ACTA#Miércoles, 24 de octubre de 2007

• Jurisdiction: European Union
• Published date: 19 February 2009
• Celex Number: C2008/263E/03

16.10.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union CE 263/247

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MINUTES

(2008/C 263 E/03)

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

IN THE CHAIR: Hans-Gert PÖTTERING

President

1. Opening of sitting

The sitting opened at 09.00.

2. Membership of political groups

The President announced that Alessandro Battilocchio and Gianni De Michelis had joined the PSE Group with effect from 24.10.2007.

3. Written declarations (tabling)

The following Members had submitted written declarations for entry in the register (Rule 116):

— Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, István Szent-Iványi, Péter Olajos, Mikel Irujo Amezaga and Kristian Vigenin on the activities of extremist paramilitary groups in the European Union (93/2007).

4. EU-Turkey relations (debate)

Council and Commission statements: EU-Turkey relations

Manuel Lobo Antunes (President-in-Office of the Council) and Olli Rehn (Member of the Commission) made the statements.

The following spoke: Ria Oomen-Ruijten, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Hannes Swoboda, on behalf of the PSE Group, Alexander Lambsdorff, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Sebastiano (Nello) Musumeci, on behalf of the UEN Group, Joost Lagendijk, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Kyriacos Triantaphyllides, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Georgios Georgiou, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Philip Claeys, on behalf of the ITS Group, Jim Allister, Non-attached Member, Werner Langen, Jan Marinus Wiersma, Marco Cappato, Feleknas Uca, Bastiaan Belder, Andreas Mölzer, Ioannis Kasoulides, Béatrice Patrie, Marios Matsakis, Mario Borghezio, Gerard Batten, Koenraad Dillen and Charles Tannock.

IN THE CHAIR: Miguel Ángel MARTÍNEZ MARTÍNEZ

Vice-President

The following spoke: Maria Eleni Koppa, Giorgos Dimitrakopoulos, Richard Howitt, Josef Zieleniec, Vural Öger, Yiannakis Matsis, Carlos Carnero González, Emine Bozkurt, Manuel Lobo Antunes and Olli Rehn.

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

— Ria Oomen-Ruijten, on behalf of the AFET Committee, on EU-Turkey relations (B6-0376/2007);

— Philip Claeys, Frank Vanhecke and Koenraad Dillen, on behalf of the ITS Group, on relations between the European Union and Turkey (B6-0398/2007).

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 24.10.2007, Item 8.27.

5. EU-Russia Summit (debate)

Council and Commission statements: EU-Russia Summit

Manuel Lobo Antunes (President-in-Office of the Council) and Benita Ferrero-Waldner (Member of the Commission) made the statements.

The following spoke: José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Jan Marinus Wiersma, on behalf of the PSE Group, Graham Watson, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Konrad Szymański, on behalf of the UEN Group, Bart Staes, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Helmuth Markov, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Jana Bobošíková, Non-attached Member, Reino Paasilinna, Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Inese Vaidere and Hélène Flautre.

IN THE CHAIR: Mechtild ROTHE

Vice-President

The following spoke: Vladimír Remek, Ria Oomen-Ruijten, Hannes Swoboda, Bronisław Geremek, Hanna Foltyn-Kubicka, Christopher Beazley, who sought assurances, as he had done the previous day (Minutes of 23.10.2007, Item 8), that the views expressed by Parliament would indeed be put to President Putin at the summit, Libor Rouček, Georgios Papastamkos, Józef Pinior, Elmar Brok, Ana Maria Gomes, Roberta Alma Anastase, Katrin Saks, Tunne Kelam, Manuel Lobo Antunes and Benita Ferrero-Waldner.

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

— Jan Marinus Wiersma, Hannes Swoboda and Reino Paasilinna, on behalf of the PSE Group, on the EU-Russia Summit in Mafra, 26 October 2007 (B6-0423/2007);

— José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Charles Tannock, Ria Oomen-Ruijten, Michael Gahler, Christopher Beazley, Tunne Kelam and Bogdan Klich, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on the EU-Russia Summit to be held in Mafra on 26 October 2007 (B6-0424/2007);

— Graham Watson, Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck and Janusz Onyszkiewicz, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the preparations for the 10th EU-Russia Summit in Mafra, 26 October 2007 (B6-0425/2007)

— Esko Seppänen, Gabriele Zimmer and André Brie, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the EU-Russia Summit (B6-0426/2007);

— Ryszard Czarnecki, Inese Vaidere and Ģirts Valdis Kristovskis, on behalf of the UEN Group, on the EU-Russia Summit to be held in Mafra on 26 October 2007 (B6-0427/2007);

— Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Bart Staes, Milan Horáček, Marie Anne Isler Béguin, Angelika Beer and Hélène Flautre, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the preparations for the 10th EU-Russia Summit in Mafra on 26 October 2007 (B6-0428/2007).

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 14.11.2007, Item 3.22.

(The sitting was suspended at 11.40 for the award of the Lux Prize and resumed at 12.00)

IN THE CHAIR: Gérard ONESTA

Vice-President

The following spoke: Martin Schulz, on behalf of the PSE Group, who called on the President of Parliament to condemn officially the anti-Semitic insults levelled at the Hungarian Prime Minister, Ferenc Gyurcsány, by participants in a demonstration in Budapest (the President replied that he would forward the request to the President of Parliament).

The following spoke: Graham Watson, on behalf of the ALDE Group, who thanked the President for organising the presentation of the Lux Prize at Parliament.

6. Statement by the President

The President made a brief statement to mark the 62nd anniversary of the United Nations. He drew attention to the official launch at Parliament on the same day of the annual report on EU-UN cooperation on crisis management, development and promotion of democracy and fundamental freedoms.

7. Welcome

On behalf of Parliament, the President welcomed members of a delegation from Mauritania — led by His Excellency Dr Abderrahmane Ould Tolba — who had taken their seats in the distinguished visitors' gallery.

8. Voting time

Details of voting (amendments, separate and split votes, etc.) appear in the ‘Results of votes’ annex to the Minutes.

8.1. Service of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters ***II (Rule 131) (vote)

Recommendation for second reading on the common position adopted by the Council with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the service in the Member States of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters (‘Service of documents’) and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1348/2000 [08703/5/2007 — C6-0217/2007 — 2005/0126(COD)] — Committee on Legal Affairs.

Rapporteur: Jean-Paul Gauzès (A6-0366/2007)

(Qualified majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 1)

COMMON POSITION OF THE COUNCIL

Declared approved (P6_TA(2007)0446)

8.2. Agreement between the EC and Bosnia and Herzegovina on readmission * (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council decision concerning the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and Bosnia and Herzegovina on readmission [COM(2007)0425 — C6-0299/2007 — 2007/0142(CNS)] — Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.

Rapporteur: Claudio Fava (A6-0385/2007)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 2)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2007)0447)

8.3. Agreement between the EC and Bosnia and Herzegovina on short-stay visas * (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and Bosnia and Herzegovina on the facilitation of issuance of short-stay visas [COM(2007)0423 — C6-0296/2007 — 2007/0140(CNS)] — Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.

Rapporteur: Claudio Fava (A6-0384/2007)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 3)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2007)0448)

8.4. Agreement between the EC and Serbia on readmission * (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council decision concerning the signing of the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Serbia on readmission [COM(2007)0438 — C6-0298/2007 — 2007/0153(CNS)] — Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.

Rapporteur: Claudio Fava (A6-0386/2007)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 4)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2007)0449)

8.5. Agreement between the EC and Serbia on short-stay visas * (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Serbia on the facilitation of issuance of short-stay visas [COM(2007)0422 — C6-0295/2007 — 2007/0144(CNS)] — Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.

Rapporteur: Claudio Fava (A6-0387/2007)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 5)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2007)0450)

8.6. Agreement between the EC and Montenegro on readmission * (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council decision concerning the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Montenegro on readmission [COM(2007)0431 — C6-0301/2007 — 2007/0146(CNS)] — Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.

Rapporteur: Adina-Ioana Vãlean (A6-0380/2007)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 6)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2007)0451)

8.7. Agreement between the EC and Montenegro on short-stay visas * (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the...