Marian Harkin had been present at the sitting of 23 March 2011 but her name did not appear on the attendance register.
2. Documents received
The following documents had been received from the Council and Commission
- Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 562/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Community Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code) and the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement (COM(2011)0118 - C7-0070/2011 - 2011/0051(COD))
referred to
responsible :
LIBE
opinion :
DEVE, AFET
- Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to tyres for motor vehicles and their trailers and to their fitting (Codification) (COM(2011)0120 - C7-0071/2011 - 2011/0053(COD))
referred to
responsible :
JURI
In accordance with Rule 124(1), the President informed Parliament that he would consult the European Economic and Social Committee on this proposal.
- Draft amending budget No 1 to the general budget for 2011: Council position of 15 March 2011 (07704/2011 - C7-0072/2011 - 2011/2022(BUD))
referred to
responsible :
BUDG
- Proposal for a Council Decision concerning the specific programme, to be carried out by means of indirect actions, implementing the Framework Programme of the European Atomic Energy Community for nuclear research and training activities (2012 - 2013) (COM(2011)0073 - C7-0075/2011 - 2011/0043(NLE))
referred to
responsible :
ITRE
opinion :
BUDG
- Proposal for a Council regulation (Euratom) laying down the rules for the participation of undertakings, research centres and universities in indirect actions under the Framework Programme of the European Atomic Energy Community and for the dissemination of research results (2012-2013) (COM(2011)0071 - C7-0076/2011 - 2011/0045(NLE))
referred to
responsible :
ITRE
- Proposal for a Council Decision concerning the Framework Programme of the European Atomic Energy Community for nuclear research and training activities (2012 - 2013) (COM(2011)0072 - C7-0077/2011 - 2011/0046(NLE))
referred to
responsible :
ITRE
opinion :
BUDG
- Proposal for a Council Decision concerning the specific programme, to be carried out by means of direct actions by the Joint Research Centre, implementing the Framework Programme of the European Atomic Energy Community for nuclear research and training activities (2012 to 2013) (COM(2011)0074 - C7-0078/2011 - 2011/0044(NLE))
referred to
responsible :
ITRE
opinion :
BUDG
3. Implementing measures (Rule 88)
The following draft implementing measures falling under the regulatory procedure with scrutiny had been forwarded to Parliament:
- Draft Commission Regulation amending Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for abamectin, acetamiprid, cyprodinil, difenoconazole, dimethomorph, fenhexamid, proquinazid, prothioconazole, pyraclostrobin, spirotetramat, thiacloprid, thiamethoxam and trifloxystrobin in or on certain products (D011240/04 - 2011/2639(RPS) - deadline: 12/05/2011) referred to responsible: ENVI
- Draft Commission Regulation on the authorisation and refusal of authorisation of certain health claims made on foods and referring to the reduction of disease risk (D011461/02 - 2011/2638(RPS) - deadline: 11/06/2011) referred to responsible: ENVI opinion: IMCO
- Draft Commission Directive ../…/EU amending Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council to include abamectin as an active substance in Annex I thereto (D012208/03 - 2011/2631(RPS) - deadline: 07/06/2011) referred to responsible: ENVI
- Draft Commission Directive ../…/EU amending Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council to include imidacloprid as an active substance in Annex I thereto (D012210/03 - 2011/2630(RPS) - deadline: 07/06/2011) referred to responsible: ENVI
- Draft Commission Directive ../…/EU amending Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council to include 4,5-Dichloro-2-octyl-2H-isothiazol-3-one as an active substance in Annex I thereto (D012213/03 - 2011/2629(RPS) - deadline: 07/06/2011) referred to responsible: ENVI
- Draft Commission Decision concerning the non-inclusion of certain substances in Annex I, IA or IB to Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market (D012216/03 - 2011/2628(RPS) - deadline: 07/06/2011) referred to responsible: ENVI
- Draft Commission Regulation refusing to authorise certain health claims made on foods, other than those referring to the reduction of disease risk and to children's development and health (D012321/03 - 2011/2637(RPS) - deadline: 11/06/2011) referred to responsible: ENVI opinion: IMCO
- Draft Commission Regulation laying down the methods of sampling and analysis for the official control of feed as regards presence of genetically modified material for which an authorisation procedure is pending or the authorization of which has expired (D012510/03 - 2011/2640(RPS) - deadline: 15/06/2011) referred to responsible: ENVI
- Commission Directive.../…/EU amending Council Directive 96/98/EC on marine equipment (D012903/02 - 2011/2641(RPS) - deadline: 15/06/2011) referred to responsible: TRAN
- Draft Commission Decision on the safety requirements to be met by European standards to address certain risks posed to children by internal blinds, corded window coverings and safety devices pursuant to Directive 2001/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (D012940/03 - 2011/2633(RPS) - deadline: 09/06/2011) referred to responsible: IMCO opinion: ENVI
- Draft Commission Decision correcting Directive 2010/19/EU amending, for the purposes of adaptation to technical progress in the field of spray-suppression systems of certain categories of motor vehicles and their trailers, Council Directive 91/226/EEC, and Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the amendment of the Annexes of Directive 2007/46/EC (D013006/01 - 2011/2617(RPS) - deadline: 03/06/2011) referred to responsible: IMCO opinion: TRAN
4. EU-US air transport agreement *** - EU-Canada air transport agreement *** - EU-Vietnam air services agreement *** (debate)
Recommendation on the draft decision of the Council and the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the European Union, meeting within the Council on the conclusion of the Protocol to Amend the Air Transport Agreement between the United States of America, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part [15381/2010 - C7-0385/2010- 2010/0112(NLE)] - Committee on Transport and Tourism. Rapporteur: Artur Zasada (A7-0046/2011)
Recommendation on the draft decision of the Council and of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the European Union, meeting within the Council on the conclusion of the Agreement on Air Transport between the European Community and its Member States, on the one hand, and Canada, on the other hand [15380/2010 - C7-0386/2010- 2009/0018(NLE)] - Committee on Transport and Tourism. Rapporteur: Silvia-Adriana Ţicău (A7-0045/2011)
Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the Government of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam on certain aspects of air services [14876/2010 - C7-0366/2010- 2007/0082(NLE)] - Committee on Transport and Tourism. Rapporteur: Dominique Riquet (A7-0044/2011)
Artur Zasada, Silvia-Adriana Ţicău and Dominique Riquet presented their recommendations.
The following spoke: Siim Kallas (Vice-President of the Commission).
The following spoke: Mathieu Grosch, on behalf of the PPE Group, Saïd El Khadraoui, on behalf of the S&D Group, Gesine Meissner, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Jacqueline Foster, on behalf of the ECR Group, Eva Lichtenberger, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Juozas Imbrasas, on behalf of the EFD Group, Hella Ranner, Inés Ayala Sender, Philippe Boulland, Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă and Philip Bradbourn.
The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: João Ferreira.
The following spoke: Siim Kallas, Artur Zasada, Silvia-Adriana Ţicău and Dominique Riquet.
Report on general guidelines for the preparation of 2012 Budget [2011/2042(BUD)] - Committee on Budgets. Rapporteur: Francesca Balzani (A7-0058/2011)
Francesca Balzani introduced the report.
The following spoke: Janusz Lewandowski (Member of the Commission).
The following spoke: Giovanni La Via, on behalf of the PPE Group, Göran Färm, on behalf of the S&D Group, Carl Haglund, on behalf of the ALDE Group, James Elles, on behalf of the ECR Group, Helga Trüpel, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Miguel Portas, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Marta Andreasen, on behalf of the EFD Group, Angelika Werthmann, Non-attached Member, Salvador Garriga Polledo, Jens Geier, Anne E. Jensen, Hynek Fajmon, João Ferreira, Claudio Morganti, Lucas Hartong, László Surján, Estelle Grelier, Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy, Edit Herczog, Monika Hohlmeier, José Manuel Fernandes and Barbara Matera.
The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Vladimír Maňka, Monika Flašíková Beňová, Jaroslav Paška and Monika Smolková.
The following spoke: Janusz Lewandowski and Francesca Balzani.
(The sitting was suspended at 10.55 pending voting time and resumed at 11.35.)
IN THE CHAIR: Stavros LAMBRINIDIS Vice-President
6. Voting time
Detailed voting results (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.
6.1. Amendment of Council Regulation (EC) No 55/2008 introducing autonomous trade preferences for the Republic of Moldova ***I (Rule 138)(vote)
Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 55/2008 introducing autonomous trade preferences for the Republic of Moldova [COM(2010)0649 - C7-0364/2010- 2010/0318(COD)] - Committee on International Trade. Rapporteur: Vital Moreira (A7-0041/2011)
(Simple majority) (Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 1)
Jean-Pierre Audy, before the vote, on the European Council meeting of 11 March 2011, to point out that under the terms of Article 15(6)(d) of the Treaty on European Union, the President of the European Council shall present a report to the European Parliament after each of the meetings of the European Council (the President recalled that Herman van Rompuy, President of the European Council, had taken part in the Conference of Presidents open to all Members on 16 March 2011).
Hans-Peter Martin, after the vote, on a personal matter.
Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 732/2008 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences for the period from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2011 [COM(2010)0142 - C7-0135/2010- 2010/0140(COD)] - Committee on International Trade. Rapporteur: Helmut Scholz (A7-0051/2011)
(Simple majority) (Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 2)
6.3. EU-US air transport agreement *** (Rule 138)(vote)
Recommendation on the draft decision of the Council and the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the European Union, meeting within the Council on the conclusion of the Protocol to Amend the Air Transport Agreement between the United States of America, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part [15381/2010 - C7-0385/2010- 2010/0112(NLE)] - Committee on Transport and Tourism. Rapporteur: Artur Zasada (A7-0046/2011)
(Simple majority) (Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 3)
Parliament consented to the amendment to the agreement.
6.4. EU-Canada air transport agreement *** (Rule 138)(vote)
Recommendation on the draft decision of the Council and of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the European Union, meeting within the Council on the conclusion of the Agreement on Air Transport between the European Community and its Member States, on the one hand, and Canada, on the other hand [15380/2010 - C7-0386/2010- 2009/0018(NLE)] - Committee on Transport and Tourism. Rapporteur: Silvia-Adriana Ţicău (A7-0045/2011)
(Simple majority) (Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 4)
Parliament consented to the conclusion of the agreement.
6.5. EU-Vietnam air services agreement *** (Rule 138)(vote)
Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the Government of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam on certain aspects of air services [14876/2010 - C7-0366/2010- 2007/0082(NLE)] - Committee on Transport and Tourism. Rapporteur: Dominique Riquet (A7-0044/2011)
(Simple majority) (Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 5)
Parliament consented to the conclusion of the agreement.
6.6. EU relations with the Gulf Cooperation Council (Rule 138)(vote)
Report on European Union relations with the Gulf Cooperation Council [2010/2233(INI)] - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: Dominique Baudis (A7-0042/2011)
(Simple majority) (Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 6)
Dominique Baudis (rapporteur), before the vote, to table oral amendments to his report, which were adopted.
6.7. Appointment of a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank : Peter Praet (BE) * (vote)
Report on the draft Council recommendation for appointment of an Executive Board Member of the European Central Bank [00003/2011 - C7-0058/2011- 2011/0802(NLE)] - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Sharon Bowles (A7-0064/2011)
Jürgen Klute, to withdraw Amendment 25 on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group.
6.12. Single application procedure for residence and work ***I (vote)
Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on a single application procedure for a single permit for third-country nationals to reside and work in the territory of a Member State and on a common set of rights for third-country workers legally residing in a Member State [COM(2007)0638 - C6-0470/2007- 2007/0229(COD)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Véronique Mathieu (A7-0265/2010)
(Simple majority) (Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 12)
Pervenche Berès, to request details on the corresponding part of Amendment 122.
6.13. Consumer rights ***I (vote)
Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on consumer rights [COM(2008)0614 - C6-0349/2008- 2008/0196(COD)] - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection. Rapporteur: Andreas Schwab (A7-0038/2011)
(Simple majority) (Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 13)
Andreas Schwab (rapporteur) and Janusz Lewandowski (Member of the Commission), before the vote on the the legislative resolution.
Andreas Schwab, to request the referral of the report back to the committee, in accordance with Rule 57(2). Parliament had consented to the request.
6.14. European Network and Information Security Agency ***I (vote)
Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 460/2004 establishing the European Network and Information Security Agency as regards its duration [COM(2010)0520 - C7-0297/2010- 2010/0274(COD)] - Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. Rapporteur: Giles Chichester (A7-0039/2011)
(Simple majority) (Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 13)
Francesco De Angelis, Alfredo Antoniozzi, Giovanni La Via, Mitro Repo, Anneli Jäätteenmäki, Hannu Takkula, Peter Jahr, Ashley Fox and Siiri Oviir
Situation in Japan, including the nuclear power plant alerts - B7-0224/2011
Francesco De Angelis and Paul Rübig
8. 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.
9. Request for the defence of parliamentary immunity
Luigi de Magistris had addressed to the President a request for defence of his immunity and privileges in connection with proceedings pending before the Catanzaro district court.
Under Rule 6(3), the request had been referred to the committee responsible, the JURI Committee.
10. Council position at first reading
The President announced that, in accordance with Rule 61(1), the following position had been received from the Council, together with the reasons which had led to its adoption, and the Commission's position on:
- Position of the Council at first reading with a view to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council facilitating the cross border exchange of information on road safety related traffic offences (17506/1/2010 - C7-0074/2011 - 2008/0062(COD)) referred to responsible: TRAN
The three-month period available to Parliament to adopt its position would therefore begin the following day (25 March 2011).
11. Decisions concerning certain documents
Decision to draw up own-initiative reports (Rule 48)
ITRE Committee
- An Effective Raw Materials Strategy for Europe (2011/2056(INI)) (opinion: DEVE, AFET, AGRI, ECON, INTA, IMCO, ENVI) (Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 10.03.2011)
Associated committees
ITRE Committee
- An Effective Raw Materials Strategy for Europe (2011/2056(INI)) (opinion: DEVE, AFET, AGRI, ECON, INTA, IMCO) Associated committees ITRE, ENVI (Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 10.03.2011)
12. Written declarations included in the register (Rule 123)
Number of signatures obtained by the written declarations included in the register (Rule 123(3)):
Document number
Author
Signatures
0093/2010
Iosif Matula, Marian-Jean Marinescu
69
0094/2010
Cornelis de Jong, Georges Bach, Isabelle Durant, Saïd El Khadraoui, Marian Harkin
165
0095/2010
Inese Vaidere, Ana Gomes, Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš, Tunne Kelam, Vytautas Landsbergis
Mariya Nedelcheva, José Bové, Rareş-Lucian Niculescu, Dimitar Stoyanov, Janusz Wojciechowski
145
0098/2010
Patrizia Toia, Paolo De Castro
49
0099/2010
Andreas Mölzer
43
0100/2010
Daciana Octavia Sârbu, János Áder, José Bové, Chris Davies, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi
99
0101/2010
Burkhard Balz, Udo Bullmann, Jean-Paul Gauzès, Sven Giegold, Sylvie Goulard
70
0001/2011
Jean Lambert, Marian Harkin, Olle Ludvigsson, Peter Skinner, Gabriele Zimmer
142
0002/2011
Mara Bizzotto
21
0003/2011
Romana Jordan Cizelj, Ana Gomes, Corinne Lepage, Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė, Indrek Tarand
213
0004/2011
Angelika Werthmann, Evelyn Regner, Ulrike Lunacek
44
0005/2011
Dieter-Lebrecht Koch
42
0006/2011
Françoise Castex, Jan Philipp Albrecht, Carlos Coelho, Stavros Lambrinidis, Diana Wallis
93
0007/2011
Georgios Papastamkos, Jean-Luc Bennahmias, Gay Mitchell, Gianluca Susta, Tadeusz Zwiefka
179
0008/2011
Ioan Enciu, Lena Kolarska-Bobińska, Antonyia Parvanova, Zuzana Roithová, Kyriacos Triantaphyllides
53
0009/2011
Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Marta Andreasen, Santiago Fisas Ayxela, Oriol Junqueras Vies
71
0010/2011
Marina Yannakoudakis, Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, Françoise Grossetête, Charles Tannock, Cecilia Wikström
142
0011/2011
Oreste Rossi
27
0012/2011
Cristiana Muscardini, Niccolò Rinaldi, Gianluca Susta, Pablo Zalba Bidegain
21
0013/2011
Johannes Cornelis van Baalen, Tanja Fajon, Carl Haglund, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, Krzysztof Lisek
13
0014/2011
Konstantinos Poupakis, Richard Howitt, Ádám Kósa, Eva Lichtenberger, Cecilia Wikström
25
13. Forwarding of texts adopted during the sitting
Pursuant to Rule 179(2), the minutes of that day's and the previous day's sittings would be submitted to Parliament for its approval at the beginning of the next sitting.
With Parliament's agreement, the texts that had been adopted would be forwarded forthwith to the bodies named therein.
14. Dates of forthcoming sittings
The next sittings would be held from 4 April 2011 to 7 April 2011.
15. Adjournment of the session
The session of the European Parliament was adjourned.