3. European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights * - Fundamental Rights Agency: activities under Title VI of the EU Treaty * (debate)

Verbatim reports

Report on the proposal for a Council regulation establishing a European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights [COM(2005)0280 - C6-0288/2005 - 2005/0124(CNS)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Kinga Gál (A6-0306/2006)

Report on the proposal for a Council decision empowering the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights to pursue its activities in areas referred to in Title VI of the Treaty on European Union [COM(2005)0280 - C6-0289/2005 - 2005/0125(CNS)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Magda Kósáné Kovács (A6-0282/2006)

Franco Frattini (Vice-President of the Commission) spoke.

Kinga Gál introduced the report (A6-0306/2006).

Magda Kósáné Kovács introduced the report (A6-0282/2006).

The following spoke: Cem Özdemir (draftsman of the opinion of the AFET Committee), Jutta Haug (draftsman of the opinion of the BUDG Committee), Hubert Pirker, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Michael Cashman, on behalf of the PSE Group, Sarah Ludford, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Johannes Voggenhuber, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Giusto Catania, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Wojciech Roszkowski, on behalf of the UEN Group, Johannes Blokland, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Koenraad Dillen, Non-attached Member, Timothy Kirkhope, Martine Roure, Hubert Pirker and Ona Juknevičienė.

IN THE CHAIR: Manuel António dos SANTOS
Vice-President

The following spoke: Bernat Joan i Marí, Jiří Maštálka, Bogdan Pęk, Paweł Bartłomiej Piskorski, Bogusław Sonik, Andrzej Jan Szejna, Anneli Jäätteenmäki, Erik Meijer, Roger Knapman, Alessandro Battilocchio, Reinhard Rack, Józef Pinior, Kinga Gál, Magda Kósáné Kovács and Franco Frattini.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 12.10.2006, Item 22 and Minutes of 12.10.2006, Item 23.

(The sitting was suspended at 10.40 pending voting time and resumed at 11.05.)

IN THE CHAIR: Alejo VIDAL-QUADRAS
Vice-President