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Thursday, 27 February 2014 - Strasbourg
1.Opening of the sitting
 2.Documents received
 3.Transfers of appropriations
 4.Situation in Venezuela (debate)
 5.Consequences of adverse weather conditions in various Member States (debate)
 6.Visa requirements for third-countries nationals ***I - Future of EU visa policy (debate)
 7.SOLVIT (short presentation)
 8.Specific actions in the Common Fisheries Policy for developing the role of women (short presentation)
 9.Private copying levies (short presentation)
 10.Voting time
  
10.1.SOLVIT (Rule 138) (vote)
  
10.2.European Investigation Order ***I (Rule 138) (vote)
  
10.3.Visa requirements for third-countries nationals ***I (Rule 138) (vote)
  
10.4.EU-Indonesia voluntary partnership agreement on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber products to the EU *** (Rule 138) (vote)
  
10.5.Control of persons at external borders ***I (vote)
  
10.6.Third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders of Member States and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement ***I (vote)
  
10.7.Situation in Ukraine (vote)
  
10.8.Situation in Iraq (vote)
  
10.9.Use of armed drones (vote)
  
10.10.Fundamental rights in the European Union (2012) (vote)
  
10.11.European Arrest Warrant (vote)
  
10.12.EU-Indonesia voluntary partnership agreement on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber products to the EU (vote)
  
10.13.Situation in Venezuela (vote)
  
10.14.Future of EU visa policy (vote)
  
10.15.Specific actions in the Common Fisheries Policy for developing the role of women (vote)
  
10.16.Private copying levies (vote)
 11.Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting
 12.Council positions at first reading
 13.Explanations of vote
 14.Corrections to votes and voting intentions
 15.Decisions concerning certain documents
 16.Forwarding of texts adopted during the sitting
 17.Dates of forthcoming sittings
 18.Adjournment of the session
 ATTENDANCE REGISTER


IN THE CHAIR: Oldřich VLASÁK
Vice-President

1. Opening of the sitting

The sitting opened at 8.30.


2. Documents received

The following documents had been received:

(1) from the Council and Commission

- Discharge to be given to the Commission in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2012 - Draft Council recommendation (05848/2014 - C7-0048/2014 - 2013/2195(DEC))

referred to

responsible:

CONT

opinion:

all

- Discharge to be given to the executive agencies in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2012 - Draft Council recommendations (05850/2014 - C7-0049/2014 - 2013/2195(DEC))

referred to

responsible:

CONT

opinion:

all

- Council recommendation concerning the discharge to be given to the Commission in respect of the implementation of the operations of the European Development Fund (eighth EDF) for the financial year 2012 (05748/2014 - C7-0050/2014 - 2013/2206(DEC))

referred to

responsible:

CONT

opinion:

DEVE, BUDG

- Council recommendation concerning the discharge to be given to the Commission in respect of the implementation of the operations of the European Development Fund (ninth EDF) for the financial year 2012 (05750/2014 - C7-0051/2014 - 2013/2206(DEC))

referred to

responsible:

CONT

opinion:

DEVE, BUDG

- Council recommendation concerning the discharge to be given to the Commission in respect of the implementation of the operations of the European Development Fund (tenth EDF) for the financial year 2012 (05753/2014 - C7-0052/2014 - 2013/2206(DEC))

referred to

responsible:

CONT

opinion:

DEVE, BUDG

- Discharge to be given to the joint undertakings in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2012 - Draft Council recommendations (05851/2014 - C7-0053/2014 - 2013/2247(DEC))

referred to

responsible:

CONT

opinion:

BUDG, ITRE, TRAN, ENVI

- Discharge to be given to the bodies set up under the TFEU and the Euratom Treaty in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2012 - Draft Council recommendations (05849/2014 - C7-0054/2014 - 2013/2208(DEC))

referred to

responsible:

CONT

opinion:

all

- Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union and its Member States, of the Protocol to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Albania, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union (14783/2013 - C7-0075/2014 - 2013/0311(NLE))

referred to

responsible:

AFET

opinion:

AGRI, INTA

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

- Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris. Motion for a resolution on equal access to healthcare for children (B7-0170/2014)

referred to

responsible:

FEMM

opinion:

ENVI, EMPL

- Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris. Motion for a resolution on corruption in Europe and the world (B7-0174/2014)

referred to

responsible:

AFET

opinion:

DEVE, LIBE

- Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris. Motion for a resolution on the situation in Yemen (B7-0175/2014)

referred to

responsible:

AFET

- Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris. Motion for a resolution on preventing drink-driving (B7-0176/2014)

referred to

responsible:

TRAN

- Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris. Motion for a resolution on cancer prevention (B7-0177/2014)

referred to

responsible:

ENVI

- Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris. Motion for a resolution on preventing food waste (B7-0178/2014)

referred to

responsible:

AGRI

opinion:

ENVI, IMCO

- Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris. Motion for a resolution on the recycling economy and the active role of European citizens (B7-0179/2014)

referred to

responsible:

ENVI

- Roberta Angelilli, Cristiana Muscardini and Niccolo Rinaldi. Motion for a resolution on the recognition of transparent labelling for foodstuffs (B7-0180/2014)

referred to

responsible:

ENVI

opinion:

IMCO

- Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris. Motion for a resolution on the violence in Bosnia (B7-0181/2014)

referred to

responsible:

AFET

- Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris. Motion for a resolution on the situation in Gagauzia (B7-0182/2014)

referred to

responsible:

AFET

- Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris. Motion for a resolution on the reform of Chinese society (B7-0183/2014)

referred to

responsible:

AFET

- Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris. Motion for a resolution on equal access to the labour market for men and women (B7-0184/2014)

referred to

responsible:

EMPL

opinion:

FEMM

- Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris. Motion for a resolution on financial obstacles to student mobility (B7-0195/2014)

referred to

responsible:

CULT

- Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris. Motion for a resolution on negotiations between the EU and Cuba (B7-0196/2014)

referred to

responsible:

AFET

- Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris. Motion for a resolution on suspicions of irregularities in the blocking of consignments of Italian wine in Germany (B7-0197/2014)

referred to

responsible:

IMCO

- Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris. Motion for a resolution on détente between the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China (B7-0198/2014)

referred to

responsible:

AFET

- Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris. Motion for a resolution on cultural and sports activities as a tool for participation of people with disabilities (B7-0199/2014)

referred to

responsible:

EMPL

opinion:

CULT

- Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris. Motion for a resolution on press freedom in Turkey (B7-0200/2014)

referred to

responsible:

AFET

opinion:

LIBE

- Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris. Motion for a resolution on combating cyber bullying (B7-0208/2014)

referred to

responsible:

LIBE

opinion:

IMCO

- Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris. Motion for a resolution on the protection of children's health and reducing healthcare expenditure (B7-0209/2014)

referred to

responsible:

ENVI

opinion:

FEMM

- Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris. Motion for a resolution on the social integration of robotic techniques in the health sector (B7-0210/2014)

referred to

responsible:

ITRE

opinion:

ENVI

- Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris. Motion for a resolution on smart bins for the disposal of waste from electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) (B7-0211/2014)

referred to

responsible:

ENVI

- Adam Bielan. Motion for a resolution on protecting minorities in Burma/ Republic of the Union of Myanmar (B7-0213/2014)

referred to

responsible:

AFET

- Adam Bielan. Motion for a resolution on asthma (B7-0214/2014)

referred to

responsible:

ENVI


3. Transfers of appropriations

In accordance with Article 50(1) of the Financial Regulation, the Committee on Budgets has examined the submission of the Committee of the Regions concerning the modification in its establishment plan and has decided not to raise any objections.

In accordance with Article 13(1 and 2) of the Financial Regulation, the European Commission has informed the budgetary authority about the carryover of differentiated and non-differentiated appropriations from 2013 to 2014.


4. Situation in Venezuela (debate)

Statement by the Vice-President of the Commission and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy: Situation in Venezuela (2014/2600(RSP))

Algirdas Šemeta (Member of the Commission) made the statement on behalf of Catherine Ashton (Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy).

The following spoke: José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, on behalf of the PPE Group, Luis Yáñez-Barnuevo García, on behalf of the S&D Group, Renate Weber, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Rui Tavares, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Charles Tannock, on behalf of the ECR Group, Inês Cristina Zuber, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Jean-Pierre Audy, Ana Gomes, Nikolaos Chountis who also replied to a blue-card question by Antonio Masip Hidalgo, and Gabriel Mato Adrover.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Tunne Kelam, Carlos José Iturgaiz Angulo, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Anna Záborská, Davor Ivo Stier, Paul Murphy who also replied to a blue-card question by Rui Tavares, Eduard Kukan, Vicente Miguel Garcés Ramón, Adam Bielan and Seán Kelly.

The following spoke: Algirdas Šemeta.

Motions for resolutions to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 110(2):

- Jean-Pierre Audy, Nuno Teixeira, Davor Ivo Stier, Cristian Dan Preda, Elena Băsescu, Filip Kaczmarek, Salvador Sedó i Alabart, Roberta Angelilli, Eduard Kukan and José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, on behalf of the PPE Group, on the situation in Venezuela (2014/2600(RSP)) (B7-0207/2014);

- Charles Tannock, on behalf of the ECR Group, on the situation in Venezuela (2014/2600(RSP)) (B7-0212/2014);

- Willy Meyer, Inês Cristina Zuber, João Ferreira, Sabine Lösing, Jacky Hénin, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, Nikolaos Chountis, Marisa Matias, Alda Sousa, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the situation in Venezuela (2014/2600(RSP)) (B7-0215/2014);

- Véronique De Keyser, Luis Yáñez-Barnuevo García and María Muñiz De Urquiza, on behalf of the S&D Group, on the situation in Venezuela (2014/2600(RSP)) (B7-0217/2014);

- Renate Weber, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Marielle de Sarnez, Marietje Schaake, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Liam Aylward, Johannes Cornelis van Baalen, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the situation in Venezuela (2014/2600(RSP)) (B7-0218/2014).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 27.2.2014, item 10.13.


5. Consequences of adverse weather conditions in various Member States (debate)

Commission statement: Consequences of adverse weather conditions in various Member States (2014/2599(RSP))

Algirdas Šemeta (Member of the Commission) made the statement.

The following spoke: Marie-Thérèse Sanchez-Schmid, on behalf of the PPE Group, Derek Vaughan, on behalf of the S&D Group, Catherine Bearder, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Satu Hassi, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Younous Omarjee, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Nicole Sinclaire, Non-attached Member, Rosa Estaràs Ferragut, Francesca Barracciu, Karima Delli, Seán Kelly, Luís Paulo Alves, Marco Scurria, Antonio Masip Hidalgo, Isabelle Thomas, María Irigoyen Pérez, Edite Estrela and Tanja Fajon.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Salvador Garriga Polledo, Ricardo Cortés Lastra, Pat the Cope Gallagher, Milan Zver, Ruža Tomašić, Mairead McGuinness, Nikos Chrysogelos and Francisco José Millán Mon.

The following spoke: Davor Ivo Stier.

The following spoke: Algirdas Šemeta.

The debate closed.


6. Visa requirements for third-countries nationals ***I - Future of EU visa policy (debate)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 listing the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement [COM(2013)0853 - C7-0430/2013- 2013/0415(COD)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Tanja Fajon (A7-0104/2014)

Question for oral answer (O-000028/2014) by Juan Fernando López Aguilar, on behalf of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, to the Commission: The future of EU visa policy (2014/2586(RSP)) (B7-0108/2014)

Tanja Fajon introduced the report.

Juan Fernando López Aguilar moved the question.

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

The following spoke: Marian-Jean Marinescu, on behalf of the PPE Group, Ioan Enciu, on behalf of the S&D Group, Renate Weber, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Tatjana Ždanoka, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Nikola Vuljanić, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Adam Bielan, on behalf of the ECR Group, Andrew Henry William Brons, Non-attached Member, Mariya Gabriel, Tonino Picula, Louis Michel, Jan Zahradil, Jaroslav Paška, Andreas Mölzer, Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra and Monica Luisa Macovei.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Dubravka Šuica, Iosif Matula and Andrej Plenković.

The following spoke: Algirdas Šemeta and Tanja Fajon.

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

- Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Cornelia Ernst, Tanja Fajon, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Louis Michel, Janusz Wojciechowski and Tatjana Ždanoka, on behalf of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, on the future of EU visa policy (2014/2586(RSP)) (B7-0194/2014).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 27.2.2014, item 10.3 and minutes of 27.2.2014, item 10.4.


7. SOLVIT (short presentation)

Report on SOLVIT [2013/2154(INI)] - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection. Rapporteur: Morten Løkkegaard (A7-0059/2014)

Morten Løkkegaard made the presentation.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Ruža Tomašić, Andrej Plenković, Claudette Abela Baldacchino, Anna Maria Corazza Bildt and Marino Baldini.

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

IN THE CHAIR: Alejo VIDAL-QUADRAS
Vice-President

The item closed.

Vote: minutes of 27.2.2014, item 10.1.


8. Specific actions in the Common Fisheries Policy for developing the role of women (short presentation)

Report on specific actions in the Common Fisheries Policy for developing the role of women [2013/2150(INI)] - Committee on Fisheries - Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality. Rapporteurs: Dolores García-Hierro Caraballo and Raül Romeva i Rueda (A7-0070/2014)

Dolores García-Hierro Caraballo and Raül Romeva i Rueda made the presentation.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Dubravka Šuica, Francesca Barracciu, Gabriel Mato, Marino Baldini, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Seán Kelly, Tonino Picula and Maria do Céu Patrão Neves.

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

The item closed.

Vote: minutes of 27.2.2014, item 10.15.


9. Private copying levies (short presentation)

Report on private copying levies [2013/2114(INI)] - Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: Françoise Castex (A7-0114/2014)

Françoise Castex made the presentation.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Antonio Masip Hidalgo, Christian Engström and Zbigniew Zaleski.

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

The item closed.

Vote: minutes of 27.2.2014, item 10.16.


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

IN THE CHAIR: Rainer WIELAND
Vice-President

10. 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.


10.1. SOLVIT (Rule 138) (vote)

Report on SOLVIT [2013/2154(INI)] - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection. Rapporteur: Morten Løkkegaard (A7-0059/2014)

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P7_TA(2014)0164)


10.2. European Investigation Order ***I (Rule 138) (vote)

Report on the draft directive of the European Parliament and of the Council regarding the European Investigation Order in criminal matters [09288/2010 - C7-0185/2010- 2010/0817(COD)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Nuno Melo (A7-0477/2013)

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

MEMBER STATES' INITIATIVE, AMENDMENTS and DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P7_TA(2014)0165)


10.3. Visa requirements for third-countries nationals ***I (Rule 138) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 listing the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement [COM(2013)0853 - C7-0430/2013- 2013/0415(COD)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Tanja Fajon (A7-0104/2014)

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

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P7_TA(2014)0166)


10.4. EU-Indonesia voluntary partnership agreement on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber products to the EU *** (Rule 138) (vote)

Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Indonesia on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber products to the European Union [11767/1/2013 - C7-0344/2013- 2013/0205(NLE)] - Committee on International Trade. Rapporteur: Yannick Jadot (A7-0043/2014)

(Simple majority)
(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 4)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P7_TA(2014)0167)

Parliament consented to the conclusion of the agreement.


10.5. Control of persons at external borders ***I (vote)

Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council introducing a simplified regime for the control of persons at the external borders based on the unilateral recognition by Croatia and Cyprus of certain documents as equivalent to their national visas for transit through or intended stays on their territories not exceeding 90 days in any 180-day period and repealing Decision No 895/2006/EC and Decision No 582/2008/EC of the European Parliament and the Council [COM(2013)0441 - C7-0186/2013- 2013/0210(COD)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Tanja Fajon (A7-0082/2014)

(Simple majority)
(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 5)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL and AMENDMENTS

Approved as amended (P7_TA(2014)0168)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2014)0168)


10.6. Third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders of Member States and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement ***I (vote)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending regulation (EC) No 539/2001 listing the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders of Member States and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement [COM(2012)0650 - C7-0371/2012- 2012/0309(COD)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Mariya Gabriel (A7-0373/2013)

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

COMMISSION PROPOSAL and AMENDMENTS

Approved as amended (P7_TA(2014)0169)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2014)0169)

The following had spoken:

Mariya Gabriel (rapporteur) before the vote.


10.7. Situation in Ukraine (vote)

Motions for resolution B7-0219/2014, B7-0220/2014, B7-0221/2014, B7-0222/2014, B7-0223/2014 and B7-0224/2014

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

JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B7-0219/2014

(replacing B7-0219/2014, B7-0220/2014, B7-0221/2014, B7-0222/2014, B7-0223/2014 and B7-0224/2014):

tabled by the following Members:

José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Elmar Brok, Mairead McGuinness, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, Laima Liucija Andrikienė, Roberta Angelilli, Sophie Auconie, Elena Băsescu, Ivo Belet, Jerzy Buzek, Mário David, Anne Delvaux, Mariya Gabriel, Michael Gahler, Andrzej Grzyb, Gunnar Hökmark, Anna Ibrisagic, Tunne Kelam, Andrey Kovatchev, Jan Kozłowski, Eduard Kukan, Krzysztof Lisek, Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Monica Luisa Macovei, Francisco José Millán Mon, Nadezhda Neynsky, Ria Oomen-Ruijten, Alojz Peterle, Bernd Posselt, Zuzana Roithová, Cristian Dan Preda, Jacek Protasiewicz, György Schöpflin, Salvador Sedó i Alabart, Davor Ivo Stier, Dubravka Šuica, Inese Vaidere and Andrej Plenković, on behalf of the PPE Group;

Hannes Swoboda, Libor Rouček, Ana Gomes, Marek Siwiec, Tonino Picula, Knut Fleckenstein, Evgeni Kirilov, Maria Eleni Koppa, Liisa Jaakonsaari, Boris Zala and Wolfgang Kreissl-Dörfler, on behalf of the S&D Group;

Guy Verhofstadt, Johannes Cornelis van Baalen, Marielle de Sarnez, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Louis Michel, Marietje Schaake, Phil Bennion, Jelko Kacin, Sarah Ludford, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Norica Nicolai, Catherine Bearder, Hannu Takkula, Ivo Vajgl, Eduard-Raul Hellvig, Jan Mulder, Cecilia Wikström, Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy, Graham Watson, Nathalie Griesbeck, Philippe De Backer, Frédérique Ries, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, Nils Torvalds, Sonia Alfano, Liam Aylward, Robert Rochefort, Pat the Cope Gallagher, Rebecca Taylor, Justina Vitkauskaite Bernard, Anneli Jäätteenmäki, Stanimir Ilchev, Alexandra Thein and Marian Harkin, on behalf of the ALDE Group;

Rebecca Harms, Mark Demesmaeker, Tarja Cronberg, Bart Staes and Malika Benarab-Attou, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group;

Charles Tannock, Paweł Robert Kowal, Ryszard Antoni Legutko, Adam Bielan, Tomasz Piotr Poręba, Ryszard Czarnecki, Marek Henryk Migalski and Valdemar Tomaševski, on behalf of the ECR Group;

Adrian Severin, Non-attached Member.

Adopted (P7_TA(2014)0170)

(Motion for a resolution B7-0221/2014 fell.)

The following had spoken:

Zbigniew Zaleski, before the vote.

Elmar Brok, to move an oral amendment to paragraph 5, which had been accepted.

Helmut Scholz, to move an oral amendment to Amendment 10, which had been accepted.

Elmar Brok, to move an oral amendment to paragraph 14, which had been accepted.

Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, to move an oral amendment to Amendment 1, which had been accepted.

Krzysztof Lisek, to move an oral amendment inserting new text after paragraph 22, which had been accepted.


10.8. Situation in Iraq (vote)

Motions for resolution B7-0188/2014, B7-0189/2014, B7-0190/2014, B7-0191/2014, B7-0192/2014 and B7-0193/2014

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

JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B7-0188/2014

(replacing B7-0188/2014, B7-0189/2014, B7-0190/2014, B7-0191/2014 and B7-0192/2014):

tabled by the following Members:

José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Elmar Brok, Mairead McGuinness, Cristian Dan Preda, Ria Oomen-Ruijten, Tunne Kelam, Francisco José Millán Mon, György Schöpflin, Bernd Posselt, Krzysztof Lisek, Alf Svensson, Esther de Lange, Roberta Angelilli, Sari Essayah, Alejo Vidal-Quadras, Dubravka Šuica, Elena Băsescu, Davor Ivo Stier, Arnaud Danjean, Tokia Saïfi, Filip Kaczmarek and Salvador Sedó i Alabart, on behalf of the PPE Group;

Pino Arlacchi, Véronique De Keyser, Ana Gomes, Silvia Costa and Libor Rouček, on behalf of the S&D Group;

Jelko Kacin, Marietje Schaake, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Louis Michel, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica and Hannu Takkula, on behalf of the ALDE Group;

Tarja Cronberg, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group;

Charles Tannock and Struan Stevenson, on behalf of the ECR Group.

Adopted (P7_TA(2014)0171)

(Motion for a resolution B7-0193/2014 fell.)


10.9. Use of armed drones (vote)

Motions for resolution B7-0201/2014, B7-0202/2014, B7-0203/2014, B7-0204/2014, B7-0205/2014 and B7-0206/2014

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

JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B7-0201/2014

(replacing B7-0201/2014, B7-0202/2014, B7-0203/2014, B7-0204/2014 and B7-0206/2014):

tabled by the following Members:

José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Arnaud Danjean, Michael Gahler, Tunne Kelam, Krzysztof Lisek, Elena Băsescu, Roberta Angelilli and Anne Delvaux, on behalf of the PPE Group;

Libor Rouček, Maria Eleni Koppa, Ana Gomes, Richard Howitt, Tonino Picula, Pino Arlacchi and Liisa Jaakonsaari, on behalf of the S&D Group;

Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Sarah Ludford, Phil Bennion, Marietje Schaake, Norica Nicolai, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Louis Michel, Jelko Kacin, Nathalie Griesbeck, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica and Sonia Alfano, on behalf of the ALDE Group;

Barbara Lochbihler, Tarja Cronberg, Jean Lambert, Rui Tavares, Reinhard Bütikofer, Judith Sargentini, Ulrike Lunacek, Nicole Kiil-Nielsen, Raül Romeva i Rueda and Iñaki Irazabalbeitia Fernández, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group;

Sabine Lösing, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group.

Adopted (P7_TA(2014)0172)

(Motion for a resolution B7-0205/2014 fell.)

The following had spoken:

Michael Gahler (PPE Group), to make a correction to the voting list for his group.

Maria Eleni Koppa, to move an oral amendment to Amendment 2, which had not been accepted as more than 40 Members had objected.


10.10. Fundamental rights in the European Union (2012) (vote)

Report on the situation of fundamental rights in the European Union (2012) [2013/2078(INI)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Louis Michel (A7-0051/2014)

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

ALTERNATIVE MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION (tabled by the PPE Group)

Rejected

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2014)0173)


10.11. European Arrest Warrant (vote)

Report with recommendations to the Commission on the review of the European Arrest Warrant [2013/2109(INL)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Sarah Ludford (A7-0039/2014)

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

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2014)0174)


10.12. EU-Indonesia voluntary partnership agreement on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber products to the EU (vote)

Motion for a resolution B7-0187/2014

(Simple majority)
(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 12)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2014)0175)


10.13. Situation in Venezuela (vote)

Motions for resolution B7-0207/2014, B7-0212/2014, B7-0215/2014, B7-0217/2014 and B7-0218/2014

(Simple majority)
(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 13)

JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION RC-B7-0207/2014

(replacing B7-0207/2014, B7-0212/2014, B7-0217/2014 and B7-0218/2014):

tabled by the following Members:

Jaime Mayor Oreja, Jean-Pierre Audy, Roberta Angelilli, Elena Băsescu, Filip Kaczmarek, Eduard Kukan, Cristian Dan Preda, Nuno Teixeira, Salvador Sedó i Alabart and Davor Ivo Stier, on behalf of the PPE Group;

Véronique De Keyser, Luis Yáñez-Barnuevo García and Ana Gomes, on behalf of the S&D Group;

Renate Weber, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Marielle de Sarnez, Marietje Schaake, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Liam Aylward, Johannes Cornelis van Baalen, Hannu Takkula and Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, on behalf of the ALDE Group;

Charles Tannock, Edvard Kožušník, Jan Zahradil, Adam Bielan and Ruža Tomašić, on behalf of the ECR Group.

Adopted (P7_TA(2014)0176)

(Motion for a resolution B7-0215/2014 fell.)


10.14. Future of EU visa policy (vote)

Motion for a resolution B7-0194/2014

(Simple majority)
(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 14)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2014)0177)


10.15. Specific actions in the Common Fisheries Policy for developing the role of women (vote)

Report on specific actions in the Common Fisheries Policy for developing the role of women [2013/2150(INI)] - Committee on Fisheries - Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality. Rapporteurs: Dolores García-Hierro Caraballo and Raül Romeva i Rueda (A7-0070/2014)

(Simple majority)
(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 15)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2014)0178)


10.16. Private copying levies (vote)

Report on private copying levies [2013/2114(INI)] - Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: Françoise Castex (A7-0114/2014)

(Simple majority)
(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 16)

ALTERNATIVE MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION (tabled by the ALDE Group)

Rejected

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P7_TA(2014)0179)

The following had spoken:

Jacek Protasiewicz, to complain about the way he had been treated at Frankfurt airport and an article on the incident that had appeared in a German newspaper . (the President said the matter would be raised through the appropriate channels).


11. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.


12. Council positions at first reading

The President announced under Rule 61(1) that the following positions had been received from the Council, together with the reasons which had led to their adoption, and the Commission's position on:

- Position of the Council at first reading with a view to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on minimum requirements for enhancing worker mobility by improving the acquisition and preservation of supplementary pension rights (17612/1/2013 - C7-0059/2014 - 2005/0214(COD))+
referred to responsible: EMPL

- Position of the Council at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the sound level of motor vehicles and of replacement silencing systems, and amending Directive 2007/46/EC and repealing Directive 70/157/EEC (17695/1/2013 - C7-0060/2014 - 2011/0409(COD))+
referred to responsible: ENVI

The three-month period available to Parliament to adopt its position would therefore begin the following day (28 February 2014).


13. 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 on Wednesday 26 February 2014)

Report: Klaus-Heiner Lehne and Luigi Berlinguer - A7-0301/2013
Adam Bielan

Report: Linda McAvan - A7-0276/2013
Dubravka Šuica, Monika Smolková and Charles Tannock

Report: Mary Honeyball - A7-0071/2014
Krisztina Morvai.

(Voting time on Thursday 27 February 2014)

Report: Morten Løkkegaard - A7-0059/2014
Mitro Repo, Monika Smolková and Seán Kelly

Report: Nuno Melo - A7-0477/2013
Seán Kelly

Report: Tanja Fajon - A7-0104/2014
Zdravka Bušić, Seán Kelly and Elena Băsescu

Recommendation: Yannick Jadot - A7-0043/2014
Sirpa Pietikäinen

Situation in Ukraine - (2014/2595(RSP)) - RC-B7-0219/2014
Csaba Sógor, Zdravka Bušić, Tatjana Ždanoka, Krisztina Morvai, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Monika Smolková, Mitro Repo, Adam Bielan, Seán Kelly and Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė

Situation in Iraq - (2014/2565(RSP)) - RC-B7-0188/2014
Adam Bielan and Seán Kelly

Use of armed drones - (2014/2567(RSP)) - RC-B7-0201/2014
Charles Tannock and Adam Bielan

Report: Louis Michel - A7-0051/2014
Zdravka Bušić, Krisztina Morvai, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Charles Tannock, Adam Bielan and Philip Claeys

Report: Sarah Ludford - A7-0039/2014
Charles Tannock

Situation in Venezuela - (2014/2600(RSP)) - RC-B7-0207/2014
Adam Bielan and Seán Kelly

Future of EU visa policy - (2014/2586(RSP)) - B7-0194/2014
Charles Tannock and Adam Bielan

Report: Dolores García-Hierro Caraballo and Raül Romeva i Rueda - A7-0070/2014
Seán Kelly

Report: Françoise Castex - A7-0114/2014
Monika Smolková and Adam Bielan.


14. Corrections to votes and voting intentions

Corrections to votes and voting intentions appear on the 'Séance en direct' website under 'Votes'/'Voting results'/'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.


15. Decisions concerning certain documents

Recommendations to the Council Recommendations to the Council (Rule 121(3))

AFET Committee

- Recommendation to the Council on the 69th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (2014/2017(INI))
(opinion: DEVE)

- Recommendation to the Council on establishing common visa restrictions for Russian officials involved in the Sergei Magnitsky case (2014/2016(INI))


16. 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.


17. Dates of forthcoming sittings

The next sittings would be held from 10 March 2014 to 13 March 2014.


18. Adjournment of the session

The session of the European Parliament was adjourned.

The sitting closed at 13.35.

Klaus Welle

Martin Schulz

Secretary-General

President


ATTENDANCE REGISTER

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