I waive my right to move an oral amendment. (Parliament adopted the legislative resolution) *** Report (A5-0188/2004) by Fiorella Ghilardotti, on behalf of the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market, on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council directive concerning unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices in the Internal Market and amending Directives 84/450/EEC, 97/7/EC and 98/27/EC (the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive) (Parliament adopted the legislative resolution) *** Report (A5-0260/2004) by Robert William Sturdy, on behalf of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy, on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on maximum residue levels of pesticides in products of plant and animal origin (Parliament adopted the legislative resolution) *** Report (A5-0213/2004) by Peter Michael Mombaur, on behalf of the Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy, on the modification of the legal base and general guideline of the Council in view of the entry into force of a directive of the European Parliament and the Council concerning measures to safeguard security of natural gas supply (Parliament adopted the legislative resolution) *** Report (A5-0254/2004) by Esko Olavi Seppänen, on behalf of the Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy, on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on conditions for access to the gas transmission networks (Parliament adopted the legislative resolution) *** Report (A5-0171/2004) by Astrid Thors, on behalf of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy, on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on establishing a framework for the setting of Eco-design requirements for Energy and amending Council Directive 92/42/EEC (Parliament adopted the legislative resolution) *** Report (A5-0154/2004) by Alexander de Roo, on behalf of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy, on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending the Directive establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community, in respect of the Kyoto Protocol's project mechanisms (Parliament adopted the legislative resolution) *** Report (A5-0265/2004) by Hans Blokland, on behalf of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy, on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on batteries and accumulators and spent batteries and accumulators President. – Anyone from Ireland will know that an accumulator is a bet on a horse race! (Parliament adopted the legislative resolution) *** Report (A5-0220/2004) by Luigi Cocilovo, on behalf of the Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism, on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council directive amending Directive 1999/62/EC on the charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures (Parliament adopted the legislative resolution) *** Report (A5-0216/2004) by Helmuth Markov, on behalf of the Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism, on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council directive on minimum conditions for the implementation of Directive 2002/15/EC and Council Regulations (EEC) Nos. 3820/85 and 3821/85 concerning social legislation relating to road transport activities (Parliament adopted the legislative resolution) *** Report (A5-0267/2004) by Gérard M.J. Deprez, Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs, on the proposal for a Council decision establishing the European Refugee Fund for the period 2005-2010 (Parliament adopted the legislative resolution) *** Report (A5-0176/2004) by Karl-Heinz Florenz, on behalf of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy, on the communication from the Commission: Towards a thematic strategy on the prevention and recycling of waste (Parliament adopted the resolution) *** Report (A5-0227/2004) by Johannes Voggenhuber, on behalf of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs, on respect for and promotion of the values on which the Union is based (Parliament adopted the resolution) *** President. – That concludes the vote. EXPLANATIONS OF VOTE - Report: Böge (A5-0198/2004)

Political group: PPE-DE