27.1.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 25 E/1 Wednesday 10 November 2010 IV (Notices) NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT 2010-2011 SESSION Sittings of 10 and 11 November 2010 BRUSSELS MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 10 NOVEMBER 2010 (2011/C 25 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. Composition of Parliament . 3 5. Corrigendum (Rule 216) . 3 6. Composition of committees and delegations . 3 7. Documents received . 4 8. Action taken on Parliament’s positions and resolutions . 8 9. Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council . 8 10. Oral questions and written declarations (submission) . 8 11. Transfers of appropriations . 9 12. Implementing measures (Rule 88) . 10 13. Order of business . 11 14. Upcoming EU-US summit and Transatlantic Economic Council - EU-US Data Protection Agreement (debate) . 12 C 25 E/2 EN Official Journal of the European Union 27.1.2011 Wednesday 10 November 2010 Contents (continued) Page 15. EU external strategy on Passenger Name Record (debate) . 13 16. Alternative investment fund managers ***I (debate) . 14 17. Single Market Act (debate) . 15 18. Innovation partnerships (debate) . 15 19. Strengthening the OSCE: a role for the EU (debate) . 16 20. Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 listing the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders of Member States and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement ***I (debate) . 17 21. One-minute speeches on matters of political importance . 17 22. Demographic challenge and solidarity between generations (short presentation) . 17 23. Implementation of the Research Framework Programmes (short presentation) . 18 24. Agenda of the next sitting . 18 25. Closure of the sitting . 18 ATTENDANCE REGISTER . 19 MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 10 NOVEMBER 2010 IN THE CHAIR: Jerzy BUZEK President 1. Resumption of the session The sitting opened at 15.05. 2. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting The minutes of the previous sitting were approved. 3. Statements by the President The President condemned the violent attack on the journalist Oleg Kashin in Moscow during the night of Friday 5 to Saturday 6 November 2010 and welcomed the fact that Mr Medvedev, the President of the Russian Federation, had swiftly called for those guilty to be brought to justice. The President said that on 31 October 2010, for the first time in two years, a demonstration had been held in Moscow without the police intervening. He expressed Parliament’s hope that this was an indication that public life in Russia was becoming democratic. On the same day, Christians in the Syriac Catholic cathedral in Baghdad in Iraq had been the victims of a terrorist attack. On behalf of Parliament, the President called for an end to religious violence in the region. 27.1.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 25 E/3 Wednesday 10 November 2010 Concerning the award of the Nobel Peace Prize on 10 December 2010, the President expressed his disapproval of the Chinese authorities’ attempts to put pressure on the European ambassadors, to dissuade them from attending the ceremony. The European Parliament considered human rights throughout the world to be inalienable. Parliament would be represented at the ceremony by the head of the European Union’s delegation in Norway. * * * The following spoke: Luigi Berlinguer on the recent floods in Venice and the collapse of the House of the Gladiators in Pompeii. 4. Composition of Parliament Ramón Jáuregui Atondo had informed the President that he had been appointed a member of the Spanish Government with effect from 21 October 2010. Parliament took note of this and, in accordance with Article 7(1) of the Act on the election of members of the European Parliament by universal suffrage and with Rule 4(1) and (4), established that his seat would be vacant with effect from 21 October 2010. 5. Corrigendum (Rule 216) The committee responsible had forwarded the following corrigendum (P7_TA-PROV(2010)0227(cor01)) to a text adopted by Parliament: Corrigendum to the position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 17 June 2010 with a view to the adoption of Directive 2010/…/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directives 2003/71/EC on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading and 2004/109/EC on the harmonisation of transparency requirements in relation to information about issuers whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market (Text with EEA relevance) P7_TA-PROV(2010)0227 - (COM(2009)0491 – C7-0170/2009 – 2009/0132(COD)) ECON Pursuant to Rule 216(4) of the Rules of Procedure, this corrigendum would be deemed approved unless, not later than 48 hours after its announcement, a request was made by a political group or at least 40 Members that it be put to the vote. The corrigendum was available on the Séance en direct site. 6. Composition of committees and delegations The President had received requests from the S&D Group for the following appointments: DEVE Committee: Ricardo Cortés Lastra to replace Enrique Guerrero Salom Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee: Ricardo Cortés Lastra The appointments would be deemed ratified if there were no objections before the approval of these minutes. C 25 E/4 EN Official Journal of the European Union 27.1.2011 Wednesday 10 November 2010 7. Documents received The following documents had been received: 1) from the Council and Commission: — Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of a Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Solomon Islands (09335/2010 - C7-0338/2010 - 2010/0094(NLE)) referred to responsible: PECH opinion: DEVE, BUDG — Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of a Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Cameroon on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber and derived products to the European Union (FLEGT) (12796/2010 - C7-0339/2010 - 2010/0217(NLE)) referred to responsible: INTA opinion: DEVE, ENVI — Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on roll-over protection structures mounted in front of the driver’s seat on narrow-track wheeled agricultural and forestry tractors (codification) (COM(2010)0610 - C7-0340/2010 - 2010/0302(COD)) referred to responsible: JURI In accordance with Rule 124(1), the President said he would consult the European Economic and Social Committee on this proposal. — Proposal for a Council and Commission decision on the conclusion of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Serbia, of the other part (15619/2007 - C7-0341/2010 - 2007/0255(NLE)) referred to responsible: AFET opinion: INTA — Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2000/25/EC as regards the provisions for tractors placed on the market under the flexibility scheme (COM(2010)0607 - C7-0342/2010 - 2010/0301(COD)) referred to responsible: ENVI In accordance with Rule 124(1), the President said he would consult the European Economic and Social Committee on this proposal. — Proposal for a Regulation (EU) […/….] of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1406/2002 establishing a European Maritime Safety Agency (COM(2010)0611 - C7-0343/2010 - 2010/0303(COD)) referred to responsible: TRAN opinion: ENVI, BUDG, ITRE In accordance with Rule 124(1), the President said he would consult the European Economic and Social Committee on this proposal. 27.1.2011 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 25 E/5 Wednesday 10 November 2010 — Proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund in accordance with point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (application EGF/2010/005ES/Comunidad Valenciana Natural Stone from Spain) (COM(2010)0617 - C7-0344/2010 - 2010/2250(BUD)) referred to responsible: BUDG opinion: EMPL — Proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund in accordance with point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (application EGF/2010/009ES/Comunidad Valenciana - Textiles from Spain) (COM(2010)0613 - C7-0345/2010 - 2010/2251(BUD)) referred to responsible: BUDG opinion: EMPL — Proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund in accordance with point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (application EGF/2010/016 ES/Aragón - Retail trade from Spain) (COM(2010)0615 - C7-0346/2010 - 2010/2252(BUD)) referred to responsible: BUDG opinion: EMPL — Proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund in accordance with point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of