16.6.2011

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

CE 176/1

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Monday 4 April 2011
MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 4 APRIL 2011

2011/C 176 E/01

Contents

1.	Resumption of the session

2.	Approval of the minutes of the previous sittings

3.	Statements by the President

4.	Composition of Parliament

5.	Composition of political groups

6.	Signature of acts adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure

7.	Lapsed written declarations

8.	Action taken on Parliament's positions and resolutions

9.	Oral questions and written declarations (submission)

10.	Transfers of appropriations

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Petitions

12.	Documents received

13.	Order of business

14.	Granting and withdrawing international protection ***I (debate)

15.	Dual-use items and technology ***I (debate)

16.	European statistics on tourism ***I (debate)

17.	EU policy framework to fight violence against women (debate)

18.	Composition of Parliament

19.	EU response to the migration flows in North Africa and the Southern Mediterranean, in particular in Lampedusa - Migration flows arising from instability: scope and role of EU foreign policy (debate)

20.	One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

21.	Role of women in agriculture and rural areas (short presentation)

22.	EU funding in the area of decommissioning nuclear power plants (short presentation)

23.	European international investment policy (short presentation)

24.	Agenda of the next sitting

25.	Closure of the sitting

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 4 APRIL 2011

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 sittings

Véronique Mathieu had made it known that she had been present at the sitting of 24 March 2011 but that her name was not on the attendance register.

The minutes of the sittings of 23 and 24 March 2011 were approved.

3.   Statements by the President

The President recalled the 25th anniversary of the catastrophe at the Chernobyl nuclear power station on 26 April 1986 and expressed solidarity with the population of Japan, who had been victims of the earthquake of 11 March 2011 and the nuclear accident at the Fukushima power station.

He also recalled the first anniversary of the plane crash at Smolensk on 10 April 2010 in which 96 people aboard the Polish President's plane had lost their lives.

The President referred to the rejection by the US Supreme Court of the application for a stay of execution for Troy Davis and called on the authorities of the State of Georgia to commute his death sentence into life imprisonment.

The President expressed his deep concern at the situation in Ivory Coast, called for the election results to be recognised by Laurent Gbagbo, urged the two parties to the conflict to renounce violence against the civilian population and called on the international community to do everything necessary to avert a massacre of civilians.

The President recalled the accusations of corruption levelled against certain Members of the European Parliament and referred to the letter about this sent to all Members on Thursday. He informed the House that the Bureau would be examining the matter at its meeting today and evoked the need to lay down a stricter code of conduct for interest groups, lobbyists and Members of Parliament.

The following spoke: James Nicholson, Bairbre de Brún and Pat the Cope Gallagher, on the car bomb attack in Omagh (Northern Ireland) on Saturday in which a 25 year-old policeman was killed. The President recalled that he had already issued a statement condemning this murder.

4.   Composition of Parliament

Ernst Strasser had submitted his resignation as a Member of Parliament with effect from 24 March 2011.

In accordance with Rule 4(1) and (3), Parliament noted his resignation and established the vacancy of his seat with effect from 24 March 2011.

The Austrian authorities had given notice of the election to the European Parliament of Hubert Pirker, replacing Ernst Strasser. Parliament took note of this with effect from 31 March 2011.

Under Rule 3(2), until such time as his credentials had been verified or a ruling had been given on any dispute, and provided that he had previously made a written declaration stating that he did not hold any office incompatible with that of Member of the European Parliament, Hubert Pirker would take his seat in Parliament and on its bodies and would enjoy all the rights attaching thereto.

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Hella Ranner had submitted her resignation as a Member of Parliament with effect from 1 April 2011.

In accordance with Rule 4(1) and (3), Parliament noted her resignation and established the vacancy of her seat with effect from 1 April 2011.

The Austrian authorities had given notice of the election to the European Parliament of Heinz K. Becker, replacing Hella Ranner. Parliament took note of this with effect from 1 April 2011.

Under Rule 3(2), until such time as his credentials had been verified or a ruling had been given on any dispute, and provided that he had previously made a written declaration stating that he did not hold any office incompatible with that of Member of the European Parliament, Heinz K. Becker would take his seat in Parliament and on its bodies and would enjoy all the rights attaching thereto.

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The following spoke: Barry Madlener, on cases of presumed corruption in Parliament and Antonio Masip Hidalgo, on the case of Troy Davis.

5.   Composition of political groups

Trevor Colman had informed the President that he was no longer a member of the EFD Group and would take his place amongst the non-attached Members with effect from 25 March 2011.

6.   Signature of acts adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure

The President announced that on Tuesday, 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 on freedom of movement for workers within the Union (codification) (00002/2011/LEX - C7-0089/2011 - 2010/0110(COD))

—	Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning mergers of public limited liability companies (codification) (00001/2011/LEX - C7-0088/2011 - 2008/0009(COD))

—	Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2002/629/JHA (00069/2010/LEX - C7-0087/2011 - 2010/0065(COD))

—	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 (00068/2010/LEX - C7-0086/2011 - 2009/0098(COD))

7.   Lapsed written declarations

In accordance with Rule 123(5), written declarations 0090/2011, 0091/2011, 0092/2011, 0093/2011, 0094/2011, 0095/2011, 0096/2011, 0097/2011, 0098/2011, 0099/2011, 0100/2011 and 0101/2011 had lapsed as they had not obtained the required number of signatures.

8.   Action taken on Parliament's positions and resolutions

The Commission communication on the action taken on the positions and resolutions adopted by Parliament at the October II, November I and November II 2010 part-sessions was available on the Séance en direct site.

9.   Oral questions and written declarations (submission)

The following documents had been submitted by Members:

1)	oral questions (Rule 115) — (O-000040/2011) by Erminia Mazzoni, on behalf of the PETI Committee, to the Commission: Petition 1565/2009 by José Maria Pozancos (Spanish) on EU tomato imports from Morocco (B7-0211/2011)

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written declarations for inclusion in the register (Rule 123) — Françoise Castex, Franziska Katharina Brantner, Vincent Peillon, Cristian Dan Preda and Ivo Vajgl, on the establishment of Euro-Mediterranean Erasmus and Leonardo da Vinci programmes (0015/2011); — Geoffrey Van Orden, Gabriele Albertini, Alexander Alvaro, Frédérique Ries and Hannu Takkula, on terrorism and extremism in Pakistan (0016/2011); — Richard Seeber, Ole Christensen, Carl Haglund, Isabella Lövin and Anna Rosbach, on reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (0017/2011).

10.   Transfers of appropriations

The Committee on Budgets had authorised the Commission's proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 06/2011 (N7-0039/2011 - C7-0082/2011 - 2011/2061(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.

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The Committee on Budgets had authorised the Commission's proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 08/2011 (N7-0041/2011 - C7-0084/2011 - 2011/2063(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.

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):

15 March 2011 Dieter Gräfe (No 0206/2011); (name confidential) (No 0207/2011); Hans-Peter Kopetsch (No 0208/2011); Bernhard Zuendorff (No 0209/2011); Uwe Schein (No 0210/2011); Anna Śliwa (No 0211/2011); Reyes Yoel Confesor Nova (No 0212/2011); Egon Stein (No 0213/2011); Susanne Maier (No 0214/2011); Piotr Misiowiec (No 0215/2011); Rosel Lock (No 0216/2011); Hans-Gerd Visarius (No 0217/2011); Christa Anna Marie Endler (No 0218/2011); Siegfried Klattner (No 0219/2011); Claudia Lotte-Braesemann (No 0220/2011); Albert Dettmer (No 0221/2011); Peter Weiss (Apac Presse GmbH) (No 0222/2011); Esther Wollscheid (No 0223/2011); (name confidential) (No 0224/2011); Silke M. Lachmund (No 0225/2011); Thomas Körschgen (No 0226/2011); Wacław Mokrzycki (Społeczny Komitet Powodziowy ZAKANALE) (No 0227/2011).

23 March 2011 Maria Angels Giménez i Gimferrer (No 0228/2011); Daniel Duval (Association pour la Recherche et l'installation de Médecins Européens) (No 0229/2011); Marta Vaquero Huertas (No 0230/2011); Jouko Palmroth (No 0231/2011); (name confidential) (No 0232/2011); (name confidential) (No 0233/2011); (name confidential) (No 0234/2011); (name confidential) (No 0235/2011); Jacques Maret (No 0236/2011); (name confidential) (No 0237/2011); Michel Potier (No 0238/2011); (name confidential) (No 0239/2011); Francisco Javier Ciézar Muñoz (Asaja Málaga) (No 0240/2011); José Ortega Ortega (No 0241/2011).

30 March 2011 (name confidential) (No 0242/2011); Grażyna Skorupka (Stowarzyszenie Amazonek Gdyńskich przy Oddziale Onkologii szpitala PCK) (No 0243/2011); Christopher Eichner (No 0244/2011); Antal Kovacs (No 0245/2011); Heiko Lewerenz (No 0246/2011); Aniello Di Iorio (No 0247/2011); Ryszard Czarnecki (2 signatures) (No 0248/2011); Waldemar Florkowski (No 0249/2011); Adam Józefowicz (No 0250/2011); Günter Pröhl (No 0251/2011); Mustafa Çelebi (No 0252/2011); Tino Renken (No 0253/2011); (name confidential) (No 0254/2011); (name confidential) (No 0255/2011); Harry Jideofor Nduka (No 0256/2011); Tsveta Hristova (Coalition ‘for Nature in Bulgaria’ - Ecologist (Коалиция ‘За да остане природа в България’)) (No 0257/2011); Karen Everett (38 signatures) (No 0258/2011); Radko Georgien Kesov (Obshtinski Suvetnitsi Sliven (Sliven Municipality Councilors)) (No 0259/2011); Lucia Yva Barbera Leonardo (No 0260/2011); J. Yarker Vernon (Sheltered Housing UK Association) (No 0261/2011); Romanian Ornithological Society (No 0262/2011); Giuseppe Mercurio (No 0263/2011); Rodica Marieta Vincenz (No 0264/2011); Aldevis Tibaldi (Comitato per la vita del Friuli Rurale) (No 0265/2011); Michael Cummins (Architect's Alliance of Ireland) (No 0266/2011); David Rock (No 0267/2011); Marta Rovira Vergés (Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC)) (No 0268/2011); Kouwa Nkengni (No 0269/2011); Roman Wilczyński (No 0270/2011); José Maria Moreira dos Santos (19 signatures) (No 0271/2011); Christopher Prendergast (W.J. Prendersgast & Son Ltd. - Knitwear Manufacturers) (No 0272/2011); Constantin Radu (No 0273/2011); (name confidential) (No 0274/2011); (name confidential) (No 0275/2011); Fernando Toffanello (No 0276/2011); Alexandros Krystallidis (Krystallidis & Associates) (No 0277/2011); Alberto Gouveia (No 0278/2011); Tsveta Hristova (Coalition ‘for Nature in Bulgaria’ - Ecologist (Коалиция ‘За да остане природа в България’)) (No 0279/2011); Pavel Dobrota (No 0280/2011); Svetoslav Spasov (No 0281/2011); (name confidential) (No 0282/2011); (name confidential) (No 0283/2011); (name confidential) (No 0284/2011); Jordi Martí (No 0285/2011); Paicopoulos Demitrios (No 0286/2011); (name confidential) (No 0287/2011); Fernando Cunha (No 0288/2011); Paul Stillman (No 0289/2011); (name confidential) (No 0290/2011); (name confidential) (No 0291/2011); (name confidential) (2 signatures) (No 0292/2011); Angelo Romano (No 0293/2011); Christopher Thompson (No 0294/2011); Colin MacDonald (No 0295/2011); Ibrahim Kheireldin (No 0296/2011); (name confidential) (No 0297/2011); Graziano Benedetto (No 0298/2011); Benedicte Kiehr (No 0299/2011); (name confidential) (No 0300/2011); Zuzanna Kurtyka (9 signatures) (No 0301/2011); Rolf Wendner (No 0302/2011); Christine Dreger (No 0303/2011); Wolfgang Steinhardt (No 0304/2011); Ursula Marx (No 0305/2011); Carmel Spitieri (163 signatures) (No 0306/2011); Michael Schwingl (No 0307/2011); Andrzej Klibisz (No 0308/2011); Benjamin Weber (No 0309/2011).

31 March 2011 Michel Pouzol (No 0310/2011); Kostas Stravropoulos (No 0311/2011); Miranda Suárez Saturnino (No 0312/2011); Oscar García García (No 0313/2011); Bouma BMevrouw A. (No 0314/2011); Beniamin Aizman (No 0315/2011); Florencio Salvador Díaz Fernández (No 0316/2011); François Maillard (No 0317/2011); Nathalie Moet (No 0318/2011); César Solveira Rodríguez (No 0319/2011); Fabiano Filippin (Studio Legale Contento) (No 0320/2011); R Aurica Pantilin (No 0321/2011); Josep Miquel Gascon Baz (No 0322/2011); Alejandro Sánchez (Fundación EQUO) (No 0323/2011); Gwenaël Le Gras (28 signatures) (No 0324/2011); Carlos Martín Puente (No 0325/2011); Inmaculada Cano Álvarez (No 0326/2011); Isabel Canas Salinas (Plataforma Ciudadana Zona Norte) (No 0327/2011); José Belmonte Menchón (Agrupación Nacional Transportes - Plataforma) (No 0328/2011); George Mutascu (No 0329/2011); Manuel Pardos Vicente (Asociación Usuarios Bancos, Cajas y Seguros) (No 0330/2011); (name confidential) (No 0331/2011); Jouke Leij, bij de (No 0332/2011); Miguel Chavarino Fernández (No 0333/2011); Colleen Cockerill (No 0334/2011); Luis Fernández Toribio (No 0335/2011); Markéta Balcarová (4 signatures) (No 0336/2011); Emilio Izzo (22 signatures) (No 0337/2011); Roberto Raggi (Sos Consumatore) (3 signatures) (No 0338/2011); Sergio Diana (Comitato ProSardegnaNoGasdotto) (No 0339/2011); David Sassi Louzoun (No 0340/2011); Elsa Aimone (No 0341/2011); František Piskura (No 0342/2011); Sandra Saavedra (No 0343/2011); Alice De Nijs (Daadkrachtig Nederland) (No 0344/2011); Anthony Craven (Support Group for victims of failed Home Income Plans) (No 0345/2011); Jean Mortes (No 0346/2011).

12.   Documents received

The following documents had been received:

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from committees 1.1) reports — Report on the protection of the Communities’ financial interests – Fight against fraud – Annual report 2009 (2010/2247(INI)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Cătălin Sorin Ivan (A7-0050/2011) — Report on the efficiency and effectiveness of EU funding in the area of decommissioning nuclear power plants in the New Member States (2010/2104(INI)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Marian-Jean Marinescu (A7-0054/2011) — *** Recommendation on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Partnership Agreement in the fisheries sector between the European Community and the Union of the Comoros (15572/2010 - C7-0020/2011 - 2010/0287(NLE)) - PECH Committee - Rapporteur: Luis Manuel Capoulas Santos (A7-0056/2011) — * Report on the proposal for a Council decision laying down rules for imports into the European Union from Greenland of fishery products, live bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates, marine gastropods and by-products thereof (COM(2010)0176 - C7-0136/2010 - 2010/0097(CNS)) - PECH Committee - Rapporteur: Carmen Fraga Estévez (A7-0057/2011) — 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 (application EGF/2010/013 PL/Podkarpackie machinery from Poland) (COM(2011)0062 - C7-0056/2011 - 2011/2045(BUD)) - BUDG Committee - Rapporteur: Barbara Matera (A7-0059/2011) — 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 (application EGF/2010/010 CZ/Unilever from the Czech Republic) (COM(2011)0061 - C7-0055/2011 - 2011/2044(BUD)) - BUDG Committee - Rapporteur: Barbara Matera (A7-0060/2011) — Report on the application of Regulation (EC) No 2004/2003 on the regulations governing political parties at European level and the rules regarding their funding (2010/2201(INI)) - AFCO Committee - Rapporteur: Marietta Giannakou (A7-0062/2011) — *** Recommendation on the draft 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)) - AFET Committee - Rapporteur: Ryszard Antoni Legutko (A7-0063/2011) — Report on priorities and outline of a new EU policy framework to fight violence against women (2010/2209(INI)) - FEMM Committee - Rapporteur: Eva-Britt Svensson (A7-0065/2011) — *** Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of an Agreement between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco establishing a Dispute Settlement Mechanism (13754/2010 - C7-0431/2010 - 2010/0181(NLE)) - INTA Committee - Rapporteur: George Sabin Cutaș (A7-0066/2011) — *** Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of a 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 (13758/2010 - C7-0057/2011 - 2010/0173(NLE)) - INTA Committee - Rapporteur: Emilio Menéndez Del Valle (A7-0067/2011) — *** Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of a Protocol between the European Union and the Arab Republic of Egypt 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 Arab Republic of Egypt of the other part (13762/2010 - C7-0372/2010 - 2010/0229(NLE)) - INTA Committee - Rapporteur: Gianluca Susta (A7-0068/2011) — ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council introducing emergency autonomous trade preferences for Pakistan (COM(2010)0552 - C7-0322/2010 - 2010/0289(COD)) - INTA Committee - Rapporteur: William (The Earl Of) Dartmouth (A7-0069/2011) — Report on the future European international investment policy (2010/2203(INI)) - INTA Committee - Rapporteur: Kader Arif (A7-0070/2011) — Report on a Single Market for Enterprises and Growth (2010/2277(INI)) - IMCO Committee - Rapporteur: Cristian Silviu Bușoi (A7-0071/2011) — Report on a Single Market for Europeans (2010/2278(INI)) - IMCO Committee - Rapporteur: António Fernando Correia De Campos (A7-0072/2011) — Report on the 2009 Annual Report of the European Investment Bank (2010/2248(INI)) - ECON Committee - Rapporteur: George Sabin Cutaș (A7-0073/2011) — Report on corporate governance in financial institutions (2010/2303(INI)) - ECON Committee - Rapporteur: Ashley Fox (A7-0074/2011) — Report on migration flows arising from instability: scope and role of EU foreign policy (2010/2269(INI)) - AFET Committee - Rapporteur: Fiorello Provera (A7-0075/2011) — Report on Governance and Partnership in the Single Market (2010/2289(INI)) - IMCO Committee - Rapporteur: Sandra Kalniete (A7-0083/2011) — ***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on minimum standards on procedures in Member States for granting and withdrawing international protection (recast) (COM(2009)0554 - C7-0248/2009 - 2009/0165(COD)) - LIBE Committee - Rapporteur: Sylvie Guillaume (A7-0085/2011) — Report on the estimates of revenue and expenditure of Parliament for the financial year 2012 - Section I - Parliament (2011/2018(BUD)) - BUDG Committee - Rapporteur: José Manuel Fernandes (A7-0087/2011) — ***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to units of measurement (codified text) (COM(2010)0507 - C7-0287/2010 - 2010/0260(COD)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Sajjad Karim (A7-0089/2011) — ***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the installation, location, operation and identification of the controls of wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (codified text) (COM(2010)0717 - C7-0404/2010 - 2010/0348(COD)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Sajjad Karim (A7-0090/2011) — ***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on braking devices of wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (codified text) (COM(2010)0729 - C7-0421/2010 - 2010/0349(COD)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Sajjad Karim (A7-0092/2011) — ***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the permissible sound level and the exhaust system of motor vehicles (COM(2010)0508 - C7-0288/2010 - 2010/0261(COD)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Sajjad Karim (A7-0093/2011) — ***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on indications or marks identifying the lot to which a foodstuff belongs (codified text) (COM(2010)0506 - C7-0285/2010 - 2010/0259(COD)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Sajjad Karim (A7-0095/2011) — ***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the operating space, access to the driving position and the doors and windows of wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (codified text) (COM(2010)0746 - C7-0428/2010 - 2010/0358(COD)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Sajjad Karim (A7-0096/2011) — ***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on roll-over protection structures mounted in front of the driver's seat on narrow-track wheeled agricultural and forestry tractors (codified text) (COM(2010)0610 - C7-0340/2010 - 2010/0302(COD)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Sajjad Karim (A7-0098/2011) — ***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on rear-mounted roll-over protection structures of narrow-track wheeled agricultural and forestry tractors (codified text) (COM(2010)0510 - C7-0290/2010 - 2010/0264(COD)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Sajjad Karim (A7-0101/2011) — Report on the proposal for a Council regulation on denominations and technical specifications of euro coins intended for circulation (codified text) (COM(2010)0691 - C7-0034/2011 - 2010/0338(NLE)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Sajjad Karim (A7-0102/2011) — Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on 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(2011)0010 - C7-0023/2011 - 2011/2021(BUD)) - BUDG Committee - Rapporteur: Reimer Böge (A7-0114/2011) — Report on the Council's position on Draft amending budget No 1/2011of the European Union for the financial year 2011, Section III - Commission (07704/2011 - C7-0072/2011 - 2011/2022(BUD)) - BUDG Committee - Rapporteur: Sidonia Elżbieta Jędrzejewska (A7-0115/2011)

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from Members 2.1) oral questions for Question Time (Rule 116) (B7-0210/2011)   to the Council: — Posselt Bernd, Harkin Marian, Țicău Silvia-Adriana, Gallagher Pat the Cope, Crowley Brian, Chountis Nikolaos, Higgins Jim, Balčytis Zigmantas, McGuinness Mairead, Andrikienė Laima Liucija   to the Commission: — Papastamkos Georgios, Balčytis Zigmantas, Harkin Marian, Davies Chris, Higgins Jim, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou Rodi, Papanikolaou Georgios, Tsoukalas Ioannis A., Țicău Silvia-Adriana, Aylward Liam, Crowley Brian, Mitchell Gay, Kelly Seán, La Via Giovanni, Martin Hans-Peter, Posselt Bernd, Kadenbach Karin, Chountis Nikolaos, Iotova Iliana Malinova, Girling Julie, Gerbrandy Gerben-Jan, Paleckis Justas Vincas, Áder János, Ludford Sarah, Liberadzki Bogusław, Gallagher Pat the Cope, Tabajdi Csaba Sándor, Göncz Kinga, van Nistelrooij Lambert, Padar Ivari, Bélier Sandrine, McGuinness Mairead, Andrikienė Laima Liucija, Jensen Anne E., Neynsky Nadezhda, Watson Graham, Belet Ivo 2.2) motions for resolution (Rule 120) — Franz Obermayr and Csanád Szegedi. Motion for a resolution on enhanced nuclear safety in the Danube region (B7-0234/2011) referred to responsible: ITRE opinion: ENVI 2.3) proposals for recommendations (Rule 121) — Graham Watson, on behalf of the ALDE Group. Proposal for a recommendation to the Council on a consistent policy towards authoritarian regimes, against whom the EU applies restrictive measures, when they exercise the personal and commercial interests within EU borders (B7-0235/2011) referred to responsible: AFET opinion: LIBE, INTA

13.   Order of business

The next item was the order of business.

The final draft agenda for the April 2011 sittings (PE 461.047/PDOJ) had been distributed and a number of changes had been proposed (Rule 140):

Monday No changes.

Tuesday EFD Group request to for the vote on the report by José Manuel Fernandes (A7-0087/2011) on ‘Estimates of revenue and expenditure for 2012 - Section I - Parliament’(item 66 on the final draft agenda) to be held over to the May 2011 part-session; The following spoke: Marta Andreasen, on behalf of the EFD Group, who moved the request, Francesco Enrico Speroni, supporting it, and Alain Lamassoure opposing it. Parliament rejected the request.

Wednesday PPE Group request to wind up the debate on the Commission statement on Public procurement (Item 129 on the final draft agenda) with motions for resolution. The following spoke: Andreas Schwab, on behalf of the PPE Group, who moved the request, Evelyne Gebhardt, who supported the request and proposed that the vote be held over to the May part-session, and Francesco Enrico Speroni, against the proposal to postpone the vote. Parliament agreed to the request and to postpone the vote.

Wednesday and Thursday ALDE Group request to move to Wednesday's agenda the item on the situation in Côte d'Ivoire, that had initially been scheduled for Thursday (item 122 on the final draft agenda), in the form of a statement by the Vice-President of the Commission and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and to include on Thursday's agenda a debate on the case of Ai WeiWei in China as part of the debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law. The following spoke: Guy Verhofstadt, on behalf of the ALDE Group, who moved the request, and Hannes Swoboda, supporting it. Parliament approved the request.

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The order of business was thus established.

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Sophia in 't Veld spoke on the cyber attacks on some EU institutions, including Parliament, and the security measures taken.

14.   Granting and withdrawing international protection ***I (debate)

Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on minimum standards on procedures in Member States for granting and withdrawing international protection (recast) [COM(2009)0554 - C7-0248/2009- 2009/0165(COD)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Sylvie Guillaume (A7-0085/2011)

Sylvie Guillaume introduced the report.

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

The following spoke: Monika Hohlmeier, on behalf of the PPE Group, Claude Moraes, on behalf of the S&D Group, Nadja Hirsch, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Hélène Flautre, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Kyriacos Triantaphyllides, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Gerard Batten, on behalf of the EFD Group, Daniël van der Stoep, Non-attached Member, Reinhard Bütikofer, on the speech by Daniël van der Stoep, Anna Hedh and Tanja Fajon.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Georgios Papanikolaou.

IN THE CHAIR: Stavros LAMBRINIDIS

Vice-President

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Ioan Enciu, Jörg Leichtfried, Jaroslav Paška, Franz Obermayr and Andrew Henry William Brons.

The following spoke: Cecilia Malmström and Sylvie Guillaume.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 6.4.2011, item 8.9.

15.   Dual-use items and technology ***I (debate)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1334/2000 setting up a Community regime for the control of exports of dual-use items and technology [COM(2008)0854 - C7-0062/2010- 2008/0249(COD)] - Committee on International Trade. Rapporteur: Jörg Leichtfried (A7-0028/2011)

Jörg Leichtfried introduced the report.

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

The following spoke: Reinhard Bütikofer (rapporteur for the opinion of the AFET Committee), Elisabeth Köstinger, on behalf of the PPE Group, George Sabin Cutaș, on behalf of the S&D Group, Niccolò Rinaldi, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Helmut Scholz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Franz Obermayr, Non-attached Member, Christofer Fjellner, Janusz Władysław Zemke and Ioan Mircea Pașcu.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Peter Jahr and João Ferreira.

The following spoke: Cecilia Malmström and Jörg Leichtfried.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 5.4.2011, item 4.6.

16.   European statistics on tourism ***I (debate)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning European Statistics on tourism [COM(2010)0117 - C7-0085/2010- 2010/0063(COD)] - Committee on Transport and Tourism. Rapporteur: Brian Simpson (A7-0329/2010)

Brian Simpson introduced the report.

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

The following spoke: Carlo Fidanza, on behalf of the PPE Group, Silvia-Adriana Țicău, on behalf of the S&D Group, Giommaria Uggias, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Nikolaos Salavrakos, on behalf of the EFD Group, Jim Higgins and Inés Ayala Sender.

IN THE CHAIR: László TŐKÉS

Vice-President

The following spoke: Gesine Meissner and Georges Bach.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Rareș-Lucian Niculescu, Jörg Leichtfried, Inés Ayala Sender, Andreas Mölzer, Elena Băsescu and Janusz Władysław Zemke.

The following spoke: Cecilia Malmström and Brian Simpson.

The following spoke: Jörg Leichtfried.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 6.4.2011, item 8.10.

17.   EU policy framework to fight violence against women (debate)

Report on priorities and outline of a new EU policy framework to fight violence against women [2010/2209(INI)] - Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality. Rapporteur: Eva-Britt Svensson (A7-0065/2011)

Eva-Britt Svensson introduced the report.

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

The following spoke: Teresa Jiménez-Becerril Barrio, on behalf of the PPE Group, Britta Thomsen, on behalf of the S&D Group, Antonyia Parvanova, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Marije Cornelissen, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Andrea Češková, on behalf of the ECR Group, Ilda Figueiredo, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Barbara Matera, Edite Estrela, Janusz Wojciechowski, Joanna Katarzyna Skrzydlewska, Emine Bozkurt, Tadeusz Cymański, Edit Bauer, Silvia Costa, Regina Bastos, Vilija Blinkevičiūtė and Monika Flašíková Beňová.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Seán Kelly, Marc Tarabella, Gesine Meissner, Angelika Werthmann, Miroslav Mikolášik, Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă, Norica Nicolai, Krisztina Morvai, Petru Constantin Luhan, Evelyn Regner and Zuzana Roithová.

The following spoke: Cecilia Malmström and Eva-Britt Svensson.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 5.4.2011, item 4.8.

IN THE CHAIR: Roberta ANGELILLI

Vice-President

18.   Composition of Parliament

The Irish authorities had given notice of the election of Paul Murphy to replace Joe Higgins as Member of Parliament with effect from 1 April 2011.

Under Rule 3(2), until such time as his credentials had been verified or a ruling had been given on any dispute, and provided that he had previously made a written declaration stating that he did not hold any office incompatible with that of Member of the European Parliament, Paul Murphy would take his seat in Parliament and on its bodies and would enjoy all the rights attaching thereto.

19.   EU response to the migration flows in North Africa and the Southern Mediterranean, in particular in Lampedusa - Migration flows arising from instability: scope and role of EU foreign policy (debate)

Commission statement: EU response to the migration flows in North Africa and the Southern Mediterranean, in particular in Lampedusa

Report on migration flows arising from instability: scope and role of EU foreign policy [2010/2269(INI)] - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: Fiorello Provera (A7-0075/2011)

Cecilia Malmström (Member of the Commission) made the statement.

Fiorello Provera introduced the report.

The following spoke: Corina Crețu (rapporteur for the opinion of the DEVE Committee), Franziska Keller (rapporteur for the opinion of the LIBE Committee), Mario Mauro, on behalf of the PPE Group, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, on behalf of the S&D Group, Cecilia Wikström, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Jean Lambert, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Rui Tavares, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Mara Bizzotto, on behalf of the EFD Group, Philip Claeys, Non-attached Member, Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Ana Gomes, Sonia Alfano, Malika Benarab-Attou, Marie-Christine Vergiat, Mario Borghezio, Andreas Mölzer, Salvatore Iacolino, John Attard-Montalto, Sarah Ludford, Hélène Flautre, Willy Meyer, Gerard Batten, Daniël van der Stoep, who also replied to a blue-card question by Silvia Costa, Simon Busuttil, Claude Moraes, Cornelia Ernst, Constance Le Grip, David-Maria Sassoli, Carlos Coelho, Rosario Crocetta, Alfredo Pallone, Sylvie Guillaume, Cristian Dan Preda, Carlo Casini, Georgios Papanikolaou and Jacek Protasiewicz.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Giovanni La Via, Barbara Matera, Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris, Raffaele Baldassarre, Mario Pirillo, Ilda Figueiredo, Nikolaos Salavrakos, Corneliu Vadim Tudor, Marco Scurria, Elena Băsescu and Mairead McGuinness.

The following spoke: Cecilia Malmström, Mario Mauro, to put a question to the Commission, which Cecilia Malmström answered, and Fiorello Provera.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 5.4.2011, item 4.2.

20.   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:

Jim Higgins, Alajos Mészáros, George Sabin Cutaș, Alexander Mirsky, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Marian Harkin, Oriol Junqueras Vies, Janusz Wojciechowski, Kyriacos Triantaphyllides, Nikolaos Salavrakos, Diane Dodds, Konstantinos Poupakis, Georgios Papanikolaou, András Gyürk, Mairead McGuinness, Cătălin Sorin Ivan, Claudiu Ciprian Tănăsescu, Antonio Masip Hidalgo, Katarína Neveďalová, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Csaba Sógor and Rosa Estaràs Ferragut

21.   Role of women in agriculture and rural areas (short presentation)

Report on the role of women in agriculture and rural areas [2010/2054(INI)] - Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development. Rapporteur: Elisabeth Jeggle (A7-0016/2011)

Elisabeth Jeggle made the presentation.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Mairead McGuinness, Silvia-Adriana Țicău, Marian Harkin, João Ferreira, Rareș-Lucian Niculescu and Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă.

The following spoke: Viviane Reding (Vice-President of the Commission).

The item closed.

Vote: minutes of 5.4.2011, item 4.3.

22.   EU funding in the area of decommissioning nuclear power plants (short presentation)

Report on the efficiency and effectiveness of EU funding in the area of decommissioning nuclear power plants in the New Member States [2010/2104(INI)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Marian-Jean Marinescu (A7-0054/2011)

Marian-Jean Marinescu made the presentation.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Miroslav Mikolášik, Silvia-Adriana Țicău, Zigmantas Balčytis, João Ferreira and Jaroslav Paška.

The following spoke: Viviane Reding (Vice-President of the Commission).

The item closed.

Vote: minutes of 5.4.2011, item 4.4.

23.   European international investment policy (short presentation)

Report on the future European international investment policy [2010/2203(INI)] - Committee on International Trade. Rapporteur: Kader Arif (A7-0070/2011)

Kader Arif made the presentation.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Silvia-Adriana Țicău and Jaroslav Paška.

The following spoke: Viviane Reding (Vice-President of the Commission).

The item closed.

Vote: minutes of 6.4.2011, item 8.15.

24.   Agenda of the next sitting

The agenda of the next day's sitting had been established (‘Agenda’ 461.047/OJMA).

25.   Closure of the sitting

The sitting closed at 23.40.

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