ISSN 1725-2423

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 157E

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 49
6 July 2006

Notice No

Contents

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I   (Information)

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

2005-2006 SESSION

Monday 4 July 2005

2006/C 157E/1

MINUTES

1

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

Resumption of session

Corrections to votes from previous sittings

Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

Tribute

Statement by the President

Membership of Parliament

Membership of committees

Interpretation of the Rules of Procedure

Signature of acts adopted under codecision

Documents received

Decisions concerning certain documents

Action taken on Parliament's positions and resolutions

Order of business

One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Request for defence of the immunity and privileges of Mr Bossi (debate)

Request for defence of the immunity and privileges of Mr Marchiani (debate)

2004 Annual Report — ECB — Communication strategy on the euro (debate)

Phthalates in toys and childcare articles ***II (debate)

EU ecotechnologies action plan (debate)

Thematic strategies on air pollution (debate)

Security of electricity supply and infrastructure investment ***I (debate)

Agenda for next sitting

Closure of sitting

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

12

ANNEXE II

13

Tuesday 5 July 2005

2006/C 157E/2

MINUTES

14

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

Opening of sitting

Corrections to votes from previous sittings

Documents received

Written declarations (Rule 116)

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

Patentability of computer-implemented inventions ***II (debate)

Voting time

Control of potato cyst nematodes * (Rule 131) (vote)

Protocol to Agreement on Maritime Transport with China * (Rule 131) (vote)

African-Eurasian migratory waterbirds * (Rule 131) (vote)

Request for defence of the immunity and privileges of Mr Bossi (Rule 131) (vote)

Request for waiver of the immunity of Mr Mote (Rule 131) (vote)

Phthalates in toys and childcare articles ***II (vote)

Security of electricity supply and infrastructure investment ***I (vote)

Request for defence of the immunity and privileges of Mr Bossi (vote)

Request for defence of the immunity and privileges of Mr Marchiani (vote)

2004 Annual Report — ECB (vote)

Communication strategy on the euro (vote)

EU ecotechnologies action plan (vote)

Exploitation and child labour in developing countries (vote)

Welcome

Formal sitting — Italy

Explanations of vote

Corrections to votes

Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

ERDF, ESF and Cohesion Fund *** — Cohesion Fund *** — ERDF ***I — European grouping of cross-border cooperation ***I — ESF ***I — European Fisheries Fund * (debate)

Deadline for the tabling of amendments

The role of women in Turkey (debate)

Equal opportunities in employment and work ***I (debate)

The law applicable to non-contractual obligations (Rome II) ***I (debate)

No-fly lists/Passenger name records (debate)

The political situation in Belarus: student protests and the independence of the media (debate)

Rules of origin in preferential trade arrangements (debate)

Agenda for next sitting

Closure of sitting

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

27

ANNEX I

29

ANNEX II

34

TEXTS ADOPTED

53

P6_TA(2005)0261
Control of potato cyst nematodes *
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council directive on the control of potato cyst nematodes (COM(2005)0151 — C6-0116/2005 — 2005/0058(CNS))

53

P6_TA(2005)0262
Protocol to Agreement on Maritime Transport with China *
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of a Protocol amending the Agreement on Maritime Transport between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the People's Republic of China, 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 (COM(2004)0864 — C6-0180/2005 — 2004/0290(CNS))

53

P6_TA(2005)0263
African-Eurasian migratory waterbirds *
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion by the European Community of the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (COM(2004)0531 — C6-0048/2005 — 2004/0181(CNS))

54

P6_TA(2005)0264
Request for defence of the immunity of Mr Bossi
European Parliament decision on the request for defence of the immunity and privileges of Umberto Bossi (2004/2203(IMM))

55

P6_TA(2005)0265
Request for waiver of the immunity of Mr Mote
European Parliament resolution on the request for waiver of the immunity of Ashley Mote (2005/2037 (IMM))

56

P6_TA(2005)0266
Phthalates in toys and childcare articles ***II
European Parliament legislative resolution on the Council common position with a view to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending for the 22nd time Council Directive 76/769/EEC on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to restrictions on the marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and preparations (phthalates in toys and childcare articles) (5467/1/2005 — C6-0092/2005 — 1999/0238(COD))

57

P6_TC2-COD(1999)0238
Position of the European Parliament adopted at second reading on 5 July 2005 with a view to the adoption of Directive 2005/.../EC of the European Parliament and of the Council amending for the 22nd time Council Directive 76/769/EEC on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to restrictions on the marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and preparations (phthalates in toys and childcare articles)

58

ANNEX

61

P6_TA(2005)0267
Security of electricity supply and infrastructure investment ***I
European parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning measures to safeguard security of electricity supply and infrastructure investment (COM(2003)0740 — C5-0643/2003 — 2003/0301(COD))

61

P6_TC1-COD(2003)0301
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 5 July 2005 with a view to the adoption of Directive 2005/.../EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning measures to safeguard security of electricity supply and infrastructure investment

62

P6_TA(2005)0268
Request for defence of the immunity of Mr Bossi

69

69

70

71

P6_TA(2005)0269
Request for defence of the immunity of Mr Marchiani
European Parliament decision on the request for defence of the immunity and privileges of Jean-Charles Marchiani (2005/2105(IMM))

72

P6_TA(2005)0270
Communication strategy on the euro and EMU
European Parliament resolution on the implementation of an information and communication strategy on the euro and economic and monetary union (2005/2078(INI))

73

P6_TA(2005)0271
EU ecotechnologies action plan
European Parliament resolution on the communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on Stimulating Technologies for Sustainable Development: An Environmental Technologies Action Plan for the European Union (2004/2131(INI))

77

P6_TA(2005)0272
Exploitation and child labour in developing countries
European Parliament resolution on the exploitation of children in developing countries, with a special focus on child labour (2005/2004(INI))

84

Wednesday 6 July 2005

2006/C 157E/3

MINUTES

92

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

Opening of sitting

EU/Iraq — A framework for engagement (debate)

Africa and the challenges of globalisation — Global Call to Action Against Poverty: Making Poverty History (debate)

Voting time

United Nations: approval of vehicles with regard to the protection of occupants in the event of collisions *** (Rule 131) (vote)

Hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (vote)

Patentability of computer-implemented inventions ***II (vote)

European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register ***I (vote)

ERDF, ESF and Cohesion Fund (vote)

Cohesion Fund (vote)

ERDF ***I (vote)

European grouping of cross-border cooperation ***I (vote)

ESF ***I (vote)

European Fisheries Fund * (vote)

Equal opportunities in employment and work ***I (vote)

The law applicable to non-contractual obligations (Rome II) ***I (vote)

Conclusion of UN-ECE Protocol * (vote)

Conciliation procedure (2006 budget) (vote)

The role of women in Turkey (vote)

EU/Iraq — A framework for engagement (vote)

Global Call to Action Against Poverty: Making Poverty History (vote)

Explanations of vote

Corrections to votes

Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

The Balkans: 10 years after Srebrenica (debate)

Relations between the EU, China and Taiwan and security in the Far East (debate)

A world without landmines (debate)

Question Time (Council)

Request for the defence of parliamentary immunity

EC-Switzerland Agreement (asylum requests)/EU and EC-Switzerland Agreement (Schengen) * (debate)

Impact of lending by the EC in developing countries (debate)

Implementation of the Community action plan FLEGT (Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade) (debate)

Clearing and settlement in the EU (debate)

The accession process of Bulgaria and Romania (debate)

Agenda for next sitting

Closure of sitting

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

110

ANNEX I

112

ANNEX II

136

TEXTS ADOPTED

263

P6_TA(2005)0273
United Nations: approval of vehicles with regard to the protection of occupants in the event of collisions ***
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision on the accession of the European Community to United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Regulation No 94 on provisions concerning the approval of vehicles with regard to the protection of the occupants in the event of a frontal collision and Regulation No 95 on provisions concerning the approval of vehicles with regard to the protection of the occupants in the event of a lateral collision (COM(2004)0672 — 07590/2005 — C6-0209/2005 — 2004/0243(AVC))

263

P6_TA(2005)0274
Hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment
European Parliament resolution on the proposal for a Council decision amending for the purposes of adapting to 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 (COM(2005)0241)

263

P6_TA(2005)0275
Patentability of computer-implemented inventions ***II
European Parliament legislative resolution on the Council common position with a view to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions (11979/1/2004 — C6-0058/2005 — 2002/0047(COD))

265

P6_TA(2005)0276
European pollutant release and transfer register ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the establishment of a European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register and amending Council Directives 91/689/EEC and 96/61/EC (COM(2004)0634 — C6-0130/2004 — 2004/0231(COD))

266

P6_TC1-COD(2004)0231
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 6 July 2005 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EC) No .../2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the establishment of a European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register and amending Council Directives 91/689/EEC and 96/61/EC

266

ANNEX I

275

ANNEX II

279

ANNEX III

283

P6_TA(2005)0277
ERDF, ESF and Cohesion Fund ***
European Parliament resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund (COM(2004)0492 — 2004/0163(AVC))

284

P6_TA(2005)0278
Cohesion Fund
European Parliament resolution on the proposal for a Council Regulation establishing a Cohesion Fund (COM(2004)0494 — 2004/0166(AVC))

289

P6_TA(2005)0279
European Regional Development Fund ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Regional Development Fund (COM(2004)0495 — C6-0089/2004 — 2004/0167(COD))

292

P6_TC1-COD(2004)0167
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 6 July 2005 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EC) No .../2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Regional Development Fund

293

P6_TA(2005)0280
European grouping of cross-border cooperation ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a European grouping of cross-border cooperation (EGCC) (COM(2004) 0496 — C6-0091/2004 — 2004/0168(COD))

308

P6_TC1-COD(2004)0168
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 6 July 2005 with a view to the adoption of a Regulation (EC) No .../2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a European grouping of territorial cooperation (EGTC)

308

P6_TA(2005)0281
ESF ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Social Fund (COM(2004)0493 — C6-0090/2004 — 2004/0165 (COD))

313

P6_TC1-COD(2004)0165
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 6 July 2005 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EC) No .../2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Social Fund

313

P6_TA(2005)0282
European Fisheries Fund *
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation on the European Fisheries Fund (COM(2004)0497 — C6-0212/2004 — 2004/0169(CNS))

324

P6_TA(2005)0283
Equal opportunities in employment and work ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation (COM(2004)0279 — C6-0037/2004 — 2004/0084(COD))

350

P6_TC1-COD(2004)0084
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 6 July 2005 with a view to the adoption of Directive 2005/.../EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation (recast)

350

ANNEX I

366

ANNEX II
CORRELATION TABLE

367

P6_TA(2005)0284
Law applicable to non-contractual obligations (‘Rome II’) ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the law applicable to non-contractual obligations (‘Rome II’) (COM(2003)0427 — C5-0338/2003 — 2003/0168(COD))

370

P6_TC1-COD(2003)0168
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 6 July 2005 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EC) No .../2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the law applicable to non-contractual obligations (‘ROME II’)

371

P6_TA(2005)0285
UN-ECE Protocol on pollutant release and transfer registers *
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Community, of the UN-ECE Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (COM(2004)0635 — C6-0062/2005 — 2004/0232(CNS))

382

P6_TA(2005)0286
Conciliation procedure (2006 budget)
European Parliament resolution on the mandate for the 2006 budget conciliation procedure before the Council's first reading (2005/2080(BUD))

383

P6_TA(2005)0287
The role of women in Turkey
European Parliament resolution on the role of women in Turkey in social, economic and political life (2004/2215(INI))

385

P6_TA(2005)0288
EU/Iraq — A framework for engagement
European Parliament resolution on the European Union and Iraq — A framework for engagement (2004/2168(INI))

390

P6_TA(2005)0289
Global Call to Action: Making Poverty History
European Parliament resolution on the Global Call to Action: Making Poverty History

397

Thursday 7 July 2005

2006/C 157E/4

MINUTES

401

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

Opening of sitting

Corrections to votes from previous sittings

Documents received

Financial Instrument for the Environment (LIFE+) ***I (debate)

Textiles and clothing after 2005 (debate)

Membership of Parliament

Communication of Council common positions

Announcement by the President

Voting time

Basic salaries and allowances for Europol staff * (vote)

Financial Instrument for the Environment (LIFE+) ***I (vote)

EC-Switzerland Agreement (asylum requests)/EU and EC-Switzerland Agreement (Schengen) * (vote)

Agreement between the EC and Canada on Advance Passenger Information (API)/Passenger Name Record (PNR) data * (vote)

The political situation in Belarus: student protests and the independence of the media (vote)

The Balkans: 10 years after Srebrenica (vote)

Relations between the EU, China and Taiwan and security in the Far East (vote)

A world without landmines (vote)

Impact of lending by the EC in developing countries (vote)

Implementation of the Community action plan FLEGT (Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade) (vote)

Clearing and settlement in the EU (vote)

The accession process of Bulgaria and Romania (vote)

Explanations of vote

Corrections to votes

Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

Export refunds for live cattle to third countries (written declaration)

Textiles and clothing after 2005 (continuation of debate)

Agriculture in the outermost regions of the Union * (debate)

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

Budget calendar

Voting time

Zimbabwe (vote)

Trafficking in children in Guatemala (vote)

Human rights in Ethiopia (vote)

Agriculture in the outermost regions of the Union * (Rule 131) (vote)

Explanations of vote

Corrections to votes

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

417

ANNEX I

418

ANNEX II

428

TEXTS ADOPTED

450

P6_TA(2005)0290
Basic salaries and allowances of Europol staff *
European Parliament legislative resolution on the initiative by the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg with a view to adopting a Council decision adjusting the basic salaries and allowances applicable to Europol staff (5429/2005 — C6-0037/2005 — 2005/0803(CNS))

450

P6_TA(2005)0291
Financial Instrument for the Environment (LIFE+) ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Financial Instrument for the Environment (LIFE+) (COM(2004)0621 — C6-0127/2004 — 2004/0218(COD))

451

P6_TC1-COD(2004)0218
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 7 July 2005 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EC) No .../2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council Concerning the Financial Instrument for the Environment (LIFE +)

451

ANNEX I
INDICATIVE THEMES AND ACTIONS ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING

460

ANNEX II
CRITERIA FOR DELEGATION OF BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION TASKS

462

ANNEX III
PROMOTION OF NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS PRIMARILY ACTIVE IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

463

P6_TA(2005)0292
EC-Switzerland Agreement (asylum requests) *
Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion on behalf of the European Community of the Agreement between the European Community and Switzerland concerning the criteria and mechanisms for establishing the State responsible for examining a request for asylum lodged in a Member State or in Switzerland (13049/2004 — COM(2004)0593 — C6-0240/2004 — 2004/0200(CNS))

463

P6_TA(2005)0293
EU — EC-Switzerland Agreement (Schengen) *
Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Community, of the Agreement between the European Union, the European Community and the Swiss Confederation concerning the latter's association with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen ‘acquis’ (13054/2004 — COM(2004)0593 — C6-0241/2004 — 2004/0199(CNS))

464

P6_TA(2005)0294
EC-Canada Agreement on passenger data *
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of an Agreement between the European Community and the Government of Canada on the processing of Advance Passenger Information (API)/Passenger Name Record (PNR) data (COM(2005)0200 — C6-0184/2005 — 2005/0095(CNS))

464

P6_TA(2005)0295
Political situation and independence of the media in Belarus
European Parliament resolution on the political situation and the independence of the media in Belarus

465

P6_TA(2005)0296
The Balkans: 10 years after Srebrenica
European Parliament resolution on Srebrenica

468

P6_TA(2005)0297
Relations between the EU, China and Taiwan and security in the Far East
European Parliament resolution on relations between the EU, China and Taiwan and security in the Far East

471

P6_TA(2005)0298
A world without landmines
European Parliament resolution on a mine-free world

473

P6_TA(2005)0299
Impact of lending by the EC in developing countries
European Parliament resolution on the impact of the lending activities of the European Community in developing countries (2004/2213(INI))

477

P6_TA(2005)0300
Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade
European Parliament resolution on speeding up implementation of the EU action plan on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT)

482

P6_TA(2005)0301
Clearing and settlement in the EU
European Parliament resolution on clearing and settlement in the European Union (2004/2185(INI))

485

P6_TA(2005)0302
The accession process of Bulgaria and Romania
European Parliament resolution on the accession process of Bulgaria and Romania

490

P6_TA(2005)0303
Zimbabwe
European Parliament resolution on Zimbabwe

491

P6_TA(2005)0304
Trafficking in children in Guatemala
European Parliament resolution on Guatemala

494

P6_TA(2005)0305
Human rights in Ethiopia
European Parliament resolution on the human rights situation in Ethiopia

495

P6_TA(2005)0306
Agriculture in the outermost regions of the Union *
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation laying down specific measures for agriculture in the outermost regions of the Union (COM(2004)0687 — C6-0201/2004 — 2004/0247(CNS))

497

P6_TA(2005)0307
Export refunds for live cattle to third countries
Declaration of the European Parliament on export refunds for live cattle to third countries

504

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