The Minutes of the previous sitting were approved.
3. Statement by the President
The President made a statement on the attacks that had taken place in Amman on 9 November 2005. He pointed out that he had passed on Parliament's condolences to the Jordanian authorities and to the families of the victims.
Parliament observed a minute's silence in memory of the victims.
4. Documents received
The following documents had been received:
1) from committees
1.1) reports:
- Report on the use of financial resources earmarked for the decommissioning of nuclear power plants (2005/2027(INI)) - Committee on Industry, Research and Energy - Rapporteur: Harms Rebecca (A6-0279/2005)
- * Report on the proposal for a Council regulation on the implementation of Protocol No 9 on the Bohunice V1 nuclear power plant in Slovakia, as annexed to the Act concerning the conditions of accession to the European Union of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia (COM(2004)0624 - C6-0205/2004 - 2004/0221(CNS)) - Committee on Industry, Research and Energy - Rapporteur: Harms Rebecca (A6-0282/2005)
- Report on the development of a Community Action Plan for the recovery of European eel (2005/2032(INI)) - Committee on Fisheries - Rapporteur: Maat Albert Jan (A6-0284/2005)
- ***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 67/548/EEC in order to adapt it to the regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals (COM(2003)0644 [02] - C5-0531/2003 - 2003/0257(COD)) - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety - Rapporteur: Sacconi Guido (A6-0285/2005)
- Report on the Green Paper on defence procurement (2005/2030(INI)) - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection - Rapporteur: Wuermeling Joachim (A6-0288/2005)
- Report on the Council's Sixth Annual Report according to Operative Provision 8 of the European Union Code of Conduct on Arms Exports (2005/2013(INI)) - Committee on Foreign Affairs - Rapporteur: Romeva i Rueda Raül (A6-0292/2005)
- ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons, to self-employed persons and to members of their families moving within the Community and Council Regulation (EEC) No 574/72 laying down the procedure for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 (COM(2004)0830 - C6-0002/2005 - 2004/0284(COD)) - Committee on Employment and Social Affairs - Rapporteur: Toia Patrizia (A6-0293/2005)
- * Report on the proposal for a Council regulation on the common organisation of the market in seeds (COM(2005)0384 - C6-0285/2005 - 2005/0164(CNS)) - Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development - Rapporteur: Daul Joseph (A6-0295/2005)
- Report on non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction: a role for the European Parliament (2005/2139(INI)) - Committee on Foreign Affairs - Rapporteur: Kristovskis Ģirts Valdis (A6-0297/2005)
- * Report on the proposal for a Council decision on an amendment to the agreement establishing the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), enabling the Bank to finance operations in Mongolia (COM(2005)0342 - C6-0280/2005 - 2005/0139(CNS)) - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs - Rapporteur: Berès Pervenche (A6-0298/2005)
- * Report on the proposal for a Council regulation on the common organisation of the market in hops (COM(2005)0386 - C6-0287/2005 - 2005/0162(CNS)) - Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development - Rapporteur: Daul Joseph (A6-0299/2005)
- * Report on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 on the common organisation of the market in wine (COM(2005)0395 - C6-0286/2005 - 2005/0160(CNS)) - Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development - Rapporteur: Daul Joseph (A6-0300/2005)
- ***I Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Decision No 2256/2003/EC in view of the extension of the programme in 2006 for the dissemination of good practices and monitoring ICT take-up (COM(2005)0347 - C6-0247/2005 - 2005/0144(COD)) - Committee on Industry, Research and Energy - Rapporteur: Chichester Giles (A6-0302/2005)
- ***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council repealing Council Directive 90/544/EEC on the frequency bands designated for the coordinated introduction of pan-European land-based public radio paging in the Community (COM(2005)0361 - C6-0248/2005 - 2005/0147(COD)) - Committee on Industry, Research and Energy - Rapporteur: Chichester Giles (A6-0303/2005)
- ***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council introducing humane trapping standards for certain animal species (COM(2004)0532 - C6-0100/2004 - 2004/0183(COD)) - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety - Rapporteur: Scheele Karin (A6-0304/2005)
- Report on European electronic communications regulation and markets 2004 (2005/2052(INI)) - Committee on Industry, Research and Energy - Rapporteur: Toia Patrizia (A6-0305/2005)
- Report on the social dimension of globalisation (2005/2061(INI)) - Committee on Employment and Social Affairs - Rapporteur: Brejc Mihael (A6-0308/2005)
- ***I Report on the 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 (COM(2005)0048 - C6-0046/2005 - 2005/0008(COD)) - Committee on Transport and Tourism - Rapporteur: De Veyrac Christine (A6-0310/2005)
- Report on the role of 'Euroregions' in the development of regional policy (2004/2257(INI)) - Committee on Regional Development - Rapporteur: Triantaphyllides Kyriacos (A6-0311/2005)
- Report on winning the battle against global climate change (2005/2049(INI)) - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety - Rapporteur: Wijkman Anders (A6-0312/2005)
- ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to measures envisaged to facilitate the procedures for applying for and issuing visas for members of the Olympic family taking part in the 2006 Olympic and/or Paralympic Winter Games in Turin (COM(2005)0412 - C6-0275/2005 - 2005/0169(COD)) - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs - Rapporteur: Zappalà Stefano (A6-0313/2005)
- Report on the application of EC competition rules to maritime transport (2005/2033(INI)) - Committee on Transport and Tourism - Rapporteur: Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou Rodi (A6-0314/2005)
- ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the registration, evaluation, authorisation and restrictions of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency and amending Directive 1999/45/EC and Regulation (EC) No .../... on persistent organic pollutants (COM(2003)0644 [01] - C5-0530/2003 - 2003/0256(COD)) - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety - Rapporteur: Sacconi Guido (A6-0315/2005)
- Report on a possible infringement of the Protocol on the privileges and immunities of the European Communities by a Member State (2005/2187(INI)) - Committee on Legal Affairs - Rapporteur: Gargani Giuseppe (A6-0316/2005)
- ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the rights of persons with reduced mobility when travelling by air (COM(2005)0047 - C6-0045/2005 - 2005/0007(COD)) - Committee on Transport and Tourism - Rapporteur: Evans Robert (A6-0317/2005)
- Report on a development strategy for Africa (2005/2142(INI)) - Committee on Development - Rapporteur: Martens Maria (A6-0318/2005)
- Report on the proposal for a joint declaration by the Council, the European Parliament and the Commission on the European Union development policy 'The European Consensus' (2004/2261(INI)) - Committee on Development - Rapporteur: Wijkman Anders (A6-0319/2005)
2) from Members
2.1) oral questions (Rule 108)
- (O-0083/2005) Giles Chichester and Etelka Barsi-Pataky, on behalf of the ITRE Committee, to the Commission: Digital switchover (B6-0333/2005)
- (O-0084/2005) Nikolaos Sifunakis, on behalf of the CULT Committee, to the Council: Olympic truce (B6-0335/2005)
- (O-0085/2005/rev.2) Martine Roure and Maria Berger, on behalf of the PSE Group, Kathalijne Maria Buitenweg, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Diana Wallis and Sarah Ludford, on behalf of the ALDE Group, to the Commission: Imposition of criminal penalties in the event of an infringement of Community law (B6-0336/2005)
- (O-0093/2005) Jo Leinen, on behalf of the AFCO Committee, and Janusz Lewandowski, on behalf of the BUDG Committee, to the Council: Draft interinstitutional agreement on the operating framework for the European regulatory agencies (COM(2005)0059 - 2005/2035(ACI)) (B6-0337/2005)
- (O-0094/2005) Ieke van den Burg and Othmar Karas, on behalf of the ECON Committee, to the Commission: Reasons for the poor implementation of the Occupational Pensions Directive by EU Member States (B6-0338/2005)
- (O-0078/2005) Maria Martens, on behalf of the DEVE Committee, to the Council: Development and sport (B6-0340/2005)
- (O-0079/2005) Maria Martens, on behalf of the DEVE Committee, to the Commission: Development and sport (B6-0341/2005)
2.2) oral questions for Question Time (Rule 109) (B6-0339/2005)
2.3) proposed amendments to the Rules of Procedure (Rule 202)
- Corbett Richard - Proposal for amendment to change Rule 80 of the Rules of Procedure (B6-0582/2005)
referred to
responsible
AFCO
2.4) written declarations for entry in the Register (Rule 116)
- Sylwester Chruszcz and Andrzej Tomasz Zapałowski, on excessive roaming charges in the EU (64/2005);
- Bruno Gollnisch, on the conditions of detention of Mr Tariq Aziz (65/2005);
- Philip Claeys, Frank Vanhecke, Koenraad Dillen and Carl Lang, on the ethnic rioting occurring in France and elsewhere in Europe (66/2005).
5. Signature of acts adopted under codecision
The President announced that, on Wednesday, he and the President of the Council would sign the following acts adopted under the codecision procedure pursuant to Rule 68:
- Recommendation of the European Parliament and of the Council on film heritage and the competitiveness of related industrial activities (3625/2/2005 – C6-0377/2005 – 2004/0066(COD))
- Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on reinsurance and amending Council Directives 73/239/EEC, 92/49/EEC as well as Directives 98/78/EC and 2002/83/EC (3639/5/2005 – C6-0379/2005 – 2004/0097(COD))
- Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending for the twenty-seventh time Council Directive 76/769/EEC on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to restrictions on the marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and preparations (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in extender oils and tyres) (3641/1/2005 – C6-0378/2005 – 2004/0036(COD))
- Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council correcting Directive 2004/18/EC on the coordination of procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts (3655/1/2005 – C6-0387/2005 – 2005/0100(COD))
6. Membership of Parliament
The German authorities had given notice of the appointment of Roland Gewalt to replace Ingo Schmitt as Member of Parliament with effect from 27.10.2005.
Josep Borrell Fontelles (President) drew attention to the provisions of Rule 3(5).
7. Membership of committees and delegations
At the request of the PPE-DE Group, Parliament ratified the following appointments:
- TRAN Committee:
Roland Gewalt
- Delegation for relations with South Africa:
Roland Gewalt
At the request of the PSE Group, Parliament ratified the following appointments:
- ENVI Committee:
Matthias Groote to replace Norbert Glante
- ITRE Committee:
Norbert Glante
- Delegation for relations with Japan:
Matthias Groote
At the request of the IND/DEM Group, Parliament ratified the following appointments:
- AFCO Committee:
Bernard Piotr Wojciechowski
- Delegation for relations with Belarus:
Bernard Piotr Wojciechowski
8. Action taken on Parliament's positions and resolutions
The Commission communications on the action taken on the positions and resolutions adopted by Parliament during the June I and July 2005 part-sessions had been distributed.
9. Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council
The Council had forwarded a certified true copy of the following:
- Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Kingdom of Morocco, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia, and the Slovak Republic to the European Union.
10. Petitions
The following petitions, which had been entered in the register on the dates shown below, had been forwarded to the committee responsible pursuant to Rule 191(5):
07.11.2005
Angelos Psifis (818/2005);
Mr Pereidis (Association Constructive Macédoine 'L'Aristote') (819/2005);
Konstantinos Dolkas (820/2005);
Apostolos Kondylis (821/2005);
Spiridon Nasopoulos (822/2005);
Giorgios Papagiannakopoulos (823/2005);
Dimitrios Terzis (824/2005);
Panagiotis Georgiadis (825/2005);
Stefanos Tanimanidis (World Council of Pontian Hellenism) (and 2 signatures) (826/2005);
Mark Bookham (Independent Light Dues Forum) (827/2005);
Vasilios Tsetsos (828/2005);
André Geminet (829/2005);
Marc Abrahamovski (Association d'intérêt public Vie Verte 'Ticoulet') (and 323 signatures) (830/2005);
Elisabeth Balland (831/2005);
Isabelle Plessis (Collectif 'une réglementation pour les camping-cars') (and 186 signatures) (832/2005);
Miguel Amorós Amorós (833/2005);
José Luis Fernández Muñiz (Asociación de Piloñeses por Soto-Penagos y otros tendidos) (PASPOT) (and 300 signatures) (834/2005);
Adolfo Bosch Lería (835/2005);
Giampaolo Carollo (Verdi per la Pace) (and 10 signatures) (836/2005);
Gábor Nagy (Budapest Trade Union of Firefighters) (and 276 signatures) (852/2005);
M. Monks (and 25 signatures) (853/2005);
Pentti Likka Olavi Kurkela (854/2005);
Edgard Krebs (855/2005);
Sagrario Heres Sedeño (Plataforma Pro Santamaría) (856/2005).
11. Order of business
The next item was the order of business.
The final draft agenda for the November I and II sittings (PE 364.133/PDOJ) had been distributed and a number of changes had been proposed (Rule 132):
Sittings of 14.11.2005 to 17.11.2005
Monday
- no changes
Tuesday
- no changes
Wednesday
- request from the Council for the debate on climate change (Items 28 and29on the final draft agenda) to be taken after, rather than before, the debate on Iraq (Item 30 on the final draft agenda).
Parliament approved the request.
Thursday
- no changes
Sittings of 30.11.2005 and 01.12.2005
- no changes
The order of business was thus established.
12. One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
Pursuant to Rule 144, the following Members who wished to draw the attention of Parliament to matters of political importance spoke for one minute:
Zbigniew Krzysztof Kuźmiuk, Nikolaos Sifunakis, Eugenijus Gentvilas, Ilda Figueiredo, Bruno Gollnisch, Georgios Karatzaferis, Hélène Flautre, Zdzisław Zbigniew Podkański, Catherine Stihler, Ashley Mote, Edit Bauer, Véronique De Keyser, Vytautas Landsbergis, Józef Pinior, Ryszard Czarnecki, Katalin Lévai, Proinsias De Rossa, Milan Gaľa, Mojca Drčar Murko, Richard Corbett, Koenraad Dillen, Ana Maria Gomes, Carl Schlyter, Mary Lou McDonald, Mairead McGuinness, Catherine Guy-Quint, Marios Matsakis, James Hugh Allister and Justas Vincas Paleckis.
13. Social dimension of globalisation (debate)
Report on the social dimension of globalisation [2005/2061(INI)] - Committee on Employment and Social Affairs. Rapporteur: Mihael Brejc (A6-0308/2005)
The following spoke: Vladimír Špidla (Member of the Commission) and Poul Nyrup Rasmussen (draftsman of the opinion of the AFET Committee).
IN THE CHAIR: Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN Vice-President
The following spoke: Anna Záborská, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Ole Christensen, on behalf of the PSE Group, Jan Jerzy Kułakowski, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Sepp Kusstatscher, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Ilda Figueiredo, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Georgios Karatzaferis, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Brian Crowley, on behalf of the UEN Group, and Carl Lang, Non-attached Member.
Mihael Brejc introduced the report.
The following spoke: Thomas Mann, Harald Ettl, Alfonso Andria, Georgios Toussas, Guntars Krasts, Jan Tadeusz Masiel, Gunnar Hökmark, Kader Arif, Helmuth Markov, Seán Ó Neachtain, Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Emine Bozkurt, Philip Bushill-Matthews, Joseph Muscat and Vladimír Špidla.
Oral question by Giles Chichester and Etelka Barsi-Pataky, on behalf of the ITRE Committee, to the Commission (O-0083/2005): Digital switchover (B6-0333/2005)
Etelka Barsi-Pataky moved the oral question.
Vladimír Špidla (Member of the Commission) answered the oral question.
The following spoke: Ivo Belet, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Norbert Glante, on behalf of the PSE Group, Nikolaos Vakalis, Reino Paasilinna, Ruth Hieronymi, Francisca Pleguezuelos Aguilar, John Purvis, Nikolaos Sifunakis, Malcolm Harbour and Vladimír Špidla.
Motion for a resolution to wind up the debate tabled pursuant to Rule 108(5):
- Etelka Barsi-Pataky, on behalf of the ITRE Committee, on accelerating the transition from analogue to digital broadcasting (B6-0583/2005).
Commission statement: 'Secret detention centres' in Europe
Franco Frattini (Vice-President of the Commission) made the statement.
The following spoke: Carlos Coelho, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Martine Roure, on behalf of the PSE Group, Sarah Ludford, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Hélène Flautre, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, and Vittorio Agnoletto, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group.
IN THE CHAIR: Edward McMILLAN-SCOTT Vice-President
The following spoke: Ryszard Czarnecki, Non-attached Member, Stefano Zappalà, Stavros Lambrinidis, Ignasi Guardans Cambó, Kathalijne Maria Buitenweg, Erik Meijer, Barbara Kudrycka, Giovanni Claudio Fava, Johannes Voggenhuber, Claude Moraes, Bernat Joan i Marí, Panagiotis Beglitis, Józef Pinior and Franco Frattini.
The debate closed.
16. Banana import arrangements (debate)
Commission statement: Banana import arrangements
Mariann Fischer Boel (Member of the Commission) made the statement.
The following spoke: Fernando Fernández Martín, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Erika Mann, on behalf of the PSE Group, Friedrich-Wilhelm Graefe zu Baringdorf, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Erik Meijer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Derek Roland Clark, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, and María Esther Herranz García.
IN THE CHAIR: Alejo VIDAL-QUADRAS ROCA Vice-President
The following spoke: Glenys Kinnock, Manuel Medina Ortega and Mariann Fischer Boel.
The debate closed.
17. Occupational Pensions Directive (debate)
Oral question by Ieke van den Burg and Othmar Karas, on behalf of the ECON Committee, to the Commission: Reasons for the poor implementation of the Occupational Pensions Directive by EU Member States (B6-0338/2005) (O-0094/2005)
Ieke van den Burg and Othmar Karas moved the oral question.
Charlie McCreevy (Member of the Commission) answered the oral question.
The following spoke: Harald Ettl, on behalf of the PSE Group, Sharon Bowles, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Graham Booth, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, and Katerina Batzeli.
The debate closed.
18. Agenda for next sitting
The agenda for the next sitting had been established ('Agenda' PE 364.133/OJMA).