Minutes 03-03-2005
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PV CPG 03.03.2005 PE-6/CPG/PV/2005-08 EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT CONFERENCE OF PRESIDENTS MINUTES of the meeting of Thursday 03-03-2005 Paul Henri SPAAK Building - Room 6B01 - - - Brussels PV\560723EN.doc PE 355.890/CPG EN EN PV CPG 03.03.2005 PE-6/CPG/PV/2005-08 CONFERENCE OF PRESIDENTS MINUTES of the meeting of Thursday, 3 March 2005 from 11.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. Paul Henri SPAAK Building – Room 6B01 Brussels CONTENTS Page 1. Adoption of draft agenda ....................................................................................................... 7 2. Approval of minutes of meeting ............................................................................................ 8 3. Adoption of the preliminary draft agenda for the March part-session (7 to 10 March 2005) - Scheduling of debates in plenary .............................................................................. 9 4. Statements by the President ................................................................................................. 11 4.1 Situation of journalists detained in Iraq ............................................................................... 11 4.2 Meeting with the President of Croatia ................................................................................. 11 4.3 Official visit by the President to Romania ........................................................................... 12 4.4 Proposed joint meeting of the Conference of Presidents with the Committee of the Regions on 7 April 2005 ...................................................................................................... 13 4.5 Visits by Heads of State....................................................................................................... 13 4.6 Request of the Committee on Foreign Affairs to hold a meeting in Strasbourg on Monday, 7 March 2005 ....................................................................................................... 14 PE 355.890/CPG 2/28 PV\560723EN.doc EN PV CPG 03.03.2005 5. Proposal for modification to the Rules of Procedure of the European Parliament - Conduct in and around the Chamber - respect of confidentiality - Note from President BORRELL - Legal Service opinion - Note dated 16 February 2005 from the Secretary-General .......................................................................................................... 15 6. Conclusions of the inter-committee coordination group responsible for preparing the European Parliament's position in connection with the Lisbon Strategy - Report by Mr DAUL, Chairman ........................................................................................................... 17 7. Parliament delegation to attend WTO meetings in 2005 ..................................................... 18 8. EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee ........................................................................ 19 9. Possibly, draft calendar of part-sessions of the European Parliament in 2006 - scheduling of other activities ............................................................................................... 20 10. Own-initiative reports - Justifications for the committees' requests - Recommendations dated 23 February 2005 from Mr DAUL, chairman of the Conference of Committee Chairmen ................................................................................... 21 11. Enhanced cooperation between parliamentary committees (Rule 47 of Parliament's Rules of Procedure) - proposals dated 23 February 2005 from Mr DAUL, Chairman of the Conference of Committee Chairmen ......................................................................... 22 12. Urgent matters and any other business ................................................................................ 23 12.1 Reply of Mr BARROSO to the request for a renewed consultation on the proposed directive on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions (codecision procedure - COD 2002/47) .................................................................................................. 23 13. Items for information ........................................................................................................... 27 14. Date and place of next meetings .......................................................................................... 28 PV\560723EN.doc 3/28 PE 355.890/CPG EN PV CPG 03.03.2005 CONFERENCE OF PRESIDENTS MINUTES of the meeting of Thursday, 3 March 2005 Brussels Mr Josep BORRELL FONTELLES; President of the European Parliament, opened the meeting at 11.10 a.m. Present Josep BORRELL FONTELLES, President Political group chairmen Mr POETTERING (EPP-ED) Mr SCHULZ (PES) Mrs KOCH-MEHRIN, acting Chairman (ALDE) Mrs FRASSONI, Co-Chairman (Greens/ALE) Mr WURTZ (GUE/NGL) Mr BONDE, Co-Chairman (IND/DEM) Mr CROWLEY, Co-Chairman (UEN) Non-attached Members (1) Mrs BELOHORSKÁ Mr CLAEYS Also present: Mr PRIESTLEY, Secretary-General (1) Present pursuant to Rule 23(2) of Parliament’s Rules of Procedure. PE 355.890/CPG 4/28 PV\560723EN.doc EN PV CPG 03.03.2005 Invited for Items 3 and 6: Mr DAUL, Chairman of the Conference of Committee Chairmen Invited for Item 12.1: M. McCREEVY, European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services Also invited for Item 3: The Council represented by Mr LOPES-SABINO Mr DIEZ PARRA The Commission represented by Mr MASSANGIOLI Mrs CARPARELLI (Cabinet of Mrs WALLSTRÖM) Mrs BURY (Cabinet of Mr McCREEVY) Mr MÜLLER Economic and Social Committee represented by Mr ROCHE * * * Office of the President Mrs VERGER Mr AGUIRIANO NALDA Mrs OBERHAUSER Mrs MIGO Mrs FAY Mr NANCY Office of the Secretary-General Mr STRATIGAKIS Mr CLARK PV\560723EN.doc 5/28 PE 355.890/CPG EN PV CPG 03.03.2005 Secretariat DG Presidency Mr RØMER/Mr PORTA1/Mrs STENSBALLE1/ Mrs ALBANI-LIBERALI/Mr SCOTT1/Mr SANCHEZ RODRIGUEZ1 DG Internal Policies Mr WELLE/Mr RIBERA D'ALCALÁ1/Mrs DE VICENTE1/Mrs MARTINEZ IGLESIAS2/Mr KLEINIG1/Mr CHIOCCHETTI1 DG External Policies Mr PERILLO DG Information Mrs F. RATTI/Mr LIBERATO1/Mr DUCH GUILLOT1 Legal Service Mr GARZÓN CLARIANA/Mr PENNERA Mrs O. RATTI, Director a.i. for relations with the political groups. Political groups Mr PEDERSEN/Mr KAMP/Mr LICANDRO/Mr PAPI (PPE-DE) Mr HILLER/Mrs BAPTISTA/Mr WINKLER/M. BEUMER (PSE) Mr BEELS (ALDE) Mrs TSETSI/ Mr DENKINGER (Verts/ALE) Mrs D’ALIMONTE (GUE/NGL) Mr VERHEIRSTRAETEN (IND/DEM) Mr BARRETT (UEN) Mr BUGALHO (NI) M Mr KYST, Mrs DEAN, Mrs VANDENBOSCH and Mr CALINOGLOU acted as secretary to the meeting. M 1 Present for item 3. 2 Present for item 12.1. PE 355.890/CPG 6/28 PV\560723EN.doc EN PV CPG 03.03.2005 1. Adoption of draft agenda The Conference of Presidents - noted the draft agenda (PE 355.887/CPG) and adopted it in the form shown in these minutes. PV\560723EN.doc 7/28 PE 355.890/CPG EN PV CPG 03.03.2005 2. Approval of minutes of meeting The Conference of Presidents - noted that, due to the frequency of meetings and the time needed for translation, no minutes were available for adoption at this meeting. PE 355.890/CPG 8/28 PV\560723EN.doc EN PV CPG 03.03.2005 3. Adoption of the preliminary draft agenda for the March part-session (7 to 10 March 2005) - Scheduling of debates in plenary The Conference of Presidents - noted the following documents: a preliminary/final draft agenda for the March part-session (Monday, 7 to Thursday, 10 March 2005); a letter dated 23 February 2005 from Mr DAUL, Chairman of the Conference of Committee Chairmen, on the Conference's recommendations concerning the agenda of the March 2005 part-session (PE 355.906/CPG). - considered on an item-by-item basis the preliminary draft agenda for the March part-session (Monday, 7 to Thursday, 10 March 2005) on the basis of a note drawn up by the Directorate-General for the Presidency following meetings held with the secretaries-general of the political groups on 1 and 2 March 2005 and adopted the proposals set out in that note with the following modifications: Monday, 7 March 2005 - held a brief exchange of views on the request of two Polish Members for one minute of silence to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the events in Katyń; - decided, in response to the repeated requests to the President for a minute’s silence to be observed, and whilst acknowledging the need to remember the past, that painful events in the history of our 25 Member States could not be systematically commemorated in this way in plenary sittings; - instructed the President to make a statement to that effect in plenary; PV\560723EN.doc 9/28 PE 355.890/CPG EN PV CPG 03.03.2005 Tuesday, 8 March 2005 - decided that the declaration of the Commission on trade in stem cells will be followed by a resolution. * * * Thursday, 10 March 2005 - held a brief exchange of views on the request of Commissioner FRATTINI to speak on behalf of the Commission as part of the homage to the victims of the terrorist attacks in Madrid on 11 March 2004; - decided that it was unnecessary to have a statement from the Commission as part of the homage to the victims of the terrorist attacks, and that the President would thank Commissioner FRATTINI for his offer. PE 355.890/CPG 10/28 PV\560723EN.doc EN PV CPG 03.03.2005 4. Statements by the President 4.1 Situation of journalists detained in Iraq The Conference of Presidents - heard a statement from the President concerning the petitions circulating in the Parliament and the requests for a high level statement from Parliament; - approved the proposal of the President for a statement of the Conference of Presidents calling for the immediate release