2006 - 2007

MINUTES

of the sitting of

Wednesday 17 May 2006

P6_PV(2006)05-17 PE 373.294 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 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 UEN Union for Europe of the Nations Group NI Non-attached Members Contents 1. Opening of sitting...... 3

2. Announcement by the President...... 3

3. IIA on budgetary discipline and sound financial management - Conclusion of the IIA on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (debate)...... 3

4. Voting time...... 4

4.1. Appointment of an Executive Board Member of the European Central Bank (Rule 131) (vote) ...... 4

4.2. Accession to the Geneva Act on the international registration of industrial designs * (Rule 131) (vote) ...... 4

4.3. Measures to give effect to the accession to the Geneva Act * (Rule 131) (vote) ...... 5

4.4. Conclusion of the IIA on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (vote)...... 5

4.5. IIA on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (vote)...... 5

5. Formal sitting - Greece...... 6

6. Voting time (continuation)...... 6

6.1. Improvement of the environmental performance of the freight transport system ("Marco Polo II") ***I (vote) ...... 6

6.2. Rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies ***I (vote) ...... 6

6.3. Financing of European standardisation ***I (vote) ...... 7

6.4. Public finances in the EMU (vote)...... 7

7. Explanations of vote...... 8

8. Corrections to votes and voting intentions...... 8

9. Approval of Minutes of previous sitting...... 9

10. Human Rights in the World in 2005 and EU policy (debate)...... 9

11. Financing instrument for development and economic cooperation ***I - European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument ***I - Instrument for Stability ***I - Instrument for Pre- Accession Assistance (IPA) * (debate)...... 9

12. Question Time (Council)...... 11

P6_PV(2006)05-17 PE 373.294 - 1 EN 13. Conclusion of the Energy Community Treaty *** - Treaty establishing the Energy Community for South-East Europe (debate)...... 12

14. Commission's Annual Policy Strategy for 2007 (debate)...... 12

15. Cohesion Policy in support of growth and jobs (debate)...... 13

16. Agenda for next sitting...... 13

17. Closure of sitting...... 13

ATTENDANCE REGISTER...... 15

P6_PV(2006)05-17 PE 373.294 - 2 EN MINUTES

IN THE CHAIR: Josep BORRELL FONTELLES President

1. Opening of sitting The sitting opened at 9.05.

2. Announcement by the President On the occasion of the International Day against Homophobia, the President pointed out that the LIBE Committee would be organising a seminar that evening entitled 'Ending the hate' and encouraged MEPs to attend.

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The following spoke: Agnes Schierhuber, who voiced her objection to the fact that since the previous day she had been harassed by a television crew that she believed to be accompanying Hans-Peter Martin (the President replied that Parliament's security services would be informed with a view to taking the appropriate action), Reinhard Rack, on Mrs Schierhuber's remarks, Hans-Peter Martin, who made a personal statement in response to Agnes Schierhuber's remarks, and Agnes Schierhuber, on Hans-Peter Martin's comments.

Javier Moreno Sánchez voiced his displeasure at certain remarks made about a Spanish Government Minister during the one-minute speeches the previous Monday.

3. IIA on budgetary discipline and sound financial management - Conclusion of the IIA on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (debate) Report on the Interinstitutional Agreement on budgetary discipline and sound financial management [2004/2099(ACI)] - Committee on Budgets. Rapporteur: Reimer Böge (A6-0150/2006)

Report on the conclusion of the Interinstitutional Agreement (IIA) on budgetary discipline and sound financial management [2006/2028(ACI)] - Committee on Constitutional Affairs. Rapporteur: Sérgio Sousa Pinto (A6-0144/2006)

Reimer Böge introduced the report (A6-0150/2006). Sérgio Sousa Pinto introduced the report (A6-0144/2006). The following spoke: Karl-Heinz Grasser (President-in-Office of the Council) and Dalia Grybauskaitė (Member of the Commission). The following spoke: Glenys Kinnock (draftsman of the opinion of the DEVE Committee), (draftsman of the opinion of the AFET Committee), Jan Mulder (draftsman of the opinion of the CONT Committee), Constanze Angela Krehl (draftsman of the opinion of the REGI Committee), Bernadette Bourzai (draftsman of the opinion of the AGRI Committee), Rosa Miguélez Ramos (draftsman of the opinion of the PECH Committee), Ruth Hieronymi (draftsman

P6_PV(2006)05-17 PE 373.294 - 3 EN of the opinion of the CULT Committee), Gérard Deprez (draftsman of the opinion of the LIBE Committee), Jean-Luc Dehaene, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, , on behalf of the PSE Group, and Anne E. Jensen, on behalf of the ALDE Group.

IN THE CHAIR: Vice-President

The following spoke: Helga Trüpel, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Esko Seppänen, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Wojciech Roszkowski, on behalf of the UEN Group, Jana Bobošíková, Non-attached Member, Janusz Lewandowski, Bárbara Dührkop Dührkop, Kyösti Virrankoski, Johannes Voggenhuber, Pedro Guerreiro, Witold Tomczak, Zbigniew Krzysztof Kuźmiuk, Hans- Peter Martin, Salvador Garriga Polledo, Richard Corbett, Margarita Starkevičiūtė, Alyn Smith, Kyriacos Triantaphyllides, Jeffrey Titford, Sergej Kozlík, Ville Itälä, Szabolcs Fazakas, Jean Marie Beaupuy, Jens-Peter Bonde, Philip Claeys, Alain Lamassoure, , Nathalie Griesbeck, Valdis Dombrovskis, Herbert Bösch, , Neena Gill, Françoise Grossetête, Genowefa Grabowska, Mario Mauro, Yannick Vaugrenard, Othmar Karas, Marilisa Xenogiannakopoulou, Antonis Samaras, Giovanni Pittella, Wiesław Stefan Kuc, Karl-Heinz Grasser and Dalia Grybauskaitė.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 17.05.2006, Item 4.5 and Minutes of 17.05.2006, Item 4.4. (The sitting was suspended at 11.25 pending voting time and resumed at 11.35.)

IN THE CHAIR: Josep BORRELL FONTELLES President

4. Voting time Details of voting (amendments, separate and split votes, etc.) appear in the 'Results of votes' annex to the Minutes.

4.1. Appointment of an Executive Board Member of the European Central Bank (Rule 131) (vote) Report on the Council recommendation for the appointment of an Executive Board Member of the European Central Bank [C6-0071/2006 - 2006/0801(CNS)] - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Pervenche Berès (A6-0136/2006)

(Simple majority)

Secret ballot (Rule 162(1))

(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 1)

PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2006)0207)

4.2. Accession to the Geneva Act on the international registration of industrial designs * (Rule 131) (vote) Report on the proposal for a Council decision approving the accession of the European Community

P6_PV(2006)05-17 PE 373.294 - 4 EN to the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement concerning the international registration of industrial designs, adopted in Geneva on 2 July 1999 [COM(2005)0687 - C6-0061/2006 - 2005/0273(CNS)] - Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: Michel Rocard (A6-0166/2006)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 2)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2006)0208)

4.3. Measures to give effect to the accession to the Geneva Act * (Rule 131) (vote) Report on the proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulations (EC) No 6/2002 and (EC) No 40/94 to give effect to the accession of the European Community to the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement concerning the international registration of industrial designs [COM(2005)0689 - C6-0058/2006 - 2005/0274(CNS)] - Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: Michel Rocard (A6- 0167/2006)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 3)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2006)0209)

4.4. Conclusion of the IIA on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (vote) Report on the conclusion of the Interinstitutional Agreement (IIA) on budgetary discipline and sound financial management [2006/2028(ACI)] - Committee on Constitutional Affairs. Rapporteur: Sérgio Sousa Pinto (A6-0144/2006)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 4)

PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION

Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0210)

4.5. IIA on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (vote) Report on the Interinstitutional Agreement on budgetary discipline and sound financial management [2004/2099(ACI)] - Committee on Budgets. Rapporteur: Reimer Böge (A6-0150/2006)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 5)

P6_PV(2006)05-17 PE 373.294 - 5 EN PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION

Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0210)

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The following made brief statements: Wolfgang Schüssel (President-in-Office of the Council) and Josep Borrell Fontelles (President of Parliament). Josep Borrell Fontelles, Wolfgang Schüssel and Commissioner Dalia Grybauskaitė - who were joined by the Chairman of the BUDG Committee, Janusz Lewandowski, the Chairman of the AFCO Committee, Jo Leinen, and negotiators and rapporteurs Reimer Böge and Sérgio Sousa Pinto - then signed the interinstitutional agreement.

5. Formal sitting - Greece From 12.00 to 12.35, a formal sitting of Parliament was held on the occasion of the visit by Karolos Papoulias, President of the Hellenic Republic.

IN THE CHAIR: Alejo VIDAL-QUADRAS Vice-President

6. Voting time (continuation)

6.1. Improvement of the environmental performance of the freight transport system ("Marco Polo II") ***I (vote) Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the second "Marco Polo" programme for the granting of Community financial assistance to improve the environmental performance of the freight transport system ("Marco Polo II") [COM(2004)0478 - C6-0088/2004 - 2004/0157(COD)] - Committee on Transport and Tourism. Rapporteur: Reinhard Rack (A6-0408/2005)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 6)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P6_TA(2006)0211)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0211)

6.2. Rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies ***I (vote) Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies [COM(2004)0775 - C6-0223/2004 - 2004/0270B (COD)] - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. Rapporteur: Dagmar

P6_PV(2006)05-17 PE 373.294 - 6 EN Roth-Behrendt (A6-0161/2006)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 7)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P6_TA(2006)0212)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0212)

6.3. Financing of European standardisation ***I (vote) Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the financing of European standardisation [COM(2005)0377 - C6-0252/2005 - 2005/0157(COD)] - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection. Rapporteur: Zita Pleštinská (A6- 0107/2006)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 8)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P6_TA(2006)0213)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0213)

6.4. Public finances in the EMU (vote) Report on public finances in the economic and monetary union (EMU) [2005/2166(INI)] - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Dariusz Rosati (A6-0162/2006)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 9)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0214)

The following spoke on the vote: Dariusz Rosati (rapporteur) moved an oral amendment to amendment 10, to which the House agreed (amendment 10 was then rejected).

P6_PV(2006)05-17 PE 373.294 - 7 EN 7. Explanations of vote Written explanations of vote:

Explanations of vote submitted in writing under Rule 163(3) appear in the Verbatim Report of Proceedings for the sitting.

Oral explanations of vote:

Report: Reimer Böge - A6-0150/2006 - Hubert Pirker Report: Reinhard Rack - A6-0408/2005 - Andreas Mölzer 8. Corrections to votes and voting intentions Corrections to votes: Corrections to votes appear on the 'Séance en direct' website under 'Votes'/'Results of votes'/ 'Roll- call votes'. They are published in hard copy in the 'Result of roll-call votes' annex. The electronic version on Europarl will be regularly updated for a maximum of two weeks after the day of the vote concerned. After the two-week deadline has passed, the list of corrections to votes will be finalised so that it can be translated and published in the Official Journal. Voting intentions: The Presidency had been notified of the following voting intentions (in respect of votes that had not been cast): Report: Sérgio Sousa Pinto - A6-0144/2006 - amendment 1 against: Richard Corbett, Lívia Járóka - final vote in favour:

Report: Reimer Böge - A6-0150/2006 - paragraph 5 in favour: Emilio Menéndez del Valle against: Holger Krahmer, Brigitte Douay - amendment 2 against: Holger Krahmer, Emilio Menéndez del Valle - amendment 3 abstention: Holger Krahmer - paragraph 10 abstention: Holger Krahmer - amendment 11 in favour: Holger Krahmer - decision (as a whole) abstention: Holger Krahmer

P6_PV(2006)05-17 PE 373.294 - 8 EN Report: Zita Pleštinská - A6-0107/2006 - legislative resolution in favour: Othmar Karas

Hannu Takkula had informed the Chair that he had not been able to vote on amendment 1 to the Sousa Pinto report as his voting machine was not working. (The sitting was suspended at 12.50 and resumed at 15.00.)

IN THE CHAIR: Luigi COCILOVO Vice-President

9. Approval of Minutes of previous sitting Jules Maaten, Jean-Louis Bourlanges and Den Dover had informed the Presidency that they had been present but that their names were not on the attendance register.

The Minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

10. Human Rights in the World in 2005 and EU policy (debate) Report on the report on the Annual Report on Human Rights in the World 2005 and the EU's policy on the matter [2005/2203(INI)] - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: Richard Howitt (A6- 0158/2006)

Richard Howitt introduced the report. The following spoke: Hans Winkler (President-in-Office of the Council) and Benita Ferrero- Waldner (Member of the Commission). The following spoke: Raül Romeva i Rueda (draftsman of the opinion of the FEMM Committee), Simon Coveney, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Elena Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, on behalf of the PSE Group, Johan Van Hecke, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Hélène Flautre, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Vittorio Agnoletto, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Georgios Karatzaferis, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Inese Vaidere, on behalf of the UEN Group, Luca Romagnoli, Non- attached Member, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Józef Pinior, Elizabeth Lynne, , James Hugh Allister, Laima Liucija Andrikienė, Aloyzas Sakalas, Sajjad Karim, Marek Aleksander Czarnecki, Maria da Assunção Esteves, John Attard-Montalto and Anneli Jäätteenmäki.

IN THE CHAIR: Janusz ONYSZKIEWICZ Vice-President

The following spoke: Bogusław Sonik, Zita Gurmai, Benita Ferrero-Waldner and Hans Winkler.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 18.05.2006, Item 5.6. 11. Financing instrument for development and economic cooperation ***I - European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument ***I - Instrument for Stability ***I - Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) * (debate) Second report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council

P6_PV(2006)05-17 PE 373.294 - 9 EN establishing a financing instrument for development and economic cooperation [COM(2004)0629 - C6-0128/2004 - 2004/0220(COD)] - Committee on Development. Rapporteur: Gay Mitchell (A6- 0109/2006)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down general provisions establishing a European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument [COM (2004)0628 - C6-0129/2004 - 2004/0219(COD)] - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: Konrad Szymański (A6-0164/2006)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing an Instrument for Stability [COM(2004)0630 - C6-0251/2004 - 2004/0223(COD)] - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: (A6-0157/2006)

Report on the proposal for a Council regulation establishing an Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) [COM(2004)0627 - C6-0047/2005 - 2004/0222(CNS)] - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: István Szent-Iványi (A6-0155/2006)

The following spoke: Benita Ferrero-Waldner (Member of the Commission) and Hans Winkler (President-in-Office of the Council). Gay Mitchell introduced the report (A6-0109/2006). Konrad Szymański introduced the report (A6-0164/2006). Angelika Beer introduced the report (A6-0157/2006). Paavo Väyrynen (deputising for the rapporteur) introduced the report (A6-0155/2006). The following spoke: Irena Belohorská (draftsman of the opinion of the AFET Committee) (A6- 0109/2006), Mauro Zani (draftsman of the opinion of the DEVE Committee) (A6-0164/2006), Ignasi Guardans Cambó (draftsman of the opinion of the CULT Committee) (A6-0164/2006), (draftsman of the opinion of the EMPL Committee) (A6-0164/2006), László Surján (draftsman of the opinion of the BUDG Committee) (A6-0164/2006), Andres Tarand (draftsman of the opinion of the ITRE Committee) (A6-0164/2006), Barbara Kudrycka (draftsman of the opinion of the LIBE Committee) (A6-0164/2006), Tokia Saïfi (draftsman of the opinion of the INTA Committee) (A6-0164/2006), Lambert van Nistelrooij (draftsman of the opinion of the REGI Committee) (A6-0164/2006), Zbigniew Zaleski (draftsman of the opinion of the INTA Committee) (A6-0155/2006), Gábor Harangozó (draftsman of the opinion of the REGI Committee) (A6-0155/2006), Pierre Schapira (draftsman of the opinion of the DEVE Committee) (A6- 0157/2006), Antonis Samaras (draftsman of the opinion of the BUDG Committee) (A6-0157/2006), David Martin (draftsman of the opinion of the INTA Committee) ((A6-0109/2006) (A6- 0157/2006)), Charles Tannock, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Miguel Angel Martínez Martínez, on behalf of the PSE Group, , on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Luisa Morgantini, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, and Paul Marie Coûteaux, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group.

IN THE CHAIR: Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN Vice-President

The following spoke: Eoin Ryan, on behalf of the UEN Group, Tunne Kelam, Margrietus van den Berg, Marie Anne Isler Béguin, Tobias Pflüger, Derek Roland Clark, Mieczysław Edmund Janowski, Giorgos Dimitrakopoulos, Ana Maria Gomes, Gisela Kallenbach, Nirj Deva, Marianne Mikko, , Justas Vincas Paleckis, Hubert Pirker, Alexandra Dobolyi, Panagiotis Beglitis, Libor Rouček, Riitta Myller, Hans Winkler and Benita Ferrero-Waldner.

The debate closed.

P6_PV(2006)05-17 PE 373.294 - 10 EN Vote: A6-0109/2006: Minutes of 18.05.2006, Item 5.3; A6-0164/2006, A6-0157/2006 and A6- 0155/2006: a later part-session.

12. Question Time (Council) Parliament considered a number of questions to the Council (B6-0207/2006). Part one

Question 1 (): Croatian accession. Hans Winkler (President-in-Office of the Council) answered the question and supplementaries by Bernd Posselt, Richard Corbett and Reinhard Rack.

Question 2 (Paulo Casaca): Expulsion of European families from Canada. Hans Winkler answered the question and a supplementary by Paulo Casaca.

Question 3 (Elena Valenciano Martínez-Orozco): Detention of women and children in Iran. Hans Winkler answered the question and supplementaries by Elena Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Philip Bushill-Matthews and Hubert Pirker.

Question 4 (Laima Liucija Andrikienė): Need for effectively coordinated/common EU energy policy. Hans Winkler answered the question and supplementaries by Paul Rübig and Richard Seeber.

Part two

Question 5 (Mairead McGuinness): Direct taxation. Alfred Finz (President-in-Office of the Council) answered the question and supplementaries by Gay Mitchell (deputising for the author) and Andreas Mölzer.

Question 6 (Katerina Batzeli): Greater uniformity of rules on taxation. Question 10 (Othmar Karas): Uniform assessment basis for corporation tax. Alfred Finz (President-in-Office of the Council) answered the questions and supplementaries by Stavros Arnaoutakis (deputising for the author) and Othmar Karas.

Question 7 (Eoin Ryan): Tax harmonisation. Alfred Finz answered the question and supplementaries by Eoin Ryan and Eugenijus Gentvilas.

Question 8 (Robert Evans): Tax havens. Alfred Finz answered the question and supplementaries by Robert Evans and Hubert Pirker.

Question 9 (Gay Mitchell): Economic and fiscal framework. Alfred Finz answered the question and supplementaries by Gay Mitchell and Andreas Mölzer.

Questions which had not been answered for lack of time would receive written answers (see annex to the Verbatim Report of Proceedings).

Council Question Time closed. (The sitting was suspended at 19.30 and resumed at 21.00.)

IN THE CHAIR: Alejo VIDAL-QUADRAS Vice-President

P6_PV(2006)05-17 PE 373.294 - 11 EN 13. Conclusion of the Energy Community Treaty *** - Treaty establishing the Energy Community for South-East Europe (debate) Recommendation on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion by the European Community of the Energy Community Treaty [13886/1/2005 - C6-0435/2005 - 2005/0178(AVC)] - Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. Rapporteur: Giles Chichester (A6-0134/2006)

Oral question (O-0024/2006) by Giles Chichester, on behalf of the ITRE Committee, to the Council: Treaty establishing the Energy Community for South-East Europe (B6-0020/2006)

Oral question (O-0025/2006) by Giles Chichester, on behalf of the ITRE Committee, to the Commission: Treaty establishing the Energy Community for South-East Europe (B6-0206/2006)

Giles Chichester introduced the recommendation and moved the oral questions. Hans Winkler (President-in-Office of the Council) and Andris Piebalgs (Member of the Commission) answered the oral questions. The following spoke: Jerzy Buzek, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Reino Paasilinna, on behalf of the PSE Group, Fiona Hall, on behalf of the ALDE Group, , on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Vladimír Remek, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Nils Lundgren, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, András Gyürk, Britta Thomsen, Derek Roland Clark, Paul Rübig, Hans Winkler and Andris Piebalgs.

Motion for a resolution to wind up the debate tabled pursuant to Rule 108(5):

- Giles Chichester, on behalf of the ITRE Committee, on the conclusion by the European Community of the Energy Community Treaty (B6-0279/2006)

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 18.05.2006, Item 5.5 and Minutes of 18.05.2006, Item 5.11.

14. Commission's Annual Policy Strategy for 2007 (debate) Report on the 2007 budget: the Commission's Annual Policy Strategy report (APS) [2006/2020 (BUD)] - Committee on Budgets. Rapporteur: James Elles (A6-0154/2006)

James Elles introduced the report. Dalia Grybauskaitė (Member of the Commission) spoke. The following spoke: Jürgen Schröder (draftsman of the opinion of the DEVE Committee), David Martin (draftsman of the opinion of the INTA Committee), Janusz Lewandowski, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Catherine Guy-Quint, on behalf of the PSE Group, Kyösti Virrankoski, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Gérard Onesta, 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, Sergej Kozlík, Non- attached Member, Salvador Garriga Polledo, Neena Gill, Anne E. Jensen, Ingeborg Gräßle, Paulo Casaca, Gérard Deprez, László Surján, Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, Agnes Schierhuber, Brigitte Douay, Antonis Samaras and Albert Jan Maat.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 18.05.2006, Item 5.7.

P6_PV(2006)05-17 PE 373.294 - 12 EN 15. Cohesion Policy in support of growth and jobs (debate) Report on preparing for the assent procedure for the Community’s strategic guidelines for the period 2007-2013 (Cohesion Policy in Support of Growth and Jobs) [2006/2086(INI)] - Committee on Regional Development. Rapporteur: Constanze Angela Krehl (A6-0175/2006)

Constanze Angela Krehl introduced the report. Andris Piebalgs (Member of the Commission) spoke. The following spoke: Zsolt László Becsey (draftsman of the opinion of the TRAN Committee), Jan Olbrycht, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Riitta Myller, on behalf of the PSE Group, Jean Marie Beaupuy, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Elisabeth Schroedter, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Bairbre de Brún, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Rolf Berend, Ewa Hedkvist Petersen, Jan Březina, Inés Ayala Sender, Ambroise Guellec, Gábor Harangozó, Sérgio Marques and Andris Piebalgs.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 18.05.2006, Item 5.2.

16. Agenda for next sitting The agenda for the next sitting had been established ('Agenda' PE 373.210/OJJE).

17. Closure of sitting The sitting closed at 23.55.

Julian Priestley Miroslav Ouzký Secretary-General Vice-President

P6_PV(2006)05-17 PE 373.294 - 13 EN

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

17.5.2006

The following signed:

Adamou, Agnoletto, Albertini, Allister, Andersson, Andrejevs, Andrikienė, Angelilli, Antoniozzi, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Ashworth, Assis, Atkins, Attard-Montalto, Attwooll, Aubert, Audy, Ayala Sender, Aylward, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Baco, Badia I Cutchet, Barsi-Pataky, Batten, Batzeli, Bauer, Beaupuy, Beazley, Becsey, Beer, Beglitis, Belder, Belet, Belohorská, Bennahmias, Berend, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berlato, Berlinguer, Berman, Birutis, Blokland, Bloom, Bobošíková, Böge, Bösch, Bonde, Bono, Bonsignore, Booth, Borghezio, Borrell Fontelles, Bourlanges, Bourzai, Bowis, Bowles, Bozkurt, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Breyer, Březina, Brie, Brok, Brunetta, Budreikaitė, van Buitenen, Buitenweg, Bullmann, van den Burg, Bushill-Matthews, Busk, Busquin, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Calabuig Rull, Callanan, Camre, Capoulas Santos, Cappato, Carlotti, Carlshamre, Carnero González, Carollo, Casa, Casaca, Cashman, Casini, Caspary, Castex, del Castillo Vera, Catania, Cavada, Cederschiöld, Cercas, Chatzimarkakis, Chichester, Chiesa, Chmielewski, Christensen, Chruszcz, Claeys, Clark, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cohn-Bendit, Corbett, Corbey, Cornillet, Correia, Costa, Cottigny, Coûteaux, Coveney, Cramer, Crowley, Marek Aleksander Czarnecki, Ryszard Czarnecki, Daul, Davies, de Brún, Degutis, Dehaene, De Keyser, Demetriou, De Michelis, Deprez, De Rossa, De Sarnez, Descamps, Désir, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, De Vits, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dičkutė, Didžiokas, Díez González, Dillen, Dimitrakopoulos, Dobolyi, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Douay, Dover, Doyle, Drčar Murko, Duchoň, Dührkop Dührkop, Duff, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Ehler, Ek, El Khadraoui, Elles, Esteves, Estrela, Ettl, Eurlings, Jill Evans, Robert Evans, Fajmon, Falbr, Farage, Fatuzzo, Fava, Fazakas, Ferber, Fernandes, Fernández Martín, Elisa Ferreira, Figueiredo, Fjellner, Flasarová, Flautre, Florenz, Foltyn-Kubicka, Fontaine, Ford, Fourtou, Fraga Estévez, Frassoni, Freitas, Friedrich, Fruteau, Gabriele, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote, García-Margallo y Marfil, García Pérez, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gebhardt, Gentvilas, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gewalt, Gibault, Gierek, Giertych, Gill, Gklavakis, Glante, Glattfelder, Goebbels, Goepel, Golik, Gollnisch, Gomes, Gomolka, Gottardi, Goudin, Grabowska, Grabowski, Graça Moura, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Gräßle, de Grandes Pascual, Grech, Griesbeck, Gröner, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Groote, Grosch, Grossetête, Gruber, Guardans Cambó, Guellec, Guerreiro, Gurmai, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Guy-Quint, Gyürk, Hänsch, Hall, Hammerstein Mintz, Hamon, Handzlik, Hannan, Harangozó, Harbour, Harkin, Harms, Hasse Ferreira, Hassi, Hatzidakis, Haug, Hazan, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Hegyi, Helmer, Henin, Hennicot-Schoepges, Herczog, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Honeyball, Hoppenstedt, Howitt, Hudacký, Hudghton, Hughes, Hutchinson, Ibrisagic, Ilves, in 't Veld, Isler Béguin, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jäätteenmäki, Jałowiecki, Janowski, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jensen, Joan i Marí, Jöns, Jørgensen, Jordan Cizelj, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Kaczmarek, Kallenbach, Kamall, Karas, Karatzaferis, Karim, Kaufmann, Kauppi, Tunne Kelam, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Klinz, Knapman, Koch, Kohlíček, Konrad, Korhola, Kósáné Kovács, Kozlík, Krahmer, Krarup, Krasts, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Krehl, Kristensen, Kristovskis, Krupa, Kuc, Kudrycka, Kuhne, Kułakowski, Kušķis, Kusstatscher, Kuźmiuk, Lagendijk, Laignel, Lamassoure, Lambert, Lambrinidis, Landsbergis, Lang, Langen, Langendries, Laperrouze, Lauk, Lavarra, Lax, Lechner, Le Foll, Lehideux, Lehne, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Marine Le Pen, Le Rachinel, Lévai, Lewandowski,

P6_PV(2006)05-17 PE 373.294 - 15 EN Liberadzki, Libicki, Lichtenberger, Liese, Liotard, Lipietz, Locatelli, López-Istúriz White, Losco, Lucas, Lulling, Lundgren, Lynne, Maat, Maaten, McAvan, McCarthy, McGuinness, McMillan- Scott, Madeira, Malmström, Manders, Maňka, , Thomas Mann, Manolakou, Markov, Marques, Martens, David Martin, Hans-Peter Martin, Martinez, Martínez Martínez, Masiel, Masip Hidalgo, Maštálka, Mastenbroek, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Matsakis, Matsis, Matsouka, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Medina Ortega, Meijer, Méndez de Vigo, Menéndez del Valle, Meyer Pleite, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Mölzer, Mohácsi, Montoro Romero, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Morgan, Morgantini, Morillon, Moscovici, Mote, Mulder, Musacchio, Muscardini, Muscat, Mussolini, Myller, Napoletano, Nassauer, Nattrass, Navarro, Newton Dunn, Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Nicholson, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Obiols i Germà, Achille Occhetto, Öger, Özdemir, Olajos, Olbrycht, Ó Neachtain, Onesta, Onyszkiewicz, Oomen-Ruijten, Ortuondo Larrea, Őry, Ouzký, Oviir, Paasilinna, Pack, Pahor, Paleckis, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Pannella, Panzeri, Papadimoulis, Papastamkos, Parish, Patriciello, Patrie, Pęk, Alojz Peterle, Pflüger, Piecyk, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pinior, Piotrowski, Pirilli, Pirker, Piskorski, Pistelli, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Pleštinská, Podestà, Podkański, Poettering, Poignant, Polfer, Poli Bortone, Pomés Ruiz, Portas, Posdorf, Posselt, Prets, Prodi, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Ransdorf, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Remek, Resetarits, Reul, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Ries, Riis- Jørgensen, Rivera, Rizzo, Rocard, Rogalski, Roithová, Romagnoli, Romeva i Rueda, Rosati, Roszkowski, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Rühle, Rutowicz, Ryan, Sacconi, Saïfi, Sakalas, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Salinas García, Salvini, Samaras, Samuelsen, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Savary, Savi, Schapira, Scheele, Schenardi, Schierhuber, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schroedter, Schulz, Schuth, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Segelström, Seppänen, Siekierski, Sifunakis, Silva Peneda, Sinnott, Siwiec, Sjöstedt, Skinner, Škottová, Smith, Sommer, Sonik, Sornosa Martínez, Sousa Pinto, Spautz, Speroni, Staes, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Šťastný, Sterckx, Stevenson, Stockmann, Strejček, Strož, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Surján, Susta, Svensson, Swoboda, Szájer, Szejna, Szymański, Tabajdi, Tajani, Takkula, Tannock, Tarabella, Tarand, Tatarella, Thomsen, Thyssen, Titford, Titley, Toia, Tomczak, Toubon, Toussas, Trakatellis, Trautmann, Triantaphyllides, Trüpel, Turmes, Tzampazi, Uca, Ulmer, Väyrynen, Vaidere, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Hecke, Van Lancker, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Vaugrenard, Veneto, Ventre, Veraldi, Vergnaud, Vidal-Quadras, Vincenzi, Virrankoski, Vlasák, Vlasto, Voggenhuber, Wallis, Walter, Watson, Henri Weber, , Weiler, Weisgerber, Westlund, Wieland, Wiersma, Wijkman, Willmott, Wise, von Wogau, Wohlin, Bernard Piotr Wojciechowski, Janusz Wojciechowski, Wortmann-Kool, Wurtz, Wynn, Xenogiannakopoulou, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zani, Zapałowski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Ždanoka, Zīle, Zimmer, Zingaretti, Zvěřina, Zwiefka

Observers

Ali Nedzhmi, Anastase Roberta Alma, Arabadjiev Alexander, Athanasiu Alexandru, Bărbuleţiu Tiberiu, Becşenescu Dumitru, Bliznashki Georgi, Buruiană Aprodu Daniela, Christova Christina Velcheva, Ciornei Silvia, Cioroianu Adrian Mihai, Corlăţean Titus, Coşea Dumitru Gheorghe Mircea, Creţu Corina, Creţu Gabriela, Dimitrov Martin, Dîncu Vasile, Duca Viorel, Dumitrescu Cristian, Ganţ Ovidiu Victor, Hogea Vlad Gabriel, Husmenova Filiz, Iacob Ridzi Monica Maria, Ilchev Stanimir, Ivanova Iglika, Kazak Tchetin, Kelemen Atilla Béla Ladislau, Kirilov Evgeni, Kónya-Hamar Sándor, Marinescu Marian-Jean, Mihăescu Eugen, Morţun Alexandru Ioan, Muscă Monica Octavia, Parvanova Antonyia, Paşcu Ioan Mircea, Petre Maria, Podgorean Radu, Popa Nicolae Vlad, Popeangă Petre, Severin Adrian, Shouleva Lydia, Silaghi Ovidiu Ioan, Sofianski Stefan, Stoyanov Dimitar, Szabó Károly Ferenc, Ţicău Silvia Adriana, Tîrle Radu, Vigenin Kristian, Zgonea Valeriu Ştefan

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