The following spoke: Monica Frassoni, who said the Commission had activated the European Alert System for radioactive hazards after an incident the previous day at a nuclear power station in Krško (Slovenia), and suggested that the Commission and the Slovenian Presidency of the Council should report on the situation that morning. (The President answered that the Presidency-in-Office of the Council would speak on the matter) (minutes of 05.06.2008, item 4).
2. The Barcelona Process: Union for the Mediterranean (debate)
Commission statement: The Barcelona Process: Union for the Mediterranean
Benita Ferrero-Waldner (Member of the Commission) made the statement.
The following spoke: Vito Bonsignore, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Martin Schulz, on behalf of the PSE Group, Graham Watson, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Hélène Flautre, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Konrad Szymański, on behalf of the UEN Group, Francis Wurtz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Graham Booth, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Jean-Claude Martinez, Non-attached Member, Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Pasqualina Napoletano, Thierry Cornillet, Rebecca Harms, Salvatore Tatarella, Patrick Louis, Tokia Saïfi, Carlos Carnero González, Nicholson of Winterbourne, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Kader Arif and Ioannis Kasoulides.
IN THE CHAIR: Miguel Angel MARTÍNEZ MARTÍNEZ Vice-President
The following spoke: Vural Öger, Simon Busuttil and Luís Queiró.
The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Erna Hennicot-Schoepges, Marusya Ivanova Lyubcheva, Marios Matsakis, Ryszard Czarnecki, Marie Anne Isler Béguin, Carlo Fatuzzo and Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg.
The following spoke: Benita Ferrero-Waldner.
Motions for a resolution to wind up the debate tabled pursuant to Rule 103(2):
- Cristiana Muscardini, Salvatore Tatarella, Jan Tadeusz Masiel, Ryszard Czarnecki and Adam Bielan, on behalf of the UEN Group, on the Union for the Mediterranean (B6-0281/2008)
- Philippe Morillon, Thierry Cornillet, Nicholson of Winterbourne and Marielle De Sarnez, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the Barcelona process: Union for the Mediterranean (B6-0285/2008)
- Pasqualina Napoletano, Carlos Carnero González and Véronique De Keyser, on behalf of the PSE Group, on the Barcelona Process: Union for the Mediterranean (B6-0288/2008)
- Joseph Daul, Vito Bonsignore, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Tokia Saïfi, Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou and Edward McMillan-Scott, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on the Barcelona Process: Union for the Mediterranean (B6-0291/2008)
- Hélène Flautre, David Hammerstein, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Monica Frassoni and Cem Özdemir, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the Barcelona process: Union for the Mediterranean (B6-0295/2008)
- Adamos Adamou and Luisa Morgantini, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the Barcelona Process: Union for the Mediterranean (B6-0296/2008)
Report: on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation No 11 concerning the abolition of discrimination in transport rates and conditions, in implementation of Article 79(3) of the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community and Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and the Council on the hygiene of foodstuffs [COM(2007)0090 - C6-0211/2007 - 2007/0037B(COD)] - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. Rapporteur: Horst Schnellhardt (A6-0143/2008)
The following spoke: Günter Verheugen (Vice-President of the Commission).
Horst Schnellhardt introduced the report.
The following spoke: Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou (draftsman of the opinion of the JURI Committee), Péter Olajos, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Dorette Corbey, on behalf of the PSE Group, Marios Matsakis, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Leopold Józef Rutowicz, on behalf of the UEN Group, Kartika Tamara Liotard, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Irena Belohorská, Non-attached Member, Frieda Brepoels, Silvia-Adriana Ţicău, Holger Krahmer and Andreas Mölzer.
The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Avril Doyle, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Ewa Tomaszewska, Christa Klaß and Pierre Pribetich.
The following spoke: Günter Verheugen and Horst Schnellhardt.
4. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting
The following spoke: Monica Frassoni, who again raised the subject of the activation by the Commission of the European warning system on radioactive risks, following an incident at the Krško nuclear power station (minutes of 05.06.2008, item 1); she asked the Presidency-in-Office of the Council and the Commission to uphold agreed levels of transparency and to clarify the situation, Roberto Musacchio, who supported her remarks, and Günter Verheugen (Vice-President of the Commission), who described the events and the procedure followed by the Commission, and Rebecca Harms.
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The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.
5. Request for the waiver of parliamentary immunity
The Italian authorities had forwarded a request that the parliamentary immunity of Antonio Di Pietro be waived in a case pending before the Rome Civil Court, concerning events that had occurred when he was a Member of the European Parliament.
Pursuant to Rule 6(2), the request had been referred to the committee responsible, the JURI Committee.
6. 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.
6.1. Specific measures for agriculture in favour of the smaller Aegean islands * (Rule 131) (vote)
Report: on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1405/2006 laying down specific measures for agriculture in favour of the smaller Aegean islands and amending Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 [COM(2008)0168 - C6-0175/2008 - 2008/0065(CNS)] - Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development. Rapporteur: Neil Parish (A6-0170/2008)
Report: on Draft amending budget No 3/2008 of the European Union for the financial year 2008, Section III - Commission and Section VI - European Economic and Social Committee [9903/2008 – C6 0206/2008 – 2008/2095(BUD)] - Committee on Budgets. Co-rapporteurs: Kyösti Virrankoski and Ville Itälä (A6-0204/2008)
Report: on Draft amending budget No 4/2008 of the European Union for the financial year 2008, Section III - Commission [9904/2008 – C6 0207/2008 – 2008/2094(BUD)] - Committee on Budgets. Rapporteur: Kyösti Virrankoski (A6-0203/2008)
6.4. Contact-point network against corruption * (Rule 131) (vote)
Report: on the initiative of the Federal Republic of Germany with a view to the adoption of a Council Decision on a contact-point network against corruption [11231/2007 - C6-0240/2007 - 2007/0809(CNS)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Hubert Pirker (A6-0174/2008)
(Simple majority)
(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 4)
INITIATIVE, AMENDMENTS and DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION
Hubert Pirker (rapporteur) made a statement pursuant to Rule 131(4).
6.5. Community system against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing * (Rule 131) (vote)
Report: on the proposal for a Council regulation establishing a Community system to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing [COM(2007)0602 - C6-0454/2007 - 2007/0223(CNS)] - Committee on Fisheries. Rapporteur: Marie-Hélène Aubert (A6-0193/2008)
(Simple majority)
(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 5)
COMMISSION PROPOSAL, AMENDMENTS and DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION
Marie-Hélène Aubert (rapporteur) made a statement pursuant to Rule 131(4).
6.6. Protection of vulnerable marine ecosystems * (Rule 131) (vote)
Report: on the proposal for a Council regulation on the protection of vulnerable marine ecosystems in the high seas from the adverse impacts of bottom fishing gears [COM(2007)0605 - C6-0453/2007 - 2007/0224(CNS)] - Committee on Fisheries. Rapporteur: Duarte Freitas (A6-0183/2008)
(Simple majority)
(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 6)
COMMISSION PROPOSAL, AMENDMENTS and DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION
6.7. Implementing trade policy through efficient import and export rules and procedures (Rule 131) (vote)
Report: on implementing trade policy through efficient import and export rules and procedures [2007/2256(INI)] - Committee on International Trade. Rapporteur: Jean-Pierre Audy (A6-0184/2008)
6.8. Mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund (vote)
Report: on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund in application of 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(2008/0200 - C6-0164/2008 - 2008/2091(ACI)] - Committee on Budgets. Rapporteur: Reimer Böge (A6-0205/2008)
6.9. International carriage of passengers by coach and bus (recast) ***I (vote)
Report: on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules for access to the market for coach and bus services (recast) [COM(2007)0264 - C6-0147/2007 - 2007/0097(COD)] - Committee on Transport and Tourism. Rapporteur: Mathieu Grosch (A6-0037/2008)
Mathieu Grosch (rapporteur) said the definitive text of Amendment 31 was the English version.
6.10. Hygiene of foodstuffs ***I (vote)
Report: on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation No 11 concerning the abolition of discrimination in transport rates and conditions, in implementation of Article 79(3) of the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community and Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and the Council on the hygiene of foodstuffs [COM(2007)0090 - C6-0211/2007 - 2007/0037B(COD)] - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. Rapporteur: Horst Schnellhardt (A6-0143/2008)
6.11. Prohibition on the use in stockfarming of certain substances having a hormonal or thyreostatic action and of beta agonists ***I (vote)
Report: on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 96/22/EC concerning the prohibition on the use in stockfarming of certain substances having a hormonal or thyreostatic action and of beta-agonists [COM(2007)0292 - C6-0154/2007 - 2007/0102(COD)] - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. Rapporteur: Karin Scheele (A6-0067/2008)
6.12. Generalised tariff preferences for the period from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2011 * (vote)
Report: on the proposal for a Council regulation applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences for the period from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2011 and amending Regulations (EC) No 552/97, No 1933/2006 and Commission Regulations (EC) No 964/2007 and No 1100/2006 [COM(2007)0857 - C6-0051/2008 - 2007/0289(CNS)] - Committee on International Trade. Rapporteur: Helmuth Markov (A6-0200/2008)
José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Charles Tannock, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, Elmar Brok, Árpád Duka-Zólyomi, Urszula Gacek, Ria Oomen-Ruijten, Corien Wortmann-Kool and Tunne Kelam, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group,
Jan Marinus Wiersma and Hannes Swoboda, on behalf of the PSE Group,
Georgs Andrejevs and Frédérique Ries, on behalf of the ALDE Group,
Marie Anne Isler Béguin and Cem Özdemir, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group,
Konrad Szymański, Adam Bielan, Ryszard Czarnecki, Hanna Foltyn-Kubicka, Inese Vaidere, Wojciech Roszkowski and Ewa Tomaszewska, on behalf of the UEN Group
Marie Anne Isler Béguin moved an oral amendment to paragraph 2, which was incorporated.
6.14. 2006 Annual report on the CFSP (vote)
Report: on the annual report from the Council to the European Parliament on the main aspects and basic choices of the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) presented to the European Parliament in application of point G, paragraph 43 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 - 2006 [2007/2219(INI)] - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: Jacek Saryusz-Wolski (A6-0189/2008)
6.15. Annual report on the implementation of the European Security Strategy and ESDP (vote)
Report: on the implementation of the European Security Strategy and ESDP [2008/2003(INI)] - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: Helmut Kuhne (A6-0186/2008)
José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Stefano Zappalà, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, Karl von Wogau, Elmar Brok and James Elles, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group,
Jan Marinus Wiersma, on behalf of the PSE Group,
Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Anneli Jäätteenmäki and Alexander Lambsdorff, on behalf of the ALDE Group,
Cem Özdemir, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group,
Cristiana Muscardini, Adam Bielan and Ryszard Czarnecki, on behalf of the UEN Group
Joseph Daul, Vito Bonsignore, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Tokia Saïfi, Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou and Edward McMillan-Scott, 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, Nicholson of Winterbourne and Marielle De Sarnez, on behalf of the ALDE Group,
Hélène Flautre, David Hammerstein, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Cem Özdemir, Daniel Cohn-Bendit and Monica Frassoni, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group,
Cristiana Muscardini, Salvatore Tatarella, Ryszard Czarnecki, Jan Tadeusz Masiel and Adam Bielan, on behalf of the UEN Group
Michael Gahler moved oral amendments to paragraphs 8 and 10, which were incorporated;
Hélène Flautre, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, pursuant to Rule 150(5), took over Amendment 2, which had been withdrawn.
6.18. The future for young farmers under the ongoing reform of the CAP (vote)
Report: on the future for young farmers under the ongoing reform of the CAP [2007/2194(INI)] - Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development. Rapporteur: Donato Tommaso Veraldi (A6-0182/2008)
6.19. The work of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly in 2007 (vote)
Report: on the work of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly in 2007 [2007/2180(INI)] - Committee on Development. Rapporteur: Alain Hutchinson (A6-0175/2008)
6.20. Competition: Sector inquiry on retail banking (vote)
Report: on Competition: Sector inquiry on retail banking [2007/2201(INI)] - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Gianni Pittella (A6-0185/2008)
6.21. Retail Financial Services in the Single Market (vote)
Report: on the Green Paper on retail financial services in the single market [2007/2287(INI)] - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Othmar Karas (A6-0187/2008)
The following spoke: Romana Jordan Cizelj, to provide further information on the incident at the Krško nuclear power station.
7. Composition of committees and delegations
At the request of the non-attached Members' secretariat, Parliament approved the appointment of Roberto Fiore as a full member of the following committees and delegations:
LIBE Committee, Delegation for relations with Belarus and Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly.
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8. Composition of political groups
Roger Knapman was no longer a member of the IND/DEM Group as of 05.06.2008.
From that date, Roger Knapman would sit with the non-attached Members.
IN THE CHAIR: Gérard ONESTA Vice-President
9. 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:
Deterioration of the situation in Georgia - RC-B6-0278/2008: Tunne Kelam, Sylwester Chruszcz
EU-United States Summit - RC-B6-0277/2008: Tunne Kelam, Frank Vanhecke, Mario Borghezio
Report:: Donato Tommaso Veraldi - A6-0182/2008: Neil Parish, Astrid Lulling, Jörg Leichtfried, Czesław Adam Siekierski
Report:: Jacek Saryusz-Wolski - A6-0189/2008: Czesław Adam Siekierski
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.
11. Documents received
The following documents had been received from the Council and Commission:
- Proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers (COM(2008)0247 - C6-0208/2008 - 2008/0088(CNS))
referred to
responsible :
AGRI
opinion :
REGI
- Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning type-approval requirements for the general safety of motor vehicles (COM(2008)0316 - C6-0210/2008 - 2008/0100(COD))
referred to
responsible :
IMCO
opinion :
ENVI, ITRE, TRAN
- Proposal for a Council Framework Decision amending Framework Decision 2002/475/JHA on combating terrorism (08707/2008 - C6-0211/2008 - 2007/0236(CNS))
referred to
responsible :
LIBE
opinion :
AFET, JURI
12. 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.
13. Dates of forthcoming sittings
The next sittings would be held from 16.06.2008 to 19.06.2008.
14. Adjournment of the session
The session of the European Parliament was adjourned.