IN THE CHAIR: Hans-Gert PÖTTERING
President

1. Formal sitting - Ingrid Betancourt

From 15.00 to 15.55, a formal sitting of Parliament was held on the occasion of the visit by Ingrid Betancourt.

IN THE CHAIR: Rodi KRATSA-TSAGAROPOULOU
Vice-President

2. Resumption of the session

The sitting opened at 15.55.

3. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

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Hanne Dahl had informed the Chair that she had wished to vote for paragraph 49, and against paragraph 66, of the report by Hélène Flautre (A6-0309/2008), adopted on 04.09.2008 (minutes of 04.09.2008, item 7).

4. Composition of Parliament

Joseph Muscat had given notice of his election to the Maltese Parliament.

Under Article 7(2) of the Act concerning the election of representatives of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage and Rule 4(1) of its Rules of Procedure, Parliament noted this and established the vacancy with effect from 01.10.2008.

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The French authorities had given notice of:

- the election of Bernadette Bourzai and Robert Navarro to the French Senate, and

- the election to the European Parliament of Jean-Paul Denanot, replacing Bernadette Bourzai, and of Michel Teychenne, replacing Robert Navarro.

Under Article 7(2) of the Act concerning the election of representatives of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage and Rule 4(1) of its Rules of Procedure, Parliament established the vacancy of the seats of Bernadette Bourzai and Robert Navarro with effect from 01.10.2008, and noted the election to Parliament of Jean-Paul Denanot and Michel Teychenne with effect from 06.10.2008.

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The UK authorities had given notice of the election to the European Parliament of Trevor Colman, in place of Graham Booth, with effect from 01.10.2008.

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Under Rule 3(2), until such time as their credentials had been verified or a ruling had been given on any dispute, and provided that they had previously made written declarations stating that they did not hold any office incompatible with that of Member of the European Parliament, Jean-Paul Denanot, Michel Teychenne and Trevor Colman would take their seats in Parliament and on its bodies and would enjoy all the rights attaching thereto.

5. Composition of committees and delegations

At the request of the IND-DEM Group, Parliament ratified the following appointments:

IMCO Committee: Hélène Goudin to replace Godfrey Bloom

INTA Committee: Trevor Colman

6. Documents received

The following documents had been received:

(1) from committees

(1.1) reports

- ***I Report on the revised proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the promotion of clean and energy efficient road transport vehicles (COM(2005)0634 - C6-0008/2006 - 2005/0283(COD)) - ENVI Committee - Rapporteur: Dan Jørgensen (A6-0291/2008)

- * Report on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and Ukraine in relation to preservation of commitments on trade in services contained in the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (COM(2008)0220 - C6-0202/2008 - 2008/0087(CNS)) - INTA Committee - Rapporteur: Zbigniew Zaleski (A6-0337/2008)

- * Report on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 423/2004 as regards the recovery of cod stocks and amending Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 (COM(2008)0162 - C6-0183/2008 - 2008/0063(CNS)) - PECH Committee - Rapporteur: Niels Busk (A6-0340/2008)

- *** Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Community and its Member States, of a Protocol to the Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other, on the free movement of persons regarding the participation, as contracting parties of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania pursuant to their accession to the European Union (09116/2008 - C6-0209/2008 - 2008/0080(AVC)) - LIBE Committee - Rapporteur: Marian-Jean Marinescu (A6-0343/2008)

- ***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2001/82/EC and Directive 2001/83/EC as regards variations to the terms of marketing authorisations for medicinal products (COM(2008)0123 - C6-0137/2008 - 2008/0045(COD)) - ENVI Committee - Rapporteur: Françoise Grossetête (A6-0346/2008)

- Report on insertion of a new Rule 202a on the use by Parliament of the symbols of the Union (2007/2240(REG)) - AFCO Committee - Rapporteur: Carlos Carnero González (A6-0347/2008)

- ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 638/2004 on Community statistics relating to the trading of goods between Member States (COM(2008)0058 - C6-0059/2008 - 2008/0026(COD)) - ECON Committee - Rapporteur: Eoin Ryan (A6-0348/2008)

- ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on European Statistics (COM(2007)0625 - C6-0346/2007 - 2007/0220(COD)) - ECON Committee - Rapporteur: Andreas Schwab (A6-0349/2008)

- Report on 'Together for Health: A Strategic Approach for the EU 2008-2013' (2008/2115(INI)) - ENVI Committee - Rapporteur: Alojz Peterle (A6-0350/2008)

- Report on a strategy for the future settlement of the institutional aspects of Regulatory Agencies (2008/2103(INI)) - AFCO Committee - Rapporteur: Georgios Papastamkos (A6-0354/2008)

- Report on 'Better lawmaking 2006' pursuant to Article 9 of the Protocol on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality (2008/2045(INI)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Manuel Medina Ortega (A6-0355/2008)

- Report on the implementation of social legislation relating to road transport (2008/2062(INI)) - EMPL Committee - Rapporteur: Alejandro Cercas (A6-0357/2008)

- Report with recommendations to the Commission on Lamfalussy follow-up:- future structure of supervision (2008/2148(INI)) - ECON Committee (A6-0359/2008)

- * Report on the proposal for a Council decision on the establishment of the European Criminal Records Information System (ECRIS) in application of Article 11 of Framework Decision 2008/XX/JHA (COM(2008)0332 - C6-0216/2008 - 2008/0101(CNS)) - LIBE Committee - Rapporteur: Luca Romagnoli (A6-0360/2008)

- Report on addressing the challenge of water scarcity and droughts in the European Union (2008/2074(INI)) - ENVI Committee - Rapporteur: Richard Seeber (A6-0362/2008)

- Report on promoting social inclusion and combatting poverty, including child poverty, in the EU (2008/2034(INI)) - EMPL Committee - Rapporteur: Gabriele Zimmer (A6-0364/2008)

- Report on stepping up the fight against undeclared work (2008/2035(INI)) - EMPL Committee - Rapporteur: Pier Antonio Panzeri (A6-0365/2008)

- Report on the approval of the joint declaration on Communicating Europe in Partnership (COM(2007)0569 - C6-0331/2008 - 2007/2222(ACI)) - AFCO Committee - Rapporteur: Jo Leinen (A6-0372/2008)

7. Oral questions and written declarations (submission)

The following documents had been submitted by Members:

(1) oral questions (Rule 108):

- (O-0084/2008) by Diana Wallis, Bilyana Ilieva Raeva and Johannes Lebech, on behalf of the ALDE Group, to the Commission: Arctic governance in a global world (B6-0467/2008),

- (O-0087/2008) by Marco Cappato and Michael Cashman, on behalf of the LIBE Committee, Anneli Jäätteenmäki and Costas Botopoulos, on behalf of the AFCO Committee, to the Council: Enforcement of the ECJ Judgment on the 'Turco' Case (transparency in the legislative preparatory works/documents (B6-0470/2008)

- (O-0088/2008) by Marco Cappato and Michael Cashman, on behalf of the LIBE Committee, Anneli Jäätteenmäki and Costas Botopoulos, on behalf of the AFCO Committee, to the Commission: Fulfilment of the CJ Judgment on the 'Turco' Case (transparency in legislative preparatory works/documents) (B6-0471/2008)

- (O-0092/2008) by Gerardo Galeote, on behalf of the DEVE Committee, to the Commission: European Union Solidarity Fund: obstacles for its reform (B6-0472/2008)

- (O-0095/2008) by Marco Cappato and Marco Pannella, on behalf of the ALDE Group, to the Council: Democracy, human rights and the new EU-Vietnam Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (B6-0473/2008),

- (O-0096/2008) by Marco Cappato and Marco Pannella, on behalf of the ALDE Group, to the Commission: Democracy, human rights and the new EU-Vietnam Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (B6-0474/2008)

(2) written declarations for inclusion in the register (Rule 116):

- Libor Rouček on an unjust sentence for Czech entomologists by a court in West Bengal (0079/2008),

- Françoise Grossetête, John Bowis, Katalin Lévai, Jan Tadeusz Masiel and Antonios Trakatellis on priorities in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease (0080/2008),

- Philip Claeys, Frank Vanhecke and Koenraad Dillen on Jordan’s request for the surrender of European citizens for criticising Islam (0081/2008),

- Mechtild Rothe, Anders Wijkman, Fiona Hall, Claude Turmes and Umberto Guidoni on the establishment of an International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) (0082/2008),

- Andreas Mölzer on the Lisbon referenda (0083/2008),

- Irena Belohorská, Zita Pleštinská and Anna Záborská on diabetes and obesity in pregnancy (0084/2008),

- Mikel Irujo Amezaga on the universal adoption of the Zaragoza Charter as a demonstration of support for water (0085/2008),

- Marco Cappato, Hanna Foltyn-Kubicka, Thomas Mann, Charles Tannock and Helga Trüpel on restoring NTDTV Television broadcasts to China via Eutelsat (0086/2008),

- Mario Mauro and Gianni Pittella on the use of Eurobonds as a new strategy to support growth (0087/2008),

- Jean Lambert, Caroline Lucas, Alejandro Cercas and Luigi Cocilovo on workers’ environmental representatives (0088/2008).

8. Lapsed written declarations

In accordance with Rule 116(5), written declarations 46/2008 and 47/2008 lapsed as they had not obtained the required number of signatures.

9. Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council

The Council had forwarded certified true copies of the following:

- Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Kazakhstan, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union,

- Memorandum of Understanding between the International Civil Aviation Organisation and the Community on security audits/inspections and related matters.

10. Transfers of appropriations

The Committee on Budgets had considered the Commission's proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 26/2008 (C6-0304/2008).

Having noted the Council's opinion, it had authorised the transfer in full under Article 24(3) of the Financial Regulation of 25.06.2002, as amended on 13.12.2006.

11. Order of business

The next item was the order of business.

The final draft agenda for the October I plenary sittings (PE 413.272) had been distributed. The President, with the agreement of the political groups, proposed the following amendments (Rule 132):

Sittings of 08.10.2008 and 09.10.2008

1. A debate on the situation of the global financial system would be included in the debate on the preparation of the European Council (item 3 on the final draft agenda), the title of which would be changed accordingly. The debate would be wound up with the tabling of a motion for a resolution by the ECON Committee, which would be put to the vote during the October II part-session in Strasbourg.

2. The debate on the report by Ieke van den Burg and Daniel Dăianu entitled 'Lamfalussy follow up - Future structure of supervision' (A6-0359/2008) (item 16 on the final draft agenda) would be brought forward from the agenda of the following day, Thursday 09.10.2008, to Wednesday's, and placed after the debate on the preparation of the European Council, including the situation of the global financial system.

3. The debate on the report by Carlos Carnero González on the use by Parliament of the symbols of the Union (A6-0347/2008) (item 7 on the final draft agenda) would be the first item on the following day's agenda.

4. The report by Jo Leinen on the approval of the joint declaration on Communicating Europe in Partnership (A6-0372/2008), adopted by the AFCO Committee on 07.10.2008, would be put to the vote during the following day's voting time in accordance with Rule 43(1).

5. Wednesday's business would continue uninterrupted until 24.00.

The President noted that there were no objections to the proposed amendments.

The order of business was thus established.

12. Preparation of the European Council, including the situation of the global financial system (debate)

Council and Commission statements: Preparation of the European Council, including the situation of the global financial system

Jean-Pierre Jouyet (President-in-Office of the Council) made the statement.

13. Welcome

On behalf of Parliament, the President welcomed members of a delegation from the Parliament of the Canary Islands - led by its President, Antonio Ángel Castro Cordobez - who had taken their seats in the distinguished visitors' gallery.

14. Preparation of the European Council, including the situation of the global financial system (continuation of debate)

Council and Commission statements: Preparation of the European Council, including the situation of the global financial system

José Manuel Barroso (President of the Commission) made the statement.

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, Pierre Jonckheer, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Brian Crowley, on behalf of the UEN Group, and Francis Wurtz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group.

IN THE CHAIR: Martine ROURE
Vice-President

The following spoke: Nigel Farage, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Jana Bobošíková, Non-attached Member, Jean-Pierre Jouyet (President-in-Office of the Council), José Manuel Barroso, Philip Bushill-Matthews, Pervenche Berès, Wolf Klinz, Hélène Flautre, Cristiana Muscardini, Frank Vanhecke, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, Enrique Barón Crespo, Sophia in 't Veld, Ryszard Czarnecki, Werner Langen, Jo Leinen, Mario Borghezio, Tunne Kelam, Proinsias De Rossa, Cornelis Visser, Józef Pinior, Jerzy Buzek, Othmar Karas and Colm Burke.

IN THE CHAIR: Manuel António dos SANTOS
Vice-President

The following spoke: Gunnar Hökmark, Piia-Noora Kauppi and Zsolt László Becsey.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: John Purvis, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Marios Matsakis, Marie Anne Isler Béguin, Konrad Szymański, Ioannis Varvitsiotis and Victor Boştinaru.

The following spoke: Jean-Pierre Jouyet and Joaquín Almunia (Member of the Commission).

The motion for a resolution to be tabled under Rule 103(2) would be announced later.

The debate closed.

Vote: next part-session.

15. Lamfalussy follow-up - Future Structure of Supervision (debate)

Report: with recommendations to the Commission on the Lamfalussy follow-up: future structure of supervision [2008/2148(INI)] - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Co-rapporteurs: Ieke van den Burg and Daniel Dăianu (A6-0359/2008)

Ieke van den Burg and Daniel Dăianu presented the report.

The following spoke: Charlie McCreevy (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Piia-Noora Kauppi, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Antolín Sánchez Presedo, on behalf of the PSE Group, and Wolf Klinz, on behalf of the ALDE Group.

IN THE CHAIR: Mechtild ROTHE
Vice-President

The following spoke: Pierre Jonckheer, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, John Purvis, Sharon Bowles, Margarita Starkevičiūtė and Olle Schmidt.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Avril Doyle, Harald Ettl and Czesław Adam Siekierski.

The following spoke: Charlie McCreevy, Ieke van den Burg and Daniel Dăianu.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 09.10.2008, item 7.14.

16. Welcome

On behalf of Parliament, the President welcomed Alaksandar Milinkevich, leader of the Belarusian democratic movement and winner of the 2006 Sakharov Prize, and Alaksandar Kazulin, honorary president of the Belarusian social democratic party Hramada, who had taken their seats in the distinguished visitors' gallery.

17. Situation in Belarus (debate)

Council and Commission statements: Situation in Belarus

Jean-Pierre Jouyet (President-in-Office of the Council) and Charlie McCreevy (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, Elisabeth Schroedter, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Konrad Szymański, on behalf of the UEN Group, Erik Meijer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Bastiaan Belder, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Jacek Protasiewicz, Justas Vincas Paleckis, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, Wojciech Roszkowski, Árpád Duka-Zólyomi and Adrian Severin.

IN THE CHAIR: Mario MAURO
Vice-President

The following spoke: Marian Harkin, Jana Hybášková, Józef Pinior, Jas Gawronski and Libor Rouček.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Colm Burke and Zita Pleštinská.

The following spoke: Jean-Pierre Jouyet and Charlie McCreevy.

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

- Jan Marinus Wiersma, Justas Vincas Paleckis, Pasqualina Napoletano and Klaus Hänsch, on behalf of the PSE Group, on the situation in Belarus (B6-0527/2008),

- Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, Janusz Onyszkiewicz and Marian Harkin, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the situation in Belarus (B6-0530/2008),

- André Brie, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the results of the parliamentary elections in Belarus (B6-0532/2008),

- Jacek Protasiewicz, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on the parliamentary elections of 28 September 2008 in Belarus (B6-0533/2008),

- Konrad Szymański, Adam Bielan, Wojciech Roszkowski, Andrzej Tomasz Zapałowski, Ryszard Czarnecki and Inese Vaidere, on behalf of the UEN Group, on the situation in Belarus after the parliamentary election of 28 September 2008 (B6-0534/2008),

- Elisabeth Schroedter and Milan Horáček, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the situation in Belarus (B6-0535/2008).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 09.10.2008, item 7.8.

18. Composition of Parliament

Lilli Gruber had given notice of her resignation as a Member of the European Parliament with effect from 01.10.2008.

Under Rule 4(1) and (7), Parliament established the vacancy with effect from that date and informed the Member State concerned.

19. Corrigenda (Rule 204a)

The committees responsible had forwarded the following corrigenda to texts adopted by Parliament:

- Corrigendum to the position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 18 June 2008 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EC) No .../2008 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

P6_TA(2008)0298 - COM(2007)0741 – C6 0432/2007 – 2007/0262(COD) - JURI

- Corrigendum to the position of the European Parliament adopted at second reading on 17 June 2008 with a view to the adoption of Directive 2008/.../EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on environmental quality standards in the field of water policy and amending Directives 82/176/EEC, 83/513/EEC, 84/156/EEC, 84/491/EEC, 86/280/EEC and 2000/60/EC

P6_TA-PROV(2008)0283 - (11486/3/2007 – C6-0055/2008 – 2006/0129(COD)) - ENVI

Pursuant to Rule 204a, these corrigenda would be deemed approved unless, within 48 hours, a request was made by a political group or at least 40 Members that they be put to the vote.

The corrigenda were available on the Séance en direct site.

20. Enforcement of the ECJ judgment on the 'Turco' case (debate)

Oral question (O-0087/2008) by Marco Cappato and Michael Cashman, on behalf of the LIBE Committee, Anneli Jäätteenmäki and Costas Botopoulos, on behalf of the AFCO Committee, to the Council: Enforcement of the ECJ Judgment on the 'Turco' Case (transparency in the legislative preparatory works/documents (B6-0470/2008)

Oral question (O-0088/2008) by Marco Cappato and Michael Cashman, on behalf of the LIBE Committee, Anneli Jäätteenmäki and Costas Botopoulos, on behalf of the AFCO Committee, to the Commission: Fulfilment of the CJ Judgment on the 'Turco' Case (transparency in legislative preparatory works/documents) (B6-0471/2008)

Marco Cappato and Anneli Jäätteenmäki moved the oral questions.

Jean-Pierre Jouyet (President-in-Office of the Council) and Margot Wallström (Vice-President of the Commission) answered the questions.

The following spoke: Charlotte Cederschiöld, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Michael Cashman, on behalf of the PSE Group, Eva-Britt Svensson, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, and Costas Botopoulos.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Mairead McGuinness, Anneli Jäätteenmäki and Marco Cappato.

The following spoke: Jean-Pierre Jouyet and Margot Wallström.

The debate closed.

21. One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Pursuant to Rule 144, the following Members who wished to draw the attention of Parliament to matters of political importance spoke for one minute:

Georgios Papastamkos (continued below).

IN THE CHAIR: Diana WALLIS
Vice-President

(continued) Neena Gill, Cristian Silviu Buşoi, László Tőkés, Mieczysław Edmund Janowski, Gabriele Zimmer, Urszula Krupa, Sergej Kozlík, Marian Zlotea, Pierre Pribetich, Marco Cappato, Milan Horáček, Zdzisław Zbigniew Podkański, Ilda Figueiredo, Witold Tomczak, Irena Belohorská, Mairead McGuinness, Yannick Vaugrenard, Marco Pannella, Andrzej Tomasz Zapałowski, Gerard Batten, Péter Olajos, Monika Beňová, Milan Gaľa, Avril Doyle and Miloš Koterec.

22. Suspension of the WTO Doha Round (debate)

Commission statement: Suspension of the WTO Doha Round

Mariann Fischer Boel (Member of the Commission) made the statement.

The following spoke: Georgios Papastamkos, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Erika Mann, on behalf of the PSE Group, Ignasi Guardans Cambó, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Caroline Lucas, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Seán Ó Neachtain, on behalf of the UEN Group, Helmuth Markov, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Derek Roland Clark, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Jean-Claude Martinez, Non-attached Member, Mairead McGuinness, Kader Arif, Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, Nils Lundgren, Robert Sturdy, who also protested at the inconvenience he felt had been caused by a reception held on Parliament's premises (the President noted this), Harlem Désir, Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Carlos Carnero González and Béla Glattfelder.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Czesław Adam Siekierski.

The following spoke: Mariann Fischer Boel.

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

- Cristiana Muscardini, Eugenijus Maldeikis, Ģirts Valdis Kristovskis, Jan Tadeusz Masiel, Seán Ó Neachtain and Ryszard Czarnecki, on behalf of the UEN Group, on the future of the WTO Doha Development Agenda (B6-0521/2008),

- Caroline Lucas, Alain Lipietz, Carl Schlyter and Frithjof Schmidt, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the suspension of the WTO Doha Development Agenda (B6-0522/2008),

- Georgios Papastamkos, Robert Sturdy, Corien Wortmann-Kool and Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on the future of the Doha Round (B6-0524/2008),

- Ignasi Guardans Cambó, Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, Gianluca Susta and Daniel Dăianu, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the suspension of the WTO Doha Development Agenda (B6-0525/2008),

- Erika Mann and Harlem Désir, on behalf of the PSE Group, on the suspension of the WTO Doha Development Agenda (B6-0529/2008),

- Helmuth Markov, Jens Holm, Vittorio Agnoletto, Pedro Guerreiro and Jacky Hénin, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the suspension of the WTO Doha Development Agenda (B6-0531/2008).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 09.10.2008, item 7.9.

23. EC-Ukraine Agreement in relation to preservation of commitments on trade in services * (debate)

Report: on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and Ukraine in relation to preservation of commitments on trade in services contained in the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement [COM(2008)0220 - C6-0202/2008 - 2008/0087(CNS)] - Committee on International Trade. Rapporteur: Zbigniew Zaleski (A6-0337/2008)

Zbigniew Zaleski introduced the report.

The following spoke: Meglena Kuneva (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Zita Pleštinská, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Francisco Assis, on behalf of the PSE Group, Rebecca Harms, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Andrzej Tomasz Zapałowski, on behalf of the UEN Group, Sylwester Chruszcz, Non-attached Member, and Zdzisław Zbigniew Podkański.

IN THE CHAIR: Adam BIELAN
Vice-President

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Czesław Adam Siekierski and Zbigniew Krzysztof Kuźmiuk.

The following spoke: Meglena Kuneva and Zbigniew Zaleski.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 09.10.2008, item 7.6.

24. Addressing the challenge of water scarcity and droughts in the European Union (debate)

Report: on addressing the challenge of water scarcity and droughts in the European Union [2008/2074(INI)] - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. Rapporteur: Richard Seeber (A6-0362/2008)

Richard Seeber introduced the report.

The following spoke: Vladimír Špidla (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Iratxe García Pérez (draftsman of the opinion of the REGI Committee), Esther Herranz García (draftsman of the opinion of the AGRI Committee), Péter Olajos, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Edite Estrela, on behalf of the PSE Group, Anne Laperrouze, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Marie Anne Isler Béguin, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Kartika Tamara Liotard, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Johannes Blokland, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Andreas Mölzer, Non-attached Member, Antonio De Blasio, Cristina Gutiérrez-Cortines, Inés Ayala Sender and Rolf Berend.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Zita Pleštinská, Avril Doyle, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi and Andrzej Jan Szejna.

The following spoke: Vladimír Špidla and Richard Seeber.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 09.10.2008, item 7.11.

25. Arctic governance in a global world (debate)

Oral question (O-0084/2008) by Diana Wallis, Bilyana Ilieva Raeva and Johannes Lebech, on behalf of the ALDE Group, to the Commission: Arctic governance in a global world (B6-0467/2008)

Diana Wallis moved the oral question.

Vladimír Špidla (Member of the Commission) answered the oral question.

The following spoke: Tunne Kelam, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Michel Rocard, on behalf of the PSE Group, Danutė Budreikaitė, on behalf of the ALDE Group, and Satu Hassi, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Avril Doyle, Libor Rouček, Richard Seeber and Vladimír Špidla.

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

- Diana Wallis, Bilyana Ilieva Raeva, Johannes Lebech, Kyösti Virrankoski, Olle Schmidt and Danutė Budreikaitė, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on Arctic governance (B6-0523/2008),

- Michel Rocard, Véronique De Keyser and Libor Rouček, on behalf of the PSE Group, on Arctic governance (B6-0526/2008),

- Laima Liucija Andrikienė, Tunne Kelam, Eija-Riitta Korhola and John Bowis, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on Arctic Governance (B6-0528/2008).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 09.10.2008, item 7.12.

26. Stepping up the fight against undeclared work (short presentation)

Report: on stepping up the fight against undeclared work [2008/2035(INI)] - Committee on Employment and Social Affairs. Rapporteur: Pier Antonio Panzeri (A6-0365/2008)

Pier Antonio Panzeri introduced the report.

The following spoke: Vladimír Špidla (Member of the Commission).

The item closed.

Vote: minutes of 09.10.2008, item 7.4.

27. Implementation of the social legislation relating to road transport (short presentation)

Report: on the implementation of social legislation relating to road transport [2008/2062(INI)] - Committee on Employment and Social Affairs. Rapporteur: Alejandro Cercas (A6-0357/2008)

Alejandro Cercas introduced the report.

The following spoke: Vladimír Špidla (Member of the Commission).

The item closed.

Vote: minutes of 09.10.2008, item 7.13.

28. Promoting social inclusion and combating poverty (short presentation)

Report: on promoting social inclusion and combating poverty, including child poverty, in the EU [2008/2034(INI)] - Committee on Employment and Social Affairs. Rapporteur: Gabriele Zimmer (A6-0364/2008)

Gabriele Zimmer introduced the report.

The following spoke: Vladimír Špidla (Member of the Commission).

The item closed.

Vote: minutes of 09.10.2008, item 7.5.

29. Agenda of the next sitting

The agenda of the next day's sitting had been established ('Agenda' PE 413.272).

30. Closure of the sitting

The sitting closed at 0.20.

The following signed:

Adamou, Agnoletto, Aita, Allister, Andersson, Andrejevs, Andrikienė, Angelakas, Antinucci, Antoniozzi, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Ashworth, Assis, Atkins, Attard-Montalto, Attwooll, Aubert, Audy, Auken, Ayala Sender, Aylward, Baco, Badia i Cutchet, Baeva, Barón Crespo, Barsi-Pataky, Bartolozzi, Basile, Batten, Battilocchio, Bauer, Beazley, Becsey, Belder, Belet, Belohorská, Bennahmias, Beňová, Berend, Berès, Berlato, Bielan, Binev, Birutis, Blokland, Bobošíková, Böge, Bono, Bonsignore, Boştinaru, Botopoulos, Boursier, Bowis, Bowles, Bozkurt, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Breyer, Březina, Brie, Brok, Budreikaitė, van Buitenen, Bulfon, Bullmann, Bulzesc, van den Burg, Burke, Bushill-Matthews, Busk, Buşoi, Busquin, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Calia , Callanan, Camre, Capoulas Santos, Cappato, Carlotti, Carnero González, Carollo, Casa, Casaca, Cashman, Casini, Caspary, Castex, Catania, Cavada, Cederschiöld, Cercas, Chatzimarkakis, Chichester, Chiesa, Chmielewski, Christensen, Chruszcz, Ciani, Claeys, Clark, Cocilovo, Coelho, Colman , Corbett, Corbey, Corda, Corlăţean, Paolo Costa, Cottigny, Coûteaux, Cramer, Cremers, Crowley, Csibi, Marek Aleksander Czarnecki, Ryszard Czarnecki, Dahl, Dăianu, Daul, David, Davies, De Blasio, de Brún, De Keyser, Demetriou, Deprez, De Rossa, De Sarnez, Descamps, Désir, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, De Vits, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dičkutė, Dillen, Dimitrakopoulos, Dobolyi, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Douay, Dover, Doyle, Drčar Murko, Droutsas, Duff, Duka-Zólyomi, El Khadraoui, Elles, Esteves, Estrela, 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, Flasarová, Flautre, Foglietta, Fontaine, Ford, Fouré, Fourtou, Fraga Estévez, Fraile Cantón, França, Frassoni, Freitas, Friedrich, Gacek, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Garcés Ramón, García Pérez, Gardini, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gebhardt, Gentvilas, Georgiou, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gibault, Gierek, Giertych, Gill, Glante, Glattfelder, Goebbels, Goepel, Golik, Gollnisch, Gomes, Gomolka, Gottardi, Goudin, Grabowska, Graça Moura, Grau i Segú, Gröner, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Groote, Grosch, Grossetête, Guardans Cambó, Guellec, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Gurmai, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Guy-Quint, Gyürk, Hänsch, Hall, Handzlik, Hannan, Harangozó, Harbour, Harkin, Harms, Hasse Ferreira, Hassi, Haug, Heaton-Harris, Hedh, Hegyi, Hénin, Hennicot-Schoepges, Hennis-Plasschaert, Herczog, Herranz García, Higgins, Hökmark, Honeyball, Hoppenstedt, Horáček, Howitt, Hudacký, Hudghton, Hughes, Hutchinson, Hyusmenova, Ibrisagic, in 't Veld, Irujo Amezaga, Isler Béguin, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jackson, Jacobs, Jäätteenmäki, Jałowiecki, Janowski, Járóka, Jarzembowski, Jeggle, Jeleva, Jensen, Jöns, Jonckheer, Jordan Cizelj, Jouye de Grandmaison, Juknevičienė, Kacin, Kaczmarek, Kallenbach, Kamall, Karas, Karim, Kasoulides, Kaufmann, Kauppi, Kazak, Tunne Kelam, Kilroy-Silk, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kirilov, Kirkhope, Klamt, Klaß, Klinz, Koch, Kohlíček, Konrad, Koppa, Korhola, Koterec, Kozlík, Krahmer, Krasts, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kristovskis, Krupa, Kuc, Kusstatscher, Kuźmiuk, Lagendijk, Laignel, Lambert, Lambrinidis, Lambsdorff, Lang, Langen, Langendries, Laperrouze, La Russa, Lauk, Lavarra, Lax, Lebech, Lechner, Le Foll, Lefrançois, Lehideux, Lehne, Lehtinen, Leinen, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Le Rachinel, Liberadzki, Libicki, Lienemann, Liese, Liotard, Lipietz, Locatelli, Lo Curto, López-Istúriz White, Losco, Lucas, Ludford, Lulling, Lundgren, Luque Aguilar, Lynne, Lyubcheva, Maaten, McAvan, McCarthy, McDonald, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Madeira, Maldeikis, Manders, Mănescu, Erika Mann, Thomas Mann, Marinescu, Marini, Markov, Martens, David Martin, Hans-Peter Martin, Martinez, Martínez Martínez, Masiel, Masip Hidalgo, Mathieu, Matsakis, Matsouka, Mauro, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Medina Ortega, Meijer, Méndez de Vigo, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Mikolášik, Mitchell, Mladenov, Mölzer, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Morgan, Morgantini, Morillon, Elisabeth Morin, Mote, Mulder, Musacchio, Muscardini, Musumeci, Napoletano, Nassauer, Nattrass, Nechifor, Newton Dunn, Nicholson, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Niculescu, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Obiols i Germà, Öger, Olajos, Olbrycht, Ó Neachtain, Onesta, Onyszkiewicz, Oomen-Ruijten, Oprea, Ortuondo Larrea, Őry, Ouzký, Oviir, Paasilinna, Pack, Pagano, Paleckis, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Pannella, Panzeri, Papadimoulis, Paparizov, Papastamkos, Parish, Paşcu, Patriciello, Patrie, Peillon, Pęk, Alojz Peterle, Petre, Pflüger, Pieper, Pietikäinen, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pinior, Piotrowski, Pirilli, Pirker, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Pleštinská, Plumb, Podestà, Podkański, Pöttering, Pohjamo, Poignant, Pomés Ruiz, Nicolae Vlad Popa, Portas, Posdorf, Prets, Pribetich, Vittorio Prodi, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rack, Radwan, Raeva, Ransdorf, Rapkay, Remek, Resetarits, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Ries, Riis-Jørgensen, Rivera, Rizzo, Robsahm, Robusti, Rocard, Rodust, Rogalski, Roithová, Romagnoli, Roszkowski, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Rovsing, Rübig, Rühle, Rus, Rutowicz, Ryan, Sacconi, Saïfi, Sakalas, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Sanzarello, Sanz Palacio, Sârbu, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Savi, Schaldemose, Schapira, Schenardi, Schinas, Schlyter, Frithjof Schmidt, Olle Schmidt, Schmitt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schroedter, Schuth, Schwab, Seeber, Segelström, Seppänen, Severin, Siekierski, Silva Peneda, Simpson, Sinnott, Skinner, Škottová, Smith, Sógor, Sommer, Søndergaard, Sonik, Sornosa Martínez, Sousa Pinto, Spautz, Speroni, Staes, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Stauner, Stavreva, Sterckx, Stevenson, Stihler, Stolojan, Stoyanov, Strejček, Strož, Sturdy, Sudre, Surján, Susta, Svensson, Swoboda, Szájer, Szejna, Szent-Iványi, Szymański, Tabajdi, Takkula, Tannock, Tarand, Teychenne , Thomsen, Thyssen, Ţicău, Titford, Titley, Toia, Tomaszewska, Tomczak, Toussas, Trakatellis, Trautmann, Triantaphyllides, Trüpel, Turmes, Uca, Urutchev, Vaidere, Vakalis, Vălean, Vanhecke, Van Hecke, Van Lancker, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Vaugrenard, Veneto, Ventre, Vergnaud, Vernola, Vidal-Quadras, Vigenin, Virrankoski, Visser, Vlasák, Vlasto, Voggenhuber, Wallis, Walter, Watson, Henri Weber, Weiler, Weisgerber, Westlund, Wieland, Wielowieyski, Wiersma, Wijkman, Willmott, Iuliu Winkler, Wise, Wohlin, Bernard Wojciechowski, Janusz Wojciechowski, Wurtz, Yañez-Barnuevo García, Záborská, Zaleski, Zanicchi, Zapałowski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Zdravkova, Železný, Zieleniec, Zīle, Zimmer, Zlotea, Zvěřina, Zwiefka