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MINUTES

(2004/C 82 E/01) 

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

IN THE CHAIR: Pat COX

President

1.   Opening of sitting

The sitting opened at 09.05.

The President announced that, as from that day, three new interpreters' booths were in operation, catering for the Polish, Hungarian and Czech languages. He pointed out that interpretation would be provided for all the new languages with effect from the session commencing in May 2004. In the interim, provision had been made for a system of rotation between those new languages.

2.   Documents received

The following document had been received:

proposal for a recommendation (Rule 49)

3.   Outcome of the European Council and progress report on the Inter-Governmental Conference (Brussels, 16/17 October 2003) (statements followed by debate)

Council and Commission statements: Outcome of the European Council and progress report on the Inter-Governmental Conference (Brussels, 16/17 October 2003).

Graham R. Watson, on behalf of the ELDR Group, asked the President-in-Office of the Council to mention in his speech the detention without trial, at Guantanamo Bay, of 26 European nationals. He requested him, in addition, to raise this issue in all his dealings with the U.S. administration and to place it on the agenda of the next EU/USA summit.

The President made a brief statement pointing out that the Italian Presidency of the Council had fully adhered to the undertakings given by it to Parliament several months earlier with regard to Parliament's participation in the IGC.

Silvio Berlusconi (President-in-Office of the Council) and Romano Prodi (President of the Commission), made the statements.

The following spoke: Hans-Gert Poettering, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Enrique Barón Crespo, on behalf of the PSE Group, Graham R. Watson, on behalf of the ELDR Group, Francis Wurtz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Monica Frassoni, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Charles Pasqua, on behalf of the UEN Group, Jens-Peter Bonde, on behalf of the EDD Group, Marco Pannella, Non-attached Member, Íñigo Méndez de Vigo, Giorgio Napolitano, Francesco Rutelli, Fausto Bertinotti, Nelly Maes, Cristiana Muscardini, William Abitbol, Mario Borghezio, Elmar Brok, Robert Goebbels, Antonio Di Pietro, Armando Cossutta, Josu Ortuondo Larrea, Luís Queiró, Georges Berthu, Jonathan Evans, Martin Schulz, Jules Maaten, Daniela Raschhofer, Markus Ferber, Christa Randzio-Plath, Andrew Nicholas Duff, Carl Lang, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Anna Terrón i Cusí, Astrid Thors, Jorge Salvador Hernández Mollar, Dagmar Roth-Behrendt, Francesco Fiori, Othmar Karas, Arie M. Oostlander, Hubert Pirker, Johannes (Hannes) Swoboda, Antonio Tajani, Silvio Berlusconi, Romano Prodi and Graham R. Watson.

Motions for resolution to wind up the debate pursuant to Rule 37(2):

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 23.10.2003, Item 15.

4.   Official welcome

On behalf of Parliament, the President welcomed members of a delegation from the interim parliament of the Democratic Republic of Congo, led by Olivier Kamitatu Etsu, President of that parliament, who had taken their seats in the official gallery.

IN THE CHAIR: Renzo IMBENI

Vice-President

5.   Communication of common positions of the Council

The President announced, pursuant to Rule 74(1), that the following common positions had been received from the Council, together with the reasons which had led to their adoption, and the Commission's position on:

The three-month period available to Parliament to adopt its position would therefore begin the following day, 23 October 2003.

VOTING TIME

Details of voting (amendments, separate and split votes, etc.) appear in Annex 1 to the Minutes.

6.   Women's rights (Rule 110a) (vote)

Report on violations of women's rights and the EU's international relations [2002/2286(INI)] — Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities.

Rapporteur: Miet Smet (A5-0334/2003)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex 1, Item 1)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

The following spoke:

The President put the request to the vote.

Parliament approved the request.

7.   Sweeteners for foodstuffs ***II (vote)

Recommendation for second reading on the common position of the Council with a view to adopting a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 94/35/EC on sweeteners for use in foodstuffs [9714/1/2003 — C5-0299/2003 — 2002/0152(COD)] — Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy.

Rapporteur: Anne Ferreira

(A5-0345/2003)

(Qualified majority)

(Voting record: Annex 1, Item 2)

COMMON POSITION OF THE COUNCIL

Declared approved as amended (P5_TA(2003)0445)

8.   Insurance against civil liability for motor vehicles ***I (vote)

Report on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council directive amending Council Directives 72/166/EEC, 84/5/EEC, 88/357/EEC, 90/232/EEC and Directive 2000/26/EC on insurance against civil liability in respect of the use of motor vehicles [COM(2002) 244 — C5-0269/2002 — 2002/0124(COD)] — Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market.

Rapporteur: Willi Rothley

(A5-0346/2003)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex 1, Item 3)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P5_TA(2003)0446)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P5_TA(2003)0446)

9.   Parental responsibility and measures to protect children * (vote)

Report on the Commission proposal for a Council decision authorising the Member States to ratify, or accede to, in the interest of the European Community the Convention on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Recognition, Enforcement and Cooperation in respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children (the 1996 Hague Convention) [COM(2003) 348 — C5-0302/2003 — 2003/0127(CNS)] — Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs.

Rapporteur: Marie-Thérèse Hermange

(A5-0319/2003)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex 1, Item 4)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P5_TA(2003)0447)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P5_TA(2003)0447)

10.   Structural Funds (vote)

Report on the Structural Funds: trend in outstanding commitments and requirements for 2004 [2002/2272(INI)] — Committee on Budgets.

Rapporteur: Giovanni Pittella

(A5-0286/2003)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex 1, Item 5)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P5_TA(2003)0448)

The following spoke:

11.   Market regulations and competition rules for the liberal professions (vote)

MOTIONS FOR RESOLUTION B5-0430, 0431 and 0432/2003

The debate had taken place on Wednesday 8 October 2003(Item 12 of Minutes of 8 October 2003).

Klaus-Heiner Lehne, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group asked, pursuant to Rule 146(4), with the support of the PSE Group, for the vote to be postponed to the next part-session, so as to enable a joint motion for a resolution to be tabled.

The President put the request to the vote.

Parliament approved the request.

12.   Explanations of vote

Written explanations of vote:

Explanations of vote submitted in writing under Rule 137(3) appear in the verbatim report of proceedings for this sitting.

13.   Corrections to votes

Corrections to votes were submitted by the following Members:

Report Rothley — A5-0346/2003

Report Hermange — A5-0319/2003

END OF VOTING TIME

(The sitting was suspended at 12.50 and resumed at 15.00.)

IN THE CHAIR: José PACHECO PEREIRA

Vice-President

14.   Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

João Gouveia had informed the Presidency that he had been present at the sitting of 20 October 2003 but that his name was not on the attendance register.

Freddy Blak and Jean-Louis Bourlanges had informed the Presidency that they had been present at the sitting of 21 October 2003 but that their names were not on the attendance register.

The Minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

15.   Main aspects and basic choices of CFSP (debate)

Report on the annual report (2002) from the Council to the European Parliament on the main aspects and basic choices of CFSP, including the financial implications for the general budget of the European Communities [7038/2003 — C5-0423/2003 — 2003/2141(INI)] — Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy.

Rapporteur: Elmar Brok

(A5-0348/2003).

Elmar Brok introduced the report.

Franco Frattini (President-in-Office of the Council) spoke.

Christopher Patten (Member of the Commission) spoke.

The following spoke: Armin Laschet (draftsman of the opinion of the BUDG Committee), Jas Gawronski, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Johannes (Hannes) Swoboda, on behalf of the PSE Group, Ole Andreasen, on behalf of the ELDR Group, André Brie, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Joost Lagendijk, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Bastiaan Belder, on behalf of the EDD Group, Philip Claeys, Non-attached Member, Karl von Wogau, Demetrio Volcic, Johan Van Hecke, Per Gahrton, Paul Coûteaux, Georges Berthu, Charles Tannock, Ulpu Iivari, Georg Jarzembowski, Richard Howitt, Christine De Veyrac, Carlos Lage, Reino Paasilinna and Maj Britt Theorin.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 23.10.2003, Item 16.

16.   Forthcoming EU-Russian summit, including the situation in Chechnya (6 November 2003) (statements followed by debate)

Council and Commission statements: Forthcoming EU-Russian summit, including the situation in Chechnya (6 November 2003)

Franco Frattini (President-in-Office of the Council) made the statement.

IN THE CHAIR: James L.C. PROVAN

Vice-President

Christopher Patten (Member of the Commission) made the statement.

The following spoke: Ilkka Suominen, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Reino Paasilinna, on behalf of the PSE Group, Paavo Väyrynen, on behalf of the ELDR Group, Bart Staes, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Bastiaan Belder, on behalf of the EDD Group, Olivier Dupuis, Non-attached Member, Herman Schmid, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Arie M. Oostlander, Hans Modrow, Charles Tannock, Bernd Posselt, Ursula Stenzel and Franco Frattini.

The debate closed.

17.   Initiative in the UN for a universal moratorium on the death penalty (statements followed by debate)

Council and Commission statements: Initiative in the UN for a universal moratorium on the death penalty.

Franco Frattini (President-in-Office of the Council) and Christopher Patten (Member of the Commission) made their respective statements.

The following spoke: Michael Gahler, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Giovanni Claudio Fava, on behalf of the PSE Group, Olle Schmidt, on behalf of the ELDR Group, Fodé Sylla, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Matti Wuori, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Cristiana Muscardini, on behalf of the UEN Group, Marco Pannella, Non-attached Member, Concepció Ferrer, Franco Frattini, Fodé Sylla, on the latter's remarks.

Motions for resolution to wind up the debate pursuant to Rule 37(2):

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 23.10.2003, Item 17.

18.   Question Time (Council)

Parliament considered a number of questions to the Council (B5-0279/2003).

Question 1 was not called, since its subject- matter already appeared on the agenda for the present partsession.

Question 2 by Bernd Posselt: European police academy and protection of external frontiers.

Franco Frattini (President-in-Office of the Council) answered the question and supplementaries by Bernd Posselt and Piia-Noora Kauppi.

Question 3 by Maurizio Turco: Prisoners in the EU — minimum standards of human rights and fundamental freedoms.

Franco Frattini answered the question and a supplementary by Gianfranco Dell'Alba, deputising for the author.

Question 4 by Alexandros Alavanos: Customs union between Turkey and the occupying regime in northern Cyprus.

Franco Frattini answered the question and a supplementary by Alexandros Alavanos.

Question 5 by Philip Claeys: Food aid to Zimbabwe.

Franco Frattini answered the question.

Philip Claeys spoke.

Question 6 by John Walls Cushnahan: Proposal for an EU Coastguard Service.

Franco Frattini answered the question.

John Walls Cushnahan spoke.

Question 7 by María Elena Valenciano Martínez-Orozco: Disappearance of women and girls in Mexico.

Franco Frattini answered the question.

Francisca Sauquillo Pérez del Arco spoke.

Question 8 by María Izquierdo Rojo: Rising immigration by means of ‘pateras’ (small boats) in eastern and western Andalusia, on Europe's southern frontier.

Franco Frattini answered the question and a supplementary by María Izquierdo Rojo.

Question 9 by Lennart Sacrédeus: Referendums in each Member State on the proposed EU Constitution.

Franco Frattini answered the question and supplementaries by Lennart Sacrédeus, Michl Ebner and Paul Rübig.

Question 10 by Manuel Medina Ortega: Trans-European networks and outermost regions. Question 11 by Seán Ó Neachtain: TEN-T and the west of Ireland.

Franco Frattini answered the questions.

The following spoke: Manuel Medina Ortega and Seán Ó Neachtain.

Franco Frattini answered supplementaries by Michl Ebner, Brian Crowley and Paul Rübig.

Question 12 by Pedro Marset Campos: Violation by the United States of the human rights of five Cuban citizens.

Question 13 by Konstantinos Alyssandrakis: Violation by the United States of the human rights of five Cuban citizens.

Question 14 by Ioannis Patakis: Violation by the United States of the human rights of five Cuban citizens.

Question 15 by Ilda Figueiredo: Violation by the United States of the human rights of five Cuban citizens.

Question 16 by María Luisa Bergaz Conesa: Violation by the United States of the human rights of five Cuban citizens resident in Florida.

Franco Frattini answered questions 12 to 16 together and a supplementary by Pedro Marset Campos.

The following spoke: Konstantinos Alyssandrakis, Ioannis Patakis, Ilda Figueiredo and María Luisa Bergaz Conesa.

Questions 17 to 33 would receive a written answer.

Council Question Time closed.

(The sitting was suspended at 19.05 and resumed at 21.00.)

IN THE CHAIR: Giorgos DIMITRAKOPOULOS

Vice-President

19.   Peace and dignity in the Middle East (debate)

Report on peace and dignity in the Middle East [2002/2166(INI)] — Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy.

Rapporteur: Emilio Menéndez del Valle

(A5-0351/2003)

Emilio Menéndez del Valle introduced the report.

Erkki Liikanen (Member of the Commission) spoke.

The following spoke: Armin Laschet, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Jacques F. Poos, on behalf of the PSE Group, Joan Vallvé, on behalf of the ELDR Group, Pedro Marset Campos, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Per Gahrton, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Mogens N.J. Camre, on behalf of the UEN Group, Bastiaan Belder, on behalf of the EDD Group, Marco Pannella, Non-attached Member, Geoffrey Van Orden, Frédérique Ries, Luisa Morgantini, Alima Boumediene-Thiery, Ulla Margrethe Sandbæk, Dominique F.C. Souchet, Ursula Stenzel, Jean-Thomas Nordmann, Jan Dhaene, Cristina Gutiérrez-Cortines and François Zimeray, in particular on Per Gahrton's remarks, and Per Gahrton on François Zimeray's remarks.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 23.10.2003, Item 18.

20.   Entrepreneurship in Europe — Industrial policy in an enlarged Europe (debate)

Report on entrepreneurship in Europe [COM(2003) 27 — 2003/2161(INI)] — Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy.

Rapporteur: Werner Langen

(A5-0347/2003)

Report on industrial policy in an enlarged Europe [COM(2002) 714 — 2003/2063(INI)] — Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy.

Rapporteur: Olga Zrihen

(A5-0328/2003)

Werner Langen introduced the report (A5-0347/2003).

Olga Zrihen introduced the report (A5-0328/2003).

Erkki Liikanen (Member of the Commission) spoke.

The following spoke: Catherine Guy-Quint (draftsman of the opinion of the BUDG Committee), Miquel Mayol i Raynal (draftsman of the opinion of the ECON Committee), Marie-Hélène Gillig (draftsman of the opinion of the EMPL Committee), Paul Rübig, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Neena Gill, on behalf of the PSE Group, Philippe A.R. Herzog, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Claude Turmes, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Seán Ó Neachtain, on behalf of the UEN Group, Wolfgang Ilgenfritz, Non-attached Member, Concepció Ferrer, Harlem Désir, John Purvis, Thomas Mann and Erkki Liikanen.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 23.10.2003, Items 19 and 20.

21.   Compensation to crime victims * (debate)

Report on the proposal for a Council directive on compensation to crime victims [COM(2002) 562 — C5-0517/2002 — 2002/0247(CNS)] — Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs.

Rapporteur: Roberta Angelilli

(A5-0330/2003)

Roberta Angelilli introduced the report.

António Vitorino (Member of the Commission) spoke.

The following spoke: Ewa Klamt, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Carmen Cerdeira Morterero, on behalf of the PSE Group, Carlos Coelho, Robert J.E. Evans and António Vitorino.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 23.10.2003, Item 7.

22.   Prevention and control of trafficking in human organs * (debate)

Report on the initiative of the Hellenic Republic with a view to adopting a Council Framework Decision concerning the prevention and control of trafficking in human organs and tissues [7247/2003 — C5-0166/2003 — 2003/0812(CNS)] — Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs.

Rapporteur: Robert J.E. Evans

(A5-0326/2003)

Robert J.E. Evans introduced the report.

António Vitorino (Member of the Commission) spoke.

Peter Liese, draftsman of the opinion of the ENVI Committee, Timothy Kirkhope, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Anna Karamanou, on behalf of the PSE Group, Johanna L.A. Boogerd-Quaak, on behalf of the ELDR Group, and Johannes (Hans) Blokland, on behalf of the EDD Group.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 23.10.2003, Item 13.

23.   Situation in Bolivia (statement followed by debate)

Commission statement: Situation in Bolivia

António Vitorino (Member of the Commission) made the statement.

The following spoke: José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Manuel Medina Ortega, on behalf of the PSE Group, and Pedro Marset Campos, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group.

Motions for resolution to wind up the debate pursuant to Rule 37(2):

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 23.10.2003, Item 21.

24.   Agenda for next sitting

The President referred Members to the document ‘Agenda’ PE 336.401/OJJE.

25.   Closure of sitting

The sitting closed at 00.05.

Julian Priestley

Secretary-General

Gérard Onesta

Vice-President

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Martin, Hans-Peter Martin, Hugues Martin, Martinez, Martínez Martínez, Mastella, Mastorakis, Mathieu, Matikainen-Kallström, Mauro, Hans-Peter Mayer, Xaver Mayer, Mayol i Raynal, Medina Ortega, Meijer, Méndez de Vigo, Menéndez del Valle, Mennea, Mennitti, Menrad, Messner, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Miranda de Lage, Modrow, Mombaur, Monsonís Domingo, Montfort, Moraes, Morgantini, Müller, Mulder, Murphy, Muscardini, Musotto, Mussa, Musumeci, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Newton Dunn, Nicholson, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Niebler, Nisticò, Nobilia, Nordmann, Obiols i Germà, Ojeda Sanz, Olsson, Ó Neachtain, Onesta, Oostlander, Oreja Arburúa, Ortuondo Larrea, O'Toole, Paasilinna, Pacheco Pereira, Paciotti, Pannella, Papayannakis, Parish, Pasqua, Pastorelli, Patakis, Patrie, Paulsen, Pérez Álvarez, Pérez Royo, Perry, Pesälä, Pex, Piecyk, Piétrasanta, Pirker, Piscarreta, Pittella, Plooij-van Gorsel, Podestà, Poettering, Pohjamo, Poignant, Pomés Ruiz, Poos, Posselt, Prets, Procacci, Pronk, Provan, Puerta, Purvis, Queiró, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Raschhofer, Raymond, Read, Ribeiro e Castro, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rocard, Rod, Rodríguez Ramos, de Roo, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rothley, Roure, Rübig, Rühle, Rutelli, Sacconi, Sacrédeus, Sakellariou, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Sandberg-Fries, Sandbæk, Sanders-ten Holte, Santer, Santini, dos Santos, Sartori, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Savary, Sbarbati, Scallon, Scarbonchi, Schaffner, Scheele, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Gerhard Schmid, Herman Schmid, Olle Schmidt, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schörling, Ilka Schröder, Jürgen Schröder, Schroedter, Schulz, Schwaiger, Segni, Seppänen, Sichrovsky, Simpson, Sjöstedt, Skinner, Smet, Soares, Sörensen, Sommer, Sornosa Martínez, Souchet, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Speroni, Staes, Stauner, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Sterckx, Stevenson, Stihler, Stirbois, Stockmann, Stockton, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Suominen, Swiebel, Swoboda, Sylla, Sørensen, Tajani, Tannock, Terrón i Cusí, Theato, Theorin, Thomas-Mauro, Thorning-Schmidt, Thors, Thyssen, Titford, Titley, Torres Marques, Trakatellis, Trentin, Turchi, Turmes, Uca, Vachetta, Väyrynen, Vairinhos, Valdivielso de Cué, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Vallvé, Van Hecke, Van Orden, Varaut, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Vattimo, Veltroni, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Villiers, Vinci, Virrankoski, Vlasto, Voggenhuber, Volcic, Wachtmeister, Wallis, Walter, Watson, Watts, Weiler, Wenzel-Perillo, Whitehead, Wieland, Wiersma, Wijkman, von Wogau, Wuermeling, Wuori, Wurtz, Wyn, Wynn, Xarchakos, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimeray, Zimmerling, Zissener, Zorba, Zrihen

Observers

Bagó Zoltán, Balsai István, Bastys Mindaugas, Bekasovs Martijans, Berg Eiki, Biela Adam, Bielan Adam, Bobelis Kazys Jaunutis, Bonnici Josef, Brejc Mihael, Chronowski Andrzej, Ciemniak Grażyna, Czinege Imre, Demetriou Panayiotis, Didžiokas Gintaras, Ékes József, Falbr Richard, Fazakas Szabolcs, Fenech Antonio, Filipek Krzysztof, Germič Ljubo, Giertych Maciej, Grabowska Genowefa, Gruber Attila, Grzebisz-Nowicka Zofia, Grzyb Andrzej, Gyürk András, Horvat Franc, Ilves Toomas Hendrik, Jakič Roman, Jaskiernia Jerzy, Kamiński Michał Tomasz, Kelemen András, Klich Bogdan, Kłopotek Eugeniusz, Klukowski Wacław, Kósa Kovács Magda, Kowałska Bronisława, Kreitzberg Peeter, Kriščiūnas Kęstutis, Kuzmickas Kęstutis, Kvietkauskas Vytautas, Laar Mart, Landsbergis Vytautas, Lewandowski Janusz Antoni, Libicki Marcin, Lisak Janusz, Lydeka Arminas, Łyżwiński Stanisław, Macierewicz Antoni, Maldeikis Eugenijus, Mallotová Helena, Manninger Jenő, Matsakis Marios, Mavrou Eleni, Őry Csaba, Pasternak Agnieszka, Pęczak Andrzej, Pīks Rihards, Plokšto Artur, Podgórski Bogdan, Podobnik Janez, Pospíšil Jiří, Protasiewicz Jacek, Reiljan Janno, Sefzig Luděk, Siekierski Czeslaw, Smorawiński Jerzy, Surján László, Szabó Zoltán, Szájer József, Szczygło Aleksander, Tabajdi Csaba, Tomczak Witold, Vaculík Josef, Valys Antanas, Vareikis Egidijus, Vastagh Pál, Vella George, Vėsaitė Birutė, Widuch Marek, Winiarczyk-Kossakowska Małgorzata, Wiśniowska Genowefa, Wittbrodt Edmund, Wojciechowski Janusz, Žiak Rudolf

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ANNEX I

RESULTS OF VOTES

Abbreviations and symbols

1.   Women's Rights

Report: SMET (A5-0334/2003)

The rapporteur proposed an oral amendment to paragraph 13 to read as follows: ‘calls upon the Member States to take into account, for the purposes of conferring a right of asylum, the persecution and/or fear of persecution suffered by women on account of their gender’.

2.   Sweeteners for foodstuffs

Recommendation for second reading: FERREIRA (A5-0345/2003) [***II]

3.   Insurance against civil liability for motor vehicles

Report: ROTHLEY (A5-0346/2003) [***I]

Requests for roll-call votes

PPE-DE: final vote

Requests for split votes

PSE

am 12

1st part: up to ‘and personal injuries,’

2nd part: remainder

am 14

1st part: up to ‘physical injuries’

2nd part: remainder

Requests for separate vote

PPE-DE: ams 4, 19, 21

PSE: ams 4, 8, 19, 22, 24

4.   Parental responsibility and measures to protect children

Report: HERMANGE (A5-0319/2003) [*]

Amendment 4 did not concern all language versions and was therefore not put to the vote [Rule 140(1)(d)]

Requests for roll-call votes

PPE-DE: final vote

5.   Structural Funds

Report: PITTELLA (A5-0286/2003)

Requests for split votes

Dover ao

am 5

1st part: up to ‘significantly reduced;’

2nd part: remainder

6.   Market regulations and competition rules for the liberal professions

Motions for resolutions: B5-0430, 0431 and 0432/2003

Vote postponed (Rule 146(4))

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ANNEX II

RESULT OF ROLL-CALL VOTES

Resolution

For: 526

EDD: Abitbol, Andersen, Belder, Bernié, Blokland, Bonde, Butel, Coûteaux, van Dam, Kuntz, Mathieu, Raymond, Sandbæk

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Attwooll, Boogerd-Quaak, van den Bos, Busk, Calò, Costa Paolo, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Dybkjær, Flesch, Formentini, Huhne, Jensen, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Nordmann, Olsson, Paulsen, Plooij-van Gorsel, Pohjamo, Procacci, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Rutelli, Sanders-ten Holte, Sbarbati, Schmidt, Sterckx, Sørensen, Thors, Väyrynen, Vallvé, Van Hecke, Vermeer, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alavanos, Alyssandrakis, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Blak, Boudjenah, Brie, Caudron, Cossutta, Di Lello Finuoli, Fiebiger, Figueiredo, Frahm, Herzog, Jové Peres, Kaufmann, Korakas, Koulourianos, Krarup, Krivine, Manisco, Markov, Marset Campos, Modrow, Morgantini, Papayannakis, Patakis, Puerta, Scarbonchi, Schmid Herman, Schröder Ilka, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Sylla, Uca, Vachetta, Vinci, Wurtz

NI: Berthu, Beysen, Borghezio, Garaud, Gobbo, Hager, Ilgenfritz, Kronberger, de La Perriere, Mennea, Raschhofer, Sichrovsky, Souchet, Speroni, Varaut

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Andria, Arvidsson, Atkins, Averoff, Ayuso González, Balfe, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bastos, Beazley, Berend, Bodrato, Böge, von Boetticher, Bourlanges, Bowis, Bradbourn, Bremmer, Brienza, Brok, Brunetta, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Camisón Asensio, Cederschiöld, Cesaro, Chichester, Cocilovo, Coelho, Costa Raffaele, Cushnahan, Daul, Decourrière, Dell'Utri, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, Deva, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Ebner, Elles, Evans Jonathan, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Ferrer, Ferri, Fiori, Flemming, Florenz, Folias, Foster, Fourtou, Friedrich, Gahler, Galeote Quecedo, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gawronski, Gemelli, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Goodwill, Gouveia, Graça Moura, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grosch, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Hansenne, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Helmer, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Inglewood, Jackson, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Karas, Kauppi, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Knolle, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Langen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, Lisi, Lombardo, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Marinos, Marques, Martens, Martin Hugues, Matikainen-Kallström, Mauro, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Méndez de Vigo, Mennitti, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Musotto, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, Nisticò, Ojeda Sanz, Oostlander, Oreja Arburúa, Pacheco Pereira, Parish, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Perry, Pex, Pirker, Piscarreta, Podestà, Poettering, Posselt, Pronk, Provan, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rübig, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Santer, Santini, Sartori, Scallon, Schaffner, Schierhuber, Schnellhardt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stauner, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Stevenson, Stockton, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Suominen, Tajani, Tannock, Theato, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Valdivielso de Cué, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Villiers, Vlasto, Wachtmeister, Wenzel-Perillo, Wieland, von Wogau, Wuermeling, Xarchakos, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Bullmann, van den Burg, Campos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Carraro, Carrilho, Casaca, Cashman, Cercas, Cerdeira Morterero, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, Darras, Dehousse, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Díez González, Dührkop Dührkop, Duin, El Khadraoui, Ettl, Evans Robert J.E., Färm, Fava, Ferreira, Ford, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Goebbels, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Haug, Hazan, Hedkvist Petersen, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, van Hulten, Iivari, Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Jöns, Junker, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuckelkorn, Kuhne, Lage, Lalumière, Lange, Lavarra, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Malliori, Mann Erika, Marinho, Martin David W., Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Miranda de Lage, Moraes, Müller Rosemarie, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, Obiols i Germà, O'Toole, Paasilinna, Paciotti, Patrie, Pérez Royo, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Read, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rothley, Roure, Sacconi, Sakellariou, Sandberg-Fries, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Savary, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Simpson, Skinner, Soares, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swiebel, Swoboda, Terrón i Cusí, Theorin, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Torres Marques, Trentin, Vairinhos, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Vattimo, Veltroni, Volcic, Walter, Watts, Weiler, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Zorba, Zrihen

UEN: Angelilli, Bigliardo, Camre, Caullery, Collins, Fitzsimons, Hyland, Marchiani, Muscardini, Mussa, Musumeci, Nobilia, Ó Neachtain, Pasqua, Queiró, Ribeiro e Castro, Segni, Thomas-Mauro, Turchi

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Ahern, Auroi, Boumediene-Thiery, Bouwman, Breyer, Buitenweg, Celli, Cohn-Bendit, Dhaene, Echerer, Evans Jillian, Frassoni, Gahrton, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Hudghton, Isler Béguin, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lannoye, Lipietz, Lucas, MacCormick, McKenna, Maes, Mayol i Raynal, Messner, Onesta, Ortuondo Larrea, Piétrasanta, Rod, de Roo, Rühle, Schörling, Schroedter, Sörensen, Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Wuori, Wyn

Against: 9

EDD: Booth, Farage, Titford

GUE/NGL: Meijer

PPE-DE: García-Orcoyen Tormo, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Sacrédeus, Schleicher, Wijkman

Abstention: 16

GUE/NGL: Bordes, Cauquil, Laguiller

NI: Bonino, Claeys, Dell'Alba, Dillen, Dupuis, de Gaulle, Gollnisch, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Lang, Martinez, Pannella, Stirbois

PSE: Martin Hans-Peter

Resolution

For: 508

EDD: Abitbol, Andersen, Belder, Bernié, Blokland, Bonde, Butel, Coûteaux, van Dam, Kuntz, Mathieu, Raymond, Sandbæk

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Attwooll, Boogerd-Quaak, van den Bos, Busk, Calò, Costa Paolo, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Dybkjær, Flesch, Formentini, Huhne, Jensen, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Monsonís Domingo, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Nordmann, Olsson, Paulsen, Plooij-van Gorsel, Pohjamo, Procacci, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Rutelli, Sanders-ten Holte, Sbarbati, Schmidt, Sterckx, Sørensen, Thors, Väyrynen, Vallvé, Van Hecke, Vermeer, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alavanos, Alyssandrakis, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Blak, Bordes, Boudjenah, Brie, Caudron, Cauquil, Cossutta, Di Lello Finuoli, Fiebiger, Figueiredo, Frahm, Herzog, Jové Peres, Kaufmann, Korakas, Koulourianos, Krarup, Krivine, Laguiller, Manisco, Markov, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Morgantini, Papayannakis, Patakis, Puerta, Scarbonchi, Schmid Herman, Schröder Ilka, Seppänen, Sjöstedt, Sylla, Uca, Vachetta, Vinci, Wurtz

NI: Berthu, Beysen, Bonino, Borghezio, Claeys, Dell'Alba, Dillen, Dupuis, Garaud, Gobbo, Gollnisch, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Hager, Ilgenfritz, Kronberger, Lang, de La Perriere, Martinez, Mennea, Pannella, Raschhofer, Sichrovsky, Souchet, Speroni, Stirbois, Varaut

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Andria, Arvidsson, Averoff, Ayuso González, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bastos, Berend, Bodrato, Böge, von Boetticher, Bourlanges, Bremmer, Brienza, Brok, Brunetta, Camisón Asensio, Cederschiöld, Cesaro, Cocilovo, Coelho, Costa Raffaele, Cushnahan, Daul, Decourrière, Dell'Utri, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Doorn, Doyle, Ebner, Fatuzzo, Fernández Martín, Ferrer, Ferri, Fiori, Flemming, Florenz, Folias, Fourtou, Friedrich, Galeote Quecedo, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gawronski, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Gouveia, Graça Moura, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grosch, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Hansenne, Hatzidakis, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Jackson, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Karas, Kauppi, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Klamt, Klaß, Knolle, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Langen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, Lisi, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Marinos, Marques, Martens, Martin Hugues, Matikainen-Kallström, Mauro, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Méndez de Vigo, Mennitti, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Musotto, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Niebler, Nisticò, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Oreja Arburúa, Pacheco Pereira, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Pex, Pirker, Piscarreta, Podestà, Poettering, Posselt, Pronk, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Santer, Santini, Sartori, Schaffner, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schnellhardt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stauner, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Sudre, Suominen, Tajani, Theato, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Valdivielso de Cué, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vlasto, Wachtmeister, Wenzel-Perillo, Wieland, Wijkman, von Wogau, Wuermeling, Xarchakos, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Bullmann, van den Burg, Campos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Carraro, Carrilho, Casaca, Cashman, Cercas, Cerdeira Morterero, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, Darras, Dehousse, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Díez González, Dührkop Dührkop, Duin, El Khadraoui, Ettl, Evans Robert J.E., Färm, Fava, Ferreira, Ford, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Goebbels, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Haug, Hazan, Hedkvist Petersen, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, van Hulten, Iivari, Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Jöns, Junker, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kuckelkorn, Kuhne, Lage, Lalumière, Lange, Lavarra, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Malliori, Mann Erika, Marinho, Martin David W., Martin Hans-Peter, Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Miranda de Lage, Moraes, Müller Rosemarie, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, Obiols i Germà, O'Toole, Paasilinna, Paciotti, Patrie, Pérez Royo, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Read, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rothley, Roure, Sacconi, Sakellariou, Sandberg-Fries, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Savary, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Simpson, Skinner, Soares, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Stihler, Stockmann, Swiebel, Swoboda, Terrón i Cusí, Theorin, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Torres Marques, Trentin, Vairinhos, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Vattimo, Veltroni, Volcic, Walter, Watts, Weiler, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Zorba, Zrihen

UEN: Angelilli, Bigliardo, Caullery, Collins, Fitzsimons, Hyland, Marchiani, Muscardini, Mussa, Musumeci, Nobilia, Ó Neachtain, Pasqua, Queiró, Ribeiro e Castro, Segni, Thomas-Mauro, Turchi

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Ahern, Auroi, Boumediene-Thiery, Bouwman, Breyer, Buitenweg, Celli, Cohn-Bendit, Dhaene, Echerer, Evans Jillian, Frassoni, Gahrton, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Hudghton, Isler Béguin, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lannoye, Lipietz, Lucas, MacCormick, McKenna, Maes, Mayol i Raynal, Messner, Onesta, Ortuondo Larrea, Piétrasanta, Rod, de Roo, Rühle, Schörling, Schroedter, Sörensen, Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Wuori, Wyn

Against: 29

PPE-DE: Atkins, Balfe, Bowis, Bradbourn, Callanan, Chichester, Dover, Elles, Evans Jonathan, Foster, Goodwill, Harbour, Heaton-Harris, Helmer, Inglewood, Kirkhope, McMillan-Scott, Nicholson, Parish, Perry, Provan, Purvis, Stevenson, Stockton, Sturdy, Sumberg, Tannock, Van Orden, Villiers

Abstention: 6

EDD: Booth, Farage, Titford

NI: de Gaulle

PPE-DE: Scallon

UEN: Camre

Amendment 5, 1st part

For: 279

EDD: Abitbol, Andersen, Bernié, Bonde, Butel, Coûteaux, Kuntz, Mathieu, Raymond, Sandbæk

ELDR: van den Bos, Monsonís Domingo, Nordmann, Sbarbati

GUE/NGL: Ainardi, Alavanos, Alyssandrakis, Bakopoulos, Bergaz Conesa, Blak, Boudjenah, Brie, Caudron, Cossutta, Di Lello Finuoli, Fiebiger, Figueiredo, Herzog, Jové Peres, Kaufmann, Korakas, Koulourianos, Krivine, Manisco, Markov, Marset Campos, Meijer, Modrow, Morgantini, Papayannakis, Patakis, Puerta, Scarbonchi, Schröder Ilka, Uca, Vachetta, Vinci, Wurtz

NI: Berthu, Bonino, Dell'Alba, Dupuis, Gorostiaga Atxalandabaso, Ilgenfritz, Kronberger, de La Perriere, Pannella, Souchet, Varaut

PPE-DE: Bodrato, Xarchakos

PSE: Adam, Andersson, Aparicio Sánchez, Baltas, Barón Crespo, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Bösch, Bowe, Bullmann, van den Burg, Campos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Carraro, Carrilho, Casaca, Cashman, Cercas, Cerdeira Morterero, Ceyhun, Colom i Naval, Corbett, Corbey, Darras, Dehousse, De Keyser, De Rossa, Désir, Díez González, Dührkop Dührkop, Duin, El Khadraoui, Ettl, Evans Robert J.E., Färm, Fava, Ferreira, Ford, Fruteau, Garot, Gebhardt, Ghilardotti, Gill, Gillig, Goebbels, Görlach, Gröner, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Haug, Hazan, Hedkvist Petersen, Honeyball, Howitt, Hughes, van Hulten, Iivari, Izquierdo Collado, Izquierdo Rojo, Jöns, Junker, Karamanou, Karlsson, Katiforis, Keßler, Kindermann, Kinnock, Koukiadis, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuckelkorn, Kuhne, Lage, Lalumière, Lange, Lavarra, Leinen, Linkohr, Lund, McAvan, McCarthy, McNally, Malliori, Mann Erika, Marinho, Martin David W., Martínez Martínez, Mastorakis, Medina Ortega, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Miller, Miranda de Lage, Moraes, Müller Rosemarie, Murphy, Myller, Napoletano, Napolitano, Obiols i Germà, O'Toole, Paasilinna, Paciotti, Patrie, Pérez Royo, Piecyk, Pittella, Poignant, Poos, Prets, Randzio-Plath, Rapkay, Read, Rocard, Rodríguez Ramos, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rothley, Roure, Sacconi, Sakellariou, Sandberg-Fries, dos Santos, Sauquillo Pérez del Arco, Savary, Scheele, Schmid Gerhard, Schulz, Simpson, Skinner, Soares, Sornosa Martínez, Souladakis, Sousa Pinto, Stihler, Stockmann, Swiebel, Swoboda, Terrón i Cusí, Theorin, Thorning-Schmidt, Titley, Torres Marques, Trentin, Vairinhos, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Vattimo, Veltroni, Volcic, Walter, Watts, Weiler, Whitehead, Wiersma, Wynn, Zorba, Zrihen

UEN: Angelilli, Bigliardo, Caullery, Collins, Fitzsimons, Hyland, Marchiani, Muscardini, Mussa, Musumeci, Nobilia, Ó Neachtain, Pasqua, Queiró, Ribeiro e Castro, Segni, Thomas-Mauro, Turchi

Verts/ALE: Aaltonen, Ahern, Auroi, Boumediene-Thiery, Bouwman, Breyer, Buitenweg, Celli, Cohn-Bendit, Dhaene, Echerer, Evans Jillian, Frassoni, Gahrton, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Hudghton, Isler Béguin, Lagendijk, Lambert, Lannoye, Lipietz, Lucas, MacCormick, McKenna, Maes, Mayol i Raynal, Messner, Onesta, Ortuondo Larrea, Piétrasanta, Rod, de Roo, Rühle, Schörling, Schroedter, Sörensen, Staes, Turmes, Voggenhuber, Wuori, Wyn

Against: 257

EDD: Belder, Blokland, van Dam

ELDR: Andreasen, André-Léonard, Boogerd-Quaak, Busk, Calò, Costa Paolo, De Clercq, Di Pietro, Duff, Dybkjær, Flesch, Formentini, Huhne, Jensen, Ludford, Lynne, Maaten, Manders, Mulder, Newton Dunn, Olsson, Paulsen, Plooij-van Gorsel, Pohjamo, Procacci, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Rutelli, Sanders-ten Holte, Schmidt, Sterckx, Sørensen, Thors, Väyrynen, Vallvé, Van Hecke, Vermeer, Wallis, Watson

GUE/NGL: Frahm, Krarup, Schmid Herman, Seppänen, Sjöstedt

NI: Beysen, Claeys, Dillen, de Gaulle, Gollnisch, Hager, Lang, Martinez, Sichrovsky, Stirbois

PPE-DE: Almeida Garrett, Andria, Arvidsson, Atkins, Averoff, Ayuso González, Balfe, Banotti, Bartolozzi, Bastos, Beazley, Berend, Böge, von Boetticher, Bourlanges, Bowis, Bradbourn, Brienza, Brok, Brunetta, Bushill-Matthews, Callanan, Camisón Asensio, Cederschiöld, Cesaro, Chichester, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cushnahan, Daul, Decourrière, Dell'Utri, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, Deva, De Veyrac, Dimitrakopoulos, Doorn, Dover, Doyle, Ebner, Elles, Evans Jonathan, Fatuzzo, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Ferrer, Ferri, Fiori, Flemming, Florenz, Folias, Foster, Fourtou, Friedrich, Gahler, Galeote Quecedo, García-Orcoyen Tormo, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gawronski, Gemelli, Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, Glase, Goepel, Gomolka, Goodwill, Gouveia, Graça Moura, Grönfeldt Bergman, Grosch, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Hansenne, Harbour, Hatzidakis, Heaton-Harris, Helmer, Hermange, Hernández Mollar, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Inglewood, Jackson, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Karas, Kauppi, Keppelhoff-Wiechert, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Knolle, Koch, Konrad, Korhola, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Langen, Laschet, Lechner, Lehne, Liese, Lisi, Lombardo, Lulling, Maat, McCartin, McMillan-Scott, Mann Thomas, Mantovani, Marinos, Marques, Martens, Martin Hugues, Matikainen-Kallström, Mauro, Mayer Hans-Peter, Mayer Xaver, Méndez de Vigo, Mennitti, Menrad, Mombaur, Montfort, Musotto, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Nicholson, Niebler, Nisticò, Ojeda Sanz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oostlander, Oreja Arburúa, Pacheco Pereira, Parish, Pastorelli, Pérez Álvarez, Perry, Pex, Pirker, Piscarreta, Podestà, Poettering, Posselt, Pronk, Provan, Purvis, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Ripoll y Martínez de Bedoya, Rübig, Sacrédeus, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Santer, Santini, Sartori, Scallon, Schaffner, Schierhuber, Schleicher, Schnellhardt, Schröder Jürgen, Schwaiger, Smet, Sommer, Stauner, Stenmarck, Stenzel, Stevenson, Stockton, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Suominen, Tajani, Tannock, Theato, Thyssen, Trakatellis, Valdivielso de Cué, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, van Velzen, de Veyrinas, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Villiers, Vlasto, Wachtmeister, Wenzel-Perillo, Wieland, Wijkman, von Wogau, Wuermeling, Zabell, Zacharakis, Zappalà, Zimmerling, Zissener

PSE: Martin Hans-Peter

UEN: Camre

Abstention: 13

EDD: Booth, Farage, Titford

GUE/NGL: Bordes, Cauquil, Laguiller, Sylla

NI: Borghezio, Garaud, Gobbo, Mennea, Speroni

PPE-DE: Costa Raffaele

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TEXTS ADOPTED

P5_TA(2003)0445

Sweeteners for foodstuffs ***II

European Parliament legislative resolution on the Council common position with a view to the adoption of a European Parliament and Council Directive amending Directive 94/35/EC on sweeteners for use in foodstuffs (9714/1/2003 — C5-0299/2003 — 2002/0152(COD))

(Codecision procedure: second reading)

The European Parliament,

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(1)  Not yet published in OJ.

(2)  Texts Adopted, 10.4.2003, P5_TA(2003)0183.

(3)OJ C 262 E, 29.10.2002, p. 429.

(4)  Not yet published in OJ.

P5_TC2-COD(2002)0152

Position of the European Parliament adopted at second reading on 22 October 2003 with a view to the adoption of European Parliament and Council Directive 2003/.../EC amending Directive 94/35/EC on sweeteners for use in foodstuffs

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 95 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),

Having regard to the Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (2),

After consultation of the Scientific Committee on Food, pursuant to Article 6 of Council Directive 89/107/EEC of 21 December 1988 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning food additives authorised for use in foodstuffs intended for human consumption (3),

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty (4),

Whereas:

HAVE ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 1

Directive 94/35/EC is hereby amended as follows:

Article 2

By ... (12) at the latest, the Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council outlining the progress made in the re-evaluations of additives under way and setting out a provisional calendar for future re-evaluations, especially those for sucralose and salt of aspartame-acesulfame. These re-evaluations shall be carried out on the basis of consumer data supplied by the Member States and shall take account of the effects of additives on vulnerable population groups.

Article 3

Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive in order to:

They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.

When Member States adopt these measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.

Article 4

This Directive shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Article 5

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, ...

For the European Parliament

The President

For the Council

The President

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(1)OJ C 262 E of 29.10.2002, p. 429.

(2)OJ C 85, 8.4.2003, p. 34.

(3)OJ L 40, 11.2.1989, p. 27. Directive as amended by Directive 94/34/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 237, 10.9.1994, p. 1).

(4)  Position of the European Parliament of 10 April 2003 (not yet published in the Official Journal), Council Common Position of 25 June 2003 (OJ C 277 E, 18.11.2003, p. 1) and Position of the European Parliament of 22 October 2003 (not yet published in the Official Journal).

(5)OJ L 237, 10.9.1994, p. 3. Directive as amended by Directive 96/83/EC (OJ L 48, 19.2.1997, p. 16).

(6)OJ L 183, 12.7.2002, p. 51.

(7)OJ L 186, 30.6.1989, p. 27. Directive as last amended by Directive 1999/41/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 172, 8.7.1999, p. 38).

(8)OJ L 31, 1.2.2002, p. 1.

(9)OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.

(12)  24 months after the entry into force of this Directive.

(13)  12 months after the entry into force of this Directive.

(14)  18 months after the entry into force of this Directive.

(15)  24 months after the entry into force of this Directive.

ANNEX

The Annex to Directive 94/35/EC is hereby amended as follows:

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(1)  Maximum usable doses for the salt of aspartame-acesulfame are derived from the maximum usable doses for its constituent parts, aspartame (E951) and acesulfame-K (E950). The maximum usable doses for both aspartame (E951) and acesulfame-K (E950) are not to be exceeded by use of the salt of aspartame-acesulfame, either alone or in combination with E950 or E951. Limits in this column are expressed either as (a) acesulfame-K equivalents or (b) aspartame equivalents.’

P5_TA(2003)0446

Insurance against civil liability for motor vehicles ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directives 72/166/EEC, 84/5/EEC, 88/357/EEC, 90/232/EEC and Directive 2000/26/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on insurance against civil liability in respect of the use of motor vehicles (COM(2002) 244 — C5-0269/2002 — 2002/0124(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

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(1)OJ C 227 E, 24.9.2002, p. 387.

P5_TC1-COD(2002)0124

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 22 October 2003 with a view to the adoption of Directive 2003/..../EC of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directives 72/166/EEC, 84/5/EEC, 88/357/EEC, 90/232/EEC and Directive 2000/26/EC on insurance against civil liability in respect of the use of motor vehicles

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular the first and third sentences of Article 47(2), Article 55 and Article 95(1) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),

Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (2),

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty (3),

Whereas:

HAVE ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 1

Amendments to Directive 72/166/EEC

Directive 72/166/EEC is amended as follows:

Article 2

Amendments to Directive 84/5/EEC

Article 1 of Directive 84/5/EEC is replaced by the following:

‘Article 1

1.   The insurance referred to in Article 3(1) of Directive 72/166/EEC shall cover compulsorily both damage to property and personal injuries, together with the necessary and appropriate costs of pursuing claims.

2.   Without prejudice to any higher guarantees which Member States may lay down, each Member State shall require insurance to be compulsory at least in respect of the following amounts:

Member States may request from the Commission a transition period of up to five years starting from ... (11) to adapt their minimum amounts to the amounts set in points (a) and (b).

3.   Five years after the expiry of the five-year transition period provided for in paragraph 2, the amounts set in that paragraph shall be revised upwards on the basis of a proposal from the Commission in the light of the experience gained in applying the said amounts.

The amounts shall be adjusted automatically. Such amounts shall be increased by the percentage change indicated by the EICP for the relevant period, that is to say, the five years immediately preceding the review, and rounded up to a multiple of EUR 10 000.

The Commission shall communicate the adjusted amounts to the European Parliament and the Council and shall ensure their publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

4.   Each Member State shall set up or authorise a body with the task of providing compensation, at least up to the limits of the insurance obligation for damage to property or personal injuries caused by an unidentified vehicle or a vehicle for which the insurance obligation provided for in paragraph 1 has not been satisfied.

The first subparagraph shall be without prejudice to the right of the Member States to regard compensation by that body as subsidiary or non-subsidiary and the right to make provision for the settlement of claims between that body and the person or persons responsible for the accident and other insurers or social security bodies required to compensate the victim in respect of the same accident. However, Member States may not allow the body to make the payment of the compensation conditional on the victim establishing in any way that the person liable is unable or refuses to pay.

5.   The victim may in any case apply directly to the body which, on the basis of information provided at its request by the victim, shall be obliged to give him a reasoned reply regarding the payment of any compensation.

Member States may, however, exclude the payment of compensation by that body in respect of persons who voluntarily entered the vehicle which caused the damage or injury when the body can prove that they knew it was uninsured.

6.   Member States may limit or exclude the payment of compensation by the body in the event of damage to property by an unidentified vehicle.

That option shall not apply where, as a result of the same accident, the victim has suffered physical injuries that have necessitated a hospital stay.

7.   Each Member State shall apply its laws, regulations and administrative provisions to the payment of compensation by this body, without prejudice to any other practice which is more favourable to the victim.’

Article 3

Amendments to Directive 88/357/EEC

The second sentence in the fourth subparagraph of Article 12a(4) of Directive 88/357/EEC is deleted.

Article 4

Amendments to Directive 90/232/EEC

Directive 90/232/EEC is amended as follows:

Article 5

Amendments to Directive 2000/26/EC

Directive 2000/26/EC is amended as follows:

Article 6

Application to trailers

The provisions relating to motor vehicles in Directives 72/166/EEC, 84/5/EEC, 88/357/EEC, 90/232/EEC and 2000/26/EC shall apply mutatis mutandis to trailers.

Article 7

Implementation

1.   Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 31 December 2004 at the latest. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.

When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.

2.   Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of domestic law which they adopt in the field governed by this Directive.

Article 8

Entry into force

This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Article 9

Addressees

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Done at, ...

For the European Parliament

The President

For the Council

The President

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(1)OJ C 227 E, 24.9.2002, p. 387.

(2)OJ C 95, 23.4.2003, p. 45.

(3)Position of the European Parliament of 22 October 2003.

(4)OJ L 103, 2.5.1972, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Directive 84/5/EEC (OJ L 8, 11.1.1984, p. 17).

(5)OJ L 8, 11.1.1984, p. 17. Directive as last amended by Directive 90/232/EEC (OJ L 129, 19.5.1990, p. 33).

(6)OJ L 129, 19.5.1990, p. 33.

(7)OJ L 181, 20.7.2000, p. 65.

(8)OJ L 257, 27.10.1995, p. 1.

(9)OJ L 172, 4.7.1988, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Directive 2000/26/EC.

(10)OJ L 12, 16.1.2001, p. 1. Regulation amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1496/2002 (OJ L 225, 22.8.2002, p. 13).

(11)  Transposition date for this amending directive.

P5_TA(2003)0447

Parental responsibility and measures to protect children *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the Commission proposal for a Council decision authorising the Member States to ratify, or accede to, in the interest of the European Community the Convention on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Recognition, Enforcement and Cooperation in respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children (the 1996 Hague Convention) (COM(2003) 348 — C5-0302/2003 — 2003/0127(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

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(1)  Not yet published in OJ.

P5_TA(2003)0448

Structural Funds

European Parliament resolution on the Structural Funds: trend in outstanding commitments and requirements for 2004 (2002/2272(INI))

The European Parliament,

Implementation of payment appropriations

Trend in outstanding commitments

Payment appropriations required in 2004

Applying the n+2 rule

Simplification measures

Enlargement to include new countries

Beyond 2004

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(1)OJ L 161, 26.6.1999, p. 1.

(2)OJ C 295, 28.11.2002, p. 1.

(3)  P5_TA(2003)0079.

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