Minutes of the sitting of 9 May 2012
Date: 2012-07-13
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: European Parliament, parliamentary debate








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Wednesday 9 May 2012MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 9 MAY 2012
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Contents






1.

Resumption of the session









2.

Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting









3.

Welcome









4.

Composition of Parliament









5.

Verification of credentials









6.

Interpretation of the Rules of Procedure









7.

Corrigendum (Rule 216)









8.

Documents received









9.

Written declarations (submission)









10.

Lapsed written declarations









11.

Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council









12.

Action taken on Parliament's resolutions









13.

Order of business









14.

Statements by the President









15.

Tribute









16.

Future of Europe (debate)









17.

Roaming on public mobile communications networks within the Union ***I (debate)









18.

Follow-up to the LIBE delegation visit to Sicily and Lampedusa (debate)









19.

Law applicable to non-contractual obligations (Rome II) (debate)









20.

Trade and investment strategy for the Southern Mediterranean following the Arab Spring revolutions (debate)









21.

Patenting of essential biological processes (debate)









22.

Composition of Parliament









23.

One-minute speeches on matters of political importance









24.

Regional airports and air services (short presentation)









25.

Agenda of the next sitting









26.

Closure of the sitting



ATTENDANCE REGISTER

MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 9 MAY 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.
*
* *
Frédéric Daerden had been present at the sitting of Thursday, 19 April 2012, but his name was not on the attendance register.

3.   Welcome

On behalf of Parliament, the President welcomed a delegation of Members and senior officials from the Constituent Assembly of Tunisia and a delegation of pupils and teachers from the European School of Brussels I – Uccle, who have taken their seats in the official gallery.

4.   Composition of Parliament

Parliament took note of the nomination of Rovana Plumb as a member of the Romanian government and, in conformity with Article 7 (1) of the Act concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage and with Rule 4 (1) and (4) of the Rules of Procedure, established that her seat had been vacant with effect from 7 May 2012.

5.   Verification of credentials

On the JURI Committee's proposal, Parliament decided to validate the mandate of Birgit Collin-Langen with effect from 17 March 2012.

6.   Interpretation of the Rules of Procedure

The President informed the House, under Rule 211(3), of the following interpretation of Rule 117(3), provided by the Committee on Constitutional Affairs, which had been consulted on the application of that provision:


‘Since the Chair of a committee is empowered by Rule 193(1) to convene a meeting of that committee, it is up to him, in the interest of the proper organisation of proceedings, to determine the draft agenda of the meeting he has convened. This prerogative is without prejudice to his obligation under Rule 117(3) to place a question, at the request of its author, on the agenda for the next meeting of the committee. However, the Chair has the discretionary power to propose, in the light of political priorities, the agenda and procedural arrangements for the meeting (e.g. a procedure without debate, possibly with the adoption of a decision on action to be taken, or, where appropriate, a recommendation to carry over the item to a subsequent meeting).’


If this interpretation was not contested by a political group or at least 40 Members (Rule 211(4)) before the opening of the following day's sitting, Thursday 10 May 2012, it would be deemed adopted. If it was contested, it would be put to the vote in Parliament.

7.   Corrigendum (Rule 216)
The committee responsible had forwarded the following corrigendum to a text adopted by Parliament:
Corrigendum (P7_TA-PROV(2012)0127(COR01)) to the European Parliament resolution of 18 April 2012 containing the European Parliament’s recommendations to the Council, the Commission and the European External Action Service on the negotiations of the EU-Azerbaijan Association Agreement P7_TA-PROV(2012)0127 - (2011/2316(INI)) - AFET
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:







1)




from committees - reports







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***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning customs enforcement of intellectual property rights (COM(2011)0285 - C7-0139/2011 - 2011/0137(COD)) - IMCO Committee - Rapporteur: Jürgen Creutzmann (A7-0046/2012)










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***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain permitted uses of orphan works (COM(2011)0289 - C7-0138/2011 - 2011/0136(COD)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg (A7-0055/2012)










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***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on food intended for infants and young children and on food for special medical purposes (COM(2011)0353 - C7-0169/2011 - 2011/0156(COD)) - ENVI Committee - Rapporteur: Frédérique Ries (A7-0059/2012)










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***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1342/2007 on administering certain restrictions on imports of certain steel products from the Russian Federation (COM(2011)0715 - C7-0396/2011 - 2011/0315(COD)) - INTA Committee - Rapporteur: Robert Sturdy (A7-0085/2012)










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Recommendation on the draft Council regulation on the electronic publication of the Official Journal of the European Union (10222/2011 - C7-0076/2012 - 2011/0070(APP)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Zbigniew Ziobro (A7-0087/2012)










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Report on the discharge for implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2010, Section IV – Court of Justice (COM(2011)0473[04] - C7-0259/2011 - 2011/2204(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Inés Ayala Sender (A7-0088/2012)










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Report on the discharge for implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2010, Section VIII – European Ombudsman (COM(2011)0473[08] - C7-0263/2011 - 2011/2208(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Inés Ayala Sender (A7-0089/2012)










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Report on the discharge for implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2010, Section VII – Committee of the Regions (COM(2011)0473[07] - C7-0262/2011 - 2011/2207(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Inés Ayala Sender (A7-0090/2012)










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Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2010, Section V – Court of Auditors (COM(2011)0473[05] - C7-0260/2011 - 2011/2205(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Inés Ayala Sender (A7-0091/2012)










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Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2010, Section VI – European Economic and Social Committee (COM(2011)0473[06] - C7-0261/2011 - 2011/2206(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Inés Ayala Sender (A7-0092/2012)










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Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2010, Section IX – European Data Protection Supervisor (COM(2011)0473[09] - C7-0264/2011 - 2011/2209(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Inés Ayala Sender (A7-0093/2012)










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Report on the future of regional airports and air services in the EU (2011/2196(INI)) - TRAN Committee - Rapporteur: Philip Bradbourn (A7-0094/2012)










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Report on the discharge for implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2010, Section II – Council (COM(2011)0473[03] - C7-0258/2011 - 2011/2203(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Inés Ayala Sender (A7-0095/2012)










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***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending certain regulations relating to the common commercial policy as regards the granting of delegated powers for the adoption of certain measures (COM(2011)0349 - C7-0162/2011 - 2011/0153(COD)) - INTA Committee - Rapporteur: Jörg Leichtfried (A7-0096/2012)










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Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2010, Section III – Commission and executive agencies (COM(2011)0473[01] - C7-0256/2011 - 2011/2201(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Christofer Fjellner (A7-0098/2012)










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Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Eighth, Ninth and Tenth European Development Funds for the financial year 2010 (COM(2011)0471 - C7-0273/2011 - 2011/2212(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Martin Ehrenhauser (A7-0100/2012)










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Report on the Court of Auditors' special reports in the context of the 2010 Commission discharge (2011/2225(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Christofer Fjellner (A7-0102/2012)










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Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union Agencies for the financial year 2010: performance, financial management and control of European Union Agencies (2011/2232(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Monica Luisa Macovei (A7-0103/2012)










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Report on Trade for Change: The EU Trade and Investment Strategy for the Southern Mediterranean following the Arab Spring revolutions (2011/2113(INI)) - INTA Committee - Rapporteur: Niccolò Rinaldi (A7-0104/2012)










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Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Environment Agency for the financial year 2010 (COM(2011)0473[15] - C7-0278/2011 - 2011/2217(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Monica Luisa Macovei (A7-0105/2012)










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Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Food Safety Authority for the financial year 2010 (COM(2011)0473[23] - C7-0286/2011 - 2011/2226(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Monica Luisa Macovei (A7-0106/2012)










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Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Medicines Agency for the financial year 2010 (COM(2011)0473[18] - C7-0281/2011 - 2011/2220(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Monica Luisa Macovei (A7-0107/2012)










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Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Innovative Medicines Initiative Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2010 (COM(2011)0473[37] - C7-0300/2011 - 2011/2241(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Monica Luisa Macovei (A7-0108/2012)










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Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2010 (COM(2011)0473[36] - C7-0299/2011 - 2011/2240(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Monica Luisa Macovei (A7-0109/2012)










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Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2010 (COM(2011)0473[38] - C7-0301/2011 - 2011/2242(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Monica Luisa Macovei (A7-0110/2012)










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Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Police Office for the financial year 2010 (COM(2011)0473[39] - C7-0316/2011 - 2011/2255(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Monica Luisa Macovei (A7-0111/2012)










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Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the ENIAC Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2010 (COM(2011)0473[41] - C7-0352/2011 - 2011/2265(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Monica Luisa Macovei (A7-0112/2012)










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Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy for the financial year 2010 (COM(2011)0473[33] - C7-0296/2011 - 2011/2237(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Monica Luisa Macovei (A7-0113/2012)










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Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the SESAR Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2010 (COM(2011)0473[34] - C7-0297/2011 - 2011/2238(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Monica Luisa Macovei (A7-0114/2012)










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Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2010 (COM(2011)0473[35] - C7-0298/2011 - 2011/2239(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Monica Luisa Macovei (A7-0115/2012)










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Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions for the financial year 2010 (COM(2011)0473[12] - C7-0275/2011 - 2011/2214(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Monica Luisa Macovei (A7-0116/2012)










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Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work for the financial year 2010 (COM(2011)0473[16] - C7-0279/2011 - 2011/2218(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Monica Luisa Macovei (A7-0117/2012)










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Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Railway Agency for the financial year 2010 (COM(2011)0473[26] - C7-0289/2011 - 2011/2229(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Monica Luisa Macovei (A7-0118/2012)










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Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Police College for the financial year 2010 (COM(2011)0473[27] - C7-0290/2011 - 2011/2230(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Monica Luisa Macovei (A7-0119/2012)










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Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2010, Section I - European Parliament (COM(2011)0473[02] - C7-0257/2011 - 2011/2202(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Bogusław Liberadzki (A7-0120/2012)










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Report on the protection of the European Union's financial interests - Fight against fraud - Annual Report 2010 (2011/2154(INI)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Zigmantas Balčytis (A7-0121/2012)










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Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights for the financial year 2010 (COM(2011)0473[13] - C7-0276/2011 - 2011/2215(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Monica Luisa Macovei (A7-0122/2012)










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Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control for the financial year 2010 (COM(2011)0473[24] - C7-0287/2011 - 2011/2227(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Monica Luisa Macovei (A7-0123/2012)










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Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Aviation Safety Agency for the financial year 2010 (COM(2011)0473[22] - C7-0285/2011 - 2011/2224(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Monica Luisa Macovei (A7-0124/2012)










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Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Translation Centre for the bodies of the European Union for the financial year 2010 (COM(2011)0473[17] - C7-0280/2011 - 2011/2219(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Monica Luisa Macovei (A7-0125/2012)










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Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Chemicals Agency for the financial year 2010 (COM(2011)0473[31] - C7-0294/2011 - 2011/2235(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Monica Luisa Macovei (A7-0126/2012)










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Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European GNSS Agency for the financial year 2010 (COM(2011)0473[29] - C7-0292/2011 - 2011/2233(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Monica Luisa Macovei (A7-0127/2012)










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Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of Eurojust for the financial year 2010 (COM(2011)0473[19] - C7-0282/2011 - 2011/2221(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Monica Luisa Macovei (A7-0128/2012)










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Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training for the financial year 2010 (COM(2011)0473[11] - C7-0274/2011 - 2011/2213(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Monica Luisa Macovei (A7-0129/2012)










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Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Community Fisheries Control Agency for the financial year 2010 (COM(2011)0473[30] - C7-0293/2011 - 2011/2234(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Monica Luisa Macovei (A7-0130/2012)










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Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Euratom Supply Agency for the financial year 2010 (COM(2011)0473[32] - C7-0295/2011 - 2011/2236(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Monica Luisa Macovei (A7-0131/2012)










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Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Institute for Gender Equality for the financial year 2010 (COM(2011)0473[40] - C7-0351/2011 - 2011/2264(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Monica Luisa Macovei (A7-0132/2012)










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Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union for the financial year 2010 (COM(2011)0473[28] - C7-0291/2011 - 2011/2231(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Monica Luisa Macovei (A7-0133/2012)










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Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction for the financial year 2010 (COM(2011)0473[14] - C7-0277/2011 - 2011/2216(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Monica Luisa Macovei (A7-0134/2012)










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Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Training Foundation for the financial year 2010 (COM(2011)0473[20] - C7-0283/2011 - 2011/2222(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Monica Luisa Macovei (A7-0135/2012)










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Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Network and Information Security Agency for the financial year 2010 (COM(2011)0473[25] - C7-0288/2011 - 2011/2228(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Monica Luisa Macovei (A7-0136/2012)










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Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Maritime Safety Agency for the financial year 2010 (COM(2011)0473[21] - C7-0284/2011 - 2011/2223(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Monica Luisa Macovei (A7-0137/2012)










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***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 of 30 November 2009 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Community (COM(2012)0041 - C7-0030/2012 - 2012/0019(COD)) - INTA Committee - Rapporteur: Vital Moreira (A7-0140/2012)










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***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on roaming on public mobile communications networks within the Union (recast) (COM(2011)0402 - C7-0190/2011 - 2011/0187(COD)) - ITRE Committee - Rapporteur: Angelika Niebler (A7-0149/2012)










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Report on the request for the defence of the immunity and privileges of Corneliu Vadim Tudor (2011/2100(IMM)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Cecilia Wikström (A7-0151/2012)










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Report with recommendations to the Commission on the amendment of Regulation (EC) No 864/2007 on the law applicable to non-contractual obligations (Rome II) (2009/2170(INI)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Cecilia Wikström (A7-0152/2012)















2)




from Members








2.1)




motions for resolutions (Rule 120)







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Nuno Melo. Motion for a resolution on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector (B7-0220/2012)






referred to


responsible: AGRI














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Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris. Motion for a resolution on establishing ‘Parents for ever’ as a Europe-wide project (B7-0221/2012)






referred to


responsible: LIBE














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Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris. Motion for a resolution on extending the Futur project across Europe (B7-0229/2012)






referred to


responsible: CULT














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Andreas Mölzer. Motion for a resolution on profiteering via mobile subscriptions (B7-0231/2012)






referred to


responsible: IMCO
opinion: ITRE



















2.2)




proposed amendments to the Rules of Procedure (Rule 212)







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Andrew Duff. Proposal for amendment of Parliament’s rules of procedure - Amendment of Rule 49 (Opinions of committees) (B7-0222/2012)






referred to


responsible: AFCO














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Andrew Duff. Proposal for amendment of Parliament's rules of procedure - Amendment of Rules 13, 14, 15 and 16 (B7-0230/2012)






referred to


responsible: AFCO

















9.   Written declarations (submission)
The following Members had submitted written declarations for inclusion in the register (Rule 123):






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Gianni Pittella, Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Marisa Matias, Katarína Neveďalová and Marietje Schaake, on open and collaborative government (0019/2012);










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Petru Constantin Luhan, Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, Ádám Kósa, Riikka Manner and Marisa Matias, on tackling multiple sclerosis in Europe (0020/2012).





10.   Lapsed written declarations

In accordance with Rule 123(5), written declarations 0001/2012 and 0002/2012 had lapsed as they had not obtained the required number of signatures.

11.   Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council

The Council had forwarded a certified true copy of the following:
Agreement between the European Union and the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria on scientific and technological cooperation.

12.   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 December part-session was available on the Séance en direct site.

13.   Order of business

The next item was the order of business.
The final draft agenda for the May I sittings (PE 486.815/PDOJ) had been distributed and a number of changes had been proposed (Rule 140):






 



Wednesday

No changes.










 



Thursday

With the agreement of the political groups, the report by Cecilia Wikström (A7-0151/2012) on the parliamentary immunity of Corneliu Vadim Tudor was directly included in voting time.




The order of business was thus established.

14.   Statements by the President

The President made a statement on the situation in Bahrain. He expressed great concern at recent developments there in the field of human rights and called for a national dialogue to be launched between representatives of all the political forces in Bahrain.
The President also highlighted the unacceptable intimidation of human rights activists, journalists and bloggers in Egypt one year on from the fall of Hosni Mubarek, citing by way of example the trial of the Sakharov Prize candidate Asmaa Mahfouz.
The President also mentioned the case of Dr Wenceslao Mansogo in Equatorial Guinea.

15.   Tribute

On behalf of Parliament, the President paid tribute to the memory of Miguel de Sacadura Cabral Portas MEP, who passed away on 24 April 2012.
Parliament observed a minute's silence.

16.   Future of Europe (debate)
Statement by the President: Future of Europe
The President made the statement.
The following spoke: Joseph Daul, on behalf of the PPE Group, Hannes Swoboda, on behalf of the S&D Group, Guy Verhofstadt, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, and Martin Callanan, on behalf of the ECR Group.
IN THE CHAIR: Rainer WIELAND

Vice-President

The following spoke: Nigel Farage, on behalf of the EFD Group, Patrick Le Hyaric, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, and Francisco Sosa Wagner, Non-attached Member.
The debate closed.

17.   Roaming on public mobile communications networks within the Union ***I (debate)
Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on roaming on public mobile communications networks within the Union (recast) [COM(2011)0402 - C7-0190/2011- 2011/0187(COD)] - Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. Rapporteur: Angelika Niebler (A7-0149/2012)
Angelika Niebler introduced the report.
The following spoke: Nicolai Wammen (President-in-Office of the Council) and Neelie Kroes (Vice-President of the Commission).
The following spoke: Róża Gräfin von Thun und Hohenstein (rapporteur for the opinion of the IMCO Committee), Pilar del Castillo Vera, on behalf of the PPE Group, Robert Goebbels, on behalf of the S&D Group, Jens Rohde, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Philippe Lamberts, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Edvard Kožušník, on behalf of the ECR Group, Niki Tzavela, on behalf of the EFD Group, Miloslav Ransdorf, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Franz Obermayr, Non-attached Member, Paul Rübig, Judith A. Merkies, Jürgen Creutzmann, Christian Engström, Vicky Ford, Jaroslav Paška, Romana Jordan and Teresa Riera Madurell.
IN THE CHAIR: Roberta ANGELILLI

Vice-President

The following spoke: Vladko Todorov Panayotov, Marina Yannakoudakis, Oreste Rossi, Patrizia Toia, Lena Kolarska-Bobińska, Oldřich Vlasák, Mara Bizzotto, Horst Schnellhardt, Silvia-Adriana Țicău, James Nicholson, Hermann Winkler, Kathleen Van Brempt, Julie Girling, Seán Kelly, Pavel Poc, Marco Scurria, Ioan Enciu, Alojz Peterle, Marita Ulvskog, Regina Bastos, Francesco De Angelis, Hubert Pirker, Wojciech Michał Olejniczak, Danuta Jazłowiecka and Gunnar Hökmark.
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Petru Constantin Luhan, Petri Sarvamaa, Phil Prendergast and Ana Miranda.
The following spoke: Neelie Kroes and Nicolai Wammen.
IN THE CHAIR: Jacek PROTASIEWICZ

Vice-President

The following spoke: Angelika Niebler.
The debate closed.
Vote: minutes of 10.5.2012, item 12.50.

18.   Follow-up to the LIBE delegation visit to Sicily and Lampedusa (debate)
Council and Commission statements: Follow-up to the LIBE delegation visit to Sicily and Lampedusa
Nicolai Wammen (President-in-Office of the Council) and Neelie Kroes (Vice-President of the Commission) made the statements.
The following spoke: Salvatore Iacolino, on behalf of the PPE Group, Rita Borsellino, on behalf of the S&D Group, Cecilia Wikström, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Franziska Keller, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Mario Borghezio, on behalf of the EFD Group, Kyriacos Triantaphyllides, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Philip Claeys, Non-attached Member, Simon Busuttil, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Nathalie Griesbeck, Nick Griffin, Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Claude Moraes, Sonia Alfano, Georgios Papanikolaou, Tanja Fajon, Róża Gräfin von Thun und Hohenstein and Marco Scurria.
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Hubert Pirker.
IN THE CHAIR: Georgios PAPASTAMKOS

Vice-President

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Ana Miranda, Franz Obermayr and Andrew Henry William Brons.
The following spoke: Karel De Gucht (Member of the Commission) and Nicolai Wammen.
The debate closed.

19.   Law applicable to non-contractual obligations (Rome II) (debate)
Report with recommendations to the Commission on the amendment of Regulation (EC) No 864/2007 on the law applicable to non-contractual obligations (Rome II) [2009/2170(INI)] - Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: Cecilia Wikström (A7-0152/2012)
Cecilia Wikström introduced the report.
The following spoke: Karel De Gucht (Member of the Commission).
The following spoke: Tadeusz Zwiefka, on behalf of the PPE Group, Raffaele Baldassarre and Marco Scurria.
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Gesine Meissner.
The following spoke: Karel De Gucht and Cecilia Wikström.
The debate closed.
Vote: minutes of 10.5.2012, item 12.53.

20.   Trade and investment strategy for the Southern Mediterranean following the Arab Spring revolutions (debate)
Report on Trade for Change: The EU Trade and Investment Strategy for the Southern Mediterranean following the Arab Spring revolutions [2011/2113(INI)] - Committee on International Trade. Rapporteur: Niccolò Rinaldi (A7-0104/2012)
The following spoke: Karel De Gucht (Member of the Commission).
Niccolò Rinaldi introduced the report.
The following spoke: Spyros Danellis (rapporteur for the opinion of the AGRI Committee), Cristiana Muscardini, on behalf of the PPE Group, Maria Badia i Cutchet, on behalf of the S&D Group, Metin Kazak, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Ulrike Lunacek, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Daniel Caspary, Lajos Bokros, on behalf of the ECR Group, Mario Borghezio, on behalf of the EFD Group, Paul Murphy, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Andreas Mölzer, Non-attached Member, Daniel Caspary, Gianluca Susta, Kristiina Ojuland and Charles Tannock.
IN THE CHAIR: Alexander ALVARO

Vice-President

The following spoke: Willy Meyer, Laurence J.A.J. Stassen, María Auxiliadora Correa Zamora, Josefa Andrés Barea, Ewald Stadler, Gay Mitchell, Corina Crețu, Angelika Werthmann and Guido Milana.
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Rareș-Lucian Niculescu, Inês Cristina Zuber and Jaroslav Paška.
The following spoke: Karel De Gucht and Niccolò Rinaldi.
The debate closed.
Vote: minutes of 10.5.2012, item 12.54.

21.   Patenting of essential biological processes (debate)
Commission statement: Patenting of essential biological processes
Karel De Gucht (Member of the Commission) made the statement.
The following spoke: Martin Kastler, on behalf of the PPE Group, Evelyne Gebhardt, on behalf of the S&D Group, Cecilia Wikström, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Martin Häusling, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Vicky Ford, on behalf of the ECR Group, Bastiaan Belder, on behalf of the EFD Group, João Ferreira, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Philippe De Backer, John Bufton, Peter Liese, Tadeusz Zwiefka, Peter Jahr, who also replied to a blue-card question by Daniel Caspary, and Esther de Lange.
IN THE CHAIR: Rainer WIELAND

Vice-President

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Rareș-Lucian Niculescu and Phil Bennion.
The following spoke: Karel De Gucht.
Motion for a resolution to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 110(2):






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Klaus-Heiner Lehne, Tadeusz Zwiefka, Martin Kastler and Peter Liese, on behalf of the PPE Group, Evelyne Gebhardt, Luigi Berlinguer, Sylvie Guillaume, Evelyn Regner, Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg and Françoise Castex, on behalf of the S&D Group, Martin Häusling and Margrete Auken, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, and Corinne Lepage, on the patenting of essential biological processes (B7-0228/2012).




The debate closed.
Vote: minutes of 10.5.2012, item 12.55.

22.   Composition of Parliament

Following the death of Miguel Portas, Parliament noted that, pursuant to Rule 4(1), a seat had become vacant with effect from 25 April 2012.

23.   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:
Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Chris Davies, Nikos Chrysogelos, Marina Yannakoudakis, Willy Meyer, Andrey Kovatchev, Kristiina Ojuland, Ana Miranda, Charalampos Angourakis, Kinga Gál, Claudiu Ciprian Tănăsescu, Paul Murphy, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Seán Kelly, Antigoni Papadopoulou, Csaba Sógor, Daciana Octavia Sârbu, Czesław Adam Siekierski, Alexander Mirsky, Cătălin Sorin Ivan, Silvia-Adriana Țicău, Emer Costello, Corina Crețu and Phil Prendergast.

24.   Regional airports and air services (short presentation)
Report on the future of regional airports and air services in the EU [2011/2196(INI)] - Committee on Transport and Tourism. Rapporteur: Philip Bradbourn (A7-0094/2012)
Philip Bradbourn made the presentation.
The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Seán Kelly, Silvia-Adriana Țicău, João Ferreira, Jaroslav Paška, Hubert Pirker, Phil Prendergast and Rareș-Lucian Niculescu.
The following spoke: Karel De Gucht (Member of the Commission).
The item closed.
Vote: minutes of 10.5.2012, item 12.05.

25.   Agenda of the next sitting

The agenda of the next day's sitting had been established (‘Agenda’ PE 486.815/OJJE).

26.   Closure of the sitting

The sitting closed at 22.00.


Klaus Welle

Secretary General



Martin Schulz

President





Wednesday 9 May 2012ATTENDANCE REGISTER
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