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| 28.8.2008 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | CE 219/234 |

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MINUTES

(2008/C 219 E/04)

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

IN THE CHAIR: Marek SIWIEC

Vice-President

1.   Opening of sitting

The sitting opened at 10.00.

2.   Documents received

The following documents had been received:

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| 1) | from the Council and Commission:   |  |  |  |  |  |  | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | — | Proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the participation by the Community in a research and development programme aimed at supporting research and development performing SMEs undertaken by several Member States (COM(2007)0514 — C6-0281/2007 — 2007/0188(COD))   |  |  | | --- | --- | | referred to | responsible: ITRE | |  | opinion: BUDG, CONT | |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | — | Proposal for a Council decision establishing a European Migration Network (COM(2007)0466 — C6-0303/2007 — 2007/0167(CNS))   |  |  | | --- | --- | | referred to | responsible: LIBE | |  | opinion: BUDG | |  |  |  |  |  | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | — | Consultation on the appointment of a Member of the Court of Auditors (Mr David BOSTOCK) (N6-0016/2007 — C6-0304/2007 — 2007/0813(CNS))   |  |  | | --- | --- | | referred to | responsible: CONT | |  |  |  |  |  | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | — | Consultation on the appointment of a Member of the Court of Auditors (Mr Michel CRETIN) (N6-0017/2007 — C6-0305/2007 — 2007/0814(CNS))   |  |  | | --- | --- | | referred to | responsible: CONT | |  |  |  |  |  | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | — | Consultation on the appointment of a Member of the Court of Auditors (Mr Maarten B. ENGWIRDA) (N6-0018/2007 — C6-0306/2007 — 2007/0815(CNS))   |  |  | | --- | --- | | referred to | responsible: CONT | |  |  |  |  |  | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | — | Consultation on the appointment of a Member of the Court of Auditors (Mr Henri GRETHEN) (N6-0019/2007 — C6-0307/2007 — 2007/0816(CNS))   |  |  | | --- | --- | | referred to | responsible: CONT | |  |  |  |  |  | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | — | Consultation on the appointment of a Member of the Court of Auditors (Mr Harald NOACK) (N6-0020/2007 — C6-0308/2007 — 2007/0817(CNS))   |  |  | | --- | --- | | referred to | responsible: CONT | |  |  |  |  |  | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | — | Consultation on the appointment of a Member of the Court of Auditors (Mr Ioannis SARMAS) (N6-0021/2007 — C6-0309/2007 — 2007/0818(CNS))   |  |  | | --- | --- | | referred to | responsible: CONT | |  |  |  |  |  | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | — | Consultation on the appointment of a Member of the Court of Auditors (Mr Hubert WEBER) (N6-0022/2007 — C6-0310/2007 — 2007/0819(CNS))   |  |  | | --- | --- | | referred to | responsible: CONT | |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | — | Proposal for a Council decision relating to the conclusion of an Agreement between the European Community and the Council of Europe on cooperation between the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights and the Council of Europe (COM(2007)0478 — C6-0311/2007 — 2007/0173(CNS))   |  |  | | --- | --- | | referred to | responsible: LIBE | |  | opinion: AFET | |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | — | Proposal for a Council decision implementing Regulation (EC) No 168/2007 as regards the adoption of a Multiannual Framework for the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights for 2007-2012 (COM(2007)0515 — C6-0322/2007 — 2007/0189(CNS))   |  |  | | --- | --- | | referred to | responsible: LIBE | |  | opinion: FEMM, AFET | | |

3.   Equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin (debate)

Report on the application of Directive 2000/43/EC of 29 June 2000 implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin [2007/2094(INI)] — Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.

Rapporteur: Kathalijne Maria Buitenweg (A6-0278/2007)

Kathalijne Maria Buitenweg introduced the report.

The following spoke: Louis Michel (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Patrick Gaubert, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Martine Roure, on behalf of the PSE Group, Sophia in 't Veld, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Roberta Angelilli, on behalf of the UEN Group, Tatjana Ždanoka, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Vittorio Agnoletto, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Frank Vanhecke, on behalf of the ITS Group, Anna Záborská, Magda Kósáné Kovács, Sarah Ludford, Marek Aleksander Czarnecki, Philip Claeys, Roberta Alma Anastase, Genowefa Grabowska, Wiesław Stefan Kuc, Neena Gill, Jan Tadeusz Masiel, Emine Bozkurt, Justas Vincas Paleckis and Louis Michel.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 27.09.2007, Item 9.3.

4.   Equality between women and men in the EU (debate)

Report on the report on equality between women and men in the European Union — 2007 [2007/2065(INI)] — Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality.

Rapporteur: Piia-Noora Kauppi (A6-0290/2007)

Piia-Noora Kauppi introduced the report.

The following spoke: Louis Michel (Member of the Commission).

IN THE CHAIR: Miguel Ángel MARTÍNEZ MARTÍNEZ

Vice-President

The following spoke: Ilda Figueiredo (draftsman of the opinion of the AGRI Committee), Karin Resetarits (draftsman of the opinion of the CULT Committee), Amalia Sartori, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Teresa Riera Madurell, on behalf of the PSE Group, Anneli Jäätteenmäki, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Raül Romeva i Rueda, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Eva-Britt Svensson, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Urszula Krupa, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Lydia Schenardi, on behalf of the ITS Group, Jana Bobošíková, Non-attached Member, Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Lissy Gröner, Siiri Oviir, Hiltrud Breyer, Kartika Tamara Liotard, John Whittaker, Jerzy Buzek, Edite Estrela, Danutė Budreikaitė, Zita Pleštinská, Anna Hedh, Anna Záborská, Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, Monica Maria Iacob-Ridzi, Esther De Lange, Maria Petre and Louis Michel.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 27.09.2007, Item 9.8.

IN THE CHAIR: Hans-Gert PÖTTERING

President

5.   Welcome

On behalf of Parliament, the President welcomed a delegation of Members of the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China — led by Mr Wang Yingfan, Vice-Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China — who had taken their seats in the distinguished visitors' gallery.

6.   Need for a comprehensive strategy to control cancer (written declaration)

Written declaration 52/2007 submitted by Antonios Trakatellis, Françoise Grossetête, Karin Jöns, Philippe Busquin and Adamos Adamou on the need for a comprehensive strategy to control cancer had been signed by the majority of Parliament's component Members. Consequently, in accordance with Rule 116(4), it would be forwarded to its addressees and published, together with the names of the signatories, in the Texts Adopted of the sitting of 11.10.2007.

7.   Request for the waiver of parliamentary immunity

The Austrian authorities had forwarded a request to waive the parliamentary immunity of Hans-Peter Martin.

Pursuant to Rule 6(2), the request had been referred to the committee responsible, the JURI Committee.

8.   Agenda

At its meeting of the same morning, the Conference of Presidents had decided to propose the following amendments to the agenda of the sittings of 10.10.2007 and 11.10.2007.

Wednesday 10.10.2007

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| — | a Council and Commission statement on the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip was inserted after the debate on the report by Alain Lamassoure and Adrian Severin on the proposal to amend the Treaty provisions concerning the composition of the European Parliament (Item 58 on the agenda). |

Thursday 11.10.2007

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| — | the vote on the motion for a resolution under Rule 81 on international accounting standards (B6-0157/2007 — Item 39 on the agenda) was held over to the next part-session in Strasbourg; |

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| — | the report by Helmuth Markov on the conclusion of the relevant agreements under Article XXI GATS on the necessary compensatory adjustments resulting from 1995 and 2004 enlargements (INTA, A6-0340/2007) would be put to the vote pursuant to Rule 43(1). |

The House agreed to the changes.

9.   Voting time

Details of voting (amendments, separate and split votes, etc.) appear in the ‘Results of votes’ annex to the Minutes.

9.1.   i2010: Digital libraries (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on i2010: Digital libraries [2006/2040(INI)] — Committee on Culture and Education.

Rapporteur: Marie-Hélène Descamps (A6-0296/2007)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 1)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6\_TA(2007)0416)

9.2.   Efficiency and equity in European education and training systems (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on efficiency and equity in European education and training systems [2007/2113(INI)] — Committee on Culture and Education.

Rapporteur: Tomáš Zatloukal (A6-0326/2007)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 2)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6\_TA(2007)0417)

9.3.   Implementation of the Council decision on the moratorium against death penalty (vote)

Motions for resolution: B6-0357/2007, B6-0358/2007, B6-0359/2007, B6-0360/2007 and B6-0361/2007

Marios Matsakis did not sign resolution B6-0359/2007.

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 3)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B6-0357/2007

(replacing B6-0357/2007, B6-0358/2007, B6-0359/2007, B6-0360/2007 and B6-0361/2007):

tabled by the following Members:

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| — | José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra and Laima Liucija Andrikienė, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, |

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| — | Pasqualina Napoletano, Raimon Obiols i Germà and Elena Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, on behalf of the PSE Group, |

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| — | Marco Cappato, Marco Pannella and Sarah Ludford, on behalf of the ALDE Group, |

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| — | Hélène Flautre, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Milan Horáček, Monica Frassoni and Daniel Cohn-Bendit, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, |

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| — | André Brie, Luisa Morgantini, Vittorio Agnoletto, Willy Meyer Pleite and Marco Rizzo, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, |

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| — | Roberta Angelilli. |

Adopted (P6\_TA(2007)0418)

9.4.   ESDP operation in eastern Chad and the north of the Central African Republic (vote)

Motions for resolution: B6-0362/2007, B6-0364/2007, B6-0365/2007, B6-0366/2007 and B6-0367/2007

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 4)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B6-0362/2007

(replacing B6-0362/2007, B6-0364/2007, B6-0366/2007 and B6-0367/2007):

tabled by the following Members:

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| — | Karl von Wogau, Stefano Zappalà, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Hubert Pirker and Bogdan Klich, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, |

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| — | Ana Maria Gomes, Alain Hutchinson and Marie-Arlette Carlotti, on behalf of the PSE Group, |

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| — | Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Philippe Morillon and Thierry Cornillet, on behalf of the ALDE Group, |

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| — | Ryszard Czarnecki and Ģirts Valdis Kristovskis, on behalf of the UEN Group, |

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| — | Mieczysław Edmund Janowski and Konrad Szymański also signed on behalf of the UEN Group. |

Adopted (P6\_TA(2007)0419)

The following spoke on the vote:

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| — | Michael Gahler moved an oral amendment to paragraph 3, point (h), on which spoke Philippe Morillon and Michel Rocard, and which was not incorporated as over 40 Members objected. |

(Motion for a resolution B6-0365/2007 fell.)

9.5.   Situation in Burma (vote)

Motions for resolution: B6-0363/2007, B6-0368/2007, B6-0369/2007, B6-0370/2007, B6-0371/2007 and B6-0372/2007

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 5)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B6-0363/2007

(replacing B6-0363/2007, B6-0368/2007, B6-0369/2007, B6-0370/2007, B6-0371/2007 and B6-0372/2007):

tabled by the following Members:

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| — | Geoffrey Van Orden, Hartmut Nassauer, Nirj Deva, Bernd Posselt and Colm Burke, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, |

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| — | Pasqualina Napoletano, Elena Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Glenys Kinnock and Barbara Weiler, on behalf of the PSE Group, |

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| — | Jules Maaten, Marco Cappato, Marco Pannella and Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck, on behalf of the ALDE Group, |

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| — | Ryszard Czarnecki, Gintaras Didžiokas, Adam Bielan, Wojciech Roszkowski, Konrad Szymański, Hanna Foltyn-Kubicka, Mieczysław Edmund Janowski and Marcin Libicki, on behalf of the UEN Group, |

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| — | Raül Romeva i Rueda, Frithjof Schmidt and Cem Özdemir, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, |

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| — | Vittorio Agnoletto, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, |

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| — | Elizabeth Lynne, on behalf of the ALDE Group, also signed. |

Adopted (P6\_TA(2007)0420)

The following spoke on the vote:

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| — | Geoffrey Van Orden moved oral amendments to paragraphs 1 and 3, which were incorporated; |

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| — | Martin Schulz, on behalf of the PSE Group, and Elmar Brok moved oral amendments to paragraph 5, which were incorporated. |

9.6.   Obligations of cross-border service providers (vote)

Report on obligations of cross-border service providers [2006/2049(INI)] — Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection.

Rapporteur: Lasse Lehtinen (A6-0294/2007)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 6)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6\_TA(2007)0421)

9.7.   Equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin (vote)

Report on the application of Directive 2000/43/EC of 29 June 2000 implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin [2007/2094(INI)] — Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.

Rapporteur: Kathalijne Maria Buitenweg (A6-0278/2007)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 7)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6\_TA(2007)0422)

9.8.   Equality between women and men in the EU (vote)

Report on the report on equality between women and men in the European Union — 2007 [2007/2065(INI)] — Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality.

Rapporteur: Piia-Noora Kauppi (A6-0290/2007)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 8)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6\_TA(2007)0423)

The following spoke on the vote:

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| — | Anna Hedh, on behalf of the PSE Group, moved an oral amendment to paragraph 47, which was incorporated. |

10.   Membership of committees and delegations

The President had received the following requests for appointment from the PSE Group:

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| — | Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee: Lily Jacobs to replace Thijs Berman |

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| — | Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly: Herbert Bösch. |

The President established that there were no objections. The appointments were thereby ratified.

11.   Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

The Minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

12.   Forwarding of texts adopted during the sitting

Pursuant to Rule 172(2), the Minutes of that day's sitting would be submitted to Parliament for its approval at the beginning of the next sitting.

With Parliament's agreement, the texts that had been adopted would be forwarded forthwith to the bodies named therein.

13.   Communication of Council common positions

Pursuant to Rule 57(1), The President announced that the Council had sent the following common position, along with the reasons for its adoption and the Commission's position on:

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| — | Common position adopted by the Council on 20 September 2007 with a view to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on credit agreements for consumers and repealing Council Directive 87/102/EEC (09948/2/2007 — C6-0315/2007 — 2002/0222(COD))   |  |  | | --- | --- | | referred to | responsible: IMCO | |

The three-month period available to Parliament to adopt its position would therefore begin the following day, 28.09.2007.

14.   Explanations of vote

Written explanations of vote:

Explanations of vote submitted in writing under Rule 163(3) appear in the Verbatim Report of Proceedings for the sitting.

Oral explanations of vote:

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| — | Report: Marie-Hélène Descamps — A6-0296/2007: Milan Gaľa |

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| — | Implementation of the Council decision on the moratorium against death penalty — RC-B6-0357/2007: Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg and Marcin Libicki |

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| — | Situation in Burma — RC-B6-0363/2007: Zuzana Roithová, Mario Borghezio, Richard Howitt and Francesco Enrico Speroni |

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| — | Report: Kathalijne Maria Buitenweg — A6-0278/2007: Miroslav Mikolášik, Koenraad Dillen and Robert Evans |

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| — | Report: Piia-Noora Kauppi — A6-0290/2007: Glyn Ford |

15.   Corrections to votes and voting intentions

Corrections to votes and voting intentions appear on the ‘Séance en direct’ website under ‘Votes’/‘Results of votes’/‘Roll-call votes’. They are published in hard copy in the ‘Result of roll-call votes’ annex.

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

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

16.   Decisions concerning certain documents

Decision to draw up own-initiative reports

DEVE Committee

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| — | The work of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly in 2007 (2007/2180(INI)) |

Authorisation to draw up own-initiative reports (Rule 45)

AFCO Committee

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| — | Proposal for a modification of the Act concerning the election of the representatives of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage of 20 September 1976 (2007/2207(INI))  (opinion: JURI)  (Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 20.09.2007) |

AFET Committee

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| — | Stabilisation of Afghanistan: challenges for the EU and the international community (2007/2208(INI))  (opinion: DEVE)  (Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 20.09.2007) |

AGRI Committee

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| — | The future of the sheep/lamb and goat sector in Europe (2007/2192(INI))  (Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 20.09.2007) |

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| — | What future for young farmers under the ongoing reform of the CAP (2007/2194(INI))  (Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 20.09.2007) |

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| — | The Health Check on the CAP (2007/2195(INI))  (Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 20.09.2007) |

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| — | The future of milk quotas: consequences for the sector and the rural areas concerned (2007/2193(INI))  (Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 20.09.2007) |

CULT Committee

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| — | A European agenda for culture in a globalising world (2007/2211(INI))  (opinion: DEVE, AFET, EMPL, BUDG, ITRE, JURI, INTA, IMCO, REGI)  (Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 20.09.2007) |

DEVE Committee

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| — | Gender Equality and Women Empowerment in Development Cooperation (2007/2182(INI))  (opinion: FEMM)  (Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 20.09.2007) |

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| — | Policy coherence for development and the effects of the EU's exploitation of certain biological natural resources on development in West Africa (2007/2183(INI))  (opinion: PECH, ENVI)  (Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 20.09.2007) |

ECON Committee

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| — | Asset management II (2007/2200(INI))  (opinion: JURI, IMCO)  (Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 20.09.2007) |

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| — | Competition: Sector inquiry on retail banking (2007/2201(INI))  (opinion: ITRE, JURI, IMCO)  (Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 20.09.2007) |

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| — | Deposit guarantee schemes (2007/2199(INI))  (opinion: JURI, IMCO)  (Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 20.09.2007) |

EMPL Committee

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| — | Progress made in equal-opportunities and non-discrimination in the EU (the transposition of Directives 2000/43/EC and 2000/78/EC (2007/2202(INI))  (opinion: FEMM, LIBE)  (Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 20.09.2007) |

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| — | Common principles on Flexicurity (2007/2209(INI))  (opinion: FEMM, CULT, ITRE, JURI, ECON)  (Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 20.09.2007) |

ENVI Committee

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| — | Mid-term review of the Sixth Community Environment Action Programme (2007/2204(INI))  (opinion: DEVE, AFET, AGRI, ITRE, ECON, INTA, IMCO, TRAN, REGI)  (Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 20.09.2007) |

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| — | Organ donation and transplantation: Policy actions at EU level (2007/2210(INI))  (opinion: AFET, JURI, LIBE)  (Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 20.09.2007) |

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| — | Green Paper on market-based instruments for environment and related policy purposes (2007/2203(INI))  (opinion: ITRE, IMCO, TRAN, ECON)  (Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 20.09.2007) |

FEMM Committee

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| — | Women and science (2007/2206(INI))  (opinion: ITRE)  (Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 20.09.2007) |

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| — | The role of women in industry (2007/2197(INI))  (opinion: ITRE)  (Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 20.09.2007) |

IMCO Committee

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| — | The EU Consumer Policy strategy 2007-2013 (2007/2189(INI))  (opinion: JURI, ECON)  (Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 20.09.2007) |

INTA Committee

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| — | Towards a reformed World Trade Organisation (2007/2184(INI))  (opinion: ECON)  (Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 20.09.2007) |

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| — | Economic and Trade Relations with Korea (2007/2186(INI))  (opinion: EMPL, ITRE, JURI, ECON, IMCO)  (Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 20.09.2007) |

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| — | The reform of the Community Trade Defence Instruments (2007/2198(INI))  (opinion: AFET, ECON, LIBE)  (Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 20.09.2007) |

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| — | The EU's Strategy to deliver market access for European companies (2007/2185(INI))  (opinion: ENVI, ITRE, JURI, ECON, IMCO)  (Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 20.09.2007) |

ITRE Committee

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| — | Global Efficiency and Renewable Energy Fund (2007/2188(INI))  (opinion: BUDG, DEVE, ENVI)  (Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 20.09.2007) |

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| — | The European Research Area: New Perspectives (2007/2187(INI))  (opinion: CULT, EMPL, JURI, ECON, IMCO, REGI)  (Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 20.09.2007) |

JURI Committee

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| — | The defence of the prerogatives of the European Parliament before the national courts (2007/2205(INI))  (opinion: AFCO)  (Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 20.09.2007) |

LIBE Committee

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| — | Green Paper: Diplomatic and consular protection of Union citizens in third countries (2007/2196(INI))  (opinion: DEVE, AFET, JURI)  (Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 20.09.2007) |

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| — | Green Paper on the role of civil society in drugs policy in the European Union (2007/2212(INI))  (opinion: FEMM, ENVI, ITRE, ECON, IMCO)  (Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 20.09.2007) |

REGI Committee

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| — | The follow-up of the Territorial Agenda and the Leipzig Charter — Towards a European action programme for spatial development and territorial cohesion (2007/2190(INI))  (opinion: ENVI)  (Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 20.09.2007) |

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| — | The impact of cohesion policy on the integration of vulnerable communities and groups (2007/2191(INI))  (Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 20.09.2007) |

Decision to draw up own-initiative reports (Rule 114)

AFET Committee

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| — | The European Union's role in Iraq (2007/2181(INI))  (opinion: DEVE, BUDG, INTA) |

Associated committees

AFET Committee

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| — | Stabilisation of Afghanistan: challenges for the EU and the international community (2007/2208(INI))  Associated committees AFET, DEVE  (Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 20.09.2007) |

BUDG Committee

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| — | Amendment of regulation on a standard financial regulation for the executive agencies entrusted with the management of Community programmes (SEC(2007)0492 — C6-0123/2007 — 2007/0901(CNS))  Associated committees BUDG, CONT  (Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 20.09.2007) |

DEVE Committee

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| — | Gender Equality and Women Empowerment in Development Cooperation (2007/2182(INI))  Associated committees DEVE, FEMM  (Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 20.09.2007) |

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| — | Policy coherence for development and the effects of the EU's exploitation of certain biological natural resources on development in West Africa (2007/2183(INI))  Associated committees DEVE, PECH, ENVI  (Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 20.09.2007) |

ENVI Committee

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| — | Green Paper on market-based instruments for environment and related policy purposes (2007/2203(INI))  (opinion: ITRE, IMCO, TRAN)  Associated committees ENVI, ECON  (Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 20.09.2007) |

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| — | Classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (COM(2007)0355 — C6-0197/2007 — 2007/0121(COD))  (opinion: ITRE)  Associated committees ENVI, IMCO  (Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 20.09.2007) |

ITRE Committee

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| — | Global Efficiency and Renewable Energy Fund (2007/2188(INI))  (opinion: BUDG)  Associated committees ITRE, DEVE, ENVI  (Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 20.09.2007) |

JURI Committee

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| — | Defence of the prerogatives of the European Parliament before the national courts (2007/2205(INI))  Associated committees JURI, AFCO  (Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 20.09.2007) |

Change of referral

|  |  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| — | Sanctions against employers of illegally staying third-country nationals (COM(2007)0249 — C6-0143/2007 — 2007/0094(COD))   |  |  | | --- | --- | | referred to | responsible: LIBE | |  | opinion: FEMM, AGRI, ITRE, EMPL | |

|  |  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| — | Draft Commission regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1653/2004 on a standard financial regulation for the executive agencies pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 58/2003 laying down the statute for executive agencies to be entrusted with certain tasks in the management of Community programmes (SEC(2007)0492 — C6-0123/2007 — 2007/0901(CNS))   |  |  | | --- | --- | | referred to | responsible: BUDG | |  | opinion: CONT |   (Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 20.09.2007) |

17.   Written declarations entered in the register (Rule 116)

Number of signatures obtained by the written declarations entered in the register (Rule 116(3)):

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Document number | Author | Signatures |
| 52/2007 | Antonios Trakatellis, Françoise Grossetête, Karin Jöns, Philippe Busquin, Adamos Adamou | 435 |
| 53/2007 | Christa Prets, Gyula Hegyi, Ivo Belet, Helga Trüpel | 88 |
| 54/2007 | Adrian Severin, Daciana Octavia Sârbu, Silvia Ciornei, Radu Podgorean, Corina Creţu | 424 |
| 55/2007 | Jacky Henin | 41 |
| 56/2007 | Riccardo Ventre, Antonio Tajani, Carlo Casini, Alfredo Antoniozzi, Giorgio Carollo | 27 |
| 57/2007 | Tiberiu Bărbuleţiu, Daciana Octavia Sârbu, Sándor Kónya-Hamar | 42 |
| 58/2007 | Benoît Hamon | 33 |
| 59/2007 | Johan Van Hecke, Gabriele Zimmer, Ana Maria Gomes, Anders Wijkman, Hélène Flautre | 74 |
| 60/2007 | Riccardo Ventre | 3 |
| 61/2007 | Sándor Kónya-Hamar, Atilla Béla Ladislau Kelemen, Károly Ferenc Szabó | 156 |
| 62/2007 | Roberta Angelilli, Cristiana Muscardini, Anna Záborská | 92 |
| 63/2007 | Andreas Mölzer | 18 |
| 64/2007 | Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Richard Howitt, Kathy Sinnott, Roberta Angelilli, Anna Záborská | 401 |
| 65/2007 | Mario Borghezio | 48 |
| 66/2007 | Arlene McCarthy, Gérard Onesta, Georgs Andrejevs | 35 |
| 67/2007 | Justas Vincas Paleckis, Roberta Alma Anastase, Marco Cappato, Hélène Flautre, Luisa Morgantini | 71 |
| 68/2007 | Dimitar Stoyanov, Desislav Chukolov, Slavi Binev | 24 |
| 69/2007 | Andreas Mölzer | 11 |
| 70/2007 | Bogusław Rogalski | 26 |
| 71/2007 | Alyn Smith, Jill Evans, Mairead McGuinness, James Nicholson, Neil Parish | 39 |
| 72/2007 | Miguel Ángel Martínez Martínez, Catherine Guy-Quint, Linda McAvan, Richard Corbett, Erika Mann | 70 |
| 73/2007 | Robert Evans, Glenis Willmott, Gabriela Creţu, David Martin | 25 |
| 74/2007 | Cristian Dumitrescu, Daciana Octavia Sârbu, Alexandru Athanasiu, Dan Mihalache, Radu Podgorean | 23 |
| 75/2007 | Joseph Daul, Enrique Barón Crespo, Graham Watson, Heide Rühle, Eugenijus Maldeikis | 276 |
| 76/2007 | Giusto Catania | 18 |
| 77/2007 | Sharon Bowles, Glenys Kinnock | 103 |
| 78/2007 | Nils Lundgren, Hélène Goudin | 19 |
| 79/2007 | Tadeusz Zwiefka | 16 |
| 80/2007 | Frank Vanhecke, Philip Claeys, Koenraad Dillen | 9 |
| 81/2007 | Hanna Foltyn-Kubicka, Marcin Libicki, Czesław Adam Siekierski | 48 |
| 82/2007 | Oldřich Vlasák | 23 |
| 83/2007 | Irena Belohorská, Sergej Kozlík, Peter Baco | 23 |
| 84/2007 | Daniel Strož | 12 |
| 85/2007 | Horia-Victor Toma, Daciana Octavia Sârbu, Adina-Ioana Vălean, Tiberiu Bărbuleţiu | 16 |

18.   Dates for next sittings

The next sittings would be held on 10.10.2007 and 11.10.2007.

19.   Adjournment of session

The session of the European Parliament was adjourned.

The sitting closed at 12.50.

Harald Rømer

Secretary-General

Hans-Gert Pöttering

President

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