Minutes of the Sitting of 23 June 2010
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24.9.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 257 E/303 Wednesday 23 June 2010 2010-2011 SESSION Sitting of 23 June 2010 BRUSSELS MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 23 JUNE 2010 (2010/C 257 E/05) Contents Page 1. Resumption of the session . 303 2. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting . 304 3. Statement by the President . 304 4. Welcome . 304 5. Composition of political groups . 304 6. Composition of Parliament . 304 7. Composition of committees and delegations . 304 8. Setting up a European early warning system (EWS) for paedophiles and sex offenders (written declaration) . 305 9. Conclusions of the European Council meeting (17 June 2010) (debate) . 305 10. Documents received . 305 11. Dates of forthcoming sittings . 306 12. Adjournment of the session . 306 ATTENDANCE REGISTER . 307 ANNEX I — Setting up a European early warning system (EWS) for paedophiles and sex offenders (written declaration) . 308 MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 23 JUNE 2010 IN THE CHAIR: Jerzy BUZEK President 1. Resumption of the session The sitting opened at 15.05. C 257 E/304 EN Official Journal of the European Union 24.9.2010 Wednesday 23 June 2010 2. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting The minutes of the previous sitting were approved. 3. Statement by the President The President made a statement on his recent official visit to Russia of 21 and 22 June 2010, the first by a President of the European Parliament for 12 years. 4. Welcome On behalf of Parliament, the President welcomed members of a delegation from the Parliament of Indonesia - led by Kemal Aziz Stamboel, chair of the delegation - who had taken their seats in the distinguished visitors’ gallery. 5. Composition of political groups Mike Nattrass had informed the Chair that he had left the EFD Group and would sit with the Non-attached Members, with effect from that day’s date (23 June 2010). 6. Composition of Parliament The Dutch authorities had given notice of the election to the European Parliament of: — Lucas Hartong, to replace Louis Bontes; — Jan Mulder, to replace Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert. The European Parliament took note in compliance with Rule 4(1), with effect from 22 June 2010. Under Rule 3(2), until such time as their credentials had been verified or a ruling had been given on any dispute, and provided that they had previously made a written declaration stating that they did not hold any office incompatible with that of Member of the European Parliament, Lucas Hartong and Jan Mulder would take their seats in Parliament and on its bodies and would enjoy all the rights attaching thereto. 7. Composition of committees and delegations At the request of the Secretariat of Non-attached Members, Parliament ratified the following appointments: BUDG Committee: Lucas Hartong to replace Daniël van der Stoep LIBE Committee Daniël van der Stoep commission SURE Lucas Hartong to replace Daniël van der Stoep Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council Daniël van der Stoep Delegation for relations with the United States 24.9.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 257 E/305 Wednesday 23 June 2010 Laurence J.A.J. Stassen to replace Daniël van der Stoep Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula Lucas Hartong to replace Laurence J.A.J. Stassen. 8. Setting up a European early warning system (EWS) for paedophiles and sex offenders (written declaration) Written declaration 29/2010, submitted by Tiziano Motti and Anna Záborská, on setting up a European early warning system (EWS) for paedophiles and sex offenders, had been signed by the majority of Parliament’s component Members. Consequently, in accordance with Rule 123(3) and (4), it would be forwarded to its addressees and published, together with the names of the signatories, in the Texts Adopted of the sitting of 23.06.2010 (see Annex 1 to the minutes of 23.06.2010). 9. Conclusions of the European Council meeting (17 June 2010) (debate) European Council and Commission statements: Conclusions of the European Council meeting (17 June 2010) Herman Van Rompuy (President-in-Office of the Council) et José Manuel Barroso (President of the Commission) made the statements. The following spoke: Corien Wortmann-Kool, on behalf of the PPE Group, Marita Ulvskog, on behalf of the S&D Group, Guy Verhofstadt, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Rebecca Harms, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Timothy Kirkhope, on behalf of the ECR Group, Lothar Bisky, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Nigel Farage, on behalf of the EFD Group, and Barry Madlener, Non-attached Member, who also replied to a ‘blue-card’ question by Miguel Portas, Herman Van Rompuy, José Manuel Barroso, Othmar Karas, Pervenche Berès, Sylvie Goulard, Edvard Kožušník, Miguel Portas, Jaroslav Paška, Nick Griffin, José Manuel García- Margallo y Marfil, Michael Cashman, Sharon Bowles, Niki Tzavela, Martin Ehrenhauser, Danuta Maria Hübner, Ramón Jáuregui Atondo, Cristian Dan Preda, Stavros Lambrinidis, Íñigo Méndez de Vigo, Catherine Trautmann, Anne Delvaux, Gianluca Susta, Gunnar Hökmark and Paweł Zalewski. The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Jutta Steinruck, Isabelle Durant, Oreste Rossi and Mario Mauro. The following spoke: José Manuel Barroso. The debate closed. 10. 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 on amending Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 on credit rating agencies (COM(2010)0289 - C7-0143/2010 - 2010/0160(COD)) In compliance with Rule 124(1), the President announced that he would consult the European Economic and Social Committee on this proposal. referred to responsible: ECON opinion: JURI C 257 E/306 EN Official Journal of the European Union 24.9.2010 Wednesday 23 June 2010 — Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Communities and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of those Communities (COM(2010)0309 - C7-0146/2010 - 2010/0171(COD)) referred to responsible: JURI opinion: FEMM, AFCO, DEVE, AFET, ENVI, BUDG, CONT, INTA — Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 19/2010 - Section III – Commission (N7-0028/2010 - C7- 0154/2010 - 2010/2092(GBD)) referred to responsible: BUDG — Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 24/2010 - Section III – Commission (N7-0029/2010 - C7- 0155/2010 - 2010/2093(GBD)) referred to responsible: BUDG 11. Dates of forthcoming sittings The next sittings would be held from 5 to 8 July 2010. 12. Adjournment of the session The session of the European Parliament was adjourned. The sitting closed at 17.20. Klaus Welle Jerzy Buzek Secretary-General President 24.9.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 257 E/307 Wednesday 23 June 2010 ATTENDANCE REGISTER The following signed: Abad, Áder, Albertini, Albrecht, Alfonsi, Alvarez, Alvaro, Alves, Andreasen, Andrés Barea, Andrikienė, Angelilli, Angourakis, Antonescu, Arif, Arsenis, Ayala Sender, Aylward, Bach, Balčytis, Baldassarre, Băsescu, Batten, Bauer, Belder, Bendtsen, Bennahmias, Berès, Bilbao Barandica, Bisky, Bloom, Böge, Borys, Boștinaru, Bowles, Bozkurt, Brepoels, Brok, Brons, Bufton, Bullmann, Bușoi, Busuttil, Bütikofer, Buzek, Callanan, van de Camp, Campbell Bannerman, Cancian, Capoulas Santos, Carvalho, Cashman, Caspary, Castex, Cavada, Cercas, Childers, Chountis, Christensen, Claeys, Clark, Coelho, Cofferati, Colman, Comi, Corazza Bildt, Cornelissen, Correia De Campos, Silvia Costa, Cozzolino, Creutzmann, Crocetta, Cutaș, Daerden, van Dalen, Danjean, David, de Brún, Dehaene, Delvaux, Désir, Deß, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Donskis, Dorfmann, Duff, Durant, Ehrenhauser, Enciu, Engström, Essayah, Estaràs Ferragut, Estrela, Evans, Farage, Feio, Fernandes, Elisa Ferreira, Figueiredo, Fisas Ayxela, Fjellner, Flašíková Beňová, Florenz, Gál, Gallagher, Gallo, Gáll-Pelcz, García-Margallo y Marfil, García Pérez, Gardiazábal Rubial, Gauzès, Gebhardt, Geier, Gerbrandy, Geringer de Oedenberg, Giannakou, Gierek, Glante, Gomes, Goulard, de Grandes Pascual, Gräßle, Grelier, Grèze, Griesbeck, Gróbarczyk, Groote, Grosch, Grossetête, Gruny, Grzyb, Gualtieri, Guerrero Salom, Guillaume, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Győri, Haglund, Hall, Händel, Handzlik, Hankiss, Harkin, Hassi, Hautala, Hedh, Hénin, Herczog, Hibner, Joe Higgins, Nadja Hirsch, Hoang Ngoc, Hohlmeier, Hökmark, Honeyball, Howitt, Danuta Maria Hübner, Hyusmenova, Iacolino, Ibrisagic, Ilchev, Imbrasas, Iotova, Iovine, Ivanova, Jaakonsaari, Jäätteenmäki, Jahr, Jáuregui Atondo, Jazłowiecka, Jędrzejewska, Jiménez-Becerril Barrio, Juvin, Kaczmarek, Kalfin, Kalniete, Kammerevert, Karas, Kastler, Kazak, Keller, Kirilov, Kirkhope, Klaß, Klinz, Klute, Koch, Kolarska-Bobińska, Korhola, Kósa, Köstinger, Koumoutsakos, Kowal, Kozłowski, Kožušník, Krahmer, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Kukan, Kurski, Lamassoure, Lamberts, Lambrinidis, Landsbergis, Langen, La Via, Lechner, Le Grip, Lehne, Le Hyaric, Leinen, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Liberadzki, Lisek, Lochbihler, Lope Fontagné, López Aguilar, Ludford, Ludvigsson, Luhan, Łukacijewska, Lunacek, McAvan, McCarthy, McMillan-Scott, Madlener, Manders, Mănescu, Mann, Manner, Marcinkiewicz, Marinescu, David Martin, Hans-Peter Martin, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastella, Matera, Mato Adrover, Matula, Mauro, Mavronikolas, Mayer, Melo, Méndez de Vigo, Merkies, Mészáros, Michel, Mikolášik, Milana, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Mölzer, Moreira, Morin-Chartier, Mulder, Muñiz De Urquiza, Muscardini, Nedelcheva, Neuser, Neveďalová, Newton Dunn, Nicholson, Nicolai,