EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

2010 - 2011 SESSION

Sittings of 5 to 8 July 2010

STRASBOURG

MINUTES

MONDAY 5 JULY 2010

IN THE CHAIR: Jerzy BUZEK
President

1. Resumption of the session

The sitting opened at 17.00.

2. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

Debora Serracchiani had made it known that she had been present but that her name was not on the attendance register.

The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

3. Statements by the President

The President made a statement on the recent floods in Romania, the Asturias and other regions in Europe.

The President condemned the treatment of members of the Bahá'i community by the Iranian authorities, urging them to respect international standards with regard to minority rights. He also condemned the use of the death penalty for minors in Iran.

The President drew attention to the 10th anniversary of the death of Jan Karski, who was the first to bring news of the extermination of the Jews in Europe to the Allies.

4. 2011 general budget (deadline for tabling draft amendments)

The President announced that the deadlines for tabling draft amendments to the 2011 general budget had been set as follows, in agreement with the Committee on Budgets:

- for committees and Members (at least 40 Members):

Wednesday, 8 September 2010 at 12.00;

- for political groups: Wednesday, 15 September 2010 at 12.00.

5. Signature of acts adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure

The President announced that on Wednesday, together with the President of the Council, he would sign the following acts adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure (Rule 74):

- Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the application of the principle of equal treatment between men and women engaged in an activity in a self-employed capacity and repealing Directive 86/613/EEC (00018/2010/LEX - C7-0163/2010 - 2008/0192(COD))

- Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the framework for the deployment of Intelligent Transport Systems in the field of road transport and for interfaces with other modes of transport (00025/2010/LEX - C7-0164/2010 - 2008/0263(COD))

- Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on Community guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network (recast) (00013/2010/LEX - C7-0165/2010 - 2009/0110(COD))

- Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on standards of quality and safety of human organs intended for transplantation (00019/2010/LEX - C7-0166/2010 - 2008/0238(COD))

- Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council providing macro-financial assistance to Ukraine (00020/2010/LEX - C7-0167/2010 - 2009/0162(COD))

- Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 247/2006 laying down specific measures for agriculture in the outermost regions of the Union (00023/2010/LEX - C7-0168/2010 - 2009/0138(COD))

- Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a catch documentation programme for bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus and amending Regulation (EC) No 1984/2003 (00017/2010/LEX - C7-0169/2010 - 2009/0116(COD))

6. Documents received

The following documents had been received:

(1) from the Council and Commission

- Draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the United States of America on the processing and transfer of financial messaging data from the European Union to the United States for the purposes of the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program (11222/2010 - C7-0158/2010 - 2010/0178(NLE))

(2) from committees

(2.1) reports

- ***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council Amending directives 1998/26/EC, 2002/87/EC, 2003/6/EC, 2003/41/EC, 2003/71/EC, 2004/39/EC, 2004/109/EC, 2005/60/EC, 2006/48/EC, 2006/49/EC, and 2009/65/EC in respect of the powers of the European Banking Authority, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority and the European Securities and Markets Authority (COM(2009)0576 - C7-0251/2009 - 2009/0161(COD)) - ECON Committee - Rapporteur: Antolín Sánchez Presedo (A7-0163/2010)

- ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a European Banking Authority (COM(2009)0501 - C7-0169/2009 - 2009/0142(COD)) - ECON Committee - Rapporteur: José Manuel García-Margallo Y Marfil (A7-0166/2010)

- * Report on the proposal for a Council regulation entrusting the European Central Bank with specific tasks concerning the functioning of the European Systemic Risk Board (05551/2010 - C7-0014/2010 - 2009/0141(CNS)) - ECON Committee - Rapporteur: Ramon Tremosa I Balcells (A7-0167/2010)

- ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on Community macro prudential oversight of the financial system and establishing a European Systemic Risk Board (COM(2009)0499 - C7-0166/2009 - 2009/0140(COD)) - ECON Committee - Rapporteur: Sylvie Goulard (A7-0168/2010)

- ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a European Securities and Markets Authority (COM(2009)0503 - C7-0167/2009 - 2009/0144(COD)) - ECON Committee - Rapporteur: Sven Giegold (A7-0169/2010)

- ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (COM(2009)0502 - C7-0168/2009 - 2009/0143(COD)) - ECON Committee - Rapporteur: Peter Skinner (A7-0170/2010)

- Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the 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 (COM(2009)0255 - 2009/0073(NLE)) - LIBE Committee - Rapporteur: Philip Claeys (A7-0172/2010)

- Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and Iceland and Norway on the application of certain provisions of Council Decision 2008/615/JHA on the stepping up of cross-border cooperation, particularly in combating terrorism and cross border crime and Council Decision 2008/616/JHA on the implementation of Decision 2008/615/JHA on the stepping up of cross-border cooperation, particularly in combating terrorism and cross border crime, and the Annex thereto (05309/2010 - C7-0031/2010 - 2009/0191(NLE)) - LIBE Committee - Rapporteur: Simon Busuttil (A7-0173/2010)

- Report on on enforcement of intellectual property rights in the internal market (2009/2178(INI)) – JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Marielle Gallo (A7-0175/2010)

- Report on the deliberations of the Committee on Petitions during the year 2009 (2009/2139(INI)) - PETI Committee - Rapporteur: Carlos José Iturgaiz Angulo (A7-0186/2010)

- Report on a sustainable future for transport (2009/2096(INI)) - TRAN Committee - Rapporteur: Mathieu Grosch (A7-0189/2010)

- Recommendation on the draft Council decision concerning the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Protocol on Integrated Coastal Zone Management in the Mediterranean to the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean (09132/2010 - C7-0128/2010 - 2010/0016(NLE)) - ENVI Committee - Rapporteur: Jo Leinen (A7-0191/2010)

- Report on atypical contracts, secured professional paths, flexicurity and new forms of social dialogue (2009/2220(INI)) - EMPL Committee - Rapporteur: Pascale Gruny (A7-0193/2010)

- Report on promoting youth access to the labour market, strengthening trainee, internship and apprenticeship status (2009/2221(INI)) - EMPL Committee - Rapporteur: Emilie Turunen (A7-0197/2010)

- Recommendation on the draft Council decision authorising Member States to accede to the Convention relating to international exhibitions signed at Paris on 22 November 1928 and supplemented by the Protocols of 10 May 1948, 16 November 1966, 30 November 1972 and the Amendment of 24 June 1982 and the Amendment of 31 May 1988 (08100/2010 - C7-0105/2010 - 2010/0015(NLE)) - INTA Committee - Rapporteur: George Sabin Cutaş (A7-0201/2010)

- Report on the European Union Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region and the role of macro-regions in the future cohesion policy (2009/2230(INI)) - REGI Committee - Rapporteur: Wojciech Michał Olejniczak (A7-0202/2010)

- Report on the Commission Green Paper on the management of bio-waste in the European Union (2009/2153(INI)) - ENVI Committee - Rapporteur: José Manuel Fernandes (A7-0203/2010)

- Report on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy after 2013 (2009/2236(INI)) - AGRI Committee - Rapporteur: George Lyon (A7-0204/2010)

- ***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directives 2006/48/EC and 2006/49/EC as regards capital requirements for the trading book and for re-securitisations, and the supervisory review of remuneration policies (COM(2009)0362 - C7-0096/2009 - 2009/0099(COD)) - ECON Committee - Rapporteur: Arlene Mccarthy (A7-0205/2010)

- Report on the contribution of EU regional policy towards fighting the financial and economic crisis, with a special reference to Objective 2 (2009/2234(INI)) - REGI Committee - Rapporteur: Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou (A7-0206/2010)

- Report on the arrangements for importing fishery and aquaculture products into the EU with a view to the future reform of the CFP (2009/2238(INI)) - PECH Committee - Rapporteur: Alain Cadec (A7-0207/2010)

- Report on remuneration of directors of listed companies and remuneration policies in the financial services sector (2010/2009(INI)) - ECON Committee - Rapporteur: Saïd El Khadraoui (A7-0208/2010)

- Report with recommendations to the Commission on Cross-Border Crisis Management in the Banking Sector (2010/2006(INI)) - ECON Committee - Rapporteur: Elisa Ferreira (A7-0213/2010)

- Report on the request for defence of the immunity and privileges of Valdemar Tomaševski (2010/2047(IMM)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Bernhard Rapkay (A7-0214/2010)

- Report on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 479/2009 as regards the quality of statistical data in the context of the excessive deficit procedure (COM(2010)0053 - C7-0064/2010 - 2010/0035(NLE)) - ECON Committee - Rapporteur: Othmar Karas (A7-0220/2010)

(2.2) recommendations for second reading

- ***II Recommendation for a second reading on the Council position at first reading for adopting a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control) (recast) (11962/3/2009 - C7-0034/2010 - 2007/0286(COD)) - ENVI Committee - Rapporteur: Holger Krahmer (A7-0145/2010)

- ***II Recommendation for second reading on the Council position at first reading for adopting a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the obligations of operators who place timber and timber products on the market (05885/4/2010 - C7-0053/2010 - 2008/0198(COD)) - ENVI Committee - Rapporteur: Caroline Lucas (A7-0149/2010)

- ***II Recommendation for second reading on the Council position at first reading for adopting a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on novel foods, amending Regulation (EC) No 1331/2008 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 258/97 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1852/2001 (11261/3/2009 - C7-0078/2010 - 2008/0002(COD)) - ENVI Committee - Rapporteur: Kartika Tamara Liotard (A7-0152/2010)

- ***II Recommendation for second reading on the Council position at first reading for adopting a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the rights of passengers in bus and coach transport and amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 (05218/3/2010 - C7-0077/2010 - 2008/0237(COD)) - TRAN Committee - Rapporteur: Antonio Cancian (A7-0174/2010)

- ***II Draft recommendation for second reading on the Council position at first reading for adopting a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the rights of passengers when travelling by sea and inland waterway and amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 (14849/3/2009 - C7-0076/2010 - 2008/0246(COD)) - TRAN Committee - Rapporteur: Inés Ayala Sender (A7-0177/2010)

- ***II Recommendation for second reading on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the framework for the deployment of Intelligent Transport Systems in the field of road transport and for interfaces with other modes of transport (06103/4/2010 - C7-0119/2010 - 2008/0263(COD)) - TRAN Committee - Rapporteur: Anne E. Jensen (A7-0211/2010)

(3) from Members

(3.1) oral questions for Question Time (Rule 116) (B7-0316/2010)

- Council:
McGuinness Mairead, Posselt Bernd, Harkin Marian, Papanikolaou Georgios, Blinkevičiūtė Vilija, Higgins Jim, Kelly Seán, Klute Jürgen, Mitchell Gay, Aylward Liam, Gallagher Pat the Cope, Crowley Brian, Czarnecki Ryszard, Howitt Richard

- Commission:
Gutiérrez-Cortines Cristina, Senyszyn Joanna, Papanikolaou Georgios, Ziobro Zbigniew, Posselt Bernd, Theocharous Eleni, Chountis Nikolaos, Mitchell Gay, Messerschmidt Morten, Ludford Sarah, Gallagher Pat the Cope, Czarnecki Ryszard, McGuinness Mairead, Papastamkos Georgios, Harkin Marian, Nicholson James, Aylward Liam, Tarabella Marc, McAvan Linda, Crowley Brian, Howitt Richard, Martin David, Paleckis Justas Vincas, Angourakis Charalampos, Blinkevičiūtė Vilija, Iacolino Salvatore, Higgins Jim, Kelly Seán, Geringer de Oedenberg Lidia Joanna, Bendtsen Bendt, Belet Ivo, Van Brempt Kathleen, Toussas Georgios, Szymański Konrad, El Khadraoui Saïd

(3.2) motions for resolution (Rule 120)

- Cristiana Muscardini. Motion for a resolution on Chinese tomato imports to Europe (B7-0404/2010)

- Cristiana Muscardini. Motion for a resolution on the need to stop regarding wool as an animal by-product (B7-0405/2010)

- Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă. Motion for a resolution on establishing vocational training programmes for young farmers (B7-0406/2010)

7. Oral questions and written declarations (submission)

The following documents had been submitted by Members:

(1) oral questions (Rule 115):

- (O-0079/2010/rev.2) by Mairead McGuinness, Albert Deß, Georgios Papastamkos, Véronique Mathieu, Mariya Nedelcheva, Michel Dantin, Giovanni La Via, Elisabeth Jeggle, Peter Jahr, Christa Klaß, Elisabeth Köstinger, Esther de Lange, Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris, Astrid Lulling, Béla Glattfelder, Esther Herranz García, Gabriel Mato Adrover, Herbert Dorfmann, Jarosław Kalinowski, Joseph Daul, Maria do Céu Patrão Neves, Czesław Adam Siekierski, Christophe Béchu, Rareş-Lucian Niculescu, Hans-Peter Mayer and Jean-Pierre Audy, on behalf of the PPE Group, James Nicholson and Janusz Wojciechowski, on behalf of the ECR Group, José Bové, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, George Lyon, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Luis Manuel Capoulas Santos and Karin Kadenbach, on behalf of the S&D Group, to the Commission: The implications for EU agriculture of the reopening of negotiations with Mercosur with a view to concluding an Association Agreement (B7-0315/2010/rev.1);

- (O-0091/2010) by Luis Yáñez-Barnuevo García, on behalf of the S&D Group, to the Commission: Preparations for forthcoming EU-Brazil summit in Brasilia on 14 July 2010 (B7-0317/2010);

- (O-0095/2010) by Sharon Bowles, on behalf of the ECON Committee, to the Commission: European Financial Stability Facility and European Financial Stabilisation Mechanism and future actions (B7-0318/2010).

(2) written declarations for inclusion in the register (Rule 123):

- Søren Bo Søndergaard, Sabine Lösing, Heidi Hautala, Barbara Lochbihler and Ana Gomes, on the abolition of the death penalty and the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal (0058/2010);

- Sonia Alfano, Eva Joly, Rosario Crocetta and Rita Borsellino, on a clean Parliament (0059/2010).

8. Composition of committees and delegations

The President had received the following requests for appointments from the PPE and ALDE Groups:

CULT Committee: Ildikó Gáll-Pelcz

LIBE Committee: Jan Mulder

Special Committee on the Financial, Economic and Social Crisis: Danuta Maria Hübner

FEMM Committee: Jolanta Emilia Hibner is no longer a member

Delegation to the EU-Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee: Ildikó Gáll-Pelcz

Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee: Lara Comi to replace Giovanni Collino

Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly: Lara Comi to replace Giovanni Collino

Delegation for relations with Afghanistan: Giovanni Collino to replace Lara Comi.

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

9. Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council

The Council had forwarded a certified true copy of the following:

- Framework agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Korea, of the other.

10. 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):

17 June 2010

Reiner Husemann (0502/2010); Andrejs Saiko (0503/2010); (Name confidential) (0504/2010); Elbżieta Janczur (Stowarzyszenie SOS Wioski Dziecięce w Polsce) (0505/2010); (Name confidential) (0506/2010); (Name confidential) (0507/2010); Helmut Schröder (0508/2010); Jan Wilinski (0509/2010); Helmut Moreth (0510/2010); Caroline Lindström (0511/2010); Elena Oana Catrinel Grădinaru (0512/2010); Tom Muirhead (0513/2010); Anna Maria Gigante (0514/2010); Robert Walczak (0515/2010); Andrzej Warchoł (Grupa Mieszkańców Miasta Pionki) (5 signatures) (0516/2010); Jörg Styrie (Bund gegen Missbrauch der Tiere e.V.) (0517/2010); Helga Petrat (0518/2010); Zdzisław Wściubiak (0519/2010); Thomas Kramm (2 signatures) (0520/2010); Pater Don Demidoff (Liga pentru Renastere Morala) (0521/2010); Michael Tschoetschel (0522/2010); (Name confidential) (0523/2010); Cándido Quintana Arteaga (Plataforma de Defensa del Puerto de Santa Cruz) (0524/2010); Ángel Arozamena Sierra (0525/2010); Catarina De Sousa Certal Martins (0526/2010); Arami Latapia Taeño (0527/2010); Luciano Gómez Gómez (Federación de Industrias Afines de la Unión General de Trabajadores de Huelva (FIA-UGT)) (0528/2010); Aleksandar Nenchev (0529/2010); Bernard Bailly (Association "Santé, Environnement, Vie, Eau en Morvan") (0530/2010); Vinciane Berckmans (0531/2010); (Name confidential) (0532/2010); Sofia Constantin (2 signatures) (0533/2010); Graziano Bonardelli (0534/2010); Eugenio Moschini (0535/2010); Eugenio Moschini (0536/2010); (Name confidential) (0537/2010); (Name confidential) (0538/2010); Roberto Marcoccio (0539/2010); Luigi Fiore (0540/2010); Agustín Martínez Peña (0541/2010); José Ramón Tolosa González (0542/2010); Ignacio Berenguel Escobar (Ayuntamiento de El Ejido) (0543/2010).

1 July 2010

David Mark Lambert (0544/2010); Cătălin Doru Chiaga (0545/2010); Antonela Adina Baltat (0546/2010); Wojciech Jędrocha (0547/2010); Mihaela Buzica (0548/2010); Ričardas Pūkas (0549/2010); Sándor Polgár (0550/2010); Sebastian Fischer (0551/2010); Vladas Lukoševičius (0552/2010); Terence Paul Owen (0553/2010); (Name confidential) (0554/2010); (Name confidential) (0555/2010); (Name confidential) (0556/2010); Bogdan Iliescu (0557/2010); Astrid Verheul (0558/2010); Reinhard Treudler (0559/2010); Florin Stăncescu (0560/2010); (Name confidential) (0561/2010); Agnieszka Sieczkowska (0562/2010); Franz Zach (0563/2010); Jonathan Marshall (0564/2010); Nicolae Călin Dejeu (0565/2010); Eric Berg (0566/2010); Maciej Niepsuj (Związek Byłych Funkcjonariuszy Służb Ochrony Państwa) (0567/2010); Sándor Polgár (0568/2010); Sándor Polgár (0569/2010); Prince Macquine Utubor Utabor (0570/2010); (Name confidential) (0571/2010); Elena Bruca (0572/2010); (Name confidential) (0573/2010); (Name confidential) (0574/2010); Helen Prior (0575/2010); Roberto Sánchez Ramos (0576/2010); Hannelore Barbas (0577/2010).

11. Transfers of appropriations

Under Article 24(4) of the Financial Regulation as interpreted by point 20 of the Joint Declaration on transitional measures applicable to the budgetary procedure after the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, the Committee on Budgets had authorised the Commission's proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 16/2010 (N7-0023/2010 - C7-0130/2010 – 2010/2081(GBD)).

Under Article 24(4) of the Financial Regulation as interpreted by point 20 of the Joint Declaration on transitional measures applicable to the budgetary procedure after the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, the Committee on Budgets had authorised the Commission's proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 17/2010 (N7-0024/2010 - C7-0132/2010 – 2010/2082(GBD)).

Under Article 24(4) of the Financial Regulation as interpreted by point 20 of the Joint Declaration on transitional measures applicable to the budgetary procedure after the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, the Committee on Budgets had authorised the Commission's proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 24/2010 (N7-0029/2010 - C7-0155/2010 – 2010/2093(GBD)).

12. Action taken on Parliament's resolutions

The Commission communication on the action it had taken in response to the resolutions adopted by Parliament during the March I 2010 part-session was available on the Séance en direct site.

13. Lapsed written declarations

In accordance with Rule 123(5), written declarations 0010/2010 and 0011/2010 had lapsed as they had not obtained the required number of signatures.

14. Order of business

The next item was the order of business.

The final draft agenda for the July sittings (PE 444.569/PDOJ) had been distributed and a number of changes had been proposed (Rule 140):

Monday

Request by the Verts/ALE and S&D Groups to hold over until a subsequent part-session the debate on the report by Marielle Gallo on the enforcement of intellectual property rights in the internal market (A7-0175/2010).

The following spoke: Daniel Cohn-Bendit, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, who moved the request, Martin Schulz, on behalf of the S&D Group, in support of the request, and Manfred Weber, on behalf of the PPE Group, against the request.

Parliament agreed to the request by electronic vote (140 in favour, 135 against, 1 abstention).

Tuesday

No changes.

Wednesday

No changes.

Thursday

Request by the ECR Group to change the order of the debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (Rule 122) as follows:

- Zimbabwe (item 164 on the final draft agenda)

- Venezuela (item 163 on the final draft agenda)

- North Korea (item 165 on the final draft agenda)

The following spoke: Martin Callanan, on behalf of the ECR Group, who moved the request, Francesco Enrico Speroni, on behalf of the EFD Group, in support of the request, Martin Schulz and Martin Callanan.

Parliament agreed to the request.

The order of business was thus established.

15. Rights of passengers in bus and coach transport ***II - Rights of passengers when travelling by sea and inland waterway ***II (debate)

Recommendation for second reading on the Council position at first reading for adopting a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the rights of passengers in bus and coach transport and amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 [05218/3/2010 - C7-0077/2010 - 2008/0237(COD)] - Committee on Transport and Tourism. Rapporteur: Antonio Cancian (A7-0174/2010)

Draft recommendation for second reading on the Council position at first reading for adopting a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the rights of passengers when travelling by sea and inland waterway and amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 [14849/3/2009 - C7-0076/2010 - 2008/0246(COD)] - Committee on Transport and Tourism. Rapporteur: Inés Ayala Sender (A7-0177/2010)

Antonio Cancian and Inés Ayala Sender presented the recommendations for second reading.

The following spoke: Siim Kallas (Vice-President of the Commission).

The following spoke: Werner Kuhn, on behalf of the PPE Group, Brian Simpson, on behalf of the S&D Group, Gesine Meissner, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Eva Lichtenberger, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Philip Bradbourn, on behalf of the ECR Group, Thomas Ulmer, Saïd El Khadraoui, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Debora Serracchiani, Dirk Sterckx, Mathieu Grosch and Corien Wortmann-Kool.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Santiago Fisas Ayxela, Silvia-Adriana Ţicău, Hannu Takkula, Marian-Jean Marinescu, Nikolaos Salavrakos, Michael Cramer and Philippe Juvin.

IN THE CHAIR: Gianni PITTELLA
Vice-President

The following spoke: Siim Kallas, Antonio Cancian and Inés Ayala Sender.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 6.7.2010, item 6.9 and minutes of 6.7.2010, item 6.10.

16. Intelligent Transport Systems ***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 on the framework for the deployment of Intelligent Transport Systems in the field of road transport and for interfaces with other modes of transport [06103/4/2010 - C7-0119/2010 - 2008/0263(COD)] - Committee on Transport and Tourism. Rapporteur: Anne E. Jensen (A7-0211/2010)

Anne E. Jensen introduced the recommendation for second reading.

The following spoke: Siim Kallas (Vice-President of the Commission).

The following spoke: Dieter-Lebrecht Koch, on behalf of the PPE Group, Silvia-Adriana Ţicău, on behalf of the S&D Group, Gesine Meissner, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Frieda Brepoels, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Anna Rosbach, on behalf of the EFD Group, Georgios Koumoutsakos, Inés Ayala Sender, Oreste Rossi and Ádám Kósa.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Marian-Jean Marinescu, Seán Kelly, Antonio Cancian, Franz Obermayr and Licia Ronzulli.

The following spoke: Siim Kallas and Anne E. Jensen.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 6.7.2010, item 6.11.

17. Reporting formalities for ships arriving in or departing from ports ***I (debate)

Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on reporting formalities for ships arriving in and/or departing from ports of the Member States of the Community and repealing Directive 2002/6/EC [COM(2009)0011 - C6-0030/2009 - 2009/0005(COD)] - Committee on Transport and Tourism. Rapporteur: Dirk Sterckx (A7-0064/2010)

Dirk Sterckx introduced the report.

The following spoke: Siim Kallas (Vice-President of the Commission).

The following spoke: Luis de Grandes Pascual, on behalf of the PPE Group, Debora Serracchiani, on behalf of the S&D Group, Jean-Paul Besset, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Peter van Dalen, on behalf of the ECR Group, and Dominique Riquet.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Silvia-Adriana Ţicău and Gesine Meissner.

The following spoke: Siim Kallas and Dirk Sterckx.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 6.7.2010, item 6.12.

IN THE CHAIR: Edward McMILLAN-SCOTT
Vice-President

18. A sustainable future for transport (debate)

Report on a sustainable future for transport [2009/2096(INI)] - Committee on Transport and Tourism. Rapporteur: Mathieu Grosch (A7-0189/2010)

Mathieu Grosch introduced the report.

The following spoke: Siim Kallas (Vice-President of the Commission).

The following spoke:Jo Leinen (rapporteur for the opinion of the ENVI Committee), Antonio Cancian (rapporteur for the opinion of the ITRE Committee), Seán Kelly (rapporteur for the opinion of the REGI Committee), Marian-Jean Marinescu, on behalf of the PPE Group, Saïd El Khadraoui, on behalf of the S&D Group, Nathalie Griesbeck, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Michael Cramer, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Oldřich Vlasák, on behalf of the ECR Group, Georgios Toussas, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Jaroslav Paška, on behalf of the EFD Group, Laurence J.A.J. Stassen, Non-attached Member, Joachim Zeller, Magdalena Alvarez, Oreste Rossi, Carlo Fidanza and Knut Fleckenstein.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Luis de Grandes Pascual, Jan Kozłowski, Silvia-Adriana Ţicău, Karin Kadenbach, Gesine Meissner, João Ferreira, Franz Obermayr and Mairead McGuinness.

IN THE CHAIR: Libor ROUČEK
Vice-President

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Olga Sehnalová, Czesław Adam Siekierski, Janusz Władysław Zemke, Inés Ayala Sender and Hella Ranner.

The following spoke: Siim Kallas and Mathieu Grosch.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 6.7.2010, item 6.13.

19. Annual report of the Petitions Committee 2009 (debate)

Report on the deliberations of the Committee on Petitions during the year 2009 [2009/2139(INI)] - Committee on Petitions. Rapporteur: Carlos José Iturgaiz Angulo (A7-0186/2010)

Carlos José Iturgaiz Angulo introduced the report.

The following spoke: Maroš Šefčovič (Vice-President of the Commission).

The following spoke: Pascale Gruny, on behalf of the PPE Group, Chrysoula Paliadeli, on behalf of the S&D Group, Marian Harkin, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Margrete Auken, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Zbigniew Ziobro, on behalf of the ECR Group, Willy Meyer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Angelika Werthmann, Non-attached Member, Erminia Mazzoni, Kinga Göncz, Peter Jahr, Simon Busuttil and Lena Kolarska-Bobińska.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Mairead McGuinness, Sonia Alfano, Elena Băsescu, Anneli Jäätteenmäki, Andrzej Grzyb and Czesław Adam Siekierski.

The following spoke: Maroš Šefčovič and Carlos José Iturgaiz Angulo.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 6.7.2010, item 6.14.

IN THE CHAIR: Stavros LAMBRINIDIS
Vice-President

20. One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

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

Elena Băsescu, Alf Svensson, Antonio Masip Hidalgo, Maria Eleni Koppa, Karin Kadenbach, Pat the Cope Gallagher, Ramona Nicole Mănescu, Oldřich Vlasák, Georgios Toussas, Charalampos Angourakis, Claudio Morganti, Nikolaos Salavrakos, Franz Obermayr, Claudiu Ciprian Tănăsescu, Georgios Koumoutsakos, Róża Gräfin von Thun und Hohenstein, Maria Da Graça Carvalho, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Ivailo Kalfin, Ricardo Cortés Lastra, Jelko Kacin, Oreste Rossi, Csaba Sógor, Danuta Jazłowiecka, Czesław Adam Siekierski, Marc Tarabella, Ioan Enciu, Paul Nuttall, Iosif Matula, Victor Boştinaru, Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Andrzej Grzyb and Mairead McGuinness.

21. Promoting youth access to the labour market (short presentation)

Report on promoting youth access to the labour market, strengthening trainee, internship and apprenticeship status [2009/2221(INI)] - Committee on Employment and Social Affairs. Rapporteur: Emilie Turunen (A7-0197/2010)

Emilie Turunen made the presentation.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Elena Băsescu, Sidonia Elżbieta Jędrzejewska, Jarosław Kalinowski, Sergio Gaetano Cofferati, Sylvana Rapti, Ilda Figueiredo, Oreste Rossi, Angelika Werthmann, Elisabeth Köstinger, Wojciech Michał Olejniczak, Seán Kelly, Frédéric Daerden and Katarína Neveďalová.

The following spoke: Maroš Šefčovič (Vice-President of the Commission).

The item closed.

Vote: minutes of 6.7.2010, item 6.15.

22. Atypical contracts, secured professional paths and new forms of social dialogue (short presentation)

Report on atypical contracts, secured professional paths, flexicurity and new forms of social dialogue [2009/2220(INI)] - Committee on Employment and Social Affairs. Rapporteur: Pascale Gruny (A7-0193/2010)

Pascale Gruny made the presentation.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Elisabeth Köstinger, Sergio Gaetano Cofferati, Ilda Figueiredo and Oreste Rossi.

The following spoke: Maroš Šefčovič (Vice-President of the Commission).

The item closed.

Vote: minutes of 6.7.2010, item 6.16.

23. Management of bio-waste in the EU (short presentation)

Report on the Commission Green Paper on the management of bio-waste in the European Union [2009/2153(INI)] - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. Rapporteur: José Manuel Fernandes (A7-0203/2010)

José Manuel Fernandes made the presentation.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Jarosław Kalinowski, Seán Kelly, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Wojciech Michał Olejniczak, Sonia Alfano, Julie Girling and Piotr Borys.

The following spoke: Maroš Šefčovič (Vice-President of the Commission).

The item closed.

Vote: minutes of 6.7.2010, item 6.17.

24. EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region and the role of macro-regions in the future cohesion policy (short presentation)

Report on the European Union Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region and the role of macro-regions in the future cohesion policy [2009/2230(INI)] - Committee on Regional Development. Rapporteur: Wojciech Michał Olejniczak (A7-0202/2010)

Wojciech Michał Olejniczak made the presentation.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Seán Kelly, Artur Zasada, Piotr Borys, Olga Sehnalová, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Jacek Olgierd Kurski, Jarosław Kalinowski and Petru Constantin Luhan.

The following spoke: Maroš Šefčovič (Vice-President of the Commission).

The item closed.

Vote: minutes of 6.7.2010, item 6.7.

25. Contribution of EU regional policy towards fighting the financial and economic crisis (short presentation)

Report on the contribution of EU regional policy towards fighting the financial and economic crisis, with a special reference to Objective 2 [2009/2234(INI)] - Committee on Regional Development. Rapporteur: Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou (A7-0206/2010)

Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou made the presentation.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Seán Kelly, Petru Constantin Luhan, Karin Kadenbach, Czesław Adam Siekierski and Elena Băsescu.

The following spoke: Maroš Šefčovič (Vice-President of the Commission).

The item closed.

Vote: minutes of 6.7.2010, item 6.8.

26. Agenda of the next sitting

The agenda of the next day's sitting had been established ('Agenda' PE 444.569/OJMA).

27. Closure of the sitting

The sitting closed at 23.15.

The following signed:

Abad, Áder, Agnew, Albertini, Albrecht, Alfano, Allam, Alvarez, Alves, Andrés Barea, Angelilli, Angourakis, Antinoro, Antonescu, Antoniozzi, Arias Echeverría, Arif, Arlacchi, Arsenis, Ashworth, Atkins, Attard-Montalto, Auconie, Audy, Auken, Ayala Sender, Aylward, Ayuso, van Baalen, Bach, Badia i Cutchet, Balčytis, Baldassarre, Balz, Balzani, Bartolozzi, Băsescu, Bastos, Baudis, Bauer, Bearder, Becali, Béchu, Belder, Bélier, Bendtsen, Bennahmias, Berès, Berlato, Berlinguer, Besset, Bilbao Barandica, Binev, Bisky, Bizzotto, Bloom, Böge, Bokros, Borghezio, Borsellino, Borys, Boştinaru, Bové, Bozkurt, Bradbourn, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Brons, Brzobohatá, Bufton, Bullmann, Buşoi, Busuttil, Bütikofer, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Cadec, Callanan, van de Camp, Campbell Bannerman, Cancian, Canfin, Capoulas Santos, Caronna, Carvalho, Casa, Cashman, Casini, Caspary, Castex, del Castillo Vera, Cavada, Cercas, Chatzimarkakis, Chichester, Chountis, Christensen, Claeys, Clark, Coelho, Cofferati, Collino, Comi, Cornelissen, Correia De Campos, Cortés Lastra, Silvia Costa, Cozzolino, Cramer, Creţu, Creutzmann, Crocetta, Cutaş, Czarnecki, Frédéric Daerden, van Dalen, Dăncilă, Danellis, Danjean, Dantin, (The Earl of) Dartmouth, Daul, David, Davies, De Angelis, de Brún, De Castro, De Keyser, Delli, Delvaux, De Mita, De Rossa, De Sarnez, Désir, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dodds, Donskis, Dorfmann, Duff, Durant, Dušek, Ehrenhauser, Eickhout, El Khadraoui, Elles, Enciu, Engel, Engström, Eppink, Ertug, Essayah, Estaràs Ferragut, Estrela, Evans, Fajmon, Fajon, Falbr, Farage, Färm, Feio, Ferber, Fernandes, João Ferreira, Fidanza, Figueiredo, Fisas Ayxela, Fjellner, Flautre, Fleckenstein, Florenz, Fontana, Fraga Estévez, Franco, Gahler, Gál, Gallagher, Gallo, Gáll-Pelcz, García-Margallo y Marfil, García Pérez, Gardiazábal Rubial, Garriga Polledo, Gauzès, Gebhardt, Geier, Gerbrandy, Geringer de Oedenberg, Giannakou, Giegold, Gierek, Girling, Glattfelder, Goebbels, Goerens, Gollnisch, Gomes, Göncz, de Grandes Pascual, Gräßle, Grech, Grelier, Griesbeck, Griffin, Gróbarczyk, Groote, Grosch, Grossetête, Gruny, Grzyb, Gualtieri, Guerrero Salom, Győri, Gyürk, Haglund, Hall, Händel, Handzlik, Hankiss, Hannan, Harkin, Hartong, Hassi, Häusling, Hautala, Jiří Havel, Hedh, Helmer, Hénin, Herczog, Herranz García, Hibner, Jim Higgins, Joe Higgins, Nadja Hirsch, Hoang Ngoc, Hoarau, Hohlmeier, Honeyball, Howitt, Danuta Maria Hübner, Hudghton, Hughes, Hyusmenova, Iacolino, Ibrisagic, Imbrasas, in 't Veld, Iotova, Iovine, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Ivanova, Jaakonsaari, Jäätteenmäki, Jadot, Jahr, Jáuregui Atondo, Jazłowiecka, Jędrzejewska, Jeggle, Jensen, Jiménez-Becerril Barrio, Jørgensen, Junqueras Vies, Juvin, Kacin, Kaczmarek, Kadenbach, Kalfin, Kalinowski, Kalniete, Kamall, Kammerevert, Karas, Karim, Kariņš, Kastler, Kazak, Tunne Kelam, Keller, Alan Kelly, Seán Kelly, Kiil-Nielsen, Kirilov, Kirkhope, Klaß, Klute, Koch, Kohlíček, Kolarska-Bobińska, Koppa, Korhola, Kósa, Köstinger, Koumoutsakos, Béla Kovács, Kovatchev, Kowal, Kozlík, Kozłowski, Kožušník, Krahmer, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhn, Kukan, Kurski, Lamassoure, Lambert, Lamberts, Lambrinidis, Lambsdorff, Lange, de Lange, Langen, La Via, Lechner, Le Foll, Legutko, Lehne, Le Hyaric, Leichtfried, Leinen, Liberadzki, Lichtenberger, Liese, Liotard, Lisek, Lochbihler, Løkkegaard, Lope Fontagné, Lösing, Lövin, Ludford, Ludvigsson, Luhan, Łukacijewska, Lulling, Lunacek, Lynne, Lyon, McAvan, McCarthy, McClarkin, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Macovei, Madlener, Manders, Mănescu, Mann, Marcinkiewicz, Marinescu, David Martin, Hans-Peter Martin, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Maštálka, Mastella, Mathieu, Matias, Mato Adrover, Matula, Mauro, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Mazzoni, Meissner, Melo, Méndez de Vigo, Menéndez del Valle, Merkies, Mészáros, Meyer, Migalski, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mirsky, Mitchell, Mölzer, Moraes, Morganti, Morin-Chartier, Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė, Morvai, Motti, Mulder, Muñiz De Urquiza, Muscardini, Nattrass, Nedelcheva, Neuser, Neveďalová, Newton Dunn, Neynsky, Nicholson, Nicolai, Niculescu, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Nuttall, Obermayr, Obiols, Ojuland, Olbrycht, Olejniczak, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Ouzký, Oviir, Pack, Padar, Paksas, Paleckis, Paliadeli, Pallone, Panayotov, Panzeri, Papastamkos, Pargneaux, Parvanova, Paşcu, Paška, Patrão Neves, Patriciello, Paulsen, Perello Rodriguez, Alojz Peterle, Pieper, Piotrowski, Pirillo, Pittella, Plumb, Poc, Podimata, Ponga, Poręba, Posselt, Poupakis, Preda, Vittorio Prodi, Protasiewicz, Rangel, Ranner, Rapkay, Rapti, Regner, Reimers, Remek, Repo, Reul, Ries, Rinaldi, Riquet, Rochefort, Rodust, Rohde, Roithová, Romero López, Romeva i Rueda, Ronzulli, Rosbach, Rossi, Roth-Behrendt, Rouček, Rübig, Rubiks, Rühle, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Salavrakos, Salvini, Sánchez Presedo, Sanchez-Schmid, Sârbu, Sargentini, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Sassoli, Saudargas, Savisaar, Schaake, Schaldemose, Olle Schmidt, Schnellhardt, Schnieber-Jastram, Scholz, Schöpflin, Schroedter, Martin Schulz, Werner Schulz, Schwab, Scicluna, Scottà, Scurria, Seeber, Sehnalová, Senyszyn, Serracchiani, Severin, Siekierski, Silvestris, Simon, Simpson, Sinclaire, Sippel, Siwiec, Skrzydlewska, Skylakakis, Smith, Smolková, Sógor, Soini, Sommer, Søndergaard, Sonik, Sosa Wagner, Soullie, Speroni, Staes, Stassen, Šťastný, Stavrakakis, Steinruck, Sterckx, Stevenson, Stihler, van der Stoep, Stolojan, Dimitar Stoyanov, Emil Stoyanov, Strasser, Strejček, Striffler, Sturdy, Surján, Alf Svensson, Eva-Britt Svensson, Swoboda, Szájer, Szegedi, Szymański, Tabajdi, Takkula, Tănăsescu, Tannock, Tarabella, Tarand, Tatarella, Tavares, Taylor, Teixeira, Thaler, Thein, Theurer, Thun und Hohenstein, Thyssen, Ţicău, Tirolien, Tőkés, Tomaševski, Tošenovský, Toussas, Trautmann, Tremopoulos, Tremosa i Balcells, Triantaphyllides, Trüpel, Trzaskowski, Tsoukalas, Turmes, Turunen, Tzavela, Ulmer, Ulvskog, Ungureanu, Urutchev, Uspaskich, Vadim Tudor, Vaidere, Vajgl, Van Brempt, Vanhecke, Vaughan, Vergnaud, Verheyen, Vidal-Quadras, Vigenin, de Villiers, Vlasák, Voss, Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa, Wallis, Watson, Manfred Weber, Renate Weber, Weiler, Weisgerber, Werthmann, Westphal, Wieland, Wikström, Willmott, Wils, Hermann Winkler, Iuliu Winkler, Wortmann-Kool, Yáñez-Barnuevo García, Yannakoudakis, Záborská, Zahradil, Zala, Zalba Bidegain, Zanicchi, Zasada, Ždanoka, Zeller, Zemke, Zimmer, Ziobro, Zver, Zwiefka