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Document C2006/280E/01
MINUTES#Monday 14 November 2005
MINUTES
Monday 14 November 2005
MINUTES
Monday 14 November 2005
IO C 280E, 18.11.2006, p. 1–12
(ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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Official Journal of the European Union |
CE 280/1 |
MINUTES
(2006/C 280 E/01)
PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING
IN THE CHAIR: Josep BORRELL FONTELLES
President
1. Resumption of session
The sitting opened at 17.05.
2. Approval of Minutes of previous sitting
The Minutes of the previous sitting were approved.
3. Statement by the President
The President made a statement on the attacks that had taken place in Amman on 9 November 2005. He pointed out that he had passed on Parliament's condolences to the Jordanian authorities and to the families of the victims.
Parliament observed a minute's silence in memory of the victims.
4. Documents received
The following documents had been received:
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from committees:
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from Members:
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5. Signature of acts adopted under codecision
The President announced that, on Wednesday, he and the President of the Council would sign the following acts adopted under the codecision procedure pursuant to Rule 68:
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Recommendation of the European Parliament and of the Council on film heritage and the competitiveness of related industrial activities (3625/2/2005 — C6-0377/2005 — 2004/0066(COD)) |
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Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on reinsurance and amending Council Directives 73/239/EEC, 92/49/EEC as well as Directives 98/78/EC and 2002/83/EC (3639/5/2005 — C6-0379/2005 — 2004/0097(COD)) |
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Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending for the twenty-seventh time Council Directive 76/769/EEC on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to restrictions on the marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and preparations (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in extender oils and tyres) (3641/1/2005 — C6-0378/2005 — 2004/0036(COD)) |
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Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council correcting Directive 2004/18/EC on the coordination of procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts (3655/1/2005 — C6-0387/2005 — 2005/0100(COD)) |
6. Membership of Parliament
The German authorities had given notice of the appointment of Roland Gewalt to replace Ingo Schmitt as Member of Parliament with effect from 27.10.2005.
Josep Borrell Fontelles (President) drew attention to the provisions of Rule 3(5).
7. Membership of committees and delegations
At the request of the PPE-DE Group, Parliament ratified the following appointments:
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TRAN Committee: Roland Gewalt |
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Delegation for relations with South Africa: Roland Gewalt |
At the request of the PSE Group, Parliament ratified the following appointments:
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ENVI Committee: Matthias Groote to replace Norbert Glante |
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ITRE Committee: Norbert Glante |
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Delegation for relations with Japan: Matthias Groote |
At the request of the IND/DEM Group, Parliament ratified the following appointments:
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AFCO Committee: Bernard Piotr Wojciechowski |
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Delegation for relations with Belarus: Bernard Piotr Wojciechowski |
8. Action taken on Parliament's positions and resolutions
The Commission communications on the action taken on the positions and resolutions adopted by Parliament during the June I and July 2005 part-sessions had been distributed.
9. Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council
The Council had forwarded a certified true copy of the following:
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Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Kingdom of Morocco, 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 Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia, and the Slovak Republic to the European Union. |
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):
07.11.2005
Mr Angelos Psifis (818/2005);
Mr Mr Pereidis (Association Constructive Macédoine ‘L'Aristote’) (819/2005);
Mr Konstantinos Dolkas (820/2005);
Mr Apostolos Kondylis (821/2005);
Mr Spiridon Nasopoulos (822/2005);
Mr Giorgios Papagiannakopoulos (823/2005);
Mr Dimitrios Terzis (824/2005);
Mr Panagiotis Georgiadis (825/2005);
Mr Stefanos Tanimanidis (World Council of Pontian Hellenism) (and two signatures) (826/2005);
Mr Mark Bookham (Independent Light Dues Forum) (827/2005);
Mr Vasilios Tsetsos (828/2005);
Mr André Geminet (829/2005);
Mr Marc Abrahamovski (Association d'intérêt public Vie Verte ‘Ticoulet’) (and 323 signatures) (830/2005);
Elisabeth Balland (831/2005);
Isabelle Plessis (Collectif ‘une réglementation pour les camping-cars’) (and 186 signatures) (832/2005);
Mr Miguel Amorós Amorós (833/2005);
Mr José Luis Fernández Muñiz (Asociación de Piloñeses por Soto-Penagos y otros tendidos) (Paspot) (and 300 signatures) (834/2005);
Mr Adolfo Bosch Lería (835/2005);
Mr Giampaolo Carollo (Verdi per la Pace) (and 10 signatures) (836/2005);
Mr Abílio Adelino do Vale Gonçalves Lima (837/2005);
Mr Samuel Martin-Sosa Rodriguez (838/2005);
Mr Johannes Tollmann (839/2005);
Gerda Glebe Visconti (840/2005);
Mr Siegfried Berthge (841/2005);
Clare M.B. Symes (842/2005);
Mr Brian Eastoe (843/2005);
Angela Mason (844/2005);
Agnieszka Morzyk (and two signatures) (845/2005);
Maria E.J.A.C Sultains-Bours (846/2005);
J. Rens (847/2005);
Mr Miroslav Novotný (848/2005);
Mr Sean Hussey (849/2005);
Mr Giuseppe Papadia (Associazione Papà Separati ONLUS) (and 10 524 signatures) (850/2005);
Sarah Ludford (and 237 signatures) (851/2005);
Mr Gábor Nagy (Budapest Trade Union of Firefighters) (and 276 signatures) (852/2005);
Monks (and 25 signatures) (853/2005);
Mr Pentti Likka Olavi Kurkela (854/2005);
Mr Edgard Krebs (855/2005);
Sagrario Heres Sedeño (Plataforma Pro Santamaría) (856/2005).
11. Order of business
The next item was the order of business.
The final draft agenda for the November I and II sittings (PE 364.133/PDOJ) had been distributed and a number of changes had been proposed (Rule 132):
Sittings of 14.11.2005 to 17.11.2005
Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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request from the Council for the debate on climate change (Items 28 and 29 on the final draft agenda) to be taken after, rather than before, the debate on Iraq (Item 30 on the final draft agenda). |
Parliament approved the request.
Thursday
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no changes |
Sittings of 30.11.2005 and 01.12.2005
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no changes |
The order of business was thus established.
12. 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:
Zbigniew Krzysztof Kuźmiuk, Nikolaos Sifunakis, Eugenijus Gentvilas, Ilda Figueiredo, Bruno Gollnisch, Georgios Karatzaferis, Hélène Flautre, Zdzisław Zbigniew Podkański, Catherine Stihler, Ashley Mote, Edit Bauer, Véronique De Keyser, Vytautas Landsbergis, Józef Pinior, Ryszard Czarnecki, Katalin Lévai, Proinsias De Rossa, Milan Gaľa, Mojca Drčar Murko, Richard Corbett, Koenraad Dillen, Ana Maria Gomes, Carl Schlyter, Mary Lou McDonald, Mairead McGuinness, Catherine Guy-Quint, Marios Matsakis, James Hugh Allister and Justas Vincas Paleckis.
13. Social dimension of globalisation (debate)
Report on the social dimension of globalisation [2005/2061(INI)] — Committee on Employment and Social Affairs.
Rapporteur: Mihael Brejc (A6-0308/2005)
The following spoke: Vladimír Špidla (Member of the Commission) and Poul Nyrup Rasmussen (draftsman of the opinion of the AFET Committee).
IN THE CHAIR: Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN
Vice-President
The following spoke: Anna Záborská, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Ole Christensen, on behalf of the PSE Group, Jan Jerzy Kułakowski, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Sepp Kusstatscher, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Ilda Figueiredo, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Georgios Karatzaferis, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Brian Crowley, on behalf of the UEN Group, and Carl Lang, Non-attached Member.
Mihael Brejc introduced the report.
The following spoke: Thomas Mann, Harald Ettl, Alfonso Andria, Georgios Toussas, Guntars Krasts, Jan Tadeusz Masiel, Gunnar Hökmark, Kader Arif, Helmuth Markov, Seán Ó Neachtain, Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Emine Bozkurt, Philip Bushill-Matthews, Joseph Muscat and Vladimír Špidla.
IN THE CHAIR: Pierre MOSCOVICI
Vice-President
The debate closed.
Vote: Minutes of 15.11.2005, Item 9.11.
14. Digital switchover (debate)
Oral question by Giles Chichester and Etelka Barsi-Pataky, on behalf of the ITRE Committee, to the Commission (O-0083/2005): Digital switchover (B6-0333/2005)
Etelka Barsi-Pataky moved the oral question.
Vladimír Špidla (Member of the Commission) answered the oral question.
The following spoke: Ivo Belet, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Norbert Glante, on behalf of the PSE Group, Nikolaos Vakalis, Reino Paasilinna, Ruth Hieronymi, Francisca Pleguezuelos Aguilar, John Purvis, Nikolaos Sifunakis, Malcolm Harbour and Vladimír Špidla.
Motion for a resolution to wind up the debate tabled pursuant to Rule 108(5):
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Etelka Barsi-Pataky, on behalf of the ITRE Committee, on accelerating the transition from analogue to digital broadcasting (B6-0583/2005). |
The debate closed.
Vote: Minutes of 16.11.2005, Item 5.4.
15. ‘Secret detention centres’ in Europe (debate)
Commission statement: ‘Secret detention centres’ in Europe
Franco Frattini (Vice-President of the Commission) made the statement.
The following spoke: Carlos Coelho, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Martine Roure, on behalf of the PSE Group, Sarah Ludford, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Hélène Flautre, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, and Vittorio Agnoletto, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group.
IN THE CHAIR: Edward McMILLAN-SCOTT
Vice-President
The following spoke: Ryszard Czarnecki, Non-attached Member, Stefano Zappalà, Stavros Lambrinidis, Ignasi Guardans Cambó, Kathalijne Maria Buitenweg, Erik Meijer, Barbara Kudrycka, Giovanni Claudio Fava, Johannes Voggenhuber, Claude Moraes, Bernat Joan i Marí, Panagiotis Beglitis, Józef Pinior and Franco Frattini.
The debate closed.
16. Banana import arrangements (debate)
Commission statement: Banana import arrangements
Mariann Fischer Boel (Member of the Commission) made the statement.
The following spoke: Fernando Fernández Martín, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Erika Mann, on behalf of the PSE Group, Friedrich-Wilhelm Graefe zu Baringdorf, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Erik Meijer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Derek Roland Clark, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, and María Esther Herranz García.
IN THE CHAIR: Alejo VIDAL-QUADRAS ROCA
Vice-President
The following spoke: Glenys Kinnock, Manuel Medina Ortega and Mariann Fischer Boel.
The debate closed.
17. Occupational Pensions Directive (debate)
Oral question by Ieke van den Burg and Othmar Karas, on behalf of the ECON Committee, to the Commission: Reasons for the poor implementation of the Occupational Pensions Directive by EU Member States (B6-0338/2005) (O-0094/2005)
Ieke van den Burg and Othmar Karas moved the oral question.
Charlie McCreevy (Member of the Commission) answered the oral question.
The following spoke: Harald Ettl, on behalf of the PSE Group, Sharon Bowles, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Graham Booth, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, and Katerina Batzeli.
The debate closed.
18. Agenda for next sitting
The agenda for the next sitting had been established (‘Agenda’ PE 364.133/OJMA).
19. Closure of sitting
The sitting closed at 21.45.
Julian Priestley
Secretary-General
Josep Borrell Fontelles
President
ATTENDANCE REGISTER
The following signed:
Adamou, Agnoletto, Allister, Alvaro, Andersson, Andrejevs, Andria, Andrikienė, Angelilli, Antoniozzi, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Assis, Atkins, Attwooll, Audy, Ayala Sender, Aylward, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Baco, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Barsi-Pataky, Batten, Batzeli, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Beglitis, Belder, Belet, Belohorská, Beňová, Berend, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berlato, Bertinotti, Birutis, Blokland, Bloom, Bobošíková, Böge, Bösch, Bonde, Booth, Borrell Fontelles, Bourlanges, Bourzai, Bowis, Bowles, Bozkurt, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Breyer, Březina, Brie, Brunetta, Budreikaitė, van Buitenen, Buitenweg, Bullmann, van den Burg, Bushill-Matthews, Busk, Busuttil, Buzek, Callanan, Camre, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Carollo, Casa, Casaca, Cashman, Caspary, del Castillo Vera, Cavada, Cederschiöld, Cercas, Chatzimarkakis, Chichester, Chmielewski, Christensen, Chruszcz, Claeys, Clark, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cohn-Bendit, Corbett, Corbey, Cornillet, 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Observers:
Anastase Roberta Alma, Arabadjiev Alexander, Athanasiu Alexandru, Bărbuleţiu Tiberiu, Becşenescu Dumitru, Bliznashki Georgi, Buruiană Aprodu Daniela, Ciornei Silvia, Cioroianu Adrian Mihai, Corlăţean Titus, Coşea Dumitru Gheorghe Mircea, Creţu Corina, Creţu Gabriela, Dîncu Vasile, Duca Viorel Senior, Dumitrescu Cristian, Ganţ Ovidiu Victor, Hogea Vlad Gabriel, Husmenova Filiz, Iacob Ridzi Monica Maria, Ivanova Iglika, Kelemen Atilla Béla Ladislau, Kirilov Evgeni, Kónya-Hamar Sándor, Marinescu Marian-Jean, Mihăescu Eugen, Morţun Alexandru Ioan, Nicolae Şerban, Paparizov Atanas Atanassov, Parvanova Antonyia, Paşcu Ioan Mircea, Petre Maria, Podgorean Radu, Popa Nicolae Vlad, Popeangă Petre, Sârbu Daciana Octavia, Severin Adrian, Silaghi Ovidiu Ioan, Sofianski Stefan, Szabó Károly Ferenc, Tîrle Radu, Vigenin Kristian, Zgonea Valeriu Ştefan