Minutes of the sitting of 6 June 2011
Date: 2011-08-18
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: European Parliament, parliamentary debate








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Monday 6 June 2011MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 6 JUNE 2011
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Contents






1.

Resumption of the session









2.

Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting









3.

Welcome









4.

Announcements by the President









5.

Verification of credentials









6.

Composition of political groups









7.

Signature of acts adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure









8.

Oral questions and written declarations (submission)









9.

Documents received









10.

Lapsed written declarations









11.

Action taken on Parliament’s positions and resolutions









12.

Transfers of appropriations









13.

Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council









14.

Order of business









15.

Commemoration of deportations in 1941 in the Baltic States









16.

European environmental economic accounts ***I (debate)









17.

Selection process of a new Managing Director for the IMF and external representation of the euro (debate)









18.

Seventh EU programme for research, technological development and demonstration (debate)









19.

EU-Canada trade relations (debate)









20.

One-minute speeches on matters of political importance









21.

Credit rating agencies (short presentation)









22.

Guaranteeing independent impact assessments (short presentation)









23.

External dimension of social policy (short presentation)









24.

Financing instrument for development cooperation (short presentation)









25.

Progress towards a European contract law for consumers and businesses (short presentation)









26.

Cooperation in vocational education and training to support the Europe 2020 strategy (short presentation)









27.

Agenda of the next sitting









28.

Closure of the sitting



ATTENDANCE REGISTER

MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 6 JUNE 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.
Christine De Veyrac had been present but her name was not on the attendance register.
Charles Tannock informed the Presidency that he wished to withdraw his signature from motion for a resolution B7-0325/2011 tabled by the ECR group.

3.   Welcome

On behalf of Parliament, the President welcomed Emomali Rahmon, the President of Tajikistan, who had taken a seat in the distinguished visitors’ gallery.

4.   Announcements by the President

The President recalled the 22nd anniversary of the student demonstrations in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, by the authorities of the People’s Republic of China.
He also recalled the 22nd anniversary of the first free parliamentary elections in Poland, which were won by the democratic opposition.
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The President announced that an exceptional evacuation exercise would take place during the current part-session in Strasbourg, with another scheduled for the June mini-session in Brussels.
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The President announced that Silvana Koch-Mehrin had submitted her resignation as Vice-President of the European Parliament with effect from 11 May 2011. Pursuant to Rule 18 of the Rules of Procedure, Parliament established that the post would be vacant.

5.   Verification of credentials

In accordance with Rule 3(3) and (4) of the Rules of Procedure, the Committee on Legal Affairs had, at its meeting of 24 May 2011, verified the credentials and unanimously proposed the validation of the mandate of the MEPs Hubert Pirker with effect from 31 March 2011, Paul Murphy and Heinz K. Becker with effect from 1 April 2011, Mojca Kleva with effect from 13 April 2011, Phil Prendergast with effect from 21 April 2011 and Sampo Terho with effect from 26 April 2011.

6.   Composition of political groups

David Campbell Bannerman had joined the ECR Group with effect from 24 May 2011.
Theodoros Skylakakis had joined the ALDE Group with effect from 31 May 2011.

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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Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 55/2008 introducing autonomous trade preferences for the Republic of Moldova (00013/2011/LEX - C7-0129/2011 - 2010/0318(COD))










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Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 460/2004 establishing the European Network and Information Security Agency as regards its duration (00012/2011/LEX - C7-0130/2011 - 2010/0274(COD))










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Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on Alternative Investment Fund Managers and amending Directives 2003/41/EC and 2009/65/EC and Regulations (EC) No 1060/2009 and (EU) No 1095/2010 (00060/2010/LEX - C7-0131/2011 - 2009/0064(COD))










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Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 850/98 for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organisms and Council Regulation (EC) No 1288/2009 establishing transitional technical measures from 1 January 2010 to 30 June 2011 (00009/2011/LEX - C7-0132/2011 - 2010/0255(COD))










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Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (Recast) (00062/2010/LEX - C7-0147/2011 - 2008/0240(COD))










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Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2001/83/EC on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use, as regards the prevention of the entry into the legal supply chain of falsified medicinal products (00003/2011/LEX - C7-0148/2011 - 2008/0261(COD))





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-000084/2011) by Erminia Mazzoni, on behalf of the PETI Committee, to the Commission: Application of the EIA Directive in Austria (Petition 0672/2007) (B7-0314/2011);










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(O-000087/2011) by Erminia Mazzoni, on behalf of the PETI Committee, and Malcolm Harbour, on behalf of the INTA Committee, to the Commission: Misleading business directories (Petitions 0045/2006, 1475/2006 and others) (B7-0315/2011);










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(O-000111/2011) by Jan Philipp Albrecht, Judith Sargentini and Heidi Hautala, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, to the Council: European Arrest Warrant (B7-0317/2011);










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(O-000112/2011) by Jan Philipp Albrecht, Judith Sargentini and Heidi Hautala, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, to the Commission: European Arrest Warrant (B7-0318/2011);










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(O-000117/2011) by Elena Oana Antonescu, Axel Voss, Simon Busuttil and Salvatore Iacolino, on behalf of the PPE Group, to the Council: European Arrest Warrant (B7-0319/2011);










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(O-000118/2011) by Elena Oana Antonescu, Axel Voss, Simon Busuttil and Salvatore Iacolino, on behalf of the PPE Group, to the Commission: European Arrest Warrant (B7-0320/2011);










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(O-000119/2011) by Sarah Ludford, Renate Weber, Sonia Alfano, Louis Michel, Nathalie Griesbeck, Gianni Vattimo, Sophia in 't Veld and Jens Rohde, on behalf of the ALDE Group, to the Council: European Arrest Warrant (B7-0401/2011);










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(O-000120/2011) by Sarah Ludford, Renate Weber, Sonia Alfano, Louis Michel, Nathalie Griesbeck, Gianni Vattimo, Sophia in 't Veld and Jens Rohde, on behalf of the ALDE Group, to the Commission: European Arrest Warrant (B7-0402/2011);










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(O-000121/2011) by Claude Moraes and Birgit Sippel, on behalf of the S&D Group, to the Council: European Arrest Warrant (B7-0403/2011);










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(O-000122/2011) by Claude Moraes and Birgit Sippel, on behalf of the S&D Group, to the Commission: European Arrest Warrant (B7-0404/2011);










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(O-000123/2011) by Gerard Batten, on behalf of the EFD Group, to the Council: European Arrest Warrant (B7-0405/2011);










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(O-000124/2011) by Gerard Batten, on behalf of the EFD Group, to the Commission: European Arrest Warrant (B7-0406/2011);










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(O-000129/2011) by Cornelis de Jong, Søren Bo Søndergaard, Cornelia Ernst, Marie-Christine Vergiat, Rui Tavares and Kyriacos Triantaphyllides, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, to the Commission: European Arrest Warrant (B7-0408/2011);










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(O-000140/2011) by Timothy Kirkhope, on behalf of the ECR Group, to the Council: European Arrest Warrant (B7-0409/2011);










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(O-000091/2011) by Paolo Bartolozzi, Vito Bonsignore, Mario Mauro, Gabriele Albertini, Roberta Angelilli, Aldo Patriciello, Lara Comi, Giovanni Collino, Salvatore Iacolino, Raffaele Baldassarre, Cristiana Muscardini, Barbara Matera, Erminia Mazzoni, Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris, Carlo Fidanza, Iva Zanicchi, Alfredo Pallone, Licia Ronzulli, Antonio Cancian, Alfredo Antoniozzi, Giovanni La Via, Marco Scurria, Sergio Berlato, Amalia Sartori, Elisabetta Gardini, Potito Salatto, Alfreds Rubiks, Bart Staes, Britta Thomsen, Piotr Borys, Joachim Zeller, Niccolò Rinaldi, Bogdan Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz, Jaromír Kohlíček, Hannes Swoboda, Vilja Savisaar-Toomast, Herbert Dorfmann, Jarosław Kalinowski, Kyriacos Triantaphyllides, Béla Kovács, Inese Vaidere, Elisabeth Jeggle, Ivari Padar, Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, Rolandas Paksas and Ivars Godmanis, to the Commission: EU relations with Mongolia (B7-0410/2011).















2)




written declarations for inclusion in the register (Rule 123)







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Daciana Octavia Sârbu, Elisabeth Jeggle, Adina-Ioana Vălean and Janusz Wojciechowski, on dog population management in the European Union (0026/2011);










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Patrick Le Hyaric, Margrete Auken, Véronique De Keyser and Niccolò Rinaldi, on recognition by the European Union of the Palestinian State (0027/2011);










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Paolo De Castro, Salvatore Caronna, Michel Dantin, Martin Häusling and Justas Vincas Paleckis, on food waste (0028/2011);










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Sarah Ludford, Simon Busuttil, Ana Gomes and Heidi Hautala, on the export of drugs used for the death penalty in third countries (0029/2011);










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Cătălin Sorin Ivan, Silvia Costa, Seán Kelly, Hannu Takkula and Claudiu Ciprian Tănăsescu, on support for better regulation in the field of gambling (0030/2011);










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Giovanni Collino, on the establishment of a common EU army (0031/2011);










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Philippe Juvin, José Bové, Edite Estrela, Corinne Lepage and Anna Rosbach, on shale gas and oil exploration (0032/2011).









9.   Documents received

The following documents had been received:







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from committees








1.1)




reports







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***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2000/25/EC as regards the provisions for tractors placed on the market under the flexibility scheme (COM(2010)0607 - C7-0342/2010 - 2010/0301(COD)) - ENVI Committee - Rapporteur: Salvatore Tatarella (A7-0091/2011)










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Report on Objective 3: a challenge for territorial cooperation - the future agenda for cross-border, transnational and interregional cooperation (2010/2155(INI)) - REGI Committee - Rapporteur: Marie-Thérèse Sanchez-Schmid (A7-0110/2011)










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Report on the Report 2010 on the implementation of the cohesion policy programmes for 2007-2013 (2010/2139(INI)) - REGI Committee - Rapporteur: Miroslav Mikolášik (A7-0111/2011)










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***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1541/98 on proof of origin for certain textile products falling within Section XI of the Combined Nomenclature and released for free circulation in the Community, and on the conditions for the acceptance of such proof, and amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 on common rules for imports of certain textile products from third countries (COM(2010)0544 - C7-0316/2010 - 2010/0272(COD)) - INTA Committee - Rapporteur: Jan Zahradil (A7-0156/2011)










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***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council implementing Article 10 of the United Nations’ Firearms Protocol and establishing export authorisation, import and transit measures for firearms, their parts and components and ammunition (COM(2010)0273 - C7-0138/2010 - 2010/0147(COD)) - INTA Committee - Rapporteur: Salvatore Iacolino (A7-0157/2011)










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***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 establishing common rules for direct support schemes for farmers under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers (COM(2010)0539 - C7-0294/2010 - 2010/0267(COD)) - AGRI Committee - Rapporteur: Paolo De Castro (A7-0158/2011)










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Report on guaranteeing independent impact assessments (2010/2016(INI)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Angelika Niebler (A7-0159/2011)










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Report on the mid-term review of the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Union for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2011/2043(INI)) - ITRE Committee - Rapporteur: Jean-Pierre Audy (A7-0160/2011)










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***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) (COM(2010)0537 - C7-0295/2010 - 2010/0266(COD)) - AGRI Committee - Rapporteur: Paolo De Castro (A7-0161/2011)










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Report on policy options for progress towards a European Contract Law for consumers and businesses (2011/2013(INI)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Diana Wallis (A7-0164/2011)










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Report on the mid-term review of the European satellite navigation programmes: implementation assessment, future challenges and financing perspectives (2009/2226(INI)) - ITRE Committee - Rapporteur: Vladimír Remek (A7-0165/2011)










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***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2001/18/EC as regards the possibility for the Member States to restrict or prohibit the cultivation of GMOs in their territory (COM(2010)0375 - C7-0178/2010 - 2010/0208(COD)) - ENVI Committee - Rapporteur: Corinne Lepage (A7-0170/2011)










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Report on the external dimension of social policy, promoting labour and social standards and European corporate social responsibility (2010/2205(INI)) - EMPL Committee - Rapporteur: Richard Falbr (A7-0172/2011)










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Report on GDP and beyond - Measuring progress in a changing world (2010/2088(INI)) - ENVI Committee - Rapporteur: Anna Rosbach (A7-0175/2011)










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Report on the proposal for a modification of the Act concerning the election of the Members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage of 20 September 1976 (2009/2134(INI)) - AFCO Committee - Rapporteur: Andrew Duff (A7-0176/2011)










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***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1466/97 on the strengthening of the surveillance of budgetary positions and the surveillance and coordination of economic policies (COM(2010)0526 - C7-0300/2010 - 2010/0280(COD)) - ECON Committee - Rapporteur: Corien Wortmann-Kool (A7-0178/2011)










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* Report on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1467/97 on speeding up and clarifying the implementation of the excessive deficit procedure (COM(2010)0522 - C7-0396/2010 - 2010/0276(CNS)) - ECON Committee - Rapporteur: Diogo Feio (A7-0179/2011)










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***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the effective enforcement of budgetary surveillance in the euro area (COM(2010)0524 - C7-0298/2010 - 2010/0278(COD)) - ECON Committee - Rapporteur: Sylvie Goulard (A7-0180/2011)










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***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on enforcement measures to correct excessive macroeconomic imbalances in the euro area (COM(2010)0525 - C7-0299/2010 - 2010/0279(COD)) - ECON Committee - Rapporteur: Carl Haglund (A7-0182/2011)










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***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the prevention and correction of macroeconomic imbalances (COM(2010)0527 - C7-0301/2010 - 2010/0281(COD)) - ECON Committee - Rapporteur: Elisa Ferreira (A7-0183/2011)










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* Report on the proposal for a Council directive on requirements for budgetary frameworks of the Member States (COM(2010)0523 - C7-0397/2010 - 2010/0277(NLE)) - ECON Committee - Rapporteur: Vicky Ford (A7-0184/2011)










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* Report on the draft Council decision on the full application of the provisions of the Schengen acquis in the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania (14142/2010 - C7-0369/2010 - 2010/0820(NLE)) - LIBE Committee - Rapporteur: Carlos Coelho (A7-0185/2011)










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*** Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Croatia on the participation of the Republic of Croatia in the work of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (11633/2010 - C7-0026/2011 - 2010/0011(NLE)) - LIBE Committee - Rapporteur: Debora Serracchiani (A7-0186/2011)










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Report on Regulation (EC)1905/2006 establishing a financing instrument for development cooperation: lessons learned and perspectives for the future (2009/2149(INI)) - DEVE Committee - Rapporteur: Gay Mitchell (A7-0187/2011)










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Report with a proposal for a European Parliament recommendation to the Council on the 66th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (2011/2030(INI)) - AFET Committee - Rapporteur: Alexander Graf Lambsdorff (A7-0189/2011)










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*Report on the nomination of H.G. Wessberg as a Member of the Court of Auditors (N7-0043/2011 - C7-0103/2011 - 2011/0803(NLE)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Inés Ayala Sender (A7-0190/2011)










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Report on investing in the future: a new Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for a competitive, sustainable and inclusive Europe (2010/2211(INI)) - SURE Committee - Rapporteur: Salvador Garriga Polledo (A7-0193/2011)










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Report on the request for waiver of the immunity of Agnes Hankiss (2010/2213(IMM)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Diana Wallis (A7-0196/2011)















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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 amending Directive 1999/62/EC on the charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures (15145/1/2010 - C7-0045/2011 - 2008/0147(COD)) - TRAN Committee - Rapporteur: Saïd El Khadraoui (A7-0171/2011)



















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from Members








2.1)




oral questions for Question Time (Rule 116) (B7-0407/2011)







 


to the Council






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Posselt Bernd, Higgins Jim, Blinkevičiūtė Vilija, Mitchell Gay, Harkin Marian.














 


to the Commission






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McGuinness Mairead, Higgins Jim, Papanikolaou Georgios, Posselt Bernd, Mitchell Gay, Ludford Sarah, Koppa Maria Eleni, Daerden Frédéric, Chountis Nikolaos, Blinkevičiūtė Vilija, Aylward Liam, Steinruck Jutta, Harkin Marian, Martin Hans-Peter, Jensen Anne E., La Via Giovanni, Țicău Silvia-Adriana, Pargneaux Gilles, Andrikienė Laima Liucija.



















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motions for resolution (Rule 120)







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Andreas Mölzer. Motion for a resolution on the condemnation of targeted killing and respect for the principles of the rule of law (B7-0345/2011)






referred to


responsible: LIBE
opinion: AFET














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Gabriele Albertini, Roberta Angelilli, Antonello Antinoro, Alfredo Antoniozzi, Raffaele Baldassarre, Vito Bonsignore, Antonio Cancian, Giovanni Collino, Lara Comi, Elisabetta Gardini, Giovanni La Via, Clemente Mastella, Barbara Matera, Erminia Mazzoni, Alfredo Pallone, Aldo Patriciello, Crescenzio Rivellini, Licia Ronzulli, Potito Salatto, Amalia Sartori, Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris and Salvatore Tatarella. Motion for a resolution on drawing up a European workers’ statute (B7-0346/2011)






referred to


responsible: EMPL

















10.   Lapsed written declarations

In accordance with Rule 123(5), written declarations 0004/2011, 0005/2011 and 0006/2011 had lapsed as they had not obtained the required number of signatures.

11.   Action taken on Parliament’s positions and resolutions

The Commission communication on the action taken on the positions and resolutions adopted by Parliament at the November II 2010, December 2010, February I 2011 and February II 2011 part-sessions was available on the Séance en direct site.

12.   Transfers of appropriations

The Committee on Budgets had authorised the Commission’s proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 04/2011 (N7-0042/2011 - C7-0102/2011 - 2011/2078(GBD)) in accordance with Article 24(4) of the Financial Regulation as interpreted in point 20 of the Joint declaration on transitional measures applicable to the budgetary procedure after the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty.

13.   Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council

The Council had forwarded a certified true copy of the following:
Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Union, of the one part, and the Palestinian Authority of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, of the other part, providing further liberalisation of agricultural products, processed agricultural products and fish and fishery products and amending the Euro-Mediterranean Interim Association Agreement on trade and cooperation between the European Community, of the one part, and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)for the benefit of the Palestinian Authority of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, of the other.

14.   Order of business

The next item was the order of business.
The final draft agenda for the June I sittings (PE 466.026/PDOJ) had been distributed and a number of changes had been proposed (Rule 140):






 



Monday

The ALDE Group had asked that the debate on the Selection process of a new Managing Director for the IMF and external representation of the euro should be held after the debate on Jo Leinen’s report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on European environmental economic accounts.
The following spoke: Sylvie Goulard, on behalf of the ALDE Group, explaining the reasons for the request and Francesco Enrico Speroni, on behalf of the EFD Group, supporting the request.
Parliament approved the request.










 



Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday

No changes proposed.




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The order of business was thus established.

15.   Commemoration of deportations in 1941 in the Baltic States

Statement by the President of the European Parliament: Commemoration of deportations in 1941 in the Baltic States
The President made the statement.
The following spoke: Tunne Kelam, on behalf of the PPE Group, Hannes Swoboda, on behalf of the S&D Group, Leonidas Donskis, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Roberts Zīle, on behalf of the ECR Group, and Franz Obermayr, Non-attached Member.
The item closed.

16.   European environmental economic accounts ***I (debate)
Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on European environmental economic accounts [2010/0073(COD)] - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. Rapporteur: Jo Leinen (A7-0330/2010)
Jo Leinen introduced the report.
The following spoke: Olli Rehn (Member of the Commission).
The following spoke: Hans-Peter Martin (rapporteur for the opinion of the ECON Committee), Horst Schnellhardt, on behalf of the PPE Group, Marita Ulvskog, on behalf of the S&D Group, Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Michail Tremopoulos, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Paul Nuttall, on behalf of the EFD Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Hans-Peter Martin, Richard Seeber, Kriton Arsenis, Riikka Manner, Oreste Rossi, Sophie Auconie, Karin Kadenbach, Christa Klaß and Csaba Sándor Tabajdi.
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Paul Rübig, Angelika Werthmann and Niki Tzavela.
IN THE CHAIR: Rodi KRATSA-TSAGAROPOULOU

Vice-President

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Franz Obermayr.
The following spoke: Olli Rehn and Jo Leinen.
The debate closed.
Vote: minutes of 7.6.2011, item 8.9.

17.   Selection process of a new Managing Director for the IMF and external representation of the euro (debate)
Commission statement: Selection process of a new Managing Director for the IMF and external representation of the euro
Olli Rehn (Member of the Commission) made the statement.
The following spoke: Corien Wortmann-Kool, on behalf of the PPE Group, Pervenche Berès, on behalf of the S&D Group, Olle Schmidt, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Kay Swinburne, on behalf of the ECR Group, Philippe Lamberts, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Jürgen Klute, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Nigel Farage, on behalf of the EFD Group, Jean-Paul Gauzès, Pervenche Berès, Patrick Le Hyaric and Róża Gräfin von Thun und Hohenstein.
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: João Ferreira, Niki Tzavela, Paul Rübig and Ilda Figueiredo.
The following spoke: Olli Rehn.
The debate closed.

18.   Seventh EU programme for research, technological development and demonstration (debate)
Report on the mid-term review of the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Union for research, technological development and demonstration activities [2011/2043(INI)] - Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. Rapporteur: Jean-Pierre Audy (A7-0160/2011)
Jean-Pierre Audy introduced the report.
The following spoke: Máire Geoghegan-Quinn (Member of the Commission).
The following spoke: Carl Haglund (rapporteur for the opinion of the BUDG Committee), Maria Da Graça Carvalho, on behalf of the PPE Group, Britta Thomsen, on behalf of the S&D Group, Frédérique Ries, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Vicky Ford, on behalf of the ECR Group, Marisa Matias, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Niki Tzavela, on behalf of the EFD Group, Herbert Reul, Teresa Riera Madurell, Vladko Todorov Panayotov, Zbigniew Ziobro, Amalia Sartori, Catherine Trautmann and Romana Jordan Cizelj.
IN THE CHAIR: Roberta ANGELILLI

Vice-President

The following spoke: António Fernando Correia De Campos, Paul Rübig, Ioan Enciu, Lambert van Nistelrooij, Bogdan Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz and Gunnar Hökmark.
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Seán Kelly, Petru Constantin Luhan, Derek Vaughan, Silvia-Adriana Țicău, Pat the Cope Gallagher, Franz Obermayr, Diane Dodds, Andreas Mölzer and Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa.
The following spoke: Máire Geoghegan-Quinn and Jean-Pierre Audy.
The debate closed.
Vote: minutes of 7.6.2011, item 8.10.

19.   EU-Canada trade relations (debate)
Oral question (O-000053/2011) by Vital Moreira, on behalf of the INTA Committee, to the Commission: EU-Canada trade relations (B7-0213/2011)
Vital Moreira moved the oral question.
Máire Geoghegan-Quinn (Member of the Commission) answered the oral question.
The following spoke: Georgios Papastamkos, on behalf of the PPE Group, David Martin, on behalf of the S&D Group, Metin Kazak, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Keith Taylor, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Paul Murphy, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, William (The Earl of) Dartmouth, on behalf of the EFD Group, Andreas Mölzer, Non-attached Member, Christofer Fjellner, Harlem Désir, Franz Obermayr, who put a blue-card question to Christofer Fjellner, who replied, Chris Davies, Frieda Brepoels, Helmut Scholz, Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa, Jörg Leichtfried, Elie Hoarau, Gianluca Susta and Kriton Arsenis.
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Elena Băsescu, Seán Kelly, Paul Rübig, Zuzana Roithová, Silvia-Adriana Țicău, George Sabin Cutaș, Ioan Enciu, João Ferreira, Jaroslav Paška and Franz Obermayr.
The following spoke: Máire Geoghegan-Quinn.
Motion for a resolution to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 115(5):






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Vital Moreira, on behalf of the INTA Committee, on EU-Canada trade relations (B7-0344/2011)




The debate closed.
Vote: minutes of 8.6.2011, item 6.4.

20.   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 Koumoutsakos, Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa, Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă, Derek Vaughan, Theodoros Skylakakis, Cristian Silviu Bușoi, Kristiina Ojuland, Oriol Junqueras Vies, João Ferreira, Ilda Figueiredo, Willy Meyer, Jaroslav Paška, Andreas Mölzer, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Seán Kelly, Krišjānis Kariņš, Georgios Papanikolaou, Csaba Sógor, Ivailo Kalfin, George Sabin Cutaș, Claudiu Ciprian Tănăsescu, Cătălin Sorin Ivan, Marian Harkin, Paul Murphy, Kyriacos Triantaphyllides, Nikolaos Salavrakos, Martin Ehrenhauser and Corneliu Vadim Tudor.

21.   Credit rating agencies (short presentation)
Report on credit rating agencies: future perspectives [2010/2302(INI)] - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Wolf Klinz (A7-0081/2011)
Wolf Klinz made the presentation.
IN THE CHAIR: Rainer WIELAND

Vice-President

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Elena Băsescu, Georgios Papanikolaou, Jaroslav Paška, Ilda Figueiredo and Nikolaos Salavrakos.
The following spoke: Viviane Reding (Vice-President of the Commission).
The item closed.
Vote: minutes of 8.6.2011, item 6.5.

22.   Guaranteeing independent impact assessments (short presentation)
Report on guaranteeing independent impact assessments [2010/2016(INI)] - Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: Angelika Niebler (A7-0159/2011)
Angelika Niebler made the presentation.
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Anna Záborská.
The following spoke: Richard Falbr and Tatjana Ždanoka on the following debate and Angelika Niebler on the conduct of the debate.
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Gerard Batten and Gay Mitchell.
The following spoke: Viviane Reding (Vice-President of the Commission).
The item closed.
Vote: minutes of 8.6.2011, item 6.6.

23.   External dimension of social policy (short presentation)
Report on the external dimension of social policy, promoting labour and social standards and European corporate social responsibility [2010/2205(INI)] - Committee on Employment and Social Affairs. Rapporteur: Richard Falbr (A7-0172/2011)
Richard Falbr made the presentation.
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă, Tatjana Ždanoka, Ilda Figueiredo, Jaroslav Paška, Silvia-Adriana Țicău and Richard Howitt.
The following spoke: Viviane Reding (Vice-President of the Commission).
The item closed.
Vote: minutes of 8.6.2011, item 6.7.

24.   Financing instrument for development cooperation (short presentation)
Report on Regulation (EC)1905/2006 establishing a financing instrument for development cooperation: lessons learned and perspectives for the future [2009/2149(INI)] - Committee on Development. Rapporteur: Gay Mitchell (A7-0187/2011)
Gay Mitchell made the presentation.
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Elena Băsescu, Silvia-Adriana Țicău, Anna Záborská and Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă.
The following spoke: Viviane Reding (Vice-President of the Commission).
The item closed.
Vote: minutes of 8.6.2011, item 6.8.

25.   Progress towards a European contract law for consumers and businesses (short presentation)
Report on policy options for progress towards a European Contract Law for consumers and businesses [2011/2013(INI)] - Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: Diana Wallis (A7-0164/2011)
Diana Wallis made the presentation.
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Raffaele Baldassarre, Evelyn Regner, Jaroslav Paška and Zuzana Roithová.
The following spoke: Viviane Reding (Vice-President of the Commission).
The item closed.
Vote: minutes of 8.6.2011, item 6.9.

26.   Cooperation in vocational education and training to support the Europe 2020 strategy (short presentation)
Report on European cooperation in vocational education and training to support the Europe 2020 strategy [2010/2234(INI)] - Committee on Employment and Social Affairs. Rapporteur: Nadja Hirsch (A7-0082/2011)
Nadja Hirsch made the presentation.
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Antigoni Papadopoulou, Silvia-Adriana Țicău, Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă and Emilie Turunen.
The following spoke: Viviane Reding (Vice-President of the Commission).
The item closed.
Vote: minutes of 8.6.2011, item 6.10.

27.   Agenda of the next sitting

The agenda of the next day’s sitting had been established (‘Agenda’ PE 466.026/OJMA).

28.   Closure of the sitting

The sitting closed at 23.10.


Klaus Welle

Secretary-General



Jerzy Buzek

President





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