IN THE CHAIR: Hans-Gert PÖTTERING
President

1. Resumption of the session

The sitting opened at 17.05.

2. Statement by the President

The President made a statement on the situation in Gaza.

3. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

4. Composition of Parliament

The Romanian authorities had given notice that Roberta Alma Anastase, Titus Corlăţean, Petru Filip, Monica Maria Iacob-Ridzi, Cătălin-Ioan Nechifor, Dumitru Oprea and Mihaela Popa had been elected members of the Romanian 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 19 December 2008.

The Romanian authorities had also given notice of the election to the European Parliament, with effect from 22 December 2008, of Adrian Manole replacing Roberta Alma Anastase, Iosif Matula replacing Monica Maria Iacob-Ridzi, Călin Cătălin Chiriţă replacing Mihaela Popa, Alexandru Nazare replacing Petru Filip, and Daniel Petru Funeriu replacing Dumitru Oprea.

The Finnish authorities had given notice of the appointment of Eva-Riitta Siitonen to replace Piia-Noora Kauppi as Member of Parliament with effect from 1 January 2009.

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, Adrian Manole, Iosif Matula, Călin Cătălin Chiriţă, Alexandru Nazare, Daniel Petru Funeriu and Eva-Riitta Siitonen 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 PPE-DE Group, Parliament ratified the following proposal:

TRAN Committee: Robert Atkins was no longer a full member.

6. Data protection (appointment of the European supervisor and the assistant supervisor)

The President announced that, pursuant to Article 42 of Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2000, the Conference of Presidents, at its meeting of 8 January 2009, following the deliberations of the LIBE Committee, had approved the joint appointment by Parliament and the Council of Peter Hustinx, as supervisor, and Giovanni Buttarelli, as assistant supervisor.

The President would sign the appointment decision on Wednesday together with the President-in-Office of the Council.

7. Signature of acts adopted under codecision

The President announced that, on Wednesday, he and the President of the Council would sign the following acts adopted under the codecision procedure pursuant to Rule 68:

- Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of consumers in respect of certain aspects of timeshare, long term holiday product, resale and exchange contracts (03701/2008/LEX - C6-0013/2009 - 2007/0113(COD));

- Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on textile names (recast) (03650/2008/LEX - C6-0012/2009 - 2008/0005(COD));

- Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on type-approval of hydrogen powered motor vehicles, and amending Directive 2007/46/EC (03674/2008/LEX - C6-0010/2009 - 2007/0214(COD));

- Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on a Code of Conduct for computerised reservation systems and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 2299/89 (03675/2008/LEX - C6-0008/2009 - 2007/0243(COD));

- Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 562/2006 as regards the use of the Visa Information System (VIS) under the Schengen Borders Code (03676/2008/LEX - C6-0007/2009 - 2008/0041(COD));

- Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the type approval of motor vehicles with regard to the protection of pedestrians and other vulnerable road users, amending Directive 2007/46/EC and repealing Directives 2003/102/EC and 2005/66/EC (03651/2008/LEX - C6-0002/2009 - 2007/0201(COD)).

8. Documents received

The following documents had been received:

(1) from committees

(1.1) reports

- Report on public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents (implementation of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001) (2007/2154(INI)) - LIBE Committee - Rapporteur: Marco Cappato (A6-0459/2008)

- * Report on the proposal for a Council decision on the signature of an Agreement between the European Community and the United States of America on cooperation in the regulation of civil aviation safety (10972/2007 - C6-0275/2008 - 2007/0111(CNS)) - TRAN Committee - Rapporteur: Paolo Costa (A6-0468/2008)

- Report on the perspectives for developing civil dialogue under the Treaty of Lisbon (2008/2067(INI)) - AFCO Committee - Rapporteur: Genowefa Grabowska (A6-0475/2008)

- Report on the CFP and the ecosystem approach to fisheries management (2008/2178(INI)) - PECH Committee - Rapporteur: Pedro Guerreiro (A6-0485/2008)

- Report on budgetary control of EU funds in Afghanistan (2008/2152(INI)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Véronique Mathieu (A6-0488/2008)

- Report on Trade and Economic relations with Western Balkans (2008/2149(INI)) - INTA Committee - Rapporteur: Bastiaan Belder (A6-0489/2008)

- Report on transposition and application of Directive 2002/73/EC on the implementation of the principle of equal treatment for men and women as regards access to employment, vocational training and promotion, and working conditions (2008/2039(INI)) - FEMM Committee - Rapporteur: Teresa Riera Madurell (A6-0491/2008)

- ***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the coordination of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities (UCITS) (recast) (COM(2008)0458 - C6-0287/2008 - 2008/0153(COD)) - ECON Committee - Rapporteur: Wolf Klinz (A6-0497/2008)

- Report on the development of the UN Human Rights Council, including the role of the EU (2008/2201(INI)) - AFET Committee - Rapporteur: Laima Liucija Andrikienė (A6-0498/2008)

- ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2252/2004 on standards for security features and biometrics in passports and travel documents issued by Member States (COM(2007)0619 - C6-0359/2007 - 2007/0216(COD)) - LIBE Committee - Rapporteur: Carlos Coelho (A6-0500/2008)

- Report on The Common Agricultural Policy and Global Food Security (2008/2153(INI)) - AGRI Committee - Rapporteur: Mairead Mcguinness (A6-0505/2008)

- Report on public finances in EMU 2007 - 2008 (2008/2244(INI)) - ECON Committee - Rapporteur: Donata Gottardi (A6-0507/2008)

- * Report on the draft Council decision amending the Rules of Procedure of the Court of First Instance of the European Communities as regards the language arrangements applicable to appeals against decisions of the European Union Civil Service Tribunal (13301/2008 - C6-0348/2008 - 2008/0806(CNS)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Costas Botopoulos (A6-0508/2008)

- * Report on the proposal for a Council regulation on the common system of trade for ovalbumin and lactalbumin (codified version) (COM(2008)0488 - C6-0334/2008 - 2008/0155(CNS)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Diana Wallis (A6-0510/2008)

- * Report on the proposal for a Council directive on the common system of taxation applicable to mergers, divisions, partial divisions, transfers of assets and exchanges of shares concerning companies of different Member States and to the transfer of the registered office of an SE or SCE between Member States (codified version) (COM(2008)0492 - C6-0336/2008 - 2008/0158(CNS)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Diana Wallis (A6-0511/2008)

- Report on the transposition, implementation and enforcement of Directive 2005/29/EC, concerning unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices in the internal market and Directive 2006/114/EC concerning misleading and comparative advertising (2008/2114(INI)) - IMCO Committee - Rapporteur: Barbara Weiler (A6-0514/2008)

(1.2) recommendations for second reading

- ***II Recommendation for second reading on the Council common position for adopting a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for Community action to achieve a sustainable use of pesticides (06124/5/2008 - C6-0323/2008 - 2006/0132(COD)) - ENVI Committee - Rapporteur: Christa Klaß (A6-0443/2008)

- ***II Recommendation for second reading on the Council common position for adopting a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing council Directives 79/117/EEC and 91/414/EEC (11119/8/2008 - C6-0326/2008 - 2006/0136(COD)) - ENVI Committee - Rapporteur: Hiltrud Breyer (A6-0444/2008)

(2) from Members

(2.1) oral questions for Question Time (Rule 109) (B6-0001/2009)

- to the Council:

Horáček Milan, Posselt Bernd, Kelam Tunne, Harkin Marian, Ó Neachtain Seán, Crowley Brian, Ryan Eoin, Aylward Liam, Moraes Claude, Irujo Amezaga Mikel, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou Marie, Higgins Jim, Mitchell Gay, Burke Colm, Doyle Avril, McGuinness Mairead, Ţicău Silvia-Adriana, Medina Ortega Manuel, Papadimoulis Dimitrios, Färm Göran, Guerreiro Pedro, Van Hecke Johan, Prets Christa, Dičkutė Jolanta, Westlund Åsa, Andrikienė Laima Liucija, Pafilis Athanasios, Droutsas Konstantinos, Toussas Georgios;

- to the Commission:
Burke Colm, Casaca Paulo, Van Hecke Johan, Harkin Marian, McGuinness Mairead, Ó Neachtain Seán, Aylward Liam, França Armando, Moraes Claude, Arnaoutakis Stavros, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou Marie, Higgins Jim, Posselt Bernd, Medina Ortega Manuel, Cappato Marco, Irujo Amezaga Mikel, Papadimoulis Dimitrios, Ludford Sarah, Mavrommatis Manolis, Paleckis Justas Vincas, Pafilis Athanasios, Angelakas Emmanouil, Papastamkos Georgios, Mitchell Gay, Crowley Brian, Ryan Eoin, Doyle Avril, Ţicău Silvia-Adriana, El Khadraoui Saïd, Pannella Marco, Färm Göran, Becsey Zsolt László, Guerreiro Pedro, Brejc Mihael, Sinnott Kathy, Toussas Georgios, De Rossa Proinsias.

(2.2) proposals for recommendations (Rule 114)

- Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, on behalf of the ALDE Group. Proposal for a recommendation to the Council on the European Union priorities for the 64th Session of the UN General Assembly (B6-0034/2009)

9. Oral questions and written declarations (submission)

The following documents had been submitted by Members:

(1) oral questions (Rule 108):

- (O-0102/2008) by Cornelis Visser, Ivo Belet and Ruth Hieronymi, on behalf of the CULT Committee,to the Commission: Revision of the Broadcasting Communication - State aid for public broadcasting (B6-0495/2008)

- (O-0134/2008) by Neil Parish, on behalf of the AGRI Committee, to the Commission: Animal Transport Regulation (EC) No 1/2005: Annual reports by the Member States on enforcement (B6-0496/2008)

- (O-0135/2008) by Neil Parish, on behalf of the AGRI Committee, to the Commission: Mediterranean diet (B6-0497/2008)

- (O-0143/2009) by Paolo Costa, on behalf of the TRAN Committee, and Gerardo Galeote, on behalf of the DEVE Committee, to the Commission: The Action Plan on Urban Mobility (B6-0002/2009)

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

- Katerina Batzeli, Michael Cramer, Silvana Koch-Mehrin, Janusz Lewandowski and Janusz Wojciechowski, on support for Special Olympics in the European Union (0001/2009)

- Victor Boştinaru, Daciana Octavia Sârbu, Adrian Severin and Corina Creţu, on the abusive dispossession of a number of Romanian citizens in the wake of legislation on the legal regime governing misallocated properties (0002/2009)

- Philip Claeys, Frank Vanhecke and Koenraad Dillen, on attempts to secure the forfeiture of the St Gabriel monastery in south-eastern Turkey (0003/2009)

10. Petitions

The following petitions, which had been entered in the register on the dates shown below, had been forwarded to the committee responsible pursuant to Rule 191(5):

17 December 2008

Valerian Stan (1689/2008); Josep Guinot Mauchan (1690/2008); Oscar Maniega Izquierdo (1691/2008); Luisa Galera Serrano (1692/2008); (name confidential) (1693/2008); Cathrin Bauer (1694/2008); (name confidential) (1695/2008); Jacqueline De Croÿ (Fondation Princesse Decroÿ and Massimo Lancellotti) (1696/2008); Aurel-Ioan Vidu (1697/2008); Artimiza Mujdei (1698/2008); Antonio Vilela Fernández (Asociación de Maltratados por las Administraciones (AMA)) (16000 signatures) (1699/2008); Marina Matzko (1700/2008); Mario Cavaliere (1701/2008); Christian Goralczyk (1702/2008); Mirkka Salo (1703/2008); Petri Salo (Vakuutusongelmaisten litto r.y. (Federation for Consumers with insurance related problems)) (1704/2008); Cesare Minora (Fallimento Srl) (1705/2008); Paulina Popescu (1706/2008); Annegret Jeziorski (1707/2008); Brigitte Dahlbender (Bund Freunde der Erde - Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland) (98 signatures) (1708/2008); Zuzana Čaputová (8010 signatures) (1709/2008); Susanne Gegenbauer (1710/2008); Konstantin Smaraidos (1711/2008); Liviu-Daniel Sava (1712/2008); (name confidential) (1713/2008); Carlos Manuel Januário Silva (1714/2008); Thomas Stange (1715/2008); (name confidential) (1716/2008); Ion Garboan (1717/2008); Norbert Braun (1718/2008); Agnieszka Bardon (1719/2008); Günter Krembsler (1720/2008); Myriam Charlier (1721/2008); (name confidential) (1722/2008); (name confidential) (1723/2008); (name confidential) (1724/2008); Rachele Baglieri (1725/2008); (name confidential) (1726/2008); Daniele Indri (1727/2008); Johann Neuwirth (1728/2008); Stilianos Triviza (1729/2008); Anastasios Kolagis (1730/2008); Victor Galea (Alternattiva Demokratika) (1731/2008); Simon & Hilary Dennett (2 signatures) (1732/2008); Paul Le Liboux (1733/2008); Virgiliu Stere (Association des propriétaires en vertu de la loi 112/1995) (4 signatures) (1734/2008); Marton Mihai (1735/2008); (name confidential) (1736/2008);

18 December 2008

DL Inglewood (1737/2008); Claudia Peters (ARI - All Road International GmbH) (1738/2008); Adriana Palleni (Comitati Cittadini Indipendenti) (1739/2008); Jürgen Micksch (PRO ASYL e.V.) (1740/2008); Katharina Müller-Bock (1741/2008); Robert Lehneking (1742/2008); Wilhelm Plagge (1743/2008); Norbert Holefeld (1744/2008); Sandra Stolle (3 signatures) (1745/2008); Maksim Reva (1746/2008); Michael Bense (1747/2008); Xenia Burlaca (1748/2008); Janice Watson (1749/2008); António Sousa (1750/2008); (name confidential) (1751/2008); Mariarita Iannone (1752/2008); (name confidential) (1753/2008); (name confidential) (1754/2008); (name confidential) (1755/2008); (name confidential) (1756/2008); Oliver Bartholin Maduro Tuxen (IPL/Laser) (1757/2008); John-Michael Hickman (1759/2008); Thomas Fowler (1760/2008); (name confidential) (1761/2008); Michele Pastorino (1762/2008);

5 January 2009

(name confidential) (1763/2008); David Pegg (The EU Trade Group of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign) (21 signatures) (1764/2008); Panagiotis Karras (1765/2008); (name confidential) (1766/2008); (name confidential) (1767/2008); Marcus Dietlmeier (1768/2008); (name confidential) (1769/2008); Joseph Kiefer (1770/2008); Maria Dolores Hernández Romero (1771/2008); Josefa Rzepka (1772/2008); Mario Spagnoli (2378 signatures) (1773/2008); Gianpaolo Chendi (Movimento dei 'Verdi' Bassa Friulana) (1774/2008); Hélène De Geuser (Association pour l'aide au Handicap au sein du Ministère des Finances) (1775/2008); Paula Sandu-Stillert (1776/2008); Arto Koivuniemi (1777/2008); Ingela Bursjoo (1778/2008); Maximina Canseco Prieto (Partido dos Socialistas da Galicia - Agrupación de Quiroga) (2 signatures) (1779/2008); Gheorghe Ghiurau (1780/2008); Helmut Schmidt (1781/2008); Flavio Miccono (I.P.A.) (1782/2008); Michel Bernard (Association France Palestine Solidarité) (3 signatures) (1783/2008); Shina Memud (1784/2008).

11. Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council

The Council had forwarded certified true copies of the following:

- 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;

- Agreement between the European Community and the State of Israel on certain aspects of air services.

12. Order of business

The next item was the order of business.

The final draft agenda for the January 2009 sittings (PE 418.510/PDOJ) had been distributed and a number of changes had been proposed (Rule 132):

Monday
The Andrikienė report (A6-0498/2008) (item 42 on the final draft agenda) would be put to the vote without debate.

Tuesday

No changes.

Wednesday
Request by the Verts/ALE Group that the debate on the situation in the Middle East/Gaza Strip (item 55 on the final draft agenda) be wound up with the tabling of motions for resolution.

The following spoke: Daniel Cohn-Bendit, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, who moved the request , Hannes Swoboda, on behalf of the PSE Group, and Elmar Brok, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group.

Parliament agreed to the request by electronic vote (105 in favour, 86 against, 12 abstentions).

The following deadlines had been set:

Motions for resolution: that day (Monday) 12 January 2009, 20.00.

Amendments and joint motions for resolution: Wednesday 14 January 2009, 10.00.

Thursday

No changes.

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The following spoke on gas supplies to Ukraine and the EU by Russia (item 56 on the final draft agenda): Daniel Cohn-Bendit and Giorgos Dimitrakopoulos, the latter expressing the hope that the Commission provide Parliament with further information on the latest developments.

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The order of business was thus established.

13. 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, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Marian Harkin, Ryszard Czarnecki, László Tőkés, Mary Lou McDonald, Kathy Sinnott, Dimitar Stoyanov, Tunne Kelam, Magda Kósáné Kovács, Magor Imre Csibi, Bogusław Rogalski, Daniel Strož, Nicodim Bulzesc, Aurelio Juri, Rareş-Lucian Niculescu, Miloš Koterec, Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Jörg Leichtfried, Jelko Kacin, Liam Aylward, Jaromír Kohlíček, Emmanouil Angelakas and Silvia-Adriana Ţicău.

IN THE CHAIR: Rodi KRATSA-TSAGAROPOULOU
Vice-President

The following spoke: Gay Mitchell, Proinsias De Rossa, Hanna Foltyn-Kubicka, Ilda Figueiredo, Jaroslav Zvěřina, Gerard Batten, Avril Doyle, Slavi Binev, Maria Petre and Mieczysław Edmund Janowski.

14. Framework for Community action to achieve a sustainable use of pesticides ***II - Placing of plant protection products on the market ***II (debate)

Recommendation for second reading: on the Council common position for adopting a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for Community action to achieve a sustainable use of pesticides [06124/5/2008 - C6-0323/2008 - 2006/0132(COD)] - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. Rapporteur: Christa Klaß (A6-0443/2008)

Recommendation for second reading: on the Council common position for adopting a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing Council Directives 79/117/EEC and 91/414/EEC [11119/8/2008 - C6-0326/2008 - 2006/0136(COD)] - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. Rapporteur: Hiltrud Breyer (A6-0444/2008)

Christa Klaß introduced the recommendation for second reading.

Hiltrud Breyer introduced the recommendation for second reading.

The following spoke: Stavros Dimas (Member of the Commission) and Androulla Vassiliou (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Erna Hennicot-Schoepges, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Dan Jørgensen, on behalf of the PSE Group, Anne Laperrouze, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Liam Aylward, on behalf of the UEN Group, Hiltrud Breyer, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Roberto Musacchio, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Johannes Blokland, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Ashley Mote, Non-attached Member, Marianne Thyssen, Anne Ferreira, Mojca Drčar Murko, Leopold Józef Rutowicz and Bart Staes.

IN THE CHAIR: Mechtild ROTHE
Vice-President

The following spoke: Mary Lou McDonald, Nils Lundgren, Françoise Grossetête, Thomas Wise, Dorette Corbey, Frédérique Ries, Zbigniew Krzysztof Kuźmiuk, Madeleine Jouye de Grandmaison, Kathy Sinnott, Fernand Le Rachinel, Anja Weisgerber, Daciana Octavia Sârbu, Holger Krahmer, Janusz Wojciechowski, Jim Allister, Richard Seeber, Bogdan Golik, Lambert van Nistelrooij, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Mairead McGuinness, Pilar Ayuso, Robert Sturdy, Alojz Peterle, Neil Parish and Avril Doyle.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Colm Burke, Zuzana Roithová, Gerard Batten, Péter Olajos, Reinhard Rack, Czesław Adam Siekierski and James Nicholson.

The following spoke: Stavros Dimas.

IN THE CHAIR: Martine ROURE
Vice-President

The following spoke: Androulla Vassiliou, Christa Klaß, Hiltrud Breyer, Mairead McGuinness and Hiltrud Breyer, who referred to the remarks made by Mairead McGuinness.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 13.01.2009, item 6.10 and minutes of 13.01.2009, item 6.11.

15. Action Plan on Urban Mobility (debate)

Oral question (O-0143/2008) by Paolo Costa, on behalf of the TRAN Committee et Gerardo Galeote, on behalf of the DEVE Committee, to the Commission: The Action Plan on Urban Mobility (B6-0002/2009)

Paolo Costa moved the oral question.

Androulla Vassiliou (Member of the Commission) answered the oral question.

The following spoke: Reinhard Rack, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Gilles Savary, on behalf of the PSE Group, Jean Marie Beaupuy, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Michael Cramer, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Oldřich Vlasák, Monica Giuntini, Jan Olbrycht and Saïd El Khadraoui.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Silvia-Adriana Ţicău.

The following spoke: Androulla Vassiliou.

The debate closed.

16. Revision of the Broadcasting Communication - State aid for public broadcasting (debate)

Oral question (O-0102/2008) by Cornelis Visser, Ivo Belet and Ruth Hieronymi, on behalf of the CULT Committee, to the Commission: Revision of the Broadcasting Communication - State aid for public broadcasting (B6-0495/2008)

Cornelis Visser moved the oral question.

Androulla Vassiliou (Member of the Commission) answered the oral question.

IN THE CHAIR: Manuel António dos SANTOS
Vice-President

The following spoke: Ivo Belet, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Katerina Batzeli, on behalf of the PSE Group, Ignasi Guardans Cambó, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Helga Trüpel, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Erik Meijer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Manolis Mavrommatis, Maria Badia i Cutchet, Ieke van den Burg and Emine Bozkurt.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Thomas Mann and Zuzana Roithová.

The following spoke: Androulla Vassiliou.

The debate closed.

17. Trade and economic relations with Western Balkans (short presentation)

Report: on trade and economic relations with Western Balkans [2008/2149(INI)] - Committee on International Trade. Rapporteur: Bastiaan Belder (A6-0489/2008)

Bastiaan Belder made the presentation.

The following spoke: Androulla Vassiliou (Member of the Commission).

The item closed.

Vote: minutes of 13.01.2009, item 6.5.

18. The common agricultural policy and global food security (short presentation)

Report: on the common agricultural policy and global food security [2008/2153(INI)] - Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development. Rapporteur: Mairead McGuinness (A6-0505/2008)

Mairead McGuinness made the presentation.

The following spoke: Androulla Vassiliou (Member of the Commission).

The item closed.

Vote: minutes of 13.01.2009, item 6.6.

19. Developing civil dialogue under the Treaty of Lisbon (short presentation)

Report: on the perspectives for developing the civil dialogue under the Treaty of Lisbon [2008/2067(INI)] - Committee on Constitutional Affairs. Rapporteur: Genowefa Grabowska (A6-0475/2008)

Genowefa Grabowska made the presentation.

The following spoke: Androulla Vassiliou (Member of the Commission).

The item closed.

Vote: minutes of 13.01.2009, item 6.7.

20. Public finances in the EMU – 2007-2008 (short presentation)

Report: on public finances in the EMU – 2007-2008 [2008/2244(INI)] - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Donata Gottardi (A6-0507/2008)

Donata Gottardi made the presentation.

The following spoke: Androulla Vassiliou (Member of the Commission).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 13.01.2009, item 6.13.

21. The transposition, implementation and enforcement of Directives 2005/29/EC and 2006/114/EC (short presentation)

Report: on the transposition, implementation and enforcement of Directive 2005/29/EC concerning unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices in the internal market and Directive 2006/114/EC concerning misleading and comparative advertising [2008/2114(INI)] - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection. Rapporteur: Barbara Weiler (A6-0514/2008)

The following spoke: Barbara Weiler, who criticised the 'short presentation' procedure provided for under Rule 131a, and made the presentation of the report.

The following spoke: Androulla Vassiliou (Member of the Commission).

Following the remarks made by Barbara Weiler, the President recalled the provisions of Rule 45(2).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 13.01.2009, item 6.8.

22. CFP and the ecosystem approach to fisheries management (short presentation)

Report: on the CFP and the ecosystem approach to fisheries management [2008/2178(INI)] - Committee on Fisheries. Rapporteur: Pedro Guerreiro (A6-0485/2008)

Pedro Guerreiro made the presentation.

The following spoke: Androulla Vassiliou (Member of the Commission).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 13.01.2009, item 6.9.

23. Equal treatment for men and women as regards access to employment, vocational training and promotion, and working conditions (short presentation)

Report: on transposition and application of Directive 2002/73/EC on the implementation of the principle of equal treatment for men and women as regards access to employment, vocational training and promotion, and working conditions [2008/2039(INI)] - Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality. Rapporteur: Teresa Riera Madurell (A6-0491/2008)

Teresa Riera Madurell made the presentation.

The following spoke: Androulla Vassiliou (Member of the Commission).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 15.01.2009, item 6.2.

24. Agenda of the next sitting

The agenda of the next day's sitting had been established ('Agenda' PE 418.510/OJMA).

25. Closure of the sitting

The sitting closed at 22.45.

The following signed:

Adamou, Agnoletto, Aita, Albertini, Allister, Andersson, Andrejevs, Angelakas, Angelilli, Antoniozzi, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Ashworth, Atkins, Attard-Montalto, Attwooll, Aubert, Audy, Auken, Aylward, Ayuso, Baco, Badia i Cutchet, Baeva, Barón Crespo, Barsi-Pataky, Bartolozzi, Basile, Batten, Battilocchio, Batzeli, Bauer, Beaupuy, Beazley, Becsey, Beer, Belder, Belet, Belohorská, Berend, Berès, Berger, Berlinguer, Berman, Binev, Blokland, Bloom, Bobošíková, Bodu, Böge, Bösch, Borghezio, Boso, Boştinaru, Botopoulos, Bowis, Bowles, Bozkurt, Bradbourn, Braghetto, Brejc, Brepoels, Breyer, Brie, Brok, van Buitenen, Bulfon, Bullmann, Bulzesc, van den Burg, Burke, Bushill-Matthews, Busk, Buşoi, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, Camre, Capoulas Santos, Cappato, Carlotti, Carnero González, Carollo, Casa, Casaca, Casini, Caspary, Castex, del Castillo Vera, Catania, Cederschiöld, Cercas, Chatzimarkakis, Chichester, Chiesa, Chiriţă, Chmielewski, Christensen, Chruszcz, Ciani, Clark, Coelho, Cohn-Bendit, Colman, Corbett, Corbey, Corda, Cornillet, Paolo Costa, Cottigny, Coûteaux, Cramer, Cremers, Corina Creţu, Gabriela Creţu, Crowley, Csibi, Marek Aleksander Czarnecki, Ryszard Czarnecki, Dăianu, Daul, David, Davies, De Blasio, de Brún, Degutis, Demetriou, Denanot, Deprez, De Rossa, De Sarnez, Descamps, Désir, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, De Vits, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dičkutė, Didžiokas, Dillen, Dimitrakopoulos, Dobolyi, Dombrovskis, Doorn, Douay, Dover, Doyle, Drčar Murko, Droutsas, Duchoň, Dührkop Dührkop, Duff, Duka-Zólyomi, Dumitriu, Ebner, Ehler, El Khadraoui, Elles, Ettl, Jill Evans, Jonathan Evans, Robert Evans, Färm, Fajmon, Falbr, Farage, Fava, Fazakas, Ferber, Fernández Martín, Ferrari, Anne Ferreira, Elisa Ferreira, Figueiredo, Fiore, Fjellner, Flasarová, Florenz, Foglietta, Foltyn-Kubicka, Fontaine, Ford, Fouré, Fourtou, Fraga Estévez, Fraile Cantón, França, Frassoni, Freitas, Friedrich, Funeriu, Gacek, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Galeote, Garcés Ramón, García-Margallo y Marfil, García Pérez, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gebhardt, Gentvilas, Georgiou, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gewalt, Gibault, Gierek, Giertych, Gill, Giuntini, Gklavakis, Glante, Glattfelder, Goebbels, Goepel, Golik, Gollnisch, Gomes, Gomolka, Gottardi, Grabowska, Grabowski, Graça Moura, Graefe zu Baringdorf, Gräßle, de Grandes Pascual, Grau i Segú, Griesbeck, Gröner, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Grosch, Grossetête, Guardans Cambó, Guellec, Guerreiro, Guidoni, Gurmai, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Guy-Quint, Hänsch, Hall, Hamon, Handzlik, Hannan, Harangozó, Harbour, Harkin, Hasse Ferreira, Hassi, Haug, Heaton-Harris, Hedh, Helmer, Hennicot-Schoepges, Hennis-Plasschaert, Herczog, Herranz García, Herrero-Tejedor, Higgins, Hökmark, Honeyball, Hoppenstedt, Howitt, Hudacký, Hughes, Ibrisagic, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jacobs, Jäätteenmäki, Jałowiecki, Janowski, Járóka, Jeggle, Jeleva, Jensen, Jöns, Jørgensen, Jonckheer, Jordan Cizelj, Jouye de Grandmaison, Juknevičienė, Juri, Kacin, Kaczmarek, Kallenbach, Kamall, Karas, Karim, Kasoulides, Kaufmann, Kazak, Tunne Kelam, Kilroy-Silk, Kindermann, Kinnock, Kirilov, Kirkhope, Klaß, Knapman, Koch, Koch-Mehrin, Kohlíček, Konrad, Korhola, Kósáné Kovács, Koterec, Kozlík, Krahmer, Krasts, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Krupa, Kuc, Kuhne, Kušķis, Kusstatscher, Kuźmiuk, Lagendijk, Laignel, Lamassoure, Lambert, Lambrinidis, Lambsdorff, Lang, De Lange, Langen, Langendries, Laperrouze, Lax, Lebech, Le Foll, Lefrançois, Lehideux, Lehne, Lehtinen, Leichtfried, Leinen, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Le Rachinel, Lévai, Lewandowski, Liberadzki, Libicki, Lienemann, Liese, Lipietz, Locatelli, Lo Curto, Losco, Louis, Lulling, Lundgren, Luque Aguilar, Lynne, Lyubcheva, Maaten, McAvan, McDonald, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Madeira, Maldeikis, Manders, Maňka, Erika Mann, Thomas Mann, Marinescu, Marini, Markov, Marques, Martens, David Martin, Hans-Peter Martin, Martinez, Martínez Martínez, Masiel, Maštálka, Mathieu, Matsakis, Matsis, Matula, Mavrommatis, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Medina Ortega, Meijer, Méndez de Vigo, Menéndez del Valle, Miguélez Ramos, Mikko, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Mladenov, Mölzer, Moraes, Moreno Sánchez, Morgan, Morillon, Elisabeth Morin, Mote, Mulder, Musacchio, Muscardini, Mussa, Musumeci, Napoletano, Naranjo Escobar, Nassauer, Nattrass, Nazare, Neris, Newton Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Nicholson, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Niculescu, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Obiols i Germà, Olajos, Olbrycht, Ó Neachtain, Onesta, Onyszkiewicz, Őry, Ouzký, Oviir, Paasilinna, Pack, Paleckis, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Panayotov, Paparizov, Papastamkos, Parish, Paşcu, Patriciello, Patrie, Pęk, Alojz Peterle, Petre, Pflüger, Pietikäinen, Pīks, Pinior, Piotrowski, Pirker, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Pleštinská, Podkański, Pöttering, Pohjamo, Popa, Posdorf, Posselt, Prets, Pribetich, Protasiewicz, Purvis, Queiró, Rack, Raeva, Ransdorf, Rapkay, Rasmussen, Remek, Reul, Ribeiro e Castro, Riera Madurell, Ries, Rivera, Rizzo, Robsahm, Robusti, Rocard, Rodust, Rogalski, Roithová, Romagnoli, Rosati, Roszkowski, Rothe, Rouček, Roure, Rovsing, Rühle, Rus, Rutowicz, Sacconi, Saïfi, Sakalas, Saks, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Salinas García, Sánchez Presedo, dos Santos, Sanz Palacio, Sârbu, Saryusz-Wolski, Savary, Savi, Schaldemose, Schenardi, Schierhuber, Schlyter, Frithjof Schmidt, Olle Schmidt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Jürgen Schröder, Schroedter, Schuth, Schwab, Seeber, Seppänen, Severin, Siekierski, Siitonen, Silva Peneda, Simpson, Sinnott, Siwiec, Skinner, Škottová, Smith, Sógor, Søndergaard, Sornosa Martínez, Sousa Pinto, Spautz, Speroni, Staes, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Šťastný, Stavreva, Sterckx, Stevenson, Stihler, Stolojan, Stoyanov, Strejček, Strož, Sturdy, Sudre, Sumberg, Surján, Svensson, Szájer, Szejna, Szent-Iványi, Szymański, Tabajdi, Tannock, Tarand, Teychenné, Thyssen, Ţicău, Titley, Toia, Tőkés, Tomaszewska, Tomczak, Trakatellis, Trautmann, Trüpel, Tzampazi, Ulmer, Urutchev, Vaidere, Vakalis, Vălean, Van Hecke, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vatanen, Vaugrenard, Ventre, Veraldi, Vergnaud, Vernola, Vidal-Quadras, Vigenin, de Villiers, Virrankoski, Visser, Vlasák, Vlasto, Wagenknecht, Wallis, Walter, Watson, Henri Weber, Manfred Weber, Weiler, Weisgerber, Westlund, Whittaker, Wieland, Wielowieyski, Wiersma, Willmott, Iuliu Winkler, Wise, von Wogau, Wohlin, Bernard Wojciechowski, Janusz Wojciechowski, Wurtz, Záborská, Zaleski, Zapałowski, Zappalà, Zatloukal, Ždanoka, Zdravkova, Železný, Zieleniec, Zimmer, Zvěřina, Zwiefka