IN THE CHAIR: Pierre MOSCOVICI
Vice-President

1. Opening of sitting

The sitting opened at 10.05.

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Carl Schlyter spoke, referring to his remarks of the previous day (Minutes of 14.03.2007, Item 15). He made a linguistic correction to the Swedish version of the Muscardini report which had been adopted in October 2006 (P6_TA(2006)0450).

2. 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 protection of the environment through criminal law (COM(2007)0051 – C6-0063/2007 – 2007/0022(COD))

- Proposal for a Council directive amending Directive 2001/114/EC relating to certain partly or wholly dehydrated preserved milk for human consumption (COM(2007)0058 [[01]] – C6-0083/2007 – 2007/0025(CNS))

- Proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products (COM(2007)0058 [[02]] – C6-0084/2007 – 2007/0026(CNS))

- Proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 2597/97 laying down additional rules on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products for drinking milk (COM(2007)0058 [[03]] – C6-0085/2007 – 2007/0027(CNS))

- Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2006/66/EC on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators, as regards the implementing powers conferred on the Commission (COM(2007)0093 – C6-0088/2007 – 2007/0036(COD))

- Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on quarterly statistics on Community job vacancies (COM(2007)0076 – C6-0090/2007 – 2007/0033(COD))

- Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union (COM(2007)0095 – C6-0091/2007 – 2007/0038(COD))

- Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 08/2007 – Section III – Commission (SEC(2007)0159 – C6-0092/2007 – 2007/2045(GBD))

3. Regional policy (islands and natural and economic constraints) (debate)

Report on the islands and natural and economic constraints in the context of the regional policy (2006/2106(INI)) - Committee on Regional Development. Rapporteur: Francesco Musotto (A6-0044/2007)

Francesco Musotto introduced the report.

Neelie Kroes (Member of the Commission) spoke.

The following spoke: Simon Busuttil, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Stavros Arnaoutakis, on behalf of the PSE Group, Elspeth Attwooll, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Mieczysław Edmund Janowski, on behalf of the UEN Group, Alyn Smith, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Kyriacos Triantaphyllides, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Derek Roland Clark, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Luca Romagnoli, on behalf of the ITS Group, Nikolaos Vakalis, Catherine Stihler, Alfonso Andria, Pedro Guerreiro, Margie Sudre, Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, Giusto Catania, Rolf Berend, Paulo Casaca and Sérgio Marques.

IN THE CHAIR: Luigi COCILOVO
Vice-President

The following spoke: Andrzej Jan Szejna, Den Dover, Emanuel Jardim Fernandes, Antonio López-Istúriz White, Giuseppe Castiglione and Neelie Kroes

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 15.03.2007, Item 5.11.

4. Local authorities and development cooperation (debate)

Report on local authorities and development cooperation (2006/2235(INI)) - Committee on Development. Rapporteur: Pierre Schapira (A6-0039/2007)

Pierre Schapira introduced the report.

Neelie Kroes (Member of the Commission) spoke.

The following spoke: Manolis Mavrommatis, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Atanas Paparizov, on behalf of the PSE Group, Jean Marie Beaupuy, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Wiesław Stefan Kuc, on behalf of the UEN Group, Luisa Morgantini, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Alessandro Battilocchio, Gay Mitchell, Józef Pinior, Thierry Cornillet, Zbigniew Krzysztof Kuźmiuk, Sylwester Chruszcz, Roberta Alma Anastase, Danutė Budreikaitė and Neelie Kroes.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 15.03.2007, Item 5.12.

(The sitting was suspended at 12.00 pending voting time and resumed at 12.05.)

IN THE CHAIR: Hans-Gert PÖTTERING
President

5. Voting time

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

5.1. Appointments to interparliamentary delegations (vote)

Proposal by the Conference Presidents: Appointments to interparliamentary delegations (Minutes of 14.03.2007, Item 13)

The proposal was adopted.

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

A list of the appointments is published as an annex to these Minutes.

5.2. Community action on the provision of cross-border health care (vote)

Motion for a resolution B6-0098/2007

(Simple majority)

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2007)0073)

5.3. Illegal bird hunting in Malta (vote)

Motion for a resolution B6-0119/2007

(Simple majority)

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2007)0074)

The following spoke:

- Louis Grech, who moved an oral amendment to amendment 7, which was not incorporated as more than 40 Members objected;

- Simon Busuttil, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, who requested a roll-call vote on amendment 12; the President established that there were no objections to his request.

5.4. Euro-Mediterranean relations (vote)

Motions for resolution B6-0041/2007, B6-0080/2007, B6-0084/2007, B6-0090/2007, B6-0092/2007, B6-0094/2007 and B6-0096/2007

(Simple majority)

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION B6-0041/2007

Rejected

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B6-0080/2007

(replacing B6-0080/2007, B6-0084/2007, B6-0090/2007, B6-0092/2007, B6-0094/2007 and B6-0096/2007):

tabled by the following Members:

Vito Bonsignore and Tokia Saïfi, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group,

Pasqualina Napoletano, Carlos Carnero González and Véronique De Keyser, on behalf of the PSE Group,

Philippe Morillon, Thierry Cornillet, on behalf of the ALDE Group,

Ryszard Czarnecki, Adriana Poli Bortone, Roberta Angelilli, Mieczysław Edmund Janowski and Eugenijus Maldeikis, on behalf of the UEN Group,

Hélène Flautre, David Hammerstein, Raül Romeva i Rueda and Cem Özdemir, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group,

Luisa Morgantini and Miguel Portas, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group

Adopted (P6_TA(2007)0075)

The following spoke:

- Pasqualina Napoletano (co-author), who moved an oral amendment to paragraph 21 and pointed out that he thought amendment 1 had been withdrawn;

- Charles Tannock, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, who pointed out that he had not withdrawn amendment 1, and moved an oral amendment to Mr Napoletano's oral amendment, (neither oral amendment was incorporated as more than 40 Members objected).

5.5. Euro-Mediterranean Free Trade Area (vote)

Report on the construction of the Euro-Mediterranean Free Trade Area (2006/2173(INI)) - Committee on International Trade. Rapporteur: Kader Arif (A6-0468/2006)

(Simple majority)

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2007)0076)

The following spoke:

Gianluca Susta, on behalf of the ALDE Group, who moved an oral amendment to paragraph 58, which was incorporated.

5.6. Bosnia-Herzegovina (vote)

Report with a proposal for a European Parliament recommendation to the Council on Bosnia-Herzegovina (2006/2290(INI)) - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: Doris Pack (A6-0030/2007)

(Simple majority)

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

PROPOSAL FOR A RECOMMENDATION

Adopted (P6_TA(2007)0077)

5.7. Compliance with the Charter of Fundamental Rights (vote)

Report on compliance with the Charter of Fundamental Rights in the Commission's legislative proposals: methodology for systematic and rigorous monitoring (2005/2169(INI)) - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Johannes Voggenhuber (A6-0034/2007)

(Simple majority)

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2007)0078)

The following spoke:

Johannes Voggenhuber (rapporteur), who moved an oral amendment to paragraph 15, which was incorporated.

5.8. Negotiation of an EU-Central America Association Agreement (vote)

Report with a proposal for a European Parliament recommendation to the Council on the negotiating mandate for an association agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the countries of Central America, of the other part (2006/2222(INI)) - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: Willy Meyer Pleite (A6-0026/2007)

(Simple majority)

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

PROPOSAL FOR A RECOMMENDATION

Adopted (P6_TA(2007)0079)

5.9. Negotiation of an EU-Andean Community Association Agreement (vote)

Report containing the European Parliament's recommendation to the Council on the negotiating mandate for an association agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Andean Community and its member countries, of the other part (2006/2221(INI)) - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: Luis Yañez-Barnuevo García (A6-0025/2007)

(Simple majority)

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

PROPOSAL FOR A RECOMMENDATION

Adopted (P6_TA(2007)0080)

The following spoke:

Luis Yañez-Barnuevo García (rapporteur), who moved oral amendments to paragraph 1 points (b), (s), (u), (v) and (x), which were incorporated.

5.10. Missing persons in Cyprus (vote)

Motion for a resolution B6-0118/2007

(Karin Resetarits, on behalf of the ALDE Group, and Kyriacos Triantaphyllides, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, had also signed the motion for a resolution.)

(Simple majority)

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2007)0081)

The following spoke:

Panayiotis Demetriou, who drew attention to the presence in the distinguished visitors' gallery of Christophe Girod, Chairman of the UN Committee on missing persons in Cyprus, along with Elias Georgiadis and Gülden Plümer Küçük, members of that committee.

5.11. Regional policy (islands and natural and economic constraints) (vote)

Report on the islands and natural and economic constraints in the context of the regional policy (2006/2106(INI)) - Committee on Regional Development. Rapporteur: Francesco Musotto (A6-0044/2007)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 11)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2007)0082)

5.12. Local authorities and development cooperation (vote)

Report on local authorities and development cooperation (2006/2235(INI)) - Committee on Development. Rapporteur: Pierre Schapira (A6-0039/2007)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 12)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2007)0083)

6. 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:

Illegal bird hunting in Malta (B6-0119/2007): Simon Busuttil, Karin Scheele, Marcin Libicki

Report: Johannes Voggenhuber - A6-0034/2007: Koenraad Dillen

Report: Willy Meyer Pleite - A6-0026/2007 and Report: Luis Yañez-Barnuevo García - A6-0025/2007: Daniel Hannan

Report: Pierre Schapira - A6-0039/2007: Czesław Adam Siekierski

7. Corrections to votes and voting intentions

Corrections to votes and voting intentions 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 and voting intentions will be finalised so that it can be translated and published in the Official Journal.

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Daniel Hannan had informed the Chair that his voting machine had not worked during the vote on the report by Willy Meyer Pleite (A6-0026/2007).

(The sitting was suspended at 12.55 and resumed at 15.00.)

IN THE CHAIR: Adam BIELAN
Vice-President

8. Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

The Minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

9. Banning seal products in the EU (debate)

Commission statement: Banning seal products in the EU

Stavros Dimas (Member of the Commission) made the statement.

The following spoke: John Bowis, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Paulo Casaca, on behalf of the PSE Group, Marios Matsakis, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Carl Schlyter, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Erik Meijer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Stavros Dimas and Christopher Beazley, who put a question to the Commission which Stavros Dimas answered.

The debate closed.

10. The attack on Galina Kozlova, member of the board of the Mari national organisation Mari Ušem and editor of the literary magazine Ontšõko (debate)

Commission statement: The attack on Galina Kozlova, member of the board of the Mari national organisation Mari Ušem and editor of the literary magazine Ontšõko

Neelie Kroes (Member of the Commission) made the statement.

The following spoke: Tunne Kelam, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, on behalf of the PSE Group, István Szent-Iványi, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Leopold Józef Rutowicz, on behalf of the UEN Group, Erik Meijer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Laima Liucija Andrikienė, Józef Pinior and Neelie Kroes.

Motions for resolutions to wind up the debate tabled pursuant to Rule 103(2):

- Toomas Savi, István Szent-Iványi, Paavo Väyrynen and Henrik Lax, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the attack against Galina Kozlova, a member of the Mari Usem national organisation and editor of the magazine Ontsoko (B6-0081/2007)

- José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Charles Tannock, Tunne Kelam and Vytautas Landsbergis, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on the attack against Galina Kozlova, board member of Mari Uchem and chief editor of the literary magazine Ontšõko (B6-0086/2007)

- Roberta Angelilli, Ģirts Valdis Kristovskis, Inese Vaidere, Hanna Foltyn-Kubicka and Ryszard Czarnecki, on behalf of the UEN Group, on the attack against Galina Koszlova, a member of the Mari Uchem national organisation and editor of the review Ontšõko (B6-0089/2007)

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 15.03.2007, Item 12.4.

11. 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 13.03.2007, Item 5)

11.1. Guatemala

Motions for resolution B6-0101/2007, B6-0104/2007, B6-0106/2007, B6-0107/2007, B6-0111/2007 and B6-0116/2007

Józef Pinior, Bernd Posselt, Ryszard Czarnecki, Tobias Pflüger and Marios Matsakis introduced motions for resolutions.

IN THE CHAIR: Gérard ONESTA
Vice-President

Raül Romeva i Rueda introduced a motion for a resolution.

The following spoke: Bogusław Sonik, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Leopold Józef Rutowicz, on behalf of the UEN Group, and Neelie Kroes (Member of the Commission).

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 15.03.2007, Item 12.1.

11.2. Cambodia

Motions for resolution B6-0102/2007, B6-0103/2007, B6-0108/2007, B6-0110/2007, B6-0112/2007 and B6-0117/2007

Marc Tarabella, Bernd Posselt, Erik Meijer, Ryszard Czarnecki and Marco Cappato introduced motions for resolutions.

The following spoke: Marios Matsakis, on behalf of the ALDE Group, and Neelie Kroes (Member of the Commission).

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 15.03.2007, Item 12.2.

11.3. Nigeria

Motions for resolution B6-0105/2007, B6-0109/2007, B6-0113/2007, B6-0114/2007 and B6-0115/2007

Michael Gahler, Erik Meijer, Sophia in 't Veld, Józef Pinior and Carl Schlyter introduced motions for resolutions.

The following spoke: Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, on behalf of the PSE Group, Marco Cappato, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Marcin Libicki, on behalf of the UEN Group, Raül Romeva i Rueda, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Marios Matsakis and Neelie Kroes (Member of the Commission).

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 15.03.2007, Item 12.3.

12. Voting time

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

12.1. Guatemala (vote)

Motions for resolution B6-0101/2007, B6-0104/2007, B6-0106/2007, B6-0107/2007, B6-0111/2007 and B6-0116/2007

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 13)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B6-0101/2007

(replacing B6-0101/2007, B6-0104/2007, B6-0106/2007, B6-0107/2007, B6-0111/2007 and B6-0116/2007)

tabled by the following Members:

José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Bernd Posselt and Charles Tannock, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group,

Pasqualina Napoletano, Raimon Obiols i Germà, Elena Valenciano Martínez-Orozco and Emilio Menéndez del Valle, on behalf of the PSE Group,

Marios Matsakis, Danutė Budreikaitė, Frédérique Ries and Arūnas Degutis, on behalf of the ALDE Group,

Michał Tomasz Kamiński, Adam Bielan, Mirosław Mariusz Piotrowski, Hanna Foltyn-Kubicka, Marek Aleksander Czarnecki, Mieczysław Edmund Janowski, Eugenijus Maldeikis and Wojciech Roszkowski, on behalf of the UEN Group,

Raül Romeva i Rueda, Eva Lichtenberger, Alain Lipietz, Monica Frassoni and Friedrich-Wilhelm Graefe zu Baringdorf, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group,

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

Adopted (P6_TA(2007)0084)

The following spoke:

- Marios Matsakis (co-author), who moved oral amendments to recitals B and C, which were incorporated.

12.2. Cambodia (vote)

Motions for resolution B6-0102/2007, B6-0103/2007, B6-0108/2007, B60110/2007, B6-0112/2007 and B6-0117/2007

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 14)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B6-0102/2007

(replacing B6-0102/2007, B6-0103/2007, B6-0108/2007, B60110/2007, B6-0112/2007 and B6-0117/2007)

tabled by the following Members:

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

Pasqualina Napoletano, Marc Tarabella and Harlem Désir, on behalf of the PSE Group,

Marco Pannella, Marco Cappato, Marios Matsakis, Frédérique Ries, Jules Maaten, Ignasi Guardans Cambó and Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck, on behalf of the ALDE Group,

Michał Tomasz Kamiński, Hanna Foltyn-Kubicka, Ryszard Czarnecki, Adam Bielan and Gintaras Didžiokas, on behalf of the UEN Group,

Frithjof Schmidt, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group,

Vittorio Agnoletto, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group

Adopted (P6_TA(2007)0085)

12.3. Nigeria (vote)

Motions for resolution B6-0105/2007, B6-0109/2007, B6-0113/2007, B6-0114/2007 and B6-0115/2007

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 15)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION B6-0105/2007

Adopted (P6_TA(2007)0086)

(Motions for resolutions RC-B6-0109/2007, B6-0109/2007, B6-0113/2007, B6-0114/2007 and B6-0115/2007 fell.)

12.4. The attack on Galina Kozlova, member of the board of the Mari national organisation Mari Ušem and editor of the literary magazine Ontšõko (vote)

Motions for resolution B6-0081/2007, B6-0086/2007 and B6-0089/2007

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 16)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B6-0081/2007

(replacing B6-0081/2007, B6-0086/2007 and B6-0089/2007)

tabled by the following Members:

José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Charles Tannock, Tunne Kelam and Vytautas Landsbergis, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group,

Jan Marinus Wiersma, on behalf of the PSE Group,

Toomas Savi, István Szent-Iványi, Paavo Väyrynen and Henrik Lax, on behalf of the ALDE Group,

Michał Tomasz Kamiński, Roberta Angelilli, Hanna Foltyn-Kubicka, Ryszard Czarnecki, Adam Bielan, Ģirts Valdis Kristovskis and Inese Vaidere, on behalf of the UEN Group,

Satu Hassi, Bart Staes, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group,

André Brie, Vittorio Agnoletto and Esko Seppänen, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group

Adopted (P6_TA(2007)0087)

13. 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:

Attack on Galina Kozlova (RC-B6-0081/2007): Laima Liucija Andrikienė

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The following spoke: Marcin Libicki, on the vote on Nigeria (B6-0105/2007), and Zbigniew Zaleski, on Mr Libicki's comments.

14. Decisions concerning certain documents

Referral to committees

PETI Committee

- Monitoring the application of Community law (2005) - 23rd annual report (2006/2271(INI))
referred to responsible: JURI
opinion: PETI

15. Membership of committees and delegations

Marios Matsakis spoke on a procedural matter.

The President had received the following requests for appointments from the PPE-DE, PSE, ALDE, UEN, Verts/ALE, GUE/NGL, ITS and IND/DEM Groups, and from the Non-attached Members:

ECON Committee: Joop Post to replace Renato Brunetta

EMPL Committee: Edit Bauer to replace Ria Oomen-Ruijten

TRAN Committee: Marian-Jean Marinescu to replace Corien Wortmann-Kool

LIBE Committee: Ria Oomen-Ruijten to replace Edit Bauer

Subcommittee on Human Rights: György Schöpflin was no longer a member

Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly:

- Luciana Sbarbati

- Zita Gurmai to replace Alexandra Dobolyi

- Josep Borrell Fontelles to replace Elena Valenciano Martínez-Orozco

- Olle Schmidt to replace Lena Ek

- Gabriele Zimmer to replace Francis Wurtz

Delegation to the Euromediterranean Joint Parliamentary Assembly:

- Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg to replace Eluned Morgan

- Cem Özdemir to replace Daniel Cohn-Bendit

- Adamos Adamou to replace Kyriacos Triantaphyllides

- Dimitar Stoyanov to replace Jean-Claude Martinez

Delegation to the EU-FYROM Joint Parliamentary Committee:

- Daniel Strož

- Kinga Gál to replace András Gyürk

Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee:

- Tchetin Kazak to replace Gérard Deprez

Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee:

- András Gyürk to replace Ioannis Gklavakis

- Gian Paolo Gobbo to replace Francesco Enrico Speroni

Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee:

- Daniela Buruiană-Aprodu

- Giusto Catania to replace André Brie

Delegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe:

- Ovidiu Victor Ganţ, Jean-Paul Gauzès, Ioannis Gklavakis, Marcello Vernola, Georgi Bliznashki, Jan Marinus Wiersma, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, Tiberiu Bărbuleţiu and Elly de Groen-Kouwenhoven.

- Sarah Ludford was no longer a member

Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee:

- Ria Oomen-Ruijten

- Jean-Marie Cavada to replace Gianluca Susta

- Zbigniew Krzysztof Kuźmiuk to replace Bogusław Rogalski

Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee:

- Gábor Harangozó to replace Edit Herczog

- Marek Siwiec to replace Bernhard Rapkay

Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee:

- Dan Mihalache, Cristian Stănescu

- Maria Petre to replace Giorgio Carollo

Delegation for relations with Belarus:

- Stefan Sofianski, Claire Gibault

- Andres Tarand to replace Andrzej Jan Szejna

- Alessandra Mussolini to replace Carl Lang

Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees and Delegation for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia:

- Jas Gawronski to replace Albert Jan Maat

- Marusya Ivanova Lyubcheva to replace Adam Gierek

- Fausto Correia was no longer a member

Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees:

- Evgeni Kirilov

- Marian-Jean Marinescu to replace Frieda Brepoels

Delegation for relations with Israel:

- Gabriele Albertini, Philip Dimitrov Dimitrov, Giorgio Carollo, Vasile Dîncu, Andrzej Jan Szejna and Lydia Shouleva

- Antonio Tajani was no longer a member

Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council:

- Frieda Brepoels, Hannes Swoboda and Mario Borghezio

- Kyriacos Triantaphyllides to replace Adamos Adamou

Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (including Libya):

- Ioannis Varvitsiotis, Iratxe García Pérez, Alfonso Andria and Dumitru Gheorghe Mircea Coşea

- Inés Ayala Sender to replace Luis Yañez-Barnuevo García

- Hélène Flautre was no longer a member

Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries:

- Martin Dimitrov and Hélène Flautre

- Dimitar Stoyanov to replace Alessandra Mussolini

Delegation for relations with the Gulf States, including Yemen:

- Eugen Mihăescu

- Roberta Alma Anastase to replace Nicole Fontaine

- Joost Lagendijk was no longer a member

Delegation for relations with Iran:

- Radu Podgorean, Georgios Karatzaferis and Carl Lang

- Giusto Catania and Hans-Peter Martin were no longer members

Delegation for relations with the United States:

-Radu Ţîrle, Christoph Konrad, Konstantin Dimitrov, Atanas Paparizov, Corina Creţu, Karin Riis-Jørgensen, Sarah Ludford, Salvatore Tatarella and Pierre Jonckheer

- Adrian-Mihai Cioroianu to replace Karin Resetarits

- Alfonso Andria was no longer a member

Delegation for relations with Canada:

- Károly Ferenc Szabó, Manfred Weber, Christel Schaldemose, Mladen Petrov Chervenyakov, Urszula Krupa and Petre Popeangă

- Edit Herczog to replace Zita Gurmai

Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America:

- David Casa, Marie-Noëlle Lienemann, Jan Jerzy Kułakowski and Wiesław Stefan Kuc

- Maria Badia i Cutchet to replace Inés Ayala Sender

- Gianluca Susta to replace Lapo Pistelli

Delegation for relations with the Andean Community:

- Fausto Correia, Ovidiu Ioan Silaghi and Jean-Claude Martinez

- Gabriela Creţu to replace Margrietus van den Berg

Delegation for relations with Japan:

- Dieter-Lebrecht Koch, Ioan Mircea Paşcu, Karin Resetarits and Umberto Pirilli

- Elena Valenciano Martínez-Orozco to replace Maria Badia i Cutchet

Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China:

- Monica Maria Iacob-Ridzi, Daciana Octavia Sârbu, Eluned Morgan, Stavros Arnaoutakis, Eduard Raul Hellvig, Antonyia Parvanova and Viorica-Pompilia-Georgeta Moisuc

- Jorgo Chatzimarkakis to replace Karin Riis-Jørgensen

- Hans-Peter Martin to replace Gianni De Michelis

- Jacky Henin to replace Gabriele Zimmer

Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia:

- Christian Ehler

Delegation for relations with India:

- Christopher Beazley to replace Christian Ehler

Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) :

- Kristian Vigenin and Alexandru-Ioan Morţun

- Athanasios Pafilis was no longer a member

Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula:

- Vincenzo Aita

- Alexandra Dobolyi to replace Andres Tarand

- Umberto Bossi to replace Francesco Enrico Speroni

- Philip Claeys to replace Fernand Le Rachinel

- Gérard Onesta was no longer a member

Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand:

- Françoise Grossetête, Alexandru Athanasiu, Evangelia Tzampazi and Paavo Väyrynen

- Adamos Adamou to replace Kyriacos Triantaphyllides

- Fernand Le Rachinel to replace Philip Claeys

- Leopold Józef Rutowicz was no longer a member

Delegation for relations with South Africa:

- Atilla Béla Ladislau Kelemen, Adam Gierek, Catherine Guy-Quint and Georgios Toussas

The President established that there were no objections. The appointments were thereby ratified.

16. Communication of Council common positions

Pursuant to Rule 57(1), The President announced that the Council had sent the following common position, along with the reasons for its adoption and the Commission's position on:

- Common position adopted by the Council on 5 March 2007 with a view to adoption of a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing for the period 2007-2013 a specific programme to prevent and combat violence against children, young people and women and to protect victims and groups at risk (Daphne III programme) as part of the general programme "Fundamental Rights and Justice" (16367/1/2006 - C6-0089/2007 - 2005/0037A(COD))
referred to responsible: FEMM.

The three-month period available to Parliament to adopt its position would therefore begin the following day, 16.03.2007.

17. Written declarations entered in the register (Rule 116)

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

18. 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.

19. Dates for next sittings

The next sittings would be held on 28.03.2007 and 29.03.2007.

20. Adjournment of session

The session of the European Parliament was adjourned.

The sitting closed at 17.05.

The following signed:

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Christova, Chruszcz, Ciornei, Cioroianu , Claeys, Clark, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cohn-Bendit, Corbett, Corbey, Cornillet, Correia, Coşea, Paolo Costa, Cottigny, Cramer, Gabriela Creţu, Crowley, Marek Aleksander Czarnecki, Ryszard Czarnecki, Daul, Davies, De Blasio, de Brún, De Keyser, Demetriou, Deprez, De Rossa, Descamps, Désir, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, De Vits, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dičkutė, Didžiokas, Dillen, Dimitrakopoulos, Martin Dimitrov, Philip Dimitrov Dimitrov, Dobolyi, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Douay, Dover, Doyle, Drčar Murko, Duchoň, Duff, Duka-Zólyomi, Dumitrescu, Ebner, Ehler, El Khadraoui, Esteves, Estrela, Ettl, Jill Evans, Jonathan Evans, Robert Evans, Färm, Fajmon, Falbr, Farage, Fatuzzo, Fava, Fazakas, Ferber, Fernandes, Fernández Martín, Anne Ferreira, Elisa Ferreira, Figueiredo, Flasarová, Flautre, Foltyn-Kubicka, Fontaine, Ford, Fourtou, Fraga Estévez, Frassoni, Freitas, Friedrich, Fruteau, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Ganţ, García-Margallo y Marfil, García Pérez, Gargani, Gauzès, Gebhardt, Gentvilas, Geremek, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gewalt, Gibault, Gierek, Giertych, Gill, Gklavakis, Glante, Glattfelder, Goebbels, Goepel, Golik, Gollnisch, Gomes, Gomolka, Goudin, Grabowska, Grabowski, Graça Moura, Gräßle, de Grandes Pascual, Grech, Griesbeck, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Groote, Grosch, Grossetête, Gruber, Guardans Cambó, Guerreiro, Gurmai, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Guy-Quint, Gyürk, Hall, Hammerstein, Hamon, Handzlik, Hannan, Harbour, Harkin, Harms, Hasse Ferreira, Hassi, Haug, Hedh, Hegyi, Hellvig, Helmer, Henin, Hennicot-Schoepges, Hennis-Plasschaert, Herranz García, Hieronymi, Hökmark, Holm, Honeyball, Hoppenstedt, Horáček, Howitt, Hudacký, Hudghton, Hughes, Hyusmenova, Hybášková, Ibrisagic, Ilchev, in 't Veld, Isler Béguin, Itälä, Jackson, Jäätteenmäki, Jałowiecki, Janowski, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jensen, Jöns, Jonckheer, Jordan Cizelj, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Kaczmarek, Kallenbach, Kamall, Kamiński, Karas, Kaufmann, Kauppi, Kazak, Tunne Kelam, Kelemen, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kirilov, Klamt, Klaß, Klich, Klinz, Koch, Kohlíček, Konrad, Kónya-Hamar, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Krahmer, Krasts, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristovskis, Krupa, Kuc, Kułakowski, Kušķis, Kusstatscher, Kuźmiuk, Lagendijk, Laignel, Lamassoure, Lambert, Lambrinidis, Lambsdorff, Lang, Langen, Langendries, Laperrouze, La Russa, Lauk, Lechner, Le Foll, Lehideux, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lewandowski, Libicki, Lichtenberger, Lienemann, Liese, Lipietz, López-Istúriz White, Losco, Louis, Lucas, Lulling, Lundgren, Lynne, Lyubcheva, Maaten, McAvan, McDonald, McGuinness, Madeira, Maldeikis, Manders, Maňka, Erika Mann, Thomas Mann, Manolakou, Mantovani, Marques, Martens, David Martin, Hans-Peter Martin, Martinez, Martínez Martínez, Masiel, Maštálka, Mastenbroek, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Matsakis, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Medina Ortega, Meijer, Menéndez del Valle, Meyer Pleite, Miguélez Ramos, Mihăescu, Mihalache, Mikko, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Mohácsi, Moisuc, Moreno Sánchez, Morgan, Morgantini, Morillon, Morţun, Moscovici, Mote, Mulder, Musacchio, Muscat, Musotto, Mussolini, Myller, Napoletano, Nassauer, Nattrass, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Nicholson, Nicholson of Winterbourne, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Obiols i Germà, Occhetto, Öger, Özdemir, Olbrycht, Ó Neachtain, Onesta, Onyszkiewicz, Oomen-Ruijten, Ortuondo Larrea, Őry, Ouzký, Oviir, Pack, Pafilis, Pahor, Paleckis, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Pannella, Panzeri, Papadimoulis, Paparizov, Papastamkos, Parish, Parvanova, Paşcu, Patrie, Peillon, Pęk, Alojz Peterle, Petre, Pflüger, Piecyk, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pinior, Piotrowski, Pirilli, Pirker, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Pleštinská, Podestà, Podgorean, Podkański, Pöttering, Poignant, Polfer, Poli Bortone, Pomés Ruiz, Popeangă, Posdorf, Posselt, Prets, Vittorio Prodi, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Rack, Radwan, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Remek, Resetarits, Reul, Reynaud, Riera Madurell, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Rizzo, Rocard, Rogalski, Roithová, Romagnoli, Romeva i Rueda, Rosati, Roszkowski, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Rühle, Rutowicz, Sacconi, Saïfi, Sakalas, Saks, Salinas García, Samaras, Samuelsen, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Savi, Sbarbati, Schaldemose, Schapira, Scheele, Schenardi, Schierhuber, Schlyter, Olle Schmidt, Frithjof Schmidt, Schnellhardt, Jürgen Schröder, Schuth, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Segelström, Seppänen, Şerbu, Severin, Shouleva, Siekierski, Silaghi , Silva Peneda, Simpson, Siwiec, Skinner, Škottová, Smith, Sofianski, Sommer, Søndergaard, Sonik, Spautz, Speroni, Staes, Stănescu, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Šťastný, Stauner, Sterckx, Stevenson, Stihler, Stockmann, Stoyanov, Strejček, Strož, Sudre, Surján, Susta, Svensson, Swoboda, Szájer, Szejna, Szent-Iványi, Tabajdi, Tannock, Tarabella, Tarand, Tatarella, Thomsen, Thyssen, Ţicău, Titley, Tomczak, Toubon, Trakatellis, Trautmann, Triantaphyllides, Trüpel, Turmes, Uca, Ulmer, Vaidere, Vălean, Van Hecke, 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