# Official Journal C 189E/26 J

| | ISSN 1725-2423 |
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| Official Journal
  of the European Union | C 189E |
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| English edition | Information and Notices | Volume 5126 July 2008 |

ISSN 1725-2423

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 189E

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 5126 July 2008

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| Notice No | Contents | page |
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| | IV   Notices |
| | NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES |
| | European Parliament |
| | 2008-2009 SESSION |
| | Sittings of 4 and 5 June 2008 |
| | Wednesday 4 June 2008 |
| 2008/C 189E/01 | MINUTES | 1 |
| PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING


  Resumption of the session


  Statement by the President


  Welcome


  Approval of the Minutes of the previous sitting


  Composition of Parliament


  Request for the defence of parliamentary immunity


  Composition of committees and delegations


  Corrigenda (Rule 204a)


  Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council


  Documents received


  Oral questions and written declarations (submission)


  Lapsed written declarations


  Order of business


  Deterioration of the situation in Georgia (motions for resolutions tabled)


  2006 Annual report on the CFSP — Annual report on the implementation of the European Security Strategy and ESDP (debate)


  Welcome


  2006 Annual report on the CFSP — Annual report on the implementation of the European Security Strategy and ESDP (continuation of debate)


  Welcome


  2006 Annual report on the CFSP — Annual report on the implementation of the European Security Strategy and ESDP (continuation of debate)


  EU-United States summit (debate)


  One-minute speeches on matters of political importance


  Generalised tariff preferences for the period from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2011 * (debate)


  The work of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly in 2007 (debate)


  Competition: Sector inquiry on retail banking — Retail Financial Services in the Single Market (debate)


  Community system against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing * (debate)


  Protection of vulnerable marine ecosystems * (debate)


  Implementing trade policy through efficient import and export rules and procedures (debate)


  Forced prostitution and trafficking in women for the purpose of sexual exploitation (debate)


  Declaration of financial interests


  Agenda of the next sitting


  Closure of the sitting |
| ATTENDANCE REGISTER | 15 |
| | Thursday 5 June 2008 |
| 2008/C 189E/02 | MINUTES | 16 |
| PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING


  Opening of the sitting


  The Barcelona Process: Union for the Mediterranean (debate)


  Hygiene of foodstuffs ***I (debate)


  Approval of the Minutes of the previous sitting


  Request for the waiver of parliamentary immunity


  Voting time


  Specific measures for agriculture in favour of the smaller Aegean islands * (Rule 131) (vote)


  Draft amending budget No 3/2008 (Rule 131) (vote)


  Draft amending budget No 4/2008 (Rule 131) (vote)


  Contact-point network against corruption * (Rule 131) (vote)


  Community system against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing * (Rule 131) (vote)


  Protection of vulnerable marine ecosystems * (Rule 131) (vote)


  Implementing trade policy through efficient import and export rules and procedures (Rule 131) (vote)


  Mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund (vote)


  International carriage of passengers by coach and bus (recast) ***I (vote)


  Hygiene of foodstuffs ***I (vote)


  Prohibition on the use in stockfarming of certain substances having a hormonal or thyreostatic action and of beta agonists ***I (vote)


  Generalised tariff preferences for the period from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2011 * (vote)


  Deterioration of the situation in Georgia (vote)


  2006 Annual report on the CFSP (vote)


  Annual report on the implementation of the European Security Strategy and ESDP (vote)


  EU-United States summit (vote)


  The Barcelona Process: Union for the Mediterranean (vote)


  The future for young farmers under the ongoing reform of the CAP (vote)


  The work of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly in 2007 (vote)


  Competition: Sector inquiry on retail banking (vote)


  Retail Financial Services in the Single Market (vote)


  Composition of committees and delegations


  Composition of political groups


  Explanations of vote


  Corrections to votes and voting intentions


  Documents received


  Forwarding of texts adopted during the sitting


  Dates of forthcoming sittings


  Adjournment of the session |
| ATTENDANCE REGISTER | 28 |
| ANNEX I | 30 |
| ANNEX II | 44 |

Notice No

Contents

page

IV   Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

European Parliament

2008-2009 SESSION

Sittings of 4 and 5 June 2008

Wednesday 4 June 2008

2008/C 189E/01

MINUTES

1

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

Resumption of the session

Statement by the President

Welcome

Approval of the Minutes of the previous sitting

Composition of Parliament

Request for the defence of parliamentary immunity

Composition of committees and delegations

Corrigenda (Rule 204a)

Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council

Documents received

Oral questions and written declarations (submission)

Lapsed written declarations

Order of business

Deterioration of the situation in Georgia (motions for resolutions tabled)

2006 Annual report on the CFSP — Annual report on the implementation of the European Security Strategy and ESDP (debate)

Welcome

2006 Annual report on the CFSP — Annual report on the implementation of the European Security Strategy and ESDP (continuation of debate)

Welcome

2006 Annual report on the CFSP — Annual report on the implementation of the European Security Strategy and ESDP (continuation of debate)

EU-United States summit (debate)

One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Generalised tariff preferences for the period from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2011 * (debate)

The work of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly in 2007 (debate)

Competition: Sector inquiry on retail banking — Retail Financial Services in the Single Market (debate)

Community system against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing * (debate)

Protection of vulnerable marine ecosystems * (debate)

Implementing trade policy through efficient import and export rules and procedures (debate)

Forced prostitution and trafficking in women for the purpose of sexual exploitation (debate)

Declaration of financial interests

Agenda of the next sitting

Closure of the sitting

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

15

Thursday 5 June 2008

2008/C 189E/02

MINUTES

16

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

Opening of the sitting

The Barcelona Process: Union for the Mediterranean (debate)

Hygiene of foodstuffs ***I (debate)

Approval of the Minutes of the previous sitting

Request for the waiver of parliamentary immunity

Voting time

Specific measures for agriculture in favour of the smaller Aegean islands * (Rule 131) (vote)

Draft amending budget No 3/2008 (Rule 131) (vote)

Draft amending budget No 4/2008 (Rule 131) (vote)

Contact-point network against corruption * (Rule 131) (vote)

Community system against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing * (Rule 131) (vote)

Protection of vulnerable marine ecosystems * (Rule 131) (vote)

Implementing trade policy through efficient import and export rules and procedures (Rule 131) (vote)

Mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund (vote)

International carriage of passengers by coach and bus (recast) ***I (vote)

Hygiene of foodstuffs ***I (vote)

Prohibition on the use in stockfarming of certain substances having a hormonal or thyreostatic action and of beta agonists ***I (vote)

Generalised tariff preferences for the period from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2011 * (vote)

Deterioration of the situation in Georgia (vote)

2006 Annual report on the CFSP (vote)

Annual report on the implementation of the European Security Strategy and ESDP (vote)

EU-United States summit (vote)

The Barcelona Process: Union for the Mediterranean (vote)

The future for young farmers under the ongoing reform of the CAP (vote)

The work of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly in 2007 (vote)

Competition: Sector inquiry on retail banking (vote)

Retail Financial Services in the Single Market (vote)

Composition of committees and delegations

Composition of political groups

Explanations of vote

Corrections to votes and voting intentions

Documents received

Forwarding of texts adopted during the sitting

Dates of forthcoming sittings

Adjournment of the session

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

28

ANNEX I

30

ANNEX II

44

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Key to symbols used

| * | Consultation procedure |
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| **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 |

*

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 |
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| 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 |

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 |
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| 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 |

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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