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MINUTES

(2005/C 247 E/01)

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

IN THE CHAIR: Josep BORRELL FONTELLES

President

1.   Resumption of session

The sitting opened at 17.05.

2.   Statement by the President

The President made a statement on the tsunami in Asia.

The House observed a minute's silence in memory of the victims of the tsunami.

The President announced that, on behalf of Parliament, he had sent a message to the Jakarta Summit, guaranteeing that funds would be swiftly made available: the Committee on Budgets would make a decision the following day on a transfer of EUR 100 million for aid. He pointed out that José Manuel Barroso (President of the Commission) had agreed that two Members of the European Parliament should take part in the donors' conference in Geneva.

3.   Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

Corrections to votes: sitting of 15.12.2004

Giusto Catania report — A6-0067/2004

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The Minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

4.   Documents received

The following documents had been received:

5.   Petitions

The following petitions, which had been entered in the register on the dates shown below, had been forwarded to the committee responsible pursuant to Rule 191(5):

15 December 2004

Justin Woolford (WWF-UK) (No 960/2004);

Pazis Kaladimidis (No 961/2004);

Thanos Kafkalidis (No 962/2004);

Francisco Javier Arias González (No 963/2004);

Marta Moreno (No 964/2004);

Alfonso Ruisánchez Acebal (No 965/2004);

Mohamed Baghdadi (APA de la residencia de estudiantes) (No 966/2004);

Bernard Birsinger (No 967/2004);

Christelle Monticciolo Arnould (No 968/2004);

Francesco Marino (No 969/2004);

Marco Da Prato (ESPERANZA) (No 970/2004);

Santo Sala (Lavoratori LSU ‘ex art. 23’) (No 971/2004);

Gaetano Montefusco (L'Avvocato del Mare) (No 972/2004);

Marcela Maidaniuc (No 973/2004);

Cornelio Leonardi (No 974/2004);

Valentina De Luca (Comitato Via Valle Muricana 179) (No 975/2004);

Giovanni Ruffato (No 976/2004);

Antero Oliveira Resende (Coligação Democrática Unitária — PCP/PEV) (No 977/2004);

Panagiotis Balaskas (No 978/2004);

Fidel Sánchez Gómez (Asociación Vecinal ‘Peña Tú’) (No 979/2004);

José Júlio Encarnação Cabaceira (Centro de Formação ‘António Sardinha’ Escola Secundária D. Sancho — II) (No 980/2004);

Arminda Ramos Vechina (No 981/2004);

Fara Maria Oliveira da Costa (No 982/2004);

Jan Hodra (No 983/2004);

Özcan Kadoyo (No 984/2004);

Gordon Hall (No 985/2004);

Robert Czoelner (No 986/2004);

Dieter Schneckenburger (Gemeinde Bötzingen am Kaiserstuhl) (No 987/2004);

Hans-Hendrik-Herman Peters (No 988/2004);

Björn Wackerhagen (Kieler Wach- und Sicherheitsgesellschaft) (No 989/2004);

Hans Doepner (No 990/2004);

António Pedro Dinis (No 991/2004);

Christian Will (No 992/2004);

Fred Ludwig (No 993/2004);

Peter Mayer (No 994/2004);

Trudi Straeten (Tierversuchsgegener Pulheim e.V. — Menschen für Tierrechte) (and 2 signatures) (No 995/2004);

Reinhard Müller (No 996/2004);

Nicholas Rowe (No 997/2004);

Antonios Drossopoulos (and 34 signatures) (No 998/2004);

Uwe Ostendorff (International Falcon Movement — Socialist Educational International) (No 999/2004);

Tatjana Ždanoka (No 1000/2004);

Ilya Meyer (No 1001/2004);

Piotr Mazurkiewicz (No 1002/2004).

7 January 2005

Erich Ollnow (No 1/2005);

Nadine Weirich (No 2/2005);

Sebastian Scadhauser (No 3/2005);

Andreas Bernet (No 4/2005);

Hubert Heinrich Nagel (No 5/2005);

Gerhard Klee (Nabak Kommanditgesellschaft) (No 6/2005);

Frank Semmig (No 7/2005);

Georg Kalisz (No 8/2005);

Volker Heil (Kreisstadt Homburg (Saar) (No 9/2005);

Timofey Rassadin (KHG Mainz) (No 10/2005);

Ulrich Peter Kosch (No 11/2005);

Dan Murphy (No 12/2005);

William Cullen (Computer Magnetics Ltd) (No 13/2005);

Maria del Carmen García Treviño (No 14/2005);

Jonathan Michael Bloch (No 15/2005);

Michael Hirst (PA Spiral Group) (No 16/2005);

Bernard Veriter (No 17/2005);

Frank Harvey (No 18/2005);

Adrian Haw (No 19/2005);

Angelique Vasinathan (No 20/2005);

Ilja Ketris (No 21/2005);

Januario Tavares da Silva (No 22/2005);

Miroslav Zak (No 23/2005);

Mariusz Blachowicz (No 24/2005);

Jozef Wiktorczyk (No 25/2005);

Günter Ettrich (No 26/2005);

Wiktor Spolka (No 27/2005);

Kazimierz Konarski (No 28/2005).

6.   Transfers of appropriations

The Committee on Budgets had considered proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC71/2004 by the Commission (C6-0224/2004 — SEC(2004)1531).

After noting the Council's opinion, it had authorised the transfer in full, pursuant to Article 24(3) of the Financial Regulation of 25.06.2002.

7.   Written declarations (Rule 116)

In accordance with Rule 116(5), written declarations Nos 37, 38 and 39/2004 lapsed as they had not obtained the required number of signatures.

8.   Decisions concerning certain documents

Enhanced cooperation between committees

AFET:

Enhanced cooperation between the AFET and ITRE Committees

(Following the Conference of Presidents' Decision of 18.11.2004)

AFCO:

Enhanced cooperation between the AFCO and AFET Committees

(Following the Conference of Presidents' Decision of 9.12.2004)

9.   Approval by the Council of Parliament's positions adopted at first reading (Rule 66)

The Council had indicated, in accordance with Article 251(2) of the EC Treaty, its approval of Parliament's positions adopted at first reading:

Moreover, on 15 November 2004 the President had informed Parliament that, pursuant to Rule 66(2), he had decided to consult the committee responsible, in this case the ENVI Committee, in order to verify that the adaptations the Council had made to Parliament's position adopted at first reading on 31 March 2004 with a view to the adoption of the European Parliament and Council regulation laying down requirements for feed hygiene (2003/0071(COD)) did not affect the substance. Having received the ENVI Committee's opinion, he had indicated to the Council that the text which the Council had forwarded could be accepted subject to one change. The Council had then forwarded a new text incorporating the requested change.

The acts in question were thus adopted, and would be signed by the President of Parliament, with the President of the Council, in accordance with Rule 68 of Parliament's Rules of Procedure.

10.   Order of business

The next item was the order of business.

The final draft agenda for the January I and II sittings (PE 352.950/PDOJ) had been distributed and a number of changes had been proposed (Rule 132):

Sittings of 10.01.2005 to 13.01.2005

Monday

Tuesday

The following spoke: Salvatore Tatarella, on behalf of the UEN Group, who moved the request, and David Hammerstein Mintz, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group.

Parliament rejected the request.

Wednesday

Thursday

Sittings of 26.01.2005 and 27.01.2005

The order of business was thus established.

11.   One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Pursuant to Rule 144, the following Members who wished to draw the attention of Parliament to matters of political importance spoke for one minute:

Katerina Batzeli, Mirosław Mariusz Piotrowski, Evangelia Tzampazi, Nirj Deva, Antonio Tajani, Claude Moraes, Eugenijus Gentvilas, James Nicholson, Bairbre de Brún, Bogdan Golik, Avril Doyle, Ryszard Czarnecki, Ján Hudacký, Leopold Józef Rutowicz, James Hugh Allister, Terence Wynn and Toine Manders.

12.   United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (debate)

Commission statement: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Stavros Dimas (Member of the Commission) made the statement.

The following spoke: Karl-Heinz Florenz, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group.

IN THE CHAIR: Gérard ONESTA

Vice-President

The following spoke: Dorette Corbey, on behalf of the PSE Group, Chris Davies, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Monica Frassoni, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Roberto Musacchio, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Johannes Blokland, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Liam Aylward, on behalf of the UEN Group, Bruno Gollnisch, Non-attached Member, Avril Doyle, Andres Tarand, Carl Schlyter, Mary Lou McDonald, Urszula Krupa, Hans-Peter Martin, Ria Oomen-Ruijten, Evelin Lichtenberger, Diamanto Manolakou and Maciej Marian Giertych.

IN THE CHAIR: Pierre MOSCOVICI

Vice-President

The following spoke: Eija-Riitta Korhola, Cristina Gutiérrez-Cortines, Romana Jordan Cizelj, Daniel Caspary, Ivo Belet, Othmar Karas and Stavros Dimas.

Motion for a resolution tabled to wind up the debate pursuant to Rule 103(2):

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 13.01.2005, Item 6.1.

13.   Civil liability in respect of the use of motor vehicles ***II (debate)

Recommendation for second reading on the common position adopted by the Council on 26 April 2004 with a view to the adoption of a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directives 72/166/EEC, 84/5/EEC, 88/357/EEC and 90/232/EEC and Directive 2000/26/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to insurance against civil liability in respect of the use of motor vehicles [16182/2/2003 — C6-0112/2004 — 2002/0124(COD)] — Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection.

Rapporteur: Manuel Medina Ortega (A6-0073/2004)

Manuel Medina Ortega introduced the recommendation for second reading.

Charlie McCreevy (Member of the Commission) spoke.

The following spoke: Malcolm Harbour, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Phillip Whitehead, on behalf of the PSE Group, Diana Wallis, on behalf of the ALDE Group, and Othmar Karas.

IN THE CHAIR: Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Vice-President

The following spoke: Mia De Vits and Joachim Wuermeling.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 12.01.2005, Item 4.1.

14.   Sales promotions in the internal market (debate)

Oral question (B6-0002/2005) by Bill Newton Dunn, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Jacques Toubon, Malcolm Harbour and Marianne Thyssen, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, to the Commission, on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council regulation concerning sales promotions in the Internal Market (COM(2001)0546 — COD(2001)0227 — COM(2002)0585)

Bill Newton Dunn and Malcolm Harbour moved the oral question.

Charlie McCreevy (Member of the Commission) answered the oral question.

The following spoke: Béatrice Patrie, on behalf of the PSE Group.

The debate closed.

15.   Agenda for next sitting

The agenda for the next sitting had been established (‘Agenda’ PE 352.950/OJMA).

16.   Closure of sitting

The sitting closed at 20.25.

Julian Priestley

Secretary-General

Gérard Onesta

Vice-President

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