Minutes of the sitting of 4 May 2009
Date: 2009-11-05
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: parliamentary debate








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5.11.2009   


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Official Journal of the European Union


CE 263/1





Monday 4 May 2009
MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 4 MAY 2009

2009/C 263 E/01
Contents
PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING






1.

Resumption of the session









2.

Statements by the President









3.

Approval of the Minutes of the previous sitting









4.

Verification of credentials









5.

Signature of acts adopted under codecision









6.

Corrigenda (Rule 204a)









7.

Announcement by the President









8.

Documents received









9.

Oral questions and written declarations (submission)









10.

Action taken on Parliament's resolutions









11.

Petitions









12.

Transfers of appropriations









13.

Order of business









14.

One-minute speeches on matters of political importance









15.

Flu epidemic (debate)









16.

Equal treatment between men and women engaged in a self-employed capacity ***I — Pregnant workers ***I (debate)









17.

Aspects relating to organisation of working time ***III (debate)









18.

Agenda









19.

The organisation of the working time of persons performing mobile road transport activities ***I (debate)









20.

European Parliament's estimates for 2010 (debate)









21.

Trade in seal products ***I (debate)









22.

Protection of animals used for scientific purposes ***I (debate)









23.

Ship-source pollution and penalties for infringements ***I (debate)









24.

Consumer rights (debate)









25.

Recommendation to the Commission in Complaint 185/2005/ELB (short presentation)









26.

Agenda of the next sitting









27.

Closure of the sitting



ATTENDANCE REGISTER
ANNEX I
RESULT OF ROLL-CALL VOTES






1.

Order of business — Removal from the agenda of the joint debate on the Treaty of Lisbon




PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

IN THE CHAIR: Hans-Gert PÖTTERING

President


1.   Resumption of the session

The sitting opened at 17.05.

2.   Statements by the President

The President made a statement on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the EU's enlargement to include 10 new countries in 2004.
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The President made a statement expressing his anxiety at the fate of the American-Iranian journalist Roxana Saberi, currently imprisoned in Iran. On behalf of Parliament, he added his voice to those of the President-in-Office of the Council and of the President of the USA in calling on the Iranian authorities for the immediate and unconditional release of Roxana Saberi.
He also protested against the execution in Iran of a woman for a crime committed when she was still a minor.
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The President expressed Parliament's solidarity with the Queen of the Netherlands and with the Dutch people following the incident in Apeldoorn on 30 April 2009 in which several people died.

3.   Approval of the Minutes of the previous sitting

The Minutes of the previous sitting were approved.
The following spoke: Johannes Blokland on the last of the President's statements.

4.   Verification of credentials

The President announced that, in its judgment of 30 April 2009 on Joined Cases C-393/07 (Italian Republic v European Parliament) and C-9/08 (Beniamino Donnici v European Parliament), the European Court of Justice:
‘Annuls Decision 2007/2121(REG) of the European Parliament of 24 May 2007 on the verification of credentials of Mr Beniamino Donnici’.
Concerning the credentials of Beniamino Donnici, the legal situation that had existed immediately before the adoption of the annulled decision was therefore reestablished. As a result of the judgment of the Court, the European Parliament was required to verify the credentials of Beniamino Donnici again.
The matter was therefore again referred to the JURI Committee as the committee responsible.

5.   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:






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Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1080/2006 on the European Regional Development Fund as regards the eligibility of energy efficiency and renewable energy investments in housing (03619/2009/LEX — C6-0159/2009 — 2008/0245(COD))










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Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1081/2006 on the European Social Fund to extend the types of costs eligible for a contribution from the ESF (03618/2009/LEX — C6-0160/2009 — 2008/0232(COD))










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Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on foodstuffs intended for particular nutritional uses (recast) (03697/2008/LEX — C6-0161/2009 — 2008/0003(COD))










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Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the contained use of genetically modified micro organisms (recast) (03714/2008/LEX — C6-0162/2009 — 2007/0259(COD))










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Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the supplementary protection certificate for medicinal products (codified version) (03602/2009/LEX — C6-0163/2009 — 2008/0126(COD))










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Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on roadworthiness tests for motor vehicles and their trailers (recast) (03699/2008/LEX — C6-0164/2009 — 2008/0044(COD))










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Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down Community procedures for the establishment of residue limits of pharmacologically active substances in foodstuffs of animal origin, repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 and amending Directive 2001/82/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (03627/2009/LEX — C6-0165/2009 — 2007/0064(COD))










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Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on Community statistics relating to external trade with non member countries and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1172/95 (03638/2009/LEX — C6-0166/2009 — 2007/0233(COD))










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Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of a European Works Council or a procedure in Community-scale undertakings and Community-scale groups of undertakings for the purposes of informing and consulting employees (recast) (03731/2008/LEX — C6-0167/2009 — 2008/0141(COD))










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Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 98/26/EC on settlement finality in payment and securities settlement systems and Directive 2002/47/EC on financial collateral arrangements as regards linked systems and credit claims (03742/2008/LEX — C6-0168/2009 — 2008/0082(COD))










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Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council simplifying terms and conditions of transfers of defence-related products within the Community (03732/2008/LEX — C6-0169/2009 — 2007/0279(COD))










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Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods and passengers by sea (recast) (03715/2008/LEX — C6-0170/2009 — 2007/0288(COD))










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Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on safety rules and standards for passenger ships (recast) (03710/2008/LEX — C6-0171/2009 — 2007/0257(COD))










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Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2252/2004 on standards for security features and biometrics in passports and travel documents issued by Member States (03606/2009/LEX — C6-0172/2009 — 2007/0216(COD))










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Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 76/769/EEC as regards restrictions on the marketing and use of dichloromethane (03610/2009/LEX — C6-0173/2009 — 2008/0033(COD))





6.   Corrigenda (Rule204a)
The committee responsible had forwarded the following corrigenda to texts adopted by the European Parliament:






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Corrigendum to the position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 18 November 2008 with a view to the adoption of Directive 2009/…/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the driver's seat on wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (codified version) — P6_TA(2008)0532 — (COM(2008)0351 — C6-0243/2008 — 2008/0115(COD)) — JURI










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Corrigendum to the position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 24 March 2009 with a view to the adoption of Directive 2009/…/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain components and characteristics of wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (codified version) — P6_TA-PROV(2009)0147 — (COM(2008)0690 — C6-0414/2008 — 2008/0213(COD)) — JURI




Pursuant to Rule 204a, these corrigenda would be deemed approved unless, within 48 hours, a request was made by a political group or at least 40 Members that they be put to the vote.
The corrigenda were available on the Séance en direct site.

7.   Announcement by the President

The President announced that, under the provisions of the Rules of Procedure relating to unfinished business at the end of the parliamentary term (Rule 203), Parliament had always followed the consistent practice of deeming all questions for written answer that had not received an answer on the last day of the last session of the term to have lapsed.
However, as President Cox had pointed out at the close of the fifth term, this practice had no legal basis under the current wording of Rule 203.
The President therefore called on the Council and the Commission to answer all questions for written answer tabled by Members up to the end of the present session (7 May 2009).

8.   Documents received

The following documents had been received:







1)




from the Council and Commission:







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Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 16/2009 — Section III — Commission (N6-0019/2009 — C6-0154/2009 — 2009/2043(GBD))






referred to


responsible: BUDG














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Draft amending budget No. 4 for the financial year 2009 established by the Council on 27 April 2009 (09126/2009 — C6-0156/2009 — 2009/2039(BUD))






referred to


responsible: BUDG














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Draft amending budget No 5 for the financial year 2009 established by the Council on 27 April 2009 (09127/2009 — C6-0157/2009 — 2009/2040(BUD))






referred to


responsible: BUDG



















2)




from committees:








2.1)




reports:







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***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the indication by labelling and standard product information of the consumption of energy and other resources by energy-related products (recast) (COM(2008)0778 — C6-0412/2008 — 2008/0222(COD)) — ITRE Committee.
Rapporteur: Anni Podimata (A6-0146/2009)










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* Report on the proposal for a Council regulation on the protection of animals at the time of killing (COM(2008)0553 — C6-0451/2008 — 2008/0180(CNS)) — AGRI Committee.
Rapporteur: Janusz Wojciechowski (A6-0185/2009)










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Report on the Special Report by the European Ombudsman to the European Parliament following his Draft Recommendation to the European Commission in Complaint 185/2005/ELB (2009/2016(INI)) — PETI Committee.
Rapporteur: Miguel Ángel Martínez Martínez (A6-0201/2009)










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* Report on the proposal for a Council regulation repealing 14 obsolete regulations in the field of the Common Fisheries Policy (COM(2009)0089 — C6-0095/2009 — 2009/0024(CNS)) — PECH Committee.
Rapporteur: Philippe Morillon (A6-0202/2009)










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* Report on the proposal for a Council decision repealing Directive 83/515/EEC and 11 obsolete decisions in the field of the Common Fisheries Policy (COM(2009)0088 — C6-0094/2009 — 2009/0022(CNS)) — PECH Committee.
Rapporteur: Philippe Morillon (A6-0203/2009)










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***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on Stage II petrol vapour recovery during refuelling of passenger cars at service stations (COM(2008)0812 — C6-0470/2008 — 2008/0229(COD)) — ENVI Committee.
Rapporteur: Dimitrios Papadimoulis (A6-0208/2009)










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Report on gender mainstreaming in EU external relations and peace-building/nation-building (2008/2198(INI)) — AFET Committee.
Rapporteur: Libor Rouček (A6-0225/2009)










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***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the application of the principle of equal treatment between men and women engaged in an activity in a self-employed capacity and repealing Directive 86/613/EEC (COM(2008)0636 — C6-0341/2008 — 2008/0192(COD)) — FEMM Committee.
Rapporteur: Astrid Lulling (A6-0258/2009)










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* Report on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) (COM(2009)0038 — C6-0051/2009 — 2009/0011(CNS)) — AGRI Committee.
Rapporteur: Petya Stavreva (A6-0259/2009)










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***I Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing an audiovisual cooperation programme with professionals from third countries MEDIA Mundus (COM(2008)0892 — C6-0011/2009 — 2008/0258(COD)) — CULT Committee.
Rapporteur: Ruth Hieronymi (A6-0260/2009)










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***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a programme to aid economic recovery by granting Community financial assistance to projects in the field of energy (COM(2009)0035 — C6-0049/2009 — 2009/0010(COD)) — ITRE Committee.
Rapporteur: Eugenijus Maldeikis (A6-0261/2009)










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Report with a proposal for a European Parliament recommendation to the Council on development of an EU criminal justice area (2009/2012(INI)) — LIBE Committee.
Rapporteur: Maria Grazia Pagano (A6-0262/2009)










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Report on the active inclusion of people excluded from the labour market (2008/2335(INI)) — EMPL Committee.
Rapporteur: Jean Lambert (A6-0263/2009)










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Report on the Annual Report on Human Rights in the World 2008 and the European Union's policy on the matter (2008/2336(INI)) — AFET Committee.
Rapporteur: Raimon Obiols i Germà (A6-0264/2009)










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* Report on the proposal for a Council regulation establishing a procedure for the negotiation and conclusion of bilateral agreements between Member States and third countries concerning sectoral matters and covering jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement of judgments and decisions in matrimonial matters, parental responsibility and maintenance obligations, and applicable law in matters relating to maintenance obligations (COM(2008)0894 — C6-0035/2009 — 2008/0266(CNS)) — LIBE Committee.
Rapporteur: Gérard Deprez (A6-0265/2009)










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Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, in accordance with point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (COM(2009)0150 — C6-0115/2009 — 2009/2033(ACI)) — BUDG Committee.
Rapporteur: Reimer Böge (A6-0266/2009)










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***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 92/85/EEC on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health at work of pregnant workers and workers who have recently given birth or are breastfeeding (COM(2008)0637 — C6-0340/2008 — 2008/0193(COD)) — FEMM Committee.
Rapporteur: Edite Estrela (A6-0267/2009)










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Report on the request for the defence of the immunity and privileges of Mr Umberto Bossi (2009/2020(IMM)) — JURI Committee.
Rapporteur: Klaus-Heiner Lehne (A6-0269/2009)










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***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a procedure for the negotiation and conclusion of bilateral agreements between Member States and third countries concerning sectoral matters and covering applicable law in contractual and non-contractual obligations (COM(2008)0893 — C6-0001/2009 — 2008/0259(COD)) — JURI Committee.
Rapporteur: Tadeusz Zwiefka (A6-0270/2009)










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Report on the general revision of the Parliament's Rules of Procedure (2007/2124(REG)) — AFCO Committee.
Rapporteur: Richard Corbett (A6-0273/2009)










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***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EEC) No 95/93 on common rules for the allocation of slots at Community airports (COM(2009)0121 — C6-0097/2009 — 2009/0042(COD)) — TRAN Committee.
Rapporteur: Paolo Costa (A6-0274/2009)










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Report on the estimates of revenue and expenditure of Parliament for the financial year 2010 (2009/2006(BUD)) — BUDG Committee.
Rapporteur: Vladimír Maňka (A6-0275/2009)










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***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 87/372/EEC on the frequency bands to be reserved for the coordinated introduction of public pan-European cellular digital land-based mobile communications in the Community (COM(2008)0762 — C6-0452/2008 — 2008/0214(COD)) — ITRE Committee.
Rapporteur: Francisca Pleguezuelos Aguilar (A6-0276/2009)










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Report on the amended proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 on budgetary discipline and sound financial management as regards the multiannual financial framework (2007-2013) (COM(2008)0859 — 2008/2332(ACI)) — BUDG Committee.
Rapporteur: Reimer Böge (A6-0278/2009)










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***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a European Asylum Support Office (COM(2009)0066 — C6-0071/2009 — 2009/0027(COD)) — LIBE Committee.
Rapporteur: Jean Lambert (A6-0279/2009)










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***I Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Decision No 573/2007/EC establishing the European Refugee Fund for the period 2008 to 2013 by removing funding for certain Community actions and altering the limit for funding such actions (COM(2009)0067 — C6-0070/2009 — 2009/0026(COD)) — LIBE Committee.
Rapporteur: Bárbara Dührkop Dührkop (A6-0280/2009)










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Report on Draft amending budget No 4 of the European Union for the financial year 2009 — Section III — Commission (2009/2039(BUD)) — BUDG Committee.
Rapporteur: Jutta Haug (A6-0281/2009)










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Report on Draft amending budget No 5 of the European Union for the financial year 2009 — Section III — Commission (2009/2040(BUD)) — BUDG Committee.
Rapporteur: Jutta Haug (A6-0282/2009)










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***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the establishment of ‘Eurodac’ for the comparison of fingerprints for the effective application of Regulation (EC) No […/…] [establishing the criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for examining an application for international protection lodged in one of the Member States by a third-country national or a stateless person] (recast) (COM(2008)0825 — C6-0475/2008 — 2008/0242(COD)) — LIBE Committee.
Rapporteur: Nicolae Vlad Popa (A6-0283/2009)










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***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for examining an application for international protection lodged in one of the Member States by a third-country national or a stateless person (recast) (COM(2008)0820 — C6-0474/2008 — 2008/0243(COD)) — LIBE Committee.
Rapporteur: Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert (A6-0284/2009)










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***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down minimum standards for the reception of asylum seekers (recast) (COM(2008)0815 — C6-0477/2008 — 2008/0244(COD)) — LIBE Committee.
Rapporteur: Antonio Masip Hidalgo (A6-0285/2009)










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Report on the request for defence of the immunity and privileges of Mr Aldo Patriciello (2009/2021(IMM)) — JURI Committee.
Rapporteur: Aloyzas Sakalas (A6-0286/2009)















2.2)




recommendations for second reading:







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***II Recommendation for second reading on the Council common position for adopting a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2002/22/EC on universal service and users’ rights relating to electronic communications networks, Directive 2002/58/EC concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector and Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 on cooperation between national authorities for the enforcement of consumer protection laws (16497/1/2008 — C6-0068/2009 — 2007/0248(COD)) — IMCO Committee.
Rapporteur: Malcolm Harbour (A6-0257/2009)










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***II Recommendation for second reading on the Council common position for adopting a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Group of European Regulators in Telecom (GERT) (16498/1/2008 — C6-0067/2009 — 2007/0249(COD)) — ITRE Committee.
Rapporteur: Pilar del Castillo Vera (A6-0271/2009)










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***II Recommendation for second reading on the Council common position for adopting a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directives 2002/21/EC on a common regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services, 2002/19/EC on access to, and interconnection of, electronic communications networks and associated facilities, and 2002/20/EC on the authorisation of electronic communications networks and services (16496/1/2008 — C6-0066/2009 — 2007/0247(COD)) — ITRE Committee.
Rapporteur: Catherine Trautmann (A6-0272/2009)



















3)




from Members:








3.1)




oral questions (Rule 108) (B6-0231/2009):







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to the Council:
Medina Ortega Manuel, Mitchell Gay, Doyle Avril, Posselt Bernd, Moraes Claude, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou Marie, Paleckis Justas Vincas, McGuinness Mairead, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou Rodi, Aylward Liam, Ryan Eoin, Crowley Brian, Ó Neachtain Seán, Czarnecki Ryszard, Sinnott Kathy, Vakalis Nikolaos, Pafilis Athanasios, Toussas Georgios, Lyubcheva Marusya Ivanova, Andrikienė Laima Liucija, Jeleva Rumiana, Alvaro Alexander










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to the Commission:
Medina Ortega Manuel, Vakalis Nikolaos, Doyle Avril, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou Marie, Crowley Brian, Moraes Claude, Ó Neachtain Seán, Martin David, Papastamkos Georgios, Corda Giovanna, Angelakas Emmanouil, Posselt Bernd, Paleckis Justas Vincas, Ryan Eoin, Toussas Georgios, Mitchell Gay, McGuinness Mairead, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou Rodi, Sonik Bogusław, Burke Colm, Aylward Liam, Czarnecki Ryszard, Sinnott Kathy, Peterle Alojz, Pafilis Athanasios, Riis-Jørgensen Karin, Droutsas Konstantinos, Andrikienė Laima Liucija, Krahmer Holger, Jeleva Rumiana, Alvaro Alexander, El Khadraoui Saïd















3.2)




motions for resolutions (Rule 113):







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Salvador Garriga Polledo. Motion for a resolution on the European Year of the Self-Employed (B6-0257/2009)






referred to


responsible: EMPL

















9.   Oral questions and written declarations (submission)
The following documents had been submitted by Members:







1)




oral questions (Rule 108):







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(O-0067/2009) by Astrid Lulling, Jean-Pierre Audy, Joseph Daul, Françoise Grossetête, Véronique Mathieu, Elisabeth Morin, Margie Sudre, Oldřich Vlasák and Dominique Vlasto, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Patrick Louis, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Jean Marie Beaupuy, Anne Laperrouze, Nathalie Griesbeck and Marielle De Sarnez, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Sergio Berlato, Cristiana Muscardini, Roberta Angelilli, Domenico Antonio Basile, Alessandro Foglietta, Antonio Mussa, Sebastiano (Nello) Musumeci, Giovanni Robusti, Umberto Pirilli and Salvatore Tatarella, on behalf of the UEN Group, to the Commission: Rosé wines and permitted oenological practices (B6-0228/2009)










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(O-0068/2009) by Luis Manuel Capoulas Santos, Katerina Batzeli, Vincent Peillon, Vincenzo Lavarra, Stéphane Le Foll and Alessandro Battilocchio, on behalf of the PSE Group, to the Commission: Rosé wines and permitted oenological practices (B6-0229/2009)










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(O-0071/2009) by Miroslav Ouzký and Guido Sacconi, on behalf of the ENVI Committee, to the Commission: Draft Commission Regulation on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), as regards Annex XVII (B6-0230/2009)










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(O-0076/2009/rev.1) by Arlene McCarthy, on behalf of the IMCO Committee, to the Commission: Proposal for a directive on Consumer Rights (B6-0232/2009)









10.   Action taken on Parliament's resolutions

The Commission communication on the action it had taken in response to the resolutions adopted by Parliament during the December II 2008 part-session was available on the Séance en direct site.

11.   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):

30.04.2009

Wendy Clark (Port Services (Invergordon) Ltd.) (0454/2009)
Christian Guittet (0455/2009)
Gergiev Nicolay Metodiev (100 signatures) (0456/2009)
(name confidential) (0457/2009)
Tomás Sharkey (0458/2009)
Sergio Niola (0459/2009)
(name confidential) (0460/2009)
Maria Boicu (0461/2009)
Ion Vlad (0462/2009)
Tomasz Brzdak (0463/2009)
Mihail Vrabie (0464/2009)
Christopher Henrich (0465/2009)
(name confidential) (0466/2009)
Andrés Mantilla de los Ríos Vergara (0467/2009)
Roswitha Vorpahl (2 signatures) (0468/2009)
J.W.A. Baetens (0469/2009)
(name confidential) (0470/2009)
(name confidential) (0471/2009)
Paula Healy (0472/2009)
Raffaele Mancuso (0473/2009)
Wilco Willemse (MakelaarsPunt Nederland) (0474/2009)
(name confidential) (0475/2009)
Corinna Hanseler (0476/2009)
Santa Valentina Della (0477/2009)
April Gabriele Wesenauer-Wagner (0478/2009)
Ross Manser (0479/2009)
Maximino Sousa Pérez (Autoescuela Sousa Sociedad Civil) (0480/2009)
Juan José Cabana Rey (Asociación Etnográfica e da Natureza Amigos e Amigas do río Baa) (0481/2009)
Suzanne Wyatt (792 signatures) (0482/2009)
Antonio Palma (Asociación ‘Turo de la Rovira’) (0483/2009)
José Alberto Escolar Escolar (0484/2009)

12.   Transfers of appropriations

The Committee on Budgets had considered the Commission's proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 02/2009 (N6-0011/2009 — C6-0106/2009 — 2009/2030(GBD)).
Having noted the Council's opinion, it had authorised the transfer in full under Article 24(3) of the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities.
*
* *
The Committee on Budgets had considered the Commission's proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 03/2009 (N6-0006/2009 — C6-0098/2009 — 2009/2023(GBD)).
Having noted the Council's opinion, it had authorised the transfer in full under Article 24(3) of the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities.
*
* *
The Committee on Budgets had considered the Commission's proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 04/2009 (N6-0008/2009 — C6-0100/2009 — 2009/2025(GBD)).
Having noted the Council's opinion, it had authorised the transfer in full under Article 24(3) of the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities.
*
* *
The Committee on Budgets had considered the Commission's proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 07/2009 (N6-0007/2009 — C6-0099/2009 — 2009/2024(GBD)).
Having noted the Council's opinion, it had rejected the transfer in its entirety, pursuant to Article 24(3) of the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities.
*
* *
The Committee on Budgets had considered the Commission's proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 08/2009 (N6-0009/2009 — C6-0104/2009 — 2009/2027(GBD)).
Having noted the Council's opinion, it had authorised the transfer in full under Article 24(3) of the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities.
*
* *
The Committee on Budgets had considered the Commission's proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 09/2009 (N6-0009/2009 — C6-0104/2009 — 2009/2027(GBD)).
Having noted the Council's opinion, it had authorised the transfer in full under Article 24(3) of the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities.
*
* *
The Committee on Budgets had considered the Commission's proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 10/2009 (N6-0013/2009 — C6-0113/2009 — 2009/2032(GBD)).
Having noted the Council's opinion, it had authorised the transfer in full under Article 24(3) of the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities.

13.   Order of business

The next item was the order of business.
The final draft agenda for the May 2009 sittings (PE 423.628 PDOJ) had been distributed and a number of changes had been proposed (Rule 132):






 



Monday, Tuesday

No changes.










 



Wednesday

Request by the GUE/NGL Group to remove from the agenda the joint debate on the Treaty of Lisbon (Items 64, 65, 66, 67 and 68 on the final draft agenda).
The following spoke: Mary Lou McDonald, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, who moved the request, and Daniel Cohn-Bendit, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group.
By roll-call vote (11 in favour, 147 against, 4 abstentions), Parliament rejected the request.
Request by the GUE/NGL Group to place on the agenda a Commission statement on the Green Paper on the common fisheries policy.
The following spoke: Pedro Guerreiro, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, who moved the request, and Philippe Morillon, Chair of the PECH Committee.
Parliament rejected the request.










 



Thursday

Debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (Rule 115):
Request by the PPE-DE Group to replace the item ‘Fiji’(Item 82 on the final draft agenda) with an item entitled ‘Iran: the case of Roxana Saberi’.
Request by the GUE/NGL Group to replace the item ‘Venezuela: the case of Manuel Rosales’(Item 84 on the final draft agenda) with an item entitled ‘Iran: the case of Roxana Saberi’.
Parliament agreed to the PPE-DE Group's request by electronic vote (106 in favour, 57 against, 3 abstentions).
The request by the GUE/NGL Group lapsed.




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The order of business was thus established.

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:
Tunne Kelam, Glyn Ford, Bill Newton Dunn, Ewa Tomaszewska, Milan Horáček, Urszula Krupa, Ashley Mote, Ljudmila Novak, Richard Corbett, Chris Davies, Bernard Wojciechowski, Avril Doyle, Pierre Pribetich, Jelko Kacin, Zita Pleštinská, Marusya Ivanova Lyubcheva, Marco Pannella, Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Silvia-Adriana Țicău, Thomas Wise, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Charles Tannock, Marco Pannella and Neena Gill.

15.   Flu epidemic (debate)
Commission statement: Flu epidemic
Androulla Vassiliou (Member of the Commission) made the statement.
IN THE CHAIR: Manuel António dos SANTOS

Vice-President

The following spoke: Antonios Trakatellis, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Jules Maaten, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Bart Staes, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Urszula Krupa, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Irena Belohorská, Non-attached Member, Cristina Gutiérrez-Cortines and Françoise Grossetête.
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Paul Rübig, Adamos Adamou and Horst Schnellhardt.
The following spoke: Androulla Vassiliou.
The debate closed.

16.   Equal treatment between men and women engaged in a self-employed capacity ***I — Pregnant workers ***I (debate)
Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the application of the principle of equal treatment between men and women engaged in an activity in a self-employed capacity and repealing Directive 86/613/EEC [COM(2008)0636 — C6-0341/2008 — 2008/0192(COD)] — Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality.
Rapporteur: Astrid Lulling (A6-0258/2009)
Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 92/85/EEC on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health at work of pregnant workers and workers who have recently given birth or are breastfeeding [COM(2008)0637 — C6-0340/2008 — 2008/0193(COD)] — Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality.
Rapporteur: Edite Estrela (A6-0267/2009)
Astrid Lulling and Edite Estrela introduced the reports.
The following spoke: Vladimír Špidla (Member of the Commission).
The following spoke: Joel Hasse Ferreira (deputising for the rapporteur for the opinion of the EMPL Committee), Luigi Cocilovo (rapporteur for the opinion of the EMPL Committee), Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg (rapporteur for the opinion of the JURI Committee), Maria Petre, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Lissy Gröner, on behalf of the PSE Group, Claire Gibault, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Ewa Tomaszewska, on behalf of the UEN Group, Raül Romeva i Rueda, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Věra Flasarová, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Irena Belohorská, Non-attached Member, Edit Bauer, Anne Van Lancker, Siiri Oviir, Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Gabriela Crețu, Ria Oomen-Ruijten and Marusya Ivanova Lyubcheva.
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Christa Klaß, Ljudmila Novak, Ilda Figueiredo, Zita Pleštinská and Siiri Oviir.
The following spoke: Vladimír Špidla.
IN THE CHAIR: Rodi KRATSA-TSAGAROPOULOU

Vice-President

The following spoke: Astrid Lulling and Edite Estrela.
The debate closed.
Vote: Minutes of 6.5.2009, Item 6.5 and Minutes of 6.5.2009, Item 6.6.

17.   Aspects relating to organisation of working time ***III (debate)
Conciliation procedure regarding the amendment of Directive 2003/88/EC on certain aspects of the organisation of working time [2004/0209(COD)]
Statement by the Chair of the Parliament's delegation to the Conciliation Committee.
Mechtild Rothe, chair of the Parliament's delegation to the Conciliation Committee, made the statement.
The following spoke: Michal Sedláček (President-in-Office of the Council) and Vladimír Špidla (Member of the Commission).
The following spoke: Hartmut Nassauer, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Alejandro Cercas, on behalf of the PSE Group, Elizabeth Lynne, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Elisabeth Schroedter, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Ilda Figueiredo, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Derek Roland Clark, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, José Albino Silva Peneda, Jan Andersson, Bernard Lehideux, Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Edit Bauer, Roberto Musacchio, Juan Andrés Naranjo Escobar, Philip Bushill-Matthews and Jacek Protasiewicz.
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Stephen Hughes, Ewa Tomaszewska and Jan Cremers.
The following spoke: Michal Sedláček, Vladimír Špidla and Mechtild Rothe.
The debate closed.

18.   Agenda

The President announced that the Verts/ALE group had requested that the Richard Corbett report on the general revision of Parliament's Rules of Procedure (A6-0273/2009) be referred back to committee, pursuant to Rule 168 of the Rules of Procedure.
The request would be put to the vote the following evening before the start of the debate on that report.

19.   The organisation of the working time of persons performing mobile road transport activities ***I (debate)
Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2002/15/EC on the organisation of the working time of persons performing mobile road transport activities [COM(2008)0650 — C6-0354/2008 — 2008/0195(COD)] — Committee on Employment and Social Affairs.
Rapporteur: Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou (A6-0120/2009)
Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou introduced the report.
The following spoke: Antonio Tajani (Vice-President of the Commission).
IN THE CHAIR: Luisa MORGANTINI

Vice-President

The following spoke: Johannes Blokland (rapporteur for the opinion of the TRAN Committee), Eva-Riitta Siitonen, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Jan Cremers, on behalf of the PSE Group, Bilyana Ilieva Raeva, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Sepp Kusstatscher, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, and Stephen Hughes.
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Ville Itälä.
The following spoke: Antonio Tajani and Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou.
The debate closed.
Vote: Minutes of 5.5.2009, Item 5.8.

20.   European Parliament's estimates for 2010 (debate)
Report on the estimates of revenue and expenditure of Parliament for the financial year 2010 [2009/2006(BUD)] — Committee on Budgets.
Rapporteur: Vladimír Maňka (A6-0275/2009)
Vladimír Maňka introduced the report.
The following spoke: Margaritis Schinas, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, and Zbigniew Krzysztof Kuźmiuk, on behalf of the UEN Group.
The following spoke: Vladimír Maňka.
The debate closed.
Vote: Minutes of 5.5.2009, Item 5.13.

21.   Trade in seal products ***I (debate)
Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning trade in seal products [COM(2008)0469 — C6-0295/2008 — 2008/0160(COD)] — Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection.
Rapporteur: Diana Wallis (A6-0118/2009)
Diana Wallis introduced the report.
The following spoke: Stavros Dimas (Member of the Commission).
The following spoke: Frieda Brepoels (rapporteur for the opinion of the ENVI Committee), Véronique Mathieu (rapporteur for the opinion of the AGRI Committee), Malcolm Harbour, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Arlene McCarthy, on behalf of the PSE Group, Toine Manders, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Leopold Józef Rutowicz, on behalf of the UEN Group, Heide Rühle, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Kartika Tamara Liotard, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Hélène Goudin, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, and Jan Cremers.
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Peter Šťastný, Carl Schlyter, Christian Rovsing, Caroline Lucas, Avril Doyle and Marios Matsakis.
The following spoke: Stavros Dimas and Diana Wallis.
The debate closed.
Vote: Minutes of 5.5.2009, Item 5.9.

22.   Protection of animals used for scientific purposes ***I (debate)
Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes [COM(2008)0543 — C6-0391/2008 — 2008/0211(COD)] — Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development.
Rapporteur: Neil Parish (A6-0240/2009)
Neil Parish introduced the report.
The following spoke: Stavros Dimas (Member of the Commission).
The following spoke: Marios Matsakis (rapporteur for the opinion of the ENVI Committee), Esko Seppänen (rapporteur for the opinion of the ITRE Committee) and Elisabeth Jeggle, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group.
IN THE CHAIR: Edward McMILLAN-SCOTT

Vice-President

The following spoke: Roselyne Lefrançois, on behalf of the PSE Group, Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Kartika Tamara Liotard, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Bastiaan Belder, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Françoise Grossetête and Luis Manuel Capoulas Santos.
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Zuzana Roithová and Caroline Lucas.
The following spoke: Stavros Dimas and Neil Parish.
The debate closed.
Vote: Minutes of 5.5.2009, Item 5.10.

23.   Ship-source pollution and penalties for infringements ***I (debate)
Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2005/35/EC on ship-source pollution and on the introduction of penalties for infringements [COM(2008)0134 — C6-0142/2008 — 2008/0055(COD)] — Committee on Transport and Tourism.
Rapporteur: Luis de Grandes Pascual (A6-0080/2009)
Luis de Grandes Pascual introduced the report.
The following spoke: Antonio Tajani (Vice-President of the Commission).
The following spoke: Marios Matsakis (rapporteur for the opinion of the ENVI Committee), Eva Lichtenberger (rapporteur for the opinion of the JURI Committee), Georg Jarzembowski, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Silvia-Adriana Țicău, on behalf of the PSE Group, Marusya Ivanova Lyubcheva, Antonio Tajani and Luis de Grandes Pascual.
The debate closed.
Vote: Minutes of 5.5.2009, Item 5.11.

24.   Consumer rights (debate)
Oral question ((O-0076/2009) by Arlene McCarthy, on behalf of the IMCO Committee, to the Commission: Proposal for a directive on Consumer Rights (B6-0232/2009)
Arlene McCarthy moved the oral question.
Meglena Kuneva (Member of the Commission) answered the oral question.
The following spoke: Malcolm Harbour, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, and Jacques Toubon.
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Charlotte Cederschiöld.
The following spoke: Meglena Kuneva.
The debate closed.

25.   Recommendation to the Commission in Complaint 185/2005/ELB (short presentation)
Report on the special report from the European Ombudsman following his draft recommendation to the European Commission in Complaint 185/2005/ELB [2009/2016(INI)] — Committee on Petitions.
Rapporteur: Miguel Ángel Martínez Martínez (A6-0201/2009)
Miguel Ángel Martínez Martínez made the presentation.
The following spoke: Meglena Kuneva (Member of the Commission), Miguel Ángel Martínez Martínez and Meglena Kuneva.
The item closed.
Vote: Minutes of 5.5.2009, Item 5.5.

26.   Agenda of the next sitting

The agenda of the next day's sitting had been established (‘Agenda’ PE 423.628/OJMA).

27.   Closure of the sitting

The sitting closed at 23.45.


Klaus Welle

Secretary-General



Hans-Gert Pöttering

President





Monday 4 May 2009ATTENDANCE REGISTER
The following signed:
Adamou, Aita, Albertini, Alvaro, Andersson, Andrejevs, Andrikienė, Angelakas, Antinucci, Antochi, Arnaoutakis, Ashworth, Atkins, Attard-Montalto, Attwooll, Aubert, Audy, Auken, Ayuso, Baco, Badía i Cutchet, Baeva, Barón Crespo, Barsi-Pataky, Bartolozzi, Basile, Bauer, Beaupuy, Beazley, Becsey, Bedingfield, Beer, Belder, Belohorská, Bennahmias, Beňová, Berend, Berès, Berger, Berlinguer, Birutis, Blokland, Bloom, Bobošíková, Bodu, Böge, Bösch, Bono, Borrell Fontelles, Boso, Boștinaru, Botopoulos, Boursier, Bowis, Bowles, Bozkurt, Bradbourn, Brejc, Brepoels, Breyer, Březina, Brie, Brok, Budreikaitė, van Buitenen, Buitenweg, Bulfon, Bullmann, Bulzesc, Van den Burg, Bushill-Matthews, Busk, Bușoi, Buzek, Callanan, Camre, Capoulas Santos, Cappato, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casa, Casaca, Cashman, Caspary, Castex, del Castillo Vera, Cavada, Cederschiöld, Cercas, Chatzimarkakis, Chichester, Chiesa, Chmielewski, Christensen, Chruszcz, Claeys, Clark, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cohn-Bendit, Corbett, Corbey, Corda, Cornillet, Paolo Costa, Cottigny, Coûteaux, Cramer, Cremers, Gabriela Crețu, Crowley, Csibi, Marek Aleksander Czarnecki, Dahl, Dăianu, Daul, Davies, De Blasio, Degutis, De Keyser, Demetriou, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, Deva, De Veyrac, De Vits, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dičkutė, Didžiokas, Dillen, Dimitrakopoulos, Dobolyi, Donnici, Doorn, Douay, Dover, Doyle, Drčar Murko, Duff, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Elles, Esteves, Estrela, Ettl, Jill Evans, Jonathan Evans, Robert Evans, Färm, Fajmon, Falbr, Farage, Fava, Fazakas, Fernandes, Fernández Martín, Anne Ferreira, Elisa Ferreira, Figueiredo, Fiore, Flasarová, Florenz, Foglietta, Foltyn-Kubicka, Fontaine, Ford, Fourtou, Fraga Estévez, Fraile Cantón, França, Frassoni, Friedrich, Funeriu, Gacek, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Garcés Ramón, García-Margallo y Marfil, García Pérez, Gardini, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gebhardt, Gentvilas, Georgiou, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gewalt, Gibault, Gierek, Giertych, Gill, Giuntini, Gklavakis, Glante, Glattfelder, Goebbels, Goepel, Gollnisch, Gomes, Gomolka, Gottardi, Goudin, Grabowska, Grabowski, Graça Moura, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Gräßle, de Grandes Pascual, Grau i Segú, Grech, Griesbeck, Gröner, Groote, Grosch, Grossetête, Guellec, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Gurmai, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Hänsch, Hall, Hămbășan, Handzlik, Hannan, Harangozó, Harbour, Harkin, Harms, Hasse Ferreira, Hassi, Haug, Heaton-Harris, Hedh, Helmer, Hénin, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herczog, Herrero-Tejedor, Hökmark, Honeyball, Hoppenstedt, Horáček, Hudghton, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ibrisagic, Iotova, Irujo Amezaga, Isler Béguin, Itälä, Jackson, Jacobs, Jäätteenmäki, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jeleva, Jonckheer, Jouye de Grandmaison, Juknevičienė, Juri, Kacin, Kaczmarek, Kallenbach, Kamall, Karas, Karim, Kastler, Kaufmann, Kazak, Tunne Kelam, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kirilov, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Klinz, Knapman, Koch-Mehrin, Konrad, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Kozlík, Krahmer, Krasts, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristovskis, Krupa, Kuc, Kuhne, Kušķis, Kusstatscher, Kuźmiuk, Lagendijk, Lamassoure, Lambert, Landsbergis, Lang, De Lange, Langen, Langendries, Laperrouze, Lauk, Lax, Lebech, Lechner, Le Foll, Lefrançois, Lehideux, Lehne, Leichtfried, Leinen, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Le Rachinel, Lévai, Liberadzki, Libicki, Lichtenberger, Lienemann, Liepiņa, Liotard, Lipietz, Louis, Lucas, Ludford, Lulling, Lundgren, Luque Aguilar, Lynne, Lyubcheva, Maaten, McAvan, McCarthy, McDonald, McMillan-Scott, Madeira, Maldeikis, Manders, Maňka, Erika Mann, Manole, Marinescu, Markov, Marques, Martens, David Martin, Martínez Martínez, Masiel, Masip Hidalgo, Mathieu, Matsakis, Matsouka, Matula, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Medina Ortega, Meijer, Méndez de Vigo, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Mladenov, Mölzer, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Morgan, Morgantini, Morillon, Mote, Mulder, Musacchio, Muscardini, Myller, Napoletano, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Nattrass, Nazare, Neris, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Nicholson, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Niebler, Novak, Obiols i Germà, Olajos, Olbrycht, Ó Neachtain, Onesta, Onyszkiewicz, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Oviir, Paasilinna, Pack, Paleckis, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Panayotov, Pannella, Papadimoulis, Paparizov, Papastamkos, Parish, Pașcu, Patrie, Pęk, Alojz Peterle, Petre, Pflüger, Pieper, Pietikäinen, Pīks, Pinheiro, Piotrowski, Pirker, Piskorski, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Pleštinská, Podkański, Pöttering, Pohjamo, Pomés Ruiz, Popa, Posdorf, Posselt, Prets, Pribetich, Vittorio Prodi, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Rack, Raeva, Ransdorf, Rapkay, Remek, Resetarits, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Rivera, Rizzo, Robsahm, Robusti, Rodust, Rogalski, Roithová, Romagnoli, Romeva i Rueda, Rosati, Roszkowski, Rothe, Roure, Rovsing, Rübig, Rühle, Rus, Rutowicz, Saïfi, Sakalas, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Sanz Palacio, Saryusz-Wolski, Savi, Schenardi, Schierhuber, Schinas, Schlyter, Frithjof Schmidt, Olle Schmidt, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Jürgen Schröder, Schroedter, Schuth, Schwab, Seeber, Segelström, Seppänen, Severin, Siekierski, Siitonen, Silva Peneda, Simpson, Sinnott, Skinner, Škottová, Smith, Sommer, Sonik, Sornosa Martínez, Soulage, Sousa Pinto, Spautz, Speroni, Staes, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Šťastný, Stauner, Stavreva, Sterckx, Stevenson, Stihler, Stockmann, Stolojan, Strož, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Surján, Svensson, Swoboda, Szájer, Szejna, Szymański, Tabajdi, Takkula, Tannock, Tarand, Teychenné, Thyssen, Țicău, Titford, Titley, Tomaszewska, Toubon, Trakatellis, Trautmann, Trüpel, Turmes, Ulmer, Urutchev, Vaidere, Vakalis, Vanhecke, Van Hecke, Van Lancker, Van Orden, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Vaugrenard, Veneto, Veraldi, Vergnaud, Vidal-Quadras, Vigenin, Virrankoski, Visser, Vlasto, Voggenhuber, Wagenknecht, Wallis, Walter, Watson, Manfred Weber, Renate Weber, Weiler, Whittaker, Wieland, Wielowieyski, Wiersma, Wijkman, Willmott, Wise, von Wogau, Wohlin, Bernard Wojciechowski, Janusz Wojciechowski, Wortmann-Kool, Wurtz, Yáñez-Barnuevo García, Záborská, Zaleski, Zani, Zanicchi, Zapałowski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Ždanoka, Zdravkova, Zieleniec, Zīle, Zwiefka



Monday 4 May 2009ANNEX I

RESULT OF ROLL-CALL VOTES


1.   Order of business — Removal from the agenda of the joint debate on the Treaty of Lisbon



For: 11



GUE/NGL: Flasarová, Guerreiro, McDonald, Wurtz

IND/DEM: Belder, Blokland

PPE-DE: Bradbourn, Chichester, Nicholson, Sturdy

UEN: Tomaszewska


Against: 147



ALDE: Baeva, Bușoi, Davies, Drčar Murko, Duff, Fourtou, Gibault, Kacin, Kazak, Lebech, Maaten, Morillon, Oviir, Pohjamo, Prodi, Sterckx, Virrankoski, Wallis, Watson, Wielowieyski

GUE/NGL: Kaufmann

PPE-DE: Angelakas, Audy, Barsi-Pataky, Becsey, Berend, Böge, Brejc, Březina, Bulzesc, Bushill-Matthews, Caspary, Coelho, Daul, Demetriou, Descamps, Deß, Dimitrakopoulos, Duka-Zólyomi, Friedrich, Gauzès, Gewalt, Gklavakis, Goepel, Gomolka, Gräßle, de Grandes Pascual, Grossetête, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Hennicot-Schoepges, Hökmark, Ibrisagic, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Kastler, Kelam, Lamassoure, Langen, Langendries, Lehne, Lulling, Mathieu, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mladenov, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Niebler, Novak, Pack, Papastamkos, Peterle, Pieper, Pleštinská, Posselt, Rovsing, Rübig, Saryusz-Wolski, Schinas, Schöpflin, Schröder, Seeber, Spautz, Sudre, Toubon, Trakatellis, Ulmer, Urutchev, Vakalis, Varvitsiotis, Vidal-Quadras, Visser, Weber Manfred, Wortmann-Kool, Zwiefka

PSE: Andersson, Berger, Botopoulos, Van den Burg, Corbett, Cremers, De Keyser, Dobolyi, Ettl, Fernandes, Ferreira Elisa, Ford, Gebhardt, Gill, Haug, Juri, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kósáné Kovács, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhne, Leinen, Lévai, Lyubcheva, Martínez Martínez, Medina Ortega, Prets, Pribetich, Rothe, Roure, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Segelström, Stockmann, Swoboda, Tabajdi, Țicău, Van Lancker, Vigenin, Walter, Wiersma, Yáñez-Barnuevo García

Verts/ALE: Auken, Cohn-Bendit, Frassoni, Kallenbach, Lagendijk, Onesta, Rühle, Schroedter, Turmes, Voggenhuber


Abstention: 4



ALDE: Pannella

PPE-DE: Graça Moura, Tannock

PSE: Hänsch


Corrections to votes and voting intentions




For
: Jacky Hénin


Against
: Othmar Karas, Hiltrud Breyer