/2005);

Wendy Florence Winter de Garcia (Expatriate Information Exchange) (No 543/2005);

Wendy Florence Winter de Garcia (Expatriate Information Exchange) (No 544/2005);

Maria Overdick-Gulden (Ärzte für das Leben) (No 545/2005);

Julitta Clancy (Meath Archaeological and Historical Society (and 2 signatures) (No 546/2005);

Keith Salter (No 547/2005);

George Pace-Balzan (No 548/2005);

William Edward Holdcroft (No 549/2005);

Aleksi Hakokari (No 550/2005);

Bos (Stichting R.-K. en P.-C. Onderwijs ’De Linie’) (No 551/2005);

Jean Verstraeten (No 552/2005);

Anne Appelbom (No 553/2005);

Rita Simon (Tisza Víz Üzletház, Nap Háza Kft.) (No 554/2005);

Klementijs Rancāns (No 555/2005);

Marius Warzawski (No 556/2005);

Eleonora Kamińska (Okręgowa Izba Pielęgniarek i Położnychw Poznaniu) (and 4 signatures) (No 557/2005);

Tomasz Makosz (No 558/2005);

Otto Rasmussen (No 559/2005);

Ida Krochmal (No 560/2005);

Bernd Dietrich (Interessengemeinschaft Wohngebiete Hülsbeck und Werkerwald) (No 561/2005);

Hasso Horns (No 562/2005);

Stefan Rottmann (SuB Solidargemeinschaft umweltbewusster Bürger (Altlastinitiative), Gemeinde Schonungen) (No 563/2005);

Hanspeter Pfeiffer (No 564/2005);

Matthias Cassau (No 565/2005);

Friedbert Schiener (No 566/2005);

Johann and Edelgard Kuppe (No 567/2005);

Christian Wegmann ((No 568/2005);

Anna Sachs (No 569/2005);

Heinz Brünglinghaus (No 570/2005);

Wolfgang Konegen (No 571/2005);

Georgios Foutsitsis (No 572/2005);

Dimitrios Leontiadis (No 573/2005);

Harikleias Houliara Saltaoura (No 574/2005);

Anastasios Mariettos (No 575/2005);

Sofia Makridi (No 576/2005);

Eva Perez Francisco (Asociación de Vecinos ‘Mediterrania-Grao’) (No 577/2005);

Marie Claire Daguerre (No 578/2005);

Philippe Gardon (No 579/2005);

Anne Joelle Legourd (Le Carillon de Combreux) (No 580/2005);

28.07.2005

Marco Bianco (No 581/2005);

Kassiani-Annita Koutsouveli (Politistiko Pnevmatiko Kentro Tis Lakonikis Manis) (No 582/2005);

Ioannis Sedaridis (No 583/2005);

Rethimiotatis (Panevropaiko somateio anapiron kai atomon me eidikes anages) (No 584/2005);

Kyriaki Katafygiotou (No 585/2005);

Ioannis Voutynopoulos (No 586/2005);

Jesus Cunillera Arias (No 587/2005);

Luis Marco Jimenez (Asociacion Empresarios de la Jacetania) (No 588/2005);

Manuel García González (No 589/2005);

Francis Demay (No 590/2005);

Engelmann (RÄ Engelmann Gorev-Drozd) (No 591/2005);

Thomas Richter (No 592/2005);

Nimeh Amro (No 593/2005);

Maria Balis (No 594/2005);

Guillaume Bodry (No 595/2005);

Irma Sinkarenko (No 596/2005);

Alma Martinjuk (No 597/2005);

Edgar Riel (No 598/2005);

Yevgeniy Nayyer (No 599/2005);

Ioannis Fotiadis (No 600/2005);

Gregory Zorzos (No 601/2005);

Thomas Arvanitis (No 602/2005);

María Antonia Moral Rosel (Asociacion Victimas Negligencias Sanitarias) (No 603/2005);

Anne-Lise Bakke d'Aloya (No 604/2005);

Patrick Mayo (and 18 signatures) (No 605/2005);

Denis Durand (No 606/2005);

Gurmit Singh (United Sikhs) (No 607/2005);

Marta Sofia Teodoro (No 608/2005);

Susan Edwards (No 609/2005);

Mario Laima (No 610/2005);

Oisin Jones-Dillon (No 611/2005);

Izabela Niewiadomska (No 612/2005);

Frank McBraerty (No 613/2005);

John Huw Hanbury Palmer (No 614/2005);

Achilleas Karakousis (No 615/2005);

Gilda Scalise (No 616/2005);

Clive Stanford Ewerse (No 617/2005);

Nils E. Walkeapää (RUSA-Rätten för Urfolk Samerna Arbetsgrupp) (No 618/2005);

Péterné Szentes (No 619/2005);

Béla Krasnyánszky (No 620/2005);

Nijolė Orentaitė (No 621/2005);

T. Petrys (Polskie Stowarzyszenie Promocji Zdrowia i Edukacji Zdrowotnej w Środowisku Pracy) (and 3 signatures) (No 622/2005);

Korec Milan (No 623/2005);

Friedhelm Beichler (No 624/2005);

Uta Lautenbach (No 625/2005);

Karl-Peter Schmid (No 626/2005);

Petruschko (RÄ Engelmann Gorev-Drozd) (No 627/2005);

Heike Eggers (Neuer Humanismus) (No 628/2005);

Klaus Schirmer (No 629/2005);

Antonio Leal Aguilar (Organismo Social ‘Kanario’ Titeroygakat) (No 630/2005);

Flora Pino García (No 631/2005);

Albert Willepotte (No 632/2005);

Thierry Laurent (No 633/2005);

Pierre Daumasson (No 634/2005);

Jean-François Prevost (No 635/2005);

Philipp Bekaert (Cercle Republican) (No 636/2005);

Sylvie Sobral (No 637/2005);

Carlos Alberto De Oliveira (Liga Operária Catolicá/Movimento de Trabalhadores Cristãos) (No 638/2005);

José Queiroz (No 639/2005);

Ayse Güveli (and 1455 signatures) (No 640/2005);

Irena Lendelová (No 641/2005);

31.08.2005

Erwin Paschke (No 642/2005);

Peter Herzig (No 643/2005);

Alexander Beiz (No 644/2005);

Jakob Mehl (No 645/2005);

Gerda Matias (Internationaler Bund der Tierversuchsgegner) (and 3 987 signatures) (No 646/2005);

Thomas Riedrich (No 647/2005);

Helga and Norbert Grass (No 648/2005);

Peter Rosing (No 649/2005);

Hannelore Summer (No 650/2005);

Ioana Angelescu (No 651/2005);

Jozefa Krause (No 652/2005);

Marion Löcker (Österreichischer Tierschutzverein) (No 653/2005);

Uwe Pohl (No 654/2005);

Brigitte van Nahuys (No 655/2005);

Petruschko (RÄ Engelmann, Gorev-Drozd) (No 656/2005);

Götz Homoki (No 657/2005);

Daniel Mahmut Oeser (Oeser & Keuler) (No 658/2005);

Thomas Lehrmann (No 659/2005);

Konföderation der unterdrückten Migranten in Europa (No 660/2005);

Christos Krikonas (No 661/2005);

Chariclia Bekiri (No 662/2005);

Paulo Cristiano Seabra (No 663/2005);

Theodoros Theodoridis (No 664/2005);

Anastasia Petala (No 665/2005);

Apostolos Petroulias (No 666/2005);

Antonio Gallego Sanchez (No 667/2005);

Justo Artaraz Zuloago (No 668/2005);

Fernando Garcia Granell (No 669/2005);

José Angel Garcia Fernandez (No 670/2005);

Adriana De la Torre Rivas (No 671/2005);

Romano Napoleoni (No 672/2005);

Sergio Stellini (No 673/2005);

Dorothea Klaus (No 674/2005);

Gisela Sas-Schaadt (No 675/2005);

Guido Schulz (No 676/2005);

Bernhard Scherer (Rechtsanwälte Scherer-Fessler-Hofmann) (No 677/2005);

Remedios Prian Castañeda (No 678/2005);

Michèle Daguet (No 679/2005);

Gonachon-Comby (No 680/2005);

Juan Mortes-Ibañez (No 681/2005);

Franca Pradetto Battel (Comitato ‘Assieme per il Tagliamento’) (and 12 000 signatures) (No 682/2005);

Vincenzo Marmora (Comitato cittadino ‘Campagna Nostra’) (No 683/2005);

Adalberto Andreani (Studio legale Andreani) (No 684/2005);

Adalberto Andreani (Studio legale Andreani) (No 685/2005);

Giuseppa Antonia Cervellera Ottomaniello (No 686/2005);

Barlow (and 300 signatures) (No 687/2005);

Olivier Paul-Morandini (European Emergency Number Association — ENA) (No 688/2005);

Pavlos Voskopoulos (European Free Alliance — Rainbow) (No 689/2005);

David Grešák (Voice for Europe Initiative) (and 26 366 signatures) (No 690/2005);

Tim Todd (Exmouth Citizens Forum) (and 3 signatures) (No 691/2005);

Peter Woodall (No 692/2005);

Joan Menniss (No 693/2005);

Graham Allen Green (No 694/2005);

Světla Mihulová (Healthy Children and Healthy Living) (No 695/2005);

Micheal John Herbert (No 696/2005);

Robert McKee (No 697/2005);

Akena Adoko (No 698/2005);

Reino Olavi Lassila (No 699/2005);

A. Baetens (No 700/2005);

Miklós Gellért (SZIKE Környezet-és Egészségvédelmi Egyesület) (and 2 signatures) (No 701/2005);

Andrzej Pęczak (No 702/2005);

Anna Jadwiga Wleciał (No 703/2005);

Henri Wibault (No 704/2005);

Alessandro Ciotoli (No 705/2005);

Guido Goffi (No 706/2005);

Gennaro Ciancio (Agenzia pentru monitorizzare drepturilor Omului in Romania) (No 707/2005);

Gabriele Centazzo (Azienda Valcucine SpA) (No 708/2005);

Claudio Gentile (No 709/2005);

Mario Luciano (No 710/2005);

Enrico Ghirelli (No 711/2005);

Gianni Mari (ANCIS Ass. Nazionale Comunità Italo Somala) (No 712/2005);

Tiziana Turatello (Assemblea permanente no mose) (No 713/2005);

Gerhard Rubatscher (Seagull Trading GmbH) (No 714/2005);

Andreas Reimer (Flughafen München GmbH) (and 466 signatures) (No 715/2005);

Thorsten Alt (terraX-computer international Ltd) (No 716/2005);

01.09.2005

Marco Ciuti (and 89 signatures) (No 717/2005);

Raymond Bell (No 718/2005);

Andrew Fisher (No 719/2005);

Evelina Felikidoy (No 720/2005);

Nigel Webb (No 721/2005);

Antonella Muscat (No 722/2005);

Kim Montia (No 723/2005);

James Walsh (No 724/2005);

Olivier Paul-Morandini (European Emergency Number Association — EENA) (No 725/2005);

Oisin Jones-Dillon (No 726/2005);

Valerie Gardener (Residents Against Rubbish) (No 727/2005);

Bronius Pipilonis (No 728/2005);

Jan Šinágl (No 729/2005);

Dariusz Kowalski (and 7 signatures) (No 730/2005);

Eugeniusz Druciarek (No 731/2005);

Eugenia Brzozowska (No 732/2005);

Krzysztof Wierzba (No 733/2005).

14.   Written declarations (Rule 116)

In accordance with Rule 116(5), written declarations 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33/2005 lapsed as they had not obtained the required number of signatures.

15.   Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council

The Council had forwarded certified true copies of the following:

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Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, 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;

—	Protocol to the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Iceland and the Kingdom of Norway concerning the criteria and mechanisms for establishing the state responsible for examining a request for asylum lodged in a Member State or in Iceland or Norway;

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Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Tunisia, 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.

16.   Order of business

The next item was the order of business.

The final draft agenda for the sitting of September (PE 360.636/PDOJ) had been distributed. The following changes had been proposed under Rule 132:

Sittings of 05.09.2005 to 08.09.2005

Monday

—	no changes

Tuesday

—	no changes

Wednesday

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request from the Verts/ALE Group to add to the agenda the recommendation by Elmar Brok on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Additional Protocol to the Agreement establishing an Association between the European Economic Community and Turkey following the enlargement of the European Union (A6-0241/2005)

The following spoke: Monica Frassoni, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, who moved the request.

The following spoke: Martin Schulz, on behalf of the PSE Group, and Elmar Brok (rapporteur).

Parliament rejected the request.

Thursday

—	Debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (Rule 115): Request from the PPE-DE Group for the debate on political prisoners in Syria (Item 69 on the final draft agenda) to be replaced by a debate on human rights in Belarus.

The following spoke: João de Deus Pinheiro, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, who moved the request.

The following spoke: Pasqualina Napoletano, on behalf of the PSE Group.

Parliament rejected the request by electronic vote (103 for, 148 against, 14 abstentions).

The following spoke: Hans-Gert Poettering, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, who requested that the matter of human rights in Belarus be discussed during the September II part-session (the President replied that he was sure the Group Chairmen would have noted the request).

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The order of business was thus established.

17.   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:

Zsolt László Becsey, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Marios Matsakis, Pál Schmitt, Alyn Smith, Pedro Guerreiro, Georgios Karatzaferis, Koenraad Dillen, Gyula Hegyi, Hannes Swoboda, Carlos José Iturgaiz Angulo, Charles Tannock, David Martin, Claude Moraes, Bairbre de Brún, Georgios Papastamkos, James Hugh Allister, Jörg Leichtfried, James Nicholson, Proinsias De Rossa, Mairead McGuinness, Jan Tadeusz Masiel, Urszula Krupa, Bogdan Pęk, Libor Rouček, Nirj Deva, Ashley Mote, Bogusław Sonik and Milan Gaľa.

IN THE CHAIR: Miroslav OUZKÝ

Vice-President

18.   Natural disasters (fires and floods) (debate)

Commission statement: Natural disasters (fires and floods)

Stavros Dimas (Member of the Commission) made the statement.

The following spoke: Gerardo Galeote Quecedo, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Paulo Casaca, on behalf of the PSE Group, Vittorio Prodi, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Claude Turmes, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Pedro Guerreiro, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Hans-Peter Martin, Non-attached Member, João de Deus Pinheiro, Rosa Miguélez Ramos, Françoise Grossetête, Herbert Bösch, Markus Ferber, Fausto Correia, José Ribeiro e Castro, Ioannis Gklavakis, László Surján, Richard Seeber and Janusz Wojciechowski.

IN THE CHAIR: Mario MAURO

Vice-President

The following spoke: Oldřich Vlasák, Véronique Mathieu, Albert Jan Maat and Stavros Dimas.

As the motions for resolutions were not yet available, they would be announced at a later time.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 08.09.2005, Item 7.1

19.   Management of waste from extractive industries ***II (debate)

Recommendation for second reading on the common position adopted by the Council with a view to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the management of waste from extractive industries and amending Directive 2004/35/EC [16075/1/2004 — C6-0128/2005 — 2003/0107 (COD)] — Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety.

Rapporteur: Jonas Sjöstedt (A6-0236/2005)

Jonas Sjöstedt introduced the recommendation for second reading.

Stavros Dimas (Member of the Commission) spoke.

The following spoke: Christa Klaß, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Jutta D. Haug, on behalf of the PSE Group, Chris Davies, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Marie Anne Isler Béguin, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Bairbre de Brún, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Kathy Sinnott, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, James Hugh Allister, Non-attached Member, Péter Olajos, Gyula Hegyi, Mojca Drčar Murko, Urszula Krupa, Leopold Józef Rutowicz, Richard Seeber, James Nicholson and Stavros Dimas.

IN THE CHAIR: Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Vice-President

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 06.09.2005, Item 9.14

20.   Dialogue with churches and non-denominational organisations (debate)

Commission statement: Dialogue with churches and non-denominational organisations Jacques Barrot (Vice-President of the Commission) made the statement.

The following spoke: Alojz Peterle, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Proinsias De Rossa, on behalf of the PSE Group, Graham Watson, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Jean Lambert, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Bastiaan Belder, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Ryszard Czarnecki, Non-attached Member, Michael Cashman, Sophia in 't Veld, Véronique De Keyser, Marco Pannella, Jacques Barrot, Michael Cashman and Jacques Barrot.

The debate closed.

21.   Air safety (debate)

Commission statement: Air safety

Jacques Barrot (Vice-President of the Commission) made the statement.

The following spoke: Christine De Veyrac, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Jörg Leichtfried, on behalf of the PSE Group, Paolo Costa, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Eva Lichtenberger, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Kyriacos Triantaphyllides, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Georgios Karatzaferis, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Ioannis Kasoulides, Willi Piecyk, Dirk Sterckx, Roberto Musacchio, Etelka Barsi-Pataky, Marta Vincenzi, Marie-Noëlle Lienemann, Inés Ayala Sender, Stavros Lambrinidis and Jacques Barrot.

The debate closed.

22.   Deployment and commercial operating phases of the European programme of satellite radionavigation ***I (debate)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation of the deployment and commercial operating phases of the European programme of satellite radionavigation [COM(2004)0477 — C6-0087/2004 — 2004/0156(COD)] — Committee on Industry, Research and Energy.

Rapporteur: Etelka Barsi-Pataky (A6-0212/2005)

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

Etelka Barsi-Pataky introduced the report.

The following spoke: Den Dover (draftsman of the opinion of the BUDG Committee), Nikolaos Vakalis, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Norbert Glante, on behalf of the PSE Group, Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Vladimír Remek, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Nils Lundgren, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Lydia Schenardi, Non-attached Member, Erna Hennicot-Schoepges, Erik Meijer, Christine De Veyrac and Jacques Barrot.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 06.09.2005, Item 9.8

23.   Membership of Parliament

The Italian authorities had given notice of the appointment of Iles Braghetto to replace Antonio De Poli as Member of Parliament with effect from 28.07.2005.

Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann (President) drew attention to the provisions of Rule 3(5).

24.   Agenda for next sitting

The agenda for the next sitting had been established (‘Agenda’ PE 360.636/OJMA).

25.   Closure of sitting

The sitting closed at 22.10.

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