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Volume 49
18 November 2006

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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

2005-2006 SESSION

Monday 14 November 2005

2006/C 280E/1

MINUTES

1

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

Resumption of session

Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

Statement by the President

Documents received

Signature of acts adopted under codecision

Membership of Parliament

Membership of committees and delegations

Action taken on Parliament's positions and resolutions

Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council

Petitions

Order of business

One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Social dimension of globalisation (debate)

Digital switchover (debate)

Secret detention centres in Europe (debate)

Banana import arrangements (debate)

Occupational Pensions Directive (debate)

Agenda for next sitting

Closure of sitting

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

11

Tuesday 15 November 2005

2006/C 280E/2

MINUTES

13

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

Opening of sitting

Documents received

Transfers of appropriations

Debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (announcement of motions for resolutions tabled)

Northern dimension (motions for resolutions tabled)

Presentation of the Court of Auditors' annual report — 2004 (debate)

Legislative and work programme for 2006 (debate)

Announcement by the President

Voting time

Programme for the dissemination of good practices and monitoring ICT take-up ***I (Rule 131) (vote)

Public radio paging ***I (Rule 131) (vote)

Common organisation of the market in seeds * (Rule 131) (vote)

Common organisation of the market in hops * (Rule 131) (vote)

Common organisation of the market in wine * (Rule 131) (vote)

EBRD's financing of operations in Mongolia * (Rule 131) (vote)

Visas for the 2006 Winter Olympic and/or Paralympic Games ***I (Rule 131) (vote)

Social security schemes ***I (Rule 131) (vote)

European eels (Rule 131) (vote)

Privileges and immunities (Rule 131) (vote)

Social dimension of globalisation (vote)

Explanations of vote

Corrections to votes

Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

Membership of Parliament

REACH ***I — Adaptation to REACH ***I (debate)

European regulatory agencies (debate)

Question Time (Commission)

Enlargement II (debate)

Information to air passengers ***I (debate)

Bohunice V1 * — Decommissioning nuclear power plants (debate)

Agenda for next sitting

Closure of sitting

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

27

ANNEX I

29

ANNEX II

34

TEXTS ADOPTED

41

P6_TA(2005)0417
Programme for the dissemination of good practices and monitoring ICT take-up ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Decision No 2256/2003/EC with a view to extension of the programme in 2006 for the dissemination of good practices and monitoring of the take-up of Information and Communication Technolgies (ICTs) (COM(2005)0347 — C6-0247/2005 — 2005/0144(COD))

41

ANNEX I
DECISION No .../2005/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of ... amending Decision No 2256/2003/EC with a view to extension of the programme in 2006 for the dissemination of good practices and monitoring of the take-up of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs)

41

ANNEX II

45

P6_TA(2005)0418
Public radio paging ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council repealing Council Directive 90/544/EEC on the frequency bands designated for the coordinated introduction of pan-European land-based public radio paging in the Community (COM (2005)0361 — C6-0248/2005 — 2005/0147(COD))

45

ANNEX
DIRECTIVE 2005/.../EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of ...repealing Council Directive 90/544/EEC on the frequency bands designated for the coordinated introduction of pan-European land-based public radio paging in the Community

46

P6_TA(2005)0419
Common organisation of the market in seeds *
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation on the common organisation of the market in seeds (COM(2005)0384 — C6-0285/2005 — 2005/0164(CNS))

47

P6_TA(2005)0420
Common organisation of the market in hops *
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation on the common organisation of the market in hops (COM(2005)0386 — C6-0287/2005 — 2005/0162(CNS))

48

P6_TA(2005)0421
Common organisation of the market in wine *
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine (COM(2005) 0395 — C6-0286/2005 — 2005/0160(CNS))

48

P6_TA(2005)0422
EBRD's financing of operations in Mongolia *
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision on an amendment to the Agreement Establishing the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), enabling the Bank to finance operations in Mongolia (COM(2005)0342 — C6-0280/2005 — 2005/0139(CNS))

49

P6_TA(2005)0423
Visas for the 2006 Winter Olympic and/or Paralympic Games ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to measures envisaged to facilitate the procedures for applying for and issuing visas for members of the Olympic family taking part in the 2006 Olympic and/or Paralympic Winter Games in Turin (COM(2005)0412 — C6-0275/2005 — 2005/0169(COD))

50

ANNEX
REGULATION (EC) No .../2005 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of ... relating to measures envisaged to facilitate the procedures for applying for and issuing visas for members of the Olympic family taking part in the 2006 Olympic and/or Paralympic Winter Games in Turin

50

P6_TA(2005)0424
Social security schemes ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution 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 and Council Regulation (EEC) No 574/72 laying down the procedure for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 (COM(2004)0830 — C6-0002/2005 — 2004/0284 (COD))

56

P6_TC1-COD(2004)0284
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 15 November 2005 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EC) No .../2006 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

57

ANNEX

58

P6_TA(2005)0425
European eels
European Parliament resolution on the development of a Community Action Plan for the recovery of European eels (2005/2032(INI))

63

P6_TA(2005)0426
Privileges and immunities
European Parliament resolution on a possible infringement of the Protocol on the privileges and immunities of the European Communities by a Member State (2005/2187(INI))

64

P6_TA(2005)0427
Social dimension of globalisation
European Parliament resolution on the social dimension of globalisation (2005/2061(INI))

65

Wednesday 16 November 2005

2006/C 280E/3

MINUTES

71

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

Opening of sitting

Documents received

Iraq after the referendum on the Constitution (debate)

Climate change — Beating global climate change (debate)

Voting time

Information to air passengers ***I (vote)

Bohunice V1 * (vote)

Northern Dimension (vote)

Digital switchover (vote)

Decommissioning nuclear power plants (vote)

Beating global climate change (vote)

Explanations of vote

Corrections to votes

Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

Membership of political groups

Informal meeting of the European Council (debate)

Recent statements of the President of Iran, Mr Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (debate)

Question Time (Council)

Statement by the President

Humane trapping standards ***I (debate)

Arms exports — Weapons of Mass Destruction — Defence procurement (debate)

Agenda for next sitting

Closure of sitting

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

80

ANNEX I

82

ANNEX II

89

TEXTS ADOPTED

98

P6_TA(2005)0428
Information to air passengers ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the information of air transport passengers on the identity of the operating carrier and on communication of safety information by Member States (COM(2005)0048 — C6-0046/2005 — 2005/0008(COD))

98

P6_TC1-COD(2005)0008
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 16 November 2005 with a view to the adoption of regulation (EC) No .../2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of a Community list of air carriers subject to an operating ban within the Community and on informing air transport passengers of the identity of the operating air carrier, and repealing Article 9 of Directive 2004/36/EC

98

ANNEX
COMMON CRITERIA FOR CONSIDERATION OF AN OPERATING BAN FOR SAFETY REASONS AT COMMUNITY LEVEL

107

P6_TA(2005)0429
Bohunice V1 *
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation on the implementation of Protocol No 9 on the Bohunice V1 nuclear power plant in Slovakia, as annexed to the Act concerning the conditions of accession to the European Union of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia (COM(2004)0624 — C6-0205/2004 — 2004/0221(CNS))

108

P6_TA(2005)0430
Northern dimension
European Parliament resolution on the future of the Northern Dimension

113

P6_TA(2005)0431
Digital switchover
European Parliament resolution on accelerating the transition from analogue to digital broadcasting

115

P6_TA(2005)0432
Decommissioning nuclear power plants
European Parliament resolution on the use of financial resources earmarked for the decommissioning of nuclear power plants (2005/2027(INI))

117

P6_TA(2005)0433
Beating global climate change
European Parliament resolution on ‘Winning the Battle Against Global Climate Change’ (2005/2049 (INI))

120

Thursday 17 November 2005

2006/C 280E/4

MINUTES

128

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

Opening of sitting

Documents received

Defence of parliamentary immunity

Voting time

REACH ***I (vote)

Adaptation to REACH ***I (vote)

Humane trapping standards ***I (vote)

Arms exports (vote)

Mobilisation of the Solidarity Fund (Rule 131) (vote)

Draft Amending Budget No 7/2005 (Rule 131) (vote)

Weapons of Mass Destruction (vote)

Defence procurement (vote)

Recent statements of the President of Iran, Mr Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (vote)

Explanations of vote

Corrections to votes

Announcement by the President

Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

Development strategy for Africa (debate)

Community development policy (debate)

Debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (debate)

Access to humanitarian aid in Kashmir (debate)

Philippines (the sentencing to death of Francisco Larrañaga, an EU citizen) (debate)

Burma/Myanmar (debate)

Voting time

Access to humanitarian aid in Kashmir (vote)

Philippines (the sentencing to death of Francisco Larrañaga, an EU citizen) (vote)

Burma/Myanmar (vote)

Development strategy for Africa (vote)

Community development policy (vote)

Explanations of vote

Corrections to votes

Budget calendar

Agenda for next part-session

Communication of Council common positions

Membership of committees and delegations

Written declarations included in the register (Rule 116)

Decisions concerning certain documents

Forwarding of texts adopted during the sitting

Dates for next sittings

Adjournment of session

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

143

ANNEX I

145

ANNEX II

172

TEXTS ADOPTED

302

P6_TA(2005)0434
REACH ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency and amending Directive 1999/45/EC and Regulation (EC) No .../...[on Persistent Organic Pollutants] (COM(2003)0644 — C5-0530/2003 — 2003/0256(COD))

302

P6_TC1-COD(2003)0256
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 17 November 2005 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EC) No .../2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency and amending Directive 1999/45/EC

303

ANNEX I
GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR ASSESSING SUBSTANCES AND PREPARING CHEMICAL SAFETY REPORTS

388

ANNEX IA
GUIDE TO THE COMPILATION OF SAFETY DATA SHEETS

398

ANNEX IB
CHEMICAL SAFETY ASSESSMENTS FOR PREPARATIONS

408

ANNEX IC
CRITERIA FOR PHASE-IN SUBSTANCES REGISTERED IN QUANTITIES BETWEEN 1 AND 10 TONNES PER YEAR PER MANUFACTURER OR IMPORTER FOR WHICH THE FULL INFORMATION SPECIFIED IN ANNEX V IS REQUIRED

409

ANNEX II
EXEMPTIONS FROM OBLIGATION TO REGISTER IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 4(1)(A)

410

ANNEX III
EXEMPTIONS FROM THE OBLIGATION TO REGISTER IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 4(1)(B)

415

ANNEX IV

416

ANNEX V
STANDARD INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS FOR SUBSTANCES MANUFACTURED OR IMPORTED IN QUANTITIES OF ONE TONNE OR MORE

420

ANNEX VI
ADDITIONAL STANDARD INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS FOR SUBSTANCES MANUFACTURED OR IMPORTED IN QUANTITIES OF 10 TONNES OR MORE

424

ANNEX VII
ADDITIONAL STANDARD INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS FOR SUBSTANCES MANUFACTURED OR IMPORTED IN QUANTITIES OF 100 TONNES OR MORE

428

ANNEX VIII
ADDITIONAL STANDARD INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS FOR SUBSTANCES MANUFACTURED OR IMPORTED IN QUANTITIES OF 1 000 TONNES OR MORE

432

ANNEX IX
GENERAL RULES FOR ADAPTATION OF THE STANDARD TESTING REGIME SET OUT IN ANNEXES V TO VIII

435

ANNEX X

438

ANNEX XI
GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR DOWNSTREAM USERS TO ASSESS SUBSTANCES AND PREPARE CHEMICAL SAFETY REPORTS

438

ANNEXES XII TO XVI

439

ANNEX XVII
PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS (POPS)

439

P6_TA(2005)0435
Adaptation to REACH ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 67/548/EEC in order to adapt it to Regulation (EC) of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals (COM(2003)0644 — C5-0531/2003 — 2003/0257(COD))

440

P6_TC1-COD(2003)0257
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 17 November 2005 with a view to the adoption of Directive 2006/.../EC of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 67/548/EEC in order to adapt it to Regulation (EC) No .../...of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals

440

P6_TA(2005)0436
Arms exports
European Parliament resolution on the Council's Sixth Annual Report according to Operative Provision 8 of the European Union Code of Conduct on Arms Exports (2005/2013(INI))

443

P6_TA(2005)0437
Mobilisation of the Solidarity Fund
European Parliament resolution on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund according to point 3 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 7 November 2002 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on the financing of the European Union Solidarity Fund supplementing the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999 on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure (COM(2005)0401 — C6-0277/2005 — 2005/2171(ACI))

450

ANNEX
DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

451

P6_TA(2005)0438
Draft amending budget No 7/2005
European Parliament resolution on draft amending budget No 7/2005 of the European Union for the financial year 2005 (Storm in Northern Europe) (13489/2005 — C6-0358/2005 — 2005/2172(BUD))

452

P6_TA(2005)0439
Weapons of mass destruction
European Parliament resolution on non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction: A role for the European Parliament (2005/2139(INI))

453

P6_TA(2005)0440
Defence procurement
European Parliament resolution on the Green Paper on defence procurement (2005/2030(INI))

463

P6_TA(2005)0441
Recent statements of the President of Iran, Mr Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
European Parliament resolution on Iran

468

P6_TA(2005)0442
Access to humanitarian aid in Kashmir
European Parliament resolution on Kashmir

469

P6_TA(2005)0443
Philippines (the sentencing to death of Francisco Larrañaga, an EU citizen)
European Parliament resolution on the Philippines

472

P6_TA(2005)0444
Burma/Myanmar
European Parliament resolution on Burma

473

P6_TA(2005)0445
Development strategy for Africa
European Parliament resolution on a development strategy for Africa (2005/2142(INI))

475

P6_TA(2005)0446
Community development policy
European Parliament resolution on the proposal for a Joint Declaration by the Council, the European Parliament and the Commission on the European Union Development Policy ‘The European Consensus’ (2004/2261(INI))

484

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