IN THE CHAIR: Oldřich VLASÁK
Vice-President

1. Opening of the sitting

The sitting opened at 9.00.

2. 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 Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 concerning the opening of the market for domestic passenger transport services by rail (COM(2013)0028 - C7-0024/2013 - 2013/0028(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).

- Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2012/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 establishing a single European railway area, as regards the opening of the market for domestic passenger transport services by rail and the governance of the railway infrastructure (COM(2013)0029 - C7-0025/2013 - 2013/0029(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).

- Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council repealing Regulation (EEC) No 1192/69 of the Council on common rules for the normalisation of the accounts of railway undertakings (COM(2013)0026 - C7-0026/2013 - 2013/0013(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).

- Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the interoperability of the rail system within the European Union (Recast) (COM(2013)0030 - C7-0027/2013 - 2013/0015(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).

- Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on railway safety (Recast) (COM(2013)0031 - C7-0028/2013 - 2013/0016(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).

- Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Union Agency for Railways and repealing Regulation (EC) No 881/2004 (COM(2013)0027 - C7-0029/2013 - 2013/0014(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).

2) from a committee, a report:

- Report on the European Semester for Economic Policy Coordination: Annual Growth Survey 2013 (2012/2256(INI)) - ECON Committee - Rapporteur: Elisa Ferreira (A7-0032/2013)

3) from a political group, a proposal for a recommendation (Rule 121):

- Proposal for a recommendation to the Council on the 68th Session of the United Nations General Assembly – Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, on behalf of the ALDE Group (B7-0083/2013)

3. Common system of value added tax and a quick reaction mechanism against VAT fraud (debate)

Report on the proposal for a Council directive amending Directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of value added tax as regards a quick reaction mechanism against VAT fraud [COM(2012)0428 - C7-0260/2012- 2012/0205(CNS)] - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: David Casa (A7-0014/2013)

Gunnar Hökmark, deputising for the rapporteur, introduced the report.

The following spoke: Algirdas Šemeta (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Burkhard Balz, on behalf of the PPE Group, Olle Ludvigsson, on behalf of the S&D Group, Olle Schmidt, on behalf of the ALDE Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Paul Rübig, Ashley Fox, on behalf of the ECR Group, Godfrey Bloom, on behalf of the EFD Group, Nikolaos Chountis, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Sophie Auconie, George Sabin Cutaş, Janusz Wojciechowski, Paul Rübig, Tanja Fajon, Timothy Kirkhope, Jaroslav Paška, Seán Kelly, Alexander Mirsky, Andrea Češková, Janusz Wojciechowski, to put a blue-card question to Alexander Mirsky, to which he replied, and Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Ildikó Gáll-Pelcz and Mojca Kleva Kekuš.

The following spoke: Algirdas Šemeta and Gunnar Hökmark.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 7.2.2013, item 5.1.

4. European Investment Bank - 2011 annual report (debate)

Report on the 2011 Annual Report of the European Investment Bank [2012/2286(INI)] - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Mario Mauro (A7-0016/2013)

Mario Mauro introduced the report.

The following spoke: Werner Hoyer (President of the European Investment Bank) and Algirdas Šemeta (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Jean-Pierre Audy (rapporteur for the opinion of the CONT Committee), Marietta Giannakou, on behalf of the PPE Group, George Sabin Cutaş, on behalf of the S&D Group, Theodoros Skylakakis, on behalf of the ALDE Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Jean-Pierre Audy.

IN THE CHAIR: Alejo VIDAL-QUADRAS
Vice-President

The following spoke: Bas Eickhout, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Robert Goebbels, Ryszard Czarnecki, on behalf of the ECR Group, Claudio Morganti, on behalf of the EFD Group, Nikolaos Chountis, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Andreas Mölzer, Non-attached Member, Anni Podimata, Nils Torvalds, Claude Turmes, Andrea Češková, Niki Tzavela, Jacky Hénin, Auke Zijlstra, Edit Herczog, Charles Goerens and Zuzana Brzobohatá.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Ildikó Gáll-Pelcz, Antonio Cancian, Oldřich Vlasák and Andrzej Grzyb.

The following spoke: Connie Hedegaard (Member of the Commission), Werner Hoyer and Mario Mauro.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 7.2.2013, item 5.8.

(The sitting was suspended at 11.35 pending voting time and resumed at 12.00.)

IN THE CHAIR: Othmar KARAS
Vice-President

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.

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The following spoke: Jacky Hénin on police treatment of steelworkers at the demonstration in Strasbourg on 6 February 2013 (the President in the Chair said that the President of Parliament had been informed and that the Conference of Presidents would consider the matter), Charles Tannock on the new rules on written declarations (Rule 123), Lucas Hartong on the above-mentioned demonstration, and Potito Salatto on smoking areas in Parliament's buildings.

5.1. Common system of value added tax and a quick reaction mechanism against VAT fraud * (Rule 138) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a Council directive amending Directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of value added tax as regards a quick reaction mechanism against VAT fraud [COM(2012)0428 - C7-0260/2012- 2012/0205(CNS)] - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: David Casa (A7-0014/2013)

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

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P7_TA(2013)0051)

5.2. European Semester for economic policy coordination: annual growth survey 2013 (vote)

Report on the 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)

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2013)0052)

The following had spoken:

Elisa Ferreira (rapporteur) who, in view of the outcome of the vote, wished her name to be removed from the report.

5.3. European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social aspects in the annual growth survey 2013 (vote)

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)

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2013)0053)

The following had spoken:

Marije Cornelissen on the outcome of the vote.

5.4. Governance of the single market (vote)

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)

(Qualified majority required for the adoption of the motion for a resolution)
(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 4)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2013)0054)

5.5. Commission delegated regulations supplementing Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories (EMIR) (C(2012)9593 and C(2012)9623) (vote)

Motion for a resolution B7-0078/2013

(Qualified majority)

After having reiterated the Commission's attachment to the principle of legal certainty, Connie Hedegaard (Member of the Commission) made a statement to the effect that :

- the Commission assured the House that, when the decision was taken on the compensation requirement concerning certain OTC derivatives, sufficient time would be allowed to enable non-financial companies to adapt to the new rules;

- the Commission was also willing to clarify the application of the confirmation deadline standards referred to in Article 11(1)(a) of EMIR in the future;

- the Commission stood ready to work together with Parliament to ensure an open dialogue and transparency about its planning for forthcoming technical standards and ensure that Parliament has enough time to assess them;

Following this statement, and after having confirmed that she had received verbal and written assurances that the problems would be addressed through the Commission publishing frequently asked questions and the responses to those, Sharon Bowles (Chair of the ECON Committee) withdrew the motion for a resolution.

5.6. 22nd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (vote)

Motions for resolution B7-0055/2013, B7-0058/2013, B7-0059/2013, B7-0060/2013, B7-0061/2013 and B7-0062/2013

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

JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B7-0055/2013

(replacing B7-0055/2013, B7-0058/2013, B7-0059/2013, B7-0060/2013 and B7-0062/2013):

tabled by the following Members:
José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Laima Liucija Andrikienė, Eduard Kukan, Filip Kaczmarek, Elena Băsescu, Francisco José Millán Mon, Jacek Protasiewicz, Jean Roatta, Roberta Angelilli, Elisabeth Jeggle, Kinga Gál and Anne Delvaux, on behalf of the PPE Group;
Richard Howitt, Véronique De Keyser, Joanna Senyszyn, Ana Gomes, Pino Arlacchi and Raimon Obiols, on behalf of the S&D Group;
Leonidas Donskis, Marietje Schaake and Marielle de Sarnez, on behalf of the ALDE Group;
Barbara Lochbihler, Rui Tavares, Nicole Kiil-Nielsen, Tarja Cronberg and Catherine Grèze, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group;
Charles Tannock, on behalf of the ECR Group.

Adopted (P7_TA(2013)0055)

The following had spoken:

Laima Liucija Andrikienė had proposed an oral amendment to paragraph 62, which had been adopted.

(Motion for a resolution B7-0061/2013 fell.)

5.7. Judicial training - court coordinators (vote)

Motion for a resolution B7-0053/2013

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2013)0056)

5.8. European Investment Bank - 2011 annual report (vote)

Report on the 2011 Annual Report of the European Investment Bank [2012/2286(INI)] - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Mario Mauro (A7-0016/2013)

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2013)0057)

6. 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:

(Voting time the previous day)

Report: Kartika Tamara Liotard - A7-0029/2013

Petru Constantin Luhan, Oreste Rossi, Mitro Repo, Monica Luisa Macovei, Monika Smolková, Diane Dodds, Charles Tannock and Elena Băsescu

Preparations for CITES COP 16 - B7-0047/2013

Daniel Hannan

Report: Monika Hohlmeier - A7-0020/2013

Monica Luisa Macovei, Diane Dodds and Astrid Lulling

Report: Raffaele Baldassarre - A7-0017/2013

Anneli Jäätteenmäki, Monica Luisa Macovei, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Charles Tannock and Monika Smolková

Report: Richard Howitt - A7-0023/2013

Mitro Repo, Monika Smolková, Petru Constantin Luhan and Elena Băsescu

(Voting time that day)

Report: David Casa - A7-0014/2013

Peter Jahr, Monika Smolková, Elena Băsescu, Seán Kelly, Daniel Hannan and Monica Luisa Macovei

Report: Elisa Ferreira - A7-0032/2013

Vicky Ford, Peter Jahr, Elena Băsescu, Daniel Hannan and Mario Borghezio

Report: Verónica Lope Fontagné - A7-0024/2013

Iosif Matula, Monica Luisa Macovei, Peter Jahr, Elena Băsescu and Seán Kelly

Report: Andreas Schwab - A7-0019/2013

Petru Constantin Luhan, Monica Luisa Macovei, Charles Tannock and Elena Băsescu

22nd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council - RC-B7-0055/2013

Monica Luisa Macovei

Judicial training - court coordinators - B7-0053/2013

Monica Luisa Macovei and Charles Tannock

Report: Mario Mauro - A7-0016/2013

Monica Luisa Macovei, Seán Kelly and Elena Băsescu

7. 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.

Bernd Posselt had informed the Chair that his voting machine had not worked during the vote on report: David Casa - A7-0014/2013.

(The sitting was suspended at 13.40 and resumed at 15.00.)

IN THE CHAIR: Jacek PROTASIEWICZ
Vice-President

8. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

9. Composition of committees and delegations

On a request from the Verts/ALE Group, Parliament ratified the following decisions:

AFET Committee: Mark Demesmaeker

Delegation for relations with Japan: Mark Demesmaeker

Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Joint Parliamentary Assembly: Mark Demesmaeker.

10. 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 5.2.2013, item 2)

10.1. Laos: the case of Sombath Somphone

Motions for resolution B7-0054/2013, B7-0063/2013, B7-0064/2013, B7-0065/2013, B7-0067/2013 and B7-0077/2013

Raül Romeva i Rueda, Mitro Repo, Laima Liucija Andrikienė, Phil Bennion, Marek Henryk Migalski and Marie-Christine Vergiat introduced motions for resolutions.

The following spoke: Bernd Posselt, on behalf of the PPE Group, Ryszard Czarnecki, on behalf of the ECR Group, Helmut Scholz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Marek Henryk Migalski, to put a blue-card question to Ryszard Czarnecki, who replied, Cristian Dan Preda and Monica Luisa Macovei.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Peter Šťastný, Anneli Jäätteenmäki, Jolanta Emilia Hibner, who also replied to a blue-card question by Marek Henryk Migalski, Charles Tannock, Zbigniew Ziobro, Elena Băsescu, Tadeusz Cymański, Seán Kelly, Franz Obermayr and Krzysztof Lisek.

The following spoke: Connie Hedegaard (Member of the Commission).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 7.2.2013, item 11.1.

10.2. Detention of human rights activists in Zimbabwe

Motions for resolution B7-0057/2013, B7-0066/2013, B7-0068/2013, B7-0070/2013, B7-0072/2013 and B7-0073/2013

Judith Sargentini, Charles Tannock, Mitro Repo, Filip Kaczmarek, Phil Bennion and Marie-Christine Vergiat introduced motions for resolutions.

The following spoke: Peter Šťastný, on behalf of the PPE Group, Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, on behalf of the S&D Group, Marek Henryk Migalski, on behalf of the ECR Group, Zbigniew Ziobro, on behalf of the EFD Group, Franz Obermayr, Non-attached Member, Ryszard Czarnecki, to put a blue-card question to Zbigniew Ziobro, who replied.

The following spoke: Franz Obermayr and Charles Tannock on the blue card procedure.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Joanna Katarzyna Skrzydlewska, Albert Deß and Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă.

The following spoke: Connie Hedegaard (Member of the Commission).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 7.2.2013, item 11.2.

10.3. Recent attacks on medical aid workers in Pakistan

Motions for resolution B7-0056/2013, B7-0069/2013, B7-0071/2013, B7-0074/2013, B7-0075/2013 and B7-0076/2013

Rui Tavares, Charles Tannock, Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, Thomas Mann, Phil Bennion and Marie-Christine Vergiat introduced motions for resolutions.

The following spoke: Elena Băsescu, on behalf of the PPE Group, Mitro Repo, on behalf of the S&D Group, Carl Schlyter, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Ryszard Czarnecki, on behalf of the ECR Group, Jaroslav Paška, on behalf of the EFD Group, Jiří Maštálka, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Franz Obermayr, Non-attached Member, Petri Sarvamaa and Krzysztof Lisek.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Peter Šťastný, Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă, Zbigniew Ziobro, Anneli Jäätteenmäki, Tadeusz Zwiefka, Tadeusz Cymański and Seán Kelly.

The following spoke: Connie Hedegaard (Member of the Commission).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 7.2.2013, item 11.3.

11. 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.

11.1. Laos: the case of Sombath Somphone (vote)

Motions for resolution B7-0054/2013, B7-0063/2013, B7-0064/2013, B7-0065/2013, B7-0067/2013 and B7-0077/2013

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

JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B7-0054/2013

(replacing B7-0054/2013, B7-0063/2013, B7-0064/2013, B7-0065/2013, B7-0067/2013 and B7-0077/2013):

tabled by the following Members:

José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Laima Liucija Andrikienė, Elmar Brok, 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, Anna Záborská and Bogusław Sonik, on behalf of the PPE Group;
Véronique De Keyser, Robert Goebbels, Marc Tarabella, Mitro Repo, Joanna Senyszyn and Liisa Jaakonsaari, on behalf of the S&D Group;
Marietje Schaake, Leonidas Donskis, Louis Michel, Niccolò Rinaldi, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, Marielle de Sarnez, Sarah Ludford, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Robert Rochefort, Johannes Cornelis van Baalen, Kristiina Ojuland, Sonia Alfano, Graham Watson, Hannu Takkula and Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, on behalf of the ALDE Group;
Barbara Lochbihler, Rui Tavares and Raül Romeva i Rueda, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group;
Charles Tannock, Adam Bielan and Valdemar Tomaševski, on behalf of the ECR Group;
Marie-Christine Vergiat, Jürgen Klute, Paul Murphy, Søren Bo Søndergaard, Helmut Scholz and Nikolaos Chountis, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group;
Fiorello Provera.

Adopted (P7_TA(2013)0058)

11.2. Detention of human rights activists in Zimbabwe (vote)

Motions for resolution B7-0057/2013, B7-0066/2013, B7-0068/2013, B7-0070/2013, B7-0072/2013 and B7-0073/2013

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

JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B7-0057/2013

(replacing B7-0057/2013, B7-0066/2013, B7-0068/2013, B7-0070/2013 and B7-0072/2013):

tabled by the following Members:

José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Filip Kaczmarek, Elmar Brok, 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, Martin Kastler, Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa, Joanna Katarzyna Skrzydlewska, Anna Záborská and Bogusław Sonik, on behalf of the PPE Group;
Véronique De Keyser, 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;
Louis Michel, Sarah Ludford, Marietje Schaake, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, Marielle de Sarnez, Robert Rochefort and Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, on behalf of the ALDE Group;
Judith Sargentini, Barbara Lochbihler, Rui Tavares, Nicole Kiil-Nielsen and Raül Romeva i Rueda, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group;
Geoffrey Van Orden, on behalf of the ECR Group.

Adopted (P7_TA(2013)0059)

(Motion for a resolution B7-0073/2013 fell.)

11.3. Recent attacks on medical aid workers in Pakistan (vote)

Motions for resolution B7-0056/2013, B7-0069/2013, B7-0071/2013, B7-0074/2013, B7-0075/2013 and B7-0076/2013

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

JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B7-0056/2013

(replacing B7-0056/2013, B7-0069/2013, B7-0071/2013, B7-0074/2013, B7-0075/2013 and B7-0076/2013):

tabled by the following Members:

José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Thomas Mann, Elmar Brok, 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, Tadeusz Zwiefka, Petri Sarvamaa, Eduard Kukan, Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa, Anna Záborská and Bogusław Sonik, on behalf of the PPE Group;
Véronique De Keyser, 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;
Phil Bennion, Leonidas Donskis, Marietje Schaake, Louis Michel, Sarah Ludford, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, Angelika Werthmann, Kristiina Ojuland, Marielle de Sarnez, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Robert Rochefort, Johannes Cornelis van Baalen, Sonia Alfano, Hannu Takkula, Edward McMillan-Scott and Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, on behalf of the ALDE Group;
Jean Lambert, Barbara Lochbihler, Nicole Kiil-Nielsen, Rui Tavares and Raül Romeva i Rueda, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group;
Charles Tannock, Sajjad Karim, Valdemar Tomaševski, Ryszard Czarnecki and Paweł Robert Kowal, on behalf of the ECR Group;
Helmut Scholz and Marie-Christine Vergiat, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group.

Adopted (P7_TA(2013)0060)

12. 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.

13. Decisions concerning certain documents

Modified referrals to committees (Rule 37)

JURI Committee

- Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Connecting Europe Facility (COM(2011)0665- 2011/0302 (COD))

referred to committee responsible:: TRAN, ITRE

opinion: BUDG, REGI, JURI (Rule 37)

Modified referrals to committees (Rule 37a)

- Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2006/66/EC on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators as regards the placing on the market of portable batteries and accumulators containing cadmium intended for use in cordless power tools ( COM(2012)0136 - 2012/0066 (COD))

referred to committee responsible:: ENVI

opinion: ITRE, IMCO, JURI, JURI (Rule 37a)

Associated committees (Rule 50)

(Following the decision of the Conference of Presidents of 31.01.2013)

ITRE Committee

Referral to committees

AGRI Committee

- Approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning the manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco and related products (COM(2012)0788 - C7-0420/2012 - 2012/0366(COD))
referred to responsible: ENVI
opinion: AGRI, ITRE, JURI, IMCO

14. Written declarations entered in the register (Rule 123(3))

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

15. 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.

16. Dates of forthcoming sittings

The next sittings would be held from 11 March 2013 to 14 March 2013.

17. Adjournment of the session

The session of the European Parliament was adjourned.

The sitting closed at 16.40.

The following signed:

Agnew, Albrecht, Alfano, Alfonsi, Alvaro, Alves, Andersdotter, Anderson, Andreasen, Andrés Barea, Andrieu, Andrikienė, Angelilli, Angourakis, Antinoro, Antonescu, Antoniozzi, Arias Echeverría, Arlacchi, Arsenis, Ashworth, Atkins, Auconie, Audy, Margrete Auken, Ayala Sender, Aylward, van Baalen, Bach, Badia i Cutchet, Baldassarre, Balz, Balzani, Bánki, Băsescu, Bastos, Batten, Bauer, Bearder, Becker, Belder, Belet, Bélier, Benarab-Attou, Bendtsen, Bennahmias, Bennion, Berman, Berra, Besset, Bicep, Bielan, Bilbao Barandica, Bisky, Bizzotto, Blinkevičiūtė, Bodu, Böge, Bokros, Borghezio, Borissov, Borsellino, Borys, Boştinaru, Boulland, Bové, Bowles, Bozkurt, Brantner, Bratkowski, Březina, Brok, Brons, Brzobohatá, Bufton, Bullmann, Buşoi, Bütikofer, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Cadec, van de Camp, Campbell Bannerman, Cancian, Caronna, Carvalho, Cashman, Caspary, Castex, del Castillo Vera, Cavada, Cercas, Češková, Chatzimarkakis, Chichester, Childers, Chountis, Christensen, Chrysogelos, Claeys, Clark, Cliveti, Cochet, Coelho, Cofferati, Collin-Langen, Corazza Bildt, Cornelissen, Correa Zamora, António Fernando Correia de Campos, Cortés Lastra, Costello, Cottigny, Creutzmann, Cronberg, Cuschieri, Cutaş, Cymański, Czarnecki, Daerden, van Dalen, Dăncilă, Danellis, Danjean, Dantin, Dati, Daul, David, Davies, De Angelis, De Backer, De Castro, Dehaene, Delli, Delvaux, Demesmaeker, de Sarnez, Deß, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dodds, Domenici, Donskis, Dorfmann, Droutsas, Duff, Durant, Dušek, Ehrenhauser, Eickhout, El Khadraoui, Enciu, Engel, Engström, Ernst, Ertug, Estaràs Ferragut, Estrela, Evans, Fajmon, Fajon, Falbr, Farage, Färm, Feio, Ferber, Fernandes, Elisa Ferreira, João Ferreira, Fisas Ayxela, Flašíková Beňová, Flautre, Fleckenstein, Florenz, Fontana, Ford, Foster, Fox, Fraga Estévez, Franco, Mariya Gabriel, Gahler, Gál, Gallagher, Gallo, Gáll-Pelcz, Garcés Ramón, García-Hierro Caraballo, García Pérez, Gardiazábal Rubial, Gardini, Garriga Polledo, Gauzès, Gebhardt, Geier, Gerbrandy, Geringer de Oedenberg, Giannakou, Giegold, Gierek, Girling, Glante, Glattfelder, Godmanis, 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, Hughes, Hyusmenova, Ibrisagic, Ilchev, Imbrasas, in 't Veld, Iotova, Irigoyen Pérez, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jaakonsaari, Jäätteenmäki, Jadot, Jahr, Járóka, Jazłowiecka, Jeggle, Johansson, Joly, de Jong, Jordan, Jørgensen, Juvin, Kacin, Kaczmarek, Kadenbach, Kalfin, Kalinowski, Kamall, van der Kammen, Kammerevert, Karas, Karim, Kastler, Kazak, Kelam, Keller, Kelly, Kiil-Nielsen, Kirilov, Kirkhope, Klaß, Kleva Kekuš, Klinz, Klute, Koch, Koch-Mehrin, Kohlíček, Kolarska-Bobińska, Koppa, Köstinger, Kovatchev, Kowal, Kozlík, Kozłowski, Krahmer, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhn, Kukan, Lamassoure, Lambert, Lamberts, Landsbergis, Lange, de Lange, Langen, La Via, Le Grip, Legutko, Lehne, Leichtfried, Leinen, Liberadzki, Lichtenberger, Liese, Liotard, Lisek, Lochbihler, Løkkegaard, Lope Fontagné, López Aguilar, López-Istúriz White, Lösing, Lövin, Ludford, Ludvigsson, Luhan, Łukacijewska, Lulling, Lunacek, McAvan, McClarkin, McGuinness, McMillan-Scott, Macovei, Malinov, Manders, Mănescu, Maňka, Mann, Manner, Marcinkiewicz, Marinescu, David Martin, Hans-Peter Martin, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Maštálka, Matera, Mathieu Houillon, Matias, Mato Adrover, Matula, Mauro, Mayer, Mazej Kukovič, Mazzoni, Meissner, Melo, Menéndez del Valle, Merkies, Messerschmidt, Mészáros, Meyer, Michel, Migalski, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, Miranda, Mirsky, Mitchell, Mölzer, Moraes, Moreira, Morganti, Morin-Chartier, Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė, Morvai, Motti, Mulder, Muñiz De Urquiza, Murphy, Muscardini, Mynář, Naranjo Escobar, Nattrass, Neuser, Neveďalová, Newton Dunn, Neynsky, Nicholson, Nicolai, Niculescu, Niebler, Nilsson, van Nistelrooij, Nitras, Obermayr, Obiols, Ojuland, Olbrycht, Olejniczak, Oomen-Ruijten, Ortiz Vilella, Őry, Ouzký, Oviir, Pack, Paksas, Panayotov, Panzeri, Papadopoulou, Papanikolaou, Papastamkos, Pargneaux, Parvanova, Paşcu, Paška, Patrão Neves, Paulsen, Perelló Rodríguez, Pieper, Piotrowski, Pirker, Pittella, Poc, Podimata, Posselt, Pöttering, Poupakis, Preda, Prendergast, Prodi, Protasiewicz, Provera, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rangel, Ransdorf, Rapkay, Rapti, Regner, Reimers, Remek, Repo, Reul, Riera Madurell, Ries, Rinaldi, Riquet, Rivasi, Rochefort, Rodust, Rohde, Roithová, Romero López, Romeva i Rueda, Rosbach, Rossi, Roth-Behrendt, Rouček, Rübig, Rubiks, Rühle, Šadurskis, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Salatto, Salavrakos, Sánchez Presedo, Sanchez-Schmid, Sargentini, Sartori, Sarvamaa, Saryusz-Wolski, Saudargas, Savisaar-Toomast, Schaake, Schaldemose, Schlyter, Olle Schmidt, Schnellhardt, Schnieber-Jastram, Scholz, Schöpflin, Schroedter, Martin Schulz, Werner Schulz, Schwab, Scottà, Sedó i Alabart, Seeber, Sehnalová, Senyszyn, Severin, Siekierski, 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, Sturdy, Susta, Svensson, Szájer, Szegedi, Szymański, Tănăsescu, Tannock, Tarabella, Tarand, 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, Trzaskowski, Tsoukalas, Turmes, Turunen, Tzavela, Uggias, Ulmer, Ulvskog, Ungureanu, Urutchev, Vadim Tudor, Vaidere, Vajgl, Van Brempt, Vanhecke, Van Orden, Vattimo, Vaughan, Vergiat, Vergnaud, Vidal-Quadras, Vigenin, de Villiers, Vitkauskaite, Vlasák, Vlasto, Voss, Wałęsa, Watson, Henri Weber, Manfred Weber, Renate Weber, Weidenholzer, Weiler, Werthmann, 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, Ziobro, Zuber, Zver, Zwiefka,

Observers

Božinović, Jerković, Matušić, Plenković, Vrbat, Vuljanić