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| 8.4.2010 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | CE 90/1 |

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Wednesday 11 November 2009  
MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 11 NOVEMBER 2009

2010/C 90 E/01

Contents

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| 1. | Formal sitting - 20th anniversary of the democratic change in Central and Eastern Europe |

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| 2. | Resumption of the session |

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| 3. | Tribute |

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| 4. | Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting |

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| 5. | Requests for the defence of parliamentary immunity |

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| 6. | Composition of committees and delegations |

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| 7. | Oral questions and written declarations (submission) |

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| 8. | Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council |

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| 9. | Action taken on Parliament's positions and resolutions |

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| 10. | Transfers of appropriations |

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| 11. | Documents received |

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| 12. | Order of business |

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| 13. | Outcome of the European Council on 29 and 30 October 2009 including the mandate and attributions of the President of the European Council and of the High Representative of the Union for foreign and security policy/Vice-President of the Commission, as well as the structure of the new Commission (debate) |

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| 14. | Welcome |

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| 15. | Outcome of the European Council on 29 and 30 October 2009 including the mandate and attributions of the President of the European Council and of the High Representative of the Union for foreign and security policy/Vice-President of the Commission, as well as the structure of the new Commission (continuation of debate) |

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| 16. | EU-Russia Summit on 18 November 2009 in Stockholm (debate) |

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| 17. | Implementation of the Services Directive (debate) |

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| 18. | Joint Programming of research to combat neurodegenerative diseases (debate) |

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| 19. | One-minute speeches on matters of political importance |

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| 20. | Third country nationals subject to or exempt from a visa requirement when crossing external borders \* (debate) |

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| 21. | Medium-term financial assistance for Member States' balances of payments and social conditionality (debate) |

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| 22. | Political situation in Honduras with a view to the elections on 29 November 2009 (debate) |

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| 23. | ‘made in’ (origin marking) (debate) |

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| 24. | Decisions concerning certain documents |

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| 25. | Agenda of the next sitting |

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| 26. | Closure of the sitting |

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 11 NOVEMBER 2009

IN THE CHAIR: Jerzy BUZEK

President

1.   Formal sitting - 20th anniversary of the democratic change in Central and Eastern Europe

In the presence of Václav Havel, former President of the Czech Republic, a formal sitting of Parliament was held from 15.05 to 15.50 on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the democratic change in Central and Eastern Europe.

IN THE CHAIR: Gianni PITTELLA

Vice-President

2.   Resumption of the session

The sitting opened at 15.50.

3.   Tribute

The President paid tribute, on behalf of Parliament, to the memory of the former Member Lady Diana Elles, who had passed away on 17 October 2009.

Parliament observed a minute's silence.

4.   Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

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Werner Langen had indicated that he had taken part in all the roll-call votes on 16 September 2009 but that, for technical reasons, only one vote had been recorded.

5.   Requests for the defence of parliamentary immunity

Viktor Uspaskich had addressed to the President a request to defend his privileges and immunities in connection with a judicial procedure under way at Vilnius Regional Court.

Clemente Mastella had addressed to the President a request to defend his privileges and immunities in connection with a procedure under way with the Italian judicial authorities.

Under Rule 6(3), these requests had been referred to the committee responsible, the JURI Committee.

6.   Composition of committees and delegations

The President had received the following requests for appointments from the S&D, GUE/NGL and PPE Groups:

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|  | REGI Committee and Delegation for relations with India: Charalampos Angourakis |

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|  | Special committee on the financial, economic and social crisis: Elisa Ferreira to replace Vital Moreira |

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|  | Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly: Göran Färm |

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|  | EMPL Committee: Elena Băsescu was no longer a member |

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|  | Delegation to the EU-Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee: Miroslav Mikolášik was no longer a member as of 8 October 2009. |

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

7.   Oral questions and written declarations (submission)

The following documents had been submitted by Members:

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| (1) | oral questions (Rule 115):   |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | (O-0107/2009/rev.1) by Malcolm Harbour, Andreas Schwab, Evelyne Gebhardt, Cristian Silviu Bușoi, Heide Rühle, Adam Bielan and Kyriacos Triantaphyllides, on behalf of the IMCO Committee, to the Council: Implementation of Directive 2006/123/EC (B7-0216/2009), |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | (O-0108/2009/rev.1) by Malcolm Harbour, Andreas Schwab, Evelyne Gebhardt, Cristian Silviu Bușoi, Heide Rühle, Adam Bielan and Kyriacos Triantaphyllides, on behalf of the IMCO Committee, to the Commission: Implementation of Directive 2005/36/EC (B7-0217/2009), |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | (O-0112/2009) by Herbert Reul, on behalf of the ITRE Committee, to the Council: Joint programming of research to combat neurodegenerative diseases, in particular Alzheimer's (B7-0218/2009), |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | (O-0114/2009) by Malcolm Harbour, on behalf of the IMCO Committee, to the Commission: Implementation of Directive 2006/123/EC (B7-0219/2009). | |

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| (2) | written declarations for inclusion in the register (Rule 123):   |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Carlo Fidanza, Esther de Lange, Rareș-Lucian Niculescu, Radvilė Morkūnaitė and Marco Scurria, on declaring 9 November ‘European Day of Reconciliation’ on the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall (0059/2009), |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Robert Goebbels, Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, Klaus-Heiner Lehne, Jo Leinen and Herbert Reul, on the appointment of the future President of the European Council (0060/2009), |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Filip Kaczmarek, Andrzej Grzyb, Marek Siwiec, Sidonia Elżbieta Jędrzejewska and Konrad Szymański, on Poland's bid to host the Second Summer Youth Olympic Games in 2014 in Poznań (0061/2009), |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Raül Romeva i Rueda, Carlos Coelho, Luis Manuel Capoulas Santos, Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou and Miguel Angel Martínez Martínez, on declaring a European Year of Wine Tourism (0062/2009). | |

8.   Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council

The Council had forwarded certified true copies of the following:

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| — | Arrangement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation and the Principality of Liechtenstein, of the other part, on the modalities of the participation by those States in the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union, |

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| — | Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of South Africa, of the other part, amending the Agreement on Trade, Development and Cooperation. |

9.   Action taken on Parliament's positions and resolutions

The Commission communications on the action taken on the positions and resolutions adopted by Parliament during the April I and II 2009 part-sessions were available on the Séance en direct site.

10.   Transfers of appropriations

The Committee on Budgets had considered the Committee of the Regions' proposal for transfer of appropriations INF 03/2009.

Having noted the Council's opinion, it had authorised the transfer of 200 000 euros under Article 24 of the Financial Regulation.

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The Committee on Budgets had considered the Commission's proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 32/2009 (N7-0014/2009 - C7-0162/2009 - 2009/2109(GBD)).

Having noted the Council's opinion, it had authorised the transfer in full under Article 24(3) of the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities.

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The Committee on Budgets had considered the Commission's proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 34/2009 (N7-0016/2009 - C7-0212/2009 - 2009/2143(GBD)).

It had authorised the transfer in full under Article 24(2) and (3) of the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities.

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The Committee on Budgets had considered the Commission's proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 36/2009 (N7-0019/2009 - C7-0220/2009 - 2009/2146(GBD)).

It had authorised the transfer in full under Article 24(2) and (3) of the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities.

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The Committee on Budgets had considered the Commission's proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 38/2009 (N7-0017/2009 - C7-0213/2009 - 2009/2144(GBD)).

Having noted the Council's opinion, it had authorised the transfer in full under Article 24(3) of the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities.

11.   Documents received

The following documents had been received:

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| (1) | from committees, reports:   |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | \* Report on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 listing the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement (COM(2009)0366 - C7-0112/2009 - 2009/0104(CNS)) - LIBE Committee - Rapporteur: Tanja Fajon (A7-0042/2009) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Report on transitional procedural guidelines on budgetary matters in view of the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty (2009/2168(INI)) - BUDG Committee - Rapporteur: Alain Lamassoure (A7-0045/2009) | |

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| (2) | from Members, a motion for a resolution:   |  |  |  |  | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | — | Daciana Octavia Sârbu. Motion for a resolution on the impact of climate change on public health (B7-0136/2009)   |  |  | | --- | --- | | referred to | responsible: ENVI | | |

12.   Order of business

The next item was the order of business.

The final draft agenda for the November I sittings (PE 429.514/PDOJ) had been distributed and a number of changes were proposed by the President, in agreement with the political groups (Rule 140):

Sittings of 11.11.2009 and 12.11.2009

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| 1. | Withdrawing from the agenda Oral Question O-0108/2009 to the Commission (item 11 on the final draft agenda). |

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| 2. | Placing on the agenda (with debate), after the one-minute speeches, the report by Tanja Fajon on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 listing the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement (A7-0042/2009), adopted by the LIBE Committee. |

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| 3. | Amendment of the title of the Commission statement on the political situation in Honduras with a view to the elections on 29 November 2009(item 14 on the final draft agenda) to ‘Commission statement – Situation in Honduras’.  The following spoke: Ioannis Kasoulides, Ulrike Lunacek and Alojz Peterle on the amending the title of the Commission statement on Honduras.  The following spoke: Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra on the voting procedure.  By electronic vote (109 in favour, 142 against, 1 abstention), Parliament rejected the proposal. |

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| 4. | Placing on the agenda, during Thursday's voting time, the motion for a resolution by the EMPL Committee on the draft Commission decision regarding the PROGRESS annual plan of work 20 (B7-0135/2009), adopted under Rule 88. |

The President established that there were no objections to proposed changes 1, 2 and 4 above.

The order of business was thus established.

(The sitting was suspended at 16.05 and resumed at 16.15.)

IN THE CHAIR: Jerzy BUZEK

President

13.   Outcome of the European Council on 29 and 30 October 2009 including the mandate and attributions of the President of the European Council and of the High Representative of the Union for foreign and security policy/Vice-President of the Commission, as well as the structure of the new Commission (debate)

European Council report and Commission statement: Outcome of the European Council on 29 and 30 October 2009 including the mandate and attributions of the President of the European Council and of the High Representative of the Union for foreign and security policy/Vice-President of the Commission, as well as the structure of the new Commission

Fredrik Reinfeldt (President-in-Office of the Council) presented the European Council report.

José Manuel Barroso (President of the Commission) made the statement.

The following spoke: Joseph Daul, on behalf of the PPE Group, Hannes Swoboda, on behalf of the S&D Group, Guy Verhofstadt, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Rebecca Harms, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Timothy Kirkhope, on behalf of the ECR Group, Lothar Bisky, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, William (The Earl of) Dartmouth, on behalf of the EFD Group, Hans-Peter Martin, Non-attached Member, Fredrik Reinfeldt, José Manuel Barroso and Íñigo Méndez de Vigo.

IN THE CHAIR: Gianni PITTELLA

Vice-President

The following spoke: Marita Ulvskog, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, Yannick Jadot, Konrad Szymański, Mario Borghezio and Francisco Sosa Wagner.

14.   Welcome

On behalf of Parliament, the President welcomed members of a delegation from the Senate of the Federation of Malaysia, led by Wong Foon Meng, the President of the Senate, who had taken their seats in the distinguished visitors' gallery.

15.   Outcome of the European Council on 29 and 30 October 2009 including the mandate and attributions of the President of the European Council and of the High Representative of the Union for foreign and security policy/Vice-President of the Commission, as well as the structure of the new Commission (continuation of debate)

European Council report and Commission statement: Outcome of the European Council on 29 and 30 October 2009 including the mandate and attributions of the President of the European Council and of the High Representative of the Union for foreign and security policy/Vice-President of the Commission, as well as the structure of the new Commission

The following spoke: Elmar Brok, Adrian Severin, Anneli Jäätteenmäki, Ashley Fox, Bastiaan Belder, Philip Claeys, Othmar Karas, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Andrew Duff, Mirosław Piotrowski, Mario Mauro, David-Maria Sassoli, Louis Michel, Michel Barnier, Kinga Göncz, Lena Ek, Marietta Giannakou, Ramón Jáuregui Atondo, Olle Schmidt and Tunne Kelam.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Sandra Kalniete.

IN THE CHAIR: Rodi KRATSA-TSAGAROPOULOU

Vice-President

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Mairead McGuinness, Petru Constantin Luhan, Heidi Hautala, Jaroslav Paška, Enikő Győri, Silvia-Adriana Țicău, Kinga Gál, Czesław Adam Siekierski, Seán Kelly, Gay Mitchell, Crescenzio Rivellini and Andrew Henry William Brons.

The following spoke: Cecilia Malmström (President-in-Office of the Council) and Margot Wallström (Vice-President of the Commission).

The debate closed.

16.   EU-Russia Summit on 18 November 2009 in Stockholm (debate)

Council and Commission statements: EU-Russia Summit on 18 November 2009 in Stockholm

Cecilia Malmström (President-in-Office of the Council) and Benita Ferrero-Waldner (Member of the Commission) made the statements.

The following spoke: Michael Gahler, on behalf of the PPE Group, Adrian Severin, on behalf of the S&D Group, Kristiina Ojuland, on behalf of the ALDE Group, and Werner Schulz, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group.

IN THE CHAIR: Diana WALLIS

Vice-President

The following spoke: Charles Tannock, on behalf of the ECR Group, Vladimír Remek, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Fiorello Provera, on behalf of the EFD Group, Zoltán Balczó, Non-attached Member, Paweł Zalewski, Knut Fleckenstein, Heidi Hautala, Jacek Olgierd Kurski, Anna Rosbach, Nick Griffin, Francisco José Millán Mon, Kristian Vigenin, Paweł Robert Kowal, Andreas Mölzer, Vytautas Landsbergis and Hannes Swoboda.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Elena Băsescu, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Ivo Vajgl, Marek Henryk Migalski and Andrew Henry William Brons.

The following spoke: Cecilia Malmström and Benita Ferrero-Waldner.

Motions for resolutions to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 110(2):

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| — | Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the preparations for the EU-Russia Summit on 18 November 2009 in Stockholm (B7-0128/2009), |

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| — | Adrian Severin, Hannes Swoboda and Knut Fleckenstein, on behalf of the S&D Group, on the EU-Russia Summit on 18 November 2009 in Stockholm (B7-0129/2009), |

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| — | Rebecca Harms, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Heidi Hautala, Werner Schulz, Bart Staes and Indrek Tarand, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the EU-Russia Summit on 18 November 2009 in Stockholm (B7-0130/2009), |

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| — | Elmar Brok, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra and Ioannis Kasoulides, on behalf of the PPE Group, on the EU-Russia Summit in Stockholm on 18 November 2009 (B7-0131/2009), |

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| — | Michał Tomasz Kamiński, Ryszard Antoni Legutko, Charles Tannock, Adam Bielan, Jacek Olgierd Kurski, Marek Henryk Migalski, Tomasz Piotr Poręba and Roberts Zīle, on behalf of the ECR Group,on the EU-Russia summit in Stockholm on 18 November 2009 (B7-0132/2009), |

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| — | Willy Meyer, Takis Hadjigeorgiou and Patrick Le Hyaric, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the EU-Russia summit in Stockholm on 18 November 2009 (B7-0134/2009). |

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 12.11.2009, item 8.3.

17.   Implementation of the Services Directive (debate)

Oral question (O-0107/2009/rev.1) by Malcolm Harbour, Andreas Schwab, Evelyne Gebhardt, Cristian Silviu Bușoi, Heide Rühle, Adam Bielan, Kyriacos Triantaphyllides and Matteo Salvini, on behalf of the IMCO Committee, to the Council: Implementation of Directive 2006/123/EC (B7-0216/2009)

Oral question (O-0114/2009) by Malcolm Harbour, on behalf of the IMCO Committee, to the Commission: Implementation of Directive 2006/123/EC (B7-0219/2009)

Malcolm Harbour moved the oral questions.

Cecilia Malmström (President-in-Office of the Council) and Benita Ferrero-Waldner (Member of the Commission) answered the questions.

IN THE CHAIR: Pál SCHMITT

Vice-President

The following spoke: Andreas Schwab, on behalf of the PPE Group, Evelyne Gebhardt, on behalf of the S&D Group, Jürgen Creutzmann, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Tadeusz Cymański, on behalf of the ECR Group, Eva-Britt Svensson, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Lara Comi, Bernadette Vergnaud, Róża, Gräfin von Thun Und Hohenstein, Louis Grech and Bogusław Liberadzki.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Małgorzata Handzlik, Anna Hedh, Ilda Figueiredo, Seán Kelly and Josefa Andrés Barea.

The following spoke: Cecilia Malmström and Benita Ferrero-Waldner.

The debate closed.

18.   Joint Programming of research to combat neurodegenerative diseases (debate)

Oral question (O-0112/2009) by Herbert Reul, on behalf of the ITRE Committee, to the Council: Joint programming of research to combat neurodegenerative diseases, in particular Alzheimer's (B7-0218/2009)

Françoise Grossetête (deputising for the author) moved the oral question.

Cecilia Malmström (President-in-Office of the Council) answered the oral question.

The following spoke: Elena Oana Antonescu, on behalf of the PPE Group, Patrizia Toia, on behalf of the S&D Group, Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Philippe Lamberts, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, and Marisa Matias, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group.

IN THE CHAIR: Silvana KOCH-MEHRIN

Vice-President

The following spoke: Diane Dodds, Non-attached Member, Maria Da Graça Carvalho and Nessa Childers.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Mairead McGuinness, Bogusław Sonik, Nikolaos Chountis, Vilija Blinkevičiūtė and Herbert Reul.

The following spoke: Cecilia Malmström.

Motion for a resolution to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 115(5):

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| — | Françoise Grossetête and Elena Oana Antonescu, on behalf of the PPE Group, Patrizia Toia, on behalf of the S&D Group, Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Philippe Lamberts, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Giles Chichester, on behalf of the ECR Group, Marisa Matias and Nikolaos Chountis, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on Joint Programming of research to combat neurodegenerative diseases, in particular Alzheimer's disease (B7-0133/2009). |

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 12.11.2009, item 8.4.

19.   One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Pursuant to Rule 150, the following Members who wished to draw the attention of Parliament to matters of political importance spoke for one minute:

Monica Luisa Macovei, Luís Paulo Alves, Marian Harkin, Karima Delli, Evžen Tošenovský, Joe Higgins, Paul Nuttall, Corneliu Vadim Tudor, János Áder, Kriton Arsenis, Giommaria Uggias, Michèle Rivasi, Mirosław Piotrowski, Ilda Figueiredo, John Bufton, Krisztina Morvai, Jarosław Kalinowski, Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, Jelko Kacin, Marek Henryk Migalski, Kyriacos Triantaphyllides, Nick Griffin, João Ferreira, Nuno Teixeira, Estelle Grelier, Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Kinga Gál, José Manuel Fernandes, Sophie Briard Auconie and Bogusław Sonik.

The President recalled the provisions of the Rules of Procedure applicable to one-minute speeches.

20.   Third country nationals subject to or exempt from a visa requirement when crossing external borders \* (debate)

Report on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 listing the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement [COM(2009)0366 - C7-0112/2009 - 2009/0104(CNS)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Tanja Fajon (A7-0042/2009)

Tanja Fajon introduced the report.

The following spoke: Anna Maria Corazza Bildt, who regretted that the Presidency-in-Office of the Council had not been invited to participate in the debate.

The following spoke: Jacques Barrot (Vice-President of the Commission).

The following spoke: Sarah Ludford (rapporteur for the opinion of the AFET Committee), Anna Maria Corazza Bildt, on behalf of the PPE Group, Claude Moraes, on behalf of the S&D Group, Ulrike Lunacek, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Doris Pack, Kinga Göncz, Emine Bozkurt and Zoran Thaler.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Kinga Gál, Axel Voss, Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska and Cristian Dan Preda.

The following spoke: Jacques Barrot.

IN THE CHAIR: Alejo VIDAL-QUADRAS

Vice-President

The following spoke: Tanja Fajon.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 12.11.2009, item 8.1.

21.   Medium-term financial assistance for Member States' balances of payments and social conditionality (debate)

Oral question (O-0102/2009) by Tatjana Ždanoka, Jean Lambert, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Alejandro Cercas, on behalf of the S&D Group, Marian Harkin and Elizabeth Lynne, on behalf of the ALDE Group, to the Commission: Medium-term financial assistance for Member States' balances of payments and social conditionality (B7-0215/2009)

Tatjana Ždanoka, Elizabeth Lynne and Alejandro Cercas moved the oral question.

Joaquín Almunia (Member of the Commission) answered the oral question.

The following spoke: Jean-Paul Gauzès, on behalf of the PPE Group, Pervenche Berès, on behalf of the S&D Group, Marian Harkin, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Patrick Le Hyaric, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš, Kinga Göncz, Jürgen Klute, Theodor Dumitru Stolojan and Proinsias De Rossa.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Czesław Adam Siekierski, Ilda Figueiredo and Seán Kelly.

The following spoke: Joaquín Almunia.

The debate closed.

22.   Political situation in Honduras with a view to the elections on 29 November 2009 (debate)

Commission statement: Political situation in Honduras with a view to the elections on 29 November 2009

Catherine Ashton (Member of the Commission) made the statement.

The following spoke: Alojz Peterle, on behalf of the PPE Group, Luis Yáñez-Barnuevo García, on behalf of the S&D Group, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Catherine Greze, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Edvard Kožušník, on behalf of the ECR Group, Ilda Figueiredo, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Filip Kaczmarek, Emine Bozkurt, Willy Meyer and Carlos José Iturgaiz Angulo.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Bogusław Sonik, Ricardo Cortés Lastra and Ulrike Lunacek.

The following spoke: Catherine Ashton.

The debate closed.

23.   ‘made in’ (origin marking) (debate)

Commission statement: ‘made in’ (origin marking)

Catherine Ashton (Member of the Commission) made the statement.

The following spoke: Cristiana Muscardini, on behalf of the PPE Group, Gianluca Susta, on behalf of the S&D Group, Niccolò Rinaldi, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Carl Schlyter, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Helmut Scholz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Lara Comi, Kader Arif, Jacky Hénin and Christofer Fjellner.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Mairead McGuinness, Seán Kelly and Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris.

The following spoke: Catherine Ashton.

The motions for resolutions to be tabled under Rule 110(2) would be announced in the House at a later time.

The debate closed.

Vote: next part-session.

24.   Decisions concerning certain documents

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

BUDG Committee

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| — | Transitional procedural guidelines on budgetary matters in view of the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty (2009/2168(INI)) |

DEVE Committee

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| --- | --- |
| — | Poverty reduction and job creation in developing countries: the way forward (2009/2171(INI))  (opinion: EMPL) |

ECON Committee

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| --- | --- |
| — | Promoting Good Governance in Tax Matters (2009/2174(INI)) |

IMCO Committee

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| --- | --- |
| — | EEE-Switzerland: Obstacles with regard to the full implementation of the internal market (2009/2176(INI)) |

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| --- | --- |
| — | New developments in public procurement (2009/2175(INI))  (opinion: INTA, REGI) |

JURI Committee

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| --- | --- |
| — | Enforcement of intellectual property rights in the internal market (2009/2178(INI))  (opinion: ITRE, IMCO) |

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| --- | --- |
| — | Deontological questions related to companies' management (2009/2177(INI))  (opinion: EMPL) |

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| --- | --- |
| — | Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 864/2007 on the law applicable to non-contractual obligations (Rome II) (2009/2170(INI)) |

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| --- | --- |
| — | Proposed interim measures for the freezing and disclosure of debtors' assets in cross-border cases (2009/2169(INI))  (opinion: ECON) |

LIBE Committee

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| --- | --- |
| — | Protection of fundamental rights in the EU (2009) (2009/2161(INI)) |

Decision to draw up own-initiative reports (Rule 119(2))

CONT Committee

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| --- | --- |
| — | Protection of the Communities' financial interests - Fight against fraud - Annual Report 2008 (2009/2167(INI))  (opinion: REGI) |

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| --- | --- |
| — | European Investment Bank (EIB) - Annual Report 2008 (2009/2166(INI))  (opinion: ECON, REGI) |

ECON Committee

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| --- | --- |
| — | Report on Competition Policy 2008 (2009/2173(INI))  (opinion: CULT, ENVI, EMPL, ITRE, INTA, IMCO, TRAN) |

Referral to committees

AFET Committee

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| — | Security of gas supply (COM(2009)0363 - C7-0097/2009 - 2009/0108(COD))   |  |  | | --- | --- | | referred to | responsible: ITRE  (opinion: AFET, ENVI, ECON, IMCO) | |

25.   Agenda of the next sitting

The agenda of the next day's sitting had been established (‘Agenda’ PE 429.514/OJ).

26.   Closure of the sitting

The sitting closed at 00.15.

Klaus Welle

Secretary-General

Gianni Pittella

Vice-President

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