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Volume 49
28 September 2006

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I   (Information)

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

2005-2006 SESSION

Wednesday 12 October 2005

2006/C 233E/1

MINUTES

1

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

Resumption of session

Statement by the President

Tribute

Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

Verification of credentials

Membership of committees and delegations

Documents received

Action taken on Parliament's positions and resolutions

Transfers of appropriations

Written declarations (Rule 116)

Agenda

Current problems regarding immigration (debate)

Iran (debate)

One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

EU policy on Africa (debate)

Situation in Ethiopia (debate)

Education as the cornerstone of the Lisbon process (debate)

Quality assurance in higher education ***I (debate)

Immigrant communities' integration in Europe (debate)

New challenges for the circus (debate)

Women and poverty in the EU (debate)

Agenda for next sitting

Closure of sitting

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

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Thursday 13 October 2005

2006/C 233E/2

MINUTES

12

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

Opening of sitting

Documents received

The urban dimension in the context of enlargement (debate)

Fishery resources in the Baltic Sea, the Belts and the Sound * (debate)

Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

Voting time

Accounting posts in executive agencies * (Rule 131) (vote)

Exceptional market support measures * (Rule 131) (vote)

Protecting the euro against counterfeiting * (Rule 131) (vote)

Protecting the euro against counterfeiting (extension to non-participating Member States) * (Rule 131) (vote)

1. EC-Switzerland Agreement (asylum requests), 2. EU and EC-Switzerland Agreement (Schengen) * (Rule 131) (final vote)

Fishery resources in the Baltic Sea, the Belts and the Sound * (Rule 131) (vote)

Request for waiver of Mr Železný's immunity (first request) (Rule 131) (vote)

Request for waiver of Mr Železný's immunity (second request) (Rule 131) (vote)

Request for waiver of Mr Železný's immunity (third request) (Rule 131) (vote)

Quality assurance in higher education ***I (vote)

Prospects for EU-China trade relations (vote)

Welcome

Voting time (continuation)

Iran (vote)

Situation in Ethiopia (vote)

Education as the cornerstone of the Lisbon process (vote)

Immigrant communities' integration in Europe (vote)

New challenges for the circus (vote)

The urban dimension in the context of enlargement (vote)

Women and poverty in the EU (vote)

Explanations of vote

Corrections to votes

Membership of Parliament

Decisions concerning certain documents

Introduction of one and two euro notes (written declaration)

Forwarding of texts adopted during the sitting

Dates for next sittings

Adjournment of session

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

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ANNEX I

25

ANNEXE II

38

TEXTS ADOPTED

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P6_TA(2005)0370
Accounting posts in executive agencies *
European Parliament legislative resolution on the draft Commission regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1653/2004 as regards the posts of accounting officers of executive agencies (SEC(2005)0658 — C6-0182/2005 — 2005/0903(CNS))

80

P6_TA(2005)0371
Exceptional market support measures *
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulations (EEC) No 2759/75, (EEC) No 2771/75, (EEC) No 2777/75, (EC) No 1254/1999, (EC) No 1255/1999 and (EC) No 2529/2001 as regards exceptional market support measures (COM(2004)0712 — C6-0220/2004 — 2004/0254(CNS))

80

P6_TA(2005)0372
Protecting the euro against counterfeiting *
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision amending and extending the Council Decision of 17 December 2001 establishing an exchange, assistance and training programme for the protection of the euro against counterfeiting (the ‘Pericles’ programme) (COM (2005)0127 — C6-0114/2005 — 2005/0029(CNS))

84

P6_TA(2005)0373
Protecting the euro against counterfeiting (extension to non-participating Member States) *
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision extending to the non-participating Member States the application of the Council Decision amending and extending the Council Decision of 17 December 2001 establishing an exchange, assistance and training programme for the protection of the euro against counterfeiting (the ‘Pericles’ programme) (COM(2005)0127 — C6-0115/2005 — 2005/0030(CNS))

89

P6_TA(2005)0374
EC-Switzerland Agreement (asylum requests) *
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 Switzerland concerning the criteria and mechanisms for establishing the State responsible for examining a request for asylum lodged in a Member State or in Switzerland (13049/2004 — COM (2004)0593 — C6-0240/2004 — 2004/0200(CNS))

90

P6_TA(2005)0375
EU and EC-Switzerland Agreement (Schengen) *
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 Union, the European Community and the Swiss Confederation concerning the latter's association with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis (13054/2004 — COM(2004)0593 — C6-0241/2004 — 2004/0199(CNS))

91

P6_TA(2005)0376
Fishery resources in the Baltic Sea, the Belts and the Sound *
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures in the Baltic Sea, the Belts and the Sound and amending Regulation (EC) No 1434/98 (COM(2005)0086 — C6-0094/2005 — 2005/0014(CNS))

92

P6_TA(2005)0377
Request for waiver of Mr Železný's immunity
European Parliament decision on the request for waiver of the immunity of Vladimír Železný (2004/2173(IMM))

97

P6_TA(2005)0378
Request for waiver of Mr Železný's immunity (second request)
European Parliament decision on the request for waiver of the immunity of Vladimír Železný (2005/2010(IMM))

98

P6_TA(2005)0379
Request for waiver of Mr Železný's immunity (third request)
European Parliament decision on the request for waiver of the immunity of Vladimír Železný (2005/2011 (IMM))

99

P6_TA(2005)0380
Quality assurance in higher education ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a recommendation of the European Parliament and of the Council on further European cooperation in quality assurance in higher education (COM(2004)0642 — C6-0142/2004 — 2004/0239(COD))

100

P6_TC1-COD(2004)0239
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 13 October 2005 with a view to the adoption of European Parliament and Council Recommendation 2005/.../EC on further European cooperation in quality assurance in higher education

100

ANNEX
‘The European Register of Quality Assurance Agencies’

102

P6_TA(2005)0381
Prospects for EU-China trade relations
European Parliament resolution on prospects for trade relations between the EU and China (2005/2015(INI))

103

P6_TA(2005)0382
Iran
European Parliament resolution on Iran

111

P6_TA(2005)0383
Situation in Ethiopia
European Parliament resolution on the situation in Ethiopia

116

P6_TA(2005)0384
Education as the cornerstone of the Lisbon process
European Parliament resolution on education as the cornerstone of the Lisbon process (2004/2272(INI))

118

P6_TA(2005)0385
Immigrant communities' integration in Europe
European Parliament resolution on integrating immigrants in Europe through schools and multilingual education (2004/2267(INI))

121

P6_TA(2005)0386
New challenges for the circus
European Parliament resolution on new challenges for the circus as part of European culture (2004/2266(INI))

124

P6_TA(2005)0387
The urban dimension in the context of enlargement
European Parliament resolution on the urban dimension in the context of enlargement (2004/2258(INI))

127

P6_TA(2005)0388
Women and poverty in the EU
European Parliament resolution on women and poverty in the European Union (2004/2217(INI))

130

P6_TA(2005)0389
Rheumatic diseases
European Parliament declaration on rheumatic diseases

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