24.4.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

CE 102/1

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MINUTES

(2008/C 102 E/01)

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

IN THE CHAIR: Hans-Gert PÖTTERING

President

1.   Resumption of session

The sitting opened at 17.00.

2.   Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

Othmar Karas had informed the Presidency that he had been present at the sitting of 10.05.2007, but that his name was not on the attendance register.

The Minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

3.   Membership of Parliament

Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin had been appointed to the French Government with effect from 18 May 2007.

Under Rule 3(2), second subparagraph, of its Rules of Procedure, Parliament noted the appointment and established the vacancy with effect from 18 May 2007, under Article 7(1) of the Act concerning the election of representatives of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage and under Rule 4(1).

4.   Signature of acts adopted under codecision

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

—	Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Financial Instrument for the Environment (LIFE+) (3611/2/2007 — C6-0141/2007 — 2004/0218(COD))

—	Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing an action programme for customs in the Community (Customs 2013) (3679/5/2006 — C6-0138/2007 — 2006/0075(COD))

—	Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Refugee Fund for the period 2008 to 2013 as part of the General programme ‘Solidarity and Management of Migration Flows’ and repealing Council Decision 2004/904/EC (3690/2/2006 — C6-0134/2007 — 2005/0046(COD))

—	Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the External Borders Fund for the period 2007-2013 as part of the General programme ‘Solidarity and Management of Migration Flows’ (3691/1/2006 — C6-0135/2007 — 2005/0047(COD))

—	Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Return Fund for the period 2008 to 2013 as part of the General Programme ‘Solidarity and Management of Migration Flows’ (3692/1/2006 — C6-0136/2007 — 2005/0049(COD))

—	Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2002/2/EC amending Council Directive 79/373/EEC on the circulation of compound feedingstuffs (3601/1/2007 — C6-0137/2007 — 2006/0117(COD))

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Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council repealing Council Directive 71/304/EEC concerning the abolition of restrictions on freedom to provide services in respect of public works contracts and on the award of public works contracts to contractors acting through agencies or branches (3606/1/2007 — C6-0139/2007 — 2006/0249(COD))

—	Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the placing on the market of pyrotechnic articles (3671/3/2006 — C6-0140/2007 — 2005/0194(COD)).

5.   Establishing a green hydrogen economy and a third industrial revolution in Europe (written declaration)

Written declaration 16/2007 submitted by Zita Gurmai, Anders Wijkman, Vittorio Prodi, Umberto Guidoni and Claude Turmes on establishing a green hydrogen economy and a third industrial revolution in Europe through a partnership with committed regions and cities, SMEs and civil society organisations had been signed by the majority of Parliament's component Members. Consequently, in accordance with Rule 116(4), it would be forwarded to its addressees and published, together with the names of the signatories, in the Texts Adopted of the sitting of 22.05.2007.

6.   Documents received

The following documents had been received:

1)

from committees: 1.1) reports: — Report on Economic Partnership Agreements (2005/2246(INI)) — INTA Committee. Rapporteur: Robert Sturdy (A6-0084/2007) — ***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on environmental quality standards in the field of water policy and amending Directive 2000/60/EC (COM(2006)0397 — C6-0243/2006 — 2006/0129(COD)) — ENVI Committee. Rapporteur: Anne Laperrouze (A6-0125/2007) — Report on amendment of Rule 47 of Parliament's Rules of Procedure ‘Enhanced Cooperation between Committees’ (2007/2016(REG)) — AFCO Committee. Rapporteur: Richard Corbett (A6-0139/2007) — * Report on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (COM(2006)0755 — C6-0044/2007 — 2006/0256(CNS)) — AGRI Committee. Rapporteur: Béla Glattfelder (A6-0141/2007) — Report on the conclusion of the Joint Declaration on practical arrangements for the codecision procedure (2005/2125(ACI)) — AFCO Committee. Rapporteur: Jo Leinen (A6-0142/2007) — Report on Global Europe — External aspects of competitiveness (2006/2292(INI)) — INTA Committee. Rapporteur: Daniel Caspary (A6-0149/2007) — Report containing a proposal for a European Parliament recommendation to the Council concerning the progress of the negotiations on the framework decision on action to combat racism and xenophobia (2007/2067(INI)) — LIBE Committee. Rapporteur: Martine Roure (A6-0151/2007) — Report with a proposal for a European Parliament recommendation to the Council on developing a strategic concept on tackling organised crime (2006/2094(INI)) — LIBE Committee. Rapporteur: Bill Newton Dunn (A6-0152/2007) — ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a common authorisation procedure for food additives, food enzymes and food flavourings (COM(2006)0423 — C6-0258/2006 — 2006/0143(COD)) — ENVI Committee. Rapporteur: Åsa Westlund (A6-0153/2007) — ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on food additives (COM(2006)0428 — C6-0260/2006 — 2006/0145(COD)) — ENVI Committee. Rapporteur: Åsa Westlund (A6-0154/2007) — ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council banning the placing on the market and the import of, or export from, the Community of cat and dog fur and products containing such fur (COM(2006)0684 — C6-0428/2006 — 2006/0236(COD)) — IMCO Committee. Rapporteur: Eva-Britt Svensson (A6-0157/2007) — Report on Kashmir: present situation and future prospects (2005/2242(INI)) — AFET Committee. Rapporteur: Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne (A6-0158/2007) — Report on Putting knowledge into practice: A broad-based innovation strategy for the EU (2006/2274(INI)) — ITRE Committee. Rapporteur: Adam Gierek (A6-0159/2007) — * Report on the proposal for a Council regulation on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Government of the Russian Federation on cooperation in fisheries and the conservation of the living marine resources in the Baltic Sea (COM(2006)0868 — C6-0052/2007 — 2006/0309(CNS)) — PECH Committee. Rapporteur: Philippe Morillon (A6-0160/2007) — * Report on the proposal for a Council regulation on the conclusion of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community on the one hand, and the Government of Denmark and the Home Rule Government of Greenland, on the other hand (COM(2006)0804 — C6-0506/2006 — 2006/0262(CNS)) — PECH Committee. Rapporteur: Joop Post (A6-0161/2007) — * Report on the proposal for a Council directive on pure-bred breeding animals of the bovine species (codified version) (COM(2006)0749 — C6-0002/2007 — 2006/0250(CNS)) — JURI Committee. Rapporteur: Hans-Peter Mayer (A6-0164/2007) — * Report on the proposal for a Council regulation on the Community trade mark (Codified version) (COM(2006)0830 — C6-0050/2007 — 2006/0267(CNS)) — JURI Committee. Rapporteur: Hans-Peter Mayer (A6-0165/2007) — * Report on the proposal for a Council regulation on the production and marketing of eggs for hatching and of farmyard poultry chicks (codified version) (COM(2006)0694 — C6-0436/2006 — 2006/0231(CNS)) — JURI Committee. Rapporteur: Hans-Peter Mayer (A6-0166/2007) — ***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks (codified version) (COM(2006)0812 — C6-0504/2006 — 2006/0264(COD)) — JURI Committee. Rapporteur: Hans-Peter Mayer (A6-0167/2007) — * Report on the proposal for a Council regulation on scrutiny by Member States of transactions forming part of the system of financing by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund — (codified version) (COM(2006)0813 — C6-0049/2007 — 2006/0265(CNS)) — JURI Committee. Rapporteur: Hans-Peter Mayer (A6-0168/2007) — * Report on the proposal for a Council regulation on establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (COM(2006)0822 — C6-0045/2007 — 2006/0269(CNS)) — AGRI Committee. Rapporteur: Niels Busk (A6-0171/2007) — Report on the impact and consequences of the exclusion of Health Services from the Directive on Services in the Internal Market (2006/2275(INI)) — IMCO Committee. Rapporteur: Bernadette Vergnaud (A6-0173/2007) 1.2) recommendations for second reading: — ***II Recommendation for second reading on the Council common position for adopting a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing for the period 2007-2013 a specific programme to prevent and combat violence against children, young people and women and to protect victims and groups at risk (Daphne III programme) as part of the General programme ‘Fundamental Rights and Justice’ (16367/1/2006 — C6-0089/2007 — 2005/0037A(COD)) — FEMM Committee. Rapporteur: Lissy Gröner (A6-0147/2007) — ***II Recommendation for second reading on the Council common position for adopting a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down general rules for the granting of Community financial aid in the field of trans-European transport and energy networks (17032/2/2006 — C6-0101/2007 — 2004/0154(COD)) — BUDG Committee. Rapporteur: Mario Mauro (A6-0169/2007)

2)

from Members: 2.1) oral questions for Question Time (Rule 109) (B6-0018/2007): — to the Commission: Martin David, Budreikaitė Danutė, Ryan Eoin, Moraes Claude, Willmott Glenis, McCarthy Arlene, Pafilis Athanasios, Vakalis Nikolaos, Tarabella Marc, Cappato Marco, Papastamkos Georgios, Batzeli Katerina, van Nistelrooij Lambert, Posselt Bernd, Papadimoulis Dimitrios, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou Rodi, Hatzidakis Konstantinos, Demetriou Panayiotis, Medina Ortega Manuel, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou Marie, Guardans Cambó Ignasi, Badia i Cutchet Maria, Davies Chris, Ludford Sarah, Bushill-Matthews Philip, Vanhecke Frank, Mavrommatis Manolis, Kuźmiuk Zbigniew Krzysztof, Evans Robert, Paleckis Justas Vincas, Crowley Brian, Aylward Liam, Ó Neachtain Seán, Karatzaferis Georgios, Van Hecke Johan, Doyle Avril, El Khadraoui Saïd, Podkański Zdzisław Zbigniew, Mitchell Gay, De Vits Mia, Arnaoutakis Stavros, Mato Adrover Ana, Manolakou Diamanto, Toussas Georgios, Guerreiro Pedro, Belet Ivo, Andrikienė Laima Liucija — to the Council: Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou Rodi, Medina Ortega Manuel, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou Marie, Davies Chris, Toussas Georgios, Ludford Sarah, Posselt Bernd, Bushill-Matthews Philip, Isler Béguin Marie Anne, Moraes Claude, Guerreiro Pedro, Willmott Glenis, Budreikaitė Danutė, Papadimoulis Dimitrios, Evans Robert, Mavrommatis Manolis, Casaca Paulo, Crowley Brian, Aylward Liam, Ó Neachtain Seán, Ryan Eoin, Van Hecke Johan, Manolakou Diamanto, Andrikienė Laima Liucija, Karatzaferis Georgios, Mitchell Gay, van Nistelrooij Lambert, Anastase Roberta Alma, Pafilis Athanasios

3)

from Parliament's Delegation to the Conciliation Committee: — ***III Report on the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Financial Instrument for the Environment (LIFE+) (03611/2007 — C6-0105/2007 — 2004/0218(COD)) — CODE Committee. Rapporteur: Marie Anne Isler Béguin (A6-0180/2007).

7.   Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council

The Council had forwarded certified true copies of the following:

—	Agreement between the European Community and the Russian Federation on readmission

—	Agreement between the European Community and the Russian Federation on the facilitation of the issuance of visas to the citizens of the European Union and the Russian Federation

8.   Oral questions and written declarations (tabling)

The following documents had been received from Members:

1)

oral questions (Rule 108): — (O-0018/2007) Miroslav Ouzký, on behalf of the ENVI Committee, to the Council: Key objectives for the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) to be held in The Hague on 3-15 June 2007 (B6-0020/2007); — (O-0019/2007) Miroslav Ouzký, on behalf of the ENVI Committee, to the Commission: Key objectives for the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) to be held in The Hague on 3-15 June 2007 (B6-0121/2007);

2)

written declarations for entry in the Register (Rule 116): — Antonios Trakatellis, Françoise Grossetête, Karin Jöns, Philippe Busquin and Adamos Adamou on the need for a comprehensive strategy to control cancer (0052/2007); — Christa Prets, Gyula Hegyi, Ivo Belet and Helga Trüpel on protection of sources of information (0053/2007); — Adrian Severin, Daciana Octavia Sârbu, Silvia Ciornei, Radu Podgorean and Corina Creţu on the need for measures to protect the Roman Catholic Cathedral of St Joseph in Bucharest, Romania — an endangered historical and architectural monument (0054/2007); — Jacky Henin on using an origin mark to add value to and protect European cutlery products (0055/2007); — Riccardo Ventre, Antonio Tajani, Carlo Casini, Alfredo Antoniozzi and Giorgio Carollo on safeguarding the livestock industry in the Campania Region (0056/2007).

9.   Written declarations (Rule 116)

In accordance with Rule 116(5), written declarations 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20/2007 lapsed as they had not obtained the required number of signatures.

10.   Petitions

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

09.05.2007

Günter Weißmantel (No 195/2007);

Jordan Stamenov Lazov (Non-governmental organisation for saving nature in the Rila valley of river Jerman) (No 196/2007);

Viola Benesch (No 197/2007);

Nicole Banderitsch (with 3 signatures) (No 198/2007);

Helmut Zugowski (with 2 signatures) (No 199/2007);

Gabriele Österreicher (No 200/2007);

Walter Prießnitz (with 2 signatures) (No 201/2007);

Marcus Popp (No 202/2007);

Daniel Nestmann (CBG) (No 203/2007);

Mark Garavan (No 204/2007);

Stephen Cusworth (No 205/2007);

David Rogers (No 206/2007);

Paris I. Konstantinos (with 2 signatures) (No 207/2007);

Maybelle Wallis (No 208/2007);

The Metropolitan Pavlos of Kyrenia (The Holy Diocese of Kyrenia) (No 209/2007);

Robert Pocock (VOICE of Irish Concern for the Environment) (No 210/2007);

Walter Graham (Councils of Northern Ireland Against Fluoridation) (No 211/2007);

Unai Fuente Gómez (No 212/2007);

Marina Soledad Perera Perez (with 2 signatures) (No 213/2007);

Sonia Ortiga (Los Verdes Europa) (No 214/2007);

Sonia Ortiga (Los Verdes Europa) (No 215/2007);

Federico Arrizabalaga Moreno (As. Residentes Mont S. José-Oropesa) (No 216/2007);

Javier Sanchis Marco (No 217/2007);

(Name confidential) (No 218/2007);

José Antonio Albert Monferrer (Plataforma Ciutadana No a la Contaminacio) (No 219/2007);

Jean Raymond Lecha (Fédération Départementale des Chasseurs des Landes) (with 2 091 signatures) (No 220/2007);

Lucien Orsane (No 221/2007);

Marcel Gendry (No 222/2007);

Maria Martins Rodrigues (with 4 signatures) (No 223/2007);

Cristina Ballesio (Coordinamento Emergenza Guinea) (No 224/2007);

Dea Buccilli (M. I. N. E. R. V. E.) (with 492 signatures) (No 225/2007);

Hannes Kell (Serbska Ludowa Strona — Wendische Volkspartei) (with 3 signatures) (No 226/2007);

Jan Józef Lange (No 227/2007);

Marek Smolarkiewicz (Polski Klub Ekologiczny Koło przy X Liceum Ogólnokształcącym w Poznaniu) (with 793 signatures) (No 228/2007);

Eugen Dan Neagu (No 229/2007);

10.05.2007

Dimitar Kyosev (No 230/2007);

Ingo Alberti (No 231/2007);

Nikolos Panayotopoulos (No 232/2007);

Yves Babin (No 233/2007);

(Name confidential) (with 2 signatures) (No 234/2007);

(Name confidential) (No 235/2007);

Ali Uzunoglu (No 236/2007);

Marcos Ballesteros Galera (No 237/2007);

Niels Weyhe (No 238/2007);

(Name confidential) (No 239/2007);

11.   Transfers of appropriations

The Committee on Budgets had considered the Commission's proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 11/2007 (C6-0117/2007 — SEC(2007)0371 final).

It had authorised the transfer in part under Article 24(3) of the Financial Regulation of 25 June 2002, as amended on 13 December 2006.

12.   Declaration of financial interests

The following Members had not yet updated their declaration of financial interests for 2006 in line wth Annex I, Article 2(5) to the Rules of Procedure:

Luis Herrero-Tejedor and Michael Henry Nattrass.

13.   Order of business

The next item was the order of business.

The final draft agenda for the May II and June I sittings (PE 389.455/PDOJ) had been distributed and a number of changes had been proposed (Rule 132):

Sittings of 21.05.2007 to 24.05.2007

Monday

—	no changes

Tuesday

Request from the Verts/ALE Group for the final vote on the report by Marie-Hélène Aubert (A6-0061/2007) on organic production and labelling of organic products (Item 16 on the Final Draft Agenda) to be held over until the Strasbourg part-session in June.

The following spoke: Monica Frassoni, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, who moved the request, and Struan Stevenson, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group.

Parliament rejected the request.

Request from the PPE-DE and PSE Groups for the debate on the Council and Commission statements on the situation in Palestine (Item 62 on the Final Draft Agenda) not to be wound up with motions for a resolution.

The following spoke: Hannes Swoboda, on behalf of the PSE Group, who moved the request, and Francis Wurtz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group.

Parliament agreed to the request.

Wednesday

—	no changes

Thursday

—	no changes

Sittings of 06.06.2007 and 07.06.2007

—	no changes

The order of business was thus established.

14.   One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Pursuant to Rule 144, the following Members who wished to draw the attention of Parliament to matters of political importance spoke for one minute:

Edit Bauer, Gary Titley, Toomas Savi, Leopold Józef Rutowicz, Milan Horáček, Thomas Mann, Manuel Medina Ortega, Péter Olajos, Glyn Ford, Eduard Raul Hellvig, Ryszard Czarnecki, Monica Frassoni, Georgios Karatzaferis, Dimitar Stoyanov and László Surján.

IN THE CHAIR: Rodi KRATSA-TSAGAROPOULOU

Vice-President

Georgios Papastamkos, Marc Tarabella, Marie Anne Isler Béguin, Marios Matsakis, Czesław Adam Siekierski, Pedro Guerreiro, Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Zdzisław Zbigniew Podkański, Monica Maria Iacob-Ridzi, Willy Meyer Pleite, Tunne Kelam, Petr Duchoň, Vladimír Maňka and Gerard Batten.

15.   The exclusion of health services from the Services Directive (debate)

Report on the impact and consequences of the exclusion of health services from the Directive on services in the internal market [2006/2275(INI)] — Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection.

Rapporteur: Bernadette Vergnaud (A6-0173/2007)

Bernadette Vergnaud introduced the report.

Markos Kyprianou (Member of the Commission) spoke.

Harald Ettl (draftsman of the opinion of the EMPL Committee) spoke.

IN THE CHAIR: Gérard ONESTA

Vice-President

The following spoke: Jules Maaten (draftsman of the opinion of the ENVI Committee), Charlotte Cederschiöld, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Evelyne Gebhardt, on behalf of the PSE Group, Toine Manders, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Pierre Jonckheer, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Søren Bo Søndergaard, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Jens-Peter Bonde, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Irena Belohorská, Non-attached Member, Marianne Thyssen, Robert Goebbels, Antonyia Parvanova, Kartika Tamara Liotard, Jeffrey Titford, Malcolm Harbour, Harlem Désir, Eva-Britt Svensson, Othmar Karas, Edit Herczog, Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Zuzana Roithová, Barbara Weiler, Milan Gaľa, Maria Matsouka, Markos Kyprianou and Robert Goebbels.

IN THE CHAIR: Rodi KRATSA-TSAGAROPOULOU

Vice-President

Markos Kyprianou spoke.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 23.05.2007, Item 5.6.

16.   Halting the loss of biodiversity by 2010 (debate)

Report on halting the loss of biodiversity by 2010 [2006/2233(INI)] — Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety.

Rapporteur: Adamos Adamou (A6-0089/2007)

Adamos Adamou introduced the report.

Joe Borg (Member of the Commission) spoke.

The following spoke: Thijs Berman (draftsman of the opinion of the AGRI Committee), Ioannis Gklavakis (draftsman of the opinion of the PECH Committee), John Bowis, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Anne Ferreira, on behalf of the PSE Group, Chris Davies, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Marie Anne Isler Béguin, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Justas Vincas Paleckis and Joe Borg.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 22.05.2007, Item 9.10.

17.   Financial Instrument for the Environment (LIFE+) ***III (debate)

Report on the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Financial Instrument for the Environment (LIFE+) [PE-CONS 3611/2007 — C6 0105/2007 — 2004/0218(COD)].

Rapporteur: Marie Anne Isler Béguin (A6-0180/2007)

Marie Anne Isler Béguin introduced the report.

Joe Borg (Member of the Commission) spoke.

The following spoke: Cristina Gutiérrez-Cortines, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Marie-Noëlle Lienemann, on behalf of the PSE Group, Frédérique Ries, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Zbigniew Krzysztof Kuźmiuk, on behalf of the UEN Group, Edite Estrela and Leopold Józef Rutowicz.

IN THE CHAIR: Luisa MORGANTINI

Vice-President

Karin Scheele spoke.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 22.05.2007, Item 9.2.

18.   Environmental quality standards in the field of water policy ***I (debate)

Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on environmental quality standards in the field of water policy and amending Directive 2000/60/EC [COM(2006)0397 — C6-0243/2006 — 2006/0129(COD)] — Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety.

Rapporteur: Anne Laperrouze (A6-0125/2007)

Joe Borg (Member of the Commission) spoke.

Anne Laperrouze introduced the report.

The following spoke: Paul Rübig (draftsman of the opinion of the ITRE Committee), Robert Sturdy, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Marie-Noëlle Lienemann, on behalf of the PSE Group, Henrik Lax, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Margrete Auken, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Johannes Blokland, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Irena Belohorská, Non-attached Member, Péter Olajos, Kathy Sinnott, Christa Klaß, Richard Seeber, Miroslav Mikolášik, Bernadette Bourzai (draftsman of the opinion of the AGRI Committee) and Joe Borg.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 22.05.2007, Item 9.5.

19.   Combating violence (Daphne III programme) ***II (debate)

Recommendation for second reading on the Council common position with a view to the adoption of a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing for the period 2007-2013 a specific programme to prevent and combat violence against children, young people and women and to protect victims and groups at risk (Daphne III programme) as part of the General Programme ‘Fundamental Rights and Justice’ [16367/1/2006 — C6-0089/2007 — 2005/0037(COD)] — Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality.

Rapporteur: Lissy Gröner (A6-0147/2007)

Lissy Gröner introduced the recommendation for second reading.

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

The following spoke: Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Christa Prets, on behalf of the PSE Group, Anneli Jäätteenmäki, on behalf of the ALDE Group, and Hiltrud Breyer, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group.

IN THE CHAIR: Miguel Ángel MARTÍNEZ MARTÍNEZ

Vice-President

The following spoke: Ilda Figueiredo, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Urszula Krupa, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Lydia Schenardi, on behalf of the ITS Group, Edit Bauer, Teresa Riera Madurell, Inger Segelström and Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 22.05.2007, Item 9.3.

20.   Structural policies and EU cohesion (debate)

Report on the impact and effects of structural policies on EU cohesion [2006/2181(INI)] — Committee on Regional Development.

Rapporteur: Francisca Pleguezuelos Aguilar (A6-0150/2007)

Francisca Pleguezuelos Aguilar introduced the report.

Joe Borg (Member of the Commission) spoke.

The following spoke: Nathalie Griesbeck (draftsman of the opinion of the BUDG Committee), Ambroise Guellec, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Constanze Angela Krehl, on behalf of the PSE Group, Mojca Drčar Murko, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Mieczysław Edmund Janowski, on behalf of the UEN Group, Pedro Guerreiro, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Jan Olbrycht, Zbigniew Krzysztof Kuźmiuk and Joe Borg.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 23.05.2007, Item 5.7.

21.   Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the EC and Denmark and Greenland * (debate)

Report on the proposal for a Council regulation on the conclusion of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community on the one hand, and the Government of Denmark and the Home Rule Government of Greenland, on the other hand [COM(2006)0804 — C6-0506/2006 — 2006/0262(CNS)] — Committee on Fisheries.

Rapporteur: Joop Post (A6-0161/2007)

Joe Borg (Member of the Commission) spoke.

Joop Post introduced the report.

The following spoke: Helga Trüpel (draftsman of the opinion of the BUDG Committee), Carmen Fraga Estévez, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Rosa Miguélez Ramos, on behalf of the PSE Group, Elspeth Attwooll, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Catherine Stihler and Joe Borg.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 22.05.2007, Item 9.7.

22.   Agenda for next sitting

The agenda for the next day's sitting had been established (‘Agenda’ PE 389.455/OJMA).

23.   Closure of sitting

The sitting closed at 22.10.

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