# Official Journal C 275E/30 O

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| English edition | Information and Notices | Volume 5130 October 2008 |

ISSN 1725-2423

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 275E

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 5130 October 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 1 to 4 September 2008 |
| | Monday 1 September 2008 |
| 2008/C 275E/01 | MINUTES | 1 |
| PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING


  Resumption of the session


  Announcement by the President


  Tribute


  Approval of the Minutes of the previous sitting


  Composition of Parliament


  Composition of committees and delegations


  Interpretation of the Rules of Procedure


  Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council


  Action taken on Parliament's resolutions


  Lapsed written declarations


  Transfers of appropriations


  Petitions


  Documents received


  Oral questions and written declarations (submission)


  Order of business


  One-minute speeches on matters of political importance


  European Judicial Network * — Strengthening of Eurojust and amendment of Decision 2002/187/JHA * — Application of the principle of mutual recognition to judgments in criminal matters * (debate)


  Use of the Visa Information System (VIS) under the Schengen Borders Code ***I (debate)


  Evaluation of the Dublin system (debate)


  Situation in Georgia (debate)


  Evaluation of the Dublin system (continuation of debate)


  Common frame of reference for European contract law (debate)


  Certain issues relating to motor insurance (debate)


  Coordinated strategy to improve the fight against fiscal fraud (debate)


  Agenda of the next sitting


  Closure of the sitting |
| ATTENDANCE REGISTER | 23 |
| | Tuesday 2 September 2008 |
| 2008/C 275E/02 | MINUTES | 25 |
| PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING


  Opening of the sitting


  Documents received


  Debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (announcement of motions for resolutions tabled)


  Social package (First part) (debate)


  Voting time


  Youth in Action programme (2007-2013) ***I (Rule 131) (vote)


  Culture Programme (2007-2013) ***I (Rule 131) (vote)


  Europe for Citizens programme (2007-2013) ***I (Rule 131) (vote)


  Action programme in the field of lifelong learning ***I (Rule 131) (vote)


  Protocol to the EC-Uzbekistan Partnership and Cooperation Agreement * (Rule 131) (vote)


  Protocol to the EC-Kyrgyzstan Partnership and Cooperation Agreement * (Rule 131) (vote)


  Protocol to the EC-Tajikistan Partnership and Cooperation Agreement * (Rule 131) (vote)


  Separate liability of Montenegro with regard to the long-term loans to Serbia and Montenegro (formerly the Republic of Yugoslavia) * (Rule 131) (vote)


  Organic production and labelling of organic products * (Rule 131) (vote)


  Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement * (Rule 131) (vote)


  Draft amending budget No 5/2008 (Rule 131) (vote)


  European Judicial Network * (Rule 131) (vote)


  Application of the principle of mutual recognition to judgments in criminal matters * (Rule 131) (vote)


  Fisheries and aquaculture in the context of ICZM in Europe (Rule 131) (vote)


  Use of the Visa Information System (VIS) under the Schengen Borders Code ***I (vote)


  Strengthening of Eurojust and amendment of Decision 2002/187/JHA * (vote)


  Evaluation of the Dublin system (vote)


  Certain issues relating to motor insurance (vote)


  Coordinated strategy to improve the fight against fiscal fraud (vote)


  Explanations of vote


  Corrections to votes and voting intentions


  Approval of the Minutes of the previous sitting


  Presentation by the Council of the draft general budget — Budget 2009


  Electronic communications networks and services ***I — European Electronic Communications Market Authority ***I — Common approach to the use of the spectrum released by the digital switchover — Electronic communications networks and services, protection of privacy and consumer protection ***I (debate)


  Question Time (Council)


  Follow-up to a request for the defence of immunity


  Special Report from the European Ombudsman following the draft recommendation to the European Commission in complaint 3453/2005/GG (debate)


  Equality between women and men — 2008 (debate)


  European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) (debate)


  How marketing and advertising affect equality between women and men (debate)


  Cloning of animals for food supply (debate)


  Agenda of the next sitting


  Closure of the sitting |
| ATTENDANCE REGISTER | 43 |
| ANNEX I | 45 |
| ANNEX II | 52 |
| | Wednesday 3 September 2008 |
| 2008/C 275E/03 | MINUTES | 96 |
| PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING


  Opening of the sitting


  Situation in Georgia (motions for resolutions tabled)


  Classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures ***I — Classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (amendment of Directives 76/768/EEC, 88/378/EEC, 1999/13/EC, 2000/53/EC, 2002/96/EC and 2004/42/EC) ***I — Classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (amendment of Regulation (EC) No 648/2004) ***I (debate)


  Type-approval of hydrogen powered motor vehicles ***I (debate)


  Statement by the President


  Devoting more attention to youth empowerment in EU policies — Emergency cooperation in recovering missing children (written declarations)


  Voting time


  Classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures ***I (vote)


  Classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (amendment of Directives 76/768/EEC, 88/378/EEC, 1999/13/EC, 2000/53/EC, 2002/96/EC and 2004/42/EC) ***I (vote)


  Classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (amendment of Regulation (EC) No 648/2004) ***I (vote)


  Type-approval of hydrogen powered motor vehicles ***I (vote)


  Situation in Georgia (vote)


  Common frame of reference for European contract law (vote)


  Special Report from the European Ombudsman following the draft recommendation to the European Commission in complaint 3453/2005/GG (vote)


  Equality between women and men — 2008 (vote)


  Cloning of animals for food supply (vote)


  Formal sitting — Costa Rica


  Voting time (continuation)


  How marketing and advertising affect equality between women and men (vote)


  Explanations of vote


  Corrections to votes and voting intentions


  Composition of Parliament


  Approval of the Minutes of the previous sitting


  Evaluation of EU sanctions as part of the EU's actions and policies in the area of human rights (debate)


  Millennium Development Goal 5: maternal health (debate)


  Question Time (Commission)


  Trade in services (debate)


  Code of Conduct for computerised reservation systems ***I (debate)


  European ports policy (debate)


  Freight transport in Europe (debate)


  Composition of committees and delegations


  Defence of parliamentary immunity


  Agenda of the next sitting


  Closure of the sitting |
| ATTENDANCE REGISTER | 110 |
| ANNEX I | 112 |
| ANNEX II | 121 |
| | Thursday 4 September 2008 |
| 2008/C 275E/04 | MINUTES | 160 |
| PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING


  Opening of the sitting


  Documents received


  Palestinian prisoners in Israel (motions for resolutions tabled)


  Mid-term review of the European Environment and Health Action Plan 2004-2010 (debate)


  Soil protection (debate)


  Corrigendum (Rule 204a)


  Voting time


  Code of Conduct for computerised reservation systems ***I (vote)


  Eligibility of Central Asian countries under Council Decision 2006/1016/EC * (vote)


  Palestinian prisoners in Israel (vote)


  Evaluation of EU sanctions as part of the EU's actions and policies in the area of human rights (vote)


  Millennium Development Goal 5: maternal health (vote)


  Trade in services (vote)


  European ports policy (vote)


  Freight transport in Europe (vote)


  Mid-term review of the European Environment and Health Action Plan 2004-2010 (vote)


  Announcement by the President


  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)


  Coup in Mauritania


  Hangings in Iran


  Albino killings in Tanzania


  Voting time


  Coup in Mauritania (vote)


  Hangings in Iran (vote)


  Albino killings in Tanzania (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 | 176 |
| ANNEX I | 178 |
| ANNEX II | 191 |

Notice No

Contents

page

IV   Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

European Parliament

2008-2009 SESSION

Sittings of 1 to 4 September 2008

Monday 1 September 2008

2008/C 275E/01

MINUTES

1

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

Resumption of the session

Announcement by the President

Tribute

Approval of the Minutes of the previous sitting

Composition of Parliament

Composition of committees and delegations

Interpretation of the Rules of Procedure

Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council

Action taken on Parliament's resolutions

Lapsed written declarations

Transfers of appropriations

Petitions

Documents received

Oral questions and written declarations (submission)

Order of business

One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

European Judicial Network * — Strengthening of Eurojust and amendment of Decision 2002/187/JHA * — Application of the principle of mutual recognition to judgments in criminal matters * (debate)

Use of the Visa Information System (VIS) under the Schengen Borders Code ***I (debate)

Evaluation of the Dublin system (debate)

Situation in Georgia (debate)

Evaluation of the Dublin system (continuation of debate)

Common frame of reference for European contract law (debate)

Certain issues relating to motor insurance (debate)

Coordinated strategy to improve the fight against fiscal fraud (debate)

Agenda of the next sitting

Closure of the sitting

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

23

Tuesday 2 September 2008

2008/C 275E/02

MINUTES

25

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

Opening of the sitting

Documents received

Debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (announcement of motions for resolutions tabled)

Social package (First part) (debate)

Voting time

Youth in Action programme (2007-2013) ***I (Rule 131) (vote)

Culture Programme (2007-2013) ***I (Rule 131) (vote)

Europe for Citizens programme (2007-2013) ***I (Rule 131) (vote)

Action programme in the field of lifelong learning ***I (Rule 131) (vote)

Protocol to the EC-Uzbekistan Partnership and Cooperation Agreement * (Rule 131) (vote)

Protocol to the EC-Kyrgyzstan Partnership and Cooperation Agreement * (Rule 131) (vote)

Protocol to the EC-Tajikistan Partnership and Cooperation Agreement * (Rule 131) (vote)

Separate liability of Montenegro with regard to the long-term loans to Serbia and Montenegro (formerly the Republic of Yugoslavia) * (Rule 131) (vote)

Organic production and labelling of organic products * (Rule 131) (vote)

Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement * (Rule 131) (vote)

Draft amending budget No 5/2008 (Rule 131) (vote)

European Judicial Network * (Rule 131) (vote)

Application of the principle of mutual recognition to judgments in criminal matters * (Rule 131) (vote)

Fisheries and aquaculture in the context of ICZM in Europe (Rule 131) (vote)

Use of the Visa Information System (VIS) under the Schengen Borders Code ***I (vote)

Strengthening of Eurojust and amendment of Decision 2002/187/JHA * (vote)

Evaluation of the Dublin system (vote)

Certain issues relating to motor insurance (vote)

Coordinated strategy to improve the fight against fiscal fraud (vote)

Explanations of vote

Corrections to votes and voting intentions

Approval of the Minutes of the previous sitting

Presentation by the Council of the draft general budget — Budget 2009

Electronic communications networks and services ***I — European Electronic Communications Market Authority ***I — Common approach to the use of the spectrum released by the digital switchover — Electronic communications networks and services, protection of privacy and consumer protection ***I (debate)

Question Time (Council)

Follow-up to a request for the defence of immunity

Special Report from the European Ombudsman following the draft recommendation to the European Commission in complaint 3453/2005/GG (debate)

Equality between women and men — 2008 (debate)

European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) (debate)

How marketing and advertising affect equality between women and men (debate)

Cloning of animals for food supply (debate)

Agenda of the next sitting

Closure of the sitting

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

43

ANNEX I

45

ANNEX II

52

Wednesday 3 September 2008

2008/C 275E/03

MINUTES

96

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

Opening of the sitting

Situation in Georgia (motions for resolutions tabled)

Classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures ***I — Classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (amendment of Directives 76/768/EEC, 88/378/EEC, 1999/13/EC, 2000/53/EC, 2002/96/EC and 2004/42/EC) ***I — Classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (amendment of Regulation (EC) No 648/2004) ***I (debate)

Type-approval of hydrogen powered motor vehicles ***I (debate)

Statement by the President

Devoting more attention to youth empowerment in EU policies — Emergency cooperation in recovering missing children (written declarations)

Voting time

Classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures ***I (vote)

Classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (amendment of Directives 76/768/EEC, 88/378/EEC, 1999/13/EC, 2000/53/EC, 2002/96/EC and 2004/42/EC) ***I (vote)

Classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (amendment of Regulation (EC) No 648/2004) ***I (vote)

Type-approval of hydrogen powered motor vehicles ***I (vote)

Situation in Georgia (vote)

Common frame of reference for European contract law (vote)

Special Report from the European Ombudsman following the draft recommendation to the European Commission in complaint 3453/2005/GG (vote)

Equality between women and men — 2008 (vote)

Cloning of animals for food supply (vote)

Formal sitting — Costa Rica

Voting time (continuation)

How marketing and advertising affect equality between women and men (vote)

Explanations of vote

Corrections to votes and voting intentions

Composition of Parliament

Approval of the Minutes of the previous sitting

Evaluation of EU sanctions as part of the EU's actions and policies in the area of human rights (debate)

Millennium Development Goal 5: maternal health (debate)

Question Time (Commission)

Trade in services (debate)

Code of Conduct for computerised reservation systems ***I (debate)

European ports policy (debate)

Freight transport in Europe (debate)

Composition of committees and delegations

Defence of parliamentary immunity

Agenda of the next sitting

Closure of the sitting

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

110

ANNEX I

112

ANNEX II

121

Thursday 4 September 2008

2008/C 275E/04

MINUTES

160

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

Opening of the sitting

Documents received

Palestinian prisoners in Israel (motions for resolutions tabled)

Mid-term review of the European Environment and Health Action Plan 2004-2010 (debate)

Soil protection (debate)

Corrigendum (Rule 204a)

Voting time

Code of Conduct for computerised reservation systems ***I (vote)

Eligibility of Central Asian countries under Council Decision 2006/1016/EC * (vote)

Palestinian prisoners in Israel (vote)

Evaluation of EU sanctions as part of the EU's actions and policies in the area of human rights (vote)

Millennium Development Goal 5: maternal health (vote)

Trade in services (vote)

European ports policy (vote)

Freight transport in Europe (vote)

Mid-term review of the European Environment and Health Action Plan 2004-2010 (vote)

Announcement by the President

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)

Coup in Mauritania

Hangings in Iran

Albino killings in Tanzania

Voting time

Coup in Mauritania (vote)

Hangings in Iran (vote)

Albino killings in Tanzania (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

176

ANNEX I

178

ANNEX II

191

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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 |
| --- | --- |
| 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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