# Official Journal C 3E/8 Ja

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| Official Journal
of the European Union | C 3E |
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| English edition | Information and Notices |

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| | IV   Notices | |
| | NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES | |
| | European Parliament | |
| | Monday 20 October 2008 | |
| 2009/C 003E/01 | MINUTES | 1 |
| | PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING
Resumption of the session
Approval of the Minutes of the previous sitting
Composition of Parliament
Composition of committees and delegations
Signature of acts adopted under codecision
Corrigendum to a text adopted (Rule 204a)
Documents received
Oral questions and written declarations (submission)
Lapsed written declarations
Petitions
Order of business
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
Temporary workers ***II (debate)
Applicable law in matrimonial matters * — Amendment of regulation as regards jurisdiction and introducing rules concerning applicable law in matrimonial matters (debate)
Evaluation of the Australia-EU PNR agreement — EU PNR (debate)
Erasmus Mundus programme (2009-2013) ***I (debate)
Protecting children using the Internet and other communication technologies ***I (debate)
Recovery of cod stocks * (debate)
Management of fishing fleets registered in the outermost regions * (debate)
Building a Global Climate Change Alliance (short presentation)
Governance and partnership at a national, regional and project basis in the field of regional policy (short presentation)
Better lawmaking 2006 pursuant to Article 9 of the Protocol on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality (short presentation)
24th Annual Report from the Commission on monitoring the application of Community law (short presentation)
Institutional aspects of Regulatory Agencies (short presentation)
Agenda of the next sitting
Closure of the sitting | |
| | ATTENDANCE REGISTER | 17 |
| | Tuesday 21 October 2008 | |
| 2009/C 003E/02 | MINUTES | 19 |
| | PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING
Opening of the sitting
Documents received
Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council
Action taken on Parliament's resolutions
Debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (announcement of motions for resolutions tabled)
Challenges to collective agreements in the EU (debate)
European Council meeting (15-16 October 2008) (debate)
Voting time
Request for consultation of the European Economic and Social Committee: Facing oil challenges (Rule 117)
Agreement on Scientific and Technological Cooperation: EC and New Zealand * (Rule 131) (vote)
Cooperation between the International Civil Aviation Organisation and the European Community regarding security audits/inspections and related matters * (Rule 131) (vote)
Civil liability in respect of the use of motor vehicles (codified version) ***I (Rule 131) (vote)
Simple pressure vessels (codified version) ***I (Rule 131) (vote)
Supplementary protection certificate for medicinal products (codified version) ***I (Rule 131) (vote)
Application of the Protocol on the excessive deficit procedure annexed to the EC Treaty (codified version) * (Rule 131) (vote)
Certain categories of agreements and concerted practices in the air transport sector (codified version) * (Rule 131) (vote)
System of the Communities' own resources * (Rule 131) (vote)
Framework decision on obtaining proof in criminal proceedings (European Evidence Warrant) * (Rule 131) (vote)
Recovery of cod stocks * (Rule 131) (vote)
Mobilising the Solidarity Fund of the European Union (Rule 131) (vote)
Draft amending budget No 7/2008 (Rule 131) (vote)
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (Lithuania and Spain) (Rule 131) (vote)
Building a Global Climate Change Alliance (Rule 131) (vote)
Governance and partnership at a national, regional and project basis in the field of regional policy (Rule 131) (vote)
Better lawmaking 2006 pursuant to Article 9 of the Protocol on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality (Rule 131) (vote)
24th annual report from the Commission on monitoring the application of Community law (Rule 131) (vote)
Institutional aspects of Regulatory Agencies (Rule 131) (vote)
The indictment and bringing to trial of Joseph Kony at the International Criminal Court (vote)
Erasmus Mundus programme (2009-2013) ***I (vote)
Safety rules and standards for passenger ships (recast) ***I (vote)
Genetically modified micro-organisms (recast version) ***I (vote)
Statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods and passengers by sea (recast) ***I (vote)
Community statistics on trade between Member States ***I (vote)
Applicable law in matrimonial matters * (vote)
Management of fishing fleets registered in the outermost regions * (vote)
Explanations of vote
Corrections to votes and voting intentions
Approval of the Minutes of the previous sitting
EU-Russia relations (debate)
Democracy, Human Rights and the new EU-Vietnam Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (debate)
Question Time (Council)
Defence of parliamentary immunity
Reform programme of the Polish shipyards (debate)
Promotion of clean road transport vehicles (debate)
Impact of aviation security measures and body scanners on human rights, privacy, personal dignity and data protection (debate)
Agenda of the next sitting
Closure of the sitting | |
| | ATTENDANCE REGISTER | 38 |
| | ANNEX I | 40 |
| | ANNEX II | 49 |
| | Wednesday 22 October 2008 | |
| 2009/C 003E/03 | MINUTES | 94 |
| | PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING
Opening of the sitting
Variations to the terms of marketing authorisations for medicinal products ***I — Counterfeiting of medicinal products (debate)
Protection of consumers in respect of certain aspects of timeshares ***I (debate)
Voting time
Approval of the nomination of Baroness Catherine Ashton as member of the European Commission (vote)
European Council meeting (15-16 October 2008) (vote)
Temporary workers ***II (vote)
Multiannual Community programme on protecting children using the Internet and other communication technologies ***I (vote)
Promotion of clean road transport vehicles ***I (vote)
Variations to the terms of marketing authorisations for medicinal products ***I (vote)
Protection of consumers in respect of certain aspects of timeshares ***I (vote)
Formal sitting — UN High Representative for the Alliance of Civilisations
Voting time (continuation)
Evaluation of the Australia-EU PNR agreement (vote)
Challenges to collective agreements in the EU (vote)
Democracy, Human Rights and the new EU-Vietnam Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (vote)
Explanations of vote
Corrections to votes and voting intentions
Approval of the Minutes of the previous sitting
Corrigendum to a text adopted (Rule 204a)
Draft general budget 2009 (Section III) — Draft general budget 2009 (Sections I, II, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX) (debate)
EC-Bosnia Herzegovina Stabilisation and Association Agreement *** — EC-Bosnia Herzegovina Stabilisation and Association Agreement (debate)
Question Time (Commission)
Commemoration of the Holodomor, the Ukraine artificial famine (1932-1933) (debate)
Airport charges ***II (debate)
Agenda of the next sitting
Closure of the sitting | |
| | ATTENDANCE REGISTER | 106 |
| | ANNEX I | 108 |
| | ANNEX II | 117 |
| | Thursday 23 October 2008 | |
| 2009/C 003E/04 | MINUTES | 190 |
| | PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING
Opening of the sitting
Documents received
Sea piracy (motion for a resolution tabled)
Annual report on the European Ombudsman's activities in 2007 (debate)
Announcements by the President
Voting time
Draft general budget of the European Union — 2009 budget (vote)
Draft general budget 2009 (Section III) (vote)
Draft general budget 2009 (Sections I, II, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII and IX) (vote)
Welcome
Voting time (continuation)
Airport charges ***II (vote)
EC-Bosnia Herzegovina Stabilisation and Association Agreement *** (vote)
Piracy at sea (vote)
Equivalence of accounting standards (vote)
Aviation security measures and body scanners (vote)
EC-Bosnia Herzegovina Stabilisation and Association Agreement (vote)
Commemoration of the Holodomor, the Ukraine artificial famine (1932-1933) (vote)
Annual report on the European Ombudsman's activities in 2007 (vote)
Composition of interparliamentary delegations
Explanations of vote
Corrections to votes and voting intentions
Approval of the Minutes of the previous sitting
Debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (debate)
Venezuela
Democratic Republic of Congo: clashes in the eastern border areas
Burma
Voting time
Venezuela (vote)
Democratic Republic of Congo: clashes in the eastern border areas (vote)
Burma (vote)
Composition of committees and delegations
Decisions concerning certain documents
Written declarations included in the register (Rule 116)
Forwarding of texts adopted during the sitting
Dates of forthcoming sittings
Adjournment of the session | |
| | ATTENDANCE REGISTER | 204 |
| | ANNEX I | 206 |
| | ANNEX II | 216 |
| | CORRIGENDUM | 278 |

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| Key to symbols used
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Consultation procedure **I
Cooperation procedure: first reading **II
Cooperation procedure: second reading ***
Assent procedure ***I
Codecision procedure: first reading ***II
Codecision procedure: second reading ***III
Codecision procedure: third reading (The type of procedure is determined by the legal basis proposed by the Commission)
Information relating to voting time
Unless stated otherwise, the rapporteurs informed the Chair in writing, before the vote, of their position on the amendments.
Abbreviations used for Parliamentary Committees
AFET
Committee on Foreign Affairs DEVE
Committee on Development INTA
Committee on International Trade BUDG
Committee on Budgets CONT
Committee on Budgetary Control ECON
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs EMPL
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs ENVI
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety ITRE
Committee on Industry, Research and Energy IMCO
Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection TRAN
Committee on Transport and Tourism REGI
Committee on Regional Development AGRI
Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development PECH
Committee on Fisheries CULT
Committee on Culture and Education JURI
Committee on Legal Affairs LIBE
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs AFCO
Committee on Constitutional Affairs FEMM
Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality PETI
Committee on Petitions Abbreviations used for Political Groups
PPE-DE
Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats PSE
Socialist Group in the European Parliament ALDE
Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe UEN
Union for Europe of the Nations Group Verts/ALE
Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance GUE/NGL
Confederal Group of the European United Left – Nordic Green Left IND/DEM
Independence and Democracy Group NI
Non-attached Members | * | Consultation procedure | **I | Cooperation procedure: first reading | **II | Cooperation procedure: second reading | *** | Assent procedure | ***I | Codecision procedure: first reading | ***II | Codecision procedure: second reading | ***III | Codecision procedure: third reading | AFET | Committee on Foreign Affairs | DEVE | Committee on Development | INTA | Committee on International Trade | BUDG | Committee on Budgets | CONT | Committee on Budgetary Control | ECON | Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs | EMPL | Committee on Employment and Social Affairs | ENVI | Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety | ITRE | Committee on Industry, Research and Energy | IMCO | Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection | TRAN | Committee on Transport and Tourism | REGI | Committee on Regional Development | AGRI | Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development | PECH | Committee on Fisheries | CULT | Committee on Culture and Education | JURI | Committee on Legal Affairs | LIBE | Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs | AFCO | Committee on Constitutional Affairs | FEMM | Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality | PETI | Committee on Petitions | PPE-DE | Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats | PSE | Socialist Group in the European Parliament | ALDE | Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe | UEN | Union for Europe of the Nations Group | Verts/ALE | Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance | GUE/NGL | Confederal Group of the European United Left – Nordic Green Left | IND/DEM | Independence and Democracy Group | NI | Non-attached Members |
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| * | Consultation procedure | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| **I | Cooperation procedure: first reading | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| **II | Cooperation procedure: second reading | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| *** | Assent procedure | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ***I | Codecision procedure: first reading | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ***II | Codecision procedure: second reading | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ***III | Codecision procedure: third reading | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| AFET | Committee on Foreign Affairs | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| DEVE | Committee on Development | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| INTA | Committee on International Trade | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| BUDG | Committee on Budgets | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| CONT | Committee on Budgetary Control | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ECON | Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| EMPL | Committee on Employment and Social Affairs | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ENVI | Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ITRE | Committee on Industry, Research and Energy | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| IMCO | Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| TRAN | Committee on Transport and Tourism | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| REGI | Committee on Regional Development | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| AGRI | Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| PECH | Committee on Fisheries | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| CULT | Committee on Culture and Education | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| JURI | Committee on Legal Affairs | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| LIBE | Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| AFCO | Committee on Constitutional Affairs | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| FEMM | Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| PETI | Committee on Petitions | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| PPE-DE | Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| PSE | Socialist Group in the European Parliament | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ALDE | Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| UEN | Union for Europe of the Nations Group | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Verts/ALE | Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| GUE/NGL | Confederal Group of the European United Left – Nordic Green Left | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| IND/DEM | Independence and Democracy Group | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| NI | Non-attached Members | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

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