ISSN 1725-2423

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 219E

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Information and Notices

Volume 51
28 August 2008

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IV   Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

European Parliament

2007-2008 SESSION

Sittings of 24 to 27 September 2007

Monday 24 September 2007

2008/C 219E/01

MINUTES

1

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

Resumption of session

Statements by the President

Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

Membership of Parliament

Signature of acts adopted under codecision

Corrigendum (Rule 204a)

Documents received

Oral questions and written declarations (tabling)

Lapsed written declarations

Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council

Petitions

Action taken on Parliament's positions and resolutions

Transfers of appropriations

Order of business

One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Road Map for renewable energy in Europe (debate)

Development of the Community's railways ***III — Certification of train drivers operating locomotives and trains on the railway system in the Community ***III — Rail passengers' rights and obligations ***III (debate)

Agenda for next sitting

Closure of sitting

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

20

Tuesday 25 September 2007

2008/C 219E/02

MINUTES

21

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

Opening of sitting

Documents received

Vote on request for urgent procedure

Restructuring of the sugar industry * — Common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector * (debate)

Dangerous toys manufactured in China (debate)

Voting time

EC-Panama Agreement on certain aspects of air services * (Rule 131) (vote)

EC-Kyrgyzstan Agreement on certain aspects of air services * (Rule 131) (vote)

EC-Jordan Agreement on certain aspects of air services * (Rule 131) (vote)

EC-Israel Agreement on scientific and technical cooperation * (Rule 131) (vote)

Participation of Bulgaria and Romania in the EEC-San Marino Agreement on Cooperation and Customs Union * (Rule 131) (vote)

National aid granted by Finland for seeds and cereal seed * (Rule 131) (vote)

Excise duty on rum * (Rule 131) (vote)

Road safety: passenger hand-holds on two-wheel motor vehicles ***I (Rule 131) (vote)

Road safety: stands for two-wheel motor vehicles ***I (Rule 131) (vote)

Rear registration plate of two or three-wheel motor vehicles ***I (Rule 131) (vote)

Application of competition rules to transport by rail, road and inland waterway ***I (Rule 131) (vote)

Rear-view mirrors for wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors ***I (Rule 131) (vote)

Roll-over protection structures of wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors ***I (Rule 131) (vote)

Statistics on education and lifelong learning ***I (Rule 131) (vote)

Development of the Community's railways ***III (vote)

Certification of train drivers operating locomotives and trains on the railway system in the Community ***III (vote)

Rail passengers' rights and obligations ***III (vote)

Restructuring of the sugar industry * (vote)

Common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector * (vote)

Road Map for renewable energy in Europe (vote)

Explanations of vote

Corrections to votes and voting intentions

Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

Implementation of the Council decision on the moratorium against death penalty (debate)

Negotiations on an Interregional Association Agreement with Mercosur and the new bilateral strategic partnership with Brazil (debate)

Green Paper on urban transport (debate)

Question Time (Commission)

European Institute of Technology ***I (debate)

Towards a common European foreign policy on energy (debate)

Set aside for year 2008 (debate)

Agenda for next sitting

Closure of sitting

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

35

ANNEX I

37

ANNEX II

44

TEXTS ADOPTED

62

P6_TA(2007)0387
EC-Panama Agreement on certain aspects of air services *
European Parliament legislative resolution of 25 September 2007 on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Panama on certain aspects of air services (COM(2007)0151 — C6-0198/2007 — 2007/0057(CNS))

62

P6_TA(2007)0388
EC-Kyrgyzstan Agreement on certain aspects of air services *
European Parliament legislative resolution of 25 September 2007 on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Kyrgyz Republic on certain aspects of air services (COM(2007)0189 — C6-0173/2007 — 2007/0065(CNS))

62

P6_TA(2007)0389
EC-Jordan Agreement on certain aspects of air services *
European Parliament legislative resolution of 25 September 2007 on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan on certain aspects of air services (COM(2007)0219 — C6-0201/2007 — 2007/0074(CNS))

63

P6_TA(2007)0390
EC-Israel Agreement on Scientific and Technical Cooperation *
European Parliament legislative resolution of 25 September 2007 on the proposal for a Council decision concerning the conclusion of the Agreement on Scientific and Technical Cooperation between the European Community and the State of Israel (COM(2007)0276 — C6-0237/2007 — 2007/0096(CNS))

63

P6_TA(2007)0391
Participation of Bulgaria and Romania in the EEC-San Marino Agreement on Cooperation and Customs Union *
European Parliament legislative resolution of 25 September 2007 on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Community and its Member States, of a Protocol to the Agreement on Cooperation and Customs Union between the European Economic Community and the Republic of San Marino, regarding the participation, as contracting parties, of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania, pursuant to their accession to the European Union (COM(2007)0309 — C6- 0250/2007 — 2007/0105(CNS))

64

P6_TA(2007)0392
National aid granted by Finland for seeds and cereal seed *
European Parliament legislative resolution of 25 September 2007 on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1947/2005 as regards national aid granted by Finland for seeds and cereal seed (COM(2007)0323 — C6-0245/2007 — 2007/0109(CNS))

64

P6_TA(2007)0393
Excise duty on rum *
European Parliament legislative resolution of 25 September 2007 on the proposal for a Council decision authorising France to apply a reduced rate of excise duty on ‘traditional’ rum produced in its overseas departments and repealing Council Decision 2002/166/EC of 18 February 2002 (COM(2007)0318 — C6-0249/2007 — 2007/0131(CNS))

65

P6_TA(2007)0394
Road safety: passenger hand-holds on two-wheel motor vehicles ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution of 25 September 2007 on the amended proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on passenger hand-holds on two-wheel motor vehicles (codified version) (COM(2006)0265 — C6-0419/2006 — 2003/0058(COD))

65

P6_TA(2007)0395
Road safety: stands for two-wheel motor vehicles ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution of 25 September 2007 on the amended proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on stands for two-wheel motor vehicles (codified version) (COM(2006)0262 — C6-0418/2006 — 2003/0059(COD))

66

P6_TA(2007)0396
Rear registration plate of two or three-wheel motor vehicles ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution of 25 September 2007 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to the space for mounting the rear registration plate of two or three-wheel motor vehicles (codified version) (COM(2006)0478 — C6-0291/2006 — 2006/0161(COD))

66

P6_TA(2007)0397
Application of competition rules to transport by rail, road and inland waterway ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution of 25 September 2007 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council applying rules of competition to transport by rail, road and inland waterway (codified version) (COM(2006)0722 — C6-0433/2006 — 2006/0241(COD))

67

P6_TA(2007)0398
Rear-view mirrors for wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution of 25 September 2007 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on rear-view mirrors for wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (codified version) (COM(2007)0236 — C6-0126/2007 — 2007/0081(COD))

67

P6_TA(2007)0399
Roll-over protection structures of wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution of 25 September 2007 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to the roll-over protection structures of wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (codified version) (COM(2007)0310 — C6-0163/2007 — 2007/0107(COD))

68

P6_TA(2007)0400
Statistics on education and lifelong learning ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution of 25 September 2007 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the production and development of statistics on education and lifelong learning (COM(2005)0625 — C6-0422/2005 — 2005/0248(COD))

68

P6_TC1-COD(2005)0248
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 25 September 2007 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EC) No .../2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the production and development of statistics on education and lifelong learning

69

P6_TA(2007)0401
Development of the Community's railways ***III
European Parliament legislative resolution of 25 September 2007 on the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 91/440/EEC on the development of the Community's railways and Directive 2001/14/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the allocation of railway infrastructure capacity and the levying of charges for the use of railway infrastructure (PE-CONS 3635/2007 — C6-0212/2007 — 2004/0047(COD))

69

P6_TA(2007)0402
Certification of train drivers operating locomotives and trains on the railway system in the Community ***III
European Parliament legislative resolution of 25 September 2007 on the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the certification of train drivers operating locomotives and trains on the railway system in the Community (PE-CONS 3636/2007 — C6-0213/2007 — 2004/0048(COD))

70

P6_TA(2007)0403
Rail passengers' rights and obligations ***III
European Parliament legislative resolution of 25 September 2007 on the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on rail passengers' rights and obligations (PE-CONS 3637/2007 — C6-0214/2007 — 2004/0049(COD))

70

P6_TA(2007)0404
Restructuring of the sugar industry *
European Parliament legislative resolution of 25 September 2007 on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 320/2006 establishing a temporary scheme for the restructuring of the sugar industry in the Community (COM(2007)0227 — C6-0176/2007 — 2007/0085(CNS))

71

P6_TA(2007)0405
Common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector *
European Parliament legislative resolution of 25 September 2007 on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector (COM(2007)0227 — C6-0177/2007 — 2007/0086(CNS))

79

P6_TA(2007)0406
Road Map for renewable energy in Europe
European Parliament resolution of 25 September 2007 on the Road Map for Renewable Energy in Europe (2007/2090(INI))

82

P6_TA(2007)0407
Primates in scientific experiments
Declaration of the European Parliament on the use of primates in scientific experiments

90

P6_TA(2007)0408
Emergency call number 112
Declaration of the European Parliament on the European emergency call number 112

92

Wednesday 26 September 2007

2008/C 219E/03

MINUTES

94

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

Opening of sitting

Immigration — Legal migration — Policy priorities in the fight against illegal immigration of third-country nationals (debate)

Welcome

The need for measures to protect the Roman Catholic Cathedral of St Joseph in Bucharest, Romania — an endangered historical and architectural monument (written declaration)

Verification of the credentials of the new Members of the European Parliament

Voting time

European Institute of Technology ***I (vote)

Right to vote and stand in elections to the European Parliament for EU citizens residing in a foreign Member State * (vote)

Set aside for year 2008 * (vote)

Dangerous toys manufactured in China (vote)

Towards a common European foreign policy on energy (vote)

Legal migration (vote)

Policy priorities in the fight against illegal immigration of third-country nationals (vote)

Explanations of vote

Corrections to votes and voting intentions

Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

Secret detentions and unlawful inter-state transfers involving member states of the Council of Europe (Fava and Marty reports) (debate)

ESDP operation in eastern Chad and the north of the Central African Republic (debate)

Situation in Burma (debate)

Question Time (Council)

Membership of Parliament

Obligations of cross-border service providers (debate)

i2010: Digital libraries (debate)

Efficiency and equity in European education and training systems (debate)

European strategy for the rights of the child: against dyscrimination of children and exclusion of dys people (debate)

Agenda for next sitting

Closure of sitting

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

104

ANNEX I

106

ANNEX II

116

TEXTS ADOPTED

174

P6_TA(2007)0409
European Institute of Technology ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution of 26 September 2007 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Institute of Technology (COM(2006)0604 — C6-0355/2006 — 2006/0197(COD))

174

P6_TC1-COD(2006)0197
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 26 September 2007 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EC) No .../2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Institute of Innovation and Technology

175

P6_TA(2007)0410
Right to vote and stand in elections to the European Parliament for Union citizens residing in a foreign Member State *
European Parliament legislative resolution of 26 September 2007 on the proposal for a Council directive amending Directive 93/109/EC of 6 December 1993 as regards certain detailed arrangements for the exercise of the right to vote and stand as a candidate in elections to the European Parliament for citizens of the Union residing in a Member State of which they are not nationals (COM(2006)0791 — C6-0066/2007 — 2006/0277(CNS))

193

P6_TA(2007)0411
Set-aside for year 2008 *
European Parliament legislative resolution of 26 September 2007 on the proposal for a Council regulation derogating from Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers, as regards set aside for year 2008 (COM(2007)0523 — C6-0302/2007 — 2007/0194(CNS))

201

P6_TA(2007)0412
Dangerous toys manufactured in China
European Parliament resolution of 26 September 2007 on the safety of products and particularly toys

202

P6_TA(2007)0413
Towards a common European foreign policy on energy
European Parliament resolution of 26 September 2007 on towards a common European foreign policy on energy (2007/2000(INI))

206

P6_TA(2007)0414
Legal migration
European Parliament resolution of 26 September 2007 on the policy plan on legal migration (2006/2251(INI))

215

P6_TA(2007)0415
The fight against illegal immigration of third-country nationals
European Parliament resolution of 26 September 2007 on Policy priorities in the fight against illegal immigration of third-country nationals (2006/2250(INI))

223

Thursday 27 September 2007

2008/C 219E/04

MINUTES

234

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

Opening of sitting

Documents received

Equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin (debate)

Equality between women and men in the EU (debate)

Welcome

Need for a comprehensive strategy to control cancer (written declaration)

Request for the waiver of parliamentary immunity

Agenda

Voting time

i2010: Digital libraries (Rule 131) (vote)

Efficiency and equity in European education and training systems (Rule 131) (vote)

Implementation of the Council decision on the moratorium against death penalty (vote)

ESDP operation in eastern Chad and the north of the Central African Republic (vote)

Situation in Burma (vote)

Obligations of cross-border service providers (vote)

Equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin (vote)

Equality between women and men in the EU (vote)

Membership of committees and delegations

Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

Forwarding of texts adopted during the sitting

Communication of Council common positions

Explanations of vote

Corrections to votes and voting intentions

Decisions concerning certain documents

Written declarations entered in the register (Rule 116)

Dates for next sittings

Adjournment of session

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

248

ANNEX I

250

ANNEX II

258

TEXTS ADOPTED

296

P6_TA(2007)0416
i2010: Digital libraries
European Parliament resolution of 27 September 2007 on i2010: towards a European digital library (2006/2040(INI))

296

P6_TA(2007)0417
Efficiency and equity in European education and training systems
European Parliament resolution of 27 September 2007 on efficiency and equity in European education and training systems (2007/2113(INI))

300

P6_TA(2007)0418
Moratorium on the death penalty
European Parliament resolution of 27 September 2007 on a universal moratorium on the death penalty

306

P6_TA(2007)0419
Chad and the Central African Republic
European Parliament resolution of 27 September 2007 on the ESDP operation in Chad and the Central African Republic

308

P6_TA(2007)0420
Burma
European Parliament resolution of 27 September 2007 on Burma

311

P6_TA(2007)0421
Obligations of cross-border service providers
European Parliament resolution of 27 September 2007 on the obligations of cross-border service providers (2006/2049(INI))

312

P6_TA(2007)0422
Equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin
European Parliament resolution of 27 September 2007 on the application of Council Directive 2000/43/EC of 29 June 2000 implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin (2007/2094(INI))

317

P6_TA(2007)0423
Equality between women and men in the EU
European Parliament resolution of 27 September 2007 on equality between women and men in the European Union — 2007 (2007/2065(INI))

324

CORRIGENDUM
Corrigendum to the position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 25 April 2007 with a view to the adoption of Directive 2007/.../EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on criminal measures aimed at ensuring the enforcement of intellectual property rights

331

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