ISSN 1725-2423 Official Journal C 314 E of the European Union Volume 53 English edition Information and Notices 18 November 2010 Notice No Contents Page IV Notices NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES European Parliament 2010-2011 SESSION Sittings of 6 to 9 September 2010 2010/C 314 E/01 Minutes of the sitting of 6 September 2010 . 1 2010/C 314 E/02 Minutes of the sitting of 7 September 2010 . 20 2010/C 314 E/03 Minutes of the sitting of 8 September 2010 . 73 2010/C 314 E/04 Minutes of the sitting of 9 September 2010 . 128 EN Key to symbols used * Consultation procedure **I Cooperation procedure: first reading **II Cooperation procedure: second reading *** Assent procedure ***I Codecision procedure: first reading ***II Codecision procedure: second reading ***III Codecision procedure: third reading (The type of procedure is determined by the legal basis proposed by the Commission.) Abbreviations used for Parliamentary Committees AFET Committee on Foreign Affairs DEVE Committee on Development INTA Committee on International Trade BUDG Committee on Budgets CONT Committee on Budgetary Control ECON Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs EMPL Committee on Employment and Social Affairs ENVI Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety ITRE Committee on Industry, Research and Energy IMCO Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection TRAN Committee on Transport and Tourism REGI Committee on Regional Development AGRI Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development PECH Committee on Fisheries CULT Committee on Culture and Education JURI Committee on Legal Affairs LIBE Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs AFCO Committee on Constitutional Affairs FEMM Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality PETI Committee on Petitions DROI Subcommittee on Human Rights SEDE Subcommittee on Security and Defence Abbreviations used for Political Groups PPE Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) S&D Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament ALDE Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Verts/ALE Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance ECR European Conservatives and Reformists Group GUE/NGL Confederal Group of the European United Left – Nordic Green Left EFD Europe of Freedom and Democracy Group NI Non-attached Members EN 18.11.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 314 E/1 Monday 6 September 2010 IV (Notices) NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT 2010-2011 SESSION Sittings of 6 to 9 September 2010 STRASBOURG MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 6 SEPTEMBER 2010 (2010/C 314 E/01) Contents Page 1. Resumption of the session . 2 2. Statement by the President . 2 3. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting . 2 4. Composition of Parliament . 2 5. Request for the waiver of parliamentary immunity . 3 6. Composition of committees and delegations . 3 7. Composition of Parliament . 3 8. Documents received . 3 9. Oral questions and written declarations (submission) . 7 10. Petitions . 9 11. Transfers of appropriations . 12 12. Action taken on Parliament’s resolutions . 13 13. Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council . 13 14. Lapsed written declarations . 13 15. Order of business . 13 16. Bilateral safeguard clause in the EU-Korea free trade agreement ***I (debate) . 14 C 314 E/2 EN Official Journal of the European Union 18.11.2010 Monday 6 September 2010 Contents (continued) Page 17. Fair revenues for farmers: A better functioning food supply chain in Europe (debate) . 15 18. The case of Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani (debate) . 16 19. One-minute speeches on matters of political importance . 16 20. Funding and functioning of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (short presentation) 17 21. Interconnection of business registers (short presentation) . 17 22. Jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters (short presentation) . 17 23. Social integration of women belonging to ethnic minority groups (short presentation) . 18 24. Role of women in an ageing society (short presentation) . 18 25. Agenda of the next sitting . 18 26. Closure of the sitting . 18 ATTENDANCE REGISTER . 19 MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 6 SEPTEMBER 2010 IN THE CHAIR: Jerzy BUZEK President 1. Resumption of the session The sitting opened at 17.05. 2. Statement by the President The President made a statement on the new sentence of 99 strokes of the whip imposed on Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani, who had already been condemned to death by stoning. He urged the Iranian authorities to cancel this new sentence and expressed Parliament’s opposition to the death penalty. 3. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting The minutes of the previous sitting were approved. 4. Composition of Parliament The Spanish authorities had given notice of the election of Sergio Gutiérrez Prieto to replace Magdalena Alvarez as Member of Parliament with effect from 19 July 2010. Under Rule 3(2), until such time as his credentials had been verified or a ruling had been given on any dispute, and provided that he had previously made a written declaration stating that he did not hold any office incompatible with that of Member of the European Parliament, Sergio Gutiérrez Prieto would take his seat in Parliament and on its bodies and would enjoy all the rights attaching thereto. 18.11.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 314 E/3 Monday 6 September 2010 5. Request for the waiver of parliamentary immunity The President had received a request for the parliamentary immunity of Ágnes Hankiss to be waived in connection with legal proceedings against her in the Central District Court of Budapest. Pursuant to Rule 6(2), the request had been referred to the committee responsible, the JURI Committee. 6. Composition of committees and delegations The President had received the following requests for appointments from the PPE Group: Delegation for relations with Japan: Artur Zasada to replace Jan Olbrycht Delegation for relations with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo: Jan Olbrycht Delegation for relations with Iraq: Artur Zasada was no longer a member. The appointments would be deemed ratified if there were no objections before the approval of these minutes. 7. Composition of Parliament Enikő Győri had informed the Presidency of her appointment as Secretary of State in the Hungarian Government with effect from 1 September 2010. Parliament had noted this and, pursuant to Article 7, paragraph 1, of the Act concerning the election of the representatives of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage and to Rule 4(1) and (4) of its Rules of Procedure, had established that her seat was vacant with effect from 1 September 2010. 8. Documents received The following documents had been received: 1) from committees 1.1) reports — ***Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and Japan on mutual legal assistance in criminal matters (05308/2010 - C7-0029/2010 - 2009/0188(NLE)) - LIBE Committee - Rapporteur: Salvatore Iacolino (A7- 0209/2010) — ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council implementing the bilateral safeguard clause of the EU-Korea Free Trade Agreement (COM(2010)0049 - C7-0025/2010 - 2010/0032(COD)) - INTA Committee - Rapporteur: Pablo Zalba Bidegain (A7-0210/2010) — ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning authentication of euro coins and handling of euro coins unfit for circulation (COM(2009)0459 - C7-0207/2009 - 2009/0128(COD)) - ECON Committee - Rapporteur: Slavi Binev (A7-0212/2010) C 314 E/4 EN Official Journal of the European Union 18.11.2010 Monday 6 September 2010 — Report on better lawmaking - 15th annual report from the Commission pursuant to Article 9 of the Protocol on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality (2009/2142(INI)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Lidia Joanna Geringer De Oedenberg (A7- 0215/2010) — Report on EEA-Switzerland: Obstacles with regard to the full implementation of the internal market (2009/2176(INI)) - IMCO Committee - Rapporteur: Rafał Trzaskowski (A7-0216/2010) — Report on the interconnection of business registers (2010/2055(INI)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Kurt Lechner (A7-0218/2010) — Report on the implementation and review of Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 on juris­ diction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters (2009/2140(INI)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Tadeusz Zwiefka (A7-0219/2010) — Report on the social integration of women belonging to ethnic minority groups (2010/2041(INI)) - FEMM Committee - Rapporteur: Antonyia Parvanova (A7-0221/2010) — ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on freedom of movement for workers within the Union (codified version) (COM(2010)0204 - C7- 0112/2010 - 2010/0110(COD)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Lidia Joanna Geringer De Oedenberg (A7-0222/2010) — Report on journalism and new media - creating a public sphere in Europe (2010/2015(INI)) - CULT Committee - Rapporteur: Morten Løkkegaard (A7-0223/2010) — Report on fair revenues for farmers: A better functioning food supply chain in Europe (2009/2237(INI)) - AGRI Committee - Rapporteur: José Bové (A7-0225/2010) — ***II Recommendation for second reading on the Council position at first reading