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Document C2006/293E/04

MINUTES
Thursday 6 April 2006

OJ C 293E, 2.12.2006, p. 234–327 (ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, SK, SL, FI, SV)

2.12.2006   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

CE 293/234

MINUTES

(2006/C 293 E/04)

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

IN THE CHAIR: Manuel António dos SANTOS

Vice-President

1.   Opening of sitting

The sitting opened at 10.00.

2.   Immunity of a Member

Monica Frassoni had sent a letter to the President of Parliament concerning the parliamentary immunity of Gérard Onesta. The letter had been forwarded to the JURI Committee.

3.   Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council

The Council had forwarded a certified true copy of the following:

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Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the State of Israel, 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

4.   Work of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly in 2005 (debate)

Report on the work of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly in 2005 [2005/2104(INI)] — Committee on Development.

Rapporteur: Thierry Cornillet (A6-0063/2006)

Thierry Cornillet introduced the report.

Mariann Fischer Boel (Member of the Commission) spoke.

The following spoke: Michael Gahler, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Marie-Arlette Carlotti, on behalf of the PSE Group, Gerard Batten, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Koenraad Dillen, Non-attached Member, Maria Martens, Glenys Kinnock, Eija-Riitta Korhola, Ana Maria Gomes, John Bowis, Karin Scheele and Mariann Fischer Boel.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 06.04.2006, Item 6.11.

5.   Aid effectiveness and corruption in developing countries (debate)

Report on aid effectiveness and corruption in developing countries [2005/2141(INI)] — Committee on Development.

Rapporteur: Margrietus van den Berg (A6-0048/2006)

Margrietus van den Berg introduced the report.

Mariann Fischer Boel (Member of the Commission) spoke.

The following spoke: Nirj Deva, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Ana Maria Gomes, on behalf of the PSE Group, Marios Matsakis, on behalf of the ALDE Group, and Marie-Hélène Aubert, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group.

IN THE CHAIR: Gérard ONESTA

Vice-President

The following spoke: Luisa Morgantini, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Hélène Goudin, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Eoin Ryan, on behalf of the UEN Group, Koenraad Dillen, Non-attached Member, Michael Gahler, Karin Scheele, Gabriele Zimmer, Bastiaan Belder, Marek Aleksander Czarnecki, Mairead McGuinness, Robert Evans, Tunne Kelam, Panagiotis Beglitis, Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg and Mariann Fischer Boel.

Marios Matsakis spoke on the organisation of debates.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 06.04.2006, Item 6.12.

(The sitting was suspended at 11.40 pending voting time and resumed at 12.00.)

IN THE CHAIR: Ingo FRIEDRICH

Vice-President

6.   Voting time

Details of voting (amendments, separate and split votes, etc.) appear in the ‘Results of votes’ annex to the Minutes.

6.1.   Simplified regime for the control of persons at external borders (Switzerland and Liechtenstein) ***I (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a simplified regime for the control of persons at the external borders based on the unilateral recognition by the Member States of certain residence permits issued by Switzerland and Liechtenstein for the purpose of transit through their territory [COM(2005)0381 — C6-0254/2005 — 2005/0159(COD)] — Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.

Rapporteur: Michael Cashman (A6-0060/2006)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 1)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL, AMENDMENTS and DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2006)0130)

6.2.   Simplified regime for the control of persons at external borders following enlargement ***I (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council introducing a simplified regime for the control of persons at the external borders based on the unilateral recognition by the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia of certain documents as equivalent to their national visas for the purposes of transit through their territories [COM(2005)0381 — C6-0253/2005 — 2005/0158(COD)] — Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.

Rapporteur: Michael Cashman (A6-0062/2006)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 2)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL, AMENDMENTS and DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2006)0131)

6.3.   Exceptional market support measures (avian sector) * (vote)

Proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulations (EEC) No 2771/75 and (EEC) No 2777/75 as regards the application of exceptional market support measures [COM(2006)0153 — C6-0111/2006 — 2006/0055(CNS)] — Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development.

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 3)

PROPOSAL FOR A REGULATION

Approved as amended (P6_TA(2006)0132)

6.4.   Fluorinated greenhouse gases ***III (vote)

Report on the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain fluorinated greenhouse gases [PE-CONS 3604/2006 — C6-0065/2006 — 2003/0189A(COD)] — Parliament's delegation to the Conciliation Committee.

Rapporteur: Avril Doyle (A6-0087/2006)

(Simple majority for approval)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 4)

The following spoke: Avril Doyle (rapporteur), who made a statement for the attention of the Commission, and Markos Kyprianou (Member of the Commission), in response to Mrs Doyle's statement.

JOINT TEXT

Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0133)

6.5.   Emissions from air-conditioning systems in motor vehicles ***III (vote)

Report on the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to emissions from air-conditioning systems in motor vehicles and amending Council Directive 70/156/EEC [PE-CONS 3605/2006 — C6-0066/2006 — 2003/0189B(COD)] — Parliament's delegation to the Conciliation Committee.

Rapporteur: Avril Doyle (A6-0090/2006)

(Simple majority for approval)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 5)

JOINT TEXT

Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0134)

6.6.   Special report by the European Ombudsman following a complaint against the European Schools (vote)

Report on the special report by the European Ombudsman following a complaint against the European Schools (complaint 1391/2002/JMA) [2005/2216(INI)] — Committee on Petitions.

Rapporteur: Proinsias De Rossa (A6-0118/2006)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 6)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0135)

6.7.   The situation in the refugee camps in Malta (vote)

Motions for resolution B6-0241/2006, B6-0268/2006, B6-0269/2006, B6-0270/2006, B6-0271/2006 and B6-0274/2006

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 7)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B6-0241/2006

(replacing B6-0241/2006, B6-0268/2006, B6-0269/2006, B6-0270/2006, B6-0271/2006 and B6-0274/ 2006):

tabled by the following Members:

—

Stefano Zappalà, Simon Busuttil, David Casa and Patrick Gaubert, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group,

—

Martine Roure and Louis Grech, on behalf of the PSE Group,

—

Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, on behalf of the ALDE Group,

—

Jean Lambert, Kathalijne Maria Buitenweg and Hélène Flautre, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group,

—

Giusto Catania, Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann and Tobias Pflüger, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group,

—

Romano Maria La Russa, on behalf of the UEN Group

Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0136)

6.8.   Elections in Belarus (vote)

Motions for resolution B6-0234/2006, B6-0239/2006, B6-0242/2006, B6-0243/2006, B6-0246/2006 and B6-0248/2006

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 8)

The President welcomed Alexander Milinkevich, a candidate in the presidential elections in Belarus, who had taken his seat in the distinguished visitors' gallery.

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B6-0234/2006

(replacing B6-0234/2006, B6-0239/2006, B6-0242/2006, B6-0243/2006 and B6-0248/2006):

tabled by the following Members:

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Bogdan Klich, Elmar Brok, Camiel Eurlings, Árpád Duka-Zólyomi, Laima Liucija Andrikienė, Barbara Kudrycka, Vytautas Landsbergis, Jacek Emil Saryusz-Wolski and Charles Tannock, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group,

—

Monika Beňová, Jan Marinus Wiersma and Joseph Muscat, on behalf of the PSE Group,

—

Janusz Onyszkiewicz and Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, on behalf of the ALDE Group,

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Elisabeth Schroedter, Marie Anne Isler Béguin and Milan Horáček, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group,

—

Konrad Szymański, Hanna Foltyn-Kubicka, Inese Vaidere and Rolandas Pavilionis, on behalf of the UEN Group

Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0137)

(Motion for a resolution B6-0246/2006 fell.)

6.9.   Elections in Ukraine (vote)

Motions for resolution B6-0235/2006, B6-0240/2006, B6-0244/2006, B6-0245/2006, B6-0247/2006 and B6-0249/2006

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 9)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B6-0235/2006

(replacing B6-0235/2006, B6-0240/2006, B6-0244/2006, B6-0245/2006, B6-0247/2006 and B6-0249/2006):

tabled by the following Members:

—

Charles Tannock, Elmar Brok, Jerzy Buzek, Aldis Kušķis, Bogdan Klich, Zbigniew Zaleski, Tadeusz Zwiefka, Rihards Pīks and Christopher Beazley, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group,

—

Jan Marinus Wiersma, Marek Siwiec, Thijs Berman and Marianne Mikko, on behalf of the PSE Group,

—

Grażyna Staniszewska and Šarūnas Birutis, on behalf of the ALDE Group,

—

Rebecca Harms and Milan Horáček, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group,

—

Helmuth Markov and Esko Seppänen, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group,

—

Guntars Krasts, Inese Vaidere, Zbigniew Krzysztof Kuźmiuk, Michał Tomasz Kamiński and Hanna Foltyn- Kubicka, on behalf of the UEN Group

Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0138)

The following spoke on the vote:

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Charles Tannock, who moved an oral amendment to paragraph 8, which was incorporated;

—

Bruno Gollnisch (the President cut him off, as his remarks did not concern the vote).

6.10.   World Health Day (vote)

Motions for resolution B6-0228/2006, B6-0231/2006, B6-0232/2006, B6-0233/2006, B6-0236/2006 and B6-0238/2006

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 10)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B6-0288/2006

(replacing B6-0228/2006, B6-0231/2006, B6-0232/2006, B6-0233/2006, B6-0236/2006 and B6-0238/2006):

tabled by the following Members:

—

John Bowis, Eija-Riitta Korhola and Anders Wijkman, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group,

—

Miguel Angel Martínez Martínez, Glenys Kinnock and Elena Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, on behalf of the PSE Group,

—

Fiona Hall and Marios Matsakis, on behalf of the ALDE Group,

—

Marie-Hélène Aubert, Margrete Auken, Frithjof Schmidt and Carl Schlyter, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group,

—

Luisa Morgantini and Adamos Adamou, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group,

—

Ģirts Valdis Kristovskis and Eoin Ryan, on behalf of the UEN Group

Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0139)

6.11.   Work of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly in 2005 (vote)

Report on the work of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly in 2005 [2005/2104(INI)] — Committee on Development.

Rapporteur: Thierry Cornillet (A6-0063/2006)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 11)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0140)

6.12.   Aid effectiveness and corruption in developing countries (vote)

Report on aid effectiveness and corruption in developing countries [2005/2141(INI)] — Committee on Development.

Rapporteur: Margrietus van den Berg (A6-0048/2006)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 12)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0141)

7.   Explanations of vote

Written explanations of vote:

Explanations of vote submitted in writing under Rule 163(3) appear in the Verbatim Report of Proceedings for the sitting.

Oral explanations of vote:

Report: Avril Doyle — A6-0090/2006, Report: Avril Doyle — A6-0087/2006

—

Richard Seeber and Paul Rübig

RC-B6-0241/2006

—

Andreas Mölzer, Romano Maria La Russa

RC-B6-0234/2006

—

Zita Pleštinská and Esko Seppänen

RC-B6-0235/2006

—

Zita Pleštinská

8.   Corrections to votes and voting intentions

Corrections to votes:

Corrections to votes appear on the ‘Séance en direct’ website under ‘Votes’/‘Results of votes’/‘Roll-call votes’. They are published in hard copy in the ‘Result of roll-call votes’ annex.

The electronic version on Europarl will be regularly updated for a maximum of two weeks after the day of the vote concerned.

After the two-week deadline has passed, the list of corrections to votes will be finalised so that it can be translated and published in the Official Journal.

Voting intentions:

The Presidency had been notified of the following voting intentions (in respect of votes that had not been cast):

C6-0111/2006

—

amendments 4, 11, 21

against: Lissy Gröner

(The sitting was suspended at 12.45 and resumed at 15.00.)

IN THE CHAIR: Alejo VIDAL-QUADRAS

Vice-President

9.   Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

The Minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

10.   Agenda for next part-session

At its meeting of 06.04.2006, the Conference of Presidents had decided to propose the following changes to the agenda for the sittings of 26 and 27.04.2006 in Brussels:

Wednesday, 26.04.2006

1.

Sitting to open at 14.30 rather than 15.00.

2.

Inclusion of a Commission statement on ‘Chernobyl 20 years on: lessons for the future’ as the first item on the agenda. There would be no motions for resolution to wind up the debate.

3.

Inclusion of an oral question (AFET Committee) to the Commission on the state of play in the negotiations on the accession of Bulgaria and Romania. There would be no motions for resolution to wind up the debate.

4.

The report by James Elles (BUDG Committee) on the Commission's annual policy strategies for 2007 would not be adopted in committee until 24 April and was thus removed from the agenda.

Thursday, 27.04.2006

1.

Sitting to open at 08.30 rather than 09.00.

2.

Following the Gary Titley report, inclusion of an oral question (TRAN Committee) to the Commission on the financing of trans-European transport networks (TEN-T). There would be no motions for resolution to wind up the debate.

3.

The following reports had been added to the agenda for voting time under Rule 131:

—

Report: Duarte Freitas *** ‘Convention for the Strengthening of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission’ (A6-0070/2006);

—

Report: Manuel Medina Ortega * ‘Community scale for the classification of carcases of adult bovine animals’ (A6-0120/2006);

—

Report: Manuel Medina Ortega * ‘Applying rules of competition to production of and trade in agricultural products’ (A6-0121/2006);

—

Report: Henri Weber ‘The transition from analogue to digital broadcasting: an opportunity for European politics in audiovisual and cultural diversity areas’ (A6-0075/2006)

4.

The report by Pedro Guerreiro on the EC-Mauritania sea fisheries agreement (A6-0066/2006) had also been added to the agenda for voting time. The deadline for tabling amendments would be Wednesday, 19.04.2006 at noon.

11.   Situation in south-east Turkey (debate)

Commission statement: Situation in south-east Turkey

Markos Kyprianou (Member of the Commission) made the statement.

The following spoke: Camiel Eurlings, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Emine Bozkurt, on behalf of the PSE Group, Sarah Ludford, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Cem Özdemir, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Feleknas Uca, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Jan Tadeusz Masiel, Non-attached Member, Konstantinos Hatzidakis, Panagiotis Beglitis, Marios Matsakis, Alyn Smith, Frieda Brepoels, Geoffrey Van Orden and Markos Kyprianou.

The debate closed.

12.   Debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (debate)

(For the titles and authors of the motions for resolutions, see Minutes of 04.04.2006, Item 3)

12.1.   Darfur

Motions for resolution B6-0250/2006, B6-0251/2006, B6-0255/2006, B6-0257/2006, B6-0260/2006 and B6-0267/2006

(Frithjof Schmidt had withdrawn his signature from resolution B6-0255/2006 by the Verts/ALE Group.)

Bernd Posselt, Fiona Hall, Carl Schlyter, Margrietus van den Berg and Jaromír Kohlíček introduced motions for resolutions.

The following spoke: Ari Vatanen, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Ana Maria Gomes, on behalf of the PSE Group, Kathy Sinnott, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Ryszard Czarnecki, Non-attached Member, Karin Scheele and John Attard-Montalto.

Markos Kyprianou (Member of the Commission) spoke.

IN THE CHAIR: Gérard ONESTA

Vice-President

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 06.04.2006, Item 13.1.

12.2.   Iraq: Assyrian community, situation in prisons in Iraq

Motions for resolution B6-0252/2006, B6-0256/2006, B6-0258/2006, B6-0261/2006, B6-0263/2006 and B6-0265/2006

Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Glyn Ford, Tobias Pflüger, Bernd Posselt and Michał Tomasz Kamiński introduced motions for resolutions.

The following spoke: Józef Pinior, on behalf of the PSE Group, Marios Matsakis, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Erik Meijer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Urszula Krupa, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Marek Aleksander Czarnecki, Non-attached Member, and Jaromír Kohlíček.

Markos Kyprianou (Member of the Commission) spoke.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 06.04.2006, Item 13.2.

12.3.   Egypt: the case of Ayman Nour

Motions for resolution B6-0253/2006, B6-0254/2006, B6-0259/2006, B6-0262/2006, B6-0264/2006 and B6-0266/2006

Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne, Alyn Smith, Carlos Carnero González, Erik Meijer and Ari Vatanen introduced motions for resolutions.

Markos Kyprianou (Member of the Commission) spoke.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 06.04.2006, Item 13.3.

13.   Voting time

Details of voting (amendments, separate and split votes, etc.) appear in the ‘Results of votes’ annex to the Minutes.

13.1.   Darfur (vote)

Motions for resolution B6-0250/2006, B6-0251/2006, B6-0255/2006, B6-0257/2006, B6-0260/2006 and B6-0267/2006

(Frithjof Schmidt had withdrawn his signature from resolution B6-0255/2006 by the Verts/ALE Group.)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 13)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B6-0250/2006

(replacing B6-0250/2006, B6-0251/2006, B6-0255/2006, B6-0257/2006, B6-0260/2006 and B6-0267/2006):

tabled by the following Members:

—

Michael Gahler, Maria Martens, Anders Wijkman, Simon Coveney, Bernd Posselt and Charles Tannock, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group,

—

Pasqualina Napoletano, Glenys Kinnock and Elena Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, on behalf of the PSE Group,

—

Johan Van Hecke, Fiona Hall and Marios Matsakis, on behalf of the ALDE Group,

—

Margrete Auken and Hélène Flautre, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group,

—

Vittorio Agnoletto, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group,

—

Ģirts Valdis Kristovskis and Eoin Ryan, on behalf of the UEN Group

Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0142)

13.2.   Iraq: Assyrian community, situation in prisons in Iraq (vote)

Motions for resolution B6-0252/2006, B6-0256/2006, B6-0258/2006, B6-0261/2006, B6-0263/2006 and B6-0265/2006

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 14)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B6-0252/2006

(replacing B6-0252/2006, B6-0258/2006, B6-0263/2006 and B6-0265/2006):

tabled by the following Members:

—

Charles Tannock, Albert Jan Maat and Bernd Posselt, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group,

—

Pasqualina Napoletano, Elena Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Panagiotis Beglitis and Glyn Ford, on behalf of the PSE Group,

—

Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne and Marios Matsakis, on behalf of the ALDE Group,

—

Wojciech Roszkowski, on behalf of the UEN Group

Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0143)

(Motions for resolutions B6-0256/2006 and B6-0261/2006 fell.)

13.3.   Egypt: the case of Ayman Nour (vote)

Motions for resolution B6-0253/2006, B6-0254/2006, B6-0259/2006, B6-0262/2006, B6-0264/2006 and B6-0266/2006

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 15)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B6-0253/2006

(replacing B6-0253/2006, B6-0254/2006, B6-0259/2006, B6-0262/2006, B6-0264/2006 and B6-0266/2006):

tabled by the following Members:

—

Edward McMillan-Scott, Charles Tannock and Bernd Posselt, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group,

—

Pasqualina Napoletano, Véronique De Keyser and Carlos Carnero González, on behalf of the PSE Group,

—

Nicholson of Winterbourne, Frédérique Ries and Marios Matsakis, on behalf of the ALDE Group,

—

Hélène Flautre and Cem Özdemir, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group,

—

Luisa Morgantini, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group,

—

Cristiana Muscardini, on behalf of the UEN Group

Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0144)

The following spoke on the vote:

—

Ari Vatanen, who moved an oral amendment to insert a new paragraph 5a, which was incorporated.

14.   Decisions concerning certain documents

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

AFET Committee

—

Seventh annual report on arms exports (2006/2068(INI))

DEVE Committee

—

The media and development (2006/2080(INI))

(opinion: CULT, FEMM)

—

Budget aid for developing countries (2006/2079(INI))

(opinion: BUDG, FEMM)

ECON Committee

—

Towards further consolidation in the European financial services industry (2006/2081(INI))

ITRE Committee

—

Strategy on Biomass and Biofuels (2006/2082(INI))

(opinion: INTA, ENVI, TRAN, AGRI)

IMCO Committee

—

Specific problems in the Transposition and Implementation of Public Procurement Legislation and its relation to the Lisbon Agenda (2006/2084(INI))

(opinion: JURI)

TRAN Committee

—

An integrated European action programme for inland waterway transport: Naiades (2006/2085(INI))

(opinion: EMPL, ENVI)

REGI Committee

—

Cohesion policy in support of growth and jobs: Community strategic guidelines, 2007-2013 (2006/2086(INI))

(opinion: EMPL, ITRE, TRAN, CULT, FEMM)

CULT Committee

—

White Paper on a European communication policy (2006/2087(INI))

(opinion: LIBE, AFCO)

—

A new framework strategy for multilingualism (2006/2083(INI))

(opinion: EMPL, ITRE)

Authorisation to draw up own-initiative reports (Rule 114)

LIBE Committee

—

Fighting trafficking in human beings — an integrated approach and proposals for an action plan (2006/2078(INI))

(opinion: FEMM)

Enhanced cooperation between committees

DEVE Committee

—

Budget aid for developing countries (2006/2079(INI))

(opinion: FEMM)

Enhanced cooperation between committees DEVE, BUDG

(Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 30.03.2006)

Referral to committees

JURI Committee

—

Amendment of Rules 3 and 4 of the Rules of Procedure (2005/2036(REG))

referred

to responsible: AFCO

 

opinion: JURI

15.   Written declarations included in the register (Rule 116)

Number of signatures obtained by the written declarations in the register (Rule 116(3)):

Document No

Author

Signatures

1/2006

John Bowis, Georgs Andrejevs, Dorette Corbey and Karin Scheele

422

2/2006

Vittorio Agnoletto, Giovanni Berlinguer, Patrizia Toia, Pier Antonio Panzeri and Pia Elda Locatelli

89

3/2006

Andreas Mölzer

25

4/2006

Andreas Mölzer

10

5/2006

Libor Rouček, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Marek Siwiec, Borut Pahor and Monika Beňová

142

6/2006

Jana Hybášková, Paulo Casaca, Elizabeth Lynne, Willy Meyer Pleite and Mogens N.J. Camre

105

7/2006

David Martin, Glyn Ford and Neil Parish

168

8/2006

Filip Kaczmarek

55

9/2006

Mario Borghezio

17

10/2006

Frank Vanhecke, Philip Claeys and Koenraad Dillen

13

11/2006

Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Robert Navarro, Dirk Sterckx and Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert

141

12/2006

Jean-Claude Martinez

10

13/2006

Maciej Marian Giertych

19

14/2006

Janusz Wojciechowski, Caroline Lucas, Ioannis Gklavakis and Thijs Berman

83

15/2006

Andreas Mölzer

12

16/2006

Matteo Salvini

7

17/2006

Daniel Strož

14

18/2006

Roger Helmer, Ashley Mote, James Hugh Allister and Anna Záborská

21

19/2006

Elly de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Michael Cashman, Erik Meijer, Alexander Lambsdorff and Geoffrey Van Orden

21

20/2006

Konrad Szymański, Philippe Morillon, Charles Tannock, Ari Vatanen and Bastiaan Belder

22

21/2006

Iles Braghetto and Panayiotis Demetriou

109

22/2006

Daniel Strož

27

23/2006

Claire Gibault, Jean-Marie Cavada, Antoine Duquesne, Charles Tannock and Enrique Barón Crespo

90

24/2006

Robert Navarro, Jean-Luc Bennahmias, Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Luigi Cocilovo and Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann

39

16.   Documents received

The following documents had been received from the

1)

Council and Commission:

—

Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Albania on certain aspects of air services (COM(2005)0349 — C6-0113/2006 — 2005/0143(CNS))

referred to

responsible: TRAN

—

Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and Serbia and Montenegro on certain aspects of air services (COM(2005)0353 — C6-0114/2006 — 2005/0141(CNS))

referred to

responsible: TRAN

—

Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on certain aspects of air services (COM(2005)0355 — C6-0115/2006 — 2005/0146(CNS))

referred to

responsible: TRAN

—

Proposal for a Council decision on conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and Romania on certain aspects of air services (COM(2005)0369 — C6-0116/2006 — 2005/0148(CNS))

referred to

responsible: TRAN

—

Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Moldova on certain aspects of air services (COM(2005)0371 — C6-0117/2006 — 2005/0151(CNS))

referred to

responsible: TRAN

—

Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Kingdom of Morocco on certain aspects of air services (COM(2005)0393 — C6-0118/2006 — 2005/0161(CNS))

referred to

responsible: TRAN

—

Proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1673/2000, as regards the processing aid for flax and hemp grown for fibre, and Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003, as regards hemp eligible for the Single Payment Scheme (COM(2006)0125 — C6-0119/2006 — 2006/0043(CNS))

referred to

responsible: AGRI

 

opinion: BUDG

—

Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 08/2006 - Section III - Commission (SEC(2006) 0356 - C6-0120/2006 - 2006/2088(GBD))

referred to

responsible: BUDG

—

Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 07/2006 - Section III - Commission (SEC(2006) 0244 - C6-0121/2006 - 2006/2089(GBD))

referred to

responsible: BUDG

17.   Forwarding of texts adopted during the sitting

Pursuant to Rule 172(2), the Minutes of that day's sitting would be submitted to Parliament for its approval at the beginning of the next sitting.

With Parliament's agreement, the texts that had been adopted would be forwarded forthwith to the bodies named therein.

18.   Dates for next sittings

The next sittings would be held on 26.04.2006 and 27.04.2006.

19.   Adjournment of session

The session of the European Parliament was adjourned.

The sitting closed at 16.50.

Julian Priestley

Secretary-General

Josep Borrell Fontelles

President

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

The following signed:

Adamou, Agnoletto, Albertini, Allister, Alvaro, Andersson, Andrejevs, Andrikienė, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Ashworth, Attard-Montalto, Attwooll, Aubert, Audy, Auken, Ayala Sender, Aylward, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Badia I Cutchet, Barsi-Pataky, Batten, Batzeli, Bauer, Beaupuy, Beazley, Beer, Beglitis, Belder, Belet, Belohorská, Bennahmias, Beňová, Berend, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berlato, Bielan, Birutis, Blokland, Bobošíková, Böge, Bösch, Bonde, Bono, Borghezio, Borrell Fontelles, Bourlanges, Bourzai, Bowis, Bowles, Bozkurt, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Breyer, Březina, Brie, Brok, Budreikaitė, Buitenweg, Bullmann, van den Burg, Bushill-Matthews, Busk, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Calabuig Rull, Callanan, Camre, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carlshamre, Carnero González, Casa, Casaca, Cashman, Caspary, Castex, del Castillo Vera, Cavada, Cederschiöld, Cercas, Chatzimarkakis, Chiesa, Chmielewski, Christensen, Chruszcz, Claeys, Clark, Cohn-Bendit, Corbey, Cornillet, Correia, Cottigny, Crowley, Marek Aleksander Czarnecki, Ryszard Czarnecki, Daul, Davies, de Brún, Degutis, Dehaene, De Keyser, Demetriou, Deprez, De Rossa, De Sarnez, Descamps, Désir, Deva, De Veyrac, De Vits, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dičkutė, Didžiokas, Díez González, Dillen, Dobolyi, Doorn, Douay, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Dührkop Dührkop, Duff, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, El Khadraoui, Elles, Estrela, Ettl, Eurlings, Jill Evans, Jonathan Evans, Robert Evans, Fajmon, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Ferber, Fernandes, Anne Ferreira, Elisa Ferreira, Figueiredo, Fjellner, Flasarová, Flautre, Florenz, Foltyn-Kubicka, Ford, Fourtou, Fraga Estévez, Frassoni, Freitas, Friedrich, Fruteau, Gahler, Gál, García Pérez, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gebhardt, Gentvilas, Geremek, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gewalt, Gibault, Gierek, Giertych, Gill, Gklavakis, Glante, Glattfelder, Goebbels, Goepel, Gollnisch, Gomes, Gomolka, Goudin, Grabowska, Gräßle, de Grandes Pascual, Grech, Griesbeck, Gröner, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Groote, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Guerreiro, Gurmai, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Guy-Quint, Gyürk, Hänsch, Hall, Hammerstein Mintz, Hamon, Handzlik, Hannan, Harbour, Harkin, Hasse Ferreira, Hassi, Hatzidakis, Haug, Heaton-Harris, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Helmer, Henin, Hennicot-Schoepges, Hennis-Plasschaert, Herczog, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Honeyball, Hoppenstedt, Horáček, Hudacký, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ibrisagic, Ilves, in 't Veld, Isler Béguin, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jałowiecki, Janowski, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jensen, Jöns, Jørgensen, Jonckheer, Jordan Cizelj, Kacin, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Kamiński, Karas, Karim, Kasoulides, Kaufmann, Kauppi, Tunne Kelam, Kindermann, Kinnock, Knapman, Koch-Mehrin, Kohlíček, Konrad, Korhola, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Kozlík, Krahmer, Krasts, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Krupa, Kuc, Kudrycka, Kuhne, Kusstatscher, Kuźmiuk, Lagendijk, Laignel, Lamassoure, Lambert, Lambrinidis, Lambsdorff, Landsbergis, Lang, Langen, Langendries, La Russa, Lax, Lechner, Le Foll, Lehideux, Lehne, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Lévai, Lewandowski, Liberadzki, Libicki, Lienemann, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lucas, Ludford, Lulling, Lundgren, Lynne, Maat, Maaten, McAvan, McGuinness, Madeira, Manders, Maňka, Erika Mann, Thomas Mann, Markov, Marques, Martens, David Martin, Hans-Peter Martin, Martinez, Martínez Martínez, Masiel, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Mathieu, Matsakis, Matsis, Matsouka, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Medina Ortega, Meijer, Menéndez del Valle, Meyer Pleite, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Mölzer, Montoro Romero, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Morgantini, Morillon, Mote, Mulder, Musacchio, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Nassauer, Nattrass, Navarro, Newton Dunn, Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Nicholson, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Obiols i Germà, Öger, Özdemir, Olajos, Olbrycht, Ó Neachtain, Onesta, Onyszkiewicz, Oomen-Ruijten, Ortuondo Larrea, Őry, Oviir, Paasilinna, Pack, Pafilis, Pahor, Paleckis, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papadimoulis, Papastamkos, Parish, Patrie, Peillon, Pęk, Alojz Peterle, Pflüger, Piecyk, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pinior, Piotrowski, Pirilli, Pirker, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Podkański, Poettering, Poignant, Portas, Posselt, Prets, Prodi, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Ransdorf, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Remek, Resetarits, Reul, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Rivera, Rogalski, Roithová, Romeva i Rueda, Roszkowski, Roth-Behrendt, Rouček, Roure, Rübig, Rühle, Rutowicz, Ryan, Saïfi, Sakalas, Salinas García, Salvini, Samaras, Samuelsen, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Saryusz-Wolski, Savary, Savi, Schapira, Scheele, Schenardi, Schierhuber, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schroedter, Schuth, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Segelström, Seppänen, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Sinnott, Siwiec, Sjöstedt, Škottová, Smith, Sommer, Sonik, Sousa Pinto, Spautz, Staes, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Šťastný, Sterckx, Stockmann, Strejček, Strož, Sudre, Surján, Svensson, Swoboda, Szájer, Szejna, Szymański, Tabajdi, Tajani, Takkula, Tannock, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Thyssen, Titford, Titley, Tomczak, Toubon, Toussas, Trakatellis, Trautmann, Triantaphyllides, Turmes, Tzampazi, Uca, Ulmer, Väyrynen, Vaidere, Vakalis, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Hecke, Van Lancker, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Vaugrenard, Verges, Vergnaud, Vidal-Quadras, de Villiers, Vincenzi, Vlasák, Vlasto, Voggenhuber, Wagenknecht, Wallis, Walter, Henri Weber, Manfred Weber, Weiler, Weisgerber, Westlund, Wieland, Wiersma, Wijkman, Willmott, Wise, von Wogau, Bernard Piotr Wojciechowski, Janusz Wojciechowski, Wortmann-Kool, Wurtz, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zapałowski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Ždanoka, Železný, Zīle, Zimmer, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

Observers:

Arabadjiev Alexander, Athanasiu Alexandru, Bărbuleţiu Tiberiu, Bliznashki Georgi, Buruiană Aprodu Daniela, Ciornei Silvia, Cioroianu Adrian Mihai, Corlăţean Titus, Coşea Dumitru Gheorghe Mircea, Creţu Corina, Creţu Gabriela, Dimitrov Martin, Duca Viorel, Ganţ Ovidiu Victor, Hogea Vlad Gabriel, Husmenova Filiz, Ilchev Stanimir, Ivanova Iglika, Kazak Tchetin, Kelemen Atilla Béla Ladislau, Kirilov Evgeni, Kónya-Hamar Sándor, Mihăescu Eugen, Morţun Alexandru Ioan, Muscă Monica Octavia, Nicolae Şerban, Parvanova Antonyia, Paşcu Ioan Mircea, Podgorean Radu, Popa Nicolae Vlad, Popeangă Petre, Severin Adrian, Silaghi Ovidiu Ioan, Stoyanov Dimitar, Vigenin Kristian

ANNEX I

RESULTS OF VOTES

Abbreviations and symbols

+

adopted

-

rejected

 

lapsed

W

withdrawn

RCV (..., ..., ...)

roll-call vote (for, against, abstentions)

EV (..., ..., ...)

electronic vote (for, against, abstentions)

split

split vote

sep

separate vote

am

amendment

CA

compromise amendment

CP

corresponding part

D

deleting amendment

=

identical amendments

§

paragraph

art

article

rec

recital

MOT

motion for a resolution

JT MOT

joint motion for a resolution

SEC

secret ballot

1.   Simplified regime for the control of persons at external borders (Switzerland and Liechtenstein) ***I

Report: Michael CASHMAN (A6-0060/2006)

Subject

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV - remarks

single vote

RCV

+

403, 8, 31

Requests for roll-call votes

PPE-DE: final vote

2.   Simplified regime for the control of persons at external borders following enlargement ***I

Report: Michael CASHMAN (A6-0062/2006)

Subject

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV - remarks

single vote

 

+

 

3.   Exceptional market support measures (avian sector) *

Proposal for a regulation: (C6-0111/2006)

Subject

Amendment No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV - remarks

Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75, art 14, § 1, subpara 2

16

UEN

EV

+

315, 174, 4

9

Verts/ALE

+ PPE-DE

 

+

 

Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75, art 14, § 1, subpara 3

5

PPE-DE

EV

+

362, 144, 6

Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75, art 14, additions

12

GUE/NGL

 

-

 

3=

10=

19=

PSE

Herranz García et al

Siekierski et al

RCV

-

200, 311, 6

14

UEN

 

-

 

Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75, art 14, other additions

1

PSE

RCV

-

218, 309, 2

20

Siekierski ea

 

-

 

Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75, art 14, § 1, subpara 2

17

UEN

EV

+

337, 188, 4

23

Verts/ALE

+ PPE-DE

 

+

 

Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75, art 14, § 1, subpara 3

6

PPE-DE

 

+

 

Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75, art 14, additions

13

GUE/NGL

 

-

 

4=

11=

21=

PSE

Herranz García et al

Siekierski et al

RCV

-

216, 307, 7

15

UEN

 

-

 

Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75, art 14, other additions

2

PSE

RCV

-

214, 313, 3

22

Siekierski et al

 

-

 

recs

7

Verts/ALE

EV

+

312, 217, 5

8

Verts/ALE + PPE-DE

 

+

 

18

ALDE

 

+

 

vote: amended proposal

 

+

 

Requests for roll-call votes

PSE: ams 1, 2, 3, 4

4.   Fluorinated greenhouse gases ***III

Report: Avril DOYLE (A6-0087/2006)

Subject

Amendment No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV - remarks

vote: joint text

RCV

+

476, 46, 25

Requests for roll-call votes

Verts/ALE: final vote

5.   Emissions from air-conditioning systems in motor vehicles ***III

Report: Avril DOYLE (A6-0090/2006)

Subject

Amendment No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

vote: joint text

 

+

 

6.   Special report by the European Ombudsman following a complaint against the European Schools

Report: Proinsias DE ROSSA (A6-0118/2006)

Subject

Amendment No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

§ 8

2

PSE

EV

+

307, 208, 21

§ 9

1

PSE

 

+

 

vote: resolution (as a whole)

 

+

 

7.   Situation of refugees in Malta

Motions for resolutions: B6-0241/2006, B6-0268/2006, B6-0269/2006, B6-0270/2006, B6-0271/2006, B6-0274/2006

Subject

Amendment No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

joint motion for a resolution RC-B6-0241/2006

(PPE-DE, PSE, ALDE, Verts/ALE, GUE/NGL, UEN)

after § 1

4

GUE/NGL + Verts/ALE

RCV

-

84, 318, 140

5

GUE/NGL + Verts/ALE

RCV

-

68, 466, 10

6

GUE/NGL + Verts/ALE

RCV

-

65, 469, 6

§ 10

§

original text

sep

+

 

after § 13

1

ALDE

 

-

 

2

ALDE

 

-

 

after rec C

3

GUE/NGL + Verts/ALE

EV

+

280, 250, 12

rec H

§

original text

sep

+

 

vote: resolution (as a whole)

 

+

 

motions for resolutions by political groups

B6-0241/2006

 

PPE-DE

 

 

 

B6-0268/2006

 

PSE

 

 

 

B6-0269/2006

 

GUE/NGL

 

 

 

B6-0270/2006

 

ALDE

 

 

 

B6-0271/2006

 

Verts/ALE

 

 

 

B6-0274/2006

 

UEN

 

 

 

Requests for roll-call votes

PPE-DE: ams 4, 5

GUE/NGL: am 6

Requests for separate votes

GUE/NGL: § 10, rec H

Miscellaneous

Amendment 6 should read as follows:

Maintains that all administrative detention centres in Europe should be closed as a first practical step towards devising new reception arrangements;

Kyriacos Triantaphyllides had not signed the joint motion for a resolution, but he had signed the amendments tabled on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group.

8.   Elections in Belarus

Motions for resolutions: B6-0234/2006, B6-0239/2006, B6-0242/2006, B6-0243/2006, B6-0246/2006, B6-0248/2006

Subject

Amendment No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

joint motion for a resolution RC-B6-0234/2006

(PPE-DE, PSE, ALDE, Verts/ALE, UEN)

§ 2

§

original text

split

 

 

1/RCV

+

524, 9, 17

2

+

 

§ 6

§

original text

RCV

+

520, 9, 18

vote: resolution (as a whole)

 

+

 

motions for resolutions by political groups

B6-0234/2006

 

PSE

 

 

 

B6-0239/2006

 

UEN

 

 

 

B6-0242/2006

 

PPE-DE

 

 

 

B6-0243/2006

 

ALDE

 

 

 

B6-0246/2006

 

GUE/NGL

 

 

 

B6-0248/2006

 

Verts/ALE

 

 

 

Requests for roll-call votes

GUE/NGL: § 6

Requests for split votes

GUE/NGL

§ 2

1st part:‘Denounces the presidential ... transparent elections;’

2nd part: remainder

9.   Elections in Ukraine

Motions for resolutions: B6-0235/2006, B6-0240/2006, B6-0244/2006, B6-0245/2006, B6-0247/2006, B6-0249/2006

Subject

Amendment No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

joint motion for a resolution RC-B6-0235/2006

(PPE-DE, PSE, ALDE, Verts/ALE, GUE/NGL, UEN)

after § 6

1

PSE

 

+

 

§ 7

3

GUE/NGL

 

-

 

§8

 

original text

 

+

oral amendment

§ 9

2

PSE

RCV

-

217, 318, 13

vote: resolution (as a whole)

 

+

 

motions for resolutions by political groups

B6-0235/2006

 

PSE

 

 

 

B6-0240/2006

 

PPE-DE

 

 

 

B6-0244/2006

 

ALDE

 

 

 

B6-0245/2006

 

GUE/NGL

 

 

 

B6-0247/2006

 

Verts/ALE

 

 

 

B6-0249/2006

 

UEN

 

 

 

Requests for roll-call votes

ALDE: am 2

Miscellaneous

Charles Tannock moved an oral amendment to paragraph 8 to replace the word ‘aspirations’ with the word ‘perspective’

10.   World Health Day

Motions for resolutions: B6-0228/2006, B6-0231/2006, B6-0232/2006, B6-0233/2006, B6-0236/2006, B6-0238/2006

Subject

Amendment No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

joint motion for a resolution RC-B6-0228/2006

(PPE-DE, PSE, ALDE, Verts/ALE, GUE/NGL, UEN)

§ 3

§

original text

split

 

 

1

+

 

2/RCV

+

474, 52, 13

after § 5

5

ALDE

split/RCV

 

 

1

+

294, 228, 11

2

+

275, 245, 13

after § 6

7

Verts/ALE

 

-

 

after § 7

8

Verts/ALE

 

-

 

after § 9

9

Verts/ALE

 

+

 

after § 10

10

Verts/ALE

EV

+

297, 217, 5

11

Verts/ALE

EV

+

279, 228, 10

after § 12

2

GUE/NGL

 

+

 

after § 13

3

GUE/NGL

EV

+

275, 239, 5

after § 14

4

GUE/NGL

 

+

 

after rec B

6

Verts/ALE

 

-

 

after rec D

1

GUE/NGL

EV

+

307, 210, 6

vote: resolution (as a whole)

 

+

 

motions for resolutions by political groups

B6-0228/2006

 

UEN

 

 

 

B6-0231/2006

 

PPE-DE

 

 

 

B6-0232/2006

 

Verts/ALE

 

 

 

B6-0233/2006

 

GUE/NGL

 

 

 

B6-0236/2006

 

ALDE

 

 

 

B6-0238/2006

 

PSE

 

 

 

Marios Matsakis had also signed the joint motion for a resolution on behalf of the ALDE Group.

Requests for roll-call votes

ALDE, IND/DEM, PSE: am 5

Requests for split votes

PPE-DE

am 5

1st part:‘Calls for adequate ... health projects’

2nd part: remainder

IND/DEM

§ 3

1st part: text as a whole without the words ‘and sexual and reproductive health’

2nd part: those words

11.   Work of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly in 2005

Report: Thierry CORNILLET (A6-0063/2006)

Subject

Amendment No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

after § 24

1

PSE

 

-

 

vote: resolution (as a whole)

 

+

 

12.   Aid effectiveness and corruption in developing countries

Report: Margrietus VAN DEN BERG (A6-0048/2006)

Subject

Amendment No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

§ 15

§

original text

RCV

+

511, 5, 2

after § 22

2

UEN

 

+

 

rec N

1

UEN

 

+

 

vote: resolution (as a whole)

 

+

 

Requests for roll-call votes

IND/DEM: § 15

13.   Darfur

Motions for resolutions: B6-0250/2006, B6-0251/2006, B6-0255/2006, B6-0257/2006, B6-0260/2006, B6-0267/2006

Subject

Amendment No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

joint motion for a resolution RC-B6-0250/2006

(PPE-DE, PSE, ALDE, Verts/ALE, GUE/NGL, UEN)

vote: resolution (as a whole)

RCV

+

76, 0, 0

motions for resolutions by political groups

B6-0250/2006

 

PPE-DE

 

 

 

B6-0251/2006

 

ALDE

 

 

 

B6-0255/2006

 

Verts/ALE

 

 

 

B6-0257/2006

 

PSE

 

 

 

B6-0260/2006

 

GUE/NGL

 

 

 

B6-0267/2006

 

UEN

 

 

 

Requests for roll-call votes

ALDE: final vote

14.   Iraq: Assyrian community, situation in prisons

Motions for resolutions: B6-0252/2006, B6-0256/2006, B6-0258/2006, B6-0261/2006, B6-0263/2006, B6-0265/2006

Subject

Amendment No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

joint motion for a resolution RC-B6-0252/2006

(PPE-DE, PSE, ALDE,UEN)

after § 8

5/rev

Verts/ALE

GUE/NGL

EV

+

41, 40, 0

after § 9

6

Verts/ALE

 

+

 

after § 11

3

GUE/NGL

split

 

 

1/EV

+

43, 39, 1

2/EV

-

26, 59, 2

after § 15

2

GUE/NGL

 

-

 

rec B

4

Verts/ALE

EV

-

42, 43, 0

after rec J

1

GUE/NGL

split

 

 

1/EV

-

35, 50, 0

2

 

 

vote: resolution (as a whole)

RCV

+

86, 1, 1

motions for resolutions by political groups

B6-0252/2006

 

ALDE

 

 

 

B6-0256/2006

 

Verts/ALE

 

 

 

B6-0258/2006

 

PSE

 

 

 

B6-0261/2006

 

GUE/NGL

 

 

 

B6-0263/2006

 

PPE-DE

 

 

 

B6-0265/2006

 

UEN

 

 

 

Requests for roll-call votes

ALDE: final vote

Requests for split votes

PSE

am 1

1st part: text as a whole without the words ‘and only low-ranking’

2nd part: those words

am 3

1st part: text as a whole without the words ‘and independent human rights monitors’

2nd part: those words

15.   Egypt: the case of Ayman Nour

Motions for resolutions: B6-0253/2006, B6-0254/2006, B6-0259/2006, B6-0262/2006, B6-0264/2006, B6-0266/2006

Subject

Amendment No

Author

RCV, etc.

Vote

RCV/EV — remarks

joint motion for a resolution RC-B6-0253/2006

(PPE-DE, PSE, ALDE, Verts/ALE, GUE/NGL, UEN)

vote: resolution (as a whole)

RCV

+

oral amendment

87, 0, 0

motions for resolutions by political groups

B6-0253/2006

 

ALDE

 

 

 

B6-0254/2006

 

Verts/ALE

 

 

 

B6-0259/2006

 

PSE

 

 

 

B6-0262/2006

 

GUE/NGL

 

 

 

B6-0264/2006

 

PPE-DE

 

 

 

B6-0266/2006

 

UEN

 

 

 

Ari Vatanen moved an oral amendment to insert a new paragraph 5a:

5a. Calls for the release of Dr Ayman Nour;

Requests for roll-call votes

ALDE: final vote

PPE-DE: final vote

ANNEX II

RESULT OF ROLL-CALL VOTES

1.   Cashman report A6-0060/2006

Resolution

For: 403

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Chatzimarkakis, Chiesa, Cornillet, Davies, Deprez, Fourtou, Gibault, Griesbeck, Hall, Hennis-Plasschaert, in 't Veld, Jensen, Karim, Krahmer, Lax, Lehideux, Lynne, Maaten, Matsakis, Morillon, Newton Dunn, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Onyszkiewicz, Oviir, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Takkula, Väyrynen, Van Hecke, Wallis

GUE/NGL: Agnoletto, Brie, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Markov, Meijer, Morgantini, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Remek, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Svensson, Uca, Verges, Wagenknecht, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Goudin, Lundgren, Sinnott, Železný

NI: Bobošíková, Chruszcz, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Giertych, Masiel, Rivera, Rutowicz

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Audy, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Berend, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Busuttil, Buzek, Casa, Caspary, del Castillo Vera, Cederschiöld, Chmielewski, Coelho, Daul, Descamps, Deß, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Doorn, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Eurlings, Fajmon, Ferber, Fraga Estévez, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Gräßle, de Grandes Pascual, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Hatzidakis, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Jałowiecki, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Klich, Konrad, Korhola, Kudrycka, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langendries, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, Maat, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Mathieu, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Peterle, Pinheiro, Pirker, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Roithová, Rübig, Saïfi, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sonik, Spautz, Sudre, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasák, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, Wijkman, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Batzeli, Beglitis, Beňová, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann, Calabuig Rull, Carlotti, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Christensen, Corbey, Cottigny, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay, Dührkop Dührkop, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Falbr, Fava, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ford, Fruteau, García Pérez, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Glante, Goebbels, Golik, Grabowska, Grech, Groote, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Hasse Ferreira, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Honeyball, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kuc, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Lévai, Liberadzki, McAvan, Madeira, Martínez Martínez, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Öger, Paasilinna, Pinior, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Rouček, Roure, Sakalas, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Schapira, Scheele, Segelström, Siwiec, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weber Henri, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Yañez-Barnuevo García

UEN: Aylward, Camre, Didžiokas, Foltyn-Kubicka, Janowski, Kuźmiuk, La Russa, Libicki, Ó Neachtain, Pirilli, Podkański, Roszkowski, Szymański, Vaidere

Verts/ALE: Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Evans Jillian, Flautre, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Hammerstein Mintz, Jonckheer, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Ždanoka

Against: 8

IND/DEM: Krupa, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Zapałowski

NI: Allister, Martin Hans-Peter

UEN: Kamiński

Abstention: 31

GUE/NGL: Pafilis, Toussas

IND/DEM: Batten, Knapman, Titford, Tomczak, Wise

NI: Claeys, Dillen, Gollnisch, Helmer, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Martinez, Mölzer, Mote, Schenardi

PPE-DE: Ashworth, Beazley, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Dover, Evans Jonathan, Hannan, Harbour, Heaton-Harris, Parish, Purvis, Van Orden

Corrections to votes

For: Hans-Peter Martin

Abstention: Charles Tannock

2.   Proposal for a regulation C6-0111/2006 — Avian sector

Amendments 3 + 10 + 19

For: 200

GUE/NGL: Agnoletto, Brie, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Markov, Morgantini, Musacchio, Pafilis, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Remek, Strož, Toussas, Uca, Verges, Wagenknecht, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Borghezio, Pęk, Rogalski, Tomczak, Zapałowski

NI: Chruszcz, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Giertych, Gollnisch, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Martinez, Masiel, Mölzer, Rutowicz, Schenardi, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Ayuso González, Chmielewski, Fraga Estévez, Gklavakis, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jałowiecki, Kaczmarek, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, López-Istúriz White, Mavrommatis, Millán Mon, Montoro Romero, Papastamkos, Protasiewicz, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Siekierski, Trakatellis, Vakalis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Zaleski

PSE: Arif, Arnaoutakis, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Batzeli, Beglitis, Beňová, Berès, Berger, Bono, Bourzai, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Correia, Cottigny, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay, Dührkop Dührkop, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ford, Fruteau, García Pérez, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Goebbels, Golik, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Haug, Honeyball, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Lambrinidis, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Lévai, Liberadzki, Lienemann, McAvan, Madeira, Maňka, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Obiols i Germà, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Patrie, Peillon, Pinior, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Reynaud, Rouček, Roure, Sakalas, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Savary, Schapira, Scheele, Siwiec, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Weber Henri, Willmott, Yañez-Barnuevo García

UEN: Aylward, Crowley, Didžiokas, Foltyn-Kubicka, Janowski, Kamiński, Krasts, Kuźmiuk, Libicki, Ó Neachtain, Podkański, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański, Vaidere

Against: 311

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Carlshamre, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Chiesa, Cornillet, Davies, Deprez, De Sarnez, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in 't Veld, Jensen, Kacin, Karim, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Lambsdorff, Lax, Lehideux, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Takkula, Väyrynen, Van Hecke, Wallis

GUE/NGL: Meijer, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Svensson

IND/DEM: Batten, Belder, Blokland, Clark, Goudin, Knapman, Krupa, Lundgren, Nattrass, Piotrowski, Sinnott, Titford, Wise, Železný

NI: Allister, Bobošíková, Helmer, Mote

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Ashworth, Audy, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Belet, Berend, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Casa, Caspary, del Castillo Vera, Cederschiöld, Coelho, Daul, Descamps, Deß, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Ferber, Fjellner, Florenz, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gewalt, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Gräßle, de Grandes Pascual, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gyürk, Handzlik, Hannan, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Klich, Konrad, Korhola, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Lechner, Liese, Lulling, Maat, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Marques, Martens, Mathieu, Mauro, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Mikolášik, Mitchell, Nassauer, Nicholson, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Parish, Peterle, Pieper, Pinheiro, Pirker, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Poettering, Posselt, Purvis, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Rübig, Saïfi, Schierhuber, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Strejček, Sudre, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Toubon, Ulmer, Van Orden, Vatanen, Vlasák, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, Wijkman, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zahradil, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

PSE: Andersson, van den Berg, Berman, Bösch, Bozkurt, Bullmann, van den Burg, Christensen, Corbey, Gebhardt, Gill, Glante, Groote, Hänsch, Hamon, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kuc, Kuhne, Laignel, Mastenbroek, Piecyk, Prets, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Segelström, Stockmann, Walter, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma

UEN: Berlato, Camre, Pirilli

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Buitenweg, Evans Jillian, Flautre, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Hammerstein Mintz, Hassi, Horáček, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Turmes, Ždanoka

Abstention: 6

NI: Claeys, Dillen, Martin Hans-Peter, Rivera

PPE-DE: Lewandowski, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou

Corrections to votes

For: Konstantinos Hatzidakis, Salvador Garriga Polledo

Against: Lissy Gröner

3.   Proposal for a regulation C6-0111/2006 — Avian sector

Amendment 1

For: 218

GUE/NGL: Agnoletto, Brie, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Markov, Meijer, Morgantini, Musacchio, Pafilis, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Remek, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Svensson, Toussas, Uca, Verges, Wagenknecht, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Bonde, Borghezio, Krupa, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Sinnott, Tomczak, Zapałowski

NI: Chruszcz, Claeys, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Dillen, Giertych, Gollnisch, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Martinez, Masiel, Mölzer, Rutowicz, Schenardi, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Chmielewski, Gaubert, Gklavakis, Handzlik, Jałowiecki, Kaczmarek, Klich, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Lewandowski, Olbrycht, Papastamkos, Protasiewicz, Saryusz-Wolski, Siekierski, Zaleski

PSE: Arif, Arnaoutakis, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Batzeli, Beglitis, Beňová, Berès, Berger, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, van den Burg, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Christensen, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay, Dührkop Dührkop, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ford, Fruteau, García Pérez, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Goebbels, Golik, Grabowska, Grech, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Herczog, Honeyball, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Kristensen, Kuc, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lévai, Liberadzki, Lienemann, McAvan, Madeira, Maňka, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Obiols i Germà, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Patrie, Peillon, Pinior, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Rouček, Roure, Sakalas, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Savary, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Siwiec, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Weber Henri, Wiersma, Willmott, Yañez-Barnuevo García

UEN: Aylward, Berlato, Crowley, Didžiokas, Foltyn-Kubicka, Janowski, Kamiński, Krasts, Kuźmiuk, La Russa, Libicki, Ó Neachtain, Pirilli, Podkański, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański, Vaidere

Against: 309

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Carlshamre, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Chiesa, Cornillet, Davies, Deprez, De Sarnez, Duff, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in 't Veld, Jensen, Kacin, Karim, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Lambsdorff, Lax, Lehideux, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Takkula, Väyrynen, Van Hecke, Wallis

IND/DEM: Batten, Clark, Goudin, Knapman, Lundgren, Nattrass, Titford, Wise, Železný

NI: Allister, Bobošíková, Helmer, Martin Hans-Peter, Mote

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Ashworth, Audy, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Belet, Berend, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Casa, Caspary, del Castillo Vera, Cederschiöld, Coelho, Daul, Dehaene, Descamps, Deß, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Ferber, Fjellner, Florenz, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Garriga Polledo, Gauzès, Gewalt, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Gräßle, de Grandes Pascual, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Hannan, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kamall, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Korhola, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Marques, Martens, Mathieu, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Nassauer, Nicholson, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Parish, Peterle, Pieper, Pinheiro, Pirker, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Poettering, Posselt, Purvis, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Roithová, Rübig, Saïfi, Samaras, Schierhuber, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Strejček, Sudre, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasák, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, Wijkman, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zahradil, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

PSE: Andersson, van den Berg, Bullmann, Gebhardt, Gill, Glante, Gröner, Groote, Hänsch, Hamon, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Jöns, Kindermann, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhne, Piecyk, Prets, Rapkay, Segelström, Stockmann, Titley, Walter, Weiler, Westlund

UEN: Camre

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Evans Jillian, Flautre, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Hammerstein Mintz, Hassi, Horáček, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Turmes, Ždanoka

Abstention: 2

NI: Rivera

PPE-DE: Konrad

Corrections to votes

Against: Kathy Sinnott

4.   Proposal for a regulation C6-0111/2006 — Avian sector

Amendments 4 + 11 + 21

For: 216

ALDE: Geremek

GUE/NGL: Agnoletto, Brie, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Markov, Musacchio, Pafilis, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Remek, Strož, Toussas, Uca, Verges, Wagenknecht, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Bonde, Borghezio, Krupa, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Tomczak, Zapałowski

NI: Chruszcz, Claeys, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Dillen, Giertych, Gollnisch, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Martinez, Masiel, Rutowicz, Schenardi, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Ayuso González, del Castillo Vera, Chmielewski, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Garriga Polledo, Gklavakis, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Handzlik, Hatzidakis, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jałowiecki, Kaczmarek, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Lewandowski, López-Istúriz White, Mayor Oreja, Millán Mon, Montoro Romero, Olbrycht, Papastamkos, Protasiewicz, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Siekierski, Sonik, Trakatellis, Vakalis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Zaleski, Zwiefka

PSE: Arif, Arnaoutakis, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Batzeli, Beglitis, Beňová, Berès, Berger, Bono, Bourzai, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, Fruteau, García Pérez, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Golik, Gomes, Grabowska, Grech, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hamon, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Kuc, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lévai, Liberadzki, Lienemann, Madeira, Maňka, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Obiols i Germà, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Patrie, Peillon, Pinior, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rouček, Roure, Sakalas, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Savary, Schapira, Siwiec, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Weber Henri, Yañez-Barnuevo García

UEN: Aylward, Crowley, Didžiokas, Foltyn-Kubicka, Janowski, Kamiński, Krasts, Kuźmiuk, Libicki, Ó Neachtain, Podkański, Ryan, Szymański, Vaidere, Zīle

Against: 307

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Carlshamre, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Cornillet, Davies, Deprez, De Sarnez, Duff, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Gibault, Griesbeck, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in 't Veld, Jensen, Kacin, Karim, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Lambsdorff, Lax, Lehideux, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Takkula, Väyrynen, Van Hecke

GUE/NGL: Meijer, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Svensson

IND/DEM: Batten, Belder, Blokland, Clark, Goudin, Knapman, Lundgren, Nattrass, Sinnott, Titford, Wise

NI: Allister, Bobošíková, Helmer, Martin Hans-Peter, Mote

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Ashworth, Audy, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Belet, Berend, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Casa, Caspary, Cederschiöld, Coelho, Daul, Dehaene, Descamps, Deß, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Ferber, Fjellner, Florenz, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gewalt, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Gräßle, de Grandes Pascual, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gyürk, Hannan, Harbour, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kamall, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Konrad, Korhola, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Lechner, Liese, Lulling, Maat, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Marques, Martens, Mathieu, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mikolášik, Mitchell, Nassauer, Nicholson, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Parish, Peterle, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pirker, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Poettering, Posselt, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Roithová, Rübig, Saïfi, Schierhuber, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sommer, Spautz, Šťastný, Strejček, Sudre, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Toubon, Ulmer, Van Orden, Vatanen, Vlasák, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, Wijkman, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zahradil, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zvěřina

PSE: Andersson, van den Berg, Berman, Bozkurt, Bullmann, van den Burg, Christensen, Gebhardt, Gill, Glante, Groote, Hänsch, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kuhne, Mann Erika, Mastenbroek, Piecyk, Prets, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Scheele, Segelström, Stockmann, Thomsen, Titley, Walter, Weiler, Westlund, Willmott

UEN: Berlato, Camre, La Russa, Pirilli

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Evans Jillian, Flautre, Frassoni, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Hammerstein Mintz, Hassi, Horáček, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Turmes, Ždanoka

Abstention: 7

NI: Belohorská, Mölzer, Rivera

PPE-DE: Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou

PSE: Bösch, Herczog, Wiersma

5.   Proposal for a regulation C6-0111/2006 — Avian sector

Amendment 2

For: 214

GUE/NGL: Agnoletto, Brie, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Markov, Meijer, Musacchio, Pafilis, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Remek, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Svensson, Toussas, Uca, Verges, Wagenknecht, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Bonde, Borghezio, Krupa, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Tomczak, Zapałowski, Železný

NI: Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Gollnisch, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Martinez, Masiel, Mölzer, Rutowicz, Schenardi

PPE-DE: Chmielewski, Freitas, Handzlik, Hatzidakis, Jałowiecki, Kaczmarek, Kudrycka, Lewandowski, Olbrycht, Őry, Piskorski, Protasiewicz, Saryusz-Wolski, Siekierski, Zaleski, Zwiefka

PSE: Arif, Arnaoutakis, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Batzeli, Beglitis, Beňová, Berès, Berger, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, van den Burg, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Christensen, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, Fruteau, García Pérez, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Goebbels, Golik, Gomes, Grabowska, Grech, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hamon, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jørgensen, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Kristensen, Kuc, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lévai, Liberadzki, Lienemann, Madeira, Maňka, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Obiols i Germà, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Patrie, Peillon, Pinior, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rouček, Roure, Sakalas, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Savary, Schapira, Scheele, Siwiec, Sousa Pinto, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Weber Henri, Willmott, Yañez-Barnuevo García

UEN: Aylward, Berlato, Crowley, Didžiokas, Foltyn-Kubicka, Janowski, Kamiński, Krasts, Kuźmiuk, La Russa, Libicki, Ó Neachtain, Pirilli, Podkański, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański, Vaidere, Zīle

Against: 313

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Carlshamre, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Cornillet, Davies, Deprez, De Sarnez, Duff, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in 't Veld, Jensen, Kacin, Karim, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Lambsdorff, Lax, Lehideux, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Takkula, Väyrynen, Van Hecke

IND/DEM: Batten, Clark, Goudin, Knapman, Lundgren, Nattrass, Sinnott, Titford, Wise

NI: Allister, Bobošíková, Chruszcz, Giertych, Helmer, Martin Hans-Peter, Mote, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Ashworth, Audy, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Belet, Berend, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Casa, Caspary, del Castillo Vera, Cederschiöld, Coelho, Daul, Dehaene, Descamps, Deß, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Ferber, Fjellner, Florenz, Fraga Estévez, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Gräßle, de Grandes Pascual, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Hannan, Harbour, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kamall, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, Maat, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Martens, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Nassauer, Nicholson, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Oomen-Ruijten, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Peterle, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pirker, Pleštinská, Poettering, Posselt, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Roithová, Rübig, Saïfi, Samaras, Schierhuber, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Strejček, Sudre, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasák, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, Wijkman, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zahradil, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zvěřina

PSE: Andersson, van den Berg, Bullmann, Gebhardt, Gill, Glante, Gröner, Groote, Hänsch, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Herczog, Jöns, Kindermann, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhne, McAvan, Mann Erika, Piecyk, Prets, Rapkay, Segelström, Stockmann, Titley, Walter, Weiler, Westlund

UEN: Camre

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Evans Jillian, Flautre, Frassoni, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Hammerstein Mintz, Hassi, Horáček, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Turmes, Ždanoka

Abstention: 3

NI: Belohorská, Claeys, Rivera

6.   Doyle report A6-0087/2006

Resolution

For: 476

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Carlshamre, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Chiesa, Cornillet, Davies, Deprez, De Sarnez, Duff, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in 't Veld, Jensen, Kacin, Karim, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Lambsdorff, Lax, Lehideux, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Takkula, Väyrynen, Van Hecke, Wallis

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Bonde, Goudin, Krupa, Lundgren, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Sinnott, Tomczak, Zapałowski, Železný

NI: Belohorská, Bobošíková, Chruszcz, Claeys, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, Dillen, Giertych, Gollnisch, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Martinez, Masiel, Mölzer, Rivera, Rutowicz, Schenardi, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Ashworth, Audy, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Casa, Caspary, del Castillo Vera, Cederschiöld, Chmielewski, Coelho, Daul, Dehaene, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Esteves, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Ferber, Fjellner, Florenz, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Gräßle, de Grandes Pascual, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gyürk, Handzlik, Hannan, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Klich, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, Maat, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Marques, Martens, Mathieu, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Peterle, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pirker, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Roithová, Rübig, Saïfi, Samaras, Schierhuber, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Strejček, Sudre, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasák, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, Wijkman, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Batzeli, Beglitis, Beňová, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann, van den Burg, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Christensen, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Díez González, Dobolyi, Douay, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Goebbels, Golik, Gomes, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Groote, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kuc, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lévai, Liberadzki, Lienemann, McAvan, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Obiols i Germà, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rouček, Roure, Sakalas, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Savary, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Siwiec, Sousa Pinto, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weber Henri, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Yañez-Barnuevo García

UEN: Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Camre, Crowley, Didžiokas, Foltyn-Kubicka, Janowski, Kamiński, Krasts, Kuźmiuk, La Russa, Libicki, Ó Neachtain, Pirilli, Podkański, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański, Vaidere, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zīle

Against: 46

GUE/NGL: Meijer, Sjöstedt, Svensson

IND/DEM: Batten, Clark, Knapman, Nattrass, Titford, Wise

NI: Allister, Helmer, Martin Hans-Peter, Mote

PPE-DE: van Nistelrooij

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Evans Jillian, Flautre, Frassoni, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Hammerstein Mintz, Hassi, Horáček, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Turmes, Ždanoka

Abstention: 25

GUE/NGL: Agnoletto, Brie, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Markov, Morgantini, Musacchio, Pafilis, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Remek, Seppänen, Strož, Toussas, Uca, Verges, Wagenknecht, Wurtz, Zimmer

7.   RC B6-0241/2006 — Refugee camps in Malta

Amendment 4

For: 84

ALDE: Chiesa

GUE/NGL: Agnoletto, Brie, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Markov, Meijer, Morgantini, Musacchio, Pafilis, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Remek, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Svensson, Toussas, Uca, Verges, Wagenknecht, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Goudin, Krupa, Lundgren, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Tomczak, Zapałowski

NI: Belohorská, Martin Hans-Peter, Martinez, Rivera

PPE-DE: Cederschiöld, Fjellner, Hökmark, Ibrisagic

PSE: Berman, De Keyser, El Khadraoui, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Martínez Martínez

UEN: Vaidere

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Evans Jillian, Flautre, Frassoni, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Hammerstein Mintz, Hassi, Horáček, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Turmes, Ždanoka

Against: 318

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Carlshamre, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Cornillet, Davies, Deprez, De Sarnez, Duff, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in 't Veld, Jensen, Kacin, Karim, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Lambsdorff, Lax, Lehideux, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Takkula, Väyrynen, Van Hecke, Wallis

IND/DEM: Batten, Belder, Blokland, Borghezio, Clark, Knapman, Nattrass, Sinnott, Titford, Wise

NI: Allister, Bobošíková, Chruszcz, Claeys, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, Dillen, Giertych, Gollnisch, Helmer, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Masiel, Mölzer, Mote, Rutowicz, Schenardi, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Ashworth, Audy, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Casa, Caspary, del Castillo Vera, Chmielewski, Coelho, Daul, Dehaene, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Esteves, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Ferber, Florenz, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Gräßle, de Grandes Pascual, Grosch, Grossetête, Gyürk, Handzlik, Hannan, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Klich, Konrad, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, Maat, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Marques, Martens, Mathieu, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Peterle, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pirker, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Roithová, Rübig, Saïfi, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Strejček, Sudre, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasák, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, Wijkman, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

PSE: Attard-Montalto, Beňová, Casaca, Glante, Grech, Hänsch, Ilves, Kuc, Le Foll, Lévai, Medina Ortega, Miguélez Ramos, Muscat, Pahor

UEN: Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Camre, Crowley, Didžiokas, Foltyn-Kubicka, Janowski, Kamiński, Krasts, Kuźmiuk, La Russa, Libicki, Ó Neachtain, Pirilli, Podkański, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zīle

Abstention: 140

GUE/NGL: Henin

IND/DEM: Bonde, Železný

PPE-DE: Korhola

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Batzeli, Beglitis, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, van den Burg, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Christensen, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Dobolyi, Douay, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Goebbels, Golik, Gomes, Grabowska, Gröner, Groote, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hamon, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Liberadzki, Lienemann, McAvan, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Menéndez del Valle, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Napoletano, Navarro, Obiols i Germà, Öger, Paasilinna, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rouček, Roure, Sakalas, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Savary, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Siwiec, Sousa Pinto, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weber Henri, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Yañez-Barnuevo García

Corrections to votes

For: Anders Wijkman

8.   RC B6-0241/2006 — Refugee camps in Malta

Amendment 5

For: 68

ALDE: Chiesa

GUE/NGL: Agnoletto, Brie, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Markov, Meijer, Morgantini, Musacchio, Pafilis, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Remek, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Svensson, Toussas, Uca, Verges, Wagenknecht, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Goudin, Krupa, Lundgren, Pęk, Rogalski, Tomczak, Zapałowski

PSE: Fava

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Evans Jillian, Flautre, Frassoni, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Hammerstein Mintz, Hassi, Horáček, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Turmes, Ždanoka

Against: 466

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Carlshamre, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Cornillet, Davies, Deprez, De Sarnez, Duff, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in 't Veld, Jensen, Kacin, Karim, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Lambsdorff, Lax, Lehideux, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Takkula, Väyrynen, Van Hecke, Wallis

IND/DEM: Batten, Belder, Blokland, Borghezio, Clark, Knapman, Nattrass, Sinnott, Titford, Wise

NI: Allister, Bobošíková, Chruszcz, Claeys, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, Dillen, Giertych, Gollnisch, Helmer, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Masiel, Mölzer, Mote, Rutowicz, Schenardi, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Ashworth, Audy, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Casa, Caspary, del Castillo Vera, Cederschiöld, Chmielewski, Coelho, Daul, Dehaene, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Esteves, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Ferber, Fjellner, Florenz, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Gräßle, de Grandes Pascual, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gyürk, Handzlik, Hannan, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Klich, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, Maat, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Marques, Martens, Mathieu, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Peterle, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pirker, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Roithová, Rübig, Saïfi, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Strejček, Sudre, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasák, Vlasto, Wieland, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Batzeli, Beglitis, Beňová, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, van den Burg, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Christensen, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Dobolyi, Douay, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Falbr, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Goebbels, Golik, Gomes, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Groote, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kuc, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lévai, Liberadzki, Lienemann, McAvan, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Obiols i Germà, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rouček, Roure, Sakalas, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Savary, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Siwiec, Sousa Pinto, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weber Henri, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Yañez-Barnuevo García

UEN: Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Camre, Crowley, Didžiokas, Foltyn-Kubicka, Janowski, Kamiński, Krasts, Kuźmiuk, La Russa, Libicki, Ó Neachtain, Pirilli, Podkański, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański, Vaidere, Zīle

Abstention: 10

GUE/NGL: Henin

IND/DEM: Bonde, Piotrowski, Železný

NI: Belohorská, Martin Hans-Peter, Martinez, Rivera

PPE-DE: Wijkman

PSE: Matsouka

9.   RC B6-0241/2006 — Refugee camps in Malta

Amendment 6

For: 65

ALDE: Chiesa

GUE/NGL: Agnoletto, Brie, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Markov, Meijer, Morgantini, Musacchio, Pafilis, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Remek, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Svensson, Toussas, Uca, Verges, Wagenknecht, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Bonde, Krupa, Pęk, Rogalski, Zapałowski

PSE: Fava

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Evans Jillian, Flautre, Frassoni, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Hammerstein Mintz, Hassi, Horáček, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Turmes, Ždanoka

Against: 469

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Carlshamre, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Davies, Deprez, De Sarnez, Duff, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in 't Veld, Jensen, Kacin, Karim, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Lambsdorff, Lax, Lehideux, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Takkula, Väyrynen, Van Hecke, Wallis

IND/DEM: Batten, Belder, Blokland, Borghezio, Clark, Goudin, Knapman, Lundgren, Nattrass, Sinnott, Titford, Tomczak, Wise, Železný

NI: Allister, Belohorská, Bobošíková, Chruszcz, Claeys, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, Dillen, Giertych, Gollnisch, Helmer, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Martinez, Masiel, Mölzer, Mote, Rutowicz, Schenardi, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Ashworth, Audy, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Casa, Caspary, del Castillo Vera, Cederschiöld, Chmielewski, Coelho, Daul, Dehaene, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Esteves, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Ferber, Fjellner, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Gräßle, de Grandes Pascual, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Hannan, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Klich, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, Maat, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Marques, Martens, Mathieu, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Peterle, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pirker, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Roithová, Rübig, Saïfi, Samaras, Schierhuber, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Strejček, Sudre, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasák, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Batzeli, Beglitis, Beňová, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, van den Burg, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Christensen, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Dobolyi, Douay, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Falbr, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Goebbels, Golik, Gomes, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Groote, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kuc, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lévai, Liberadzki, Lienemann, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Moraes, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Obiols i Germà, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rouček, Roure, Sakalas, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Savary, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Siwiec, Sousa Pinto, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weber Henri, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Yañez-Barnuevo García

UEN: Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Camre, Crowley, Didžiokas, Foltyn-Kubicka, Janowski, Kamiński, Krasts, Kuźmiuk, La Russa, Libicki, Ó Neachtain, Pirilli, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański, Vaidere, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zīle

Abstention: 6

GUE/NGL: Henin

IND/DEM: Piotrowski

NI: Martin Hans-Peter, Rivera

PPE-DE: Wijkman

PSE: Matsouka

10.   RC B6-0234/2006 — Elections in Belarus

Paragraph 2/1

For: 524

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Carlshamre, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Cornillet, Davies, Deprez, De Sarnez, Duff, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, Jensen, Kacin, Karim, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Lambsdorff, Lax, Lehideux, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Takkula, Väyrynen, Van Hecke, Wallis

GUE/NGL: Agnoletto, Brie, de Brún, Kaufmann, Markov, Meijer, Morgantini, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Portas, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Svensson, Uca, Verges, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Bonde, Goudin, Krupa, Lundgren, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Sinnott, Tomczak, Zapałowski, Železný

NI: Allister, Belohorská, Bobošíková, Chruszcz, Claeys, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, Dillen, Giertych, Helmer, Martin Hans-Peter, Masiel, Mölzer, Rivera, Rutowicz, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Ashworth, Audy, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Casa, Caspary, del Castillo Vera, Cederschiöld, Chmielewski, Coelho, Daul, Dehaene, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Ehler, Esteves, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Ferber, Fjellner, Florenz, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Gräßle, de Grandes Pascual, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Hannan, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Klich, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, Maat, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Marques, Martens, Mathieu, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Peterle, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pirker, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Roithová, Rübig, Saïfi, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Strejček, Sudre, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasák, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, Wijkman, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Batzeli, Beglitis, Beňová, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann, van den Burg, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Christensen, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Dobolyi, Douay, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Goebbels, Golik, Gomes, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Groote, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kuc, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lévai, Liberadzki, Lienemann, McAvan, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Obiols i Germà, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rouček, Roure, Sakalas, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Savary, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Siwiec, Sousa Pinto, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weber Henri, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Yañez-Barnuevo García

UEN: Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Camre, Crowley, Didžiokas, Foltyn-Kubicka, Janowski, Kamiński, Krasts, Kuźmiuk, La Russa, Libicki, Ó Neachtain, Pirilli, Podkański, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański, Vaidere, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zīle

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Evans Jillian, Flautre, Frassoni, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Hammerstein Mintz, Hassi, Horáček, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber

Against: 9

GUE/NGL: Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Henin, Kohlíček, Pafilis, Remek, Strož, Toussas

Abstention: 17

ALDE: Chiesa

GUE/NGL: Pflüger, Wagenknecht

IND/DEM: Batten, Borghezio, Clark, Knapman, Nattrass, Titford, Wise

NI: Gollnisch, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Martinez, Mote, Schenardi

Verts/ALE: Ždanoka

11.   RC B6-0234/2006 — Elections in Belarus

Paragraph 6

For: 520

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Carlshamre, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Cornillet, Davies, Deprez, De Sarnez, Duff, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, Jensen, Kacin, Karim, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Lambsdorff, Lax, Lehideux, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Takkula, Väyrynen, Van Hecke, Wallis

GUE/NGL: Agnoletto, Brie, de Brún, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Markov, Meijer, Morgantini, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Sjöstedt, Svensson, Uca, Verges, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Borghezio, Goudin, Krupa, Lundgren, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Sinnott, Tomczak, Zapałowski, Železný

NI: Allister, Belohorská, Bobošíková, Chruszcz, Claeys, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, Dillen, Giertych, Helmer, Martin Hans-Peter, Masiel, Mölzer, Rivera, Rutowicz, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Ashworth, Audy, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Casa, Caspary, del Castillo Vera, Cederschiöld, Chmielewski, Coelho, Daul, Dehaene, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Ehler, Esteves, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Ferber, Fjellner, Florenz, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Goepel, Gomolka, Gräßle, de Grandes Pascual, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Hannan, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Klich, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, Maat, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Marques, Martens, Mathieu, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Peterle, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pirker, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Roithová, Rübig, Saïfi, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Strejček, Sudre, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasák, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, Wijkman, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Batzeli, Beglitis, Beňová, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann, van den Burg, Calabuig Rull, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Christensen, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Dobolyi, Douay, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Evans Robert, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Golik, Gomes, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Groote, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kuc, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lévai, Liberadzki, Lienemann, McAvan, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Obiols i Germà, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rouček, Roure, Sakalas, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Savary, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Siwiec, Sousa Pinto, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weber Henri, Weiler, Westlund, Willmott, Yañez-Barnuevo García

UEN: Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Camre, Crowley, Didžiokas, Foltyn-Kubicka, Janowski, Kamiński, Krasts, Kuźmiuk, La Russa, Libicki, Ó Neachtain, Pirilli, Podkański, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański, Vaidere, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zīle

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Evans Jillian, Flautre, Frassoni, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Hammerstein Mintz, Hassi, Horáček, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber

Against: 9

GUE/NGL: Figueiredo, Guerreiro, Henin, Pafilis, Pflüger, Remek, Strož, Toussas, Wagenknecht

Abstention: 18

ALDE: Chiesa

GUE/NGL: Flasarová, Portas, Seppänen

IND/DEM: Batten, Bonde, Clark, Knapman, Nattrass, Titford, Wise

NI: Gollnisch, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Martinez, Mote, Schenardi

Verts/ALE: Ždanoka

12.   RC B6-0235/2006 — Elections in Ukraine

Amendment 2

For: 217

ALDE: Chiesa

GUE/NGL: Agnoletto, Brie, de Brún, Kaufmann, Markov, Meijer, Morgantini, Musacchio, Papadimoulis, Portas, Seppänen, Svensson, Uca, Verges, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Bonde, Goudin, Krupa, Lundgren, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Sinnott, Tomczak, Zapałowski

NI: Belohorská, Claeys, Dillen

PPE-DE: Seeberg

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Batzeli, Beglitis, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann, van den Burg, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Christensen, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Dobolyi, Douay, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Gill, Glante, Goebbels, Gomes, Grech, Gröner, Groote, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lévai, Lienemann, McAvan, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Navarro, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Patrie, Peillon, Piecyk, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rouček, Roure, Sakalas, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Savary, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Siwiec, Sousa Pinto, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weber Henri, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Yañez-Barnuevo García

UEN: Camre, Ryan

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Bennahmias, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Evans Jillian, Flautre, Frassoni, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Hammerstein Mintz, Hassi, Horáček, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Against: 318

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Carlshamre, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Cornillet, Davies, Deprez, De Sarnez, Duff, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in 't Veld, Jensen, Kacin, Karim, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Lambsdorff, Lax, Lehideux, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Takkula, Väyrynen, Van Hecke, Wallis

GUE/NGL: Henin, Kohlíček, Pafilis, Strož, Toussas

IND/DEM: Batten, Borghezio, Clark, Knapman, Nattrass, Wise, Železný

NI: Allister, Bobošíková, Chruszcz, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, Giertych, Gollnisch, Helmer, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Martinez, Masiel, Mölzer, Rutowicz, Schenardi, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Ashworth, Audy, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Casa, Caspary, del Castillo Vera, Cederschiöld, Chmielewski, Coelho, Daul, Dehaene, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Ehler, Esteves, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Ferber, Fjellner, Florenz, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Gomolka, Gräßle, de Grandes Pascual, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Hannan, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Klich, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, Maat, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Marques, Martens, Mathieu, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Peterle, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pirker, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Roithová, Rübig, Saïfi, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schwab, Seeber, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Strejček, Sudre, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasák, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, Wijkman, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

PSE: Geringer de Oedenberg, Golik, Grabowska, Ilves, Koterec, Kuc, Liberadzki, Pinior

UEN: Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Crowley, Didžiokas, Foltyn-Kubicka, Janowski, Kamiński, Krasts, Kuźmiuk, La Russa, Libicki, Ó Neachtain, Pirilli, Podkański, Roszkowski, Szymański, Vaidere, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zīle

Abstention: 13

GUE/NGL: Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Pflüger, Remek, Sjöstedt, Wagenknecht

IND/DEM: Titford

NI: Martin Hans-Peter, Mote, Rivera

PSE: Beňová, Gierek

13.   RC B6-0228/2006 — World Health Day

Paragraph 3/2

For: 474

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Carlshamre, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Chiesa, Cornillet, Davies, Deprez, De Sarnez, Duff, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, Hall, Hennis-Plasschaert, in 't Veld, Jensen, Kacin, Karim, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Lambsdorff, Lax, Lehideux, Ludford, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Väyrynen, Van Hecke, Wallis

GUE/NGL: Agnoletto, Brie, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Markov, Meijer, Morgantini, Musacchio, Pafilis, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Remek, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Svensson, Toussas, Uca, Verges, Wagenknecht, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Bonde, Goudin, Lundgren

NI: Belohorská, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, Helmer, Masiel, Rivera

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Ashworth, Ayuso González, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Berend, Böge, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Casa, Caspary, del Castillo Vera, Cederschiöld, Chmielewski, Coelho, Daul, Dehaene, Descamps, Deß, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Ehler, Esteves, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Ferber, Fjellner, Florenz, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Gomolka, Gräßle, de Grandes Pascual, Grosch, Guellec, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Hannan, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Klich, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Lamassoure, Langen, Langendries, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, Maat, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Marques, Martens, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Peterle, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pirker, Piskorski, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Roithová, Rübig, Saïfi, Saryusz-Wolski, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Strejček, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasák, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, Wijkman, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Batzeli, Beglitis, Beňová, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann, van den Burg, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Christensen, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Dobolyi, Douay, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Golik, Gomes, Grabowska, Gröner, Groote, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kuc, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lévai, Liberadzki, Lienemann, McAvan, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Myller, Napoletano, Obiols i Germà, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rouček, Roure, Sakalas, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Savary, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Siwiec, Sousa Pinto, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weber Henri, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Yañez-Barnuevo García

UEN: Aylward, Camre, Didžiokas, Krasts, Vaidere, Zīle

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Evans Jillian, Flautre, Frassoni, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Hammerstein Mintz, Hassi, Horáček, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Against: 52

ALDE: Harkin, Lynne

IND/DEM: Batten, Belder, Blokland, Borghezio, Clark, Knapman, Krupa, Nattrass, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Sinnott, Titford, Tomczak, Wise, Zapałowski

NI: Allister, Bobošíková, Chruszcz, Giertych, Gollnisch, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Martinez, Mölzer, Schenardi, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Audy, Grossetête, Mathieu, Sudre, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski

UEN: Berlato, Bielan, Crowley, Foltyn-Kubicka, Janowski, Kamiński, Kuźmiuk, La Russa, Libicki, Ó Neachtain, Pirilli, Podkański, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański, Wojciechowski Janusz

Abstention: 13

IND/DEM: Železný

NI: Claeys, Dillen, Mote, Rutowicz

PPE-DE: Landsbergis, Pleštinská, Samaras, Schierhuber, Schwab

PSE: Attard-Montalto, Grech, Muscat

Corrections to votes

For: Eoin Ryan, Françoise Grossetête

Against: Bernd Posselt

14.   RC B6-0228/2006 — World Health Day

Amendment 5/1

For: 294

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Carlshamre, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Chiesa, Cornillet, Davies, Deprez, De Sarnez, Duff, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in 't Veld, Jensen, Kacin, Karim, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Lambsdorff, Lax, Lehideux, Ludford, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Väyrynen, Van Hecke, Wallis

GUE/NGL: Agnoletto, Brie, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Henin, Kaufmann, Kohlíček, Markov, Meijer, Morgantini, Musacchio, Pafilis, Pflüger, Portas, Remek, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Svensson, Toussas, Uca, Verges, Wagenknecht, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Bonde

NI: Belohorská, Martin Hans-Peter, Rivera

PPE-DE: Audy, Bachelot-Narquin, del Castillo Vera, Cederschiöld, Descamps, Doyle, Fjellner, Grossetête, Guellec, Ibrisagic, Korhola, Lamassoure, Mathieu, Mauro, Saïfi, Sudre, Vlasto, Wijkman, Wortmann-Kool

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Batzeli, Beglitis, Beňová, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann, van den Burg, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Christensen, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Dobolyi, Douay, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Goebbels, Golik, Gomes, Grabowska, Gröner, Groote, Guy-Quint, Hamon, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kuc, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lévai, Liberadzki, Lienemann, McAvan, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Myller, Napoletano, Obiols i Germà, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rouček, Roure, Sakalas, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Savary, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Siwiec, Sousa Pinto, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weber Henri, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Yañez-Barnuevo García

UEN: Camre, Didžiokas, Krasts, Zīle

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Beer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Evans Jillian, Flautre, Frassoni, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Hammerstein Mintz, Hassi, Horáček, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Kusstatscher, Lambert, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Against: 228

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Borghezio, Goudin, Krupa, Lundgren, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Sinnott, Tomczak, Wise, Zapałowski, Železný

NI: Allister, Bobošíková, Chruszcz, Claeys, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, Giertych, Gollnisch, Helmer, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Martinez, Masiel, Mölzer, Rutowicz, Schenardi, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Ashworth, Ayuso González, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Bushill-Matthews, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Casa, Caspary, Chmielewski, Coelho, Daul, Dehaene, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Doorn, Dover, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Ehler, Esteves, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Ferber, Florenz, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Gomolka, Gräßle, de Grandes Pascual, Grosch, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Handzlik, Hannan, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Klich, Konrad, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, Maat, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Marques, Martens, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Peterle, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pirker, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Roithová, Rübig, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schwab, Seeber, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Strejček, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasák, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

UEN: Berlato, Bielan, Crowley, Foltyn-Kubicka, Janowski, Kamiński, Kuźmiuk, La Russa, Libicki, Ó Neachtain, Pirilli, Podkański, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański, Wojciechowski Janusz

Abstention: 11

IND/DEM: Batten, Clark, Nattrass, Titford

NI: Dillen, Mote

PSE: Attard-Montalto, Grech, Muscat

UEN: Aylward, Vaid

Corrections to votes

For: Eoin Ryan, Gunnar Hökmark

Against: Eija-Riitta Korhola

15.   RC B6-0228/2006 — World Health Day

Amendment 5/2

For: 275

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Carlshamre, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Chiesa, Cornillet, Davies, Deprez, De Sarnez, Duff, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, Hall, Hennis-Plasschaert, in 't Veld, Jensen, Kacin, Karim, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Lambsdorff, Lax, Lehideux, Ludford, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Väyrynen, Wallis

GUE/NGL: Agnoletto, Brie, de Brún, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Henin, Kohlíček, Markov, Meijer, Morgantini, Musacchio, Pafilis, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Portas, Remek, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Svensson, Toussas, Uca, Wagenknecht, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Bonde

NI: Martin Hans-Peter, Rivera

PPE-DE: Bachelot-Narquin, Doyle, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Mauro, Wijkman, Wortmann-Kool

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Batzeli, Beglitis, Beňová, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann, van den Burg, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Christensen, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Dobolyi, Douay, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Falbr, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Golik, Gomes, Grabowska, Gröner, Groote, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kuc, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lévai, Liberadzki, Lienemann, McAvan, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Myller, Napoletano, Obiols i Germà, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Peillon, Piecyk, Pinior, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Rouček, Roure, Sakalas, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Savary, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Siwiec, Sousa Pinto, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weber Henri, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Yañez-Barnuevo García

UEN: Camre

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Beer, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Evans Jillian, Flautre, Frassoni, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Hammerstein Mintz, Hassi, Horáček, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Against: 245

ALDE: Harkin, Takkula

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Borghezio, Krupa, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Sinnott, Tomczak, Zapałowski, Železný

NI: Allister, Bobošíková, Chruszcz, Claeys, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, Dillen, Giertych, Gollnisch, Helmer, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Martinez, Masiel, Mölzer, Rutowicz, Schenardi, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Ashworth, Audy, Ayuso González, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bowis, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Casa, Caspary, del Castillo Vera, Chmielewski, Coelho, Daul, Dehaene, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Doorn, Dover, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Ehler, Esteves, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Ferber, Fjellner, Florenz, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Gomolka, Gräßle, de Grandes Pascual, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gyürk, Handzlik, Hannan, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Klich, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Lechner, Lehne, Lewandowski, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, Maat, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Marques, Martens, Mathieu, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Peterle, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pirker, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Reul, Roithová, Rübig, Saïfi, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schwab, Seeber, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Strejček, Sudre, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasák, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, von Wogau, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

UEN: Aylward, Berlato, Bielan, Crowley, Didžiokas, Foltyn-Kubicka, Janowski, Kamiński, Krasts, Kuźmiuk, La Russa, Libicki, Ó Neachtain, Pirilli, Podkański, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański, Vaidere, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zīle

Abstention: 13

IND/DEM: Batten, Clark, Goudin, Lundgren, Nattrass, Titford, Wise

NI: Belohorská, Mote

PSE: Attard-Montalto, Grech, Hänsch, Muscat

16.   Van den Berg report A6-0048/2006

Paragraph 15

For: 511

ALDE: Alvaro, Andrejevs, Attwooll, Beaupuy, Birutis, Bourlanges, Bowles, Budreikaitė, Busk, Carlshamre, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Chiesa, Cornillet, Davies, Deprez, De Sarnez, Duff, Fourtou, Gentvilas, Geremek, Gibault, Griesbeck, Hall, Harkin, Hennis-Plasschaert, in 't Veld, Jensen, Kacin, Karim, Koch-Mehrin, Krahmer, Lambsdorff, Lax, Lehideux, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Matsakis, Morillon, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Onyszkiewicz, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Prodi, Resetarits, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Samuelsen, Schuth, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Takkula, Väyrynen, Wallis

GUE/NGL: Agnoletto, Brie, de Brún, Flasarová, Henin, Kohlíček, Meijer, Morgantini, Musacchio, Pafilis, Papadimoulis, Pflüger, Remek, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Strož, Svensson, Toussas, Uca, Verges, Wagenknecht, Wurtz, Zimmer

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland, Bonde, Borghezio, Goudin, Krupa, Lundgren, Pęk, Piotrowski, Rogalski, Sinnott, Tomczak, Zapałowski, Železný

NI: Belohorská, Bobošíková, Chruszcz, Claeys, Czarnecki Marek Aleksander, Czarnecki Ryszard, Dillen, Giertych, Gollnisch, Lang, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Martinez, Masiel, Mölzer, Rivera, Rutowicz, Schenardi, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Albertini, Andrikienė, Ashworth, Audy, Bachelot-Narquin, Barsi-Pataky, Bauer, Beazley, Belet, Berend, Böge, Bowis, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Casa, Caspary, Cederschiöld, Chmielewski, Coelho, Daul, Dehaene, Descamps, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Duchoň, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Ehler, Esteves, Eurlings, Evans Jonathan, Fajmon, Ferber, Fjellner, Florenz, Fraga Estévez, Freitas, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Gomolka, Gräßle, de Grandes Pascual, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Gyürk, Handzlik, Hannan, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Hennicot-Schoepges, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Ibrisagic, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jałowiecki, Járóka, Jeggle, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Kamall, Karas, Kasoulides, Kauppi, Kelam, Klich, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kudrycka, Lamassoure, Landsbergis, Langen, Langendries, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, López-Istúriz White, Lulling, Maat, McGuinness, Mann Thomas, Marques, Martens, Mathieu, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Mikolášik, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Parish, Peterle, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Piskorski, Pleštinská, Poettering, Pomés Ruiz, Posselt, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Radwan, Reul, Roithová, Rübig, Saïfi, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Škottová, Sommer, Sonik, Spautz, Šťastný, Strejček, Sudre, Surján, Szájer, Tajani, Tannock, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Vakalis, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasák, Vlasto, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, Wijkman, von Wogau, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zvěřina

PSE: Andersson, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Attard-Montalto, Ayala Sender, Badia I Cutchet, Batzeli, Beglitis, Beňová, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berman, Bösch, Bono, Bourzai, Bozkurt, Bullmann, van den Burg, Calabuig Rull, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casaca, Cashman, Castex, Cercas, Christensen, Corbey, Correia, Cottigny, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, De Vits, Dobolyi, Douay, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Robert, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Ferreira Anne, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, Fruteau, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gill, Glante, Goebbels, Golik, Gomes, Grabowska, Grech, Gröner, Groote, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hamon, Hasse Ferreira, Haug, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Herczog, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ilves, Jöns, Jørgensen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kuc, Kuhne, Laignel, Lambrinidis, Le Foll, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lévai, Liberadzki, Lienemann, McAvan, Madeira, Maňka, Mann Erika, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastenbroek, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Öger, Paasilinna, Pahor, Piecyk, Pinior, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Poignant, Prets, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Reynaud, Rouček, Roure, Sakalas, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Savary, Schapira, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Siwiec, Sousa Pinto, Stockmann, Swoboda, Szejna, Tabajdi, Tarabella, Tarand, Thomsen, Titley, Trautmann, Tzampazi, Van Lancker, Vaugrenard, Vergnaud, Vincenzi, Walter, Weber Henri, Weiler, Westlund, Wiersma, Willmott, Yañez-Barnuevo García

UEN: Berlato, Bielan, Camre, Didžiokas, Foltyn-Kubicka, Janowski, Kamiński, Krasts, Kuźmiuk, La Russa, Libicki, Ó Neachtain, Pirilli, Podkański, Roszkowski, Ryan, Szymański, Vaidere, Wojciechowski Janusz, Zīle

Verts/ALE: Aubert, Auken, Beer, Bennahmias, Breyer, Buitenweg, Cohn-Bendit, Evans Jillian, Flautre, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Hammerstein Mintz, Hassi, Horáček, Isler Béguin, Jonckheer, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lipietz, Lucas, Özdemir, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Rühle, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Ždanoka

Against: 5

IND/DEM: Batten, Clark, Titford, Wise

NI: Mote

Abstention: 2

NI: Allister, Martin Hans-Peter

Corrections to votes

For: Hans-Peter Martin

17.   RC B6-00250/2006 — Darfur

Resolution

For: 76

ALDE: Geremek, Hall, Maaten, Matsakis, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Onyszkiewicz, Prodi

GUE/NGL: Kohlíček, Meijer, Pflüger, Remek

IND/DEM: Krupa, Sinnott

NI: Giertych, Rutowicz, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Audy, Bauer, Bowis, Brepoels, Caspary, Chmielewski, Deß, Duka-Zólyomi, Fraga Estévez, Garriga Polledo, Gauzès, Grossetête, Jeggle, Kaczmarek, López-Istúriz White, Mann Thomas, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Montoro Romero, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Pleštinská, Posselt, Purvis, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Sonik, Sudre, Trakatellis, Vatanen, Wieland, Záborská

PSE: Attard-Montalto, Beglitis, van den Berg, Carnero González, Ettl, Ford, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gill, Gomes, Honeyball, Kuc, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Miguélez Ramos, Pinior, Riera Madurell, Sakalas, Sánchez Presedo, Scheele

UEN: Libicki

Verts/ALE: Hammerstein Mintz, Kusstatscher, Onesta, Schlyter, Smith

18.   RC B6-0252/2006 — Iraq: Assyrian community

Resolution

For: 86

ALDE: Geremek, Hall, Maaten, Matsakis, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Onyszkiewicz, Prodi, Schuth

GUE/NGL: Kohlíček, Meijer, Remek, Strož

IND/DEM: Bonde, Krupa, Sinnott

NI: Belohorská, Giertych, Rutowicz, Wojciechowski Bernard Piotr

PPE-DE: Audy, Bauer, Bowis, Brepoels, Caspary, Chmielewski, Daul, Deß, Duka-Zólyomi, Fraga Estévez, Garriga Polledo, Gauzès, Grossetête, Jeggle, Kaczmarek, Kasoulides, López-Istúriz White, Mann Thomas, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Montoro Romero, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Pleštinská, Posselt, Purvis, Roithová, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Sonik, Sudre, Trakatellis, Vatanen, Wieland, Záborská, Zaleski

PSE: Attard-Montalto, Beglitis, van den Berg, Carnero González, Casaca, Ettl, Ford, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gill, Gomes, Honeyball, Kuc, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Miguélez Ramos, Pinior, Riera Madurell, Sakalas, Sánchez Presedo, Scheele

UEN: Libicki

Verts/ALE: Hammerstein Mintz, Isler Béguin, Kusstatscher, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Schlyter, Smith

Against: 1

NI: Czarnecki Ryszard

Abstention: 1

GUE/NGL: Pflüger

19.   RC B6-0253/2006 — Egypt: the case of Ayman Nour

Resolution

For: 87

ALDE: Geremek, Hall, Maaten, Matsakis, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Onyszkiewicz, Prodi, Schuth

GUE/NGL: Kohlíček, Meijer, Pflüger, Remek, Strož

IND/DEM: Bonde, Krupa, Sinnott

NI: Belohorská, Czarnecki Ryszard, Rutowicz

PPE-DE: Audy, Bauer, Bowis, Brepoels, Caspary, Chmielewski, Daul, Deß, Duka-Zólyomi, Fraga Estévez, Garriga Polledo, Gauzès, Grossetête, Hatzidakis, Jeggle, Kaczmarek, Kasoulides, López-Istúriz White, Mann Thomas, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Montoro Romero, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Pleštinská, Posselt, Purvis, Roithová, Samaras, Saryusz-Wolski, Schierhuber, Sonik, Sudre, Trakatellis, Vatanen, Wieland, Záborská, Zaleski

PSE: Attard-Montalto, Beglitis, van den Berg, Carnero González, Casaca, Ettl, Ford, García Pérez, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gill, Gomes, Honeyball, Kuc, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Miguélez Ramos, Pinior, Riera Madurell, Sakalas, Sánchez Presedo, Scheele

UEN: Libicki

Verts/ALE: Hammerstein Mintz, Isler Béguin, Kusstatscher, Onesta, Romeva i Rueda, Schlyter, Smith

TEXTS ADOPTED

 

P6_TA(2006)0130

Simplified regime for the control of persons at external borders (Switzerland and Liechtenstein) ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a simplified regime for the control of persons at the external borders based on the unilateral recognition by the Member States of certain residence permits issued by Switzerland and Liechtenstein for the purpose of transit through their territory (COM (2005)0381 — C6-0254/2005 — 2005/0159(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

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having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2005) 0381) (1),

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having regard to Article 251(2) and Article 62(2)(a) of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C6-0254/2005),

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having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure,

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having regard to the report of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (A6-0060/ 2006),

1.

Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

2.

Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend the proposal substantially or replace it with another text;

3.

Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.

(1)  Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TC1-COD(2005)0159

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 6 April 2006 with a view to the adoption of Decision No .../2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a simplified regime for the control of persons at the external borders based on the unilateral recognition by the member states of certain residence permits issued by Switzerland and Liechtenstein for the purpose of transit through their territory

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 62(2)(a) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty (1),

Whereas:

(1)

Pursuant to Article 21 of the Convention of 19 June 1990 implementing the Schengen Agreement of 14 June 1985 between the Governments of the States of the Benelux Economic Union, the Federal Republic of Germany and the French Republic on the gradual abolition of checks at their common borders (2) (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Schengen Convention’) residence permits issued by Member States fully implementing the Schengen ‘acquis’ are to be mutually recognised as equivalent to the uniform visa.

(2)

The current Community rules do not, however, provide for a simplified regime for the control of persons at the external borders whereby the residence permits issued by third countries would be recognised as equivalent to the uniform visa for the purpose of transit through, or a short stay in, the common area.

(3)

Third-country nationals who hold a resident permit issued by Switzerland and who are subject to a visa obligation under Council Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 of 15 March 2001 listing third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders and those nationals who are exempt from that requirement (3) must apply for a visa when they transit the common area on return to their country of origin. As a result, the consular offices of the Member States in Switzerland have to deal with large numbers of visa applications submitted by such third-country nationals. Similar difficulties have occurred as regards applications for visas by holders of residence permits issued by Liechtenstein.

(4)

As a result of the two-step implementation of the Schengen ‘acquis’, new Member States that acceded to the European Union on 1 May 2004 are required from that date to issue national visas to thirdcountry nationals who hold a residence permit issued by Switzerland and Liechtenstein and who are subject to a visa obligation under Regulation (EC) No 539/2001. Some of the new Member States have voiced concerns as to the additional administrative burden this will place on their consulates in Switzerland and Liechtenstein.

(5)

It does not appear necessary for Member States to require this category of persons to hold a visa, as they represent a low risk of illegal immigration for the Member States.

(6)

In order to address the situation in the consular offices in Switzerland and Liechtenstein both of Member States fully implementing the Schengen ‘acquis’ and of new Member States, a simplified regime should be introduced for the control of persons at the external borders based on the unilateral recognition of certain residence permits issued by the authorities of Switzerland and Liechtenstein as equivalent to uniform or national visas.

(7)

Such recognition should be limited to the purpose of transit and should not affect the possibility of Member States to issue visas for a short-term stay.

(8)

Application of the recognition regime should be compulsory for Member States fully implementing the Schengen ‘acquis’ and optional for new Member States that apply Decision No .../2006/EC of the European Parliament and Council of ... introducing a simplified regime for the control of persons at the external borders based on the unilateral recognition by the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia of certain documents as equivalent to their national visas for the purposes of transit through their territories (4) during the transitional period until the date to be determined by the Council, in accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 3(2) of the 2003 Act of Accession.

(9)

The entry conditions laid down in Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 562/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 establishing a Community Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code) (5) have to be fulfilled, with the exception of the condition laid down in Article 5(1)(b) thereof, insofar as this Decision sets up an equivalence regime between transit visas and residence permits issued by Switzerland and Liechtenstein.

(10)

Since the objective of this Decision directly affects the Community ‘acquis’ on visas and cannot be achieved sufficiently by the Member States and can therefore, by reason of the scale and effects of this Decision, be better achieved at Community level, the Community may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Decision does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve that objective.

(11)

As regards Iceland and Norway, this Decision constitutes a development of the provisions of the Schengen ‘acquis’ within the meaning of the Agreement concluded by the Council of the European Union and the Republic of Iceland and the Kingdom of Norway concerning those two States' association with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen ‘acquis’, which fall within the area referred to in Article 1 point (A) of Council Decision 1999/437/EC of 17 May 1999 (6) on certain arrangements for the application of that Agreement.

(12)

In accordance with Articles 1 and 2 of the Protocol on the Position of Denmark annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Denmark is not taking part in the adoption by the Council of this Decision and is not bound by it or subject to its application. Given that this Decision builds upon the Schengen ‘acquis’ under the provisions of Title IV of Part Three of the Treaty establishing the European Community, Denmark has, in accordance with Article 5 of the said Protocol, to decide within a period of six months after the date of adoption of this Decision whether it will implement it in its national law.

(13)

This Decision constitutes a development of provisions of the Schengen ‘acquis’, in which the United Kingdom does not take part in accordance with Council Decision 2000/365/EC of 29 May 2000 concerning the request of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to take part in some of the provisions of the Schengen ‘acquis’ (7). The United Kingdom is therefore not taking part in its adoption and is not bound by it or subject to its application.

(14)

This Decision constitutes a development of provisions of the Schengen ‘acquis’, in which Ireland does not take part in accordance with Council Decision 2002/192/EC of 28 February 2002 concerning Ireland's request to take part in some of the provisions of the Schengen ‘acquis’ (8). Ireland is therefore not taking part in its adoption and is not bound by it or subject to its application,

HAVE ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

This Decision establishes a simplified regime for the control of persons at the external borders based on the unilateral recognition by Member States of residence permits issued by Switzerland and Liechtenstein to third-country nationals subject to a visa obligation pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 as equivalent to their uniform or national visas for the purpose of transit.

The implementation of this Decision shall not affect the checks to be carried out on persons at the external borders in compliance with Articles 5 to 13 and 18 to 19 of Regulation (EC) No 562/2006.

Article 2

Member States fully implementing the Schengen ‘acquis’ shall unilaterally recognise the residence permits issued by Switzerland and Liechtenstein which are listed in the Annex.

New Member States which apply Decision No .../2006/EC may unilaterally recognise the residence permits listed in the Annex to this Decision as equivalent to their national transit visas until the date to be determined by the Council, in accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 3(2) of the 2003 Act of Accession.

Article 3

The duration of the transit of the third-country national through the territory of the Member State(s) shall not exceed five days.

The period of validity of the documents listed in the Annex shall cover the duration of the transit.

Article 4

Any new Member State that decides to apply this Decision shall notify the Commission thereof by ... (9). The Commission shall publish the information communicated by the new Member States in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Article 5

This Decision shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply until the date on which the provisions of Article 21 of the Schengen Convention take effect for Switzerland and Liechtenstein pursuant to Article 15 of the 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’.

Article 6

This Decision is addressed to the Member States in accordance with the Treaty establishing the European Community.

Done at ..., on ...

For the European Parliament

The President

For the Council

The President

(1)  Position of the European Parliament of 6 April 2006.

(2)  OJ L 239, 22.9.2000, p. 19.

(3)  OJ L 81, 21.3.2001, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 851/2005 (OJ L 141, 4.6.2005, p. 3).

(4)  See p. 285 of this Official Journal.

(5)  OJ L 105, 13.4.2006, p. 1.

(6)  OJ L 176, 10.7.1999, p. 31.

(7)  OJ L 131, 1.6.2000, p. 43.

(8)  OJ L 64, 7.3.2002, p. 20.

(9)  Ten working days after the date of entry into force of this Decision.

ANNEX

LIST OF RESIDENCE PERMITS ISSUED BY THE SWISS CONFEDERATION AND LIECHTENSTEIN REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2

A.   RESIDENCE PERMITS ISSUED BY SWITZERLAND

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Ausländerausweis B/Livret pour étrangers B/Libretto per stranieri B/Legitimaziun d'esters B [Identity document B for foreign nationals]

(Temporary residence permit type B. Issued in three or four languages)(Grey)

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Ausländerausweis C/Livret pour étrangers C/Libretto per stranieri C [Identity document C for foreign nationals]

(Permanent residence permit type C) (Green)

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Ausländerausweis Ci/Livret pour étrangers Ci/Libretto per stranieri Ci [Identity document Ci for foreign nationals]

(Residence permit type Ci for the spouses and children (up to 25 years) of officials of international organisations and members of foreign representations in Switzerland who pursue an economic activity in the Swiss labour market) (Red)

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Legitimationskarten (Aufenthaltsbewilligung) vom Eidgenössischen Departement für auswärtige Angelegenheiten/Cartes de légitimation (titres de séjour) du Département fédéral des affaires étrangères/ Carte di legittimazione (titoli di soggiorno) del Dipartimento federale degli affari esteri [Identity cards (residence permit) issued by the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs]

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Legitimationskarte ‘B’ (mit rosafarbigem Streifen): Missionschefs der diplomatischen, ständigen oder Spezialmissionen, leitende Beamte internationaler Organisationen und Familienmitglieder, die den gleichen Status besitzen/Carte de légitimation ‘B’ (à bande rose): Chefs de mission diplomatique, permanente ou spéciale, membres de la haute direction des organisations internationales et membres de famille qui jouissent du même statut/Carta di legittimazione ‘B’ (a banda rosa): capimissione di missioni diplomatiche permanenti o speciali, funzionari superiori di organizzazioni internazionali e loro familiari che beneficiano dello stesso statuto [Identity card type B (pink stripe): Heads of diplomatic, permanent or special missions, senior officials of international organisations and members of their families having the same status]

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Legitimationskarte ‘C’ (mit rosa Streifen): Mitglieder des diplomatischen Personals der diplomatischen, ständigen oder Spezialmissionen, Beamte internationaler Organisationen und Familienmitglieder, die den gleichen Status besitzen/Carte de légitimation ‘C’ (à bande rose): membres du personnel diplomatique des missions diplomatiques, permanentes ou spéciales, hauts fonctionnaires des organisations internationales et membres de famille qui jouissent du même statut/Carta di legittimazione ‘C’ (a banda rosa): membri del personale diplomatico di missioni diplomatiche permanenti o speciali, funzionari di organizzazioni internazionali e familiari che beneficiano dello stesso statuto [Identity card type C (pink stripe): members of the diplomatic staff of diplomatic, permanent or special missions, officials of international organisations and members of their families having the same status)

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Legitimationskarte ‘D’ (mit blauem Streifen): Mitglieder des Verwaltungs- und technischen Personals der diplomatischen, ständigen oder Spezialmissionen und Familienmitglieder, die den gleichen Status besitzen/Carte de légitimation ‘D’ (à bande bleue): membres du personnel administratif et technique des missions diplomatiques, permanentes ou spéciales et membres de famille qui jouissent du même statut/Carta di legittimazione ‘D’ (a banda blu): membri del personale amministrativo e tecnico di missioni diplomatiche permanenti o speciali e familiari che beneficiano dello stesso statuto [Identity card type D (blue stripe): members of the administrative and technical staff of diplomatic, permanent or special missions and members of their families having the same status]

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Legitimationskarte ‘D’ (mit braunem Streifen): Beamte der Kategorie Berufspersonal internationaler Organisationen und Familienmitglieder, die den gleichen Status besitzen/Carte de légitimation ‘D’ (à bande brune): fonctionnaires de la catégorie professionnelle des organisations internationales et membres de famille qui jouissent du même statut/Carta di legittimazione ‘D’ (a banda marrone): funzionari appartenenti alla categoria del personale di carriera di organizzazioni internazionali e familiari che beneficiano dello stesso statuto [Identity card type D (brown stripe): ‘Professional category’ officials of international organisations and members of their families having the same status]

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Legitimationskarte ‘E’ (mit violettem Streifen): Mitglieder des Dienstpersonals der diplomatischen, ständigen oder Spezialmissionen, Beamte der allgemeinen Dienste internationaler Organisationen und Familienmitglieder, die den gleichen Status besitzen/Carte de légitimation ‘E’ (à bande violette): membres du personnel de service des missions diplomatiques, permanentes et spéciales, fonctionnaires des services généraux des organisations internationales et membres de famille qui jouissent du même statut/Carta di legittimazione ‘E’ (a banda viola): membri del personale di servizio di missioni diplomatiche permanenti e speciali, funzionari dei servizi generali di organizzazioni internazionali e familiari che beneficiano dello stesso statuto [Identity card type E (violet stripe): members service staff of diplomatic, permanent or special missions, general service officials of international organisations and members of their families having the same status]

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Legitimationskarte ‘F’ (mit gelbem Streifen): private Hausangestellte der Mitglieder der diplomatischen, ständigen oder Spezialmissionen und der von Berufs-Konsularbeamten geleiteten konsularischen Vertretungen, sowie private Hausangestellte der Beamten internationaler Organisationen/Carte de légitimation ‘F’ (à bande jaune): domestiques privés des membres des missions diplomatiques, permanentes ou spéciales et des postes consulaires de carrière et domestiques privés des fonctionnaires des organisations internationales/Carta di legittimazione ‘F’ (a banda gialla): personale domestico privato di membri di missioni diplomatiche permanenti o speciali e di rappresentanze consolari dirette da funzionari consolari di carriera nonché personale domestico privato di funzionari di organizzazioni internazionali [Identity card type F (yellow stripe): private domestic staff of members of diplomatic, permanent or special missions and of consular representations led by established consular officials, and the private domestic staff of officials of international organisations]

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Legitimationskarte ‘G’ (mit türkis Streifen): Beamte internationaler Organisationen mit Arbeitsvertrag von begrenzter Dauer und Familienmitglieder, die den gleichen Status besitzen/Carte de légitimation ‘G’ (à bande turquoise): fonctionnaires des organisations internationales (contrat de travail ‘court terme’) et membres de famille qui jouissent du même statut/Carta di legittimazione ‘G’ (a banda turchese): funzionari di organizzazioni internazionali con contratto di lavoro a durata determinata e familiari che beneficiano dello stesso statuto [Identity card type G (turquoise stripe): officials of international organisations with a fixed-term employment contract and family members having the same status]

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Legitimationskarte ‘H’ (mit weiβem Streifen): Personen ohne Privilegien und Immunitäten, die ermächtigt sind, Mitglieder der diplomatischen, ständigen oder Spezialmissionen und der konsularischen Vertretungen zu begleiten, Mitarbeiter internationaler Organisationen ohne Beamtenstatus/Carte de légitimation ‘H’ (à bande blanche): personnes sans privilèges et immunités autorisées à accompagner les membres des missions diplomatiques, permanentes ou spéciales et des consulats, collaborateurs des organisations internationales qui ne font pas partie des fonctionnaires de ces dernières/Carta di legittimazione ‘H’ (a banda bianca): persone senza privilegi e immunità autorizzate a accompagnare membri di missioni diplomatiche permanenti o speciali e di consolati, collaboratori di organizzazioni internazionali senza statuto di funzionari [Identity card type H (white stripe): persons without privileges or immunities who are authorised to accompany members of diplomatic, permanent or special missions and consulates; employees of international organisations not having the status of officials]

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Legitimationskarte ‘I’ (mit oliv Streifen): Personal nicht schweizerischer Staatsangehörigkeit des Internationalen Komitees vom Roten Kreuz und Familienmitglieder, die den gleichen Status besitzen/Carte de légitimation ‘I’ (à bande olive): membres du personnel non suisse du Comité international de la Croix-Rouge et membres de famille qui jouissent du même statut/Carta di legittimazione ‘I’ (a banda oliva): membri del personale non svizzero del Comitato internazionale della Croce Rossa e familiari che beneficiano dello stesso statuto [Identity card type I (olive stripe): non-Swiss members of the staff of the International Committee of the Red Cross and members of their families having the same status]

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Legitimationskarte ‘K’ (mit rosa Streifen): Berufs-Postenchefs und Berufs-Konsularbeamte der konsularischen Vertretungen und Familienmitglieder, die den gleichen Status besitzen/Carte de légitimation ‘K’ (à bande rose): chefs de poste consulaire de carrière, fonctionnaires consulaires de carrière et membres de famille qui jouissent du même statut/Carta di legittimazione ‘K’ (a banda rosa): capiposto consolari di carriera e funzionari consolari di carriera di rappresentanze consolari e familiari che beneficiano dello stesso statuto [Identity card type K (pink stripe): established heads of consular posts, established consular officials and members of their families having the same status]

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Legitimationskarte ‘K’ (mit blauem Streifen): Berufs-Konsularangestellte und Familienmitglieder, die den gleichen Status besitzen/Carte de légitimation ‘K’ (à bande bleue): employés consulaires de carrière et membres de famille qui jouissent du même statut/Carta di legittimazione ‘K’ (a banda blu): impiegati consolari di carriera e familiari che beneficiano dello stesso statuto [Identity card type K (blue stripe): established consular clerical staff and members of their families having the same status]

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Legitimationskarte ‘K’ (mit violettem Streifen): Mitglieder des dienstlichen Hauspersonals von berufs-konsularischen Vertretungen und Familienmitglieder, die den gleichen Status besitzen/Carte de légitimation ‘K’ (à bande violette): membres du personnel de service des représentations consulaires de carrière et membres de famille qui jouissent du même statut/Carta di legittimazione ‘K’ (a banda viola): membri del personale di servizio di rappresentanze consolari di carriera e familiari che beneficiano dello stesso statuto [Identity card type K (violet stripe): members of the established domestic staff of consular representations and members of their families having the same status]

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Legitimationskarte ‘K’ (mit weiβem Streifen): Honorar-Postenchefs von konsularischen Vertretungen/Carte de légitimation ‘K’ (à bande blanche): chefs de poste consulaire honoraire/Carta di legittimazione ‘K’ (a banda bianca): capiposto onorari di rappresentanze consolari [Identity card type K (white stripe): honorary heads of consular posts]

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Legitimationskarte ‘L’ (mit sandfarbigem Streifen): Personal nicht schweizerischer Staatsangehörigkeit der Internationale Gemeinschaft der Roten Kreuz- und Roten Halbmond-Gesellschaften und Familienmitglieder, die den gleichen Status besitzen/Carte de légitimation ‘L’ (à bande de couleur sable): membres du personnel non suisse de la Fédération internationale des Sociétés de la Croix-Rouge et du Croissant-Rouge et membres de famille qui jouissent du même statut/Carta di legittimazione ‘L’ (a banda color sabbia): membri del personale non svizzero della Federazione internazionale delle Società della Croce Rossa e della Mezzaluna Rossa e familiari che beneficiano dello stesso statuto [Identity card type L (beige stripe): non-Swiss members of the staff of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and members of their families having the same status]

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Legitimationskarte ‘O’ (mit grauem Streifen): Mitglieder des Personals nicht schweizerischer Staatsangehörigkeit der Generaldelegation Palästinas und der ständigen Beobachtermission Palästinas und Familienmitglieder, die den gleichen Status besitzen/Carte de légitimation ‘O’ (à bande grise): membres du personnel non suisse de la Délégation générale de Palestine et de la Mission permanente d'observation de la Palestine et membres de famille qui jouissent du même statut/Carta di legittimazione ‘O’ (a banda grigia): membri del personale non svizzero della Delegazione generale di Palestina e della Missione permanente di osservazione della Palestina e familiari che beneficiano dello stesso statuto [Identity card type O (grey stripe): non-Swiss members of the staff of the General Delegation of Palestine and the Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine and members of their families having the same status]

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Legitimationskarte ‘S’ (mit grünem Streifen): Mitglieder des Personals schweizerischer Staatsangehörigkeit der diplomatischen, ständigen und der Spezialmissionen, Beamte schweizerischer Staatsangehörigkeit internationaler Organisationen/Carte de légitimation ‘S’ (à bande verte): membres du personnel de nationalité suisse des missions diplomatiques, permanentes et spéciales, fonctionnaires de nationalité suisse des organisations internationales/Carta di legittimazione ‘S’ (a banda verde): membri del personale di nazionalità svizzera di missioni diplomatiche permanenti e speciali, funzionari di nazionalità svizzera di organizzazioni internazionali [Identity card type S (green stripe): Swiss members of the staff of permanent and special diplomatic missions, Swiss officials of international organisations]

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Funktionsbescheinigung für wissenschaftliches Personal des CERN nicht schweizerischer Staatsangehörigkeit/ Attestation de fonctions à l'usage du personnel scientifique non suisse du CERN/Attestato di funzione ad uso del personale scientifico non svizzero del CERN [Attestation of functions for non-Swiss scientific staff at CERN]

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Bescheinung für Familienmitglieder des wissenschaftlichen Personals des CERN nicht schweizerischer Staatsangehörigkeit/Attestation à l'usage des membres de la famille du personnel scientifique non suisse du CERN/Attestato ad uso dei familiari del personale scientifico non svizzero del CERN [Attestation for members of the families of non-Swiss scientific staff of CERN]

B.   RESIDENCE PERMITS ISSUED BY LIECHTENSTEIN

Jahresaufenthaltsbewilligung (Temporary residence permit)

Niederlassungsbewilligung (Establishment permit, the validity of which is unlimited in time).

P6_TA(2006)0131

Simplified regime for the control of persons at external borders following enlargement ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council introducing a simplified regime for the control of persons at the external borders based on the unilateral recognition by the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia of certain documents as equivalent to their national visas for the purposes of transit through their territories (COM(2005)0381 — C6-0253/2005 — 2005/0158(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

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having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2005) 0381) (1),

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having regard to Article 251(2) and Article 62(2) of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C6-0253/2005),

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having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure,

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having regard to the report of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (A6-0062/ 2006),

1.

Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

2.

Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend the proposal substantially or replace it with another text;

3.

Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.

(1)  Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TC1-COD(2005)0158

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 6 April 2006 with a view to the adoption of Decision No .../2006/EC of the European Parliament and Council introducing a simplified regime for the control of persons at the external borders based on the unilateral recognition by the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia of certain documents as equivalent to their national visas for the purposes of transit through their territories

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 62(2) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty (1),

Whereas:

(1)

Pursuant to Article 3(1) of the 2003 Act of Accession, the Member States which acceded to the Union on 1 May 2004 are required from that date to subject to a visa obligation nationals of the third countries listed in Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 of 15 March 2001 listing third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders and those nationals who are exempt from that requirement (2).

(2)

Pursuant to Article 3(2) of the 2003 Act of Accession, the provisions of the Schengen ‘acquis’ on the conditions and criteria for issuing short-term uniform visas, as well as the provisions on mutual recognition of visas and on the equivalence between residence permits and visas, only apply in the new Member States after adoption of a Council decision to that effect. However, they are binding on those Member States from the date of accession.

(3)

New Member States are therefore required to issue national visas for entry or transit through their territory to third-country nationals holding a uniform visa or long-stay visa or residence permit issued by a Member State fully implementing the Schengen ‘acquis’ or a similar document issued by other new Member States.

(4)

The holders of documents issued by Member States fully implementing the Schengen ‘acquis’ and new Member States do not represent any risk for the new Member States as they have been subject to all necessary controls by other Member States. In order to avoid imposing unjustified additional administrative burdens on the new Member States, common rules should be adopted authorising the new Member States unilaterally to recognise those documents as equivalent to their national visas and to establish a simplified regime for the controls of persons at the external borders based on that unilateral equivalence.

(5)

The common rules should apply for a transitional period, until the date to be determined in a Council decision as referred to in the first subparagraph of Article 3(2) of the 2003 Act of Accession.

(6)

The recognition of a document should be limited to the purpose of transit through the territory of one or more new Member States and should not affect the possibility of new Member States to issue national visas for a short-term stay. Participation in the common system should be optional and should not entail the imposition of additional obligations on the new Member States as defined by the 2003 Act of Accession.

(7)

The common rules should apply to short-term uniform visas, long-stay visas and residence permits issued by Member States fully implementing the Schengen ‘acquis’ and to short-term visas, long-term visas and residence permits issued by other new Member States.

(8)

The entry conditions laid down in Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 562/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 establishing a Community Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code) (3) have to be fulfilled, with the exception of the condition laid down in Article 5(1)(b) thereof, insofar as this Decision sets up a regime of unilateral recognition by new Member States of certain documents issued by Member States fully implementing the Schengen ‘acquis’ and similar documents issued by other new Member States for the purpose of transit.

(9)

Since the objective of this Decision, namely the introduction of a regime of unilateral recognition by new Member States of certain documents issued by other Member States for the purpose of transit, cannot be achieved sufficiently by Member States and can therefore, by reason of the scale and effects of this Decision, be better achieved at Community level, the Community may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Decision does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve this objective.

(10)

This Decision does not constitute a development of the provisions of the Schengen ‘acquis’ within the meaning of the Agreement concluded by the Council of the European Union and the Republic of Iceland and the Kingdom of Norway concerning those two States' association with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen ‘acquis’, as it is addressed only to Member States that do not yet fully implement the Schengen ‘acquis’. However, for the coherence and proper functioning of the Schengen system, this Decision also covers visas and residence permits issued by third countries associated with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen ‘acquis’ and fully implementing the Schengen ‘acquis’, such as Iceland and Norway.

(11)

In accordance with Articles 1 and 2 of the Protocol on the Position of the United Kingdom and Ireland annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty establishing the European Community, those Member States are not taking part in the adoption of this Decision.

(12)

In accordance with Articles 1 and 2 of the Protocol on the Position of Denmark, annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Denmark is not taking part in the adoption of this Decision,

HAVE ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

This Decision introduces a simplified regime for the control of persons at the external borders whereby the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia (hereinafter referred to as the new Member States) may recognise unilaterally as equivalent to their national visas for the purpose of transit the documents referred to in Article 2(1) and those referred to in Article 3 issued by other new Member States to third-country nationals subject to a visa obligation pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 539/2001.

The implementation of this Decision shall not affect the checks to be carried out on persons at the external borders in compliance with Articles 5 to 13 and 18 to 19 of Regulation (EC) No 562/2006.

Article 2

1.   A new Member State may consider as equivalent to its national visa for the purpose of transit the following documents, irrespective of the nationality of the holders:

(i)

a ‘uniform visa’ as referred to in Article 10 of the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement;

(ii)

a ‘long-stay visa’ as referred to in Article 18 of the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement;

(iii)

a ‘residence permit’ as included in Annex IV to the Common Consular Instructions.

2.   If a new Member State decides to apply this Decision, it shall recognise all the documents referred to in paragraph 1, regardless of which State issued the document.

Article 3

Any new Member State that applies Article 2 may, in addition, recognise national short-term visas, long-term visas and resident permits issued by one or more other new Member States as equivalent to its national visa for the purpose of transit.

The documents issued by new Member States which may be recognised pursuant to this Decision are listed in the Annex.

Article 4

New Member States may only recognise documents as equivalent to their national visas for the purpose of transit if the duration of the transit by the third-country national through the territory of the new Member State(s) does not exceed five days.

The period of validity of the documents referred to in Articles 2 and 3 shall cover the duration of the transit.

Article 5

Any new Member State that decides to apply this Decision shall notify the Commission thereof by ... (4).

The Commission shall publish the information communicated by the new Member States in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Article 6

This Decision shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply until the date to be determined by the Council decision adopted pursuant to the first subparagraph of Article 3(2) of the 2003 Act of Accession.

Article 7

This Decision is addressed to the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia.

Done at ..., on ...

For the European Parliament

The President

For the Council

The President

(1)  Position of the European Parliament of 6 April 2006.

(2)  OJ L 81, 21.3.2001, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 851/2005 (OJ L 141, 4.6.2005, p. 3).

(3)  OJ L 105, 13.4.2006, p. 1.

(4)  10 working days of the entry into force of this Decision.

ANNEX

LIST OF DOCUMENTS ISSUED BY NEW MEMBER STATES

CZECH REPUBLIC

Visas

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Vízum k pobytu do 90 dnů (short-stay visa)

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Vízum k pobytu nad 90 dnů (long-stay visa)

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Diplomatické vízum (diplomatic visa)

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Zvláštní vízum (special visa)

Residence Permits

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Průkaz o povolení k přechodnému pobytu (temporary residence permit card) (1)

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Průkaz o povolení k trvalému pobytu (permanent residence permit card)

CYPRUS

Θεωρήσεις (Visas)

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Θεώρηση διέλευσης — Κατηγορία Β (transit visa — Type B)

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Θεώρηση για παραμονή βραχείας διάρκειας — Kατηγορία Γ (short-stay visa — Τype C)

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Oμαδική θεώρηση — Κατηγορία Β και Γ (group visa — Type B and C)

'Aδειες παραμονής (Residence Permits)

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Προσωρινή άδεια παραμονής (απασχόληση, επισκέπτης, φοιτητής) Temporary residence permit (employment, visitor, student)

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'Αδεια εισόδου (απασχόληση, φοιτητής) Entry permit (employment, student)

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'Αδεια μετανάστευσης (μόνιμη άδεια) Immigration permit (permanent permit)

ESTONIA

Visas

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Transiitviisa, liik B (transit visa, type B)

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Lühiajaline viisa, liik C (short-term visa, type C)

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Pikaajaline viisa, liik D (long-term visa, type D)

Residence permits

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Tähtajaline elamisluba (temporary residence permit — up to five years)

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Alaline elamisluba (permanent residence permit)

LATVIA

Visas

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Latvijas vīza — Kategorija B (transit visa)

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Latvijas vīza — Kategorija C (short-stay visa)

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Latvijas vīza — Kategorija D (long-stay visa)

Residence permits

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Pastāvīgās uzturēšanās atļauja (issued before 1 May 2004) (permanent residence permit)

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Uzturēšanās atļauja (issued since 1 May 2004) (residence permit; for either temporary or permanent residence)

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Nepilsoņa pase (alien's passport)

LITHUANIA

Visas

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Tranzitinė viza (B) (transit visa (B))

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Trumpalaikė viza (short-stay visa)

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Ilgalaikė viza (long-stay visa)

Residence Permits

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Europos Bendrijų valstybės narės piliečio leidimas gyventi (residence permit for a national of an EC Member State)

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Leidimas nuolat gyventi Lietuvos Respublikoje (permanent residence permit in the Republic of Lithuania)

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Leidimas laikinai gyventi Lietuvos Respublikoje (temporary residence permit in the Republic of Lithuania; validity ranging from one to five years)

HUNGARY

Visas

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Rövid időtartamú beutazóvízum (short-stay visa)

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Tartózkodási vízum (long-stay visa)

Residence permits

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Humanitárius tartózkodási engedély (humanitarian residence permit (card form) — accompanied by a national passport)

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Tartózkodási engedély (residence permit (card form) — accompanied by a national passport with the entry of the competent authority in it entitling its holder to multiple entry and stay, valid for a maximum period of four years)

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Tartózkodási engedély (Residence permit (sticker form) — affixed to a national passport, valid for a maximum period of four years)

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Bevándoroltak részére kiadott személyazonosító igazolvány (identity card issued to immigrants — accompanied by a national passport which indicates the issue of the identity card)

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Letelepedési engedély (permanent residence permit (card form) — accompanied by a national passport which indicates the right of permanent residence, issued for an indefinite period of time, validity of the document is five years)

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Letelepedettek részére kiadott tartózkodási engedély (residence permit issued to permanent residents (sticker form) — affixed to a national passport, valid for a maximum period of five years)

Documents issued to members of diplomatic missions and consular posts and equivalent to residence permits

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Igazolvány diplomáciai képviselők és családtagjaik részére (special certificate for diplomats and members of their family (diplomat's identity card))

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Igazolvány konzuli képviselet tagjai és családtagjaik részére (special certificate for members of consular posts and members of their family (consular identity card))

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Igazolvány diplomáciai képviselet igazgatási és műszaki személyzete és családtagjaik részére (special certificate for members of the administrative and technical staff of diplomatic missions and members of their family)

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Igazolvány diplomáciai képviselet kisegítő személyzete, háztartási alkalmazottak és családtagjaik részére (special certificate for the service staff of the diplomatic missions, private servants and members of their family)

MALTA

Visas

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Transit visas (does not exceed five days)

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Short-stay or travel visas (one or multiple-entry visas)

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Long-stay visas (entitles third-country nationals who seek to enter the national territory of Malta, for reasons other than immigration, to pay a visit which exceeds 90 days)

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Group visas (stay up to 30 days)

POLAND

Visas

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Wiza wjazdowa W (Entry visa, valid for up to one year)

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Wiza pobytowa krótkoterminowa C (short-stay visa, stay up to three months, valid for up to five years, but usually for one year)

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Wiza pobytowa długoterminowa D (long-stay visa, stay up to one year, valid for up to five years, but usually for one year)

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Wiza dyplomatyczna D/8 (diplomatic visa, stay up to three months within a six-month period, valid for up to five years, but usually for six months)

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Wiza służbowa D/9 (service visa, stay up to three months within a six-month period, valid for up to five years, but usually for six months)

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Wiza kurierska D/10 (diplomatic courier visa, stay up to ten days unless regulated otherwise by international agreements; valid up to six months)

Residence Permits

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Karta pobytu (residence card, ‘KP’ series issued from 1 July 2001 to 30 April 2004 and ‘PL’ series issued as from 1 May 2004; valid up to ten years, issued to aliens who have obtained a residence permit for a fixed period, a permit to settle, refugee status, a permit for tolerated stay; ‘PL’ series is also issued to aliens who have obtained a long-term residence permit)

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Karta stałego pobytu (permit to settle, ‘XS’ series issued before 30 June 2001; valid for up to ten years, issued to aliens who have obtained a permit to settle; the last card of this edition will expire on 29 June 2011)

SLOVENIA

Visas

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Vizum za vstop (entry visa)

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Vizum za kratkoročno bivanje C (short-stay visa)

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Vizum za daljše bivanje D (long-stay visa)

Residence permits

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Dovoljenje za stalno prebivanje (permanent residence permit)

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Dovoljenje za začasno prebivanje (Temporary residence permit; validity of maximum one year unless otherwise stipulated by the Slovenian Aliens Act)

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Diplomatska izkaznica (diplomatic identity card)

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Konzularna izkaznica (consular identity card)

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Konzularna izkaznica za častne konzularne funkcionarje (consular identity card for honorary consuls)

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Službena izkaznica (official identity card)

SLOVAKIA

Visas

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Krátkodobé vízum (short-stay visa)

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Dlhodobé vízum (long-stay visa)

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Diplomatické vízum (diplomatic visa)

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Osobitné vízum (special visa)

Residence permits

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Povolenie na prechodný pobyt (temporary residence permit)

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Povolenie na trvalý pobyt (permanent residence permit)

Cestovné doklady — travel documents

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Cudzinecký pas (alien's passport)

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Cestovný doklad podľa Dohovoru z 28. júla 1951 (travel document — convention of 28 July 1951)

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Cestovný doklad podľa Dohovoru z 28. septembra 1954 (travel document — convention of 28 September 1954)

(1)  Same type of document for all variants with the validity indicated on the sticker.

P6_TA(2006)0132

Application of exceptional market support measures *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulations (EEC) No 2771/75 and (EEC) No 2777/75 as regards the application of exceptional market support measures (COM(2006)0153 — C6-0111/2006 — 2006/0055(CNS)

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

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having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2006)0153) (1) ,

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having regard to Article 37 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C6-0111/2006),

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having regard to Rules 51 and 134 of its Rules of Procedure,

1.

Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

2.

Calls on the Commission to alter its proposal accordingly, pursuant to Article 250(2) of the EC Treaty;

3.

Calls on the Council to notify Parliament if it intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament;

4.

Asks the Council to consult Parliament again if it intends to amend the Commission proposal substantially;

5.

Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.

TEXT PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION

AMENDMENTS BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 7

RECITAL 3a (new)

 

(3a) Export refunds are not a valid means of remedying market disturbances.

Amendment 8

RECITAL 4

(4) The exceptional market support measures laid down in Regulations (EEC) No 2771/75 and (EEC) No 2777/75 should therefore also cover market disturbances created by consumer behaviour in response to such animal or public health risks.

(4) The exceptional market support measures laid down in Regulations (EEC) No 2771/75 and (EEC) No 2777/75 should therefore also cover market disturbances created by consumer behaviour in response to such animal or public health risks. These exceptional measures should be restricted to circumstances that pose a threat to livelihoods, and should, in any event, avoid inflicting unnecessary suffering on animals.

Amendment 18

RECITAL 5A (new)

 

(5a) Member States should ensure that distortion of competition does not arise where Member States involve producers in providing part of the funding.

Amendments 16 and 9

ARTICLE 1

Article 14, paragraph 1, subparagraph 2 (Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75)

These measures shall be taken at the request of the Member State(s) concerned.

These measures shall be taken at the request of the Member State(s) concerned and may also concern, when the conditions are right, information campaigns on public health or animal health risks designed to re-establish consumer confidence.

 

The committee set up pursuant to Article 17 shall ensure in considering the request that exceptional measures are restricted to circumstances that pose a threat to livelihoods, and that, in any event, any unnecessary suffering of animals is avoided.

Amendment 5

ARTICLE 1

Article 14(1), subparagraph 3 (Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75)

In the case of the restrictions on free circulation referred to under (a) above, exceptional measures may be taken only if the Member State(s) concerned have taken the health and veterinary measures, in conformity with Community law, needed to stamp the disease out quickly and only to the extent and for the duration strictly necessary to support this market.

In the case of the restrictions on free circulation referred to under (a) above, exceptional measures may be taken only if the Member State(s) concerned have taken the health and veterinary measures, in conformity with Community law, needed to stamp the disease out quickly , either through stamping-out measures exclusively or through stamping out in combination with emergency vaccination, and only to the extent and for the duration strictly necessary to support this market.

Amendments 17 and 23

ARTICLE 2

Article 14, paragraph 1, subparagraph 2 (Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75)

These measures shall be taken at the request of the Member State(s) concerned.

These measures shall be taken at the request of the Member State(s) concerned and may also concern, when the conditions are right, information campaigns on public health or animal health risks designed to re-establish consumer confidence.

 

The committee set up pursuant to Article 17 shall ensure in considering the request that exceptional measures are restricted to circumstances that pose a threat to livelihoods, and that, in any event, any unnecessary suffering of animals is avoided.

Amendment 6

ARTICLE 2

Article 14, paragraph 1, subparagraph 3 (Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75)

In the case of the restrictions on free circulation referred to under (a) above, exceptional measures may be taken only if the Member State(s) concerned have taken the health and veterinary measures, in conformity with Community law, needed to stamp the disease out quickly and only to the extent and for the duration strictly necessary to support this market.

In the case of the restrictions on free circulation referred to under (a) above, exceptional measures may be taken only if the Member State(s) concerned have taken the health and veterinary measures, in conformity with Community law, needed to stamp the disease out quickly , either through stamping-out measures exclusively or through stamping out in combination with emergency vaccination, and only to the extent and for the duration strictly necessary to support this market.

(1)  Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TA(2006)0133

Fluorinated greenhouse gases ***III

European Parliament legislative resolution on the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain fluorinated greenhouse gases (PE-CONS 3604/2006 — C6-0065/2006 — 2003/0189A(COD))

(Codecision procedure: third reading)

The European Parliament,

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having regard to the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee (PE-CONS 3604/2006 — C6-0065/2006),

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having regard to its position at first reading (1) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2003)0492) (2),

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having regard to its position at second reading (3) on the Council common position (4),

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having regard to the Commission's opinion on Parliament's amendments to the common position (COM(2005)0713) (5),

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having regard to Article 251(5) of the EC Treaty,

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having regard to Rule 65 of its Rules of Procedure,

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having regard to the report of its delegation to the Conciliation Committee (A6-0087/2006),

1.

Approves the joint text;

2.

Instructs its President to sign the act with the President of the Council pursuant to Article 254(1) of the EC Treaty;

3.

Instructs its Secretary-General to sign the act, once it has been verified that all the procedures have been duly completed, and, in agreement with the Secretary-General of the Council, to have it published in the Official Journal of the European Union;

4.

Instructs its President to forward this legislative resolution to the Council and Commission.

(1)  OJ C 103 E, 29.4.2004, p. 450.

(2)  Not yet published in OJ.

(3)  Texts Adopted, 26.10.2005, P6_TA(2005)0400.

(4)  OJ C 183 E, 26.7.2005, p. 1.

(5)  Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TA(2006)0134

Emissions from air-conditioning systems in motor vehicles ***III

European Parliament legislative resolution on the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to emissions from air conditioning systems in motor vehicles and amending Council Directive 70/156/EEC (PE-CONS 3605/2006 — C6-0066/2006 — 2003/0189B(COD))

(Codecision procedure: third reading)

The European Parliament,

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having regard to the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee (PE-CONS 3605/2006 — C6-0066/2006),

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having regard to its position at first reading (1) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2003)0492) (2),

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having regard to its position at second reading (3) on the Council common position (4),

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having regard to the Commission's opinion on Parliament's amendments to the common position (COM(2005)0713) (2),

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having regard to Article 251(5) of the EC Treaty,

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having regard to Rule 65 of its Rules of Procedure,

—

having regard to the report of its delegation to the Conciliation Committee (A6-0090/2006),

1.

Approves the joint text;

2.

Instructs its President to sign the act with the President of the Council pursuant to Article 254(1) of the EC Treaty;

3.

Instructs its Secretary-General to sign the act, once it has been verified that all the procedures have been duly completed, and, in agreement with the Secretary-General of the Council, to have it published in the Official Journal of the European Union;

4.

Instructs its President to forward this legislative resolution to the Council and Commission.

(1)  OJ C 103 E, 29.4.2004, p. 450.

(2)  Not yet published in OJ.

(3)  Texts Adopted, 26.10.2005, P6_TA(2005)0401.

(4)  OJ C 183 E, 26.7.2005, p. 17.

P6_TA(2006)0135

Special report by the European Ombudsman following a complaint against the European Schools

European Parliament resolution on the Special Report by the European Ombudsman following a complaint against the European Schools (No 1391/2002/JMA) (2005/2216(INI))

The European Parliament,

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having regard to the Special Report by the European Ombudsman to the European Parliament,

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having regard to Articles 13, 21 and 195 of the EC Treaty,

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having regard to Articles 1 and 6 of the Treaty on European Union,

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having regard to its Decision 94/262/ECSC, EC, Euratom of 9 March 1994 on the regulations and general conditions governing the performance of the Ombudsman's duties (1),

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having regard to Article 3(7) of the Statute of the European Ombudsman,

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having regard to its previous resolutions of 16 July 1998 (2), 17 November 2000 (3), 6 September 2001 (4) and 11 December 2001 (5) on the Special Reports by the European Ombudsman,

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having regard to the Convention of 17 June 1994 defining the statute of the European Schools,

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having regard to the Resolution of the Council and the Ministers for Education meeting within the Council of 31 May 1990 concerning integration of children and young people with disabilities into ordinary systems of education (6), and in particular Article 4 thereof,

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having regard to the communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions — Towards a Barrier-Free Europe for People with Disabilities (COM(2000)0284),

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having regard to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (7), and in particular Article 21(1) thereof,

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having regard to Rule 45 and Rule 195(2), first sentence, of its Rules of Procedure,

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having regard to the report of the Committee on Petitions (A6-0118/2006),

A.

whereas it is the duty of the European Ombudsman, pursuant to the Treaty establishing the European Community, to conduct on his own initiative, or on the basis of complaints submitted to him, and at his own discretion, inquiries in connection with maladministration in the activities of the bodies or institutions of the Community, with the exception of the Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance acting in their judicial role,

B.

whereas, pursuant to Article 3(7) of his Statute, the European Ombudsman may subsequently submit to the European Parliament and the body or institution concerned a report with appropriate recommendations,

C.

whereas, in his Special Report on complaint No 1391/2002/JMA concerning the failure of the European Schools to provide for the special educational needs of the complainant's daughter, the Ombudsman sought to recommend ways of ensuring that the Commission should take the necessary steps to ensure that parents of children with special educational needs who are excluded from the European Schools because of their degree of disability should not be required to contribute to the educational costs of their children,

D.

whereas the Ombudsman conducted inquiries into a significant number of additional complaints against the European Schools involving similar facts and raising identical allegations,

E.

whereas the Special Report of the Ombudsman is an excellent opportunity for an in-depth consideration of the recommendations made to the Commission,

1.

Welcomes the Ombudsman's Special Report and considers that it is based on in-depth inquiries into the complaint in question and a thorough analysis of the evidence at hand;

2.

Notes that the Ombudsman's inquiry is an appropriate example of the exercise of his mandate pursuant to Article 195 of the Treaty;

3.

Underlines that, as enshrined in Articles 14 and 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and in the EC Treaty, the right to education, the principle of non-discrimination and equal treatment and the prohibition of any type of discrimination based inter alia on grounds of disability constitute the principles and foundations of the EU legal order;

4.

Notes that, whilst the Commission has repeatedly referred to the existence of financial and budgetary limitations which prevent it from covering the full educational costs of children with special educational needs who are excluded from the European Schools, the institution has made no effort to produce an estimate of the financial resources required to meet the obligations imposed by the EC Treaty;

5.

Notes in the case of the complainant's family that while free education (which is compulsory) was provided for three of her children at the European School her eldest daughter, who has special educational needs, was excluded from that school and obliged to enrol at the privately run ‘International School of Brussels’ resulting in considerable costs being incurred by the family;

6.

6 Notes measures outlined by the Commission to the Petitions Committee meeting of 22 February 2006 claiming significant increases in 2006 ‘complementary aid for disabled’ resulting in a substantial reduction of the beneficiaries' personal contributions;

7.

Notes that the Commission provides a doubled dependent child allowance to assist officials with the non-educational costs arising from caring for a child with disabilities and condemns the Commission's unilateral withholding of that allowance for the purpose of reducing the Commission's costs in meeting its obligations to the complainant's child;

8.

Calls on the Commission to clarify the extent to which it takes responsibility for ensuring that children of officials have access to appropriate free compulsory education;

9.

Endorses the Ombudsman's conclusions and calls on the Commission to take the necessary steps to reimburse to parents of children with special educational needs who are excluded from the European Schools because of their degree of disability the full cost of special educational provision for their children;

10.

Considers that the Ombudsman's recommendation should also apply to the other complaints which he received in the course of his inquiry involving similar facts and identical allegations;

11.

Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the European Ombudsman, the Secretary-General and the Board of Governors of the European Schools and the parliaments and governments of the Member States.

(1)  OJ L 113, 4.5.1994, p. 15. Decision as amended by Decision 2002/262/EC, ECSC, Euratom (OJ L 92, 9.4.2002, p. 13).

(2)  OJ C 292, 21.9.1998, p. 103.

(3)  OJ C 223, 8.8.2001, p. 368.

(4)  OJ C 72 E, 21.3.2002, p. 331.

(5)  OJ C 177 E, 25.7.2002, p. 61.

(6)  OJ C 162, 3.7.1990, p. 2.

(7)  OJ C 364, 18.12.2000, p. 1.

P6_TA(2006)0136

Situation with refugee camps in Malta

European Parliament resolution on the situation with refugee camps in Malta

The European Parliament,

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having regard to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, in particular Article 14 thereof,

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having regard to the Geneva Convention of 1951 on the status of refugees, in particular Article 31 thereof,

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having regard to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, in particular Article 5 thereof,

—

having regard to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (1), in particular Articles 1 and 18 thereof,

—

having regard to Council Directive 2003/9/EC of 27 January 2003 laying down minimum standards for the reception of asylum seekers (2) and Council Directive 2004/83/EC of 29 April 2004 on minimum standards for the qualification and status of third country nationals or stateless persons as refugees or as persons who otherwise need international protection and the content of the protection granted (3),

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having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 343/2003 of 18 February 2003 establishing the criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for examining an asylum application lodged in one of the Member States by a third-country national (4), which is known as Dublin II,

—

having regard to Article 6 of the EU Treaty and Article 63 of the EC Treaty,

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having regard to Rule 103(4) of its Rules of Procedure,

A.

whereas visits by delegations from its Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs to detention centres in the EU, most recently in Malta, have shown that asylum seekers are detained in conditions that fall far below internationally recognised standards, and where particular concerns include physical conditions, as well as inadequate or non-existent access to basic services, such as medical care or social and legal assistance,

B.

whereas a delegation from its Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs went to Malta on 24 March 2006 in order to visit administrative detention centres, in particular the centres of Ħal Safi, Ħal Far and Lyster Barracks, and to meet the Maltese authorities and the NGOs dealing with immigration,

C.

having regard to the facts ascertained on the spot by the delegation members,

D.

whereas asylum seekers in Malta are held in administrative detention centres,

E.

whereas the island of Malta is situated on the southern border of the European Union, it is a small island covering 316 km2 and has a population of 400 000, with a population density of 1200 people/km2, and it obviously has a very limited capacity for receiving and accommodating migrants and asylum seekers, who regularly arrive on its shores in great numbers,

F.

whereas the average number of people arriving in Malta each year is equivalent to 45 % of the birth rate in Malta and, in relative terms, one arrival in Malta corresponds to 140 in Italy, 150 in France and 205 in Germany; whereas in 2005, 1 800 people arrived in Malta, which is equivalent to 252 000 in Italy, 270 000 in France and 369 000 in Germany,

G.

whereas Malta spends 1% of its national budget on tackling the current situation, which is bound to worsen in the coming months and years; whereas Malta deploys a considerable proportion of its army and police force — more than 10% of the personnel — to deal with the humanitarian emergency and manage the detention and reception centres,

H.

whereas Malta is not the final destination of the people arriving on the island, who state that they want to enter other Member States,

I.

whereas the Maltese authorities do not have sufficient staff to deal with asylum applications in a reasonable period of time,

J.

whereas some of the people arriving in Malta come from war-stricken countries, in particular in the Horn of Africa and Darfur, and it would be difficult to return them to their countries of origin,

K.

whereas living in ‘open accommodation’ is always preferable to staying in actual detention centres, as experience in Ceuta and Melilla has shown,

L.

whereas Malta's administrative practice sets eighteen months as the maximum period for holding migrants and twelve months for asylum seekers awaiting a decision on their applications,

M.

whereas the Maltese population looks to the European Union for an expression of solidarity and support, which, to date, has not been forthcoming,

N.

whereas the European Union should intervene as a matter of urgency and make every endeavour to support Malta in its effort to manage migratory flows, which the Maltese authorities would also like to see,

O.

whereas the European Union should do everything possible to help Malta and the other countries on the borders of the EU experiencing similar difficulties,

P.

whereas accession to the European Union has meant, for Malta and other small countries, difficulties in applying Regulation (EC) No 343/2003,

1.

Firmly believes that Malta and other Member States must respect their obligations under international law as regards asylum seekers;

2.

Recognises the difficulties encountered by Malta in managing the migration emergency of the last few years;

3.

Expresses its solidarity with the Maltese population, the asylum seekers and immigrants held in detention, the Maltese authorities and the police and armed forces, who are confronted with a considerable problem, in view of the size of Malta and its population and the fact that Malta is not the final destination of migrants and asylum seekers;

4.

Commends the transparency of the Maltese authorities, who allowed the delegation from its Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs and the press free access to Malta's administrative detention centres;

5.

Deplores, nevertheless, the unacceptable living conditions of the migrants and asylum seekers in Malta's administrative detention centres;

6.

Calls on the Maltese authorities to reduce substantially the length of time migrants are held;

7.

Calls for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and NGOs to be given total access to the closed holding centres; calls on the competent NGOs to ensure a permanent presence in these centres in order to ensure access to medical and legal assistance;

8.

Insists that the Member States establish access to the asylum application procedure and apply the provisions of Council Directive 2005/85/EC of 1 December 2005 on minimum standards on procedures in Member States for granting and withdrawing refugee status (5) in a consistent and rigorous manner and ensure that asylum applications are processed swiftly and efficiently;

9.

Calls on the Maltese authorities to apply Directive 2003/9/EC, especially as regards conditions in the detention centres;

10.

Calls for a greater role for the European Union in the management of humanitarian emergencies linked to migratory flows and asylum seekers;

11.

Calls on the Council to hold an extraordinary meeting of Justice and Home Affairs Ministers in Malta as soon as possible to take account of the need to take urgent and immediate measures to address the anticipated upsurge in numbers of irregular migrants arriving in Malta over the summer months, whilst at the same time finding a suitable solution to the current difficulties;

12.

Considers that the Member States should show greater solidarity towards the Member States that suffer most from the EU-bound migratory flows and calls on the Member States to receive on their territory asylum seekers from Malta and other small countries, using technical assistance and the funding provided under the ARGO programme, the European Refugee Fund, the European External Borders Fund, the European Integration Fund and the European Return Fund for the period 2007-2013;

13.

Calls on the Council and the Member States to supply practical aid for Malta:

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by sending groups of experts, including independent experts, to provide assistance in granting asylumseeker status, and

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by sending groups of experts, including independent experts, to provide advice on compliance with Directive 2003/9/EC;

14.

Calls on the Commission to propose, as soon as possible, the creation of an emergency fund to tackle humanitarian crises in the Member States and to incorporate in the new funds for the period 2007- 2013 an emergency mechanism allowing financial assistance to be provided in emergency situations;

15.

Urges the Commission to take the initiative as soon as possible with a view to revising Regulation (EC) No 343/2003, ‘Dublin II’, by calling into question its very principle, namely that the Member State responsible for dealing with an asylum application is the first country that applicants reach, which puts an intolerable burden on the countries situated in the south and east of the EU, and by introducing a fair mechanism for sharing responsibilities among the Member States;

16.

Reiterates the need for a Community immigration and asylum policy based on the opening-up of legal immigration channels and on the definition of common standards for the protection of the fundamental rights of immigrants and asylum seekers throughout the Union, as established by the Tampere European Council in 1999 and confirmed by the Hague programme;

17.

Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the governments and parliaments of the Member States and to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

(1)  OJ C 364, 18.12.2000, p. 1.

(2)  OJ L 31, 6.2.2003, p. 18.

(3)  OJ L 304, 30.9.2004, p. 12.

(4)  OJ L 50, 25.2.2003, p. 1.

(5)  OJ L 326, 13.12.2005, p. 13.

P6_TA(2006)0137

Elections in Belarus

European Parliament resolution on the situation in Belarus after the presidential elections of 19 March 2006

The European Parliament,

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having regard to its previous resolutions on the situation in Belarus, in particular that of 16 February 2006 (1),

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having regard to the US Congress' resolution ‘expressing support for the efforts of the people of the Republic of Belarus to establish a full democracy, the rule of law, and respect for human rights and urging the Government of Belarus to conduct a free and fair presidential election on March 19, 2006’, passed on 8 March 2006,

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having regard to the preliminary election assessment statement of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) of 20 March 2006 (OSCE),

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having regard to the statement of the EU High Representative for the CFSP of 20 March 2006 on the conduct of the presidential elections in Belarus,

—

having regard to the conclusions of the General Affairs and External Relations Council meeting of 20 March 2006,

—

having regard to the statement of its ad hoc delegation to the Belarus presidential elections of 20 March 2006,

—

having regard to Rule 103(4) of its Rules of Procedure,

A.

whereas the Belarus presidential elections took place on 19 March 2006,

B.

whereas President Lukashenko extended his new term of office through a constitutional referendum which did not meet international democratic standards and the results of which have not been recognised by the international democratic community,

C.

whereas the Belarus authorities conducted the elections in a climate of fear by repeatedly harassing and arresting prominent opposition leaders and members of student and minority organisations, including religious and community leaders, journalists, campaign activists and members of pro-democracy political parties,

D.

whereas the elections took place in an atmosphere of isolation with reinforced external border controls and the authorities suppressed freedom of speech, freedom of expression, freedom of the media and freedom of demonstration in the run-up to, and after, the elections,

E.

whereas early voting was non-transparent and state employees, the elderly and students were increasingly pressured, intimidated and threatened with retribution such as loss of employment, loss of pensions and expulsion from universities,

F.

F whereas the OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission to the presidential elections in Belarus concluded that those elections failed to meet international democratic standards; whereas the European Council, the Council of Europe, the United States and most other international institutions and governments also concluded that the elections were fundamentally flawed,

G.

whereas during the five days following the elections the opposition forces staged continued demonstrations in the main square of Minsk to protest against the fraudulent way in which the elections had been held, despite threats by President Lukashenko to ‘wring the necks’ of anyone who tried to seize power through popular protests after the result of the elections and hints of severe punishment for those arrested during such protests, including the death penalty,

H.

whereas in the early hours of 25 March 2006 the police brutally stormed the tent camp set up by young people and students in the centre of Minsk and arrested hundreds of protesters,

I.

whereas the demonstrators, foreign sympathisers and journalists present at the rallies have been defamed and tried, without due respect for the right to defence, under allegations of provoking illegal rallies and vandalism; whereas on 27 March 2006 Belarusian courts handed down jail terms of up to 15 days to the protesters who had been arrested for participating in an unauthorised demonstration; whereas politically motivated investigations have been launched against the opposition leaders, including Aleksandr Milinkievič, the main presidential candidate for the opposition,

1.

Strongly condemns the failed presidential elections in Belarus and points out that the Lukashenko regime lacks all democratic legitimacy and continues as the last dictatorship in Europe;

2.

Denounces the presidential elections as not having met the required international standards of free, fair, equal, accountable and transparent elections; considers therefore that, by implication, President Lukashenko cannot be recognised as the legitimate President of Belarus and that the presidential elections should be repeated in compliance with international democratic standards;

3.

Expresses its solidarity with Aleksandr Milinkievič and the United Democratic forces, as well as Aleksandr Kozulin and all Belarusian citizens who strive for an independent, open and democratic Belarus based on the rule of law;

4.

Is impressed by the mass demonstrations against the non-democratic and sham nature of the elections, showing the desire of a large part of society to restore true democratic rights and political freedom to their country, thus revealing a huge democratic potential in Belarus;

5.

Strongly condemns the violence and the arbitrary arrests exercised by the Belarusian regime against the thousands of people who found the courage to protest against the rigging of the presidential elections and the violation of the fundamental rights of the Belarusian people;

6.

Calls on the Commission and the Council and the international community as a whole to increase their support for the Belarusian people and substantially to increase pressure on the Belarusian regime to end the dictatorial oppression of its people, to release all those detained immediately, to annul all judgements against peaceful demonstrators and to hold new, democratic elections as soon as possible;

7.

Demands that the Belarus government put an end to the beating and ill-treatment of political prisoners and conduct a transparent investigation into the abusive use of force by police and security forces against demonstrators;

8.

Demands that the Belarus authorities immediately make public the names of all persons arrested, their whereabouts and the accusations made against them; stresses that those authorities have an obligation to guarantee the right of all arrested persons to consult a private lawyer, meet with members of their families and have access to information;

9.

Condemns the Belarus authorities for not allowing certain foreign journalists to enter Belarus to observe the elections;

10.

Condemns the Belarus authorities for not allowing delegations from Parliament and the national parliaments of the Member States to observe the elections and for expelling observers from Denmark, Georgia, Germany, Ukraine and Poland, as well as from the OSCE;

11.

Welcomes the decision of the Council to add President Lukashenko to the visa ban list but calls on it and the Commission to expand that list to include representatives of the Belarus local, regional, national and academic authorities who were involved in breaching the human rights and political freedoms of Belarusian citizens during and after the electoral campaign;

12.

Calls on the Commission and the Council to work towards the freezing of the assets of the Belarusian authorities abroad, restrictive measures against companies directly and personally linked to senior officials of the regime and the freezing of the personal assets of President Lukashenko and his close advisors;

13.

Calls on the Commission and the Council to make proposals to put further pressure on President Lukashenko's regime in international organisations; demands that a complete package of concrete and direct ‘smart’ sanctions — severely affecting the perpetrators of oppression without adding any further suffering to the citizens of Belarus — be brought forward;

14.

Calls on the Commission and the Council to direct all forms of financial support to citizens' initiatives, non-governmental organisations and small and medium-sized enterprises which are not linked to the government;

15.

Calls on the Commission to revise its external policy towards Belarus and to make proposals as to how democracy, the rule of law and human rights can be promoted; stresses that the Commission's problems in adequately supporting Belarusian civil society in the run-up to the elections is a further indication of the urgent need to set up an effective financial and administrative mechanism to promote democracy;

16.

Calls on the Commission and Council to create a visa facilitation regime for the benefit of the civil society of Belarus;

17.

Calls on the Commission and the Council to support independent journalists and strengthen TV, internet, printed media and radio broadcasting programmes for Belarus in order to help Belarusian citizens obtain impartial and accurate information about their country and the world;

18.

Calls on the Commission and the Council to fund additional educational exchange programmes for Belarusian young people who have been expelled from their universities for political reasons;

19.

Is appalled by the positive reactions of the Russian State Duma and the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, to the conduct of the presidential elections in Belarus and their outcome; takes the view that the effectiveness of EU policies towards Belarus is undermined by the irresponsible attitude of the Moscow authorities, who are lending decisive support to the last dictatorship in Europe; calls on the Council and the Commission urgently to raise the issue of Belarus with the Russian authorities so as to define a common responsibility for bringing about concrete democratic changes in that country and stop the political repression and human rights violations; is of the opinion that specific efforts to this end should be made in the framework of the Council of Europe and the OSCE as Russia — together with the Member States of the European Union — is a member of both organisations;

20.

Calls on the Member States represented in the G8 to place the current situation in Belarus on the agenda of the forthcoming summit this spring and to urge Russia to reverse its position on President Lukashenko and his regime and to use its close ties with Belarus to promote democracy and political reforms in that country;

21.

Calls on the United Nations, the Council of Europe and the Member States to set up an international commission to investigate the disappearances of Yuri Zakharenko, Victor Gonchar, Anatoly Krasovsky and Dmitry Zavadskiy;

22.

Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the parliaments and governments of the Member States, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the Parliamentary Assemblies of the OSCE and the Council of Europe, the President and State Duma of Russia and the Belarus authorities.

(1)  Texts Adopted, P6_TA(2006)0066.

P6_TA(2006)0138

Elections in Ukraine

European Parliament resolution on the parliamentary elections in Ukraine

The European Parliament,

—

having regard to its previous resolutions on the political developments in Ukraine, in particular its resolution of 13 January 2005 on the results of the Ukraine elections (1),

—

having regard to its resolution of 19 January 2006 on the European Neighbourhood Policy (2),

—

having regard to the EU-Ukraine Action Plan, and the further measures decided upon by the Council in support of a democratic and reform-oriented Ukraine,

—

having regard to the OSCE preliminary statement of 27 March 2006 on the Ukrainian elections,

—

having regard to Rule 103(4) of its Rules of Procedure,

A.

whereas Ukraine has clearly confirmed its desire to be part of Europe and its willingness to be integrated with the European Union on the basis of the EU's fundamental principles and criteria,

B.

whereas the International Election Observation Mission of the European Parliament, the Parliamentary Assemblies of the Council of Europe, the OSCE and NATO and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) concluded that the 26 March 2006 parliamentary elections in Ukraine had been free and fair and in accordance with international standards for democratic elections,

C.

whereas the media coverage during the campaign was generally balanced, enabling parties to communicate their message and voters to express their choice freely,

D.

whereas it was concluded that the elections had been administered in a democratic and transparent manner with virtually no incidents, although problems in the staffing of polling stations and an excessive number of voters at some polling stations caused a certain degree of disorder on election day,

E.

whereas the European Union, its Member States and Ukraine have moved towards an ever closer relationship based on shared respect for fundamental European values,

1.

Welcomes the fact that the parliamentary and local elections of 26 March 2006 were held in a satisfactory manner, fully in accordance with international electoral standards, and that Ukraine is firmly on the path towards becoming a mature democracy and assuming its rightful place in a European community of democratic nations;

2.

Takes note of the shortcomings of the elections identified by the International Election Observation Mission and calls upon the relevant Ukrainian authorities to take corrective action and to ensure that such problems do not re-emerge in future elections;

3.

Congratulates the people of Ukraine, who, despite the sometimes difficult circumstances at the polling stations, have demonstrated their commitment to the democratic process in their country;

4.

Urges all members of the newly elected Verkhovna Rada as well as the new Ukrainian Government to fully commit themselves to the irreversibility of this democratic process and to unreservedly continue, and strengthen, the political, social and economic reforms;

5.

Urges the Commission and Council to respond promptly and concretely to the growing hopes of the Ukrainian people, who are increasingly looking to the EU, and to consider a further strengthening of the measures included in the European Neighbourhood Policy's Action Plan which are designed to support the further democratic development of Ukraine, in particular with regard to strengthening respect for the rule of law and the continuation and strengthening of social and economic reforms; also urges the Member States to undertake similar initiatives and projects to provide concrete support, contributing to a continuation of the democratisation and reform process in Ukraine;

6.

Calls upon the new government formed after these elections to consolidate Ukraine's espousal of common European values and objectives by taking further steps to promote democracy, human rights, civil society and the rule of law, by resuming market reforms and by overcoming the political divisions in Ukraine;

7.

Urges the new Ukrainian Government to continue to be a reliable partner of the European Union, with specific regard to enhancing stability in the region, in particular in finding a solution to the Trans-Dniester problem;

8.

Appeals to all neighbouring countries to fully respect the democratic choice of the Ukrainian people and to refrain from any economic or other pressure to change the democratically decided further political, social and economic development of the country;

9.

Looks forward to a visa-facilitation agreement between the EU and Ukraine with the final goal of a non-visa regime, but, in the interim, calls on the Commission to fully respect the existing agreements on free multiple-entry visas with seven Member States, as well as other actions geared to realising Ukraine's European perspective; calls for further action to move Ukraine towards full membership of the World Trade Organisation;

10.

Notes that the current Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and Ukraine (3) expires in 2008, and calls on the Commission to begin to negotiate an Association Agreement;

11.

Looks forward to increased cooperation with the Verkhovna Rada and to a sustained transition process in Ukraine that will bring the country closer to the objective of ever more intensive cooperation with the European Union, and commits itself to assisting and supporting Ukraine in this process;

12.

Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the Government and Parliament of Ukraine and the Parliamentary Assemblies of the Council of Europe, the OSCE and NATO.

(1)  OJ C 247 E, 6.10.2005, p. 155.

(2)  Texts Adopted, P6_TA(2006)0028.

(3)  OJ L49, 19.2.1998, p. 3.

P6_TA(2006)0139

World Health Day

European Parliament resolution on World Health Day

The European Parliament,

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having regard to World Health Day on 7 April 2006, which will be devoted to healthcare workers,

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having regard to the Health Workforce Decade (2006-2015), which will be launched on World Health Day,

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having regard to the Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on an EU strategy for action on the crisis in human resources for health in developing countries (COM(2005)0642),

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having regard to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs),

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having regard to the second High-Level Forum on the Health MDGs held in Abuja in December 2004, and to its conclusions,

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having regard to the 2005 World Summit in New York on 14-16 September 2005 and its conclusions on the progress towards the MDGs,

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having regard to the joint statement by the Council and the representatives of the governments of the Member States meeting within the Council, the European Parliament and the Commission on European Union Development Policy: The European Consensus (1),

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having regard to the World Bank report on healthcare ‘Reaching the Poor with Health, Nutrition and Population Services: What Works, What Doesn't and Why’, published on 7 December 2005,

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having regard to the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS, adopted by the Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly (Ungass) in June 2001, and its forthcoming Comprehensive Review and High-Level Meeting in June 2006,

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having regard to Rule 103(4) of its Rules of Procedure,

A.

whereas there is a grave shortage of health workers in many parts of the developing world, with migration both from and within poorer regions,

B.

whereas the shortage of human resources in the healthcare sector is acute not only in developing countries, but also in Europe and all other states in the world, not least in the event of pandemics,

C.

whereas the increased need for health workers in developed countries with ageing populations has attracted doctors and nurses from developing countries in particular, exacerbating the existing shortage of health workers in these countries,

D.

whereas both donor and recipient countries have signed up to the MDGs, three of which are directly related to health: reducing child mortality, improving maternal health and tackling HIV/AIDS, TB, malaria and other diseases,

E.

whereas access to health services is a fundamental human right,

F.

whereas HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria have contributed to increasing levels of ill health in society in general and developing countries in particular, with particularly damaging effects on the health sector, including losses of health workers,

G.

whereas healthcare workers in developed, and particularly in developing, countries are often subject to increased risks of infection or exposure to toxic agents,

H.

whereas wars in the developing world create major emergencies necessitating large numbers of specially trained healthcare workers,

I.

whereas the training of healthcare workers in developing countries is often inadequate owing to a lack of political will and resources,

J.

whereas, in order to be effective, healthcare workers in developing countries require proper infrastructure, with adequate technical and pharmaceutical support,

K.

whereas ongoing medical education, quality assurance and medical defence cover are essential in the practice of medicine by healthcare workers in developing countries,

1.

Welcomes the abovementioned Commission Communication and fully supports its assertion that ‘MDG progress will be difficult to achieve without increased investment in the health workforce’ and its clear commitment to working in partnership with developing countries on development strategies;

2.

Criticises, nevertheless, the contradiction between the Commission's stated commitment to improving healthcare in developing countries and achieving the MDGs and its track record on spending development funds in the healthcare sector; stresses, for example, that in 2003 only 5,2% of the European Development Fund was earmarked for health spending, and only 4% in 2002;

3.

Views as deeply regrettable indications that the Commission intends to propose that only 6% of development funds within the new development cooperation instrument be allocated to human and social development, covering not only healthcare, HIV/AIDS and sexual and reproductive health, but all other social development, including children, education and gender programmes;

4.

Calls on the Commission to adhere to Parliament's longstanding demand that 35 % of development funds be used for the social sector, with 20 % of overall funds being used for basic healthcare and basic education;

5.

Recognises the urgent need for improving harmonisation of donor assistance — within the EU as well as at global level — and agrees that budget support linked to sufficiently clear performance indicators can be an efficient way of improving harmonisation as well as of increasing predictability;

6.

Calls for adequate funding for reproductive health projects and condemns the ‘global gag rule’ (Mexico City Policy) which blocks US funding of such projects;

7.

Recognises that one major reason for this problematic situation in developing countries is the emigration of health workers who are recruited by wealthier countries (especially EU countries and the USA); calls for the EU to press for the introduction of a global Code of Conduct for Ethical Recruitment;

8.

Believes that the first step in combating this trend would be to provide training and better working conditions for health workers in the areas concerned, to offer incentives to encourage them to work where they are most needed and to supply them with vaccinations in anticipation of potential pandemics;

9.

Calls on the Commission and Member States to implement fully the Coherence for Development Policy that they signed up to in the abovementioned joint statement on development policy by ensuring that migration policies do not work to the detriment of developing countries by actively seeking key health workers from the poorest nations;

10.

Stresses, nevertheless, that the best way of combating the ‘brain drain’ in the health sector is to provide career incentives for key health workers to stay in their home country; calls on the Commission, Member States and the governments of developing countries to invest in the training of key health workers;

11.

Calls on developing countries to restore their public and basic healthcare systems and services and for the EU to support this process through aid for the reinforcement of human and institutional capacities and infrastructure, including an improvement in working conditions for medical staff, provision of suitable medical equipment and transfer of technology;

12.

Insists that the Commission and Member States do their utmost to ensure that healthcare funds reach the poorest in developing countries; highlights the urgent need for access to healthcare in rural and remote areas;

13.

Urges the Member States to make global health and medicines a strategic sector and to take determined action to emphasise priorities in research and development in order to address the needs of patients, especially those in resource-poor settings;

14.

Urges the EU to ensure that progress in basic science and biomedicine is translated into improved, safe and affordable healthcare, including access to essential medicines, for all patients, especially those living in poverty;

15.

Calls on the Commission and Member States to develop partnerships with hospitals in developing countries and to encourage cooperation via video conferencing, which can enable relatively small and remote hospitals to benefit from high-level expertise and guidance from other hospitals or countries and to support actively the development of primary health care;

16.

Calls for effective health workforce planning in all Member States in order to meet internal demand and minimise the negative implications for its neighbours, African countries and other affected nations;

17.

Calls on the Commission and Member States actively to support medical education in developing countries, as well as access thereto for students from rural and remote areas;

18.

Believes that one priority for the EU, in order to remedy shortages of healthcare workers in various Member States, is to maintain and raise the number of its EU healthcare workers by a series of measures such as encouragement of professional mobility in the EU, provision of better working conditions, increased support in the form of investment in training and the development of effective incentive schemes, which must be based on research, analysis and consultation of health workers;

19.

Takes the view that it is fundamental to guarantee access to high-quality and free health services for all;

20.

Stresses the need to develop an effective malaria vaccine, a process which can be accelerated through international partnerships between the private and the public sector;

21.

Expresses its appreciation and support for the work of NGOs that render assistance and expertise in the area of health in developing countries; calls on the Commission actively to support these NGOs;

22.

Recalls the dreadful situation of the five Bulgarian nurses and the Palestinian physician who are facing the death penalty in Tripoli;

23.

Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the governments of the Member States and of all developing countries, and Dr Lee Jong-wook, Secretary-General of the World Health Organisation.

(1)  OJ C 46, 24.2.2006, p. 1.

P6_TA(2006)0140

Work of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly in 2005

European Parliament resolution on the work of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly in 2005 (2005/2104(INI))

The European Parliament,

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having regard to the Partnership Agreement between the members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States, of the one part, and the Community and its Member States, of the other part, signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000 (Cotonou Agreement) (1) and amended in Luxembourg on 25 June 2005 (2),

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having regard to the Rules of Procedure of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly (JPA), adopted on 3 April 2003 (3) as last amended in The Hague on 25 November 2004 (4),

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having regard to the resolutions adopted on 21 April 2005 (5) by the JPA at its ninth session in Bamako (Mali), from 16 to 21 April 2005, on:

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progress made in achieving universal primary education and gender equality in the ACP countries in the context of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs),

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post-conflict rehabilitation in ACP countries,

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budgetisation of the European Development Fund (EDF),

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the situation in Sudan,

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the situation in the African Great Lakes Region,

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having regard to the Bamako Declaration on the Millennium Development Goals adopted by the JPA at its ninth session (6),

—

having regard to the Commission follow-up to the above-mentioned JPA resolutions adopted in Bamako (Mali),

—

having regard to the resolutions adopted on 24 November 2005 (7) by the JPA at its 10th session in Edinburgh (United Kingdom), from 19 to 24 November 2005, on:

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the role of national parliaments in implementing the Cotonou Agreement,

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agricultural and mining commodities,

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causes and consequences of natural disasters,

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registration, evaluation and authorisation of chemicals (REACH),

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the situation in West Africa,

—

having regard to the Commission follow-up to the JPA resolutions adopted in The Hague (Netherlands) on 25 November 2004 on:

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political dialogue (Article 8 of the Cotonou Agreement),

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food aid and food security,

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the situation in Darfur,

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damage caused by cyclones in the Caribbean region,

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having regard to the statement by the Co-Presidents of the JPA, Ms Sharon Hay Webster and Ms Glenys Kinnock, on the events in Togo following the death of President Gnassingbé Eyadéma on 5 February 2005,

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having regard to the letter of 3 March 2005 from the World Food Programme to the JPA,

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having regard to the conclusions of the JPA Women's Forum of 16 April 2005 adopted in Bamako (Mali) on female genital mutilation,

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having regard to the message from the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr Kofi Annan, of 18 April 2005, on the MDGs on the occasion of the ninth session of the JPA,

—

having regard to the conclusions of the JPA Women's Forum of 19 November 2005, adopted in Edinburgh, on human trafficking,

—

having regard to Rule 45 of its Rules of Procedure,

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having regard to the report of the Committee on Development (A6-0063/2006),

A.

having regard to the conclusion to the negotiations on the revision of the Cotonou Agreement in 2005 and the new measures concerning in particular the strengthening of political dialogue, the strengthening of parliaments, the International Criminal Court and cooperation in the fight against terrorism and weapons of mass destruction,

B.

whereas the JPA stands as a model of cooperation and development in the world and is making a major contribution to open, fair dialogue between North and South,

C.

having regard to the importance of the JPA's role in implementing the political dialogue provided for by Article 8 of the Cotonou Agreement, particularly as regards strengthening democracy, implementing good governance and protecting human rights,

D.

whereas six joint ACP-EU missions took place in 2005:

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in the Solomon Islands, Fiji and Papua New Guinea from 11 to 21 February 2005, to meet the political authorities of the three countries visited and non-governmental organisations (NGOs), and to visit projects financed under the EDF,

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in Equatorial Guinea, from 28 February to 4 March 2005, to meet the country's authorities and to make recommendations to the JPA on the situation in the country,

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in Sudan (Darfur), from 21 to 27 March 2005, to prepare for the urgent debate and the resolution at the ninth session in Bamako,

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in Guyana and Jamaica, from 14 to 21 October 2005, in order to investigate the likely impact of the proposed EU sugar reforms,

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in Tanzania, from 25 to 28 November 2005, to meet political and institutional leaders, as well as representatives of civil society and of the East African Community,

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to the Pan-African Parliament, in Midrand (South Africa), on 28 and 29 November 2005, on the occasion of its fourth ordinary session,

1.

Welcomes the conclusion of the negotiations that led to the amendment of the Cotonou Agreement, but regrets that the agreement reached at the Brussels summit of 15 and 16 December 2005 bringing the amount allocated to the 10th EDF (2008-2013) to EUR 22 682 million remains short of the initial proposals aimed at maintaining the same level of aid as under the 9th EDF;

2.

Emphasises that the simple wording used in Annex Ia to the Cotonou Agreement is open to different interpretations with regard to determining the amount of the ACP/EU multiannual financial framework and that, in any event, this amount must reflect the major political commitments made by the EU in 2005 on development and aid to Africa;

3.

Supports the request of the JPA, expressed at its ninth session in April 2005 that a suitable proportion of EDF appropriations should be used for the political education and training of parliamentarians and of political, economic and social leaders, in the interests of a lasting strengthening of good governance, the rule of law, democratic structures, and the interaction between government and opposition in pluralistic democracies based on free elections; these funds should be used for the establishment of public administration colleges and the political education of members of parliament, local administrators and people in positions of responsibility in political parties and associations;

4.

Calls on the JPA to continue its work on human rights and thereby contribute to the political dialogue provided for in Article 8 of the Cotonou Agreement, if appropriate by organising public hearings; calls for greater involvement of civil society in the work of the JPA and its standing committees;

5.

Calls on the JPA, and in particular its Committee on Political Affairs, to strengthen its role as a forum for political dialogue, in accordance with Article 8 of the Cotonou Agreement, and the role of parliamentarians in the ACP countries, and to continue its efforts towards reinforcing parliamentary democracy in the ACP countries, particularly by identifying and sharing good practice on parliamentary scrutiny of the executive;

6.

Calls for greater transparency with regard to the progress and the substance of the negotiations on the economic partnership agreements as well as delivery of substantial assistance in line with the President of the Commission, José Manuel Barroso's, commitment to provide EUR 1 billion in ‘aid for trade’ in Gleneagles, and in addition for greater involvement of the JPA in the negotiations, as well as of the European Parliament, national parliaments, local government and civil society;

7.

Notes that the standing committees are now working at a normal pace, that their creation in 2003 opened up new opportunities for debate and dialogue and that the ACP and European parliamentarians have thereby not only become better acquainted with each other, but have also learnt to cooperate on fundamental subjects with a view to reaching common positions during plenary sessions, wherever possible;

8.

Applauds the work of the JPA Bureau and of its vice-presidents, particularly as regards the reports on human rights and on the financing of regional and sub-regional meetings (Article 17(3) of the Cotonou Agreement and Article 6 of the JPA Rules of Procedure); calls for clarification of the duties of the vicepresidents with responsibility for budgetary affairs in order to increase transparency in the use of the operating expenditure of the JPA and supervision of these funds by the Bureau;

9.

Calls on the JPA to take action in response to the message of 18 April 2005 from the UN Secretary- General, Mr Kofi Annan, according to whom ‘it is not in the United Nations that the Millennium Development Goals will be achieved. They have to be achieved in each of its Member States, by the joint efforts of their governments and people’;

10.

Emphasises that the question of sugar reform gave rise to serious concerns at the Edinburgh summit; a letter to this end from the two Co-Presidents of the JPA was sent to the Council on 23 November 2005 calling for the sugar reform to be just and fair for all;

11.

Notes that the EU package of compensation and restructuring measures for the EU sugar industry exceeds EUR 7 billion and urges that the 18 ACP signatories to the Sugar Protocol, many of whose economies depend almost entirely on sugar, receive timely and substantial financial support, which must be additional to existing commitments;

12.

Calls on the JPA to make the Committee on Political Affairs a genuine forum for conflict prevention and resolution within the ACP-EU partnership framework;

13.

Emphasises the role played by the Committee on Social Affairs and the Environment in response to natural disasters, and hopes that the JPA can contribute to prevention and aid in the event of a natural disaster in the ACP countries;

14.

Emphasises the support expressed by the Committee on Economic Development, Finance and Trade for maintaining specific development aid for ACP countries and its contribution of points for discussion on improving the future management of the EDF;

15.

Underlines the importance of the personal involvement of parliamentarians within the JPA and applauds the efforts made in this direction;

16.

Considers that holding the JPA session by rotation in EU Member States provides real ‘added value’ and calls for this rotation to be continued in the future;

17.

Welcomes the participation of representatives of the European Parliament and of the JPA in the informal council of development cooperation ministers organised by the UK Presidency of the Council of the European Union in Leeds on 24 and 25 October 2005, and expresses the hope that future presidencies of the Council do the same;

18.

Notes with satisfaction the decision of the Bureau of the European Parliament of 6 September 2005 to authorise the JPA to be held in Edinburgh, and hopes that the principle of holding JPAs in the country holding the EU Presidency will be perpetuated;

19.

Congratulates the Presidency and the Government of Mali, the Malian authorities and various local associations for their valuable contribution to the ninth session in Bamako, particularly to the workshops on the following subjects:

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the cotton sector in Mali,

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desertification and saving the River Niger,

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negotiations on economic partnership agreements in West Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific;

20.

Welcomes the fact that the alternation between an ACP country and the country holding the EU Council Presidency will henceforth make for real equivalence between the sessions in the ACP countries and in the EU Member States;

21.

Congratulates the UK Presidency and the Scottish authorities on their excellent contribution to the 10th session in Edinburgh, particularly to the workshops on the following subjects:

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meeting the MDGs on health through research and development,

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protecting the environment: ecotourism and sustainable energy,

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fishing and fish processing: EU policies and standards;

22.

Welcomes the Co-Presidents' adoption of a ‘catch-the-eye’ session in Edinburgh, which effectively promoted open debate during plenary sessions, and calls for this practice to be continued;

23.

Notes with satisfaction the growing participation of non-governmental actors at JPA sessions, with a record number of such participants attending the Edinburgh session;

24.

Calls on the Austrian Presidency and the Bureau of the European Parliament to make the necessary arrangements for the organisation of the 11th session in Vienna (Austria), from 17 to 22 June 2006, and of the 12th session in Bridgetown (Barbados), from 18 to 24 November 2006;

25.

Recalls that, on the basis of the decisions taken by the JPA Bureau in Edinburgh, and subject to the availability of funds, a joint ACP-EU mission will be sent to Ethiopia and Eritrea, and to Mauritania and Togo, during the first quarter of 2006;

26.

Calls on the members of the JPA to take an active part in the preparations for the forthcoming authorised reports on:

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the role of regional integration in the promotion of peace and security,

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the impact of tourism on development,

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small arms and light weapons and sustainable development,

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the problem of energy in the ACP countries,

—

fishing and its social and environmental aspects in developing countries,

—

water in developing countries;

27.

Recommends, following the conclusions of the Women's Forum in Edinburgh, that a report be drawn up on the measures to be taken to combat human trafficking as effectively as possible;

28.

Emphasises that the organisation of meetings at regional or sub-regional level, pursuant to Article 17 (3) of the Cotonou Agreement, must move into an active phase of implementation; calls on the JPA to amend its Rules of Procedure and to plan meetings of this kind, based on the existing parliamentary structures within the ACP Group, these meetings being concerned primarily with regional cooperation in the context of conflict prevention and resolution and with the conclusion and implementation of economic partnership agreements;

29.

Calls on the members of the JPA and the European co-secretariat to do everything they can to strengthen the role and the position of the JPA within the European Parliament;

30.

Encourages all political groups to avoid the use of votes by separate houses in order to foster the sense of solidarity and cohesiveness of the JPA;

31.

Calls on the members of the JPA to continue their activities in line with the progress achieved since 2004;

32.

Welcomes the fact that JPA documents are rapidly made available on the Internet, which is an indispensable tool for the smooth running of the JPA, whose members are situated far apart from each other; calls on the JPA and the two co-secretariats to make systematic use of electronic mail and the Internet to send documents to parliamentarians and actively to encourage Internet use where available;

33.

Calls for close cooperation between European and African parliamentarians and an exchange programme between European Parliament officials and officials of the Pan-African Parliament in order to build up their capacities;

34.

Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the ACP-EU Council, the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, the parliaments of the ACP countries and of the Member States of the European Union, the Scottish Parliament and Executive, the Mayor of Edinburgh and the Commission.

(1)  OJ L 317, 15.12.2000, p. 3.

(2)  OJ L 287, 28.10.2005, p. 4.

(3)  OJ C 231, 26.9.2003, p. 68.

(4)  OJ C 80, 1.4.2005, p. 38.

(5)  OJ C 272, 3.11.2005, p. 17.

(6)  OJ C 272, 3.11.2005, p. 50.

(7)  Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TA(2006)0141

Aid effectiveness and corruption in developing countries

European Parliament resolution on aid effectiveness and corruption in developing countries (2005/2141(INI))

The European Parliament,

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having regard to the Joint statement by the Council and the representatives of the governments of the Member States meeting within the Council, the European Parliament and the Commission on European Union Development Policy: ‘The European Consensus’ (1),

—

having regard to the UN Convention against Corruption of 31 October 2003,

—

having regard to the UN Declaration against Corruption and Bribery in International Commercial Transactions of 16 December 1996,

—

having regard the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions of 21 November 1997,

—

having regard to the UN Millennium Declaration of 8 September 2000, which sets out the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as objectives established jointly by the international community for the elimination of poverty,

—

having regard to the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness of 2 March 2005,

—

having regard to the Fourth Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Report of 12 July 2005 entitled ‘Ecosystems and Human Well-being: Opportunities and Challenges for Business and Industry’,

—

having regard to Articles 8, 9 and 97 of the Partnership Agreement between the members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part, signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000 (2),

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having regard to the Declaration by the G8 Summit in Evian on Fighting Corruption and Improving Transparency of 2 June 2003,

—

having regard to the Report of the Commission for Africa of 11 March 2005 entitled ‘Our Common Interest’,

—

having regard to the EU strategy to combat the illicit accumulation and trafficking of small arms and light weapons (SALW) and their ammunition adopted by the European Council of 15-16 December 2005;

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having regard to its resolution of 15 May 2003 on Capacity-building in the developing countries (3),

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having regard to its resolution of 31 March 2004 on Governance in the European Union's development policy (4),

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having regard to Rule 45 of its Rules of Procedure,

—

having regard to the report of the Committee on Development (A6-0048/2006),

A.

whereas corruption hurts the poor disproportionately, restricting their access to public goods and lowering the quality of basic services, making it more difficult to escape the poverty spiral,

B.

whereas corruption has a negative impact on the business climate, the effectiveness of public service provision and the public's trust in their government,

C.

whereas corruption obstructs aid effectiveness and therefore undermines the development goals of the EU and slows down the pace of development in the EU's partner countries,

D.

whereas the World Bank estimates that more than USD 1 000 000 000 000 is paid in bribes every year throughout the world and the African Union estimates that corruption costs African economies more than 25 % of Africa's GDP annually,

E.

whereas corruption is a problem affecting society as a whole and takes many forms and a ‘one size fits all’ strategy does not apply, as corruption can only be permanently eliminated through a broad approach,

F.

whereas numerous players, including politicians, government officials, civil society, the media, multinationals and international donors, can play a role in the fight against corruption,

G.

whereas corruption is both one of the causes and one of the consequences of conflict situations,

H.

whereas corruption is a threat to basic human needs, such as access to health and education,

I.

whereas corruption is a by-product of weak governance, inextricably linked to the role of the State, and should therefore be fought by strategies promoting good governance,

J.

whereas transparency and accountability are key principles in the fight against corruption,

K.

whereas due attention should be given to the link between the illicit manufacture, transfer and circulation of SALW and corruption practices in both developing and developed countries,

L.

whereas curbing corruption is impossible without the awareness and participation of civil society and whereas access to all the information is crucial in this process,

M.

whereas the 2003 UN Convention Against Corruption is the first international legal instrument to recognise the need for all States to commit to asset repatriation, and whereas the only EU Member States that have ratified this Convention are Hungary and France,

N.

whereas the 1997 OECD Convention may be signed only by OECD Member States or full participants in the OECD Working Group on Bribery in International Business Transactions;

1.

Calls on the Commission to focus more specifically, in designing its development programmes, on issues of accountability and transparency, as weak accountability mechanisms tend to facilitate corruption;

2.

Stresses that increased attention should be paid to the role of civil society in fostering good governance and voluntary control of corruption;

3.

Recalls that under the amended Cotonou Partnership Agreement serious cases of corruption can lead to consultations in accordance with Articles 96 and 97 of the Agreement;

4.

Stresses the need to support national parliaments in developing countries in their work as budget authorities by means of dialogue, information-sharing and capacity-building;

5.

Stresses the important role that a free and independent media can play in the fight against corruption and calls for greater EU support for projects assisting or strengthening such media in partner countries;

6.

Stresses the need to contribute to building and strengthening the legal system in those countries;

7.

Underlines the important role played by women also in the fight against corruption and emphasises therefore the need for more and better education of women and girls and for promoting of the involvement of women in politics;

8.

Supports the ‘Publish What You Pay’ campaign that calls for multinationals to disclose information about payments to governments;

9.

Stresses the importance of investment in the developing countries and encourages the Commission and the Member States to assist the flow of such investment;

10.

Stresses the importance of the establishment of watchdogs by civil society in developing countries, requiring a system of checks and balances of their government; calls on the Commission to support this process by reserving an appropriate percentage of budget aid for civil society watchdogs;

11.

Considers that the internal organisation often has to change in order to tackle corruption; emphasises the need for capacity-building in central and local institutions to combat corruption, especially in the light of the increase in aid given in the form of budget aid;

12.

Stresses that the granting of budget aid must always be carefully preceded by fiduciary risk assessments on a case-by-case basis;

13.

Stresses that budget aid should always be earmarked for a specific sector;

14.

Emphasises that any budget aid that is granted should be accompanied by a policy dialogue aimed at improving Public Financial Management (PFM), reducing the risk of corruption or mismanagement of funds;

15.

Calls for more transparency in programmes for budget aid granted by the EU, including publication of the relevant information about the aid spent in the recipient country, and by involving parliaments and informing civil players in this process;

16.

Calls for support for efficient budget tracking through Public Expenditure Tracking Surveys (PETS) by civil society and national parliaments which clearly measures ‘inputs’ against ‘outputs’ under the OECD's Development Assistance Committee (DAC) criteria;

17.

Considers that specific social indicators should be devised for the purpose of obtaining more precise data on the quality of governance achieved by the countries in question and calls for civil society to be more extensively involved in this area;

18.

Calls on the EU, as co-chair of the Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability Programme (PEFA), which provides a harmonized framework for assessing fiduciary risk in recipient countries, to include specific indicators to measure the level of corruption;

19.

Calls on the Commission to use these levels of corruption as tracked to support good governance and take adequate measures against corrupt regimes;

20.

Urges the Commission to consider decisions to reduce the external debt of developing countries;

21.

Stresses the need for international donors closely to coordinate their activities in the field of budget aid with a view to enhancing transparency and accountability in the recipient country;

22.

Urges all Member States as well as all countries signatories to the 2003 UN Convention against Corruption to ratify the Convention and the 1997 OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions;

23.

Invites the Members of the OECD to consider the possibility of admitting Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania and Malta as full participants in the Working Group on Bribery in International Business Transactions, which would allow them to sign and ratify the 1997 OECD Convention and invites these countries, in the meantime, to seek wider participation in the Revised Recommendation of the OECD Ministerial Council of 23 May 1997 on Combating Bribery in International Business Transactions;

24.

Recalls the important role of regional initiatives in curbing corruption and promoting good governance such as the African Peer Review Mechanism; underlines the need for African countries to implement these initiatives and for the Commission and the Member States to provide technical and financial assistance for this purpose;

25.

Calls on Member States to promote a legally binding international instrument on the tracing and the marking of SALW and ammunition as soon as possible, as well as to support regional initiatives to combat the illicit trade in SALW and their ammunition in the developing countries;

26.

Calls for further enforcement of and commitment to the ‘Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative’ in order to ensure the disclosure of information about payments between governments of developing countries and multinationals;

27.

Calls on Member States with financial centres to take all necessary legal and administrative action toc ensure that illicitly acquired funds can be repatriated to the State of origin; stresses furthermore the need for capacity-building, concentrating on preventing the theft of assets and the misuse and misappropriation of public funds;

28.

Urges the Commission and the Member States to establish an international system of blacklisting to prevent banks from lending large sums of money to corrupt regimes or individuals representing a government;

29.

Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ban public purchasing or procurement contracts with companies whose employees have been involved in corrupt activities with government ministers or officials or in any other way within a developing country, if those employees are not subject to disciplinary proceedings; further calls on the Member States to refer such cases to the appropriate prosecution authorities, so that such people will be investigated and brought to trial, if they have a case to answer;

30.

Stresses that there are major corruption risks involved in public procurement procedures and that, consequently, transparent procurement rules and procedures should be promoted as a key priority;

31.

Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and the Commission.

(1)  OJ C 46, 24.2.2006, p. 1.

(2)  OJ L 317, 15.12.2000, p. 3.

(3)  OJ C 67 E, 17.3.2004, p. 255.

(4)  OJ C 103 E, 29.4.2004, p. 550.

P6_TA(2006)0142

Darfur

European Parliament resolution on Darfur

The European Parliament,

—

having regard to its previous resolutions on the subject, including that of 16 September 2004 on the Darfur region in Sudan (1), and ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly Resolution ACP-EU 3777/05 of 21 April 2005 on the situation in Sudan (2),

—

having regard to the communiqué of the Peace and Security Council of the African Union of 10 March 2006,

—

having regard to the Humanitarian Ceasefire Agreement of 8 April 2004,

—

having regard to the mandate of the African Union Mission in Sudan, which was extended in October 2004,

—

having regard to the ongoing peace talks being held in Abuja,

—

having regard to the findings of its missions in February 2004 and August/September 2004 and the findings of the ACP-EU mission of March 2005,

—

having regard to Rule 115(5) of its Rules of Procedure,

A.

whereas, in his report to the UN Security Council, Jan Pronk stated that killing, rape and abuses of human rights continue in Darfur, with rape and sexual violence continuing unabated both within and outside IDP camps,

B.

whereas the ceasefire in the region is not being respected, whereas rebels belonging to the Sudanese Liberation Army (SLA) have increased their ceasefire violations and whereas Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) rebels have said that they will ask for self-determination for the region unless a solution to the conflict can be reached soon,

C.

whereas the Government of Sudan continues to actively support the Janjaweed militia, not only by arming the gangs but also through direct participation in attacks on villages with support vehicles (3), and whereas there are eye-witness reports of government helicopter fire (4),

D.

whereas the African Union Mission in Sudan has been extended until 30 September 2006, after which the international presence will be directly guaranteed by the UN,

E.

whereas the Government of Sudan has said that such a UN operation would amount to colonialism and has threatened to leave the African Union if that were to happen,

F.

whereas the AMIS mission's original mandate was to protect the AU observers that were monitoring violations of the Humanitarian Ceasefire Agreement; whereas this mandate was extended in October 2004 to permit AMIS to protect civilians it encountered ‘under imminent threat and in the immediate vicinity’; whereas this mission has never had the protection of civilians at the core of its mandate,

G.

whereas the Darfur conflict — and impunity from prosecution — is increasingly affecting the stability of neighbouring eastern Chad and constitutes a threat to international peace and security,

H.

whereas the Government of Sudan prevented Jan Egeland, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, from visiting Darfur on 3 April 2006; whereas access to Darfur for humanitarian aid and all humanitarian workers is considered to be at its lowest level in two years,

I.

whereas the UN Security Council referred the situation in Darfur to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in March 2005, following which an investigation was launched, resulting in the names of 51 potential suspects so far being given to the Court in the Hague,

J.

whereas the Government of Sudan, in an attempt to avoid Sudanese officials suspected of war crimes being sent to the ICC, has set up its own special courts in Darfur to deal with war crimes and human rights violations,

K.

whereas, to date, these special courts have not prosecuted any officials, militia members or other individuals responsible for serious human rights violations in Darfur,

L.

whereas on 6 March 2006 a group of four teenage girls was attacked outside Al Shareif camp, the aggression resulting in the death of the attacker; whereas the police referred the case of the four girls to the Prosecution Attorney on charges of murder,

M.

whereas Russia and China continue to supply arms to the Government of Sudan; whereas both countries have consistently blocked efforts by the UN Security Council to impose sanctions on Sudan in the last six months,

1.

Deplores the continuation of violence and rape by all sides, and condemns the Government of Sudan's continued support for the Janjaweed militia (5);

2.

Urges the United Nations Security Council to meet to address the violence in Darfur, which is tantamount to genocide, and to act on its responsibility to protect civilians by drafting a clear mandate under Chapter VII of the UN Charter, on or before 1 October 2006 (following the expiry of the mandate of the African Union mission in Darfur on 30 September 2006);

3.

Calls on the UN Security Council to extend the arms embargo in Darfur throughout Sudan and support the African Union's efforts in Darfur to reach full operational capacity and to robustly interpret its mandate to protect civilians until the transition to a UN mission;

4.

Stresses that the mandate of the AMIS force has primarily been to observe violations of the humanitarian ceasefire agreement; criticises the international community for not having acted to protect civilians sooner;

5.

Calls upon EU Member States to honour the commitments they have already made to provide military observers, staff officers and civilian police to increase security in Darfur and to ensure that the current AMIS mission is adequately funded and equipped to enable it to interpret its limited mandate as broadly as possible;

6.

Welcomes the decisions taken by the UN Security Council in March 2006 on a ban on offensive flights in Darfur; calls for an effectively enforced no-fly zone across Darfur;

7.

Calls on the EU, the US and other international actors to take all necessary action to help end impunity by enforcing the Security Council sanctions regime and seeking for this regime to include targeted sanctions against individuals who obstruct the deployment of the UN force and otherwise contribute to abuses of civilians;

8.

Calls for the international community to support the ICC's investigation into violations of international humanitarian and human rights law in Darfur;

9.

Joins the UNHCR in calling for an end to forced conscription of Sudanese refugees in Chad; calls for the implementation of a Chad-Sudan border monitoring force, as provided for in the accord signed by the Presidents of the two countries on 10 February 2006;

10.

Strongly criticises the Government of Sudan for preventing Jan Egeland, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, from visiting Darfur;

11.

Calls on the African Union to continue to play a leading role in the Abuja peace talks, and for all those involved in the talks to work to achieve these ends;

12.

Calls on the Government of Sudan to work alongside the NGO community for the benefit of its people; urges the Government to revise the Organisation of Voluntary and Humanitarian Work Act 2006 to bring it into line with international human rights standards; insists that Sudan's Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC) facilitate the issuing of visas and travel permits to humanitarian workers and stop the harassment of international NGOs; criticises the lack of independence of the HAC from the Government of Sudan;

13.

Calls on the Government of Sudan to release Ms Amouna Mohamed Ahmed (17), Ms Fayza Ismail Abaker (16), Ms Houda Ismail Abdel Rahman (17) and Ms Zahra Adam Abdela (17) while their case is investigated and considers that these girls should be given appropriate care as victims of attempted rape;

14.

Criticises Russian and Chinese efforts to block UN Security Council actions over Darfur; urges the international community to exert more pressure on these countries in order to prevent these countries' economic interests in oil and arms sales from undermining efforts to bring peace to Darfur;

15.

Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the Government of Sudan, the UN Security Council, Jan Pronk, Jan Egeland, Kofi Annan and the Heads of Government of the ACP countries.

(1)  OJ C 140 E, 9.6.2005, p. 153.

(2)  OJ C 272, 3.11.2005, p. 43.

(3)  As documented in the African Union Ceasefire Commission's Ceasefire Violation Report number 96/05 on the alleged GoS attack on Umm Zoor market on 16 July 2005, which concluded that the ceasefire violation was committed by the Janjaweed and Government of Sudan forces.

(4)  As documented in the latest report of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Sudan, published on 27 January 2006, pp. 10-11.

(5)  As documented in the African Union Ceasefire Commission's Ceasefire Violation Report number 96/05 (see footnote 1 to Recital C) and in the light of the assertion made on 21 March 2006 by the UN Special Envoy to Darfur, Jan Pronk, that ‘AU commanders on the ground openly speak about continued support to militia by forces allied to the Government’.

P6_TA(2006)0143

Iraq: Assyrian community, situation in Iraqi prisons

European Parliament resolution on Iraq: the Assyrian community; the situation in Iraqi prisons

The European Parliament,

—

having regard to its resolution of 24 February 2005 on the EU's priorities and recommendations for the 61st session of the UN Commission on Human Rights in Geneva (14 March to 22 April 2005) (1),

—

having regard to its resolution of 28 April 2005 on the Annual Report on Human Rights in the World 2004 and the EU's policy on the matter (2),

—

having regard to its resolution of 6 July 2005 on the European Union and Iraq — A framework for engagement (3),

—

having regard to the decision of the General Affairs and External Relations Council of 21 February 2005 to launch an Integrated Rule of Law Mission for Iraq (EUJUST LEX),

—

having regard to the conclusions on Iraq of the External Relations Council of 7 November 2005,

—

having regard to the conclusions on Iraq of the External Relations Council of 27 February 2006,

—

having regard to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment,

—

having regard to Article 35 of the Iraqi Constitution of 2005, Article 333 of its Penal Code and Article 127 of its Code of Criminal Procedure, prohibiting all forms of torture,

—

having regard to Rule 115(5) of its Rules of Procedure,

The Assyrians (Chaldeans, Syriacs and other Christian minorities)

A.

whereas on 29 January 2006 four churches and the offices of the Vatican's representative in Baghdad, as well as two churches in Kirkuk, were attacked, killing three people (including a 14-year-old child) and injuring several others,

B.

whereas the Assyrians (Chaldeans, Syriacs and other Christian minorities) have increasingly become the victims of targeted violence such as destruction of property, kidnapping, attacks on churches, harassment, extortion, and torture of persons perceived as not respecting Islam,

C.

recognising that there has also been a rise in attacks on Christian students in Iraqi universities, especially in Mosul, and that Christian citizens of Mosul are being told to move out of the area,

D.

noting the dire situation of Christians who have fled from Iraq and are refugees in neighbouring countries, mainly Syria and Jordan, where, according to a report by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), they receive no international aid,

E.

whereas the Assyrians (Chaldeans, Syriacs and other Christian minorities) constitute an ancient and indigenous people who are very vulnerable as a result of persecution and forced emigration, and whereas there is a danger of their culture becoming extinct,

The situation in prisons in Iraq

F.

whereas, according to the Human Rights Office of the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), the conditions and the legality of detention in Iraq remain a matter of particular concern,

G.

whereas, according to the Iraqi Ministry of Human Rights, as of 28 February 2006 there were a total of 29 565 detainees: 14 229 in the custody of the Multinational Force-Iraq (MNF-I), 8 391 in the custody of the Ministry of Justice, 488 juveniles in the custody of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, 5 997 held by the Ministry of the Interior and 490 by the Ministry of Defence,

H.

whereas inspections are carried out by representatives of Iraqi ministries in places of detention under the control of the Ministries of Interior and Defence or run by the Special Forces throughout the country,

I.

whereas EUJUST LEX is providing the necessary training for over 700 Iraqi judicial, police and prison personnel,

J.

mindful that the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights provides that no-one should be subjected to arbitrary detention and that deprivation of liberty must be based on grounds and procedures established by law, and urging all parties to apply its provisions,

The Assyrians (Chaldeans, Syriacs and other Christian minorities)

1.

Strongly condemns all acts of violence against the Assyrians (Chaldeans, Syriacs and other Christian minorities) in Iraq; urges the Iraqi authorities and the MNF-I to find the perpetrators of these serious crimes and bring them to justice as soon as possible;

2.

Urges the Iraqi authorities to protect the Assyrians (Chaldeans, Syriacs and other Christian minorities) from discrimination, in accordance with their international obligations;

3.

Urges the Iraqi authorities to improve the security situation of the Assyrians (Chaldeans, Syriacs and other Christian minorities) and to facilitate the return and resettlement of Assyrian (Chaldean, Syriac and other Christian minority) refugees to a secure environment where their customs and way of life are respected;

4.

Calls for the involvement of the Christians in Iraq in the reconstruction and administration of their land and villages in Northern Iraq and elsewhere in the region in order to preserve their cultural, religious and ethnic identity within one undivided country;

5.

Strongly supports the calls by most Iraqi political and religious leaders for restraint and urges the communities in Iraq to come together in a spirit of dialogue and mutual respect; expresses its full support for the efforts of the UN in promoting intercommunal dialogue within the framework of a national dialogue; welcomes the initiative by the League of Arab States to hold a second conference on national reconciliation with the participation of all Iraqi communities;

6.

Urges the Constitutional Committee of the Iraqi Council of Representatives to preserve the cultural and religious rights of all Iraqi communities in its proposals for a constitutional amendment;

7.

Calls on the Commission and the Council to take all necessary measures to assist and protect the Assyrians (Chaldeans, Syriacs and other Christian minorities);

The situation in prisons in Iraq

8.

Expresses its concern at the conditions of detention in prisons and other places of detention in Iraq; reaffirms its condemnation of the use of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment of prisoners; calls on the Iraqi authorities and the MNF-I to ensure that conditions of detention conform to international standards for the treatment of prisoners;

9.

Calls on the MNF-I and the Iraqi authorities to release immediately the identities of all remaining detainees and to ensure that they have access to legal counsel and prompt access to their families, and are informed of the reasons for their detention;

10.

Calls on the Iraqi authorities and the MNF-I to put in place adequate safeguards to protect detainees from torture and ill-treatment by:

(a)

ensuring that all allegations of such abuse are subject to prompt, thorough and independent investigation and that any military, security or other officials found to have used, ordered or authorised torture are brought to justice;

(b)

ensuring that detainees are able effectively to challenge their detention before a court and are subject to due process;

(c)

prosecuting all those currently held without charge for internationally recognisable criminal offences or else releasing them;

11.

Welcomes the ongoing investigations carried out by the MNF-I into allegations of abuse of prisoners;

12.

Welcomes the inspection of places of detention throughout the country carried out by the Iraqi authorities; welcomes the fact that more inspections are underway; also welcomes the fact that UNAMI encourages this process;

13.

Calls on the MNF-I and the Iraqi authorities to grant the International Committee of the Red Cross unfettered access to all British and US detention facilities;

14.

Supports the continuing efforts of the Iraqi Ministry of Human Rights to uphold high standards, including for people under detention;

15.

Supports EUJUST LEX; notes that the Iraqi authorities have requested that the mission be extended beyond the end of its current mandate and the scope of the training provided expanded; urges the Commission and the Council to extend the mission beyond the end of its current mandate and to expand the scope of the training provided to include forensic policing;

16.

Calls on the Iraqi Council of Representatives to ratify the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment;

17.

Calls on the Commission, the Council and the Member States to make further contributions to the strengthening of human rights and the rule of law in Iraq;

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18.

Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the Iraqi Transitional Government, the Iraqi Council of Representatives, the Government of the United States of America, the governments of the other countries that are part of the MNF-I, and the UN Secretary-General.

(1)  OJ C 304 E, 1.12.2005, p. 375.

(2)  OJ C 45 E, 23.2.2006, p. 107.

(3)  Texts Adopted, P6_TA(2005)0288.

P6_TA(2006)0144

Egypt: the Ayman Nour affair

European Parliament resolution on Egypt: the Ayman Nour affair

The European Parliament,

—

having regard to its previous resolutions on the case of Ayman Nour and on the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership,

—

having regard to the Barcelona Declaration of 28 November 1995,

—

having regard to the communication of 21 May 2003 from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on reinvigorating EU actions on Human Rights and democratisation with Mediterranean partners — Strategic guidelines (COM(2003)0294),

—

having regard to the first conference of the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network, held in Cairo on 26 and 27 January 2006,

—

having regard to the work programme adopted by the Heads of State and Government at the Barcelona Summit on 28 November 2005,

—

having regard to the conclusions of the fifth Conference of Euro-Mediterranean Presidents of Parliaments, adopted in Barcelona on 26 November 2005,

—

having regard to the resolutions adopted by the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (APEM) on 27 March 2006 and the declaration of its President,

—

having regard to its resolution of 19 January 2006 on the European Neighbourhood Policy (1),

—

having regard to Article 11(1) of the Treaty on European Union and Article 177 of the Treaty establishing the European Community, which establish the promotion of human rights as an objective of the common foreign and security policy,

—

having regard to Rule 115(5) of its Rules of Procedure,

A.

whereas the promotion of respect for democracy, human rights and civil liberties is one of the fundamental principles and aims of the European Union and constitutes a common ground for the development of the Euro-Mediterranean area,

B.

whereas the EU has defined a European Neighbourhood Policy aiming at enhancing and strengthening political dialogue and integrating partner countries into EU policies in order to promote peace, stability and democracy in neighbouring countries,

C.

whereas the first action plans with Morocco, Tunisia, Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian National Authority adopted by the Council commit the Union and partner countries to a closer and all-encompassing dialogue and must follow a coherent and common regional approach; whereas the adoption in June 2006 of the action plan with Egypt, which is currently under negotiation is expected,

D.

whereas it attaches great importance to relations with Egypt and considers fair and transparent elections as the established way to make progress towards a more democratic society,

E.

whereas it is concerned by the waiving of the parliamentary immunity and the detention of Ayman Nour, Chairman of the Ghad Party in Egypt and recalls its previous resolutions on human rights issues in Egypt, including the case of Ayman Nour,

F.

whereas the leader of the El Ghad Party and former member of Parliament Ayman Nour and other defendants were arrested after Dr Nour had stood in the last presidential elections and also in the parliamentary elections of November and December 2005, during which intimidation of Dr Nour's supporters was witnessed,

G.

whereas Ayman Nour, who came second in the last presidential elections, has been sentenced to five years' imprisonment for allegedly falsifying some of the 50 signatures needed to register his party,

H.

whereas it is disturbed by reports that Dr Nour's health has seriously declined due to the hunger strike on which he has embarked in protest at the conditions of his trial and detention,

I.

whereas it has been decided that Dr Nour's appeal will be considered by the Court of Cassation on 18 May 2006; whereas it is concerned, however, by the fact that the judge who was chosen to head this tribunal is the same one who was chosen to question the Egyptian judges who testified against the government and confirmed the forgery of the election process last November; whereas it proposes that, should Dr Nour remain in prison following the court hearing, an ad hoc delegation from Parliament visit him in prison,

1.

Stresses the importance of Egypt and EU-Egypt relations for the stability and development of the Euro-Mediterranean area and welcomes the process of political reform which the Egyptian authorities have undertaken to pursue;

2.

Stresses that respect for human rights is a fundamental value of the EU-Egypt Association Agreement and reaffirms the importance of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership for promoting the rule of law and fundamental freedoms;

3.

Calls on the Egyptian authorities to act in accordance with the laws of Egypt in the spirit of its professed desire for increased political openness and dialogue; recalls nevertheless the political context in which this trial is taking place;

4.

Urges the Egyptian government to reform the legal framework regulating elections in accordance with international standards providing for freedom and transparency, as well as enabling political groups to be founded and civil society organisations to be represented;

5.

Calls on the Council and the Commission to devise practical arrangements in cooperation with Parliament for regular assessments of compliance with Article 2 of the Euro-Mediterranean Association Agreement by all contracting parties thereto with a view to bringing about verifiable progress, in particular with regard to regular and impartial monitoring of developments in the field of human rights and the extent to which human rights activists and opposition leaders, such as Dr Nour, are free to act and speak out;

6.

Calls for the release of Dr Ayman Nour;

7.

Stresses the positive and moderate role that Egypt plays in the Middle East peace process; calls on the Commission and the Council to strengthen this role;

8.

Calls on the Egyptian government to establish precise timetables and benchmarks in order effectively to monitor the progress of the implementation of the Action Plan and thereby involve and consult organisations working within the framework of the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network;

9.

Urges, in this regard, the Commission and the Egyptian government to include in the Action Plan the creation of a specific Sub-Committee on Human Rights in the framework of the EU-Egypt Association Agreement and to establish an efficient monitoring mechanism for the Action Plan once it is adopted;

10.

Takes the view that the lifting of the Emergency Laws is an absolute necessity if democracy is to be respected;

11.

Strongly supports measures to guarantee academic freedom and freedom of the media and private religious belief, putting an end to discrimination between citizens on grounds of sex, religion, race or any other grounds to be included in the Action Plan; is worried, however, about the growing role of fundamentalism in this area;

12.

Takes the view that the Action Plan should include concrete, measurable and time-bound commitments, even if this means prolonging the negotiations beyond the proposed date for the meeting of the EUEgypt Association Council, scheduled to take place on 12 June 2006; calls, in particular, on the Commission and the Egyptian government to tackle in the Action Plan sensitive issues such as the lifting of the state of emergency, the prevention of and the fight against torture, the abolition of arbitrary detention and the reinforcement of the independence of the judiciary;

13.

Calls on the Parliament of the Republic of Egypt to engage in a process of democratisation and of enforcement of the rule of law and human rights with a view to it playing a leading role in the region as a future model of parliamentary democracy;

14.

Recalls its request, as expressed in its above mentioned resolution of 19 January 2006, to have a follow-up on the conditions and the situation of Sudanese refugees who were subjected to violence in Cairo on 30 December 2005;

15.

Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the governments and parliaments of the Member States and the Mediterranean countries signatory to the Barcelona Declaration and to the President of the Euro-Mediterranean Assembly.

(1)  Texts Adopted, P6_TA(2006)0028.

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