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Minutes
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Thursday, 20 January 2011 - Strasbourg
1.Opening of the sitting
 2.Documents received
 3.Report on competition policy 2009 (debate)
 4.A sustainable EU policy for the High North (debate)
 5.Composition of committees and delegations
 6.An EU Strategy for the Black Sea (debate)
 7.Voting time
  
7.1.EU-Libya Framework Agreement (vote)
  
7.2.Situation of Christians in the context of freedom of religion (vote)
  
7.3.Situation in Belarus (vote)
  
7.4.Report on competition policy 2009 (vote)
  
7.5.A sustainable EU policy for the High North (vote)
  
7.6.An EU Strategy for the Black Sea (vote)
 8.Explanations of vote
 9.Corrections to votes and voting intentions
 10.Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting
 11.Debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (debate)
  
11.1.Pakistan: murder of the Governor of Punjab, Salmaan Taseer
  
11.2.Brazil: extradition of Cesare Battisti
  
11.3.Iran, in particular the case of Nasrin Sotoudeh
 12.Voting time
  
12.1.Pakistan: murder of the Governor of Punjab, Salmaan Taseer (vote)
  
12.2.Brazil: extradition of Cesare Battisti (vote)
  
12.3.Iran, in particular the case of Nasrin Sotoudeh (vote)
 13.Corrections to votes and voting intentions
 14.Council position at first reading
 15.Decisions concerning certain documents
 16.Written declarations included in the register (Rule 123)
 17.Forwarding of texts adopted during the sitting
 18.Dates of forthcoming sittings
 19.Adjournment of the session
 ATTENDANCE REGISTER


IN THE CHAIR: Miguel Angel MARTÍNEZ MARTÍNEZ
Vice-President

1. Opening of the sitting

The sitting opened at 9.00.


2. Documents received

The following documents had been received:

1) from the Council and Commission:

- Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2000/25/EC as regards the application of emission stages to narrow-track tractors (COM(2011)0001 - C7-0018/2011 - 2011/0002(COD))

referred to

responsible :

ENVI

The President announced that, in accordance with Rule 124(1), he would consult the Economic and Social Committee on this proposal.

- Proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council providing further macro-financial assistance to Georgia (COM(2010)0804 - C7-0019/2011 - 2010/0390(COD))

referred to

responsible :

INTA

opinion :

AFET

- Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Partnership Agreement in the fisheries sector between the European Community and the Union of the Comoros (15572/2010 - C7-0020/2011 - 2010/0287(NLE))

referred to

responsible :

PECH

opinion :

DEVE, BUDG

- Amended proposal for a Council decision concerning the accession of the European Union to the Protocol of 2002 to the Athens Convention Relating to the Carriage of Passengers and their Luggage by Sea, 1974 (COM(2010)0686 - C7-0021/2011 - 2003/0132(NLE))

referred to

responsible :

TRAN

opinion :

JURI

- Proposal for a Council decision amending Decision 2004/162/EC as regards the products that may benefit from exemption from or a reduction in dock dues (COM(2010)0749 - C7-0022/2011 - 2010/0359(CNS))

referred to

responsible :

REGI

opinion :

ECON

- Proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund (COM(2011)0010 - C7-0023/2011 - 2011/2021(BUD))

referred to

responsible :

BUDG

opinion :

REGI

- Proposal for a Council regulation laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2007-2013 (16973/2010 - C7-0024/2011 - 2010/0048(APP))

referred to

responsible :

BUDG

- Proposal for a Council regulation concerning the extension of the scope of the regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the professional cross-border transport of euro cash by road between euro area Member States (17787/2010 - C7-0025/2011 - 2010/0206(APP))

referred to

responsible :

ECON

opinion :

EMPL, TRAN

- Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Croatia on the participation of the Republic of Croatia in the work of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (11633/2010 - C7-0026/2011 - 2010/0011(NLE))

referred to

responsible :

LIBE

2) from Members, a proposal for a recommendation (Rule 121)

- Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, on behalf of the ALDE Group. Proposal for a recommendation to the Council on the 66th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (B7-0072/2011)

referred to

responsible :

AFET

opinion :

DEVE


3. Report on competition policy 2009 (debate)

Report on the Report on Competition Policy 2009 [2010/2137(INI)] - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Derk Jan Eppink (A7-0374/2010)

Derk Jan Eppink introduced the report.

The following spoke: Štefan Füle (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Silvana Koch-Mehrin (rapporteur for the opinion of the ITRE Committee), Cristian Silviu Buşoi (rapporteur for the opinion of the IMCO Committee), Michael Cramer (rapporteur for the opinion of the TRAN Committee), Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš, on behalf of the PPE Group, Antolín Sánchez Presedo, on behalf of the S&D Group, Sophia in 't Veld, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Philippe Lamberts, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, who also took a blue card question from Hans-Peter Martin, Kay Swinburne, on behalf of the ECR Group, Thomas Händel, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, William (The Earl of) Dartmouth, on behalf of the EFD Group, partly in response to Philippe Lamberts, who made a personal statement in response to remarks made by William (The Earl of) Dartmouth, Hans-Peter Martin, Non-attached Member, partly on the conduct of the debate, Gunnar Hökmark, Edit Herczog, Sylvie Goulard, Reinhard Bütikofer, Vicky Ford, Ildikó Gáll-Pelcz, Peter Skinner, Sławomir Witold Nitras, Lara Comi and Sari Essayah.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Danuta Jazłowiecka, George Sabin Cutaş, Jaroslav Paška, Alajos Mészáros, Elena Băsescu, Mairead McGuinness and Czesław Adam Siekierski.

The following spoke: Štefan Füle and Derk Jan Eppink.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 20.1.2011, item 7.4.


4. A sustainable EU policy for the High North (debate)

Report on a sustainable EU policy for the High North [2009/2214(INI)] - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: Michael Gahler (A7-0377/2010)

Michael Gahler introduced the report.

The following spoke: Štefan Füle (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Inese Vaidere, on behalf of the PPE Group, Liisa Jaakonsaari, on behalf of the S&D Group, Anneli Jäätteenmäki, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Indrek Tarand, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Konrad Szymański, on behalf of the ECR Group, Sabine Lösing, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, who also took a blue card question from Liisa Jaakonsaari, Bastiaan Belder, on behalf of the EFD Group, Andreas Mölzer, Non-attached Member, Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa, Diana Wallis, Struan Stevenson, Søren Bo Søndergaard, Timo Soini, Cristian Dan Preda, Justas Vincas Paleckis, Pat the Cope Gallagher and Edit Herczog.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Birgit Schnieber-Jastram, Mitro Repo, Riikka Manner, Alfreds Rubiks and Anna Rosbach.

IN THE CHAIR: Isabelle DURANT
Vice-President

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Anna Ibrisagic, Kriton Arsenis, Miloslav Ransdorf, Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė, Seán Kelly, Franz Obermayr and Sari Essayah.

The following spoke: Štefan Füle and Michael Gahler.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 20.1.2011, item 7.5.


5. Composition of committees and delegations

At the request of the PPE Group, Parliament ratified the following appointments:

AGRI Committee: Agnès Le Brun

EMPL Committee: Philippe Boulland

PETI Committee: Philippe Boulland


6. An EU Strategy for the Black Sea (debate)

Report on an EU strategy for the Black Sea [2010/2087(INI)] - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: Traian Ungureanu (A7-0378/2010)

Traian Ungureanu introduced the report.

The following spoke: Štefan Füle (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Metin Kazak (rapporteur for the opinion of the INTA Committee), Silvia-Adriana Ţicău (rapporteur for the opinion of the ITRE Committee), Victor Boştinaru (rapporteur for the opinion of the REGI Committee), Elmar Brok, on behalf of the PPE Group, Ioan Mircea Paşcu, on behalf of the S&D Group, Ivo Vajgl, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Werner Schulz, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Paweł Robert Kowal, on behalf of the ECR Group, David Campbell Bannerman, on behalf of the EFD Group, Dimitar Stoyanov, Non-attached Member, Iuliu Winkler, Maria Eleni Koppa, Adina-Ioana Vălean, Oldřich Vlasák, Georgios Koumoutsakos, Evgeni Kirilov, Marek Siwiec and George Sabin Cutaş.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Niki Tzavela, Petru Constantin Luhan, Csanád Szegedi, Lambert van Nistelrooij and Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă.

The following spoke: Štefan Füle and Traian Ungureanu.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 20.1.2011, item 7.6.


IN THE CHAIR: Gianni PITTELLA
Vice-President

7. 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: Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the bloody events in Vilnius of 13 January 1991.


7.1. EU-Libya Framework Agreement (vote)

Report with a proposal for a European Parliament recommendation to the Council on the ongoing negotiations on the EU-Libya Framework Agreement [2010/2268(INI)] - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: Ana Gomes (A7-0368/2010)

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

PROPOSAL FOR A RECOMMENDATION

Adopted (Rule 97(4)) (P7_TA(2011)0020)


7.2. Situation of Christians in the context of freedom of religion (vote)

Motions for resolution B7-0039/2011, B7-0040/2011, B7-0051/2011, B7-0052/2011, B7-0054/2011, B7-0056/2011 and B7-0058/2011

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

JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B7-0039/2011

(replacing B7-0039/2011, B7-0040/2011, B7-0051/2011, B7-0054/2011, B7-0056/2011 and B7-0058/2011)

tabled by the following Members:

Elmar Brok, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Ioannis Kasoulides, Joseph Daul, Mario Mauro, Jaime Mayor Oreja, Ernst Strasser, Tunne Kelam, Doris Pack, Mário David, Francisco José Millán Mon, Gay Mitchell, Filip Kaczmarek, Marietta Giannakou, Carlo Casini, Ria Oomen-Ruijten, Hans-Gert Pöttering, Anna Záborská, Traian Ungureanu, Cristiana Muscardini, Andrzej Grzyb, Constance Le Grip, Sari Essayah and Othmar Karas, on behalf of the PPE Group,
Adrian Severin, Hannes Swoboda, Richard Howitt, Kyriakos Mavronikolas, Guido Milana, Vincent Peillon, Gianni Pittella, David-Maria Sassoli and Patrizia Toia, on behalf of the S&D Group,
Marietje Schaake, Vincenzo Iovine, Marielle De Sarnez, Charles Goerens, Frédérique Ries, Kristiina Ojuland, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff and Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, on behalf of the ALDE Group,
Heidi Hautala, Nicole Kiil-Nielsen, Margrete Auken and Raül Romeva i Rueda, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group,
Charles Tannock, Ryszard Antoni Legutko, Marek Henryk Migalski, Peter van Dalen, Michał Tomasz Kamiński, Adam Bielan, Konrad Szymański, Ryszard Czarnecki, Mirosław Piotrowski and Tomasz Piotr Poręba, on behalf of the ECR Group,
Fiorello Provera, on behalf of the EFD Group,
Cornelis de Jong, Takis Hadjigeorgiou and Kyriacos Triantaphyllides.

Adopted (P7_TA(2011)0021)

(Motion for a resolution B7-0052/2011 fell.)

The following had spoken:

Elmar Brok moved an oral amendment to paragraph 14, which was accepted.


7.3. Situation in Belarus (vote)

Motions for resolution B7-0044/2011, B7-0046/2011, B7-0047/2011, B7-0053/2011, B7-0055/2011 and B7-0057/2011

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

JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION - RC-B7-0044/2011

(replacing B7-0044/2011, B7-0046/2011, B7-0047/2011, B7-0053/2011 and B7-0057/2011):

tabled by the following Members:

Elmar Brok, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Ioannis Kasoulides, Jacek Protasiewicz, Laima Liucija Andrikienė, Elena Băsescu, Piotr Borys, Michael Gahler, Andrzej Grzyb, Gunnar Hökmark, Tunne Kelam, Krzysztof Lisek, Monica Luisa Macovei, Cristian Dan Preda, Ria Oomen-Ruijten, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, Peter Šťastný, László Tőkés, Traian Ungureanu, Corien Wortmann-Kool and Paweł Zalewski, on behalf of the PPE Group,
Adrian Severin, Kristian Vigenin, Justas Vincas Paleckis, Marek Siwiec and Richard Howitt, on behalf of the S&D Group,
Kristiina Ojuland, Marietje Schaake, Leonidas Donskis, Johannes Cornelis van Baalen, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff and Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy, on behalf of the ALDE Group,
Rebecca Harms, Heidi Hautala, Elisabeth Schroedter and Werner Schulz, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group,
Charles Tannock, Michał Tomasz Kamiński, Ryszard Antoni Legutko, Tomasz Piotr Poręba, Adam Bielan, Ryszard Czarnecki, Tadeusz Cymański, Peter van Dalen, Edvard Kožušník, Marek Henryk Migalski, Paweł Robert Kowal and Jacek Olgierd Kurski, on behalf of the ECR Group.

Adopted (P7_TA(2011)0022)

(Motion for a resolution B7-0055/2011 fell.)

The following had spoken:

Justas Vincas Paleckis moved an oral amendment to paragraph 2, which was accepted;

Jacek Protasiewicz moved an oral amendment to paragraph 3, which was accepted ;

Vytautas Landsbergis moved an oral amendment to paragraph 9, which was accepted;

Kristiina Ojuland moved an oral amendment to paragraph 13, which was accepted.


7.4. Report on competition policy 2009 (vote)

Report on the Report on Competition Policy 2009 [2010/2137(INI)] - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Derk Jan Eppink (A7-0374/2010)

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2011)0023)

The following had spoken:

Michael Cramer moved an oral amendment to the second part of paragraph 105, which was accepted.


7.5. A sustainable EU policy for the High North (vote)

Report on a sustainable EU policy for the High North [2009/2214(INI)] - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: Michael Gahler (A7-0377/2010)

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

ALTERNATIVE MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION (tabled by the GUE/NGL Group)

Rejected

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION BY THE AFET COMMITTEE

Adopted (P7_TA(2011)0024)


7.6. An EU Strategy for the Black Sea (vote)

Report on an EU strategy for the Black Sea [2010/2087(INI)] - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: Traian Ungureanu (A7-0378/2010)

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2011)0025)

The following had spoken:

Adrian Severin moved an oral amendment to paragraph 13, which was opposed by more than 40 Members and therefore not accepted.


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: Ana Gomes - A7-0368/2010

Morten Messerschmidt

Situation of Christians in the context of freedom of religion - RC-B7-0039/2011

Salvatore Iacolino, Antonello Antinoro, Morten Messerschmidt, Marek Józef Gróbarczyk, Adam Bielan, Andrzej Grzyb, Tunne Kelam, Cristiana Muscardini, Licia Ronzulli, Hannu Takkula, Philip Claeys, Seán Kelly, Ryszard Czarnecki

Situation in Belarus - RC-B7-0044/2011

Daniel Hannan, Mitro Repo, Kristian Vigenin, on behalf of the S&D Group, Bogusław Sonik, Adam Bielan, Morten Messerschmidt, Ryszard Czarnecki

Report: Derk Jan Eppink - A7-0374/2010

Sergej Kozlík, Morten Messerschmidt, Cristiana Muscardini, Seán Kelly, Ryszard Czarnecki

Report: Michael Gahler - A7-0377/2010

Hannu Takkula

Report: Traian Ungureanu - A7-0378/2010

Kristian Vigenin, on behalf of the S&D Group, Andrzej Grzyb, Alajos Mészáros

Situation in Belarus - RC-B7-0044/2011

Cristian Dan Preda


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 13.10 and resumed at 15.00.)

IN THE CHAIR: Libor ROUČEK
Vice-President

10. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.


11. Debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (debate)

(For the titles and authors of the motions for resolutions, see minutes of 18.1.2011, item 2)


11.1. Pakistan: murder of the Governor of Punjab, Salmaan Taseer

Motions for resolution B7-0041/2011, B7-0045/2011, B7-0059/2011, B7-0060/2011, B7-0061/2011, B7-0062/2011 and B7-0063/2011

Marietje Schaake, Tomasz Piotr Poręba, Eija-Riitta Korhola, Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, Marie-Christine Vergiat and Jean Lambert introduced motions for resolutions.

The following spoke: Tunne Kelam, on behalf of the PPE Group, Mitro Repo, on behalf of the S&D Group, Kristiina Ojuland, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Ryszard Czarnecki, on behalf of the ECR Group, William (The Earl of) Dartmouth, on behalf of the EFD Group, Thomas Mann, Justas Vincas Paleckis and Csaba Sógor.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris, Pino Arlacchi, Anneli Jäätteenmäki, Charles Tannock, Seán Kelly, Jaroslav Paška, Csanád Szegedi, Monica Luisa Macovei, Gerard Batten, Cristian Dan Preda, Miroslav Mikolášik, Michael Gahler, Bernd Posselt and Sari Essayah.

The following spoke: Štefan Füle (Member of the Commission).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 20.1.2011, item 12.1.


11.2. Brazil: extradition of Cesare Battisti

Motions for resolution B7-0042/2011, B7-0048/2011, B7-0050/2011, B7-0064/2011, B7-0065/2011 and B7-0066/2011

Mara Bizzotto, Anneli Jäätteenmäki, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Roberta Angelilli, David-Maria Sassoli and Ryszard Czarnecki introduced motions for resolutions.

The following spoke: Mario Mauro, on behalf of the PPE Group, Gianluca Susta, on behalf of the S&D Group, Ilda Figueiredo, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, who also answered blue-card questions from Francesco Enrico Speroni and Roberta Angelilli, Fiorello Provera, on behalf of the EFD Group, and Salvatore Iacolino.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Carlo Fidanza.

The following spoke: Charles Tannock, on the conduct of the debate.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Eija-Riitta Korhola, Corina Creţu, and Marie-Christine Vergiat, who, also answered a blue-card question from Roberta Angelilli.

The following spoke: Mario Mauro, on the organisation of the debate.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Oreste Rossi.

The following spoke: Štefan Füle (Member of the Commission).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 20.1.2011, item 12.2.


11.3. Iran, in particular the case of Nasrin Sotoudeh

Motions for resolution B7-0043/2011, B7-0049/2011, B7-0067/2011, B7-0068/2011, B7-0069/2011, B7-0070/2011 and B7-0071/2011

Bastiaan Belder, Marietje Schaake, Struan Stevenson, Rosario Crocetta, Cristian Dan Preda, Raül Romeva i Rueda introduced motions for resolutions.

The following spoke: Bogusław Sonik, on behalf of the PPE Group, Corina Creţu, on behalf of the S&D Group, Charles Tannock, on behalf of the ECR Group, and Marco Scurria.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Seán Kelly, George Sabin Cutaş, Ryszard Czarnecki, Jaroslav Paška, Sari Essayah, Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg and Monica Luisa Macovei.

The following spoke: Štefan Füle (Member of the Commission) and Bernd Posselt, the latter on the conduct of the debate.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 20.1.2011, item 12.3.


12. 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.


12.1. Pakistan: murder of the Governor of Punjab, Salmaan Taseer (vote)

Motions for resolution B7-0041/2011, B7-0045/2011, B7-0059/2011, B7-0060/2011, B7-0061/2011, B7-0062/2011 and B7-0063/2011

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

JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B7-0041/2011

(replacing B7-0041/2011, B7-0045/2011, B7-0059/2011, B7-0060/2011, B7-0061/2011, B7-0062/2011 and B7-0063/2011):

tabled by the following Members:

Eija-Riitta Korhola, Filip Kaczmarek, Cristian Dan Preda, Bernd Posselt, Tunne Kelam, Monica Luisa Macovei, Sari Essayah, Elena Băsescu, Csaba Sógor, Thomas Mann and Tadeusz Zwiefka, on behalf of the PPE Group;
Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, Karin Kadenbach and Richard Howitt, on behalf of the S&D Group
Marietje Schaake, Norica Nicolai, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Frédérique Ries, Sonia Alfano, Marielle De Sarnez, Kristiina Ojuland, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff and Elizabeth Lynne, on behalf of the ALDE Group;
Jean Lambert, Nicole Kiil-Nielsen, Raül Romeva i Rueda and Heidi Hautala, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group;
Charles Tannock, Peter van Dalen, Michał Tomasz Kamiński, Ryszard Antoni Legutko, Adam Bielan, Konrad Szymański, Tomasz Piotr Poręba, Ryszard Czarnecki and Marek Henryk Migalski, on behalf of the ECR Group;
Rui Tavares, Helmut Scholz, Cornelia Ernst and Marie-Christine Vergiat, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group;
Fiorello Provera and Bastiaan Belder, on behalf of the EFD Group.

Adopted (P7_TA(2011)0026)

The following had spoken:

Marietje Schaake moved oral amendments to paragraphs 8 and 17, which were accepted;

Charles Tannock moved an oral amendment to paragraph 14, which was accepted.


12.2. Brazil: extradition of Cesare Battisti (vote)

Motions for resolution B7-0042/2011, B7-0048/2011, B7-0050/2011, B7-0064/2011, B7-0065/2011 and B7-0066/2011

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

JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B7-0042/2011

(replacing B7-0042/2011, B7-0048/2011, B7-0064/2011, B7-0065/2011 and B7-0066/2011):

tabled by the following Members:

Roberta Angelilli, Mario Mauro, Carlo Casini, Erminia Mazzoni, Cristian Dan Preda, Filip Kaczmarek, Bernd Posselt, Tunne Kelam, Eija-Riitta Korhola, Monica Luisa Macovei, Sari Essayah, Elena Băsescu, Csaba Sógor and Thomas Mann, on behalf of the PPE Group;
Hannes Swoboda, Gianni Pittella and David-Maria Sassoli, on behalf of the S&D Group;
Niccolò Rinaldi, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Kristiina Ojuland and Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, on behalf of the ALDE Group;
Charles Tannock, Michał Tomasz Kamiński, Adam Bielan, Ryszard Antoni Legutko, Tomasz Piotr Poręba, Konrad Szymański, Marek Henryk Migalski, Ryszard Czarnecki and Jacek Olgierd Kurski, on behalf of the ECR Group;
Francesco Enrico Speroni, on behalf of the EFD Group.

Adopted (P7_TA(2011)0027)

(Motion for a resolution B7-0050/2011 fell.)


12.3. Iran, in particular the case of Nasrin Sotoudeh (vote)

Motions for resolution B7-0043/2011, B7-0049/2011, B7-0067/2011, B7-0068/2011, B7-0069/2011, B7-0070/2011 and B7-0071/2011

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

JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B7-0043/2011/rev1

(replacing B7-0043/2011, B7-0049/2011, B7-0067/2011, B7-0068/2011, B7-0069/2011, B7-0070/2011 and B7-0071/2011):

tabled by the following Members:

José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Filip Kaczmarek, Cristian Dan Preda, Bernd Posselt, Eija-Riitta Korhola, Tunne Kelam, Monica Luisa Macovei, Sari Essayah, Elena Băsescu, Csaba Sógor, Ria Oomen-Ruijten and Roberta Angelilli, on behalf of the PPE Group;
María Muñiz De Urquiza and Ana Gomes, on behalf of the S&D Group;
Marietje Schaake, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Frédérique Ries, Marielle De Sarnez, Sonia Alfano, Kristiina Ojuland and Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, on behalf of the ALDE Group;
Barbara Lochbihler, Isabelle Durant, Raül Romeva i Rueda and Heidi Hautala, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group;
Charles Tannock, Struan Stevenson, Ryszard Antoni Legutko, Tomasz Piotr Poręba, Adam Bielan, Michał Tomasz Kamiński and Marek Henryk Migalski, on behalf of the ECR Group;
Marie-Christine Vergiat, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group;
Fiorello Provera and Bastiaan Belder, on behalf of the EFD Group.

Adopted (P7_TA(2011)0028).


13. 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.


14. Council position at first reading

The President announced that, in accordance with Rule 61(1), the following position had been received from the Council, together with the reasons which had led to its adoption, and the Commission's position on:

- Position of the Council at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on textile fibre names and related labelling and marking of fibre composition of textile products and repealing Council Directive 73/44/EEC, Directive 96/73/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Directive 2008/121/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (13807/4/2010 - C7-0017/2011 - 2009/0006(COD))
referred to responsible: IMCO

The three-month period available to Parliament to adopt its position would therefore begin the following day (21 January 2011).


15. Decisions concerning certain documents

Decision to draw up a report (Rule 127)

- Interinstitutional agreement on a common Transparency Register between the European Parliament and the Commission (2010/2291 ACI)
(committee: AFCO)
(Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 18.11.2010)

Decision to draw up own-initiative reports (Rule 48)

AFET Committee

- State of implementation of the EU Strategy for Central Asia (2011/2008(INI))
(opinion: INTA)

- Progress on mine action (2011/2007(INI))

CONT Committee

- Budgetary control of EU financial assistance to Afghanistan (2011/2014(INI))
(opinion: DEVE, AFET)

DEVE Committee

- The role of property rights, property ownership and wealth creation in eradicating poverty and fostering sustainable development in developing countries (2011/2009(INI))

ECON Committee

- Global Economic Governance (2011/2011(INI))
(opinion: EMPL, INTA)

- Insurance Guarantee Schemes (2011/2010(INI))
(opinion: JURI, IMCO)

ENVI Committee

- Analysis of options to move beyond 20% greenhouse gas emission reductions and assessing the risk of carbon leakage (2011/2012(INI))
(opinion: ITRE)

JURI Committee

- Policy options for progress towards a European contract law for consumers and businesses (2011/2013(INI))
(opinion: ECON, IMCO)

- Insolvency proceedings in the context of EU company law (2011/2006(INI))
(opinion: EMPL, ECON)

Associated committees

ENVI Committee

- Analysis of options to move beyond 20% greenhouse gas emission reductions and assessing the risk of carbon leakage (2011/2012(INI))
Associated committees ENVI, ITRE
(Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 13.1.2011)

JURI Committee

- Policy options for progress towards a European contract law for consumers and businesses (2011/2013(INI))
(opinion: ECON)
Associated committees JURI, IMCO
(Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 13.1.2011)

Referral to committees

DEVE Committee

- Future European international investment policy (2010/2203(INI))
referred to responsible: INTA
opinion: DEVE, ECON

JURI Committee

- Harmonisation of criminal law in the EU (2010/2310(INI))
referred to responsible: LIBE
opinion: JURI

FEMM Committee

- Organised crime in the European Union (2010/2309(INI))
referred to responsible: LIBE
opinion: FEMM


16. Written declarations included in the register (Rule 123)

Number of signatures obtained by the written declarations included in the register (Rule 123(3)):

Document number

Author

Signatures

73/2010

Oreste Rossi

67

74/2010

Aldo Patriciello, Alfredo Pallone, Gabriele Albertini, Barbara Matera, Licia Ronzulli

92

76/2010

Jiří Maštálka, Vladimír Remek

29

77/2010

Silvia-Adriana Ţicău, Fiona Hall, Marisa Matias, Algirdas Saudargas, Claude Turmes

179

78/2010

László Surján, Michał Tomasz Kamiński, Carl Haglund, Salvador Garriga Polledo

87

79/2010

Oreste Rossi

52

80/2010

Marisa Matias, Jo Leinen, Michèle Rivasi, Herbert Reul, Antonyia Parvanova

333

81/2010

Fiona Hall, Inés Ayala Sender, Isabelle Durant, Dieter-Lebrecht Koch, Sabine Wils

155

82/2010

Alexander Alvaro, Carlos Coelho, Stavros Lambrinidis, Judith Sargentini, Rui Tavares

108

83/2010

Elisabetta Gardini

36

84/2010

Marc Tarabella, Regina Bastos, Pascal Canfin, Marie-Christine Vergiat, Renate Weber

185

85/2010

Françoise Castex, Jean-Luc Bennahmias, Frank Engel, Miguel Portas, Heide Rühle

122

86/2010

Giommaria Uggias, François Alfonsi, Véronique De Keyser, João Ferreira, Niccolò Rinaldi

167

87/2010

Nicole Sinclaire, Mike Nattrass

39

88/2010

Malcolm Harbour, Bendt Bendtsen, Cornelis de Jong, Edit Herczog, Olle Schmidt

171

89/2010

Zuzana Roithová, Alexander Alvaro, Stavros Lambrinidis, Miroslav Ouzký, Manfred Weber

241

90/2010

Mario Mauro, Hannes Swoboda, Konrad Szymański, Hannu Takkula

149

91/2010

Franz Obermayr

25

92/2010

Zigmantas Balčytis, Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, Ivars Godmanis, Bogusław Liberadzki, Justas Vincas Paleckis

37

93/2010

Iosif Matula, Marian-Jean Marinescu

31

94/2010

Cornelis de Jong, Georges Bach, Isabelle Durant, Saïd El Khadraoui, Marian Harkin

58

95/2010

Inese Vaidere, Ana Gomes, Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš, Tunne Kelam, Vytautas Landsbergis

35

96/2010

Cornelia Ernst, Sonia Alfano, Sylvie Guillaume, Franziska Keller

63

97/2010

Mariya Nedelcheva, José Bové, Rareş-Lucian Niculescu, Dimitar Stoyanov, Janusz Wojciechowski

59

98/2010

Patrizia Toia, Paolo De Castro

31

99/2010

Andreas Mölzer

27

100/2010

Daciana Octavia Sârbu, János Áder, José Bové, Chris Davies, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi

60

101/2010

Burkhard Balz, Udo Bullmann, Jean-Paul Gauzès, Sven Giegold, Sylvie Goulard

45

1/2011

Jean Lambert, Marian Harkin, Olle Ludvigsson, Peter Skinner, Gabriele Zimmer

23

2/2011

Mara Bizzotto

10


17. Forwarding of texts adopted during the sitting

Pursuant to Rule 179(2), the minutes of that day's sitting would be submitted to Parliament for its approval at the beginning of the next sitting.

With Parliament's agreement, the texts that had been adopted would be forwarded forthwith to the bodies named therein.

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The following spoke: Robert Sturdy, who asked for clarification regarding participation in roll-call votes that had been taken that day (the President reminded the House of the relevant rules).


18. Dates of forthcoming sittings

The next sittings would be held on 2 February 2011 and 3 February 2011.


19. Adjournment of the session

The session of the European Parliament was adjourned.

The sitting closed at 17.00.

Klaus Welle

Jerzy Buzek

Secretary-General

President


ATTENDANCE REGISTER

The following signed:

Abad, Áder, Agnew, Albertini, Alfano, Alfonsi, Allam, Alvaro, Alves, Andreasen, Andrés Barea, Andrikienė, Angelilli, Antinoro, Antonescu, Arias Echeverría, Arif, Arlacchi, Arsenis, Ashworth, Attard-Montalto, Auconie, Audy, Auken, Aylward, van Baalen, Bach, Badia i Cutchet, Bagó, Baldassarre, Balz, Balzani, Băsescu, Bastos, Batten, Baudis, Bauer, Bearder, Belder, Belet, Bélier, Benarab-Attou, Bendtsen, Bennahmias, Berès, Berlato, Berman, Besset, Bielan, Bilbao Barandica, Bisky, Bizzotto, Blinkevičiūtė, Bloom, Bodu, Böge, Bokros, Borghezio, Borsellino, Borys, Boştinaru, Boulland, Bové, Bowles, Bozkurt, Bradbourn, Brantner, Březina, Brok, Brzobohatá, Bullmann, Buşoi, Busuttil, Bütikofer, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Cadec, Callanan, van de Camp, Campbell Bannerman, Cancian, Canfin, Capoulas Santos, Caronna, Carvalho, Casa, Casini, Caspary, del Castillo Vera, Cavada, Cercas, Češková, Chatzimarkakis, Chichester, Childers, Chountis, Christensen, Claeys, Coelho, Cofferati, Collino, Comi, Corazza Bildt, Cornelissen, Correia De Campos, Cortés Lastra, Cramer, Creţu, Creutzmann, Crocetta, Crowley, Cutaş, Cymański, Czarnecki, Frédéric Daerden, van Dalen, Dăncilă, Danellis, Danjean, Dantin, (The Earl of) Dartmouth, Dati, Daul, David, Davies, De Angelis, de Brún, De Castro, Delli, Delvaux, de Magistris, De Rossa, De Sarnez, Désir, Deß, Deutsch, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dodds, Domenici, Donskis, Dorfmann, Duff, Durant, Dušek, Ehler, Ehrenhauser, Eickhout, El Khadraoui, Elles, Engel, Engström, Eppink, Ernst, Ertug, Essayah, Estaràs Ferragut, Evans, Fajmon, Fajon, Falbr, Färm, Feio, Ferber, Fernandes, Elisa Ferreira, João Ferreira, Fidanza, Figueiredo, Fisas Ayxela, Fjellner, Flautre, Fleckenstein, Fontana, Ford, Foster, Fox, Fraga Estévez, Franco, Gahler, Gál, Gallagher, Gallo, Gáll-Pelcz, García-Margallo y Marfil, García Pérez, Gardiazábal Rubial, Gardini, Gauzès, Gebhardt, Geier, Gerbrandy, Geringer de Oedenberg, Giannakou, Giegold, Gierek, Girling, Glante, Goebbels, Goerens, Gollnisch, Gomes, Göncz, Goulard, Gräßle, Grech, Grelier, Grèze, Griesbeck, Griffin, Gróbarczyk, Groote, Grosch, Grossetête, Grzyb, Gualtieri, Guerrero Salom, Guillaume, Gurmai, Gutiérrez Prieto, Gyürk, Hadjigeorgiou, Häfner, Haglund, Hall, Händel, Handzlik, Hankiss, Hannan, Harbour, Harkin, Hassi, Haug, Häusling, Hautala, Helmer, Hénin, Herczog, Hibner, Jim Higgins, Nadja Hirsch, Hoang Ngoc, Hoarau, Hohlmeier, Hökmark, Honeyball, Danuta Maria Hübner, Hudghton, Hughes, Hyusmenova, Iacolino, Ibrisagic, Ilchev, Imbrasas, in 't Veld, Iotova, Iovine, Irigoyen Pérez, Itälä, Iturgaiz Angulo, Ivan, Ivanova, Jaakonsaari, Jäätteenmäki, Jadot, Jahr, Járóka, Jazłowiecka, Jędrzejewska, Jeggle, Jensen, Jiménez-Becerril Barrio, Joly, de Jong, Jordan Cizelj, Jørgensen, Junqueras Vies, Juvin, Kacin, Kaczmarek, Kadenbach, Kalfin, Kalinowski, Kalniete, Kamiński, Kammerevert, Karas, Karim, Kariņš, Kasoulides, Kastler, Kazak, Tunne Kelam, Keller, Seán Kelly, Kiil-Nielsen, Kirilov, Kirkhope, Klaß, Klinz, Klute, Koch, Koch-Mehrin, Koppa, Korhola, Köstinger, Béla Kovács, Kovatchev, Kowal, Kozlík, Kozłowski, Kožušník, Krahmer, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhn, Kukan, Kurski, Lamassoure, Lambert, Lamberts, Lambrinidis, Landsbergis, Lange, Langen, La Via, Le Brun, Lechner, Le Foll, Le Grip, Lehne, Le Hyaric, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lepage, Liberadzki, Lichtenberger, Liotard, Lisek, Lochbihler, Løkkegaard, López-Istúriz White, Lösing, Lövin, Ludford, Ludvigsson, Luhan, Łukacijewska, Lulling, Lunacek, Lynne, Lyon, McAvan, McClarkin, McGuinness, 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, Louis Michel, Migalski, Mikolášik, Milana, Millán Mon, Mitchell, Mölzer, Moraes, Moreira, Morganti, Morin-Chartier, Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė, Morvai, Motti, Mulder, Muñiz De Urquiza, Muscardini, Nedelcheva, Neuser, Newton Dunn, Neynsky, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Nicholson, Nicolai, Niculescu, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Nitras, Obermayr, Obiols, Ojuland, Olbrycht, Olejniczak, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Oviir, Pack, Padar, Paksas, Paleckis, Pallone, Panayotov, Panzeri, Papadopoulou, Papanikolaou, Papastamkos, Pargneaux, Parvanova, Paşcu, Paška, Paulsen, Peillon, Perello Rodriguez, Alojz Peterle, Pieper, Piotrowski, Pirillo, Plumb, Poc, Podimata, Ponga, Poręba, Posselt, Pöttering, Poupakis, Preda, Protasiewicz, Provera, 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, Salatto, Salavrakos, Salvini, Sánchez Presedo, Sanchez-Schmid, Sârbu, Sargentini, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Sassoli, Saudargas, Savisaar-Toomast, Schaake, Schaldemose, Schlyter, Olle Schmidt, Schnellhardt, Schnieber-Jastram, Scholz, Schöpflin, Schroedter, Werner Schulz, Schwab, Scicluna, Scottà, Scurria, Seeber, Sehnalová, Senyszyn, Serracchiani, Severin, Siekierski, Silvestris, Simon, Simpson, Sinclaire, Sippel, Siwiec, Skinner, Skrzydlewska, Skylakakis, Smith, Sógor, Soini, Sommer, Søndergaard, Sonik, Sosa Wagner, Soullie, Speroni, Staes, Šťastný, Stavrakakis, Steinruck, Sterckx, Stevenson, Stihler, van der Stoep, Stolojan, Dimitar Stoyanov, Strasser, Strejček, Striffler, Sturdy, Surján, Susta, Alf Svensson, Swinburne, Swoboda, Szájer, Szegedi, Szymański, Tabajdi, Takkula, Tănăsescu, Tannock, Tarabella, Tarand, Tatarella, Tavares, Taylor, Teixeira, Thein, Theocharous, Theurer, Thomsen, Thun und Hohenstein, Ţicău, Tirolien, Tőkés, Tošenovský, Trautmann, Tremopoulos, Tremosa i Balcells, Triantaphyllides, Trüpel, Trzaskowski, Tsoukalas, Turmes, Turunen, Tzavela, Uggias, Ulmer, Ulvskog, Ungureanu, Urutchev, Vaidere, Vajgl, Vălean, Van Brempt, Vattimo, Vaughan, Vergiat, Vergnaud, Verheyen, Vidal-Quadras, Vigenin, de Villiers, Vlasák, Vlasto, Voss, Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa, Wallis, Watson, Henri Weber, Manfred Weber, Renate Weber, Weiler, Werthmann, Westlund, Westphal, Wieland, Wikström, Willmott, Wils, Hermann Winkler, Iuliu Winkler, Wortmann-Kool, Yáñez-Barnuevo García, Yannakoudakis, Záborská, Zahradil, Zala, Zalba Bidegain, Zanicchi, Zasada, Ždanoka, Zeller, Zemke, Zīle, Zimmer, Ziobro, Zver, Zwiefka

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