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Minutes of the Sitting of 9 June 2011 18.8.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 240 E/147 Thursday 9 June 2011 MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 9 JUNE 2011 (2011/C 240 E/04) Contents Page 1. Opening of the sitting . 148 2. Decisions concerning certain documents . 149 3. Application of EIA Directive in Austria (debate) . 151 4. Misleading business directories (debate) . 151 5. Stress tests of nuclear power plants in EU and nuclear safety in EU neighbourhood countries (debate) . 152 6. Other business . 152 7. Combating corruption in European Sport – The work of the Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus (written declarations) . 152 8. Voting time . 153 8.1. Sudan and South Sudan (vote) . 153 8.2. EU-Russia summit (vote) . 153 8.3. Misleading business directories (vote) . 154 9. Explanations of vote . 154 10. Corrections to votes and voting intentions . 155 11. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting . 155 12. Debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (debate) . 155 12.1. Madagascar . 155 12.2. Guantánamo: imminent death penalty decision . 156 12.3. Ukraine: the cases of Yulia Tymoshenko and other members of the former government 156 13. Voting time . 157 13.1. Madagascar (vote) . 157 13.2. Guantánamo: imminent death penalty decision (vote) . 157 13.3. Ukraine: the cases of Yulia Tymoshenko and other members of the former government (vote) . 158 14. Corrections to votes and voting intentions . 159 15. Documents received . 159 16. Written declarations included in the register (Rule 123) . 160 17. Forwarding of texts adopted during the sitting . 161 C 240 E/148 EN Official Journal of the European Union 18.8.2011 Thursday 9 June 2011 Contents (continued) Page 18. Dates of forthcoming sittings . 161 19. Adjournment of the session . 161 ATTENDANCE REGISTER . 162 Annex 1 — Combating corruption in European Sport (written declaration) . 163 Annex 2 — Work of the Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus (written declaration) . 164 ANNEX I RESULTS OF VOTES . 165 1. Sudan and South Sudan . 165 2. EU-Russia summit . 166 3. Misleading business directories (petitions 0045/2006, 1475/2006 and others) . 166 4. Madagascar . 167 5. Guantánamo: imminent death penalty decision . 167 6. Ukraine: the cases of Yulia Tymoshenko and other members of the former government . 169 ANNEX II RESULT OF ROLL-CALL VOTES . 170 1. RC-B7-0347/2011 – Amendment 1 . 170 2. RC-B7-0347/2011 – paragraph 17/1 . 171 3. RC-B7-0347/2011 – paragraph 17/2 . 172 4. RC-B7-0353/2011 – Resolution . 174 5. RC-B7-0362/2011 – Amendment 12 . 174 6. RC-B7-0362/2011 – Resolution . 175 7. RC-B7-0370/2011 – Resolution . 175 MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 9 JUNE 2011 IN THE CHAIR: Rodi KRATSA-TSAGAROPOULOU Vice-President 1. Opening of the sitting The sitting opened at 9.00. 18.8.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 240 E/149 Thursday 9 June 2011 2. Decisions concerning certain documents Decision to draw up own-initiative reports (Rule 48) AFET Committee — The EU foreign policy towards the BRICS and other emerging powers: objectives and strategies (2011/2111(INI)) (opinion: DEVE) — EU Support for the ICC: Facing Challenges and Overcoming Difficulties (2011/2109(INI)) (opinion: DEVE) AGRI Committee — The farm input supply chain: structure and implications (2011/2114(INI)) (opinion: ENVI) — Honeybee health and the challenges for the beekeeping sector (2011/2108(INI)) (opinion: ENVI, ITRE) DEVE Committee — EU development cooperation in support of the objective of universal energy access by 2030 (2011/2112(INI)) (opinion: ITRE) ECON Committee — Annual Report on EU Competition Policy (2011/2094(INI)) (opinion: EMPL, ITRE, IMCO, TRAN) EMPL Committee — The Statute for a European cooperative society with regard to the involvement of employees (2011/2116(INI)) (opinion: JURI, ECON) ENVI Committee — A Roadmap for moving to a competitive low carbon economy in 2050 (2011/2095(INI)) (opinion: AGRI, ITRE, IMCO, TRAN, REGI) INTA Committee — Trade and investment barriers (2011/2115(INI)) (opinion: DEVE, ITRE, IMCO) — Trade for Change: The EU Trade and Investment Strategy for the Southern Mediterranean following the Arab Spring revolutions (2011/2113(INI)) (opinion: EMPL, ITRE) ITRE Committee — Green Paper: From challenges to opportunities: towards a common strategic framework for EU research and innovation funding (2011/2107(INI)) (opinion: FEMM, CULT, PECH, AGRI, ENVI, EMPL, BUDG, JURI, LIBE, IMCO, REGI, SEDE) JURI Committee — Alternative dispute resolution in civil, commercial and family matters (2011/2117(INI)) (opinion: IMCO) C 240 E/150 EN Official Journal of the European Union 18.8.2011 Thursday 9 June 2011 TRAN Committee — Roadmap to a Single European Transport Area – Towards a competitive and resource efficient transport system (2011/2096(INI)) (opinion: ENVI, EMPL, ITRE, IMCO, REGI) Decision to draw up own-initiative reports (Rule 90) AFET Committee — Recommendation to the Council and Commission concerning the negotiations of the EU-Moldova Association Agreement (2011/2079(INI)) (opinion: INTA) Decision to draw up own-initiative reports (Rule 205) PETI Committee — Ombudsman’s annual report 2010 (2011/2106(INI)) Associated committees JURI Committee — Alternative dispute resolution in civil, commercial and family matters (2011/2117(INI)) Associated committees JURI, IMCO (Following the Conference of Presidents’ decision of 01.06.2011) Referral to committees AFCO Committee — The European Semester for economic policy coordination (2011/2071(INI)) referred to responsible: ECON opinion: FEMM, AFCO, CULT, ENVI, BUDG, ITRE, IMCO, REGI, EMPL AGRI Committee — Amending Council Directive 2003/96/EC restructuring the Community framework for the taxation of energy products and electricity (COM(2011)0169 - C7-0105/2011 - 2011/0092(CNS)) referred to responsible: ECON opinion: AGRI, ENVI, BUDG, ITRE, TRAN AFET Committee — Extension of the provisions of the EC-Uzbekistan Partnership and Cooperation Agreement to bilateral trade in textiles (16384/2010 - C7-0097/2011 - 2010/0323(NLE)) referred to responsible: INTA opinion: AFET FEMM Committee — The situation of fundamental rights in the European Union (2010) (2011/2069(INI)) referred to responsible: LIBE opinion: FEMM 18.8.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 240 E/151 Thursday 9 June 2011 3. Application of EIA Directive in Austria (debate) Oral question (O-000084/2011) by Erminia Mazzoni, on behalf of the PETI Committee, to the Commission: Application of the EIA Directive in Austria (Petition 0672/2007) (B7-0314/2011) * * * The following spoke: Richard Howitt, on the holding of a Formula One Grand Prix in Bahrain (the President noted this), and Carl Schlyter, to say that he wished to dissociate himself from report A7-0148/2011 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing transitional arrangements for bilateral investment agreements between Member States and third countries (COM(2010) 0344 – C7-0172/2010 – 2010/0197(COD)). * * * Rainer Wieland (deputising for the author) moved the oral question. Günther Oettinger (Member of the Commission) answered the oral question. The following spoke: Peter Jahr, on behalf of the PPE Group, Jörg Leichtfried, on behalf of the S&D Group, Eva Lichtenberger, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Willy Meyer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Angelika Werthmann, Non-attached Member, and Richard Seeber. The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Heinz K. Becker, João Ferreira, Radvilė Morkūnaitė- Mikulėnienė, who also replied to a blue-card question by Jörg Leichtfried, Karin Kadenbach, Miloslav Ransdorf and Rainer Wieland, who also replied to a blue-card question by Richard Seeber. The following spoke: Günther Oettinger. The debate closed. 4. Misleading business directories (debate) Oral question (O-000087/2011) by Erminia Mazzoni, on behalf of the PETI Committee, and Malcolm Harbour, on behalf of the INTA Committee, to the Commission: Misleading business directories (Petitions 0045/2006, 1475/2006 and others) (B7-0315/2011) Simon Busuttil and Eija-Riitta Korhola (deputising for the authors) moved the oral question. Günther Oettinger (Member of the Commission) answered the oral question. The following spoke: Georgios Papanikolaou, on behalf of the PPE Group, Monika Flašíková Beňová, on behalf of the S&D Group, Marian Harkin, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Struan Stevenson, on behalf of the ECR Group, Keith Taylor, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Derek Roland Clark, on behalf of the EFD Group, Philippe Boulland, Evelyne Gebhardt, Catherine Stihler, Phil Prendergast, Sylvana Rapti and Marc Tarabella. The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Seán Kelly, Zuzana Roithová, Olga Sehnalová, Andreas Schwab, Elena Băsescu and Gerald Häfner. The following spoke: Günther Oettinger. C 240 E/152 EN Official Journal of the European Union 18.8.2011 Thursday 9 June 2011 Motion for a resolution to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 115(5): — Simon Busuttil, on behalf of the PETI Committee, on misleading business directories (Petitions 0045/2006, 1476/2006, 0079/2003, 0819/2003, 1010/2005, 0052/2007, 0306/2007, 0444/2007, 0562/2007 and others) (A6-0446/2008) (B7-0342/2011). The debate closed. Vote: minutes of 9.6.2011, item 8.3. 5. Stress tests of nuclear power plants in EU and nuclear safety in EU neigh­ bourhood countries (debate) Commission statement: Stress tests of nuclear power plants in EU and nuclear safety in EU neighbourhood countries Günther Oettinger (Member of the Commission) made the statement. IN THE CHAIR: Roberta ANGELILLI Vice-President
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