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Information and Notices

Volume 48
1 December 2005

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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

2004-2005 SESSION

Monday 21 February 2005

2005/C 304E/1

MINUTES

1

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

Resumption of session

Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

Statements by the President

Verification of credentials

Membership of committees and delegations

Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council

Petitions

Written declarations (Rule 116)

Action taken on Parliament's positions and resolutions

Order of business

One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Commission legislative and work programme (2005) (continuation of debate)

World Social Forum, World Economic Forum (debate)

Exchange of information extracted from the criminal record * — Quality of criminal justice in the European Union (debate)

Competition policy (2003) (debate)

State aid in the form of public service compensation (debate)

Agenda for next sitting

Closure of sitting

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

12

Tuesday 22 February 2005

2005/C 304E/2

MINUTES

13

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

Opening of sitting

Vote on request for urgent procedure

Debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (announcement of motions for resolutions tabled)

Broad economic policy guidelines — Public finances in EMU — 2004 (debate)

European Capital of Culture — 2005-2019 ***II (debate)

Environment and Health Action Plan 2004-2010 (debate)

Voting time

Vehicle hand controls, tell-tales and indicators (type-approval) *** (Rule 131) (vote)

Vehicle heating system (type-approval) *** (Rule 131) (vote)

EC-Romania Europe Agreement *** (Rule 131) (vote)

EC-Bulgaria Europe Agreement *** (Rule 131) (vote)

EC-Swiss Confederation Agreement on MEDIA Plus and MEDIA Training programmes * (Rule 131) (vote)

Request for defence of parliamentary immunity and privileges of Mr Koldo Gorostiaga (vote)

Short-term statistics ***I (Rule 131) (vote)

Documentation scheme for Dissostichus spp. * (Rule 131) (vote)

EC-Swiss Confederation Agreement on combating financial fraud * (Rule 131) (vote)

Cooperation Agreement with the Principality of Andorra *** (Rule 131) (vote)

Exchange of information extracted from the criminal record * (Rule 131) (vote)

Quality of criminal justice in the European Union (Rule 131) (vote)

European Capital of Culture — 2005-2019 ***II (vote)

Competition policy (2003) (vote)

State aid in the form of public service compensation (vote)

Broad economic policy guidelines (vote)

Public finances in EMU — 2004 (vote)

Explanations of vote

Corrections to votes

Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

Documents received

Financing nature protection policy (debate)

Environment and Health Action Plan 2004-2010 (continuation of debate)

Driving licences ***I (debate)

Question Time (Commission)

Driving licences (continuation of debate)

Pollution from ships ***II (debate)

River Traffic Information Services ***I (debate)

Recognition of seafarers' certificates ***I (debate)

Fisheries Control Agency * (debate)

Fish by-catch (debate)

Agenda for next sitting

Closure of sitting

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

33

ANNEX I

35

ANNEX II

43

TEXTS ADOPTED

88

P6_TA(2005)0019
Vehicle hand controls, tell-tale and indicators (approval) ***
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision on the position of the European Community in relation to the draft Regulation of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe on the uniform provisions concerning the approval of vehicles with regard to the location and identification of hand controls, tell-tales and indicators (COM(2004)0449 — 15633/2004 — C6-0032/2005 — 2004/0134(AVC))

88

P6_TA(2005)0020
Vehicle heating system (type-approval) ***
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision on the position of the European Community in relation to the draft Regulation of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe with regard to the type-approval of a heating system and of a vehicle with regard to its heating system (COM(2004)0450 — 15634/2004 — C6-0033/2005 — 2004/0135 (AVC))

88

P6_TA(2005)0021
EC-Romania Europe Agreement ***
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council and Commission Decision on the conclusion of the Additional Protocol to the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Romania, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic to the European Union (13165/2004 — C6-0206/2004 — 2004/0814(AVC))

89

P6_TA(2005)0022
EC-Bulgaria Europe Agreement ***
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council and Commission Decision on the conclusion of the Additional Protocol to the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Bulgaria, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia, and the Slovak Republic to the European Union (13163/2004 — C6-0207/2004 — 2004/0815(AVC))

90

P6_TA(2005)0023
EC-Swiss Confederation Agreement on MEDIA Plus and MEDIA Training programmes *
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision concerning the conclusion of an Agreement between the Community and the Swiss Confederation in the audiovisual field, establishing the terms and conditions for the participation of the Swiss Confederation in the MEDIA Plus and MEDIA Training Community programmes, and a final Act (COM(2004)0649 — C6-0174/2004 — 2004/0230(CNS))

90

P6_TA(2005)0024
Request for defence of parliamentary immunity of Mr Koldo Gorostiaga
European Parliament decision on the request for defence of the immunity and privileges of Koldo Gorostiaga (2004/2102(IMM))

91

P6_TA(2005)0025
Short-term statistics ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 concerning short-term statistics (COM(2003)0823 — C6-0028/2004 — 2003/0325(COD))

92

P6_TC1-COD(2003)0325
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 22 February 2005 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EC) No .../2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 concerning short-term statistics

92

ANNEX

95

P6_TA(2005)0026
Documentation scheme for Dissostichus spp. *
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1035/2001 establishing a catch documentation scheme for Dissostichus spp. (COM(2004)0528 — C6-0114/2004 — 2004/0179(CNS))

105

P6_TA(2005)0027
EC-Swiss Confederation Agreement on combating financial fraud *
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other part, to counter fraud and all other illegal activities affecting their financial interests (COM(2004)0559 — C6-0176/2004 — 2004/0187(CNS))

106

P6_TA(2005)0028
Cooperation Agreement with the Principality of Andorra ***
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision on the signature and conclusion, on behalf of the European Community, of a Cooperation Agreement with the Principality of Andorra (COM(2004)0456 — C6-0214/2004 — 2004/0136(AVC))

106

P6_TA(2005)0029
Exchange of information extracted from the criminal record *
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision on the exchange of information extracted from the criminal record (COM(2004)0664 — C6-0163/2004 — 2004/0238(CNS))

107

P6_TA(2005)0030
Quality of criminal justice in the European Union
European Parliament recommendation to the Council on the quality of criminal justice and the harmonisation of criminal law in the Member States (2005/2003(INI))

109

P6_TA(2005)0031
European Capital of Culture — 2005-2019 ***II
European Parliament legislative resolution on the Council common position for adopting a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Decision No 1419/1999/EC establishing a Community action for the ‘European Capital of Culture’ event for the years 2005-2019 (12029/1/2004 — C6-0161/2004 — 2003/0274(COD))

113

P6_TA(2005)0032
Competition policy (2003)
European Parliament resolution on the Commission's XXXIIIrd Report on Competition Policy — 2003 (2004/2139(INI))

114

P6_TA(2005)0033
State aid in the form of public service compensation
European Parliament resolution on State aid in the form of public service compensation (2004/2186(INI))

117

P6_TA(2005)0034
Broad economic guidelines
European Parliament resolution on the European economic situation — preparatory report on the Broad Economic Policy Guidelines (2004/2269(INI))

128

P6_TA(2005)0035
Public finances in EMU — 2004
European Parliament resolution on Public finances in EMU — 2004 (2004/2268(INI))

132

Wednesday 23 February 2005

2005/C 304E/3

MINUTES

135

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

Opening of sitting

Tribute

Statement by the President

Official welcome

EU relations with the Mediterranean region (debate)

Human Rights (Geneva, 14 March to 22 April 2005) (debate)

Voting time

EC-Egypt Euro-Mediterranean Agreement *** (Rule 131) (vote)

Community Customs Code ***II (Rule 131) (vote)

Vocational training statistics ***I (Rule 131) (vote)

Seafarers' Identity Documents * (Rule 131) (vote)

Pollution from ships ***II (vote)

Driving licences ***I (vote)

Formal sitting — Ukraine

Voting time (continuation)

River Traffic Information Services ***I (vote)

Recognition of seafarers' certificates ***I (vote)

Fisheries Control Agency * (vote)

Environment and Health Action Plan 2004-2010 (vote)

EU relations with the Mediterranean region (vote)

Explanations of vote

Corrections to votes

Request for the waiver of parliamentary immunity

Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

Human Rights (Geneva, 14 March to 22 April 2005) (continuation of debate)

Elections in Moldova (debate)

Action against hunger and poverty (debate)

Expiry of the WTO Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (debate)

Question Time (Council)

Unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices ***II (debate)

Health and safety at the workplace (debate)

The steel sector (debate)

Agenda for next sitting

Closure of sitting

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

147

ANNEX I

149

ANNEX II

159

TEXTS ADOPTED

182

P6_TA(2005)0036
EC-Egypt Euro-Mediterranean Agreement ***
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision concerning the conclusion of a Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Arab Republic of Egypt, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia, and the Slovak Republic to the European Union (5100/2005 — COM(2004)0428 — C6-0027/2005 — 2004/0131(AVC))

182

P6_TA(2005)0037
Community Customs Code ***II
European Parliament legislative resolution on the Council common position for adopting a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code (12060/2/2004 — C6-0211/2004 — 2003/0167(COD))

182

P6_TA(2005)0038
Statistics relating to vocational training in enterprises ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the statistics relating to vocational training in enterprises (COM(2004)0095 — C5-0083/2004 — 2004/0041(COD))

183

P6_TC1-COD(2004)0041
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 23 February 2005 with a view to the adoption of European Parliament and Council Regulation (EC) No .../2005 on the statistics relating to vocational training in enterprises

184

P6_TA(2005)0039
Seafarers' Identity Documents *
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision on authorising Member States to ratify in the interests of the Community the Seafarers' Identity Documents Convention of the International Labour Organization (Convention 185) (COM(2004)0530 — C6-0167/2004 — 2004/0180(CNS))

189

P6_TA(2005)0040
Pollution from ships ***II
European Parliament legislative resolution on the Council common position for adopting a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on ship-source pollution and on the introduction of sanctions for infringements (11964/3/2004 — C6-0157/2004 — 2003/0037(COD))

190

P6_TC2-COD(2003)0037
Position of the European Parliament adopted at second reading on 23 February 2005 with a view to the adoption of European Parliament and Council Directive 2005/.../EC on ship-source pollution and on the introduction of sanctions for infringements

190

ANNEX

196

P6_TA(2005)0041
Driving licences ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on driving licences (COM(2003)0621 — C5-0610/2003 — 2003/0252(COD))

202

P6_TC1-COD(2003)0252
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 23 February 2005 with a view to the adoption of Directive 2005/.../EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on driving licences

203

ANNEX I
PROVISIONS CONCERNING THE COMMUNITY MODEL DRIVING LICENCE

216

ANNEX II

225

ANNEX III
MINIMUM STANDARDS OF PHYSICAL AND MENTAL FITNESS FOR DRIVING A POWER-DRIVEN VEHICLE

234

ANNEX IV
INITIAL QUALIFICATION AND PERIODICAL TRAINING OF DRIVING LICENCE EXAMINERS

238

ANNEX V
DRIVER TRAINING (HEAVY GOODS VEHICLES WITH A TRAILER)

241

ANNEX VI
DRIVER TRAINING (MOTOR CARAVANS)

242

ANNEX VII
DRIVER TRAINING (MOTORCYCLE CATEGORIES)

242

ANNEX VIII

242

ANNEX IX
CORRELATION TABLE

243

P6_TA(2005)0042
River Traffic Information Services ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on harmonised River Traffic Information Services on inland waterways in the Community (COM(2004)0392 — C6-0042/2004 — 2004/0123(COD))

245

P6_TC1-COD(2004)0123
Position of the European Parliamentadopted at first reading on 23 February 2005with a view to the adoption of European Parliament and Council Directive 2005/.../EC on harmonised River Information Services (RIS) on inland waterways in the Community

245

ANNEX I
MINIMUM DATA REQUIREMENTS

251

ANNEX II
PRINCIPLES FOR RIS GUIDELINES AND TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

252

P6_TA(2005)0043
Recognition of seafarers' certificates ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the recognition of seafarers' certificates issued by the Member States and amending Directive 2001/25/EC (COM(2004)0311 — C6-0033/2004 — 2004/0098(COD))

253

P6_TC1-COD(2004)0098
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 23 February 2005 with a view to the adoption of European Parliament and Council Directive 2005/.../EC on the recognition of seafarers' certificates issued by the Member States and amending Directive 2001/25/EC

254

P6_TA(2005)0044
Fisheries Control Agency *
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation establishing a Community Fisheries Control Agency and amending Regulation (EEC) No 2847/93 establishing a control system applicable to the Common Fisheries Policy (COM(2004)0289 — C6-0021/2004 — 2004/0108(CNS))

258

P6_TA(2005)0045
Environment and Health Action Plan 2004-2010
European Parliament resolution on the European Environment and Health Action Plan 2004-2010 (2004/2132(INI))

264

P6_TA(2005)0046
EU relations with the Mediterranean region
European Parliament resolution on the Euro-Mediterranean partnership

269

Thursday 24 February 2005

2005/C 304E/4

MINUTES

273

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

Opening of sitting

Documents received

EU resources for research (debate)

Transfers of vessels to countries hit by the tsunami in 2004 (debate)

Communication of Council common positions

Welcome

Voting time

Restrictive measures in view of the situation in Côte d'Ivoire * (Rule 131) (vote)

Unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices ***II (vote)

Transfers of vessels to countries hit by the tsunami in 2004 * (vote)

The steel sector (vote)

Human Rights (Geneva, 14 March to 22 April 2005) (vote)

Action against hunger and poverty (vote)

Commission legislative and work programme (2005) (vote)

World Social Forum, World Economic Forum (vote)

Elections in Moldova (vote)

Health and safety at the workplace (vote)

Explanations of vote

Corrections to votes

Approval of Minutes of previous sitting

Debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law

Togo (debate)

Nepal (debate)

The Special Court for Sierra Leone: the case of Charles Taylor (debate)

Voting time

Togo (vote)

Nepal (vote)

The Special Court for Sierra Leone: the case of Charles Taylor (vote)

Corrections to votes

Membership of committees and delegations

Decisions concerning certain documents

Written declarations included in the register (Rule 116)

Forwarding of texts adopted during the sitting

Dates for next sittings

Adjournment of session

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

286

ANNEX I

287

ANNEX II

300

TEXTS ADOPTED

348

P6_TA(2005)0047
Restrictive measures in view of the situation in Côte d'Ivoire *
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities in view of the situation in Côte d'Ivoire (COM(2004)0842 — 15518/2004 — C6-0023/2005 — 2004/0286(CNS))

348

P6_TA(2005)0048
Unfair business-to-consumer practices ***II
European Parliament legislative resolution on the Council common position for adopting a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices in the internal market and amending Council Directive 84/450/EEC, Directives 97/7/EC, 98/27/EC and 2002/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (‘Unfair Commercial Practices Directive’) (11630/2/2004 — C6-0190/2004 — 2003/0134(COD))

351

P6_TC2-COD(2003)0134
Position of the European Parliament adopted at second reading on 24 February 2005 with a view to the adoption of European Parliament and Council Directive 2005/.../EC concerning unfair business-toconsumer commercial practices in the internal market and amending Council Directive 84/450/EEC, Directives 97/7/EC, 98/27/EC and 2002/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (‘Unfair Commercial Practices Directive’)

351

ANNEX I
COMMERCIAL PRACTICES WHICH ARE IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES CONSIDERED UNFAIR

366

ANNEX II
COMMUNITY LAW PROVISIONS SETTING OUT RULES FOR ADVERTISING AND COMMERCIAL COMMUNICATION

368

P6_TA(2005)0049
Transfers of vessels to countries hit by the tsunami in 2004 *
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999 as regards a specific action for transfers of vessels to countries hit by the Tsunami in 2004 (COM(2005)0036 — C6-0036/2005 — 2005/0005(CNS))

369

P6_TA(2005)0050
The steel sector
European Parliament resolution on the future of the steel sector

373

P6_TA(2005)0051
Human Rights (Geneva, 14 March to 22 April 2005)
European Parliament resolution on the EU's priorities and recommendations for the 61st session of the UN Commission on Human Rights in Geneva (14 March to 22 April 2005)

375

P6_TA(2005)0052
Action against hunger and poverty
European Parliament resolution on action against hunger and poverty

383

P6_TA(2005)0053
Commission legislative and work programme (2005)
European Parliament resolution on the Commission's legislative and work programme for 2005

386

P6_TA(2005)0054
World Social Forum, World Economic Forum
European Parliament resolution on the World Social Forum and the World Economic Forum

396

P6_TA(2005)0055
Elections in Moldova
European Parliament resolution on the parliamentary elections in Moldova

398

P6_TA(2005)0056
Health and safety at the workplace
European Parliament resolution on promoting health and safety at the workplace (2004/2205(INI))

400

P6_TA(2005)0057
Togo
European Parliament resolution on Togo

405

P6_TA(2005)0058
Nepal
European Parliament resolution on Nepal

407

P6_TA(2005)0059
The Special Court for Sierra Leone: the case of Charles Taylor
European Parliament resolution on the Special Court for Sierra Leone: the case of Charles Taylor

408

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