Details of voting (amendments, separate and split votes, etc.) appear in Annex 1 to the Minutes.
5.1. Draft general budget of the European Union - Financial year 2006 (vote)
- Draft amendments to and proposals for modification relating to the appropriations in Section III of the 2006 draft general budget, concerning the Commission. - Draft amendments to Sections I, II, IV, V, VI, VII and VIII of the 2006 draft general budget, concerning the European Parliament, Council, Court of Justice, Court of Auditors, Economic and Social Committee, Committee of the Regions, European Ombudsman and European Data Protection Supervisor
(Draft amendments covering 'non-compulsory' expenditure require a qualified majority for adoption; proposed modifications covering compulsory expenditure require a simple majority)
(Voting record: Annex 1, Item 1)
The draft amendments and proposed modifications that were adopted are included in the annex to the 'Texts Adopted'.
Remarks on the vote:
Gianni Pittella (rapporteur) spoke before the vote to introduce the following technical corrections:
- on line 15 06 06 (Special Annual Events) the words 'at the new Museum of Europe' should be deleted from the remarks,
- in the remarks on line 19 03 06 (European Union Special Representatives) the word 'envoy' should be replaced by the word 'representative' in order to be consistent with the title of the line,
- in amendment 0771 (block 4), the full amount of payment appropriations on budget line 22 02 01 01 should appear on the line,
- A p.m. should be reinstated on the lines for the European Development Fund (EDF) in order to restore the preliminary draft budget. This concerns lines 21 03 01 to 21 03 15.
The following spoke during the vote:
Catherine Guy-Quint, on the voting order in respect of draft amendments 231 and 779, and Salvador Garriga Polledoon Mrs Guy-Quint's remarks.
Gianni Pittella (rapporteur), first to clarify amendments 446 and 292, and then on the voting order in respect of amendments 74 and 223.
Salvador Garriga Polledo and Kathalijne Maria Buitenweg on Mr Pittella's remarks.
Valdis Dombrovskis (rapporteur), who made technical corrections to amendments 473 and 475, to which Parliament agreed.
5.2. Draft general budget for 2006 (Section III) (vote)
Report on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2006 - Section III - Commission [C6-0299/2005 - 2005/2001(BUD)] - Committee on Budgets. Rapporteur: Gianni Pittella (A6-0309/2005)
5.3. Draft general budget for 2006 - other sections (vote)
Report on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2006 Section I, European Parliament Section II, Council Section IV, Court of Justice Section V, Court of Auditors Section VI, Economic and Social Committee Section VII, Committee of the Regions Section VIII (A), European Ombudsman Section VIII (B), European Data Protection Supervisor [C6-0300/2005 - 2005/2002(BUD)] - Committee on Budgets. Rapporteur: Valdis Dombrovskis (A6-0307/2005)
5.6. Activities of the European Ombudsman (2004) (vote)
Report on the annual report on the activities of the European Ombudsman for the year 2004 [2005/2136(INI)] - Committee on Petitions. Rapporteur: Manolis Mavrommatis (A6-0276/2005)