IN THE CHAIR: Alexander ALVARO
Vice-President

1. Opening of the sitting

The sitting opened at 9.00.

2. Composition of committees and delegations

The President had received the following requests for appointments from the PPE and ALDE Groups:

- CONT Committee: Monika Panayotova, to replace Iliana Ivanova

- CULT Committee: Monika Panayotova

- Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee: Iliana Ivanova, to replace Vladimir Urutchev

- Delegation for relations with Israel: Monika Panayotova

- Delegation for relations with the United States: Frédérique Ries

- Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China: Vladimir Urutchev, to replace Iliana Ivanova.

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

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.   Situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

- Charles Tannock, Jan Zahradil and Ryszard Czarnecki, on behalf of the ECR Group, on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (B7-0562/2012);

- Fiorello Provera, Lorenzo Fontana, Mara Bizzotto, Oreste Rossi, Jaroslav Paška and Rolandas Paksas, on behalf of the EFD Group, on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (B7-0563/2012);

- José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Mariya Gabriel, Jean Roatta, Cristian Dan Preda, Filip Kaczmarek, Bernd Posselt, Roberta Angelilli, Mario Mauro, Eija-Riitta Korhola, Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris, Zuzana Roithová, Monica Luisa Macovei, Sari Essayah, Giovanni La Via, Laima Liucija Andrikienė, Philippe Boulland, Eduard Kukan, Tunne Kelam, Michèle Striffler and Edit Bauer, on behalf of the PPE Group, on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (B7-0570/2012);

- Ana Gomes, Ricardo Cortés Lastra, Richard Howitt, Corina Creţu, Liisa Jaakonsaari, María Muñiz De Urquiza and Minodora Cliveti, on behalf of the S&D Group, on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (B7-0572/2012);

- Isabelle Durant, Judith Sargentini, Barbara Lochbihler, Bart Staes, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Jean-Jacob Bicep, Jean Lambert, Malika Benarab-Attou, Rui Tavares and Nicole Kiil-Nielsen, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (B7-0573/2012);

- Louis Michel, Marietje Schaake, Sarah Ludford, Charles Goerens, Nathalie Griesbeck, Robert Rochefort, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Marielle de Sarnez, Graham Watson, Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Sonia Alfano, Kristiina Ojuland and Johannes Cornelis van Baalen, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (B7-0579/2012);

- Marie-Christine Vergiat, Younous Omarjee, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, Willy Meyer and Patrick Le Hyaric, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (B7-0580/2012).

II.   Caste discrimination in India

- Fiorello Provera, Lorenzo Fontana, Mara Bizzotto, Oreste Rossi, Jaroslav Paška and Rolandas Paksas, on behalf of the EFD Group, n caste discrimination in India (B7-0564/2012);

- Charles Tannock, Peter van Dalen and Ryszard Czarnecki, on behalf of the ECR Group, on caste discrimination in India (B7-0574/2012);

- Ana Gomes, Jörg Leichtfried, Richard Howitt, Liisa Jaakonsaari, Mitro Repo and Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, on behalf of the S&D Group, on caste discrimination in India (B7-0575/2012);

- Karima Delli, Franziska Keller, Jean Lambert, Barbara Lochbihler, Rui Tavares, Satu Hassi, Nicole Kiil-Nielsen, Raül Romeva i Rueda and Margrete Auken, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on caste discrimination in India (B7-0576/2012);

- José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Lena Kolarska-Bobińska, Cristian Dan Preda, Filip Kaczmarek, Jean Roatta, Bernd Posselt, Roberta Angelilli, Mario Mauro, Eija-Riitta Korhola, Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris, Zuzana Roithová, Monica Luisa Macovei, Sari Essayah, Giovanni La Via, Laima Liucija Andrikienė, Philippe Boulland, Eduard Kukan, Tunne Kelam, Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa and Edit Bauer, on behalf of the PPE Group, on caste discrimination in India (B7-0577/2012);

- Anneli Jäätteenmäki, Marietje Schaake, Niccolò Rinaldi, Phil Bennion, Leonidas Donskis, Sarah Ludford, Robert Rochefort, Louis Michel, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Marielle de Sarnez, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Sonia Alfano, Edward McMillan-Scott, Kristiina Ojuland and Johannes Cornelis van Baalen, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on caste discrimination in India (B7-0578/2012);

- Jacky Hénin, Mikael Gustafsson, Marie-Christine Vergiat, Willy Meyer, Sabine Lösing and Patrick Le Hyaric, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on caste discrimination in India (B7-0581/2012).

Speaking time would be allocated in accordance with Rule 149.

4. Creation of unitary patent protection ***I - Unitary patent protection * - Jurisdictional system for patent disputes (debate)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council implementing enhanced cooperation in the area of the creation of unitary patent protection [2011/0093(COD)] - Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: Bernhard Rapkay (A7-0001/2012)

Report on the proposal for a Council Regulation implementing enhanced cooperation in the area of the creation of unitary patent protection with regard to the applicable translation arrangements [2011/0094(CNS)] - Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: Raffaele Baldassarre (A7-0002/2012)

Report on jurisdictional system for patent disputes [2011/2176(INI)] - Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: Klaus-Heiner Lehne (A7-0009/2012)

Bernhard Rapkay, Raffaele Baldassarre and Klaus-Heiner Lehne presented the reports.

The following spoke: Loucas Louca (President-in-Office of the Council) and Michel Barnier (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Alajos Mészáros (rapporteur for the opinion of the ITRE Committee), Evelyn Regner (rapporteur for the opinion of the AFCO Committee), Tadeusz Zwiefka, on behalf of the PPE Group, Sergio Gaetano Cofferati, on behalf of the S&D Group, Cecilia Wikström, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Eva Lichtenberger, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Sajjad Karim, on behalf of the ECR Group, Jiří Maštálka, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Gerard Batten, on behalf of the EFD Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Sajjad Karim, Auke Zijlstra, Non-attached Member, Antonio López-Istúriz White, Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, Alexandra Thein, Christian Engström, Edvard Kožušník, Jacky Hénin, Zbigniew Ziobro, Franz Obermayr and Judith A. Merkies.

IN THE CHAIR: Anni PODIMATA
Vice-President

The following spoke: Philippe De Backer, Konrad Szymański, João Ferreira, Rolandas Paksas, Angelika Niebler, Monika Flašíková Beňová, Toine Manders, Evžen Tošenovský, Charalampos Angourakis, Claudio Morganti, Marielle Gallo, Olle Ludvigsson, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, who also replied to two blue-card questions by Antonio López-Istúriz White and Antonio Masip Hidalgo, Janusz Wojciechowski, Krišjānis Kariņš, Silvia-Adriana Ţicău, Frédérique Ries, Antonio Masip Hidalgo and Mitro Repo.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Seán Kelly, Milan Zver and Petru Constantin Luhan.

The following spoke: Michel Barnier, Loucas Louca, Klaus-Heiner Lehne, Raffaele Baldassarre and Bernhard Rapkay.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 11.12.2012, item 8.9, minutes of 11.12.2012, item 8.10 and minutes of 11.12.2012, item 8.11.

(The sitting was suspended at 11.15 pending voting time and resumed at 12.00.)

IN THE CHAIR: Alejo VIDAL-QUADRAS
Vice-President

5. Announcement by the President

The President spoke on the fire in a factory manufacturing clothes for Western companies in Dacca (Bangladesh) on 24 November 2012. He informed the House that the Conference of Presidents had decided that a debate covering all aspects of this matter, with statements by the Council and the Commission, would be held during the part-session in January 2013.

The President expressed the European Parliament's sympathy for the victims' families.

6. Mandate of the Special Committee on Organised Crime, Corruption and Money Laundering

The President notified the House, under Rule 184, of the Conference of Presidents recommendation to extend the mandate of the Special Committee on Organised Crime, Corruption and Money Laundering.

Since no objection had been raised, the mandate of that Special Committee was extended to 30 September 2013.

The following spoke: Rui Tavares and Sonia Alfano, Vice-President and President respectively of the Special Committee.

7. Interpretation of the Rules of Procedure

The interpretation of Rule 187 by the Committee on Constitutional Affairs had been announced in plenary the previous day (minutes of 10.12.2012, item 3).

Since no objection had been raised against it by a political group or at least forty Members (Rule 211(4)), that interpretation was deemed to have been adopted.

8. Voting time

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

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

8.1. Macro-financial assistance to the Kyrgyz Republic ***I (Rule 138) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council providing macro-financial assistance to the Kyrgyz Republic [2011/0458(COD)] - Committee on International Trade. Rapporteur: Vital Moreira (A7-0208/2012)

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

AMENDMENT and DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P7_TA(2012)0466)

8.2. Energy-efficiency labelling programme for office equipment ***I (Rule 138) (vote)

Report on the 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 [2012/0049(COD)] - Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. Rapporteur: Béla Kovács (A7-0382/2012)

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

AMENDMENT and DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P7_TA(2012)0467)

8.3. Completing the digital single market (Rule 138) (vote)

Report on completing the Digital Single Market [2012/2030(INI)] - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection. Rapporteur: Pablo Arias Echeverría (A7-0341/2012)

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P7_TA(2012)0468)

8.4. Financing SME trade and investment (Rule 138) (vote)

Report on financing EU SMEs' trade and investment: facilitated access to credit in support of internationalisation [2012/2114(INI)] - Committee on International Trade. Rapporteur: Jan Zahradil (A7-0367/2012)

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P7_TA(2012)0469)

8.5. A digital freedom strategy in EU foreign policy (Rule 138) (vote)

Report on a Digital Freedom Strategy in EU Foreign Policy [2012/2094(INI)] - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: Marietje Schaake (A7-0374/2012)

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P7_TA(2012)0470)

8.6. Transitional arrangements for bilateral investment agreements between Member States and third countries ***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 establishing transitional arrangements for bilateral investment agreements between Member States and third countries [2010/0197(COD)] - Committee on International Trade. Rapporteur: Vital Moreira (A7-0389/2012)

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

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Declared approved (P7_TA(2012)0471)

8.7. Macro-financial assistance for Georgia ***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 providing further macro-financial assistance to Georgia [2010/0390(COD)] - Committee on International Trade. Rapporteur: Vital Moreira (A7-0363/2012)

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

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Declared approved as amended (P7_TA(2012)0472)

8.8. European Maritime Safety Agency ***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 1406/2002 establishing a European Maritime Safety Agency [2010/0303(COD)] - Committee on Transport and Tourism. Rapporteur: Knut Fleckenstein (A7-0387/2012)

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

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Declared approved (P7_TA(2012)0473)

8.9. Creation of unitary patent protection ***I (vote)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council implementing enhanced cooperation in the area of the creation of unitary patent protection [2011/0093(COD)] - Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: Bernhard Rapkay (A7-0001/2012)

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

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P7_TA(2012)0474)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2012)0474)

8.10. Unitary patent protection * (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council Regulation implementing enhanced cooperation in the area of the creation of unitary patent protection with regard to the applicable translation arrangements [2011/0094(CNS)] - Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: Raffaele Baldassarre (A7-0002/2012)

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

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P7_TA(2012)0475)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2012)0475)

8.11. Jurisdictional system for patent disputes (vote)

Report on jurisdictional system for patent disputes [2011/2176(INI)] - Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: Klaus-Heiner Lehne (A7-0009/2012)

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2012)0476)

The following had spoken:

Michel Barnier (Member of the Commission) on the result of the vote.

8.12. Implementation of the bilateral safeguard clause and the stabilisation mechanism for bananas of the EU-Central America association agreement ***I (vote)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council implementing the bilateral safeguard clause and the stabilisation mechanism for bananas of the Agreement establishing an Association between the European Union and its Member States on the one hand, and Central America on the other [COM(2011)0599 - C7-0306/2011- 2011/0263(COD)] - Committee on International Trade. Rapporteur: Jörg Leichtfried (A7-0237/2012)

In accordance with Rule 57(2), the report had been referred back to committee at the sitting of 13 September 2012 (minutes of 13.9.2012, item 11.12)

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

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P7_TA(2012)0477)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2012)0477)

8.13. EU-Central America association agreement (vote)

Interim report on the draft Council Decision on the conclusion of the Agreement establishing an Association between the European Union and its Member States, on the one hand, and Central America, on the other [16395/1/2011 - C7-0182/2012- 2011/0303(NLE)] - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra (A7-0360/2012)

(Simple majority)
(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 13)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2012)0478)

8.14. EU-Central America association agreement *** (vote)

Recommendation on the proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion of the Agreement establishing an Association between the European Union and its Member States, on the one hand, and Central America, on the other [16395/1/2011 – C7-0182/2012 – 2011/0303(NLE)] – Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra (A7-0362/2012)

(Simple majority)
(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 14)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2012)0479)

Parliament consented to the conclusion of the agreement.

8.15. Implementation of the bilateral safeguard clause and the stabilisation mechanism for bananas of the EU-Colombia/Peru trade agreement ***I (vote)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council implementing the bilateral safeguard clause and the stabilisation mechanism for bananas of the Trade Agreement between the European Union and Colombia and Peru [COM(2011)0600 - C7-0307/2011- 2011/0262(COD)] - Committee on International Trade. Rapporteur: Bernd Lange (A7-0249/2012)

In accordance with Rule 57(2), the report had been referred back to committee at the sitting of 13 September 2012 (minutes of 13.9.2012, item 11.11)

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

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P7_TA(2012)0480)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2012)0480)

8.16. EU-Colombia/Peru trade agreement *** (vote)

Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Colombia and Peru, of the other part [14762/1/2011 - C7-0287/2012- 2011/0249(NLE)] - Committee on International Trade. Rapporteur: Mário David (A7-0388/2012)

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

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2012)0481)

Parliament consented to the conclusion of the agreement.

The following had spoken:

Before the vote, Helmut Scholz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, to request, pursuant to Rule 175, that the report be referred back to committee, Franz Obermayr in support of that request, and Mário David, against the request.

Parliament rejected the request.

8.17. Prevention of age-related diseases of women (vote)

Report on prevention of age-related diseases of women [2012/2129(INI)] - Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality. Rapporteur: Roberta Angelilli (A7-0340/2012)

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2012)0482)

8.18. Rising threats from antimicrobial resistance (vote)

Report on the Microbial Challenge - Rising threats from Antimicrobial Resistance [2012/2041(INI)] - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. Rapporteur: Anna Rosbach (A7-0373/2012)

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2012)0483)

9. Explanations of vote

Written explanations of vote:

Explanations of vote submitted in writing under Rule 170 appear in the Verbatim Report of Proceedings for the sitting.

Oral explanations of vote:

Report: Vital Moreira - A7-0208/2012
Julie Girling, Iva Zanicchi, Monica Luisa Macovei, Laima Liucija Andrikienė and Daniel Hannan

Report: Pablo Arias Echeverría - A7-0341/2012
Lara Comi, Iva Zanicchi, Mojca Kleva Kekuš, Emma McClarkin, Salvatore Caronna, Monica Luisa Macovei, Adam Bielan, Daniel Hannan, Syed Kamall and Catherine Stihler

Report: Jan Zahradil - A7-0367/2012
Lara Comi, Nirj Deva, Iva Zanicchi, Francesco De Angelis, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Mojca Kleva Kekuš, Monica Luisa Macovei, Emer Costello, Seán Kelly, Daniel Hannan and Syed Kamall

Report: Marietje Schaake - A7-0374/2012
Salvatore Caronna, Monica Luisa Macovei, Adam Bielan, Laima Liucija Andrikienė and Syed Kamall

Recommendation for second reading: Vital Moreira - A7-0389/2012
Monica Luisa Macovei and Syed Kamall

Report: Bernhard Rapkay - A7-0001/2012
Lara Comi, Salvatore Caronna, Monica Luisa Macovei, Jim Higgins, Morten Messerschmidt, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica and Seán Kelly

Report: Raffaele Baldassarre - A7-0002/2012
Lara Comi, Roberta Angelilli, Monica Luisa Macovei and Charles Tannock

Report: Klaus-Heiner Lehne - A7-0009/2012
Lara Comi and Monica Luisa Macovei

Reports: Bernhard Rapkay - A7-0001/2012, Raffaele Baldassarre - A7-0002/2012 and Klaus-Heiner Lehne - A7-0009/2012
Ewald Stadler

Report: Jörg Leichtfried - A7-0237/2012
Emma McClarkin

Report: José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra - A7-0360/2012
Monica Luisa Macovei and Adam Bielan

Report: Bernd Lange - A7-0249/2012
Piotr Borys

Report: Mário David - A7-0388/2012
Patrice Tirolien, George Lyon, Monica Luisa Macovei, Laima Liucija Andrikienė, Gianluca Susta, Emer Costello and Diane Dodds

Report: Roberta Angelilli - A7-0340/2012
Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Mojca Kleva Kekuš, Monica Luisa Macovei, Emer Costello and Diane Dodds

Report: Anna Rosbach - A7-0373/2012
Horst Schnellhardt, Monica Luisa Macovei, Christa Klaß and Diane Dodds

10. Corrections to votes and voting intentions

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

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

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

Romana Jordan indicated that for personal reasons she had not taken part in most of the votes taken that day.

Christian Ehler indicted that for reasons outside his control he had been unable to take part in most of the votes taken that day.

(The sitting was suspended at 14.00 and resumed at 15.00.)

IN THE CHAIR: Georgios PAPASTAMKOS
Vice-President

11. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

12. Draft amending budget No 6/2012 - Revenue from own resources and other resources - Increase in payment appropriations in headings 1a, 1b, 2, 3a and 4 of the Multiannual Financial Framework - Reduction in the level of commitment appropriations entered in the budget - New general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2013 - all sections (debate)

Report on the Council position on Draft amending budget No 6/2012 of the European Union for the financial year 2012, Section III - Commission [17295/2012 - C7-0401/2012- 2012/2281(BUD)] - Committee on Budgets. Rapporteur: Francesca Balzani (A7-0409/2012)

Report on the Council position on the new draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2013 - all sections [17195/2012 - C7-0399/2012- 2012/2307(BUD)] - Committee on Budgets. Co-rapporteurs: Giovanni La Via and Derek Vaughan (A7-0410/2012)

Francesca Balzani, Giovanni La Via and Derek Vaughan introduced the reports.

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

The following spoke: Alain Lamassoure, on behalf of the PPE Group, Eider Gardiazábal Rubial, on behalf of the S&D Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Paul Rübig, Jan Mulder, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Helga Trüpel, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Richard Ashworth, on behalf of the ECR Group, Jürgen Klute, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Marta Andreasen, on behalf of the EFD Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by George Lyon, Lucas Hartong, Non-attached Member, László Surján, Göran Färm, Alexander Alvaro, François Alfonsi, Hynek Fajmon, Alda Sousa, Monika Hohlmeier and Jutta Haug.

IN THE CHAIR: László SURJÁN
Vice-President

The following spoke: George Lyon, Isabelle Durant, Sidonia Elżbieta Jędrzejewska, Edit Herczog, Anne E. Jensen, Juan Andrés Naranjo Escobar, Catherine Trautmann, Ivars Godmanis, Ingeborg Gräßle, Georgios Stavrakakis, Angelika Werthmann and Barbara Matera.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Anna Záborská, Janusz Władysław Zemke, João Ferreira, Frédéric Daerden and Jan Kozłowski.

The following spoke: Janusz Lewandowski, Loucas Louca, Francesca Balzani, Giovanni La Via and Derek Vaughan.

The Chair closed the debate and highlighted the main challenges which it threw up.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 12.12.2012, item 7.1 and minutes of 12.12.2012, item 7.3.

13. Groundhandling services at European Union airports ***I - Allocation of slots at European Union airports ***I - Introduction of noise-related operating restrictions at European Union airports ***I (debate)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on groundhandling services at Union airports and repealing Council Directive 96/67/EC [COM(2011)0824 - C7-0457/2011- 2011/0397(COD)] - Committee on Transport and Tourism. Rapporteur: Artur Zasada (A7-0364/2012)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules for the allocation of slots at European Union airports (recast) [COM(2011)0827 - C7-0458/2011- 2011/0391(COD)] - Committee on Transport and Tourism. Rapporteur: Giommaria Uggias (A7-0379/2012)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of rules and procedures with regard to the introduction of noise-related operating restrictions at Union airports within a Balanced Approach and repealing Directive 2002/30/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council [COM(2011)0828 - C7-0456/2011- 2011/0398(COD)] - Committee on Transport and Tourism. Rapporteur: Jörg Leichtfried (A7-0372/2012)

Artur Zasada, Giommaria Uggias and Jörg Leichtfried introduced the reports.

The following spoke: Siim Kallas (Vice-President of the Commission).

The following spoke: Thomas Mann (rapporteur for the opinion of the EMPL Committee), Inés Ayala Sender (rapporteur for the opinion of the ENVI Committee), Ildikó Gáll-Pelcz (rapporteur for the opinion of the IMCO Committee), Carlo Fidanza, on behalf of the PPE Group, Saïd El Khadraoui, on behalf of the S&D Group, Wolf Klinz, on behalf of the ALDE Group, who also replied to three blue-card questions from Peter van Dalen, Artur Zasada and Peter van Dalen, Eva Lichtenberger, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Peter van Dalen, Ildikó Gáll-Pelcz, on the conduct of the debate, Peter van Dalen, on that intervention, and Jacqueline Foster, on behalf of the ECR Group.

IN THE CHAIR: Miguel Angel MARTÍNEZ MARTÍNEZ
Vice-President

The following spoke: Sabine Wils, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Francesco Enrico Speroni, on behalf of the EFD Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Jacqueline Foster, Andreas Mölzer, Non-attached Member, Michael Gahler, Jörg Leichtfried, on the conduct of the debate, Knut Fleckenstein, who also replied to a blue-card question by Hubert Pirker, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Michael Cramer, Peter van Dalen, Jaromír Kohlíček, Mathieu Grosch, David-Maria Sassoli, Gesine Meissner, Isabelle Durant, Georgios Toussas, Luis de Grandes Pascual, Pervenche Berès, Vilja Savisaar-Toomast, Hubert Pirker, Jutta Steinruck, Jim Higgins, Bogusław Liberadzki, Dieter-Lebrecht Koch, Silvia-Adriana Ţicău and Erik Bánki.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Birgit Collin-Langen, Janusz Władysław Zemke, James Nicholson, João Ferreira, Andrew Henry William Brons, Rareş-Lucian Niculescu, Karin Kadenbach, Christa Klaß and Zita Gurmai.

The following spoke: Siim Kallas, Artur Zasada, Giommaria Uggias, Jörg Leichtfried and Peter van Dalen, in response to the latter.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 12.12.2012, item 7.12, minutes of 12.12.2012, item 7.13 and minutes of 12.12.2012, item 7.14.

14. Enhanced cooperation on the financial transactions tax *** (debate)

Recommendation on the proposal for a Council decision authorising enhanced cooperation in the area of the financial transaction tax [COM(2012)0631 - 2012/0298(APP)] - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Anni Podimata (A7-0396/2012)

Anni Podimata introduced the recommendation.

IN THE CHAIR: Othmar KARAS
Vice-President

The following spoke: Loucas Louca (President-in-Office of the Council) and Algirdas Šemeta (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Astrid Lulling, on behalf of the PPE Group, Antolín Sánchez Presedo, on behalf of the S&D Group, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Emilie Turunen, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Ivo Strejček, on behalf of the ECR Group, Marisa Matias, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Marta Andreasen, on behalf of the EFD Group, Auke Zijlstra, Non-attached Member, Theodor Dumitru Stolojan, Pervenche Berès, Philippe Lamberts, Kay Swinburne, Claudio Morganti, Dimitar Stoyanov, Markus Ferber, Leonardo Domenici, Ashley Fox, who also replied to a blue-card question by Emilie Turunen, Nigel Farage, Diane Dodds, Burkhard Balz, Evelyn Regner, Diogo Feio and Ricardo Cortés Lastra.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Ildikó Gáll-Pelcz, Silvia-Adriana Ţicău, Anna Záborská and Csaba Sándor Tabajdi.

The following spoke: Algirdas Šemeta, Loucas Louca and Anni Podimata.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 12.12.2012, item 7.16.

15. Protection of animals during transport (debate)

Report on the protection of animals during transport [2012/2031(INI)] - Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development. Rapporteur: Janusz Wojciechowski (A7-0331/2012)

Janusz Wojciechowski introduced the report.

The following spoke: Tonio Borg (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Martina Anderson (rapporteur for the opinion of the ENVI Committee), Luis de Grandes Pascual (rapporteur for the opinion of the TRAN Committee), Esther de Lange, on behalf of the PPE Group, Karin Kadenbach, on behalf of the S&D Group, Marit Paulsen, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Bas Eickhout, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, James Nicholson, on behalf of the ECR Group, Alfreds Rubiks, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, John Stuart Agnew, on behalf of the EFD Group, Diane Dodds, Non-attached Member, Elisabeth Jeggle, Eric Andrieu, George Lyon, Carl Schlyter, Julie Girling, Mikael Gustafsson, Esther Herranz García, Wojciech Michał Olejniczak, Britta Reimers, Alyn Smith, Peter van Dalen, Béla Glattfelder, Paolo De Castro, Andrea Zanoni, Czesław Adam Siekierski, Dan Jørgensen, Elisabeth Köstinger, Ulrike Rodust, Maria do Céu Patrão Neves and Luís Paulo Alves.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Mairead McGuinness.

IN THE CHAIR: Georgios PAPASTAMKOS
Vice-President

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Sidonia Elżbieta Jędrzejewska, Richard Howitt, Rareş-Lucian Niculescu, Milan Zver, Sergio Gaetano Cofferati and Karin Kadenbach.

The following spoke: Tonio Borg and Janusz Wojciechowski.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 12.12.2012, item 7.17.

16. Mediation in civil and commercial matters (debate)

Oral question (O-000169/2012) by Klaus-Heiner Lehne to the Commission: Mediation in civil and commercial matters (B7-0370/2012)

Arlene McCarthy, deputising for the author, moved the question.

Viviane Reding (Vice-President of the Commission) answered the question

The following spoke: Erminia Mazzoni, on behalf of the PPE Group, Silvia-Adriana Ţicău, on behalf of the S&D Group, and Cristian Silviu Buşoi, on behalf of the ALDE Group.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Sergio Gaetano Cofferati and Arlene McCarthy.

The following spoke: Viviane Reding.

The debate closed.

17. Fundamental rights in the European Union (2010 - 2011) (debate)

Report on the situation of fundamental rights in the European Union (2010-2011) [2011/2069(INI)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Monika Flašíková Beňová (A7-0383/2012)

Monika Flašíková Beňová introduced the report.

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

The following spoke: Lívia Járóka (rapporteur for the opinion of the FEMM Committee), Kinga Gál, on behalf of the PPE Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Judith Sargentini, Sylvie Guillaume, on behalf of the S&D Group, Renate Weber, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Tatjana Ždanoka, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Marie-Christine Vergiat, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Gerard Batten, on behalf of the EFD Group, Ewald Stadler, Non-attached Member, Carlos Coelho, Claude Moraes, Judith Sargentini, Jaroslav Paška, Anna Záborská, who also replied to a blue-card question by Monika Flašíková Beňová, Anna Hedh, Edit Bauer, Josef Weidenholzer, Hubert Pirker and Salvatore Iacolino.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Sergio Gaetano Cofferati.

The following spoke: Viviane Reding and Monika Flašíková Beňová.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 12.12.2012, item 7.18.

18. Agenda of the next sitting

The agenda of the next day's sitting had been established ('Agenda' PE 500.368/OJME).

19. Closure of the sitting

The sitting closed at 22.50.

The following signed:

Agnew, Albertini, Albrecht, Alfano, Alfonsi, Allam, Alvaro, Alves, Andersdotter, Anderson, Andreasen, Andrés Barea, Andrieu, Andrikienė, Angelilli, Angourakis, Antinoro, Antonescu, Antoniozzi, Arias Echeverría, Arlacchi, Arsenis, Ashworth, Atkins, Attard-Montalto, Auconie, Audy, Ayala Sender, Aylward, Ayuso, van Baalen, Bach, Badia i Cutchet, Bagó, Balčytis, Baldassarre, Balz, Balzani, Bánki, Bartolozzi, Băsescu, Bastos, Batten, Bauer, Bearder, Becker, Belder, Belet, Bélier, Benarab-Attou, Bendtsen, Bennahmias, Bennion, Berès, Berlato, Berman, Berra, Besset, Bicep, Bielan, Bilbao Barandica, Binev, Bisky, Bizzotto, Blinkevičiūtė, Bodu, Böge, Bonsignore, Borghezio, Borsellino, Borys, Boştinaru, Boulland, Bové, Bowles, Bozkurt, Bradbourn, Brantner, Bratkowski, Brepoels, Březina, Brok, Brons, Brzobohatá, Bufton, Bullmann, Buşoi, Bütikofer, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Cadec, Callanan, van de Camp, Campbell Bannerman, Cancian, Capoulas Santos, Caronna, Carvalho, Cashman, Casini, Caspary, Castex, del Castillo Vera, Cavada, Cercas, Češková, Chatzimarkakis, Chichester, Childers, Chountis, Christensen, Chrysogelos, Claeys, Cliveti, Cochet, Coelho, Cofferati, Collin-Langen, Colman, Comi, Cornelissen, Correa Zamora, António Fernando Correia de Campos, Cortés Lastra, Silvia Costa, Costello, Cottigny, Cozzolino, Cramer, Creţu, Creutzmann, 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, Dehaene, Delvaux, De Mita, de Sarnez, Désir, Deß, Deva, De Veyrac, 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, Elisa Ferreira, João Ferreira, Fidanza, Fisas Ayxela, Fjellner, Flašíková Beňová, Fleckenstein, Florenz, Fontana, Ford, Foster, Fox, Fraga Estévez, Franco, Mariya Gabriel, Gahler, Gál, Gallagher, Gallo, Gáll-Pelcz, Garcés Ramón, García-Hierro Caraballo, García Pérez, Gardiazábal Rubial, Gardini, Gargani, 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, Häfner, Fiona Hall, Händel, Handzlik, Hannan, Harbour, Harkin, Hartong, Hassi, Haug, Häusling, Hedh, Helmer, Hénin, 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, Jaakonsaari, Jäätteenmäki, Jadot, Jahr, Járóka, Jazłowiecka, Jędrzejewska, Jeggle, Jensen, Johansson, Joly, de Jong, Jordan, Jørgensen, Juvin, Kacin, Kaczmarek, Kadenbach, Kalinowski, Kalniete, Kamall, Kamiński, van der Kammen, Kammerevert, Karas, Karim, Kariņš, Kasoulides, Kastler, Kazak, Kelam, Keller, Kelly, Kiil-Nielsen, Kirilov, Kirkhope, Klaß, Kleva Kekuš, Klinz, Klute, Koch, Koch-Mehrin, Kohlíček, Kolarska-Bobińska, Koppa, Korhola, Kósa, Köstinger, Koumoutsakos, Béla Kovács, Kovatchev, Kowal, Kozłowski, Kožušník, Krahmer, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Krehl, 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, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Marine Le Pen, Liberadzki, Lichtenberger, Liese, Lisek, Lochbihler, Løkkegaard, Lope Fontagné, López Aguilar, López-Istúriz White, Lösing, Lövin, Ludford, Ludvigsson, Luhan, Łukacijewska, Lulling, Lunacek, Lyon, McAvan, McCarthy, McClarkin, McGuinness, McIntyre, McMillan-Scott, Macovei, Malinov, Manders, Mănescu, Maňka, Mann, Manner, Marcinkiewicz, Marinescu, David Martin, Hans-Peter Martin, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Maštálka, Mastella, Matera, Mathieu, Matias, Mato Adrover, Matula, Mauro, Mazej Kukovič, Mazzoni, Meissner, Mélenchon, Melo, Menéndez del Valle, Merkies, Messerschmidt, Mészáros, Louis Michel, Migalski, Mikolášik, Milana, Millán Mon, Miranda, Mirsky, Mitchell, Mölzer, Moraes, Moreira, Morganti, Morin-Chartier, Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė, Mulder, Muñiz De Urquiza, Murphy, Muscardini, Mynář, Naranjo Escobar, Nattrass, Neuser, Neveďalová, Newton Dunn, Neynsky, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Nicholson, Nicolai, Niculescu, Niebler, Nilsson, van Nistelrooij, Nitras, Nuttall, Obermayr, Obiols, Ojuland, Olbrycht, Olejniczak, Omarjee, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Ouzký, Oviir, Pack, Padar, Paksas, Paleckis, Paliadeli, Panayotov, Panayotova, Panzeri, Papadopoulou, Papanikolaou, Papastamkos, Pargneaux, Parvanova, Paşcu, Paška, Patrão Neves, Patriciello, Paulsen, Peterle, 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Skylakakis, Smith, Sógor, Sommer, Søndergaard, Sonik, Sosa Wagner, Sousa, Speroni, Stadler, Staes, Stassen, Šťastný, Stavrakakis, Steinruck, Stevenson, Stihler, van der Stoep, Stolojan, Stoyanov, Strejček, Striffler, Sturdy, Surján, Susta, Svensson, Swinburne, Swoboda, Szájer, Szegedi, Szymański, Tabajdi, Takkula, Tănăsescu, Tannock, Tarabella, Tarand, Tatarella, Tavares, Keith Taylor, Rebecca Taylor, Teixeira, Terho, Thein, Theocharous, Theurer, Thomas, Thomsen, Thun und Hohenstein, Thyssen, Ţicău, Tirolien, Toia, Tőkés, Tomaševski, Torvalds, Tošenovský, Toussas, Trautmann, Trematerra, Tremosa i Balcells, Triantaphyllides, Trüpel, Trzaskowski, Tsoukalas, Turmes, Turunen, Tzavela, Uggias, Ulmer, Ulvskog, Urutchev, Vadim Tudor, Vaidere, Vajgl, Van Brempt, Vanhecke, Van Orden, Vaughan, Vergiat, Vergnaud, Verheyen, Vidal-Quadras, Vigenin, de Villiers, Vitkauskaite, Vlasák, Vlasto, Voss, Wałęsa, Watson, Henri Weber, Manfred Weber, Renate Weber, Weidenholzer, Weisgerber, Werthmann, Westlund, Westphal, Wieland, Wikström, Willmott, Wils, Hermann Winkler, Iuliu Winkler, Włosowicz, Wojciechowski, Wortmann-Kool, Yáñez-Barnuevo García, Záborská, Zahradil, Zala, Zalba Bidegain, Zalewski, Zanicchi, Zanoni, Zasada, Ždanoka, Zeller, Zemke, Zéribi, Zijlstra, Zīle, Zimmer, Ziobro, Zuber, Zver, Zwiefka,

Observers

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