EN Official Journal of the European Union CE 357/1

Monday 9 September 2013

MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 9 SEPTEMBER 2013

2013/C 357 E/01

Contents

1. Resumption of the session

2. Tribute

3. Statements by the President

4. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

5. Composition of Parliament

6. Verification of credentials

7. Request for the waiver of parliamentary immunity

8. Requests for the defence of parliamentary immunity

9. Composition of committees and delegations

10. Corrigenda (Rule 216)

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

12. Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council

13. Questions for oral answer (submission)

14. Delegated acts (Rule 87a)

15. Implementing measures (Rule 88)

16. Action taken on Parliament's resolutions

17. Petitions

18. Documents received

19. Order of business

20. Property consequences of registered partnerships * - Matrimonial property regimes * (debate)

21. Right of access to a lawyer in criminal proceedings and right to communicate upon arrest ***I (debate)

22. Fuel quality directive and renewable energy directive ***I (debate)

23. Making the internal energy market work - Micro-generation (debate)

24. Equal pay for male and female workers (debate)

25. One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

26. European transport-technology strategy for Europe's future sustainable mobility (short presentation)

27. Implementation and impact of the energy efficiency measures under the cohesion policy (short presentation)

28. A strategy for fisheries in the Adriatic and Ionian seas (short presentation)

29. More efficient and cost-effective interpretation in the European Parliament (short presentation)

30. Agenda of the next sitting

31. Closure of the sitting

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 9 SEPTEMBER 2013

IN THE CHAIR: Martin SCHULZ

President

1. Resumption of the session

The sitting opened at 17.00.

2. Tribute

On behalf of Parliament, the President paid tribute to the memory of Lothar Bisky, former Chair of the GUE/NGL Group, who had died on 13 August 2013.

Parliament observed a minute's silence.

3. Statements by the President

The President made a statement on the train crash near Santiago de Compostela n 24 July 2013 and the coach crash near Naples on 28 July 2013, both of which had claimed many victims, and sent Parliament's condolences to their families.

He then spoke on the various projects to be concluded prior to the next European elections, which were scheduled for May 2014, including banking union and the negotiations on the Multiannual Financial Framework.

Lastly, he bade welcome to Vice-President Alexander Alvaro, and wished Vice-President Georgios Papastamkos a speedy recovery.

4. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

5. Composition of Parliament

Following the death of Lothar Bisky, Parliament, on the basis of Rule 4(1), established that his seat had become vacant with effect from 14 August 2013.

The relevant Romanian authorities had announced:

— the appointment of Ramona Nicole Mănescu to the post of Minister of Transport of Romania with effect from 26 August 2013;

— the election of Eduard-Raul Hellvig to replace Ramona Nicole Mănescu with effect from 4 September 2013;

— the election of Ovidiu Ioan Silaghi to replace Cristian Silviu Bușoi with effect from 4 September 2013.

Pursuant to Article 7(1) of the Act of 20 September 1976 concerning the election of the Members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage, and to Rule 4(1) and (4), Parliament established that the seat of Ramona Nicole Mănescu had been vacant with effect from 26 August 2013 and noted the election of Eduard-Raul Hellvig and Ovidiu Ioan Silaghi with effect from 4 September 2013.

The Spanish authorities had given notice of the election of Iñaki Irazabalbeitia Fernández to replace Ana Miranda as Member of Parliament with effect from 11 July 2013.

Pursuant to Article 7(1) of the Act of 20 September 1976 concerning the election of the Members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage, and to Rule 4(1) and (4), Parliament noted the above with effect from 11 July 2013.

Under Rule 3(2), until such time as their credentials had been verified or a ruling had been given on any dispute, and provided that they had previously made a written declaration stating that they did not hold any office incompatible with that of Member of the European Parliament, Eduard-Raul Hellvig, Ovidiu Ioan Silaghi and Iñaki Irazabalbeitia Fernández would take their seats in Parliament and on its bodies and would enjoy all the rights attaching thereto.

6. Verification of credentials

On the JURI Committee's proposal, Parliament decided to confirm the validity of the mandates of Biljana Borzan, Zdravka Bušić, Ivana Maletić, Sandra Petrović Jakovina, Dubravka Šuica and Ruža Tomašić, and of Marino Baldini, Tonino Picula, Andrej Plenković, Davor Ivo Stier, Oleg Valjalo and Nikola Vuljanić, with effect from 1 July 2013.

7. Request for the waiver of parliamentary immunity

The Polish authorities had forwarded a request to waive the parliamentary immunity of Zbigniew Ziobro in connection with proceedings pending before Warsaw Public Prosecutor's Office.

Pursuant to Rule 6(2), the request had been referred to the committee responsible, the JURI Committee.

8. Requests for the defence of parliamentary immunity

Lara Comi presented a request for the defence of her parliamentary immunity and privileges in legal proceedings in progress before the Court of Ferrara.

Under Rule 6(3), the request had been referred to the committee responsible, the JURI Committee.

Gabriele Albertini presented a request for the defence of his parliamentary immunity and privileges in legal proceedings in progress before the Court of Milan.

Under Rule 6(3), the request had been referred to the committee responsible, the JURI Committee.

9. Composition of committees and delegations

The President had received the following requests for appointments from the PPE, Verts/ALE and ALDE Groups:

— Delegation for relations with Iran: Bernd Posselt

— REGI Committee: Iñaki Irazabalbeitia Fernández

— PETI Committee: Iñaki Irazabalbeitia Fernández

— Delegation for relations with the Mercosur countries: Iñaki Irazabalbeitia Fernández

— Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly: Iñaki Irazabalbeitia Fernández

— IMCO Committee: Eduard-Raul Hellvig

— Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee: Eduard-Raul Hellvig

— Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly: Eduard-Raul Hellvig

— REGI Committee: Ovidiu Ioan Silaghi

— Delegation for relations with the Arabian Peninsula: Ovidiu Ioan Silaghi.

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

10. Corrigenda (Rule 216)

The LIBE and ENVI Committees had submitted the following corrigenda to texts adopted by Parliament:

Corrigendum P7_TA-PROV(2013)0259(COR01) to the position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 12 June 2013 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) No …/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 562/2006 in order to provide for common rules on the temporary reintroduction of border control at internal borders in exceptional circumstances (P7_TA-PROV(2013)0259) (COM(2011)0560 – C7-0248/2011 – 2011/0242(COD))

Corrigendum P7_TA-PROV(2013)0311(COR01) to the position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 3 July 2013 with a view to the adoption of the decision on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on serious cross-border threats to health (P7_TA-PROV(2013)0311) (COM(2011)0866 – C7-0488/2011 – 2011/0421(COD))

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

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

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

The President announced that, together with the President of the Council, he had signed four acts adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure since the closure of the previous session in July and that he would sign another such act on Wednesday:

— Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning investigations conducted by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1073/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (Euratom) No 1074/1999 (00079/2013/LEX - C7-0261/2013 - 2006/0084(COD))

— Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on attacks against information systems and replacing Council Framework Decision 2005/222/JHA (00038/2012/LEX - C7-0228/2013 - 2010/0273(COD))

— Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directives 2000/60/EC and 2008/105/EC as regards priority substances in the field of water policy (00021/2013/LEX - C7-0227/2013 - 2011/0429(COD))

— Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2009/16/EC on port State control (00024/2013/LEX - C7-0226/2013 - 2012/0062(COD))

— Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council providing further macro-financial assistance to Georgia (00038/2013/LEX - C7-0225/2013 - 2010/0390(COD))

12. Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council

The Council had forwarded certified true copies of the following:

— Internal Agreement between the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the European Union, meeting within the Council, on the financing of European Union aid under the multiannual financial framework for the period 2014 to 2020 in accordance with the ACP-EU Agreement and on the allocation of financial assistance for the Overseas Countries and Territories to which Part Four of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union applies;

— Agreement between the European Union and the Russian Federation on drug precursors;

— Euro Mediterranean Aviation Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the State of Israel, of the other part.

13. Questions for oral answer (submission)

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

— (O-000068/2013) by Juan Fernando López Aguilar, on behalf of the LIBE Committee, to the Commission: Implementation of the EU Internal Security Strategy (2013/2636(RSP)) (B7-0213/2013)

— (O-000073/2013) by Pervenche Berès, on behalf of the EMPL Committee, to the Commission: European Strategy on Health and Safety at Work (2013/2685(RSP)) (B7-0214/2013)

— (O-000074/2013) by Amalia Sartori, on behalf of the ITRE Committee, to the Commission: Microgeneration (2012/2930(RSP))(B7-0217/2013)

— (O-000078/2013) by Mikael Gustafsson, on behalf of the FEMM Committee, to the Commission: The application of the principle of equal pay for male and female workers for equal work or work of equal value (2013/2678(RSP)) (B7-0218/2013)

— (O-000085/2013) by Jens Rohde, on behalf of the ITRE Committee, to the Council: The Digital Agenda for Growth, Mobility and Employment: Time to move up a gear (2013/2593(RSP)) (B7-0219/2013)

— (O-000086/2013) by Jens Rohde, on behalf of the ITRE Committee, to the Commission: The Digital Agenda for Growth, Mobility and Employment: Time to move up a gear (2013/2593(RSP)) (B7-0220/2013).

14. Delegated acts (Rule 87a)

The following draft delegated acts had been forwarded to Parliament:

— Commission Delegated Regulation supplementing Regulation (EU) No 911/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Earth monitoring programme (GMES) by establishing registration and licensing conditions for GMES users and defining criteria for restricting access to GMES dedicated data and GMES service information C(2013)04311 - 2013/2731(DEA) referred to committee responsible: ITRE Period for lodging objections: two months, starting from the date of reception: 12 July 2013.

— Commission Delegated Regulation replacing Annexes II and III of Regulation (EU) No 211/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the citizens’ initiative (C(2013)04313 – 2013/2716(DEA)) referred to committee responsible: AFCO ((Rule 50), PETI (Rule 50) Period for lodging objections: two months, starting from the date of reception: 11 July 2013.

— Corrigendum to Commission Delegated Regulation of 15 May 2013 supplementing ITS Directive 2010/40/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the provision of information services for safe and secure parking places for trucks and commercial vehicles adopted under number C(2013) 2549 C(2013)04475 – 2013/2761(DEA) referred to committee responsible: TRAN Period for lodging objections: two months, starting from the date of reception: 11 July 2013. Draft delegated acts for which the period for lodging objections has been extended:

— Provision of information services for safe and secure parking places for trucks and commercial vehicles C(2013)02549 - 2013/2703(DEA) referred to committee responsible: TRAN Period for lodging objections: two months, starting from the date of reception: 15 May 2013. Extension of period for lodging objections: a further two months, at the request of the Council.

— Regulation supplementing Directive 2010/40/EU with regard to data and procedures for the provision of road safety-related minimum universal traffic information free of charge to users C 2013)02550 – 2013/2712(DEA) referred to committee responsible: TRAN Period for lodging objections: two months, starting from the date of reception: 15 May 2013. Extension of period for lodging objections: a further two months, at the request of the Council.

15. Implementing measures (Rule 88)

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

— Commission Directive amending Annex II to Directive 2006/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down technical requirements for inland waterway vessels (D025592/02 - 2013/2756(RPS) - deadline: 15 August 2013) referred to committee responsible: TRAN

— Commission Regulation amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the use of sweeteners in certain fruit or vegetable spreads (D027805/03 - 2013/2709(RPS) - deadline: 11/09/2013) referred to responsible: ENVI

16. Action taken on Parliament's resolutions

The Commission communications on the action taken on the resolutions adopted by Parliament during the February, March and April 2013 part-sessions and on the action taken on the positions and resolutions adopted by Parliament during the May 2013 part-session were available on the Séance en direct site.

17. 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):

28 June 2013. (name confidential) (No 0727/2013); Pedro Santamaría (No 0728/2013); (name confidential) (No 0729/2013).

11 July 2013. Emanuele Tomassini (No 0730/2013); Cristiana Manunza (No 0731/2013); (name confidential) (No 0732/2013); Luciano Magliona (No 0733/2013); Lily Christnach (No 0734/2013); Maria Agkana (5 signatures) (No 0735/2013); Arlette Pignolo (No 0736/2013); Benoit Perrussel (Fédération autonome des sapeurs pompiers professionnels et des personnels administratifs techniques et spécialisés) (No 0737/2013); Alin Ovidiu Preda (No 0738/2013); Matteo La Cara (No 0739/2013); Alberto Buttini (No 0740/2013); Jacqueline Brummelhop (No 0741/2013); Martin Partridge (No 0742/2013); Jean Marie Vauchez (Organisation nationale des educateurs specialises) (4 signatures) (No 0743/2013); Cibo Kocakaya (No 0744/2013); Ioannis Daras (Association internationale de la presse sportive - AIPS) (12 signatures) (No 0745/2013); Leszek Grześlak (No 0746/2013); Edward Zytka (No 0747/2013); Roger Eames (Tibet support group grampian) (238 signatures) (No 0748/2013); István Dalnoki (No 0749/2013); Ada Bianchini (No 0750/2013); Roberto Marcoccio (No 0751/2013); Christina Anaya Mortensen (No 0752/2013); Micheline Galay (No 0753/2013); Christian Sauvez (No 0754/2013); Angelo Antonio Alù (No 0755/2013); Salvatore Caputo (No 0756/2013); Alan Cox (No 0757/2013); Ruth Anne Appleby (No 0758/2013); (name confidential) (No 0759/2013); Athanassios-Miltiadis Kokkinos (No 0760/2013); Dimitra Kastani (No 0761/2013); (name confidential) (No 0762/2013); Frank Mulcahy (No 0763/2013); Anthony Valcke (EU Rights Clinic - ECAS) (No 0764/2013); (name confidential) (No 0765/2013); Fabiano Filippin (No 0766/2013); Fabiano Filippin (No 0767/2013); Fabiano Filippin (No 0768/2013); Stephen McMaster (No 0769/2013); Ferenc János Kis (No 0770/2013); (name confidential) (No 0771/2013); Ana M. Prats Rodríguez (No 0772/2013); José Manuel Martín Álvarez (No 0773/2013); Gladys María González González (No 0774/2013); Juan García Benaiges (No 0775/2013); (name confidential) (No 0776/2013); Rafael Ortiz García (No 0777/2013); Fernanda da Conceição Ferreira Galego (No 0778/2013); (name confidential) (No 0779/2013); (name confidential) (No 0780/2013); (name confidential) (No 0781/2013); Ovidiu Ghenea (No 0782/2013); Laurențiu Ion Ene (No 0783/2013); Laurentiu Ion Ene (No 0784/2013); Theodoros Pitikaris (No 0785/2013); Laurentiu Ion Ene (No 0786/2013); (name confidential) (No 0787/2013); Sylwia Maćkowiak (No 0788/2013); Eduardo José Baroja Otero (No 0789/2013); Eimantas Pranauskas (No 0790/2013); (name confidential) (No 0791/2013); Vasilis Tsaggaras (No 0792/2013); István Dalnoki (No 0793/2013); Foster Gredo (No 0794/2013); M Dolores Calderón Hernández (No 0795/2013); Bernardo Barber Moll (40 signatures) (No 0796/2013); Eduardo Ribeiro (No 0797/2013); (name confidential) (No 0798/2013); (name confidential) (No 0799/2013); (name confidential) (No 0800/2013); María Mercedes Gómez Sande (No 0801/2013); (name confidential) (No 0802/2013);

17 July 2013. Andreas Dornheim (Volkssolidarität Kreisverband Glauchau/Hohenstein-Ernstthal e. V., Kindertagesstätte "Sonnenkäfer") (No 0803/2013); Hartmut Hellwig (Die Wellenbrecher, Elektrohypersensible im Verein Bürger gegen Elektrosmog e. V.) (No 0804/2013); Susanne Gura (Dachverband Kulturpflanzen- und Nutztiervielfalt e. V.) (No 0805/2013); Jan Christian Nolte (No 0806/2013); Heinrich Haller (No 0807/2013); Gredo Förster (No 0808/2013); Marija Iliev (No 0809/2013); Rosemarie Geurkink (No 0810/2013); Heinz Brünglinghaus (No 0811/2013); Heinz Skiba (No 0812/2013); Rüdiger Nißnick (No 0813/2013); Klaus Neuwirth (No 0814/2013); Dieter Hofmann (No 0815/2013); Manfred Seemayer (No 0816/2013); Peter Ehrhardt (No 0817/2013); Mohammed Boutouatou (No 0818/2013); Daniela Trümpi (No 0819/2013); Yuriy Nikolaev (No 0820/2013); Markus Gillot (No 0821/2013); Jürgen Piotrowitz (No 0822/2013); Thorsten Schägger (No 0823/2013); Naum Balyuchev (No 0824/2013); Siegfried Ballentin (No 0825/2013); Cornelia Trentea (No 0826/2013); (name confidential) (No 0827/2013); Hilda Nixon (No 0828/2013); Leif Lundgren (No 0829/2013); Emil Atanasov (No 0830/2013); Linda Schneider (198 signatures) (No 0831/2013); Denise Klein (No 0832/2013); Ivanka Petrova (No 0833/2013); Biser Iordanov (No 0834/2013); (name confidential) (No 0835/2013); Chavdar Tsekov (Bulgarian Charcoal Association) (No 0836/2013); Roman Baran (No 0837/2013); Henryk Demps (No 0838/2013); Jerzy Warszyński (No 0839/2013); Edward Zytka (No 0840/2013); Marek Bielecki (No 0841/2013); Johannes Michael Wiesenthal-Bayer (No 0842/2013); (name confidential) (No 0843/2013); Henryk Demps (No 0844/2013); István Dalnoki (No 0845/2013); Panagiota Patsalidou Ioannou (No 0846/2013); Georgios Floras (No 0847/2013); Jovica Radosavljević (No 0848/2013); Andreja Širšikova (No 0849/2013); Hannu Heikki Oskari Hietikko (No 0850/2013); Hannu Heikki Oskari Hietikko (No 0851/2013); Dieter Snoeck (No 0852/2013); (name confidential) (No 0853/2013); (name confidential) (No 0854/2013); (name confidential) (No 0855/2013); (name confidential) (No 0856/2013); Florián Díaz González (No 0857/2013); Johann Strobel (No 0858/2013); Martin Mittmann (No 0859/2013); (name confidential) (No 0860/2013); Christa von Kriegelstein (No 0861/2013); Juan Rico Azorín (No 0862/2013); Eduardo Marín Frasser (No 0863/2013); Jennifer Stoppe (No 0864/2013); (name confidential) (No 0865/2013); Ioannis Daras (Association internationale de la presse sportive - AIPS) (2 signatures) (No 0866/2013); (name confidential) (No 0867/2013); Radosław Judycki (No 0868/2013); Valeriu Slusaru (No 0869/2013); Günter Dillikrath (No 0870/2013); (name confidential) (No 0871/2013); Matthias Polney (Evangelisch Lutherisches Pfarramt) (110 signatures) (No 0872/2013); Claude Coste (Association Contre les Inondations la Defense de l'Eau et l' Environnement) (No 0873/2013); Rossella Ciacci (33 signatures) (No 0874/2013); Fabiano Filippin (No 0875/2013); Brice Ducruix (No 0876/2013); Alain Sebag (No 0877/2013); Alessandro Boeri (4 signatures) (No 0878/2013); Antonio Giovanni Povero (No 0879/2013); Marco Fioschini (No 0880/2013); Patricia Amat (No 0881/2013); Christa Exner (No 0882/2013); Robert Góralik (No 0883/2013); Stephan Tamminga (No 0884/2013); Andreas Tuengler (No 0885/2013); Anastasios Zambelakis (No 0886/2013); Ladislav Cabada (No 0887/2013); Jolanta Gontarz (No 0888/2013); Rabia Balkanli (No 0889/2013); Frans Super (No 0890/2013); Torsten Jäger (No 0891/2013); Martin Rheinheimer (No 0892/2013); Anke Ahlf (No 0893/2013); Andreas M. Walter (No 0894/2013); Jörg Bischof (No 0895/2013); (name confidential) (No 0896/2013); (name confidential) (No 0897/2013); (name confidential) (No 0898/2013); Nicole Merten-Panitz (No 0899/2013); Johann Weixlberger (No 0900/2013); (name confidential) (No 0901/2013); (name confidential) (No 0902/2013); Danuta Radwańska-Vollus (No 0903/2013); Jerome Kerscher (No 0904/2013); Frank Steinmetz (No 0905/2013); Wolfgang David (No 0906/2013); Stefan Hladiuc (No 0907/2013); Jocelyne Pageau (No 0908/2013); István Dalnoki (No 0909/2013); István Dalnoki (No 0910/2013); Claus Hansen (No 0911/2013); (name confidential) (No 0912/2013); (name confidential) (No 0913/2013); Spas Ivanov (No 0914/2013); Keijo Hyvönen (No 0915/2013); Juozas Imbrasas (No 0916/2013); Soterios Adamopoulos (No 0917/2013); Anna Orzechowska (No 0918/2013); Carl-Joel Andreen (No 0919/2013); Michael Knopp (No 0920/2013); Martin Schatzl (No 0921/2013); Dirk Emmermann (No 0922/2013); Álvaro Lahoz Tornos (No 0923/2013); (name confidential) (No 0924/2013); Zoé Seret (No 0925/2013); (name confidential) (No 0926/2013); (name confidential) (No 0927/2013); (name confidential) (No 0928/2013); (name confidential) (No 0929/2013); (name confidential) (No 0930/2013); (name confidential) (No 0931/2013); María del Carmen Velo Calvo (No 0932/2013); Theodoros Pitikaris (No 0933/2013); (name confidential) (No 0934/2013); Carmen D. de Jesús Martínez (No 0935/2013); (name confidential) (No 0936/2013); Krystyna Babraj (No 0937/2013); Maurizio Mazzini (No 0938/2013).

22 August 2013. Kema Mussolin (No 0939/2013); Lyudmila Dvoretskaya (1595 signatures) (No 0940/2013); Victor Dombrovschi (Ecorec S.A.) (No 0941/2013); Renée Cortas (No 0942/2013); Claude Coste (Association contre les inondations, défense de l'eau et de l'environnement) (No 0943/2013); Birgitte Thomsen (No 0944/2013); (name confidential) (No 0945/2013); (name confidential) (No 0946/2013); (name confidential) (No 0947/2013); (name confidential) (No 0948/2013); (name confidential) (No 0949/2013); (name confidential) (No 0950/2013); (name confidential) (No 0951/2013); Javier Arroyo (No 0952/2013); (name confidential) (No 0953/2013); Anne-Lise Jønch Pedersen (No 0954/2013); Albert de la Peña Guillén (No 0955/2013); (name confidential) (No 0956/2013); (name confidential) (No 0957/2013); (name confidential) (No 0958/2013); Laurence Rocour (No 0959/2013); Victor Ruse (No 0960/2013); (name confidential) (No 0961/2013); Alejandro Escribano Sanmartín (Los Verdes Ecopacifistas) (No 0962/2013); Hugues Lefranc (No 0963/2013); (name confidential) (3 signatures) (No 0964/2013); (name confidential) (No 0965/2013); (name confidential) (No 0966/2013); (name confidential) (No 0967/2013); (name confidential) (No 0968/2013); (name confidential) (No 0969/2013); Pierre Ewald (No 0970/2013); Carlos Alonso Cidad (No 0971/2013); Femi Folorunso (No 0972/2013); (name confidential) (No 0973/2013); Alexander Mercedes Würfl (No 0974/2013); Michael Urban (No 0975/2013); María José Varela Velo (No 0976/2013); Christopher Harms (No 0977/2013); (name confidential) (No 0978/2013); R.F.T. Bekkers (No 0979/2013); Ildiko Bădescu (No 0980/2013); (name confidential) (No 0981/2013); (name confidential) (No 0982/2013); (name confidential) (No 0983/2013); (name confidential) (No 0984/2013); (name confidential) (No 0985/2013); (name confidential) (No 0986/2013); (name confidential) (No 0987/2013); (name confidential) (No 0988/2013); (name confidential) (No 0989/2013); (name confidential) (No 0990/2013); (name confidential) (No 0991/2013); (name confidential) (No 0992/2013); Marcello Leonardi (No 0993/2013); (name confidential) (No 0994/2013); Miclle Letellier (No 0995/2013); (name confidential) (No 0996/2013); (name confidential) (No 0997/2013); (name confidential) (No 0998/2013); (name confidential) (No 0999/2013); (name confidential) (No 1000/2013); (name confidential) (No 1001/2013); Asztrik Varsegi (Archiabbas M.S. Martini de Sacro Monte Pannoniae) (No 1002/2013); (name confidential) (No 1003/2013); (name confidential) (No 1004/2013); (name confidential) (No 1005/2013); (name confidential) (No 1006/2013); (name confidential) (No 1007/2013); Szeja Piotr (No 1008/2013); Jürgen Schröder (No 1009/2013); (name confidential) (No 1010/2013); (name confidential) (No 1011/2013); Paul Wauters (No 1012/2013); (name confidential) (No 1013/2013); (name confidential) (No 1014/2013); Devis De Virgilio (No 1015/2013); Federico Nazar (No 1016/2013); Isabelle Thery (No 1017/2013); (name confidential) (No 1018/2013); Ecaterina Enescu (No 1019/2013); (name confidential) (No 1020/2013); Pierre Morel-A-L'Huissier (No 1021/2013); Edvige Cambiaghi (176 signatures) (No 1022/2013); Gaetano Cortese (No 1023/2013); Aurore Bardeau (No 1024/2013); Aurore Bardeau (No 1025/2013); Carlo Vande Casteele (No 1026/2013); Elizabeth Stevenson (No 1027/2013); Salvatore Fiorillo (No 1028/2013); Alexander Marshall (No 1029/2013); Mohammad Rahman (No 1030/2013); Joël Ollivier (No 1031/2013); Gianfranco Gentile (No 1032/2013); Mateo Cobo Feijóo (No 1033/2013); (name confidential) (No 1034/2013); Rui Sá (No 1035/2013); (name confidential) (No 1036/2013); Joëlle Pellegrin Oldenbourg (GEE - Galgos Ethique Europe) (No 1037/2013); (name confidential) (No 1038/2013); José María Álvarez Álvarez (No 1039/2013); Eveline Bois (No 1040/2013); Andris Orols (Latvija par Latu) (No 1041/2013); Juan Carlos Lema Dopico (No 1042/2013); Francisco de Magalhães (No 1043/2013); Gesine Wolf (No 1044/2013); Eamon Croghan (No 1045/2013); Riccardo Corridori (No 1046/2013); Christophe Vidal (Syndicat Auonome Sapeurs Pompiers Professionnels - Lot-et-Garonne) (No 1047/2013); (name confidential) (No 1048/2013); Günter Michael Meinzer (No 1049/2013); Federico Iannetti (No 1050/2013); Marjan Stritof (No 1051/2013); Helle Bratbjerg Mathisen (No 1052/2013); Mariusz Bieńkowski (No 1053/2013); Afham Ismail (2 signatures) (No 1054/2013); Gerard Bruyneel (No 1055/2013); Kevin Corcoran (No 1056/2013); Francesco Orbitello (No 1057/2013); Francesco Orbitello (No 1058/2013); Antonio De Giorgi (No 1059/2013); Roxana Mihaela Petrescu (No 1060/2013); Charles Litster (No 1061/2013); Richard Armenante (No 1062/2013); Patrick Naudot (No 1063/2013); Danielle Laumont (No 1064/2013); (name confidential) (No 1065/2013); (name confidential) (No 1066/2013); Katrin Gutsche (No 1067/2013); Mira Bateman (No 1068/2013); Mahmoude El Bouchehati (No 1069/2013); Romana Sobotovicova (No 1070/2013); Donal Buckley (No 1071/2013); Rosemarie Hennecke-Gramatzki (Colectivo Ornitológico Cigüeña Negra COCN) (No 1072/2013); Serafina Melone (No 1073/2013); Gregório Simão Fernandes (No 1074/2013).

4 September 2013. (name confidential) (No 1075/2013); (name confidential) (No 1076/2013); Bernhard Zündorff (No 1077/2013); Sebastian Frankenberger (Ökologisch-Demokratische Partei) (No 1078/2013); Rudolf Haller (No 1079/2013); (name confidential) (No 1080/2013); Michael Palliardi (No 1081/2013); Gredo Förster (No 1082/2013); Wolfdietrich Burde (No 1083/2013); (name confidential) (No 1084/2013); (name confidential) (No 1085/2013); Anke Gehring (No 1086/2013); Thomas Kopp (No 1087/2013); (name confidential) (No 1088/2013); (name confidential) (No 1089/2013); (name confidential) (No 1090/2013); (name confidential) (No 1091/2013); (name confidential) (No 1092/2013); Rudolf v. Görke (No 1093/2013); Anna Staudigl (No 1094/2013); (name confidential) (No 1095/2013); Günter Dillikrath (No 1096/2013); (name confidential) (No 1097/2013); Ludwig Bühlmeier (No 1098/2013); Martin Kieren (No 1099/2013); Peter Tietler (No 1100/2013); (name confidential) (No 1101/2013); Vesela Ivanova (No 1102/2013); Jelena Sirota (No 1103/2013); Tullio Porcu (No 1104/2013); Alexandru Firicel (No 1105/2013); Ivan Suvorov (No 1106/2013); Athanasios Krezios (No 1107/2013); (name confidential) (No 1108/2013); Maria Louise Dorner (No 1109/2013); Paweł Wydmuch (No 1110/2013); (name confidential) (No 1111/2013); (name confidential) (No 1112/2013); Aleksandra Majkowska (No 1113/2013); Jan Kowalski (No 1114/2013); Zoltán Németh (No 1115/2013); (name confidential) (No 1116/2013); Jeppe Vestergaard Nielsen (No 1117/2013); Marios Achilleos (No 1118/2013); (name confidential) (No 1119/2013); Marios Achilleos (No 1120/2013); (name confidential) (No 1121/2013); Bonifacija Gulič (No 1122/2013).

18. Documents received

The following documents had been received:

1) from the Council and Commission — Proposal for a Council decision authorising Member States to ratify, in the interests of the European Union, the Arms Trade Treaty (12178/2013 - C7-0233/2013 - 2013/0225(NLE)) referred to responsible: INTA opinion: AFET, LIBE, IMCO — Draft amending budget No 2 to the general budget for 2013: Council position of 9 July 2013 (11693/2013 - C7-0245/2013 - 2013/2056(BUD)) referred to responsible: BUDG — Draft amending budget No 3 to the general budget for 2013: Council position of 9 July 2013 (11694/2013 - C7-0246/2013 - 2013/2070(BUD)) referred to responsible: BUDG — Draft amending budget No 4 to the general budget for 2013: Council position of 15 July 2013 (11696/2013 - C7-0247/2013 - 2013/2084(BUD)) referred to responsible: BUDG — Draft amending budget No 5 to the general budget for 2013: Council position of 15 July 2013 (11697/2013 - C7-0248/2013 - 2013/2086(BUD)) referred to responsible: BUDG

2) from committees — ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council Establishing the European Voluntary Humanitarian Aid Corps - EU Aid Volunteers (COM(2012)0514 - C7-0303/2012 - 2012/0245(COD)) - DEVE Committee - Rapporteur: Michèle Striffler (A7-0158/2013) — ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 111/2005 laying down rules for the monitoring of trade between the Community and third countries in drug precursors (COM(2012)0521 - C7-0316/2012 - 2012/0250(COD)) - INTA Committee - Rapporteur: Franck Proust (A7-0167/2013) — ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 510/2011 to define the modalities for reaching the 2020 target to reduce CO2 emissions from new light commercial vehicles (COM(2012)0394 - C7-0185/2012 - 2012/0191(COD)) - ENVI Committee - Rapporteur: Holger Krahmer (A7-0168/2013) — ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 as regards the financing of European political parties (COM(2012)0712 - C7-0393/2012 - 2012/0336(COD)) - BUDG Committee - Rapporteur: Ingeborg Gräßle (A7-0200/2013) — Report on EU's military structures: state of play and future prospects (2012/2319(INI)) - AFET Committee - Rapporteur: Marietta Giannakou (A7-0205/2013) — ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on clinical trials on medicinal products for human use, and repealing Directive 2001/20/EC (COM(2012)0369 - C7-0194/2012 - 2012/0192(COD)) - ENVI Committee - Rapporteur: Glenis Willmott (A7-0208/2013) — Report on the maritime dimension of the Common Security and Defence Policy (2012/2318(INI)) - AFET Committee - Rapporteur: Ana Gomes (A7-0220/2013) — ***I Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Union action for the European Capitals of Culture for the years 2020 to 2033 (COM(2012)0407 - C7-0198/2012 - 2012/0199(COD)) - CULT Committee - Rapporteur: Marco Scurria (A7-0226/2013) — ***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the right of access to a lawyer in criminal proceedings and on the right to communicate upon arrest (COM(2011)0326 - C7-0157/2011 - 2011/0154(COD)) - LIBE Committee - Rapporteur: Elena Oana Antonescu (A7-0228/2013) — Report on ‘Towards more efficient and cost effective interpretation in the European Parliament’ (2011/2287(INI)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Esther de Lange (A7-0233/2013) — Report on a fisheries strategy in the Adriatic and Ionian seas (2012/2261(INI)) - PECH Committee - Rapporteur: Guido Milana (A7-0234/2013) — Report on the recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the EEAS on the negotiations for an EU-Malaysia partnership and cooperation agreement (2013/2052(INI)) - AFET Committee - Rapporteur: Emilio Menéndez del Valle (A7-0235/2013) — Report on implementation of the EU Youth Strategy 2010-2012 (2013/2073(INI)) - CULT Committee - Rapporteur: Georgios Papanikolaou (A7-0238/2013) — Report on endangered European languages and linguistic diversity in the European Union (2013/2007(INI)) - CULT Committee - Rapporteur: François Alfonsi (A7-0239/2013) — ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on fluorinated greenhouse gases (COM(2012)0643 - C7-0370/2012 - 2012/0305(COD)) - ENVI Committee - Rapporteur: Bas Eickhout (A7-0240/2013) — Report on promoting a European transport-technology strategy for Europe’s future sustainable mobility (2012/2298(INI)) - TRAN Committee - Rapporteur: Michael Cramer (A7-0241/2013) — ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1100/2007 establishing measures for the recovery of the stock of European eel (COM(2012)0413 - C7-0202/2012 - 2012/0201(COD)) - PECH Committee - Rapporteur: Isabella Lövin (A7-0242/2013) — Report on Gendercide: the missing women? (2012/2273(INI)) - FEMM Committee - Rapporteur: Antigoni Papadopoulou (A7-0245/2013) — Report on promoting the European cultural and creative sectors as sources of economic growth and jobs (2012/2302(INI)) - CULT Committee - Rapporteur: Marie-Thérèse Sanchez-Schmid (A7-0248/2013) — ***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the enforcement of Directive 96/71/EC concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services (COM(2012)0131 - C7-0086/2012 - 2012/0061(COD)) - EMPL Committee - Rapporteur: Danuta Jazłowiecka (A7-0249/2013) — Report on the situation of unaccompanied minors in the EU (2012/2263(INI)) - LIBE Committee - Rapporteur: Nathalie Griesbeck (A7-0251/2013) — *Report on the proposal for a Council regulation on jurisdiction, applicable law and the recognition and enforcement of decisions in matters of matrimonial property regimes (COM(2011)0126 - C7-0093/2011 - 2011/0059(CNS)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Alexandra Thein (A7-0253/2013) — *Report on the proposal for a Council regulation on jurisdiction, applicable law and the recognition and enforcement of decisions regarding the property consequences of registered partnerships (COM(2011)0127 - C7-0094/2011 - 2011/0060(CNS)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Alexandra Thein (A7-0254/2013) — ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 850/98 concerning the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organisms (COM(2012)0432 - C7-0211/2012 - 2012/0208(COD)) - PECH Committee - Rapporteur: Rareș-Lucian Niculescu (A7-0256/2013) — Report on the annual report on the activities of the European Ombudsman 2012 (2013/2051(INI)) - PETI Committee - Rapporteur: Nikolaos Salavrakos (A7-0257/2013) — Report on cross-border collective bargaining and transnational social dialogue (2012/2292(INI)) - EMPL Committee - Rapporteur: Thomas Händel (A7-0258/2013) — ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2187/2005 for the conservation of fishery through technical measures in the Baltic Sea, the Belts and the Sound (COM(2012)0591 - C7-0332/2012 - 2012/0285(COD)) - PECH Committee - Rapporteur: Marek Józef Gróbarczyk (A7-0259/2013) — Recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the EEAS on EU Policy towards Belarus (2013/2036(INI)) - AFET Committee - Rapporteur: Justas Vincas Paleckis (A7-0261/2013) — Report on making the internal energy market work (2013/2005(INI)) - ITRE Committee - Rapporteur: Jerzy Buzek (A7-0262/2013) — ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization in the Union (COM(2012)0576 - C7-0322/2012 - 2012/0278(COD)) - ENVI Committee - Rapporteur: Sandrine Bélier (A7-0263/2013) — Report with recommendations to the Commission on Parliament's rights in the appointment procedure of future Executive Directors of the European Environment Agency – amendment of Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 401/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the European Environment Agency and the European Environment Information and Observation Network (2013/2089(INI)) - ENVI Committee - Rapporteur: Matthias Groote (A7-0264/2013) — ***Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Cape Verde on facilitating the issue of short-stay visas to citizens of the Republic of Cape Verde and of the European Union (05674/2013 - C7-0110/2013 - 2012/0271(NLE)) - LIBE Committee - Rapporteur: Mariya Gabriel (A7-0266/2013) — ***Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Cape Verde on the readmission of persons residing without authorisation (14546/2012 - C7-0109/2013 - 2012/0268(NLE)) - LIBE Committee - Rapporteur: Mariya Gabriel (A7-0267/2013) — Report on the implementation and impact of the energy efficiency measures under Cohesion Policy (2013/2038(INI)) - REGI Committee - Rapporteur: Mojca Kleva Kekuš (A7-0271/2013) — Report on the Internal Market for Services: State of Play and Next Steps (2012/2144(INI)) - IMCO Committee - Rapporteur: Anna Maria Corazza Bildt (A7-0273/2013) — Report on tackling youth unemployment: possible ways out (2013/2045(INI)) - EMPL Committee - Rapporteur: Joanna Katarzyna Skrzydlewska (A7-0275/2013) — ***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning the manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco and related products (COM(2012)0788 - C7-0420/2012 - 2012/0366(COD)) - ENVI Committee - Rapporteur: Linda McAvan (A7-0276/2013) — ***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2011/92/EU of the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment (COM(2012)0628 - C7-0367/2012 - 2012/0297(COD)) - ENVI Committee - Rapporteur: Andrea Zanoni (A7-0277/2013) — ***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 98/70/EC relating to the quality of petrol and diesel fuels and amending Directive 2009/28/EC on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources (COM(2012)0595 - C7-0337/2012 - 2012/0288(COD)) - ENVI Committee - Rapporteur: Corinne Lepage (A7-0279/2013) — ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on specific provisions for the support from the European Regional Development Fund to the European territorial cooperation goal (COM(2011)0611 - C7-0326/2011 - 2011/0273(COD)) - REGI Committee - Rapporteur: Riikka Pakarinen (A7-0280/2013) — ***I Report on the amended proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1198/2006 and Council Regulation (EC) No 861/2006 and Council Regulation No XXX/2011 on integrated maritime policy (COM(2011)0804 - C7-0460/2011 - 2011/0380(COD)) - PECH Committee - Rapporteur: Alain Cadec (A7-0282/2013) — Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund, in accordance with point 26 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (COM(2013)0259 - C7-0116/2013 - 2013/2085(BUD)) - BUDG Committee - Rapporteur: José Manuel Fernandes (A7-0283/2013) — Report on the Council position on Draft amending budget No 3/2013 of the European Union for the financial year 2013, Section III – Commission (11694/2013 - C7-0246/2013 - 2013/2070(BUD)) - BUDG Committee - Rapporteur: Giovanni La Via (A7-0284/2013) — Report on the Council position on Draft amending budget No 4/2013 of the European Union for the financial year 2013, Section III – Commission, Section IV – Court of Justice of the European Union (11696/2013 - C7-0247/2013 - 2013/2084(BUD)) - BUDG Committee - Rapporteurs: Giovanni La Via, Derek Vaughan (A7-0285/2013) — Report on the Council position on Draft amending budget No 5/2013 of the European Union for the financial year 2013, Section III – Commission (11697/2013 - C7-0248/2013 - 2013/2086(BUD)) - BUDG Committee - Rapporteur: Giovanni La Via (A7-0286/2013) — Report on the Council position on Draft amending budget No 2/2013 of the European Union for the financial year 2013, Section III – Commission (11693/2013 - C7-0245/2013 - 2013/2056(BUD)) - BUDG Committee - Rapporteur: Giovanni La Via (A7-0287/2013)

19. Order of business

The next item was the order of business.

The final draft agenda for the September 2013 sittings (PE 515.412/PDOJ) had been distributed and a number of changes had been proposed (Rule 140):

Monday No changes. * * * Request by Richard Seeber that the report by Andrea Zanoni (A7-0277/2013) on the amendment of Directive 2011/92/EU on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment (item 156 of the final draft agenda) should be withdrawn from Wednesday's agenda. The President said that his request could not be taken into consideration as it had been made after the deadline.

Tuesday Request by the S&D Group that the debate on the state of play in the negotiations on the European Banking Union (item 150 of the final draft agenda) and the vote on the reports by Sven Giegold (A7-0393/2012) on the European Banking Authority and prudential supervision of credit institutions (item 106 of the final draft agenda) and Marianne Thyssen (A7-0392/2012) on the specific tasks for the European Central Bank concerning policies relating to the prudential supervision of credit institutions (item 105 of the final draft agenda) should be moved to Thursday's agenda. The following spoke: Hannes Swoboda, on behalf of the S&D Group, who explained the reasons for the request, Guy Verhofstadt, who supported the request, and Marianne Thyssen (rapporteur), who stressed the importance of voting on these two reports during the current part-session. The President said he would be meeting Mario Draghi (President of the European Central Bank) on Tuesday morning, with a view to finding a compromise between the two institutions. Parliament agreed to the request. * * * Request by the PPE Group that the report by Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra (A7-0139/2013) on 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 should be entered on the agenda. The following spoke: Manfred Weber, on behalf of the PPE Group, who explained the reasons for the request, Tanja Fajon, who opposed the request, and Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra (rapporteur), who stressed the importance of debating and voting on his report during the current part-session. Parliament agreed to the request by electronic vote (173 in favour, 126 against, 3 abstentions). The deadline for tabling amendments was set for Tuesday at 12 noon. Request by the ALDE Group to enter on the agenda a statement by the Commission on suspension of the SWIFT agreement because of NSA surveillance. The following spoke: Sophia in 't Veld, who explained the reasons for the request, Christian Engström, who supported the request, and Hannes Swoboda, who proposed that a Commission statement on the matter should be entered on the October agenda. Parliament rejected the ALDE Group's request by electronic vote (117 in favour, 124 against, 53 abstentions). Parliament approved Hannes Swoboda's proposal.

Wednesday No changes were proposed.

Thursday Debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (Rule 122): Proposal by the Conference of Presidents for the third subject: Situation in Bahrain or situation in Guatemala Proposal by the PPE Group: Situation in Camp Ashraf The following spoke: Alejo Vidal-Quadras, who thought that the PPE Group's proposal should be put to the vote first, Mairead McGuinness, who explained the reasons for her group's request and said she agreed with what Alejo Vidal-Quadras had said, and Ulrike Lunacek, who stressed the urgency of debating the situation in Guatemala. The President said that the vote would follow the order in which the proposals had been made. The following spoke: Mairead McGuinness. Situation in Bahrain: Parliament agreed to the request by electronic vote (135 in favour, 129 against, 16 abstentions). The two other proposals therefore fell. The following spoke: Hannes Swoboda and Bernd Posselt.

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The order of business was thus established.

IN THE CHAIR: László SURJÁN

Vice-President

20. Property consequences of registered partnerships * - Matrimonial property regimes * (debate)

Report on the proposal for a Council regulation on jurisdiction, applicable law and the recognition and enforcement of decisions regarding the property consequences of registered partnerships [COM(2011)0127 - C7-0094/2011- 2011/0060(CNS)] - Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: Alexandra Thein (A7-0254/2013)

Report on the proposal for a Council regulation on jurisdiction, applicable law and the recognition and enforcement of decisions in matters of matrimonial property regimes [COM(2011)0126 - C7-0093/2011- 2011/0059(CNS)] - Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: Alexandra Thein (A7-0253/2013)

Alexandra Thein introduced the reports.

The following spoke: Viviane Reding (Vice-President of the Commission).

The following spoke: Evelyne Gebhardt (rapporteur for the opinion of the LIBE Committee), Marina Yannakoudakis (rapporteur for the opinion of the FEMM Committee), Axel Voss, on behalf of the PPE Group, Evelyn Regner, on behalf of the S&D Group, Eva Lichtenberger, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Dimitar Stoyanov, Non-attached Member, Tadeusz Zwiefka, Sergio Gaetano Cofferati, Raffaele Baldassarre, Françoise Castex and Astrid Lulling.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Lena Kolarska-Bobińska and Oleg Valjalo.

The following spoke: Viviane Reding and Alexandra Thein.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 10.9.2013, item 12.2 and minutes of 10.9.2013, item 12.3.

21. Right of access to a lawyer in criminal proceedings and right to communicate upon arrest ***I (debate)

Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the right of access to a lawyer in criminal proceedings and on the right to communicate upon arrest [COM(2011)0326 - C7-0157/2011- 2011/0154(COD)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Elena Oana Antonescu (A7-0228/2013)

Elena Oana Antonescu introduced the report.

The following spoke: Viviane Reding (Vice-President of the Commission).

The following spoke: Jan Philipp Albrecht (rapporteur for the opinion of the JURI Committee), Véronique Mathieu Houillon, on behalf of the PPE Group, Sylvie Guillaume, on behalf of the S&D Group, Sarah Ludford, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Janusz Wojciechowski, on behalf of the ECR Group, Kinga Gál, Carmen Romero López and Monica Luisa Macovei.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Antonio Masip Hidalgo, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica and Andrew Henry William Brons.

The following spoke: Viviane Reding and Elena Oana Antonescu.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 10.9.2013, item 12.5.

22. Fuel quality directive and renewable energy directive ***I (debate)

Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 98/70/EC relating to the quality of petrol and diesel fuels and amending Directive 2009/28/EC on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources [COM(2012)0595 - C7-0337/2012- 2012/0288(COD)] - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. Rapporteur: Corinne Lepage (A7-0279/2013)

Corinne Lepage introduced the report.

IN THE CHAIR: Jacek PROTASIEWICZ

Vice-President

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

The following spoke: Filip Kaczmarek (rapporteur for the opinion of the DEVE Committee), Josefa Andrés Barea (rapporteur for the opinion of the INTA Committee), Alejo Vidal-Quadras (rapporteur for the opinion of the ITRE Committee), Jaromír Kohlíček (rapporteur for the opinion of the TRAN Committee), Giommaria Uggias (rapporteur for the opinion of the REGI Committee), Béla Glattfelder (rapporteur for the opinion of the AGRI Committee), Christa Klaß, on behalf of the PPE Group, Jens Rohde, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Bas Eickhout, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Kriton Arsenis, on behalf of the S&D Group, Julie Girling, on behalf of the ECR Group, Paul Murphy, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Tadeusz Cymański, on behalf of the EFD Group, Franco Bonanini, Non-attached Member, Richard Seeber, Britta Thomsen, Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy and Claude Turmes, who also answered three blue-card questions by Christa Klaß, Richard Seeber and Andrzej Grzyb, James Nicholson, who also replied to a blue-card question by Marc Tarabella, Paul Nuttall, who also replied to a blue-card question by Richard Ashworth, Amalia Sartori, Patrizia Toia, Pilar Ayuso, who also replied to a blue-card question by Claude Turmes, Gilles Pargneaux, who also replied to a blue-card question by Andrzej Grzyb, and Martina Anderson.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Mairead McGuinness, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Anneli Jäätteenmäki, João Ferreira, Andreas Mölzer, Rareș-Lucian Niculescu, Marusya Lyubcheva and Izaskun Bilbao Barandica.

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

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 11.9.2013, item 5.8.

23. Making the internal energy market work - Micro-generation (debate)

Report on making the internal energy market work [2013/2005(INI)] - Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. Rapporteur: Jerzy Buzek (A7-0262/2013)

Question for oral answer (O-000074/2013) by Amalia Sartori, on behalf of the ITRE Committee, to the Commission: Microgeneration (B7-0217/2013) (2012/2930(RSP))

Jerzy Buzek introduced the report.

Judith A. Merkies moved the question.

IN THE CHAIR: Rainer WIELAND

Vice-President

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

The following spoke: Salvador Sedó i Alabart, on behalf of the PPE Group, Teresa Riera Madurell, on behalf of the S&D Group, Jens Rohde, on behalf of the ALDE Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Judith A. Merkies, Claude Turmes, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Konrad Szymański, on behalf of the ECR Group, Inês Cristina Zuber, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Andreas Mölzer, Non-attached Member, and Patrizia Toia, who also replied to a blue-card question by Claude Turmes.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Erik Bánki, Seán Kelly, Josefa Andrés Barea, Lara Comi, Maria Da Graça Carvalho and Olga Sehnalová.

The following spoke: Günther Oettinger and Jerzy Buzek.

The motion for a resolution to be tabled under Rule 115(5) would be announced in the House at a later time.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 10.9.2013, item 12.9 and minutes of 12.9.2013, item 13.7.

24. Equal pay for male and female workers (debate)

Question for oral answer (O-000078/2013) by Mikael Gustafsson, on behalf of the FEMM Committee, to the Commission: The application of the principle of equal pay for male and female workers for equal work or work of equal value (B7-0218/2013) (2013/2678(RSP))

Mikael Gustafsson moved the question.

IN THE CHAIR: Othmar KARAS

Vice-President

Viviane Reding (Vice-President of the Commission) answered the question.

The following spoke: Edit Bauer, on behalf of the PPE Group, Britta Thomsen, on behalf of the S&D Group, Siiri Oviir, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Ulrike Lunacek, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Inês Cristina Zuber, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Teresa Jiménez-Becerril Barrio, Seán Kelly, Joanna Senyszyn, Elisabeth Morin-Chartier and Regina Bastos.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Roberta Angelilli, Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă, Seán Kelly, Anna Hedh and Ildikó Gáll-Pelcz.

The following spoke: Viviane Reding.

The motion for a resolution to be tabled under Rule 115(5) would be announced in the House at a later time.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 12.9.2013, item 13.8.

25. 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:

Rareș-Lucian Niculescu, Jens Geier, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Iñaki Irazabalbeitia Fernández, Ruža Tomašić, Alda Sousa, Corneliu Vadim Tudor, Csaba Sógor, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Kristiina Ojuland, Eva Joly, Janusz Wojciechowski, Marisa Matias, José Manuel Fernandes, Biljana Borzan, Georgios Koumoutsakos, Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă, Erik Bánki, Ivailo Kalfin, Edit Bauer, Marino Baldini, Maria do Céu Patrão Neves, Marlene Mizzi and Czesław Adam Siekierski.

26. European transport-technology strategy for Europe's future sustainable mobility (short presentation)

Report on promoting a European transport-technology strategy for Europe’s future sustainable mobility [2012/2298(INI)] - Committee on Transport and Tourism. Rapporteur: Michael Cramer (A7-0241/2013)

Michael Cramer made the presentation.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Erik Bánki, Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica and João Ferreira.

The following spoke: Viviane Reding (Vice-President of the Commission).

The item closed.

Vote: minutes of 10.9.2013, item 12.4.

27. Implementation and impact of the energy efficiency measures under the cohesion policy (short presentation)

Report on the implementation and impact of the energy efficiency measures under Cohesion Policy [2013/2038(INI)] - Committee on Regional Development. Rapporteur: Mojca Kleva Kekuš (A7-0271/2013)

Mojca Kleva Kekuš made the presentation.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Erik Bánki and María Irigoyen Pérez.

The following spoke: Viviane Reding (Vice-President of the Commission)

The item closed.

Vote: minutes of 10.9.2013, item 12.10.

28. A strategy for fisheries in the Adriatic and Ionian seas (short presentation)

Report on a fisheries strategy in the Adriatic and Ionian seas [2012/2261(INI)] - Committee on Fisheries. Rapporteur: Guido Milana (A7-0234/2013)

Guido Milana made the presentation.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Andrej Plenković, Davor Ivo Stier, Ruža Tomašić and Dubravka Šuica.

The following spoke: Viviane Reding (Vice-President of the Commission).

The item closed.

Vote: 10 September 2013.

29. More efficient and cost-effective interpretation in the European Parliament (short presentation)

Report on ‘Towards more efficient and cost effective interpretation in the European Parliament’ [2011/2287(INI)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Esther de Lange (A7-0233/2013)

Esther de Lange made the presentation.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Dubravka Šuica and João Ferreira.

The item closed.

Vote: minutes of 10.9.2013, item 12.12.

30. Agenda of the next sitting

The agenda of the next day's sitting had been established ('Agenda' PE 515.412/OJMA).

31. Closure of the sitting

The sitting closed at 23.20.

Klaus Welle Secretary-General Gianni Pittella Vice-President