Minutes of the sitting of 21 April 2010
Date: 2010-06-10
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: parliamentary debate








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Official Journal of the European Union


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Wednesday 21 April 2010MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 21 APRIL 2010
2010/C 151 E/04
Contents






1.

Opening of the sitting









2.

Parliamentary immunity









3.

2008 discharge (debate)









4.

Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting









5.

SWIFT (debate)









6.

Passenger Name Record (PNR) (debate)









7.

Ban on use of cyanide mining technologies (debate)









8.

Documents received









9.

Implementing measures (Rule 88)









10.

Decisions concerning certain documents









11.

Written declarations included in the register (Rule 123)









12.

Dates of forthcoming sittings









13.

Adjournment of the session



ATTENDANCE REGISTER

MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 21 APRIL 2010

IN THE CHAIR: Jerzy BUZEK

President


1.   Opening of the sitting

The sitting opened at 9.05.

2.   Parliamentary immunity

On 16 July 2009, the President of the European Parliament had received a request for the waiver of the parliamentary immunity of Sławomir Witold Nitras, submitted by a Polish citizen through his lawyer.
Having been asked his opinion on the admissibility of this request, the Chair of the Committee on Legal Affairs had informed the President of Parliament by letter of 17 April 2010 that, with respect to the Parliament resolution of 24 April 2009 on parliamentary immunity in Poland, this request must be deemed inadmissible.

3.   2008 discharge (debate)

2008 discharge: EU general budget - Section III - Commission

Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2008, Section III - Commission and executive agencies [SEC(2009)1089 - C7-0172/2009- 2009/2068(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Bogusław Liberadzki (A7-0099/2010)

2008 discharge: seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth European Development Funds (EDF)

Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Seventh, Eighth, Ninth and Tenth European Develompent Funds for the financial year 2008 [COM(2009)0397 - C7-0171/2009- 2009/2077(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Inés Ayala Sender (A7-0063/2010)

2008 discharge: EU general budget, European Parliament

Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2008, Section I - European Parliament [SEC(2009)1089 - C7-0173/2009- 2009/2069(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Bart Staes (A7-0095/2010)

2008 discharge: EU general budget, Council

Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2008, Section II - Council [SEC(2009)1089 - C7-0174/2009- 2009/2070(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (A7-0096/2010)

2008 discharge: EU general budget, Court of Justice

Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2008, Section IV - Court of Justice [SEC(2009)1089 - C7-0175/2009- 2009/2071(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (A7-0079/2010)

2008 discharge: EU general budget, Court of Auditors

Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2008, Section V - Court of Auditors [SEC(2009)1089 - C7-0176/2009- 2009/2072(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (A7-0097/2010)

2008 discharge: EU general budget, Economic and Social Committee

Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2008, Section VI - Economic and Social Committee [SEC(2009)1089 - C7-0177/2009- 2009/2073(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (A7-0080/2010)

2008 discharge: EU general budget, Committee of the Regions

Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2008, Section VII - Committee of the Regions [SEC(2009)1089 - C7-0178/2009- 2009/2074(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (A7-0082/2010)

2008 discharge: EU general budget, European Ombudsman

Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the Europan Union general budget for the financial year 2008, Section VIII - European Ombudsman [SEC(2009)1089 - C7-0179/2009- 2009/2075(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (A7-0070/2010)

2008 discharge: EU general budget, European Data Protection Supervisor

Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2008, Section IX - European Data Protection Supervisor [SEC(2009)1089 - C7-0180/2009- 2009/2076(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (A7-0098/2010)

2008 discharge: performance, financial management and control of agencies

Report on the 2008 discharge: performance, financial management and control of EU agencies - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Véronique Mathieu (A7-0074/2010)

2008 discharge: Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union

Report on discharge in respect of the implementatin of the budget of the Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union for the financial year 2008 [SEC(2009)1089 - C7-0188/2009- 2009/2117(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Véronique Mathieu (A7-0071/2010)

2008 discharge: European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training

Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training for the financial year 2008 [SEC(2009)1089 - C7-0181/2009- 2009/2110(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Véronique Mathieu (A7-0091/2010)

2008 discharge: European Police College

Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Police College for the financial year 2008 [SEC(2009)1089 - C7-0198/2009- 2009/2127(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Véronique Mathieu (A7-0075/2010)

2008 discharge: Community Fisheries Control Agency

Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Community Fisheries Control Agency for the financial year 2008 [SEC(2009)1089 - C7-0201/2009- 2009/2130(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Véronique Mathieu (A7-0105/2010)

2008 discharge: European Agency for Reconstruction

Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Agency for Reconstruction for the financial year 2008 [SEC(2009)1089 - C7-0183/2009- 2009/2112(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Véronique Mathieu (A7-0072/2010)

2008 discharge: European Aviation Safety Agency

Report on discharge in respect of the implementation ofthe budget of the European Aviation Safety Agency for the financial year 2008 [SEC(2009)1089 - C7-0193/2009- 2009/2122(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Véronique Mathieu (A7-0068/2010)

2008 discharge: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control

Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control for the financial year 2008 [SEC(2009)1089 - C7-0195/2009- 2009/2124(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Véronique Mathieu (A7-0104/2010)

2008 discharge: European Chemicals Agency

Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Chemicals Agency for the financial year 2008 [SEC(2009)1089 - C7-0202/2009- 2009/2131(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Véronique Mathieu (A7-0089/2010)

2008 discharge: European Environment Agency

Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Environment Agency for the financial year 2008 [SEC(2009)1089 - C7-0186/2009- 2009/2115(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Véronique Mathieu (A7-0092/2010)

2008 discharge: European Food Safety Authority

Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Food Safety Authority for the financial year 2008 [SEC(2009)1089 - C7-0194/2009- 2009/2123(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Véronique Mathieu (A7-0086/2010)

2008 discharge: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction

Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction for the financial year 2008 [SEC(2009)1089 - C7-0185/2009- 2009/2114(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Véronique Mathieu (A7-0067/2010)

2008 discharge: European Medicines Agency

Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Medicines Agency for the financial year 2008 [SEC(2009)1089 - C7-0189/2009- 2009/2118(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Véronique Mathieu (A7-0078/2010)

2008 discharge: European Maritime Safety Agency

Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Maritime Safety Agency for the financial year 2008 [SEC(2009)1089 - C7-0192/2009- 2009/2121(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Véronique Mathieu (A7-0081/2010)

2008 discharge: European Network Information Security Agency

Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Network and Information Security Agency for the financial year 2008 [SEC(2009)1089 - C7-0196/2009- 2009/2125(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Véronique Mathieu (A7-0087/2010)

2008 discharge: European Railway Agency

Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Railway Agency for the financial year 2008 [SEC(2009)1089 - C7-0197/2009- 2009/2126(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Véronique Mathieu (A7-0084/2010)

2008 discharge: European Training Foundation

Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Training Foundation for the financial year 2008 [SEC(2009)1089 - C7-0191/2009- 2009/2120(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Véronique Mathieu (A7-0083/2010)

2008 discharge: European Agency for Safety and Health at Work

Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work for the financial year 2008 [SEC(2009)1089 - C7-0187/2009- 2009/2116(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Véronique Mathieu (A7-0069/2010)

2008 discharge: Euratom Supply Agency

Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Euratom Supply Agency for the financial year 2008 [SEC(2009)1089 - C7-0203/2009- 2009/2132(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Véronique Mathieu (A7-0076/2010)

2008 discharge: European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions

Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions for the financial year 2008 [SEC(2009)1089 - C7-0182/2009- 2009/2111(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Véronique Mathieu (A7-0088/2010)

2008 discharge: Eurojust

Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Eurojust for the financial year 2008 [SEC(2009)1089 - C7-0190/2009- 2009/2119(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Véronique Mathieu (A7-0093/2010)

2008 discharge: European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights

Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights for the financial year 2008 [SEC(2009)1089 - C7-0184/2009- 2009/2113(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Véronique Mathieu (A7-0090/2010)

2008 discharge: FRONTEX

Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Agency for the Management of Operational ooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union (FRONTEX) for the financial year 2008 [SEC(2009)1089 - C7-0199/2009- 2009/2128(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Véronique Mathieu (A7-0085/2010)

2008 discharge: European GNSS Supervisory Authority

Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European GNSS Supervisory Authority for the financial year 2008 [SEC(2009)1089 - C7-0200/2009- 2009/2129(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Véronique Mathieu (A7-0073/2010)

2008 discharge: European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy

Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy for the financial year 2008 [SEC(2009)1089 - C7-0261/2009- 2009/2187(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Véronique Mathieu (A7-0094/2010)

2008 discharge: SESAR joint undertaking (SJU)

Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the SESAR Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2008 [SEC(2009)1089 - C7-0262/2009- 2009/2188(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Véronique Mathieu (A7-0077/2010)
The following spoke: Jean-Pierre Audy, who wanted to know the reasons for the absence of the European Court of Auditors and the Council from the debate that was to be held.

(The sitting was suspended at 9.10 and resumed at 9.20.)

The President said that it was not essential that the Council attend the debate, but was surprised that no representatives from the Court of Auditors were present. He nevertheless asked the Members to start the discussions.
The following spoke: Jean-Pierre Audy to object to the absence of the Council, and Edit Herczog to ask that the Secretary-General of the Parliament be present (The President replied that he would be attending the debate).
Jens Geier (rapporteur deputising for Bogusław Liberadzki), Inés Ayala Sender, Bart Staes and Ryszard Czarnecki introduced the reports.
The President pointed out that neither the European Court of Auditors nor the Council had been present for the debate on the discharge in either of the last two years.
The following spoke: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy, Ryszard Czarnecki, Edit Herczog and Jean-Pierre Audy on the debate.
The President welcomed Diego López Garrido (President-in-Office of the Council) to the Chamber.
Véronique Mathieu introduced the reports.
The following spoke: Algirdas Šemeta (Member of the Commission).
The following spoke: Michael Gahler (rapporteur for the opinion of the AFET Committee).
IN THE CHAIR: Rainer WIELAND

Vice-President

The following spoke: Ingeborg Gräßle (rapporteur for the opinion of the EMPL Committee), Jutta Haug (rapporteur for the opinion of the ENVI Committee), Wim van de Camp (rapporteur for the opinion of the IMCO Committee) and Inés Ayala Sender (rapporteur for the opinion of the TRAN Committee), the latter also to ask whether or not the Council had been formally invited to this debate.
The following spoke: Jean-Pierre Audy to suggest that the President-in-Office of the Council could already take the floor at this point in the debate (The President replied that the President-in-Office of the Council would be asked if he felt this was necessary).
The following spoke: László Surján (rapporteur for the opinion of the REGI Committee), Edit Bauer (rapporteur for the opinion of the FEMM Committee), Gay Mitchell (rapporteur for the opinion of the DEVE Committee), Ville Itälä, on behalf of the PPE Group, Edit Herczog, on behalf of the S&D Group, Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Bart Staes, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Richard Ashworth, on behalf of the ECR Group, Søren Bo Søndergaard, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Marta Andreasen, on behalf of the EFD Group, Ryszard Czarnecki, who regretted that the Council had been absent from the first part of the debate, and Martin Ehrenhauser, Non-attached Member.
The following spoke: Diego López Garrido (President-in-Office of the Council), also to explain his absence from the first part of the debate.
The following spoke: Jean-Pierre Audy, Barbara Weiler, Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, Ashley Fox, Bastiaan Belder, Monika Hohlmeier, Jens Geier, Olle Schmidt, Peter van Dalen, Sidonia Elżbieta Jędrzejewska, Ivailo Kalfin, Markus Pieper, Christel Schaldemose, Esther de Lange, Derek Vaughan, Paul Rübig and Silvia-Adriana Țicău.
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Richard Seeber, Franz Obermayr, Daniel Caspary, Andrew Henry William Brons and Christa Klaß.
The following spoke: Algirdas Šemeta, Jens Geier, Inés Ayala Sender, Bart Staes, Ryszard Czarnecki and Véronique Mathieu.
The President explained that during the previous parliamentary term, the Council had only once taken the floor during debates on the discharge.
The debate closed.
Vote: next part-session.

(The sitting was suspended at 12.00 and resumed at 15.00.)

IN THE CHAIR: Gianni PITTELLA

Vice-President


4.   Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

5.   SWIFT (debate)
Council and Commission statements: SWIFT
Diego López Garrido (President-in-Office of the Council) and Cecilia Malmström (Member of the Commission) made the statements.
The following spoke: Simon Busuttil, on behalf of the PPE Group, Birgit Sippel, on behalf of the S&D Group, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Jan Philipp Albrecht, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Charles Tannock, on behalf of the ECR Group, Marie-Christine Vergiat, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Mario Borghezio, on behalf of the EFD Group, Ernst Strasser, Kinga Göncz, Sarah Ludford, Judith Sargentini, Marek Henryk Migalski, Eva-Britt Svensson, Jaroslav Paška, Carlos Coelho, Emine Bozkurt, Alexander Alvaro, Ryszard Czarnecki, John Bufton, Monika Hohlmeier, Tanja Fajon, Cecilia Wikström, Sylvie Guillaume, Nathalie Griesbeck, Ioan Enciu, Charles Goerens and Proinsias De Rossa.
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Cristian Dan Preda, Richard Seeber, Andrew Henry William Brons, Zuzana Roithová, Angelika Werthmann, Anneli Jäätteenmäki and Mariya Nedelcheva.
The following spoke: Diego López Garrido.
IN THE CHAIR: Isabelle DURANT

Vice-President

The following spoke: Cecilia Malmström.
The motions for resolutions to be tabled under Rule 110(2) would be announced in the House at a later time.
The debate closed.
Vote: next part-session.

6.   Passenger Name Record (PNR) (debate)
Council and Commission statements: Passenger Name Record (PNR)
Diego López Garrido (President-in-Office of the Council) and Cecilia Malmström (Member of the Commission) made the statements.
The following spoke: Axel Voss, on behalf of the PPE Group, Birgit Sippel, on behalf of the S&D Group, Sophia in 't Veld, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Jan Philipp Albrecht, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Ryszard Czarnecki, on behalf of the ECR Group, Eva-Britt Svensson, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Simon Busuttil, Saïd El Khadraoui, Judith Sargentini, Cornelia Ernst, Manfred Weber, Tanja Fajon, Eva Lichtenberger and Carlos Coelho.
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Silvia-Adriana Țicău.
The following spoke: Diego López Garrido and Cecilia Malmström.
The motions for resolutions to be tabled under Rule 110(2) would be announced in the House at a later time.
The debate closed.
Vote: next part-session.

7.   Ban on use of cyanide mining technologies (debate)
Oral question (O-0035/2010) by János Áder and László Tőkés, on behalf of the PPE Group, to the Commission: Ban on the use of cyanide mining technologies in the EU (B7-0206/2010)
János Áder moved the oral question.
Cecilia Malmström (Member of the Commission) answered the oral question.
The following spoke: Richard Seeber, on behalf of the PPE Group, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, on behalf of the S&D Group, Michail Tremopoulos, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Nikolaos Chountis, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Jaroslav Paška, on behalf of the EFD Group, Claudiu Ciprian Tănăsescu, Non-attached Member, Zuzana Roithová, Kriton Arsenis, Theodoros Skylakakis and Jan Březina.
IN THE CHAIR: Libor ROUČEK

Vice-President

The following spoke: Alajos Mészáros, Marian-Jean Marinescu, Mariya Nedelcheva, Sari Essayah and Cristian Dan Preda.
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Csaba Sógor, Hannu Takkula, Bernd Posselt, Elena Băsescu, Michael Theurer, Miroslav Mikolášik, Iosif Matula, Traian Ungureanu and Bernd Posselt.
The following spoke: Cecilia Malmström.
The motions for resolutions to be tabled under Rule 115(5) would be announced in the House at a later time.
The debate closed.
Vote: next part-session.

8.   Documents received

The following documents had been received from the Council and Commission:






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Proposal for a Council regulation on the indication of the country of origin of certain products imported from third countries (COM(2005)0661 - C7-0048/2010 - 2005/0254(COD))






referred to









responsible


:


INTA


















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Proposal for a Council regulation concerning the implementation of the Agreement concluded by the EC following negotiations in the framework of Article XXIV.6 of GATT 1994, amending Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (COM(2006)0147 - C7-0052/2010 - 2006/0052(COD))






referred to









responsible


:


INTA


















—


Proposal for Regulation (EU) No …/… of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning European statistics on tourism (COM(2010)0117 - C7-0085/2010 - 2010/0063(COD))






referred to









responsible


:


TRAN


















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Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities as regards the European External Action Service (COM(2010)0085 - C7-0086/2010 - 2010/0054(COD))






referred to


responsible: BUDG
opinion: FEMM, AFCO, DEVE, AFET, ENVI, JURI, CONT, INTA














—


Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings, and protecting victims, repealing Framework Decision 2002/629/JHA (COM(2010)0095 - C7-0087/2010 - 2010/0065(COD))






referred to


responsible: LIBE
opinion: FEMM














—


Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child pornography, repealing Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA (COM(2010)0094 - C7-0088/2010 - 2010/0064(COD))






referred to


responsible: LIBE
opinion: FEMM, CULT














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Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the citizens’ initiative (COM(2010)0119 - C7-0089/2010 - 2010/0074(COD))






referred to


responsible: AFCO
opinion: PETI, CULT, LIBE














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Proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the flexibility instrument (COM(2010)0150 - C7-0091/2010 - 2010/2049(BUD))






referred to


responsible: BUDG
opinion: DEVE, AGRI














—


Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on European environmental economic accounts (COM(2010)0132 - C7-0092/2010 - 2010/0073(COD))






referred to


responsible: ENVI
opinion: ITRE, ECON









9.   Implementing measures (Rule 88)
The following draft implementing measures falling under the regulatory procedure with scrutiny had been forwarded to Parliament:






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Draft Commission Directive …/…/EU of […] amending, for the purpose of adapting their technical provisions, Council Directives 80/720/EEC and 86/297/EEC and Directives 2003/37/EC, 2009/60/EC and 2009/144/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to the type-approval of agricultural or forestry tractors (D007697/02 - 2010/2641(RPS) - deadline: 27/06/2010)






referred to









responsible


:


IMCO


















—


Draft Commission directive …/…/EU of […] amending, for the purposes of adaptation of their technical provisions, Council Directive 76/763/EEC relating to passenger seats for wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors and Directive 2009/144/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain components and characteristics of wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (D007701/02 - 2010/2642(RPS) - deadline: 27/06/2010)






referred to









responsible


:


IMCO


















—


Draft Commission directive …/…/EU of […] amending Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council to include N,N-diethyl-meta-toluamide as an active substance in Annex I thereto (D008215/02 - 2010/2634(RPS) - deadline: 24/06/2010)






referred to









responsible


:


ENVI


















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Draft Commission directive …/…/EU amending Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council to include dazomet as an active substance in Annex I thereto (D008216/02 - 2010/2635(RPS) - deadline: 24/06/2010)






referred to









responsible


:


ENVI


















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Draft Commission directive amending the annexes to European Parliament and Council Directive 95/2/EC on food additives other than colours and sweeteners and repealing Decision 2004/374/EC (D008398/02 - 2010/2643(RPS) - deadline: 30/05/2010)






referred to









responsible


:


ENVI


















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Draft Commission directive amending Directive 2008/84/EC laying down specific purity criteria on food additives other than colours and sweeteners (D008399/02 - 2010/2644(RPS) - deadline: 30/06/2010)






referred to









responsible


:


ENVI


















—


Draft Commission regulation amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards additions and modification of the examples of related varieties or other products to which the same MRL applies (D008403/02 - 2010/2640(RPS) - deadline: 26/06/2010)






referred to









responsible


:


ENVI


















—


Draft Commission Regulation (EU) No …/… amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2223/96 as regards adaptations following the revision of the statistical classification of economic activities (NACE Revision 2) and the statistical classification of products by activity (CPA) in national accounts (D009107/01 - 2010/2658(RPS) - deadline: 14/07/2010)






referred to









responsible


:


ECON













10.   Decisions concerning certain documents


Decision to draw up own-initiative reports (Rule 48)







 


AFET Committee






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The EU's approach towards Iran (2010/2050(INI))














 


AGRI Committee






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The Role of Women in Agriculture and Rural Areas (2010/2054(INI))
(opinion: FEMM)














 


IMCO Committee






—


The impact of advertising on consumer behaviour (2010/2052(INI))
(opinion: FEMM)










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The future of European Standardisation (2010/2051(INI))
(opinion: ITRE)














 


JURI Committee






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The interconnection of business registers (2010/2055(INI))
(opinion: ECON, IMCO)









Decision to draw up own-initiative reports (Rule 119)

FEMM Committee






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Transposition and application of Council Directive 2004/113/EC implementing the principle of equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services (2010/2043(INI))
(opinion: EMPL)





Associated committees

LIBE Committee






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Single application procedure for residence and work (COM(2007)0638 - C6-0470/2007 - 2007/0229(COD))




Associated committees LIBE, EMPL
(Following the Conference of Presidents’ decision of 11.03.2010)

Referral to committees







 


DEVE Committee






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Derivatives Markets: Future policy actions (2010/2008(INI))






referred to


responsible: ECON
opinion: DEVE, JURI


















 


JURI Committee






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Completing the Internal Market for e-Commerce (2010/2012(INI))






referred to


responsible: IMCO
opinion: ITRE, JURI


















 


ECON Committee






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Guaranteeing independent impact assessments (2010/2016(INI))






referred to


responsible: JURI
opinion: ENVI, BUDG, ITRE, ECON, IMCO, REGI













11.   Written declarations included in the register (Rule 123)
Number of signatures obtained by the written declarations included in the register (Rule 123(3)):







Document number


Author


Signatures




1/2010


Frieda Brepoels, Françoise Grossetête, Vittorio Prodi, Antonyia Parvanova, Miroslav Ouzký


146




2/2010


Monica Luisa Macovei, Simon Busuttil, Luigi de Magistris, Ana Gomes, Bart Staes


354




3/2010


Lara Comi, Andreas Schwab, Jolanta Emilia Hibner, Anna Maria Corazza Bildt, Christophe Béchu


218




4/2010


Morten Messerschmidt, Timo Soini


31




5/2010


Cătălin Sorin Ivan


61




7/2010


Richard Howitt, Bogusław Sonik, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, Marek Siwiec, Cornelis de Jong


101




8/2010


Ryszard Czarnecki, Lajos Bokros, Jarosław Kalinowski, Janusz Wojciechowski


61




9/2010


Andreas Mölzer


14




10/2010


Joanna Katarzyna Skrzydlewska, Barbara Matera, Joachim Zeller, Artur Zasada, Wojciech Michał Olejniczak


82




11/2010


Valdemar Tomaševski, Mirosław Piotrowski, Janusz Wojciechowski, Sandra Kalniete


34




12/2010


Françoise Castex, Zuzana Roithová, Alexander Alvaro, Stavros Lambrinidis


146




13/2010


Andreas Mölzer


13




14/2010


Daciana Octavia Sârbu, Cătălin Sorin Ivan, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi


25




15/2010


Véronique De Keyser, Kader Arif, Alejandro Cercas, Stephen Hughes, Stavros Lambrinidis


52




16/2010


Morten Messerschmidt


6




17/2010


Vilija Blinkevičiūtė


15




18/2010


Zigmantas Balčytis


6




19/2010


Morten Messerschmidt, Anna Rosbach, Lorenzo Fontana


5




20/2010


Marc Tarabella, Barbara Matera, Marije Cornelissen, Ilda Figueiredo, Antonyia Parvanova


45




21/2010


Andreas Mölzer


10




22/2010


Andreas Mölzer


10




23/2010


Corina Crețu, Daciana Octavia Sârbu, Ioan Enciu, Evgeni Kirilov, Iliana Ivanova


17




24/2010


Catherine Bearder, Michael Cashman, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Bas Eickhout


38




25/2010


Elena Oana Antonescu, Michel Dantin, Esther Herranz García, Rareș-Lucian Niculescu, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi


22




26/2010


Carl Schlyter, Marit Paulsen, Caroline Lucas, Janusz Wojciechowski


18




27/2010


Theodoros Skylakakis, Marietta Giannakou


18




28/2010


Sandrine Bélier, Anne Delvaux, Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy, Karin Kadenbach, Kriton Arsenis


27




29/2010


Tiziano Motti, Anna Záborská


16




30/2010


Alyn Smith, Åsa Westlund, Frieda Brepoels, Jim Higgins, Marit Paulsen


14




31/2010


Franz Obermayr


2




32/2010


Franz Obermayr


4





12.   Dates of forthcoming sittings

The next sittings would be held on 5 and 6 May 2010.

13.   Adjournment of the session

The session of the European Parliament was adjourned.
The sitting closed at 18.30.


Klaus Welle

Secretary-General



Jerzy Buzek

President





Wednesday 21 April 2010ATTENDANCE REGISTER
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