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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT 2005 - 2006 MINUTES of the sitting of Tuesday 27 September 2005 P6_PV(2005)09-27 PE 361.934 EN EN KEYS TO SYMBOLS USED * Consultation procedure ** I Cooperation procedure: first reading ** II Cooperation procedure: second reading *** Assent procedure ***I Codecision procedure: first reading ***II Codecision procedure: second reading ***III Codecision procedure: third reading (The type of procedure is determined by the legal basis proposed by the Commission) INFORMATION RELATING TO VOTING TIME Unless stated otherwise, the rapporteurs informed the Chair in writing, before the vote, of their position on the amendments. ABBREVIATIONS USED FOR PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES AFET Committee on Foreign Affairs DEVE Committee on Development INTA Committee on International Trade BUDG Committee on Budgets CONT Committee on Budgetary Control ECON Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs EMPL Committee on Employment and Social Affairs ENVI Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety ITRE Committee on Industry, Research and Energy IMCO Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection TRAN Committee on Transport and Tourism REGI Committee on Regional Development AGRI Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development PECH Committee on Fisheries CULT Committee on Culture and Education JURI Committee on Legal Affairs LIBE Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs AFCO Committee on Constitutional Affairs FEMM Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality PETI Committee on Petitions ABBREVIATIONS USED FOR POLITICAL GROUPS PPE-DE Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats PSE Socialist Group in the European Parliament ALDE Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Verts/ALE Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance GUE/NGL Confederal Group of the European United Left – Nordic Green Left IND/DEM Independence and Democracy Group UEN Union for Europe of the Nations Group NI Non-attached Members Contents 1. Opening of sitting............................................................................................................................. 3 2. Documents received......................................................................................................................... 3 3. Debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (announcement of motions for resolutions tabled).............................................................................................................4 4. Procedures in Member States for granting and withdrawing refugee status * (debate)................... 5 5. EU-US Wine Agreement (debate)....................................................................................................6 6. Voting time.......................................................................................................................................7 6.1. Public procurement ***I (Rule 131) (vote) ............................................................................ 7 6.2. EC-Bulgaria Agreement on certain aspects of air services * (Rule 131) (vote) ...................... 7 6.3. EC-Croatia Agreement on certain aspects of air services * (Rule 131) (vote) ........................ 7 6.4. Fees payable to the European Medicines Agency * (Rule 131) (vote) ...................................8 6.5. Protocol to the EEC-Comoros Agreement on tuna fishing* (Rule 131) (vote) ......................8 6.6. Request for waiver of the immunity of Mr Marios Matsakis (Rule 131) (vote) .....................8 6.7. Data retention for combating crime, including terrorism (Rule 131) (vote final) .................. 9 6.8. Procedures in Member States for granting and withdrawing refugee status * (vote) ............. 9 7. Explanations of vote....................................................................................................................... 10 8. Corrections to votes........................................................................................................................10 9. Approval of Minutes of previous sitting.........................................................................................10 10. Territorial cohesion in regional development - A stronger partnership for the outermost regions (debate)............................................................................................................................................... 10 11. Screening of the legislative proposals pending before the Legislator (debate)............................ 11 12. Question Time (Commission)...................................................................................................... 11 13. Rheumatic diseases (written declaration)..................................................................................... 13 14. Development of the Community's railways ***I - Certification of train crews ***I - International rail passengers' rights and obligations ***I - Contractual quality requirements for rail freight services ***I - (debate)........................................................................................................... 13 P6_PV(2005)09-27 PE 361.934 - 1 EN 15. Agenda for next sitting................................................................................................................. 14 16. Closure of sitting.......................................................................................................................... 14 ATTENDANCE REGISTER............................................................................................................. 15 P6_PV(2005)09-27 PE 361.934 - 2 EN MINUTES IN THE CHAIR: Janusz ONYSZKIEWICZ Vice-President 1. Opening of sitting The sitting opened at 9.00. 2. Documents received The following documents had been received: 1) from the Council and Commission: - Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Union Solidarity Fund (COM(2005)0108 - C6-0093/2005 - 2005/0033(COD)) referred to responsible REGI opinion BUDG - Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment, operation and use of the second generation Schengen information system (SIS II) (COM(2005)0236 - C6-0174/2005 - 2005/0106(COD)) referred to responsible LIBE opinion BUDG - Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to measures envisaged to facilitate the procedures for applying for and issuing visas for members of the Olympic family taking part in the 2006 Olympic and/or Paralympic Winter Games in Torino (COM(2005) 0412 - C6-0275/2005 - 2005/0169(COD)) referred to responsible LIBE opinion CULT - Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 29/2005 - Section III - Commission (SEC(2005)1048 - C6-0276/2005 - 2005/2170(GBD)) referred to responsible BUDG - 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(2005)0401 - C6- 0277/2005 - 2005/2171(ACI)) referred to responsible BUDG opinion REGI - Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 30/2005 - Section III - Commission (SEC(2005)1094 - C6-0278/2005 - 2005/2173(GBD)) referred to responsible BUDG - Proposal for a Council decision on an Amendment to the Agreement Establishing the European P6_PV(2005)09-27 PE 361.934 - 3 EN Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), enabling the Bank to finance operations in Mongolia (COM(2005)0342 - C6-0280/2005 - 2005/0139(CNS)) referred to responsible ECON opinion INTA, BUDG - Proposal for a Council directive on animal health requirements for aquaculture animals and products thereof, and on the prevention and control of certain diseases in aquatic animals (COM (2005)0362 [01] - C6-0281/2005 - 2005/0153(CNS)) referred to responsible PECH opinion BUDG, ENVI - Proposal for a Council decision amending Decision 90/424/EEC on expenditure in the veterinary field (COM(2005)0362 [02] - C6-0282/2005 - 2005/0154(CNS)) referred to responsible PECH opinion BUDG, ENVI - Proposal for a Council decision enabling countries eligible for the future European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument (ENPI) to benefit from the Technical Assistance and Information Exchange Programme (TAIEX) (COM(2005)0321 - C6-0283/2005 - 2005/0133(CNS)) referred to responsible AFET opinion INTA, BUDG - Proposal for a Council framework decision to strengthen the criminal law framework to combat intellectual property offences (COM(2005)0276 [02] - C6-0284/2005 - 2005/0128(CNS)) referred to responsible JURI opinion ITRE, IMCO, LIBE - Proposal for a Council regulation on the common organisation of the seed market (COM(2005) 0384 - C6-0285/2005 - 2005/0164(CNS)) referred to responsible AGRI opinion JURI - Proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine (COM(2005)0395 - C6-0286/2005 - 2005/0160(CNS)) referred to responsible AGRI - Proposal for a Council regulation concerning the common organisation of the market in hops (COM(2005)0386 - C6-0287/2005 - 2005/0162(CNS)) referred to responsible AGRI opinion JURI 2) from Members, written declarations for entry in the Register (Rule 116) - Charles