IN THE CHAIR: Martin SCHULZ
President

1. Opening of the sitting

The sitting opened at 9.10.

2. Delegated acts (Rule 87a)

The following draft delegated acts had been forwarded to Parliament:

Commission delegated Regulation amending Annex II to Regulation (EU) No692/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council, as regards adaptations following the revision of the International Standard Classification of Education ISCED in relation to the variables and breakdowns to be submitted (C(2013)14)

Period for lodging objections: two months, starting from the date of reception: 15 January 2013

Referred to responsible: TRAN

Commission delegated Regulation supplementing Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories with regard to regulatory technical standards on the minimum details of the data to be reported to trade repositories (C(2012)9586)

Period for lodging objections: one month, starting from the date of reception: 19 December 2012

Extension of this period: one month at the request of the competent committee

Referred to responsible: ECON

Commission delegated Regulation supplementing Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards on indirect clearing arrangements, the clearing obligation, the public register, access to a trading venue, non-financial counterparties, risk mitigation techniques for OTC derivatives contracts not cleared by a CCP (C(2012)9593)

Period for lodging objections: one month, starting from the date of reception: 19 December 2012

Extension of this period: one month at the request of the competent committee

Referred to responsible: ECON

Commission delegated Regulation supplementing Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories with regard to regulatory technical standards specifying the details of the application for registration as a trade repository (C(2012)9602)

Period for lodging objections: one month, starting from the date of reception: 19 December 2012

Extension of this period: one month at the request of the competent committee

Referred to responsible: ECON

Commission delegated Regulation supplementing Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories, with regard to regulatory technical standards specifying the data to be published and made available by trade repositories and operational standards for aggregating, comparing and accessing the data (C(2012)9603)

Period for lodging objections: one month, starting from the date of reception: 19 December 2012

Extension of this period: one month at the request of the competent committee

Referred to responsible: ECON

Commission delegated Regulation supplementing Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards on capital requirements for central counterparties (C(2012)9614)

Period for lodging objections: one month, starting from the date of reception: 19 December 2012

Extension of this period: one month at the request of the competent committee

Referred to responsible: ECON

Commission delegated Regulation supplementing Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards on requirements for central counterparties (C(2012)9623)

Period for lodging objections: one month, starting from the date of reception: 19 December 2012

Extension of this period: one month at the request of the competent committee

Referred to responsible: ECON

3. Implementing measures (Rule 88)

The following draft implementing measures falling under the regulatory procedure with scrutiny had been forwarded to Parliament:

- Commission Regulation amending Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on cosmetic products (D008364/04 - 2013/2506(RPS) - deadline: 08/04/2013)
referred to responsible: ENVI

- Commission Directive amending Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council to include chlorfenapyr as an active substance in Annex I thereto (D022410/02 - 2013/2509(RPS) - deadline: 08/04/2013)
referred to responsible: ENVI

- Commission Decision concerning the non-inclusion of formaldehyde for product-type 20 in Annex I, IA or IB to Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market (D024574/01 - 2013/2508(RPS) - deadline: 08/04/2013)
referred to responsible: ENVI

- Commission Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 443/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the monitoring of CO2 emissions from new passenger cars (D024683/02 - 2013/2507(RPS) - deadline: 08/04/2013)
referred to responsible: ENVI
opinion: ITRE

- Commission Regulation amending Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for emamectin benzoate, etofenprox, etoxazole, flutriafol, glyphosate, phosmet, pyraclostrobin, spinosad and spirotetramat in or on certain products (D024728/02 - 2013/2516(RPS) - deadline: 10/03/2013)
referred to responsible: ENVI

- Commission Regulation amending Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for chlorantraniliprole, fludioxonil and prohexadione in or on certain products (D024734/02 - 2012/2932(RPS) - deadline: 21/02/2013)
referred to responsible: ENVI

4. Programme of activities of the Irish Presidency (debate)

Council and Commission statements: Programme of activities of the Irish Presidency

Enda Kenny (President-in-Office of the Council) and José Manuel Barroso (President of the Commission) (President of the Commission) made the statements.

The following spoke: Joseph Daul, on behalf of the PPE Group, Hannes Swoboda, on behalf of the S&D Group, Guy Verhofstadt, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Martin Callanan, on behalf of the ECR Group, Nigel Farage, on behalf of the EFD Group, and Gabriele Zimmer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group.

IN THE CHAIR: Gianni PITTELLA
Vice-President

The following spoke: Diane Dodds, Non-attached Member, Gay Mitchell, Göran Färm, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, Reinhard Bütikofer, Jan Zahradil, Niki Tzavela, Martina Anderson, Franz Obermayr, Herbert Reul, Emer Costello, Pat the Cope Gallagher, Emilie Turunen, Lajos Bokros, Rolandas Paksas, Paul Murphy, Daniël van der Stoep, Mario Mauro, Enrique Guerrero Salom, Marian Harkin, Sven Giegold, Mara Bizzotto, Laurence J.A.J. Stassen and Jean-Pierre Audy.

IN THE CHAIR: Anni PODIMATA
Vice-President

The following spoke: Patrizia Toia, George Lyon, Jacek Protasiewicz, Véronique De Keyser, Cecilia Wikström, Luis de Grandes Pascual, Udo Bullmann, Chris Davies, Ildikó Gáll-Pelcz, Catherine Trautmann, Paulo Rangel, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Marietta Giannakou, Cătălin Sorin Ivan, Anna Záborská, Elisa Ferreira, Gunnar Hökmark, Claude Moraes, Marian-Jean Marinescu and Seán Kelly.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Othmar Karas, Zita Gurmai, Kristiina Ojuland, Peter van Dalen, Inês Cristina Zuber, John Bufton, Andrew Henry William Brons, Mairead McGuinness, Liisa Jaakonsaari, Jim Higgins, Roberta Angelilli, Phil Prendergast and Charles Goerens.

The following spoke: James Nicholson, on the conduct of the 'catch-the-eye' procedure.

The following spoke: Maroš Šefčovič (Vice-President of the Commission), Joseph Daul, the latter on the state of the discussions, and Enda Kenny.

IN THE CHAIR: Martin SCHULZ
President

The debate closed.

5. 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.

5.1. Modification of Parliament's calendar of part-sessions - 2013

Modification of Parliament's calendar of part-sessions - 2013: see the proposal of the Conference of Presidents (minutes of 14.1.2013, item 7)

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

Adopted

Parliament's calendar of part-sessions for 2013 is therefore established as follows:

- 14-17 January

- 4-7 February

- 11-14 March

- 15-18 April

- 20-23 May

- 10-13 June

- 1-4 July

- 9-12 September

- 7-10 October

- 21-24 October

- 18-21 November

- 9-12 December.

The following had spoken:

Martin Callanan, under Rule 177(4), to ask for the vote on the calendar to be postponed for three months. Marita Ulvskog spoke in favour of the proposal and Joseph Daul spoke against.

In an electronic vote, Parliament rejected the request (212 in favour, 418 against, 44 abstentions).

IN THE CHAIR: Edward McMillan-Scott
Vice-President

6. Composition of committees and delegations

At the request of the EFD Group, Parliament ratified the following appointment:

Delegation for relations with Japan: Bastiaan Belder to replace Mike Nattrass.

7. Corrigendum (Rule 216)

The corrigendum P7_TA-PROV(2012)0425(COR01) had been announced in plenary the preceding day (minutes of 15.1.2013, item 8).

Since no call for a vote by a political group or at least forty MEPs had been made (Rule 216(4)), the corrigendum was deemed to have been approved.

8.1. Classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous preparations ***I (Rule 138) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous preparations (recast) [COM(2012)0008 - C7-0021/2012- 2012/0007(COD)] - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. Rapporteur: Eija-Riitta Korhola (A7-0391/2012)

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

COMMISSION PROPOSAL, AMENDMENT and DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P7_TA(2013)0008)

8.2. Sustainable exploitation of fishery resources in the Mediterranean Sea ***I (Rule 138) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 concerning management measures for the sustainable exploitation of fishery resources in the Mediterranean Sea [COM(2011)0479 - C7-0216/2011- 2011/0218(COD)] - Committee on Fisheries. Rapporteur: Anna Rosbach (A7-0180/2012)

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

COMMISSION PROPOSAL, AMENDMENTS and DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P7_TA(2013)0009)

8.3. Conclusion of the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety *** (Rule 138) (vote)

Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion on behalf of the European Union of the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety [13582/2012 - C7-0323/2012- 2012/0120(NLE)] - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. Rapporteur: Matthias Groote (A7-0429/2012)

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

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P7_TA(2013)0010)

Parliament consented to the conclusion of the protocol.

8.4. Public finances in EMU - 2011 and 2012 (Rule 138) (vote)

Report on Public Finances in EMU - 2011 and 2012 [2011/2274(INI)] - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Alfredo Pallone (A7-0425/2012)

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P7_TA(2013)0011)

8.5. Credit rating agencies ***I (vote)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 on credit rating agencies [COM(2011)0747 - C7-0420/2011- 2011/0361(COD)] - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Leonardo Domenici (A7-0221/2012)

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

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P7_TA(2013)0012)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2013)0012)

The following had spoken:

Sharon Bowles (Chair of the ECON Committee), on the voting procedure; Godfrey Bloom, on the requests for voting by roll call submitted by his group; and Hannes Swoboda, to ask the AFCO Committee to decide on the question of the competent committee's initial amendments falling after agreement at first reading had been reached.

8.6. Undertakings of collective investment in transferable securities (UCITS) and alternative investment funds managers ***I (vote)

Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2009/65/EC on the coordination of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to undertakings of collective investment in transferable securities (UCITS) and Directive 2011/61/EU on Alternative Investment Funds Managers in respect of the excessive reliance on credit ratings [COM(2011)0746 - C7-0419/2011- 2011/0360(COD)] - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Leonardo Domenici (A7-0220/2012)

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

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P7_TA(2013)0013)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2013)0013)

The following had spoken:

Leonardo Domenici (rapporteur) on the voting procedure, following remarks made during the vote on report A7-0221/2012 above; József Szájer, to point out that there were mistakes in the voting list; and Leonardo Domenici, on the result of the vote.

8.7. Multi-annual plan for cod stocks in the Baltic Sea ***I (vote)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1098/2007 of 18 September 2007 establishing a multi-annual plan for the cod stocks in the Baltic Sea and the fisheries exploiting those stocks [COM(2012)0155 - C7-0090/2012- 2012/0077(COD)] - Committee on Fisheries. Rapporteur: Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa (A7-0395/2012)

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

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P7_TA(2013)0014)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa (rapporteur) made a statement under Rule 138(4).

Adopted (P7_TA(2013)0014)

8.8. Conservation of fishery resources ***I (final vote)

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)] - Committee on Fisheries. Rapporteur: Pat the Cope Gallagher (A7-0342/2012)

The debate had been held on 21 November 2012 (minutes of 21.11.2012, item 17).

The vote had taken place on 22 November 2012 (minutes of 22.11.2012, item 13.3).

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

PROPOSAL FOR A REGULATION, AMENDMENT et DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

The following spoke: Pat the Cope Gallagher (rapporteur), to request in accordance with Rule 177(4) that the vote be postponed, and Chris Davies, in support of that request.

In a roll-call vote (670 in favour, 2 against, 5 abstentions), Parliament approved the request.

8.9. Amendment of Parliament's Rules of Procedure on the order of precedence of Vice-Presidents elected by acclamation (vote)

Report on amendment of Rule 15(2) of Parliament’s Rules of Procedure on the order of precedence of Vice-Presidents elected by acclamation [2012/2020(REG)] - Committee on Constitutional Affairs. Rapporteur: Carlo Casini (A7-0412/2012)

(Qualified majority required for adoption of the amendments)
(Simple majority for adoption of the decision)
(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 10)

TEXT OF THE RULES OF PROCEDURE

Amendments adopted: see Annex 'Results of votes'

PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION

Adopted (P7_TA(2013)0015)

The following had spoken:

Carlo Casini (rapporteur), following the rejection of amendment 2.

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

8.10. Youth guarantee (vote)

Motion for a resolution B7-0007/2013

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2013)0016)

8.11. Role of EU cohesion policy in implementing the new European energy policy (vote)

Report on the role of EU cohesion policy and its actors in implementing the new European energy policy [2012/2099(INI)] - Committee on Regional Development. Rapporteur: Lena Kolarska-Bobińska (A7-0437/2012)

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

ALTERNATIVE JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION (put forward by the S&D, Verts/ALE and GUE/NGL groups)

Rejected

ALTERNATIVE MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION (put forward by the Verts/ALE group)

Rejected

ALTERNATIVE MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION (put forward by the S&D group)

Rejected

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2013)0017)

The following had spoken:

Lena Kolarska-Bobińska (rapporteur).

8.12. Feasibility of introducing stability bonds (vote)

Report on the feasibility of introducing Stability Bonds [2012/2028(INI)] - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Sylvie Goulard (A7-0402/2012)

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

ALTERNATIVE MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION (put forward by the PPE, S&D, ALDE and Verts/ALE groups)

Adopted (P7_TA(2013)0018)

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:

Modification of Parliament's calendar of part-sessions - 2013
Søren Bo Søndergaard, Marina Yannakoudakis, Constance Le Grip, Roberta Angelilli, Kay Swinburne, Ewald Stadler, Syed Kamall, Daniel Hannan and Charles Tannock

The following spoke: Martin Kastler on the conduct of the sitting.

Report: Alfredo Pallone - A7-0425/2012
Iva Zanicchi, Monica Luisa Macovei, Roberta Angelilli, Emma McClarkin, Charles Tannock, Syed Kamall, Daniel Hannan and Elena Băsescu

Report: Leonardo Domenici - A7-0221/2012
Iva Zanicchi, Giommaria Uggias, Janusz Władysław Zemke, Monica Luisa Macovei, Alfredo Antoniozzi, Erminia Mazzoni, Roberta Angelilli, Kay Swinburne, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Ewald Stadler, Oreste Rossi, Charles Tannock, Peter Jahr, Anna Záborská, Syed Kamall, Daniel Hannan and Elena Băsescu

Report: Leonardo Domenici - A7-0220/2012
Monica Luisa Macovei and Elena Băsescu

Youth guarantee - B7-0007/2013
Marina Yannakoudakis, Petru Constantin Luhan, Monica Luisa Macovei, Erminia Mazzoni, Roberta Angelilli, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Agnès Le Brun, Silvia Costa, Anneli Jäätteenmäki, Anna Záborská, Eduard Kukan, Kay Swinburne, Martin Kastler and Elena Băsescu

Report: Lena Kolarska-Bobińska - A7-0437/2012
Giommaria Uggias, Petru Constantin Luhan, Monica Luisa Macovei, Erminia Mazzoni, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Eduard Kukan and Elena Băsescu

Report: Sylvie Goulard - A7-0402/2012
Marina Yannakoudakis, Petri Sarvamaa, Roberta Angelilli, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Ewald Stadler, Charles Tannock, Eduard Kukan, Anna Záborská and Sabine Verheyen

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.

(The sitting was suspended at 14.30 and resumed at 15.00.)

IN THE CHAIR: Miguel Angel MARTÍNEZ MARTÍNEZ
Vice-President

11. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

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Ismail Ertug pointed out that he had been present at the sitting of 14 January 2013 but that his name had not appeared in the attendance list.

12. Situation in Syria (debate)

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

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

The following spoke: José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, on behalf of the PPE Group, Véronique De Keyser, on behalf of the S&D Group, Marietje Schaake, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Hélène Flautre, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Charles Tannock, on behalf of the ECR Group, Bastiaan Belder, on behalf of the EFD Group, Marisa Matias, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, and Philip Claeys, Non-attached Member.

The following spoke: Kristalina Georgieva (Member of the Commission) and Lucinda Creighton.

The debate closed.

13. EU-Iraq partnership and cooperation agreement *** (debate)

Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of a Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Iraq, of the other part [10209/2012 - C7-0189/2012- 2010/0310(NLE)] - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: Mario Mauro (A7-0411/2012)

Statement by the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy: EU-Iraq partnership and cooperation agreement

José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra (deputising for the rapporteur) introduced the recommendation.

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

The following spoke: Maria Badia i Cutchet (rapporteur for the opinion of the INTA Committee), Tokia Saïfi, on behalf of the PPE Group, Maria Eleni Koppa, on behalf of the S&D Group, Jelko Kacin, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Tarja Cronberg, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Struan Stevenson, on behalf of the ECR Group, Bastiaan Belder, on behalf of the EFD Group, Willy Meyer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Nick Griffin, Non-attached Member, Ria Oomen-Ruijten, Ana Gomes, who also replied to a blue-card question by Struan Stevenson, Alexandra Thein, Konrad Szymański, Fiorello Provera, Krzysztof Lisek, Silvia Costa, who also replied to a blue-card question by Paul Rübig, Norica Nicolai, Charles Tannock, Frank Vanhecke, Eduard Kukan, Ioan Mircea Paşcu, Tomasz Piotr Poręba, Jacek Olgierd Kurski and Tunne Kelam.

IN THE CHAIR: Georgios PAPASTAMKOS
Vice-President

The following spoke: Emine Bozkurt, Mirosław Piotrowski, Sari Essayah, Adam Bielan and Ryszard Czarnecki.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Seán Kelly, Marina Yannakoudakis, Jaroslav Paška, Janusz Władysław Zemke, Andreas Mölzer and Oreste Rossi.

The following spoke: Lucinda Creighton and José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra.

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

- Mario Mauro, on behalf of the AFET Committee, on the EU-Iraq Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (2012/2850(RSP)) (B7-0006/2013).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 17.1.2013, item 12.1 and minutes of 17.1.2013, item 12.2.

14. tRecent casualties in textile factory fires, notably in Bangladesh (debate)

Council and Commission statements: Recent casualties in textile factory fires, notably in Bangladesh

Lucinda Creighton (President-in-Office of the Council) and Kristalina Georgieva (Member of the Commission) made the statements.

The following spoke: Thomas Mann, on behalf of the PPE Group, Bernd Lange, on behalf of the S&D Group, Phil Bennion, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Jean Lambert, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Cristiana Muscardini, on behalf of the ECR Group, Nikolaos Salavrakos, on behalf of the EFD Group, Paul Murphy, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, and Gay Mitchell.

IN THE CHAIR: Jacek PROTASIEWICZ
Vice-President

The following spoke: Paul Murphy, to put a blue-card question to Gay Mitchell, who replied, Alejandro Cercas, Charles Goerens, Judith Sargentini, Charles Tannock, Matteo Salvini, Daniel Caspary, Richard Howitt, Santiago Fisas Ayxela, Vital Moreira, Michèle Striffler, Jutta Steinruck, Birgit Schnieber-Jastram, Evelyn Regner, Tokia Saïfi, Josefa Andrés Barea and Roberta Angelilli.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Michael Theurer, who also replied to two blue-card questions by Barbara Weiler and Daniel Caspary.

The following spoke: Michel Barnier (Member of the Commission) and Lucinda Creighton.

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

- Charles Tannock, on behalf of the ECR Group, on recent casualties in textile factory fires, notably in Bangladesh (2012/2908(RSP)) (B7-0004/2013);

- Phil Bennion, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on recent casualties in textile factory fires, notably in Bangladesh (2012/2908(RSP)) (B7-0005/2013);

- Thomas Mann, Gay Mitchell, Filip Kaczmarek, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Daniel Caspary, Elmar Brok, Michèle Striffler, Santiago Fisas Ayxela, Birgit Schnieber-Jastram, Tokia Saïfi, Ria Oomen-Ruijten and Ivo Belet, on behalf of the PPE Group, on recent casualties in textile factory fires, notably in Bangladesh (2012/2908(RSP)) (B7-0010/2013);

- Jean Lambert, Barbara Lochbihler, Marije Cornelissen, Karima Delli, Malika Benarab-Attou, Elisabeth Schroedter, Nicole Kiil-Nielsen, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Franziska Katharina Brantner, Ulrike Lunacek, Ana Miranda, Sven Giegold, Claude Turmes, Emilie Turunen, Judith Sargentini and Helga Trüpel, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on recent casualties in textile factory fires, notably in Bangladesh (2012/2908(RSP)) (B7-0020/2013);

- Véronique De Keyser, Bernd Lange, Vital Moreira, Jutta Steinruck, Alejandro Cercas, Pervenche Berès, Richard Howitt and Stephen Hughes, on behalf of the S&D Group, on recent casualties in textile factory fires, notably in Bangladesh (2012/2908(RSP)) (B7-0021/2013);

- Willy Meyer, Paul Murphy and Marie-Christine Vergiat, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the victims of fires recently in textile factories, notably in Bangladesh (2012/2908(RSP)) (B7-0022/2013).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 17.1.2013, item 12.6.

15. tCorruption, misuse of EU funds and effects on the political decision-making processes (debate)

Council and Commission statements: Corruption, misuse of EU funds and effects on the political decision-making processes

Lucinda Creighton (President-in-Office of the Council) and Michel Barnier (Member of the Commission) made the statements.

The following spoke: Véronique Mathieu, on behalf of the PPE Group.

IN THE CHAIR: László SURJÁN
Vice-President

The following spoke: Tanja Fajon, on behalf of the S&D Group, Michael Theurer, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Rui Tavares, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Mario Borghezio, on behalf of the EFD Group, Lucas Hartong, Non-attached Member, Monica Luisa Macovei, Barbara Weiler, Antonyia Parvanova, Ulrike Lunacek, Andreas Mölzer, Ingeborg Gräßle, Rita Borsellino, Olle Schmidt, Jan Philipp Albrecht, Ewald Stadler, who also replied to three blue-card questions from Rui Tavares, Ulrike Lunacek and Georgios Papanikolaou, Hubert Pirker, Iliana Malinova Iotova, Inés Ayala Sender and Emine Bozkurt.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Andrey Kovatchev, Jelko Kacin, Christian Engström, Claudio Morganti and Georgios Papanikolaou.

The following spoke: Michel Barnier and Lucinda Creighton

The debate closed.

(The sitting was suspended for a short time.)

16. Recommendations of the Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference regarding the establishment of a Middle East free of weapons of mass destruction (debate)

Statement by the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy: Recommendations of the Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference regarding the establishment of a Middle East free of weapons of mass destruction

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

The following spoke: Michael Gahler, on behalf of the PPE Group, Pino Arlacchi, on behalf of the S&D Group, Ivo Vajgl, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Tarja Cronberg, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Charles Tannock, on behalf of the ECR Group, Fiorello Provera, on behalf of the EFD Group, Patrick Le Hyaric, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Tunne Kelam, Véronique De Keyser, Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Malika Benarab-Attou, Adam Bielan, Jacek Włosowicz and Sari Essayah.

IN THE CHAIR: Oldřich VLASÁK
Vice-President

The following spoke: Ana Gomes, Anneli Jäätteenmäki, Krzysztof Lisek and Roberta Angelilli.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Elena Băsescu, João Ferreira and Jaroslav Paška.

The following spoke: Lucinda Creighton.

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

- Ivo Vajgl, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the Recommendations of the Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference regarding the establishment of a Middle East free of weapons of mass destruction (2012/2890(RSP)) (B7-0011/2013);

- José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Elmar Brok, Arnaud Danjean, Michael Gahler, Ioannis Kasoulides, Tunne Kelam, Krzysztof Lisek, Elena Băsescu, Salvatore Iacolino, Mario Mauro and Marietta Giannakou, on behalf of the PPE Group, on the Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference regarding the establishment of a Middle East free of weapons of mass destruction (2012/2890(RSP)) (B7-0012/2013);

- Tarja Cronberg, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Bart Staes, Jean Lambert, Keith Taylor, Judith Sargentini and Margrete Auken, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the Recommendations of the Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference regarding the establishment of a Middle East free of weapons of mass destruction (2012/2890(RSP)) (B7-0534/2012);

-Pino Arlacchi, Maria Eleni Koppa, Ana Gomes and Raimon Obiols, on behalf of the S&D Group, on the Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference regarding the establishment of a Middle East free of weapons of mass destruction (2012/2890(RSP)) (B7-0535/2012);

- Charles Tannock, Ryszard Antoni Legutko, Tomasz Piotr Poręba and Ryszard Czarnecki, on behalf of the ECR Group, on the Recommendations of the Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference regarding the establishment of a Middle East free of weapons of mass destruction (2012/2890(RSP)) (B7-0538/2012);

- Helmut Scholz, Patrick Le Hyaric, Willy Meyer, Miloslav Ransdorf, Marie-Christine Vergiat and Sabine Lösing, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the Recommendations of the Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference regarding the establishment of a Middle East free of weapons of mass destruction (2012/2890(RSP)) (B7-0539/2012).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 17.1.2013, item 12.7.

(The sitting was suspended at 21.20 and resumed at 21.30.)

17. Interim agreement establishing a framework for an EC-Eastern and Southern Africa States Economic Partnership Agreement *** - Implementation of IEPA between the European Community and Eastern and Southern Africa States in light of the current situation in Zimbabwe (debate)

Recommendation on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Interim Agreement establishing a framework for an Economic Partnership Agreement between Eastern and Southern Africa States, on the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, on the other part [11699/2012 - C7-0193/2012- 2008/0251(NLE)] - Committee on International Trade. Rapporteur: Daniel Caspary (A7-0431/2012)

Commission statement: Implementation of IEPA between the European Community and Eastern and Southern Africa States in light of the current situation in Zimbabwe

Daniel Caspary introduced the recommendation.

The following spoke: Judith Sargentini (rapporteur for the opinion of the DEVE Committee), Franck Proust, on behalf of the PPE Group, Bernd Lange, on behalf of the S&D Group, Niccolò Rinaldi, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Franziska Keller, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Paul Murphy, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, who also replied to two blue-card questions by Bernd Lange and Daniel Caspary, Michael Cashman, Louis Michel, who also replied to a blue-card question by Judith Sargentini, Helmut Scholz, Gianluca Susta and Olle Schmidt.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Elena Băsescu.

The following spoke: Karel De Gucht (Member of the Commission) and Daniel Caspary.

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

- Paul Murphy, Søren Bo Søndergaard, Marisa Matias, Alda Sousa and Martina Anderson, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the implementation of the Interim Economic Partnership Agreement (IEPA) between the European Community and the Eastern and Southern Africa States, in the light of the current situation in Zimbabwe (2013/2515(RSP)) (B7-0025/2013);

- Judith Sargentini and Franziska Keller, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the implementation of the Interim Economic Partnership Agreement (IEPA) between the European Community and the Eastern and Southern Africa States, in the light of the current situation in Zimbabwe (2013/2515(RSP)) (B7-0026/2013);

- Daniel Caspary, Alf Svensson, Filip Kaczmarek, Gay Mitchell, Iuliu Winkler, Peter Šťastný, Roberta Angelilli, on behalf of the PPE Group, Véronique De Keyser, Bernd Lange, Vital Moreira, Richard Howitt, Ricardo Cortés Lastra, Michael Cashman, on behalf of the S&D Group, Niccolò Rinaldi, Louis Michel, Catherine Bearder, Marielle de Sarnez, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Robert Sturdy and Geoffrey Van Orden, on behalf of the ECR Group, on the implementation of the Interim Economic Partnership Agreement (IEPA) between the European Community and the Eastern and Southern Africa States, in the light of the current situation in Zimbabwe (2013/2515(RSP)) (B7-0027/2013).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 17.1.2013, item 12.4 and minutes of 17.1.2013, item 12.3.

18. Modernisation of Customs Code and introduction of list of non-preferential rules of origin (debate)

Oral question (O-000208/2012) by Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Andreas Schwab and Daniel Caspary, on behalf of the PPE Group, to the Commission: Modernisation of Customs Code and introduction of list of non-preferential rules of origin (B7-0101/2013)

Oral question (O-000001/2013) by Silvana Koch-Mehrin, on behalf of the ALDE Group, to the Commission: Modernisation of Customs Code and introduction of list of non-preferential Rules of Origin (B7-0105/2013)

Daniel Caspary and Silvana Koch-Mehrin moved the questions.

Karel De Gucht (Member of the Commission) on behalf of Algirdas Šemeta (Member of the Commission) answered the questions.

The following spoke: Christofer Fjellner, on behalf of the PPE Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Daniel Caspary, Gianluca Susta, on behalf of the S&D Group, Andreas Schwab, Sylvana Rapti, Franck Proust and Sergio Gaetano Cofferati.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Elena Băsescu.

The following spoke: Karel De Gucht.

The debate closed.

19. Agenda of the next sitting

The agenda of the next day's sitting had been established ('Agenda' PE 500.369/OJJE).

20. Closure of the sitting

The sitting closed at 22.45.

The following signed:

Agnew, Albrecht, Alfonsi, Alvaro, Alves, Andersdotter, Anderson, Andreasen, Andrés Barea, Andrieu, Andrikienė, Angelilli, Angourakis, Antinoro, Antonescu, Antoniozzi, Arias Echeverría, Arlacchi, Arsenis, Ashworth, Atkins, Attard-Montalto, Auconie, Audy, Margrete Auken, Ayala Sender, Aylward, Ayuso, van Baalen, Bach, Badia i Cutchet, Bagó, Balčytis, Baldassarre, Balz, Balzani, Bánki, Barracciu, Bartolozzi, Băsescu, Bastos, Batten, Bauer, Bearder, Becker, Belder, Belet, Bélier, Benarab-Attou, Bendtsen, Bennahmias, Bennion, Berès, Berman, Berra, Besset, Bicep, Bielan, Bilbao Barandica, Binev, Bizzotto, Blinkevičiūtė, Bloom, Bodu, Böge, Bokros, Bonsignore, Borghezio, Borissov, Borsellino, Borys, Boştinaru, Boulland, Bové, Bowles, Bozkurt, Bradbourn, Brantner, Bratkowski, Březina, Brok, Brons, Brzobohatá, Bufton, Bullmann, Buşoi, Busuttil, Bütikofer, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Cadec, Callanan, van de Camp, Cancian, Capoulas Santos, Caronna, Carvalho, Casa, Cashman, Casini, Caspary, Castex, del Castillo Vera, Cavada, Cercas, Češková, Chatzimarkakis, Chichester, Childers, Chountis, Christensen, Chrysogelos, Claeys, Clark, Cliveti, Cochet, Coelho, Cofferati, Collin-Langen, Colman, Comi, Corazza Bildt, 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, 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, Elles, Enciu, Engel, Engström, Eppink, Ernst, Ertug, Essayah, Estaràs Ferragut, Estrela, Evans, Fajmon, Fajon, Falbr, Farage, Färm, Feio, Ferber, Fernandes, Elisa Ferreira, João Ferreira, Fidanza, Fisas Ayxela, Fjellner, Flašíková Beňová, Flautre, Fleckenstein, Florenz, Fontana, Ford, Foster, Fox, Fraga Estévez, Franco, Mariya Gabriel, Gahler, Gál, Gallagher, Gáll-Pelcz, Garcés Ramón, García-Hierro Caraballo, García Pérez, Gardiazábal Rubial, Gardini, Gebhardt, Geier, Gerbrandy, Geringer de Oedenberg, Giannakou, Giegold, Gierek, Girling, Glattfelder, Godmanis, Goebbels, Goerens, Gollnisch, Gomes, Göncz, Goulard, de Grandes Pascual, Gräßle, Grèze, Griesbeck, Griffin, Gróbarczyk, Groote, Grosch, Grossetête, Grzyb, Gualtieri, Guerrero Salom, Guillaume, Gurmai, Gustafsson, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gutiérrez Prieto, Gyürk, Hadjigeorgiou, Häfner, Fiona Hall, Händel, Handzlik, Hankiss, Hannan, Harbour, Harkin, Hartong, Hassi, Haug, Häusling, Helmer, Hénin, Herranz García, Hibner, Higgins, Nadja Hirsch, Hoang Ngoc, Hohlmeier, Hökmark, Honeyball, Hortefeux, Howitt, Danuta Maria Hübner, Hughes, Hyusmenova, Iacolino, Ibrisagic, Ilchev, Imbrasas, in 't Veld, Iotova, Irigoyen Pérez, Iturgaiz Angulo, Ivan, Jaakonsaari, Jäätteenmäki, Jadot, Jahr, Jazłowiecka, Jędrzejewska, Jeggle, Jensen, Jiménez-Becerril Barrio, Johansson, Joly, de Jong, Jordan, Jørgensen, Juvin, Kacin, Kaczmarek, Kadenbach, Kalinowski, Kamall, Kamiński, van der Kammen, Kammerevert, Karas, Kariņš, Kastler, Kazak, Kelam, Keller, Kelly, Kiil-Nielsen, Kirilov, Kirkhope, Klaß, Kleva Kekuš, Klinz, Klute, Koch, Koch-Mehrin, Kolarska-Bobińska, Koppa, Korhola, Kósa, Köstinger, Koumoutsakos, Béla Kovács, Kovatchev, Kowal, Kozlík, Kozłowski, Kožušník, Krahmer, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhn, Kukan, Kurski, Lamassoure, Lambert, Lamberts, Lambsdorff, Landsbergis, Lange, de Lange, Langen, La Via, Le Brun, Le Grip, Legutko, Lehne, Le Hyaric, Leichtfried, Leinen, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Marine Le Pen, Liberadzki, Lichtenberger, Liese, Liotard, 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, Matera, Mathieu, Matias, Mato Adrover, Matula, Mauro, Mayer, Mazej Kukovič, Mazzoni, Meissner, Mélenchon, Melo, Menéndez del Valle, Merkies, Messerschmidt, Meyer, Louis Michel, Migalski, 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, Olejniczak, Omarjee, Oomen-Ruijten, Ortiz Vilella, Őry, Ouzký, Oviir, Pack, Padar, Paksas, Paleckis, Paliadeli, Pallone, Panayotov, Panayotova, Panzeri, Papadopoulou, Papanikolaou, Papastamkos, Pargneaux, Parvanova, Paşcu, Paška, Patrão Neves, Paulsen, Perello Rodriguez, Peterle, Pieper, Piotrowski, Pirillo, Pirker, Pittella, Poc, Podimata, Ponga, Poręba, Posselt, Pöttering, Poupakis, Preda, Prendergast, Prodi, Protasiewicz, Proust, Provera, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rangel, Ransdorf, Rapkay, Rapti, Regner, Reimers, Remek, Repo, Reul, Riera Madurell, Ries, Rinaldi, Riquet, Rivasi, 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, Salatto, Salavrakos, Salvini, Sánchez Presedo, Sanchez-Schmid, Sârbu, Sargentini, Sarvamaa, Saryusz-Wolski, Sassoli, Saudargas, Savisaar-Toomast, Schaake, Schaldemose, Schlyter, Olle Schmidt, Schnellhardt, Schnieber-Jastram, Scholz, Schöpflin, Schroedter, Martin Schulz, Schwab, Scottà, Scurria, Sedó i Alabart, Seeber, Sehnalová, Senyszyn, Serracchiani, Siekierski, Silvestris, Simon, Simpson, Sinclaire, Sippel, Siwiec, Skinner, Skrzydlewska, Skylakakis, Smith, Smolková, Sógor, Sommer, Søndergaard, Sonik, Sophocleous, Sosa Wagner, Sousa, Speroni, Stadler, Staes, Stassen, Šťastný, Stavrakakis, Steinruck, Stevenson, Stihler, van der Stoep, Stolojan, Stoyanov, Strejček, Striffler, Surján, Susta, Svensson, Swinburne, Swoboda, Szájer, Szymański, Takkula, Tănăsescu, Tannock, Tarabella, Tarand, Tatarella, Tavares, Keith Taylor, Rebecca Taylor, Teixeira, Terho, Thein, Theurer, Thomas, Thomsen, Thun und Hohenstein, Thyssen, Ţicău, Tirolien, Toia, Tőkés, Tomaševski, Torvalds, Tošenovský, Toussas, Trautmann, Tremosa i Balcells, Triantaphyllides, Trüpel, Trzaskowski, Tsoukalas, Turmes, Turunen, Tzavela, Uggias, Ulmer, Ulvskog, Ungureanu, Urutchev, Vadim Tudor, Vaidere, Vajgl, Vălean, Van Brempt, Vanhecke, Van Orden, Vaughan, Vergiat, Vergnaud, Verheyen, Vidal-Quadras, de Villiers, Vitkauskaite, Vlasák, Vlasto, Voss, Wałęsa, Watson, Henri Weber, Manfred Weber, Renate Weber, Weidenholzer, Weiler, Werthmann, Westlund, Westphal, Wieland, Wikström, Willmott, Wils, Hermann Winkler, Iuliu Winkler, Włosowicz, Wojciechowski, Wortmann-Kool, Yáñez-Barnuevo García, Yannakoudakis, Záborská, Zahradil, Zala, Zalba Bidegain, Zalewski, Zamfirescu, Zanicchi, Zanoni, Zasada, Ždanoka, Zeller, Zemke, Zéribi, Zijlstra, Zīle, Zimmer, Zuber, Zver, Zwiefka,

Observers

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