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Minutes of the Sitting of 10 May 2011 C 227 E/22 EN Official Journal of the European Union 2.8.2011 Tuesday 10 May 2011 MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 10 MAY 2011 (2011/C 227 E/02) Contents Page 1. Opening of the sitting . 30 2. Documents received . 30 3. Debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (announcement of motions for resolution tabled) . 32 4. 2009 discharge (debate) . 34 5. Corrigenda (Rule 216) . 39 6. 2009 discharge (continuation of debate) . 39 7. Welcome . 40 8. 2009 discharge (continuation of debate) . 40 9. Voting time . 40 9.1. 2009 discharge EU general budget, Council (Rule 138) (vote) . 40 9.2. 2009 discharge: EU general budget - European Ombudsman (Rule 138) (vote) . 40 9.3. 2009 discharge: EU general budget - European Data Protection Supervisor (Rule 138) (vote) . 41 9.4. 2009 discharge: performance, financial management and control of the agencies (Rule 138) (vote) . 41 9.5. 2009 discharge: European Police College (Rule 138) (vote) . 41 9.6. 2009 discharge: Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union (Rule 138) (vote) . 42 9.7. 2009 discharge: European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Rule 138) (vote) . 42 9.8. 2009 discharge: Community Fisheries Control Agency (Rule 138) (vote) . 42 9.9. 2009 discharge: European Aviation Safety Agency (Rule 138) (vote) . 42 9.10. 2009 discharge: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (Rule 138) (vote) 43 9.11. 2009 discharge: European Chemicals Agency (Rule 138) (vote) . 43 9.12. 2009 discharge: European Environment Agency (Rule 138) (vote) . 43 9.13. 2009 discharge: European Food Safety Authority (Rule 138) (vote) . 44 2.8.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 227 E/23 Tuesday 10 May 2011 Contents (continued) Page 9.14. 2009 discharge: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (Rule 138) (vote) . 44 9.15. 2009 discharge: European Maritime Safety Agency (Rule 138) (vote) . 44 9.16. 2009 discharge: European Network and Information Security Agency (Rule 138) (vote) 44 9.17. 2009 discharge: European Railway Agency (Rule 138) (vote) . 45 9.18. 2009 discharge: European Training Foundation (Rule 138) (vote) . 45 9.19. 2009 discharge: European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (Rule 138) (vote) 45 9.20. 2009 discharge: Euratom Supply Agency (Rule 138) (vote) . 46 9.21. 2009 discharge: Eurofound (Rule 138) (vote) . 46 9.22. 2009 discharge: Eurojust (Rule 138) (vote) . 46 9.23. 2009 discharge: Frontex (Rule 138) (vote) . 46 9.24. 2009 discharge: European GNSS Supervisory Authority (Rule 138) (vote) . 47 9.25. 2009 discharge: ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking (Rule 138) (vote) . 47 9.26. 2009 discharge: Clean Sky Joint Undertaking (Rule 138) (vote) . 47 9.27. 2009 discharge: Joint Undertaking (Joint Technology Initiative on Innovative Medicines) (Rule 138) (vote) . 48 9.28. 2009 discharge: SESAR Joint Undertaking (Rule 138) (vote) . 48 9.29. Defence of the parliamentary immunity of Mr Luigi de Magistris (Rule 138) (vote) 48 9.30. Defence of the parliamentary immunity of Mr Bruno Gollnisch (Rule 138) (vote) . 48 9.31. Waiver of Mr Bruno Gollnisch’s parliamentary immunity (Rule 138) (vote) . 49 9.32. Protection and sustainable development of the Prespa Park area *** (Rule 138) (vote) 49 9.33. Port state measures on illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing *** (Rule 138) (vote) 49 C 227 E/24 EN Official Journal of the European Union 2.8.2011 Tuesday 10 May 2011 Contents (continued) Page 9.34. Freezing and disclosure of debtors’ assets in cross-border cases (Rule 138) (vote) . 50 10. Welcome . 50 11. Voting time (continued) . 50 11.1. 2009 discharge: EU general budget, Section III - Commission (vote) . 50 11.2. ECA special reports in the context of the 2009 Commission discharge (vote) . 51 11.3. 2009 discharge: EU general budget - European Parliament (vote) . 51 11.4. 2009 discharge: EU general budget - Council (vote) . 51 11.5. 2009 discharge: EU general budget - Court of Auditors (vote) . 52 11.6. 2009 discharge: EU general budget – European Economic and Social Committee (vote) 52 11.7. 2009 discharge: EU general budget - Committee of the Regions (vote) . 53 11.8. 2009 discharge: Eighth, Ninth and Tenth European Development Funds (EDF) (vote) 53 11.9. 2009 discharge: European Medicines Agency (vote) . 53 11.10. 2009 discharge: European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (vote) . 54 11.11. 2009 discharge: European Joint Undertaking (ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy) (vote) . 54 11.12. Emergency autonomous trade preferences for Pakistan ***I (vote) . 54 11.13. Transitional arrangements for bilateral investment agreements with third countries ***I (vote) . 55 11.14. Further macro-financial assistance for Georgia ***I (vote) . 55 12. Explanations of vote . 55 13. Corrections to votes and voting intentions . 56 14. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting . 56 15. Migration flows and asylum and their impact on Schengen (debate) . 56 16. Interinstitutional agreement on a common Transparency Register - Amendment of the Rules following the establishment of a common Transparency Register (debate) . 57 17. Nuclear safety 25 years after the Chernobyl disaster (debate) . 58 18. Question Time (Commission) . 58 19. Textile names and related labelling of textile products ***II (debate) . 59 20. Stress tests of the EU banking sector (debate) . 60 21. Enforcement of regulations on the shipping of toxic waste to developing countries (debate) 60 2.8.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 227 E/25 Tuesday 10 May 2011 Contents (continued) Page 22. Agenda of the next sitting . 61 23. Closure of the sitting . 61 ATTENDANCE REGISTER . 62 ANNEX I RESULTS OF VOTES . 64 1. 2009 discharge: EU general budget, Court of Justice . 64 2. 2009 discharge: EU general budget, European Ombudsman . 64 3. 2009 discharge: EU general budget, European Data Protection Supervisor . 65 4. 2009 discharge: performance, financial management and control of EU agencies . 65 5. 2009 discharge: European Police College . 65 6. 2009 discharge: Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union . 65 7. 2009 discharge: European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop) 65 8. 2009 discharge: Community Fisheries Control Agency . 66 9. 2009 discharge: European Aviation Safety Agency . 66 10. 2009 discharge: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control . 66 11. 2009 discharge: European Chemicals Agency . 66 12. 2009 discharge: European Environment Agency . 66 13. 2009 discharge: European Food Safety Authority . 67 14. 2009 discharge: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction . 67 15. 2009 discharge: European Maritime Safety Agency . 67 16. 2009 discharge: European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) . 67 17. 2009 discharge: European Railway Agency . 67 18. 2009 discharge: European Training Foundation . 68 19. 2009 discharge: European Agency for Safety and Health at Work . 68 20. 2009 discharge: Euratom Supply Agency . 68 21. 2009 discharge: European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions 68 C 227 E/26 EN Official Journal of the European Union 2.8.2011 Tuesday 10 May 2011 Contents (continued) Page 22. 2009 discharge: Eurojust . 68 23. 2009 discharge: European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders (Frontex).
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