ISSN 1725-2423

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 187E

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Information and Notices

Volume 51
24 July 2008

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IV   Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

European Parliament

2007-2008 SESSION

Sittings of 3 to 6 September 2007

Monday 3 September 2007

2008/C 187E/01

MINUTES

1

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

Resumption of session

Statement by the President

Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

Documents received

Membership of Parliament

Membership of committees and delegations

Signature of acts adopted under codecision

Communication of Council common positions

Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council

Petitions

Transfers of appropriations

Oral questions and written declarations (tabling)

Action taken on Parliament's positions and resolutions

Order of business

One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Forest fires in Greece, their consequences and conclusions to be drawn for prevention and preparedness measures (debate)

Better Regulation — Better law-making 2005: subsidiarity and proportionality — Simplification of the regulatory environment — Use of soft law (debate)

EURES Activity Report 2004-2005: Towards a single European labour market (debate)

Agenda for next sitting

Closure of sitting

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

20

Tuesday 4 September 2007

2008/C 187E/02

MINUTES

22

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

Opening of sitting

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

The Single Market Review (debate)

Statute of the European Private Company, Company Law (debate)

Risk of closure of Gdansk shipyard (debate)

Announcement by the President

Voting time

NUTS — amending Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the EU ***I (Rule 131) (vote)

Europol analysis files * (Rule 131) (vote)

Natural disasters (vote)

Better Regulation (vote)

Better law-making 2005: subsidiarity and proportionality (vote)

Simplification of the regulatory environment (vote)

Use of soft law (vote)

The Single Market Review (vote)

Explanations of vote

Corrections to votes and voting intentions

Formal sitting — Portugal

Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

Membership of committees and delegations

Presentation by the Council of the draft general budget — Budget 2008

Inland transport of dangerous goods ***I (debate)

Freight transport logistics in Europe and sustainable mobility (debate)

Single European Sky (debate)

Question Time (Commission)

Membership of Parliament

Documents received

Reducing alcohol-related harm (debate)

Dehydrated preserved milk for human consumption * — Common organisation of the milk and milk products market * — Additional rules on the common organisation of the milk and milk products markets * (debate)

Agenda for next sitting

Closure of sitting

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

34

ANNEX I

36

ANNEX II

42

TEXTS ADOPTED

53

P6_TA(2007)0360
NUTS — amending Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the EU ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution of 4 September 2007 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union (COM(2007)0095 — C6-0091/2007 — 2007/0038(COD))

53

P6_TC1-COD(2007)0038
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 4 September 2007 in view of adoption of Regulation (EC) No .../2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union

53

P6_TA(2007)0361
Europol analysis files *
European Parliament legislative resolution of 4 September 2007 on the initiative of the Republic of Finland with a view to adopting a Council decision amending the Council Act adopting rules applicable to Europol analysis files (16336/2006 — C6-0048/2007 — 2007/0802(CNS))

54

P6_TA(2007)0362
Natural disasters
European Parliament resolution of 4 September 2007 on this summer's natural disasters

55

P6_TA(2007)0363
Better Regulation
European Parliament resolution of 4 September 2007 on Better Regulation in the European Union (2007/2095(INI))

60

P6_TA(2007)0364
Better lawmaking 2005: subsidiarity and proportionality
European Parliament resolution of 4 September 2007 on Better lawmaking 2005: application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality — 13th annual report (2006/2279(INI))

67

P6_TA(2007)0365
Simplification of the regulatory environment
European Parliament resolution of 4 September 2007 on the strategy for the simplification of the regulatory environment (2007/2096(INI))

72

P6_TA(2007)0366
Use of ‘soft law’
European Parliament resolution of 4 September 2007 on institutional and legal implications of the use of ‘soft law’ instruments (2007/2028(INI))

75

P6_TA(2007)0367
The Single Market Review
European Parliament resolution of 4 September 2007 on the Single Market Review: tackling barriers and inefficiencies through better implementation and enforcement (2007/2024(INI))

80

Wednesday 5 September 2007

2008/C 187E/03

MINUTES

87

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

Opening of sitting

Fight against terrorism (debate)

Membership of Parliament

Order of business

Voting time

Balancing fishing capacity and fishing opportunities (Rule 131) (vote)

Draft amending budget No 5/2007 (Rule 131) (vote)

Inland transport of dangerous goods ***I (vote)

Welcome

Voting time (continuation)

Dehydrated preserved milk for human consumption * (vote)

Common organisation of the milk and milk products market * (vote)

Additional rules on the common organisation of the milk and milk products markets * (vote)

Restrictions imposed by the EU on liquids that passengers can take on board aeroplanes (vote)

Freight transport logistics in Europe and sustainable mobility (vote)

EURES activity report 2004-2005: Towards a single European labour market (vote)

Reducing alcohol-related harm (vote)

Explanations of vote

Corrections to votes and voting intentions

Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

Financial instability and the impact on the real economy (debate)

Convention to Combat Desertification (debate)

Question Time (Council)

Human rights dialogues and consultations on human rights with third countries (debate)

Sustainability in EU fisheries through maximum sustainable yield (debate)

Agenda for next sitting

Closure of sitting

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

97

ANNEX I

99

ANNEX II

106

TEXTS ADOPTED

144

P6_TA(2007)0368
Balancing fishing capacity and fishing opportunities
European Parliament resolution of 5 September 2007 on Member States' efforts during 2005 to achieve a sustainable balance between fishing capacity and fishing opportunities (2007/2108(INI))

144

P6_TA(2007)0369
Draft amending budget No 5/2007
European Parliament resolution of 5 September 2007 on Draft amending budget No 5/2007 of the European Union for the financial year 2007, Section III — Commission (11707/2007 — C6-0232/2007 — 2007/2162(BUD))

147

P6_TA(2007)0370
Inland transport of dangerous goods ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution of 5 September 2007 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the inland transport of dangerous goods (COM(2006)0852 — C6-0012/2007 — 2006/0278(COD))

148

P6_TC1-COD(2006)0278
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 5 September 2007 with a view to the adoption of Directive 2008 .../EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the inland transport of dangerous goods

148

P6_TA(2007)0371
Dehydrated preserved milk for human consumption *
European Parliament legislative resolution of 5 September 2007 on the proposal for a Council directive amending Directive 2001/114/EC relating to certain partly or wholly dehydrated preserved milk for human consumption (COM(2007)0058 — C6-0083/2007 — 2007/0025(CNS))

149

P6_TA(2007)0372
Common organisation of the milk and milk products market *
European Parliament legislative resolution of 5 September 2007 on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products (COM(2007)0058 — C6-0084/2007 — 2007/0026(CNS))

149

P6_TA(2007)0373
Additional rules on the common organisation of the milk and milk products market *
European Parliament legislative resolution of 5 September 2007 on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 2597/97 laying down additional rules on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products for drinking milk (COM(2007)0058 — C6-0085/2007 — 2007/0027(CNS))

152

P6_TA(2007)0374
Restrictions imposed by the EU on liquids that passengers may take on board aeroplanes
European Parliament resolution of 5 September 2007 on Commission Regulation (EC) No 1546/2006 amending Regulation (EC) No 622/2003 laying down measures for the implementation of the common basic standards on aviation security (introduction of liquids onto aircraft)

153

P6_TA(2007)0375
Freight transport logistics in Europe and sustainable mobility
European Parliament resolution of 5 September 2007 on Freight Transport Logistics in Europe — the key to sustainable mobility (2006/2228(INI))

154

P6_TA(2007)0376
EURES Activity Report 2004-2005: Towards a single European labour market
European Parliament resolution of 5 September 2007 on the EURES Activity Report 2004-2005: Towards a single European labour market

159

P6_TA(2007)0377
Reducing alcohol-related harm
European Parliament resolution of 5 September 2007 on an European Union strategy to support Member States in reducing alcohol-related harm (2007/2005(INI))

160

Thursday 6 September 2007

2008/C 187E/04

MINUTES

167

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

Opening of sitting

Review of the consumer acquis (debate)

Primates in scientific experiments (written declaration)

European emergency call number 112 (written declaration)

Voting time

Drugs prevention and information ***II (vote)

International Health Regulations (vote)

Convention to Combat Desertification (vote)

Human rights dialogues and consultations on human rights with third countries (vote)

Sustainability in EU fisheries through maximum sustainable yield (vote)

Review of the consumer acquis (vote)

Explanations of vote

Corrections to votes and voting intentions

Communication of Council common positions

Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

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

Burma

Bangladesh

Financing of the Special Court for Sierra Leone

Voting time

Burma (vote)

Bangladesh (vote)

Financing of the Special Court for Sierra Leone (vote)

Corrections to votes and voting intentions

Membership of committees and delegations

Decisions concerning certain documents

Written declarations entered in the register (Rule 116)

Forwarding of texts adopted during the sitting

Dates for next sittings

Adjournment of session

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

178

ANNEX I

179

ANNEX II

187

TEXTS ADOPTED

209

P6_TA(2007)0378
Drugs prevention and information ***II
European Parliament legislative resolution of 6 September 2007 on the Council common position for adopting a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing for the period 2007- 2013 the specific programme ‘Drug prevention and information’ as part of the General programme ‘Fundamental Rights and Justice’ (8698/4/2007 — C6-0258/2007 — 2005/0037B(COD))

209

P6_TA(2007)0379
International Health Regulations
European Parliament resolution of 6 September 2007 on International Health Regulations (2007/2079(INI))

210

P6_TA(2007)0380
Desertification
European Parliament resolution of 6 September 2007 on the EU objectives for the 8th meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP8) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), being held in Madrid from 3 to 14 September 2007

212

P6_TA(2007)0381
Human rights dialogues and consultations on human rights with third countries
European Parliament resolution of 6 September 2007 on the functioning of the human rights dialogues and consultations on human rights with third countries (2007/2001(INI))

214

P6_TA(2007)0382
Sustainability in EU fisheries through maximum sustainable yield
European Parliament resolution of 6 September 2007 on the implementation of sustainable fishing in the EU on the basis of maximum sustainable yield (2006/2224(INI))

228

P6_TA(2007)0383
Review of the consumer acquis
European Parliament resolution of 6 September 2007 on the Green Paper on the Review of the Consumer Acquis (2007/2010(INI))

231

P6_TA(2007)0384
Burma
European Parliament resolution of 6 September 2007 on Burma

237

P6_TA(2007)0385
Bangladesh
European Parliament resolution of 6 September 2007 on Bangladesh

240

P6_TA(2007)0386
The financing of the Special Court for Sierra Leone
European Parliament resolution of 6 September 2007 on the financing of the Special Court for Sierra Leone

242

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