IN THE CHAIR: Dagmar ROTH-BEHRENDT
Vice-President

1. Opening of sitting

The sitting opened at 9.00.

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Antonio Tajani condemned a terrorist attack that had taken place in Kabul that morning, to which Italian soldiers serving in the ISAF had fallen victim. The President promised to inform the President of Parliament of the matter.

2. Documents received

The following documents had been received:

1) from the Council and Commission

- Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the submission of nominal catch statistics by Member States fishing in the north-east Atlantic (Codified version) (COM(2006)0497 - C6-0301/2006 - 2006/0164(COD))

- Draft General Budget of the European Communities for the financial year 2007 (11675/2006 [02] - C6-0300/2006 - 2006/2018B(BUD))

- Draft general budget of the European Communities for the financial year 2007 (11675/2006 [01] - C6-0299/2006 - 2006/2018(BUD))

- Proposal for a Council decision amending Decision 2001/886/JHA on the development of the second generation Schengen information System (SIS II) (COM(2006)0383 [02] - C6-0297/2006 - 2006/0126(CNS))

- Proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 2424/2001 on the development of the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II) (COM(2006)0383 [01] - C6-0296/2006 - 2006/0125(CNS))

- Proposal for a Council regulation amending Council Regulation (EC) No 639/2004 on the management of fishing fleets registered in the Community outermost regions (COM(2006)0433 - C6-0295/2006 - 2006/0148(CNS))

- European Commission: Final annual accounts of the European Commission - Financial year 2005 - Volume II - Parts I and II (SEC(2006)0916 - C6-0263/2006 - 2006/2070(DEC))

- European Commission: Final annual accounts of the European Communities - Financial year 2005 - Volume I - Consolidated financial statements and consolidated reports on implementation of the budget (SEC(2006)0915 - C6-0262/2006 - 2006/2070(DEC))

- Draft proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Community Code on Visas (COM(2006)0403 - C6-0254/2006 - 2006/0142(COD))

- Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a mechanism for the creation of Rapid Border Intervention Teams and amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2004 as regards that mechanism (COM(2006)0401 - C6-0253/2006 - 2006/0140(COD))

2) from Members:

2.1) reports:

- Report on the request for defence of the immunity and privileges of Jannis Sakellariou. (2006/2145(IMM)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Klaus-Heiner Lehne (A6-0273/2006)

- Report on amendment of Rules 3 and 4 of Parliament's Rules of Procedure (2005/2036(REG)) - AFCO Committee - Rapporteur: Borut Pahor (A6-0274/2006)

- * Report on the proposal for a Council decision empowering the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights to pursue its activities in areas referred to in Title VI of the Treaty on European Union (COM(2005)0280 [[02]] - C6-0289/2005 - 2005/0125(CNS)) - LIBE Committee - Rapporteur: Magda Kósáné Kovács (A6-0282/2006)

3. Services of general interest (debate)

Report on the Commission White Paper on services of general interest [2006/2101(INI)] - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Bernhard Rapkay (A6-0275/2006)

Bernhard Rapkay introduced the report.

José Manuel Barroso (President of the Commission) spoke.

The following spoke: Gunnar Hökmark, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Martin Schulz, on behalf of the PSE Group, Sophia in 't Veld, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Alain Lipietz, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Francis Wurtz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, John Whittaker, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Françoise Castex (draftsman of the opinion of the INTA Committee), Proinsias De Rossa (draftsman of the opinion of the EMPL Committee), Werner Langen (draftsman of the opinion of the ITRE Committee), József Szájer (draftsman of the opinion of the IMCO Committee), Emanuel Jardim Fernandes (draftsman of the opinion of the TRAN Committee), Markus Pieper (draftsman of the opinion of the REGI Committee), Robert Goebbels on Mr Pieper's remarks, Gabriele Stauner (draftsman of the opinion of the JURI Committee), Marianne Thyssen and Harlem Désir.

IN THE CHAIR: Mario MAURO
Vice-President

The following spoke: Bernard Lehideux, Pierre Jonckheer, Sahra Wagenknecht, Jens-Peter Bonde, Leopold Józef Rutowicz, Alexander Radwan, Robert Goebbels, Danutė Budreikaitė, Elisabeth Schroedter, Kartika Tamara Liotard, Johannes Blokland, Othmar Karas, Bernadette Vergnaud, Ian Hudghton, Roberto Musacchio, Patrick Louis, Malcolm Harbour, Ieke van den Burg, Jiří Maštálka, Karsten Friedrich Hoppenstedt, Corien Wortmann-Kool, Małgorzata Handzlik, Zita Pleštinská, Andreas Schwab, Alexander Stubb, Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin, Eoin Ryan, Jean-Claude Martinez, José Manuel Barroso and Robert Goebbels, who put a supplementary question to the Commission, which José Manuel Barroso answered.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 27.09.2006, Item 5.10.

4. PROGRESS ***II (debate)

Recommendation for second reading on the Council common position for adopting a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Community Programme for Employment and Social Solidarity - PROGRESS [6282/3/2006 - C6-0272/2006 - 2004/0158(COD)] - Committee on Employment and Social Affairs. Rapporteur: Karin Jöns (A6-0300/2006)

Karin Jöns introduced the recommendation for second reading.

Vladimír Špidla (Member of the Commission) spoke.

The following spoke: Robert Atkins, who expressed his dissatisfaction that voting time was to begin late, and Jan Andersson, on behalf of the PSE Group.

The debate was suspended at that point for voting time. It would resumed at 21.00.

IN THE CHAIR: Luigi COCILOVO
Vice-President

5. Voting time

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

5.1. Request for consultation of the European Economic and Social Committee on Housing and regional politics (Rule 117) (vote)

Request for consultation: Housing and regional politics

(Simple majority)

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

Approved

5.2. Request for consultation of the Committee of the Regions on Housing and regional politics (Rule 118) (vote)

Request for consultation: Housing and regional politics

(Simple majority)

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

Approved

5.3. Request for the defence of Jannis Sakellariou's immunity (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the request for defence of the immunity and privileges of Jannis Sakellariou [2006/2145(IMM)] - Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: Klaus-Heiner Lehne (A6-0273/2006)

(Simple majority)

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

PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2006)0359)

5.4. Media and development (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the media and development [2006/2080(INI)] - Committee on Development. Rapporteur: Manolis Mavrommatis (A6-0264/2006)

(Simple majority)

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2006)0360)

5.5. The European dimension of school teaching materials (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on initiatives to complement school curricula providing appropriate support measures to include the European Dimension [2006/2041(INI)] - Committee on Culture and Education. Rapporteur: Christopher Beazley (A6-0267/2006)

(Simple majority)

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0361)

The following spoke on the vote:

- the rapporteur, who moved an oral amendment to paragraph 1, which was incorporated.

5.6. Cleaner air for Europe ***I (vote)

Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe [COM(2005)0447 - C6-0356/2005 - 2005/0183(COD)] - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. Rapporteur: Holger Krahmer (A6-0234/2006)

(Simple majority)

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

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P6_TA(2006)0362)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0362)

IN THE CHAIR: Josep BORRELL FONTELLES
President

6. Formal sitting - Liberia

From 12.00 to 12.30, a formal sitting of Parliament was held on the occasion of the visit by Mrs Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of the Republic of Liberia.

7.1. 2004 discharge: Section I - European Parliament (vote)

Second report on the discharge for implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2004, Section I - European Parliament [N6-0027/2005 - C6-0357/2002 - 2005/2091(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Markus Ferber (A6-0280/2006)

The debate on the first report (A6-0119/2006) had been held on 26 April 2006 (Minutes of 26.04.2006, Item 15).

The vote on the first report (A6-0119/2006) had been held over until 27 April 2006 (Minutes of 27.04.2006, Item 6.16).

(Simple majority)

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

PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION

Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0363)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0363)

IN THE CHAIR: Luigi COCILOVO
Vice-President

7.2. European Quality Charter for Mobility (education and training) ***I (vote)

Report on the proposal for a recommendation of the European Parliament and of the Council on transnational mobility within the Community for education and training purposes: European Quality Charter for Mobility [COM(2005)0450 - C6-0291/2005 - 2005/0179(COD)] - Committee on Culture and Education. Rapporteur: Christa Prets (A6-0255/2006)

(Simple majority)

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

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P6_TA(2006)0364)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0364)

7.3. Key competences for lifelong learning ***I (vote)

Report on the proposal for a recommendation of the European Parliament and of the Council on key competences for lifelong learning [COM(2005)0548 - C6-0375/2005 - 2005/0221(COD)] - Committee on Culture and Education. Rapporteur: Helga Trüpel (A6-0262/2006)

(Simple majority)

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

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P6_TA(2006)0365)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0365)

7.4. Thematic strategy on air pollution (vote)

Report on the thematic strategy on air pollution [2006/2060(INI)] - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. Rapporteur: Dorette Corbey (A6-0235/2006)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 10)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0366)

7.5. Thematic strategy on the urban environment (vote)

Report on the thematic strategy on the urban environment [2006/2061(INI)] - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. Rapporteur: Gyula Hegyi (A6-0233/2006)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 11)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0367)

The following spoke on the vote:

- Gyula Hegyi (rapporteur), who requested a roll-call vote on Amendments 3 and 4;

the President consulted the House on the admissibility of the request, which had been submitted after the deadline had expired;

- Renate Sommer, backed by more than 37 Members, opposed the request. As a result, it was not accepted.

7.6. A European Qualifications Framework (vote)

Report on the creation of a European Qualifications Framework [2006/2002(INI)] - Committee on Employment and Social Affairs. Rapporteur: Thomas Mann (A6-0248/2006)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 12)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0368)

8. 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: Christopher Beazley - A6-0267/2006

Tomáš Zatloukal

Report: Holger Krahmer - A6-0234/2006

Richard Seeber, Joseph Muscat

Report: Christa Prets - A6-0255/2006

Tomáš Zatloukal, Andreas Mölzer

Report: Helga Trüpel - A6-0262/2006

Andreas Mölzer

Report: Dorette Corbey - A6-0235/2006

Richard Seeber

Report: Gyula Hegyi - A6-0233/2006

Péter Olajos

9. Corrections to votes and voting intentions

Corrections to votes and voting intentions 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 and voting intentions will be finalised so that it can be translated and published in the Official Journal.

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Report: Manolis Mavrommatis - A6-0264/2006

Hans-Gert Poettering had informed the Chair that his voting machine had not worked during the vote on the Mavrommatis report.

Report: Manolis Mavrommatis - A6-0264/2006 and Report: Christopher Beazley - A6-0267/2006

Reinhard Rack had informed the Chair that he had been unable to take part in the votes on the two reports, as they had begun before the scheduled time.

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Date of sitting: 06.09.2006

Report José Albino Silva Peneda and Proinsias De Rossa - A6-0238/2006

recital N - first part

   in favour: Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin

(The sitting was suspended at 13.05 and resumed at 15.00.)

IN THE CHAIR: Josep BORRELL FONTELLES
President

10. Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

The Minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

11. Commission communication - Accession of Bulgaria and Romania

José Manuel Barroso (President of the Commission) presented the communication.

The following spoke: Olli Rehn (Member of the Commission), Paula Lehtomäki (President-in-Office of the Council), Hans-Gert Poettering, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Martin Schulz, on behalf of the PSE Group, Graham Watson, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Erik Meijer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Brian Crowley, on behalf of the UEN Group, Vladimír Železný, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Irena Belohorská, Non-attached Member.

IN THE CHAIR: Antonios TRAKATELLIS
Vice-President

The following spoke: Elmar Brok (Chairman of the AFET Committee), Geoffrey Van Orden (rapporteur) and Jan Marinus Wiersma (deputising for the rapporteur).

The item closed.

12. Turkey's progress towards accession (debate)

Report on Turkey's progress towards accession [2006/2118(INI)] - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: Camiel Eurlings (A6-0269/2006)

Camiel Eurlings introduced the report.

The following spoke: Paula Lehtomäki (President-in-Office of the Council) and Olli Rehn (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Emine Bozkurt (draftsman of the opinion of the FEMM Committee), Elmar Brok, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Jan Marinus Wiersma, on behalf of the PSE Group, Andrew Duff, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Joost Lagendijk, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Vittorio Agnoletto, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Konrad Szymański, on behalf of the UEN Group, Bastiaan Belder, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Andreas Mölzer, Non-attached Member, Antonio Tajani and Hannes Swoboda.

IN THE CHAIR: Janusz ONYSZKIEWICZ
Vice-President

The following spoke: Jean-Louis Bourlanges, Cem Özdemir, Kyriacos Triantaphyllides, Mogens N.J. Camre, Bogusław Rogalski, Francesco Enrico Speroni, Giorgos Dimitrakopoulos, Pasqualina Napoletano, Lapo Pistelli, Hélène Flautre, Athanasios Pafilis, Seán Ó Neachtain, Gerard Batten, Philip Claeys, Jacques Toubon, Véronique De Keyser, Marios Matsakis, Nils Lundgren, Paweł Bartłomiej Piskorski, Bernd Posselt, Vural Öger, Alexander Lambsdorff, Renate Sommer, Panagiotis Beglitis, Marco Cappato, Charles Tannock, Inger Segelström, Ioannis Kasoulides, Józef Pinior, Simon Coveney and Glenis Willmott.

IN THE CHAIR: Manuel António dos SANTOS
Vice-President

The following spoke: Ville Itälä, Bogusław Sonik, Werner Langen, Paula Lehtomäki, Louis Michel (Member of the Commission) and Philip Claeys, who put a question to the Commission which Louis Michel answered.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 27.09.2006, Item 5.11.

13. Question Time (Commission)

Parliament considered a number of questions to the Commission (B6-0429/2006).

Part one

Question 33 (Avril Doyle): Emissions Trading Scheme 2008-2012 - National Allocation Plans.

Stavros Dimas (Member of the Commission) answered the question and supplementaries by Avril Doyle, James Hugh Allister and Esko Seppänen.

Question 34 (Danutė Budreikaitė): Enlargement of the Schengen area.

Franco Frattini (Vice-President of the Commission) answered the question and supplementaries by Danutė Budreikaitė, Hubert Pirker and Justas Vincas Paleckis.

The President reminded Members that a debate would be held on this issue at the October part-session.

Question 35 (Proinsias De Rossa): Foreign language assistants in Italy.

Vladimír Špidla (Member of the Commission) answered the question and supplementaries by Proinsias De Rossa and Glyn Ford.

Question 36 (Esko Seppänen): Commission administrative expenditure.

Dalia Grybauskaitė (Member of the Commission) answered the question and supplementaries by Esko Seppänen, Andreas Mölzer and Eija-Riitta Korhola.

Question 37 (Ingeborg Gräßle): 'Financial adjustments in the context of the modernisation of the accounting system' and survey of Commission bank accounts.

Dalia Grybauskaitė answered the question and a supplementary by Ingeborg Gräßle.

Question 38 (Justas Vincas Paleckis): The problem of the 'brain drain' in the new EU Member States.

Ján Figeľ (Member of the Commission) answered the question and a supplementary by Justas Vincas Paleckis, Mairead McGuinness and Danutė Budreikaitė.

Question 39 (Gyula Hegyi): Education - language teaching.

Gay Mitchell spoke on the conduct of Question Time.

Ján Figeľ answered the question and a supplementary by Gyula Hegyi.

Questions 40 to 43 would receive written answers.

Question 44 (Ignasi Guardans Cambó): Delay in construction of Perpignan-Montpellier high-speed rail link.

Jacques Barrot (Vice-President of the Commission) answered the question and supplementaries by Ignasi Guardans Cambó and Luis de Grandes Pascual.

Question 45 (Marc Tarabella): Poor implementation of Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 on air passenger rights.

Jacques Barrot answered the question and supplementaries by Marc Tarabella and Elizabeth Lynne.

Questions 46 to 62, 65 to 76 and 78 to 84 would receive written answers.

Questions 63, 64 and 77 were not taken, as the issues with which they dealt were already included on the agenda for that part-session.

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

Commission Question Time closed.

(The sitting was suspended at 19.50 and resumed at 21.00.)

IN THE CHAIR: Edward McMILLAN-SCOTT
Vice-President

14. PROGRESS ***II (continuation of debate)

Recommendation for second reading on the Council common position for adopting a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Community Programme for Employment and Social Solidarity - PROGRESS [6282/3/2006 - C6-0272/2006 - 2004/0158(COD)] - Committee on Employment and Social Affairs. Rapporteur: Karin Jöns (A6-0300/2006)

The following spoke: Jan Jerzy Kułakowski, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Hiltrud Breyer, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Mary Lou McDonald, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Zbigniew Krzysztof Kuźmiuk, on behalf of the UEN Group, Kathy Sinnott, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Proinsias De Rossa, on behalf of the PSE Group, Jacek Protasiewicz, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Evangelia Tzampazi, Alejandro Cercas, Katalin Lévai, Teresa Riera Madurell and Vladimír Špidla (Member of the Commission).

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 27.09.2006, Item 5.8.

15. Pericles programme * - Pericles programme - extension to non-participating Member States * (debate)

Report on the proposal for a Council decision amending and extending Decision 2001/923/EC establishing an exchange, assistance and training programme for the protection of the euro against counterfeiting (the 'Pericles' programme) [COM(2006)0243 - C6-0179/2006 - 2006/0078(CNS)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra (A6-0276/2006)

Report on the proposal for a Council decision extending to the non-participating Member States the application of Decision 2006/.../EC amending and extending Decision 2001/923/EC establishing an exchange, assistance and training programme for the protection of the euro against counterfeiting (the 'Pericles' programme) [COM(2006)0243 - C6-0180/2006 - 2006/0079(CNS)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra (A6-0277/2006)

Siim Kallas (Vice-President of the Commission) spoke.

Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra introduced the reports and criticised the way in which the debates had been organised (the President said he would provide Mr Díaz with clarifications in writing).

The following spoke: Hubert Pirker, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Donato Tommaso Veraldi, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Johannes Blokland, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Marek Aleksander Czarnecki, Non-attached Member, Carlos Coelho, Andreas Mölzer, Charlotte Cederschiöld and Siim Kallas.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 27.09.2006, Item 5.2 and Minutes of 27.09.2006, Item 5.3.

16. Taking into account previous convictions in another Member State * (debate)

Report on the proposal for a Council Framework Decision on taking account of convictions in the Member States of the European Union in the course of new criminal proceedings [COM(2005)0091 - C6-0235/2005 - 2005/0018(CNS)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Panayiotis Demetriou (A6-0268/2006)

Franco Frattini (Vice-President of the Commission) spoke.

Panayiotis Demetriou introduced the report.

The following spoke: Ioannis Varvitsiotis, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Andrzej Jan Szejna, on behalf of the PSE Group, Gerard Batten, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Marek Aleksander Czarnecki, Non-attached Member, and James Hugh Allister.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 27.09.2006, Item 5.4.

17. Strategic guidelines on cohesion *** (debate)

Recommendation on the proposal for a Council decision on Community strategic guidelines on cohesion [11807/2006 - C6-0266/2006 - 2006/0131(AVC)] - Committee on Regional Development. Rapporteur: Constanze Angela Krehl (A6-0281/2006)

Danuta Hübner (Member of the Commission) spoke.

Constanze Angela Krehl introduced the recommendation.

The following spoke: Jan Olbrycht, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Stavros Arnaoutakis, on behalf of the PSE Group, and Jean Marie Beaupuy, on behalf of the ALDE Group.

IN THE CHAIR: Ingo FRIEDRICH
Vice-President

The following spoke: Bairbre de Brún, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Mieczysław Edmund Janowski, on behalf of the UEN Group, Konstantinos Hatzidakis, Bernadette Bourzai, Alfonso Andria, Rolf Berend, Iratxe García Pérez, Ambroise Guellec, Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, Lambert van Nistelrooij, Jamila Madeira, Antonio De Blasio, Brigitte Douay, Jim Higgins, Sérgio Marques, James Nicholson, Oldřich Vlasák, Tomáš Zatloukal and Danuta Hübner.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 27.09.2006, Item 5.9.

18. GALILEO (debate)

Oral question (O-0094/2006) by Etelka Barsi-Pataky, Paul Rübig, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Norbert Glante, on behalf of the PSE Group, Fiona Hall, on behalf of the ALDE Group, and Umberto Pirilli, on behalf of the UEN Group, to the Commission: Taking stock of the Galileo programme (B6-0430/2006)

Etelka Barsi-Pataky and Fiona Hall moved the oral question.

Jacques Barrot (Vice-President of the Commission) answered the oral question.

The following spoke: Lambert van Nistelrooij, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Teresa Riera Madurell, on behalf of the PSE Group, and Jacques Barrot.

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

- Etelka Barsi-Pataky, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Norbert Glante, on behalf of the PSE Group, Fiona Hall, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Eva Lichtenberger, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Jaromír Kohlíček, Vladimír Remek, Umberto Guidoni, Esko Seppänen, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Umberto Pirilli and Eugenijus Maldeikis, on behalf of the UEN Group, on taking stock of the Galileo programme (B6-0511/2006)

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 28.09.2006, Item 7.4.

19. Agenda for next sitting

The agenda for the next sitting had been established ('Agenda' PE 378.364/OJME).

20. Closure of sitting

The sitting closed at 23.40.

The following signed:

Adamou, Agnoletto, Aita, Albertini, Allister, Alvaro, Andersson, Andrejevs, Andria, Andrikienė, Angelilli, Antoniozzi, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Ashworth, Assis, Atkins, Attard-Montalto, Attwooll, Aubert, Audy, Auken, Ayala Sender, Aylward, Ayuso, Bachelot-Narquin, Baco, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Barsi-Pataky, Batten, Battilocchio, Batzeli, Bauer, Beaupuy, Beazley, Becsey, Beer, Beglitis, Belder, Belet, Belohorská, Bennahmias, Beňová, Berend, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berlato, Berlinguer, Berman, Bielan, 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, 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, Casini, Caspary, Castex, Castiglione, 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, Crowley, Marek Aleksander Czarnecki, Ryszard Czarnecki, Daul, Davies, De Blasio, 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, Doorn, Douay, Dover, Doyle, Drčar Murko, Duchoň, Duff, Duka-Zólyomi, Ebner, Ehler, Ek, El Khadraoui, Elles, Esteves, Estrela, Ettl, Eurlings, Jill Evans, Jonathan Evans, Fajmon, Falbr, Farage, Fatuzzo, Fazakas, Ferber, Fernandes, Fernández Martín, Anne Ferreira, Elisa Ferreira, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Flautre, Florenz, Foglietta, Foltyn-Kubicka, Fontaine, Ford, Fourtou, Fraga Estévez, Frassoni, Freitas, Friedrich, Fruteau, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote, García-Margallo y Marfil, García Pérez, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gebhardt, Gentvilas, Geremek, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gewalt, Gierek, Giertych, 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, Guidoni, Gurmai, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Guy-Quint, Gyürk, Hänsch, Hall, Hammerstein Mintz, Hamon, Handzlik, Hannan, Harangozó, Harbour, Harkin, Harms, Hassi, Hatzidakis, Haug, Heaton-Harris, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Hegyi, Helmer, Henin, Hennicot-Schoepges, Hennis-Plasschaert, Herczog, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Hoppenstedt, Horáček, Hudacký, Hudghton, Hughes, Hutchinson, Hybášková, Ibrisagic, Ilves, in 't Veld, Isler Béguin, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jäätteenmäki, Jałowiecki, Janowski, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jensen, Joan i Marí, Jöns, Jørgensen, Jonckheer, Jordan Cizelj, Juknevičienė, Kaczmarek, Kallenbach, Kamall, Karas, Karim, Kasoulides, Kaufmann, Kauppi, Tunne Kelam, Kilroy-Silk, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Klinz, Knapman, Koch, Koch-Mehrin, Kohlíček, Konrad, Korhola, Koterec, Kozlík, Krahmer, Krarup, Krasts, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Krupa, Kuc, Kudrycka, Kuhne, Kułakowski, Kušķis, Kusstatscher, Kuźmiuk, Lagendijk, Laignel, Lamassoure, Lambert, Lambrinidis, Lambsdorff, Lang, Langen, Langendries, Laperrouze, La Russa, Lauk, Lavarra, Lax, Lechner, Lehideux, Lehne, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Le Rachinel, Lévai, Lewandowski, Liberadzki, Libicki, Lichtenberger, Liotard, Lipietz, Locatelli, Lombardo, López-Istúriz White, Losco, Louis, Lucas, Ludford, Lulling, Lundgren, Lynne, Maat, Maaten, McAvan, McDonald, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Madeira, Maldeikis, Malmström, Maňka, Thomas Mann, Mantovani, Markov, Marques, Martens, David 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, Moreno Sánchez, Morgantini, Morillon, Moscovici, Mote, Mulder, Musacchio, Muscardini, Muscat, Musotto, Musumeci, Myller, Napoletano, Nassauer, Navarro, Newton Dunn, Nicholson, Nicholson of Winterbourne, 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, Pafilis, Pahor, Paleckis, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Panzeri, Papadimoulis, Papastamkos, Parish, Patrie, Peillon, Pęk, Alojz Peterle, Pflüger, Piecyk, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pinior, Piotrowski, Pirilli, Pirker, Piskorski, Pistelli, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Pleštinská, Podestà, Podkański, Poettering, Poignant, Polfer, Posdorf, Posselt, Prets, Prodi, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Remek, Resetarits, Reul, Reynaud, Ribeiro e Castro, Riera Madurell, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Rivera, Rizzo, Rocard, Rogalski, Roithová, Romagnoli, Romeva i Rueda, Rosati, Roth-Behrendt, 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, Scheele, Schenardi, Schierhuber, Schlyter, Frithjof Schmidt, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schroedter, Schulz, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Segelström, Seppänen, Siekierski, Sifunakis, Silva Peneda, Simpson, Sinnott, Siwiec, Sjöstedt, Škottová, Smith, Sommer, Sonik, Sornosa Martínez, Sousa Pinto, Spautz, Speroni, Staes, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Šťastný, Stauner, Sterckx, Stevenson, Stihler, Stockmann, Strejček, Strož, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Surján, Susta, Svensson, Swoboda, Szájer, Szejna, Szent-Iványi, Szymański, Tabajdi, Tajani, Takkula, Tannock, Tarabella, Tarand, Tatarella, Thomsen, Thyssen, Titford, Toia, Tomczak, Toubon, Trakatellis, Trautmann, Triantaphyllides, Trüpel, Tzampazi, Ulmer, Väyrynen, Vaidere, Vakalis, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Van Hecke, Van Lancker, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Vaugrenard, Veneto, Ventre, Veraldi, Vergnaud, Vernola, Vidal-Quadras, de Villiers, Vincenzi, Virrankoski, Vlasák, Vlasto, Voggenhuber, Wagenknecht, Wallis, Walter, Watson, Henri Weber, Manfred Weber, Weiler, Weisgerber, Westlund, Whittaker, Wiersma, Wijkman, Willmott, Wise, von Wogau, Wohlin, Bernard Piotr Wojciechowski, Janusz Wojciechowski, Wortmann-Kool, Wurtz, Xenogiannakopoulou, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zani, Zapałowski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Ždanoka, Železný, Zieleniec, Zīle, Zimmer, Zingaretti, Zvěřina, Zwiefka,

Observers

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