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28 . 2 . 94 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 61 /55 Wednesday, 9 February 1994 MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING OF WEDNESDAY, 9 FEBRUARY 1994 (94/C 61 /03 ) PART I Proceedings of the sitting IN THE CHAIR : Mr ANASTASSOPOULOS 3. Topical and urgent debate (objections) Vice-President The President announced that pursuant to Rule 47(2), second subparagraph , he had received the following (The sitting was opened at 9 a.m.) objections , tabled and justified in writing , to the list of subjects for the next debate on topical and urgent subjects of major importance : 1. Approval of Minutes III . PROBLEMS AFFECTING FISHERIES Mr Mantovani had informed the Chair that he had intended to vote against and not for the resolution in the — motion by the PPE Group to rename this subject Roth report (A3-0028/94) and Mr Martin had informed 'Economic and social problems in the European Union ' the Chair that he had intended to vote for and not against and to divide it into two separate items the same resolution (Part I, Item 17). The Minutes of the previous sitting were approved . The following spoke : — Mr Verde i Aldea, on behalf of the PSE Group, who asked the PPE Group to withdraw its motion ; 2. Documents received — Mrs Oomen-Ruijten , who said she was prepared to The President announced that he had received : withdraw the motion on behalf of the PPE Group if the Commission was willing to make a statement on the (a) from the parliamentary committee the following matter covered by her group's motion either the same report : week or during Parliament's forthcoming part-session in Brussels (the President announced he would contact the — **I Report of the Committee on Development and Commission to examine this possibility , to which Cooperation on the proposal for a Council Regulation on Mrs Oomen-Ruijten agreed , withdrawing her group's financial and technical cooperation with the Occupied motion). Territories (COM(93)0719 — C3-0036/94 — SYN 94002) and on the proposal for a Council Regulation on financial and technical cooperation with the Occupied Territories and amending Council Regulation (EEC) IV . HUMAN RIGHTS No 1763/92 concerning financial cooperation in respect of all Mediterranean non-member countries (COM — motion by the PSE and CG Groups to include in this (93)0719 — C3-0037/94 — SYN 94003 ) subject a new item ' Discrimination in Turkey against citizens of the European Union ' comprising motions for Rapporteur: Mrs Braun-Moser resolutions B3-0 173/94 by the PSE Group (also signed (A3-0062/94) by the following Members : Lambrias , Anastassopoulos , Hadjigeorgiou , Lagakos , Pesmazoglou , Pierros , Sarida kis , Sarlis , Stavrou and Zavvos) and B3-0 180/94 by the (b) from the parliamentary committee the following CG Group recommendation for the second reading : — * * *n Recommendation for the second reading of the The motion was approved by RCV (CG): Committee on Energy , Research and Technology on the Members voting : 143 common position adopted by the Council on 14 January For: 133 1994 with a view to adopting a European Parliament and Against : 9 Council decision concerning the fourth framework pro Abstentions : 1 gramme of the European Economic Community activi ties in the field of research , technological development — motion by the PSE Group to include a new item and demonstration ( 1994 to 1998) (C3-00 17/94 — 'Chile' comprising its motion for a resolution B3-0168/ COD94004) 94 Rapporteur : Mr Linkohr (A3-0063/94) The motion was rejected by EV . No C 61 /56 Official Journal of the European Communities 28 . 2 . 94 Wednesday, 9 February 1994 V. DISASTERS IN THE CHAIR : Mrs ISLER BEGUIN Vice-President — motion by the ARC Group to rename this subject ' Natural and environmental disasters ' and to include a Mr van der Waal and Mr Cheysson spoke . new item ' Sellafield ' comprising motions for resolutions B3-0 155/94 by Lord Inglewood and others , B3-0 162/94 by the PPE Group and B3-0206/94 by the ARC Group The motion was rejected . IN THE CHAIR : Mr KLEPSCH — motion by the PPE Group to include a new item President ' Gabcikovo dam ' comprising motions for resolutions B3-0 164/94 by the PPE Group, B3-0 187/94 by Mrs Gar cia Arias and others and B3-02 1 2/94 by the V Group The following spoke : Mr Friedrich , Mr Paisley , Mr Du verger, Mr Avgerinos and Mr Lagorio . The motion was approved by EV . The President closed the debate . — motion by the V Group to include a new item ' Air Vote : Item 18 . quality in Parliament's new buildings in Brussels ' com prising motions for resolutions B3-0222/94 by the DR Group, B3-0223/94 by the ARC Group and B3-0224/94 Mr De Gucht asked why the vote would be held at 5.30 by the V Group p.m . and not at 12 noon (the President replied that this had been agreed and was also on the agenda). The motion was rejected . The following spoke on the President's reply : Mr Vande meulebroucke , Mr De Clercq and Mr De Gucht . * * * Mr von der Vring spoke on a technical problem affecting 5. Situation in Bosnia (statement) the distribution of documents in the Chamber. Mr Pangalos , President-in-Office of the Council , made a statement on the situation in Bosnia . The following spoke : Mr Woltjer, on behalf of the PSE 4. Constitution of European Union (debate) Group, Mr Mantovani , on behalf of the PPE Group, Mr Bertens , on behalf of the LDR Group, Mr Langer, on Mr Herman introduced his report, drawn up on behalf of behalf of the V Group, Mr Piquet, on behalf of the CG the Committee on Institutional Affairs , on the constitu Group, Mr Sakellariou , Mr Oostlander, Mr Ephremidis , tion of the European Union (A3-0031 /94). Mr Papoutsis , Mrs Crawley , Mr Schwartzenberg , Mr Al avanos and Mr Pangalos . The following spoke : Mr Delors , President of the Com mission , Mr Roumeliotis , on behalf of the PSE Group, Mr Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado, on behalf of the PPE Group , * Mr De Gucht, on behalf of the LDR Group , Mrs Aglietta, * * . on behalf of the V Group, Mr Musso , on behalf of the RDE Group, Mr Bonde , on behalf of the ARC Group, and The President announced that he had received motions Mr Dillen , on behalf of the DR Group . for resolutions pursuant to Rule 37(2) from the following Members : — Langer, on behalf of the V Group, on Bosnia- Herzegovina (B3-021 1 /94), IN THE CHAIR : Mr KLEPSCH — Antony and Lehideux , on behalf of the DR Group, on the war in former Yugoslavia (B 3-0220/94), President — Oostlander, Mantovani , Bindi , Bonetti , Borgo, The following spoke : Mr Miranda da Silva, on behalf of Braun-Moser, Cassanmagnago Cerretti , Chanterie , Chia the CG Group, Mr Maher, who noted the Council was not brando, Dalsass , Fantini , Florenz, Fontaine , Forlani , present, Mr Puerta, Non-attached Member, Mr Hansch , Forte, Froment-Meurice , Gallenzi , Guidolin , Habsburg , Mrs Cassanmagnago Cerretti , Mr Capucho, Mr Bois Mendez de Vigo, Pack, Ferruccio Pisoni , Nino Pisoni , siere , Mr Lalor, Mr Barrera i Costa, Mr Christiansen , Prout, Sboarina, Stewart-Clark and Verhagen , on behalf Mr Cravinho, Sir Christopher Prout, Mr lb Christensen , of the PPE Group, on Bosnia-Herzegovina (B3-0221 /94), Mr Pinton , Mr Bru Puron , Mr Pesmazoglou , Mrs Grund , Mr Martin , Mr Lucas Pires , Mr Landa Mendibe , Mr Co — Galland and Bertens , on behalf of the LDR Group, lajanni and Mr Brok . on Bosnia-Herzegovina (B3-0229/94), 28 . 2 . 94 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 61 /57 Wednesday, 9 February 1994 — Schwartzenberg , Dury , Mebrak-Zaïdi , Frimat, Bet 7. Indigenous peoples (vote) tini , Van Outrive , Raffin , Sainjon , Bombard , Frémion , Onesta report — A3-0059/94 Linkohr, Roth , Coimbra Martins , Delcroix , Caudron , Rosmini , Desama, Onesta, Lannoye , Aglietta, Díez de Rivera Icaza, Belo, Miranda de Lage and Santos , on the MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION situation in Bosnia (B3-0230/94), Amendments adopted: 3 (EV), 4 (EV), 5 — Miranda da Suva and Ephremidis , on behalf of the CG Group, on Bosnia (B3-0231 /94) Amendments rejected: 6, 1 , 7 , 8 — de la Malène , on behalf of the RDE Group , on Amendment, cancelled: 2 Bosnia (B3-0232/94), The different parts of the text were adopted in order, para . — Vandemeulebroucke , Simeoni and Canavarro, on 13 by split vote (2nd part by EV). behalf of the ARC Group, on the situation in Bosnia- Herzegovina (B 3-0233/94), The following spoke during the vote: -— Woltjer, on behalf of the PSE Group, on the situation in Bosnia-Herzegovina (B3-0234/94). — Mrs Green , after the vote on am . 3 , to request a split vote on am . 4 (the President replied that he had not * received the request before the deadline laid down by the ' * * Rules of Procedure). Mr Oostlander put a question to the Council which Mr Pangalos answered . Separate and/or split votes: The President closed the debate . Para . 13 (PPE): 1st part : text of para , without the last indent Vote : 10.2.1994, Part I , Item 20 . 2nd part : last indent ( The sitting was suspended at 1 1.50 a.m . and resumed at Explanations of vote: 12 noon) — oral : the rapporteur, on behalf of the V Group, to read out a statement by Mrs Rigoberta Menchú , Nobel Peace Prize Winner, who was in the official gallery (the Presi dent stopped the speaker as he was not making an IN THE CHAIR : Mr ANASTASSOPOULOS explanation of vote), and Mr Maher. Vice-President * * * VOTING TIME The following spoke : 6. Beekeeping (vote) — Mr Onesta, who pointed out that the statement he had begun to read was his explanation of vote and finished reading the statement ; MOTIONS FOR RESOLUTIONS B3-0184 and 0201 / 94 : — Mr Gollnisch, on Mr Onesta' s remarks and to forego his explanation of vote as a mark of solidarity with — joint motion for a resolution tabled by : Mr Onesta; Mr Funk, Mr Mantovani and Mr Böge , on behalf of the PPE Group — Mr Alex Smith, who asked under which Rule the Mr Görlach, Mr Colino Salamanca and Mr Sierra President had stopped Mr Onesta' s explanation of vote Bardají , on behalf of the PSE Group (the President replied that explanations of vote had to be Mr Garcia, Mr Vohrer, Mr Partsch and Mr Calvo by the speaker himself).