# Official Journal C 29E/5 Fe

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| Official Journal
of the European Union | C 29E |
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| English edition | Information and Notices |

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| | IV   Notices | |
| | European Parliament | |
| | Monday 17 November 2008 | |
| 2009/C 029E/01 | MINUTES | 1 |
| | PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING
Resumption of the session
Welcome
Approval of the Minutes of the previous sitting
Composition of Parliament
Verification of credentials
Composition of committees and delegations
Signature of acts adopted under codecision
Corrigenda (Rule 204a)
Request for urgent procedure
Documents received
Oral questions and written declarations (submission)
Lapsed written declarations
Petitions
Action taken on Parliament's positions and resolutions
Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council
Transfers of appropriations
Order of business
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
Welcome
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance (continuation)
EMU10: The first 10 years of Economic and Monetary Union and future challenges (debate)
Application of the principle of equal pay for men and women (debate)
General arrangements for excise duty * (debate)
European Union Solidarity Fund: obstacles for its reform (debate)
Improving consumer education and awareness on credit and finance (short presentation)
Consumer Markets Scoreboard (short presentation)
Supporting early demonstration of sustainable power generation from fossil fuels (short presentation)
Agenda of the next sitting
Closure of the sitting | |
| | ATTENDANCE REGISTER | 22 |
| | Tuesday 18 November 2008 | |
| 2009/C 029E/02 | MINUTES | 24 |
| | PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING
Opening of the sitting
Debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (announcement of motions for resolutions tabled)
Decision on urgent procedure
Support schemes for farmers under the CAP * — Modifications to the common agricultural policy * — Support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development * — Community strategic guidelines for rural development (2007 to 2013) * (debate)
School Fresh Fruit Scheme (amendment of Single CMO Regulation) * (debate)
Draft general budget for the 2009 financial year (deadline for tabling draft amendments)
Voting time
Protocol to the EC-Kazakhstan Partnership and Cooperation Agreement * (Rule 131) (vote)
Joint undertaking to develop the new generation European air traffic management system (SESAR) * (Rule 131) (vote)
Statutory markings for two- or three-wheel motor vehicles (codified version) ***I (Rule 131) (vote)
Company law concerning single-member private limited-liability companies (codified version) ***I (Rule 131) (vote)
The driver's seat on wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (codified version) ***I (Rule 131) (vote)
Guarantee Fund for external actions (codified version) * (Rule 131) (vote)
Convention on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters *** (Rule 131) (vote)
European system of national and regional accounts in the Community ***I (Rule 131) (vote)
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (Rule 131) (vote)
Request for waiver of the immunity of Frank Vanhecke (Rule 131) (vote)
Request for waiver of the immunity of Massimo D'Alema (Rule 131) (vote)
Improving consumer education and awareness on credit and finance (Rule 131) (vote)
Consumer Markets Scoreboard (Rule 131) (vote)
General arrangements for excise duty * (vote)
School Fresh Fruit Scheme (amendment of Single CMO Regulation) * (vote)
EMU10: The first 10 years of Economic and Monetary Union and future challenges (vote)
Application of the principle of equal pay for men and women (vote)
Supporting early demonstration of sustainable power generation from fossil fuels (vote)
Explanations of vote
Corrections to votes and voting intentions
Approval of the Minutes of the previous sitting
EU response to the world financial crisis: follow-up to the informal European Council of 7 November 2008 and to the G20 Summit of 15 November 2008 — Commission's legislative and working plan for 2009 (debate)
Question Time (Council)
Publication and translation obligations of certain types of companies ***I (debate)
European statistics ***I (debate)
A facility providing financial assistance for Member States' balances of payments * — Financial support to Member States (debate)
Documents received
Agenda of the next sitting
Closure of the sitting | |
| | ATTENDANCE REGISTER | 39 |
| | ANNEX I | 41 |
| | ANNEX II | 51 |
| | Wednesday 19 November 2008 | |
| 2009/C 029E/03 | MINUTES | 112 |
| | PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING
Opening of the sitting
Documents received
Response of the European Union to the deteriorating situation in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (debate)
Crises in the the car industry (debate)
Voting time
Community statistics on public health and health and safety at work ***II (vote)
Publication and translation obligations of certain types of companies ***I (vote)
European statistics ***I (vote)
Support schemes for farmers under the CAP * (vote)
Formal sitting — Sir Jonathan Sacks
Voting time (continuation)
Modifications to the common agricultural policy * (vote)
Support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development * (vote)
Community strategic guidelines for rural development (2007 to 2013) * (vote)
Explanations of vote
Corrections to votes and voting intentions
Approval of the Minutes of the previous sitting
Conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purposes of highly qualified employment * — Single application procedure for residence and work * (debate)
European Space Policy: How to bring space down to earth (debate)
Need for the Convention on Cluster Munitions to come into effect before the end of 2008 (debate)
Question Time (Commission)
Composition of committees and delegations
Demographic tendencies — Economic and social impacts (debate)
Social security systems and pensions (short presentation)
HIV/AIDS: Early Diagnosis and Early Care (debate)
Amendment of the single CMO Regulation * (debate)
Situation in the bee-keeping sector (debate)
Agenda of the next sitting
Closure of the sitting | |
| | ATTENDANCE REGISTER | 125 |
| | ANNEX I | 127 |
| | ANNEX II | 136 |
| | Thursday 20 November 2008 | |
| 2009/C 029E/04 | MINUTES | 225 |
| | PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING
Opening of the sitting
Financial support to Member States (motions for resolutions tabled)
Presentation of the Court of Auditors' annual report — 2007
Investigations conducted by the European Anti Fraud Office (OLAF) ***I (debate)
Review of recommendation 2001/331/EC providing for minimum criteria for environmental inspection in the Member States (debate)
Voting time
Investigations conducted by the European Anti Fraud Office (OLAF) ***I (Rule 131) (vote)
Draft amending budget No 8/2008 (Rule 131) (vote)
Special report by the European Ombudsman following the draft recommendation to the Council of the European Union in complaint 1487/2005/GG (Rule 131) (vote)
Social security systems and pensions (Rule 131) (vote)
Conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purposes of highly qualified employment * (vote)
Single application procedure for residence and work * (vote)
Amendment of the single CMO Regulation * (vote)
A facility providing financial assistance for Member States' balances of payments * (vote)
EU and PNR data (vote)
Financial support to Member States (vote)
Response of the European Union to the deteriorating situation in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (vote)
European Space Policy: How to bring space down to earth (vote)
Need for the Convention on Cluster Munitions to come into effect before the end of 2008 (vote)
HIV/AIDS: Early Diagnosis and Early Care (vote)
Situation in the bee-keeping sector (vote)
Review of Recommendation 2001/331/EC providing for minimum criteria for environmental inspection in the Member States (vote)
Explanations of vote
Corrections to votes and voting intentions
Approval of the Minutes of the previous sitting
Request for the defence of parliamentary immunity
Communication of Council common positions
Debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (debate)
Somalia
Death penalty in Nigeria
The case of the al-Kurd family
Voting time
Somalia (vote)
Death penalty in Nigeria (vote)
The case of the al-Kurd family (vote)
Corrections to votes and voting intentions
Composition of committees and delegations
Decisions concerning certain documents
Transfers of appropriations
Documents received
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 | 244 |
| | ANNEX I | 246 |
| | ANNEX II | 258 |

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| Key to symbols used
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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 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 | * | 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 | 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 | 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 |
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| * | 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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

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