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doi:10.3000/17252423.CE2010.151.eng
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NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES
European Parliament 2010-2011 SESSION Sittings of 7 and 19 to 21 April 2010
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Official Journal of the European Union |
CE 151/1 |
Wednesday 7 April 2010
MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 7 APRIL 2010
2010/C 151 E/01
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Resumption of the session |
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Statements by the President |
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Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting |
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Conclusions of the European Council meeting (25-26 March 2010) (debate) |
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Dates of forthcoming sittings |
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Adjournment of the session |
ATTENDANCE REGISTER
MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 7 APRIL 2010
IN THE CHAIR: Jerzy BUZEK
President
1. Resumption of the session
The sitting opened at 14.35.
2. Statements by the President
The President made a statement on the terrorist attacks of 29 March 2010 on the Moscow underground and expressed his condolences to the victims' families on Parliament's behalf. He added that the European Parliament condemned all terrorist attacks.
The President made a statement regarding the 70th anniversary of the massacre of Polish prisoners by Soviet forces at Katyń.
The President announced that the Commission would be represented by Maroš Šefčovič (Vice-President of the Commission) at that day's debate as José Manuel Barroso (President of the Commission) was unable to attend.
3. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting
The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.
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The following spoke: Francesco Enrico Speroni, on the victims of the recent terrorist attacks in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. (The President paid tribute to the victims).
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Marian Harkin had made it known that she had been present at the sitting of 24 March 2010 but that her name was not on the attendance register.
4. Conclusions of the European Council meeting (25-26 March 2010) (debate)
European Council and Commission statements: Conclusions of the European Council meeting (25-26 March 2010)
Herman Van Rompuy (President of the European Council) and Maroš Šefčovič (Vice-President of the Commission) made the statements.
The following spoke: Corien Wortmann-Kool, on behalf of the PPE Group, Hannes Swoboda, on behalf of the S&D Group, Guy Verhofstadt, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Rebecca Harms, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Timothy Kirkhope, on behalf of the ECR Group, Lothar Bisky, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Nigel Farage, on behalf of the EFD Group, Barry Madlener, Non-attached Member, Herman Van Rompuy, Maroš Šefčovič, Gunnar Hökmark, Gianluca Susta, Lena Ek, Derk Jan Eppink, Nikolaos Chountis, Mara Bizzotto, Martin Ehrenhauser, Jean-Pierre Audy, Pervenche Berès, Malcolm Harbour, Georgios Toussas, Frank Vanhecke, Marietta Giannakou, Kathleen Van Brempt, Othmar Karas, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Danuta Maria Hübner, Anni Podimata, José Manuel García-Margallo y Marfil and Csaba Őry.
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Seán Kelly, Kriton Arsenis, Norica Nicolai, David Campbell Bannerman, Franz Obermayr and Monica Luisa Macovei.
The following spoke: Maroš Šefčovič and Herman Van Rompuy.
The debate closed.
5. Dates of forthcoming sittings
The next sittings would be held from 19 to 22 April 2010.
6. Adjournment of the session
The session of the European Parliament was adjourned.
The sitting closed at 17.10.
Klaus Welle
Secretary-General
Jerzy Buzek
President
Wednesday 7 April 2010
ATTENDANCE REGISTER
The following signed:
Abad, Áder, Agnew, Albertini, Albrecht, Alfonsi, Alvaro, Alves, Andreasen, Andrés Barea, Angelilli, Antonescu, Arias Echeverría, Arif, Arlacchi, Arsenis, Attard-Montalto, Audy, Ayala Sender, Aylward, Bach, Badia i Cutchet, Balčytis, Baldassarre, Balzani, Bartolozzi, Băsescu, Bastos, Baudis, Bauer, Belder, Bélier, Bennahmias, Berès, Berlato, Bielan, Bilbao Barandica, Bisky, Bizzotto, Blinkevičiūtė, Bloom, Böge, Bontes, Borys, Boștinaru, Bradbourn, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Brons, Bufton, Bușoi, Busuttil, Bütikofer, Buzek, Callanan, van de Camp, Campbell Bannerman, Canfin, Capoulas Santos, Caronna, Carvalho, Casini, Caspary, Castex, del Castillo Vera, Cercas, Chichester, Chountis, Christensen, Claeys, Clark, Coelho, Cofferati, Collino, Colman, Comi, Cornelissen, Correia De Campos, Cozzolino, Crețu, Creutzmann, Cutaș, Cymański, Daerden, Danellis, Danjean, Dantin, David, De Angelis, de Brún, De Castro, Dehaene, Delli, Delvaux, de Magistris, De Rossa, De Sarnez, Deß, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dodds, Domenici, Donskis, Dorfmann, Duff, Durant, Ehrenhauser, Ek, Enciu, Engel, Engström, Eppink, Estrela, Fajmon, Fajon, Farage, Färm, Feio, Fernandes, Elisa Ferreira, Figueiredo, Flašíková Beňová, Fontana, Ford, Foster, Fox, Gallagher, García-Margallo y Marfil, García Pérez, Gardiazábal Rubial, Gardini, Garriga Polledo, Gauzès, Gebhardt, Geier, Gerbrandy, Geringer de Oedenberg, Giannakou, Gierek, Girling, Glante, Glattfelder, Goebbels, Gollnisch, Gomes, Goulard, de Grandes Pascual, Gräßle, Grech, Grelier, Greze, Griesbeck, Griffin, Gróbarczyk, Groote, Grosch, Grossetête, Gruny, Gualtieri, Guerrero Salom, Guillaume, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Hadjigeorgiou, Häfner, Haglund, Hall, Händel, Handzlik, Harbour, Harkin, Harms, Haug, Hautala, Jiří Havel, Hedh, Hénin, Hennis-Plasschaert, Herczog, Hibner, Jim Higgins, Nadja Hirsch, Hoang Ngoc, Hohlmeier, Hökmark, Danuta Maria Hübner, Hudghton, Iacolino, Iotova, Ivan, Ivanova, Jaakonsaari, Jadot, Jahr, Jáuregui Atondo, Jazłowiecka, Jędrzejewska, Jeggle, Jensen, Jiménez-Becerril Barrio, Joly, Kacin, Kaczmarek, Kalfin, Kalniete, Kammerevert, Karas, Kariņš, Kasoulides, Tunne Kelam, Keller, Alan Kelly, Seán Kelly, Kiil-Nielsen, Kirilov, Kirkhope, Klaß, Klinz, Klute, Koch, Koch-Mehrin, Kolarska-Bobińska, Koppa, Korhola, Kósa, Köstinger, Koumoutsakos, Kovatchev, Kozłowski, Kožušník, Krahmer, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kuhn, Kukan, Lamassoure, Lambert, Lambrinidis, Landsbergis, Lange, de Lange, Langen, La Via, Le Foll, Le Grip, Lehne, Le Hyaric, Leichtfried, Leinen, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Marine Le Pen, Liberadzki, Lichtenberger, Liese, Liotard, Lisek, López Aguilar, López-Istúriz White, Lösing, Ludford, Ludvigsson, Łukacijewska, Lulling, Lunacek, McGuinness, Macovei, Madlener, Manders, Maňka, Mann, Manner, Marinescu, David Martin, Hans-Peter Martin, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastella, Matera, Mathieu, Matula, Mavronikolas, Mayer, Melo, Merkies, Mészáros, Migalski, Milana, Millán Mon, Mirsky, Mitchell, Mölzer, Morganti, Morin-Chartier, Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė, Nedelcheva, Neuser, Neveďalová, Newton Dunn, Neynsky, Nicholson, Nicolai, Niculescu, van Nistelrooij, Nitras, Obermayr, Olbrycht, Olejniczak, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Ouzký, Oviir, Pack, Padar, Paleckis, Panzeri, Papadopoulou, Papanikolaou, Papastamkos, Parvanova, Pașcu, Paška, Patrão Neves, Patriciello, Paulsen, Peillon, Perello Rodriguez, Pieper, Piotrowski, Pirillo, Pittella, Poc, Podimata, Poręba, Posselt, Poupakis, Preda, Vittorio Prodi, Protasiewicz, Provera, Rangel, Ransdorf, Rapti, Regner, Reimers, Repo, Reul, Riera Madurell, Riquet, Rivasi, Rivellini, Rochefort, Rodust, Roithová, Romero López, Romeva i Rueda, Rosbach, Rossi, Rouček, Rübig, Saïfi, Sánchez Presedo, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Sassoli, Saudargas, Savisaar, Schaldemose, Olle Schmidt, Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Werner Schulz, Schwab, Scicluna, Scotta', Seeber, Sehnalová, Senyszyn, Serracchiani, Severin, Silvestris, Simon, Sippel, Siwiec, Skrzydlewska, Sógor, Sommer, Sonik, Sosa Wagner, Soullie, Speroni, Staes, Stassen, Stavrakakis, Steinruck, Sterckx, Stihler, van der Stoep, Stolojan, Strasser, Striffler, Sturdy, Susta, Swoboda, Szájer, Szymański, Takkula, Tănăsescu, Tannock, Tarabella, Tavares, Teixeira, Thomsen, Thun Und Hohenstein, Thyssen, Țicău, Tirolien, Tőkés, Tošenovský, Toussas, Trautmann, Triantaphyllides, Tsoukalas, Turmes, Ulvskog, Ungureanu, Uspaskich, Vajgl, Vălean, Van Brempt, Vanhecke, Van Orden, Vaughan, Vergiat, Vergnaud, Vidal-Quadras, Vigenin, Voss, Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa, Watson, Henri Weber, Manfred Weber, Renate Weber, Weiler, Weisgerber, Werthmann, Westphal, Willmott, Wils, Włosowicz, Wortmann-Kool, Zasada, Ždanoka, Zeller, Zemke, Ziobro, Zver, Zwiefka
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CE 151/5 |
Monday 19 April 2010
MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 19 APRIL 2010
2010/C 151 E/02
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Resumption of the session |
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Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting |
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Oral questions and written declarations (submission) |
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Documents received |
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Lapsed written declarations |
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Petitions |
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Action taken on Parliament's resolutions |
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Fight against breast cancer in the European Union (written declaration) |
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Parliamentary immunity |
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Composition of committees and delegations |
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Verification of credentials |
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Council positions at first reading |
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Statements by the President |
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Order of business |
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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance |
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Power of legislative delegation (debate) |
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Air safety: EU airline blacklist (debate) |
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Aviation security charges ***I (debate) |
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Community guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network ***I (debate) |
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Strategic goals and recommendations for the EU’s maritime transport policy until 2018 (debate) |
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Europeana - the next steps (short presentation) |
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Evaluation and assessment of the Animal Welfare Action Plan 2006-2010 (short presentation) |
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EU-Agriculture and Climate change (short presentation) |
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Agriculture in areas with natural handicaps: A special health check (short presentation) |
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Simplification of the CAP (short presentation) |
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Agenda of the next sitting |
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Closure of the sitting |
ATTENDANCE REGISTER
MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 19 APRIL 2010
IN THE CHAIR: Jerzy BUZEK
President
1. Resumption of the session
The sitting opened at 17.35.
2. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting
The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.
3. Oral questions and written declarations (submission)
The following documents had been submitted by Members:
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written declarations for inclusion in the register (Rule 123):
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4. Documents received
The following documents had been received:
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5. Lapsed written declarations
In accordance with Rule 123(5), written declarations 0067/2009, 0068/2009, 0069/2009 and 0070/2009 had lapsed as they had not obtained the required number of signatures.
6. 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):
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15 March 2010 Roberto Kurze (Patriotische Bewegung Deutschlands) (0205/2010); Franz Friedrich Nemec (0206/2010); Gundolf Riemer (0207/2010); Jörg-Hermann Schmoock (0208/2010); Peter Tresnak (0209/2010); Muharem Alijevic (0210/2010); Oliver Zentay (2 signatures) (0211/2010); Adolfo Pablo Lapi (0212/2010); Jesus Santiago Jimenez (0213/2010); Cardillo Salvo (0214/2010); (name confidential) (0215/2010); Massimo Moltoni (0216/2010); Norberto Dos Anjos Alves (0217/2010); Sandrine Stamm (0218/2010); (name confidential) (0219/2010); Nicole Amsellem (0220/2010); Fabian Urburu (0221/2010); José Ramón Gil Benito (0222/2010); Nicolino Magliulo (0223/2010); Faustino Francisco Garcia Ruiz (0224/2010); Konstantinos Aivaliotis (0225/2010); Fiorella Silo (0226/2010); (name confidential) (0227/2010); Pérez Vincente Fernández (Asociacion Ecoloxista Coto do Frade) (0228/2010); Lucian Nicolae Tarca (0229/2010); Vincent Derudder (Fédération Européenne des Conseils et Intermédiaires Financiers) (0230/2010); Rozalia Andriopoulou (0231/2010); Don Manuel La Calle Albero (Esquerra Unida / Izquierda Unida) (0232/2010); José Manuel Dolón García (Ayuntamiento Torrevieja) (0233/2010). |
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15 April 2010 Peter Hollatz (0234/2010); Jean Pierre Save (0235/2010); (name confidential) (0236/2010); (name confidential) (0237/2010); Xavier Solans Tauriño (0238/2010); (name confidential) (0239/2010); Birgit Schneider (0240/2010); Coch Laura Vinuesa (0241/2010); Jenő Farkas (0242/2010); (name confidential) (0243/2010); Francisco Corbalan Moreno (Afectados Trampolin Hills) (20 signatures) (0244/2010); Luis Francisco Fernández López (0245/2010); Georgiana Beu (0246/2010); (name confidential) (0247/2010); Liidia Volkova (0248/2010); Klaus Zydek (0249/2010); Raffaele Mancuso (0250/2010); Dinu Moldovanu (0251/2010); Gianluca Rampazzo (Lega italiana diritti animali) (0252/2010); (name confidential) (0253/2010); Jivka Stoianova (0254/2010); Maria Teresa Alonso Barrero (Propietarios Primera Linea Sol Naciente) (0255/2010); Iliana Nedelea (0256/2010); Pierre-Emmanuel Pascaud (Dignité-Libertés) (0257/2010); (name confidential) (0258/2010); (name confidential) (0259/2010); (name confidential) (0260/2010); Maria del Mar Muñoz Garcia (0261/2010); Nina Prehn (0262/2010); Andrea Maori (0263/2010); Giovanni Bellin (0264/2010); Viive Sterpu (0265/2010); Nicola Tenerelli (Partito Pensionati e Invalidi) (0266/2010); Milena Pehlivanova (0267/2010); Alexei Bazhenov (0268/2010); Lucian Voicu-Dungan (0269/2010); Francisco Javier Martínez del Cerro Poole (0270/2010); Isabel Gómez Saiz (Plataforma SOS Ribalta) (0271/2010); Alberto Alzórria Tijero (0272/2010); Mariagrazia Canuti (0273/2010); Doris Paula Römling (0274/2010); Karl Barwe (0275/2010); (name confidential) (0276/2010); (name confidential) (0277/2010); Eileen Collier (Brampton A14 Campaign Group) (0278/2010); Torsten Braasch (0279/2010); (name confidential) (0280/2010); Marie Moritz (0281/2010); (name confidential) (0282/2010); (name confidential) (0283/2010); (name confidential) (0284/2010); Frank Brierley (0285/2010); (name confidential) (0286/2010); Francois Ben-Hadj (0287/2010); Oliver Hübke (0288/2010); (name confidential) (0289/2010); Gheorghe Manit-Tara (0290/2010); Nikolai Metodniev Georgiev (0291/2010); Jürgen Helten (0292/2010); CarSpringorum (0293/2010); (name confidential) (0294/2010). |
7. 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 November II 2009, December 2009 and January 2010 part-sessions was available on the Séance en direct site.
8. Fight against breast cancer in the European Union (written declaration)
Written Declaration 0071/2009, submitted by Elizabeth Lynne, Michail Tremopoulos, Lívia Járóka and Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, on the fight against breast cancer in the European Union, had 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, together with the names of the signatories, in the Texts Adopted of the sitting of the following part-session with an indication in the minutes of the names of the signatories. (See Annex 1 to the minutes of 5.5.2010.)
The following spoke: Elizabeth Lynne.
9. Parliamentary immunity
During the plenary sitting of 17 December 2009 (minutes of 17.12.2009, item 15), Parliament had referred a request for the waiver of the parliamentary immunity of Marek Henryk Migalski, submitted by a lawyer on behalf of a Polish citizen, to the Committee on Legal Affairs.
In a letter of 5 March 2010, the Chair of the Committee on Legal Affairs informed the President of Parliament that, in the light of Parliament's resolution of 24 April 2009 on parliamentary immunity in Poland, the Committee had deemed the request inadmissible.
10. Composition of committees and delegations
At the request of the ALDE Group, Parliament ratified the following appointment:
Delegation for relations with the United States:
Johannes Cornelis van Baalen to replace Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert.
11. Verification of credentials
At its meeting on 22 March 2010, the Committee on Legal Affairs had verified the credentials of Constance Le Grip and Jan Kozłowski, in accordance with Rule 3(3) and (4) of the Rules of Procedure, and recommended unanimously that the mandate of Constance Le Grip be declared valid with effect from 10 February 2010 and that of Jan Kozłowski be declared valid with effect from 4 March 2010.
12. Council positions at first reading
The President announced, pursuant to Rule 61(1), that the following common positions had been received from the Council, together with the reasons which had led to their adoption, and the Commission's position on:
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Position of the Council at first reading with a view to adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the indication by labelling and standard product information of the consumption of energy and other resources by energy-related products (recast) (05247/1/2010 - C7-0094/2010 - 2008/0222(COD))
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Position of the Council at first reading with a view to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the energy performance of buildings (recast) (05386/3/2010 - C7-0095/2010 - 2008/0223(COD))
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The three-month period available to Parliament to adopt its position would therefore begin the following day (20 April 2010).
13. Statements by the President
The President paid tribute to the victims of the railway accident of 12 April 2010 in Italy, and to their families.
He thanked those who had attended the commemorative sitting of 14 April 2010, which had been held in solidarity with the Polish people.
The following spoke: Herbert Dorfmann, on the railway accident in Italy.
The President referred to the exceptional circumstances in which that part-session was being held as well as to the fact that it had proven impossible for certain Members to be present in Strasbourg. He presented a proposal by the Conference of Presidents to change the order of business. Among other things, under that proposal, there would be no sitting on Thursday, and no votes in plenary or in committee during the entire part-session. He added that Members could sign the attendance register on Thursday and Friday.
The President announced that he had received, on 7 April 2010, a letter from Nigel Farage (Co-President of the EFD Group), in which Mr Farage referred to Rule 6 of the rules of Procedure and made a complaint about the treatment of parliamentary immunities in Europe. The complaint had been forwarded to the JURI Committee.
14. Order of business
The following spoke: on the changes to the order of business proposed by the Conference of Presidents (see preceding item), Jörg Leichtfried, John Bufton, Sophia in 't Veld and Charles Tannock.
The next item was the order of business.
The final draft agenda for the April sittings (PE 439.802/PDOJ) had been distributed and a number of changes had been proposed (Rule 140):
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The order of business was thus established.
15. One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
The President set out the arrangements for allocation of speaking time during the one-minute speeches.
The following spoke: John Bufton, who referred to the problems connected with the changes to the order of business, in particular the postponement of all the votes to the sitting of 6 May 2010, the day of the UK general election. (The President took note.)
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:
Jolanta Emilia Hibner, Traian Ungureanu, Anna Záborská, Hans-Peter Martin, who referred to the question of allocation of speaking time, Jörg Leichtfried and George Sabin Cutaș.
IN THE CHAIR: Silvana KOCH-MEHRIN
Vice-President
The following spoke: Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Michail Tremopoulos, Ryszard Czarnecki, Andreas Mölzer, Georgios Papanikolaou, Jens Geier, Pat the Cope Gallagher, Claudio Morganti, Hans-Peter Martin, Maria Da Graça Carvalho, Ioan Enciu, Cristian Dan Preda, Czesław Adam Siekierski, Derek Vaughan, Diogo Feio, William (The Earl of) Dartmouth and Malika Benarab-Attou, on the allocation of speaking time.
16. Power of legislative delegation (debate)
Report on the power of legislative delegation [COM(2009)0673 - 2010/2021(INI)] - Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: József Szájer (A7-0110/2010)
József Szájer introduced the report.
The following spoke: Maroš Šefčovič (Vice-President of the Commission).
The following spoke: Jo Leinen (rapporteur for the opinion of the ENVI Committee), Carlos Coelho, on behalf of the PPE Group, Eva Lichtenberger, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, William (The Earl of) Dartmouth, on behalf of the EFD Group, and Hans-Peter Martin, Non-attached Member.
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Silvia-Adriana Țicău.
The following spoke: Maroš Šefčovič and József Szájer.
The debate closed.
Vote: next part-session.
17. Air safety: EU airline blacklist (debate)
Oral question (O-0024/2010) by Brian Simpson, on behalf of the TRAN Committee, to the Commission: Aviation safety: application of EU blacklist Regulation (EC No 2111/2005) (B7-0205/2010)
Silvia-Adriana Țicău (deputising for the author) moved the oral question.
Andris Piebalgs (Member of the Commission) answered the oral question.
The following spoke: Christine De Veyrac, on behalf of the PPE Group, Saïd El Khadraoui, on behalf of the S&D Group, Gesine Meissner, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Eva Lichtenberger, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Ryszard Czarnecki, on behalf of the ECR Group, Mathieu Grosch, Fiona Hall and Marian-Jean Marinescu.
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Jörg Leichtfried and Franz Obermayr.
The following spoke: Silvia-Adriana Țicău and Andris Piebalgs.
The debate closed.
The following spoke: Franz Obermayr, who referred to what he viewed as the unacceptable behaviour of Hans-Peter Martin during the one-minute speeches.
18. Aviation security charges ***I (debate)
Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on aviation security charges [COM(2009)0217 - C7-0038/2009- 2009/0063(COD)] - Committee on Transport and Tourism. Rapporteur: Jörg Leichtfried (A7-0035/2010)
Jörg Leichtfried introduced the report.
The following spoke: Andris Piebalgs (Member of the Commission).
The following spoke: Hans-Peter Martin, who made a personal statement in response to the remarks made by Franz Obermayr during the previous debate (item 17), and Ioan Mircea Pașcu on the conduct of debates.
The following spoke: Artur Zasada, on behalf of the PPE Group, Saïd El Khadraoui, on behalf of the S&D Group, Gesine Meissner, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Anna Rosbach, on behalf of the EFD Group, Mathieu Grosch, Silvia-Adriana Țicău, Jaroslav Paška, Andreas Mölzer, Christine De Veyrac, Inés Ayala Sender, Marian-Jean Marinescu and Thomas Ulmer.
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Zuzana Roithová, Ioan Mircea Pașcu and Franz Obermayr.
The following spoke: Andris Piebalgs and Jörg Leichtfried.
The debate closed.
Vote: next part-session.
19. Community guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network ***I (debate)
Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on Community guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network (recast) [COM(2009)0391 - C7-0111/2009- 2009/0110(COD)] – Committee on Transport and Tourism. Rapporteur: Brian Simpson (A7-0030/2010)
Saïd El Khadraoui, deputising for the rapporteur, introduced the report.
The following spoke: Andris Piebalgs (Member of the Commission).
The following spoke: Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris, on behalf of the PPE Group, Silvia-Adriana Țicău, on behalf of the S&D Group, Eva Lichtenberger, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Jaroslav Paška, on behalf of the EFD Group, Franz Obermayr, Non-attached Member, Werner Kuhn, Inés Ayala Sender, Michael Cramer and Jörg Leichtfried.
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Andreas Mölzer, Elena Băsescu, Gesine Meissner, Herbert Dorfmann and Inés Ayala Sender.
The following spoke: Andris Piebalgs and Saïd El Khadraoui.
The debate closed.
Vote: next part-session.
20. Strategic goals and recommendations for the EU’s maritime transport policy until 2018 (debate)
Report on strategic goals and recommendations for the EU’s maritime transport policy until 2018 [COM(2009)0008 - 2009/2095(INI)] - Committee on Transport and Tourism. Rapporteur: Peter van Dalen (A7-0114/2010)
Peter van Dalen introduced the report.
IN THE CHAIR: Libor ROUČEK
Vice-President
The following spoke: Andris Piebalgs (Member of the Commission).
The following spoke: Georgios Koumoutsakos, on behalf of the PPE Group, Knut Fleckenstein, on behalf of the S&D Group, Jean-Paul Besset, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Jacky Hénin, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Anna Rosbach, on behalf of the EFD Group, Marian-Jean Marinescu, Saïd El Khadraoui, Gesine Meissner, Dominique Riquet, Silvia-Adriana Țicău and Inés Ayala Sender.
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Georgios Papanikolaou, Ioan Mircea Pașcu, Silvia-Adriana Țicău and Georgios Koumoutsakos.
The following spoke: Andris Piebalgs and Peter van Dalen.
The debate closed.
Vote: next part-session.
21. Europeana - the next steps (short presentation)
Report on Europeana - the next steps [COM(2009)0440 - 2009/2158(INI)] - Committee on Culture and Education. Rapporteur: Helga Trüpel (A7-0028/2010)
Helga Trüpel (rapporteur) made the presentation.
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Piotr Borys, Ioan Enciu, Hannu Takkula, Marek Henryk Migalski, Georgios Papanikolaou, Petra Kammerevert and Silvia-Adriana Țicău.
The following spoke: Neelie Kroes (Vice-President of the Commission).
The item closed.
Vote: next part-session.
22. Evaluation and assessment of the Animal Welfare Action Plan 2006-2010 (short presentation)
Report on evaluation and assessment of the Animal Welfare Action Plan 2006-2010 - Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development. Rapporteur: Marit Paulsen (A7-0053/2010)
Marit Paulsen (rapporteur) made the presentation.
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Chris Davies, Michel Dantin, Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă and Anneli Jäätteenmäki.
The following spoke: Andris Piebalgs (Member of the Commission).
The item closed.
Vote: next part-session.
23. EU-Agriculture and Climate change (short presentation)
Report on EU agriculture and climate change [SEC(2009)0417 - 2009/2157(INI)] - Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development. Rapporteur: Stéphane Le Foll (A7-0060/2010)
Stéphane Le Foll (rapporteur) made the presentation.
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Peter Jahr, Anneli Jäätteenmäki, Martin Häusling, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Sari Essayah, Marit Paulsen, Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă, Czesław Adam Siekierski, Chris Davies and Silvia-Adriana Țicău.
The following spoke: Andris Piebalgs (Member of the Commission).
The item closed.
Vote: next part-session.
24. Agriculture in areas with natural handicaps: A special health check (short presentation)
Report on agriculture in areas with natural handicaps: a special health check [COM(2009)0161 - 2009/2156(INI)] - Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development. Rapporteur: Herbert Dorfmann (A7-0056/2010)
Herbert Dorfmann (rapporteur) made the presentation.
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Peter Jahr, Martin Häusling, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Michel Dantin, Sari Essayah and Czesław Adam Siekierski.
The following spoke: Andris Piebalgs (Member of the Commission).
The item closed.
Vote: next part-session.
25. Simplification of the CAP (short presentation)
Report on simplification of the CAP [COM(2009)0128 - 2009/2155(INI)] - Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development. Rapporteur: Richard Ashworth (A7-0051/2010)
Richard Ashworth (rapporteur) made the presentation.
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Sari Essayah, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Herbert Dorfmann, Zoltán Balczó, Czesław Adam Siekierski and Peter Jahr.
The following spoke: Andris Piebalgs (Member of the Commission).
The item closed.
Vote: next part-session.
26. Agenda of the next sitting
The agenda of the next day's sitting had been established (‘Agenda’ PE 439.802/OJMA).
27. Closure of the sitting
The sitting closed at 23.00.
Klaus Welle
Secretary-General
Jerzy Buzek
President
Monday 19 April 2010
ATTENDANCE REGISTER
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Official Journal of the European Union |
CE 151/23 |
Tuesday 20 April 2010
MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 20 APRIL 2010
2010/C 151 E/03
Contents
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Opening of the sitting |
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Agenda |
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Disruption of air traffic in Europe (debate) |
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Commission Legislative and Work Programme for 2010 (debate) |
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Coordination of humanitarian aid and reconstruction in Haiti (debate) |
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Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting |
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Question Hour with the President of the Commission |
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Open questions |
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Employment situation in the European Union |
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The EU strategy for the relations with Latin America (debate) |
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Agenda (continued) |
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Kyrgyzstan (debate) |
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EU-Canada summit (debate) |
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Question Time (Commission) |
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Establishment of a European Asylum Support Office ***II (debate) |
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General provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund ***I (debate) |
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Specific measures for agricultural markets (debate) |
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Agenda of the next sitting |
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Closure of the sitting |
ATTENDANCE REGISTER
MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 20 APRIL 2010
IN THE CHAIR: Jerzy BUZEK
President
1. Opening of the sitting
The sitting opened at 9.05.
2. Agenda
As a result of the changes made the previous day to the agenda for the part-session, (minutes of 19.4.2010, item 14) the President, with the agreement of the political groups, proposed the following changes to the agenda for Wednesday, 21 April 2010:
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cancellation of question time to the Council (item 7); |
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withdrawal of the recommendation for second reading by Silvia-Adriana Țicău on ‘the energy performance of buildings (recast version)’ (item 112); |
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entry on the agenda for the afternoon, immediately after the debates on ‘SWIFT’ (item 119) and on ‘Passenger Name Records (PNR)’ (item 124), of the oral question ‘ban on use of cyanide mining technologies’ (item 102); |
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closure of the sitting at 19.00, and hence cancellation of the evening sitting. |
The agenda was thus amended (see also minutes of 20.4.2010, item 9).
The following spoke: Paul Rübig to request information on the work scheduled for the Thursday (the President replied that Parliament's work would continue as normal, with the exception of the plenary sitting and the votes in committee, adding that he would send a more detailed e-mail on the subject to all Members).
3. Disruption of air traffic in Europe (debate)
Council and Commission statements: Disruption of air traffic in Europe
The President gave a brief introduction.
Diego López Garrido (President-in-Office of the Council) made the statement and the President restated Parliament's intent to cooperate with the Council and the Commission.
Siim Kallas (Vice-President of the Commission) made the statement.
The following spoke: Corien Wortmann-Kool, on behalf of the PPE Group, Martin Schulz, on behalf of the S&D Group, Gesine Meissner, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Michael Cramer, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Peter van Dalen, on behalf of the ECR Group, Lothar Bisky, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Francesco Enrico Speroni, on behalf of the EFD Group, Angelika Werthmann, Non-attached Member, Mathieu Grosch, Saïd El Khadraoui, Dirk Sterckx and Isabelle Durant.
IN THE CHAIR: Miguel Angel MARTÍNEZ MARTÍNEZ
Vice-President
The following spoke: Ryszard Czarnecki, Jacky Hénin, Anna Rosbach, Danuta Maria Hübner, Hannes Swoboda, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Philip Bradbourn, Christine De Veyrac, Silvia-Adriana Țicău, Pat the Cope Gallagher, Vicky Ford, Marian-Jean Marinescu, Stavros Lambrinidis, Ivo Belet, Jo Leinen, Anne Delvaux, Inés Ayala Sender, Artur Zasada and Jörg Leichtfried.
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris, Marc Tarabella, Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa, Antonio Masip Hidalgo, Czesław Adam Siekierski, Piotr Borys, Kriton Arsenis, Magdalena Alvarez, Bendt Bendtsen, Tanja Fajon, Judith A. Merkies, Gesine Meissner, Corina Crețu, Gilles Pargneaux, Elisa Ferreira and Robert Goebbels.
IN THE CHAIR: Jerzy BUZEK
President
The following spoke: Diego López Garrido, Gay Mitchell, including on the organisation of the debate, and Siim Kallas.
The President emphasised the importance of the debate.
The debate closed.
4. Commission Legislative and Work Programme for 2010 (debate)
Commission statement: Commission Legislative and Work Programme for 2010
The President briefly introduced the debate.
José Manuel Barroso (President of the Commission) made the statement.
The following spoke: József Szájer, on behalf of the PPE Group, Hannes Swoboda, on behalf of the S&D Group, Marielle De Sarnez, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Rebecca Harms, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Timothy Kirkhope, on behalf of the ECR Group, Miguel Portas, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Fiorello Provera, on behalf of the EFD Group, and Andrew Henry William Brons, Non-attached Member.
The following spoke: José Manuel Barroso and Diego López Garrido (President-in-Office of the Council).
The debate closed.
IN THE CHAIR: Libor ROUČEK
Vice-President
5. Coordination of humanitarian aid and reconstruction in Haiti (debate)
Commission statement: Coordination of humanitarian aid and reconstruction in Haiti
Kristalina Georgieva and Andris Piebalgs (Members of the Commission) made the statement.
The following spoke: Gay Mitchell, on behalf of the PPE Group, Corina Crețu, on behalf of the S&D Group, Charles Goerens, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Ryszard Czarnecki, on behalf of the ECR Group, Patrick Le Hyaric, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Bastiaan Belder, on behalf of the EFD Group, Mario Mauro, Enrique Guerrero Salom, Louis Michel, Michèle Striffler, Kriton Arsenis, Ria Oomen-Ruijten, Filip Kaczmarek, Ria Oomen-Ruijten, Philippe Juvin and Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris.
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Anna Záborská, Franziska Keller and Anneli Jäätteenmäki.
The following spoke: Kristalina Georgieva and Andris Piebalgs.
The debate closed.
(The sitting was suspended at 13 h 10 and resumed at 15 h 05.)
IN THE CHAIR: Jerzy BUZEK
President
6. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting
The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.
7. Question Hour with the President of the Commission
7.1. Open questions
The following spoke to put questions and supplementaries to José Manuel Barroso (President of the Commission), who replied to these: Othmar Karas, on behalf of the PPE Group, Martin Schulz, on behalf of the S&D Group, Guy Verhofstadt, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Timothy Kirkhope, on behalf of the ECR Group, Lothar Bisky, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, William (The Earl of) Dartmouth, on behalf of the EFD Group, and Andrew Henry William Brons, Non-attached Member.
7.2. Employment situation in the European Union
The following spoke under the ‘catch the eye procedure’ to put questions to José Manuel Barroso (President of the Commission), who replied to these: Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris, Georgios Papanikolaou, Frédéric Daerden, Sergio Gaetano Cofferati, Graham Watson, Helga Trüpel, Ryszard Czarnecki, Nikolaos Chountis, Paul Rübig, Piotr Borys, Jutta Steinruck, Hannu Takkula, Joanna Katarzyna Skrzydlewska, Elisabeth Schroedter and Liisa Jaakonsaari.
IN THE CHAIR: Dagmar ROTH-BEHRENDT
Vice-President
8. The EU strategy for the relations with Latin America (debate)
Report on the EU strategy for relations with Latin America – [2009/2213(INI)] - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra (A7-0111/2010)
José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra introduced the report.
The following spoke: Catherine Ashton (Vice-President of the Commission and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy).
The following spoke: Catherine Grèze (rapporteur for the opinion of the DEVE Committee), Pablo Zalba Bidegain, on behalf of the PPE Group, Emilio Menéndez del Valle, on behalf of the S&D Group, Vladko Todorov Panayotov, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Ulrike Lunacek, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Charles Tannock, on behalf of the ECR Group, Bastiaan Belder, on behalf of the EFD Group, Bruno Gollnisch, Non-attached Member, Elena Băsescu, Ramón Jáuregui Atondo, Gesine Meissner, Edvard Kožušník, John Bufton, Angelika Werthmann, Marietta Giannakou, Emine Bozkurt, Liam Aylward, Marek Henryk Migalski, Corina Crețu and Emma McClarkin.
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Miroslav Mikolášik and Raül Romeva i Rueda.
IN THE CHAIR: Gianni PITTELLA
Vice-President
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Andreas Mölzer, Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris and Peter Skinner.
The following spoke: Catherine Ashton and José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra.
The debate closed.
Vote: next part-session.
9. Agenda (continued)
The President proposed, in agreement with the political groups, that the debate on the report by Andrea Cozzolino - A7-0100/2010 - on ‘Protection of the Communities' financial interests - Fight against fraud - Annual Report 2008’ be deferred to a subsequent part-session.
The agenda was amended to that effect (see also the minutes of 20.4.2010, item 2).
10. Kyrgyzstan (debate)
Statement by the Vice-President of the Commission and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy: Kyrgyzstan
Catherine Ashton (Vice-President of the Commission and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy) made the statement.
The following spoke: Elmar Brok, on behalf of the PPE Group, Hannes Swoboda, on behalf of the S&D Group, Niccolò Rinaldi, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Ulrike Lunacek, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Marie-Christine Vergiat, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Fiorello Provera, on behalf of the EFD Group, Inese Vaidere and Eleni Theocharous.
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Elena Băsescu, Ivo Vajgl, Charles Tannock, Piotr Borys, Cristian Dan Preda, Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris, Franz Obermayr and Malika Benarab-Attou.
The following spoke: Catherine Ashton.
The motions for resolutions to be tabled under Rule 110(2) would be announced in the House at a later time.
Vote: next part-session.
11. EU-Canada summit (debate)
Statement by the Vice-President of the Commission and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy: EU-Canada summit
Catherine Ashton (Vice-President of the Commission and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy) made the statement.
The following spoke: Elisabeth Jeggle, on behalf of the PPE Group, Ioan Enciu, on behalf of the S&D Group, Wolf Klinz, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Reinhard Bütikofer, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Philip Bradbourn, on behalf of the ECR Group, Joe Higgins, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Anna Rosbach, on behalf of the EFD Group, Andreas Mölzer, Non-attached Member, Cristian Dan Preda, Jörg Leichtfried, Marian-Jean Marinescu, Kriton Arsenis, Miroslav Mikolášik, Jan Březina, Othmar Karas and Zuzana Roithová.
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris, Olga Sehnalová, Chris Davies, Franz Obermayr, Paul Rübig, Silvia-Adriana Țicău and Fiona Hall.
The following spoke: Catherine Ashton.
Motions for resolutions to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 110(2):
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Ioan Enciu and Mario Pirillo, on behalf of the S&D Group, on the upcoming EU-Canada summit on 5 May 2010 (B7-0233/2010); |
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Elisabeth Jeggle, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Elmar Brok, Peter Šťastný and Daniel Caspary, on behalf of the PPE Group, Wolf Klinz, on behalf of the ALDE Group, and Philip Bradbourn, on behalf of the ECR Group, on the upcoming EU-Canada summit in May 2010 (B7-0234/2010); |
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Reinhard Bütikofer and Nicole Kiil-Nielsen, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the EU-Canada summit (B7-0235/2010). |
The debate closed.
Vote: next part-session.
(The sitting was suspended at 18 h 55 pending Question Time and resumed at 19 h 05.)
IN THE CHAIR: Stavros LAMBRINIDIS
Vice-President
12. Question Time (Commission)
Parliament considered a number of questions to the Commission (B7-0207/2010).
Question 25 (Georgios Papastamkos): Creation of European credit rating authority.
Michel Barnier (Member of the Commission) answered the question and supplementaries by Georgios Papastamkos and Franz Obermayr.
Question 28 (Liam Aylward): Consumer choice and smart phone technology.
Joaquín Almunia (Vice-President of the Commission) answered the question and supplementaries by Liam Aylward, Paul Rübig and Franz Obermayr.
Question 32 (Nikolaos Chountis): Activity of credit rating agencies.
Karel De Gucht (Member of the Commission) answered the question and supplementaries by Nikolaos Chountis, Morten Messerschmidt and Georgios Papanikolaou.
Question 30 (Brian Crowley): EU Broadband Strategy.
Neelie Kroes (Vice-President of the Commission) answered the question and supplementaries by Liam Aylward (deputising for the author), Malcolm Harbour and Silvia-Adriana Țicău.
Question 33 (Bernd Posselt): Great Britain, Sweden and the euro.
Karel De Gucht answered the question and a supplementary by Bernd Posselt.
Question 34 (Georgios Papanikolaou): Extending cuts to the private sector.
Karel De Gucht answered the question and supplementaries by Georgios Papanikolaou and Nikolaos Chountis.
Question 35 (Ádám Kósa): Conflicts of responsibilities of Member States and the EU in connection with IMF agreement(s).
Karel De Gucht answered the question and supplementaries by Kinga Gál (deputising for the author) and Nikolaos Chountis.
Question 36 (Eleni Theocharous): Budget deficit in Cyprus.
The following spoke: Karel De Gucht and Gay Mitchell on the conduct of question time.
Karel De Gucht answered the question and a supplementary by Eleni Theocharous.
Question 37 (Morten Messerschmidt): Greece and the current crisis in euro cooperation.
Karel De Gucht answered the question and a supplementary by Morten Messerschmidt.
Question 38 (Gay Mitchell): European Monetary Fund.
Karel De Gucht answered the question and a supplementary by Gay Mitchell.
Question 39 (Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou): Financial monitoring procedures for the Member States.
Karel De Gucht answered the question and a supplementary by Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou.
Questions 26, 27, 29 and 31, along with questions that had not been answered owing to lack of time would receive written answers (see annex to the Verbatim Report).
Commission Question Time closed.
(The sitting was suspended at 20.25 and resumed at 21.00.)
IN THE CHAIR: Miguel Angel MARTÍNEZ MARTÍNEZ
Vice-President
13. Establishment of a European Asylum Support Office ***II (debate)
Recommendation for second reading on the Council position at first reading for adopting a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a European Asylum Support Office [16626/2/2009 - C7-0049/2010- 2009/0027(COD)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Jean Lambert (A7-0118/2010)
Jean Lambert introduced the recommendation for second reading.
The following spoke: Cecilia Malmström (Member of the Commission).
The following spoke: Simon Busuttil, on behalf of the PPE Group, Sylvie Guillaume, on behalf of the S&D Group, Marie-Christine Vergiat, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Mario Borghezio, on behalf of the EFD Group, Franz Obermayr, Non-attached Member, Georgios Papanikolaou and John Bufton.
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris.
The following spoke: Cecilia Malmström and Jean Lambert.
The debate closed.
Vote: next part-session
14. General provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund ***I (debate)
Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 concerning general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund as regards simplification of certain requirements and as regards certain provisions relating to financial management [COM(2009)0384 - C7-0003/2010- 2009/0107(COD)] - Committee on Regional Development. Rapporteur: Evgeni Kirilov (A7-0055/2010)
Constanze Angela Krehl (deputising for the rapporteur) introduced the report.
The following spoke: Johannes Hahn (Member of the Commission).
The following spoke: Regina Bastos (rapporteur for the opinion of the EMPL Committee), Sophie Auconie, on behalf of the PPE Group, Karin Kadenbach, on behalf of the S&D Group, Elisabeth Schroedter, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, who also responded to a blue-card question by Lambert van Nistelrooij, Oldřich Vlasák, on behalf of the ECR Group, Cornelia Ernst, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, who also responded to a blue-card question by Elisabeth Schroedter, Lambert van Nistelrooij, Pat the Cope Gallagher, Kay Swinburne, Andrey Kovatchev, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Iosif Matula, Monika Smolková and Pascale Gruny.
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris, Ioan Enciu, Sidonia Elżbieta Jędrzejewska, Othmar Karas and Marie-Thérèse Sanchez-Schmid.
The following spoke: Johannes Hahn and Karin Kadenbach (deputising for the rapporteur).
The debate closed.
Vote: next part-session
15. Specific measures for agricultural markets (debate)
Oral question (O-0036/2010) by Paolo De Castro, on behalf of the AGRI Committee, to the Commission: Specific measures for agricultural markets (B7-0208/2010)
Stéphane Le Foll (deputising for the author) moved the oral question.
Dacian Cioloș (Member of the Commission) answered the oral question.
The following spoke: Peter Jahr, on behalf of the PPE Group, Marc Tarabella, on behalf of the S&D Group, Martin Häusling, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, James Nicholson, on behalf of the ECR Group, Georgios Papastamkos, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Michel Dantin and Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris.
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Sari Essayah and Ulrike Rodust.
The following spoke: Dacian Cioloș.
The debate closed.
16. Agenda of the next sitting
The agenda of the next day's sitting had been established (‘Agenda’ 439.802/OJME).
17. Closure of the sitting
The sitting closed at 23.25.
Klaus Welle
Secretary-General
Gianni Pittella
Vice-President
Tuesday 20 April 2010
ATTENDANCE REGISTER
The following signed:
Áder, Albertini, Albrecht, Alfonsi, Alvarez, Alves, Andreasen, Andrés Barea, Antonescu, Arif, Arsenis, Ashworth, Auconie, Audy, Ayala Sender, Aylward, Bach, Badia i Cutchet, Balczó, Balz, Băsescu, Bastos, Baudis, Bauer, Bearder, Belder, Belet, Bélier, Benarab-Attou, Bendtsen, Bennahmias, Berès, Berlato, Besset, Bilbao Barandica, Binev, Bisky, Böge, Bokros, Bontes, Borghezio, Borys, Boștinaru, Bozkurt, Bradbourn, Brantner, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Brons, Brzobohatá, Bufton, Bullmann, Bușoi, Busuttil, Bütikofer, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Cadec, Callanan, van de Camp, Carvalho, Casa, Caspary, Castex, Cavada, Cercas, Chatzimarkakis, Chichester, Childers, Chountis, Christensen, Claeys, Coelho, Cofferati, Cohn-Bendit, Colman, Cramer, Crețu, Creutzmann, Crocetta, Cutaș, Czarnecki, Daerden, van Dalen, Dăncilă, Danjean, Dantin, (The Earl of) Dartmouth, Daul, Davies, Delvaux, De Rossa, De Sarnez, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Donskis, Dorfmann, Duff, Durant, Dušek, Ehrenhauser, Eickhout, El Khadraoui, Elles, Enciu, Engström, Ernst, Ertug, Essayah, Fajon, Falbr, Feio, Ferber, Fernandes, Elisa Ferreira, Fleckenstein, Fontana, Ford, Fox, Gahler, Gál, Gallagher, Gallo, Gardiazábal Rubial, Gauzès, Gebhardt, Gerbrandy, Geringer de Oedenberg, Giannakou, Giegold, Glattfelder, Goebbels, Goerens, Gollnisch, Göncz, Goulard, Gräßle, Grech, Grelier, Greze, Griesbeck, Griffin, Groote, Grosch, Grossetête, Gruny, Guerrero Salom, Guillaume, Gurmai, Hadjigeorgiou, Häfner, Haglund, Hall, Händel, Handzlik, Hannan, Harbour, Harkin, Harms, Haug, Häusling, Jiří Havel, Hénin, Herczog, Hibner, Joe Higgins, Nadja Hirsch, Hohlmeier, Danuta Maria Hübner, Iovine, Itälä, Ivanova, Jaakonsaari, Jäätteenmäki, Jadot, Jahr, Jáuregui Atondo, Jazłowiecka, Jędrzejewska, Jeggle, Joly, Junqueras Vies, Juvin, Kaczmarek, Kadenbach, Kalfin, Kalniete, Kamall, Kammerevert, Karas, Kariņš, Kasoulides, Kastler, Keller, Kiil-Nielsen, Kirilov, Kirkhope, Klaß, Klinz, Klute, Koch, Koch-Mehrin, Köstinger, Koumoutsakos, Kovatchev, Kozlík, Kozłowski, Kožušník, Krahmer, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhn, Kukan, Lamassoure, Lambert, Lamberts, Lambrinidis, Landsbergis, Lange, de Lange, Langen, Lechner, Le Foll, Le Grip, Lehne, Le Hyaric, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lichtenberger, Liese, Lisek, Lochbihler, Løkkegaard, Lösing, Lulling, Lunacek, Lynne, McClarkin, Macovei, Madlener, Manders, Mann, Manner, Marcinkiewicz, Marinescu, Hans-Peter Martin, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Maštálka, Mathieu, Matias, Matula, Mauro, Mavronikolas, Mayer, Meissner, Melo, Menéndez del Valle, Merkies, Messerschmidt, Mészáros, Michel, Migalski, Mikolášik, Mitchell, Mölzer, Morganti, Morin-Chartier, Muñiz De Urquiza, Muscardini, Nedelcheva, Neuser, Newton Dunn, Neynsky, Nicholson, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Nitras, Obermayr, Obiols, Ojuland, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Ouzký, Pack, Panayotov, Panzeri, Papanikolaou, Papastamkos, Pargneaux, Pașcu, Paška, Paulsen, Perello Rodriguez, Pieper, Piotrowski, Pittella, Poc, Podimata, Ponga, Portas, Posselt, Pöttering, Poupakis, Preda, Vittorio Prodi, Protasiewicz, Provera, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Ransdorf, Rapkay, Rapti, Regner, Reimers, Remek, Reul, Riera Madurell, Ries, Rinaldi, Riquet, Rivasi, Rochefort, Rodust, Rohde, Roithová, Romero López, Romeva i Rueda, Rosbach, Rossi, Roth-Behrendt, Rouček, Rübig, Rubiks, Rühle, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Salvini, Sanchez-Schmid, Sargentini, Schaake, Schaldemose, Olle Schmidt, Schnellhardt, Schnieber-Jastram, Scholz, Schroedter, Martin Schulz, Werner Schulz, Schwab, Seeber, Sehnalová, Senyszyn, Siekierski, Silvestris, Simon, Sippel, Skinner, Skrzydlewska, Skylakakis, Smolková, Sommer, Soullie, Speroni, Staes, Stassen, Steinruck, Sterckx, van der Stoep, Dimitar Stoyanov, Emil Stoyanov, Strasser, Strejček, Striffler, Surján, Susta, Eva-Britt Svensson, Swinburne, Swoboda, Szájer, Tabajdi, Takkula, Tănăsescu, Tannock, Tarabella, Teixeira, Thaler, Thein, Theocharous, Theurer, Thomsen, Țicău, Toia, Tomaševski, Trautmann, Tremopoulos, Trüpel, Trzaskowski, Tsoukalas, Turmes, Ulmer, Ungureanu, Urutchev, Uspaskich, Vaidere, Vajgl, Vanhecke, Vattimo, Vaughan, Vergiat, Verheyen, de Villiers, Vlasák, Voss, Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa, Watson, Henri Weber, Manfred Weber, Weiler, Weisgerber, Werthmann, Westphal, Wieland, Wikström, Wils, Hermann Winkler, Wortmann-Kool, Yannakoudakis, Záborská, Zahradil, Zala, Zalba Bidegain, Zalewski, Zasada, Ždanoka, Zeller, Zimmer, Zver, Zwiefka
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Official Journal of the European Union |
CE 151/33 |
Wednesday 21 April 2010
MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 21 APRIL 2010
2010/C 151 E/04
Contents
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Opening of the sitting |
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Parliamentary immunity |
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2008 discharge (debate) |
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Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting |
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SWIFT (debate) |
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Passenger Name Record (PNR) (debate) |
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Ban on use of cyanide mining technologies (debate) |
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Documents received |
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Implementing measures (Rule 88) |
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Decisions concerning certain documents |
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Written declarations included in the register (Rule 123) |
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Dates of forthcoming sittings |
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Adjournment of the session |
ATTENDANCE REGISTER
MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 21 APRIL 2010
IN THE CHAIR: Jerzy BUZEK
President
1. Opening of the sitting
The sitting opened at 9.05.
2. Parliamentary immunity
On 16 July 2009, the President of the European Parliament had received a request for the waiver of the parliamentary immunity of Sławomir Witold Nitras, submitted by a Polish citizen through his lawyer.
Having been asked his opinion on the admissibility of this request, the Chair of the Committee on Legal Affairs had informed the President of Parliament by letter of 17 April 2010 that, with respect to the Parliament resolution of 24 April 2009 on parliamentary immunity in Poland, this request must be deemed inadmissible.
3. 2008 discharge (debate)
2008 discharge: EU general budget - Section III - Commission
Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2008, Section III - Commission and executive agencies [SEC(2009)1089 - C7-0172/2009- 2009/2068(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Bogusław Liberadzki (A7-0099/2010)
2008 discharge: seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth European Development Funds (EDF)
Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Seventh, Eighth, Ninth and Tenth European Develompent Funds for the financial year 2008 [COM(2009)0397 - C7-0171/2009- 2009/2077(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Inés Ayala Sender (A7-0063/2010)
2008 discharge: EU general budget, European Parliament
Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2008, Section I - European Parliament [SEC(2009)1089 - C7-0173/2009- 2009/2069(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Bart Staes (A7-0095/2010)
2008 discharge: EU general budget, Council
Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2008, Section II - Council [SEC(2009)1089 - C7-0174/2009- 2009/2070(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (A7-0096/2010)
2008 discharge: EU general budget, Court of Justice
Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2008, Section IV - Court of Justice [SEC(2009)1089 - C7-0175/2009- 2009/2071(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (A7-0079/2010)
2008 discharge: EU general budget, Court of Auditors
Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2008, Section V - Court of Auditors [SEC(2009)1089 - C7-0176/2009- 2009/2072(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (A7-0097/2010)
2008 discharge: EU general budget, Economic and Social Committee
Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2008, Section VI - Economic and Social Committee [SEC(2009)1089 - C7-0177/2009- 2009/2073(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (A7-0080/2010)
2008 discharge: EU general budget, Committee of the Regions
Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2008, Section VII - Committee of the Regions [SEC(2009)1089 - C7-0178/2009- 2009/2074(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (A7-0082/2010)
2008 discharge: EU general budget, European Ombudsman
Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the Europan Union general budget for the financial year 2008, Section VIII - European Ombudsman [SEC(2009)1089 - C7-0179/2009- 2009/2075(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (A7-0070/2010)
2008 discharge: EU general budget, European Data Protection Supervisor
Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2008, Section IX - European Data Protection Supervisor [SEC(2009)1089 - C7-0180/2009- 2009/2076(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (A7-0098/2010)
2008 discharge: performance, financial management and control of agencies
Report on the 2008 discharge: performance, financial management and control of EU agencies - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Véronique Mathieu (A7-0074/2010)
2008 discharge: Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union
Report on discharge in respect of the implementatin of the budget of the Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union for the financial year 2008 [SEC(2009)1089 - C7-0188/2009- 2009/2117(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Véronique Mathieu (A7-0071/2010)
2008 discharge: European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training
Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training for the financial year 2008 [SEC(2009)1089 - C7-0181/2009- 2009/2110(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Véronique Mathieu (A7-0091/2010)
2008 discharge: European Police College
Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Police College for the financial year 2008 [SEC(2009)1089 - C7-0198/2009- 2009/2127(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Véronique Mathieu (A7-0075/2010)
2008 discharge: Community Fisheries Control Agency
Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Community Fisheries Control Agency for the financial year 2008 [SEC(2009)1089 - C7-0201/2009- 2009/2130(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Véronique Mathieu (A7-0105/2010)
2008 discharge: European Agency for Reconstruction
Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Agency for Reconstruction for the financial year 2008 [SEC(2009)1089 - C7-0183/2009- 2009/2112(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Véronique Mathieu (A7-0072/2010)
2008 discharge: European Aviation Safety Agency
Report on discharge in respect of the implementation ofthe budget of the European Aviation Safety Agency for the financial year 2008 [SEC(2009)1089 - C7-0193/2009- 2009/2122(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Véronique Mathieu (A7-0068/2010)
2008 discharge: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control for the financial year 2008 [SEC(2009)1089 - C7-0195/2009- 2009/2124(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Véronique Mathieu (A7-0104/2010)
2008 discharge: European Chemicals Agency
Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Chemicals Agency for the financial year 2008 [SEC(2009)1089 - C7-0202/2009- 2009/2131(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Véronique Mathieu (A7-0089/2010)
2008 discharge: European Environment Agency
Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Environment Agency for the financial year 2008 [SEC(2009)1089 - C7-0186/2009- 2009/2115(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Véronique Mathieu (A7-0092/2010)
2008 discharge: European Food Safety Authority
Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Food Safety Authority for the financial year 2008 [SEC(2009)1089 - C7-0194/2009- 2009/2123(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Véronique Mathieu (A7-0086/2010)
2008 discharge: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction
Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction for the financial year 2008 [SEC(2009)1089 - C7-0185/2009- 2009/2114(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Véronique Mathieu (A7-0067/2010)
2008 discharge: European Medicines Agency
Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Medicines Agency for the financial year 2008 [SEC(2009)1089 - C7-0189/2009- 2009/2118(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Véronique Mathieu (A7-0078/2010)
2008 discharge: European Maritime Safety Agency
Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Maritime Safety Agency for the financial year 2008 [SEC(2009)1089 - C7-0192/2009- 2009/2121(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Véronique Mathieu (A7-0081/2010)
2008 discharge: European Network Information Security Agency
Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Network and Information Security Agency for the financial year 2008 [SEC(2009)1089 - C7-0196/2009- 2009/2125(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Véronique Mathieu (A7-0087/2010)
2008 discharge: European Railway Agency
Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Railway Agency for the financial year 2008 [SEC(2009)1089 - C7-0197/2009- 2009/2126(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Véronique Mathieu (A7-0084/2010)
2008 discharge: European Training Foundation
Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Training Foundation for the financial year 2008 [SEC(2009)1089 - C7-0191/2009- 2009/2120(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Véronique Mathieu (A7-0083/2010)
2008 discharge: European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work for the financial year 2008 [SEC(2009)1089 - C7-0187/2009- 2009/2116(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Véronique Mathieu (A7-0069/2010)
2008 discharge: Euratom Supply Agency
Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Euratom Supply Agency for the financial year 2008 [SEC(2009)1089 - C7-0203/2009- 2009/2132(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Véronique Mathieu (A7-0076/2010)
2008 discharge: European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions for the financial year 2008 [SEC(2009)1089 - C7-0182/2009- 2009/2111(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Véronique Mathieu (A7-0088/2010)
2008 discharge: Eurojust
Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Eurojust for the financial year 2008 [SEC(2009)1089 - C7-0190/2009- 2009/2119(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Véronique Mathieu (A7-0093/2010)
2008 discharge: European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights for the financial year 2008 [SEC(2009)1089 - C7-0184/2009- 2009/2113(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Véronique Mathieu (A7-0090/2010)
2008 discharge: FRONTEX
Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Agency for the Management of Operational ooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union (FRONTEX) for the financial year 2008 [SEC(2009)1089 - C7-0199/2009- 2009/2128(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Véronique Mathieu (A7-0085/2010)
2008 discharge: European GNSS Supervisory Authority
Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European GNSS Supervisory Authority for the financial year 2008 [SEC(2009)1089 - C7-0200/2009- 2009/2129(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Véronique Mathieu (A7-0073/2010)
2008 discharge: European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy
Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy for the financial year 2008 [SEC(2009)1089 - C7-0261/2009- 2009/2187(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Véronique Mathieu (A7-0094/2010)
2008 discharge: SESAR joint undertaking (SJU)
Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the SESAR Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2008 [SEC(2009)1089 - C7-0262/2009- 2009/2188(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Véronique Mathieu (A7-0077/2010)
The following spoke: Jean-Pierre Audy, who wanted to know the reasons for the absence of the European Court of Auditors and the Council from the debate that was to be held.
(The sitting was suspended at 9.10 and resumed at 9.20.)
The President said that it was not essential that the Council attend the debate, but was surprised that no representatives from the Court of Auditors were present. He nevertheless asked the Members to start the discussions.
The following spoke: Jean-Pierre Audy to object to the absence of the Council, and Edit Herczog to ask that the Secretary-General of the Parliament be present (The President replied that he would be attending the debate).
Jens Geier (rapporteur deputising for Bogusław Liberadzki), Inés Ayala Sender, Bart Staes and Ryszard Czarnecki introduced the reports.
The President pointed out that neither the European Court of Auditors nor the Council had been present for the debate on the discharge in either of the last two years.
The following spoke: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy, Ryszard Czarnecki, Edit Herczog and Jean-Pierre Audy on the debate.
The President welcomed Diego López Garrido (President-in-Office of the Council) to the Chamber.
Véronique Mathieu introduced the reports.
The following spoke: Algirdas Šemeta (Member of the Commission).
The following spoke: Michael Gahler (rapporteur for the opinion of the AFET Committee).
IN THE CHAIR: Rainer WIELAND
Vice-President
The following spoke: Ingeborg Gräßle (rapporteur for the opinion of the EMPL Committee), Jutta Haug (rapporteur for the opinion of the ENVI Committee), Wim van de Camp (rapporteur for the opinion of the IMCO Committee) and Inés Ayala Sender (rapporteur for the opinion of the TRAN Committee), the latter also to ask whether or not the Council had been formally invited to this debate.
The following spoke: Jean-Pierre Audy to suggest that the President-in-Office of the Council could already take the floor at this point in the debate (The President replied that the President-in-Office of the Council would be asked if he felt this was necessary).
The following spoke: László Surján (rapporteur for the opinion of the REGI Committee), Edit Bauer (rapporteur for the opinion of the FEMM Committee), Gay Mitchell (rapporteur for the opinion of the DEVE Committee), Ville Itälä, on behalf of the PPE Group, Edit Herczog, on behalf of the S&D Group, Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Bart Staes, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Richard Ashworth, on behalf of the ECR Group, Søren Bo Søndergaard, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Marta Andreasen, on behalf of the EFD Group, Ryszard Czarnecki, who regretted that the Council had been absent from the first part of the debate, and Martin Ehrenhauser, Non-attached Member.
The following spoke: Diego López Garrido (President-in-Office of the Council), also to explain his absence from the first part of the debate.
The following spoke: Jean-Pierre Audy, Barbara Weiler, Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, Ashley Fox, Bastiaan Belder, Monika Hohlmeier, Jens Geier, Olle Schmidt, Peter van Dalen, Sidonia Elżbieta Jędrzejewska, Ivailo Kalfin, Markus Pieper, Christel Schaldemose, Esther de Lange, Derek Vaughan, Paul Rübig and Silvia-Adriana Țicău.
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Richard Seeber, Franz Obermayr, Daniel Caspary, Andrew Henry William Brons and Christa Klaß.
The following spoke: Algirdas Šemeta, Jens Geier, Inés Ayala Sender, Bart Staes, Ryszard Czarnecki and Véronique Mathieu.
The President explained that during the previous parliamentary term, the Council had only once taken the floor during debates on the discharge.
The debate closed.
Vote: next part-session.
(The sitting was suspended at 12.00 and resumed at 15.00.)
IN THE CHAIR: Gianni PITTELLA
Vice-President
4. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting
The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.
5. SWIFT (debate)
Council and Commission statements: SWIFT
Diego López Garrido (President-in-Office of the Council) and Cecilia Malmström (Member of the Commission) made the statements.
The following spoke: Simon Busuttil, on behalf of the PPE Group, Birgit Sippel, on behalf of the S&D Group, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Jan Philipp Albrecht, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Charles Tannock, on behalf of the ECR Group, Marie-Christine Vergiat, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Mario Borghezio, on behalf of the EFD Group, Ernst Strasser, Kinga Göncz, Sarah Ludford, Judith Sargentini, Marek Henryk Migalski, Eva-Britt Svensson, Jaroslav Paška, Carlos Coelho, Emine Bozkurt, Alexander Alvaro, Ryszard Czarnecki, John Bufton, Monika Hohlmeier, Tanja Fajon, Cecilia Wikström, Sylvie Guillaume, Nathalie Griesbeck, Ioan Enciu, Charles Goerens and Proinsias De Rossa.
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Cristian Dan Preda, Richard Seeber, Andrew Henry William Brons, Zuzana Roithová, Angelika Werthmann, Anneli Jäätteenmäki and Mariya Nedelcheva.
The following spoke: Diego López Garrido.
IN THE CHAIR: Isabelle DURANT
Vice-President
The following spoke: Cecilia Malmström.
The motions for resolutions to be tabled under Rule 110(2) would be announced in the House at a later time.
The debate closed.
Vote: next part-session.
6. Passenger Name Record (PNR) (debate)
Council and Commission statements: Passenger Name Record (PNR)
Diego López Garrido (President-in-Office of the Council) and Cecilia Malmström (Member of the Commission) made the statements.
The following spoke: Axel Voss, on behalf of the PPE Group, Birgit Sippel, on behalf of the S&D Group, Sophia in 't Veld, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Jan Philipp Albrecht, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Ryszard Czarnecki, on behalf of the ECR Group, Eva-Britt Svensson, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Simon Busuttil, Saïd El Khadraoui, Judith Sargentini, Cornelia Ernst, Manfred Weber, Tanja Fajon, Eva Lichtenberger and Carlos Coelho.
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Silvia-Adriana Țicău.
The following spoke: Diego López Garrido and Cecilia Malmström.
The motions for resolutions to be tabled under Rule 110(2) would be announced in the House at a later time.
The debate closed.
Vote: next part-session.
7. Ban on use of cyanide mining technologies (debate)
Oral question (O-0035/2010) by János Áder and László Tőkés, on behalf of the PPE Group, to the Commission: Ban on the use of cyanide mining technologies in the EU (B7-0206/2010)
János Áder moved the oral question.
Cecilia Malmström (Member of the Commission) answered the oral question.
The following spoke: Richard Seeber, on behalf of the PPE Group, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, on behalf of the S&D Group, Michail Tremopoulos, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Nikolaos Chountis, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Jaroslav Paška, on behalf of the EFD Group, Claudiu Ciprian Tănăsescu, Non-attached Member, Zuzana Roithová, Kriton Arsenis, Theodoros Skylakakis and Jan Březina.
IN THE CHAIR: Libor ROUČEK
Vice-President
The following spoke: Alajos Mészáros, Marian-Jean Marinescu, Mariya Nedelcheva, Sari Essayah and Cristian Dan Preda.
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Csaba Sógor, Hannu Takkula, Bernd Posselt, Elena Băsescu, Michael Theurer, Miroslav Mikolášik, Iosif Matula, Traian Ungureanu and Bernd Posselt.
The following spoke: Cecilia Malmström.
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.
8. Documents received
The following documents had been received from the Council and Commission:
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Proposal for a Council regulation on the indication of the country of origin of certain products imported from third countries (COM(2005)0661 - C7-0048/2010 - 2005/0254(COD))
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Proposal for a Council regulation concerning the implementation of the Agreement concluded by the EC following negotiations in the framework of Article XXIV.6 of GATT 1994, amending Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (COM(2006)0147 - C7-0052/2010 - 2006/0052(COD))
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Proposal for Regulation (EU) No …/… of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning European statistics on tourism (COM(2010)0117 - C7-0085/2010 - 2010/0063(COD))
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Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities as regards the European External Action Service (COM(2010)0085 - C7-0086/2010 - 2010/0054(COD))
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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))
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Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child pornography, repealing Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA (COM(2010)0094 - C7-0088/2010 - 2010/0064(COD))
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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))
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Proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the flexibility instrument (COM(2010)0150 - C7-0091/2010 - 2010/2049(BUD))
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Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on European environmental economic accounts (COM(2010)0132 - C7-0092/2010 - 2010/0073(COD))
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9. Implementing measures (Rule 88)
The following draft implementing measures falling under the regulatory procedure with scrutiny had been forwarded to Parliament:
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Draft Commission Directive …/…/EU of […] amending, for the purpose of adapting their technical provisions, Council Directives 80/720/EEC and 86/297/EEC and Directives 2003/37/EC, 2009/60/EC and 2009/144/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to the type-approval of agricultural or forestry tractors (D007697/02 - 2010/2641(RPS) - deadline: 27/06/2010)
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Draft Commission directive …/…/EU of […] amending, for the purposes of adaptation of their technical provisions, Council Directive 76/763/EEC relating to passenger seats for wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors and Directive 2009/144/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain components and characteristics of wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (D007701/02 - 2010/2642(RPS) - deadline: 27/06/2010)
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Draft Commission directive …/…/EU of […] amending Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council to include N,N-diethyl-meta-toluamide as an active substance in Annex I thereto (D008215/02 - 2010/2634(RPS) - deadline: 24/06/2010)
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Draft Commission directive …/…/EU amending Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council to include dazomet as an active substance in Annex I thereto (D008216/02 - 2010/2635(RPS) - deadline: 24/06/2010)
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Draft Commission directive amending the annexes to European Parliament and Council Directive 95/2/EC on food additives other than colours and sweeteners and repealing Decision 2004/374/EC (D008398/02 - 2010/2643(RPS) - deadline: 30/05/2010)
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Draft Commission directive amending Directive 2008/84/EC laying down specific purity criteria on food additives other than colours and sweeteners (D008399/02 - 2010/2644(RPS) - deadline: 30/06/2010)
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Draft Commission regulation amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards additions and modification of the examples of related varieties or other products to which the same MRL applies (D008403/02 - 2010/2640(RPS) - deadline: 26/06/2010)
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Draft Commission Regulation (EU) No …/… amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2223/96 as regards adaptations following the revision of the statistical classification of economic activities (NACE Revision 2) and the statistical classification of products by activity (CPA) in national accounts (D009107/01 - 2010/2658(RPS) - deadline: 14/07/2010)
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10. Decisions concerning certain documents
Decision to draw up own-initiative reports (Rule 48)
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AFET Committee
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AGRI Committee
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IMCO Committee
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JURI Committee
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Decision to draw up own-initiative reports (Rule 119)
FEMM Committee
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Transposition and application of Council Directive 2004/113/EC implementing the principle of equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services (2010/2043(INI)) (opinion: EMPL) |
Associated committees
LIBE Committee
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Single application procedure for residence and work (COM(2007)0638 - C6-0470/2007 - 2007/0229(COD)) |
Associated committees LIBE, EMPL
(Following the Conference of Presidents’ decision of 11.03.2010)
Referral to committees
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DEVE Committee
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JURI Committee
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ECON Committee
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11. Written declarations included in the register (Rule 123)
Number of signatures obtained by the written declarations included in the register (Rule 123(3)):
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Document number |
Author |
Signatures |
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1/2010 |
Frieda Brepoels, Françoise Grossetête, Vittorio Prodi, Antonyia Parvanova, Miroslav Ouzký |
146 |
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2/2010 |
Monica Luisa Macovei, Simon Busuttil, Luigi de Magistris, Ana Gomes, Bart Staes |
354 |
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3/2010 |
Lara Comi, Andreas Schwab, Jolanta Emilia Hibner, Anna Maria Corazza Bildt, Christophe Béchu |
218 |
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4/2010 |
Morten Messerschmidt, Timo Soini |
31 |
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5/2010 |
Cătălin Sorin Ivan |
61 |
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7/2010 |
Richard Howitt, Bogusław Sonik, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, Marek Siwiec, Cornelis de Jong |
101 |
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8/2010 |
Ryszard Czarnecki, Lajos Bokros, Jarosław Kalinowski, Janusz Wojciechowski |
61 |
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9/2010 |
Andreas Mölzer |
14 |
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10/2010 |
Joanna Katarzyna Skrzydlewska, Barbara Matera, Joachim Zeller, Artur Zasada, Wojciech Michał Olejniczak |
82 |
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11/2010 |
Valdemar Tomaševski, Mirosław Piotrowski, Janusz Wojciechowski, Sandra Kalniete |
34 |
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12/2010 |
Françoise Castex, Zuzana Roithová, Alexander Alvaro, Stavros Lambrinidis |
146 |
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13/2010 |
Andreas Mölzer |
13 |
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14/2010 |
Daciana Octavia Sârbu, Cătălin Sorin Ivan, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi |
25 |
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15/2010 |
Véronique De Keyser, Kader Arif, Alejandro Cercas, Stephen Hughes, Stavros Lambrinidis |
52 |
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16/2010 |
Morten Messerschmidt |
6 |
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17/2010 |
Vilija Blinkevičiūtė |
15 |
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18/2010 |
Zigmantas Balčytis |
6 |
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19/2010 |
Morten Messerschmidt, Anna Rosbach, Lorenzo Fontana |
5 |
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20/2010 |
Marc Tarabella, Barbara Matera, Marije Cornelissen, Ilda Figueiredo, Antonyia Parvanova |
45 |
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21/2010 |
Andreas Mölzer |
10 |
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22/2010 |
Andreas Mölzer |
10 |
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23/2010 |
Corina Crețu, Daciana Octavia Sârbu, Ioan Enciu, Evgeni Kirilov, Iliana Ivanova |
17 |
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24/2010 |
Catherine Bearder, Michael Cashman, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Bas Eickhout |
38 |
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25/2010 |
Elena Oana Antonescu, Michel Dantin, Esther Herranz García, Rareș-Lucian Niculescu, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi |
22 |
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26/2010 |
Carl Schlyter, Marit Paulsen, Caroline Lucas, Janusz Wojciechowski |
18 |
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27/2010 |
Theodoros Skylakakis, Marietta Giannakou |
18 |
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28/2010 |
Sandrine Bélier, Anne Delvaux, Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy, Karin Kadenbach, Kriton Arsenis |
27 |
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29/2010 |
Tiziano Motti, Anna Záborská |
16 |
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30/2010 |
Alyn Smith, Åsa Westlund, Frieda Brepoels, Jim Higgins, Marit Paulsen |
14 |
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31/2010 |
Franz Obermayr |
2 |
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32/2010 |
Franz Obermayr |
4 |
12. Dates of forthcoming sittings
The next sittings would be held on 5 and 6 May 2010.
13. Adjournment of the session
The session of the European Parliament was adjourned.
The sitting closed at 18.30.
Klaus Welle
Secretary-General
Jerzy Buzek
President
Wednesday 21 April 2010
ATTENDANCE REGISTER
The following signed:
Áder, Albertini, Albrecht, Alvarez, Alvaro, Alves, Andreasen, Andrés Barea, Antonescu, Arsenis, Ashworth, Auconie, Audy, Ayala Sender, Aylward, Bach, Badia i Cutchet, Balczó, Balz, Băsescu, Bastos, Baudis, Bauer, Bearder, Belder, Belet, Bélier, Benarab-Attou, Bendtsen, Bennahmias, Berlato, Berman, Besset, Bilbao Barandica, Binev, Bisky, Böge, Bokros, Bontes, Borghezio, Borys, Bozkurt, Bradbourn, Brantner, Brepoels, Březina, Brons, Brzobohatá, Bufton, Bullmann, Bușoi, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, van de Camp, Canfin, Casa, Caspary, Castex, Cavada, Cercas, Chatzimarkakis, Chichester, Chountis, Christensen, Claeys, Coelho, Cofferati, Cohn-Bendit, Colman, Cramer, Crețu, Creutzmann, Cutaș, Czarnecki, Daerden, van Dalen, Dăncilă, Danjean, Dantin, (The Earl of) Dartmouth, Daul, Delvaux, De Rossa, De Sarnez, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Donskis, Dorfmann, Duff, Durant, Dušek, Ehrenhauser, Eickhout, El Khadraoui, Elles, Enciu, Engström, Ernst, Ertug, Essayah, Fajmon, Fajon, Falbr, Feio, Ferber, Fernandes, Fleckenstein, Florenz, Fontana, Fox, Gahler, Gál, Gallagher, Gardiazábal Rubial, Gauzès, Gebhardt, Geier, Gerbrandy, Geringer de Oedenberg, Giannakou, Glattfelder, Goerens, Gollnisch, Göncz, Goulard, Gräßle, Grech, Grelier, Greze, Griesbeck, Griffin, Groote, Grosch, Grossetête, Gruny, Guerrero Salom, Guillaume, Gurmai, Hadjigeorgiou, Häfner, Haglund, Hall, Händel, Handzlik, Hannan, Harbour, Harkin, Haug, Häusling, Jiří Havel, Hénin, Herczog, Hibner, Joe Higgins, Nadja Hirsch, Hoang Ngoc, Hoarau, Hohlmeier, Danuta Maria Hübner, in 't Veld, Iovine, Itälä, Ivanova, Jaakonsaari, Jäätteenmäki, Jadot, Jahr, Jáuregui Atondo, Jazłowiecka, Jędrzejewska, Jeggle, Joly, Junqueras Vies, Kaczmarek, Kalfin, Kalniete, Kamall, Kammerevert, Karas, Kariņš, Kasoulides, Kastler, Keller, Kiil-Nielsen, Kirilov, Klaß, Klute, Koch, Köstinger, Koumoutsakos, Kovatchev, Kozlík, Kožušník, Krahmer, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhn, Kukan, Lamassoure, Lambert, Lamberts, Lambrinidis, Landsbergis, Lange, de Lange, Langen, Lechner, Le Foll, Le Grip, Lehne, Le Hyaric, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lichtenberger, Liese, Lisek, Lochbihler, Løkkegaard, Lösing, Ludford, Lulling, Lunacek, Lynne, McClarkin, Macovei, Madlener, Manders, Mann, Manner, Marcinkiewicz, Marinescu, Hans-Peter Martin, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Maštálka, Mathieu, Matias, Matula, Mauro, Mavronikolas, Mayer, Meissner, Melo, Menéndez del Valle, Merkies, Messerschmidt, Mészáros, Michel, Migalski, Mikolášik, Mitchell, Mölzer, Morganti, Muñiz De Urquiza, Nedelcheva, Neuser, Newton Dunn, Neynsky, Nicholson, Niebler, Obermayr, Obiols, Ojuland, Olejniczak, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Ouzký, Pack, Panayotov, Panzeri, Papanikolaou, Papastamkos, Pargneaux, Paška, Perello Rodriguez, Pieper, Piotrowski, Pittella, Poc, Podimata, Ponga, Poręba, Posselt, Pöttering, Poupakis, Preda, Vittorio Prodi, Protasiewicz, Provera, Ranner, Ransdorf, Rapkay, Rapti, Regner, Reimers, Remek, Reul, Riera Madurell, Riquet, Rivasi, Rodust, Rohde, Roithová, Romero López, Romeva i Rueda, Rosbach, Rossi, Roth-Behrendt, Rouček, Rübig, Rubiks, Rühle, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Salvini, Sanchez-Schmid, Sargentini, Schaake, Schaldemose, Olle Schmidt, Schnellhardt, Schnieber-Jastram, Scholz, Schroedter, Martin Schulz, Werner Schulz, Schwab, Seeber, Sehnalová, Senyszyn, Silvestris, Simon, Sippel, Skinner, Skrzydlewska, Skylakakis, Smolková, Sógor, Sommer, Søndergaard, Soullie, Staes, Šťastný, Steinruck, Sterckx, van der Stoep, Dimitar Stoyanov, Emil Stoyanov, Strasser, Strejček, Striffler, Surján, Susta, Eva-Britt Svensson, Swinburne, Swoboda, Szájer, Tabajdi, Takkula, Tănăsescu, Tannock, Tarabella, Teixeira, Thaler, Thein, Theocharous, Theurer, Țicău, Tomaševski, Trautmann, Tremopoulos, Trüpel, Trzaskowski, Tsoukalas, Turmes, Ulmer, Ungureanu, Urutchev, Uspaskich, Vaidere, Vajgl, Vanhecke, Vattimo, Vaughan, Vergiat, Verheyen, Vlasák, Voss, Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa, Watson, Henri Weber, Manfred Weber, Weiler, Weisgerber, Werthmann, Westphal, Wikström, Wils, Hermann Winkler, Iuliu Winkler, Wojciechowski, Wortmann-Kool, Záborská, Zahradil, Zala, Zalba Bidegain, Zalewski, Zasada, Ždanoka, Zeller, Zver, Zwiefka