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MINUTES

(2006/C 317 E/05)

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

IN THE CHAIR: Josep BORRELL FONTELLES

President

1.   Resumption of session

The sitting opened at 11.05.

2.   Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

The Minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

The following spoke:

3.   Documents received

The following documents had been received from the Commission:

4.   Welcome

On behalf of Parliament, the President welcomed members of a delegation from the Pan-African Parliament — led by its President, Gertrude Mongella — who had taken their seats in the distinguished visitors' gallery.

5.   Signing of REACH and the seventh framework research programme

Josep Borrell Fontelles (President of the European Parliament) and Matti Vanhanen (President-in-Office of the Council) made short statements following the adoption of the REACH programme and the seventh framework research programme (Minutes of 13.12.2006, Item 8.1, Minutes of 13.12.2006, Item 8.2, Minutes of 30.11.2006, Item 8.10, Minutes of 30.11.2006, Item 8.11, Minutes of 30.11.2006, Item 8.14, Minutes of 30.11.2006, Item 8.15, Minutes of 30.11.2006, Item 8.16, Minutes of 30.11.2006, Item 8.17, Minutes of 30.11.2006, Item 8.18, Minutes of 30.11.2006, Item 8.19, Minutes of 30.11.2006, Item 8.20 and Minutes of 30.11.2006, Item 8.21).

They then signed the acts, with José Manuel Barroso (President of the Commission), Karl-Heinz Florenz (Chairman of the ENVI Committee), Guido Sacconi (rapporteur on the REACH reports), Miloslav Ransdorf (Vice-Chairman of the ITRE Committee) and the three rapporteurs on the seventh framework research programme, Jerzy Buzek, Philippe Busquin and Anne Laperrouze.

6.   Meeting of the European Council of 14 and 15 December 2006 — Activities of the Finnish Presidency (debate)

European Council report and Commission statement: Meeting of the European Council of 14 and 15 December 2006

Statement by the Presidency-in-Office of the Council: Activities of the Finnish Presidency

Matti Vanhanen (President-in-Office of the Council) introduced the European Council's report and made a statement on the six months of the Finnish Presidency of the Council.

José Manuel Barroso (President of the Commission) also made a statement on the European Council meeting.

The following spoke: Hans-Gert Poettering, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Martin Schulz, on behalf of the PSE Group, Graham Watson, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Brian Crowley, on behalf of the UEN Group, Monica Frassoni, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Nigel Farage, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, and Koenraad Dillen, Non-attached Member.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Alexander Stubb, Edite Estrela, Gérard Onesta, Gunnar Hökmark, Ville Itälä, Lasse Lehtinen, Józef Pinior, Margrietus van den Berg, Françoise Grossetête, Jan Mulder, Ryszard Czarnecki, Esko Seppänen, Piia-Noora Kauppi, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, Marianne Mikko, Hannu Takkula, Zbigniew Zaleski, Richard Corbett, Kyriacos Triantaphyllides, Malcolm Harbour, Zbigniew Krzysztof Kuźmiuk, Simon Busuttil, Alojz Peterle, Tunne Kelam, Avril Doyle, Charles Tannock, Jacek Protasiewicz, Zita Pleštinská and Jerzy Buzek.

Matti Vanhanen and José Manuel Barroso replied to points raised by Members.

The debate closed.

7.   Dates for next sittings

The next sittings would be held from 15.01.2007 to 18.01.2007.

8.   Adjournment of session

The session of the European Parliament was adjourned.

The sitting closed at 13.25.

Julian Priestley

Secretary-General

Josep Borrell Fontelles

President

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ATTENDANCE REGISTER

The following signed:

Agnoletto, Albertini, Andersson, Andrejevs, Arif, Ashworth, Audy, Ayala Sender, Ayuso, Baco, Bauer, Beaupuy, Becsey, Belet, Belohorská, Bennahmias, Berès, van den Berg, Berman, Blokland, Bonde, Borrell Fontelles, Bourlanges, Bozkurt, Bradbourn, Brejc, Brepoels, Brunetta, van den Burg, Bushill-Matthews, Busuttil, Buzek, Carollo, Caspary, Castex, Castiglione, Cavada, Christensen, Coelho, Corbett, Cramer, Crowley, Ryszard Czarnecki, Daul, De Blasio, De Keyser, Demetriou, Deprez, Descamps, Désir, De Veyrac, De Vits, Dillen, Doyle, Duff, Duka-Zólyomi, Elles, Estrela, Farage, Fernandes, Elisa Ferreira, Fjellner, Flasarová, Florenz, Fourtou, Frassoni, Fruteau, Gahler, Gaľa, Gaubert, Geremek, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gewalt, Gibault, Glattfelder, Gottardi, Gröner, Grossetête, Guardans Cambó, Guellec, Hänsch, Harangozó, Harbour, Hasse Ferreira, Hassi, Haug, Hegyi, Herczog, Hökmark, Holm, Horáček, Ibrisagic, Isler Béguin, Itälä, Jäätteenmäki, Janowski, Jeggle, Jöns, Jørgensen, Jordan Cizelj, Kallenbach, Karas, Kaufmann, Kauppi, Tunne Kelam, Klinz, Koch, Konrad, Krasts, Krupa, Kułakowski, Kusstatscher, Kuźmiuk, Lamassoure, Lambrinidis, Lang, Langen, Lax, Lehtinen, Libicki, Ludford, Lundgren, Maaten, McDonald, McGuinness, Madeira, Maldeikis, Maňka, Erika Mann, Markov, Marques, David Martin, Martínez Martínez, Masiel, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Medina Ortega, Meijer, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Moreno Sánchez, Mulder, Muscat, Myller, Newton Dunn, Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Novak, Olajos, Olbrycht, Ó Neachtain, Onesta, Onyszkiewicz, Őry, Oviir, Paasilinna, Pack, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Papastamkos, Pęk, Alojz Peterle, Pīks, Pinior, Pirilli, Pleštinská, Podestà, Pöttering, Prets, Protasiewicz, Ransdorf, Rapkay, Resetarits, Reul, Rivera, Roithová, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Rutowicz, Sacconi, Saïfi, Sakalas, Saryusz-Wolski, Schapira, Scheele, Olle Schmidt, Frithjof Schmidt, Schulz, Seeberg, Segelström, Seppänen, Siekierski, Sifunakis, Silva Peneda, Simpson, Sinnott, Sommer, Spautz, Speroni, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Sterckx, Stubb, Sudre, Swoboda, Szájer, Szent-Iványi, Tajani, Takkula, Tannock, Tomczak, Triantaphyllides, Tzampazi, Vaidere, Van Hecke, Vaugrenard, Veneto, Vlasák, Watson, Henri Weber, Weiler, Westlund, Wieland, Bernard Piotr Wojciechowski, Janusz Wojciechowski, Wurtz, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Záborská, Zaleski, Zappalà, Ždanoka, Zvěřina

Observers:

Bărbuleţiu, Cappone, Corlăţean, Coşea, Corina Creţu, Martin Dimitrov, Kazak, Kirilov, Mihalache, Paparizov, Sofianski, Szabó, Vigenin

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