11. Internal market in electricity ***I - Conditions for access to the network for cross-border exchanges in electricity ***I - Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators ***I - Towards a European Charter on the Rights of Energy Consumers (debate)

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Report: on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2003/54/EC concerning common rules for the internal market in electricity [COM(2007)0528 - C6-0316/2007 - 2007/0195(COD)] - Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. Rapporteur: Eluned Morgan (A6-0191/2008)

Report: on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003 on conditions for access to the network for cross-border exchanges in electricity [COM(2007)0531 - C6-0320/2007 - 2007/0198(COD)] - Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. Rapporteur: Alejo Vidal-Quadras (A6-0228/2008)

Report: on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing an Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators [COM(2007)0530 - C6-0318/2007 - 2007/0197(COD)] - Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. Rapporteur: Giles Chichester (A6-0226/2008)

Report: Towards a European Charter on the Rights of Energy Consumers [2008/2006(INI)] - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection. Rapporteur: Mia De Vits (A6-0202/2008)

The following spoke: Janez Lenarčič (President-in-Office of the Council) and Andris Piebalgs (Member of the Commission).

Eluned Morgan, Alejo Vidal-Quadras, Giles Chichester and Mia De Vits introduced the reports.

The following spoke: Ján Hudacký (draftsman of the opinion of the ECON Committee), Mariela Velichkova Baeva (draftsman of the opinion of the ECON Committee), Alain Lipietz (draftsman of the opinion of the ECON Committee), András Gyürk (draftsman of the opinion of the ITRE Committee), Gabriela Creţu (draftsman of the opinion of the IMCO Committee), Leopold Józef Rutowicz (draftsman of the opinion of the IMCO Committee), Gunnar Hökmark, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Reino Paasilinna, on behalf of the PSE Group, Šarūnas Birutis, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Rebecca Harms, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, and Romano Maria La Russa, on behalf of the UEN Group.

IN THE CHAIR: Luisa MORGANTINI
Vice-President

The following spoke: Miloslav Ransdorf, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, John Whittaker, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Jana Bobošíková, Non-attached Member, Nickolay Mladenov, Anne Laperrouze, Claude Turmes, Eugenijus Maldeikis, Esko Seppänen, Nils Lundgren, Hans-Peter Martin, Herbert Reul, Edit Herczog, Wolf Klinz, Alyn Smith, Konrad Szymański, Kyriacos Triantaphyllides, Andreas Mölzer, Jerzy Buzek, Evelyne Gebhardt, Patrizia Toia, Roberts Zīle, Luca Romagnoli, Nikolaos Vakalis, Teresa Riera Madurell, Adina-Ioana Vălean, Romana Jordan Cizelj, Hannes Swoboda, Françoise Grossetête, Angelika Niebler, Norbert Glante, Ieke van den Burg and Arlene McCarthy

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Paul Rübig, Silvia-Adriana Ţicău, Danutė Budreikaitė, Vladimír Remek, Jim Allister, Lambert van Nistelrooij, Neena Gill, Joel Hasse Ferreira, Zita Pleštinská and Anni Podimata.

The following spoke: Janez Lenarčič, Andris Piebalgs, Eluned Morgan, Alejo Vidal-Quadras, Giles Chichester and Mia De Vits.

The debate closed.

Vote: reports A6-0191/2008, A6-0228/2008 and A6-0226/2008: minutes of 18.06.2008, item 6.1, minutes of 18.06.2008, item 6.2 and minutes of 18.06.2008, item 6.3; report A6-0202/2008: minutes of 19.06.2008, item 5.2.

IN THE CHAIR: Diana WALLIS
Vice-President