Jerzy Jaskiernia and Janusz Lisak (observers) had informed the Chair that on Monday 2 June 2003 they had not been able to arrive at Parliament in time to sign the attendance register as their flight had been cancelled.

Gérard Caudron had informed the Presidency that he had been present at the sitting of 4 June 2003 but that his name was not on the attendance register.

The President paid tribute to four German soldiers killed in Kabul on 7 June 2003. They were part of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan.

On behalf of Parliament, he expressed his condolences to the families of the victims and his sympathy with the German Government and armed forces.

The competent authorities in Belgium had given notice of the appointment of Anne André-Leonard, Koenraad Dillen and Philip Claeys, as Members of Parliament, in place of Daniel Ducarme, Frank Vanhecke and Karel Dillen respectively, with effect from 16 June 2003.

The Dutch competent authorities had given notice of the appointment of Peter Pex to replace Karla Peijs as Member of Parliament, with effect from 11 June 2003.

At the request of the PPE-DE Group, Parliament ratified the following appointment:

The order of business had been established (Item 13 of Minutes of 2 June 2003) and a corrigendum to the agenda had been distributed (PE 331.504/OJ/COR).

Pursuant to Rule 121a, the following Members who wished to draw the attention of Parliament to matters of political importance spoke for one minute:

Guido Podestà, Pervenche Berès, Daniel Marc Cohn-Bendit, Carlos Lage and Efstratios Korakas.

The President made a statement in which he congratulated the members of the European Parliament's delegation to the European Convention on the work done and the results obtained.

The following spoke: Íñigo Méndez de Vigo (chairman of the European Parliament's delegation to the European Convention), Klaus Hänsch (first vice-president of that delegation), Elmar Brok (chairman of the AFET Committee) on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Enrique Barón Crespo, on behalf of the PSE Group, Graham R. Watson, on behalf of the ELDR Group, Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Monica Frassoni, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, José Ribeiro e Castro, on behalf of the UEN Group, Jens-Peter Bonde, on behalf of the EDD Group, Georges Berthu, Non-attached Member, Jonathan Evans, Giorgio Napolitano (chairman of the AFCO Committee), Andrew Nicholas Duff, Esko Olavi Seppänen, Brian Crowley, William Abitbol, Gianfranco Dell'Alba, Francesco Fiori and Charlotte Cederschiöld.

On behalf of Parliament, the President welcomed members of a delegation from the Committee on National Security and Foreign Policy of the Parliament of the Islamic Republic of Iran, led by the chairman of that committee, Dr Mohsen Mirdamadi, who had taken their seats in the official gallery.

Statements by the High Representative for CFSP and by the Commission: Middle East.

Javier Solana (High Representative for CFSP) and Christopher Patten (Member of the Commission) made the statements.

The following spoke: Enrique Barón Crespo, on behalf of the PSE Group, Bob van den Bos, on behalf of the ELDR Group, Luisa Morgantini, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Jan Dhaene, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Gerard Collins, on behalf of the UEN Group, Paul Coûteaux, on behalf of the EDD Group, Marco Pannella, Non-attached Member, Armin Laschet, John Hume, Frédérique Ries, Roseline Vachetta, Nelly Maes, Franz Turchi, Bastiaan Belder, Dominique F.C. Souchet, Charles Tannock, Emilio Menéndez del Valle, Luciana Sbarbati and Alexandros Alavanos.

The following spoke: Ulla Margrethe Sandbæk, Ursula Stenzel, Jacques F. Poos, Jean-Thomas Nordmann, Johannes (Hannes) Swoboda, Giovanni Claudio Fava and Javier Solana.

13. Security strategy for the European Union — Implementation of the United Nations programme to combat the illegal trade in light weapons (statements followed by debate)

Statements by the High Representative for CFSP and by the Commission: Security strategy for the European Union including implementation of the United Nations programme to combat the illegal trade in light weapons.

Javier Solana (High Representative for CFSP) and Christopher Patten (Member of the Commission) made the statements.

The following spoke: Elmar Brok, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Jan Marinus Wiersma, on behalf of the PSE Group, Ole Andreasen, on behalf of the ELDR Group, Pernille Frahm, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Daniel Marc Cohn-Bendit, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Ursula Stenzel, Ioannis Souladakis, Johan Van Hecke, Patricia McKenna, Margrietus J. van den Berg, Francisca Sauquillo Pérez del Arco and Javier Solana.

Philippe Morillon and Karl von Wogau, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on implementation of the United Nations programme to combat the illegal trade in light weapons (B5-0312/2003),

Patricia McKenna, Nelly Maes and Elisabeth Schroedter, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on implementation of the United Nations programme to combat the illegal trade in light weapons (B5-0313/2003),

Francis Wurtz and Pernille Frahm, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on implementation of the United Nations programme to combat the illegal trade in light weapons (B5-0314/2003),

Luís Queiró and Cristiana Muscardini, on behalf of the UEN Group, on implementation of the United Nations programme to combat the illegal trade in light weapons (B5-0315/2003),

Johan Van Hecke and Bob van den Bos, on behalf of the ELDR Group, on implementation of the United Nations programme to combat the illegal trade in light weapons (B5-0316/2003),

Glenys Kinnock and Margrietus J. van den Berg, on behalf of the PSE Group, on implementation of the United Nations programme to combat the illegal trade in light weapons (B5-0317/2003).

14. Future of the textile agreement in WTO negotiations (statement followed by debate)

The following spoke: Concepció Ferrer, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Luis Berenguer Fuster, on behalf of the PSE Group, Ilda Figueiredo, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Jean Lambert, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Regina Bastos, Carlos Lage, Guido Bodrato, Harald Ettl, Konstantinos Hatzidakis, Imelda Mary Read and Pascal Lamy.

Report on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council regulation on the statute and financing of European political parties [COM(2003) 77 — C5-0059/2003 — 2003/0039(COD)] — Committee on Constitutional Affairs.

José Ribeiro e Castro asked that Rule 130a be applied to this report (the President noted his request and said he would refer the matter to the President of Parliament).

The following spoke: Helmut Kuhne (draftsman of the opinion of the CONT Committee), Ursula Schleicher, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Richard Corbett, on behalf of the PSE Group, Andrew Nicholas Duff, on behalf of the ELDR Group, Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Neil MacCormick, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Jens-Peter Bonde, on behalf of the EDD Group, Georges Berthu, Non-attached Member, who also supported José Ribeiro e Castro's request, Othmar Karas, Dimitris Tsatsos, Ole B. Sørensen, Freddy Blak, Gérard Onesta, Graham H. Booth, Gianfranco Dell'Alba, Daniel J. Hannan, Luís Marinho, Pernille Frahm, Hiltrud Breyer, Koldo Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Proinsias De Rossa, Erik Meijer and Loyola de Palacio.

Report on the Commission communication on the energy cooperation with the developing countries [COM(2002) 408 — C5-0537/2002 — 2002/2244(INI)] — Committee for Development and Cooperation.

The following spoke: Francisca Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, on behalf of the PSE Group, Yasmine Boudjenah, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Loyola de Palacio, Francisca Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Yasmine Boudjenah and Anders Wijkman.

Recommendation for second reading on the common position of the Council with a view to adopting a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 96/82/EC on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances [14054/1/2002 — C5-0085/2003 — 2001/0257(COD)] — Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy.

The following spoke: Anne Ferreira, on behalf of the PSE Group, Inger Schörling, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Johannes (Hans) Blokland, on behalf of the EDD Group, David Robert Bowe and Dorette Corbey

Report on the Commission communication: ‘Towards a strategy to protect and conserve the marine environment’ [COM(2002) 539 — C5-0155/2003 — 2003/2065(INI)] — Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy

The following spoke: Patricia McKenna (draftsman of the opinion of the PECH Committee), Véronique De Keyser, on behalf of the PSE Group, Astrid Thors, on behalf of the ELDR Group, Eija-Riitta Anneli Korhola, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, and Margot Wallström.

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

The following signed:

Aaltonen, Abitbol, Adam, Ahern, Ainardi, Alavanos, Almeida Garrett, Alyssandrakis, Andersen, Andersson, Andreasen, André-Léonard, Andrews, Aparicio Sánchez, Arvidsson, Atkins, Auroi, Averoff, Avilés Perea, Ayuso González, Bakopoulos, Balfe, Baltas, Banotti, Barón Crespo, Bartolozzi, Bastos, Bautista Ojeda, Bayona de Perogordo, Beazley, Bébéar, Belder, Berend, Berenguer Fuster, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berlato, Bernié, Berthu, Bertinotti, Beysen, Bigliardo, Blak, Blokland, Bodrato, Böge, Bösch, von Boetticher, Bonde, Boogerd-Quaak, Booth, Bordes, Borghezio, van den Bos, Boudjenah, Boumediene-Thiery, Bouwman, Bowe, Bowis, Bradbourn, Brie, Brienza, Brok, Brunetta, Buitenweg, Bullmann, van den Burg, Busk, Butel, Callanan, Camisón Asensio, Campos, Camre, Cappato, Carlotti, Carnero González, Carraro, Carrilho, Casaca, Cashman, Caudron, Caullery, Cederschiöld, Celli, Cercas, Ceyhun, Chichester, Philip Claeys, Clegg, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cohn-Bendit, Collins, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, Cornillet, Coûteaux, Cox, Crowley, Cunha, Cushnahan, van Dam, Damião, Darras, Daul, De Clercq, Decourrière, De Keyser, Dell'Alba, De Mita, Deprez, De Rossa, De Sarnez, Descamps, Désir, Deva, De Veyrac, Dhaene, Díez González, Di Lello Finuoli, Dillen, Dimitrakopoulos, Di Pietro, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Dührkop Dührkop, Duff, Duin, Dupuis, Ebner, Echerer, Elles, Esclopé, Ettl, Jillian Evans, Jonathan Evans, Robert J.E. Evans, Farage, Fatuzzo, Fava, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Ferreira, Ferrer, Ferri, Fiebiger, Figueiredo, Fiori, Fitzsimons, Flautre, Florenz, Ford, Formentini, Foster, Fourtou, Frahm, Fraisse, Frassoni, Friedrich, Fruteau, Gahler, Gahrton, Galeote Quecedo, Garaud, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Gargani, Garot, Garriga Polledo, Gasòliba i Böhm, de Gaulle, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Glase, Goepel, Görlach, Gollnisch, Gomolka, González Álvarez, Goodwill, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Graça Moura, Gröner, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grosch, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hager, Hannan, Hansenne, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Haug, Hazan, Heaton-Harris, Hedkvist Petersen, Helmer, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Herzog, Hieronymi, Honeyball, Hortefeux, Howitt, Hudghton, Hughes, Huhne, van Hulten, Hume, Hyland, Iivari, Ilgenfritz, Imbeni, Inglewood, Isler Béguin, Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jensen, Jöns, Jonckheer, Jové Peres, Junker, Karamanou, Karas, Karlsson, Katiforis, Kaufmann, Kauppi, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Keßler, Khanbhai, Kindermann, Glenys Kinnock, Klamt, Klaß, Knolle, Koch, Konrad, Korakas, Korhola, Koukiadis, Koulourianos, Krarup, Krehl, Krivine, Kuckelkorn, Kuhne, Kuntz, Lage, Lagendijk, Laguiller, Lalumière, Lambert, Lang, Lange, Langen, Langenhagen, Lannoye, de La Perriere, Laschet, Lavarra, Lechner, Lehne, Leinen, Liese, Linkohr, Lipietz, Lisi, Lombardo, Lucas, Ludford, Lulling, Lynne, Maat, Maaten, McAvan, McCarthy, McCartin, MacCormick, McKenna, McMillan-Scott, McNally, Maes, Maij-Weggen, Malliori, Manders, Manisco, Erika Mann, Thomas Mann, Mantovani, Marchiani, Marinho, Marini, Markov, Marques, Martens, David W. Martin, Hans-Peter Martin, Hugues Martin, Martinez, Martínez Martínez, Mastella, Mastorakis, Mathieu, Matikainen-Kallström, Mauro, Hans-Peter Mayer, Xaver Mayer, Mayol i Raynal, Medina Ortega, Meijer, Méndez de Vigo, Mendiluce Pereiro, Menéndez del Valle, Mennitti, Menrad, Messner, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Miranda, Modrow, Mombaur, Montfort, Moraes, Morgantini, Morillon, Emilia Franziska Müller, Müller, Mulder, Murphy, Musotto, Musumeci, Myller, Naïr, Napoletano, Napolitano, Naranjo Escobar, Newton Dunn, Nicholson, Nisticò, Nobilia, Nogueira Román, Nordmann, Obiols i Germà, Ojeda Sanz, Olsson, Ó Neachtain, Onesta, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Oreja Arburúa, Ortuondo Larrea, Paasilinna, Pacheco Pereira, Paciotti, Pack, Paisley, Pannella, Papayannakis, Patakis, Patrie, Paulsen, Pérez Royo, Roy Perry, Pesälä, Pex, Piecyk, Piétrasanta, Pirker, Piscarreta, Pisicchio, Pittella, Plooij-van Gorsel, Podestà, Pohjamo, Pomés Ruiz, Poos, Prets, Procacci, Pronk, Provan, Puerta, Purvis, Queiró, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Radwan, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Raymond, Read, Ribeiro e Castro, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rod, de Roo, Rothe, Rothley, Roure, Rovsing, Rübig, Rühle, Ruffolo, Rutelli, Sacconi, Sacrédeus, Saint-Josse, Sakellariou, Sandberg-Fries, Sandbæk, Santini, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Sbarbati, Scapagnini, Scarbonchi, Schaffner, Scheele, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Gerhard Schmid, Herman Schmid, Olle Schmidt, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schörling, Ilka Schröder, Jürgen Schröder, Schroedter, Schulz, Seppänen, Sichrovsky, Simpson, Sjöstedt, Skinner, Smet, Sörensen, Sommer, Sornosa Martínez, Souchet, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Staes, Stenmarck, Sterckx, Stihler, Stirbois, Stockmann, Stockton, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Suominen, Swiebel, Swoboda, Sørensen, Tajani, Tannock, Terrón i Cusí, Theato, Theorin, Thomas-Mauro, Thorning-Schmidt, Thors, Thyssen, Titford, Titley, Torres Marques, Trentin, Tsatsos, Turchi, Turco, Turmes, Uca, Vachetta, Väyrynen, Vairinhos, Valdivielso de Cué, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Vallvé, Van Brempt, Van Hecke, Van Lancker, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vattimo, Veltroni, van Velzen, Vermeer, de Veyrinas, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Villiers, Virrankoski, Vlasto, Volcic, Wachtmeister, Wallis, Walter, Watson, Watts, Weiler, Wenzel-Perillo, Whitehead, Wieland, Wiersma, Wijkman, Wuori, Wyn, Wynn, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimeray, Zimmerling, Zissener, Zorba, Zrihen

Observers:

Bastys Mindaugas, Bekasovs Martijans, Bielan Adam, Bobelis Kazys Jaunutis, Brejc Mihael, Chronowski Andrzej, Chrzanowski Zbigniew, Ciemniak Grażyna, Cybulski Zygmunt, Czinege Imre, Drzęźla Bernard, Ékes József, Fazakas Szabolcs, Gadzinowski Piotr, Gawłowski Andrzej, Germič Ljubo, Gruber Attila, Grzebisz-Nowicka Zofia, Gurmai Zita, Gyürk András, Hegyi Gyula, Holáň Vilém, Horvat Franc, Jakič Roman, Kāposts Andis, Kelemen András, Klich Bogdan, Kłopotek Eugeniusz, Klukowski Wacław, Konečná Kateřina, Kósa Kovács Magda, Kowalska Bronisława, Kreitzberg Peeter, Kriščiūnas Kęstutis, Kroupa Daniel, Kuzmickas Kęstutis, Kvietkauskas Vytautas, Lachnit Petr, Laštůvka Vladimír, Lewandowski Janusz Antoni, Lisak Janusz, Litwiniec Bogusław, Lydeka Arminas, Macierewicz Antoni, Maldeikis Eugenijus, Mallotová Helena, Maštálka Jiří, Matsakis Marios, Attard-Montalto John, Oleksy Józef, Őry Csaba, Pęczak Andrzej, Peterle Alojz, Pieniążek Jerzy, Plokšto Artur, Podgórski Bogdan, Podobnik Janez, Pospíšil Jiří, Protasiewicz Jacek, Rouček Libor, Rutkowski Krzysztof, Savi Toomas, Sefzig Luděk, Smorawiński Jerzy, Surján László, Szczygło Aleksander, Vadai Ágnes, Valys Antanas, Vareikis Egidijus, Vári Gyula, Vėsaitė Birutė, Wenderlich Jerzy, Widuch Marek, Wikiński Marek, Wojciechowski Janusz, Żenkiewicz Marian,