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Volume 48
18 August 2005

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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

2004-2005 SESSION

Monday 15 November 2004

2005/C 201E/1

MINUTES

1

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

Resumption of session

Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

Documents received

Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council

Written declarations (Rule 116)

Approval by the Council of Parliament's positions adopted at first reading (Rule 66)

Petitions

Membership of Parliament

Dates for next sittings

Membership of political groups

Statement by the President

Order of business

One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2005 (deadline for tabling draft amendments)

Agenda for next sitting

Closure of sitting

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

7

Tuesday 16 November 2004

2005/C 201E/2

MINUTES

8

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

Opening of sitting

Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

Documents received

Transfers of appropriations

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

Request for the defence of parliamentary immunity

Lifting of the embargo on the sale of arms to China — Arms exports (debate)

Althea mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (statements followed by debate)

European Agency for Reconstruction * — Instrument of financial support (Cyprus) * (debate)

Climate change (statements followed by debate)

Packaging and packaging waste ***I (debate)

Situation in Cuba (statement followed by debate)

Agenda for next sitting

Closure of sitting

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

15

Wednesday 17 November 2004

2005/C 201E/3

MINUTES

16

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

Opening of sitting

Documents received

European Council meeting (Brussels, 4 and 5 November 2004) (debate)

Formal sitting — South Africa

Voting time

Seed produced in third countries * (Rule 131) (vote)

Taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments (Andorra) * (Rule 131) (vote)

Taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments (Liechtenstein) * (Rule 131) (vote)

ARGO programme * (Rule 131) (vote)

Packaging and packaging waste ***I (vote)

European Agency for Reconstruction * (vote)

Instrument of financial support (Cyprus) * (vote)

Arms exports (vote)

Althea mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (vote)

Climate change (vote)

Situation in Cuba (vote)

European Council meeting (Brussels, 4 and 5 November 2004) (vote)

Explanations of vote

Corrections to votes

Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

Statement by Mr Barroso, President-elect of the Commission

Question Time (Council)

Agenda for next sitting

Closure of sitting

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

26

ANNEX I

28

ANNEX II

34

TEXTS ADOPTED

62

P6_TA(2004)0051
Seed produced in third countries *
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council directive on amending Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 2002/54/EC and 2002/57/EC as regards examinations carried out under official supervision and equivalence of seed produced in third countries (COM(2004)0263 — 14410/2004 — C6-0010/2004 — 2004/0086(CNS))

62

P6_TA(2004)0052
Taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments (Andorra) *
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Principality of Andorra providing for measures equivalent to those laid down in Council Directive 2003/48/EC on taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments (COM(2004)0564 — C6-0120/2004 — 2004/0192(CNS))

62

P6_TA(2004)0053
Taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments (Liechtenstein) *
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Principality of Liechtenstein providing for measures equivalent to those laid down in Council Directive 2003/48/EC of 3 June 2003 on taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments (COM(2004)0569 — C6-0121/2004 — 2004/0191(CNS))

63

P6_TA(2004)0054
ARGO Programme *
European Parliament legislative resolution on the Commission proposal for a Council decision amending Decision 2002/463/EC adopting an action programme for administrative cooperation in the fields of external borders, visas, asylum and immigration (ARGO programme) (COM(2004)0384 — C6-0049/2004 — 2004/0122(CNS))

64

P6_TA(2004)0055
Packaging and packaging waste ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste (COM(2004)0127 — C5-0100/2004 — 2004/0045(COD))

65

P6_TC1-COD(2004)0045
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 17 November 2004 with a view to the adoption of Directive 2004/.../EC of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste

66

P6_TA(2004)0056
European Agency for Reconstruction *
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2667/2000 on the European Agency for Reconstruction (COM(2004)0451 — C6-0075/2004 — 2004/0133(CNS))

67

P6_TA(2004)0057
Instrument of financial support (Cyprus) *
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation establishing an instrument of financial support for encouraging the economic development of the Turkish Cypriot community (COM(2004)0465 — COM(2004)0696 — 13195/2004 — C6-0098/2004 — 2004/0145(CNS))

69

P6_TA(2004)0058
Arms exports
European Parliament resolution on the Council's Fifth Annual Report according to Operative Provision 8 of the European Union Code of Conduct on Arms Exports (2004/2103(INI))

71

P6_TA(2004)0059
Althea mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina
European Parliament resolution on the European Union military operation ‘Althea’ in Bosnia and Herzegovina

77

P6_TA(2004)0060
Climate Change
European Parliament resolution on the EU strategy for the Buenos Aires Conference on Climate Change (COP-10)

81

P6_TA(2004)0061
Situation in Cuba
European Parliament resolution on Cuba

83

P6_TA(2004)0062
European Council meeting (Brussels, 4 and 5 November 2004)
European Parliament resolution on the outcome of the European Council meeting held in Brussels on 4 and 5 November 2004

84

Thursday 18 November 2004

2005/C 201E/4

MINUTES

90

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

Opening of sitting

Documents received

Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council

Activities of the European Ombudsman (2003) (debate)

Official welcome

Voting time

Election of the Commission (vote)

Activities of the European Ombudsman (2003) (vote)

Explanations of vote

Corrections to votes

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

Côte d'Ivoire (debate)

Tibet (case of Tenzin Delek Rinpoche) (debate)

Human rights in Eritrea (debate)

Voting time

Côte d'Ivoire (vote)

Tibet (case of Tenzin Delek Rinpoche) (vote)

Human rights in Eritrea (vote)

Membership of committees and delegations

Agenda of next part-session

Sitting of Tuesday, 21 December 2004

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

101

ANNEX I

103

ANNEX II

107

TEXTS ADOPTED

113

P6_TA(2004)0063
Election of the Commission (resolution)
European Parliament resolution on the election of the new Commission

113

P6_TA(2004)0064
Election of the Commission (decision)
European Parliament decision electing the nominated Commission

115

P6_TA(2004)0065
European Ombudsman — Annual Report 2003
European Parliament resolution on the annual report on the activities of the European Ombudsman for the year 2003 (2004/2091(INI))

115

P6_TA(2004)0066
Côte d'Ivoire
European Parliament resolution on the situation in Côte d'Ivoire

120

P6_TA(2004)0067
Tibet (case of Tenzin Delek Rinpoche)
European Parliament resolution on Tibet, the case of Tenzin Delek Rinpoche

122

P6_TA(2004)0068
Human rights in Eritrea
European Parliament resolution on the human rights situation in Eritrea

123

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