Proposal by the AFCO Committee(simple majority in the presence of a third of Members)
Purpose
RCV, etc.
Voting
RCV/EV – remarks
RCV
+
492, 55, 14
2. Control of persons at external borders based on unilateral recognition by Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Cyprus, Latvia, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovenia and Slovakia of certain documents as equivalent to their national visas ***I
3. Control of persons at external borders based on unilateral recognition by the Member States of certain residence permits issued by Switzerland and Liechtenstein ***I
Amendment 5 did not concern all language versions and was therefore not put to the vote (Rule 151(1)(d)). Requests for roll-call votes IND/DEM: final vote
Requests for roll-call votes IND/DEM: final vote on the JT MOT Miscellaneous Amendments 2 and 3 had been moved to after § 22 in the vote for the sake of coherence. Vytautas Landsbergis had moved the following oral amendments: —paragraph 6: ‘6. Notes the recent US NIE findings on the Iranian military and civilian nuclear programme; considers that these findings confirm the EU policy of a two-track approach to convince Iran diplomatically to comply fully with the IAEA requests to abandon the potential military link of the civilian programme in a credible and controllable way;’ —paragraph 15: ‘15. urges the Iranian authorities to eliminate, in law and in practice, all forms of torture including extremely inhumane executions and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, and to uphold due process of law rights, and to end impunity for human rights violations; calls on the Iranian authorities to urgently amend the penal code in order to transform the moratorium on stoning into a definitive ban;’ —paragraph 17: ‘17. Urges the Iranian authorities to respect internationally recognised legal safeguards with regard to persons belonging to religious, ethnic, linguistic or other minorities, recognised or otherwise; strongly condemns the current disrespect of minority rights and calls for minorities to be able to exercise all rights granted by the Iranian Constitution and international law; urges the Iranian authorities to act constitutionally and eliminate, in law and in practice, all forms of discrimination and other human rights violations against persons belonging to religious, ethnic, linguistic or other minorities, including, inter alia, Arabs, Azeris, Baluchis, Kurds, Baha'is, Christians, Jews, Sufis and Sunni Muslims; calls in particular for the de facto ban on practising the Baha'i faith to be lifted;’ Paulo Casaca had moved the following oral amendment to amendments 5=9: ‘Protests vehemently against the execution in Iran on 31 January 2008 at 4 am local time of the Ahwazi activist Zamel Bawi, the 19th Ahwazi activist executed in the last twelve months, and urges the Iranian government to desist from executing the Dutch citizen and human-rights activist Faleh Abdulah al-Mansouri and the UNHCR-registered refugees Rasoul Ali Mazrea and Said Saki, whose resettlement to Norway has been secured, as well as to allow them to proceed to their countries of citizenship or refuge; calls for the release of the Kurdish journalists Abdolvahed "Hiwa" Butimar and Adnan Hassanpour who have been sentenced to death;’ Alejo Vidal-Quadras had moved the following oral amendment to amendment 3: ‘takes note of the judgment of the Court of First Instance of the European Communities of 12 December 2006’ Margarita Starkevičiūtė, on behalf of the ALDE Group, had also signed the joint motion for a resolution. José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra had also signed the joint motion for a resolution on behalf of the PPE-DE Group.
9. Outcome of the Bali Conference on Climate Change
Motion for a resolution B6-0059/2008 (Temporary Committee on Climate Change)
§ 4
3
Verts/ALE
EV
-
213, 410, 10
After § 11
4
Verts/ALE
split/RCV
1
+
591, 40, 8
2
-
185, 462, 8
§ 12
7
GUE/NGL
-
§ 16
8
GUE/NGL
-
§ 18
1
PPE-DE
+
§ 19
5
Verts/ALE
split
1
+
2
-
After § 19
9
GUE/NGL
-
§ 21
§
Original text
split
1
+
2
-
§ 27
2
PPE-DE
+
§ 29
6
Verts/ALE
-
§
Original text
split
1
+
2
+
§ 31
§
Original text
sep
+
§ 33
§
Original text
sep/EV
+
325, 300, 42
Recital D
§
Original text
split
1
+
2
+
3
+
Recital F
§
Original text
split
1
+
2
+
Vote: resolution (as a whole)
RCV
+
605, 45, 19
Requests for roll-call votes Verts/ALE Am 4 IND/DEM: final vote Requests for separate votes PPE-DE: §§ 31 and 33 Requests for split votes PSE am 4 First part: ‘considers that ... climate policy’ Second part: ‘therefore supports ... per capita emissions’ § 21 First part: Text as a whole excluding the words ‘commit themselves to’ Second part: these words § 29 First part: Text as a whole excluding the words ‘and on development and transfer ... other countries’ Second part: these words GUE/NGL, PSE recital F First part: ‘whereas a broad ... sustainable forestry’ Second part: ‘and to avoid ... emissions targets’ PSE, ALDE, GUE/NGL am 5 First part: ‘calls for ... financial instruments on developing countries’ Second part: ‘(deletion)’ PSE, Verts/ALE recital D First part: ‘wherever climate ... about positive effects on climate’ Second part: ‘whereas for ... years’ without ‘-15’ Third part: ‘-15’
10. Action Plan for Energy Efficiency: Realising the Potential
Requests for roll-call votes PSE Am 9 IND/DEM: final vote GUE/NGL: final vote Requests for split votes PPE-DE § 26 First part: Text as a whole excluding the phrase ‘tackling the worst offenders, namely’ Second part: This phrase Am 5 First part: Text as a whole without the words ‘if necessary’ Second part: these words Am 10 First part: ‘Emphasises that if discard bans ... they would have discarded’ Second part: ‘considers, for example, that the fish ... a regionally organised compensation fund’ Am 15 First part: ‘Recommends the adoption ... to combat discards’ Second part: ‘such as guaranteed marketing ... fish canning industry’
Requests for roll-call votes UEN: Ams 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 IND/DEM: final vote PSE Am 5 Requests for split votes PPE-DE § 7 First part: Text as a whole without the words ‘to establish a Roma unit’ Second part: these words Miscellaneous The reference cited in § 8 should read ‘Directive 2000/43/EC’. Jean Lambert had also signed resolution B6-0052/2008.