MINUTES#Monday, 11 December 2006
Date: 2006-12-23
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: parliamentary debate

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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

2006 — 2007 SESSION

Sittings of 11 to 14 December 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. Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

The Minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

Margrietus van den Berg spoke on the Commission statement on AIDS (Minutes of 30.11.2006, Item 4).

3. Membership of Parliament (Observers)

The Chairman of the Bulgarian National Assembly had given notice of the designation of Konstantin
Dimitrov as an Observer at the European Parliament with effect from 01.12.2006, to replace Dimitar
Abadjiev.

4. Request for the defence of parliamentary immunity

Giuseppe Gargani had requested that his parliamentary immunity be upheld in the context of a case being
heard before a court in Rome.

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

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5. Signature of acts adopted under codecision

The President announced that, together with the President of the Council and in accordance with Rule 68 of
the Rules of Procedure, on Tuesday he would sign the following acts, which had been adopted by codecision:

— Directive of

the European Parliament and of

the Council on services in the internal market

(3667/1/2006 — C6-0462/2006 — 2004/0001(COD))

— Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of groundwater against pollu-

tion and deterioration (3658/4/2006 — C6-0454/2006 — 2003/0210(COD))

— Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on medicinal products for paediatric use and
amending Regulation (EEC) No 1768/92, Directive 2001/20/EC, Directive 2001/83/EC and Regulation
(EC) No 726/2004 (3623/6/2006 — C6-0446/2006 — 2004/0217(COD))

— Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing for the period 2007-2013 the
active European citizenship (3657/1/2006 —

to promote

programme
for Citizens’
C6-0456/2006 — 2005/0041(COD))

‘Europe

— Decision of

the European Parliament and of

the Council establishing the Culture Programme

(2007-2013) (3656/1/2006 — C6-0455/2006 — 2004/0150(COD))

— Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down technical requirements for inland
waterway vessels and repealing Council Directive 82/714/EEC (3629/1/2006 — C6-0448/2006 —
1997/0335(COD))

— Regulation of

amending Council Regulation
(EEC) No 3922/91 on the harmonisation of technical requirements and administrative procedures in the
field of civil aviation (3632/1/2006 — C6-0447/2006 — 2000/0069(COD))

the European Parliament

the Council

and of

— Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council creating a European order for payment

procedure (3659/2/2006 — C6-0463/2006 — 2004/0055(COD))

— Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending for the 30th 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
(perfluorooctane sulfonates) (3660/1/2006 — C6-0458/2006 — 2005/0244(COD))

— Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Monitoring Centre for

Drugs and Drug Addiction (recast) (3648/1/2006 — C6-0449/2006 — 2005/0166(COD))

— Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the regulation of the operation of aeroplanes
covered by Part II, Chapter 3, Volume 1 of Annex XVI to the Convention on International Civil Aviation,
second edition (1988) (codified version) (3635/3/2006 — C6-0452/2006 — 2003/0207(COD))

— Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of common rules for
(3637/1/2006 — C6-0453/2006 —

certain types of carriage of goods by road (codified version)
2004/0017(COD))

— Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the harmonisation of the laws of Member
States relating to electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits (codified version)
(3638/3/2006 — C6-0461/2006 — 2003/0094(COD))

— Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the quality required of shellfish waters

(codified version) (3640/2/2006 — C6-0450/2006 — 2006/0067(COD))

— Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning misleading and comparative adver-

tising (codified version) (3641/1/2006 — C6-0459/2006 — 2006/0070(COD))

— Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the term of protection of copyright and

certain related rights (codified version) (3643/2/2006 — C6-0460/2006 — 2006/0071(COD))

— Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on rental right and lending right and on certain
(3642/1/2006 —

rights related to copyright in the field of intellectual property (codified version)
C6-0451/2006 — 2006/0073(COD))

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6. Documents received

The following documents had been received:

1) from committees

1.1) reports

— * Report on the joint guideline adopted by the Council with a view to adopting a Council
regulation amending Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation
(COM(2006)0213 —
applicable to the general budget of
C6-0207/2006 — 2005/0090(CNS)) — BUDG Committee
Rapporteur: Ingeborg Gräßle (A6-0447/2006).

the European Communities

— Report on Draft amending budget No 6/2006 of the European Union for the financial year

2006 (15635/2006 — C6-0441/2006 — 2006/2265(BUD)) — BUDG Committee
Rapporteur: Giovanni Pittella (A6-0444/2006).

— * Report on the nomination of Ovidiu Ispir as a Member of

the Court of Auditors

(N6-0038/2006 — C6-0410/2006 — 2006/0812(CNS)) — CONT Committee
Rapporteur: Szabolcs Fazakas (A6-0443/2006).

— * Report on the nomination of Nadezhda Sandolova as a Member of the Court of Auditors

(N6-0037/2006 — C6-0411/2006 — 2006/0811(CNS)) — CONT Committee
Rapporteur: José Javier Pomés Ruiz (A6-0442/2006).

— * Report on the proposal for a Council directive amending Council Directive 2002/38/EC as
regards the period of application of the value added tax arrangements applicable to radio and
television broadcasting services and certain electronically supplied services (COM(2006)0739 —
C6-0437/2006 — 2006/0245(CNS)) — ECON Committee
Rapporteur: Zsolt László Becsey (A6-0440/2006).

— ***I Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and the Council estab-
lishing the European Refugee Fund for the period 2008-2013 as part of the General programme
‘Solidarity and Management of Migration Flows’ (COM(2005)0123 [[01]] — C6-0124/2005 —
2005/0046(COD)) — LIBE Committee
Rapporteur: Barbara Kudrycka (A6-0437/2006).

— Report on the Commission's Communication on the Enlargement Strategy and Main Challenges

2006-2007 (2006/2252(INI)) — AFET Committee
Rapporteur: Elmar Brok (A6-0436/2006).

— * Report on the proposal for a Council regulation concerning Community financial contribu-
tions to the International Fund for Ireland (2007-2010) (COM(2006)0564 — C6-0423/2006
— 2006/0194(CNS)) — REGI Committee
Rapporteur: Jim Higgins (A6-0432/2006).

— * Report on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 539/2001
listing the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the
external borders of Member States and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement
(COM(2006)0084 — C6-0256/2006 — 2006/0022(CNS)) — LIBE Committee
Rapporteur: Ioannis Varvitsiotis (A6-0431/2006).

— * Report on the draft Council Regulation establishing a

for
cooperation with industrialised and other high-income countries and territories (11877/2006
— C6-0265/2006 — 2006/0807(CNS)) — INTA Committee
Rapporteur: David Martin (A6-0430/2006).

financing instrument

— ***I Report on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council Regulation laying down the
Community Customs Code (Modernised Customs Code) (COM(2005)0608 — C6-0419/2005
— 2005/0246(COD)) — IMCO Committee
Rapporteur: Janelly Fourtou (A6-0429/2006).

— ***I Report on a proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council estab-
lishing an action programme for customs in the Community (Customs 2013) (COM(2006)0201
— C6-0158/2006 — 2006/0075(COD)) — IMCO Committee
Rapporteur: Janelly Fourtou (A6-0428/2006).

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— ***I Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and the Council estab-
lishing the External Borders Fund for the period 2007-2013 as part of the General programme
‘Solidarity and Management of Migration Flows’ (COM(2005)0123 [[02]] — C6-0125/2005 —
2005/0047(COD)) — LIBE Committee
Rapporteur: Barbara Kudrycka (A6-0427/2006).

— Report on a European strategy for sustainable, competitive and secure energy — Green paper

(2006/2113(INI)) — ITRE Committee
Rapporteur: Eluned Morgan (A6-0426/2006).

— ***I Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and the Council estab-
lishing the European Return Fund for the period 2008-2013 as part of the General programme
‘Solidarity and Management of Migration Flows’ (COM(2005)0123 [[04]] — C6-0126/2005 —
2005/0049(COD)) — LIBE Committee
Rapporteur: Barbara Kudrycka (A6-0425/2006).

— ***I Report on the proposal

for a regulation of

the
Council amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 571/88 on the organisation of Community
surveys on the structure of agricultural holdings, as regards the financial framework for the
period 2007-2009 and the maximum Community contribution for Bulgaria and Romania
(COM(2006)0344 — C6-0217/2006 — 2006/0112(COD)) — BUDG Committee
Rapporteur: Janusz Lewandowski (A6-0424/2006).

the European Parliament and of

— * Report on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European
Community, of an Arrangement between the European Community and the Republic of Iceland
and the Kingdom of Norway on the modalities of those states' participation in the European
Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member
States of the European Union (COM(2006)0178 — C6-0358/2006 — 2006/0063(CNS)) —
LIBE Committee
Rapporteur: Jean-Marie Cavada (A6-0423/2006).

— * Report on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulations (EEC) No 404/93,
(EC) No 1782/2003 and (EC) No 247/2006 as regards the banana sector (COM(2006)0489 —
C6-0339/2006 — 2006/0173(CNS)) — AGRI Committee
Rapporteur: Jean-Claude Fruteau (A6-0422/2006).

— * Report on the proposal for a Council decision establishing the European Fund for the
the General
(COM(2005)0123 [[03]] —

Integration of Third-country Nationals for the period 2007-2013 as part of
programme ‘Solidarity and Management of Migration Flows’
C6-0238/2005 — 2005/0048(CNS)) — LIBE Committee
Rapporteur: Barbara Kudrycka (A6-0419/2006).

— * Report on the proposal for a Council decision authorizing the conclusion of the agreement to
renew and modify the agreement on research and development activities in the domain of intel-
ligent manufacturing systems (IMS) between the European Community and Australia, Canada,
the EFTA countries of Norway and Switzerland, Korea, Japan and the United States of America
(COM(2006)0343 — C6-0373/2006 — 2006/0111(CNS)) — ITRE Committee
Rapporteur: Giles Chichester (A6-0418/2006).

— ***I Report on the proposal

for a regulation of

equivalent design requirements

the
Council amending Regulation (EC) No 417/2002 on the accelerated phasing-in of double-hull
or
and repealing Council
Regulation (EC) No 2978/94 (COM(2006)0111 — C6-0104/2006 — 2006/0046(COD)) —
TRAN Committee
Rapporteur: Fernand Le Rachinel (A6-0417/2006).

the European Parliament and of

single-hull oil

tankers

for

— Report on educational discrimination against young women and girls (2006/2135(INI)) —

FEMM Committee
Rapporteur: Věra Flasarová (A6-0416/2006).

— Report on Amendment of Rule 81 of Parliament's Rules of Procedure, Implementing provisions

(2006/2211(REG)) — AFCO Committee
Rapporteur: Richard Corbett (A6-0415/2006).

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— * Report on the proposal
the development of
the
(COM(2006)0383 [[02]] — C6-0297/2006 — 2006/0126(CNS)) — LIBE Committee
Rapporteur: Carlos Coelho (A6-0413/2006).

for a Council decision amending Decision 2001/886/JHA on
II)
second generation Schengen information System (SIS

— * Report on the proposal for a Council regulation adapting Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003
establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy
and establishing certain support schemes for farmers, Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 on the
common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector and Regulation (EC) No 320/2006
establishing a temporary scheme for the restructuring of the sugar industry in the Community,
by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union (COM(2006)0677
— C6-0424/2006 — 2006/0226(CNS)) — AGRI Committee
Rapporteur: Joseph Daul (A6-0412/2006).

— ***I Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council
correcting Directive 2002/2/EC amending Council Directive 79/373/EEC on the circulation of
compound feedingstuffs
(COM(2006)0340 — C6-0209/2006 — 2006/0117(COD)) —
AGRI Committee
Rapporteur: Friedrich-Wilhelm Graefe zu Baringdorf (A6-0411/2006).

— * Report on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 2424/2001
the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II)

on the development of
(COM(2006)0383 [[01]] — C6-0296/2006 — 2006/0125(CNS)) — LIBE Committee
Rapporteur: Carlos Coelho (A6-0410/2006).

— * Report on the proposal for a Council decision amending Decision 90/424/EEC on expenditure
in the veterinary field (COM(2006)0273 — C6-0199/2006 — 2006/0098(CNS)) —
AGRI Committee
Rapporteur: Ilda Figueiredo (A6-0409/2006).

— ***I Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on a
for customs and trade (COM(2005)0609 — C6-0420/2005 —

paperless environment
2005/0247(COD)) — IMCO Committee
Rapporteur: Christopher Heaton-Harris (A6-0407/2006).

— * Report on the proposal

the Agreement
between the European Community and the Republic of Paraguay on certain aspects of air
services (COM(2006)0266 — C6-0308/2006 — 2006/0094(CNS)) — TRAN Committee
Rapporteur: Paolo Costa (A6-0406/2006).

for a Council decision on the conclusion of

— Report with recommendations to the Commission on limitation periods in respect of personal

injury and fatal accident in cross-border litigation (2006/2014(INI)) — JURI Committee
Rapporteur: Diana Wallis (A6-0405/2006).

— ***I Report on the proposal

the
Council amending Regulation (EC) No …/… on nutrition and health claims made on foods
(COM(2006)0607 — C6-0338/2006 — 2006/0195(COD)) — ENVI Committee
Rapporteur: Adriana Poli Bortone (A6-0404/2006).

the European Parliament and of

for a regulation of

— ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council
amending Regulation EC No …/… on the addition of vitamins and minerals and of certain
other substances to foods (COM(2006)0606 — C6-0337/2006 — 2006/0193(COD)) —
ENVI Committee
Rapporteur: Karin Scheele (A6-0403/2006).

— ***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council
amending Council Directive 89/552/EEC on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by
law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the pursuit of television
broadcasting activities
(COM(2005)0646 — C6-0443/2005 — 2005/0260(COD)) —
CULT Committee
Rapporteur: Ruth Hieronymi (A6-0399/2006).

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— * Report on the proposal for a Council recommendation on the prevention of injury and the
(COM(2006)0329 — C6-0238/2006 — 2006/0106(CNS)) —

safety

promotion of
ENVI Committee
Rapporteur: Kathy Sinnott (A6-0398/2006).

— * Report on the draft Council regulation establishing an Instrument for Nuclear Safety and
Security Assistance (09037/2006 — C6-0153/2006 — 2006/0802(CNS)) — ITRE Committee
Rapporteur: Esko Seppänen (A6-0397/2006).

— ***I Report on the proposal

for a regulation of

the
Council amending Regulation …/2006 on medicinal products for paediatric use and amending
Regulation (EEC) No 1768/92, Directive 2001/20/EC, Directive 2001/83/EC and Regulation
(EC) No 726/2004 (COM(2006)0640 — C6-0356/2006 — 2006/0207(COD)) —
ENVI Committee
Rapporteur: Françoise Grossetête (A6-0396/2006).

the European Parliament and of

— * Report on the proposal

‘Prevention, Preparedness and Consequence Management of Terrorism’
Programme
2007-2013 — General
(COM(2005)0124 [[01]] — C6-0241/2005 — 2005/0034(CNS)) — LIBE Committee
Rapporteur: Romano Maria La Russa (A6-0390/2006).

for a Council decision establishing the specific programme
the period
Liberties’

for
Safeguarding

‘Security

and

— * Report on the proposal establishing the Specific Programme ‘Prevention of and Fight against
Crime’ for the period 2007-2013, General Programme ‘Security and Safeguarding Liberties’
(COM(2005)0124 [[02]] — C6-0242/2005 — 2005/0035(CNS)) — LIBE Committee
Rapporteur: Romano Maria La Russa (A6-0389/2006).

— * Report on the initiative of the Republic of Austria, the Kingdom of Belgium and the Republic
of Finland with a view to the adoption of
the Council Decision concerning cooperation
between Asset Recovery Offices of the Member States in the field of tracing and identification
proceeds from, or other property related to, crime (07259/2006 — C6-0122/2006 —
2006/0805(CNS)) — LIBE Committee
Rapporteur: Mihael Brejc (A6-0388/2006).

— ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council
establishing a European Small Claims Procedure (COM(2005)0087 — C6-0082/2005 —
2005/0020(COD)) — JURI Committee
Rapporteur: Hans-Peter Mayer (A6-0387/2006).

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 establishing a financing instrument
for development cooperation (11944/2/2006 — C6-0357/2006 — 2004/0220(COD)) —
DEVE Committee
Rapporteur: Gay Mitchell (A6-0448/2006).

the

— ***II Recommendation for second reading on the Council common position for adopting a
amending Regulation
the prevention, control and eradication of
(14224/4/2006 — C6-0432/2006 —

regulation of
(EC) No 999/2001 laying down rules
certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies
2004/0270B(COD)) — ENVI Committee
Rapporteur: Dagmar Roth-Behrendt (A6-0445/2006).

European Parliament

the Council

and of

for

— ***II Recommendation for second reading on the Council common position for adopting a deci-
sion of the European Parliament and of the Council on the the European Year of Intercultural
Dialoque (2008) (14153/2/2006 — C6-0422/2006 — 2005/0203(COD)) — CULT Committee
Rapporteur: Erna Hennicot-Schoepges (A6-0435/2006).

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— ***II Recommendation for second reading on the Council common position for adopting a
recommendation of the European Parliament and of the Council on protection of minors and
human dignity and the right of reply in relation to the competitiveness of the European
audiovisual and online information services industry (09577/1/2006 — C6-0313/2006 —
2004/0117(COD)) — CULT Committee
Rapporteur: Marielle De Sarnez (A6-0433/2006).

— ***II Recommendation for second reading on the Council common position for adopting a
regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on driving licences (09010/1/2006
— C6-0312/2006 — 2003/0252(COD)) — TRAN Committee
Rapporteur: Mathieu Grosch (A6-0414/2006).

— ***II Recommendation for second reading on the Council common position for adopting a deci-
sion of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a programme of Community
action in the field of consumer policy (2007-2013)
(13241/1/2006 — C6-0420/2006 —
2005/0042B(COD)) — IMCO Committee
Rapporteur: Marianne Thyssen (A6-0408/2006).

regulation of

the European Parliament

— ***II Recommendation for second reading on the Council common position for adopting
a
submission
of statistical data on landings of fishery products in Member States and repealing Council
Regulation (EEC) No 1382/91 (14283/1/2006 — C6-0421/2006 — 2005/0223(COD)) —
PECH Committee
Rapporteur: Philippe Morillon (A6-0400/2006).

the Council on the

and of

2) from Members

2.1) oral questions for Question Time (Rule 109) (B6-0448/2006)

— Council

Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou Marie, Medina Ortega Manuel, Moraes Claude, Ludford Sarah, Karim
Sajjad, Budreikaitė Danutė, Doyle Avril, Corbett Richard, López-Istúriz White Antonio, Posselt
Bernd, Belder Bastiaan, Beglitis Panagiotis, Hutchinson Alain, Evans Robert, Chmielewski
Zdzisław Kazimierz, Goudin Hélène, Holm Jens, Rübig Paul, Papadimoulis Dimitrios, Carlshamre
Maria, Mitchell Gay, Sonik Bogusław, Crowley Brian, Aylward Liam, Ó Neachtain Seán, Ryan
Eoin, Clark Derek Roland, Leichtfried Jörg, Toussas Georgios, Pafilis Athanasios, Mastenbroek
Edith, Manolakou Diamanto, Kauppi Piia-Noora, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou Rodi, Casaca Paulo,
Andrikienė Laima Liucija

— Commission

Davies Chris, Crowley Brian, Riera Madurell Teresa, Manolakou Diamanto, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou
Rodi, Andrikienė Laima Liucija, van Nistelrooij Lambert, Posselt Bernd, Bushill-Matthews Philip,
Papadimoulis Dimitrios, De Rossa Proinsias, Lundgren Nils, Toussas Georgios, Cercas Alejandro,
Tarabella Marc, Ludford Sarah, Karim Sajjad, Beglitis Panagiotis, Kuźmiuk Zbigniew Krzysztof,
Goudin Hélène, Mitchell Gay, Paleckis Justas Vincas, McAvan Linda, Aylward Liam, Ebner Michl,
Doyle Avril, Belet Ivo, Bowis John, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou Marie, Gklavakis Ioannis, Medina
Ortega Manuel, Moraes Claude, Bowles Sharon, Mavrommatis Manolis, Meyer Pleite Willy,
Batzeli Katerina, Van Hecke Johan, McGuinness Mairead, López-Istúriz White Antonio,
Karatzaferis Georgios, Hutchinson Alain, Evans Robert, Holm Jens, Rübig Paul, Vanhecke Frank,
Carlshamre Maria, Higgins Jim, Vaidere Inese, Montoro Romero Cristobal, Ó Neachtain Seán,
Ryan Eoin, Martin David, De Sarnez Marielle, Newton Dunn Bill, Schmidt Olle, Carnero
González Carlos, Weber Manfred, Matsis Yiannakis, Casaca Paulo, Pafilis Athanasios, Gaľa Milan,
Kauppi Piia-Noora, Rack Reinhard

2.2) motions for resolutions (Rule 113)

— Cristiana Muscardini. Motion for a resolution on promoting the sale of Christmas trees with
certificates of origin from authorised nurseries and the FSC — Forest Stewardship Council —
trademark (B6-0629/2006)

referred to

responsible: ENVI

opinion:

AGRI

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— Adriana Poli Bortone. Motion for a resolution on restrictions on the sale of toy weapons

(B6-0627/2006)

referred to

responsible: IMCO

opinion:

CULT, LIBE

— Cristiana Muscardini. Motion for a resolution on the prohibition of polygamy in Europe

(B6-0626/2006)

referred to

responsible: FEMM

opinion:

LIBE

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
European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of groundwater against pollution and dete-
rioration (03658/2006 — C6-0382/2006 — 2003/0210(COD)) — European Parliament Delegation
to the Conciliation Committee
Rapporteur: Christa Klaß (A6-0446/2006).

7. Written declarations (Rule 116)

In accordance with Rule 116(5), written declarations 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 62, 63/2006 lapsed as they
had not obtained the required number of signatures.

8. Written declarations and oral questions (tabling)

The following documents had been received from Members:

1) oral questions (Rule 108)

— (O-0120/2006) Pervenche Berès, Wolf Klinz, Enrique Barón Crespo, Monica Frassoni, Magda
Kósáné Kovács, Louis Grech, Adeline Hazan, Alain Lipietz, Antolín Sánchez Presedo, Benoît Hamon,
Rosa Miguélez Ramos, Bernard Poignant, Donata Gottardi, Catherine Trautmann, Gianni Pittella,
Henri Weber, Inés Ayala Sender, Jean Louis Cottigny, Jean-Luc Bennahmias, Marc Tarabella, Jean-Paul
Gauzès, Kader Arif, Marie-Arlette Carlotti, Martine Roure, Nicola Zingaretti, Yannick Vaugrenard,
Harlem Désir, Gilles Savary, Guy Bono,
Janelly Fourtou, Rosa Díez González, Michel Rocard,
Marie-Line Reynaud, Bernadette Vergnaud, Béatrice Patrie, Catherine Guy-Quint, Pierre Moscovici,
Jean-Claude Fruteau and Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, to the Commission: Implications of signing the Hague
Securities Convention (B6-0447/2006)

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

— Daniel Strož, on the need for the so-called new EU Member States to be brought as quickly as

possible into the Schengen Information System (SIS I for all) (88/2006)

— Ignasi Guardans Cambó, Panayiotis Demetriou, Ana Maria Gomes, Gérard Onesta and Sylvia-Yvonne
Kaufmann, on the refusal by the American authorities to grant visas to the families of detainees
(89/2006)

— Caroline Lucas, Michl Ebner, Luigi Cocilovo and Jean Lambert, on human rights abuses and the

national status of West Papua (90/2006)

— Daniel Strož, on the risk that authoritarian and undemocratic methods may be introduced into the

Czech Republic's politics (91/2006)

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):

22.11.2006

Edith Keßler-Ghattas (No 715/2006)
Rolf Jürgens (No 716/2006)
Hansjürgen Pingel (Steinmann, Pingel & Partner) (No 717/2006)

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Name confidential (No 718/2006)
Julia Ovchinski (Dr. Gorev, Engelmann und Kollegen) (No 719/2006)
Argirios Tsorakis (No 720/2006)
Janko Sribar (No 721/2006)
Anja Neumann (No 722/2006)
Anke Dorothea Junghänel (Kanzlei für Internationale Rechtsangelegenheiten und Mediation) (No 723/2006)
Giorgio Bortini (No 724/2006)
Carlton Panton (No 725/2006)
Joseph Komla (No 726/2006)
Istvan Farkas (National Society of Conservationists) (No 727/2006)
Nicolas Antonio Moya Garcia (No 728/2006)
Sofia Patino Fontan (No 729/2006)
Matthew Horrobin (No 730/2006)
Candido Gomes (No 731/2006)
Steve Tinmurth (No 732/2006)
James McGinley (No 733/2006)
Antony Wheatley (No 734/2006)
Yves Chanel (No 736/2006)
Virginia Vessa (No 737/2006)
Vanessa Doddi (No 738/2006)
Alexander Van Brabant (Vandervennet, Valcke & Van Brabant) (No 739/2006)
Ronald Bracke (No 740/2006)
Maria Elisabeth Glastra Van Loon (No 741/2006)
Eduardo Jaime Ribeiro (No 742/2006)
Axel Hansson (No 743/2006)
Robert Krzak (Zieloni 2004, Koło Poznańskie) (No 744/2006)
Marta Brzozowska (Polskie Towarzystwo Ochrony Ptaków) (No 745/2006)
Manfred Wilpert (No 746/2006)
Ernst Reichert (No 747/2006)
Siegfried Schwan (No 748/2006)
Günter Fröhlich (No 749/2006)
Rudak (Dr. Gorev, Engelmann und Kollegen) (No 750/2006)
Börner (Dr. Gorev, Engelmann und Kollegen) (No 751/2006)
Tomas Eckhardt (No 752/2006)
Giorgio Bortini (No 753/2006)
Bruno Köhler (MANNdat e.V.) (No 754/2006)
Nasik Bedjanian (No 755/2006)
Raimondo Righi (No 756/2006)
André Felsch (No 757/2006)
Manuela Álvarez González (Asociación asturiana contra el acoso psicológico en el trabajo) (+ 2 signatures)
(No 758/2006)
Dennis Davis (No 759/2006)
Rosa Maria Hennecke-Gramatzki (No 760/2006)
Juan Pundik Knapheis (Filium — Asociación para la Prevención del Maltrato al Niño) (No 761/2006)
Manuel Guazo Calderón (Ecologistas en acción Cantabria) (No 762/2006)
Ana Maria Gallego Barros (No 763/2006)
Philippe Riglet (No 764/2006)
Marie Josephe Folliet Desages (No 765/2006)
Atanas Tchobanov (No 766/2006)
Lorenzino Antonini (No 767/2006)
Maria Elisa Horta e Valle (No 768/2006)
Maia (No 769/2006)
José Domingos Sousa (No 770/2006)
Carlos Correia de Matos (No 771/2006)
Özcan Kaldoyo (No 772/2006)

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Rafael Simancas Simancas (Grupo Parlamentario Socialista) (+ 5 signatures) (No 773/2006)

Margit Parey (+ 1 signature) (No 774/2006)

Chris Papoudaris (No 775/2006)

Chris Papoudaris (No 776/2006)

Chris Papoudaris (No 777/2006)

Shimon Philipp (No 778/2006)

Rudolf Weβbecher (No 779/2006)

Jürgen Meyer (No 780/2006)

Marcus van der Lippe (No 781/2006)

Wolfgang Bötsch (Gassner, Stockmann & Kollegen RAE) (No 782/2006)

Wolfgang Depcik (No 783/2006)

Gergő Bárány (+ 1 signature) (No 784/2006)

Florian Lempert (No 785/2006)

Giorgio Bortini (No 786/2006)

Monika Bud(No 787/2006)

Sophie Popp (No 788/2006)

Ringelmann (Dr. Gorev — Engelmann und Kollegen) (No 789/2006)

J. Müller Warthemann (No 790/2006)

Alfred Buss (NABU) (No 791/2006)

Giannis Aivaliotis (No 792/2006)

Nicolas Kasnakidis (Panhellenic Union of the Unemployed) (No 793/2006)

Athanasios Zoboilis (No 794/2006)

Pericles Kolioulis (No 795/2006)

Agisliaos Papachristou (No 796/2006)

Paraskevas Luludakis (Comité des automobilistes européens victimes économiques des autorités grecques)
(No 797/2006)

Ron Sarel (No 798/2006)

Antonio Graziano (La Stazione di Partenza) (No 799/2006)

Joaquin Martinez Gonzalez (Fundacion Docete Omnes) (No 800/2006)

Tiago Pérez Glez-Arís (Foro Social pola Defensa do Pobo) (No 801/2006)

Julio Rodríguez Cermeño (‘Vocal de Emigración’ Asociación de pensionistas y jubilados ‘La Dársena’)
(No 802/2006)

Julia Martinez Fernandez (Ecologistas en acción — región murciana) (No 803/2006)

Raúl Urquiaga Cela (Plataforma Jarama Vivo) (No 804/2006)

Ana Rosa Montilla Díaz (+ 7 signatures) (No 805/2006)

Moraia Grau Lopez (No 806/2006)

Maria Dolores Serrano Fuentes (No 807/2006)

Pedro Domínguez Gento (No 808/2006)

Emile Carp (La Maison Protestante) (+ 87 signatures) (No 809/2006)

Brigitte Elise Ghislaine Vehauwaert (No 810/2006)

Name confidential (No 811/2006)

Francesco Candido (Comitato No Acqua Rossa — Melendugno) (No 812/2006)

Pasquale De Feo (No 813/2006)

Roberto Marcoccio (No 814/2006)

Marco da Prato (No 815/2006)

Claudio Pacileo (+ 6 signatures) (No 816/2006)

Maurizio Tani (No 817/2006)

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Serge Jung (Ensemble pour Cap-d'Ail) (No 818/2006)
Thomas Elfgren (No 819/2006)
Heinz Schneider (No 820/2006)
Michelangelo La Spina (No 821/2006)
Angels Casas (No 822/2006)
Philippe Lambert (No 823/2006)
Name confidential (No 824/2006)
Thomas Long (No 825/2006)
Philip Munro (No 826/2006)
Zdeněk Mášek (No 827/2006)
Niall Gilligan (No 828/2006)
Emmanuel Miliarakis (Coordinating Committee in Support for a Liberated Cyprus) (+ 2 764 signatures)
(No 829/2006)
Tobias King (No 830/2006)
Tracey McCillen (UK Sport Association For People with Learning Disability) (No 831/2006)
John Robert Gransby (No 832/2006)
Sofia Partino Fontan (No 833/2006)
Family Solidarity (+ 13 signatures) (No 834/2006)
Peter Williams (No 835/2006)
Whiting van der Veen (No 836/2006)
Gabriel Sengo (Arameans of Aram-Naharaim Foundation) (No 837/2006)
Massimo Paradella (Organisation Internationale pour la Protection des Animaux)
(No 838/2006)
Scott Barrie (The Scottish Parliament) (+ 4 signatures) (No 839/2006)
Raimond Ojaste (No 840/2006)
Attila Ádám (Magyar Polgári Demokráciáért Alapítvány) (No 841/2006)
Gints Kārkliņš (No 842/2006)
Adam Krutysza (No 843/2006)
Stanisław Rajczakowski (No 844/2006)
Krystyna Kaczor (No 845/2006)
Tomasz Grzybkowski (No 846/2006)
Janusz Wilczyński (No 847/2006)
Mirosław Kraszewski (No 848/2006)
Brygida and Tadeusz Pokrzeptowicz (+ 4 signatures) (No 849/2006)
TAO AFI + A & D (European Commission Staff Association) (+ 1 000 signatures) (No 850/2006)
Marie-Jöelle Chaillol (No 851/2006)
August Eßer (No 852/2006)
Renata Cempura Klimek (No 853/2006)
Hans-Eike Weitz (No 854/2006)
Heribert Süttmann (No 855/2006)
Ellen Wilmes (No 856/2006)
Francisco Murcia Puchades (Federacion de promotores inmobiliarios y agentes urbanizadores de la comu-
nidad Valenciana) (No 857/2006)
Andres Martinez Espinosa (Junta Central de Usuarios del Vinalopó, l'Alacantí y Consorcio de Aguas de la
Marina Baja) (No 858/2006)
Gema Amor Pérez (Generalitat Valenciana) (No 859/2006)
Matteo Cornelius Sullivan (Partito della Alternativa Monarchica) (+ 3 signatures) (No 860/2006)
Jose Vitorino (No 861/2006)

(+ 7 225 signatures)

10. Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council

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

— Protocol amending the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities
and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Croatia, of the other part, on tariff quotas
for sugar and sugar products originating in Croatia or in the Community

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11. Decisions concerning certain documents

Decision to draw up a report under Rule 202

AFCO Committee

— Proposal for amendment of Parliament's rules of procedure — Amendment of Rules 15 and 182(1): elec-

tion of Quaestors and committee bureaux (2006/2287(REG))

12. Order of business

The next item was the order of business.

The final draft agenda for the sittings of 11 to 14.12.2006 and 18.12.2006 (PE 381.846 PDOJ) had been
distributed. The following changes had been proposed under Rule 132:

Commission request for the application of urgent procedure (Rule 134) in respect of:

Ten proposals for decisions concerning funding for the area of freedom, security and justice (Items 93 and
112-120 on the final draft agenda).

The Council took the view that it was vital for Parliament to give its agreement before the end of the year so
that the funding required could be provided. Otherwise, the implementation of the programmes could only
begin on 1 January 2007, which would have a very negative impact on the development of the area of
freedom, security and justice.

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

Sittings of 11.12.2006 to 14.12.2006

Monday

— request from the Verts/ALE Group to make the debate on the report by Friedrich-Wilhelm Graefe

zu Baringdorf (A6-0411/2006) (Item 9 on the final draft agenda) the last item on the agenda.

Parliament approved the request.

Tuesday

— request from the PSE Group, backed by the PPE-DE and ALDE Groups,
Hennicot-Schoepges (A6-0435/2006) to be put to the vote without debate.

for the report by Erna

Parliament approved the request.

The item would be taken during voting time on Wednesday.

The following spoke: Philip Bushill-Matthews, who pointed out a discrepancy between the English and
French versions of the final draft agenda as regards the scheduling of Commission Question Time (the
President replied that the French version was correct), and Bernd Posselt, on Question Time being cut short.

Wednesday

— request from the ALDE Group, backed by the PPE-DE, PSE, Verts/ALE and UEN Groups, to include in
voting time a motion for a resolution on the draft implementing arrangements for Council Directive
85/611/EEC of 20 December 1985, on the coordination of laws, regulations and administrative provi-
sions relating to undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities (UCITS).

Parliament approved the request.

Deadline for tabling amendments: Tuesday, 12.12.2006, noon.

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Thursday

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

— request from the PPE-DE Group to replace the item entitled ‘Release of the medical staff imprisoned in

Libya’ (Item 106 on the final draft agenda) with an item entitled ‘Myanmar (Burma)’.

The following spoke on the request: Hannes Swoboda, on behalf of the PSE Group, Simon Busuttil, who
moved the request, and Hannes Swoboda.

Parliament approved the request.

Sitting of 18.12.2006

— no changes

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:

Zita Pleštinská, Kyriacos Triantaphyllides, Bruno Gollnisch, Marianne Mikko, Georgios Papastamkos,
Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Proinsias De Rossa,
Jan Tadeusz Masiel,
Caroline Lucas, Mary Lou McDonald, Józef Pinior, Richard Corbett, Bernadette Bourzai, Avril Doyle, Luís
Queiró, Chris Davies, Ioannis Gklavakis, Carlos José Iturgaiz Angulo, Milan Gaľa, Lidia Joanna Geringer
Jörg Leichtfried, Ryszard
de Oedenberg, Georgios Karatzaferis, Andrzej
Czarnecki, Marios Matsakis, Gerard Batten, Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Françoise Castex, Danutė
Budreikaitė, Mairead McGuinness, Margarita Starkevičiūtė, Zbigniew Zaleski and Czesław Adam Siekierski.

James Nicholson, Brian Crowley,

Jan Szejna, Witold Tomczak,

14. European Chemicals Agency ***II — Amendment of Directive 67/548/EEC on

dangerous substances (REACH) ***II (debate)

Recommendation for second reading on the Council common position for adopting a regulation of the
the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and
European Parliament and of
(REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive
Restriction of Chemicals
1999/45/EC of
the Council and repealing Council Regulation
(EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC
and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC [07524/8/2006 —
C6-0267/2006 — 2003/0256(COD)] — Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
Rapporteur: Guido Sacconi (A6-0352/2006).

the European Parliament and of

Recommendation for second reading on the Council common position for adopting a directive of the
European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 67/548/EEC on the approximation of
laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of
dangerous substances in order to adapt it to Regulation (EC) No …/2006 concerning the Registration,
Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) and establishing a European Chemicals
Agency [07525/3/2006 — C6-0268/2006 — 2003/0257(COD)] — Committee on the Environment, Public
Health and Food Safety
Rapporteur: Guido Sacconi (A6-0345/2006).

Guido Sacconi introduced the recommendations for second reading.

following spoke: Mauri Pekkarinen (President-in-Office of

The
(Vice-President of the Commission) and Stavros Dimas (Member of the Commission).

the Council), Günter Verheugen

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The following spoke: Ria Oomen-Ruijten, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Dagmar Roth-Behrendt, on behalf
of the PSE Group.

IN THE CHAIR: Miroslav OUZKÝ

Vice-President

the ALDE Group, Carl Schlyter, on behalf of

The following spoke: Chris Davies, on behalf of
the
Verts/ALE Group, Francis Wurtz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Liam Aylward, on behalf of the
UEN Group, Johannes Blokland, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Hartmut Nassauer, Riitta Myller, Lena
Ek, Caroline Lucas, Jens Holm, Urszula Krupa, Karl-Heinz Florenz, Linda McAvan, Frédérique Ries, Hiltrud
John Bowis, Anne Ferreira, Anne
Breyer, Diamanto Manolakou,
Laperrouze, Satu Hassi, Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Konrad Szymański, Vladimír Železný, Marianne Thyssen,
Dorette Corbey, Marie Anne Isler Béguin, Bairbre de Brún (who began her contribution in Irish. The Presi-
dent pointed out that no interpretation was provided from that language in plenary), Georgios Karatzaferis,
Werner Langen, Gyula Hegyi, Miloslav Ransdorf, Godfrey Bloom, Bogusław Sonik, Åsa Westlund, Jens-Peter
Bonde, Avril Doyle, Karin Scheele, Antonios Trakatellis, Adam Gierek, Richard Seeber, Marie-Noëlle
Lienemann, Péter Olajos, Dan Jørgensen and Thomas Ulmer.

Jan Tadeusz Masiel, Hélène Goudin,

IN THE CHAIR: Manuel António dos SANTOS

Vice-President

The following spoke: Andres Tarand, Erna Hennicot-Schoepges, Proinsias De Rossa, Evangelia Tzampazi,
Zuzana Roithová, Genowefa Grabowska, Libor Rouček, Edit Herczog, Guido Sacconi, Mauri Pekkarinen,
Günter Verheugen and Stavros Dimas.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 13.12.2006, Item 8.1 and Minutes of 13.12.2006, Item 8.2.

15. Community Customs Code ***I — Customs 2013 programme ***I (debate)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the
Community Customs Code (Modernised Customs Code)
[COM(2005)0608 — C6-0419/2005 —
2005/0246(COD)] — Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
Rapporteur: Janelly Fourtou (A6-0429/2006).

Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing an action
programme for customs in the Community (Customs 2013) [COM(2006)0201 — C6-0158/2006 —
2006/0075(COD)] — Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
Rapporteur: Janelly Fourtou (A6-0428/2006).

László Kovács (Member of the Commission) spoke.

Janelly Fourtou introduced the reports.

The following spoke: Jean-Pierre Audy (draftsman of the opinion of the INTA Committee), Andreas Schwab,
on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Manuel Medina Ortega, on behalf of the PSE Group, Henrik Lax, on behalf
of the ALDE Group, Adam Bielan, on behalf of the UEN Group,
Jean-Claude Martinez, Non-attached
Member, Zita Pleštinská, Francisco Assis, Seán Ó Neachtain, Konstantinos Hatzidakis, Maria Matsouka,
Zbigniew Krzysztof Kuźmiuk and László Kovács.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 12.12.2006, Item 14.15 and Minutes of 12.12.2006, Item 14.8.

16. Prevention of injury and promotion of safety * (debate)

Report on the proposal for a Council recommendation on the prevention of injury and the promotion of
safety [COM(2006)0329 — C6-0238/2006 — 2006/0106(CNS)] — Committee on the Environment, Public
Health and Food Safety
Rapporteur: Kathy Sinnott (A6-0398/2006).

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Markos Kyprianou (Member of the Commission) spoke.

Kathy Sinnott introduced the report.

The following spoke: Antonios Trakatellis, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Edite Estrela, on behalf of the
PSE Group, Marios Matsakis, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Irena Belohorská, Non-attached Member, Horst
Schnellhardt and Markos Kyprianou.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 12.12.2006, Item 14.19.

17. Expenditure in the veterinary field * (debate)

Report on the proposal for a Council decision amending Decision 90/424/EEC on expenditure in the
veterinary field [COM(2006)0273 — C6-0199/2006 — 2006/0098(CNS)] — Committee on Agriculture
and Rural Development
Rapporteur: Ilda Figueiredo (A6-0409/2006).

Markos Kyprianou (Member of the Commission) spoke.

Ilda Figueiredo introduced the report.

IN THE CHAIR: Janusz ONYSZKIEWICZ

Vice-President

The following spoke: Mairead McGuinness, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Heinz Kindermann, on behalf of
the PSE Group, Agnes Schierhuber, Bogdan Golik and Markos Kyprianou.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 12.12.2006, Item 14.12.

18. Banana sector * (debate)

Report on the proposal
(EC) No 1782/2003 and (EC) No 247/2006 as
C6-0339/2006 — 2006/0173(CNS)] — Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development
Rapporteur: Jean-Claude Fruteau (A6-0422/2006).

regulation amending Regulations
the banana sector

a Council

regards

for

(EEC) No 404/93,
[COM(2006)0489 —

Mariann Fischer Boel (Member of the Commission) spoke.

Jean-Claude Fruteau introduced the report.

The following spoke: Salvador Garriga Polledo (draftsman of
the BUDG Committee),
Pedro Guerreiro (draftsman of the opinion of the REGI Committee), Carmen Fraga Estévez, on behalf of the
PPE-DE Group, Manuel Medina Ortega, on behalf of the PSE Group, Witold Tomczak, on behalf of the
IND/DEM Group, Emanuel
Jardim Fernandes, Sérgio Marques, Czesław Adam Siekierski and Mariann
Fischer Boel.

the opinion of

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 13.12.2006, Item 8.12.

19. Circulation of compound feedingstuffs ***I (debate)

Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council correcting Directive
2002/2/EC amending Council Directive 79/373/EEC on the circulation of compound feedingstuffs
[COM(2006)0340 — C6-0209/2006 — 2006/0117(COD)] — Committee on Agriculture and Rural
Development
Rapporteur: Friedrich-Wilhelm Graefe zu Baringdorf (A6-0411/2006).

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Markos Kyprianou (Member of the Commission) spoke.

The following spoke: Albert Jan Maat, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Heinz Kindermann, on behalf of the
PSE Group, Jan Mulder, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Agnes Schierhuber, Marc Tarabella, Elisabeth Jeggle,
Thijs Berman and Markos Kyprianou.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 12.12.2006, Item 14.16.

20. Agenda for next sitting

The agenda for the next sitting had been established (‘Agenda’ PE 381.846/OJ/OJMA).

21. Closure of sitting

The sitting closed at 23.45.

Julian Priestley

Secretary-General

Dagmar Roth-Behrendt

Vice-President

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The following signed:

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

Itälä,

Jackson,

Isler Béguin,

Iturgaiz Angulo,

Agnoletto, Aita, Allister, Andersson, Andrejevs, Andria, Angelilli, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Ashworth, Assis, Atkins,
Attwooll, Aubert, Audy, Auken, Aylward, Ayuso, Bachelot-Narquin, Baco, Badia i Cutchet, Barón Crespo,
Barsi-Pataky, Batten, Battilocchio, Batzeli, Bauer, Beaupuy, Beazley, Becsey, Beer, Beglitis, Belder, Belet,
Belohorská, Beňová, Berend, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berlato, Berlinguer, Berman, Bielan, Blokland,
Bloom, Bobošíková, Böge, Bösch, Bonde, Bono, Booth, Borrell Fontelles, Bourlanges, Bourzai, Bowis,
Bozkurt, Bradbourn, Brejc, Brepoels, Breyer, Březina, Brie, Brok, Brunetta, Budreikaitė, van Buitenen,
Buitenweg, Bullmann, van den Burg, Bushill-Matthews, Busk, Busuttil, Buzek, Callanan, Camre, Capoulas
Santos, Cappato, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casa, Casaca, Casini, Caspary, Castex, Catania, Cavada,
Cederschiöld, Cercas, Chichester, Chmielewski, Christensen, Chruszcz, Claeys, Clark, Cocilovo, Coelho,
Cohn-Bendit, Corbett, Corbey, Cornillet, Correia, Costa, Cottigny, Coûteaux, Coveney, Crowley, Marek
Aleksander Czarnecki, Ryszard Czarnecki, Daul, Davies, De Blasio, de Brún, Degutis, De Keyser, Demetriou,
Deprez, De Rossa, De Sarnez, Descamps, Désir, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, De Vits, Díaz de Mera García
Consuegra, Dičkutė, Didžiokas, Dillen, Dimitrakopoulos, Dobolyi, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Douay, Dover,
Doyle, Drčar Murko, Duchoň, Duff, Duka-Zólyomi, Ehler, Ek, Elles, Estrela, Ettl, Eurlings, Jill Evans, Jonathan
Evans, Robert Evans, Fajmon, Farage, Ferber, Fernandes, Fernández Martín, Anne Ferreira, Elisa Ferreira,
Figueiredo, Fjellner, Flasarová, Florenz, Foglietta, Foltyn-Kubicka, Fontaine, Fourtou, Fraga Estévez, Frassoni,
Friedrich, Fruteau, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, García-Margallo y Marfil, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès,
Gawronski, Gebhardt, Gentvilas, Geremek, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gewalt, Gierek, Giertych, Gill, Gklavakis,
Glattfelder, Gobbo, Goebbels, Goepel, Golik, Gollnisch, Gomes, Gomolka, Gottardi, Goudin, Grabowska,
Grabowski, Graça Moura, Gräßle, Grech, Griesbeck, Gröner, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Groote, Grosch,
Grossetête, Guellec, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Guy-Quint, Gyürk, Hänsch, Hamon, Handzlik,
Hannan, Harbour, Harms, Hassi, Hatzidakis, Haug, Hazan, Hedh, Hegyi, Helmer, Henin, Hennicot-Schoepges,
Herczog, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Holm, Honeyball, Hoppenstedt, Horáček,
Jäätteenmäki,
Hudacký, Hudghton, Hughes, Hutchinson,
Jałowiecki, Janowski, Járóka, Jeggle, Jensen, Joan i Marí, Jöns, Jørgensen, Jonckheer, Jordan Cizelj, Kaczmarek,
Kallenbach, Kamall, Kamiński, Karatzaferis, Karim, Kasoulides, Kaufmann, Kauppi, Tunne Kelam, Kilroy-Silk,
Kindermann, Kinnock, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Klinz, Kohlíček, Konrad, Korhola, Kósáné Kovács,
Koterec, Kozlík, Krahmer, Krarup, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristovskis, Krupa, Kuhne,
Kułakowski, Kušķis, Kusstatscher, Kuźmiuk, Lagendijk, Laignel, Lamassoure, Lambert, Lambrinidis,
Lambsdorff, Landsbergis, Lang, Langen, Langendries, Laperrouze, La Russa, Lax, Lechner, Le Foll, Lehideux,
Lehne, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Le Rachinel, Lévai, Liberadzki, Libicki, Lichtenberger, Lienemann, Liese,
Liotard, Lipietz, Locatelli, Losco, Louis, Lucas, Ludford, Lulling, Lundgren, Lynne, Maat, Maaten, McAvan,
McCarthy, McDonald, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Madeira, Maldeikis, Manders, Maňka, Erika Mann,
Thomas Mann, Manolakou, Markov, Marques, Martens, David Martin, Hans-Peter Martin, Martinez, Martínez
Martínez, Masiel, Maštálka, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Matsakis, Matsouka, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor
Oreja, Medina Ortega, Méndez de Vigo, Menéndez del Valle, Meyer Pleite, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko,
Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Mölzer, Mohácsi, Montoro Romero, Moreno Sánchez, Morillon, Moscovici,
Mote, Mulder, Musacchio, Muscardini, Muscat, Myller, Napoletano, Nassauer, Nattrass, Navarro,
Newton Dunn, Nicholson, Niebler, Obiols i Germà, Achille Occhetto, Olajos, Olbrycht, Ó Neachtain,
Onesta, Oomen-Ruijten, Ortuondo Larrea, Őry, Ouzký, Oviir, Paasilinna, Pack, Pahor, Paleckis,
Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Panzeri, Papadimoulis, Papastamkos, Parish, Patriciello, Pęk, Alojz Peterle, Pflüger,
Piecyk, Pieper, Pīks, Pinior, Piotrowski, Pirker, Piskorski, Pittella, Pleštinská, Podkański, Pöttering, Poignant,
Pomés Ruiz, Portas, Posselt, Prets, Prodi, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Rack, Radwan, Ransdorf, Rapkay,
Rasmussen, Remek, Resetarits, Reul, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Rivera, Rizzo, Rogalski,
Roithová, Romeva i Rueda, Rosati, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Rühle,
Rutowicz, Ryan, Sacconi, Saïfi, Sakalas, Saks, Salinas García, Samaras, Samuelsen, Sánchez Presedo,
dos Santos, Saryusz-Wolski, Savi, Sbarbati, Schaldemose, Schapira, Scheele, Schenardi, Schierhuber, Schlyter,
Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schroedter, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Segelström, Seppänen, Siekierski, Silva Peneda,
Simpson, Sinnott, Siwiec, Skinner, Škottová, Smith, Sonik, Sornosa Martínez, Sousa Pinto, Staes,
Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Šťastný, Stauner, Sterckx, Stevenson, Stihler, Stockmann, Strejček, Strož, Stubb,
Sudre, Sumberg, Surján, Susta, Svensson, Swoboda, Szájer, Szejna, Szent-Iványi, Szymański, Tabajdi, Tajani,
Takkula, Tannock, Tarabella, Tarand, Tatarella, Thomsen, Thyssen, Titford, Toia, Tomczak, Toussas,
Trakatellis, Trautmann, Triantaphyllides, Turmes, Tzampazi, Uca, Ulmer, Väyrynen, Vaidere, Vakalis,
Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Vanhecke, Van Hecke, Van Lancker, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna,
Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Vaugrenard, Veraldi, Vergnaud, Vernola, Vidal-Quadras, Vincenzi, Virrankoski, Vlasák,
Vlasto, Voggenhuber, Wagenknecht, Wallis, Walter, Watson, Henri Weber, Manfred Weber, Weiler,
Weisgerber, Westlund, Whittaker, Wieland, Wiersma, Willmott, Wise, von Wogau, Bernard Piotr
Wojciechowski,
Janusz Wojciechowski, Wortmann-Kool, Wurtz, Xenogiannakopoulou, Yañez-Barnuevo
García, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zapałowski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Ždanoka, Železný, Zieleniec, Zīle,
Zimmer, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

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Official Journal of the European Union

23.12.2006

Monday, 11 December 2006

Observers:

Athanasiu, Bărbuleţiu, Becşenescu, Bliznashki, Buruiană-Aprodu, Cioroianu, Coşea, Corina Creţu,
Gabriela Creţu, Konstantin Dimitrov, Duca, Ganţ, Hogea,
Ivanova, Kirilov, Kónya-Hamar, Mihăescu,
Mihalache, Morţun, Paparizov, Parvanova, Paşcu, Podgorean, Popeangă, Sârbu, Severin, Silaghi, Sofianski,
Szabó, Ţicău, Ţîrle