IN THE CHAIR: Roberta ANGELILLI
Vice-President

1. Opening of the sitting

The sitting opened at 8.30.

2. Decisions concerning certain documents

Decision to draw up own-initiative reports (Rule 42)

( Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 10 January 2013)

FEMM Committee

- Combating Violence Against Women (2013/2004(INI))

Decision to draw up own-initiative reports (Rule 48)

( Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 11 December 2012)

EMPI Committee

- Implementation of Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation (2012/2324(INI))

( Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 10 January 2013)

CULT Committee

- Endangered European languages ​​and linguistic diversity in the European Union (2013/2007(INI))

FEMM Committee

- Educational and occupational mobility of women in the EU (2013/2009(INI))
(opinion: REGI, EMPL)

ITRE Committee

- Reindustrialising Europe to promote competitiveness and sustainability (COM(2012)0582 – 2013/2006(INI))
(opinion: FEMM, ENVI, EMPL, JURI, ECON, INTA, IMCO, TRAN, REGI)

- Making the internal energy market work (COM(2012)0663 - 2013/2005(INI))
(opinion: AFET, ENVI, ECON, INTA, IMCO, REGI)

REGI Committee

- European Commission's Seventh progress report on the EU Cohesion Policy – (COM(2011)0776 - 2013/2008(INI))
(opinion: ENVI, EMPL, ITRE)

Decision to apply a procedure with joint committee meetings (Rule 51)

(Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 10 January 2013)

- Gender balance among non-executive directors of companies listed on stock exchanges (COM(2012)0614 - C7-0382/2012 - 2012/0299(COD))
committees: JURI, FEMM
(opinion: EMPL, ECON, IMCO)

Associated committees (Rule 50)

(Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 10 January 2013)

ENVI Committee

- Modalities for reaching the 2020 target to reduce CO2 emissions from new light commercial vehicles (COM(2012)0394 - C7-0185/2012 - 2012/0191(COD))
(opinion: IMCO, TRAN, ITRE)
Associated committees ENVI, ITRE

- Modalities for reaching the 2020 target to reduce CO2 emissions from new passenger cars (COM(2012)0393 - C7-0184/2012 - 2012/0190(COD))
(opinion: IMCO, TRAN, ITRE)
Associated committees ENVI, ITRE

FEMM Committee

- Educational and occupational mobility of women in the EU (2013/2009(INI))
(opinion: REGI)
Associated committees FEMM, EMPL

Amendments to referral to committees

DEVE Committee

- Recommandation to the EEAS and to the Council on the 2013 review of the organisation and the functioning of the EEAS (2012/2253(INI))
referred to responsible: AFET
opinion: DEVE, ENVI, BUDG, CONT

- Recommandation to the Council on the UN principle of the 'Responsibility to Protect' (R2P) (B7-0191/2012 - 2012/2143(INI))
referred to responsible: AFET
opinion: DEVE

- Agricultural and fishery statistics (COM(2012)0724 - C7-0397/2012 - 2012/0343(COD))
referred to responsible: AGRI
opinion: PECH

AFET Committee

- Women's rights in the Balkan accession countries (2012/2255(INI))
referred to responsible: FEMM
opinion: AFET

Amendments to referral to committees (Rule 37(2))

JURI Committee

- Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to the transparency of measures regulating the prices of medicinal products for human use and their inclusion in the scope of public health insurance systems (COM(2012)0084 – 2012/0035(COD))

referred to responsible: ENVI

opinion: EMPL, ITRE, IMCO, JURI, JURI (Rule 37.2)

- Proposal for a Council Regulation on Union support for the nuclear decommissioning assistance programmes in Bulgaria, Lithuania and Slovakia (COM(2011)0783 – 2011/0363 NLE)

referred to responsible: ITRE

opinion: BUDG, JURI (Rule 37.2)

3. Implementing measures (Rule 88)

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

- Proposal for a Council Regulation establishing criteria determining when copper scrap ceases to be waste under Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (COM(2012)0787 - 2012/2744(RPS) - deadline: 07/05/2013)
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 aminopyralid, bifenazate, captan, fluazinam, fluopicolide, folpet, kresoxim-methyl, penthiopyrad, proquinazid, pyridate and tembotrione in or on certain products (D024727/02 - 2013/2517(RPS) - deadline: 12/03/2013)
referred to responsible: ENVI

- Commission Directive amending Annex II to Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on end-of-life vehicles (Text with EEA relevance) (D025198/01 - 2013/2518(RPS) - deadline: 15/04/2013)
referred to responsible: ENVI.

4. State aid modernisation (motions for resolutions tabled)

Question for oral answer (O-000213/2012) by Sharon Bowles, on behalf of the ECON Committee, to the Commission: State aid modernisation (B7-0102/2013)

The debate had been held on 15 January 2013 (minutes of 15.1.2013, item 18).

Motion for a resolution to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 115(5):

- Sharon Bowles, on behalf of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, on state aid modernisation (2012/2920 (RSP)) (B7-0024/2013).

Vote: minutes of 17.1.2013, item 12.5.

5. 'One carry-on bag' rule imposed by certain airlines (debate)

Question for oral answer (O-000220/2012) by Brian Simpson, on behalf of the TRAN Committee, to the Commission: 'One carry-on bag' rule imposed by certain airlines (B7-0103/2013)

Brian Simpson moved the question.

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

The following spoke: Georges Bach, on behalf of the PPE Group, Saïd El Khadraoui, on behalf of the S&D Group, Liam Aylward, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Eva Lichtenberger, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Oldřich Vlasák, on behalf of the ECR Group, Paul Murphy, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Michel Dantin, Inés Ayala Sender, Michael Cramer, Carlo Fidanza, Spyros Danellis, Keith Taylor and Ádám Kósa.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Erik Bánki, Iosif Matula, Jörg Leichtfried, Olga Sehnalová, María Irigoyen Pérez, Wolf Klinz, Phil Bennion, Gesine Meissner, Karin Kadenbach, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica and Silvia-Adriana Ţicău.

The following spoke: Karel De Gucht.

The debate closed.

6. Regulation on mandatory marking of origin for certain products imported from third countries (debate)

Question for oral answer (O-000217/2012) by Vital Moreira and Cristiana Muscardini, on behalf of the INTA Committee, to the Commission: Regulation on mandatory marking of origin for certain products imported from third countries (B7-0552/2012)

Vital Moreira and Cristiana Muscardini moved the question.

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

The following spoke: Daniel Caspary, on behalf of the PPE Group, Gianluca Susta, on behalf of the S&D Group, Niccolò Rinaldi, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Yannick Jadot, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Julie Girling, on behalf of the ECR Group, Matteo Salvini, on behalf of the EFD Group, Helmut Scholz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Christofer Fjellner, who also replied to a blue-card question by Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris, Bernd Lange, Toine Manders, William (The Earl of) Dartmouth, Franck Proust, Maria Badia i Cutchet, George Sabin Cutaş, Patrizia Toia, Cristiana Muscardini and Marc Tarabella.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Elisabeth Köstinger, Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris, Spyros Danellis, Karin Kadenbach, João Ferreira, Claudio Morganti and Antonio Cancian.

The following spoke: Karel De Gucht.

Motions for resolutions to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 115(5):

- Daniel Caspary, Franck Proust, Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa and Pablo Zalba Bidegain, on behalf of the PPE Group, Gianluca Susta, Vital Moreira and Bernd Lange, on behalf of the S&D Group, Niccolò Rinaldi, Robert Rochefort and Marielle de Sarnez, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the indication of the country of origin of certain products imported from third countries (‘made in’) (2012/2923(RSP)) (B7-0013/2013);

- Robert Sturdy and Cristiana Muscardini, on behalf of the ECR Group, on the rule of origin marking ('made in') (2012/2923(RSP)) (B7-0014/2013);

- Helmut Scholz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the rule of origin marking ('made in') (2012/2923(RSP)) (B7-0015/2013);

- Yannick Jadot, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the indication of the country of origin of certain products imported from third countries ('made in') (2012/2923(RSP)) (B7-0016/2013).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 17.1.2013, item 12.8.

7. State of play of EU-Mercosur trade relations (debate)

Question for oral answer (O-000218/2012) by Vital Moreira, on behalf of the INTA Committee, to the Commission: State of play of trade negotiations with Mercosur (B7-0553/2012)

Vital Moreira moved the question.

IN THE CHAIR: Othmar KARAS
Vice-President

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

The following spoke: José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, on behalf of the PPE Group, Gianluca Susta, on behalf of the S&D Group, Metin Kazak, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Catherine Grèze, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Emma McClarkin, on behalf of the ECR Group, William (The Earl of) Dartmouth, on behalf of the EFD Group, Helmut Scholz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Diane Dodds, Christofer Fjellner, Bernd Lange, Oldřich Vlasák, Jaroslav Paška, João Ferreira, Andrew Henry William Brons, Jean-Pierre Audy, Luis Yáñez-Barnuevo García, Liam Aylward, James Nicholson, Charalampos Angourakis, Elisabeth Köstinger, George Sabin Cutaş, Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Alexander Mirsky, Elisabeth Jeggle, Luis Manuel Capoulas Santos, Pablo Zalba Bidegain, Giovanni La Via, Michel Dantin, Béla Glattfelder and Esther Herranz García.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Maria do Céu Patrão Neves, Luís Paulo Alves and Silvia-Adriana Ţicău.

The following spoke: Karel De Gucht.

Motions for resolutions to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 115(5):

- Marielle de Sarnez, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the state of play of EU-Mercosur trade relations (2012/2924(RSP)) (B7-0008/2013);

- José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Pablo Zalba Bidegain, Daniel Caspary, Elisabeth Jeggle and Jean-Pierre Audy, on behalf of the PPE Group, Robert Sturdy, on behalf of the ECR Group, on negotiations between the EU and Mercosur (2012/2924(RSP)) (B7-0009/2013);

- Gianluca Susta, Vital Moreira, Bernd Lange and Luis Yáñez-Barnuevo García, on behalf of the S&D Group, on trade negotiations between the EU and Mercosur (2012/2924(RSP)) (B7-0017/2013);

- Helmut Scholz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on trade negotiations between the EU and Mercosur (2012/2924(RSP)) (B7-0018/2013);

- José Bové, Catherine Grèze, Martin Häusling, Yannick Jadot, Ulrike Lunacek, Ana Miranda and Raül Romeva i Rueda, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on trade negotiations between the EU and Mercosur (2012/2924(RSP)) (B7-0019/2013).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 17.1.2013, item 12.9.

8. Request for the waiver of parliamentary immunity

The German authorities had written to the President requesting that the parliamentary immunity of Jürgen Creutzmann be waived in connection with legal proceedings pending before the public prosecutor's office in Frankenthal.

Pursuant to Rule 6(2), the request had been referred to the committee responsible, the JURI Committee.

9. Composition of committees and delegations

At the request of the S&D Group, Parliament ratified the following appointments:

Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs: Francesca Barracciu

Special Committee on Organised Crime, Corruption and Money Laundering: Francesca Barracciu

Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries: Francesca Barracciu.

(The sitting adjourned at 11.40 and resumed at 12.00.)

IN THE CHAIR: Martin SCHULZ
President

10. Statement by the President

The President made a statement on the situation in southern Algeria. He roundly condemned the taking of hostages and the killing of a British citizen. He expressed his condolences to the victim's family and expressed solidarity with the families of the hostages before stating that he hoped that the conflict could be resolved peacefully.

11. Decision on opening interinstitutional negotiations (Rule 70 a)

The following proposals for decisions had been announced on 14 January 2013 (minutes of 14.1.2013, item 8):

- Proposal for a decision on the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing, as part of the Internal Security Fund, the instrument for financial support for external borders and visa (COM(2011)0750 – C7-0441/2011 – 2011/0365(COD) – 2013/2503(RSP)) (B7-0001/2013) (P7_TA(2013)0019)

- Proposal for a decision on the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Asylum and Migration Fund (COM(2011)0751 – C7-0443/2011 – 2011/0366(COD) – 2013/2504(RSP)) (B7-0002/2013) (P7_TA(2013)0020)

- Proposal for a decision on the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing, as part of the Internal Security Fund, the instrument for financial support for police cooperation, preventing and combating crime, and crisis management (COM(2011)0753 - C7-0445/2011 -2011/0368(COD) – 2013/2505(RSP)) (B7-0003/2013) (P7_TA(2013)0021)

Since no request for a debate or vote had been received from a political group or at least 40 MEPs, these decisions are, in accordance with Rule 70a(2), deemed to have been approved.

12. 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.

12.1. Iraq (vote)

Motion for a resolution B7-0006/2013

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2013)0022)

12.2. EU-Iraq partnership and cooperation agreement *** (vote)

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)

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

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2013)0023)

Parliament consented to the conclusion of the agreement.

12.3. Implementation of IEPA between the European Community and Eastern and Southern Africa States in light of the current situation in Zimbabwe (vote)

Motions for resolution B7-0025/2013, B7-0026/2013 and B7-0027/2013

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION B7-0025/2013

Rejected

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION B7-0026/2013

Rejected

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION B7-0027/2013

Adopted (P7_TA(2013)0024)

12.4. Interim agreement establishing a framework for an EC-Eastern and Southern Africa States Economic Partnership Agreement *** (vote)

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)

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

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2013)0025)

Parliament consented to the conclusion of the agreement.

12.5. State aid modernisation (vote)

The debate had taken place on 15 January 2013 (minutes of 15.1.2013, item 18).

The motion for a resolution had been announced on 17 January 2013 (minutes of 17.1.2013, item 4).

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2013)0026)

12.6. Recent casualties in textile factory fires, notably in Bangladesh (vote)

Motions for resolution B7-0004/2013, B7-0005/2013, B7-0010/2013, B7-0020/2013, B7-0021/2013 and B7-0022/2013

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

JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B7-0004/2013

(replacing B7-0004/2013, B7-0005/2013, B7-0010/2013, B7-0020/2013, B7-0021/2013 and B7-0022/2013):

tabled by the following Members:

Thomas Mann, Tokia Saïfi, Daniel Caspary, Ria Oomen-Ruijten, Gay Mitchell, Filip Kaczmarek, Santiago Fisas Ayxela, Michèle Striffler, Birgit Schnieber-Jastram, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Elmar Brok, Ivo Belet, Roberta Angelilli and Laima Liucija Andrikienė, on behalf of the PPE Group;

Véronique De Keyser, Stephen Hughes, Bernd Lange, Vital Moreira, Alejandro Cercas, Pervenche Berès, Jutta Steinruck and Richard Howitt, on behalf of the S&D Group;

Phil Bennion, Marielle de Sarnez and Robert Rochefort, on behalf of the ALDE Group;

Jean Lambert, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group;

Charles Tannock, on behalf of the ECR Group;

Marie-Christine Vergiat, Patrick Le Hyaric and Younous Omarjee, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group.

Adopted (P7_TA(2013)0027)

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

Motions for resolution B7-0011/2013, B7-0012/2013, B7-0534/2012, B7-0535/2012, B7-0538/2012 and B7-0539/2012

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

JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B7-0534/2012

(replacing B7-0534/2012, B7-0535/2012, B7-0538/2012, B7-0539/2012, B7-0011/2013 and B7-0012/2013):

tabled by the following Members:

José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Elmar Brok, Arnaud Danjean, Michael Gahler, Ioannis Kasoulides, Tunne Kelam, Krzysztof Lisek, Elena Băsescu, Salvatore Iacolino, Roberta Angelilli, Marietta Giannakou, Mario Mauro and Joachim Zeller, on behalf of the PPE Group;

Pino Arlacchi, Maria Eleni Koppa, Ana Gomes and Raimon Obiols, on behalf of the S&D Group;

Ivo Vajgl, Robert Rochefort, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, Anneli Jäätteenmäki, Alexandra Thein, on behalf of the ALDE Group;

Tarja Cronberg, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group;

Charles Tannock, Ryszard Antoni Legutko, Tomasz Piotr Poręba, Ryszard Czarnecki and Valdemar Tomaševski, on behalf of the ECR Group;

Helmut Scholz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group.

Adopted (P7_TA(2013)0028)

12.8. Regulation on mandatory marking of origin for certain products imported from third countries (vote)

Motions for resolution B7-0013/2013, B7-0014/2013, B7-0015/2013 and B7-0016/2013

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

JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B7-0013/2013

(replacing B7-0013/2013, B7-0014/2013, B7-0015/2013 and B7-0016/2013):

tabled by the following Members:

Daniel Caspary, Franck Proust, Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa, Pablo Zalba Bidegain and Roberta Angelilli, on behalf of the PPE Group;

Gianluca Susta, Vital Moreira, Maria Badia i Cutchet and Bernd Lange, on behalf of the S&D Group;

Niccolò Rinaldi, Robert Rochefort, Marielle de Sarnez and Metin Kazak, on behalf of the ALDE Group;

Yannick Jadot, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group;

Cristiana Muscardini, on behalf of the ECR Group;

Helmut Scholz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group.

Adopted (P7_TA(2013)0029)

12.9. State of play of EU-Mercosur trade relations (vote)

Motions for resolution B7-0008/2013, B7-0009/2013, B7-0017/2013, B7-0018/2013 and B7-0019/2013

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

JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B7-0008/2013

(replacing B7-0008/2013, B7-0009/2013 and B7-0017/2013):

tabled by the following Members:

José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Pablo Zalba Bidegain, Daniel Caspary, Elisabeth Jeggle and Jean-Pierre Audy, on behalf of the PPE Group;

Gianluca Susta, Vital Moreira, Bernd Lange and Luis Yáñez-Barnuevo García, on behalf of the S&D Group;

Marielle de Sarnez and Louis Michel, on behalf of the ALDE Group;

Robert Sturdy, on behalf of the ECR Group.

Adopted (P7_TA(2013)0030)

(Motions for resolutions B7-0018/2013 and B7-0019/2013 fell.)

13. 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:

Iraq – B7-0006/2013
Mitro Repo, Monica Luisa Macovei, Bernd Posselt, Daniel Hannan, Elena Băsescu, Anneli Jäätteenmäki and Iva Zanicchi

Recommendation: Mario Mauro - A7-0411/2012
Peter Jahr, Monica Luisa Macovei and Elena Băsescu

Implementation of IEPA between the European Community and Eastern and Southern Africa States in light of the current situation in Zimbabwe - B7-0025/2013, B7-0026/2013, B7-0027/2013
Monica Luisa Macovei, Bernd Posselt, Daniel Hannan and Elena Băsescu

Report: Daniel Caspary - A7-0431/2012
Adam Bielan, Monica Luisa Macovei, Charles Tannock and Bernd Posselt

State aid modernisation - B7-0024/2013
Jo Leinen, Elisabetta Gardini, Charles Tannock, Monica Luisa Macovei, Monika Smolková, Daniel Hannan and Elena Băsescu

Recent casualties in textile factory fires, notably in Bangladesh - RC-B7-0004/2013
Nirj Deva, Jo Leinen, Mitro Repo, Monica Luisa Macovei and Elena Băsescu

Recommendations of the Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference regarding the establishment of a Middle East free of weapons of mass destruction - RC-B7-0534/2012
Jo Leinen, Mitro Repo and Monica Luisa Macovei

Regulation on mandatory marking of origin for certain products imported from third countries - RC-B7-0013/2013
Andrea Zanoni, Jo Leinen, Elisabetta Gardini, Adam Bielan, Charles Tannock, Monica Luisa Macovei, Mitro Repo and Elena Băsescu

State of play of EU-Mercosur trade relations - RC-B7-0008/2013
Adam Bielan, Charles Tannock, Petru Constantin Luhan, Daniel Hannan and Elena Băsescu

14. Corrections to votes and voting intentions

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

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

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

(The sitting was suspended at 13.20 and resumed at 15.00.)

IN THE CHAIR: Rainer WIELAND
Vice-President

15. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

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Mario Mauro pointed out that his voting button had not worked during the voting session on 16 January 2013 during voting on reports A7-0395/2012, A7-0342/2012, A7-0437/2012 and A7-0402/2012 and on motion for a resolution B7-0007/2013.

16. Council position at first reading

The President announced that, in accordance with Rule 61(1), the following position had been received from the Council, together with the reasons which had led to its adoption, and the Commission's position on:

- Position of the Council at first reading with a view to the adoption of a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 as regards the exclusion of a number of countries from the list of regions or states which have concluded negotiations (15519/1/2012 - C7-0006/2013 - 2011/0260(COD))
referred to responsible: INTA

The three-month period available to Parliament to adopt its position would therefore begin the following day (18 January 2013).

17. Debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (debate)

(For the titles and authors of the motions for resolutions, see minutes of 15.1.2013, item 4)

17.1. Violence against women in India

Motions for resolution B7-0028/2013, B7-0033/2012, B7-0034/2013, B7-0035/2013, B7-0036/2013 and B7-0037/2013

Karima Delli, Marie-Christine Vergiat, Elisabeth Jeggle, Kristiina Ojuland, Charles Tannock and Jo Leinen introduced motions for resolutions.

The following spoke: Maria Badia i Cutchet, on behalf of the S&D Group, Nicole Kiil-Nielsen, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Marek Henryk Migalski, on behalf of the ECR Group, who also replied to two blue-card questions by Liisa Jaakonsaari and Bernd Posselt, Bastiaan Belder, on behalf of the EFD Group, Paul Murphy, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Sari Essayah, Corina Creţu, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Ryszard Czarnecki, who also answered three blue-card questions put by Kristiina Ojuland, Filip Kaczmarek and Charles Tannock, Jaroslav Paška, Filip Kaczmarek and Liisa Jaakonsaari.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Peter Šťastný, Zita Gurmai, Anna Rosbach, Eija-Riitta Korhola and Evgeni Kirilov.

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

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 17.1.2013, item 18.1.

17.2. Human rights situation in Bahrain

Motions for resolution B7-0029/2013, B7-0030/2013, B7-0038/2013, B7-0039/2013, B7-0040/2013 and B7-0042/2013

Carl Schlyter, Charles Tannock, Marie-Christine Vergiat, Laima Liucija Andrikienė, Kristiina Ojuland and Mitro Repo introduced motions for resolutions.

The following spoke: Inese Vaidere, on behalf of the PPE Group, Zita Gurmai, on behalf of the S&D Group, Marek Józef Gróbarczyk, on behalf of the ECR Group, and Paul Murphy, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Krzysztof Lisek, who also replied to a blue-card question by Bogusław Sonik, et Petri Sarvamaa.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Joanna Katarzyna Skrzydlewska, Monica Luisa Macovei, Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg and Elena Băsescu.

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

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 17.1.2013, item 18.2.

17.3. Situation in the Central African Republic

Motions for resolution B7-0031/2013, B7-0032/2013, B7-0041/2013, B7-0043/2013, B7-0044/2013 and B7-0045/2013

Judith Sargentini, Adam Bielan, Marie-Christine Vergiat, Cristian Dan Preda, Kristiina Ojuland and Liisa Jaakonsaari introduced motions for resolutions.

The following spoke: Bernd Posselt, on behalf of the PPE Group, and Corina Creţu, on behalf of the S&D Group.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Elena Băsescu, Sari Essayah, Krzysztof Lisek, Mitro Repo, Danuta Jazłowiecka and Eija-Riitta Korhola.

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

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 17.1.2013, item 18.3.

18. 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.

18.1. Violence against women in India (vote)

Motions for resolution B7-0028/2013, B7-0033/2013, B7-0034/2013, B7-0035/2012, B7-0036/2013 and B7-0037/2013

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

JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B7-0028/2013

(replacing B7-0028/2013, B7-0033/2013, B7-0034/2013, B7-0035/2013, B7-0036/2013 and B7-0037/2013):

tabled by the following Members:

José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Elmar Brok, Lena Kolarska-Bobińska, Elisabeth Jeggle, 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, Tunne Kelam, Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa, Elena Băsescu, Rafał Trzaskowski, Mariya Gabriel, Tadeusz Zwiefka, Petri Sarvamaa, Eduard Kukan, Martin Kastler, Bogusław Sonik and Anna Záborská, on behalf of the PPE Group;

Véronique De Keyser, Ana Gomes, Maria Badia i Cutchet, Corina Creţu, Jo Leinen, Jörg Leichtfried, Britta Thomsen, Zita Gurmai, Iratxe García Pérez, Eider Gardiazábal Rubial, Silvia-Adriana Ţicău, Joanna Senyszyn, Minodora Cliveti, Mitro Repo, Liisa Jaakonsaari, Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, Michael Cashman, Pino Arlacchi, Daciana Octavia Sârbu and Marc Tarabella, on behalf of the S&D Group;

Graham Watson, Phil Bennion, Marietje Schaake, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, Leonidas Donskis, Ivo Vajgl, Kristiina Ojuland, Marielle de Sarnez, Louis Michel, Robert Rochefort, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Edward McMillan-Scott, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Johannes Cornelis van Baalen, Charles Goerens, Angelika Werthmann, Antonyia Parvanova and Sarah Ludford, on behalf of the ALDE Group;

Karima Delli, Franziska Keller, Jean Lambert, Barbara Lochbihler, Marije Cornelissen, Rui Tavares, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Nicole Kiil-Nielsen, Carl Schlyter and Catherine Grèze, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group;

Charles Tannock, Marina Yannakoudakis and Valdemar Tomaševski, on behalf of the ECR Group;

Mikael Gustafsson, Marie-Christine Vergiat, Patrick Le Hyaric, Martina Anderson, Willy Meyer, Kartika Tamara Liotard and Jiří Maštálka, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group;

Jaroslav Paška.

Adopted (P7_TA(2013)0031)

18.2. Human rights situation in Bahrain (vote)

Motions for resolution B7-0029/2013, B7-0030/2013, B7-0038/2013, B7-0039/2012, B7-0040/2013 and B7-0042/2013

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

JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B7-0029/2013

(replacing B7-0029/2013, B7-0030/2013, B7-0038/2013, B7-0039/2013, B7-0040/2013 and B7-0042/2013):

tabled by the following Members:

José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Elmar Brok, Laima Liucija Andrikienė, Cristian Dan Preda, Bernd Posselt, Roberta Angelilli, Mario Mauro, Eija-Riitta Korhola, Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris, Zuzana Roithová, Monica Luisa Macovei, Sari Essayah, Giovanni La Via, Philippe Boulland, Jean Roatta, Tunne Kelam, Elena Băsescu, Joanna Katarzyna Skrzydlewska, Mariya Gabriel, Tadeusz Zwiefka, Petri Sarvamaa, Eduard Kukan, Martin Kastler, Bogusław Sonik and Anna Záborská, on behalf of the PPE Group;

Véronique De Keyser, Ana Gomes, Richard Howitt, Pino Arlacchi, Joanna Senyszyn, Liisa Jaakonsaari and Mitro Repo, on behalf of the S&D Group;

Marietje Schaake, Edward McMillan-Scott, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, Robert Rochefort, Louis Michel, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Marielle de Sarnez, Johannes Cornelis van Baalen, Kristiina Ojuland, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica and Sarah Ludford, on behalf of the ALDE Group;

Barbara Lochbihler, Margrete Auken, Carl Schlyter, Rui Tavares and Raül Romeva i Rueda, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group;

Charles Tannock, on behalf of the ECR Group;

Willy Meyer, Patrick Le Hyaric and Marie-Christine Vergiat, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group;

Jaroslav Paška.

Adopted (P7_TA(2013)0032)

The following had spoken:

Laima Liucija Andrikienė, to move an oral amendment to paragraph 10, which was accepted.

18.3. Situation in the Central African Republic (vote)

Motions for resolution B7-0031/2013, B7-0032/2013, B7-0041/2013, B7-0043/2012, B7-0044/2013 and B7-0045/2013

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

JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B7-0031/2013

(replacing B7-0031/2013, B7-0032/2013, B7-0041/2013, B7-0043/2013, B7-0044/2013 and B7-0045/2013):

tabled by the following Members:

Cristian Dan Preda, Filip Kaczmarek, Gay Mitchell, Jean Roatta, Bernd Posselt, Roberta Angelilli, Mario Mauro, Philippe Boulland, Eija-Riitta Korhola, Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris, Zuzana Roithová, Monica Luisa Macovei, Sari Essayah, Giovanni La Via, Tunne Kelam, Elena Băsescu, Mariya Gabriel, Michèle Striffler, Eduard Kukan, Martin Kastler, Joachim Zeller, Petri Sarvamaa and Anna Záborská, on behalf of the PPE Group;

Véronique De Keyser, Ana Gomes, Liisa Jaakonsaari, Norbert Neuser and Ricardo Cortés Lastra, on behalf of the S&D Group;

Louis Michel, Marietje Schaake, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, Robert Rochefort, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Graham Watson, Kristiina Ojuland, Johannes Cornelis van Baalen, Marielle de Sarnez, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Sarah Ludford and Nathalie Griesbeck, on behalf of the ALDE Group;

Judith Sargentini, Barbara Lochbihler, Nicole Kiil-Nielsen, Raül Romeva i Rueda and Jean-Jacob Bicep, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group;

Charles Tannock and Jan Zahradil, on behalf of the ECR Group;

Marie-Christine Vergiat and Patrick Le Hyaric, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group;

Jaroslav Paška.

Adopted (P7_TA(2013)0033)

19. 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.

20. Documents received

The following documents had been received from the Council and the Commission:

- Proposal for a Council Decision amending Decision 2009/935/JHA establishing the list of third States and organisations with which Europol shall conclude agreements (16229/2012 - C7-0011/2013 - 2013/0801(CNS))

- Special report 22/2012 (2011 discharge) - Do the European Integration Fund and European Refugee Fund contribute effectively to the integration of third-country nationals? (N7-0136/2012 - C7-0416/2012 - 2012/2327(DEC))

- Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on occurrence reporting in civil aviation amending Regulation (EU) No 996/2010 and repealing Directive No 2003/42/EC, Commission Regulation (EC) No 1321/2007 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1330/2007 (COM(2012)0776 - C7-0418/2012 - 2012/0361(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).

21. Written declarations entered in the register (Rule 123)

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

22. Forwarding of texts adopted during the sitting

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

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

23. Dates of forthcoming sittings

The next sittings would be held from 4 February 2013 to 7 February 2013.

24. Adjournment of the session

The session of the European Parliament was adjourned.

The sitting closed at 16.40.

The following signed:

Agnew, Albrecht, Alfonsi, Alves, Andersdotter, Anderson, Andreasen, Andrés Barea, Andrieu, Andrikienė, Angelilli, Angourakis, Antonescu, Antoniozzi, Arias Echeverría, Arlacchi, Arsenis, Ashworth, Atkins, Auconie, Audy, Margrete Auken, Ayala Sender, Aylward, Bach, Badia i Cutchet, Bagó, Baldassarre, Balz, Balzani, Bánki, Băsescu, Bastos, Batten, Bearder, Becker, Belder, Belet, Bélier, Benarab-Attou, Bendtsen, Bennahmias, Bennion, Berès, Berman, Besset, Bicep, Bielan, Bilbao Barandica, Blinkevičiūtė, Bloom, Bodu, Bokros, Borghezio, Borissov, Borsellino, Borys, Boştinaru, Boulland, Bové, Bowles, Bozkurt, Březina, Brons, Brzobohatá, Bufton, Bullmann, Buşoi, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Cadec, Callanan, van de Camp, Cancian, Capoulas Santos, Caronna, 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, Davies, De Angelis, De Backer, De Castro, Dehaene, De Keyser, Delli, Delvaux, de Sarnez, Désir, Deß, Deutsch, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dodds, Domenici, Donskis, Dorfmann, Droutsas, Duff, Durant, Ehler, Ehrenhauser, Eickhout, El Khadraoui, Elles, Enciu, Engel, Engström, Eppink, Ernst, Ertug, Essayah, Estaràs Ferragut, Estrela, Fajon, Falbr, Färm, Feio, Fernandes, Elisa Ferreira, João Ferreira, Fidanza, Fisas Ayxela, Fjellner, Flašíková Beňová, Flautre, Fleckenstein, Florenz, Fontana, Ford, Foster, Fox, Fraga Estévez, Franco, Mariya Gabriel, Gahler, Gallagher, Gáll-Pelcz, Garcés Ramón, García-Hierro Caraballo, García Pérez, Gardiazábal Rubial, Gardini, Gebhardt, Geier, Gerbrandy, Geringer de Oedenberg, Giannakou, Giegold, Gierek, Girling, Glattfelder, Goebbels, Goerens, Gollnisch, Gomes, Göncz, Gräßle, Grèze, Griesbeck, Griffin, Gróbarczyk, Groote, Grosch, Grossetête, Gualtieri, Guerrero Salom, Guillaume, Gurmai, Gustafsson, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gutiérrez Prieto, Häfner, Fiona Hall, Händel, Handzlik, Hankiss, Hannan, Harbour, Harkin, Hartong, Hassi, Haug, Häusling, Helmer, Hénin, Herranz García, Hibner, Higgins, Nadja Hirsch, Hökmark, Honeyball, Hortefeux, Howitt, Danuta Maria Hübner, Hughes, Hyusmenova, Ibrisagic, Ilchev, Imbrasas, in 't Veld, Iotova, Irigoyen Pérez, Iturgaiz Angulo, Ivan, Jaakonsaari, Jäätteenmäki, Jadot, Jahr, Jazłowiecka, Jędrzejewska, Jeggle, Jensen, Jiménez-Becerril Barrio, de Jong, Jordan, Jørgensen, Juvin, Kacin, Kaczmarek, Kadenbach, Kamiński, van der Kammen, Kammerevert, Karas, Kariņš, Kastler, Kazak, Kelam, Keller, Kelly, Kiil-Nielsen, Kirilov, Kirkhope, Klaß, Kleva Kekuš, Klinz, Klute, Koch, Koch-Mehrin, 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, 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, Liotard, Lisek, Lochbihler, Løkkegaard, Lope Fontagné, López Aguilar, López-Istúriz White, Lösing, Lövin, Ludford, Ludvigsson, Luhan, Łukacijewska, Lulling, Lunacek, Lyon, McAvan, McClarkin, McGuinness, McIntyre, McMillan-Scott, Macovei, Malinov, Manders, Maňka, Mann, 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, Mikolášik, Milana, Millán Mon, Miranda, Mirsky, Mitchell, Mölzer, Moraes, Moreira, Morganti, Morin-Chartier, Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė, Mulder, Muñiz De Urquiza, Murphy, Muscardini, Naranjo Escobar, Nattrass, Neuser, Neveďalová, Newton Dunn, Neynsky, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Nicholson, Nicolai, Niculescu, Niebler, Nilsson, van Nistelrooij, Nitras, Obermayr, Obiols, Ojuland, Olbrycht, Olejniczak, Omarjee, Oomen-Ruijten, Ortiz Vilella, Őry, Ouzký, Oviir, Pack, Padar, Paksas, Paleckis, Paliadeli, Panayotov, Panayotova, Panzeri, Papadopoulou, Papanikolaou, Papastamkos, Pargneaux, Parvanova, Paşcu, Paška, Patrão Neves, Paulsen, Perello Rodriguez, Peterle, Pieper, Pietikäinen, Piotrowski, Pirker, Pittella, Poc, Podimata, Poręba, Posselt, Pöttering, Poupakis, Preda, Prendergast, Prodi, Protasiewicz, Proust, Provera, 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, 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, Savisaar-Toomast, Schaake, Schaldemose, Schlyter, Olle Schmidt, Schnellhardt, Schnieber-Jastram, Scholz, Schöpflin, Schroedter, Martin Schulz, Schwab, Scottà, Sedó i Alabart, Seeber, Sehnalová, Senyszyn, Silvestris, Simon, Simpson, 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, Tavares, Keith Taylor, Rebecca Taylor, Teixeira, Terho, Thein, Theurer, Thomas, Thomsen, Thun und Hohenstein, Thyssen, Ţicău, Tirolien, Toia, Tőkés, Tomaševski, Torvalds, Tošenovský, 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, Vitkauskaite, Vlasák, Vlasto, Voss, Wałęsa, Watson, Henri Weber, Manfred Weber, Renate Weber, 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, Zimmer, Ziobro, Zuber, Zver, Zwiefka,

Observers

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