IN THE CHAIR: Oldřich VLASÁK
Vice-President

1. Opening of the sitting

The sitting opened at 9.00.

2. Documents received

The following documents had been received:

1) from the Council and Commission

- Special Report No 5/2012 (Discharge 2011 - "The Common External Relations Information System (CRIS)" (N7-0064/2012 - C7-0116/2012 - 2012/2091(DEC))

- Proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria on scientific and technological cooperation (08283/2012 - C7-0122/2012 - 2011/0175(NLE))

- Draft amending budget No 2 to the general budget for 2012: Council position of 15 May 2012 (09916/2012 - C7-0123/2012 - 2012/2057(BUD))

- Proposal for a Council Regulation on migration from the Schengen Information System (SIS 1+) to the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II) (recast) (COM(2012)0081 - C7-0124/2012 - 2012/0033(NLE))

2) from committees

- ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on European Standardisation and amending Council Directives 89/686/EEC and 93/15/EEC and Directives 94/9/EC, 94/25/EC, 95/16/EC, 97/23/EC, 98/34/EC, 2004/22/EC, 2007/23/EC, 2009/105/EC and 2009/23/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (COM(2011)0315 - C7-0150/2011 - 2011/0150(COD)) - IMCO Committee - Rapporteur: Lara Comi (A7-0069/2012)

- ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European system of national and regional accounts in the European Union (COM(2010)0774 - C7-0010/2011 - 2010/0374(COD)) - ECON Committee - Rapporteur: Sharon Bowles (A7-0076/2012)

- Report on a 2020 Perspective for Women in Turkey (2011/2066(INI)) - FEMM Committee - Rapporteur: Emine Bozkurt (A7-0138/2012)

- Report on EU and China: Unbalanced Trade? (2010/2301(INI)) - INTA Committee - Rapporteur: Marielle de Sarnez (A7-0141/2012)

- Report on the European Union's Internal Security Strategy (2010/2308(INI)) - LIBE Committee - Rapporteur: Rita Borsellino (A7-0143/2012)

- Report on an EU approach on criminal law (2010/2310(INI)) - LIBE Committee - Rapporteur: Cornelis de Jong (A7-0144/2012)

- ***Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Mozambique (18059/2011 - C7-0028/2012 - 2011/0378(NLE)) - PECH Committee - Rapporteur: Dolores García-Hierro Caraballo (A7-0147/2012)

- Report on amending Parliament’s Rules of Procedure with regard to the implementation of the European citizens’ initiative (2011/2302(REG)) - AFCO Committee - Rapporteur: Zita Gurmai (A7-0148/2012)

- Report on the Internal Market Scoreboard (2011/2155(INI)) - IMCO Committee - Rapporteur: Simon Busuttil (A7-0153/2012)

- *Report on the proposal for a Council directive on a common system of financial transaction tax and amending Directive 2008/7/EC (COM(2011)0594 - C7-0355/2011 - 2011/0261(CNS)) - ECON Committee - Rapporteur: Anni Podimata (A7-0154/2012)

- Report on a strategy for strengthening the rights of vulnerable consumers (2011/2272(INI)) - IMCO Committee - Rapporteur: María Irigoyen Pérez (A7-0155/2012)

- ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down general provisions for Macro-Financial Assistance to third countries (COM(2011)0396 - C7-0187/2011 - 2011/0176(COD)) - INTA Committee - Rapporteur: Metin Kazak (A7-0157/2012)

- Report on defining a new development cooperation with Latin America (2011/2286(INI)) - DEVE Committee - Rapporteur: Ricardo Cortés Lastra (A7-0159/2012)

- Report with recommendations to the Commission on application of the principle of equal pay for male and female workers for equal work or work of equal value (2011/2285(INI)) - FEMM Committee - Rapporteur: Edit Bauer (A7-0160/2012)

- Report on a resource-efficient Europe (2011/2068(INI)) - ENVI Committee - Rapporteur: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (A7-0161/2012)

3. Debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (announcement of motions for resolution tabled)

In accordance with Rule 122, the following Members or political groups had requested that such a debate be held on the following motions for resolutions:

I.   Venezuela: possible withdrawal from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

- Raül Romeva i Rueda, Catherine Grèze, Ulrike Lunacek and Ana Miranda, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the possible withdrawal of Venezuela from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (B7-0239/2012);

- Fiorello Provera, Mara Bizzotto, Oreste Rossi and Juozas Imbrasas, on behalf of the EFD Group, on Venezuela's possible withdrawal from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (B7-0240/2012);

- Véronique De Keyser, on behalf of the S&D Group, on Venezuela's possible withdrawal from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (B7-0249/2012);

- Renate Weber, Marietje Schaake, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Kristiina Ojuland, Louis Michel, Marielle de Sarnez, Robert Rochefort, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Sonia Alfano and Johannes Cornelis van Baalen, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on Venezuela: possible withdrawal from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (B7-0250/2012);

- Charles Tannock, Oldřich Vlasák, Ryszard Czarnecki, Tomasz Piotr Poręba and Ryszard Antoni Legutko, on behalf of the ECR Group, on Venezuela: possible withdrawal from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (B7-0251/2012);

- Mario Mauro, Cristian Dan Preda, Filip Kaczmarek, Roberta Angelilli, Bernd Posselt, Monica Luisa Macovei, Elena Băsescu, Eija-Riitta Korhola, Sari Essayah, Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris, Giovanni La Via, Laima Liucija Andrikienė, Eduard Kukan and Bogusław Sonik, on behalf of the PPE Group, on Venezuela's possible withdrawal from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (B7-0255/2012);

- Willy Meyer, Jacky Hénin, Nikolaos Chountis, Inês Cristina Zuber, Sabine Wils, Sabine Lösing, Jürgen Klute and Alfreds Rubiks, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on Venezuela: possible withdrawal from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (B7-0257/2012).

II.   Azerbaijan

- Ulrike Lunacek, Raül Romeva i Rueda and Rui Tavares, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the situation in Azerbaijan (B7-0252/2012);

- Charles Tannock, on behalf of the ECR Group, on Azerbaijan (B7-0253/2012);

- Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy, Marietje Schaake, Jan Mulder, Leonidas Donskis, Robert Rochefort, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Graham Watson, Johannes Cornelis van Baalen, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica and Sonia Alfano, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on Azerbaijan (B7-0254/2012);

- Véronique De Keyser, Ana Gomes, Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, Liisa Jaakonsaari and Mitro Repo, on behalf of the S&D Group, on the situation in Azerbaijan (B7-0256/2012);

- Monica Luisa Macovei, Mario Mauro, Cristian Dan Preda, Roberta Angelilli, Bernd Posselt, Elena Băsescu, Eija-Riitta Korhola, Sari Essayah, Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris, Giovanni La Via, Laima Liucija Andrikienė, Eduard Kukan and Bogusław Sonik, on behalf of the PPE Group, on Azerbaijan (B7-0258/2012);

- Marie-Christine Vergiat and Patrick Le Hyaric, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on Azerbaijan (B7-0259/2012).

III.   Situation of North Korean refugees

- Fiorello Provera, Mara Bizzotto, Oreste Rossi and Juozas Imbrasas, on behalf of the EFD Group, on the situation of North Korean refugees (B7-0241/2012);

- Gerald Häfner, Rui Tavares and Raül Romeva i Rueda, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on North Korean refugees (B7-0260/2012);

- Jelko Kacin, Fiona Hall, Marietje Schaake, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Kristiina Ojuland, Robert Rochefort, Edward McMillan-Scott, Louis Michel, Marielle de Sarnez, Leonidas Donskis, Johannes Cornelis van Baalen, Sonia Alfano and Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the situation of North Korean refugees (B7-0261/2012);

- Véronique De Keyser, Libor Rouček and Ana Gomes, on behalf of the S&D Group, on the situation of North Korean refugees (B7-0262/2012);

- José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Herbert Reul, Frank Engel, Mario Mauro, Cristian Dan Preda, Filip Kaczmarek, Roberta Angelilli, Bernd Posselt, Monica Luisa Macovei, Elena Băsescu, Eija-Riitta Korhola, Sari Essayah, Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris, Giovanni La Via, Laima Liucija Andrikienė, Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa and Bogusław Sonik, on behalf of the PPE Group, on the situation of North Korean refugees (B7-0263/2012);

- Charles Tannock, on behalf of the ECR Group, on the situation of North Korean refugees (B7-0264/2012).

Speaking time would be allocated in accordance with Rule 149.

4. SMEs' access to structural funds - Evaluation of the SME definition

Council and Commission statements: SMEs' access to structural funds and evaluation of the SME definition

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

The following spoke: Bendt Bendtsen, on behalf of the PPE Group, Constanze Angela Krehl, on behalf of the S&D Group, Jürgen Creutzmann, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Ana Miranda, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Giles Chichester, on behalf of the ECR Group, Nikolaos Salavrakos, on behalf of the EFD Group, Inês Cristina Zuber, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Nicole Sinclaire, Non-attached Member, Paul Rübig, Patrizia Toia, Ramona Nicole Mănescu, Reinhard Bütikofer, Vicky Ford, Tadeusz Cymański, Dimitar Stoyanov, Lambert van Nistelrooij, Ivailo Kalfin, Fiona Hall, Nikos Chrysogelos, Franz Obermayr, Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Frédéric Daerden, Markus Pieper and Andreas Schwab, who also replied to a blue-card question by Vicky Ford.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Seán Kelly, Liisa Jaakonsaari, Tunne Kelam, Kay Swinburne, Krišjānis Kariņš, Michael Theurer, Ildikó Gáll-Pelcz, Jaroslav Paška, Roberta Angelilli, Josefa Andrés Barea, Zofija Mazej Kukovič, Petru Constantin Luhan, Monika Flašíková Beňová and Marie-Thérèse Sanchez-Schmid.

The following spoke: Johannes Hahn.

IN THE CHAIR: Edward McMILLAN-SCOTT
Vice-President

The following spoke: Nicolai Wammen.

The debate closed.

5. Situation in Ukraine, case of Yulia Tymoshenko (debate)

Statement by the Vice-President of the Commission and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy: Situation in Ukraine, case of Yulia Tymoshenko

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On behalf of Parliament, the President welcomed Yevhenia Tymoshenko, daughter of the former Prime Minister of Ukraine, Yulia Tymoshenko, and Hryhoriy Nemyria, former Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine and Deputy Chairman of the BIouT (Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc), who had taken their seats in the official gallery.

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Štefan Füle (Member of the Commission) 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: Elmar Brok, on behalf of the PPE Group, Libor Rouček, on behalf of the S&D Group, who also replied to two blue-card questions by Alexander Graf Lambsdorff and Zuzana Roithová, Johannes Cornelis van Baalen, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Rebecca Harms, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Paweł Robert Kowal, on behalf of the ECR Group, Zbigniew Ziobro, on behalf of the EFD Group, Jaromír Kohlíček, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Zuzana Roithová, Andreas Mölzer, Non-attached Member, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Kristian Vigenin, who also replied to a blue-card question by Johannes Cornelis van Baalen, Ryszard Antoni Legutko, Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy, Marek Henryk Migalski, to put a blue-card question to Ryszard Antoni Legutko, who replied, Zuzana Roithová, who also replied to a blue-card question by Bogusław Liberadzki, Marek Siwiec, Ivo Vajgl, to put a blue-card question to Zuzana Roithová, who replied, Paweł Robert Kowal to put a blue-card question to Marek Siwiec, who replied, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, Marek Henryk Migalski, Kristian Vigenin to put a blue-card question to Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, who replied, Michael Gahler, Emine Bozkurt, Krzysztof Lisek, Mario Mauro, Francisco José Millán Mon, Liisa Jaakonsaari, to put a blue-card question to Mario Mauro, who replied, Anna Ibrisagic and Andrey Kovatchev.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Jacek Protasiewicz, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Ivo Vajgl, Jaroslav Paška, Roberta Angelilli, Monika Flašíková Beňová, Andrzej Grzyb, Werner Schulz, who also replied to a blue-card question by Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, Lena Kolarska-Bobińska, Eduard Kukan, Seán Kelly and Zofija Mazej Kukovič.

The following spoke: Štefan Füle.

The motions for resolutions to be tabled under Rule 110(2) would be announced in the House at a later time.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 24.5.2012, item 10.2.

IN THE CHAIR: Rainer WIELAND
Vice-President

6. 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.

6.1. Denominations and technical specifications of euro coins intended for circulation * (Rule 138) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 975/98 of 3 May 1998 on denominations and technical specifications of euro coins intended for circulation [2011/0128(NLE)] - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Hans-Peter Martin (A7-0440/2011)

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

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P7_TA(2012)0206)

6.2. European Union's internal security strategy (Rule 138) (vote)

Report on the European Union's Internal Security Strategy [2010/2308(INI)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Rita Borsellino (A7-0143/2012)

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P7_TA(2012)0207)

6.3. An EU approach to criminal law (Rule 138) (vote)

Report on an EU approach on criminal law [2010/2310(INI)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Cornelis de Jong (A7-0144/2012)

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P7_TA(2012)0208)

6.4. Strengthening the rights of vulnerable consumers (Rule 138) (vote)

Report on a strategy for strengthening the rights of vulnerable consumers [2011/2272(INI)] - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection. Rapporteur: María Irigoyen Pérez (A7-0155/2012)

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P7_TA(2012)0209)

6.5. Issuance of euro coins ***I (vote)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the issuance of euro coins [2011/0131(COD)] - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Hans-Peter Martin (A7-0439/2011)

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

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P7_TA(2012)0210)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2012)0210)

6.6. Internal market scoreboard (vote)

Report on the Internal Market Scoreboard [2011/2155(INI)] - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection. Rapporteur: Simon Busuttil (A7-0153/2012)

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2012)0211)

6.7. A 2020 perspective for women in Turkey (vote)

Report on a 2020 Perspective for Women in Turkey [2011/2066(INI)] - Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality. Rapporteur: Emine Bozkurt (A7-0138/2012)

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2012)0212)

6.8. Amendment of Rules of Procedure with regard to the implementation of the European citizens' initiative (vote)

Report on amending Parliament’s Rules of Procedure with regard to the implementation of the European citizens’ initiative [2011/2302(REG)] - Committee on Constitutional Affairs. Rapporteur: Zita Gurmai (A7-0148/2012)

(Qualified majority required for the adoption of amendments)

(Simple majority required for the adoption of the proposal for a decision)
(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 8)

PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION

Adopted (P7_TA(2012)0213)

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

The following had spoken:

Zita Gurmai (rapporteur), before the vote. made a statement under Rule 138(4) and before the vote on the third part of Amendment 5, to ask for an electronic vote on it.

7. 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: Rita Borsellino - A7-0143/2012

Mariya Nedelcheva, Kay Swinburne, Iva Zanicchi, Raffaele Baldassarre, Morten Messerschmidt, Erminia Mazzoni, Roberta Angelilli, Michał Tomasz Kamiński, Salvatore Iacolino, Peter Jahr, Monica Luisa Macovei, Julie Girling, Charles Tannock and Norica Nicolai

Report: Cornelis de Jong - A7-0144/2012

Kay Swinburne, Iva Zanicchi, Raffaele Baldassarre, Morten Messerschmidt, Erminia Mazzoni, Roberta Angelilli, Michał Tomasz Kamiński, Salvatore Iacolino, Monica Luisa Macovei, Julie Girling, Elena Băsescu, Charles Tannock and Norica Nicolai

Report: María Irigoyen Pérez - A7-0155/2012

Philippe Juvin, Kay Swinburne, Iva Zanicchi, Morten Messerschmidt, Paolo Bartolozzi, Cristiana Muscardini, Roberta Angelilli, Jim Higgins, Michał Tomasz Kamiński, Peter Jahr, Julie Girling, Charles Tannock, Anna Záborská and Syed Kamall

Report: Simon Busuttil - A7-0153/2012

Kay Swinburne, Morten Messerschmidt, Michał Tomasz Kamiński, Charles Tannock, Syed Kamall and Alfredo Antoniozzi

Report: Emine Bozkurt - A7-0138/2012

Mariya Nedelcheva, Kay Swinburne, Morten Messerschmidt, Jim Higgins, Andrea Češková, Michał Tomasz Kamiński, Oreste Rossi, Frank Vanhecke, Julie Girling, Monica Luisa Macovei, Mario Pirillo, Charles Tannock, Norica Nicolai, Philip Claeys, Anna Záborská and Alfredo Antoniozzi

8. 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 13.40 and resumed at 15.05.)

IN THE CHAIR: Martin SCHULZ
President

9. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

10. Preparation of the informal European summit - Investment, growth and jobs (debate)

Council and Commission statements: Preparation of the informal European summit - Investment, growth and jobs

Nicolai Wammen (President-in-Office of the Council) and Olli Rehn (Vice-President of the Commission) made the statements.

The following spoke: Corien Wortmann-Kool, on behalf of the PPE Group, Hannes Swoboda, on behalf of the S&D Group, who also paid tribute to the victims of the attack in Brindisi and of the earthquake in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna, Guy Verhofstadt, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Rebecca Harms, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Martin Callanan, on behalf of the ECR Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Philippe Lamberts, Nigel Farage, on behalf of the EFD Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Georgios Papanikolaou, Gabriele Zimmer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Philip Claeys, Non-attached Member, Markus Ferber and Elisa Ferreira.

IN THE CHAIR: Georgios PAPASTAMKOS
Vice-President

The following spoke: Marielle de Sarnez, Philippe Lamberts, who also replied to a blue-card question by Michael Theurer, Jan Zahradil, Niki Tzavela, Paul Murphy, Nicole Sinclaire, Giuseppe Gargani, Pervenche Berès, who also replied to two blue-card questions by Jean-Pierre Audy and Gay Mitchell, Adina-Ioana Vălean, Reinhard Bütikofer, Derk Jan Eppink, Tadeusz Cymański, Nikolaos Chountis, Jean-Pierre Audy, who also replied to a blue-card question by Liem Hoang Ngoc, Udo Bullmann, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, Jill Evans, João Ferreira, Pablo Zalba Bidegain, who also replied to a blue-card question by Raül Romeva i Rueda, Roberto Gualtieri, Pat the Cope Gallagher, Paulo Rangel, Ivailo Kalfin, Marietta Giannakou, Maria Eleni Koppa, Marian-Jean Marinescu, Juan Fernando López Aguilar and Glenis Willmott.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Roberta Angelilli, Sylvana Rapti, Ulrike Lunacek, Marisa Matias, Danuta Jazłowiecka, Phil Prendergast, Peter van Dalen, John Bufton, Antonio Cancian, Frédéric Daerden and Andrew Henry William Brons.

The following spoke: Michel Barnier and László Andor (Members of the Commission).

IN THE CHAIR: Roberta ANGELILLI
Vice-President

The following spoke: Olli Rehn and Nicolai Wammen.

The debate closed.

11. Fight against homophobia in Europe (debate)

Council and Commission statements: Fight against homophobia in Europe

Nicolai Wammen (President-in-Office of the Council) and Viviane Reding (Vice-President of the Commission) made the statements.

The following spoke: Simon Busuttil, on behalf of the PPE Group, Michael Cashman, on behalf of the S&D Group, Sophia in 't Veld, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Ulrike Lunacek, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Timothy Kirkhope, on behalf of the ECR Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Nicole Sinclaire, Cornelis de Jong, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Michèle Striffler, Sylvie Guillaume, Sarah Ludford, Bernd Posselt, Kinga Göncz, who also replied to a blue-card question by Bernd Posselt, Liisa Jaakonsaari, Anna Hedh, Britta Thomsen and Frédéric Daerden.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Nicole Sinclaire, Claudio Morganti, Monika Flašíková Beňová, Phil Prendergast, Marije Cornelissen and Ana Miranda.

The following spoke: Viviane Reding and Nicolai Wammen.

The motions for resolutions to be tabled under Rule 110(2) would be announced in the House at a later time.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 24.5.2012, item 10.3.

12. Bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean ***I (debate)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 302/2009 concerning a multiannual recovery plan for bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean [COM(2011)0330 - C7-0154/2011- 2011/0144(COD)] - Committee on Fisheries. Rapporteur: Raül Romeva i Rueda (A7-0449/2011)

Raül Romeva i Rueda introduced the report.

The following spoke: Viviane Reding (Vice-President of the Commission).

The following spoke: Daciana Octavia Sârbu (rapporteur for the opinion of the ENVI Committee), Carmen Fraga Estévez, on behalf of the PPE Group, Chris Davies, on behalf of the ALDE Group, and Struan Stevenson, on behalf of the ECR Group.

IN THE CHAIR: László SURJÁN
Vice-President

The following spoke: Nikolaos Salavrakos, on behalf of the EFD Group, Maria do Céu Patrão Neves, Guido Milana, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Elisabetta Gardini, Dolores García-Hierro Caraballo and Alain Cadec.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Miroslav Mikolášik and Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa.

The following spoke: Viviane Reding and Raül Romeva i Rueda.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 23.5.2012, item 8.1.

13. EU and China: unbalanced trade? (debate)

Report on EU and China: Unbalanced Trade? [2010/2301(INI)] - Committee on International Trade. Rapporteur: Marielle de Sarnez (A7-0141/2012)

Marielle de Sarnez introduced the report.

The following spoke: Viviane Reding (Vice-President of the Commission).

The following spoke: Jan Zahradil (rapporteur for the opinion of the DEVE Committee), Philippe De Backer (rapporteur for the opinion of the EMPL Committee), Yannick Jadot (rapporteur for the opinion of the ITRE Committee), Morten Løkkegaard (rapporteur for the opinion of the IMCO Committee), Iuliu Winkler, on behalf of the PPE Group, Gianluca Susta, on behalf of the S&D Group, Niccolò Rinaldi, on behalf of the ALDE Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Hans-Peter Martin, Robert Sturdy, on behalf of the ECR Group, Bastiaan Belder, on behalf of the EFD Group, Helmut Scholz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Hans-Peter Martin, Non-attached Member, Daniel Caspary, Emilio Menéndez del Valle, Mara Bizzotto, Bruno Gollnisch, Jacek Protasiewicz and Véronique De Keyser.

IN THE CHAIR: Jacek PROTASIEWICZ
Vice-President

The following spoke: Andrew Henry William Brons, Christofer Fjellner, Paweł Zalewski, Jim Higgins and Andrzej Grzyb.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Rareş-Lucian Niculescu, Mario Pirillo, Anna Záborská, Olga Sehnalová, Monica Luisa Macovei, João Ferreira and Elena Băsescu.

The following spoke: Karel De Gucht (Member of the Commission) and Marielle de Sarnez.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 23.5.2012, item 8.5.

14. EU trade agreement with Colombia and Peru (debate)

Oral question (O-000107/2012) by Vital Moreira, Bernd Lange and Mário David, on behalf of the INTA Committee, to the Commission: Trade agreement between the EU on the one part and Colombia and Peru on the other part (2011/0249(NLE)) (B7-0114/2012)

Bernd Lange and Mário David moved the oral question.

Karel De Gucht (Member of the Commission) answered the oral question.

The following spoke: Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl, on behalf of the PPE Group, Vital Moreira, on behalf of the S&D Group, Catherine Bearder, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Amelia Andersdotter, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Willy Meyer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Gay Mitchell, Richard Howitt, Daniel Caspary and Pablo Zalba Bidegain.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Elena Băsescu, Evelyn Regner, Ana Miranda, Rareş-Lucian Niculescu and Ulrike Lunacek.

The following spoke: Karel De Gucht.

The motion for a resolution to be tabled under Rule 115(5) would be announced in the House at a later time.

The debate closed.

Vote: next part-session.

15. Agenda of the next sitting

The agenda of the next day's sitting had been established ('Agenda' PE 483.922/OJME).

16. Closure of the sitting

The sitting closed at 21.15.

The following signed:

Agnew, Albertini, Albrecht, Alfano, Alfonsi, Allam, Alvaro, Alves, Andersdotter, Andreasen, Andrés Barea, Andrikienė, Angelilli, Antinoro, Antonescu, Antoniozzi, Arias Echeverría, Arlacchi, Ashworth, Atkins, Auconie, Audy, Margrete Auken, Ayala Sender, Aylward, Ayuso, van Baalen, Bach, Badia i Cutchet, Bagó, Balčytis, Baldassarre, Balzani, Bartolozzi, Băsescu, Bastos, Batten, Bauer, Bearder, Becker, Belder, Belet, Bélier, Benarab-Attou, Bendtsen, Bennahmias, Bennion, Berlato, Berlinguer, Berman, Besset, Bielan, Bilbao Barandica, Binev, Bisky, Bizzotto, Blinkevičiūtė, Bloom, Bodu, Böge, Bokros, Bonsignore, Borghezio, Borsellino, Borys, Boştinaru, Boulland, Bové, Bowles, Bozkurt, Bradbourn, Brantner, Bratkowski, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Brons, Brzobohatá, Bufton, Bullmann, Buşoi, Busuttil, Bütikofer, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Cadec, Callanan, van de Camp, Campbell Bannerman, Cancian, Capoulas Santos, Caronna, Carvalho, Casa, Cashman, Caspary, Castex, del Castillo Vera, Cavada, Cercas, Češková, Chatzimarkakis, Chichester, Childers, Chountis, Christensen, Chrysogelos, Claeys, Clark, Cliveti, Cochet, Coelho, Cofferati, Collin-Langen, Colman, Comi, Cornelissen, Correa Zamora, António Fernando Correia de Campos, Cortés Lastra, Costello, Cozzolino, Cramer, Creţu, Creutzmann, Crocetta, Cronberg, Cuschieri, Cutaş, Cymański, Czarnecki, Frédéric Daerden, van Dalen, Danellis, Dantin, (The Earl of) Dartmouth, Dati, Daul, David, Davies, De Angelis, De Backer, De Castro, Dehaene, De Keyser, Delli, Delvaux, De Mita, de Sarnez, Désir, Deß, Deutsch, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dodds, Domenici, Donskis, Dorfmann, Droutsas, Duff, Durant, Dušek, Ehler, Ehrenhauser, Eickhout, El Khadraoui, Enciu, Engel, Engström, Eppink, Ernst, Ertug, Essayah, Estaràs Ferragut, Estrela, Evans, Fajmon, Fajon, Falbr, Farage, Färm, Feio, Ferber, Fernandes, Elisa Ferreira, João Ferreira, Fidanza, Fisas Ayxela, Fjellner, Flašíková Beňová, Flautre, Fleckenstein, Florenz, Fontana, Ford, Foster, Fox, Fraga Estévez, Franco, Gahler, Gál, Gallagher, Gallo, Gáll-Pelcz, Garcés Ramón, García-Hierro Caraballo, García Pérez, Gardiazábal Rubial, Gardini, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gauzès, Gebhardt, Geier, Gerbrandy, Geringer de Oedenberg, Giannakou, Giegold, Gierek, Girling, Glante, Glattfelder, Godmanis, Goebbels, Goerens, Gollnisch, Gomes, Göncz, Goulard, de Grandes Pascual, Gräßle, Grech, Grèze, Griesbeck, Griffin, Gróbarczyk, Groote, Grosch, Grossetête, Grzyb, Gualtieri, Guerrero Salom, Guillaume, Gurmai, Gustafsson, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gutiérrez Prieto, Gyürk, Hadjigeorgiou, Häfner, Haglund, Fiona Hall, Händel, Handzlik, Hankiss, Harbour, Harkin, Hartong, Hassi, Haug, Häusling, Hedh, 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, Ivanova, Jaakonsaari, Jäätteenmäki, Jadot, Jahr, Járóka, Jazłowiecka, Jędrzejewska, Jeggle, Jensen, Jiménez-Becerril Barrio, Johansson, Joly, de Jong, Jordan, Jørgensen, Juvin, Kacin, Kaczmarek, Kadenbach, Kalfin, Kalinowski, Kalniete, Kamall, Kamiński, Kammerevert, Karas, Kariņš, Kasoulides, Kastler, Kazak, Kelam, Keller, Kelly, Kiil-Nielsen, Kirilov, Kirkhope, Klaß, Kleva, Klinz, Klute, Koch, Koch-Mehrin, Kohlíček, Kolarska-Bobińska, Koppa, Korhola, Kósa, Köstinger, Koumoutsakos, Béla Kovács, Kovatchev, Kowal, Kozlík, Kozłowski, Kožušník, Krahmer, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhn, Kukan, Lamassoure, Lambert, Lamberts, Lambsdorff, Landsbergis, Lange, de Lange, Langen, La Via, Le Grip, Legutko, Lehne, Le Hyaric, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lepage, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Marine Le Pen, Liberadzki, Lichtenberger, Liese, Liotard, Lisek, Lochbihler, Løkkegaard, Lope Fontagné, López Aguilar, Lösing, Lövin, Ludford, Ludvigsson, Luhan, Łukacijewska, Lulling, Lunacek, Lyon, McAvan, McCarthy, McClarkin, McGuinness, McIntyre, McMillan-Scott, Macovei, Madlener, Malinov, Manders, Mănescu, Maňka, Mann, Manner, Marcinkiewicz, Marinescu, David Martin, Hans-Peter Martin, Masip Hidalgo, Maštálka, Matera, Mathieu, Matias, Mato Adrover, Matula, Mauro, Mavronikolas, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Mazej Kukovič, Mazzoni, Meissner, Mélenchon, Melo, Menéndez del Valle, Merkies, Messerschmidt, Mészáros, Meyer, Louis Michel, Migalski, Mikolášik, Milana, Millán Mon, Miranda, Mirsky, Mitchell, Mölzer, Moraes, Moreira, Morganti, Morin-Chartier, Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė, Mulder, Muñiz De Urquiza, Murphy, Muscardini, Naranjo Escobar, Nattrass, Nedelcheva, Neuser, Neveďalová, Newton Dunn, Neynsky, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Nicholson, Nicolai, Niculescu, Niebler, Nilsson, van Nistelrooij, Nitras, Nuttall, Obermayr, Obiols, Ojuland, Olbrycht, Omarjee, Oomen-Ruijten, Ortiz Vilella, Őry, Ouzký, Oviir, Pack, Padar, Paleckis, Paliadeli, Pallone, Panayotov, Panzeri, Papadopoulou, Papanikolaou, Papastamkos, Pargneaux, Parvanova, Paşcu, Paška, Patrão Neves, Patriciello, Paulsen, Perello Rodriguez, Peterle, Pieper, Pietikäinen, Piotrowski, Pirillo, Pirker, Pittella, Poc, Podimata, Ponga, Poręba, Posselt, Pöttering, Poupakis, Preda, Prendergast, Prodi, Protasiewicz, Provera, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rangel, Ransdorf, Rapkay, Rapti, Regner, Reimers, Remek, Repo, Reul, Riera Madurell, Ries, Rinaldi, Riquet, Rivellini, Roatta, Rochefort, Rodust, Rohde, Roithová, Romero López, Romeva i Rueda, Ronzulli, Rosbach, Rossi, Roth-Behrendt, Rouček, Rübig, Rubiks, Rühle, Šadurskis, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Salavrakos, Sánchez Presedo, Sanchez-Schmid, Sârbu, Sargentini, Sartori, Sarvamaa, Saryusz-Wolski, Sassoli, Saudargas, Savisaar-Toomast, Schaake, Schaldemose, Schlyter, Olle Schmidt, Schnellhardt, Schnieber-Jastram, Scholz, Schöpflin, Schroedter, Martin Schulz, Werner Schulz, Schwab, Scicluna, 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, Sousa, Speroni, Stadler, Staes, Stassen, Šťastný, Stavrakakis, Steinruck, Stevenson, Stihler, van der Stoep, Stolojan, Dimitar Stoyanov, Strejček, Striffler, Sturdy, Surján, Susta, Svensson, Swinburne, Szájer, Szegedi, Szymański, Tabajdi, Takkula, Tănăsescu, Tannock, Tarabella, Tarand, Tatarella, Tavares, Keith Taylor, Rebecca Taylor, Teixeira, Terho, Thein, Theocharous, Theurer, Thomsen, Thun und Hohenstein, Thyssen, Ţicău, Tirolien, Toia, Tőkés, Tomaševski, Tošenovský, Trautmann, Trematerra, Tremosa i Balcells, Triantaphyllides, Trüpel, Trzaskowski, Tsoukalas, Turmes, Turunen, Tzavela, Uggias, Ulmer, Ulvskog, Urutchev, Uspaskich, Vadim Tudor, Vaidere, Vajgl, Vălean, Van Brempt, Vanhecke, Van Orden, Vaughan, Vergiat, Vergnaud, Verheyen, Vidal-Quadras, Vigenin, de Villiers, Vlasák, Vlasto, Voss, Wałęsa, Watson, Henri Weber, Manfred Weber, Renate Weber, Weidenholzer, Weiler, Weisgerber, Werthmann, Westlund, Westphal, Wikström, Willmott, Wils, Hermann Winkler, Iuliu Winkler, Włosowicz, Wojciechowski, Wortmann-Kool, Yáñez-Barnuevo García, Yannakoudakis, Záborská, Zahradil, Zala, Zalba Bidegain, Zalewski, Zanicchi, Zanoni, Zasada, Ždanoka, Zeller, Zemke, Zijlstra, Zimmer, Ziobro, Zuber, Zver, Zwiefka,

Observers

Antičević Marinović, Borzan, Božinović, Grubišić, Jerković, Matušić, Picula, Plenković, Radoš, Vrbat, Vuljanić