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| 30.11.2006 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | CE 291/329 |

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MINUTES

(2006/C 291 E/04)

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

IN THE CHAIR: Janusz ONYSZKIEWICZ

Vice-President

1.   Opening of sitting

The sitting opened at 10.00.

2.   Membership of political groups

The IND/DEM Group had informed the Chair that Umberto Bossi, Matteo Salvini, Mario Borghezio, Francesco Enrico Speroni, Dariusz Maciej Grabowski, Urszula Krupa, Bogdan Pęk, Mirosław Mariusz Piotrowski, Bogusław Rogalski, Witold Tomczak and Andrzej Tomasz Zapałowski were no longer members of that group.

The Members concerned had thus become non-attached Members with effect from 15.03.2006.

The following spoke: Mario Borghezio, who objected to the procedure that had been followed, which he believed to be irregular and illegitimate, Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin, on the attendance register, Manuel Medina Ortega, who protested about the fact that he had not yet received a written answer to a question he had put to the Council during Question Time on Tuesday and to which he had not received a satisfactory reply at the time, and Francesco Enrico Speroni, who supported Mario Borghezio's remarks and asked for the procedure in question to be checked (the President noted his request).

3.   Documents received

The following documents had been received:

1)   from the Council and Commission

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| — | Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning structural business statistics (COM(2006)0066 — C6-0063/2006 — 2006/0020(COD))   |  |  | | --- | --- | | referred to | responsible: ECON  opinion: ITRE | |

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| — | Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on enhancing supply chain security (COM(2006)0079 — C6-0074/2006 — 2006/0025(COD))   |  |  | | --- | --- | | referred to | responsible: TRAN  opinion: LIBE | |

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| — | Proposal for a Council regulation (Euratom) laying down the rules for the participation of undertakings, research centres and universities in actions under the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Atomic Energy Community and for the dissemination of research results (2007-2011) (COM(2006)0042 — C6-0080/2006 — 2006/0014(CNS))   |  |  | | --- | --- | | referred to | responsible: ITRE  opinion: BUDG | |

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| — | Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Globalisation adjustment Fund (COM(2006)0091 — C6-0082/2006 — 2006/0033(COD))   |  |  | | --- | --- | | referred to | responsible: EMPL  opinion: INTA, BUDG, ECON, ITRE, IMCO, REGI | |

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| — | Proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1785/2003 as regards the arrangements for importing rice (COM(2006)0098 — C6-0085/2006 — 2006/0028(CNS))   |  |  | | --- | --- | | referred to | responsible: AGRI  opinion: INTA | |

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| — | Proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund according to point 3 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 7 November 2002 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on the financing of the European Union Solidarity Fund, supplementing the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999 on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure (COM(2006)0114 — C6-0086/2006 — 2006/2064(ACI))   |  |  | | --- | --- | | referred to | responsible: BUDG  opinion: REGI | |

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| — | Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 06/2006 — Section III — Commission (SEC(2006)0243 — C6-0088/2006 — 2006/2065(GBD))   |  |  | | --- | --- | | referred to | responsible: BUDG | |

2)   from Members

2.1)   proposed amendments to the Rules of Procedure (Rule 202)

Gargani Giuseppe — Proposal for amendment of Parliament's Rules of Procedure — Amendment of Rule 201

referred to responsible: AFCO

4.   Written declarations (Rule 116)

In accordance with Rule 116(5), written declarations 68, 82/2005 lapsed as they had not obtained the required number of signatures.

5.   Community action programme in the field of health (2007-2013) \*\*\*I (debate)

Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Programme of Community action in the field of Health and Consumer protection 2007-2013 — Health aspects [COM(2005)0115 — C6-0097/2005 — 2005/0042A(COD)] — Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety.

Rapporteur: Antonios Trakatellis (A6-0030/2006)

Markos Kyprianou (Member of the Commission) spoke.

Antonios Trakatellis introduced the report.

The following spoke: Anders Samuelsen (draftsman of the opinion of the BUDG Committee), John Bowis, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Linda McAvan, on behalf of the PSE Group, Holger Krahmer, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Hiltrud Breyer, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Adamos Adamou, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Johannes Blokland, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Liam Aylward, on behalf of the UEN Group, Andreas Mölzer, Non-attached Member, Ria Oomen-Ruijten, Evangelia Tzampazi, Georgs Andrejevs, Caroline Lucas, Bairbre de Brún (who spoke Irish at the beginning and end of her speech. The President pointed out that her remarks in Irish would not be transcribed in the Verbatim Report of Proceedings or interpreted), Urszula Krupa, Irena Belohorská and Thomas Ulmer.

IN THE CHAIR: Gérard ONESTA

Vice-President

The following spoke: Dorette Corbey, Frédérique Ries, Carl Schlyter, Kathy Sinnott, Zuzana Roithová, Anne Ferreira, Marios Matsakis, Avril Doyle, Karin Jöns, Frieda Brepoels, Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, Christofer Fjellner, David Casa, Péter Olajos, Richard Seeber and Markos Kyprianou.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 16.03.2006, Item 9.1.

6.   Community action programme in the field of consumer protection (2007-2013) \*\*\*I (debate)

Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Programme of Community action in the field of Health and Consumer protection 2007-2013 — Consumer aspects [COM(2005)0115 — C6-0225/2005 — 2005/0042B(COD)] — Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection.

Rapporteur: Marianne Thyssen (A6-0032/2006)

Markos Kyprianou (Member of the Commission) spoke.

Marianne Thyssen introduced the report.

Reinhard Rack spoke on the organisation of business.

The following spoke: Brigitte Douay (draftsman of the opinion of the BUDG Committee), Aloyzas Sakalas (draftsman of the opinion of the JURI Committee) and Alexander Stubb, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group.

The debate was suspended at that point for voting time. It would resume later that afternoon.

7.   Communication of Council common positions

The President announced, pursuant to Rule 57(1), that the following common positions had been received from the Council, together with the reasons which had led to their adoption, and the Commission's position on:

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| — | Common position adopted by the Council on 10 March 2006 with a view to the adoption of a 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 (15763/3/2005 — 6603/2006 — COM(2006)0118 — C6-0087/2006 — 2004/0217(COD))  referred to responsible: ENVI |

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| — | Common position adopted by the Council on 10 March 2006 with a view to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation (recast) (15623/7/2005 — 6602/2006 — COM(2006)0108 — C6-0089/2006 — 2004/0084(COD))  referred to responsible: FEMM |

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| — | Council Common position adopted on 9 March 2006 with a view to adopting a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 3922/91 on the harmonisation of technical requirements and administrative procedures in the field of civil aviation (13376/1/2005 — 5918/2006 — COM(2006)0128 — C6-0090/2006 — 2000/0069(COD))  referred to responsible: TRAN |

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| — | Common position adopted by the Council on 23 February 2006 with a view to the adoption of a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down technical requirements for inland waterway vessels and repealing Council Directive 82/714/EEC (13274/1/2005 — 6207/2006 — COM(2006)0126 — C6-0091/2006 — 1997/0335(COD))  referred to responsible: TRAN |

The three-month period available to Parliament to adopt its position would therefore begin the following day, 17.03.2006.

IN THE CHAIR: Ingo FRIEDRICH

Vice-President

8.   Statement by the President

The President read out a statement from the Conference of Presidents concerning the detention in Belarus of a large number of opponents of the regime in that country (politicians, journalists and those involved with NGOs), including:

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|  | Siarhiej Malčyk, Viktar Sazonau, Vadzim Sarančukou, Andrej Pisalnik, Mikoła Lemianouski, Alaksiej Trubkin, Siaržuk Hudzilin, Jauhien Vaukauviec, Aleś Čurejka, Vital Brouka, Vasil Leučanka, Tacciana Klimovič, Dzmitry Šymanski, Ryhor Bakijevič, Anatol Labiedžka, Siarhiej Niarouny and Vincuk Viačorka, as well as four other people (including Pavieł Lachnovič) arrested in Pinsk, and six people arrested in Svietłahorsk. |

The Conference of Presidents called for their immediate release.

Zita Pleštinská spoke.

9.   Voting time

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

The following spoke: Marianne Thyssen, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, who moved under Rule 170(4) that the vote on her report (A6-0032/2006) be adjourned to the March II part-session, and Evelyne Gebhardt, on behalf of the PSE Group, on Mrs Thyssen's request.

Parliament approved the request.

Mirosław Mariusz Piotrowski spoke on the announcement made by the President that morning concerning the membership of political groups (Minutes of 16.03.2006, Item 2).

9.1.   Community action programme in the field of health (2007-2013) \*\*\*I (vote)

Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Programme of Community action in the field of Health and Consumer protection 2007-2013 — Health aspects [COM(2005)0115 — C6-0097/2005 — 2005/0042A(COD)] — Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety.

Rapporteur: Antonios Trakatellis (A6-0030/2006)

(Simple majority)

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

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P6\_TA(2006)0093)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6\_TA(2006)0093)

The following spoke on the vote:

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| — | Kathy Sinnott, who moved two oral amendments to amendments 120 and 138, which were incorporated; |

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| — | Gerard Batten, on the voting procedure. |

9.2.   Agricultural products and foodstuffs as traditional specialities guaranteed \* (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council regulation on agricultural products and foodstuffs as traditional specialities guaranteed [COM(2005)0694 — COM(2005)0694 — 2005/0270(CNS)] — Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development.

Rapporteur: Friedrich-Wilhelm Graefe zu Baringdorf (A6-0033/2006)

(Simple majority)

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

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P6\_TA(2006)0094)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6\_TA(2006)0094)

The following spoke on the vote:

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| — | Francis Wurtz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, who requested a separate vote on amendment 3; |

Parliament agreed to the request by electronic vote (338 in favour, 134 against, 76 abstentions).

9.3.   Protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs \* (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council regulation on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs [COM(2005)0698 — COM(2005)0698 — 2005/0275(CNS)] — Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development.

Rapporteur: Friedrich-Wilhelm Graefe zu Baringdorf (A6-0034/2006)

(Simple majority)

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

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P6\_TA(2006)0095)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6\_TA(2006)0095)

The following spoke on the vote:

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| — | Francis Wurtz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, who requested a separate vote on amendment 18. |

Parliament agreed to the request.

9.4.   2005 enlargement strategy paper (vote)

Report on the Commission's 2005 enlargement strategy paper [2005/2206(INI)] — Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Rapporteur: Elmar Brok (A6-0025/2006)

(Simple majority)

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6\_TA(2006)0096)

The following spoke on the vote:

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| — | Zbigniew Zaleski, who moved an oral amendment to paragraph 21.  As more than 37 Members objected to the oral amendment, it was not incorporated. |

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| — | Jan Marinus Wiersma who moved an oral amendment to amendment 4/rev., which was incorporated; |

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| — | Elmar Brok (rapporteur), who pointed out that amendment 15 had fallen as paragraph 43 had been adopted. |

9.5.   State of negotiations on the Human Rights Council (Geneva — 62nd session — UNCHR) (vote)

Motions for resolution B6-0150/2006, B6-0151/2006, B6-0154/2006, B6-0169/2006 and B6-0187/2006

(Simple majority)

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B6-0150/2006

(replacing B6-0150/2006, B6-0151/2006, B6-0154/2006, B6-0169/2006 and B6-0187/2006):

tabled by the following Members:

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|  | Simon Coveney and José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, |

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|  | Pasqualina Napoletano, Ana Maria Gomes and Józef Pinior, on behalf of the PSE Group, |

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|  | Cecilia Malmström and Alexander Lambsdorff, on behalf of the ALDE Group, |

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|  | Hélène Flautre, Frithjof Schmidt and Raül Romeva i Rueda, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, |

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|  | Inese Vaidere, on behalf of the UEN Group. |

Panagiotis Beglitis had also signed the PSE Group's motion for a resolution.

Adopted (P6\_TA(2006)0097)

The following spoke on the vote:

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| — | Ana Maria Gomes, who moved two oral amendments to paragraphs 5 and 18, which were incorporated. |

9.6.   Preparations for the COP-MOP meeting on biological diversity and security (Curitiba, Brazil) (vote)

Motion for a resolution B6-0170/2006

(Simple majority)

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6\_TA(2006)0098)

10.   Agenda and tabling deadlines

In the light of a decision taken by the Conference of Presidents, the President proposed the following changes to the agenda for the sittings of 22 and 23 March 2006 in Brussels:

1.   Tabling deadlines:

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| — | Oral questions on security of energy supply in the European Union (Item 51 on the agenda) |

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| — | Council statement: Criteria for EU military crisis management especially in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Item 79 on the agenda) |

Extension of deadline for tabling amendments and joint motions for resolutions: 20.03.2006, 18.00

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| — | Report on the development impact of Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) [2005/2162(INI)] — Committee on Development.  Rapporteur: Luisa Morgantini (A6-0053/2006) (Item 73 on the agenda) |

Deadline for tabling amendments: 20.03.2006, 18.00

2.   Inclusion of a report on the agenda of 22.03.2006:

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| — | Report on European contract law and the revision of the acquis: the way forward [2005/2022(INI)] — Committee on Legal Affairs.  Rapporteur: Klaus-Heiner Lehne (A6-0055/2006) |

Deadline for tabling amendments: 20.03.2006, 18.00

Parliament agreed to the proposed changes.

11.   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:

Report: Elmar Brok — A6-0025/2006

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| — | Bernd Posselt, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Andreas Mölzer, Charles Tannock, Eija-Riitta Korhola |

Preparations for the COP-MOP meeting on biological diversity and security (Curitiba, Brazil)

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| — | Marie Anne Isler Béguin |

12.   Corrections to votes and voting intentions

Corrections to votes

Corrections to votes 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 will be finalised so that it can be translated and published in the Official Journal.

Voting intentions

The Presidency had been notified of the following voting intentions (in respect of votes that had not been cast):

Report: Elmar Brok — A6-0025/2006

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| — | paragraph 6   |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | in favour: Gilles Savary, Antolín Sánchez Presedo, Marielle De Sarnez | |

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| — | amendment 13   |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | in favour: Pedro Guerreiro |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | against: Fiona Hall | |

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| — | resolution (as a whole)   |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | in favour: Ioannis Varvitsiotis, Giorgos Dimitrakopoulos | |

(The sitting was suspended at 13.10 and resumed at 15.00.)

IN THE CHAIR: Mario MAURO

Vice-President

13.   Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin and Mirosław Mariusz Piotrowski had informed the Presidency that they had been present but that their names were not on the attendance register.

The Minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

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Neena Gill had informed the Presidency that she had been present at the sitting of 14.03.2006 but that her name was not on the attendance register.

14.   Membership of committees and delegations

At the request of the PSE Group, Parliament ratified the following appointments:

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|  | JURI Committee:  Rosa Díez González to replace Antonio Masip Hidalgo |

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|  | LIBE Committee:  Antonio Masip Hidalgo to replace Rosa Díez González. |

15.   Community action programme in the field of consumer protection (2007-2013) \*\*\*I (continuation of debate)

The following spoke: Béatrice Patrie, on behalf of the PSE Group, Cecilia Malmström, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Gerard Batten, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Zdzisław Zbigniew Podkański, on behalf of the UEN Group, Andreas Mölzer, Non-attached Member, Zita Pleštinská, Evelyne Gebhardt, Adam Jerzy Bielan, Edit Herczog (the President asked those Members from the new Member States who usually read out their speeches in the Chamber to speak more slowly in order to make things easier for the interpreters), Bogusław Sonik, on the President's remarks, and Markos Kyprianou (Member of the Commission).

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 23.03.2006, Item 11.6.

16.   Debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (debate)

(For the titles and authors of the motions for resolutions, see Minutes of 14.03.2006, Item 4)

16.1.   Human rights in Moldova and in Transnistria in particular

Motions for resolution B6-0168/2006, B6-0174/2006, B6-0178/2006, B6-0180/2006, B6-0183/2006 and B6-0186/2006

Marios Matsakis, Bogusław Sonik, Erik Meijer, Elisabeth Schroedter and Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg introduced motions for resolutions.

The following spoke: Laima Liucija Andrikienė, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Józef Pinior, on behalf of the PSE Group, Ryszard Czarnecki, Non-attached Member, Bernd Posselt and Benita Ferrero-Waldner (Member of the Commission).

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 16.03.2006, Item 17.1.

16.2.   Kazakhstan

Motions for resolution B6-0167/2006, B6-0173/2006, B6-0175/2006, B6-01772006, B6-0181/2006 and B6-0184/2006

Ona Juknevičienė and Albert Jan Maat introduced motions for resolutions.

Bernd Posselt pointed out that he had lit a candle in the Chamber as a symbol of solidarity with the people of Belarus (the President informed him that under Parliament's safety regulations it was strictly prohibited to light candles in the Chamber and asked him to extinguish the candle).

Józef Pinior, Erik Meijer, Carl Schlyter and Janusz Wojciechowski introduced motions for resolutions.

The following spoke: Charles Tannock, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, John Attard-Montalto, on behalf of the PSE Group, Andreas Mölzer, Non-attached Member, Karin Scheele and Benita Ferrero-Waldner (Member of the Commission).

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 16.03.2006, Item 17.2.

16.3.   Impunity in Africa and in particular the case of Hissène Habré

Motions for resolution B6-0171/2006, B6-0172/2006, B6-0176/2006, B6-0179/2006, B6-0182/2006 and B6-0185/2006

Raül Romeva i Rueda, Jürgen Schröder, Ana Maria Gomes, Erik Meijer and Marios Matsakis introduced motions for resolutions.

The following spoke: Karin Scheele, on behalf of the PSE Group, and Urszula Krupa, Non-attached Member.

Benita Ferrero-Waldner (Member of the Commission).

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 16.03.2006, Item 17.3.

17.   Voting time

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

17.1.   Human rights in Moldova and in Transnistria in particular (vote)

Motions for resolution B6-0168/2006, B6-0174/2006, B6-0178/2006, B6-0180/2006, B6-0183/2006 and B6-0186/2006

(Simple majority)

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B6-0168/2006

(replacing B6-0168/2006, B6-0174/2006, B6-0178/2006, B6-0180/2006, B6-0183/2006 and B6-0186/2006):

tabled by the following Members:

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|  | Bogusław Sonik, Charles Tannock, Bernd Posselt and Jürgen Schröder, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, |

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|  | Pasqualina Napoletano, Jan Marinus Wiersma and Marianne Mikko, on behalf of the PSE Group, |

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|  | Jelko Kacin and Marios Matsakis, on behalf of the ALDE Group, |

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|  | Elisabeth Schroedter, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, |

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|  | Erik Meijer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, |

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|  | Zdzisław Zbigniew Podkański and Inese Vaidere, on behalf of the UEN Group |

Adopted (P6\_TA(2006)0099)

17.2.   Kazakhstan (vote)

Motions for resolution B6-0167/2006, B6-0173/2006, B6-0175/2006, B6-0177/2006, B6-0181/2006 and B6-0184/2006

(Simple majority)

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B6-0167/2006

(replacing B6-0167/2006, B6-0173/2006, B6-0175/2006, B6-0177/2006, B6-0181/2006 and B6-0184/2006):

tabled by the following Members:

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|  | Albert Jan Maat, Jürgen Schröder and Bernd Posselt, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, |

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|  | Pasqualina Napoletano and Bernadette Bourzai, on behalf of the PSE Group, |

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|  | Ona Juknevičienė and Marios Matsakis, on behalf of the ALDE Group, |

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|  | Bart Staes and Cem Özdemir, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, |

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|  | Vittorio Agnoletto, André Brie, Erik Meijer and Esko Seppänen, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, |

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|  | Cristiana Muscardini and Janusz Wojciechowski, on behalf of the UEN Group. |

Adopted (P6\_TA(2006)0100)

The following spoke:

Albert Jan Maat, who moved an oral amendment to recital B, which was incorporated.

17.3.   Impunity in Africa and in particular the case of Hissène Habré (vote)

Motions for resolution B6-0171/2006, B6-0172/2006, B6-0176/2006, B6-0179/2006, B6-0182/2006 and B6-0185/2006

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 9)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B6-0171/2006

(replacing B6-0171/2006, B6-0172/2006, B6-0176/2006, B6-0179/2006, B6-0182/2006 and B6-0185/2006):

tabled by the following Members:

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|  | Nirj Deva, Maria Martens, Bernd Posselt and Jürgen Schröder, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, |

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|  | Pasqualina Napoletano and Ana Maria Gomes, on behalf of the PSE Group, |

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|  | Johan Van Hecke, Fiona Hall and Marios Matsakis, on behalf of the ALDE Group, |

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|  | Marie-Hélène Aubert, Marie Anne Isler Béguin and Frithjof Schmidt, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, |

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| --- | --- |
|  | Luisa Morgantini and Gabriele Zimmer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, |

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| --- | --- |
|  | Eoin Ryan and Ģirts Valdis Kristovskis, on behalf of the UEN Group |

Adopted (P6\_TA(2006)0101)

18.   Corrections to votes and voting intentions

Corrections to votes

Corrections to votes 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 will be finalised so that it can be translated and published in the Official Journal.

Voting intentions

The Chair had been notified of the following voting intentions (in respect of votes that had not been cast):

Human rights in Moldova and in Trasnistria in particular (RC-B6-0168/2006)

in favour: Rainer Wieland

19.   Decisions concerning certain documents

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

ECON Committee

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| — | Situation of the European economy: preparatory report on the broad economic policy guidelines for 2006 (2006/2047(INI))  (opinion: EMPL) |

EMPL Committee

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| — | The transitional arrangements restricting the free movement of workers on EU labour markets (2006/2036(INI)) |

ENVI Committee

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| — | Thematic strategy on the Urban Environment (2006/2061(INI))  (opinion: ITRE, TRAN, REGI) |

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| — | Pandemic influenza preparedness and response planning in the European Community (2006/2062(INI))  (opinion: LIBE) |

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| — | Improving the mental health of the population — Towards a strategy on mental health for the European Union (2006/2058(INI))  (opinion: EMPL, ITRE, LIBE, FEMM) |

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| — | Thematic strategy on air pollution (2006/2060(INI))  (opinion: ITRE, TRAN, REGI, AGRI) |

IMCO Committee

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| — | Consumer confidence in the digital environment (2006/2048(INI))  (opinion: ITRE) |

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| — | Cross-border Client Liability for Service Provision in the Internal Market (2006/2049(INI))  (opinion: JURI) |

AGRI Committee

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| — | The protection and welfare of animals 2006-2010 (2006/2046(INI))  (opinion: INTA, ENVI) |

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| — | Biotechnology: prospects and challenges for agriculture in Europe (2006/2059(INI))  (opinion: ENVI, ITRE) |

PECH Committee

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| — | The operation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1185/2003 on the removal of fins of sharks on board vessels. (2006/2054(INI))  (opinion: ENVI) |

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| — | 2006-2008 action plan for simplifying and improving the Common Fisheries Policy (2006/2053(INI)) |

CULT Committee

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| — | European cultural and architectural heritage at local level: promotion of an unrecognised heritage (2006/2050(INI))  (opinion: REGI) |

JURI Committee

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| — | Recent developments in and prospects for company law (2006/2051(INI))  (opinion: ECON) |

LIBE Committee

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| — | Strategies and means for the Integration of third-country nationals in the European Union (2006/2056(INI))  (opinion: AFET, DEVE, EMPL, CULT, FEMM) |

FEMM Committee

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| — | Women in international policy (2006/2057(INI)) |

Referral to committees

DEVE Committee

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| — | The situation of women in armed conflicts and their role in reconstruction and the democratic process in countries after a conflict (2005/2215(INI))  referred to responsible: FEMM  opinion: AFET, DEVE |

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| — | The external dimension of the fight against international terrorism (2006/2032(INI))  referred to responsible: AFET  (opinion: DEVE, LIBE) |

ITRE Committee

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| — | Revision of directives on medical devices (COM(2005)0681 — C6-0006/2006 — 2005/0263(COD))  referred to responsible: ENVI  opinion: ITRE, IMCO |

FEMM Committee

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| — | Coordination of social security systems: implementing procedures (COM(2006)0016 — C6-0037/2006 — 2006/0006(COD))  referred to responsible: EMPL  opinion: FEMM |

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| — | Coordination of certain of the Member States' provisions on television broadcasting (COM(2005)0646 — C6-0443/2005 — 2005/0260(COD))  referred to responsible: CULT  opinion: ECON, ITRE, IMCO, LIBE, FEMM |

JURI Committee

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| — | Research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007-2013) (COM(2005)0119 [01] — C6-0099/2005 — 2005/0043(COD))  referred to responsible: ITRE  opinion: BUDG, ENVI, TRAN, REGI, AGRI, PECH, JURI, FEMM |

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| — | Simplification of Community legislation (2005/2238(REG))  referred to responsible: AFCO  opinion: JURI |

Enhanced cooperation between committees

ENVI Committee

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| — | Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on type approval of motor vehicles with respect to emissions and on access to vehicle repair information, amending Directive 72/306/EEC and Directive 00/00/EC (COM(2005)0683 — C6-0007/2006 — 2005/0282(COD))  (opinion: ITRE, TRAN)  Enhanced cooperation between committees: ENVI, IMCO  (Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 9.03.2006) |

JURI Committee

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| — | Recent developments in and prospects for company law (2006/2051(INI))  Enhanced cooperation between committees JURI, ECON  (Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 9.03.2006) |

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| — | Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the exercise of voting rights by shareholders of companies having their registered office in a Member State and whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market and amending Directive 2004/109/EC (COM(2005)0685 — C6-0003/2006 — 2005/0265(COD))  Enhanced cooperation between committees JURI, ECON  (Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 9.03.2006) |

20.   Written declarations included in the register (Rule 116)

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

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Document | Author | Signatures |
| 68/2005 | Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, José Ribeiro e Castro, Kathy Sinnott, Nathalie Griesbeck and Konrad Szymański | 187 |
| 75/2005 | Marie-Arlette Carlotti, Philippe Busquin, Joseph Daul, Mario Mauro and Bogusław Sonik | 362 |
| 83/2005 | Yannick Vaugrenard, Harlem Désir, Kader Arif, Françoise Castex and Jean Louis Cottigny | 72 |
| 1/2006 | John Bowis, Georgs Andrejevs, Dorette Corbey and Karin Scheele | 285 |
| 2/2006 | Vittorio Agnoletto, Giovanni Berlinguer, Patrizia Toia, Pier Antonio Panzeri and Pia Elda Locatelli | 70 |
| 3/2006 | Andreas Mölzer | 21 |
| 4/2006 | Andreas Mölzer | 9 |
| 5/2006 | Libor Rouček, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Marek Siwiec, Borut Pahor and Monika Beňová | 126 |
| 6/2006 | Jana Hybášková, Paulo Casaca, Elizabeth Lynne, Willy Meyer Pleite and Mogens N.J. Camre | 97 |
| 7/2006 | David Martin, Glyn Ford and Neil Parish | 144 |
| 8/2006 | Filip Kaczmarek | 41 |
| 9/2006 | Mario Borghezio | 17 |
| 10/2006 | Frank Vanhecke, Philip Claeys and Koenraad Dillen | 11 |
| 11/2006 | Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Robert Navarro, Dirk Sterckx and Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert | 39 |
| 12/2006 | Jean-Claude Martinez | 7 |
| 13/2006 | Maciej Marian Giertych | 11 |
| 14/2006 | Janusz Wojciechowski, Caroline Lucas, Ioannis Gklavakis and Thijs Berman | 47 |
| 15/2006 | Andreas Mölzer | 11 |
| 16/2006 | Matteo Salvini | 6 |
| 17/2006 | Daniel Strož | 6 |

21.   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.

22.   Action taken on Parliament's resolutions

The Commission communication on the action taken on the resolutions adopted by Parliament at the November I and II part-sessions had been distributed.

23.   Dates for next sittings

The next sittings would be held on 22.03.2006 and 23.03.2006.

24.   Adjournment of session

The session of the European Parliament was adjourned.

The sitting closed at 16.50.

Julian Priestley

Secretary-General

Josep Borrell Fontelles

President

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