MINUTES#Monday, 15 May 2006
Date: 2006-12-07
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: parliamentary debate

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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

2006 — 2007 SESSION

Sittings of 15 to 18 May 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 17.00.

2. Tribute

On behalf of Parliament, the President paid tribute to the memory of Rolandas Pavilionis, who had died on
10.05.2006.

Parliament observed a minute's silence.

3. Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

Jean-Louis Bourlanges and Michael Gahler had informed the Presidency that they had been present at the
sitting of 27.04.2006 but that their names were not on the attendance register.

The Minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

4. Documents received

The following documents had been received:

1) from the Council and Commission

— Amended proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Community,
of the Protocol Against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing the United
Nations Convention Against Transnational Organised Crime
(COM(2005)0503 [01] —
C6-0129/2006 — 2003/0196(CNS))

referred to

responsible: LIBE
opinion:

FEMM

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— Amended proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Community,
of the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women And Chil-
dren, supplementing the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organised Crime
(COM(2005)0503 [02] — C6-0130/2006 — 2003/0197(CNS))

referred to

responsible: LIBE
opinion:

FEMM

— Proposal

for a Council decision on the system of

the European Communities' own resources

(COM(2006)0099 — C6-0132/2006 — 2006/0039(CNS))

referred to

responsible: BUDG
opinion:

INTA, CONT, ECON, REGI

— Proposal for a Council decision adapting the Act of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania as regards

rural development (COM(2006)0152 [01] — C6-0133/2006 — 2006/0053(CNS))

referred to

responsible: AGRI
opinion:

AFET, BUDG

— Proposal for a Council decision adapting Annex VIII to the Act of Accession of Bulgaria and

Romania (COM(2006)0152 [02] — C6-0134/2006 — 2006/0054(CNS))

referred to

responsible: AGRI
opinion:

AFET, BUDG

— Proposal for a Council regulation on glucose and lactose (Codified version) (COM(2006)0116 —

C6-0135/2006 — 2006/0038(CNS))

referred to

responsible: JURI

— Proposal for a Council directive on control of San José Scale (Codified version) (COM(2006)0123 —

C6-0136/2006 — 2006/0040(CNS))

referred to

responsible: JURI

— Proposal for a Council regulation concerning use of alien and locally absent species in aquaculture

(COM(2006)0154 — C6-0137/2006 — 2006/0056(CNS))

referred to

responsible: PECH
ENVI
opinion:

— Proposal for a Council decision on the accession of the Community to the Hague Conference on

Private International Law (07591/2006 — C6-0138/2006 — 2005/0251(AVC))

referred to

responsible: JURI
opinion:

ECON, LIBE

— Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Com-
munity and Bosnia and Herzegovina on certain aspects of air services (COM(2005)0351 —
C6-0139/2006 — 2005/0140(CNS))

referred to

responsible: TRAN

— Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the agreement between the European Com-
munity and Norway on the revision of the amount of the financial contribution from Norway
provided for in the agreement between the European Community and the Kingdom of Norway on
the participation of Norway in the work of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug
Addiction (EMCDDA) (COM(2006)0115 — C6-0140/2006 — 2006/0037(CNS))

referred to

responsible: LIBE

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— Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 12/2006 — Section III — Commission (SEC(2006)0470

Monday, 15 May 2006

— C6-0143/2006 — 2006/2100(GBD))

referred to

responsible: BUDG

— Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Community, of the
Protocol on Mountain Farming attached to the Alpine Convention (COM(2006)0170 —
C6-0144/2006 — 2006/0059(CNS))

referred to

responsible: AGRI
ENVI
opinion:

2) from committees

2.1) reports

— * Report on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between
the European Community and the Kingdom of Morocco on certain aspects of air services
(COM(2005)0393 — C6-0118/2006 — 2005/0161(CNS)) — Committee on Transport and
Tourism
Rapporteur: Costa Paolo (A6-0125/2006).

— * Report on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between
the European Community and Serbia and Montenegro on certain aspects of air services
(COM(2005)0353 — C6-0114/2006 — 2005/0141(CNS)) — Committee on Transport and
Tourism
Rapporteur: Costa Paolo (A6-0126/2006).

— * Report on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between
the European Community and the Republic of Moldova on certain aspects of air services
(COM(2005)0371 — C6-0117/2006 — 2005/0151(CNS)) — Committee on Transport and
Tourism
Rapporteur: Costa Paolo (A6-0127/2006).

— * Report on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between
the European Community and Romania on certain aspects of air services (COM(2005)0369 —
C6-0116/2006 — 2005/0148(CNS)) — Committee on Transport and Tourism
Rapporteur: Costa Paolo (A6-0128/2006).

— * Report on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between
the European Community and the Republic of Albania on certain aspects of air services
(COM(2005)0349 — C6-0113/2006 — 2005/0143(CNS)) — Committee on Transport and
Tourism
Rapporteur: Costa Paolo (A6-0129/2006).

— * Report on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between
the European Community and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on certain aspects of
air services (COM(2005)0355 — C6-0115/2006 — 2005/0146(CNS)) — Committee on Trans-
port and Tourism
Rapporteur: Costa Paolo (A6-0130/2006).

— * Report on the proposal for a Council regulation on the conclusion of the Agreement in the
form of an exchange of letters extending the Protocol setting out, for the period 1 June 2005 to
31 May 2006, the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by the
Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the Demo-
cratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe on fishing off the coast of São Tomé e Príncipe
(COM(2005)0630 — C6-0045/2006 — 2005/0249(CNS)) — Committee on Fisheries
Rapporteur: Freitas Duarte (A6-0132/2006).

— * Report on the proposal for a Council regulation denouncing the Agreement between the Euro-
pean Economic Community and the Government of the People's Republic of Angola on fish-
eries off Angola and derogating from Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999 (COM(2005)0677 —
C6-0035/2006 — 2005/0262(CNS)) — Committee on Fisheries
Rapporteur: Guerreiro Pedro (A6-0133/2006).

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— *** Recommendation on the proposal
Community

for a Council decision on the conclusion by the
European
(13886/1/2005 —
Treaty
COM(2005)0435 — C6-0435/2005 — 2005/0178(AVC)) — Committee on Industry, Research
and Energy
Rapporteur: Chichester Giles (A6-0134/2006).

Community

Energy

the

of

— * Report on the Council recommendation for appointment of an Executive Board Member of
the European Central Bank (N6-0015/2006 — C6-0071/2006 — 2006/0801(CNS)) —
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
Rapporteur: Berès Pervenche (A6-0136/2006).

— * Report on the proposal for a Council regulation establishing measures for the recovery of the
stock of European Eel (COM(2005)0472 — C6-0326/2005 — 2005/0201(CNS)) — Committee
on Fisheries
Rapporteur: Maat Albert Jan (A6-0140/2006).

— * Report on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 as
importing rice (COM(2006)0098 — C6-0085/2006 —

the arrangements

regards
2006/0028(CNS)) — Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
Rapporteur: Daul Joseph (A6-0142/2006).

for

— Report on the outcome of the screening of legislative proposals pending before the Legislator

(2005/2214(INI)) — Committee on Constitutional Affairs
Rapporteur: Kaufmann Sylvia-Yvonne (A6-0143/2006).

— Report on the conclusion of the Interinstitutional Agreement (IIA) on budgetary discipline and

sound financial management (2006/2028(ACI)) — Committee on Constitutional Affairs
Rapporteur: Sousa Pinto Sérgio (A6-0144/2006).

— * Report on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1673/2000,
as regards the processing aid for flax and hemp grown for fibre, and Regulation (EC) No
1782/2003, as regards hemp eligible for the Single Payment Scheme (COM(2006)0125 —
C6-0119/2006 — 2006/0043(CNS)) — Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
Rapporteur: Daul Joseph (A6-0145/2006).

— Report on natural disasters (fires, droughts and floods) — regional development aspects

(2005/2193(INI)) — Committee on Regional Development
Rapporteur: Galeote Quecedo Gerardo (A6-0147/2006).

— Report on natural disasters

(fires, droughts
(2005/2192(INI)) — Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
Rapporteur: Estrela Edite (A6-0149/2006).

and floods) — environmental

aspects

— Report on the Interinstitutional Agreement on budgetary discipline and sound financial manage-

ment (COM(2006)0036 — 2004/2099(ACI)) — Committee on Budgets
Rapporteur: Böge Reimer (A6-0150/2006).

— Report on natural disasters (fires, droughts and floods) — agricultural aspects (2005/2195(INI))

— Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
Rapporteur: Capoulas Santos Luis Manuel (A6-0152/2006).

— * Report on the amended proposal for a Council directive amending Directive 77/388/EEC
(COM(2005)0334 — C6-0322/2005 —
services

regards

the place of

as
supply of
2003/0329(CNS)) — Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
Rapporteur: Karas Othmar (A6-0153/2006).

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— Report on the 2007 budget:

the Commission's Annual Policy Strategy report

(APS)

(2006/2020(BUD)) — Committee on Budgets
Rapporteur: Elles James (A6-0154/2006).

— * Report on the proposal for a Council regulation establishing an Instrument for Pre-Accession
Assistance (IPA) (COM(2004)0627 — C6-0047/2005 — 2004/0222(CNS)) — Committee on
Foreign Affairs
Rapporteur: Szent-Iványi István (A6-0155/2006).

— Report on the request for waiver of the immunity of Tobias Pflüger (2006/2030(IMM)) —

Committee on Legal Affairs
Rapporteur: Speroni Francesco Enrico (A6-0156/2006).

— ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and the Council estab-
lishing an Instrument for Stability (COM(2004)0630 — C6-0251/2004 — 2004/0223(COD))
— Committee on Foreign Affairs
Rapporteur: Beer Angelika (A6-0157/2006).

— Report on the Annual Report on Human rights in the World 2005 and the EU's Policy on the

matter (2005/2203(INI)) — Committee on Foreign Affairs
Rapporteur: Howitt Richard (A6-0158/2006).

— ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council
amending Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 laying down rules for the prevention, control and
(COM(2004)0775 —
eradication of
C6-0223/2004 — 2004/0270B(COD)) — Committee on the Environment, Public Health and
Food Safety
Rapporteur: Roth-Behrendt Dagmar (A6-0161/2006).

spongiform encephalopathies

certain transmissible

— Report on public finances in economic and monetary Union (EMU)

(2005/2166(INI)) —

Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
Rapporteur: Rosati Dariusz (A6-0162/2006).

— * Report on the proposal for a Council regulation on the conclusion of the Fisheries Partnership
Agreement between the European Community and the Kingdom of Morocco (COM(2005)0692
— C6-0040/2006 — 2005/0280(CNS)) — Committee on Fisheries
Rapporteur: Varela Suanzes-Carpegna Daniel (A6-0163/2006).

— ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council
laying down general provisions establishing a European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instru-
ment (COM(2004)0628 — C6-0129/2004 — 2004/0219(COD)) — Committee on Foreign
Affairs
Rapporteurs: Szymański Konrad, Fotyga Anna Elzbieta (A6-0164/2006).

— * Report on the proposal for a Council decision approving the accession of the European Com-
munity to the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement concerning the international registration of
industrial designs, adopted in Geneva on 2 July 1999 (COM(2005)0687 — C6-0061/2006 —
2005/0273(CNS)) — Committee on Legal Affairs
Rapporteur: Rocard Michel (A6-0166/2006).

— * Report on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulations (EC) No 6/2002 and
(EC) No 40/94 to give effect to the accession of the European Community to the Geneva Act of
the Hague Agreement
industrial designs
(COM(2005)0689 — C6-0058/2006 — 2005/0274(CNS)) — Committee on Legal Affairs
Rapporteur: Rocard Michel (A6-0167/2006).

concerning the

registration of

international

— Report on preparing for the assent procedure for the Community's strategic guidelines for the
(2006/2086(INI)) —

period 2007-2013 (Cohesion Policy in Support of Growth and Jobs)
Committee on Regional Development
Rapporteur: Krehl Constanze Angela (A6-0175/2006).

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2.2) 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 addition of vitamins and
minerals and of certain other substances to foods (09857/3/2005 — C6-0017/2006 —
2003/0262(COD)) — Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
Rapporteur: Scheele Karin (A6-0078/2006).

— ***II Recommendation for second reading on the Council common position for adopting a
regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on nutrition and health claims made
on foods (09858/3/2005 — C6-0018/2006 — 2003/0165(COD)) — Committee on the Envir-
onment, Public Health and Food Safety
Rapporteur: Poli Bortone Adriana (A6-0122/2006).

3) from Members

3.1) oral questions for Question Time (Rule 109) (B6-0207/2006)

— Posselt Bernd, Casaca Paulo, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco Elena, Andrikienė Laima Liucija,
McGuinness Mairead, Batzeli Katerina, Ryan Eoin, Evans Robert, Mitchell Gay, Karas Othmar,
Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou Marie, Mölzer Andreas, Hennicot-Schoepges Erna, Ó Neachtain Seán,
Pirker Hubert, Budreikaitė Danutė, Gentvilas Eugenijus, Seeber Richard, Aylward Liam, Medina
Ortega Manuel, Davies Chris, Crowley Brian, Rübig Paul, Rack Reinhard, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou
Rodi, Moraes Claude, Koch Dieter-Lebrecht, Papadimoulis Dimitrios, Karatzaferis Georgios,
Trakatellis Antonios, Newton Dunn Bill, De Rossa Proinsias, Beglitis Panagiotis, Isler Béguin
Marie Anne, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Rutowicz Leopold Józef, Czarnecki Ryszard, Pafilis
Athanasios, Sakalas Aloyzas, Schierhuber Agnes, Zappalà Stefano, Manolakou Diamanto,
Sjöstedt Jonas, Lundgren Nils, Martin Hans-Peter, Kallenbach Gisela, Adamou Adamos, Ebner
Michl, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Gill Neena, Badia I Cutchet Maria, Ó Neachtain Seán,
Mitchell Gay, Crowley Brian, Guardans Cambó Ignasi, McGuinness Mairead, Weber Manfred,
Alvaro Alexander, Davies Chris, Starkevičiūtė Margarita, Staes Bart, Posselt Bernd, Vakalis
Nikolaos, Andrikienė Laima Liucija, Doyle Avril, Karim Sajjad, Papadimoulis Dimitrios, Evans
Robert, Aylward Liam, De Rossa Proinsias, Montoro Romero Cristobal, Lundgren Nils, Paleckis
Justas Vincas, Rutowicz Leopold Józef, Medina Ortega Manuel, Herczog Edit, Sjöstedt Jonas,
Mavrommatis Manolis, Higgins Jim, Beglitis Panagiotis, Mayer Hans-Peter, Liberadzki Bogusław,
Moraes Claude, Martin David, Ryan Eoin, López-Istúriz White Antonio, Podkański Zdzisław
Zbigniew, van Nistelrooij Lambert, Matsis Yiannakis, Karatzaferis Georgios, Markov Helmuth,
Casaca Paulo, Belohorská Irena, Kinnock Glenys, Vanhecke Frank, Sakalas Aloyzas, Zappalà
Stefano, Bowis John, Belet
Ivo, Evans Jill, Toussas Georgios, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou Rodi,
Manolakou Diamanto, Christensen Ole, Czarnecki Ryszard, Pafilis Athanasios, Martin Hans-
Peter, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou Marie, Jordan Cizelj Romana, Adamou Adamos

3.2) motions for resolutions (Rule 113)

— Corbett Richard — Motion for a resolution concerning European Parliament sessions in Brussels

and European Council meetings in Strasbourg (B6-0277/2006)

referred to

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

— Carl Schlyter, Paulo Casaca, Karl-Heinz Florenz, Mojca Drčar Murko and Caroline Lucas, on

banning seal products in the European Union (38/2006);

— Cristiana Muscardini, on the Differentiated Browsing system for the protection of minors on the

Internet (39/2006);

— Margrietus van den Berg, Jean-Marie Cavada, Harlem Désir and Caroline Lucas, on forced labour

in Chinese prisons (40/2006);

— Feleknas Uca, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Karin Scheele, Jürgen Schröder and Nicholson of Winter-

bourne, on Female Genital Mutilation (41/2006).

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5. 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):

20.04.2006

Robert Buxton (Kensington Red Route Action Group) (with 800 signatures) (No 131/2006);
Fred Krieger (No 132/2006);
Philipp Hummer (Nathan: Network: Netzkunst & Kultur) (No 133/2006);
Philipp Lampel (No 134/2006);
Christian Vach (No 135/2006);
Hans-Dieter Ripperger (No 136/2006);
Hans Werner Schulz (No 137/2006);
Ulrich Sczech (No 138/2006);
Julia Ovchinski (RAe Engelmann Gorev-Drozd) (No 139/2006);
Hans-Helmut Zimmermann (No 140/2006);
Jean-Nöel and Gaby Hantscher (No 141/2006);
Wasilios Katsioulis (No 142/2006);
Charalampos Psarros (No 143/2006);
Elissabet Angelidou (No 144/2006);
S. Efstratiadis (No 145/2006);
Georgios Klonaris (No 146/2006);
Athanassios Tsiokos Plapoutas (with 233 signatures) (No 147/2006);
Andreas Papamihail (No 148/2006);
Anthony Craven (National Support Group For Victims of Failed Home Income Plans) (No 149/2006);
Jean-Claude Ruppert (Parents for Fair School Fees) (No 150/2006);
Stefanos Samakas (Center for the protection of the classic vehicle — Skaraveos Athens Volkswagen Club)
(No 151/2006);
Christina Karlsson (No 152/2006);
Dimitris Nikolakis (No 153/2006);
Edward McGarr (No 154/2006);
Robert Twiss (Purcellsinch Business & Residents Group) (No 155/2006);
Teodor Vallo (No 156/2006);
Reg Fraser (Plymouth Senior Citizens Forum) (No 157/2006);
Amir Ripon (No 158/2006);
Ashley Binamungu (Brides without borders) (No 159/2006);
Raimundas Kubilius (Board of the Community of Old Citizens of Palanga Town) (No 160/2006);
Dan Brennan (No 161/2006);
Pedro Nieto Iglesia (No 162/2006);
Rosa Dolores Valles Martinez (Foro Social contra el Trasvase Fuensanta-Taibilla) (No 163/2006);
Liene Apine (Latvian National Front) (No 164/2006);
Ángel Arozamena Sierra (No 165/2006);
Iñaki Reyero Castro (No 166/2006);
Manuel Munoz Carrasco (No 167/2006);
Abdelkrim Qassoui (HEMROD, S.L.) (No 168/2006);
María Eugenia Callejón de la Sal (Plataforma en defensa de agua amarga) (No 169/2006);
Pedro Pablo Herrero Ruiz (with 311 signatures) (No 170/2006);
Miguel García Cacho (No 171/2006);
Zainib Ben Aissa (No 172/2006);
Raymond di Mascio (No 173/2006);
Jean-Claude Pasquier (No 174/2006);
Etienne Triau (SCEA TRIAU) (No 175/2006);
Elsa Villa (No 176/2006);
Claude Karsenti (Défense des Citoyens) (No 177/2006);

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Xavier Dirand (No 178/2006);
Giuseppe De Simone (Comitato MOSAICO — Movimento Spontaneo d'Autotutela Intercomunale) (with
15 signatures) (No 179/2006);
Adriana Palleni (Comitati Cittadini Indipendenti) (No 180/2006);
Matteo Ugliola (No 181/2006);
Edmondo Infantino (No 182/2006);
Salvatore Maio (CISL — Struttura transfrontaliera Eurazur) (No 183/2006);
Remo Mortara (Gruppo di Medici) (with 62 signatures) (No 184/2006);
Özcan Kaldoyo (ACSA) (No 185/2006);
Zorica Grujič (LIFS- Jugoslavisk-Svenska Föreningen ‘Jedinstvo-Enighet’ Lunds Invandrarföreningars Samar-
betsorganisation) (with 166 signatures) (No 186/2006);
Antonín Zelenka (No 187/2006);
Anna Krazucka (Izba Pracodawców Polskich) (No 188/2006);
Marian Grzywnowicz (Zakład Usługowo-Handlowy ‘Marionex’) (No 189/2006);
Michal Szyszka (No 190/2006);
Manfred Zippel (No 191/2006).

28.04.2006

Rosemarie Hennecke-Gramatzki (No 192/2006);
Peter Hagspiel (No 193/2006);
Martin Mieschendahl (No 194/2006);
Tobias Neubacher (No 195/2006);
Martina Liepert (No 196/2006);
(Name confidential) (No 197/2006);
Michael Stolz (No 198/2006);
Rainer Lorenz (No 199/2006);
Peter Bergelt (No 200/2006);
Bodo Staron (No 201/2006);
Denitsa Dimitrova Göbel (No 202/2006);
Frank Bergmann (No 203/2006);
Brigitte Honig (No 204/2006);
Mihail Selish (RAe Engelmann-Gorev-Drozd) (No 205/2006);
John Kaufman (No 206/2006);
Kelly Welch (No 207/2006);
Ade Adeyanju (No 208/2006);
Roberto Pereira Moreira (No 209/2006);
Edward Creighton (No 210/2006);
Sebastián Gómez Marfil (No 211/2006);
Rafael Olabe (Nafarroako Erret Etxea) (No 212/2006);
Javier Escudero Gonzalez (Plataforma en defensa de San Glorio) (No 213/2006);
Danilo Cavallero (No 214/2006);
Aurelio Taddeo (No 215/2006);
Antonio Gerolamo Giungato (No 216/2006);
Rob Jansen (No 217/2006);
Constant Verbraeken (No 218/2006);
Constant Verbraeken (No 219/2006);
Edward Szatanik (No 220/2006).

6. Membership of Parliament

Pier Luigi Bersani, Paolo Cirino Pomicino, Massimo D'Alema and Armando Dionisi had notified Parliament
that they had been elected to the Italian Parliament and had accepted their national mandates as of
28.04.2006.

As this office was incompatible with that of a Member of the European Parliament under Article 7(2) of the
Act concerning the election of representatives of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage, Parlia-
ment, under Rule 4(4), established the vacancies with effect from 28.04.2006 and informed the Member
State concerned thereof.

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The Italian authorities had notified Parliament that the following had been designated as Members of the
European Parliament with effect from 08.05.2006:

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Marco Cappato to replace Emma Bonino;
Carlo Casini to replace Armando Dionisi;
Corrado Gabriele to replace Fausto Bertinotti;
Donata Gottardi to replace Enrico Letta;
Andrea Losco to replace Massimo D'Alema;
Achille Occhetto to replace Antonio Di Pietro;
Aldo Patriciello to replace Lorenzo Cesa;
Gianluca Susta to replace Pier Luigi Bersani;
Armando Veneto to replace Paolo Cirino Pomicino;
Donato Tommaso Veraldi to replace Giovanni Procacci.

Josep Borrell Fontelles (President) drew attention to the provisions of Rule 3(5).

7. Membership of political groups

Paweł Bartłomiej Piskorski had sat as a non-attached Member as of 01.05.2006.

The co-chairmen of the IND/DEM Group had given notice that Mario Borghezio, Umberto Bossi, Matteo
Salvini and Francesco Enrico Speroni were no longer members of that group and had sat as non-attached
Members as of 27.04.2006.

8. Request for the defence of parliamentary immunity

Gabriele Albertini had sent the Presidency a request for the defence of his parliamentary immunity in case
No 8629/05 R.G., pending before a court in Milan.

Under Rule 6(3), the request had been referred to the committee responsible, the JURI Committee.

9. Declaration of financial interests

The following Members had not yet submitted a declaration of financial interests for 2005 in accordance
with Annex I, Article 2(5) of the Rules of Procedure:

Karsten Friedrich Hoppenstedt and Roger Knapman.

10. Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council

The Council had forwarded a certified true copy of the following:

— Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Moldova on certain aspects of air

services.

11. 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 the Council on machinery and amending Directive 95/16/EC

(recast) (3680/4/2005 — C6-0149/2006 — 2001/0004(COD))

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— Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 1999/62/EC on the
(3682/9/2005 —

certain infrastructures

the use of

for

charging of heavy goods vehicles
C6-0147/2006 — 2003/0175(COD))

— Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain fluorinated greenhouse gases

(3604/2/2006 — C6-0145/2006 — 2003/0189A(COD))

— Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to emissions from air conditioning
and amending Council Directive 70/156/EEC (3605/2/2006 —

in motor

systems
C6-0146/2006 — 2003/0189B(COD))

vehicles

— Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on compulsory licensing of patents relating
to the manufacture of pharmaceutical products for export to countries with public health problems
(3674/3/2005 — C6-0150/2006 — 2004/0258(COD))

— Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on statutory audits of annual accounts and
consolidated accounts, amending Council Directives 78/660/EEC and 83/349/EEC and repealing Council
Directive 84/253/EEC (3667/5/2005 — C6-0148/2006 — 2004/0065(COD))

— Decision of the European Parliament establishing the European Year of Equal Opportunities for All

(2007) Towards a Just Society (3676/2/2005 — C6-0151/2006 — 2005/0107(COD)).

12. Order of business

The next item was the order of business.

Hans-Peter Martin spoke.

The final draft agenda for the May I and II sittings (PE 373.210/PDOJ) had been distributed and a number
of changes had been proposed (Rule 132):

Sittings of 15.05.2006 to 18.05.2006

Monday

— no changes

Tuesday

— Request from the GUE/NGL Group to refer back to committee the Speroni report on the request for the
waiver of Tobias Pflüger's immunity (A6-0156/2006), which was due to be put to the vote on Tuesday
(Item 2 on the final draft agenda).

Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann moved the request.

The following spoke on the request: Klaus-Heiner Lehne, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Martin Schulz, on
behalf of the PSE Group, who asked that the Conference of Presidents no longer be called upon to deal with
matters relating to parliamentary immunity, and that such matters be dealt with in plenary and by the JURI
Committee, Daniel Marc Cohn-Bendit, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, and Martin Schulz.

Parliament rejected the request by electronic vote (72 in favour, 102 against, 50 abstentions).

— Request from the PSE Group to hold over until Wednesday the vote on the Rack report on improving
the environmental performance of the freight transport system (‘Marco Polo II’) (A6-0408/2005) (Item
11 on the final draft agenda).

Parliament approved the request.

Wednesday

As the Presidency-in-Office of the Council had notified Parliament that it could not stay after 19.00, Council
Question Time would be cut to one hour.

The following spoke against that statement: Martin Schulz, Giles Chichester, Hans-Gert Poettering and Hans-
Peter Martin (the President pointed out that he would pass the comments on to the Council).

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Thursday

Debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (Rule 115)

— Request from the ALDE Group to add an item on Taiwan to the debates on cases of breaches of human

rights, democracy and the rule of law.

Graham Watson moved the request on behalf of the ALDE Group.

The following spoke on the request: Francis Wurtz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, and Astrid Lulling,
on behalf of the PPE-DE Group.

Parliament approved the request.

Sittings of 31.05.2006 and 01.06.2006

— no changes

The order of business was thus established.

13. Formal sitting — Bolivia

From 17.30 to 18.05, a formal sitting of Parliament was held on the occasion of the visit by Juan Evo
Morales Ayma, President of the Republic of Bolivia.

IN THE CHAIR: Jacek Emil SARYUSZ-WOLSKI

Vice-President

14. 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:

Vytautas Landsbergis, Maria Badia I Cutchet, Eugenijus Gentvilas, Milan Horáček, Bairbre de Brún, Georgios
Karatzaferis, Zdzisław Zbigniew Podkański, Ryszard Czarnecki, Mairead McGuinness, Katerina Batzeli, Diana
Wallis, Erik Meijer, Urszula Krupa, Carlos José Iturgaiz Angulo, Magda Kósáné Kovács, Martine Roure, Brian
Crowley, Pedro Guerreiro, Thomas Wise, Alexander Stubb, Antolín Sánchez Presedo, Arūnas Degutis,
Kyriacos Triantaphyllides, Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Karin Scheele, Hélène Flautre, James Nicholson,
Jörg Leichtfried, Czesław Adam Siekierski, Ana Maria Gomes and Margrietus van den Berg.

15. Outcome of

the screening of

legislative proposals pending before the

Legislator (debate)

Report on the outcome of
[2005/2214(INI)] — Committee on Constitutional Affairs
Rapporteur: Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann (A6-0143/2006).

the screening of

legislative proposals pending before the Legislator

Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann introduced the report.

Günter Verheugen (Vice-President of the Commission) spoke.

The following spoke: Maria Berger (draftsman of the opinion of the JURI Committee), Alexander Stubb, on
behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Richard Corbett, on behalf of the PSE Group, Bastiaan Belder, on behalf of the
IND/DEM Group, Jo Leinen and Genowefa Grabowska.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 16.05.2006, Item 10.3.

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16. Nutrition and health claims made on foods ***II — Addition of vitamins and

minerals and of certain other substances to foods ***II (debate)

Recommendation for second reading on the Council common position for adopting a regulation of the
European Parliament and of the Council on nutrition and health claims made on foods [09858/3/2005 —
C6-0018/2006 — 2003/0165(COD)] — Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
Rapporteur: Adriana Poli Bortone (A6-0122/2006).

Recommendation for second reading on the Council common position for adopting a regulation of the
European Parliament and of the Council on the addition of vitamins and minerals and of certain other
substances to foods [09857/3/2005 — C6-0017/2006 — 2003/0262(COD)] — Committee on the Envir-
onment, Public Health and Food Safety
Rapporteur: Karin Scheele (A6-0078/2006).

Karin Scheele introduced the recommendation for second reading (A6-0078/2006).

Adriana Poli Bortone introduced the recommendation for second reading (A6-0122/2006).

Markos Kyprianou (Member of the Commission) spoke.

The following spoke: Renate Sommer, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Dorette Corbey, on behalf of the PSE
Group, Mojca Drčar Murko, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Jill Evans, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group,
Kartika Tamara Liotard, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Johannes Blokland, on behalf of the IND/DEM
Group, Liam Aylward, on behalf of the UEN Group, Irena Belohorská, Non-attached Member, María del Pilar
Ayuso González and Åsa Westlund.

IN THE CHAIR: Miroslav OUZKÝ

Vice-President

The following spoke: Frédérique Ries, Hiltrud Breyer, Adamos Adamou, Kathy Sinnott, Roberta Angelilli,
Leopold Józef Rutowicz, John Bowis, Linda McAvan, Holger Krahmer, Thomas Wise, Horst Schnellhardt,
Marios Matsakis, Péter Olajos, Ivo Strejček, Avril Doyle, Thomas Ulmer, Astrid Lulling, Zuzana Roithová and
Markos Kyprianou.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 16.05.2006, Item 8.13 and Minutes of 16.05.2006, Item 8.14.

17. Recovery of the stock of European Eel * (debate)

Report on the proposal for a Council regulation establishing measures for the recovery of the stock of Euro-
pean Eel [COM(2005)0472 — C6-0326/2005 — 2005/0201(CNS)] — Committee on Fisheries
Rapporteur: Albert Jan Maat (A6-0140/2006).

Joe Borg (Member of the Commission) spoke.

Albert Jan Maat introduced the report.

IN THE CHAIR: Edward McMILLAN-SCOTT

Vice-President

The following spoke: Carmen Fraga Estévez, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Henrik Dam Kristensen, on
behalf of the PSE Group, Josu Ortuondo Larrea, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Carl Schlyter, on behalf of
the Verts/ALE Group, Bairbre de Brún, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, James Hugh Allister, Non-attached
Member, Ioannis Gklavakis, Rosa Miguélez Ramos, Jean-Claude Martinez, Zdzisław Kazimierz Chmielewski,
Neil Parish and Joe Borg.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 16.05.2006, Item 8.15.

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18. EC-Morocco Fisheries Partnership Agreement * (debate)

Monday, 15 May 2006

Report on the proposal for a Council regulation on the conclusion of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement
between
[COM(2005)0692 —
C6-0040/2006 — 2005/0280(CNS)] — Committee on Fisheries
Rapporteur: Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna (A6-0163/2006).

the Kingdom of Morocco

European Community

and

the

Joe Borg (Member of the Commission) spoke.

Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna introduced the report.

The following spoke: Carmen Fraga Estévez, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, María Isabel Salinas García, on
behalf of the PSE Group, Elspeth Attwooll, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Carl Schlyter, on behalf of the
Verts/ALE Group, Pedro Guerreiro, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Hélène Goudin, on behalf of the
Jean-Claude Martinez, Non-attached Member, Margie Sudre, Henrik Dam Kristensen,
IND/DEM Group,
Cecilia Malmström, Ian Hudghton, Vittorio Agnoletto, Rosa Miguélez Ramos, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Jonas
Sjöstedt, Dorette Corbey, Manuel Medina Ortega, Paulo Casaca and Joe Borg.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 16.05.2006, Item 8.16.

19. Agenda for next sitting

The agenda for the next sitting had been established (‘Agenda’ PE 373.210/OJMA).

20. Closure of sitting

The sitting closed at 22.25.

Julian Priestley

Secretary-General

Josep Borrell Fontelles

President

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