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| 18.8.2011 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | CE 240/17 |

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Tuesday 7 June 2011  
MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 7 JUNE 2011

2011/C 240 E/02

Contents

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| 1. | Opening of the sitting |

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| 2. | Documents received |

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| 3. | Petitions |

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| 4. | Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council |

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| 5. | Debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (announcement of motions for resolution tabled) |

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| 6. | EHEC outbreak in the EU Member States (debate) |

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| 7. | Charging of heavy goods vehicles \*\*\*II (debate) |

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| 8. | Voting time |

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| 8.1. | Appointment of a Member of the Court of Auditors (H.G.Wessberg-SV) (vote) |

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| 8.2. | Request for the waiver of Agnes Hankiss’s parliamentary immunity (Rule 138) (vote) |

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| 8.3. | Proof of origin for certain textile products \*\*\*I (Rule 138) (vote) |

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| 8.4. | Participation of Croatia in the work of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction \*\*\* (Rule 138) (vote) |

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| 8.5. | Extension of scope of regulation on the professional cross-border transportation of euro cash by road between euro-area Member States (Rule 138) (vote) |

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| 8.6. | Transport applications of the Global Navigation Satellite Systems (Rule 138) (vote) |

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| 8.7. | International air agreements under the Treaty of Lisbon (Rule 138) (vote) |

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| 8.8. | Charging of heavy goods vehicles \*\*\*II (vote) |

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| 8.9. | European environmental economic accounts \*\*\*I (vote) |

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| 8.10. | Seventh EU programme for research, technological development and demonstration (vote) |

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| 9. | Explanations of vote |

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| 10. | Corrections to votes and voting intentions |

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| 11. | Announcement by the President |

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| 12. | Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting |

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| 13. | Question Hour with the President of the Commission |

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| 13.1. | Free questions |

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| 13.2. | Outcome of the G8 Summit |

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| 14. | Sudan and South Sudan (debate) |

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| 15. | Application of Schengen acquis in Bulgaria and Romania \* (debate) |

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| 16. | Question Time (Commission) |

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| 17. | Agenda of the next sitting |

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| 18. | Closure of the sitting |

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

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| Annex 1 — | Appointment of a Member of the Court of Auditors (H.G.Wessberg-SV) |

ANNEX I

RESULTS OF VOTES

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| 1. | Appointment of a Member of the Court of Auditors (H.G.Wessberg-SV) \* |

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| 2. | Request for the waiver of Agnes Hankiss’s parliamentary immunity |

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| 3. | Proof of origin for certain textile products \*\*\*I |

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| 4. | Participation of Croatia in the work of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction \*\*\* |

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| 5. | Transport applications of the Global Navigation Satellite Systems |

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| 6. | International air agreements under the Treaty of Lisbon |

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| 7. | Charging of heavy goods vehicles \*\*\*II |

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| 8. | European environmental economic accounts \*\*\*I |

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| 9. | Seventh EU programme for research, technological development and demonstration |

ANNEX II

RESULT OF ROLL-CALL VOTES

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| 1. | A7-0156/2011 – Jan Zahradil – Single vote |

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| 2. | A7-0330/2010 – Jo Leinen – Legislative resolution |

MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 7 JUNE 2011

IN THE CHAIR: Gianni PITTELLA

Vice-President

1.   Opening of the sitting

The sitting opened at 9.05.

2.   Documents received

The following documents had been received from the Council and Commission

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| — | Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences (COM(2011)0241 - C7-0116/2011 - 2011/0117(COD))   |  |  | | --- | --- | | referred to | responsible: INTA  opinion: DEVE | |

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| — | Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 05/2011 - Section III – Commission (N7-0047/2011 - C7-0117/2011 - 2011/2102(GBD))   |  |  | | --- | --- | | referred to | responsible: BUDG | |

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| — | Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 10/2011 - Section III – Commission (N7-0048/2011 - C7-0118/2011 - 2011/2103(GBD))   |  |  | | --- | --- | | referred to | responsible: BUDG | |

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| — | Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Principe (05371/2011 - C7-0119/2011 - 2010/0355(NLE))   |  |  | | --- | --- | | referred to | responsible: PECH  opinion: DEVE, BUDG | |

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| — | Proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 521/2008 setting up the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (COM(2011)0224 - C7-0120/2011 - 2011/0091(NLE))   |  |  | | --- | --- | | referred to | responsible: ITRE  opinion: ENVI | |

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| — | Proposal for a Council decision on the approval, on behalf of the European Union, of the Declaration on the granting of fishing opportunities in EU waters to fishing vessels flying the flag of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in the exclusive economic zone off the coast of French Guiana (08202/2011 - C7-0121/2011 - 2010/0392(NLE))   |  |  | | --- | --- | | referred to | responsible: PECH | |

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| — | Proposal for a decision of the Council and the representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council, on the conclusion of the Euro-Mediterranean Aviation Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, of the other part (09189/2011 - C7-0122/2011 - 2010/0180(NLE))   |  |  | | --- | --- | | referred to | responsible: TRAN | |

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| — | Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Cape Verde on certain aspects of air services (09114/2011 - C7-0123/2011 - 2010/0296(NLE))   |  |  | | --- | --- | | referred to | responsible: TRAN | |

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| — | Proposal for a decision of the Council and the representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council, on the conclusion of the Common Aviation Area Agreement between the European Union and its Member States and Georgia (09185/2011 - C7-0124/2011 - 2010/0186(NLE))   |  |  | | --- | --- | | referred to | responsible: TRAN | |

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| — | Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union, the Swiss Confederation and the Principality of Liechtenstein amending the Additional Agreement between the European Community, the Swiss Confederation and the Principality of Liechtenstein extending to the Principality of Liechtenstein the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products (16209/2010 - C7-0125/2011 - 2010/0313(NLE))   |  |  | | --- | --- | | referred to | responsible: INTA  opinion: AGRI | |

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| — | Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the Swiss Confederation on the protection of designations of origin and geographical indications for agricultural products and foodstuffs, amending the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products (16198/2010 - C7-0126/2011 - 2010/0317(NLE))   |  |  | | --- | --- | | referred to | responsible: INTA  opinion: AGRI | |

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| — | Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime (COM(2011)0275 - C7-0127/2011 - 2011/0129(COD))   |  |  | | --- | --- | | referred to | responsible: LIBE  opinion: FEMM, JURI | |

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| — | Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on mutual recognition of protection measures in civil matters (COM(2011)0276 - C7-0128/2011 - 2011/0130(COD))   |  |  | | --- | --- | | referred to | responsible: JURI  opinion: FEMM, LIBE | |

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| — | Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 18/2011 - Section III – Commission (N7-0049/2011 - C7-0133/2011 - 2011/2105(GBD))   |  |  | | --- | --- | | referred to | responsible: BUDG | |

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| — | Council recommendation on the appointment of the President of the European Central Bank (10057/2011 - C7-0134/2011 - 2011/0804(NLE))   |  |  | | --- | --- | | referred to | responsible: ECON | |

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| — | Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on entrusting the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) with certain tasks related to the protection of intellectual property rights, including the assembling of public and private sector representatives as a European Observatory on Counterfeiting and Piracy (COM(2011)0288 - C7-0136/2011 - 2011/0135(COD))   |  |  | | --- | --- | | referred to | responsible: JURI  opinion: CULT, ITRE, IMCO |   The President said he would consult the European Economic and Social Committee on this proposal, in accordance with Rule 124(1). |

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| — | Draft amending budget No 2 to the general budget for 2011: Council position of 23 May 2011 (10522/2011 - C7-0137/2011 - 2011/2065(BUD))   |  |  | | --- | --- | | referred to | responsible: BUDG | |

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| — | Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning customs enforcement of intellectual property rights (COM(2011)0285 - C7-0139/2011 - 2011/0137(COD))   |  |  | | --- | --- | | referred to | responsible: IMCO  opinion: JURI, INTA | |

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| — | Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the issuance of euro coins (COM(2011)0295 - C7-0140/2011 - 2011/0131(COD))   |  |  | | --- | --- | | referred to | responsible: ECON | |

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| — | Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Memorandum of Cooperation NAT-I-9406 between the United States of America and the European Union (09390/2011 - C7-0141/2011 - 2011/0021(NLE))   |  |  | | --- | --- | | referred to | responsible: ITRE  opinion: TRAN | |

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| — | Draft Council decision concerning the accession of the European Union to the Protocol of 2002 to the Athens Convention relating to the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea, 1974, with the exception of Articles 10 and 11 thereof (08663/2011 [[01]] - C7-0142/2011 - 2003/0132A(NLE))   |  |  | | --- | --- | | referred to | responsible: TRAN  opinion: JURI | |

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| — | Draft Council decision concerning the accession of the European Union to the Protocol of 2002 to the Athens Convention relating to the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea, 1974, as regards Articles 10 and 11 thereof (08663/2011 [[02]] - C7-0143/2011 - 2003/0132B(NLE))   |  |  | | --- | --- | | referred to | responsible: JURI  opinion: TRAN | |

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| — | Proposal for a Council decision concluding an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and Australia pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedules of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania in the course of their accession to the European Union (06603/2011 - C7-0144/2011 - 2011/0032(NLE))   |  |  | | --- | --- | | referred to | responsible: INTA | |

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| — | Proposal for a Council regulation implementing enhanced cooperation in the area of the creation of unitary patent protection with regard to the applicable translation arrangements (COM(2011)0216 - C7-0145/2011 - 2011/0094(CNS))   |  |  | | --- | --- | | referred to | responsible: JURI | |

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| — | Proposal for a Council regulation temporarily suspending autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on imports of certain industrial products into the Canary Islands (COM(2011)0259 - C7-0146/2011 - 2011/0111(CNS))   |  |  | | --- | --- | | referred to | responsible: REGI  opinion: BUDG, IMCO | |

3.   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):

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|  | 10 May 2011  Margrét Tryggvadóttir (Parliament of Iceland - ALTHINGI) (No 0477/2011); Association des Parents d’Elèves de l’Ecole Européenne (APEEE) (8 000 signatures) (No 0478/2011). |

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|  | 20 May 2011  (name confidential) (No 0479/2011); (name confidential) (No 0480/2011); Mark Austin (No 0481/2011); (name confidential) (No 0482/2011); Simon Wright (No 0483/2011); Michael Rowland (Andersfield) (No 0484/2011); Markéta Balcarová (Citizens of Pilsen against the Choitkov Incinerator) (No 0485/2011); (name confidential) (No 0486/2011); Konstantinos Aivaliotis (No 0487/2011); Kalada West (No 0488/2011); Karl Hehle (Gemeinde Hörbranz) (No 0489/2011); (name confidential) (No 0490/2011); Ryszard Dudek (28 signatures) (No 0491/2011); (name confidential) (No 0492/2011); Michel Vanhoutte (No 0493/2011); Ewa Bondyra-Kalbacher (No 0494/2011); Christopher Eichner (No 0495/2011); (name confidential) (No 0496/2011); Ina Benken (No 0497/2011); Barbara Jaenicke (No 0498/2011); Roberto Perez Hagen (No 0499/2011); Klaus Lintzmeyer (Verein zum Schutz der Bergwelt (VzSB)) (No 0500/2011); Frauke Doppler (No 0501/2011); (name confidential) (No 0502/2011); Fryderyk Gałańczuk (No 0503/2011); (name confidential) (No 0504/2011); Jerzy Jachnik (No 0505/2011); Dietmar Mai (No 0506/2011); Hartmut Michel (No 0507/2011); (name confidential) (No 0508/2011); Peter Kolkwitz (No 0509/2011); Rosemary Wynes Devlin (No 0510/2011); Oskar Bradler (No 0511/2011); (name confidential) (No 0512/2011); Werner Gauglitz (No 0513/2011); Rolf Gallas (No 0514/2011); (name confidential) (No 0515/2011); (name confidential) (No 0516/2011); Roland Rose (No 0517/2011). |

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|  | 24 May 2011  Michael Marek (No 0518/2011); Florian Dotzauer (No 0519/2011); Herbert Fürst (No 0520/2011); Gianluca Fenderico (Associazione Lega Nord Martellago) (No 0521/2011); Richard Frederick Parsons (No 0522/2011); (name confidential) (No 0523/2011); Peter Allan (No 0524/2011); Monica Wennerstrom (No 0525/2011); (name confidential) (No 0526/2011); Rolf Mitwalli (No 0527/2011); Gerd-Dieter Behrendt (No 0528/2011); Brigitte Ruhmann-Radoy (No 0529/2011); Wanda Nowicka (Federation for Women and Family Planning) (No 0530/2011); (name confidential) (No 0531/2011); Ludwig Schönenbach (No 0532/2011); John O’Shea (O’Shea, White & Co) (No 0533/2011); Ludwig Schönenbach (No 0534/2011); Claudia Sckaer (No 0535/2011); Alan Dransfield (No 0536/2011); Thomas Werner Bulk (Bulk Evolution Consulting) (No 0537/2011); Cecilia De Batrholomaeis (Verdi di Manduria) (No 0538/2011); Lorenzo Mengoli (Aster Associazione di Base per la Salvaguardia del Territorio Montano) (16 signatures) (No 0539/2011); Javier Lopez Domenech (Bras del Port, S.A. (Salinas Maritimas)) (No 0540/2011); Miguel Ángel Oca Sanz (Asociación Montes de Oca) (No 0541/2011); Sezione Regionale Molise WWF (WWF Sezione Regionale Molise) (131 signatures) (No 0542/2011); Renate Bauer (Dachverband Freier Weltanschauungsgemeinschaften e.V.) (No 0543/2011); Roberto Raggi (Sos Consumatore) (3 signatures) (No 0544/2011); Paulo Monteiro (No 0545/2011); Danilo Mortara (No 0546/2011); Manuel R. Silva (No 0547/2011); Octavian Radu (No 0548/2011); Maria Concetta Gibilisco (633 signatures) (No 0549/2011); László Varga (Forum for the Cooperation of Trade Unions - Szakszervezetek Együttmüködési Fóruma (SZEF)) (No 0550/2011). |

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|  | 26 May 2011  Miha Regacar (Civilna Iniciativa Kras) (No 0551/2011); (nom confidentiel) (No 0552/2011); Malen Dinev (No 0553/2011); George Drajev (No 0554/2011); Michael Vashkevich (No 0555/2011); Lalo Djourov (No 0556/2011); Josefa Balduque Astua (No 0557/2011); Sandrine Lavigne (SARL Planicook) (1 180 signatures) (No 0558/2011); Balázs László Szuhai (No 0559/2011). |

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|  | 31 May 2011  Marta Petkovic (No 0560/2011); Csaba Gyimesi (No 0561/2011); Lalo Kirilou (No 0562/2011); Mihai Cratia (Expert Official Veterinarians and Authorized Food Safety Laboratories Association) (2 signatures) (No 0563/2011); Augusto Scandiuzzi (No 0564/2011); Stephen Lambourne (No 0565/2011); Dave Sadler (No 0566/2011); Fabio Albanese (No 0567/2011); Charmaine Rohlandt (No 0568/2011); (name confidential) (No 0569/2011); Miguel Ángel García García (No 0570/2011); Carsten Gola (No 0571/2011); Sarah Bonafont (No 0572/2011); Constantinos Papadigenopoulos (No 0573/2011); Baudilio Ros Prat (Institut agrícola Català de Sant Isidre) (No 0574/2011); María del Carmen Bolaños Espinosa (Iniciativa en defensa de la enseñanza pública Canaria) (3 signatures) (No 0575/2011); Anne Marie Thøgersen (No 0576/2011); Y. Gonachon Comby (No 0577/2011); Evert Broens (No 0578/2011); Charistes Athanassios (Association des Parents d’Elèves de l’Ecole Primaire de Eyosmos de Thessaloniki) (No 0579/2011); Gérard Latteux (No 0580/2011); Vincent Derudder (Fédération Européenne des Conseils et Intermédiaires Financiers) (No 0581/2011); Marc Ikrou (No 0582/2011); (nom confidentiel) (No 0583/2011); Alice E. Jones (No 0584/2011); Edyta Stawowczyk-Tsalawoura (No 0585/2011); Gennaro Sepe (No 0586/2011); Mihaela Buculei (No 0587/2011); Andrea Incorvaia (No 0588/2011); (name confidential) (No 0589/2011); Giovanna De Minico (No 0590/2011); Alain Desmazieres De Sechelles Alain (No 0591/2011); (name confidential) (61 signatures) (No 0592/2011); Fred De Baere (No 0593/2011); Laurentiu-Valentin Puica (No 0594/2011); Kendra Pinder (Action for Romanian Animals) (No 0595/2011); (name confidential) (No 0596/2011); Rosario Calabretta (Comitato Spontaneo Sisma Etna 2002) (No 0597/2011); Gastone Paccagnella (No 0598/2011); Bernd Boosch (No 0599/2011); Κostas Papadopoulos (No 0600/2011); Antonio Subiela Vivancos (Président de la Association des propriétaires de voisinage de l’île de Mazarrón) (No 0601/2011); Dirk Warrich (2 signatures) (No 0602/2011). |

4.   Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council

The Council had forwarded certified true copies of the following:

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| — | Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the fisheries partnership agreement between the European Union and the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe; |

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| — | Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Union and the Argentine Republic pursuant to Article XXIV(6) and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedules of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania in the course of their accession to the European Union. |

5.   Debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (announcement of motions for resolution tabled)

In accordance with Rule 122, the following Members or political groups had requested that such a debate be held on the following motions for resolutions:

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| I. | Madagascar   |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Charles Tannock, Ryszard Antoni Legutko, Ryszard Czarnecki and Tomasz Piotr Poręba, on behalf of the ECR Group, on Madagascar (B7-0353/2011); |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Véronique De Keyser and Corina Crețu, on behalf of the S&D Group, on Madagascar (B7-0360/2011); |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Elie Hoarau, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on Madagascar (B7-0364/2011); |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Cristian Dan Preda, Michèle Striffler, Mario Mauro, Bernd Posselt, Filip Kaczmarek, Tunne Kelam, Eija-Riitta Korhola, Monica Luisa Macovei, Elena Băsescu, Sari Essayah, Giovanni La Via and Bogusław Sonik, on behalf of the PPE Group, on Madagascar (B7-0365/2011); |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Louis Michel, Marielle De Sarnez, Marietje Schaake, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Kristiina Ojuland, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells and Renate Weber, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the situation in Madagascar (B7-0366/2011); |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Michèle Rivasi and Raül Romeva i Rueda, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on Madagascar (B7-0367/2011). | |

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| II. | Guantánamo: imminent death penalty decision   |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Charles Tannock and Jan Zahradil, on behalf of the ECR Group, on the Guantánamo: death penalty decision imminent (B7-0361/2011); |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Véronique De Keyser, Ana Gomes, Claude Moraes and Richard Howitt, on behalf of the S&D Group, on the Guantánamo: imminent death penalty decision (B7-0362/2011); |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Marie-Christine Vergiat, Willy Meyer, Jacky Hénin, Patrick Le Hyaric, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, Elie Hoarau and Ilda Figueiredo, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on Guantánamo: imminent death penalty decision (B7-0369/2011); |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Ioannis Kasoulides, Eduard Kukan, Cristian Dan Preda, Bernd Posselt, Mario Mauro, Michèle Striffler, Tunne Kelam, Eija-Riitta Korhola, Monica Luisa Macovei, Elena Băsescu, Sari Essayah and Giovanni La Via, on behalf of the PPE Group, on Guantánamo: imminent death penalty decision (B7-0371/2011); |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Sarah Ludford, Renate Weber, Sophia in 't Veld, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Marielle De Sarnez, Marietje Schaake, Kristiina Ojuland, Louis Michel, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells and Alexandra Thein, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on Guantánamo: imminent death penalty decision (B7-0374/2011); |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Barbara Lochbihler, Heidi Hautala, Ulrike Lunacek, Claude Turmes, Judith Sargentini and Raül Romeva i Rueda, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on Guantánamo: imminent death penalty decision (B7-0375/2011). | |

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| III. | Ukraine: the cases of Yulia Tymoshenko and other members of the former government   |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Hannes Swoboda, Kristian Vigenin and Marek Siwiec, on behalf of the S&D Group, on Ukraine: the cases of Yulia Tymoshenko and other members of the former government (B7-0363/2011); |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Jaromír Kohlíček and Helmut Scholz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on Ukraine: the cases of Yulia Tymoshenko and other members of the former government (B7-0368/2011); |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Elmar Brok, Ioannis Kasoulides, Cristian Dan Preda, Zuzana Roithová, Mario Mauro, Bernd Posselt, Filip Kaczmarek, Tunne Kelam, Eija-Riitta Korhola, Monica Luisa Macovei, Elena Băsescu, Sari Essayah, Giovanni La Via, Laima Liucija Andrikienė, Krzysztof Lisek and Bogusław Sonik, on behalf of the PPE Group, on Ukraine: the cases of Yulia Tymoshenko and other members of the former government (B7-0370/2011); |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Kristiina Ojuland, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Marielle De Sarnez, Leonidas Donskis, Marietje Schaake, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Gesine Meissner, Renate Weber and Alexandra Thein, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on Ukraine: the cases of Yulia Tymoshenko and other members of the former government (B7-0372/2011); |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Rebecca Harms, Werner Schulz and Raül Romeva i Rueda, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on Ukraine: the cases of Yulia Tymoshenko and other members of the former government (B7-0373/2011). | |

Speaking time would be allocated in accordance with Rule 149.

6.   EHEC outbreak in the EU Member States (debate)

Commission statement: EHEC outbreak in the EU Member States

John Dalli (Member of the Commission) made the statement.

The following spoke: Peter Liese, on behalf of the PPE Group, Linda McAvan, on behalf of the S&D Group, Corinne Lepage, on behalf of the ALDE Group, James Nicholson, on behalf of the ECR Group, Rebecca Harms, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Sabine Wils, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Francisco Sosa Wagner, Non-attached Member, Esther Herranz García, Luis Manuel Capoulas Santos, Frédérique Ries, Janusz Wojciechowski, Martin Häusling, João Ferreira, Nick Griffin, Françoise Grossetête, Jo Leinen, Antonyia Parvanova, Marina Yannakoudakis, Nikolaos Chountis, Elisabetta Gardini, Dagmar Roth-Behrendt, George Lyon, Elisabeth Köstinger, Iratxe García Pérez, Mairead McGuinness, Ulrike Rodust, Pilar Ayuso, Andres Perello Rodriguez, Esther de Lange and Anna Záborská.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Czesław Adam Siekierski, Josefa Andrés Barea, Isabelle Durant, Diane Dodds, Teresa Jiménez-Becerril Barrio, Antonio Masip Hidalgo, Bart Staes, Gabriel Mato Adrover, Judith A. Merkies, Angelika Werthmann, Bogusław Sonik and Marc Tarabella.

The following spoke: John Dalli.

IN THE CHAIR: Alejo VIDAL-QUADRAS

Vice-President

The debate closed.

7.   Charging of heavy goods vehicles \*\*\*II (debate)

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 [2008/0147(COD)] - Committee on Transport and Tourism. Rapporteur: Saïd El Khadraoui (A7-0171/2011)

Saïd El Khadraoui introduced the recommendation for second reading.

The following spoke: Enikő Győri (President-in-Office of the Council) and Siim Kallas (Vice-President of the Commission).

The following spoke: Corien Wortmann-Kool, on behalf of the PPE Group, Ismail Ertug, on behalf of the S&D Group, Dirk Sterckx, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Roberts Zīle, on behalf of the ECR Group, Eva Lichtenberger, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Jaromír Kohlíček, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Jörg Leichtfried, Juozas Imbrasas, on behalf of the EFD Group, Mike Nattrass, Non-attached Member, Mathieu Grosch, Jörg Leichtfried, Gesine Meissner, Oldřich Vlasák, Isabelle Durant, Laurence J.A.J. Stassen, Antonio Cancian, Inés Ayala Sender, Nathalie Griesbeck, Ryszard Czarnecki, Michael Cramer, John Bufton, Christine De Veyrac, Gilles Pargneaux, Olle Schmidt, Peter van Dalen, Luis de Grandes Pascual, Spyros Danellis, Hubert Pirker and Silvia-Adriana Țicău.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Carlo Fidanza, Andrew Henry William Brons, Herbert Dorfmann, Seán Kelly and Jacky Hénin.

The following spoke: Siim Kallas, Enikő Győri and Saïd El Khadraoui.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 7.6.2011, item 8.8.

(The sitting was suspended for a short period until voting time.)

IN THE CHAIR: Jerzy BUZEK

President

8.   Voting time

Detailed voting results (amendments, separate and split votes, etc.) appear in the Results of Votes annex to the minutes.

The results of roll-call votes are available in electronic form only, as an annex to the minutes, and can be accessed via Europarl.

8.1.   Appointment of a Member of the Court of Auditors (H.G.Wessberg-SV) (vote)

Report on the nomination of H.G. Wessberg as a Member of the Court of Auditors [C7-0103/2011 - 2011/0803(NLE)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Inés Ayala Sender (A7-0190/2011)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 1)

(Secret ballot)

The list of Members voting is annexed to these Minutes (minutes of 7.6.2011 annex 1).

PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION

Adopted (P7\_TA(2011)0246)

8.2.   Request for the waiver of Agnes Hankiss’s parliamentary immunity (Rule 138) (vote)

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

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 2)

PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION

Adopted by single vote (P7\_TA(2011)0247)

8.3.   Proof of origin for certain textile products \*\*\*I (Rule 138) (vote)

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)] - Committee on International Trade. Rapporteur: Jan Zahradil (A7-0156/2011)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 3)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Jan Zahradil (rapporteur) made a statement under Rule 138(4).

Adopted by single vote (P7\_TA(2011)0248)

8.4.   Participation of Croatia in the work of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction \*\*\* (Rule 138) (vote)

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)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Debora Serracchiani (A7-0186/2011)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 4)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P7\_TA(2011)0249)

Parliament consented to the conclusion of the agreement.

8.5.   Extension of scope of regulation on the professional cross-border transportation of euro cash by road between euro-area Member States (Rule 138) (vote)

Recommendation on the draft Council regulation concerning the extension of the scope of Regulation (EU) No …/… of the European Parliament and of the Council on the professional cross-border transport of euro cash by road between euro area Member States [17787/2010 - C7-0025/2011- 2010/0206(APP)] - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Sophie Auconie (A7-0077/2011)

(Simple majority)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Sophie Auconie (rapporteur) requested that the vote on the report and on the report A7-0076/2011 be postponed.

The following spoke: Sharon Bowles, Chair of the ECON Committee, in support of that request, and Francesco Enrico Speroni.

Parliament agreed to the request for postponement.

8.6.   Transport applications of the Global Navigation Satellite Systems (Rule 138) (vote)

Report on transport applications of the Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) - short- and medium-term EU policy [2010/2208(INI)] - Committee on Transport and Tourism. Rapporteur: Silvia-Adriana Țicău (A7-0084/2011)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 5)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P7\_TA(2011)0250)

8.7.   International air agreements under the Treaty of Lisbon (Rule 138) (vote)

Report on international air agreements under the Treaty of Lisbon [2010/2207(INI)] - Committee on Transport and Tourism. Rapporteur: Brian Simpson (A7-0079/2011)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 6)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P7\_TA(2011)0251)

8.8.   Charging of heavy goods vehicles \*\*\*II (vote)

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)] - Committee on Transport and Tourism. Rapporteur: Saïd El Khadraoui (A7-0171/2011)

(Qualified majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 7)

COUNCIL POSITION

Declared approved as amended (P7\_TA(2011)0252)

8.9.   European environmental economic accounts \*\*\*I (vote)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on European environmental economic accounts [COM(2010)0132 – C7-0092/2010 - 2010/0073(COD)] - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. Rapporteur: Jo Leinen (A7-0330/2010)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 8)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P7\_TA(2011)0253)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7\_TA(2011)0253)

8.10.   Seventh EU programme for research, technological development and demonstration (vote)

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)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, Item 9)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

The following spoke: Paweł Robert Kowal, to move an oral amendment to paragraph 27.

As more than 40 Members objected to the oral amendment, it was not incorporated.

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Voting time was suspended owing to an evacuation drill.

IN THE CHAIR: Stavros LAMBRINIDIS

Vice-President

9.   Explanations of vote

Written explanations of vote:

Explanations of vote submitted in writing under Rule 170 appear in the Verbatim Report of Proceedings for the sitting.

The oral explanations of vote relating to Tuesday’s votes were held over until voting time the following day, Wednesday, 8 June 2011.

10.   Corrections to votes and voting intentions

Corrections to votes and voting intentions appear on the ‘Séance en direct’ website under ‘Votes’/‘Results of votes’/‘Roll-call votes’. They are published in hard copy in the Result of roll-call votes annex.

The electronic version on Europarl will be regularly updated for a maximum of two weeks after the day of the vote concerned.

After the two-week deadline has passed, the list of corrections to votes and voting intentions will be finalised so that it can be translated and published in the Official Journal.

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Lena Ek had made it known that for technical reasons she had been unable to take part in the vote on the report by Inés Ayala Sender - A7-0190/2011.

Véronique De Keyser had made it known that for technical reasons she had been unable to take part in the vote on the report by Jan Zahradil - A7-0156/2011.

(The sitting was suspended at 13.15 and resumed at 15.00.)

IN THE CHAIR: Jerzy BUZEK

President

11.   Announcement by the President

The President announced that the votes scheduled and not taken would be taken the following day, Wednesday, 8 June 2011, as would the explanations of vote.

12.   Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

13.   Question Hour with the President of the Commission

13.1.   Free questions

The following spoke to put questions and supplementaries to José Manuel Barroso (President of the Commission), who answered these: Manfred Weber, on behalf of the PPE Group, Guy Verhofstadt, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Jan Zahradil, on behalf of the ECR Group, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Lothar Bisky, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Nigel Farage, on behalf of the EFD Group, Nicole Sinclaire, Non-attached Member, and Martin Schulz, on behalf of the S&D Group.

13.2.   Outcome of the G8 Summit

The following spoke under the ‘catch the eye’ procedure to put questions to José Manuel Barroso (President of the Commission), who answered them: Marco Scurria, Sarah Ludford, Peter van Dalen, Ilda Figueiredo, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, Marielle De Sarnez, Nikolaos Salavrakos, Andrew Henry William Brons, Gabriele Albertini, Malika Benarab-Attou, Georgios Koumoutsakos and John Bufton.

Question Hour with the President of the Commission closed.

IN THE CHAIR: Isabelle DURANT

Vice-President

14.   Sudan and South Sudan (debate)

Statement by the Vice-President of the Commission and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy: Sudan and South Sudan

Andris Piebalgs (Member of the Commission) made the statement on behalf of the Vice-President of the Commission and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.

The following spoke: Mariya Nedelcheva, on behalf of the PPE Group, Véronique De Keyser, on behalf of the S&D Group, Ivo Vajgl, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Nirj Deva, on behalf of the ECR Group, Judith Sargentini, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Gabriele Zimmer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Bastiaan Belder, on behalf of the EFD Group, Mario Mauro, Ana Gomes, Charles Goerens, Peter van Dalen, Sabine Lösing, Michèle Striffler, Richard Howitt, Niccolò Rinaldi, Charles Tannock, Charalampos Angourakis, Joachim Zeller, Corina Crețu, Marielle De Sarnez and Cristian Dan Preda.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Miroslav Mikolášik, Katarína Neveďalová, Janusz Władysław Zemke, Elena Băsescu, Seán Kelly, Monika Flašíková Beňová, Andreas Mölzer, Boris Zala and Jaroslav Paška.

The following spoke: Andris Piebalgs.

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: minutes of 9.6.2011, item 8.1.

15.   Application of Schengen acquis in Bulgaria and Romania \* (debate)

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)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Carlos Coelho (A7-0185/2011)

Carlos Coelho introduced the report.

IN THE CHAIR: Stavros LAMBRINIDIS

Vice-President

The following spoke: Enikő Győri (President-in-Office of the Council) and Cecilia Malmström (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, on behalf of the PPE Group, Ioan Enciu, on behalf of the S&D Group, Renate Weber, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Timothy Kirkhope, on behalf of the ECR Group, Tatjana Ždanoka, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Cornelia Ernst, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Mario Borghezio, on behalf of the EFD Group, Daniël van der Stoep, Non-attached Member, Andrey Kovatchev, Monika Flašíková Beňová, Stanimir Ilchev, Paweł Robert Kowal, Gerard Batten, Philip Claeys, Marian-Jean Marinescu, Tanja Fajon, David Campbell Bannerman, Mara Bizzotto, Kinga Gál, Anna Hedh, Salvatore Iacolino, Iliana Malinova Iotova, Véronique Mathieu, Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă, Hubert Pirker, Antigoni Papadopoulou, Ivailo Kalfin and Rovana Plumb.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Csaba Sógor, Katarína Neveďalová, Filiz Hakaeva Hyusmenova, Lena Kolarska-Bobińska, Ioan Mircea Pașcu, Cristian Silviu Bușoi, Petru Constantin Luhan, Nikolaos Salavrakos, Andreas Mölzer, Wim van de Camp, Monika Smolková, Anneli Jäätteenmäki, Mariya Nedelcheva, Nadezhda Neynsky, Metin Kazak and Traian Ungureanu.

The following spoke: Cecilia Malmström, Enikő Győri and Carlos Coelho.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 8.6.2011, item 6.1.

(The sitting was suspended for a short time.)

IN THE CHAIR: Edward McMILLAN-SCOTT

Vice-President

16.   Question Time (Commission)

Parliament considered a number of questions to the Commission (B7-0407/2011).

Question 6 (Mairead McGuinness): Quality food schemes.

László Andor (Member of the Commission) answered the question and supplementaries by Jim Higgins (deputising for the author), Barbara Matera and Marian Harkin.

Question 7 (Jim Higgins): Youth unemployment.

László Andor answered the question and supplementaries by Jim Higgins, Janusz Władysław Zemke and Silvia-Adriana Țicău.

Question 8 (Georgios Papanikolaou): Migration and the Schengen Area.

Cecilia Malmström (Member of the Commission) answered the question and supplementaries by Georgios Papanikolaou and Giovanni La Via.

Question 9 (Bernd Posselt): Visa scheme for Kosovo.

Cecilia Malmström answered the question and a supplementary by Bernd Posselt.

Question 10 (Gay Mitchell): Countering the use of the internet by criminals.

Cecilia Malmström answered the question and supplementaries by Gay Mitchell and Silvia-Adriana Țicău.

Question 11 (Sarah Ludford): Schengen evaluations and the possible suspension mechanism.

Question 12 (Maria Eleni Koppa): Implementation of the Schengen Agreement.

Cecilia Malmström answered the questions and supplementaries by Sarah Ludford, Maria Eleni Koppa and Georgios Papanikolaou.

Question 13 (Frédéric Daerden): Future of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF).

László Andor answered the question and supplementaries by Pervenche Berès (deputising for the author), Nikolaos Chountis and Marian Harkin.

The following spoke: Liam Aylward on the conduct of question time.

Question 14 (Nikolaos Chountis): Collective labour agreements.

László Andor answered the question and a supplementary by Nikolaos Chountis.

Question 15 (Vilija Blinkevičiūtė): Review of Regulation (EEC) No 1612/68 on freedom of movement for workers within the Community.

László Andor answered the question and a supplementary by Vilija Blinkevičiūtė.

Question 19 (Hans-Peter Martin): Reallocation of financial resources in the regional and cohesion funds.

Johannes Hahn (Member of the Commission) answered the question and a supplementary by Hans-Peter Martin.

Question 20 (Anne E. Jensen): Fulfilment of the objectives of structural funds payments.

Johannes Hahn answered the question and a supplementary by Anne E. Jensen.

Questions which had not been answered for lack of time would receive written answers (see annex to the Verbatim Report of Proceedings).

Commission Question Time closed.

17.   Agenda of the next sitting

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

18.   Closure of the sitting

The sitting closed at 20.00.

Klaus Welle

Secretary-General

Roberta Angelilli

Vice-President

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