MINUTES

TUESDAY 6 JULY 2010

IN THE CHAIR: Jerzy BUZEK
President

1. Opening of the sitting

The sitting opened at 9.05.

2. Documents received

The following documents had been received:

1) from the Council and Commission

- Proposal for a Council decision on the application of certain guidelines in the field of officially supported export credits (COM(2006)0456 - C7-0050/2010 - 2006/0167(COD))

- Proposal for a Regulation (EU) No …/… of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2187/2005 as regards the prohibition of highgrading and restrictions on fishing for flounder and turbot in the Baltic Sea, the Belts and the Sound (COM(2010)0325 - C7-0156/2010 - 2010/0175(COD))

Pursuant to Rule 124, the President announced that he would consult the European Economic and Social Committee on this proposal.

- Proposal for a Regulation (EU) No .../2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 (Single CMO Regulation) as regards the aid granted in the framework of the German alcohol monopoly (COM(2010)0336 - C7-0157/2010 – 2010/0183(COD))

Pursuant to Rule 124, the President announced that he would consult the European Economic and Social Committee on this proposal.

2) from committees

2.1) recommendation

- Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the United States of America on the processing and transfer of Financial Messaging Data from the European Union to the United States for the purposes of the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program (11222/2010 - C7-0158/2010 - 2010/0178(NLE)) - LIBE Committee - Rapporteur: Alexander Alvaro (A7-0224/2010)

3. Debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (announcement of motions for resolution 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.   Zimbabwe, in particular the case of Farai Maguwu

- Fiorello Provera, Oreste Rossi and Mara Bizzotto, on behalf of the EFD Group, on the case of Farai Maguwu (B7-0415/2010)

- Frédérique Ries, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Marietje Schaake and Sonia Alfano, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on Zimbabwe, notably the case of Farai Maguwu (B7-0439/2010)

- Véronique De Keyser, Michael Cashman and Ana Gomes, on behalf of the S&D Group, on Zimbabwe, and notably the case of Farai Maguwu (B7-0440/2010)

- Judith Sargentini and Heidi Hautala, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on human rights violations in Zimbabwe, notably the case Farai Maguwu (B7-0441/2010)

- Alain Cadec, Michael Gahler, Mario Mauro, Cristian Dan Preda, Filip Kaczmarek, Bernd Posselt, Lena Kolarska-Bobińska, Eija-Riitta Korhola, Tunne Kelam, Thomas Mann, Monica Luisa Macovei, Sari Essayah and Csaba Sógor, on behalf of the PPE Group, on Zimbabwe, in particular the case of Farai Maguwu (B7-0442/2010)

- Marie-Christine Vergiat, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on human rights in Zimbabwe: the case of Farai Maguwu (B7-0443/2010)

- Geoffrey Van Orden, Charles Tannock, Nirj Deva, Michał Tomasz Kamiński, Adam Bielan, Ryszard Antoni Legutko, Tomasz Piotr Poręba, Zbigniew Ziobro, Ryszard Czarnecki and Jacek Olgierd Kurski, on behalf of the ECR Group, on Zimbabwe, notably the case of Farai Maguwu (B7-0444/2010)

II.   Venezuela, in particular the case of Maria Lourdes Afiuni

- Fiorello Provera, Oreste Rossi and Mara Bizzotto, on behalf of the EFD Group, on the case of Maria Lourdes Afiuni (B7-0414/2010)

- Santiago Fisas Ayxela, Carlos José Iturgaiz Angulo, Mario Mauro, Cristian Dan Preda, Bernd Posselt, Filip Kaczmarek, Eija-Riitta Korhola, Tunne Kelam, Monica Luisa Macovei, Thomas Mann, Sari Essayah, Csaba Sógor and Bogusław Sonik, on behalf of the PPE Group, on Venezuela, in particular the case of Maria Lourdes Afiuni (B7-0417/2010)

- Johannes Cornelis van Baalen, Marietje Schaake, Renate Weber, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Marielle De Sarnez, Anneli Jäätteenmäki and Sonia Alfano, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on Venezuela, notably the case of Maria Lourdes Afiuni (B7-0418/2010)

- Véronique De Keyser and Raimon Obiols, on behalf of the S&D Group, on Venezuela, and in particular the case of Maria Lourdes Afiuni (B7-0435/2010)

- Raül Romeva i Rueda, Heidi Hautala, Ulrike Lunacek and Barbara Lochbihler, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on Venezuela, and in particular the case of Maria Lourdes Afiuni (B7-0436/2010)

- Charles Tannock, Edvard Kožušník, Michał Tomasz Kamiński, Tomasz Piotr Poręba, Zbigniew Ziobro, Ryszard Antoni Legutko and Adam Bielan, on behalf of the ECR Group, on Venezuela, Maria Lourdes Afiuni case (B7-0437/2010)

- Willy Meyer and Ilda Figueiredo, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on Venezuela, in particular the case of Maria Lourdes Afiuni (B7-0438/2010)

III.   North Korea

- Fiorello Provera, Bastiaan Belder, Oreste Rossi, Mara Bizzotto and Juozas Imbrasas, on behalf of the EFD Group, on the situation of human rights in North Korea (B7-0416/2010)

- Jelko Kacin, Marietje Schaake, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Marielle De Sarnez, Frédérique Ries and Sonia Alfano, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on North Korea (B7-0445/2010)

- Heidi Hautala, Barbara Lochbihler and Gerald Häfner, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on North Korea (Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, DPRK) (B7-0446/2010)

- Miroslav Mikolášik, Mario Mauro, Cristian Dan Preda, Bernd Posselt, Lena Kolarska-Bobińska, Eija-Riitta Korhola, Tunne Kelam, Thomas Mann, Monica Luisa Macovei, Sari Essayah, Csaba Sógor and Filip Kaczmarek, on behalf of the PPE Group, on North Korea (B7-0447/2010)

- Charles Tannock, Roger Helmer, James Nicholson, Zbigniew Ziobro, Ryszard Czarnecki, Michał Tomasz Kamiński, Adam Bielan, Tomasz Piotr Poręba, Ryszard Antoni Legutko and Konrad Szymański, on behalf of the ECR Group, on North Korea (B7-0448/2010)

- Marie-Christine Vergiat and Rui Tavares, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on North Korea (B7-0449/2010)

- Véronique De Keyser, Kristian Vigenin, George Sabin Cutaş and David Martin, on behalf of the S&D Group, on human rights violations in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (B7-0450/2010)

Speaking time would be allocated in accordance with Rule 149.

4. Review of the Spanish Presidency (debate)

Council and Commission statements: Review of the Spanish Presidency

José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (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, Martin Schulz, on behalf of the S&D Group, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Timothy Kirkhope, on behalf of the ECR Group, Willy Meyer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Marta Andreasen, on behalf of the EFD Group, Francisco Sosa Wagner, Non-attached Member, Jaime Mayor Oreja, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Paweł Robert Kowal, Niki Tzavela, Werner Langen, who also answered a blue-card question from Martin Schulz, Linda McAvan, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Oriol Junqueras Vies, Mario Mauro, Jens Geier, Luis de Grandes Pascual, Zita Gurmai, Jan Olbrycht, Tunne Kelam and Joe Higgins.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Elena Băsescu, Glenis Willmott, Mirosław Piotrowski, Andreas Mölzer, Danuta Jazłowiecka, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi and Seán Kelly.

The following spoke: José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero and José Manuel Barroso.

The debate closed.

IN THE CHAIR: Stavros LAMBRINIDIS
Vice-President

5. Agreement between the EU and the USA on the processing and transfer of financial messaging data *** (debate)

Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the United States of America on the processing and transfer of Financial Messaging Data from the European Union to the United States for the purposes of the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program [11222/2010/REV.1 és COR.1 - C7-0158/2010 - 2010/0178(NLE)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Alexander Alvaro (A7-0224/2010)

Alexander Alvaro introduced the recommendation.

The following spoke: Stefan De Clerck (President-in-Office of the Council) and Cecilia Malmström (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Ernst Strasser, on behalf of the PPE Group, Claude Moraes, on behalf of the S&D Group, Renate Weber, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Jan Philipp Albrecht, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Timothy Kirkhope, on behalf of the ECR Group, Rui Tavares, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Gerard Batten, on behalf of the EFD Group, and Daniël van der Stoep, Non-attached Member, Simon Busuttil, Birgit Sippel, Sophia in 't Veld, Hélène Flautre, Andreas Mölzer, Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra and Salvatore Iacolino.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Carlos Coelho, Zuzana Roithová, Kinga Göncz, Carl Schlyter, Cornelia Ernst, Jaroslav Paška, Andrew Henry William Brons, Alajos Mészáros and Elena Băsescu.

The following spoke: Stefan De Clerck, Cecilia Malmström and Alexander Alvaro.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 8.7.2010, item 6.1.

IN THE CHAIR: Alejo VIDAL-QUADRAS
Vice-President

6. Voting time

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.

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The following spoke: Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra on the organisation of voting time, and Sonia Alfano, on the fate of a group of Eritrean migrants being held in Libya.

6.1. Accession of the Member States to the Convention relating to international exhibitions signed at Paris on 22 November 1928 *** (Rule 138) (vote)

Recommendation on the draft Council decision authorising Member States to accede to the Convention relating to international exhibitions signed at Paris on 22 November 1928 and supplemented by the Protocols of 10 May 1948, 16 November 1966, 30 November 1972 and the Amendment of 24 June 1982 and the Amendment of 31 May 1988 [08100/2010 - C7-0105/2010 - 2010/0015(NLE)] - Committee on International Trade. Rapporteur: George Sabin Cutaş (A7-0201/2010)

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

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P7_TA(2010)0248)

6.2. Conclusion of the Protocol on Integrated Coastal Zone Management to the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean *** (Rule 138) (vote)

Recommendation on the draft Council decision concerning the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Protocol on Integrated Coastal Zone Management in the Mediterranean to the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean [09132/2010 - C7-0128/2010 - 2010/0016(NLE)] - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. Rapporteur: Jo Leinen (A7-0191/2010)

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

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P7_TA(2010)0249)

6.3. Agreement between the EU and Iceland and Norway on the application of certain provisions of Council Decision 2008/615/JHA and Council Decision 2008/616/JHA *** (Rule 138) (vote)

Recommendation on the drdaft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and Iceland and Norway on the application of certain provisions of Council Decision 2008/615/JHA on the stepping up of cross-border cooperation, particularly in combating terrorism and cross border crime and Council Decision 2008/616/JHA on the implementation of Decision 2008/615/JHA on the stepping up of cross-border cooperation, particularly in combating terrorism and cross border crime, and the Annex thereto [05309/2010 - C7-0031/2010 - 2009/0191(NLE)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Simon Busuttil (A7-0173/2010)

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

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P7_TA(2010)0250)

6.4. Participation by Switzerland and Liechtenstein in Frontex activities *** (Rule 138) (vote)

Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Arrangement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation and the Principality of Liechtenstein, of the other part, on the modalities of the participation by those States in the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union [05707/2010 - C7-0217/2009 - 2009/0073(NLE)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Philip Claeys (A7-0172/2010)

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

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P7_TA(2010)0251)

6.5. Request for defence of Mr Valdemar Tomaševski's parliamentary immunity (Rule 138) (vote)

Report on the request for defence of the immunity and privileges of Valdemar Tomaševski - Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: Bernhard Rapkay (A7-0214/2010)

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

PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION

Adopted by single vote (P7_TA(2010)0252)

6.6. Quality of statistical data in the context of the excessive deficit procedure * (Rule 138) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 479/2009 as regards the quality of statistical data in the context of the excessive deficit procedure [COM(2010)0053 - C7-0064/2010 - 2010/0035(NLE)] - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Othmar Karas (A7-0220/2010)

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

COMMISSION PROPOSAL, AMENDMENTS, and DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P7_TA(2010)0253)

The following had spoken:

Othmar Karas had made a statement under Rule 138(4).

6.7. EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region and the role of macro-regions in the future cohesion policy (Rule 138) (vote)

Report on the European Union Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region and the role of macro-regions in the future cohesion policy [2009/2230(INI)] - Committee on Regional Development. Rapporteur: Wojciech Michał Olejniczak (A7-0202/2010)

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P7_TA(2010)0254)

6.8. Contribution of EU regional policy towards fighting the financial and economic crisis (Rule 138) (vote)

Report on the contribution of EU regional policy towards fighting the financial and economic crisis, with a special reference to Objective 2 [2009/2234(INI)] - Committee on Regional Development. Rapporteur: Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou (A7-0206/2010)

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P7_TA(2010)0255)

The following had spoken:

Lambert van Nistelrooij, on behalf of the PPE Group, had called for the vote to be taken by roll call (his proposal had been accepted).

6.9. Rights of passengers in bus and coach transport ***II (vote)

Recommendation for second reading on the Council position at first reading for adopting a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the rights of passengers in bus and coach transport and amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 [05218/3/2010 - C7-0077/2010 - 2008/0237(COD)] - Committee on Transport and Tourism. Rapporteur: Antonio Cancian (A7-0174/2010)

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

COUNCIL POSITION

Declared approved as amended (P7_TA(2010)0256)

6.10. Rights of passengers when travelling by sea and inland waterway ***II (vote)

Draft recommendation for second reading on the Council position at first reading for adopting a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the rights of passengers when travelling by sea and inland waterway and amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 [14849/3/2009 - C7-0076/2010 - 2008/0246(COD)] - Committee on Transport and Tourism. Rapporteur: Inés Ayala Sender (A7-0177/2010)

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

COUNCIL POSITION

Declared approved as amended (P7_TA(2010)0257)

6.11. Intelligent Transport Systems ***II (vote)

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 on the framework for the deployment of Intelligent Transport Systems in the field of road transport and for interfaces with other modes of transport [06103/4/2010 - C7-0119/2010 - 2008/0263(COD)] - Committee on Transport and Tourism. Rapporteur: Anne E. Jensen (A7-0211/2010)

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

COUNCIL POSITION

Declared approved (P7_TA(2010)0258)

6.12. Reporting formalities for ships arriving in or departing from ports ***I (vote)

Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on reporting formalities for ships arriving in and/or departing from ports of the Member States of the Community and repealing Directive 2002/6/EC [COM(2009)0011 - C6-0030/2009 - 2009/0005(COD)] - Committee on Transport and Tourism. Rapporteur: Dirk Sterckx (A7-0064/2010)

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

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P7_TA(2010)0259)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2010)0259)

6.13. A sustainable future for transport (vote)

Report on a sustainable future for transport [2009/2096(INI)] - Committee on Transport and Tourism. Rapporteur: Mathieu Grosch (A7-0189/2010)

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2010)0260)

The following had spoken:

Corien Wortmann-Kool, on behalf of the PPE Group, had called for the vote on the motion as a whole to be taken by roll call (her proposal had been accepted).

6.14. Annual report of the Petitions Committee 2009 (vote)

Report on the deliberations of the Committee on Petitions during the year 2009 [2009/2139(INI)] - Committee on Petitions. Rapporteur: Carlos José Iturgaiz Angulo (A7-0186/2010)

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2010)0261)

6.15. Promoting youth access to the labour market (vote)

Report on promoting youth access to the labour market, strengthening trainee, internship and apprenticeship status [2009/2221(INI)] - Committee on Employment and Social Affairs. Rapporteur: Emilie Turunen (A7-0197/2010)

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2010)0262)

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Graham Watson, speaking as Chair of the Delegation for relations with India, welcomed a delegation from the Indian Parliament's House of the People (Lok Sabha).

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6.16. Atypical contracts, secured professional paths and new forms of social dialogue (vote)

Report on atypical contracts, secured professional paths, flexicurity and new forms of social dialogue [2009/2220(INI)] - Committee on Employment and Social Affairs. Rapporteur: Pascale Gruny (A7-0193/2010)

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2010)0263)

6.17. Management of bio-waste in the EU (vote)

Report on the Commission Green Paper on the management of bio-waste in the European Union [2009/2153(INI)] - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. Rapporteur: José Manuel Fernandes (A7-0203/2010)

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2010)0264)

7. 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: Othmar Karas - A7-0220/2010

Ivo Strejček, Daniel Hannan and Syed Kamall

Report: Wojciech Michał Olejniczak - A7-0202/2010

Tunne Kelam, Erminia Mazzoni, Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė and Inese Vaidere

Report: Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou - A7-0206/2010

Inese Vaidere, Daniel Hannan and Syed Kamall

Recommendation for second reading: Antonio Cancian A7-0174/2010

Miroslav Mikolášik, Zuzana Roithová and Marian Harkin

Report: Dirk Sterckx - A7-0064/2010

Giovanni La Via

Report: Mathieu Grosch - A7-0189/2010

Alfredo Antoniozzi and Hannu Takkula

Report: Carlos José Iturgaiz Angulo - A7-0186/2010

Clemente Mastella, Inese Vaidere and Seán Kelly

Report: Emilie Turunen - A7-0197/2010

Licia Ronzulli, Hannu Takkula and Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė

Report: Pascale Gruny - A7-0193/2010

Licia Ronzulli

Report: José Manuel Fernandes - A7-0203/2010

Mario Pirillo, Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė and Zuzana Roithová

8. 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.

Hans-Peter Martin had made it known that his voting machine had not worked during the first four roll-call votes.

(The sitting was suspended at 13.05 and resumed at 15.05.)

IN THE CHAIR: Jerzy BUZEK
President

9. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

Gianluca Susta had made it known that he had been present but that his name was not on the attendance register.

The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

10. Economic governance in the EU and the eurozone, and surveillance of national budgets (debate)

Statement by the President of the Commission: Economic governance in the EU and the eurozone, and surveillance of national budgets.

José Manuel Barroso (President of the Commission) made the statement.

The following spoke: Corien Wortmann-Kool, on behalf of the PPE Group, Stephen Hughes, on behalf of the S&D Group, Guy Verhofstadt, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Sven Giegold, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Kay Swinburne, on behalf of the ECR Group, Lothar Bisky, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Godfrey Bloom, on behalf of the EFD Group, and Marine Le Pen, Non-attached Member.

The following spoke: José Manuel Barroso.

The debate closed.

11. Specific tasks for the European Central Bank concerning the functioning of the European Systemic Risk Board * - Powers of the European Banking Authority, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority and the European Securities and Markets Authority ***I - European Securities and Markets Authority ***I - Macro-prudential oversight of the financial system and establishment of a European Systemic Risk Board ***I - European Banking Authority ***I - European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority ***I - Cross-Border Crisis Management in the Banking Sector (debate)

Report on the proposal for a Council regulation entrusting the European Central Bank with specific tasks concerning the functioning of the European Systemic Risk Board [05551/2010 - C7-0014/2010 - 2009/0141(CNS)] - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Ramon Tremosa i Balcells (A7-0167/2010)

Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council Amending directives 1998/26/EC, 2002/87/EC, 2003/6/EC, 2003/41/EC, 2003/71/EC, 2004/39/EC, 2004/109/EC, 2005/60/EC, 2006/48/EC, 2006/49/EC, and 2009/65/EC in respect of the powers of the European Banking Authority, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority and the European Securities and Markets Authority [COM(2009)0576 - C7-0251/2009 - 2009/0161(COD)] - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Antolín Sánchez Presedo (A7-0163/2010)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a European Securities and Markets Authority [COM(2009)0503 - C7-0167/2009 - 2009/0144(COD)] - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Sven Giegold (A7-0169/2010)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on Community macro-prudential oversight of the financial system and establishing a European Systemic Risk Board [COM(2009)0499 - C7-0166/2009 - 2009/0140(COD)] - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Sylvie Goulard (A7-0168/2010)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a European Banking Authority [COM(2009)0501 - C7-0169/2009 - 2009/0142(COD)] - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: José Manuel García-Margallo y Marfil (A7-0166/2010)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority [COM(2009)0502 - C7-0168/2009 - 2009/0143(COD)] - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Peter Skinner (A7-0170/2010)

Report with recommendations to the Commission on Cross-Border Crisis Management in the Banking Sector [2010/2006(INI)] - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Elisa Ferreira (A7-0213/2010)

Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Antolín Sánchez Presedo and Sven Giegold introduced the reports.

IN THE CHAIR: Roberta ANGELILLI
Vice-President

Sylvie Goulard, José Manuel García-Margallo y Marfil, Peter Skinner and Elisa Ferreira introduced the reports.

The following spoke: Olli Rehn (Member of the Commission) and Michel Barnier (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Sebastian Valentin Bodu (rapporteur for the opinion of the JURI Committee) (A7-0213/2010), Raffaele Baldassarre (rapporteur for the opinion of the JURI Committee) (A7-0169/2010), Klaus-Heiner Lehne (rapporteur for the opinion of the JURI Committee) (A7-0166/2010), Evelyn Regner (rapporteur for the opinion of the JURI Committee) (A7-0168/2010), Françoise Castex (rapporteur for the opinion of the JURI Committee) (A7-0170/2010), Sajjad Karim (rapporteur for the opinion of the JURI Committee) (A7-0163/2010), Íñigo Méndez de Vigo (rapporteur for the opinion of the AFCO Committee), Markus Ferber, on behalf of the PPE Group, Gianni Pittella, on behalf of the S&D Group, Sharon Bowles, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Philippe Lamberts, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Ivo Strejček, on behalf of the ECR Group, Thomas Händel, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Claudio Morganti, on behalf of the EFD Group, Martin Ehrenhauser, Non-attached Member, Astrid Lulling, George Sabin Cutaş, Wolf Klinz, Lajos Bokros, Mario Borghezio, Danuta Maria Hübner, Edward Scicluna, Vicky Ford, Theodor Dumitru Stolojan, Burkhard Balz, Enikő Győri and Jean-Pierre Audy.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Elena Băsescu, Zigmantas Balčytis, Marielle De Sarnez, Jaroslav Paška, Salvatore Iacolino, Othmar Karas, Janusz Władysław Zemke, Alexandra Thein, Oreste Rossi, Thomas Mann, Seán Kelly and Gay Mitchell.

The following spoke: Michel Barnier.

IN THE CHAIR: Miguel Angel MARTÍNEZ MARTÍNEZ
Vice-President

The following spoke: Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Antolín Sánchez Presedo, Sven Giegold, Sylvie Goulard, José Manuel García-Margallo y Marfil, Peter Skinner and Elisa Ferreira.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 7.7.2010, item 8.5, minutes of 7.7.2010, item 8.6, minutes of 7.7.2010, item 8.7, minutes of 7.7.2010, item 8.8, minutes of 7.7.2010, item 8.9, minutes of 7.7.2010, item 8.11 and minutes of 7.7.2010, item 8.12.

12. European Financial Stability Facility and European Financial Stabilisation Mechanism (debate)

Oral question (O-0095/2010) by Sharon Bowles, on behalf of the ECON Committee, to the Commission: European Financial Stability Facility and European Financial Stabilisation Mechanism and future actions (B7-0318/2010)

Sharon Bowles moved the oral question.

IN THE CHAIR: Silvana KOCH-MEHRIN
Vice-President

Michel Barnier (Member of the Commission) answered the oral question.

The following spoke: Othmar Karas, on behalf of the PPE Group, Anni Podimata, on behalf of the S&D Group, and Pervenche Berès.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Elena Băsescu, Franz Obermayr, Paul Rübig and Pervenche Berès.

The following spoke: Michel Barnier.

Motion for a resolution to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 115(5):

- Sharon Bowles, on behalf of the ECON Committee, on the European Financial Stability Facility and European Financial Stabilisation Mechanism and future actions (B7-0410/2010).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 7.7.2010, item 8.13.

13. Capital requirements for the trading book and for re-securitisations, and the supervisory review of remuneration policies ***I - Remuneration of directors of listed companies and remuneration policies in the financial services sector (debate)

Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directives 2006/48/EC and 2006/49/EC as regards capital requirements for the trading book and for re-securitisations, and the supervisory review of remuneration policies [COM(2009)0362 - C7-0096/2009 - 2009/0099(COD)] - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Arlene McCarthy (A7-0205/2010)

Report on remuneration of directors of listed companies and remuneration policies in the financial services sector (2010/2009(INI)) - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Saïd El Khadraoui (A7-0208/2010)

Arlene McCarthy and Saïd El Khadraoui introduced the reports.

The following spoke: Michel Barnier (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Ole Christensen (rapporteur for the opinion of the EMPL Committee), Othmar Karas, on behalf of the PPE Group, Olle Ludvigsson, on behalf of the S&D Group, Sharon Bowles, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Pascal Canfin, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Franz Obermayr, Non-attached Member, Sławomir Witold Nitras, Carl Haglund and Burkhard Balz.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Roberta Angelilli, Miroslav Mikolášik, Andreas Mölzer and Mairead McGuinness.

The following spoke: Michel Barnier and Arlene McCarthy.

IN THE CHAIR: Edward McMILLAN-SCOTT
Vice-President

The following spoke: Saïd El Khadraoui.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 7.7.2010, item 8.10 and minutes of 7.7.2010, item 8.1.

14. Question Time (Commission)

Parliament considered a number of questions to the Commission (B7-0316/2010).

Question 15 (Cristina Gutiérrez-Cortines): Selection criteria for senior management and high-profile executives in Joint Technology Initiatives (JTI), and support for SMEs.

Máire Geoghegan-Quinn (Member of the Commission) answered the question and a supplementary by Salvador Garriga Polledo (deputising for the author).

Question 16 (Joanna Senyszyn): European Union accession to the European Convention on Human Rights.

Algirdas Šemeta (Member of the Commission) answered the question and supplementaries by Joanna Senyszyn, Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg and Sarah Ludford.

Question 17 (Georgios Papanikolaou): International cooperation on tax havens and offshore companies.

Algirdas Šemeta answered the question and supplementaries by Georgios Papanikolaou, Janusz Władysław Zemke and Seán Kelly.

Question 18 had been withdrawn.

Question 19 (Bernd Posselt): Serbia-Macedonia-Kosovo cross-border cooperation.

Štefan Füle (Member of the Commission) answered the question and supplementaries by Bernd Posselt, Nikolaos Chountis and Georgios Papanikolaou.

Question 20 lapsed as its author was absent.

Question 21 (Nikolaos Chountis): Full implementation by Turkey of the Association Agreement and the Additional Protocol.

Štefan Füle answered the question and supplementaries by Nikolaos Chountis and Seán Kelly.

The following spoke: Mairead McGuinness, James Nicholson and Pat the Cope Gallagher on the arrangements for question time.

Question 22 (Gay Mitchell): Middle East Peace.

Štefan Füle answered the question and supplementaries by Gay Mitchell and Chris Davies.

Question 26 (Ryszard Czarnecki): Progress of democratisation in Georgia and Azerbaijan.

Štefan Füle answered the question and a supplementary by Jacek Włosowicz (deputising for the author).

Question 32 (Marc Tarabella): Infringement of fair trade rules by European importers. Question 33 (Linda McAvan): Fair Trade.

Karel De Gucht (Member of the Commission) answered the questions and a supplementary by Linda McAvan.

Question 34 lapsed as its author was absent.

Question 35 (Richard Howitt): Draft EU-Colombia Free Trade Agreement.
Question 36 (David Martin): EU - Colombia Free Trade Agreement.

Karel De Gucht answered the questions and supplementaries by Richard Howitt and David Martin.

Questions 25 and 27 to 31 were not answered as the matters with which they dealt were already on the agenda for the part-session.

Questions which had not been answered for lack of time would receive written answers (see annex to the Verbatim Report of Proceedings).

Commission Question Time closed.

(The sitting was suspended at 20.30 and resumed at 21.00.)

IN THE CHAIR: Miguel Angel MARTÍNEZ MARTÍNEZ
Vice-President

15. Novel foods ***II (debate)

Recommendation for second reading on the Council position at first reading for adopting a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on novel foods, amending Regulation (EC) No 1331/2008 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 258/97 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1852/2001 [11261/3/2009 - C7-0078/2010- 2008/0002(COD)] - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. Rapporteur: Kartika Tamara Liotard (A7-0152/2010)

Kartika Tamara Liotard introduced the recommendation for second reading.

The following spoke: John Dalli (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Pilar Ayuso, on behalf of the PPE Group, Daciana Octavia Sârbu, on behalf of the S&D Group, Antonyia Parvanova, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Bart Staes, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Anna Rosbach, on behalf of the EFD Group, Claudiu Ciprian Tănăsescu, Non-attached Member, Peter Liese, Jo Leinen, Oreste Rossi, Krisztina Morvai, Françoise Grossetête, Horst Schnellhardt, Elena Oana Antonescu, Christofer Fjellner, Christa Klaß and Licia Ronzulli.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Elisabeth Köstinger, Karin Kadenbach, Angelika Werthmann, Miroslav Mikolášik, Kriton Arsenis, Diane Dodds, Zuzana Roithová and Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris.

The following spoke: John Dalli and Kartika Tamara Liotard.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 7.7.2010, item 8.2.

16. Industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control) ***II (debate)

Recommendation for a second reading on the Council position at first reading for adopting a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control) (recast) [11962/3/2009 - C7-0034/2010- 2007/0286(COD)] - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. Rapporteur: Holger Krahmer (A7-0145/2010)

Holger Krahmer introduced the recommendation for second reading.

The following spoke: Janez Potočnik (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Elisabetta Gardini, on behalf of the PPE Group, Marita Ulvskog, on behalf of the S&D Group, Chris Davies, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Bas Eickhout, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Martin Callanan, on behalf of the ECR Group, João Ferreira, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Oreste Rossi, on behalf of the EFD Group, Theodoros Skylakakis, Jo Leinen, Evžen Tošenovský, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Pavel Poc, Bogusław Sonik, Adam Gierek, Catherine Soullie, Silvia-Adriana Ţicău and Bogdan Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Zuzana Roithová, Jaroslav Paška, Elisabeth Köstinger, Marian-Jean Marinescu and Eija-Riitta Korhola.

The following spoke: Janez Potočnik and Holger Krahmer.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 7.7.2010, item 8.3.

17. Obligations of operators who place timber and timber products on the market ***II (debate)

Recommendation for second reading on the Council position at first reading for adopting a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the obligations of operators who place timber and timber products on the market [05885/4/2010 - C7-0053/2010- 2008/0198(COD)] - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. Rapporteur: Satu Hassi (A7-0149/2010)

Satu Hassi introduced the recommendation for second reading.

The following spoke: Janez Potočnik (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Christofer Fjellner, on behalf of the PPE Group, Kriton Arsenis, on behalf of the S&D Group, Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Julie Girling, on behalf of the ECR Group, Marisa Matias, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Anna Rosbach, on behalf of the EFD Group, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Linda McAvan, Chris Davies, Holger Krahmer, Riikka Manner and Carl Haglund.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Elena Oana Antonescu, Karin Kadenbach and Jaroslav Paška.

The following spoke: Janez Potočnik and Satu Hassi.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 7.7.2010, item 8.4.

18. Agenda of the next sitting

The agenda of the next day's sitting had been established ('Agenda' PE 444.569/OJME).

19. Closure of the sitting

The sitting closed at 23.40.

The following signed:

Abad, Áder, Agnew, Albertini, Albrecht, Alfano, Allam, Alvarez, Alvaro, Alves, Andreasen, Andrés Barea, Andrikienė, Angelilli, Angourakis, Antinoro, Antonescu, Antoniozzi, Arias Echeverría, Arif, Arlacchi, Arsenis, Ashworth, Atkins, Auconie, Audy, Auken, Aylward, Ayuso, van Baalen, Bach, Badia i Cutchet, Balčytis, Baldassarre, Balz, Balzani, Bartolozzi, Băsescu, Bastos, Batten, Baudis, Bauer, Bearder, Becali, Béchu, Belder, Belet, Bélier, Bendtsen, Bennahmias, Berès, Berlato, Berlinguer, Berman, Besset, Bielan, Bilbao Barandica, Binev, Bisky, Bizzotto, Bloom, Bodu, Böge, Bokros, Borghezio, Borsellino, Borys, Boştinaru, Bové, Bowles, Bozkurt, Bradbourn, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Brons, Brzobohatá, Bufton, Bullmann, Buşoi, Bütikofer, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Cadec, Callanan, van de Camp, Campbell Bannerman, Cancian, Canfin, Capoulas Santos, Caronna, Carvalho, Casa, Cashman, Casini, Caspary, Castex, del Castillo Vera, Cavada, Cercas, Chatzimarkakis, Chichester, Childers, Chountis, Christensen, Claeys, Clark, Coelho, Cofferati, Collino, Comi, Cornelissen, Correia De Campos, Cortés Lastra, Silvia Costa, Cozzolino, Cramer, Creţu, Creutzmann, Crocetta, Cutaş, Czarnecki, Frédéric Daerden, van Dalen, Dăncilă, Danellis, Danjean, Dantin, Daul, David, Davies, De Angelis, de Brún, De Castro, Dehaene, De Keyser, Delli, Delvaux, de Magistris, De Mita, De Rossa, De Sarnez, Désir, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dodds, Domenici, Donskis, Dorfmann, Duff, Durant, Dušek, 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, Figueiredo, Fisas Ayxela, Fjellner, Flautre, Fleckenstein, Florenz, Fontana, Foster, Fox, Fraga Estévez, Franco, Gahler, Gál, Gallagher, Gallo, Gáll-Pelcz, García-Margallo y Marfil, García Pérez, Gardiazábal Rubial, Gardini, Garriga Polledo, Gauzès, Gebhardt, Geier, Gerbrandy, Geringer de Oedenberg, Giannakou, Giegold, Gierek, Girling, Glante, Glattfelder, Godmanis, Goebbels, Goerens, Gollnisch, Gomes, Göncz, Goulard, de Grandes Pascual, Gräßle, Grech, Grelier, Griesbeck, Griffin, Gróbarczyk, Groote, Grosch, Grossetête, Gruny, Grzyb, Gualtieri, Guerrero Salom, Guillaume, Gurmai, Győri, Gyürk, Hadjigeorgiou, Häfner, Haglund, Hall, Händel, Handzlik, Hankiss, Hannan, Harbour, Harkin, Hartong, Hassi, Haug, Häusling, Hautala, Jiří Havel, Hedh, Helmer, Hénin, Herczog, Herranz García, Hibner, Jim Higgins, Joe Higgins, Nadja Hirsch, Hoang Ngoc, Hoarau, Hohlmeier, Hökmark, Honeyball, Howitt, Danuta Maria Hübner, Hudghton, Hughes, Hyusmenova, Iacolino, Ibrisagic, Ilchev, Imbrasas, in 't Veld, Iotova, Iovine, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Ivanova, Jaakonsaari, Jäätteenmäki, Jadot, Jahr, Jáuregui Atondo, Jazłowiecka, Jędrzejewska, Jeggle, Jensen, Jiménez-Becerril Barrio, de Jong, Jørgensen, Junqueras Vies, Juvin, Kacin, Kaczmarek, Kadenbach, Kalfin, Kalinowski, Kalniete, Kamall, Kamiński, Kammerevert, Karas, Karim, Kariņš, Kasoulides, Kastler, Kazak, Tunne Kelam, Keller, Alan Kelly, Seán Kelly, Kiil-Nielsen, Kirilov, Kirkhope, Klaß, 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, Lambrinidis, Lambsdorff, Lange, de Lange, Langen, La Via, Lechner, Le Foll, Le Grip, Legutko, Lehne, Le Hyaric, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lepage, Marine Le Pen, Liberadzki, Lichtenberger, Liese, Liotard, Lisek, Lochbihler, Løkkegaard, Lope Fontagné, López Aguilar, López-Istúriz White, Lösing, Lövin, Ludford, Ludvigsson, Luhan, Łukacijewska, Lulling, Lunacek, Lynne, Lyon, McAvan, McCarthy, McClarkin, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Macovei, Madlener, Manders, Mănescu, Maňka, Mann, Manner, Marcinkiewicz, Marinescu, David Martin, Hans-Peter Martin, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Maštálka, Mastella, Matera, Mathieu, Matias, Mato Adrover, Matula, Mauro, Mavronikolas, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Mazzoni, Meissner, Mélenchon, Melo, Méndez de Vigo, Menéndez del Valle, Merkies, Messerschmidt, Mészáros, Meyer, Louis Michel, Migalski, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Mirsky, Mitchell, Mölzer, Moraes, Moreira, Morganti, Morin-Chartier, Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė, Morvai, Motti, Mulder, Muñiz De Urquiza, Muscardini, Nattrass, Nedelcheva, Neuser, Neveďalová, Newton Dunn, Neynsky, Nicholson, Nicolai, Niculescu, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Nitras, Nuttall, Obermayr, Obiols, Ojuland, Olbrycht, Olejniczak, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Ouzký, Oviir, Pack, Padar, Paksas, Paleckis, Paliadeli, Pallone, Panayotov, Panzeri, Papadopoulou, Papanikolaou, Papastamkos, Pargneaux, Parvanova, Paşcu, Paška, Patrão Neves, Patriciello, Paulsen, Peillon, Perello Rodriguez, Alojz Peterle, Pieper, Pietikäinen, Piotrowski, Pirillo, Pittella, Plumb, Poc, Podimata, Ponga, Poręba, Posselt, Poupakis, Preda, Vittorio Prodi, Protasiewicz, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rangel, Ranner, Ransdorf, Rapkay, Rapti, Regner, Reimers, Remek, Repo, Reul, Riera Madurell, Ries, Rinaldi, Riquet, Rivasi, Rochefort, Rodust, Rohde, Roithová, Romero López, Romeva i Rueda, Ronzulli, Rosbach, Rossi, Roth-Behrendt, Rouček, Rübig, Rubiks, Rühle, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Salavrakos, Salvini, Sánchez Presedo, Sanchez-Schmid, Sârbu, Sargentini, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Sassoli, Saudargas, Savisaar, Schaake, Schaldemose, Schlyter, Olle Schmidt, Schnellhardt, Schnieber-Jastram, Scholz, Schöpflin, Schroedter, Martin Schulz, Werner Schulz, Schwab, Scicluna, Scottà, Scurria, Seeber, Sehnalová, Senyszyn, Serracchiani, Severin, Siekierski, Silvestris, Simon, Simpson, Sinclaire, Sippel, Siwiec, Skinner, Skrzydlewska, Skylakakis, Smith, Smolková, Sógor, Soini, Sommer, Søndergaard, Sonik, Sosa Wagner, Soullie, Speroni, Staes, Stassen, Šťastný, Stavrakakis, Steinruck, Sterckx, Stevenson, Stihler, van der Stoep, Stolojan, Dimitar Stoyanov, Emil Stoyanov, Strasser, Strejček, Striffler, Sturdy, Surján, Susta, Alf Svensson, Eva-Britt Svensson, Swinburne, Swoboda, Szájer, Szegedi, Szymański, Tabajdi, Takkula, Tănăsescu, Tannock, Tarabella, Tarand, Tatarella, Tavares, Taylor, Teixeira, Thaler, Thein, Theurer, Thomsen, Thun und Hohenstein, Thyssen, Ţicău, Tirolien, Toia, Tőkés, Tomaševski, Tošenovský, Toussas, Trautmann, Tremopoulos, Tremosa i Balcells, Triantaphyllides, Trüpel, Trzaskowski, Tsoukalas, Turmes, Turunen, Tzavela, Uggias, Ulmer, Ulvskog, Ungureanu, Urutchev, Uspaskich, Vadim Tudor, Vaidere, Vajgl, Van Brempt, Van Orden, Vaughan, Vergiat, Vergnaud, Verheyen, Vidal-Quadras, Vigenin, de Villiers, Vlasák, Vlasto, Voss, Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa, Wallis, Watson, Henri Weber, Manfred Weber, Renate Weber, Weiler, Weisgerber, Werthmann, Westphal, Wieland, Wikström, Willmott, Wils, Hermann Winkler, Iuliu Winkler, Włosowicz, Wortmann-Kool, Yáñez-Barnuevo García, Yannakoudakis, Záborská, Zahradil, Zala, Zalba Bidegain, Zalewski, Zanicchi, Zasada, Ždanoka, Zeller, Zemke, Zīle, Zimmer, Ziobro, Zver, Zwiefka