9.6.2005 EN Official Journal of the C 140 E/105

Thursday 16 September 2004

(2005/C 140 E/04) MINUTES

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

IN THE CHAIR: Janusz ONYSZKIEWICZ Vice-President

1. Opening of sitting

The sitting opened at 10.00.

2. Documents received

The following documents had been received:

1) from the Council and Commission: — Proposal for a regulation of the and of the Council creating a European order for payment procedure (COM(2004) 0173 — C6-0006/2004 — 2004/0055(COD)) referred to responsible: JURI opinion: LIBE

2) from Members 2.1) motions for resolutions (Rule 113): — Roberta Angelilli, Alessandro Foglietta, Cristiana Muscardini and Cristiana Muscardini, on harmonisation of the rules on TIR traffic at weekends (B6-0002/2004); referred to responsible: TRAN opinion: EMPL — Giulietto Chiesa, Vittorio Emanuele Agnoletto, , Fausto Bertinotti, Kathalijne Maria Buitenweg, Giusto Catania, Luigi Cocilovo, Daniel Marc Cohn-Bendit, Michael Cramer, Massimo D'Alema, Antonio Di Pietro, Monica Frassoni, Ana Maria Gomes, Lilli Gruber, Benoît Hamon, , , Sepp Kusstatscher, Enrico Letta, Evelin Lichtenberger, Luisa Morgantini, Roberto Musacchio, Pasqualina Napoletano, Cem Özdemir, Lapo Pistelli, Vittorio Prodi, Marco Rizzo, Martine Roure, Michele Santoro, , Johannes Voggenhuber, Graham Watson, Francis Wurtz and Paul van Buitenen on a legislative initiative for media pluralism (B6-0003/2004) referred to responsible: CULT opinion: AFCO, JURI, ECON, LIBE, IMCO — Cristiana Muscardini on non-EU citizens and integration (B6-0004/2004) referred to responsible: CULT opinion: LIBE — Ilda Figueiredo and Sérgio Ribeiro on the suspension and revocation of the Stability and Growth Pact (B6-0027/2004) referred to responsible: ECON opinion: EMPL, ITRE, REGI — Cristiana Muscardini, on behalf of the UEN Group, on a European council of Islamic com- munities (B6-0036/2004) referred to responsible: LIBE opinion: AFCO, CULT, AFET C 140 E/106 Official Journal of the European Union EN 9.6.2005

Thursday 16 September 2004 2.2) proposals for recommendations (Rule 114): — Glyn Ford, on behalf of the PSE Group, on EU-India relations (B6-0005/2004) referred to responsible: AFET opinion: INTA — Sarah Ludford, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the future area of freedom, security and justice (B6-0006/2004) referred to responsible: LIBE 2.3) written declarations for entry in the Register (Rule 116): — Jean-Claude Martinez, Koenraad Dillen and Luca Romagnoli on the establishment of a Euro- pean day to honour mayors

3. Action taken on unfinished business (Rule 203)

The lists of legislation pending referred back to Parliament under Rule 203 are included as Annex III to these Minutes.

4. Dutch boat belonging to the ‘Women on Waves’ association (oral questions with debate)

Oral question by Ilda Figueiredo, Francis Wurtz, Eva-Britt Svensson, Miguel Portas and Sérgio Ribeiro, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, to the Commission, on the ban on entry into Portugal of ‘Women on Waves’ ship (B6-0010/2004).

Oral question by Lissy Gröner, Edite Estrela, Jamila Madeira and Emanuel Jardim Fernandes, on behalf of the PSE Group, , Jonathan Evans and Raül Romeva i Rueda, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Maria Carlshamre and Claire Gibault, on behalf of the ALDE Group, to the Commission, on the banning by the Portuguese Government of the Dutch boat belonging to the association ‘Women on Waves’ (B6-0011/ 2004).

Ilda Figueiredo moved the oral question (B6-0010/2004).

Lissy Gröner, Kathalijne Maria Buitenweg (deputising for the author) and Claire Gibault moved the oral question (B6-0011/2004).

Margot Wallström (Member of the Commission) answered the questions.

The following spoke: Vasco Graça Moura, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Edite Estrela, on behalf of the PSE Group, Lena Ek, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Miguel Portas, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Urszula Krupa, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Michał Tomasz Kamiński, on behalf of the UEN Group, Lydia Schenardi, Non-attached Member, Maria Martens, Emine Bozkurt, Marian Harkin, Eva-Britt Svensson, Johannes Blokland, Marcin Libicki, José Ribeiro e Castro, Jamila Madeira, Sophia in 't Veld, Sylwester Chruszcz and .

IN THE CHAIR: Luigi COCILOVO Vice-President

The following spoke: Mary Honeyball, Anna Záborská, Ana Maria Gomes, Simon Busuttil, Michael Cashman and Margot Wallström.

The debate closed.

5. CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora threatened with extinction) (oral question with debate)

Oral question by Karl-Heinz Florenz, on behalf of the ENVI Committee, to the Commission, on the EU's strategic objectives for the 13th Meeting of the CITES Convention (B6-0012/2004).

Avril Doyle (deputising for the author) moved the oral question.

Margot Wallström (Member of the Commission) answered the question.