EN Official Journal of the European Union CE 158/1

Wednesday 28 March 2012

MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 28 MARCH 2012

2012/C 158 E/01

Contents

1. Resumption of the session

2. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

3. Statement by the President

4. Welcome

5. Composition of Parliament

6. Composition of committees and delegations

7. Corrigendum (Rule 216)

8. Documents received

9. Oral questions (submission)

10. Lapsed written declarations

11. Action taken on Parliament’s resolutions

12. Transfers of appropriations

13. Delegated acts (Rule 87a)

14. Implementing measures (Rule 88)

15. Order of business

16. Enlargement report for Serbia (debate)

17. Enlargement report for Kosovo (debate)

18. Enlargement report for Turkey (débat)

19. Appointment of the members of the Special Committee on organised crime, corruption and money laundering (tabling deadlines)

20. Enlargement report for Montenegro (debate)

21. European Refugee Fund 2008 to 2013 ***II (debate)

22. Estimates of revenue and expenditure for 2013 - Section I - Parliament (debate)

23. Corporate governance framework for European companies (debate)

24. One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

25. Agenda of the next sitting

26. Closure of the sitting

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

Annex 1 — Appointments to the special committee on organized crime, corruption and money laundering

MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 28 MARCH 2012

IN THE CHAIR: Martin SCHULZ

President

1. Resumption of the session

The sitting opened at 15.00.

2. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

3. Statement by the President

The President made a statement on the killings in Montauban and outside a Jewish school in Toulouse in which three soldiers, three children and a teacher had died. He expressed Parliament’s solidarity with the victims’ families and condemned all acts of terrorism.

Parliament observed a minute’s silence in memory of the victims.

4. Welcome

On behalf of Parliament the President welcomed Ahmat Sik, a Turkish journalist, and a delegation from the United Republic of Tanzania, who had taken their seats in the distinguished visitors’ gallery.

5. Composition of Parliament

The competent German authorities had given notice of the election of Birgit Collin-Langen to replace Kurt Lechner as a Member of the European Parliament with effect from 17 March 2012.

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

6. Composition of committees and delegations

At the request of the PPE and ECR Groups, Parliament ratified the following appointments:

IMCO Committee: Birgit Collin-Langen

Delegation for relations with Belarus: Filip Kaczmarek to replace Jarosław Kalinowski

Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly: Filip Kaczmarek to replace Jarosław Kalinowski

Delegation for relations with Iraq: Jarosław Kalinowski

Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee: Charles Tannock to replace Emma McClarkin

Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly: Charles Tannock to replace Emma McClarkin

Delegation for relations with India: Emma McClarkin to replace Charles Tannock

Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean: Robert Atkins to replace Kay Swinburne

7. Corrigendum (Rule 216)

The committee responsible had forwarded the following corrigendum to a text adopted by Parliament:

Corrigendum (P7_TA-PROV(2011)0551(COR01)) to the position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 13 December 2011 with a view to the adoption of Directive 2011/…/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on the right to information in criminal proceedings - P7_TA-PROV(2011)0551 - (COM(2010)0392 – C7-0189/2010 – 2010/0215(COD)) - LIBE.

Pursuant to Rule 216(4) of the Rules of Procedure, this corrigendum would be deemed approved unless, not later than 48 hours after its announcement, 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.

8. Documents received

The following documents had been received: from committees

1) reports — ***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 1999/32/EC as regards the sulphur content of marine fuels (COM(2011)0439 - C7-0199/2011 - 2011/0190(COD)) - ENVI Committee - Rapporteur: Satu Hassi (A7-0038/2012) — Report on amending the Rules of Procedure to take into account the changing relationships between the European Parliament and the institutions representing the national governments following the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty (2011/2266(REG)) - AFCO Committee - Rapporteur: Alain Lamassoure (A7-0039/2012) — ***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2004/40/EC on minimum health and safety requirements regarding the exposure of workers to the risks arising from physical agents (electromagnetic fields) (eighteenth individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC) (COM(2012)0015 - C7-0020/2012 - 2012/0003(COD)) - EMPL Committee - Rapporteur: Elisabeth Morin-Chartier (A7-0042/2012) — *Report on the proposal for a Council regulation on Administrative Cooperation in the field of excise duties (COM(2011)0730 - C7-0447/2011 - 2011/0330(CNS)) - ECON Committee - Rapporteur: David Casa (A7-0044/2012) — Report on the EU Citizenship Report 2010: Dismantling the obstacles to EU citizens’ rights (2011/2182(INI)) - PETI Committee - Rapporteur: Adina-Ioana Vălean (A7-0047/2012) — Report on women and climate change (2011/2197(INI)) - FEMM Committee - Rapporteur: Nicole Kiil-Nielsen (A7-0049/2012) — Report on a corporate governance framework for European companies (2011/2181(INI)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Sebastian Valentin Bodu (A7-0051/2012) — Report on the functioning and application of established rights of people travelling by air (2011/2150(INI)) - TRAN Committee - Rapporteur: Keith Taylor (A7-0053/2012) — ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences (COM(2011)0241 - C7-0116/2011 - 2011/0117(COD)) - INTA Committee - Rapporteur: Christofer Fjellner (A7-0054/2012) — Report on the impact of devolution of the Commission’s management of external assistance from its headquarters to its delegations on aid delivery (2011/2192(INI)) - DEVE Committee - Rapporteur: Filip Kaczmarek (A7-0056/2012) — Report on the European Investment Bank (EIB) - Annual Report 2010 (2011/2186(INI)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Iliana Ivanova (A7-0058/2012) — ***Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion by the European Union of the amended Constitution and Rules of Procedure of the International Rubber Study Group (13123/2011 - C7-0332/2011 - 2011/0116(NLE)) - INTA Committee - Rapporteur: Vital Moreira (A7-0060/2012) — Report with a proposal for a European Parliament recommendation to the Council on the modalities for the possible establishment of a European Endowment for Democracy (EED) (2011/2245(INI)) - AFET Committee - Rapporteur: Alexander Graf Lambsdorff (A7-0061/2012) — Report on Parliament’s estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2013 (2012/2006(BUD)) - BUDG Committee - Rapporteur: Derek Vaughan (A7-0062/2012) — 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/2011/006 ES/Comunidad Valenciana - Construction of buildings from Spain) (COM(2012)0053 - C7-0044/2012 - 2012/2023(BUD)) - BUDG Committee - Rapporteur: Barbara Matera (A7-0066/2012) — Report on the request for defence of the immunity and privileges of Luigi de Magistris (2011/2064(IMM)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Bernhard Rapkay (A7-0070/2012) — Report on the request for defence of the immunity and privileges of Luigi de Magistris (2011/2097(IMM)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Bernhard Rapkay (A7-0073/2012) — Report on the request for defence of the immunity and privileges of Luigi de Magistris (2011/2098(IMM)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Bernhard Rapkay (A7-0074/2012) — Report on the request for defence of the immunity and privileges of Luigi de Magistris (2011/2189(IMM)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Bernhard Rapkay (A7-0075/2012)

2) recommendations for second reading — ***II Recommendation for second reading on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Decision No 573/2007/EC establishing the European Refugee Fund for the period 2008 to 2013 as part of the General programme ‘Solidarity and Management of Migration Flows’ (06444/2/2012 - C7-0072/2012 - 2009/0127(COD)) - LIBE Committee - Rapporteur: Rui Tavares (A7-0063/2012) — ***II Recommendation for second reading on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 setting up a Community regime for the control of exports, transfer, brokering and transit of dual use items (18144/1/2011 - C7-0070/2012 - 2010/0262(COD)) - INTA Committee - Rapporteur: Vital Moreira (A7-0078/2012)

9. Oral questions (submission)

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

— (O-000052/2012) by Carlos Coelho and Simon Busuttil, on behalf of the PPE Group, Ioan Enciu and Henri Weber, on behalf of the S&D Group, Cornelia Ernst, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Franziska Keller and Tatjana Ždanoka, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, to the Commission: Biometric passports (B7-0107/2012);

— (O-000065/2012) by Sarah Ludford, Sophia in 't Veld, Renate Weber, Alexander Alvaro, Nadja Hirsch and Louis Michel, on behalf of the ALDE Group, to the Commission: Biometric passports (B7-0108/2012).

10. Lapsed written declarations

In accordance with Rule 123(5), written declarations 0048/2011 and 0051/2011 had lapsed as they had not obtained the required number of signatures.

11. Action taken on Parliament’s resolutions

The Commission communication on the action it had taken in response to the resolutions adopted by Parliament during the November II 2011 part-session was available on the Séance en direct site.

12. Transfers of appropriations

The Committee on Budgets had authorised the Commission’s proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 02/2012 (N7-0043/2012 - C7-0043/2012 - 2012/2022 (GBD)) in accordance with Article 24(4) of the Financial Regulation as interpreted in point 20 of the joint declaration on transitional measures applicable to the budgetary procedure after the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty.

In accordance with Article 47(1) of the Financial Regulation, the European Economic and Social Committee informed the Budgetary Authority of its intention of amending the 2012 Establishment Plan – Section VI – General Budget – 2012 Financial Year.

13. Delegated acts (Rule 87a)

The following delegated acts had been forwarded to Parliament:

— Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No …/… of 21 March 2012 supplementing Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards on the content and format of ratings data periodic reporting to be submitted to the European Securities and Markets Authority by credit rating agencies – C(2012)1792 - deadline: 21.04.2012 referred to responsible: ECON opinion: JURI

— Commission Delegated Regulation supplementing Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards for the presentation of the information that credit rating agencies shall make available in a central repository established by the European Securities and Markets Authority - C(2012)1793 - deadline: 21.04.2012 referred to responsible: ECON opinion: JURI

— Commission Delegated Regulation supplementing Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards on information for registration and certification of credit rating agencies - C(2012)1794 - deadline: 21.04.2012 referred to responsible: ECON opinion: JURI

— Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No …/… of 21 March 2012 supplementing Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 on credit rating agencies by laying down regulatory technical standards for the assessment of compliance of credit rating methodologies - C(2012)1803 - deadline: 21.04.2012 referred to responsible: ECON opinion: JURI

14. Implementing measures (Rule 88)

The following draft implementing measures falling under the regulatory procedure with scrutiny had been forwarded to Parliament:

— Commission Decision amending Commission Decisions 2002/731/EC, 2002/732/EC, 2002/733/EC, 2002/735/EC and 2006/66/EC and repealing Commission Decision No 2002/730/EC concerning technical specifications for interoperability (Omnibus Part 1) (D017238/03 - 2012/2595(RPS) - deadline: 26/06/2012) referred to responsible: TRAN

— Commission Decision setting a new deadline for the submission of dossiers for certain substances to be examined under the 14-year work programme referred to in Article 16(2) of Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (D018929/02 - 2012/2589(RPS) - deadline: 17/06/2012) referred to responsible: ENVI

— Commission Directive …/…/EU amending Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council to include DDACarbonate as an active substance in Annex I thereto (D019084/02 - 2012/2590(RPS) - deadline: 17/06/2012) referred to responsible: ENVI

— Commission Regulation No …/… amending Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the list of EU reference laboratories (D019349/02 - 2012/2582(RPS) - deadline: 13/06/2012) referred to responsible: ENVI

— Commission Regulation No …/… amending Regulation (EC) 1881/2006 as regards the maximum levels of the contaminants ochratoxin A, non dioxin-like PCBs and melamine in foodstuffs (D019475/02 - 2012/2594(RPS) - deadline: 22/06/2012) referred to responsible: ENVI

— Commission Regulation No …/… amending Regulation (EC) No 124/2009 of 10 February 2009 setting maximum levels for the presence of coccidiostats or histomonostats in food resulting from the unavoidable carry-over of these substances in non-target feed (D019477/02 - 2012/2593(RPS) - deadline: 22/06/2012) referred to responsible: ENVI

— Commission Regulation No …/… amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the use of Glycerol esters of wood rosins (E 445) for printing on hard coated confectionery products (D019482/02 - 2012/2587(RPS) - deadline: 16/05/2012) referred to responsible: ENVI

— Commission Regulation (EU) No …/… amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the use of Lysozyme (E 1105) in beer (D019483/02 - 2012/2588(RPS) - deadline: 17/05/2012) referred to responsible: ENVI

— Commission Regulation No …/… amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the use of Polydextrose (E 1200) in beer (D019491/02 - 2012/2591(RPS) - deadline: 20/05/2012) referred to responsible: ENVI

— Commission Regulation (EU) No …/… amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 641/2009 as regards ecodesign requirements for glandless standalone circulators and glandless circulators integrated in products (D019772/02 - 2012/2592(RPS) - deadline: 20/06/2012) referred to responsible: ENVI opinion: ITRE

15. Order of business

The next item was the order of business.

The final draft agenda for the March II 2012 sittings (PE 483.919/PDOJ) had been distributed and a number of changes had been proposed (Rule 140):

Wednesday A request from the ALDE Group for the Alexander Graf Lambsdorff report (A7-0061/2012) to be included directly in voting time on Thursday without debate (debate initially scheduled for Wednesday (item 7 on the final draft agenda)). Parliament approved the request.

Thursday With the agreement of the political groups, the 4 reports by Bernhard Rapkay defence of the immunity of Luigi De Magistris, adopted in committee on 27 March 2012, were included directly in voting time on Thursday (in accordance with Rule 7(8)).

The order of business was thus established.

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The following spoke: Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris to request a roll-call vote on the reports on the defence of the immunity of Luigi De Magistris (The President explained to him the procedure to follow).

16. Enlargement report for Serbia (debate)

Council and Commission statements: Enlargement report for Serbia

Nicolai Wammen (President-in-Office of the Council) and Štefan Füle (Member of the Commission) made the statements.

The following spoke: Jelko Kacin, on behalf of the ALDE Group, György Schöpflin, on behalf of the PPE Group, Maria Eleni Koppa, on behalf of the S&D Group, Franziska Katharina Brantner, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Mirosław Piotrowski, on behalf of the ECR Group, Miloslav Ransdorf, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Cristian Dan Preda, Libor Rouček, Stanimir Ilchev, Marije Cornelissen, Adam Bielan and Alojz Peterle.

IN THE CHAIR: Jacek PROTASIEWICZ

Vice-President

The following spoke: Kristian Vigenin, Andrey Kovatchev, Kinga Gál, László Tőkés, Paulo Rangel, Giuseppe Gargani and Eduard Kukan.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Csaba Sógor, Franz Obermayr, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Andrew Henry William Brons, Petru Constantin Luhan, Krisztina Morvai, Petri Sarvamaa and Danuta Jazłowiecka.

The following spoke: Štefan Füle and Nicolai Wammen.

Motion for a resolution to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 110(2):

— Jelko Kacin, on behalf of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, on the European integration process of Serbia (2011/2886(RSP)) (B7-0188/2012)

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 29.3.2012, item 9.11.

17. Enlargement report for Kosovo (debate)

Council and Commission statements: Enlargement report for Kosovo

Nicolai Wammen (President-in-Office of the Council) and Štefan Füle (Member of the Commission) made the statements.

The following spoke: Ulrike Lunacek, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Bernd Posselt, on behalf of the PPE Group, Pier Antonio Panzeri, on behalf of the S&D Group, Jelko Kacin, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Charalampos Angourakis, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Fiorello Provera, on behalf of the EFD Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Bernd Posselt, Krzysztof Lisek, María Muñiz De Urquiza, Eduard Kukan, Tanja Fajon and Knut Fleckenstein.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Inês Cristina Zuber, Jaroslav Paška, Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Csaba Sógor and Izaskun Bilbao Barandica.

The following spoke: Štefan Füle and Nicolai Wammen.

IN THE CHAIR: Roberta ANGELILLI

Vice-President

Motion for a resolution to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 110(2):

— Ulrike Lunacek, on behalf of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, on the European Integration Process of Kosovo (2011/2885(RSP)) (B7-0187/2012)

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 29.3.2012, item 9.12.

18. Enlargement report for Turkey (débat)

Council and Commission statements: Enlargement report for Turkey

Nicolai Wammen (President-in-Office of the Council) and Štefan Füle (Member of the Commission) made the statements.

The following spoke: Ria Oomen-Ruijten, on behalf of the PPE Group, Raimon Obiols, on behalf of the S&D Group, Andrew Duff, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Hélène Flautre, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Geoffrey Van Orden, on behalf of the ECR Group, who also replied to four blue-card questions from William (The Earl of) Dartmouth, Bernd Posselt, Kyriakos Mavronikolas and Antigoni Papadopoulou, Richard Howitt, on the conduct of the debate, Takis Hadjigeorgiou, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Andrew Duff, Bastiaan Belder, on behalf of the EFD Group, Barry Madlener, Non-attached Member, who also replied to a blue-card question by Ria Oomen-Ruijten, Francisco José Millán Mon, Maria Eleni Koppa, Metin Kazak, who also replied to four blue-card questions from Bastiaan Belder, Charles Tannock, Dimitar Stoyanov and Kyriakos Mavronikolas, and Franziska Keller.

IN THE CHAIR: Rainer WIELAND

Vice-President

The following spoke: Peter van Dalen, Jürgen Klute, Nikolaos Salavrakos, Andreas Mölzer, Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa, Richard Howitt, who also replied to a blue-card question by William (The Earl of) Dartmouth, Anneli Jäätteenmäki, who also replied to a blue-card question by Charles Tannock, Marina Yannakoudakis, Lorenzo Fontana, Dimitar Stoyanov, Marietta Giannakou, Wolfgang Kreissl-Dörfler, Marietje Schaake, William (The Earl of) Dartmouth, Philip Claeys, Eleni Theocharous, who also replied to a blue-card question by Emine Bozkurt, Kyriakos Mavronikolas, who also replied to a blue-card question by Metin Kazak, Magdi Cristiano Allam, Birgit Schnieber-Jastram, Emine Bozkurt, who also replied to a blue-card question by William (The Earl of) Dartmouth, Alf Svensson, Pino Arlacchi, Georgios Koumoutsakos, Ana Gomes, Theodor Dumitru Stolojan and Krzysztof Lisek.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Danuta Jazłowiecka, Antigoni Papadopoulou, Ivo Vajgl, Ana Miranda and Bernd Posselt.

The following spoke: Štefan Füle and Nicolai Wammen.

IN THE CHAIR: Edward McMILLAN-SCOTT

Vice-President

Motion for a resolution to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 110(2):

— Ria Oomen-Ruijten, on behalf of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, on the 2011 Progress Report on Turkey (2011/2889(RSP)) (B7-0189/2012)

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 29.3.2012, item 9.13.

19. Appointment of the members of the Special Committee on organised crime, corruption and money laundering (tabling deadlines)

The President announced that he had received from the Conference of Presidents the proposals for appointments to the Special Committee on organised crime, corruption and money laundering, which were available on the ‘Séance en direct’ website and were annexed to these minutes (minutes of 28.3.2012 - Annex 1).

Deadline for tabling amendments: 29 March 2012, at 09.00.

20. Enlargement report for Montenegro (debate)

Council and Commission statements: Enlargement report for Montenegro

Nicolai Wammen (President-in-Office of the Council) and Štefan Füle (Member of the Commission) made the statements.

The following spoke: Charles Tannock, on behalf of the ECR Group, Gay Mitchell, on behalf of the PPE Group, Göran Färm, on behalf of the S&D Group, Ivo Vajgl, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Ulrike Lunacek, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Nikolaos Chountis, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, and Monica Luisa Macovei.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Elena Băsescu, Eduard Kukan and Bernd Posselt.

The following spoke: Štefan Füle and Nicolai Wammen.

Motion for a resolution to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 110(2):

— Charles Tannock, on behalf of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, on the 2011 progress report on Montenegro (2011/2890(RSP)(B7-0190/2012)

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 29.3.2012, item 9.14.

21. European Refugee Fund 2008 to 2013 ***II (debate)

Recommendation for second reading on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Decision No 573/2007/EC establishing the European Refugee Fund for the period 2008 to 2013 as part of the General programme ‘Solidarity and Management of Migration Flows’ [06444/2/2012 - C7-0072/2012- 2009/0127(COD)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Rui Tavares (A7-0063/2012)

Rui Tavares introduced the recommendation for second reading.

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

The following spoke: Georgios Papanikolaou, on behalf of the PPE Group, Antonio Masip Hidalgo, on behalf of the S&D Group, Auke Zijlstra, Non-attached Member, Simon Busuttil and Juan Fernando López Aguilar.

IN THE CHAIR: Georgios PAPASTAMKOS

Vice-President

The following spoke: Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Sylvie Guillaume, Regina Bastos and Salvatore Iacolino.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Elena Băsescu and Franziska Keller.

The following spoke: Cecilia Malmström and Rui Tavares.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 29.3.2012, item 7.7.

22. Estimates of revenue and expenditure for 2013 - Section I - Parliament (debate)

Report on Parliament’s estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2013 [2012/2006(BUD)] - Committee on Budgets. Rapporteur: Derek Vaughan (A7-0062/2012)

Derek Vaughan introduced the report.

The following spoke: Monika Hohlmeier, on behalf of the PPE Group, Göran Färm, on behalf of the S&D Group, Carl Haglund, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Richard Ashworth, on behalf of the ECR Group, Miguel Portas, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Marta Andreasen, on behalf of the EFD Group, Bruno Gollnisch, Non-attached Member, Salvador Garriga Polledo, who also replied to two blue-card questions by João Ferreira and Ana Miranda, Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, Hynek Fajmon, Claudio Morganti, Lucas Hartong, Barbara Matera, who also replied to a blue-card question by William (The Earl of) Dartmouth, Angelika Werthmann and Ingeborg Gräßle.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Elena Băsescu, João Ferreira, Vicky Ford and Sergio Gaetano Cofferati.

The following spoke: Derek Vaughan

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 29.3.2012, item 9.5.

23. Corporate governance framework for European companies (debate)

Report on a corporate governance framework for European companies [2011/2181(INI)] - Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: Sebastian Valentin Bodu (A7-0051/2012)

Sebastian Valentin Bodu introduced the report.

IN THE CHAIR: Othmar KARAS

Vice-President

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

The following spoke: Kay Swinburne (rapporteur for the opinion of the ECON Committee), Sergio Gaetano Cofferati (rapporteur for the opinion of the EMPL Committee), Lena Kolarska-Bobińska (rapporteur for the opinion of the ITRE Committee), Constance Le Grip (rapporteur for the opinion of the IMCO 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, Vicky Ford, on behalf of the ECR Group, Edit Bauer, Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă, Silvia-Adriana Țicău and Emer Costello.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Ildikó Gáll-Pelcz, Phil Prendergast and Zofija Mazej Kukovič.

The following spoke: Michel Barnier and Sebastian Valentin Bodu.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 29.3.2012, item 9.15.

24. 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:

Zuzana Roithová, Corina Crețu, Cristian Silviu Bușoi, Christian Engström, João Ferreira, Elena Băsescu, Sergio Gutiérrez Prieto, Giommaria Uggias, Nikolaos Salavrakos, Slavi Binev, Csaba Sógor, Nessa Childers, Marian Harkin, Jacek Włosowicz, László Tőkés, María Muñiz De Urquiza, Czesław Adam Siekierski, Phil Prendergast, Kristiina Ojuland, Konrad Szymański, Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė, Silvia-Adriana Țicău and Inés Ayala Sender.

25. Agenda of the next sitting

The agenda of the next day’s sitting had been established (‘Agenda’ PE 483.919/OJJE).

26. Closure of the sitting

The sitting closed at 22.20.

Klaus Welle Secretary-General Martin Schulz President