EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT 2009-2014

Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

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MINUTES of the Meeting of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs on Thursday 4 February 2010, 15.00 - 18.30 Brussels

The meeting opened at 15.08 with Juan Fernando López Aguilar, chairman, in the chair.

1. Adoption of agenda

The draft agenda was adopted with the following changes. Item 7 was cancelled as the delegation to the South of Italy had been dealt with in another meeting between the participants of the delegations. A presentation by Jonathan Faull, Director-General, DG JLS, European Commission, on the forthcoming initiative in view of an "EU-US data protection principle agreement" was added to the agenda. Items 8 and 9 were postponed to the next meeting.

The following spoke: Juan Fernando López Aguilar.

2. Chairman’s announcements

The chairman presented the coordinators' recommendations on the appointment of rapporteurs and draftspersons, which were endorsed by the committee, as follows:

 Raül Romeva i Rueda (GREENS) for Equal treatment of persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation (ex-Buitenweg report from 6th legislature), 2008/0140 (CNS)  Lívia Járóka (PPE) for the report on the Situation of Roma in Europe (INI)  Ana Gomes (S&D) for Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on Strengthening Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Security in the European Union – an EU CBRN Action Plan (INI)

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EN United in diversity EN  Kinga Gál as Rapporteur for the opinion on the accession of the European Union to the European Convention Human Rights  Antigoni Papadopoulou (S&D) for the opinion on 'A community approach on the prevention of natural and man made disasters', 2009/2125 (INI).

The following spoke: Juan Fernando López Aguilar

3. Agreement between the EU and the USA on the processing and transfer of Financial Messaging Data from the European Union to the United States for purposes of the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program

The Chair informed the committee that on the morning of the same day the Conference of Presidents confirmed the plenary vote on the EU-US TFTP agreement, so that LIBE was compelled to submit a recommendation for the plenary vote. He also recalled that, in accordance with the "consent" procedure, the EP should express its will by a single vote (to avoid the risk on inconsistencies with multiple votes). He proposed to vote on the draft recommendation submitted by the Rapporteur Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert.

The EPP Coordinator, Simon Busuttil, raised a procedural objection on the grounds that the vote was not on the agreement itself and that the recommendation was not available in all the languages.

The President and the Secretariat made clear that even if the agreement and the Council Decision were available in all the languages it was impossible in the very short deadline fixed by the Conference of Presidents to have also all the translations of the draft recommendation. The Rapporteur proposed to read the relevant paragraphs of the draft recommendations so that the content could be orally translated in all the languages and recalled that the recommendation was to withhold Parliament's consent. After several interventions by other members and political group coordinators proposing to stick to the vote of the draft recommendation instead of the agreement itself the EPP coordinator accepted to pass to the vote of that text.

The Draft Recommendation to withhold Parliament's consent to the agreement was adopted by 29 votes in favour, 23 against and 1 abstention.

The following spoke: Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Simon Busuttil, Emilio De Capitani (Head of LIBE secretariat), Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, Claude Moraes, Clemente Mastella, Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra,Timothy Kirkhope, Sophia in 't Veld, Rui Tavares, Alexander Alvaro.

4. Movement of persons with a long-stay visa

The chairman asked the committee to vote on a compromise which the rapporteur, Mr Coelho, together with the shadow rapporteurs, had negotiated with the Spanish Council Presidency. The representative of the Spanish Presidency, Mr Rodriguez, stated that there was a large majority for the compromise in the Council. The compromise was adopted by 45 votes in favour and 4 against without abstentions.

PE439.123v01-00 2/7 PV\804966EN.doc EN The chairman stated he sent a request to the Committee on Legal Affairs to deliver an opinion concerning the change of the legal basis, and that the opinion was expected to be adopted on 8 March 2010.

The following spoke: Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Carlos Coelho, José-Manuel Rodriguez (Spanish Council Presidency).

4a. Presentation by the commission on EU-US data protection principle agreement

The committee heard a presentation by Jonathan Faull, Director-General, DG JLS, on the forthcoming initiative on the EU-US data protection principle agreement.

The following spoke: Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Jonathan Faull (European Commission), Sophia in 't Veld.

5. Equal treatment of persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation

The rapporteur, Raül Romeva i Rueda, gave an overview on the state of the procedure and negotiations concerning the draft directive on equal treatment of persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation. The committee held an exchange of views in which the representatives of the Commission and the Spanish Council Presidency participated.

The following spoke: Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Ms Seara Soto (Spanish Council Presidency), Olsson (European Commission), Simon Busuttil, Michael Cashman, Sophia in 't Veld, , Cornelis De Jong, Salvatore Iacolino, Philip Claeys, Renate Sommer, Cecilia Wikström, Andrew Henry William Brons, Rosario Crocetta.

6. Public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents

The committee held a short exchange of views.

The following spoke: Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Michael Cashman, Renate Sommer, Christensen (European Commission).

7. Fact-finding delegation to the South of Italy

Cancelled.

8. Implementation of the EU Directive providing for sanctions against employers of illegally staying third-country nationals and up-coming EC proposal on seasonal workers Postponed to next meeting.

9. Accession to the European Convention on Human Rights Postponed to next meeting.

10. Any other business

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11. Date of next meeting

The next meeting of the committee will be held in Brussels on 22 February 2010, 15.00 - 18.30 and 23 February 2010, 9.00 - 12.30.

The meeting closed at 17.00.

PE439.123v01-00 4/7 PV\804966EN.doc EN ПРИСЪСТВЕН ЛИСТ/LISTA DE ASISTENCIA/PREZENČNÍ LISTINA/DELTAGERLISTE/ ANWESENHEITSLISTE/KOHALOLIJATE NIMEKIRI/ΚΑΤΑΣΤΑΣΗ ΠΑΡΟΝΤΩΝ/RECORD OF ATTENDANCE/ LISTE DE PRÉSENCE/ELENCO DI PRESENZA/APMEKLĒJUMU REĢISTRS/DALYVIŲ SĄRAŠAS/JELENLÉTI ÍV/ REĠISTRU TA' ATTENDENZA/PRESENTIELIJST/LISTA OBECNOŚCI/LISTA DE PRESENÇAS/LISTĂ DE PREZENŢĂ/ PREZENČNÁ LISTINA/SEZNAM NAVZOČIH/LÄSNÄOLOLISTA/DELTAGARLISTA

Бюро/Mesa/Předsednictvo/Formandskabet/Vorstand/Juhatus/Προεδρείο/Bureau/Ufficio di presidenza/Prezidijs/Biuras/Elnökség/ Prezydium/Birou/Predsedníctvo/Predsedstvo/Puheenjohtajisto/Presidiet (*)

Juan Fernando López Aguilar (P) (1), Salvatore Iacolino (VP) (1), Kinga Göncz (1), Sophia in 't Veld (1).

Членове/Diputados/Poslanci/Medlemmer/Mitglieder/Parlamendiliikmed/Μέλη/Members/Députés/Deputati/Deputāti/Nariai/Képviselõk/ Membri/Leden/Posłowie/Deputados/Deputaţi/Jäsenet/Ledamöter

Simon Busuttil (1), (1), Carlos Coelho (1), Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra (1), Ágnes Hankiss (1), Lívia Járóka (1), Teresa Jiménez-Becerril Barrio (1), Monica Luisa Macovei (1), Clemente Mastella (1), Nuno Melo (1), Georgios Papanikolaou (1), Jacek Protasiewicz (1), Renate Sommer (1), Axel Voss (1), Manfred Weber (1), Rita Borsellino (1), Emine Bozkurt (1), Rosario Crocetta (1), Tanja Fajon (1), Sylvie Guillaume(1) , Claude Moraes (1), Antigoni Papadopoulou (1), Carmen Romero López (1), Birgit Sippel (1), Sonia Alfano (1), Nathalie Griesbeck (1), Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert (1), Louis Michel (1), Renate Weber (1), Jan Philipp Albrecht (1), Tatjana Ždanoka (1), Timothy Kirkhope (1), Cornelia Ernst (1), Cornelis de Jong (1), Rui Tavares (1), Mario Borghezio (1), Louis Bontes(1) , Philip Claeys (1).

Заместници/Suplentes/Náhradníci/Stedfortrædere/Stellvertreter/Asendusliikmed/Αναπληρωτές/Substitutes/Suppléants/Supplenti/ Aizstājēji/Pavaduojantys nariai/Póttagok/Sostituti/Plaatsvervangers/Zastępcy/Membros suplentes/Supleanţi/Náhradníci/Namestniki/ Varajäsenet/Suppleanter

Elena Oana Antonescu (1) , Monika Hohlmeier (1), Petru Constantin Luhan (1), Mariya Nedelcheva (1), Herbert Reul (1), Bogusław Sonik (1), Ernst Strasser (1), Michèle Striffler (1), Michael Cashman (1), Ioan Enciu (1), Evelyne Gebhardt (1), Ana Gomes (1), Iliana Malinova Iotova (1), Ramón Jáuregui Atondo (1), Stavros Lambrinidis (1), Alexander Alvaro (1), Nadja Hirsch (1), Stanimir Ilchev (1), Cecilia Wikström (1), Jean Lambert (1), Raül Romeva i Rueda (1), Andrew Henry William Brons (1).

187 (2)

Françoise Grossetête (1), Pablo Zalba Bidegain (1), Udo Bullmann (1), (1).

193 (3)

46 (6) (Точка от дневния ред/Punto del orden del día/Bod pořadu jednání (OJ)/Punkt på dagsordenen/Tagesordnungspunkt/Päevakorra punkt/Ημερήσια Διάταξη Σημείο/Agenda item/Point OJ/Punto all'ordine del giorno/Darba kārtības punkts/Darbotvarkės punktas/ Napirendi pont/Punt Aġenda/Agendapunt/Punkt porządku dziennego/Ponto OD/Punct de pe ordinea de zi/Bod programu schôdze/ Točka UL/Esityslistan kohta/Föredragningslista punkt)

Наблюдатели/Observadores/Pozorovatelé/Observatører/Beobachter/Vaatlejad/Παρατηρητές/Observers/Observateurs/Osservatori/ Novērotāji/Stebėtojai/Megfigyelők/Osservaturi/Waarnemers/Obserwatorzy/Observadores/Observatori/Pozorovatelia/Opazovalci/ Tarkkailijat/Observatörer

PV\804966EN.doc 5/7 PE439.123v01-00 EN По покана на председателя/Por invitación del presidente/Na pozvání předsedy/Efter indbydelse fra formanden/Auf Einladung des Vorsitzenden/Esimehe kutsel/Με πρόσκληση του Προέδρου/At the invitation of the Chair(wo)man/Sur l'invitation du président/ Su invito del presidente/Pēc priekšsēdētāja uzaicinājuma/Pirmininkui pakvietus/Az elnök meghívására/Fuq stedina taċ-'Chairman'/ Op uitnodiging van de voorzitter/Na zaproszenie Przewodniczącego/A convite do Presidente/La invitaţia preşedintelui/Na pozvanie predsedu/Na povabilo predsednika/Puheenjohtajan kutsusta/På ordförandens inbjudan

Съвет/Consejo/Rada/Rådet/Rat/Nõukogu/Συμβούλιο/Council/Conseil/Consiglio/Padome/Taryba/Tanács/Kunsill/Raad/Conselho/ Consiliu/Svet/Neuvosto/Rådet (*)

Presidency: Benito, Seara, Becerra Küchler Martin, Janssen.

Комисия/Comisión/Komise/Kommissionen/Kommission/Euroopa Komisjon/Επιτροπή/Commission/Commissione/Komisija/Bizottság/ Kummissjoni/Commissie/Komisja/Comissão/Comisie/Komisia/Komissio/Kommissionen (*)

Faull Jonathan, Deka Joanna, Soares.

Други институции/Otras instituciones/Ostatní orgány a instituce/Andre institutioner/Andere Organe/Muud institutsioonid/ Άλλα θεσμικά όργανα/Other institutions/Autres institutions/Altre istituzioni/Citas iestādes/Kitos institucijos/Más intézmények/ Istituzzjonijiet ohra/Andere instellingen/Inne instytucje/Outras Instituições/Alte instituţii/Iné inštitúcie/Druge institucije/Muut toimielimet/Andra institutioner/organ

Други участници/Otros participantes/Ostatní účastníci/Endvidere deltog/Andere Teilnehmer/Muud osalejad/Επίσης Παρόντες/Other participants/Autres participants/Altri partecipanti/Citi klātesošie/Kiti dalyviai/Más résztvevők/Parteċipanti ohra/Andere aanwezigen/ Inni uczestnicy/Outros participantes/Alţi participanţi/Iní účastníci/Drugi udeleženci/Muut osallistujat/Övriga deltagare

Секретариат на политическите групи/Secretaría de los Grupos políticos/Sekretariát politických skupin/Gruppernes sekretariat/ Sekretariat der Fraktionen/Fraktsioonide sekretariaat/Γραμματεία των Πολιτικών Ομάδων/Secretariats of political groups/Secrétariat des groupes politiques/Segreteria gruppi politici/Politisko grupu sekretariāts/Frakcijų sekretoriai/Képviselőcsoportok titkársága/Segretarjat gruppi politiċi/Fractiesecretariaten/Sekretariat Grup Politycznych/Secr. dos grupos políticos/Secretariate grupuri politice/Sekretariát politických skupín/Sekretariat političnih skupin/Poliittisten ryhmien sihteeristöt/Gruppernas sekretariat

PPE Locati Silvia S&D ALDE Rasmussen Anders ECR Verts/ALE GUE/NGL Tamburini Chiara, Losa Myriam EFD Mazzotti Barbara, Zarychta Kamila NI Boiten Jan Harm, Muldrew Adrian, Massei Manlio, Bardy Isabelle, Crols Dirk

PE439.123v01-00 6/7 PV\804966EN.doc EN Кабинет на председателя/Gabinete del Presidente/Kancelář předsedy/Formandens Kabinet/Kabinett des Präsidenten/Presidendi kantselei/Γραφείο Προέδρου/President's Office/Cabinet du Président/Gabinetto del Presidente/Priekšsēdētāja kabinets/Pirmininko kabinetas/Elnöki hivatal/Kabinett tal-President/Kabinet van de Voorzitter/Gabinet Przewodniczącego/Gabinete do Presidente/ Cabinet Preşedinte/Kancelária predsedu/Urad predsednika/Puhemiehen kabinetti/Talmannens kansli

Кабинет на генералния секретар/Gabinete del Secretario General/Kancelář generálního tajemníka/Generalsekretærens Kabinet/ Kabinett des Generalsekretärs/Peasekretäri büroo/Γραφείο Γενικού Γραμματέα/Secretary-General's Office/Cabinet du Secrétaire général/Gabinetto del Segretario generale/Ģenerālsekretāra kabinets/Generalinio sekretoriaus kabinetas/Főtitkári hivatal/Kabinett tas- Segretarju Ġenerali/Kabinet van de secretaris-generaal/Gabinet Sekretarza Generalnego/Gabinete do Secretário-Geral/Cabinet Secretar General/Kancelária generálneho tajomníka/Urad generalnega sekretarja/Pääsihteerin kabinetti/Generalsekreterarens kansli

Генерална дирекция/Dirección General/Generální ředitelství/Generaldirektorat/Generaldirektion/Peadirektoraat/Γενική Διεύθυνση/ Directorate-General/Direction générale/Direzione generale/Ģenerāldirektorāts/Generalinis direktoratas/Főigazgatóság/Direttorat Ġenerali/Directoraten-generaal/Dyrekcja Generalna/Direcção-Geral/Direcţii Generale/Generálne riaditeľstvo/Generalni direktorat/ Pääosasto/Generaldirektorat

DG PRES DG IPOL Antoine-Grégoire J., Calers H. DG EXPO DG COMM DG PERS DG INLO DG TRAD DG INTE DG FINS DG ITEC Правна служба/Servicio Jurídico/Právní služba/Juridisk Tjeneste/Juristischer Dienst/Õigusteenistus/Νομική Υπηρεσία/Legal Service/ Service juridique/Servizio giuridico/Juridiskais dienests/Teisės tarnyba/Jogi szolgálat/Servizz legali/Juridische Dienst/Wydział prawny/ Serviço Jurídico/Serviciu Juridic/Právny servis/Pravna služba/Oikeudellinen yksikkö/Rättstjänsten

Perillo Ezio, Caiola Antonio, Bradley Kieran

Секретариат на комисията/Secretaría de la comisión/Sekretariát výboru/Udvalgssekretariatet/Ausschusssekretariat/Komisjoni sekretariaat/Γραμματεία επιτροπής/Committee secretariat/Secrétariat de la commission/Segreteria della commissione/Komitejas sekretariāts/Komiteto sekretoriatas/A bizottság titkársága/Segretarjat tal-kumitat/Commissiesecretariaat/Sekretariat komisji/ Secretariado da comissão/Secretariat comisie/Sekretariat odbora/Valiokunnan sihteeristö/Utskottssekretariatet

De Capitani Emilio, Bańka Tomasz Stanisław, Bultena Anje, Erbeznik Anze, Gandolfo Maria, Sudova Martina, Tittor Lotte, Vasiliu Irina

Сътрудник/Asistente/Asistent/Assistent/Assistenz/Βοηθός/Assistant/Assistente/Palīgs/Padėjėjas/Asszisztens/Asystent/Pomočnik/ Avustaja/Assistenter

Goetz Petra

* (P) = Председател/Presidente/Předseda/Formand/Vorsitzender/Esimees/Πρόεδρος/Chair(wo)man/Président/Priekšsēdētājs/Pirmininkas/ Elnök/'Chairman'/Voorzitter/Przewodniczący/Preşedinte/Predseda/Predsednik/Puheenjohtaja/Ordförande (VP) = Заместник-председател/Vicepresidente/Místopředseda/Næstformand/Stellvertretender Vorsitzender/Aseesimees/Αντιπρόεδρος/ Vice-Chair(wo)man/Vice-Président/Priekšsēdētāja vietnieks/Pirmininko pavaduotojas/Alelnök/Viċi 'Chairman'/Ondervoorzitter/ Wiceprzewodniczący/Vice-Presidente/Vicepreşedinte/Podpredseda/Podpredsednik/Varapuheenjohtaja/Vice ordförande (M) = Член/Miembro/Člen/Medlem./Mitglied/Parlamendiliige/Μέλος/Member/Membre/Membro/Deputāts/Narys/Képviselő/ Membru/Lid/Członek/Membro/Membru/Člen/Poslanec/Jäsen/Ledamot (F) = Длъжностно лице/Funcionario/Úředník/Tjenestemand/Beamter/Ametnik/Υπάλληλος/Official/Fonctionnaire/Funzionario/ Ierēdnis/Pareigūnas/Tisztviselő/Uffiċjal/Ambtenaar/Urzędnik/Funcionário/Funcţionar/Úradník/Uradnik/Virkamies/Tjänsteman

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