1999 2004
Committee on Foreign Affairs
AFET_PV(2004)0727_3
MINUTES of the meeting of 27 July 2004, 15:00 - 18:30, 28 July 2004, 9:00 - 12:30 and 15:00 - 18:30, and 29 July 2004, 9:00 - 12:30 BRUSSELS
The meeting opened at 15:15 on Tuesday, 27 July 2004, with Elmar Brok, chairman, in the chair.
1. Adoption of draft agenda AFET(2004)0727_3
The draft agenda was adopted as amended.
The chairman suggested a special meeting of the Enlarged Bureau at the end of today's meeting, to discuss the interpretation of Rule 181(4), Rules of Procedure.
2. Chairman's announcements:
The calendar for the Sakharov Prize 2004 as approved by the Conference of Presidents:
Deadline for nomination of candidates 15 September 2004 before 18:00 Presentation of candidate proposals in the Sub-Committee on Human Rights 22 September 2004 Vote in Foreign Affairs Committee 5 October 2004 Decision in Conference of Presidents on Laureate October 2004 Prize ceremony in plenary 14 December 2004
Speakers: José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra
PV\538366EN.doc PE 346.905 Or. EN EN EN who suggested to invite the EU's special representative to the Middle East to one of the next meetings.
3. Exchange of views with Mr Eneko Landaburu, Director-General, DG External Relations, European Commission
Speakers: Eneko Landaburu, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Johannes (Hannes) Swoboda, Baroness Emma Nicholson of Winterbourne, Joost Lagendijk, Konrad Krzysztof Szymański, Ryszard Czarnecki, Nirj Deva, Jan Marinus Wiersma, Cecilia Malmström, Cem Özdemir, Alojz Peterle, Marek Maciej Siwiec, Alexander Lambsdorff Graf, Raül Romeva, Karl von Wogau, Richard Howitt, Bogdan Adam Klich, Janusz Onyszkiewicz, Véronique De Keyser, Geoffrey Van Orden, Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Vittorio Emanuele Agnoletto, Charles Tannock, Giovanni Claudio Fava, Vytautas Landsbergis, Raimon Obiols i Germà, Francisco José Millán Mon, Philippe Morillon, Panagiotis Beglitis, Marcello Vernola, Libor Rouček, Dariusz Kajetan Rosati, Tobias Pflüger, Józef Pinior, Emilio Menéndez del Valle
4. Exchange of views on future activities
Speakers: Elmar Brok
* * * The meeting adjourned at 18:00 and resumed on Wednesday, 28 July 2004 at 9:10 with Elmar Brok, chairman, in the chair. * * *
5. Subcommittee on Human Rights (see separate minutes PE 346.930)
6. Hearing of Commissioner(s) designate Consideration of draft questionnaires for Commissioner(s) designate
AFET/6/22588
Speakers: José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, João de Deus Pinheiro, Jan Marinus Wiersma, Cecilia Malmström, Joost Lagendijk, Karl von Wogau, Marek Maciej Siwiec, Bogdan Adam Klich, Johannes (Hannes) Swoboda, Geoffrey Van Orden, Michel Rocard
Decision: The general part was adopted.
PE 346.905 2/6 PV\538366EN.doc Or. EN EN Deadline for tabling amendments for the specific part:
Wednesday, 4 August 2004 at 18:00.
7. Adhoc delegation visit to Kashmir Consideration of working document
AFET/6/22592
Speakers: Glyn Ford, Geoffrey Van Orden, Sajjad Haider Karim, Charles Tannock, Jo Leinen, Marek Aleksander Czarnecki, Emilio Menéndez del Valle, Raül Romeva, James E.M. Elles, Nirj Deva, Ioannis Kasoulides, Jas Gawronski, Ana Maria R.M. Gomes
* * * The meeting adjourned at 12:35 and resumed at 15:00 with Elmar Brok, chairman, in the chair.
8. Subcommittee on Defence and Security (see separate minutes PE 346.932)
9. Enlarged Bureau
* * * The meeting adjourned at 18:00 and resumed on Thursday, 29 July 2004 at 9:10 with Elmar Brok, chairman, in the chair. * * *
10. Exchange of views with H.E. Ali Youssif AHMED, Ambassador of the Republic of Sudan to the European Communities and with Christoph HEUSGEN, Director of the Policy Planning and Early Warning Unit (PPEWU) of the Council of the European Union
Speakers: H.E. Ali Youssif Ahmed, Christoph Heusgen (Council), Geoffrey Van Orden, Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Angelika Beer, Baroness Emma Nicholson of Winterbourne, Charles Tannock, Panagiotis Beglitis, Raül Romeva, Ioannis Kasoulides, Ana Maria R.M. Gomes, Marios Matsakis, Ryszard Czarnecki, Simon Coveney, Philip Bushill- Matthews
PV\538366EN.doc 3/6 PE 346.905 Or. EN EN 11. Exchange of views with Günter BURGHARDT, Head of Delegation of the European Commission to the United States
Speakers: Günter Burghardt, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Raimon Obiols i Germà, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, Milan Horáček, Paul Marie Coûteaux, Ryszard Czarnecki, Charles Tannock, Miguel Angel Martínez Martínez, Camiel Eurlings, Cem Özdemir, Panagiotis Beglitis, Irena Belohorská, Ana Maria R.M. Gomes, Justas Vincas Paleckis, Józef Pinior
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12. Date and place of next meeting
Brussels: Tuesday, 31 August 2004, 15:00 - 18:30 Wednesday, 1 September 2004, 09:00 - 12:30, 15:00 - 18:30 Thursday, 2 September 2004, 09:00 - 12:30
* * * The meeting closed at 11:50.
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DELTAGERLISTE/ANWESENHEITSLISTE/ΚΑΤΑΣΤΑΣΗ ΠΑΡΟΝΤΩΝ/RECORD OF ATTENDANCE/LISTA DE ASISTENCIA/LISTE DE PRESENCE/ELENCO DEI PRESENTI/PRESENTIELIJST/LISTA DE PRESENÇAS/LÄSNÄOLOLISTA/DELTAGARLISTA
Til stede Formandskabet/Vorstand/Προεδρείο/Bureau/Ufficio di Presidenza/Mesa/Puheenjohtajisto/J.L. Presidium: (*) Elmar Brok (P)(1,2,3), Toomas Hendrik Ilves (1st VP)(1,2,3), Geoffrey Van Orden (2nd VP)(1,2,3), Baroness Emma Nicholson of Winterbourne (3rd VP)(1,2,3) Anwesend Medlemmer/Mitglieder/Μέλη/Members/Diputados/Députés/Deputati/Leden/Deputados/Jäsenet/ Ledamöter: Παρόντες Vittorio Emanuele Agnoletto(1,2), Angelika Beer(1,3), Panagiotis Beglitis(1,3), Bastiaan Belder(1), Emma Bonino(1), André Brie(1,2), Philip Claeys(1), Paul Marie Coûteaux(1,3), Simon Coveney(1,2,3), Ryszard Czarnecki(1,2,3), Giorgos Dimitrakopoulos(1,2,3), Massimo D'Alema(1,2), Véronique De Keyser(1,2), Camiel Present Eurlings(1,2,3), Anna Elżbieta Fotyga(1,2,3), Jas Gawronski(2), Ana Maria R.M. Gomes(2,3), Alfred Gomolka(1,2), Richard Howitt(1), Anna Ibrisagic(1,3), Ville Itälä(1,3), Jelko Kacin(2), Ioannis Kasoulides(1,2,3), Bogdan Adam Klich(1,2,3), Joost Lagendijk(1,2), Vytautas Landsbergis(1,2), Armin Laschet(1,2,3), Cecilia Presentes Malmström(1,2), Emilio Menéndez del Valle(1,2,3), Willy Meyer Pleite(1), Francisco José Millán Mon(1,2,3), Philippe Morillon(1,3), Raimon Obiols i Germà(1,3), Vural Öger(1,2), Cem Özdemir(1,2,3), Justas Vincas Paleckis(1,3), Alojz Peterle(1,2,3), Tobias Pflüger(1,2,3), João de Deus Pinheiro(1,2,3), Mirosław Mariusz Présents Piotrowski(1,3), Paweł Bartłomiej Piskorski(1,2,3), Lydie Polfer(1), Bernd Posselt(1,2), Michel Rocard(1,2), Raül Romeva(1,2,3), Libor Rouček(1,2), José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra(1,2,3), György Schöpflin(1,2,3), Marek Maciej Siwiec(1,2,3), David Sumberg(1), Johannes (Hannes) Swoboda(1,2), Konrad Krzysztof Presenti Szymański(1), István Szent-Iványi(1), Charles Tannock(1,2,3), Inese Vaidere(1,2,3), Paavo Väyrynen(1,2,3), Jan Marinus Wiersma(1,2), Karl von Wogau(1,2,3), Luis Yañez-Barnuevo García(1,2,3)
Aanwezig Stedfortrædere/Stellvertreter/Αναπληρωτές/Substitutes/Suplentes/Suppléants/ Membri supplenti/Plaatsvervangers/Membros suplentes/Varajäsenet/Suppleanter: Laima Liucija Andrikienė(1,3), Irena Belohorská(3), Philip Bushill-Matthews(1,3), Jean-Luc Dehaene(1), Nirj Läsnä Deva(1,2), Árpád Duka-Zólyomi(1,2,3), James E.M. Elles(2), Jonathan Evans(3), Carlo Fatuzzo(1,3), Giovanni Claudio Fava(1), Nicole Fontaine(1), Glyn Ford(1,2,3), Michael Gahler(1,3), Patrick Gaubert(1), Milan Horáček(2,3), Anneli Jäätteenmäki(1), Georg Jarzembowski(1), Sajjad Haider Karim(2), Tunne Kelam(3), Närvarande Jaromír Kohlíček(1,2), Eija-Riitta Anneli Korhola(1,2), Ģirts Valdis Kristovskis(1,3), Alexander Lambsdorff Graf(1,3), Kurt Joachim Lauk(1,), Jo Leinen(1,2,3), Raffaele Lombardo(1), Miguel Angel Martínez Martínez(2,3), Yiannakis Matsis(1), Erik Meijer(1,2), Pasqualina Napoletano(1,2,3), Janusz Onyszkiewicz(1,2,3), Miroslav Ouzký(1,2,3), Doris Pack(1,2,3), Marco Pannella(1), Rihards Pīks(1,2,3), Józef Pinior(1,3), Miguel Portas(1,3), Dariusz Kajetan Rosati(1), Bogusław Rogalski(3), Jacek Emil Saryusz-Wolski(1,2,3), József Szájer(1,2,3), Francesco Enrico Speroni(1), Csaba Sándor Tabajdi(1,2,3), Marcello Vernola(1,2,3), Tatjana Ždanoka(1,2) Art. 153,2 John Attard-Montalto(1), Jerzy Buzek(3), Andrew Nicholas Duff(1), Art. 166,3 Bronisław Geremek(1), Marios Matsakis(2,3),
Endv. deltog/Weitere Teiln./ Συµµετείχαν επίσης/Also present Participaron igualmente/ Participaient également/ Hanno partecipato altresi΄/ Andere deelnemers/ Outros participantes/ Muut osallistujat/ Dessutom deltog
(Dagsorden/Tagesordnung Pkt/Ηµερήσια ∆ιάταξη Σηµεί/Point OJ/Punto OG/Agenda Punt/Ponto OJ/punto orden del dia/ Esityslistan kohta/Föredragningslista punkt):
* (P) =Formand/Vorsitzender/Πρόεδρος/Chairman/Président/Presidente/Voorzitter/Presidente/Puheenjohtaja/Ordförande (VP) =Næstform./Stellv. Vorsitz./Αντιπρόεδρος/Vice-Chairman/Vice-Président/Vice-Presidente/Varapuheenjohtaja Ondervoorz./Vice-Pres./Vicepres/Vice ordförande.
Til stede den/Anwesend am/Παρών στις/Present on/Présent le/Presente il/Aanwezig op/Presente em/Presente el/Läsnä/Närvarande den.
(1) Tuesday, 27 July 2004 (2) Wednesday, 28 July 2004 (3) Thursday, 29 July 2004
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Efter indbydelse fra formanden/Auf Einladung d. Vorsitzenden/Με πρόσκληση του Προέδρου/At the invitation of the Chairman/Por invitación del presidente/Sur l'invitation du président/Su invito del presidente/Op uitnodiging van de voorzitter/A convite do Presidente/Puheenjohtajan kutsusta/ På ordförandens inbjudan: H.E. Ali Youssif Ahmed, Ambassador of the Republic of Sudan to the EU
Radet/Rat/Συµβούλιο/Council/Consejo/Conseil/Consiglio/Raad/Conselho/Neuvosto/Rådet: (*) Garabello (F), Heusgen (F)
Kommissionen/Kommission/Επιτροπή/Commission/Comisión/Commissione/Commissie/Comissão/Komissio/ Kommissionen: (*) Landaburu (F), Burghardt (F), Hack (F), Hester (F), Sommerschield (F)
Cour des comptes:
C.E.S.:
Andre deltagere/Andere Teilnehmer Επίσης Παρόντες/Also present Otros participantes/Autres participants/Altri partecipanti Andere aanwezigen/Outros participantes Muut osallistujat/Övriga deltagare
Gruppernes sekretariat PPE-DE Salafranca, Hartmann, Mazza, Vlasman Sekretariat der Fraktionen PSE Lüddecke, Marasa Γραµµατεία των Πολ. Οµάδων ELDE Lecarte, Glasberg Secretariat political groups Verts/ALE Bergamaschi, Gülcher, Meyer, Rieu Secr. de los grupos politicos GUE/NGL Schüttpelz, Konnari Secr. Groupes politiques UEN Kostro, Gulbe Segr. dei gruppi politici IND/DEM Van Schotshorst Secr. van de fracties NI Atzori Secr. dos grupos politicos Poliittisten ryhmien sihteeristö Gruppernas sekretariat
Cab. du Président
Cab. du Secrétaire Général
Generaldirektorat I Generaldirektion II Γενική ∆ιεύθυνση III Nickel, Perillo, Harris, Pfitzner, Comfort, Directorate-General Bausch, Cahen, Subhan Dirección general IV Fiss, Van Den Broeke Direction générale V Direzione generale VI Directoraat-generaal VII Direcção-Geral VIII Contrôle financier Service juridique Pääosasto Generaldirektorat
Udvalgssekretariatet Huber, Gresch, Fialho, Fernandez, Opacic, Sourander, Stutzmann, Ausschußsekretariat Rupp, Jarecka-Gomez, Meskeleviciute Γραµµατεία επιτροπής Committee secretariat Secretaria de la comisión Secrétariat de la commission Segretariato della commissione Commissiesecretariaat Secretariado da comissão Valiokunnan sihteeristö Utskottssekretariatet
Assist./Βοηθός Goessling, Nielsen * (P) =Formand/Pres./Πρόεδρος/Chairman/Président/Voorzitter/Puheenjohtaja/Ordförande (VP) =Næstform./Vize-Pres./Αντιπρόεδρος/Vice-Chairman/Vice-Président/Ondervoorz./Vice-pres/Varapuheenjohtaja/Vice ordförande. (M) =Medlem./Mitglied/Μέλος/Member/Miembro/Deputado/Membro/Lid/Membro/Jäsen/Ledamot (F) =Tjenestemand/Beamter/Υπάλληλος/Official/Funcionário/Fonctionnaire/Funzionario/Ambtenaar/ Functionαrio/Virkamies/Tjänsteman
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