# Official Journal C 256E/9 Oc

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| English edition | Information and Notices | Volume 519 October 2008 |

ISSN 1725-2423

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 256E

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 519 October 2008

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| Notice No | Contents | page |
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| | IV   Notices |
| | NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES |
| | European Parliament |
| | 2008-2009 SESSION |
| | Sittings of 7 to 10 July 2008 |
| | Monday 7 July 2008 |
| 2008/C 256E/01 | MINUTES | 1 |
| PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING


  Resumption of the session


  Statement by the President


  Approval of the Minutes of the previous sitting


  Composition of Parliament


  Composition of political groups


  Verification of credentials


  Composition of committees and delegations


  Signature of acts adopted under codecision


  Documents received


  Oral questions and written declarations (submission)


  Petitions


  Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council


  Lapsed written declarations


  Order of business


  One-minute speeches on matters of political importance


  2009 budget: First reflections on the 2009 PDB and mandate for the conciliation (debate)


  Airbus/Boeing WTO disputes (debate)


  Creation of a Roma fingerprints database in Italy (debate)


  Common authorisation procedure for food additives, food enzymes and food flavourings ***II — Food additives ***II — Flavourings and certain food ingredients with flavouring properties ***II — Food enzymes ***II (debate)


  Corrigendum (Rule 204a)


  Formation of political groups (amendment of Rule 29) (debate)


  The work of the Plenary and initiative reports (amendment of the Rules of Procedure) (debate)


  Agenda of the next sitting


  Closure of the sitting |
| ATTENDANCE REGISTER | 20 |
| ANNEX I | 22 |
| | Tuesday 8 July 2008 |
| 2008/C 256E/02 | MINUTES | 23 |
| PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING


  Opening of the sitting


  Documents received


  Debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (announcement of motions for resolutions tabled)


  Environmental impact of the planned gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea to link up Russia and Germany (debate)


  Stabilisation of Afghanistan: challenges for the EU and the international community (debate)


  Amendment of Directive 2003/87/EC so as to include aviation activities in the scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community ***II (debate)


  Budget timetable


  Voting time


  European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument: general provisions ***I (Rule 131) (vote)


  Direct support schemes under the CAP * (Rule 131) (vote)


  Minimum safety and health requirements for the use of work equipment ***I (Rule 131) (vote)


  Adaptation to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny — conservation of wild birds ***I (Rule 131) (vote)


  Common system of value added tax * (Rule 131) (vote)


  Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment to the 1991 UN/ECE Espoo Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context * (Rule 131) (vote)


  Protocol on the Accession of Liechtenstein to the EU/EC-Switzerland Agreement on Switzerland's association with the Schengen acquis * (Rule 131) (vote)


  Protocol on the Accession of Liechtenstein to the EC-Switzerland Agreement for establishing the State responsible for examining asylum requests * (Rule 131) (vote)


  Protocol to the EC-Switzerland Agreement for establishing the State responsible for examining asylum requests * (Rule 131) (vote)


  Numbering of visas * (Rule 131) (vote)


  Renewing the Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation between the European Community and the Government of the Republic of India * (Rule 131) (vote)


  Request for waiver of the immunity of Witold Tomczak (Rule 131) (vote)


  Defence of the prerogatives of the European Parliament before the national courts (Rule 131) (vote)


  Approval of the Commission (amendment of the Rules of Procedure) (Rule 131) (vote)


  Common authorisation procedure for food additives, food enzymes and food flavourings ***II (vote)


  Food additives ***II (vote)


  Flavourings and certain food ingredients with flavouring properties ***II (vote)


  Food enzymes ***II (vote)


  Amendment of Directive 2003/87/EC so as to include aviation activities in the scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community ***II (vote)


  The work of the Plenary and initiative reports (amendment of the Rules of Procedure) (vote)


  2009 budget: First reflections on the 2009 PDB and mandate for the conciliation (vote)


  Environmental impact of the planned gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea to link up Russia and Germany (vote)


  Stabilisation of Afghanistan: challenges for the EU and the international community (vote)


  Explanations of vote


  Corrections to votes and voting intentions


  Approval of the Minutes of the previous sitting


  Conditions for access to the natural gas transmission networks ***I — Internal market in natural gas ***I — European strategic energy technology plan (debate)


  Sovereign Wealth Funds (debate)


  Question Time (Council)


  Request for urgent procedure


  Safety on the Community's railways ***II — Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 881/2004 establishing a European Railway Agency ***II (debate)


  Rules for the operation of air services in the Community (recast) ***II (debate)


  Towards a new culture of urban mobility (debate)


  Technical requirements and administrative procedures for commercial transportation by aeroplane (EU OPS)/use of child-restraint safety devices (OPS 1 730) (debate)


  Agenda of the next sitting


  Closure of the sitting |
| ATTENDANCE REGISTER | 42 |
| ANNEX I | 44 |
| ANNEX II | 57 |
| | Wednesday 9 July 2008 |
| 2008/C 256E/03 | MINUTES | 126 |
| PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING


  Opening of the sitting


  Report on the ECB annual report for 2007 (debate)


  Coordination of social security systems: implementing procedure ***I — Coordination of social security systems: Annex XI ***I — Extending Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 to third country nationals otherwise excluded * (debate)


  Decision on urgent procedure


  Voting time


  Annual action programmes for Brazil and Argentina (2008) (vote)


  EU priorities for the 63rd Session of the UN General Assembly (Rule 131) (vote)


  Safety on the Community's railways ***II (vote)


  Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 881/2004 establishing a European Railway Agency ***II (vote)


  Rules for the operation of air services in the Community (recast) ***II (vote)


  Programme for the Modernisation of European Enterprise and Trade Statistics (MEETS) ***I (vote)


  Batteries and accumulators and their waste ***I (vote)


  Restrictions on the marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and preparations ***I (vote)


  Conditions for access to the natural gas transmission networks ***I (vote)


  Internal market in natural gas ***I (vote)


  Coordination of social security systems: implementing procedure ***I (vote)


  Coordination of social security systems: Annex XI ***I (vote)


  Extending Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 to third country nationals otherwise excluded * (vote)


  Formation of political groups (amendment of Rule 29) (vote)


  The role of the national judge in the European judicial system (vote)


  Airbus/Boeing WTO disputes (vote)


  European strategic energy technology plan (vote)


  Sovereign Wealth Funds (vote)


  Towards a new culture of urban mobility (vote)


  Report on the ECB annual report for 2007 (vote)


  Declaring 2011 European Year of Volunteering (written declaration)


  Explanations of vote


  Corrections to votes and voting intentions


  European satellite navigation programmes (EGNOS and Galileo) ***I (signature)


  Approval of the Minutes of the previous sitting


  Situation in China after the earthquake and before the Olympic Games (debate)


  The Commission's 2007 enlargement strategy paper (debate)


  Welcome


  The Commission's 2007 enlargement strategy paper (continuation of debate)


  Palestinian prisoners in Israel (debate)


  Situation in Zimbabwe (debate)


  Question Time (Commission)


  Composition of committees and delegations


  Request for the waiver of parliamentary immunity


  Space and security (debate)


  EC-Mauritania Fisheries Partnership Agreement for the period 1 August 2008 to 31 July 2012 * (debate)


  Common consular instructions: biometric identifiers and visa applications ***I (debate)


  European Union fishing fleet affected by the economic crisis (debate)


  Agenda of the next sitting


  Closure of the sitting |
| ATTENDANCE REGISTER | 144 |
| ANNEX I | 146 |
| ANNEX II | 160 |
| | Thursday 10 July 2008 |
| 2008/C 256E/04 | MINUTES | 234 |
| PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING


  Opening of the sitting


  Transfers of appropriations


  Documents received


  Creation of a Roma fingerprints database in Italy (motions for resolutions tabled)


  Voting time


  Common consular instructions: biometric identifiers and visa applications ***I (vote)


  EC-Mauritania Fisheries Partnership Agreement for the period 1 August 2008 to 31 July 2012 * (vote)


  European Union fishing fleet affected by the economic crisis * (vote)


  Creation of a Roma fingerprints database in Italy (vote)


  Situation in China after the earthquake and before the Olympic Games (vote)


  The Commission's 2007 enlargement strategy paper (vote)


  Situation in Zimbabwe


  Space and security (vote)


  Explanations of vote


  Corrections to votes and voting intentions


  Presentation of the programme of the French Presidency (debate)


  Approval of the Minutes of the previous sitting


  Quorum


  Debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (debate)


  Allegation of mass graves in Indian-administrated Kashmir


  Situation in Bangladesh


  The death penalty, particularly the case of Troy Davis


  Quorum (continuation)


  Voting time


  Allegation of mass graves in Indian-administrated Kashmir (vote)


  Situation in Bangladesh (vote)


  The death penalty, particularly the case of Troy Davis (vote)


  Devoting more attention to youth empowerment in EU policies (written declaration)


  Emergency cooperation in recovering missing children (written declaration)


  Communication of Council common positions


  Corrections to votes and voting intentions


  Decisions concerning certain documents


  Written declarations included in the register (Rule 116)


  Forwarding of texts adopted during the sitting


  Dates of forthcoming sittings


  Adjournment of the session |
| ATTENDANCE REGISTER | 248 |
| ANNEX I | 250 |
| ANNEX II | 261 |

Notice No

Contents

page

IV   Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

European Parliament

2008-2009 SESSION

Sittings of 7 to 10 July 2008

Monday 7 July 2008

2008/C 256E/01

MINUTES

1

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

Resumption of the session

Statement by the President

Approval of the Minutes of the previous sitting

Composition of Parliament

Composition of political groups

Verification of credentials

Composition of committees and delegations

Signature of acts adopted under codecision

Documents received

Oral questions and written declarations (submission)

Petitions

Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council

Lapsed written declarations

Order of business

One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

2009 budget: First reflections on the 2009 PDB and mandate for the conciliation (debate)

Airbus/Boeing WTO disputes (debate)

Creation of a Roma fingerprints database in Italy (debate)

Common authorisation procedure for food additives, food enzymes and food flavourings ***II — Food additives ***II — Flavourings and certain food ingredients with flavouring properties ***II — Food enzymes ***II (debate)

Corrigendum (Rule 204a)

Formation of political groups (amendment of Rule 29) (debate)

The work of the Plenary and initiative reports (amendment of the Rules of Procedure) (debate)

Agenda of the next sitting

Closure of the sitting

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

20

ANNEX I

22

Tuesday 8 July 2008

2008/C 256E/02

MINUTES

23

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

Opening of the sitting

Documents received

Debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (announcement of motions for resolutions tabled)

Environmental impact of the planned gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea to link up Russia and Germany (debate)

Stabilisation of Afghanistan: challenges for the EU and the international community (debate)

Amendment of Directive 2003/87/EC so as to include aviation activities in the scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community ***II (debate)

Budget timetable

Voting time

European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument: general provisions ***I (Rule 131) (vote)

Direct support schemes under the CAP * (Rule 131) (vote)

Minimum safety and health requirements for the use of work equipment ***I (Rule 131) (vote)

Adaptation to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny — conservation of wild birds ***I (Rule 131) (vote)

Common system of value added tax * (Rule 131) (vote)

Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment to the 1991 UN/ECE Espoo Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context * (Rule 131) (vote)

Protocol on the Accession of Liechtenstein to the EU/EC-Switzerland Agreement on Switzerland's association with the Schengen acquis * (Rule 131) (vote)

Protocol on the Accession of Liechtenstein to the EC-Switzerland Agreement for establishing the State responsible for examining asylum requests * (Rule 131) (vote)

Protocol to the EC-Switzerland Agreement for establishing the State responsible for examining asylum requests * (Rule 131) (vote)

Numbering of visas * (Rule 131) (vote)

Renewing the Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation between the European Community and the Government of the Republic of India * (Rule 131) (vote)

Request for waiver of the immunity of Witold Tomczak (Rule 131) (vote)

Defence of the prerogatives of the European Parliament before the national courts (Rule 131) (vote)

Approval of the Commission (amendment of the Rules of Procedure) (Rule 131) (vote)

Common authorisation procedure for food additives, food enzymes and food flavourings ***II (vote)

Food additives ***II (vote)

Flavourings and certain food ingredients with flavouring properties ***II (vote)

Food enzymes ***II (vote)

Amendment of Directive 2003/87/EC so as to include aviation activities in the scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community ***II (vote)

The work of the Plenary and initiative reports (amendment of the Rules of Procedure) (vote)

2009 budget: First reflections on the 2009 PDB and mandate for the conciliation (vote)

Environmental impact of the planned gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea to link up Russia and Germany (vote)

Stabilisation of Afghanistan: challenges for the EU and the international community (vote)

Explanations of vote

Corrections to votes and voting intentions

Approval of the Minutes of the previous sitting

Conditions for access to the natural gas transmission networks ***I — Internal market in natural gas ***I — European strategic energy technology plan (debate)

Sovereign Wealth Funds (debate)

Question Time (Council)

Request for urgent procedure

Safety on the Community's railways ***II — Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 881/2004 establishing a European Railway Agency ***II (debate)

Rules for the operation of air services in the Community (recast) ***II (debate)

Towards a new culture of urban mobility (debate)

Technical requirements and administrative procedures for commercial transportation by aeroplane (EU OPS)/use of child-restraint safety devices (OPS 1 730) (debate)

Agenda of the next sitting

Closure of the sitting

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

42

ANNEX I

44

ANNEX II

57

Wednesday 9 July 2008

2008/C 256E/03

MINUTES

126

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

Opening of the sitting

Report on the ECB annual report for 2007 (debate)

Coordination of social security systems: implementing procedure ***I — Coordination of social security systems: Annex XI ***I — Extending Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 to third country nationals otherwise excluded * (debate)

Decision on urgent procedure

Voting time

Annual action programmes for Brazil and Argentina (2008) (vote)

EU priorities for the 63rd Session of the UN General Assembly (Rule 131) (vote)

Safety on the Community's railways ***II (vote)

Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 881/2004 establishing a European Railway Agency ***II (vote)

Rules for the operation of air services in the Community (recast) ***II (vote)

Programme for the Modernisation of European Enterprise and Trade Statistics (MEETS) ***I (vote)

Batteries and accumulators and their waste ***I (vote)

Restrictions on the marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and preparations ***I (vote)

Conditions for access to the natural gas transmission networks ***I (vote)

Internal market in natural gas ***I (vote)

Coordination of social security systems: implementing procedure ***I (vote)

Coordination of social security systems: Annex XI ***I (vote)

Extending Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 to third country nationals otherwise excluded * (vote)

Formation of political groups (amendment of Rule 29) (vote)

The role of the national judge in the European judicial system (vote)

Airbus/Boeing WTO disputes (vote)

European strategic energy technology plan (vote)

Sovereign Wealth Funds (vote)

Towards a new culture of urban mobility (vote)

Report on the ECB annual report for 2007 (vote)

Declaring 2011 European Year of Volunteering (written declaration)

Explanations of vote

Corrections to votes and voting intentions

European satellite navigation programmes (EGNOS and Galileo) ***I (signature)

Approval of the Minutes of the previous sitting

Situation in China after the earthquake and before the Olympic Games (debate)

The Commission's 2007 enlargement strategy paper (debate)

Welcome

The Commission's 2007 enlargement strategy paper (continuation of debate)

Palestinian prisoners in Israel (debate)

Situation in Zimbabwe (debate)

Question Time (Commission)

Composition of committees and delegations

Request for the waiver of parliamentary immunity

Space and security (debate)

EC-Mauritania Fisheries Partnership Agreement for the period 1 August 2008 to 31 July 2012 * (debate)

Common consular instructions: biometric identifiers and visa applications ***I (debate)

European Union fishing fleet affected by the economic crisis (debate)

Agenda of the next sitting

Closure of the sitting

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

144

ANNEX I

146

ANNEX II

160

Thursday 10 July 2008

2008/C 256E/04

MINUTES

234

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

Opening of the sitting

Transfers of appropriations

Documents received

Creation of a Roma fingerprints database in Italy (motions for resolutions tabled)

Voting time

Common consular instructions: biometric identifiers and visa applications ***I (vote)

EC-Mauritania Fisheries Partnership Agreement for the period 1 August 2008 to 31 July 2012 * (vote)

European Union fishing fleet affected by the economic crisis * (vote)

Creation of a Roma fingerprints database in Italy (vote)

Situation in China after the earthquake and before the Olympic Games (vote)

The Commission's 2007 enlargement strategy paper (vote)

Situation in Zimbabwe

Space and security (vote)

Explanations of vote

Corrections to votes and voting intentions

Presentation of the programme of the French Presidency (debate)

Approval of the Minutes of the previous sitting

Quorum

Debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (debate)

Allegation of mass graves in Indian-administrated Kashmir

Situation in Bangladesh

The death penalty, particularly the case of Troy Davis

Quorum (continuation)

Voting time

Allegation of mass graves in Indian-administrated Kashmir (vote)

Situation in Bangladesh (vote)

The death penalty, particularly the case of Troy Davis (vote)

Devoting more attention to youth empowerment in EU policies (written declaration)

Emergency cooperation in recovering missing children (written declaration)

Communication of Council common positions

Corrections to votes and voting intentions

Decisions concerning certain documents

Written declarations included in the register (Rule 116)

Forwarding of texts adopted during the sitting

Dates of forthcoming sittings

Adjournment of the session

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

248

ANNEX I

250

ANNEX II

261

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Key to symbols used

| * | Consultation procedure |
| --- | --- |
| **I | Cooperation procedure: first reading |
| **II | Cooperation procedure: second reading |
| *** | Assent procedure |
| ***I | Codecision procedure: first reading |
| ***II | Codecision procedure: second reading |
| ***III | Codecision procedure: third reading |

*

Consultation procedure

**I

Cooperation procedure: first reading

**II

Cooperation procedure: second reading

***

Assent procedure

***I

Codecision procedure: first reading

***II

Codecision procedure: second reading

***III

Codecision procedure: third reading

(The type of procedure is determined by the legal basis proposed by the Commission)

Information relating to voting time

Unless stated otherwise, the rapporteurs informed the Chair in writing, before the vote, of their position on the amendments.

Abbreviations used for Parliamentary Committees

| AFET | Committee on Foreign Affairs |
| --- | --- |
| DEVE | Committee on Development |
| INTA | Committee on International Trade |
| BUDG | Committee on Budgets |
| CONT | Committee on Budgetary Control |
| ECON | Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs |
| EMPL | Committee on Employment and Social Affairs |
| ENVI | Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety |
| ITRE | Committee on Industry, Research and Energy |
| IMCO | Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection |
| TRAN | Committee on Transport and Tourism |
| REGI | Committee on Regional Development |
| AGRI | Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development |
| PECH | Committee on Fisheries |
| CULT | Committee on Culture and Education |
| JURI | Committee on Legal Affairs |
| LIBE | Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs |
| AFCO | Committee on Constitutional Affairs |
| FEMM | Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality |
| PETI | Committee on Petitions |

AFET

Committee on Foreign Affairs

DEVE

Committee on Development

INTA

Committee on International Trade

BUDG

Committee on Budgets

CONT

Committee on Budgetary Control

ECON

Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

EMPL

Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

ENVI

Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

ITRE

Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

IMCO

Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection

TRAN

Committee on Transport and Tourism

REGI

Committee on Regional Development

AGRI

Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development

PECH

Committee on Fisheries

CULT

Committee on Culture and Education

JURI

Committee on Legal Affairs

LIBE

Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

AFCO

Committee on Constitutional Affairs

FEMM

Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality

PETI

Committee on Petitions

Abbreviations used for Political Groups

| PPE-DE | Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats |
| --- | --- |
| PSE | Socialist Group in the European Parliament |
| ALDE | Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe |
| UEN | Union for Europe of the Nations Group |
| Verts/ALE | Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance |
| GUE/NGL | Confederal Group of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left |
| IND/DEM | Independence and Democracy Group |
| NI | Non-attached Members |

PPE-DE

Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats

PSE

Socialist Group in the European Parliament

ALDE

Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe

UEN

Union for Europe of the Nations Group

Verts/ALE

Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance

GUE/NGL

Confederal Group of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left

IND/DEM

Independence and Democracy Group

NI

Non-attached Members

| EN | |
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EN