IN THE CHAIR: Rodi KRATSA-TSAGAROPOULOU
Vice-President

1. Opening of the sitting

The sitting opened at 9.05.

2. Preparation of the European Council following the Irish referendum (debate)

Council and Commission statements: Preparation of the European Council following the Irish referendum

Janez Lenarčič (President-in-Office of the Council) and José Manuel Barroso (President of the Commission) made the statements (the President intervened during José Manuel Barroso's speech to call on Members demonstrating in support of the result of the referendum in Ireland to remove the banners they had unfurled in the Chamber).

The following spoke: Joseph Daul, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Martin Schulz, on behalf of the PSE Group, Graham Watson, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Monica Frassoni, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Brian Crowley, on behalf of the UEN Group, Francis Wurtz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Nigel Farage, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, and Ashley Mote, Non-attached Member.

IN THE CHAIR: Luigi COCILOVO
Vice-President

The following spoke: José Manuel Barroso, Philip Bushill-Matthews, Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, Marian Harkin, Johannes Voggenhuber, Konrad Szymański, Bairbre de Brún, Kathy Sinnott, Frank Vanhecke, Alojz Peterle, Jo Leinen, Andrew Duff, Ian Hudghton, Mario Borghezio, Vladimír Železný, Jana Bobošíková, Avril Doyle, Richard Corbett, Marielle De Sarnez, Mogens Camre, Hanne Dahl, Andreas Mölzer, Elmar Brok, Proinsias De Rossa, Gunnar Hökmark, Borut Pahor, Íñigo Méndez de Vigo, Bernard Poignant, Stefano Zappalà, Gary Titley, Jerzy Buzek, Jan Andersson, Tunne Kelam, Libor Rouček and Monica Maria Iacob-Ridzi.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Othmar Karas, Ioan Mircea Paşcu, Mirosław Mariusz Piotrowski, Marie Anne Isler Béguin, Mairead McGuinness, Genowefa Grabowska and Tobias Pflüger.

The following spoke: Janez Lenarčič and Margot Wallström (Vice-President of the Commission).

The debate closed.

IN THE CHAIR: Gérard ONESTA
Vice-President

3. 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.

3.1. Approval of the new allocation of the responsibilities of Vice-President of the Commission Jacques Barrot (vote)

Proposal for a decision B6-0306/2008

(Simple majority)

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

PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION

Adopted (P6_TA(2008)0290)

3.2. Approval of the appointment of Antonio Tajani as member of the European Commission (vote)

Proposal for a decision B6-0307/2008

(Simple majority)

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

PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION

Adopted (P6_TA(2008)0291)

3.3. Missing persons in Cyprus - Follow-up (Rule 131) (vote)

Report: on Missing persons in Cyprus − Follow-up to the European Parliament resolution of 15 March 2007 [2007/2280(INI)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Ewa Klamt (A6-0139/2008)

(Simple majority)

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2008)0292)

3.4. Common standards and procedures in Member States for returning illegally staying third-country nationals ***I (vote)

Report: on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on common standards and procedures in Member States for returning illegally staying third-country nationals [COM(2005)0391 - C6-0266/2005 - 2005/0167(COD)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Manfred Weber (A6-0339/2007)

(Simple majority)

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

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P6_TA(2008)0293)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2008)0293)

The following spoke on the vote:

Konrad Szymański on the unfurling of banners in one part of the Chamber.

4. Welcome

On behalf of Parliament, the President welcomed members of a delegation from the Southern Sudan Legislative Assembly - led by its Speaker, James Wani Igga - who had taken their seats in the distinguished visitors' gallery.

IN THE CHAIR: Rodi KRATSA-TSAGAROPOULOU
Vice-President

5. Formal sitting - 2008, European Year of Intercultural Dialogue

From 12.00 to 12.30, a formal sitting of Parliament was held on the occasion of the visit by Asma Jahangir, United Nations Human Rights Council Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief.

IN THE CHAIR: Gérard ONESTA
Vice-President

6. Voting time (continuation)

6.1. Internal market in electricity ***I (vote)

Report: on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2003/54/EC concerning common rules for the internal market in electricity [COM(2007)0528 - C6-0316/2007 - 2007/0195(COD)] - Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. Rapporteur: Eluned Morgan (A6-0191/2008)

(Simple majority)

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

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

The following spoke: Eluned Morgan (rapporteur).

Approved as amended (P6_TA(2008)0294)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2008)0294)

The following spoke on the vote:

Anni Podimata on the voting procedure concerning Amendment 176.

6.2. Conditions for access to the network for cross-border exchanges in electricity ***I (vote)

Report: on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003 on conditions for access to the network for cross-border exchanges in electricity [COM(2007)0531 - C6-0320/2007 - 2007/0198(COD)] - Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. Rapporteur: Alejo Vidal-Quadras (A6-0228/2008)

(Simple majority)

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

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P6_TA(2008)0295)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2008)0295)

The following spoke on the vote:

Alejo Vidal-Quadras (rapporteur), who, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, moved an oral amendment adding new text to Article 2d, after paragraph 1. This amendment was incorporated.

6.3. Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators ***I (vote)

Report: on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing an Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators [COM(2007)0530 - C6-0318/2007 - 2007/0197(COD)] - Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. Rapporteur: Giles Chichester (A6-0226/2008)

(Simple majority)

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

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P6_TA(2008)0296)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2008)0296)

The following spoke on the vote:

Silvia-Adriana Ţicău, who requested a separate vote on Amendment 18 (the President replied that the deadline for such requests had passed); Giles Chichester (rapporteur), who opposed the request, which was not accepted.

6.4. Protection of pedestrians and other vulnerable road users ***I (vote)

Report: on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of pedestrians and other vulnerable road users [COM(2007)0560 - C6-0331/2007 - 2007/0201(COD)] - Committee on Transport and Tourism. Rapporteur: Francesco Ferrari (A6-0081/2008)

(Simple majority)

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

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P6_TA(2008)0297)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2008)0297)

6.5. Adaptation of a number of instruments to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny, "omnibus" Regulation, Part One ***I (vote)

Report: on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council adapting a number of instruments subject to the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty to Council Decision 1999/468/EC, as amended by Decision 2006/512/EC, with regard to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny - Part One [COM(2007)0741 - C6-0432/2007 - 2007/0262(COD)] - Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: József Szájer (A6-0088/2008)

(Simple majority)

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

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

The following spoke: Janez Lenarčič (President-in-Office of the Council) and József Szájer (rapporteur).

Approved as amended (P6_TA(2008)0298)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2008)0298)

6.6. Adaptation of a number of instruments to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny, "omnibus" Regulation, Part Three ***I (vote)

Report: on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council adapting a number of instruments subject to the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty to Council Decision 1999/468/EC, as amended by Decision 2006/512/EC, with regard to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny - Part Three [COM(2007)0822 - C6-0474/2007 - 2007/0282(COD)] - Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: József Szájer (A6-0086/2008)

(Simple majority)

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

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved (P6_TA(2008)0299)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2008)0299)

6.7. Autonomous Community tariff quotas on imports of certain fishery products into the Canary Islands * (vote)

Report: on the 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)] - Committee on Regional Development. Rapporteur: Gerardo Galeote (A6-0213/2008)

(Simple majority)

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

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved (P6_TA(2008)0300)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2008)0300)

6.8. Statute of the European Ombudsman (final vote)

Report: on a proposal for a decision of the European Parliament amending its Decision 94/262/ECSC, EC, Euratom of 9 March 1994 on the regulations and general conditions governing the performance of the Ombudsman's duties [2006/2223(INI)] - Committee on Constitutional Affairs. Rapporteur: Anneli Jäätteenmäki (A6-0076/2008)

The debate had been held on 21.04.2008 (minutes of 21.04.2008, item 20).

The initial vote on the proposal for a decision had been held on 22.04.2008 (minutes of 22.04.2008, item 5.5).

(Simple majority)

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

DRAFT DECISION

The following spoke: Janez Lenarčič (President-in-Office of the Council).

The amendments were adopted (P6_TA(2008)0301)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2008)0301)

IN THE CHAIR: Manuel António dos SANTOS
Vice-President

7. 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:

Proposal for a decision B6-0306/2008: Urszula Gacek

Report: Manfred Weber - A6-0339/2007: Jean-Luc Bennahmias, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Philip Claeys, Frank Vanhecke, Romano Maria La Russa, Ignasi Guardans Cambó, Carlo Fatuzzo, Jean-Claude Martinez, Bruno Gollnisch and Daniel Hannan

Report: Eluned Morgan - A6-0191/2008: Richard Seeber, Tomáš Zatloukal, Czesław Adam Siekierski, Syed Kamall and Christopher Heaton-Harris

Report: Alejo Vidal-Quadras - A6-0228/2008: Richard Seeber and Syed Kamall

Report: József Szájer - A6-0088/2008: Christopher Heaton-Harris

8. 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.

Roberto Fiore had informed the Chair that for technical reasons certain of his votes had not been registered.

(The sitting was suspended at 13.30 and resumed at 15.00.)

IN THE CHAIR: Martine ROURE
Vice-President

9. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

10. Composition of Parliament

Following the Council decision of 09.05.2008 to appoint Antonio Tajani as a member of the Commission and the European Parliament decision of 18.06.2008 applying Article 4 of the Framework Agreement between Parliament and the Commission and Rule 99 of its Rules of Procedure, Parliament, pursuant to Article 7(1) of the Act concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage and to Rule 4(4), second subparagraph, of its Rules of Procedure, established the vacancy of Antonio Tajani's seat with effect from 09.05.2008 and informed the Italian authorities thereof.

11. Measures to combat the rise in oil prices (debate)

Council and Commission statements: Measures to combat the rise in oil prices

Janez Lenarčič (President-in-Office of the Council) and Andris Piebalgs (Member of the Commission) made the statements.

The following spoke: Jean-Pierre Audy, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Hannes Swoboda, on behalf of the PSE Group, Marco Cappato, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Claude Turmes, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Gintaras Didžiokas, on behalf of the UEN Group, Dimitrios Papadimoulis, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Pervenche Berès and Jelko Kacin.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Charles Tannock, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Danutė Budreikaitė, Pedro Guerreiro, Czesław Adam Siekierski, José Ribeiro e Castro and Theodor Dumitru Stolojan.

The following spoke: Janez Lenarčič and Andris Piebalgs.

The debate closed.

12. Crisis in the fisheries sector (debate)

Oral question (O-0063/2008) by Philippe Morillon, on behalf of the PECH Committee, to the Council: The crisis in the fisheries sector caused by rising fuel oil prices (B6-0162/2008)

Oral question (O-0064/2008) by Philippe Morillon, on behalf of the PECH Committee, to the Commission: The crisis in the fisheries sector caused by rising fuel oil prices (B6-0163/2008)

Philippe Morillon moved the oral questions.

IN THE CHAIR: Marek SIWIEC
Vice-President

Janez Lenarčič (President-in-Office of the Council) answered the question (B6-0162/2008).

Joe Borg (Member of the Commission) answered the question (B6-0163/2008).

The following spoke: Carmen Fraga Estévez, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Rosa Miguélez Ramos, on behalf of the PSE Group, Elspeth Attwooll, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Marie-Hélène Aubert, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Pedro Guerreiro, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Jeffrey Titford, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Struan Stevenson, Paulo Casaca, Jacky Hénin, Ioannis Gklavakis, Stavros Arnaoutakis, Cornelis Visser, Avril Doyle and Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Duarte Freitas, Chris Davies, Seán Ó Neachtain, Jim Allister, Czesław Adam Siekierski, Colm Burke and José Ribeiro e Castro.

The following spoke: Janez Lenarčič and Joe Borg.

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

- Carmen Fraga Estévez, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on the crisis in the fisheries sector following the rise in the price of diesel fuel (B6-0305/2008),

- Pedro Guerreiro, Jacky Hénin, Willy Meyer Pleite and Marco Rizzo, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the worsening socio-economic crisis in the fisheries sector in the wake of rising fuel (petrol and diesel) prices (B6-0308/2008),

- Elspeth Attwooll and Philippe Morillon, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the crisis in the fisheries sector caused by rising fuel oil prices (B6-0310/2008),

- Heinz Kindermann, on behalf of the PSE Group, on the crisis in the fisheries sector caused by rising fuel oil prices (B6-0311/2008),

- Seán Ó Neachtain, on behalf of the UEN Group, on the crisis in the fisheries sector due to the rising fuel prices (B6-0312/2008),

- Marie-Hélène Aubert and Carl Schlyter, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the crisis in the fisheries sector caused by rising fuel oil prices (B6-0313/2008).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 19.06.2008, item 5.4.

13. EU/Russia summit (26-27 June 2008) (debate)

Council and Commission statements: EU/Russia summit (26-27 June 2008)

Janez Lenarčič (President-in-Office of the Council) and Benita Ferrero-Waldner (Member of the Commission) made the statements.

The following spoke: Charles Tannock, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Jan Marinus Wiersma, on behalf of the PSE Group, Janusz Onyszkiewicz, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Rebecca Harms, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Adam Bielan, on behalf of the UEN Group, Vladimír Remek, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Bernard Wojciechowski, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Bruno Gollnisch, Non-attached Member, Elmar Brok and Hannes Swoboda.

IN THE CHAIR: Manuel António dos SANTOS
Vice-President

The following spoke: Henrik Lax, Ģirts Valdis Kristovskis, Sylwester Chruszcz, Ria Oomen-Ruijten, Kristian Vigenin, István Szent-Iványi, Inese Vaidere, Jana Bobošíková, Tunne Kelam, Reino Paasilinna, Christopher Beazley, Adrian Severin, Francisco José Millán Mon, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Bernd Posselt, Andrzej Jan Szejna and Josef Zieleniec.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Zita Pleštinská, Anneli Jäätteenmäki, Milan Horáček, Hanna Foltyn-Kubicka, Gerard Batten and Vytautas Landsbergis.

The following spoke: Janez Lenarčič and Benita Ferrero-Waldner.

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

- André Brie, Gabriele Zimmer and Esko Seppänen, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the EU-Russia Summit (B6-0231/2008),

- Adam Bielan, Konrad Szymański, Inese Vaidere, Hanna Foltyn-Kubicka, Roberts Zīle, Ryszard Czarnecki and Ģirts Valdis Kristovskis, on behalf of the UEN Group, on the EU-Russia Summit (B6-0235/2008),

- José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Charles Tannock, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, Ria Oomen-Ruijten, Christopher Beazley, Elmar Brok, Urszula Gacek and Tunne Kelam, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on the EU-Russia Summit in Khanty-Mansiysk in June 2008 (B6-0298/2008),

- Janusz Onyszkiewicz, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the preparations for the 11th EU-Russia Summit in Khanty-Mansiysk in June 2008 (B6-0299/2008),

- Jan Marinus Wiersma, Hannes Swoboda, Kristian Vigenin, Reino Paasilinna and Adrian Severin, on behalf of the PSE Group, on the EU-Russia Summit of 26-27 June 2008 in Khanty-Mansiysk (B6-0300/2008),

- Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Bart Staes, Satu Hassi, Hélène Flautre, Marie Anne Isler Béguin and Angelika Beer, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the preparation of the eleventh EU-Russia Summit in Khanty-Mansiysk on 26-27 June 2008 (B6-0301/2008).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 19.06.2008, item 5.5.

14. Question Time (Council)

Parliament considered a number of questions to the Council (B6-0161/2008).

Question 1 (Robert Evans): Passengers with reduced mobility.

Janez Lenarčič (President-in-Office of the Council) answered the question and supplementaries by Robert Evans, Emanuel Jardim Fernandes and Jörg Leichtfried.

Question 2 (Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou): Common immigration policy and illegal working.

Janez Lenarčič answered the question and a supplementary by Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou.

Question 3 (Marian Harkin): Patient safety.

Janez Lenarčič answered the question and supplementaries by Marian Harkin and Mairead McGuinness.

Question 4 (Bernd Posselt): Subsidiarity and EU membership.

Janez Lenarčič answered the question and supplementaries by Bernd Posselt, Marian Harkin and Gay Mitchell.

Question 5 (Dimitrios Papadimoulis): World food supply crisis.

Janez Lenarčič answered the question and supplementaries by Dimitrios Papadimoulis and Mairead McGuinness.

Question 6 (Jim Higgins): Improvements in road safety.

Janez Lenarčič answered the question and supplementaries by Jim Higgins, Reinhard Rack and Gay Mitchell.

Question 7 was inadmissible.

Question 8 (Jörg Leichtfried): New road charging system in Slovenia.

Janez Lenarčič answered the question and supplementaries by Jörg Leichtfried and Reinhard Rack.

Questions which had not been answered for lack of time would receive written answers (see annex to the Verbatim Report of Proceedings).

Council Question Time closed.

(The sitting was suspended at 19.00 and resumed at 21.00.)

IN THE CHAIR: Mario MAURO
Vice-President

15. Composition of committees and delegations

The President had received the following requests for appointments from the PPE-DE, PSE and UEN Groups:

ENVI Committee: Salvatore Tatarella

IMCO Committee: Catiuscia Marini

ITRE Committee: Amalia Sartori

REGI Committee: Giovanni Robusti

CULT Committee: Domenico Antonio Basile to replace Salvatore Tatarella

FEMM Committee: Iva Zanicchi to replace Amalia Sartori

Subcommittee on Security and Defence: Stefano Zappalà

Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly: Mario Mauro

Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries: Giuseppe Gargani to replace Francesco Musotto

Delegation for relations with the United States: Domenico Antonio Basile to replace Salvatore Tatarella

Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China: Vito Bonsignore

Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula: Giovanni Robusti

The appointments would be deemed ratified if there were no objections before the approval of these Minutes.

16. Inland transport of dangerous goods ***II (debate)

Recommendation for second reading: on the Council common position 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)] - Committee on Transport and Tourism. Rapporteur: Bogusław Liberadzki (A6-0227/2008)

Bogusław Liberadzki introduced the recommendation for second reading.

The following spoke: Antonio Tajani (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Renate Sommer, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Nathalie Griesbeck, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Eva Lichtenberger, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Jaromír Kohlíček, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Robert Evans, first on the appointment of Antonio Tajani as a member of the Commission, and Silvia-Adriana Ţicău, on behalf of the PSE Group.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Reinhard Rack and Wiesław Stefan Kuc.

The following spoke: Antonio Tajani and Bogusław Liberadzki.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 19.06.2008, item 3.1.

17. Road infrastructure safety ***I (debate)

Report: on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on road infrastructure safety management [COM(2006)0569 - C6-0331/2006 - 2006/0182(COD)] - Committee on Transport and Tourism. Rapporteur: Helmuth Markov (A6-0050/2008)

The following spoke: Antonio Tajani (Member of the Commission).

Helmuth Markov introduced the report.

The following spoke: Renate Sommer, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Bogusław Liberadzki, on behalf of the PSE Group, Paweł Bartłomiej Piskorski, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Eva Lichtenberger, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Leopold Józef Rutowicz, on behalf of the UEN Group, Jaromír Kohlíček, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Michael Henry Nattrass, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Czesław Adam Siekierski, Silvia-Adriana Ţicău, Nathalie Griesbeck, Wiesław Stefan Kuc, Reinhard Rack, Inés Ayala Sender, Marios Matsakis, Dieter-Lebrecht Koch and Luís Queiró.

The following spoke: Antonio Tajani and Helmuth Markov.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 19.06.2008, item 3.2.

18. Future of the sheep/lamb and goat sector in Europe (debate)

Report: on the future of the sheep/lamb and goat sector in Europe [2007/2192(INI)] - Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development. Rapporteur: Liam Aylward (A6-0196/2008)

Liam Aylward introduced the report.

The following spoke: Antonio Tajani (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: James Nicholson, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Bernadette Bourzai, on behalf of the PSE Group, Alyn Smith, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Zbigniew Krzysztof Kuźmiuk, on behalf of the UEN Group, Ilda Figueiredo, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Jean-Claude Martinez, Non-attached Member, Neil Parish, Rosa Miguélez Ramos, Zdzisław Zbigniew Podkański, Mairead McGuinness, Giovanna Corda and Czesław Adam Siekierski.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Marios Matsakis and Wiesław Stefan Kuc.

The following spoke: Antonio Tajani and Liam Aylward.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 19.06.2008, item 5.6.

19. Agenda of the next sitting

The agenda of the next day's sitting had been established ('Agenda' PE 408.289/OJJE).

20. Closure of the sitting

The sitting closed at 23.10.

The following signed:

Adamou, Agnoletto, Aita, Albertini, Allister, Alvaro, Andersson, Andrejevs, Andrikienė, Angelakas, Angelilli, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Ashworth, Assis, Atkins, Attard-Montalto, Attwooll, Aubert, Audy, Auken, Ayala Sender, Aylward, Ayuso, Baco, Badia i Cutchet, Baeva, Barsi-Pataky, Batten, Battilocchio, Batzeli, Bauer, Beaupuy, Beazley, Becsey, Beer, Belet, Belohorská, Bennahmias, Beňová, Berend, Berès, Berlato, Berlinguer, Berman, Bielan, Birutis, Blokland, Bloom, Bobošíková, Böge, Bösch, Bono, Bonsignore, Borghezio, Borrell Fontelles, Boştinaru, Botopoulos, Boursier, Bourzai, Bowis, Bowles, Bozkurt, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Breyer, Březina, Brie, Elmar Brok, Budreikaitė, van Buitenen, Buitenweg, Bullmann, Bulzesc, van den Burg, Burke, Bushill-Matthews, Busk, Buşoi, Busquin, Busuttil, Camre, Capoulas Santos, Cappato, Carlotti, Carlshamre, Carnero González, Carollo, Casa, Casaca, Casini, Caspary, Castex, del Castillo Vera, Catania, Cavada, Cederschiöld, Chatzimarkakis, Chichester, Chiesa, Chmielewski, Christensen, Chruszcz, Chukolov, Claeys, Clark, Cocilovo, Coelho, Cohn-Bendit, Corbett, Corbey, Corda, Corlăţean, Cornillet, Paolo Costa, Cottigny, Coûteaux, Cramer, Cremers, Corina Creţu, Gabriela Creţu, Crowley, Csibi, Marek Aleksander Czarnecki, Ryszard Czarnecki, Dahl, Dăianu, Daul, David, Davies, De Blasio, de Brún, Degutis, De Keyser, Demetriou, De Michelis, Deprez, De Rossa, De Sarnez, Descamps, Désir, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, De Vits, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dičkutė, Didžiokas, Dillen, Dimitrakopoulos, Dobolyi, Dombrovskis, Donnici, Doorn, Douay, Dover, Doyle, Drčar Murko, Droutsas, Duchoň, Andrew Duff, Duka-Zólyomi, Dumitriu, Ehler, Ek, El Khadraoui, Elles, Esteves, Ettl, Jill Evans, Jonathan Evans, Robert Evans, Färm, Fajmon, Falbr, Farage, Fatuzzo, Fava, Fazakas, Ferber, Fernandes, Fernández Martín, Ferrari, Anne Ferreira, Elisa Ferreira, Figueiredo, Filip, Fiore, Fjellner, Flasarová, Florenz, Foglietta, Foltyn-Kubicka, Fontaine, Fouré, Fourtou, Fraga Estévez, Fraile Cantón, Frassoni, Freitas, Friedrich, Gacek, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote, Garcés Ramón, García-Margallo y Marfil, García Pérez, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gebhardt, Gentvilas, Georgiou, Geremek, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gewalt, Gibault, Gierek, Giertych, Gill, Gklavakis, Glante, Glattfelder, Gobbo, Goebbels, Goepel, Golik, Gollnisch, 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, Gruber, Guardans Cambó, Guellec, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Gurmai, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hall, Hammerstein, Hamon, Handzlik, Hannan, Harangozó, Harbour, Harkin, Harms, Hasse Ferreira, Hassi, Haug, Heaton-Harris, Hedh, Hegyi, Helmer, Hénin, Hennicot-Schoepges, Hennis-Plasschaert, Herczog, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Hieronymi, Higgins, Hökmark, Holm, Honeyball, Hoppenstedt, Horáček, Howitt, Hudacký, Hudghton, Hughes, Hutchinson, Hyusmenova, Iacob-Ridzi, Ibrisagic, in 't Veld, Iotova, Irujo Amezaga, Isler Béguin, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Jacobs, Jäätteenmäki, Jałowiecki, Janowski, Járóka, Jeggle, Jeleva, Jensen, Jöns, Jørgensen, Jonckheer, Jordan Cizelj, Jouye de Grandmaison, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Kaczmarek, Kallenbach, Kamall, Karas, Karim, Kasoulides, Kaufmann, Kauppi, Kazak, Tunne Kelam, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kirilov, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Knapman, Koch, Kohlíček, Konrad, Koppa, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Kozlík, Krahmer, Krasts, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristovskis, Krupa, Kuc, Kuhne, Kušķis, Kusstatscher, Kuźmiuk, Lagendijk, Laignel, Lamassoure, Lambrinidis, Lambsdorff, Landsbergis, Lang, De Lange, Langen, Laperrouze, La Russa, Lavarra, Lax, Lebech, Lechner, Le Foll, Lefrançois, Lehideux, Lehne, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Marine Le Pen, Le Rachinel, Lévai, Lewandowski, Liberadzki, Libicki, Lichtenberger, Lienemann, Liese, Liotard, Lipietz, López-Istúriz White, Losco, Louis, Lucas, Lulling, Lundgren, Luque Aguilar, Lynne, Lyubcheva, McAvan, McCarthy, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Madeira, Maldeikis, Manders, Mănescu, Maňka, Thomas Mann, Marinescu, Marini, Markov, Marques, Martens, Hans-Peter Martin, Martinez, Martínez Martínez, Masiel, Maštálka, Mathieu, Matsakis, Matsouka, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Medina Ortega, Meijer, Méndez de Vigo, Menéndez del Valle, Meyer Pleite, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Mladenov, Mölzer, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Morgan, Morillon, Mote, Mulder, Musacchio, Muscardini, Muscat, Musumeci, Myller, Napoletano, Naranjo Escobar, Nattrass, Navarro, Nechifor, Neris, Newton Dunn, Nicholson, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Niculescu, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Obiols i Germà, Öger, Özdemir, Olajos, Olbrycht, Ó Neachtain, Onesta, Onyszkiewicz, Oomen-Ruijten, Ortuondo Larrea, Őry, Paasilinna, Pack, Pafilis, Pahor, Paleckis, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Panayotov, Pannella, Panzeri, Papadimoulis, Paparizov, Papastamkos, Parish, Paşcu, Patriciello, Patrie, Peillon, Pęk, Alojz Peterle, Petre, Pflüger, Piecyk, Pieper, Pietikäinen, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pinior, Piotrowski, Pirilli, Piskorski, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Pleštinská, Podestà, Podimata, Podkański, Hans-Gert Pöttering, Pohjamo, Poignant, Polfer, Pomés Ruiz, Mihaela Popa, Nicolae Vlad Popa, Portas, Posdorf, Posselt, Prets, Pribetich, Vittorio Prodi, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Rack, Radwan, Raeva, Ransdorf, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Remek, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Riera Madurell, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Rivera, Rizzo, Robusti, Rocard, Rogalski, Roithová, Romagnoli, Rosati, Roszkowski, Roth-Behrendt, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Rovsing, Rübig, Rühle, Rutowicz, Ryan, Sacconi, Saïfi, Sakalas, Saks, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Sanzarello, Sanz Palacio, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Savary, Savi, Schaldemose, Schapira, Schenardi, Schierhuber, Schinas, Schlyter, Frithjof Schmidt, Olle Schmidt, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Jürgen Schröder, Schroedter, Schuth, Schwab, Seeber, Segelström, Seppänen, Severin, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Simpson, Sinnott, Siwiec, Skinner, Škottová, Smith, Sógor, Sommer, Søndergaard, Sonik, Sornosa Martínez, Sousa Pinto, Spautz, Speroni, Staes, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Šťastný, Stauner, Stavreva, Stevenson, Stihler, Stolojan, Stoyanov, Strejček, Strož, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Surján, Susta, Svensson, Swoboda, Szájer, Szejna, Szent-Iványi, Szymański, Tabajdi, Takkula, Tannock, Tarand, Tatarella, Thomsen, Ţicău, Titford, Titley, Toia, Tőkés, Tomaszewska, Tomczak, Toubon, Toussas, Trakatellis, Trautmann, Triantaphyllides, Trüpel, Turmes, Tzampazi, Uca, Ulmer, Urutchev, Vaidere, Vakalis, Vălean, Vanhecke, Van Hecke, Van Lancker, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Vaugrenard, Ventre, Veraldi, Vergnaud, Vernola, Vidal-Quadras, Vigenin, de Villiers, Virrankoski, Visser, Vlasák, Vlasto, Voggenhuber, Wagenknecht, Wallis, Walter, Watson, Henri Weber, Renate Weber, Weiler, Weisgerber, Westlund, Whittaker, Wieland, Wiersma, Wijkman, Willmott, Iuliu Winkler, Wise, von Wogau, Wohlin, Bernard Wojciechowski, Janusz Wojciechowski, Wortmann-Kool, Wurtz, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Záborská, Zahradil, Zaleski, Zanicchi, Zapałowski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Ždanoka, Zdravkova, Železný, Zieleniec, Zīle, Zimmer, Zvěřina, Zwiefka