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| 15.12.2006 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 307/1 |
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15.12.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 307/1

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Minutes of the sitting of Monday, 19 June 2006

(2006/C 307/01)

(The sitting opened at 11.10 a.m.)

(The sitting opened at 11.10 a.m.)

Formal inaugural sitting

The following addressed the Assembly:

Mr Josep Borrell Fontelles, President of the European Parliament, Mrs Glenys Kinnock, Co-President of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, Mr Louis Claude Nyassa, acting Co-President of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, and Dr Heinz Fischer, Federal President of the Republic of Austria, who declared the 11th session open.

(The sitting adjourned at 12.20 p.m. and resumed at 3.05 p.m.)

(The sitting adjourned at 12.20 p.m. and resumed at 3.05 p.m.)

IN THE CHAIR: Mrs KINNOCK

Co-President

Co-President

Sitting of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly

The Co-President welcomed all the participants.

1.   Composition of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly

The Co-President announced that the list of Members of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly, as forwarded by the authorities of the ACP States and the President of the European Parliament, would be annexed to the minutes.

2.   Accreditation of non-parliamentary representatives

The Co-President announced that the authorities of the ACP States had sent a list of non-parliamentary representatives. In accordance with Article 17(1) of the Partnership Agreement and Article 1 of the Rules of Procedure of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly, she proposed that these representatives should be accredited and their names listed in an annex to the minutes.

The Joint Parliamentary Assembly agreed to this.

3.   Substitutes

The Co-President announced the following substitutes: van den Berg (for Dobolyi), Evans (for Ferreira), Fernández Martín (for López-Istúriz White), Goebbels (for Bullman) and Mauro (for Sartori).

4.   Adoption of draft agenda (ACP-EU/3867/06)

The Co-President announced that the deadlines were as follows:

| — | concerning amendments to motions for resolutions included in the reports presented by the standing committees: Monday, 19 June at 6.00 p.m.; |
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concerning amendments to motions for resolutions included in the reports presented by the standing committees: Monday, 19 June at 6.00 p.m.;

| — | concerning amendments to motions for compromise resolutions: Tuesday, 20 June at 3.00 p.m.; |
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concerning amendments to motions for compromise resolutions: Tuesday, 20 June at 3.00 p.m.;

| — | concerning other urgent motions for resolutions to be put to the vote: Tuesday, 20 June at 3.00 p.m.; |
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concerning other urgent motions for resolutions to be put to the vote: Tuesday, 20 June at 3.00 p.m.;

| — | concerning questions relating to voting methods: Thursday, 22 June at 9.00 a.m., in writing. |
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concerning questions relating to voting methods: Thursday, 22 June at 9.00 a.m., in writing.

The draft agenda was adopted as shown in these minutes.

5.   Approval of the minutes of the 10th ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (OJ C 136, 9.6.2006)

The minutes were approved.

6.   Statement by Mr Louis Michel, Member of the Commission with responsibility for development and humanitarian aid

Mr Michel gave an address on behalf of the European Commission.

7.   Question Time with the Commission

Altogether 25 questions were put to the Commission. Sixteen questions were answered by Mr Michel. Nine questions specifically related to trade would be answered by Mr Mandelson.

Mr Michel replied to the questions in writing and gave oral replies to the supplementary questions by the following authors:

Question No 2 by Mr Bowis on desertification;

Question No 12 by Mr Schlyter (for Mrs Aubert) on fisheries agreements with Mauritania and Tanzania;

Question No 1 by Mr Brimah Conteh (Sierra Leone) on support for the provision of electricity;

Question No 16 by Mrs Hay Webster (Jamaica) on the ACP Sugar Protocol Action Plan;

Question No 15 by Mrs Van Lancker on coffee;

Question No 18 by Mrs Deerpalsing (Mauritius) on EDF — aid for trade;

Question No 3 by Mr Mayer on commercial sexual exploitation of children in ACP States;

Question No 6 by Mr Jardim Fernandes on the outbreak of Chikungunya;

Question No 4 by Mr Fernández Martín on development and migration;

Question No 5 by Mrs Carlotti on ACP-EU political dialogue on migration;

Question No 8 by Mrs Gomes on impunity in Africa;

Question No 9 by Mr Van Hecke on Haiti;

Question No 10 by Mr Schlyter on conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo;

Question No 11 by Mr van den Berg on the peace agreement in Darfur.

The authors of Questions Nos 7 — Mrs Scheele — and 13 — Mr Dlamini (Swaziland) — had no supplementary questions.

8.   Action taken by the Commission on the resolutions adopted at the 10th session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, held in Edinburgh (United Kingdom) from 19 to 24 November 2005

The Commissioner referred to a document that had been distributed detailing the follow-up by the Commission to the resolutions adopted in Edinburgh.

9.   Debate with the Commission

Speakers: Bernard Cheron (Haiti), Hall, Aglon (Dominican Republic), Sithole (South Africa), Cavuilati (Fiji), Tiheli (Lesotho), Duguid (Barbados), van den Berg, Gahler, Assarid Imbarcaouane (Mali), Van Lancker, Deerpalsing (Mauritius), Lehideux, Nkombe (Democratic Republic of the Congo) and Van Hecke.

Mr Michel responded to the points raised in the debate.

10.   Urgent topic 1: Avian influenza

Mr Michel reported on the situation with regard to avian influenza in some ACP countries and he referred to the action taken by the EU.

Speakers: Bowis, Amon-Ago (Côte d'Ivoire), Carlotti, Jervase Yak (Sudan), Hall, Mzembi (Zimbabwe), Schlyter, Assarid Imbarcaouane (Mali), Schnellhardt, Scheele, Deerpalsing (Mauritius) and Theodorakis (European Commission).

(The sitting closed at 6.30 p.m.)

(The sitting closed at 6.30 p.m.)

Louis Claude NYASSA and

Glenys KINNOCK

Co-Presidents

Sir John KAPUTIN and

Dietmar NICKEL

Co-Secretaries-General

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