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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT 2007 - 2008 MINUTES of the sitting of Wednesday 28 March 2007 P6_PV(2007)03-28 PE 387.014 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 UEN Union for Europe of the Nations Group 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 ITS Identity, Tradition and Sovereignty Group NI Non-attached Members Contents 1. Resumption of session......................................................................................................................3 2. Approval of Minutes of previous sitting...........................................................................................3 3. Statement by the President (Zimbabwe)...........................................................................................3 4. Assignment conferred on a Member.................................................................................................3 5. Welcome...........................................................................................................................................3 6. Membership of committees and delegations.................................................................................... 4 7. Documents received......................................................................................................................... 4 8. Written declarations (Rule 116)....................................................................................................... 6 9. Oral questions and written declarations (tabling).............................................................................6 10. Action taken on Parliament's resolutions........................................................................................6 11. Agenda............................................................................................................................................6 12. Follow-up to the Berlin declaration (debate) .................................................................................6 13. Further convergence in supervisory practices at EU level (debate) ...............................................7 14. The future of Kosovo and the role of the EU (debate)................................................................... 7 15. One-minute speeches on matters of political importance...............................................................8 16. Organic production and labelling of organic products * (debate).................................................. 8 17. The future of the European Union's own resources (debate)..........................................................8 18. 2008 budget guidelines (debate).....................................................................................................9 19. Future of Professional Football in Europe - Security at Football Matches * (debate)................... 9 20. Compliance with the obligations of Flag States ***I - Civil liability and financial guarantees of shipowners ***I (debate)....................................................................................................................10 21. The integration of new Member States in the CAP (debate)........................................................10 22. Agenda for next sitting................................................................................................................. 11 23. Closure of sitting.......................................................................................................................... 11 ATTENDANCE REGISTER............................................................................................................. 13 P6_PV(2007)03-28 PE 387.014 - 1 EN EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT 2007 - 2008 SESSION Sittings of 28 and 29 March 2007 BRUSSELS MINUTES IN THE CHAIR: Hans-Gert PÖTTERING President 1. Resumption of session The sitting opened at 15.05. 2. Approval of Minutes of previous sitting The Minutes of the previous sitting were approved. 3. Statement by the President (Zimbabwe) The President made a statement on the political situation in Zimbabwe. He condemned the violence being carried out against the opposition by Robert Mugabe's regime and called for the establishment of genuine democracy in the country. The following spoke: Glenys Kinnock, Chairwoman of the delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly. 4. Assignment conferred on a Member The President announced that he had been notified by the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic of the decision that had been taken to appoint Jan Zahradil to represent the Prime Minister during consultations on the Berlin Declaration, and, more generally, in the context of the relaunch of the constitutional process during the German Presidency of the EU. At its meeting of 19 and 20 March 2007, the JURI Committee, to which the matter had been referred under Rule 4(5), had concluded that the assignment was compatible with the letter and spirit of the Act concerning the election of representatives of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage and that as a result it was not incompatible with the office of Member of the European Parliament. Jan Zahradil could therefore continue to carry out his mandate as an MEP. 5. Welcome On behalf of Parliament, The President welcomed members of a delegation from the Iraqi Parliament - led by Hamid Mousa - who had taken their seats in the distinguished visitors' gallery. P6_PV(2007)03-28 PE 387.014 - 3 EN 6. Membership of committees and delegations The President had received the following requests for appointments from the PPE-DE, PSE, ALDE and des membres non-inscrits Groups: AFET Committee: Ria Oomen-Ruijten INTA Committee: Corien Wortmann-Kool to replace Albert Jan Maat CONT Committee: Ruth Hieronymi to replace Vito Bonsignore REGI Committee: Wolfgang Bulfon to replace Giulietto Chiesa PECH Committee: Joop Post to replace Albert Jan Maat JURI Committee: Giulietto Chiesa to replace Wolfgang Bulfon LIBE Committee: Albert Jan Maat to replace Ria Oomen-Ruijten FEMM Committee: Albert Jan Maat to replace Corien Wortmann-Kool PETI Committee: Gay Mitchell Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees and Delegation for relations with Tadjikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia: Adam Gierek Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (including Libya): Filiz Husmenova Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries: Kurt Lechner to replace Jan Zahradil Delegation for relations with the Gulf States, including Yemen: Françoise Grossetête was no longer a member Delegation for relations with Mercosur: Gérard Deprez to replace Antoine Duquesne Delegation for relations with Japan: Gianni De Michelis Delegation for relations with the countries of south Asia: Nedzhmi Ali Delegation for relations with India: Jan Zahradil to replace Kurt Lechner Delegation for relations with Afghanistan: Jacek Saryusz-Wolski The appointments would be deemed ratified if there were no objections before the approval of these Minutes. 7. Documents received The following documents had been received: 1) from committees 1.1) reports - Report on the integration of the new Member States into the CAP (2006/2042(INI)) - AGRI Committee - Rapporteur: Csaba Sándor TabaJdi (A6-0037/2007) - * Report on the initiative by the Republic of Austria with a view to adopting a Council decision amending Decision 2002/348/JHA concerning security in connection with football matches with an international dimension (10543/2006 - C6-0240/2006 - 2006/0806(CNS)) - LIBE Committee - Rapporteur: Giusto Catania (A6-0052/2007) - ***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the civil liability and financial guarantees of shipowners (COM(2005)0593 - C6-0039/2006 - 2005/0242(COD)) - TRAN Committee - Rapporteur: Gilles Savary