EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

2013 - 2014 SESSION

Sittings of 20 to 23 May 2013

STRASBOURG

MINUTES

MONDAY 20 MAY 2013

IN THE CHAIR: Martin SCHULZ
President

1. Resumption of the session

The sitting opened at 17.00.

2. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

3. Composition of Parliament

The Maltese authorities had announced the election to the European Parliament of Claudette Abela Baldacchino to replace Louis Grech, Marlene Mizzi to replace Edward Scicluna, and Roberta Metsola to replace Simon Busuttil.

In accordance with Article 7(1) of the Act of 20 September 1976 concerning the election of the Members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage, and with Rule 4(1) and (4) of its Rules of Procedure, Parliament noted the election of Claudette Abela Baldacchino, Marlene Mizzi and Roberta Metsola as Members of the European Parliament, with effect from 25 April 2013.

Under Rule 3(2), until such time as their credentials had been verified or a ruling had been given on any dispute, and provided that they had previously made a written declaration stating that they did not hold any office incompatible with that of Member of the European Parliament, Claudette Abela Baldacchino, Marlene Mizzi and Roberta Metsola would take their seats in Parliament and on its bodies and would enjoy all the rights attaching thereto.

The Italian authorities had announced the election of Debora Serracchiani as President of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia Region, and the election to the European Parliament of Franco Frigo to replace her, with effect from 7 May 2013.

In accordance with Article 7(1) of the Act of 20 September 1976 concerning the election of the Members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage, and with Rule 4(1) and (4) of its Rules of Procedure, Parliament established the vacancy of Debora Serracchiani's seat, and noted the election of Franco Frigo as a Member of the European Parliament from that date.

Under Rule 3(2), until such time as his credentials had been verified or a ruling had been given on any dispute, and provided that he had previously made a written declaration stating that he did not hold any office incompatible with that of Member of the European Parliament, Franco Frigo would take his seat in Parliament and on its bodies and would enjoy all the rights attaching thereto.

4. Interpretation of the Rules of Procedure

The President informed the House, under Rule 211(3), of the following interpretation of Rule 156(6), provided by the Committee on Constitutional Affairs, which had been consulted on the application of that provision:

'On a proposal from the President, an oral amendment, or any other oral modification, shall be treated in the same way as an amendment not distributed in all the official languages. If the President considers it admissible under Rule 157(3), and save in the case of objection under Rule 156(6), it shall be put to the vote in accordance with the order of voting established.

'In committee, the number of votes needed to object to such an amendment or such a modification is established on the basis of Rule 196 proportionally to that applicable in plenary, rounded up where necessary to the nearest complete number.'

If this interpretation was not contested by a political group or by at least 40 Members, in accordance with Rule 211(4), before the opening of the following day's sitting, Tuesday 21 May 2013., it would be deemed to have been adopted. Otherwise, the matter would be put to the vote in Parliament.

5. Composition of committees and delegations

The President had received the following requests for appointments from the PPE Group:

- Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs: Roberta Metsola

- Special Committee on Organised Crime, Corruption and Money Laundering: Roberta Metsola

- PETI Committee: Roberta Metsola.

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

6. Corrigendum (Rule 216)

The Committee on Fisheries had forwarded the following corrigendum to a text adopted by Parliament:

- Corrigendum ( P7_TA-PROV(2012)0449(COR01)) to the position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 22 November 2012 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) No .../2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1185/2003 on the removal of fins of sharks on board vessels (P7_TA-PROV(2012)0449) (COM(2011)0798 – C7-0431/2011 – 2011/0364(COD)).

Pursuant to Rule 216(4), this corrigendum would be deemed approved unless, within 24 hours, a request was made by a political group or at least 40 Members that it be put to the vote.

The corrigendum was available on the Séance en direct site.

7. Election of the new Ombudsman (announcement of candidates)

The President said that applications for the office of European Ombudsman for the remainder of the parliamentary term had to be tabled by 8 May 2013 at the latest(minutes of 15.4.2013, item 7).

Eight applications had been received before that date. After consideration, it had emerged that six candidates fulfilled the admission criteria. They are listed below in alphabetical order:

- Alex Brenninkmeijer

- Markus Jaeger

- Ria Oomen-Ruijten

- Emily O'Reilly

- Dagmar Roth-Behrendt, and

- Francesco Enrico Speroni.

These six applications would be forwarded to the Committee on Petitions when the files were available in all official languages. The Committee on Petitions would hold hearings of the candidates on 18 June 2013; the hearings would be open to all Members.

The new Ombudsman would be elected in plenary during the July part-session.

8. Signature of acts adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure (Rule 74)

The President announced that, together with the President of the Council, since the April part-session, he had signed the following act adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure:

- Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council derogating temporarily from Directive 2003/87/EC establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community (00011/2013/LEX - C7-0105/2013 - 2012/0328(COD)).

The President also announced that, together with the President of the Council, during the current part-session, he would sign the following acts adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure:

- Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on common provisions for monitoring and assessing draft budgetary plans and ensuring the correction of excessive deficit of the Member States in the euro area (00006/2013/LEX - C7-0140/2013 - 2011/0386(COD));

- Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending 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 (00013/2013/LEX - C7-0139/2013 - 2011/0260(COD));

- Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the strengthening of economic and budgetary surveillance of Member States in the euro area experiencing or threatened with serious difficulties with respect to their financial stability (00005/2013/LEX - C7-0138/2013 - 2011/0385(COD));

- Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA) and repealing Regulation (EC) No 460/2004 (00004/2013/LEX - C7-0137/2013 - 2010/0275(COD));

- Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 on credit rating agencies (00070/2012/LEX - C7-0136/2013 - 2011/0361(COD));

- Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2003/41/EC on the activities and supervision of institutions for occupational retirement provision, Directive 2009/65/EC on the coordination of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities (UCITS) and Directive 2011/61/EU on Alternative Investment Funds Managers in respect of over-reliance on credit ratings (00069/2012/LEX - C7-0135/2013 - 2011/0360(COD));

- Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European system of national and regional accounts in the European Union (00077/2012/LEX - C7-0134/2013 - 2010/0374(COD));

- Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on online dispute resolution for consumer disputes and amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 and Directive 2009/22/EC (Regulation on consumer ODR) (00080/2012/LEX - C7-0131/2013 - 2011/0374(COD));

- Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on alternative dispute resolution for consumer disputes and amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 and Directive 2009/22/EC (Directive on consumer ADR) (00079/2012/LEX - C7-0130/2013 - 2011/0373(COD));

- Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on a mechanism for monitoring and reporting greenhouse gas emissions and for reporting other information at national and Union level relevant to climate change and repealing Decision No 280/2004/EC (00001/2013/LEX - C7-0129/2013 - 2011/0372(COD));

- Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on accounting rules on greenhouse gas emissions and removals resulting from activities relating to land use, land-use change and forestry and on information concerning actions relating to those activities (00002/2013/LEX - C7-0128/2013 - 2012/0042(COD)).

9. Statements by the President

The President spoke of Parliament's solidarity with the Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng and his family, who had been subjected to physical brutality and harassment.

The President also expressed Parliament's solidarity with the Italian Minister for Integration, Cécile Kyenge, who had been the victim of racist remarks by Mario Borghezio MEP during a recent interview on Italian radio.

10. Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council

The Council had forwarded certified true copies of the following:

- Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Community and the Republic of Iceland concerning additional trade preferences in agricultural products undertaken on the basis of Article 19 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area;

- Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Cape Verde on the readmission of persons residing without authorisation.

11. Questions for oral answer (submission)

The following questions for oral answer had been submitted by Members (Rule 115):

- (O-000016/2013) by Danuta Maria Hübner, on behalf of the DEVE Committee, to the Commission: A macro-regional strategy for the Alps (2013/2549(RSP)) (B7-0118/2013);

- (O-000021/2013) by Juan Fernando López Aguilar, on behalf of the LIBE Committee, to the Commission: Voluntary permanent Union relocation scheme (2013/2545(RSP)) (B7-0119/2013);

- (O-000043/2013) by Daniel Caspary and Paweł Zalewski, on behalf of the PPE Group, David Martin and Bernd Lange, on behalf of the S&D Group, Silvana Koch-Mehrin, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Helmut Scholz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, and Franziska Keller, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, to the Commission: Compatibility of bilateral investment treaties (BITs) with EU law (2013/2610(RSP)) (B7-0120/2013);

- (O-000045/2013) by Klaus-Heiner Lehne, on behalf of the JURI Committee, Tadeusz Zwiefka, on behalf of the PPE Group, Luigi Berlinguer, on behalf of the S&D Group, Cecilia Wikström, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Eva Lichtenberger, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Sajjad Karim, on behalf of the ECR Group, Francesco Enrico Speroni, on behalf of the EFD Group, and Jiří Maštálka, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, to the Commission: WIPO treaty on copyright exceptions for the visually impaired (2013/2614(RSP)) (B7-0201/2013);

- (O-000046/2013) by Klaus-Heiner Lehne, on behalf of the JURI Committee, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, on behalf of the LIBE Committee, Carlo Casini, on behalf of the AFCO Committee, to the Council: Implementation of the Stockholm Programme and of the area of freedom, security and justice (2013/2617(RSP)) (B7-0202/2013);

- (O-000047/2013) by Klaus-Heiner Lehne, on behalf of the JURI Committee, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, on behalf of the LIBE Committee, Carlo Casini, on behalf of the AFCO Committee, to the Commission: Implementation of the Stockholm Programme and of the area of freedom, security and justice (2013/2617(RSP)) (B7-0203/2013);

- (O-000060/2013) by Sharon Bowles, on behalf of the ECON Committee, to the Commission: Future legislative proposals on EMU (2013/2609(RSP)) (B7-0204/2013).

12. Petitions

The following petitions, which had been entered in the register on the dates shown below, had been forwarded to the committee responsible under Rule 201(6):

25 April 2013.

Emil Georgiev (Political Parti Ekoglasnost) (No 1985/2012); Serafina Fancello (3 signatures) (No 0301/2013); Giuseppina Calabrò (Comitato no discarica misterbianco) (No 0302/2013); García Guillem Manso (5 signatures) (No 0303/2013); Lorenzo Fontana (No 0304/2013); Isriela Bushkola (No 0305/2013); Carlo Edoardo Zaneboni (No 0306/2013); Karen Baker (No 0307/2013); Gerhart Till (No 0308/2013); Ismailova Samira Patzer (European Congress of Azerbaijanis) (No 0309/2013); Albert Stocker (No 0310/2013); Elinor Tăciulescu (No 0311/2013); Kapka Panayotova (Center for independent living) (19 signatures) (No 0312/2013); (name confidential) (No 0313/2013); Slavi Binev (European Parliament) (No 0314/2013); (name confidential) (No 0315/2013); Jean Claude Barone (No 0316/2013); Ovgum Aki (465 signatures) (No 0317/2013); Poulos Savvas (No 0318/2013); Alessandro Ciambrone (Associazione albergatori e ristoratori del litorale domitio) (No 0319/2013); Halina Messerschmidt (Stowarzyszenie „dla Dźwierzut”) (No 0320/2013); Jesús Fof Lacuna (No 0321/2013); Pasquale Raia (Legambiente campania O.N.L.U.S.) (2 signatures) (No 0322/2013); Pentti Juhani Palokari (No 0323/2013); Izsák Balázs (a Székely Nemzeti Tanács elnöke) (No 0324/2013); (name confidential) (No 0325/2013); Ulf Olsson (No 0326/2013); (name confidential) (No 0327/2013); David Reiling (No 0328/2013); Barbara Ngo (No 0329/2013); Markus Weiler (No 0330/2013); (name confidential) (No 0331/2013); (name confidential) (No 0332/2013); Christopher Scott-Wilson (No 0333/2013); Hermit Dave (No 0334/2013); Jenny Olivera (No 0335/2013); (name confidential) (303 signatures) (No 0336/2013); Lorenzo Croce (Ass. Italiana Difesa Animali ed Ambiente - AIDAA) (No 0337/2013); Khaled Tebbi (No 0338/2013); (name confidential) (No 0339/2013); Francesco Zangari (No 0340/2013); Alessandro Treffiletti (No 0341/2013); Matthew Robinson (No 0342/2013); Rosa Lavarello (No 0343/2013); Philippe Tailledumier (No 0344/2013); (name confidential) (No 0345/2013); Gaetano Cortese (No 0346/2013); Ana Martins (No 0347/2013); (name confidential) (No 0348/2013); Tommy Dignan (No 0349/2013); Kenneth A. Lucas (No 0350/2013); Cesario Giotta (No 0351/2013); Arthur Hohler (The British Community Committee) (No 0352/2013); (name confidential) (No 0353/2013); Gael Drillon (No 0354/2013); Bruno Terriou (No 0355/2013);

30 April 2013.

Sokol Hasani (No 0356/2013); Andrés Márquez Vázquez (No 0357/2013); Minas Argyrou (No 0358/2013); (name confidential) (No 0359/2013); Sergi Farre Moll (No 0360/2013); Andrés Márquez Vázquez (No 0361/2013); (name confidential) (No 0362/2013); (name confidential) (No 0363/2013); Karl-Heinz Niwek (No 0364/2013); (name confidential) (No 0365/2013); Loredana Papotto (No 0366/2013); (name confidential) (No 0367/2013); Jacek Jarmasz (No 0368/2013); Luigi Caracausi (No 0369/2013); Gerbrand van der Koogh (No 0370/2013); (name confidential) (No 0371/2013); Gaspar Petru (No 0372/2013); (name confidential) (No 0373/2013); Miquel Torra Pares (No 0374/2013); Luisella Bussetti (No 0375/2013); Ángel Aparicio López (No 0376/2013); Giovanni Merolla (No 0377/2013); (name confidential) (No 0378/2013); Alexandre Safdari Sakyani (No 0379/2013); (name confidential) (No 0380/2013); Corobana Cristinel (No 0381/2013); Vitor Manuel Monteiro Seco (No 0382/2013); Ángel Hernández Lorenzo (Unión Sindical de Comisiones Obreras de Castilla y León) (No 0383/2013); Andreas Radicke (No 0384/2013); Maria Lidia Alves Valente (No 0385/2013); Clarenhof GbR Gut (No 0386/2013); Florian Strat (Asociación Internacional Happy Children) (No 0387/2013); (name confidential) (No 0388/2013); (name confidential) (No 0389/2013); (name confidential) (No 0390/2013); (name confidential) (No 0391/2013); (name confidential) (No 0392/2013);

14 May 2013.

Fergus Thomson (750 signatures) (No 0393/2013); Anne Hohn (2 signatures) (No 0394/2013); Christa Engler (No 0395/2013); Gunter Blomacher (No 0396/2013); Sabine Schulte (No 0397/2013); Mirko Hörtels (No 0398/2013); Regine Finsterbusch (No 0399/2013); Anton Butz (No 0400/2013); Alexander Sohmann (No 0401/2013); Erhard Becker (No 0402/2013); Michael Otten (No 0403/2013); (name confidential) (No 0404/2013); (name confidential) (No 0405/2013); (name confidential) (No 0406/2013); Roland Brendler (No 0407/2013); (name confidential) (No 0408/2013); Robin Ehl (No 0409/2013); (name confidential) (No 0410/2013); Ludwig Bühlmeier (No 0411/2013); Jutta Donner (No 0412/2013); Júlia K. Sokolová (No 0413/2013); Vereniging Belgische ("Geen gebruik van zomeruur") (No 0414/2013); František Milota (No 0415/2013); Raivo Paala (3 signatures) (No 0416/2013); Vera Petkanchin (No 0417/2013); Mikhail Georgiev (No 0418/2013); Mauno Huovinen (No 0419/2013); Lauri Siltanen (Hepolan Pientaloyhdistys ry) (2 signatures) (No 0420/2013); Eimantas Pranauskas (No 0421/2013); Martin Rother (No 0422/2013); Jan Ruppenthal (No 0423/2013); Wolfgang Molinari (No 0424/2013); Franz Schmid (No 0425/2013); Sunke Janssen (No 0426/2013); Birgit Haushahn (No 0427/2013); Michael Bauschke (No 0428/2013); Felicitas Hoster (No 0429/2013); Jorge Barredo (Unión española fotovoltaica - UNEF) (No 0430/2013); Mauro Giorgini (No 0431/2013); Matteo La Cara (No 0432/2013); Matteo La Cara (No 0433/2013); Liane Bader (No 0434/2013); László Kenderesi (No 0435/2013); Alexandre Safdari Sakyani (No 0436/2013); (name confidential) (No 0437/2013); David Kent (No 0438/2013); Anna Vendrell Coll (No 0439/2013); Flavio Miccono (I.P.A.) (No 0440/2013); Bedri Morgul (No 0441/2013); Cristinel Corobană (No 0442/2013); Ursuleac Oliviana (No 0443/2013); Daniel McCarthy (No 0444/2013); (name confidential) (No 0445/2013); Maurizio Aversa (No 0446/2013); Paul Zahra (No 0447/2013); Risto Leppänen (No 0448/2013); Leonardo Hipólito Asanza (No 0449/2013); (name confidential) (No 0450/2013); Patrice Beaumont (No 0451/2013); Gheorghe Ionel (No 0452/2013).

13. Transfers of appropriations

Under Article 27(3) of the Financial Regulation, the Committee on Budgets had approved the Commission proposal for a transfer of appropriations DEC 05/2013 (N7-0054/2013 - C7-0099/2013 - 2013/2068(GBD));

Under Article 27(3) of the Financial Regulation, the Committee on Budgets had approved the Commission proposal for a transfer of appropriations DEC 06/2013 (N7-0055/2013 - C7-0100/2013 - 2013/2069(GBD));

Under Article 27(3) of the Financial Regulation, the Committee on Budgets had approved the Commission proposal for a transfer of appropriations DEC 07/2013 (N7-0056/2013 - C7-0101/2013 - 2013/2071(GBD));

Under Article 27(3) of the Financial Regulation, the Council had informed the European Parliament that transfers of appropriations DEC 01/2013, DEC 02/2013, DEC 03/2013, DEC 04/2013, DEC 05/2013, DEC 06/2013 and DEC 07/2013 had been approved.

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Under Article 25(1) of the Financial Regulation, the Committee on Budgets had considered the European Economic and Social Committee's proposal for a transfer of appropriations INF 1/2013 and had decided it had no objections.

Under Article 25(1) of the Financial Regulation, the European Court of Auditors had informed the budgetary authority of its proposals for transfers of appropriations V/AB-02/T/13, V/AB-03/C/13 and V/AB-04/A/13.

Under Article 25(1) of the Financial Regulation, la Court of Justice had informed the budgetary authority of its proposal for a transfer of appropriations 1/2013.

14. Documents received

The following documents had been received:

1) from committees:

- Report on the EU Charter: Standard settings for media freedom across the EU (2011/2246(INI)) - LIBE Committee - Rapporteur: Renate Weber (A7-0117/2013)

- * Report on the proposal for a Council regulation on Union support for the nuclear decommissioning assistance programmes in Bulgaria, Lithuania and Slovakia (COM(2011)0783 - C7-0514/2011 - 2011/0363(NLE)) - ITRE Committee - Rapporteur: Giles Chichester (A7-0119/2013)

- ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on safety of offshore oil and gas prospection, exploration and production activities (COM(2011)0688 - C7-0392/2011 - 2011/0309(COD)) - ITRE Committee - Rapporteur: Ivo Belet (A7-0121/2013)

- ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 552/97 temporarily withdrawing access to generalised tariff preferences from Myanmar/Burma (COM(2012)0524 - C7-0297/2012 - 2012/0251(COD)) - INTA Committee - Rapporteur: David Martin (A7-0122/2013)

- ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for managing financial responsibility linked to investor-state dispute settlement tribunals established by international agreements to which the European Union is party (COM(2012)0335 - C7-0155/2012 - 2012/0163(COD)) - INTA Committee - Rapporteur: Paweł Zalewski (A7-0124/2013)

- ***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2009/65/EC on the coordination of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities (UCITS) as regards depositary functions, remuneration policies and sanctions (COM(2012)0350 - C7-0178/2012 - 2012/0168(COD)) - ECON Committee - Rapporteur: Sven Giegold (A7-0125/2013)

- ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on mutual recognition of protection measures in civil matters (COM(2011)0276 - C7-0128/2011 - 2011/0130(COD)) - JURI Committee - FEMM Committee - Rapporteur: Antonio López-Istúriz White - Rapporteur: Antonyia Parvanova (A7-0126/2013)

- ***I Report on the 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 - C7-0087/2012 - 2012/0066(COD)) - ENVI Committee - Rapporteur: Vladko Todorov Panayotov (A7-0131/2013)

- Report on women's rights in the Balkan accession countries (2012/2255(INI)) - FEMM Committee - Rapporteur: Marije Cornelissen (A7-0136/2013)

- Report on an Agenda for Adequate, Safe and Sustainable Pensions (2012/2234(INI)) - EMPL Committee - Rapporteur: Ria Oomen-Ruijten (A7-0137/2013)

- *Report on the draft Council decision fixing the period for the eighth election of representatives to the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage (07279/2013 - C7-0068/2013 - 2013/0802(CNS)) - AFCO Committee - Rapporteur: Carlo Casini (A7-0138/2013)

- Report on the Annual Report on EU Competition Policy (2012/2306(INI)) - ECON Committee - Rapporteur: Antolín Sánchez Presedo (A7-0143/2013)

- ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008 establishing a Community system to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (COM(2012)0332 - C7-0158/2012 - 2012/0162(COD)) - PECH Committee - Rapporteur: Raül Romeva i Rueda (A7-0144/2013)

- Report on regional strategies for industrial areas in the European Union (2012/2100(INI)) - REGI Committee - Rapporteur: Jens Geier (A7-0145/2013)

- Report on the request for defence of the immunity and privileges of Gabriele Albertini (2012/2240(IMM)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Bernhard Rapkay (A7-0149/2013)

- *** Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and Canada on customs cooperation with respect to matters related to supply-chain security (11362/2012 - C7-0078/2013 - 2012/0073(NLE)) - INTA Committee - Rapporteur: Peter Šťastný (A7-0152/2013)

- Report on the Annual Tax report: how to free the EU potential for economic growth (2013/2025(INI)) - ECON Committee - Rapporteur: Ildikó Gáll-Pelcz (A7-0154/2013)

- Recommendation on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EEC/Euratom) No 354/83, as regards the deposit of the historical archives of the institutions at the European University Institute in Florence (06867/2013 - C7-0081/2013 - 2012/0221(APP)) - CULT Committee - Rapporteur: Doris Pack (A7-0156/2013)

- ***Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation providing a general framework for enhanced cooperation (05822/2013 - C7-0044/2013 - 2012/0213(NLE)) - TRAN Committee - Rapporteur: Jaromír Kohlíček (A7-0157/2013)

- Report on the request for waiver of the immunity of Spyros Danellis (I) (2013/2014(IMM)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Eva Lichtenberger (A7-0159/2013)

- Report on the request for waiver of the immunity of Spyros Danellis (II) (2013/2028(IMM)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Eva Lichtenberger (A7-0160/2013)

- Report on Fight against Tax Fraud, Tax Evasion and Tax Havens (2013/2060(INI)) - ECON Committee - Rapporteur: Mojca Kleva Kekuš (A7-0162/2013)

- ***Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement on certain aspects of air services between the European Union and the Government of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (15318/2012 - C7-0391/2012 - 2012/0018(NLE)) - TRAN Committee - Rapporteur: Petri Sarvamaa (A7-0169/2013)

- ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 450/2008 laying down the Community Customs Code (Modernised Customs Code) as regards the date of its application (COM(2013)0193 - C7-0096/2013 - 2013/0104(COD)) - IMCO Committee - Rapporteur: Constance Le Grip (A7-0170/2013)

- Report on the role of the EU in promoting a broader Transatlantic Partnership (2012/2287(INI)) - AFET Committee - Rapporteur: Francisco José Millán Mon (A7-0173/2013)

- *Report on draft protocol on the application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union to the Czech Republic (Article 48(3) of the Treaty on European Union)) (00091/2011[[01]] - C7-0385/2011 - 2011/0817(NLE)) - AFCO Committee - Rapporteur: Andrew Duff (A7-0174/2013)

2) from Members: motions for resolutions (Rule 120)

- Susy De Martini, Cristiana Muscardini and Niccolò Rinaldi. Motion for a resolution on teenagers running away from home (B7-0185/2013)

15. Order of business

The next item was the order of business.

The final draft agenda for the May and2013 sittings (PE 510.028/PDOJ) had been distributed and a number of changes had been proposed (Rule 140):

Monday

No changes.

Tuesday

Joint debate – Banking union – single supervisory mechanism (items 75 and 76 on the draft agenda):

The following spoke:: Marianne Thyssen, on behalf of the PPE Group, to request that the vote on the amendments tabled to the two reports be held on Wednesday.

Parliament agreed to the request.

Report by Carlo Casini (A7-0138/2013) (item 123 on the draft agenda):

The following spoke:: John Stuart Agnew, on behalf of the EFD Group, to ask that the report be referred back to committee (Rule 175), Francesco Enrico Speroni, in support of the request, and Rafał Trzaskowski against the request.

Parliament rejected the request.

Wednesday and Thursday:

No changes.

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The order of business was thus established.

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The following spoke: Jean-Pierre Audy, to ask that Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council, should be invited on Thursday to report to Parliament on the outcome of the European Council meeting of 22 May 2013 (the President confirmed that his request would be passed on to Mr Van Rompuy).

16. Renewable energy in the European internal energy market (debate)

Report on current challenges and opportunities for renewable energy in the European internal energy market [2012/2259(INI)] - Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. Rapporteur: Herbert Reul (A7-0135/2013)

Herbert Reul introduced the report.

IN THE CHAIR: Gianni PITTELLA
Vice-President

The following spoke: Günther Oettinger (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Yannick Jadot (rapporteur for the opinion of the INTA Committee), Zofija Mazej Kukovič (rapporteur for the opinion of the ENVI Committee), who also replied to a blue-card question by Paul Rübig, Pilar del Castillo Vera, on behalf of the PPE Group, Bernd Lange, on behalf of the S&D Group, Fiona Hall, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Claude Turmes, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, who also replied to two blue-card questions by Raül Romeva i Rueda and Pilar del Castillo Vera, Evžen Tošenovský, on behalf of the ECR Group, Jaroslav Paška, on behalf of the EFD Group, Miloslav Ransdorf, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Lena Kolarska-Bobińska, who also replied to two blue-card questions by Zofija Mazej Kukovič and Jo Leinen, Teresa Riera Madurell, Bas Eickhout, who also replied to a blue-card question by Oreste Rossi, Ryszard Czarnecki, Oreste Rossi, Maria Da Graça Carvalho, who also replied to a blue-card question by Claude Turmes, Marita Ulvskog, Françoise Grossetête, who also replied to a blue-card question by Claude Turmes, Judith A. Merkies, Richard Seeber, Edit Herczog, Romana Jordan, Markus Pieper, who also replied to a blue-card question by Fiona Hall, and Antonio Cancian.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Christa Klaß, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Angelika Werthmann, Carl Schlyter, Inês Cristina Zuber and Franz Obermayr.

The following spoke: Günther Oettinger and Herbert Reul.

The following spoke: Seán Kelly on the 'catch-the-eye' procedure.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 21.5.2013, item 6.11.

17. Offshore oil and gas prospection, exploration and production activities ***I (debate)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on safety of offshore oil and gas prospection, exploration and production activities [COM(2011)0688 - C7-0392/2011- 2011/0309(COD)] - Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. Rapporteur: Ivo Belet (A7-0121/2013)

Ivo Belet introduced the report.

IN THE CHAIR: László SURJÁN
Vice-President

The following spoke: Günther Oettinger (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Justas Vincas Paleckis (rapporteur for the opinion of the ENVI Committee), Eva Lichtenberger (rapporteur for the opinion of the JURI Committee), Pilar del Castillo Vera, on behalf of the PPE Group, Peter Skinner, on behalf of the S&D Group, Fiona Hall, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Michèle Rivasi, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Vicky Ford, on behalf of the ECR Group, Oreste Rossi, on behalf of the EFD Group, Marisa Matias, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Andreas Mölzer, Non-attached Member, Maria Da Graça Carvalho, Teresa Riera Madurell, Corinne Lepage, Carl Schlyter and Theodor Dumitru Stolojan.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Seán Kelly, Josefa Andrés Barea, Erik Bánki, João Ferreira and Gabriel Mato Adrover.

The following spoke: Günther Oettinger and Ivo Belet.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 21.5.2013, item 6.10.

18. Voluntary permanent Union relocation scheme (debate)

Question for oral answer (O-000021/2013) by Juan Fernando López Aguilar, on behalf of the LIBE Committee, to the Commission: Voluntary permanent Union relocation scheme (2013/2545(RSP)) (B7-0119/2013)

Kinga Göncz (deputising for the author) moved the question.

Cecilia Malmström (Member of the Commission) answered the question

The following spoke: Véronique Mathieu Houillon, on behalf of the PPE Group, Sylvie Guillaume, on behalf of the S&D Group, Rui Tavares, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Gerard Batten, on behalf of the EFD Group, Kyriacos Triantaphyllides, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Roberta Metsola, Claude Moraes, Georgios Papanikolaou, Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra and Salvatore Iacolino.

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

The following spoke: Cecilia Malmström.

The debate closed.

19. Draft protocol on the application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union to the Czech Republic (consultation) * - Draft protocol on the application of the Charter of fundamental rights of the European Union to the Czech Republic (consent) *** (debate)

Report on draft protocol on the application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union to the Czech Republic (Article 48(3) of the Treaty on European Union)) [00091/2011 - C7-0385/2011- 2011/0817(NLE)] - Committee on Constitutional Affairs. Rapporteur: Andrew Duff (A7-0174/2013)

Recommendation on the European Council's proposal not to convene a Convention for the addition of a Protocol concerning the application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union to the Czech Republic, to the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union [00091/2011 - C7-0386/2011- 2011/0818(NLE)] - Committee on Constitutional Affairs. Rapporteur: Andrew Duff (A7-0282/2012)

Andrew Duff introduced the report and the recommendation.

The following spoke: Cecilia Malmström (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: György Schöpflin, on behalf of the PPE Group, Zuzana Brzobohatá, on behalf of the S&D Group, Andrew Duff, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Gerald Häfner, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Oldřich Vlasák, on behalf of the ECR Group, John Stuart Agnew, on behalf of the EFD Group, and Helmut Scholz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group.

The following spoke: Cecilia Malmström and Andrew Duff.

IN THE CHAIR: Isabelle DURANT
Vice-President

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 22.5.2013, item 7.2 and minutes of 22.5.2013, item 7.1.

20. One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

In accordance with Rule 150, the following Members who wished to draw the attention of Parliament to matters of political importance spoke for one minute:

Anna Záborská, Andrés Perelló Rodríguez, Marian Harkin, Susy De Martini, Gerard Batten, Willy Meyer, Andrew Henry William Brons, Rareş-Lucian Niculescu, Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă, Marina Yannakoudakis, Alda Sousa, Erik Bánki, Daciana Octavia Sârbu, Ryszard Czarnecki, Georgios Toussas, Róża Gräfin von Thun und Hohenstein, Inés Ayala Sender, Charalampos Angourakis, Iuliu Winkler, Marlene Mizzi, Angelika Niebler, Monika Smolková, Mojca Kleva Kekuš and Csaba Sándor Tabajdi.

21. Women's rights in the Balkan accession countries (short presentation)

Report on women's rights in the Balkan accession countries [2012/2255(INI)] - Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality. Rapporteur: Marije Cornelissen (A7-0136/2013)

Marije Cornelissen made the presentation.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Joanna Katarzyna Skrzydlewska, Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă, Angelika Werthmann, Ulrike Lunacek, Jaroslav Paška, Eduard Kukan, Mojca Kleva Kekuš, Petru Constantin Luhan and Sergio Gaetano Cofferati.

IN THE CHAIR: Edward McMILLAN-SCOTT
Vice-President

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Seán Kelly and Piotr Borys.

The following spoke: Neelie Kroes (Vice-President of the Commission).

The item closed.

Vote: minutes of 21.5.2013, item 6.12.

22. EU Charter: standard settings for media freedom across the EU (short presentation)

Report on the EU Charter: Standard settings for media freedom across the EU [2011/2246(INI)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Renate Weber (A7-0117/2013)

Renate Weber made the presentation.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Petru Constantin Luhan, Kinga Göncz, Judith Sargentini, Mirosław Piotrowski, Zbigniew Ziobro, Martin Ehrenhauser, Sari Essayah, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Marek Henryk Migalski, Danuta Jazłowiecka, Sergio Gaetano Cofferati, Seán Kelly, Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă and Rui Tavares.

The following spoke: Neelie Kroes (Vice-President of the Commission).

The item closed.

Vote: minutes of 21.5.2013, item 6.13.

23. Implementation of the audiovisual media services directive (short presentation)

Report on the Implementation of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive [2012/2132(INI)] - Committee on Culture and Education. Rapporteur: Piotr Borys (A7-0055/2013)

Piotr Borys made the presentation.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Georgios Papanikolaou, Elena Băsescu, Marie-Thérèse Sanchez-Schmid, Joanna Katarzyna Skrzydlewska, Iosif Matula and Marek Henryk Migalski.

The following spoke: Neelie Kroes (Vice-President of the Commission).

The item closed.

Vote: minutes of 22.5.2013, item 7.8.

24. Adequate, safe and sustainable pensions (short presentation)

Report on an Agenda for Adequate, Safe and Sustainable Pensions [2012/2234(INI)] - Committee on Employment and Social Affairs. Rapporteur: Ria Oomen-Ruijten (A7-0137/2013)

Ria Oomen-Ruijten made the presentation.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Thomas Mann, Frédéric Daerden, Jaroslav Paška, Kartika Tamara Liotard, Heinz K. Becker and Inês Cristina Zuber.

The following spoke: Neelie Kroes (Vice-President of the Commission).

The item closed.

Vote: minutes of 21.5.2013, item 6.14.

25. Regional strategies for industrial areas in the European Union (short presentation)

Report on regional strategies for industrial areas in the European Union [2012/2100(INI)] - Committee on Regional Development. Rapporteur: Jens Geier (A7-0145/2013)

Jens Geier made the presentation.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: María Irigoyen Pérez, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Marie-Thérèse Sanchez-Schmid, Danuta Jazłowiecka on the 'catch-the-eye' procedure, Claudio Morganti and João Ferreira.

The following spoke: Neelie Kroes (Vice-President of the Commission).

The item closed.

Vote: minutes of 21.5.2013, item 6.9.

26. Agenda of the next sitting

The agenda of the next day's sitting had been established ('Agenda' PE 510.028/OJMA).

27. Closure of the sitting

The sitting closed at 23.05.

The following signed:

Abela Baldacchino, Agnew, Alfano, Alfonsi, Allam, Andersdotter, Andreasen, Andrés Barea, Andrieu, Angelilli, Angourakis, Antinoro, Antonescu, Arlacchi, Arsenis, Ashworth, Atkins, Auconie, Audy, Auken, Ayala Sender, Aylward, Ayuso, van Baalen, Bach, Badia i Cutchet, Bagó, Balčytis, Baldassarre, Balz, Bánki, Barracciu, Bartolozzi, Băsescu, Batten, Bauer, Bearder, Becker, Belet, Bélier, Benarab-Attou, Bennion, Berès, Berlato, Bertot, Bicep, Bielan, Bilbao Barandica, Binev, Bizzotto, Blinkevičiūtė, Bloom, Bodu, Bokros, Bonanini, Bonsignore, Borissov, Borys, Boştinaru, Boulland, Bové, Bowles, Bradbourn, Bratkowski, Březina, Brok, Brons, Brzobohatá, Bufton, Bullmann, Buşoi, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Cadec, Callanan, van de Camp, Campbell Bannerman, Cancian, Capoulas Santos, Caronna, Carvalho, Casa, Casini, Caspary, Castex, del Castillo Vera, Cercas, Češková, Chatzimarkakis, Chichester, Childers, Chountis, Christensen, Chrysogelos, Claeys, Clark, Cliveti, Cochet, Coelho, Cofferati, Collin-Langen, Colman, Comi, Corazza Bildt, Cornelissen, Correa Zamora, Correia de Campos, Cortés Lastra, Costa, Costello, Cottigny, Cramer, Creţu, Creutzmann, Cuschieri, Cutaş, Cymański, Czarnecki, Daerden, Dăncilă, Danellis, Danjean, Dantin, Dati, Daul, David, Davies, De Angelis, De Backer, De Castro, Dehaene, De Keyser, Delli, Delvaux, De Martini, Demesmaeker, De Mita, de Sarnez, Désir, Deß, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Domenici, Donskis, Dorfmann, Droutsas, Duff, Durant, Dušek, Ehrenhauser, Eickhout, El Khadraoui, Elles, Enciu, Engel, Engström, Eppink, Ernst, Ertug, Essayah, Estaràs Ferragut, Fajmon, Fajon, Falbr, Farage, Färm, Feio, Ferber, Fernandes, Ferreira Elisa, Ferreira João, Fjellner, Flašíková Beňová, Flautre, Fleckenstein, Florenz, Fontana, Ford, Foster, Fox, Fraga Estévez, Franco, Frigo, 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, de Grandes Pascual, Gräßle, Grèze, Griffin, Gróbarczyk, Grosch, Grossetête, Grzyb, Gualtieri, Guerrero Salom, Guillaume, Gurmai, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Hadjigeorgiou, Häfner, Hall, Handzlik, Hankiss, Hannan, Harbour, Harkin, Hartong, Hassi, Haug, Häusling, Hedh, Helmer, Hénin, Herczog, Herranz García, Hibner, Hoang Ngoc, Hohlmeier, Hökmark, Honeyball, Hortefeux, Howitt, Hübner, Hudghton, Hyusmenova, Iacolino, Ibrisagic, Ilchev, Imbrasas, Iovine, Irigoyen Pérez, Iturgaiz Angulo, Ivan, Jaakonsaari, Jäätteenmäki, Jadot, Jahr, Járóka, Jazłowiecka, Jędrzejewska, Jeggle, Jensen, Jiménez-Becerril Barrio, Johansson, Joly, de Jong, Jordan, Jørgensen, Kacin, Kaczmarek, Kadenbach, Kalfin, Kalinowski, Kalniete, Kamall, van der Kammen, Kammerevert, Karas, Karim, Kariņš, Kastler, Kazak, Kelam, Kelly, Kiil-Nielsen, Kirilov, Kirkhope, Klaß, Kleva Kekuš, Klinz, Klute, Koch-Mehrin, Kohlíček, Kolarska-Bobińska, Koppa, Korhola, Kósa, Köstinger, Koumoutsakos, Kovács, Kovatchev, Kowal, Kozlík, Kozłowski, Kožušník, Krahmer, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhn, Kukan, Kurski, Lamassoure, Lambert, Lamberts, Lambsdorff, Lange, de Lange, Langen, La Via, Legutko, Lehne, Le Hyaric, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lepage, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Liberadzki, Lichtenberger, Liese, Liotard, Lisek, Lochbihler, Lope Fontagné, López Aguilar, López-Istúriz White, Lösing, Lövin, Ludford, Ludvigsson, Luhan, Łukacijewska, Lulling, Lunacek, Lyon, McAvan, McCarthy, McGuinness, McIntyre, McMillan-Scott, Macovei, Malinov, Manders, Maňka, Mann, Marcinkiewicz, Marinescu, Martin David, Martin Hans-Peter, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Maštálka, Mastella, Mathieu Houillon, Matias, Mato Adrover, Matula, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Mazej Kukovič, Mazzoni, Mélenchon, Melo, Menéndez del Valle, Merkies, Metsola, Meyer, Migalski, Millán Mon, Miranda, Mitchell, Mizzi, Mölzer, Moraes, Moreira, Morganti, Morin-Chartier, Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė, Morvai, Mulder, Muñiz De Urquiza, Murphy, Muscardini, Naranjo Escobar, Nattrass, Neuser, Neveďalová, Newton Dunn, Neynsky, Nicholson, Nicolai, Niculescu, Niebler, Nilsson, van Nistelrooij, Nitras, Obermayr, Obiols, Ojuland, Olbrycht, Olejniczak, Oomen-Ruijten, Őry, Ouzký, Oviir, Pack, Padar, Paksas, Paleckis, Paliadeli, Pallone, Panayotov, Panayotova, Panzeri, Papadopoulou, Papanikolaou, Parvanova, Paşcu, Paška, Patriciello, Paulsen, Perelló Rodríguez, Peterle, Pieper, Pietikäinen, Piotrowski, Pirillo, Pirker, Pitsillides, Pittella, Poc, Podimata, Ponga, Poręba, Posselt, Pöttering, Poupakis, Preda, Prendergast, Prodi, Protasiewicz, Provera, Rangel, Ransdorf, Rapkay, Rapti, Regner, Reimers, Remek, Repo, Reul, Riera Madurell, Ries, Rinaldi, Riquet, Rivasi, Rivellini, Rodust, Rohde, Roithová, Romero López, Romeva i Rueda, Ronzulli, Rossi, Roth-Behrendt, Rouček, Rübig, Rubiks, Šadurskis, Saïfi, Salatto, Salavrakos, Sánchez Presedo, Sanchez-Schmid, Sârbu, Sargentini, Saudargas, Savisaar-Toomast, Schaake, Schaldemose, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schnellhardt, Schnieber-Jastram, Scholz, Schöpflin, Schroedter, Schulz Martin, Schwab, Scottà, Sedó i Alabart, Seeber, Sehnalová, Senyszyn, Severin, Siekierski, Silvestris, Simon, Simpson, Sinclaire, Sippel, Siwiec, Skinner, Skrzydlewska, Smith, Smolková, Sógor, Sommer, Sonik, Sophocleous, Sosa Wagner, Sousa, Speroni, Stadler, Staes, Stassen, Šťastný, Stavrakakis, Steinruck, Stevenson, Stihler, van der Stoep, Stolojan, Stoyanov, Strejček, Striffler, Sturdy, Surján, Svensson, Szájer, Szegedi, Szymański, Tabajdi, Takkula, Tănăsescu, Tannock, Tarabella, Tarand, Tatarella, Tavares, Taylor Keith, Taylor Rebecca, Teixeira, Terho, Thein, Theocharous, Theurer, Thomas, Thomsen, Thun und Hohenstein, Thyssen, Toia, Tőkés, Tomaševski, Torvalds, Tošenovský, Toussas, Trautmann, Tremosa i Balcells, Triantaphyllides, Trüpel, Trzaskowski, Tsoukalas, Turmes, Turunen, Uggias, Ulmer, Ulvskog, Ungureanu, Urutchev, Vadim Tudor, Vaidere, Vajgl, Vălean, Van Brempt, Vanhecke, Van Orden, Vaughan, Vergiat, Vergnaud, Verheyen, Vidal-Quadras, de Villiers, Vlasák, Wałęsa, Watson, Weber Henri, Weber Manfred, Weber Renate, Weidenholzer, Werthmann, Westphal, Wieland, Wikström, Willmott, Wils, Winkler Hermann, Winkler Iuliu, Włosowicz, Wojciechowski, Wortmann-Kool, Yáñez-Barnuevo García, Yannakoudakis, Záborská, Zahradil, Zala, Zalba Bidegain, Zalewski, Zamfirescu, Zanicchi, Zanoni, Zasada, Ždanoka, Zeller, Zemke, Zéribi, Zijlstra, Zimmer, Ziobro, Zuber, Zver, Zwiefka,

Observers

Božinović, Jerković, Matušić, Vrbat