IN THE CHAIR: Martin SCHULZ
President

1.  Opening of the sitting

The sitting opened at 9.00.

2.  Implementing measures (Rule 88)

The following draft implementing measures falling under the regulatory procedure with scrutiny had been forwarded to Parliament:

- Commission Regulation (EU) No …/.. amending Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for acephate, alachlor, anilazine, azocyclotin, benfuracarb, butylate, captafol, carbaryl, carbofuran, carbosulfan, chlorfenapyr, chlorthal-dimethyl, chlorthiamid, cyhexatin, diazinon, dichlobenil, dicofol, dimethipin, diniconazole, disulfoton, fenitrothion, flufenzin, furathiocarb, hexaconazole, lactofen, mepronil, methamidophos, methoprene, monocrotophos, monuron, oxycarboxin, oxydemeton-methyl, parathion-methyl, phorate, phosalone, procymidone, profenofos, propachlor, quinclorac, quintozene, tolylfluanid, trichlorfon, tridemorph and trifluralin in or on certain products and amending that Regulation by establishing Annex V listing default values (D018240/03 - 2012/2706(RPS) - deadline: 23/08/2012)
referred to responsible: ENVI

- Commission Regulation amending Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 laying down specifications for food additives listed in Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards Polyglycitol syrup (D020179/03 - 2012/2697(RPS) - deadline: 24/09/2012)
referred to responsible: ENVI

- Commission Regulation No .../.. amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the use of polyglycitol syrup in several food categories (D020925/03 - 2012/2698(RPS) - deadline: 24/09/2012)
referred to responsible: ENVI

- Commission Regulation derogating from Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 as regards the expiry dates of the approval of the active substances 2,4-DB, benzoic acid, beta-cyfluthrin, carfentrazone ethyl, Coniothyrium minitans Strain CON/M/91-08 (DSM 9660), cyazofamid, cyfluthrin, deltamethrin, dimethenamid-P, ethofumesate, ethoxysulfuron, fenamidone, flazasulfuron, flufenacet, flurtamone, foramsulfuron, fosthiazate, imazamox, iodosulfuron, iprodione, isoxaflutole, linuron, maleic hydrazide, mecoprop, mecoprop-P, mesosulfuron, mesotrione, oxadiargyl, oxasulfuron, pendimethalin, picoxystrobin, propiconazole, propineb, propoxycarbazone, propyzamide, pyraclostrobin, silthiofam, trifloxystrobin, warfarin and zoxamide (D021094/03 - 2012/2705(RPS) - deadline: 28/08/2012)
referred to responsible: ENVI
opinion: AGRI, IMCO (Rule 88a)

- Commission Regulation (EU) No …/.. amending Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for spinosad in or on raspberries (D021278/02 - 2012/2696(RPS) - deadline: 26/07/2012)
referred to responsible: ENVI .

3.  Programme of activities of the Cyprus Presidency (debate)

Council and Commission statements: Programme of activities of the Cyprus Presidency

Demetris Christofias (President-in-Office of the Council) and José Manuel Barroso (President of the Commission) made the statements.

The following spoke: Joseph Daul , on behalf of the PPE Group, Hannes Swoboda , on behalf of the S&D Group, Graham Watson , on behalf of the ALDE Group , who also replied to a blue-card question by Ioannis Kasoulides , Rebecca Harms , on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Martin Callanan , on behalf of the ECR Group, Gabriele Zimmer , on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Niki Tzavela , on behalf of the EFD Group, Nicole Sinclaire , Non-attached Member, Ioannis Kasoulides , who also replied to a blue-card question by Nicole Sinclaire , Kyriakos Mavronikolas , Cecilia Wikström , Philippe Lamberts , Jan Zahradil , Takis Hadjigeorgiou , Claudio Morganti , Angelika Werthmann , Marian-Jean Marinescu , Sergio Gaetano Cofferati , Olle Schmidt , François Alfonsi , Jaroslav Paška , Philip Claeys , Jan Olbrycht , Maria Eleni Koppa , Anne E. Jensen , Nikolaos Salavrakos , Gunnar Hökmark , who also replied to a blue-card question by Pervenche Berès , et Göran Färm .

IN THE CHAIR: Othmar KARAS
Vice-President

The following spoke: Chris Davies , Mario Mauro , Cătălin Sorin Ivan , Kristiina Ojuland , András Gyürk , Ismail Ertug , Wim van de Camp , Kristian Vigenin , Eduard Kukan , Antigoni Papadopoulou , Eleni Theocharous , Alejandro Cercas , Tunne Kelam , Monika Flašíková Beňová , Reimer Böge , Edite Estrela and Salvador Garriga Polledo , who also replied to a blue-card question by Paul Rübig .

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Georgios Koumoutsakos , Csaba Sándor Tabajdi , Ivo Vajgl , Peter van Dalen , Oreste Rossi , Andrew Henry William Brons , Jan Kozłowski , Mirosław Piotrowski and Gay Mitchell , who also replied to a blue-card question by Vicky Ford .

The following spoke: Maroš Šefčovič (Vice-President of the Commission) and Demetris Christofias.

The debate closed.

4.  Commission Work Programme 2013 (debate)

Commission statement: Commission Work Programme 2013

Maroš Šefčovič (Vice-President of the Commission) made the statement.

The following spoke: József Szájer , on behalf of the PPE Group, Enrique Guerrero Salom , on behalf of the S&D Group, Andrew Duff , on behalf of the ALDE Group, Emilie Turunen , on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Malcolm Harbour , on behalf of the ECR Group , Martina Anderson, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Frank Vanhecke , on behalf of the EFD Group, and Andrew Henry William Brons , Non-attached Member .

The following spoke: Maroš Šefčovič .

Motions for resolutions to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 35(3), and the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the European Commission:

- Malcolm Harbour , on behalf of the ECR Group , on the European Parliament’s priorities for the Commission Work Programme for 2013 (B7-0345/2012 ) ;

- József Szájer and Joseph Daul , on behalf of the PPE Group , on the Commission Work Programme for 2013 (B7-0346/2012 ) ;

- Andrew Duff and Alexander Graf Lambsdorff , on behalf of the ALDE Group , on the Commission Work Programme 2013 (B7-0347/2012 ) ;

- Emilie Turunen , on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group , on the Preparation of the Commission Work Programme 2013 (B7-0348/2012 ) ;

- Gabriele Zimmer , on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group , on the priorities of the Commission Work Programme 2013 (B7-0349/2012 );

- Enrique Guerrero Salom , on behalf of the S&D Group , on the Commission Work Programme 2013 (B7-0350/2012 ) .

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 4.7.2012, item 7.17 .

IN THE CHAIR: Alejo VIDAL-QUADRAS
Vice-President

5.  General budget for 2013 (deadline for tabling amendments)

The President announced that the deadlines for tabling amendments to the General Budget for 2013 had been set as follows, by agreement with the Committee on Budgets:

- for committees and Members (minimum of 40 Members): Thursday 6 September 2012 at 12.00;

- for political groups: Thursday 13 September 2012 at 12.00.

6.  Statement by the President

The President made a statement concerning forest fires in the Valencia region of Spain in which a helicopter pilot had died. He sent Parliament's condolences to the victim's family.

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The following spoke: Hannes Swoboda on a statement by the British Prime Minister and Martin Callanan in response to Mr Swoboda's speech.

7.  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.

7.1.  Common rules for direct support schemes for farmers ***I (Rule 138) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 establishing common rules for direct support schemes for farmers under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers [COM(2010)0539 - C7-0294/2010 - 2010/0267(COD) ] - Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development. Rapporteur: Paolo De Castro (A7-0158/2011 )

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

COMMISSION PROPOSAL, AMENDMENTS and DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote ( P7_TA(2012)0278 )

The following had spoken:

Paolo De Castro ( rapporteur ).

7.2.  Support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development ***I (Rule 138) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) [COM(2010)0537 - C7-0295/2010 - 2010/0266(COD) ] - Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development. Rapporteur: Paolo De Castro (A7-0161/2011 )

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

COMMISSION PROPOSAL, AMENDMENTS and DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote ( P7_TA(2012)0279 )

7.3.  Common organisation of agricultural markets and specific provisions for certain agricultural products ***I (Rule 138) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) [COM(2010)0799 - C7-0008/2011 - 2010/0385(COD) ] - Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development. Rapporteur: Paolo De Castro (A7-0322/2011 )

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

COMMISSION PROPOSAL, AMENDMENTS and DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote ( P7_TA(2012)0280 )

7.4.  Financing of the common agricultural policy ***I (Rule 138) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 on the financing of the common agricultural policy and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 165/94 and Council Regulation (EC) No 78/2008 [COM(2010)0745 - C7-0429/2010 - 2010/0365(COD) ] - Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development. Rapporteur: Giovanni La Via (A7-0209/2011 )

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

COMMISSION PROPOSAL, AMENDMENTS and DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote ( P7_TA(2012)0281 )

7.5.  Organic production and labelling of organic products ***I (Rule 138) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products [COM(2010)0759 - C7-0001/2011 - 2010/0364(COD) ] - Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development. Rapporteur: Martin Häusling (A7-0215/2011 )

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

COMMISSION PROPOSAL, AMENDMENTS and DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote ( P7_TA(2012)0282 )

7.6.  System of financing by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund ***I (Rule 138) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 485/2008 on scrutiny by Member States of transactions forming part of the system of financing by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund [COM(2010)0761 - C7-0002/2011 - 2010/0366(COD) ] - Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development. Rapporteur: Luis Manuel Capoulas Santos (A7-0204/2011 )

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

COMMISSION PROPOSAL, AMENDMENTS and DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote ( P7_TA(2012)0283 )

7.7.  EU-Russia Agreement on the preservation of commitments on trade in services *** (Rule 138) (vote)

Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Government of the Russian Federation relating to the preservation of commitments on trade in services contained in the current EU-Russia Partnership and Cooperation Agreement [16815/2011 - C7-0522/2011 - 2011/0328(NLE) ] - Committee on International Trade. Rapporteur: Gianluca Susta (A7-0176/2012 )

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

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P7_TA(2012)0284 )

Parliament consented to the conclusion of the agreement.

7.8.  EU-Russia agreement on trade in parts and components of motor vehicles *** (Rule 138) (vote)

Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the Government of the Russian Federation on trade in parts and components of motor vehicles between the European Union and the Russian Federation [16806/2011 - C7-0517/2011 - 2011/0324(NLE) ] - Committee on International Trade. Rapporteur: Paweł Zalewski (A7-0175/2012 )

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

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P7_TA(2012)0285 )

Parliament consented to the conclusion of the agreement.

7.9.  EU-Russia Agreement on the introduction or increase by the Russian Federation of export duties on raw materials *** (Rule 138) (vote)

Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Russian Federation relating to the introduction or increase of export duties on raw materials [16827/2011 - C7-0520/2011 - 2011/0332(NLE) ] - Committee on International Trade. Rapporteur: Inese Vaidere (A7-0178/2012 )

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

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

The following spoke: Inese Vaidere (rapporteur) to make a statement in accordance with Rule 138(4).

Adopted by single vote (P7_TA(2012)0286 )

Parliament consented to the conclusion of the agreement.

7.10.  Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement *** (vote)

Recommendation on the draft Council Decision on the conclusion of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, Australia, Canada, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the United Mexican States, the Kingdom of Morocco, New Zealand, the Republic of Singapore, the Swiss Confederation and the United States of America [12195/2011 - C7-0027/2012 - 2011/0167(NLE) ] - Committee on International Trade. Rapporteur: David Martin (A7-0204/2012 )

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

The following spoke: Christofer Fjellner , on behalf of the PPE Group , to request the referral of the recommendation back to committee, in accordance with Rule 175(2), Klaus-Heiner Lehne to support this request and David Martin ( rapporteur ) to oppose it.

By a roll-call vote (255 for, 420 against and 9 abstentions) Parliament rejected the request .

CONCLUSION OF THE AGREEMENT

Rejected

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2012)0287 )

The following spoke:

Maroš Šefčovič (Vice-President of the Commission) , after the final vote, to clarify the Commission's position.

7.11.  Direct payments to farmers ***I (vote)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 as regards the application of direct payments to farmers in respect of the year 2013 [COM(2011)0630 - C7-0337/2011 - 2011/0286(COD) ] - Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development. Rapporteur: Luis Manuel Capoulas Santos (A7-0163/2012 )

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

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended ( P7_TA(2012)0288 )

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted ( P7_TA(2012)0288 )

7.12.  2013 budget - mandate for trilogue (vote)

Report on the mandate for the trilogue on the 2013 Draft Budget [2012/2016(BUD) ] - Committee on Budgets. Rapporteur: Giovanni La Via (A7-0215/2012 )

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted ( P7_TA(2012)0289 )

The following spoke:

Bernd Posselt , on the admissibility of Amendment 20, and Giovanni La Via (rapporteur) , to table an oral amendment, which was adopted.

7.13.  Strategy for the protection and welfare of animals (vote)

Report on the European Union Strategy for the Protection and Welfare of Animals 2012-12015 [2012/2043(INI) ] - Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development. Rapporteur: Marit Paulsen (A7-0216/2012 )

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

ALTERNATIVE MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION by the GUE/NGL Group

Rejected

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION by the AGRI Committee

Adopted ( P7_TA(2012)0290 )

7.14.  Establishment of an EU legal framework for the protection of pets and stray animals (vote)

Motion for a resolution B7-0341/2012 by Erminia Mazzoni , on behalf of the PETI Committee, on the establishment of an EU legal framework for the protection of pets and stray animals (B7-0341/2012 )

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted ( P7_TA(2012)0291 )

7.15.  Conclusions of the European Council meeting (28-29 June 2012) (vote)

Motions for resolution B7-0406/2012 , B7-0407/2012 , B7-0408/2012 , B7-0409/2012 and B7-0410/2012

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION B7-0407/2012

Rejected

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION B7-0408/2012

Rejected

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION B7-0409/2012

Rejected

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION B7-0410/2012

Adopted ( P7_TA(2012)0292 )

(Motion for a resolution B7-0406/2012 had been withdrawn.)

7.16.  Access to basic banking services (vote)

Report with recommendations to the Commission on Access to Basic Banking Services [2012/2055(INI) ] - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Jürgen Klute (A7-0197/2012 )

(Qualified majority required for the adoption of the resolution)
(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 16)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted ( P7_TA(2012)0293 )

7.17.  Commission Work Programme 2013 (vote)

Motions for resolution B7-0345/2012 , B7-0346/2012 , B7-0347/2012 , B7-0348/2012 , B7-0349/2012 and B7-0350/2012

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

The following spoke: Enrique Guerrero Salom , on behalf of the S&D Group, to request, in accordance with Rule 177, that the vote be adjourned until September 2012.

Parliament agreed to the request.

8.  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: Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou - A7-0190/2012 (the vote had taken place the day before, see minutes of 3.7.2012, item 6.10 )

Vicky Ford , Patrizia Toia , Francesco De Angelis , Roberta Angelilli , Marina Yannakoudakis , Diane Dodds , Mario Pirillo , Seán Kelly and Daniel Hannan

Report: Miloslav Ransdorf - A7-0183/2012 (the vote had taken place the day before, see minutes of 3.7.2012, item 6.11 )

Adam Bielan , Charles Tannock , Marina Yannakoudakis and Daniel Hannan

Report: Paolo De Castro - A7-0158/2011

Salvatore Iacolino , Mitro Repo , Ashley Fox and Daniel Hannan

Report: Paolo De Castro - A7-0161/2011

Adam Bielan and Salvatore Iacolino

Report: Paolo De Castro - A7-0322/2011

Peter Jahr

Report: Giovanni La Via - A7-0209/2011

Iva Zanicchi , Daniel Hannan and Elena Băsescu

Report: Martin Häusling - A7-0215/2011

Iva Zanicchi , Charles Tannock and Miroslav Mikolášik

Recommendation: David Martin - A7-0204/2012

Ewald Stadler , Joseph Cuschieri , Josef Weidenholzer , Mitro Repo , Roberta Angelilli , Frédérique Ries , Kristian Vigenin , Julie Girling , Edward Scicluna , Bendt Bendtsen , Charles Tannock , Dimitar Stoyanov , Seán Kelly , Elena Băsescu , Eija-Riitta Korhola and Zuzana Roithová

Report: Luis Manuel Capoulas Santos - A7-0163/2012

Alfredo Antoniozzi , Julie Girling , Diane Dodds , Seán Kelly and Elena Băsescu

Report: Giovanni La Via - A7-0215/2012

George Lyon , Marina Yannakoudakis , Julie Girling , Diane Dodds , Charles Tannock , Georgios Koumoutsakos and Andrea Češková

Report: Marit Paulsen - A7-0216/2012

Andrea Zanoni , George Lyon , Agnès Le Brun , Mitro Repo , Roberta Angelilli , Alfredo Antoniozzi , Julie Girling , Diane Dodds and Charles Tannock

Conclusions of the European Council meeting (28-29 June 2012) - B7-0406/2012 , B7-0407/2012 , B7-0408/2012 , B7-0409/2012 and B7-0410/2012

Patrizia Toia , Ewald Stadler , Diane Dodds , Paul Murphy , Mitro Repo and Silvia Costa

Report: Jürgen Klute - A7-0197/2012

Mitro Repo , Adam Bielan , Monica Luisa Macovei and Diane Dodds

The following spoke: Claude Turmes .

9.  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 sitting was suspended at 14.55 and resumed at 15.05.)

IN THE CHAIR: Edward McMILLAN-SCOTT
Vice-President

10.  Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

11.  Financial aid in the field of trans-European transport and energy networks *** I (debate)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Decision No 1639/2006/EC establishing a Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (2007-2013) and Regulation (EC) No 680/2007 laying down general rules for the granting of Community financial aid in the field of the trans-European transport and energy networks [COM(2011)0659 - C7-0372/2011 - 2011/0301(COD) ] - Committee on Budgets. Rapporteur: Göran Färm (A7-0150/2012 )

Göran Färm introduced the report.

The following spoke: Andreas Mavroyiannis (President-in-Office of the Council), Olli Rehn (Vice-President of the Commission) and Werner Hoyer (President of the European Investment Bank) .

The following spoke: Werner Langen (rapporteur for the opinion of the ITRE Committee), Antonio Cancian (rapporteur for the opinion of the TRAN Committee), Dominique Riquet , on behalf of the PPE Group, Inés Ayala Sender , on behalf of the S&D Group, Anne E. Jensen , on behalf of the ALDE Group , who also replied to a blue-card question by Hans-Peter Martin , Isabelle Durant , on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Richard Ashworth , on behalf of the ECR Group, Jacky Hénin , on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Claudio Morganti , on behalf of the EFD Group, Francisco Sosa Wagner , Non-attached Member, Salvador Garriga Polledo , Saïd El Khadraoui , Adina-Ioana Vălean , Claude Turmes , Hynek Fajmon , Hans-Peter Martin , Zigmantas Balčytis , Philippe De Backer and Riikka Manner .

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Roberta Angelilli , Sergio Gaetano Cofferati , Jan Kozłowski , Silvia-Adriana Ţicău , Jaroslav Paška and Elena Băsescu .

The following spoke: Werner Hoyer , Olli Rehn , Andreas Mavroyiannis and Göran Färm .

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 5.7.2012, item 13.3 .

12.  Breaches of Schengen rules (debate)

Council and Commission statements: Breaches of Schengen rules

Andreas Mavroyiannis (President-in-Office of the Council) and Cecilia Malmström (Member of the Commission) made the statements.

The following spoke: Manfred Weber , on behalf of the PPE Group, Sylvie Guillaume , on behalf of the S&D Group, and Renate Weber , on behalf of the ALDE Group .

IN THE CHAIR: Oldřich VLASÁK
Vice-President

The following spoke: Judith Sargentini , on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Timothy Kirkhope , on behalf of the ECR Group, Cornelia Ernst , on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Mara Bizzotto , on behalf of the EFD Group, Auke Zijlstra , Non-attached Member, Carlos Coelho , Ioan Enciu , Sarah Ludford , Jan Zahradil , Ewald Stadler , who also replied to a blue-card question by Cornelia Ernst , Simon Busuttil , Tanja Fajon , Sophia in 't Veld , Marian-Jean Marinescu , Birgit Sippel , Zuzana Roithová , Carmen Romero López , Georgios Papanikolaou , Wim van de Camp , who also replied to a blue-card question by Judith Sargentini , Hubert Pirker , Salvatore Iacolino , Jacek Protasiewicz , Marco Scurria and Monika Hohlmeier .

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Pier Antonio Panzeri , Lena Kolarska-Bobińska , Franziska Keller , Monika Flašíková Beňová , Norica Nicolai and Franz Obermayr .

The following spoke: Andreas Mavroyiannis and Cecilia Malmström .

The debate closed.

13.  Temporary judges of the European Union civil service tribunal ***I - Protocol on the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union ***I (debate)

Report on the draft regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to temporary judges of the European Union Civil Service Tribunal [01923/2011 - C7-0091/2011 - 2011/0902(COD) ] - Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: Alexandra Thein (A7-0184/2012 )

Report on the draft regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending the Protocol on the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union and Annex I thereto [02074/2011 - C7-0090/2011 - 2011/0901A(COD) ] - Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: Alexandra Thein (A7-0185/2012 )

Alexandra Thein introduced the reports.

The following spoke: Andreas Mavroyiannis (President-in-Office of the Council) and Cecilia Malmström (Member of the Commission) .

The following spoke: Tadeusz Zwiefka , on behalf of the PPE Group, Evelyn Regner , on behalf of the S&D Group, Gerald Häfner , on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Sajjad Karim , on behalf of the ECR Group, Jiří Maštálka , on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Gerard Batten , on behalf of the EFD Group, and Dimitar Stoyanov , Non-attached Member .

IN THE CHAIR: Georgios PAPASTAMKOS
Vice-President

The following spoke: Paulo Rangel , Antonio Masip Hidalgo and Monika Flašíková Beňová .

The following spoke: Cecilia Malmström , Andreas Mavroyiannis and Alexandra Thein .

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 5.7.2012, item 13.2 and minutes of 5.7.2012, item 13.3 .

14.  Situation in Georgia (debate)

Statement by the Vice-President of the Commission and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy: Situation in Georgia

Andreas Mavroyiannis (President-in-Office of the Council) made the statement on behalf of Catherine Ashton (High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the Commission).

The following spoke: Krzysztof Lisek , on behalf of the PPE Group, Libor Rouček , on behalf of the S&D Group, Norica Nicolai , on behalf of the ALDE Group, Ulrike Lunacek , on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Tomasz Piotr Poręba , on behalf of the ECR Group, Elmar Brok , Kristian Vigenin , Adam Bielan , Vytautas Landsbergis and Richard Howitt .

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Arnaud Danjean , Kristiina Ojuland , Charles Tannock , Tunne Kelam and Franz Obermayr .

The following spoke: Andreas Mavroyiannis.

The debate closed.

15.  Situation in Syria (debate)

Statement by the Vice-President of the Commission and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy: Situation in Syria

Andreas Mavroyiannis (President-in-Office of the Council) made the statement on behalf of Catherine Ashton (High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the Commission).

IN THE CHAIR: Rainer WIELAND
Vice-President

The following spoke: Véronique De Keyser , on behalf of the S&D Group, Marietje Schaake , on behalf of the ALDE Group, Hélène Flautre , on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Geoffrey Van Orden , on behalf of the ECR Group, Giancarlo Scottà , on behalf of the EFD Group, Elmar Brok , on behalf of the PPE Group, Richard Howitt , Nikolaos Salavrakos , Charalampos Angourakis , Saïd El Khadraoui , Corina Creţu and Carmen Romero López .

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Bogusław Sonik, Marielle de Sarnez, Charles Tannock, who also replied to a blue-card question by Richard Howitt , Bastiaan Belder , Franz Obermayr and Kristiina Ojuland .

The following spoke: Andreas Mavroyiannis.

The debate closed.

16.  Composition of committees and delegations

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

INTA Committee: Nora Berra and Henri Weber

BUDG Committee: Jean-Louis Cottigny

ITRE Committee: Catherine Trautmann to replace Henri Weber

PECH Committee: Isabelle Thomas to replace Catherine Trautmann

Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly: Henri Weber

Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean : Eric Andrieu

Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council: Nora Berra

Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula: Isabelle Thomas

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

17.  Situation in Egypt (debate)

Statement by the Vice-President of the Commission and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy: Situation in Egypt

Andreas Mavroyiannis (President-in-Office of the Council) made the statement on behalf of Catherine Ashton (High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the Commission).

The following spoke: Hans-Gert Pöttering , on behalf of the PPE Group, Pier Antonio Panzeri , on behalf of the S&D Group, Marietje Schaake , on behalf of the ALDE Group, Malika Benarab-Attou , on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Charles Tannock , on behalf of the ECR Group, Marisa Matias , on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Bastiaan Belder , on behalf of the EFD Group, Franz Obermayr , Non-attached Member, Francisco José Millán Mon , Saïd El Khadraoui , Sajjad Karim and Kristian Vigenin .

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Richard Howitt and Judith Sargentini .

The following spoke: Andreas Mavroyiannis.

The debate closed.

18.  Agenda of the next sitting

The agenda of the next day's sitting had been established ('Agenda' PE 491.927/OJJE).

19.  Closure of the sitting

The sitting closed at 20.20.

The following signed:

Agnew, Albertini, Albrecht, Alfonsi, Allam, Alvaro, Alves, Andersdotter, Anderson , Andreasen, Andrés Barea, Andrieu, Andrikienė, Angelilli, Angourakis, Antinoro, Antonescu, Antoniozzi, Arias Echeverría, Arlacchi, Arsenis, Ashworth, Atkins, Attard-Montalto, Auconie, Audy, Margrete Auken, Ayala Sender, Aylward, Ayuso, van Baalen, Bach, Badia i Cutchet, Bagó, Balčytis, Baldassarre, Balz, Balzani, Bánki, Bartolozzi, Băsescu, Bastos, Batten, Bauer, Bearder, Becker, Belder, Belet, Bélier, Benarab-Attou, Bendtsen, Bennahmias, Bennion, Berès, Berlato, Berlinguer, Berman, Berra , Besset, Bicep, Bielan, Bilbao Barandica, Bisky, Bizzotto, Blinkevičiūtė, Bodu, Böge, Bonsignore, Borghezio, Borsellino, Borys, Boştinaru, Boulland, Bové, Bowles, Bozkurt, Bradbourn, Bratkowski, Brepoels, Brok, Brons, Brzobohatá, Bufton, Bullmann, Buşoi, Busuttil, Bütikofer, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Cadec, Callanan, van de Camp, Campbell Bannerman, Cancian, Capoulas Santos, Caronna, Carvalho, Casa, Casini, Caspary, Castex, del Castillo Vera, Cavada, Cercas, Češková, Chatzimarkakis, Chichester, Childers, Chountis, Christensen, Chrysogelos, Claeys, Clark, Cliveti, Cochet, Coelho, Cofferati, Collin-Langen, Cornelissen, Correa Zamora, António Fernando Correia de Campos, Cortés Lastra, Silvia Costa, Costello, Cottigny, Cozzolino, Cramer, Creţu, Creutzmann, Cronberg, Cuschieri, Cutaş, Cymański, Frédéric Daerden, van Dalen, Dăncilă, Danellis, Danjean, Dantin, (The Earl of) Dartmouth, Dati, Daul, David, Davies, De Angelis, De Backer, De Castro, Dehaene, De Keyser, Delli, Delvaux, De Mita, de Sarnez, Désir, Deß, Deutsch, Deva, De Veyrac, Dodds, Domenici, Donskis, Dorfmann, Droutsas, Duff, Durant, Dušek, Ehler, Ehrenhauser, Eickhout, El Khadraoui, Elles, Enciu, Engel, Engström, Eppink, Ernst, Ertug, Essayah, Estaràs Ferragut, Estrela, Evans, Fajmon, Fajon, Falbr, Farage, Färm, Feio, Ferber, Fernandes, Elisa Ferreira, João Ferreira, Fidanza, Fisas Ayxela, Fjellner, Flašíková Beňová, Flautre, Fleckenstein, Florenz, Fontana, Ford, Foster, Fox, Fraga Estévez, Gahler, Gál, Gallagher, Gallo, Gáll-Pelcz, García-Hierro Caraballo, García Pérez, Gardiazábal Rubial, Gardini, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gauzès, Gebhardt, Geier, Gerbrandy, Geringer de Oedenberg, Giannakou, Giegold, Gierek, Girling, Glattfelder, Godmanis, Goebbels, Goerens, Gollnisch, Gomes, Göncz, Goulard, de Grandes Pascual, Gräßle, Grech, Grèze, Griesbeck, Griffin, Gróbarczyk, Groote, Grosch, Grossetête, Grzyb, Gualtieri, Guerrero Salom, Guillaume, Gurmai, Gustafsson, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gutiérrez Prieto, Gyürk, Hadjigeorgiou, Häfner, Haglund, Handzlik, Hannan, Harbour, Harkin, Hartong, Hassi, Haug, Häusling, Hedh, Helmer, Hénin, Herczog, Herranz García, Hibner, Higgins, Nadja Hirsch, Hoang Ngoc, Hohlmeier, Hökmark, Honeyball, Hortefeux, Howitt, Danuta Maria Hübner, Hudghton, Hughes, Hyusmenova, Iacolino, Ibrisagic, Ilchev, Imbrasas, in 't Veld, Iotova, Iovine, Irigoyen Pérez, Iturgaiz Angulo, Ivan, Ivanova, Jaakonsaari, Jäätteenmäki, Jadot, Jahr, Járóka, Jazłowiecka, Jędrzejewska, Jeggle, Jensen, Jiménez-Becerril Barrio, Johansson, Joly, de Jong, Jordan, Jørgensen, Juvin, Kacin, Kaczmarek, Kadenbach, Kalfin, Kalinowski, Kalniete, Kamall, Kamiński, Kammerevert, Karas, Karim, Kariņš, Kasoulides, Kastler, Kazak, Kelam, Keller, Kelly, Kiil-Nielsen, Kirilov, Kirkhope, Klaß, Kleva, Klinz, Klute, Koch, Koch-Mehrin, Kohlíček, Kolarska-Bobińska, Koppa, Korhola, Kósa, Köstinger, Koumoutsakos, Béla Kovács, Kovatchev, Kowal, Kozlík, Kozłowski, Kožušník, Krahmer, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhn, Kukan, Kurski, Lamassoure, Lambert, Lamberts, Lambsdorff, Landsbergis, Lange, de Lange, Langen, La Via, Le Brun, Le Grip, Legutko, Lehne, Le Hyaric, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lepage, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Marine Le Pen, Lichtenberger, Liese, Liotard, Lisek, Lochbihler, Løkkegaard, Lope Fontagné, López-Istúriz White, Lösing, Lövin, Ludford, Ludvigsson, Luhan, Łukacijewska, Lulling, Lunacek, Lyon, McAvan, McCarthy, McClarkin, McGuinness, McIntyre, McMillan-Scott, Macovei, Madlener, Malinov, Manders, Mănescu, Maňka, Mann, Manner, Marcinkiewicz, Marinescu, David Martin, Hans-Peter Martin, Masip Hidalgo, Maštálka, Mastella, Matera, Mathieu, Matias, Mato Adrover, Matula, Mauro, Mavronikolas, Mayer, Mazej Kukovič, Mazzoni, Meissner, Menéndez del Valle, Merkies, Messerschmidt, Mészáros, Louis Michel, Migalski, Mikolášik, Milana, Millán Mon, Mirsky, Mitchell, Mölzer, Moreira, Morganti, Morin-Chartier, Morvai, Motti, Muñiz De Urquiza, Murphy, Muscardini, Naranjo Escobar, Nattrass, Nedelcheva, Neuser, Neveďalová, Newton Dunn, Neynsky, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Nicholson, Nicolai, Niculescu, Niebler, Nilsson, van Nistelrooij, Nitras, Nuttall, Obermayr, Obiols, Ojuland, Olbrycht, Olejniczak, Omarjee, Oomen-Ruijten, Ortiz Vilella, Őry, Ouzký, Oviir, Pack, Padar, Paksas, Paleckis, Paliadeli, Pallone, Panayotov, Panzeri, Papadopoulou, Papanikolaou, Papastamkos, Pargneaux, Parvanova, Paşcu, Paška, Patrão Neves, Patriciello, Paulsen, Peterle, Pieper, Pietikäinen, Piotrowski, Pirillo, Pirker, Pittella, Poc, Podimata, Ponga, Poręba, Posselt, Pöttering, Poupakis, Preda, Prendergast, Prodi, Protasiewicz, Proust, Provera, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rangel, Ransdorf, Rapkay, Rapti, Regner, Reimers, Remek, Repo, Reul, Riera Madurell, Ries, Rinaldi, Riquet, Rivasi, Rivellini, Roatta, Rochefort, Rodust, Rohde, Roithová, Romero López, Romeva i Rueda, Ronzulli, Rossi, Roth-Behrendt, Rouček, Rübig, Rubiks, Rühle, Šadurskis, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Salavrakos, Salvini, Sánchez Presedo, Sanchez-Schmid, Sârbu, Sargentini, Sartori, Sarvamaa, Saryusz-Wolski, Sassoli, Saudargas, Savisaar-Toomast, Schaake, Schaldemose, Schlyter, Olle Schmidt, Schnellhardt, Schnieber-Jastram, Scholz, Schöpflin, Schroedter, Martin Schulz, Werner Schulz, Schwab, Scicluna, Scottà, Scurria, Sedó i Alabart, Seeber, Sehnalová, Senyszyn, Serracchiani, Severin, Silvestris, Simon, Simpson, Sinclaire, Sippel, Siwiec, Skinner, Skrzydlewska, Skylakakis, Smith, Smolková, Sommer, Søndergaard, Sonik, Sosa Wagner, Sousa, Speroni, Stadler, Staes, Stassen, Šťastný, Stavrakakis, Steinruck, Stevenson, Stihler, van der Stoep, Stolojan, Dimitar Stoyanov, Strejček, Striffler, Surján, Susta, Svensson, Swinburne, Swoboda, Szájer, Szymański, Tabajdi, Takkula, Tănăsescu, Tannock, Tarabella, Tarand, Tatarella, Tavares, Keith Taylor, Rebecca Taylor, Teixeira, Terho, Thein, Theocharous, Theurer, Thomas , Thomsen, Thun und Hohenstein, Thyssen, Ţicău, Tirolien, Toia, Tőkés, Tomaševski, Tošenovský, Toussas, Trautmann, Tremosa i Balcells, Triantaphyllides, Trüpel, Trzaskowski, Tsoukalas, Turmes, Turunen, Tzavela, Uggias, Ulmer, Ulvskog, Urutchev, Vadim Tudor, Vaidere, Vajgl, Vălean, Van Brempt, Vanhecke, Van Orden, Vattimo, Vaughan, Vergiat, Vergnaud, Verheyen, Vidal-Quadras, Vigenin, de Villiers, Vlasák, Vlasto, Voss, Wałęsa, Watson, Henri Weber, Manfred Weber, Renate Weber, Weidenholzer, Weiler, Weisgerber, Werthmann, Westlund, Westphal, Wieland, Wikström, Willmott, Wils, Hermann Winkler, Iuliu Winkler, Włosowicz, Wojciechowski, Wortmann-Kool, Yáñez-Barnuevo García, Yannakoudakis, Záborská, Zahradil, Zala, Zalba Bidegain, Zalewski, Zanicchi, Zanoni, Zasada, Ždanoka, Zeller, Zemke, Zeribi, Zijlstra, Zīle, Zimmer, Ziobro, Zver, Zwiefka,

Observers

Božinović, Matušić, Plenković, Radoš, Vuljanić