# Official Journal C 285E/22 N

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| English edition | Information and Notices | Volume 4922 November 2006 |

ISSN 1725-2423

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 285E

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 4922 November 2006

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| Notice No | Contents | page |
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| | EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT |
| | 2005-2006 SESSION |
| | Wednesday 30 November 2005 |
| 2006/C 285E/1 | MINUTES | 1 |
| PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING


  Resumption of session


  Approval of Minutes of previous sitting


  Statements by the President


  Membership of committees and delegations


  Decisions concerning certain documents


  Transfers of appropriations


  Documents received


  Action taken on Parliament's positions and resolutions


  Agenda


  Preparation for the WTO conference (debate)


  Human rights in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam (debate)


  Olympic truce — Development and sport (debate)


  One-minute speeches on matters of political importance


  Bird flu * — Veterinary expenditure * (debate)


  Bird flu * — Veterinary expenditure * (continuation of debate)


  Compulsory licencing for pharmaceutical patents ***I (debate)


  Approval of the Commission (debate)


  Imposition of criminal penalties in the event of an infringement of Community law (debate)


  Applying competition rules to maritime transport (debate)


  Electronic communications (debate)


  Agenda for next sitting


  Closure of sitting |
| ATTENDANCE REGISTER | 12 |
| | Thursday 1 December 2005 |
| 2006/C 285E/2 | MINUTES | 14 |
| PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING


  Opening of sitting


  Documents received


  Common system of VAT * — VAT refunds * — VAT applied to highly labour-intensive services (debate)


  Developments in Slovakia regarding police forces (debate)


  Approval of Minutes of previous sitting


  Voting time


  Financing instrument for development cooperation and economic cooperation ***I (Rule 131) (vote)


  EC-South Africa Agreement *** (Rule 131) (vote)


  Euroregions (Rule 131) (vote)


  Immunity of Andrzej Pęczak (Rule 131) (vote)


  Immunity of Giovanni Claudio Fava (Rule 131) (vote)


  Draft amending budget No 6/2005 (Rule 131) (vote)


  Draft amending budget No 6/2005 (Rule 131) (vote)


  Budgetary discipline (Rule 131) (vote)


  Compulsory licencing for pharmaceutical patents ***I (vote)


  Bird flu * (vote)


  Veterinary expenditure * (vote)


  Widening the Eurozone * (vote)


  Common system of VAT * (vote)


  VAT refunds * (vote)


  European regulatory agencies (vote)


  Preparation for the WTO conference (vote)


  Human rights in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam (vote)


  Olympic truce (vote)


  Development and sport (vote)


  Approval of the Commission (vote)


  Applying competition rules to maritime transport


  Electronic communications (vote)


  VAT applied to highly labour-intensive services (vote)


  Explanations of vote


  Corrections to votes


  Membership of committees


  Verification of credentials


  Membership of Parliament


  Forwarding of texts adopted during the sitting


  Dates for next sittings


  Adjournment of session |
| ATTENDANCE REGISTER | 25 |
| ANNEX I | 27 |
| ANNEX II | 37 |
| TEXTS ADOPTED | 71 |
| P6_TA(2005)0447EC-South Africa Agreement ***European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision concluding the additional protocol to the Agreement on Trade, Development and Cooperation between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of South Africa, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic to the European Union (COM(2005)0372 — C6-0350/2005 — 2005/0152(AVC)) | 71 |
| P6_TA(2005)0448EuroregionsEuropean Parliament resolution on the role of ‘Euroregions’ in the development of regional policy (2004/2257(INI)) | 71 |
| P6_TA(2005)0449Immunity of Andrzej PęczakEuropean Parliament decision on the request for defence of the immunity and privileges of Andrzej Pęczak, former Member of the European Parliament (2005/2128(IMM)) | 74 |
| P6_TA(2005)0450Immunity of Giovanni Claudio FavaEuropean Parliament decision on the request for defence of the immunity and privileges of Giovanni Claudio Fava (2005/2174(IMM)) | 75 |
| P6_TA(2005)0451Draft amending budget No 6/2005 (amendment)Draft amending budget No 6/2005 of the European Union for the financial year 2005, Section IV — Court of Justice — Establishment of the Civil Service Tribunal, as modified by the Council (C6-0404/2005 — 2005/2159(BUD)) | 75 |
| P6_TA(2005)0452Draft amending budget No 6/2005European Parliament resolution on Draft amending budget No 6/2005 of the European Union for the financial year 2005, Section IV — Court of Justice — Establishment of the Civil Service Tribunal, as modified by the Council (C6-0404/2005 — 2005/2159(BUD)) | 76 |
| P6_TA(2005)0453Budgetary disciplineEuropean Parliament resolution on the Interinstitutional Agreement on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure (2005/2237(INI)) | 77 |
| P6_TA(2005)0454Compulsory licensing for pharmaceutical patents ***IEuropean Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on compulsory licensing of patents relating to the manufacture of pharmaceutical products for export to countries with public health problems (COM(2004)0737 — C6-0168/2004 — 2004/0258(COD)) | 79 |
| P6_TC1-COD(2004)0258Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 1 December 2005 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EC) No .../2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on compulsory licensing of patents relating to the manufacture of pharmaceutical products for export to countries with public health problems | 79 |
| P6_TA(2005)0455Bird flu *European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council directive on Community measures for the control of Avian Influenza (COM(2005)0171 — C6-0195/2005 — 2005/0062(CNS)) | 89 |
| P6_TA(2005)0456Veterinary expenditure *European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision amending Council Decision 90/424/EEC on expenditure in the veterinary field (COM(2005)0171 — C6-0196/2005 — 2005/0063(CNS)) | 115 |
| P6_TA(2005)0457Widening the Eurozone *European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 974/98 on the introduction of the euro (COM(2005)0357 — C6-0374/2005 — 2005/0145(CNS)) | 118 |
| P6_TA(2005)0458Common system of VAT *European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council directive amending Directive 77/388/EEC on the common system of value added tax, with regard to the length of time during which the minimum standard rate is to be applied (COM(2005)0136 — C6-0113/2005 — 2005/0051 (CNS)) | 121 |
| P6_TA(2005)0459VAT refunds *European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council directive laying down detailed rules for the refund of value added tax, provided for in Directive 77/388/EEC, to taxable persons not established in the territory of the country but established in another Member State (COM(2004)0728 — C6-0251/2005 — 2005/0807(CNS)) | 122 |
| P6_TA(2005)0460European regulatory agenciesEuropean Parliament resolution on the draft interinstitutional agreement presented by the Commission on the operating framework for the European regulatory agencies | 123 |
| P6_TA(2005)0461Preparation for the WTO conferenceEuropean Parliament resolution on preparations for the sixth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation in Hong Kong | 126 |
| P6_TA(2005)0462Human rightsEuropean Parliament resolution on the human rights situation in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam | 129 |
| P6_TA(2005)0463Olympic truceEuropean Parliament resolution on The Olympic Truce — Turin Winter Olympics 2006 | 133 |
| P6_TA(2005)0464Development and sportEuropean Parliament resolution on development and sport | 135 |
| P6_TA(2005)0465Approval of the CommissionEuropean Parliament resolution on guidelines for the approval of the Commission (2005/2024(INI)) | 137 |
| P6_TA(2005)0466Applying competition rules to maritime transportEuropean Parliament resolution on the application of EC competition rules to maritime transport (2005/2033(INI)) | 139 |
| P6_TA(2005)0467Electronic communicationsEuropean Parliament resolution on European electronic communications regulation and markets 2004 (2005/2052(INI)) | 143 |
| P6_TA(2005)0468VAT applied to highly labour-intensive servicesEuropean Parliament resolution on the expiry of Directive 1999/85/EC concerning reduced VAT rates on labour-intensive services | 149 |

Notice No

Contents

page

I   (Information)

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

2005-2006 SESSION

Wednesday 30 November 2005

2006/C 285E/1

MINUTES

1

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

Resumption of session

Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

Statements by the President

Membership of committees and delegations

Decisions concerning certain documents

Transfers of appropriations

Documents received

Action taken on Parliament's positions and resolutions

Agenda

Preparation for the WTO conference (debate)

Human rights in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam (debate)

Olympic truce — Development and sport (debate)

One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Bird flu * — Veterinary expenditure * (debate)

Bird flu * — Veterinary expenditure * (continuation of debate)

Compulsory licencing for pharmaceutical patents ***I (debate)

Approval of the Commission (debate)

Imposition of criminal penalties in the event of an infringement of Community law (debate)

Applying competition rules to maritime transport (debate)

Electronic communications (debate)

Agenda for next sitting

Closure of sitting

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

12

Thursday 1 December 2005

2006/C 285E/2

MINUTES

14

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

Opening of sitting

Documents received

Common system of VAT * — VAT refunds * — VAT applied to highly labour-intensive services (debate)

Developments in Slovakia regarding police forces (debate)

Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

Voting time

Financing instrument for development cooperation and economic cooperation ***I (Rule 131) (vote)

EC-South Africa Agreement *** (Rule 131) (vote)

Euroregions (Rule 131) (vote)

Immunity of Andrzej Pęczak (Rule 131) (vote)

Immunity of Giovanni Claudio Fava (Rule 131) (vote)

Draft amending budget No 6/2005 (Rule 131) (vote)

Draft amending budget No 6/2005 (Rule 131) (vote)

Budgetary discipline (Rule 131) (vote)

Compulsory licencing for pharmaceutical patents ***I (vote)

Bird flu * (vote)

Veterinary expenditure * (vote)

Widening the Eurozone * (vote)

Common system of VAT * (vote)

VAT refunds * (vote)

European regulatory agencies (vote)

Preparation for the WTO conference (vote)

Human rights in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam (vote)

Olympic truce (vote)

Development and sport (vote)

Approval of the Commission (vote)

Applying competition rules to maritime transport

Electronic communications (vote)

VAT applied to highly labour-intensive services (vote)

Explanations of vote

Corrections to votes

Membership of committees

Verification of credentials

Membership of Parliament

Forwarding of texts adopted during the sitting

Dates for next sittings

Adjournment of session

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

25

ANNEX I

27

ANNEX II

37

TEXTS ADOPTED

71

P6_TA(2005)0447EC-South Africa Agreement ***European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision concluding the additional protocol to the Agreement on Trade, Development and Cooperation between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of South Africa, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic to the European Union (COM(2005)0372 — C6-0350/2005 — 2005/0152(AVC))

71

P6_TA(2005)0448EuroregionsEuropean Parliament resolution on the role of ‘Euroregions’ in the development of regional policy (2004/2257(INI))

71

P6_TA(2005)0449Immunity of Andrzej PęczakEuropean Parliament decision on the request for defence of the immunity and privileges of Andrzej Pęczak, former Member of the European Parliament (2005/2128(IMM))

74

P6_TA(2005)0450Immunity of Giovanni Claudio FavaEuropean Parliament decision on the request for defence of the immunity and privileges of Giovanni Claudio Fava (2005/2174(IMM))

75

P6_TA(2005)0451Draft amending budget No 6/2005 (amendment)Draft amending budget No 6/2005 of the European Union for the financial year 2005, Section IV — Court of Justice — Establishment of the Civil Service Tribunal, as modified by the Council (C6-0404/2005 — 2005/2159(BUD))

75

P6_TA(2005)0452Draft amending budget No 6/2005European Parliament resolution on Draft amending budget No 6/2005 of the European Union for the financial year 2005, Section IV — Court of Justice — Establishment of the Civil Service Tribunal, as modified by the Council (C6-0404/2005 — 2005/2159(BUD))

76

P6_TA(2005)0453Budgetary disciplineEuropean Parliament resolution on the Interinstitutional Agreement on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure (2005/2237(INI))

77

P6_TA(2005)0454Compulsory licensing for pharmaceutical patents ***IEuropean Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on compulsory licensing of patents relating to the manufacture of pharmaceutical products for export to countries with public health problems (COM(2004)0737 — C6-0168/2004 — 2004/0258(COD))

79

P6_TC1-COD(2004)0258Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 1 December 2005 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EC) No .../2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on compulsory licensing of patents relating to the manufacture of pharmaceutical products for export to countries with public health problems

79

P6_TA(2005)0455Bird flu *European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council directive on Community measures for the control of Avian Influenza (COM(2005)0171 — C6-0195/2005 — 2005/0062(CNS))

89

P6_TA(2005)0456Veterinary expenditure *European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision amending Council Decision 90/424/EEC on expenditure in the veterinary field (COM(2005)0171 — C6-0196/2005 — 2005/0063(CNS))

115

P6_TA(2005)0457Widening the Eurozone *European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 974/98 on the introduction of the euro (COM(2005)0357 — C6-0374/2005 — 2005/0145(CNS))

118

P6_TA(2005)0458Common system of VAT *European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council directive amending Directive 77/388/EEC on the common system of value added tax, with regard to the length of time during which the minimum standard rate is to be applied (COM(2005)0136 — C6-0113/2005 — 2005/0051 (CNS))

121

P6_TA(2005)0459VAT refunds *European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council directive laying down detailed rules for the refund of value added tax, provided for in Directive 77/388/EEC, to taxable persons not established in the territory of the country but established in another Member State (COM(2004)0728 — C6-0251/2005 — 2005/0807(CNS))

122

P6_TA(2005)0460European regulatory agenciesEuropean Parliament resolution on the draft interinstitutional agreement presented by the Commission on the operating framework for the European regulatory agencies

123

P6_TA(2005)0461Preparation for the WTO conferenceEuropean Parliament resolution on preparations for the sixth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation in Hong Kong

126

P6_TA(2005)0462Human rightsEuropean Parliament resolution on the human rights situation in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam

129

P6_TA(2005)0463Olympic truceEuropean Parliament resolution on The Olympic Truce — Turin Winter Olympics 2006

133

P6_TA(2005)0464Development and sportEuropean Parliament resolution on development and sport

135

P6_TA(2005)0465Approval of the CommissionEuropean Parliament resolution on guidelines for the approval of the Commission (2005/2024(INI))

137

P6_TA(2005)0466Applying competition rules to maritime transportEuropean Parliament resolution on the application of EC competition rules to maritime transport (2005/2033(INI))

139

P6_TA(2005)0467Electronic communicationsEuropean Parliament resolution on European electronic communications regulation and markets 2004 (2005/2052(INI))

143

P6_TA(2005)0468VAT applied to highly labour-intensive servicesEuropean Parliament resolution on the expiry of Directive 1999/85/EC concerning reduced VAT rates on labour-intensive services

149

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