- Proposal for a Council Framework Decision on the protection of personal data processed in the framework of police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters (07315/2007 - C6-0115/2007 - 2005/0202(CNS))
referred to
responsible :
LIBE
opinion :
JURI
- Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 11/2007 - Section III – Commission (SEC(2007)0371 - C6-0117/2007 - 2007/2098(GBD))
referred to
responsible :
BUDG
- Draft Council decision on the application of the provisions of the Schengen acquis relating to the Schengen Information System in the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, 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. (09032/2007 - C6-0119/2007 - 2007/0806(CNS))
referred to
responsible :
LIBE
- Proposal for a Council regulation on the Financial Regulation applicable to the Euratom Supply Agency (COM(2007)0108 - C6-0120/2007 - 2007/0042(CNS))
referred to
responsible :
BUDG
opinion :
ITRE, CONT
- Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 12/2007 - Section III – Commission (SEC(2007)0558 - C6-0121/2007 - 2007/2099(GBD))
referred to
responsible :
BUDG
- Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 13/2007 - Section III – Commission (SEC(2007)0559 - C6-0122/2007 - 2007/2100(GBD))
referred to
responsible :
BUDG
- Draft Commission regulation (EC) amending Regulation (EC) No 1653/2004 on a standard financial regulation for the executive agencies pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 58/2003 laying down the statute for executive agencies to be entrusted with certain tasks in the management of Community programmes (SEC(2007)0492 - C6-0123/2007 - 2007/0901(CNS))
referred to
responsible :
CONT
opinion :
BUDG
- Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund according to point 26 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (COM(2007)0149 - C6-0124/2007 - 2007/2068(ACI))
referred to
responsible :
BUDG
opinion :
REGI
- Proposal for a Council and Commission Decision on the conclusion of the Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Russian Federation, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union (COM(2007)0138 - C6-0125/2007 - 2007/0048(CNS))
referred to
responsible :
AFET
opinion :
INTA
- Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on rear-view mirrors for wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (Codified version) (COM(2007)0236 - C6-0126/2007 - 2007/0081(COD))
referred to
responsible :
JURI
3. Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council
The Council had forwarded a certified true copy of the following:
- Declaration on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the signature of the Treaties of Rome.
4. Transfers of appropriations
The Committee on Budgets had considered the Commission's proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 10/2007 (C6-0107/2007 - SEC(2007)0370).
Having noted the Council's opinion, it had authorised the transfer in part under Article 24(3) of the Financial Regulation of 25.6.2002, as amended on 13.12.2006.
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The Committee on Budgets had considered the Commission's proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 12/2007 (C6-0121/2007 - SEC(2007)0558).
It had rejected the part relating to Article 19 10 03 – Cooperation with developing countries east of Jordan.
It had approved the following transfer under Article 24(4) of the Financial Regulation of 25.6.2002, as amended on 13.12.2006:
From:
Chapter 01 04 – Financial operations and instruments
Item 01 04 01 13 – Reserve for loans and loan guarantees to and in non-member countries
- EUR 65 000 000 CA/PA
To:
Chapter 19 08 – European Neighbourhood Policy and relations with Russia
Item 19 08 01 02 – European Neighbourhood and Partnership (ENP) financial assistance to Palestine, the peace process and UNRWA
EUR 65 000 000 CA/PA
5. Housing and regional policy - Future regional policy and innovation (debate)
Report on housing and regional policy [ 2006/2108(INI)] - Committee on Regional Development. Rapporteur: Alfonso Andria (A6-0090/2007)
Report on the contribution of the future regional policy to the innovative capacity of the European Union [ 2006/2104(INI)] - Committee on Regional Development. Rapporteur: Mieczysław Edmund Janowski (A6-0096/2007)
Alfonso Andria introduced the report.
Mieczysław Edmund Janowski introduced the report.
Danuta Hübner (Member of the Commission).
The following spoke: Lambert van Nistelrooij, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Alain Hutchinson, on behalf of the PSE Group, Jean Marie Beaupuy, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Zbigniew Krzysztof Kuźmiuk, on behalf of the UEN Group, Gisela Kallenbach, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Pedro Guerreiro, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Hélène Goudin, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Carl Lang, on behalf of the ITS Group, Jana Bobošíková, Non-attached Member, Jan Březina, Bernadette Bourzai, Marian Harkin, Seán Ó Neachtain and Elisabeth Schroedter.
IN THE CHAIR: Miguel Angel MARTÍNEZ MARTÍNEZ Vice-President
The following spoke: Graham Booth, Andreas Mölzer, Rolf Berend, Jamila Madeira, Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, Andrzej Tomasz Zapałowski, Kathy Sinnott, Konstantinos Hatzidakis, Stavros Arnaoutakis, Hannu Takkula, Roberta Angelilli, Oldřich Vlasák, Catherine Stihler, Margie Sudre, Gábor Harangozó, Sérgio Marques, Miloš Koterec, James Nicholson, Andrzej Jan Szejna, Zita Pleštinská, Adam Gierek, Jan Olbrycht, Wolfgang Bulfon, Maria Badia i Cutchet, Alfonso Andria, Mieczysław Edmund Janowski and Danuta Hübner.
Françoise Castex and Manuel Medina Ortega had informed the Presidency that they had been present but that their names were not on the attendance register.
The Minutes of the previous sitting were approved.
7. Voting time
Details of voting (amendments, separate and split votes, etc.) appear in the 'Results of votes' annex to the Minutes.
7.1. Simplification of Community legislation (amendments of the Rules of Procedure) (Rule 131) (vote)
Report on changes to be made to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure to bring internal procedures into line with the requirements of simplification of Community legislation [ 2005/2238(REG)] - Committee on Constitutional Affairs. Rapporteur: Marie-Line Reynaud (A6-0143/2007)
7.2. Public passenger transport services by rail and road ***II (vote)
Recommendation for second reading on the Council common position for adopting a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on public passenger transport services by rail and by road and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) Nos 1191/69 and 1107/70 [13736/1/2006 - C6-0042/2007 - 2000/0212(COD)] - Committee on Transport and Tourism. Rapporteur: Erik Meijer (A6-0131/2007)
- Mathieu Grosch, on behalf of Willi Piecyk, moved oral amendments to amendments 66 and 67, which were not incorporated as more than 40 Members objected (Mathieu Grosch pointed out that the authentic version of amendments 66 and 67 was the English version);
- Paolo Costa on the oral amendment to amendment 66;
- Erik Meijer, rapporteur, on amendments 66 and 67.
7.3. Nominal quantities for pre-packed products ***II (vote)
Recommendation for second reading on the Council common position for adopting a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down rules on nominal quantities for prepacked products, repealing Council Directives 75/106/EEC and 80/232/EEC, and amending Council Directive 76/211/EEC [13484/1/2006 - C6-0039/2007 - 2004/0248(COD)] - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection. Rapporteur: Jacques Toubon (A6-0144/2007)
7.4. Approval of motor vehicles and their trailers ***II (vote)
Recommendation for second reading on the Council common position for adopting a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for the approval of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles ("Framework Directive") [09911/3/2006 - C6-0040/2007 - 2003/0153(COD)] - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection. Rapporteur: Malcolm Harbour (A6-0145/2007)
7.5. Retrofitting of mirrors to heavy goods vehicles ***I (vote)
Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the retrofitting of mirrors to heavy goods vehicles registered in the Community [COM(2006)0570 - C6-0332/2006 - 2006/0183(COD)] - Committee on Transport and Tourism. Rapporteur: Paolo Costa (A6-0124/2007)
José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Charles Tannock, Ria Oomen-Ruijten, Atilla Béla Ladislau Kelemen and Bogdan Klich, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group,
Jan Marinus Wiersma, Hannes Swoboda, Reino Paasilinna and Panagiotis Beglitis, on behalf of the PSE Group,
Ryszard Czarnecki, Gintaras Didžiokas, Hanna Foltyn-Kubicka, Ģirts Valdis Kristovskis and Michał Tomasz Kamiński, on behalf of the UEN Group,
André Brie and Gabriele Zimmer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group
The ALDE Group withdrew its signature from the joint motion for a resolution.
- Charles Tannock moved an oral amendment to Paragraph 2, which was incorporated;
- Daniel Cohn-Bendit moved an oral amendment to amendment 11, which was not incorporated as more than 40 Members objected;
- Bart Staes moved an oral amendment to Paragraph 11, which was not incorporated as more than 40 Members objected.
7.8. EU strategy for reform in the Arab world (vote)
Report on reforms in the Arab world: what strategy should the European Union adopt? [2006/2172(INI)] - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: Michel Rocard (A6-0127/2007)
- Marco Cappato moved oral amendments to amendment 19 and to amendment 14/rev (both oral amendments were incorporated);
- Véronique De Keyser on amendment 14/rev as amended;
- Marco Cappato pointed out that the authoritative version of amendment 20 was the French version;
- Véronique De Keyser moved an oral amendment to amendment 21, which was not incorporated as more than 40 Members objected;
- Antonio Tajani and Marco Cappato on the oral amendment by Véronique De Keyser, and Véronique De Keyser to propose that amendment 21 be rejected.
7.9. EU partnership in the Horn of Africa (vote)
Report on the Horn of Africa: EU Regional political partnership for peace, security and development [2006/2291(INI)] - Committee on Development. Rapporteur: Filip Kaczmarek (A6-0146/2007)
Report on Assessing Euratom – 50 Years of European nuclear energy policy [ 2006/2230(INI)] - Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. Rapporteur: Eugenijus Maldeikis (A6-0129/2007)
7.11. Environmental protection from radiation following the crash of a military aircraft in Greenland (Petition 720/2002) (vote)
Report on the public health consequences of the 1968 Thule crash (Petition 720/2002) [2006/2012(INI)] - Committee on Petitions. Rapporteur: Diana Wallis (A6-0156/2007)
7.13. Future regional policy and innovation (vote)
Report on the contribution of the future regional policy to the innovative capacity of the European Union [ 2006/2104(INI)] - Committee on Regional Development. Rapporteur: Mieczysław Edmund Janowski (A6-0096/2007)
Martin Schulz, Harlem Désir, Stephen Hughes, Jan Andersson, Kader Arif, Glyn Ford, Matthias Groote, Inés Ayala Sender, Alejandro Cercas, Harald Ettl, Anne Van Lancker and Magda Kósáné Kovács, on behalf of the PSE Group,
Bernard Lehideux and Jan Jerzy Kułakowski, on behalf of the ALDE Group,
Jean Lambert, Elisabeth Schroedter and Sepp Kusstatscher, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group
- Philip Bushill-Matthews, before the vote, on the position of the PPE-DE Group.
8. 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:
EU-Russia summit - RC-B6-0190/2007/rev: Zuzana Roithová, Czesław Adam Siekierski and Mario Borghezio
Report: Alfonso Andria - A6-0090/2007: John Attard-Montalto
Report: Michel Rocard - A6-0127/2007: Frank Vanhecke and Marco Cappato
Report: Eugenijus Maldeikis - A6-0129/2007: Danutė Budreikaitė and Paul Rübig
9. 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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Robert Atkins, Manuel Medina Ortega, Panagiotis Beglitis and Nikolaos Sifunakis stated that for technical reasons they were unable to vote on the Report: Marie-Line Reynaud - A6-0143/2007.
Jacek Protasiewicz stated that for technical reasons he was unable to vote on amendment 5 to the joint resolution on the EU-Russia summit (RC-B6-0190/2007/rev).
Renato Brunetta stated that for technical reasons he was unable to vote on amendment 5 to the Report: Diana Wallis - A6-0156/2007.
10. Request for the defence of parliamentary immunity
Ashley Mote had sent the Presidency a request for the defence of his parliamentary immunity in connection with legal proceedings under way in the United Kingdom.
Under Rule 6(3), the request had been referred to the committee responsible, the JURI Committee.
11. 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.
12. Dates for next sittings
The next sittings would be held from 21.05.2007 to 24.05.2007.
13. Adjournment of session
The session of the European Parliament was adjourned.