The following documents had been received from the Council and Commission:
- Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes (COM(2008)0543 - C6-0391/2008 - 2008/0211(COD))
referred to
responsible :
AGRI
opinion :
ENVI, ITRE
- Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on labelling of tyres with respect to fuel efficiency and other essential parameters (COM(2008)0779 - C6-0411/2008 - 2008/0221(COD))
referred to
responsible :
ITRE
opinion :
ENVI, IMCO, TRAN
- Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain components and characteristics of wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (codified version) (COM(2008)0690 - C6-0414/2008 - 2008/0213(COD))
referred to
responsible :
JURI
- Proposal for a directive of the European parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 87/372/EEC on the frequency bands to be reserved for the coordinated introduction of public pan-European cellular digital land-based mobile communications in the Community (COM(2008)0762 - C6-0452/2008 - 2008/0214(COD))
referred to
responsible :
ITRE
opinion :
IMCO
- Council and Commission decision on the conclusion of the Protocol to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Albania, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union (07999/2008 - C6-0453/2008 - 2008/0057(AVC))
referred to
responsible :
AFET
opinion :
INTA
- Proposal for a Council recommendation on a European action in the field of rare diseases (COM(2008)0726 - C6-0455/2008 - 2008/0218(CNS))
referred to
responsible :
ENVI
opinion :
ITRE
- Proposal for a Council decision concerning the Conclusion of an Agreement aimed at renewing the Agreement on cooperation in science and technology between the European Community and the Government of the Russian Federation (COM(2008)0728 - C6-0456/2008 - 2008/0209(CNS))
referred to
responsible :
ITRE
opinion :
AFET
- Council's second reading of the draft general budget of the European Communities for the financial year 2009 established by the Council on 27 November 2008 (16257/2008 - C6-0457/2008 - 2008/2026(BUD))
referred to
responsible :
BUDG
- Letter of amendment No2 to the draft general budget of the European Communities for the financial year 2009, established by the Council on 27 November 2008 (16259/2008 - C6-0458/2008 - 2008/2026(BUD))
referred to
responsible :
BUDG
- Letter of amendment No 3 to the draft general budget of the European Communities for the financial year 2009, established by the Council on 27 November 2008 (16260/2008 - C6-0459/2008 - 2008/2026(BUD))
referred to
responsible :
BUDG
- Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 45/2008 - Section III - Commission (N6-0033/2008 - C6-0460/2008 - 2008/2319(GBD))
referred to
responsible :
BUDG
- Draft amending budget No 10 for 2008, established by the Council on 27 November 2008 (16264/2008 - C6-0461/2008 - 2008/2316(BUD))
referred to
responsible :
BUDG
- Draft amending budget No 9 for 2008, established by the Council on 27 November 2008 (16263/2008 - C6-0462/2008 - 2008/2311(BUD))
referred to
responsible :
BUDG
- Proposal for a Council and Commission decision on the conclusion of the Protocol to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Croatia, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union (15019/2008 - C6-0463/2008 - 2007/0215(AVC))
referred to
responsible :
AFET
opinion :
INTA
- Proposal for a Council directive amending Directive 2003/48/EC on taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments (COM(2008)0727 - C6-0464/2008 - 2008/0215(CNS))
referred to
responsible :
ECON
opinion :
JURI, LIBE
3. State of the negotiations on the climate change and energy package (debate)
Council and Commission statements: State of the negotiations on the climate change and energy package
Andris Piebalgs (Member of the Commission) and Stavros Dimas (Member of the Commission) made the statements.
The following spoke: Martin Schulz, on behalf of the PSE Group, who asked that the debate should be postponed pending the arrival of the President-in-Office of the Council, and, supporting this request, Hartmut Nassauer, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, and Graham Watson, on behalf of the ALDE Group.
The President said that Parliament was a sovereign body and could decide its agenda.
Parliament approved the request pursuant to Rule 171.
(The sitting was suspended at 8.50 and resumed at 9.05.)
Jean-Louis Borloo (President-in-Office of the Council) made the statement.
The following spoke: Joseph Daul, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, and Martin Schulz, on behalf of the PSE Group.
IN THE CHAIR: Gérard ONESTA Vice-President
The following spoke: Graham Watson, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Claude Turmes, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Alessandro Foglietta, on behalf of the UEN Group, Umberto Guidoni, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Johannes Blokland, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Roger Helmer, Non-attached Member, Werner Langen, Linda McAvan, Chris Davies, Rebecca Harms, Bogdan Pęk, Roberto Musacchio, Hanne Dahl, Philip Claeys, Avril Doyle, Robert Goebbels, Lena Ek, Satu Hassi, Zdzisław Zbigniew Podkański, Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Urszula Krupa, Andreas Mölzer, Péter Olajos, Guido Sacconi and Johannes Lebech.
IN THE CHAIR: Manuel António dos SANTOS Vice-President
The following spoke: Caroline Lucas, Mieczysław Edmund Janowski, Eva-Britt Svensson, Sylwester Chruszcz, Karsten Friedrich Hoppenstedt, Dariusz Rosati, Fiona Hall, Marie Anne Isler Béguin, Leopold Józef Rutowicz, Martin Callanan, Hannes Swoboda, Holger Krahmer, Angelika Niebler, Atanas Paparizov, Adina-Ioana Vălean, Anders Wijkman, Libor Rouček, Samuli Pohjamo, Jerzy Buzek, Riitta Myller, Mariela Velichkova Baeva, Françoise Grossetête, Edite Estrela, Vladko Todorov Panayotov, Pilar del Castillo Vera, Justas Vincas Paleckis, John Bowis, Britta Thomsen, Gunnar Hökmark, Dorette Corbey, Karl-Heinz Florenz, Åsa Westlund, Paul Rübig and Gyula Hegyi.
(The debate was suspended at 11.30, pending the start of the formal sitting.)
IN THE CHAIR: Hans-Gert PÖTTERING President
4. Formal sitting - Dalai Lama
From 11.35 to 12.05, a formal sitting of Parliament was held on the occasion of the address by the Dalai Lama.
IN THE CHAIR: Martine ROURE Vice-President
5. State of the negotiations on the climate change and energy package (continuation of debate)
Council and Commission statements: State of the negotiations on the climate change and energy package
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Struan Stevenson spoke on the decision by the Court of First Instance of the European Communities to remove the People's Mojahedin of Iran from the list of terrorist organisations.
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The following spoke: Herbert Reul and Romana Jordan Cizelj.
The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Eija-Riitta Korhola, Daciana Octavia Sârbu, Carl Schlyter, Bairbre de Brún and Colm Burke.
The following spoke: Jean-Louis Borloo (President-in-Office of the Council), Andris Piebalgs (Member of the Commission) and Stavros Dimas (Member of the Commission).
The debate closed.
6. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting
The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.
7. 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.
7.1. Agreement between Korea and the EC concerning cooperation on anti-competitive activities * (Rule 131) (vote)
Report: on the proposal for a Council decision concluding the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Korea and the European Community concerning cooperation on anti-competitive activities [SEC(2007)1731 - C6-0398/2008 - 2008/0004(CNS)] - Committee on International Trade. Rapporteur: David Martin (A6-0452/2008)
(Simple majority)
(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 1)
COMMISSION PROPOSAL, AMENDMENTS and DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION
7.2. Herring stocks in the West of Scotland * (Rule 131) (vote)
Report: on the proposal for a Council regulation establishing a multi-annual plan for the stock of herring distributed to the West of Scotland and the fisheries exploiting that stock [COM(2008)0240 - C6-0204/2008 - 2008/0091(CNS)] - Committee on Fisheries. Rapporteur: Struan Stevenson (A6-0433/2008)
(Simple majority)
(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 2)
COMMISSION PROPOSAL, AMENDMENTS and DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION
Report: on the proposal for a Council regulation on jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of decisions and cooperation in matters relating to maintenance obligations [14066/2008 - C6-0384/2008 - 2005/0259(CNS)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Genowefa Grabowska (A6-0456/2008)
7.4. Measuring instruments and methods of metrological control (Recast) ***I (vote)
Report: on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to common provisions for both measuring instruments and methods of metrological control (Recast) [COM(2008)0357 - C6-0237/2008 - 2008/0123(COD)] - Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: József Szájer (A6-0429/2008)
7.5. Facility for rapid response to soaring food prices in developing countries ***I (vote)
Report: on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a facility for rapid response to soaring food prices in developing countries [COM(2008)0450 - C6-0280/2008 - 2008/0149(COD)] - Committee on Development. Rapporteur: Gay Mitchell (A6-0396/2008)
7.6. Combating tax evasion: common system of VAT * (vote)
Report: on the proposal for a Council directive amending Directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of value added tax to combat tax evasion connected with intra-Community transactions [COM(2008)0147 - C6-0154/2008 - 2008/0058(CNS)] - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: José Manuel García-Margallo y Marfil (A6-0448/2008)
Report: on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1798/2003 to combat tax evasion connected with intra-Community transactions [COM(2008)0147 - C6-0155/2008 - 2008/0059(CNS)] - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: José Manuel García-Margallo y Marfil (A6-0449/2008)
Antonio Mussa and Cristiana Muscardini, on behalf of the UEN Group, Šarūnas Birutis, on behalf of the ALDE Group, and Marianne Thyssen, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, had also signed the motion for a resolution.
Adam Bielan, on behalf of the UEN Group, and Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck, on behalf of the ALDE Group, had also signed the joint motion for a resolution.
The following spoke on the vote:
Tobias Pflüger moved an oral amendment to paragraph 5, which was incorporated.
7.10. European Court of Auditors' Special Report No 8/2007 concerning administrative cooperation in the field of value added tax (vote)
Report: on the European Court of Auditors' Special Report No 8/2007 concerning administrative cooperation in the field of VAT [2008/2151(INI)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Bart Staes (A6-0427/2008)
7.11. The situation of women in the Balkans (vote)
Report: on the situation of women in the Balkans [2008/2119(INI)] - Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality. Rapporteur: Zita Gurmai (A6-0435/2008)
7.12. Towards a 'European Cormorant Management Plan' (vote)
Report: on the establishment of a European Cormorant Management Plan to minimize the increasing impact of cormorants on fish stocks, fisheries and aquaculture [2008/2177(INI)] - Committee on Fisheries. Rapporteur: Heinz Kindermann (A6-0434/2008)
Explanations of vote submitted in writing under Rule 163(3) appear in the Verbatim Report of Proceedings for the sitting.
Oral explanations of vote:
Report by Gay Mitchell (A6-0396/2008): David Sumberg and Nirj Deva
Report by José Manuel García-Margallo y Marfil (A6-0448/2008): David Sumberg
Arms exports (Code of Conduct) (RC-B6-0619/2008): David Sumberg
Report by Zita Gurmai (A6-0435/2008): Marusya Ivanova Lyubcheva
Report by Heinz Kindermann (A6-0434/2008): Albert Deß
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The following spoke: Jean-Pierre Audy, who asked about the application of Rule 202a in relation to the formal sitting that day. (The President took note of this.)
9. 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.
10. Action taken on Parliament's positions and resolutions
The Commission communication on the action taken on the positions and resolutions adopted by Parliament during the September I and II part-sessions in 2008 was available.
11. Decisions concerning certain documents
Change of referral in view of a decision by the Conference of Presidents on 20 November 2008
- Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning trade in seal products (COM(2008)0469 - C6-0295/2008 - 2008/0160(COD))
referred to responsible: IMCO
opinion:: PECH, ENVI, INTA, AGRI
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 15.12.2008 to 18.12.2008.
14. Adjournment of the session
The session of the European Parliament was adjourned.