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Deposit guarantee schemes
(A7-0225/2011)
Report: Peter SIMON (S&D, DE)
Report adopted with 506 votes in favour, 44 against and 21 abstentions
Guidelines for the 2013 budget - sections other than the Commission
(A7-0030/2012)
Report: Derek VAUGHAN (S&D, UK)
Report adopted by show of hands
Multi-annual plan for western stock of Atlantic horse mackerel
Resolution adopted by show of hands
Contribution of the common fisheries policy to the production of public goods
Joint Resolution RC B7-0579/2011 adopted by show of hands
Recent political developments in Hungary
Resolution adopted with 315 votes in favour, 263 against and 49 abstentions
Situation in Russia
Joint Resolution RC B7-0052/2012 adopted by show of hands
Agreement between the EU and Morocco concerning reciprocal liberalisation measures on agricultural products and fishery products
Joint Resolution RC B7-0047/2012 adopted with 398 votes in favour, 175 against and 50 abstentions
Agreement between the EU and Morocco concerning reciprocal liberalisation measures on agricultural products and fishery products
(A7-0023/2012)
Recommendation : José BOVÉ (Greens/EFA, FR)
Report adopted with 369 votes in favour, 225 against and 31 abstentions
Situation in Syria
Joint Resolution RC B7-0068/2012 adopted by show of hands
19th session of the UN Human Rights Council
Resolution adopted by show of hands
Blind persons' access to books
Resolution adopted by show of hands
Regional Convention on pan-Euro-Mediterranean preferential rules of origin
Resolution adopted by show of hands
Regional Convention on pan-Euro-Mediterranean preferential rules of origin
(A7-0026/2012)
Recommendation: Emilio MENÉNDEZ DEL VALLE (S&D, ES)
Report adopted with 528 votes in favour, 51 against and 11 abstentions
Resolution adopted by show of hands
Future of Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES)
Resolution adopted with Motions for resolutions concerning debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (Rule 122) by show of hands
Death penalty in Belarus, in particular the case of Dzmitry Kanavalau and Uladzislau Kavalyou
Joint Resolution RC B7-0075/2012
Adopted
Egypt: recent developments
Joint Resolution RC B7-0079/2012
Adopted
Death penalty in Japan
Joint Resolution RC B7-0089/2012
Adopted
The following is a list of the reports put to the vote in the European Parliament on Wednesday 15 February 2012. A selection of more detailed press releases will soon be available from the Press Service page of Parliament's website.
Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland and the Schengen acquis
Recommendation on the draft Council Decision on the conclusion on behalf of the Union, of the Arrangement between the European Union and the Republic of Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein, the Kingdom of Norway and the Swiss Confederation on the participation by those States in the work of the committees which assist the European Commission in the exercise of its executive powers as regards the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis
(A7-0013/2012)
Recommendation: Timothy KIRKHOPE (ECR, UK)
Report adopted by raise of hands
Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States
(A7-0011/2012)
Report: Pervenche BERÈS (S&D, FR)
Report adopted with 591 votes in favour, 60 against and 11 abstentions
Food distribution to the most deprived persons in the Union
(A7-0032/2012)
Recommendation for second reading: Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI (EPP, PL)
Report approved
Radio spectrum policy
(A7-0019/2012)
Recommendation for second reading: Gunnar HÖKMARK (EPP, SE)
Report adopted with 33 votes in favour, 648 against and 10 abstentions
Council Position approved
Contractual relations in the milk and milk products sector
(A7-0262/2011)
Report: James NICHOLSON (ECR, UK)
Report adopted with 574 votes in favour, 97 against and 18 abstentions
Amendment of Rule 48(2) on own-initiative reports
Report on amendment of Rule 48(2) of Parliament's Rules of Procedure on own-initiative reports
(A7-0399/2011)
Report: Stanimir ILCHEV (ALDE, BG)
Report adopted by raise of hands
Feasibility of introducing stability bonds
Resolutions adopted with 515 votes in favour, 125 against and 52 abstentions
Employment and social aspects in the Annual Growth Survey 2012
(A7-0021/2012)
Report: Marije CORNELISSEN (Greens/EFA, NL)
Report adopted by raise of hands
Contribution to the Annual Growth Survey 2012
(A7-0018/2012)
Report: Jean-Paul GAUZÈS (EPP, FR)
Report adopted by raise of hands
The following is a list of the reports put to the vote in the European Parliament on Tuesday 14 February 2012. A selection of more detailed press releases will soon be available from the Press Service page of Parliament's website.
Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) and protection of intellectual property rights
(A7-0003/2012)
Report: Antonio MASIP HIDALGO (S&D, ES)
Report adopted by 569/15/71
Interconnection of central, commercial and companies registers
(A7-0022/2012)
Report: Kurt LECHNER (EPP, DE)
Report adopted by 654/14/3
EU - Guinea-Bissau protocol on fishing opportunities
Protocol agreed between the European Union and the Republic of Guinea-Bissau setting out fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the two parties currently in force
(A7-0017/2012)
Recommendation: Carl HAGLUND (ALDE, FI)
Report adopted by 628/22/20
Participation of Morocco in Union programmes
Recommendation on the Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of a Protocol to the Euro- Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Kingdom of Morocco, of the other part, on a framework agreement between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco on the general principles for the participation of Kingdom of Morocco in Union programmes
(A7-0016/2012)
Recommendation: Annemie NEYTS-UYTTEBROECK (ALDE, BE)
Report adopted by raise of hands
Vaccination against bluetongue
Recommendation for second reading on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2000/75/EC as regards vaccination against bluetongue
(A7-0031/2012)
Recommendation for second reading: Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI (ECR, PL)
Report : approved
Technical requirements for credit transfers and direct debits in euros
(A7-0292/2011)
Report: Sari ESSAYAH (EPP, FI)
Report adopted by 635/17/31
Appointment of a member of the Court of Auditors - Mr Baudilio TOME MUGURUZA / ES
Report on the nomination of Mr Baudilio Tomé Muguruza as a Member of the Court of Auditors
(A7-0036/2012)
Report: Inés AYALA SENDER (S&D, ES)
Report adopted by 310/276/87