Minutes of the sitting of 17 May 2010
Date: 2010-09-23
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: European Parliament, parliamentary debate








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Monday 17 May 2010MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 17 MAY 2010
2010/C 256 E/01
Contents






1.

Resumption of the session









2.

Statements by the President









3.

Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting









4.

Calendar of part-sessions for 2011









5.

Composition of committees and delegations









6.

Composition of Parliament









7.

Signature of acts adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure









8.

Documents received









9.

Lapsed written declarations









10.

Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council









11.

Petitions









12.

Oral questions and written declarations (submission)









13.

Order of business









14.

One-minute speeches on matters of political importance









15.

Equal treatment between men and women engaged in an activity in a self-employed capacity ***II (debate)









16.

Energy performance of buildings ***II (debate)









17.

Textile names and related labelling of textile products ***I (debate)









18.

New developments in public procurement (short presentation)









19.

EU Policy Coherence for Development and the ‘Official Development Assistance plus concept’ (short presentation)









20.

Penalties for serious infringements against the social rules in road transport (short presentation)









21.

Agenda of the next sitting









22.

Closure of the sitting



ATTENDANCE REGISTER

MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 17 MAY 2010

IN THE CHAIR: Jerzy BUZEK

President


1.   Resumption of the session

The sitting opened at 17.05.

2.   Statements by the President

The President made a statement on the occasion of the Sixth International Day Against Homophobia.
The President referred to Europe Day and Parliament’s Open Days, which had seen over 33 000 visitors in Strasbourg and Brussels on 8 and 9 May 2010.
The President informed the House that he had been present in Aachen on 13 May when Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk had been awarded the Charlemagne Prize. He had also attended the ceremony for the award of the European Charlemagne Youth Prize to a German project on 11 May 2010.
The President pointed out that he had taken part in the Conference of Speakers of the European Union Parliaments in Stockholm from 13 to 15 May 2010.
The President mentioned the recent general elections in Hungary and the United Kingdom.

3.   Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.
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The following spoke: Mario Mauro and Gianni Pittella, who pointed out that two Italian soldiers had been killed that day in an attack near Herat in Afghanistan; Geoffrey Van Orden, who echoed the sentiments expressed by the two previous speakers and went on to highlight the role of British soldiers involved in NATO’s mission in Afghanistan; and Jacky Hénin, who mentioned the victims of accidents at work.
The President paid tribute to all the European soldiers fighting terrorism and violence in Afghanistan and throughout the world.

4.   Calendar of part-sessions for 2011

The Conference of Presidents had presented its proposal for the calendar of part-sessions for 2011.
The proposed dates were:






 


17 to 20 January










 


2 and 3 February










 


14 to 17 February










 


7 to 10 March










 


23 and 24 March










 


4 to 7 April










 


9 to 12 May










 


6 to 9 June










 


22 and 23 June










 


4 to 7 July










 


12 to 15 September










 


26 to 29 September










 


12 and 13 October










 


24 to 27 October










 


14 to 17 November










 


30 November and 1 December










 


12 to 15 December




The deadline for tabling amendments was set at midday on Tuesday, 18 May 2010.
The vote would take place on at midday on Wednesday, 19 May 2010.

5.   Composition of committees and delegations

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






 


Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN): Véronique Mathieu to replace Jean-Pierre Audy










 


Delegation for relations with the Mercosur countries: Jean-Pierre Audy to replace Véronique Mathieu










 


Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly: Jean-Pierre Audy to replace Véronique Mathieu




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

6.   Composition of Parliament

Zoltán Balczó and Pál Schmitt had given written notice of the end of their mandate as Members of the European Parliament arising from their election to the Hungarian Parliament.
Parliament took note and, in accordance with Article 7(2) of the Act concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage and Rule 4(4), second subparagraph, of the Rules of Procedure, established that their seats had become vacant with effect from 14 May 2010.

7.   Signature of acts adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure

The President announced that on Wednesday, together with the President of the Council, he would sign the following acts adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure (Rule 74):






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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 (00011/2010 - C7-0097/2010 - 2009/0026(COD))










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Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a European Asylum Support Office (00010/2010 - C7-0096/2010 - 2009/0027(COD))










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Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the indication by labelling and standard product information of the consumption of energy and other resources by energy-related products (recast) (00016/2010/LEX - C7-0124/2010 - 2008/0222(COD)) (vote scheduled for voting time on 19 May 2010)










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Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the energy performance of buildings (recast) (00015/2010/LEX - C7-0123/2010 - 2008/0223(COD))










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Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 on the animal health requirements applicable to the non-commercial movement of pet animals (00007/2010(LEX) - C7-0122/2010 - 2009/0077(COD))










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Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1080/2006 on the European Regional Development Fund as regards the eligibility of housing interventions in favour of marginalised communities (00006/2010(LEX) - C7-0121/2010 - 2009/0105(COD))










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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 (00008/2010(LEX) - C7-0120/2010 - 2009/0146(COD))





8.   Documents received

The following documents had been received:







1)




from committees








1.1)




reports







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***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1934/2006 establishing a financing instrument for cooperation with industrialised and other high-income countries and territories (COM(2009)0197 - C7-0101/2009 - 2009/0059(COD)) - INTA Committee - Rapporteur: Helmut Scholz (A7-0052/2010)










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***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 247/2006 laying down specific measures for agriculture in the outermost regions of the Union (COM(2009)0510 - C7-0255/2009 - 2009/0138(COD)) - AGRI Committee - Rapporteur: Luís Paulo Alves (A7-0054/2010)










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***I Report on the 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)) - TRAN Committee - Rapporteur: Dirk Sterckx (A7-0064/2010)










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***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directives 2003/71/EC on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading and 2004/109/EC on the harmonisation of transparency requirements in relation to information about issuers whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market (COM(2009)0491 - C7-0170/2009 - 2009/0132(COD)) - ECON Committee - Rapporteur: Wolf Klinz (A7-0102/2010)










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Report on the Commission Communication: Action plan on Organ Donation and Transplantation (2009-2015): Strengthened Cooperation between Member States (2009/2104(INI)) - ENVI Committee - Rapporteur: Andres Perello Rodriguez (A7-0103/2010)










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***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on standards of quality and safety of human organs intended for transplantation (COM(2008)0818 - C6-0480/2008 - 2008/0238(COD)) - ENVI Committee - Rapporteur: Miroslav Mikolášik (A7-0106/2010)










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***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the provision of food information to consumers (COM(2008)0040 - C6-0052/2008 - 2008/0028(COD)) - ENVI Committee - Rapporteur: Renate Sommer (A7-0109/2010)










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Report on ‘An EU Strategy for Youth - Investing and Empowering’ (2009/2159(INI)) - CULT Committee - Rapporteur: Georgios Papanikolaou (A7-0113/2010)










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***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on textile names and related labelling of textile products (COM(2009)0031 - C6-0048/2009 - 2009/0006(COD)) - IMCO Committee - Rapporteur: Toine Manders (A7-0122/2010)










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Report on the need for an EU strategy for the South Caucasus (2009/2216(INI)) - AFET Committee - Rapporteur: Evgeni Kirilov (A7-0123/2010)










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***I Report on the 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 as part of the General programme ‘Solidarity and Management of Migration Flows’ and repealing Council Decision 2004/904/EC (COM(2009)0456 - C7-0123/2009 - 2009/0127(COD)) - LIBE Committee - Rapporteur: Rui Tavares (A7-0125/2010)










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Report on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1104/2008 on migration from the Schengen Information System (SIS 1+) to the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II) (COM(2009)0508 - C7-0244/2009 - 2009/0136(NLE)) - LIBE Committee - Rapporteur: Carlos Coelho (A7-0126/2010)










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Report on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Decision 2008/839/JHA on migration from the Schengen Information System (SIS 1+) to the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II) (COM(2010)0015 - C7-0040/2010 - 2010/0006(NLE)) - LIBE Committee - Rapporteur: Carlos Coelho (A7-0127/2010)










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Report on the contribution of the Cohesion policy to the achievement of Lisbon and the EU2020 objectives (2009/2235(INI)) - REGI Committee - Rapporteur: Ricardo Cortés Lastra (A7-0129/2010)










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Report on penalties for serious infringements against the social rules in road transport (2009/2154(INI)) - TRAN Committee - Rapporteur: Hella Ranner (A7-0130/2010)










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Report on the establishment of a joint EU resettlement programme (2009/2240(INI)) - LIBE Committee - Rapporteur: Rui Tavares (A7-0131/2010)










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Report on delivering a single market to consumers and citizens (2010/2011(INI)) - IMCO Committee - Rapporteur: Louis Grech (A7-0132/2010)










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Report on the Union for the Mediterranean (2009/2215(INI)) - AFET Committee - Rapporteur: Vincent Peillon (A7-0133/2010)










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Reports on the estimates of revenue and expenditure of Parliament for the financial year 2011 (2010/2005(BUD)) - BUDG Committee - Rapporteur: Helga Trüpel (A7-0134/2010)










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Report on deontological questions related to companies’ management (2009/2177(INI)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Klaus-Heiner Lehne (A7-0135/2010)










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***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on combating late payment in commercial transactions (recast) (COM(2009)0126 - C7-0044/2009 - 2009/0054(COD)) - IMCO Committee - Rapporteur: Barbara Weiler (A7-0136/2010)










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Report on the implementation of the synergies of research and innovation earmarked Funds in Regulation (EC) No 1080/2006 concerning the European Fund of Regional Development and the Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Development in cities and regions as well as in the Member States and the Union (2009/2243(INI)) - REGI Committee - Rapporteur: Lambert Van Nistelrooij (A7-0138/2010)










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Report on the EU Policy Coherence for Development and the ‘Official Development Assistance plus’ concept (2009/2218(INI)) - DEVE Committee - Rapporteur: Franziska Keller (A7-0140/2010)










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Report on key competences for a changing world: implementation of the Education and Training 2010 work programme (2010/2013(INI)) - CULT Committee - Rapporteur: Maria Badia I Cutchet (A7-0141/2010)










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Report on the proposal for a Council Regulation on Community financial assistance with respect to the decommissioning of Units 1 to 4 of the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant in Bulgaria - ‘Kozloduy Programme’ (COM(2009)0581 - C7-0289/2009 - 2009/0172(NLE)) - ITRE Committee - Rapporteur: Rebecca Harms (A7-0142/2010)










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Report on the institutional aspects of the accession of the European Union to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (2009/2241(INI)) - AFCO Committee - Rapporteur: Ramón Jáuregui Atondo (A7-0144/2010)










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Report on the long-term sustainability of public finances for a recovering economy (2010/2038(INI)) - ECON Committee - Rapporteur: Liem Hoang Ngoc (A7-0147/2010)










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Report on new developments in public procurement (2009/2175(INI)) - IMCO Committee - Rapporteur: Heide Rühle (A7-0151/2010)















1.2)




recommendations for second reading







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***II Recommendation for second reading on the Council’s position at first reading for adopting a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the energy performance of buildings (recast) (05386/3/2010 - C7-0095/2010 - 2008/0223(COD)) - ITRE Committee - Rapporteur: Silvia-Adriana Țicău (A7-0124/2010)










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***II Recommendation for second reading on the Council’s position at first reading for adopting a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the indication by labelling and standard product information of the consumption of energy and other resources by energy-related products (recast) (05247/1/2010 - C7-0094/2010 - 2008/0222(COD)) - ITRE Committee - Rapporteur: Anni Podimata (A7-0128/2010)










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***II Recommandation for second reading on the Council at first reading with a view to the adoptin od a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the application of the principle of equal treatment between men and women engaged in an activity in a self-employed capacity and repealing Directive 86/613/EEC (17279/3/2009 - C7-0075/2010 - 2008/0192(COD)) - FEMM Committee - Rapporteur: Astrid Lulling (A7-0146/2010)



















2)




from Members








2.1)




oral questions for Question Time (Rule 116) (B7-0211/2010)






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to the Council
Posselt Bernd, McGuinness Mairead, Papanikolaou Georgios, Harkin Marian, Kelly Alan, Higgins Jim, Chountis Nikolaos, Țicău Silvia-Adriana, Blinkevičiūtė Vilija, Mitchell Gay, Benarab-Attou Malika, Andrikienė Laima Liucija, Aylward Liam, Gallagher Pat the Cope, Crowley Brian, Hedh Anna










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to the Commission
Ziobro Zbigniew, Geringer de Oedenberg Lidia Joanna, Kelly Alan, Posselt Bernd, Papanikolaou Georgios, Poc Pavel, Chountis Nikolaos, Ludford Sarah, Harkin Marian, Higgins Jim, Mitchell Gay, Aylward Liam, Crowley Brian, Țicău Silvia-Adriana, Van Brempt Kathleen, Belet Ivo, McGuinness Mairead, Papastamkos Georgios, Blinkevičiūtė Vilija, Iacolino Salvatore, Obermayr Franz, Nitras Sławomir Witold, Bennahmias Jean-Luc, Bizzotto Mara, Vanhecke Frank, Siekierski Czesław Adam, Childers Nessa, Kósa Ádám, Zwiefka Tadeusz, Hadjigeorgiou Takis, Paleckis Justas Vincas, Zanicchi Iva, Szymański Konrad, Czarnecki Ryszard, Andrikienė Laima Liucija, Toussas Georgios, Gallagher Pat the Cope, Ek Lena, Koch-Mehrin Silvana















2.2)




motions for resolution (Rule 120)







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Salvador Garriga Polledo. Motion for a resolution on the creation of a universal currency unit (B7-0262/2010)






referred to


responsible: ECON














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Salvador Garriga Polledo. Motion for a resolution on an EU Criminal Court (B7-0263/2010)






referred to


responsible: LIBE
opinion: JURI

















9.   Lapsed written declarations

In accordance with Rule 123(5), written declarations 0001/2010 and 0004/2010 had lapsed as they had not obtained the required number of signatures.

10.   Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council

The Council had forwarded a certified true copy of the following:
Agreement on Air Transport between Canada and the European Community and its Member States.

11.   Petitions

The following petitions, which had been entered in the register on the dates shown below, had been forwarded to the committee responsible under Rule 201(6):






 


22 April 2010
Mariyus Noko Ngele (No 0295/2010); Albert Haerter (No 0296/2010); Krystian Kaczmarek (No 0297/2010); Antje Bauer (2 signatures) (No 0298/2010); Lucia Lackovičová (PRIATELIA ZEME CEPA (BRATISLAVA)) (No 0299/2010); Bozo Jakeljić (Kroatischen reinen Staatsrechtspartei (HCSP) für Deutschland) (No 0300/2010); Susanne Klopsch (No 0301/2010); Thomas Ramsey (No 0302/2010); Wolfgang Suchomel (No 0303/2010); Ahmet Orhan Avcil (No 0304/2010); Carola Twardella (No 0305/2010); Günther Rauch (No 0306/2010); Paweł Joachimiak (No 0307/2010); Britta Stalleicken (Frische Luft für Mülheim) (No 0308/2010); Hans Braband (No 0309/2010); Mariusz Salwinski (No 0310/2010); Katarina Zdravkovic (No 0311/2010); Marian Peka (No 0312/2010); Yee Wong Elly Lai (No 0313/2010); Winfried Bennemann (No 0314/2010); Gavin Scott (No 0315/2010); Jörg-Hermann Schmoock (No 0316/2010); Hans Albrecht (No 0317/2010); Hilde Hecht (No 0318/2010); Ian Lumley (An Taisce - The National Trust for Ireland) (No 0319/2010); Andreas Kuhn (No 0320/2010); Hannelore Pfifferling (No 0321/2010).










 


27 April 2010
Roberto Albanese (No 0322/2010); Matteo Grossi (No 0323/2010); Angelo Mina (Comitato Civico ‘Salviamo La Pardà’) (2 signatures) (No 0324/2010); Pietro Antonio Morsoletto (No 0325/2010); Adolfo Pablo Lapi (No 0326/2010); Maria Grazia Brunero (No 0327/2010); Alessandro Iorio (No 0328/2010); Michele Picco (No 0329/2010); Claudio Ghezzo (No 0330/2010); Ignacio Ruipérez Aguirre (No 0331/2010); Eloi Nolla Subirats (Ecologistas en Acción) (3 signatures) (No 0332/2010); Mario Alejandro Sanzol (No 0333/2010); Fernando Monforte Escobar (No 0334/2010); Ana Miranda Paz (No 0335/2010); Teresa Rossignoli (No 0336/2010); L. F. Javier Barrio Castañón (25 signatures) (No 0337/2010); (name confidential) (3 signatures) (No 0338/2010); Samir Gad el Karim (2 signatures) (No 0339/2010); (name confidential) (No 0340/2010); José Pérez Déniz (Asociación para la Defensa del Centro Comercial Anexo) (No 0341/2010); María Dolores Navarro Manresa (No 0342/2010); Ernesto Ramos Querejeta (No 0343/2010); José Manuel Peña Sampedro (No 0344/2010); (name confidential) (No 0345/2010); (name confidential) (No 0346/2010); Carmen Andonaegui Moreno (No 0347/2010); Joëlle Pellegrin Oldenbourg (No 0348/2010); Ali Tanfouri (No 0349/2010); António Diamantino (No 0350/2010); Fernando Jorge Da Silva (No 0351/2010); Andreas Mavrantzakis (No 0352/2010); Apostolos Zervas (No 0353/2010); Petar Trojanski Penchev (Association for the freedom of speech ‘Anna Politkovskaia’ (Асоциация на свободното слово „Анна Политковская“) (No 0354/2010); Daniel Hegoburu (Verts Pays Basque) (4 signatures) (No 0355/2010).










 


3 May 2010
Vasile Stoica (No 0356/2010); Linda Ahvenkoski (No 0357/2010); Hans Dietz (No 0358/2010); Daniela Adriana Ghenea (No 0359/2010); (name confidential) (No 0360/2010); Kjell Håkansson (No 0361/2010); (name confidential) (No 0362/2010); Sven Olav Dahl (No 0363/2010); Aglaia Katsigianni (No 0364/2010); Willem Kok (No 0365/2010); Salim Tas (Bund der Alawitischen Jugend) (No 0366/2010); Paul O’Beirne (No 0367/2010); Tiberiu Fischer (No 0368/2010); Isabelle Sandow (No 0369/2010); (name confidential) (No 0370/2010); Johan Dufour (No 0371/2010); (name confidential) (No 0372/2010); Tufairi Kawawa (No 0373/2010); (name confidential) (No 0374/2010); Thomas Boeckheler (No 0375/2010); Andreas Pfeifer (No 0376/2010); (name confidential) (No 0377/2010); (name confidential) (No 0378/2010); Michel Leenders (No 0379/2010); Sándor Polgár (No 0380/2010); Sándor Polgár (No 0381/2010); Sándor Polgár (No 0382/2010); Sándor Polgár (No 0383/2010).










 


5 May 2010
Schneider Hermann (No 0384/2010); Antonia Pons Losada (No 0385/2010); José De Sousa (No 0386/2010); (name confidential) (No 0387/2010); (name confidential) (No 0388/2010); María Dolores Ros Rosello (No 0389/2010); Giuseppe Claudio Vitale (No 0390/2010); Giuseppe Morelli (No 0391/2010); (name confidential) (No 0392/2010); Calogero Scimone (No 0393/2010); Rubén Pérez Sueiras (No 0394/2010); Ramona Chouza Chouza (No 0395/2010); Domenico Lamanna Di Salvo (No 0396/2010); Ludmila d’Atri (No 0397/2010); Jean Pierre Decool (No 0398/2010); Imelda Sánchez Rodríguez (No 0399/2010); Carlos Correia de Matos (No 0400/2010); Felipe Gayoso Pabon (Asociación de Navegantes y Usuarios de Marina Isla Canela (ANUMIC)) (No 0401/2010); Luis De la Rasilla Sánchez-Arjona (Observatorio Ecociudadano de Control de la Comisión de Peticiones del Parlamento Europeo) (No 0402/2010); Joan Baptista Orquin Caselles (Foro De Participación Ciudadana De La Agenda Local 21 de Oliva) (No 0403/2010); Silvia Beltrán Pallares (No 0404/2010); Gonzalo Canales Celada (Asociación para la Defensa de los Recursos Naturales de Cantabria (ARCA) (No 0405/2010); José Ramón Rodríguez Río (SOS COUREL - Asociación Ecolóxico Cultural) (No 0406/2010); Lucie Delcroix (No 0407/2010); Organización Impulsora de Discapacitados (OID)) (No 0408/2010); Francesco Tempesta (No 0409/2010); Roseline Gilles (23 signatures) (No 0410/2010); Elvira Piera Tejedor (5 signatures) (No 0411/2010); Luigi Bertinetti (2 signatures) (No 0412/2010); Anna Margherita Ranieri (2406 signatures) (No 0413/2010); Jürgen Richter (No 0414/2010); David Zaun (No 0415/2010); Marc Balfanz (No 0416/2010); Jerzy Lesniak (No 0417/2010); Wojciech Tomczyk (Kancelaria Adwokacka) (No 0418/2010); Stanislaw Makarski (No 0419/2010); Miroslaw Szulc (No 0420/2010); George Cosmopoulos (Stop Cartel - Cartels and Monopolies Victims Association) (No 0421/2010); Richard Knittel (No 0422/2010); Engel Thomas (VAFKev Deutschland) (No 0423/2010).





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







1)




oral questions (Rule 115):







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(O-0048/2010) by Sharon Bowles, on behalf of the ECON Committee, to the Commission: Broad Economic Policy Guidelines and enhanced economic governance (including the governance of the euro) in the context of the Europe 2020 Strategy (B7-0212/2010),










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(O-0052/2010) by 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, to the Council: What is the political relevance of the EU 2020 strategy in the context of the current financial and economic crisis? (B7-0213/2010),










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(O-0053/2010) by 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, to the Commission: What is the political relevance of the EU 2020 strategy in the context of the current financial and economic crisis? (B7-0214/2010),










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(O-0054/2010) by Pervenche Berès, on behalf of the EMPL Committee, to the Commission: Employment and social dimensions of Europe 2020 (B7-0215/2010),










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(O-0055/2010) by Mary Honeyball, on behalf of the S&D Group, to the Commission: Cuts in education budgets - Europe 2020 (B7-0216/2010),










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(O-0061/2010) by Brian Simpson, on behalf of the TRAN Committee, to the Commission: Volcanic ash crisis (B7-0217/2010),










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O-0062/2010) by Jan Olbrycht and Lambert van Nistelrooij, on behalf of the PPE Group, Heide Rühle, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Oldřich Vlasák, on behalf of the ECR Group, Peter Simon, Françoise Castex, Evelyne Gebhardt, Proinsias De Rossa, on behalf of the S&D Group, Ramona Nicole Mănescu and Olle Schmidt, on behalf of the ALDE Group, to the Commission: Principle of subsidiarity and universality of social public services in the EU (B7-0218/2010),










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(O-0065/2010) by Nigel Farage and Francesco Enrico Speroni, on behalf of the EFD Group, to the Council: Political relevance of the EU 2020 strategy in the context of the current financial and economic crisis (B7-0219/2010),










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(O-0066/2010) by Nigel Farage and Francesco Enrico Speroni, on behalf of the EFD Group, to the Commission: Political relevance of the EU 2020 strategy in the context of the current financial and economic crisis (B7-0220/2010),










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(O-0068/2010) by Rebecca Harms and Daniel Cohn-Bendit, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, to the Council: Consequences of the financial and economic crisis for the EU 2020 strategy and its governance (B7-0301/2010).















2)




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







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Elena Oana Antonescu, Jean Lambert, Antonyia Parvanova, Marc Tarabella and Thomas Ulmer, on the EU Workforce for Health (0040/2010),










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Antonyia Parvanova, Françoise Grossetête and Gianni Pittella, on the establishment of a European Patients’ Rights Day (0041/2010),










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Andreas Mölzer, Mario Borghezio, Philip Claeys and Nikolaos Salavrakos, on the Armenian genocide in Turkey 95 years ago (0042/2010),










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Andreas Mölzer, on Google Street View (0043/2010),










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Andreas Mölzer, on videoconferencing for EU meetings (0044/2010).









13.   Order of business

The next item was the order of business.
The final draft agenda for the May II sittings (PE 441.628/PDOJ) had been distributed and a number of changes had been proposed (Rule 140):






 



Monday

No changes.










 



Tuesday

No changes.










 



Wednesday

Request by Carlo Casini (Chair of the AFCO Committee) for the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions to be consulted by Parliament on the proposal for a regulation on the Citizens’ Initiative under Articles 304 and 307 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
Parliament agreed to the request; the vote would be taken at noon on Wednesday.
Request by the PPE Group with a view to taking a vote on the proposal for a decision in Ryszard Czarnecki’s report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2008, Section II – Council (A7-0096/2010) during voting time on Wednesday.
The following spoke: Ingeborg Gräßle, on behalf of the PPE Group, who moved the request, Hannes Swoboda, on behalf of the S&D Group, who spoke in favour, and Bart Staes, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, who spoke against.
Parliament agreed to the request.
The deadline for tabling amendments would be Tuesday, 18 May at noon.
Request by the PPE Group to postpone the vote on the Edit Bauer report on working time of persons performing mobile road transport activities (A7-0137/2010) until the June part-session.
The following spoke: Edit Bauer (rapporteur), who moved the request, Hannes Swoboda, on behalf of the S&D Group, who spoke against, and Corien Wortmann-Kool, on behalf of the PPE Group, who spoke in favour.
Parliament agreed to the request by electronic vote (158 in favour, 137 against, 7 abstentions).










 



Thursday

Debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (Rule 122):
Request by the PPE Group to replace item 152 on the preliminary draft agenda (‘The arrest of journalist Ernest Vardanyan in Transnistria’) by a new item on the situation in Thailand.
The following spoke: Cristian Dan Preda, who moved the request, Ioannis Kasoulides, on behalf of the PPE Group, who spoke in favour, and Francesco Enrico Speroni.
Parliament agreed to the request.




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The order of business was thus established.

14.   One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

In accordance with Rule 150, the following Members who wished to draw the attention of Parliament to matters of political importance spoke for one minute:
Georgios Papastamkos, Teresa Jiménez-Becerril Barrio, Rosa Estaràs Ferragut, Henri Weber, Tanja Fajon, Teresa Riera Madurell, Filiz Hakaeva Hyusmenova, Luigi de Magistris, Elisabeth Schroedter, Valdemar Tomaševski, Kyriacos Triantaphyllides, John Bufton, Andrew Henry William Brons, Slavi Binev, Eduard Kukan, Monica Luisa Macovei, Zoran Thaler, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Marie-Christine Vergiat, Martin Ehrenhauser, Gerard Batten, Ivo Vajgl, Sylvie Guillaume, Andrey Kovatchev, Cătălin Sorin Ivan and Metin Kazak.
IN THE CHAIR: Rodi KRATSA-TSAGAROPOULOU

Vice-President


15.   Equal treatment between men and women engaged in an activity in a self-employed capacity ***II (debate)
Recommandation for second reading on the Council at first reading with a view to the adoptin od a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the application of the principle of equal treatment between men and women engaged in an activity in a self-employed capacity and repealing Directive 86/613/EEC [17279/3/2009 - C7-0075/2010- 2008/0192(COD)] - Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality. Rapporteur: Astrid Lulling (A7-0146/2010)
Astrid Lulling introduced the recommendation for second reading.
The following spoke: Günther Oettinger (Member of the Commission).
The following spoke: Anna Záborská, on behalf of the PPE Group, Rovana Plumb, on behalf of the S&D Group, Antonyia Parvanova, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Raül Romeva i Rueda, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Marina Yannakoudakis, on behalf of the ECR Group, Eva-Britt Svensson, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Mara Bizzotto, on behalf of the EFD Group, Christa Klaß, Britta Thomsen, Riikka Manner, Ilda Figueiredo, Pascale Gruny, Edite Estrela, Lena Kolarska-Bobińska, Iratxe García Pérez, Joanna Katarzyna Skrzydlewska, Marc Tarabella, Zuzana Roithová and Antigoni Papadopoulou.
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Franz Obermayr, Angelika Werthmann and Paul Rübig.
The following spoke: Günther Oettinger and Astrid Lulling.
The debate closed.
Vote: minutes of 18.5.2010, item 8.11.

16.   Energy performance of buildings ***II (debate)
Recommendation for second reading on the Council’s position at first reading for adopting a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the energy performance of buildings (recast) [05386/3/2010 - C7-0095/2010- 2008/0223(COD)] - Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. Rapporteur: Silvia-Adriana Țicău (A7-0124/2010)
Silvia-Adriana Țicău introduced the recommendation for second reading.
IN THE CHAIR: Stavros LAMBRINIDIS

Vice-President

The following spoke: Günther Oettinger (Member of the Commission).
The following spoke: Paul Rübig, on behalf of the PPE Group, Zigmantas Balčytis, on behalf of the S&D Group, Fiona Hall, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Claude Turmes, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Vicky Ford, on behalf of the ECR Group, Marisa Matias, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Jaroslav Paška, on behalf of the EFD Group, Maria Da Graça Carvalho, Ivari Padar, Karima Delli and Algirdas Saudargas.
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Marian-Jean Marinescu, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Andreas Mölzer, Seán Kelly, Elena Băsescu, Zuzana Roithová and Angelika Werthmann.
The following spoke: Günther Oettinger and Silvia-Adriana Țicău.
The debate closed.
Vote: minutes of 18.5.2010, item 8.3.

17.   Textile names and related labelling of textile products ***I (debate)
Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on textile names and related labelling of textile products [COM(2009)0031 - C6-0048/2009- 2009/0006(COD)] - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection. Rapporteur: Toine Manders (A7-0122/2010)
Toine Manders introduced the report.
The following spoke: Antonio Tajani (Vice-President of the Commission).
The following spoke: Lara Comi, on behalf of the PPE Group.
IN THE CHAIR: Libor ROUČEK

Vice-President

The following spoke: Christel Schaldemose, on behalf of the S&D Group, Niccolò Rinaldi, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Heide Rühle, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Malcolm Harbour, on behalf of the ECR Group, Eva-Britt Svensson, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, William (The Earl of) Dartmouth, on behalf of the EFD Group, Hans-Peter Martin, Non-attached Member, Evelyne Gebhardt, Jacky Hénin, Anna Rosbach, Zuzana Roithová, Alan Kelly, Regina Bastos, Sylvana Rapti, Daniel Caspary, Gianluca Susta, Elisabetta Gardini and Andreas Schwab.
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Marco Scurria, Mairead McGuinness, Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris, Seán Kelly and Ilda Figueiredo.
The following spoke: Antonio Tajani and Toine Manders.
The debate closed.
Vote: minutes of 18.5.2010, item 8.12.

18.   New developments in public procurement (short presentation)
Report on new developments in public procurement [2009/2175(INI)] - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection. Rapporteur: Heide Rühle (A7-0151/2010)
Heide Rühle made the presentation.
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Frank Engel, Evelyne Gebhardt, Cristian Silviu Bușoi, Malcolm Harbour, Jaroslav Paška, Zuzana Roithová, Silvia-Adriana Țicău, Andreas Schwab, Elena Băsescu, Lara Comi and Seán Kelly.
The following spoke: Antonio Tajani (Vice-President of the Commission).
The item closed.
Vote: minutes of 18.5.2010, item 8.17.

19.   EU Policy Coherence for Development and the ‘Official Development Assistance plus concept’ (short presentation)
Report on the EU Policy Coherence for Development and the ‘Official Development Assistance plus’ concept [2009/2218(INI)] - Committee on Development. Rapporteur: Franziska Keller (A7-0140/2010)
Franziska Keller made the presentation.
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Mairead McGuinness, Enrique Guerrero Salom and João Ferreira.
The following spoke: Antonio Tajani (Vice-President of the Commission).
The item closed.
Vote: minutes of 18.5.2010, item 8.18.

20.   Penalties for serious infringements against the social rules in road transport (short presentation)
Report on penalties for serious infringements against the social rules in road transport [2009/2154(INI)] - Committee on Transport and Tourism. Rapporteur: Hella Ranner (A7-0130/2010)
Hella Ranner made the presentation.
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Georgios Papanikolaou.
The following spoke: Antonio Tajani (Vice-President of the Commission).
The item closed.
Vote: minutes of 18.5.2010, item 8.19.

21.   Agenda of the next sitting

The agenda of the next day’s sitting had been established (‘Agenda’ PE 441.628/OJMA).

22.   Closure of the sitting

The sitting closed at 21.35.


Klaus Welle

Secretary-General



Silvana Koch-Mehrin

Vice-President





Monday 17 May 2010ATTENDANCE REGISTER
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