IN THE CHAIR: Rodi KRATSA-TSAGAROPOULOU
Vice-President

1. Opening of the sitting

The sitting opened at 10.05.

2. Documents received

The following documents had been received from the Council and Commission:

- Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents (COM(2008)0229 - C6-0184/2008 - 2008/0090(COD))

- Proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1150/2000 implementing Decision 2000/597/EC, Euratom on the system of the Communities' own resources (COM(2008)0223 - C6-0197/2008 - 2008/0089(CNS))

- Proposal for a Council decision in accordance with Article 122(2) of the Treaty on the adoption by Slovakia of the single currency on 1 January 2009 (COM(2008)0249 - C6-0198/2008 - 2008/0095(CNS))

- Proposal for a Council regulation on the conclusion of the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania for the period 1 August 2008 to 31 July 2012 (COM(2008)0243 - C6-0199/2008 - 2008/0093(CNS))

3. Lebanon (motions for resolutions tabled)

The debate had been held on 09.04.2008 (minutes of 09.04.2008, item 18).

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

- Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Jana Hybášková, Tokia Saïfi and Ioannis Kasoulides, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on the situation in Lebanon (B6-0271/2008),

- Philippe Morillon, Elizabeth Lynne and Marielle De Sarnez, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the situation in Lebanon (B6-0272/2008),

- Hélène Flautre, David Hammerstein and Pierre Jonckheer, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the situation in Lebanon (B6-0273/2008),

- Ryszard Czarnecki, Roberta Angelilli, Adam Bielan, Konrad Szymański and Ewa Tomaszewska, on behalf of the UEN Group, on the situation in Lebanon (B6-0274/2008),

- Pasqualina Napoletano, Véronique De Keyser and Béatrice Patrie, on behalf of the PSE Group, on the situation in Lebanon (B6-0275/2008),

- André Brie, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group the situation in Lebanon (B6-0276/2008).

Vote: minutes of 22.05.2008, item 9.4.

4. Rising food prices in the European Union and developing countries (motions for resolutions tabled)

The debate had been held on 22.04.2008 (minutes of 22.04.2008, item 11).

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

- Hannes Swoboda, on behalf of the PSE Group, on rising food prices in the European Union and developing countries (B6-0217/2008),

- Friedrich-Wilhelm Graefe zu Baringdorf, Alyn Smith, Milan Horáček, Marie-Hélène Aubert, Alain Lipietz, Frithjof Schmidt, Rebecca Harms, Caroline Lucas, Carl Schlyter, Bart Staes, Marie Anne Isler Béguin, Mikel Irujo Amezaga, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Kathalijne Maria Buitenweg and Jill Evans, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on rising food prices in the EU and developing countries (B6-0221/2008),

- Joseph Daul, Mairead McGuinness, Maria Martens, John Bowis, Gay Mitchell and Neil Parish, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on rising food prices in the EU and the developing world (B6-0222/2008),

- Sergio Berlato, Eoin Ryan and Ryszard Czarnecki, on behalf of the UEN Group, on rising food prices in the EU and the developing countries (B6-0225/2008),

- Luisa Morgantini, Gabriele Zimmer, Pedro Guerreiro, Dimitrios Papadimoulis and Kartika Tamara Liotard, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on La hausse des prix des produits alimentaires dans l'UE et dans les pays en développement (B6-0229/2008),

- Thierry Cornillet, Danutė Budreikaitė and Niels Busk, on behalf of the ALDE Group on rising food prices in the EU and the developing countries (B6-0232/2008).

Vote: minutes of 22.05.2008, item 9.5.

5. Negotiations between the EU and the United States with regard to visa exemptions (motions for resolutions tabled)

The debate had been held on 23.04.2008 (minutes of 23.04.2008, item 3).

Motion for a resolution tabled to wind up the debate pursuant to Rule 103(2):

- Gérard Deprez, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on negotiations between the European Union and the United States with regard to visa exemptions (visa waiver) (B6-0233/2008).

Vote: minutes of 22.05.2008, item 9.6.

6. European Training Foundation (recast) ***I (debate)

Report: on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a European Training Foundation (recast) [COM(2007)0443 - C6-0243/2007 - 2007/0163(COD)] - Committee on Employment and Social Affairs. Rapporteur: Bernard Lehideux (A6-0131/2008)

The following spoke: Louis Michel (Member of the Commission).

Bernard Lehideux introduced the report.

The following spoke: Gabriele Stauner, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Ole Christensen, on behalf of the PSE Group, Renate Weber, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Sepp Kusstatscher, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Derek Roland Clark, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Jan Andersson, Louis Michel and Bernard Lehideux.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 22.05.2008, item 9.3.

7. Follow-up to the Paris Declaration of 2005 on Aid Effectiveness (debate)

Report: on the follow-up to the Paris Declaration of 2005 on Aid Effectiveness [2008/2048(INI)] - Committee on Development. Rapporteur: Johan Van Hecke (A6-0171/2008)

Johan Van Hecke introduced the report.

The following spoke: Louis Michel (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Anna Záborská, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Pierre Schapira, on behalf of the PSE Group, Toomas Savi, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Margrete Auken, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Eoin Ryan, on behalf of the UEN Group, Luisa Morgantini, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, and Maria Martens.

IN THE CHAIR: Alejo VIDAL-QUADRAS
Vice-President

The following spoke: Alain Hutchinson, Olle Schmidt, Mikel Irujo Amezaga, Jerzy Buzek, Josep Borrell Fontelles, Renate Weber, Filip Kaczmarek, Ana Maria Gomes, Gay Mitchell, Anne Van Lancker and Gabriela Creţu.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Paul Rübig, Marianne Mikko, Czesław Adam Siekierski and Christopher Beazley.

The following spoke: Louis Michel and Johan Van Hecke.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 22.05.2008, item 9.13.

(The sitting was suspended at 11.50 and resumed at 12.00.)

IN THE CHAIR: Hans-Gert PÖTTERING
President

8. Statement by the President

At the request of the Conference of Presidents and on a proposal from the Middle East Working Group, the President made a brief statement welcoming the global agreement to end the crisis in Lebanon that had been concluded in Doha with the mediation of the Arab League and Qatar.

On behalf of Parliament, he invited all the parties to implement this agreement and welcomed the opportunity to renew relations with a Lebanese Parliament aware of its democratic rights and obligations.

IN THE CHAIR: Gérard ONESTA
Vice-President

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. Draft amending budget No 2/2008 (Rule 131) (vote)

Report: on Draft amending budget No 2/2008 of the European Union for the financial year 2008
Section III – Commission [9190/2008 - C6-0192/2008 - 2008/2080 (BUD)] - Committee on Budgets. Rapporteur: Kyösti Virrankoski (A6-0188/2008)

(Qualified majority)

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2008)0225)

9.2. Mid-term review of industrial policy (Rule 131) (vote)

Report: on the mid-term review of industrial policy: a contribution to the EU’s Growth and Jobs Strategy [2007/2257(INI)] - Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. Rapporteur: Romana Jordan Cizelj (A6-0167/2008)

(Simple majority)

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2008)0226)

9.3. European Training Foundation (recast) ***I (vote)

Report: on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a European Training Foundation (recast) [COM(2007)0443 - C6-0243/2007 - 2007/0163(COD)] - Committee on Employment and Social Affairs. Rapporteur: Bernard Lehideux (A6-0131/2008)

(Simple majority)

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

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P6_TA(2008)0227)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2008)0227)

The following spoke:

Bernard Lehideux (rapporteur), on the consequences of adopting Amendment 10.

9.4. Lebanon (vote)

Motions for resolution B6-0271/2008, B6-0272/2008, B6-0273/2008, B6-0274/2008, B6-0275/2008 and B6-0276/2008

The debate had been held on 09.04.2008 (minutes of 09.04.2008, item 18).

The motions for resolution had been announced (minutes of 22.05.2008, item 2).

(Simple majority)

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B6-0271/2008

(replacing B6-0271/2008, B6-0272/2008, B6-0273/2008, B6-0274/2008, B6-0275/2008 and B6-0276/2008):

tabled by the following Members:

Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Tokia Saïfi, Jana Hybášková, Ioannis Kasoulides and Bogusław Sonik, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group,

Pasqualina Napoletano, Véronique De Keyser, Béatrice Patrie and Hannes Swoboda, on behalf of the PSE Group,

Philippe Morillon, Elizabeth Lynne and Marielle De Sarnez, on behalf of the ALDE Group,

Hélène Flautre, Pierre Jonckheer and David Hammerstein, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group,

Ryszard Czarnecki, Roberta Angelilli and Adam Bielan, on behalf of the UEN Group,

André Brie, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group

Adopted (P6_TA(2008)0228)

The following spoke on the vote:

Jana Hybášková, on the French version of the text.

Pasqualina Napoletano, on behalf of the PSE Group, moved an oral amendment after paragraph 1, which was incorporated.

9.5. Rising food prices in the European Union and developing countries (vote)

Motions for resolution B6-0217/2008, B6-0221/2008, B6-0222/2008, B6-0225/2008, B6-0229/2008 and B6-0232/2008

The debate had been held on 22.04.2008 (minutes of 22.04.2008, item 11).

The motions for resolution had been announced (minutes of 22.05.2008, item 3).

(Simple majority)

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B6-0217/2008

(replacing B6-0217/2008, B6-0221/2008, B6-0222/2008, B6-0225/2008, B6-0229/2008 and B6-0232/2008):

tabled by the following Members:

John Bowis, Mairead McGuinness and Maria Martens, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group,

Hannes Swoboda and Alain Hutchinson, on behalf of the PSE Group

Thierry Cornillet, Danutė Budreikaitė and Niels Busk, on behalf of the ALDE Group,

Friedrich-Wilhelm Graefe zu Baringdorf, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group,

Ryszard Czarnecki, Eoin Ryan, Adam Bielan and Sergio Berlato, on behalf of the UEN Group,

Luisa Morgantini and Gabriele Zimmer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group

Pervenche Berès, Elisa Ferreira, Thomas Mann and Riitta Myller, on behalf of the PSE Group, also signed RC-B6-0217/2008.

Adopted (P6_TA(2008)0229)

The following spoke on the vote:

Rosa Miguélez Ramos, on behalf of the PSE Group, moved an oral amendment after paragraph 6, which was incorporated.

Mairead McGuinness, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, moved an oral amendment to Amendment 31, which was incorporated (Amendment 31 was then rejected as amended).

9.6. Negotiations between the EU and the United States with regard to visa exemptions (vote)

Motion for a resolution B6-0233/2008

The debate had been held on 23.04.2008 (minutes of 23.04.2008, item 3).

The motion for a resolution had been announced (minutes of 22.05.2008, item 4).

(Simple majority)

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2008)0230)

The following spoke on the vote:

Stavros Lambrinidis, on behalf of the PSE Group, moved an oral amendment to paragraph 1, which was incorporated;
Urszula Gacek, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, moved an oral amendment to Amendment 8, which was incorporated.

9.7. Tragic situation in Burma (vote)

Motions for resolution B6-0244/2008, B6-0245/2008, B6-0246/2008, B6-0247/2008, B6-0248/2008 and B6-0249/2008

(Simple majority)

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B6-0244/2008

(replacing B6-0244/2008, B6-0245/2008, B6-0246/2008, B6-0247/2008, B6-0248/2008 and B6-0249/2008):

tabled by the following Members:

Geoffrey Van Orden, Hartmut Nassauer, Urszula Gacek, Laima Liucija Andrikienė, Colm Burke and Thomas Mann, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group,

Pasqualina Napoletano, Glenys Kinnock, Giovanna Corda, Thijs Berman and Ana Maria Gomes, on behalf of the PSE Group,

Thierry Cornillet, Marielle De Sarnez and Elizabeth Lynne, on behalf of the ALDE Group,

Frithjof Schmidt, Hélène Flautre, Margrete Auken, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Angelika Beer, Alyn Smith, Bart Staes and Daniel Cohn-Bendit, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group,

Adam Bielan, Hanna Foltyn-Kubicka, Mieczysław Edmund Janowski, Ryszard Czarnecki and Gintaras Didžiokas, on behalf of the UEN Group,

Roberto Musacchio, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group

Konrad Szymański also signed RC-B6-0244/2008, on behalf of the UEN Group.

Adopted (P6_TA(2008)0231)

The following spoke:

Ignasi Guardans Cambó, moved an oral amendment inserting a new paragraph before paragraph 1, which was incorporated;

Hartmut Nassauer, on the voting procedure.

9.8. Natural disaster in China (vote)

Motions for resolution B6-0242/2008, B6-0250/2008, B6-0251/2008, B6-0252/2008, B6-0253/2008 and B6-0270/2008

(Simple majority)

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B6-0242/2008

(replacing B6-0242/2008, B6-0250/2008, B6-0251/2008, B6-0252/2008, B6-0253/2008 and B6-0270/2008):

tabled by the following Members:

Georg Jarzembowski, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Laima Liucija Andrikienė, Cornelis Visser and Jas Gawronski, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group,

Hannes Swoboda, Pasqualina Napoletano and Alexandra Dobolyi, on behalf of the PSE Group,

Dirk Sterckx, Thierry Cornillet and Marielle De Sarnez, on behalf of the ALDE Group,

Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Monica Frassoni, Hélène Flautre, Helga Trüpel, Claude Turmes and Milan Horáček, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group,

Adam Bielan and Hanna Foltyn-Kubicka, on behalf of the UEN Group,

Jiří Maštálka and Gabriele Zimmer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group

Konrad Szymański also signed RC-B6-0242/2008, on behalf of the UEN Group.

Adopted (P6_TA(2008)0232)

9.9. Global treaty to ban uranium weapons (vote)

Motions for resolution B6-0219/2008, B6-0220/2008, B6-0223/2008, B6-0224/2008, B6-0227/2008 and B6-0230/2008

(Simple majority)

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B6-0219/2008

(replacing B6-0219/2008, B6-0220/2008, B6-0223/2008, B6-0224/2008, B6-0227/2008 and B6-0230/2008):

tabled by the following Members:

Ana Maria Gomes, Emilio Menéndez del Valle, Luis Yañez-Barnuevo García and Jan Marinus Wiersma, on behalf of the PSE Group,

Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck and Elizabeth Lynne, on behalf of the ALDE Group,

Elly de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Caroline Lucas and Angelika Beer, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group,

Ģirts Valdis Kristovskis, on behalf of the UEN Group,

Tobias Pflüger, Willy Meyer Pleite, Adamos Adamou and Umberto Guidoni, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group,
Adam Bielan, Konrad Szymański, on behalf of the UEN Group, and Luisa Morgantini, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, also signed RC-B6-0219/2008.

Stefano Zappalà, Karl von Wogau, Urszula Gacek and Jana Hybášková, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group.

The following spoke: Stefano Zappalà, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, to state that his group had also signed RC-B6-0219/2008.

Adopted (P6_TA(2008)0233)

9.10. REACH (Draft Test Methods Regulation) (vote)

Motion for a resolution B6-0237/2008

(Simple majority)

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2008)0234)

9.11. Animal health strategy 2007-2013 (vote)

Report: on a new animal health strategy for the European Union 2007-2013 [2007/2260(INI)] - Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development. Rapporteur: Janusz Wojciechowski (A6-0147/2008)

(Simple majority)

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2008)0235)

The following spoke:

Lutz Goepel, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, moved an oral amendment to Amendment 12, which was not incorporated as more than 40 Members objected;.

Zbigniew Zaleski, on the conduct of the vote.

9.12. Strategy for the third meeting of the Parties to the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (vote)

Motion for a resolution further to Question for Oral Answer B6-0157/2008, pursuant to Rule 108(5) of the Rules of Procedure, by Miroslav Ouzký, on behalf of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety,

on the EU strategy for the third Meeting of the Parties to the Aarhus Convention in Riga, Latvia (B6-0238/2008)

(Simple majority)

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2008)0236)

The following spoke:

Miroslav Ouzký (Chairman of the ENVI Committee) and Inés Ayala Sender, on the cancellation of the debate on the oral question the previous evening (minutes of 21.05.2008, item 19).

9.13. Follow-up of the Paris Declaration of 2005 on Aid Effectiveness (vote)

Report: on the follow-up of the Paris Declaration of 2005 on Aid Effectiveness [2008/2048(INI)] - Committee on Development. Rapporteur: Johan Van Hecke (A6-0171/2008)

(Simple majority)

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2008)0237)

10. Calendar of part-sessions

The President announced that the Conference of Presidents had decided, pursuant to Rule 127(3), to convene an extraordinary plenary sitting on Tuesday 24 June 2008, from 9.00 to 11.00, in Brussels, on the outcome of the European Council of 19 and 20 June 2008 and on the Slovenian presidency.

11. 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:

Rising food prices in the European Union and developing countries - RC-B6-0217/2008: Zdzisław Zbigniew Podkański, Tunne Kelam, Czesław Adam Siekierski and Ewa Tomaszewska

Negotiations between the EU and the United States with regard to visa exemptions - B6-0233/2008: Zita Pleštinská and Czesław Adam Siekierski

Report:: Janusz Wojciechowski - A6-0147/2008: Zdzisław Zbigniew Podkański, Bogdan Golik and Ewa Tomaszewska

The following spoke: Eija-Riitta Korhola.

12. 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.

(The sitting was suspended at 13.00 and resumed at 15.00.)

IN THE CHAIR: Rodi KRATSA-TSAGAROPOULOU
Vice-President

13. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

14. 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 the minutes of 20.05.2008, item 4)

14.1. Sudan and the International Criminal Court

Motions for resolution B6-0240/2008, B6-0254/2008, B6-0255/2008, B6-0256/2008, B6-0257/2008 and B6-0258/2008

Jean Lambert, Erik Meijer, Filip Kaczmarek, Leopold Józef Rutowicz and Marios Matsakis introduced motions for resolutions.

The following spoke: Tadeusz Zwiefka, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, on behalf of the PSE Group, and Ewa Tomaszewska, on behalf of the UEN Group.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Jana Hybášková, Marianne Mikko, Marcin Libicki and Kathy Sinnott.

The following spoke: Louis Michel (Member of the Commission).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 22.05.2008, item 16.1.

14.2. Detention of political opponents in Belarus

Motions for resolution B6-0239/2008, B6-0259/2008, B6-0260/2008, B6-0261/2008, B6-0263/2008 and B6-0264/2008

Marcin Libicki, Věra Flasarová, Jacek Protasiewicz, Marios Matsakis and Milan Horáček introduced motions for resolutions.

The following spoke: Eija-Riitta Korhola, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Marianne Mikko, on behalf of the PSE Group, Janusz Onyszkiewicz, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Ewa Tomaszewska, on behalf of the UEN Group, Urszula Krupa, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Urszula Gacek, Józef Pinior, Eugenijus Gentvilas, Zdzisław Zbigniew Podkański, Kathy Sinnott, Bernd Posselt and Tunne Kelam.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Zita Pleštinská, Czesław Adam Siekierski, Zbigniew Zaleski and Tadeusz Zwiefka.

The following spoke: Louis Michel (Member of the Commission).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 22.05.2008, item 16.2.

14.3. Growing tension in Burundi

Motions for resolution B6-0241/2008, B6-0265/2008, B6-0266/2008, B6-0267/2008, B6-0268/2008 and B6-0269/2008

Alain Hutchinson, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Erik Meijer, Filip Kaczmarek, Marcin Libicki and Marios Matsakis introduced motions for resolutions.

The following spoke: John Bowis, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, and Glyn Ford, on behalf of the PSE Group.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Eija-Riitta Korhola and Ewa Tomaszewska.

The following spoke: Louis Michel (Member of the Commission).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 22.05.2008, item 16.3.

15. Composition of Parliament

The Italian authorities had given notice of the election of Raffaele Lombardo to a post incompatible with that of Member of the European Parliament under Article 7(3) of the Act concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage. Parliament noted this and established the vacancy of the seat, pursuant to Rule 4(1), with effect from 22.05.2008.

The Italian authorities had given notice of the appointment of Sebastiano Sanzarello to replace Raffaele Lombardo as Member of Parliament with effect from 22.05.2008.

Under Rule 3(2), until such time as his credentials had been verified or a ruling had been given on any dispute, and provided that he had previously made a written declaration stating that he did not hold any office incompatible with that of Member of the European Parliament, Sebastiano Sanzarello would take his seat in Parliament and on its bodies and would enjoy all the rights attaching thereto.

16. 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.

16.1. Sudan and the International Criminal Court (vote)

Motions for resolution B6-0240/2008, B6-0254/2008, B6-0255/2008, B6-0256/2008, B6-0257/2008 and B6-0258/2008

(Simple majority)

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B6-0240/2008

(replacing B6-0240/2008, B6-0254/2008, B6-0255/2008, B6-0256/2008, B6-0257/2008 and B6-0258/2008):

tabled by the following Members:

Jürgen Schröder, Laima Liucija Andrikienė, Colm Burke, Filip Kaczmarek, Tunne Kelam, Eija-Riitta Korhola, Bernd Posselt, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Ria Oomen-Ruijten and Michael Gahler, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group,

Pasqualina Napoletano, Glenys Kinnock, Ana Maria Gomes, Marie-Arlette Carlotti, Josep Borrell Fontelles and Emilio Menéndez del Valle, on behalf of the PSE Group,

Thierry Cornillet, Marco Cappato, Marielle De Sarnez, Johan Van Hecke and Marios Matsakis, on behalf of the ALDE Group,

Hélène Flautre, Frithjof Schmidt, Margrete Auken, Mikel Irujo Amezaga, Raül Romeva i Rueda and Jean Lambert, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group,

Ryszard Czarnecki, Adam Bielan, Mieczysław Edmund Janowski and Eoin Ryan, on behalf of the UEN Group,

Vittorio Agnoletto, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group

Adopted (P6_TA(2008)0238)

16.2. Detention of political opponents in Belarus (vote)

Motions for resolution B6-0239/2008, B6-0259/2008, B6-0260/2008, B6-0261/2008, B6-0263/2008 and B6-0264/2008

(Simple majority)

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B6-0239/2008

(replacing B6-0239/2008, B6-0259/2008, B6-0260/2008, B6-0261/2008, B6-0263/2008 and B6-0264/2008):

tabled by the following Members:

Jacek Protasiewicz, Urszula Gacek, Charles Tannock, Filip Kaczmarek, Bernd Posselt, Eija-Riitta Korhola, Tunne Kelam, Laima Liucija Andrikienė and Tadeusz Zwiefka, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group,

Pasqualina Napoletano, Jan Marinus Wiersma and Justas Vincas Paleckis, on behalf of the PSE Group,

Janusz Onyszkiewicz, Eugenijus Gentvilas, Anne E. Jensen and Marios Matsakis, on behalf of the ALDE Group,

Elisabeth Schroedter and Milan Horáček, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group,

Konrad Szymański, Wojciech Roszkowski, Adam Bielan, Mieczysław Edmund Janowski, Ewa Tomaszewska, Hanna Foltyn-Kubicka and Inese Vaidere, on behalf of the UEN Group,

Giusto Catania, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group

Adopted (P6_TA(2008)0239)

16.3. Growing tension in Burundi (vote)

Motions for resolution B6-0241/2008, B6-0265/2008, B6-0266/2008, B6-0267/2008, B6-0268/2008 and B6-0269/2008

(Simple majority)

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B6-0241/2008

(replacing B6-0241/2008, B6-0265/2008, B6-0266/2008, B6-0267/2008, B6-0268/2008 and B6-0269/2008):

tabled by the following Members:

John Bowis, Jürgen Schröder, Filip Kaczmarek, Bernd Posselt, Eija-Riitta Korhola and Tunne Kelam, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group,

Pasqualina Napoletano, Alain Hutchinson, Marie-Arlette Carlotti, Glenys Kinnock and Ana Maria Gomes, on behalf of the PSE Group,

Johan Van Hecke and Marios Matsakis, on behalf of the ALDE Group,

Raül Romeva i Rueda and Mikel Irujo Amezaga, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group,

Ryszard Czarnecki, Ģirts Valdis Kristovskis, Adam Bielan and Ewa Tomaszewska, on behalf of the UEN Group,

Umberto Guidoni, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group

Konrad Szymański, on behalf of the UEN Group, also signed RC-B6-0241/2008.

Adopted (P6_TA(2008)0240)

17. 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.

18. Composition of committees and delegations

At the request of the ALDE Group, Parliament ratified the following appointment:

Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly: Fabio Ciani

19. Decisions concerning certain documents

Authorisation to draw up own-initiative reports (Rule 39)

DEVE Committee

- Financing of actions other than Official Development Assistance in countries falling under Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006 (2008/2117(INI))
(opinion: BUDG, AFET)
(Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 15.05.2008)

ECON Committee

- A European initiative for the development of micro-credit in support of growth and employment (2008/2122(INI))
(opinion: FEMM, EMPL, BUDG, ITRE, JURI, IMCO)
(Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 15.05.2008)

JURI Committee

- Legal protection of adults: cross-border implications (2008/2123(INI))
(Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 15.05.2008)

- European Authentic Act (2008/2124(INI))
(Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 15.05.2008)

- E-justice (2008/2125(INI))
(Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 15.05.2008)

Authorisation to draw up own-initiative reports (Rule 45)

AFCO Committee

- Development of the relations between the European Parliament and national parliaments under the Treaty of Lisbon (2008/2120(INI))
(opinion: DEVE, AFET, LIBE)
(Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 15.05.2008)

CULT Committee

- Media literacy in a digital world (2008/2129(INI))
(Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 15.05.2008)

DEVE Committee

- Democratic scrutiny of Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006 establishing a financing instrument for development cooperation: lessons learned and recommendations for its review (2008/2127(INI))
(opinion: AFET)
(Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 15.05.2008)

- Building a Global Climate Change Alliance between the European Union and poor developing countries most vulnerable to climate change (2008/2131(INI))
(opinion: AFET, ENVI, BUDG, ITRE, CLIM)
(Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 15.05.2008)

- The MDG contracts (2008/2128(INI))
(opinion: BUDG)
(Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 15.05.2008)

ECON Committee

- Report on the ECB annual report for 2007 (2008/2107(INI))
(Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 15.05.2008)

EMPL Committee

- The social situation of the Roma and their improved access to the labour market in the EU (2008/2137(INI))
(opinion: FEMM)
(Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 15.05.2008)

ENVI Committee

- Together for Health: A Strategic Approach for the EU 2008-2013 (2008/2115(INI))
(opinion: FEMM, DEVE, EMPL, ITRE)
(Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 15.05.2008)

FEMM Committee

- Non-discrimination based on gender and inter-generational solidarity (2008/2118(INI))
(Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 15.05.2008)

- The situation of women in the Balkans (2008/2119(INI))
(Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 15.05.2008)

IMCO Committee

- Transposition, implementation and enforcement of the Misleading and Comparative Advertising Directive 84/450/EEC, as revised by Directive 97/55/EC and of the Unfair Commercial Practices (UCP) Directive 2005/29/EC (2008/2114(INI))
(opinion: PETI)
(Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 15.05.2008)

- Pre-commercial Procurement: Driving innovation to ensure sustainable high quality public services in Europe (2008/2139(INI))
(opinion: ITRE, JURI)
(Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 15.05.2008)

INTA Committee

- An EU-India Free Trade Agreement (2008/2135(INI))
(opinion: DEVE, AFET)
(Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 15.05.2008)

- Impact of Counterfeiting on International Trade (2008/2133(INI))
(opinion: AFET, JURI, IMCO)
(Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 15.05.2008)

ITRE Committee

- Supporting Early Demonstration of Sustainable Power Generation from Fossil Fuels (2008/2140(INI))
(opinion: ENVI)
(Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 15.05.2008)

JURI Committee

- The Commission's report on the application of Directive 2001/29/EC on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society (2008/2121(INI))
(opinion: CULT, ITRE, IMCO)
(Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 15.05.2008)

REGI Committee

- The regional development aspects of the impact of turism in coastal regions (2008/2132(INI))
(Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 15.05.2008)

- The urban dimension of cohesion policy in the new programming period (2008/2130(INI))
(Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 15.05.2008)

TRAN Committee

- Developing a Common Aviation Area with Israel (2008/2136(INI))
(opinion: AFET)
(Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 15.05.2008)

- An Agenda for Sustainable Future in General and Business Aviation (2008/2134(INI))
(opinion: ENVI, ITRE)
(Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 15.05.2008)

Decision to draw up own-initiative reports (Rule 114(3))

AFET Committee

- European Parliament recommendation to the Council on the EU priorities for the 63rd Session of the UN General Assembly (2008/2111(INI))

Authorisation to draw up own-initiative reports (Rule 192(1))

PETI Committee

- European City Guide Report: Petition 45/2006 (2008/2126(INI))
(opinion: IMCO)
(Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 15.05.2008)

Associated committees

DEVE Committee

- Financing of actions other than Official Development Assistance in countries falling under Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006 (2008/2117(INI))
(opinion: BUDG)
Associated committees: DEVE, AFET
(Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 15.05.2008)

ITRE Committee

- Supporting early demonstration of sustainable power generation from fossil fuels (2008/2140(INI))
Associated committees: ITRE, ENVI
(Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 15.05.2008)

Referral to committees

committees: ITRE, INTA

- Relations between the EU and Russia (2008/2104(INI))
referred to responsible: AFET
opinion: ITRE, INTA

20. Written declarations included in the register (Rule 116)

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

21. 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.

22. Dates of forthcoming sittings

The next sittings would be held on 04.06.2008 and 05.04.2008.

23. Adjournment of the session

The session of the European Parliament was adjourned.

The sitting closed at 16.25.

The following signed:

Adamou, Aita, Allister, Alvaro, Andersson, Andrejevs, Andrikienė, Angelakas, Angelilli, Arif, Ashworth, Assis, Atkins, Attard-Montalto, Attwooll, Aubert, Audy, Auken, Ayala Sender, Aylward, Ayuso, Badia i Cutchet, Baeva, Batten, Battilocchio, Batzeli, Bauer, Beaupuy, Beazley, Becsey, Belder, Belohorská, Bennahmias, Berlato, Bielan, Birutis, Blokland, Bloom, Böge, Bösch, Borghezio, Borrell Fontelles, Boştinaru, Boursier, Bourzai, Bowis, Bowles, Bozkurt, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Breyer, Březina, Brok, Budreikaitė, Buitenweg, Bulfon, Bullmann, Burke, Bushill-Matthews, Busk, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Capoulas Santos, Carnero González, Casa, Casaca, Cashman, Caspary, Castex, del Castillo Vera, Catania, Cavada, Cederschiöld, Cercas, Chatzimarkakis, Chiesa, Chmielewski, Christensen, Chruszcz, Chukolov, Claeys, Clark, Coelho, Cohn-Bendit, Corbett, Corbey, Corda, Paolo Costa, Cottigny, Cramer, Cremers, Gabriela Creţu, Crowley, Csibi, Marek Aleksander Czarnecki, Dahl, Dăianu, Daul, De Blasio, Degutis, De Keyser, Demetriou, De Michelis, Deprez, De Sarnez, Descamps, Désir, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, De Vits, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dičkutė, Didžiokas, Dillen, Dobolyi, Dombrovskis, Dover, Doyle, Drčar Murko, Duchoň, Duff, Dumitriu, Ebner, Ehler, Ek, El Khadraoui, Elles, Estrela, Ettl, Färm, Fajmon, Falbr, Fatuzzo, Fava, Ferber, Fernandes, Fernández Martín, Ferrari, Anne Ferreira, Elisa Ferreira, Figueiredo, Fiore, Fjellner, Flasarová, Flautre, Florenz, Foglietta, Foltyn-Kubicka, Fontaine, Ford, Fraga Estévez, Fraile Cantón, França, Frassoni, Freitas, Friedrich, Gacek, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Garcés Ramón, García Pérez, Garriga Polledo, Gauzès, Gebhardt, Gentvilas, Georgiou, Geremek, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gewalt, Gibault, Gierek, Giertych, Gill, Glante, Glattfelder, Goebbels, Goepel, Golik, Gollnisch, Gomes, Gomolka, Gottardi, Goudin, Grabowska, Grabowski, Graça Moura, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Gräßle, de Grandes Pascual, Grau i Segú, Grech, Griesbeck, Gröner, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Groote, Grosch, Grossetête, Guardans Cambó, Guerreiro, Gurmai, Guy-Quint, Gyürk, Hänsch, Hall, Hammerstein, Hamon, Handzlik, Harbour, Harkin, Hassi, Haug, Hedh, Hegyi, Helmer, Hénin, Hennicot-Schoepges, Hennis-Plasschaert, Herranz García, Higgins, Hökmark, Honeyball, Hoppenstedt, Horáček, Hudghton, Hughes, Hutchinson, Hybášková, Hyusmenova, Ibrisagic, in 't Veld, Iotova, Irujo Amezaga, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Jacobs, Jäätteenmäki, Jałowiecki, Janowski, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jeleva, Jensen, Jørgensen, Jordan Cizelj, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Kaczmarek, Kallenbach, Kamall, Karas, Kasoulides, Kaufmann, Kauppi, Kazak, Tunne Kelam, Kindermann, Kirilov, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Klinz, Koch, Kohlíček, Konrad, Koppa, Korhola, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Kozlík, Krasts, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kristovskis, Krupa, Kuc, Kuhne, Kułakowski, Kušķis, Kusstatscher, Kuźmiuk, Lagendijk, Laignel, Lambert, Lambrinidis, Lambsdorff, Landsbergis, Lang, De Lange, Langen, Langendries, Laperrouze, Lauk, Lavarra, Lax, Lebech, Lechner, Lefrançois, Lehideux, Lehne, Leichtfried, Leinen, Le Rachinel, Lewandowski, Liberadzki, Libicki, Lichtenberger, Liotard, Lipietz, López-Istúriz White, Lucas, Lulling, Lundgren, Luque Aguilar, Lynne, Lyubcheva, Maaten, McAvan, McGuinness, Madeira, Maldeikis, Manders, Mănescu, Maňka, Thomas Mann, Marini, Marques, Martens, David Martin, Hans-Peter Martin, Martinez, Martínez Martínez, Masiel, Masip Hidalgo, Mathieu, Matsakis, Matsis, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Medina Ortega, Meijer, Méndez de Vigo, Menéndez del Valle, Meyer Pleite, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Mladenov, Moreno Sánchez, Morgantini, Morillon, Mote, Mulder, Musacchio, Muscardini, Myller, Napoletano, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Nicholson, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Obiols i Germà, Özdemir, Olajos, Olbrycht, Ó Neachtain, Onesta, Onyszkiewicz, Oomen-Ruijten, Ortuondo Larrea, Őry, Ouzký, Oviir, Paasilinna, Pack, Pahor, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Panayotov, Panzeri, Papadimoulis, Paparizov, Papastamkos, Parish, Patrie, Pęk, Alojz Peterle, Pflüger, Piecyk, Pieper, Pietikäinen, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pinior, Piotrowski, Pirker, Piskorski, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Pleštinská, Plumb, Podestà, Podkański, Pöttering, Pohjamo, Poignant, Mihaela Popa, Nicolae Vlad Popa, Portas, Posdorf, Posselt, Prets, Pribetich, Vittorio Prodi, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Rack, Radwan, Raeva, Ransdorf, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Resetarits, Reul, Riera Madurell, Riis-Jørgensen, Rocard, Rogalski, Roithová, Romagnoli, Romeva i Rueda, Rosati, Roszkowski, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Rübig, Rühle, Rutowicz, Ryan, Sacconi, Sakalas, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Sanzarello , Sanz Palacio, Saryusz-Wolski, Savi, Schaldemose, Schapira, Schierhuber, Schinas, Frithjof Schmidt, Olle Schmidt, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Jürgen Schröder, Schroedter, Schuth, Schwab, Seeber, Segelström, Seppänen, Severin, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Sinnott, Skinner, Škottová, Smith, Sógor, Søndergaard, Sonik, Spautz, Speroni, Staes, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Šťastný, Stauner, Stavreva, Sterckx, Stihler, Stockmann, Stolojan, Stoyanov, Strož, Sudre, Surján, Svensson, Swoboda, Szájer, Szent-Iványi, Tabajdi, Takkula, Tarand, Ţicău, Toia, Tomaszewska, Tomczak, Trakatellis, Trautmann, Triantaphyllides, Trüpel, Turmes, Uca, Ulmer, Vaidere, Vălean, Vanhecke, Van Hecke, Van Lancker, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Vaugrenard, Veraldi, Vergnaud, Vidal-Quadras, Vigenin, Visser, Vlasák, Voggenhuber, Wagenknecht, Walter, Watson, Henri Weber, Manfred Weber, Renate Weber, Weisgerber, Westlund, Whittaker, Wieland, Wiersma, Wijkman, Willmott, Wise, von Wogau, Bernard Wojciechowski, Janusz Wojciechowski, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Záborská, Zaleski, Zani, Zapałowski, Zappalà, Ždanoka, Zdravkova, Železný, Zieleniec, Zimmer, Zwiefka