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Volume 49
9 February 2006

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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

2005-2006 SESSION

Monday 11 April 2005

2006/C 033E/1

MINUTES

1

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

Resumption of session

Welcome

Tribute

Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

Signature of acts adopted under codecision

Membership of committees

Documents received

Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council

Petitions

Action taken on Parliament's positions and resolutions

Written declarations (Rule 116)

Calendar of part-sessions for 2006

Order of business

One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

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

Procedural rights in criminal proceedings * (debate)

European Police College (CEPOL) * (debate)

Social legislation relating to road transport activities ***II — Harmonisation and control equipment in the field of road transport ***II (debate)

Short sea shipping (debate)

Agenda for next sitting

Closure of sitting

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

17

Tuesday 12 April 2005

2006/C 033E/2

MINUTES

18

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

Opening of sitting

Membership of Parliament

Agenda and deadline for tabling amendments

Documents received

Debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (announcement of motions for resolutions tabled)

2003 discharge: Section III of the general budget — 2003 discharge: Section I of the general budget — 2003 discharge: Sections II, IV, V, VI, VII and VIII of the general budget — 2003 discharge: Decentralised Agencies — 2003 discharge: 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th European Development Funds (debate)

Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) (debate)

The fight against malaria (debate)

Voting time

Election of a Vice-President of the European Parliament

Regional state aid (Rule 131) (vote)

Common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) ***I (Rule 131) (vote)

Designation of Europol as the Central Office for combating euro counterfeiting * (Rule 131) (vote)

European Police College (CEPOL) * (Rule 131) (vote)

Short sea shipping (Rule 131) (vote)

Researchers from third countries (specific procedure) * — Researchers from third countries (facilitating admission) * — Researchers from third countries (short-stay visas) ***I (vote)

Hazardous substances (Rule 81) (vote)

Procedural rights in criminal proceedings * (vote)

2003 discharge: Section III of the general budget (vote)

2003 discharge: Section I of the general budget (vote)

2003 discharge: Sections II, IV, V, VI, VII and VIII of the general budget (vote)

2003 discharge: Decentralised Agencies (vote)

2003 discharge: 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th European Development Funds (vote)

Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) (vote)

Explanations of vote

Corrections to votes

Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

Bulgaria's application for membership of the EU *** — Bulgaria's application to become a member of the Union — Romania's application for membership of the EU *** — Romania's application to become a member of the European Union — The financial implications of the accession of Romania and Bulgaria (debate)

Integrated package: BEPGs and Employment guidelines (debate)

Question Time (Commission)

Global threat of a flu epidemic (debate)

Commission's annual policy strategy for 2006 (debate)

Regional Policy Challenges — Regional policy challenges in the context of the financial framework (2007/2013) (debate)

Ecodesign requirements for energy-using products ***II (debate)

Sulphur content of marine fuels ***II (debate)

Agenda for next sitting

Closure of sitting

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

40

ANNEX I

42

ANNEX II

53

TEXTS ADOPTED

132

P6_TA(2005)0083
Common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) by reason of the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia to the European Union (COM(2004)0592 — C6-0118/2004 — 2004/0202(COD))

132

P6_TA(2005)0084
Designation of Europol as the Central Office for combating euro counterfeiting *
European Parliament legislative resolution on the initiative of the Federal Republic of Germany, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, the Italian Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland with a view to adopting a Council Decision on protecting the euro against counterfeiting, by designating Europol as the Central Office for combating euro counterfeiting (14811/2004 — C6-0221/2004 — 2004/0817(CNS))

132

P6_TA(2005)0085
European Police College (CEPOL) *
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council Decision establishing the European Police College (CEPOL) as a body of the European Union (COM(2004)0623 — C6-0203/2004 — 2004/0215(CNS))

136

P6_TA(2005)0086
Short sea shipping
European Parliament resolution on short sea shipping (2004/2161(INI))

142

P6_TA(2005)0087
Researchers from third countries (specific procedure) *
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council directive on a specific procedure for admitting third-country nationals for purposes of scientific research (COM(2004)0178 — C6-0011/2004 — 2004/0061(CNS))

146

P6_TA(2005)0088
Researchers from third countries (facilitating admission) *
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council recommendation to facilitate the admission of third-country nationals to carry out scientific research in the European Community (COM(2004)0178 — C6-0012/2004 — 2004/0062(CNS))

152

P6_TA(2005)0089
Researchers from third countries (short-stay visas) ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council recommendation to facilitate the issue by the Member States of uniform short-stay visas for researchers from third countries travelling within the European Community for the purpose of carrying out scientific research (COM(2004)0178 — C6-0013/2004 — 2004/0063(COD))

154

P6_TC1-COD(2004)0063
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 12 April 2005 with a view to the adoption of European Parliament and Council Recommendation 2005/.../EC to facilitate the issue by the Member States of uniform short-stay visas for researchers from third countries travelling within the European Community for the purpose of carrying out scientific research

154

P6_TA(2005)0090
Hazardous substances
European Parliament resolution on the draft Commission decision amending for the purposes of adapting to the technical progress the Annex to Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (CMT-2005-151 and CMT-2005-642)

157

P6_TA(2005)0091
Procedural rights in criminal proceedings *
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council framework decision on certain procedural rights in criminal proceedings throughout the European Union (COM(2004)0328 — C6-0071/2004 — 2004/0113(CNS))

159

P6_TA(2005)0092
2003 discharge: Section III of the general budget

169

169

170

171

P6_TA(2005)0093
2003 discharge: Section I of the general budget

191

191

192

P6_TA(2005)0094
2003 discharge: Section II of the general budget

203

203

204

P6_TA(2005)0095
2003 discharge: Section IV of the general budget

205

205

206

P6_TA(2005)0096
2003 discharge: Section V of the general budget

208

208

209

P6_TA(2005)0097
2003 discharge: Section VI of the general budget

212

212

213

P6_TA(2005)0098
2003 discharge: Section VII of the general budget

215

215

215

P6_TA(2005)0099
2003 discharge: Section VIII of the general budget

218

218

219

P6_TA(2005)0100
Discharge 2003: European Agency for Reconstruction

220

220

221

P6_TA(2005)0101
Discharge 2003: European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training

227

227

228

P6_TA(2005)0102
Discharge 2003: European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions

233

233

234

P6_TA(2005)0103
Discharge 2003: European Environment Agency

239

239

240

P6_TA(2005)0104
Discharge 2003: European Agency for Safety and Health at Work

245

245

246

P6_TA(2005)0105
Discharge 2003: European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products

251

251

252

P6_TA(2005)0106
Discharge 2003: Translation Centre for the bodies of the European Union

257

257

258

P6_TA(2005)0107
Discharge 2003: Eurojust

263

263

264

P6_TA(2005)0108
Discharge 2003: European Training Foundation

268

268

269

P6_TA(2005)0109
Discharge 2003: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction

274

274

275

P6_TA(2005)0110
Discharge 2003: European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia

280

280

281

P6_TA(2005)0111
Discharge 2003: European Food Safety Authority

286

286

287

P6_TA(2005)0112
Discharge 2003: European Maritime Safety Agency

292

292

293

P6_TA(2005)0113
Discharge 2003: European Aviation Safety Agency

297

297

298

P6_TA(2005)0114
2003 discharge: 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th European Development Funds

303

303

304

305

P6_TA(2005)0115
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
European Parliament resolution on the role of the European Union in the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) (2004/2252(INI))

311

Wednesday 13 April 2005

2006/C 033E/3

MINUTES

320

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

Opening of sitting

Written declarations (Rule 116)

Meeting of the European Council (Brussels, 22 and 23 March 2005) (debate)

Voting time

Calendar of part-sessions for 2006 (vote)

The financial implications of the accession of Romania and Bulgaria (vote)

Bulgaria's application to become a member of the Union (vote)

Bulgaria's application for membership of the EU *** (vote)

Romania's application to become a member of the European Union (vote)

Romania's application for membership of the EU *** (vote)

Social legislation relating to road transport activities ***II (vote)

Harmonisation and control equipment in the field of road transport ***II (vote)

Ecodesign requirements for energy-using products ***II (vote)

Sulphur content of marine fuels ***II (vote)

Marketing and use of toluene and trichlorobenzene ***I (vote)

Commission's annual policy strategy for 2006 (vote)

Meeting of the European Council (Brussels, 22 and 23 March 2005) (vote)

Explanations of vote

Corrections to votes

Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

Regional integration in the Western Balkans (debate)

Common Foreign and Security Policy (2003) — European Security Strategy (debate)

Question Time (Council)

Redundancies at Alstom (debate)

Fiscal and environmental dumping (debate)

Discrimination against workers and companies from the new Member States in the EU internal market (debate)

Reusability, recyclability and recoverability of motor vehicles ***I (debate)

Agenda for next sitting

Closure of sitting

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

332

ANNEX I

334

ANNEX II

346

TEXTS ADOPTED

403

P6_TA(2005)0116
The financial implications of the accession of Romania and Bulgaria
European Parliament resolution on the financial implications of the accession of Romania and Bulgaria (2005/2031(INI))

403

ANNEX I
JOINT DECLARATION BY THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMISSION

403

ANNEX II
FINANCIAL PACKAGE PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION ON 22 MARCH 2004 FOR BULGARIA AND ROMANIA

404

P6_TA(2005)0117
Bulgaria's application to become a member of the Union
European Parliament resolution on the application by the Republic of Bulgaria to become a member of the European Union (2005/2029(INI))

404

P6_TA(2005)0118
Bulgaria's application for membership of the EU ***
European Parliament legislative resolution on the application by the Republic of Bulgaria to become a member of the European Union (AA1/2/2005 — C6-0085/2005 — 2005/0901(AVC))

409

P6_TA(2005)0119
Romania's application to become a member of the European Union
European Parliament resolution on the application by Romania to become a member of the European Union (2005/2028(INI))

410

P6_TA(2005)0120
Romania's application for membership of the EU ***
European Parliament legislative resolution on the application by Romania to become a member of the European Union (AA1/2/2005 — C6-0086/2005 — 2005/0902(AVC))

414

P6_TA(2005)0121
Social legislation relating to road transport activities ***II
European Parliament legislative resolution on the Council common position for adopting a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on minimum conditions for the implementation of Council Regulations (EEC) Nos 3820/85 and 3821/85 concerning social legislation relating to road transport activities (11336/1/2004 — C6-0249/2004 — 2003/0255(COD))

415

P6_TC2-COD(2003)0255
Position of the European Parliament adopted at second reading on 13 April 2005 with a view to the adoption of European Parliament and Council Directive 2005/.../EC on minimum conditions for the implementation of Council Regulations (EEC) Nos 3820/85 and 3821/85 concerning social legislation relating to road transport activities

415

ANNEX I

423

ANNEX II

424

P6_TA(2005)0122
Harmonisation and control equipment in the field of road transport ***II
European Parliament legislative resolution on the Council common position for adopting a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the harmonisation of certain social legislation relating to road transport and amending Council Regulations (EEC) No 3821/85 and (EC) No 2135/98 (11337/2/2004 — C6-0250/2004 — 2001/0241(COD))

424

P6_TC2-COD(2001)0241
Position of the European Parliament adopted at second reading on 13 April 2005 with a view to the adoption of European Parliament and Council Regulation (EC) No .../2005 on the harmonisation of certain social legislation relating to road transport and amending Council Regulations (EEC) No 3821/85 and (EC) No 2135/98

425

P6_TA(2005)0123
Ecodesign requirements for energy-using products ***II
European Parliament legislative resolution on the Council common position for adopting a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for the setting of eco-design requirements for Energy-Using Products and amending Council Directive 92/42/EEC and Directives 96/57/EC and 2000/55/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (11414/1/2004 — C6-0246/2004 — 2003/0172(COD))

442

P6_TC2-COD(2003)0172
Position of the European Parliament adopted at second reading on 13 April 2005 with a view to the adoption of Directive 2005/.../EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for Energy-Using Products and amending Council Directive 92/42/EEC and Directives 96/57/EC and 2000/55/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council

443

ANNEX I
METHOD FOR SETTING GENERIC ECODESIGN REQUIREMENTS

459

ANNEX II
METHOD FOR SETTING SPECIFIC ECODESIGN REQUIREMENTS

462

ANNEX III
CE MARKING

463

ANNEX IV
INTERNAL DESIGN CONTROL

463

ANNEX V
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR ASSESSING CONFORMITY

464

ANNEX VI
DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY

466

ANNEX VII
CONTENTS OF THE IMPLEMENTING MEASURES

466

ANNEX VIII

467

P6_TA(2005)0124
Sulphur content of marine fuels ***II
European Parliament legislative resolution on the Council common position for adopting a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 1999/32/EC as regards the sulphur content of marine fuels (12891/2/2004 — C6-0248/2004 — 2002/0259(COD))

468

P6_TC2-COD(2002)0259
Position of the European Parliament adopted at second reading on 13 April 2005 with a view to the adoption of Directive 2005/.../EC of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 1999/32/EC as regards the sulphur content of marine fuels

469

ANNEX
GREEK VESSELS

479

P6_TA(2005)0125
Marketing and use of toluene and trichlorobenzene ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to restrictions on the marketing and use of toluene and trichlorobenzene (twenty-eighth amendment of Council Directive 76/769/EEC) (COM(2004)0320 — C6-0030/2004 — 2004/0111(COD))

480

P6_TC1-COD(2004)0111
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 13 April 2005 with a view to the adoption of Directive 2005/.../EC of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to restrictions on the marketing and use of toluene and trichlorobenzene (twenty-eighth amendment of Council Directive 76/769/EEC)

480

ANNEX

482

P6_TA(2005)0126
Commission's annual policy strategy for 2006
European Parliament resolution on the 2006 budget: the Commission's Annual Policy Strategy report (APS) (2004/2270(BUD))

482

P6_TA(2005)0127
Meeting of the European Council (Brussels, 22 and 23 March 2005)
European Parliament resolution on the outcome of the European Council in Brussels on 22 and 23 March 2005

487

Thursday 14 April 2005

2006/C 033E/4

MINUTES

492

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

Opening of sitting

Documents received

Doping in sport (debate)

Cultural diversity (debate)

Southern hake and Norway lobster stocks * — Sole stocks * (debate)

Agenda for next part-session

Communication of Council common positions

Request for the defence of parliamentary immunity

Welcome

Voting time

Sole stocks * (Rule 131) (vote)

Reusability, recyclability and recoverability of motor vehicles ***I (vote)

Southern hake and Norway lobster stocks * (vote)

Regional integration in the western Balkans (vote)

Common Foreign and Security Policy (2003) (vote)

European Security Strategy (vote)

Doping in sport (vote)

Cultural diversity (vote)

Explanations of vote

Corrections to votes

Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

Transfers of appropriations

Drought in Portugal (debate)

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

Bangladesh

Humanitarian assistance to refugees from Western Sahara

Lampedusa

Voting time

Bangladesh (vote)

Humanitarian assistance to refugees in Western Sahara (vote)

Lampedusa (vote)

Drought in Portugal (vote)

Corrections to votes

Membership of interparliamentary delegations

Decisions concerning certain documents

Written declarations included in the register (Rule 116)

Forwarding of texts adopted during the sitting

Dates for next sittings

Adjournment of session

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

505

ANNEX I

507

ANNEX II

516

TEXTS ADOPTED

540

P6_TA(2005)0128
Sole stocks *
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation establishing measures for the recovery of the sole stocks in the Western Channel and the Bay of Biscay (COM(2003)0819 — C5-0047/2004 — 2003/0327(CNS))

540

P6_TA(2005)0129
Re-usability, recyclability and recoverability of motor vehicles ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the type-approval of motor vehicles with regard to their re-usability, recyclability and recoverability and amending Council Directive 70/156/EEC (COM(2004)0162 — C5-0126/2004 — 2004/0053(COD))

545

P6_TC1-COD(2004)0053
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 14 April 2005 with a view to the adoption of Directive 2005/.../EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the type-approval of motor vehicles with regard to their re-usability, recyclability and recoverability and amending Council Directive 70/156/EEC

545

ANNEX
LIST OF ANNEXES

551

ANNEX I
REQUIREMENTS

551

ANNEX II
INFORMATION DOCUMENT FOR EC VEHICLE TYPE-APPROVAL

553

ANNEX III
MODEL OF EC TYPE-APPROVAL CERTIFICATE

555

ANNEX IV
PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT

556

Appendix 1 to Annex IV
MODEL OF CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE

556

ANNEX V
COMPONENT PARTS DEEMED TO BE NON RE-USABLE

557

ANNEX VI
AMENDMENTS TO DIRECTIVE 70/156/EEC

557

P6_TA(2005)0130
Establishing meaures for the recovery of the Southern hake and Norway lobster *
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation establishing measures for the recovery of the Southern hake and Norway lobster stocks in the Cantabrian Sea and Western Iberian peninsula and amending Regulation (EC) No 850/98 (COM(2003)0818 — C5-0042/2004 — 2003/0318(CNS))

558

P6_TA(2005)0131
Regional integration in the western Balkans
European Parliament resolution on the state of regional integration in the western Balkans

565

P6_TA(2005)0132
Common Foreign and Security Policy (2003)
European Parliament resolution on the annual report from the Council to the European Parliament on the main aspects and basic choices of CFSP, including the financial implications for the general budget of the European Communities — 2003 (8412/2004 — 2004/2172(INI))

573

P6_TA(2005)0133
European Security Strategy
European Parliament resolution on the European Security Strategy (2004/2167(INI))

580

P6_TA(2005)0134
Doping in sport
European Parliament resolution on combating doping in sport

590

P6_TA(2005)0135
Cultural diversity
European Parliament resolution on working towards a Convention on the protection of the diversity of cultural content and artistic expression

591

P6_TA(2005)0136
Bangladesh
European Parliament resolution on Bangladesh

594

P6_TA(2005)0137
Humanitarian assistance to refugees from Western Sahara
European Parliament resolution on humanitarian aid to Sahrawi refugees

596

P6_TA(2005)0138
Lampedusa
European Parliament resolution on Lampedusa

598

P6_TA(2005)0139
Drought in Portugal
European Parliament resolution on the drought in Portugal

599

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