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9.6.2005 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
CE 140/1 |
MINUTES
(2005/C 140 E/01)
PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING
IN THE CHAIR: Josep BORRELL FONTELLES
President
1. Resumption of session
The sitting opened at 17.05.
2. Announcement by the President
The President announced that he would ask Parliament to observe a minute's silence at noon the following day to pay tribute to the victims of the hostage-taking in Beslan and all victims of terrorism. He stated that he would also refer to terrorism in his address to the House at 09.00 the following morning, and that he had asked the heads of state and government of the Member States to encourage all schools to join the tribute. The President added that, on behalf of Parliament, he had sent his condolences to the families of the victims of each terrorist attack. He also appealed to the hostage-takers in Iraq holding two Italians working for an NGO and two French journalists, and referred to the accident in which Patriarch Petros VII had been killed.
3. Approval of Minutes of previous sitting
The Minutes of the previous sitting were approved.
4. 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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5. 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):
23 July 2004
by Mr Mihalis Stegioulas (No 560/2004);
by Mr Serafeim Stavrou (Friends of the Mountain and Sea Association) (No 561/2004);
by Mr Raúl Arturo Sánchez Martínez (No 562/2004);
by Mr José Ramón Martínez Robles (No 563/2004);
by Mr José Renato Núñez da Silva (No 564/2004);
by Mr Manel Ramon i Fuentes (Ajuntament d'Altafulla) (No 565/2004);
by Mr Emeterio Peñil González (No 566/2004);
by Mrs Katia Pérez Sánchez (No 567/2004);
by Mr Sebastián Arévalo Crespo (Plataforma para la Defensa de la Sierra de Alconera — La Lapa y su Entorno) (No 568/2004);
by Mr Raúl Palacio Portillo (Asociación Karrantza Naturala) (No 569/2004);
by Mr Piero Soave (No 570/2004);
by Mr Olivier Naulot (No 571/2004);
by Mrs Brigitte Verhauwaert (No 572/2004);
by Mr Patric Renaudot (No 573/2004);
by Mr Francis Augias (No 574/2004);
by Mr Claude Le Duigou (No 575/2004);
by Mrs Colette Carichiopulo (Ligue pour la Protection des Oiseaux) (No 576/2004);
by Femmes Solidaires-Clara Magazine (No 577/2004);
by Mrs Roselyne Boivin (Pierrefitte Palestine Association pour la Paix) (No 578/2004);
by Mrs Yasmin Hohenstaufen (Gran Magistero Costituzioni Federiciane) (No 579/2004);
by Mrs Yasmin Hohenstaufen (Comitato Internazionale Diritti Umani) (No 580/2004);
by Mr Michelangelo Reinato (No 581/2004);
by Mr Mario Valeriano (No 582/2004);
by Mrs Maria Amerano (No 583/2004);
by Mrs Anna Carella (No 584/2004);
by Mr Mohamad Abdulrahman (No 585/2004);
by Mr Goffredo Laterza (No 586/2004);
by Mr Alessandro Lucarelli (No 587/2004);
by Mr Spiros Kavvouras Kollias (No 588/2004);
by Mr Gerardo Seisdedos Alonso (No 589/2004);
by Mrs Sabrina Cappellotto Borel (No 590/2004);
by Mr Jean Nisol (No 591/2004);
by Mrs Anne Germain (No 592/2004);
by Mrs Francesca Cardile (No 593/2004);
by Mr Giancarlo Ravera (No 594/2004);
by Mr Cristian Cresci (No 595/2004);
by Mr Paulo Barral (No 596/2004).
29 July 2004
by Mr Manfred Hackauf (No 597/2004);
by Mr Klaus Sojka (No 598/2004);
by Mr G. Fammels (B&G Fammels e.K.) (No 599/2004);
by Mrs Vera Kminkova (No 600/2004);
by Mr Diliyan Palauzov (Gemeinschaft der bulgarischen Studenten in Deutschland) (and 1 740 signatures) (No 601/2004);
by Mr Lorenz Leitritz (and 2 signatures) (No 602/2004);
by Mr Karl-Heinz Hennig (No 603/2004);
by Mr Christoph Sorowski (and 3 signatures) (No 604/2004);
by Mr Manfred Kling (No 605/2004);
by Mr Thomas Meyer-Falk (No 606/2004);
by Mr Pirmin Knurr (No 607/2004);
by Mr Peter Führer (No 608/2004);
by Mr Hasan Hüseyin Öztas (No 609/2004);
by Mr Patrick Hartigan (No 610/2004);
by Mr Arthur White (No 611/2004);
by Mr Adam Bedkowski (No 612/2004);
by Mr John Bridle (Asbestos Watchdog Ltd) (No 613/2004);
by Mrs Joanna Mendoza Adams (and 2 signatures) (No 614/2004);
by Mr Panayotis Xanthopoulos (Panhellenic Society of Pontion Scientists) (No 615/2004);
by Mr Danny Doherty (No 616/2004);
by Mr Michael Thompson (Link-Age — Linking the generations on pensions) (No 617/2004);
by Mrs Stephanie Gaillard (No 618/2004);
by Mr Karel Mauer (Civic Association ‘Self Defense’) (No 619/2004);
by Mr Pirjo Niemenmaa (No 620/2004);
by Mr András Lukács (Clean Air Action Group) (No 621/2004);
by Mr Richard Harrisson (No 622/2004);
by Mr Nick Lockett (No 623/2004);
by Mrs Wendy Florence Winter de Garcia (Expatriate Information Exchange) (No 624/2004);
by Mr Håkan Krantz (No 625/2004);
by Mr Harald Schwarz (No 626/2004);
by Mr Mark Ringhand (No 627/2004);
by Mr Peter Koits (Stadt Wels) (No 628/2004);
by Mr Berthold Klingebiel (No 629/2004);
by Mrs Ciaran Crummey (No 630/2004);
by Mrs Ingeborg Vurgun-Kern (Selbsthilfegruppe Silikongeschädigter Frauen e.V.) (No 631/2004).
5 August 2004
by Mr Günther Kutzler (No 632/2004);
by Mr Philip Staud (No 633/2004);
by Mr Peter Scholz (No 634/2004);
by Mr Heinrich Junge (No 635/2004);
by Tayad-Komitee (and 1020 signatures) (No 636/2004);
by Mrs Besime Kekez (No 637/2004);
by Mrs Susanne Schmitz (No 638/2004);
by Mrs Jirina Fuchs (No 639/2004);
by Mr Ronald Cowell (Daily Express Pensioners Association) (No 640/2004);
by Mr João Cardoso (No 641/2004);
by Mr Philip Bekaert (Cercle Républicain) (No 642/2004);
by Mr Ramunas Jankaukas (No 643/2004);
by Mr Vytautas Faralevicius (No 644/2004);
by Mrs Pauline Angliss (No 645/2004);
by Mr Robert Gurgul (No 646/2004);
by Mr Seppo Putkonen (No 647/2004);
by Mr Karl Wüpping (Elterninitiative-CF Cystische Fibrose-Mukoviszidose e.V.) (No 648/2004);
by Mr Piotr Pasinski (No 649/2004);
by Mr Franciszek Grubich (No 650/2004);
by Mikulas Horvath and Ján Laczko (No 651/2004);
by Atklátais Sociálás Rehabilitácijas Fonds (No 652/2004);
by Mr József Pintér (No 653/2004);
by Mrs Györgyne Váncsa (No 654/2004);
by 56-OS Szervezetek Konföderációja (No 655/2004);
by Mrs Anastazie Chovancova (No 656/2004);
by Mr Milan Chovanec (No 657/2004);
by Mr Fran Hupka (No 658/2004);
by Mrs Marie Mandikova (No 659/2004);
by Mrs Zuzana Cermanova (No 660/2004);
by Mrs Marta Chovancova (No 661/2004);
by Mr Helmut Sandvoß (Aktionsgemeinschaft gegen Verherrlichung von Völkermord) (No 662/2004);
by Mr Carsten Thurau (No 663/2004);
by Mr Thomas Hoppe (No 664/2004);
by Mrs Kerstin Kaufmann (No 665/2004);
by Mr Anthony Fisher Camilleri (Kunsill Studenti Universitariji) (No 666/2004);
by Mr Dermot Sheehan (No 667/2004);
by Mr Paul Elster (and 1 420 signatures) (No 668/2004);
by Mr Anthony Clarke (No 669/2004);
by Mr Jurim Lejam (No 670/2004).
6 September 2004
by Mr Ioannis Mantzoufas (No 671/2004);
by Mrs Georgoulea Efrossini (No 672/2004);
by Mr Juan José Corrales Montequín (Ayuntamiento de Siero) (No 673/2004);
by Mr David Ortuño Alvarez (Izquierda Unida de Albos de Lloredo) (No 674/2004);
by Mr Rafael Vázquez Alvarez (Ayuntamiento de Padrón) (No 675/2004);
by Mr Román Jesús Gonzalez Gutierrez (No 676/2004);
by Mr Rafael Vengut Aranda (No 677/2004);
by Mr Andres Magana Garcia (No 678/2004);
by Mr José Hidalgo López (Ajuntament de Petrer) (No 679/2004);
by Grupo Traespa Marítimo, S.L. (No 680/2004);
by Mr Angel Sánchez García (No 681/2004);
by Mr Luis de la Rasilla Sánchez-Arjona (Proyecto Inter/Sur para la Democracia Ciudadana y la Ecociudadanía) (No 682/2004);
by Mrs Mercedes Hernandez Pujol (No 683/2004);
by Mr Karrantza Naturalia (No 684/2004);
by Mr Eusebio Ortega Villalvilla (No 685/2004);
by Mrs Noelle Canadelle (Mouvement de la Paix 66) (No 686/2004);
by Mr Filipe Mario Lopes (Oficios do Património e da Reabilitação Urbana) (No 687/2004);
by Mrs Gisèle Delpech (No 688/2004);
by Mr Henri-Michel Henry (Association de Défense et de Valorisation des Iles et du Littoral de la Mer d'Iroise) (No 689/2004);
by Mr Serge Bayard (No 690/2004);
by Mrs Colette Simon (No 691/2004);
by Mr Fabio Micheloni (Comune di Vattaro) (No 692/2004);
by Mr Riccardo Lops (No 693/2004);
by Mr Flavio Scanferla (No 694/2004);
by Mr Marco Della Torre (Tower INV Srl) (No 695/2004);
by Mr Andrea Baiguera (No 696/2004);
by Mr Adolfo Lapi (No 697/2004);
by Mr Elio Bernabó (Associazione Nazionale Vittime Civili di Guerra) (No 698/2004);
by Mrs Gabriella Cucchiara (No 699/2004);
by Mr Arsenale di Messina (No 700/2004);
by Comitato Popolare Anti-Antenna ‘Elettra’ (No 701/2004);
by Mr Patrick Carroll (General Secretariat for Justice and Peace — Order of Friar Servants of Mary) (and 3 500 signatures) (No 702/2004);
by Mr Frank Stumpf (Stadt Naila) (and 808 signatures) (No 703/2004);
by Mr Roland Kwiedor (No 704/2004);
by Mr Peter Budde (No 705/2004);
by Mr Wilfried Partzsch (No 706/2004);
by Mr Franz Funke (No 707/2004);
by Mr Harald Schwarz (No 708/2004);
by Mr Sebastian Zschering (No 709/2004);
by Mr Karsten Leurs (No 710/2004);
by Mrs Katharina Brizic (No 711/2004);
by Mr Wolfgang Weis (No 712/2004);
by Mrs Heidrun Sedlacik (No 713/2004);
by Mr Gabriel Foco (No 714/2004);
by Mrs Silke Jelkic (and 22 signatures) (No 715/2004);
by Mr Andreas Klein (No 716/2004);
by Mr Dieter Enger (No 717/2004);
by Mr Frank Bicker (No 718/2004);
by Mr Josef Demmel (No 719/2004);
by Mr Bruno Köhler (MANNdat e.V.) (No 720/2004);
by Mrs Inge-Maria Noack (and 20 signatures) (No 721/2004);
by Mrs Sabine Scharf (No 722/2004);
by Mr SRP Stefan (No 723/2004);
by Mr Carsten Thurau (No 724/2004);
by Mr Otwin Schneider (No 725/2004);
by Mr Ralph Jones (No 726/2004);
by Mrs Mary Elizabeth Saïd (No 727/2004);
by Mr James Rooney (No 728/2004);
by Mr Stuart McCabe (No 729/2004);
by Mr Michael Meighan (The Qualifications Company Ltd) (No 730/2004);
by Mrs Jana Miltova (No 731/2004);
by Mr Kuisma Lappalainen (No 732/2004);
by Mr Loizos Afxentiou (Famagusta Refugee Movement) (No 733/2004);
by Mr David Hazlerigg (No 734/2004);
by Mr Constant Verbraeken (No 735/2004);
by Mr Frits de Jong (No 736/2004);
by Mr Jan Sinágl (No 737/2004);
by Mr Vladimír Dudycha (No 738/2004);
by Mrs Jirina Bambasova (No 739/2004);
by Mr Rafael Miklos (No 740/2004);
by Mr Ludwik Marian Dobrzyniak (No 741/2004);
by Mr Kryzysztof Wierzba (No 742/2004);
by Mrs Michelle Slattery (No 743/2004).
6. Transfers of appropriations
The Committee on Budgets had considered proposal for transfer of appropriations V/10/AB/2004 by the Court of Auditors.
After noting 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 proposal for transfer of appropriations 2/2004 by the Committee of the Regions.
After noting the Council's opinion, it had authorised the transfer in full, pursuant to Articles 24(3) and 43(1) of the Financial Regulation of 25 June 2002.
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The Committee on Budgets had considered proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC37/2004 by the Commission (C6-0081/2004 — SEC(2004) 0948).
After noting 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 proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC38/2004 by the Commission (C6-0082/2004 — SEC(2004) 0949).
After noting the Council's opinion, it had authorised the transfer in full, pursuant to Article 24(3) of the Financial Regulation of 25 June 2002.
The Committee on Budgets had considered proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC39/2004 by the Commission (C6-0083/2004 — SEC(2004) 0950).
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CHAPTER — 25 01 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENDITURE OF POLICY AREA ‘COMMISSION'S POLICY COORDINATION AND LEGAL ADVICE’ |
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ARTICLE — 25 01 02 External staff and other management expenditure in support of policy area ‘Commission's policy coordination and legal advice’ |
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ITEM — 25 01 02 11 Other management expenditure of policy area ‘Commission's policy coordination and legal advice’ |
NDA - 922 000 EUR |
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CHAPTER — 27 01 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENDITURE OF BUDGET POLICY AREA |
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ARTICLE — 27 01 02 External staff and other management expenditure in support of Budget policy area |
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ITEM — 27 01 02 11 Other management expenditure of DG Budget |
NDA 922 000 EUR |
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CHAPTER — 25 01 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENDITURE OF POLICY AREA ‘COMMISSION'S POLICY COORDINATION AND LEGAL ADVICE’ |
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ARTICLE — 25 01 02 External staff and other management expenditure in support of policy area ‘Commission's policy coordination and legal advice’ |
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ITEM — 25 01 02 11 Other management expenditure of policy area ‘Commission's policy coordination and legal advice’ |
NDA - 470 000 EUR |
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CHAPTER — 01 01 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENDITURE OF POLICY AREA ‘ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS’ |
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ARTICLE — 01 0102 External staff and other management expenditure in support of policy area ‘Economic and financial affairs’ |
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ITEM — 01 01 02 11 Other management expenditure |
NDA 1 000 00 EUR |
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TO CHAPTER — 03 01 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENDITURE OF POLICY AREA ‘COMPETITION’ |
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ARTICLE — 03 01 02 External staff and other management expenditure in support of policy area ‘Competition’ |
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ITEM — 03 01 02 11 Other management expenditure |
NDA 55 000 EUR |
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TO CHAPTER — 04 01 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENDITURE OF POLICY AREA ‘EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS’ |
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ARTICLE — 04 01 02 External staff and other management expenditure in support of policy area ‘Employment and social affairs’ |
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ITEM — 04 01 02 11 Other management expenditure |
NDA 100 000 EUR |
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TO CHAPTER — 05 01 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENDITURE OF POLICY AREA ‘AGRICULTURE’ |
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ARTICLE — 05 01 02 External staff and other management expenditure in support of policy area ‘Agriculture’ |
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ITEM — 05 01 02 11 Other management expenditure |
NDA 50 000 EUR |
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TO CHAPTER — 17 01 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENDITURE OF POLICY AREA ‘HEALTH AND CONSUMER PROTECTION’ |
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ARTICLE — 17 01 02 External staff and other management expenditure in support of policy area ‘Health and consumer protection’ |
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ITEM — 17 01 02 11 Other management expenditure |
NDA 140 000 EUR |
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TO CHAPTER — 29 01 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENDITURE OF POLICY AREA ‘STATISTICS’ |
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ARTICLE — 29 0102 External staff and other management expenditure in support of policy area ‘Statistics’ |
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ITEM — 29 01 02 11 Other management expenditure |
NDA 25 000 EUR |
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The Committee on Budgets had considered proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC41/2004 by the Commission (C6-0079/2004 — SEC(2004) 0951).
After noting 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 proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC42/2004 by the Commission (C6-0084/2004 — SEC(2004) 0952).
It had authorised the transfer, pursuant to Article 24 of the Financial Regulation of 25 June 2002.
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The Committee on Budgets had considered proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC43/2004 by the Commission (C6-0085/2004 — SEC(2004) 0953).
After noting the Council's opinion, it had authorised the transfer in full, pursuant to Article 24(3) of the Financial Regulation of 25 June 2002.
7. Membership of Parliament
The competent authorities in Belgium had announced that Philippe Busquin and Marc Tarabella had been elected Members of the European Parliament, with effect from 13 September 2004 and 9 August 2004 respectively.
The President drew attention to the provisions of Rule 3(5).
8. Action taken on Parliament's positions and resolutions
The Commission communication on the action taken on the positions and resolutions adopted by Parliament during the April 2004 part-session had been distributed.
9. Membership of committees
The President had received the following requests for appointments from the political groups:
PPE-DE:
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AGRI Committee: María Esther Herranz García to replace María del Pilar Ayuso González, |
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INTA Committee: María del Pilar Ayuso González to replace María Esther Herranz García, |
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BUDG Committee: Nina Škottová; Jana Hybášková was no longer a full member, |
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CONT Committee: Salvador Garriga Polledo was no longer a full member, |
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DROI Subcommittee: Giorgos Dimitrakopoulos; Mihael Brejc to replace Alojz Peterle, |
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SEDE Subcommittee: Alojz Peterle; Mihael Brejc was no longer a full member, |
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PETI Committee: Manolis Mavrommatis; András Gyürk was no longer a full member; |
PSE:
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CONT Committee: Dan Jørgensen and Borut Pahor, |
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SEDE Subcommittee: Massimo D'Alema, |
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DROI Subcommittee: Raimon Obiols i Germà, |
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PECH Committee: Henrik Dam Kristensen and Luis Manuel Capoulas Santos; |
ALDE:
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ENVI Committee: Vittorio Prodi to replace Bernard Lehideux, |
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EMPL Committee: Bernard Lehideux to replace Vittorio Prodi, |
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DROI Subcommittee: Johan Van Hecke to replace Emma Bonino. |
The appointments would be adopted if no objections were lodged before the approval of these Minutes.
10. Approval by the Council of Parliament's positions adopted at first reading (Rule 66)
Pursuant to Article 251(2) of the EC Treaty, the Council had informed Parliament that it had approved Parliament's position adopted at first reading on 21 April 2004 with a view to adopting a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1655/2000 concerning the financial instrument for the environment (LIFE) (2003/0260(COD)).
The act was thus adopted and would be signed jointly by the President of Parliament and the President-in-Office of the Council, pursuant to Rule 68 of Parliament's Rules of Procedure.
11. Requests for the waiver of parliamentary immunity
The competent authorities in the Czech Republic had forwarded a request to waive the parliamentary immunity of Vladimir Železný.
Pursuant to Rule 6(2), the request had been referred to the committee responsible, the JURI Committee.
The competent authorities in Germany had forwarded a request to waive the parliamentary immunity of Rainer Wieland.
Pursuant to Rule 6(2), the request had been referred to the committee responsible, the JURI Committee.
12. Request for the defence of parliamentary immunity
Umberto Bossi's lawyer had written to the Presidency asking Parliament to contact the competent authorities in Italy in order to defend Mr Bossi's parliamentary immunity in a case pending before a court in Padua.
Pursuant to Rule 6(3), the request had been referred to the committee responsible, the JURI Committee.
13. Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council
The Council had forwarded certified true copies of the following:
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Agreement between the European Community and the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka on the readmission of persons residing without authorisation; |
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Protocol modifying the fourth protocol laying down the conditions relating to fishing provided for in the agreement on fisheries between the European Economic Community, on the one hand, and the government of Denmark and the local government of Greenland, on the other; |
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Agreement on the promotion, provision and use of Galileo and GPS satellite-based navigation systems and related applications; |
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Protocol to the partnership and cooperation agreement establishing a partnership between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Azerbaijan, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic to the European Union; |
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Cooperation agreement on a civil global navigation satellite system (GNSS) between the European Community and its Member States and the State of Israel. |
14. Order of business
The next item was the order of business.
The final draft agenda for the part-session (PE 344.811/PDOJ) had been distributed. No changes had been proposed.
Council request for the application of urgent procedure (Rule 134) for:
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Proposal for a regulation imposing certain restrictive measures in support of effective implementation of the mandate of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (COM(2004) 0348 — C6-0041/2004 — 2004/0114(CNS)) |
Reason for request:
In order to prevent funds and economic resources that should be frozen from being moved, it is essential that this regulation be adopted as soon as possible.
Council request for the application of urgent procedure (Rule 134) for:
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Proposal for a regulation establishing an instrument of financial support for encouraging the economic development of the Turkish Cypriot community (COM(2004) 0465 — C6-0098/2004 — 2004/0145 (CNS)) |
Reason for request:
To facilitate the reunification of Cyprus, the proposal seeks to implement the Council's conclusions on Cyprus, as stated on 26 April 2004, as soon as possible.
Parliament would vote on these requests at the beginning of the following day's sitting.
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The order of business was thus established.
15. 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:
Ryszard Czarnecki, Avril Doyle, Evangelia Tzampazi, Diana Wallis, Margrietus van den Berg, Sarah Ludford, Proinsias De Rossa, Marilisa Xenogiannakopoulou, Roger Helmer, Roberta Angelilli, Ilda Figueiredo, Thijs Berman, Georgios Toussas, Struan Stevenson, Mario Borghezio, József Szájer, Manolis Mavrommatis, Charles Tannock, James Hugh Allister, Carlo Fatuzzo and Bogusław Rogalski.
Robert Evans mentioned Council Question Time (the President replied that even though it had not been possible to translate some questions into all languages, they would nevertheless be included in the list of questions).
16. Recent environmental disasters (fires in southern Europe) (statement followed by debate)
Commission statement: Recent environmental disasters (fires in southern Europe)
Margot Wallström (Member of the Commission) made the statement.
The following spoke: María Esther Herranz García, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, and María Isabel Salinas García, on behalf of the PSE Group.
IN THE CHAIR: Alejo VIDAL-QUADRAS ROCA
Vice-President
The following spoke: David Hammerstein Mintz, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Ilda Figueiredo, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Carlos Coelho, Jamila Madeira, Cristina Gutiérrez-Cortines, Rosa Miguélez Ramos, Kader Arif and Margot Wallström.
The debate closed.
17. International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) (oral question with debate)
Oral question by Paolo Costa, on behalf of the TRAN Committee, on the meeting of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) (B6-0013/2004).
Paolo Costa moved the oral question.
Margot Wallström (Member of the Commission) answered the oral question.
The following spoke: Ingo Schmitt, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Willi Piecyk, on behalf of the PSE Group, Dirk Sterckx, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Michael Cramer, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Johannes Blokland, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Dorette Corbey and Margot Wallström.
The debate closed.
Vote: Minutes of 16.09.2004, Item 6.2
18. Consequences of the shipwreck, off the Turkish coast, of a ship containing toxic ash (statement followed by debate)
Commission statement: Consequences of the shipwreck, off the Turkish coast, of a ship containing toxic ash
Margot Wallström (Member of the Commission) made the statement.
The following spoke: Inés Ayala Sender, on behalf of the PSE Group, David Hammerstein Mintz, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Dimitrios Papadimoulis, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Johannes Blokland, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Frank Vanhecke, Non-attached Member, Willi Piecyk, Diamanto Manolakou and Margot Wallström.
The debate closed.
19. Agenda for next sitting
The Agenda for the next sitting had been established (‘Agenda’ PE 344.811/OJMA).
20. Closure of sitting
The sitting closed at 19.10.
Julian Priestley
Secretary-General
Dagmar Roth-Behrendt
Vice-President
ATTENDANCE REGISTER
The following signed:
Adamou, Adwent, Agnoletto, Allister, Alvaro, Andersson, Andrejevs, Andria, Andrikienė, Angelilli, Antoniozzi, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Ashworth, Atkins, Attwooll, Aubert, Auken, Ayuso González, Baco, Badía i Cutchet, Barsi-Pataky, Batten, Battilocchio, Batzeli, Bauer, Beaupuy, Beazley, Becsey, Beer, Beglitis, Belder, Belet, Belohorská, Bennahmias, Beňová, Berend, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berlato, Berlinguer, Berman, Bersani, Bertinotti, Bielan, Birutis, Blokland, Bobošíková, Böge, Bösch, Bonde, Bono, Bonsignore, Booth, Borghezio, Borrell Fontelles, Bourlanges, Bowis, Bozkurt, Bradbourn, Mihael Brejc, Brepoels, Bresso, Breyer, Březina, Brie, Brok, Budreikaitė, van Buitenen, Bullmann, van den Burg, Bushill-Matthews, Busquin, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Calabuig Rull, Callanan, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casa, Cashman, Castex, del Castillo Vera, Catania, Cavada, Cercas, Cesa, Chatzimarkakis, Chichester, Chmielewski, Christensen, Chruszcz, Clark, Coelho, Corbett, Corbey, Correia, Paolo Costa, António Costa, Cottigny, Coveney, Cramer, Crowley, Marek Aleksander Czarnecki, Ryszard Czarnecki, D'Alema, Daul, Davies, de Brún, Degutis, De Keyser, Del Turco, Demetriou, Demszky, Deprez, De Rossa, De Sarnez, Descamps, Désir, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dičkutė, Didžiokas, Dillen, Dimitrakopoulos, Dionisi, Dobolyi, Dombrovskis, Douay, Dover, Doyle, Drčar Murko, Duchoň, Dührkop Dührkop, Duff, Duin, Duka-Zólyomi, Duquesne, Ehler, Ek, El Khadraoui, Elles, Esteves, Estrela, Ettl, Eurlings, Jillian Evans, Jonathan Evans, Robert Evans, Fajmon, Falbr, Farage, Fatuzzo, Fava, Fazakas, Ferber, Fernandes, Fernández Martín, Anne Ferreira, Elisa Ferreira, Figueiredo, Fjellner, Flasarová, Flautre, Foglietta, Fontaine, Fotyga, Fourtou, Fraga Estévez, Friedrich, Fruteau, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, García-Margallo y Marfil, García Pérez, Garriga Polledo, Gauzès, Gebhardt, Gentvilas, Geremek, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gibault, Gierek, Giertych, Gill, Gklavakis, Glante, Glattfelder, Goebbels, Goepel, Golik, Gollnisch, Gomes, Gomolka, Goudin, Genowefa Grabowska, Grabowski, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Gräßle, de Grandes Pascual, Grech, Gröner, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Grosch, Grossetête, Gruber, Guellec, Guidoni, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Guy-Quint, Gyürk, Hänsch, Hamon, Handzlik, Harbour, Harkin, Harms, Hassi, Hatzidakis, Haug, Hazan, Heaton-Harris, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Hegyi, Helmer, Henin, Hennicot-Schoepges, Hennis-Plasschaert, Herczog, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Honeyball, Hoppenstedt, Horáček, Hortefeux, Howitt, Hudacký, Hudghton, Hutchinson, Hybášková, Ibrisagic, Ilves, in 't Veld, Isler Béguin, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jäätteenmäki, Jałowiecki, Janowski, Járóka, Jeggle, Jensen, Jöns, Jørgensen, Jordan Cizelj, Juknevičienė, Jelko Kacin, Kaczmarek, Kallenbach, Kamiński, Karas, Karatzaferis, Kasoulides, Kaufmann, Kauppi, Tunne Kelam, Kilroy-Silk, Kindermann, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Klinz, Knapman, Koch, Koch-Mehrin, Kohlíček, Korhola, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krahmer, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kristovskis, Krupa, Kuc, Kudrycka, Kuhne, Kułakowski, Kušķis, Kusstatscher, Kuźmiuk, Lagendijk, Laignel, Lamassoure, Lambert, Lambrinidis, Lambsdorff, Landsbergis, Lang, Langen, Langendries, Laperrouze, Laschet, Lax, Lehideux, Lehne, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Marine Le Pen, Janusz Lewandowski, Liberadzki, Libicki, Lichtenberger, Liotard, Lipietz, López-Istúriz White, Louis, Ludford, Lulling, Lundgren, Lynne, Maat, Maaten, McAvan, McDonald, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Madeira, Malmström, Manders, Maňka, Erika Mann, Thomas Mann, Manolakou, Mantovani, Markov, Martens, Hans-Peter Martin, Martinez, Martínez Martínez, Masiel, Masip Hidalgo, Maštálka, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Matsakis, Matsis, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Medina Ortega, Méndez de Vigo, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Mölzer, Cristobal Montoro Romero, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Morgan, Morillon, Moscovici, Mote, Mulder, Musacchio, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Nattrass, Navarro, Newton Dunn, Nicholson, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Obiols i Germà, Öger, Olajos, Olbrycht, Ó Neachtain, Onesta, Onyszkiewicz, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Ouzký, Oviir, Paasilinna, Pack, Pafilis, Borut Pahor, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Panzeri, Papadimoulis, Papastamkos, Parish, Patrie, Pavilionis, Peillon, Pęk, Piecyk, Pieper, Pīks, João de Deus Pinheiro, Pinior, Piotrowski, Pirilli, Pistelli, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Pleštinská, Podkański, Poettering, Poignant, Polfer, Portas, Posselt, Prets, Vittorio Prodi, Purvis, Rack, Radwan, Ransdorf, Rapkay, Remek, Resetarits, Reul, Reynaud, Ribeiro, Ribeiro e Castro, Riera Madurell, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Rizzo, Roithová, Romagnoli, Romeva i Rueda, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Rudi Ubeda, Rühle, Rutowicz, Ryan, Sacconi, Saïfi, Sakalas, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Salinas García, Samuelsen, Sánchez Presedo, Santoro, dos Santos, Saryusz-Wolski, Sbarbati, Schapira, Scheele, Schenardi, Schierhuber, Schlyter, Pál Schmitt, Ingo Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schroedter, Schuth, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Segelström, Seppänen, Siekierski, Sifunakis, Silva Peneda, Simonot, Sinnott, Siwiec, Sjöstedt, Skinner, Škottová, Alyn Smith, Sonik, Sornosa Martínez, Sousa Pinto, Spautz, Speroni, Staes, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Šťastný, Stenzel, Sterckx, Stevenson, Stihler, Strejček, Stroz, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Surján, Svensson, Swoboda, Szájer, Szejna, Szent-Iványi, Szymański, Tabajdi, Tajani, Takkula, Tannock, Tarand, Tatarella, Thomsen, Thyssen, Titford, Titley, Toussas, Trakatellis, Trautmann, Triantaphyllides, Trüpel, Tzampazi, Uca, Ulmer, Väyrynen, Vakalis, Vanhecke, Van Hecke, Van Lancker, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vaugrenard, Ventre, Vergnaud, Vernola, Vidal-Quadras Roca, de Villiers, Vincenzi, Virrankoski, Vlasák, Vlasto, Voggenhuber, Wagenknecht, Wallis, Walter, Watson, Weiler, Weisgerber, Westlund, Whitehead, Whittaker, Wiersma, Wierzejski, Wise, von Wogau, Wohlin, Wojciechowski, Wortmann-Kool, Wuermeling, Wurtz, Wynn, Xenogiannakopoulou, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zani, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Ždanoka, Železný, Zieleniec, Zīle, Zimmer, Zingaretti, Zvěřina, Zwiefka