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Volume 47
16 April 2004

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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

2003 — 2004 SESSION

Monday 12 January 2004

2004/C 092E/1

MINUTES

1

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

Resumption of session

Announcements by the President

Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

Withdrawal of a Member's parliamentary rights

Documents received

Petitions

Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council

Order of business

Decision on urgent procedure (Rule 112) (vote)

One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Air safety and the EU-US agreement on the transmission of personal data relative to transatlantic flights (statement followed by debate)

Introduction of sanctions for pollution offences ***I — Transfer of cargo and passenger ships between registers ***I — Combating ship-source pollution * (debate)

Management of nuclear waste * — Safety of nuclear installations * (debate)

Euratom loans for nuclear power stations * (debate)

Agenda for next sitting

Closure of sitting

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

12

Tuesday 13 January 2004

2004/C 092E/2

MINUTES

14

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

Opening of sitting

Documents received

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

Decision on urgent procedure

Services of general interest (debate)

The operating framework for the European Regulatory Agencies (debate)

Prospects for the Doha Development Round after the WTO General Council meeting of 15 December 2003 (statement followed by debate)

Agenda

Voting time

Community plant variety rights * (Rule 110a)(vote)

Controls on fishing for certain highly migratory fish * (Rule 110a) (vote)

Technical conservation measures for certain highly migratory species * (Rule 110a)(vote)

New narcotic and synthetic drugs * (Rule 110a)(vote)

UN convention and protocols against transnational organised crime, smuggling of migrants and trafficking in persons * (Rule 110a)(vote)

Combating ship-source pollution * (Rule 110a) (vote)

Introduction of sanctions for pollution offences ***I (vote)

Transfer of cargo and passenger ships between registers ***I (vote)

Management of nuclear waste * (vote)

Safety of nuclear installations * (vote)

Euratom loans for nuclear power stations * (vote)

Arctic agriculture (vote)

The operating framework for the European Regulatory Agencies (vote)

Explanations of vote

Corrections to votes

Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

Written declarations (Rule 51)

Prospects for the Doha Development Round after the WTO General Council meeting of 15 December 2003 (continuation of debate)

Illegal trade in bushmeat (debate)

EU aid to Iran following the earthquake (statement followed by debate)

Tuna (debate)

Agenda

Question Time (Commission)

Services in the internal market (Commission communication)

Detergents ***II (debate)

Health issues and poverty reduction (debate)

NEPAD (debate)

Cultural diversity (debate)

Agenda for next sitting

Closure of sitting

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

30

ANNEX I

32

ANNEX II

40

TEXTS ADOPTED

66

P5_TA(2004)0001
Plant variety rights *
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 on Community plant variety rights (COM(2003) 456 — C5-0573/2003 — 2003/0161(CNS))

66

P5_TA(2004)0002
Controls on fishing for certain highly migratory fish *
European Parliament legislative resolution on the amended proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1936/2001 of 27 September 2001 laying down control measures applicable to fishing for certain stocks of highly migratory fish (COM(2002) 421 — C5-0406/2002 — COM(2003) 417 — C5-0479/2003 — 2002/0186(CNS))

66

P5_TA(2004)0003
Technical conservation measures for certain highly migratory species *
European Parliament legislative resolution on the amended proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 973/2001 laying down certain technical measures for the conservation of certain stocks of highly migratory species (COM(2002) 420 — C5-0407/2002 — COM(2003) 421 — C5—0429/2003 — 2002/0189(CNS))

67

P5_TA(2004)0004
New narcotic and synthetic drugs *
European Parliament legislative resolution on the Commission proposal for a Council decision on the information exchange, risk-assessment and the control on new narcotic drugs and new synthetic drugs (COM(2003) 560 — C5-0516/2003 — 2003/0215(CNS))

68

P5_TA(2004)0005
Convention against transnational organised crime *
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Community, of the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organised Crime (COM(2003) 512 — C5-0487/2003 —2003/0195(CNS))

74

P5_TA(2004)0006
Convention against transnational organised crime (Protocol on migrants)*
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Community, of the Protocol Against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organised Crime (COM(2003) 512 — C5-0488/2003 — 2003/0196(CNS))

75

P5_TA(2004)0007
Convention against transnational organised crime (Protocol on trafficking in persons) *
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Community, of the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women And Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organised Crime (COM(2003) 512 — C5-0489/2003 — 2003/0197(CNS))

75

P5_TA(2004)0008
Enforcement of law against ship-source pollution *
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council framework decision to strengthen the criminal law framework for the enforcement of the law against ship-source pollution (COM(2003) 227 — C5-0244/2003 — 2003/0088(CNS))

76

P5_TA(2004)0009
Sanctions for pollution offences ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council directive on ship-source pollution and on the introduction of sanctions, including criminal sanctions, for pollution offences (COM(2003) 92 — C5-0076/2003 — 2003/0037(COD))

77

P5_TC1-COD(2003)0037
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 13 January 2004 with a view to the adoption of Directive 2004/..../EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on ship-source pollution and on the introduction of sanctions, including criminal sanctions, for pollution offences

77

ANNEX I

84

ANNEX II
NON-EXHAUSTIVE LIST OF IRREGULARITIES OR INFORMATION, AS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 4(1)

90

P5_TA(2004)0010
Transfer of cargo and passenger ships between registers ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council regulation on the transfer of cargo and passenger ships between registers within the Community (COM(2003) 478 — C5-0366/2003 — 2003/0180(COD))

91

P5_TC1-COD(2003)0180
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 13 January 2004 with a view to the adoption of European Parliament and Council Regulation (EC) No .../2004 on the transfer of cargo and passenger ships between registers within the Community

91

P5_TA(2004)0011
Management of nuclear waste *
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council Directive (Euratom) on the management of spent nuclear fuel and radioactive waste (COM(2003) 32 — C5-0229/2003 — 2003/0022(CNS))

97

P5_TA(2004)0012
Nuclear safety *
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council (Euratom) directive setting out basic obligations and general principles on the safety of nuclear installations (COM(2003) 32 — C5-0228/2003 — 2003/0021(CNS))

104

P5_TA(2004)0013
Euratom loans for nuclear power stations *
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision amending Decision 77/270/Euratom empowering the Commission to issue Euratom loans for the purpose of contributing to the financing of nuclear power stations (COM(2002) 456 — C5-0570/2002 — 2002/0246(CNS))

112

P5_TA(2004)0014
Arctic agriculture
European Parliament resolution on Arctic agriculture (2003/2051(INI))

115

P5_TA(2004)0015
The operating framework for the European Regulatory Agencies
European Parliament resolution on the communication from the Commission: ‘The operating framework for the European regulatory agencies’ (COM(2002) 718 — 2003/2089(INI))

119

Wednesday 14 January 2004

2004/C 092E/3

MINUTES

125

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

Opening of sitting

Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council

Programme of the Irish presidency (statement followed by debate)

Voting time

Tuna (Rule 110a) (vote)

Detergents ***II (vote)

Services of general interest (vote)

Illegal trade in bushmeat (vote)

Health issues and poverty reduction (vote)

NEPAD (vote)

Cultural diversity (vote)

Equal opportunities for women and men in the European Union (vote)

Explanations of vote

Corrections to votes

Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

Preparations for the 60th session of the UN Commission on Human Rights (statements followed by debate)

Immigration, integration and employment (debate)

Question Time (Council)

Illegal immigration, smuggling and trafficking of human beings (debate)

Job creation by the service sector (debate)

Implementation of Directive 96/71/EC (debate)

Harassment at the workplace (Oral question with debate)

Agenda for next sitting

Closure of sitting

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

136

ANNEX I

138

ANNEX II

147

TEXTS ADOPTED

247

P5_TA(2004)0016
Tuna
European Parliament resolution on the tuna fleet and industry: situation and future prospects in the EU and worldwide (2003/2017(INI))

247

P5_TA(2004)0017
Detergents ***II
European Parliament legislative resolution on the Council common position with a view to adopting a European Parliament and Council regulation on detergents (10595/3/2003 — C5-0521/2003 — 2002/0216(COD))

252

P5_TC2-COD(2002)0216
Position of the European Parliament adopted at second reading on 14 January 2004 with a view to adopting European Parliament and Council Regulation (EC) No .../2004 on detergents

253

ANNEX I
Standards of accreditation, good laboratory practice and animal protection concerning the laboratories that are competent and authorised to provide the necessary service for checking compliance of detergents with the requirements of this Regulation and its Annexes

265

ANNEX II

266

ANNEX III
Ultimate biodegradability (mineralisation) test methods for surfactants in detergents

267

ANNEX IV
Complementary risk assessment for surfactants in detergents

268

ANNEX V
List of surfactants that have obtained a derogation

271

ANNEX VI
List of banned or restricted detergent surfactants

271

ANNEX VII
Labelling and ingredient datasheet

271

ANNEX VIII

274

P5_TA(2004)0018
Services of general interest
European Parliament resolution on the Green Paper on services of general interest (COM(2003) 270 — 2003/2152(INI))

294

P5_TA(2004)0019
Illegal trade in bushmeat
European Parliament resolution on Petition 461/2000 concerning the protection and conservation of Great Apes and other species endangered by the illegal trade in bushmeat (2003/2078(INI))

302

P5_TA(2004)0020
Health issues and poverty reduction
European Parliament resolution on the Commission communication on the update of the EC Programme for Action: accelerated action on HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis in the context of poverty reduction; outstanding policy issues and future challenges (COM(2003) 93 — 2003/2146(INI))

307

P5_TA(2004)0021
NEPAD
European Parliament resolution on the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) (2003/2106(INI))

315

P5_TA(2004)0022
Cultural diversity
European Parliament resolution on preserving and promoting cultural diversity: the role of the European regions and international organisations such as UNESCO and the Council of Europe (2002/2269(INI))

322

P5_TA(2004)0023
Annual Report on equal opportunities (2002)
European Parliament resolution on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men in the European Union (2003/2011(INI))

329

Thursday 15 January 2004

2004/C 092E/4

MINUTES

334

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

Opening of sitting

Documents received

Recognition of professional qualifications ***I (debate)

Mutual assistance in direct and indirect taxation ***I — Hedge funds and derivatives (debate)

Voting time

Dock dues in the French overseas departments * (Rule 110a) (vote)

VAT on certain highly labour-intensive services * (Rule 110a) (vote)

Mutual assistance in direct and indirect taxation ***I (Rule 110a) (vote)

Job creation by the service sector (Rule 110a) (vote)

Immigration, integration and employment (vote)

Illegal immigration, smuggling and trafficking of human beings (vote)

Implementation of Directive 96/71/EC (vote)

Hedge funds and derivatives (vote)

EU aid to Iran following the earthquake (vote)

Explanations of vote

Corrections to votes

Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

Copyright (debate)

Zimbabwe (debate)

Burundi (debate)

Haïti (debate)

Voting time

Zimbabwe (vote)

Burundi (vote)

Haïti (vote)

Copyright (vote)

Communication of common positions of the Council

Deadline for the tabling of amendments

Cooperation between committees — amendment of title of report

Written declarations included in the register (Rule 51)

Forwarding of texts adopted during the sitting

Dates for next sittings

Adjournment of session

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

350

ANNEX I

352

ANNEX II

361

TEXTS ADOPTED

382

P5_TA(2004)0024
Dock dues in the French overseas departments *
Proposal for a Council decision on the system of dock dues in the French overseas departments and extending Decision 89/688/EEC (COM(2003) 792 — C5-0656/2003 — 2003/0308(CNS))

382

P5_TA(2004)0025
VAT on certain highly labour-intensive services *
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council directive amending Directive 77/388/EEC to extend the facility allowing Member States to apply reduced rates of VAT to certain labour-intensive services (COM(2003) 825 — C5-0653/2003 — 2003/0317(CNS))

382

P5_TA(2004)0026
Mutual assistance in direct and indirect taxation ***I
European Parliament legislative resoluion on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council directive amending Directive 77/799/EEC concerning mutual assistance by the competent authorities of the Member States in the field of direct and indirect taxation (COM(2003) 446 — C5-0370/2003 — 2003/0170(COD))

383

P5_TA(2004)0027
Job creation by the service sector
European Parliament resolution on the development of the services sector for job creation (2003/2132(INI))

383

P5_TA(2004)0028
Immigration, integration and employment
European Parliament resolution on the Communication from the Commission on immigration, integration and employment (COM(2003) 336 — 2003/2147(INI))

390

P5_TA(2004)0029
Illegal immigration, smuggling and trafficking of human beings
European Parliament resolution on the communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council in view of the European Council of Thessaloniki on the development of a common policy on illegal immigration, smuggling and trafficking of human beings, external borders and the return of illegal residents (COM(2003) 323 — 2003/2156(INI))

400

P5_TA(2004)0030
Implementation of Directive 96/71/EC
European Parliament resolution on the implementation of Directive 96/71/EC in the Member States (COM(2003) 458 — 2003/2168(INI))

404

P5_TA(2004)0031
Hedge funds and derivatives
European Parliament resolution on the future of hedge funds and derivatives (2003/2082 (INI))

407

P5_TA(2004)0032
EU aid to Iran following the earthquake
European Parliament resolution on EU aid to Iran following the earthquake

414

P5_TA(2004)0033
Zimbabwe
European Parliament resolution on Zimbabwe

417

P5_TA(2004)0034
Burundi
European Parilament resolution on the situation in Burundi

421

P5_TA(2004)0035
Haiti
European Parliament resolution on Haiti

423

P5_TA(2004)0036
Copyright
European Parliament resolution on a Community framework for collective management societies in the field of copyright and neighbouring rights (2002/2274(INI))

425

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