IN THE CHAIR: László SURJÁN
Vice-President

1. Opening of the sitting

The sitting opened at 8.35.

2. Documents received

The following documents had been received:

1) from the Council and Commission

- Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on a European Union energy-efficiency labelling programme for office equipment amending Regulation (EC) No 106/2008 on a Community energy-efficiency labelling programme for office equipment (COM(2012)0109 - C7-0077/2012 - 2012/0049(COD))
The President would consult the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on this proposal, in accordance with Rule 124(1) and Rule 125(1).

- Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund (COM(2012)0126 - C7-0078/2012 - 2012/2051(BUD))

- Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the implementation of the Agreements concluded by the EU following negotiations in the framework of Article XXVIII of GATT1994, amending and supplementing Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (COM(2012)0115 - C7-0079/2012 - 2012/0054(COD))

- Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2009/16/EC on port State control (COM(2012)0129 - C7-0081/2012 - 2012/0062(COD))
The President would consult the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on this proposal, in accordance with Rule 124(1) and Rule 125(1).

- Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on ship recycling (COM(2012)0118 - C7-0082/2012 - 2012/0055(COD))
The President would consult the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on this proposal, in accordance with Rule 124(1) and Rule 125(1).

- Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning flag State responsibilities for the enforcement of Council Directive 2009/13/EC implementing the Agreement concluded by the European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA) and the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) on the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, and amending Directive 1999/63/EC (COM(2012)0134 - C7-0083/2012 - 2012/0065(COD))
The President would consult the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on this proposal, in accordance with Rule 124(1) and Rule 125(1).

- Proposal for a Council decision on the accession of the European Union to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia (07434/2012 - C7-0085/2012 - 2012/0028(NLE))

- Draft amending budget No 1 to the general budget for 2012: Council position of 26 March 2012 (08136/2012 - C7-0088/2012 - 2012/2011(BUD))

2) from Members

2.1) Motions for resolutions (Rule 120)

- Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris. Motion for a resolution on the impact of photovoltaic plants on grassland (B7-0186/2012)
referred to responsible: ITRE

- Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris. Motion for a resolution on future tidal power plants (B7-0192/2012)
referred to responsible: ITRE

2.2) Proposal for a recommendation (Rule 121)

- Frieda Brepoels, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group. Proposal for a recommendation to the Council on the UN principle of the 'responsibility to protect' (B7-0191/2012)
referred to responsible: AFET

2.3) Proposal for amendment of the Rules of Procedure (Rule 212)

- Francesco Enrico Speroni. Proposal for amendment of Parliament's rules of procedure Insertion of a new Rule 42a (Initiative pursuant to Article 48(2) of the Treaty on European Union) (B7-0193/2012)
referred to responsible: AFCO

3. Food distribution to the most deprived persons in the Union (debate)

Commission statement: Food distribution to the most deprived persons in the Union

Olli Rehn (Vice-President of the Commission) made the statement.

The following spoke: Czesław Adam Siekierski, on behalf of the PPE Group, Pervenche Berès, on behalf of the S&D Group, Marian Harkin, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Marije Cornelissen, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Gabriele Zimmer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Juozas Imbrasas, on behalf of the EFD Group, Krisztina Morvai, Non-attached Member, Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris, Paolo De Castro, George Lyon, Karima Delli, Patrick Le Hyaric, Elisabeth Morin-Chartier, Frédéric Daerden, Martin Häusling, Inês Cristina Zuber, Esther Herranz García, Daciana Octavia Sârbu and Maria do Céu Patrão Neves.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, María Irigoyen Pérez, Seán Kelly, Enrique Guerrero Salom and Romana Jordan.

The following spoke: Olli Rehn.

The debate closed.

4. European Investment Bank - annual report 2010 (debate)

Report on the European Investment Bank (EIB) - Annual Report 2010 [2011/2186(INI)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Iliana Ivanova (A7-0058/2012)

Iliana Ivanova introduced the report.

The following spoke: Werner Hoyer (President of the European Investment Bank) and Olli Rehn (Vice-President of the Commission).

The following spoke: Bart Staes (rapporteur for the opinion of the DEVE Committee), Syed Kamall (rapporteur for the opinion of the ECON Committee), Crescenzio Rivellini (rapporteur for the opinion of the ENVI Committee), Ingeborg Gräßle, on behalf of the PPE Group, Zuzana Brzobohatá, on behalf of the S&D Group, Michael Theurer, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Ryszard Czarnecki, on behalf of the ECR Group, Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, George Sabin Cutaş, Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, Vicky Ford and Cătălin Sorin Ivan.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Seán Kelly, Mojca Kleva, Claudio Morganti, Andrew Henry William Brons, Petru Constantin Luhan and Monika Flašíková Beňová.

In the Chair: Alejo VIDAL-QUADRAS
Vice-President

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Jaroslav Paška.

The following spoke: Olli Rehn, Werner Hoyer and Iliana Ivanova.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 29.3.2012, item 9.16.

5. EU citizenship report 2010 (debate)

Report on the EU Citizenship Report 2010: Dismantling the obstacles to EU citizens’ rights [2011/2182(INI)] - Committee on Petitions. Rapporteur: Adina-Ioana Vălean (A7-0047/2012)

Adina-Ioana Vălean introduced the report.

The following spoke: Olli Rehn (Vice-President of the Commission).

The following spoke: Louis Grech (rapporteur for the opinion of the IMCO Committee), Morten Løkkegaard (rapporteur for the opinion of the CULT Committee), Tatjana Ždanoka (rapporteur for the opinion of the LIBE Committee), Zita Gurmai (rapporteur for the opinion of the AFCO Committee), Philippe Boulland, on behalf of the PPE Group, Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, on behalf of the S&D Group, Cecilia Wikström, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Margrete Auken, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Marek Henryk Migalski, on behalf of the ECR Group, Nikolaos Salavrakos, on behalf of the EFD Group, Mike Nattrass, Non-attached Member, Erminia Mazzoni, Michael Cashman, Anneli Jäätteenmäki, Mara Bizzotto, Andrew Henry William Brons, Simon Busuttil, Enrique Guerrero Salom, Frank Vanhecke and Heinz K. Becker.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Csaba Sógor, Monika Flašíková Beňová, Petru Constantin Luhan, Anna Záborská, Silvia-Adriana Ţicău, Tatjana Ždanoka and Jean-Pierre Audy.

The following spoke: Antonio Tajani (Vice-President of the Commission) and Adina-Ioana Vălean.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 29.3.2012, item 9.17.

(The sitting was suspended at 11.20 pending voting time and resumed at 11.30.)

IN THE CHAIR: Isabelle DURANT
Vice-President

6. Other business

The following spoke: Carl Schlyter, to indicate that he had been present the previous day but that his name did not appear on the attendance register.

The following spoke: Véronique De Keyser, to request that the President of Parliament intervene urgently with the Indian authorities to prevent the execution of Balwant Singh, who had been sentenced to death. (The President said she would relay that request to the President of Parliament.)

The following spoke: Alejandro Cercas, to declare his solidarity and that of the other Spanish S&D members with the strike action taking place in Spain.

The following spoke: Thijs Berman, to request that the President condemn the recent coup d'état in Mali, and to welcome the smooth running of the elections in Senegal and the election of the new President of Senegal.

7. 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.

7.1. International Rubber Study Group *** (Rule 138) (vote)

Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion by the European Union of the amended Constitution and Rules of Procedure of the International Rubber Study Group [13123/2011 - C7-0332/2011- 2011/0116(NLE)] - Committee on International Trade. Rapporteur: Vital Moreira (A7-0060/2012)

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

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P7_TA-PROV(2012)0098)

Parliament gave its consent to the conclusion by the European Union of the amended Constitution and Rules of Procedure of the International Rubber Study Group.

7.2. Rights of people travelling by air (Rule 138) (vote)

Report on the functioning and application of established rights of people travelling by air [2011/2150(INI)] - Committee on Transport and Tourism. Rapporteur: Keith Taylor (A7-0053/2012)

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P7_TA-PROV(2012)0099)

7.3. Request for defence of Mr Luigi de Magistris's parliamentary immunity (Rule 138) (vote)

Report on the request for defence of the immunity and privileges of Luigi de Magistris [2011/2064(IMM)] - Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: Bernhard Rapkay (A7-0070/2012)

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

PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION

Adopted by single vote (P7_TA-PROV(2012)0100)

7.4. Request for defence of Mr Luigi de Magistris's parliamentary immunity (Rule 138) (vote)

Report on the request for defence of the immunity and privileges of Luigi de Magistris [2011/2097(IMM)] - Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: Bernhard Rapkay (A7-0073/2012)

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

PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION

Adopted by single vote (P7_TA-PROV(2012)0101)

7.5. Request for defence of Mr Luigi de Magistris's parliamentary immunity (Rule 138) (vote)

Report on the request for defence of the immunity and privileges of Luigi de Magistris [2011/2098(IMM)] - Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: Bernhard Rapkay (A7-0074/2012)

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

PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION

Adopted by single vote (P7_TA-PROV(2012)0102)

7.6. Request for defence of Mr Luigi de Magistris's parliamentary immunity (Rule 138) (vote)

Report on the request for defence of the immunity and privileges of Luigi de Magistris [2011/2189(IMM)] - Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: Bernhard Rapkay (A7-0075/2012)

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

PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION

Adopted by single vote (P7_TA-PROV(2012)0103)

7.7. European Refugee Fund 2008 to 2013 ***II (vote)

Recommendation for second reading on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Decision No 573/2007/EC establishing the European Refugee Fund for the period 2008 to 2013 as part of the General programme "Solidarity and Management of Migration Flows" [06444/2/2012 - C7-0072/2012- 2009/0127(COD)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Rui Tavares (A7-0063/2012)

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

COUNCIL POSITION

Declared approved (P7_TA-PROV(2012)0104)

The following had spoken:

Rui Tavares (rapporteur), before the vote.

8. Signature of acts adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure

The President would sign the following act, with the President of the Council, pursuant to Rule 74, that afternoon:

- Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Decision No 573/2007/EC establishing the European Refugee Fund for the period 2008 to 2013 as part of the General programme 'Solidarity and Management of Migration Flows' (00013/2012/LEX - C7-0080/2012 - 2009/0127(COD)).

9.1. Control of exports, transfer, brokering and transit of dual use items ***II (vote)

Recommendation for second reading on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 setting up a Community regime for the control of exports, transfer, brokering and transit of dual use items [18144/1/2011 - C7-0070/2012 - 2010/0262(COD)] - Committee on International Trade. Rapporteur: Vital Moreira (A7-0078/2012)

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

COUNCIL POSITION

Declared approved (P7_TA-PROV(2012)0105)

9.2. Derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories ***I (final vote)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories [COM(2010)0484 - C7-0265/2010- 2010/0250(COD)] - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Werner Langen (A7-0223/2011)

The debate had been held on 4 July 2011 (minutes of 4.7.2011, item 19).

The vote on the draft legislative resolution (Rule 57(2)) had been postponed on 5 July 2011 (minutes of 5.7.2011, item 7.15).

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

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P7_TA-PROV(2012)0106)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA-PROV(2012)0106)

The following had spoken:

Before the vote, Antonio Tajani (Vice-President of the Commission) to give the Commission's position on the amendments, Werner Langen (rapporteur) and Sharon Bowles (Chair of the ECON Committee) on the Commission's position.

9.3. Minimum health and safety requirements regarding the exposure of workers to the risks arising from physical agents (electromagnetic fields) ***I (vote)

Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2004/40/EC on minimum health and safety requirements regarding the exposure of workers to the risks arising from physical agents (electromagnetic fields) (eighteenth individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC) [COM(2012)0015 - C7-0020/2012- 2012/0003(COD)] - Committee on Employment and Social Affairs. Rapporteur: Elisabeth Morin-Chartier (A7-0042/2012)

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

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P7_TA-PROV(2012)0107)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA-PROV(2012)0107)

9.4. Administrative cooperation in the field of excise duties * (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council regulation on Administrative Cooperation in the field of excise duties [COM(2011)0730 - C7-0447/2011- 2011/0330(CNS)] - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: David Casa (A7-0044/2012)

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

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P7_TA-PROV(2012)0108)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA-PROV(2012)0108)

9.5. Estimates of revenue and expenditure for 2013 - Section I - Parliament (vote)

Report on Parliament's estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2013 [2012/2006(BUD)] - Committee on Budgets. Rapporteur: Derek Vaughan (A7-0062/2012)

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA-PROV(2012)0109)

9.6. Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: Application EGF/2011/006 ES/Comunidad Valenciana - Construction of buildings, Spain (vote)

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/2011/006 ES/Comunidad Valenciana - Construction of buildings from Spain) [COM(2012)0053 - C7-0044/2012- 2012/2023(BUD)] - Committee on Budgets. Rapporteur: Barbara Matera (A7-0066/2012)

(Simple majority required for adopting amendments)
(Qualified majority and 3/5 of the votes cast are required for adopting the motion for a resolution)
(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 13)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA-PROV(2012)0110)

9.7. Amendment of the Rules of Procedure changing relationships between the European Parliament and the institutions representing the national governments (vote)

Report on amending the Rules of Procedure to take into account the changing relationships between the European Parliament and the institutions representing the national governments following the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty [2011/2266(REG)] - Committee on Constitutional Affairs. Rapporteur: Alain Lamassoure (A7-0039/2012)

(Qualified majority required for adoption the amendments)
(Simple majority required for adopting the proposal for a decision)
(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 14)

PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION

Adopted (P7_TA-PROV(2012)0111)

The new provisions would enter into force on the first day of the next part-session.

9.8. Situation in Belarus (vote)

The debate had been held on 14 March 2012 (minutes of 14.3.2012, item 16).

The vote was postponed from 15 March 2012 (minutes of 15.3.2012, item 11.6).

Motions for resolution B7-0178/2012, B7-0179/2012, B7-0180/2012, B7-0181/2012, B7-0182/2012 and B7-0183/2012

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

JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B7-0178/2012

(replacing B7-0178/2012, B7-0179/2012, B7-0181/2012, B7-0182/2012 and B7-0183/2012):

tabled by the following Members:

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, Lena Kolarska-Bobińska, Alojz Peterle and Ria Oomen-Ruijten, on behalf of the PPE Group,

Véronique De Keyser, Libor Rouček, Justas Vincas Paleckis, Kristian Vigenin and Marek Siwiec, on behalf of the S&D Group,

Kristiina Ojuland, Ivo Vajgl, Ivars Godmanis, Sonia Alfano, Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy, Marietje Schaake and Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck, on behalf of the ALDE Group,

Werner Schulz, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group,

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

Adopted (P7_TA-PROV(2012)0112)

(Motion for a resolution B7-0180/2012 fell.)

The following had spoken:

Marek Henryk Migalski, Jacek Protasiewicz, Kristian Vigenin and Gerard Batten, before the vote.

9.9. Appointments to the special committee on organized crime, corruption and money laundering (vote)

Proposal by the Conference of Presidents on the appointments to the special committee on organised crime, corruption and money laundering

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

PROPOSAL BY THE CONFERENCE OF PRESIDENTS

Declared approved (minutes of 28.3.2012annex 1)

9.10. European Endowment for Democracy (vote)

Report with a proposal for a European Parliament recommendation to the Council on the modalities for the possible establishment of a European Endowment for Democracy (EED) [2011/2245(INI)] - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: Alexander Graf Lambsdorff (A7-0061/2012)

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

PROPOSAL FOR A RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL

Adopted (P7_TA-PROV(2012)0113)

9.11. Enlargement report for Serbia (vote)

Motion for a resolution B7-0188/2012

(Simple majority)
(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 18)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA-PROV(2012)0114)

The following had spoken:

Jelko Kacin, before the vote.

9.12. Enlargement report for Kosovo (vote)

Motion for a resolution B7-0187/2012

(Simple majority)
(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 19)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA-PROV(2012)0115)

The following had spoken:

Ulrike Lunacek, before the vote, to ask the S&D to agree that Amendment 13 should be moved if it were adopted and Libor Rouček, on behalf of the S&D Group, against this request.

Ulrike Lunacek, to move an oral amendment to Amendment 3, which was accepted.

9.13. Enlargement report for Turkey (vote)

Motion for a resolution B7-0189/2012

(Simple majority)
(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 20)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA-PROV(2012)0116)

The following had spoken:

Ria Oomen-Ruijten, to move an oral amendment to Amendment 26, which was accepted.

Raimon Obiols, to move an oral amendment to Amendment 14, and Alexander Graf Lambsdorff in support of this proposal. The oral amendment was accepted.

William (The Earl of) Dartmouth, to move an oral amendment to paragraph 58, which was not accepted as more than 40 Members objected, and Ria Oomen-Ruijten, on this proposed amendment.

9.14. Enlargement report for Montenegro (vote)

Motion for a resolution B7-0190/2012

(Simple majority)
(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 21)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA-PROV(2012)0117)

9.15. Corporate governance framework for European companies (vote)

Report on a corporate governance framework for European companies [2011/2181(INI)] - Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: Sebastian Valentin Bodu (A7-0051/2012)

(Simple majority)
(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 22)

ALTERNATIVE MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION by the S&D and Verts/ALE Groups

Rejected

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION by the JURI Committee

Adopted (P7_TA-PROV(2012)0118)

The following had spoken:

Sebastian Valentin Bodu (rapporteur), to move an oral amendment to Amendment 1, which was accepted.

9.16. European Investment Bank - annual report 2010 (vote)

Report on the European Investment Bank (EIB) - Annual Report 2010 [2011/2186(INI)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Iliana Ivanova (A7-0058/2012)

(Simple majority)
(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 23)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA-PROV(2012)0119)

The following had spoken:

Robert Goebbels, to request an electronic vote on the second part of paragraph 89. The request was not accepted as the amendment had already been put to the vote.

9.17. EU citizenship report 2010 (vote)

Report on the EU Citizenship Report 2010: Dismantling the obstacles to EU citizens’ rights [2011/2182(INI)] - Committee on Petitions. Rapporteur: Adina-Ioana Vălean (A7-0047/2012)

(Simple majority)
(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 24)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA-PROV(2012)0120)

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The following spoke: Alexander Graf Lambsdorff to clarify the procedure concerning his report (A7-0061/2012).

10. Verification of credentials

On a proposal from the JURI Committee, Parliament validated the mandates of Petri Sarvamaa, with effect from 1 March 2012, and Rebecca Taylor, with effect from 8 March 2012.

11. Composition of committees and delegations

The President had received the following requests for appointment from the PPE, S&D and ALDE Groups and from the non-attached Members' secretariat:

Committee on Budgetary Control: Jiří Havel to replace Andrea Cozzolino

Committee on Petitions: Rebecca Taylor was no longer a full member

Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees and Delegation for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia: Michel Dantin to replace Csaba Őry

Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN): Csaba Őry to replace Michel Dantin

Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee: María Irigoyen Pérez to replace María Muñiz De Urquiza and Nicole Sinclaire to replace Francisco Sosa Wagner

Delegation for relations with the Andean Community: María Muñiz De Urquiza to replace María Irigoyen Pérez

Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean: Franz Obermayr

Delegation for relations with India: Krisztina Morvai

Delegation for relations with the United States: Trevor Colman to replace Krisztina Morvai

Delegation for relations with South Africa: Daniël van der Stoep

Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly: Nicole Sinclaire to replace Francisco Sosa Wagner

Delegation for relations with Switzerland and Norway, to the EU-Iceland Joint Parliamentary Committee and to the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee: Silvana Koch-Mehrin

Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council: Maria Eleni Koppa to replace Spyros Danellis

Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee: Francisco Sosa Wagner

Delegation for relations with Japan: Mike Nattrass

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

12. 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:

Recommendation for second reading: Rui Tavares - A7-0063/2012

Kay Swinburne, Daniël van der Stoep, Daniel Hannan, Michał Tomasz Kamiński, James Nicholson, Charles Tannock, Hannu Takkula and David Campbell Bannerman

Report: Werner Langen - A7-0223/2011

Daniel Hannan, Michał Tomasz Kamiński, James Nicholson, Elena Băsescu, Syed Kamall and Mario Borghezio

Report: Derek Vaughan - A7-0062/2012

Kay Swinburne, Daniël van der Stoep, Daniel Hannan, Emma McClarkin, Michał Tomasz Kamiński, Anna Záborská, Marian Harkin, Bernd Posselt, Syed Kamall and Seán Kelly

Situation in Belarus - RC-B7-0178/2012

Kay Swinburne, Daniël van der Stoep, Daniel Hannan, Michał Tomasz Kamiński, Andrzej Grzyb, James Nicholson, Charles Tannock and Bernd Posselt

Enlargement report for Serbia - B7-0188/2012

Daniël van der Stoep, Daniel Hannan, Kay Swinburne, Michał Tomasz Kamiński, Andrzej Grzyb, Mitro Repo, Charles Tannock, Elena Băsescu and Bernd Posselt

Enlargement report for Kosovo - B7-0187/2012

Daniël van der Stoep, Daniel Hannan, Kay Swinburne, Michał Tomasz Kamiński, Mitro Repo and Elena Băsescu

Enlargement report for Turkey - B7-0189/2012

Daniël van der Stoep, Daniel Hannan, Kay Swinburne, Marina Yannakoudakis, Michał Tomasz Kamiński, Mitro Repo, Antonio Masip Hidalgo, Elena Băsescu and Bendt Bendtsen

Enlargement report for Montenegro - B7-0190/2012

Daniël van der Stoep, Kay Swinburne and Michał Tomasz Kamiński

Report: Sebastian Valentin Bodu - A7-0051/2012

Daniël van der Stoep, Bendt Bendtsen, Emma McClarkin, Michał Tomasz Kamiński and Elena Băsescu

Report: Iliana Ivanova - A7-0058/2012

Kay Swinburne, Daniël van der Stoep, Marina Yannakoudakis, Michał Tomasz Kamiński and Elena Băsescu

Report: Adina-Ioana Vălean - A7-0047/2012

Kay Swinburne, Daniël van der Stoep, Marina Yannakoudakis, Michał Tomasz Kamiński, Mitro Repo, Charles Tannock, Elena Băsescu, Marian Harkin and David Campbell Bannerman.

13. Corrections to votes and voting intentions

Corrections to votes and voting intentions appear on the 'Séance en direct' website under 'Votes'/'Results of votes'/'Roll-call votes'. They are published in hard copy in the Result of roll-call votes annex.

The electronic version on Europarl will be regularly updated for a maximum of two weeks after the day of the vote concerned.

After the two-week deadline has passed, the list of corrections to votes and voting intentions will be finalised so that it can be translated and published in the Official Journal.

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

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

15. Forwarding of texts adopted during the sitting

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

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

16. Dates of forthcoming sittings

The next sittings would be held from 17 to 20 April 2012.

17. Adjournment of the session

The session of the European Parliament was adjourned.

The sitting closed at 13.50.

The following signed:

Abad, Áder, Albertini, Albrecht, Alfano, Alfonsi, Allam, Alves, Andersdotter, Andreasen, Andrikienė, Angourakis, Antinoro, Antonescu, Antoniozzi, Arias Echeverría, Arif, Arlacchi, Arsenis, Ashworth, Attard-Montalto, Auconie, Audy, Margrete Auken, Ayala Sender, Aylward, Ayuso, Bach, Badia i Cutchet, Bagó, Balz, Balzani, Bartolozzi, Băsescu, Bastos, Batten, Bauer, Bearder, Becker, Belder, Benarab-Attou, Bendtsen, Bennahmias, Bennion, Berès, Berlato, Berlinguer, Berman, Besset, Bielan, Bilbao Barandica, Binev, Bisky, Bizzotto, Blinkevičiūtė, Bloom, Bodu, Böge, Bokros, Bonsignore, Borghezio, Borys, Boştinaru, Boulland, Bové, Bowles, Bozkurt, Bradbourn, Brantner, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Brons, Brzobohatá, Bufton, Bullmann, Buşoi, Busuttil, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Cadec, Callanan, van de Camp, Campbell Bannerman, Cancian, Canfin, Capoulas Santos, Caronna, Carvalho, Casa, Cashman, Casini, Caspary, Castex, del Castillo Vera, Cavada, Chatzimarkakis, Chichester, Childers, Chountis, Christensen, Chrysogelos, Claeys, Clark, Cochet, Coelho, Cofferati, Collin-Langen, Comi, Corazza Bildt, Cornelissen, Correa Zamora, António Fernando Correia de Campos, Silvia Costa, Costello, Cramer, Creţu, Creutzmann, Crocetta, Cronberg, Cuschieri, Cutaş, Cymański, Czarnecki, Frédéric Daerden, van Dalen, Dăncilă, Danellis, Danjean, Dantin, (The Earl of) Dartmouth, Dati, Daul, David, Davies, De Angelis, De Backer, De Castro, De Keyser, Delli, Delvaux, De Mita, de Sarnez, Désir, Deß, Deutsch, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Domenici, Donskis, Dorfmann, Droutsas, Duff, Durant, Dušek, Ehler, Ehrenhauser, Eickhout, El Khadraoui, Elles, Enciu, Engel, Engström, Eppink, Ernst, Ertug, Essayah, Estaràs Ferragut, Estrela, Evans, Fajmon, Fajon, Falbr, Farage, Färm, Feio, Ferber, Fernandes, Elisa Ferreira, João Ferreira, Fidanza, Flašíková Beňová, Flautre, Fleckenstein, Florenz, Fontana, Ford, Foster, Fraga Estévez, Franco, Gál, Gallagher, Gallo, Gáll-Pelcz, García-Hierro Caraballo, García Pérez, Gardiazábal Rubial, Gardini, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gauzès, Gebhardt, Gerbrandy, Geringer de Oedenberg, Giannakou, Giegold, Gierek, Girling, Glante, Glattfelder, Godmanis, Goebbels, Goerens, Gollnisch, Gomes, Göncz, Gräßle, Grech, Grelier, Grèze, Griesbeck, Griffin, Gróbarczyk, Groote, Grosch, Grossetête, Grzyb, Guerrero Salom, Guillaume, Gurmai, Gustafsson, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gutiérrez Prieto, Hadjigeorgiou, Häfner, Haglund, Händel, Handzlik, Hankiss, Hannan, Harbour, Harkin, Hartong, Haug, Häusling, Hedh, Helmer, Herczog, Herranz García, Hibner, Higgins, Nadja Hirsch, Hoang Ngoc, Hohlmeier, Hökmark, Honeyball, Hortefeux, Howitt, Danuta Maria Hübner, Hudghton, Hughes, Hyusmenova, Iacolino, Ibrisagic, Ilchev, Imbrasas, in 't Veld, Iotova, Iovine, Irigoyen Pérez, Iturgaiz Angulo, Ivan, Ivanova, Jaakonsaari, Jäätteenmäki, Jadot, Jahr, Járóka, Jazłowiecka, Jędrzejewska, Jeggle, Jiménez-Becerril Barrio, Johansson, de Jong, Jordan, Juvin, Kacin, Kaczmarek, Kadenbach, Kalfin, Kalinowski, Kalniete, Kamall, Kamiński, Kammerevert, Karas, Kariņš, Kastler, Kazak, Kelam, Keller, Kelly, Kiil-Nielsen, Kirilov, Klaß, Kleva, Klute, Koch-Mehrin, Kohlíček, Kolarska-Bobińska, Koppa, Korhola, Köstinger, Béla Kovács, Kovatchev, Kozłowski, Kožušník, Krahmer, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhn, Kukan, Kurski, Lamassoure , Lambert, Lamberts, Lambsdorff, Landsbergis, Lange, de Lange, Langen, La Via, Le Brun, Le Grip, Legutko, Lehne, Le Hyaric, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lepage, Liberadzki, Lichtenberger, Liese, Liotard, Lisek, Lochbihler, Løkkegaard, Lope Fontagné, López Aguilar, Lösing, Ludford, Ludvigsson, Luhan, Lulling, Lunacek, Lyon, McAvan, McCarthy, McClarkin, McGuinness, McIntyre, McMillan-Scott, Macovei, Madlener, Malinov, Manders, Mănescu, Maňka, Mann, Marcinkiewicz, Marinescu, David Martin, Hans-Peter Martin, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Maštálka, Mathieu, Matias, Mato Adrover, Matula, Mauro, Mavronikolas, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Mazej Kukovič, Mazzoni, Meissner, Melo, Merkies, Messerschmidt, Mészáros, Louis Michel, Migalski, Mikolášik, Milana, Millán Mon, Miranda, Mirsky, Mitchell, Mölzer, Moraes, Moreira, Morganti, Morin-Chartier, Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė, Morvai, Motti, Mulder, Muñiz De Urquiza, Murphy, Nattrass, Neuser, Neveďalová, Newton Dunn, Neynsky, Nicholson, Nicolai, Niculescu, Niebler, Nilsson, van Nistelrooij, Nitras, Nuttall, Obermayr, Obiols, Ojuland, Olbrycht, Olejniczak, Omarjee, Ortiz Vilella, Őry, Ouzký, Oviir, Pack, Padar, Paliadeli, Pallone, Panayotov, Panzeri, Papanikolaou, Papastamkos, Pargneaux, Parvanova, Paşcu, Paška, Patrão Neves, Patriciello, Paulsen, Peillon, Peterle, Pieper, Pietikäinen, Piotrowski, Pirillo, Pirker, Pittella , Plumb, Poc, Podimata, Ponga, Poręba, Portas, Posselt, Pöttering, Poupakis, Preda, Prendergast, Prodi, Protasiewicz, Proust, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rangel, Ransdorf, Rapkay, Rapti, Regner, Reimers, Remek, Repo, Reul, Riera Madurell, Ries, Rinaldi, Riquet, Rivasi, Rivellini, Roatta, Rochefort, Rodust, Rohde, Romero López, Ronzulli, Rosbach, Rossi, Roth-Behrendt, Rouček, Rübig, Rubiks, Rühle, Šadurskis, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Salatto, Salavrakos, Salvini, Sánchez Presedo, Sanchez-Schmid, Sârbu, Sartori, Saryusz-Wolski, Sassoli, Saudargas, Savisaar-Toomast, Schaldemose, Schlyter, Olle Schmidt, Schnieber-Jastram, Scholz, Schöpflin, Schroedter, Schulz , Werner Schulz, Schwab, Scottà, Scurria, Sedó i Alabart, Seeber, Sehnalová, Senyszyn, Serracchiani, Severin, Siekierski, Silvestris, Simon, Simpson, Sinclaire, Sippel, Siwiec, Skinner, Skrzydlewska, Skylakakis, Smith, Smolková, Sógor, Sommer, Søndergaard, Sonik, Sosa Wagner, Speroni, Staes, Stassen, Šťastný, Stavrakakis, Steinruck, Stevenson, Stihler, van der Stoep, Stolojan, Strejček, Striffler, Surján, Susta, Svensson, Swinburne, Swoboda, Szájer, Szymański, Tabajdi, Takkula, Tănăsescu, Tannock, Tarabella, Tarand, Tatarella, Tavares, Keith Taylor, Rebecca Taylor, Teixeira, Terho, Thein, Theocharous, Theurer, Thomsen, Thyssen, Ţicău, Tirolien, Tőkés, Tomaševski, Tošenovský, Tremosa i Balcells, Triantaphyllides, Trzaskowski, Tsoukalas, Turmes, Turunen, Tzavela, Uggias, Ulmer, Ulvskog, Ungureanu, Urutchev, Vaidere, Vajgl, Vălean, Van Brempt, Vanhecke, Van Orden, Vattimo, Vaughan, Vergiat, Vergnaud, Verheyen, Vigenin, Vlasák, Vlasto, Voss, Wałęsa, Watson, Henri Weber, Manfred Weber, Renate Weber, Weidenholzer, Weiler, Weisgerber, Werthmann, Westlund, Westphal, Wieland, Wikström, Willmott, Wils, Hermann Winkler, Iuliu Winkler, Włosowicz, Wojciechowski, Wortmann-Kool, Yáñez-Barnuevo García, Yannakoudakis, Záborská, Zahradil, Zalba Bidegain, Zalewski, Zanicchi, Zanoni, Zasada, Ždanoka, Zeller, Zemke, Zijlstra, Zimmer, Ziobro, Zuber, Zwiefka