17.4.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 96 E/13

Monday 18 February 2008 By roll-call vote (IND/DEM) (24 for, 220 against, 11 abstentions), Parliament rejected the request.

The President, Piia-Noora Kauppi and Brigitte Fouré made it known that they had wished to vote against the request.

The vote would therefore take place as planned at 12.00 on Wednesday.

Thursday — no changes

The order of business was thus established.

19. 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:

Georgios Papastamkos, Ioan Mircea Paşcu, Ignasi Guardans Cambó, Jan Tadeusz Masiel, Claude Turmes, Daniel Strož, Slavi Binev, Nicolae Vlad Popa, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Tunne Kelam, Neena Gill, Viktória Mohácsi, Hanna Foltyn-Kubicka, Urszula Gacek, Jörg Leichtfried, Toomas Savi, Bogusław Rogalski, Milan Horáček, Zsolt László Becsey, , Csaba Sógor, Marusya Ivanova Lyubcheva, Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Magor Imre Csibi, Jaromír Kohlíček, László Tőkés, Anna Záborská, Ioannis Gklavakis and Silvia-Adriana Ţicău.

IN THE CHAIR: Manuel António dos SANTOS Vice-President

The following spoke: Péter Olajos, Iuliu Winkler, Milan Gaľa, Colm Burke, Jean-Claude Martinez, Ján Hudacký and .

20. Request for defence of the parliamentary immunity of Mr Witold Tomczak (debate)

Report on the request for defence of the immunity and privileges of Witold Tomczak [2007/2130(IMM)] — Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: Aloyzas Sakalas (A6-0008/2008)

Aloyzas Sakalas introduced the report.

The following spoke: Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, on behalf of the PSE Group, Marek Aleksander Czarnecki, on behalf of the UEN Group, Jens-Peter Bonde and Aloyzas Sakalas.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 19.02.2008, Item 6.13.

21. Transparency in financial matters (debate)

Report on transparency in financial matters [2007/2141(INI)] — Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: José Javier Pomés Ruiz (A6-0010/2008)

José Javier Pomés Ruiz introduced the report.

The following spoke: Siim Kallas (Vice-President of the Commission). C 96 E/14 Official Journal of the European Union EN 17.4.2008

Monday 18 February 2008 The following spoke: Ingeborg Gräßle, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Dan Jørgensen, on behalf of the PSE Group, Janusz Wojciechowski, on behalf of the UEN Group, Bart Staes, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Esko Seppänen, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Nils Lundgren, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Esther De Lange, Paulo Casaca, Wiesław Stefan Kuc, Alexander Stubb, Inés Ayala Sender and Ville Itälä.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Paul Rübig, Jens-Peter Bonde, Czesław Adam Siekierski, Zbigniew Zaleski and Alexander Stubb.

The following spoke: Siim Kallas and José Javier Pomés Ruiz.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 19.02.2008, Item 6.16.

22. Protection of the Communities' financial interests — Fight against fraud — Annual reports 2005 and 2006 (debate)

Report on protection of the Communities' financial interests — Fight against fraud — Annual reports 2005 and 2006 [2006/2268(INI)] — Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Francesco Musotto (A6-0009/2008)

Francesco Musotto introduced the report.

IN THE CHAIR: Mario MAURO Vice-President

The following spoke: Siim Kallas (Vice-President of the Commission).

The following spoke: Jan Březina (draftsman of the opinion of the REGI Committee), Kyösti Virrankoski (draftsman of the opinion of the AGRI Committee), Ingeborg Gräßle, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Szabolcs Fazakas, on behalf of the PSE Group, Zbigniew Krzysztof Kuźmiuk, on behalf of the UEN Group, Bart Staes, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Derek Roland Clark, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Andreas Mölzer, Non-attached Member, Ville Itälä, Herbert Bösch and Mairead McGuinness.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Bart Staes, Dumitru Oprea and Ingeborg Gräßle.

The following spoke: Siim Kallas and Francesco Musotto.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 19.02.2008, Item 6.17.

23. Application of the law on customs and agricultural matters ***I (debate)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 515/97 on mutual assistance between the administrative authorities of the Member States and cooperation between the latter and the Commission to ensure the correct application of the law on customs and agricultural matters [COM(2006)0866 — C6-0033/2007 — 2006/0290(COD)] — Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection. Rapporteur: Bill Newton Dunn (A6-0488/2007)

The following spoke: Siim Kallas (Vice-President of the Commission).

Bill Newton Dunn introduced the report.