IN THE CHAIR: Jerzy BUZEK
President

1. Resumption of the session

The sitting opened at 17.05.

2. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

Werner Langen had been present but his name did not appear on the attendance register.

The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

3. Statements by the President

The President expressed Parliament's support for recent developments in Egypt and called on the governments in the region to open up to dialogue with their citizens, to stop harassing peaceful demonstrators and to abolish the state of emergency. He called for the European Union to show solidarity with these countries.

He affirmed the need for the European Union to come to the assistance of countries faced with an influx of migrants.

He said that 12 February 2011 had been the International Day against the Use of Child Soldiers and recalled Parliament's commitment to this cause.

Finally, he reported that in Iran, many executions had been carried out since the beginning of the year, and he called on the Iranian government to impose a moratorium on the death penalty before eventually abolishing it.

4. 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):

- Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the citizens' initiative (00065/2010/LEX - C7-0043/2011 - 2010/0074(COD))

- Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission's exercise of implementing powers (00064/2010/LEX - C7-0042/2011 - 2010/0051(COD))

- 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 (00063/2010/LEX - C7-0041/2011 - 2008/0237(COD))

- Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on combating late payment in commercial transactions (recast) (00057/2010/LEX - C7-0040/2011 - 2009/0054(COD))

5. Composition of committees and delegations

The President had received the following requests for appointments from the PPE and Verts/ALE Groups:

Delegation for relations with Iraq: Jan Philipp Albrecht to replace Jill Evans

Delegation for relations with Japan: Agnès Le Brun

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

6. Documents received

The following documents had been received:

1) from the Council and Commission

- Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on coordination of safeguards which, for the protection of the interests of members and others, are required by Member States of companies within the meaning of the second paragraph of Article 54 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, in respect of the formation of public limited liability companies and the maintenance and alteration of their capital, with a view to making such safeguards equivalent (recast) (COM(2011)0029 - C7-0037/2011 - 2011/0011(COD))

Pursuant to 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 concerning the subscription by the European Union to additional shares in the capital of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) as a result of the decision to increase this capital (COM(2011)0034 - C7-0038/2011 - 2011/0014(COD))

- Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the use of passenger name record data for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences and serious crime (COM(2011)0032 - C7-0039/2011 - 2011/0023(COD))

- Proposal for a Council decision authorising enhanced cooperation in the area of the creation of unitary patent protection (05538/2011 - C7-0044/2011 - 2010/0384(NLE))

2) from committees

reports

- * Report on the proposal for a Council regulation (Euratom) laying down maximum permitted levels of radioactive contamination of foodstuffs and of feedingstuffs following a nuclear accident or any other case of radiological emergency (COM(2010)0184 - C7-0137/2010 - 2010/0098(CNS)) - ITRE Committee - Rapporteur: Ivo Belet (A7-0001/2011)

- Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the Federative Republic of Brazil on certain aspects of air services (13988/2010 - C7-0335/2010 - 2009/0115(NLE)) - TRAN Committee - Rapporteur: Silvia-Adriana Ţicău (A7-0004/2011)

- Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of an Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Iceland, the Kingdom of Norway, the Swiss Confederation and the Principality of Liechtenstein on supplementary rules in relation to the External Borders Fund for the period 2007 to 2013 (07853/2010 - C7-0101/2010 - 2009/0148(NLE)) - LIBE Committee - Rapporteur: Wim Van De Camp (A7-0007/2011)

- Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion on behalf of the European Union of the Protocol between the European Union, the European Community, the Swiss Confederation and the Principality of Liechtenstein on the accession of the Principality of Liechtenstein to the Agreement between the European Union, the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on the Swiss Confederation's association with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis (06077/2010 - C7-0141/2010 - 2006/0251(NLE)) - LIBE Committee - Rapporteur: Carlos Coelho (A7-0008/2011)

- Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the Federative Republic of Brazil on short-stay visa waiver for holders of diplomatic, service or official passports (16362/2010 - C7-0399/2010 - 2010/0222(NLE)) - LIBE Committee - Rapporteur: Ioan Enciu (A7-0010/2011)

- Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the Federative Republic of Brazil on short-stay visa waiver for holders of ordinary passports (16364/2010 - C7-0400/2010 - 2010/0228(NLE)) - LIBE Committee - Rapporteur: Monica Luisa Macovei (A7-0011/2011)

- Report on implementation of the Services Directive 2006/123/EC (2010/2053(INI)) - IMCO Committee - Rapporteur: Evelyne Gebhardt (A7-0012/2011)

- Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of a Protocol between the European Union, the Swiss Confederation and the Principality of Liechtenstein on the accession of the Principality of Liechtenstein to the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation concerning the criteria and mechanisms for establishing the State responsible for examining a request for asylum lodged in a Member State or in Switzerland (06242/2010 - C7-0140/2010 - 2006/0252(NLE)) - LIBE Committee - Rapporteur: Monika Hohlmeier (A7-0013/2011)

- Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of South Africa, of the other part, amending the Agreement on Trade, Development and Cooperation (10297/2010 - C7-0190/2010 - 2010/0119(NLE)) - DEVE Committee - Rapporteur: Eva Joly (A7-0018/2011)

- ***I Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council granting an EU guarantee to the European Investment Bank against losses under loans and guarantees for projects outside the European Union (COM(2010)0174 - C7-0110/2010 - 2010/0101(COD)) - BUDG Committee - Rapporteur: Ivailo Kalfin (A7-0019/2011)

- Recommendation on the proposal for a Council decision authorising enhanced cooperation in the area of the creation of unitary patent protection (05538/2011 - C7-0044/2011 - 2010/0384(NLE)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Klaus-Heiner Lehne (A7-0021/2011)

- Report on 'Towards adequate, sustainable and safe European pension systems' (2010/2239(INI)) - EMPL Committee - Rapporteur: Ria Oomen-Ruijten (A7-0025/2011)

- Recommendation on the draft 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)) - INTA Committee - Rapporteur: Robert Sturdy (A7-0034/2011)

- ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council setting emission performance standards for new light commercial vehicles as part of the Community's integrated approach to reduce CO2 emissions from light-duty vehicles (COM(2009)0593 - C7-0271/2009 - 2009/0173(COD)) - ENVI Committee - Rapporteur: Martin Callanan (A7-0287/2010)

- Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of an Agreement between the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway on an EEA Financial Mechanism 2009-2014, an Agreement between the European Union and Norway on a Norwegian Financial Mechanism for the period 2009-2014, an Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and Iceland, concerning special provisions applicable to imports into the European Union of certain fish and fisheries products for the period 2009-2014, and an Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and Norway, concerning special provisions applicable to imports into the European Union of certain fish and fisheries products for the period 2009-2014 (09902/2010 - C7-0225/2010 - 2010/0129(NLE)) - INTA Committee - Rapporteur: Maria Eleni Koppa (A7-0372/2010)

3) from Members

3.1) oral questions for Question Time (Rule 116) (B7-0009/2011)

- to the Council

- Posselt Bernd, Higgins Jim, Papanikolaou Georgios, Blinkevičiūtė Vilija, Ţicău Silvia-Adriana, Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė Radvilė, Chountis Nikolaos, Schaake Marietje, Toussas Georgios, Kelly Seán, McGuinness Mairead, Andrikienė Laima Liucija, Gallagher Pat the Cope, Crowley Brian, Balčytis Zigmantas, Koumoutsakos Georgios, Harkin Marian

- to the Commission

Pargneaux Gilles, Belet Ivo, Andrikienė Laima Liucija, Jensen Anne E., Higgins Jim, Papanikolaou Georgios, Crowley Brian, Harkin Marian, Kelly Seán, Aylward Liam, Szymański Konrad, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou Rodi, Blinkevičiūtė Vilija, Ludford Sarah, Posselt Bernd, Ţicău Silvia-Adriana, Childers Nessa, Chountis Nikolaos, Schaake Marietje, Balčytis Zigmantas, Paleckis Justas Vincas, McGuinness Mairead, Gallagher Pat the Cope, Koumoutsakos Georgios, La Via Giovanni, Riera Madurell Teresa, Dantin Michel, Bendtsen Bendt, Jeggle Elisabeth

3.2) motions for resolution (Rule 120)

- Vincenzo Iovine. Motion for a resolution on planning regulations for civil airports (B7-0095/2011)

4) from Parliament's Delegation to the Conciliation Committee

- ***III Report on the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee for 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 (00063/2010 - C7-0015/2011 - 2008/0237(COD)) – European Parliament delegation to the Conciliation Committee - Rapporteur: Antonio Cancian (A7-0020/2011)

7. Lapsed written declarations

In accordance with Rule 123(5), written declarations 0078 et 0079/2010 had lapsed as they had not obtained the required number of signatures.

8. 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):

24 January 2011

(name confidential) (1550/2010); Tanja Platzer (EAFCHR e.V. Europäische Vereinigung für Kinderrechte) (1551/2010); Erich Seib (1552/2010); Charlie Fenech (1553/2010); (name confidential) (1554/2010); (name confidential) (1555/2010); Axel Wartburg (1556/2010); Axel Wartburg (1557/2010); (name confidential) (1558/2010); Roberto Tommasini (Comitato Difesa Famiglie) (1559/2010); Bernhard Zuendorff (1560/2010); (name confidential) (1561/2010); Christa Blasczyk (1562/2010); Aldo Annecchini (1563/2010); Stefan Igelmann (1564/2010); Peter Hemmerich (1565/2010); Sasa Fiser (1566/2010); Birgit Kramper (1567/2010); Heinz-Peter Tjaden (1568/2010); Norbert Warnack (1569/2010); (name confidential) (1570/2010); (name confidential) (1571/2010); (name confidential) (1572/2010); Domenico Romito (Associazione Avvocati dei consumatori) (260 signatures) (1573/2010); Mohamed Esmail Mamon (1574/2010); Gianpaolo Franzoso (1575/2010); (name confidential) (1576/2010); Tania Luisa Rodrigues Ing Deep (1577/2010); Milvia Pestilli (1578/2010); Roberto Quaglia (1579/2010); Graziano Benedetto (1580/2010); Sebastiano Gottardelli (1581/2010); (name confidential) (1582/2010); (name confidential) (1583/2010); Heinz Gerhardt (1584/2010); (name confidential) (1585/2010); Maria da Conceição Pereira Santos (1586/2010); (name confidential) (1587/2010); Sara Nolasco (1588/2010); Barbara Bernardi (1589/2010); (name confidential) (1590/2010); Radenko Lazov Mitev (1591/2010); Václav Gavlovsky (1592/2010); Francesco Pierandrea Luca Falcone (Studio Legale dell'Avvocato Francesco Silluzio del Foro di Catania ) (1593/2010); Gabrielle CerviI (1594/2010); Noel Trevor Hatcher (2 signatures) (1595/2010); Caesar Attard (1596/2010); MediaSind Federatia Romana a Journalistilor (Federatia Romana a Journalistilor MediaSind) (1597/2010); Vasilev Angel Aleksandrov (1598/2010).

2 February 2011

Diana Yuditxa Bautista Martinez (1599/2010); (name confidential) (1600/2010); László Dr. Halák (1601/2010); Maria Karagiannaki (1602/2010); Ioannis Alabanos (1603/2010); (name confidential) (1604/2010); Yvan Bachaud (Rassemblement pour l'initiative populaire - MIP) (1605/2010); Francisco Padrino Pérez (1606/2010); Miguel Lasca Martín (1607/2010); Sergio Rebollo Suero (1608/2010); Xavier Ortiz Badia (1609/2010); Karkkainen Uolevi (1610/2010); (name confidential) (1611/2010); Mariann Jakus (1612/2010); Rosa Letamendia Pérez de San Román (1613/2010); Michael Dahl (1614/2010); Dias Ateve Kataskevastiki (Kataskevastiki Dias Ateve) (1615/2010); Gerhard Wlodkowski (Landwirtschaftskammer Österreich) (1616/2010); Jürgen Sieveking (1617/2010); (name confidential) (1618/2010); (name confidential) (1619/2010); Fabio Albanese (1620/2010); (name confidential) (1621/2010); Alfredo Tarallo (1622/2010); Peter Hayward (1623/2010); Moses Azzopardi (1624/2010); (name confidential) (1625/2010); Diacovschi Diana (1626/2010); Mehmet Erdinci (Cagrupin Cooperativa Agricola (Grup de Producatori IndependentiI)) (1627/2010); Carlos V. Clavijo (1628/2010); Arvid Strand (1629/2010); (name confidential) (1630/2010); Kevin O'Malley (1631/2010); Kevin O'Malley (1632/2010); John Parsons (1633/2010); Vilut Calin Alexa (1634/2010); (name confidential) (1635/2010); (name confidential) (1636/2010); (name confidential) (16 signatures) (1637/2010); Duncan Anderson (1638/2010); Emil Brinzea (1639/2010); (name confidential) (1640/2010); Viorica Marandici (1641/2010); Patric Lausch (1642/2010); (name confidential) (1643/2010); Stanislaw Olenski (1644/2010); Peter Boulter (1645/2010); Dumitru George Gavriloaie (1646/2010); Natalia Samorukova (2 signatures) (1647/2010); Adriana Miron (1648/2010); Eberhard Gertsmann (1649/2010).

3 February 2011

Dumitru-Iulian Andrian (1650/2010).

9 February 2011

(name confidential) (0001/2011); Pablo Gacimartín González (0002/2011); (name confidential) (0003/2011); José Ortega Ortega (0004/2011); Miguel Angel Galan Castellanos (0005/2011); Arsène Schmitt (Comité de Défense des Travailleurs Frontaliers de la Moselle ) (0006/2011); Paul Herzog Von Oldenburg (Federation Pro Europea Christiana) (18300 signatures) (0007/2011); Rita Dahl (0008/2011); (name confidential) (0009/2011); (name confidential) (0010/2011); (name confidential) (0011/2011); (name confidential) (0012/2011); Dana-Marina Dumitriu (0013/2011); Françoise Vassaux (0014/2011); Constantinos Aivaliotis (The Hellenic Parliament) (0015/2011); Maria Karagiannaki (0016/2011); Maria Karagiannaki (0017/2011); Eduardo Rodriguez Campo (0018/2011); (name confidential) (0019/2011); (name confidential) (0020/2011); Manuel García Orellana (0021/2011); Jorge Enrique Perez Villa-Zevallos (0022/2011); (name confidential) (0023/2011); (name confidential) (0024/2011); Marcelo Aguilar Serrano (0025/2011); (name confidential) (0026/2011); Cesar Augusto Saavedra Naranjo (0027/2011); (name confidential) (0028/2011).

9. Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council

The Council had forwarded certified true copies of the following:

- Protocol extending to customs security measures the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Economic Community and the Principality of Andorra;

- Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Seychelles;

- Euro Mediterranean Aviation Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, of the other part.

10. 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 September I 2010 part-session was available on the Séance en direct site.

11. Oral questions and written declarations (submission)

The following documents had been submitted by Members:

1) oral questions (Rule 115):

- (O-0009/2011) by Cornelis de Jong, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Michael Cashman, on behalf of the S&D Group, Pascal Canfin, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, and Monica Luisa Macovei, to the Commission: Revision of framework for Commission expert groups and balanced representation and transparency (B7-0010/2011);

- (O-0014/2011) by Tamás Deutsch, Lambert van Nistelrooij, Danuta Maria Hübner, Marian-Jean Marinescu, Iosif Matula, Andrey Kovatchev, János Áder, Zoltán Bagó, Kinga Gál, Béla Glattfelder, András Gyürk, Ágnes Hankiss, Lívia Járóka, Ádám Kósa, Csaba Őry, Ildikó Gáll-Pelcz, György Schöpflin, László Surján, József Szájer, Edit Bauer, Alajos Mészáros, Csaba Sógor, László Tőkés, Iuliu Winkler and Elisabeth Jeggle, on behalf of the PPE Group, to the Commission: EU Strategy for the Danube Region (B7-0011/2011);

- (O-0020/2011) by Eva Joly, on behalf of the DEVE Committee, to the Commission: The World Bank's Energy Strategy for developing countries (B7-0012/2011);

- (O-0029/2011) by Silvia-Adriana Ţicău, Constanze Angela Krehl, Hannes Swoboda, Adrian Severin, Ivailo Kalfin, Karin Kadenbach, Olga Sehnalová, Rovana Plumb, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Evgeni Kirilov, Katarína Neveďalová, Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă, Daciana Octavia Sârbu, Ioan Mircea Paşcu, George Sabin Cutaş, Britta Thomsen, Corina Creţu, Claudiu Ciprian Tănăsescu, Ioan Enciu, Cătălin Sorin Ivan, Mario Pirillo, Kinga Göncz, Marc Tarabella, Françoise Castex, Victor Boştinaru, Inés Ayala Sender, Bogusław Liberadzki, Jo Leinen, Michael Cashman, Brian Simpson, Saïd El Khadraoui, Thijs Berman, Eider Gardiazábal Rubial, Ismail Ertug and Edit Herczog, on behalf of the S&D Group, Michael Theurer, Vladko Todorov Panayotov, Renate Weber, Sophia in 't Veld, Jan Mulder, Gesine Meissner, Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, Catherine Bearder, Viktor Uspaskich, Wolf Klinz, Nadja Hirsch, Cristian Silviu Buşoi, Giommaria Uggias, Ramona Nicole Mănescu, Adina-Ioana Vălean, Hannu Takkula, Jürgen Creutzmann, Alexander Alvaro and Holger Krahmer, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Reinhard Bütikofer, Michael Cramer, Eva Lichtenberger, Barbara Lochbihler, Heide Rühle, Elisabeth Schroedter and Isabelle Durant, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Peter van Dalen and Oldřich Vlasák, on behalf of the ECR Group, to the Commission: Implementation of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region (B7-0013/2011);

- (O-0035/2011) by Corinne Lepage, Diana Wallis and Frédérique Ries, on behalf of the ALDE Group, to the Commission: Revision of the framework for Commission expert groups and balanced representation and transparency (B7-0014/2011).

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

- Romana Jordan Cizelj, Corinne Lepage, Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė, Indrek Tarand and Zoran Thaler, on Cleanup in Europe and Let's do it World 2012 (0003/2011);

- Angelika Werthmann, Evelyn Regner and Ulrike Lunacek, on the introduction of a European Day of Action against Workplace Harassment (0004/2011);

- Dieter-Lebrecht Koch, on improving routes to school in Europe (0005/2011);

- Françoise Castex, Jan Philipp Albrecht, Carlos Coelho, Stavros Lambrinidis and Diana Wallis, on infringement of the fundamental rights of detainees in the European Union (0006/2011);

- Georgios Papastamkos, Jean-Luc Bennahmias, Gay Mitchell, Gianluca Susta and Tadeusz Zwiefka, on combating corruption in European Sport (0007/2011).

12. Order of business

The next item was the order of business.

The final draft agenda for the February I and II 2011 sittings (PE 457.601/PDOJ) had been distributed and a number of changes had been proposed (Rule 140):

Monday

No changes.

Tuesday
The Verts/ALE and ALDE groups had requested the inclusion on the agenda of a statement by Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the Commission, on the Rule of Law in Russia.

The following spoke: Rebecca Harms, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, giving reasons for the request, Guy Verhofstadt, on behalf of the ALDE Group, supporting it, and Adrian Severin, on behalf of the S&D Group, opposing it.

The following spoke: Joseph Daul.

Parliament agreed to the request by electronic vote (170 in favour, 132 against, 25 abstentions).

The statement was included as the third item on the agenda for Tuesday morning.

The following deadlines had been set:

- motions for resolution: Tuesday 15 February 2011, 10.00

- amendments and joint motions for resolutions: Wednesday 16 February 2011, 10.00

- amendments to joint motions for resolutions: Wednesday 16 February 2011, 11.00

The vote would take place on Thursday, 17 February 2011.

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The PPE group had requested the inclusion on the agenda of a Commission statement on the situation in Lampedusa.

The following spoke: Mario Mauro, on behalf of the PPE Group, giving reasons for the request, Martin Schulz, on behalf of the S&D Group, supporting it and making a small change the title of the debate.

Parliament approved the request.

The following spoke: Rui Tavares.

The following spoke: Martin Schulz, on behalf of the S&D Group, asking for the debate to be entitled "Measures in support of Italy and other Member States affected by exceptional migratory flows".

Parliament approved the request.

Wednesday

No changes.

Thursday
The EFD group had requested the inclusion on the agenda of the oral question to the Commission on the use of the European Arrest Warrant in the Julian Assange case.

The following spoke: Gerard Batten, on behalf of the EFD Group, giving reasons for the request, Edit Herczog and Martin Schulz.

Parliament rejected the request.

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The order of business was thus established.

13. Implementation of the Services Directive (debate)

Report on implementation of the Services Directive 2006/123/EC [2010/2053(INI)] - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection. Rapporteur: Evelyne Gebhardt (A7-0012/2011)

Evelyne Gebhardt introduced the report.

The following spoke: Michel Barnier (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Sophie Auconie (rapporteur for the opinion of the ECON Committee), Filiz Hakaeva Hyusmenova (rapporteur for the opinion of the REGI Committee), Małgorzata Handzlik, on behalf of the PPE Group, Bernadette Vergnaud, on behalf of the S&D Group, Morten Løkkegaard, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Pascal Canfin, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, and Malcolm Harbour, on behalf of the ECR Group.

IN THE CHAIR: Stavros LAMBRINIDIS
Vice-President

The following spoke: Eva-Britt Svensson, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Mara Bizzotto, on behalf of the EFD Group, Andreas Schwab, Anna Hedh, Sophia in 't Veld, Edvard Kožušník, Patrick Le Hyaric, Trevor Colman, Lara Comi, Olga Sehnalová, Anneli Jäätteenmäki, Zuzana Roithová, Jens Geier, Amalia Sartori, Konstantinos Poupakis and Seán Kelly.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Ildikó Gáll-Pelcz, Jutta Steinruck, Silvia-Adriana Ţicău, Edit Herczog, Morten Løkkegaard, João Ferreira, Evelyn Regner and Sylvana Rapti.

The following spoke: Michel Barnier and Evelyne Gebhardt.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 15.2.2011, item 9.9.

14. Enhanced cooperation in the area of the creation of unitary patent protection *** (debate)

Recommendation on the proposal for a Council decision authorising enhanced cooperation in the area of the creation of unitary patent protection [05538/2011 - C7-0044/2011- 2010/0384(NLE)] - Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: Klaus-Heiner Lehne (A7-0021/2011)

Klaus-Heiner Lehne introduced the recommendation.

The following spoke: Enikő Győri (President-in-Office of the Council).

IN THE CHAIR: Rainer WIELAND
Vice-President

The following spoke: Michel Barnier (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Raffaele Baldassarre, on behalf of the PPE Group, Bernhard Rapkay, on behalf of the S&D Group, Cecilia Wikström, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Eva Lichtenberger, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Zbigniew Ziobro, on behalf of the ECR Group, Gerard Batten, on behalf of the EFD Group, Marielle Gallo, Edvard Kožušník, Antonio López-Istúriz White, Luigi Berlinguer, Antonio Masip Hidalgo and Andreas Mölzer, Non-attached Member.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Maria Da Graça Carvalho, Edit Herczog, Toine Manders, Malcolm Harbour, João Ferreira, Jaroslav Paška, Andreas Schwab, Adam Gierek, Zuzana Roithová and Małgorzata Handzlik.

The following spoke: Michel Barnier, Enikő Győri and Klaus-Heiner Lehne.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 15.2.2011, item 9.12.

15. Radioactive contamination of foodstuffs * (debate)

Report on the proposal for a Council regulation (Euratom) laying down maximum permitted levels of radioactive contamination of foodstuffs and of feedingstuffs following a nuclear accident or any other case of radiological emergency [COM(2010)0184 - C7-0137/2010- 2010/0098(CNS)] - Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. Rapporteur: Ivo Belet (A7-0001/2011)

Ivo Belet introduced the report.

The following spoke: Michel Barnier (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Romana Jordan Cizelj, on behalf of the PPE Group, Adam Gierek, on behalf of the S&D Group, Fiona Hall, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Rebecca Harms, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Marisa Matias, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Anna Rosbach, on behalf of the EFD Group, Csanád Szegedi, Non-attached Member, and Andreas Mölzer.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă and João Ferreira.

The following spoke: Michel Barnier.

IN THE CHAIR: Libor ROUČEK
Vice-President

The following spoke: Ivo Belet.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 15.2.2011, item 9.13.

16. Revision of EU instruments to support SME finance (debate)

Commission statement: Revision of EU instruments to support SME finance

Antonio Tajani (Vice-President of the Commission) made the statement.

The following spoke: Bendt Bendtsen, on behalf of the PPE Group, Edit Herczog, on behalf of the S&D Group, Olle Schmidt, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Ryszard Czarnecki, on behalf of the ECR Group, Claudio Morganti, on behalf of the EFD Group, Dimitar Stoyanov, Non-attached Member, Paul Rübig, George Sabin Cutaş, Elisabetta Gardini, Zoran Thaler and Seán Kelly.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Elena Băsescu, Zigmantas Balčytis, Pat the Cope Gallagher, Ilda Figueiredo, Andreas Mölzer, Petru Constantin Luhan, Giovanni Collino, Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă and Czesław Adam Siekierski.

The following spoke: Antonio Tajani.

Motion for a resolution to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 110(2):

- Othmar Karas and Bendt Bendtsen, on behalf of the PPE Group, Edit Herczog, on behalf of the S&D Group, Jürgen Creutzmann, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Reinhard Bütikofer, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, and Derk Jan Eppink, on behalf of the ECR Group, on practical aspects regarding the revision of EU instruments to support SME finance in the next programming period (B7-0096/2011).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 16.2.2011, item 6.2.

17. Implementation of the EU strategy for the Danube region (debate)

Oral question (O-0029/2011) by Silvia-Adriana Ţicău, Constanze Angela Krehl, Hannes Swoboda, Adrian Severin, Ivailo Kalfin, Karin Kadenbach, Olga Sehnalová, Rovana Plumb, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Evgeni Kirilov, Katarína Neveďalová, Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă, Daciana Octavia Sârbu, Ioan Mircea Paşcu, George Sabin Cutaş, Britta Thomsen, Corina Creţu, Claudiu Ciprian Tănăsescu, Ioan Enciu, Cătălin Sorin Ivan, Mario Pirillo, Kinga Göncz, Marc Tarabella, Françoise Castex, Victor Boştinaru, Inés Ayala Sender, Bogusław Liberadzki, Jo Leinen, Michael Cashman, Brian Simpson, Saïd El Khadraoui, Thijs Berman, Eider Gardiazábal Rubial, Ismail Ertug, Edit Herczog, on behalf of the S&D Group, Michael Theurer, Vladko Todorov Panayotov, Renate Weber, Sophia in 't Veld, Jan Mulder, Gesine Meissner, Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, Catherine Bearder, Viktor Uspaskich, Wolf Klinz, Nadja Hirsch, Cristian Silviu Buşoi, Giommaria Uggias, Ramona Nicole Mănescu, Adina-Ioana Vălean, Hannu Takkula, Jürgen Creutzmann, Alexander Alvaro, Holger Krahmer, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Reinhard Bütikofer, Michael Cramer, Eva Lichtenberger, Barbara Lochbihler, Heide Rühle, Elisabeth Schroedter, Isabelle Durant, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Peter van Dalen and Oldřich Vlasák, on behalf of the ECR Group, to the Commission: Implementation of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region (B7-0013/2011)

Oral question (O-0014/2011) by Tamás Deutsch, Lambert van Nistelrooij, Danuta Maria Hübner, Marian-Jean Marinescu, Iosif Matula, Andrey Kovatchev, János Áder, Zoltán Bagó, Kinga Gál, Béla Glattfelder, András Gyürk, Ágnes Hankiss, Lívia Járóka, Ádám Kósa, Csaba Őry, Ildikó Gáll-Pelcz, György Schöpflin, László Surján, József Szájer, Edit Bauer, Alajos Mészáros, Csaba Sógor, László Tőkés, Iuliu Winkler and Elisabeth Jeggle, on behalf of the PPE Group, to the Commission: EU Strategy for the Danube Region (B7-0011/2011)

Silvia-Adriana Ţicău, Ramona Nicole Mănescu, Elisabeth Schroedter and Oldřich Vlasák moved the oral question B7-0013/2011.

Tamás Deutsch moved the oral question B7-0011/2011.

Johannes Hahn (Member of the Commission) answered the oral questions.

The following spoke: Marian-Jean Marinescu, on behalf of the PPE Group, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, on behalf of the S&D Group, Filiz Hakaeva Hyusmenova, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Barbara Lochbihler, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Jaroslav Paška, on behalf of the EFD Group, Lambert van Nistelrooij, Evgeni Kirilov, Olga Sehnalová, Karin Kadenbach and Ivailo Kalfin.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Miroslav Mikolášik, George Sabin Cutaş, Franz Obermayr, Alajos Mészáros and Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă.

The following spoke: Johannes Hahn.

The motions for resolutions to be tabled under Rule 115(5) would be announced in the House at a later time.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 17.2.2011, item 6.5.

18. Cord blood stem cells (debate)

Commission statement: Cord blood stem cells

John Dalli (Member of the Commission) made the statement.

The following spoke: Peter Liese, on behalf of the PPE Group, Frédérique Ries, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Margrete Auken, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Marisa Matias, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, and Alojz Peterle.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Antonio Cancian, Seán Kelly, Nicole Sinclaire, Miroslav Mikolášik and Brian Crowley.

The following spoke: John Dalli.

The debate closed.

19. 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:

Damien Abad, Marc Tarabella, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Oriol Junqueras Vies, Marisa Matias, Slavi Binev, Jim Higgins, Sergio Gutiérrez Prieto, Kristiina Ojuland, Kyriacos Triantaphyllides, Ágnes Hankiss, Luigi de Magistris, Silvia-Adriana Ţicău, Anna Záborská, Martin Ehrenhauser, Antonio Masip Hidalgo, Joanna Katarzyna Skrzydlewska, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Georgios Toussas, Antonello Antinoro, Antolín Sánchez Presedo, Jarosław Kalinowski, Ivailo Kalfin, George Sabin Cutaş, Mario Pirillo, Zigmantas Balčytis and Brian Crowley.

20. Agenda of the next sitting

The agenda of the next day's sitting had been established ('Agenda' PE 457.601/OJMA).

21. Closure of the sitting

The sitting closed at 23.10.

The following signed:

Abad, Áder, Agnew, Albertini, Albrecht, Allam, Alves, Andreasen, Andrés Barea, Andrikienė, Angelilli, Angourakis, Antinoro, Antonescu, Antoniozzi, Arias Echeverría, Arif, Arsenis, Ashworth, Atkins, Auconie, Audy, Auken, Aylward, Ayuso, Bach, Badia i Cutchet, Bagó, Balčytis, Baldassarre, Balz, Bartolozzi, Băsescu, Bastos, Batten, Bauer, Bearder, Belder, Belet, Bélier, Benarab-Attou, Bendtsen, Bennahmias, Berlato, Berlinguer, Besset, Bielan, Bilbao Barandica, Binev, Bisky, Bizzotto, Blinkevičiūtė, Bodu, Böge, Bokros, Bonsignore, Borys, Boştinaru, Boulland, Bové, Bowles, Bozkurt, Bradbourn, Brantner, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Brons, Brzobohatá, Bullmann, Busuttil, Bütikofer, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Cadec, Callanan, van de Camp, Campbell Bannerman, Cancian, Canfin, Capoulas Santos, Caronna, Carvalho, Casa, Casini, Caspary, Cavada, Cercas, Chatzimarkakis, Chichester, Childers, Chountis, Christensen, Claeys, Clark, Coelho, Cofferati, Collino, Colman, Comi, Cornelissen, Correia De Campos, Cortés Lastra, Silvia Costa, Cozzolino, Cramer, Creţu, Creutzmann, Crocetta, Crowley, Cutaş, Cymański, Czarnecki, Frédéric Daerden, van Dalen, Dăncilă, Danellis, Danjean, Dantin, (The Earl of) Dartmouth, Daul, David, Davies, De Angelis, de Brún, De Castro, Dehaene, Delli, Delvaux, de Magistris, De Rossa, De Sarnez, Désir, Deß, Deutsch, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dodds, Domenici, Donskis, Dorfmann, Duff, Durant, Dušek, Ehler, Ehrenhauser, Eickhout, Ek, Elles, Enciu, Engel, Engström, Eppink, Essayah, Estaràs Ferragut, Estrela, Fajmon, Fajon, Falbr, Farage, Färm, Feio, Ferber, Fernandes, Elisa Ferreira, João Ferreira, Fidanza, Figueiredo, Fisas Ayxela, Fjellner, Flašíková Beňová, Flautre, Florenz, Fontana, Ford, Foster, Fox, Fraga Estévez, Gahler, Gál, Gallagher, Gallo, Gáll-Pelcz, García Pérez, Gardiazábal Rubial, Gardini, Garriga Polledo, Gauzès, Gebhardt, Geier, Gerbrandy, Geringer de Oedenberg, Giannakou, Giegold, Gierek, Girling, Glante, Glattfelder, Godmanis, Goebbels, Goerens, Gollnisch, Göncz, Goulard, de Grandes Pascual, Gräßle, Grech, Grelier, Grèze, Griesbeck, Griffin, Gróbarczyk, Groote, Grosch, Grossetête, Grzyb, Gualtieri, Guerrero Salom, Guillaume, Gurmai, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gutiérrez Prieto, Gyürk, Hadjigeorgiou, Häfner, Haglund, Hall, Händel, Handzlik, Hankiss, Hannan, Harbour, Harkin, Hartong, Hassi, Haug, Häusling, Hautala, Hedh, Helmer, Hénin, Herczog, Herranz García, Hibner, Jim Higgins, Nadja Hirsch, Hoang Ngoc, Hoarau, Hohlmeier, Hökmark, Howitt, Hudghton, Hyusmenova, Iacolino, Ibrisagic, Ilchev, Imbrasas, in 't Veld, Iotova, Irigoyen Pérez, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Ivan, Ivanova, Jaakonsaari, Jäätteenmäki, Jadot, Jahr, Járóka, Jazłowiecka, Jędrzejewska, Jeggle, Jensen, Jiménez-Becerril Barrio, Joly, de Jong, Jordan Cizelj, Jørgensen, Junqueras Vies, Juvin, Kacin, Kaczmarek, Kadenbach, Kalfin, Kalinowski, Kalniete, Kamall, Kammerevert, Karim, Kariņš, Kasoulides, Kastler, Kazak, Tunne Kelam, Keller, Seán Kelly, Kirilov, Klaß, Klinz, Klute, Koch, Koch-Mehrin, Kohlíček, Koppa, Korhola, Kósa, Köstinger, Koumoutsakos, Béla Kovács, Kovatchev, Kowal, Kozlík, Kozłowski, Kožušník, Krahmer, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhn, Kukan, Kurski, Lamassoure, Lambert, Lamberts, Lambrinidis, Lange, Langen, La Via, Le Brun, Lechner, Le Foll, Le Grip, Legutko, Lehne, Le Hyaric, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lepage, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Liberadzki, Lichtenberger, Liese, Liotard, Lisek, Lochbihler, Løkkegaard, Lope Fontagné, López-Istúriz White, Lövin, Ludford, Ludvigsson, Luhan, Łukacijewska, Lulling, Lunacek, Lynne, Lyon, McAvan, McCarthy, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Macovei, Madlener, Manders, Mănescu, Mann, Manner, Marcinkiewicz, Marinescu, David Martin, Hans-Peter Martin, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Maštálka, Mastella, Matera, Mathieu, Matias, Mato Adrover, Matula, Mauro, Mavronikolas, Mayor Oreja, Mazzoni, Meissner, Melo, Méndez de Vigo, Menéndez del Valle, Merkies, Mészáros, Mikolášik, Milana, Mirsky, Mitchell, Mölzer, Moraes, Moreira, Morganti, Morin-Chartier, Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė, Morvai, Mulder, Muscardini, Nattrass, Neuser, Neveďalová, Newton Dunn, Neynsky, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Nicholson, Nicolai, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Nitras, Nuttall, Obermayr, Ojuland, Olbrycht, Olejniczak, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Ouzký, Oviir, Pack, Padar, Paksas, Paliadeli, Pallone, Panayotov, Panzeri, Papadopoulou, Papanikolaou, Papastamkos, Pargneaux, Parvanova, Paşcu, Paška, Patrão Neves, Patriciello, Paulsen, Peillon, Perello Rodriguez, Alojz Peterle, Pieper, Pietikäinen, Piotrowski, Pirillo, Pittella, Plumb, Poc, Ponga, Poręba, Portas, Posselt, Pöttering, Poupakis, Preda, Vittorio Prodi, Protasiewicz, Provera, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rangel, Rapkay, Rapti, Regner, Reimers, Repo, Reul, Riera Madurell, Ries, Rinaldi, Riquet, Rochefort, Rodust, Rohde, Roithová, Romeva i Rueda, Ronzulli, Rosbach, Rossi, Roth-Behrendt, Rouček, Rübig, Rubiks, Rühle, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Salatto, Salavrakos, Sánchez Presedo, Sanchez-Schmid, Sârbu, Sargentini, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Sassoli, Saudargas, Savisaar-Toomast, Schaake, Schaldemose, Schlyter, Olle Schmidt, Schnellhardt, Schnieber-Jastram, Scholz, Schöpflin, Schroedter, Werner Schulz, Schwab, Scottà, Scurria, Seeber, Sehnalová, Serracchiani, Severin, Siekierski, Silvestris, Simon, Simpson, Sinclaire, Sippel, Siwiec, Skinner, Skrzydlewska, Skylakakis, Smith, Smolková, Sógor, Soini, Sommer, Søndergaard, Sonik, Sosa Wagner, Soullie, Speroni, Staes, Stassen, Šťastný, Stavrakakis, Steinruck, Sterckx, Stevenson, Stihler, Stolojan, Dimitar Stoyanov, Emil Stoyanov, Strasser, Strejček, Striffler, Sturdy, Surján, Susta, Alf Svensson, Eva-Britt Svensson, Szájer, Szegedi, Szymański, Tabajdi, Takkula, Tănăsescu, Tannock, Tarabella, Tarand, Tatarella, Tavares, Taylor, Teixeira, Thaler, Thein, Thomsen, Thun und Hohenstein, Ţicău, Tirolien, Toia, Tomaševski, Tošenovský, Toussas, Trautmann, Tremopoulos, Tremosa i Balcells, Triantaphyllides, Trüpel, Trzaskowski, Turmes, Turunen, Uggias, Ulmer, Ulvskog, Ungureanu, Urutchev, Uspaskich, Vadim Tudor, Vaidere, Vajgl, Vălean, Van Brempt, Van Orden, Vaughan, Vergnaud, Verheyen, Vidal-Quadras, de Villiers, Vlasák, Vlasto, Voss, Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa, Wallis, Watson, Henri Weber, Manfred Weber, Renate Weber, Weiler, Westphal, Wieland, Wikström, Willmott, Wils, Hermann Winkler, Iuliu Winkler, Włosowicz, Wortmann-Kool, Yáñez-Barnuevo García, Yannakoudakis, Záborská, Zahradil, Zala, Zalba Bidegain, Zanicchi, Zasada, Ždanoka, Zemke, Zīle, Zimmer, Ziobro, Zver, Zwiefka