#Monday, 16 January 2006
Date: 2006-11-24
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: parliamentary debate

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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

2005 — 2006 SESSION

Sittings of 16 to 19 January 2006

STRASBOURG

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MINUTES

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

IN THE CHAIR: Josep BORRELL FONTELLES

President

1. Resumption of session

The sitting opened at 17.05.

2. Tribute

On behalf of Parliament, the President paid tribute to the memory of Phillip Whitehead MEP, who had died
on 31.12.2005.

Parliament observed a minute's silence.

Under Rule 4(1) and (7) Parliament established the vacancy with effect from 01.01.2006 and notified the
Member State concerned thereof.

3. Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

The Minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

4. Membership of committees and delegations

Requests from the PPE-DE and UEN Groups for ratification of the following appointments:

— IMCO Committee

Adam Jerzy Bielan to replace Michał Tomasz Kamiński

— REGI Committee:

Hanna Foltyn-Kubicka to replace Adam Jerzy Bielan

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— Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee

Hanna Foltyn-Kubicka

— Delegation for relations with the Andean Community

Carlos José Iturgaiz Angulo to replace Cristobal Montoro Romero

— Delegation for relations with Japan

Cristobal Montoro Romero to replace Carlos José Iturgaiz Angulo

The above appointments would be deemed to be ratified if no objections had been raised before the
approval of these minutes.

5. Documents received

The following documents had been received:

1) from committees

1.1) reports:

— ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on
Community statistics on the structure and activity of foreign affiliates (COM(2005)0088 —
C6-0084/2005 — 2005/0016(COD)) — Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
Rapporteur: Letta Enrico (A6-0332/2005)

— ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on
statistics on goods transport by inland waterways (COM(2005)0366 — C6-0249/2005 —
2005/0150(COD)) — Committee on Transport and Tourism
Rapporteur: Costa Paolo (A6-0333/2005)

— Report on relations with the Russian Federation and China in the field of air transport

(2005/2085(INI)) — Committee on Transport and Tourism
Rapporteur: Zīle Roberts (A6-0375/2005)

— Report on the environmental aspects of sustainable development

(2005/2051(INI)) —

Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
Rapporteur: Ferreira Anne (A6-0383/2005)

— Report on the annual report from the Council to the European Parliament on the main aspects
and basic choices of CFSP, including the financial implications for the general budget of the
European Communities — 2004 (2005/2134(INI)) — Committee on Foreign Affairs
Rapporteur: Brok Elmar (A6-0389/2005)

— Report on the application of the Postal Directive (Directive 97/67/EC as amended by Directive

2002/39/EC) (2005/2086(INI)) — Committee on Transport and Tourism
Rapporteur: Ferber Markus (A6-0390/2005)

— * Report on the proposal for a Council regulation on the common organisation of the markets
in the sugar sector (COM(2005)0263 [01] — C6-0243/2005 — 2005/0118(CNS)) —
Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
Rapporteur: Fruteau Jean-Claude (A6-0391/2005)

— * Report on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003
establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy
and establishing
(COM(2005)0263 [02] —
C6-0244/2005 — 2005/0119(CNS)) — Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
Rapporteur: Fruteau Jean-Claude (A6-0392/2005)

certain support

schemes

farmers

for

— * Report on the proposal for a Council regulation establishing a temporary scheme for the
restructuring of the sugar industry in the European Community and amending Regulation (EC)
No 1258/1999 on the financing of the common agricultural policy (COM(2005)0263 [03] —
C6-0245/2005 — 2005/0120(CNS)) — Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
Rapporteur: Fruteau Jean-Claude (A6-0393/2005)

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— Report on confiscation of automobiles by the Greek authorities

(2005/2005(INI)) —

Committee on Petitions
Rapporteur: Cashman Michael (A6-0394/2005)

— * Report on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of a Protocol to the Frame-
work Agreement
for Trade and Cooperation between the European Community and its
Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Korea, of the other part, to take account
of accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the
Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Malta,
the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia, and the Slovak Republic to the European
Union (COM(2005)0281 — C6-0303/2005 — 2005/0121(CNS)) — Committee on Interna-
tional Trade
Rapporteur: Barón Crespo Enrique (A6-0398/2005)

— Report on the European neighbourhood policy (2004/2166(INI)) — Committee on Foreign

Affairs
Rapporteur: Tannock Charles (A6-0399/2005)

— Report on strategies to prevent the trafficking of women and children who are vulnerable to
sexual exploitation (2004/2216(INI)) — Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality
Rapporteur: Prets Christa (A6-0400/2005)

— Report on the future of the Lisbon strategy from a gender perspective (2004/2219(INI)) —

Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality
Rapporteur: Estrela Edite (A6-0402/2005)

— Report on developing

the
(2005/2084(INI)) — Committee on Transport and Tourism
Rapporteur: El Khadraoui Saïd (A6-0403/2005)

agenda

for

the Community's

external

aviation policy

— Report on the current situation in combating violence against women and any future actions

(2004/2220(INI)) — Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality
Rapporteur: Carlshamre Maria (A6-0404/2005)

— Report

on the

implementation of

the

European Charter

for

Small

Enterprises

(COM(2005/2123(INI)) — Committee on Industry, Research and Energy
Rapporteur: Vlasto Dominique (A6-0405/2005)

— ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council
laying down rules on local border traffic at the external land borders of the Member States and
amending the Schengen Convention and the Common Consular Instructions (COM(2005)0056
— C6-0049/2005 — 2005/0006(COD)) — Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home
Affairs
Rapporteur: Brejc Mihael (A6-0406/2005)

— * Report on the proposal for a Council decision amending Decision 2000/24/EC in order to
include the Maldives in the list of countries covered, following the Indian Ocean tsunamis of
December 2004 (COM(2005)0460 — C6-0319/2005 — 2005/0195(CNS)) — Committee on
Budgets
Rapporteur: Seppänen Esko (A6-0407/2005)

— ***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on
market access to port services (COM(2004)0654 — C6-0147/2004 — 2004/0240(COD)) —
Committee on Transport and Tourism
Rapporteur: Jarzembowski Georg (A6-0410/2005)

— Report on the Commission's Fourth report on Citizenship of the Union (1 May 2001 — 30

April 2004) (2005/2060(INI)) — Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
Rapporteur: Catania Giusto (A6-0411/2005)

— Report on the amendments to be made to the European Parliament's Rules of Procedure
the European Parliament

conduct of Members of

for

to standards

relating
(2005/2075(REG)) — Committee on Constitutional Affairs
Rapporteur: Onesta Gérard (A6-0413/2005)

the

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— Report on the period of reflection: the structure, subjects and context for an assessment of the

debate on the European Union (2005/2146(INI)) — Committee on Constitutional Affairs
Rapporteurs: Voggenhuber Johannes, Duff Andrew (A6-0414/2005)

— * Report on the proposal

for a Council Regulation (EC) amending Regulation (EC) No
533/2004 (COM(2005)0563 — C6-0406/2005 — 2005/0226(CNS)) — Committee on
Foreign Affairs
Rapporteur: Brok Elmar (A6-0002/2006)

1.2) recommendations for second reading:

— ***II Recommendation for second reading on the Council common position for adopting a
regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the application of the provisions
of the Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making
and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters to Community institutions and bodies
(06273/2/2005 — C6-0297/2005 — 2003/0242(COD)) — Committee on the Environment,
Public Health and Food Safety
Rapporteur: Korhola Eija-Riitta (A6-0381/2005)

2) from Members

2.1) oral questions (Rule 108)

— (O-0080/2005) John Bowis, on behalf of the DEVE Committee, to the Commission: Disability

and development (B6-0345/2005);

— (O-0095/2005) Philippe Morillon, on behalf of the PECH Committee, to the Council: Adoption

of management measures for Mediterranean fishery resources (B6-0346/2005);

— (O-0102/2005) Szabolcs Fazakas, Terence Wynn and Jan Mulder, on behalf of the CONT
Committee, to the Council: National management statements — Member States' accountability
for the implementation of the European Union's budget (B6-0347/2005);

— (O-0108/2005) Enrique Barón Crespo, on behalf of the INTA Committee, to the Commission:

WTO Ministerial Conference in Hong Kong (B6-0348/2005);

— (O-0112/2005) Graham Watson, Cecilia Malmström, Emma Bonino and Marco Pannella, on
the Cuban Government
to the Council: EU position towards

the ALDE,

behalf of
(B6-0675/2005).

2.2) oral questions for Question Time (Rule 109) (B6-0676/2005)

— Aylward Liam, Van Hecke Johan, Stenzel Ursula, Manolakou Diamanto, Medina Ortega
Manuel, Posselt Bernd, Papadimoulis Dimitrios, Karas Othmar, Bowis John, Sakalas Aloyzas,
Segelström Inger, De Rossa Proinsias, Pafilis Athanasios, Toussas Georgios, Kratsa-Tsagaro-
poulou Rodi, Mitchell Gay, Westlund Åsa, Seppänen Esko, Stihler Catherine, Kratsa-Tsagaro-
poulou Rodi, Newton Dunn Bill, De Rossa Proinsias, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou Marie, Papadi-
moulis Dimitrios, Goudin Hélène, Roithová Zuzana, Batzeli Katerina, Brepoels Frederika,
Mitchell Gay, Seppänen Esko, Posselt Bernd, Karim Sajjad, Beglitis Panagiotis, Menéndez del
Valle Emilio, Segelström Inger, Czarnecki Ryszard, Medina Ortega Manuel, Ludford Sarah,
Lynne Elizabeth, Crowley Brian, Aylward Liam, Ryan Eoin, Ó Neachtain Seán, de Grandes
Pascual Luis, Protasiewicz Jacek, Pistelli Lapo, Kusstatscher Sepp, Moraes Claude, Van Hecke
Johan, Harkin Marian, Karatzaferis Georgios, Paleckis Justas Vincas, Budreikaitė Danutė,
Figueiredo Ilda, Gaľa Milan, Andersson Jan, Westlund Åsa, Belet Ivo, Stihler Catherine, McGuin-
ness Mairead, Manolakou Diamanto

2.3) motions for resolutions (Rule 113)

— Garriga Polledo Salvador — Motion for a resolution on the promotion of voluntary work

within the European Union (B6-0673/2005)

referred to responsible CULT

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2.4) proposals for recommendations (Rule 114)

— Ludford Baroness Sarah, on behalf of the ALDE Group — Proposal for a recommendation to
the Council on alleged ‘extraordinary rendition’ for secret detention and possible torture of CIA
prisoners, through EU Member States and applicant countries (B6-0674/2005)

Monday, 16 January 2006

referred to responsible LIBE

opinion

AFET

— Duquesne Antoine, on behalf of the ALDE Group — Proposal for a recommendation to the
Council on the factors favouring support for terrorism and the recruitment of terrorists
(B6-0677/2005)

referred to responsible LIBE

2.5) written declarations for entry in the Register (Rule 116)

— Yannick Vaugrenard, Harlem Désir, Kader Arif, Françoise Castex and Jean Louis Cottigny, on

the need to force through social clauses in the WTO negotiations (0083/2005);

— John Bowis, Georgs Andrejevs, Dorette Corbey and Karin Scheele, on diabetes (0001/2006);

— Vittorio Agnoletto, Giovanni Berlinguer, Patrizia Toia, Pier Antonio Panzeri and Pia Elda Loca-
telli, on extending basic health benefits to all residents in Europe, including those not meeting
entry and residence requirements (0002/2006);

— Andreas Mölzer, on a Europe-wide initiative to increase the birth rate (0003/2006);

— Andreas Mölzer, on the weeks of rioting in France (0004/2006).

3) from Parliament's Delegation to the Conciliation Committee

— ***III Report on the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee for a directive of the Euro-
pean Parliament and of the Council concerning the management of bathing water quality and
repealing Directive 76/160/EEC (03659/2005 — C6-0373/2005 — 2002/0254(COD)) — Parlia-
ment's delegation to the Conciliation Committee
Rapporteur: Maaten Jules (A6-0415/2005)

— ***III Report on the joint text by the Conciliation Committee for a directive of the European Parlia-
ment and of the Council on the management of waste from the extractive industries and amending
Directive 2004/35/EC (03665/2005 — C6-0405/2005 — 2003/0107(COD)) — Parliament's delega-
tion to the Conciliation Committee
Rapporteur: Sjöstedt Jonas (A6-0001/2006)

6. Written declarations (Rule 116)

In accordance with Rule 116(5), written declarations 47, 48, 49, 51, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58/2005 lapsed
as they had not obtained the required number of signatures.

7. Action taken on Parliament's positions and resolutions

The Commission communication on the action taken on the positions and resolutions adopted by Parlia-
ment at the September II and October I and II 2005 part-sessions had been distributed.

8. Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council

The Council had forwarded certified true copies of the following:

— Cooperation agreement on a civil global navigation satellite system (GNSS) between the European Com-

munity and its Member States and Ukraine

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— Additional protocol to the agreement establishing an association between the European Economic

Community and Turkey following the enlargement of the European Union

— Agreement between the European Community and the Kingdom of Denmark on the service of judicial

and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters

— Administrative arrangement between the Kingdom of Spain and the Council of the European Union

9. Petitions

The following petitions, which had been entered in the register on the dates shown below, had been
forwarded to the committee responsible pursuant to Rule 191(5):

20.12.2005

Jana and Peter Kolarik (977/2005)
Dietmar Bieber (978/2005)
Heinrich Junge (979/2005)
Larissa Steinhauer (980/2005)
Elena Fallmann (981/2005)
Gerhard Kampschulte (982/2005)
Tanja Krienen (983/2005)
Christine Becker (984/2005)
Johannes Haag (985/2005)
Barbara Kan (986/2005)
Dusan Sostaric (987/2005)
Peter Kaiser (988/2005)
Axel Mölleken (989/2005)
Annette Eisenring (990/2005)
Petruschko (Engelmann Gorev-Drozd) (991/2005)
Willi Roerig (Konzernbetriebsrat der Deutsche Lufthansa AG) (992/2005)
Tracey Claró (993/2005)
Denis Leonard (Killucan Kinnegad Environment Group) (994/2005)
Saadet Güner (Civic Initiative to Stop the Tears of Cultural Heritages in Turkey) (995/2005)
Judith van Erve (XS4ALL Internet B.V.) (and 58 000 signatures) (996/2005)
Mahin Jankie (Vereniging Van Reizigers — VVR) (997/2005)
Zoltán Nemes (998/2005)
Ferenc Kis (999/2005)
Teresa Jakubowska (Antyklerykalna Partia RACJA) (1000/2005)
Magdalena Baena Marugui (Plataforma NO A LA TALA) (1001/2005)
Albino Álvarez Fernández (1002/2005)
José Manuel García Agudo (and 5 signatures) (1003/2005)
Miguel Bernad Remón (Colectivo de funcionarios publicos ‘Manos Limpias’) (1004/2005)
Antonio Rodríguez Pérez (Ecologistas en Acción) (1005/2005)
Patricio Oschiles Serrano (1006/2005)
José Vicente Ferrer Remón (1007/2005)
Aksel Bryggemann (1008/2005)
Thierry de Noblens (Comité Ecologique Ariégeois) (1009/2005)
Y. Motz (Restaurant Pooja) (1010/2005)
Giuseppe Siri (1011/2005)
Anna Mirra (Comitato Veneto per l'Acqua) (and 4 signatures) (1012/2005)

10. Signature of acts adopted under codecision

The President announced that, on Wednesday, he and the President of the Council would sign the
following acts adopted under the codecision procedure pursuant to Rule 68:

— Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending, for the twenty-ninth time, Council
Directive 76/769/EEC on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of
the Member States relating to restrictions on the marketing and use of certain dangerous substances
and preparations (substances classified as carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic to reproduction — c/m/r)
(3644/3/2005 — C6-0015/2006 — 2004/0225(COD));

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— Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the use of vehicles hired without drivers

for the carriage of goods by road (3650/1/2005 — C6-0012/2006 — 2003/0221(COD));

— Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the activities of certain third coun-

tries in the field of cargo shipping (3651/1/2005 — C6-0013/2006 — 2003/0285(COD));

— Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning measures to safeguard security of
electricity supply and infrastructure investment (3654/4/2005 — C6-0014/2006 — 2003/0301(COD)).

In addition, the Council had informed Parliament that it approved:

— the position adopted by Parliament at first reading on 6 July 2005 with a view to the adoption of a
regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the establishment of a European
Pollutant Release and Transfer Register and amending Council Directives 91/689/EEC and 96/61/EC
(3648/5/2005 — C6-0011/2006 — 2004/0231(COD)).

In light of the modifications that had been made by Council to the text forwarded to Parliament, the Presi-
dent had consulted the ENVI Committee, as the committee responsible for that matter, in accordance with
Rule 66(2). Since the ENVI Committee was of the view that the modifications did not affect the substance
of the text, the President announced that he would also sign that act on Wednesday.

11. Setting-up of a committee of inquiry and a temporary committee

Following a request by 213 Members and under Rule 176, the Conference of Presidents had decided to
propose setting up a committee of inquiry into the collapse of the Equitable Life Assurance Society
(B6-0050/2006).

The Conference of Presidents had also decided, under Rule 175, to propose setting up a temporary
committee on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transportation and illegal detention
of prisoners (B6-0051/2006).

Deadline for tabling amendments to the two proposals for decision: Tuesday 17.01.2006, 10.00.

Vote: Wednesday 18.01.2006, 12.00.

Deadline for tabling proposals on membership of the committees: Thursday 19.01.2006, 08.00

The Conference of Presidents would take a decision on the membership of the committees at 10.00 on
Thursday and would announce its decision at once.

Deadline for tabling amendments to the Conference of Presidents' proposal: Thursday 19.01.2006, 10.30

Vote: Minutes of 19.01.2006, Item 8.1 and Minutes of 19.01.2006, Item 8.2

12. Order of business

The next item was the order of business.

The final draft agenda for the January and February I sittings (PE 368.209) had been distributed and the
following changes had been proposed (Rule 132):

Sittings of 16.01.2006 to 19.01.2006

— no changes

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— no changes

Council request for the application of urgent procedure (Rule 134) for:

— Draft Council Regulation imposing certain specific restrictive measures against certain persons
former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri

involvement

in the assassination of
suspected of
(15098/2005 — C6-0434/2005 — 2005/0234(CNS))

Reason for request:

To avoid a situation in which funds and resources that should have been frozen are released, the regulation
must be adopted swiftly.

Parliament would take a decision on the request for urgent procedure at the beginning of the following
day's sitting.

*

*

*

The order of business was thus established.

13. One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Pursuant to Rule 144, the following Members who wished to draw the attention of Parliament to matters
of political importance spoke for one minute:

Milan Gaľa, Monika Beňová, Danutė Budreikaitė, Hélène Flautre, Othmar Karas, Henri Weber, Laima Liucija
Andrikienė, Kyriacos Triantaphyllides, Luis Yañez-Barnuevo García, Urszula Krupa, Libor Rouček, Carlos
José Iturgaiz Angulo, Richard Corbett, Georgios Karatzaferis, Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Sarah
Ludford, Jörg Leichtfried, Esther Herranz García, Eluned Morgan, Inés Ayala Sender, Jules Maaten, Gerard
Batten, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Marios Matsakis, Bogusław Rogalski, Bogusław Liberadzki, Glyn Ford, Pana-
giotis Beglitis, Pedro Guerreiro and Ryszard Czarnecki.

14. Homophobia in Europe (debate)

Commission statement: Homophobia in Europe

Franco Frattini (Vice-President of the Commission) made the statement.

IN THE CHAIR: Mario MAURO

Vice-President

The following spoke: Alexander Stubb, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Martine Roure, on behalf of the
PSE Group, Sophia in 't Veld, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Kathalijne Maria Buitenweg, on behalf of the
Jan Tadeusz Masiel, Non-attached Member, Konrad Szymański, Barbara Kudrycka,
Verts/ALE Group,
Michael Cashman, Sarah Ludford, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Philip Claeys, Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin, Lissy
Gröner, Holger Krahmer, Elisabeth Schroedter, Józef Pinior, Emine Bozkurt, Luis Yañez-Barnuevo García,
Vittorio Agnoletto and Franco Frattini.

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

— Alexander Stubb, on behalf of

the PPE-DE Group, on homophobia in the European Union

(B6-0025/2006);

— Roberta Angelilli, on behalf of the UEN Group, on homophobia (B6-0034/2006);

— Kathalijne Maria Buitenweg, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Elisabeth Schroedter, Monica Frassoni and Jean

Lambert, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on homophobia in Europe (B6-0039/2006);

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— Sophia in 't Veld, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on homophobia in Europe (B6-0040/2006);

— Giusto Catania, Jonas Sjöstedt, Vittorio Agnoletto and Roberto Musacchio, on behalf of the GUE/NGL

Group, on homophobia in Europe (B6-0043/2006).

The debate closed.

The following spoke: Sophia in 't Veld and Kathalijne Maria Buitenweg (the President cut them off, as the
debate had closed).

Vote: Minutes of 18.01.2006, Item 4.10.

15. Citizenship of the Union — fourth report (debate)

Report on the Commission's Fourth report on Citizenship of the Union (1 May 2001 — 30 April 2004)
[2005/2060(INI)] — Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.
Rapporteur: Giusto Catania (A6-0411/2005)

Giusto Catania introduced the report.

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

The following spoke: Pervenche Berès (draftsman of the opinion of the AFCO Committee), Marie Panayoto-
poulos-Cassiotou (draftsman of the opinion of the PETI Committee), Ioannis Varvitsiotis, on behalf of the
PPE-DE Group, Marie-Line Reynaud, on behalf of the PSE Group, Ignasi Guardans Cambó, on behalf of the
ALDE Group, Tatjana Ždanoka, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Jens-Peter Bonde, on behalf of the IND/
DEM Group, James Hugh Allister, Non-attached Member, Ewa Klamt, Stavros Lambrinidis, Thomas Wise,
Carlos Coelho and Javier Moreno Sánchez.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 17.01.2006, Item 7.5.

16. Combating the trafficking of women and children (debate)

Report on strategies to prevent the trafficking of women and children who are vulnerable to sexual exploi-
tation [2004/2216(INI)] — Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality.
Rapporteur: Christa Prets (A6-0400/2005)

Christa Prets introduced the report.

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

The following spoke: Inger Segelström (draftsman of the opinion of the LIBE Committee), Nicole Fontaine,
on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Lissy Gröner, on behalf of the PSE Group, and Claire Gibault, on behalf of
the ALDE Group.

IN THE CHAIR: Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN

Vice-President

The following spoke: Raül Romeva i Rueda, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Feleknas Uca, on behalf of
the GUE/NGL Group, Urszula Krupa, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Irena Belohorská, Non-attached
Member, Panayiotis Demetriou, Teresa Riera Madurell, Siiri Oviir, Ilda Figueiredo, Godfrey Bloom, Marie
Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Marianne Mikko, Maria Carlshamre, Bairbre de Brún, Johannes Blokland, Rodi
Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Corien Wortmann-Kool, Manolis Mavrommatis and Franco Frattini.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 17.01.2006, Item 7.6.

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17. WTO Ministerial Conference in Hong Kong (debate)

Oral question (O-0108/2005) by Enrique Barón Crespo, on behalf of the INTA Committee, to the Commis-
sion: WTO Ministerial Conference in Hong Kong (B6-0348/2005)

Enrique Barón Crespo moved the oral question.

Peter Mandelson (Member of the Commission) answered the oral question.

IN THE CHAIR: Miroslav OUZKÝ

Vice-President

The following spoke: Georgios Papastamkos, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Harlem Désir, on behalf of
the PSE Group, Sajjad Karim, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Marie-Hélène Aubert, on behalf of the Verts/
ALE Group, Vittorio Agnoletto, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Bastiaan Belder, on behalf of the IND/
DEM Group, Seán Ó Neachtain, on behalf of the UEN Group,
Jean-Claude Martinez, Non-attached
Member, Robert Sturdy, Erika Mann, Giulietto Chiesa, Friedrich-Wilhelm Graefe zu Baringdorf, Georgios
Toussas, Roberta Angelilli, Christofer Fjellner, Margrietus van den Berg, Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, Margrete
Auken, Daniel Caspary, Glenys Kinnock, Danutė Budreikaitė, Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna,
Javier
Moreno Sánchez, Jean-Pierre Audy, David Martin, Maria Martens, Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Christo-
pher Beazley and Peter Mandelson.

The debate closed.

18. Climate change (debate)

Commission statement: Climate change

Stavros Dimas (Member of the Commission) made the statement.

The following spoke: Dorette Corbey, on behalf of the PSE Group, Chris Davies, on behalf of the ALDE
Group, Satu Hassi, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Kartika Tamara Liotard, on behalf of the GUE/NGL
Group, Inese Vaidere, on behalf of the UEN Group, Andreas Mölzer, Non-attached Member, Edite Estrela,
Carl Schlyter and Stavros Dimas.

Motion for a resolution tabled to wind up the debate pursuant to Rule 103(2):

— Karl-Heinz Florenz, Eija-Riitta Korhola and Anders Wijkman, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Guido
Sacconi, Dorette Corbey and Edite Estrela, on behalf of the PSE Group, Chris Davies, on behalf of the
ALDE Group, Satu Hassi, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Liam Aylward, on behalf of the UEN
Group, Kartika Tamara Liotard, Roberto Musacchio, Umberto Guidoni, Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Jonas
Ilda Figueiredo and Willy Meyer Pleite, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group,
Sjöstedt, Paul Verges,
Johannes Blokland, on climate change (B6-0027/2006)

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 18.01.2006, Item 4.11.

19. Agenda for next sitting

The agenda for the next sitting had been established (‘Agenda’ PE 368.209/OJMA).

20. Closure of sitting

The sitting closed at 23.00.

Julian Priestley

Secretary-General

Ingo Friedrich

Vice-President

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