Minutes of the sitting of 17 January 2011
Date: 2011-04-07
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: European Parliament, parliamentary debate








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Monday 17 January 2011MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 17 JANUARY 2011
2011/C 108 E/01
Contents






1.

Resumption of the session









2.

Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting









3.

Statements by the President









4.

Composition of committees and delegations









5.

Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council









6.

Petitions









7.

Action taken on Parliament's positions and resolutions









8.

Oral questions and written declarations (submission)









9.

Order of business









10.

Documents received









11.

Situation in Tunisia









12.

Marketing of construction products ***II (debate)









13.

Dioxin animal feed incident (debate)









14.

EU-Cameroon forest law agreement *** - EU-Republic of Congo forest law agreement *** - FLEGT voluntary partnership agreements (debate)









15.

Composition of Parliament









16.

EU-Cameroon forest law agreement *** - EU-Republic of Congo forest law agreement *** - FLEGT voluntary partnership agreements (continuation of debate)









17.

Interim Partnership Agreement between the EC and the Pacific States *** - Interim Partnership Agreement between the EC and the Pacific States (debate)









18.

International adoption in the EU (debate)









19.

One-minute speeches on matters of political importance









20.

European Consensus on humanitarian aid (short presentation)









21.

Agriculture as a strategic sector in the context of food security (short presentation)









22.

Agenda of the next sitting









23.

Closure of the sitting



ATTENDANCE REGISTER

MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 17 JANUARY 2011

IN THE CHAIR: Jerzy BUZEK

President


1.   Resumption of the session

The sitting opened at 17.00.

2.   Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

3.   Statements by the President

The President said that 27 January 2011 would be the 66th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.
The President recalled that on 13 January 2011 Lithuania had commemorated the 20th anniversary of ‘Bloody Sunday’ when the Soviet army had tried to overthrow the democratically elected government. He took the opportunity to express solidarity with the people of neighbouring Belarus, who were still awaiting freedom and democracy in their country.
The President welcomed the ratification by the European Union on 23 December 2010 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which would be a means of guaranteeing equal rights for the approximately 80 million people with disabilities in the EU.
The President expressed his concern at the disappearance of the Chinese opposition activist Gao Zhisheng and appealed to the Chinese Government to reveal his state of health and his place of detention.
He recalled that Hungary had taken over the Presidency of the Council of European Union from Belgium at the start of the year.
The President concluded by referring to the recent elections in Belarus and to the clashes in Tunisia and expressed Parliament's solidarity with the victims and the governments of the countries recently struck by natural disasters.

4.   Composition of committees and delegations

At the request of the Verts/ALE Group, Parliament ratified the following appointment:
Delegation for relations with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly: Indrek Tarand to replace Reinhard Bütikofer.

5.   Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council

The Council had forwarded certified true copies of the following:






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agreement between the European Union and Georgia on the readmission of persons residing without authorisation;










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free trade agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Korea, of the other part;










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agreement between the European Union and Japan on mutual legal assistance in criminal matters;










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agreement between the European Community and the Government of Japan on cooperation in science and technology;










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voluntary partnership agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Cameroon on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber and derived products to the European Union (FLEGT);










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proces-verbal of rectification of the Economic Partnership Agreement between the CARIFORUM States, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part, signed at Bridgetown, Barbados on 15 October 2008 and at Haiti on 10 December 2009;










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protocol between the European Community and the Republic of Lebanon establishing a dispute settlement mechanism applicable to disputes under the trade provisions of the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Lebanon, of the other part;










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protocol between the European Union and the Arab Republic of Egypt establishing a dispute settlement mechanism applicable to disputes under the trade provisions of the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Arab Republic of Egypt, of the other part;










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protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part, on a framework agreement between the European Union and Ukraine on the general principles for the participation of Ukraine in Union programmes;










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protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Moldova, of the other part, on a framework agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Moldova on the general principles for the participation of the Republic of Moldova in Union programmes.





6.   Petitions

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






 


6 January 2011
Roman Miler (1451/2010); (name confidential) (1452/2010); Alois Hofbauer (1453/2010); Urszula Weber-Król (Stowarzyszenie Pomocy Dzieciom i Młodzieży ‘Blisko Dziecka’) (1454/2010); Heinz Hauer (1455/2010); (name confidential) (1456/2010); Christian Frener (ARGE Berufskraftfahrer) (1457/2010); Stefan Jauering (1458/2010); (name confidential) (1459/2010); (name confidential) (1460/2010); (name confidential) (1461/2010); Markus Vogt (SkanAuto) (1462/2010); Fabian Knipper (1463/2010); Lambros Lavrentzos (1464/2010); Kay Stüdemann (1465/2010); Łukasz Chaberski (1466/2010); Josef Greiner (1467/2010).










 


10 January 2011
René Bernard andClaudette Wandewinckelle (1468/2010); Luciano Enríquez González (1469/2010); (name confidential) (1470/2010); (name confidential) (1471/2010); Daniel Tilhet (1472/2010); Zoltán Wendler (10 signatures) (1473/2010); (name confidential) (1474/2010); Sophie Bilger (1475/2010); Defrenne Bernard (1476/2010); Constantinos Aivaliotis (The Hellenic Parliament ) (1477/2010); Raul Urquiaga Cela (Plataforma Jarama Vivo) (1478/2010); Xristos Golias (1479/2010); Anna Climent Montllor (Coordinadora d'Estudis Eòlics del Comtat) (1480/2010); Lucian Pricop (1481/2010); Jukka Pekka Matintupa (SAK Järviseudun Paikallisjärjestö) (1482/2010); (name confidential) (1483/2010); José Luis Fernandez Fuarros (Plataforma ciudadana contra el puerto industrial de Granadilla) (1484/2010); Felipe Jesús Chaves Román (1485/2010); Ivan Sproudé (1486/2010); Olga Mesquida Alsina (1487/2010); de la Culture Avenir (Avenir de la Culture) (1488/2010); Kovacs Marta Kuktane (Szent Imre Katolikus Szülök Egyesülete) (1489/2010); Josepha Cid (1490/2010); Pablo Ignaz Lindenmuller (1491/2010); (name confidential) (1492/2010); Søren Larsen (1493/2010).










 


11 January 2011
André Schwoy (1494/2010); (name confidential) (1495/2010); Dominik Lewe (1496/2010); (name confidential) (1497/2010); Lars Jürgen Weidemann (1498/2010); Annamaria Steuer (1499/2010); Von der Lieth Ralf (8 signatures) (1500/2010); Frank Legler (346 signatures) (1501/2010); Zenon Romanow (1502/2010); Lutz Kintuke (1503/2010); Roberto Kurze (1504/2010); (name confidential) (1505/2010); Buthmann (1506/2010); (name confidential) (1507/2010); Emma Henkel (1508/2010); Harald Lang (1509/2010); Jozefa Bania (1510/2010); (name confidential) (1511/2010); Wolfgang Laaber (Wir Basisdemokraten) (1512/2010); Ion Augustin Pavelanu (1513/2010); Erich Ollnow (1514/2010); Isabelle Pace (1515/2010); Jari Kovalainen (Vitabalans OY) (1516/2010); Maurizio Bianco (1517/2010); Gelu Bourceanu (1518/2010); (name confidential) (1519/2010); (name confidential) (1520/2010); Salomeea Romanescu (1521/2010); Ibrahima Diallo (1522/2010); Marian Antonie (1523/2010); Martin Ole Berendt (1524/2010); (name confidential) (1525/2010); (name confidential) (1526/2010); Inês Abraão (1527/2010); Mary T. Ryan (1528/2010); Nicolo Di Trapani (1529/2010); Kuisma Lappalainen (1530/2010); Fabio Paduaneli (1531/2010); Laura Di Carlantonio (1532/2010); Cilas Maciel Moura (1533/2010); (name confidential) (1534/2010); Eric S Thomsen (‘Romano’) (1535/2010); Anastasia Lungu (2 signatures) (1536/2010); The team of Sharkbait Reef by Sea Life (The team of Sharkbait Reef by Sea Life) (825 signatures) (1537/2010); Alexandros Karvounis (1538/2010); Mihály Rukk (1539/2010); José Ortega (1540/2010); Alexandros Fotinos (1541/2010); François Arcangeli (Pays de L'Ours - Adet) (1542/2010); Silvia Beltran Pallares (Plataforma Europea De Los Consumidores Y Del Medio Ambiente) (1543/2010); (name confidential) (1544/2010); Maria Grazia Sandrini (1545/2010); Hervé Ogou Ani (1546/2010); Erik Koppany (1547/2010); Fédération (Fédération Contre le Martyre des Animaux ) (27 signatures) (1548/2010); Stefania Lygerou (1549/2010).





7.   Action taken on Parliament's positions and resolutions

The Commission communication on the action taken on the positions and resolutions adopted by Parliament during the September I and September II 2010 part-sessions was available on the Séance en direct site.

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







1)




oral questions (Rule 115):







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(O-0137/2010) by Heidi Hautala, Malika Benarab-Attou, Franziska Katharina Brantner, Hélène Flautre, Ulrike Lunacek, Raül Romeva i Rueda and Margrete Auken, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, to the Commission: Criminalisation of contacts between EU institutions and human rights defenders in Tunisia (B7-0567/2010);










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(O-0151/2010) by Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Niccolò Rinaldi and Marielle De Sarnez, on behalf of the ALDE Group, to the Council: Tunisia - Article 61a of the Penal Code (B7-0569/2010);










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(O-0152/2010) by Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Niccolò Rinaldi and Marielle De Sarnez, on behalf of the ALDE Group to the Commission: Tunisia - on Article 61a of the Penal Code (B7-0570/2010);










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(O-0163/2010) by Marie-Christine Vergiat, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, to the Commission: Tunisia - on Article 61a of the Penal Code (B7-0651/2010);










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(O-0166/2010) by Véronique De Keyser and Raimon Obiols, on behalf of the S&D Group, to the Council: Tunisia - on Article 61a of the Penal Code (B7-0652/2010);










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(O-0167/2010) by Véronique De Keyser and Raimon Obiols, on behalf of the S&D Group, to the Commission: Tunisia - on Article 61a of the Penal Code (B7-0653/2010);










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(O-0169/2010) by Nadja Hirsch, Renate Weber, Cecilia Wikström, Louis Michel, Sonia Alfano, Stanimir Ilchev, Nathalie Griesbeck and Jan Mulder, on behalf of the ALDE Group, to the Council: Transmission of information on the cost of examining asylum seekers’ applications in the Member States (B7-0662/2010);










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(O-0170/2010) by Nadja Hirsch, Renate Weber, Cecilia Wikström, Louis Michel, Sonia Alfano, Stanimir Ilchev, Nathalie Griesbeck and Jan Mulder, on behalf of the ALDE Group, to the Commission: Transmission of information on the cost of examining asylum seekers’ applications in the Member States (B7-0663/2010);










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(O-0175/2010) by Monika Hohlmeier and Simon Busuttil, on behalf of the PPE Group, to the Council: Transmission of information on the cost of examining asylum seekers’ applications in the Member States (B7-0664/2010);










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(O-0176/2010) by Monika Hohlmeier and Simon Busuttil, on behalf of the PPE Group, to the Commission: Transmission of information on the cost of examining asylum seekers’ applications in the Member States (B7-0665/2010);










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(O-0182/2010) by Erminia Mazzoni, on behalf of the PETI Committee, to the Commission: Petition 0473/2008 concerning the failure of the Commission to take action regarding a competition case and the harmful impact of this on the company concerned (B7-0666/2010);










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(O-0188/2010) by Margrete Auken and Eva Lichtenberger, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, to the Commission: Waste crisis in Campania (B7-0667/2010);










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(O-0189/2010) by Charles Goerens, Louis Michel, Ivo Vajgl, Marielle De Sarnez, Renate Weber and Leonidas Donskis, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Michèle Striffler, Georges Bach, Cristian Dan Preda, Filip Kaczmarek, Gabriele Zimmer, Bart Staes, Judith Sargentini, Catherine Grèze, Heidi Hautala and Thijs Berman, to the Commission: Holding of a referendum on the future status of Southern Sudan (B7-0668/2010);










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(O-0190/2010) by Renate Weber, Sophia in 't Veld, Leonidas Donskis, Cecilia Wikström, Alexander Alvaro, Sonia Alfano, Gianni Vattimo, Sarah Ludford and Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, on behalf of the ALDE Group, to the Commission: Violation of freedom of expression and discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in Lithuania (B7-0669/2010);










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(O-0193/2010) by Roberta Angelilli, Mario Mauro, Marco Scurria, Erminia Mazzoni, Cristiana Muscardini, Simon Busuttil, Silvia Costa, Patrizia Toia, Gabriele Albertini, Clemente Mastella, Licia Ronzulli, Aldo Patriciello, Amalia Sartori, Lara Comi, Barbara Matera, Potito Salatto, Iva Zanicchi, Giovanni Collino, Tiziano Motti, Antonello Antinoro, Salvatore Tatarella, Elisabetta Gardini, Crescenzio Rivellini, Carlo Fidanza, Vito Bonsignore, Giovanni La Via, Alfredo Pallone, Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris, Paolo Bartolozzi, Antonio Cancian, Anna Záborská, Csaba Sógor, Anne Delvaux, Daniel Caspary, Gianni Pittella, Debora Serracchiani, Pier Antonio Panzeri, Rosario Crocetta, Francesca Balzani, Mario Pirillo, Roberto Gualtieri, Gianluca Susta, Guido Milana, Salvatore Caronna, Vincenzo Iovine, Sonia Alfano, Niccolò Rinaldi, Luigi de Magistris, Nathalie Griesbeck, Giommaria Uggias, Catherine Bearder, Lorenzo Fontana, Oreste Rossi, Alfredo Antoniozzi, Luigi Ciriaco De Mita, Fiorello Provera, Salvatore Iacolino, Raffaele Baldassarre, Herbert Dorfmann, Vittorio Prodi and Rita Borsellino, to the Commission: International adoption in the European Union (B7-0670/2010);










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(O-0197/2010) by Bairbre de Brún and Willy Meyer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, to the Commission: Waste crisis in Campania (B7-0801/2010);










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(O-0202/2010) by Yannick Jadot, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Catherine Bearder, on behalf of the ALDE Group, David Martin, on behalf of the S&D Group, Joe Higgins, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, and Daniel Caspary, on behalf of the PPE Group, to the Commission: FLEGT voluntary partnership agreements with Congo and Cameroon and other planned VPAs (B7-0802/2010);










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(O-0204/2010) by Ulrike Lunacek, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, to the Commission, Violation of the freedom of expression and discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in Lithuania (B7-0803/2010);










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(O-0207/2010) by Cornelis de Jong, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, to the Commission: Violation of the freedom of expression and discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in Lithuania (B7-0804/2010);










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(O-0208/2010) by Judith A. Merkies and Victor Boștinaru, on behalf of the S&D Group, to the Commission: Waste crisis in Campania, Italy (B7-0805/2010);










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(O-0209/2010) by Mara Bizzotto and Lorenzo Fontana, on behalf of the EFD Group, to the Commission: Waste disposal crisis in Naples and the Campania Region and use of EU funding (B7-0806/2010);










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(O-0212/2010) by Vital Moreira and David Martin, on behalf of the INTA Committee, to the Commission: Interim Partnership Agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Pacific States, of the other part (B7-0807/2010);










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(O-0180/2010) by Arnaud Danjean, Ioannis Kasoulides, Elmar Brok, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Michael Gahler, Krzysztof Lisek and Andrey Kovatchev, on behalf of the PPE Group, to the Council: The Sahel region (B7-0808/2010);










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(O-0177/2010) by Kyriacos Triantaphyllides, Cornelis de Jong, Cornelia Ernst and Marie-Christine Vergiat, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, to the Council: Transmission of information to Parliament and the Commission on the outstanding issues in the Council on the Procedure Directive (B7-0002/2011);










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(O-0179/2010) by Monika Flašíková Beňová, Claude Moraes, Sylvie Guillaume, Carmen Romero López and Antonio Masip Hidalgo, on behalf of the S&D Group, to the Council: State of play regarding the Commission proposal for a recast of the Asylum Procedures Directive (B7-0003/2011);










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(O-0210/2010) by Hélène Flautre, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, to the Council: State of play regarding the Procedures Directive (B7-0004/2011);










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(O-0216/2010) by Michael Cashman, Monika Flašíková Beňová and Claude Moraes, on behalf of the S&D Group, to the Commission: Violation of the freedom of expression and discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in Lithuania (B7-0005/2011).















2)




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







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Jean Lambert, Marian Harkin, Olle Ludvigsson, Peter Skinner and Gabriele Zimmer, on free choice in means of payment (0001/2011);










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Mara Bizzotto, on combating unfair competition in the road transport sector (0002/2011).









9.   Order of business

The following spoke: Potito Salatto, who requested Catherine Ashton (High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the Commission) to present a report to Parliament on the situation of Christians in the world. (The President replied that a debate on this subject would be held on Wednesday.)
The following spoke: Nikolaos Chountis (on the basis of Rule 173), who deplored the fact that for the third consecutive time no question to the Council was included in the agenda of this part-session as provided for by Rule 116 of the Rules of Procedure. (The President replied that the Bureau would take a decision on this matter in the light of the Treaty of Lisbon.)
The following spoke: Bernd Posselt, who deplored the fact that Question Time to the Council had already been cancelled, in advance of any decision being taken (The President undertook to raise this matter at the next meeting of the Conference of Presidents, on Thursday.)
The next item was the order of business.
The final draft agenda for the January 2011 sittings (PE 456.147/PDOJ) had been distributed and a number of changes had been proposed (Rule 140):






 



Monday

A request was made by the Verts/ALE Group for the debate on the situation in Tunisia to be wound up by the tabling of motions for resolutions.
The following spoke: Daniel Cohn-Bendit, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, who moved the request, and Francesco Enrico Speroni, on behalf of the EFD Group, against the request.
Parliament rejected the request by electronic vote (87 in favour, 197 against, 22 abstentions).










 



Tuesday

No changes.










 



Wednesday

No changes.










 



Thursday

Debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (Rule 122):
A request was made by the GUE/NGL Group to remove from the agenda the debate on ‘Brazil: extradition of Cesare Battisti’.
The following spoke: Rui Tavares, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, who moved the request, Mario Mauro, on behalf of the PPE Group, against the request, and Judith Sargentini, in favour of the request.
Parliament rejected the request.




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The order of business was thus established.

10.   Documents received

The following documents had been received:







1)




from committees








1.1)




reports







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Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the West African Economic and Monetary Union on certain aspects of air services (06646/2010 - C7-0103/2010 - 2008/0145(NLE)) - TRAN Committee - Rapporteur: Dieter-Lebrecht Koch (A7-0361/2010)










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Recommendation on the draft Council and Commission decision on the conclusion of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Serbia, of the other part (15619/1/2007 - C7-0341/2010 - 2007/0255(NLE)) - AFET Committee - Rapporteur: Jelko Kacin (A7-0362/2010)










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***I Report on the amended proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning mergers of public limited liability companies (codified version) (COM(2010)0391 - C7-0209/2010 - 2008/0009(COD)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Jiří Maštálka (A7-0363/2010)










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Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Interim Partnership Agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Pacific States, of the other part (05078/2010 - C7-0036/2010 - 2008/0250(NLE)) - INTA Committee - Rapporteur: David Martin (A7-0365/2010)










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Report on a European initiative on Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias (COM(2009)0380 - 2010/2084(INI)) - ENVI Committee - Rapporteur: Marisa Matias (A7-0366/2010)










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Report with a proposal for a European Parliament recommendation to the Council on the ongoing negotiations on the EU-Libya Framework Agreement (B7-0615/2010 - 2010/2268(INI)) - AFET Committee - Rapporteur: Ana Gomes (A7-0368/2010)










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Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of a Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of the Congo on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber and derived products to the European Union (FLEGT) (10028/2010 - C7-0170/2010 - 2010/0062(NLE)) - INTA Committee - Rapporteur: Yannick Jadot (A7-0370/2010)










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Recommendation on the draft Council decision on conclusion of a Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Cameroon on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber and derived products to the European Union (FLEGT) (12796/2010 - C7-0339/2010 - 2010/0217(NLE)) - INTA Committee - Rapporteur: Yannick Jadot (A7-0371/2010)










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Recommendation on the draft Council decision on conclusion of a protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and of Romania to the European Union (06903/2010 - C7-0384/2010 - 2007/0231(NLE)) - AFET Committee - Rapporteur: Gabriele Albertini (A7-0373/2010)










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Report on the Report on Competition Policy 2009 (2010/2137(INI)) - ECON Committee - Rapporteur: Derk Jan Eppink (A7-0374/2010)










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Report on implementation of the European Consensus on Humanitarian Aid: the mid-term review of its action plan and the way forward (2010/2101(INI)) - DEVE Committee - Rapporteur: Michèle Striffler (A7-0375/2010)










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Report on recognition of agriculture as a strategic sector in the context of food security (2010/2112(INI)) - AGRI Committee - Rapporteur: Daciana Octavia Sârbu (A7-0376/2010)










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Report on a sustainable EU policy for the High North (2009/2214(INI)) - AFET Committee - Rapporteur: Michael Gahler (A7-0377/2010)










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Report on an EU Strategy for the Black Sea (2010/2087(INI)) - AFET Committee - Rapporteur: Traian Ungureanu (A7-0378/2010)















1.2)




recommendations for second reading







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***II Recommendation for second reading on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the application of patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare (11038/2/2010 - C7-0266/2010 - 2008/0142(COD)) - ENVI Committee - Rapporteur: Françoise Grossetête (A7-0307/2010)










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***II Recommendation for second reading on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down harmonised conditions for the marketing of construction products and repealing Council Directive 89/106/EEC (10753/3/2010 - C7-0267/2010 - 2008/0098(COD)) - IMCO Committee - Rapporteur: Catherine Stihler (A7-0343/2010)



















2)




from Members








2.1)




oral questions for Question Time (Rule 116) (B7-0001/2011)







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to the Council:
Posselt Bernd, Higgins Jim, Papanikolaou Georgios, Blinkevičiūtė Vilija, Chountis Nikolaos, Mitchell Gay, Țicău Silvia-Adriana, Aylward Liam, Gallagher Pat the Cope, Crowley Brian, Andrikienė Laima Liucija, Angourakis Charalampos, Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė Radvilė.










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to the Commission:
Niculescu Rareș-Lucian, Balčytis Zigmantas, Göncz Kinga, Blinkevičiūtė Vilija, Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė Radvilė, Papanikolaou Georgios, Aylward Liam, Crowley Brian, Posselt Bernd, Higgins Jim, Țicău Silvia-Adriana, Tarabella Marc, Ertug Ismail, Mitchell Gay, de Grandes Pascual Luis, Belet Ivo, Gallagher Pat the Cope, Ronzulli Licia, Kelly Seán, Niebler Angelika, Schwab Andreas, Ferreira João, Chountis Nikolaos, Claeys Philip, McGuinness Mairead, Podimata Anni, Andrikienė Laima Liucija.















2.2)




motions for resolution (Rule 120)







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Sebastian Valentin Bodu. Motion for a resolution on the covers of ordinary (tourist) passports issued by the Member States to their citizens (B7-0035/2011)






referred to


responsible: LIBE














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Cristiana Muscardini. Motion for a resolution on nutraceuticals as food supplements (B7-0734/2010)






referred to


responsible: ENVI
opinion: IMCO














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Rovana Plumb, Daciana Octavia Sârbu and Silvia-Adriana Țicău. Motion for a resolution on the safety of toys (B7-0735/2010)






referred to


responsible: IMCO
opinion: ENVI, ITRE














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Marc Tarabella and Silvia-Adriana Țicău. Motion for a resolution on the mono-industrialised regions (B7-0736/2010)






referred to


responsible: REGI
opinion: EMPL, ITRE

















11.   Situation in Tunisia

Jerzy Buzek (President of the European Parliament) made a statement on the events that had occurred in Tunisia. He expressed his condolences to the families of the victims of the clashes with the police and paid tribute to the memory of Mohamed Bouazizi.
Parliament observed a minute's silence.
The President praised the determination and courage of the Tunisian people and expressed Parliament's support for them. He called on the Tunisian authorities to:






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free all the people that had been arbitrarily arrested;










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ensure that independent inquiries were carried out into accusations of corruption, killings and the excessive use of violence;










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hold, in a timely manner, free, transparent, pluralist and democratic parliamentary and presidential elections that were open to national and international scrutiny;










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put together a national unity government representing all Tunisians.




The following spoke: Štefan Füle (Member of the Commission).
The following spoke: José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, on behalf of the PPE Group, Pier Antonio Panzeri, on behalf of the S&D Group, Marietje Schaake, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, 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, and Gerard Batten, on behalf of the EFD Group.
The item closed.

12.   Marketing of construction products ***II (debate)
Recommendation for second reading on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down harmonised conditions for the marketing of construction products and repealing Council Directive 89/106/EEC [10753/3/2010 - C7-0267/2010- 2008/0098(COD)] - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection. Rapporteur: Catherine Stihler (A7-0343/2010)
Catherine Stihler introduced the recommendation for second reading.
The following spoke: Antonio Tajani (Vice-President of the Commission).
The following spoke: Andreas Schwab, on behalf of the PPE Group.
IN THE CHAIR: Rodi KRATSA-TSAGAROPOULOU

Vice-President

The following spoke: Evelyne Gebhardt, on behalf of the S&D Group, Heide Rühle, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Emma McClarkin, on behalf of the ECR Group, Lara Comi, Sylvana Rapti and Malcolm Harbour.
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Zuzana Roithová and Anja Weisgerber.
The following spoke: Antonio Tajani and Catherine Stihler.
The debate closed.
Vote: minutes of 18.1.2011, item 7.4.

13.   Dioxin animal feed incident (debate)
Commission statement: Dioxin animal feed incident
John Dalli (Member of the Commission) made the statement.
The following spoke: Albert Deß, on behalf of the PPE Group, Ulrike Rodust, on behalf of the S&D Group, Corinne Lepage, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Martin Häusling, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, James Nicholson, on behalf of the ECR Group, Sabine Wils, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Peter Liese, Luis Manuel Capoulas Santos, Britta Reimers, Bart Staes and Jaroslav Paška, on behalf of the EFD Group.
IN THE CHAIR: Silvana KOCH-MEHRIN

Vice-President

The following spoke: Janusz Wojciechowski, Kartika Tamara Liotard, John Stuart Agnew, Michel Dantin, who also answered a blue-card question put by Franz Obermayr, Paolo De Castro, Marit Paulsen, Licia Ronzulli, Marita Ulvskog, Antonyia Parvanova, Elisabeth Köstinger, Catherine Stihler, Spyros Danellis and Franz Obermayr.
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Mairead McGuinness, Karin Kadenbach, Richard Ashworth, João Ferreira, Marc Tarabella and Peter Jahr.
The following spoke: John Dalli.
The debate closed.

14.   EU-Cameroon forest law agreement *** - EU-Republic of Congo forest law agreement *** - FLEGT voluntary partnership agreements (debate)
Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of a Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Cameroon on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber and derived products to the European Union (FLEGT) [12796/2010 - C7-0339/2010- 2010/0217(NLE)] - Committee on International Trade. Rapporteur: Yannick Jadot (A7-0371/2010)
Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of a Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of the Congo on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber and derived products to the European Union (FLEGT) [10028/2010 - C7-0170/2010- 2010/0062(NLE)] - Committee on International Trade. Rapporteur: Yannick Jadot (A7-0370/2010)
Oral question (O-0202/2010) by Yannick Jadot, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Catherine Bearder, on behalf of the ALDE Group, David Martin, on behalf of the S&D Group, Joe Higgins, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, and Daniel Caspary, on behalf of the PPE Group, to the Commission: FLEGT voluntary partnership agreements with Congo and Cameroon and other planned VPAs (B7-0802/2010)
Yannick Jadot introduced the reports.
Catherine Bearder, David Martin, Joe Higgins and Daniel Caspary moved the oral question.
The following spoke: Andris Piebalgs (Member of the Commission).
IN THE CHAIR: Diana WALLIS

Vice-President


15.   Composition of Parliament

Christophe Béchu had resigned as a Member of the European Parliament with effect from 1 January 2011. Parliament established the vacancy with effect from that date under Rule 4(1) of the Rules of Procedure.
The French authorities had notified Parliament of the election of Agnès Le Brun to replace Christophe Béchu as a Member of the European Parliament. Under Rule 4(1), Parliament noted this with effect from 1 January 2011.
Under Rule 3(2), until such time as her credentials had been verified or a ruling had been given on any dispute, and provided that she had previously signed a written declaration stating that she did not hold any office incompatible with that of Member of the European Parliament, Agnès Le Brun would take her seat in Parliament and on its bodies and would enjoy all the rights attaching thereto.

16.   EU-Cameroon forest law agreement *** - EU-Republic of Congo forest law agreement *** - FLEGT voluntary partnership agreements (continuation of debate)
Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of a Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Cameroon on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber and derived products to the European Union (FLEGT) [12796/2010 - C7-0339/2010- 2010/0217(NLE)] - Committee on International Trade. Rapporteur: Yannick Jadot (A7-0371/2010)
Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of a Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of the Congo on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber and derived products to the European Union (FLEGT) [10028/2010 - C7-0170/2010- 2010/0062(NLE)] - Committee on International Trade. Rapporteur: Yannick Jadot (A7-0370/2010)
Oral question (O-0202/2010) by Yannick Jadot, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Catherine Bearder, on behalf of the ALDE Group, David Martin, on behalf of the S&D Group, Joe Higgins, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, and Daniel Caspary, on behalf of the PPE Group, to the Commission: FLEGT voluntary partnership agreements with Congo and Cameroon and other planned VPAs (B7-0802/2010)
The following spoke: Eva Joly (rapporteur for the opinion of the DEVE Committee), Christofer Fjellner, on behalf of the PPE Group, George Sabin Cutaș, on behalf of the S&D Group, Chris Davies, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Anna Rosbach, on behalf of the EFD Group, Andreas Mölzer, Non-attached Member, Filip Kaczmarek and Kriton Arsenis.
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Seán Kelly, João Ferreira, Paul Rübig and Franz Obermayr.
The following spoke: Andris Piebalgs and Yannick Jadot.
Motion for resolution to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 115(5):






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Yannick Jadot and Eva Joly, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Catherine Bearder and Niccolò Rinaldi, on behalf of the ALDE Group, David Martin, on behalf of the S&D Group, Joe Higgins and Kartika Tamara Liotard, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Daniel Caspary and Christofer Fjellner, on behalf of the PPE Group, and Robert Sturdy, on behalf of the ECR Group, on FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreements (B7-0028/2011)




The debate closed.
Vote: minutes of 19.1.2011, item 6.3.

17.   Interim Partnership Agreement between the EC and the Pacific States *** - Interim Partnership Agreement between the EC and the Pacific States (debate)
Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Interim Partnership Agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Pacific States, of the other part [05078/2010 - C7-0036/2010- 2008/0250(NLE)] - Committee on International Trade. Rapporteur: David Martin (A7-0365/2010)
Oral question (O-0212/2010) by Vital Moreira and David Martin, on behalf of the INTA Committee, to the Commission: Interim Partnership Agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Pacific States, of the other part (B7-0807/2010)
David Martin introduced the report and gave the background to the oral question.
IN THE CHAIR: Gianni PITTELLA

Vice-President

The following spoke: Andris Piebalgs (Member of the Commission).
The following spoke: Carmen Fraga Estévez (rapporteur for the opinion of the PECH Committee), Laima Liucija Andrikienė, on behalf of the PPE Group, George Sabin Cutaș, on behalf of the S&D Group, Isabella Lövin, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Elie Hoarau, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Andreas Mölzer, Non-attached Member, Francisco José Millán Mon, Josefa Andrés Barea, Alain Cadec, Ulrike Rodust and Pablo Zalba Bidegain.
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Mairead McGuinness.
The following spoke: Andris Piebalgs and David Martin.
Motion for a resolution to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 115(5):






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David Martin and Vital Moreira, on behalf of the INTA Committee, on the Interim Partnership Agreement between the EC and the Pacific States (B7-0022/2011)




The debate closed.
Vote: minutes of 19.1.2011, item 6.6 and minutes of 19.1.2011, item 6.5.

18.   International adoption in the EU (debate)
Oral question (O-0193/2010) by Roberta Angelilli, Mario Mauro, Marco Scurria, Erminia Mazzoni, Cristiana Muscardini, Simon Busuttil, Silvia Costa, Patrizia Toia, Gabriele Albertini, Clemente Mastella, Licia Ronzulli, Aldo Patriciello, Amalia Sartori, Lara Comi, Barbara Matera, Potito Salatto, Iva Zanicchi, Giovanni Collino, Tiziano Motti, Antonello Antinoro, Salvatore Tatarella, Elisabetta Gardini, Crescenzio Rivellini, Carlo Fidanza, Vito Bonsignore, Giovanni La Via, Alfredo Pallone, Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris, Paolo Bartolozzi, Antonio Cancian, Anna Záborská, Csaba Sógor, Anne Delvaux, Daniel Caspary, Gianni Pittella, Debora Serracchiani, Pier Antonio Panzeri, Rosario Crocetta, Francesca Balzani, Mario Pirillo, Roberto Gualtieri, Gianluca Susta, Guido Milana, Salvatore Caronna, Vincenzo Iovine, Sonia Alfano, Niccolò Rinaldi, Luigi de Magistris, Nathalie Griesbeck, Giommaria Uggias, Catherine Bearder, Lorenzo Fontana, Oreste Rossi, Alfredo Antoniozzi, Luigi Ciriaco De Mita, Fiorello Provera, Salvatore Iacolino, Raffaele Baldassarre, Herbert Dorfmann, Vittorio Prodi and Rita Borsellino, to the Commission: International adoption in the European Union (B7-0670/2010)
Roberta Angelilli moved the oral question.
Kristalina Georgieva (Member of the Commission) answered the oral question.
The following spoke: Salvatore Iacolino, on behalf of the PPE Group, Monika Flašíková Beňová, on behalf of the S&D Group, Cecilia Wikström, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Marina Yannakoudakis, on behalf of the ECR Group, Slavi Binev, Non-attached Member, Elena Băsescu, Victor Boștinaru, Alexandra Thein, Ryszard Czarnecki, Csanád Szegedi, Edit Bauer, Zita Gurmai, Sonia Alfano, Janusz Wojciechowski, Raffaele Baldassarre, Petru Constantin Luhan, Marco Scurria, Anna Záborská, Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Erminia Mazzoni and Carlos Coelho.
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Mairead McGuinness, Seán Kelly, Mario Pirillo, Catherine Bearder, Miroslav Mikolášik, George Sabin Cutaș, Antonyia Parvanova, Marian-Jean Marinescu and Catherine Stihler.
The following spoke: Kristalina Georgieva.
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: minutes of 19.1.2011, item 6.7.

19.   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:
Zuzana Roithová, Petru Constantin Luhan, Anni Podimata, Graham Watson, Ryszard Czarnecki, João Ferreira, Angelika Werthmann, Ioannis Kasoulides, Alf Svensson, Philippe Juvin, Frédéric Daerden, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Constance Le Grip, Tamás Deutsch, Sergej Kozlík, Marek Henryk Migalski, Alajos Mészáros, Georgios Papanikolaou, Catherine Stihler, Sonia Alfano, Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Joe Higgins, Krisztina Morvai, Antigoni Papadopoulou, Seán Kelly, Iliana Ivanova and Stanimir Ilchev.

20.   European Consensus on humanitarian aid (short presentation)
Report on the implementation of the European Consensus on humanitarian aid: the mid-term review of its Action Plan and the way forward [2010/2101(INI)] - Committee on Development. Rapporteur: Michèle Striffler (A7-0375/2010)
Michèle Striffler made the presentation.
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Anna Záborská, Miroslav Mikolášik, Zuzana Roithová, Seán Kelly and Peter Jahr.
The following spoke: Kristalina Georgieva (Member of the Commission).
The item closed.
Vote: minutes of 18.1.2011, item 7.5.

21.   Agriculture as a strategic sector in the context of food security (short presentation)
Report on recognition of agriculture as a strategic sector in the context of food security [2010/2112(INI)] - Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development. Rapporteur: Daciana Octavia Sârbu (A7-0376/2010)
Daciana Octavia Sârbu made the presentation.
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Mairead McGuinness, Miroslav Mikolášik, Luís Paulo Alves, Janusz Wojciechowski, Peter Jahr, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Krisztina Morvai, Seán Kelly, Csanád Szegedi, João Ferreira and Lívia Járóka.
The following spoke: Kristalina Georgieva (Member of the Commission).
The item closed.
Vote: minutes of 18.1.2011, item 7.6.

22.   Agenda of the next sitting

The agenda of the next day's sitting had been established (‘Agenda’ PE 456.147/OJMA).

23.   Closure of the sitting

The sitting closed at 23.30.


Klaus Welle

Secretary-General



Jerzy Buzek

President





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