IN THE CHAIR: Josep BORRELL FONTELLES
President

1. Opening of sitting

The sitting opened at 9.05.

2. Membership of Parliament

The Portuguese authorities had given notice of the appointment of Joel Hasse Ferreira to replace António Costa as Member of Parliament with effect from 12.03.2005.

Josep Borrell Fontelles (President) drew attention to the provisions of Rule 3(5).

3. Agenda and deadline for tabling amendments

The following report had been adopted in committee and included on the agenda for that part-session (Item 32 on the agenda):

Report on the financial implications of the accession of Romania and Bulgaria [2005/2031(INI)] - Committee on Budgets. Co-rapporteurs: Reimer Böge and Bárbara Dührkop Dührkop (A6-0090/2005)

The deadline for tabling amendments was 12.04.2005 at noon.

4. 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 concerning the rights of persons with reduced mobility when travelling by air (text with EEA relevance) (COM(2005)0047 - C6-0045/2005 - 2005/0007(COD))

- Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the information of air transport passengers on the identity of the operating carrier and on communication of safety information by Member States (Text with EEA relevance) (COM(2005)0048 - C6-0046/2005 - 2005/0008(COD))

- Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down rules on local border traffic at the external land borders of the Member States and amending the Schengen Convention and the Common Consular Instructions (COM(2005)0056 - C6-0049/2005 - 2005/0006(COD))

- Draft interinstitutional agreement on the operating framework for the European regulatory agencies (COM(2005)0059 - C6-0050/2005 - 2005/2035(ACI))

- Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Lebanon on certain aspects of air services (COM(2005)0062 - C6-0059/2005 - 2005/0012(CNS))

- Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and Georgia on certain aspects of air services (COM(2005)0061 - C6-0060/2005 - 2005/0009(CNS))

- Proposal for a Council framework decision on the fight against organised crime (COM(2005)0006 - C6-0061/2005 - 2005/0003(CNS))

- Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Community, of the UN-ECE Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (COM(2004)0635 - C6-0062/2005 - 2004/0232(CNS))

- Council Recommendation of 8 March 2005 on the discharge to be given to the Administrative Director of Eurojust in respect of the implementation of the budget of Eurojust for the financial year 2003 (06856/2005 - C6-0063/2005 - 2004/2063(DEC))

- Council Recommendation of 8 March 2005 on the discharge to be given to the Executive Director of the European Aviation Safety Agency in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Aviation Safety Agency for the financial year 2003 (06863/2005 - C6-0064/2005 - 2004/2052(DEC))

- Council Recommendation of 8 March 2005 on the discharge to be given to the Executive Director of the European Maritime Safety Agency in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Maritime Safety Agency for the financial year 2003 (06855/2005 - C6-0065/2005 - 2004/2057(DEC))

- Council Recommendation of 8 March 2005 on the discharge to be given to the Executive Director of the European Food Safety Authority in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Food Safety Authority for the financial year 2003 (06857/2005 - C6-0066/2005 - 2004/2054(DEC))

- Council Recommendation of 8 March 2005 on the discharge to be given to the Director of the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia for the financial year 2003 (06861/2005 - C6-0067/2005 - 2004/2059(DEC))

- Council Recommendation of 8 March 2005 on the discharge to be given to the Director of the Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union for the financial year 2003 (06859/2005 - C6-0068/2005 - 2004/2062(DEC))

- Council Recommendation of 8 March 2005 on the discharge to be given to the Director of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work for the financial year 2003 (06851/2005 - C6-0069/2005 - 2004/2061(DEC))

- Council Recommendation of 8 March 2005 on the discharge to be given to the Director of the European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products for the financial year 2003 (06860/2005 - C6-0070/2005 - 2004/2056(DEC))

- Council Recommendation of 8 March 2005 on the discharge to be given to the Director of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction for the financial year 2003 (06862/2005 - C6-0071/2005 - 2004/2055(DEC))

- Council Recommendation of 8 March 2005 on the discharge to be given to the Executive Director of the European Environment Agency in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Environment Agency for the financial year 2003 (06853/2005 - C6-0072/2005 - 2004/2058(DEC))

- Council Recommendation of 8 March 2005 on the discharge to be given to the Executive Director of the European Environment Agency in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Environment Agency for the financial year 2003 (06852/2005 - C6-0073/2005 - 2004/2053(DEC))

- Council Recommendation of 8 March 2005 on the discharge to be given to the Director of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions for the financial year 2003 (06854/2005 - C6-0074/2005 - 2004/2060(DEC))

- Council Recommendation of 8 March 2005 on the discharge to be given to the Director of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training for the financial year 2003 (06858/2005 - C6-0075/2005 - 2004/2050(DEC))

- Council Recommendation of 8 March 2005 on the discharge to be given to the Director of the European Agency for Reconstruction in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Agency for Reconstruction for the financial year 2003 (06864/2005 - C6-0076/2005 - 2004/2051(DEC))

- Council Recommendation of 8 March 2005 on the discharge to be given to the Commission in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2003 (06850/2005 - C6-0077/2005 - 2004/2040(DEC))

- Council Recommendation of 8 March 2005 concerning the discharge to be given to the Commission in respect of the implementation of the operations of the European Development Fund (Sixth EDF) for the financial year 2003 (06865/2005 - C6-0078/2005 - 2004/2049(DEC))

- Council Recommendation of 8 March 2005 concerning the discharge to be given to the Commission in respect of the implementation of the operations of the European Development Fund (Seventh EDF)for the financial year 2003 (06866/2005 - C6-0079/2005 - 2004/2049(DEC))

- Council Recommendation of 8 March 2005 concerning the discharge to be given to the Commission in respect of the implementation of the operations of the European Development Fund (Eighth EDF) for the financial year 2003 (06867/2005 - C6-0080/2005 - 2004/2049(DEC))

- Council Recommendation of 8 March 2005 concerning the discharge to be given to the Commission in respect of the implementation of the operations of the European Development Fund (Ninth EDF) for the financial year 2003 (06868/2005 - C6-0081/2005 - 2004/2049(DEC))

- Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a European Small Claims Procedure (COM(2005)0087 - C6-0082/2005 - 2005/0020(COD))

- Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a European Institute for Gender Equality (text with EEA relevance) (COM(2005)0081 - C6-0083/2005 - 2005/0017(COD))

- Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on Community statistics on the structure and activity of foreign affiliates (COM(2005)0088 - C6-0084/2005 - 2005/0016(COD))

- Draft Treaty of Accession of Bulgaria to the European Union (AA1/2/2005 [01] - C6-0085/2005 - 2005/0901(AVC))

- Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council determining the general rules for the granting of Community financial aid in the field of the trans-european transport networks and energy and amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2236/95 (COM(2004)0475 - C6-0086/2004 - 2004/0154(COD))

- Draft Treaty of Accession of Romania to the European Union (AA1/2/2005 [02] - C6-0086/2005 - 2005/0902(AVC))

2) from the Committee on Budgets:

- Report on the financial implications of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania (2005/2031(INI)) - Committee on Budgets – Co-rapporteurs: Böge Reimer, Dührkop Dührkop Bárbara (A6-0090/2005)

5. Debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (announcement of motions for resolutions tabled)

Pursuant to Rule 115, the following Members or political groups had requested that such a debate be held on the following motions for resolutions:

I. Bangladesh

- Johan Van Hecke, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on Bangladesh (B6-0252/2005);

- Gérard Onesta, Jean Lambert, Jillian Evans, Hélène Flautre and Raül Romeva i Rueda, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on Bangladesh (B6-0256/2005);

- Pasqualina Napoletano and Glyn Ford, on behalf of the PSE Group, on Bangladesh (B6-0265/2005);

- Anna Elzbieta Fotyga, on behalf of the UEN Group, on political violence and terrorism in Bangladesh (B6-0266/2005);

- Thomas Mann and Charles Tannock, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on Bangladesh (B6-0268/2005);

- Vittorio Agnoletto and Giusto Catania, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on Bangladesh (B6-0270/2005);

II. Humanitarian assistance to refugees from Western Sahara

- José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, José Javier Pomés Ruiz, Bernd Posselt and Thomas Mann, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on humanitarian aid to Sahrawi refugees (B6-0250/2005);

- Philippe Morillon, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on humanitarian aid for Western Sahara refugees (B6-0253/2005);

- Raül Romeva i Rueda and Bernat Joan i Marí, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on humanitarian aid to refugees in the Western Sahara (B6-0257/2005);

- Francis Wurtz, Willy Meyer Pleite, Jonas Sjöstedt, Vittorio Agnoletto, Marco Rizzo and Feleknas Uca, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the Western Sahara (B6-0261/2005);

- Pasqualina Napoletano, Karin Scheele and Carlos Carnero González, on behalf of the PSE Group, on food aid to refugees in the Western Sahara (B6-0264/2005);

III. Lampedusa

- Monica Frassoni, Hélène Flautre, Kathalijne Maria Buitenweg and Jean Lambert, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on Lampedusa (B6-0251/2005);

- Sarah Ludford, Alexander Nuno Alvaro and Lapo Pistelli, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the situation in Lampedusa (B6-0254/2005);

- Giusto Catania, Fausto Bertinotti, Marco Rizzo, Roberto Musacchio, Umberto Guidoni, Luisa Morgantini, Vittorio Agnoletto and André Brie, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the mass expulsions of refugees from the island of Lampedusa, Italy (B6-0262/2005);

- Pasqualina Napoletano, Martine Roure and Giovanni Claudio Fava, on behalf of the PSE Group, on the mass expulsions of third-country nationals from Lampedusa (B6-0263/2005);

- Stefano Zappalà, Lorenzo Cesa and Amalia Sartori, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Cristiana Muscardini, Roberta Angelilli and Romano Maria La Russa, on behalf of the UEN Group, on Lampedusa (B6-0267/2005).

Speaking time would be allocated in accordance with Rule 142.

6. 2003 discharge: Section III of the general budget - 2003 discharge: Section I of the general budget - 2003 discharge: Sections II, IV, V, VI, VII and VIII of the general budget - 2003 discharge: Decentralised Agencies - 2003 discharge: 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th European Development Funds (debate)

Report on the discharge for the execution of the general budget of the European Union for the 2003 financial year
Section III, Commission
[SEC(2004)1181 - C6-0012/2005 - 2004/2040(DEC)
SEC(2004)1182 - C6-0013/2005 - 2004/2040(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Terence Wynn (A6-0070/2005)

Report on the discharge for the execution of the general budget of the European Union for the 2003 financial year
Section I, European Parliament [C6–0015/2005 – 2004/2041(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Ona Juknevičienė (A6-0063/2005)

Report on the discharge for the execution of the general budget of the European Union for the 2003 financial year
Section II, Council
[C6-0016/2005 – 2004/2042(DEC)]
Section IV, Court of Justice
[C6-0017/2005 – 2004/2043(DEC)]
Section V, Court of Auditors
[C6-0018/2005 – 2004/2044(DEC)]
Section VI, European Economic and Social Committee
[C6-0019/2005 – 2004/2045(DEC)]
Section VII, Committee of the Regions
[C6-0020/2005 – 2004/2046(DEC)]
Section VIII, Ombudsman
[C6-0021/2005 – 2004/2047(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Alexander Stubb (A6-0066/2005)

Report on the discharges:
1. to the European Agency for Reconstruction
[N6-0216/2004 - C6-0235/2004 - 2004/2051(DEC)]
2. to the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training
[N6-0207/2004 - C6-0226/2004 - 2004/2050(DEC)]
3. to the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
[N6-0208/2004 - C6-0227/2004 - 2004/2060(DEC)]
4. to the European Environment Agency
[N6-0209/2004 - C6-0228/2004 - 2004/2053(DEC)
5. to the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
[N6-0213/2004 - C6-0232/2004 - 2004/2061(DEC)]
6. to the European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products
[N6-0212/2004 - C6-0231/2004 - 2004/2056(DEC)]
7. to the Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union
[N6-0214/2004 - C6-0233/2004 - 2004/2062(DEC)]
8. to Eurojust
[N6-0220/2004 - C6-0239/2004 - 2004/2063(DEC)]
9. to the European Training Foundation
[N6-0210/2004 - C6-0229/2004 - 2004/2058(DEC)]
10. to the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addication
[N6-0211/2004 - C6-0230/2004 - 2004/2055(DEC)]
11. to the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia
[N6-0215/2004 - C6-0234/2004 - 2004/2059(DEC)]
12. to the European Food Safety Authority
[N6-0217/2004 C6-0236/2004 – 2004/2054(DEC)]
13. to the European Maritime Safety Agency
[N6-0218/2004 - C6-0237/2004 – 2004/2057(DEC
14. to European Aviation Safety Agency
[N6-0219/2004 - C6-0238/2004 – 2004/2052(DEC)]
for the financial year 2003 - Committee on Budgetary Control. Co-rapporteurs: Inés Ayala Sender and Carl Schlyter (A6-0074/2005)

Report on the granting of discharge to the Commission for the budget for the sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth European Development Funds for 2003 [COM(2004)0667 – C6-0165/2004 – 2004/2049(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Marilisa Xenogiannakopoulou (A6-0069/2005)

Terence Wynn introduced the report.

Ona Juknevičienė introduced the report.

Alexander Stubb introduced the report.

Inés Ayala Sender and Carl Schlyter introduced the report.

Marilisa Xenogiannakopoulou introduced the report.

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

The following spoke: Danutė Budreikaitė (draftsman of the opinion of the DEVE Committee), Jutta D. Haug (draftsman of the opinion of the ENVI Committee), Gérard Deprez (draftsman of the opinion of the LIBE Committee), Simon Busuttil, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Szabolcs Fazakas, on behalf of the PSE Group, Jan Mulder, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Bart Staes, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Nils Lundgren, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Mogens N.J. Camre, on behalf of the UEN Group, Hans-Peter Martin, Non-attached Member, and José Javier Pomés Ruiz.

IN THE CHAIR: Edward McMILLAN-SCOTT
Vice-President

The following spoke: Edith Mastenbroek, Chris Davies, Paul van Buitenen, Godfrey Bloom, Ashley Mote, Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Paulo Casaca, Carl Schlyter, Christofer Fjellner, Herbert Bösch, Markus Ferber, Manuel António dos Santos, James Elles, Véronique Mathieu, Eluned Morgan and Siim Kallas.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 12.04.2005, Item 9.10, Minutes of 12.04.2005, Item 9.11, Minutes of 12.04.2005, Item 9.12, Minutes of 12.04.2005, Item 9.13 and Minutes of 12.04.2005, Item 9.14

7. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) (debate)

Report on the role of the EU in the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) [2004/2252(INI)] - Committee on Development. Rapporteur: Glenys Kinnock (A6-0075/2005)

Glenys Kinnock introduced the report.

Louis Michel (Member of the Commission) spoke.

IN THE CHAIR: Janusz ONYSZKIEWICZ
Vice-President

The following spoke: Maria Martens, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Margrietus van den Berg, on behalf of the PSE Group, Thierry Cornillet, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Bernat Joan i Marí, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Luisa Morgantini, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Mieczysław Edmund Janowski, on behalf of the UEN Group, Frank Vanhecke, Non-attached Member, Anna Záborská, Karin Scheele, Danutė Budreikaitė, Margrete Auken, Gabriele Zimmer, Anders Wijkman, Proinsias De Rossa, Johan Van Hecke, Caroline Lucas and Louis Michel.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 12.04.2005, Item 9.15

8. The fight against malaria (debate)

Commission statement: The fight against malaria

Louis Michel (Member of the Commission) made the statement.

The following spoke: Fernando Fernández Martín, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Margrietus van den Berg, on behalf of the PSE Group, Toomas Savi, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Satu Hassi, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Miguel Angel Martínez Martínez, Ana Maria Gomes, Giovanni Berlinguer, Thierry Cornillet and Louis Michel.

The debate closed.

(The sitting was suspended at 12.00 pending voting time and resumed at 12.05.)

IN THE CHAIR: Ingo FRIEDRICH
Vice-President

9. Voting time

Details of voting (amendments, separate and split votes, etc.) appear in Annex 1 to the Minutes.

9.1. Election of a Vice-President of the European Parliament

The next item was the election of a Vice-President to fill the seat vacated by António Costa, who had been appointed to the Portuguese Government.

The President announced that the PSE Group had nominated Manuel António dos Santos.

As Manuel António dos Santos was the only candidate, the President proposed that the House vote by acclamation.

The House elected Manuel António dos Santos by acclamation.

The President proclaimed Manuel António dos Santos Vice-President of the European Parliament and congratulated him on his election. Pursuant to Rule 17(1), he would take the place of his predecessor in the order of precedence.

9.2. Regional state aid (Rule 131) (vote)

Request for consultation of the Committee of the Regions on: Regional state aid

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex 1, Item 1)

Approved

9.3. Common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) ***I (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) by reason of the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia to the European Union [COM(2004)0592 - C6-0118/2004 - 2004/0202(COD)] - Committee on Regional Development. Rapporteur: Gerardo Galeote Quecedo (A6-0067/2005)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex 1, Item 2)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2005)0083)

9.4. Designation of Europol as the Central Office for combating euro counterfeiting * (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the initiative of the Federal Republic of Germany, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, the Italian Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland with a view to adopting a Council decision on protecting the euro against counterfeiting by designating Europol as the Central Office for combating euro counterfeiting [14811/2004 - C6-0221/2004 - 2004/0817(CNS)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra (A6-0079/2005)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex 1, Item 3)

INITIATIVE OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN, THE FRENCH REPUBLIC, THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC AND THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND, AMENDMENTS and DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2005)0084)

9.5. European Police College (CEPOL) * (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council decision establishing the European Police College (CEPOL) as a body of the European Union [COM(2004)0623 - C6-0203/2004 - 2004/0215(CNS)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Panayiotis Demetriou (A6-0059/2005)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex 1, Item 4)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL, AMENDMENTS and DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2005)0085)

9.6. Short sea shipping (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on short sea shipping [2004/2161(INI)] - Committee on Transport and Tourism. Rapporteur: Robert Navarro (A6-0055/2005)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex 1, Item 5)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2005)0086)

During the vote:

As the rapporteur, who had tabled an oral amendment to amendment C, was absent, the President read out the oral amendment, which Georg Jarzembowski had agreed to take over. The oral amendment was incorporated.

9.7. Researchers from third countries (specific procedure)* - Researchers from third countries (facilitating admission)* - Researchers from third countries (short-stay visas) ***I (vote)

Report 1.* on the proposal for a Council directive on a specific procedure for admitting third-country nationals for the purposes of scientific research
[COM(2004)0178 - C6-0011/2004 - 2004/0061(CNS)]
2.* on the proposal for a Council recommendation to facilitate the admission of third-country nationals to carry out scientific research in the European Community
[COM(2004)0178 - C6-0012/2004 - 2004/0062(CNS)]
3.***I on the proposal for a European Parliament and Council recommendation to facilitate the issue by the Member States of uniform short-stay visas for researchers from third countries travelling within the European Community for the purpose of carrying out scientific research
[COM(2004)0178 - C6-0013/2004 - 2004/0063(COD)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Vincent Peillon (A6-0054/2005)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex 1, Item 6)

1. COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P6_TA(2005)0087)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2005)0087)

2. PROPOSAL FOR A RECOMMENDATION 1

Approved as amended (P6_TA(2005)0088)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2005)0088)

3. PROPOSAL FOR A RECOMMENDATION 2

Approved as amended (P6_TA(2005)0089)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2005)0089)

9.8. Hazardous substances (Rule 81) (vote)

Motion for a resolution on the draft Commission decision amending for the purposes of adapting to the technical progress the Annex to Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (CMT-2005-151 and CMT-2005-642) - ENVI Committee (B6-0218/2005)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex 1, Item 7)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2005)0090)

9.9. Procedural rights in criminal proceedings * (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council framework decision on certain procedural rights in criminal proceedings throughout the European Union [COM(2004)0328 - C6-0071/2004 - 2004/0113(CNS)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Kathalijne Maria Buitenweg (A6-0064/2005)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex 1, Item 8)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P6_TA(2005)0091)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2005)0091)

The following spoke on the vote:

Kathalijne Maria Buitenweg (rapporteur), who moved an oral amendment to amendment 51 and, as it was a compromise amendment, asked that it be put to the vote before amendment 4. The President established that there were no objections to the request or to the oral amendment, which was incorporated.

9.10. 2003 discharge: Section III of the general budget (vote)

Report on the discharge for the execution of the general budget of the European Union for the 2003 financial year
Section III, Commission
[SEC(2004)1181 - C6-0012/2005 - 2004/2040(DEC)
SEC(2004)1182 - C6-0013/2005 - 2004/2040(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Terence Wynn (A6-0070/2005)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex 1, Item 9)

PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION (discharge)

Approved (P6_TA(2005)0092)

PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION (closure of accounts)

Approved (P6_TA(2005)0092)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2005)0092)

9.11. 2003 discharge: Section I of the general budget (vote)

Report on the discharge for the execution of the general budget of the European Union for the 2003 financial year
Section I, European Parliament [C6–0015/2005 – 2004/2041(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Ona Juknevičienė (A6-0063/2005)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex 1, Item 10)

PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION

Approved (P6_TA(2005)0093)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2005)0093)

The following spoke on the vote:

Bart Staes, who suggested that amendment 9 be taken as an addition. More than 37 Members objected to this suggestion.

9.12. 2003 discharge: Sections II, IV, V, VI, VII and VIII of the general budget (vote)

Report on the discharge for the execution of the general budget of the European Union for the 2003 financial year
Section II, Council
[C6-0016/2005 – 2004/2042(DEC)]
Section IV, Court of Justice
[C6-0017/2005 – 2004/2043(DEC)]
Section V, Court of Auditors
[C6-0018/2005 – 2004/2044(DEC)]
Section VI, European Economic and Social Committee
[C6-0019/2005 – 2004/2045(DEC)]
Section VII, Committee of the Regions
[C6-0020/2005 – 2004/2046(DEC)]
Section VIII, Ombudsman
[C6-0021/2005 – 2004/2047(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Alexander Stubb (A6-0066/2005)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex 1, Item 11)

1. Section II, Council

PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION

Approved (P6_TA(2005)0094)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2005)0094)

2. Section IV, Court of Justice

PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION

Approved (P6_TA(2005)0095)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2005)0095)

3. Section V, Court of Auditors

PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION

Approved (P6_TA(2005)0096)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2005)0096)

4. Section VI, European Economic and Social Committee

PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION

Approved (P6_TA(2005)0097)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2005)0097)

5. Section VII, Committee of the Regions

PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION

Approved (P6_TA(2005)0098)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2005)0098)

6. Section VIII, Ombudsman

PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION

Approved (P6_TA(2005)0099)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2005)0099)

9.13. 2003 discharge: Decentralised Agencies (vote)

Report on the discharges:
1. to the European Agency for Reconstruction
[N6-0216/2004 - C6-0235/2004 - 2004/2051(DEC)]
2. to the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training
[N6-0207/2004 - C6-0226/2004 - 2004/2050(DEC)]
3. to the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
[N6-0208/2004 - C6-0227/2004 - 2004/2060(DEC)]
4. to the European Environment Agency
[N6-0209/2004 - C6-0228/2004 - 2004/2053(DEC)
5. to the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
[N6-0213/2004 - C6-0232/2004 - 2004/2061(DEC)]
6. to the European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products
[N6-0212/2004 - C6-0231/2004 - 2004/2056(DEC)]
7. to the Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union
[N6-0214/2004 - C6-0233/2004 - 2004/2062(DEC)]
8. to Eurojust
[N6-0220/2004 - C6-0239/2004 - 2004/2063(DEC)]
9. to the European Training Foundation
[N6-0210/2004 - C6-0229/2004 - 2004/2058(DEC)]
10. to the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addication
[N6-0211/2004 - C6-0230/2004 - 2004/2055(DEC)]
11. to the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia
[N6-0215/2004 - C6-0234/2004 - 2004/2059(DEC)]
12. to the European Food Safety Authority
[N6-0217/2004 C6-0236/2004 – 2004/2054(DEC)]
13. to the European Maritime Safety Agency
[N6-0218/2004 - C6-0237/2004 – 2004/2057(DEC
14. to European Aviation Safety Agency
[N6-0219/2004 - C6-0238/2004 – 2004/2052(DEC)]
for the financial year 2003 - Committee on Budgetary Control. Co-rapporteurs: Inés Ayala Sender and Carl Schlyter (A6-0074/2005)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex 1, Item 12)

1. European Agency for Reconstruction

PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION

Approved (P6_TA(2005)0100)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2005)0100)

2. European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training

PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION

Approved (P6_TA(2005)0101)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2005)0101)

3. European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions

PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION

Approved (P6_TA(2005)0102)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2005)0102)

4. European Environment Agency

PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION

Approved (P6_TA(2005)0103)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2005)0103)

5. European Agency for Safety and Health at Work

PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION

Approved (P6_TA(2005)0104)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2005)0104)

6. European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products

PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION

Approved (P6_TA(2005)0105)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2005)0105)

7. Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union

PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION

Approved (P6_TA(2005)0106)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2005)0106)

8. Eurojust

PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION

Approved (P6_TA(2005)0107)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2005)0107)

9. European Training Foundation

PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION

Approved (P6_TA(2005)0108)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2005)0108)

10. European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction

PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION

Approved (P6_TA(2005)0109)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2005)0109)

11. European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia

PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION

Approved (P6_TA(2005)0110)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2005)0110)

12. European Food Safety Authority

PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION

Approved (P6_TA(2005)0111)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2005)0111)

13. European Maritime Safety Agency

PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION

Approved (P6_TA(2005)0112)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2005)0112)

14. European Aviation Safety Agency

PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION

Approved (P6_TA(2005)0113)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2005)0113)

9.14. 2003 discharge: 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th European Development Funds (vote)

Report on the granting of discharge to the Commission for the budget for the sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth European Development Funds for 2003 [COM(2004)0667 – C6-0165/2004 – 2004/2049(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Marilisa Xenogiannakopoulou (A6-0069/2005)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex 1, Item 13)

PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION (discharge)

Approved (P6_TA(2005)0114)

PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION (closure of accounts)

Approved (P6_TA(2005)0114)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2005)0114)

9.15. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) (vote)

Report on the role of the EU in the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) [2004/2252(INI)] - Committee on Development. Rapporteur: Glenys Kinnock (A6-0075/2005)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: Annex 1, Item 14)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2005)0115)

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Reinhard Rack spoke on the organisation of Parliament's business.

10. 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: Panayiotis Demetriou - A6-0059/2005

- Sophia in 't Veld and Bernd Posselt

Report: Kathalijne Maria Buitenweg - A6-0064/2005

- Bruno Gollnisch

Report: Terence Wynn - A6-0070/2005

- Christopher Heaton-Harris

Report: Ona Juknevičienė - A6-0063/2005

- Richard Howitt and Ursula Stenzel

Report: Inés Ayala Sender/Carl Schlyter A6-0074/2005

- Vytautas Landsbergis

11. Corrections to votes

Corrections to votes were submitted by the following Members:

Report: Panayiotis Demetriou - A6-0059/2005

- single vote

   for: Gérard Onesta

Report: Kathalijne Maria Buitenweg - A6-0064/2005

- Commission proposal

   for: Carlos Coelho

legislative resolution (as a whole)

   for: Angelika Niebler, Sophia in 't Veld

Report: Terence Wynn - A6-0070/2005

- discharge decision (as a whole)

   against: Caroline Jackson

- paragraph 79

   for: Dan Jørgensen

- paragraph 107

   for: Glyn Ford

   against: Paul Marie Coûteaux, Patrick Louis

Report: Ona Juknevičienė - A6-0063/2005

- amendment 1

   for : Philip Claeys, Koenraad Dillen and Frank Vanhecke

- amendment 2

   for : Philip Claeys, Koenraad Dillen and Frank Vanhecke

- amendment 4

   for : Philip Claeys, Koenraad Dillen, Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Jürgen Schröder and Frank Vanhecke

   against : Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou and Georgios Papastamkos

- amendment 5

   for : Philip Claeys, Koenraad Dillen, Eluned Morgan and Frank Vanhecke

- amendment 9

   for : Philip Claeys, Koenraad Dillen, Ursula Stenzel and Frank Vanhecke

   against : Jan Andersson, Bairbre de Brún, Maria da Assunção Esteves, Ewa Hedkvist Petersen, Gunnar Hökmark, Jas Gawronski, Anna Ibrisagic, Carl Lang, Jörg Leichtfried, Mary Lou McDonald, Jean-Claude Martinez, Borut Pahor, Lydia Schenardi, Inger Segelström, Ursula Stenzel, Ari Vatanen, Margrietus van den Berg, Marios Matsakis

- amendment 10

   against: Paul van Buitenen, Bairbre de Brún, Maria da Assunção Esteves, Jas Gawronski, Carl Lang, Jörg Leichtfried, Fernand Le Rachinel, Mary Lou McDonald, Borut Pahor, Alyn Smith, Bart Staes, Margrietus van den Berg, Marios Matsakis

   abstention: Koenraad Dillen

- amendment 11

   for: Margrietus van den Berg, Daniel Caspary, Philip Claeys, Koenraad Dillen, Eluned Morgan and Frank Vanhecke

   abstention: Alexander Radwan

- resolution (as a whole)

   for: Fausto Bertinotti and Roberto Musacchio

Report: Alexander Stubb - A6-0066/2005

- amendment 1

   against: Pervenche Berès and Anders Wijkman

Report: Glenys Kinnock - A6-0075/2005

- amendment 7

   against: Linda McAvan

- amendment 11

   for: Françoise Grossetête

   against: Anders Wijkman

- amendment 12

   against: Marianne Thyssen

- amendment 14

   against: Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou

- amendment 15

   against: Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou

   abstention: Geoffrey Van Orden

- amendment 16

   against: Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou

- resolution (as a whole)

   for: Robert Goebbels

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

IN THE CHAIR: Josep BORRELL FONTELLES
President

12. Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

Pervenche Berès had informed the Presidency that she had been present but that her name was not on the attendance register.

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The Minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

13. Bulgaria's application for membership of the EU ***- Bulgaria's application to become a member of the Union - Romania's application for membership of the EU ***- Romania's application to become a member of the European Union - The financial implications of the accession of Romania and Bulgaria (debate)

Recommendation on the application by the Republic of Bulgaria to become a member of the European Union [AA1/2/2005 - C6-0085/2005 - 2005/0901(AVC)] - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: Geoffrey Van Orden (A6-0082/2005)

Report on the application by the Republic of Bulgaria to become a member of the European Union [2005/2029(INI)] - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: Geoffrey Van Orden (A6-0078/2005)

Recommendation on Romania's application for membership of the EU [AA1/2/2005 - C6-0086/2005 - 2005/0902(AVC)] - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: Pierre Moscovici (A6-0083/2005)

Report on Romania's application to become a member of the European Union [2005/2028(INI)] - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: Pierre Moscovici (A6-0077/2005)

Report on the financial implications of the accession of Romania and Bulgaria [2005/2031(INI)] - Committee on Budgets. Co-rapporteurs: Reimer Böge and Bárbara Dührkop Dührkop (A6-0090/2005)

Geoffrey Van Orden introduced the report and the recommendation.

Pierre Moscovici introduced the report and the recommendation.

Bárbara Dührkop Dührkop and Reimer Böge introduced the report.

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

The following spoke: Albert Jan Maat (draftsman of the opinion of the AGRI Committee), Francisco José Millán Mon, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Jan Marinus Wiersma, on behalf of the PSE Group, Alexander Lambsdorff, on behalf of the ALDE Group, and Joost Lagendijk, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group.

IN THE CHAIR: Antonios TRAKATELLIS
Vice-President

The following spoke: Erik Meijer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Bastiaan Belder, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Inese Vaidere, on behalf of the UEN Group, Alessandro Battilocchio, Non-attached Member, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Alexandra Dobolyi, Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Milan Horáček, Vladimír Remek, Mirosław Mariusz Piotrowski, Marcin Libicki, Hans-Peter Martin, Markus Ferber, Hannes Swoboda, Anne E. Jensen, Rebecca Harms, Georgios Karatzaferis, Salvatore Tatarella, Jan Tadeusz Masiel, Guido Podestà, Klaus Hänsch, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Mario Borghezio, Andreas Mölzer, Kinga Gál, Libor Rouček, Ioannis Varvitsiotis, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Christopher Beazley, Jo Leinen, Mairead McGuinness, María Isabel Salinas García, Ville Itälä, Teresa Riera Madurell and Ole Christensen.

IN THE CHAIR: Luigi COCILOVO
Vice-President

The following spoke: Nicolas Schmit and Olli Rehn

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 13.04.2005, Item 4.2, Minutes of 13.04.2005, Item 4.3, Minutes of 13.04.2005, Item 4.4, Minutes of 13.04.2005, Item 4.5 and Minutes of 13.04.2005, Item 4.6

(The sitting was suspended at 17.20 pending the next item. It resumed at 17.30.)

14. Integrated package: BEPGs and Employment guidelines (debate)

Commission communication: Integrated package: BEPGs and Employment guidelines

Günther Verheugen (Vice-President of the Commission), Joaquín Almunia (Member of the Commission) and Vladimír Špidla (Member of the Commission) made the communication.

The following spoke: Jan Andersson, Carlo Fatuzzo, Anne Van Lancker, Piia-Noora Kauppi, Elisabeth Schroedter and Robert Goebbels to put questions to the Commission which Günther Verheugen, Vladimír Špidla and Joaquín Almunia answered.

IN THE CHAIR: Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN
Vice-President

The debate closed.

15. Question Time (Commission)

Parliament considered a number of questions to the Commission (B6-0163/2005).

Part one

Question 42 (Enrique Barón Crespo): Investigation into the murder of journalist José Couso, a European citizen in Iraq.
Question 76 (Willy Meyer Pleite): Investigation into the murder in Iraq of the journalist José Couso.
Question 77 (David Hammerstein Mintz): Investigation into the murder of journalist José Couso, a European citizen in Iraq.
Question 78 (Josu Ortuondo Larrea): Investigation into the murder of the journalist José Couso in Iraq.

Question 79 (Jean-Marie Cavada): Investigation into the death of the journalist José Couso.

Benita Ferrero-Waldner (Member of the Commission) answered the questions and supplementaries by Enrique Barón Crespo.

Question 43 (Philip Bushill-Matthews): The disenfranchisement of expatriate voters re Constitution Treaty.

Neelie Kroes (Member of the Commission) answered the question and supplementaries by Philip Bushill-Matthews and David Martin.

Question 44 (Liam Aylward): Sugar-based bioethanol.

Neelie Kroes answered the question and a supplementary by Liam Aylward.

Part two

Question 45 (Bart Staes): Competition rules and State aid for the nuclear power industry.

Neelie Kroes answered the question and a supplementary by Bart Staes.

Question 46 (Katerina Batzeli): Mergers in the field of the audiovisual media.

Neelie Kroes answered the question.

Question 47 (Gay Mitchell): State aid.

Neelie Kroes answered the question and supplementaries by Gay Mitchell and Avril Doyle.

Question 48 (Glyn Ford): World Cup tickets.

Neelie Kroes answered the question and a supplementary by Glyn Ford.

Question 49 (Dimitrios Papadimoulis): Disposal of toxic and hazardous waste in Greece.

Stavros Dimas (Member of the Commission) answered the question and a supplementary by Dimitrios Papadimoulis.

Question 50 (Mairead McGuinness): Compliance with the Nitrates Directive.

Stavros Dimas answered the question and supplementaries by Mairead McGuinness, James Hugh Allister and Proinsias De Rossa.

Questions 51 to 58 would receive written answers.

Question 59 (Bernd Posselt): Status of Kosovo.

Olli Rehn (Member of the Commission) answered the question and a supplementary by Bernd Posselt.

Question 60 (David Martin): Bulgarian judicial reforms.

Olli Rehn answered the question and supplementaries by David Martin and Panagiotis Beglitis.

Question 61 (Anna Hedh): Turkish women's right to work.

Olli Rehn answered the question and a supplementary by Ewa Hedkvist Petersen (deputising for the author).

Question 62 (Panagiotis Beglitis): Construction and operation of three nuclear power stations in Turkey.

Olli Rehn answered the question and a supplementary by Panagiotis Beglitis.

Marios Matsakis spoke on the organisation of Question Time.

Questions which had not been answered for lack of time would receive written answers.

Commission Question Time closed.

(The sitting was suspended at 19.40 and resumed at 21.00.)

IN THE CHAIR: Dagmar ROTH-BEHRENDT
Vice-President

16. Global threat of a flu epidemic (debate)

Commission statement: Global threat of a flu epidemic

Markos Kyprianou (Member of the Commission) made the statement.

The following spoke: John Bowis, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Linda McAvan, on behalf of the PSE Group, Jules Maaten, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Kathy Sinnott, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Irena Belohorská, Non-attached Member, Françoise Grossetête, John Attard-Montalto, Milan Gaľa and Markos Kyprianou.

The debate closed.

17. Commission's annual policy strategy for 2006 (debate)

Report on the 2006 budget: the Commission's Annual Policy Strategy report (APS) [2004/2270(BUD)] - Committee on Budgets. Rapporteur: Giovanni Pittella (A6-0071/2005)

Giovanni Pittella introduced the report.

Dalia Grybauskaitė (Member of the Commission) spoke.

The following spoke: Nirj Deva (draftsman of the opinion of the DEVE Committee), David Martin (draftsman of the opinion of the INTA Committee), Rosa Miguélez Ramos (draftsman of the opinion of the PECH Committee), Laima Liucija Andrikienė, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Catherine Guy-Quint, on behalf of the PSE Group, Anne E. Jensen, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Esko Seppänen, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, and Nils Lundgren, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 13.04.2005, Item 4.12

18. Regional Policy Challenges - Regional policy challenges in the context of the financial framework (2007/2013) (debate)

Oral question by Gerardo Galeote Quecedo, Konstantinos Hatzidakis, Sérgio Marques, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Constanze Angela Krehl, Bárbara Dührkop Dührkop, Marilisa Xenogiannakopoulou and António Costa, on behalf of the PSE Group, to the Commission: The new challenges of the regional policy (B6-0161/2005)

Oral question by Pedro Guerreiro, Bairbre de Brún and Kyriacos Triantaphyllides, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, to the Commission: Regional policy challenges in the context of the financial framework for 2007-2013 (B6-0170/2005)

Gerardo Galeote Quecedo, Constanze Angela Krehl and Pedro Guerreiro moved the oral questions.

Danuta Hübner (Member of the Commission) answered the oral questions.

The following spoke: Konstantinos Hatzidakis, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Bárbara Dührkop Dührkop, on behalf of the PSE Group, Kyösti Tapio Virrankoski, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Elisabeth Schroedter, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Bairbre de Brún, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group (who made part of her speech in Irish. The President pointed out that no interpretation was provided for that language in the Chamber), Mirosław Mariusz Piotrowski, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Adam Jerzy Bielan, on behalf of the UEN Group, Sérgio Marques, Marilisa Xenogiannakopoulou, Alyn Smith, Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Rolf Berend, Jamila Madeira, Jan Olbrycht, Tunne Kelam and Danuta Hübner.

The debate closed.

19. Ecodesign requirements for energy-using products ***II (debate)

Recommendation for second reading on the common position adopted by the Council with a view to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for energy-using products and amending Council Directive 92/42/EEC and Directives 96/57/EC and 2000/55/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council [11414/1/2004 - C6-0246/2004 - 2003/0172(COD)] - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. Rapporteur: Frédérique Ries (A6-0057/2005)

Frédérique Ries introduced the recommendation for second reading.

Andris Piebalgs (Member of the Commission) spoke.

The following spoke: Peter Liese, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Karin Scheele, on behalf of the PSE Group, Holger Krahmer, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Claude Turmes, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Johannes Blokland, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Evangelia Tzampazi, Eija-Riitta Korhola and Andris Piebalgs.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 13.04.2005, Item 4.9

20. Sulphur content of marine fuels ***II (debate)

Recommendation for second reading on the common position adopted by the Council with a view to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 1999/32/EC as regards the sulphur content of marine fuels [12891/2/2004 - C6-0248/2004 - 2002/0259(COD)] - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. Rapporteur: Satu Hassi (A6-0056/2005)

Satu Hassi introduced the recommendation for second reading.

Stavros Dimas (Member of the Commission) spoke.

The following spoke: Aldis Kušķis, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Linda McAvan, on behalf of the PSE Group, Jonas Sjöstedt, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Johannes Blokland, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Åsa Westlund and Stavros Dimas.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 13.04.2005, Item 4.10

21. Agenda for next sitting

The agenda for the next sitting had been established ('Agenda' PE 356.376/OJME).

22. Closure of sitting

The sitting closed at 23.40.

The following signed:

Adamou, Adwent, Agnoletto, Albertini, Allister, Alvaro, Andersson, Andrejevs, Andria, Andrikienė, Antoniozzi, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Ashworth, Assis, Attard-Montalto, Attwooll, Aubert, Auken, Ayala Sender, Aylward, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Baco, Badía i Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Barsi-Pataky, Batten, Battilocchio, Bauer, Beaupuy, Beazley, Becsey, Beer, Beglitis, Belder, Belet, Belohorská, Bennahmias, Beňová, Berend, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berlato, Berlinguer, Berman, Bersani, Bertinotti, Bielan, Birutis, Blokland, Bloom, Bobošíková, Böge, Bösch, Bonde, Bonino, Bono, Bonsignore, Booth, Borghezio, Borrell Fontelles, Bourlanges, Bowis, Bradbourn, Mihael Brejc, Brepoels, Bresso, Breyer, Březina, Brie, Brunetta, Budreikaitė, van Buitenen, Bullmann, van den Burg, Bushill-Matthews, Busk, Busquin, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Calabuig Rull, Callanan, Camre, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carlshamre, Carollo, Casa, Casaca, Cashman, Caspary, Castex, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera, Catania, 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