2.12.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

CE 293/1

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MINUTES

(2006/C 293 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

For technical reasons, Zbigniew Zaleski had not been able to take part in the first five roll-call votes during voting time at the sitting of 15.02.2006.

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Voting intentions

The Presidency had been notified of the following voting intentions (in respect of votes that had not been cast):

Date of sitting: 23.03.2006

Report: Philip Bushill-Matthews — A6-0041/2006

—	paragraph 60, 2nd part against: Marc Tarabella

—	paragraph 67, 1st part against: Marc Tarabella

—	paragraph 64, 1st part against: Véronique De Keyser

—	paragraph 64, 2nd part against: Véronique De Keyser

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The Minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

3.   Statement by the President

Referring to the arrest on 29.03.2006 of Charles Taylor, the former President of Liberia, who was charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity, the President pointed out that in its resolutions of 24.02.2005(Texts Adopted, P6_TA(2005)0059) and 28.04.2005(Texts Adopted, P6_TA(2005)0150), Parliament had called for Charles Taylor to be brought to justice. On behalf of Parliament, the President welcomed the events as a victory in the struggle against the impunity of war criminals.

4.   Calendar of part-sessions for 2007

The Conference of Presidents had made proposals for the calendar of part-sessions for 2007.

Those proposals were as follows:

15 to 18 January

31 January and 1 February

12 to 15 February

12 to 15 March

28 and 29 March

23 to 26 April

9 and 10 May

21 to 24 May

6 and 7 June

18 to 21 June

2 to 5 July

3 to 6 September

24 to 27 September

10 and 11 October

22 to 25 October

12 to 15 November

28 and 29 November

10 to 13 December

The deadline for tabling amendments was Monday 03.04.2006 at 19.00. The vote would take place on Wednesday 05.04.2006 at 11.30 (Minutes of 05.04.2006, Item 5.1).

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:

—	Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste (codified version) (3652/1/2005 — C6-0051/2006 — 2003/0283(COD))

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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 and Council Regulation (EEC) No 574/72 laying down the procedure for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 (3664/1/2005 — C6-0109/2006 — 2004/0284(COD))

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Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the minimum health and safety requirements regarding the exposure of workers to the risks arising from physical agents (artificial optical radiation) (19th individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC) (3668/5/2005 — C6-0110/2006 — 1992/0449B(COD))

—	Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2004/39/EC on markets in financial instruments, as regards certain deadlines (3678/1/2005 — C6-0107/2006 — 2005/0111 (COD))

—	Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on a Community Air Traffic Controller Licence (3606/2006 — C6-0108/2006 — 2004/0146(COD)).

In addition, the Council had informed Parliament that it had approved:

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the position of the European Parliament adopted at second reading on 13 December 2005 with a view to the adoption of a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on energy end-use efficiency and energy services and repealing Council Directive 93/76/EEC (3679/3/2005 — C6-0112/2006 — 2003/0300(COD)).

In light of the modifications that had been made by the Council to the text sent to Parliament, the President had consulted the ITRE Committee, as the committee responsible for that matter. Since the ITRE Committee was of the view that the modifications did not affect the substance of the text, the President announced that he would also sign that act on Wednesday.

6.   Documents received

The following documents had been received:

1)

from the Council and Commission: — Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 91/477/EEC on control of the acquisition and possession of weapons (COM(2006)0093 — C6-0081/2006 — 2006/0031(COD)) referred to responsible: IMCO   opinion: LIBE — Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing common rules for the provision of basic information on Purchasing Power Parities and for their calculation and dissemination (COM(2006)0135 — C6-0100/2006 — 2006/0042(COD)) referred to responsible: ECON   opinion: REGI — Proposal for a Council regulation concerning the conclusion of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Seychelles (COM(2006)0097 — C6-0102/2006 — 2006/0029(CNS)) referred to responsible: PECH   opinion: DEVE, BUDG — Proposal for a Council regulation concerning the conclusion of the Partnership Agreement in the fisheries sector between the European Community and the Union of the Comoros (COM(2006) 0096 — C6-0103/2006 — 2006/0032(CNS)) referred to responsible: PECH   opinion: DEVE, BUDG — Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 417/2002 on the accelerated phasing-in of double-hull or equivalent design requirements for single-hull oil tankers and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 2978/94 (COM(2006)0111 — C6-0104/2006 — 2006/0046(COD)) referred to responsible: TRAN   opinion: ENVI, ITRE — Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Community, of the United Nations Convention against Corruption (COM(2006)0082 — C6-0105/2006 — 2006/0023(CNS)) referred to responsible: LIBE   opinion: DEVE, CONT, IMCO — Proposal for a Council regulation laying down technical measures for the conservation of certain stocks of highly migratory species (COM(2006)0100 — C6-0106/2006 — 2006/0030(CNS)) referred to responsible: PECH   opinion: ENVI — Proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulations (EEC) No 2771/75 and (EEC) No 2777/75 as regards the application of exceptional market support measures (COM(2006)0153 — C6-0111/2006 — 2006/0055(CNS)) referred to responsible: AGRI   opinion: ENVI, IMCO

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from committees: 2.1) reports: — Report on the assessment of the Doha Round following the WTO Ministerial conference in Hong Kong (2005/2247(INI)) — Committee on International Trade. Rapporteur: Papastamkos Georgios (A6-0051/2006) — Report with recommendations to the Commission on access to the institutions' texts (2004/2125(INI)) — Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Cashman Michael (A6-0052/2006) — Report on the Special Report from the European Ombudsman to the European Parliament following the draft recommendation to the Council of the European Union in complaint 2395/2003/GG concerning the openness of the meetings of the Council when acting in its legislative capacity (2005/2243(INI)) — Committee on Petitions. Rapporteur: Hammerstein Mintz David (A6-0056/2006) — ***I Proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council introducing a simplified regime for the checking 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(2005)0381 [02] — C6-0254/2005 — 2005/0159(COD)) — Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Cashman Michael (A6-0060/2006) — ***I Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Community action for the European Capital of Culture event for the years 2007 to 2019 (COM(2005)0209 — C6-0157/2005 — 2005/0102(COD)) — Committee on Culture and Education. Rapporteur: Prets Christa (A6-0061/2006) — ***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 Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia of certain documents as equivalent to their national visas for the purposes of transit through their territories (COM(2005)0381 [01] — C6-0253/2005 — 2005/0158(COD)) — Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Cashman Michael (A6-0062/2006) — Report on the work of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly in 2005 (2005/2104(INI)) — Committee on Development. Rapporteur: Cornillet Thierry (A6-0063/2006) — * Report on the initiative of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland with a view to adopting a Council decision amending Decision 2003/170/JHA on the common use of liaison officers posted abroad by the law enforcement agencies of the Member States (10706/2005 — C6-0255/2005 — 2005/0808(CNS)) — Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Roure Martine (A6-0064/2006) — Report on the Commission report on competition policy 2004 (2005/2209(INI)) — Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Lipietz Alain (A6-0065/2006) — Report on the transitional arrangements restricting the free movement of workers on EU labour markets (2006/2036(INI)) — Committee on Employment and Social Affairs. Rapporteur: Őry Csaba (A6-0069/2006) — ***I Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing for the period 2007-2013 the programme ‘Citizens for Europe’ to promote active European citizenship (COM(2005)0116 — C6-0101/2005 — 2005/0041(COD)) — Committee on Culture and Education. Rapporteur: Takkula Hannu (A6-0076/2006) — Report on the situation of the European economy: preparatory report on the broad economic policy guidelines for 2006 (2006/2047(INI)) — Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: García-Margallo y Marfil José Manuel (A6-0077/2006) — Report on a strategy for the simplification of the regulatory environment (2006/2006(INI)) — Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: Gargani Giuseppe (A6-0080/2006) — Report on better lawmaking 2004: application of the principle of subsidiarity — 12th annual report (2005/2055(INI)) — Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: Doorn Bert (A6-0082/2006) — Report on the Implementation, Consequences and Impact of the Internal Market Legislation in Force (2004/2224(INI)) — Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection. Rapporteur: McCarthy Arlene (A6-0083/2006) — Report on the request for defence of the immunity and privileges of Witold Tomczak (2005/2129(IMM)) — Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: Wallis Diana (A6-0084/2006) — * Report on the proposal for a Council decision on guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States (COM(2006)0032 — C6-0047/2006 — 2006/0010(CNS)) — Committee on Employment and Social Affairs. Rapporteur: Kósáné Kovács Magda (A6-0086/2006) — Report on the Commission's 21st and 22nd annual reports on monitoring the application of Community law (2003 and 2004) (2005/2150(INI)) — Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: Frassoni Monica (A6-0089/2006) — Report on the Special Report by the European Ombudsman following a complaint against the European Schools (No 1391/2002/JMA) (2005/2216(INI)) — Committee on Petitions. Rapporteur: De Rossa Proinsias (A6-0118/2006) 2.2) recommendations for second reading: — ***II Recommendation for second reading on the Council common position for adopting a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down guidelines for trans-European energy networks and repealing Decision No 96/391/EC and Decision No 1229/2003/EC (10720/1/2005 — C6-0016/2006 — 2003/0297(COD)) — Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. Rapporteur: Laperrouze Anne (A6-0071/2006)

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from Members: 3.1) oral questions for Question Time (Rule 109) (B6-0017/2006): — Sonik Bogusław, Papadimoulis Dimitrios, Beglitis Panagiotis, Casaca Paulo, Toussas Georgios, Evans Robert, Ryan Eoin, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou Rodi, Posselt Bernd, Jałowiecki Stanisław, Coveney Simon, Aylward Liam, Mitchell Gay, Harkin Marian, Crowley Brian, Hedkvist Petersen Ewa, Seeber Richard, Koch Dieter-Lebrecht, Moraes Claude, Rack Reinhard, aras Othmar, Rübig Paul, Medina Ortega Manuel, Corbett Richard, Davies Chris, Karim Sajjad, Sjöstedt Jonas, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou Marie, Mavrommatis Manolis, Bushill-Matthews Philip, Ó Neachtain Seán, Manolakou Diamanto, Newton Dunn Bill, Pafilis Athanasios, Jensen Anne E., Pirker Hubert, Czarnecki Ryszard, Van Hecke Johan, Martin Hans-Peter, Ludford Sarah, Bushill-Matthews Philip, Désir Harlem, Staes Bart, Miguélez Ramos Rosa, Guerreiro Pedro, Medina Ortega Manuel, Papadimoulis Dimitrios, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou Marie, Aylward Liam, Ó Neachtain Seán, Ryan Eoin, Nicholson James, Arnaoutakis Stavros, Weber Manfred, Geringer de Oedenberg Lidia Joanna, Czarnecki Ryszard, Jensen Anne E., Szejna Andrzej Jan, Doyle Avril, Posselt Bernd, Paleckis Justas Vincas, Crowley Brian, Mitchell Gay, Montoro Romero Cristobal, Batzeli Katerina, Sifunakis Nikolaos, Harangozó Gábor, Henin Jacky, Gklavakis Ioannis, Gräßle Ingeborg, Titley Gary, Moraes Claude, Jordan Cizelj Romana, Mavrommatis Manolis, Schlyter Carl, López-Istúriz White Antonio, Jałowiecki Stanisław, Fjellner Christofer, Papastamkos Georgios, Corbett Richard, Kuźmiuk Zbigniew Krzysztof, Casaca Paulo, Guardans Cambó Ignasi, Allister James Hugh, Reul Herbert, Newton Dunn Bill, Manolakou Diamanto, Matsis Yiannakis, Rutowicz Leopold Józef, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou Rodi, Salinas García María Isabel, Budreikaitė Danutė, Van Hecke Johan, Hatzidakis Konstantinos, Toussas Georgios, Martin Hans-Peter, Trakatellis Antonios 3.2) motions for resolutions (Rule 113): — Muscardini Cristiana — Motion for a resolution on consumer protection (B6-0204/2006) referred to responsible: IMCO — Muscardini Cristiana, Angelilli Roberta, Poli Bortone Adriana — Motion for a resolution on an ad hoc working party on violence against women (B6-0205/2006) referred to responsible: FEMM   opinion: LIBE — Corbett Richard, Hughes Stephen, Willmott Glenis — Motion for a resolution condemning the anti-trade union activities of ASDA/Wal-Mart (B6-0229/2006) referred to responsible: EMPL 3.3) written declarations for entry in the Register (Rule 116): — Roger Helmer, Ashley Mote, James Hugh Allister and Anna Záborská, on the rights of women in Saudi Arabia (0018/2006), — Elly de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Michael Cashman, Erik Meijer, Alexander Lambsdorff and Geoffrey Van Orden, on protection of people in Bulgaria against neo-totalitarianism (0019/2006), — Konrad Szymański, Philippe Morillon, Charles Tannock, Ari Vatanen and Bastiaan Belder, on the protection of subsidiarity in European and overseas health care policies (0020/2006), — Iles Braghetto and Panayiotis Demetriou, on the protection and preservation of the religious heritage in the northern part of Cyprus (0021/2006), — Daniel Strož, on condemnation of the activities of former Nazis and their supporters in certain EU Member States (0022/2006), — Claire Gibault, Jean-Marie Cavada, Antoine Duquesne, Charles Tannock and Enrique Barón Crespo, on international adoption in Romania (0023/2006), — Robert Navarro, Jean-Luc Bennahmias, Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Luigi Cocilovo and Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann, on the Europe Statute and the promotion of active European citizenship (0024/2006).

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from the Conciliation Committee: — ***III Report on the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain fluorinated greenhouse gases (PE-CONS 03604/2006 — C6-0065/2006 — 2003/0189A(COD)) — Parliament's delegation to the Conciliation Committee. Rapporteur: Doyle Avril (A6-0087/2006) — ***III Report on the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to emissions from air conditioning systems in motor vehicles and amending Council Directive 70/156/EEC (PE-CONS 03605/2006 — C6-0066/2006 — 2003/0189B(COD)) — Parliament's delegation to the Conciliation Committee. Rapporteur: Doyle Avril (A6-0090/2006)

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from Parliament's Delegation to the Conciliation Committee: — Joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain fluorinated greenhouse gases (03604/2006 — C6-0065/2006 — 2003/0189A(COD)) — Joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to emissions from air-conditioning systems in motor vehicles and amending Council Directive 70/156/EEC (03605/2006 — C6-0066/2006 — 2003/0189B(COD))

7.   Order of business

The next item was the order of business.

Council request for the application of urgent procedure (Rule 134) for:

—	the proposal for a Council regulation on the conclusion of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Kingdom of Morocco (C6-0040/2006)

Reason for request:

In the light of the economic difficulties experienced by the Community fleet in the region, it was vital for the agreement to enter into force on 01.05.2006.

Commission request for the application of urgent procedure (Rule 134) for:

—	the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulations (EEC) No 2771/75 and (EEC) No 2777/75 as regards the application of exceptional market support measures (avian sector) (C6-0111/2006)

Reason for request:

A new legal basis allowing for the adoption of exceptional market support measures had to be adopted as soon as possible in order to take account of the economic difficulties experienced by the avian sector.

Parliament would vote on these requests for urgent procedure at the beginning of the sitting the following day.

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The final draft agenda for the April I and II sittings (PE 371.581/PDOJ) had been distributed and a number of changes had been proposed (Rule 132):

Sittings of 03.04.2006 to 06.04.2006

Monday

—	Request from the Verts/ALE Group to extend the deadline for tabling resolutions on the Commission statement on refugee camps in Malta (Item 91 on the final draft agenda) until 10.00 the following morning.

Parliament approved the request.

Tuesday

—	Request from the PSE Group for the vote on the Csaba Őry report (A6-0069/2006) to be held over until Wednesday.

The following spoke: Martin Schulz, on behalf of the PSE Group, who moved the request, and Csaba Őry (rapporteur).

Parliament approved the request.

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Request from the PSE Group for the votes on the Monica Frassoni (A6-0089/2006), Bert Doorn (A6-0082/2006), Arlene McCarthy (A6-0083/2006) and Giuseppe Gargani (A6-0080/2006) reports to be held over until a later part-session, with the joint debate on the reports in question taking place on Tuesday as planned.

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

The following spoke: Klaus-Heiner Lehne and Monica Frassoni, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group.

Parliament approved the request (the vote would now take place during the May I part-session).

Wednesday

—	The Council had added to the title of the Council and Commission statements (Item 16 on the final draft agenda). It now read as follows: Measures to enhance road safety (Safety) and security measures in the transport sector, including the financing thereof (Security).

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

Thursday

—	Request from the GUE/NGL Group to include at the beginning of the sitting a Commission statement on the situation in south-east Turkey, with the debate being wound up with motions for resolution.

The following spoke: Francis Wurtz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, who moved the request, and Hannes Swoboda, on behalf of the PSE Group, who asked that the debate should take place at 15.00 on Thursday and that the vote should be taken at a later stage as part of the forthcoming Camiel Eurlings report. Francis Wurtz supported this request.

Parliament approved the request.

—	Debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (Rule 115):

Request from the PPE-DE Group to change the title of the debate on the ‘situation in Iraqi prisons’(Item 84 on the final draft agenda) to read as follows: ‘The Assyrian community in Iraq and and the situation in Iraqi prisons’.

The following spoke: Hans-Gert Poettering, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, who moved the request, and Johan Van Hecke.

Parliament approved the request.

Sittings of 26.04.2006 and 27.04.2006

—	no changes

The order of business was thus established.

8.   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:

Marcin Libicki, Marie-Noëlle Lienemann, Józef Pinior, Geoffrey Van Orden, Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Maria Matsouka, Andrzej Tomasz Zapałowski, Jörg Leichtfried, Jelko Kacin, Feleknas Uca, Richard Corbett, Manolis Mavrommatis, Margrietus van den Berg, Mirosław Mariusz Piotrowski, Marc Tarabella, Ryszard Czarnecki, Ioannis Gklavakis, Philip Claeys, Gerard Batten, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Kyriacos Triantaphyllides, Glyn Ford, Marios Matsakis, Eoin Ryan, Eluned Morgan, Erna Hennicot-Schoepges, Bogusław Rogalski and Zdzisław Zbigniew Podkański.

9.   The refugee camps in Malta (debate)

Commission statement: The refugee camps in Malta

Andris Piebalgs (Member of the Commission) made the statement.

The following spoke: Stefano Zappalà, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Martine Roure, on behalf of the PSE Group, Jean Lambert, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Giusto Catania, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Simon Busuttil and Louis Grech.

IN THE CHAIR: Antonios TRAKATELLIS

Vice-President

The following spoke: Hélène Flautre, Kyriacos Triantaphyllides, David Casa, Joseph Muscat, John Attard-Montalto and Andris Piebalgs.

As the motions for resolutions tabled were not yet available, they would be announced in plenary at a later time.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 06.04.2006, Item 6.7.

10.   Guidelines for trans-European energy networks ***II (debate)

Recommendation for second reading on the common position adopted by the Council with a view to the adoption of a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down guidelines for trans-European energy networks and repealing Decision 96/391/EC and Decision No 1229/2003/EC [10720/1/2005 — C6-0016/2006 — 2003/0297(COD)] — Committee on Industry, Research and Energy.

Rapporteur: Anne Laperrouze (A6-0071/2006)

Anne Laperrouze introduced the recommendation for second reading.

Andris Piebalgs (Member of the Commission) spoke.

The following spoke: María del Pilar Ayuso González, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Hannes Swoboda, on behalf of the PSE Group, Vittorio Prodi, on behalf of the ALDE Group, and Esko Seppänen, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group.

IN THE CHAIR: Miroslav OUZKÝ

Vice-President

The following spoke: Ryszard Czarnecki, Non-attached Member, Paul Rübig, Reino Paasilinna, Šarūnas Birutis, Jacky Henin, Andreas Mölzer, Laima Liucija Andrikienė, Eluned Morgan, Danutė Budreikaitė and Andris Piebalgs.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 04.04.2006, Item 8.3.

11.   Commission competition policy 2004 (debate)

Report on the Commission report on competition policy 2004 [2005/2209(INI)] — Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.

Rapporteur: Alain Lipietz (A6-0065/2006)

Alain Lipietz introduced the report.

Neelie Kroes (Member of the Commission) spoke.

The following spoke: Jonathan Evans, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Antolín Sánchez Presedo, on behalf of the PSE Group, Sharon Bowles, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Godfrey Bloom, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Gunnar Hökmark, Pervenche Berès, Corien Wortmann-Kool, Ieke van den Burg, Andreas Schwab and Elisa Ferreira.

IN THE CHAIR: Luigi COCILOVO

Vice-President

The following spoke: Othmar Karas, Alexander Stubb, Christopher Heaton-Harris and Neelie Kroes.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 04.04.2006, Item 8.5.

12.   Openness of meetings of the Council when acting in its legislative capacity — Access to the institutions' documents — (debate)

Report on the Special Report from the European Ombudsman following the draft recommendation to the Council of the European Union in complaint 2395/2003/GG concerning the openness of the meetings of the Council when acting in its legislative capacity [2005/2243(INI)] — Committee on Petitions.

Rapporteur: David Hammerstein Mintz (A6-0056/2006)

Report with recommendations to the Commission on access to the institutions' documents [2004/2125 (INI)] — Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.

Rapporteur: Michael Cashman (A6-0052/2006)

David Hammerstein Mintz introduced the report (A6-0056/2006).

Michael Cashman introduced the report (A6-0052/2006).

Margot Wallström (Vice-President of the Commission) spoke.

The following spoke: Andreas Schwab, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Michael Cashman, on behalf of the PSE Group, Chris Davies, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Johannes Voggenhuber, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Erik Meijer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Marcin Libicki, on behalf of the UEN Group, Jens-Peter Bonde, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Charlotte Cederschiöld, Alexandra Dobolyi and Anneli Jäätteenmäki.

IN THE CHAIR: Mario MAURO

Vice-President

The following spoke: Carl Schlyter, Carlos Coelho, Roger Knapman, Inés Ayala Sender, Bill Newton Dunn, Alexander Stubb, Proinsias De Rossa, Barbara Kudrycka, Maria Matsouka, David Hammerstein Mintz and Elmar Brok.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 04.04.2006, Item 8.6 and Minutes of 04.04.2006, Item 8.7.

13.   Supplying approved charities working to implement the European food aid programme for the most deprived citizens — Diabetes (written declarations)

Written declaration 75/2005, by Marie-Arlette Carlotti, Philippe Busquin, Joseph Daul, Mario Mauro and Bogusław Sonik on supplying approved charities working to implement the European food aid programme for the most deprived citizens had, by 03.04.2006, obtained the signatures of the majority of Parliament's component Members and would thus, under Rule 116(4), be forwarded to the institutions named therein and published, together with the names of the signatories, in the Texts Adopted the following day.

Written declaration 1/2006, by John Bowis, Georgs Andrejevs, Dorette Corbey and Karin Scheele on diabetes had, by 03.04.2006, obtained the signatures of the majority of Parliament's component Members and would thus, under Rule 116(4), be forwarded to the institutions named therein and published, together with the names of the signatories, in the Texts Adopted of the sitting of 27.04.2006.

14.   WTO Ministerial Conference in Hong Kong (debate)

Report on the assessment of the Doha Round following the WTO Ministerial Conference in Hong Kong [2005/2247(INI)] — Committee on International Trade.

Rapporteur: Georgios Papastamkos (A6-0051/2006)

Georgios Papastamkos introduced the report.

Margot Wallström (Vice-President of the Commission) spoke.

The following spoke: Maria Martens (draftsman of the opinion of the DEVE Committee), Margarita Starkevičiūtė (draftsman of the opinion of the ECON Committee), Albert Deß (draftsman of the opinion of the AGRI Committee), Paul Rübig, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Javier Moreno Sánchez, on behalf of the PSE Group, Sajjad Karim, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Frithjof Schmidt, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Helmuth Markov, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Zbigniew Krzysztof Kuźmiuk, on behalf of the UEN Group, Kathy Sinnott, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, James Hugh Allister, Non-attached Member, Alexander Stubb, Erika Mann, Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, Margrete Auken, Vittorio Agnoletto, Bastiaan Belder, Jean-Claude Martinez, Jean-Pierre Audy, Harlem Désir, Alessandro Battilocchio, Margrietus van den Berg, Saïd El Khadraoui, Margot Wallström and Erika Mann, who put a question that Margot Wallström answered.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 04.04.2006, Item 8.8.

15.   Agenda for next sitting

The agenda for the next sitting had been established (‘Agenda’ PE 371.581/OJMA).

16.   Closure of sitting

The sitting closed at 22.30.

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