IN THE CHAIR: Jerzy BUZEK
President

1. Resumption of the session

The sitting opened at 17.05.

2. Statements by the President

The President made a statement on the recent initiatives taken by the EU to fight the economic crises and a statement on the outcome of the Libyan conflict.

The following spoke: Guy Verhofstadt, on behalf of the ALDE Group, who mentioned a visit to Parliament by the Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, the following day and suggested that he should also meet the ECON Committee, Rebecca Harms, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, who supported the suggestion of Guy Verhofstadt, Mario Mauro, on behalf of the PPE Group, and Werner Langen (the President pointed out that this was not an official visit).

The President reminded Parliament of the following day's visit by Bronisław Komorowski, President of the Republic of Poland.

The President announced that Parliament would take part in the UN's International Democracy Day on 15 September 2011.

The President condemned the violence to which Sajjad Karim MEP had been subjected on 2 July 2011 and expressed his support.

The following spoke: Niccolò Rinaldi and Mario Mauro on the Italian Prime Minister's visit.

3. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

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Danuta Maria Hübner stated her wish to vote for paragraph 16 (b) (original text) of report A7-0210/2011 in the vote on 6 July 2011.

4. Interpretation of the Rules of Procedure

The President informed Parliament, under Rule 211(3), of the following interpretations of Rules 51 and 192, provided by the Committee on Constitutional Affairs, which had been consulted on the application of these provisions:

Interpretation of Rule 51:

"This Rule can be applied to the procedure leading to a recommendation to approve or reject the conclusion of an international agreement pursuant to Rules 90(5) and 81(1) provided that the conditions set out in it are fulfilled."

Interpretation of Rule 192:

"Non-attached Members do not constitute a political group within the meaning of Rule30 and they cannot therefore designate coordinators, who are the only Members entitled to attend coordinator meetings.

The function of coordinator meetings is to prepare committee decisions and they may not replace committee meetings without explicit delegation. Hence ex-ante delegation is required for decisions taken at coordinator meetings. In the absence of such delegation, coordinators may only adopt recommendations requiring formal ex-post approval by the committee.

In all cases, non-attached Members must be guaranteed access to information, in accordance with the principle of non-discrimination, through the supply of information and the presence of a member of the non-attached Members’ secretariat at coordinator meetings."

If these interpretations were not objected to by a political group or at least 40 Members (Rule 211(4)) prior to adoption of the minutes of the current sitting, they would be deemed to have been adopted. In the event of objections, they would be put to the vote in Parliament.

5. Composition of Parliament

Eva-Britt Svensson had given notice in writing of her resignation as Member of Parliament, with effect from 1 September 2011.

Pursuant to Rule 4(1) and (3), Parliament established the vacancy of her seat starting on this date and would inform the relevant national authorities.

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Dirk Sterckx had given notice in writing of his resignation as Member of Parliament, with effect from 7 September 2011.

Pursuant to Rule 4(1) and (3), Parliament established the vacancy of his seat starting on this date and would inform the relevant national authorities.

The relevant Belgian authorities had announced the election of Philippe De Backer as an MEP to replace Dirk Sterckx.

Parliament noted that this would take effect on 7 September 2011.

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The relevant Italian authorities had announced, on 19 July 2011, the end of the term of office in Parliament of Luigi de Magistris, pursuant to Article 7(3) of the Act concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage, and his replacement by Andrea Zanoni.

Pursuant to Rule 4(1) and (4), Parliament established the vacancy of the seat of Luigi de Magistris with effect from 19 July 2011 and noted the election of Andrea Zanoni with effect from the same date.

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Under Rule 3(2), until such time as their credentials had been verified or a ruling had been given on any dispute, and provided that they had previously made a written declaration stating that they did not hold any office incompatible with that of Member of the European Parliament, Philippe De Backer and Andrea Zanoni would take their seats in Parliament and on its bodies and would enjoy all the rights attaching thereto.

6. Request for the defence of parliamentary immunity

Former Member Luigi de Magistris had submitted a request for his parliamentary immunity to be defended in connection with legal proceedings in progress before the Civil Court of Lamezia Terme.

Under Rule 6(3), the request had been referred to the committee responsible, the JURI Committee.

7. Verification of credentials

On a proposal from the JURI Committee, Parliament decided to validate the mandates of Tarja Cronberg and Dimitrios Droutsas with effect from 22 June 2011 and of Franck Proust with effect from 23 June 2011.

8. Composition of committees and delegations

The President had received the following requests for appointments from the ALDE, Verts/ALE and GUE/NGL groups:

AFET Committee: Tarja Cronberg

CONT Committee: Giommaria Uggias

IMCO Committee: Cornelis de Jong to replace Kyriacos Triantaphyllides

TRAN Committee: Andrea Zanoni to replace Giommaria Uggias, Philippe De Backer

PECH Committee: Jorgo Chatzimarkakis to replace Britta Reimers

LIBE Committee: Kyriacos Triantaphyllides to replace Cornelis de Jong

Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries: Andrea Zanoni

Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee: Philippe De Backer

Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly: Philippe De Backer

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

9. Signature of acts adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure

The President announced that on Wednesday, together with the President of the Council, he would sign the following acts adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure (Rule 74):

- Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 on cooperation between national authorities responsible for the enforcement of consumer protection laws (00023/2011/LEX - C7-0240/2011 - 2011/0001(COD))

- Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1541/98 on proof of origin for certain textile products falling within Section XI of the Combined Nomenclature and released for free circulation in the Community, and on the conditions for the acceptance of such proof, and amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 on common rules for imports of certain textile products from third countries (00025/2011/LEX - C7-0239/2011 - 2010/0272(COD))

- Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations (2012) (00020/2011/LEX - C7-0238/2011 - 2010/0242(COD))

- Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2000/25/EC as regards the provisions for tractors placed on the market under the flexibility scheme (00019/2011/LEX - C7-0237/2011 - 2010/0301(COD))

10. Corrigenda (Rule 216)

The relevant committees had submitted the following corrigenda to texts adopted by Parliament:

- Corrigendum (P7_TA-PROV(2011)0313(COR01)) to the European Parliament position adopted at first reading on 5 July 2011 for adoption of Directive 2011/.../EU of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 97/9/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on investor-compensation schemes P7_TA-PROV(2011)0313 - (COM(2010)0371 – C7-0174/2010 – 2010/0199(COD) - ECON

- Corrigendum (P7_TA-PROV(2011)0218(COR01)) to the European Parliament position adopted at second reading on 11 May 2011 for adoption of Regulation (EU) No .../2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on textile fibre names and related labelling and marking of the fibre composition of textile products and repealing Council Directive73/44/EEC and Directives 96/73/EC and 2008/121/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council P7_TA-PROV(2011)0218 - (13807/4/2010 – C7-0017/2011 – 2009/0006(COD) - IMCO

Pursuant to Rule 216(4), these corrigenda would be deemed approved unless, within 48 hours, a request was made by a political group or at least 40 Members that they be put to the vote.

The corrigenda would be available on the Séance en direct site.

11. Documents received

The following documents had been received:

1) from committees, reports

- ***I Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the subscription by the European Union to additional shares in the capital of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) as a result of the decision to increase this capital (COM(2011)0034 - C7-0038/2011 - 2011/0014(COD)) - ECON Committee - Rapporteur: Sharon Bowles (A7-0227/2011)

- Report on current and future management of Black Sea fisheries (2010/2113(INI)) - PECH Committee - Rapporteur: Iliana Malinova Iotova (A7-0236/2011)

- Report on Insurance Guarantee Schemes (2011/2010 INI)) - ECON Committee - Rapporteur: Peter Skinner (A7-0243/2011)

- ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 648/2004 as regards the use of phosphates and other phosphorous compounds in household laundry detergents (COM(2010)0597 - C7-0356/2010 - 2010/0298(COD)) - ENVI Committee - Rapporteur: Bill Newton Dunn (A7-0246/2011)

- ***Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the Swiss Confederation on the protection of designations of origin and geographical indications for agricultural products and foodstuffs, amending the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products (16198/2010 - C7-0126/2011 - 2010/0317(NLE)) - INTA Committee - Rapporteur: Béla Glattfelder (A7-0247/2011)

- ***Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union, the Swiss Confederation and the Principality of Liechtenstein amending the Additional Agreement between the European Community, the Swiss Confederation and the Principality of Liechtenstein extending to the Principality of Liechtenstein the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products (16209/2010 - C7-0125/2011 - 2010/0313(NLE)) - INTA Committee - Rapporteur: Béla Glattfelder (A7-0248/2011)

- Report on the twenty-seventh annual report on monitoring the application of European Union law (2009) (2011/2027(INI)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Eva Lichtenberger (A7-0249/2011)

- ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council repealing Regulation (EEC) No 429/73 making special provisions for imports into the Community of certain goods coming under Regulation (EEC) No 1059/69 and originating in Turkey and Regulation (EC) No 215/2000 renewing for 2000 the measures laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1416/95 establishing certain concessions in the form of Community tariff quotas in 1995 for certain processed agricultural products (COM(2010)0756 - C7-0004/2011 - 2010/0367(COD)) - INTA Committee - Rapporteur: Vital Moreira (A7-0250/2011)

- Report on better legislation, subsidiarity and proportionality and smart regulation (2011/2029(INI)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Sajjad Karim (A7-0251/2011)

- ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on repealing certain obsolete Council acts in the field of the common agricultural policy (COM(2010)0764 - C7-0006/2011 - 2010/0368(COD)) - AGRI Committee - Rapporteur: Paolo De Castro (A7-0252/2011)

- Report on a New Trade Policy for Europe under the Europe 2020 Strategy (2010/2152(INI)) - INTA Committee - Rapporteur: Daniel Caspary (A7-0255/2011)

- ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No428/2009 setting up a Community regime for the control of exports, transfer, brokering and transit of dual use items (COM(2010)0509 - C7-0289/2010 - 2010/0262(COD)) - INTA Committee - Rapporteur: Vital Moreira (A7-0256/2011)

- ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council repealing certain obsolete Council acts (COM(2010)0765 - C7-0009/2011 - 2010/0369(COD)) - INTA Committee - Rapporteur: Vital Moreira (A7-0257/2011)

- Report on promoting worker's mobility within the European Union (2010/2273(INI)) - EMPL Committee - Rapporteur: Traian Ungureanu (A7-0258/2011)

- ***Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of an Agreement between the European Union and the Government of the Federative Republic of Brazil on civil aviation safety (13989/1/2010 - C7-0336/2010 - 2010/0143(NLE)) - TRAN Committee - Rapporteur: Silvia-Adriana Ţicău (A7-0259/2011)

- ***I Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the detailed rules for access to the public regulated service offered by the global navigation satellite system established under the Galileo programme (COM(2010)0550 - C7-0318/2010 - 2010/0282(COD)) - ITRE Committee - Rapporteur: Norbert Glante (A7-0260/2011)

- *Report on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 521/2008 setting up the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (COM(2011)0224 - C7-0120/2011 - 2011/0091(NLE)) - ITRE Committee - Rapporteur: Herbert Reul (A7-0261/2011)

- ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards contractual relations in the milk and milk products sector (COM(2010)0728 - C7-0408/2010 - 2010/0362(COD)) - AGRI Committee - Rapporteur: James Nicholson (A7-0262/2011)

- Report on mobility and inclusion of people with disabilities and the European Disability Strategy 2010-2020 (2010/2272(INI)) - EMPL Committee - Rapporteur: Ádám Kósa (A7-0263/2011)

- Report on European road safety 2011-2020 (2010/2235(INI)) - TRAN Committee - Rapporteur: Dieter-Lebrecht Koch (A7-0264/2011)

- Report on Europe, the world's No 1 tourist destination – a new political framework for tourism in Europe (2010/2206(INI)) - TRAN Committee - Rapporteur: Carlo Fidanza (A7-0265/2011)

- ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on agricultural product quality schemes (COM(2010)0733 - C7-0423/2010 - 2010/0353(COD)) - AGRI Committee - Rapporteur: Iratxe García Pérez (A7-0266/2011)

- Report on the request for waiver of the immunity of Hans-Peter Martin (2011/2104(IMM)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Tadeusz Zwiefka (A7-0267/2011)

- ***Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Iceland and the Kingdom of Norway on the surrender procedure between the Member States of the European Union and Iceland and Norway (05307/2010 - C7-0032/2010 - 2009/0192(NLE)) - LIBE Committee - Rapporteur: Rui Tavares (A7-0268/2011)

- Report on unilateral statements entered in the minutes of Council meetings (2011/2090(INI)) - AFCO Committee - Rapporteur: Rafał Trzaskowski (A7-0269/2011)

- Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, in accordance with point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (EGF/2011/000 TA 2011 - technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission) (COM(2011)0358 - C7-0167/2011 - 2011/2130(BUD)) - BUDG Committee - Rapporteur: Barbara Matera (A7-0270/2011)

- ***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment (codified text) (COM(2011)0189 - C7-0095/2011 - 2011/0080(COD)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Sajjad Karim (A7-0272/2011)

- ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on energy market integrity and transparency (COM(2010)0726 - C7-0407/2010 - 2010/0363(COD)) - ITRE Committee - Rapporteur: Jorgo Chatzimarkakis (A7-0273/2011)

- ***Recommendation on the draft Council Decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Convention on the Conservation and Management of High Seas Fishery Resources in the South Pacific Ocean (08135/2011 - C7-0098/2011 - 2011/0047(NLE)) - PECH Committee - Rapporteur: Carmen Fraga Estévez (A7-0274/2011)

- Report on the implementation of the directive on mediation in the Member States, its impact on mediation and its take-up by the courts (2011/2026(INI)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Arlene Mccarthy (A7-0275/2011)

- ***Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Kingdom of Norway concerning additional trade preferences in agricultural products reached on the basis of Article 19 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area (14206/2010 - C7-0101/2011 - 2010/0243(NLE)) - INTA Committee - Rapporteur: Helmut Scholz (A7-0276/2011)

- Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, in accordance with point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (application EGF/2010/007 AT/Steiermark and Niederösterreich from Austria) (COM(2011)0340 - C7-0159/2011 - 2011/2124(BUD)) - BUDG Committee - Rapporteur: Barbara Matera (A7-0277/2011)

- ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2004 establishing a European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union (FRONTEX) (COM(2010)0061 - C7-0045/2010 - 2010/0039(COD)) - LIBE Committee - Rapporteur: Simon Busuttil (A7-0278/2011)

- Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund in accordance with point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (application EGF/2010/008 AT/AT&S from Austria) (COM(2011)0339 - C7-0160/2011 - 2011/2125(BUD)) - BUDG Committee - Rapporteur: Barbara Matera (A7-0279/2011)

- ***Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the 2006 International Tropical Timber Agreement (05812/2011 - C7-0061/2011 - 2006/0263(NLE)) - INTA Committee - Rapporteur: Vital Moreira (A7-0280/2011)

- ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards marketing standards (COM(2010)0738 - C7-0422/2010 - 2010/0354(COD)) - AGRI Committee - Rapporteur: Iratxe García Pérez (A7-0281/2011)

- Report on an EU policy framework to assist developing countries in addressing food security challenges (2010/2100(INI)) - DEVE Committee - Rapporteur: Gabriele Zimmer (A7-0284/2011)

- Report on the EU counter-terrorism policy: main achievements and future challenges ( 2010/2311(INI)) - LIBE Committee - Rapporteur: Sophia In 'T Veld (A7-0286/2011)

- Report on an effective raw materials strategy for Europe (2011/2056(INI)) - ITRE Committee - Rapporteur: Reinhard Bütikofer (A7-0288/2011)

- Report containing the European Parliament's recommendations to the Council, the Commission and the EEAS on the negotiations between the EU and the Republic of Moldova on the Association Agreement (2011/2079(INI)) - AFET Committee - Rapporteur: Graham Watson (A7-0289/2011)

- Report on facing the challenges of the safety of offshore oil and gas activities (2011/2072(INI)) - ITRE Committee - Rapporteur: Vicky Ford (A7-0290/2011)

- Report on the situation of women approaching retirement age (2011/2091(INI)) - FEMM Committee - Rapporteur: Edit Bauer (A7-0291/2011)

2) from Members

2.1) oral questions for Question Time (Rule 116)

- to the Council

Posselt Bernd, Harkin Marian, Klute Jürgen, Koumoutsakos Georgios, Andrikienė Laima Liucija, Ţicău Silvia-Adriana

2.2) proposed amendments to the Rules of Procedure (Rule 212)

- Andrew Duff. Proposal for amendment of Parliament's Rules of Procedure - Amendment of Rule 196 to insert a reference to Rule 166 (Final vote) (B7-0479/2011)

12. Lapsed written declarations

In accordance with Rule 123(5), written declaration 0016/2011 had lapsed as it had not obtained the required number of signatures.

13. Oral questions and written declarations (submission)

The following documents had been submitted by Members:

1) oral questions (Rule 115)

- (O-000135/2011) by Jo Leinen, Richard Seeber and Theodoros Skylakakis, on behalf of the ENVI Committee, to the Commission: A comprehensive approach to non-CO2 climate-relevant anthropogenic emissions (B7-0418/2011);

- (O-000148/2011) by Monica Luisa Macovei, Mariya Nedelcheva, Simon Busuttil and Manfred Weber, on behalf of the PPE Group, to the Council: Closing the gap between anti-corruption law and reality (B7-0419/2011);

- (O-000149/2011) by Monica Luisa Macovei, Mariya Nedelcheva, Simon Busuttil and Manfred Weber, on behalf of the PPE Group, to the Commission: Closing the gap between anti-corruption law and reality (B7-0420/2011);

- (O-000153/2011) by Pervenche Berès and Karima Delli, on behalf of the EMPL Committee, to the Commission: EU homelessness strategy (B7-0421/2011);

- (O-000154/2011) by Cornelis de Jong, Cornelia Ernst, Nikolaos Chountis, Søren Bo Søndergaard and Alfreds Rubiks, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, to the Council: Stepping up anti-corruption measures (B7-0422/2011);

- (O-000155/2011) by Cornelis de Jong, Cornelia Ernst, Nikolaos Chountis, Søren Bo Søndergaard and Alfreds Rubiks, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, to the Commission: Stepping up anti-corruption measures (B7-0423/2011);

- (O-000172/2011) by Jan Philipp Albrecht and Judith Sargentini, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, to the Council: Closing the gap between anti-corruption law and reality (B7-0424/2011);

- (O-000173/2011) by Jan Philipp Albrecht and Judith Sargentini, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, to the CommissionClosing the gap between anti-corruption law and reality (B7-0425/2011);

- (O-000178/2011) by Ana Gomes, Claude Moraes, Rita Borsellino and Rosario Crocetta, on behalf of the S&D Group, to the Council: Implementing the EU's anti-corruption package (B7-0427/2011);

- (O-000179/2011) by Ana Gomes, Claude Moraes, Rita Borsellino and Rosario Crocetta, on behalf of the S&D Group, to the Commission: Implementing the EU's anti-corruption package (B7-0428/2011);

- (O-000180/2011) by Herbert Reul, on behalf of the ITRE Committee, to the Commission: European Union's policy approach to the ITU World Radiocommunication Conference 2012 (WRC-12) (B7-0429/2011);

- (O-000185/2011) by Michael Theurer, Niccolò Rinaldi, Catherine Bearder, Marielle De Sarnez and Jürgen Creutzmann, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Othmar Karas, Daniel Caspary and Cristiana Muscardini, on behalf of the PPE Group, Robert Sturdy, on behalf of the ECR Group, to the Commission: Internationalisation of European SMEs (B7-0430/2011);

- (O-000190/2011) by Timothy Kirkhope, on behalf of the ECR Group, to the Council: Anti-corruption measures (B7-0431/2011);

- (O-000191/2011) by Timothy Kirkhope, on behalf of the ECR Group, to the Commission: Anti-corruption measures (B7-0432/2011);

- (O-000193/2011) by Sonia Alfano, Renate Weber, Sarah Ludford, Jan Mulder, Louis Michel, Nathalie Griesbeck, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Nadja Hirsch, Stanimir Ilchev and Jens Rohde, on behalf of the ALDE Group, to the Council: Closing the gap between anti-corruption law and reality (B7-0433/2011);

- (O-000194/2011) by Sonia Alfano, Renate Weber, Sarah Ludford, Jan Mulder, Louis Michel, Nathalie Griesbeck, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Nadja Hirsch, Stanimir Ilchev and Jens Rohde, on behalf of the ALDE Group, to the Commission: Closing the gap between anti-corruption law and reality (B7-0434/2011).

2) written declarations for inclusion in the register (Rule 123)

- Patrick Le Hyaric, Robert Atkins, Margrete Auken, Véronique De Keyser and Niccolò Rinaldi, on the EU's recognition of the Palestinian State (0027/2011);

- Marian-Jean Marinescu, Ádám Kósa, Eva Lichtenberger, Gesine Meissner and Gianni Pittella, on the need for emergency services to be accessible on 112 (0035/2011);

- Valdemar Tomaševski, on strengthening nuclear safety in the European Union and neighbouring countries (0036/2011);

- Spyros Danellis, Maria Da Graça Carvalho, Kyriakos Mavronikolas, Alyn Smith and Giommaria Uggias, on implementing the island pact as an official European initiative (0037/2011);

- Harlem Désir, Cornelis de Jong, Corinne Lepage, Ulrike Lunacek and Mariya Nedelcheva, on recognition of 'testing', in the event of positive results, as proof of racial discrimination (0038/2011).

14. Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council

The Council had forwarded certified true copies of the following:

- Agreement between the European Union and the Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail on the accession of the European Union to the Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail (Cotif) of 9 May 1980, as amended by the Vilnius Protocol of 3 June 1999;

- Agreement between the European Union and the Swiss Confederation on the protection of designations of origin and geographical indications for agricultural products and foodstuffs, amending the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products;

- Agreement between the European Union, the Swiss Confederation and the Principality of Liechtenstein amending the Additional Agreement between the European Community, the Swiss Confederation and the Principality of Liechtenstein extending to the Principality of Liechtenstein the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products;

- Agreement between the European Union and the Government of the Republic of Indonesia on certain aspects of air services;

- Memorandum of Cooperation between the European Union and the International Civil Aviation Organization providing a framework for enhanced cooperation;

- Protocol between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco setting out the fishing opportunities and financial compensation provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Kingdom of Morocco;

- Protocol agreed between the European Union and the Republic of Cape Verde setting out the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the two parties currently in force.

15. Action taken on Parliament's resolutions

The Commission communication on the action it had taken in response to the resolutions adopted by Parliament during the February I 2011 part-session was available on the Séance en direct site.

16. Petitions

The following petitions, which had been entered in the register on the dates shown below, had been forwarded to the committee responsible under Rule 201(6):

26 July 2011

Joachim Ledwoch (No 0707/2011); Widla Renata Michalska (Stowarzyszenie Przyjazna Rokietnica) (No 0708/2011); (name withheld) (No 0709/2011); Jozef Adamski (No 0710/2011); T S Ostrowski (4 signatures) (No 0711/2011); Helmut Geuking (Partei Soziale Gerechtigkeit) (No 0712/2011); Dieter Schädlich (No 0713/2011); Jadwiga Szczodra (No 0714/2011); Rita Kasumu (11 signatures) (No 0715/2011); Adolf Śmieszek (No 0716/2011); Dietrich Bechstein (Flugtouristik Deitzsch e.V.) (No 0717/2011); Robert Wilk (No 0718/2011); Daniela Theiss (No 0719/2011); Siegfried Schäfer (No 0720/2011); Vincent Grünberg (No 0721/2011); Ingeborg Flandergan (No 0722/2011); Simon Jakob (Jakob & Kollegen) (No 0723/2011); Kazimierz Gała (No 0724/2011); Bernhard Kempen (Universität zu Köln) (No 0725/2011); Enrico Venezia (No 0726/2011); Mihai Dulgheru (No 0727/2011); Kosyo Kosev (KOSKO LTD) (No 0728/2011); Fiona Munro (No 0729/2011); Agostino Furfaro (No 0730/2011); Kevin Forbes (No 0731/2011); Clive Smith (No 0732/2011); Christian Nekvedavicius (Lithuanian association for the protection of human rights) (No 0733/2011); Patrick Pearse Heffernan (No 0734/2011); (name withheld) (No 0735/2011); Mario Marocco (Associazione nazionale operatori elettrici indipendenti) (No 0736/2011); Hugo Wolff (No 0737/2011); Carina Diana Lintia (No 0738/2011); Desislava Rayanovo (No 0739/2011); Antonio Luis García Martínez (No 0740/2011); Francisco Bernal Alfonso (No 0741/2011); (name withheld) (No 0742/2011); Jaime Sanfelix Palau (Laserood 2007, S.L.) (No 0743/2011); María Antonia Busto Ortiz (No 0744/2011); Alberto de la Peña Guillén (No 0745/2011); Cristina Díaz Espiñeira (No 0746/2011); Asunción Cremades Campos (No 0747/2011); José Ramón Gil Benito (No 0748/2011).

3 August 2011

Ritva Suortti (No 0749/2011); (name withheld) (No 0750/2011); Jean-Louis Posté (Président de Mauves Vivantes) (No 0751/2011); (name withheld) (No 0752/2011); Dries Emmen (O.O.B.T.) (No 0753/2011); Salvador Peiró Gómez (Centro de Acuicultura Experimental) (No 0754/2011); Adorjáni István (No 0755/2011); (name withheld) (No 0756/2011); Zacharias Tsirtos (No 0757/2011); Victor Alexandru Kovacs (No 0758/2011); Elise Michaud (No 0759/2011); Rodulfo Galido Torres (No 0760/2011); Silvia Beltrán Pallarés (Plataforma Europea de los Consumidores y del Medio Ambiente) (No 0761/2011); André Goretti (Président de la Fédération Autonome des Sapeurs-pompiers professionnels) (No 0762/2011); Judit Szima (Tettrekész Magyar Rendőrség Szakszervezete) (No 0763/2011).

12 August 2011

Ewa Rydzyńska (No 0764/2011); Symanski Botho (No 0765/2011); Heinz Greiner Walter (No 0766/2011); Aartur Hirschmann (No 0767/2011); Józef Suszczewicz (No 0768/2011); Helga Hung (No 0769/2011); Wolfgang Panthel (No 0770/2011); Algimantas Jonas Petraitis (No 0771/2011); Tsvetan Georgiev Rangelov (No 0772/2011); Marek Iwanowski (No 0773/2011); Jerzy Aplej (No 0774/2011); Wilfried Gesing (No 0775/2011); Martin Wagner (2 signatures) (No 0776/2011); Agata Szczęśniak-Sevastiadi (No 0777/2011); Krzysztof Tokarz (No 0778/2011); Georg Schömer (No 0779/2011); Igor Herzog (No 0780/2011); Manfred Tröger (No 0781/2011); Krzysztof Tomasik (No 0782/2011); Ehrhardt Bekeschus (No 0783/2011); Stefanija Groh (No 0784/2011); Jolanta Smagłowska (No 0785/2011); (name withheld) (No 0786/2011); Edelmiro Cuadrado Alba (No 0787/2011); (name withheld) (No 0788/2011); Alejandro Pastor (No 0789/2011); Pepe Montes Guillén (Agrupación de Labradores del Pozuelo S.A) (No 0790/2011); Mikel Basabe Kortabarria (Aralar) (No 0791/2011); Sebastiano Licciardello (Studio Legale Prof. Avv. Sebastiano Licciardello) (90 signatures) (No 0792/2011); José Ignacio Francés Sánchez (IFS ABOGADOS) (74 signatures) (No 0793/2011); Joaquim Boadas De Quintana (FECASARM ) (No 0794/2011); Antonio Luis García Martínez (No 0795/2011); (name withheld) (No 0796/2011); (name withheld) (No 0797/2011); Giorgio Gurrieri (No 0798/2011); Giuseppe Sorrentino (Federconsumatori) (No 0799/2011); Henryk Nowakowski (No 0800/2011); Vladimirs Strazdiņš (Austrumu Medicīna Co., Ltd.) (No 0801/2011); European Policy Office WWF (WWF European Policy Office) (No 0802/2011); Vladimir Dimitrov (BAR - Association Bulgare de Recyclage) (No 0803/2011); Sergio López (No 0804/2011); Sándor Polgár (No 0805/2011); Diego Zunino (3973 signatures) (No 0806/2011); Milcho Georgiev Stanoev (No 0807/2011); Helene Lopes (No 0808/2011); María Inés Barcia (Asociación AAPV) (No 0809/2011); (name withheld) (No 0810/2011); Garbis Vincentiu Kehaiyan (No 0811/2011); Silvia Beltrán Pallarés (Plataforma Europea de los Consumidores y del Medio Ambiente) (No 0812/2011); Catherine Abéguilé-Petit (No 0813/2011); Sara Consuegra (No 0814/2011); Anna Poulsen (No 0815/2011); Pavlos Arvanitopoulos (No 0816/2011); Jean-Antoine Enrile (No 0817/2011); Samir Bekenniche (No 0818/2011); (name withheld) (No 0819/2011); Jan a.a. Huijsman (No 0820/2011); Εmmanuel Perrakis (No 0821/2011); Juan Carlos Uriarte Amarica (Agaden Association) (No 0822/2011); (name withheld) (No 0823/2011); (name withheld) (No 0824/2011); (name withheld) (2 signatures) (No 0825/2011); Andrea Cocco (No 0826/2011); Anita Brandt (ART OPUS GmbH) (2 signatures) (No 0827/2011); Patrick Anazonwu (No 0828/2011); John Hadman (No 0829/2011); Polykarpos Markaras (No 0830/2011); Leszek Janczyk (No 0831/2011); (name withheld) (No 0832/2011); Markus Knops (No 0833/2011); Ömer Cakmak (No 0834/2011); Peter Spyrka (No 0835/2011); Noelia Ferrer Martínez (Ebame & Associats) (No 0836/2011); Gianfranco Concetti (No 0837/2011); Hans Lennros (Upadek AB) (No 0838/2011); (name withheld) (No 0839/2011); Arabadzhieva Neli Petrova (3 signatures) (No 0840/2011); Magdalena Zdravkova Slavova (4 signatures) (No 0841/2011); Finn Skovgaard (No 0842/2011); Alessandro Michelucci (No 0843/2011); Remo Pulcini (Progetto Mezzogiorno) (No 0844/2011); Mark Borda (No 0845/2011); Giuseppe Giacomini (Conte & Giacomini) (No 0846/2011); Mohammad Reza Fardoom (Solidarity, Independence, Democracy (SID)) (No 0847/2011); Antonio Luis García Martínez (No 0848/2011); (name withheld) (No 0849/2011); Basem Kasem (au nom des 156 étudiants syriens) (156 signatures) (No 0850/2011).

8 September 2011

Kurt Bilogan (No 0851/2011); Wolfgard Christine Ruckershauer (No 0852/2011); P Kuecklich-Scheer (115 signatures) (No 0853/2011); Wilhelm Hök (No 0854/2011); Ralf Schneeweiss (No 0855/2011); Edward Zytka (No 0856/2011); (name withheld) (No 0857/2011); Ryszard Kopera (No 0858/2011); Schmid Peter (No 0859/2011); Kind Paul (No 0860/2011); Christel Krombolz (2 signatures) (No 0861/2011); Maria Klein (No 0862/2011); Michał Combik (No 0863/2011); Mehl Ulrich (No 0864/2011); Günter Dillikrath (No 0865/2011); Peter Mohr (No 0866/2011); Appel c/o Schmidt Manfred (No 0867/2011); Michael Stoltenberg (No 0868/2011); Safet Alimehaj (www.klage-gegen-ljubljanska-banka.de) (No 0869/2011); Reinhold Leckert (No 0870/2011); K. T. Baranowska (No 0871/2011); Georg Geisenfelder (No 0872/2011); (name withheld) (No 0873/2011); Michael Witfer (Sportboot Gemeinschaft Saale-Elster e.V.) (No 0874/2011); Ursula Lehmann (No 0875/2011); Prof. Dr. Dennis von Heimburg (Vereinigung der Deutschen Aesthetisch-Plastichen Chirurgen) (No 0876/2011); Jorg Rudolf (No 0877/2011); Cristian Nan (No 0878/2011); Fundația FACIAS (Fundația Pentru Apărarea Cetățenilor Împotriva Abuzurilor Statului (FACIAS) (No 0879/2011); Petar Trojanski Penchev (Association for the freedom of speech "Anna Politkovskaia" (Асоциация на свободното слово “Анна Политковская”)) (No 0880/2011); Alexandru Popovici (Fundatia "Anastasie Basota") (No 0881/2011); Kristina Angelova Dikova (No 0882/2011); Motoristas Patinter (Patinter Portuguesa de Automóveis Transportadora) (No 0883/2011); (name withheld) (No 0884/2011); Adrian Roman (No 0885/2011); Topalov Dimov (No 0886/2011); Viorica Sarcu (No 0887/2011); Luis Neto (No 0888/2011); Stefania Giro (No 0889/2011); Ian Carr-de Avelon (No 0890/2011); (name withheld) (No 0891/2011); Dumitru Pirjol (Asociația Obștea de Moșneni Aninișeni-Radoșeni-Carpinișeni) (No 0892/2011); Ioan Stan (11 signatures) (No 0893/2011); Mihalis A. Vomvas (No 0894/2011); Anthony Webb (No 0895/2011); (name withheld) (No 0896/2011); (name withheld) (No 0897/2011); (name withheld) (No 0898/2011); David Camus (Persverkopers) (No 0899/2011); Andreka Maftei (No 0900/2011); Spyridon Zouridakis (Association Pulley) (No 0901/2011); Ricardo Catrola (No 0902/2011); Giovanni Bellin (Nova Hollad) (No 0903/2011); Jiří Hůlka (Union of Municipalities of the Sumava national park) (No 0904/2011); Michele Bertucco (Associazione Legambiente Veneto) (6 signatures) (No 0905/2011); Alessandro Lanci (Nuovo Senso Civico) (2 signatures) (No 0906/2011); Ljubima Jordanova Dimitrova (No 0907/2011); (name withheld) (No 0908/2011); Maria Teresa Motas de Oliveira (No 0909/2011).

17. Transfers of appropriations

The Committee on Budgets had authorised the Commission's proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 09/2011 (N7-0053/2011 - C7-0158/2011 - 2011/2121(GBD)) in accordance with Article 24(4) of the Financial Regulation as interpreted in point 20 of the joint declaration on transitional measures applicable to the budgetary procedure after the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty.

The Committee on Budgets had authorised the Commission's proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 12/2011 (N7-0054/2011 - C7-0165/2011 - 2011/2127(GBD)) in accordance with Article 24(4) of the Financial Regulation as interpreted in point 20 of the joint declaration on transitional measures applicable to the budgetary procedure after the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty.

The Committee on Budgets had authorised the Commission's proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 13/2011 (N7-0057/2011 - C7-0177/2011 - 2011/2141(GBD)) in accordance with Article 24(4) of the Financial Regulation as interpreted in point 20 of the joint declaration on transitional measures applicable to the budgetary procedure after the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty.

The Committee on Budgets had authorised the Commission's proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 14/2011 (N7-0058/2011 - C7-0178/2011 - 2011/2142(GBD)) in accordance with Article 24(4) of the Financial Regulation as interpreted in point 20 of the joint declaration on transitional measures applicable to the budgetary procedure after the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty.

The Committee on Budgets had authorised the Commission's proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 15/2011 (N7-0059/2011 - C7-0179/2011 - 2011/2143(GBD)) in accordance with Article 24(4) of the Financial Regulation as interpreted in point 20 of the joint declaration on transitional measures applicable to the budgetary procedure after the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty.

The Committee on Budgets had authorised the Commission's proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 16/2011 (N7-0060/2011 - C7-0180/2011 - 2011/2144(GBD)) in accordance with Article 24(4) of the Financial Regulation as interpreted in point 20 of the joint declaration on transitional measures applicable to the budgetary procedure after the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty.

The Committee on Budgets had authorised the Commission's proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 17/2011 (N7-0055/2011 - C7-0171/2011 - 2011/2134(GBD)) in accordance with Article 24(4) of the Financial Regulation as interpreted in point 20 of the joint declaration on transitional measures applicable to the budgetary procedure after the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty.

The Committee on Budgets had authorised the Commission's proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 20/2011 (N7-0056/2011 - C7-0176/2011 - 2011/2140(GBD)) in accordance with Article 24(4) of the Financial Regulation as interpreted in point 20 of the joint declaration on transitional measures applicable to the budgetary procedure after the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty.

The Committee on Budgets had authorised the Commission's proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 24/2011 (N7-0063/2011 - C7-0188/2011 - 2011/2153(GBD)) in accordance with Article 24(4) of the Financial Regulation as interpreted in point 20 of the joint declaration on transitional measures applicable to the budgetary procedure after the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty.

The Committee on Budgets had authorised the Commission's proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 31/2011 (N7-0066/2011 - C7-0214/2011 - 2011/2164(GBD)) in accordance with Article 24(4) of the Financial Regulation as interpreted in point 20 of the joint declaration on transitional measures applicable to the budgetary procedure after the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty.

18. Order of business

The next item was the order of business.

The final draft agenda for the September and I 2011 sittings (PE 470.595/PDOJ) had been distributed and a number of changes had been proposed (Rule 140):

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday

No changes.

Thursday

Request from the PPE group for the vote on the motions for resolutions tabled at the end of the debate on the situation in Libya to be brought forward to the current part-session (Point 180 of the FDA).

The following spoke: Cristian Dan Preda, on behalf of the PPE Group, making the request, Niccolò Rinaldi, on behalf of the ALDE Group, supporting the request, and Rebecca Harms, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, opposing the request.

Parliament agreed to the request by electronic vote (131 in favour, 95 against, 7 abstentions).

The following deadlines were set:

motions for resolution: Tuesday, 13 September, 10.00

amendments and joint motions for resolutions: Wednesday, 14 September, 10.00

amendments to joint motions for resolutions: Wednesday, 14 September, 11.00

The vote would be held on Thursday.

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The order of business was thus established.

19. Commemoration of the 10th anniversary of 11 September 2001 (statement by the Presidency)

The President made a statement to mark the 10th anniversary of 11 September 2011.

Parliament observed a minute's silence.

20. Ongoing Doha negotiations (debate)

Commission statement: Ongoing Doha negotiations

Karel De Gucht (Member of the Commission) made the statement.

The following spoke: Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl, on behalf of the PPE Group, Vital Moreira, on behalf of the S&D Group, Niccolò Rinaldi, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Keith Taylor, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, and Helmut Scholz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group.

IN THE CHAIR: Anni PODIMATA
Vice-President

The following spoke: William (The Earl of) Dartmouth, on behalf of the EFD Group, Nicole Sinclaire, Non-attached Member, Daniel Caspary, George Sabin Cutaş, who also replied to a blue-card question by Hans-Peter Martin, Yannick Jadot, João Ferreira, Bastiaan Belder, Hans-Peter Martin, Georgios Papastamkos, Corina Creţu, Judith Sargentini, Christofer Fjellner, Béla Glattfelder and Elisabeth Köstinger.

The following spoke: Antonio Tajani (Vice-President of the Commission).

IN THE CHAIR: Libor ROUČEK
Vice-President

Motion for a resolution to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 110(2):

- Vital Moreira, on behalf of the INTA Committee, on the state of play of the negotiations on the Doha Development Agenda (B7-0478/2011).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 14.9.2011, item 5.12.

21. An effective raw materials strategy for Europe (debate)

Report on an effective raw materials strategy for Europe [2011/2056(INI)] - Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. Rapporteur: Reinhard Bütikofer (A7-0288/2011)

Reinhard Bütikofer introduced the report.

The following spoke: Antonio Tajani (Vice-President of the Commission).

The following spoke: Birgit Schnieber-Jastram (rapporteur for the opinion of the DEVE Committee), Bernd Lange (rapporteur for the opinion of the INTA Committee), Judith A. Merkies (rapporteur for the opinion of the ENVI Committee), Daciana Octavia Sârbu (rapporteur for the opinion of the AGRI Committee), Pilar del Castillo Vera, on behalf of the PPE Group, Marita Ulvskog, on behalf of the S&D Group, Lena Ek, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Bas Eickhout, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Julie Girling, on behalf of the ECR Group, Marisa Matias, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Jaroslav Paška, on behalf of the EFD Group, Ioannis A. Tsoukalas, Adam Gierek, Michael Theurer, Ilda Figueiredo, Bastiaan Belder, Jolanta Emilia Hibner, Riikka Manner, Esther de Lange, Silvia-Adriana Ţicău, Karl-Heinz Florenz, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Theodor Dumitru Stolojan, Herbert Reul and Marian-Jean Marinescu.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Mairead McGuinness, Monika Smolková, Andreas Mölzer, Seán Kelly, Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă, Oreste Rossi, Elena Băsescu and Judith A. Merkies.

The following spoke: Antonio Tajani and Reinhard Bütikofer.

IN THE CHAIR: Rainer WIELAND
Vice-President

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 13.9.2011, item 5.22.

22. One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

In accordance with Rule 150, the following Members who wished to draw the attention of Parliament to matters of political importance spoke for one minute:

Rosa Estaràs Ferragut, Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă, Chris Davies, Rui Tavares, Marek Henryk Migalski, Kyriacos Triantaphyllides, Oreste Rossi, Slavi Binev, László Tőkés, Cătălin Sorin Ivan, Georgios Toussas, Gerard Batten, Andrew Henry William Brons, Jim Higgins, Silvia-Adriana Ţicău, Ilda Figueiredo, Alajos Mészáros, Maria Eleni Koppa, Willy Meyer, Georgios Papanikolaou, Antigoni Papadopoulou, Eleni Theocharous, George Sabin Cutaş, Jarosław Kalinowski, Boris Zala, Mairead McGuinness, Luís Paulo Alves, Seán Kelly and Nuno Melo.

23. EU counter-terrorism policy: main achievements and future challenges (short presentation)

Report on the EU counter-terrorism policy: main achievements and future challenges [2010/2311(INI)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Sophia in 't Veld (A7-0286/2011)

Sophia in 't Veld made the presentation.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Jan Philipp Albrecht, Jaroslav Paška, Martin Ehrenhauser, Teresa Jiménez-Becerril Barrio, Anna Hedh, Elena Băsescu and Monika Flašíková Beňová.

The following spoke: Antonio Tajani (Vice-President of the Commission).

IN THE CHAIR: Roberta ANGELILLI
Vice-President

The item closed.

Vote: minutes of 13.9.2011, item 5.23.

24. Audit policy - lessons from the crisis (short presentation)

Report on audit policy: lessons from the crisis [2011/2037(INI)] - Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: Antonio Masip Hidalgo (A7-0200/2011)

Antonio Masip Hidalgo made the presentation.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Monika Flašíková Beňová, Evelyn Regner, Rui Tavares, Kay Swinburne and Jaroslav Paška.

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

The item closed.

Vote: minutes of 13.9.2011, item 5.17.

25. Black Sea fisheries (short presentation)

Report on current and future management of Black Sea fisheries [2010/2113(INI)] - Committee on Fisheries. Rapporteur: Iliana Malinova Iotova (A7-0236/2011)

Iliana Malinova Iotova made the presentation.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Guido Milana, Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă, Josefa Andrés Barea, Silvia-Adriana Ţicău, Evgeni Kirilov and João Ferreira.

The following spoke: Antonio Tajani (Vice-President of the Commission).

The item closed.

Vote: minutes of 13.9.2011, item 5.24.

26. Safety of offshore oil and gas activities (short presentation)

Report on facing the challenges of the safety of offshore oil and gas activities [2011/2072(INI)] - Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. Rapporteur: Vicky Ford (A7-0290/2011)

Vicky Ford made the presentation.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Alajos Mészáros, Monika Flašíková Beňová, Silvia-Adriana Ţicău, Ilda Figueiredo and Michèle Rivasi.

The following spoke: Antonio Tajani (Vice-President of the Commission).

The item closed.

Vote: minutes of 13.9.2011, item 5.25.

27. Women entrepreneurship in small and medium-sized enterprises (short presentation)

Report on women entrepreneurship in small and medium-sized enterprises [2010/2275(INI)] - Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality. Rapporteur: Marina Yannakoudakis (A7-0207/2011)

Marina Yannakoudakis made the presentation.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Regina Bastos, Miroslav Mikolášik, Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă, Monika Flašíková Beňová, Silvia-Adriana Ţicău, Ilda Figueiredo, Elena Băsescu, Jaroslav Paška, Alajos Mészáros, Katarína Neveďalová, Antigoni Papadopoulou and Angelika Werthmann.

The following spoke: Antonio Tajani (Vice-President of the Commission).

The item closed.

Vote: minutes of 13.9.2011, item 5.26.

28. Situation of women approaching retirement age (short presentation)

Report on the situation of women approaching retirement age [2011/2091(INI)] - Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality. Rapporteur: Edit Bauer (A7-0291/2011)

Edit Bauer made the presentation.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Christa Klaß, Miroslav Mikolášik, Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă, Ilda Figueiredo, Monika Flašíková Beňová, Katarína Neveďalová and Antigoni Papadopoulou.

The following spoke: Antonio Tajani (Vice-President of the Commission).

The item closed.

Vote: minutes of 13.9.2011, item 5.18.

29. Agenda of the next sitting

The agenda of the next day's sitting had been established ('Agenda' PE 470.595/OJMA).

30. Closure of the sitting

The sitting closed at 22.50.

The following signed:

Abad, Áder, Albrecht, Alfano, Alvaro, Alves, Andreasen, Andrés Barea, Andrikienė, Angourakis, Antinoro, Antonescu, Antoniozzi, Arias Echeverría, Arif, Arlacchi, Arsenis, Ashworth, Atkins, Attard-Montalto, Auconie, Audy, Auken, Aylward, Ayuso, Bach, Badia i Cutchet, Bagó, Balčytis, Baldassarre, Bartolozzi, Băsescu, Bastos, Batten, Bauer, Bearder, Belder, Belet, Bélier, Benarab-Attou, Bendtsen, Bennahmias, Berès, Berlato, Berlinguer, Berman, Bielan, Bilbao Barandica, Binev, Bisky, Bizzotto, Blinkevičiūtė, Bodu, Bokros, Bonsignore, Borghezio, Borsellino, Boştinaru, Boulland, Bové, Bozkurt, Bradbourn, Brantner, Březina, Brons, Brzobohatá, Bufton, Bullmann, Buşoi, Busuttil, Bütikofer, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Callanan, van de Camp, Campbell Bannerman, Cancian, Capoulas Santos, Caronna, Carvalho, Casa, Cashman, Casini, Caspary, Castex, del Castillo Vera, Cavada, Cercas, Češková, Chatzimarkakis, Chichester, Childers, Chountis, Claeys, Clark, Coelho, Cofferati, Colman, Comi, Corazza Bildt, Silvia Costa, Cozzolino, Cramer, Creţu, Creutzmann, Crocetta, Cutaş, Cymański, Czarnecki, Frédéric Daerden, van Dalen, Dăncilă, Danellis, Danjean, Dantin, (The Earl of) Dartmouth, Daul, David, Davies, De Angelis, De Backer, de Brún, Dehaene, De Keyser, Delvaux, De Mita, De Rossa, De Sarnez, Deß, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dodds, Domenici, Donskis, Dorfmann, Droutsas, Duff, Durant, Dušek, Ehler, Ehrenhauser, Eickhout, Ek, El Khadraoui, Elles, Enciu, 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, Flašíková Beňová, Flautre, Fleckenstein, Florenz, Fontana, Ford, Foster, Fox, Fraga Estévez, Franco, Gahler, Gál, Gallagher, Gallo, Gáll-Pelcz, García-Margallo y Marfil, García Pérez, Gardini, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gauzès, Gebhardt, Geier, Geringer de Oedenberg, Giannakou, Giegold, Gierek, Glante, Glattfelder, Godmanis, 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