IN THE CHAIR: Miguel Angel MARTÍNEZ MARTÍNEZ
Vice-President

1. Opening of the sitting

The sitting opened at 9.00.

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The President said that at the beginning of voting time he would express his condolences to the families of the victims of the coach accident the previous evening in Switzerland, which had resulted in many deaths, including 22 children.

The following spoke: Véronique De Keyser and Marianne Thyssen.

2. Composition of Parliament

The Finnish authorities had given notice of the election of Petri Sarvamaa to replace Risto E.J. Penttilä as Member of Parliament with effect from 1 March 2012.

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

3. 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, for the purposes of its adaptation to technical and scientific progress, Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (D016833/03 - 2012/2562(RPS) - deadline: 28/05/2012)
referred to responsible: ENVI
opinion: ITRE, IMCO

- Commission Regulation (EU) No …/.. on the monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (D017530/02 - 2012/2563(RPS) - deadline: 01/06/2012)
referred to responsible: ENVI
opinion: ITRE

- Commission Regulation (EU) No …/.. on the verification of greenhouse gas emission reports and tonne-kilometre reports and the accreditation of verifiers pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (D017531/02 - 2012/2564(RPS) - deadline: 01/06/2012)
referred to responsible: ENVI
opinion: ITRE

- Commission Regulation (EU) No …/.. of XXX amending Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1071/2009 establishing common rules concerning the conditions to be complied with to pursue the occupation of road transport operator (D017692/01 - 2012/2559(RPS) - deadline: 22/05/2012)
referred to responsible: TRAN

- Commission Regulation (EU) No …/.. of XXX amending Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 1072/2009 on common rules for access to the international road haulage market (D017702/01 - 2012/2557(RPS) - deadline: 22/05/2012)
referred to responsible: TRAN

- Commission Regulation (EU) No …/.. amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009 on common rules for access to the international market for coach and bus services (D017703/01 - 2012/2558(RPS) - deadline: 22/05/2012)
referred to responsible: TRAN

- Commission Regulation (EU) No …/.. amending Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for bifenazate, bifenthrin, boscalid, cadusafos, chlorantraniliprole, chlorothalonil, clothianidin, cyproconazole, deltamethrin, dicamba, difenoconazole, dinocap, etoxazole, fenpyroximate, flubendiamide, fludioxonil, glyphosate, metalaxyl-M, meptyldinocap, novaluron, thiamethoxam, and triazophos in or on certain products (D018238/03 - 2012/2568(RPS) - deadline: 08/05/2012)
referred to responsible: ENVI

- Commission Decision establishing the ecological criteria for the award of the EU Ecolabel for newsprint paper (D018340/03 - 2012/2556(RPS) - deadline: 22/05/2012)
referred to responsible: ENVI

- Commission Regulation (EU) No …/.. of XXX amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 concerning short-term statistics and Commission Regulations (EC) No 1503/2006, (EC) No 657/2007 and (EC) No 1178/2008 as regards adaptations related to the removal of the industrial new orders variables (D018682/01 - 2012/2551(RPS) - deadline: 11/05/2012)
referred to responsible: ECON

- Commission Regulation (EU) No …/.. amending Regulation (EC) No 2042/2003 on the continuing airworthiness of aircraft and aeronautical products, parts and appliances, and on the approval of organisations and personnel involved in these tasks (D018701/01 - 2012/2579(RPS) - deadline: 09/06/2012)
referred to responsible: TRAN

4. Delegated acts (Rule 87a)

The following delegated acts had been forwarded to Parliament:

- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No …/.. of 23.2.2012 on the procedural rules for the recognition and withdrawal of recognition of monitoring organisations as provided for in Regulation (EU) No 995/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the obligations of operators who place timber and timber products on the market- C(2012)1145 - deadline: 23.04.2012

referred to responsible: ENVI

- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No .../.. of 1 March 2012 supplementing Directive 2010/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to energy labelling of household tumble driers - C(2011)7585 - deadline: 01.05.2012

referred to responsible: ITRE

5. Enlargement report for the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (debate)

Council and Commission statements: Enlargement report for the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Nicolai Wammen (President-in-Office of the Council) and Štefan Füle (Member of the Commission) made the statements.

The following spoke: Richard Howitt, on behalf of the S&D Group, Eduard Kukan, on behalf of the PPE Group, Norica Nicolai, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Marije Cornelissen, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Dimitar Stoyanov, Marina Yannakoudakis, on behalf of the ECR Group, Nikolaos Chountis, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Nikolaos Salavrakos, on behalf of the EFD Group, Elmar Brok, Libor Rouček, who also replied to a blue-card question by Nikolaos Salavrakos, Mirosław Piotrowski, Marietta Giannakou, Maria Eleni Koppa, who also replied to a blue-card question by Charles Tannock, Andrey Kovatchev and György Schöpflin, who also replied to a blue-card question by Georgios Koumoutsakos.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Georgios Koumoutsakos, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Jelko Kacin, Dimitar Stoyanov, Anna Záborská, Ivo Vajgl, Jaroslav Paška, Milan Zver, Csaba Sógor, Seán Kelly, Alojz Peterle and Vytautas Landsbergis.

The following spoke: Štefan Füle and Nicolai Wammen.

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

- Richard Howitt, on behalf of the AFET Committee, on the 2011 progress report on the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (2011/2887(RSP)) (B7-0127/2012).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 14.3.2012, item 9.10.

6. Enlargement report for Iceland (debate)

Council and Commission statements: Enlargement report for Iceland

Nicolai Wammen (President-in-Office of the Council) and Štefan Füle (Member of the Commission) made the statements.

The following spoke: Cristian Dan Preda, on behalf of the PPE Group, Göran Färm, on behalf of the S&D Group, and Johannes Cornelis van Baalen, on behalf of the ALDE Group.

IN THE CHAIR: Alexander ALVARO
Vice-President

The following spoke: Indrek Tarand, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Charles Tannock, on behalf of the ECR Group, Helmut Scholz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Mike Nattrass, Non-attached Member, Gunnar Hökmark, Pat the Cope Gallagher and Francisco José Millán Mon.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Petru Constantin Luhan, Robert Atkins, Andrew Henry William Brons and Paul Rübig.

The following spoke: Štefan Füle and Nicolai Wammen.

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

- Cristian Dan Preda, on behalf of the AFET Committee, on the 2011 progress report on Iceland (2011/2884(RSP)) (B7-0125/2012).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 14.3.2012, item 9.11.

7. Enlargement report for Bosnia and Herzegovina (debate)

Council and Commission statements: Enlargement report for Bosnia and Herzegovina

Nicolai Wammen (President-in-Office of the Council) and Štefan Füle (Member of the Commission) made the statements.

The following spoke: Doris Pack, on behalf of the PPE Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by William (The Earl of) Dartmouth, Emine Bozkurt, on behalf of the S&D Group, Sarah Ludford, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Marije Cornelissen, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Oldřich Vlasák, on behalf of the ECR Group, Bastiaan Belder, on behalf of the EFD Group, Ewald Stadler, Non-attached Member, Bernd Posselt, William (The Earl of) Dartmouth and Anna Ibrisagic.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Jan Kozłowski, Zita Gurmai, Jelko Kacin, Jaroslav Paška, Franz Obermayr, Boris Zala, Ivo Vajgl, Andrew Henry William Brons, who also replied to a blue-card question by Bernd Posselt and Norica Nicolai, who also replied to a blue-card question by Ewald Stadler.

The following spoke: Štefan Füle and Nicolai Wammen.

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

- Doris Pack, on behalf of the AFET Committee, on the 2011 progress report on Bosnia and Herzegovina (2011/2888(RSP)) (B7-0129/2012).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 14.3.2012, item 9.12.

(The sitting was suspended at 11.40 and resumed at 12.05.)

IN THE CHAIR: Martin SCHULZ
President

8. Statement by the President

The President made a statement on the Belgian coach crash in Switzerland on Tuesday evening, 13 March, in which at least 28 people had been killed, including 22 children. He expressed his condolences to the victims' families.

Parliament observed a minute's silence.

IN THE CHAIR: Gianni PITTELLA
Vice-President

9. 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.

9.1. European Fisheries Fund ***I (Rule 138) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1198/2006 on the European Fisheries Fund, as regards certain provisions relating to financial management for certain Member States experiencing or threatened with serious difficulties with respect to their financial stability [COM(2011)0484 - C7-0219/2011- 2011/0212(COD)] - Committee on Fisheries. Rapporteur: João Ferreira (A7-0447/2011)

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

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P7_TA(2012)0074)

9.2. Autonomous tariff quota for imports of high-quality beef ***I (Rule 138) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 617/2009 opening an autonomous tariff quota for imports of high-quality beef [COM(2011)0384 - C7-0170/2011- 2011/0169(COD)] - Committee on International Trade. Rapporteur: Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl (A7-0025/2012)

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

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P7_TA(2012)0075)

9.3. Common commercial policy ***I (vote)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending certain regulations relating to the common commercial policy as regards the procedures for the adoption of certain measures [COM(2011)0082 - C7-0069/2011- 2011/0039(COD)] - Committee on International Trade. Rapporteur: Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl (A7-0028/2012)

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

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P7_TA(2012)0076)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2012)0076)

9.4. General guidelines for the 2013 budget: Section III - Commission (vote)

Report on general guidelines for the preparation of 2013 Budget - Section III - Commission [2012/2000(BUD)] - Committee on Budgets. Rapporteur: Giovanni La Via (A7-0040/2012)

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2012)0077)

The following had spoken:

Anni Podimata and Francesco Enrico Speroni.

9.5. Mandate of the special committee on organised crime, corruption and money laundering (vote)

Proposal for a decision by the Conference of Presidents, in accordance with Rule184, on setting up a special committee on organised crime, corruption and money laundering, its powers, numerical composition and term of office (B7-0151/2012)

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

PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION

Adopted (P7_TA(2012)0078)

The following had spoken:

Rosario Crocetta, after the vote.

9.6. Judicial training (vote)

Motion for a resolution B7-0150/2012

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2012)0079)

9.7. Child labour in cocoa sector (vote)

Motion for a resolution B7-0126/2012

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2012)0080)

9.8. International Cocoa Agreement 2010 *** (Rule 138) (vote)

Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the International Cocoa Agreement 2010 [09771/2011 - C7-0206/2011- 2010/0343(NLE)] - Committee on International Trade. Rapporteur: Vital Moreira (A7-0024/2012)

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

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P7_TA(2012)0081)

Parliament consented to the conclusion of the agreement.

9.9. Addressing the EU diabetes epidemic (vote)

Motions for resolution B7-0145/2012, B7-0146/2012, B7-0147/2012 and B7-0148/2012

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

JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B7-0145/2012

(replacing B7-0145/2012, B7-0146/2012, B7-0147/2012 and B7-0148/2012):

tabled by the following Members:

Simon Busuttil, Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė, Alojz Peterle and Sirpa Pietikäinen, on behalf of the PPE Group,

Christel Schaldemose and Linda McAvan, on behalf of the S&D Group,

Sarah Ludford, Antonyia Parvanova and Frédérique Ries, on behalf of the ALDE Group,

Marina Yannakoudakis, on behalf of the ECR Group,

Marisa Matias, Patrick Le Hyaric and Younous Omarjee, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group.

Adopted (P7_TA(2012)0082)

9.10. Enlargement report for the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (vote)

Motion for a resolution B7-0127/2012/rev

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2012)0083)

9.11. Enlargement report for Iceland (vote)

Motion for a resolution B7-0125/2012

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2012)0084)

9.12. Enlargement report for Bosnia and Herzegovina (vote)

Motion for a resolution B7-0129/2012

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2012)0085)

10. 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: João Ferreira - A7-0447/2011

Kay Swinburne, Anna Rosbach, Iva Zanicchi, Roberta Angelilli, Mario Pirillo, Peter Jahr, Charles Tannock, James Nicholson and Michał Tomasz Kamiński

Report: Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl - A7-0025/2012

Kay Swinburne, Daniel Hannan, Iva Zanicchi, Charles Tannock, James Nicholson and Michał Tomasz Kamiński

Report: Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl - A7-0028/2012

Kay Swinburne, Cristiana Muscardini, Michał Tomasz Kamiński and Adam Bielan

Report: Giovanni La Via - A7-0040/2012

Kay Swinburne, Daniel Hannan, Alfredo Antoniozzi, Marina Yannakoudakis, Diane Dodds, Peter Jahr, Hannu Takkula, Michał Tomasz Kamiński and Anneli Jäätteenmäki

Judicial training - B7-0150/2012

Kay Swinburne and Michał Tomasz Kamiński

Child labour in cocoa sector - B7-0126/2012

Emma McClarkin, Andrea Zanoni, Kay Swinburne, Roberta Angelilli, Mitro Repo, Diane Dodds, Elena Băsescu and Michał Tomasz Kamiński

Recommendation: Vital Moreira - A7-0024/2012

Michał Tomasz Kamiński, Hannu Takkula and Kay Swinburne

Addressing the EU diabetes epidemic - RC-B7-0145/2012

Kay Swinburne, Marina Yannakoudakis, Roberta Angelilli, Mitro Repo, Diane Dodds, Elena Băsescu, Charles Tannock, Hannu Takkula, Michał Tomasz Kamiński and Seán Kelly

Enlargement report for the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - B7-0127/2012

Kay Swinburne, Alfredo Antoniozzi, Mitro Repo, Mario Pirillo, Dimitar Stoyanov, Elena Băsescu, Charles Tannock, Adam Bielan and Michał Tomasz Kamiński

Enlargement report for Iceland - B7-0125/2012

Kay Swinburne, Daniel Hannan, Marina Yannakoudakis, Mitro Repo, David Campbell Bannerman, Diane Dodds, Elena Băsescu and Michał Tomasz Kamiński

Enlargement report for Bosnia and Herzegovina - B7-0129/2012

Eduard Kukan, Elena Băsescu, Charles Tannock, Adam Bielan, Michał Tomasz Kamiński and Ewald Stadler

11. 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 14.00 and resumed at 15.00.)

IN THE CHAIR: Oldřich VLASÁK
Vice-President

12. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

13. Outcome of the presidential elections in Russia (debate)

Statement by the Vice-President of the Commission and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy: Outcome of the presidential elections in Russia

Villy Søvndal (President-in-Office of the Council) made the statement on behalf of Catherine Ashton (Vice-President of the Commission and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy).

The following spoke: José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, on behalf of the PPE Group, Hannes Swoboda, on behalf of the S&D Group, who also replied to three blue-card questions by Marek Henryk Migalski, Ewald Stadler and Bart Staes, Kristiina Ojuland, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Werner Schulz, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Paweł Robert Kowal, on behalf of the ECR Group, Helmut Scholz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Niki Tzavela, on behalf of the EFD Group, Andreas Mölzer, Non-attached Member, Ria Oomen-Ruijten, Knut Fleckenstein, Edward McMillan-Scott, Michał Tomasz Kamiński, Nick Griffin, Elmar Brok, who also replied to two blue-card questions by Werner Schulz and Ewald Stadler, Justas Vincas Paleckis, Marek Henryk Migalski, Ewald Stadler, who also replied to a blue-card question by Marek Henryk Migalski, Krzysztof Lisek, Boris Zala, Nadezhda Neynsky, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi and Lena Kolarska-Bobińska.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Francisco José Millán Mon, Corina Creţu, Norica Nicolai, Laima Liucija Andrikienė, Jaroslav Paška, Tunne Kelam, Andrew Henry William Brons, Liisa Jaakonsaari and Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris.

The following spoke: Villy Søvndal.

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

- Hannes Swoboda, on behalf of the AFET Committee, on the outcome of the presidential elections in Russia (2012/2573(RSP)) (B7-0177/2012).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 15.3.2012, item 11.3.

14. Kazakhstan (debate)

Statement by the Vice-President of the Commission and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy: Kazakhstan

Villy Søvndal (President-in-Office of the Council) made the statement on behalf of Catherine Ashton (High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the Commission).

The following spoke: Paolo Bartolozzi, on behalf of the PPE Group.

IN THE CHAIR: László SURJÁN
Vice-President

The following spoke: Liisa Jaakonsaari, on behalf of the S&D Group, Norica Nicolai, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Nicole Kiil-Nielsen, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Janusz Wojciechowski, on behalf of the ECR Group, Paul Murphy, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Bastiaan Belder, on behalf of the EFD Group, Andreas Mölzer, Non-attached Member, who also replied to a blue-card question by Janusz Wojciechowski, Elisabeth Jeggle, Alexander Mirsky, Leonidas Donskis, Keith Taylor, Paweł Robert Kowal, Miloslav Ransdorf, who also replied to a blue-card question by Krzysztof Lisek, Piotr Borys, who also replied to two blue-card questions by Miloslav Ransdorf and Nicole Kiil-Nielsen, Katarína Neveďalová, Kristiina Ojuland, Anna Ibrisagic, Kristian Vigenin, who also replied to a blue-card question by Miloslav Ransdorf, Metin Kazak, Krzysztof Lisek, Ana Gomes, Joachim Zeller, Evgeni Kirilov, Andrzej Grzyb, Maria Eleni Koppa, who also replied to a blue-card question by Cristiana Muscardini, Ria Oomen-Ruijten, Libor Rouček, Elena Băsescu, Jacek Protasiewicz and Cristiana Muscardini.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Herbert Dorfmann, Richard Howitt, Charles Tannock and Jaroslav Paška.

The following spoke: Villy Søvndal.

Motions for resolutions to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 110(2):

- Charles Tannock, Janusz Wojciechowski, Valdemar Tomaševski, Ryszard Antoni Legutko, Ryszard Czarnecki and Tomasz Piotr Poręba, on behalf of the ECR Group, on Kazakhstan (2012/2553(RSP)) (B7-0135/2012);

- José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Elmar Brok, Ioannis Kasoulides, Elisabeth Jeggle, Cristian Dan Preda, Mario Mauro, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, Joachim Zeller, Paolo Bartolozzi, Krzysztof Lisek, Eduard Kukan, Ria Oomen-Ruijten, Paweł Zalewski, Francisco José Millán Mon, Marietta Giannakou, Jacek Protasiewicz, Andrzej Grzyb, Alf Svensson, Anna Ibrisagic, Kinga Gál, Elena Băsescu, Piotr Borys, Traian Ungureanu, Peter Šťastný and Inese Vaidere, on behalf of the PPE Group, on the situation in Kazakhstan (2012/2553(RSP)) (B7-0140/2012);

- Norica Nicolai, Leonidas Donskis, Marietje Schaake, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, Graham Watson and Marielle de Sarnez, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the situation in Kazakhstan (2012/2553(RSP)) (B7-0141/2012);

- Liisa Jaakonsaari and Ana Gomes, on behalf of the S&D Group, on Kazakhstan (2012/2553(RSP)) (B7-0142/2012);

- Nicole Kiil-Nielsen, Barbara Lochbihler, Bart Staes and Keith Taylor, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on Kazakhstan (2012/2553(RSP)) (B7-0143/2012);

- Paul Murphy, Søren Bo Søndergaard and Marie-Christine Vergiat, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on Kazakhstan (2012/2553(RSP)) (B7-0144/2012).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 15.3.2012, item 11.4.

15. Situation in Nigeria (debate)

Statement by the Vice-President of the Commission and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy: Situation in Nigeria

Villy Søvndal (President-in-Office of the Council) made the statement on behalf of Catherine Ashton (Vice-President of the Commission and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy).

The following spoke: Mario Mauro, on behalf of the PPE Group, and Véronique De Keyser, on behalf of the S&D Group.

IN THE CHAIR: Othmar KARAS
Vice-President

The following spoke: Marietje Schaake, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Judith Sargentini, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Charles Tannock, on behalf of the ECR Group, Fiorello Provera, on behalf of the EFD Group, and Ewald Stadler, Non-attached Member.

The following spoke: Villy Søvndal.

The following spoke: Ria Oomen-Ruijten, Ricardo Cortés Lastra, Charles Goerens, Jean Lambert, Bastiaan Belder, Diane Dodds, Filip Kaczmarek, Thijs Berman, Niccolò Rinaldi, Barbara Lochbihler, Zbigniew Ziobro, Gay Mitchell, Corina Creţu, Alojz Peterle, Michèle Striffler, Cristian Dan Preda, Bogusław Sonik, Alf Svensson, Peter Šťastný, Sari Essayah, Elmar Brok and Konrad Szymański

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Andrew Henry William Brons and Elena Băsescu.

The following spoke: Andris Piebalgs (Member of the Commission).

Motions for resolutions to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 110(2):

- Charles Tannock, Peter van Dalen, Tomasz Piotr Poręba, Konrad Szymański, Ryszard Antoni Legutko and Ryszard Czarnecki, on behalf of the ECR Group, on the situation in Nigeria (2012/2550(RSP)) (B7-0131/2012);

- Judith Sargentini and Raül Romeva i Rueda, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the situation in Nigeria (2012/2550(RSP)) (B7-0133/2012);

- Fiorello Provera, Rolandas Paksas, Lorenzo Fontana, Oreste Rossi, Claudio Morganti, Mara Bizzotto, Nikolaos Salavrakos and Niki Tzavela, on behalf of the EFD Group, on the situation in Nigeria (2012/2550(RSP)) (B7-0134/2012);

- Marietje Schaake, Kristiina Ojuland, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, Johannes Cornelis van Baalen, Graham Watson and Marielle de Sarnez, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the situation in Nigeria (2012/2550(RSP)) (B7-0137/2012);

- Mario Mauro, Alojz Peterle, Filip Kaczmarek, Michèle Striffler, Bogusław Sonik, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Gay Mitchell, Cristian Dan Preda, Laima Liucija Andrikienė, Santiago Fisas Ayxela and Ria Oomen-Ruijten, on behalf of the PPE Group, on the situation in Nigeria (2012/2550(RSP)) (B7-0138/2012);

- Willy Meyer, Patrick Le Hyaric and Marie-Christine Vergiat, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the situation in Nigeria (2012/2550(RSP)) (B7-0139/2012);

- Véronique De Keyser, Ana Gomes, Ricardo Cortés Lastra, Richard Howitt and Michael Cashman, on behalf of the S&D Group, on the situation in Nigeria (2012/2550(RSP)) (B7-0149/2012).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 15.3.2012, item 11.5.

16. Situation in Belarus (debate)

Statement by the Vice-President of the Commission and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy: Situation in Belarus

Andris Piebalgs (Member of the Commission) made the statement on behalf of Catherine Ashton (High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the Commission).

The following spoke: Jacek Protasiewicz, on behalf of the PPE Group, Libor Rouček, on behalf of the S&D Group, Kristiina Ojuland, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Werner Schulz, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Marek Henryk Migalski, on behalf of the ECR Group, Krišjānis Kariņš, Kristian Vigenin, Ivars Godmanis, Paweł Robert Kowal, Inese Vaidere and Justas Vincas Paleckis.

IN THE CHAIR: Roberta ANGELILLI
Vice-President

The following spoke: Filip Kaczmarek, Kyriakos Mavronikolas, Peter Šťastný and Corina Creţu.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Sari Essayah, Elena Băsescu, Krzysztof Lisek and Norica Nicolai.

The following spoke: Andris Piebalgs.

Motions for resolutions to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 110(2):

- Véronique De Keyser, Libor Rouček, Justas Vincas Paleckis, Kristian Vigenin and Marek Siwiec, on behalf of the S&D Group, on the situation in Belarus (2012/2581(RSP)) (B7-0178/2012);

- Kristiina Ojuland, Ivo Vajgl, Ivars Godmanis and Sonia Alfano, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the situation in Belarus (2012/2581(RSP)) (B7-0179/2012);

- Helmut Scholz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on Belarus (2012/2581(RSP)) (B7-0180/2012);

- José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Vytautas Landsbergis, Jacek Protasiewicz, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, Peter Šťastný, Arnaud Danjean, Krzysztof Lisek, Ioannis Kasoulides, Cristian Dan Preda, Andrzej Grzyb, Tunne Kelam, Filip Kaczmarek and Lena Kolarska-Bobińska, on behalf of the PPE Group, on the situation in Belarus (2012/2581(RSP)) (B7-0181/2012);

- Werner Schulz and Elisabeth Schroedter, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group; on the situation in Belarus (2012/2581(RSP)) (B7-0182/2012);

- Charles Tannock, Marek Henryk Migalski, Paweł Robert Kowal, Ryszard Antoni Legutko, Tomasz Piotr Poręba, Ryszard Czarnecki and Michał Tomasz Kamiński, on behalf of the ECR Group, on the situation in Belarus (2012/2581(RSP)) (B7-0183/2012);

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 15.3.2012, item 11.6.

17. Composition of committees and delegations

The Chair had received the following requests for appointments from the S&D, ALDE and EFD Groups:

JURI Committee: Rebecca Elisabeth Taylor

PETI Committee: Rebecca Elisabeth Taylor

Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean: Edward Scicluna replacing Olga Sehnalová

Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly: Libor Rouček replacing Hannes Swoboda

Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee: Morten Messerschmidt replacing Niki Tzavela

Delegation for relations with Israel: Niki Tzavela replacing Morten Messerschmidt

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

18. Maritime piracy (debate)

Commission statement: Maritime piracy

Andris Piebalgs (Member of the Commission) made the statement.

The following spoke: Georgios Koumoutsakos, on behalf of the PPE Group, Saïd El Khadraoui, on behalf of the S&D Group, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Keith Taylor, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Peter van Dalen, on behalf of the ECR Group, Younous Omarjee, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Juozas Imbrasas, on behalf of the EFD Group, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, to put a blue-card question toYounous Omarjee, who replied, Mathieu Grosch, Ana Gomes, who also replied to a blue-card question by Peter van Dalen, Nathalie Griesbeck, Geoffrey Van Orden, who also replied to a blue-card question by Georgios Koumoutsakos, Georgios Toussas, Michael Gahler, Maria Eleni Koppa, Phil Bennion, Inês Cristina Zuber, Carlo Fidanza, Ricardo Cortés Lastra, Corien Wortmann-Kool, Spyros Danellis, Dominique Vlasto, Debora Serracchiani, Maria do Céu Patrão Neves, Mario Mauro and Potito Salatto.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Elena Băsescu, Barbara Matera, Marco Scurria, Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris, Janusz Władysław Zemke and Licia Ronzulli.

The following spoke: Andris Piebalgs.

The debate closed.

The motions for resolutions to be tabled in accordance with Rule 110 (2) would be announced at a later date.

Vote: during the next part-session.

19. Agenda of the next sitting

The agenda of the next day's sitting had been established ('Agenda' PE 483.918 OJJE).

20. Closure of the sitting

The sitting closed at 21.10.

The following signed:

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