Mr President, on a technical matter, I want to add the words 'and to the Commission' to Article 4 of the Schulz immunity report. I would make the same request in relation to the Lehne report. To explain, as Members of the House will know, Article 9 of the Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of Parliament confers an immunity on Members of Parliament for expressions of opinion and votes cast in the exercise of their office. We believe that part of the German MEPs' Statute is incompatible with that. We request, in paragraph 3, that the Commission should verify whether clause 5 of the second sentence of that Statute is compatible with Community law. However, in Article 4, we omitted to refer the matter to the Commission in the properly formal way. Members will also wish to know that this concerns a case in which two Members of this House have been subjected to an injunction at the instance of Bild-Zeitung to prevent them holding press conferences in this House criticising the conduct of Bild-Zeitung in relation to the Members' Statute. (Applause) (The President established that there were no objections to the oral amendments) (Parliament adopted the text) *** Report (A5-0185/2004) by Neil MacCormick, on behalf of the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market, on the request for defence of parliamentary immunity and privileges submitted by Klaus-Heiner Lehne (Parliament adopted the text) *** Recommendation for second reading: (A5-0114/2004) by the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, on the common position of the Council with a view to adopting a European Parliament and Council directive on markets in financial instruments, amending Council Directives 85/611/EEC and 93/6/EEC and Directive 2000/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directive 93/22/EEC (rapporteur: Theresa Villiers) (The President declared the common position approved as amended) *** Recommendation for second reading (A5-0196/2004) by the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, on the common position of the Council with a view to adopting a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the minimum health and safety requirements regarding the exposure of workers to the risks arising from physical agents (electromagnetic fields) (18th individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC) (rapporteur: Manuel Pérez Álvarez) (The President declared the common position approved as amended) *** Recommendation for second reading (A5-0161/2004) by the Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities, on the common position of the Council with a view to adopting a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Community action programme to promote organisations active at European level in the field of equality between men and women (rapporteur: Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou) (The President declared the common position approved as amended) *** Recommendation for second reading (A5-0160/2004) by the Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities, on the common position of the Council with a view to adopting a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on promoting gender equality in development cooperation (rapporteur: Olga Zrihen) (The President declared the common position approved) *** Recommendation for second reading (A5-0131/2004) by the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy, on the common position of the Council with a view to adopting a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the hygiene of foodstuffs (rapporteur: Horst Schnellhardt) (The President declared the common position approved as amended) *** Recommendation for second reading (A5-0129/2004) by the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy, on the common position of the Council with a view to adopting a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin (rapporteur: Horst Schnellhardt) (The President declared the common position approved as amended) *** Recommendation for second reading (A5-0130/2004) by the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy, on the common position of the Council with a view to adopting a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council repealing certain directives concerning food hygiene and health conditions for the production and placing on the market of certain products of animal origin intended for human consumption and amending Council Directives 89/662/EEC and 92/118/EEC and Council Decision 95/408/EC (rapporteur: Horst Schnellhardt) (The President declared the common position approved) *** Recommendation for second reading (A5-0138/2004) by the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy, on the common position of the Council with a view to adopting a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down specific rules for the organisation of official controls on products of animal origin intended for human consumption (rapporteur: Horst Schnellhardt) (The President declared the common position approved as amended) *** Report (A5-0079/2004) by Peter William Skinner, on behalf of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council directive on the harmonisation of transparency requirements with regard to information about issuers whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market and amending Directive 2001/34/EC (Parliament adopted the legislative resolution) *** Report (A5-0155/2004) by Christa Prets, on behalf of the Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities, on the proposal for a Council directive implementing the principle of equal treatment between women and men in the access to and supply of goods and services (Parliament adopted the legislative resolution) *** Report (A5-0197/2004) by Albert Jan Maat, on behalf of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, on the proposal for a Council regulation on the protection of animals during transport and related operations and amending Directives 64/432/EEC and 93/119/EEC Before the vote:

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