Minutes of the sitting of 24 March 2010
Date: 2010-05-21
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: parliamentary debate








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Wednesday 24 March 2010MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 24 MARCH 2010
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Contents






1.

Resumption of the session









2.

Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting









3.

Signature of acts adopted under codecision









4.

Composition of committees and delegations









5.

Documents received









6.

Lapsed written declarations









7.

Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council









8.

Oral questions and written declarations (submission)









9.

Transfers of appropriations









10.

Order of business









11.

Welcome









12.

Preparation for the European Council meeting (25-26 March 2010) (debate)









13.

Development of the European Citizens' Initiative based on Article 11(4) of the Treaty on European Union (debate)









14.

Situation in Tibet (debate)









15.

One-minute speeches on matters of political importance









16.

Priorities for the 2011 budget – Section III – Commission - Budget guidelines: 2011 - other sections (debate)









17.

Request for the defence of parliamentary immunity









18.

Agricultural product quality policy: what strategy to follow? (debate)









19.

G20 Labour and Employment Ministers' meeting (Washington, 20-21 April 2010) (debate)









20.

Fight against tuberculosis (debate)









21.

Effects of the global financial and economic crisis on developing countries and on development cooperation (short presentation)









22.

Agenda of the next sitting









23.

Closure of the sitting



ATTENDANCE REGISTER

MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 24 MARCH 2010

IN THE CHAIR: Jerzy BUZEK

President


1.   Resumption of the session

The sitting opened at 15.05.

2.   Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

3.   Signature of acts adopted

The President announced that, on Thursday, he and the President of the Council would sign the following acts adopted in accordance with Rule 74:






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Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Decision No 1672/2006/EC establishing a Community Programme for Employment and Social Solidarity - Progress (00003/2010 - C7-0081/2010 - 2009/0091(COD))










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Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a European Progress Microfinance Facility for Employment and Social Inclusion (00004/2010 - C7-0082/2010 - 2009/0096(COD))










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Regulation of the European Parliament and the Council amending the Convention Implementing the Schengen Agreement and Regulation (EC) No 562/2006 as regards movement of persons with a long-stay visa (00005/2010 - C7-0083/2010 - 2009/0028(COD))





4.   Composition of committees and delegations

The President had received the following requests for appointments from the PPE Group:






 


BUDG Committee: Jan Kozłowski










 


Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee: Jan Kozłowski










 


Delegation for relations with Japan: Jan Olbrycht










 


Delegation for relations with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo: Jan Olbrycht was no longer a member.




The appointments would be deemed ratified if there were no objections before the approval of these minutes.

5.   Documents received

The following documents had been received:







(1)




from the Council and Commission







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Draft Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on cooperation in budgetary matters (COM(2010)0073 - C7-0070/2010 - 2010/2042(ACI))






referred to


responsible: AFCO
opinion: BUDG, CONT














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Proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a European Union action for the European Heritage Label (COM(2010)0076 - C7-0071/2010 – 2010/0044(COD))
In accordance with Rule 125(1), the President informed Parliament that he would consult the Committee of the Regions on this proposal.






referred to


responsible: CULT
opinion: REGI














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Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the right to interpretation and translation in criminal proceedings (COM(2010)0082 - C7-0072/2010 - 2010/0050(COD))






referred to


responsible: LIBE
opinion: JURI














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Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers (COM(2010)0083 - C7-0073/2010 - 2010/0051(COD))






referred to


responsible: JURI
opinion: PETI, FEMM, AFCO, DEVE, CULT, AFET, PECH, AGRI, ENVI, EMPL, BUDG, ITRE, ECON, CONT, LIBE, INTA, IMCO, TRAN, REGI














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Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1964/2005 on the tariff rates for bananas (COM(2010)0096 - C7-0074/2010 - 2010/0056(COD))






referred to


responsible: INTA














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Proposal for a regulation (EU) No …/… of the European Parliament and of the Council of […] amending Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006 establishing a financing instrument for development cooperation (COM(2010)0102 - C7-0079/2010 - 2010/0059(COD))






referred to


responsible: DEVE
opinion: AGRI, BUDG



















(2)




from committees








(2.1)




reports







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Report on the ECB Annual Report 2008 (2009/2090(INI)) - ECON Committee - Rapporteur: Edward Scicluna (A7-0010/2010)










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***I Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council repealing Council Decision 79/542/EEC drawing up a list of third countries or parts of third countries, and laying down animal and public health and veterinary certification conditions, for importation into the Community of certain live animals and their fresh meat (COM(2009)0516 - C7-0211/2009 - 2009/0146(COD)) - ENVI Committee - Rapporteur: Jo Leinen (A7-0018/2010)










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Report on Agricultural product quality policy: what strategy to follow? (2009/2105(INI)) - AGRI Committee - Rapporteur: Giancarlo Scottà (A7-0029/2010)










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Report on Report on the 2009 Annual Statement on the Euro Area and Public Finances (2009/2203(INI)) - ECON Committee - Rapporteur: Sven Giegold (A7-0031/2010)










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Report on Priorities for 2011 budget - Section III - Commission (2010/2004(BUD)) - BUDG Committee - Rapporteur: Sidonia Elżbieta Jędrzejewska (A7-0033/2010)










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Report on the effects of the global financial and economic crisis on developing countries and on development cooperation (2009/2150(INI)) - DEVE Committee - Rapporteur: Enrique Guerrero Salom (A7-0034/2010)










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Report on the guidelines for the 2011 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 (2010/2003(BUD)) - BUDG Committee - Rapporteur: Helga Trüpel (A7-0036/2010)










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Report on the nomination of Ladislav Balko as a Member of the Court of Auditors (N7-0005/2010 [[09]] - C7-0023/2010 - 2010/0811(NLE)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Inés Ayala Sender (A7-0037/2010)










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Report on the nomination of Szabolcs Fazakas as a Member of the Court of Auditors (N7-0005/2010 [[05]] - C7-0019/2010 - 2010/0807(NLE)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Inés Ayala Sender (A7-0038/2010)










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Report on the nomination of Rasa Budbergytė as a Member of the Court of Auditors (N7-0005/2010 [[04]] - C7-0018/2010 - 2010/0806(NLE)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Inés Ayala Sender (A7-0039/2010)










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Report on the nomination of Igors Ludboržs as a Member of the Court of Auditors (N7-0005/2010 [[03]] - C7-0017/2010 - 2010/0805(NLE)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Inés Ayala Sender (A7-0040/2010)










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Report on the nomination of Augustyn Bronisław Kubik as a Member of the Court of Auditors (N7-0005/2010 [[07]] - C7-0021/2010 - 2010/0809(NLE)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Inés Ayala Sender (A7-0041/2010)










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Report on the nomination of Louis Galea as a Member of the Court of Auditors (N7-0005/2010 [[06]] - C7-0020/2010 - 2010/0808(NLE)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Inés Ayala Sender (A7-0042/2010)










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Report on the nomination of Eoin O'Shea as a Member of the Court of Auditors (N7-0007/2010 - C7-0033/2010 - 2010/0812(NLE)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Inés Ayala Sender (A7-0043/2010)










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Report on the nomination of Jan Kinšt as a Member of the Court of Auditors (N7-0005/2010 [[01]] - C7-0015/2010 - 2010/0803(NLE)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Inés Ayala Sender (A7-0044/2010)










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Report on the nomination of Kersti Kaljulaid as a Member of the Court of Auditors (N7-0005/2010 [[02]] - C7-0016/2010 - 2010/0804(NLE)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Inés Ayala Sender (A7-0045/2010)










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Report on the nomination of Milan Martin Cvikl as a Member of the Court of Auditors (N7-0005/2010 [[08]] - C7-0022/2010 - 2010/0810(NLE)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Inés Ayala Sender (A7-0046/2010)










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Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, in accordance with point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (COM(2010)0058 - C7-0041/2010 - 2010/2035(BUD)) - BUDG Committee - Rapporteur: Barbara Matera (A7-0047/2010)










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Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, in accordance with point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (COM(2010)0056 - C7-0035/2010 - 2010/2031(BUD)) - BUDG Committee - Rapporteur: Barbara Matera (A7-0048/2010)










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Report with a proposal for a European Parliament recommendation to the Council on the 65th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (2010/2020(INI)) - AFET Committee - Rapporteur: Alexander Graf Lambsdorff (A7-0049/2010)










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Report on the Council recommendation on the appointment of the Vice-President of the European Central Bank (N7-0011/2010 - C7-0044/2010 - 2010/0813(NLE)) - ECON Committee - Rapporteur: Sharon Bowles (A7-0059/2010)



















(3)




from Members








(3.1)




motions for resolution (Rule 120)







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Cristiana Muscardini. Motion for a resolution on equal opportunities and violence against women (B7-0200/2010)






referred to


responsible: FEMM














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Daciana Octavia Sârbu and Cătălin Sorin Ivan. Motion for a resolution on mental health (B7-0226/2010)






referred to


responsible: ENVI
opinion: EMPL

















6.   Lapsed written declarations

In accordance with Rule 123(5), written declarations 0063/2009, 0064/2009, 0065/2009 and 0066/2009 had lapsed as they had not obtained the required number of signatures.

7.   Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council

The Council had forwarded certified true copies of the following:






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Economic Partnership Agreement between the Cariforum States, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part;










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Agreement between the European Community and the West African Economic and Monetary Union on certain aspects of air services;










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Agreement between the European Union and the Swiss Confederation establishing the terms and conditions for the participation of the Swiss Confederation in the ‘Youth in Action’ programme and in the Action Programme in the Field of Lifelong Learning (2007-2013);










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Interim Partnership Agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Pacific States, of the other part.





8.   Oral questions and written declarations (submission)
The following documents had been submitted by Members:







(1)




oral questions (Rule 115):







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Oral question (0024/2010) by Brian Simpson, on behalf of the TRAN Committee, to the Commission: Aviation safety: application of EU blacklist Regulation (EC No 2111/2005) (B7-0205/2010)















(2)




written declarations for inclusion in the register (Rule 123):







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Véronique De Keyser, Kader Arif, Alejandro Cercas, Stephen Hughes and Stavros Lambrinidis, seeking to have jobs in the emergency services recognised as high-risk occupations and calling for the introduction of a European statute for such work (0015/2010)









9.   Transfers of appropriations

Under Article 24(4) of the Financial Regulation as interpreted by point 20 of the Joint Declaration on transitional measures applicable to the budgetary procedure after the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, the Committee on Budgets had authorised the Commission's proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 04/2010 (N7-0010/2010 - C7-0039/2010 – 2010/2034(GBD)).
Under Article 24(4) of the Financial Regulation as interpreted by point 20 of the Joint Declaration on transitional measures applicable to the budgetary procedure after the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, the Committee on Budgets had authorised the Commission's proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 06/2010 (N7-0009/2010 - C7-0038/2010 - 2010/2033(GBD)).

10.   Order of business

The next item was the order of business.
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The following spoke: Mario Borghezio.
The following spoke: William (The Earl of) Dartmouth, who asked on what grounds he had been cut off while speaking at the debate on the EU's Arctic policy during the previous part-session (minutes of 10.3.2010, item 11). (The President replied that the rule in question was Rule 20(2).)
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The final draft agenda for the March II sittings (PE 439.511/OJ) had been distributed and a number of changes had been proposed (Rule 140):






 



Wednesday







1.


The oral question on aviation safety: application of EU blacklist Regulation (O-0024/2010 - B7-0205/2010) (item 40 on the final draft agenda) was postponed to the April 2010 part-session.










2.


The Commission statement on the G20 labour and employment ministers meeting (item 59 on the final draft agenda) was brought forward from Thursday to Wednesday, to allow László Andor, Member of the Commission, to be present. That declaration would replace the oral question on aviation safety.














 



Thursday







1.


The motion for a resolution tabled by the Committee on Civil Liberties under Rule 88(4), on the draft Council decision supplementing the Schengen Borders Code as regards the surveillance of the sea external borders in the context of the operational cooperation coordinated by the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders, (B7-0227/2010) would be included in the votes.










2.


Voting time would begin at 11.30.










3.


Request by the PPE Group to postpone the vote on the motion for a resolution by the Conference of Presidents on the transition to Lisbon Treaty: screening of pending legislative procedures (item 56 on the final draft agenda) was postponed to a subsequent part-session.








The following spoke: József Szájer, on behalf of the PPE Group, who moved the request.
Parliament agreed to the request.
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The order of business was thus established.

11.   Welcome

On behalf of Parliament, The President welcomed members of a delegation from the Pan-African Parliament - led by its Vice-President, Mary Mugyenyi - who had taken their seats in the distinguished visitors' gallery.

12.   Preparation for the European Council meeting (25-26 March 2010) (debate)
Council and Commission statements: Preparation for the European Council meeting (25-26 March 2010)
Diego López Garrido (President-in-Office of the Council) and José Manuel Barroso (President of the Commission) made the statements.
The following spoke: Joseph Daul, on behalf of the PPE Group, Martin Schulz, on behalf of the S&D Group, Guy Verhofstadt, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Rebecca Harms, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Michał Tomasz Kamiński, on behalf of the ECR Group, Lothar Bisky, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Niki Tzavela, on behalf of the EFD Group, Zoltán Balczó, Non-attached Member, and José Manuel García-Margallo y Marfil.
IN THE CHAIR: Roberta ANGELILLI

Vice-President

The following spoke: Stephen Hughes, Lena Ek, Roberts Zīle, Takis Hadjigeorgiou, Mario Borghezio, Werner Langen, Hannes Swoboda, Fiona Hall, Konrad Szymański, Corien Wortmann-Kool, Nikolaos Chountis, Pervenche Berès, Mirosław Piotrowski, Georgios Toussas, Gunnar Hökmark, Udo Bullmann, Manfred Weber, Jo Leinen, Mario Mauro, Sergio Gaetano Cofferati, Marian-Jean Marinescu, Anni Podimata, Andreas Schwab and Juan Fernando López Aguilar.
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Georgios Koumoutsakos, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Michael Theurer, Ulrike Lunacek, John Bufton, Andrew Henry William Brons, Monika Flašíková Beňová and Jean-Pierre Audy.
The following spoke: Maroš Šefčovič (Member of the Commission) and Diego López Garrido.
The debate closed.
IN THE CHAIR: Miguel Angel MARTÍNEZ MARTÍNEZ

Vice-President


13.   Development of the European Citizens' Initiative based on Article 11(4) of the Treaty on European Union (debate)
Council and Commission statements: Development of the European Citizens' Initiative based on Article 11(4) of the Treaty on European Union
Diego López Garrido (President-in-Office of the Council) and Maroš Šefčovič (Member of the Commission) made the statements.
The following spoke: Íñigo Méndez de Vigo, on behalf of the PPE Group, Ramón Jáuregui Atondo, on behalf of the S&D Group, Anneli Jäätteenmäki, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Gerald Häfner, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Syed Kamall, on behalf of the ECR Group, Søren Bo Søndergaard, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Frank Vanhecke, Non-attached Member, Carlo Casini, Zita Gurmai, Diana Wallis, Isabelle Durant, Peter van Dalen, Lena Kolarska-Bobińska, Monika Flašíková Beňová and Marian Harkin.
IN THE CHAIR: Pál SCHMITT

Vice-President

The following spoke: Eva Lichtenberger, Mariya Nedelcheva, Proinsias De Rossa, Ulrike Lunacek, Anna Záborská, Judith A. Merkies, Fiorello Provera, Georgios Papanikolaou, Carlos Coelho, Milan Zver and Salvatore Iacolino.
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Martin Kastler, Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, Andrew Henry William Brons, Elena Băsescu, Olga Sehnalová, Csaba Sógor, Vilija Blinkevičiūtė and Seán Kelly.
The following spoke: Diego López Garrido and Maroš Šefčovič.
The debate closed.

14.   Situation in Tibet (debate)
Commission statement: Situation in Tibet
The following spoke: Laima Liucija Andrikienė who regretted that the Council and Catherine Ashton, Vice-President of the Commission and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, were not taking part in the debate. (The President replied that he had been informed a month before that the Council would have to leave at 18.50).
Maroš Šefčovič (Member of the Commission) made the statement.
The following spoke: Laima Liucija Andrikienė, on behalf of the PPE Group, María Muñiz De Urquiza, on behalf of the S&D Group, Niccolò Rinaldi, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Heidi Hautala, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Charles Tannock, on behalf of the ECR Group, and Oreste Rossi, on behalf of the EFD Group.
IN THE CHAIR: Silvana KOCH-MEHRIN

Vice-President

The following spoke: Edward McMillan-Scott, Non-attached Member, Filip Kaczmarek, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Ryszard Czarnecki, Andreas Mölzer, Cristian Dan Preda, Marek Henryk Migalski, Tunne Kelam and Peter Šťastný.
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa, Raül Romeva i Rueda, László Tőkés, Franz Obermayr and Ivo Vajgl.
The following spoke: Maroš Šefčovič.
The debate closed.

15.   One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

The President clarified the arrangements for the allocation of speaking time during the one-minute speeches.
In accordance with Rule 150, the following Members who wished to draw the attention of Parliament to matters of political importance spoke for one minute:
Alf Svensson, Zigmantas Balčytis, Sonia Alfano, Catherine Greze, Marek Henryk Migalski, Nikolaos Chountis, Nikolaos Salavrakos, Franz Obermayr, Véronique Mathieu, Joe Higgins, Paul Nuttall, Nicole Sinclaire, Elena Oana Antonescu, Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, Georgios Toussas, Jaroslav Paška, Rareș-Lucian Niculescu, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Zbigniew Ziobro, Nuno Teixeira, Nessa Childers, Artur Zasada, László Tőkés, Joanna Senyszyn, Jim Higgins and Ioan Mircea Pașcu.

16.   Priorities for the 2011 budget – Section III – Commission – Budget guidelines: 2011 – other sections (debate)
Report on the priorities for the 2011 budget - Section III - Commission - Committee on Budgets. Rapporteur: Sidonia Elżbieta Jędrzejewska (A7-0033/2010)
Report on the guidelines for the 2011 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 - Committee on Budgets. Rapporteur: Helga Trüpel (A7-0036/2010)
Sidonia Elżbieta Jędrzejewska introduced her report and the report by Helga Trüpel on the latter's behalf.
IN THE CHAIR: Edward McMILLAN-SCOTT

Vice-President

The following spoke: Janusz Lewandowski (Member of the Commission).
The following spoke: Thijs Berman (rapporteur for the opinion of the DEVE Committee), José Manuel Fernandes, on behalf of the PPE Group, Francesca Balzani, on behalf of the S&D Group, Ivars Godmanis, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Zbigniew Ziobro, on behalf of the ECR Group, Miguel Portas, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Marta Andreasen, on behalf of the EFD Group, Angelika Werthmann, Non-attached Member, László Surján, Derek Vaughan, Carl Haglund, Peter van Dalen, Bastiaan Belder, Nick Griffin, Salvador Garriga Polledo, Göran Färm, Geoffrey Van Orden, Ingeborg Gräßle, Martin Ehrenhauser, Czesław Adam Siekierski and Maria Da Graça Carvalho.
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Piotr Borys, Silvia-Adriana Țicău, João Ferreira, Franz Obermayr, Elena Băsescu and Zigmantas Balčytis.
The following spoke: Janusz Lewandowski.
IN THE CHAIR: Isabelle DURANT

Vice-President

The following spoke: Sidonia Elżbieta Jędrzejewska.
The debate closed.
Vote: minutes of 25.3.2010, item 6.19 and minutes of 25.3.2010, item 8.1.

17.   Request for the defence of parliamentary immunity

Valdemar Tomaševski had addressed a request to the President concerning protection of the independence of his mandate as a Member of the European Parliament, following a decision taken regarding him by the Chief Official Ethics Commission of Lithuania. Valdemar Tomaševski's action had been supported by several Members.
Under Rule 6(3), the request had been referred to the committee responsible, the JURI Committee.

18.   Agricultural product quality policy: what strategy to follow? (debate)
Report on Agricultural product quality policy: what strategy to follow? [COM(2009)0234 - 2009/2105(INI)] - Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development. Rapporteur: Giancarlo Scotta' (A7-0029/2010)
Giancarlo Scotta' introduced the report.
The following spoke: Dacian Cioloș (Member of the Commission).
The following spoke: Esther Herranz García (rapporteur for the opinion of the ENVI Committee), Giovanni La Via, on behalf of the PPE Group, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, on behalf of the S&D Group, George Lyon, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Alyn Smith, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, James Nicholson, on behalf of the ECR Group, Lorenzo Fontana, on behalf of the EFD Group, Diane Dodds, Non-attached Member, Elisabeth Köstinger, Paolo De Castro, John Stuart Agnew, Michel Dantin, Iratxe García Pérez, Timo Soini, Peter Jahr, Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă and Spyros Danellis.
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Rareș-Lucian Niculescu, Britta Reimers, Janusz Wojciechowski, Andreas Mölzer, Herbert Dorfmann, João Ferreira, Zigmantas Balčytis, Czesław Adam Siekierski, Franz Obermayr and Mariya Nedelcheva.
The following spoke: Dacian Cioloș and Giancarlo Scotta'.
The debate closed.
Vote: minutes of 25.3.2010, item 8.2.

19.   G20 Labour and Employment Ministers' meeting (Washington, 20-21 April 2010) (debate)
Commission statement: G20 Labour and Employment Ministers' meeting (Washington, 20-21 April 2010)
László Andor (Member of the Commission) made the statement.
The following spoke: Elisabeth Morin-Chartier, on behalf of the PPE Group, Alejandro Cercas, on behalf of the S&D Group, Marian Harkin, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Ilda Figueiredo, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Kinga Göncz, Elizabeth Lynne, Thomas Händel, Sylvana Rapti and Patrick Le Hyaric.
IN THE CHAIR: Rainer WIELAND

Vice-President

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Silvia-Adriana Țicău, Zigmantas Balčytis and Vilija Blinkevičiūtė.
The following spoke: László Andor.
The debate closed.

20.   Fight against tuberculosis (debate)
Commission statement: Fight against tuberculosis
John Dalli (Member of the Commission) made the statement.
The following spoke: Elena Oana Antonescu, on behalf of the PPE Group, Åsa Westlund, on behalf of the S&D Group, Charles Goerens, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Maria Da Graça Carvalho, Vilija Blinkevičiūtė and Olga Sehnalová.
The following spoke: John Dalli.
The debate closed.

21.   Effects of the global financial and economic crisis on developing countries and on development cooperation (short presentation)

Report on the effects of the global financial and economic crisis on developing countries and on development cooperation [COM(2009)0160 - 2009/2150(INI)] - Committee on Development. Rapporteur: Enrique Guerrero Salom (A7-0034/2010)
Enrique Guerrero Salom made the presentation.
The following spoke: John Dalli (Member of the Commission).
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Elena Băsescu, Antolín Sánchez Presedo, Olle Schmidt, João Ferreira and Andreas Mölzer.
The item closed.
Vote: minutes of 25.3.2010, item 8.3.

22.   Agenda of the next sitting

The agenda of the next day's sitting had been established (‘Agenda’ PE 439.511/OJ).

23.   Closure of the sitting

The sitting closed at 23.15.


Klaus Welle

Secretary-General



Alejo Vidal-Quadras

Vice-President





Wednesday 24 March 2010ATTENDANCE REGISTER
The following signed:
Abad, Áder, Agnew, Albertini, Albrecht, Alfano, Alfonsi, Alvarez, Alvaro, Alves, Andreasen, Andrés Barea, Andrikienė, Angelilli, Angourakis, Antinoro, Antonescu, Antoniozzi, Arias Echeverría, Arif, Arsenis, Ashworth, Atkins, Auconie, Audy, Ayala Sender, Aylward, Bach, Badia i Cutchet, Balčytis, Balczó, Balz, Balzani, Bartolozzi, Băsescu, Bastos, Baudis, Bauer, Belder, Belet, Bélier, Benarab-Attou, Bennahmias, Berès, Berlinguer, Besset, Bielan, Binev, Bisky, Blinkevičiūtė, Böge, Bontes, Borghezio, Borys, Boștinaru, Bové, Bowles, Bozkurt, Bradbourn, Brantner, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Brons, Brzobohatá, Bufton, Bullmann, Bușoi, Busuttil, Bütikofer, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Cadec, Callanan, Cancian, Canfin, Capoulas Santos, Caronna, Carvalho, Casa, Cashman, Casini, Caspary, Castex, Cercas, Češková, Chatzimarkakis, Chichester, Childers, Chountis, Christensen, Claeys, Clark, Coelho, Cofferati, Cohn-Bendit, Colman, Comi, Correia De Campos, Cortés Lastra, Cozzolino, Cramer, Crețu, Creutzmann, Crocetta, Cutaș, Cymański, Czarnecki, Daerden, van Dalen, Dăncilă, Danellis, Danjean, Dantin, (The Earl of) Dartmouth, Daul, Davies, de Brún, De Castro, De Keyser, Delli, Delvaux, De Rossa, De Sarnez, Désir, Deutsch, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dodds, Domenici, Donskis, Dorfmann, Duff, Durant, Dušek, Ehler, Ehrenhauser, Eickhout, Ek, El Khadraoui, Elles, Enciu, Engel, Engström, Ernst, Ertug, Essayah, Estaràs Ferragut, Estrela, Evans, Fajmon, Fajon, Falbr, Farage, Färm, Feio, Ferber, Elisa Ferreira, João Ferreira, Figueiredo, Fisas Ayxela, Fjellner, Flašíková Beňová, Flautre, Fleckenstein, Florenz, Fontana, Ford, Foster, Fraga Estévez, Franco, Gahler, Gallagher, Gallo, García-Margallo y Marfil, García Pérez, Gardiazábal Rubial, Gardini, Garriga Polledo, Gauzès, Gebhardt, Geier, Gerbrandy, Geringer de Oedenberg, Giannakou, Gierek, Girling, Glattfelder, Godmanis, Goebbels, Goerens, Gollnisch, Gomes, Göncz, Goulard, Gräßle, Grech, Grelier, Greze, Griesbeck, Griffin, Gróbarczyk, Groote, Grosch, Grossetête, Grzyb, Gualtieri, Guerrero Salom, Guillaume, Gurmai, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Győri, Gyürk, Hadjigeorgiou, Häfner, Haglund, Hall, Händel, Handzlik, Hankiss, Hannan, Harbour, Harms, Haug, Hautala, Hedh, Hénin, Herczog, Herranz García, Hibner, Jim Higgins, Joe Higgins, Nadja Hirsch, Hoang Ngoc, Hohlmeier, Hökmark, Honeyball, Howitt, Danuta Maria Hübner, Hudghton, Hughes, Hyusmenova, Iacolino, Ilchev, Imbrasas, in 't Veld, Iovine, Iturgaiz Angulo, Ivan, Ivanova, Jaakonsaari, Jäätteenmäki, Jadot, Jahr, Járóka, Jáuregui Atondo, Jazłowiecka, Jędrzejewska, Jeggle, Jiménez-Becerril Barrio, Joly, de Jong, Jordan Cizelj, Jørgensen, Kacin, Kaczmarek, Kadenbach, Kalfin, Kalinowski, Kamall, Kamiński, Kammerevert, Karas, Karim, Kariņš, Kasoulides, Kastler, Kazak, Tunne Kelam, Keller, Alan Kelly, Seán Kelly, Kiil-Nielsen, Kirilov, Kirkhope, Klaß, Klinz, Klute, Koch, Koch-Mehrin, Kohlíček, Kolarska-Bobińska, Koppa, Korhola, Kósa, Köstinger, Koumoutsakos, Kovatchev, Kowal, Kozlík, Kožušník, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Krehl, Kuhn, Kurski, Lamassoure, Lambert, Lamberts, Lambrinidis, Lambsdorff, Landsbergis, Lange, de Lange, Langen, La Via, Lechner, Le Foll, Le Grip, Lehne, Le Hyaric, Leichtfried, Leinen, Marine Le Pen, Liberadzki, Lichtenberger, Liese, Liotard, Lisek, Lochbihler, Lope Fontagné, López Aguilar, López-Istúriz White, Lösing, Lövin, Ludford, Ludvigsson, Luhan, Lulling, Lunacek, Lynne, Lyon, McAvan, McCarthy, McClarkin, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Macovei, Madlener, Mănescu, Maňka, Mann, Manner, Marinescu, David Martin, Hans-Peter Martin, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Matula, Mauro, Mavronikolas, Meissner, Melo, Méndez de Vigo, Menéndez del Valle, Merkies, Messerschmidt, Mészáros, Meyer, Migalski, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Mölzer, Moraes, Moreira, Morin-Chartier, Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė, Motti, Muñiz De Urquiza, Nattrass, Nedelcheva, Neuser, Neveďalová, Newton Dunn, Neynsky, Nicholson, Niculescu, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Nitras, Nuttall, Obermayr, Ojuland, Olejniczak, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Oviir, Padar, Paksas, Paleckis, Paliadeli, Panzeri, Papadopoulou, Papanikolaou, Papastamkos, Pargneaux, Parvanova, Pașcu, Paška, Patrão Neves, Paulsen, Peillon, Perello Rodriguez, Pieper, Piotrowski, Pittella, Plumb, Poc, Podimata, Ponga, Poręba, Portas, Pöttering, Poupakis, Preda, Vittorio Prodi, Protasiewicz, Provera, Ranner, Rapkay, Rapti, Regner, Reimers, Remek, Repo, Reul, Ries, Riquet, Rivasi, Rodust, Romero López, Romeva i Rueda, Ronzulli, Rosbach, Rossi, Rouček, Rübig, Rubiks, Rühle, Saïfi, Salatto, Salavrakos, Salvini, Sánchez Presedo, Sanchez-Schmid, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Sassoli, Saudargas, Savisaar, Schaldemose, Olle Schmidt, Schmitt, Schnieber-Jastram, Scholz, Schöpflin, Schroedter, Schwab, Scotta', Seeber, Sehnalová, Senyszyn, Severin, Siekierski, Simon, Simpson, Sinclaire, Sippel, Siwiec, Skinner, Skrzydlewska, Skylakakis, Smith, Smolková, Sógor, Soini, Sommer, Søndergaard, Sonik, Sosa Wagner, Soullie, Speroni, Staes, Stassen, Stavrakakis, Steinruck, Sterckx, Stevenson, Stihler, van der Stoep, Stolojan, Dimitar Stoyanov, Emil Stoyanov, Strasser, Strejček, Striffler, Sturdy, Surján, Susta, Alf Svensson, Eva-Britt Svensson, Swinburne, Swoboda, Szájer, Szegedi, Szymański, Tabajdi, Takkula, Tănăsescu, Tannock, Tarabella, Tarand, Teixeira, Thaler, Thein, Theocharous, Theurer, Thomsen, Thun Und Hohenstein, Thyssen, Țicău, Tőkés, Tomaševski, Tošenovský, Toussas, Trautmann, Tremosa i Balcells, Triantaphyllides, Trzaskowski, Tsoukalas, Turunen, Tzavela, Uggias, Ulvskog, Ungureanu, Urutchev, Uspaskich, Vadim Tudor, Vaidere, Vajgl, Vălean, Van Brempt, Vanhecke, Van Orden, Vattimo, Vaughan, Vergiat, Vergnaud, Verheyen, Vigenin, Vlasto, Voss, Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa, Wallis, Watson, Henri Weber, Manfred Weber, Renate Weber, Weisgerber, Werthmann, Westlund, Westphal, Wieland, Wikström, Willmott, Wils, Hermann Winkler, Iuliu Winkler, Włosowicz, Wojciechowski, Wortmann-Kool, Yáñez-Barnuevo García, Yannakoudakis, Záborská, Zahradil, Zalewski, Zanicchi, Zasada, Ždanoka, Zeller, Zemke, Zīle, Ziobro, Zver, Zwiefka