20.3.2008 EN Official Journal of the C 74 E/11

Monday 23 April 2007 The following spoke: Stephen Hughes, on behalf of the PSE Group, who moved the request, and Gunnar Hökmark, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group.

Parliament agreed to the request by electronic vote (103 in favour, 78 against, 3 abstentions).

Thursday — no changes

Sittings of 09.05.2007 and 10.05.2007 — no changes * **

The order of business was thus established.

14. Declaration of financial interests

The following Members had not yet updated their declaration of financial interests for 2006 in accordance with Annex I, Article 2(5) to the Rules of Procedure:

Luis Herrero-Tejedor, Michał Tomasz Kamiński and Michael Henry Nattrass.

15. One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Pursuant to Rule 144, the following Members who wished to draw the attention of Parliament to matters of political importance spoke for one minute:

Erna Hennicot-Schoepges, Yannick Vaugrenard, Graham Watson, Zdzisław Zbigniew Podkański, Milan Horáček, Adamos Adamou, Urszula Krupa, Ashley Mote, András Gyürk, Pervenche Berès, Árpád Duka- Zólyomi, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Eduard Raul Hellvig, József Szájer, Teresa Riera Madurell, Georgios Papastamkos, Willy Meyer Pleite, Tunne Kelam, Marios Matsakis, László Surján, Mieczysław Edmund Janowski, Pál Schmitt, Panayiotis Demetriou, Danutė Budreikaitė, John Attard-Montalto, Alojz Peterle, Ryszard Czarnecki, Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Péter Olajos, Kyriacos Triantaphyllides, Monica Maria Iacob-Ridzi, Umberto Guidoni, Małgorzata Handzlik and Tatjana Ždanoka.

IN THE CHAIR: Mario MAURO Vice-President

16. Payment services in the internal market ***I (debate)

Report on the proposal for a directive of the and of the Council on payment services in the internal market and amending Directives 97/7/EC, 2000/12/EC and 2002/65/EC [COM(2005)0603 — C6-0411/2005 — 2005/0245(COD)] — Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Jean-Paul Gauzès (A6-0298/2006)

Charlie McCreevy (Member of the Commission) spoke.

Jean-Paul Gauzès introduced the report. C 74 E/12 Official Journal of the European Union EN 20.3.2008

Monday 23 April 2007 IN THE CHAIR: Manuel António dos SANTOS Vice-President

The following spoke: Mia De Vits (draftsman of the opinion of the IMCO Committee), (draftsman of the opinion of the JURI Committee), Alexander Radwan, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Gianni Pittella, on behalf of the PSE Group, Sharon Bowles, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Dariusz Maciej Grabowski, on behalf of the UEN Group, John Whittaker, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Piia-Noora Kauppi, Pervenche Berès, Margarita Starkevičiūtė, John Purvis, Ieke van den Burg, Zsolt László Becsey, Silvia- Adriana Ţicău, Karsten Friedrich Hoppenstedt, Corien Wortmann-Kool, Charlie McCreevy and Pervenche Berès.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 24.04.2007, Item 7.26.

17. Advanced therapy medicinal products ***I (debate)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on advanced therapy medicinal products and amending Directive 2001/83/EC and Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 [COM(2005)0567 — C6-0401/2005 — 2005/0227(COD)] — Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. Rapporteur: Miroslav Mikolášik (A6-0031/2007)

Günter Verheugen (Vice-President of the Commission) spoke.

IN THE CHAIR: Marek SIWIEC Vice-President

Miroslav Mikolášik introduced the report.

The following spoke: Giles Chichester (draftsman of the opinion of the ITRE Committee), (draftsman of the opinion of the JURI Committee), John Bowis, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Dagmar Roth-Behrendt, on behalf of the PSE Group, Frédérique Ries, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Konrad Szymański, on behalf of the UEN 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, Françoise Grossetête, Proinsias De Rossa, Marios Matsakis, Urszula Krupa, , , Kathy Sinnott, Antonios Trakatellis, Péter Olajos, John Purvis, Carlo Casini, Bogusław Sonik, Klaus Theo Schröder (President-in-Office of the Council) and Günter Verheugen

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 25.04.2007, Item 11.1.

18. Enforcement of intellectual property rights (criminal measures) ***I (debate)

Report on the amended proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on criminal measures aimed at ensuring the enforcement of intellectual property rights [COM(2006)0168 — C6-0233/2005 — 2005/0127(COD)] — Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: Nicola Zingaretti (A6-0073/2007)

Günter Verheugen (Vice-President of the Commission) spoke.

Nicola Zingaretti introduced the report.