MINUTES

(2006/C 227 E/02)

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

IN THE CHAIR: Janusz ONYSZKIEWICZ

Vice-President

1. Opening of sitting

The sitting opened at 9.00.

2. Documents received

The following documents had been received:

1) from the Council and Commission:

- Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Union Solidarity Fund (COM(2005)0108 — C6-0093/2005 — 2005/0033(COD))

referred to responsible : REGI

opinion : BUDG

- Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment, operation and use of the second generation Schengen information system (SIS II) (COM(2005)0236 — C6-0174/2005 — 2005/0106(COD))

referred to responsible : LIBE

opinion : BUDG

- Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to measures envisaged to facilitate the procedures for applying for and issuing visas for members of the Olympic family taking part in the 2006 Olympic and/or Paralympic Winter Games in Torino (COM(2005)0412 — C6-0275/2005 — 2005/0169(COD))

referred to responsible : LIBE

opinion : CULT

- Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 29/2005 — Section III — Commission (SEC(2005)1048 — C6-0276/2005 — 2005/2170(GBD))

referred to responsible : BUDG

- Proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund according to point 3 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 7 November 2002 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on the financing of the European Union Solidarity Fund, supplementing the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999 on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure (COM(2005)0401 — C6-0277/2005 — 2005/2171(ACI))

referred to responsible : BUDG

opinion : REGI

- Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 30/2005 — Section III — Commission (SEC(2005)1094 — C6-0278/2005 — 2005/2173(GBD))

referred to responsible : BUDG

- Proposal for a Council decision on an Amendment to the Agreement Establishing the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), enabling the Bank to finance operations in Mongolia (COM(2005)0342 — C6-0280/2005 — 2005/0139(CNS))

referred to responsible : ECON

opinion : INTA, BUDG

- Proposal for a Council directive on animal health requirements for aquaculture animals and products thereof, and on the prevention and control of certain diseases in aquatic animals (COM(2005)0362 [01] — C6-0281/2005 — 2005/0153(CNS))

referred to responsible : PECH

opinion : BUDG, ENVI

- Proposal for a Council decision amending Decision 90/424/EEC on expenditure in the veterinary field (COM(2005)0362 [02] — C6-0282/2005 — 2005/0154(CNS))

referred to responsible : PECH

opinion : BUDG, ENVI

- Proposal for a Council decision enabling countries eligible for the future European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument (ENPI) to benefit from the Technical Assistance and Information Exchange Programme (TAIEX) (COM(2005)0321 — C6-0283/2005 — 2005/0133(CNS))

referred to responsible : AFET

opinion : INTA, BUDG

- Proposal for a Council framework decision to strengthen the criminal law framework to combat intellectual property offences (COM(2005)0276 [02] — C6-0284/2005 — 2005/0128(CNS))

referred to responsible : JURI

opinion : ITRE, IMCO, LIBE

- Proposal for a Council regulation on the common organisation of the seed market (COM(2005)0384 — C6-0285/2005 — 2005/0164(CNS))

referred to responsible : AGRI

opinion : JURI

- Proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine (COM(2005)0395 — C6-0286/2005 — 2005/0160(CNS))

referred to responsible : AGRI

- Proposal for a Council regulation concerning the common organisation of the market in hops (COM(2005)0386 — C6-0287/2005 — 2005/0162(CNS))

referred to responsible : AGRI

opinion : JURI

2) from Members, written declarations for entry in the Register (Rule 116)

- Charles Tannock, Jana Hybášková, Marek Maciej Siwiec, André Brie and Frédérique Ries, on Israel's withdrawal from Gaza (53/2005);

- Den Dover and Kathy Sinnott, on calling for Member States to apply reduced VAT rates in the housing sector (54/2005);

- Den Dover and Kathy Sinnott, on promoting energy efficiency in buildings (55/2005).

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

Pursuant to Rule 115, the following Members or political groups had requested that such a debate be held on the following motions for resolutions:

I. NEPAL

- Pasqualina Napoletano and Neena Gill, on behalf of the PSE Group, on Nepal (B6-0513/2005);

- Roberta Angelilli, on behalf of the UEN Group, on the human rights situation in Nepal (B6-0519/2005);

- Jean Lambert, Bart Staes, Hélène Flautre and Gérard Onesta, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on Nepal (B6-0520/2005);

- Luisa Morgantini, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on Nepal (B6-0523/2005);

- Thomas Mann, Simon Coveney, Bernd Posselt, Doris Pack and Zsolt László Becsey, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on Nepal (B6-0526/2005);

- Elizabeth Lynne, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the situation in Nepal (B6-0530/2005).

II. TUNISIA

- Pasqualina Napoletano, Véronique De Keyser and Alain Hutchinson, on behalf of the PSE Group, on the human rights situation in Tunisia (B6-0512/2005);

- Hélène Flautre, Raül Romeva i Rueda and Daniel Marc Cohn-Bendit, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on Tunisia (B6-0522/2005);

- Francis Wurtz, Vittorio Agnoletto and Umberto Guidoni, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on freedom of expression in Tunisia (B6-0524/2005);

- Simon Busuttil, Simon Coveney, Bernd Posselt, Thomas Mann, Doris Pack and Zsolt László Becsey, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on Tunisia (B6-0525/2005);

- Cecilia Malmström, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the situation in Tunisia (B6-0529/2005);

- Ģirts Valdis Kristovskis, on behalf of the UEN Group, on freedom of expression and association in Tunisia (B6-0532/2005).

III. VOJVODINA

- Bastiaan Belder, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, on the defence of multi-ethnicity in Vojvodina (B6-0518/2005);

- Gisela Kallenbach, Joost Lagendijk and Angelika Beer, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the harassment of minorities in the province of Vojvodina, Serbia and Montenegro (B6-0521/2005);

- Doris Pack, Zsolt László Becsey, Simon Coveney, Bernd Posselt and Thomas Mann, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on the defence of multi-ethnicity in Vojvodina (B6-0527/2005);

- István Szent-Iványi, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the continuing harassment of minorities in the province of Vojvodina (B6-0528/2005);

- Jonas Sjöstedt, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the situation in Vojvodina (Serbia and Montenegro) (B6-0531/2005);

- Adriana Poli Bortone, on behalf of the UEN Group, on the defence of multi-ethnicity in Vojvodina (B6-0533/2005);

- Pasqualina Napoletano, Hannes Swoboda and Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, on behalf of the PSE Group, on Vojvodina (B6-0534/2005).

Speaking time would be allocated in accordance with Rule 142.

4. Procedures in Member States for granting and withdrawing refugee status * (debate)

Report on the amended proposal for a Council directive on minimum standards on procedures in Member States for granting and withdrawing refugee status (14203/2004 — C6-0200/2004 — 2000/0238(CNS)) — Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.

Rapporteur: Wolfgang Kreissl-Dörfler (A6-0222/2005)

Franco Frattini (Vice-President of the Commission) spoke.

Wolfgang Kreissl-Dörfler introduced report.

The following spoke: Feleknas Uca (draftsman of the opinion of the DEVE Committee), Carlos Coelho, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Martine Roure, on behalf of the PSE Group, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Jean Lambert, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Giusto Catania, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Johannes Blokland, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Romano Maria La Russa, on behalf of the UEN Group, Frank Vanhecke, Non-attached Member, Ewa Klamt, Stavros Lambrinidis, Johannes Voggenhuber, Athanasios Pafilis, Kathy Sinnott, Jan Tadeusz Masiel, Alexander Stubb, Giovanni Claudio Fava, Cem Özdemir, Andreas Mölzer, Simon Busuttil, Inger Segelström, Genowefa Grabowska and Franco Frattini.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 27.09.2005, Item 6.8.

5. EU-US Wine Agreement (debate)

Commission statement: EU-US Wine Agreement

Mariann Fischer Boel (Member of the Commission) made the statement.

The following spoke: Christa Klaß, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, and Katerina Batzeli, on behalf of the PSE Group.

IN THE CHAIR: Ingo FRIEDRICH

Vice-President

The following spoke: Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Marie-Hélène Aubert, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Ilda Figueiredo, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Roberta Angelilli, on behalf of the UEN Group, Jean-Claude Martinez, Non-attached Member, María Esther Herranz García, María Isabel Salinas García, Anne Laperrouze, Astrid Lulling, Luis Manuel Capoulas Santos, Jean Marie Beaupuy, Giuseppe Castiglione, Vincenzo Lavarra, Agnes Schierhuber, Duarte Freitas, María del Pilar Ayuso González and Mariann Fischer Boel.

Motions for resolutions to wind up the debate tabled pursuant to Rule 103(2):

- María Esther Herranz García, Christa Klaß, Astrid Lulling, Giuseppe Castiglione, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on the wine agreement between the European Union and the United States (B6-0489/2005);

- Katerina Batzeli, María Isabel Salinas García and Luis Manuel Capoulas Santos, on behalf of the PSE Group, on the EU-US wine agreement (B6-0511/2005);

- Anne Laperrouze, Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, Niels Busk, Ignasi Guardans Cambó and Willem Schuth, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the EU-US wine agreement (B6-0514/2005);

- Friedrich-Wilhelm Graefe zu Baringdorf, Marie-Hélène Aubert, Milan Horáček and David Hammerstein Mintz, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the EU-US wine agreement (B6-0515/2005);

- Sergio Berlato, Roberta Angelilli and Sebastiano (Nello) Musumeci, on behalf of the UEN Group, on the EU-USA agreement on wine (B6-0516/2005);

- Ilda Figueiredo, Marco Rizzo and Diamanto Manolakou, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the wine trade agreement between the European Union and the United States (B6-0517/2005).

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 29.09.2005, Item 6.1.

(The sitting was suspended at 11.45 pending voting time and resumed at 12.05.)

IN THE CHAIR: Gérard ONESTA

Vice-President

6. Voting time

Details of voting (amendments, separate and split votes, etc.) appear in Annex 1 to the Minutes.

6.1. Public procurement ***I (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council correcting Directive 2004/18/EC on the coordination of procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts (COM(2005)0214 — C6-0155/2005 — 2005/0100(COD)) — Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection.

Rapporteur: Stefano Zappalà (A6-0270/2005)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex 1, Item 1)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Stefano Zappalà made a statement pursuant to Rule 131(4).

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2005)0342)

6.2. EC-Bulgaria Agreement on certain aspects of air services * (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Bulgaria on certain aspects of air services (COM(2005)0158 — C6-0177/2005 — 2005/0060(CNS)) — Committee on Transport and Tourism.

Rapporteur: Paolo Costa (A6-0258/2005)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex 1, Item 2)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2005)0343)

6.3. EC-Croatia Agreement on certain aspects of air services * (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Croatia on certain aspects of air services (COM(2005)0159 — C6-0173/2005 — 2005/0059(CNS)) — Committee on Transport and Tourism.

Rapporteur: Paolo Costa (A6-0259/2005)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex 1, Item 3)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote(P6_TA(2005)0344

6.4. Fees payable to the European Medicines Agency * (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 297/95 on fees payable to the European Medicines Agency (COM(2005)0106 — C6-0137/2005 — 2005/0023(CNS)) — Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety.

Rapporteur: Karl-Heinz Florenz (A6-0264/2005)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex 1, Item 4)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL, AMENDMENTS and DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2005)0345)

6.5. Protocol to the EEC-Comoros Agreement on tuna fishing* (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council regulation on the conclusion of the Protocol setting out the tuna fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Islamic Federal Republic of the Comoros on fishing off the Comoros for the period from 1 January 2005 to 31 December 2010 (COM(2005)0187 — C6-0154/2005 — 2005/0092(CNS)) — Committee on Fisheries.

Rapporteur: Carmen Fraga Estévez (A6-0260/2005)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex 1, Item 5)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL, AMENDMENTS and DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2005)0346)

6.6. Request for waiver of the immunity of Mr Marios Matsakis (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the request for waiver of the immunity of Mr Marios Matsakis (2004/2194(IMM)) — Committee on Legal Affairs.

Rapporteur: Klaus-Heiner Lehne (A6-0268/2005)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex 1, Item 6)

PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION

The following spoke: Bronisław Geremek, Klaus-Heiner Lehne, the rapporteur, on Mr Geremek's remarks, and Christopher Heaton-Harris.

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2005)0347)

6.7. Data retention for combating crime, including terrorism (Rule 131) (vote final)

Report on the initiative by the French Republic, Ireland, the Kingdom of Sweden and the United Kingdom for a Council framework decision on the retention of data processed and stored in connection with the provision of publicly available electronic communications services or data on public communications networks for the purposes of the prevention, investigation, detection and prosecution of crime and criminal offences including terrorism (08958/2004 — C6-0198/2004 — 2004/0813(CNS)) — Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.

Rapporteur: Alexander Nuno Alvaro (A6-0174/2005)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex 1, Item 7)

The text of the initiative had been rejected on 07.06.2005(Minutes of 07.06.2005, Item 6.8) and the matter had been referred back to the committee responsible under Rule 52.

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2005)0348)

Parliament's vote confirmed its rejection of the text of the initiative. The procedure was thus brought to a close.

6.8. Procedures in Member States for granting and withdrawing refugee status * (vote)

Report on the amended proposal for a Council directive on minimum standards on procedures in Member States for granting and withdrawing refugee status (14203/2004 — C6-0200/2004 — 2000/0238(CNS)) — Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.

Rapporteur: Wolfgang Kreissl-Dörfler (A6-0222/2005)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex 1, Item 8)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P6_TA(2005)0349)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2005)0349)

The following spoke on the vote:

- Giusto Catania, who asked that amendment 180, which the President announced had fallen, be put to the vote (the President pointed out that the amendment had fallen as amendment 99 had been adopted), and the rapporteur, who agreed with the President.

7. Explanations of vote

Written explanations of vote:

Explanations of vote submitted in writing under Rule 163(3) appear in the verbatim report of proceedings for the sitting.

Oral explanations of vote:

Report: Wolfgang Kreissl-Dörfler — A6-0222/2005

Philip Claeys

8. Corrections to votes

Corrections to votes appear on the "Séance en direct" website under "Votes"/"Results of votes"/"Roll-call votes". They are published in hard copy in Annex 2 to the Minutes, "Result of roll-call votes".

The electronic version on Europarl will be regularly updated for a maximum of two weeks after the day of the vote concerned.

After the two-week deadline has passed, the list of corrections to votes will be finalised so that it can be translated and published in the Official Journal.

Members present but not voting:

Yiannakis Matsis had informed the Chair that he had been present but had not voted.

(The sitting was suspended at 12.25 and resumed at 15.05.)

IN THE CHAIR: Luigi COCILOVO

Vice-President

9. Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

The following spoke: Ursula Stenzel, who announced that written declaration 41/2005 on rheumatic diseases had been signed by the majority of Parliament's component Members.

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The Minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

10. Territorial cohesion in regional development — A stronger partnership for the outermost regions (debate)

Report on the role of territorial cohesion in regional development (2004/2256(INI)) — Committee on Regional Development.

Rapporteur: Ambroise Guellec (A6-0251/2005)

Report on a stronger partnership for the outermost regions (2004/2253(INI)) — Committee on Regional Development.

Rapporteur: Sérgio Marques (A6-0246/2005)

Ambroise Guellec introduced report (A6-0251/2005).

Sérgio Marques introduced report (A6-0246/2005).

Danuta Hübner (Member of the Commission) spoke.

The following spoke: Luis Manuel Capoulas Santos (draftsman of the opinion of the AGRI Committee), Duarte Freitas (draftsman of the opinion of the PECH Committee), Ewa Hedkvist Petersen, on behalf of the PSE Group, Konstantinos Hatzidakis, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Jean Marie Beaupuy, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Gisela Kallenbach, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Pedro Guerreiro, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Graham Booth, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Mieczysław Edmund Janowski, on behalf of the UEN Group, James Hugh Allister, Non-attached Member, Rolf Berend, Emanuel Jardim Fernandes and Alfonso Andria.

IN THE CHAIR: Miroslav OUZKÝ

Vice-President

The following spoke: Kyriacos Triantaphyllides, Mirosław Mariusz Piotrowski, Salvatore Tatarella, Robert Kilroy-Silk, Margie Sudre, Bernadette Bourzai, Paul Verges, Ryszard Czarnecki, Jan Olbrycht, Catherine Stihler, Markus Pieper, Jamila Madeira, Ioannis Gklavakis, Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, Guido Podestà, Zita Gurmai, Lambert van Nistelrooij, Stavros Arnaoutakis, Zbigniew Krzysztof Kuźmiuk, Manuel Medina Ortega, José Albino Silva Peneda, Paulo Casaca, Alexander Stubb, Richard Seeber, Francesco Musotto and Danuta Hübner.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 28.09.2005, Item 7.8 and Minutes of 28.09.2005, Item 7.9

11. Screening of the legislative proposals pending before the Legislator (debate)

Commission communication: Screening of the legislative proposals pending before the Legislator

Günter Verheugen (Vice-President of the Commission) made the communication.

The following put questions that Günter Verheugen answered: Alexander Stubb, Hannes Swoboda and Alexander Radwan.

IN THE CHAIR: Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Vice-President

The following put questions that Günter Verheugen answered in groups of three: Elizabeth Lynne, Monica Frassoni, Françoise Grossetête, Jules Maaten, Stephen Hughes and Elisabeth Schroedter.

The item closed.

12. Question Time (Commission)

Parliament considered a number of questions to the Commission (B6-0331/2005).

Part one

Question 39 (Albert Jan Maat): Spreading of infectious animal diseases into Europe.

Jacques Barrot (Vice-President of the Commission) answered the question and a supplementary by Albert Jan Maat.

Question 40 (Catherine Stihler): Air passenger compensation.

Jacques Barrot answered the question and supplementaries by Catherine Stihler, Bill Newton Dunn and Josu Ortuondo Larrea.

Question 41 (Athanasios Pafilis): Serious problems with flight safety.

Jacques Barrot answered the question and supplementaries by Athanasios Pafilis, Georgios Karatzaferis and Georgios Toussas.

Part two

Question 42 (Dimitrios Papadimoulis): Completion of Greek national land registry.

Danuta Hübner (Member of the Commission) answered the question and supplementaries by Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Georgios Papastamkos and Georgios Karatzaferis.

Question 43 (Georgios Karatzaferis): Admission of failure by the Greek authorities in achieving the take-up targets for 2005.

Danuta Hübner answered the question and supplementaries by Georgios Karatzaferis, Paul Rübig and Dimitrios Papadimoulis.

Question 44 (Ryszard Czarnecki): Funds for regional policy assistance.

Danuta Hübner answered the question.

Ryszard Czarnecki spoke.

Danuta Hübner answered supplementaries by David Martin and Justas Vincas Paleckis.

Questions 45 and 46 would receive written answers.

Question 47 (Jacques Toubon): Study on gambling services in the internal market.

Charlie McCreevy (Member of the Commission) answered the question and supplementaries by Jacques Toubon and David Martin.

Question 48 (Jelko Kacin): Difficulties experienced by gaming operators in advertising their activities in certain EU Member States.

Charlie McCreevy answered the question and a supplementary by Jelko Kacin.

Question 49 (Mairead McGuinness): Protection of consumers with regard to cross-border financial transactions.

Charlie McCreevy answered the question and supplementaries by Gay Mitchell (deputising for the author).

Questions 50 to 53 would receive written answers.

Question 54 (Bernd Posselt): Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin — Karlsbader Oblaten (Karlsbad Wafers).

Mariann Fischer Boel (Member of the Commission) answered the question and a supplementary by Bernd Posselt.

Question 55 (Agnes Schierhuber): Protected geographical indication status for "Olmützer Quargel" under Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92.

Mariann Fischer Boel answered the question and a supplementary by Agnes Schierhuber.

Question 56 (Zbigniew Krzysztof Kuźmiuk): The soft fruit market in Poland.

Mariann Fischer Boel answered the question and a supplementary by Zbigniew Krzysztof Kuźmiuk.

Question 57 (Johan Van Hecke): Payment of European farm subsidies to large land-owners belonging to the aristocracy.

Mariann Fischer Boel answered the question and supplementaries by Johan Van Hecke, Bart Staes and Agnes Schierhuber.

Questions 58 to 96 would receive written answers.

Commission Question Time closed.

Jim Higgins asked whether the full time allotted for questions to Mariann Fischer Boel had been used. The President replied that it had.

13. Rheumatic diseases (written declaration)

Written declaration 41/2005, tabled by Richard Howitt, David Hammerstein Mintz, Ursula Stenzel, Adamos Adamou and Grażyna Staniszewska on rheumatic diseases, had, on 27.09.2005, been signed by the majority of Parliament's component Members and would therefore, under Rule 116(4), be forwarded to the institutions named therein and published, along with a list of the signatories' names, in the Texts Adopted of the sitting of 13.10.2005(P6_TA(2005)0389).

(The sitting was suspended at 19.40 and resumed at 21.00.)

IN THE CHAIR: Edward McMILLAN-SCOTT

Vice-President

14. Development of the Community's railways ***I — Certification of train crews ***I — International rail passengers' rights and obligations ***I — Contractual quality requirements for rail freight services ***I — (debate)

Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 91/440/EEC on the development of the Community's railways (COM(2004)0139 — C6-0001/2004 — 2004/0047(COD)) — Committee on Transport and Tourism.

Rapporteur: Georg Jarzembowski (A6-0143/2005)

Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the certification of train crews operating locomotives and trains on the Community's rail network (COM(2004)0142 — C6-0002/2004 — 2004/0048(COD)) — Committee on Transport and Tourism.

Rapporteur: Gilles Savary (A6-0133/2005)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on International Rail Passengers' Rights and Obligations (COM(2004)0143 — C6-0003/2004 — 2004/0049(COD)) — Committee on Transport and Tourism.

Rapporteur: Dirk Sterckx (A6-0123/2005)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on compensation in cases of non-compliance with contractual quality requirements for rail freight services (COM(2004)0144 — C6-0004/2004 — 2004/0050(COD)) — Committee on Transport and Tourism.

Rapporteur: Roberts Zīle (A6-0171/2005)

Jacques Barrot (Vice-President of the Commission) spoke.

After expressing his disappointment that the item in question had been scheduled for the night sitting, Georg Jarzembowski introduced report A6-0143/2005.

Gilles Savary introduced report (A6-0133/2005).

Dirk Sterckx introduced report (A6-0123/2005).

Roberts Zīle introduced report (A6-0171/2005).

The following spoke: Elisabeth Jeggle, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Willi Piecyk, on behalf of the PSE Group, Paolo Costa, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Michael Cramer, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Francis Wurtz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Patrick Louis, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Luca Romagnoli, Non-attached Member, Reinhard Rack, who began by mentioning the order of business and endorsing Georg Jarzembowski's introductory remarks, Bogusław Liberadzki, Anne E. Jensen, Hélène Flautre, Erik Meijer, Gerard Batten, Armando Dionisi, Saïd El Khadraoui, Josu Ortuondo Larrea, Jaromír Kohlíček, Sylwester Chruszcz, Corien Wortmann-Kool, Inés Ayala Sender, Bogusław Sonik, Ewa Hedkvist Petersen, Péter Olajos, Jörg Leichtfried, Luís Queiró, Emanuel Jardim Fernandes, Zsolt László Becsey, Ulrich Stockmann, Małgorzata Handzlik, Marta Vincenzi, Stanisław Jałowiecki, Nikolaos Sifunakis, Etelka Barsi-Pataky, and Jacques Barrot.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 28.09.2005, Item 7.3, Minutes of 28.09.2005, Item 7.4, Minutes of 28.09.2005, Item 7.5 and Minutes of 28.09.2005, Item 7.6

15. Agenda for next sitting

The agenda for the next sitting had been established ("Agenda" PE 361.877/OJME).

16. Closure of sitting

The sitting closed at 23.40.

Julian Priestley

Secretary-General

Jacek Emil Saryusz-Wolski

Vice-President

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