The following documents had been received from the Council and Commission:
- Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 94/19/EC on Deposit Guarantee Schemes as regards the coverage level and the payout delay (COM(2008)0661 - C6-0361/2008 - 2008/0199(COD))
referred to
responsible :
ECON
opinion :
JURI, IMCO
- Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 28/2008 - Section III – Commission (N6-0021/2008 - C6-0374/2008 - 2008/2299(GBD))
referred to
responsible :
BUDG
- Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 27/2008 - Section III - Commission (N6-0022/2008 - C6-0376/2008 - 2008/2300(GBD))
referred to
responsible :
BUDG
- Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 36/2008 - Section III - Commission (N6-0023/2008 - C6-0377/2008 - 2008/2302(GBD))
4. Annual report on the European Ombudsman's activities in 2007 (debate)
Report: on the Annual report on the European Ombudsman's activities in 2007 [2008/2158(INI)] - Committee on Petitions. Rapporteur: Dushana Zdravkova (A6-0358/2008)
Dushana Zdravkova introduced the report.
The following spoke: Nikiforos Diamandouros (Ombudsman) and Andris Piebalgs (Member of the Commission).
The following spoke: Andreas Schwab, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Proinsias De Rossa, on behalf of the PSE Group, Marian Harkin, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Margrete Auken, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Marcin Libicki, on behalf of the UEN Group, Dimitrios Papadimoulis, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Nils Lundgren, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Hans-Peter Martin, Non-attached Member, Mairead McGuinness, Alexandra Dobolyi, Metin Kazak, Ryszard Czarnecki, Frank Vanhecke, Manolis Mavrommatis, Michael Cashman, Anneli Jäätteenmäki, Simon Busuttil, Maria Matsouka, Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg and Inés Ayala Sender.
The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Dumitru Oprea, Reinhard Rack, Silvia-Adriana Ţicău and Alessandro Battilocchio.
The following spoke: Nikiforos Diamandouros, Andris Piebalgs, Dushana Zdravkova and Hans-Peter Martin, who made a personal statement in response to the remarks made by Michael Cashman.
(The sitting was suspended at 11.05 and resumed at 11.10.)
IN THE CHAIR: Hans-Gert PÖTTERING President
5. Announcements by the President
The President informed the House that the Conference of Presidents had decided that the 2008 Sakharov Prize be awarded to Hu Jia, defender of human rights in China.
He also made a brief statement on the occasion of the 63rd anniversary of the formal establishment of the United Nations on 24.10.2008. He referred in particular to the commitment and cooperation between the European Union, the European Parliament and the various UN programmes, and emphasised the importance of multilateral solidarity during the current financial crisis.
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. Draft general budget of the European Union - 2009 budget (vote)
- Draft amendments to and proposals for modification relating to the appropriations in Section III of the 2009 draft general budget, concerning the Commission
- Draft amendments to Sections I, II, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII and IX of the 2009 draft general budget concerning the European Parliament, Council, Court of Justice, Court of Auditors, Economic and Social Committee, Committee of the Regions, European Ombudsman and European Data Protection Supervisor
(Qualified majority for draft amendments dealing with non-compulsory expenditure; simple majority for proposed modifications dealing with compulsory expenditure)
The draft amendments and proposed modifications adopted are listed in an annex to the Texts Adopted.
(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 1)
The following spoke:
Before the vote
Jutta Haug (rapporteur) proposed the following technical adjustments:
- the vote on Amendment 783 on budget line 22 02 04 02 was for payment appropriations only;
- the remarks regarding the Global Energy Assessment (GEA) would be moved from budget line 08 03 01, where they had been tabled in error, to budget line 08 05 01; in consequence, Amendment 936 on line 08 03 01 would be voted without the GEA remarks; they would be included in Amendment 938 on line 08 05 01, instead;
- the decision to restore PDB for the decentralised agencies on Titles 1 and 2 covered restoration of their PDB establishment plans; this concerned the Medicines Agency, the European Chemicals Agency, the Aviation Safety Agency, the Maritime Safety Agency, the Railway Agency, the Environment Agency, the Centre for Development of Vocational Training, the Food Safety Authority, the Fisheries Control Agency and the Community Plant Variety Office, for which the establishment plans were missing from the amendments documents;
- On advice from the legal service, one budgetary remark adopted on several budget lines had to be slightly adapted; this concerned the remark starting with 'Commission shall allow ...' until '... regarding the use of Community Funds' that was included in the following amendments: Amendment 994 on line 19 04 01, Amendment 1011 on line 21 02 01, Amendment 1015 on line 21 03 01, Amendment 1016 on line 21 04 01, Amendment 1026 on line 23 02 01 and Amendment 785 on line 23 02 02; the correct version of this remark was attached to the voting list;
- due to a technical error, line 19 06 06 entitled 'Consular Cooperation' had not been included on the list of amendments although it had been adopted as part of amending letter 1/2009; that line would be added with a token entry only.
The President noted that there were no objections to the proposed adjustments.
During the vote
- Catherine Guy-Quint, on the putting to the vote of Amendment 106;
- Janusz Lewandowski (rapporteur) on the putting to the vote of the block of amendments No 8.
6.2. Draft general budget 2009 (Section III) (vote)
Report: on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2009 [C6-0309/2008 – 2008/2026(BUD)] and Letter of amendment No 1/2009 to the preliminary draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2009 [SEC(2008)2435] Section III - Commission - Committee on Budgets. Rapporteur: Jutta Haug (A6-0398/2008)
6.3. Draft general budget 2009 (Sections I, II, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII and IX) (vote)
Report: on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2009 Section I - European Parliament Section II - Council Section IV - Court of Justice Section V - Court of Auditors Section VI - European Economic and Social Committee Section VII - Committee of the Regions Section VIII - European Ombudsman Section IX - European Data Protection Supervisor [C6-0310/2008 - 2008/2026B(BUD)] - Committee on Budgets. Rapporteur: Janusz Lewandowski (A6-0397/2008)
On behalf of Parliament, the President welcomed a delegation from the Republic of Moldova, who had taken a seat in the distinguished visitors' gallery.
8. Voting time (continuation)
8.1. Airport charges ***II (vote)
Recommendation for second reading: on the Council common position for adopting a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on airport charges [08332/2/2008 - C6-0259/2008 - 2007/0013(COD)] - Committee on Transport and Tourism. Rapporteur: Ulrich Stockmann (A6-0375/2008)
8.2. EC-Bosnia Herzegovina Stabilisation and Association Agreement *** (vote)
Recommendation: on the proposal for a Council and Commission decision on the conclusion of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, of the other part (8225/2008 - COM(2008)0182 - C6-0255/2008 - 2008/0073(AVC)] - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: Doris Pack (A6-0378/2008)
Rosa Miguélez Ramos requested that the vote on paragraph 4, first part, be repeated (the President acceded to the request).
8.4. Equivalence of accounting standards (vote)
Motion for a resolution, tabled under Rule 81 by Pervenche Berès on behalf of the ECON Committee, on the proposal of 2 June 2008 for a Commission decision on the use by third countries' issuers of securities of certain third country's national accounting standards and international financial reporting standards to prepare their consolidated financial statements and on the proposal of 2 June 2008 for a Commission regulation (EC) amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 809/2004 implementing Directive 2003/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards elements related to prospectuses and advertisements (Equivalence of accounting standards) (B6-0544/2008)
The following spoke: Manfred Weber, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, who requested, under Rule 170(4), that the vote be held over until the November part-session, and Martin Schulz, on behalf of the PSE Group, who opposed the request.
By roll-call vote (198 in favour, 337 against, and 22 abstentions), Parliament rejected the request.
Joseph Daul, Charles Tannock, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Tunne Kelam, Urszula Gacek and Zita Pleštinská, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group,
Hannes Swoboda, Jan Marinus Wiersma and Adrian Severin, on behalf of the PSE Group,
Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Grażyna Staniszewska, Janusz Onyszkiewicz, István Szent-Iványi and Šarūnas Birutis, on behalf of the ALDE Group,
Rebecca Harms and Milan Horáček, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group,
Adam Bielan, Wojciech Roszkowski, Konrad Szymański and Mieczysław Edmund Janowski, on behalf of the UEN Group
8.8. Annual report on the European Ombudsman's activities in 2007 (vote)
Report: on the Annual report on the European Ombudsman's activities in 2007 [2008/2158(INI)] - Committee on Petitions. Rapporteur: Dushana Zdravkova (A6-0358/2008)
Dushana Zdravkova (rapporteur) moved oral amendments to Amendments 5 and 7 (accepted).
9. Composition of interparliamentary delegations
At its meeting of the same day, the Conference of Presidents had proposed that the number of members of the Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly be increased from 60 to 75 and that the following substitutes be appointed members of the delegation:
PPE-DE: Valdis Dombrovskis, José Manuel García-Margallo y Marfil, Werner Langen, Bogusław Sonik and Robert Sturdy
PSE: Kader Arif, Thijs Berman, Armando França and Bogdan Golik
ALDE: Vladko Todorov Panayotov
UEN: Eugenijus Maldeikis
Verts/ALE: Eva Lichtenberger
GUE/NGL: Sahra Wagenknecht
IND/DEM: Hélène Goudin
NI: Koenraad Dillen
The House agreed to the proposal.
10. Explanations of vote
IN THE CHAIR: Rodi KRATSA-TSAGAROPOULOU Vice-President
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:
Draft general budget 2009: Hannu Takkula, Avril Doyle, Colm Burke and Mairead McGuinness
Report - Jutta Haug (A6-0398/2008): Marusya Ivanova Lyubcheva and Frank Vanhecke
Report - Janusz Lewandowski (A6-0397/2008): Astrid Lulling and Frank Vanhecke
Equivalence of accounting standards (B6-0544/2008): Peter Skinner
Aviation security and body scanners (B6-0562/2008): Philip Claeys
Commemoration of the Holodomor, the Ukraine artificial famine (1932-1933) (RC-B6-0571/2008): Zita Pleštinská, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Tunne Kelam and Bruno Gollnisch
EC-Bosnia Herzegovina Stabilisation and Association Agreement (B6-0541/2008): Bernd Posselt
Report - Dushana Zdravkova (A6-0358/2008): Frank Vanhecke
11. 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 12.35 and resumed at 15.00.)
IN THE CHAIR: Gérard ONESTA Vice-President
12. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting
The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.
13. Debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (debate)
José Ribeiro e Castro, Ewa Tomaszewska and Renate Weber introduced motions for resolutions.
The following spoke: Bernd Posselt, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Marios Matsakis, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Leopold Józef Rutowicz, on behalf of the UEN Group, Pedro Guerreiro, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Urszula Krupa, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, and Laima Liucija Andrikienė.
The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Zdzisław Zbigniew Podkański, Georgios Toussas, Kathy Sinnott and Gerard Batten.
The following spoke: Andris Piebalgs (Member of the Commission).
Renate Weber, Giovanna Corda, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Erik Meijer, Ewa Tomaszewska and Bernd Posselt (deputising for the author) présentent les propositions de résolution.
The following spoke: Tunne Kelam, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Katrin Saks, on behalf of the PSE Group, Marios Matsakis, on behalf of the ALDE Group, and Zdzisław Zbigniew Podkański, on behalf of the UEN Group.
The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Gerard Batten and Kathy Sinnott.
The following spoke: Andris Piebalgs (Member of the Commission).
Zdzisław Zbigniew Podkański, Marios Matsakis, Józef Pinior, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Colm Burke and Esko Seppänen introduced motions for resolutions.
The following spoke: Filip Kaczmarek, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, on behalf of the PSE Group, Kathy Sinnott, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, and Paulo Casaca.
The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Peter Skinner, Zbigniew Zaleski, Gerard Batten, Justas Vincas Paleckis and Marios Matsakis.
The following spoke: Andris Piebalgs (Member of the Commission).
Jaime Mayor Oreja, Fernando Fernández Martín, Sérgio Marques, Charles Tannock, Bernd Posselt, Laima Liucija Andrikienė and José Ribeiro e Castro, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group,
Ignasi Guardans Cambó, Renate Weber, Josu Ortuondo Larrea and Marios Matsakis, on behalf of the ALDE Group,
Inese Vaidere, Ryszard Czarnecki and Adam Bielan, on behalf of the UEN Group
Geoffrey Van Orden, Laima Liucija Andrikienė, Urszula Gacek, Bernd Posselt, Colm Burke, Eija-Riitta Korhola, Tunne Kelam and Iles Braghetto, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group,
Pasqualina Napoletano, Glenys Kinnock and Ana Maria Gomes, on behalf of the PSE Group,
Jules Maaten, Marco Cappato, Marco Pannella and Marios Matsakis, on behalf of the ALDE Group,
Frithjof Schmidt and Raül Romeva i Rueda, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group,
Adam Bielan, Konrad Szymański, Ryszard Czarnecki, Hanna Foltyn-Kubicka, Mieczysław Edmund Janowski, Wojciech Roszkowski and Brian Crowley, on behalf of the UEN Group,
- European Union-Brazil Strategic Partnership (2008/2288(INI)) (opinion: DEVE, INTA)
Associated committees
LIBE Committee
- Equal treatment of persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation (COM(2008)0426 - C6-0291/2008 - 2008/0140(CNS)) (opinion: FEMM, CULT, ENVI, JURI, IMCO) Associated committees LIBE, EMPL (Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 16.10.2008)
Referral to committees
PETI Committee
- Revision of the Rules of Procedure with regard to the petitions process (2006/2209(REG)) referred to responsible: AFCO opinion: PETI
LIBE Committee
- Application of the regulation concerning medals and tokens similar to euro coins to the non-participating Member States (COM(2008)0514 [[02]] - C6-0335/2008 - 2008/0168(CNS)) referred to responsible: ECON opinion: LIBE
- Medals and tokens similar to euro coins (COM(2008)0514 [[01]] - C6-0332/2008 - 2008/0167(CNS)) referred to responsible: ECON opinion: LIBE
17. Written declarations included in the register (Rule 116)
Number of signatures obtained by the written declarations included in the register (Rule 116(3)):