5. Accreditation and market surveillance relating to the marketing of products ***I - Common framework for the marketing of products ***I - Application of certain national technical rules to products lawfully marketed in another Member State ***I - Safety marking on consumer products (debate)
Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council setting out the requirements for accreditation and market surveillance relating to the marketing of products [COM(2007)0037 - C6-0068/2007 - 2007/0029(COD)] - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection. Rapporteur: André Brie (A6-0491/2007)
Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on a common framework for the marketing of products [COM(2007)0053 - C6-0067/2007 - 2007/0030(COD)] - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection. Rapporteur: Christel Schaldemose (A6-0490/2007)
Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down procedures relating to the application of certain national technical rules to products lawfully marketed in another Member State and repealing Decision 3052/95/EC [COM(2007)0036 - C6-0065/2007 - 2007/0028(COD)] - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection. Rapporteur: Alexander Stubb (A6-0489/2007)
Oral question (O-0009/2008) by Arlene McCarthy, on behalf of the IMCO Committee, to the Commission: Safety marking on consumer products (B6-0009/2008)
André Brie, Christel Schaldemose and Alexander Stubb introduced the reports.
Arlene McCarthy moved the oral question.
The following spoke: Andrej Vizjak (President-in-Office of the Council) and Günter Verheugen (Vice-President of the Commission).
The following spoke: Helmuth Markov (draftsman of the opinion of the INTA Committee), Peter Liese (draftsman of the opinion of the ENVI Committee), Karin Scheele (draftsman of the opinion of the ENVI Committee), Jan Březina (draftsman of the opinion of the ITRE Committee), John Purvis (draftsman of the opinion of the ITRE Committee), Jacques Toubon (draftsman of the opinion of the JURI Committee), Othmar Karas (draftsman of the opinion of the JURI Committee), Malcolm Harbour, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Evelyne Gebhardt, on behalf of the PSE Group, Janelly Fourtou, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Leopold Józef Rutowicz, on behalf of the UEN Group, Heide Rühle, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Jaromír Kohlíček, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Godfrey Bloom, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Jean-Claude Martinez, Non-attached Member, Andreas Schwab, Barbara Weiler, Toine Manders and Zdzisław Zbigniew Podkański.
IN THE CHAIR: Diana WALLIS Vice-President
The following spoke: Kathy Sinnott, Zita Pleštinská, Mia De Vits, Frédérique Ries, Wiesław Stefan Kuc, Małgorzata Handzlik, Anna Hedh, Magor Imre Csibi, Zuzana Roithová, Manuel Medina Ortega, Anja Weisgerber and Bernadette Vergnaud.
The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Agnes Schierhuber and Bogdan Golik.
The following spoke: Andrej Vizjak, Günter Verheugen, André Brie, Christel Schaldemose and Alexander Stubb.
(The sitting was suspended at 11.30 pending voting time and resumed at 12.00.)
IN THE CHAIR: Alejo VIDAL-QUADRAS Vice-President
The following spoke: Daniel Hannan, who apologised to the President and to the House for the remarks he had made at the sitting of 31.01.2008 (minutes of 31.01.2008, item 1) (the President took note).