# Official Journal C 68E/13 M

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| Official Journal
  of the European Union | C 68E |
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| English edition | Information and Notices | Volume 5113 March 2008 |

ISSN 1725-2423

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 68E

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 5113 March 2008

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| Notice No | Contents | page |
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| | IV   (Notices) |
| | NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES |
| | EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT |
| | 2007-2008 SESSION |
| | Sittings of 30 and 31 January 2008 |
| | Wednesday 30 January 2008 |
| 2008/C 068E/01 | MINUTES | 1 |
| PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING


  Resumption of the session


  Documents received


  Oral questions and written declarations (submission)


  Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council


  Action taken on Parliament's resolutions


  Lapsed written declarations


  A European strategy on the Roma (motions for resolutions tabled)


  Statement by the President


  Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting


  Dispute concerning the confirmation of the validity of the mandate of a Member


  Composition of committees and delegations


  Interpretation of the Rules of Procedure


  Order of business


  Situation in Iran (debate)


  Welcome


  Situation in Iran (continuation of debate)


  Situation in Gaza (debate)


  US anti-missile defence system (debate)


  Accomplishment of the internal market in Community postal services ***II (debate)


  Outcome of the Bali Conference on Climate Change (debate)


  One-minute speeches on matters of political importance


  Action Plan for Energy Efficiency: Realising the Potential (debate)


  Reduction in unwanted by-catches and elimination of discards in European fisheries (debate)


  European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (debate)


  Agenda of the next sitting


  Closure of the sitting |
| ATTENDANCE REGISTER | 13 |
| | Thursday 31 January 2008 |
| 2008/C 068E/02 | MINUTES | 15 |
| PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING


  Opening of the sitting


  Documents received


  Communication of Council common positions


  Freedom, security and justice (annual debate) (Articles 2 and 39 TEU) (debate)


  Cooperation between the special intervention units of the Member States * (debate)


  Composition of committees and delegations


  Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting


  Voting time


  Interpretation of the Rules of Procedure (Rule 19(1))


  Control of persons at external borders based on unilateral recognition by Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Cyprus, Latvia, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovenia and Slovakia of certain documents as equivalent to their national visas ***I (Rule 131) (vote)


  Control of persons at external borders based on unilateral recognition by the Member States of certain residence permits issued by Switzerland and Liechtenstein ***I (Rule 131) (vote)


  Statistics on aquaculture ***I (Rule 131) (vote)


  Cooperation between the special intervention units of the Member States * (Rule 131) (vote)


  The European research area: new perspectives (Rule 131) (vote)


  Accomplishment of the internal market in Community postal services ***II (vote)


  Situation in Iran (vote)


  Outcome of the Bali Conference on Climate Change (vote)


  Action Plan for Energy Efficiency: Realising the Potential (vote)


  Reduction in unwanted by-catches and elimination of discards in European fisheries (vote)


  A European strategy on the Roma (vote)


  Composition of committees and delegations


  Explanations of vote


  Corrections to votes and voting intentions


  Decisions concerning certain documents


  Forwarding of texts adopted during the sitting


  Dates for next sittings


  Adjournment of the session |
| ATTENDANCE REGISTER | 25 |
| ANNEX I | 27 |
| ANNEX II | 37 |

Notice No

Contents

page

IV   (Notices)

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

2007-2008 SESSION

Sittings of 30 and 31 January 2008

Wednesday 30 January 2008

2008/C 068E/01

MINUTES

1

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

Resumption of the session

Documents received

Oral questions and written declarations (submission)

Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council

Action taken on Parliament's resolutions

Lapsed written declarations

A European strategy on the Roma (motions for resolutions tabled)

Statement by the President

Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

Dispute concerning the confirmation of the validity of the mandate of a Member

Composition of committees and delegations

Interpretation of the Rules of Procedure

Order of business

Situation in Iran (debate)

Welcome

Situation in Iran (continuation of debate)

Situation in Gaza (debate)

US anti-missile defence system (debate)

Accomplishment of the internal market in Community postal services ***II (debate)

Outcome of the Bali Conference on Climate Change (debate)

One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Action Plan for Energy Efficiency: Realising the Potential (debate)

Reduction in unwanted by-catches and elimination of discards in European fisheries (debate)

European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (debate)

Agenda of the next sitting

Closure of the sitting

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

13

Thursday 31 January 2008

2008/C 068E/02

MINUTES

15

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

Opening of the sitting

Documents received

Communication of Council common positions

Freedom, security and justice (annual debate) (Articles 2 and 39 TEU) (debate)

Cooperation between the special intervention units of the Member States * (debate)

Composition of committees and delegations

Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

Voting time

Interpretation of the Rules of Procedure (Rule 19(1))

Control of persons at external borders based on unilateral recognition by Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Cyprus, Latvia, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovenia and Slovakia of certain documents as equivalent to their national visas ***I (Rule 131) (vote)

Control of persons at external borders based on unilateral recognition by the Member States of certain residence permits issued by Switzerland and Liechtenstein ***I (Rule 131) (vote)

Statistics on aquaculture ***I (Rule 131) (vote)

Cooperation between the special intervention units of the Member States * (Rule 131) (vote)

The European research area: new perspectives (Rule 131) (vote)

Accomplishment of the internal market in Community postal services ***II (vote)

Situation in Iran (vote)

Outcome of the Bali Conference on Climate Change (vote)

Action Plan for Energy Efficiency: Realising the Potential (vote)

Reduction in unwanted by-catches and elimination of discards in European fisheries (vote)

A European strategy on the Roma (vote)

Composition of committees and delegations

Explanations of vote

Corrections to votes and voting intentions

Decisions concerning certain documents

Forwarding of texts adopted during the sitting

Dates for next sittings

Adjournment of the session

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

25

ANNEX I

27

ANNEX II

37

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Key to symbols used

| * | Consultation procedure |
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| **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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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

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