2.6.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 164 E/1 Monday 14 February 2011 IV (Notices) NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT 2010-2011 SESSION Sittings of 14 to 17 February 2011 STRASBOURG MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 14 FEBRUARY 2011 (2011/C 164 E/01) Contents Page 1. Resumption of the session . 2 2. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting . 2 3. Statements by the President . 2 4. Signature of acts adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure . 3 5. Composition of committees and delegations . 3 6. Documents received . 3 7. Lapsed written declarations . 6 8. Petitions . 6 9. Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council . 8 10. Action taken on Parliament's resolutions . 8 11. Oral questions and written declarations (submission) . 8 12. Order of business . 9 13. Implementation of the Services Directive (debate) . 11 14. Enhanced cooperation in the area of the creation of unitary patent protection *** (debate) 11 C 164 E/2 EN Official Journal of the European Union 2.6.2011 Monday 14 February 2011 Contents (continued) Page 15. Radioactive contamination of foodstuffs * (debate) . 12 16. Revision of EU instruments to support SME finance (debate) . 12 17. Implementation of the EU strategy for the Danube region (debate) . 13 18. Cord blood stem cells (debate) . 14 19. One-minute speeches on matters of political importance . 14 20. Agenda of the next sitting . 15 21. Closure of the sitting . 15 ATTENDANCE REGISTER . 16 MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 14 FEBRUARY 2011 IN THE CHAIR: Jerzy BUZEK President 1. Resumption of the session The sitting opened at 17.05. 2. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting Werner Langen had been present but his name did not appear on the attendance register. The minutes of the previous sitting were approved. 3. Statements by the President The President expressed Parliament’s support for recent developments in Egypt and called on the governments in the region to open up to dialogue with their citizens, to stop harassing peaceful demon­ strators and to abolish the state of emergency. He called for the European Union to show solidarity with these countries. He affirmed the need for the European Union to come to the assistance of countries faced with an influx of migrants. He said that 12 February 2011 had been the International Day against the Use of Child Soldiers and recalled Parliament’s commitment to this cause. Finally, he reported that in Iran, many executions had been carried out since the beginning of the year, and he called on the Iranian government to impose a moratorium on the death penalty before eventually abolishing it. 2.6.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 164 E/3 Monday 14 February 2011 4. Signature of acts adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure The President announced that on Wednesday, together with the President of the Council, he would sign the following acts adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure (Rule 74): — Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the citizens’ initiative (00065/2010/LEX - C7-0043/2011 - 2010/0074(COD)) — Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers (00064/2010/LEX - C7-0042/2011 - 2010/0051(COD)) — Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the rights of passengers in bus and coach transport and amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 (00063/2010/LEX - C7-0041/2011 - 2008/0237(COD)) — Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on combating late payment in commercial transactions (recast) (00057/2010/LEX - C7-0040/2011 - 2009/0054(COD)) 5. Composition of committees and delegations The President had received the following requests for appointments from the PPE and Verts/ALE Groups: Delegation for relations with Iraq: Jan Philipp Albrecht to replace Jill Evans Delegation for relations with Japan: Agnès Le Brun The appointments would be deemed ratified if there were no objections before the approval of these minutes. 6. Documents received The following documents had been received: 1) from the Council and Commission — Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on coordination of safeguards which, for the protection of the interests of members and others, are required by Member States of companies within the meaning of the second paragraph of Article 54 of the Treaty on the Func­ tioning of the European Union, in respect of the formation of public limited liability companies and the maintenance and alteration of their capital, with a view to making such safeguards equivalent (recast) (COM(2011)0029 - C7-0037/2011 - 2011/0011(COD)) referred to responsible: JURI Pursuant to Rule 124(1), the President announced that he would consult the European Economic and Social Committee on this proposal. C 164 E/4 EN Official Journal of the European Union 2.6.2011 Monday 14 February 2011 — Proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the subscription by the European Union to additional shares in the capital of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) as a result of the decision to increase this capital (COM(2011)0034 - C7- 0038/2011 - 2011/0014(COD)) referred to responsible: ECON opinion: BUDG — Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the use of passenger name record data for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences and serious crime (COM(2011)0032 - C7-0039/2011 - 2011/0023(COD)) referred to responsible: LIBE opinion: AFET, TRAN — Proposal for a Council decision authorising enhanced cooperation in the area of the creation of unitary patent protection (05538/2011 - C7-0044/2011 - 2010/0384(NLE)) referred to responsible: JURI 2) from committees reports — * Report on the proposal for a Council regulation (Euratom) laying down maximum permitted levels of radioactive contamination of foodstuffs and of feedingstuffs following a nuclear accident or any other case of radiological emergency (COM(2010)0184 - C7-0137/2010 - 2010/0098(CNS)) - ITRE Committee - Rapporteur: Ivo Belet (A7-0001/2011) — Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the Federative Republic of Brazil on certain aspects of air services (13988/2010 - C7-0335/2010 - 2009/0115(NLE)) - TRAN Committee - Rapporteur: Silvia-Adriana Țicău (A7-0004/2011) — Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of an Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Iceland, the Kingdom of Norway, the Swiss Confederation and the Principality of Liechtenstein on supplementary rules in relation to the External Borders Fund for the period 2007 to 2013 (07853/2010 - C7-0101/2010 - 2009/0148(NLE)) - LIBE Committee - Rapporteur: Wim Van De Camp (A7-0007/2011) — Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion on behalf of the European Union of the Protocol between the European Union, the European Community, the Swiss Confederation and the Principality of Liechtenstein on the accession of the Principality of Liechtenstein to the Agreement between the European Union, the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on the Swiss Confederation’s association with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis (06077/2010 - C7-0141/2010 - 2006/0251(NLE)) - LIBE Committee - Rapporteur: Carlos Coelho (A7-0008/2011) — Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the Federative Republic of Brazil on short-stay visa waiver for holders of diplomatic, service or official passports (16362/2010 - C7-0399/2010 - 2010/0222(NLE)) - LIBE Committee - Rapporteur: Ioan Enciu (A7-0010/2011) 2.6.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 164 E/5 Monday 14 February 2011 — Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the Federative Republic of Brazil on short-stay visa waiver for holders of ordinary passports (16364/2010 - C7-0400/2010 - 2010/0228(NLE)) - LIBE Committee - Rapporteur: Monica Luisa Macovei (A7-0011/2011) — Report on implementation of the Services Directive 2006/123/EC (2010/2053(INI)) - IMCO Committee - Rapporteur: Evelyne Gebhardt (A7-0012/2011) — Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of a Protocol between the European Union, the Swiss Confederation and the Principality of Liechtenstein on the accession of the Principality of Liechtenstein to the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation concerning the criteria and mechanisms for establishing the State responsible for examining a request for asylum lodged in a Member State or in Switzerland (06242/2010 - C7- 0140/2010 - 2006/0252(NLE)) - LIBE Committee - Rapporteur: Monika Hohlmeier (A7-0013/2011) — Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of South Africa, of the other part, amending the Agreement on Trade, Development and Cooperation (10297/2010 - C7-0190/2010 - 2010/0119(NLE)) - DEVE Committee - Rapporteur: Eva Joly (A7-0018/2011) — ***I Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council granting an EU guarantee to the European