IN THE CHAIR: Jerzy BUZEK
President

1. Opening of the sitting

The sitting opened at 9.00.

2. Implementing measures (Rule 88)

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

- Commission Regulation (EU) amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) as regards Annex XVII (CMR substances) (D007340/04 - 2011/2867(RPS) - deadline: 15/01/2012)
referred to responsible: ENVI
opinion: ITRE, IMCO

- Commission Directive amending Annex I to Directive 2001/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning the manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco products (D015629/02 - 2011/2882(RPS) - deadline: 21/01/2012)
referred to responsible: ENVI

- Commission Regulation (EU) amending Annex XIV to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) (D015867/02 - 2011/2868(RPS) - deadline: 15/01/2012)
referred to responsible: ENVI
opinion: ITRE, IMCO

- Commission Regulation (EU) No …/.. amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the conditions of use and the use levels for Quinoline Yellow (E 104), Sunset Yellow FCF/Orange Yellow S (E 110) and Ponceau 4R, Cochineal Red A (E 124) (D016141/02 - 2011/2883(RPS) - deadline: 21/01/2012)
referred to responsible: ENVI

- Commission Decision concerning the unilateral inclusion of additional greenhouse gases and activities by Italy in the scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Union pursuant to Article 24 of Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (Only the Italian text is authentic) (D016343/01 - 2011/2871(RPS) - deadline: 19/01/2012)
referred to responsible: ENVI

- Draft Commission Regulation (EU) amending Directives 2004/17/EC, 2004/18/EC and 2009/81/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council in respect of their application thresholds for the procedures for the awards of contract (D016771/01 - 2011/2869(RPS) - deadline: 18/11/2011)
referred to responsible: IMCO

- Commission Regulation (EU) No …/.. concerning type-approval requirements for motor vehicles with regard to vehicle access and manoeuvrability and implementing Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning type-approval requirements for the general safety of motor vehicles, their trailers and systems, components and separate technical units intended therefor (D016894/01 - 2011/2892(RPS) - deadline: 24/01/2012)
referred to responsible: IMCO

3. Parliament's position on the 2012 draft budget as modified by the Council - Mobilisation of the flexibility instrument (debate)

Report on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2012 as modified by the Council - all sections[13110/2011 – C7-0247/2011 – 2011/2020(BUD)] and the amending letters nos 1/2012 (COM(2011)0372) and 2/2012 (COM(2011)0576) to the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2012 – Committee on Budgets. Co-rapporteurs: Francesca Balzani and José Manuel Fernandes (A7-0354/2011)

Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on mobilisation of the Flexibility Instrument in favour of the EU 2020 Strategy and the European neighbourhood, in accordance with point 27 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management [COM(2011)0373 - C7-0164/2011- 2011/2126(BUD)] - Committee on Budgets. Rapporteur: Reimer Böge (A7-0353/2011)

Francesca Balzani, José Manuel Fernandes and Reimer Böge presented their reports.

The following spoke: Jacek Dominik (President-in-Office of the Council) and Janusz Lewandowski (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: María Muñiz De Urquiza (rapporteur for the opinion of the AFET Committee), Charles Goerens (rapporteur for the opinion of the DEVE Committee), Peter Šťastný (rapporteur for the opinion of the INTA Committee), Olle Ludvigsson (rapporteur for the opinion of the ECON Committee), Pervenche Berès (rapporteur for the opinion of the EMPL Committee), Jutta Haug (rapporteur for the opinion of the ENVI Committee), Reinhard Bütikofer (rapporteur for the opinion of the ITRE Committee), Edvard Kožušník (rapporteur for the opinion of the IMCO Committee), Bogusław Liberadzki (rapporteur for the opinion of the TRAN Committee), László Surján (rapporteur for the opinion of the REGI Committee), Luis Manuel Capoulas Santos (rapporteur for the opinion of the AGRI Committee), Britta Reimers (rapporteur for the opinion of the PECH Committee), Morten Løkkegaard (rapporteur for the opinion of the CULT Committee), Franziska Keller (rapporteur for the opinion of the LIBE Committee), Silvana Koch-Mehrin (rapporteur for the opinion of the PETI Committee), Giovanni La Via, on behalf of the PPE Group, Göran Färm, on behalf of the S&D Group, Anne E. Jensen, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Lajos Bokros, on behalf of the ECR Group, Helga Trüpel, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Miguel Portas, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Marta Andreasen, on behalf of the EFD Group, Lucas Hartong, Non-attached Member, and Salvador Garriga Polledo.

IN THE CHAIR: Alejo VIDAL-QUADRAS
Vice-President

The following spoke: Derek Vaughan, Alexander Alvaro, James Elles, François Alfonsi, Jürgen Klute, Claudio Morganti, Angelika Werthmann, Alain Lamassoure, Edit Herczog, Carl Haglund, Derk Jan Eppink, Frank Vanhecke, Marian-Jean Marinescu, Roberto Gualtieri, Estelle Grelier, Lambert van Nistelrooij, Eider Gardiazábal Rubial and Sidonia Elżbieta Jędrzejewska.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Damien Abad, Zigmantas Balčytis, Barbara Matera, Peter van Dalen, João Ferreira, Paul Rübig, Alfreds Rubiks, Frédéric Daerden and Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris.

The following spoke: Janusz Lewandowski, Jacek Dominik, Francesca Balzani, José Manuel Fernandes and Reimer Böge.

The following spoke: Morten Løkkegaard (rapporteur for the opinion of the CULT Committee) to clarify what he had said earlier owing to an interpretation problem.

The debate closed.

Vote: A7-0354/2011 on 26 October 2011 (Item 8.2. in the Minutes of 26.10.11)

The vote on A7-0353/2011 would be held at the next part-session.

4. Financial rules applicable to the annual budget ***I (debate)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the financial rules applicable to the annual budget of the Union [COM(2010)0815 - C7-0016/2011- 2010/0395(COD)] - Committee on Budgets - Committee on Budgetary Control. Co-rapporteurs: Ingeborg Gräßle and Crescenzio Rivellini (A7-0325/2011)

Ingeborg Gräßle introduced the report.

(For the continuation of the debate see minutes of 26.10.2011, item 6)

5. Welcome

On behalf of Parliament, the President welcomed members of a delegation from the Parliamentary Committee of the European Free Trade Association (EEA/EFTA) and observers from the Swiss Federal Assembly - led by Svein Roald Hansen - who had taken their seats in the distinguished visitors' gallery.

He paid tribute to the Norwegian delegation and the victims of the massacres in Norway on 22 July 2011.

6. Financial rules applicable to the annual budget (continuation of debate)

(For the beginning of the debate see minutes of 26.10.2011, item 4)

Crescenzio Rivellini introduced the report.

The following spoke: Janusz Lewandowski (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Edit Herzog (in place of Ivailo Kalfin, rapporteur for the opinion of the ITRE Committee), Franziska Katharina Brantner (rapporteur for the opinion of the AFET Committee), Jan Olbrycht (rapporteur for the opinion of the REGI Committee), Jean-Pierre Audy, on behalf of the PPE Group, Jens Geier, on behalf of the S&D Group, Jan Mulder, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Marta Andreasen, on behalf of the EFD Group, and Göran Färm.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Miroslav Mikolášik and Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris.

The following spoke: Janusz Lewandowski and Ingeborg Gräßle.

The debate closed.

Vote: 26 October 2011.

(The sitting was suspended for a short period until voting time.)

IN THE CHAIR: Jerzy BUZEK
President

7. Announcement by the President

The President announced the opening of a new wi-fi network in Parliament's buildings and thanked and congratulated DG ITEC and Rainer Wieland, Vice-President, who had put the project into effect.

8. Voting time

Detailed voting results (amendments, separate and split votes, etc.) appear in the Results of Votes annex to the minutes.

The results of roll-call votes are available in electronic form only, as an annex to the minutes, and can be accessed via Europarl.

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The following spoke: Potito Salatto on a possible visit to Tehran by a Parliament delegation (the President took note of this), Ivo Vajgl on the abduction of three humanitarian workers from the Tindouf refugee camp Algeria) in the night of 22 to 23 October, asking Catherine Ashton, Vice-President of the Commission and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, to look into the matter (the President also expressed concern), and Miguel Portas on the order of the vote on budget amendments 1241 and 985.

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8.1. Draft general budget of the European Union - 2012 financial year (vote)

Draft amendments to the appropriations in Section III of the 2012 draft general budget, concerning the Commission

Draft amendments to Sections I, II, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII and IX of the 2012 draft general budget concerning the European Parliament, Council, Court of Justice, Court of Auditors, Economic and Social Committee, Committee of the Regions, European Ombudsman and European Data Protection Supervisor

Under the Treaties, draft amendments require for adoption the votes of a majority of Parliament's component Members

(The draft amendments adopted are set out in an annex to Texts Adopted.)

(For details of the vote, see the annex 'Results of votes', Item 1.)

The following had spoken:

Before the vote

Francesca Balzani (general rapporteur on the budget) moved the following technical amendments, which Parliament approved:

'For headings 05 04 05 02 ('Operational technical research') and 05 08 06 ('Enhancing public awareness of the common agricultural policy'), Amendments 1207 and 1206 by the Committee on Budgets as set out in the session documents did not include the modifications to the amounts. They had to be understood and adopted as re-establishing the amounts in the draft budget, i.e.:

+ 2.5 and + 3 million respectively in commitment appropriations and payment appropriations, for heading 05 04 05 02 (Amendment 1207);

and + 1 million in commitment appropriations and in payment appropriations for heading 05 08 06 (Amendment 1206).

Concerning the agencies, the remarks for the budget headings for certain agencies would be technically brought into line so they corresponded to the final amounts adopted.'

During the vote

Miguel Portas, to ask for an inversion of the voting order for Amendments 1241 and 985, and José Manuel Fernandes (co-rapporteur) opposing this request, which was not accepted.

After the vote

Jacek Dominik (President-in-Office of the Council) noted the differences between the Parliament and Council positions and agreed to convene the Conciliation Committee in accordance with Article 314(4)(c) of the Lisbon Treaty.

8.2. Parliament's position on the 2012 draft budget as modified by the Council (vote)

Report on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2012 as modified by the Council - all sections [13110/2011 - 2011/2020(BUD)] - Committee on Budgets. Co-rapporteurs: Francesca Balzani and José Manuel Fernandes (A7-0354/2011)

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2011)0461)

The following had spoken:

José Manuel Fernandes (co-rapporteur) provided a technical clarification on paragraph 68.

Miguel Portas, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group moved an oral amendment to Amendment 33, which was not accepted, as more than 40 Members objected.

José Manuel Fernandes to provide a clarification on the vote on Amendment 41.

IN THE CHAIR: Libor ROUČEK
Vice-President

8.3. Conclusion and provisional application of the Cooperation Agreement on Satellite Navigation between the Euro *** (Rule 138) (vote)

Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Cooperation Agreement on Satellite Navigation between the European Union and its Member States and the Kingdom of Norway [11114/2011 - C7-0184/2011- 2011/0033(NLE)] - Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. Rapporteur: Herbert Reul (A7-0316/2011)

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

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P7_TA(2011)0462)

Parliament consented to the conclusion of the agreement.

8.4. US-EC Agreement on the promotion, provision and use of GALILEO and GPS satellite-based navigation systems *** (Rule 138) (vote)

Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement on the promotion, provision and use of GALILEO and GPS satellite-based navigation systems and related applications between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the United States of America, of the other part [11117/2011 - C7-0185/2011- 2011/0054(NLE)] - Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. Rapporteur: Herbert Reul (A7-0332/2011)

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

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P7_TA(2011)0463)

Parliament consented to the conclusion of the agreement.

8.5. System of taxation applicable in the case of parent companies and subsidiaries of different Member States * (Rule 138) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council directive on the common system of taxation applicable in the case of parent companies and subsidiaries of different Member States (recast) [COM(2010)0784 - C7-0030/2011- 2010/0387(CNS)] - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Sven Giegold (A7-0314/2011)

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

COMMISSION PROPOSAL, AMENDMENTS and DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P7_TA(2011)0464)

8.6. Financial rules applicable to the annual budget ***I (vote)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the financial rules applicable to the annual budget of the Union [COM(2010)0815 - C7-0016/2011- 2010/0395(COD)] - Committee on Budgets - Committee on Budgetary Control. Co-rapporteurs: Ingeborg Gräßle and Crescenzio Rivellini (A7-0325/2011)

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

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P7_TA(2011)0465)

The following had spoken:

Franziska Katharina Brantner, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, moved an oral amendment to Amendment 271, which was accepted.

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Ingeborg Gräßle (co-rapporteur), asked in accordance with Rule 57(2) for the report to be referred back to committee.

Janusz Lewandowski (Member of the Commission) spoke on the referral back to committee.

Parliament approved the request.

Agenda for new skills and jobs (vote)

Report on the Agenda for New Skills and Jobs [2011/2067(INI)] - Committee on Employment and Social Affairs. Rapporteur: Regina Bastos (A7-0320/2011)

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2011)0466)

9. 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:

Draft general budget of the European Union - 2012 financial year

Ashley Fox, Guido Milana, Salvatore Iacolino and Peter Jahr

Report: Francesca Balzani and José Manuel Fernandes - A7-0354/2011

George Lyon, Paul Murphy, Alfredo Antoniozzi, Miroslav Mikolášik, Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris and Hannu Takkula

Report: Sven Giegold - A7-0314/2011

Ashley Fox and Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris

Report: Ingeborg Gräßle and Crescenzio Rivellini - A7-0325/2011

Peter Jahr and Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris

Report: Regina Bastos - A7-0320/2011

Carlo Fidanza, Guido Milana, Francesco De Angelis, Gianluca Susta, Elena Băsescu, Robert Dušek, Licia Ronzulli, Peter Jahr, Iva Zanicchi, Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris and Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė.

10. 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 13.50 and resumed at 15.00.)

IN THE CHAIR: Miguel Angel MARTÍNEZ MARTÍNEZ
Vice-President

11. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

12. Establishment of a joint EU resettlement programme (debate)

Oral question (O-000238/2011) by Rui Tavares, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Nadja Hirsch, Renate Weber, Alexander Alvaro, Sonia Alfano, Norica Nicolai, Sarah Ludford, Jens Rohde, Louis Michel, Nathalie Griesbeck, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Antonio Masip Hidalgo, on behalf of the S&D Group, Georgios Papanikolaou, on behalf of the PPE Group , Kyriacos Triantaphyllides, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, to the Council: Establishment of a joint EU resettlement programme (B7-0636/2011)

Rui Tavares, Nadja Hirsch, Antonio Masip Hidalgo, Georgios Papanikolaou and Kyriacos Triantaphyllides moved the oral question.

Piotr Stachańczyk (President-in-Office of the Council) answered the oral question. The following spoke: Rui Tavares, to ask for clarification from the Council (the President said he would receive an answer at the end of the debate).

Cecilia Malmström (Member of the Commission) answered the oral question.

The following spoke: Claude Moraes, on behalf of the S&D Group, Timothy Kirkhope, on behalf of the ECR Group, Malika Benarab-Attou, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Monika Flašíková Beňová, Tanja Fajon and Sylvie Guillaume.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Andrew Henry William Brons, Hubert Pirker and Elena Băsescu.

The following spoke: Cecilia Malmström and Piotr StachańczykPiotr Stachańczyk.

The debate closed.

13. Public health threat of antimicrobial resistance (debate)

Oral question (O-000214/2011) by Jo Leinen on behalf of the ENVI Committee, to the Council: Public health threat of antimicrobial resistance (B7-0633/2011)

Oral question (O-000215/2011) by Jo Leinen on behalf of the ENVI Committee, to the Commission: Public health threat of antimicrobial resistance (B7-0634/2011)

Jo Leinen moved the oral questions.

Adam FronczakAdam Fronczak (President-in-Office of the Council) and John Dalli (Member of the Commission) answered the questions.

IN THE CHAIR: Giles CHICHESTER
Vice-President

The following spoke: Françoise Grossetête, on behalf of the PPE Group, Linda McAvan, on behalf of the S&D Group, Theodoros Skylakakis, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Janusz Wojciechowski, on behalf of the ECR Group, Kartika Tamara Liotard, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Jaroslav Paška, on behalf of the EFD Group, Horst Schnellhardt, Åsa Westlund, Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy, Julie Girling, Marisa Matias, Elisabeth Jeggle, Karin Kadenbach, Britta Reimers, Esther de Lange, Judith A. Merkies and Peter Liese.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Kriton Arsenis, Charles Tannock and Silvia-Adriana Ţicău.

The following spoke: John Dalli and Adam Fronczak.

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

Françoise Grossetête, Linda McAvan, Theodoros Skylakakis, Miroslav Ouzký, Bart Staes, Kartika Tamara Liotard and Oreste Rossi, on behalf of the ENVI Committee, on the public health threat of antimicrobial resistance (B7-0538/2011)

The debate closed.

Vote: 27 October 2011.

14. Composition of committees and delegations

The President had received the following requests for appointments from the PPE Group:

Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee: Philippe Boulland to replace Theodor Dumitru Stolojan

Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee: Theodor Dumitru Stolojan

Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway and to the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee: Theodor Dumitru Stolojan

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

15. Sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child pornography ***I - Children's rights in the European Union (debate)

Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child pornography, repealing Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA [COM(2010)0094 - C7-0088/2010- 2010/0064(COD)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Roberta Angelilli (A7-0294/2011)

Oral question (O-000231/2011) by Roberta Angelilli, Simon Busuttil, Manfred Weber, Salvatore Iacolino, on behalf of the PPE Group, to the Commission: Information on the implementation of measures envisaged in the European Union Programme on children's rights (B7-0627/2011)

Oral question (O-000273/2011) by Renate Weber, Marielle De Sarnez, Jan Mulder, Cecilia Wikström, Sonia Alfano, Nathalie Griesbeck, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Andrea Zanoni, Sarah Ludford, Nadja Hirsch, Louis Michel, on behalf of the ALDE Group, to the Commission: Children's rights in the EU (B7-0637/2011)

Roberta Angelilli introduced the report and moved the oral question B7-0627/2011.

Cecilia Wikström moved the oral question B7-0637/2011.

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

The following spoke: Petra Kammerevert (rapporteur for the opinion of the CULT Committee), Marina Yannakoudakis (rapporteur for the opinion of the FEMM Committee), Simon Busuttil, on behalf of the PPE Group, Kinga Göncz, on behalf of the S&D Group, Nathalie Griesbeck, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Timothy Kirkhope, on behalf of the ECR Group, Jean Lambert, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Kyriacos Triantaphyllides, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Nikolaos Salavrakos, on behalf of the EFD Group, and Diane Dodds, Non-attached Member.

IN THE CHAIR: Diana WALLIS
Vice-President

The following spoke: Michèle Striffler, Birgit Sippel, Sarah Ludford, Valdemar Tomaševski, Jan Philipp Albrecht, Oreste Rossi, Nick Griffin, Sabine Verheyen, Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, Alexander Alvaro, Peter van Dalen, Claudio Morganti, Kinga Gál, Monika Flašíková Beňová, Zbigniew Ziobro, Salvatore Iacolino, Emine Bozkurt, Emma McClarkin, Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Antigoni Papadopoulou, Mariya Nedelcheva, Marco Scurria, Elena Băsescu, Heinz K. Becker, Véronique Mathieu, Joanna Katarzyna Skrzydlewska, Barbara Matera, Anna Maria Corazza Bildt, Miroslav Mikolášik and Anna Záborská.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Hubert Pirker, Silvia-Adriana Ţicău, Phil Prendergast, Seán Kelly, Eduard Kukan, Csaba Sógor and Angelika Werthmann.

The following spoke: Cecilia Malmström, Krzysztof Kwiatkowski and Roberta Angelilli.

The debate closed.

Vote: Item 8.2 in the Minutes of 27 October 2011.

16. Third country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection ***I (debate)

Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on minimum standards for the qualification and status of third country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection and the content of the protection granted (recast) [COM(2009)0551 - C7-0250/2009- 2009/0164(COD)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Jean Lambert (A7-0271/2011)

Jean Lambert introduced the report.

IN THE CHAIR: László TŐKÉS
Vice-President

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

The following spoke: Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, on behalf of the PPE Group, Monika Flašíková Beňová, on behalf of the S&D Group, Cecilia Wikström, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Marek Henryk Migalski, on behalf of the ECR Group, Judith Sargentini, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Cornelis de Jong, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Niki Tzavela, on behalf of the EFD Group, Andreas Mölzer, Non-attached Member, Georgios Papanikolaou, Kinga Göncz, Nathalie Griesbeck, Takis Hadjigeorgiou, Sylvie Guillaume, Ioan Enciu and Antonio Masip Hidalgo.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Miroslav Mikolášik, Jaroslav Paška, Elena Băsescu and Hubert Pirker.

The following spoke: Cecilia Malmström, Piotr Stachańczyk and Jean Lambert.

The debate closed.

Vote: Item 8.3 in the Minutes of 27 October 2011.

17. EU-Australia agreement on the processing and transfer of PNR data *** (debate)

Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and Australia on the processing and transfer of Passenger Name Record (PNR) data by air carriers to the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service [09825/2011 - C7-0304/2011- 2011/0126(NLE)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Sophia in 't Veld (A7-0364/2011)

Sophia in 't Veld introduced the recommendation.

The following spoke: Cecilia Malmström (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Monica Luisa Macovei (rapporteur for the opinion of the AFET Committee) and Axel Voss, on behalf of the PPE Group.

IN THE CHAIR: Rodi KRATSA-TSAGAROPOULOU
Vice-President

The following spoke: Birgit Sippel, on behalf of the S&D Group, Sarah Ludford, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Timothy Kirkhope, on behalf of the ECR Group, Jan Philipp Albrecht, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Cornelia Ernst, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Martin Ehrenhauser, Non-attached Member, Hubert Pirker, Monika Flašíková Beňová, Judith Sargentini, Andreas Mölzer, Ágnes Hankiss, Kinga Göncz, Rui Tavares, Ioan Enciu and Dimitrios Droutsas.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Seán Kelly, Silvia-Adriana Ţicău and Jaroslav Paška.

The following spoke: Cecilia Malmström and Sophia in 't Veld.

The debate closed.

Vote: Item 8.5 in the Minutes of 27 October 2011.

18. Agenda of the next sitting

The agenda of the next day's sitting had been established ('Agenda' PE 473.262/OJME).

19. Closure of the sitting

The sitting closed at 20.50.

The following signed:

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