2. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting
The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.
3. Statements by the President
The President welcomed the end of the hunger strike by Kurdish prisoners in Turkey.
The President condemned the escalation of violence between Israel and Hamas and announced that a debate on the situation in Gaza would take place on Wednesday.
4. Composition of Parliament
Emil Stoyanov had resigned as a Member of the European Parliament with effect from 16 November 2012.
Pursuant to Rule 4(1), Parliament established the vacancy with effect from that date and informed the national authorities concerned.
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Viktor Uspaskich had been elected to the Lithuanian national parliament and had resigned as a Member of the European Parliament with effect from 16 November 2012.
Pursuant to Rule 4(1), Parliament established the vacancy with effect from that date and informed the national authorities concerned.
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Iliana Ivanova had been appointed a Member of the European Court of Auditors and had resigned as a Member of the European Parliament with effect from 1 January 2013.
Pursuant to Rule 4(1), Parliament established the vacancy with effect from that date and informed the national authorities concerned.
5. Composition of committees and delegations
The President had received the following requests for appointments from the GUE/NGL Group and from the Non-attached Members' Secretariat:
IMCO Committee: Thomas Handel to replace Mikael Gustafsson
TRAN Committee: Patricia van der Kammen
Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula: Patricia van der Kammen.
The appointments would be deemed ratified if there were no objections before the approval of these minutes.
6. Signature of acts adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure
The President announced that on Wednesday, together with the President of the Council, he would sign the following acts adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure (Rule 74):
- Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2008/106/EC on the minimum level of training of seafarers (00040/2012/LEX - C7-0381/2012 - 2011/0239(COD));
- Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Decision 2003/17/EC by extending its period of application and by updating the names of a third country and of the authorities responsible for the approval and control of the production (00055/2012/LEX - C7-0380/2012 - 2012/0165(COD));
- Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs (00041/2012/LEX - C7-0379/2012 - 2010/0353(COD));
- Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Year of Citizens (2013) (00049/2012/LEX - C7-0378/2012 - 2011/0217(COD));
- Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Decision 2008/971/EC to include forest reproductive material of the 'qualified' category and to update the name of the authorities responsible for the approval and control of the production (00054/2012/LEX - C7-0377/2012 - 2012/0172(COD));
- Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the Common Fisheries Policy (00053/2012/LEX - C7-0376/2012 - 2012/0143(COD));
- Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a single European railway area (recast) (00044/2012/LEX - C7-0375/2012 - 2010/0253(COD));
- Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 1999/32/EC as regards the sulphur content of marine fuels (00031/2012/LEX - C7-0374/2012 - 2011/0190(COD)).
7. Announcement by the President
The President announced that, in accordance with Rule 106 and Annex XVII of the Rules of Procedure, the Conference of Presidents and the Conference of Committee Chairmen had concluded the hearing of Commissioner-designate Tonio Borg.
At its meeting of Thursday, 15 November 2012, the Conference of Presidents had decided that the vote would be held on Wednesday, 21 November 2012. The vote would proceed by secret ballot, in accordance with Annex XVII, paragraph 2, last subparagraph, of the Rules of Procedure,.
8. Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council
The Council had forwarded certified true copies of the following:
- Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Cape Verde on facilitating the issue of short-stay visas to citizens of the Republic of Cape Verde and of the European Union ;
- Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community on the one hand, and the Government of Denmark and the Home Rule Government of Greenland, on the other hand;
- Rectification to the Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Partnership and cooperation between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Indonesia, of the other part.
9. Action taken on Parliament's positions and resolutions
The Commission communications on the action taken on the positions and resolutions adopted by Parliament during the June and July 2012 part-sessions were available on the Séance en direct site.
10. Lapsed written declarations
In accordance with Rule 123(5), written declarations 0023/2012 et 0024/2012 had lapsed as they had not obtained the required number of signatures.
11. Oral questions and written declarations (submission)
The following documents had been submitted by Members:
1) oral questions (Rule 115)
- (O-000160/2012) by Matthias Groote, Karl-Heinz Florenz, Dan Jørgensen, Corinne Lepage, Satu Hassi, Miroslav Ouzký and Sabine Wils, on behalf of the ENVI Committee, to the Council: Climate Change Conference in Doha (COP 18) (B7-0364/2012);
- (O-000161/2012) by Matthias Groote, Karl-Heinz Florenz, Dan Jørgensen, Corinne Lepage, Satu Hassi, Miroslav Ouzký and Sabine Wils, on behalf of the ENVI Committee, to the Commission: Climate Change Conference in Doha (COP 18) (B7-0365/2012);
- (O-000162/2012) by Vital Moreira, on behalf of the INTA Committee, to the Commission: Measures to protect the EU market from unusually low-priced imports of Chinese origin, especially photovoltaic panels (B7-0366/2012);
- (O-000159/2012) by Klaus-Heiner Lehne, Luigi Berlinguer, Eva Lichtenberger, Francesco Enrico Speroni, Alexandra Thein and Tadeusz Zwiefka, on behalf of the JURI Committee, to the Commission: Acceptance of the accession of eight third countries to the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (B7-0367/2012);
- (O-000184/2012) by Amalia Sartori, on behalf of the ITRE Committee, to the Commission: EU steel industry (B7-0368/2012).
2) written declarations for inclusion in the register (Rule 123)
- Kinga Gál, Mojca Kleva Kekuš, Barbara Lochbihler and Hannu Takkula, on supporting talent in the European Union (0034/2012);
- Emma McClarkin, Regina Bastos, Cornelis de Jong, Robert Rochefort and Marc Tarabella, on domestic fire safety (0035/2012);
- Jean Lambert, Peter van Dalen, Filiz Hakaeva Hyusmenova, Sirpa Pietikäinen and Daciana Octavia Sârbu, on engaging with children and young people to tackle climate change (0036/2012);
- Britta Thomsen, Mikael Gustafsson, Barbara Matera, Antonyia Parvanova and Raül Romeva i Rueda, on the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (0037/2012).
12. Decisions concerning certain documents
Modified referrals to committees
- Consultation of the European Parliament on the appointment of a member of the European Commission: Dr Tonio Borg (N7-0116/2012 - C7-0366/2012 - 2012/0807(NLE)) referred to responsible: ENVI opinion: AGRI, IMCO.
13. Petitions
The following petitions, which had been entered in the register on the dates shown below, had been forwarded to the committee responsible under Rule 201(6):
31 October 2012
Günter Tengler (1226/2012); (name confidential) (1227/2012); Ljiljana Savić (1228/2012); (name confidential) (1229/2012); Gerhard Radeck (1230/2012); Charalambos Kavvadias (1231/2012); Jacob G. Heinrich (1232/2012); Charalambos Psarros (1233/2012); Friedhelm Munter (3 signatures) (1234/2012); Robert Olesinski (1235/2012); Klaus Büsing (1236/2012); Athina Plati (1237/2012); Georgios M. Emmanoulidis (1238/2012); Georgios Babalis (1239/2012); Birgit Kuntze (1240/2012); Angelo Giunta (1241/2012); Alfonso Balceda Gómez (20 signatures) (1242/2012); (name confidential) (1243/2012); José María Domingo Montejano Clouté (1244/2012); Ramona Isabella Stancu (1245/2012); (name confidential) (1246/2012); Epifanio Vázquez Buendía (1247/2012); Gheorghe Ungureanu (1248/2012); Shaheeb M. Sher (1249/2012); Ienulesc Alexandru Şotîngă (Asociatia Composesoratul Poienile Tăii) (1250/2012); Occupy For Animals (13749 signatures) (1251/2012); Gregory Barton (1252/2012); Francesco Tiriaca (1253/2012); Joëlle Pellegrin Oldenbourg (GEE - Galgos Ethique Europe) (19629 signatures) (1254/2012).
15 November 2012
Àngeles Martínez Castells (Dempeus per la Salut Pública) (2 signatures) (1255/2012); Michelle Thew (European Coalition To End Animal Experiment) (241987 signatures) (1256/2012); Savvas Mikropoulos (1257/2012); Valdur Vagane (1258/2012); Marius Valentin Văduva (SC Cynegis Engineering Srl) (1259/2012); Isabella Caruana (12 signatures) (1260/2012); László Kuti (1261/2012); Eckhard Grimmel (Universität Hamburg, Institut für Geographie) (1262/2012); Ioannis Mylonas (8 signatures) (1263/2012); Dietmar Praschak (1264/2012); Silke Uecker (2 signatures) (1265/2012); László Bíró (1266/2012); Hermann Pichlhofer (1267/2012); Igor Tarić (1268/2012); Hans Lindemann (Bürgerinitiative gegen Flughafen Twente) (2 signatures) (1269/2012); Maria Kowalska-Schneider (1270/2012); (name confidential) (1271/2012); Desislava Petkova (1272/2012); (name confidential) (1273/2012); Zdravko Urbanc (1274/2012); (name confidential) (1275/2012); Marcus Ludwig (1276/2012); (name confidential) (1277/2012); (name confidential) (1278/2012); Heike Schwartz (1279/2012); Anastasios Tsorlinis (1280/2012); (name confidential) (1281/2012); Johannes Küppers (1282/2012); Anne Alexandra Eckmann (1283/2012); Stoian Panayotov Aslanov (1284/2012); H. J. Afink (1285/2012); Marina Sinodinou (Acmon Systems) (1286/2012); Jānis Cukurs (1287/2012); Wilfried Aanraad (1288/2012); Elizabeth Bornecrantz (1289/2012); Giorgos Ioannidis (1290/2012); Steffen Eitner (1291/2012); Erika Sima (1292/2012); Rudolf Binder (1293/2012); Daniela Brescan (1294/2012); Mauro Parilli (1295/2012); Steffen Model (1296/2012); Felix Fru Mukong (1297/2012); Zoltán Lomnici (1298/2012); Marco Bava (1299/2012); Marco Bava (1300/2012); Marco Bava (1301/2012); John Finch (1302/2012); Emilia Imbault-Huart (1303/2012); (name confidential) (1304/2012); (name confidential) (1305/2012); Mark Tedman (1306/2012); (name confidential) (1307/2012); Brian Kelly (1308/2012); Erika Balogh (1309/2012); (name confidential) (1310/2012); Ivo Georgiev (1311/2012); Judith Weber (1312/2012); Marcello Motto (1313/2012); Irina Vladimirovna Ziboreva (1314/2012); Trevor Lawrance (1315/2012); Angelo Lattao (1316/2012); Oisin Jones-Dillon (1317/2012); Paul Devereux (1318/2012); Ramia Bittar (1319/2012); (name confidential) (1320/2012); Oisin Jones-Dillon (1321/2012); José Gabriel Cardona Guzmán (1322/2012); Encarnación Murillo López (1323/2012); Fernando Moscatiello (1324/2012); (name confidential) (1325/2012); Gabriel Rădună (1326/2012); Aina Verze (Latvijas Pensionāru federācija) (1327/2012); David Collins (1328/2012); Raymond Wegmann (1329/2012); (name confidential) (1330/2012); Roberto Albanese (1331/2012); Jonathan Strong (769 signatures) (1332/2012); Ian Rogers (1333/2012); (name confidential) (1334/2012); Olivia Laverick (1335/2012); Vasile Mihu (1336/2012); Nikolaos Tsirikos (1337/2012); Mark Duchamp (1338/2012); Roberta Rendina (Soteria International) (1339/2012); Giuseppe Lipari (Comitato 'Costruiamo il domani') (1340/2012); Andrew Buchan (INCAS - In Care Abuse Survivors) (1341/2012); Raphaël Romi (1342/2012); José Manuel Estévez Rodríguez (Plataforma afectados Vigo-Val.Miñor) (1343/2012); Roberta Fornasari (140 207 signatures) (1344/2012).
14. Transfers of appropriations
Under Article 22 of the Financial Regulation, the Economic and Social Committee had informed the budget authority of proposal for a transfer of appropriations INF 3/2012.
Under Article 22 of the Financial Regulation, the Committee of the Regions had informed the budget authority of proposals for transfers of appropriations INF 9/2012, INF 10/2012, INF 11/2012, INF 12/2012, INF 13/2012, INF 14/2012 and INF 15/2012.
Under Article 22 of the Financial Regulation, the Court of Justice had informed the budget authority of proposals for transfers of appropriations 6/2012 and 7/2012.
Under Article 22 of the Financial Regulation, the Ombudsman had informed the budget authority of proposal for a transfer of appropriations 4/2012.
Under Article 22 of the Financial Regulation, the European Court of Auditors had informed the budget authority of proposal for a transfer of appropriations V/AB-12/C/12.
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Under Article 22(2) of the Financial Regulation, the Committee on Budgets had decided it had no objections to the draft presented by the European Court of Auditors concerning transfers of appropriations V/AB-04/A/12, V/AB-05/C/12, V/AB-06/C/12, V/AB-07/T/12, V/AB-08/T/12, V/AB-09/T/12, V/AB-10/T/12 and V/AB-11/T/12.
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Under Article 23 of the Financial Regulation the European Commission had informed the budget authority of proposal for a transfer of appropriations INFO 03/2012.
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Under Article 24(4) of the Financial Regulation as interpreted by item 20 of the joint declaration on transitional measures applicable to the budgetary procedure after the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, the Economic and Social Committee had informed the budget authority of proposals for transfers of appropriations DEC 1/2012, DEC 2/2012 and DEC 3/2012.
Under Article 24(4) of the Financial Regulation as interpreted by item 20 of the joint declaration on transitional measures applicable to the budgetary procedure after the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, the Committee of the Regions had informed the budget authority of proposal for a transfer of appropriations DEC 1/2012.
Under Article 24(4) of the Financial Regulation as interpreted by item 20 of the joint declaration on transitional measures applicable to the budgetary procedure after the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, the Committee on Budgets had approved proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 36/2012 by the Commission (N7-0106/2012 - C7-0325/2012 – 2012/2250(GBD)).
Under Article 24(4) of the Financial Regulation as interpreted by item 20 of the joint declaration on transitional measures applicable to the budgetary procedure after the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, the Committee on Budgets had approved proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 37/2012 by the Commission (N7-0107/2012 - C7-0326/2012 – 2012/2251(GBD)).
Under Article 24(4) of the Financial Regulation as interpreted by item 20 of the joint declaration on transitional measures applicable to the budgetary procedure after the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, the Committee on Budgets had approved had approved proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 38/2012 by the Commission (N7-0108/2012 - C7-0327/2012 - 2012/2252(GBD)).
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Under Article 47(1) of the Financial Regulation, the Ombudsman had informed the budget authority of his request for amendment of establishment plan 1 – financial year 2012.
15. 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 Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilisation in the Union (COM(2012)0576 - C7-0322/2012 - 2012/0278(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).
referred to
responsible:
ENVI
opinion:
DEVE, PECH, AGRI, ITRE, REGI
- Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 98/70/EC relating to the quality of petrol and diesel fuels and amending Directive 2009/28/EC on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources (COM(2012)0595 - C7-0337/2012 - 2012/0288(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).
referred to
responsible:
ENVI
opinion:
DEVE, AGRI, ITRE, INTA, IMCO, TRAN, REGI
- Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on 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/2011/026 IT/Emilia-Romagna Motorcycles from Italy) (COM(2012)0616 - C7-0350/2012 - 2012/2265(BUD))
referred to
responsible:
BUDG
opinion:
EMPL, CONT, REGI
- Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (COM(2012)0617 - C7-0358/2012 - 2012/0295(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).
referred to
responsible:
EMPL
opinion:
FEMM, CULT, AGRI, BUDG, CONT, REGI
- 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/2011/014 RO/Nokia from Romania) (COM(2012)0618 - C7-0359/2012 - 2012/2275(BUD))
referred to
responsible:
BUDG
opinion:
EMPL, REGI
- 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/2012/006 FI/Nokia Salo from Finland) (COM(2012)0619 - C7-0360/2012 - 2012/2276(BUD))
referred to
responsible:
BUDG
opinion:
EMPL, REGI
- 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/2011/011 AT/Soziale Dienstleistungen from Austria) (COM(2012)0621 - C7-0361/2012 - 2012/2277(BUD))
referred to
responsible:
BUDG
opinion:
EMPL, REGI
- 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/2011/013 DK/Flextronics from Denmark) (COM(2012)0623 - C7-0362/2012 - 2012/2278(BUD))
referred to
responsible:
BUDG
opinion:
EMPL, REGI
- 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/2012/005 SE/Saab from Sweden) (COM(2012)0622 - C7-0363/2012 - 2012/2279(BUD))
referred to
responsible:
BUDG
opinion:
EMPL, REGI
- 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/2011/018 ES/País Vasco Productos metálicos from Spain) (COM(2012)0620 - C7-0364/2012 - 2012/2280(BUD))
referred to
responsible:
BUDG
opinion:
EMPL, REGI
- Proposal for a decision of the Council and of the representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council on the conclusion of the Common Aviation Area Agreement between the European Union and its Member States and the Republic of Moldova (13800/2012 - C7-0365/2012 - 2012/0006(NLE))
referred to
responsible:
TRAN
- Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2011/92/EU on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment (COM(2012)0628 - C7-0367/2012 - 2012/0297(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).
referred to
responsible:
ENVI
opinion:
PETI, CULT, LIBE, REGI
- Special Report No 14/2012 (2011 discharge) – Implementation of EU hygiene legislation in slaughterhouses of countries that joined the EU since 2004 (N7-0117/2012 - C7-0368/2012 - 2012/2282(DEC))
referred to
responsible:
CONT
opinion:
AGRI, ENVI
- Proposal for a Council decision concluding the interim agreement with a view to an Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Central Africa Party, of the other part (14757/2012 - C7-0369/2012 - 2008/0139(NLE))
referred to
responsible:
INTA
opinion:
DEVE
- Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on fluorinated greenhouse gases (COM(2012)0643 - C7-0370/2012 - 2012/0305(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).
referred to
responsible:
ENVI
opinion:
ITRE, IMCO
- Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 listing the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders of Member States and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement (COM(2012)0650 - C7-0371/2012 - 2012/0309(COD))
referred to
responsible:
LIBE
opinion:
AFET, JURI
2) from committees, the following reports
- ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the marketing and use of explosives precursors (COM(2010)0473 - C7-0279/2010 - 2010/0246(COD)) - LIBE Committee - Rapporteur: Jan Mulder (A7-0269/2012)
- ***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the annual financial statements, consolidated financial statements and related reports of certain types of undertakings (COM(2011)0684 - C7-0393/2011 - 2011/0308(COD)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Klaus-Heiner Lehne (A7-0278/2012)
- Report on amendment of Rule 70 of Parliament's Rules of Procedure on interinstitutional negotiations in legislative procedures (2011/2298(REG)) - AFCO Committee - Rapporteur: Enrique Guerrero Salom (A7-0281/2012)
- Report on promotion measures and information provision for agricultural products: what strategy for promoting the tastes of Europe (2012/2077(INI)) - AGRI Committee - Rapporteur: José Bové (A7-0286/2012)
- ***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2004/109/EC on the harmonisation of transparency requirements in relation to information about issuers whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market and Commission Directive 2007/14/EC (COM(2011)0683 - C7-0380/2011 - 2011/0307(COD)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Arlene McCarthy (A7-0292/2012)
- ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of a Programme for the Environment and Climate Action (LIFE) (COM(2011)0874 - C7-0498/2011 - 2011/0428(COD)) - ENVI Committee - Rapporteur: Jutta Haug (A7-0294/2012)
- ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1185/2003 on the removal of fins of sharks on board vessels (COM(2011)0798 - C7-0431/2011 - 2011/0364(COD)) - PECH Committee - Rapporteur: Maria do Céu Patrão Neves (A7-0295/2012)
- Report concerning Special Report No 2/2012 of the Court of Auditors entitled 'Financial instruments for SMEs co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund' (N7-0052/2012 - C7-0094/2012 - 2012/2060(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Crescenzio Rivellini (A7-0307/2012)
- *** Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union, of the one part, and the State of Israel, of the other part, amending the Annexes to Protocols 1 and 2 of the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the State of Israel, of the other part (07433/2012 - C7-0157/2012 - 2011/0457(NLE)) - INTA Committee - Rapporteur: Vital Moreira (A7-0318/2012)
- *** Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the accession of the European Union to the Protocol for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against pollution resulting from exploration and exploitation of the continental shelf and the seabed and its subsoil (09671/2012 - C7-0144/2012 - 2011/0304(NLE)) - ENVI Committee - Rapporteur: Anna Rosbach (A7-0319/2012)
- ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters (recast) (COM(2010)0748 - C7-0433/2010 - 2010/0383(COD)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Tadeusz Zwiefka (A7-0320/2012)
- Report on the Report on the Implementation and Effect of the Resale Right Directive (2001/84/EC) (2012/2038(INI)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Marielle Gallo (A7-0326/2012)
- Report on the work of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly in 2011 (2012/2048(INI)) - DEVE Committee - Rapporteur: Norbert Neuser (A7-0328/2012)
- ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the allocation of tariff-rate quotas applying to exports of wood from the Russian Federation to the European Union (COM(2012)0449 - C7-0215/2012 - 2012/0217(COD)) - INTA Committee - Rapporteur: Vital Moreira (A7-0329/2012)
- Report on the 28th annual report on monitoring the application of EU law (2010) (2011/2275(INI)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Eva Lichtenberger (A7-0330/2012)
- Report on the protection of animals during transport (2012/2031(INI)) - AGRI Committee - Rapporteur: Janusz Wojciechowski (A7-0331/2012)
- Report on Cyber Security and Defence (2012/2096(INI)) - AFET Committee - Rapporteur: Tunne Kelam (A7-0335/2012)
- Report on amendment of Rule 181 of Parliament's Rules of Procedure concerning verbatim reports of proceedings and Rule 182 concerning the audiovisual record of proceedings (2012/2080(REG)) - AFCO Committee - Rapporteur: Stanimir Ilchev (A7-0336/2012)
- Report containing the European Parliament's recommendations to the Council, the Commission and the European External Action Service on the negotiations of the new EU-Russia Agreement (2011/2050(INI)) - AFET Committee - Rapporteur: Hannes Swoboda (A7-0338/2012)
- Report with recommendations to the Commission on the report of the Presidents of the European Council, the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the Euro Group 'Towards a genuine Economic and Monetary Union' (2012/2151(INI)) - ECON Committee - Rapporteur: Marianne Thyssen (A7-0339/2012)
- Report on prevention of age-related diseases of women (2012/2129(INI)) - FEMM Committee - Rapporteur: Roberta Angelilli (A7-0340/2012)
- Report on completing the Digital Single Market (2012/2030(INI)) - IMCO Committee - Rapporteur: Pablo Arias Echeverría (A7-0341/2012)
- ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 850/98 concerning the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organisms and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1288/2009 (COM(2012)0298 - C7-0156/2012 - 2012/0158(COD)) - PECH Committee - Rapporteur: Pat the Cope Gallagher (A7-0342/2012)
- Report on the implementation of the Consumer Credit Directive 2008/48/EC (2012/2037(INI)) - IMCO Committee - Rapporteur: Birgit Collin-Langen (A7-0343/2012)
- Report on the role of the Common Security and Defence Policy in case of climate-driven crises and natural disasters (2012/2095(INI)) - AFET Committee - Rapporteur: Indrek Tarand (A7-0349/2012)
- *** Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and Brazil pursuant to Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions with respect to processed poultry meat provided for in the EU Schedule annexed to GATT 1994, and of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and Thailand pursuant to Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions with respect to processed poultry meat provided for in the EU Schedule annexed to GATT 1994 (07883/2012 - C7-0171/2012 - 2012/0046(NLE)) - INTA Committee - Rapporteur: Vital Moreira (A7-0350/2012)
- ***I Report on the 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 X XVIII 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)) - INTA Committee - Rapporteur: Vital Moreira (A7-0351/2012)
- * Report on the draft Council Directive amending Directive 93/109/EC of 6 December 1993 as regards certain detailed arrangements for the exercise of the right to vote and stand as a candidate in elections to the European Parliament for citizens of the Union residing in a Member State of which they are not nationals (13634/2012 - C7-0293/2012 - 2006/0277(CNS)) - AFCO Committee - Rapporteur: Carlo Casini (A7-0352/2012)
- Report on protecting children in the digital world (2012/2068(INI)) - CULT Committee - Rapporteur: Silvia Costa (A7-0353/2012)
- Report on Shadow Banking (2012/2115(INI)) - ECON Committee - Rapporteur: Saïd El Khadraoui (A7-0354/2012)
- Report containing the European Parliament's recommendations to the Council, the Commission and the European External Action Service on the negotiations for an EU-Kazakhstan enhanced partnership and cooperation agreement (2012/2153(INI)) - AFET Committee - Rapporteur: Liisa Jaakonsaari (A7-0355/2012)
- Report on the EU's mutual defence and solidarity clauses: political and operational dimensions (2012/2223(INI)) - AFET Committee - Rapporteur: Ioan Mircea Paşcu (A7-0356/2012)
- Report on the implementation of the Common Security and Defence Policy (based on the Annual Report from the Council to the European Parliament on the Common Foreign and Security Policy) (2012/2138(INI)) - AFET Committee - Rapporteur: Arnaud Danjean (A7-0357/2012)
- *** Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community on the one hand, and the Government of Denmark and the Home Rule Government of Greenland, on the other hand (11119/2012 - C7-0299/2012 - 2012/0130(NLE)) - PECH Committee - Rapporteur: Ole Christensen (A7-0358/2012)
- ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council introducing, on the occasion of the accession of Croatia, special temporary measures for the recruitment of officials and temporary staff of the European Union (COM(2012)0377 - C7-0216/2012 - 2012/0224(COD)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Dagmar Roth-Behrendt (A7-0359/2012)
- Report on the draft Council decision establishing a Multiannual Framework for 2013-2017 for the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (10449/2012 - C7-0169/2012 - 2011/0431(APP)) - LIBE Committee - Rapporteur: Tatjana Ždanoka (A7-0361/2012)
- * Report on the draft Council regulation on migration from the Schengen Information System (SIS 1+) to the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II) (recast) (11142/1/2012 - C7-0330/2012 - 2012/0033A(NLE)) - LIBE Committee - Rapporteur: Carlos Coelho (A7-0368/2012)
- * Report on the draft Council regulation on migration from the Schengen Information System (SIS 1+) to the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II) (recast) (11143/1/2012 - C7-0331/2012 - 2012/0033B(NLE)) - LIBE Committee - Rapporteur: Carlos Coelho (A7-0370/2012)
- Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund, in accordance with point 26 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (COM(2012)0538 - C7-0300/2012 - 2012/2237(BUD)) - BUDG Committee - Rapporteur: José Manuel Fernandes (A7-0380/2012)
- Report on the Council position on Draft amending Budget No 5/2012 of the European Union for the financial year 2012, Section III - Commission (2012/2242(BUD)) - BUDG Committee - Rapporteur: Francesca Balzani (A7-0381/2012)
16. Order of business
The next item was the order of business.
The final draft agenda for the November 2012 sittings (PE 499.935/PDOJ) had been distributed and a number of changes had been proposed (Rule 140):
Monday
No changes.
The following spoke: Sophia in 't Veld, on the death of Savita Halappanavar on 28 October 2012 in the Republic of Ireland. The President took note.
Tuesday
A request from the PPE Group for submission of a motion for a resolution to wind up the debate on the EU's steel industry (item 137 of the finalised draft agenda).
The following spoke: Amalia Sartori, with a request that the debate be held on Tuesday, 20 November 2012 but that the vote on the motion for a resolution take place in December; Enrique Guerrero Salom, in support of the proposal, and Reinhard Bütikofer, to object to the proposal.
Parliament agreed to the request.
At the request of the political groups, the joint debate on the Schengen Information System (items 172 and 171 of the finalised draft agenda) was replaced by Council and Commission statements on possible delays to the migration to SIS II. The two reports by Carlos Coelho (A7-0368/2012 and A7-0370/2012) were added directly to voting time on Wednesday, 21 November 2012.
Wednesday
A request from the Verts/ALE and GUE/NGL Groups for submission of a motion for a resolution to wind up the debate on the Situation in Gaza (item 198 of the finalised draft agenda).
The following spoke: Daniel Cohn-Bendit and Gabriele Zimmer, to present the request; Enrique Guerrero Salom, to ask that the vote on the motion for a resolution be held in December; Francesco Enrico Speroni and Guy Verhofstadt, to ask that the vote be held during the current part-session, and Enrique Guerrero Salom, in support of this proposal.
Parliament agreed to the request.
Thursday
No changes.
The order of business was thus established.
17. Jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters ***I (debate)
Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters (recast) [COM(2010)0748 - C7-0433/2010- 2010/0383(COD)] - Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: Tadeusz Zwiefka (A7-0320/2012)
Tadeusz Zwiefka introduced the report.
IN THE CHAIR: Othmar KARAS Vice-President
The following spoke: Viviane Reding (Vice-President of the Commission).
The following spoke: Evelyn Regner (rapporteur for the opinion of the EMPL Committee), who also replied to a blue-card question by Dimitar Stoyanov, Raffaele Baldassarre, on behalf of the PPE Group, Antonio Masip Hidalgo, on behalf of the S&D Group, Eva Lichtenberger, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Jaroslav Paška, on behalf of the EFD Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Tadeusz Zwiefka, Jacky Hénin, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Dimitar Stoyanov, Non-attached Member, Roberta Angelilli, Monika Flašíková Beňová and Silvia-Adriana Ţicău.
The following spoke: Viviane Reding and Tadeusz Zwiefka.
18. Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (debate)
Oral question (O-000159/2012) by Klaus-Heiner Lehne, Luigi Berlinguer, Eva Lichtenberger, Francesco Enrico Speroni, Alexandra Thein and Tadeusz Zwiefka, on behalf of the JURI Committee, to the Commission: Acceptance of the accession of eight third countries to the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (B7-0367/2012)
Evelyn Regner moved the question.
Viviane Reding (Vice-President of the Commission) answered the question.
The following spoke: Roberta Angelilli, on behalf of the PPE Group, Eva Lichtenberger, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Martina Anderson, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, and Tadeusz Zwiefka.
The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Elena Băsescu and Angelika Werthmann.
The following spoke: Viviane Reding.
The motions for resolutions to be tabled under Rule 115(5) would be announced in the House at a later time.
19. Marketing and use of explosives precursors ***I (debate)
Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the marketing and use of explosives precursors [COM(2010)0473 - C7-0279/2010- 2010/0246(COD)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Jan Mulder (A7-0269/2012)
Jan Mulder introduced the report.
The following spoke: Viviane Reding (Vice-President of the Commission).
The following spoke: Anna Maria Corazza Bildt, on behalf of the PPE Group, Ana Gomes, on behalf of the S&D Group, Jan Philipp Albrecht, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, and Monika Flašíková Beňová.
The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Elena Băsescu, Andrew Henry William Brons and Gerard Batten.
The following spoke: Viviane Reding, Ivo Vajgl and Jan Mulder.
20. One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
In accordance with Rule 150, the following Members who wished to draw the attention of Parliament to matters of political importance spoke for one minute:
Anna Záborská, Monika Flašíková Beňová, Tatjana Ždanoka, Kinga Gál, María Irigoyen Pérez, François Alfonsi, Marina Yannakoudakis, Alda Sousa, Martin Ehrenhauser, Petru Constantin Luhan, Françoise Castex, Jelko Kacin, Gerard Batten, Georgios Toussas, Andreas Mölzer, Czesław Adam Siekierski, Monika Smolková, Filiz Hakaeva Hyusmenova, Jacky Hénin, László Tőkés, Cătălin Sorin Ivan, Claudio Morganti and Corneliu Vadim Tudor.
IN THE CHAIR: Alexander ALVARO Vice-President
The following spoke: Emer Costello, Salvador Sedó i Alabart, Claudiu Ciprian Tănăsescu, Erik Bánki, Graham Watson and Csaba Sándor Tabajdi.
21. Card, Internet and mobile payments (short presentation)
Report on 'Towards an integrated European market for card, internet and mobile payments' [2012/2040(INI)] - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Sampo Terho (A7-0304/2012)
Sampo Terho made the presentation.
The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Elena Băsescu, Silvia-Adriana Ţicău, Christian Engström, Andreas Mölzer, Ildikó Gáll-Pelcz, Monika Flašíková Beňová, Petru Constantin Luhan and Sergio Gaetano Cofferati.
The following spoke: Viviane Reding (Vice-President of the Commission).
Report on Shadow Banking [2012/2115(INI)] - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Saïd El Khadraoui (A7-0354/2012)
Saïd El Khadraoui made the presentation.
The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Evelyn Regner, Elena Băsescu, Sergio Gaetano Cofferati, Ildikó Gáll-Pelcz and Monika Flašíková Beňová.
The following spoke: Johannes Hahn (Member of the Commission).
23. Protecting children in the digital world (short presentation)
Report on protecting children in the digital world [2012/2068(INI)] - Committee on Culture and Education. Rapporteur: Silvia Costa (A7-0353/2012)
Silvia Costa made the presentation.
The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Anna Maria Corazza Bildt, Pat the Cope Gallagher, Amelia Andersdotter, Marek Henryk Migalski, Oreste Rossi, Andreas Mölzer, Roberta Angelilli, Josef Weidenholzer, Angelika Werthmann, Andrea Češková, Jaroslav Paška, Franz Obermayr, Kinga Gál, Sergio Gaetano Cofferati, Seán Kelly, Monika Flašíková Beňová, Marie-Thérèse Sanchez-Schmid, Silvia-Adriana Ţicău, Iosif Matula, Petru Constantin Luhan and Erik Bánki.
The following spoke: Johannes Hahn (Member of the Commission).
24. Implementation of the Consumer Credit Directive (short presentation)
Report on the implementation of the Consumer Credit Directive 2008/48/EC [2012/2037(INI)] - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection. Rapporteur: Birgit Collin-Langen (A7-0343/2012)
Birgit Collin-Langen made the presentation.
The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Monika Flašíková Beňová, Ildikó Gáll-Pelcz, Silvia-Adriana Ţicău, Franz Obermayr, Elena Băsescu, Olga Sehnalová, Phil Prendergast and Malcolm Harbour.
The following spoke: Johannes Hahn (Member of the Commission).
Report on the Social Investment Pact - as a response to the crisis [2012/2003(INI)] - Committee on Employment and Social Affairs. Rapporteur: Danuta Jazłowiecka (A7-0263/2012)
Danuta Jazłowiecka made the presentation.
The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Roberta Angelilli, Silvia-Adriana Ţicău, Elena Băsescu, Antigoni Papadopoulou, Oreste Rossi, Joanna Katarzyna Skrzydlewska and Jan Kozłowski.
The following spoke: Johannes Hahn (Member of the Commission).
26. Social Business Initiative (short presentation)
Report on Social Business Initiative - Creating a favourable climate for social enterprises, key stakeholders in the social economy and innovation [2012/2004(INI)] - Committee on Employment and Social Affairs. Rapporteur: Heinz K. Becker (A7-0305/2012)
Heinz K. Becker made the presentation.
The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Miroslav Mikolášik, Anthea McIntyre, Roberta Angelilli, Silvia-Adriana Ţicău, Elena Băsescu, Iosif Matula, Evelyn Regner, Petru Constantin Luhan and Csaba Sógor.
The following spoke: Michel Barnier (Member of the Commission).
27. Approval and market surveillance of two- or three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles ***I - Approval of agricultural or forestry vehicles ***I (debate)
Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the approval and market surveillance of two- or three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles [COM(2010)0542 - C7-0317/2010- 2010/0271(COD)] - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection. Rapporteur: Wim van de Camp (A7-0445/2011)
Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the approval of agricultural or forestry vehicles [COM(2010)0395 - C7-0204/2010- 2010/0212(COD)] - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection. Rapporteur: Pier Antonio Panzeri (A7-0446/2011)
Wim van de Camp and Pier Antonio Panzeri introduced the reports.
The following spoke: Antonio Tajani (Vice-President of the Commission).
The following spoke: Roberts Zīle (rapporteur for the opinion of the TRAN Committee), Ildikó Gáll-Pelcz, on behalf of the PPE Group, Kerstin Westphal, on behalf of the S&D Group, Toine Manders, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Malcolm Harbour, on behalf of the ECR Group, John Bufton, on behalf of the EFD Group, Jacky Hénin, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Gay Mitchell, Silvia-Adriana Ţicău, Riikka Manner, Oreste Rossi and Jim Higgins.
The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Elena Băsescu, Phil Prendergast, Ryszard Czarnecki and Jaroslav Paška.
The following spoke: Antonio Tajani, Wim van de Camp and Pier Antonio Panzeri.