- Proposal for a Council decision on the transmission of information resulting from the activities of security and intelligence services with respect to terrorist offences (COM(2005)0695 - C6-0030/2006 - 2005/0271(CNS))
referred to
responsible
LIBE
- Proposal for a Council directive on the supervision and control of shipments of radioactive waste and nuclear spent fuel (COM(2005)0673 - C6-0031/2006 - 2005/0272(CNS))
referred to
responsible
ITRE
opinion
ENVI
- Proposal for a Council regulation on organic production and labelling of organic products (COM(2005)0671 [01] - C6-0032/2006 - 2005/0278(CNS))
referred to
responsible
AGRI
opinion
INTA, ENVI, IMCO
- Proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 on organic production of agricultural products and indications referring thereto in agricultural products and foodstuffs (COM(2005)0671 [02] - C6-0033/2006 - 2005/0279(CNS))
referred to
responsible
AGRI
opinion
INTA, ENVI, IMCO
- Proposal for a Council regulation establishing a management plan for fisheries exploiting stocks of plaice and sole in the North Sea (COM(2005)0714 - C6-0034/2006 - 2006/0002(CNS))
referred to
responsible
PECH
opinion
ENVI
- Proposal for a Council regulation denouncing the agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the People’s Republic of Angola on fisheries off Angola and derogating from Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999 (COM(2005)0677 - C6-0035/2006 - 2005/0262(CNS))
referred to
responsible
PECH
opinion
DEVE, BUDG
- Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 02/2006 - Section III – Commission (SEC(2006)0071 - C6-0036/2006 - 2006/2029(GBD))
referred to
responsible
BUDG
- Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 89/552/EEC on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the pursuit of television broadcasting activities (COM(2005)0646 - C6-0443/2005 - 2005/0260(COD))
referred to
responsible
CULT
opinion
ECON, ITRE, IMCO, LIBE
3. European communication strategy - White Paper (debate)
Commission communication: European communication strategy - White Paper
Margot Wallström (Vice-President of the Commission) presented the communication.
The following spoke: Struan Stevenson, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Jan Marinus Wiersma, on behalf of the PSE Group, Gérard Onesta, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Jens-Peter Bonde, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, David Hammerstein Mintz and Margot Wallström.
The debate closed.
4. Social legislation relating to road transport ***III - Recording equipment in road transport ***III (debate)
Report on the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on minimum conditions for the implementation of Council Regulations (EEC) Nos 3820/85 and 3821/85 concerning social legislation relating to road transport activities and repealing Directive 88/599/EEC [PE-CONS 3672/2005 – C6-0417/2005 – 2003/0255(COD)] - Parliament's delegation to the Conciliation Committee - Rapporteur: Helmuth Markov (A6-0005/2006)
Report on the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the harmonisation of certain social legislation relating to road transport and amending Council Regulations (EEC) No 3821/85 and (EC) No 2135/98 and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 3820/85 [PE-CONS 3671/2005 – C6-0416/2005 – 2001/0241(COD)] - Parliament's delegation to the Conciliation Committee - Rapporteur: Helmuth Markov (A6-0006/2006)
Helmuth Markov introduced the reports.
Jacques Barrot (Vice-President of the Commission) spoke.
The following spoke: Mathieu Grosch, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Willi Piecyk, on behalf of the PSE Group, and Anne E. Jensen, on behalf of the ALDE Group.
IN THE CHAIR: Miroslav OUZKÝ Vice-President
The following spoke: Eva Lichtenberger, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Erik Meijer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Michael Henry Nattrass, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Luca Romagnoli, Non-attached Member, Georg Jarzembowski, Gary Titley, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, Kyriacos Triantaphyllides, Johannes Blokland, Ashley Mote, Dieter-Lebrecht Koch, Gilles Savary, Nathalie Griesbeck, Jacky Henin, Andreas Mölzer, Corien Wortmann-Kool, Ewa Hedkvist Petersen, Philip Bradbourn, Inés Ayala Sender, Reinhard Rack, Jan Andersson, Alejandro Cercas, Nikolaos Sifunakis and Jacques Barrot.
IN THE CHAIR: Pierre MOSCOVICI Vice-President
Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert spoke on order in the chamber.
On behalf of Parliament, the President welcomed Norbert Lammert, President of the Bundestag, to the distinguished visitors' gallery.
6. Approval of Minutes of previous sitting
The Minutes of the previous sitting were approved.
7. Membership of committees and delegations
At the request of the PPE-DE and PSE Groups, Parliament ratified the following appointments:
AFET Committee: Hubert Pirker
Subcommittee on Security and Defence: Hubert Pirker
Temporary Committee on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners: Hubert Pirker
IMCO Committee: Glenis Willmott
Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly: Glenis Willmott
Delegation for Relations with the Korean Peninsula: Hubert Pirker
8. Voting time
Details of voting (amendments, separate and split votes, etc.) appear in the 'Results of votes' annex to the Minutes.
8.1. Social legislation relating to road transport ***III (vote)
Report of Parliament's delegation to the Conciliation Committee on the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on minimum conditions for the implementation of Council Regulations (EEC) Nos 3820/85 and 3821/85 concerning social legislation relating to road transport activities and repealing Directive 88/599/EEC [PE-CONS 3672/2005 – C6-0417/2005 – 2003/0255(COD)] Rapporteur: Helmuth Markov (A6-0005/2006)
8.2. Recording equipment in road transport ***III (vote)
Report of Parliament's delegation to the Conciliation Committee on the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the harmonisation of certain social legislation relating to road transport and amending Council Regulations (EEC) No 3821/85 and (EC) No 2135/98 and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 3820/85 [PE-CONS 3671/2005 – C6-0416/2005 – 2001/0241(COD)] Rapporteur: Helmuth Markov (A6-0006/2006)
8.3. Rules on nominal quantities for pre-packed products ***I (vote)
Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down rules on nominal quantities for pre-packed products, repealing Council Directives 75/106/EEC and 80/232/EEC, and amending Council Directive 76/211/EEC [COM(2004)0708 - C6-0160/2004 - 2004/0248(COD)] - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection. Rapporteur: Jacques Toubon (A6-0412/2005)
- Jacques Toubon (rapporteur), before the vote, on the amendments tabled by the IMCO Committee.
8.4. Common foreign and security policy - 2004 (vote)
Report on the annual report from the Council to the European Parliament on the main aspects and basic choices of CFSP, including the financial implications for the general budget of the European Union - 2004 [2005/2134(INI)] - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: Elmar Brok (A6-0389/2005)
- Jan Marinus Wiersma, on behalf of the PSE Group, who moved an oral amendment to amendment 6, which was incorporated,
- Hannes Swoboda, who moved an oral amendment to amendment 4, which was incorporated,
- José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra (deputising for the rapporteur), who moved an oral amendment to introduce a paragraph 28a. He also moved an oral amendment to paragraph 38. Both oral amendments were incorporated.
8.5. Combating violence against women (vote)
Report on the current situation in combating violence against women and any future action [2004/2220(INI)] - Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality. Rapporteur: Maria Carlshamre (A6-0404/2005)
- Maria Carlshamre (rapporteur), on behalf of the ALDE Group, before the vote, who requested a roll call on the final vote,
- Zbigniew Zaleski, who moved an oral amendment to paragraph 4(b), which was incorporated.
8.6. Equality between women and men in the EU (vote)
Report on equality between women and men in the European Union [2004/2159(INI)] - Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality. Rapporteur: Edite Estrela (A6-0401/2005)
Report on the application of the Postal Directive (Directive 97/67/EC, as amended by Directive 2002/39/EC) [2005/2086(INI)] - Committee on Transport and Tourism. Rapporteur: Markus Ferber (A6-0390/2005)
Elmar Brok, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Edward McMillan-Scott, Jana Hybášková, Charles Tannock and Antonio Tajani, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group,
Pasqualina Napoletano, on behalf of the PSE Group,
Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck and Ignasi Guardans Cambó, on behalf of the ALDE Group,
Daniel Marc Cohn-Bendit, David Hammerstein Mintz, Angelika Beer and Johannes Voggenhuber, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group,
Cristiana Muscardini, Roberta Angelilli, Konrad Szymański and Michał Tomasz Kamiński, on behalf of the UEN Group
- Alessandro Foglietta, before the vote, who pointed out errors in the Italian version in paragraphs 3 and 10 (the President replied that all the language versions would be checked and corrected if necessary),
- Vytautas Landsbergis, who moved an oral amendment to amendment 1.
- José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on the voting procedure for the oral amendments.
José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, José Ribeiro e Castro, Gerardo Galeote, João de Deus Pinheiro, Charles Tannock, Antonio Tajani and Camiel Eurlings, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group,
Pasqualina Napoletano and Raimon Obiols i Germà, on behalf of the PSE Group,
Cecilia Malmström, on behalf of the ALDE Group,
Michał Tomasz Kamiński, on behalf of the UEN Group
- Terence Wynn, before the vote, who requested that the President ask the Council to provide answers in writing to the questions raised in Oral Question B6-0347/2005 (the President agreed to do so).
Corrections to votes appear on the 'Séance en direct' website under 'Votes'/'Results of votes'/ 'Roll-call votes'. They are published in hard copy in the 'Result of roll-call votes' annex.
The electronic version on Europarl will be regularly updated for a maximum of two weeks after the day of the vote concerned.
After the two-week deadline has passed, the list of corrections to votes will be finalised so that it can be translated and published in the Official Journal.
11. Decisions concerning certain documents
Referral to committees
CULT Committee:
- VAT: the place of supply of services (amendment of Directive 77/388/EEC) (COM(2005)0334 - C6-0322/2005 - 2003/0329(CNS)) referred to responsible: ECON opinion: IMCO, CULT
ECON Committee:
- Results of the WTO Ministerial Conference in Hong Kong (2005/2247(INI)) referred to responsible: INTA
opinion: DEVE, ECON, ITRE, AGRI
PECH Committee:
- Community vessel traffic monitoring and information system (COM(2005)0589 - C6-0004/2006 - 2005/0239(COD)) referred to responsible: TRAN opinion: ENVI, PECH
12. Forwarding of texts adopted during the sitting
Pursuant to Rule 172(2), the Minutes of that day's sitting would be submitted to Parliament for its approval at the beginning of the next sitting.
With Parliament's agreement, the texts that had been adopted would be forwarded forthwith to the bodies named therein.
13. Dates for next sittings
The next sittings would be held from 13.02.2006 to 16.02.2006.
14. Adjournment of session
The session of the European Parliament was adjourned.