5. ERDF, ESF, Cohesion Fund (general provisions) *** - Establishment of a Cohesion Fund *** - European Social Fund ***II - European Regional Development Fund ***II - European grouping of territorial cooperation (EGTC) ***II (debate)

Verbatim reports

Recommendation on the proposal for a Council regulation laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 [09077/2006 - C6-0192/2006 - 2004/0163(AVC)] - Committee on Regional Development. Rapporteur: Konstantinos Hatzidakis (A6-0224/2006)

Recommendation on the proposal for a Council regulation establishing a Cohesion Fund and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1164/94 [09078/2006 - C6-0191/2006 - 2004/0166(AVC)] - Committee on Regional Development. Rapporteur: Alfonso Andria (A6-0226/2006)

Recommendation for second reading on the Council common position for adopting a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Social Fund and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1784/1999 [09060/4/2006 – C6 0188/2006 – 2004/0165(COD)] - Committee on Employment and Social Affairs. Rapporteur: José Albino Silva Peneda (A6-0220/2006)

Recommendation for second reading on the Council common position for adopting a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Regional Development Fund and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1783/1999 [09059/4/2006 - C6-0187/2006 - 2004/0167(COD)] - Committee on Regional Development. Rapporteur: Giovanni Claudio Fava (A6-0225/2006)

Recommendation for second reading on the Council common position for adopting a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a European grouping of territorial co-operation (EGTC) [09062/2/2006 - C6-0189/2006 - 2004/0168(COD)] - Committee on Regional Development. Rapporteur: Jan Olbrycht (A6-0227/2006)

Konstantinos Hatzidakis introduced recommendation A6-0224/2006.

IN THE CHAIR: Luigi COCILOVO
Vice-President

Alfonso Andria introduced recommendation A6-0226/2006.

José Albino Silva Peneda introduced recommendation for second reading A6-0220/2006.

Giovanni Claudio Fava introduced recommendation for second reading A6-0225/2006.

Jan Olbrycht introduced recommendation for second reading A6-0227/2006.

The following spoke: Hannes Manninen (President-in-Office of the Council), Danuta Hübner (Member of the Commission) and Vladimír Špidla (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Jacek Protasiewicz (draftsman of the opinion of the EMPL Committee), Gerardo Galeote, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Constanze Angela Krehl, on behalf of the PSE Group, Jean Marie Beaupuy, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Elisabeth Schroedter, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Pedro Guerreiro, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Mieczysław Edmund Janowski, on behalf of the UEN Group, and Vladimír Železný, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group.

IN THE CHAIR: Ingo FRIEDRICH
Vice-President

The following spoke: Jana Bobošíková, Rolf Berend, Alain Hutchinson, Mojca Drčar Murko, Gisela Kallenbach, Bairbre de Brún, Guntars Krasts, Graham Booth, Jan Tadeusz Masiel, Ambroise Guellec, Iratxe García Pérez, Marian Harkin, Alyn Smith, Kyriacos Triantaphyllides, Zbigniew Krzysztof Kuźmiuk, Georgios Karatzaferis, Peter Baco, Markus Pieper, Karin Jöns, Paavo Väyrynen, Luca Romagnoli, Oldřich Vlasák, Zita Gurmai, Nathalie Griesbeck, László Surján, Magda Kósáné Kovács, Antonio López-Istúriz White, Bernadette Bourzai, Francesco Musotto, Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, Ria Oomen-Ruijten, Gábor Harangozó, Lambert van Nistelrooij, Stavros Arnaoutakis, Hannes Manninen, Danuta Hübner and Vladimír Špidla.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 04.07.2006, Item 6.11, Minutes of 04.07.2006, Item 6.12, Minutes of 04.07.2006, Item 6.7, Minutes of 04.07.2006, Item 6.8 and Minutes of 04.07.2006, Item 6.9.