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C 102E

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Information and Notices

Volume 51
24 April 2008

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IV   Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

European Parliament

2007-2008 SESSION

Sittings of 21 to 24 May 2007

Monday 21 May 2007

2008/C 102E/01

MINUTES

1

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

Resumption of session

Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

Membership of Parliament

Signature of acts adopted under codecision

Establishing a green hydrogen economy and a third industrial revolution in Europe (written declaration)

Documents received

Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council

Oral questions and written declarations (tabling)

Written declarations (Rule 116)

Petitions

Transfers of appropriations

Declaration of financial interests

Order of business

One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

The exclusion of health services from the Services Directive (debate)

Halting the loss of biodiversity by 2010 (debate)

Financial Instrument for the Environment (LIFE+) ***III (debate)

Environmental quality standards in the field of water policy ***I (debate)

Combating violence (Daphne III programme) ***II (debate)

Structural policies and EU cohesion (debate)

Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the EC and Denmark and Greenland * (debate)

Agenda for next sitting

Closure of sitting

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

13

Tuesday 22 May 2007

2008/C 102E/02

MINUTES

15

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

Opening of sitting

Calendar of part-sessions

Agenda

Documents received

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

Global Europe — External aspects of competitiveness (debate)

The EU's Aid for trade (debate)

Economic partnership agreements (debate)

Voting time

EC-Russia Fisheries and Conservation Agreement * (Rule 131) (vote)

Financial Instrument for the Environment (LIFE+) ***III (vote)

Combating violence (Daphne III programme) ***II (vote)

Cooperation between committees (amendment of Rule 47) (vote)

Environmental quality standards in the field of water policy ***I (vote)

Organic production and labelling of organic products * (final vote)

Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the EC and Denmark and Greenland * (vote)

Delegation to Eurolat (vote)

Joint Declaration on practical arrangements for the codecision procedure (vote)

Halting the loss of biodiversity by 2010 (vote)

Global Europe — External aspects of competitiveness (vote)

Explanations of vote

Corrections to votes and voting intentions

Debate on the future of Europe (debate)

Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

Situation in Palestine (debate)

Question Time (Commission)

Membership of the Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (deadline for tabling amendments)

Action taken on Parliament's positions and resolutions

Estonia (debate)

Common Foreign and Security Policy 2005 (debate)

Excise duty on alcohol * (debate)

Community financial aid in the field of the trans-European transport and energy networks ***II (debate)

Agenda for next sitting

Closure of sitting

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

28

ANNEX I

30

ANNEX II

38

ANNEX III
EUROLAT
MEMBERSHIP OF THE DELEGATION TO THE EURO-LATIN AMERICAN PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY

84

TEXTS ADOPTED

86

P6_TA(2007)0186
EC-Russia Fisheries and Conservation Agreement *
European Parliament legislative resolution of 22 May 2007 on the proposal for a Council regulation on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Government of the Russian Federation on cooperation in fisheries and the conservation of the living marine resources in the Baltic Sea (COM(2006)0868 — C6-0052/2007 — 2006/0309(CNS))

86

P6_TA(2007)0187
Financial Instrument for the Environment (LIFE+) ***III
European Parliament legislative resolution of 22 May 2007 on the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Financial Instrument for the Environment (LIFE+) (PE-CONS 3611/2007 — C6-0105/2007 — 2004/0218(COD))

87

P6_TA(2007)0188
Combating violence (Daphne III programme) ***II
European Parliament legislative resolution of 22 May 2007 on the Council common position with a view to the adoption of a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing for the period 2007-2013 a specific programme to prevent and combat violence against children, young people and women and to protect victims and groups at risk (Daphne III programme) as part of the General Programme ‘Fundamental Rights and Justice’ (16367/1/2006 — C6-0089/2007 — 2005/0037A(COD))

88

ANNEX
STATEMENT BY THE COUNCIL AND THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

88

P6_TA(2007)0189
Cooperation between committees (amendment of Rule 47)
European Parliament decision of 22 May 2007 on amendment of Rule 47 of Parliament's Rules of Procedure — cooperation between committees (2007/2016(REG))

89

P6_TA(2007)0190
Environmental quality standards in the field of water policy ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution of 22 May 2007 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on environmental quality standards in the field of water policy and amending Directive 2000/60/EC (COM(2006)0397 — C6-0243/2006 — 2006/0129(COD))

90

P6_TC1-COD(2006)0129
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 22 May 2007 with a view to the adoption of Directive 2007/.../EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on environmental quality standards in the field of water policy and amending Directive 2000/60/EC

91

ANNEX I
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY STANDARDS FOR PRIORITY SUBSTANCES

102

ANNEX II
AMENDMENT OF ANNEX X TO DIRECTIVE 2000/60/EC

105

P6_TA(2007)0191
Organic production and labelling of organic products *
European Parliament legislative resolution of 22 May 2007 on the proposal for a Council regulation on organic production and labelling of organic products (COM(2005)0671 — C6-0032/2006 — 2005/0278(CNS))

108

P6_TA(2007)0192
Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the EC and Denmark and Greenland *
European Parliament legislative resolution of 22 May 2007 on the proposal for a Council regulation on the conclusion of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community on the one hand, and the Government of Denmark and the Home Rule Government of Greenland, on the other hand (COM(2006)0804 — C6-0506/2006 — 2006/0262(CNS))

108

P6_TA(2007)0193
Delegation to Eurolat
European Parliament decision of 22 May 2007 on the setting up and numerical strength of the Standing Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly

110

P6_TA(2007)0194
Joint Declaration on practical arrangements for the codecision procedure
European Parliament decision of 22 May 2007 on the conclusion of the Joint Declaration on practical arrangements for the codecision procedure (2005/2125(ACI))

111

ANNEX
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT — COUNCIL — COMMISSION — JOINT DECLARATION ON PRACTICAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CODECISION PROCEDURE (ARTICLE 251 OF THE EC TREATY)

112

P6_TA(2007)0195
Halting the loss of biodiversity by 2010
European Parliament resolution of 22 May 2007 on halting the loss of biodiversity by 2010 (2006/2233(INI))

117

P6_TA(2007)0196
Global Europe — External aspects of competitiveness
European Parliament resolution of 22 May 2007 on Global Europe — external aspects of competitiveness (2006/2292(INI))

128

P6_TA(2007)0197
Greening Europe
Declaration of the European Parliament on establishing a green hydrogen economy and a third industrial revolution in Europe through a partnership with committed regions and cities, SMEs and civil society organisations

139

Wednesday 23 May 2007

2008/C 102E/03

MINUTES

141

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

Opening of sitting

Documents received

Roaming on public mobile networks ***I (debate)

Decent work (debate)

Voting time

Community financial aid in the field of the trans-European transport and energy networks ***II (vote)

Roaming on public mobile networks ***I (vote)

EC-Mexico: Economic Partnership, Political Coordination and Cooperation Agreement * (vote)

Excise duty on alcohol * (vote)

Composition of the delegation to Eurolat (vote)

The exclusion of health services from the Services Directive (vote)

Structural policies and EU cohesion (vote)

The EU's Aid for trade (vote)

Economic partnership agreements (vote)

Common Foreign and Security Policy 2005 (vote)

Decent work (vote)

Explanations of vote

Corrections to votes and voting intentions

Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

Debate on the future of Europe (debate)

Situation in Nigeria (debate)

International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) (debate)

Question Time (Council)

Verification of the credentials of Mr Beniamino Donnici (debate)

Innovation Strategy (debate)

Tackling organised crime (debate)

Common organisation of agricultural markets * (debate)

Common organisation of the market in cereals * (debate)

Agenda for next sitting

Closure of sitting

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

152

ANNEX I

154

ANNEX II

167

TEXTS ADOPTED

276

P6_TA(2007)0198
Community financial aid in the field of the trans-European transport and energy networks ***II
European Parliament legislative resolution of 23 May 2007 on the Council common position for adopting a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down general rules for the granting of Community financial aid in the field of the trans-European transport and energy networks (17032/2/2006 — C6-0101/2007 — 2004/0154(COD))

276

P6_TA(2007)0199
Roaming on public mobile networks ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution of 23 May 2007 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on roaming on public mobile networks within the Community and amending Directive 2002/21/EC on a common regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (COM(2006)0382 — C6-0244/2006 — 2006/0133(COD))

277

P6_TC1-COD(2006)0133
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 23 May 2007 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EC) No .../2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council on roaming on public mobile telephone networks within the Community and amending Directive 2002/21/EC

277

P6_TA(2007)0200
EC-Mexico Economic Partnership, Political Coordination and Cooperation Agreement *
European Parliament legislative resolution of 23 May 2007 on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of a Second Additional Protocol to the Economic Partnership, Political Coordination and Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the United Mexican States, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union (16522/2006 — COM(2006)0777 — C6-0077/2007 — 2006/0259(CNS))

278

P6_TA(2007)0201
The exclusion of health services from the Services Directive
European Parliament resolution of 23 May 2007 on the impact and consequences of the exclusion of health services from the Directive on services in the internal market (2006/2275(INI))

279

P6_TA(2007)0202
Structural policies and EU cohesion
European Parliament resolution of 23 May 2007 on the impact and effects of structural policies on EU cohesion (2006/2181(INI))

286

P6_TA(2007)0203
The EU's Aid for Trade
European Parliament resolution of 23 May 2007 on the EU's Aid for Trade (2006/2236(INI))

291

P6_TA(2007)0204
Economic partnership agreements
European Parliament resolution of 23 May 2007 on Economic Partnership Agreements (2005/2246(INI))

301

P6_TA(2007)0205
Common Foreign and Security Policy 2005
European Parliament resolution of 23 May 2007 on the annual report from the Council to the European Parliament on the main aspects and basic choices of CFSP, including the financial implications for the general budget of the European Union — 2005 (2006/2217(INI))

309

P6_TA(2007)0206
Decent work
European Parliament resolution of 23 May 2007 on promoting decent work for all (2006/2240(INI))

321

Thursday 24 May 2007

2008/C 102E/04

MINUTES

333

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

Opening of sitting

Documents received

Transfers of appropriations

Kashmir: present situation and future prospects (debate)

Via Baltica (debate)

Welcome

Voting time

Common organisation of agricultural markets * (Rule 131) (vote)

Common organisation of the market in cereals * (vote)

Verification of the credentials of Mr Beniamino Donnici (vote)

Situation in Nigeria (vote)

International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) (vote)

Welcome

Voting time (continuation)

Innovation Strategy (vote)

Tackling organised crime (vote)

Kashmir: present situation and future prospects (vote)

Estonia (vote)

Explanations of vote

Corrections to votes and voting intentions

Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

Agenda

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

The Radio Caracas TV Channel in Venezuela

Human rights in Syria

Human rights in Sudan

The situation concerning the President of the World Bank

Voting time

The Radio Caracas TV Channel in Venezuela (vote)

Human rights in Syria (vote)

Human rights in Sudan (vote)

The situation concerning the President of the World Bank (vote)

Verification of credentials

Membership of Parliament

Request for the defence of parliamentary immunity

Membership of committees and delegations

Written declarations entered 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

347

ANNEX I

348

ANNEX II

359

TEXTS ADOPTED

426

P6_TA(2007)0207
Common organisation of agricultural markets *
European Parliament legislative resolution of 24 May 2007 on the proposal for a Council regulation establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (COM(2006)0822 — C6-0045/2007 — 2006/0269(CNS))

426

P6_TA(2007)0208
Common organisation of the market in cereals *
European Parliament legislative resolution of 24 May 2007 on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1784/2003 on the common organisation of the market in cereals (COM(2006)0755 — C6-0044/2007 — 2006/0256(CNS))

444

P6_TA(2007)0209
Verification of credentials of Mr Beniamino Donnici
European Parliament decision of 24 May 2007 on the verification of credentials of Mr Beniamino Donnici (2007/2121(REG))

446

P6_TA(2007)0210
Nigeria
European Parliament resolution of 24 May 2007 on the recent elections in Nigeria

448

P6_TA(2007)0211
International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
European Parliament resolution of 24 May 2007 on the EU strategic objectives for the 14th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), to be held in The Hague, 3-15 June 2007

451

P6_TA(2007)0212
Innovation strategy
European Parliament resolution of 24 May 2007 on putting knowledge into practice: a broad-based innovation strategy for Europe (2006/2274(INI))

455

P6_TA(2007)0213
Tackling organised crime
European Parliament recommendation to the Council of 24 May 2007 on developing a strategic concept on tackling organised crime (2006/2094(INI))

464

P6_TA(2007)0214
Kashmir: present situation and future prospects
European Parliament resolution of 24 May 2007 on Kashmir: present situation and future prospects (2005/2242(INI))

468

P6_TA(2007)0215
Estonia
European Parliament resolution of 24 May 2007 on Estonia

481

P6_TA(2007)0216
The Radio Caracas TV channel case in Venezuela
European Parliament resolution of 24 May 2007 on the Radio Caracas TV channel case in Venezuela

484

P6_TA(2007)0217
Human rights in Syria
European Parliament resolution of 24 May 2007 on Syria

485

P6_TA(2007)0218
Human rights in Sudan
European Parliament resolution of 24 May 2007 on human rights in Sudan

487

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