7.6.2011

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

CE 165/1

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Monday 7 March 2011
MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 7 MARCH 2011

2011/C 165 E/01

Contents

1.	Resumption of the session

2.	Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

3.	Restoration of reciprocity in the visa regime – solidarity with the unequal status of Czech citizens following the unilateral introduction of visas by Canada (written declaration)

4.	Statements by the President

5.	Calendar of part-sessions of the European Parliament – 2012

6.	Calendar of part-sessions of the European Parliament – 2013

7.	Composition of Parliament

8.	Signature of acts adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure

9.	Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council

10.	Action taken on Parliament's resolutions

11.	Oral questions and written declarations (submission)

12.	Lapsed written declarations

13.

Petitions

14.	Transfers of appropriations

15.	Documents received

16.	Order of business

17.	Innovative financing at a global and European level (debate)

18.	General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean Agreement Area ***I (debate)

19.	EU-Mauritania Fisheries Partnership Agreement (debate)

20.	EU strategy for the Atlantic region (debate)

21.	One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

22.	General product safety and market surveillance (short presentation)

23.	Management of H1N1 influenza (short presentation)

24.	Reducing health inequalities (short presentation)

25.	Cooperating with developing countries on promoting good governance in tax matters (short presentation)

26.	Agriculture and international trade (short presentation)

27.	EU protein deficit (short presentation)

28.	Agenda of the next sitting

29.	Closure of the sitting

30.	Closure of the session

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 7 MARCH 2011

IN THE CHAIR: Jerzy BUZEK

President

1.   Resumption of the session

The sitting opened at 17.00.

2.   Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

3.   Restoration of reciprocity in the visa regime – solidarity with the unequal status of Czech citizens following the unilateral introduction of visas by Canada (written declaration)

Written declaration 0089/2010 submitted by Zuzana Roithová, Alexander Alvaro, Stavros Lambrinidis, Miroslav Ouzký and Manfred Weber on the restoration of reciprocity in the visa regime – solidarity with the unequal status of Czech citizens following the unilateral introduction of visas by Canada had, by 7 March 2011, been signed by the majority of Parliament's component Members. Consequently, in accordance with Rule 123(3) and (4), it would be forwarded to its addressees and published in the Texts Adopted of the sitting of Tuesday, 8 March 2011(P7_TA(2011)0087), together with the names of the signatories (see Annex 2 of minutes of 8 March 2011).

4.   Statements by the President

To mark the adoption of Written Declaration 0089/2010, the President expressed Parliament's solidarity with the Czech citizens who, since July 2009, had been required to obtain a visa in order to travel to Canada.

The President stated that 11 March 2011 would mark the seventh European Day of Remembrance of Victims of Terrorism. He recalled the terrible attacks in Madrid on 11 March 2004 and in London on 7 July 2005. He denounced terrorist acts as an attack on democracy.

The President expressed his concern at the reintroduction of the death penalty in Taiwan, where five people had been executed in 2010. This constituted a violation of the 2006 moratorium. The European Parliament asked the Taiwanese authorities to reintroduce the moratorium on the death penalty.

5.   Calendar of part-sessions of the European Parliament – 2012

The Conference of Presidents had made known its proposals for the calendar of part-sessions for 2012, which were as follows:

—	16 to 19 January

—	1 and 2 February

—	13 to 16 February

—	12 to 15 March

—	28 and 29 March

—	17 to 20 April

—	9 and 10 May

—	21 to 24 May

—	11 to 14 June

—	2 to 5 July

—	10 to 13 September

—	1 to 4 October

—	22 to 25 October

—	7 and 8 November

—	19 to 22 November

—	10 to 13 December.

The corresponding vote had been planned for Wednesday, 20 October 2010 but had been postponed with Parliament's approval (minutes of 20.10.2010, item 6.4).

The deadline for the tabling of amendments was fixed for Monday, 7 March 2011 at 19.00.

The vote would take place on Wednesday, 9 March 2011.

6.   Calendar of part-sessions of the European Parliament – 2013

The Conference of Presidents had made known its proposals for the calendar of part-sessions for 2013, which were as follows:

—	14 to 17 January

—	4 to 7 February

—	27 and 28 February

—	11 to 14 March

—	27 and 28 March

—	15 to 18 April

—	8 and 9 May

—	20 to 23 May

—	10 to 13 June

—	1 to 4 July

—	9 to 12 September

—	30 September to 3 October

—	21 to 24 October

—	6 and 7 November

—	18 to 21 November

—	9 to 12 December.

The deadline for the tabling of amendments was fixed for Monday, 7 March 2011 at 19.00.

The vote would take place on Wednesday, 9 March 2011.

7.   Composition of Parliament

The relevant Irish authorities had informed the European Parliament of the election of Joe Higgins and Alan Kelly to the Irish Parliament with effect from 25 February 2011. In accordance with Article 7(2) of the Act concerning the election of the representatives of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage, their term of office at the European Parliament was therefore at an end.

Parliament took note of this and also noted the fact that their seats had been vacant with effect from 25 February 2011.

8.   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 708/2007 concerning use of alien and locally absent species in aquaculture (00061/2010/LEX - C7-0062/2011 - 2009/0153(COD));

—	Directive 2011/17/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council repealing Council Directives 71/317/EEC, 71/347/EEC, 71/349/EEC, 74/148/EEC, 75/33/EEC, 76/765/EEC, 76/766/EEC and 86/217/EEC regarding metrology (00067/2010/LEX - C7-0063/2011 - 2008/0227(COD));

—	Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the application of patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare (00006/2011/LEX - C7-0064/2011 - 2008/0142(COD));

—	Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down harmonised conditions for the marketing of construction products and repealing Council Directive 89/106/EEC (00005/2011/LEX - C7-0065/2011 - 2008/0098(COD));

—	Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1964/2005 on the tariff rates for bananas (00007/2011/LEX - C7-0066/2011 - 2010/0056(COD)).

9.   Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council

The Council had forwarded certified true copies of the following:

—

the Protocol between the European Union and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan establishing a dispute settlement mechanism applicable to disputes under the trade provisions of the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, of the other part;

—	the Agreement on certain aspects of air services between the European Union and the United Mexican States.

10.   Action taken on Parliament's resolutions

The Commission communication on the action it had taken in response to the resolutions adopted by Parliament during the September II, October I and October II 2010 part-sessions was available on the Séance en direct site.

11.   Oral questions and written declarations (submission)

The following documents had been submitted by Members:

1)

oral questions (Rule 115) — (O-0198/2010) by Marian-Jean Marinescu and Mathieu Grosch, on behalf of the PPE Group, to the Commission: Volcanic ash crisis (B7-0015/2011); — (O-000002/2011) by Alain Cadec, Luis Manuel Capoulas Santos, Seán Kelly, Eider Gardiazábal Rubial, Nuno Teixeira, Salvador Garriga Polledo, Ricardo Cortés Lastra, José Manuel Fernandes, Chris Davies, Jim Higgins, Marian Harkin, Ashley Fox, Maria do Céu Patrão Neves, Bairbre de Brún, Pat the Cope Gallagher, Robert Rochefort, José Bové, Jean-Pierre Audy, Mario Mauro, Andrey Kovatchev, Werner Langen, Markus Ferber, Milan Zver, Damien Abad, Íñigo Méndez de Vigo, Peter Jahr, Ivo Belet, Reimer Böge, Jan Březina, Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa, Dominique Riquet, Cristian Dan Preda, Tokia Saïfi, Daniel Caspary, Peter Šťastný, Catherine Soullie, Bogusław Sonik, Elisabeth Morin-Chartier, Dominique Baudis, Michèle Striffler, Lambert van Nistelrooij, Andreas Schwab, Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Maria Da Graça Carvalho, Michel Dantin, Michael Gahler, Bernadette Vergnaud, Nessa Childers, Antolín Sánchez Presedo, Marie-Thérèse Sanchez-Schmid, Christine De Veyrac, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Estelle Grelier, Isabella Lövin, Struan Stevenson, Christophe Béchu, Josefa Andrés Barea and Marian-Jean Marinescu, to the Commission: EU strategy for the Atlantic region (B7-0016/2011); — (O-000036/2011) by Ioannis A. Tsoukalas, Paul Rübig, Daniel Caspary and Birgit Schnieber-Jastram, on behalf of the PPE Group, to the Commission: Securing Europe's supply of rare earth elements (B7-0017/2011); — (O-000038/2011) by Carmen Fraga Estévez, on behalf of the PECH Committee, to the Commission: Negotiations regarding the renewal of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and Mauritania (B7-0018/2011); — (O-000043/2011/rév.1) by Lena Ek, Vladko Todorov Panayotov, Fiona Hall, Marielle De Sarnez, Niccolò Rinaldi, Marietje Schaake and Michael Theurer, on behalf of the ALDE Group, to the Commission: Securing Europe's supply of rare earth elements (B7-0020/2011); — (O-000044/2011) by João Ferreira, on behalf of the ENVI Committee, to the Commission: Prevention of natural and man-made disasters (B7-0201/2011); — (O-000049/2011) by Gesine Meissner, on behalf of the ALDE Group, to the Commission: Volcanic ash crisis (B7-0202/2011); — (O-000051/2011) by Roberts Zīle, on behalf of the ECR Group, to the Commission: Volcanic ash crises (B7-0203/2011); — (O-000052/2011) by Saïd El Khadraoui, on behalf of the S&D Group, to the Commission: Volcanic ash crises (B7-0204/2011); — (O-000041/2011) by Konrad Szymański, on behalf of the ECR Group, to the Commission: Raw materials strategy for Europe (B7-0207/2011).

2)

written declarations for inclusion in the register (Rule 123) — Ioan Enciu, Lena Kolarska-Bobińska, Antonyia Parvanova, Zuzana Roithová and Kyriacos Triantaphyllides, on the implementation of principle of reciprocity on visa exemptions in relation to Canada and the United States of America (0008/2011); — Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Marta Andreasen, Santiago Fisas Ayxela and Oriol Junqueras Vies, on the violation of the right to own property represented by the Ley de Costas (Law on Coastlines) on the Costa Brava (Cataluña, Spain) (0009/2011); — Marina Yannakoudakis, Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, Françoise Grossetête, Charles Tannock and Cecilia Wikström, on the work of the Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus (0010/2011).

12.   Lapsed written declarations

In accordance with Rule 123(5), Written Declarations 0082/2010, 0083/2010, 0085/2010, 0086/2010, 0087/2010 and 0088/2010 had lapsed as they had not obtained the required number of signatures.

13.   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):

15 February 2011 Vitaly Trusevich (No 1651/2010); Helga Grass (2 signatures) (No 1652/2010).

21 February 2011 Markella Isaia-Tsiakka (No 1653/2010); Ulrich Pauly (No 0029/2011); Christine Ruthenburg (No 0030/2011); Volker Schmohl (No 0031/2011); (name not supplied) (No 0032/2011); Rose Günther (No 0033/2011); Guido Flohr (No 0034/2011); Dieter Leuschner (No 0035/2011); Refki Kuqi (No 0036/2011); (name not supplied) (No 0037/2011); Ludwig Wolf (No 0038/2011); Günter Dischinger (No 0039/2011); Claus Dr. Mueller (No 0040/2011); Hartmut Weiler (No 0041/2011); Michalina Jączek (51 signatures) (No 0042/2011); Valentin Rosca (No 0043/2011); Antoni Butkiewicz (No 0044/2011); Christian Frener (No 0045/2011); Helmut Schaepe (No 0046/2011); Pupacz Halina (Polska Izba Paliw Płynnych) (No 0047/2011); Sandra Fuchs (No 0048/2011); Dariusz Pawlicki (No 0049/2011); Erich Ollnow (No 0050/2011); (name not supplied) (No 0051/2011); (name not supplied) (No 0052/2011); Carola Twardella (No 0053/2011); Mario Danne (No 0054/2011); Józef Krygowski (No 0055/2011); Klaus Kempke (No 0056/2011); (name not supplied) (No 0057/2011); (name not supplied) (No 0058/2011); Wolfgang Bonberg (No 0059/2011); Bogumił Ostaficzuk (No 0060/2011); Reinhard Bertelsmann (2 signatures) (No 0061/2011); Hannelore Schmidt (No 0062/2011); Hanspeter Daragan (No 0063/2011); Manuela Scheel (No 0064/2011); Krzysztof Steckiewicz (No 0065/2011); Atanaska Vakrilova (No 0066/2011); Mario Militello (No 0067/2011); (name not supplied) (No 0068/2011); Rhys William Toogood (No 0069/2011); (name not supplied) (No 0070/2011); Mario Pingerna (No 0071/2011); Daniela Ballestra (‘Arca 2000’) (No 0072/2011); (name not supplied) (No 0073/2011); Dan Teodorescu (No 0074/2011); Snezana Petrovic (No 0075/2011); Richard George Moore (No 0076/2011); Anemona Dascalu (No 0077/2011); Franco Brizzi (Associazione Nazionale Trapiantati Di Rene) (No 0078/2011); Janina Orlov (No 0079/2011); Mihai Gheorghe Oancea (No 0080/2011); (name not supplied) (No 0081/2011); (name not supplied) (No 0082/2011); (name not supplied) (No 0083/2011); Teodora Massa (Palazzo Teodora Massa) (No 0084/2011); Catalin Irimescu (No 0085/2011); Luca Wolsky (No 0086/2011); Richard Frederick Parsons (No 0087/2011).

22 February 2011 Willy Degheldere (No 0088/2011); Jean Bernard Weis (No 0089/2011); Xristoforidis Konstantinos (No 0090/2011); (name not supplied) (No 0091/2011); Francis Germes (No 0092/2011); Claude Coste (No 0093/2011); Maria Karagiannaki (No 0094/2011); (name not supplied) (No 0095/2011); Anne Marie Scribante (No 0096/2011); Enrique Fernández Menéndez (2 signatures) (No 0097/2011); István Dalnoki (No 0098/2011); Fernández Miguel Zaragoza (Marie de Santa Pola) (No 0099/2011); Rocio Hortiguela (Asociación Nacional de Productores E Inversores de Energías Renovables) (No 0100/2011); (name not supplied) (No 0101/2011); Hubert Delompre (No 0102/2011); Georg Gotz (No 0103/2011); (name not supplied) (No 0104/2011); (name not supplied) (No 0105/2011); De Veïns La Cogullada Associació (No 0106/2011); Imran Firasat (Centro penitenciario Madrid V, Modulo 1) (No 0107/2011); Coste Claude (Association Contre les Inondations la Defense de l'Eau et l' Environnement) (No 0108/2011); Theodoros Papoulakos (No 0109/2011); van Eersel Arjan (No 0110/2011).

1 March 2011 Francesco Agnoli (Movimento Europeo per la difesa della Vita e della Dignità Umana (MEVD)) (No 1654/2010); Lukass Rozitis (HansaMedia) (No 1655/2010).

3 March 2011 (name not supplied) (No 0111/2011); Luis Díaz Villaverde (No 0112/2011); Sigrid Beier (2 signatures) (No 0113/2011); Andrzej Cisek (No 0114/2011); Rainer Troesch (No 0115/2011); Günther Klein (No 0116/2011); Ottmar Dullenburg (Kolping International) (3 signatures) (No 0117/2011); Jens Knipphals (No 0118/2011); Kazimierz Kozłowski (No 0119/2011); Franciszek Czapliński (60 signatures) (No 0120/2011); Günter Dillikrath (No 0121/2011); Uwe Wolsbeck (No 0122/2011); (name not supplied) (No 0123/2011); Andreas Neff (No 0124/2011); Roland Mendle (No 0125/2011); Małgorzata Witkowska (2 signatures) (No 0126/2011); Rupert Frechinger (Puchenauer Bürgerinitiative gegen Westring - Transitautobahn) (No 0127/2011); Klaus Zeitler (No 0128/2011); Thomas Meyer-Falk (No 0129/2011); Christian Kohn (No 0130/2011); norbert Höfs (No 0131/2011); (name not supplied) (No 0132/2011); Siegrid Prigge (No 0133/2011); Mohamed Tanich (No 0134/2011); Detlef Lettau (No 0135/2011); (name not supplied) (No 0136/2011); Dietmar Teufel (No 0137/2011); (name not supplied) (No 0138/2011); Táňa Kanabe (No 0139/2011); Konrad Ringler (Asociación Proprietarios Acequias Santa Margarita) (No 0140/2011); (name not supplied) (No 0141/2011); Stefan Stauch (No 0142/2011); Ulrich Bernhart (No 0143/2011); Karin Aubin (No 0144/2011); Johann Kaehsmann (No 0145/2011); Arkadiusz Pleskot (No 0146/2011); Fabian Redeker (No 0147/2011); Bernhard Staudt (No 0148/2011); Ryszard Zając (No 0149/2011); Philipp Lampel (No 0150/2011); Günter Doppelbauer (No 0151/2011); Matteo La Cara (No 0152/2011); Ioan Covrig (No 0153/2011); Gregorio Franco Vera (No 0154/2011); Vince Llewelyn (No 0155/2011); Roberto Marcoccio (No 0156/2011); (name not supplied) (No 0157/2011); Katalin Baranyi (No 0158/2011); (name not supplied) (No 0159/2011); (name not supplied) (No 0160/2011); Nanette Davies (No 0161/2011); (name not supplied) (No 0162/2011); Liliana Anna Fiore (2 signatures) (No 0163/2011); Paola Malengo (Parlamento Europeo degli Studenti) (11 signatures) (No 0164/2011); Giuseppe MariNo (Associazione Generale del Commercio delle arti, delle professioni e dell’economia-Confcommercianti Grammichele) (No 0165/2011); (name not supplied) (No 0166/2011); (name not supplied) (No 0167/2011); Marian Tanase (No 0168/2011); Bernard Mulholland (No 0169/2011); (name not supplied) (No 0170/2011); Bozidar Nikolov (No 0171/2011); Kalina Miteva (No 0172/2011); Krasimir Krumov (No 0173/2011); Ferreira Hermenegildo (No 0174/2011); Bernard Reilly (No 0175/2011); Flavio Miccono (I.P.A.) (No 0176/2011); Rino Savini (La Destra di Aprilia - Coordinamento Comunale) (No 0177/2011); Ion Enache (No 0178/2011); Linda Ann Edwards (No 0179/2011); Benvenuto Razzaboni (1 453 signatures) (No 0180/2011); Rosa Burgos Pérez (No 0181/2011); Andrea Nearchou (Pagkyprios Syndesmos Syggenon Kai Filon Monahon - Association Panchypriote Des Parents Et Amis Des Moines) (No 0182/2011); Jose Lacalle Marquez (No 0183/2011); (name not supplied) (No 0184/2011); (name not supplied) (No 0185/2011); (name not supplied) (No 0186/2011); Aline Meliyi (No 0187/2011); Marcus Borg (No 0188/2011); Gordona Vidojkovic (No 0189/2011); Eva-Kerstin Sigurdson Wistedt (No 0190/2011); Jessica Delgado Bras (No 0191/2011); Maria Karagiannaki (No 0192/2011); (name not supplied) (No 0193/2011); Ruiz Faustino Francisco García (No 0194/2011); de Sant Isidre Institut Agrícola (Institut Agrícola Català de Sant Isidre) (No 0195/2011); María Ángeles Blas Osorio (No 0196/2011); Ona Skystimiené (No 0197/2011); Juan José Vidal Sánchez (No 0198/2011); Silvia Beltran Pallares (Plataforma Europea de los Consumidores y del Medio Ambiente) (No 0199/2011); Mariano Aleixandre Cabrelles (No 0200/2011); Thérèse Bouvet (No 0201/2011); Enrique Arraíz Curbelo (No 0202/2011); Organizaciones Agrícolas Coordinadora (Coordinadora De Organizaciones Agrícolas Y Ganaderas De España) (No 0203/2011); Leif Boelskov (No 0204/2011); (name not supplied) (No 0205/2011).

14.   Transfers of appropriations

The Committee on Budgets had authorised the Commission's proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 03/2011 (N7-0033/2011 - C7-0028/2011 - 2011/2028(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.

15.   Documents received

The following documents had been received:

1)

reports from committees — Report on an Industrial Policy for the Globalised Era (2010/2095(INI)) - ITRE Committee - Rapporteur: Bernd Lange (A7-0022/2011) — ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain provisions for fishing in the GFCM (General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean) Agreement Area (COM(2009)0477 - C7-0204/2009 - 2009/0129(COD)) - PECH Committee - Rapporteur: Crescenzio Rivellini (A7-0023/2011) — Report The EU protein deficit: what solution for a long-standing problem? (2010/2111(INI)) - AGRI Committee - Rapporteur: Martin Häusling (A7-0026/2011) — Report on Tax and Development – Cooperating with Developing Countries on Promoting Good Governance in Tax Matters (2010/2102(INI)) - DEVE Committee - Rapporteur: Eva Joly (A7-0027/2011) — Report on equality between women and men in the European Union - 2010 (2010/2138(INI)) - FEMM Committee - Rapporteur: Mariya Nedelcheva (A7-0029/2011) — Report on EU agriculture and international trade (2010/2110(INI)) - AGRI Committee - Rapporteur: Georgios Papastamkos (A7-0030/2011) — Report on the face of female poverty in the European Union (2010/2162(INI)) - FEMM Committee - Rapporteur: Rovana Plumb (A7-0031/2011) — Report on reducing health inequalities in the EU (2010/2089(INI)) - ENVI Committee - Rapporteur: Edite Estrela (A7-0032/2011) — Report on the revision of the General Product Safety Directive and market surveillance (2010/2085(INI)) - IMCO Committee - Rapporteur: Christel Schaldemose (A7-0033/2011) — Report on evaluation of the management of H1N1 influenza in 2009-2010 in the EU (2010/2153(INI)) - ENVI Committee - Rapporteur: Michèle Rivasi (A7-0035/2011) — Report on innovative financing at a global and European level (2010/2105(INI)) - ECON Committee - Rapporteur: Anni Podimata (A7-0036/2011) — Report on the EU's approach towards Iran (2010/2050(INI)) - AFET Committee - Rapporteur: Bastiaan Belder (A7-0037/2011) — Report on the EU strategy on Roma inclusion (2010/2276(INI)) - LIBE Committee - Rapporteur: Lívia Járóka (A7-0043/2011) — Report on the request for the waiver of the immunity of Mr Elmar Brok (2010/2283(IMM)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Francesco Enrico Speroni (A7-0047/2011) — Report on the nomination of Harald Wögerbauer as a Member of the Court of Auditors (N7-0034/2011 - C7-0029/2011 - 2011/0801(NLE)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Inés Ayala Sender (A7-0048/2011) — Report on the guidelines for the 2012 budget procedure, Section I – European Parliament, Section II – Council, Section IV – Court of Justice, Section V – Court of Auditors, Section VI – European Economic and Social Committee, Section VII – Committee of the Regions, Section VIII – European Ombudsman, Section IX – European Data Protection Supervisor, Section X - European External Action Service (2011/2017(BUD)) - BUDG Committee - Rapporteur: José Manuel Fernandes (A7-0049/2011)

2)

from Members 2.1) oral questions for Question Time (Rule 116) (B7-0019/2011) — to the Council Papanikolaou Georgios, Harkin Marian, Higgins Jim, Posselt Bernd, Czarnecki Ryszard, Blinkevičiūtė Vilija, Moraes Claude, Leichtfried Jörg, Aylward Liam, Sturdy Robert, Gallagher Pat the Cope, Crowley Brian, Balčytis Zigmantas, Toussas Georgios — to the Commission Blinkevičiūtė Vilija, Koch-Mehrin Silvana, Moraes Claude, Harkin Marian, Jensen Anne E., Ludford Sarah, Crowley Brian, Papanikolaou Georgios, Higgins Jim, Mitchell Gay, Gallagher Pat the Cope, Papastamkos Georgios, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou Rodi, Podimata Anni, Koumoutsakos Georgios, Posselt Bernd, Țicău Silvia-Adriana, Aylward Liam, Sturdy Robert, Pargneaux Gilles, Paleckis Justas Vincas, Chountis Nikolaos, Yannakoudakis Marina, Ertug Ismail, Schmidt Olle, Belet Ivo, Angourakis Charalampos 2.2) motions for resolution (Rule 120) — Fiona Hall, Anni Podimata, Algirdas Saudargas, Claude Turmes and Silvia-Adriana Țicău. Motion for a resolution on energy efficiency of the European Union's institution buildings (B7-0152/2011) referred to responsible: ITRE — Salvador Garriga Polledo. Motion for a resolution on the European Youth Employment Fund (B7-0153/2011) referred to responsible: EMPL opinion: CULT — Silvia-Adriana Țicău. Motion for a resolution on removing the current restrictions on freedom of movement for workers (B7-0154/2011) referred to responsible: EMPL — Philip Claeys and Frank Vanhecke. Motion for a resolution on conducting a study on the cost of immigration from outside the European Union (B7-0155/2011) referred to responsible: LIBE opinion: CULT, EMPL — Aldo Patriciello. Motion for a resolution on using piezonuclear reactions in the development of clean nuclear technologies and the disposal of radioactive waste (B7-0159/2011) referred to responsible: ITRE opinion: ENVI

16.   Order of business

The next item was the order of business.

The final draft agenda for the March I 2011 sittings (PE 459.829/PDOJ) had been distributed and a number of changes had been proposed (Rule 140):

Monday No changes.

Tuesday The report by Francesco Enrico Speroni on a request to waive the parliamentary immunity of Elmar Brok (A7-0047/2011) would be put to the vote directly during voting time.

Wednesday No changes.

Thursday No changes.

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The order of business was thus established.

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The following spoke: Jean-Pierre Audy, on the timetable for the preparations for the extraordinary Council meeting in Brussels on 11 March 2011 to discuss the situation in Libya and the surrounding region (The President replied that he would receive an answer in writing).

17.   Innovative financing at a global and European level (debate)

Report on innovative financing at a global and European level [2010/2105(INI)] - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Anni Podimata (A7-0036/2011)

Anni Podimata introduced the report.

The following spoke: Algirdas Šemeta (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Marian-Jean Marinescu (rapporteur for the opinion of the ITRE Committee), Jean-Paul Gauzès, on behalf of the PPE Group, Udo Bullmann, on behalf of the S&D Group, Olle Schmidt, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Philippe Lamberts, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Ivo Strejček, on behalf of the ECR Group, Jürgen Klute, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Nigel Farage, on behalf of the EFD Group, Martin Ehrenhauser, Non-attached Member, Markus Ferber, Leonardo Domenici, Sylvie Goulard, Sven Giegold, Ilda Figueiredo, Marta Andreasen, Andreas Mölzer, Diogo Feio and Enrique Guerrero Salom.

IN THE CHAIR: Stavros LAMBRINIDIS

Vice-President

The following spoke: Carl Haglund, Keith Taylor, Niki Tzavela, Gunnar Hökmark, Arlene McCarthy, Satu Hassi, Antonio Cancian, Liem Hoang Ngoc, Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Elisa Ferreira, Theodor Dumitru Stolojan, Silvia-Adriana Țicău, Astrid Lulling, David Casa, Jean-Pierre Audy, Sławomir Witold Nitras, Sari Essayah, Damien Abad and Mairead McGuinness.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Jan Kozłowski, George Sabin Cutaș, Elena Băsescu, Sylvana Rapti, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Seán Kelly, Wojciech Michał Olejniczak, Jaroslav Paška, Angelika Werthmann and Thomas Mann.

The following spoke: Algirdas Šemeta and Anni Podimata.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 8 March 2011, item 9.6.

18.   General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean Agreement Area ***I (debate)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain provisions for fishing in the GFCM (General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean) Agreement Area [COM(2009)0477 - C7-0204/2009- 2009/0129(COD)] - Committee on Fisheries. Rapporteur: Crescenzio Rivellini (A7-0023/2011)

Crescenzio Rivellini introduced the report.

The following spoke: Maria Damanaki (Member of the Commission).

IN THE CHAIR: Edward McMILLAN-SCOTT

Vice-President

The following spoke: Alain Cadec, on behalf of the PPE Group, Kriton Arsenis, on behalf of the S&D Group, Raül Romeva i Rueda, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Ashley Fox, on behalf of the ECR Group, Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa, Guido Milana and Jim Higgins.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Barbara Matera, Maria do Céu Patrão Neves and João Ferreira.

The following spoke: Maria Damanaki.

The following spoke:

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 8.3.2011, item 9.5.

19.   EU-Mauritania Fisheries Partnership Agreement (debate)

Oral question O-000038/2011 by Carmen Fraga Estévez, on behalf of the PECH Committee, to the Commission: Negotiations regarding the renewal of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and Mauritania (B7-0018/2011)

Carmen Fraga Estévez moved the oral question.

Maria Damanaki (Member of the Commission) answered the oral question.

The following spoke: Alain Cadec, on behalf of the PPE Group, Kriton Arsenis, on behalf of the S&D Group, Carl Haglund, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Isabella Lövin, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, João Ferreira, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Maria do Céu Patrão Neves, Guido Milana, Josefa Andrés Barea and Antolín Sánchez Presedo.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa and Andreas Mölzer.

The following spoke: Maria Damanaki.

The motions for resolutions to be tabled under Rule 115(5) would be announced in the House at a later time.

The debate closed.

Vote: next part-session.

20.   EU strategy for the Atlantic region (debate)

Oral question O-000002/2011 by Alain Cadec, Luis Manuel Capoulas Santos, Seán Kelly, Eider Gardiazábal Rubial, Nuno Teixeira, Salvador Garriga Polledo, Ricardo Cortés Lastra, José Manuel Fernandes, Chris Davies, Jim Higgins, Marian Harkin, Ashley Fox, Maria do Céu Patrão Neves, Bairbre de Brún, Pat the Cope Gallagher, Robert Rochefort, José Bové, Jean-Pierre Audy, Mario Mauro, Andrey Kovatchev, Werner Langen, Markus Ferber, Milan Zver, Damien Abad, Íñigo Méndez de Vigo, Peter Jahr, Ivo Belet, Reimer Böge, Jan Březina, Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa, Dominique Riquet, Cristian Dan Preda, Tokia Saïfi, Daniel Caspary, Peter Šťastný, Catherine Soullie, Bogusław Sonik, Elisabeth Morin-Chartier, Dominique Baudis, Michèle Striffler, Lambert van Nistelrooij, Andreas Schwab, Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Maria Da Graça Carvalho, Michel Dantin, Michael Gahler, Bernadette Vergnaud, Nessa Childers, Antolín Sánchez Presedo, Marie-Thérèse Sanchez-Schmid, Christine De Veyrac, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Estelle Grelier, Isabella Lövin, Struan Stevenson, Christophe Béchu, Josefa Andrés Barea and Marian-Jean Marinescu, to the Commission: EU strategy for the Atlantic region (B7-0016/2011)

Alain Cadec moved the oral question.

Maria Damanaki (Member of the Commission) answered the oral question.

The following spoke: Lambert van Nistelrooij, on behalf of the PPE Group, Ricardo Cortés Lastra, on behalf of the S&D Group, Michael Theurer, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Isabella Lövin, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Oldřich Vlasák, on behalf of the ECR Group, Eva-Britt Svensson, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Derek Roland Clark, on behalf of the EFD Group, Andreas Mölzer, Non-attached Member, Francisco José Millán Mon, Estelle Grelier, Pat the Cope Gallagher, Ryszard Czarnecki, Anna Rosbach, Nuno Teixeira, Riikka Manner, Seán Kelly, Luís Paulo Alves and María Irigoyen Pérez.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Maria do Céu Patrão Neves, Alyn Smith, Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa and Marie-Thérèse Sanchez-Schmid.

The following spoke: Maria Damanaki.

Motion for a resolution to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 115(5):

—	Danuta Maria Hübner, on behalf of the DEVE Committee, on the European Strategy for the Atlantic Region (B7-0165/2011).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 9.3.2011, item 8.4.

21.   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:

Maria do Céu Patrão Neves, Monika Smolková, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells and Michail Tremopoulos.

IN THE CHAIR: Miguel Angel MARTÍNEZ MARTÍNEZ

Vice-President

The following spoke: Marek Henryk Migalski, Miguel Portas, Nikolaos Salavrakos, Corneliu Vadim Tudor, Eleni Theocharous, Mario Pirillo, Sonia Alfano, Oldřich Vlasák, João Ferreira, Angelika Werthmann, Georgios Koumoutsakos, Ioan Enciu, Pat the Cope Gallagher, Ryszard Czarnecki, Willy Meyer, Nuno Teixeira, Gerard Batten, Eduard Kukan, Constance Le Grip and Czesław Adam Siekierski.

22.   General product safety and market surveillance (short presentation)

Report on the revision of the General Product Safety Directive and market surveillance [2010/2085(INI)] - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection. Rapporteur: Christel Schaldemose (A7-0033/2011)

Christel Schaldemose made the presentation.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Lara Comi, Silvia-Adriana Țicău, Ilda Figueiredo, Franz Obermayr, Zuzana Roithová and Åsa Westlund.

The following spoke: Maria Damanaki (Member of the Commission).

The item closed.

Vote: minutes of 8.3.2011, item 9.2.

23.   Management of H1N1 influenza (short presentation)

Report on evaluation of the management of H1N1 influenza in 2009-2010 in the EU [2010/2153(INI)] - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. Rapporteur: Michèle Rivasi (A7-0035/2011)

Michèle Rivasi made the presentation.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Anne Delvaux, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Marina Yannakoudakis, João Ferreira, Jaroslav Paška, Anna Záborská, Åsa Westlund, Zuzana Roithová, Edite Estrela and Karin Kadenbach.

The following spoke: Maria Damanaki (Member of the Commission).

The item closed.

Vote: minutes of 8.3.2011, item 9.3.

24.   Reducing health inequalities (short presentation)

Report on reducing health inequalities in the EU [2010/2089(INI)] - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. Rapporteur: Edite Estrela (A7-0032/2011)

Edite Estrela made the presentation.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Zuzana Roithová, Silvia-Adriana Țicău, Ilda Figueiredo, Nicole Sinclaire, Anna Záborská, Mario Pirillo, Seán Kelly, Karin Kadenbach, Elena Oana Antonescu and Petru Constantin Luhan.

The following spoke: Maria Damanaki (Member of the Commission).

The item closed.

Vote: minutes of 8.3.2011, item 9.7.

25.   Cooperating with developing countries on promoting good governance in tax matters (short presentation)

Report on Tax and Development – Cooperating with Developing Countries on Promoting Good Governance in Tax Matters [2010/2102(INI)] - Committee on Development. Rapporteur: Eva Joly (A7-0027/2011)

Eva Joly made the presentation.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Elena Băsescu, Franziska Keller and João Ferreira.

The following spoke: Maria Damanaki (Member of the Commission)

The item closed.

Vote: minutes of 8.3.2011, item 9.8.

26.   Agriculture and international trade (short presentation)

Report on EU agriculture and international trade [2010/2110(INI)] - Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development. Rapporteur: Georgios Papastamkos (A7-0030/2011)

Georgios Papastamkos made the presentation.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Mairead McGuinness, Mario Pirillo, João Ferreira, Diane Dodds, Seán Kelly, Marc Tarabella, Czesław Adam Siekierski, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi and Åsa Westlund.

The following spoke: Maria Damanaki (Member of the Commission).

The item closed.

Vote: minutes of 8.3.2011, item 9.9.

27.   EU protein deficit (short presentation)

Report The EU protein deficit: what solution for a long-standing problem? [2010/2111(INI)] - Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development. Rapporteur: Martin Häusling (A7-0026/2011)

Martin Häusling made the presentation.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Mairead McGuinness, Marc Tarabella, João Ferreira, Diane Dodds, Michel Dantin, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Czesław Adam Siekierski, Åsa Westlund and Seán Kelly.

The following spoke: Maria Damanaki (Member of the Commission).

The item closed.

Vote: minutes of 8.3.2011, item 9.10.

28.   Agenda of the next sitting

The agenda of the next day's sitting had been established (‘Agenda’ PE 459.829/OJMA).

29.   Closure of the sitting

The sitting closed at 23.30.

30.   Closure of the session

The 2010-2011 session of the European Parliament closed.

In accordance with the Treaty, Parliament would meet the following day, Tuesday 8 March 2011 at 9.00.

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