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Volume 47
2 April 2004

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I   (Information)

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

SESSION 2003-2004

Wednesday 5 November 2003

2004/C 083E/1

MINUTES

1

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

Resumption of session

Official welcome

Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

Documents received

Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council

Transfers of appropriations

Membership of committees and delegations

Agenda

One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Agenda (continuation)

Comprehensive monitoring report and strategy paper of the Commission on the progress towards accession by the candidate countries (Commission communication)

Progress report on the Intergovernmental Conference (statements followed by debate)

Community cooperation with Asian and Latin American countries ***I (debate)

Action programme to promote youth ***I — Action programme to promote education and training ***I — Action programme to promote culture ***I (debate)

Women in the New Information Society (debate)

Immigration liaison officers network * (debate)

Procedural safeguards in criminal proceedings (debate)

2001 discharges (decentralised agencies) (debate)

Taxation of passenger cars in the European Union (debate)

Agenda for next sitting

Closure of sitting

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

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Thursday 6 November 2003

2004/C 083E/2

MINUTES

15

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

Opening of sitting

Employment prospects in the EU automobile sector (statement followed by debate)

Mid-term Social Policy Agenda Review (oral question with debate)

Election 2004: balanced representation for women and men (debate)

Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

Official welcome

VOTING TIME

Community statistics on migration (Rule 110a) (vote)

Election 2004: balanced representation for women and men (Rule 110a) (vote)

Community cooperation with Asian and Latin American countries ***I (vote)

Action programme to promote youth ***I (vote)

Action programme to promote education and training ***I (vote)

Action programme to promote culture ***I (vote)

2001 discharges (decentralised agencies) (vote)

Immigration liaison officers network * (vote)

Improving safety at sea (vote)

Procedural safeguards in criminal proceedings (vote)

Women in the New Information Society (vote)

Taxation of passenger cars in the European Union (vote)

Explanations of vote

Corrections to votes

END OF VOTING TIME

Communication of common positions of the Council

Referral to committees

Membership of Parliament

Forwarding of texts adopted during the sitting

Dates for next sittings

Adjournment of session

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

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ANNEX I

26

ANNEX II

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TEXTS ADOPTED

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P5_TA(2003)0471
Community statistics on migration
European Parliament resolution on the Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament to present an Action Plan for the collection and analysis of Community Statistics in the field of migration (2003/2157(INI))

94

P5_TA(2003)0472
Election 2004: balanced representation for women and men
European Parliament resolution on election 2004: How to ensure balanced representation of women and men (2003/2108(INI))

97

P5_TA(2003)0473
Community cooperation with Asian and Latin American countries ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council regulation concerning Community cooperation with Asian and Latin American countries and amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2258/96 (COM(2002) 340 — C5-0368/2002 — 2002/0139(COD))

100

P5_TC1-COD(2002)0139
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 6 November 2003 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EC) No .../2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning Community cooperation with Asian countries and amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2258/96

101

ANNEX

112

P5_TC1-COD(2002)0139A
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 6 November 2003 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EC) No .../2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning Community cooperation with Latin American countries and amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2258/96

113

ANNEX

125

P5_TA(2003)0474
Action programme to promote youth ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council decision establishing a Community action programme to promote bodies active at European level in the field of youth (COM(2003) 272 — C5-0257/2003 — 2003/0113(COD))

125

P5_TC1-COD(2003)0113
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 6 November 2003 with a view to the adoption of European Parliament and Council Decision No .../2003/EC establishing a Community action programme to promote bodies active at European level in the field of youth

126

ANNEX

129

P5_TA(2003)0475
Action programme to promote education and training ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council decision establishing a Community action programme to promote bodies active at European level and support specific activities in the field of education and training (COM(2003) 273 — C5-0255/2003 — 2003/0114(COD))

133

P5_TC1-COD(2003)0114
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 6 November 2003 with a view to the adoption of European Parliament and Council Decision No .../2003/EC establishing a Community action programme to promote bodies active at European level and support specific activities in the field of education and training

133

ANNEX

137

P5_TA(2003)0476
Action programme to promote culture ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council decision establishing a Community action programme to promote bodies active at European level in the field of culture (COM(2003) 275 — C5-0262/2003 — 2003/0115(COD))

142

P5_TC1-COD(2003)0115
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 6 November 2003 with a view to the adoption of European Parliament and Council Decision No .../2003/EC establishing a Community action programme to promote bodies active at European level in the field of culture

143

ANNEX

146

P5_TA(2003)0477
2001 discharges: European Agency for Safety and Health at Work

149

149

150

P5_TA(2003)0478
2001 discharges: European Environment Agency

155

155

156

P5_TA(2003)0479
2001 discharges: Translation Centre for the bodies of the European Union

161

161

162

P5_TA(2003)0480
2001 discharges: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction

166

166

167

P5_TA(2003)0481
2001 discharges: European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia

171

171

172

P5_TA(2003)0482
Immigration liaison officers network *
European Parliament legislative resolution on the initiative of the Hellenic Republic with a view to adopting a Council Regulation on the creation of an immigration liaison officers network (9870/2003 — C5-0260/2003 — 2003/0817(CNS))

176

P5_TA(2003)0483
Improving safety at sea
European Parliament decision setting up a temporary committee on improving safety at sea

179

P5_TA(2003)0484
Procedural safeguards in criminal proceedings
European Parliament recommendation with a proposal for a European Parliament recommendation to the Council on procedural safeguards for suspects and defendants in criminal proceedings throughout the European Union (2003/2179(INI))

180

P5_TA(2003)0485
Women in the new information society
European Parliament resolution on women in the new information society (2003/2047(INI))

185

P5_TA(2003)0486
Taxation of passenger cars
European Parliament resolution on the Commission communication on taxation of passenger cars in the European Union (COM(2002) 431 — (2002/2260(INI))

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