17. Information on medicinal products (Community code relating to medicinal products) ***I - Information on medicinal products (Community procedures for the authorisation and supervision of medicinal products) ***I (debate)

CRE

Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending, as regards information to the general public on medicinal products subject to medical prescription, Directive 2001/83/EC on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use [COM(2008)0663 - C6-0516/2008- 2008/0256(COD)] - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety.Rapporteur: Christofer Fjellner (A7-0290/2010)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending, as regards information to the general public on medicinal products for human use subject to medical prescription, Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 laying down Community procedures for the authorisation and supervision of medicinal products for human and veterinary use and establishing a European Medicines Agency [COM(2008)0662 - C6-0517/2008- 2008/0255(COD)] - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety.Rapporteur: Christofer Fjellner (A7-0289/2010)

Christofer Fjellner introduced the reports.

The following spoke: John Dalli (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: António Fernando Correia De Campos (rapporteur for the opinion of the ITRE Committee), Cristian Silviu Buşoi (rapporteur for the opinion of the IMCO Committee), Horst Schnellhardt, on behalf of the PPE Group, Gilles Pargneaux, on behalf of the S&D Group, Antonyia Parvanova, on behalf of the ALDE Group, and Miroslav Ouzký, on behalf of the ECR Group.

IN THE CHAIR: Roberta ANGELILLI
Vice-President

The following spoke: Jiří Maštálka, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Anna Rosbach, on behalf of the EFD Group, Franz Obermayr, Non-attached Member, Salvatore Tatarella, Karin Kadenbach, Marina Yannakoudakis, Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė, Milan Cabrnoch, Anja Weisgerber, Françoise Grossetête and Alajos Mészáros.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Zuzana Roithová, Mario Pirillo, Oreste Rossi and Mairead McGuinness.

The following spoke: John Dalli and Christofer Fjellner.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 24.11.2010, item 8.3 and minutes of 24.11.2010, item 8.4.