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Document C2004/098E/01
MINUTES#Wednesday 25 February 2004
MINUTES
Wednesday 25 February 2004
MINUTES
Wednesday 25 February 2004
OJ C 98E, 23.4.2004, p. 1–15
(ES, DA, DE, EL, EN, FR, IT, NL, PT, FI, SV)
23.4.2004 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
CE 98/1 |
MINUTES
(2004/C 98 E/01)
PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING
IN THE CHAIR: Pat COX
President
1. Resumption of session
The sitting opened at 15.05.
2. Approval of Minutes of previous sitting
Jean-Louis Bourlanges had informed the Presidency that he had been present at the sitting of 11 February 2004, but that his name was not on the attendance register.
The Minutes of the previous sitting were approved.
3. Documents received
The following documents had been received:
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from the Council and Commission:
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from committees:
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from Members:
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4. Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council
The Council had forwarded certified true copies of the following documents:
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Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation between the European Community and the United Mexican States; |
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Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Slovenia laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical regulations and of rules on information society services. |
5. Written declarations (Rule 51)
In accordance with Rule 51(5), written declarations Nos 26 and 27/2003 lapsed as they had not obtained the required number of signatures.
6. Action taken on Parliament's positions and resolutions
The Commission communications on the action taken on the positions and resolutions adopted by Parliament during the part-sessions of September I and II 2003 and October I and II 2003 had been distributed.
7. Membership of Parliament
In a letter dated 24 February 2004, the President of the Catalan Parliament announced the appointment of Joan Colom i Naval as Member of the Court of Auditors of Catalonia.
Pursuant to Rule 8(4), his term of office as Member of the European Parliament would end with effect from 26 February 2004.
In a letter dated 19 February 2004, the competent Belgian authorities announced the appointment of Frédérique Ries as member of the Belgian government.
Pursuant to Rule 8(4), her term of office as Member of the European Parliament would end with effect from 12 February 2004.
In the same letter, the competent Belgian authorities announced the appointment of Jacqueline Rousseaux to replace Frédérique Ries as Member of Parliament, with effect from 19 February 2004.
The President drew attention to the provisions of Rule 7(5).
8. Membership of committees and delegations
At the request of the GUE/NGL and Verts/ALE Groups, Parliament ratified the following appointments:
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ITRE Committee and the delegation on relations with Mashreq countries and the Gulf States: Marie-Françoise Duthu; |
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DEVE Committee and ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly: Sérgio Ribeiro. |
9. Agenda
The order of business had been established (Item 9 of Minutes of 9 February 2004) and a corrigendum to the agenda had been distributed (PE 340.723/OJ/COR).
This corrigendum had not been modified.
The agenda was thus established.
10. One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
Pursuant to Rule 121a, the following Members who wished to draw the attention of Parliament to matters of political importance spoke for one minute:
The following spoke: Mary Elizabeth Banotti, Sarah Ludford, Proinsias De Rossa, Marialiese Flemming, Carlos Lage, Pernille Frahm, Ewa Klamt, Francesco Fiori and Nirj Deva.
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The President announced that he had contacted the Moroccan authorities to express, on behalf of the Parliament, his sympathy following the previous day's earthquake in the north of Morocco and that he would ask the Commission to ensure effective aid be provided.
11. Annual policy strategy of the European Commission for 2005 (APS) (debate)
Commission communication: Annual policy strategy of the European Commission for 2005 (APS)
Loyola de Palacio (Vice-President of the Commission) and Michaele Schreyer (Member of the Commission) made the communication.
The following Members asked questions which Loyola de Palacio and Michaele Schreyer answered in turn: Salvador Garriga Polledo, Johannes (Hannes) Swoboda, Ursula Stenzel, Carlo Fatuzzo and Nirj Deva.
The debate closed.
12. Spring summit: follow-up to Lisbon — Preparatory report on the broad economic guidelines — Public finances in Economic and Monetary Union (2003) (statements followed by debate)
Council and Commission statements: Spring summit: follow-up to Lisbon.
Report on the situation of the European economy, report on the broad guidelines for economic policies [2003/2135(INI)] — Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.
Rapporteur: Christa Randzio-Plath (A5-0045/2004)
Report on the communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament: Public finances in Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) in 2003. [COM(2003) 283 — C5-0377/2003 — 2003/2151(INI)] — Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.
Rapporteur: Roberto Felice Bigliardo (A5-0044/2004)
Dick Roche (President-in-Office of the Council), Pedro Solbes Mira (Member of the Commission) and Viviane Reding (Member of the Commission) made the statements.
Françoise Grossetête spoke on behalf of the PPE-DE Group.
IN THE CHAIR: David W. MARTIN
Vice-President
The following spoke: Enrique Barón Crespo, on behalf of the PSE Group, Graham R. Watson, on behalf of the ELDR Group, Ilda Figueiredo, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Pierre Jonckheer, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Gerard Collins, on behalf of the UEN Group, William Abitbol, on behalf of the EDD Group, and Benedetto Della Vedova, Non-attached Member.
Christa Randzio-Plath introduced the report (A5-0045/2004).
Roberto Felice Bigliardo introduced the report (A5-0044/2004).
The following spoke: Othmar Karas, Robert Goebbels, Karin Riis-Jørgensen, Philippe A.R. Herzog, Jillian Evans, Brian Crowley, Johannes (Hans) Blokland, Georges Berthu, Generoso Andria, Proinsias De Rossa, Elly Plooij-van Gorsel, Herman Schmid, Werner Langen, Rolf Linkohr, Ilda Figueiredo, Cristina García-Orcoyen Tormo, Bernd Lange and Thomas Mann.
IN THE CHAIR: Gérard ONESTA
Vice-President
The following spoke: Hans Udo Bullmann, Bartho Pronk, Guido Bodrato, Christoph Werner Konrad, Theresa Villiers, Pedro Solbes Mira and Dick Roche.
Motions for resolution to wind up the debate pursuant to Rule 37(2):
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Christopher Huhne, Elspeth Attwooll, Elly Plooij-van Gorsel and Chris Davies on behalf of the ELDR Group, Françoise Grossetête on behalf of the PPE-DE Group and Robert Goebbels on behalf of the PSE Group, on the preparation of the Spring Summit 2004 (B5-0102/2004), |
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Monica Frassoni and Daniel Marc Cohn-Bendit, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the preparation of the Spring Summit 2004 (B5-0107/2004), |
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Francis Wurtz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the preparation of the Spring European Council 2004 (B5-0108/2004). |
The debate closed.
Vote: Minutes of 26.2.2004, Items 6.12, 6.14 and 9.1.
13. Failure to consult Parliament in connection with the TEN Quick Start projects (debate)
Oral question by Paolo Costa, on behalf of the RETT Committee, to the Council: Failure to consult Parliament in connection with the TEN Quick Start projects (B5-0011/2004).
Paolo Costa moved the oral question.
Dick Roche (President-in-Office of the Council) answered the question.
The following spoke: Georg Jarzembowski, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Gilles Savary, on behalf of the PSE Group, Freddy Blak, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Camilo Nogueira Román, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Reinhard Rack, Johannes (Hannes) Swoboda, Josu Ortuondo Larrea, Elisabeth Schroedter, Georg Jarzembowski and Dick Roche.
Motions for resolution to wind up the debate pursuant to Rule 42(5):
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Konstantinos Hatzidakis and Georg Jarzembowski on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Wilhelm Ernst Piecyk and Gilles Savary on behalf of the PSE Group, Paolo Costa and Dirk Sterckx on behalf of the ELDR Group, Elisabeth Schroedter on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, and Gerard Collins and Franz Turchi on behalf of the UEN Group — European Parliament resolution on the failure to consult Parliament in connection with the TEN Quick Start projects (B5-0103/2004). |
The debate closed.
Vote: Minutes of 26.02.2004, Item 6.13.
14. Olympic truce (debate)
Oral question by Michel Rocard, on behalf of the CULT committee, to the Council: Olympic truce (B5-0063/2004).
Christa Prets (deputising for the author) moved the oral question.
IN THE CHAIR: Alonso José PUERTA
Vice-President
Dick Roche (President-in-Office of the Council) answered the question.
The following spoke: Theresa Zabell, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, and Myrsini Zorba, on behalf of the PSE Group.
The debate closed.
15. 2005 budget procedure: guidelines for sections II, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII(A) and VIII(B) and preliminary draft estimates (Section I) (debate)
Report on the guidelines for Sections II, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII(A) and VIII(B) and on the European Parliament's preliminary draft estimates (Section I) for the 2005 budgetary procedure
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Section I, European Parliament, |
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Section II, Council |
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Section IV, Court of Justice |
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Section V, Court of Auditors |
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Section VI, European Economic and Social Committee |
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Section VII, Committee of the Regions |
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Section VIII(A), European Ombudsman |
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Section VIII(B), European Data Protection Supervisor [2004/2002(BUD)] — Committee on Budgets. |
Rapporteur: Wilfried Kuckelkorn (A5-0062/2004)
Wilfried Kuckelkorn introduced the report.
The following spoke: Salvador Garriga Polledo, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Kyösti Tapio Virrankoski, on behalf of the ELDR Group, Esko Olavi Seppänen, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Rijk van Dam, on behalf of the EDD Group, and Alain Esclopé.
The debate closed.
Vote: Minutes of 26.02.2004, Item 9.2.
16. Involving young people in decision-making (debate)
Report on the communication from the Commission to the Council — Follow-up to the White Paper on a New Impetus for European Youth — Proposed common objectives for the participation and information of young people, in response to the Council Resolution of 27 June 2002 regarding the framework of European cooperation in the youth field [COM(2003) 184 — C5-0404/2003 — 2003/2127(INI)] — Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport.
Rapporteur: Lissy Gröner (A5-0081/2004)
Lissy Gröner introduced the report.
Viviane Reding (Member of the Commission) spoke.
The following spoke: Theresa Zabell, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Ulpu Iivari, on behalf of the PSE Group, Giorgio Calò, on behalf of the ELDR Group, Liam Hyland, on behalf of the UEN Group, and Carlo Fatuzzo.
The debate closed.
Vote: Minutes of 26.02.2004, Item 9.3.
(The sitting, suspended at 20.00, resumed at 21.00.)
IN THE CHAIR: Alejo VIDAL QUADRAS ROCA
Vice-President
17. Schools and access to culture (debate)
European Parliament resolution on the role of schools and school education in maximizing public access to culture (2002/2268(INI)) — Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport.
Rapporteur: Vasco Graça Moura (A5-0080/2004).
Vasco Graça Moura introduced the report.
Viviane Reding (Member of the Commission) spoke.
The following spoke: Christopher J.P. Beazley, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Karin Junker, on behalf of the PSE Group, Maria Johanna (Marieke) Sanders-ten Holte, on behalf of the ELDR Group, Theresa Zabell, Christa Prets, Cristina Gutiérrez-Cortines and Ulpu Iivari.
The debate closed.
Vote: Minutes of 26.02.2004, Item 9.4.
18. Persistent organic pollutants ***I (debate)
Report on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council regulation on persistent organic pollutants and amending Directives 79/117/EEC and 96/59/EC [COM(2003) 333 — C5-0273/2003 — 2003/0119(COD)] — Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy.
Rapporteur: Pernille Frahm (A5-0017/2004).
Mario Monti (Member of the Commission) spoke.
Pernille Frahm introduced the report.
The following spoke: Cristina García-Orcoyen Tormo, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Jonas Sjöstedt, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Inger Schörling, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Johannes (Hans) Blokland, on behalf of the EDD Group, Avril Doyle, Patricia McKenna, Bent Hindrup Andersen, David Robert Bowe and Mario Monti.
The debate closed.
Vote: Minutes of 26.02.2004, Item 6.7.
19. Shipbuilding * (debate)
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1177/2002 concerning a temporary defensive mechanism to shipbuilding (COM(2004) 26 — C5-0061/2004 — 2004/0008(CNS)) — Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.
Rapporteur: Christa Randzio-Plath (A5-0056/2004).
The President pointed out that the rapporteur was unable to take part in the debate owing to circumstances beyond her control.
Mario Monti (Member of the Commission) spoke.
The following spoke: Karin Riis-Jørgensen, on behalf of the ELDR Group, and Mario Monti.
The debate closed.
Vote: Minutes of 26.02.2004, Item 6.2.
20. Agenda for next sitting
The President referred Members to the document ‘Agenda’ PE 340.723/OJJE.
21. Closure of sitting
The sitting closed at 22.30.
Julian Priestley
Secretary-General
David W. Martin
Vice-President
ATTENDANCE REGISTER
The following signed:
Aaltonen, Abitbol, Adam, Nuala Ahern, Ainardi, Almeida Garrett, Andersson, Andreasen, André-Léonard, Andrews, Andria, Angelilli, Aparicio Sánchez, Arvidsson, Auroi, Averoff, Avilés Perea, Ayuso González, Balfe, Baltas, Banotti, Barón Crespo, Bartolozzi, Bastos, Bayona de Perogordo, Beazley, Belder, Berend, Berenguer Fuster, Berès, van den Berg, Bergaz Conesa, Berger, Berlato, Bernié, Berthu, Bertinotti, Beysen, Bigliardo, Blak, Blokland, Bodrato, Böge, Bösch, von Boetticher, Boogerd-Quaak, Booth, Bordes, Borghezio, van den Bos, Boumediene-Thiery, Bourlanges, Bouwman, Bowe, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bremmer, Brie, Brunetta, Buitenweg, Bullmann, van den Burg, Bushill-Matthews, Busk, Butel, Callanan, Calò, Camisón Asensio, Campos, Camre, Cappato, Cardoso, Carnero González, Carrilho, Casaca, Cashman, Caudron, Caullery, Cederschiöld, Cercas, Cerdeira Morterero, Ceyhun, Chichester, Claeys, Coelho, Cohn-Bendit, Collins, Colom i Naval, Corbey, Cornillet, Corrie, Paolo Costa, Raffaele Costa, Cox, Crowley, Cushnahan, van Dam, Darras, Daul, Davies, Dehousse, De Keyser, Dell'Alba, Della Vedova, De Mita, Deprez, De Rossa, De Sarnez, Descamps, Désir, Deva, De Veyrac, Dhaene, Díez González, Di Lello Finuoli, Dillen, Dimitrakopoulos, Di Pietro, Dover, Doyle, Dührkop Dührkop, Duff, Duhamel, Dupuis, Dybkjær, Ebner, Echerer, El Khadraoui, Elles, Eriksson, Esclopé, Ettl, Jillian Evans, Jonathan Evans, Robert J.E. Evans, Farage, Fatuzzo, Fava, Fernández Martín, Ferrández Lezaun, Ferreira, Ferrer, Ferri, Fiebiger, Figueiredo, Fiori, Fitzsimons, Flemming, Flesch, Florenz, Foster, Fourtou, Fraisse, Gahrton, Galeote Quecedo, Garaud, García-Margallo y Marfil, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Gargani, Garot, Garriga Polledo, Gasòliba i Böhm, de Gaulle, Gawronski, Gill, Gillig, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glante, Glase, Goebbels, Goepel, Görlach, Gollnisch, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Graça Moura, Gröner, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grosch, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hager, Hannan, Hansenne, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Haug, Hazan, Hedkvist Petersen, Helmer, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Herranz García, Herzog, Hortefeux, Howitt, Hudghton, Hughes, Huhne, van Hulten, Hume, Hyland, Iivari, Ilgenfritz, Imbeni, Inglewood, Isler Béguin, Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Jackson, Jarzembowski, Jöns, Jové Peres, Junker, Karamanou, Karas, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Keßler, Khanbhai, Kindermann, Glenys Kinnock, Kirkhope, Klamt, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Koulourianos, Krarup, Krehl, Krivine, Kronberger, Kuckelkorn, Kuhne, Kuntz, Lage, Lagendijk, Lalumière, Lamassoure, Lambert, Lang, Lange, Langen, Langenhagen, Lannoye, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Leinen, Linkohr, Lisi, Lombardo, Ludford, Lulling, Lund, Lynne, Maat, Maaten, McAvan, McCarthy, McCartin, MacCormick, McKenna, McMillan-Scott, McNally, Maes, Malliori, Malmström, Manders, Manisco, Thomas Mann, Marchiani, Marinho, Marini, Marinos, Marques, Marset Campos, Martelli, Martens, David W. Martin, Hans-Peter Martin, Hugues Martin, Martinez, Martínez Martínez, Mastella, Mastorakis, Matikainen-Kallström, Mauro, Hans-Peter Mayer, Xaver Mayer, Medina Ortega, Meijer, Méndez de Vigo, Mendiluce Pereiro, Menéndez del Valle, Mennea, Mennitti, Menrad, Messner, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Miranda de Lage, Modrow, Mombaur, Monsonís Domingo, Montfort, Moraes, Morgan, Morgantini, Morillon, Müller, Mulder, Murphy, Muscardini, Musumeci, Myller, Naïr, Napoletano, Nassauer, Nicholson, Nobilia, Nogueira Román, Nordmann, Ojeda Sanz, Olsson, Onesta, Oreja Arburúa, Ortuondo Larrea, O'Toole, Paasilinna, Pacheco Pereira, Paciotti, Paisley, Parish, Pasqua, Pastorelli, Patrie, Paulsen, Pérez Álvarez, Perry, Pesälä, Pex, Pirker, Piscarreta, Pittella, Plooij-van Gorsel, Podestà, Pohjamo, Poignant, Pomés Ruiz, Poos, Prets, Procacci, Pronk, Provan, Puerta, Purvis, Queiró, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Raschhofer, Read, Ribeiro, Ribeiro e Castro, Riis-Jørgensen, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rocard, Rod, de Roo, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Roure, Rousseaux, Rovsing, Rübig, Rühle, Rutelli, Sacconi, Sacrédeus, Sakellariou, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Sandberg-Fries, Sandbæk, Sanders-ten Holte, Santer, Santini, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Savary, Sbarbati, Scapagnini, Scarbonchi, Schaffner, Scheele, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Herman Schmid, Olle Schmidt, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Ilka Schröder, Jürgen Schröder, Schroedter, Schwaiger, Segni, Seppänen, Sichrovsky, Simpson, Sjöstedt, Smet, Sörensen, Sommer, Sornosa Martínez, Souchet, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Speroni, Staes, Stenmarck, Sterckx, Stevenson, Stihler, Stirbois, Stockmann, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Suominen, Swiebel, Swoboda, Sørensen, Tajani, Terrón i Cusí, Theato, Theorin, Thomas-Mauro, Thorning-Schmidt, Thors, Thyssen, Titford, Titley, Torres Marques, Trakatellis, Trentin, Turchi, Turco, Turmes, Twinn, Väyrynen, Vairinhos, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Vallvé, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vatanen, van Velzen, Vermeer, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Villiers, Vinci, Virrankoski, Vlasto, Voggenhuber, Volcic, Wachtmeister, Wallis, Watson, Watts, Weiler, Wenzel-Perillo, Whitehead, Wieland, Wiersma, Wuori, Wurtz, Wyn, Wynn, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimeray, Zissener, Zorba, Zrihen.
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Bagó, Balla, Balsai, Biela, Kazys Jaunutis Bobelis, Bonnici, Mihael Brejc, Chronowski, Zbigniew Chrzanowski, Cilevičs, Ékes, Filipek, Gawłowski, Giertych, Hegyi, Heriban, Horvat, Ilves, Jakič, Kāposts, Kiršteins, Kłopotek, Klukowski, Kowalska, Kriščiūnas, Kuzmickas, Kvietkauskas, Landsbergis, Janusz Lewandowski, Libicki, Lydeka, Macierewicz, Maldeikis, Manninger, Matsakis, Mavrou, Őry, Pasternak, Pieniążek, Plokšto, Pospíšil, Protasiewicz, Savi, Sefzig, Siekierski, Smorawiński, Szabó, Szájer, Szczygło, Szent-Iványi, Tabajdi, Tomaka, Tomczak, Vaculík, Valys, Vastagh, Vėsaitė, Widuch, Wikiński, Winiarczyk-Kossakowska, Wittbrodt, Żenkiewicz.