EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT 2009 - 2014 Committee on Constitutional Affairs AFCO_PV(2010)0118_1 MINUTES Meeting of 18 January 2010, from 18.00 to 21.00 STRASBOURG The meeting opened at 18.05 on Monday 18 January 2010, with Carlo Casini (Chairman) in the chair. Hearing of Maroš Šefčovič, Vice-President designate of the Commission for Inter-institutional Relations and Administration 1. Introductory announcements – practical arrangements for the hearing The hearing was organised and led by the Committee on Constitutional Affairs. The Committee on Budgetary Control was associated. The Committee on Budgets, the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Committee on Petitions were participating by sending delegations. The speaking time was allocated as follows: 25 questions from AFCO Members (125 minutes in total), 3 questions from CONT Members (15 minutes in total) and 1 question each from BUDG, JURI and PETI Members (15 minutes in total). Interpretation from and into the official languages was available with the exception of Maltese. The debate was webstreamed live on Parliament's internet site and the proceedings were recorded in the form of a verbatim report. 2. Personal words of welcome from the Chair to the Vice-President designate of the Commission The Chair welcomed Mr Maroš Šefčovič, Vice-President designate of the Commission for Inter-institutional Relations and Administration. PV\803143EN.doc PE438.386v01-00 EN United in diversity EN 3. Presentation of the Vice-President designate of the Commission The Chair gave the floor to the Vice-President designate of the Commission for an introductory statement. 4. Debate with the Vice-President designate of the Commission The introduction of the Vice-President designate was followed by approximately 160 minutes of questions. The debate was held in accordance with the 'ping-pong' principle with questions having slots of a maximum of five minutes each: – 1 minute for the initial question; – 2 minutes for the Vice-President designate's reply; – 1 minute for a supplementary question (if appropriate); – 1 minute for the final reply (if appropriate). In addition to the Chair and to the Vice-President designate of the Commission, the following Members took part in the debate by order of question: Íñigo Méndez de Vigo (EPP), Ramón Jáuregui Atondo (S&D), Andrew Duff (ALDE), Gerald Häfner (Greens/EFA), Ashley Fox (ECR), Søren Bo Søndergaard (GUE/NGL), Andrew Henry William Brons, Paulo Rangel (EPP), Zita Gurmai (S&D), Stanimir Ilchev (ALDE), Syed Kamall (ECR), Morten Messerschmidt (EFD), György Schöpflin (EPP), Roberto Gualtieri (S&D), Indrek Tarand (Greens/EFA), Andrew Duff (ALDE), Elmar Brok (EPP), Matthias Groote (S&D), József Szájer (EPP), David Martin (S&D), Marietta Giannakou (EPP), Enrique Guerrero Salom (S&D), Rafał Trzaskowski (EPP), Íñigo Méndez de Vigo (EPP), Ingeborg Gräßle (CONT), Inés Ayala Sender (CONT), Jorgo Chatzimarkakis (CONT), Jutta Haug (BUDG), Evelyn Regner (JURI), Erminia Mazzoni (PETI), Rafał Trzaskowski (EPP). 5. Closing statement of the Vice-President designate of the Commission Before the end of the hearing, the Chair gave the floor to the Vice-President designate of the Commission to make a brief closing statement of no more than 5 minutes. 6. Conclusion of the hearing The Chair announced that a coordinators' meeting would be held in camera on 19 January 2010, from 9.30 to 10.30, to evaluate the hearing and that a committee meeting would take place the same day to make the final evaluation. 7. Any other business The Chair informed the committee that the President-in-Office of the Council, Mr Diego López Garrido, Secretary of State for European Affairs, has confirmed his participation in the extraordinary meeting of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs on Monday 8 February 2010 in Strasbourg for the presentation of the programme of the Spanish Presidency. PE438.386v01-00 2/6 PV\803143EN.doc EN 8. Date and place of next meeting Tuesday, 19 January 2010 from 18.00 to 19.00, in Strasbourg Monday, 25 January 2010 from 15.00 to 18.30, in Brussels. The meeting closed at 21.01. PV\803143EN.doc 3/6 PE438.386v01-00 EN ПРИСЪСТВЕН ЛИСТ/LISTA DE ASISTENCIA/PREZENČNÍ LISTINA/DELTAGERLISTE/ ANWESENHEITSLISTE/KOHALOLIJATE NIMEKIRI/ΚΑΤΑΣΤΑΣΗ ΠΑΡΟΝΤΩΝ/RECORD OF ATTENDANCE/ LISTE DE PRÉSENCE/ELENCO DI PRESENZA/APMEKLĒJUMU REĢISTRS/DALYVIŲ SĄRAŠAS/JELENLÉTI ÍV/ REĠISTRU TA' ATTENDENZA/PRESENTIELIJST/LISTA OBECNOŚCI/LISTA DE PRESENÇAS/LISTĂ DE PREZENŢĂ/ PREZENČNÁ LISTINA/SEZNAM NAVZOČIH/LÄSNÄOLOLISTA/DELTAGARLISTA Бюро/Mesa/Předsednictvo/Formandskabet/Vorstand/Juhatus/Προεδρείο/Bureau/Ufficio di presidenza/Prezidijs/Biuras/Elnökség/ Prezydium/Birou/Predsedníctvo/Predsedstvo/Puheenjohtajisto/Presidiet (*) Carlo Casini (P), Zita Gurmai (VP), Rafał Kazimierz Trzaskowski (VP), Morten Messerschmidt (VP), Syed Kamall (VP) Членове/Diputados/Poslanci/Medlemmer/Mitglieder/Parlamendiliikmed/Μέλη/Members/Députés/Deputati/Deputāti/Nariai/Képviselõk/ Membri/Leden/Posłowie/Deputados/Deputaţi/Jäsenet/Ledamöter Andrew Henry William Brons, Andrew Duff, Ashley Fox, Matthias Groote, Roberto Gualtieri, Gerald Häfner, Stanimir Ilchev, Ramón Jáuregui Atondo, Paulo Rangel, Algirdas Saudargas, György Schöpflin, Søren Bo Søndergaard, József Szájer, Indrek Tarand, Luis Yáñez-Barnuevo García Заместници/Suplentes/Náhradníci/Stedfortrædere/Stellvertreter/Asendusliikmed/Αναπληρωτές/Substitutes/Suppléants/Supplenti/ Aizstājēji/Pavaduojantys nariai/Póttagok/Sostituti/Plaatsvervangers/Zastępcy/Membros suplentes/Supleanţi/Náhradníci/Namestniki/ Varajäsenet/Suppleanter Sandrine Bélier, Elmar Brok, Marietta Giannakou, Enrique Guerrero Salom, Stavros Lambrinidis, Monica Luisa Macovei, David Martin, Íñigo Méndez de Vigo, Vital Moreira, Helmut Scholz 187 (2) 193 (3) Luigi de Magistris (P CONT), Bart Staes (VP CONT), Marta Andreasen (CONT), Inés Ayala Sender (CONT), Zigmantas Balčytis (CONT), Zuzana Brzobohatá (CONT), Jorgo Chatzimarkakis (CONT), Martin Ehrenhauser (CONT), Derk Jan Eppink (CONT), Jens Geier (CONT), Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (CONT), Ingeborg Gräßle (CONT), Edit Herczog (CONT), Monika Hohlmeier (CONT), Esther de Lange (CONT), Christel Schaldemose (CONT) Jutta Haug (VP BUDG), Lajos Bokros (BUDG), Göran Färm (BUDG), Jiří Havel (BUDG), Cătălin Sorin Ivan (BUDG), Sidonia Elżbieta Jędrzejewska (BUDG), Sergej Kozlík (BUDG), Paul Rübig (BUDG), José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra (BUDG), Peter Šťastný (BUDG) Evelyn Regner (VP JURI), Marielle Gallo (JURI), Alajos Mészáros (JURI) Erminia Mazzoni (P PETI), Chrysoula Paliadeli (VP PETI), Carlos José Iturgaiz Angulo (VP PETI), Ágnes Hankiss (VP PETI), Margrete Auken (PETI), Victor Boştinaru (PETI), Pascale Gruny (PETI), Peter Jahr (PETI), Ioannis A. Tsoukalas (PETI), Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa (PETI) Edit Bauer, Ivo Belet, David Casa, Richard Falbr, Elisa Ferreira, Kinga Göncz, Anna Ibrisagic, Tunne Kelam, Eduard Kukan, Jo Leinen, Miroslav Mikolášik, Katarína Neveďalová, Wojciech Michał Olejniczak, Jaroslav Paška, Pavel Poc, Carmen Romero López, Libor Rouček, Hannes Swoboda, Róża Thun Und Hohenstein, Manfred Weber, Anna Záborská, Boris Zala 46 (6) (Точка от дневния ред/Punto del orden del día/Bod pořadu jednání (OJ)/Punkt på dagsordenen/Tagesordnungspunkt/Päevakorra punkt/Ημερήσια Διάταξη Σημείο/Agenda item/Point OJ/Punto all'ordine del giorno/Darba kārtības punkts/Darbotvarkės punktas/ Napirendi pont/Punt Aġenda/Agendapunt/Punkt porządku dziennego/Ponto OD/Punct de pe ordinea de zi/Bod programu schôdze/ Točka UL/Esityslistan kohta/Föredragningslista punkt) PE438.386v01-00 4/6 PV\803143EN.doc EN По покана на председателя/Por invitación del presidente/Na pozvání předsedy/Efter indbydelse fra formanden/Auf Einladung des Vorsitzenden/Esimehe kutsel/Με πρόσκληση του Προέδρου/At the invitation of the Chair(wo)man/Sur l'invitation du président/ Su invito del presidente/Pēc priekšsēdētāja uzaicinājuma/Pirmininkui pakvietus/Az elnök meghívására/Fuq stedina taċ-'Chairman'/ Op uitnodiging van de voorzitter/Na zaproszenie Przewodniczącego/A convite do Presidente/La invitaţia preşedintelui/Na pozvanie predsedu/Na povabilo predsednika/Puheenjohtajan kutsusta/På ordförandens inbjudan Съвет/Consejo/Rada/Rådet/Rat/Nõukogu/Συμβούλιο/Council/Conseil/Consiglio/Padome/Taryba/Tanács/Kunsill/Raad/Conselho/ Consiliu/Svet/Neuvosto/Rådet (*) Комисия/Comisión/Komise/Kommissionen/Kommission/Euroopa Komisjon/Επιτροπή/Commission/Commissione/Komisija/Bizottság/ Kummissjoni/Commissie/Komisja/Comissão/Comisie/Komisia/Komissio/Kommissionen (*) P. Anastopoulos, B. Biervert, F. Frutuoso de Melo, F. Garcia Moran, D. Kotova, J. Müller, M. H. Pradines, M. Schinas, I. Souka, A. Vannini Други институции/Otras instituciones/Ostatní orgány a instituce/Andre institutioner/Andere Organe/Muud institutsioonid/ Άλλα θεσμικά όργανα/Other institutions/Autres institutions/Altre istituzioni/Citas iestādes/Kitos institucijos/Más intézmények/ Istituzzjonijiet ohra/Andere instellingen/Inne instytucje/Outras Instituições/Alte instituţii/Iné inštitúcie/Druge institucije/Muut toimielimet/Andra institutioner/organ Други участници/Otros participantes/Ostatní účastníci/Endvidere deltog/Andere Teilnehmer/Muud osalejad/Επίσης Παρόντες/Other participants/Autres participants/Altri partecipanti/Citi klātesošie/Kiti dalyviai/Más résztvevők/Parteċipanti ohra/Andere aanwezigen/ Inni uczestnicy/Outros participantes/Alţi participanţi/Iní účastníci/Drugi udeleženci/Muut osallistujat/Övriga deltagare Baron (National Parliament FR), S. Crespo (Permanent Representation PT), A. Csaba (Permanent Representation HU), L. Frebort (Permanent Representation CS),