25.3.2011

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Official Journal of the European Union

CE 93/1

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Monday 13 December 2010
MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 13 DECEMBER 2010

2011/C 93 E/01

Contents

1.	Resumption of the session

2.	Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

3.	Statements by the President

4.	Signature of acts adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure

5.	Action taken on Parliament's resolutions

6.	Composition of Parliament

7.	Composition of interparliamentary delegations

8.	Oral questions and written declarations (submission)

9.	Lapsed written declarations

10.	Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council

11.

Petitions

12.	Transfers of appropriations

13.	Documents received

14.	Order of business

15.	One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

16.	EU-Georgia agreement on facilitation of issuance of visas *** - EU-Georgia agreement on readmission of persons residing without authorisation *** - Implementation of the EU-Russia visa facilitation agreement - Visa liberalisation scheme in Serbia and Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (debate)

17.	Immigration liaison officers network ***I (debate)

18.	Single application procedure for residence and work ***I (debate)

19.	Extension of the scope of Directive 2003/109/EC to beneficiaries of international protection ***I (debate)

20.	Territorial, social and economic cohesion - Good governance and EU regional policy (debate)

21.	Impact of advertising on consumer behaviour (short presentation)

22.	Regulation of trading in financial instruments (short presentation)

23.	Agenda of the next sitting

24.	Closure of the sitting

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 13 DECEMBER 2010

IN THE CHAIR: Jerzy BUZEK

President

1.   Resumption of the session

The sitting opened at 17.05.

2.   Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

3.   Statements by the President

The President informed Members that pursuant to a decision adopted by the Conference of Presidents, the debate on the 2011 budget would be held on Tuesday, 14 December at 16.00, and the votes on Wednesday, 15 December.

The President informed Members that the debate on the outcome of the Cancún Conference on Climate Change, in which a European Parliament delegation had participated, would be held on Tuesday, 14 December.

The President stated that the Sakharov Prize winner, the Cuban dissident Guillermo Fariñas, was experiencing difficulties in coming to Strasbourg to receive his prize. The President informed Members that he had written in person to President Raúl Castro on this matter.

The President recalled the state of emergency that had been declared in Poland on 13 December 1981 to crush the Solidarity movement. The President paid homage to the victims of that repression.

The President announced that Godfrey Bloom had failed to apologise for what he had said on 19 November 2010 and that, under Rules 9 and 153, he had decided to impose the penalty on Godfrey Bloom of forfeiture of his daily subsistence allowance for a period of seven days, having informed the Member concerned.

4.   Signature of acts adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure

The President announced that on Wednesday, together with the President of the Council, he would sign the following acts adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure (Rule 74):

—	Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 (Single CMO Regulation) as regards the aid granted in the framework of the German Alcohol Monopoly (00056/2010/LEX - C7-0420/2010 - 2010/0183(COD))

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Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 as regards the provision of duty-free treatment for specified pharmaceutical active ingredients bearing an ‘international non-proprietary name’ (INN) from the World Health Organization and specified products used for the manufacture of finished pharmaceuticals (00059/2010/LEX - C7-0419/2010 - 2010/0214(COD))

—	Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning European Union financial contributions to the International Fund for Ireland (2007-2010) (00026/2010/LEX - C7-0418/2010 - 2010/0004(COD))

—	Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2187/2005 as regards the prohibition of highgrading and restrictions on fishing for flounder and turbot in the Baltic Sea, the Belts and the Sound (00049/2010/LEX - C7-0417/2010 - 2010/0175(COD))

—	Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 663/2009 establishing a programme to aid economic recovery by granting Community financial assistance to projects in the field of energy (00051/2010/LEX - C7-0416/2010 - 2010/0150(COD))

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Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down a scheme of control and enforcement applicable in the area covered by the Convention on future multilateral cooperation in the North-East Atlantic fisheries and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 2791/1999 (00048/2010/LEX - C7-0415/2010 - 2009/0051(COD))

—	Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending, as regards pharmacovigilance, Directive 2001/83/EC on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use (00047/2010/LEX - C7-0414/2010 - 2008/0260(COD))

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Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending, as regards pharmacovigilance of medicinal products for human use, Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 laying down Community procedures for the authorisation and supervision of medicinal products for human and veterinary use and establishing a European Medicines Agency, and Regulation (EC) No 1394/2007 on advanced therapy medicinal products (00046/2010/LEX - C7-0413/2010 - 2008/0257(COD))

—	Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning authentication of euro coins and handling of euro coins unfit for circulation (00038/2010/LEX - C7-0412/2010 - 2009/0128(COD))

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Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 listing the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement (00055/2010/LEX - C7-0402/2010 - 2010/0192(COD)).

5.   Action taken on Parliament’s resolutions

The Commission communication on the action it had taken in response to the non-legislative resolutions adopted by Parliament during the July 2010 part-session was available on the Séance en direct site.

6.   Composition of Parliament

Pascale Gruny had notified the President of Parliament that he had been elected to the French National Assembly with effect from 14 December 2010.

Parliament had noted this and, pursuant to Article 7(2) of the Act concerning the election of the representatives of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage and to Rule 4(1) and (4) of its Rules of Procedure, had established that his seat was vacant with effect from 14 December 2010.

7.   Composition of interparliamentary delegations

At the request of the ALDE Group, Parliament ratified the following appointment:

Delegation for relations with Afghanistan (D-AF):

Johannes Cornelis van Baalen, replacing Carl Haglund.

8.   Oral questions and written declarations (submission)

The following documents had been submitted by Members:

1)

oral questions (Rule 115) — (O-0140/2010) by Kristiina Ojuland, on behalf of the ALDE Group, to the Commission: Implementation of the EU-Russia visa facilitation agreement (B7-0568/2010); — (O-0172/2010) by Manfred Weber, Simon Busuttil, Elmar Brok and Alojz Peterle, on behalf of the PPE Group, to the Commission: Implementation of the EU-Russia visa facilitation agreement (B7-0656/2010); — (O-0178/2010) by Paolo De Castro, on behalf of the AGRI Committee, to the Commission: The EU laying hen industry - the ban on the use of unenriched cages from 2012 (B7-0657/2010); — (O-0181/2010) by Simon Busuttil, Manfred Weber, Anna Maria Corazza Bildt and Monika Hohlmeier, on behalf of the PPE Group, to the Commission: Concerns about the correct application of the EU visa liberalisation scheme in Serbia and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (B7-0654/2010); — (O-0195/2010) by Andreas Schwab, Anja Weisgerber, Marianne Thyssen and Anna Maria Corazza Bildt, on behalf of the PPE Group, Evelyne Gebhardt, Christel Schaldemose, Anna Hedh and Barbara Weiler, on behalf of the S&D Group, Cristian Silviu Bușoi, Jürgen Creutzmann, Antonyia Parvanova and Nadja Hirsch, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Heide Rühle, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Malcolm Harbour, on behalf of the ECR Group, to the Commission: Safety of toys (B7-0658/2010); — (O-0199/2010) by Sharon Bowles, on behalf of the ECON Committee, to the Commission: Establishing a permanent crisis mechanism to safeguard the financial stability of the euro area (B7-0659/2010); — (O-0200/2010) by Stephen Hughes, Pervenche Berès and Udo Bullmann, on behalf of the S&D Group, to the Council: Economic governance and Article 9 of the Treaty of Lisbon (B7-0660/2010);

2)

written declarations for inclusion in the register (Rule 123) — Iosif Matula and Marian-Jean Marinescu, on raising the profile of the crafts and cultural heritage of Europe’s Roma community to support its economic and social integration (0093/2010); — Cornelis de Jong, Georges Bach, Isabelle Durant, Saïd El Khadraoui and Marian Harkin, on preventing adverse effects of the implementation of Directive2008/6/EC amending Directive 97/67/EC with regard to the full accomplishment of the internal market of Community postal services (0094/2010); — Inese Vaidere, Ana Gomes, Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš, Tunne Kelam and Vytautas Landsbergis, on ensuring full compliance with the EU’s criteria for the export of arms and military equipment to third countries (0095/2010); — Cornelia Ernst, Sonia Alfano, Sylvie Guillaume and Franziska Keller, on the UN Migrant Workers Convention (0096/2010); — Mariya Nedelcheva, José Bové, Rareș-Lucian Niculescu, Dimitar Stoyanov and Janusz Wojciechowski, on the equitable distribution of agricultural subsidies between the new and old Member States (0097/2010); — Patrizia Toia, on land grabbing (0098/2010); — Andreas Mölzer, on prohibiting of overtaking by HGVs on two-lane motorways (0099/2010); — Daciana Octavia Sârbu, János Áder, José Bové, Chris Davies and Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, on improving accident prevention measures and environmental liability provisions in the extractive industries (0100/2010); — Burkhard Balz, Udo Bullmann, Jean-Paul Gauzès, Sven Giegold and Sylvie Goulard, on corporation tax rates in the EU (0101/2010).

9.   Lapsed written declarations

In accordance with Rule 123(5), written declarations 0060/2010, 0063/2010, 0064/2010, 0065/2010, 0066/2010 and 0067/2010 had lapsed as they had not obtained the required number of signatures.

10.   Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council

The Council had forwarded certified true copies of the following:

—	Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters on the provisional application of the fisheries partnership agreement between the European Union and Solomon Islands;

—	Fisheries partnership agreement between the European Union and the Solomon Islands;

—	Agreement between the European Union and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on certain aspects of air services;

—	Agreement between the European Union and the Federative Republic of Brazil on short-stay visa waiver for holders of diplomatic, service or official passports;

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Agreement amending for the second time the Partnership Agreement between the Member States of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States of the other part, signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000, as first amended in Luxembourg on 25 June 2005.

11.   Petitions

The following petitions, which had been entered in the register on the dates shown below, had been forwarded to the committee responsible under Rule 201(6):

6 December 2010 Birgit Klarenaar (No 1365/2010); Guido Werner (No1366/2010); Gerti Braatz (No 1367/2010); Tomasz Artur Mielniczuk (No 1368/2010); (name not provided) (No 1369/2010); (name not provided) (No 1370/2010); Constantin Vichi Bernath (No 1371/2010); Teresa Jaschinski (No 1372/2010); Annelie Celik (2 signatures) (No 1373/2010); Bernhard Vetter (No 1374/2010); Stefan Engeln (Vereinigung für Interdisziplinäre Frühförderung e.V) (No 1375/2010); (name not provided) (No 1376/2010); (name not provided) (No 1377/2010); Werner Warweg (No 1378/2010); Agnetha Marton (2 signatures) (No 1379/2010); J. Bauer (37 signatures) (No 1380/2010); Günter Ehemann (No 1381/2010); (name not provided) (No 1382/2010); Erhard Jakob (No 1383/2010); Dieter Schlemann (LTB Schlemann GmbH) (No 1384/2010); Graziella Chiste (No 1385/2010); Jiří Krušina (No 1386/2010); Maria Kalberlah (No 1387/2010); Andreas Städler (No 1388/2010); Karin Griessmair (No 1389/2010); Michael Schmitt (No 1390/2010); (name not provided) (No 1391/2010); (name not provided) (No 1392/2010); Sabine Schulte (No 1393/2010); Erich Ollnow (No 1394/2010); (name not provided) (No 1395/2010); (name not provided) (No 1396/2010); (name not provided) (No 1397/2010); Horst Prem (No 1398/2010); Henryka Glenz (No 1399/2010); Łukasz Rugor (No 1400/2010); Dietmar Kapl (No 1401/2010); (name not provided) (No 1402/2010); Andreas Kettmann (No 1403/2010); Axel Engemann (No 1404/2010); Roxana Olga Asprela (No 1405/2010); Francisco José Rosado Cruz (No 1406/2010); Mario Molina Arias (No 1407/2010); (name not provided) (No 1408/2010); (name not provided) (No 1409/2010); (name not provided) (No 1410/2010); Jukka Seppänen (No 1411/2010); Maria Karagiannaki (No 1412/2010); Martin Rose (No 1413/2010); Enrique Arraiz Curbelo (No 1414/2010); (name not provided) (No 1415/2010); Rose Vela Gallego (No 1416/2010); Alberto de la Peña Guillén (No 1417/2010); (name not provided) (No 1418/2010); José Carlos Aragón Servan (4 signatures) (No 1419/2010); (name not provided) (No 1420/2010); Thomas Bories (31 signatures) (No 1421/2010); (name not provided) (No 1422/2010); (name not provided) (No 1423/2010); Paolo Personnettaz (No 1424/2010); Michael Brosnan (No 1425/2010); Anna Iványi (Beklen Foundation) (No 1426/2010); Michele Giove (No 1427/2010); Fabrizio Consalvi (Forum italiano dei movimenti per l’Aqua) (No 1428/2010); Adebowale Vicmo (No 1429/2010); (name not provided) (No 1430/2010); (name not provided) (No 1431/2010); Jagindar Nath Gadhok (No 1432/2010); Ioan Antonescu (Asociația Cultul Eroilor) (No 1433/2010); Laura Gomez-Medel (No 1434/2010); Frizzi Miranda Persichi (No 1435/2010); Achille Loro (No 1436/2010); Andrew & Rebecca Mahoney (2 signatures) (No 1437/2010); (name not provided) (No 1438/2010); Petar Trojanski Penchev (Association for the freedom of speech ‘Anna Politkovskaia’ (Асоциация на свободното слово ‘Анна Политковская’)) (No 1439/2010); (name not provided) (No 1440/2010); Adam Roberts (No 1441/2010); Petar Trojanski Penchev (Association for the freedom of speech ‘Anna Politkovskaia’ (Асоциация на свободното слово ‘Анна Политковская’)) (No 1442/2010); (name not provided) (No 1443/2010); Jacek Naguszewski (Law Firm Berna de Laborde) (No 1444/2010); (name not provided) (No 1445/2010); Bernardo De Vries (Associazione Family Way) (No 1446/2010); (name not provided) (No 1447/2010); Saverio Sdolzini (No 1448/2010); Wandum Henry Tangoh (No 1449/2010); (name not provided) (No 1450/2010).

12.   Transfers of appropriations

The Committee on Budgets had authorised the Commission’s proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 39/2010 (N7-0061/2010 - C7-0348/2010 - 2010/2254 (GBD)) in accordance with Article 24(4) of the Financial Regulation as interpreted in point 20 of the Joint declaration on transitional measures applicable to the budgetary procedure after the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty.

The Committee on Budgets had authorised the Commission’s proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 41/2010 (N7-0062/2010 - C7-0349/2010 - 2010/2255 (GBD)) in accordance with Article 24(4) of the Financial Regulation as interpreted in point 20 of the Joint declaration on transitional measures applicable to the budgetary procedure after the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty.

The Committee on Budgets had authorised the Commission’s proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 42/2010 (N7-0063/2010 - C7-0350/2010 - 2010/2256 (GBD)) in accordance with Article 24(4) of the Financial Regulation as interpreted in point 20 of the Joint declaration on transitional measures applicable to the budgetary procedure after the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty.

The Committee on Budgets had authorised the Commission’s proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 43/2010 (N7-0064/2010 - C7-0351/2010 - 2010/2257 (GBD)) in accordance with Article 24(4) of the Financial Regulation as interpreted in point 20 of the Joint declaration on transitional measures applicable to the budgetary procedure after the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty.

The Committee on Budgets had authorised the Commission’s proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 45/2010 (N7-0069/2010 - C7-0357/2010 - 2010/2262 (GBD)) in accordance with Article 24(4) of the Financial Regulation as interpreted in point 20 of the Joint declaration on transitional measures applicable to the budgetary procedure after the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty.

The Committee on Budgets had authorised the Commission’s proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 47/2010 (N7-0070/2010 - C7-0358/2010 - 2010/2263 (GBD)) in accordance with Article 24(4) of the Financial Regulation as interpreted in point 20 of the Joint declaration on transitional measures applicable to the budgetary procedure after the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty.

The Committee on Budgets had authorised the Commission’s proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 48/2010 (N7-0074/2010 - C7-0390/2010 - 2010/2280 (GBD)) in accordance with Article 24(4) of the Financial Regulation as interpreted in point 20 of the Joint declaration on transitional measures applicable to the budgetary procedure after the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty.

The Committee on Budgets had authorised the Commission’s proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 55/2010 (N7-0071/2010 - C7-0359/2010 - 2010/2264 (GBD)) in accordance with Article 24(4) of the Financial Regulation as interpreted in point 20 of the Joint declaration on transitional measures applicable to the budgetary procedure after the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty.

The Committee on Budgets had authorised the Commission’s proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 57/2010 (N7-0065/2010 - C7-0352/2010 - 2010/2258 (GBD)) in accordance with Article 24(4) of the Financial Regulation as interpreted in point 20 of the Joint declaration on transitional measures applicable to the budgetary procedure after the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty.

The Committee on Budgets had authorised the Commission’s proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 58/2010 (N7-0067/2010 - C7-0354/2010 - 2010/2260 (GBD)) in accordance with Article 24(4) of the Financial Regulation as interpreted in point 20 of the Joint declaration on transitional measures applicable to the budgetary procedure after the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty.

The Committee on Budgets had authorised the Commission’s proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 59/2010 (N7-0072/2010 - C7-0363/2010 - 2010/2267 (GBD)) in accordance with Article 24(4) of the Financial Regulation as interpreted in point 20 of the Joint declaration on transitional measures applicable to the budgetary procedure after the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty.

The Committee on Budgets had authorised the Commission’s proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 60/2010 (N7-0076/2010 - C7-0393/2010 - 2010/2286 (GBD)) in accordance with Article 24(4) of the Financial Regulation as interpreted in point 20 of the Joint declaration on transitional measures applicable to the budgetary procedure after the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty.

The Committee on Budgets had authorised the Commission’s proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 61/2010 (N7-0068/2010 - C7-0355/2010 - 2010/2261 (GBD)) in accordance with Article 24(4) of the Financial Regulation as interpreted in point 20 of the Joint declaration on transitional measures applicable to the budgetary procedure after the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty.

The Committee on Budgets had authorised the Commission’s proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 63/2010 (N7-0077/2010 - C7-0394/2010 - 2010/2287 (GBD)) in accordance with Article 24(4) of the Financial Regulation as interpreted in point 20 of the Joint declaration on transitional measures applicable to the budgetary procedure after the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty.

The Committee on Budgets had authorised the Commission’s proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 64/2010 (N7-0078/2010 - C7-0395/2010 - 2010/2288 (GBD)) in accordance with Article 24(4) of the Financial Regulation as interpreted in point 20 of the Joint declaration on transitional measures applicable to the budgetary procedure after the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty.

The Committee on Budgets had authorised the Commission’s proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 65/2010 (N7-0085/2010 - C7-0405/2010 - 2010/2296 (GBD)) in accordance with Article 24(4) of the Financial Regulation as interpreted in point 20 of the Joint declaration on transitional measures applicable to the budgetary procedure after the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty.

The Committee on Budgets had authorised the Commission’s proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 66/2010 (N7-0086/2010 - C7-0406/2010 - 2010/2297 (GBD)) in accordance with Article 24(4) of the Financial Regulation as interpreted in point 20 of the Joint declaration on transitional measures applicable to the budgetary procedure after the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty.

13.   Documents received

The following documents had been received:

1)

from the Council and Commission — Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 60/2010 - Section III – Commission (N7-0076/2010 - C7-0393/2010 - 2010/2286(GBD)) referred to responsible: BUDG — Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 63/2010 - Section III – Commission (N7-0077/2010 - C7-0394/2010 - 2010/2287(GBD)) referred to responsible: BUDG — Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 64/2010 - Section III – Commission (N7-0078/2010 - C7-0395/2010 - 2010/2288(GBD)) referred to responsible: BUDG — Proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1467/97 on speeding up and clarifying the implementation of the excessive deficit procedure (COM(2010)0522 - C7-0396/2010 - 2010/0276(CNS)) referred to responsible: ECON opinion: EMPL, BUDG — Proposal for a Council directive on requirements for budgetary frameworks of the Member States (COM(2010)0523 - C7-0397/2010 - 2010/0277(NLE)) referred to responsible: ECON opinion: EMPL, BUDG, IMCO — Proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Mobilisation of the Flexibility Instrument (COM(2010)0760 - C7-0398/2010 - 2010/2293(BUD)) referred to responsible: BUDG opinion: DEVE, CULT, ITRE — Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the Federative Republic of Brazil on short-stay visa waiver for holders of diplomatic, service or official passports (16362/2010 - C7-0399/2010 - 2010/0222(NLE)) referred to responsible: LIBE — Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the Federative Republic of Brazil on short stay visa waiver for holders of ordinary passports (16364/2010 - C7-0400/2010 - 2010/0228(NLE)) referred to responsible: LIBE — Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement establishing a partnership between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part, on a Framework Agreement between the European Union and Ukraine on the general principles for the participation of Ukraine in Union programmes (13604/2010 - C7-0401/2010 - 2010/0218(NLE)) referred to responsible: AFET opinion: INTA — Amended proposal for a Council directive on the structure and rates of excise duty applied to manufactured tobacco (codification) (COM(2010)0641 - C7-0403/2010 - 2007/0206(CNS)) referred to responsible: JURI — Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 65/2010 - Section III - Commission (N7-0085/2010 - C7-0405/2010 - 2010/2296(GBD)) referred to responsible: BUDG — Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 66/2010 - Section III - Commission (N7-0086/2010 - C7-0406/2010 - 2010/2297(GBD)) referred to responsible: BUDG — Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards contractual relations in the milk and milk products sector (COM(2010)0728 - C7-0408/2010 - 2010/0362(COD)) referred to responsible: AGRI In line with Rule 124(1), the President informed the House that he would consult the European Economic and Social Committee on the proposal. — Draft amending budget No 9 to the general budget for 2010: Council position of 10 December 2010 (17633/2010 - C7-0409/2010 - 2010/2238(BUD)) referred to responsible: BUDG — Draft amending budget No 10 to the general budget for 2010: Council position of 10 December 2010 (17634/2010 - C7-0410/2010 - 2010/2246(BUD)) referred to responsible: BUDG — New draft budget of the European Union for the financial year 2011: Council position of 10 December 2010 (17635/2010 - C7-0411/2010 - 2010/2290(BUD)) referred to responsible: BUDG

2)

the following reports from committees: — ***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on a single application procedure for a single permit for third-country nationals to reside and work in the territory of a Member State and on a common set of rights for third-country workers legally residing in a Member State (COM(2007)0638 - C6-0470/2007 - 2007/0229(COD)) - LIBE Committee - Rapporteur: Véronique Mathieu (A7-0265/2010) — Report on good governance with regards to the EU regional policy: procedures of assistance and control by the European Commission (2009/2231(INI)) - REGI Committee - Rapporteur: Ramona Nicole Mănescu (A7-0280/2010) — Report on achieving real territorial, social and economic cohesion within the EU - a sine qua non for global competitiveness? (2009/2233(INI)) - REGI Committee - Rapporteur: Petru Constantin Luhan (A7-0309/2010) — ***I Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a European Union action for the European Heritage Label (COM(2010)0076 - C7-0071/2010 - 2010/0044(COD)) - CULT Committee - Rapporteur: Chrysoula Paliadeli (A7-0311/2010) — Report on regulation of trading in financial instruments - dark pools etc. (2010/2075(INI)) - ECON Committee - Rapporteur: Kay Swinburne (A7-0326/2010) — Report on Revision of the Energy Efficiency Action Plan (2010/2107(INI)) - ITRE Committee - Rapporteur: Bendt Bendtsen (A7-0331/2010) — Report with a proposal for a European Parliament recommendation to the Council on setting up an EU rapid response capability (B7-0228/2010 - 2010/2096(INI)) - DEVE Committee - Rapporteur: Iva Zanicchi (A7-0332/2010) — Report on a new strategy for Afghanistan (2009/2217(INI)) - AFET Committee - Rapporteur: Pino Arlacchi (A7-0333/2010) — Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the Swiss Confederation establishing the terms and conditions for the participation of the Swiss Confederation in the ‘Youth in Action’ programme and in the action programme in the field of lifelong learning (12818/2010 - C7-0277/2010 - 2010/0231(NLE)) - CULT Committee - Rapporteur: Doris Pack (A7-0334/2010) — Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund, in accordance with point 26 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (COM(2010)0578 - C7-0323/2010 - 2010/2237(BUD)) - BUDG Committee - Rapporteur: Reimer Böge (A7-0335/2010) — Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund in accordance with point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (COM(2010)0582 - C7-0334/2010 - 2010/2243(BUD)) - BUDG Committee - Rapporteur: Barbara Matera (A7-0336/2010) — Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, in accordance with point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (COM(2010)0568 - C7-0332/2010 - 2010/2241(BUD)) - BUDG Committee - Rapporteur: Barbara Matera (A7-0337/2010) — Report on the impact of advertising on consumer behaviour (2010/2052(INI)) - IMCO Committee - Rapporteur: Philippe Juvin (A7-0338/2010) — Report on the Annual Report on Human Rights in the World 2009 and the European Union’s policy on the matter (2010/2202(INI)) - AFET Committee - Rapporteur: Laima Liucija Andrikienė (A7-0339/2010) — ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 on credit rating agencies (COM(2010)0289 - C7-0143/2010 - 2010/0160(COD)) - ECON Committee - Rapporteur: Jean-Paul Gauzès (A7-0340/2010) — Report on Council’s position on Draft amending budget No 9/2010 of the European Union for the financial year 2010, Section III - Commission (17633/2010 - C7-0409/2010 - 2010/2238(BUD)) - BUDG Committee - Rapporteur: László Surján (A7-0341/2010) — ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 377/2004 on the creation of an immigration liaison officers network (COM(2009)0322 - C7-0055/2009 - 2009/0098(COD)) - LIBE Committee - Rapporteur: Agustín Díaz De Mera García Consuegra (A7-0342/2010) — Recommendation on the draft Council decision concerning the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and Georgia on the facilitation of the issuance of visas (11324/2010 - C7-0391/2010 - 2010/0106(NLE)) - LIBE Committee - Rapporteur: Nathalie Griesbeck (A7-0345/2010) — Recommendation to the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and Georgia on the readmission of persons residing without authorisation (15507/2010 - C7-0392/2010 - 2010/0108(NLE)) - LIBE Committee - Rapporteur: Nathalie Griesbeck (A7-0346/2010) — ***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2003/109/EC to extend its scope to beneficiaries of international protection (COM(2007)0298 - C6-0196/2007 - 2007/0112(COD)) - LIBE Committee - Rapporteur: Claude Moraes (A7-0347/2010) — ***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings, and protecting victims, repealing Framework Decision 2002/629/JHA (COM(2010)0095 - C7-0087/2010 - 2010/0065(COD)) - LIBE Committee - Co-rapporteurs: Edit Bauer and Anna Hedh (A7-0348/2010) — Report on strengthening chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear security in the European Union - an EU CBRN Action Plan (2010/2114(INI)) - LIBE Committee - Rapporteur: Ana Gomes (A7-0349/2010) — ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the citizens’ initiative (COM(2010)0119 - C7-0089/2010 - 2010/0074(COD)) - AFCO Committee - Co-rapporteurs: Zita Gurmai and Alain Lamassoure (A7-0350/2010) — Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund in accordance with point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (COM(2010)0625 - C7-0360/2010 - 2010/2265(BUD)) - BUDG Committee - Rapporteur: Barbara Matera (A7-0351/2010) — Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund in accordance with point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (COM(2010)0631 - C7-0361/2010 - 2010/2266(BUD)) - BUDG Committee - Rapporteur: Barbara Matera (A7-0352/2010) — Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund in accordance with point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (COM(2010)0685 - C7-0389/2010 - 2010/2279(BUD)) - BUDG Committee - Rapporteur: Barbara Matera (A7-0353/2010) — ***I Report on the draft directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Protection Order (00002/2010 - C7-0006/2010 - 2010/0802(COD)) - FEMM Committee - Co-rapporteurs: Teresa Jiménez-Becerril Barrio and Carmen Romero López (A7-0354/2010) — Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund in accordance with point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (COM(2010)0617 - C7-0344/2010 - 2010/2250(BUD)) - BUDG Committee - Rapporteur: Barbara Matera (A7-0356/2010) — Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund in accordance with point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (COM(2010)0613 - C7-0345/2010 - 2010/2251(BUD)) - BUDG Committee - Rapporteur: Barbara Matera (A7-0357/2010) — Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, in accordance with point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (COM(2010)0615 - C7-0346/2010 - 2010/2252(BUD)) - BUDG Committee - Rapporteur: Barbara Matera (A7-0358/2010) — Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund in accordance with point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (COM(2010)0616 - C7-0347/2010 - 2010/2253(BUD)) - BUDG Committee - Rapporteur: Barbara Matera (A7-0359/2010) — * Report on the proposal for a Council regulation implementing enhanced cooperation in the area of the law applicable to divorce and legal separation (COM(2010)0105 - C7-0315/2010 - 2010/0067(CNS)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Tadeusz Zwiefka (A7-0360/2010) — Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on mobilisation of the Flexibility Instrument (COM(2010)0760 - C7-0398/2010 - 2010/2293(BUD)) - BUDG Committee - Rapporteur: Reimer Böge (A7-0367/2010) — Report on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2011, all sections, as modified by the Council (17635/2010 - C7-0411/2010 - 2010/2290(BUD)) - BUDG Committee - Co-rapporteurs: Sidonia Elżbieta Jędrzejewska and Helga Trüpel (A7-0369/2010)

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from Members: 3.1) motions for resolution (Rule 120) — Salvador Garriga Polledo. Motion for a resolution on legislation to control online betting (B7-0703/2010) referred to responsible: IMCO 3.2) oral questions for Question Time (Rule 116) (B7-0655/2010) — to the Council Posselt Bernd, Papanikolaou Georgios, Kelly Seán, Higgins Jim, Koumoutsakos Georgios, Blinkevičiūtė Vilija, Chountis Nikolaos, Mitchell Gay, Theocharous Eleni, Figueiredo Ilda, Crowley Brian, Gallagher Pat the Cope, Andrikienė Laima Liucija, McGuinness Mairead — to the Commission Blinkevičiūtė Vilija, Motti Tiziano, Matera Barbara, Tarabella Marc, Papanikolaou Georgios, Harkin Marian, Cashman Michael, Mirsky Alexander, Crowley Brian, Posselt Bernd, Higgins Jim, Koumoutsakos Georgios, Paleckis Justas Vincas, Chountis Nikolaos, Madlener Barry, Theocharous Eleni, Hadjigeorgiou Takis, Gallagher Pat the Cope, Pargneaux Gilles, Davies Chris, Kelly Seán, Neynsky Nadezhda, Perello Rodriguez Andres, Mitchell Gay, Figueiredo Ilda, Kelly Alan, Balčytis Zigmantas, Belet Ivo, Marcinkiewicz Bogdan Kazimierz, McGuinness Mairead, Andrikienė Laima Liucija, Toussas Georgios, Iotova Iliana Malinova

14.   Order of business

The next item was the order of business.

The final draft agenda for the December 2010 sittings (PE 452.508/PDOJ) had been distributed and a number of changes had been proposed (Rule 140):

Monday No changes.

Tuesday No changes.

Wednesday Request from the PPE Group to place on the agenda for Wednesday afternoon the debate on the report byJózsef Szájer on the mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers (A7-0355/2010). The following spoke: József Szájer, on behalf of the PPE Group, to move the request, and Hannes Swoboda, on behalf of the S&D Group, in support of the request. Parliament approved the request. The deadline for tabling amendments would be: 10.00 on Wednesday, 15 December 2010. The vote would be held on Thursday, 16 December. Request from the S&D Group to place on the agenda for Wednesday afternoon the questions for oral answer by the Council and the Commission (O-0200/2010 and O-0201/2010) on economic governance and Article 9 of the Treaty of Lisbon. The following spoke: Catherine Trautmann, on behalf of the S&D Group, to move the request, and Francesco Enrico Speroni, on behalf of the EFD Group, in support of the request. Parliament approved the request. The sitting would now run until 21.00.

Thursday No changes.

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The order of business was thus established.

15.   One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

In accordance with Rule 150, the following Members who wished to draw the attention of Parliament to matters of political importance spoke for one minute:

Teresa Jiménez-Becerril Barrio, Ádám Kósa, Csaba Sógor, Antonio Masip Hidalgo, Daciana Octavia Sârbu, Ivo Vajgl, Michail Tremopoulos, Georgios Toussas, Nikolaos Salavrakos, Csanád Szegedi, Barbara Matera, Mariya Nedelcheva, Maria Da Graça Carvalho, George Sabin Cutaș, Gianni Pittella, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Kristiina Ojuland, Pat the Cope Gallagher, Oriol Junqueras Vies, Bairbre de Brún, Slavi Binev, Nadezhda Neynsky, Jim Higgins, Ioan Enciu, Alexander Mirsky, Charles Goerens, Ilda Figueiredo, Miguel Portas, Hans-Peter Martin, Cătălin Sorin Ivan, Marisa Matias, Rui Tavares, Philip Claeys and Corina Crețu.

IN THE CHAIR: Libor ROUČEK

Vice-President

16.   EU-Georgia agreement on facilitation of issuance of visas *** - EU-Georgia agreement on readmission of persons residing without authorisation *** - Implementation of the EU-Russia visa facilitation agreement - Visa liberalisation scheme in Serbia and Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (debate)

Recommendation on the draft Council decision concerning the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and Georgia on the facilitation of the issuance of visas [11324/2010 - C7-0391/2010- 2010/0106(NLE)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Nathalie Griesbeck (A7-0345/2010)

Recommendation to the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and Georgia on the readmission of persons residing without authorisation [15507/2010 - C7-0392/2010- 2010/0108(NLE)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Nathalie Griesbeck (A7-0346/2010)

Oral question (O-0140/2010) by Kristiina Ojuland, on behalf of the ALDE Group, to the Commission: Implementation of the EU-Russia visa facilitation agreement (B7-0568/2010)

Oral question (O-0172/2010) by Manfred Weber, Simon Busuttil, Elmar Brok and Alojz Peterle, on behalf of the PPE Group, to the Commission: Implementation of the EU-Russia visa facilitation agreement (B7-0656/2010)

Oral question (O-0181/2010) by Simon Busuttil, Manfred Weber, Anna Maria Corazza Bildt and Monika Hohlmeier, on behalf of the PPE Group, to the Commission: Concerns about the correct application of the EU visa liberalisation scheme in Serbia and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (B7-0654/2010)

Nathalie Griesbeck presented her recommendations.

Kristiina Ojuland and Manfred Weber moved the oral questions.

Cecilia Malmström (Member of the Commission) answered the oral questions.

The following spoke: Krzysztof Lisek (rapporteur for the opinion of the AFET Committee), Monica Luisa Macovei, on behalf of the PPE Group, Kinga Göncz, on behalf of the S&D Group, Sarah Ludford, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Tatjana Ždanoka, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Paweł Robert Kowal, on behalf of the ECR Group, Alfreds Rubiks, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Nikolaos Salavrakos, on behalf of the EFD Group, Daniël van der Stoep, Non-attached Member, Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Corina Crețu, Marije Cornelissen, Jaroslav Paška, Anna Maria Corazza Bildt, Elena Băsescu, Marek Siwiec and Simon Busuttil.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Lara Comi and Csaba Sándor Tabajdi.

IN THE CHAIR: Silvana KOCH-MEHRIN

Vice-President

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Andrew Henry William Brons, Georgios Papanikolaou, Csanád Szegedi and Lena Kolarska-Bobińska.

The following spoke: Cecilia Malmström and Nathalie Griesbeck.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 14.12.2010, item 9.12 and minutes of 14.12.2010, item 9.21.

17.   Immigration liaison officers network ***I (debate)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 377/2004 on the creation of an immigration liaison officers network [COM(2009)0322 - C7-0055/2009- 2009/0098(COD)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra (A7-0342/2010)

Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra introduced the report.

The following spoke: Cecilia Malmström (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Carlos Coelho, on behalf of the PPE Group, Claude Moraes, on behalf of the S&D Group, Stanimir Ilchev, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Franziska Keller, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Rui Tavares, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Paul Nuttall, on behalf of the EFD Group, who took a blue card question from Krisztina Morvai, Philip Claeys, Non-attached Member, Georgios Papanikolaou, Andreas Mölzer.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Simon Busuttil, Oreste Rossi, Franz Obermayr, Csanád Szegedi, Andrew Henry William Brons and Krisztina Morvai.

The following spoke: Cecilia Malmström and Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 14.12.2010, item 9.17.

18.   Single application procedure for residence and work ***I (debate)

Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on a single application procedure for a single permit for third-country nationals to reside and work in the territory of a Member State and on a common set of rights for third-country workers legally residing in a Member State [COM(2007)0638 - C6-0470/2007- 2007/0229(COD)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Véronique Mathieu (A7-0265/2010)

Véronique Mathieu introduced the report.

The following spoke: Cecilia Malmström (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Alejandro Cercas (rapporteur for the opinion of the EMPL Committee), Ria Oomen-Ruijten, on behalf of the PPE Group, Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, on behalf of the S&D Group, Sophia in 't Veld, on behalf of the ALDE Group, who began by expressing her disappointment that the Council was absent, Jean Lambert, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Patrick Le Hyaric, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Mara Bizzotto, on behalf of the EFD Group, Daniël van der Stoep, Non-attached Member, Simon Busuttil, Claude Moraes, Gesine Meissner, Hélène Flautre, Csaba Sógor, Sergio Gaetano Cofferati, Carlos Coelho and Debora Serracchiani.

IN THE CHAIR: László TŐKÉS

Vice-President

The following spoke: Liisa Jaakonsaari and Evelyn Regner.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Ria Oomen-Ruijten, Marian-Jean Marinescu, Marita Ulvskog, Sonia Alfano, Ilda Figueiredo, Jaroslav Paška, Seán Kelly and Alejandro Cercas.

The following spoke: Cecilia Malmström and Véronique Mathieu.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 14.12.2010, item 9.18.

19.   Extension of the scope of Directive 2003/109/EC to beneficiaries of international protection ***I (debate)

Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2003/109/EC to extend its scope to beneficiaries of international protection [COM(2007)0298 - C6-0196/2007- 2007/0112(COD)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Claude Moraes (A7-0347/2010)

Claude Moraes introduced the report.

The following spoke: Cecilia Malmström (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Mariya Nedelcheva, on behalf of the PPE Group, Cecilia Wikström, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Judith Sargentini, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Simon Busuttil and Ioan Enciu.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Franz Obermayr.

The following spoke: Cecilia Malmström and Claude Moraes.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 14.12.2010, item 9.11.

20.   Territorial, social and economic cohesion - Good governance and EU regional policy (debate)

Report on achieving real territorial, social and economic cohesion within the EU - a sine qua non for global competitiveness? [2009/2233(INI)] - Committee on Regional Development. Rapporteur: Petru Constantin Luhan (A7-0309/2010)

Report on good governance with regards to the EU regional policy: procedures of assistance and control by the European Commission [2009/2231(INI)] - Committee on Regional Development. Rapporteur: Ramona Nicole Mănescu (A7-0280/2010)

Petru Constantin Luhan and Ramona Nicole Mănescu introduced the reports.

The following spoke: Johannes Hahn (Member of the Commission).

IN THE CHAIR: Miguel Angel MARTÍNEZ MARTÍNEZ

Vice-President

The following spoke: Iosif Matula, on behalf of the PPE Group, Evgeni Kirilov, on behalf of the S&D Group, Riikka Manner, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Jean-Paul Besset, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Charalampos Angourakis, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Trevor Colman, on behalf of the EFD Group, Csanád Szegedi, Non-attached Member, Jan Olbrycht, Georgios Stavrakakis, Filiz Hakaeva Hyusmenova, Elisabeth Schroedter, João Ferreira, Giancarlo Scottà, Joachim Zeller, Erminia Mazzoni, Nuno Teixeira, Hermann Winkler, Barbara Matera and Jan Kozłowski.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Elena Băsescu, Luís Paulo Alves, Alfreds Rubiks, Peter Jahr, Seán Kelly and Miroslav Mikolášik.

The following spoke: Johannes Hahn, Petru Constantin Luhan and Ramona Nicole Mănescu.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 14.12.2010, item 9.22 and minutes of 14.12.2010, item 9.16.

21.   Impact of advertising on consumer behaviour (short presentation)

Report on the impact of advertising on consumer behaviour [2010/2052(INI)] - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection. Rapporteur: Philippe Juvin (A7-0338/2010)

Philippe Juvin made the presentation.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Zuzana Roithová, Antigoni Papadopoulou, Christian Engström, Jaroslav Paška, Csanád Szegedi, Lara Comi, Miroslav Mikolášik and Seán Kelly.

The following spoke: Johannes Hahn (Member of the Commission).

The item closed.

Vote: minutes of 15.12.2010, item 9.9.

22.   Regulation of trading in financial instruments (short presentation)

Report on regulation of trading in financial instruments - dark pools etc. [2010/2075(INI)] - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Kay Swinburne (A7-0326/2010)

Kay Swinburne made the presentation.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Philippe Juvin, Csanád Szegedi and Elena Băsescu.

The following spoke: Johannes Hahn (Member of the Commission).

The item closed.

Vote: minutes of 14.12.2010, item 9.14.

23.   Agenda of the next sitting

The agenda of the next day’s sitting had been established (‘Agenda’ PE 452.508/OJMA).

24.   Closure of the sitting

The sitting closed at 23.15.

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