18. Financial statements and related reports of certain types of undertakings ***I - Transparency requirements in relation to information about issuers whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market ***I (debate)

Verbatim reports

Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the annual financial statements, consolidated financial statements and related reports of certain types of undertakings [COM(2011)0684 - C7-0393/2011- 2011/0308(COD)] - Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: Klaus-Heiner Lehne (A7-0278/2012)

Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2004/109/EC on the harmonisation of transparency requirements in relation to information about issuers whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market and Commission Directive 2007/14/EC [COM(2011)0683 - C7-0380/2011- 2011/0307(COD)] - Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: Arlene McCarthy (A7-0292/2012)

Klaus-Heiner Lehne and Arlene McCarthy presented their reports.

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

The following spoke: Wolf Klinz (rapporteur for the opinion of the ECON Committee), Fiona Hall (rapporteur for the opinion of the DEVE Committee), Helmut Scholz (rapporteur for the opinion of the INTA Committee), Sirpa Pietikäinen (rapporteur for the opinion of the ECON Committee), Tadeusz Zwiefka, on behalf of the PPE Group, Evelyn Regner, on behalf of the S&D Group, Alexandra Thein, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Eva Lichtenberger, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Syed Kamall, on behalf of the ECR Group, and Helmut Scholz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group.

IN THE CHAIR: Rainer WIELAND
Vice-President

The following spoke: Raffaele Baldassarre, Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, Cecilia Wikström, Sergio Gaetano Cofferati, Michael Cashman, Olle Ludvigsson, Mojca Kleva Kekuš, Frédéric Daerden and Alexander Mirsky.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Theodor Dumitru Stolojan.

The following spoke: Michel Barnier, Klaus-Heiner Lehne and Arlene McCarthy.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 12.6.2013, item 8.12 and minutes of 12.6.2013, item 8.13.