Details of voting (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.
Before opening voting time, the President announced the introduction of a new system of displaying votes in the Chamber.
The following spoke: Graham Watson, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the organisation of the votes on the reports by Holger Krahmer (A6-0046/2009) and Michael Cashman (A6-0077/2009) (minutes of 10.03.2009, item 8.12), Thomas Mann, on the new electronic system of displaying votes, on the 5oth anniversary of the occupation of Tibet and on the possibility of displaying the Tibetan flag in the Chamber (the President confirmed that possibility and welcomed Kasur Tashi Wangdi, the representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, who was present in the visitors' gallery), and Zbigniew Zaleski, on the massacre of several thousand Poles in the Katyń Forest in 1940.
8.1. EC-Armenia agreement: air services * (Rule 131) (vote)
Report: on the proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Armenia on certain aspects of air services [COM(2007)0729 - C6-0519/2008 - 2007/0251(CNS)] - Committee on Transport and Tourism. Rapporteur: Paolo Costa (A6-0049/2009)
8.2. Agreement between the EC and Israel on certain aspects of air services * (Rule 131) (vote)
Report: on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the State of Israel on certain aspects of air services [COM(2008)0178 - C6-0520/2008 - 2008/0068(CNS)] - Committee on Transport and Tourism. Rapporteur: Paolo Costa (A6-0059/2009)
8.3. Additional protocol to the Agreement between the EC and South Africa, to take account of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the EU *** (Rule 131) (vote)
Recommendation: on the proposal for a Council decision concerning the conclusion of the additional protocol to the Agreement on Trade, Development and Cooperation between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of South Africa, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union [16447/2008 - C6-0017/2009 - 2008/0212(AVC)] - Committee on Development. Rapporteur: Josep Borrell Fontelles (A6-0073/2009)
8.4. Next steps in border management in the EU (Rule 131) (vote)
Report: on the next steps in border management in the European Union and similar experiences in third countries [2008/2181(INI)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert (A6-0061/2009)
8.5. Cross-border transfers of companies' registered offices (Rule 131) (vote)
Report: on recommendations to the Commission on the cross-border transfer of the registered office of a company [2008/2196(INI)] - Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: Klaus-Heiner Lehne (A6-0040/2009)
8.6. Future of the European Common Asylum System (Rule 131) (vote)
Report: on the future of the European Common Asylum System [2008/2305(INI)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Giusto Catania (A6-0050/2009)
8.7. Commission action plan towards an integrated internal control framework (Rule 131) (vote)
Report: on the Commission action plan towards an integrated internal control framework [2008/2150(INI)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Gabriele Stauner (A6-0022/2009)
8.8. Cooperation between the courts of the Member States in the taking of evidence in civil or commercial matters (Rule 131) (vote)
Report: on cooperation between the courts of the Member States in the taking of evidence in civil or commercial matters [2008/2180(INI)] - Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: Manuel Medina Ortega (A6-0058/2009)
8.9. Implementation of Directive 2006/43/EC on statutory audits of annual accounts and consolidated accounts (Rule 131) (vote)
Report: on the implementation of Directive 2006/43/EC on statutory audits of annual accounts and consolidated accounts [2008/2247(INI)] - Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: Bert Doorn (A6-0014/2009)
8.10. Equal treatment and access for men and women in the performing arts (Rule 131) (vote)
Report: on equality of treatment and access for men and women in the performing arts [2008/2182(INI)] - Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality. Rapporteur: Claire Gibault (A6-0003/2009)
Claire Gibault (rapporteur) made a statement pursuant to Rule 131(4).
8.11. Type-approval requirements for the general safety of motor vehicles ***I (vote)
Report: on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning type-approval requirements for the general safety of motor vehicles [COM(2008)0316 - C6-0210/2008 - 2008/0100(COD)] - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection. Rapporteur: Andreas Schwab (A6-0482/2008)
8.12. Integrated pollution prevention and control: industrial emissions, titanium dioxide industry, use of organic solvents, incineration of waste, large combustion plants ***I (vote)
Report: on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control) (recast) [COM(2007)0844 - C6-0002/2008 - 2007/0286(COD)] - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. Rapporteur: Holger Krahmer (A6-0046/2009)
Graham Watson, on behalf of the ALDE Group, asked about the application of Rule 80a to the reports by Holger Krahmer (A6-0046/2009) and Michael Cashman (A6-0077/2009) and requested that the vote on the first report be adjourned to the following day's voting time.
The following spoke on the request for the vote to be adjourned and on the admissibility of the amendments: Guido Sacconi, on behalf of the PSE Group, Caroline Jackson, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, and Holger Krahmer (rapporteur).
Parliament rejected the request by electronic vote (301 in favour, 311 against, 28 abstentions).
The following spoke: Avril Doyle, Monica Frassoni and Anders Wijkman, on the 'recasting' procedure provided for under Rule 80a (the President announced that the President of Parliament would make a statement on the subject the following day), Christopher Heaton-Harris, Holger Krahmer and Chris Davies.
8.13. Statute for a European private company * (vote)
Report: on the proposal for a Council regulation on the Statute for a European private company [COM(2008)0396 - C6-0283/2008 - 2008/0130(CNS)] - Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: Klaus-Heiner Lehne (A6-0044/2009)
Zbigniew Zaleski on the new system of displaying results of votes and the announcement of results of votes.
8.14. Guidelines for the 2010 budget procedure - Section III, Commission (vote)
Report: on the Guidelines for the 2010 budget procedure Section III – Commission [2009/2005(BUD)] - Committee on Budgets. Rapporteur: László Surján (A6-0111/2009)
László Surján (rapporteur) moved an oral amendment to paragraph 13, which was accepted, and Anne E. Jensen provided a clarification of the substance of that amendment.
Hannes Swoboda, on behalf of the PSE Group, moved an oral amendment (accepted) to the first part of Amendment 16 (rejected) and László Surján spoke on the oral amendment, the conduct of the vote and the original text of paragraph 24 (the President clarified the procedure followed).
László Surján moved an oral amendment to paragraph 31, which was accepted.
8.15. Guidelines for the 2010 budget procedure - Sections I, II, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII and IX (vote)
Report: on the guidelines for the 2010 budget procedure Section I - European Parliament Section II - Council Section IV - Court of Justice Section V - Court of Auditors Section VI - European Economic and Social Committee Section VII - Committee of the Regions Section VIII - European Ombudsman Section IX - European Data Protection Supervisor [2009/2004(BUD)] - Committee on Budgets. Rapporteur: Vladimír Maňka (A6-0057/2009)
Christopher Beazley, on what he viewed as the overuse of roll-call votes (the President took note).
8.16. Integrity of online gambling (vote)
Report: on integrity of online gambling [2008/2215(INI)] - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection. Rapporteur: Christel Schaldemose (A6-0064/2009)
8.17. Ensuring food quality: harmonisation or mutual recognition of standards (vote)
Report: on ensuring food quality: harmonisation or mutual recognition of standards [2008/2220(INI)] - Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development. Rapporteur: Maria Petre (A6-0088/2009)
8.18. Commission Reports on Competition Policy 2006 and 2007 (vote)
Report: on the Reports on competition policy 2006 and 2007 [2008/2243(INI)] - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Jonathan Evans (A6-0011/2009)