Plenary session of the European Parliament

Reproduced with the permission of the European Parliament. 

Monday 12 January 2009. 

17:00 - 23:00. 
Resumption of session and order of business. 
One-minute speeches (Rule 144). 
Joint debate - Pesticides / Plant protection products. 
Report: Christa KlaàŸ (A6-0443/2008) - Framework for Community action to achieve a sustainable use of pesticides. 
Report: Hiltrud Breyer (A6-0444/2008) - Placing of plant protection products on the market. 
End of joint debate. 
Oral question - Action Plan on Urban Mobility.  (O-0143/2008 - B6-0002/2009). 
Oral question - Revision of the Broadcasting Communication - State aid for public broadcasting.  (O-0102/2008 - B6-0495/2008). 
Short presentations of the following reports:. 
Report: Bastiaan Belder (A6-0489/2008) - Trade and economic relations with Western Balkans. 
Report: Mairead McGuinness (A6-0505/2008) - The Common Agricultural Policy and Global Food Security. 
Report: Genowefa Grabowska (A6-0475/2008) - Developing civil dialogue under the Treaty of Lisbon. 
Report: Laima Liucija Andrikienė (A6-0498/2008) - Development of the UN Human Rights Council, including the role of the EU
Report: Donata Gottardi (A6-0507/2008) - Public finances in the EMU – 2007-2008. 
Report: Barbara Weiler (A6-0514/2008) - The transposition, implementation and enforcement of Directives 2005/29/EC and 2006/114/EC
Report: Pedro Guerreiro (A6-0485/2008) - CFP and the ecosystem approach to fisheries management. 
Report: Teresa Riera Madurell (A6-0491/2008) - Equal treatment for men and women as regards access to employment, vocational training and promotion, and working conditions. 

Tuesday 13 January 2009. 

9:00 - 10:00. 
Report: Wolf Klinz (A6-0497/2008) - Undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities (UCITS). 
10:00 - 11:20. 
10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE EURO. 
Formal sitting. 
Debate. 
11:30 - 12:00. 
Votes. 
Pursuant to Rule 43(1). 
Report: Paolo Costa (A6-0468/2008) - Cooperation in the regulation of civil aviation safety. 
Pursuant to Rule 80:. 
Report: Diana Wallis (A6-0510/2008) - Common system of trade for ovalbumin and lactalbumin (codified version). 
Report: Diana Wallis (A6-0511/2008) - System of taxation applicable to mergers, divisions, partial divisions, transfers of assets and exchanges of shares concerning companies of different Member States and to the transfer of a registered office. 
Pursuant to Rule 131. 
Report: Costas Botopoulos (A6-0508/2008) - Language arrangements applicable to appeals against decisions of the European Union Civil Service Tribunal. 
Texts on which debate is closed
12:00 - 12:30. 
Formal sitting - Latvia. 
12:30 - 13:00. 
Continuation of votes. 
15:00 - 17:30 [LEGISLATIVE DEBATES]. 
Report: Carlos Coelho (A6-0500/2008) - Security features and biometrics in passports and travel documents. 
Report: Marco Cappato (A6-0459/2008) - Public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents. 
Report: Alexander Graf Lambsdorff (A6-0415/2008) - Public contracts in the fields of defence and security. 
17:30 - 19:00. 
Question Time (Commission) (B6-0001/2009). 
21:00 - 24:00. 
Commission statement - Pharmaceutical products package. 
Report: Carl Schlyter (A6-0341/2008) - Dangerous substances and preparations (dichloromethane). 
Report: Ilda Figueiredo (A6-0423/2008) - Authorisation to ratify the Work in Fishing Convention, 2007, of the International Labour Organisation (Convention 188). 

Wednesday 14 January 2009. 

9:00 - 11:50. 
KEY DEBATE. 
Council statement - Presentation of the Czech Presidency's programme. 
12:00 - 13:00. 
Votes. 
Report: Giusto Catania (A6-0479/2008) - Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union (2004-2008). 
Motion for a resolution (B6-0624/2008) - Maritime Labour Convention. 
Texts on which debate is closed
15:00 - 19:00 [DEBATES ON CURRENT TOPICS]. 
Council and Commission statements - Situation in the Middle East/Gaza Strip. 
Council and Commission statements - Gas supplies by Russia to Ukraine and the EU. 
19:00 - 20:00. 
Question Time (Council) (B6-0001/2009). 
21:00 - 24:00. 
Council and Commission statements - Situation in the Horn of Africa. 
Council and Commission statements - EU strategy towards Belarus. 
Council and Commission statements - Commemorating 11 July as a day of remembrance for the victims of the massacre in Srebrenica. 

Thursday 15 January 2009. 

10:00 - 11:50. 
Oral question - Animal transport.  (O-0134/2008 - B6-0496/2008). 
Oral question - Mediterranean diet.  (O-0135/2008 - B6-0497/2008). 
12:00 - 13:00. 
Votes. 
Pursuant to Rule 45(2). 
Report: Véronique Mathieu (A6-0488/2008) - Budgetary control of EU funds in Afghanistan. 
15:00 - 16:00. 
Debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (one hour maximum) (Rule 115). 
Iran: the Shirin Ebadi case. 
Guinea. 
Press freedom in Kenya. 
16:00 [or at the end of the preceding debates]. 
Votes. 
Speaking time (Rule 142). 
Deadlines.