23.8.2013

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

CE 242/1

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Monday 15 April 2013
MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 15 APRIL 2013

2013/C 242 E/01

Contents

1.	Resumption of the session

2.	Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

3.	Composition of Parliament

4.	Verification of credentials

5.	Composition of political groups

6.	Composition of committees and delegations

7.	Announcement by the President

8.	Corrigenda (Rule 216)

9.	Interpretation of the Rules of Procedure

10.	Signature of acts adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure (Rule 74)

11.	Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council

12.

Petitions

13.	Questions for oral answer (submission)

14.	Documents received

15.	Order of business

16.	Timing of auctions of greenhouse gas allowances ***I (debate)

17.	Scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading ***I (debate)

18.	Equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services (debate)

19.	Unsustainable mackerel fishing in the North East Atlantic (debate)

20.	European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) ***I (debate)

21.	One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

22.	Advancing development through trade (short presentation)

23.	Trade and investment-driven growth for developing countries (short presentation)

24.	Agenda of the next sitting

25.	Closure of the sitting

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 15 APRIL 2013

IN THE CHAIR: Martin SCHULZ

President

1.   Resumption of the session

The sitting opened at 17.00.

2.   Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

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Andrea Zanoni had made it known that he had been present at the sitting of 11 March 2013, but that his name was not on the attendance register.

3.   Composition of Parliament

Louis Grech had been appointed Malta's Minister for European Affairs, with effect from 13 March 2013.

Edward Scicluna had been appointed Malta's Minister for Finance with effect from 13 March 2013.

Simon Busuttil had been elected to Malta's national parliament with effect from 6 April 2013.

Under Article 7(1) of the Act concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage and Rule 4(1) and (4), Parliament established that Louis Grech and Edward Scicluna's seats were vacant with effect from 13 March 2013 and that Simon Busuttil's seat was vacant with effect from 6 April 2013 and informed the national authority concerned.

Gabriele Albertini, Mario Mauro and Gianluca Susta had been elected to the Italian Senate with effect from 15 March 2013.

Under Article 7(1) of the Act concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage and Rule 4(1) and (4), Parliament established that Gabriele Albertini, Mario Mauro and Gianluca Susta's seats were vacant with effect from 15 March and informed the national authority concerned.

The Italian authorities had informed Parliament of the election of Isabella De Martini to replace Mario Mauro, Fabrizio Bertot to replace Gabriele Albertini, and Franco Bonanini to replace Gianluca Susta, as Members of the European Parliament with effect from 12 April 2013.

Under Rule 3(2), until such time as their credentials had been verified or a ruling had been given on any dispute, and provided that they had previously made a written declaration stating that they did not hold any office incompatible with that of Member of the European Parliament, Isabella De Martini, Fabrizio Bertot and Franco Bonanini would take their seats in Parliament and on its bodies and would enjoy all the rights attaching thereto.

4.   Verification of credentials

On the JURI Committee's proposal, Parliament decided to approve the validity of Andreas Pitsillides' mandate with effect from 4 March 2013.

5.   Composition of political groups

Emilie Turunen had joined the S&D with effect from 21 March 2013.

6.   Composition of committees and delegations

The President had received requests for the following appointments from the S&D, PPE and EFD Groups:

—	Delegation for relations with the United States: Karin Kadenbach to replace Hannes Swoboda

—	Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean: Cristina Gutiérrez-Cortines to replace Salvador Garriga Polledo

—	PETI Committee: Jaroslav Paška to replace Rolandas Paksas

—	REGI Committee: Francesca Barracciu to replace Salvatore Caronna

—	Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs: Salvatore Caronna to replace Francesca Barracciu

The appointments would be deemed ratified if there were no objections before the approval of these minutes.

7.   Announcement by the President

The President said that Nikiforos Diamandouros had announced he would be stepping down as European Ombudsman with effect from 1 October 2013. A call for applications had been published in the Official Journal on 4 April; the closing date for forwarding applications to the President was 8 May 2013.

Under Rule 204(2), each application had to have the support of at least 40 Members who were nationals of at least two Member States, and Members could support only one application. If a Member supported several applications, none of these choices would be taken into account. Once an application had been forwarded to the President, i.e. after 8 May, it would no longer be possible to withdraw or add a supporting signature.

Under Rule 204(3), applications that met all the criteria would be forwarded to the Chair of the Committee on Petitions. The Committee on Petitions would hold hearings of applicants, probably in mid-June. The hearings would be open to all Members.

The President added that the election in plenary would be held during the July part-session so the new Ombudsman could take up his duties on 1 October 2013.

This information would be forwarded to all Members in the form of a communication from the President sent from the 'Ombudsman Election 2013' electronic mailbox which had been set up for this purpose and to receive Members' questions on this subject.

8.   Corrigenda (Rule 216)

The ECON Committee had forwarded the following corrigenda to texts adopted by Parliament:

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Corrigendum (P7_TA-PROV(2013)0012(COR01)) to the position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 16 January 2013 with a view to the adoption of a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 on credit rating agencies (P7_TA-PROV(2013)0012) (COM(2011)0747 – C7-0420/2011 – 2011/0361(COD));

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Corrigendum (P7_TA-PROV(2013)0013(COR01)) to the position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 16 January 2013 with a view to the adoption of Directive 2013/…./EU of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2003/41/EC on the activities and supervision of institutions for occupational retirement provision, Directive 2009/65/EC on the coordination of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to undertakings of collective investment in transferable securities (UCITS) and Directive 2011/61/EU on Alternative Investment Funds Managers in respect of the excessive reliance on credit ratings (P7_TA-PROV(2013)0013) (COM(2011)0746 – C7-0419/2011 – 2011/0360(COD));

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Corrigendum (P7_TA-PROV(2013)0069(COR01)) to the position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 12 March 2013 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) No …/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the strengthening of economic and budgetary surveillance of Member States in the euro area experiencing or threatened with serious difficulties with respect to their financial stability (P7_TA-PROV(2013)0069) (COM(2011)0819 – C7-0449/2011 – 2011/0385(COD));

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Corrigendum (P7_TA-PROV(2013)0070(COR01)) to the position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 12 March 2013 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) No …/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on common provisions for monitoring and assessing draft budgetary plans and ensuring the correction of excessive deficit of the Member States in the euro area (P7_TA-PROV(2013)0070) (COM(2011)0821 – C7-0448/2011– 2011/0386(COD)).

Pursuant to Rule 216(4) of the Rules of Procedure, these corrigenda would be deemed approved unless, not later than 24 hours after their announcement, a request was made by a political group or at least 40 Members that it be put to the vote.

The corrigenda were available on the Séance en direct site.

9.   Interpretation of the Rules of Procedure

The President informed the House, under Rule 211(3), of the following interpretation of Rule 159(3), provided by the Committee on Constitutional Affairs, which had been consulted on the application of that provision:

Rule 159(3) is to be interpreted as meaning that, where there is a tied vote on a draft recommendation under Rule 128(4) not to intervene in proceedings before the Court of Justice of the European Union, such a tie does not signify the adoption of a recommendation that Parliament should intervene in those proceedings. In such a case, the committee responsible is to be deemed not to have expressed any recommendation.

If this interpretation was not contested by a political group or by at least 40 Members, in accordance with Rule 211(4), up until the opening of the following day's sitting, Tuesday 16 April 2013, it would be deemed to have been adopted. Otherwise, the matter would be put to the vote in Parliament.

10.   Signature of acts adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure (Rule 74)

The President announced that on Wednesday, together with the President of the Council, he would sign the following acts adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure:

—	Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on European social entrepreneurship funds (00074/2012/LEX - C7-0095/2013 - 2011/0418(COD));

—	Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on European venture capital funds (00073/2012/LEX - C7-0093/2013 - 2011/0417(COD));

—	Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure and repealing Decision No 1364/2006/EC and amending Regulations (EC) No 713/2009, (EC) No 714/2009 and (EC) No 715/2009 (00075/2012/LEX - C7-0092/2013 - 2011/0300(COD)).

11.   Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council

The Council had forwarded a certified true copy of the following:

Agreement between the European Union and Canada on customs cooperation with respect to matters related to supply-chain security.

12.   Petitions

The following petitions, which had been entered in the register on the dates shown below, had been forwarded to the committee responsible under Rule 201(6):

20 March 2013 Marta Mariani (No 0112/2013); Popescu Alina (No 0113/2013); Sander Robin (No 0114/2013); Simone Trollo (No 0115/2013); Giuseppe Guidi (No 0116/2013); Corobana Cristinel (No 0117/2013); Giulia Gaspari (No 0118/2013); Oisin Jones-Dillon (No 0119/2013); Bruno Schillinger (Supporters and Friends of Bruno Schillinger (SAFOB)) (No 0120/2013); Krzysztof Harmata (Miasto Oświęcim) (No 0121/2013); Paul Bazus (Association ADSEJ) (No 0122/2013); Siobhan O'Carroll (No 0123/2013); Eliade Tataru (No 0124/2013); Susan Lowman (No 0125/2013); Martin Turi (No 0126/2013); Matthias Müller (No 0127/2013); Neven Ivan Letinić (Association of Victims of the Second World War under the Italian and German Occupation 1941-1945) (No 0128/2013); Antonino Giovinazzo (No 0129/2013); Marian Dimitrov Nedyalkov (259 signatures) (No 0130/2013); Günter Van Gee (No 0131/2013); Claudio Arena (No 0132/2013); Marina Pellegrino (No 0133/2013); Denisa Moșincat (No 0134/2013); Raimondo Leonetti (No 0135/2013); Ryszard Turbak (No 0136/2013); Timothy Ashton (No 0137/2013); Luigi Corò (No 0138/2013); Raffaello Tonon (Associazione Difesa Investimenti (ADI)) (No 0139/2013); Martin Johansson (Advokatfirman Vinge KB) (2 signatures) (No 0140/2013); Corinna Barwaldt (37 signatures) (No 0141/2013); S Dornier (No 0142/2013); Manuel Enocq (No 0143/2013); Stefano Zanardi (No 0144/2013); Constantin Lupsa (No 0145/2013); Ieva Dumbrava (No 0146/2013); Claudio Pettenati (No 0147/2013); Sonja Schenk (No 0148/2013); Michel Beeckmans (No 0149/2013); Jörg Thieme (No 0150/2013); (name confidential) (No 0151/2013); Sophocles Georgiou (No 0152/2013); (name confidential) (No 0153/2013); (name confidential) (No 0154/2013); Clive Bates (No 0155/2013); Lorenzo Fontana (No 0156/2013).

4 April 2013 Juan-Luis De Javier i Mari (Asociación Ecologista Arca Iberica) (No 0157/2013); Palmira Martins Branco da Costa (No 0158/2013); Maria Rosalina Antunes (No 0159/2013); Kenneth Albert Lucas (No 0160/2013); Esperanza Vicenta Gómez Gómez (No 0161/2013); Susan Lowman (No 0162/2013); (name confidential) (No 0163/2013); (name confidential) (No 0164/2013); Carlemany Planella Torrelles (No 0165/2013); Alberto José García David (No 0166/2013); F. Floarea Burlusanu (No 0167/2013); Adraino Alvarez Callejo (No 0168/2013); Agustín Valero Gómez (12 signatures) (No 0169/2013); Santiago Del Valle Garcia (No 0170/2013); Ana Maria Cedeira Zas (No 0171/2013); Eduard Rabal Vidal (No 0172/2013); Luz Helena Zapata Suarez (No 0173/2013); Jesus Cardenas (No 0174/2013); (name confidential) (No 0175/2013); (name confidential) (No 0176/2013); Andrea Dimitri (No 0177/2013); Yosheba Miren Sainz de la Higuera y Gartzia (No 0178/2013); Manuel Da Rocha (No 0179/2013); (name confidential) (No 0180/2013); Vítor Hugo Sousa Costa (No 0181/2013); (name confidential) (No 0182/2013); Victor Angel Matesanz Postigo (No 0183/2013); (name confidential) (No 0184/2013); (name confidential) (No 0185/2013); V. Guillermo Garcia Salvador (No 0186/2013); Jose Manuel Martin Alvarez (No 0187/2013); Macarena Rodriguez Garcia (No 0188/2013); (name confidential) (No 0189/2013); (name confidential) (No 0190/2013); Vagner Iohan (No 0191/2013); Monika Kunz (No 0192/2013).

12 April 2013 Bjorn Biehler (No 0193/2013); (name confidential) (No 0194/2013); Bianca Heiden (No 0195/2013); Rolf Becker (No 0196/2013); Benedikt Schoser (Friedrich-Baur Institut, Neurologische Klinik, Klinikum der Universität München) (No 0197/2013); Florence Berg (2 signatures) (No 0198/2013); Dieter Quade (2 signatures) (No 0199/2013); Norman Nagel (No 0200/2013); (name confidential) (No 0201/2013); (name confidential) (No 0202/2013); (name confidential) (No 0203/2013); Julianna Geissler (No 0204/2013); Florian Bosse (No 0205/2013); (name confidential) (No 0206/2013); Ludwig Bühlmeier (No 0207/2013); Franz Michael Letsch (No 0208/2013); Matthias Ferrari (No 0209/2013); (name confidential) (No 0210/2013); Wolfgang Wysocki (No 0211/2013); (name confidential) (No 0212/2013); Anna Widera (No 0213/2013); Ronald Schirmer (Schirmer & Partner GmbH & Co.KG) (2 signatures) (No 0214/2013); Melanie Hilkemeier (NABU Naturschutzbund Deutschland e.V.) (No 0215/2013); Hinko Murovec (No 0216/2013); Aivars Ašmanis (No 0217/2013); Antonis Bolos (No 0218/2013); Paraskevas Tsavdaridis (No 0219/2013); (name confidential) (No 0220/2013); Spyros Triantafyllidis (No 0221/2013); Theodoros Pitikaris (No 0222/2013); Henning Frøslev (No 0223/2013); Constantinos D. Pylarinos (Greek Association of Former Members of the Hellenic and the European Parliament) (No 0224/2013); Stanislava Merňáková (No 0225/2013); Arif Laurimaa (No 0226/2013); Anita Willemse (No 0227/2013); Fred de Klerk (No 0228/2013); (name confidential) (No 0229/2013); Bryan Lecot (No 0230/2013); Jerzy Chachulski (No 0231/2013); Anna Kleszcz (No 0232/2013); Jan Waskiel (No 0233/2013); Štefan Štefanides (No 0234/2013); Christian Mörner (6 signatures) (No 0235/2013); Patrick Vanhoudt (No 0236/2013); (name confidential) (No 0237/2013); Yiannis Maniatis (Citizens' Initiative of Megalopoli) (No 0238/2013); Gaetano Cortese (No 0239/2013); Ioan Padurariu (No 0240/2013); Jürgen Weidemann (Weidemann Pigorsch Rechtsanwalte) (No 0241/2013); Paul Downes (No 0242/2013); (name confidential) (No 0243/2013); Huseyin Gencoglu (No 0244/2013); (name confidential) (No 0245/2013); (name confidential) (No 0246/2013); (name confidential) (No 0247/2013); Rodney Enderby (No 0248/2013); Antonio Martire (No 0249/2013); Jesús Martínez (No 0250/2013); Antoine Coppin (No 0251/2013); Alessandro Testa (No 0252/2013); (name confidential) (No 0253/2013); Carlo Simoni (Comitato Popolare SOS C&C) (7 signatures) (No 0254/2013); John Pyrokkas (No 0255/2013); (name confidential) (No 0256/2013); (name confidential) (2 signatures) (No 0257/2013); (name confidential) (No 0258/2013); Pascu Florian Cuc (No 0259/2013); David Malcolm (No 0260/2013); Giuseppina Spanò (No 0261/2013); (name confidential) (No 0262/2013); Natasha Alekseeva (No 0263/2013); Bernadette Ellis (No 0264/2013); Jonathan Levy (No 0265/2013); Oisin Jones-Dillon (No 0266/2013); Giuseppe Messina (No 0267/2013); (name confidential) (No 0268/2013); Michael Banse (No 0269/2013); Georg Moreth (No 0270/2013); (name confidential) (No 0271/2013); (name confidential) (No 0272/2013); Igor Jacak (51 signatures) (No 0273/2013); Dieter Horns (No 0274/2013); Dietmar Schmidt (No 0275/2013); Asise Andrea Kelany-Maier (No 0276/2013); Jürgen Flug (No 0277/2013); Manfred Ehlert (No 0278/2013); (name confidential) (No 0279/2013); Jan Lindner (No 0280/2013); Hermann Lang (No 0281/2013); Guido Muenster (No 0282/2013); Heinz Thiele (No 0283/2013); Robert Olaf de Clercq (No 0284/2013); Christoph Klein (No 0285/2013); Wilhelm Krpalek (No 0286/2013); (name confidential) (No 0287/2013); Joachim Klein (No 0288/2013); (name confidential) (No 0289/2013); (name confidential) (No 0290/2013); Marjan Rupnik (No 0291/2013); Maja Volgemut (No 0292/2013); Ayse Donmezer (No 0293/2013); (name confidential) (No 0294/2013); Sándor Asztalos (No 0295/2013); Zoltán Bíró (No 0296/2013); Zoltán Bíró (No 0297/2013); (name confidential) (No 0298/2013); (name confidential) (No 0299/2013); Piotr Kawa (No 0300/2013).

13.   Questions for oral answer (submission)

The following questions for oral answer had been submitted by Members (Rule 115):

—	(O-000023/2013) by Pat the Cope Gallagher and Gabriel Mato Adrover, on behalf of the PECH Committee, to the Commission: Implementation of Regulation (EU) No 1026/2012 with regard to unsustainable mackerel fishing in the North East Atlantic (B7-0114/2013) (2013/2575(RSP));

—	(O-000017/2013) by Danuta Maria Hübner, on behalf of the DEVE Committee, to the Commission: Regional state aid (B7-0115/2013) (2013/2550(RSP));

—	(O-000035/2013) by Pat the Cope Gallagher and Gabriel Mato Adrover, on behalf of the PECH Committee, to the Council: Institutional deadlock regarding multi-annual fisheries management plans (B7-0116/2013) (2013/2588(RSP));

—	(O-000039/2013) by Sharon Bowles, on behalf of the ECON Committee, to the Commission: Completing the scoreboard for the Macroeconomic Imbalance Procedure (MIP) (2013/2582(RSP)) (B7-0117/2013) ( 2013/2582(RSP)).

14.   Documents received

The following documents had been received:

1)

from the Council and Commission — Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning measures to ensure a high common level of network and information security across the Union (COM(2013)0048 - C7-0035/2013 - 2013/0027(COD)) The President would consult the European Economic and Social Committee on this proposal, in accordance with Rule 124(1). referred to responsible: IMCO opinion: ITRE, AFET, ENVI, BUDG, JURI, ECON, LIBE, INTA, TRAN — Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for maritime spatial planning and integrated coastal management (COM(2013)0133 - C7-0065/2013 - 2013/0074(COD)) The President would consult the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on this proposal, in accordance with Rule 124(1) and Rule 125(1). referred to responsible: TRAN opinion: ENVI, PETI, PECH, AGRI, EMPL, ITRE, REGI — Draft Council decision fixing the period for the eighth election of representatives to the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage (07279/2013 - C7-0068/2013 - 2013/0802(CNS)) referred to responsible: AFCO — Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 450/2008 laying down the Community Customs Code (Modernised Customs Code) as regards the date of its application (COM(2013)0193 - C7-0096/2013 - 2013/0104(COD)) The President would consult the European Economic and Social Committee on this proposal, in accordance with Rule 124(1). referred to responsible: IMCO opinion: BUDG, ITRE, CONT, LIBE, INTA

2)

from committees 2.1) reports — ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the Union Customs Code (recast) (COM(2012)0064 - C7-0045/2012 - 2012/0027(COD)) - IMCO Committee - Rapporteur: Constance Le Grip (A7-0006/2013) — ***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on public procurement (COM(2011)0896 - C7-0006/2012 - 2011/0438(COD)) - IMCO Committee - Rapporteur: Marc Tarabella (A7-0007/2013) — ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 812/2004 laying down measures concerning incidental catches of cetaceans in fisheries and amending Regulation (EC) No 88/98 (COM(2012)0447 - C7-0213/2012 - 2012/0216(COD)) - PECH Committee - Rapporteur: Raül Romeva i Rueda (A7-0042/2013) — Report on transposition and application of Council Directive 2004/113/EC implementing the principle of equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services (2010/2043(INI)) - FEMM Committee - Rapporteur: Zita Gurmai (A7-0044/2013) — ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directives 1999/4/EC, 2000/36/EC, 2001/111/EC, 2001/113/EC and 2001/114/EC as regards the powers to be conferred on the Commission (COM(2012)0150 - C7-0089/2012 - 2012/0075(COD)) - ENVI Committee - Rapporteur: Matthias Groote (A7-0045/2013) — ***I Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2003/87/EC clarifying provisions on the timing of auctions of greenhouse gas allowances (COM(2012)0416 - C7-0203/2012 - 2012/0202(COD)) - ENVI Committee - Rapporteur: Matthias Groote (A7-0046/2013) — ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on European statistics on demography (COM(2011)0903 - C7-0518/2011 - 2011/0440(COD)) - EMPL Committee - Rapporteur: Csaba Sógor (A7-0050/2013) — ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain technical and control measures in the Skagerrak and amending Regulation (EC) No 850/98 and Regulation (EC) No 1342/2008 (COM(2012)0471 - C7-0234/2012 - 2012/0232(COD)) - PECH Committee - Rapporteur: Werner Kuhn (A7-0051/2013) — Report on trade and investment-driven growth for developing countries (2012/2225(INI)) - INTA Committee - Rapporteur: Tokia Saïfi (A7-0053/2013) — Report on Advancing Development through Trade (2012/2224(INI)) - DEVE Committee - Rapporteur: Alf Svensson (A7-0054/2013) — Report on the Implementation of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (2012/2132(INI)) - CULT Committee - Rapporteur: Piotr Borys (A7-0055/2013) — ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) (COM(2010)0521 - C7-0302/2010 - 2010/0275(COD)) - ITRE Committee - Rapporteur: Giles Chichester (A7-0056/2013) — Report on the impact of the financial and economic crisis on human rights (2012/2136(INI)) - AFET Committee - Rapporteur: Inese Vaidere (A7-0057/2013) — * Report on the proposal for a Council directive amending Directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of value added tax, as regards the treatment of vouchers (COM(2012)0206 - C7-0127/2012 - 2012/0102(CNS)) - ECON Committee - Rapporteur: Ildikó Gáll-Pelcz (A7-0058/2013) — *** Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and Ukraine amending the Agreement between the European Community and Ukraine on the facilitation of the issuance of visas (12282/2012 - C7-0200/2012 - 2012/0138(NLE)) - LIBE Committee - Rapporteur: Claude Moraes (A7-0059/2013) — ***I Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council derogating temporarily from Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community (COM(2012)0697 - C7-0385/2012 - 2012/0328(COD)) - ENVI Committee - Rapporteur: Peter Liese (A7-0060/2013) — Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2011, Section II - European Council and Council (COM(2012)0436[[03]] - C7-0226/2012 - 2012/2169(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Andrea Češková (A7-0061/2013) — Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Eighth, Ninth and Tenth European Development Funds for the financial year 2011 (COM(2012)0435 - C7-0223/2012 - 2012/2166(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Søren Bo Søndergaard (A7-0062/2013) — Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2011, Section I – European Parliament (COM(2012)0436[[02]] - C7-0225/2012 - 2012/2168(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Eva Ortiz Vilella (A7-0063/2013) — Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Police College for the financial year 2011 (COM(2012)0436[[28]] - C7-0262/2012 - 2012/2199(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0064/2013) — Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European GNSS Agency for the financial year 2011 (COM(2012)0436[[30]] - C7-0264/2012 - 2012/2201(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0065/2013) — Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications for the financial year 2011 (COM(2012)0436[[40]] - C7-0274/2012 - 2012/2211(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0066/2013) — Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions for the financial year 2011 (COM(2012)0436[[13]] - C7-0246/2012 - 2012/2184(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0067/2013) — Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators for the financial year 2011 (COM(2012)0436[[39]] - C7-0273/2012 - 2012/2210(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0068/2013) — Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union for the financial year 2011 (COM(2012)0436[[18]] - C7-0251/2012 - 2012/2189(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0069/2013) — Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Environment Agency for the financial year 2011 (COM(2012)0436[[16]] - C7-0249/2012 - 2012/2187(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0070/2013) — Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction for the financial year 2011 (COM(2012)0436[[15]] - C7-0248/2012 - 2012/2186(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0071/2013) — Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of Eurojust for the financial year 2011 (COM(2012)0436[[20]] - C7-0253/2012 - 2012/2191(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0072/2013) — Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training for the financial year 2011 (COM(2012)0436[[12]] - C7-0245/2012 - 2012/2183(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0073/2013) — Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Food Safety Authority for the financial year 2011 (COM(2012)0436[[24]] - C7-0258/2012 - 2012/2196(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0074/2013) — Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Aviation Safety Agency for the financial year 2011 (COM(2012)0436[[23]] - C7-0256/2012 - 2012/2194(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0075/2013) — Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2011, Section VI – European Economic and Social Committee (COM(2012)0436[[06]] - C7-0229/2012 - 2012/2172(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Andrea Češková (A7-0076/2013) — Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy for the financial year 2011 (COM(2012)0436[[43]] - C7-0277/2012 - 2012/2215(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0077/2013) — Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Maritime Safety Agency for the financial year 2011 (COM(2012)0436[[22]] - C7-0255/2012 - 2012/2193(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0078/2013) — Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union for the financial year 2011 (COM(2012)0436[[29]] - C7-0263/2012 - 2012/2200(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0079/2013) — Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Training Foundation for the financial year 2011 (COM(2012)0436[[21]] - C7-0254/2012 - 2012/2192(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0080/2013) — Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Institute for Gender Equality for the financial year 2011 (COM(2012)0436[[35]] - C7-0269/2012 - 2012/2206(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0081/2013) — Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control for the financial year 2011 (COM(2012)0436[[25]] - C7-0257/2012 - 2012/2195(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0082/2013) — Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Police Office for the financial year 2011 (COM(2012)0436[[34]] - C7-0268/2012 - 2012/2205(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0083/2013) — Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2011 (COM(2012)0436[[48]] - C7-0282/2012 - 2012/2220(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0084/2013) — Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work for the financial year 2011 (COM(2012)0436[[17]] - C7-0250/2012 - 2012/2188(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0085/2013) — Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2011 (COM(2012)0436[[45]] - C7-0279/2012 - 2012/2217(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0086/2013) — Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2011 (COM(2012)0436[[46]] - C7-0280/2012 - 2012/2218(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0087/2013) — Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Innovative Medicines Initiative Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2011 (COM(2012)0436[[47]] - C7-0281/2012 - 2012/2219(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0088/2013) — Report on the application of Directive 2004/25/EC on takeover bids (2012/2262(INI)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Klaus-Heiner Lehne (A7-0089/2013) — Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2011, Section IV - Court of Justice (COM(2012)0436[[04]] - C7-0227/2012 - 2012/2170(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (A7-0090/2013) — * Report on the proposal for a Council decision amending Annexes II and III of Council Decision of 9 June 2011 on the approval, on behalf of the European Union, of The Hague Convention of 23 November 2007, on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance (COM(2013)0035 - C7-0045/2013 - 2013/0019(NLE)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Antonio López-Istúriz White (A7-0091/2013) — Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2011, Section V - Court of Auditors (COM(2012)0436[[05]] - C7-0228/2012 - 2012/2171(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (A7-0092/2013) — Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2011, Section VII - Committee of the Regions (COM(2012)0436[[07]] - C7-0230/2012 - 2012/2173(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Andrea Češková (A7-0093/2013) — Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2011, Section VIII – European Ombudsman (COM(2012)0436[[08]] - C7-0231/2012 - 2012/2174(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Andrea Češková (A7-0094/2013) — Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2011, Section IX – European Data Protection Supervisor (COM(2012)0436[[09]] - C7-0232/2012 - 2012/2175(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Andrea Češková (A7-0095/2013) — Report on the Court of Auditors' special reports in the context of the 2011 Commission discharge (COM(2012)0436[[50]] - C7-0023/2013 - 2013/2015(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Jens Geier (A7-0096/2013) — Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Chemicals Agency for the financial year 2011 (COM(2012)0436[[32]] - C7-0266/2012 - 2012/2203(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0097/2013) — Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Medicines Agency for the financial year 2011 (COM(2012)0436[[19]] - C7-0252/2012 - 2012/2190(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0098/2013) — Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2011, Section X – European External Action Service (COM(2012)0436[[10]] - C7-0235/2012 - 2012/2176(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (A7-0099/2013) — Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Network and Information Security Agency for the financial year 2011 (COM(2012)0436[[26]] - C7-0259/2012 - 2012/2197(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0100/2013) — Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the SESAR Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2011 (COM(2012)0436[[44]] - C7-0278/2012 - 2012/2216(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0101/2013) — Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights for the financial year 2011 (COM(2012)0436[[14]] - C7-0247/2012 - 2012/2185(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0102/2013) — Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Railway Agency for the financial year 2011 (COM(2012)0436[[27]] - C7-0261/2012 - 2012/2198(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0103/2013) — Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Euratom Supply Agency for the financial year 2011 (COM(2012)0436[[33]] - C7-0267/2012 - 2012/2204(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0104/2013) — Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the ENIAC Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2011 (COM(2012)0436[[49]] - C7-0283/2012 - 2012/2221(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0105/2013) — Report on the request for waiver of the immunity of Hans-Peter Martin (2012/2326(IMM)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Tadeusz Zwiefka (A7-0106/2013) — Report on the request for waiver of the immunity of Jürgen Creutzmann (2013/2016(IMM)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Francesco Enrico Speroni (A7-0107/2013) — Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology for the financial year 2011 (COM(2012)0436[[41]] - C7-0275/2012 - 2012/2212(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0108/2013) — Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Community European Fisheries Control Agency for the financial year 2011 (COM(2012)0436[[31]] - C7-0265/2012 - 2012/2202(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0109/2013) — *** Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement amending for the second time the Partnership Agreement between the members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part, signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000, as first amended in Luxembourg on 25 June 2005 (16894/2011 - C7-0469/2011 - 2011/0207(NLE)) - DEVE Committee - Rapporteur: Michael Cashman (A7-0110/2013) — Report on the 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/2012/023 IT/Antonio Merloni SpA from Italy) (COM(2013)0090 - C7-0046/2013 - 2013/2032(BUD)) - BUDG Committee - Rapporteur: Frédéric Daerden (A7-0111/2013) — Report on Parliament’s estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2014 (2013/2018(BUD)) - BUDG Committee - Rapporteur: Monika Hohlmeier (A7-0112/2013) — Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Banking Authority for the financial year 2011 (COM(2012)0436[[36]] - C7-0270/2012 - 2012/2207(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0113/2013) — Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority for the financial year 2011 (COM(2012)0436[[37]] - C7-0271/2012 - 2012/2208(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0114/2013) — Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Securities and Markets Authority for the financial year 2011 (COM(2012)0436[[38]] - C7-0272/2012 - 2012/2209(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0115/2013) — Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2011, Section III – Commission and executive agencies (COM(2012)0436[[01]] - C7-0224/2012 - 2012/2167(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Jens Geier (A7-0116/2013) — Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union agencies for the financial year 2011: performance, financial management and control (2012/2214(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0118/2013) — Report on the request for waiver of the immunity of Ewald Stadler (2012/2239(IMM)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Tadeusz Zwiefka (A7-0120/2013) — *** Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement and of the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by the Agreement (13501/2012 - C7-0007/2013 - 2012/0215(NLE)) - PECH Committee - Rapporteur: Antolín Sánchez Presedo (A7-0127/2013) — *** Recommendation on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Moldova amending the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Moldova on the facilitation of the issuance of visas (12012/2012 - C7-0201/2012 - 2012/0140(NLE)) - LIBE Committee - Rapporteur: Marian-Jean Marinescu (A7-0128/2013) — Interim report on the proposal for a Council regulation establishing a facility for providing financial assistance for Member States whose currency is not the euro (COM(2012)0336 - 2012/0164(APP)) - ECON Committee - Rapporteur: Danuta Maria Hübner (A7-0129/2013) — Report with a proposal for a European Parliament recommendation to the Council on the UN principle of the 'Responsibility to Protect' (R2P) (B7-0191/2012 - 2012/2143(INI)) - AFET Committee - Rapporteur: Franziska Katharina Brantner (A7-0130/2013) — ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on ship recycling (COM(2012)0118 - C7-0082/2012 - 2012/0055(COD)) - ENVI Committee - Rapporteur: Carl Schlyter (A7-0132/2013) — Report on the 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/2011/016 IT/Agile from Italy) (COM(2013)0120 - C7-0060/2013 - 2013/2049(BUD)) - BUDG Committee - Rapporteur: Angelika Werthmann (A7-0133/2013) — Report on the 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/2011/010 AT/Austria Tabak from Austria) (COM(2013)0119 - C7-0059/2013 - 2013/2048(BUD)) - BUDG Committee - Rapporteur: Frédéric Daerden (A7-0134/2013) — Report on current challenges and opportunities for renewable energy in the European internal energy market (2012/2259(INI)) - ITRE Committee - Rapporteur: Herbert Reul (A7-0135/2013) — ***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to making available on the market of measuring instruments (recast) (COM(2011)0769 - C7-0422/2011 - 2011/0353(COD)) - IMCO Committee - Rapporteur: Zuzana Roithová (A7-0376/2012) 2.2) recommendations for second reading — ***II Recommendation for second reading on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 as regards the exclusion of a number of countries from the list of regions or states which have concluded negotiations (15519/1/2012 - C7-0006/2013 - 2011/0260(COD)) - INTA Committee - Rapporteur: David Martin (A7-0123/2013)

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from Members 3.1) motions for resolutions (Rule 120) — Mara Bizzotto. Motion for a resolution on combating fundamentalism and violence against women (B7-0159/2013) referred to responsible: FEMM — Cristiana Muscardini. Motion for a resolution on the establishment of a standardised identification network for disability permits in restricted traffic areas (B7-0163/2013) referred to responsible: TRAN opinion: EMPL 3.2) proposals for recommendations (Rule 121) — Laima Liucija Andrikienė, on behalf of the PPE Group. Proposal for a recommendation to the Council on the draft EU guidelines on the promotion and protection of freedom of religion or belief (B7-0164/2013) referred to responsible: AFET

15.   Order of business

The next item was the order of business.

The final draft agenda for the April 2013 sittings (PE 507.910/PDOJ) had been distributed and a number of changes had been proposed (Rule 140):

Monday and Tuesday No changes.

Wednesday With the political groups' agreement, the report by Michael Cashman (A7-0110/2013) - Second amendment to the Cotonou Agreement of 23 June 2000 (item 113 of the draft agenda) was taken off the agenda.

Thursday No changes.

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The order of business was thus established.

16.   Timing of auctions of greenhouse gas allowances ***I (debate)

Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2003/87/EC clarifying provisions on the timing of auctions of greenhouse gas allowances [COM(2012)0416 - C7-0203/2012- 2012/0202(COD)] - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. Rapporteur: Matthias Groote (A7-0046/2013)

Matthias Groote introduced the report.

The following spoke: Connie Hedegaard (Member of the Commission).

IN THE CHAIR: Othmar KARAS

Vice-President

The following spoke: Amalia Sartori (rapporteur for the opinion of the ITRE Committee), Eija-Riitta Korhola, on behalf of the PPE Group, Dan Jørgensen, on behalf of the S&D Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by João Ferreira, Chris Davies, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Bas Eickhout, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Konrad Szymański, on behalf of the ECR Group, Oreste Rossi, on behalf of the EFD Group, João Ferreira, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Dan Jørgensen, Richard Seeber, who also replied to a blue-card question by Matthias Groote, Adam Gierek, Theodoros Skylakakis, Satu Hassi, Adam Bielan, Godfrey Bloom, who declined to answer blue-card questions by Chris Davies and Dan Jørgensen, Romana Jordan who also replied to a blue-card question by Silvia-Adriana Țicău, Holger Krahmer, who also replied to a blue-card question by Yannick Jadot, Kriton Arsenis, who also replied to a blue-card question by Theodoros Skylakakis, Yannick Jadot, who also replied to two blue-card questions by João Ferreira and Konrad Szymański, Niki Tzavela, Peter Liese, Françoise Grossetête, Lena Kolarska-Bobińska, Elisabetta Gardini, who also replied to a blue-card question by Carl Schlyter, Herbert Reul, Jolanta Emilia Hibner, Zofija Mazej Kukovič and Tadeusz Cymański.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Christa Klaß, Edit Herczog, Jan Kozłowski, Jaroslav Paška, Andreas Mölzer, Elena Oana Antonescu, Silvia-Adriana Țicău, Bogusław Sonik, Carl Schlyter, Bendt Bendtsen and Francisco Sosa Wagner.

The following spoke: Connie Hedegaard, Matthias Groote and Kriton Arsenis, the last on the English interpretation of his speech.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 16.4.2013, item 8.11.

17.   Scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading ***I (debate)

Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council derogating temporarily from Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community [COM(2012)0697 - C7-0385/2012- 2012/0328(COD)] - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. Rapporteur: Peter Liese (A7-0060/2013)

Peter Liese introduced the report.

The following spoke: Connie Hedegaard (Member of the Commission).

IN THE CHAIR: Gianni PITTELLA

Vice-President

The following spoke: Mathieu Grosch (rapporteur for the opinion of the TRAN Committee), Richard Seeber, on behalf of the PPE Group, Matthias Groote, on behalf of the S&D Group, Chris Davies, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Satu Hassi, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Jacqueline Foster, on behalf of the ECR Group, who also replied to two blue-card questions by Chris Davies and Peter Liese, Oreste Rossi, on behalf of the EFD Group, Jacky Hénin, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Andreas Mölzer, Non-attached Member, Csaba Sógor, Marita Ulvskog, Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy, Tadeusz Cymański, Silvia-Adriana Țicău, Holger Krahmer and Ismail Ertug.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Michael Gahler, Sergio Gaetano Cofferati, Jaroslav Paška, Erik Bánki and Judith A. Merkies.

The following spoke: Connie Hedegaard, Jacqueline Foster, Connie Hedegaard and Peter Liese.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 16.4.2013, item 8.12.

18.   Equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services (debate)

Report on transposition and application of Council Directive 2004/113/EC implementing the principle of equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services [2010/2043(INI)] - Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality. Rapporteur: Zita Gurmai (A7-0044/2013)

Zita Gurmai introduced the report.

The following spoke: Maria Damanaki (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Joanna Katarzyna Skrzydlewska, on behalf of the PPE Group, Edite Estrela, on behalf of the S&D Group, Sophia in 't Veld, on behalf of the ALDE Group, who also replied to two blue-card questions by Krisztina Morvai and Joanna Katarzyna Skrzydlewska, Marije Cornelissen, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Andrea Češková, on behalf of the ECR Group, Inês Cristina Zuber, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Edit Bauer, Corina Crețu, Joanna Senyszyn, Silvia Costa, Minodora Cliveti and Sergio Gaetano Cofferati.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Anna Záborská, Silvia-Adriana Țicău, Krisztina Morvai, Sari Essayah and Mojca Kleva Kekuš.

The following spoke: Maria Damanaki.

IN THE CHAIR: Roberta ANGELILLI

Vice-President

The following spoke: Zita Gurmai.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 16.4.2013, item 8.17.

19.   Unsustainable mackerel fishing in the North East Atlantic (debate)

Question for oral answer (O-000023/2013) by Pat the Cope Gallagher and Gabriel Mato Adrover, on behalf of the PECH Committee, to the Commission: Implementation of Regulation (EU) No 1026/2012 with regard to unsustainable mackerel fishing in the North East Atlantic (B7-0114/2013) (2013/2575(RSP))

Pat the Cope Gallagher moved the question.

Maria Damanaki (Member of the Commission) answered the question.

The following spoke: Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa, on behalf of the PPE Group, Isabelle Thomas, on behalf of the S&D Group, Ian Hudghton, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Julie Girling, on behalf of the ECR Group, Antolín Sánchez Presedo and Alain Cadec.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Maria do Céu Patrão Neves, Rareș-Lucian Niculescu, Lambert van Nistelrooij, Catherine Stihler and Chris Davies.

The following spoke: Maria Damanaki.

The debate closed.

20.   European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) ***I (debate)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) [COM(2010)0521 - C7-0302/2010- 2010/0275(COD)] - Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. Rapporteur: Giles Chichester (A7-0056/2013)

Giles Chichester introduced the report.

The following spoke: Neelie Kroes (Vice-President of the Commission).

The following spoke: Christian Ehler, on behalf of the PPE Group, Silvia-Adriana Țicău, on behalf of the S&D Group, Adina-Ioana Vălean, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Amelia Andersdotter, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Charalampos Angourakis, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Ioannis A. Tsoukalas, Dimitrios Droutsas, Lambert van Nistelrooij and Ivailo Kalfin.

IN THE CHAIR: Oldřich VLASÁK

Vice-President

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Miroslav Mikolášik, Sari Essayah, Ioan Enciu, Jaroslav Paška and Ingeborg Gräßle.

The following spoke: Neelie Kroes and Giles Chichester.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 16.4.2013, item 8.1.

21.   One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

In accordance with Rule 150, the following Members who wished to draw the attention of Parliament to matters of political importance spoke for one minute:

Cristian Dan Preda, Kinga Gál, Silvia-Adriana Țicău, Graham Watson, Nikos Chrysogelos, Marek Henryk Migalski, Slavi Binev, Martina Anderson, Nicole Sinclaire, Petru Constantin Luhan, Claudiu Ciprian Tănăsescu, Andrea Zanoni, Tatjana Ždanoka, Oreste Rossi, Jacky Hénin, Corneliu Vadim Tudor, Romana Jordan, Ingeborg Gräßle, Joseph Cuschieri, Kristiina Ojuland, Sandrine Bélier, Marisa Matias, Maria do Céu Patrão Neves, Ioan Enciu, Elena Băsescu, Catherine Stihler and Seán Kelly.

22.   Advancing development through trade (short presentation)

Report on Advancing Development through Trade [COM(2012)0022 - 2012/2224(INI)] - Committee on Development. Rapporteur: Alf Svensson (A7-0054/2013)

Alf Svensson made the presentation.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Elena Băsescu, Rareș-Lucian Niculescu, João Ferreira, Krisztina Morvai, Miroslav Mikolášik and Seán Kelly.

The following spoke: Neelie Kroes (Vice-President of the Commission).

The item closed.

Vote: minutes of 16.4.2013, item 8.18.

23.   Trade and investment-driven growth for developing countries (short presentation)

Report on trade and investment-driven growth for developing countries [COM(2012)0022 - 2012/2225(INI)] - Committee on International Trade. Rapporteur: Tokia Saïfi (A7-0053/2013)

Tokia Saïfi (rapporteur) made the presentation.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Seán Kelly, Miroslav Mikolášik, Franziska Keller, João Ferreira and Elena Băsescu.

The following spoke: Neelie Kroes (Vice-President of the Commission).

The item closed.

Vote: minutes of 16.4.2013, item 8.19.

24.   Agenda of the next sitting

The agenda of the next day's sitting had been established ('Agenda' PE 507.910/OJMA).

25.   Closure of the sitting

The sitting closed at 22.50.

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23.8.2013

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Official Journal of the European Union

CE 242/21

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Tuesday 16 April 2013
MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 16 APRIL 2013

2013/C 242 E/02

Contents

1.	Opening of the sitting

2.	Documents received

3.	Debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (announcement of motions for resolutions tabled)

4.	Credit institutions and prudential supervision ***I - Prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms ***I (debate)

5.	Interpretation of the Rules of Procedure

6.	Statement by the President

7.	Debate on the future of the European Union - Statement by Jyrki Katainen, Prime Minister of Finland (debate)

8.	Voting time

8.1.	European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) ***I (Rule 138) (vote)

8.2.	Incidental catches of cetaceans ***I (Rule 138) (vote)

8.3.	Fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for by the EU-Mauritius Fisheries Partnership Agreement *** (Rule 138) (vote)

8.4.	Request for waiver of the parliamentary immunity of Hans-Peter Martin (Rule 138) (vote)

8.5.	Request for waiver of the parliamentary immunity of Jürgen Creutzmann (Rule 138) (vote)

8.6.	Request for the waiver of the parliamentary immunity of Ewald Stadler (Rule 138) (vote)

8.7.	European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2012/023 IT/Antonio Merloni SpA (vote)

8.8.	European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2011/016 IT/Agile (vote)

8.9.	European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2011/010 AT/Austria Tabak (vote)

8.10.

EU/ACP countries' Economic Partnership Agreements: exclusion of certain countries from trade preferences ***II (vote)

8.11.

Timing of auctions of greenhouse gas allowances ***I (vote)

8.12.

Scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading ***I (vote)

8.13.

Credit institutions and prudential supervision ***I (vote)

8.14.

Prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms ***I (vote)

8.15.

Groundhandling services at European Union airports ***I (vote)

8.16.

Technical and control measures in the Skagerrak ***I (vote)

8.17.

Equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services (vote)

8.18.

Advancing development through trade (vote)

8.19.

Trade and investment-driven growth for developing countries (vote)

9.	Explanations of vote

10.	Corrections to votes and voting intentions

11.	Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

12.	European Central Bank annual report (2011) (debate)

13.	Discharge 2011 (debate)

14.	Composition of political groups

15.	Corrigenda (Rule 216)

16.	Discharge 2011 (continuation of debate)

17.	Estimates of revenue and expenditure for 2014 - Section I - Parliament (debate)

18.	Amendment of the EC-Ukraine Agreement on the facilitation of the issuance of visas *** (debate)

19.	Financial assistance for Member States whose currency is not the euro *** (debate)

20.	Regional State Aid (debate)

21.	Agenda of the next sitting

22.	Closure of the sitting

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

ANNEX I

RESULTS OF VOTES

1.	European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) ***I

2.	Incidental catches of cetaceans ***I

3.	Fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for by the EU-Mauritius Fisheries Partnership Agreement ***

4.	Request for waiver of the parliamentary immunity of Hans-Peter Martin

5.	Request for waiver of the parliamentary immunity of Jürgen Creutzmann

6.	Request for the waiver of the parliamentary immunity of Ewald Stadler

7.	European Globalisation Adjustment Fund : application EGF/2012/023 IT/Antonio Merloni SpA

8.	European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2011/016 IT/Agile

9.	European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2011/010 AT/Austria Tabak

10.	EU/ACP countries’ Economic Partnership Agreements: exclusion of certain countries from trade preferences ***II

11.	Timing of auctions of greenhouse gas allowances ***I

12.	Scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading ***I

13.	Credit institutions and prudential supervision ***I

14.	Prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms ***I

15.	Groundhandling services at European Union airports ***I

16.	Technical and control measures in the Skagerrak ***I

17.	Equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services

18.	Advancing development through trade

19.	Trade and investment-driven growth for developing countries

ANNEX II

RESULT OF ROLL-CALL VOTES

1.	A7-0056/2013 – Giles Chichester – Single vote

2.	A7-0042/2013 – Raül Romeva i Rueda – Single vote

3.	A7-0127/2013 – Antolín Sánchez Presedo – Single vote

4.	A7-0111/2013 – Frédéric Daerden – Resolution

5.	A7-0133/2013 – Angelika Werthmann – Resolution

6.	A7-0134/2013 – Frédéric Daerden – Resolution

7.	A7-0123/2013 – David Martin – Amendment 1

8.	A7-0123/2013 – David Martin – Amendments 2=3=4

9.	A7-0123/2013 – David Martin – Amendment 1 PC

10.	A7-0046/2013 – Matthias Groote – Amendment 20

11.	A7-0046/2013 – Matthias Groote – proposal to vote on the legislative resolution (J. Szájer)

12.	A7-0060/2013 – Peter Liese – Legislative resolution

13.	A7-0170/2012 – Othmar Karas – Legislative resolution

14.	7-0171/2012 – Othmar Karas – Legislative resolution

15.	A7-0364/2012 – Artur Zasada – Amendment 286

16.	A7-0364/2012 – Artur Zasada – Amendment 287

17.	A7-0364/2012 – Artur Zasada – Amendment 290

18.	A7-0364/2012 – Artur Zasada – Amendment 332

19.	A7-0364/2012 – Artur Zasada – Amendment 357

20.	A7-0364/2012 – Artur Zasada – Amendment 361

21.	A7-0364/2012 – Artur Zasada – Legislative resolution

22.	A7-0051/2013 – Werner Kuhn – Legislative resolution

23.	A7-0044/2013 – Zita Gurmai – § 5/1

24.	A7-0044/2013 – Zita Gurmai – Resolution

25.	A7-0054/2013 – Alf Svensson – § 3

26.	A7-0054/2013 – Alf Svensson – § 37/1

27.	A7-0054/2013 – Alf Svensson – § 37/2

28.	A7-0054/2013 – Alf Svensson – § 39

29.	A7-0054/2013 – Alf Svensson – § 58

30.	A7-0054/2013 – Alf Svensson – § 74/1

31.	A7-0054/2013 – Alf Svensson – § 74/2

32.	A7-0053/2013 – Tokia Saïfi – § 28/1

33.	A7-0053/2013 – Tokia Saïfi – § 28/2

34.	A7-0053/2013 – Tokia Saïfi – Resolution

MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 16 APRIL 2013

IN THE CHAIR: Roberta ANGELILLI

Vice-President

1.   Opening of the sitting

The sitting opened at 9.10.

2.   Documents received

The following documents had been received:

1)

from the Council and Commission — Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 establishing common rules on compensation and assistance to passengers in the event of denied boarding and of cancellation or long delay of flights and Regulation (EC) No 2027/97 on air carrier liability in respect of the carriage of passengers and their baggage by air (COM(2013)0130 - C7-0066/2013 - 2013/0072(COD)) The President would consult the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on this proposal, in accordance with Rule 124(1) and Rule 125(1). referred to responsible: TRAN opinion: ENVI, JURI, IMCO — Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing an Entry/Exit System (EES) to register entry and exit data of third country nationals crossing the external borders of the Member States of the European Union (COM(2013)0095 - C7-0067/2013 – 2013/0057(COD)) In accordance with Articles 304 and 307 of the Treaty, the President would consult the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on this proposal, if he considered it appropriate. referred to responsible: LIBE opinion: DEVE, AFET, BUDG, CONT — Proposal for a Council decision amending Decision 97/836/EC with a view to accession by the European Community to the Agreement of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe concerning the adoption of uniform technical prescriptions for wheeled vehicles, equipment and parts which can be fitted to and/or be used on wheeled vehicles and the conditions for reciprocal recognition of approvals granted on the basis of these prescriptions ('Revised 1958 Agreement') (05978/2013 - C7-0069/2013 - 2012/0099(NLE)) referred to responsible: INTA opinion: ITRE, IMCO, TRAN — Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Cooperation Agreement on a Civil Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) between the European Community and its Member States and Ukraine (06373/2013 - C7-0070/2013 - 2012/0274(NLE)) referred to responsible: ITRE opinion: AFET, TRAN — Proposal for a Council decision amending Decision 2000/125/EC of 31 January 2000 concerning the conclusion of the Agreement concerning the establishing of global technical regulations for wheeled vehicles, equipment and parts which can be fitted and/or be used on wheeled vehicles ('Parallel Agreement') (05975/2013 - C7-0071/2013 - 2012/0098(NLE)) referred to responsible: INTA opinion: ITRE, IMCO, TRAN — Proposal for an amendment to the Commission Proposal COM(2011)0607 final/2 for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Social Fund and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1081/2006 (COM(2013)0145 - C7-0072/2013 - 2011/0268(COD)) referred to responsible: EMPL opinion: FEMM, CULT, ENVI, BUDG, ITRE, CONT, REGI — Proposal for a Amendment to a Commission Proposal COM(2012)0496 for a regulation of the European Parliament and Council laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund covered by the Common Strategic Framework and laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 (COM(2013)0146 - C7-0073/2013 - 2011/0276(COD)) referred to responsible: REGI opinion: FEMM, CULT, PECH, AGRI, ENVI, EMPL, BUDG, ITRE, ECON, CONT, TRAN — Proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 on budgetary discipline and sound financial management as regards the multiannual financial framework, to take account of the expenditure requirements resulting from the accession of Croatia to the European Union (COM(2013)0157 - C7-0074/2013 - 2013/2055(ACI)) referred to responsible: BUDG opinion: AFCO, AFET, CONT — Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the notification to the Commission of investment projects in energy infrastructure within the European Union and replacing Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 617/2010 (COM(2013)0153 - C7-0075/2013 - 2013/0082(COD)) The President would consult the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on this proposal, in accordance with Rule 124(1) and Rule 125(1). referred to responsible: ITRE opinion: ENVI, LIBE — Amended proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the transparency of measures regulating the prices of medicinal products for human use and their inclusion in the scope of public health insurance systems (COM(2013)0168 - C7-0076/2013 - 2012/0035(COD)) The President would consult the European Economic and Social Committee on this proposal, in accordance with Rule 124(1). referred to responsible: ENVI opinion: EMPL, ITRE, JURI, IMCO — Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and Canada on customs cooperation with respect to matters related to supply chain security (11362/2012 - C7-0078/2013 - 2012/0073(NLE)) referred to responsible: INTA opinion: IMCO — Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on fixing an adjustment rate to direct payments provided for in Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 in respect of calendar year 2013 (COM(2013)0159 - C7-0079/2013 - 2013/0087(COD)) The President would consult the European Economic and Social Committee on this proposal, in accordance with Rule 124(1). In accordance with Article 307 of the Treaty, the President would consult the Committee of the Regions on this proposal if he considered it appropriate. referred to responsible: AGRI opinion: BUDG — Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purposes of research, studies, pupil exchange, remunerated and unremunerated training, voluntary service and au pairing [Recast] (COM(2013)0151 - C7-0080/2013 – 2013/0081(COD)) In accordance with Articles 304 and 307 of the Treaty, the President would consult the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on this proposal, if he considered it appropriate referred to responsible: LIBE opinion: JURI — Proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 354/83 as regards the deposit of the historical archives of the institutions at the European University Institute in Florence (06867/2013 - C7-0081/2013 - 2012/0221(APP)) referred to responsible: CULT opinion: AFCO, BUDG, LIBE — Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on measures to reduce the cost of deploying high-speed electronic communications networks (COM(2013)0147 - C7-0082/2013 - 2013/0080(COD)) The President would consult the European Economic and Social Committee on this proposal, in accordance with Rule 124(1). In accordance with Article 307 of the Treaty, the President would consult the Committee of the Regions on this proposal, if he considered it appropriate referred to responsible: ITRE opinion: CULT, ENVI, IMCO, TRAN — Council recommendation concerning the discharge to be given to the Commission in respect of the implementation of the operations of the European Development Fund (eighth EDF) for the financial year 2011 (05190/2013 - C7-0083/2013 - 2012/2166(DEC)) referred to responsible: CONT opinion: DEVE, BUDG — Council recommendation concerning the discharge to be given to the Commission in respect of the implementation of the operations of the European Development Fund (ninth EDF) for the financial year 2011 (05191/2013 - C7-0084/2013 - 2012/2166(DEC)) referred to responsible: CONT opinion: DEVE, BUDG — Council recommendation concerning the discharge to be given to the Commission in respect of the implementation of the operations of the European Development Fund (tenth EDF) for the financial year 2011 (05192/2013 - C7-0085/2013 - 2012/2166(DEC)) referred to responsible: CONT opinion: DEVE, BUDG — Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 on the organisation of a labour force sample survey in the Community (COM(2013)0155 - C7-0086/2013 - 2013/0084(COD)) referred to responsible: EMPL opinion: BUDG, JURI — Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 on the Community trade mark (COM(2013)0161 - C7-0087/2013 - 2013/0088(COD)) referred to responsible: JURI opinion: ITRE, INTA, IMCO — Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks (Recast) (COM(2013)0162 - C7-0088/2013 - 2013/0089(COD)) The President would consult the European Economic and Social Committee on this proposal, in accordance with Rule 124(1). referred to responsible: JURI opinion: ITRE, INTA, IMCO — Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on multiannual funding for the action of the European Maritime Safety Agency in the field of response to pollution caused by ships and to marine pollution caused by oil and gas installations (COM(2013)0174 - C7-0089/2013 - 2013/0092(COD)) The President would consult the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on this proposal, in accordance with Rule 124(1) and Rule 125(1). referred to responsible: TRAN opinion: ENVI, BUDG, ITRE — Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1215/2009 in relation to tariff quotas for wine (COM(2013)0187 - C7-0090/2013 - 2013/0099(COD)) referred to responsible: INTA opinion: AGRI — Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 827/2004 prohibiting imports of Atlantic bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus) originating in Bolivia, Cambodia, Equatorial Guinea, Georgia and Sierra Leone and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1036/2001 (COM(2013)0185 - C7-0091/2013 - 2013/0097(COD)) referred to responsible: PECH opinion: ENVI — General report on the activities of the European Union 2012, adopted and published by the Commission pursuant to Article 249(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

2)	from the Trans-European Transport Network Executive Agency (TEN-T EA) — Amending budgets 2012 No 1 and No 2 of the Trans-European Transport Network Executive Agency

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Committee of the Regions

At its meeting of 26 February 2013, the Committee of the Regions had decided not to issue an opinion on:

—	Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on marine equipment and repealing Directive 96/98/EC (COM(2012)0772 – 2012/0358(COD));

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Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on occurrence reporting in civil aviation, and amending Regulation (EU) No 996/2010 and repealing Directive 2003/42/EC, Commission Regulation (EC) No 1321/2007 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1330/2007 Commission (COM(2012)0776 – 2012/0361(COD)).

At its meeting on 25 February 2013, the Committee of the Regions had decided not to issue an opinion on:

—	Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the accessibility of public sector bodies' websites (COM(2012)0721 – 2012/0340(COD)).

3.   Debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (announcement of motions for resolutions tabled)

In accordance with Rule 122, the following Members or political groups had requested that such a debate be held on the following motions for resolutions:

I.

Vietnam, in particular freedom of expression — Gerald Häfner, Barbara Lochbihler, Rui Tavares, Nicole Kiil-Nielsen and Raül Romeva i Rueda, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on Vietnam (2013/2599(RSP)) (B7-0166/2013); — Fiorello Provera, Lorenzo Fontana, Mara Bizzotto, Jaroslav Paška, Rolandas Paksas and Juozas Imbrasas, on behalf of the EFD Group, on Vietnam, in particular freedom of expression (2013/2599(RSP)) (B7-0169/2013); — Cristian Dan Preda, Bernd Posselt, Filip Kaczmarek, Tunne Kelam, Roberta Angelilli, Eija-Riitta Korhola, Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris, Giovanni La Via, Monica Luisa Macovei, Sari Essayah, Philippe Boulland, Jean Roatta, Elena Băsescu, Petri Sarvamaa, Eduard Kukan, Laima Liucija Andrikienė, Zuzana Roithová, Lena Kolarska-Bobińska, Anne Delvaux, Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa, Bogusław Sonik and Csaba Sógor, on behalf of the PPE Group, on Vietnam, in particular freedom of expression (2013/2599(RSP)) (B7-0170/2013); — Véronique De Keyser, Ana Gomes, Robert Goebbels, Marc Tarabella, Liisa Jaakonsaari and Mitro Repo, on behalf of the S&D Group, on Vietnam, in particular freedom of expression (2013/2599(RSP)) (B7-0171/2013); — Charles Tannock and Adam Bielan, on behalf of the ECR Group, on Vietnam, in particular freedom of expression (2013/2599(RSP) (B7-0172/2013); — Marietje Schaake, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Niccolò Rinaldi, Sonia Alfano, Leonidas Donskis, Sarah Ludford, Kristiina Ojuland, Robert Rochefort, Marielle de Sarnez, Graham Watson, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica and Johannes Cornelis van Baalen, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on Vietnam, in particular freedom of expression (2013/2599(RSP)) (B7-0174/2013); — Helmut Scholz, Marie-Christine Vergiat and Jürgen Klute, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on Vietnam, in particular freedom of expression (2013/2599(RSP)) (B7-0184/2013).

II.

Human rights situation in Kazakhstan — Nicole Kiil-Nielsen, Franziska Keller, Rui Tavares, Bart Staes and Raül Romeva i Rueda, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the situation in Kazakhstan (2013/2600(RSP)) (B7-0167/2013); — Tunne Kelam, Cristian Dan Preda, Bernd Posselt, Roberta Angelilli, Eija-Riitta Korhola, Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris, Giovanni La Via, Monica Luisa Macovei, Sari Essayah, Philippe Boulland, Jean Roatta, Petri Sarvamaa, Laima Liucija Andrikienė, Zuzana Roithová, Lena Kolarska-Bobińska, Anne Delvaux, Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa and Bogusław Sonik, on behalf of the PPE Group, on the human rights situation in Kazakhstan (2013/2600(RSP)) (B7-0173/2013); — Véronique De Keyser, Liisa Jaakonsaari, Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, Joanna Senyszyn, Pino Arlacchi, Ana Gomes and Mitro Repo, on behalf of the S&D Group, on Vladimir Kozlov and the human rights situation in Kazakhstan (2013/2600(RSP)) (B7-0175/2013); — Leonidas Donskis, Graham Watson, Marietje Schaake, Niccolò Rinaldi, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Marielle de Sarnez, Sarah Ludford, Kristiina Ojuland, Robert Rochefort, Sonia Alfano, Johannes Cornelis van Baalen and Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the human rights situation in Kazakhstan (2013/2600(RSP)) (B7-0176/2013); — Paul Murphy, Patrick Le Hyaric and Marie-Christine Vergiat, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the human rights situation in Kazakhstan (2013/2600(RSP)) (B7-0177/2013); — Charles Tannock, Janusz Wojciechowski, Valdemar Tomaševski, Cristiana Muscardini, Ryszard Antoni Legutko and Marek Henryk Migalski, on behalf of the ECR Group, on the human rights situation in Kazakhstan (2013/2600(RSP)) (B7-0178/2013).

III.

Guantánamo: hunger strike by prisoners — Barbara Lochbihler, Hélène Flautre, Rui Tavares, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Carl Schlyter, Malika Benarab-Attou, Mark Demesmaeker, Catherine Grèze and Nikos Chrysogelos, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on Guantánamo: hunger strike by prisoners (2013/2601(RSP)) (B7-0168/2013); — Bernd Posselt, Roberta Angelilli, Eija-Riitta Korhola, Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris, Giovanni La Via, Sari Essayah, Philippe Boulland, Jean Roatta, Petri Sarvamaa, Eduard Kukan, Laima Liucija Andrikienė and Bogusław Sonik, on behalf of the PPE Group, on Guantánamo: hunger strike by prisoners (2013/2601(RSP)) (B7-0179/2013); — Charles Tannock, on behalf of the ECR Group, Guantánamo: hunger strike by prisoners (2013/2601(RSP)) (B7-0180/2013); — Véronique De Keyser, Ana Gomes, Joanna Senyszyn, María Muñiz De Urquiza, Pino Arlacchi, Libor Rouček, Liisa Jaakonsaari and Mitro Repo, on Guantánamo: hunger strike by prisoners (2013/2601(RSP)) (B7-0181/2013); — Sophia in 't Veld, Marietje Schaake, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Marielle de Sarnez, Graham Watson, Sonia Alfano, Sarah Ludford, Kristiina Ojuland, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Robert Rochefort and Alexandra Thein, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on Guantánamo: hunger strike by prisoners (2013/2601(RSP)) (B7-0182/2013); — Marie-Christine Vergiat, Jacky Hénin, Patrick Le Hyaric, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, Inês Cristina Zuber, Nikolaos Chountis, Helmut Scholz, Sabine Lösing, João Ferreira, Alda Sousa, Marisa Matias, Willy Meyer, Paul Murphy and Younous Omarjee, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the hunger strike in Guantánamo (2013/2601(RSP)) (B7-0183/2013).

Speaking time would be allocated in accordance with Rule 149.

4.   Credit institutions and prudential supervision ***I - Prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms ***I (debate)

Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the access to the activity of credit institutions and the prudential supervision of credit institutions and investment firms and amending Directive 2002/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the supplementary supervision of credit institutions, insurance undertakings and investment firms in a financial conglomerate [COM(2011)0453 - C7-0210/2011- 2011/0203(COD)] - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Othmar Karas (A7-0170/2012)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms [COM(2011)0452 - C7-0417/2011- 2011/0202(COD)] - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Othmar Karas (A7-0171/2012)

Othmar Karas introduced the reports.

The following spoke: Lucinda Creighton (President-in-Office of the Council) and Michel Barnier (Member of the Commission).

IN THE CHAIR: Rainer WIELAND

Vice-President

The following spoke: Corien Wortmann-Kool, on behalf of the PPE Group, Udo Bullmann, on behalf of the S&D Group, Sharon Bowles, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Philippe Lamberts, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Vicky Ford, on behalf of the ECR Group, Godfrey Bloom, on behalf of the EFD Group, Jürgen Klute, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Auke Zijlstra, Non-attached Member, Burkhard Balz, Arlene McCarthy, Sylvie Goulard, Ivo Strejček, Claudio Morganti, Charalampos Angourakis, Hans-Peter Martin, Theodor Dumitru Stolojan, Antolín Sánchez Presedo, Olle Schmidt, Syed Kamall, Werner Langen, Pervenche Berès, Wolf Klinz, Diogo Feio, Saïd El Khadraoui, Marianne Thyssen, Alfredo Pallone and Markus Ferber.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Roberta Angelilli, Phil Prendergast, Kay Swinburne, Sławomir Nitras and Mojca Kleva Kekuš.

The following spoke: Michel Barnier, Lucinda Creighton and Othmar Karas.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 16.4.2013, item 8.13 and minutes of 16.4.2013, item 8.14.

5.   Interpretation of the Rules of Procedure

The interpretation of Rule 159(3) given by the Committee on Constitutional Affairs had been announced in plenary the previous day (minutes of 15.4.2013, item 9).

Since that interpretation had not been objected to by a political group or at least 40 Members, in accordance with Rule 211(4), it was deemed to have been adopted (P7_TA(2013)0121).

IN THE CHAIR: Martin SCHULZ

President

6.   Statement by the President

The President made a statement in which he expressed Parliament's solidarity with the families of those who had died or been injured in the two explosions in Boston the previous day, and its round condemnation of all acts of terrorism.

7.   Debate on the future of the European Union - Statement by Jyrki Katainen, Prime Minister of Finland (debate)

Statement by Jyrki Katainen, Prime Minister of Finland (2013/2556(RSP))

Jyrki Katainen made the statement.

The following spoke: José Manuel Barroso (President of the Commission)

The following spoke: Joseph Daul, on behalf of the PPE Group, Hannes Swoboda, on behalf of the S&D Group, Guy Verhofstadt, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Martin Callanan, on behalf of the ECR Group, Sampo Terho, on behalf of the EFD Group, Mikael Gustafsson, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Nicole Sinclaire, Non-attached Member, Eija-Riitta Korhola, Liisa Jaakonsaari, Anneli Jäätteenmäki, Satu Hassi, Lorenzo Fontana, Andrew Henry William Brons, Ildikó Gáll-Pelcz, Rolandas Paksas, Ewald Stadler, Gay Mitchell and Tunne Kelam.

The following spoke: Jyrki Katainen.

The debate closed.

IN THE CHAIR: Alejo VIDAL-QUADRAS

Vice-President

8.   Voting time

Detailed voting results (amendments, separate and split votes, etc.) appear in the Results of Votes annex to the minutes.

The results of roll-call votes are available in electronic form only, as an annex to the minutes, and can be accessed via Europarl.

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The following had spoken:

Potito Salatto, to request that Catherine Ashton intervene in the case of the two Italian soldiers detained in India.

8.1.   European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) ***I (Rule 138) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) [COM(2010)0521 - C7-0302/2010- 2010/0275(COD)] - Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. Rapporteur: Giles Chichester (A7-0056/2013)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 1)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL, AMENDMENT and DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P7_TA(2013)0103)

8.2.   Incidental catches of cetaceans ***I (Rule 138) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 812/2004 laying down measures concerning incidental catches of cetaceans in fisheries and amending Regulation (EC) No 88/98 [COM(2012)0447 - C7-0213/2012- 2012/0216(COD)] - Committee on Fisheries. Rapporteur: Raül Romeva i Rueda (A7-0042/2013)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 2)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL, AMENDMENTS and DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P7_TA(2013)0104)

8.3.   Fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for by the EU-Mauritius Fisheries Partnership Agreement *** (Rule 138) (vote)

Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement and of the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by the Agreement [13501/2012 - C7-0007/2013- 2012/0215(NLE)] - Committee on Fisheries. Rapporteur: Antolín Sánchez Presedo (A7-0127/2013)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 3)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P7_TA(2013)0105)

Parliament gave its consent to the conclusion of the Agreement and the Protocol.

8.4.   Request for waiver of the parliamentary immunity of Hans-Peter Martin (Rule 138) (vote)

Report on the request for waiver of the immunity of Hans-Peter Martin [2012/2326(IMM)] - Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: Tadeusz Zwiefka (A7-0106/2013)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 4)

PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION

Adopted by single vote (P7_TA(2013)0106)

8.5.   Request for waiver of the parliamentary immunity of Jürgen Creutzmann (Rule 138) (vote)

Report on the request for waiver of the immunity of Jürgen Creutzmann [2013/2016(IMM)] - Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: Francesco Enrico Speroni (A7-0107/2013)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 5)

PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION

Adopted by single vote (P7_TA(2013)0107)

8.6.   Request for the waiver of the parliamentary immunity of Ewald Stadler (Rule 138) (vote)

Report on the request for waiver of the immunity of Ewald Stadler [2012/2239(IMM)] - Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: Tadeusz Zwiefka (A7-0120/2013)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 6)

PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION

Adopted by single vote (P7_TA(2013)0108)

8.7.   European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2012/023 IT/Antonio Merloni SpA (vote)

Report on the 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/2012/023 IT/Antonio Merloni SpA from Italy) [COM(2013)0090 - C7-0046/2013- 2013/2032(BUD)] - Committee on Budgets. Rapporteur: Frédéric Daerden (A7-0111/2013)

(Qualified majority: three fifths of votes cast)

(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 7)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2013)0109)

8.8.   European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2011/016 IT/Agile (vote)

Report on the 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/2011/016 IT/Agile from Italy) [COM(2013)0120 - C7-0060/2013- 2013/2049(BUD)] - Committee on Budgets. Rapporteur: Angelika Werthmann (A7-0133/2013)

(Qualified majority: three fifths of votes cast)

(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 8)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2013)0110)

The following had spoken:

Angelika Werthmann (rapporteur), before the vote.

8.9.   European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2011/010 AT/Austria Tabak (vote)

Report on the 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/2011/010 AT/Austria Tabak from Austria) [COM(2013)0119 - C7-0059/2013- 2013/2048(BUD)] - Committee on Budgets. Rapporteur: Frédéric Daerden (A7-0134/2013)

(Qualified majority: three fifths of votes cast)

(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 9)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2013)0111)

8.10.   EU/ACP countries' Economic Partnership Agreements: exclusion of certain countries from trade preferences ***II (vote)

Report on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 as regards the exclusion of a number of countries from the list of regions or states which have concluded negotiations [15519/1/2012 - C7-0006/2013- 2011/0260(COD)] - Committee on International Trade. Rapporteur: David Martin (A7-0123/2013)

(Qualified majority)

(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 10)

COUNCIL POSITION

Declared approved as amended (P7_TA(2013)0112)

The following had spoken:

Daniel Caspary and David Martin (rapporteur), on the compromise negotiated with the Council.

8.11.   Timing of auctions of greenhouse gas allowances ***I (vote)

Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2003/87/EC clarifying provisions on the timing of auctions of greenhouse gas allowances [COM(2012)0416 - C7-0203/2012- 2012/0202(COD)] - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. Rapporteur: Matthias Groote (A7-0046/2013)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 11)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Rejected

The following spoke: Neelie Kroes (Vice-President of the Commission), who noted that the Commission proposal had been rejected as a result of the adoption of Amendment 20, and József Szájer, to request that a vote on the draft legislative resolution be held, in accordance with Rule 56(3). Parliament rejected that proposal by roll call vote (300 for, 343 against, 61 abstentions). The matter was thus deemed to be referred back to the committee responsible.

8.12.   Scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading ***I (vote)

Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council derogating temporarily from Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community [COM(2012)0697 - C7-0385/2012- 2012/0328(COD)] - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. Rapporteur: Peter Liese (A7-0060/2013)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 12)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P7_TA(2013)0113)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2013)0113)

The following had spoken:

Peter Liese (rapporteur), before the vote.

8.13.   Credit institutions and prudential supervision ***I (vote)

Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the access to the activity of credit institutions and the prudential supervision of credit institutions and investment firms and amending Directive 2002/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the supplementary supervision of credit institutions, insurance undertakings and investment firms in a financial conglomerate [COM(2011)0453 - C7-0210/2011- 2011/0203(COD)] - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Othmar Karas (A7-0170/2012)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 13)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P7_TA(2013)0114)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2013)0114)

8.14.   Prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms ***I (vote)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms [COM(2011)0452 - C7-0417/2011- 2011/0202(COD)] - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Othmar Karas (A7-0171/2012)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 14)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P7_TA(2013)0115)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2013)0115)

8.15.   Groundhandling services at European Union airports ***I (vote)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on groundhandling services at Union airports and repealing Council Directive 96/67/EC [COM(2011)0824 - C7-0457/2011- 2011/0397(COD)] - Committee on Transport and Tourism. Rapporteur: Artur Zasada (A7-0364/2012)

(The matter had been referred back to the committee responsible on 12 December 2012, under Rule 56(3).)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 15)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P7_TA(2013)0116)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2013)0116)

The following had spoken:

Neelie Kroes (Vice-President of the Commission), after the vote.

8.16.   Technical and control measures in the Skagerrak ***I (vote)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain technical and control measures in the Skagerrak and amending Regulation (EC) No 850/98 and Regulation (EC) No 1342/2008 [COM(2012)0471 - C7-0234/2012- 2012/0232(COD)] - Committee on Fisheries. Rapporteur: Werner Kuhn (A7-0051/2013)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 16)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P7_TA(2013)0117)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2013)0117)

The following had spoken:

Werner Kuhn (rapporteur), before the vote.

8.17.   Equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services (vote)

Report on transposition and application of Council Directive 2004/113/EC implementing the principle of equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services [2010/2043(INI)] - Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality. Rapporteur: Zita Gurmai (A7-0044/2013)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 17)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2013)0118)

8.18.   Advancing development through trade (vote)

Report on advancing development through trade [2012/2224(INI)] – Committee on Development. Rapporteur: Alf Svensson (A7-0054/2013)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 18)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2013)0119)

The following had spoken:

Lucas Hartong, on the attack in Boston the previous day.

8.19.   Trade and investment-driven growth for developing countries (vote)

Report on trade- and investment-driven growth for developing countries [2012/2225(INI)] – Committee on International Trade. Rapporteur: Tokia Saïfi (A7-0053/2013)

(Simple majority)

(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 19)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2013)0120)

9.   Explanations of vote

Written explanations of vote:

Explanations of vote submitted in writing under Rule 170 appear in the Verbatim Report of Proceedings for the sitting.

Oral explanations of vote:

Report: Giles Chichester - A7-0056/2013 Adam Bielan, Iva Zanicchi, Monica Luisa Macovei, Petru Constantin Luhan, Elena Oana Antonescu, Monika Smolková, Elena Băsescu, Hannu Takkula, Daniel Hannan and Syed Kamall

Recommendation for second reading: David Martin - A7-0123/2013 Maria Badia i Cutchet, Jean-Jacob Bicep, Emma McClarkin, Elena Oana Antonescu, Daniel Hannan and Syed Kamall

Report: Matthias Groote - A7-0046/2013 Roberta Angelilli, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Vicky Ford, Mitro Repo, Peter Jahr, Daniel Hannan, Syed Kamall, Hannu Takkula, Linda McAvan and Chris Davies

Report: Peter Liese - A7-0060/2013 Adam Bielan, Peter Jahr, Paul Murphy, Elena Oana Antonescu and Elena Băsescu

Report: Othmar Karas - A7-0170/2012 Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Monica Luisa Macovei, Ewald Stadler, Elena Oana Antonescu, Charles Tannock, Jim Higgins and Elena Băsescu

Report: Othmar Karas - A7-0171/2012 Monica Luisa Macovei, Ewald Stadler, Elena Oana Antonescu, Jim Higgins and Elena Băsescu

Report: Artur Zasada - A7-0364/2012 Jutta Steinruck, Joseph Cuschieri, Giommaria Uggias, Monica Luisa Macovei, Charles Tannock and Jim Higgins

Report: Zita Gurmai - A7-0044/2013 Francesca Barracciu, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Agnès Le Brun, Petru Constantin Luhan, Charles Tannock and Elena Băsescu

Report: Alf Svensson - A7-0054/2013 Agnès Le Brun, Emma McClarkin, Monica Luisa Macovei and Charles Tannock

Report: Tokia Saïfi - A7-0053/2013 Adam Bielan, Emma McClarkin, Monica Luisa Macovei and Charles Tannock

10.   Corrections to votes and voting intentions

Corrections to votes and voting intentions appear on the 'Séance en direct' website under 'Votes'/'Results of votes'/'Roll-call votes'. They are published in hard copy in the Result of roll-call votes annex.

The electronic version on Europarl will be regularly updated for a maximum of two weeks after the day of the vote concerned.

After the two-week deadline has passed, the list of corrections to votes and voting intentions will be finalised so that it can be translated and published in the Official Journal.

The following had spoken:

Francesco De Angelis, who said that his voting machine was not working.

(The sitting was suspended at 14.35 and resumed at 15.15.)

IN THE CHAIR: Roberta ANGELILLI

Vice-President

11.   Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

12.   European Central Bank annual report (2011) (debate)

Report on 2011 Annual Report of the European Central Bank [2012/2304(INI)] - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Marisa Matias (A7-0031/2013)

Marisa Matias introduced the report.

The following spoke: Mario Draghi (President of the European Central Bank) and Olli Rehn (Vice-President of the Commission).

The following spoke: Ildikó Gáll-Pelcz, on behalf of the PPE Group, Liem Hoang Ngoc, on behalf of the S&D Group, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Bas Eickhout, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Derk Jan Eppink, on behalf of the ECR Group, Godfrey Bloom, on behalf of the EFD Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Robert Goebbels, Jürgen Klute, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Marine Le Pen, Non-attached Member, Werner Langen, who also answered three blue card questions from Marisa Matias, Jürgen Klute and Niki Tzavela, Robert Goebbels, who also replied to a blue-card question by Derk Jan Eppink, Sylvie Goulard, Kay Swinburne, Claudio Morganti, Auke Zijlstra, Diogo Feio, Roberto Gualtieri, Sharon Bowles, Sampo Terho, Franz Obermayr, Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, George Sabin Cutaș, Jaroslav Paška, Danuta Maria Hübner, Anni Podimata, Niki Tzavela, José Manuel Fernandes and Mojca Kleva Kekuš.

IN THE CHAIR: Anni PODIMATA

Vice-President

The following spoke: Mara Bizzotto, Seán Kelly, Elisa Ferreira and Pablo Zalba Bidegain.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Zofija Mazej Kukovič, Phil Prendergast, Ana Miranda, Oreste Rossi, Paul Murphy, Andrew Henry William Brons and Silvia-Adriana Țicău.

The following spoke: Olli Rehn, Mario Draghi and Marisa Matias.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 17.4.2013, item 6.51.

13.   Discharge 2011 (debate)

2011 discharge: Section III, Commission Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2011, Section III – Commission and executive agencies [COM(2012)0436 - C7-0224/2012- 2012/2167(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Jens Geier (A7-0116/2013)

Court of Auditors' special reports in the context of the 2011 Commission discharge Report on the Court of Auditors' special reports in the context of the 2011 Commission discharge [COM(2012)0436 - C7-0023/2013- 2013/2015(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Jens Geier (A7-0096/2013)

2011 discharge: EU general budget, European Parliament Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2011, Section I – European Parliament [COM(2012)0436 - C7-0225/2012- 2012/2168(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Eva Ortiz Vilella (A7-0063/2013)

2011 discharge: 8th, 9th and 10th European Development Funds (EDF) Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Eighth, Ninth and Tenth European Development Funds for the financial year 2011 [COM(2012)0435 - C7-0223/2012- 2012/2166(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Søren Bo Søndergaard (A7-0062/2013)

2011 discharge: European Council and Council Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2011, Section II - European Council and Council [COM(2012)0436 - C7-0226/2012- 2012/2169(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Andrea Češková (A7-0061/2013)

2011 discharge: Court of Justice Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2011, Section IV - Court of Justice [COM(2012)0436 - C7-0227/2012- 2012/2170(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (A7-0090/2013)

2011 discharge: Court of Auditors Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2011, Section V - Court of Auditors [COM(2012)0436 - C7-0228/2012- 2012/2171(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (A7-0092/2013)

2011 discharge: European Economic and Social Committee Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2011, Section VI – European Economic and Social Committee [COM(2012)0436 - C7-0229/2012- 2012/2172(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Andrea Češková (A7-0076/2013)

2011 discharge: Committee of the Regions Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2011, Section VII - Committee of the Regions [COM(2012)0436 - C7-0230/2012- 2012/2173(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Andrea Češková (A7-0093/2013)

2011 discharge: European Ombudsman Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2011, Section VIII – European Ombudsman [COM(2012)0436 - C7-0231/2012- 2012/2174(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Andrea Češková (A7-0094/2013)

2011 discharge: European Data Protection Supervisor Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2011, Section IX – European Data Protection Supervisor [COM(2012)0436 - C7-0232/2012- 2012/2175(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Andrea Češková (A7-0095/2013)

2011 discharge: European External Action Service Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2011, Section X – European External Action Service [COM(2012)0436 - C7-0235/2012- 2012/2176(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (A7-0099/2013)

2011 discharge: performance, financial management and control of EU agencies Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union agencies for the financial year 2011: performance, financial management and control [2012/2214(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0118/2013)

2011 discharge: European Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators for the financial year 2011 [COM(2012)0436 - C7-0273/2012- 2012/2210(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0068/2013)

2011 discharge: Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications for the financial year 2011 [COM(2012)0436 - C7-0274/2012- 2012/2211(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0066/2013)

2011 discharge: Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union for the financial year 2011 [COM(2012)0436 - C7-0251/2012- 2012/2189(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0069/2013)

2011 discharge: European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop) Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training for the financial year 2011 [COM(2012)0436 - C7-0245/2012- 2012/2183(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0073/2013)

2011 discharge: European Police College Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Police College for the financial year 2011 [COM(2012)0436 - C7-0262/2012- 2012/2199(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0064/2013)

2011 discharge: European Aviation Safety Agency Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Aviation Safety Agency for the financial year 2011 [COM(2012)0436 - C7-0256/2012- 2012/2194(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0075/2013)

2011 discharge: European Banking Authority Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Banking Authority for the financial year 2011 [COM(2012)0436 - C7-0270/2012- 2012/2207(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0113/2013)

2011 discharge: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control for the financial year 2011 [COM(2012)0436 - C7-0257/2012- 2012/2195(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0082/2013)

2011 discharge: European Chemicals Agency Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Chemicals Agency for the financial year 2011 [COM(2012)0436 - C7-0266/2012- 2012/2203(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0097/2013)

2011 discharge: European Environment Agency Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Banking Authority for the financial year 2011 [COM(2012)0436 - C7-0270/2012- 2012/2207(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0113/2013)

2011 discharge: European Fisheries Control Agency Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Community European Fisheries Control Agency for the financial year 2011 [COM(2012)0436 - C7-0265/2012- 2012/2202(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0109/2013)

2011 discharge: European Food Safety Agency Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Food Safety Authority for the financial year 2011 [COM(2012)0436 - C7-0258/2012- 2012/2196(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0074/2013)

2011 discharge - European Institute for Gender Equality Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Institute for Gender Equality for the financial year 2011 [COM(2012)0436 - C7-0269/2012- 2012/2206(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0081/2013)

2011 discharge: European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority for the financial year 2011 [COM(2012)0436 - C7-0271/2012- 2012/2208(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0114/2013)

2011 discharge: European Institute of Innovation and Technology Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology for the financial year 2011 [COM(2012)0436 - C7-0275/2012- 2012/2212(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0108/2013)

2011 discharge: European Medicines Agency Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Medicines Agency for the financial year 2011 [COM(2012)0436 - C7-0252/2012- 2012/2190(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0098/2013)

2011 discharge: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction for the financial year 2011 [COM(2012)0436 - C7-0248/2012- 2012/2186(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0071/2013)

2011 discharge: European Agency for Maritime Safety Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Maritime Safety Agency for the financial year 2011 [COM(2012)0436 - C7-0255/2012- 2012/2193(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0078/2013)

2011 discharge: European Network and Information Security Agency Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Network and Information Security Agency for the financial year 2011 [COM(2012)0436 - C7-0259/2012- 2012/2197(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0100/2013)

2011 discharge: European Railway Agency Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Railway Agency for the financial year 2011 [COM(2012)0436 - C7-0261/2012- 2012/2198(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0103/2013)

2011 discharge: European Securities and Markets Authority Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Securities and Markets Authority for the financial year 2011 [COM(2012)0436 - C7-0272/2012- 2012/2209(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0115/2013)

2011 discharge: European Training Foundation Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Training Foundation for the financial year 2011 [COM(2012)0436 - C7-0254/2012- 2012/2192(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0080/2013)

2011 discharge: European Agency for Safety and Health at Work Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work for the financial year 2011 [COM(2012)0436 - C7-0250/2012- 2012/2188(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0085/2013)

2011 discharge: Euratom Supply Agency Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Euratom Supply Agency for the financial year 2011 [COM(2012)0436 - C7-0267/2012- 2012/2204(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0104/2013)

2011 discharge: European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions for the financial year 2011 [COM(2012)0436 - C7-0246/2012- 2012/2184(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0067/2013)

2011 discharge: Eurojust Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of Eurojust for the financial year 2011 [COM(2012)0436 - C7-0253/2012- 2012/2191(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0072/2013)

2011 discharge: Europol Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Police Office for the financial year 2011 [COM(2012)0436 - C7-0268/2012- 2012/2205(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0083/2013)

2011 discharge: European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights for the financial year 2011 [COM(2012)0436 - C7-0247/2012- 2012/2185(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0102/2013)

2011 discharge: European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders (Frontex) Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union for the financial year 2011 [COM(2012)0436 - C7-0263/2012- 2012/2200(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0079/2013)

2011 discharge: European GNSS Agency Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European GNSS Agency for the financial year 2011 [COM(2012)0436 - C7-0264/2012- 2012/2201(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0065/2013)

2011 discharge: Artemis Joint Undertaking Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2011 [COM(2012)0436 - C7-0280/2012- 2012/2218(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0087/2013)

2011 discharge: Clean Sky Joint Undertaking Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2011 [COM(2012)0436 - C7-0279/2012- 2012/2217(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0086/2013)

2011 discharge: ENIAC Joint Undertaking Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the ENIAC Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2011 [COM(2012)0436 - C7-0283/2012- 2012/2221(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0105/2013)

2011 discharge: Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2011 [COM(2012)0436 - C7-0282/2012- 2012/2220(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0084/2013)

2011 discharge: Initiative on Innovative Medicines Joint Undertaking Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Innovative Medicines Initiative Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2011 [COM(2012)0436 - C7-0281/2012- 2012/2219(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0088/2013)

2011 discharge: Joint Undertaking for ITER and the development of fusion energy Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy for the financial year 2011 [COM(2012)0436 - C7-0277/2012- 2012/2215(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0077/2013)

2011 discharge: SESAR Joint Undertaking Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the SESAR Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2011 [COM(2012)0436 - C7-0278/2012- 2012/2216(DEC)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0101/2013) Jens Geier, Eva Ortiz Vilella, Søren Bo Søndergaard, Andrea Češková, Ryszard Czarnecki and Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy presented their reports. The following spoke: Brian Hayes (President-in-Office of the Council), Algirdas Šemeta (Member of the Commission) and Kersti Kaljulaid (Member of the European Court of Auditors). The following spoke: Werner Langen (rapporteur for the opinion of the ECON Committee), Jutta Haug (rapporteur for the opinion of the ENVI Committee), Gesine Meissner (rapporteur for the opinion of the TRAN Committee), Jan Olbrycht (rapporteur for the opinion of the REGI Committee), Nils Torvalds (rapporteur for the opinion of the PECH Committee) and Nikolaos Salavrakos (rapporteur for the opinion of the PECH Committee).

IN THE CHAIR: Edward McMILLAN-SCOTT

Vice-President

The following spoke: Morten Løkkegaard (rapporteur for the opinion of the CULT Committee), Georgios Papanikolaou (rapporteur for the opinion of the LIBE Committee), José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra (rapporteur for the opinion of the AFET Committee), Werner Langen, to put a blue-card question to Georgios Papanikolaou, who replied to it, Thijs Berman (rapporteur for the opinion of the DEVE Committee), Markus Pieper, on behalf of the PPE Group, Ivailo Kalfin, on behalf of the S&D Group, Jan Mulder, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Bart Staes, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Philip Bradbourn, on behalf of the ECR Group, Frank Vanhecke, on behalf of the EFD Group, Cornelis de Jong, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Lucas Hartong, Non-attached Member, Bogusław Sonik, Zuzana Brzobohatá, Olle Schmidt, Michèle Rivasi, Marta Andreasen, William (The Earl of) Dartmouth, who also replied to a blue-card question by Olle Schmidt, Philip Claeys, who also replied to a blue-card question by Jens Geier, Tamás Deutsch, Georgios Stavrakakis, Theodoros Skylakakis, Petri Sarvamaa and Cătălin Sorin Ivan.

(Closure of the debate: minutes of 16.4.2013, item 16)

14.   Composition of political groups

Franco Bonanini, who had been elected to the European Parliament to replace Gianluca Susta, would sit with the non-attached Members.

15.   Corrigenda (Rule 216)

Corrigenda P7_TA-PROV(2013)0012(COR01), P7_TA-PROV(2013)0013(COR01), P7_TA-PROV(2013)0069(COR01) and P7_TA-PROV(2013)0070(COR01) had been announced in plenary the previous day (minutes of 15.4.2013, item 8).

Since no call for a vote by a political group or at least forty MEPs had been made, in accordance with Rule 216(4) the corrigenda were deemed to have been approved.

16.   Discharge 2011 (continuation of debate)

(For the titles of the Discharge 2011 reports and the first part of the debate, see minutes of 16.4.2013, item 13)

The following spoke: Michael Theurer, Paul Rübig, Edit Herczog, Ingeborg Gräßle, Derek Vaughan, Marian-Jean Marinescu, Inés Ayala Sender, Monica Luisa Macovei and Kinga Göncz.

IN THE CHAIR: Othmar KARAS

Vice-President

The following spoke: Seán Kelly, Silvia-Adriana Țicău and Christofer Fjellner.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Sergio Gaetano Cofferati.

The following spoke: Kersti Kaljulaid, Algirdas Šemeta, Brian Hayes, Jens Geier, Eva Ortiz Vilella, Søren Bo Søndergaard, Andrea Češková, Ryszard Czarnecki and Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 17.4.2013, item 4 and minutes of 17.4.2013, item 6.

17.   Estimates of revenue and expenditure for 2014 - Section I - Parliament (debate)

Report on Parliament’s estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2014 [2013/2018(BUD)] - Committee on Budgets. Rapporteur: Monika Hohlmeier (A7-0112/2013)

Monika Hohlmeier introduced the report.

The following spoke: Salvador Garriga Polledo, on behalf of the PPE Group, Edit Herczog, on behalf of the S&D Group, George Lyon, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Marta Andreasen, on behalf of the ECR Group, Claudio Morganti, on behalf of the EFD Group, Alda Sousa, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Lucas Hartong, Non-attached Member, Barbara Matera, Derek Vaughan, Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy, Hynek Fajmon, João Ferreira, José Manuel Fernandes, Ivailo Kalfin, who also replied to a blue-card question by João Ferreira, Peter van Dalen, Sidonia Elżbieta Jędrzejewska, Göran Färm and Georgios Stavrakakis.

The following spoke: Monika Hohlmeier.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 17.4.2013, item 6.48.

18.   Amendment of the EC-Ukraine Agreement on the facilitation of the issuance of visas *** (debate)

Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and Ukraine amending the Agreement between the European Community and Ukraine on the facilitation of the issuance of visas [12282/2012 - C7-0200/2012- 2012/0138(NLE)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Claude Moraes (A7-0059/2013)

Claude Moraes introduced the recommendation.

The following spoke: Olli Rehn (Vice-President of the Commission).

The following spoke: Paweł Robert Kowal (rapporteur for the opinion of the AFET Committee), Jacek Protasiewicz, on behalf of the PPE Group, Kinga Göncz, on behalf of the S&D Group, Sophia in 't Veld, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Tatjana Ždanoka, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Valdemar Tomaševski, on behalf of the ECR Group, Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, who also replied to a blue-card question by Sophia in 't Veld, Michael Cashman and Ulrike Lunacek.

IN THE CHAIR: Jacek PROTASIEWICZ

Vice-President

The following spoke: Marek Henryk Migalski, Anna Hedh, Adam Bielan, Marek Siwiec, who also replied to a blue-card question by Marije Cornelissen and Evgeni Kirilov.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Elena Băsescu, Marije Cornelissen and Jaroslav Paška.

The following spoke: Olli Rehn and Claude Moraes.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 18.4.2013, item 5.1.

19.   Financial assistance for Member States whose currency is not the euro *** (debate)

Interim report on the proposal for a Council regulation establishing a facility for providing financial assistance for Member States whose currency is not the euro [COM(2012)0336 - 2012/0164(APP)] - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Danuta Maria Hübner (A7-0129/2013)

Danuta Maria Hübner introduced the report.

The following spoke: Olli Rehn (Vice-President of the Commission).

The following spoke: Markus Ferber, on behalf of the PPE Group, George Sabin Cutaș, on behalf of the S&D Group, Olle Schmidt, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Roberts Zīle, on behalf of the ECR Group, Nikolaos Chountis, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Ildikó Gáll-Pelcz, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Mikael Gustafsson, who also replied to a blue-card question by Olle Schmidt, Mojca Kleva Kekuš, Theodor Dumitru Stolojan, Jean-Pierre Audy and Zigmantas Balčytis.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Miroslav Mikolášik, Erik Bánki, Jaroslav Paška, Elena Băsescu, Petru Constantin Luhan and Iosif Matula.

The following spoke: Olli Rehn and Danuta Maria Hübner.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 17.4.2013, item 6.49.

20.   Regional State Aid (debate)

Question for oral answer (O-000017/2013) by Danuta Maria Hübner, on behalf of the Committee on Regional Development to the Commission: Regional state aid (B7-0115/2013) (2013/2550(RSP))

Danuta Maria Hübner moved the question.

Joaquín Almunia (Member of the Commission) answered the question.

The following spoke: Oldřich Vlasák, on behalf of the ECR Group, Lambert van Nistelrooij, on behalf of the PPE Group, Mojca Kleva Kekuš, on behalf of the S&D Group, Pat the Cope Gallagher, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Elisabeth Schroedter, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Lambert van Nistelrooij, Younous Omarjee, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Joachim Zeller, who also replied to a blue-card question by Elisabeth Schroedter, Karin Kadenbach, Michael Theurer, Karima Delli, Marie-Thérèse Sanchez-Schmid, Ana Miranda, Jan Olbrycht, Rareș-Lucian Niculescu, Nuno Teixeira and Manfred Weber.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Erik Bánki, Petru Constantin Luhan, Elena Băsescu, Csaba Sógor, Iosif Matula and Karin Kadenbach.

The following spoke: Joaquín Almunia.

The debate closed.

21.   Agenda of the next sitting

The agenda of the next day's sitting had been established ('Agenda' PE 507.910/OJME).

22.   Closure of the sitting

The sitting closed at 23.05.

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