6.3.2008   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

CE 61/1

MINUTES

(2008/C 61 E/01)

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

IN THE CHAIR: Hans-Gert PÖTTERING

President

1.   Resumption of session

The sitting opened at 17.00.

2.   Statements by the President

The President made a statement outlining Parliament's activities over the coming year. He reiterated Parliament's wish to see the Treaty of Lisbon enter into force on 01.01.2009 as a priority objective. He referred in particular to the opening, on 21.12.2007, of the borders of nine Member States that had acceded to the Union on 01.05.2004, the introduction of the euro in Malta and Cyprus on 01.01.2008 and the launching of the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue on 09.01.2008 in Ljubljana.

Recalling the incidents that marked the signing ceremony of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU in Parliament on 12.12.2007(Minutes of 12.12.2007, Item 4), the President condemned certain Members' conduct on that occasion and concluded with the following words: ‘This occurred in contravention of the Rules of Procedure and is totally unacceptable. I will therefore take the measures provided for in the Rules against the Members who, despite several appeals for order, continued to disrupt the sitting. The same will apply to the Members who behaved appallingly towards our ushers, who were simply doing their job.’

3.   Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

The following spoke: Sophia in 't Veld, who, referring to the following day's visit by the Grand Mufti of Syria (Item 18 on the final draft agenda), questioned the appropriateness of the tendency she perceived on the part of the Conference of Presidents mainly to invite religious authorities as part of the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue (the President replied that the Conference of Presidents had approved, by a large majority, the invitation of the Grand Mufti, but that the list of guest speakers was not exhaustive), and Monica Frassoni and Sarah Ludford, who both spoke on the previous speaker's remarks.

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The Minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

4.   Membership of Parliament

The French authorities had given notice of the appointment of Brigitte Fouré to replace Jean-Louis Bourlanges as Member of Parliament with effect from 10.01.2008.

Under Rule 3(2), until such time as her credentials had been verified or a ruling had been given on any dispute, and provided that she had previously made a written declaration stating that she did not hold any office incompatible with that of Member of the European Parliament, Brigitte Fouré would take her seat in Parliament and on its bodies and would enjoy all the rights attaching thereto.

Brigitte Fouré had joined the PPE-DE Group.

5.   Membership of committees and delegations

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

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BUDG Committee: Theodor Dumitru Stolojan

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PETI Committee: José Javier Pomés Ruiz to replace Luis Herrero-Tejedor, Nicolae Vlad Popa

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Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN): Csaba Sógor

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Subcommittee on Security and Defence: Marian Zlotea to replace Roberta Alma Anastase

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Delegation to the EU-Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee: Theodor Dumitru Stolojan

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Delegation for relations with Belarus: Justas Vincas Paleckis

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Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council: Petru Filip

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Delegation for relations with South Africa: Dumitru Oprea

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

6.   Signature of acts adopted under codecision

The President announced that, on Tuesday, 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 amending Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006 on the addition of vitamins and minerals and of certain other substances to foods (03629/2007/LEX — C6-0013/2008 — 2006/0193(COD))

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Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on a paperless environment for customs and trade (03702/2007/LEX — C6-0014/2008 — 2005/0247(COD))

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Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the definition, description, presentation, labelling and the protection of geographical indications of spirit drinks and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1576/89 (03631/2007/LEX — C6-0016/2008 — 2005/0028(COD))

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Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning integrated pollution prevention and control (codified version) (03652/2007/LEX — C6-0017/2008 — 2006/0170(COD))

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Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the field of vision and windscreen wipers for wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (codified version) (03653/2007/LEX — C6-0018/2008 — 2006/0216(COD))

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Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 on nutrition and health claims made on foods as regards the implementing powers conferred on the Commission (03628/2007/LEX — C6-0019/2008 — 2006/0195(COD))

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Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on a Community energy-efficiency labelling programme for office equipment (recast version) (03646/2007/LEX — C6-0020/2008 — 2006/0187(COD))

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Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 on nutrition and health claims made on foods (03698/2007/LEX — C6-0021/2008 — 2007/0128(COD))

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Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2003/54/EC as regards the application of certain provisions to Estonia (03687/2007/LEX — C6-0023/2008 — 2007/0141(COD))

7.   Documents received

The following documents had been received:

1)

from committees:

1.1)

reports:

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Report on Tax Treatment of Losses in Cross-Border Situations (2007/2144(INI)) — ECON Committee.

Rapporteur: Piia-Noora Kauppi (A6-0481/2007)

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***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on energy statistics (COM(2006)0850 — C6-0035/2007 — 2007/0002(COD)) — ITRE Committee.

Rapporteur: Claude Turmes (A6-0487/2007)

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***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 515/97 on mutual assistance between the administrative authorities of the Member States and cooperation between the latter and the Commission to ensure the correct application of the law on customs and agricultural matters (COM(2006)0866 — C6-0033/2007 — 2006/0290(COD)) — IMCO Committee.

Rapporteur: Bill Newton Dunn (A6-0488/2007)

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***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down procedures relating to the application of certain national technical rules to products lawfully marketed in another Member State and repealing Decision 3052/95/EC (COM(2007)0036 — C6-0065/2007 — 2007/0028(COD)) — IMCO Committee.

Rapporteur: Alexander Stubb (A6-0489/2007)

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***I Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on a common framework for the marketing of products (COM(2007)0053 — C6-0067/2007 — 2007/0030(COD)) — IMCO Committee.

Rapporteur: Christel Schaldemose (A6-0490/2007)

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***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council setting out the requirements for accreditation and market surveillance relating to the marketing of products (COM(2007)0037 — C6-0068/2007 — 2007/0029(COD)) — IMCO Committee.

Rapporteur: André Brie (A6-0491/2007)

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Report on CARS 21: A Competitive Automotive Regulatory Framework (2007/2120(INI)) — ITRE Committee.

Rapporteur: Jorgo Chatzimarkakis (A6-0494/2007)

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***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 98/70/EC as regards the specification of petrol, diesel and gas-oil and introducing a mechanism to monitor and the introduction of a mechanism to monitor and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the use of road transport fuels and amending Council Directive 1999/32/EC, as regards the specification of fuel used by inland waterway vessels and repealing Directive 93/12/EEC (COM(2007)0018 — C6-0061/2007 — 2007/0019(COD)) — ENVI Committee.

Rapporteur: Dorette Corbey (A6-0496/2007)

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***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on airport charges (COM(2006)0820 — C6-0056/2007 — 2007/0013(COD)) — TRAN Committee.

Rapporteur: Ulrich Stockmann (A6-0497/2007)

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Report on Adult learning: It is never too late to learn (2007/2114(INI)) — CULT Committee.

Rapporteur: Doris Pack (A6-0502/2007)

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***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 95/50/EC as regards the implementing powers conferred on the Commission (COM(2007)0509 — C6-0278/2007 — 2007/0184(COD)) — TRAN Committee.

Rapporteur: Bogusław Liberadzki (A6-0506/2007)

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* Report on the proposal for a Council regulation on the measures to be undertaken by the Commission in 2008-13 making use of the remote-sensing applications developed within the framework of the common agricultural policy (COM(2007)0383 — C6-0273/2007 — 2007/0132(CNS)) — AGRI Committee.

Rapporteur: Friedrich-Wilhelm Graefe zu Baringdorf (A6-0508/2007)

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***I Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Decision No 896/2006/EC establishing a simplified regime for the control of persons at the external borders based on the unilateral recognition by the Member States of certain residence permits issued by Switzerland and Liechtenstein for the purpose of transit through their territory (COM(2007)0508 [[02]] — C6-0280/2007 — 2007/0186(COD)) — LIBE Committee.

Rapporteur: Panayiotis Demetriou (A6-0509/2007)

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Report on a Black Sea Regional Policy Approach (2007/2101(INI)) — AFET Committee.

Rapporteur: Roberta Alma Anastase (A6-0510/2007)

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***I Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council introducing a simplified regime for the control of persons at the external borders based on the unilateral recognition by Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Cyprus, Latvia, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovenia and Slovakia of certain documents as equivalent to their national visas for the purposes of transit through their territories (COM(2007)0508 [[01]] — C6-0279/2007 — 2007/0185(COD)) — LIBE Committee.

Rapporteur: Michael Cashman (A6-0511/2007)

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***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation No 11 concerning the abolition of discrimination in transport rates and conditions, in implementation of Article 79(3) of the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community and Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and the Council on the hygiene of foodstuffs — Transport aspects (COM(2007)0090 [[01]] — C6-0086/2007 — 2007/0037A(COD)) — TRAN Committee.

Rapporteur: Paolo Costa (A6-0513/2007)

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* Report on the proposal for a Council decision implementing Regulation (EC) No 168/2007 as regards the adoption of a Multiannual Framework for the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights for 2007-2012 (COM(2007)0515 — C6-0322/2007 — 2007/0189(CNS)) — LIBE Committee.

Rapporteur: Michael Cashman (A6-0514/2007)

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***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons, to self-employed persons and to members of their families moving within the Community (COM(2007)0159 — C6-0104/2007 — 2007/0054(COD)) — EMPL Committee.

Rapporteur: Csaba Őry (A6-0515/2007)

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Report on a more effective EU policy for South Caucasus: from promises to actions (2007/2076(INI)) — AFET Committee.

Rapporteur: Lydie Polfer (A6-0516/2007)

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* Report on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 533/2004 on the establishment of partnerships in the framework of the stabilisation and association process (COM(2007)0662 — C6-0471/2007 — 2007/0239(CNS)) — AFET Committee.

Rapporteur: Jacek Saryusz-Wolski (A6-0517/2007)

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Report on the Community strategy 2007-2012 on health and safety at work (2007/2146(INI)) — EMPL Committee.

Rapporteur: Glenis Willmott (A6-0518/2007)

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Report on the role of women in industry (2007/2197(INI)) — FEMM Committee.

Rapporteur: Ilda Figueiredo (A6-0519/2007)

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Report ‘Towards an EU Strategy on the Rights of the Child’ (2007/2093(INI)) — LIBE Committee.

Rapporteur: Roberta Angelilli (A6-0520/2007)

1.2)

recommendations for second reading:

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***II Recommendation for second reading on the Council common position for adopting a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on credit agreements for consumers and repealing Council Directive 87/102/EEC (09948/2/2007 — C6-0315/2007 — 2002/0222(COD)) — IMCO Committee.

Rapporteur: Kurt Lechner (A6-0504/2007)

2)

from Members:

2.1)

oral questions for Question Time (Rule 109) (B6-0001/2008):

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to the Council:

Harkin Marian, Medina Ortega Manuel, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou Marie, Papastamkos Georgios, Burke Colm, Aylward Liam, Mitchell Gay, Doyle Avril, Higgins Jim, McGuinness Mairead, Posselt Bernd, Moraes Claude, Vakalis Nikolaos, Montoro Romero Cristobal, Budreikaitė Danutė, Papadimoulis Dimitrios, Bushill-Matthews Philip, Martin David, Paleckis Justas Vincas, Vanhecke Frank, Evans Robert, Crowley Brian, Ó Neachtain Seán, Manolakou Diamanto, Ryan Eoin, Van Hecke Johan, Pafilis Athanasios, Toussas Georgios, Schmidt Olle, Andrikienė Laima Liucija

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to the Commission:

McGuinness Mairead, Davies Chris, Moraes Claude, Corda Giovanna, Mavrommatis Manolis, Higgins Jim, Badia i Cutchet Maria, Bowles Sharon, Posselt Bernd, Crowley Brian, Harkin Marian, Papastamkos Georgios, Burke Colm, Mitchell Gay, Papadimoulis Dimitrios, Seppänen Esko, Gaľa Milan, Sonik Bogusław, Schmidt Olle, Andrikienė Laima Liucija, Medina Ortega Manuel, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou Marie, Doyle Avril, Hutchinson Alain, Newton Dunn Bill, Carlshamre Maria, Budreikaitė Danutė, Koppa Maria Eleni, Vakalis Nikolaos, Stoyanov Dimitar, Rübig Paul, Vanhecke Frank, Toussas Georgios, Evans Robert, Holm Jens, Jensen Anne E., Ó Neachtain Seán, Ryan Eoin, Aylward Liam, del Castillo Vera Pilar, Dimitrakopoulos Giorgos, Pafilis Athanasios, Hénin Jacky, Irujo Amezaga Mikel, Van Hecke Johan, Arnaoutakis Stavros, Manolakou Diamanto, Belet Ivo, El Khadraoui Saïd, Martin David

2.2)

motions for resolutions (Rule 113):

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Cristiana Muscardini. Motion for a resolution on illegal immigration (B6-0490/2007)

referred to

responsible: LIBE

2.3)

proposals for recommendations (Rule 114):

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Baroness Sarah Ludford. Proposal for a recommendation to the Council on the problem of profiling, notably on the basis of ethnicity and race, in counter-terrorism, law enforcement, immigration, customs and border control (B6-0483/2007)

referred to

responsible: LIBE

 

opinion: AFET

8.   Oral questions and written declarations (tabling)

The following documents had been received from Members:

1)

oral questions (Rule 108):

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(O-0081/2007/rev.1) Jan Marinus Wiersma, Hannes Swoboda, Katalin Lévai, Adrian Severin and Jan Andersson, on behalf of the PSE Group, to the Commission: A European Roma strategy (B6-0389/2007);

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(O-0082/2007) Giuseppe Gargani, on behalf of the JURI Committee, to the Commission: Status of MEPs elected in Poland (B6-0002/2008);

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(O-0002/2008) Viktória Mohácsi, on behalf of the ALDE Group, to the Commission: A European Roma strategy (B6-0003/2008);

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(O-0003/2008) Lívia Járóka, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, to the Commission: Towards a European Community Action Plan on Roma (B6-0004/2008);

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(O-0004/2008) Roberta Angelilli, on behalf of the UEN Group, to the Commission: A European Roma strategy (B6-0005/2008);

2)

written declarations for entry in the Register (Rule 116):

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Daniel Strož and Jaromír Kohlíček, on limiting US military presence in Europe (1/2008);

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Jamila Madeira, Ana Maria Gomes, Anna Záborská, Luisa Morgantini and Miguel Ángel Martínez Martínez, on microcredit (2/2008);

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Andreas Mölzer, on violence against children (3/2008);

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Andreas Mölzer, on EU funding for the Koralm Tunnel (4/2008);

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Andreas Mölzer, on victims of the World Wars (5/2008);

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Nils Lundgren and Hélène Goudin, on a ban on phosphates in detergents (6/2008).

9.   Lapsed written declarations

In accordance with Rule 116(5), written declarations 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84 and 85/2007 lapsed as they had not obtained the required number of signatures.

10.   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):

14.12.2007

Juan de Dios Ramírez Heredia (Unión Romaní Internacional) (1226/2007);

Sonia Gutiérrez García (1227/2007);

Diego de Ramón Hernández (1228/2007);

José Alarcón Moreno (ONG Elche Acoge) (1229/2007);

(name confidential) (1230/2007);

Raimundo González Sánchez (1231/2007);

Manuel García González (Plataforma Ciudadana Refinería No) (1232/2007);

Carmen Castro Urzaiz (Asociación de Vecinos Independiente de Butarque (AVIB)) (1233/2007);

Juan María Martínez Fernández (Asociación para la Defensa de los Derechos Civiles) (1234/2007);

Mika Hiltunen (Micasso Oy) (1235/2007);

Julianna Nyika (1236/2007);

Elena Caraba (1237/2007);

Fabienne Martinie (PADI Europe) (1238/2007);

Ciro Liuzzi (1239/2007);

Massimo Tricomi (Studio Legale) (1240/2007);

Pasquale Greco (Partito dei Verdi per la Pace) (1241/2007);

Alessandro Rasman (1242/2007);

(name confidential) (1243/2007);

Lilita Skarbniece (1244/2007);

Fikri Coskun (Assyrische Volk) (1245/2007);

Willem Cornelis Murre (1246/2007);

Leszek-Jan Sterecki (1247/2007);

Rafal Gawronski (1248/2007);

Adam Dadrach (1249/2007);

Constantin Iorga (1250/2007);

Ionel Carbunariu (1251/2007);

Ana Lelescu (1252/2007);

Nistor Isai Faur (1253/2007);

(name confidential) (1254/2007);

Vintila Aslan (1255/2007);

(name confidential) (1256/2007);

Elena Merlan (1257/2007);

Barbara Brezigar (1258/2007);

19.12.2007

Regina Nowack (Selbsthilfegruppe Amalgam) (1259/2007);

Stanislav Cavlek (1260/2007);

Elizabeth Harrold (1261/2007);

Anton Lixandroiu (1262/2007);

Natalija Jolkina (Latvian Human Rights Committee) (1263/2007);

David Barlow (1264/2007);

David Evans (Lecturers Employment Advice and Action Fellowship) (1265/2007);

Gabor Nagy (1266/2007);

Michael Gare Simmons (1267/2007);

Michael Graham (1268/2007);

Mohamed-Bashir Aden (West London Somaliland Community) (1269/2007);

Bryan Arnott (1270/2007);

Kurt Knöfler (1271/2007);

Stephan Brunker (Alno Küchenwelten Brunker) (1272/2007);

Johannes Rack (2 signatures) (1273/2007);

Giuseppe Sirianni (1274/2007);

Thomas Houston (1275/2007);

María Begoña Baquero Orgaz (1276/2007);

Marcelino Abraira Piñeiro (1277/2007);

Manuel García González (Plataforma Ciudadana Refinería NO) (1278/2007);

Rosa Maria Hennecke-Gramatzki (1279/2007);

Luis Vicente Mateo (Ayuntamiento de Benferri) (1280/2007);

20.12.2007

Marie-Joëlle Chaillol (1281/2007);

Rémi Salle (1282/2007);

Paul Denoyelle (1283/2007);

Zanellato Arrigo (Associazione Culturale Ferri) (1284/2007);

Giovanni Maria Turra (Società Centro Residenziale INGEFIN srl) (1285/2007);

Marian Kmiotek (1286/2007);

Thomas Wewer (1287/2007);

Petr Kuty (1288/2007);

Ulrike Massard (1289/2007);

Georg Schröder (1290/2007);

Christine Bidell (1291/2007);

(name confidential) (1292/2007);

Georg Becher (1293/2007);

Hermann Jakelj (1294/2007);

Ronald Heal (1295/2007);

Caul Silford Grant (1296/2007);

(name confidential) (1297/2007);

Kevin Causon (1298/2007);

(name confidential) (1299/2007);

Sheelagh Morris (St. Margaret's Concerned Residents Group) (1300/2007);

James McCarrick (Sligo Irish Farmers Association) (16 signatures) (1301/2007);

Brian Gilbert (1302/2007);

Oliver Bible (1303/2007);

Turk Chan (1304/2007);

Pat Dineen (1305/2007);

Anthony Holinko (1306/2007);

Richard Willmer (1307/2007);

Colin Robert Jamieson (1308/2007);

James Harris (1309/2007);

Margaret Cronin (1310/2007);

Geoffrey Virr (1311/2007);

George Anderson (1312/2007);

David Cavill (1313/2007);

Dafina Dimitrova (2 signatures) (1314/2007);

Margret Luke (1315/2007);

Hans-Georg Knieriem (1316/2007);

S Fedrau (Holzhof Zeil Gmbh and Co. KG) (1317/2007);

Oleg Gorev (Dr Gorev Engelmann und Kollegen) (1318/2007);

Hans Jammer Luhr (1319/2007);

(name confidential) (1320/2007);

Jordi Miralles i Conte (Esquerra Unida i Alternativa) (1321/2007);

Yolanda Díaz Pérez (Esquerda Unida-Izquierda Unida de Galicia) (7 signatures) (1322/2007);

Pedro Antonio Macanás Valverde (1323/2007);

Ana Maria Calafat Busquets (Plataforma Salvem La Real) (1324/2007);

Jacqueline Vandebeuque (1325/2007);

Nicola D'Agrosa (Giovani Medici) (1326/2007);

Onoriu Valentin Timofti (1327/2007);

Ferenc Tibor Zsak (Tiszántúli Természetvédök Társulata (Society Conservationists of Eastern Hungary)) (1328/2007);

(name confidential) (1329/2007);

Gennaro Ciancio (1330/2007);

(name confidential) (1331/2007);

Yasmina Von Hohenstaufen (Comitato Internazionale Diritti Umani) (1332/2007);

(name confidential) (1333/2007);

Yasmina Von Hohenstaufen (Comitato Internazionale Diritti Umani) (1334/2007);

Francesco Di Pasquale (1335/2007);

Giuseppe Belfiore (1336/2007);

Guido Emanuele Galasso (1337/2007);

Marzia Pace (1338/2007);

Raffaele Mancuso (1339/2007);

Peteris Alsevskis (SIA ‘Fotostars’ Direktors) (1340/2007);

(name confidential) (1341/2007);

Arkadiusz Szczepanski (Spoleczny Komitet Przeciwko Holokaustowi Zwierzat w Polsce) (1342/2007);

Marian Rolf Sintion (1343/2007);

10.01.2008

Martin Budig (Bund der Vertriebenen) (1344/2007);

Dagmar Mündelein (1345/2007);

Walter Willhöft (1346/2007);

Gerda Gelbe Visconti (1347/2007);

Alfred Schiller (1348/2007);

Otto Stahlbaum (1349/2007);

Hedwig Götz (Protectora de Animales) (1350/2007);

Reinhard Wuttke (1351/2007);

Bernhard Schick (Fahrernetzwerk) (1352/2007);

Dirk Emmermann (1353/2007);

Anastasia Gaki (1354/2007);

John Bell Swainston (1355/2007);

William Campbell (1356/2007);

Mogens Tholstrup (1357/2007);

(name confidential) (1358/2007);

Cathy Goode (Access Translations) (1359/2007);

Sarah Jayne Davies (1360/2007);

Adina Prepelita (1361/2007);

Victor Bolohan (1363/2007);

Balakrishnan Muthukrishnan (1364/2007);

Andrea Sankar (1365/2007);

Etienne Liesse (1366/2007);

Eliane Audonnet (1367/2007);

Krzysztof Ficek (1368/2007);

Giovanni Maselli (1369/2007);

Bronislaw Turczanik (1370/2007);

Janusz Tymosiak (1371/2007);

Özcan Kaldoyo (ACSA) (1372/2007).

11.   Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council

The Council had forwarded certified true copies of the following:

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stabilisation and association agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Montenegro, of the other part,

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agreement renewing the agreement for scientific and technological cooperation between the European Community and the Government of the Republic of India,

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fisheries partnership agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Madagascar,

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agreement between the European Community and the Russian Federation on trade in certain steel products,

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fisheries partnership agreement between the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe and the European Community.

12.   Order of business

The next item was the order of business.

The final draft agenda for the January I 2008 sittings (PE 399.766/PDOJ) had been distributed and a number of changes had been proposed (Rule 132):

Sittings of 14.01.2008 to 17.01.2008

Monday

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no changes

Tuesday

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request by the PPE-DE Group to hold over to a later part-session the joint debate on the control of persons at external borders of the EU (reports by Panayiotis Demetriou (A6-0509/2007) and Michael Cashman (A6-0511/2007) — Item 46 on the final draft agenda)

The following spoke: Panayiotis Demetriou, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, who moved the request.

Parliament agreed to the request.

Wednesday

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request by the ALDE Group to wind up the debate on the Council and Commission statements on the situation in Pakistan following the assassination of Benazir Bhutto (Item 49 on the final draft agenda) with the tabling of motions for a resolution

The following spoke: Graham Watson, on behalf of the ALDE Group, who moved the request, and Daniel Cohn-Bendit, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group.

Parliament rejected the request by electronic vote (68 in favour, 126 against, 12 abstentions).

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request by the PSE Group to extend the afternoon debates until 18.00 and, in agreement with the Council, Question Time until 19.30

The following spoke: Hannes Swoboda, on behalf of the PSE Group, who moved the request.

Parliament agreed to the request.

Thursday

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no changes

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The order of business was thus established.

13.   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:

Simon Busuttil, Yannick Vaugrenard, Graham Watson, Ewa Tomaszewska, Mikel Irujo Amezaga, Daniel Strož, Jim Allister, Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Pierre Pribetich, Romana Jordan Cizelj, Gyula Hegyi, Thierry Cornillet, Bogusław Rogalski, Milan Horáček, Pedro Guerreiro, Avril Doyle, Proinsias De Rossa, Gay Mitchell, Siiri Oviir, Zbigniew Krzysztof Kuźmiuk, Hélène Flautre and Maria Petre.

IN THE CHAIR: Alejo VIDAL-QUADRAS

Vice-President

The following spoke: Vladimír Maňka, Jelko Kacin, Marek Aleksander Czarnecki, Jim Higgins, Silvia-Adriana Ţicău, Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, Teresa Riera Madurell and Mairead McGuinness.

14.   CARS 21: A Competitive Automotive Regulatory Framework (debate)

Report on CARS 21: A Competitive Automotive Regulatory Framework [2007/2120(INI)] — Committee on Industry, Research and Energy.

Rapporteur: Jorgo Chatzimarkakis (A6-0494/2007)

Jorgo Chatzimarkakis introduced the report.

The following spoke: Günter Verheugen (Vice-President of the Commission).

The following spoke: Erika Mann (draftsman of the opinion of the INTA Committee), Antolín Sánchez Presedo (draftsman of the opinion of the ECON Committee), Ona Juknevičienė (draftsman of the opinion of the EMPL Committee), Claude Turmes (draftsman of the opinion of the ENVI Committee), Malcolm Harbour (draftsman of the opinion of the IMCO Committee), Luca Romagnoli (draftsman of the opinion of the TRAN Committee), Gary Titley (draftsman of the opinion of the JURI Committee), Nicole Fontaine, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Matthias Groote, on behalf of the PSE Group, Chris Davies, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Vladimír Remek, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Ján Hudacký, Dorette Corbey, Holger Krahmer, Gunnar Hökmark, Silvia-Adriana Ţicău, Olle Schmidt, Christian Rovsing, Joan Calabuig Rull, Ivo Belet and Tadeusz Zwiefka.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Kartika Tamara Liotard and Claude Turmes.

The following spoke: Günter Verheugen.

IN THE CHAIR: Manuel António dos SANTOS

Vice-President

The following spoke: Jorgo Chatzimarkakis.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 15.01.2008, Item 8.7.

15.   Tax treatment of losses in cross-border situations (debate)

Report on the tax treatment of losses in cross-border situations [2007/2144(INI)] — Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.

Rapporteur: Piia-Noora Kauppi (A6-0481/2007)

Piia-Noora Kauppi introduced the report.

The following spoke: László Kovács (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Zsolt László Becsey, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Donata Gottardi, on behalf of the PSE Group, Olle Schmidt, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Dariusz Maciej Grabowski, on behalf of the UEN Group, Sahra Wagenknecht, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, John Whittaker, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Elisa Ferreira, Margarita Starkevičiūtė, Zbigniew Krzysztof Kuźmiuk and Katerina Batzeli.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Olle Schmidt.

The following spoke: László Kovács and Piia-Noora Kauppi.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 15.01.2008, Item 10.1.

16.   Abolition of discrimination in transport rates and conditions ***I (debate)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation No 11 concerning the abolition of discrimination in transport rates and conditions, in implementation of Article 79(3) of the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community and Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and the Council on the hygiene of foodstuffs — transport aspects [COM(2007)0090 — C6-0086/2007 — 2007/0037A(COD)] — Committee on Transport and Tourism.

Rapporteur: Paolo Costa (A6-0513/2007)

The following spoke: Günter Verheugen (Vice-President of the Commission).

Paolo Costa introduced the report.

The following spoke: Silvia-Adriana Ţicău, on behalf of the PSE Group.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Reinhard Rack.

IN THE CHAIR: Marek SIWIEC

Vice-President

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Derek Roland Clark.

The following spoke: Paolo Costa.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 15.01.2008, Item 8.3.

17.   Airport charges ***I (debate)

Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on airport charges [COM(2006)0820 — C6-0056/2007 — 2007/0013(COD)] — Committee on Transport and Tourism.

Rapporteur: Ulrich Stockmann (A6-0497/2007)

Ulrich Stockmann introduced the report.

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

The following spoke: Brian Simpson, on behalf of the PSE Group, Arūnas Degutis, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Zsolt László Becsey, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Roberts Zīle, on behalf of the UEN Group, Eva Lichtenberger, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Erik Meijer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Johannes Blokland, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Jim Allister, Non-attached Member, Antonio De Blasio (draftsman of the opinion of the REGI Committee), Reinhard Rack, Saïd El Khadraoui, Eugenijus Gentvilas, Adam Bielan, Pedro Guerreiro, Kathy Sinnott, Luís Queiró, Inés Ayala Sender, Samuli Pohjamo, Mieczysław Edmund Janowski, Jim Higgins, Emanuel Jardim Fernandes, Alojz Peterle, Silvia-Adriana Ţicău and Timothy Kirkhope.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Ulrich Stockmann and Avril Doyle.

IN THE CHAIR: Luisa MORGANTINI

Vice-President

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Silvia-Adriana Ţicău.

The following spoke: Jacques Barrot and Ulrich Stockmann.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 15.01.2008, Item 8.4.

18.   Export and import of dangerous chemicals ***I (debate)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the export and import of dangerous chemicals [COM(2006)0745 — C6-0439/2006 — 2006/0246(COD)] — Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety.

Rapporteur: Johannes Blokland (A6-0406/2007)

The following spoke: Stavros Dimas (Member of the Commission).

Johannes Blokland introduced the report.

The following spoke: Erika Mann (draftsman of the opinion of the ITRE Committee), Frieda Brepoels, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Gyula Hegyi, on behalf of the PSE Group, Marios Matsakis, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Carl Schlyter, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, and Hiltrud Breyer.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Avril Doyle.

The following spoke: Stavros Dimas and Johannes Blokland.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 15.01.2008, Item 8.5.

19.   Agenda for next sitting

The agenda for the next day's sitting had been established (‘Agenda’ PE 399.766/OJMA).

20.   Closure of sitting

The sitting closed at 21.50.

Harald Rømer

Secretary-General

Gérard Onesta

Vice-President

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

The following signed:

Adamou, Agnoletto, Albertini, Allister, Anastase, Andersson, Andrejevs, Andria, Andrikienė, Angelakas, Antoniozzi, Arif, Ashworth, Assis, Attard-Montalto, Attwooll, Aubert, Audy, Auken, Ayala Sender, Aylward, Ayuso, Badia i Cutchet, Baeva, Barón Crespo, Barsi-Pataky, Batten, Battilocchio, Batzeli, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Beer, Belder, Belet, Belohorská, Beňová, Berend, Berès, Berlato, Bielan, Binev, Birutis, Blokland, Bloom, Bobošíková, Bodu, Böge, Bonde, Bono, Booth, Boştinaru, Botopoulos, Bourzai, Bowis, Bowles, Bozkurt, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Breyer, Březina, Brie, Brok, Brunetta, Budreikaitė, van Buitenen, Buitenweg, Bullmann, Bulzesc, Burke, Bushill-Matthews, Busk, Buşoi, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Calabuig Rull, Callanan, Camre, Capoulas Santos, Cappato, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casa, Casaca, Cashman, Caspary, Castex, Cederschiöld, Cercas, Chatzimarkakis, Chichester, Chmielewski, Christensen, Chukolov, Claeys, Clark, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cohn-Bendit, Corbett, Corbey, Corda, Corlăţean, Cornillet, Paolo Costa, Cottigny, Cramer, Gabriela Creţu, Crowley, Csibi, Marek Aleksander Czarnecki, Dăianu, Daul, David, Davies, De Blasio, de Brún, Degutis, Dehaene, De Keyser, Demetriou, Deprez, De Rossa, De Sarnez, Descamps, Désir, Deß, De Veyrac, De Vits, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Didžiokas, Dillen, Dimitrakopoulos, Dobolyi, Dombrovskis, Donnici, Doorn, Douay, Dover, Doyle, Drčar Murko, Duchoň, Dührkop Dührkop, Duff, Duka-Zólyomi, El Khadraoui, Elles, Esteves, Estrela, Ettl, Jill Evans, Färm, Fajmon, Falbr, Farage, Fava, Fazakas, Ferber, Fernandes, Fernández Martín, Ferrari, Anne Ferreira, Elisa Ferreira, Figueiredo, Filip, Fjellner, Flasarová, Flautre, Foglietta, Foltyn-Kubicka, Fontaine, Ford, Fouré, Fourtou, Fraga Estévez, França, Frassoni, Friedrich, Frunzăverde, Gacek, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Garcés Ramón, García-Margallo y Marfil, García Pérez, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gebhardt, Gentvilas, Georgiou, Geremek, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gewalt, Gibault, Gierek, Giertych, Gklavakis, Glattfelder, Gobbo, Goebbels, Goepel, Gollnisch, Gomolka, Gottardi, Grabowska, Grabowski, Graça Moura, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Gräßle, de Grandes Pascual, Grech, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Groote, Grosch, Grossetête, Guardans Cambó, Guellec, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Gurmai, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Guy-Quint, Gyürk, Hänsch, Hall, Hammerstein, Hannan, Harbour, Harms, Hasse Ferreira, Hassi, Haug, Heaton-Harris, Hedh, Hegyi, Helmer, Hennicot-Schoepges, Hennis-Plasschaert, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hołowczyc, Honeyball, Hoppenstedt, Horáček, Howitt, Hudacký, Hudghton, Hughes, Hutchinson, Hyusmenova, Iacob-Ridzi, in 't Veld, Iotova, Irujo Amezaga, Isler Béguin, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jäätteenmäki, Jałowiecki, Janowski, Járóka, Jeggle, Jeleva, Jensen, Jöns, Jørgensen, Jonckheer, Jordan Cizelj, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Kaczmarek, Kallenbach, Kamall, Kauppi, Kazak, Tunne Kelam, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kirilov, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Knapman, Koch, Kohlíček, Konrad, Koppa, Korhola, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krahmer, Krasts, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Krehl, Kristovskis, Krupa, Kuc, Kuhne, Kušķis, Kusstatscher, Kuźmiuk, Lagendijk, Laignel, Lamassoure, Lambert, Lambrinidis, Lambsdorff, Landsbergis, Lang, De Lange, Langen, Langendries, La Russa, Lavarra, Lax, Lebech, Lechner, Le Foll, Lefrançois, Lehideux, Lehne, Lehtinen, Leinen, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Le Rachinel, Lévai, Lewandowski, Liberadzki, Libicki, Lichtenberger, Lienemann, Liese, Liotard, Lipietz, Locatelli, Losco, Louis, Ludford, Lulling, Lundgren, Lynne, Lyubcheva, Maaten, McAvan, McCarthy, McDonald, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Madeira, Maldeikis, Manders, Mănescu, Maňka, Erika Mann, Thomas Mann, Manolakou, Marinescu, Markov, Marques, Martens, David Martin, Hans-Peter Martin, Martinez, Martínez Martínez, Masiel, Masip Hidalgo, Maštálka, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Matsakis, Matsis, Matsouka, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Medina Ortega, Meijer, Méndez de Vigo, Menéndez del Valle, Meyer Pleite, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Mladenov, Mölzer, Mohácsi, Montoro Romero, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Morgantini, Morillon, Mulder, Musacchio, Muscardini, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Nassauer, Nattrass, Navarro, Nechifor, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Nicholson, Niculescu, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Ó Neachtain, Onesta, Onyszkiewicz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oprea, Őry, Oviir, Paasilinna, Pack, Pahor, Paleckis, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Panayotov, Pannella, Panzeri, Papadimoulis, Paparizov, Papastamkos, Parish, Paşcu, Patrie, Peillon, Alojz Peterle, Petre, Piecyk, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pinior, Piotrowski, Pirker, Piskorski, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Pleštinská, Plumb, Podimata, Podkański, Pöttering, Pohjamo, Pomés Ruiz, Nicolae Vlad Popa, Portas, Posselt, Prets, Pribetich, Vittorio Prodi, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Rack, Radwan, Ransdorf, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Remek, Resetarits, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Riera Madurell, Ries, Rivera, Rizzo, Rogalski, Roithová, Romagnoli, Romeva i Rueda, Rosati, Roszkowski, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Rovsing, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Rühle, Rutowicz, Ryan, Sacconi, Saïfi, Sakalas, Saks, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Savi, Sbarbati, Schaldemose, Schapira, Scheele, Schenardi, Schierhuber, Schinas, Schlyter, Frithjof Schmidt, Olle Schmidt, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Jürgen Schröder, Schroedter, Schulz, Schwab, Seeber, Segelström, Seppänen, Severin, Siekierski, Simpson, Sinnott, Siwiec, Skinner, Škottová, Smith, Sógor, Sommer, Søndergaard, Sornosa Martínez, Sousa Pinto, Speroni, Staes, Starkevičiūtė, Šťastný, Stauner, Stavreva, Sterckx, Stevenson, Stihler, Stockmann, Stolojan, Stoyanov, Strejček, Strož, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Surján, Svensson, Szájer, Szejna, Szent-Iványi, Szymański, Tabajdi, Tajani, Takkula, Tannock, Tarand, Tatarella, Thomsen, Ţicău, Titford, Titley, Toia, Tőkés, Tomaszewska, Trakatellis, Trautmann, Trüpel, Turmes, Tzampazi, Ulmer, Urutchev, Vaidere, Vakalis, Vălean, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Vanhecke, Van Hecke, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Vaugrenard, Veneto, Ventre, Veraldi, Vergnaud, Vidal-Quadras, de Villiers, Virrankoski, Visser, Vlasák, Vlasto, Voggenhuber, Wagenknecht, Wallis, Walter, Watson, Henri Weber, Manfred Weber, Weiler, Weisgerber, Whittaker, Willmott, Iuliu Winkler, Wise, von Wogau, Bernard Wojciechowski, Janusz Wojciechowski, Wortmann-Kool, Wurtz, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zappalà, Ždanoka, Zdravkova, Železný, Zieleniec, Zīle, Zingaretti, Zlotea, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

ANNEX I

RESULT OF ROLL-CALL VOTES

1.   Amendment of the agenda — Pakistan

For: 68

ALDE: Attwooll, Baeva, Budreikaitė, Drčar Murko, Duff, Hall, Hennis-Plasschaert, in 't Veld, Jensen, Lax, Lebech, Lehideux, Ludford, Maaten, Matsakis, Mohácsi, Morillon, Mulder, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Oviir, Pohjamo, Ries, Schmidt Olle, Sterckx, Szent-Iványi, Toia, Van Hecke, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: de Brún, Flasarová, Guerreiro, Kohlíček, Liotard, Meijer, Meyer Pleite, Søndergaard, Strož, Svensson, Wurtz

IND/DEM: Bonde

PPE-DE: Bulzesc, Deß, Jordan Cizelj, Kelam, Mann Thomas, Posselt, Tannock, Visser

PSE: Dobolyi, Mikko

UEN: Tomaszewska

Verts/ALE: Auken, Cohn-Bendit, Evans Jill, Flautre, Horáček, Isler Béguin, Kusstatscher, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lichtenberger, Onesta, Rühle, Schlyter, Schroedter, Staes

Against: 126

ALDE: Lynne

PPE-DE: Anastase, Bauer, Böge, Bowis, Bradbourn, Březina, Busuttil, Caspary, Chichester, Daul, Demetriou, Descamps, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Duka-Zólyomi, Filip, Fontaine, Fraga Estévez, Gacek, Gaľa, Gauzès, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Gomolka, Graça Moura, de Grandes Pascual, Grossetête, Gyürk, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herranz García, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Iacob-Ridzi, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jeggle, Kauppi, Klamt, Klaß, Lamassoure, De Lange, Langen, Lulling, McGuinness, Marinescu, Mato Adrover, Mavrommatis, Mikolášik, Nassauer, Niculescu, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Olajos, Oprea, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Peterle, Petre, Pieper, Pīks, Pleštinská, Popa Mihaela, Popa Nicolae Vlad, Rovsing, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Schierhuber, Schinas, Schnellhardt, Schröder, Seeber, Siekierski, Sógor, Stevenson, Stolojan, Strejček, Sudre, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Zaleski, Zlotea

PSE: Andersson, Ayala Sender, Berès, Castex, Christensen, Corbett, Cottigny, De Keyser, De Rossa, Dührkop Dührkop, Ettl, Färm, Goebbels, Groote, Hänsch, Hedh, Hegyi, Hutchinson, Jöns, Kindermann, Koterec, Krehl, Lambrinidis, Lefrançois, Maňka, Martínez Martínez, Matsouka, Medina Ortega, Paşcu, Pinior, Pribetich, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Scheele, Schulz, Segelström, Severin, Swoboda, Tabajdi, Ţicău, Tzampazi, Vaugrenard, Walter, Weiler

UEN: Kuźmiuk, Podkański

Abstention: 12

PPE-DE: Angelakas, Brepoels, Gahler, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Papastamkos, Varvitsiotis

PSE: Gebhardt, Kósáné Kovács, Paleckis, Roure

UEN: Rogalski, Rutowicz