IN THE CHAIR: Jerzy BUZEK
President

1. Opening of the sitting

The sitting opened at 9.05.

2. Delegated acts (Rule 87a)

The following draft delegated acts had been transmitted to Parliament:

- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No …/.. of 28.9.2010 supplementing Directive 2010/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to energy labelling of household dishwashers (C(2010)6459) - deadline: 28/11/2010

Committee responsible: ITRE

- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No …/.. of 28.9.2010 supplementing Directive 2010/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to energy labelling of household washing machines (C(2010)6477) – deadline: 28/11/2010

Committee responsible: ITRE

- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No …/.. of 28.9.2010 supplementing Directive 2010/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to energy labelling of household refrigerating appliances (C(2010)6481) – deadline: 28/11/2010

Committee responsible: ITRE

- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No …/.. of 28.9.2010 supplementing Directive 2010/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to energy labelling of televisions (C(2010)6619) – deadline: 28/11/2010

Committee responsible: ITRE

3. Documents received

The following documents had been received:

1) from the Council and Commission

- Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 establishing common rules for direct support schemes for farmers under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers (COM(2010)0539 - C7-0294/2010 - 2010/0267(COD))

In compliance with Rule 124(1), the President announced that he would consult the European Economic and Social Committee on this proposal.

- Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) (COM(2010)0537 - C7-0295/2010 - 2010/0266(COD))

In compliance with Rule 124(1), the President announced that he would consult the European Economic and Social Committee on this proposal.

- Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) (COM(2010)0521 - C7-0302/2010 - 2010/0275(COD))

In compliance with Rule 124(1), the President announced that he would consult the European Economic and Social Committee on this proposal.

- Proposal for a regulation (EU) 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))

- Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the approval and market surveillance of two- or three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles (COM(2010)0542 - C7-0317/2010 - 2010/0271(COD))

In compliance with Rule 124(1), the President announced that he would consult the European Economic and Social Committee on this proposal.

- Proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the detailed rules for access to the public regulated service offered by the global navigation satellite system established under the Galileo programme (COM(2010)0550 - C7-0318/2010 - 2010/0282(COD))

In compliance with Rule 124(1) and Rule 125(1), the President announced that he would consult the European Economic and Social Committee on this proposal.

- Amended proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of EURODAC for the comparison of fingerprints for the effective application of Regulation (EC) No […/…] [establishing the criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for examining an application for international protection lodged in one of the Member States by a third-country national or a stateless person] (recast version) (COM(2010)0555 - C7-0319/2010 - 2008/0242(COD))

- Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Korea, of the other part (08505/2010 - C7-0320/2010 - 2010/0075(NLE))

- Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 56/2010 - Section III - Commission (N7-0057/2010 - C7-0321/2010 - 2010/2232(GBD))

- Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council introducing emergency autonomous trade preferences for Pakistan (COM(2010)0552 - C7-0322/2010 - 2010/0289(COD))

- Proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund (COM(2010)0578 - C7-0323/2010 - 2010/2237(BUD))

2) from committees

2.1) reports

- ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Communities and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of those Communities (COM(2010)0309 - C7-0146/2010 - 2010/0171(COD)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Bernhard Rapkay (A7-0288/2010)

4. 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:

I.   Forced evictions in Zimbabwe

- Marietje Schaake, Marielle De Sarnez and Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on forced evictions in Zimbabwe (B7-0583/2010);

- Judith Sargentini, Raül Romeva i Rueda and Malika Benarab-Attou, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on forced evictions in Zimbabwe (B7-0584/2010);

- Véronique De Keyser, Corina Creţu, Ana Gomes and Michael Cashman, on behalf of the S&D Group, on forced evictions in Zimbabwe (B7-0585/2010);

- Marie-Christine Vergiat, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on forced evictions in Zimbabwe (B7-0586/2010);

- Alain Cadec, Filip Kaczmarek, Lena Kolarska-Bobińska, Cristian Dan Preda, Bernd Posselt, Tunne Kelam, Monica Luisa Macovei, Eija-Riitta Korhola, Elena Băsescu, Mario Mauro, Sari Essayah and Dominique Baudis, on behalf of the PPE Group, on forced evictions in Zimbabwe (B7-0587/2010)

- Michał Tomasz Kamiński, Geoffrey Van Orden, Charles Tannock, Nirj Deva, Tomasz Piotr Poręba, Ryszard Antoni Legutko, Konrad Szymański and Adam Bielan, on behalf of the ECR Group, on Zimbabwe (B7-0588/2010).

II.   Cambodia, in particular the case of Sam Rainsy

- Fiorello Provera, Juozas Imbrasas and Mara Bizzotto, on behalf of the EFD Group, on Cambodia, in particular the case of Sam Rainsy (B7-0550/2010);

- Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Niccolò Rinaldi, Renate Weber, Sonia Alfano, Marielle De Sarnez and Sarah Ludford, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on Cambodia, in particular the case of Sam Rainsy (B7-0589/2010);

- Christian Engström, Emilie Turunen, Barbara Lochbihler, Heidi Hautala, Raül Romeva i Rueda and Gerald Häfner, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on Cambodia, in particular the case of Sam Rainsy (B7-0590/2010);

- Véronique De Keyser, Marc Tarabella and Robert Goebbels, on behalf of the S&D Group, on Cambodia, in particular the case of Sam Rainsy (B7-0591/2010)

- Marie-Christine Vergiat, Willy Meyer and Helmut Scholz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on Cambodia, in particular the case of Sam Rainsy (B7-0592/2010);

- Charles Tannock, Adam Bielan, Michał Tomasz Kamiński, Tomasz Piotr Poręba, Jacek Olgierd Kurski and Ryszard Czarnecki, on behalf of the ECR Group, on Cambodia, in particular the case of Sam Rainsy (B7-0593/2010)

- Filip Kaczmarek, Cristian Dan Preda, Bernd Posselt, Tunne Kelam, Laima Liucija Andrikienė, Monica Luisa Macovei, Eija-Riitta Korhola, Elena Băsescu, Mario Mauro, Sari Essayah, Alain Cadec and Dominique Baudis, on behalf of the PPE Group, on Cambodia, in particular the case of Sam Rainsy (B7-0594/2010).

III.   North Caucasus, in particular the case of Oleg Orlov

- Heidi Hautala, Werner Schulz, Barbara Lochbihler and Bart Staes, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the situation in the North Caucasus, in particular the case of Oleg Orlov (B7-0549/2010);

- Kristiina Ojuland, Marietje Schaake, Leonidas Donskis, Marielle De Sarnez, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells and Anneli Jäätteenmäki, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the situation in the North Caucasus and the case of Oleg Orlov (B7-0595/2010);

- Véronique De Keyser, Hannes Swoboda and Kristian Vigenin, on behalf of the S&D Group, on the North Caucasus, in particular the case of Oleg Orlov (B7-0596/2010);

- Michał Tomasz Kamiński, Charles Tannock, Ryszard Antoni Legutko, Adam Bielan, Jacek Olgierd Kurski, Tomasz Piotr Poręba, Konrad Szymański, Marek Henryk Migalski, Ryszard Czarnecki, Paweł Robert Kowal and Roberts Zīle, on behalf of the ECR Group, on the North Caucasus, in particular the case of Oleg Orlov (B7-0597/2010);

- Marie-Christine Vergiat, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the North Caucasus, in particular the case of Oleg Orlov (B7-0598/2010);

- Laima Liucija Andrikienė, Lena Kolarska-Bobińska, Filip Kaczmarek, Cristian Dan Preda, Tunne Kelam, Bernd Posselt, Monica Luisa Macovei, Eija-Riitta Korhola, Bogusław Sonik, Elena Băsescu, Mario Mauro, Sari Essayah and Dominique Baudis, on behalf of the PPE Group, on the North Caucasus, in particular the case of Oleg Orlov (B7-0599/2010).

Speaking time would be allocated in accordance with Rule 149.

5. Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities as regards the European External Action Service ***I - Amendment of the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Communities and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of those Communities ***I - Draft amending budget No 6/2010: Section II - European Council and Council; Section III - Commission; Section X - European External Action Service (debate)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities as regards the European External Action Service [COM(2010)0085 - C7-0086/2010- 2010/0054(COD)] - Committee on Budgets, Committee on Budgetary Control. Co-rapporteurs: Ingeborg Gräßle, Crescenzio Rivellini (A7-0263/2010)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Communities and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of those Communities [COM(2010)0309 - C7-0146/2010- 2010/0171(COD)] - Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: Bernhard Rapkay (A7-0288/2010)

Report on Council's position on Draft amending budget 6/2010 of the European Union for the financial year 2010, Section II - European Council and Council, Section III - Commission, Section X - European External Action Service [13475/2010 - C7-0262/2010- 2010/2094(BUD)] - Committee on Budgets. Co-rapporteurs: Roberto Gualtieri, László Surján (A7-0283/2010)

The President made a brief introductory statement.

Ingeborg Gräßle, Crescenzio Rivellini, Bernhard Rapkay, Roberto Gualtieri and László Surján introduced the reports.

The following spoke: Knut Fleckenstein, who informed the House that there had been a terrorist attack on the Chechen Parliament that morning (the President once again condemned terrorism in all its forms and passed on a message of Parliament's solidarity to the victims' families).

The following spoke: Maroš Šefčovič (Vice-President of the Commission), Janusz Lewandowski (Member of the Commission), Catherine Ashton (Vice-President of the Commission and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy) and Olivier Chastel (President-in-Office of the Council).

IN THE CHAIR: Edward McMILLAN-SCOTT
Vice-President

The following spoke: Jacek Saryusz-Wolski (rapporteur for the opinion of the AFET Committee) (A7-0288/2010), Göran Färm (rapporteur for the opinion of the AFET Committee) (A7-0263/2010), Filip Kaczmarek (rapporteur for the opinion of the DEVE Committee) (A7-0288/2010), Véronique De Keyser (rapporteur for the opinion of the DEVE Committee) A7-0263/2010), Kader Arif (rapporteur for the opinion of the INTA Committee) (A7-0263/2010), Nadezhda Neynsky (rapporteur for the opinion of the BUDG Committee) (A7-0288/2010), Edit Herczog (rapporteur for the opinion of the CONT Committee) (A7-0288/2010), Zigmantas Balčytis (rapporteur for the opinion of the CONT Committee)(A7-0283/2010), Tadeusz Zwiefka, on behalf of the PPE Group, Hannes Swoboda, on behalf of the S&D Group, Cecilia Wikström, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Franziska Katharina Brantner, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Zbigniew Ziobro, on behalf of the ECR Group, Willy Meyer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Fiorello Provera, on behalf of the EFD Group, Angelika Werthmann, Non-attached Member, Elmar Brok, Adrian Severin, Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy, Charles Tannock, Jiří Maštálka, Marta Andreasen, Lucas Hartong, Jan Kozłowski, Kristian Vigenin, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, Mirosław Piotrowski and Raffaele Baldassarre.

IN THE CHAIR: Silvana KOCH-MEHRIN
Vice-President

The following spoke: Zoran Thaler, Marek Siwiec and Monika Flašíková Beňová.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Elisabeth Köstinger, Richard Howitt, Ivo Vajgl, Franziska Keller, Jaroslav Paška and Francisco Sosa Wagner.

The following spoke: Catherine Ashton.

The following spoke: Janusz Lewandowski, Maroš Šefčovič, Bernhard Rapkay and Roberto Gualtieri.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 20.10.2010, item 4.3, minutes of 20.10.2010, item 4.4 and minutes of 20.10.2010, item 4.5.

6. Development aspects of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty - Role of minimum income in combating poverty and promoting an inclusive society in Europe (debate)

Council and Commission statements: Development aspects of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

Report on the role of minimum income in combating poverty and promoting an inclusive society in Europe [2010/2039(INI)] - Committee on Employment and Social Affairs.Rapporteur: Ilda Figueiredo (A7-0233/2010)

Olivier Chastel (President-in-Office of the Council) and Andris Piebalgs (Member of the Commission) made the statements.

Ilda Figueiredo introduced the report.

The following spoke: Licia Ronzulli, on behalf of the PPE Group, Thijs Berman, on behalf of the S&D Group, Elizabeth Lynne, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Karima Delli, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Nirj Deva, on behalf of the ECR Group, Gabriele Zimmer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Derek Roland Clark, on behalf of the EFD Group, Franz Obermayr, Non-attached Member, Elisabeth Morin-Chartier, Frédéric Daerden, Charles Goerens, Jean Lambert, Tadeusz Cymański, Niki Tzavela, Sari Essayah, Pervenche Berès, David Casa, Regina Bastos, Csaba Sógor and Ivo Belet.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Milan Zver, Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă, Antonyia Parvanova, Elisabeth Schroedter, Elie Hoarau, Angelika Werthmann, Miroslav Mikolášik and Proinsias De Rossa.

The following spoke: Ilda Figueiredo, Andris Piebalgs and Olivier Chastel.

Anna Záborská welcomed members of a delegation from the international movement ATD Fourth World.

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 20.10.2010, item 6.7.

(The sitting was suspended at 11.55 and resumed at 12.00.)

IN THE CHAIR: Jerzy BUZEK
President

7. Formal sitting - Address by Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations

From 12.00 to 12.30, a formal sitting of Parliament was held on the occasion of the address by Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations.

IN THE CHAIR: Roberta ANGELILLI
Vice-President

The following spoke: Michał Tomasz Kamiński, who pointed out that two people had just been killed in an attack at the Law and Justice (PiS) party's offices in Łódź.

8. 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.

8.1. Statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods and passengers by sea ***I (Rule 138) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2009/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on statistical returns in respect of carriage of goods and passengers by sea [COM(2010)0065-C7-0068/2010-2010/0041(COD)] - Committee on Transport and Tourism.Rapporteur: Brian Simpson (A7-0217/2010)

(Simple majority)
(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 1)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P7_TA(2010)0358)

8.2. Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: Nordjylland/Denmark (Rule 138) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, in accordance with point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management [COM(2010)0451-C7-0222/2010-2010/2163(BUD)] - Committee on Budgets.Rapporteur: Barbara Matera (A7-0270/2010)

(Qualified majority: three fifths of votes cast)
(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 2)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P7_TA(2010)0359)

8.3. Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund : NXP Semiconductors/Netherlands (Rule 138) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, in accordance with point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management [COM(2010)0446-C7-0210/2010-2010/2141(BUD)] - Committee on Budgets.Rapporteur: Barbara Matera (A7-0269/2010)

(Qualified majority: three fifths of votes cast)
(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 3)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P7_TA(2010)0360)

8.4. Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: Qimonda/Portugal (Rule 138) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, in accordance with point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management [COM(2010)0452-C7-0223/2010-2010/2164(BUD)] - Committee on Budgets.Rapporteur: Barbara Matera (A7-0271/2010)

(Qualified majority: three fifths of votes cast)
(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 4)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P7_TA(2010)0361)

8.5. Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: Cataluña automoción/Spain (Rule 138) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, in accordance with point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management [COM(2010)0453-C7-0224/2010-2010/2165(BUD)] - Committee on Budgets.Rapporteur: Barbara Matera (A7-0272/2010)

(Qualified majority: three fifths of votes cast)
(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 5)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P7_TA(2010)0362)

8.6. Scheme of control and enforcement applicable in the area covered by the Convention on future multilateral cooperation in the North-East Atlantic fisheries ***I (Rule 138) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down a Scheme of control and enforcement applicable in the area covered by the Convention on future multilateral cooperation in the North-East Atlantic fisheries [COM(2009)0151-C7-0009/2009-2009/0051(COD)] - Committee on Fisheries.Rapporteur: Carmen Fraga Estévez (A7-0260/2010)

(Simple majority)
(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 6)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P7_TA(2010)0363)

8.7. Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries *** (Rule 138) (vote)

Recommendation on the proposal for a Council decision concerning the approval, on behalf of the European Union, of the Amendment to the Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries [11076/2010-C7-0181/2010-2010/0042(NLE)] - Committee on Fisheries.Rapporteur: Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa (A7-0262/2010)

(Simple majority)
(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 7)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P7_TA(2010)0364)

8.8. Precarious women workers (vote)

Report on precarious women workers [2010/2018(INI)] - Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality.Rapporteur: Britta Thomsen (A7-0264/2010)

(Simple majority)
(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 8)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2010)0365)

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.

Oral explanations of vote:

Report: Carmen Fraga Estévez - A7-0260/2010
Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Jarosław Kalinowski and Clemente Mastella

Report: Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa - A7-0262/2010
Izaskun Bilbao Barandica and Jarosław Kalinowski

Report: Britta Thomsen - A7-0264/2010
Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Miroslav Mikolášik, Clemente Mastella, Andrea Češková, Monika Flašíková Beňová, Mario Pirillo, Anna Záborská and Mario Borghezio

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.

Siiri Oviir had made it known that her voting machine had not worked during the votes on the report by Brian Simpson (A7-0217/2010) and on two of the reports by Barbara Matera (A7-0270/2010 and A7-0269/2010).

(The sitting was suspended at 13.00 and resumed at 15.00.)

IN THE CHAIR: Alejo VIDAL-QUADRAS
Vice-President

11. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

12. Parliament's position on the 2011 draft budget as modified by the Council - all sections - Draft amending budget No 3/2010: Section III - Commission - BAM (Banana Accompanying Measures) (debate)

Report on Council's position on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2011 - all sections and Letters of amendment Nos 1/2011, 2/2011 and 3/2011 to the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2011 [12699/2010 - C7-0202/2010- 2010/2001(BUD)] - Committee on Budgets. Rapporteurs: Sidonia Elżbieta Jędrzejewska, Helga Trüpel. (A7-0284/2010)

Report on Council's position on draft amending budget No 3/2010 of the European Union for the financial year 2010, Section III - Commission [13472/2010 - C7-0263/2010- 2010/2048(BUD)] - Committee on Budgets. Rapporteur: László Surján (A7-0281/2010)

Sidonia Elżbieta Jędrzejewska, Helga Trüpel and László Surján introduced the reports.

The following spoke: Janusz Lewandowski (Member of the Commission) and Melchior Wathelet (President-in-Office of the Council).

The following spoke: José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra (rapporteur for the opinion of the AFET Committee), Thijs Berman (rapporteur for the opinion of the DEVE Committee), Bogusław Liberadzki (rapporteur for the opinion of the CONT Committee), Pervenche Berès (rapporteur for the opinion of the EMPL Committee), Jutta Haug (rapporteur for the opinion of the ENVI Committee), Heide Rühle (rapporteur for the opinion of the IMCO Committee), Mairead McGuinness (rapporteur for the opinion of the AGRI Committee), Morten Løkkegaard (rapporteur for the opinion of the CULT Committee), Juan Fernando López Aguilar (rapporteur for the opinion of the LIBE Committee), Algirdas Saudargas (rapporteur for the opinion of the AFCO Committee), Peter Šťastný (rapporteur for the opinion of the INTA Committee), Dominique Riquet (rapporteur for the opinion of the TRAN Committee), László Surján (rapporteur for the opinion of the REGI Committee), Paul Rübig, on the organisation of the debate, Salvador Garriga Polledo, on behalf of the PPE Group, Göran Färm, on behalf of the S&D Group, Anne E. Jensen, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Isabelle Durant, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Michał Tomasz Kamiński, on behalf of the ECR Group, Miguel Portas, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Marta Andreasen, on behalf of the EFD Group, Lucas Hartong, Non-attached Member, who also answered two blue card questions from Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy and Andreas Mölzer, José Manuel Fernandes, Derek Vaughan, Carl Haglund, François Alfonsi, Lajos Bokros and João Ferreira.

IN THE CHAIR: Diana WALLIS
Vice-President

The following spoke: Bastiaan Belder, Angelika Werthmann, Alain Lamassoure, Ivailo Kalfin, Alexander Alvaro, James Elles, Kyriacos Triantaphyllides, Frank Vanhecke, Reimer Böge, Eider Gardiazábal Rubial, Riikka Manner, Hynek Fajmon, Giovanni La Via, Edit Herczog, Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy, Konrad Szymański, Ingeborg Gräßle, Jens Geier, Oldřich Vlasák, Véronique Mathieu, Roberto Gualtieri, Maria Da Graça Carvalho, Estelle Grelier, Georgios Stavrakakis, Vladimír Maňka and Andreas Schwab (rapporteur for the opinion of the ECON Committee).

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Giovanni Collino, Andrew Henry William Brons and Milan Zver.

The following spoke: Janusz Lewandowski, Melchior Wathelet, Sidonia Elżbieta Jędrzejewska, Helga Trüpel, László Surján and Göran Färm, on the organisation of the debate.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 20.10.2010, item 6.3 and minutes of 20.10.2010, item 6.1.

13. Budget review (debate)

Commission statement: Budget review

Janusz Lewandowski (Member of the Commission) made the statement.

The following spoke: Joseph Daul, on behalf of the PPE Group, Stéphane Le Foll, on behalf of the S&D Group, and Guy Verhofstadt, on behalf of the ALDE Group.

IN THE CHAIR: Miguel Angel MARTÍNEZ MARTÍNEZ
Vice-President

The following spoke: Bas Eickhout, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Marta Andreasen, on behalf of the EFD Group, Salvador Garriga Polledo, Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy, László Surján, Reimer Böge, Jean-Luc Dehaene, Sidonia Elżbieta Jędrzejewska, Seán Kelly and Markus Pieper.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: José Manuel Fernandes, Jutta Haug, Elie Hoarau, Mairead McGuinness, Ivailo Kalfin, Damien Abad, Eider Gardiazábal Rubial, Isabelle Durant, Jan Olbrycht, Kyriakos Mavronikolas, Giovanni La Via and Czesław Adam Siekierski.

The following spoke: Janusz Lewandowski.

The debate closed.

(The sitting was suspended at 18.50 pending Question Time and resumed at 19.05.)

IN THE CHAIR: Edward McMILLAN-SCOTT
Vice-President

14. Question Time (Commission)

Parliament considered a number of questions to the Commission (B7-0552/2010).

Question 18 (Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou): Basel III criteria and European banks.

Michel Barnier (Member of the Commission) answered the question and supplementaries by Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Paul Rübig and Janusz Władysław Zemke.

Question 19 (Enrique Guerrero Salom): EU-Africa summit/food security.

Andris Piebalgs (Member of the Commission) answered the question and supplementaries by Enrique Guerrero Salom, Georgios Papanikolaou and Marc Tarabella.

Question 20 (Marc Tarabella): Ensuring respect for air and rail passengers' rights.

Siim Kallas (Vice-President of the Commission) answered the question and supplementaries by Marc Tarabella, Ádám Kósa and Justas Vincas Paleckis.

Question 21 (Marian Harkin): Directive 2002/15/EC.

Siim Kallas answered the question and a supplementary by Marian Harkin.

Question 22 (Georgios Koumoutsakos): Road safety 2011-2020 - special measures for school buses and their drivers.

Question 23 (Jim Higgins): Road safety targets in the EU.

Siim Kallas answered the questions and supplementaries by Georgios Koumoutsakos, Jim Higgins, Silvia-Adriana Ţicău and Marian Harkin.

Question 24 (Justas Vincas Paleckis): Excess transport in the Baltic Sea.

Siim Kallas answered the question and a supplementary by Justas Vincas Paleckis.

Question 31 (Georgios Papastamkos): CAP after 2013 - distribution of direct aid.

Question 32 (Giovanni La Via): Measures to prevent soil erosion under the CAP post-2013.

Question 33 (Nadezhda Neynsky): New framework for the EU common agricultural policy 2014-2020.

Question 34 (Sandrine Bélier): Taking account of biodiversity in the reform of the CAP.

Question 35 (Janusz Wojciechowski): Fair distribution of CAP payments.

Dacian Cioloş (Member of the Commission) answered the questions and supplementaries by Georgios Papastamkos, Giovanni La Via and Nadezhda Neynsky.

Question 36 (Karin Kadenbach): Common Agricultural Policy and cross-compliance.

Dacian Cioloş answered the question and supplementaries by Karin Kadenbach and Mairead McGuinness.

Question 37 (Nikolaos Chountis): Assistance for Greek farmers and fishermen from the guarantee fund for small and very small businesses.

Dacian Cioloş answered the question and a supplementary by Nikolaos Chountis.

Question 40 (Seán Kelly): Aquaculture in the EU.

Maria Damanaki (Member of the Commission) answered the question and supplementaries by Seán Kelly and Pat the Cope Gallagher.

Question 41 (Ioannis A. Tsoukalas): Use of European Fisheries Fund resources.

Maria Damanaki answered the question and supplementaries by Ioannis A. Tsoukalas and Seán Kelly.

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.

(The sitting was suspended at 20.30 and resumed at 21.00.)

IN THE CHAIR: Roberta ANGELILLI
Vice-President

15. Combating late payment in commercial transactions ***I (debate)

Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on combating late payment in commercial transactions (recast) [COM(2009)0126 - C7-0044/2009- 2009/0054(COD)] - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection.Rapporteur: Barbara Weiler (A7-0136/2010)

Barbara Weiler introduced the report.

The following spoke: Antonio Tajani (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Francesco De Angelis (rapporteur for the opinion of the ITRE Committee), Raffaele Baldassarre (rapporteur for the opinion of the JURI Committee), Małgorzata Handzlik, on behalf of the PPE Group, Bernadette Vergnaud, on behalf of the S&D Group, Jürgen Creutzmann, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Malcolm Harbour, on behalf of the ECR Group, Oreste Rossi, on behalf of the EFD Group, Csanád Szegedi, Non-attached Member, Andreas Schwab, Alan Kelly, Edvard Kožušník, Anna Maria Corazza Bildt, Sylvana Rapti, Janusz Wojciechowski, Mario Pirillo, Oldřich Vlasák, Lara Comi, Regina Bastos and Sari Essayah.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Elena Băsescu, Zuzana Roithová, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Luís Paulo Alves, Jaroslav Paška, Giovanni Collino, Monika Flašíková Beňová and Peter Jahr.

The following spoke: Antonio Tajani and Barbara Weiler.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 20.10.2010, item 6.6.

16. Sludge catastrophe in Hungary (debate)

Commission statement: Sludge catastrophe in Hungary.

Kristalina Georgieva (Member of the Commission) made the statement.

The following spoke: János Áder, on behalf of the PPE Group, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, on behalf of the S&D Group, Corinne Lepage, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Bart Staes, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Lajos Bokros, on behalf of the ECR Group, Marisa Matias, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Jaroslav Paška, on behalf of the EFD Group, Béla Kovács, Non-attached Member, Krisztina Morvai on the behaviour of certain Members during the debate, Richard Seeber, Marita Ulvskog, Ramona Nicole Mănescu, Bas Eickhout, Horst Schnellhardt, Judith A. Merkies, Adina-Ioana Vălean, Satu Hassi and Romana Jordan Cizelj.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Miroslav Mikolášik, Elena Băsescu, Monika Flašíková Beňová, who also referred to the remarks by Krisztina Morvai, Kriton Arsenis and Ulrike Lunacek.

The following spoke: Kristalina Georgieva

The debate closed.

The following spoke: Katarína Neveďalová, who referred to the remarks by Krisztina Morvai.

17. Databases relating to racial and ethnic origin in the EU (debate)

Oral question (O-0143/2010) by Monika Flašíková Beňová, Claude Moraes, Kinga Göncz and Sylvie Guillaume, on behalf of the S&D Group, to the Commission: Databases relating to racial and ethnic origin in the EU (B7-0553/2010)

Oral question (O-0146/2010) by Hélène Flautre, Raül Romeva i Rueda and Judith Sargentini, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, to the Commission: Roma databases and discrimination in France and in the EU (B7-0554/2010)

Oral question (O-0154/2010) by Renate Weber, Nathalie Griesbeck, Sophia in 't Veld, Sonia Alfano, Cecilia Wikström, Louis Michel, Sarah Ludford, Gianni Vattimo, Leonidas Donskis, Alexander Alvaro, Niccolò Rinaldi, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Metin Kazak and Marielle De Sarnez, on behalf of the ALDE Group, to the Commission: Roma databases and discrimination in France and in the EU (B7-0556/2010)

Oral question (O-0155/2010) by Rui Tavares, Cornelia Ernst, Marie-Christine Vergiat, Cornelis de Jong, Nikolaos Chountis, Marisa Matias and Eva-Britt Svensson, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, to the Commission: Roma databases and discrimination (B7-0557/2010).

Monika Flašíková Beňová, Hélène Flautre, Sophia in 't Veld and Cornelia Ernst moved the oral questions.

Viviane Reding (Vice-President of the Commission) answered the oral questions.

The following spoke: Véronique Mathieu, on behalf of the PPE Group, Sylvie Guillaume, on behalf of the S&D Group, Nathalie Griesbeck, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Raül Romeva i Rueda, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Rui Tavares, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Kinga Göncz, Catherine Grèze, Marie-Christine Vergiat, Juan Fernando López Aguilar and Ioan Enciu.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Csaba Sógor, Elena Băsescu, Ulrike Lunacek, Jaroslav Paška and Csanád Szegedi.

The following spoke: Viviane Reding.

The debate closed.

18. Agenda of the next sitting

The agenda of the next day's sitting had been established ('Agenda' PE 449.494/OJME).

19. Closure of the sitting

The sitting closed at 0.10.

The following signed:

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