29.9.2009

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

CE 234/1

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Monday 9 March 2009
MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 9 MARCH 2009

2009/C 234 E/01

Contents

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

1.	Resumption of the session

2.	Statements by the President

3.	Approval of the Minutes of the previous sitting

4.	Composition of Parliament

5.	Requests for the defence of parliamentary immunity

6.	Follow-up to a request for the defence of immunity

7.	Composition of committees and delegations

8.	Signature of acts adopted under codecision

9.	Request for urgent procedure

10.	Documents received

11.	Oral questions and written declarations (submission)

12.

Petitions

13.	Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council

14.	Transfers of appropriations

15.	Order of business

16.	One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

17.	2010 budget — Section III, Commission: ‘Guidelines for Budget 2010’ — Guidelines for the 2010 budget procedure — Sections I, II, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII and IX (debate)

18.	Statute for a European private company * — Cross-border transfers of companies’ registered offices — Small Business Act — Workers’ participation in companies with a European Statute (debate)

19.	Future of the European Common Asylum System (debate)

20.	The social situation of the Roma and their improved access to the labour market in the EU (short presentation)

21.	Commission action plan towards an integrated internal control framework (short presentation)

22.	Integrity of online gambling (short presentation)

23.	Ensuring food quality: harmonisation or mutual recognition of standards (short presentation)

24.	Cooperation between the courts of the Member States in the taking of evidence in civil or commercial matters (short presentation)

25.	Implementation of Directive 2006/43/EC on statutory audits of annual accounts and consolidated accounts (short presentation)

26.	Facing oil challenges (short presentation)

27.	Commission Reports on Competition Policy 2006 and 2007 (short presentation)

28.

Agenda

29.	Agenda of the next sitting

30.	Closure of the sitting

31.	Closure of the session

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

IN THE CHAIR: Hans-Gert PÖTTERING

President

1.   Resumption of the session

The sitting opened at 17.05.

2.   Statements by the President

The President made a statement condemning, on behalf of Parliament, the attack of 7 March 2009 on the Massereene army base in Northern Ireland, in which two soldiers of the Royal Engineers — Mark Quinsey and Cengiz Azimkar — had died, and several others had been wounded.

The House observed a minute’s silence in memory of the victims.

The following spoke: James Nicholson, Liam Aylward and Jim Allister, who associated themselves with the President’s remarks.

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The President made a statement on the occasion of International Women’s Rights Day 2009.

3.   Approval of the Minutes of the previous sitting

The Minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

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Adina-Ioana Vălean had made it known that she had been present at the sitting of 19.02.2009 but that her name was not on the attendance register.

4.   Composition of Parliament

The Romanian authorities had given notice of the appointment of Marian Zlotea to a post incompatible with that of Member of the European Parliament, pursuant to Article 7(1) of the Act concerning the election of the Members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage. Parliament noted the appointment and, under Rule 4(1), established this vacancy with effect from 17 February 2009.

The same authorities had advised of the election to the European Parliament of Ioan Lucian Hămbășan in place of Marian Zlotea, with effect from 1 March 2009.

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, Ioan Lucian Hămbășan would take his seat in Parliament and on its bodies and would enjoy all the rights attaching thereto.

5.   Requests for the defence of parliamentary immunity

Aldo Patriciello had submitted a request for the defence of his immunity and privileges, in connection with proceedings brought against him before Isernia District Court.

Umberto Bossi, former Member of the European Parliament, had submitted, through his lawyer, a request for the defence of his immunity and privileges, in connection with proceedings before the Verbania District Court relating to events which had taken place while he was a Member of the European Parliament.

Pursuant to Rule 6(3), those requests had been referred to the relevant committee, in this case the JURI Committee.

6.   Follow-up to a request for the defence of immunity

Following the decision of the European Parliament of 24 October 2006 to waive the parliamentary immunity of Bogdan Golik at the request of the Prosecutor’s Office of the Court of Appeal of Brussels, the Belgian authorities had notified Parliament, in accordance with Rule 7(9), of the conclusion of the legal proceedings concerning him.

That communication would be forwarded for information to the JURI Committee.

7.   Composition of committees and delegations

At the request of the PPE-DE Group, Parliament ratified the following appointments:

—	IMCO Committee: Ioan Lucian Hămbășan

—	Subcommittee on Security and Defence: Ioan Lucian Hămbășan

—	Delegation for relations with the People’s Republic of China: Ioan Lucian Hămbășan.

8.   Signature of acts adopted under codecision

The President announced that, on Wednesday, he and the President of the Council would sign the following acts adopted under the codecision procedure pursuant to Rule 68:

—	Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 80/181/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to units of measurement (03601/2009/LEX — C6-0082/2009 — 2007/0187(COD))

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Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council adapting a number of instruments subject to the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty to Council Decision 1999/468/EC with regard to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny — Adaptation to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny — Part Two (03692/2008/LEX — C6-0083/2009 — 2007/0293(COD))

—	Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 638/2004 on Community statistics relating to the trading of goods between Member States (03706/2008/LEX — C6-0084/2009 — 2008/0026(COD))

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Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on European Statistics and repealing Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1101/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the transmission of data subject to statistical confidentiality to the Statistical Office of the European Communities, Council Regulation (EC) No 322/97 on Community Statistics, and Council Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom establishing a Committee on the Statistical Programmes of the European Communities (03708/2008/LEX — C6-0085/2009 — 2007/0220(COD))

—	Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on airport charges (03712/2008/LEX — C6-0086/2009 — 2007/0013(COD))

—	Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council οn the submission of nominal catch statistics by Member States fishing in certain areas other than those of the North Atlantic (recast) (03620/2008/LEX — C6-0087/2009 — 2007/0260(COD))

—	Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 2150/2002 on waste statistics, as regards the implementing powers conferred on the Commission (03694/2008/LEX — C6-0089/2009 — 2007/0271(COD))

—	Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 94/19/EC on deposit-guarantee schemes as regards the coverage level and the payout delay (03743/2008/LEX — C6-0090/2009 — 2008/0199(COD))

—	Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the submission of catch and activity statistics by member states fishing in the northwest Atlantic (recast) (03633/2008/LEX — C6-0091/2009 — 2007/0264(COD))

—	Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the submission of nominal catch statistics by Member States fishing in the north east Atlantic (recast) (03648/2008/LEX — C6-0092/2009 — 2007/0268(COD))

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Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, as regards the implementing powers conferred on the Commission (03693/2008/LEX — C6-0093/2009 — 2008/0030(COD)).

9.   Request for urgent procedure

Council request for the application of urgent procedure (Rule 134) for:

—	Multi-annual recovery plan for bluefin tuna in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean [COM(2009)0093 — C6-0081/2009 — 2009/0029(CNS)]

Reason for request:

—	This proposal on the implementation of a new plan for bluefin tuna should enter into force before 15 April 2009, date of the beginning of the main fishing season.

Parliament would take a decision on the request for urgent procedure at the beginning of the following day’s sitting.

10.   Documents received

The following documents had been received:

1)

from the Council and Commission: — Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on reporting formalities for ships arriving in and/or departing from ports of the Member States of the Community and repealing Directive 2002/6/EC (COM(2009)0011 — C6-0030/2009 — 2009/0005(COD)) referred to responsible: TRAN — Proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Decision No 573/2007/EC establishing the European Refugee Fund for the period 2008 to 2013 by removing funding for certain Community actions and altering the limit for funding such actions (COM(2009)0067 — C6-0070/2009 — 2009/0026(COD)) referred to responsible: LIBE opinion: BUDG — Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a European Asylum Support Office (COM(2009)0066 — C6-0071/2009 — 2009/0027(COD)) referred to responsible: LIBE opinion: DEVE, AFET, BUDG — Proposal for a Council regulation listing the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement (Codified version) (COM(2008)0761 — C6-0072/2009 — 2008/0225(CNS)) referred to responsible: JURI — Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion, of behalf of the European Community, of the Protocol on the Implementation of the Alpine Convention in the field of Transport (Transport Protocol) (COM(2008)0895 — C6-0073/2009 — 2008/0262(CNS)) referred to responsible: TRAN opinion: ENVI — Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 78/660/EEC on the annual accounts of certain types of companies as regards micro-entities (COM(2009)0083 — C6-0074/2009 — 2009/0035(COD)) referred to responsible: JURI opinion: ECON — Draft amending budget No 1 for the financial year 2009 established by the Council on 26 February 2009 (06952/2009 — C6-0075/2009 — 2009/2008(BUD)) referred to responsible: BUDG — Draft amending budget No 2 for the financial year 2009 established by the Council on 26 February 2009 (06953/2009 — C6-0077/2009 — 2009/2010(BUD)) referred to responsible: BUDG — Proposal for a Council directive amending Directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of value added tax as regards the rules on invoicing (COM(2009)0021 — C6-0078/2009 — 2009/0009(CNS)) referred to responsible: ECON opinion: JURI — Proposal for a Council decision correcting Directive 2008/73/EC simplifying procedures of listing and publishing information in the veterinary and zootechnical fields and amending Directives 64/432/EEC, 77/504/EEC, 88/407/EEC, 88/661/EEC, 89/361/EEC, 89/556/EEC, 90/426/EEC, 90/427/EEC, 90/428/EEC, 90/429/EEC, 90/539/EEC, 91/68/EEC, 91/496/EEC, 92/35/EEC, 92/65/EEC, 92/66/EEC, 92/119/EEC, 94/28/EC, 2000/75/EC, Decision 2000/258/EC and Directives 2001/89/EC, 2002/60/EC and 2005/94/EC (COM(2009)0045 — C6-0079/2009 — 2009/0016(CNS)) referred to responsible: AGRI — Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan on certain aspects of air services (COM(2008)0081 — C6-0080/2009 — 2008/0036(CNS)) referred to responsible: TRAN — Proposal for a Council regulation concerning a multi-annual recovery plan for bluefin tuna in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean (COM(2009)0093 — C6-0081/2009 — 2009/0029(CNS)) referred to responsible: PECH opinion: ENVI

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from committees: 2.1) reports: — ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EC) No 549/2004, (EC) No 550/2004, (EC) No 551/2004 and (EC) No 552/2004 in order to improve the performance and sustainability of the European aviation system (COM(2008)0388 — C6-0250/2008 — 2008/0127(COD)) — TRAN Committee. Rapporteur: Marian-Jean Marinescu (A6-0002/2009) — Report on equality of treatment and access for men and women in the performing arts (2008/2182(INI)) — FEMM Committee. Rapporteur: Claire Gibault (A6-0003/2009) — Report on implementation of Directive 2006/43/EC on statutory audits of annual accounts and consolidated accounts (2008/2247(INI)) — JURI Committee. Rapporteur: Bert Doorn (A6-0014/2009) — Report on the outlook for copyright in the EU (2008/2121(INI)) — JURI Committee. Rapporteur: Manuel Medina Ortega (A6-0017/2009) — Report on the Commission action plan towards an integrated internal control framework (2008/2150(INI)) — CONT Committee. Rapporteur: Gabriele Stauner (A6-0022/2009) — Report with a proposal for a European Parliament recommendation to the Council on an EU-Mexico Strategic Partnership (2008/2289(INI)) — AFET Committee. Rapporteur: José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra (A6-0028/2009) — Report on the social situation of the Roma and their improved access to the labour market in the EU (2008/2137(INI)) — EMPL Committee. Rapporteur: Magda Kósáné Kovács (A6-0038/2009) — Report with recommendations to the Commission on the cross-border transfer of the registered office of a company (2008/2196(INI)) — JURI Committee. Rapporteur: Klaus-Heiner Lehne (A6-0040/2009) — Report with recommendations to the Commission on a European initiative for the development of micro-credits in support of growth and employment (2008/2122(INI)) — ECON Committee. Rapporteur: Zsolt László Becsey (A6-0041/2009) — Report requesting the Commission to submit a proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the implementation of the citizens’ initiative (2008/2169(INI)) — AFCO Committee. Rapporteur: Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann (A6-0043/2009) — * Report on the proposal for a Council regulation on the Statute for a European private company (COM(2008)0396 — C6-0283/2008 — 2008/0130(CNS)) — JURI Committee. Rapporteur: Klaus-Heiner Lehne (A6-0044/2009) — ***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control) (recast) (COM(2007)0844 — C6-0002/2008 — 2007/0286(COD)) — ENVI Committee. Rapporteur: Holger Krahmer (A6-0046/2009) — * Report on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Armenia on certain aspects of air services (COM(2007)0729 — C6-0519/2008 — 2007/0251(CNS)) — TRAN Committee. Rapporteur: Paolo Costa (A6-0049/2009) — Report on the future of the European Common Asylum System (2008/2305(INI)) — LIBE Committee. Rapporteur: Giusto Catania (A6-0050/2009) — Report on the protection of consumers, in particular minors, in respect of the use of video games (2008/2173(INI)) — IMCO Committee. Rapporteur: Toine Manders (A6-0051/2009) — * Report on the proposal for a Council decision on guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States (COM(2008)0869 — C6-0050/2009 — 2008/0252(CNS)) — EMPL Committee. Rapporteur: Jan Andersson (A6-0052/2009) — Report on combating female genital mutilation in the EU (2008/2071(INI)) — FEMM Committee. Rapporteur: Cristiana Muscardini (A6-0054/2009) — Report on the greening of transport and the internalisation of external costs (2008/2240(INI)) — TRAN Committee. Rapporteur: Georg Jarzembowski (A6-0055/2009) — ***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the taking up, pursuit and prudential supervision of the business of electronic money institutions, amending Directives 2005/60/EC and 2006/48/EC and repealing Directive 2000/46/EC (COM(2008)0627 — C6-0350/2008 — 2008/0190(COD)) — ECON Committee. Rapporteur: John Purvis (A6-0056/2009) — Report on the guidelines for the 2010 budget procedure, Section I — European Parliament, Section II — Council, Section IV — Court of Justice, Section V — Court of Auditors, Section VI — European Economic and Social Committee, Section VII — Committee of the Regions, Section VIII — European Ombudsman, Section IX — European Data Protection Supervisor (2009/2004(BUD)) — BUDG Committee. Rapporteur: Vladimír Maňka (A6-0057/2009) — Report on cooperation between the courts of the Member States in the taking of evidence in civil or commercial matters (2008/2180(INI)) — JURI Committee. Rapporteur: Manuel Medina Ortega (A6-0058/2009) — * Report on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the State of Israel on certain aspects of air services (COM(2008)0178 — C6-0520/2008 — 2008/0068(CNS)) — TRAN Committee. Rapporteur: Paolo Costa (A6-0059/2009) — * Report on the proposal for a Council directive determining the scope of Article 143(b) and (c) of Directive 2006/112/EC as regards exemption from value added tax on the final importation of certain goods on the common system of value added tax (codified version) (COM(2008)0575 — C6-0347/2008 — 2008/0181(CNS)) — JURI Committee. Rapporteur: Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg (A6-0060/2009) — Report on the next steps in border management in the European Union and similar experiences in third countries (2008/2181(INI)) — LIBE Committee. Rapporteur: Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert (A6-0061/2009) — Report with a proposal for a European Parliament recommendation to the Council on the European Union-Brazil Strategic Partnership (2008/2288(INI)) — AFET Committee. Rapporteur: Maria Eleni Koppa (A6-0062/2009) — Report on a European Economic Recovery Plan (2008/2334(INI)) — ECON Committee. Rapporteur: Elisa Ferreira (A6-0063/2009) — Report on the integrity of online gambling (2008/2215(INI)) — IMCO Committee. Rapporteur: Christel Schaldemose (A6-0064/2009) — ***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 1999/62/EC on the charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures (COM(2008)0436 — C6-0276/2008 — 2008/0147(COD)) — TRAN Committee. Rapporteur: Saïd El Khadraoui (A6-0066/2009) — Report on better careers and more mobility: a European partnership for researchers (2008/2213(INI)) — ITRE Committee. Rapporteur: Pia Elda Locatelli (A6-0067/2009) — *** Recommendation on the proposal for a Council decision concerning the conclusion of the additional protocol to the Agreement on Trade, Development and Cooperation between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of South Africa, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union (16447/2008 — C6-0017/2009 — 2008/0212(AVC)) — DEVE Committee. Rapporteur: Josep Borrell Fontelles (A6-0073/2009) — Report on Small Business Act (2008/2237(INI)) — ITRE Committee. Rapporteur: Edit Herczog (A6-0074/2009) — Report on Cohesion Policy: Investing in the real economy (2009/2009(INI)) — REGI Committee. Rapporteur: Evgeni Kirilov (A6-0075/2009) — ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents (recast) (COM(2008)0229 — C6-0184/2008 — 2008/0090(COD)) — LIBE Committee. Rapporteur: Michael Cashman (A6-0077/2009) — * Report on the initiative of the French Republic on the proposal for a Council decision adjusting the basic salaries and allowances applicable to Europol staff (14479/2008 — C6-0038/2009 — 2009/0804(CNS)) — LIBE Committee. Rapporteur: Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra (A6-0078/2009) — Report on the work of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly in 2008 (2008/2303(INI)) — DEVE Committee. Rapporteur: Thierry Cornillet (A6-0081/2009) — Report on the challenge of deterioration of agricultural land in the EU and in particular in southern Europe: the response through EU agricultural policy instruments (2008/2219(INI)) — AGRI Committee. Rapporteur: Vincenzo Aita (A6-0086/2009) — Report on ensuring food quality: harmonisation or mutual recognition of standards (2008/2220(INI)) — AGRI Committee. Rapporteur: Maria Petre (A6-0088/2009) — Report on developing a Common Aviation Area with Israel (2008/2136(INI)) — TRAN Committee. Rapporteur: Luca Romagnoli (A6-0090/2009) — ***III Report on the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules and standards for ship inspection and survey organisations and for the relevant activities of maritime administrations (recast) (05724/2/2008 — C6-0222/2008 — 2005/0237A(COD)) — CODE Committee. Rapporteur: Luis de Grandes Pascual (A6-0097/2009) — ***III Report on the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules and standards for ship inspection and survey organisations (recast) (05726/2/2008 — C6-0223/2008 — 2005/0237B(COD)) — CODE Committee. Rapporteur: Luis de Grandes Pascual (A6-0098/2009) — ***III Report on the joint text approved by the conciliation Committee for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on port State control (recast) (05722/3/2008 — C6-0224/2008 — 2005/0238(COD)) — CODE Committee. Rapporteur: Dominique Vlasto (A6-0099/2009) — ***III Report on the joint text approved by the Conciliation committee for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2002/59/EC establishing a Community vessel traffic monitoring and information system (05719/3/2008 — C6-0225/2008 — 2005/0239(COD)) — CODE Committee. Rapporteur: Dirk Sterckx (A6-0100/2009) — ***III Report on the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the fundamental principles governing the investigation of accidents in the maritime transport sector and amending Directives 1999/35/EC and 2002/59/EC (05721/5/2008 — C6-0226/2008 — 2005/0240(COD)) — CODE Committee. Rapporteur: Jaromír Kohlíček (A6-0101/2009) — ***III Report on the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the liability of carriers of passengers by sea in the event of accidents (06389/2/2008 — C6-0227/2008 — 2005/0241(COD)) — CODE Committee. Rapporteur: Paolo Costa (A6-0102/2009) — 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(2009)0023 — C6-0040/2009 — 2009/2007(ACI)) — BUDG Committee. Rapporteur: Reimer Böge (A6-0106/2009) — Report on the Guidelines for the Budget 2010 procedure — Section III — Commission (2009/2005(BUD)) — BUDG Committee. Rapporteur: László Surján (A6-0111/2009) — Report with a proposal for a European Parliament recommendation to the Council on the mandate of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (2008/2290(INI)) — AFET Committee. Rapporteur: Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck (A6-0112/2009) — Report on Draft amending budget No 1/2009 of the European Union for the financial year 2009 — Section III — Commission (2009/2008(BUD)) — BUDG Committee. Rapporteur: Jutta Haug (A6-0113/2009) — ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning type-approval requirements for the general safety of motor vehicles (COM(2008)0316 — C6-0210/2008 — 2008/0100(COD)) — IMCO Committee. Rapporteur: Andreas Schwab (A6-0482/2008) — ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on cosmetic products (recast) (COM(2008)0049 — C6-0053/2008 — 2008/0035(COD)) — ENVI Committee. Rapporteur: Dagmar Roth-Behrendt (A6-0484/2008) — ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on novel foods and amending Regulation (EC) No XXX/XXXX [common procedure] (COM(2007)0872 — C6-0027/2008 — 2008/0002(COD)) — ENVI Committee. Rapporteur: Kartika Tamara Liotard (A6-0512/2008) — ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 in the field of aerodromes, air traffic management and air navigation services and repealing Council Directive 2006/23/EC (COM(2008)0390 — C6-0251/2008 — 2008/0128(COD)) — TRAN Committee. Rapporteur: Marian-Jean Marinescu (A6-0515/2008) 2.2) recommendations for second reading: — ***II Recommendation for seconding reading on the Council common position for adopting a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on compliance with flag State requirements (14288/2/2008 — C6-0484/2008 — 2005/0236(COD)) — TRAN Committee. Rapporteur: Emanuel Jardim Fernandes (A6-0069/2009) — ***II Recommendation for second reading on the Council common position for adopting a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the insurance of shipowners for maritime claims (14287/2/2008 — C6-0483/2008 — 2005/0242(COD)) — TRAN Committee. Rapporteur: Gilles Savary (A6-0072/2009)

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from Members: 3.1) oral questions for Question Time (Rule 109) (B6-0009/2009): — to the Council: Harkin Marian, Crowley Brian, McGuinness Mairead, Moraes Claude, Aylward Liam, Ó Neachtain Seán, Ryan Eoin, Higgins Jim, Doyle Avril, Posselt Bernd, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou Marie, Mitchell Gay, Papadimoulis Dimitrios, Țicău Silvia-Adriana, Sonik Bogusław, Pleštinská Zita, Paleckis Justas Vincas, Mikko Marianne, Holm Jens, Pafilis Athanasios, Sinnott Kathy, De Rossa Proinsias, Toussas Georgios, Allister Jim, Droutsas Konstantinos, Martin David, Karim Sajjad, Czarnecki Ryszard, Andrikienė Laima Liucija, Guerreiro Pedro — to the Commission: Țicău Silvia-Adriana, Dimitrakopoulos Giorgos, Guerreiro Pedro, Moraes Claude, Ryan Eoin, Mitchell Gay, Chmielewski Zdzisław Kazimierz, van Nistelrooij Lambert, Hołowczyc Krzysztof, Gardini Elisabetta, Posselt Bernd, Ludford Sarah, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou Marie, Papadimoulis Dimitrios, Matsis Yiannakis, Öger Vural, Andrikienė Laima Liucija, Czarnecki Ryszard, Harkin Marian, Aylward Liam, Ó Neachtain Seán, Higgins Jim, Paleckis Justas Vincas, Ebner Michl, Kirilov Evgeni, Hutchinson Alain, Batzeli Katerina, Angelakas Emmanouil, McGuinness Mairead, Gklavakis Ioannis, França Armando, Crowley Brian, Papastamkos Georgios, Doyle Avril, Csibi Magor Imre, Pleštinská Zita, Holm Jens, Sonik Bogusław, Cederschiöld Charlotte, Mikko Marianne, Seppänen Esko, Staes Bart, Hasse Ferreira Joel, Figueiredo Ilda, Kuźmiuk Zbigniew Krzysztof, Pafilis Athanasios, Sinnott Kathy, Droutsas Konstantinos, Belet Ivo, De Rossa Proinsias, Allister Jim, Mavrommatis Manolis, Fraga Estévez Carmen, Martin David, Karim Sajjad, Jensen Anne E., Toussas Georgios, Rack Reinhard 3.2) motions for resolutions (Rule 113): — Philip Claeys. Motion for a resolution on interference by the European Commission in internal affairs in Flemish Brabant (B6-0103/2009) referred to responsible: LIBE opinion: REGI

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from the Conciliation Committee: — Joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee on the directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules and standards for ship inspection and survey organisations and for the relevant activities of maritime administrations (Recast) (03719/2008 — C6-0042/2009 — 2005/0237A(COD)) — Joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee on the regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules and standards for ship inspection and survey organisations (Recast) (03720/2008 — C6-0043/2009 — 2005/0237B(COD)) — Joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee on the directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on port State control (recast) (03721/2008 — C6-0044/2009 — 2005/0238(COD)) — Joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee on the directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2002/59/EC establishing a Community vessel traffic monitoring and information system (03722/2008 — C6-0045/2009 — 2005/0239(COD)) — Joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee on the directive of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the fundamental principles governing the investigation of accidents in the maritime transport sector and amending Directives 1999/35/EC and 2002/59/EC (03723/2008 — C6-0046/2009 — 2005/0240(COD)) — Joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee on the regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the liability of carriers of passengers by sea in the event of accidents (03724/2008 — C6-0047/2009 — 2005/0241(COD))

11.   Oral questions and written declarations (submission)

The following documents had been submitted by Members:

1)

oral questions (Rule 108): — (O-0005/2009) by Carlos Coelho, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Martine Roure, on behalf of the PSE Group, and Henrik Lax, on behalf of the ALDE Group, to the Council: State of play of SIS II (B6-0010/2009), — (O-0006/2009) by Carlos Coelho, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Martine Roure, on behalf of the PSE Group, and Henrik Lax, on behalf of the ALDE Group, to the Commission: State of play of SIS II (B6-0011/2009), — (O-0012/2009) by Marco Cappato, Marco Pannella, Janusz Onyszkiewicz, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Monica Frassoni and Eva Lichtenberger, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, to the Commission: 50th anniversary of the Tibetan uprising and dialogue between the Dalai Lama and the Chinese Government (B6-0012/2009), — (O-0018/2009) by Pervenche Berès, on behalf of the ECON Committee, to the Commission: Implementation of the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) (B6-0013/2009), — (O-0023/2009) by Jan Andersson, on behalf of the EMPL Committee, to the Commission: Children of migrants (B6-0014/2009), — (O-0026/2009) by Josep Borrell Fontelles, on behalf of the DEVE Committee, to the Commission: 5th World Water Forum in Istanbul, 16-22 March 2009 (B6-0015/2009), — (O-0030/2009) by Josep Borrell Fontelles, on behalf of the DEVE Committee, to the Commission: Court of Auditors Special Report No 10/2008 on ‘EC Development Assistance to Health Services in Sub-Saharan Africa’ (B6-0016/2009);

2)

written declarations for inclusion in the register (Rule 116): — Philip Bushill-Matthews, Elisabeth Morin, Thomas Mann, Luigi Cocilovo and Paulo Casaca on the importance of jobs and workers’ rights in the EU (0025/2009), — Grażyna Staniszewska, Hannu Takkula and Vasco Graça Moura on a European Year of Neighbours’ Languages (0026/2009), — Riccardo Ventre on the promotion of the rights of the family (0027/2009), — Riccardo Ventre on the implementation of preventive measures for combating the phenomenon of youth gangs in the Member States of the European Union (0028/2009), — Eleonora Lo Curto and Paolo Bartolozzi on the figure of the psychologist in schools (0029/2009), — Paolo Bartolozzi, David Casa, Riccardo Ventre and Elisabetta Gardini on harmonisation of the tax system in the countries of the European Union through the introduction of a family allowance (0030/2009), — Paolo Bartolozzi, David Casa, Riccardo Ventre and Elisabetta Gardini on an urgent tax exemption plan for SMEs in the European Union (0031/2009), — Zuzana Roithová, Genowefa Grabowska, Françoise Grossetête and Amalia Sartori on European standards for children’s footwear (0032/2009), — Alexandru Nazare on the danger of adopting protectionist-style measures during the financial crisis (0033/2009), — Daniel Strož, Jiří Maštálka and Jaromír Kohlíček on rejecting the politicisation of history and the instrumentalisation of ideology aimed at discrediting and suppressing the European Left (0034/2009).

12.   Petitions

The following petitions, which had been entered in the register on the dates shown below, had been forwarded to the committee responsible pursuant to Rule 191(5):

04.02.2009 Viktoria Roth (0001/2009) Marianne Söderberg (0002/2009) Gerhard Evert (0003/2009) Desislav Slavov Chukolov (0004/2009) František Faber (0005/2009) Fosso Jean-Marie Taga (0006/2009) Tobias Jost (0007/2009) Gabriele Schmid (0008/2009) Gabriele Laganà (Unime Group) (0009/2009) (name confidential) (0010/2009) Eduardo Braga (0011/2009) Cinzia Mancinelli (0012/2009) Júlio César De Oliveira Lopes (0013/2009) Friedhelm Höfer (0014/2009) Gerda Schumann (2 signatures) (0015/2009) J.C. Herbreteau (MAN-Mouvement pour une Alternative Non-violente (Vendée) (16 signatures) (0016/2009) Cruz Fuertes Balbuena (0017/2009) Mihail-Vasile Chiorean (0018/2009) Fernando Mesquita (0019/2009) Momir Veselinov (0020/2009) Johan Robesin (Partij voor Zeeland) (0021/2009) Angela Ferretti (0022/2009) Simon Collyer (Justice Organisation) (0023/2009) Jürgen Lohrbächer (0024/2009) Jean-Luc Darcourt (0025/2009) Bojan Navodnik (0026/2009) Jerzy Bajik (2 signatures) (0027/2009) Mariano Martínez Fernández (0028/2009) Sammy El Ahdal (0029/2009) Dirk Utermann (0030/2009).

17.02.2009 Wilfried Mauz (Bürgerinitiative Lebenswertes Erbach-Donaurieden) (2 signatures) (0031/2009) Karl Bauch (Deutscher Erfinder-Verband e. V.) (0032/2009) Klaus Landahl (0033/2009) Theodoros Tzioumis (Dimos Tripolis) (0034/2009) Konstantinos Aivaliotis (3 signatures) (0035/2009) Konstantinos Aivaliotis (3 signatures) (0036/2009) Klaus Ecker (Montessori Fördergemeinschaft Landau und Umgebung e. V.) (35 signatures) (0037/2009) Roland Polant Lato (Eurolines and Albania Interlines) (0038/2009) André Laurens (0039/2009) Frank Cavanagh (Biocycle Ltd.) (0040/2009) Kandiah Pathmaseni (Tamil Women Development Forum (TWDF)) (0041/2009) Yvonne Hewitt (6 signatures) (0042/2009) Inga Speck (0043/2009) Hélder Marques Gonçalves (0044/2009) Siegfried Mascherek (0045/2009) (name confidential) (0046/2009) Klaus Sojka (0047/2009) Ulrich Parth (0048/2009) Nikolaos Kalamitsis (0049/2009) (name confidential) (0050/2009) Dagmar Kusa (Euroclid — The European Association of History Educators) (0051/2009) Francesco Zurlo (Verdi Crotone — Co. Ver. Kr (Comitato Vertenza Ambientale Provincia di Crotone) (0052/2009) Lech Keller-Krawczyk (0053/2009) Jean-Christophe Nivard (0054/2009) (name confidential) (0055/2009) (name confidential) (0056/2009) Hilkka Becker (Immigrant Council of Ireland — Independent Law Centre) (0057/2009) Adrian Karpinski (0058/2009) Georgios Mihail Mourtzilas (0059/2009) Knut W. Schlanert (0060/2009) Sara Josefina Occhipinti (0061/2009) Oleg Gorev (Dr Gorev Engelmann und Kollegen) (0062/2009) Giorgio Germani (Associazione Nazionale Quadri delle Amministrazioni Pubbliche) (0063/2009) (name confidential) (0064/2009) Antonio García Jiménez (Asociación para a Defensa Ecolóxica de Galiza (ADEGA)) (0065/2009) (name confidential) (0066/2009) (name confidential) (0067/2009) Dawn White (0068/2009) Marina Micu (0069/2009) (name confidential) (0070/2009) (name confidential) (0071/2009) Elisabeta Hanciu (0072/2009) Kai Möller (0073/2009) (name confidential) (0074/2009) (name confidential) (0075/2009) Marisa Tusha (0076/2009) Luis Sintra (0077/2009) Sergio González Molina (0078/2009) Mark Meijer (0079/2009) (name confidential) (0080/2009) (name confidential) (0081/2009) (name confidential) (0082/2009) Elena Alexa (0083/2009) (name confidential) (0084/2009) (name confidential) (0085/2009) Silviu Marin (0086/2009) Iveta Cīrule (0087/2009) Sean Farren (0088/2009) Thomas Hackmann (61 signatures) (0089/2009) Pál Németh (0090/2009) Diamantino Futinio (0091/2009) Marco Perotti (Asociación Veïns de L’Alfàs) (2 300 signatures) (0092/2009) Angel Simeonov Angelov (2 signatures) (0093/2009) Radboud Verberne (0094/2009) Antonio Dima (0095/2009) Agnès Rouart (21 signatures) (0096/2009) Stanisław Mocarski (Związek Zawodowy Pracowników ‘REMY’) (0097/2009) Josef Tresl (0098/2009) (name confidential) (3 signatures) (0099/2009) Nadine Hopp (0100/2009).

03.03.2009 Friedhelm Müller (0101/2009) Eduardo Galguera García (Fuente Grande) (0102/2009) Margarita García Jaime (0103/2009) (name confidential) (0104/2009) Svilen Radev (AGROBULS OOD) (0105/2009) Riccardo Puccioni (0106/2009) Heinrich Sobol (7 signatures) (0107/2009) Sokrat Lolo (0108/2009) Georgios Karatzaferis (LAIKOS ORTHODOXOS SINAPISMOS) (0109/2009) Gerlinde Rogatsch (ÖVP Salzburg) (2 signatures) (0110/2009) Eleftheria Karagkouni (0111/2009) Reinhard Muschter (0112/2009) Ugur Topcu (0113/2009) (name confidential) (0114/2009) Alex García-Miguel i Ricart (0115/2009) Anca Paduraru (0116/2009) (name confidential) (0117/2009) Stefan Kohler (0118/2009) Jan Jacob Van Stuyvesant Meijen (Comunidad de Propietarios Sector 1 Veraplaya) (2 signatures) (0119/2009) (name confidential) (0120/2009) Jeannette Krause (0121/2009) (name confidential) (0122/2009) Jean-Pierre Picaud (0123/2009) R. Ghozzi (0124/2009) Siegfried Huber (0125/2009) Pia Diana Fuchs (0126/2009) Adrian Damian (0127/2009) Norbert Kaiser (0128/2009) Hans Henrik Holbek (0129/2009) Sefa Yavuzoglu (0130/2009) Ignacio Oni Peral (0131/2009) Eduardo Marín García (0132/2009) Bartosz Smalec (0133/2009) Martin Wyness (0134/2009) Artur Bac (0135/2009) Stefano Rossato (0136/2009) Jürgen Gose (0137/2009) Franco Antonio Lores (Plataforma en Defensa da Ensenada de San Simon) (0138/2009) Rodolfo Rizzo (0139/2009) Ricos Thanopoulos (250 signatures) (0140/2009) Giannis Fetfatsidis (0141/2009) Roberto Jacchia (De Berti Jacchia Franchini Forlani) (2 signatures) (0142/2009) Olanrewaju Adebayo (0143/2009) Zbigniew Popławski (0144/2009) Hermann Voorhoeve (Ziegenfarm Voorhoeve Biolandbetrieb) (0145/2009) Magdalena Chelsoi (0146/2009) Joanna Kowalczyk (0147/2009) (name confidential) (2 signatures) (0148/2009) Herbert Flemming (0149/2009) (name confidential) (0150/2009) Reinhold Otto (0151/2009) Sebastian Hochwarth (0152/2009) Gonzalo Caro Sagüés (0153/2009) Melanie Wagner (0154/2009) (name confidential) (0155/2009) José Martínez Rico (0156/2009) Willem Bekius Namens J Engeltjesw (0157/2009) Silvia Kuck (Pflegeeltern) (0158/2009) (name confidential) (0159/2009) Giorgio Andrea Bartolomeo (0160/2009) Augusto Spadini (0161/2009) Manuel Pascual Arboleya Rodríguez (0162/2009) Quintin Cross (0163/2009) (name confidential) (0164/2009) Wasilios Katsioulis (Deutscher Antidiskriminierungsverband) (0165/2009) José Manuel Dolón García (0166/2009) Julie Spatz (0167/2009) Emil Ivascu (0168/2009) Juan José Amate Ruiz (0169/2009) Malgorzata Pomaranska-Bielecta (0170/2009) Ana Luiza Gora (0171/2009) Ioan-Irineu Farcas (Rumänische Katholische Mission) (0172/2009) Marek Aleksander Czarnecki (0173/2009) Spyridon Andriopoulos (0174/2009) Alexandros Panagiotidis (0175/2009) Dieter Schulze (0176/2009) A. Ontansa Dobrescu (0177/2009) Sidonia Duma (0178/2009) Paweł Dobrzyński (0179/2009) Corneliu Dobranici (0180/2009) Karl Wezel (0181/2009) Anton Stan (0182/2009) Iuliu Winkler (2 signatures) (0183/2009).

13.   Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council

The Council had forwarded a certified true copy of the following:

—	Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement between Côte d’Ivoire, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part.

14.   Transfers of appropriations

The Committee on Budgets had considered the Commission’s proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 01/2009 (C6-0053/2009).

Having noted the Council’s opinion, it had authorised the transfer in full under Article 24(3) of the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities.

15.   Order of business

The next item was the order of business.

The final draft agenda for the March I 2009 sittings (PE 420.647/PDOJ) had been distributed and a number of changes had been proposed (Rule 132):

Monday — Request from the PSE Group to add the report by Magda Kósáné Kovács on the social situation of the Roma and their improved access to the labour market in the EU (A6-0038/2009) (Item 12 on the final draft agenda) to voting time the next day (Tuesday). — Request from the PPE-DE Group to add the report by Herbert Reul on possible solutions to the challenges in relation to oil supply (A6-0035/2009) (Item 73 on the final draft agenda) to voting time the next day (Tuesday). The President said that the deadline for tabling replacement joint motions for resolution had been set at 19.00 that evening and that it was therefore not technically possible to put those reports to the vote the next day. He proposed that the vote on the two reports be held on Wednesday, 11 March 2009. The following spoke: Hannes Swoboda, on behalf of the PSE Group. Parliament agreed to the President’s proposal.

Tuesday — Request from the Verts/ALE Group to add to the agenda a statement from the Commission on MON810 genetically modified maize and to wind up the debate with the tabling of a motion for a resolution. The following spoke: Daniel Cohn-Bendit, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, who moved the request, Martin Schulz, on behalf of the PSE Group, Christofer Fjellner, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, and Martin Schulz. Parliament rejected the request by roll-call vote (38 in favour, 111 against, 39 abstentions). — The President then consulted the House on the placing on the agenda of a statement by the Commission on MON810 genetically modified maize, without the debate being wound up with the tabling of a motion for a resolution. Parliament rejected the request by electronic vote (82 in favour, 102 against, 6 abstentions). — Request from the PSE Group to extend the afternoon debates to 18.30, and hence for Question Time to the Commission to be held from 18.30 to 20.00. Parliament agreed to the request.

Wednesday The President said that 113 amendments had been tabled on the report by Elisa Ferreira on the European Economic Recovery Plan (A6-0063/2009) (Item 35 of the final draft agenda). He noted that the threshold of 50 amendments laid down in Rule 156 had been exceeded, and consequently asked the relevant committee to meet to consider them. The debate on that report would be held on Wednesday, as scheduled. — Request from the PPE-DE Group to bring forward to 15.00 the debate on the Oral Questions to the Council (O-0005/2009) and to the Commission (O-0006/2009) on the state of play of SIS II (Item 80 on the final draft agenda). Since all the political groups supported that request, the agenda was amended accordingly.

Thursday — Request from the Verts/ALE Group ALDE Group to wind up the debate on the Oral Question to the Commission on the 50th anniversary of the Tibetan uprising and the dialogue between the Dalai Lama and the Chinese Government (O-0012/2009) with the tabling of a motion for a resolution. The following spoke: Monica Frassoni, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Marco Cappato, on behalf of the ALDE Group, and Nirj Deva. Parliament agreed to the request. The tabling deadlines were established as follows: — motions for resolution: Tuesday, 10 March 2009 at 10.00 — amendments and joint motions for resolutions: Wednesday, 11 March 2009 at 10.00. Debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (Rule 115): — Request from the PSE Group to replace the item ‘Support for the Special Court for Sierra Leone’(Item 89 on the final draft agenda) with the item ‘Expulsions of aid agencies from Darfur’. The following spoke: Hannes Swoboda, on behalf of the PSE Group, who moved the request. Parliament agreed to the request.

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The order of business was thus established.

16.   One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Pursuant to Rule 144, the following Members who wished to draw the attention of Parliament to matters of political importance spoke for one minute:

Georgios Papastamkos, Ioan Mircea Pașcu, Magor Imre Csibi, Jan Tadeusz Masiel, Kyriacos Triantaphyllides, Hans-Peter Martin and Tunne Kelam.

IN THE CHAIR: Luisa MORGANTINI

Vice-President

The following spoke: Hannes Swoboda, Marco Cappato, Bogusław Rogalski, Georgios Toussas, Zsolt László Becsey, Thierry Cornillet, Ewa Tomaszewska, Ilda Figueiredo, Árpád Duka-Zólyomi, Olle Schmidt, Hanna Foltyn-Kubicka, Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Chris Davies, Călin Cătălin Chiriță, Jelko Kacin, Jim Higgins, Filiz Hakaeva Hyusmenova, Iosif Matula, Marco Pannella, Zita Pleštinská, Marian Harkin, Csaba Sógor, Nickolay Mladenov, Bruno Gollnisch and Mieczysław Edmund Janowski.

17.   2010 budget — Section III, Commission: ‘Guidelines for Budget 2010’ — Guidelines for the 2010 budget procedure — Sections I, II, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII and IX (debate)

Report on the Guidelines for the 2010 budget procedure, Section III — Commission [2009/2005(BUD)] — Committee on Budgets.

Rapporteur: László Surján (A6-0111/2009)

Report on the guidelines for the 2010 budget procedure, Section I — European Parliament, Section II — Council, Section IV — Court of Justice, Section V — Court of Auditors, Section VI — European Economic and Social Committee, Section VII — Committee of the Regions, Section VIII — European Ombudsman, Section IX — European Data Protection Supervisor [2009/2004(BUD)] — Committee on Budgets.

Rapporteur: Vladimír Maňka (A6-0057/2009)

László Surján and Vladimír Maňka introduced the reports.

The following spoke: Dalia Grybauskaitė (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Margaritis Schinas, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Costas Botopoulos, on behalf of the PSE Group, Anne E. Jensen, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Wiesław Stefan Kuc, on behalf of the UEN Group, Pedro Guerreiro, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Nils Lundgren, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Sergej Kozlík, Non-attached Member, Salvador Garriga Polledo, Ralf Walter, Kyösti Virrankoski, Zbigniew Krzysztof Kuźmiuk, Hans-Peter Martin, Reimer Böge, István Szent-Iványi and James Elles.

IN THE CHAIR: Marek SIWIEC

Vice-President

The following spoke: Maria Petre.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Ville Itälä.

The following spoke: László Surján and Vladimír Maňka.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 10.03.2009, Item 8.14 and Minutes of 10.03.2009, Item 8.15.

18.   Statute for a European private company * — Cross-border transfers of companies’ registered offices — Small Business Act — Workers’ participation in companies with a European Statute (debate)

Report on the proposal for a Council regulation on the Statute for a European private company [COM(2008)0396 — C6-0283/2008 — 2008/0130(CNS)] — Committee on Legal Affairs.

Rapporteur: Klaus-Heiner Lehne (A6-0044/2009)

Report on recommendations to the Commission on the cross-border transfer of the registered office of a company [2008/2196(INI)] — Committee on Legal Affairs.

Rapporteur: Klaus-Heiner Lehne (A6-0040/2009)

Report on Small Business Act [2008/2237(INI)] — Committee on Industry, Research and Energy.

Rapporteur: Edit Herczog (A6-0074/2009)

Commission statement: Workers’ participation in companies with a European Statute

Klaus-Heiner Lehne introduced the reports.

Edit Herczog introduced the report.

Ján Figeľ (Member of the Commission) made the statement.

The following spoke: Gunnar Hökmark (rapporteur for the opinion of the ECON Committee), Harald Ettl (rapporteur for the opinion of the ECON Committee), Donata Gottardi (rapporteur for the opinion of the ECON Committee), Harald Ettl (rapporteur for the opinion of the EMPL Committee), Anja Weisgerber (rapporteur for the opinion of the EMPL Committee), Othmar Karas (rapporteur for the opinion of the JURI Committee), Nicole Fontaine, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Ieke van den Burg, on behalf of the PSE Group, Jean Marie Beaupuy, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Zbigniew Krzysztof Kuźmiuk, on behalf of the UEN Group, Francis Wurtz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Roberto Fiore, Non-attached Member, Georgios Papastamkos and Manuel Medina Ortega.

IN THE CHAIR: Rodi KRATSA-TSAGAROPOULOU

Vice-President

The following spoke: Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, Eoin Ryan, Georgios Toussas, Jim Allister, Kurt Lechner, Juan Fraile Cantón, Patrizia Toia, Ewa Tomaszewska, Vladimír Remek, Tadeusz Zwiefka, Antolín Sánchez Presedo, Olle Schmidt, Pilar del Castillo Vera, Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, Giles Chichester, Joel Hasse Ferreira, Dragoș Florin David, Zsolt László Becsey, Jacques Toubon and Martí Grau i Segú (rapporteur for the opinion of the IMCO Committee).

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Richard Corbett and Ieke van den Burg.

The following spoke: Ján Figeľ, Klaus-Heiner Lehne and Edit Herczog.

The motions for resolutions to be tabled under Rule 103(2) would be announced in the House at a later time.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 10.03.2009, Item 8.13, Minutes of 10.03.2009, Item 8.5, Minutes of 10.03.2009, Item 8.19, and Minutes of 12.03.2009, Item 7.7.

19.   Future of the European Common Asylum System (debate)

Report on the future of the European Common Asylum System [2008/2305(INI)] — Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.

Rapporteur: Giusto Catania (A6-0050/2009)

Giusto Catania introduced the report.

The following spoke: Jacques Barrot (Vice-President of the Commission).

IN THE CHAIR: Mechtild ROTHE

Vice-President

The following spoke: Danutė Budreikaitė (rapporteur for the opinion of the DEVE Committee), Carlos Coelho, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Martine Roure, on behalf of the PSE Group, Sarah Ludford, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Jan Tadeusz Masiel, on behalf of the UEN Group, Hélène Goudin, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Marian-Jean Marinescu, Inger Segelström, Gerard Batten, Simon Busuttil, Daciana Octavia Sârbu, Alin Lucian Antochi and Katrin Saks.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Zuzana Roithová.

The following spoke: Jacques Barrot and Giusto Catania.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 10.03.2009, Item 8.6.

20.   The social situation of the Roma and their improved access to the labour market in the EU (short presentation)

Report on the social situation of the Roma and their improved access to the labour market in the EU [2008/2137(INI)] — Committee on Employment and Social Affairs.

Rapporteur: Magda Kósáné Kovács (A6-0038/2009)

Magda Kósáné Kovács made the presentation.

The following spoke: Jacques Barrot (Vice-President of the Commission)

The item closed.

Vote: Minutes of 11.03.2009, Item 5.17.

21.   Commission action plan towards an integrated internal control framework (short presentation)

Report on the Commission action plan towards an integrated internal control framework [2008/2150(INI)] — Committee on Budgetary Control.

Rapporteur: Gabriele Stauner (A6-0022/2009)

Gabriele Stauner made the presentation.

The following spoke: Jacques Barrot (Vice-President of the Commission).

The item closed.

Vote: Minutes of 10.03.2009, Item 8.7.

22.   Integrity of online gambling (short presentation)

Report on integrity of online gambling [2008/2215(INI)] — Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection.

Rapporteur: Christel Schaldemose (A6-0064/2009)

Christel Schaldemose made the presentation.

The following spoke: Jacques Barrot (Vice-President of the Commission).

The item closed.

Vote: Minutes of 10.03.2009, Item 8.16.

23.   Ensuring food quality: harmonisation or mutual recognition of standards (short presentation)

Report on ensuring food quality: harmonisation or mutual recognition of standards [2008/2220(INI)] — Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development.

Rapporteur: Maria Petre (A6-0088/2009)

Maria Petre made the presentation.

The following spoke: Jacques Barrot (Vice-President of the Commission).

The item closed.

Vote: Minutes of 10.03.2009, Item 8.17.

24.   Cooperation between the courts of the Member States in the taking of evidence in civil or commercial matters (short presentation)

Report on cooperation between the courts of the Member States in the taking of evidence in civil or commercial matters [2008/2180(INI)] — Committee on Legal Affairs.

Rapporteur: Manuel Medina Ortega (A6-0058/2009)

Manuel Medina Ortega made the presentation.

The following spoke: Jacques Barrot (Vice-President of the Commission).

The item closed.

Vote: Minutes of 10.03.2009, Item 8.8.

25.   Implementation of Directive 2006/43/EC on statutory audits of annual accounts and consolidated accounts (short presentation)

Report on the implementation of Directive 2006/43/EC on statutory audits of annual accounts and consolidated accounts [2008/2247(INI)] — Committee on Legal Affairs.

Rapporteur: Bert Doorn (A6-0014/2009)

Bert Doorn made the presentation.

The following spoke: Jacques Barrot (Vice-President of the Commission).

The item closed.

Vote: Minutes of 10.03.2009, Item 8.9.

IN THE CHAIR: Gérard ONESTA

Vice-President

26.   Facing oil challenges (short presentation)

Report on possible solutions to the challenges in relation to oil supply [2008/2212(INI)] — Committee on Industry, Research and Energy.

Rapporteur: Herbert Reul (A6-0035/2009)

Herbert Reul made the presentation.

The following spoke: Jacques Barrot (Vice-President of the Commission).

The item closed.

Vote: Minutes of 11.03.2009, Item 5.18.

27.   Commission Reports on Competition Policy 2006 and 2007 (short presentation)

Report on the Reports on competition policy 2006 and 2007 [2008/2243(INI)] — Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.

Rapporteur: Jonathan Evans (A6-0011/2009)

Jonathan Evans made the presentation.

The following spoke: Jacques Barrot (Vice-President of the Commission).

The item closed.

Vote: Minutes of 10.03.2009, Item 8.18.

28.   Agenda

The President said that as the rapporteur was absent there would be no short presentation of the report by Claire Gibault on equality of treatment and access for men and women in the performing arts (A6-0003/2009) but that the report would still be put to the vote the following day.

29.   Agenda of the next sitting

The agenda of the next day’s sitting had been established (‘Agenda’ PE 420.647/OJMA).

30.   Closure of the sitting

The sitting closed at 22.55.

31.   Closure of the session

The 2008-2009 session of the European Parliament closed.

In accordance with the Treaty, Parliament would meet the following day, Tuesday 10 March 2009 at 09.00.

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29.9.2009

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

CE 234/25

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Tuesday 10 March 2009
MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 10 MARCH 2009

2009/C 234 E/02

Contents

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

1.	Opening of the session

2.	Opening of the sitting

3.	Debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (announcement of motions for resolution tabled)

4.	Decision on urgent procedure

5.	Type-approval requirements for the general safety of motor vehicles ***I (debate)

6.	Integrated pollution prevention and control: industrial emissions, titanium dioxide industry, use of organic solvents, incineration of waste, large combustion plants ***I (debate)

7.	Public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents ***I (debate)

8.	Voting time

8.1.	EC-Armenia agreement: air services * (Rule 131) (vote)

8.2.	Agreement between the EC and Israel on certain aspects of air services * (Rule 131) (vote)

8.3.	Additional protocol to the Agreement between the EC and South Africa, to take account of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the EU *** (Rule 131) (vote)

8.4.	Next steps in border management in the EU (Rule 131) (vote)

8.5.	Cross-border transfers of companies’ registered offices (Rule 131) (vote)

8.6.	Future of the European Common Asylum System (Rule 131) (vote)

8.7.	Commission action plan towards an integrated internal control framework (Rule 131) (vote)

8.8.	Cooperation between the courts of the Member States in the taking of evidence in civil or commercial matters (Rule 131) (vote)

8.9.	Implementation of Directive 2006/43/EC on statutory audits of annual accounts and consolidated accounts (Rule 131) (vote)

8.10.

Equal treatment and access for men and women in the performing arts (Rule 131) (vote)

8.11.

Type-approval requirements for the general safety of motor vehicles ***I (vote)

8.12.

Integrated pollution prevention and control: industrial emissions, titanium dioxide industry, use of organic solvents, incineration of waste, large combustion plants ***I (vote)

8.13.

Statute for a European private company * (vote)

8.14.

Guidelines for the 2010 budget procedure — Section III, Commission (vote)

8.15.

Guidelines for the 2010 budget procedure — Sections I, II, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII and IX (vote)

8.16.

Integrity of online gambling (vote)

8.17.

Ensuring food quality: harmonisation or mutual recognition of standards (vote)

8.18.

Commission Reports on Competition Policy 2006 and 2007 (vote)

8.19.

Small Business Act (vote)

9.	Explanations of vote

10.	Corrections to votes and voting intentions

11.	Approval of the Minutes of the previous sitting

12.

Common rules and standards for ship inspection and survey organisations and for the relevant activities of maritime administrations (recast) ***III — Common rules and standards for ship inspection and survey organisations (recast) ***III — Port State control (recast) ***III — Community vessel traffic monitoring and information system ***III — Investigation of accidents in the maritime transport sector ***III — The liability of carriers of passengers by sea in the event of accidents ***III — Civil liability and financial guarantees of shipowners ***II — Compliance with flag State requirements ***II (debate)

13.	The charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures ***I — Greening of transport and internalisation of external costs (debate)

14.

Agenda

15.	The charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures ***I — Greening of transport and internalisation of external costs (continuation of debate)

16.	Question Time (Commission)

17.	Childcare facilities — Barcelona objectives (debate)

18.	Children of immigrants (debate)

19.	Risk to close down the company QIMONDA in Germany and Portugal and the loss of thousands of jobs in Europe (debate)

20.	Multi-annual recovery plan for bluefin tuna in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean * (debate)

21.	Agenda of the next sitting

22.	Closure of the sitting

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

ANNEX I

RESULTS OF VOTES

1.	EC-Armenia agreement: air services *

2.	Agreement between the EC and Israel on certain aspects of air services *

3.	Additional protocol to the Agreement between the EC and South Africa, to take account of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the EU ***

4.	Next steps in border management in the EU

5.	Cross-border transfers of companies’ registered offices

6.	Future of the European Common Asylum System

7.	Commission action plan towards an integrated internal control framework

8.	Cooperation between the courts of the Member States in the taking of evidence in civil or commercial matters

9.	Implementation of Directive 2006/43/EC on statutory audits of annual accounts and consolidated accounts

10.	Equal treatment and access for men and women in the performing arts

11.	Type-approval requirements for the general safety of motor vehicles ***I

12.	Integrated pollution prevention and control: industrial emissions, titanium dioxide industry, use of organic solvents, incineration of waste, large combustion plants ***I

13.	Statute for a European private company *

14.	Guidelines for the 2010 budget procedure — Section III, Commission

15.	Guidelines for the 2010 budget procedure — Sections I, II, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII and IX *

16.	Integrity of online gambling

17.	Ensuring food quality: harmonisation or mutual recognition of standards

18.	Commission Reports on Competition Policy 2006 and 2007

19.	Small Business Act

ANNEX II

RESULT OF ROLL-CALL VOTES

1.	Costa report A6-0049/2009 — Resolution

2.	Costa report A6-0059/2009 — Resolution

3.	Borrell Fontelles report A6-0073/2009 — Resolution

4.	Hennis-Plasschaert report A6-0061/2009 — Resolution

5.	Lehne report A6-0040/2009 — Resolution

6.	Catania report A6-0050/2009 — Resolution

7.	Stauner report A6-0022/2009 — Resolution

8.	Medina Ortega report A6-0058/2009 — Resolution

9.	Doorn report A6-0014/2009 — Resolution

10.	Gibault report A6-0003/2009 — Resolution

11.	Schwab report A6-0482/2008 — Legislative resolution

12.	Krahmer report A6-0046/2009 — Amendment 5/1

13.	Krahmer report A6-0046/2009 — Amendment 5/2

14.	Krahmer report A6-0046/2009 — Amendment 11

15.	Krahmer report A6-0046/2009 — Amendment 57

16.	Krahmer report A6-0046/2009 — Amendment 62/1

17.	Krahmer report A6-0046/2009 — Amendment 62/2

18.	Krahmer report A6-0046/2009 — Amendment 72

19.	Krahmer report A6-0046/2009 — Amendment 73

20.	Krahmer report A6-0046/2009 — Amendment 74

21.	Krahmer report A6-0046/2009 — Amendment 75

22.	Krahmer report A6-0046/2009 — Amendment 119S

23.	Krahmer report A6-0046/2009 — Amendment 120S

24.	Krahmer report A6-0046/2009 — Amendment 121S

25.	Krahmer report A6-0046/2009 — Amendment 122S

26.	Krahmer report A6-0046/2009 — Amendment 96S

27.	Krahmer report A6-0046/2009 — Amendment 114

28.	Krahmer report A6-0046/2009 — Amendment 123S

29.	Krahmer report A6-0046/2009 — Amendment 116

30.	Krahmer report A6-0046/2009 — Amendment 133/rev

31.	Krahmer report A6-0046/2009 — Amendment 128/rev

32.	Krahmer report A6-0046/2009 — Amendment 141

33.	Krahmer report A6-0046/2009 — Amendment 131/rev

34.	Krahmer report A6-0046/2009 — Amendment 117

35.	Krahmer report A6-0046/2009 — Amendments 93 + 115

36.	Krahmer report A6-0046/2009 — Amendment 142

37.	Krahmer report A6-0046/2009 — Amendment 97

38.	Krahmer report A6-0046/2009 — Amendment 143

39.	Krahmer report A6-0046/2009 — Amendment 78

40.	Krahmer report A6-0046/2009 — Legislative resolution

41.	Lehne report A6-0044/2009 — Legislative resolution

42.	Surján report A6-0111/2009 — Amendment 12

43.	Surján report A6-0111/2009 — Amendment 3

44.	Surján report A6-0111/2009 — Amendment 13

45.	Surján report A6-0111/2009 — Amendment 20

46.	Surján report A6-0111/2009 — Amendment 5 + 14

47.	Surján report A6-0111/2009 — Amendment 15

48.	Surján report A6-0111/2009 — Amendment 19

49.	Surján report A6-0111/2009 — Amendment 6

50.	Surján report A6-0111/2009 — Amendment 7

51.	Surján report A6-0111/2009 — Amendment 16/1

52.	Surján report A6-0111/2009 — Amendment 16/2

53.	Surján report A6-0111/2009 — Amendment 16/3

54.	Surján report A6-0111/2009 — Amendment 16/4

55.	Surján report A6-0111/2009 — Amendment 9

56.	Surján report A6-0111/2009 — Amendment 10

57.	Surján report A6-0111/2009 — Amendment 18

58.	Surján report A6-0111/2009 — Resolution

59.	Maňka report A6-0057/2009 — Amendment 2

60.	Maňka report A6-0057/2009 — Resolution

61.	Schaldemose report A6-0064/2009 — Amendment 1

62.	Schaldemose report A6-0064/2009 — Resolution

63.	Petre report A6-0088/2009 — Resolution

64.	Jonathan Evans report A6-0011/2009 — Resolution

65.	Herczog report A6-0074/2009 — Paragraph 8/1

66.	Herczog report A6-0074/2009 — Paragraph 8/2

67.	Herczog report A6-0074/2009 — Paragraph 29

68.	Herczog report A6-0074/2009 — Paragraph 31

69.	Herczog report A6-0074/2009 — Paragraph 36

70.	Herczog report A6-0074/2009 — Paragraph 37

71.	Herczog report A6-0074/2009 — Paragraph 39

72.	Herczog report A6-0074/2009 — Paragraph 44

73.	Herczog report A6-0074/2009 — Paragraph 47

74.	Herczog report A6-0074/2009 — Paragraph 51

75.	Herczog report A6-0074/2009 — Paragraph 53

76.	Herczog report A6-0074/2009 — Paragraph 54/1

77.	Herczog report A6-0074/2009 — Paragraph 54/2

78.	Herczog report A6-0074/2009 — Paragraph 59

79.	Herczog report A6-0074/2009 — Paragraph 67

80.	Herczog report A6-0074/2009 — Paragraph 68/1

81.	Herczog report A6-0074/2009 — Paragraph 68/2

82.	Herczog report A6-0074/2009 — Paragraph 69

83.	Herczog report A6-0074/2009 — Paragraph 78

84.	Herczog report A6-0074/2009 — Paragraph 80

85.	Herczog report A6-0074/2009 — Paragraph 82

86.	Herczog report A6-0074/2009 — Resolution

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SITTING

IN THE CHAIR: Mechtild ROTHE

Vice-President

1.   Opening of the session

Pursuant to Article 196, first paragraph, of the EC Treaty and Rule 127(2), the 2009-2010 session of the European Parliament opened.

2.   Opening of the sitting

The sitting opened at 09.05.

3.   Debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (announcement of motions for resolution tabled)

Pursuant to Rule 115, the following Members or political groups had requested that such a debate be held on the following motions for resolutions:

I.

GUINEA-BISSAU — José Ribeiro e Castro, Charles Tannock, Bernd Posselt, Tunne Kelam, Filip Kaczmarek, Laima Liucija Andrikienė and Eija-Riitta Korhola, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on Guinea-Bissau (B6-0115/2009); — Pasqualina Napoletano, Ana Maria Gomes and Emilio Menéndez del Valle, on behalf of the PSE Group, on the situation in Guinea-Bissau (B6-0116/2009); — Adam Bielan, Ewa Tomaszewska, Konrad Szymański and Mieczysław Edmund Janowski, on behalf of the UEN Group, on Guinea-Bissau (B6-0117/2009); — Pedro Guerreiro, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the situation in Guinea-Bissau (B6-0118/2009); — Johan Van Hecke, Thierry Cornillet and Marios Matsakis, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on Guinea-Bissau (B6-0119/2009); — Margrete Auken, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on Guinea-Bissau (B6-0120/2009);

II.

PHILIPPINES — Bernd Posselt, Eija-Riitta Korhola and Tunne Kelam, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on the Philippines (B6-0121/2009); — Pasqualina Napoletano, on behalf of the PSE Group, on the human rights situation in the Philippines (B6-0122/2009); — Kartika Tamara Liotard and Erik Meijer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the situation in the Philippines (B6-0123/2009); — Marios Matsakis, Jules Maaten and Marielle De Sarnez, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the Philippines (B6-0124/2009); — Inese Vaidere, Eoin Ryan, Ewa Tomaszewska, Mieczysław Edmund Janowski, Konrad Szymański, Gintaras Didžiokas and Adam Bielan, on behalf of the UEN Group, on the situation in the Philippines (B6-0125/2009); — Frithjof Schmidt, Raül Romeva i Rueda and Hélène Flautre, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the situation in the Philippines (B6-0126/2009);

III.

EXPULSIONS OF NGOs FROM DARFUR — José Ribeiro e Castro, Jürgen Schröder, Charles Tannock, Laima Liucija Andrikienė, Colm Burke, Filip Kaczmarek, Bernd Posselt, Tunne Kelam and Eija-Riitta Korhola, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, on the expulsion of international aid agencies from Sudan (B6-0127/2009); — Pasqualina Napoletano, Ana Maria Gomes and Alain Hutchinson, on behalf of the PSE Group, on the expulsion of international aid agencies in Darfur, Sudan (B6-0128/2009); — Vittorio Agnoletto, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the expulsion of international aid agencies in Darfur, Sudan (B6-0129/2009); — Thierry Cornillet, Marco Cappato and Marios Matsakis, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on Darfur (B6-0130/2009); — Eoin Ryan, Adam Bielan, Mieczysław Edmund Janowski, Ewa Tomaszewska, Hanna Foltyn-Kubicka, Konrad Szymański and Dariusz Maciej Grabowski, on behalf of the UEN Group, on the expulsion of international aid agencies in Darfur, Sudan (B6-0131/2009; — Margrete Auken and Frithjof Schmidt, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the expulsion of international aid agencies in Darfur, Sudan (B6-0132/2009);

Speaking time would be allocated in accordance with Rule 142.

4.   Decision on urgent procedure

Council request for the application of urgent procedure (Rule 134) for:

—	Multi-annual recovery plan for bluefin tuna in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean [COM(2009)0093 — C6-0081/2009 — 2009/0029(CNS)]

The following spoke: Philippe Morillon (Chair of the PECH Committee).

The request for urgent procedure was approved.

The item was entered on the agenda for the sitting (agenda of 10 March 2009, Item 51).

The deadline for tabling amendments for plenary would be Wednesday 11 March 2009 at 10.00.

The vote would be held on Thursday 12 March 2009 at 12.00.

*

* *

The following spoke: José Ribeiro e Castro on the absence on the agenda for 11 March 2009 of an item concerning the European Day for the Victims of Terrorism (the President replied that the Presidency would make a statement on that subject the following day).

5.   Type-approval requirements for the general safety of motor vehicles ***I (debate)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning type-approval requirements for the general safety of motor vehicles [COM(2008)0316 — C6-0210/2008 — 2008/0100(COD)] — Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection.

Rapporteur: Andreas Schwab (A6-0482/2008)

Andreas Schwab introduced the report.

The following spoke: Günter Verheugen (Vice-President of the Commission).

The following spoke: Jorgo Chatzimarkakis (rapporteur for the opinion of the ITRE Committee), Malcolm Harbour, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Gary Titley, on behalf of the PSE Group, Olle Schmidt, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Seán Ó Neachtain, on behalf of the UEN Group, Heide Rühle, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Jim Allister, Non-attached Member, Zuzana Roithová, Wolfgang Bulfon and Toine Manders.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Avril Doyle.

The following spoke: Günter Verheugen and Andreas Schwab.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 10.03.2009, Item 8.11.

6.   Integrated pollution prevention and control: industrial emissions, titanium dioxide industry, use of organic solvents, incineration of waste, large combustion plants ***I (debate)

Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control) (recast) [COM(2007)0844 — C6-0002/2008 — 2007/0286(COD)] — Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety.

Rapporteur: Holger Krahmer (A6-0046/2009)

Holger Krahmer introduced the report.

The following spoke: Stavros Dimas (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Marcello Vernola, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group.

IN THE CHAIR: Luigi COCILOVO

Vice-President

The following spoke: Guido Sacconi, on behalf of the PSE Group, Chris Davies, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Claude Turmes, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Roberto Musacchio, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Johannes Blokland, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Christa Klaß, Åsa Westlund, Fiona Hall, Urszula Krupa, Caroline Jackson, Dorette Corbey, Avril Doyle, Glenis Willmott, Mairead McGuinness, Jutta Haug, Eija-Riitta Korhola and Anders Wijkman.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Zuzana Roithová and Robert Sturdy.

The following spoke: Stavros Dimas and Holger Krahmer.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 10.03.2009, Item 8.12.

7.   Public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents ***I (debate)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents (recast) [COM(2008)0229 — C6-0184/2008 — 2008/0090(COD)] — Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.

Rapporteur: Michael Cashman (A6-0077/2009)

Michael Cashman introduced the report.

The following spoke: Margot Wallström (Vice-President of the Commission).

The following spoke: Monica Frassoni (rapporteur for the opinion of the JURI Committee), Anneli Jäätteenmäki (rapporteur for the opinion of the AFCO Committee), David Hammerstein (rapporteur for the opinion of the PETI Committee), Charlotte Cederschiöld, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Costas Botopoulos, on behalf of the PSE Group, Marco Cappato, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Eva-Britt Svensson, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Hanne Dahl, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Hans-Peter Martin, Non-attached Member, Manfred Weber, Inger Segelström, Bogusław Rogalski, Andreas Mölzer, Sirpa Pietikäinen and Andrzej Jan Szejna.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Mairead McGuinness and Danutė Budreikaitė.

The following spoke: Margot Wallström and Michael Cashman.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 11.03.2009, Item 5.14.

(The sitting was suspended at 11.45 pending voting time and resumed at 12.05.)

IN THE CHAIR: Edward McMILLAN-SCOTT

Vice-President

8.   Voting time

Details of voting (amendments, separate and split votes, etc.) appear in the ‘Results of votes’ annex to the Minutes.

The results of roll-call votes are available in electronic form only, as an annex to the Minutes, and can be accessed via Europarl.

Before opening voting time, the President announced the introduction of a new system of displaying votes in the Chamber.

The following spoke: Graham Watson, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the organisation of the votes on the reports by Holger Krahmer (A6-0046/2009) and Michael Cashman (A6-0077/2009) (Minutes of 10.03.2009, Item 8.12), Thomas Mann, on the new electronic system of displaying votes, on the 50th anniversary of the occupation of Tibet and on the possibility of displaying the Tibetan flag in the Chamber (the President confirmed that possibility and welcomed Kasur Tashi Wangdi, the representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, who was present in the visitors’ gallery), and Zbigniew Zaleski, on the massacre of several thousand Poles in the Katyń Forest in 1940.

8.1.   EC-Armenia agreement: air services * (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Armenia on certain aspects of air services [COM(2007)0729 — C6-0519/2008 — 2007/0251(CNS)] — Committee on Transport and Tourism.

Rapporteur: Paolo Costa (A6-0049/2009)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 1)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2009)0082)

8.2.   Agreement between the EC and Israel on certain aspects of air services * (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the State of Israel on certain aspects of air services [COM(2008)0178 — C6-0520/2008 — 2008/0068(CNS)] — Committee on Transport and Tourism.

Rapporteur: Paolo Costa (A6-0059/2009)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 2)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2009)0083)

8.3.   Additional protocol to the Agreement between the EC and South Africa, to take account of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the EU *** (Rule 131) (vote)

Recommendation: on the proposal for a Council decision concerning the conclusion of the additional protocol to the Agreement on Trade, Development and Cooperation between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of South Africa, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union [16447/2008 — C6-0017/2009 — 2008/0212(AVC)] — Committee on Development.

Rapporteur: Josep Borrell Fontelles (A6-0073/2009)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 3)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2009)0084)

Parliament thereby gave its assent.

8.4.   Next steps in border management in the EU (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the next steps in border management in the European Union and similar experiences in third countries [2008/2181(INI)] — Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.

Rapporteur: Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert (A6-0061/2009)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 4)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2009)0085)

8.5.   Cross-border transfers of companies’ registered offices (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on recommendations to the Commission on the cross-border transfer of the registered office of a company [2008/2196(INI)] — Committee on Legal Affairs.

Rapporteur: Klaus-Heiner Lehne (A6-0040/2009)

(Qualified majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 5)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2009)0086)

8.6.   Future of the European Common Asylum System (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the future of the European Common Asylum System [2008/2305(INI)] — Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.

Rapporteur: Giusto Catania (A6-0050/2009)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 6)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2009)0087)

8.7.   Commission action plan towards an integrated internal control framework (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the Commission action plan towards an integrated internal control framework [2008/2150(INI)] — Committee on Budgetary Control.

Rapporteur: Gabriele Stauner (A6-0022/2009)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 7)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2009)0088)

8.8.   Cooperation between the courts of the Member States in the taking of evidence in civil or commercial matters (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on cooperation between the courts of the Member States in the taking of evidence in civil or commercial matters [2008/2180(INI)] — Committee on Legal Affairs.

Rapporteur: Manuel Medina Ortega (A6-0058/2009)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 8)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2009)0089)

8.9.   Implementation of Directive 2006/43/EC on statutory audits of annual accounts and consolidated accounts (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on the implementation of Directive 2006/43/EC on statutory audits of annual accounts and consolidated accounts [2008/2247(INI)] — Committee on Legal Affairs.

Rapporteur: Bert Doorn (A6-0014/2009)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 9)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2009)0090)

8.10.   Equal treatment and access for men and women in the performing arts (Rule 131) (vote)

Report on equality of treatment and access for men and women in the performing arts [2008/2182(INI)] — Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality.

Rapporteur: Claire Gibault (A6-0003/2009)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 10)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P6_TA(2009)0091)

The following spoke:

—	Claire Gibault (rapporteur) made a statement pursuant to Rule 131(4).

8.11.   Type-approval requirements for the general safety of motor vehicles ***I (vote)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning type-approval requirements for the general safety of motor vehicles [COM(2008)0316 — C6-0210/2008 — 2008/0100(COD)] — Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection.

Rapporteur: Andreas Schwab (A6-0482/2008)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 11)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P6_TA(2009)0092)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2009)0092)

8.12.   Integrated pollution prevention and control: industrial emissions, titanium dioxide industry, use of organic solvents, incineration of waste, large combustion plants ***I (vote)

Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control) (recast) [COM(2007)0844 — C6-0002/2008 — 2007/0286(COD)] — Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety.

Rapporteur: Holger Krahmer (A6-0046/2009)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 12)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P6_TA(2009)0093)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2009)0093)

The following spoke:

—	Graham Watson, on behalf of the ALDE Group, asked about the application of Rule 80a to the reports by Holger Krahmer (A6-0046/2009) and Michael Cashman (A6-0077/2009) and requested that the vote on the first report be adjourned to the following day's voting time.

—	The following spoke on the request for the vote to be adjourned and on the admissibility of the amendments: Guido Sacconi, on behalf of the PSE Group, Caroline Jackson, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, and Holger Krahmer (rapporteur).

Parliament rejected the request by electronic vote (301 in favour, 311 against, 28 abstentions).

The following spoke: Avril Doyle, Monica Frassoni and Anders Wijkman, on the ‘recasting’ procedure provided for under Rule 80a (the President announced that the President of Parliament would make a statement on the subject the following day), Christopher Heaton-Harris, Holger Krahmer and Chris Davies.

8.13.   Statute for a European private company * (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council regulation on the Statute for a European private company [COM(2008)0396 — C6-0283/2008 — 2008/0130(CNS)] — Committee on Legal Affairs.

Rapporteur: Klaus-Heiner Lehne (A6-0044/2009)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 13)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P6_TA(2009)0094)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2009)0094)

The following spoke:

—	Zbigniew Zaleski on the new system of displaying results of votes and the announcement of results of votes.

8.14.   Guidelines for the 2010 budget procedure — Section III, Commission (vote)

Report on the Guidelines for the 2010 budget procedure Section III — Commission [2009/2005(BUD)] — Committee on Budgets.

Rapporteur: László Surján (A6-0111/2009)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 14)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2009)0095)

The following spoke:

—	László Surján (rapporteur) moved an oral amendment to paragraph 13, which was accepted, and Anne E. Jensen provided a clarification of the substance of that amendment.

—	Hannes Swoboda, on behalf of the PSE Group, moved an oral amendment (accepted) to the 1st part of Amendment 16 (rejected) and László Surján spoke on the oral amendment, the conduct of the vote and the original text of paragraph 24 (the President clarified the procedure followed).

—	László Surján moved an oral amendment to paragraph 31, which was accepted.

8.15.   Guidelines for the 2010 budget procedure — Sections I, II, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII and IX (vote)

Report on the guidelines for the 2010 budget procedure, Section I — European Parliament, Section II — Council, Section IV — Court of Justice, Section V — Court of Auditors, Section VI — European Economic and Social Committee, Section VII — Committee of the Regions, Section VIII — European Ombudsman, Section IX — European Data Protection Supervisor [2009/2004(BUD)] — Committee on Budgets.

Rapporteur: Vladimír Maňka (A6-0057/2009)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 15)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2009)0096)

The following spoke:

—	Christopher Beazley, on what he viewed as the overuse of roll-call votes (the President took note).

8.16.   Integrity of online gambling (vote)

Report on integrity of online gambling [2008/2215(INI)] — Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection.

Rapporteur: Christel Schaldemose (A6-0064/2009)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 16)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2009)0097)

8.17.   Ensuring food quality: harmonisation or mutual recognition of standards (vote)

Report on ensuring food quality: harmonisation or mutual recognition of standards [2008/2220(INI)] — Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development.

Rapporteur: Maria Petre (A6-0088/2009)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 17)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2009)0098)

8.18.   Commission Reports on Competition Policy 2006 and 2007 (vote)

Report on the Reports on competition policy 2006 and 2007 [2008/2243(INI)] — Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.

Rapporteur: Jonathan Evans (A6-0011/2009)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 18)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2009)0099)

8.19.   Small Business Act (vote)

Report on Small Business Act [2008/2237(INI)] — Committee on Industry, Research and Energy.

Rapporteur: Edit Herczog (A6-0074/2009)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 19)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P6_TA(2009)0100)

The following spoke:

—	Alexander Alvaro, on the previous remarks by Christopher Beazley.

9.   Explanations of vote

Written explanations of vote:

Explanations of vote submitted in writing under Rule 163(3) appear in the Verbatim Report of Proceedings for the sitting.

Oral explanations of vote:

—	Report: Klaus-Heiner Lehne (A6-0040/2009): Daniel Hannan

—	Report: Giusto Catania (A6-0050/2009): Simon Busuttil, Frank Vanhecke, Philip Claeys, Hubert Pirker and Daniel Hannan

—	Report: Andreas Schwab (A6-0482/2008): Mairead McGuinness and James Nicholson

—	Report: Holger Krahmer (A6-0046/2009): Mairead McGuinness, Anja Weisgerber, Neena Gill and James Nicholson

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The following spoke: Richard Corbett, who made reference to the recasting procedure (Minutes of 10.03.2009, Item 8.12)

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—	Report: Holger Krahmer (A6-0046/2009): Jim Allister

—	Report: László Surján (A6-0111/2009) and Report: Vladimír Maňka (A6-0057/2009): Christopher Heaton-Harris, Koenraad Dillen, Philip Claeys and Richard Corbett

—	Report: Christel Schaldemose (A6-0064/2009): Simon Busuttil, Zuzana Roithová, Carlo Fatuzzo, Miroslav Mikolášik, Christopher Heaton-Harris and Syed Kamall

—	Report: Maria Petre (A6-0088/2009): Jim Allister

—	Report: Jonathan Evans (A6-0011/2009): Syed Kamall

—	Report: Edit Herczog (A6-0074/2009): Zuzana Roithová, Milan Gaľa, Neena Gill, Gary Titley, Christopher Heaton-Harris and Syed Kamall

10.   Corrections to votes and voting intentions

Corrections to votes and voting intentions appear on the ‘Séance en direct’ website under ‘Votes’/‘Results of votes’/‘Roll-call votes’. They are published in hard copy in the ‘Result of roll-call votes’ annex.

The electronic version on Europarl will be regularly updated for a maximum of two weeks after the day of the vote concerned.

After the two-week deadline has passed, the list of corrections to votes and voting intentions will be finalised so that it can be translated and published in the Official Journal.

(The sitting was suspended at 13.50 and resumed at 15.05.)

IN THE CHAIR: Adam BIELAN

Vice-President

11.   Approval of the Minutes of the previous sitting

The Minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

12.   Common rules and standards for ship inspection and survey organisations and for the relevant activities of maritime administrations (recast) ***III — Common rules and standards for ship inspection and survey organisations (recast) ***III — Port State control (recast) ***III — Community vessel traffic monitoring and information system ***III — Investigation of accidents in the maritime transport sector ***III — The liability of carriers of passengers by sea in the event of accidents ***III — Civil liability and financial guarantees of shipowners ***II — Compliance with flag State requirements ***II (debate)

Report on the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules and standards for ship inspection and survey organisations and for the relevant activities of maritime administrations (recast) [PE-CONS 3719/2008 — C6-0042/2009 — 2005/0237A(COD)] — Parliament's delegation to the Conciliation Committee.

Rapporteur: Luis de Grandes Pascual (A6-0097/2009)

Report on the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules and standards for ship inspection and survey organisations (recast) [PE-CONS 3720/2008 — C6-0043/2009 — 2005/0237B(COD)] — Parliament's delegation to the Conciliation Committee.

Rapporteur: Luis de Grandes Pascual (A6-0098/2009)

Report on the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on port State control (recast) [PE-CONS 3721/2008 — C6-0044/2009 — 2005/0238(COD)] — Parliament's delegation to the Conciliation Committee.

Rapporteur: Dominique Vlasto (A6-0099/2009)

Report on the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2002/59/EC establishing a Community vessel traffic monitoring and information system [PE-CONS 3722/2008 — C6-0045/2009 — 2005/0239(COD)] — Parliament's delegation to the Conciliation Committee.

Rapporteur: Dirk Sterckx (A6-0100/2009)

Report on the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the fundamental principles governing the investigation of accidents in the maritime transport sector and amending Directives 1999/35/EC and 2002/59/EC [PE-CONS 3723/2008 — C6-0046/2009 — 2005/0240(COD)] — Parliament's delegation to the Conciliation Committee.

Rapporteur: Jaromír Kohlíček (A6-0101/2009)

Report on the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the liability of carriers of passengers by sea in the event of accidents [PE-CONS 3724/2008 — C6-0047/2009 — 2005/0241(COD)] — Parliament's delegation to the Conciliation Committee.

Rapporteur: Paolo Costa (A6-0102/2009)

Recommendation for second reading on the Council common position for adopting a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the insurance of shipowners for maritime claims [14287/2/2008 — C6-0483/2008 — 2005/0242(COD)] — Committee on Transport and Tourism.

Rapporteur: Gilles Savary (A6-0072/2009)

Recommendation for second reading on the Council common position for adopting a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on compliance with flag State requirements [14288/2/2008 — C6-0484/2008 — 2005/0236(COD)] — Committee on Transport and Tourism.

Rapporteur: Emanuel Jardim Fernandes (A6-0069/2009)

Luis de Grandes Pascual, Dominique Vlasto, Dirk Sterckx, Jaromír Kohlíček and Paolo Costa introduced the reports.

Gilles Savary and Emanuel Jardim Fernandes introduced the recommendations for second reading.

The following spoke: Antonio Tajani (Vice-President of the Commission).

The following spoke: Georg Jarzembowski, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Rosa Miguélez Ramos, on behalf of the PSE Group, Anne E. Jensen, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Mogens Camre, on behalf of the UEN Group, Michael Cramer, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Jacky Hénin, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Derek Roland Clark, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Fernand Le Rachinel, Non-attached Member, Ioannis Kasoulides and Michel Teychenné.

IN THE CHAIR: Miguel Ángel MARTÍNEZ MARTÍNEZ

Vice-President

The following spoke: Josu Ortuondo Larrea, Georgios Toussas, Luca Romagnoli, Corien Wortmann-Kool, Marusya Ivanova Lyubcheva and Marian-Jean Marinescu.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Jim Higgins, Silvia-Adriana Țicău, Marie Anne Isler Béguin, Avril Doyle and Brian Simpson.

The following spoke: Antonio Tajani, Luis de Grandes Pascual, Dominique Vlasto, Dirk Sterckx, Jaromír Kohlíček, Paolo Costa, Gilles Savary and Emanuel Jardim Fernandes.

The following spoke: Georg Jarzembowski and Inés Ayala Sender.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 11.03.2009, Item 5.5, Minutes of 11.03.2009, Item 5.6, Minutes of 11.03.2009, Item 5.7, Minutes of 11.03.2009, Item 5.8, Minutes of 11.03.2009, Item 5.9, Minutes of 11.03.2009, Item 5.10, Minutes of 11.03.2009, Item 5.11 and Minutes of 11.03.2009, Item 5.12.

13.   The charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures ***I — Greening of transport and internalisation of external costs (debate)

Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 1999/62/EC on the charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures [COM(2008)0436 — C6-0276/2008 — 2008/0147(COD)] — Committee on Transport and Tourism.

Rapporteur: Saïd El Khadraoui (A6-0066/2009)

Report on greening of transport and internalisation of external costs [2008/2240(INI)] — Committee on Transport and Tourism.

Rapporteur: Georg Jarzembowski (A6-0055/2009)

Saïd El Khadraoui and Georg Jarzembowski introduced the reports.

The following spoke: Antonio Tajani (Vice-President of the Commission).

The following spoke: Claude Turmes (rapporteur for the opinion of the ITRE Committee) and Corien Wortmann-Kool, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group.

14.   Agenda

At its meeting of 9 March 2009, the AFET Committee had adopted a motion for a resolution on the deterioration of the humanitarian situation in Sri Lanka and, in view of the urgency of the situation, had requested that it be placed on the agenda of the current part-session in line with Rule 91.

The motion for a resolution would be deemed adopted unless at least 40 Members objected in writing before 12.00 the following day, in which case the motion for a resolution would be placed on the agenda of the current part-session for debate and vote.

15.   The charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures ***I — Greening of transport and internalisation of external costs (continuation of debate)

Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 1999/62/EC on the charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures [COM(2008)0436 — C6-0276/2008 — 2008/0147(COD)] — Committee on Transport and Tourism.

Rapporteur: Saïd El Khadraoui (A6-0066/2009)

Report on greening of transport and internalisation of external costs [2008/2240(INI)] — Committee on Transport and Tourism.

Rapporteur: Georg Jarzembowski (A6-0055/2009)

The following spoke: Silvia-Adriana Țicău, on behalf of the PSE Group, and Dirk Sterckx, on behalf of the ALDE Group.

IN THE CHAIR: Mario MAURO

Vice-President

The following spoke: Roberts Zīle, on behalf of the UEN Group, Eva Lichtenberger, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Erik Meijer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Johannes Blokland, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Reinhard Rack, Brian Simpson, Paolo Costa, Seán Ó Neachtain, Sepp Kusstatscher, Ulrich Stockmann, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, Wiesław Stefan Kuc, Michael Cramer, Luís Queiró, Inés Ayala Sender, Fiona Hall, Philip Bradbourn, Jörg Leichtfried, Bilyana Ilieva Raeva, Marian-Jean Marinescu, Robert Evans, Christine De Veyrac, Bogusław Liberadzki, Luis de Grandes Pascual and Emanuel Jardim Fernandes.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Richard Seeber, Gilles Savary, Alexandru Nazare and Jörg Leichtfried.

The following spoke: Antonio Tajani (Vice-President of the Commission), Saïd El Khadraoui and Georg Jarzembowski.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 11.03.2009, Item 5.13 and Minutes of 11.03.2009, Item 5.19.

(The sitting was suspended at 18.10 pending Question Time and resumed at 18.30.)

IN THE CHAIR: Manuel António dos SANTOS

Vice-President

16.   Question Time (Commission)

Parliament considered a number of questions to the Commission (B6-0009/2009).

Part one

Question 31 (Silvia-Adriana Țicău): Measures for the promotion of products and services that help increase energy efficiency and promote renewable energies.

Viviane Reding (Member of the Commission) answered the question and supplementaries by Silvia-Adriana Țicău and Reinhard Rack.

Question 32 (Giorgos Dimitrakopoulos): More flexible interpretation of the Stability and Growth Pact.

Viviane Reding answered the question and supplementaries by Giorgos Dimitrakopoulos, Jörg Leichtfried and Avril Doyle.

Question 33 (Pedro Guerreiro): Abolition of tax havens.

Viviane Reding answered the question and supplementaries by Pedro Guerreiro and Robert Evans.

Part two

Question 34 (Claude Moraes): The Internet and hate crimes.

Viviane Reding answered the question and supplementaries by Claude Moraes and Jim Allister.

Question 35 (Eoin Ryan): ICT and Information Society.

Viviane Reding answered the question and supplementaries by Eoin Ryan, Silvia-Adriana Țicău and Reinhard Rack.

Question 36 (Gay Mitchell): Internet monitoring.

Viviane Reding answered the question and a supplementary by Gay Mitchell.

Questions 37 to 40 would receive written answers.

Question 41 (Bernd Posselt): Serbia's candidate status.

Leonard Orban (Member of the Commission) answered the question and a supplementary by Bernd Posselt.

Question 42 (Sarah Ludford): Serbian accession.

Leonard Orban answered the question and supplementaries by Sarah Ludford and Bernd Posselt.

Questions 43 to 44 would receive written answers.

Question 45 (Yiannakis Matsis): Turkish-funded usurpation of Greek Cypriot properties in the occupied territory of Cyprus.

Leonard Orban answered the question and a supplementary by Yiannakis Matsis.

Question 46 (Vural Öger): Opening of the ‘energy’ chapter in the accession negotiations with Turkey.

Leonard Orban answered the question and a supplementary by Vural Öger.

Questions 47 and 48 would receive written answers.

Question 49 (Marian Harkin): Market support.

Question 51 (Seán Ó Neachtain): Dairy sector in the EU.

Mariann Fischer Boel (membre de la Commission) answered the questions and supplementaries by Marian Harkin, Seán Ó Neachtain, Jim Allister et Jim Higgins.

Question 50 (Liam Aylward): Labelling for sheepmeat products.

Mariann Fischer Boel answered the question and a supplementary by Liam Aylward.

Questions which had not been answered for lack of time would receive written answers (see annex to the Verbatim Report of Proceedings).

Commission Question Time closed.

(The sitting was suspended at 20.05 and resumed at 21.00.)

IN THE CHAIR: Diana WALLIS

Vice-President

17.   Childcare facilities — Barcelona objectives (debate)

Commission statement: Childcare facilities — Barcelona objectives

Vladimír Špidla (Member of the Commission) made the statement.

The following spoke: Philip Bushill-Matthews, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Zita Gurmai, on behalf of the PSE Group, Karin Resetarits, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Roberta Angelilli, on behalf of the UEN Group, Hiltrud Breyer, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Eva-Britt Svensson, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Kathy Sinnott, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Irena Belohorská, Non-attached Member, Edite Estrela, Jan Tadeusz Masiel, Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Gabriela Crețu, Anna Záborská, Marusya Ivanova Lyubcheva, Zuzana Roithová and Katrin Saks.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Flaviu Călin Rus, Catherine Stihler, Nicodim Bulzesc, Silvia-Adriana Țicău, Ewa Tomaszewska, Zbigniew Zaleski and José Ribeiro e Castro.

The following spoke: Vladimír Špidla.

The debate closed.

18.   Children of immigrants (debate)

Oral question (O-0023/2009) by Jan Andersson, on behalf of the EMPL Committee, to the Commission: Children of migrants (B6-0014/2009)

Rovana Plumb (deputising for the author) moved the oral question.

Vladimír Špidla (Member of the Commission) answered the oral question.

The following spoke: Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Inger Segelström, on behalf of the PSE Group, Jean Lambert, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, and Alessandro Battilocchio.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Flaviu Călin Rus, Gabriela Crețu, Nicodim Bulzesc, Silvia-Adriana Țicău and Anna Záborská.

The following spoke: Vladimír Špidla.

Motion for a resolution to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 108(5):

—	Jan Andersson, on behalf of the EMPL Committee, on migrant children left behind in the country of origin (B6-0112/2009)

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 12.03.2009, Item 7.8.

19.   Risk to close down the company QIMONDA in Germany and Portugal and the loss of thousands of jobs in Europe (debate)

Commission statement: Risk to close down the company QIMONDA in Germany and Portugal and the loss of thousands of jobs in Europe

Vladimír Špidla (Member of the Commission) made the statement.

The following spoke: José Albino Silva Peneda, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, and Edite Estrela, on behalf of the PSE Group.

IN THE CHAIR: Alejo VIDAL-QUADRAS

Vice-President

The following spoke: Ewa Tomaszewska, on behalf of the UEN Group, Elisabeth Schroedter, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Gabriele Zimmer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Joel Hasse Ferreira and Ilda Figueiredo.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Colm Burke and José Ribeiro e Castro.

The following spoke: Vladimír Špidla.

The debate closed.

20.   Multi-annual recovery plan for bluefin tuna in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean * (debate)

Proposal for a Council regulation concerning a multi-annual recovery plan for bluefin tuna in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean [COM(2009)0093 — C6-0081/2009 — 2009/0029(CNS)] — PECH Committee

The following spoke: Philippe Morillon (Chair of the PECH Committee).

The following spoke: Joe Borg (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Carmen Fraga Estévez, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Rosa Miguélez Ramos, on behalf of the PSE Group, Raül Romeva i Rueda, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Iles Braghetto, Ioannis Gklavakis and Sebastiano Sanzarello.

The following spoke: Joe Borg.

The debate closed.

Vote: Minutes of 12.03.2009, Item 7.4.

21.   Agenda of the next sitting

The agenda of the next day's sitting had been established (‘Agenda’ PE 420.647/OJME).

22.   Closure of the sitting

The sitting closed at 23.20.

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