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Volume 49
20 April 2006

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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

2005-2006 SESSION

Monday 9 May 2005

2006/C 092E/1

MINUTES

1

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

Resumption of session

Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

Commemorative sitting

Documents received

Petitions

Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council

Action taken on Parliament's positions and resolutions

Written declarations (Rule 116)

Membership of Parliament

Membership of committees

Signature of acts adopted under codecision

Order of business

One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Justice for the McCartney Family (debate)

Quality of bathing water ***II (debate)

Second meeting of the parties to the Aarhus Convention (debate)

Film heritage and related industrial activities ***I (debate)

State of negotiations between the European Union and Mercosur (debate)

Agenda for next sitting

Closure of sitting

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

11

ANNEX I

12

Tuesday 10 May 2005

2006/C 092E/2

MINUTES

13

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

Opening of sitting

Documents received

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

Financing the trans-European transport network (debate)

Port security ***I (debate)

Organisation of working time ***I (debate)

Voting time

EC-Albania Framework Agreement/EC-Bosnia and Herzegovina Framework Agreement/EC-Croatia Framework Agreement/EC-Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Framework Agreement/EC-Serbia and Montenegro Framework Agreement *** (Rule 131) (vote)

Community statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC) ***I (Rule 131) (vote)..

International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants * (Rule 131) (vote)

Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies ***I (Rule 131) (vote)

EC-Switzerland Agreement concerning participation in the European Environment Agency and the European Environment Information and Observation Network * (Rule 131) (vote)

Value added tax * (Rule 131) (vote)

Market support measures * (Rule 131) (vote)

Formal sitting — Afghanistan

Voting time (continuation)

Quality of bathing water ***II (vote)

Cross-border mergers ***I (vote)

Film heritage and related industrial activities ***I (vote)

Port security ***I (vote)

Justice for the McCartney Family (vote)

Explanations of vote

Corrections to votes

Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

Action taken on Parliament's resolutions

Climate change (debate)

Small arms (UN prepcom) (debate)

Appointment to the ECB Executive Board (debate)

Action Plan on the The Hague programme Freedom, security and justice in the European Union (debate)

Question Time (Commission)

Recognition of professional qualifications ***II (debate)

Common market organisation in fruit and vegetables (debate)

Potato starch quotas * (debate)

Situation in Sudan (debate)

Agenda for next sitting

Closure of sitting

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

27

ANNEX I

29

ANNEX II

36

TEXTS ADOPTED

57

P6_TA(2005)0155
EC-Albania Framework Agreement ***
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision concerning the conclusion of a Framework Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Albania on the general principles for the participation of the Republic of Albania in Community programmes (5532/2005 — COM(2004)0809 — C6-0039/2005 — 2004/0276(AVC))

57

P6_TA(2005)0156
EC-Bosnia and Herzegovina Framework Agreement ***
European Parliament legislative resolutioon the proposal for a Council decision concerning the conclusion of a Framework Agreement between the European Community and Bosnia and Herzegovina on the general principles for the participation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Community programmes (5532/2005 — COM(2004)0809 — C6-0040/2005 — 2004/0277(AVC))

57

P6_TA(2005)0157
EC-Croatia Framework Agreement ***
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision concerning the conclusion of a Framework Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Croatia on the general principles for the participation of the Republic of Croatia in Community programmes (5532/2005 — COM(2004)0809 — C6-0041/2005 — 2004/0278(AVC))

58

P6_TA(2005)0158
EC-Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Framework Agreement ***
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision concerning the conclusion of a Protocol to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, of the other part, on a Framework Agreement between the European Community and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on the general principles for the participation of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia in Community programmes (5532/2005 — COM(2004)0809 — C6-0042/2005 — 2004/0279(AVC))

58

P6_TA(2005)0159
EC-Serbia and Montenegro Framework Agreement ***
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision concerning the conclusion of a Framework Agremeent between the European Community and Serbia and Montenegro on the general principles for the participation of Serbia and Montenegro in Community programmes (5532/2005 — COM(2004)0809 — C6-0043/2005 — 2004/0280(AVC))

59

P6_TA(2005)0160
Community statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC) ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 concerning Community statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC) (COM(2005)0028 — C6-0034/2005 — 2005/0004(COD)).

60

P6_TA(2005)0161
International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants *
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision approving the accession of the European Community to the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants, as revised at Geneva on 19 March 1991 (COM(2004)0798 — C6-0010/2005 — 2004/0275(CNS))

60

P6_TA(2005)0162
Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (COM(2004)0775 — C6-0223/2004 — 2004/0270(COD))

61

P6_TC1-COD(2004)0270
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 10 May 2005 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EC) No …/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies as regards the extension of the period for transitional measures

61

P6_TA(2005)0163
EC Switzerland Agreement concerning participation in the European Environment Agency and the European Environment Information and Observation Network *
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Community, of the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation concerning the latter's participation in the European Environment Agency and the European Environment Information and Observation Network (COM(2004)0658 — C6-0173/2004 — 2004/0233(CNS))

63

P6_TA(2005)0164
Value added tax *
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council directive on the common system of value added tax (Recast) (COM(2004)0246 — C6-0009/2004 — 2004/0079(CNS))

63

P6_TA(2005)0165
Quality of bathing water ***II
European Parliament legislative resolution on the Council common position for adopting a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the management of bathing water quality and repealing Directive 76/160/EEC (12884/1/2004 — C6-0006/2005 — 2002/0254(COD))

64

P6_TC2-COD(2002)0254
Position of the European Parliament adopted at second reading on 10 May 2005 with a view to the adoption of Directive 2005/…/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the management of bathing water quality and repealing Directive 76/160/EEC

64

ANNEX I

75

ANNEX II
BATHING WATER ASSESSMENT AND CLASSIFICATION

76

ANNEX III
THE BATHING WATER PROFILE

77

ANNEX IV
BATHING WATER MONITORING

78

ANNEX V
RULES ON THE HANDLING OF SAMPLES FOR MICROBIOLOGICAL ANALYSES

79

P6_TA(2005)0166
Cross-border mergers ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on cross-border mergers of companies with share capital (COM(2003)0703 — C5-0561/2003 — 2003/0277(COD))

80

P6_TC1-COD(2003)0277
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 10 May 2005 with a view to the adoption of Directive 2005/…/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on cross-border mergers of limited liability companies

80

P6_TA(2005)0167
Film heritage and related industrial activities ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a recommendation of the European Parliament and of the Council on film heritage and the competitiveness of related industrial activities (COM(2004)0171 — C6-0133/2004 — 2004/0066(COD))

89

P6_TC1-COD(2004)0066
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 10 May 2005 with a view to the adoption of European Parliament and Council Recommendation 2005/…/EC on film heritage and the competitiveness of related industrial activities

90

P6_TA(2005)0168
Port security ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution on the amended proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on enhancing port security (COM(2004)0393 — C6-0072/2004 — 2004/0031(COD))

95

P6_TC1-COD(2004)0031
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 10 May 2005 with a view to the adoption of European Parliament and Council Directive 2005/…/EC on enhancing port security

96

ANNEX I
PORT SECURITY ASSESSMENT

103

ANNEX II
PORT SECURITY PLAN

104

ANNEX III
BASIC SECURITY TRAINING EXERCISE REQUIREMENTS

106

ANNEX IV
CONDITIONS TO BE FULFILLED BY A RECOGNISED SECURITY ORGANISATION

106

P6_TA(2005)0169
Justice for the McCartney Family
European Parliament resolution on violence and criminality by the self-styled ‘Irish Republican Army’ (IRA) in Northern Ireland, in particular the murder of Robert McCartney

107

Wednesday 11 May 2005

2006/C 092E/3

MINUTES

109

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

Opening of sitting

Membership of Parliament

World Bank (debate)

Situation in Kyrgyzstan and Central Asia (debate)

Voting time

Foodstuffs intended for particular nutritional uses ***I (Rule 131) (vote)

Appointment to the ECB Executive Board (Rule 131) (vote)

Potato starch quotas * (Rule 131) (vote)

Recognition of professional qualifications ***II (vote)

Common market organisation in fruit and vegetables (vote)

Organisation of working time ***I (vote)

Explanations of vote

Corrections to votes

Formal sitting — Luxembourg

Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

The future of Europe sixty years after the Second World War (debate)

Question Time (Council)

Presentation by the Commission of the preliminary draft general budget — 2006 financial year

Parliament's estimates for 2006 (debate)

European External Action Service (debate)

Doha Development Agenda (debate)

Agenda for next sitting

Closure of sitting

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

119

ANNEX I

121

ANNEX II

126

TEXTS ADOPTED

164

P6_TA(2005)0170
Foodstuffs intended for particular nutritional uses ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on foodstuffs intended for particular nutritional uses (codified version) (COM (2004)0290 — C6-0035/2004 — 2004/0090(COD))

164

P6_TA(2005)0171
Appointment to the ECB Executive Board *
European Parliament decision on the Council's recommendation on the appointment of Lorenzo Bini Smaghi as Executive Board Member of the European Central Bank (6289/2005 — C6-0054/2005 — 2005/0802(CNS))

164

P6_TA(2005)0172
Potato starch quotas *
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1868/94 establishing a quota system in relation to the production of potato starch (COM(2004)0772 — C6-0014/2005 — 2004/0269(CNS))

165

P6_TA(2005)0173
Recognition of professional qualifications ***II
European Parliament legislative resolution on the Council common position for adopting a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the recognition of professional qualifications (13781/2/2004 — C6-0008/2005 — 2002/0061 (COD))

167

P6_TC2-COD(2002)0061
Position of the European Parliament adopted at second reading on 11 May 2005 with a view to the adoption of Directive 2005/…/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the recognition of professional qualifications

167

ANNEX I
LIST OF PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS OR ORGANISATIONS FULFILLING THE CONDITIONS OF ARTICLE 3(2)

207

ANNEX II
LIST OF COURSES HAVING A SPECIAL STRUCTURE REFERRED TO IN POINT (B) OF ARTICLE 11(4)

208

ANNEX III
LIST OF REGULATED EDUCATION AND TRAINING REFERRED TO IN THE THIRD SUBPARA-GRAPH OF ARTICLE 13(2)

220

ANNEX IV
ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE CATEGORIES OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE REFERRED TO IN ARTICLES 17, 18 AND 19

222

ANNEX V
RECOGNITION ON THE BASIS OF COORDINATION OF THE MINIMUM TRAINING CONDITIONS

231

ANNEX VI
ACQUIRED RIGHTS APPLICABLE TO THE PROFESSIONS SUBJECT TO RECOGNITION ON THE BASIS OF COORDINATION OF THE MINIMUM TRAINING CONDITIONS

277

ANNEX VII
DOCUMENTS AND CERTIFICATES WHICH MAY BE REQUIRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 50(1)

283

P6_TA(2005)0174
Common market organisation in fruit and vegetables
European Parliament resolution on the simplification of the common market organisation in fruit and vegetables (2004/2193(INI))

284

P6_TA(2005)0175
Organisation of working time ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2003/88/EC concerning certain aspects of the organisation of working time (COM(2004)0607 — C6-0122/2004 — 2004/0209(COD))

292

P6_TC1-COD(2004)0209
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 11 May 2005 with a view to the adoption of Directive 2005/…/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2003/88/EC concerning certain aspects of the organisation of working time

292

Thursday 12 May 2005

2006/C 092E/4

MINUTES

299

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

Opening of sitting

Documents received

Implementation of WTO rules by China (debate)

EU information and communication strategy (debate)

Voting time

Second meeting of the Parties to the Aarhus Convention (vote)

Climate change (vote)

Situation in Sudan (vote)

Situation in Kyrgyzstan and Central Asia (vote)

The future of Europe 60 years after the Second World War (vote)

Parliament's estimates for 2006 (vote)

Doha Development Agenda (vote)

EU information and communication strategy (vote)

Explanations of vote

Corrections to votes

Communication of Council common positions

Request for the defence of parliamentary immunity

Membership of committees

Agenda

Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

Motion of censure on the Commission

Drought in Spain (debate)

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

Togo

Breaches of human rights and democracy in the Republic of Mari El in the Russian Federation

Human rights in Burma/Myanmar

Voting time

Togo (vote)

Breaches of human rights and democracy in the Republic of Mari El in the Russian Federation (vote)

Human rights in Burma/Myanmar (vote)

Drought in Spain (vote)

Decisions concerning certain documents

Written declarations included in the register (Rule 116)

Forwarding of texts adopted during the sitting

Dates for next sittings

Adjournment of session

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

313

ANNEX I

314

ANNEX II

325

ANNEX III

382

TEXTS ADOPTED

383

P6_TA(2005)0176
Second meeting of the parties to the Aarhus Convention
European Parliament resolution on the EU strategy for the Almaty Conference on the Aarhus Convention

383

P6_TA(2005)0177
Climate Change
European Parliament resolution on the Seminar of Governmental Experts on Climate Change

384

P6_TA(2005)0178
Situation in Sudan
European Parliament resolution on the situation in Sudan

387

P6_TA(2005)0179
Situation in Kyrgyzstan and Central Asia
European Parliament resolution on the situation in Kyrgyzstan and Central Asia

390

P6_TA(2005)0180
The future of Europe 60 years after the Second World War
European Parliament resolution on the 60th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe on 8 May 1945

392

P6_TA(2005)0181
Parliament's estimates for 2006
European Parliament resolution on the estimates of revenue and expenditure of Parliament for the financial year 2006 (2005/2012(BUD))

394

P6_TA(2005)0182
Doha Development Agenda
European Parliament resolution on the assessment of the Doha Round following the WTO General Council Decision of 1 August 2004 (2004/2138(INI))

397

P6_TA(2005)0183
EU information and communication strategy
European Parliament resolution on the implementation of the European Union's information and communication strategy (2004/2238(INI))

403

P6_TA(2005)0184
Togo
European Parliament resolution on Togo

407

P6_TA(2005)0185
Violations of human rights and democracy in the Republic of Mari El in the Russian Federation
European Parliament resolution on Mari El

409

P6_TA(2005)0186
Human rights in Burma/Myanmar
European Parliament resolution on Burma

410

P6_TA(2005)0187
Drought in Spain
European Parliament resolution on the drought in Spain

414

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