# Official Journal C 136/2006

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| Official Journal
  of the European Union | C 136 |
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| English edition | Information and Notices | Volume 499 June 2006 |

ISSN 1725-2423

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 136

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 499 June 2006

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| Notice No | Contents | page |
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| | I   Information |
| | Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Partnership Agreement concluded between the Members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific group of states, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part |
| | The 10th session was held in Edinburgh (United Kingdom) from 21 to 24 November 2005. |
| 2006/C 136/1 | Minutes of the sitting of Monday, 21 November 2005 | 1 |
| Formal inaugural sitting


  Sitting of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly


  Composition of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly


  Accreditation of non-parliamentary representatives


  Substitutes


  Adoption of draft agenda (ACP-EU/3803/05)


  Approval of the minutes of the ninth ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (OJ C 272, 3.11.2005)


  Report by Barry Faure (Seychelles) and Fiona Hall, on behalf of the Committee on Social Affairs and the Environment, on the causes and consequences of natural disasters (ACP-EU 3802/05/fin.)


  Urgent topic 1: Situation in West Africa |
| 2006/C 136/2 | Minutes of the sitting of Tuesday, 22 November 2005 | 4 |
| Substitutes


  Report by Louis-Claude Nyassa (Cameroon) and Nirj Deva, on behalf of the Committee on Economic Development, Finance and Trade, on agricultural and mining commodities (ACP-EU 3765/05/fin.)


  Urgent topic No 2: Registration, evaluation and authorisation of chemicals (REACH) |
| 2006/C 136/3 | Minutes of the sitting of Wednesday, 23 November 2005 | 5 |
| Substitutes


  Approval of the minutes of Monday, 21 November 2005


  Statement by Mr Gareth Thomas, Under-Secretary of State in the Department for International Development (United Kingdom), President-in-Office of the EU Council


  Statement by Mr Roger-Marie Rafanomezantsoa, Minister for Industrialisation, Trade and Development of the Private Sector (Madagascar), President-in-Office of the ACP Council


  Question Time — Council


  Debate with the Council, including the prevention of and the fight against avian flu in Africa


  Report by Abubakar Bawa Bwari (Nigeria) and Mauro Zani, on behalf of the Committee on Political Affairs, on the role of national parliaments in the implementation of the Cotonou Partnership Agreement (ACP-EU 3760/05/fin.)


  Substitutes


  Approval of the minutes of Tuesday, 22 November 2005


  Address by The Rt. Hon. Jack McConnell, First Minister of Scotland, followed by a debate


  Statement by Louis Michel, Member of the Commission with responsibility for development and humanitarian aid


  Question Time — Commission


  Debate with the Commission


  Action taken by the Commission on the resolutions adopted at the ninth session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, held in Bamako (Mali) |
| 2006/C 136/4 | Minutes of the sitting of Thursday 24 November 2005 | 8 |
| Substitutes


  Approval of the minutes of the morning and afternoon sittings of Wednesday, 23 November 2005


  Report on the activities of the economic and social partners


  Summary reports from the workshops


  Debate (without resolution) on immigration into the European Union, including the presentation of a declaration by the ACP Parliamentary Assembly


  Votes on the motions for resolution in the reports by the three standing committees and urgent motions for resolutions


  Other business


  Date and place of the 11th session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly |
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Notice No

Contents

page

I   Information

Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Partnership Agreement concluded between the Members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific group of states, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part

The 10th session was held in Edinburgh (United Kingdom) from 21 to 24 November 2005.

2006/C 136/1

Minutes of the sitting of Monday, 21 November 2005

1

Formal inaugural sitting

Sitting of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly

Composition of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly

Accreditation of non-parliamentary representatives

Substitutes

Adoption of draft agenda (ACP-EU/3803/05)

Approval of the minutes of the ninth ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (OJ C 272, 3.11.2005)

Report by Barry Faure (Seychelles) and Fiona Hall, on behalf of the Committee on Social Affairs and the Environment, on the causes and consequences of natural disasters (ACP-EU 3802/05/fin.)

Urgent topic 1: Situation in West Africa

2006/C 136/2

Minutes of the sitting of Tuesday, 22 November 2005

4

Substitutes

Report by Louis-Claude Nyassa (Cameroon) and Nirj Deva, on behalf of the Committee on Economic Development, Finance and Trade, on agricultural and mining commodities (ACP-EU 3765/05/fin.)

Urgent topic No 2: Registration, evaluation and authorisation of chemicals (REACH)

2006/C 136/3

Minutes of the sitting of Wednesday, 23 November 2005

5

Substitutes

Approval of the minutes of Monday, 21 November 2005

Statement by Mr Gareth Thomas, Under-Secretary of State in the Department for International Development (United Kingdom), President-in-Office of the EU Council

Statement by Mr Roger-Marie Rafanomezantsoa, Minister for Industrialisation, Trade and Development of the Private Sector (Madagascar), President-in-Office of the ACP Council

Question Time — Council

Debate with the Council, including the prevention of and the fight against avian flu in Africa

Report by Abubakar Bawa Bwari (Nigeria) and Mauro Zani, on behalf of the Committee on Political Affairs, on the role of national parliaments in the implementation of the Cotonou Partnership Agreement (ACP-EU 3760/05/fin.)

Substitutes

Approval of the minutes of Tuesday, 22 November 2005

Address by The Rt. Hon. Jack McConnell, First Minister of Scotland, followed by a debate

Statement by Louis Michel, Member of the Commission with responsibility for development and humanitarian aid

Question Time — Commission

Debate with the Commission

Action taken by the Commission on the resolutions adopted at the ninth session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, held in Bamako (Mali)

2006/C 136/4

Minutes of the sitting of Thursday 24 November 2005

8

Substitutes

Approval of the minutes of the morning and afternoon sittings of Wednesday, 23 November 2005

Report on the activities of the economic and social partners

Summary reports from the workshops

Debate (without resolution) on immigration into the European Union, including the presentation of a declaration by the ACP Parliamentary Assembly

Votes on the motions for resolution in the reports by the three standing committees and urgent motions for resolutions

Other business

Date and place of the 11th session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly

10

13

17

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