# Official Journal C 219E/28 A

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| English edition | Information and Notices | Volume 5128 August 2008 |

ISSN 1725-2423

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 219E

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 5128 August 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 24 to 27 September 2007 |
| | Monday 24 September 2007 |
| 2008/C 219E/01 | MINUTES | 1 |
| PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING


  Resumption of session


  Statements by the President


  Approval of Minutes of previous sitting


  Membership of Parliament


  Signature of acts adopted under codecision


  Corrigendum (Rule 204a)


  Documents received


  Oral questions and written declarations (tabling)


  Lapsed written declarations


  Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council


  Petitions


  Action taken on Parliament's positions and resolutions


  Transfers of appropriations


  Order of business


  One-minute speeches on matters of political importance


  Road Map for renewable energy in Europe (debate)


  Development of the Community's railways ***III — Certification of train drivers operating locomotives and trains on the railway system in the Community ***III — Rail passengers' rights and obligations ***III (debate)


  Agenda for next sitting


  Closure of sitting |
| ATTENDANCE REGISTER | 20 |
| | Tuesday 25 September 2007 |
| 2008/C 219E/02 | MINUTES | 21 |
| PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING


  Opening of sitting


  Documents received


  Vote on request for urgent procedure


  Restructuring of the sugar industry * — Common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector * (debate)


  Dangerous toys manufactured in China (debate)


  Voting time


  EC-Panama Agreement on certain aspects of air services * (Rule 131) (vote)


  EC-Kyrgyzstan Agreement on certain aspects of air services * (Rule 131) (vote)


  EC-Jordan Agreement on certain aspects of air services * (Rule 131) (vote)


  EC-Israel Agreement on scientific and technical cooperation * (Rule 131) (vote)


  Participation of Bulgaria and Romania in the EEC-San Marino Agreement on Cooperation and Customs Union * (Rule 131) (vote)


  National aid granted by Finland for seeds and cereal seed * (Rule 131) (vote)


  Excise duty on rum * (Rule 131) (vote)


  Road safety: passenger hand-holds on two-wheel motor vehicles ***I (Rule 131) (vote)


  Road safety: stands for two-wheel motor vehicles ***I (Rule 131) (vote)


  Rear registration plate of two or three-wheel motor vehicles ***I (Rule 131) (vote)


  Application of competition rules to transport by rail, road and inland waterway ***I (Rule 131) (vote)


  Rear-view mirrors for wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors ***I (Rule 131) (vote)


  Roll-over protection structures of wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors ***I (Rule 131) (vote)


  Statistics on education and lifelong learning ***I (Rule 131) (vote)


  Development of the Community's railways ***III (vote)


  Certification of train drivers operating locomotives and trains on the railway system in the Community ***III (vote)


  Rail passengers' rights and obligations ***III (vote)


  Restructuring of the sugar industry * (vote)


  Common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector * (vote)


  Road Map for renewable energy in Europe (vote)


  Explanations of vote


  Corrections to votes and voting intentions


  Approval of Minutes of previous sitting


  Implementation of the Council decision on the moratorium against death penalty (debate)


  Negotiations on an Interregional Association Agreement with Mercosur and the new bilateral strategic partnership with Brazil (debate)


  Green Paper on urban transport (debate)


  Question Time (Commission)


  European Institute of Technology ***I (debate)


  Towards a common European foreign policy on energy (debate)


  Set aside for year 2008 (debate)


  Agenda for next sitting


  Closure of sitting |
| ATTENDANCE REGISTER | 35 |
| ANNEX I | 37 |
| ANNEX II | 44 |
| TEXTS ADOPTED | 62 |
| P6_TA(2007)0387EC-Panama Agreement on certain aspects of air services *European Parliament legislative resolution of 25 September 2007 on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Panama on certain aspects of air services (COM(2007)0151 — C6-0198/2007 — 2007/0057(CNS)) | 62 |
| P6_TA(2007)0388EC-Kyrgyzstan Agreement on certain aspects of air services *European Parliament legislative resolution of 25 September 2007 on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Kyrgyz Republic on certain aspects of air services (COM(2007)0189 — C6-0173/2007 — 2007/0065(CNS)) | 62 |
| P6_TA(2007)0389EC-Jordan Agreement on certain aspects of air services *European Parliament legislative resolution of 25 September 2007 on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan on certain aspects of air services (COM(2007)0219 — C6-0201/2007 — 2007/0074(CNS)) | 63 |
| P6_TA(2007)0390EC-Israel Agreement on Scientific and Technical Cooperation *European Parliament legislative resolution of 25 September 2007 on the proposal for a Council decision concerning the conclusion of the Agreement on Scientific and Technical Cooperation between the European Community and the State of Israel (COM(2007)0276 — C6-0237/2007 — 2007/0096(CNS)) | 63 |
| P6_TA(2007)0391Participation of Bulgaria and Romania in the EEC-San Marino Agreement on Cooperation and Customs Union *European Parliament legislative resolution of 25 September 2007 on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Community and its Member States, of a Protocol to the Agreement on Cooperation and Customs Union between the European Economic Community and the Republic of San Marino, regarding the participation, as contracting parties, of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania, pursuant to their accession to the European Union (COM(2007)0309 — C6- 0250/2007 — 2007/0105(CNS)) | 64 |
| P6_TA(2007)0392National aid granted by Finland for seeds and cereal seed *European Parliament legislative resolution of 25 September 2007 on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1947/2005 as regards national aid granted by Finland for seeds and cereal seed (COM(2007)0323 — C6-0245/2007 — 2007/0109(CNS)) | 64 |
| P6_TA(2007)0393Excise duty on rum *European Parliament legislative resolution of 25 September 2007 on the proposal for a Council decision authorising France to apply a reduced rate of excise duty on ‘traditional’ rum produced in its overseas departments and repealing Council Decision 2002/166/EC of 18 February 2002 (COM(2007)0318 — C6-0249/2007 — 2007/0131(CNS)) | 65 |
| P6_TA(2007)0394Road safety: passenger hand-holds on two-wheel motor vehicles ***IEuropean Parliament legislative resolution of 25 September 2007 on the amended proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on passenger hand-holds on two-wheel motor vehicles (codified version) (COM(2006)0265 — C6-0419/2006 — 2003/0058(COD)) | 65 |
| P6_TA(2007)0395Road safety: stands for two-wheel motor vehicles ***IEuropean Parliament legislative resolution of 25 September 2007 on the amended proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on stands for two-wheel motor vehicles (codified version) (COM(2006)0262 — C6-0418/2006 — 2003/0059(COD)) | 66 |
| P6_TA(2007)0396Rear registration plate of two or three-wheel motor vehicles ***IEuropean Parliament legislative resolution of 25 September 2007 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to the space for mounting the rear registration plate of two or three-wheel motor vehicles (codified version) (COM(2006)0478 — C6-0291/2006 — 2006/0161(COD)) | 66 |
| P6_TA(2007)0397Application of competition rules to transport by rail, road and inland waterway ***IEuropean Parliament legislative resolution of 25 September 2007 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council applying rules of competition to transport by rail, road and inland waterway (codified version) (COM(2006)0722 — C6-0433/2006 — 2006/0241(COD)) | 67 |
| P6_TA(2007)0398Rear-view mirrors for wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors ***IEuropean Parliament legislative resolution of 25 September 2007 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on rear-view mirrors for wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (codified version) (COM(2007)0236 — C6-0126/2007 — 2007/0081(COD)) | 67 |
| P6_TA(2007)0399Roll-over protection structures of wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors ***IEuropean Parliament legislative resolution of 25 September 2007 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to the roll-over protection structures of wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (codified version) (COM(2007)0310 — C6-0163/2007 — 2007/0107(COD)) | 68 |
| P6_TA(2007)0400Statistics on education and lifelong learning ***IEuropean Parliament legislative resolution of 25 September 2007 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the production and development of statistics on education and lifelong learning (COM(2005)0625 — C6-0422/2005 — 2005/0248(COD)) | 68 |
| P6_TC1-COD(2005)0248Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 25 September 2007 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EC) No .../2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the production and development of statistics on education and lifelong learning | 69 |
| P6_TA(2007)0401Development of the Community's railways ***IIIEuropean Parliament legislative resolution of 25 September 2007 on the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 91/440/EEC on the development of the Community's railways and Directive 2001/14/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the allocation of railway infrastructure capacity and the levying of charges for the use of railway infrastructure (PE-CONS 3635/2007 — C6-0212/2007 — 2004/0047(COD)) | 69 |
| P6_TA(2007)0402Certification of train drivers operating locomotives and trains on the railway system in the Community ***IIIEuropean Parliament legislative resolution of 25 September 2007 on the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the certification of train drivers operating locomotives and trains on the railway system in the Community (PE-CONS 3636/2007 — C6-0213/2007 — 2004/0048(COD)) | 70 |
| P6_TA(2007)0403Rail passengers' rights and obligations ***IIIEuropean Parliament legislative resolution of 25 September 2007 on the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on rail passengers' rights and obligations (PE-CONS 3637/2007 — C6-0214/2007 — 2004/0049(COD)) | 70 |
| P6_TA(2007)0404Restructuring of the sugar industry *European Parliament legislative resolution of 25 September 2007 on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 320/2006 establishing a temporary scheme for the restructuring of the sugar industry in the Community (COM(2007)0227 — C6-0176/2007 — 2007/0085(CNS)) | 71 |
| P6_TA(2007)0405Common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector *European Parliament legislative resolution of 25 September 2007 on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector (COM(2007)0227 — C6-0177/2007 — 2007/0086(CNS)) | 79 |
| P6_TA(2007)0406Road Map for renewable energy in EuropeEuropean Parliament resolution of 25 September 2007 on the Road Map for Renewable Energy in Europe (2007/2090(INI)) | 82 |
| P6_TA(2007)0407Primates in scientific experimentsDeclaration of the European Parliament on the use of primates in scientific experiments | 90 |
| P6_TA(2007)0408Emergency call number 112Declaration of the European Parliament on the European emergency call number 112 | 92 |
| | Wednesday 26 September 2007 |
| 2008/C 219E/03 | MINUTES | 94 |
| PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING


  Opening of sitting


  Immigration — Legal migration — Policy priorities in the fight against illegal immigration of third-country nationals (debate)


  Welcome


  The need for measures to protect the Roman Catholic Cathedral of St Joseph in Bucharest, Romania — an endangered historical and architectural monument (written declaration)


  Verification of the credentials of the new Members of the European Parliament


  Voting time


  European Institute of Technology ***I (vote)


  Right to vote and stand in elections to the European Parliament for EU citizens residing in a foreign Member State * (vote)


  Set aside for year 2008 * (vote)


  Dangerous toys manufactured in China (vote)


  Towards a common European foreign policy on energy (vote)


  Legal migration (vote)


  Policy priorities in the fight against illegal immigration of third-country nationals (vote)


  Explanations of vote


  Corrections to votes and voting intentions


  Approval of Minutes of previous sitting


  Secret detentions and unlawful inter-state transfers involving member states of the Council of Europe (Fava and Marty reports) (debate)


  ESDP operation in eastern Chad and the north of the Central African Republic (debate)


  Situation in Burma (debate)


  Question Time (Council)


  Membership of Parliament


  Obligations of cross-border service providers (debate)


  i2010: Digital libraries (debate)


  Efficiency and equity in European education and training systems (debate)


  European strategy for the rights of the child: against dyscrimination of children and exclusion of dys people (debate)


  Agenda for next sitting


  Closure of sitting |
| ATTENDANCE REGISTER | 104 |
| ANNEX I | 106 |
| ANNEX II | 116 |
| TEXTS ADOPTED | 174 |
| P6_TA(2007)0409European Institute of Technology ***IEuropean Parliament legislative resolution of 26 September 2007 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Institute of Technology (COM(2006)0604 — C6-0355/2006 — 2006/0197(COD)) | 174 |
| P6_TC1-COD(2006)0197Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 26 September 2007 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EC) No .../2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Institute of Innovation and Technology | 175 |
| P6_TA(2007)0410Right to vote and stand in elections to the European Parliament for Union citizens residing in a foreign Member State *European Parliament legislative resolution of 26 September 2007 on the proposal for a Council directive amending Directive 93/109/EC of 6 December 1993 as regards certain detailed arrangements for the exercise of the right to vote and stand as a candidate in elections to the European Parliament for citizens of the Union residing in a Member State of which they are not nationals (COM(2006)0791 — C6-0066/2007 — 2006/0277(CNS)) | 193 |
| P6_TA(2007)0411Set-aside for year 2008 *European Parliament legislative resolution of 26 September 2007 on the proposal for a Council regulation derogating from Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers, as regards set aside for year 2008 (COM(2007)0523 — C6-0302/2007 — 2007/0194(CNS)) | 201 |
| P6_TA(2007)0412Dangerous toys manufactured in ChinaEuropean Parliament resolution of 26 September 2007 on the safety of products and particularly toys | 202 |
| P6_TA(2007)0413Towards a common European foreign policy on energyEuropean Parliament resolution of 26 September 2007 on towards a common European foreign policy on energy (2007/2000(INI)) | 206 |
| P6_TA(2007)0414Legal migrationEuropean Parliament resolution of 26 September 2007 on the policy plan on legal migration (2006/2251(INI)) | 215 |
| P6_TA(2007)0415The fight against illegal immigration of third-country nationalsEuropean Parliament resolution of 26 September 2007 on Policy priorities in the fight against illegal immigration of third-country nationals (2006/2250(INI)) | 223 |
| | Thursday 27 September 2007 |
| 2008/C 219E/04 | MINUTES | 234 |
| PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING


  Opening of sitting


  Documents received


  Equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin (debate)


  Equality between women and men in the EU (debate)


  Welcome


  Need for a comprehensive strategy to control cancer (written declaration)


  Request for the waiver of parliamentary immunity


  Agenda


  Voting time


  i2010: Digital libraries (Rule 131) (vote)


  Efficiency and equity in European education and training systems (Rule 131) (vote)


  Implementation of the Council decision on the moratorium against death penalty (vote)


  ESDP operation in eastern Chad and the north of the Central African Republic (vote)


  Situation in Burma (vote)


  Obligations of cross-border service providers (vote)


  Equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin (vote)


  Equality between women and men in the EU (vote)


  Membership of committees and delegations


  Approval of Minutes of previous sitting


  Forwarding of texts adopted during the sitting


  Communication of Council common positions


  Explanations of vote


  Corrections to votes and voting intentions


  Decisions concerning certain documents


  Written declarations entered in the register (Rule 116)


  Dates for next sittings


  Adjournment of session |
| ATTENDANCE REGISTER | 248 |
| ANNEX I | 250 |
| ANNEX II | 258 |
| TEXTS ADOPTED | 296 |
| P6_TA(2007)0416i2010: Digital librariesEuropean Parliament resolution of 27 September 2007 on i2010: towards a European digital library (2006/2040(INI)) | 296 |
| P6_TA(2007)0417Efficiency and equity in European education and training systemsEuropean Parliament resolution of 27 September 2007 on efficiency and equity in European education and training systems (2007/2113(INI)) | 300 |
| P6_TA(2007)0418Moratorium on the death penaltyEuropean Parliament resolution of 27 September 2007 on a universal moratorium on the death penalty | 306 |
| P6_TA(2007)0419Chad and the Central African RepublicEuropean Parliament resolution of 27 September 2007 on the ESDP operation in Chad and the Central African Republic | 308 |
| P6_TA(2007)0420BurmaEuropean Parliament resolution of 27 September 2007 on Burma | 311 |
| P6_TA(2007)0421Obligations of cross-border service providersEuropean Parliament resolution of 27 September 2007 on the obligations of cross-border service providers (2006/2049(INI)) | 312 |
| P6_TA(2007)0422Equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic originEuropean Parliament resolution of 27 September 2007 on the application of Council Directive 2000/43/EC of 29 June 2000 implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin (2007/2094(INI)) | 317 |
| P6_TA(2007)0423Equality between women and men in the EUEuropean Parliament resolution of 27 September 2007 on equality between women and men in the European Union — 2007 (2007/2065(INI)) | 324 |
| CORRIGENDUMCorrigendum to the position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 25 April 2007 with a view to the adoption of Directive 2007/.../EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on criminal measures aimed at ensuring the enforcement of intellectual property rights | 331 |

Notice No

Contents

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IV   Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

European Parliament

2007-2008 SESSION

Sittings of 24 to 27 September 2007

Monday 24 September 2007

2008/C 219E/01

MINUTES

1

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

Resumption of session

Statements by the President

Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

Membership of Parliament

Signature of acts adopted under codecision

Corrigendum (Rule 204a)

Documents received

Oral questions and written declarations (tabling)

Lapsed written declarations

Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council

Petitions

Action taken on Parliament's positions and resolutions

Transfers of appropriations

Order of business

One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Road Map for renewable energy in Europe (debate)

Development of the Community's railways ***III — Certification of train drivers operating locomotives and trains on the railway system in the Community ***III — Rail passengers' rights and obligations ***III (debate)

Agenda for next sitting

Closure of sitting

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

20

Tuesday 25 September 2007

2008/C 219E/02

MINUTES

21

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

Opening of sitting

Documents received

Vote on request for urgent procedure

Restructuring of the sugar industry * — Common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector * (debate)

Dangerous toys manufactured in China (debate)

Voting time

EC-Panama Agreement on certain aspects of air services * (Rule 131) (vote)

EC-Kyrgyzstan Agreement on certain aspects of air services * (Rule 131) (vote)

EC-Jordan Agreement on certain aspects of air services * (Rule 131) (vote)

EC-Israel Agreement on scientific and technical cooperation * (Rule 131) (vote)

Participation of Bulgaria and Romania in the EEC-San Marino Agreement on Cooperation and Customs Union * (Rule 131) (vote)

National aid granted by Finland for seeds and cereal seed * (Rule 131) (vote)

Excise duty on rum * (Rule 131) (vote)

Road safety: passenger hand-holds on two-wheel motor vehicles ***I (Rule 131) (vote)

Road safety: stands for two-wheel motor vehicles ***I (Rule 131) (vote)

Rear registration plate of two or three-wheel motor vehicles ***I (Rule 131) (vote)

Application of competition rules to transport by rail, road and inland waterway ***I (Rule 131) (vote)

Rear-view mirrors for wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors ***I (Rule 131) (vote)

Roll-over protection structures of wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors ***I (Rule 131) (vote)

Statistics on education and lifelong learning ***I (Rule 131) (vote)

Development of the Community's railways ***III (vote)

Certification of train drivers operating locomotives and trains on the railway system in the Community ***III (vote)

Rail passengers' rights and obligations ***III (vote)

Restructuring of the sugar industry * (vote)

Common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector * (vote)

Road Map for renewable energy in Europe (vote)

Explanations of vote

Corrections to votes and voting intentions

Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

Implementation of the Council decision on the moratorium against death penalty (debate)

Negotiations on an Interregional Association Agreement with Mercosur and the new bilateral strategic partnership with Brazil (debate)

Green Paper on urban transport (debate)

Question Time (Commission)

European Institute of Technology ***I (debate)

Towards a common European foreign policy on energy (debate)

Set aside for year 2008 (debate)

Agenda for next sitting

Closure of sitting

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

35

ANNEX I

37

ANNEX II

44

TEXTS ADOPTED

62

P6_TA(2007)0387EC-Panama Agreement on certain aspects of air services *European Parliament legislative resolution of 25 September 2007 on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Panama on certain aspects of air services (COM(2007)0151 — C6-0198/2007 — 2007/0057(CNS))

62

P6_TA(2007)0388EC-Kyrgyzstan Agreement on certain aspects of air services *European Parliament legislative resolution of 25 September 2007 on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Kyrgyz Republic on certain aspects of air services (COM(2007)0189 — C6-0173/2007 — 2007/0065(CNS))

62

P6_TA(2007)0389EC-Jordan Agreement on certain aspects of air services *European Parliament legislative resolution of 25 September 2007 on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan on certain aspects of air services (COM(2007)0219 — C6-0201/2007 — 2007/0074(CNS))

63

P6_TA(2007)0390EC-Israel Agreement on Scientific and Technical Cooperation *European Parliament legislative resolution of 25 September 2007 on the proposal for a Council decision concerning the conclusion of the Agreement on Scientific and Technical Cooperation between the European Community and the State of Israel (COM(2007)0276 — C6-0237/2007 — 2007/0096(CNS))

63

P6_TA(2007)0391Participation of Bulgaria and Romania in the EEC-San Marino Agreement on Cooperation and Customs Union *European Parliament legislative resolution of 25 September 2007 on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Community and its Member States, of a Protocol to the Agreement on Cooperation and Customs Union between the European Economic Community and the Republic of San Marino, regarding the participation, as contracting parties, of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania, pursuant to their accession to the European Union (COM(2007)0309 — C6- 0250/2007 — 2007/0105(CNS))

64

P6_TA(2007)0392National aid granted by Finland for seeds and cereal seed *European Parliament legislative resolution of 25 September 2007 on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1947/2005 as regards national aid granted by Finland for seeds and cereal seed (COM(2007)0323 — C6-0245/2007 — 2007/0109(CNS))

64

P6_TA(2007)0393Excise duty on rum *European Parliament legislative resolution of 25 September 2007 on the proposal for a Council decision authorising France to apply a reduced rate of excise duty on ‘traditional’ rum produced in its overseas departments and repealing Council Decision 2002/166/EC of 18 February 2002 (COM(2007)0318 — C6-0249/2007 — 2007/0131(CNS))

65

P6_TA(2007)0394Road safety: passenger hand-holds on two-wheel motor vehicles ***IEuropean Parliament legislative resolution of 25 September 2007 on the amended proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on passenger hand-holds on two-wheel motor vehicles (codified version) (COM(2006)0265 — C6-0419/2006 — 2003/0058(COD))

65

P6_TA(2007)0395Road safety: stands for two-wheel motor vehicles ***IEuropean Parliament legislative resolution of 25 September 2007 on the amended proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on stands for two-wheel motor vehicles (codified version) (COM(2006)0262 — C6-0418/2006 — 2003/0059(COD))

66

P6_TA(2007)0396Rear registration plate of two or three-wheel motor vehicles ***IEuropean Parliament legislative resolution of 25 September 2007 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to the space for mounting the rear registration plate of two or three-wheel motor vehicles (codified version) (COM(2006)0478 — C6-0291/2006 — 2006/0161(COD))

66

P6_TA(2007)0397Application of competition rules to transport by rail, road and inland waterway ***IEuropean Parliament legislative resolution of 25 September 2007 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council applying rules of competition to transport by rail, road and inland waterway (codified version) (COM(2006)0722 — C6-0433/2006 — 2006/0241(COD))

67

P6_TA(2007)0398Rear-view mirrors for wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors ***IEuropean Parliament legislative resolution of 25 September 2007 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on rear-view mirrors for wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (codified version) (COM(2007)0236 — C6-0126/2007 — 2007/0081(COD))

67

P6_TA(2007)0399Roll-over protection structures of wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors ***IEuropean Parliament legislative resolution of 25 September 2007 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to the roll-over protection structures of wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (codified version) (COM(2007)0310 — C6-0163/2007 — 2007/0107(COD))

68

P6_TA(2007)0400Statistics on education and lifelong learning ***IEuropean Parliament legislative resolution of 25 September 2007 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the production and development of statistics on education and lifelong learning (COM(2005)0625 — C6-0422/2005 — 2005/0248(COD))

68

P6_TC1-COD(2005)0248Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 25 September 2007 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EC) No .../2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the production and development of statistics on education and lifelong learning

69

P6_TA(2007)0401Development of the Community's railways ***IIIEuropean Parliament legislative resolution of 25 September 2007 on the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 91/440/EEC on the development of the Community's railways and Directive 2001/14/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the allocation of railway infrastructure capacity and the levying of charges for the use of railway infrastructure (PE-CONS 3635/2007 — C6-0212/2007 — 2004/0047(COD))

69

P6_TA(2007)0402Certification of train drivers operating locomotives and trains on the railway system in the Community ***IIIEuropean Parliament legislative resolution of 25 September 2007 on the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the certification of train drivers operating locomotives and trains on the railway system in the Community (PE-CONS 3636/2007 — C6-0213/2007 — 2004/0048(COD))

70

P6_TA(2007)0403Rail passengers' rights and obligations ***IIIEuropean Parliament legislative resolution of 25 September 2007 on the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on rail passengers' rights and obligations (PE-CONS 3637/2007 — C6-0214/2007 — 2004/0049(COD))

70

P6_TA(2007)0404Restructuring of the sugar industry *European Parliament legislative resolution of 25 September 2007 on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 320/2006 establishing a temporary scheme for the restructuring of the sugar industry in the Community (COM(2007)0227 — C6-0176/2007 — 2007/0085(CNS))

71

P6_TA(2007)0405Common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector *European Parliament legislative resolution of 25 September 2007 on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector (COM(2007)0227 — C6-0177/2007 — 2007/0086(CNS))

79

P6_TA(2007)0406Road Map for renewable energy in EuropeEuropean Parliament resolution of 25 September 2007 on the Road Map for Renewable Energy in Europe (2007/2090(INI))

82

P6_TA(2007)0407Primates in scientific experimentsDeclaration of the European Parliament on the use of primates in scientific experiments

90

P6_TA(2007)0408Emergency call number 112Declaration of the European Parliament on the European emergency call number 112

92

Wednesday 26 September 2007

2008/C 219E/03

MINUTES

94

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

Opening of sitting

Immigration — Legal migration — Policy priorities in the fight against illegal immigration of third-country nationals (debate)

Welcome

The need for measures to protect the Roman Catholic Cathedral of St Joseph in Bucharest, Romania — an endangered historical and architectural monument (written declaration)

Verification of the credentials of the new Members of the European Parliament

Voting time

European Institute of Technology ***I (vote)

Right to vote and stand in elections to the European Parliament for EU citizens residing in a foreign Member State * (vote)

Set aside for year 2008 * (vote)

Dangerous toys manufactured in China (vote)

Towards a common European foreign policy on energy (vote)

Legal migration (vote)

Policy priorities in the fight against illegal immigration of third-country nationals (vote)

Explanations of vote

Corrections to votes and voting intentions

Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

Secret detentions and unlawful inter-state transfers involving member states of the Council of Europe (Fava and Marty reports) (debate)

ESDP operation in eastern Chad and the north of the Central African Republic (debate)

Situation in Burma (debate)

Question Time (Council)

Membership of Parliament

Obligations of cross-border service providers (debate)

i2010: Digital libraries (debate)

Efficiency and equity in European education and training systems (debate)

European strategy for the rights of the child: against dyscrimination of children and exclusion of dys people (debate)

Agenda for next sitting

Closure of sitting

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

104

ANNEX I

106

ANNEX II

116

TEXTS ADOPTED

174

P6_TA(2007)0409European Institute of Technology ***IEuropean Parliament legislative resolution of 26 September 2007 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Institute of Technology (COM(2006)0604 — C6-0355/2006 — 2006/0197(COD))

174

P6_TC1-COD(2006)0197Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 26 September 2007 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EC) No .../2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Institute of Innovation and Technology

175

P6_TA(2007)0410Right to vote and stand in elections to the European Parliament for Union citizens residing in a foreign Member State *European Parliament legislative resolution of 26 September 2007 on the proposal for a Council directive amending Directive 93/109/EC of 6 December 1993 as regards certain detailed arrangements for the exercise of the right to vote and stand as a candidate in elections to the European Parliament for citizens of the Union residing in a Member State of which they are not nationals (COM(2006)0791 — C6-0066/2007 — 2006/0277(CNS))

193

P6_TA(2007)0411Set-aside for year 2008 *European Parliament legislative resolution of 26 September 2007 on the proposal for a Council regulation derogating from Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers, as regards set aside for year 2008 (COM(2007)0523 — C6-0302/2007 — 2007/0194(CNS))

201

P6_TA(2007)0412Dangerous toys manufactured in ChinaEuropean Parliament resolution of 26 September 2007 on the safety of products and particularly toys

202

P6_TA(2007)0413Towards a common European foreign policy on energyEuropean Parliament resolution of 26 September 2007 on towards a common European foreign policy on energy (2007/2000(INI))

206

P6_TA(2007)0414Legal migrationEuropean Parliament resolution of 26 September 2007 on the policy plan on legal migration (2006/2251(INI))

215

P6_TA(2007)0415The fight against illegal immigration of third-country nationalsEuropean Parliament resolution of 26 September 2007 on Policy priorities in the fight against illegal immigration of third-country nationals (2006/2250(INI))

223

Thursday 27 September 2007

2008/C 219E/04

MINUTES

234

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

Opening of sitting

Documents received

Equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin (debate)

Equality between women and men in the EU (debate)

Welcome

Need for a comprehensive strategy to control cancer (written declaration)

Request for the waiver of parliamentary immunity

Agenda

Voting time

i2010: Digital libraries (Rule 131) (vote)

Efficiency and equity in European education and training systems (Rule 131) (vote)

Implementation of the Council decision on the moratorium against death penalty (vote)

ESDP operation in eastern Chad and the north of the Central African Republic (vote)

Situation in Burma (vote)

Obligations of cross-border service providers (vote)

Equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin (vote)

Equality between women and men in the EU (vote)

Membership of committees and delegations

Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

Forwarding of texts adopted during the sitting

Communication of Council common positions

Explanations of vote

Corrections to votes and voting intentions

Decisions concerning certain documents

Written declarations entered in the register (Rule 116)

Dates for next sittings

Adjournment of session

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

248

ANNEX I

250

ANNEX II

258

TEXTS ADOPTED

296

P6_TA(2007)0416i2010: Digital librariesEuropean Parliament resolution of 27 September 2007 on i2010: towards a European digital library (2006/2040(INI))

296

P6_TA(2007)0417Efficiency and equity in European education and training systemsEuropean Parliament resolution of 27 September 2007 on efficiency and equity in European education and training systems (2007/2113(INI))

300

P6_TA(2007)0418Moratorium on the death penaltyEuropean Parliament resolution of 27 September 2007 on a universal moratorium on the death penalty

306

P6_TA(2007)0419Chad and the Central African RepublicEuropean Parliament resolution of 27 September 2007 on the ESDP operation in Chad and the Central African Republic

308

P6_TA(2007)0420BurmaEuropean Parliament resolution of 27 September 2007 on Burma

311

P6_TA(2007)0421Obligations of cross-border service providersEuropean Parliament resolution of 27 September 2007 on the obligations of cross-border service providers (2006/2049(INI))

312

P6_TA(2007)0422Equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic originEuropean Parliament resolution of 27 September 2007 on the application of Council Directive 2000/43/EC of 29 June 2000 implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin (2007/2094(INI))

317

P6_TA(2007)0423Equality between women and men in the EUEuropean Parliament resolution of 27 September 2007 on equality between women and men in the European Union — 2007 (2007/2065(INI))

324

CORRIGENDUMCorrigendum to the position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 25 April 2007 with a view to the adoption of Directive 2007/.../EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on criminal measures aimed at ensuring the enforcement of intellectual property rights

331

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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 |
| ITS | Identity, Tradition and Sovereignty 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

ITS

Identity, Tradition and Sovereignty Group

NI

Non-attached Members

| EN | |
| --- | --- |

EN