Brussels, 17/04/2007 (Agence Europe) - On Monday 23 April, the European Parliament will begin its plenary session in Strasbourg with a discussion about the controversial report by Slovak Christian Democrat Miroslav Mikolasik on the draft regulation on innovative therapeutic medicines, following the failure of informal negotiations with the Council and Commission (EUROPE No.9399). The daytime Tuesday session will mainly focus on the creation of the common European airspace area, as well as the traditional debate on the 26 reports concerning the discharges for execution of the general EU budget. On Wednesday, the Parliament will be welcoming the Indian president, Abdoul Kalam, after spending the morning on transatlantic relations. The draft agenda for this session, before any possible amendments by the conference of presidents of the political groups meeting on Thursday and its definitive adoption by the plenary, is as follows.
Monday 23 April 2007 (17: 00 - 23: 00)
Itinerary
One minute contributions (Article 144 of the EP Regulation)
Report by Jean-Paul Gauzès - Internal Market Payment Services
Report by Miroslav Mikolášik - Innovative therapeutic medicines
Report by Markus Pieper - Repercussions from future enlargement on cohesion policy
Report by Friedrich-Wilhelm Graefe zu Baringdorf - Tariff quotas on sugar cane imports from Bulgaria and Romania
Possibility of Report by Janusz Wojciechowski - Quota regime for potato starch production
Possibility of Report by Antolín Sánchez Presedo - Action taken for compensation and interests due to infringements against Community anti-trust rules and abuse of dominant position (Green Paper)
Report by Ria Oomen-Ruijten - Improvement in portability of complementary pension rights
Tuesday 24 April 2007 (9H - 24H)
Possibility of voting on urgent requests (Article 134 of EP Regulation)
Common discussion - European airspace, with Commission declaration on a multilateral agreement on the creation of a European Common Airspace Agreement (ECAA) and the Report by Eva Lichtenberger on the ECAA
Possibility of Report by Kyösti Virrankoski - Budget 2008: strategic annual Commission priorities
Report by George Andrejevs - The fight against HIV-AIDS in the European Union and neighbouring countries, 2006-2009
Recommendation for second reading Richard Seeber - Evaluation and flood management
Report by Kartika Tamara Liotard - Thematic Strategy on sustainable use of natural resources
Common discussion - Discharges for execution of the general budget for the 2005 tax year, with possibility of Report by Salvador Garriga Polledo - 2005 Discharge: Section III, Commission; Report by Bart Staes - 2005 Discharge: Section I, European Parliament; Report by Daniel Caspary - 2005 Discharge: Section II, Council; Report by Daniel Caspary - 2005 Discharge: Section IV, Court of Justice; Report by Daniel Caspary - 2005 Discharge: Section V, Court of Auditors; Report by Daniel Caspary - 2005 Discharge: Section VI, European Economic and Social Committee; Report by Daniel Caspary - 2005 Discharge: Section VII, Committee of the Regions; Report by Daniel Caspary - 2005 Discharge: Section VIII A, European Ombudsman; Report by Daniel Caspary - 2005 Discharge: Section VIIIB, European Data Protection Controller; Report by Mogens N.J. Camre - 2005 Discharge: 6e, 7e, 8e and 9e European Development Funds (EDF); Report by Edit Herczog - 2005 Discharge: European Centre for Vocational Training; Report by Edit Herczog - 2005 Discharge: European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions; Report by Edit Herczog - 2005 Discharge: European Reconstruction Agency; Report by Edit Herczog - 2005 Discharge: European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia; Report by Edit Herczog - 2005 Discharge: European Environment Agency; Report by Edit Herczog - 2005 Discharge; Observatory on Health and Safety in the Workplace; Report by Edit Herczog; 2005 Discharge;
Translation Centre for the Bodies of European Union; Report by Edit Herczog - 2005 Discharge: European Medicines Agency; Report by Edit Herczog - 2005 Discharge: Eurojust; Report by Edit Herczog - 2005 Discharge: European Training Formation; Report by Edit Herczog - 2005 Discharge: European Agency for Maritime Safety; Report by Edit Herczog - 2005 Discharge: European Aviation Safety Agency; Report by Edit Herczog - 2005 Discharge: European Food Safety Agency; Report by Edit Herczog - 2005 Discharge: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control; Report by Edit Herczog - 2005 Discharge: European Network and Information Security Agency; Report by Ilda Figueiredo (A6-0059/2007) - Simplification and rationalisation of report for their practical implementation
Votes (12: 00 - 13: 00)
Possibility of Report by Paolo Costa - EC/Malaysia Agreement involving certain aspects of aviation services and Report by Jean-Marie Cavada - Basic salaries and allowances for Europol personnel
15: 00 - 17: 00
Common discussion - Maritime transport, with Report by Dirk Sterckx - Community monitoring, control and information system for maritime traffic; Report by Jaromír Kohlíèek - Investigations into accidents in maritime transport sector; report by Paolo Costa - Liability of carriers of passengers in the event of accidents; Report by Dominique Vlasto - Port State control (Recast); Report by Luis de Grandes Pascual - Ship inspection and survey organisations (Recast) 17: 30 - 19: 00 Commission's Question Time
Wednesday 25 April 2007 (9: 00 - 24: 00)
Declarations by the Council and Commission - Transatlantic relations
Votes (11: 30 - 12: 00)
Formal sitting (12: 00- 12: 30): speech by the president of the Republic of India, Abdoul Kalam
Follow-up to Votes (12: 30 - 13: 00)
Possibility of Report by Simon Coveney - Annual report on human rights in the world in 2006 and EU policy on rights
Possibility of Report by Hannes Swoboda - 2006 progress report on Croatia
Possibility of Report by Gérard Deprez - Rapid Border Intervention Teams
Report by Nicola Zingaretti - Criminal measures to enforce intellectual property rights. Possibility of Report by Hans-Peter Martin - Community Fiscalis 2013 Programme
Report by Sharon Bowles - Basic information on purchasing power parities
Possibility of Report by José Manuel García-Margallo y Marfil - Transmission of national accounts data
Possibility of Report by Kurt Joachim Lauk - Public Finances in the EMU 2006
Possibility of Report in compliance with Article 134 of the EP Regulation
17: 30 - 19: 00 Council question time
Thursday 26 April 2007 (10: 00 - 17: 00)
Possibility of Report by Ioannis Gklavakis - Conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources
Possibility of Report by Duarte Freitas - Compensation for the additional costs for 2007-2013 of certain fishery products (Azores, Madeira, the Canary Islands, Guiana and Réunion)
Possibility of Report by Elspeth Attwooll - on the proposal for a Council decision amending Decision 2004/585/EC establishing Regional Advisory Councils under the Common Fisheries Policy
Votes (12: 00 - 13: 00)
Debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (one hour maximum) (Article 115 of the EP Regulation) follow-up to votes. (oj)