PARLAMENTO EUROPEU 2009 - 2014 Comissão do Ambiente, da Saúde Pública e da Segurança Alimentar ENVI_PV(2012)1113_1 ATA Reunião de 13 de novembro de 2012, das 15.00 às 18.00 Audição de Torino Borg, Comissário indigitado para a pasta da Saúde e Defesa do Consumidor BRUXELAS A reunião tem início às 15.00 de terça-feira, 13 de novembro de 2012, sob a presidência de Matthias Groote (presidente). 1. Comunicações introdutórias – Disposições práticas para a audição A audição é organizada e conduzida pela Comissão do Ambiente, da Saúde Pública e da Segurança Alimentar. Estão associadas a esta audição a Comissão do Mercado Interno e da Proteção dos Consumidores e a Comissão da Agricultura e do Desenvolvimento Rural. Interpretação: Todas as línguas estão disponíveis. O debate é transmitido via Internet no sítio do Parlamento e todos os procedimentos são exarados sob a forma de relato integral, disponibilizado após a audição, no sítio Internet da comissão. 2. Saudações pessoais da parte do presidente ao Comissário indigitado, Tonio Borg 3. Declaração introdutória do Comissário indigitado O presidente dá a palavra ao Comissário indigitado para uma declaração introdutória com uma duração máxima de 10 minutos. PV\921337PT.doc PE501.924v01-00 PT Unida na diversidade PT 4. Debate com o Comissário indigitado para a pasta da Saúde e Defesa do Consumidor. A esta declaração seguem-se 155 minutos de perguntas e respostas. O debate obedece ao princípio denominado "ping-pong". Perguntas longas (standard) têm lugar em unidades de "ping-pong" de 5 minutos de uso da palavra: . um minuto atribuído à pergunta inicial . dois minutos atribuídos à resposta . 45 segundos atribuídos a uma pergunta suplementar . um minuto atribuído à resposta suplementar . Perguntas breves têm lugar em unidades de três minutos de pergunta-resposta: . 50 segundos atribuídos à pergunta . dois minutos atribuídos à resposta Intervenções: Primeira ronda com 7 perguntas dos coordenadores ou de outros intervenientes principais, uma pergunta por grupo político: Peter LIESE PPE (pergunta breve) Linda McAVAN S&D Chris DAVIES ALDE Satu HASSI Verts/ALE Marina YANNAKOUDAKIS ECR Kartika Tamara LIOTARD GUE/NGL Giancarlo SCOTTÁ EFD Segunda ronda com oito perguntas da Comissão ENVI: Françoise GROSSETETE PPE (pergunta breve) Edite ESTRELA S&D (pergunta breve) Alojz PETERLE PPE (pergunta breve) Gilles PARGNEAUX S&D (pergunta breve) Sophie AUCONIE PPE (pergunta breve) Glenis WILLMOTT S&D (pergunta breve) Elena Oana ANTONESCU PPE (pergunta breve) Horst SCHNELLHARDT PPE (pergunta breve) Terceira ronda com oito perguntas da Comissão IMCO: Sob a presidência de Malcolm Harbour: Malcolm HARBOUR, Presidente da Comissão IMCO Andreas SCHWAB Evelyne GEBHARDT Toine MANDERS Emilie TURUNEN Adam BIELAN Dennis DE JONG Mario BORGHEZIO Franz OBERMAYR Simon BUSUTTIL Louis GRECH PE501.924v01-00 2/50 PV\921337PT.doc PT Quarta ronda com cinco perguntas da Comissão AGRI Sob a presidência de Matthias Groote: Albert DESS Luis CAPOULAS SANTOS George LYON Martin HÄUSLING James NICHOLSON Ronda final com nove perguntas breves e longas da Comissão ENVI: Marina YANNAKOUDAKIS Carl SCHLYTER Corinne LEPAGE Jolanta Emilia HIBNER Elisabetta GARDINI Asa WESTLUND Karl-Heinz FLORENZ Dagmar ROTH-BEHRENDT Richard SEEBER 5. Declaração final do Comissário indigitado Antes do final da audição, o presidente dá ao Comissário indigitado a oportunidade de apresentar uma declaração final com a duração máxima de 5 minutos. 5. Declarações finais de Malcom Harbour, presidente da Comissão IMCO, e Matthias Groote, presidente da Comissão ENVI 6. Final da reunião A reunião dos coordenadores realiza-se à porta fechada, para avaliação da audição, entre as 19.00 e as 20.00 do mesmo dia. * A reunião é encerrada às 18.10. *** PV\921337PT.doc 3/50 PE501.924v01-00 PT Annexe I With the long questions there will be some to-and-fro: one minute for the initial COMMITTEE ON THE question, two minutes for the candidate to ENVIRONMENT, PUBLIC HEALTH answer, a further 45 seconds if the AND FOOD SAFETY questioner wants to go into something in more detail, and a minute for the answer HEARING OF TONIO BORG on that. COMMISSIONER-DESIGNATE FOR HEALTH AND CONSUMER POLICY Three minutes will be allocated for the short questions: 50 seconds for the VERBATIM question itself and then two minutes for the answer. (English translation) 2-002 IN THE CHAIR: MATTHIAS GROOTE On this International Day of Courtesy, it is Chair of the Committee on the my task and that of Malcolm Harbour to Environment, Public Health and Food see that the proceedings are conducted Safety courteously and in an orderly manner. We thus intend to ensure that the procedure is (The hearing opened at 15.00) fair and that we have a fair hearing. 2-003 For us, as members of the ENVI Chair. – You are all most welcome, and I Committee, and indeed for everyone, the want to welcome in particular the Health change of Commissioner has come Commissioner-designate, Dr Tonio Borg. suddenly. I would like to underscore the point that we need to separate the fact of I will start by briefly outlining the that change from today’s hearing, and to procedure to put you all in the picture remind you that we have an opportunity about today’s hearing. We have three today for critical questioning and, I trust, hours at our disposal. Dr Borg will have for a question-and-answer session that will the floor first to make a 10-minute be both courteous and informative. introductory statement. We will then have 155 minutes for questions, and that time So let us make a start. Allow me to invite will be divided according to a specific the candidate, the Foreign Minister of pattern. Members of the Committee on the Malta, Dr Tonio Borg, to speak first, for 10 Environment, Public Health and Food minutes, and make his introductory Safety (ENVI Committee) will put 10 long statement. I would remind you all once and 16 short questions; there will be seven again that it is, as I said, the International long and three short questions from the Day of Courtesy, so please show some Committee on the Internal Market and courtesy: I would ask you to take your Consumer Protection (IMCO Committee), seats and then to settle down and give which is participating in the hearing; and order for Dr Borg so that he can get things the Internal Market Committee Chair, under way with his introductory statement. Malcolm Harbour – to whom I also extend a warm welcome – will make a three- 2-004 minute statement. The third committee Tonio Borg, Commissioner-designate. involved is the Committee on Agriculture Mr Chair, thank you for your courteous and Rural Development (AGRI remarks as well. Honourable Members, it Committee), which will have time for five is indeed a great honour to be here today in short questions, i.e. 15 minutes in total. this building, in this institution, to exchange views with Members of this House as Commissioner-designate to be PE501.924v01-00 4/50 PV\921337PT.doc PT responsible, if appointed, for Health and health threats, clinical trials and medical Consumer Policy. devices are already in the codecision process and we must bring their adoption This portfolio represents what I call safely through to fruition. ‘Europe on the ground’. I would also call it ‘the people’s portfolio’ since it covers The underlying ambition must be that of practical day-to-day issues affecting winning public confidence – whether it is patients and consumers. I have been a how consumer policy can contribute to parliamentarian for the past 20 years and a building confidence in the internal market, member of the Executive in Malta for the or building confidence in the scientific past 14, covering several portfolios, basis of our policy making. including European Affairs. If appointed, I shall do my very best to use this What does all of this mean for the different experience to the maximum benefit of policy areas? In the area of health, my European citizens. number one priority would be to rapidly present an ambitious proposal on tobacco I pledge to make my relationship with you products. Smoking is the biggest cause of one of full cooperation – not only because premature deaths. 95% of all smokers start of Parliament’s decisive role in legislation, smoking before they reach the age of 25, but because I believe that this is the right and 70% even before the age of 18 years. I thing to do. I would endeavour to keep this smoked my first cigarette at the age of 16. channel open without hindrance and to be honest and frank with you; not promising I will deliver an ambitious proposal to you the unattainable, but pledging to work revise the Tobacco Products Directive, a to achieve as much as possible on that proposal that will provide for a functioning which can be delivered. I shall be internal market with a high level of health independent and objective, but above all protection, a proposal that will meet the European. I have dedicated most of my aspirations of European citizens. We have political life, which spans the last 30 years, the tools. I hope I can count on you to help to the accession of Malta to the European me finish the job. Union. Why? Because I believe and I uphold European values. My second priority would be to improve the situation of patients in the EU by I am honoured to have received the support helping Member States in their efforts to of the only two political parties represented adapt to the challenges of rising chronic in the Maltese Parliament which, may I diseases and ageing in a context of severe say, in the Maltese tradition is something fiscal constraints.