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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT 2005 - 2006 MINUTES of the sitting of Monday 11 April 2005 P6_PV(2005)04-11 PE 356.413 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. Resumption of session......................................................................................................................3 2. Welcome...........................................................................................................................................3 3. Tribute.............................................................................................................................................. 3 4. Approval of Minutes of previous sitting...........................................................................................3 5. Signature of acts adopted under codecision......................................................................................4 6. Membership of committees.............................................................................................................. 5 7. Documents received......................................................................................................................... 5 8. Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council..............................................................................11 9. Petitions.......................................................................................................................................... 12 10. Action taken on Parliament's positions and resolutions............................................................... 15 11. Written declarations (Rule 116)................................................................................................... 15 12. Calendar of part-sessions for 2006............................................................................................... 15 13. Order of business..........................................................................................................................16 14. One-minute speeches on matters of political importance.............................................................17 15. Progress in 2004 in the development of the areas of freedom, security and justice - Data retention (debate) ...............................................................................................................................17 16. Procedural rights in criminal proceedings * (debate)................................................................... 18 17. European Police College (CEPOL) * (debate)............................................................................ 18 18. Social legislation relating to road transport activities ***II - Harmonisation and control equipment in the field of road transport ***II (debate)......................................................................19 19. Short sea shipping (debate)..........................................................................................................19 20. Agenda for next sitting................................................................................................................. 20 21. Closure of sitting.......................................................................................................................... 20 ATTENDANCE REGISTER............................................................................................................. 21 P6_PV(2005)04-11 PE 356.413 - 1 EN EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT 2005 - 2006 SESSION Sittings of 11 to 14 April 2005 STRASBOURG MINUTES IN THE CHAIR: Josep BORRELL FONTELLES President 1. Resumption of session The sitting opened at 17.05. 2. Welcome On behalf of Parliament, the President welcomed Monsignor Rallo, the Vatican's special envoy to the Council of Europe, who had taken his seat in the distinguished visitors' gallery. 3. Tribute On behalf of Parliament, the President paid tribute to Pope John-Paul II, who had died on 2 April 2005. He pointed out that he had sent a message to the Vatican as soon as the Pope's death had been announced and that, together with Jacek Emil Saryusz-Wolski, Vice-President of Parliament, and Commission President José Manuel Barroso, he had attended the Pope's funeral in Rome. The President mentioned the spiritual and political legacy of John-Paul II. Parliament observed a minute's silence. 4. Approval of Minutes of previous sitting Corrections to votes: Date of sitting: 9 March 2005 Report: Valdis Dombrovskis - A6-0043/2005 - paragraph 28 for: Britta Thomsen Motion for a resolution B6-0186/2005: Mid-term review of the Lisbon Strategy - amendment 26, first part for: Britta Thomsen - amendment 2, second part for: Jean-Marie Cavada P6_PV(2005)04-11 PE 356.413 - 3 EN against: Britta Thomsen Date of sitting: 10 March 2005 Motion for a resolution RC-B6-0199/2005: Trade in human egg cells - amendment 6 for: Lissy Gröner Motion for a resolution B6-0147/2005: Forthcoming reform of the common organisation of the market in sugar - amendment 13D for: Gerard Batten - resolution (as a whole) against: Hélène Goudin, Nils Lundgren, Lars Wohlin ° ° ° ° Correction to Item 15: Decisions concerning certain documents Authorisation to draw up own-initiative reports (Rule 45) ITRE Committee: - - Financial resources earmarked for the decommissioning of nuclear power plants (2005/2027 (INI)) (opinion: CONT, ENVI) (Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 03.03.2005) The Minutes of the previous sitting were approved. 5. Signature of acts adopted under codecision The President announced that, on Wednesday, he and the President of the Council would sign the following acts adopted under the codecision procedure pursuant to Rule 68: - Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Decision No 1419/1999/EC establishing a Community action for the European Capital of Culture event for the years 2005 to 2019 (3608/2005 – C6-0088/2005 – 2003/0274(COD); - Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulations (EEC) No 1408/71 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons, to self-employed persons and to members of their families moving within the Community and (EEC) No 574/72 laying down the procedure for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 (3609/2005 – C6- 0087/2005 – 2003/0184(COD)); - Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code (3611/2005 – C6-0090/2005 – 2003/0167 (COD)). P6_PV(2005)04-11 PE 356.413 - 4 EN 6. Membership of committees At the request of the PPE-DE Group, Parliament ratified the following appointments: - INTA Committee: Jan Christian Ehler was no longer a member - BUDG Committee: Richard James Ashworth to replace Den Dover - ECON Committee: Jan Christian Ehler - ITRE Committee: Den Dover to replace Richard James Ashworth At the request of the PSE Group, Parliament ratified the following appointments: - EMPL Committee: Joel Hasse Ferreira to replace Fausto Correia - LIBE Committee: Fausto Correia 7. Documents received The following documents had been received: 1) from committees 1.1) reports: - * Report on the proposal for a Council regulation establishing measures for the recovery of the sole stocks in the Western Channel and the Bay of Biscay (COM(2003)0819 – C5-0047/2004 – 2003/0327(CNS)) – Committee on Fisheries – Rapporteur: Morillon Philippe (A6-0050/2005) - * Report on the proposal for a Council regulation establishing measures for the recovery of the Southern hake and Norway lobster stocks in the Cantabrian Sea and Western Iberian peninsula and amending Regulation (EC) No 850/98 (COM(2003)0818 – C5-0042/2004 – 2003/0318(CNS)) – Committee on Fisheries – Rapporteur: Miguélez Ramos