Neelie Kroes (Member of the Commission) made the statement.
The following spoke: Ioannis Kasoulides, on behalf of the PPE Group, Pier Antonio Panzeri, on behalf of the S&D Group Louis Michel, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Hélène Flautre, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Charles Tannock, on behalf of the ECR Group, Marie-Christine Vergiat, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Gerard Batten, on behalf of the EFD Group, Andreas Mölzer, Non-attached Member, Salvatore Iacolino, Carmen Romero López, Tomasz Piotr Poręba, Dominique Baudis, Sylvie Guillaume and Michael Gahler.
The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Cristian Dan Preda, Harlem Désir, Malika Benarab-Attou, Alf Svensson and Rosario Crocetta
The following spoke: Neelie Kroes.
The debate closed.
3. Debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (debate)
Marietje Schaake, Fiorello Provera, Mario Mauro and Véronique De Keyser introduced motions for resolutions.
IN THE CHAIR: Alejo VIDAL-QUADRAS Vice-President
Ryszard Antoni Legutko and Heidi Hautala introduced motions for resolutions.
The following spoke: Bernd Posselt, on behalf of the PPE Group, Peter van Dalen, on behalf of the ECR Group, Joe Higgins, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Daniël van der Stoep, Non-attached Member, Filip Kaczmarek, Konrad Szymański, Bogusław Sonik, Ryszard Czarnecki, Eija-Riitta Korhola, Dominique Baudis and László Tőkés.
The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Anna Záborská, Mitro Repo, Ivo Vajgl, Charles Tannock and Gerard Batten.
The following spoke: Neelie Kroes (Member of the Commission).
Renate Weber, Tunne Kelam, Véronique De Keyser, Marie-Christine Vergiat, Charles Tannock and Heidi Hautala introduced motions for resolutions.
The following spoke: Cristian Dan Preda, on behalf of the PPE Group, Zigmantas Balčytis, on behalf of the S&D Group, Helga Trüpel, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Lorenzo Fontana, on behalf of the EFD Group, and Edward McMillan-Scott, Non-attached Member.
The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Eija-Riitta Korhola and Gesine Meissner.
The following spoke: Neelie Kroes (Member of the Commission).
The President announced that the Council had told him that the draft Council decision on the SWIFT Agreement (debate: minutes of 20.1.2010, item 10) would be submitted to Parliament on 25 January 2010.
The text would be sent to the relevant committee (the LIBE Committee) without delay for examination the following week. The vote would be taken during the next part-session week in Strasbourg.
The President would send a letter to the Council asking that the entry into force of the SWIFT Agreement, scheduled for 1 February 2010, be postponed until after the vote in Parliament.
5. Calendar of part-sessions
The President announced that, at its meeting of the same day, the Conference of Presidents had adopted the draft agenda of the first part-session of February 2010. A debate on the presentation by José Manuel Barroso (President of the Commission) of the College of Commissioners and of the Commission's programme was scheduled for 9 February 2010. The debate would be followed by a vote.
The extraordinary part-session on 26 January 2010 had therefore been removed from the calendar.
6. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting
The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.
7. Voting time
Details of voting (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.
7.1. Recent attacks on religious minorities in Egypt and in Malaysia (vote)
Mario Mauro, Vito Bonsignore, Carlo Casini, Cristian Dan Preda, Bernd Posselt, Laima Liucija Andrikienė, Eija-Riitta Korhola, Lena Kolarska-Bobińska, Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Filip Kaczmarek, Martin Kastler, Monica Luisa Macovei, Tunne Kelam, Bogusław Sonik, Csaba Sógor and László Tőkés, on behalf of the PPE Group,
Véronique De Keyser, on behalf of the S&D Group,
Marietje Schaake and Frédérique Ries, on behalf of the ALDE Group,
Heidi Hautala, Barbara Lochbihler, Hélène Flautre, Jean-Paul Besset, Emilie Turunen, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Gerald Häfner and Christian Engström, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group,
Adam Bielan, Ryszard Czarnecki, Tomasz Piotr Poręba, Charles Tannock, Marek Henryk Migalski, Paweł Robert Kowal, Ryszard Antoni Legutko, Peter van Dalen, Konrad Szymański, Mirosław Piotrowski and Jacek Olgierd Kurski, on behalf of the ECR Group,
Marie-Christine Vergiat and Rui Tavares, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group,
Fiorello Provera and Rolandas Paksas, on behalf of the EFD Group
Tunne Kelam, Mario Mauro, Laima Liucija Andrikienė, Cristian Dan Preda, Bernd Posselt, Filip Kaczmarek, Eija-Riitta Korhola, Monica Luisa Macovei, Jean-Pierre Audy, László Tőkés and Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, on behalf of the PPE Group,
Renate Weber, Frédérique Ries, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells and Marielle De Sarnez, on behalf of the ALDE Group,
Heidi Hautala, Barbara Lochbihler, Helga Trüpel, Philippe Lamberts and Daniel Cohn-Bendit, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group,
Charles Tannock, on behalf of the ECR Group,
Marie-Christine Vergiat and Gabriele Zimmer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group,
Martin Kastler, Mario Mauro, Cristian Dan Preda, Bernd Posselt, Monica Luisa Macovei, Eija-Riitta Korhola, Tunne Kelam and Jean-Pierre Audy, on behalf of the PPE Group,
Véronique De Keyser and Marc Tarabella, on behalf of the S&D Group,
Marielle De Sarnez, on behalf of the ALDE Group,
Barbara Lochbihler, Christian Engström, Emilie Turunen, Raül Romeva i Rueda and Gerald Häfner, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group,
Charles Tannock, Adam Bielan, Ryszard Czarnecki, Tomasz Piotr Poręba and Ryszard Antoni Legutko, on behalf of the ECR Group,
Marie-Christine Vergiat and Rui Tavares, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group,
Fiorello Provera, Rolandas Paksas and Juozas Imbrasas, on behalf of the EFD Group
Barbara Lochbihler, author, had moved an oral amendment to the second part of paragraph 6, which had been incorporated. The second part of paragraph 6 had then been rejected.
7.4. European Strategy for the Danube Region(vote)
Lambert van Nistelrooij, Danuta Maria Hübner, Marian-Jean Marinescu, Richard Seeber, Manfred Weber, Elisabeth Jeggle, Jan Olbrycht, Theodor Dumitru Stolojan, Elena Băsescu, Andrey Kovatchev, Tamás Deutsch, Elena Oana Antonescu, Iosif Matula, Csaba Sógor, Petru Constantin Luhan and Iuliu Winkler, on behalf of the PPE Group,
Silvia-Adriana Ţicău, Constanze Angela Krehl, Victor Boştinaru, Brian Simpson, Saïd El Khadraoui, Hannes Swoboda, Evgeni Kirilov, Georgios Stavrakakis and Ivailo Kalfin, on behalf of the S&D Group,
Michael Theurer, Ramona Nicole Mănescu and Filiz Hakaeva Hyusmenova, on behalf of the ALDE Group,
Eva Lichtenberger and Michael Cramer, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group,
Oldřich Vlasák and Tomasz Piotr Poręba, on behalf of the ECR Group,
Jaromír Kohlíček and Miloslav Ransdorf, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group
Filip Kaczmarek, Bernd Posselt, Ryszard Czarnecki, Bogusław Liberadzki
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Daniel Hannan and Mirosław Piotrowski spoke on cases of human rights violations, democracy and the rule of law. (The President drew attention to the provisions of Rules 122(4) and 170.)
9. 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.
Ulrike Rodust had made it known that her voting machine had not worked during the first vote on RC-B7-0035/2010.
10. Implementing measures (Rule 88)
The following draft implementing measures falling under the regulatory procedure with scrutiny had been forwarded to Parliament:
- Draft Commission regulation of [...] implementing Regulation (EC) No 998/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the maximum number of pet animals of certain species that may be the subject of non-commercial movement (D006190/03 - 2010/2517(RPS) - deadline: 15/04/2010) referred to responsible: ENVI
- Draft Commission regulation of [...] amending Regulation (EC) No 401/2006 as regards groundnuts (peanuts), other oilseeds, tree nuts, apricot kernels, liquorice and vegetable oil (D006721/02 - 2009/2773(RPS) - deadline: 18/02/2010) referred to responsible: ENVI
- Draft Commission regulation (EU) amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) (D006848/02 - 2010/2507(RPS) - deadline: 13/04/2010) referred to responsible: ENVI opinion: ITRE, IMCO
- Draft Commission regulation (EU) No .../... of [...] implementing Article 10(3) and 27 of Directive 2009/16/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the company performance (D006895/02 - 2010/2503(RPS) - deadline: 11/04/2010) referred to responsible: TRAN
- Draft Commission Decision of […] on the establishment of a Community Register for Biocidal Products (D007267/02 - 2010/2506(RPS) - deadline: 13/04/2010) referred to responsible: ENVI
- Draft Commission Regulation of [...] amending Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 on microbiological criteria for foodstuffs as regards Enterobacteriaceae in pasteurised milk and other pasteurised liquid dairy products and Listeria monocytogenes in food grade salt (D007284/03 - 2010/2521(RPS) - deadline: 16/04/2010) referred to responsible: ENVI
- Draft Commission Regulation (EU) refusing to authorise a health claim made on foods, other than those referring to the reduction of disease risk and to children's development and health (D007486/03 - 2010/2523(RPS) - deadline: 19/04/2010) referred to responsible: ENVI opinion: IMCO
- Draft Commission decision of [...] concerning the non-inclusion of 2,4,4’-trichloro-2’-hydroxydiphenyl ether in the Community list of additives which may be used in the manufacture of plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs under Directive 2002/72/EC (D007617/03 - 2010/2501(RPS) - deadline: 08/03/2010) referred to responsible: ENVI
- Draft Commission regulation amending Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the labelling requirement for beverages with more than 1,2 % by volume of alcohol and containing certain food colours (D007618/04 - 2010/2500(RPS) - deadline: 08/03/2010) referred to responsible: ENVI
- Draft Commission Regulation (EU) No .../... of [...] amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 245/2009 as regards the ecodesign requirements for fluorescent lamps without integrated ballast, for high intensity discharge lamps, and for ballasts and luminaires able to operate such lamps (D007749/02 - 2010/2511(RPS) - deadline: 13/04/2010) referred to responsible: ENVI opinion: ITRE
- Draft Commission Regulation (EC) No …/.. of […] amending Regulation (EC) No 1126/2008 adopting certain international accounting standards in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) 1 (D007828/01 - 2010/2508(RPS) - deadline: 12/04/2010) referred to responsible: ECON opinion: JURI
11. Decisions concerning certain documents
Decision to draw up own-initiative reports (Rule 42)
ECON Committee
- Cross-Border Crisis Management in the Banking Sector (2010/2006(INI)) (opinion: EMPL, BUDG, JURI)
Decision to draw up own-initiative reports (Rule 48)
CONT Committee
- 2008 discharge: performance, financial management and control of agencies (2010/2007(INI))
CULT Committee
- Journalism and new media - creating a public sphere in Europe (2010/2015(INI))
- Key competences for a changing world: implementation of the education and training 2010 work programme (2010/2013(INI)) (opinion: FEMM)
ECON Committee
- Remuneration of directors of listed companies and remuneration policies in the financial services sector (2010/2009(INI)) (opinion: EMPL)
Decision to draw up own-initiative reports (Rule 119(2))
REGI Committee
- Report on the implementation of the synergies of research and innovation earmarked funds in Regulation (EC) No 1080/2006 concerning the European Fund of Regional Development and the Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Development in cities and regions as well as in the Member States and the Union (2009/2243(INI)) (opinion: ITRE)
Associated committees
AFCO Committee
- Institutional aspects of accession by the European Union to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (2009/2241(INI)) (opinion: PETI, AFET) Associated committees AFCO, LIBE (Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 14.01.2010)
REGI Committee
- Report on the implementation of the synergies of research and innovation earmarked funds in Regulation (EC) No 1080/2006 concerning the European Fund of Regional Development and the Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Development in cities and regions as well as in the Member States and the Union (2009/2243(INI)) Associated committees REGI, ITRE (Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 14.01.2010)
Referral to committees
LIBE Committee
- Institutional aspects of accession by the European Union to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (2009/2241(INI)) referred to responsible: AFCO opinion: PETI, AFET, LIBE
DEVE Committee
- The EU strategy for relations with Latin America (2009/2213(INI)) referred to responsible: AFET opinion: DEVE, INTA
12. Written declarations included in the register (Rule 123)
Number of signatures obtained by the written declarations included in the register (Rule 123(3)):
Document number
Author
Signatures
54/2009
Elizabeth Lynne, Sidonia Elżbieta Jędrzejewska, Carl Schlyter
275
55/2009
Michael Cashman, David Martin, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Santiago Fisas Ayxela, Sophia in 't Veld
170
56/2009
Tatjana Ždanoka, Jean Lambert, Alejandro Cercas, Elizabeth Lynne
126
57/2009
Andreas Mölzer
31
58/2009
Andreas Mölzer
23
59/2009
Carlo Fidanza, Esther de Lange, Rareş-Lucian Niculescu, Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė, Marco Scurria
74
61/2009
Filip Kaczmarek, Andrzej Grzyb, Marek Siwiec, Sidonia Elżbieta Jędrzejewska, Konrad Szymański
43
62/2009
Raül Romeva i Rueda, Carlos Coelho, Luis Manuel Capoulas Santos, Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Miguel Angel Martínez Martínez
74
63/2009
Jiří Maštálka
15
64/2009
Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris, Mario Mauro, David-Maria Sassoli, Mario Borghezio, Magdi Cristiano Allam
109
65/2009
Graham Watson, Lena Kolarska-Bobińska
47
66/2009
Elizabeth Lynne, Edit Bauer, Zita Gurmai, Emilie Turunen
83
67/2009
Franz Obermayr
35
68/2009
Willy Meyer, Ilda Figueiredo, João Ferreira
50
69/2009
Sophia in 't Veld, Gianni Vattimo, Miguel Angel Martínez Martínez, Stanimir Ilchev, Jean-Marie Cavada
52
70/2009
Filip Kaczmarek
26
71/2009
Elizabeth Lynne, Michail Tremopoulos, Lívia Járóka, Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg
77
1/2010
Frieda Brepoels, Françoise Grossetête, Vittorio Prodi, Antonyia Parvanova, Miroslav Ouzký
42
2/2010
Monica Luisa Macovei, Simon Busuttil, Luigi de Magistris, Ana Gomes, Bart Staes
55
3/2010
Lara Comi, Andreas Schwab, Jolanta Emilia Hibner, Anna Maria Corazza Bildt, Christophe Béchu
41
4/2010
Morten Messerschmidt, Timo Soini
19
13. Forwarding of texts adopted during the sitting
Pursuant to Rule 179(2), the minutes of that day's sitting would be submitted to Parliament for its approval at the beginning of the next sitting.
With Parliament's agreement, the texts that had been adopted would be forwarded forthwith to the bodies named therein.
14. Dates of forthcoming sittings
The next sittings would be held from 8 February 2010 to 11 February 2010.
15. Adjournment of the session
The session of the European Parliament was adjourned.