# Official Journal C 35E/12 F

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| Official Journal
of the European Union | C 35E |
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| English edition | Information and Notices |

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| | IV   Notices | |
| | NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES | |
| | European Parliament | |
| | Wednesday 3 December 2008 | |
| 2009/C 035E/01 | MINUTES | 1 |
| | PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING
Resumption of the session
Approval of the Minutes of the previous sitting
Composition of Parliament
Corrigenda (Rule 204a)
Statements by the President
Documents received
Oral questions and written declarations (submission)
Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council
Transfers of appropriations
Order of business
Welcome
Preparation of the European Council (11-12 December 2008) (debate)
Future global architecture of financial markets and EU economic recovery plan (debate)
EU strategy on Roma (debate)
Israel's participation in Community programmes *** — Israel's participation in Community programmes (debate)
Steps towards improving the environment for SMEs in Europe — Small Business Act (debate)
Arms exports (Code of Conduct) (debate)
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
Facility for rapid response to soaring food prices in developing countries ***I (debate)
Combating tax evasion: common system of VAT * — Combating tax evasion * — European Court of Auditors' Special Report No 8/2007 concerning administrative cooperation in the field of value added tax (debate)
Implementation of REACH (debate)
The situation of women in the Balkans (short presentation)
Agenda of the next sitting
Closure of the sitting | |
| | ATTENDANCE REGISTER | 13 |
| | Thursday 4 December 2008 | |
| 2009/C 035E/02 | MINUTES | 15 |
| | PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING
Opening of the sitting
Documents received
State of the negotiations on the climate change and energy package (debate)
Formal sitting — Dalai Lama
State of the negotiations on the climate change and energy package (continuation of debate)
Approval of the Minutes of the previous sitting
Voting time
Agreement between Korea and the EC concerning cooperation on anti-competitive activities * (Rule 131) (vote)
Herring stocks in the West of Scotland * (Rule 131) (vote)
Maintenance obligations * (Rule 131) (vote)
Measuring instruments and methods of metrological control (Recast) ***I (vote)
Facility for rapid response to soaring food prices in developing countries ***I (vote)
Combating tax evasion: common system of VAT * (vote)
Combating tax evasion * (vote)
Steps towards improving the environment for SMEs in Europe — Small Business Act (vote)
Arms exports (Code of Conduct) (vote)
European Court of Auditors' Special Report No 8/2007 concerning administrative cooperation in the field of value added tax (vote)
The situation of women in the Balkans (vote)
Towards a European Cormorant Management Plan (vote)
Explanations of vote
Corrections to votes and voting intentions
Action taken on Parliament's positions and resolutions
Decisions concerning certain documents
Forwarding of texts adopted during the sitting
Dates of forthcoming sittings
Adjournment of the session | |
| | ATTENDANCE REGISTER | 24 |
| | ANNEX I | 26 |
| | ANNEX II | 31 |

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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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