14.12.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

CE 305/1

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MINUTES

(2006/C 305 E/01)

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

IN THE CHAIR: Josep BORRELL FONTELLES

President

1.   Resumption of session

The sitting opened at 17.05.

2.   Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

The Minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

3.   Statement by the President

The President made a statement in which he referred to events that had taken place during the summer, including the war in Lebanon, on the subject of which several meetings had been held at Parliament and at European level. He also mentioned the increasing numbers of illegal migrants arriving in Lampedusa and the Canaries, the attempted attacks on airline flights between the UK and the US, and the attacks that had taken place in Turkey.

4.   Tribute

On behalf of Parliament, the President paid tribute to the memory of István Pálfi MEP, who had died on 15.07.2006.

Parliament observed a minute's silence.

5.   Membership of committees and delegations

The President had received the following requests for appointments from the PPE-DE and PSE Groups:

—	REGI Committee: Antonio De Blasio

—	Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee: Antonio De Blasio

—	Delegation for relations with Mercosur: Achille Occhetto to replace Poul Nyrup Rasmussen

The appointments would be deemed ratified if there were no objections before the approval of these Minutes.

Monica Frassoni spoke on a technical matter.

6.   Membership of Parliament

The Hungarian authorities had given notice of the appointment of Antonio De Blasio to replace István Pálfi as Member of Parliament with effect from 31.07.2006.

The British authorities had given notice of the appointment of Brian Simpson to replace Terence Wynn as Member of Parliament with effect from 28.08.2006.

Parliament noted this information pursuant to Rule 4(1).

The President drew attention to the provisions of Rule 3(5).

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The President of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies had given notice of the appointment of Sorin Dan Mihalache to replace Valeriu Ştefan Zgonea as an Observer at the European Parliament with effect from 13.07.2006.

7.   Request for the waiver of parliamentary immunity

The Belgian authorities had submitted a request for the waiver of Bogdan Golik's parliamentary immunity in the context of a case pending before the judicial authorities in Brussels.

Pursuant to Rule 6(2), the request had been referred to the committee responsible, the JURI Committee.

8.   Signature of acts adopted under codecision

The President announced that, on Wednesday, he and the President of the Council would sign the following acts adopted under the codecision procedure pursuant to Rule 68:

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Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the application of the provisions of the Aarhus Convention on access to information, public participation in decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters to Community institutions and bodies (3614/3/2006 — C6-0285/ 2006 — 2003/0242(COD))

—	Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators and repealing Directive 91/157/EEC (3615/5/2006 — C6-0286/2006 — 2003/0282(COD))

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Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 as regards the base year for the association of quotas of hydrochlorofluorocarbons with respect to the Member States that acceded to the European Union on 1 May 2004 (3613/2/2006 — C6-0280/2006 — 2004/0296(COD))

—	Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on statistics on goods transport by inland waterways and repealing Council Directive 80/1119/EEC (3603/4/2006 — C6-0287/2006 — 2005/0150(COD))

—	Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 77/91/EEC as regards the formation of public limited liability companies and the maintenance and alteration of their capital (3608/2/2006 — C6-0283/2006 — 2004/0256(COD))

—	Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the quality of fresh waters needing protection or improvement in order to support fish life (codified version) (3653/2/2005 — C6-0289/2006 — 2004/0002(COD))

—	Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down guidelines for trans-European energy networks and repealing Decision 96/391/EC and Decision No 1229/2003/EC (3612/2/2006 C6-0284/2006 — 2003/0297(COD))

9.   Budget timetable for the 2007 financial year (deadlines for tabling draft amendments)

The deadlines for tabling draft amendments with a view to the first reading of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2007 had been set as follows:

—	Wednesday 13.09.2006, noon (committees or at least 37 Members);

—	Wednesday 20.09.2006, noon (political groups).

10.   Documents received

The following documents had been received:

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from committees: 1.1) reports: — Report on the communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament and the European Economic and Social Committee on launching a debate on a Community approach towards eco-labelling schemes for fisheries products (2005/2189(INI)) — PECH. Rapporteur: Carmen Fraga Estévez (A6-0219/2006) — Report on the 2006-2008 Action Plan for simplifying and improving the Common Fisheries Policy (2006/2053(INI)) — PECH. Rapporteur: Philippe Morillon (A6-0228/2006) — Report on a European Social Model for the future (2005/2248(INI)) — EMPL Rapporteurs: José Albino Silva Peneda and Proinsias De Rossa (A6-0238/2006) — * Report on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Community, of the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for certain hazardous chemicals and pesticides in international trade (COM(2006)0250 — C6-0186/2006 — 2006/0080(CNS)) — ENVI. Rapporteur: Johannes Blokland (A6-0239/2006) — * Report on the proposal for a Council directive on passenger car related taxes (COM(2005) 0261 — C6-0272/2005 — 2005/0130(CNS)) — ECON. Rapporteur: Karin Riis-Jørgensen (A6-0240/2006) — * Report on the proposal for a Council regulation concerning the conclusion of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Seychelles (COM(2006)0097 — C6-0102/2006 — 2006/0029(CNS)) — PECH. Rapporteur: Carmen Fraga Estévez (A6-0241/2006) — * Report on the proposal for a Council regulation concerning the conclusion of the Partnership Agreement in the fisheries sector between the European Community and the Union of the Comoros (COM(2006)0096 — C6-0103/2006 — 2006/0032(CNS)) — PECH. Rapporteur: Luis Manuel Capoulas Santos (A6-0242/2006) — * Report on the proposal for a Council regulation laying down specific measures for agriculture in favour of the smaller Aegean islands and amending Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 (COM(2006)0264 — C6-0232/2006 — 2006/0093(CNS)) — AGRI. Rapporteur: Joseph Daul (A6-0244/2006) — * Report on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1788/2003 establishing a levy in the milk and milk products sector (COM(2006)0330 — C6-0234/ 2006 — 2006/0108(CNS)) — AGRI. Rapporteur: Joseph Daul (A6-0245/2006) — *** Recommendation on the proposal for a Council and Commission decision concerning the conclusion of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Albania, of the other part (08161/2006 — C6-0197/2006 — 2006/0044(AVC)) — AFET. Rapporteur: Toomas Hendrik Ilves (A6-0246/2006) — Report on improving the mental health of the population: Towards a strategy on mental health for the European Union (2006/2058(INI)) — ENVI. Rapporteur: John Bowis (A6-0249/2006) — *** Recommendation on the proposal for a Council decision on the accession of the Community to the Hague Conference on Private International Law (07591/2006 — C6-0138/2006 — 2005/0251(AVC)) — JURI. Rapporteur: Diana Wallis (A6-0250/2006) — Report with a proposal for a European Parliament recommendation to the Council on the negotiations for an agreement with the United States of America on the use of passenger name records (PNR) data to prevent and combat terrorism and transnational crime, including organised crime (2006/2193(INI)) — LIBE. Rapporteur: Sophia in 't Veld (A6-0252/2006) — Report on EU-China relations (2005/2161(INI)) — AFET. Rapporteur: Bastiaan Belder (A6-0257/2006) — * Report on the proposal for a Council directive on the exemption from taxes of imports of small consignments of goods of a non-commercial character from third countries (Codified version) (COM(2006)0012 — C6-0059/2006 — 2006/0007(CNS)) — JURI. Rapporteur: Giuseppe Gargani (A6-0258/2006) — * Report on the proposal for a Council regulation laying down special measures to encourage silkworm rearing (Codified version) (COM(2006)0004 — C6-0042/2006 — 2006/0003(CNS)) — JURI. Rapporteur: Giuseppe Gargani (A6-0259/2006) — Report on the European cultural and architectural heritage at local level: promotion of an unrecognised heritage (2006/2050(INI)) — CULT. Rapporteur: Nikolaos Sifunakis (A6-0260/2006) — Report on the European Court of Auditors' Special Report No 5/2005: Interpretation expenditure incurred by the Parliament, the Commission and the Council (2006/2001(INI)) — CONT. Rapporteur: Alexander Stubb (A6-0261/2006)

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from Members: 2.1) oral questions (Rule 108): — Oral question (O-0075/2006) by Giuseppe Gargani, on behalf of the JURI Committee, to the Council: Involvement of the European Parliament in the work of the Hague Conference following the accession of the Community (B6-0323/2006); — Oral question (O-0076/2006) by Giuseppe Gargani, on behalf of the JURI Committee, to the Commission: Involvement of the European Parliament in the work of the Hague Conference following the accession of the Community (B6-0324/2006); — Oral question (O-0074/2006) by Giuseppe Gargani, on behalf of the JURI Committee, to the Commission: European contract law (B6-0326/2006); — Oral question (O-0082/2006) by Joost Lagendijk and Gisela Kallenbach, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Hannes Swoboda and Jan Marinus Wiersma, on behalf of the PSE Group, Doris Pack, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Elizabeth Lynne, Sarah Ludford and Jelko Kacin, on behalf of the ALDE Group, to the Council: The EU's preparedness for its future role in Kosovo (B6-0426/2006); — Oral question (O-0088/2006) by Enrique Barón Crespo, on behalf of the INTA Committee, to the Commission: Suspension of the negotiations on the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) (B6-0427/2006) 2.2) oral questions for Question Time (Rule 109) (B6-0325/2006): — to the Council: Moraes Claude, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou Marie, Medina Ortega Manuel, Lynne Elizabeth, Angelilli Roberta, Posselt Bernd, Horáček Milan, Harkin Marian, Van Hecke Johan, Ludford Sarah, Segelström Inger, Evans Robert, Crowley Brian, Aylward Liam, Ryan Eoin, Ó Neachtain Seán, Mitchell Gay, Doyle Avril, Seppänen Esko, Newton Dunn Bill, Papadimoulis Dimitrios, Martin David, de Brún Bairbre, van Nistelrooij Lambert, Hedh Anna, Budreikaitė Danutė, Andrikienė Laima Liucija, Beglitis Panagiotis, De Rossa Proinsias, Geringer de Oedenberg Lidia Joanna, Czarnecki Ryszard, Lundgren Nils, Martin Hans-Peter, Vakalis Nikolaos, Toussas Georgios, Pafilis Athanasios, Manolakou Diamanto, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou Rodi — to the Commission: Medina Ortega Manuel, Van Hecke Johan, Florenz Karl-Heinz, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou Marie, Andersson Jan, Ó Neachtain Seán, Rack Reinhard, Casaca Paulo, Lucas Caroline, Bowis John, Carnero González Carlos, Papadimoulis Dimitrios, Doyle Avril, Higgins Jim, Andrikienė Laima Liucija, Stubb Alexander, Jordan Cizelj Romana, Miguélez Ramos Rosa, Riera Madurell Teresa, Rutowicz Leopold Józef, Posselt Bernd, Karim Sajjad, Karatzaferis Georgios, McGuinness Mairead, Martin David, Matsis Yiannakis, Moraes Claude, Lynne Elizabeth, Hutchinson Alain, López-Istúriz White Antonio, Chmielewski Zdzisław Kazimierz, Batzeli Katerina, Segelström Inger, Evans Robert, Kuźmiuk Zbigniew Krzysztof, Czarnecki Ryszard, Belohorská Irena, Paleckis Justas Vincas, Crowley Brian, Aylward Liam, Ryan Eoin, Sjöstedt Jonas, Mitchell Gay, Newton Dunn Bill, Badia I Cutchet Maria, Hedh Anna, Titley Gary, Menéndez del Valle Emilio, Budreikaitė Danutė, Deß Albert, Beglitis Panagiotis, De Rossa Proinsias, Angelilli Roberta, Martin Hans-Peter, Gyürk András, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou Rodi, Toussas Georgios, Pafilis Athanasios, Manolakou Diamanto 2.3) motions for resolutions (Rule 113): — Cristiana Muscardini, Sergio Berlato, Wojciech Roszkowski, Mogens N.J. Camre and Roberta Angelilli, on behalf of the UEN Group — Motion for a resolution on adapting the legal systems of the EU Member States with regard to violence against minors (B6-0418/2006) referred to responsible: LIBE   opinion: FEMM — Cristiana Muscardini — Motion for a resolution on terrorism and immigration (B6-0421/2006) referred to responsible: LIBE   opinion: DEVE, AFET — Cristiana Muscardini — Motion for a resolution on security in the Middle East (B6-0422/2006) referred to responsible: AFET   opinion: DEVE, LIBE — Cristiana Muscardini — Motion for a resolution on security in the Middle East and the presence of terrorist bases in Syria (B6-0423/2006) referred to responsible: AFET   opinion: LIBE — Cristiana Muscardini — Motion for a resolution on paedophile crimes and justice (B6-0424/2006) referred to responsible: LIBE   opinion: FEMM, CULT — Cristiana Muscardini — Motion for a resolution on tax incentives to promote recycling of electronic equipment (B6-0425/2006) referred to responsible: ITRE   opinion: ENVI, EMPL, ECON, IMCO 2.4) proposed amendments to the Rules of Procedure (Rule 202): — Martin Schulz, Alain Hutchinson — Proposal for amendment of Parliament's Rules of Procedure on the insertion of a new Rule 148a — Respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms (B6-0419/2006) referred to responsible: AFCO   opinion: LIBE — Jo Leinen — Proposal for amendment of Parliament's Rules of Procedure: Amendment of Rule 29 — Formation of political groups (B6-0420/2006) referred to responsible: AFCO 2.5) written declarations for entry in the Register (Rule 116): — Maciej Marian Giertych, on the call for the Council and Commission to stop the construction of the north European gas pipeline due to the risk of an environmental disaster (55/2006) — Daniel Strož, on the need to prevent the establishment of a US rocket base on the territory of the Czech Republic (56/2006) — Roberta Angelilli, Cristiana Muscardini, Adriana Poli Bortone, Wojciech Roszkowski and Mieczysław Edmund Janowski, on the need to prevent the formation of the ‘paedophile party’ in the Netherlands and to counter the spread of similar organisations in the European Union (57/2006) — Luís Queiró, Jacek Emil Saryusz-Wolski, Vasco Graça Moura, Roberts Zīle and Ewa Hedkvist Petersen, on promoting multilingualism (58/2006) — Alessandra Mussolini, on violence against Catholic priests in Turkey (59/2006) — Alessandra Mussolini, on violence against young anti-Communists in Greece (60/2006) — Amalia Sartori, John Bowis, Françoise Grossetête, Cristina Gutiérrez-Cortines and Thomas Ulmer, on pharmaceutical active principles (61/2006) — Robert Evans, Eva Lichtenberger, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert and Emanuel Jardim Fernandes, on car hire (62/2006) — Bogusław Rogalski, on abuse of religious values (63/2006)

11.   Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council

The Council had forwarded certified true copies of the following:

—	Internal Agreement between the representatives of the governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council, amending the Internal Agreement of 18 September 2000 on measures to be taken and procedures to be followed for the implementation of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement;

—	Agreement between the European Community and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on certain aspects of air services;

—	Proces-Verbal of Rectification of the Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other part, to counter fraud and all other illegal activities to the detriment of their financial interests;

—	Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Lebanon on certain aspects of air services;

—	Joint Declaration by the European Community, on the one hand, and the Home Rule Government of Greenland and the Government of Denmark, on the other, on partnership between the European Community and Greenland;

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Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters extending the Protocol setting out, for the period 1 June 2005 to 31 May 2006, the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe on fishing off the coast of São Tomé and Príncipe;

—	Agreement between the European Community and the United States of America renewing a programme of cooperation in higher education and vocational education and training;

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Internal agreement between representatives of the governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council, on the financing of Community aid under the multiannual financial framework for the period 2008-2013 in accordance with the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement and on the allocation of financial assistance for the overseas countries and territories to which Part Four of the EC Treaty applies.

12.   Written declarations (Rule 116)

In accordance with Rule 116(5), written declarations 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37/2006 lapsed as they had not obtained the required number of signatures.

13.   Transfers of appropriations

The Committee on Budgets had considered the Commission's proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 14/2006 (C6-0181/2006 — SEC(2006)0580).

Having noted the Council's opinion, it had authorised the transfer in full, pursuant to Article 24(3) of the Financial Regulation of 25 June 2002.

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The Committee on Budgets had considered the Commission's proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 15/2006 (C6-0224/2006 — SEC(2006)0581).

Having noted the Council's opinion, it had authorised the transfer in full, pursuant to Article 24(3) of the Financial Regulation of 25 June 2002.

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The Committee on Budgets had considered the Commission's proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 16/2006 (C6-0193/2006 — SEC(2006)0582).

It had authorised the transfer in part under Article 24(3) of the Financial Regulation of 25 June 2002.

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The Committee on Budgets had considered the Commission's proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 17/2006 (C6-0182/2006 — SEC(2006)0583).

Having noted the Council's opinion, it had authorised the transfer in full, pursuant to Article 24(3) of the Financial Regulation of 25 June 2002.

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The Committee on Budgets had considered the Commission's proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 18/2006 (C6-0183/2006 — SEC(2006)0613).

Having noted the Council's opinion, it had authorised the transfer in full, pursuant to Article 24(3) of the Financial Regulation of 25 June 2002.

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The Committee on Budgets had considered the Commission's proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 19/2006 (C6-0184/2006 — SEC(2006)0170).

Having noted the Council's opinion, it had authorised the transfer in full, pursuant to Article 24(3) of the Financial Regulation of 25 June 2002.

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The Committee on Budgets had considered the Commission's proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 24/2006 (C6-0222/2006 — SEC(2006)0717).

Having noted the Council's opinion, it had authorised the transfer in full, pursuant to Article 24(3) of the Financial Regulation of 25 June 2002.

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The Committee on Budgets had considered the Commission's proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 25/2006 (C6-0219/2006 — SEC(2006)0718).

It had authorised the transfer in part under Article 24(3) of the Financial Regulation of 25 June 2002.

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The Committee on Budgets had considered the Commission's proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 26/2006 (C6-0220/2006 — SEC(2006)0802).

Having noted the Council's opinion, it had authorised the transfer in full, pursuant to Article 24(3) of the Financial Regulation of 25 June 2002.

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The Committee on Budgets had considered the Commission's proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 27/2006 (C6-0203/2006 — SEC(2006)0829).

Having noted the Council's opinion, it had agreed to the request for a transfer in accordance with Articles 24(3) and 26(2) of the Financial Regulation of 25 June 2002 and Article 25 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006.

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The Committee on Budgets had considered the Commission's proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 28/2006 (C6-0204/2006 — SEC(2006)0803).

Having noted the Council's opinion, it had agreed to the request for a transfer in accordance with Articles 24(3) and 26(2) of the Financial Regulation of 25 June 2002 and Article 25 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006.

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The Committee on Budgets had considered the Commission's proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 29/2006 (C6-0196/2006 — SEC(2006)0793).

Having noted the Council's opinion, it had authorised the transfer in full, pursuant to Article 24(3) of the Financial Regulation of 25 June 2002.

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The Committee on Budgets had considered the Commission's proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 30/2006 (C6-0223/2006 — SEC(2006)0805).

Having noted the Council's opinion, it had authorised the transfer in full, pursuant to Article 24(3) of the Financial Regulation of 25 June 2002.

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The Committee on Budgets had considered the Commission's proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 31/2006 (C6-0230/2006 — SEC(2006)0806).

Having noted the Council's opinion, it had authorised the transfer in full, pursuant to Article 24(3) of the Financial Regulation of 25 June 2002.

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The Committee on Budgets had considered the Commission's proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 32/2006 (C6-0205/2006 — SEC(2006)0807).

Having noted the Council's opinion, it had agreed to the requested transfer pursuant to Articles 24(3) and 26(2) of the Financial Regulation of 25 June 2002, and Article 25 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006, provided that a detailed monthly report would be submitted to the budgetary authority.

The Committee on Budgets had also emphasised the importance it attached to the provisions of Article 43 of the Financial Regulation and to the Commission's responsibilities in the matter.

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The Committee on Budgets had considered the Commission's proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 33/2006 (C6-0233/2006 — SEC(2006)0801).

Having noted the Council's opinion, it had agreed to the requested transfer pursuant to Article 24(3) of the Financial Regulation of 25 June 2002 provided that a detailed monthly report would be submitted to the budgetary authority.

The Committee on Budgets had also emphasised the importance it attached to the provisions of Article 43 of the Financial Regulation and to the Commission's responsibilities in the matter.

14.   Petitions

The following petitions, which had been entered in the register on the dates shown below, had been forwarded to the committee responsible pursuant to Rule 191(5):

13.07.2006

Apostolos Rematisios (No 301/2006)

Lucja Ponikiewska-Rózynska (No 302/2006)

Graham Senior Milne (No 303/2006)

Joseph V. Grech (No 304/2006)

Kirtiben Patel (Alpha Omega Solicitors & Commissioners for Oaths) (No 305/2006)

Klaus Koch (No 306/2006)

Karl Senecky (No 307/2006)

Elisabeth Gallmann (No 308/2006)

Roland Uldschmidt (No 309/2006)

Stefan Becker (No 310/2006)

Pauly Ulrich (No 311/2006)

Birgitt Sicking (No 312/2006)

Ralf Bruggemann (No 313/2006)

Thomas List (No 314/2006)

Antonia Millmann (No 315/2006)

Adreas Hilbert (No 316/2006)

Jan Erik Hansen (No 317/2006)

Jan Erik Hansen (No 318/2006)

(Name confidential) (No 319/2006)

Peter Ray (No 320/2006)

Graziano Bertussin (No 321/2006)

Erwin Maison (No 322/2006)

Lily Rosner (No 323/2006)

Norbert Gunster (No 324/2006)

Joachim Menneking (No 325/2006)

Valentina Knoll (No 326/2006)

Andreas Hummer (Interessengemeinschaft Kasernennutzung mit Vernunft) (No 327/2006)

Thiery Baldi (No 328/2006)

Inka Sollmann (No 329/2006)

Mathias Kowalik (No 330/2006)

Giorgio Bortini (No 331/2006)

Florian Knappik (No 332/2006)

Karl Blanderer (No 333/2006)

Karl Maria Schulte (No 334/2006)

Caroline Michels (No 335/2006)

Ali Yildiz (No 336/2006)

Georg Schnieder (No 337/2006)

Daniel Gyoere (No 338/2006)

Marco Ciuti (No 339/2006)

James Croke (Irish Reverse Vending Association) (No 340/2006)

Marta Sikorska (with 6 signatures) (No 341/2006)

Elena Martín Fierro (Solidaridad Solar SOS) (No 342/2006)

Raimo Saarkoppel (No 343/2006)

Magda Stoczkiewicz (CEE Bankwatch Network) (No 344/2006)

Stephen Cave (No 345/2006)

Michael Anstey (No 346/2006)

Alexander Eske Broch (No 347/2006)

Kartar Badsha (Environmental Law Centre) (No 348/2006)

Svatopluk Smahlík (No 349/2006)

Malgorzta Znaniecka (Ogolnopolskie Towarzystwo Ochrony Ptaków) (No 350/2006)

Rosa Marie Bauer Winter (with 5 signatures) (No 351/2006)

Gwynallt Bowen (No 352/2006)

Leigh Donnell (No 353/2006)

Rodney Maile (No 354/2006)

Yannike Bergling (No 355/2006)

Uwe Kunze (No 356/2006)

19.07.2006

Kenneth Abela (No 357/2006)

Paul Roditelev (No 358/2006)

Clifford John Williams (No 359/2006)

Radoslaw Szymczuk (Workshop for all beings) (No 360/2006)

José Luis Ordóñez (No 361/2006)

Rosa Dolores Vallés Martínez (Foro Social Contra el Trasvase Fuensanta Taibilla) (No 362/2006)

Sara Guarinos Serrano (No 363/2006)

Antonio Rubio Viedma (No 364/2006)

Emili Ametler Serra (with 2 signatures) (No 365/2006)

Cándido Quintana Arteaga (Plataforma de Defensa del Puerto de Santa Cruz) (No 366/2006)

Francisco Sánchez Lucas (No 367/2006)

Salvador Cutillas Gimeno (No 368/2006)

Mariano Chávez Núñez (No 369/2006)

Justa Villafranca Martín (No 370/2006)

José Francisco Fernández Gatón (Asociación filón verde) (No 371/2006)

Eric Thomsen (Romano Association) (No 372/2006)

Constant Verbraeken (No 373/2006)

Constant Verbraeken (No 374/2006)

Efthimia Dilpizoglou (No 375/2006)

Samo Pahor (Edinost druzbeno politicno drustvo) (with 3 signatures) (No 376/2006)

Cristina Pinto (No 377/2006)

Antonio Giangrande (Associazione contro tutte le mafie) (No 378/2006)

Giuffrida (TGTEuropeORG) (No 379/2006)

Marino Savina (No 380/2006)

Giuseppe Brau (No 381/2006)

Luciano Mazzolin (with 12154 signatures) (No 382/2006)

Ferdinando Pezzuti (No 383/2006)

Enza Sarcia' Martorino (No 384/2006)

Siria Lozzi (No 385/2006)

Gian Franco Consoli (No 386/2006)

Marneo Serenelli (No 387/2006)

(Name confidential) (No 388/2006)

Juan Donaire Merino (Colectivo ecologista Riojano) (No 389/2006)

Hassan Shalayel Shalayel (Association Palestina en Valencia) (No 390/2006)

Yolanda Espinosa Vecino (No 391/2006)

Hermenegildo Gomes de Abreu Ferreira (No 392/2006)

20.07.2006

Christian Benammar (No 393/2006)

Blanka Sztaba (No 394/2006)

Gérard Lamour (Amis du Parti Libéral du Tchad) (No 395/2006)

José Julio Lopes Guiomar (No 396/2006)

Jean Tostain (Union européenne des non-fumeurs) (No 397/2006)

Alain Lebrun (Collectif national d'Associations contre les Nuisances de l'Aviation Légère) (No 398/2006)

Michel Berhocoirigoin (Euskal herriko Laborantza Ganbara) (No 399/2006)

Jean-Michel Gennart (with 11 signatures) (No 400/2006)

Abdelkader Tigha (No 401/2006)

Jean-Paul Fabre (No 402/2006)

Frédéric Perrot (Conseil de l'Agriculture Jurassienne FDSEA) (with 9 signatures) (No 403/2006)

Carlos Augusto da Conceição Rainho (No 404/2006)

Groupe international de parents c/o Association sosraptsparentaux (with 20 signatures) (No 405/2006)

Marek Stepien (FH CYRUS) (No 406/2006)

Christelle Bartholome (with 500 signatures) (No 407/2006)

Giovanni Conte (No 408/2006)

Özcan Kaldoyo (ACSA) (No 409/2006)

Anton Krögerström (No 410/2006)

Andras Szolnoki (No 411/2006)

Ján Luterán (No 412/2006)

Barbara Smiechowska (Solectwo Kozieglowy) (with 7 signatures) (No 413/2006)

Bronislaw Turczanik (Kancelaria Adwokacka) (No 414/2006)

Byczek Kazimiera (No 415/2006)

Krysztof Andruszkiewicz (British American Tobacco Polska SA) (No 416/2006)

Janica Afeltarir (No 417/2006)

Danuta Wilinska (No 418/2006)

Romana Dominiak (with 5 signatures) (No 419/2006)

Marek Sowa (UPC Polska Sp z o.o.) (with 2 signatures) (No 420/2006)

Mohan Ryszard Matuszewski (No 421/2006)

Franciszek Osinski (No 422/2006)

Jozef Pawel Kirwiel (No 423/2006)

29.08.2006

Dierk Stelzer (No 424/2006)

Ingolf Weimer (No 425/2006)

Helmut Gontermann (No 426/2006)

Fritz Rühl (No 427/2006)

Ginesta and Georg Barbu (with 2 signatures) (No 428/2006)

Frank-Florian Seifert (NICKEL Rechtsanwälte) (No 429/2006)

Miloš Bobić (No 430/2006)

Walter Pilz (Pilz § Wirtschaftsprüfer, FA f. Steuerrecht, Rechtsanwalt) (No 431/2006)

Mr Zarkow (RAe Engelmann. Gorev-Drozd) (No 432/2006)

Richard Geoffrey Damer Harrisson (No 433/2006)

Marco Neves da Silva (No 434/2006)

Stefan Jaudas (No 435/2006)

Frederick-Anthony Farrugia (No 436/2006)

Marc Mifsud (No 437/2006)

Irma Michailovna Dzhalajan (No 438/2006)

Czeslaw Dmochowski (No 439/2006)

Vincent Farrugia (GRTU Malta Chamber of Small and Medium Enterprises) (No 440/2006)

Amanda Issa (Cortijo las Olivas) (No 441/2006)

Peter Dunne (No 442/2006)

Michael and Maureen Marsh (with 2 signatures) (No 443/2006)

Sebastián Gómez Sánchez (No 444/2006)

Antonio Valero Agulló (Comunidad de Labradores) (with 2 signatures) (No 445/2006)

Julia Benlloch Padilla (Asociación de Vecinos EXPOSICIÓN — El Porvenir) (No 446/2006)

Vanessa Jiménez García (with 800 000 signatures) (No 447/2006)

Maxime Metzmacher (No 448/2006)

Franck Lecointre (No 449/2006)

François Chevalier (No 450/2006)

Federico Tedeschini (Universitá di Roma La Sapienza) (No 451/2006)

Francisco Manuel Búzio dos Reis (Municipio Vila do Bispo) (with 1 019 signatures) (No 452/2006)

Eva Berkiová (No 453/2006)

Ágnes Katzler (No 454/2006)

Péter Fehér (No 455/2006)

Ewa Górska (No 456/2006)

Jerzy Straszewski (Polska Izba Komunikacji Elektronicznej) (No 457/2006)

31.08.2006

Nicolas Antonio Porras Gómez (Sociedades de Cazadores de la Isla de Tenerife en el Consejo Insular de Caza) (No 458/2006)

José María de Ureña Francés (No 459/2006)

Hector Modia Vilamea (GROINSA S.L.) (No 460/2006)

Antonio Morales Méndez (Ayuntamiento de la Villa de Agüimes) (No 461/2006)

Plataforma pola Defensa da Ria de Vigo (No 462/2006)

Roger Pons Vidal (Asociación Xuquer Viu) (No 463/2006)

Luis de la Rasilla Sanchez-Arjona (Proyecto INTER/SUR para la Democracia Ciudadana y la Ecociudadanía) (No 464/2006)

Juan de Dios Gutierrez Cogollor (Asociación de Vecinos Urb. Velle del Sol Sector XXX) (No 465/2006)

Samuel Martín-Sosa Rodríguez (Ecologistas en Acción) (No 466/2006)

Francisco Mesa Ramírez (Plataforma de Solidaridad con Palestina) (with 40 signatures) (No 467/2006)

Francisco Calderón Sánchez de Rojas (SODEPAZ) (with 409 signatures) (No 468/2006)

David Vallespi i Ros (No 469/2006)

Juliana Chaves (Amics de la Tierra — Eivissa) (with 10 849 signatures) (No 470/2006)

Matti Niemelä (Coordination Dynamic Therapy Center Oy) (No 471/2006)

Augusto Scandiuzzi (No 472/2006)

Ana Avoila (Frente Comum de Sindicatos da Administração Pública) (No 473/2006)

Jan-Olov Gidevall (No 474/2006)

Özcan Kaldoyo (Assyrian Chaldean Syriac Association) (No 475/2006)

Pawel Wosicki (Polska Federacj Ruchow Obrony Zycia) (No 476/206)

Renata Kimmel (No 477/2006)

Marian Ziarnik (No 478/2006)

Dariusz Kaczmarek (No 479/2006)

Barbara Kohnke (with 16 signatures) (No 480/2006)

Andrzej Kaniak (No 481/2006)

Henryk Kamecki (No 482/2006)

Rafal Rogowski (Obywatelski Sztab Antykryzysowy — Nie Przez Miasto) (with 11 signatures) (No 483/2006).

15.   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 February II and March I and II part-sessions in 2006 had been distributed.

16.   Order of business

The next item was the order of business.

The final draft agenda for the September I part-session (PE 377.309/PDOJ) had been distributed and a number of changes had been proposed (Rule 132):

Sittings of 04.09.2006 to 07.09.2006

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday

—	no changes

Thursday

—	Debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (Rule 115): — Request from the PSE Group to replace the item on Zimbabwe (Item 56 on the final draft agenda) with an item on Transnistria.

The following spoke: Hannes Swoboda, on behalf of the PSE Group, who moved the request, Marianne Mikko and Charles Tannock.

Parliament rejected the request by electronic vote (74 in favour, 103 against, 19 abstentions).

The order of business was thus established.

17.   One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Pursuant to Rule 144, the following Members who wished to draw the attention of Parliament to matters of political importance spoke for one minute:

Geoffrey Van Orden, Marc Tarabella, Danutė Budreikaitė, Margrete Auken, Pedro Guerreiro, Janusz Wojciechowski, Thomas Wise, Georgios Karatzaferis, Ashley Mote, James Nicholson, Justas Vincas Paleckis, Lívia Járóka, Pál Schmitt, Bogusław Liberadzki, Antolín Sánchez Presedo, Kyriacos Triantaphyllides, Véronique De Keyser, Glenys Kinnock, Romana Jordan Cizelj, Ioannis Gklavakis, Sophia in 't Veld, Monika Beňová, Vytautas Landsbergis, Georgios Papastamkos, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Árpád Duka-Zólyomi, Adamos Adamou, Mairead McGuinness, Marianne Mikko, Richard Corbett, Manuel Medina Ortega, Marios Matsakis, Simon Busuttil, Milan Gaľa, Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou and Inés Ayala Sender.

IN THE CHAIR: Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Vice-President

18.   Passenger car related taxes * (debate)

Report on the proposal for a Council directive on passenger car related taxes [COM(2005)0261 — C6-0272/2005 — 2005/0130(CNS)] — Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.

Rapporteur: Karin Riis-Jørgensen (A6-0240/2006)

The President announced that Karin Riis-Jørgensen (rapporteur) would be a little late and would introduce her report as soon as she arrived.

László Kovács (Member of the Commission) spoke.

The following spoke: Jan Marinus Wiersma (draftsman of the opinion of the TRAN Committee), Werner Langen, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Katerina Batzeli, on behalf of the PSE Group, Marian Harkin, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Satu Hassi, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Erik Meijer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Roberts Zīle, on behalf of the UEN Group, Leopold Józef Rutowicz, Non-attached Member, Anja Weisgerber, Donata Gottardi, Henrik Lax, Margrete Auken, Johannes Blokland, Gunnar Hökmark and Andrzej Jan Szejna.

Karin Riis-Jørgensen introduced the report.

IN THE CHAIR: Ingo FRIEDRICH

Vice-President

The following spoke: Claude Turmes (draftsman of the opinion of the ENVI Committee), John Whittaker, Zsolt László Becsey, Matthias Groote, Dariusz Maciej Grabowski, Piia-Noora Kauppi, Joseph Muscat, Georgios Karatzaferis, Reinhard Rack, Kathy Sinnott, Avril Doyle, Philip Bradbourn, Luís Queiró, Renate Sommer and László Kovács (Member of the Commission).

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 05.09.2006, Item 9.3.

19.   Funding to deal with pollution caused by ships ***I (debate)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on a multiannual funding for the action of the European Maritime Safety Agency in the field of response to pollution caused by ships and amending Regulation (EC) No 1406/2002 [COM(2005)0210) — C6-0153/2005 — 2005/0098(COD)] — Committee on Transport and Tourism.

Rapporteur: Luis de Grandes Pascual (A6-0184/2006)

Jacques Barrot (Vice-President of the Commission) spoke.

Luis de Grandes Pascual introduced the report.

The following spoke: Jutta Haug (draftsman of the opinion of the BUDG Committee), Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Willi Piecyk, on behalf of the PSE Group, and Josu Ortuondo Larrea, on behalf of the ALDE Group.

IN THE CHAIR: Manuel António dos SANTOS

Vice-President

The following spoke: Margrete Auken, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Georgios Toussas, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Luís Queiró, Rosa Miguélez Ramos, Alyn Smith, Nikolaos Sifunakis, Inés Ayala Sender and Jacques Barrot.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 05.09.2006, Item 9.1.

20.   Forest fires and floods (debate)

Commission statement: Forest fires and floods

Stavros Dimas (Member of the Commission) made the statement.

The following spoke: Gerardo Galeote, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Rosa Miguélez Ramos, on behalf of the PSE Group, Ignasi Guardans Cambó, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Ilda Figueiredo, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Janusz Wojciechowski, on behalf of the UEN Group, Ryszard Czarnecki, Non-attached Member, Konstantinos Hatzidakis, Luis Manuel Capoulas Santos, Josu Ortuondo Larrea, Willy Meyer Pleite, Sebastiano (Nello) Musumeci and Ville Itälä.

IN THE CHAIR: Miroslav OUZKÝ

Vice-President

The following spoke: Stavros Lambrinidis and Zdzisław Zbigniew Podkański.

IN THE CHAIR: Josep BORRELL FONTELLES

President

The following spoke: Françoise Grossetête, Antolín Sánchez Presedo, Zbigniew Krzysztof Kuźmiuk, Markus Pieper, Evangelia Tzampazi, Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Edite Estrela, Francisco José Millán Mon, Ioannis Gklavakis, Paul Rübig and Stavros Dimas.

As the motions for resolutions tabled were not yet available, they would be announced in plenary at a later time (see Minutes of 05.09.2006, Item 4).

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 07.09.2005, Item 7.5.

IN THE CHAIR: Miroslav OUZKÝ

Vice-President

21.   Situation in DR Congo (debate)

Commission statement: Situation in DR Congo

Louis Michel (Member of the Commission) made the statement.

The following spoke: Jürgen Schröder, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Ana Maria Gomes, on behalf of the PSE Group, Philippe Morillon, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Marie-Hélène Aubert, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Tobias Pflüger, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Ryszard Czarnecki, Non-attached Member, Karl von Wogau, Richard Howitt, Johan Van Hecke, Fiona Hall and Louis Michel.

The debate closed.

22.   Agenda for next sitting

The agenda for the next sitting had been established (‘Agenda’ PE 377.309/OJMA).

23.   Closure of sitting

The sitting closed at 22.35.

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