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24.11.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 287 E/93 Wednesday, 18 January 2006 (2006/C 287 E/03) MINUTES PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING IN THE CHAIR: Josep BORRELL FONTELLES President 1. Opening of sitting The sitting opened at 9.05. 2. Presentation of the programme of the Austrian Presidency (debate) Council statement: Presentation of the programme of the Austrian Presidency Wolfgang Schüssel (President-in-Office of the Council) made the statement. José Manuel Barroso (President of the Commission) spoke. The following spoke: Hans-Gert Poettering, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Martin Schulz, on behalf of the PSE Group, Graham Watson, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Daniel Marc Cohn-Bendit, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Francis Wurtz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Roger Knapman, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Cristiana Muscardini, on behalf of the UEN Group, Hans-Peter Martin, Non-attached Member, Othmar Karas, Hannes Swoboda, Karin Resetarits, Johannes Voggenhuber, Kartika Tamara Liotard, Mario Borghezio, Konrad Szymański, Andreas Mölzer, Timothy Kirkhope, Poul Nyrup Rasmussen and Silvana Koch-Mehrin. IN THE CHAIR: Jacek Emil SARYUSZ-WOLSKI Vice-President The following spoke: Sepp Kusstatscher, Tobias Pflüger, Georgios Karatzaferis, Guntars Krasts, Sergej Kozlík, Jaime Mayor Oreja, Maria Berger, Anne E. Jensen, Patrick Louis, Jana Bobošíková, Antonio Tajani, Ralf Walter, Lena Ek, Françoise Grossetête, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Andrew Duff, João de Deus Pinheiro and Nicola Zingaretti. IN THE CHAIR: Josep BORRELL FONTELLES President The following spoke: Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Etelka Barsi-Pataky, Bernard Poignant, Bronisław Geremek, Gunnar Hökmark, Monika Beňová, Ria Oomen-Ruijten, Josef Zieleniec, Marianne Thyssen, Jacek Emil Saryusz-Wolski, Ursula Stenzel, Wolfgang Schüssel and José Manuel Barroso. The debate closed. IN THE CHAIR: Mario MAURO Vice-President Richard Howitt voiced his objection to the fact that a press conference to be held by the IND/DEM Group that afternoon was entitled ‘Parliamentary autism’. He asked that the title be withdrawn immediately. Eija- Riitta Korhola then objected to the titles of the motions for resolution on homophobia. C 287 E/94EN Official Journal of the European Union 24.11.2006 Wednesday, 18 January 2006 3. Membership of Parliament Joachim Wuermeling had given notice in writing of his resignation as Member of Parliament, with effect from 19.12.2005. Pursuant to Rule 4(1) and (7), Parliament established the vacancy and informed the Member State concerned thereof. 4. Voting time Details of voting (amendments, separate and split votes, etc.) appear in the ‘Results of votes’ annex to the Minutes. 4.1. The Financial Perspective (vote) Motion for a resolution tabled under Rule 54 by the Committee on Budgets, on the European Council's position on the Financial Perspective and the renewal of the Interinstitutional Agreement 2007-2013 (B6-0049/2006) (Simple majority) (Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 1) MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0010) 4.2. Equitable Life Committee of Inquiry (vote) Proposal for a decision tabled under Rule 176 by the Conference of Presidents, on setting up a Committee of Inquiry into the collapse of the Equitable Life Assurance Society (B6-0050/2006) (Simple majority) (Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 2) PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0011) The following spoke on the vote: — Heide Rühle, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, who moved an oral amendment to amendment 1, which was incorporated. 4.3. Temporary Committee on extraordinary rendition (vote) Proposal for a decision tabled under Rule 175 by the Conference of Presidents, on setting up a Temporary Committee on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners (B6-0051/2006) (Simple majority) (Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 3) PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0012) 24.11.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 287 E/95 Wednesday, 18 January 2006 The following spoke on the vote: — Ewa Klamt, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, rejected the GUE/NGL Group's request to move the second indent of paragraph 1(a) to the end of that point; — Francis Wurtz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, who requested an electronic check on the vote on amendment 1. The President did not agree to his request. 4.4. Measures against persons suspected of involvement in the assassination of Rafiq Hariri * * (Rule 131) (vote) Report on the proposal for a Council regulation imposing specific restrictive measures against certain persons suspected of involvement in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri [COM(2005)0614 — 15098/2005 — C6-0434/2005 — 2005/0234(CNS)] — Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Jean-Marie Cavada (A6-0003/2006) (Simple majority) (Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 4) COMMISSION PROPOSAL, AMENDMENTS and DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0013) 4.5. Management of waste from extractive industries ***III (vote) Report of Parliament's delegation to the Conciliation Committee on the common draft directive, approved by the Conciliation Committee, of the European Parliament and of the Council on the management of waste from the extractive industries and amending Directive 2004/35/EC [PE-CONS 3665/2005 — C6-0405/2005 — 2003/0107(COD)] Rapporteur: Jonas Sjöstedt (A6-0001/2006) (Simple majority for approval) (Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 5) JOINT TEXT Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0014) 4.6. Bathing water ***III (vote) Report of Parliament's delegation to the Conciliation Committee on the common draft directive, approved by the Conciliation Committee, of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the manage- ment of bathing water quality and regarding Directive 76/160/EEC [PE-CONS 3659/2005 — C6 0373/2005 — 2002/0254(COD)] Rapporteur: Jules Maaten (A6-0415/2005) (Simple majority for approval) (Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 6) JOINT TEXT Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0015) 4.7. Application of the Århus Convention to EC institutions and bodies ***II (vote) Recommendation for second reading on the common position adopted by the Council with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the application of the provi- sions of the Åarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters to Community institutions and bodies [06273/2/2005 — C6-0297/2005 — 2003/0242(COD)] — Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. Rapporteur: Eija-Riitta Korhola (A6-0381/2005) (Qualified majority) (Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 7) C 287 E/96EN Official Journal of the European Union 24.11.2006 Wednesday, 18 January 2006 COMMON POSITION OF THE COUNCIL Declared approved as amended (P6_TA(2006)0016) The following spoke on the vote: — Graham Booth, on the vote on amendment 30. 4.8. Market access to port services ***I (vote) Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on market access to port services [COM(2004)0654 — C6-0147/2004 — 2004/0240(COD)] — Committee on Transport and Tourism. Rapporteur: Georg Jarzembowski (A6-0410/2005) (Simple majority) (Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 8) COMMISSION PROPOSAL Paolo Costa, on behalf of the ALDE Group, requested that the report be referred back to committee under Rule 168(2). The following spoke on the request: Martin Schulz, on behalf of the PSE Group, and Jens-Peter Bonde, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group. Parliament rejected the request by roll-call vote (132 for, 523 against, 19 abstentions). Willi Piecyk spoke on the voting procedure. As amendments to reject it had been adopted, the Commission proposal was thus rejected. The matter was referred back to the committee responsible under Rule 52(3). Jacques Barrot (Vice-President of the Commission) spoke following the rejection of the proposal. 4.9. Afghanistan (vote) The debate had been held on 26.10.2005 (Minutes of 26.10.2005, Item 11). Motions for resolutions to wind up the debate tabled pursuant to Rule 103(2): — Pasqualina Napoletano and Emilio Menéndez del Valle, on behalf of the PSE Group, on Afghanistan (B6-0026/2006); — Emma Bonino, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on Afghanistan (B6-0030/2006); — José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, João de Deus Pinheiro and Jürgen Schröder, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on Afghanistan (B6-0042/2006); — Angelika Beer, Joost Lagendijk, Raül Romeva i Rueda and Cem Özdemir, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on Afghanistan (B6-0047/2006); — Cristiana Muscardini, Roberta Angelilli and Inese Vaidere, on behalf of the UEN Group, on Afghanistan (B6-0048/2006); — André Brie and Luisa Morgantini, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on Afghanistan (B6-0054/2006). (Simple majority) (Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 9) MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B6-0026/2006 (replacing B6-0026/2006, B6-0030/2006, B6-0042/2006 and B6-0048/2006): 24.11.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 287 E/97 Wednesday, 18 January 2006 tabled by the following Members: José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Pasqualina Napoletano and Emilio Menéndez del Valle, on behalf of the PSE Group, Emma Bonino, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Cristiana Muscardini, Roberta Angelilli, Inese Vaidere and Konrad Szymański, on behalf of the UEN Group Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0017) The following spoke on the vote: — Emilio Menéndez del Valle, on behalf of the PSE