IN THE CHAIR: Josep BORRELL FONTELLES
President

1. Opening of sitting

The sitting opened at 10.05.

Struan Stevenson expressed his disappointment that the President of Parliament had not replied to a letter he had sent on 08.11.2005 concerning a report he had drawn up for the PECH Committee that was currently blocked (the President pointed out that Mr Stevenson would receive a reply as soon as the dispute between the PECH and ENVI Committees had been resolved).

2. Agenda

Following a decision by the Conference of Presidents, the President proposed that the Letta report (A6-0332/2005) and the Hamon report (A6-0022/2006) (Items 44 and 45 on the agenda) be put to the vote at the first part-session in March.

Parliament agreed to the proposal.

3. Documents received

The following documents had been received:

1) from the Council and Commission

- Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the promotion of clean road transport vehicles (COM(2005)0634 - C6-0008/2006 - 2005/0283(COD))

- Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the procedure for implementing Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 on the coordination of social security systems (COM(2006)0016 - C6-0037/2006 - 2006/0006(COD))

- Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the statistical classification of economic activities NACE Rev. 2 and amending Council Regulation (EEC) N° 3037/90 and certain EC Regulations on specific statistical domains (COM(2006)0039 - C6-0041/2006 - 2006/0011(COD))

- Proposal for a Council regulation on the conclusion of the agreement in the form of an exchange of letters extending the protocol setting out, for the period 1 June 2005 to 31 May 2006, the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Government of the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe on fishing off the coast of São Tomé e Príncipe (COM(2005)0630 - C6-0045/2006 - 2005/0249(CNS))

- Proposal for a Council regulation repealing Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86 laying down detailed rules for the application of Articles 85 and 86 to maritime transport, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 as regards the extension of its scope to include cabotage and international tramp services (COM(2005)0651 - C6-0046/2006 - 2005/0264(CNS))

- Proposal for a Council decision: Guidelines for the Employment Policies of the Member States (COM(2006)0032 - C6-0047/2006 - 2006/0010(CNS))

- Proposal for a Council framework decision on the organisation and content of the exchange of information extracted from criminal records between Member States (COM(2005)0690 - C6-0052/2006 - 2005/0267(CNS))

- Proposal for a Council decision concerning access for consultation of the Visa Information System (VIS) by the authorities of Member States responsible for internal security and by Europol for the purposes of the prevention, detection and investigation of terrorist offences and of other serious criminal offences (COM(2005)0600 - C6-0053/2006 - 2005/0232(CNS))

- Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the fundamental principles governing the investigation of accidents in the maritime transport sector and amending Directives 1999/35/EC and 2002/59/EC (COM(2005)0590 - C6-0056/2006 - 2005/0240(COD))

- Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the liability of carriers of passengers by sea and inland waterways in the event of accidents (COM(2005)0592 - C6-0057/2006 - 2005/0241(COD))

- Proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 and (EC) No 40/94 to give effect to the accession of the European Community to the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement concerning the international registration of industrial designs (COM(2005)0689 - C6-0058/2006 - 2005/0274(CNS))

- Proposal for a Council directive on the exemption from taxes of imports of small consignments of goods of a non-commercial character from third countries (Codified version) (COM(2006)0012 - C6-0059/2006 - 2006/0007(CNS))

- Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and the Council on the law applicable to contractual obligations (Rome I) (COM(2005)0650 - C6-0441/2005 - 2005/0261(COD))

2) from Members

2.1) motions for resolutions (Rule 113)

- Muscardini Cristiana - Motion for a resolution on the Services Directive and the monitoring of its implementation (B6-0107/2006)

- Muscardini Cristiana - Motion for a resolution on energy-saving in the European Union (B6-0108/2006)

4. Transfers of appropriations

The Committee on Budgets had considered the Commission's proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 01/2006 (C6-0022/2006 - SEC(2005)0070 final).

Having noted the Council's opinion, it had authorised the transfer in full under Article 24(3) of the Financial Regulation of 25 June 2002.

5. Written declarations (Rule 116)

In accordance with Rule 116(5), written declarations 64, 65, 66/2005 lapsed as they had not obtained the required number of signatures.

6. Voting time

Details of voting (amendments, separate and split votes, etc.) appear in the 'Results of votes' annex to the Minutes.

6.1. Services ***I (vote)

Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on services in the internal market [COM(2004)0002 - C5-0069/2004 - 2004/0001(COD)] - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection. Rapporteur: Evelyne Gebhardt (A6-0409/2005)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 1)

The following spoke: Monica Frassoni, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, who requested under Rule 171 that the sitting be suspended briefly just after the final vote on the Gebhardt report, Francis Wurtz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, and Hannes Swoboda, on behalf of the PSE Group, both on Mrs Frassoni's request.

Parliament rejected the request.

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P6_TA(2006)0061)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0061)

The following spoke on the vote:

(After the adoption of identical amendments 233/rev. and 403)

- Evelyne Gebhardt (rapporteur), who asked the PPE-DE Group if it was sticking to the compromise it had agreed with the PSE Group, Malcolm Harbour, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, in reply to Mrs Gebhardt, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the previous two speakers' remarks and Toine Manders, who asked for confirmation of the outcome of the vote on amendment 233/rev.

(After it was announced that amendment 297 had fallen)

- Evelyne Gebhardt (rapporteur) pointed out that the amendment had not fallen and that it should thus be put to the vote. Martin Schulz spoke in support of the rapporteur.

(After the adoption of amendment 78)

- Toine Manders objected to the voting order of the amendments as indicated on the voting list (Evelyne Gebhardt (rapporteur) pointed out that the voting list was correct).

(Before the vote on amendment 293/rev.4)

- Monica Frassoni requested, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group and under Rule 150(5), the reinstatement of words that had been included in a previous version of the amendment.

The following spoke on the request:

- Evelyne Gebhardt (rapporteur), who pointed out that the Legal Service had been consulted and that the procedure that had been followed complied with the Rules of Procedure, Graham Watson, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Robert Goebbels, Monica Frassoni, who pointed out that she would take over the text of the original amendment on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Nigel Farage, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, who moved that the report be referred back to committee under Rule 168(2), Martin Schulz, Roberto Musacchio, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, and Nigel Farage, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, who moved that the vote be adjourned under Rule 170(4).

The President deemed Monica Frassoni's request to be inadmissible as Rule 150(5) referred to cases in which an amendment had been withdrawn by its author, which was not the case in this instance. He then put to the vote Nigel Farage's request for the vote to be adjourned.

Parliament rejected the request.

(Before the vote on identical amendments 307 and 219)

- Evelyne Gebhardt (rapporteur) asked that, should they be adopted, the amendments be taken as additions to Article 3, in line with the compromise agreed by the PPE-DE and PSE Groups. Francis Wurtz called for the vote to continue with no further interruptions on the subject of negotiations between political groups.

(Before the vote on the amended proposal)

- Evelyne Gebhardt (rapporteur) recommended that her group should adopt the Commission proposal as amended by Parliament.

IN THE CHAIR: Alejo VIDAL-QUADRAS
Vice-President

6.2. Strategic guidelines for rural development (2007-2013) * (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council decision on Community strategic guidelines for Rural Development (Programming period 2007-2013) [COM(2005)0304 - C6-0349/2005 - 2005/0129(CNS)] - Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development. Rapporteur: Mairead McGuinness (A6-0023/2006)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 2)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL, AMENDMENTS and DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2006)0062)

6.3. New financial instrument for development in connection with the Millennium Goals (vote)

Motions for resolution B6-0119/2006, B6-0121/2006, B6-0124/2006, B6-0142/2006 and B6-0143/2006

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 3)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B6-0119/2006

(replacing B6-0119/2006, B6-0121/2006, B6-0124/2006, B6-0142/2006 and B6-0143/2006):

tabled by the following Members:

Nirj Deva and Tokia Saïfi, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group,
Miguel Angel Martínez Martínez, on behalf of the PSE Group,
Fiona Hall and Thierry Cornillet, on behalf of the ALDE Group
Caroline Lucas, Frithjof Schmidt and Margrete Auken, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group
Luisa Morgantini, Gabriele Zimmer, Feleknas Uca and Vittorio Agnoletto, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group
Eoin Ryan, Roberta Angelilli and Ģirts Valdis Kristovskis, on behalf of the UEN Group.

Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0063)

6.4. Right to freedom of expression and respect for religious beliefs (vote)

Motions for resolution B6-0136/2006, B6-0137/2006, B6-0138/2006, B6-0139/2006, B6-0140/2006 and B6-0141/2006

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 4)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B6-0136/2006

(replacing B6-0136/2006, B6-0138/2006, B6-0139/2006 and B6-0141/2006):

tabled by the following Members:

Hans-Gert Poettering, João de Deus Pinheiro, Elmar Brok, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Gunnar Hökmark and Gitte Seeberg, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group
Graham Watson, Karin Riis-Jørgensen, Jean-Marie Cavada, Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Sophia in 't Veld and Sarah Ludford, on behalf of the ALDE Group
Daniel Cohn-Bendit and Monica Frassoni, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group
Cristiana Muscardini and Brian Crowley, on behalf of the UEN Group
Jens-Peter Bonde

Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0064)

The following spoke on the vote:

- Mario Mauro, who moved an oral amendment to paragraph 13; Elmar Brok, who pointed out that he would support the oral amendment if it were taken as an addition to paragraph 13; Monica Frassoni, who supported both the oral amendment and Elmar Brok's request and moved another oral amendment to the same paragraph (the oral amendments were incorporated).

(Motions for resolutions B6-0137/2006 and B6-0140/2006 fell.)

6.5. Outlook for Bosnia-Herzegovina (vote)

Motions for resolution B6-0095/2006, B6-0097/2006, B6-0098/2006, B6-0100/2006, B6-0101/2006 and B6-0105/2006

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 5)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B6-0095/2006

(replacing B6-0095/2006, B6-0097/2006, B6-0098/2006, B6-0100/2006 and B6-0101/2006):

tabled by the following Members:
Doris Pack and Anna Ibrisagic, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group

Jan Marinus Wiersma, Hannes Swoboda, Panagiotis Beglitis and Borut Pahor, on behalf of the PSE Group,

Jelko Kacin, on behalf of the ALDE Group,

Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Angelika Beer and Gisela Kallenbach, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group,

Adriana Poli Bortone, on behalf of the UEN Group

Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0065)

The following spoke on the vote:

- Doris Pack, who moved oral amendments to paragraphs 8 and 11 (both were incorporated).

(Motion for a resolution B6-0105/2006 fell.)

6.6. Situation in Belarus in the run-up to the presidential elections on 19 March 2006 (vote)

Motions for resolution B6-0109/2006, B6-0113/2006, B6-0120/2006, B6-0122/2006, B6-0123/2006 and B6-0125/2006

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 6)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B6-0109/2006

(replacing B6-0109/2006, B6-0113/2006, B6-0122/2006, B6-0123/2006 and B6-0125/2006):

tabled by the following Members:

Bogdan Klich and Charles Tannock, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group
Jan Marinus Wiersma, Marek Siwiec and Joseph Muscat, on behalf of the PSE Group
Janusz Onyszkiewicz and Cecilia Malmström, on behalf of the ALDE Group
Elisabeth Schroedter and Marie Anne Isler Béguin, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group
Konrad Szymański and Inese Vaidere, on behalf of the UEN Group

Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0066)

(Motion for a resolution B6-0120/2006 fell.)

6.7. Risk and crisis management in agriculture (vote)

Report on risk and crisis management in the agricultural sector [2005/2053(INI)] - Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development. Rapporteur: Friedrich-Wilhelm Graefe zu Baringdorf (A6-0014/2006).

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 7)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0067)

6.8. EU forestry strategy (vote)

Report on the implementation of a European Union forestry strategy [2005/2054(INI)] - Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development. Rapporteur: Heinz Kindermann (A6-0015/2006).

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 8)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0068)

7. 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: Evelyne Gebhardt - A6-0409/2005

- Marta Vincenzi, Marc Tarabella, Marielle De Sarnez, Frank Vanhecke, Koenraad Dillen, Zita Pleštinská and Véronique De Keyser

Right to freedom of expression and respect for religious beliefs - RC-B6-0136/2006

- Marcin Libicki and Francesco Enrico Speroni

Outlook for Bosnia-Herzegovina - RC-B6-0095/2006

- Jaromír Kohlíček

8. Corrections to votes

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.

9. Statistics on foreign affiliates ***I (debate)

Report on the 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)] - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Enrico Letta (A6-0332/2005)

Joaquín Almunia (Member of the Commission) spoke.

Enrico Letta introduced the report.

The following spoke: John Purvis, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Manuel António dos Santos, on behalf of the PSE Group, and Joaquín Almunia.

The debate closed.

Vote: next part-session.

(The sitting was suspended at 13.00 and resumed at 15.00.)

IN THE CHAIR: Mario MAURO
Vice-President

10. Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

Correction to the Minutes of 16.01.2006, Item 4:

Request from the UEN Group for the following appointment to be ratified:

- REGI Committee

Hanna Foltyn-Kubicka to replace Adam Jerzy Bielan

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The Minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

11. Communication of Council common positions

The President announced, pursuant to Rule 57(1), that the following common positions had been received from the Council, together with the reasons which had led to their adoption, and the Commission's position on:

- Common position of the Council of 23 January 2006 with a view to the adoption of a European Parliament and Council directive establishing an infrastructure for spatial information in the Community (INSPIRE) (12064/2/2005 - 15148/2005 - COM(2006)0051 - C6-0054/2006 - 2004/0175(COD))
referred to responsible: ENVI

- Common position of the Council of 23 January 2006 with a view to the adoption of a European Parliament and Council on the protection of groundwater against pollution (12062/1/2005 - 15149/2005 - COM(2006)0050 - C6-0055/2006 - 2003/0210(COD))
referred to responsible: ENVI

The three-month period available to Parliament to adopt its position would therefore begin the following day, 17.02.2006.

12. Strategic review of the IMF (debate)

Report on the strategic review of the International Monetary Fund [2005/2121(INI)] - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Benoît Hamon (A6-0022/2006)

Joaquín Almunia (Member of the Commission) spoke.

Benoît Hamon introduced the report.

The following spoke: Jean-Louis Bourlanges (draftsman of the opinion of the INTA Committee), John Purvis, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Ieke van den Burg, on behalf of the PSE Group, Diamanto Manolakou, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Nigel Farage, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Peter Baco, Non-attached Member, Cristobal Montoro Romero, Manuel António dos Santos, Jonas Sjöstedt, Ryszard Czarnecki and Joaquín Almunia.

The debate closed.

Vote: next part-session.

13. Membership of committees and delegations

At the request of the PPE-DE Group, Parliament ratified the following appointments:

Committee of Inquiry into the collapse of the Equitable Life Assurance Society:

John Purvis to replace Cristina Gutiérrez-Cortines

Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee:

Giorgio Carollo

14. Debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (debate)

(For the titles and authors of the motions for resolutions, see Minutes of 14.02.2006, Item 3)

14.1. Cultural heritage in Azerbaijan

Motions for resolution B6-0111/2006, B6-0115/2006, B6-0126/2006, B6-0129/2006, B6-0130/2006 and B6-0134/2006

Justas Vincas Paleckis, Marios Matsakis, Charles Tannock, Marcin Libicki, Marie Anne Isler Béguin and Erik Meijer introduced motions for resolutions.

The following spoke: Ioannis Kasoulides, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Martine Roure, on behalf of the PSE Group, Urszula Krupa, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Ryszard Czarnecki, Non-attached Member, Eija-Riitta Korhola and Joe Borg (Member of the Commission).

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 16.02.2006, Item 15.1.

14.2. Sri Lanka

Motions for resolution B6-0110/2006, B6-0116/2006, B6-0128/2006, B6-0131/2006, B6-0132/2006 and B6-0133/2006

Robert Evans, Erik Meijer, Marcin Libicki, Elizabeth Lynne, James Nicholson and Raül Romeva i Rueda introduced motions for resolutions.

The following spoke: Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, on behalf of the PSE Group, Tobias Pflüger, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, and Joe Borg (Member of the Commission).

The debate closed.

The President pointed out that all motions for resolutions had been withdrawn.

14.3. Guantánamo

Motions for resolution B6-0112/2006, B6-0117/2006, B6-0118/2006, B6-0127/2006 and B6-0135/2006

Martine Roure, Tobias Pflüger, Bernd Posselt, Graham Watson and Raül Romeva i Rueda introduced motions for resolutions.

The following spoke: Michael Gahler, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Karin Scheele, on behalf of the PSE Group, Elizabeth Lynne, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Carl Schlyter, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Jaromír Kohlíček, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Panagiotis Beglitis, Ana Maria Gomes, Genowefa Grabowska and Joe Borg (Member of the Commission).

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 16.02.2006, Item 15.2.

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The following spoke: Bernd Posselt, on the withdrawal of the motions for resolution on the situation in Sri Lanka, and Robert Evans, on Bernd Posselt's remarks.

15. Voting time

Details of voting (amendments, separate and split votes, etc.) appear in the 'Results of votes' annex to the Minutes.

15.1. Cultural heritage in Azerbaijan (vote)

Motions for resolution B6-0111/2006, B6-0115/2006, B6-0126/2006, B6-0129/2006, B6-0130/2006 and B6-0134/2006

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 9)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B6-0111/2006

(replacing B6-0111/2006, B6-0115/2006, B6-0126/2006, B6-0129/2006, B6-0130/2006 and B6-0134/2006):

tabled by the following Members:

Charles Tannock and Bernd Posselt, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group,

Pasqualina Napoletano, Jan Marinus Wiersma, Hannes Swoboda and Panagiotis Beglitis, on behalf of the PSE Group,

Frédérique Ries and Thierry Cornillet, on behalf of the ALDE Group,

Marie Anne Isler Béguin and Cem Özdemir, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group,

Vittorio Agnoletto, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group,

Michał Tomasz Kamiński and Konrad Szymański, on behalf of the UEN Group

Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0069)

15.2. Guantánamo (vote)

Motions for resolution B6-0112/2006, B6-0117/2006, B6-0118/2006, B6-0127/2006 and B6-0135/2006

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 10)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B6-0112/2006

(replacing B6-0112/2006, B6-0117/2006, B6-0118/2006, B6-0127/2006 and B6-0135/2006):

tabled by the following Members:

Simon Coveney, Bernd Posselt and Ioannis Kasoulides, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group,

Pasqualina Napoletano, Elena Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Martine Roure and Panagiotis Beglitis, on behalf of the PSE Group,

Sarah Ludford, Cecilia Malmström and Sajjad Karim, on behalf of the ALDE Group,

Cem Özdemir, Kathalijne Maria Buitenweg, Hélène Flautre, Angelika Beer, Raül Romeva i Rueda and Jean Lambert, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group,

Giusto Catania, Gabriele Zimmer, Vittorio Agnoletto, André Brie, Marco Rizzo and Willy Meyer Pleite, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group

Adopted (P6_TA(2006)0070)

16. Corrections to votes

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.

17. Decisions concerning certain documents

Authorisation to draw up own-initiative reports (Rule 45)

AFET Committee:

The implementation of the European Security Strategy in the context of the ESDP (2006/2033(INI))

The external dimension of the fight against international terrorism (2006/2032(INI))
(opinion: LIBE)

INTA Committee:

- EU economic and trade relations with Mercosur with a view to negotiation of an interregional association agreement (2006/2035(INI))
(opinion: DEVE)

The EU's economic and trade relations with India (2006/2034(INI))
(opinion: DEVE)

Trade and poverty: designing trade policies to maximise trade's contribution to poverty relief (2006/2031(INI))
(opinion: DEVE, FEMM)

ECON Committee:

Sectoral aspects of the State Aid Action Plan: aid for innovation (2006/2044(INI))
(opinion: EMPL, ITRE, IMCO, TRAN, REGI)

Report on asset management (2006/2037(INI))

EMPL Committee:

- Application of Directive 96/71/EC on the posting of workers (2006/2038(INI))
(opinion: IMCO)

IMCO Committee:

- Public-private partnerships and Community law on public procurement and concessions (2006/2043(INI))
(opinion: ECON, ITRE, TRAN, REGI)

AGRI Committee:

The integration of new Member States in the CAP (2006/2042(INI))

CULT Committee:

i2010: Digital libraries (2006/2040(INI))

Initiatives to complement national school curricula providing appropriate teaching materials to include the European Dimension (2006/2041(INI))

Decision to draw up a report under Rule 202

AFCO Committee:

Amendment of Rule 158 as regards delegation of the right to vote in certain circumstances (2006/2025(REG))
referred to responsible: AFCO

Referral to committees

INTA Committee:

- A European social model for the future (2005/2248(INI))

(committee responsible: EMPL)
(opinion: INTA, ITRE, FEMM)

DEVE Committee:

- Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (COM(2005)0181 - C6-0234/2005 - 2005/0090(CNS))
(committee responsible: BUDG)

(opinion: DEVE, CONT)

Enhanced cooperation between committees

IMCO Committee:

Public-private partnerships and Community law on public procurement and concessions (2006/2043(INI))
(opinion: ITRE, TRAN, REGI)
Enhanced cooperation between committees IMCO, ECON

Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 09.02.2006.

18. Written declarations included in the register (Rule 116)

Number of signatures obtained by the written declarations in the register (Rule 116(3)):

19. 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.

20. Dates for next sittings

The next sittings would be held from 13.03.2006 to 16.03.2006.

21. Adjournment of session

The session of the European Parliament was adjourned.

The sitting closed at 17.00.

The following signed:

Adamou, Albertini, Allister, Alvaro, Andersson, Andrejevs, Andria, Andrikienė, Angelilli, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Ashworth, Assis, Atkins, Attard-Montalto, Attwooll, Aubert, Audy, Auken, Ayala Sender, Aylward, Ayuso González, Bachelot-Narquin, Baco, Badia I Cutchet, Barón Crespo, Barsi-Pataky, Batten, Battilocchio, Batzeli, Bauer, Beaupuy, Beazley, Becsey, Beer, Beglitis, Belder, Belet, Belohorská, Bennahmias, Beňová, Berend, Berès, van den Berg, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Bersani, Bertinotti, Bielan, Birutis, Bloom, Bobošíková, Böge, Bösch, Bonino, Bono, Bonsignore, Borghezio, Borrell Fontelles, Bourlanges, Bourzai, Bowles, Bozkurt, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Breyer, Březina, Brie, Brok, Brunetta, Budreikaitė, Bullmann, van den Burg, Bushill-Matthews, Busk, Busquin, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Camre, Capoulas Santos, Carlotti, Carnero González, Casa, Casaca, Cashman, Caspary, Castex, Castiglione, del Castillo Vera, Catania, Cavada, Cederschiöld, Cercas, Cesa, Chatzimarkakis, Chichester, Chiesa, Chmielewski, Christensen, Chruszcz, Clark, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cohn-Bendit, Corbett, Corbey, Cornillet, Correia, Costa, Cottigny, Coûteaux, Coveney, Cramer, Crowley, Marek Aleksander Czarnecki, Ryszard Czarnecki, D'Alema, Daul, Davies, de Brún, Dehaene, De Keyser, Demetriou, Deprez, De Rossa, De Sarnez, Descamps, Désir, Deß, De Veyrac, De Vits, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dičkutė, Didžiokas, Díez González, Dillen, Dimitrakopoulos, Dionisi, Di Pietro, Dobolyi, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Douay, Dover, Doyle, Drčar Murko, Duchoň, Dührkop Dührkop, Duff, Duka-Zólyomi, Duquesne, Ebner, Ehler, Ek, El Khadraoui, Elles, Estrela, Ettl, Eurlings, Jill Evans, Jonathan Evans, Robert Evans, Fajmon, Falbr, Farage, Fava, Fazakas, Ferber, Fernandes, Anne Ferreira, Elisa Ferreira, Figueiredo, Fjellner, Flasarová, Flautre, Florenz, Foltyn-Kubicka, Ford, Fourtou, Fraga Estévez, Frassoni, Freitas, Friedrich, Fruteau, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote, García-Margallo y Marfil, García Pérez, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gebhardt, Gentvilas, Geremek, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gewalt, Gibault, Gierek, Giertych, Gklavakis, Glante, Glattfelder, Goebbels, Goepel, Golik, Gollnisch, Gomes, Gomolka, Goudin, Grabowska, Grabowski, Graça Moura, Gräßle, de Grandes Pascual, Grech, Griesbeck, Gröner, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Groote, Grosch, Grossetête, Guardans Cambó, Guellec, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Gurmai, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Guy-Quint, Gyürk, Hänsch, Hall, Hammerstein Mintz, Hamon, Handzlik, Hannan, Harbour, Harkin, Harms, Hassi, Hatzidakis, Haug, Hazan, Heaton-Harris, Hedh, Hedkvist Petersen, Helmer, Hennicot-Schoepges, Hennis-Plasschaert, Herczog, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Higgins, Hökmark, Honeyball, Hoppenstedt, Horáček, Howitt, Hudacký, Hudghton, Hughes, Hutchinson, Hybášková, Ibrisagic, Ilves, in 't Veld, Isler Béguin, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Jäätteenmäki, Jałowiecki, Janowski, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jensen, Jöns, Jørgensen, Jonckheer, Jordan Cizelj, Juknevičienė, Kaczmarek, Kallenbach, Kamall, Kamiński, Karas, Karim, Kasoulides, Kaufmann, Kauppi, Tunne Kelam, Kindermann, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Knapman, Koch, Koch-Mehrin, Kohlíček, Konrad, Korhola, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Kozlík, Krahmer, Krarup, Krasts, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristensen, Kristovskis, Krupa, Kuc, Kudrycka, Kuhne, Kułakowski, Kušķis, Kusstatscher, Kuźmiuk, Lagendijk, Laignel, Lamassoure, Lambert, Lambrinidis, Lambsdorff, Lang, Langen, Langendries, Laperrouze, La Russa, Lauk, Lavarra, Lax, Lechner, Le Foll, Lehideux, Lehne, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Marine Le Pen, Le Rachinel, Letta, Lewandowski, Liberadzki, Libicki, Lichtenberger, Lienemann, Liotard, Lipietz, López-Istúriz White, Louis, Lucas, Ludford, Lulling, Lundgren, Lynne, Maat, Maaten, McAvan, McCarthy, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Madeira, Malmström, Manders, Maňka, Erika Mann, Thomas Mann, Manolakou, Markov, Marques, Martens, David Martin, Hans-Peter Martin, Martinez, Martínez Martínez, Masiel, Masip Hidalgo, Maštálka, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Matsakis, Matsis, Matsouka, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Medina Ortega, Meijer, Méndez de Vigo, Menéndez del Valle, Meyer Pleite, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Montoro Romero, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Morgan, Morgantini, Morillon, Moscovici, Mote, Mulder, Musacchio, Muscardini, Muscat, Musotto, Musumeci, Myller, Napoletano, Nassauer, Nattrass, Navarro, Newton Dunn, Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Nicholson, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Obiols i Germà, Öger, Özdemir, Olajos, Olbrycht, Ó Neachtain, Onesta, Onyszkiewicz, Oomen-Ruijten, Ortuondo Larrea, Őry, Ouzký, Oviir, Paasilinna, Pack, Pafilis, Pahor, Paleckis, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Panzeri, Papadimoulis, Papastamkos, Parish, Patrie, Pavilionis, Peillon, Pęk, Alojz Peterle, Pflüger, Piecyk, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pinior, Piotrowski, Pirker, Piskorski, Pistelli, Pleštinská, Podkański, Poettering, Poignant, Polfer, Pomés Ruiz, Portas, Posselt, Prets, Prodi, Purvis, Queiró, Rack, Radwan, Ransdorf, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Remek, Resetarits, Reul, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Rivera, Rizzo, Rocard, Rogalski, Roithová, Romagnoli, Romeva i Rueda, Rosati, Roszkowski, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Rühle, Rutowicz, Ryan, Sacconi, Saïfi, Sakalas, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Salinas García, Salvini, Samaras, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Savary, Schapira, Scheele, Schenardi, Schierhuber, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schroedter, Schulz, Schuth, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Segelström, Seppänen, Siekierski, Sifunakis, Sinnott, Siwiec, Sjöstedt, Škottová, Smith, Sommer, Spautz, Speroni, Staes, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Stauner, Sterckx, Stevenson, Stihler, Stockmann, Strejček, Strož, Stubb, Sturdy, Sudre, Surján, Swoboda, Szájer, Szejna, Szent-Iványi, Szymański, Tabajdi, Tajani, Takkula, Tannock, Tarabella, Tarand, Thyssen, Titford, Titley, Toia, Tomczak, Toubon, Toussas, Trakatellis, Trautmann, Triantaphyllides, Trüpel, Turmes, Tzampazi, Uca, Ulmer, Väyrynen, Vaidere, Vakalis, Valenciano Martínez-Orozco, Vanhecke, Van Lancker, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Vaugrenard, Verges, Vergnaud, Vidal-Quadras, de Villiers, Vincenzi, Virrankoski, Vlasák, Voggenhuber, Wagenknecht, Wallis, Walter, Watson, Henri Weber, Manfred Weber, Weiler, Weisgerber, Westlund, Wieland, Wiersma, Wijkman, Willmott, Wise, Wohlin, Bernard Piotr Wojciechowski, Janusz Wojciechowski, Wortmann-Kool, Wurtz, Xenogiannakopoulou, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zapałowski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Ždanoka, Zieleniec, Zīle, Zimmer, Zingaretti, Zvěřina,

Observers

Arabadjiev Alexander, Athanasiu Alexandru, Bărbuleţiu Tiberiu, Becşenescu Dumitru, Bliznashki Georgi, Buruiană Aprodu Daniela, Cioroianu Adrian Mihai, Coşea Dumitru Gheorghe Mircea, Creţu Corina, Creţu Gabriela, Dimitrov Martin, Dîncu Vasile, Duca Viorel, Ganţ Ovidiu Victor, Hogea Vlad Gabriel, Ivanova Iglika, Kelemen Atilla Béla Ladislau, Kirilov Evgeni, Kónya-Hamar Sándor, Mihăescu Eugen, Morţun Alexandru Ioan, Muscă Monica Octavia, Paşcu Ioan Mircea, Podgorean Radu, Popa Nicolae Vlad, Popeangă Petre, Severin Adrian, Silaghi Ovidiu Ioan, Stoyanov Dimitar, Szabó Károly Ferenc, Vigenin Kristian, Zgonea Valeriu Ştefan