IN THE CHAIR: Miguel Angel MARTÍNEZ MARTÍNEZ
Vice-President

1. Opening of the sitting

The sitting opened at 9.00.

2. Composition of political groups

László Tőkés had joined the Verts/ALE Group with effect from 10.04.2008.

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 industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control) (Recast) (COM(2007)0844 - C6-0002/2008 - 2007/0286(COD))

- Proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a multiannual Community programme on protecting children using the Internet and other communication technologies (COM(2008)0106 - C6-0092/2008 - 2008/0047(COD))

- Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC06/2008 - Section III – Commission (SEC(2008)0296 - C6-0143/2008 - 2008/2079(GBD))

- Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to insurance against civil liability in respect of the use of motor vehicles, and the enforcement of the obligation to insure against such liability (Codified version) (COM(2008)0098 - C6-0144/2008 - 2008/0049(COD))

- Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 04/2008 - Section III – Commission (SEC(2008)0017 - C6-0145/2008 - 2008/2081(GBD))

- Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 05/2008 - Section III – Commission (SEC(2008)0295 - C6-0146/2008 - 2008/2082(GBD))

- Proposal for a Council regulation on the application of the Protocol on the excessive deficit procedure annexed to the Treaty establishing the European Community (Codified version) (COM(2008)0073 - C6-0147/2008 - 2008/0053(CNS))

- Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council facilitating cross-border enforcement in the field of road safety (COM(2008)0151 - C6-0149/2008 - 2008/0062(COD))

- Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the approximation of the laws of the Member States on extraction solvents used in the production of foodstuffs and food ingredients (Recast) (COM(2008)0154 - C6-0150/2008 - 2008/0060(COD))

- Proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the European Year of Creativity and Innovation (2009) (COM(2008)0159 - C6-0151/2008 - 2008/0064(COD))

- Commission Decision on the adoption of the list of candidates for submission to the Council and the European Parliament with a view to the appointment of 7 members of the Management Board of the European Food Safety Authority (07757/2008 - C6-0152/2008 - 2008/0805(CNS))

- Proposal for a Council regulation opening and providing for the administration of autonomous Community tariff quotas on imports of certain fishery products into the Canary Islands (COM(2008)0129 - C6-0153/2008 - 2008/0054(CNS))

- Proposal for a Council directive amending Directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of value added tax to combat tax evasion connected with intra Community transactions (COM(2008)0147 [[01]] - C6-0154/2008 - 2008/0058(CNS))

- Proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1798/2003 to combat tax evasion connected with intra Community transactions (COM(2008)0147 [[02]] - C6-0155/2008 - 2008/0059(CNS))

- Proposal for a Council directive simplifying procedures of listing and publishing information in the veterinary and zootechnical fields and amending Directives 64/432/EEC, 77/504/EEC, 88/407/EEC, 88/661/EEC, 89/361/EEC, 89/556/EEC, 90/427/EEC, 90/428/EEC, 90/429/EEC, 90/539/EEC, 91/68/EEC, 92/35/EEC, 92/65/EEC, 92/66/EEC, 92/119/EEC, 94/28/EC, 2000/75/EC, Decision 2000/258/EC and Directives 2001/89/EC, 2002/60/EC, and 2005/94/EC (COM(2008)0120 - C6-0156/2008 - 2008/0046(CNS))

- Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC07/2008 - Section III – Commission (SEC(2008)0297 - C6-0157/2008 - 2008/2086(GBD))

- Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 08/2008 - Section III – Commission (SEC(2008)0298 - C6-0158/2008 - 2008/2087(GBD))

- Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 09/2008 - Section III – Commission (SEC(2008)0409 - C6-0159/2008 - 2008/2088(GBD))

- Proposal for a Council decision on the approval on behalf of the European Community of the Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment to the 1991 UN/ECE Espoo Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (COM(2008)0132 - C6-0161/2008 - 2008/0052(CNS))

4. The Green Paper on 'Adapting to climate change in Europe - options for EU action' (debate)

Oral question (O-0013/2008) by Guido Sacconi, on behalf of the Temporary Committee on Climate Change, to the Commission: The Green Paper on 'Adapting to climate change in Europe - options for EU action' (COM(2007)0354) (B6-0014/2008)

Guido Sacconi moved the oral question.

Stavros Dimas (Member of the Commission) answered the oral question.

The following spoke: Jerzy Buzek, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Katerina Batzeli, on behalf of the PSE Group, Vittorio Prodi, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Bogdan Pęk, on behalf of the UEN Group, Rebecca Harms, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Umberto Guidoni, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Johannes Blokland, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Roger Helmer, Non-attached Member, Marian-Jean Marinescu, Riitta Myller, Lena Ek, Leopold Józef Rutowicz, Marie Anne Isler Béguin, Roberto Musacchio, Graham Booth, Jana Bobošíková, Agnes Schierhuber, Silvia-Adriana Ţicău, Anne Laperrouze, Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Kathy Sinnott and Koenraad Dillen.

IN THE CHAIR: Alejo VIDAL-QUADRAS
Vice-President

The following spoke: Antonio López-Istúriz White, Dorette Corbey, Jens Holm, Christine De Veyrac, Matthias Groote, Mairead McGuinness, María Sornosa Martínez, Lambert van Nistelrooij, Justas Vincas Paleckis, Ari Vatanen and Cristina Gutiérrez-Cortines.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Zita Pleštinská, Avril Doyle, Erna Hennicot-Schoepges, Anni Podimata and Miloslav Ransdorf.

The following spoke: Stavros Dimas.

Motion for a resolution to wind up the debate tabled pursuant to Rule 108(5):

- Guido Sacconi, on behalf of the Temporary Committee on Climate Change, on the Commission Green Paper on ‘Adapting to climate change in Europe - options for EU action’ (COM(2007)354 final) (B6-0131/2008).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 10.04.2008, item 11.5.

(The sitting was suspended at 10.45 pending voting time and resumed at 11.00.)

IN THE CHAIR: Hans-Gert PÖTTERING
President

5. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

Heinz Kindermann had informed the Presidency that he had been present but that his name was not on the attendance register.

The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

6. Ending street homelessness (written declaration)

Written Declaration 0111/2007 by Mary Lou McDonald, Jacek Protasiewicz, Claude Moraes, Gérard Onesta and Jean Marie Beaupuy on ending street homelessness had been signed by the majority of Parliament's component Members. Consequently, in accordance with Rule 116(4), it would be forwarded to its addressees and published, together with the names of the signatories, in the Texts Adopted of the sitting of 22.04.2008.

7. Interpretation of the Rules of Procedure

The President informed the House, under Rule 201(3), of the following interpretation of Rule 116, provided by the Committee on Constitutional Affairs, which had been consulted on the application of that provision:

'The contents of a written declaration shall not go beyond the form of a declaration and shall not, in particular, contain any decision on matters for the adoption of which specific procedures and competences are laid down in the Rules of Procedure.'

If this interpretation was not contested by a political group or by at least 40 Members (Rule 201(4)) before the minutes of the current sitting were approved it would be deemed to have been adopted. Otherwise, the matter would be put to the vote in Parliament.

8. Communication of Council common positions

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

- Common position adopted by the Council on 7 April 2008 with a view to the adoption of a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the inland transport of dangerous goods (06920/3/2008 - C6-0160/2008 - 2006/0278(COD))
referred to responsible: TRAN

The three-month period available to Parliament to adopt its position would therefore begin the following day (11.04.2008).

9. Voting time

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

The results of roll-call votes are available in electronic form only, as an annex to the minutes, and can be accessed via Europarl.

9.1. Animal health requirements applicable to the non-commercial movements of pet animals ***I (Rule 131) (vote)

Report: on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 on the animal health requirements applicable to the non-commercial movements of pet animals as regards the extension of the transitional period [COM(2007)0572 - C6-0334/2007 - 2007/0202(COD)] - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. Rapporteur: Miroslav Ouzký (A6-0051/2008)

(Simple majority)

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

COMMISSION PROPOSAL, AMENDMENTS and DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2008)0109)

9.2. European Migration Network * (Rule 131) (vote)

Report: on the proposal for a Council decision establishing a European Migration Network [COM(2007)0466 - C6-0303/2007 - 2007/0167(CNS)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Luciana Sbarbati (A6-0066/2008)

(Simple majority)

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

COMMISSION PROPOSAL, AMENDMENTS and DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2008)110)

9.3. Amendment of regulation on a standard financial regulation for executive agencies * (Rule 131) (vote)

Report: on the 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)] - Committee on Budgets. Rapporteur: Ingeborg Gräßle (A6-0068/2008)

(Simple majority)

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

COMMISSION PROPOSAL, AMENDMENTS and DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2008)111)

9.4. Framework Financial Regulation for the bodies referred to in Article 185 of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 * (Rule 131) (vote)

Report: on the draft Commission regulation (EC, Euratom) amending Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002 on the framework Financial Regulation for the bodies referred to in Article 185 of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities [SEC(2007)1013 - C6-0417/2007 - 2007/0151(CNS)] - Committee on Budgets. Rapporteur: Ingeborg Gräßle (A6-0069/2008)

(Simple majority)

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

COMMISSION PROPOSAL, AMENDMENTS and DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2008)112)

9.5. Rights-based management tools in fisheries (Rule 131) (vote)

Report: on rights-based management tools in fisheries [2007/2111(INI)] - Committee on Fisheries. Rapporteur: Elspeth Attwooll (A6-0060/2008)

(Simple majority)

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2008)113)

9.6. Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (vote)

Report: on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, in application of point 28 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(2008)0094 - C6-0085/2008 - 2008/2043(ACI)] - Committee on Budgets. Rapporteur: Reimer Böge (A6-0083/2008)

(Qualified majority: three fifths of votes cast)

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2008)114)

PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION

Adopted (P6_TA(2008)114)

9.7. 2009 budget guidelines - (sections I, II, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII and IX) (vote)

Report: on the guidelines for the 2009 budget procedure
Section I - European Parliament
Section II – Council
Section IV - Court of Justice
Section V - Court of Auditors
Section VI - European Economic and Social Committee
Section VII - Committee of the Regions
Section VIII - European Ombudsman
Section IX - European Data Protection Supervisor
[2008/2021(BUD)] - Committee on Budgets. Rapporteur: Janusz Lewandowski (A6-0082/2008)

(Simple majority)

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2008)115)

9.8. Eurostars ***I (vote)

Report: on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the participation by the Community in a research and development programme aimed at supporting research and development performing SMEs undertaken by several Member States [COM(2007)0514 - C6-0281/2007 - 2007/0188(COD)] - Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. Rapporteur: Paul Rübig (A6-0064/2008)

(Simple majority)

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

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P6_TA(2008)116)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2008)116)

The following spoke:

- Paul Rübig (rapporteur) moved an oral amendment to Amendments 15 and 30, which was incorporated.

9.9. Research Fund for Coal and Steel * (vote)

Report: on the proposal for a Council decision on the multiannual technical guidelines for the research programme of the Research Fund for Coal and Steel [COM(2007)0393 - C6-0248/2007 - 2007/0135(CNS)] - Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. Rapporteur: Adam Gierek (A6-0039/2008)

(Simple majority)

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

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P6_TA(2008)117)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2008)117)

9.10. Fishing activities of Community and third-country fishing vessels * (vote)

Report: on the proposal for a Council regulation concerning authorisations for fishing activities of Community fishing vessels outside Community waters and the access of third country vessels to Community waters [COM(2007)0330 - C6-0236/2007 - 2007/0114(CNS)] - Committee on Fisheries. Rapporteur: Philippe Morillon (A6-0072/2008)

(Simple majority)

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

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P6_TA(2008)118)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2008)118)

9.11. The situation in Tibet (vote)

Motions for resolution B6-0133/2008, B6-0134/2008, B6-0135/2008, B6-0136/2008, B6-0137/2008 and B6-0138/2008

(Simple majority)

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B6-0133/2008

(replacing B6-0133/2008, B6-0134/2008, B6-0135/2008, B6-0136/2008, B6-0137/2008 and B6-0138/2008):

tabled by the following Members:

João de Deus Pinheiro, József Szájer, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, Thomas Mann, Charles Tannock, Georg Jarzembowski, Edward McMillan-Scott, Jean-Luc Dehaene, Michael Gahler, Laima Liucija Andrikienė, Piia-Noora Kauppi, Tunne Kelam and Michl Ebner, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group;
Pasqualina Napoletano and Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, on behalf of the PSE Group;
Graham Watson, Dirk Sterckx, Marco Cappato, Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Janusz Onyszkiewicz, Marielle De Sarnez and Marco Pannella, on behalf of the ALDE Group;
Adam Bielan, Konrad Szymański, Ryszard Czarnecki, Eugenijus Maldeikis, Ģirts Valdis Kristovskis, Roberts Zīle, Guntars Krasts and Mario Borghezio, on behalf of the UEN Group;
Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Monica Frassoni, Helga Trüpel, Eva Lichtenberger, Hélène Flautre, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Milan Horáček, Marie Anne Isler Béguin, Mikel Irujo Amezaga, Bart Staes and Claude Turmes, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group;
Vittorio Agnoletto, Jens Holm and Roberto Musacchio, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group.
(Jules Maaten had also signed on behalf of the ALDE Group and Patrick Gaubert had also signed on behalf of the PPE-DE Group)

Adopted (P6_TA(2008)119)

9.12. Croatia: 2007 progress report (vote)

Report: on Croatia's 2007 progress report [2007/2267(INI)] - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: Hannes Swoboda (A6-0048/2008)

(Simple majority)

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2008)120)

The following spoke:

- Hannes Swoboda (rapporteur), on the voting procedure for paragraph 8 following the withdrawal of Amendment 4; he then moved oral amendments to Amendments 12 and 15 on behalf of the PSE Group, which were incorporated;

- Bernd Posselt, to clarify the PPE-DE Group's position on the orally amended Amendment 15.

9.13. Progress Report on the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (vote)

Report: on the 2007 Progress Report on the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia [2007/2268(INI)] - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: Erik Meijer (A6-0059/2008)

(Simple majority)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

The following spoke: Hannes Swoboda, on behalf of the PSE Group, who, under Rule 170(4), requested that the vote be adjourned to the next part-session in Strasbourg, and, on that request, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Martin Schulz and Erik Meijer (rapporteur).

Parliament agreed to the request.

10. Welcome

On behalf of Parliament, the President welcomed members of a delegation from the House of Representatives and the Senate of Australia - led by Alan Ferguson, President of the Senate - who had taken their seats in the distinguished visitors' gallery.

11.1. Combating cancer in the enlarged EU (vote)

Motion for a resolution B6-0132/2008

(Simple majority)

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2008)0121)

The following spoke:

- Marios Matsakis moved an oral amendment to Amendment 2, which was incorporated.

11.2. Mid-term review of the Sixth Community Environment Action Programme (vote)

Report: on the mid-term review of the Sixth Community Environment Action Programme [2007/2204(INI)] - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. Rapporteur: Riitta Myller (A6-0074/2008)

(Simple majority)

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2008)0122)

The following spoke:

- Riitta Myller (rapporteur), on the voting procedure for Amendments 14 and 8;

- Satu Hassi moved an oral amendment to Amendment 15, which was incorporated.

11.3. Cultural industries in Europe (vote)

Report: on cultural industries in Europe [2007/2153(INI)] - Committee on Culture and Education. Rapporteur: Guy Bono (A6-0063/2008)

(Simple majority)

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2008)0123)

11.4. Culture in a globalising world (vote)

Report: on a European agenda for culture in a globalising world [2007/2211(INI)] - Committee on Culture and Education. Rapporteur: Vasco Graça Moura (A6-0075/2008)

(Simple majority)

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2008)0124)

11.5. The Green Paper on 'Adapting to climate change in Europe - options for EU action' (vote)

Motion for a resolution B6-0131/2008

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 17)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2008)0125)

12. 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: Janusz Lewandowski - A6-0082/2008: Bernard Wojciechowski

Report: Paul Rübig - A6-0064/2008: Zita Pleštinská and Carlo Fatuzzo

Report: Adam Gierek - A6-0039/2008: Bernard Wojciechowski

The situation in Tibet - RC-B6-0133/2008: Tunne Kelam, Zuzana Roithová and Czesław Adam Siekierski

Report: Hannes Swoboda - A6-0048/2008: Czesław Adam Siekierski, Borut Pahor and Mario Borghezio

Combating cancer in the enlarged EU - B6-0132/2008: Czesław Adam Siekierski

Report: Guy Bono - A6-0063/2008: Bernard Wojciechowski

Report: Vasco Graça Moura - A6-0075/2008: Bernard Wojciechowski, Zita Pleštinská and José Ribeiro e Castro

The Green Paper on 'Adapting to climate change in Europe - options for EU action' - B6-0131/2008: Czesław Adam Siekierski

13. 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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Doris Pack had made it known that her voting machine had not worked during the vote on Amendment 15 to the report by Hannes Swoboda - A6-0048/2008.

14. Requests for waiver of immunity

The authorities of the Kingdom of Belgium had addressed a request to the President that the parliamentary immunity of Frank Vanhecke be waived on account of a criminal investigation launched by the Termonde Public Prosecutor.

The authorities of Poland had addressed a request to the President from a Polish citizen for the parliamentary immunity of Marek Siwiec to be waived.

Pursuant to Rule 6(2), the requests were referred to the committee responsible, the JURI Committee.

15. Decisions concerning certain documents

Associated committees

ENVI Committee

- Geological storage of carbon dioxide (COM(2008)0018 - C6-0040/2008 - 2008/0015(COD))
Associated committees ENVI, ITRE
(Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 13.03.2008)

- Shared effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (COM(2008)0017 - C6-0041/2008 - 2008/0014(COD))
(opinion: EMPL, ECON, INTA, REGI)
Associated committees ENVI, ITRE
(Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 13.03.2008)

- Greenhouse gas emission allowance trading system (COM(2008)0016 - C6-0043/2008 - 2008/0013(COD))
(opinion: ECON, INTA, REGI)
Associated committees ENVI, ITRE
(Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 13.03.2008)

- Emission performance standards for new passenger cars (COM(2007)0856 - C6-0022/2008 - 2007/0297(COD))
(opinion: IMCO, TRAN)
Associated committees ENVI, ITRE
(Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 13.03.2008)

ITRE Committee

- Energy produced from renewable sources (COM(2008)0019 - C6-0046/2008 - 2008/0016(COD))
(opinion: AGRI, ECON, INTA, TRAN, REGI)
Associated committees ITRE, ENVI
(Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 13.03.2008)

Referral to committees

Temporary Committee on Climate Change

- Shared effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (COM(2008)0017 - C6-0041/2008 - 2008/0014(COD))
referred to responsible: ENVI
opinion: EMPL, ECON, INTA, REGI, ITRE

Decision to draw up a report under Rule 202

AFCO Committee

- Report on the Approval of the Commission, Amendments to the Rules of Procedure (2007/2128(REG))

16. 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.

17. Dates of forthcoming sittings

The next sittings would be held from 21.04.2008 to 24.04.2008.

18. Adjournment of the session

The session of the European Parliament was adjourned.

The sitting closed at 12.20.

The following signed:

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