Brussels, 10/02/2011 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament will sit in Strasbourg from Monday 14 to Thursday 17 February. Under discussion inter alia will be the situation in Egypt, the Hungarian media law, pensions, patents and the rise in the cost of foodstuffs. Parliament is also expected to approve the EU-South Korea trade agreement on Thursday 17 February.
Monday 14 February
5.00pm-11.00pm
Implementation of the services directive (report by Evelyne Gebhardt)
Enhanced cooperation in the area of the creation of unitary patent protection (re^port by Klaus-Heiner Lehne)
Radioactive contamination of foodstuffs (report by Ivo Belet)
Practical aspects regarding the revision of EU instruments to support SME finance in the next programming period: Commission statement
Commission statement on cord blood stem cells
Tuesday 15 February
9.00am-11.50am
Debates on emission performance standards for new light commercial vehicles (report by Martin Callanan) and on the rights of passengers in bus and coach transport (report by Antonio Cancian)
Midday-1.00pm: Votes: on inter alia reports on: - amendment of the Agreement between the EC and South Africa on trade, development and cooperation; - agreements between the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway (Financial Mechanisms 2009-2014 and imports into the EU of certain fish and fisheries products 2009-2014); - EU-Brazil agreement on certain aspects of air services; - agreement between the EU and Brazil on short-stay visa waiver for holders of ordinary passports; (and agreement between the EU and Brazil on short-stay visa waiver for holders of diplomatic, service or official passports)
3.00pm-4.00pm
Commission statement -on the adoption of modifications to the Treaty
4.00pm-7.00pm
Commission statement on the state of the European asylum system
“Towards adequate, sustainable and safe European pension systems” (report by Ria Oomen-Ruijten)
Falsified medicinal products (report by Marisa Matias)
7.00pm-8.30pm: Question Time (Commission)
9.00pm-midnight
Commission statement on the situation in Albania
Commission statement -on the eavesdropping scandal in Bulgaria
Oral question to the Commission on the World Bank Energy Strategy
Wednesday 16 February
9.00am-11.50am
Council and Commission statements on the 2010 progress report on Croatia
Council and Commission statements on EUROPE 2020 (employment policy guidelines)
Midday-1.00pm: votes
3.00pm-7.00pm
Council and Commission statements on rising food prices (vote on an EP resolution on Thursday)
Statement by High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton on the situation in Egypt
Commission statement on the media law in Hungary (vote on an EP resolution on Thursday)
Free trade agreement between the EU and the Republic of Korea (report by Robert Sturdy)
Thursday 17 February
10.00am-11.50am
Granting an EU guarantee to the EIB against losses under loans and guarantees for projects outside the EU (report by Ivailo Kalfin)
Oral question to the Commission on Commission expert groups and balanced representation and transparency
Midday-1.00pm: votes on inter alia: a bilateral safeguard clause in the EU-Korea Free Trade Agreement; the situation in Egypt; implementation of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region; EUROPE 2020; guidelines for employment policies; rising food prices; and the media law in Hungary
3.00pm-4.00pm
Debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law: border clashes between Thailand and Cambodia, Yemen (death penalty) and Uganda (murder of David Kato)
4.00pm-5.00pm
Votes on motions for resolutions concerning the preceding debates. (L.C./transl.rt)