IN THE CHAIR: Miguel Angel MARTÍNEZ MARTÍNEZ
Vice-President

1. Opening of the sitting

The sitting opened at 8.30.

2. 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.   Laos: the case of Sombath Somphone

- Barbara Lochbihler, Raül Romeva i Rueda and Rui Tavares, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the enforced disappearance of Sombath Somphone in Laos (2013/2535(RSP)) (B7-0054/2013);

- Robert Goebbels, Marc Tarabella, Mitro Repo, Joanna Senyszyn and Liisa Jaakonsaari, on behalf of the S&D Group, on Laos: the case of Sombath Somphone (2013/2535(RSP)) (B7-0063/2013);

- Laima Liucija Andrikienė, Cristian Dan Preda, Bernd Posselt, Roberta Angelilli, Mario Mauro, Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris, Zuzana Roithová, Monica Luisa Macovei, Sari Essayah, Giovanni La Via, Philippe Boulland, Jean Roatta, Tunne Kelam, Elena Băsescu, Petri Sarvamaa, Eduard Kukan, Mariya Gabriel, Thomas Mann and Anna Záborská, on behalf of the PPE Group, on Laos: the case of Sombath Somphone (2013/2535(RSP)) (B7-0064/2013);

- Marietje Schaake, Leonidas Donskis, Louis Michel, Niccolò Rinaldi, Marielle de Sarnez, Sarah Ludford, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Robert Rochefort, Johannes Cornelis van Baalen, Kristiina Ojuland, Sonia Alfano and Hannu Takkula, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on Laos: the case of Sombath Somphone (2013/2535(RSP)) (B7-0065/2013);

- Charles Tannock, Valdemar Tomaševski and Adam Bielan, on behalf of the ECR Group, on Laos: the case of Sombath Somphone (2013/2535(RSP)) (B7-0067/2013);

- Marie-Christine Vergiat, Jürgen Klute, Søren Bo Søndergaard, Helmut Scholz and Nikolaos Chountis, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on Laos: the case of Sombath Somphone (2013/2535(RSP)) (B7-0077/2013).

II.   Detention of human rights activists in Zimbabwe

- Judith Sargentini, Barbara Lochbihler, Nicole Kiil-Nielsen, Raül Romeva i Rueda and Rui Tavares, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the detention of human rights activists in Zimbabwe (2013/2536(RSP)) (B7-0057/2013);

- Charles Tannock and Geoffrey Van Orden, on behalf of the ECR Group, on the detention of human rights activists in Zimbabwe (2013/2536(RSP)) (B7-0066/2013);

- Ana Gomes, Richard Howitt, Ricardo Cortés Lastra, Michael Cashman, Norbert Neuser, Mitro Repo, Joanna Senyszyn, Liisa Jaakonsaari and Patrice Tirolien, on behalf of the S&D Group, on Zimbabwe: detention of human rights activists (2013/2536(RSP)) (B7-0068/2013);

- Filip Kaczmarek, Cristian Dan Preda, Bernd Posselt, Roberta Angelilli, Mario Mauro, Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris, Zuzana Roithová, Monica Luisa Macovei, Sari Essayah, Giovanni La Via, Philippe Boulland, Jean Roatta, Tunne Kelam, Mariya Gabriel, Elena Băsescu, Petri Sarvamaa, Eduard Kukan, Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa, Thomas Mann, Joanna Katarzyna Skrzydlewska and Anna Záborská, on behalf of the PPE Group, on Zimbabwe: detention of human rights activists (2013/2536(RSP)) (B7-0070/2013);

- Louis Michel, Sarah Ludford, Marietje Schaake, Marielle de Sarnez, Robert Rochefort, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Kristiina Ojuland, Johannes Cornelis van Baalen, Hannu Takkula and Sonia Alfano, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the detention of human rights activists in Zimbabwe (2013/2536(RSP)) (B7-0072/2013);

- Marie-Christine Vergiat, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on Zimbabwe: the case of Okay Machisa (2013/2536(RSP)) (B7-0073/2013).

III.   Recent attacks on medical aid workers in Pakistan

- Jean Lambert, Barbara Lochbihler, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Nicole Kiil-Nielsen and Rui Tavares, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on recent attacks on medical aid workers in Pakistan (2013/2537(RSP)) (B7-0056/2013);

- Charles Tannock, Ryszard Czarnecki and Paweł Robert Kowal, on behalf of the ECR Group, on recent attacks on medical aid workers in Pakistan (2013/2537(RSP)) (B7-0069/2013);

- Ana Gomes, Richard Howitt, Pino Arlacchi, Mitro Repo, Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, Joanna Senyszyn and Liisa Jaakonsaari, on behalf of the S&D Group, on the murders of medical aid workers in Pakistan (2013/2537(RSP)) (B7-0071/2013);

- Thomas Mann, Cristian Dan Preda, Bernd Posselt, Filip Kaczmarek, Roberta Angelilli, Mario Mauro, Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris, Zuzana Roithová, Monica Luisa Macovei, Sari Essayah, Giovanni La Via, Philippe Boulland, Jean Roatta, Tunne Kelam, Mariya Gabriel, Elena Băsescu, Petri Sarvamaa, Eduard Kukan, Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa and Anna Záborská, on behalf of the PPE Group, on recent attacks on medical aid workers in Pakistan (2013/2537(RSP)) (B7-0074/2013);

- Phil Bennion, Leonidas Donskis, Marietje Schaake, Louis Michel, Sarah Ludford, Angelika Werthmann, Kristiina Ojuland, Marielle de Sarnez, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Robert Rochefort, Johannes Cornelis van Baalen, Sonia Alfano and Hannu Takkula, on behalf of the ALDE Group, son recent attacks on medical aid workers in Pakistan (2013/2537(RSP)) (B7-0075/2013);

- Marie-Christine Vergiat, Willy Meyer, Helmut Scholz, Sabine Lösing and Kartika Tamara Liotard, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on recent attacks on medical aid workers in Pakistan (2013/2537(RSP)) (B7-0076/2013).

Speaking time would be allocated in accordance with Rule 149.

3. Common fisheries policy ***I (debate)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Common Fisheries Policy [COM(2011)0425 - C7-0198/2011- 2011/0195(COD)] - Committee on Fisheries. Rapporteur: Ulrike Rodust (A7-0008/2013)

Ulrike Rodust introduced the report.

The following spoke: Simon Coveney (President-in-Office of the Council) and Maria Damanaki (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Isabella Lövin (rapporteur for the opinion of the DEVE Committee), Chris Davies (rapporteur for the opinion of the ENVI Committee), Younous Omarjee (rapporteur for the opinion of the REGI Committee), Carmen Fraga Estévez, on behalf of the PPE Group, Guido Milana, on behalf of the S&D Group, Pat the Cope Gallagher, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Ian Hudghton, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Marek Józef Gróbarczyk, on behalf of the ECR Group, Nikolaos Salavrakos, on behalf of the EFD Group, Mikael Gustafsson, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Diane Dodds, Non-attached Member, who also replied to a blue-card question by James Nicholson, Antonello Antinoro, Iliana Malinova Iotova, Nils Torvalds, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Struan Stevenson, John Stuart Agnew, João Ferreira, Andrew Henry William Brons, Alain Cadec, Dolores García-Hierro Caraballo, Gesine Meissner, Julie Girling, Bastiaan Belder, Gabriel Mato Adrover, Isabelle Thomas, Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy, Maria do Céu Patrão Neves, Kriton Arsenis, Werner Kuhn, Luis Manuel Capoulas Santos, Rareş-Lucian Niculescu, Jens Nilsson, Lambert van Nistelrooij, Antolín Sánchez Presedo, Agnès Le Brun, Mario Pirillo, Salvatore Iacolino and Ole Christensen.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Seán Kelly, Luís Paulo Alves, Ana Miranda, Peter van Dalen, Paul Murphy and John Bufton.

The following spoke: Maria Damanaki, Simon Coveney and Ulrike Rodust.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 6.2.2013, item 7.1.

(The sitting was suspended for a short time.)

IN THE CHAIR: Martin SCHULZ
President

4. Statement by François Hollande, President of the French Republic (debate)

François Hollande, President of the French Republic, made the statement.

The following spoke: José Manuel Barroso (President of the Commission).

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, Philippe de Villiers, on behalf of the EFD Group, Gabriele Zimmer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, and Marine Le Pen, Non-attached Member.

The following spoke: François Hollande.

The following spoke: Marine Le Pen, Non-attached Member, Patrick Le Hyaric, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Nigel Farage, on behalf of the EFD Group, Martin Callanan, on behalf of the ECR Group, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Marielle de Sarnez, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Catherine Trautmann, on behalf of the S&D Group, and Alain Lamassoure, on behalf of the PPE Group.

The following spoke: François Hollande.

IN THE CHAIR: Rainer WIELAND
Vice-President

5. Delegated acts (Rule87a(3))

In accordance with Rule87a(3), the ECON Committee had adopted a motion for a resolution on the Commission delegated regulations of 19 December 2012 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) and on requirements for central counterparties (C(2012)9623) (2013/2522(RSP)) B7-0078/2013.

The deadline for tabling amendments to the motion was set at 12.00 on Wednesday, 6 February 2013. The vote would take place on Thursday, 7 February 2013.

6. Documents received

The following documents had been received:

1) from the Council and Commission:

- Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the Common Fisheries Policy (COM(2013)0009 - C7-0019/2013 - 2013/0007(COD))
The President would consult the European Economic and Social Committee on this proposal, in accordance with Rule 124(1).

- Special Report No 17/2012 (2011 discharge) – ‘The European Development Fund (EDF) contribution to a sustainable road network in sub-Saharan Africa’ (N7-0006/2013 - C7-0020/2013 - 2013/2012(DEC))

- Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2173/2005 on the establishment of a FLEGT licensing scheme for imports of timber into the European Community (COM(2013)0015 - C7-0021/2013 - 2013/0010(COD))

- Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure (COM(2013)0018 - C7-0022/2013 - 2013/0012(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).

- Court of Auditors' special reports in the context of the 2011 Commission discharge (COM(2012)0436 [50] - (COM(2012)0414 - C7-0023/2013 - 2013/2015(DEC))

2) from committees: reports

- Report on Corporate Social Responsibility: promoting society’s interests and a route to sustainable and inclusive recovery (2012/2097(INI)) – EMPL Committee - Rapporteur: Richard Howitt (A7-0023/2013)

- Report on the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing (2012/2258(INI)) - ENVI Committee - Rapporteur: Kartika Tamara Liotard (A7-0029/2013)

7. 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.

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The following spoke: Robert Atkins.

7.1. Specific measures in favour of agriculture in the smaller Aegean islands ***I (vote)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down specific measures for agriculture in favour of the smaller Aegean islands [2010/0370(COD)] - Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development. Rapporteur: Georgios Papastamkos (A7-0319/2011)

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

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P7_TA(2013)0034)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2013)0034)

7.2. Specific measures for agriculture in the outermost regions of the Union ***I (vote)

Report Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down specific measures for agriculture in the outermost regions of the Union [2010/0256(COD)] - Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development. Rapporteur: Gabriel Mato Adrover (A7-0321/2011)

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

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Approved as amended (P7_TA(2013)0035)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2013)0035)

7.3. Improving access to finance for SMEs (vote)

Report on improving access to finance for SMEs [2012/2134(INI)] - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Philippe De Backer (A7-0001/2013)

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2013)0036)

8. 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: Georgios Papastamkos - A7-0319/2011
Iva Zanicchi, Giommaria Uggias, Peter Jahr, Monica Luisa Macovei, Monika Smolková, Daniel Hannan and Elena Băsescu

Report: Gabriel Mato Adrover - A7-0321/2011
Marina Yannakoudakis, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Giommaria Uggias, Julie Girling, Monica Luisa Macovei, Diane Dodds, Monika Smolková, Daniel Hannan and Elena Băsescu

Report: Philippe De Backer - A7-0001/2013
Marina Yannakoudakis, Francesco De Angelis, Giommaria Uggias, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Phil Bennion, Iosif Matula, Martina Anderson, Julie Girling, Dimitar Stoyanov, Jim Higgins, Roberta Angelilli, Andrea Češková, Charles Tannock, Diane Dodds, Adam Bielan, Monika Smolková, Seán Kelly, Licia Ronzulli, Elena Băsescu and Janusz Władysław Zemke.

9. 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 13.50 and resumed at 15.05.)

IN THE CHAIR: Gianni PITTELLA
Vice-President

10. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

11. European Semester for economic policy coordination: annual growth survey 2013 - European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social aspects in the annual growth survey 2013 - Governance of the single market (debate)

European Semester for economic policy coordination: annual growth survey 2013 [2012/2256(INI)] - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Elisa Ferreira (A7-0032/2013)

Report on the European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social aspects in the Annual Growth Survey 2013 [2012/2257(INI)] - Committee on Employment and Social Affairs. Rapporteur: Verónica Lope Fontagné (A7-0024/2013)

Report with recommendations to the Commission on the governance for the Single Market [2012/2260(INI)] - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection. Rapporteur: Andreas Schwab (A7-0019/2013)

Andreas Schwab, Verónica Lope Fontagné and Elisa Ferreira presented their reports.

The following spoke: Lucinda Creighton (President-in-Office of the Council), Olli Rehn (Vice-President of the Commission), László Andor (Member of the Commission) and Michel Barnier (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Eider Gardiazábal Rubial (rapporteur for the opinion of the BUDG Committee), Milan Cabrnoch (rapporteur for the opinion of the EMPL Committee), Lambert van Nistelrooij (rapporteur for the opinion of the REGI Committee), Mojca Kleva Kekuš (rapporteur for the opinion of the REGI Committee), Oldřich Vlasák (rapporteur for the opinion of the REGI Committee), Paulo Rangel (rapporteur for the opinion of the AFCO Committee), who also replied to a blue-card question by Elisa Ferreira, Jean-Paul Gauzès, on behalf of the PPE Group, who also replied to two blue-card questions by Elisa Ferreira and Pervenche Berès, Antolín Sánchez Presedo, on behalf of the S&D Group, Philippe De Backer, on behalf of the ALDE Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Elisa Ferreira, Emilie Turunen, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, who also replied to two blue-card questions by Hans-Peter Martin and Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, Derk Jan Eppink, on behalf of the ECR Group, who also replied to two blue-card questions by Elisa Ferreira and Sylvie Goulard, Derek Roland Clark, on behalf of the EFD Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Hans-Peter Martin, Marisa Matias, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, who also replied to two blue-card questions by Lajos Bokros and Jean-Paul Gauzès, and Hans-Peter Martin, Non-attached Member.

IN THE CHAIR: Isabelle DURANT
Vice-President

The following spoke: Hans-Peter Martin, in reply to a blue-card question by Gay Mitchell, Csaba Őry, Sergio Gutiérrez Prieto, who also replied to a blue-card question by Lajos Bokros, Marian Harkin, Marije Cornelissen, Emma McClarkin, who also replied to a blue-card question by Sven Giegold, Claudio Morganti, Inês Cristina Zuber, Auke Zijlstra, Werner Langen, who also replied to a blue-card question by Anni Podimata, Sergio Gaetano Cofferati, Toine Manders, Philippe Lamberts, Adam Bielan, Rolandas Paksas, Francisco Sosa Wagner, Diogo Feio, Liem Hoang Ngoc, Sylvie Goulard, Malika Benarab-Attou, Malcolm Harbour, Godfrey Bloom, Elisabeth Morin-Chartier, Pervenche Berès, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, Ivo Strejček, Tadeusz Cymański, Pablo Zalba Bidegain, Anni Podimata, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Morten Messerschmidt, Sari Essayah, Roberto Gualtieri, Jaroslav Paška, Małgorzata Handzlik, Frédéric Daerden, Gunnar Hökmark, who also replied to a blue-card question by Zigmantas Balčytis, Christel Schaldemose, Theodor Dumitru Stolojan, Joanna Katarzyna Skrzydlewska, Krišjānis Kariņš, Philippe Juvin and Róża Gräfin von Thun und Hohenstein.

IN THE CHAIR: Georgios PAPASTAMKOS
Vice-President

The following spoke: Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Edit Bauer, Anna Maria Corazza Bildt and Thomas Mann.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Jan Kozłowski, Phil Prendergast, Paul Murphy, Zigmantas Balčytis, Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, Miroslav Mikolášik, Zbigniew Ziobro, Andrew Henry William Brons, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Petru Constantin Luhan and Krisztina Morvai.

The following spoke: László Andor, Lucinda Creighton, Andreas Schwab, Verónica Lope Fontagné and Liem Hoang Ngoc (deputising for Elisa Ferreira).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 7.2.2013, item 5.2, minutes of 7.2.2013, item 5.3 and minutes of 7.2.2013, item 5.4.

12. Preparations for CITES COP 16 (debate)

Oral question (O-000201/2012) by Matthias Groote, on behalf of the ENVI Committee, to the Council: Key objectives for the CoP 16 to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in Bangkok, Thailand, 3-14 March 2013 (B7-0109/2013)

Oral question (O-000202/2012) by Matthias Groote, on behalf of the ENVI Committee, to the Commission: Key objectives for the CoP 16 to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in Bangkok, Thailand, 3-14 March 2013 (B7-0110/2013)

Matthias Groote moved the questions.

Lucinda Creighton (President-in-Office of the Council) and Janez Potočnik (Member of the Commission) answered the questions.

The following spoke: Esther de Lange, on behalf of the PPE Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy, Karin Kadenbach, on behalf of the S&D Group, Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Bas Eickhout, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Richard Seeber, Edite Estrela, Chris Davies and Sophie Auconie.

IN THE CHAIR: Jacek PROTASIEWICZ
Vice-President

The following spoke: Pavel Poc, Cristina Gutiérrez-Cortines, Kriton Arsenis, Jolanta Emilia Hibner, Andrés Perelló Rodríguez and Romana Jordan.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Véronique Mathieu Houillon, Franz Obermayr and Elena Băsescu.

The following spoke: Janez Potočnik and Lucinda Creighton.

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

- Esther de Lange, on behalf of the PPE Group, Karin Kadenbach, on behalf of the S&D Group, Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Bas Eickhout, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Anna Rosbach, on behalf of the ECR Group, and Kartika Tamara Liotard, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the EU strategic objectives for the 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), to be held in Bangkok (Thailand) from 3 to 14 March 2013 (2012/2838(RSP)) (B7-0047/2013).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 6.2.2013, item 7.8.

13. Guidelines for the 2014 budget - sections other than the Commission (debate)

Report on the guidelines for the 2014 budget procedure, Section I - European Parliament, Section II - Council, Section IV - Court of Justice, Section V - Court of Auditors, Section VI - European Economic and Social Committee, Section VII - Committee of the Regions, Section VIII - European Ombudsman, Section IX - European Data Protection Supervisor, Section X - European External Action Service [2013/2003(BUD)] - Committee on Budgets. Rapporteur: Monika Hohlmeier (A7-0020/2013)

Monika Hohlmeier introduced the report.

The following spoke: Sidonia Elżbieta Jędrzejewska, on behalf of the PPE Group, Edit Herczog, on behalf of the S&D Group, Anne E. Jensen, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Richard Ashworth, on behalf of the ECR Group, who also replied to two blue-card questions by Paul Rübig and Alexander Alvaro, Alda Sousa, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Marta Andreasen, on behalf of the EFD Group, Lucas Hartong, Non-attached Member, who also replied to a blue-card question by Angelika Werthmann, José Manuel Fernandes, Derek Vaughan, Alexander Alvaro, Hynek Fajmon, Jacek Włosowicz, Jürgen Klute, Paul Rübig, Georgios Stavrakakis, Angelika Werthmann, who also replied to a blue-card question by Nicole Sinclaire, Tomasz Piotr Poręba, Frank Vanhecke, Cornelis de Jong, Bogusław Liberadzki and Lajos Bokros.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Elena Băsescu, Janusz Władysław Zemke, Franz Obermayr, Zbigniew Ziobro and Nicole Sinclaire.

The following spoke: Monika Hohlmeier.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 6.2.2013, item 7.9.

14. Corporate social responsibility: accountable, transparent and responsible business behaviour and sustainable growth - Corporate social responsibility: promoting society's interests and a route to sustainable and inclusive recovery (debate)

Report on corporate social responsibility: accountable, transparent and responsible business behaviour and sustainable growth [2012/2098(INI)] - Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: Raffaele Baldassarre (A7-0017/2013)

Report on Corporate Social Responsibility: promoting society's interests and a route to sustainable and inclusive recovery [2012/2097(INI)] - Committee on Employment and Social Affairs. Rapporteur: Richard Howitt (A7-0023/2013)

Raffaele Baldassarre and Richard Howitt presented their reports.

IN THE CHAIR: Oldřich VLASÁK
Vice-President

The following spoke: Antonio Tajani (Vice-President of the Commission).

The following spoke: Andrzej Grzyb (rapporteur for the opinion of the AFET Committee), Catherine Grèze (rapporteur for the opinion of the DEVE Committee), Bernd Lange (rapporteur for the opinion of the INTA Committee), Morten Løkkegaard (rapporteur for the opinion of the CULT Committee), Philippe Boulland, on behalf of the PPE Group, Alejandro Cercas, on behalf of the S&D Group, Rebecca Taylor, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Jean-Jacob Bicep, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Anthea McIntyre, on behalf of the ECR Group, Derek Roland Clark, on behalf of the EFD Group, Jiří Maštálka, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Nicole Sinclaire, Non-attached Member, Tadeusz Zwiefka, Sergio Gaetano Cofferati, Nadja Hirsch, Malika Benarab-Attou, Paul Murphy, Dimitar Stoyanov, Csaba Őry, Kinga Göncz, Eva Lichtenberger, Franz Obermayr, Thomas Mann, Evelyn Regner, Heinz K. Becker, Jutta Steinruck, Regina Bastos, Antigoni Papadopoulou, Emer Costello and Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Anna Maria Corazza Bildt, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Charalampos Angourakis, Zbigniew Ziobro, Elena Băsescu, Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă, Jaroslav Paška and Inês Cristina Zuber.

The following spoke: Antonio Tajani, Raffaele Baldassarre and Richard Howitt.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 6.2.2013, item 7.10 and minutes of 6.2.2013, item 7.11.

15. Sound level of motor vehicles ***I (debate)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the sound level of motor vehicles [COM(2011)0856 - C7-0487/2011- 2011/0409(COD)] - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. Rapporteur: Miroslav Ouzký (A7-0435/2012)

Miroslav Ouzký introduced the report.

The following spoke: Antonio Tajani (Vice-President of the Commission).

The following spoke: Sabine Verheyen (deputising for Anja Weisgerber, rapporteur for the opinion of the IMCO Committee), Gilles Pargneaux (rapporteur for the opinion of the TRAN Committee), Salvatore Tatarella, on behalf of the PPE Group, Judith A. Merkies, on behalf of the S&D Group, Holger Krahmer, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Satu Hassi, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Gerard Batten, on behalf of the EFD Group, Sabine Wils, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Francisco Sosa Wagner, Non-attached Member, Richard Seeber, Matthias Groote, Toine Manders, Bas Eickhout, Françoise Grossetête, Mario Pirillo, Vilja Savisaar-Toomast, Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė, Åsa Westlund, Andrés Perelló Rodríguez, Kathleen Van Brempt and Bogusław Liberadzki.

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

The following spoke: Antonio Tajani and Miroslav Ouzký.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 6.2.2013, item 7.2.

16. Agenda of the next sitting

The agenda of the next day's sitting had been established ('Agenda' PE 504.008/OJME).

17. Closure of the sitting

The sitting closed at 23.15.

The following signed:

Agnew, Albrecht, Alfano, Alfonsi, Alvaro, Alves, Andersdotter, Anderson, Andreasen, Andrés Barea, Andrieu, Andrikienė, Angelilli, Angourakis, Antinoro, 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, Berlato, Berlinguer, Berman, Berra, Besset, Bicep, Bielan, Bilbao Barandica, Binev, Bisky, 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, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Cadec, Callanan, van de Camp, Campbell Bannerman, 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, Comi, Corazza Bildt, Cornelissen, Correa Zamora, António Fernando Correia de Campos, Cortés Lastra, Costa, Costello, Cottigny, Cozzolino, Cramer, Creţu, Creutzmann, Cronberg, Cuschieri, Cutaş, Cymański, Czarnecki, 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, Demesmaeker, De Mita, de Sarnez, Désir, Deß, 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, Foster, Fox, Fraga Estévez, Franco, Mariya Gabriel, Gahler, Gál, Gallagher, Gallo, Gáll-Pelcz, Garcés Ramón, García-Hierro Caraballo, García Pérez, Gardiazábal Rubial, Gardini, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gauzès, Gebhardt, Geier, Gerbrandy, Geringer de Oedenberg, Giannakou, Giegold, Gierek, Girling, Glante, Glattfelder, Goebbels, Goerens, Gollnisch, Gomes, Göncz, Goulard, Gräßle, Grèze, Griesbeck, Griffin, Gróbarczyk, Groote, Grosch, Grossetête, Grzyb, Gualtieri, Guerrero Salom, Guillaume, Gurmai, Gustafsson, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gutiérrez Prieto, 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, Irigoyen Pérez, Iturgaiz Angulo, Ivan, Jaakonsaari, Jäätteenmäki, Jadot, Jahr, Járóka, Jędrzejewska, Jeggle, Jensen, Jiménez-Becerril Barrio, Johansson, Joly, de Jong, Jordan, Jørgensen, Juvin, Kacin, Kaczmarek, Kadenbach, Kalfin, Kalniete, Kamall, Kamiński, van der Kammen, Kammerevert, Karas, Karim, Kariņš, Kastler, Kazak, Kelam, Keller, Kelly, Kiil-Nielsen, Kirilov, Klaß, Kleva Kekuš, Klinz, Klute, Koch, Koch-Mehrin, Kohlíček, Kolarska-Bobińska, Koppa, Kósa, Köstinger, Koumoutsakos, Kovatchev, 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, 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, Mănescu, Maňka, Mann, Manner, Marcinkiewicz, Marinescu, David Martin, Hans-Peter Martin, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Maštálka, Mastella, Matera, Mathieu Houillon, Matias, Mato Adrover, Matula, Mauro, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Mazej Kukovič, Mazzoni, Meissner, Mélenchon, Melo, Menéndez del Valle, Merkies, Messerschmidt, Mészáros, Meyer, Michel, Migalski, Mikolášik, Milana, Millán Mon, Miranda, Mirsky, Mitchell, Mölzer, Moreira, Morganti, Morin-Chartier, Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė, Morvai, Mulder, Muñiz De Urquiza, Murphy, Muscardini, Mynář, Naranjo Escobar, Nattrass, Neuser, Neveďalová, Newton Dunn, Neynsky, Nicholson, Nicolai, Niculescu, Niebler, Nilsson, van Nistelrooij, Nitras, Nuttall, Obermayr, Obiols, Ojuland, Olbrycht, Olejniczak, Omarjee, Oomen-Ruijten, Ortiz Vilella, Őry, Ouzký, Oviir, Pack, Padar, Paksas, Paleckis, Pallone, Panayotov, Panayotova, Panzeri, Papadopoulou, Papanikolaou, Papastamkos, Pargneaux, Parvanova, Paşcu, Paška, Patrão Neves, Paulsen, Perelló Rodríguez, Pieper, Pietikäinen, 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, Rinaldi, Riquet, Rivasi, Rivellini, Roatta, Rochefort, Rodust, Rohde, Roithová, Romero López, Romeva i Rueda, Ronzulli, Rosbach, Rossi, Roth-Behrendt, Rouček, Rübig, Rubiks, Rühle, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Salatto, Salavrakos, Salvini, Sánchez Presedo, Sanchez-Schmid, Sârbu, Sargentini, Sartori, Sarvamaa, Saryusz-Wolski, Sassoli, Saudargas, Savisaar-Toomast, Schaake, Schaldemose, Schlyter, Olle Schmidt, Schnellhardt, Schnieber-Jastram, Scholz, Schöpflin, Schroedter, Martin Schulz, Werner Schulz, Schwab, Scottà, Scurria, Sedó i Alabart, Seeber, Sehnalová, Senyszyn, Serracchiani, Severin, 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, Sturdy, Susta, Svensson, Szájer, Szegedi, Szymański, Tabajdi, Takkula, Tănăsescu, Tannock, Tarabella, Tarand, Tatarella, Tavares, Keith Taylor, Rebecca Taylor, Teixeira, Terho, Thein, Thomas, Thomsen, Thun und Hohenstein, Thyssen, 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, Vattimo, Vaughan, Vergnaud, Verheyen, Vidal-Quadras, Vigenin, 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, Zamfirescu, Zanicchi, Zanoni, Zasada, Ždanoka, Zeller, Zemke, Zéribi, Zijlstra, Zīle, Zimmer, Ziobro, Zuber, Zver, Zwiefka,

Observers

Antičević Marinović, Borzan, Božinović, Jerković, Matušić, Plenković, Pupovac, Vrbat, Vuljanić