IN THE CHAIR: Martin SCHULZ
President

1. Resumption of the session

The sitting opened at 17.00.

2. Statement by the President

The President made a statement on the Lampedusa tragedy.

Parliament observed a minute's silence.

3. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

Lena Kolarska-Bobińska had announced that she had intended to vote in favour during the vote on Amendment 2 to the report by Derek Vaughan (A7-0030/2012) on 16 February 2012.

4. Verification of credentials

On the JURI Committee's proposal, Parliament decided to confirm the validity of the mandates of the following Members:

- Iñaki Irazabalbeitia Fernández with effect from 11 July 2013,

- Eduard-Raul Hellvig and Ovidiu Ioan Silaghi with effect from 4 September 2013,

- Martina Michels with effect from 5 September 2013.

5. Composition of political groups

Nessa Childers was no longer a member of the S&D Group and had been sitting with the non-attached Members since 17 September 2013.

6. Corrigenda (Rule 216)

The JURI Committee had forwarded the following corrigenda to the texts adopted by the European Parliament:

- Corrigendum ( P7_TA(2013)0262(COR01)) to the position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 12 June 2013 with a view to the adoption of Directive 2013/.../EU of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2004/109/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the harmonisation of transparency requirements in relation to information about issuers whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market, Directive 2003/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading and Commission Directive 2007/14/EC laying down detailed rules for the implementation of certain provisions of Directive 2004/109/EC - P7_TA-PROV(2013)0262 (COM(2011)0683 – C7-0380/2011 – 2011/0307(COD))

- Corrigendum ( P7_TA(2013)0287(COR01)) to the position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 2 July 2013 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) No .../2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council amending the Staff Regulations of Officials and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union - P7_TA-PROV(2013)0287 ((COM(2011)0890 – C7-0507/2011 – 2011/0455(COD))

The corrigenda would be available on the Séance en direct website during the current part-session.

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.

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

The President announced that on Wednesday, together with the President of the Council, he would sign the following acts adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure:

- Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directives 1999/4/EC and 2000/36/EC and Council Directives 2001/111/EC, 2001/113/EC and 2001/114/EC as regards the powers to be conferred on the Commission (00031/2013/LEX - C7-0346/2013 - 2012/0075(COD))

- Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the Union Customs Code (Recast) (00036/2013/LEX - C7-0345/2013 - 2012/0027(COD)).

8. Questions for oral answer (submission)

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

- (O-000079/2013/rev1) by Juan Fernando López Aguilar, on behalf of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, and Elmar Brok on behalf of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, to the Council: Follow-up to Parliament's resolution on 'alleged transportation and illegal detention of prisoners in European countries by the CIA: follow-up of the EP TDIP Committee report' (2013/2702(RSP)) (B7-0215/2013);

- (O-000080/2013/rev.1) by Juan Fernando López Aguilar, on behalf of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, and Elmar Brok on behalf of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, to the Commission: Follow up to Parliament's resolution on 'alleged transportation and illegal detention of prisoners in European countries by the CIA: follow-up of the EP TDIP Committee report' (2013/2702(RSP)) (B7-0216/2013);

- (O-000067/2013) by Juan Fernando López Aguilar, on behalf of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, to the Commission: Strengthening cross-border law-enforcement cooperation in the EU through the implementation of the 'Prüm Decision' and the European Information Exchange Model (EIXM) (2013/2586(RSP)) (B7-0501/2013);

- (O-000072/2013) by Karl-Heinz Florenz, Dan Jørgensen, Chris Davies, Bas Eickhout, Martin Callanan and Sabine Wils, on behalf of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, to the Commission: The state of the European carbon market in 2012 (2012/2900)(RSP)) (B7-0502/2013);

- (O-000081/2013) by Amalia Sartori, on behalf of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, to the Council: Completing the European Research Area by 2014 (2013/2695(RSP)) (B7-0503/2013);

- (O-000082/2013) by Amalia Sartori, on behalf of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, to the Commission: Completing the European Research Area by 2014 (2013/2695(RSP)) (B7-0504/2013);

- (O-000087/2013) by Malcolm Harbour, on behalf of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, to the Commission: EEA (2013/2710(RSP)) (B7-0505/2013);

- (O-000089/2013) by Ulrike Lunacek, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Marije Cornelissen and Werner Schulz, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, to the Commission: Rule of law and human rights in Russia (especially with regard to xeno- and homophobia) (2013/2836(RSP)) (B7-0506/2013);

- (O-000091/2013) by Eva Joly, on behalf of the Committee on Development, to the Commission: Caste-based discrimination (2013/2676(RSP)) (B7-0507/2013);

- (O-000093/2013) by Vital Moreira and Franck Proust, on behalf of the Committee on International Trade, to the Commission: EU - Taiwan trade relations (2013/2675(RSP)) (B7-0509/2013);

- (O-000099/2013) by Amalia Sartori, on behalf of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, to the Commission: The implementation of REMIT and the ACER 2014 budget (2013/2723(RSP)) (B7-0510/2013);

- (O-000083/2013) by Roberta Angelilli, Mikael Gustafsson, Antonyia Parvanova, Sonia Alfano, Martina Anderson, Francesca Barracciu, Paolo Bartolozzi, Elena Băsescu, Regina Bastos, Sandrine Bélier, Jean-Luc Bennahmias, Phil Bennion, Sergio Berlato, Mara Bizzotto, Franco Bonanini, Emine Bozkurt, Jerzy Buzek, Antonio Cancian, Maria Da Graça Carvalho, Michael Cashman, Nikos Chrysogelos, Minodora Cliveti, Sergio Gaetano Cofferati, Lara Comi, Anna Maria Corazza Bildt, Ricardo Cortés Lastra, Silvia Costa, Emer Costello, Andrea Cozzolino, Corina Crețu, Viorica Dăncilă, Rachida Dati, Francesco De Angelis, Susy De Martini, Marielle de Sarnez, Anne Delvaux, Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Leonidas Donskis, Isabelle Durant, Sari Essayah, Rosa Estaràs Ferragut, Tanja Fajon, Mariya Gabriel, Pat the Cope Gallagher, Iratxe García Pérez, Dolores García-Hierro Caraballo, Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, Nathalie Griesbeck, Marian Harkin, Satu Hassi, Nadja Hirsch, Salvatore Iacolino, Sophia in 't Veld, Vincenzo Iovine, Liisa Jaakonsaari, Lívia Járóka, Sidonia Elżbieta Jędrzejewska, Teresa Jiménez-Becerril Barrio, Filip Kaczmarek, Seán Kelly, Nicole Kiil-Nielsen, Mojca Kleva Kekuš, Jürgen Klute, Lena Kolarska-Bobińska, Jan Kozłowski, Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Eduard Kukan, Giovanni La Via, Jean Lambert, Jörg Leichtfried, Barbara Lochbihler, Sabine Lösing, Petru Constantin Luhan, Astrid Lulling, Ulrike Lunacek, Marusya Lyubcheva, Jiří Maštálka, Clemente Mastella, Barbara Matera, Véronique Mathieu Houillon, Iosif Matula, Erminia Mazzoni, Edward McMillan-Scott, Roberta Metsola, Willy Meyer, Louis Michel, Claude Moraes, Claudio Morganti, Elisabeth Morin-Chartier, Tiziano Motti, Cristiana Muscardini, Norica Nicolai, Ria Oomen-Ruijten, Rolandas Paksas, Alfredo Pallone, Pier Antonio Panzeri, Antigoni Papadopoulou, Aldo Patriciello, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Jacek Protasiewicz, Evelyn Regner, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Licia Ronzulli, Oreste Rossi, Potito Salatto, Nikolaos Salavrakos, Marie-Thérèse Sanchez-Schmid, Amalia Sartori, Helmut Scholz, Giancarlo Scottà, Olga Sehnalová, Joanna Senyszyn, Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris, Nicole Sinclaire, Renate Sommer, Dimitar Stoyanov, Claudiu Ciprian Tănăsescu, Marc Tarabella, Salvatore Tatarella, Rebecca Taylor, Britta Thomsen, Silvia-Adriana Ţicău, Patrizia Toia, Giommaria Uggias, Oldřich Vlasák, Manfred Weber, Angelika Werthmann, Cecilia Wikström, Iva Zanicchi, Andrea Zanoni, Tadeusz Zwiefka, Doris Pack, Marco Scurria, Othmar Karas and Gianni Pittella, to the Council: Convention on preventing and combating violence against women (Istanbul Convention): state of play and actions to be taken (2013/2876(RSP)) (B7-0511/2013);

- (O-000084/2013) by Roberta Angelilli, Mikael Gustafsson, Antonyia Parvanova, Sonia Alfano, Martina Anderson, Francesca Barracciu, Paolo Bartolozzi, Elena Băsescu, Regina Bastos, Sandrine Bélier, Jean-Luc Bennahmias, Phil Bennion, Sergio Berlato, Mara Bizzotto, Franco Bonanini, Emine Bozkurt, Jerzy Buzek, Antonio Cancian, Maria Da Graça Carvalho, Michael Cashman, Nikos Chrysogelos, Minodora Cliveti, Sergio Gaetano Cofferati, Lara Comi, Anna Maria Corazza Bildt, Ricardo Cortés Lastra, Silvia Costa, Emer Costello, Andrea Cozzolino, Corina Crețu, Viorica Dăncilă, Rachida Dati, Francesco De Angelis, Susy De Martini, Marielle de Sarnez, Anne Delvaux, Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Leonidas Donskis, Isabelle Durant, Sari Essayah, Rosa Estaràs Ferragut, Tanja Fajon, Mariya Gabriel, Pat the Cope Gallagher, Iratxe García Pérez, Dolores García-Hierro Caraballo, Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, Nathalie Griesbeck, Marian Harkin, Satu Hassi, Nadja Hirsch, Salvatore Iacolino, Sophia in 't Veld, Vincenzo Iovine, Liisa Jaakonsaari, Lívia Járóka, Sidonia Elżbieta Jędrzejewska, Teresa Jiménez-Becerril Barrio, Filip Kaczmarek, Seán Kelly, Nicole Kiil-Nielsen, Mojca Kleva Kekuš, Jürgen Klute, Lena Kolarska-Bobińska, Jan Kozłowski, Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Eduard Kukan, Giovanni La Via, Jean Lambert, Jörg Leichtfried, Barbara Lochbihler, Sabine Lösing, Petru Constantin Luhan, Astrid Lulling, Ulrike Lunacek, Marusya Lyubcheva, Jiří Maštálka, Clemente Mastella, Barbara Matera, Véronique Mathieu Houillon, Iosif Matula, Erminia Mazzoni, Edward McMillan-Scott, Roberta Metsola, Willy Meyer, Louis Michel, Claude Moraes, Claudio Morganti, Elisabeth Morin-Chartier, Tiziano Motti, Cristiana Muscardini, Norica Nicolai, Ria Oomen-Ruijten, Rolandas Paksas, Alfredo Pallone, Pier Antonio Panzeri, Antigoni Papadopoulou, Aldo Patriciello, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Jacek Protasiewicz, Evelyn Regner, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Licia Ronzulli, Oreste Rossi, Potito Salatto, Nikolaos Salavrakos, Marie-Thérèse Sanchez-Schmid, Amalia Sartori, Helmut Scholz, Giancarlo Scottà, Olga Sehnalová, Joanna Senyszyn, Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris, Nicole Sinclaire, Renate Sommer, Dimitar Stoyanov, Claudiu Ciprian Tănăsescu, Marc Tarabella, Salvatore Tatarella, Rebecca Taylor, Britta Thomsen, Silvia-Adriana Ţicău, Patrizia Toia, Giommaria Uggias, Oldřich Vlasák, Manfred Weber, Angelika Werthmann, Cecilia Wikström, Iva Zanicchi, Andrea Zanoni, Tadeusz Zwiefka, Doris Pack, Marco Scurria, Othmar Karas and Gianni Pittella, to the Commission: Convention on preventing and combating violence against women (Istanbul Convention): state of play and actions to be taken (2013/2876(RSP)) (B7-0512/2013);

- (O-000101/2013) by Dennis de Jong, Patrick Le Hyaric, Marisa Matias, Paul Murphy, Helmut Scholz, Alda Sousa and Gabriele Zimmer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, to the Commission: Rule of law and human rights in Russia with a focus on xenophobia and homophobia (2013/2836(RSP)) (B7-0513/2013);

- (O-000102/2013) by Kristiina Ojuland and Sophia in 't Veld, on behalf of the ALDE Group, to the Commission: Rule of law and human rights in Russia (2013/2836(RSP)) (B7-0514/2013);

- (O-000103/2013) by Véronique De Keyser, Libor Rouček, Ana Gomes, María Muñiz De Urquiza, Knut Fleckenstein, Michael Cashman and Sergio Gutiérrez Prieto, on behalf of the S&D Group, to the Commission: Rule of law and human rights in Russia, in particular with regard to xenophobia and homophobia (2013/2836(RSP)) (B7-0515/2013);

- (O-000098/2013) by Laima Liucija Andrikienė and Daniel Caspary, on behalf of the PPE Group, Leonidas Donskis, on behalf of the ALDE Group, to the Commission: Discriminatory customs procedures against Lithuanian trucks at the Russian border (2013/2868(RSP)) (B7-0516/2013).

9. Action taken on Parliament's positions and resolutions

The Commission communications on the action taken on the resolutions adopted by Parliament at the May 2013 part-session and on the positions and resolutions adopted by Parliament at the June 2013 part-session were available on the Séance en direct website.

10. Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council

The Council had forwarded a certified true copy of the following:

Protocol agreed between the European Union and the Republic of Madagascar setting out fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the two parties currently in force.

11. 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):

3 October 2013

Franz Dotter (ZENTRUM FUR GEBARDENSPRACHE UND HORBEHINDERTENKOMMUNIKATION) (No 1123/2013); Flavio Miccono (I.P.A.) (No 1124/2013); Angela Fixl (No 1125/2013); David Cerdán (PSPV PSOE) (No 1126/2013); Christiane Stelzer (2 signatures) (No 1127/2013); León Juan Jesús Aldama (No 1128/2013); Kalle Kosthorst (No 1129/2013); Angeles Seifart (No 1130/2013); Ion Cotea (No 1131/2013); Stefano Ferluga (MOVIMENTO TRIESTE LIBERA) (No 1132/2013); Livia Banai Toth (No 1133/2013); Yordan Kolev Yordanov (No 1134/2013); Raffaele Dipace (No 1135/2013); Gunter Kratzsch (22 signatures) (No 1136/2013); Konstantia Stoiou (PERIVALLONTIKOS SILLOGOS ASSIROU FILI TIS GIS) (2 signatures) (No 1137/2013); Álvaro Lahoz Tornos (No 1138/2013); Gheorghe Holbura (No 1139/2013); Paola Giannone (No 1140/2013); JAVID TAYLOR LLP FARANI (FARANI JAVID TAYLOR LLP) (2 signatures) (No 1141/2013); Zaharia Dumitru (No 1142/2013); (name confidential) (No 1143/2013); Stefan Juranek (No 1144/2013); Jacky Denise (No 1145/2013); Alejandro Escribano Sanmartín (LOS VERDES ECOPACIFISTAS) (No 1146/2013); Sascha Jakobi (No 1147/2013); Hans-Peter Holzwarth (No 1148/2013); Matthias Weise (No 1149/2013); Lukas Schmidt (No 1150/2013); Peter Kleffmann (No 1151/2013); Hans-Joachim Schäfer (No 1152/2013); Albena Hinkova (No 1153/2013); Alexander Kuch (No 1154/2013); Chimezie Okonkwo (No 1155/2013); Konstantinos Giannopoulos (No 1156/2013); Tsenko Sevdalinov Kainchalov (No 1157/2013); Chantal Toussaint (No 1158/2013); Kilian Kurlas (No 1159/2013); Marco Buci (Association of the Albanian Immigrants in Greece) (3 signatures) (No 1160/2013); Igor Jelancic (No 1161/2013); Eduardo Sáez Maldonado (PLATAFORMA EN DEFENSA DE LA SALUD Y LA SIERRA) (No 1162/2013); Silke Uecker (No 1163/2013); Richard Whybra (No 1164/2013); Farid Dekiouk (No 1165/2013); Wolfram Fausser (No 1166/2013); József Szalai (No 1167/2013); František Machala (No 1168/2013); Arianna Formato (135 signatures) (No 1169/2013); Dionisio González Otero (ORGANIZACIÓN IMPULSORA DE DISCAPACITADOS) (No 1170/2013); Janez Vuk (No 1171/2013); Ghita Ilenuta (No 1172/2013); Werner Kahles (No 1173/2013); Floarea Grosu (No 1174/2013); Sergio Vicari (DI.COM SPA) (No 1175/2013); Annick Pelletier (No 1176/2013); Roberto Giurastante (MOVIMENTO TRIESTE LIBERA) (No 1177/2013); Emilie Labeyrie (No 1178/2013); Marcelle Carlier (No 1179/2013); Consuelo Cortellessa (No 1180/2013); (name confidential) (No 1181/2013); MIESZKAŃCY BRZEGU DOLNEGO (MIESZKAŃCY BRZEGU DOLNEGO (HABITANTS DU VILLAGE BRZEG DOLNY)) (No 1182/2013); Karl Heinrich (HEINRICH GMBH) (No 1183/2013); Michael Donegan (No 1184/2013); Piero Bruni (ASSOCIAZIONE LAGO DI BOLSENA VOLONTARIATO) (No 1185/2013); Gunter Buchholz (No 1186/2013); Gracinda Da Cunha Silva (No 1187/2013); Dmitry Denisov (No 1188/2013); Gemma Ragués Pujol (No 1189/2013); (name confidential) (No 1190/2013); Yves Maroille (Habitants de Haucourt) (136 signatures) (No 1191/2013); Teresa Vassallo Varela (EL CASO CÁDIZ) (2 signatures) (No 1192/2013); Vahram Elagöz (No 1193/2013); Lidia Panetto (No 1194/2013); Frank Berkemeier (No 1195/2013); Michele Martinez (No 1196/2013); Petru Ungureanu (No 1197/2013); Hubert Gollysch (No 1198/2013); Paul Hubert Mönnig (No 1199/2013); (name confidential) (No 1200/2013); Giorgio Gurrieri (No 1201/2013); Radu Burcea - Iancu (No 1202/2013); Claudia Tamellini (No 1203/2013); Ana Anjos (No 1204/2013); Margot Mäe (No 1205/2013); José María Roces Vigil (No 1206/2013); Josip Miljak (No 1207/2013); Stjepan Ringwald (No 1208/2013); José A. Juan Berna (No 1209/2013); Bosa István (No 1210/2013); Carlos Pedro Barbosa de Almeida (No 1211/2013); OISIN JONES-DILLON (No 1212/2013); (name confidential) (4 signatures) (No 1213/2013); Raúl Fernández Pérez (No 1214/2013); (name confidential) (No 1215/2013); Efimia Boutsikou (No 1216/2013); Hansjörg Wall (No 1217/2013); Fernando Merodio Rodríguez (PLATAFORMA) (No 1218/2013); Francisco Pérez Escudero (No 1219/2013); Argirios Tsorakis (No 1220/2013); Richard Loch (No 1221/2013); (name confidential) (No 1222/2013); Katy Collart (ALPHA) (No 1223/2013); Maria Monosi (CABINET INDIVIDUAL DE EXPERTIZĂ CONTABILĂ OREDEA) (No 1224/2013); (name confidential) (No 1225/2013); Ivanov Plamen (No 1226/2013); Augustin Ostace (No 1227/2013); (name confidential) (No 1228/2013);

12. Documents received

The following documents had been received from committees: reports

- ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council Establishing the European Border Surveillance System (EUROSUR) (COM(2011)0873 - C7-0506/2011 - 2011/0427(COD)) - LIBE Committee - Rapporteur: Jan Mulder (A7-0232/2013)

- Report on corruption in the public and private sectors: the impact on human rights in third countries (2013/2074(INI)) - AFET Committee - Rapporteur: Ana Gomes (A7-0250/2013)

- ***I Report on the draft regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending the Protocol on the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union by increasing the number of Judges at the General Court (02074/2011[[02]] - C7-0126/2012 - 2011/0901B(COD)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Alexandra Thein (A7-0252/2013)

- ***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on marine equipment and repealing Directive 96/98/EC (COM(2012)0772 - C7-0414/2012 - 2012/0358(COD)) - TRAN Committee - Rapporteur: Dominique Riquet (A7-0255/2013)

- ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the trade arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products (COM(2013)0106 - C7-0048/2013 - 2013/0063(COD)) - AGRI Committee - Rapporteur: Paolo De Castro (A7-0260/2013)

- Report on forward policy planning and long-term trends: budgetary implications for capacity-building (2012/2290(INI)) - BUDG Committee - Rapporteur: James Elles (A7-0265/2013)

- Report on effects of budgetary constraints for regional and local authorities regarding the EU's Structural Funds expenditure in the Member States (2013/2042(INI)) - REGI Committee - Rapporteur: Erminia Mazzoni (A7-0269/2013)

- Report on fisheries restrictions and jurisdictional waters in the Mediterranean and Black sea - ways for conflict resolution (2011/2086(INI)) - PECH Committee - Rapporteur: Nikolaos Salavrakos (A7-0288/2013)

- *** Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Armenia on the readmission of persons residing without authorisation (05859/2013 - C7-0113/2013 - 2012/0332(NLE)) - LIBE Committee - Rapporteur: Edit Bauer (A7-0289/2013)

- *** Recommendation on the draft Council decision concerning the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Armenia on the facilitation of the issuance of visas (05835/2013 - C7-0112/2013 - 2012/0334(NLE)) - LIBE Committee - Rapporteur: Edit Bauer (A7-0290/2013)

- Report on improving private international law: jurisdiction rules applicable to employment (2013/2023(INI)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Evelyn Regner (A7-0291/2013)

- Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund in accordance with point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (application EGF/2012/008 IT/De Tomaso Automobili from Italy) (COM(2013)0469 - C7-0207/2013 - 2013/2139(BUD)) - BUDG Committee - Rapporteur: Dominique Riquet (A7-0292/2013)

- Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund in accordance with point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (application EGF/2011/025 IT/Lombardia from Italy) (COM(2013)0470 - C7-0206/2013 - 2013/2138(BUD)) - BUDG Committee - Rapporteur: Salvador Garriga Polledo (A7-0294/2013)

- Report: For a comprehensive EU fishery strategy in the Pacific Region (2012/2235(INI)) - PECH Committee - Rapporteur: Carmen Fraga Estévez (A7-0297/2013)

- *** Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Cooperation Agreement on a Civil Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) between the European Community and its Member States and Ukraine (06373/2013 - C7-0070/2013 - 2012/0274(NLE)) - ITRE Committee - Rapporteur: Amalia Sartori (A7-0298/2013)

- Report on the activities of the Committee on Petitions 2012 (2013/2013(INI)) - PETI Committee - Rapporteur: Edward McMillan-Scott (A7-0299/2013)

- Report on the conclusion of an Interinstitutional Agreement (IIA) between the European Parliament and the European Central Bank on the practical modalities of the exercise of democratic accountability and oversight over the exercise of the tasks conferred on the ECB within the framework of the Single Supervisory Mechanism (N7-0084/2013 - C7-0347/2013 - 2013/2198(ACI)) - AFCO Committee - Rapporteur: Carlo Casini (A7-0302/2013)

- ***Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of a Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, of the other part, on a Framework Agreement between the European Union and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan on the general principles for the participation of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in Union programmes (12138/2012 - C7-0008/2013 - 2012/0108(NLE)) - AFET Committee - Rapporteur: Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck (A7-0305/2013)

- Second report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2011, Section II – European Council and Council (COM(2012)0436[[03]] - C7-0226/2012 - 2012/2169(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Andrea Češková (A7-0310/2013)

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- Draft – Interinstitutional agreement (IIA) between the European Parliament and the ECB on cooperation on procedures related to the Single Supervisory Mechanism (MSU) (N7-0084/2013 - C7-0347/2013 - 2013/2198(ACI))
referred to committee responsible: AFCO

13. Order of business

The next item was the order of business.

The final draft agenda for the October I sittings (PE 515.413/PDOJ) had been distributed and a number of changes had been proposed (Rule 140):

Monday

No changes.

Tuesday

Request by the PPE Group to place on the agenda a question for oral answer (O-000098/2013) to the Commission on discriminatory customs procedures against Lithuanian trucks at the Russian border.

The following spoke: Daniel Caspary, on behalf of the PPE Group, who moved the request, and Hannes Swoboda, who supported it.

The House agreed to the request.

The following spoke: Gabriele Zimmer.

Wednesday

Request from the PPE Group to alter the title of the debate on EU migration policies in the Mediterranean (item 93 on the draft agenda) to include a statement from the Council. The title of the debate would be:

Migratory flows in the Mediterranean, with particular attention to the tragic events off Lampedusa – Council and Commission statements.

The following spoke: Salvatore Iacolino, on behalf of the PPE Group, who moved the request, Hannes Swoboda who supported it, Rebecca Harms who proposed winding up the debate by tabling a motion for a resolution, Salvatore Iacolino who opposed the tabling of a motion for a resolution, Gabriele Zimmer in support of Rebecca Harms' proposal and Hannes Swoboda, who proposed that a motion for a resolution be tabled at the October II part-session.

Parliament approved the initial request by the PPE Group.

The following spoke: Rebecca Harms, in support of the proposal by Hannes Swoboda to table a motion for a resolution at the October II part-session.

The House agreed to the proposal.

Thursday

Request by the Verts/ALE Group to enter on the agenda statement by the Commission on the detention of Greenpeace activists in Russia.

The following spoke: Rebecca Harms, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, who moved the request and proposed that a debate be held on the Thursday, followed by a vote at the October II part-session and Mairead McGuinness, who opposed that request, pointing out that Thursday's agenda already included items concerning Russia.

Parliament rejected the request by electronic vote (71 in favour, 101 against, 49 abstentions).

The following spoke: Mairead McGuinness, who proposed that this matter be addressed during the debate on Russia, and Rebecca Harms who proposed that it be addressed at the October II part-session.

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The order of business was thus established.

14. European carbon market in 2012 (debate)

Question for oral answer (O-000072/2013) by Karl-Heinz Florenz, Dan Jørgensen, Chris Davies, Bas Eickhout, Martin Callanan and Sabine Wils, on behalf of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, to the Commission: The state of the European carbon market in 2012 (2012/2900)RSP)) (B7-0502/2013)

Karl-Heinz Florenz moved the question.

IN THE CHAIR: Rainer WIELAND
Vice-President

Connie Hedegaard (Member of the Commission) answered the question.

The following spoke: Richard Seeber, on behalf of the PPE Group, Matthias Groote, on behalf of the S&D Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Paul Rübig, Chris Davies, on behalf of the ALDE Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Richard Seeber, Adam Bielan, on behalf of the ECR Group, João Ferreira, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Tadeusz Cymański, on behalf of the EFD Group, Lucas Hartong, Non-attached Member, Teresa Riera Madurell, Jacky Hénin, Jaroslav Paška, Jolanta Emilia Hibner, Romana Jordan and Peter Liese.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Mairead McGuinness, Daciana Octavia Sârbu and Lena Kolarska-Bobińska.

The following spoke: Connie Hedegaard.

The debate closed.

15. Permitted health claims made on foods (debate)

Motion for a resolution on the draft Commission regulation amending Regulation (EU) No 432/2012 establishing a list of permitted health claims made on foods other than those referring to the reduction of disease risk and to children’s development and health D027417 ; 2013/2726(RPS) (B7-0437/2013)

The following spoke: Renate Sommer, on behalf of the PPE Group, Christel Schaldemose, on behalf of the S&D Group, and Carl Schlyter, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Mairead McGuinness and Karin Kadenbach.

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

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 9.10.2013, item 6.8.

16. Food and products of animal origin (debate)

Motion for a resolution on the draft Commission regulation amending Annexes to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004, Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 and Regulation (EC) No 2074/2005 D023049/06 - 2013/2720(RPS) (B7-0438/2013)

The following spoke: Linda McAvan, on behalf of the S&D Group, Marit Paulsen, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Carl Schlyter, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, James Nicholson, on behalf of the ECR Group, Horst Schnellhardt, on behalf of the PPE Group, Mairead McGuinness and Pilar Ayuso.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Andreas Mölzer and Biljana Borzan.

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

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 9.10.2013, item 6.9.

17. EU-Mauritania fishing opportunities and financial contribution protocol *** (debate)

Recommendation on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Protocol setting out fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania for a period of two years [15777/2012 - C7-0419/2012- 2012/0258(NLE)] - Committee on Fisheries. Rapporteur: Gabriel Mato (A7-0184/2013)

Gabriel Mato introduced the recommendation.

The following spoke: Maria Damanaki (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Gesine Meissner (rapporteur for the opinion of the DEVE Committee) and Jarosław Wałęsa, on behalf of the PPE Group.

IN THE CHAIR: László SURJÁN
Vice-President

The following spoke: Antolín Sánchez Presedo, on behalf of the S&D Group who also replied to a blue-card question by Luis Yáñez-Barnuevo García, Nils Torvalds, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Isabella Lövin, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, João Ferreira, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Andreas Mölzer, Non-attached Member, Maria do Céu Patrão Neves, Ulrike Rodust, Iñaki Irazabalbeitia Fernández, Francisco José Millán Mon, Guido Milana and Isabelle Thomas.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Sergio Gaetano Cofferati and Bas Belder.

The following spoke: Maria Damanaki and Gabriel Mato.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 8.10.2013, item 9.9.

18. 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:

Seán Kelly, Claudette Abela Baldacchino, Jelko Kacin, Margrete Auken, Marina Yannakoudakis, Jacky Hénin, Gerard Batten, Andrew Henry William Brons, Ivana Maletić, Luis Yáñez-Barnuevo García, Pat the Cope Gallagher, Nikola Vuljanić, Davor Ivo Stier, María Muñiz De Urquiza, João Ferreira, Zdravka Bušić, Corina Crețu, Petru Constantin Luhan, Ricardo Cortés Lastra, Andreas Pitsillides, Tonino Picula, Mairead McGuinness, Claudiu Ciprian Tănăsescu, Diane Dodds, Monika Panayotova, Arkadiusz Tomasz Bratkowski, Georgios Papanikolaou, Juan Andrés Naranjo Escobar, Kinga Gál and Andrey Kovatchev.

19. Gendercide: the missing women? (short presentation)

Report on Gendercide: the missing women? [2012/2273(INI)] - Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality. Rapporteur: Antigoni Papadopoulou (A7-0245/2013)

Antigoni Papadopoulou made the presentation.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Mairead McGuinness, Edite Estrela, Angelika Werthmann, Marie-Thérèse Sanchez-Schmid, Inês Cristina Zuber, Dubravka Šuica and Miroslav Mikolášik.

The following spoke: Maria Damanaki (Member of the Commission).

IN THE CHAIR: Gianni PITTELLA
Vice-President

The item closed.

Vote: minutes of 8.10.2013, item 9.10.

20. Corruption in the public and private sectors: the impact on human rights in third countries (short presentation)

Report on corruption in the public and private sectors: the impact on human rights in third countries [2013/2074(INI)] - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: Ana Gomes (A7-0250/2013)

Ana Gomes made the presentation.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Edite Estrela, João Ferreira and Ruža Tomašić.

The following spoke: Maria Damanaki (Member of the Commission)

The item closed.

Vote: minutes of 8.10.2013, item 9.4.

21. Budgetary constraints for regional and local authorities regarding the EU's Structural Funds (short presentation)

Report on effects of budgetary constraints for regional and local authorities regarding the EU's Structural Funds expenditure in the Member States [2013/2042(INI)] - Committee on Regional Development. Rapporteur: Erminia Mazzoni (A7-0269/2013)

Erminia Mazzoni made the presentation.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Roberta Angelilli, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Pat the Cope Gallagher, Nikos Chrysogelos, Ivana Maletić, Ruža Tomašić, Dubravka Šuica, João Ferreira, Seán Kelly, Marie-Thérèse Sanchez-Schmid, Biljana Borzan and Jaroslav Paška.

The following spoke: Maria Damanaki (Member of the Commission).

The item closed.

Vote: minutes of 8.10.2013, item 9.11.

22. Forward policy planning: budgetary implications for capacity-building (short presentation)

Report on forward policy planning and long-term trends: budgetary implications for capacity-building [2012/2290(INI)] - Committee on Budgets. Rapporteur: James Elles (A7-0265/2013)

James Elles made the presentation.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Andrej Plenković.

The following spoke: Maria Damanaki (Member of the Commission).

The item closed.

Vote: minutes of 8.10.2013, item 9.5.

23. Private international law and employment (short presentation)

Report on improving private international law: jurisdiction rules applicable to employment [2013/2023(INI)] - Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: Evelyn Regner (A7-0291/2013)

Evelyn Regner made the presentation.

The following spoke: Maria Damanaki (Member of the Commission)

The item closed.

Vote: minutes of 8.10.2013, item 9.6.

24. Comprehensive EU fishery strategy in the Pacific region (short presentation)

Report For a comprehensive EU fishery strategy in the Pacific Region [2012/2235(INI)] - Committee on Fisheries. Rapporteur: Carmen Fraga Estévez (A7-0297/2013)

Gabriel Mato, deputising for the rapporteur, made the presentation.

The following spoke: Maria Damanaki (Member of the Commission).

IN THE CHAIR: Isabelle DURANT
Vice-President

The item closed.

Vote: minutes of 8.10.2013, item 9.12.

25. Fisheries restrictions and jurisdictional waters in the Mediterranean and Black Sea - conflict resolution (short presentation)

Report on fisheries restrictions and jurisdictional waters in the Mediterranean and Black sea - ways for conflict resolution [2011/2086(INI)] - Committee on Fisheries. Rapporteur: Nikolaos Salavrakos (A7-0288/2013)

Nikolaos Salavrakos made the presentation.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Davor Ivo Stier, Tonino Picula, Ruža Tomašić, Dubravka Šuica and Guido Milana.

The following spoke: Maria Damanaki (Member of the Commission).

The item closed.

Vote: minutes of 8.10.2013, item 9.13.

26. Agenda of the next sitting

The agenda of the next day's sitting had been established ('Agenda' PE 515.413/OJMA).

27. Closure of the sitting

The sitting closed at 21.55.

The following signed:

Abela Baldacchino, Albrecht, Alfano, Alfonsi, Allam, Alves, Andreasen, Andrés Barea, Andrieu, Andrikienė, Angelilli, Antonescu, Antoniozzi, Arias Echeverría, Arsenis, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Auken, Ayala Sender, Aylward, Ayuso, van Baalen, Bach, Badia i Cutchet, Bagó, Balčytis, Baldassarre, Balz, Bastos, Batten, Bauer, Bearder, Belder, Belet, Benarab-Attou, Bendtsen, Bennahmias, Bennion, Berès, Berlato, Bertot, Bicep, Bielan, Binev, Bizzotto, Blinkevičiūtė, Bodu, Böge, Bokros, Bonanini, Bonsignore, Borghezio, Borissov, Borzan, Boştinaru, Boulland, Bové, Bowles, Bozkurt, Bradbourn, Bratkowski, Březina, Brons, Brzobohatá, Bufton, Bullmann, Bušić, Buzek, Callanan, van de Camp, Cancian, Capoulas Santos, Caronna, Carvalho, Casa, Cashman, Casini, Caspary, Castex, Cavada, Cercas, Chichester, Childers, Chountis, Christensen, Chrysogelos, Claeys, Cliveti, Cochet, Coelho, Cofferati, Collin-Langen, Colman, Comi, Cornelissen, Correia de Campos, Cortés Lastra, Costello, Cottigny, Cramer, Creţu, Creutzmann, Cronberg, Crowley, Cuschieri, Cutaş, Cymański, Czarnecki, Daerden, van Dalen, Dăncilă, Danellis, Danjean, (The Earl of) Dartmouth, Daul, Davies, De Backer, De Castro, Dehaene, De Keyser, Delli, Delvaux, De Martini, Demesmaeker, De Mita, de Sarnez, Deß, Deutsch, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dodds Diane, Domenici, Donskis, Duff, Durant, Dušek, Ehrenhauser, Eickhout, El Khadraoui, Elles, Enciu, Engel, Engström, Eppink, Ertug, Estaràs Ferragut, Estrela, Evans, Fajon, Falbr, Färm, Feio, Ferber, Fernandes, Ferreira Elisa, Ferreira João, Fidanza, Fisas Ayxelà, Fjellner, Flautre, Fleckenstein, Florenz, Fontana, Ford, Foster, Fox, Frigo, Gabriel, Gahler, Gál, Gallagher, Gallo, Gáll-Pelcz, Garcés Ramón, García-Hierro Caraballo, García Pérez, Gardiazabal Rubial, Gardini, Gauzès, Geier, Geringer de Oedenberg, Giannakou, Gierek, Glante, Glattfelder, Goebbels, Gollnisch, Gomes, Göncz, Goulard, de Grandes Pascual, Gräßle, Griesbeck, Griffin, Gróbarczyk, Groote, Grosch, Grossetête, Gualtieri, Guerrero Salom, Guillaume, Gurmai, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gutiérrez Prieto, Gyürk, Hadjigeorgiou, Hall, Händel, Handzlik, Hankiss, Hannan, Harkin, Hartong, Hassi, Haug, Häusling, Hedh, Hellvig, Helmer, Hénin, Herczog, Hibner, Higgins, Hoang Ngoc, Hohlmeier, Hökmark, Hortefeux, Hübner, Hudghton, Hyusmenova, Iacolino, Ibrisagic, Ilchev, Imbrasas, Iovine, Irazabalbeitia Fernández, Irigoyen Pérez, Iturgaiz, Ivan, Jaakonsaari, Jäätteenmäki, Jadot, Jahr, Járóka, Jazłowiecka, Jędrzejewska, Jeggle, Jensen, Jiménez-Becerril Barrio, Johansson, Joly, Jordan, Kacin, Kadenbach, Kalfin, Kalniete, Kamall, Kamiński, Kammerevert, Karas, Karim, Kariņš, Kastler, Kazak, Kelam, Keller Ska, Kelly, Kiil-Nielsen, Kirkhope, Klaß, Klinz, Klute, Koch, Koch-Mehrin, Kohlíček, Kolarska-Bobińska, Koppa, Korhola, Kósa, Köstinger, Koumoutsakos, Kovatchev, Kowal, Kozlík, Kozłowski, Krahmer, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Krehl, Kuhn, Kukan, Lamassoure, Lambert, Lambsdorff, Landsbergis, Lange, Langen, La Via, Le Grip, Legutko, Lehne, Le Hyaric, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lepage, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Pen Marine, Liberadzki, Lichtenberger, Liese, Liotard, Lisek, Lochbihler, Løkkegaard, Lope Fontagné, López Aguilar, López-Istúriz White, Lösing, Lövin, Ludford, Ludvigsson, Luhan, Łukacijewska, Lulling, Lyon, Lyubcheva, McAvan, McClarkin, McGuinness, McIntyre, Maletić, Malinov, Manders, Marcinkiewicz, Marinescu, Martin David, Martin Hans-Peter, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Mastella, Mathieu Houillon, Matias, Mato, Matula, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Mazej Kukovič, Mazzoni, Meissner, Mélenchon, Melo, Menéndez del Valle, Merkies, Messerschmidt, Mészáros, Metsola, Michel, Michels, Migalski, Mikolášik, Milana, Millán Mon, Mirsky, Mitchell, Mizzi, Mölzer, Moraes, Moreira, Morganti, Morin-Chartier, Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė, Mulder, Muñiz De Urquiza, Murphy, Muscardini, Mynář, Naranjo Escobar, Nattrass, Neuser, Neveďalová, Newton Dunn, Nicholson, Niebler, Nilsson, van Nistelrooij, Nitras, Nuttall, Obermayr, Obiols, Ojuland, Olbrycht, Olejniczak, Oomen-Ruijten, Ortiz Vilella, Őry, Pack, Padar, Paksas, Paleckis, Paliadeli, Pallone, Panayotov, Panayotova, Panzeri, Papadopoulou, Papanikolaou, Pargneaux, Parvanova, Paşcu, Paška, Patrão Neves, Paulsen, Perelló Rodríguez, Peterle, Petrović Jakovina, Picula, Pieper, Piotrowski, Pirillo, Pirker, Pitsillides, Pittella, Plenković, Poc, Podimata, Ponga, Poręba, Posselt, Pöttering, Poupakis, Preda, Prendergast, Prodi, Protasiewicz, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rangel, Ransdorf, Rapkay, Rapti, Regner, Reimers, Reul, Riera Madurell, Ries, Rinaldi, Riquet, Rivasi, Rivellini, Rochefort, Rodust, Rohde, Roithová, Romero López, Romeva i Rueda, Ronzulli, Rosbach, Rossi, Roth-Behrendt, Rouček, Rübig, Rubiks, Rühle, Šadurskis, Saïfi, Salatto, Salavrakos, Sánchez Presedo, Sanchez-Schmid, Sârbu, Sargentini, Sartori, Sarvamaa, Saryusz-Wolski, Sassoli, Saudargas, Savisaar-Toomast, Schaake, Schaldemose, Schlyter, Schmidt, Schnellhardt, Schnieber-Jastram, Scholz, Schöpflin, Schroedter, Schulz, Schulz, Schwab, Scurria, Sedó i Alabart, Seeber, Sehnalová, Senyszyn, Severin, Siekierski, Silaghi, Silvestris, Simon Peter, Simpson, Siwiec, Skinner, Skrzydlewska, Skylakakis, Smith, Smolková, Sógor, Sommer, Søndergaard, Sophocleous, Sosa Wagner, Sousa, Speroni, Stadler, Staes, Šťastný, Stavrakakis, Steinruck, Stevenson, Stier, Stihler, van der Stoep, Stolojan, Stoyanov, Strejček, Striffler, Šuica, Surján, Svensson, Swinburne, Szájer, Szymański, Tabajdi, Tănăsescu, Tannock, Tarabella, Tarand, Tatarella, Tavares, Taylor, Teixeira, Terho, Theocharous, Theurer, Thomas, Thomsen, Thun und Hohenstein, Thyssen, Toia, Tőkés, Tomaševski, Tomašić, Torvalds, Tošenovský, Toussas, Trautmann, Tremosa i Balcells, Triantaphyllides, Trzaskowski, Tsoukalas, Turmes, Turunen, Uggias, Ulmer, Ulvskog, Ungureanu, Urutchev, Vaidere, Vălean, Van Brempt, Vanhecke, Van Orden, Vattimo, Vaughan, Vergnaud, Verheyen, Vidal-Quadras, Vlasák, Vlasto, Voss, Vuljanić, Wałęsa, Watson, Weber Renate, Weisgerber, Werthmann, Westphal, Wieland, Willmott, Wils, Winkler Hermann, Winkler Iuliu, Włosowicz, Wojciechowski, Wortmann-Kool, Yáñez-Barnuevo García, Yannakoudakis, Zahradil, Zala, Zalewski, Zamfirescu, Zanicchi, Zanoni, Zasada, Ždanoka, Zemke, Zīle, Zimmer, Ziobro, Zuber, Zver, Zwiefka