IN THE CHAIR: Manuel António dos SANTOS
Vice-President

16. Question Time (Commission)

Verbatim reports

Parliament considered a number of questions to the Commission (B6-0009/2009).

Part one

Question 31 (Silvia-Adriana Ţicău): Measures for the promotion of products and services that help increase energy efficiency and promote renewable energies.

Viviane Reding (Member of the Commission) answered the question and supplementaries by Silvia-Adriana Ţicău and Reinhard Rack.

Question 32 (Giorgos Dimitrakopoulos): More flexible interpretation of the Stability and Growth Pact.

Viviane Reding answered the question and supplementaries by Giorgos Dimitrakopoulos, Jörg Leichtfried and Avril Doyle.

Question 33 (Pedro Guerreiro): Abolition of tax havens.

Viviane Reding answered the question and supplementaries by Pedro Guerreiro and Robert Evans.

Part two

Question 34 (Claude Moraes): The Internet and hate crimes.

Viviane Reding answered the question and supplementaries by Claude Moraes and Jim Allister.

Question 35 (Eoin Ryan): ICT and Information Society.

Viviane Reding answered the question and supplementaries by Eoin Ryan, Silvia-Adriana Ţicău and Reinhard Rack.

Question 36 (Gay Mitchell): Internet monitoring.

Viviane Reding answered the question and a supplementary by Gay Mitchell.

Questions 37 to 40 would receive written answers.

Question 41 (Bernd Posselt): Serbia's candidate status.

Leonard Orban (Member of the Commission) answered the question and a supplementary by Bernd Posselt.

Question 42 (Sarah Ludford): Serbian accession.

Leonard Orban answered the question and supplementaries by Sarah Ludford and Bernd Posselt.

Questions 43 to 44 would receive written answers.

Question 45 (Yiannakis Matsis): Turkish-funded usurpation of Greek Cypriot properties in the occupied territory of Cyprus.

Leonard Orban answered the question and a supplementary by Yiannakis Matsis.

Question 46 (Vural Öger): Opening of the 'energy' chapter in the accession negotiations with Turkey.

Leonard Orban answered the question and a supplementary by Vural Öger.

Questions 47 and 48 would receive written answers.

Question 49 (Marian Harkin): Market support.

Question 51 (Seán Ó Neachtain): Dairy sector in the EU.

Mariann Fischer Boel (membre de la Commission) answered the questions and supplementaries by Marian Harkin, Seán Ó Neachtain, Jim Allister et Jim Higgins.

Question 50 (Liam Aylward): Labelling for sheepmeat products.

Mariann Fischer Boel answered the question and a supplementary by Liam Aylward.

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.