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| 12.6.2008 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | CE 146/15 |

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MINUTES

(2008/C 146 E/02)

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

IN THE CHAIR: Hans-Gert PÖTTERING

President

1.   Opening of sitting

The sitting opened at 09.05.

2.   Documents received

The following documents had been received:

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| 1) | from the Council and Commission:   |  |  |  |  |  |  | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | — | Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council providing for sanctions against employers of illegally staying third-country nationals (COM(2007)0249 — C6-0143/2007 — 2007/0094(COD))   |  |  | | --- | --- | | referred to | responsible: LIBE | |  | opinion: FEMM, EMPL, ITRE | |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | — | Recommendation for a Council decision concerning the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Convention of 17 June 1998, drawn up on the basis of Article K.3 of the Treaty on European Union, on driving disqualifications (COM(2007)0214 — C6-0155/2007 — 2007/0075(CNS))   |  |  | | --- | --- | | referred to | responsible: LIBE | |  | opinion: TRAN | |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | — | Recommendation for a Council decision concerning the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Convention of 26 May 1997, drawn up on the basis of Article K.3(2)(c) of the Treaty on European Union, on the fight against corruption involving officials of the European Communities or officials of Member States of the European Union (COM(2007)0218 — C6-0156/2007 — 2007/0072(CNS))   |  |  | | --- | --- | | referred to | responsible: LIBE | |  | opinion: CONT | |  |  |  |  |  | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | — | Recommendation for a Council decision concerning the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Convention on the Law applicable to Contractual Obligations, opened for signature in Rome on 19 June 1980 (COM(2007)0217 — C6-0157/2007 — 2007/0077(CNS))   |  |  | | --- | --- | | referred to | responsible: JURI | |  |  |  |  |  | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | — | Recommendation for a Council decision concerning the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Convention of 29 May 2000, established by the Council in accordance with Article 34 of the Treaty on European Union, on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters between the Member States of the European Union (COM(2007)0213 — C6-0158/2007 — 2007/0080(CNS))   |  |  | | --- | --- | | referred to | responsible: LIBE | |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | — | Proposal for a Council and Commission decision on the conclusion of the Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Azerbaijan, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union (COM(2007)0114 — C6-0160/2007 — 2007/0040(CNS))   |  |  | | --- | --- | | referred to | responsible: AFET | |  | opinion: INTA | |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | — | Proposal for a Council and Commission decision on the conclusion of the Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Armenia, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union (COM(2007)0113 — C6-0161/2007 — 2007/0041(CNS))   |  |  | | --- | --- | | referred to | responsible: AFET | |  | opinion: INTA | |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | — | Proposal for a Council and Commission decision on the conclusion of the Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Georgia, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union (COM(2007)0098 — C6-0162/2007 — 2007/0046(CNS))   |  |  | | --- | --- | | referred to | responsible: AFET | |  | opinion: INTA | |  |  |  |  |  | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | — | Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to the roll-over protection structures of wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (Codified version) (COM(2007)0310 — C6-0163/2007 — 2007/0107(COD))   |  |  | | --- | --- | | referred to | responsible: JURI | |  |  |  |  |  | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | — | Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 16/2007 — Section III — Commission (SEC(2007)0674 — C6-0164/2007 — 2007/2133(GBD))   |  |  | | --- | --- | | referred to | responsible: BUDG | |  |  |  |  |  | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | — | Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 17/2007 — Section III — Commission (SEC(2007)0675 — C6-0165/2007 — 2007/2134(GBD))   |  |  | | --- | --- | | referred to | responsible: BUDG | |  |  |  |  |  | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | — | Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 18/2007 — Section III — Commission (SEC(2007)0676 — C6-0166/2007 — 2007/2135(GBD))   |  |  | | --- | --- | | referred to | responsible: BUDG | |  |  |  |  |  | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | — | Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 20/2007 — Section III — Commission (SEC(2007)0678 — C6-0167/2007 — 2007/2136(GBD))   |  |  | | --- | --- | | referred to | responsible: BUDG | |  |  |  |  |  | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | — | Recommendation for a Council decision concerning the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Convention of 26 July 1995, based on Article K.3 of the Treaty on European Union, on the establishment of a European Police Office (Europol Convention) (COM(2007)0215 — C6-0169/2007 — 2007/0076(CNS))   |  |  | | --- | --- | | referred to | responsible: LIBE | |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | — | Recommendation for a Council decision concerning the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Convention of 18 December 1997, drawn up on the basis of Article K.3 of the treaty on European Union on mutual assistance and cooperation between customs administrations (COM(2007)0216 — C6-0170/2007 — 2007/0073(CNS))   |  |  | | --- | --- | | referred to | responsible: IMCO | |  | opinion: CONT | |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | — | Proposal for a Council regulation setting up the Innovative Medicines Initiative Joint Undertaking (COM(2007)0241 — C6-0171/2007 — 2007/0089(CNS))   |  |  | | --- | --- | | referred to | responsible: ITRE | |  | opinion: ENVI, BUDG, JURI, CONT | |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | — | Proposal for a Council regulation on the establishment of the ‘Artemis Joint Undertaking’ to implement a Joint Technology Initiative in Embedded Computing Systems (COM(2007)0243 — C6-0172/2007 — 2007/0088(CNS))   |  |  | | --- | --- | | referred to | responsible: ITRE | |  | opinion: BUDG, JURI, CONT | |  |  |  |  |  | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | — | Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Kyrgyz Republic on certain aspects of air services (COM(2007)0189 — C6-0173/2007 — 2007/0065(CNS))   |  |  | | --- | --- | | referred to | responsible: TRAN | | |

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| 2) | from committees:   |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | \* Report on the proposal for a Council decision in accordance with Article 122(2) of the Treaty on the adoption by Malta of the single currency on 1 January 2008 (COM(2007)0259 — C6-0150/2007 — 2007/0092(CNS)) — ECON Committee.  Rapporteur: Werner Langen (A6-0243/2007) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | \* Report on the proposal for a Council decision in accordance with Article 122(2) of the Treaty on the adoption by Cyprus of the single currency on 1 January 2008 (COM(2007)0256 — C6-0151/2007 — 2007/0090(CNS)) — ECON Committee.  Rapporteur: Werner Langen (A6-0244/2007) | |

3.   Debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (announcement of motions for resolutions tabled)

Pursuant to Rule 115, the following Members or political groups had requested that such a debate be held on the following motions for resolutions:

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| I. | CUBA   |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Marco Cappato, Marco Pannella, Marios Matsakis, Johan Van Hecke, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the EU's policy towards the Cuban Government (B6-0250/2007) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Charles Tannock, Bernd Posselt, Bogusław Sonik, José Ribeiro e Castro, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Gerardo Galeote, Michael Gahler, Laima Liucija Andrikienė, Eija-Riitta Korhola and Zuzana Roithová, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on the EU's policy towards the Cuban Government (B6-0260/2007) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Mario Borghezio, on behalf of the UEN Group, on the EU's policy towards the Cuban Government (B6-0261/2007) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Monica Frassoni and Raül Romeva i Rueda, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the Council conclusions on Cuba (B6-0263/2007) | |

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| II. | HUMAN RIGHTS IN ETHIOPIA   |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Margrete Auken and Raül Romeva i Rueda, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the human rights situation in Ethiopia (B6-0246/2007) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Luisa Morgantini and Feleknas Uca, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the human rights situation in Ethiopia (B6-0247/2007) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Marco Pannella, Fiona Hall, Marco Cappato, Marios Matsakis, Johan Van Hecke and Anneli Jäätteenmäki, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the human rights situation in Ethiopia (B6-0252/2007) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Ryszard Czarnecki, Hanna Foltyn-Kubicka, Mieczysław Edmund Janowski, Michał Tomasz Kamiński, Adam Bielan, Marcin Libicki, Mario Borghezio, on behalf of the UEN Group, on the human rights situation in Ethiopia (B6-0254/2007) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Pasqualina Napoletano, Ana Maria Gomes and Marie-Arlette Carlotti, on behalf of the PSE Group, on the situation in Ethiopia (B6-0257/2007) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Michael Gahler, Anders Wijkman, Laima Liucija Andrikienė, Bernd Posselt and Eija-Riitta Korhola, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on the human rights situation in Ethiopia (B6-0259/2007) | |

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| III. | BURMA   |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Vittorio Agnoletto and Umberto Guidoni, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on Burma (B6-0248/2007) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Marco Pannella, Marco Cappato, Anneli Jäätteenmäki, Jules Maaten, Marios Matsakis, Lydie Polfer, Johan Van Hecke and Sajjad Karim, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on Burma (B6-0253/2007) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Gintaras Didžiokas, Hanna Foltyn-Kubicka, Mieczysław Edmund Janowski, Marcin Libicki, on behalf of the UEN Group, on the situation of Aung San Suu Kyi in Burma/Myanmar (B6-0255/2007) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Pasqualina Napoletano, Glenys Kinnock, Marc Tarabella and Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, on behalf of the PSE Group, on the situation in Burma/Myanmar (B6-0256/2007) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Geoffrey Van Orden, Charles Tannock, Bernd Posselt and Eija-Riitta Korhola, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on the situation of Aung San Suu Kyi in Burma/Myanmar (B6-0258/2007) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Frithjof Schmidt and Raül Romeva i Rueda, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on Burma (B6-0262/2007) | |

Speaking time would be allocated in accordance with Rule 142.

4.   The situation in Palestine (debate)

Statement by the President of the European Parliament: The situation in Palestine

Hans-Gert Pöttering (President) made the statement.

The following spoke: José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Martin Schulz, on behalf of the PSE Group, Graham Watson, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Brian Crowley, on behalf of the UEN Group, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Francis Wurtz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Bastiaan Belder, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, and Andreas Mölzer, on behalf of the ITS Group.

The debate closed.

5.   Crisis of the Equitable Life Assurance Society — Results of the Committee of Inquiry (debate)

Report on the crisis of the Equitable Life Assurance Society [2006/2199(INI)] — Committee of Inquiry into the crisis of the Equitable Life Assurance Society.

Rapporteur: Diana Wallis (A6-0203/2007)

Draft recommendation, tabled by Diana Wallis, on behalf of the EQUI Committee, on the report of the Committee of Inquiry into the crisis of the Equitable Life Assurance Society (B6-0199/2007)

Diana Wallis presented the report and the draft recommendation.

IN THE CHAIR: Edward McMILLAN-SCOTT

Vice-President

The following spoke: Charlie McCreevy (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Robert Atkins, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Proinsias De Rossa, on behalf of the PSE Group, Sharon Bowles, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Seán Ó Neachtain, on behalf of the UEN Group, Heide Rühle, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Godfrey Bloom, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Ashley Mote, on behalf of the ITS Group, and Jim Allister, Non-attached Member.

IN THE CHAIR: Luigi COCILOVO

Vice-President

The President welcomed a group of visitors from Salerno, Italy, who had taken their seats in the gallery.

The following spoke: Mairead McGuinness, Peter Skinner, Marcin Libicki, Jean-Paul Gauzès, Harald Ettl, Tadeusz Zwiefka, Joel Hasse Ferreira, Othmar Karas, Pervenche Berès, Marco Pannella, on a point of order (the President cut him off, as his remarks did not constitute a point of order), Neil Parish, Michael Cashman, Rainer Wieland, John Purvis and Charlie McCreevy (Member of the Commission).

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 19.06.2007, Item 8.27.

6.   Family life and study (debate)

Report on a regulatory framework for measures enabling young women in the European Union to combine family life with a period of studies [2006/2276(INI)] — Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality.

Rapporteur: Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou (A6-0209/2007)

Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou introduced the report.

Charlie McCreevy (Member of the Commission) spoke.

Anna Záborská spoke on behalf of the PPE-DE Group.

IN THE CHAIR: Edward McMILLAN-SCOTT

Vice-President

The following spoke: Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, on behalf of the PSE Group, Alfonso Andria, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Sebastiano (Nello) Musumeci, on behalf of the UEN Group, Hiltrud Breyer, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Věra Flasarová, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Urszula Krupa, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Lydia Schenardi, on behalf of the ITS Group, Christopher Heaton-Harris, Lissy Gröner, Karin Resetarits, Wojciech Roszkowski, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Eva-Britt Svensson, Georgios Karatzaferis, Pál Schmitt, Edite Estrela, Jan Tadeusz Masiel, Hélène Goudin, Roberta Alma Anastase, Teresa Riera Madurell, Mieczysław Edmund Janowski, Kathy Sinnott, Jerzy Buzek, Christa Prets, Anna Hedh, Gabriela Creţu, Catherine Stihler, Silvia-Adriana Ţicău and Charlie McCreevy.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 19.06.2007, Item 8.28.

(The sitting was suspended at 12.00 and resumed at 12.05.)

IN THE CHAIR: Gérard ONESTA

Vice-President

7.   Deadline for the tabling of amendments

The following motion for a resolution had been adopted in committee:

Motion for a resolution, tabled by the DEVE Committee under Rule 81, on the draft Commission decision establishing a Regional Strategy Document 2007-2013 and a Multiannual Indicative Programme for Asia (B6-0265/2007)

The deadline for tabling amendments would be 20.06.2007, 10.00.

The vote would take place on 21.06.2007.

8.   Voting time

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

8.1.   Protection of employees in the event of the insolvency of their employer (codified version) \*\*\*I (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of employees in the event of the insolvency of their employer (codified version) [COM(2006)0657 — C6-0381/2006 — 2006/0220(COD)] — Committee on Legal Affairs.

Rapporteur: Diana Wallis (A6-0042/2007)

(Simple majority)

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

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6\_TA(2007)0238)

8.2.   Integrated pollution prevention and control (codified version) \*\*\*I (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning integrated pollution prevention and control (codified version) [COM(2006)0543 — C6-0315/2006 — 2006/0170(COD)] — Committee on Legal Affairs.

Rapporteur: Diana Wallis (A6-0043/2007)

(Simple majority)

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

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6\_TA(2007)0239)

8.3.   Controls, tell-tales and indicators for two- or three-wheel motor vehicles (codified version) \*\*\*I (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the identification of controls, tell-tales and indicators for two- or three-wheel motor vehicles (codified version) [COM(2006)0556 — C6-0323/2006 — 2006/0175(COD)] — Committee on Legal Affairs.

Rapporteur: Diana Wallis (A6-0045/2007)

(Simple majority)

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

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6\_TA(2007)0240)

8.4.   Injunctions for the protection of consumers' interests (codified version) \*\*\*I (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the amended proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on injunctions for the protection of consumers' interests (codified version) [COM(2006)0692 — C6-0429/2006 — 2003/0099(COD)] — Committee on Legal Affairs.

Rapporteur: Diana Wallis (A6-0046/2007)

(Simple majority)

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

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6\_TA(2007)0241)

8.5.   Steering equipment of wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (codified version) \*\*\*I (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the steering equipment of wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (codified version) [COM(2006)0670 — C6-0404/2006 — 2006/0225(COD)] — Committee on Legal Affairs.

Rapporteur: Diana Wallis (A6-0047/2007)

(Simple majority)

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

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6\_TA(2007)0242)

8.6.   Maximum speed of and load platforms for wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (codified version) \*\*\*I (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the maximum design speed of and load platforms for wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (codified version) [COM(2006)0667 — C6-0385/2006 — 2006/0219(COD)] — Committee on Legal Affairs.

Rapporteur: Diana Wallis (A6-0048/2007)

(Simple majority)

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

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6\_TA(2007)0243)

8.7.   Parts and characteristics of wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (codified version) \*\*\*I (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain parts and characteristics of wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (codified version) [COM(2006)0662 — C6-0380/2006 — 2006/0221(COD)] — Committee on Legal Affairs.

Rapporteur: Diana Wallis (A6-0049/2007)

(Simple majority)

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

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6\_TA(2007)0244)

8.8.   Field of vision and windscreen wipers for wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (codified version) \*\*\*I (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the field of vision and windscreen wipers for wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (codified version) [COM(2006)0651 — C6-0377/2006 — 2006/0216(COD)] — Committee on Legal Affairs.

Rapporteur: Diana Wallis (A6-0050/2007)

(Simple majority)

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

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6\_TA(2007)0245)

8.9.   Minimum safety and health requirements for the use of work equipment (codified version) \*\*\*I (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the minimum safety and health requirements for the use of work equipment by workers at work (second individual directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC) (codified version) [COM(2006)0652 — C6-0378/2006 — 2006/0214(COD)] — Committee on Legal Affairs.

Rapporteur: Hans-Peter Mayer (A6-0132/2007)

(Simple majority)

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

The rapporteur made a statement pursuant to Rule 131(4).

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6\_TA(2007)0246)

8.10.   Approximation of Member States' laws relating to trade marks (codified version) \*\*\*I (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks (codified version) [COM(2006)0812 — C6-0504/2006 — 2006/0264(COD)] — Committee on Legal Affairs.

Rapporteur: Hans-Peter Mayer (A6-0167/2007)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 10)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6\_TA(2007)0247)

8.11.   Protection of workers against asbestos (codified version) \*\*\*I (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to asbestos at work (codified version) [COM(2006)0664 — C6-0384/2006 — 2006/0222(COD)] — Committee on Legal Affairs.

Rapporteur: Hans-Peter Mayer (A6-0201/2007)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 11)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6\_TA(2007)0248)

8.12.   Community guarantee to the EIB (codified version) \* (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council decision granting a Community guarantee to the European Investment Bank against losses under loans for projects outside the Community (Central and Eastern Europe, Mediterranean countries, Latin America and Asia and the Republic of South Africa) (codified version) [COM(2006)0419 — C6-0302/2006 — 2006/0139(CNS)] — Committee on Legal Affairs.

Rapporteur: Diana Wallis (A6-0040/2007)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 12)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6\_TA(2007)0249)

8.13.   Protection of pigs (codified version) \* (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council directive laying down minimum standards for the protection of pigs (codified version) [COM(2006)0669 — C6-0430/2006 — 2006/0224(CNS)] — Committee on Legal Affairs.

Rapporteur: Diana Wallis (A6-0041/2007)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 13)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6\_TA(2007)0250)

8.14.   Pure-bred bovine breeding animals (codified version) \* (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council directive on pure-bred breeding animals of the bovine species (codified version) [COM(2006)0749 — C6-0002/2007 — 2006/0250(CNS)] — Committee on Legal Affairs.

Rapporteur: Hans-Peter Mayer (A6-0164/2007)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 14)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6\_TA(2007)0251)

8.15.   Community trade mark (codified version) \* (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council regulation on the Community trade mark (codified version) [COM(2006)0830 — C6-0050/2007 — 2006/0267(CNS)] — Committee on Legal Affairs.

Rapporteur: Hans-Peter Mayer (A6-0165/2007)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 15)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6\_TA(2007)0252)

8.16.   Production and marketing of eggs (codified version) \* (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council regulation on the production and marketing of eggs for hatching and of farmyard poultry chicks (codified version) [COM(2006)0694 — C6-0436/2006 — 2006/0231(CNS)] — Committee on Legal Affairs.

Rapporteur: Hans-Peter Mayer (A6-0166/2007)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 16)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6\_TA(2007)0253)

8.17.   Scrutiny of European Agricultural Guarantee Fund financing (codified version) \* (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council regulation on scrutiny by Member States of transactions forming part of the system of financing by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (codified version) [COM(2006)0813 — C6-0049/2007 — 2006/0265(CNS)] — Committee on Legal Affairs.

Rapporteur: Hans-Peter Mayer (A6-0168/2007)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 17)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6\_TA(2007)0254)

8.18.   Mutual assistance for the recovery of claims relating to certain levies, duties, taxes and other measures (codified version) \* (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council directive on mutual assistance for the recovery of claims relating to certain levies, duties, taxes and other measures (codified version) [COM(2006)0605 — C6-0409/2006 — 2006/0192(CNS)] — Committee on Legal Affairs.

Rapporteur: Hans-Peter Mayer (A6-0200/2007)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 18)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6\_TA(2007)0255)

8.19.   Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the EC and São Tomé and Príncipe \* (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council regulation on the conclusion of a Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe and the European Community [COM(2007)0085 — C6-0098/2007 — 2007/0034(CNS)] — Committee on Fisheries.

Rapporteur: Luis Manuel Capoulas Santos (A6-0231/2007)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 19)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL, AMENDMENTS and DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6\_TA(2007)0256)

8.20.   Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the EC and Kiribati \* (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council regulation on the conclusion of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community on the one hand, and the Republic of Kiribati, on the other [COM(2007)0180 — C6-0128/2007 — 2007/0062(CNS)] — Committee on Fisheries.

Rapporteur: Philippe Morillon (A6-0228/2007)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 20)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL, AMENDMENTS and DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6\_TA(2007)0257)

8.21.   Request for defence of the immunity of Mario Borghezio (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the request for defence of the immunity and privileges of Mario Borghezio [2006/2304(IMM)]

Rapporteur: Giuseppe Gargani (A6-0233/2007)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 21)

PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION

Adopted by single vote (P6\_TA(2007)0258)

8.22.   Definition, description, presentation and labelling of spirit drinks \*\*\*I (vote)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the definition, description, presentation and labelling of spirit drinks [COM(2005)0125 — C6-0440/2005 — 2005/0028(COD)] — Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety.

Rapporteur: Horst Schnellhardt (A6-0035/2007)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 22)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P6\_TA(2007)0259)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6\_TA(2007)0259)

The following spoke:

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| — | Bogdan Golik, on the voting order in respect of the amendments; |

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| --- | --- |
| — | Horst Schnellhardt (rapporteur), on Mr Golik's remarks. |

8.23.   Cat and dog fur \*\*\*I (vote)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council banning the placing on the market and the import of or export from the Community of cat and dog fur and products containing such fur [COM(2006)0684 — C6-0428/2006 — 2006/0236(COD)] — Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection.

Rapporteur: Eva-Britt Svensson (A6-0157/2007)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 23)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P6\_TA(2007)0260)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6\_TA(2007)0260)

8.24.   Broadband (vote)

Report on building a European policy on broadband [2006/2273(INI)] — Committee on Industry, Research and Energy.

Rapporteur: Gunnar Hökmark (A6-0193/2007)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 24)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6\_TA(2007)0261)

8.25.   EU economic and trade relations with Russia (vote)

Report on EU economic and trade relations with Russia [2006/2237(INI)] — Committee on International Trade.

Rapporteur: Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl (A6-0206/2007)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 25)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6\_TA(2007)0262)

The following spoke:

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| — | Gianluca Susta, on behalf of the ALDE Group, moved an oral amendment to amendment 4, which was incorporated; |

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| — | Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl (rapporteur) moved an oral amendment to amendment 26, which was incorporated. |

8.26.   Competition Policy 2005 (vote)

Report on the Report on Competition Policy 2005 [2007/2078(INI)] — Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.

Rapporteur: Elisa Ferreira (A6-0176/2007)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 26)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6\_TA(2007)0263)

The following spoke:

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| --- | --- |
| — | Elisa Ferreira (rapporteur) before the vote. |

8.27.   Crisis of the Equitable Life Assurance Society (vote)

Draft recommendation: B6-0199/2007

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 27)

DRAFT RECOMMENDATION

Adopted (P6\_TA(2007)0264)

The following spoke:

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| --- | --- |
| — | Diana Wallis (rapporteur for the committee of inquiry) asked that the draft recommendation be subject to a roll call vote (the President established that there were no objections to the request). |

8.28.   Family life and study (vote)

Report on a regulatory framework for measures enabling young women in the European Union to combine family life with a period of studies [2006/2276(INI)] — Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality.

Rapporteur: Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou (A6-0209/2007)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 28)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6\_TA(2007)0265)

The following spoke:

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| --- | --- |
| — | Anna Hedh moved an oral amendment to paragraph 24, which was incorporated. |

9.   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: Horst Schnellhardt — A6-0035/2007: Richard Seeber, Zuzana Roithová, Czesław Adam Siekierski, Zita Pleštinská, Laima Liucija Andrikienė, Andreas Mölzer |

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| --- | --- |
| — | Report: Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl — A6-0206/2007: Andreas Mölzer |

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| --- | --- |
| — | Report: Elisa Ferreira — A6-0176/2007: Eoin Ryan, Zita Pleštinská |

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| --- | --- |
| — | Report: Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou — A6-0209/2007: Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Alexander Lambsdorff. |

10.   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.

(The sitting was suspended at 12.55 and resumed at 15.00.)

IN THE CHAIR: Hans-Gert PÖTTERING

President

11.   Membership of Parliament

The Irish authorities had given notice of the appointment of Colm Burke to replace Simon Coveney as Member of Parliament with effect from 19.06.2007.

Under Rule 3(2), until such time as his credentials had been verified or a ruling had been given on any dispute, and provided that he had previously made a written declaration stating that he did not hold any office incompatible with that of Member of the European Parliament, Colm Burke would take his seat in Parliament and on its bodies and would enjoy all the rights attaching thereto.

The following spoke: Avril Doyle spoke.

12.   Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

The Minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

13.   Conclusions of the G8 meeting — MDGs at the Midway Point (debate)

Council and Commission statements: Conclusions of the G8 meeting

Report on the Millennium Development Goals — the midway point [2007/2103(INI)] — Committee on Development.

Rapporteur: Glenys Kinnock (A6-0220/2007)

The President pointed out that the Council was not present.

Louis Michel (Member of the Commission) made the statement.

Glenys Kinnock introduced the report.

The following spoke: Maria Martens, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Margrietus van den Berg, on behalf of the PSE Group, Johan Van Hecke, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Konrad Szymański, on behalf of the UEN Group, Frithjof Schmidt, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Tobias Pflüger, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Georgios Karatzaferis, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Koenraad Dillen, on behalf of the ITS Group, Alessandro Battilocchio, Non-attached Member, Gay Mitchell, Ana Maria Gomes, Toomas Savi, Zbigniew Krzysztof Kuźmiuk, Margrete Auken, Vittorio Agnoletto, Hélène Goudin, Anna Ibrisagic, Anne Van Lancker, Ignasi Guardans Cambó and Eoin Ryan.

IN THE CHAIR: Gérard ONESTA

Vice-President

The following spoke: Kathalijne Maria Buitenweg, Luisa Morgantini, Manolis Mavrommatis, Linda McAvan, Feleknas Uca, Nirj Deva, Åsa Westlund, Tokia Saïfi, Mairead McGuinness and Louis Michel.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 20.06.2007, Item 5.9.

14.   ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (debate)

Report on the work of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly in 2006 [2007/2021(INI)] — Committee on Development.

Rapporteur: Thierry Cornillet (A6-0208/2007)

Thierry Cornillet introduced the report.

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

The following spoke: Maria Martens, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Glenys Kinnock, on behalf of the PSE Group, Johan Van Hecke, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Marie Anne Isler Béguin, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Paul Marie Coûteaux, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Koenraad Dillen, on behalf of the ITS Group, Gay Mitchell, Marie-Arlette Carlotti, Fiona Hall, Liam Aylward, Geoffrey Van Orden, Filip Kaczmarek, Eija-Riitta Korhola and Louis Michel.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 20.06.2007, Item 5.10.

15.   Fact-finding mission to the regions of Andalusia, Valencia and Madrid (debate)

Oral question (O-0030/2007) by Marcin Libicki and Michael Cashman, on behalf of the PETI Committee, to the Council: Fact-finding mission to the regions of Andalusia, Valencia and Madrid (B6-0127/2007)

Oral question (O-0031/2007) by Marcin Libicki and Michael Cashman, on behalf of the PETI Committee, to the Commission: Fact-finding mission to the regions of Andalusia, Valencia and Madrid (B6-0128/2007)

Marcin Libicki and Michael Cashman moved the oral questions.

Charlie McCreevy (Member of the Commission) answered the question (B6-0128/2007).

The following spoke: Carlos José Iturgaiz Angulo, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Carlos Carnero González, on behalf of the PSE Group, David Hammerstein, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Proinsias De Rossa, Joan Calabuig Rull and Charlie McCreevy.

Motion for a resolution to wind up the debate tabled pursuant to Rule 108(5):

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| — | Michael Cashman, Joan Calabuig Rull and Carlos Carnero González, on behalf of the PSE Group, Luciana Sbarbati, on behalf of the ALDE Group, David Hammerstein, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Willy Meyer Pleite, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the results of the fact-finding mission to the regions of Andalucia, Valencia and Madrid conducted on behalf of the Committee on Petitions (B6-0251/2007) |

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 21.06.2007, Item 8.5.

(The sitting was suspended at 17.35 pending Question Time and resumed at 18.00.)

IN THE CHAIR: Manuel António dos SANTOS

Vice-President

16.   Question Time (Commission)

Parliament considered a number of questions to the Commission (B6-0125/2007).

Part one

Question 35 (Manolis Mavrommatis): Insurance companies in the EU.

Charlie McCreevy (Member of the Commission) answered the question and a supplementary by Manolis Mavrommatis.

Question 36 (Brian Crowley): Information campaigns concerning the buying of properties in different EU Member States.

Charlie McCreevy answered the question and supplementaries by Brian Crowley and Danutė Budreikaitė.

Question 37 (Manuel Medina Ortega): External Service of the European Union and immigration policy.

Benita Ferrero-Waldner (Member of the Commission) answered the question and a supplementary by Manuel Medina Ortega.

Part two

Question 38 (Dimitrios Papadimoulis): Development of deficit and public debt.

Joaquín Almunia (Member of the Commission) answered the question and a supplementary by Dimitrios Papadimoulis.

Question 39 (Danutė Budreikaitė): Implementation of the Treaty on the Accession of the Kingdom of Sweden to the European Union.

Joaquín Almunia answered the question and supplementaries by Danutė Budreikaitė, Nils Lundgren and Piia-Noora Kauppi.

Question 40 (Ryszard Czarnecki): Poland's entry into the euro zone.

Joaquín Almunia answered the question and supplementaries by Ryszard Czarnecki, Richard Corbett and Justas Vincas Paleckis.

Question 41 would receive a written answer.

Question 42 (Sarah Ludford): Plans for third runway at London Heathrow.

Joaquín Almunia answered the question and a supplementary by Jim Allister, after Sarah Ludford had spoken.

Question 43 (Georgios Papastamkos): European ‘ecological governance’.

Joaquín Almunia answered the question and a supplementary by Georgios Papastamkos.

Question 44 (David Martin): EU targets for the concentration of greenhouse gas emissions.

Joaquín Almunia answered the question and a supplementary by David Martin.

Question 45 (Bernd Posselt): Waste tourism.

Joaquín Almunia answered the question and a supplementary by Bernd Posselt.

Questions 46 to 53 would receive written answers.

Question 54 (Claude Moraes): Cancer screening.

Markos Kyprianou (Member of the Commission) answered the question and supplementaries by Claude Moraes, Reinhard Rack and David Martin.

Question 55 (Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou): New health strategy.

Markos Kyprianou answered the question and supplementaries by Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Jörg Leichtfried and Paul Rübig.

Question 56 (Marc Tarabella): Health services.

Markos Kyprianou answered the question and a supplementary by Marc Tarabella.

Questions which had not been answered for lack of time would receive written answers (see annex to the Verbatim Report of Proceedings).

Commission Question Time closed.

(The sitting was suspended at 19.40 and resumed at 21.00.)

IN THE CHAIR: Mario MAURO

Vice-President

17.   The transposition and implementation of public procurement legislation (debate)

Report on specific problems in the transposition and implementation of public procurement legislation and its relation to the Lisbon Agenda [2006/2084(INI)] — Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection.

Rapporteur: Arlene McCarthy (A6-0226/2007)

Arlene McCarthy introduced the report.

The following spoke: Charlie McCreevy (Member of the Commission) spoke.

The following spoke: Charlotte Cederschiöld, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Manuel Medina Ortega, on behalf of the PSE Group, Heide Rühle, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Nils Lundgren, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Andreas Schwab, Barbara Weiler, Graham Booth, Malcolm Harbour, Silvia-Adriana Ţicău, Zita Pleštinská, Małgorzata Handzlik and Charlie McCreevy.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 20.06.2007, Item 5.8.

18.   Derogations from internal market rules for defence procurement on the basis of Article 296 TEC (debate)

Oral question (O-0022/2007) by Arlene McCarthy, on behalf of the IMCO Committee, to the Commission: Derogations from internal market rules for defence procurement on the basis of Article 296 TEC (B6-0122/2007)

Arlene McCarthy moved the oral question.

Charlie McCreevy (Member of the Commission) answered the oral question.

The following spoke: Malcolm Harbour, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Barbara Weiler, on behalf of the PSE Group, Alexander Lambsdorff, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Leopold Józef Rutowicz, on behalf of the UEN Group, Andreas Schwab, Karl von Wogau and Charlie McCreevy.

The debate closed.

19.   The banning of exports and the safe storage of metallic mercury (debate)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and the Council on the banning of exports and the safe storage of metallic mercury [COM(2006)0636 — C6-0363/2006 — 2006/0206(COD)] — Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety.

Rapporteur: Dimitrios Papadimoulis (A6-0227/2007)

The following spoke: Charlie McCreevy (Member of the Commission).

Dimitrios Papadimoulis introduced the report.

The following spoke: Jens Holm (draftsman of the opinion of the INTA Committee), Manuel Medina Ortega (draftsman of the opinion of the JURI Committee), Martin Callanan, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Miguel Ángel Martínez Martínez, on behalf of the PSE Group, and Marios Matsakis, on behalf of the ALDE Group.

IN THE CHAIR: Miguel Ángel MARTÍNEZ MARTÍNEZ

Vice-President

The following spoke: Leopold Józef Rutowicz, on behalf of the UEN Group, Carl Schlyter, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Jaromír Kohlíček, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Irena Belohorská, Non-attached Member, Eija-Riitta Korhola, Gyula Hegyi, Hiltrud Breyer, Thomas Ulmer, Åsa Westlund, Marie Anne Isler Béguin, Pilar Ayuso and Charlie McCreevy.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 20.06.2007, Item 5.2.

20.   Aid for farmers affected by frost damage (debate)

Oral question (O-0026/2007) by Zdzisław Zbigniew Podkański, Roberta Angelilli, Liam Aylward, Peter Baco, Sergio Berlato, Adam Bielan, Martin Callanan, Paulo Casaca, Sylwester Chruszcz, Brian Crowley, Marek Aleksander Czarnecki, Joseph Daul, Albert Deß, Valdis Dombrovskis, Hanna Foltyn-Kubicka, Maciej Marian Giertych, Béla Glattfelder, Bogdan Golik, Genowefa Grabowska, Dariusz Maciej Grabowski, Małgorzata Handzlik, Mieczysław Edmund Janowski, Michał Tomasz Kamiński, Sergej Kozlík, Ģirts Valdis Kristovskis, Urszula Krupa, Wiesław Stefan Kuc, Zbigniew Krzysztof Kuźmiuk, Bogusław Liberadzki, Marcin Libicki, Astrid Lulling, Jan Tadeusz Masiel, Cristiana Muscardini, Seán Ó Neachtain, Péter Olajos, Neil Parish, Bogdan Pęk, Józef Pinior, Mirosław Mariusz Piotrowski, Umberto Pirilli, Paweł Bartłomiej Piskorski, Zita Pleštinská, Jacek Protasiewicz, Bogusław Rogalski, Dariusz Rosati, Wojciech Roszkowski, Leopold Józef Rutowicz, Eoin Ryan, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, Andreas Schwab, Czesław Adam Siekierski, Francesco Enrico Speroni, Grażyna Staniszewska, Andrzej Jan Szejna, Konrad Szymański, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Salvatore Tatarella, Witold Tomczak, Bernard Wojciechowski, Janusz Wojciechowski, Andrzej Tomasz Zapałowski and Roberts Zīle, on behalf of the ENVI Committee, to the Commission: Aid for farmers affected by frost damage (B6-0126/2007)

Zdzisław Zbigniew Podkański moved the oral question.

Charlie McCreevy (Member of the Commission) answered the oral question.

The following spoke: Czesław Adam Siekierski, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Luis Manuel Capoulas Santos, on behalf of the PSE Group, Ilda Figueiredo, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Béla Glattfelder, Zita Pleštinská and Charlie McCreevy.

The debate closed.

21.   Agenda for next sitting

The agenda for the next day's sitting had been established (‘Agenda’ PE 389.558/OJME).

22.   Closure of sitting

The sitting closed at 23.10.

Harald Rømer

Secretary-General

Luigi Cocilovo

Vice-President

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