Minutes of the sitting of 11 June 2012
Date: 2012-09-20
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: European Parliament, parliamentary debate








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Monday 11 June 2012MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 11 JUNE 2012
2012/C 284 E/01
Contents






1.

Resumption of the session









2.

Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting









3.

Welcome









4.

Composition of Parliament









5.

Composition of political groups









6.

Composition of Parliament









7.

Verification of credentials









8.

Composition of committees and delegations









9.

Signature of acts adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure









10.

Announcements by the President









11.

Documents received









12.

Questions for oral answer and written declarations (submission)









13.

Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council









14.

Action taken on Parliament's resolutions









15.

Petitions









16.

Transfers of appropriations









17.

Order of business









18.

EU trade negotiations with Japan (debate)









19.

Scheme of generalised tariff preferences ***I (debate)









20.

Public consultations and their availability in all EU languages (debate)









21.

One-minute speeches on matters of political importance









22.

Development cooperation with Latin America (short presentation)









23.

Cross-border voluntary activities (short presentation)









24.

Critical information infrastructure protection (short presentation)









25.

Energy policy cooperation (short presentation)









26.

Agenda of the next sitting









27.

Closure of the sitting



ATTENDANCE REGISTER

MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 11 JUNE 2012

IN THE CHAIR: Martin SCHULZ

President


1.   Resumption of the session

The sitting opened at 17.00.

2.   Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

3.   Welcome

On behalf of Parliament, the President welcomed members of a delegation from the US Congress - led by Cliff Stearns - who had taken their seats in the distinguished visitors' gallery.

4.   Composition of Parliament

The French authorities had given notice of the election of Eric Andrieu, Jean-Jacob Bicep and Karim Zeribi to replace Kader Arif, Pascal Canfin and Vincent Peillon as Members of Parliament with effect from 16 May 2012.
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, Eric Andrieu, Jean-Jacob Bicep and Karim Zeribi would take their seats in Parliament and on its bodies and would enjoy all the rights attaching thereto.

5.   Composition of political groups

Karim Zeribi had joined the Verts/ALE Group.

6.   Composition of Parliament

The Hungarian authorities had given notice of the election of Erik Bánki to replace János Áder as Member of Parliament with effect from 1 June 2012.
Under Rule 3(2), until such time as his credentials had been verified or a ruling had been given on any dispute, and provided that he had previously made a written declaration stating that he did not hold any office incompatible with that of Member of the European Parliament, Erik Bánki would take his seat in Parliament and on its bodies and would enjoy all the rights attaching thereto.

7.   Verification of credentials

On a proposal from the JURI Committee, Parliament validated the mandates of Minodora Cliveti and Alda Sousa.
The mandate of Minodora Cliveti took effect from 18 May 2012, and that of Alda Sousa with effect from 9 May 2012.

8.   Composition of committees and delegations

The President had received the following requests for appointments from the PPE and EFD Groups:






 


Special Committee on Organised Crime, Corruption and Money Laundering: Rolandas Paksas










 


Delegation for relations with Japan: Teresa Jiménez-Becerril Barrio to replace Eva Ortiz Vilella




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

9.   Signature of acts adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure

The President announced that on Wednesday, together with the President of the Council, he would sign the following acts adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure (Rule 74):






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Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the accelerated phasing-in of double-hull or equivalent design requirements for single-hull oil tankers (recast) (00018/2012/LEX - C7-0143/2012 - 2011/0243(COD));










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Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Community (00019/2012/LEX - C7-0142/2012 - 2012/0019(COD));










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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 (00017/2012/LEX - C7-0141/2012 - 2011/0315(COD));










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Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 302/2009 concerning a multiannual recovery plan for bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean (00016/2012/LEX - C7-0140/2012 - 2011/0144(COD));










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Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on roaming on public mobile communications networks within the Union (recast) (00020/2012/LEX - C7-0139/2012 - 2011/0187(COD));










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Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 89/666/EEC and Directives 2005/56/EC and 2009/101/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the interconnection of central, commercial and companies registers (00005/2012/LEX - C7-0138/2012 - 2011/0038(COD)).





10.   Announcements by the President

The President made the following announcements:






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At its meeting of Thursday 7 June 2012 the Justice and Home Affairs Council had agreed a procedure on the Schengen evaluation mechanism that implied a unilateral amendment of the legal basis, which Parliament felt was unacceptable. This matter had been raised with the President at the Conference of Presidents by several political groups, and he had asked the President-in-Office of the Council to make a statement on the subject tomorrow at 09.00;










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The President had written to the new Serbian President Tomislav Nikolić to congratulate him on his election. However, in that letter he also asked him not to call into question the judgments issued by the International Criminal Court in connection with the crimes committed at Srebrenica;










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The President passed on to Parliament the thanks he had received for its support from the 1995 Sakharov Prize winner Leyla Zana. Ms Zana had been sentenced in 2010 under the Turkish anti-terrorism law. The President, on behalf of Parliament, called for Leyla Zana to be given a fair trial;










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The trial of the 2011 Sakharov Prize winner Asmaa Mahfouz was due to start on 17 June 2012 in Cairo. The President had asked the Vice President of the Commission and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton to ensure that the EU's representative in Egypt was personally present at the trial.





11.   Documents received

The following documents had been received:







1)




from committees, reports







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***I Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on amendments to the Agreement Establishing the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) extending the geographic scope of EBRD operations to the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean (COM(2011)0905 - C7-0523/2011 - 2011/0442(COD)) - ECON Committee - Rapporteur: Slavi Binev (A7-0142/2012)










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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 1300/2008 of 18 December 2008 establishing a multi-annual plan for the stock of herring distributed to the west of Scotland and the fisheries exploiting that stock (COM(2011)0760 - C7-0432/2011 - 2011/0345(COD)) - PECH Committee - Rapporteur: Struan Stevenson (A7-0145/2012)










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***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain measures in relation to countries allowing non-sustainable fishing for the purpose of the conservation of fish stocks (COM(2011)0888 - C7-0508/2011 - 2011/0434(COD)) - PECH Committee - Rapporteur: Pat the Cope Gallagher (A7-0146/2012)










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***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending the Staff Regulations of Officials and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union (COM(2011)0890 - C7-0507/2011 - 2011/0455(COD)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Dagmar Roth-Behrendt (A7-0156/2012)










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***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the definition, description, presentation, labelling and the protection of geographical indications of aromatised wine products (COM(2011)0530 - C7-0234/2011 - 2011/0231(COD)) - ENVI Committee - Rapporteur: Paolo Bartolozzi (A7-0158/2012)










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***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 as regards pharmacovigilance (COM(2012)0051 - C7-0034/2012 - 2012/0023(COD)) - ENVI Committee - Rapporteur: Linda McAvan (A7-0164/2012)










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***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2001/83/EC as regards pharmacovigilance (COM(2012)0052 - C7-0033/2012 - 2012/0025(COD)) - ENVI Committee - Rapporteur: Linda McAvan (A7-0165/2012)










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Report on recognising and promoting cross-border voluntary activities in the EU (2011/2293(INI)) - CULT Committee - Rapporteur: Marco Scurria (A7-0166/2012)










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Report on critical information infrastructure protection - achievements and next steps: towards global cyber-security (2011/2284(INI)) - ITRE Committee - Rapporteur: Ivailo Kalfin (A7-0167/2012)










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Report on Engaging in energy policy cooperation with partners beyond our borders: A strategic approach to secure, sustainable and competitive energy supply (2012/2029(INI)) - ITRE Committee - Rapporteur: Edit Herczog (A7-0168/2012)










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* Report on the proposal for a Council decision amending Council Decision 2001/822/EC on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Community (COM(2012)0061 - C7-0054/2012 - 2012/0024(CNS)) - DEVE Committee - Rapporteur: Maurice Ponga (A7-0169/2012)










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***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the strengthening of economic and budgetary surveillance of Member States experiencing or threatened with serious difficulties with respect to their financial stability in the euro area (COM(2011)0819 - C7-0449/2011 - 2011/0385(COD)) - ECON Committee - Rapporteur: Jean-Paul Gauzès (A7-0172/2012)










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***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on common provisions for monitoring and assessing draft budgetary plans and ensuring the correction of excessive deficit of the Member States in the euro area (COM(2011)0821 - C7-0448/2011 - 2011/0386(COD)) - ECON Committee - Rapporteur: Elisa Ferreira (A7-0173/2012)










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Recommendation to the Council on the EU Special Representative for Human Rights (2012/2088(INI)) - AFET Committee - Rapporteur: José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra (A7-0174/2012)










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Report on the Council position on Draft amending budget No 2/2012 of the European Union for the financial year 2012, Section III - European Commission (09916/2012 - C7-0123/2012 - 2012/2057(BUD)) - BUDG Committee - Rapporteur: Francesca Balzani (A7-0181/2012)










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Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the 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(2012)0126 - C7-0078/2012 - 2012/2051(BUD)) - BUDG Committee - Rapporteur: José Manuel Fernandes (A7-0182/2012)










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***I Report on the draft regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to temporary judges of the European Union Civil Service Tribunal (01923/2011 - C7-0091/2011 - 2011/0902(COD)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Alexandra Thein (A7-0184/2012)










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Report with a proposal for a European Parliament recommendation to the Council on the 67th session of the United Nations General Assembly (2012/2036(INI)) - AFET Committee - Rapporteur: Alexander Graf Lambsdorff (A7-0186/2012)










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Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund in accordance with point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (EGF/2012/000 TA 2012 - Technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission) (COM(2012)0160 - C7-0091/2012 - 2012/2058(BUD)) - BUDG Committee - Rapporteur: Jan Kozłowski (A7-0187/2012)










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*Report on the nomination of Iliana Ivanova as a Member of the Court of Auditors (C7-0111/2012 - 2012/0803(NLE)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Inés Ayala Sender (A7-0188/2012)










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Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, in accordance with point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (application EGF/2011/020 ES/Comunidad Valenciana - footwear from Spain) (COM(2012)0204 - C7-0112/2012 - 2012/2089(BUD)) - BUDG Committee - Rapporteur: Salvador Garriga Polledo (A7-0189/2012)















2)




from Members, motions for resolutions (Rule 120)







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Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris. Motion for a resolution on closing the digital divide (B7-0268/2012)






referred to


responsible: ITRE
opinion: CULT














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Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris. Motion for a resolution on easier identification of hit-and-run drivers (B7-0269/2012)






referred to


responsible: TRAN














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Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris. Motion for a resolution on multilingualism (B7-0270/2012)






referred to


responsible: CULT














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Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris. Motion for a resolution on the new plan for ‘Combating HIV/AIDS in the European Union and neighbouring countries’ (B7-0271/2012)






referred to


responsible: ENVI














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Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris. Motion for a resolution on support for popular music (B7-0272/2012)






referred to


responsible: CULT














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Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris. Motion for a resolution on the European Quality Charter on Internships (B7-0273/2012)






referred to


responsible: EMPL














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Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris. Motion for a resolution on reclamation of contaminated sites (B7-0274/2012)






referred to


responsible: ENVI













12.   Questions for oral answer and written declarations (submission)

The following documents had been submitted by Members:







1)




oral questions (Rule 115)







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(O-000110/2012) by Klaus-Heiner Lehne, on behalf of the JURI Committee, to the Commission: Future of European company law (B7-0117/2012);










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(O-000101/2012) by Philippe Juvin and Thomas Ulmer, on behalf of the PPE Group, Linda McAvan and Gilles Pargneaux, on behalf of the S&D Group, Corinne Lepage and Antonyia Parvanova, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Margrete Auken and Michèle Rivasi, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Marina Yannakoudakis, on behalf of the ECR Group, Marisa Matias, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Oreste Rossi, on behalf of the EFD Group, to the Commission: Defective silicone gel breast implants made by French company PIP: revision of EU legislation on medical devices (B7-0118/2012).















2)




written declarations for inclusion in the register (Rule 123)







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Philippe Boulland and Ádám Kósa, on improving the accessibility of the Erasmus and Europe for Citizens programmes (0021/2012);










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Franz Obermayr, on effective consumer protection in connection with calls to service numbers (0022/2012).









13.   Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council

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






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Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Central African Republic on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber and derived products to the European Union (FLEGT);










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Procès-Verbal of Rectification of the Common Aviation Area Agreement between The European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Georgia, of the other part;










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Second Procès-Verbal of Rectification of the Euro-Mediterranean Aviation Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, of the other part.





14.   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 February I 2012 and February II 2012 part-sessions was available on the Séance en direct site.

15.   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):






 


30 May 2012
Malgorzata Wieteska (0616/2012); Salvatore Fresta (0617/2012); Chantal Evrard (0618/2012); (name confidential) (0619/2012); Daniela Basile (0620/2012); Marco Bazzoni (0621/2012); Roger La Richarderie (0622/2012); Ennio Iezzi (0623/2012); Kumar Sreeram (0624/2012); Nyakó Csaba (15 signatures) (0625/2012); Francesco Canzoneri (0626/2012); Consuelo González Gordón (0627/2012); (name confidential) (0628/2012); (name confidential) (0629/2012); Mihaela Simedre Loredana (0630/2012); Tiago Guimarães (0631/2012); Ricardo Torres Montoro (0632/2012); Salvador Manuel Jóia Costa (0633/2012); (name confidential) (0634/2012); M. Pilar Vera Palmes (0635/2012); Antonio Olmo Méndez (0636/2012); Dascalescu Ion (0637/2012); Carmen Alot Duran (0638/2012); Yosheba Miren Sainz de la Higuera y Gartzia (0639/2012); Pedro Hernando Martínez (0640/2012); Mihaela Simedre Loredana (0641/2012); Antonio Domínguez Castejón (0642/2012); Boguslaw Wierzbicki (0643/2012); José Manuel Martín Álvarez (0644/2012); José Manuel Pérez Trujillo (0645/2012); Michaela Luminita Westermann (0646/2012); (name confidential) (0647/2012).










 


8 June 2012
Ioannis Tsantermas (0648/2012); Markus Bergfeld (2 signatures) (0649/2012); (name confidential) (0650/2012); Wolfgang Richter (0651/2012); (name confidential) (0652/2012); (name confidential) (0653/2012); (name confidential) (0654/2012); Thomas Jähne (0655/2012); Wolfgang Freundorfer (0656/2012); Atanas Chorbadjiev (0657/2012); Andrea Somma (0658/2012); Hayden Krasner (0659/2012); Emanuela Consortini (0660/2012); Filippo Positan (0661/2012); Eleni Cavalli (0662/2012); Beniamin Sandrini (0663/2012); (name confidential) (0664/2012); (name confidential) (0665/2012); Mario Presa (0666/2012); Vincenzo Delle Vergini (0667/2012); Raina Mihailova (0668/2012); Davide Giovanni Daleffe (0669/2012); Davide Giovanni Daleffe (0670/2012); Philippe Lang (0671/2012); Agata Antonevic (0672/2012); Armelle de Coulhac-Mazerieux (Association Vivre la Défense) (0673/2012); Federico Butti (Gioventù Federalista Europea) (5 signatures) (0674/2012); Ángel Manuel López Pérez (0675/2012); Francisco Ramón Valiente Martínez (0676/2012); María Alejandra Pizzorn García (0677/2012); Antonio Vicente Alonso Orihuela (0678/2012); Damián Pou Pérez (0679/2012); (name confidential) (0680/2012); Consuelo González Gordón (0681/2012); Gorka González Ozaeta (0682/2012); María del Carmen Cabrera González (0683/2012); (name confidential) (66 signatures) (0684/2012); Armeya Asoar (0685/2012); Enrique González Blanco (0686/2012); (name confidential) (0687/2012); Nicoleta Cindea (Asociația Tineri Pentru Viitor 2006) (0688/2012); Ildefonso Garvin Gómez (0689/2012); Francisco Tordesillas Fernández (0690/2012); Anna Celine Lichotka (0691/2012); Reinhard Hauch (0692/2012); Frank Wassmuth (0693/2012); Ren Kassmann (0694/2012); Dimcho Sotirov (0695/2012); (name confidential) (0696/2012); Renate Schopf (0697/2012); Michael Bucic (0698/2012); Jeannette Fila (0699/2012); Georg Brunnbauer (0700/2012); Adelina Chernaeva (0701/2012); Avrora Trifon va (0702/2012); Uljana Ivanva Stavreva (0703/2012); Georgios Patsidis (0704/2012); Jan Ulrich Benthin (0705/2012); (name confidential) (0706/2012); Joseph Meyer (0707/2012); Zdeněk Hromádka (0708/2012); Erazm Biniak (0709/2012); Andrzej Stepien (0710/2012); Mariusz Miasko (Kancelaria Prawna Viggen s.c.) (0711/2012); Daniel Oschadelus (Freiheit ohne Folter) (0712/2012); (name confidential) (0713/2012); Ioannis Leontidis (0714/2012); László Göbölös (0715/2012); José Carvalho (0716/2012); Adolfo Pablo Lapi Campillo (0717/2012); Yves Chanel (0718/2012); Veikko Turkki (0719/2012); Vincenzo Crea (ANCADIC Onlus - Comitato ‧Torrente Oliveto‧) (0720/2012); Nuran Kaya (0721/2012); Heidi Schulz (0722/2012).





16.   Transfers of appropriations

The Committee on Budgets had authorised the Commission's proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 07/2012 (N7-0057/2012 - C7-0107/2012 - 2012/2081(GBD)) in accordance with Article 24(4) of the Financial Regulation as interpreted in point 20 of the joint declaration on transitional measures applicable to the budgetary procedure after the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty.
The Committee on Budgets had authorised the Commission's proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 08/2012 (N7-0058/2012 - C7-0108/2012 - 2012/2084(GBD)) in accordance with Article 24(4) of the Financial Regulation as interpreted in point 20 of the joint declaration on transitional measures applicable to the budgetary procedure after the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty.
The Committee on Budgets had authorised the Commission's proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 09/2012 (N7-0056/2012 - C7-0106/2012 - 2012/2079(GBD)) in accordance with Article 24(4) of the Financial Regulation as interpreted in point 20 of the joint declaration on transitional measures applicable to the budgetary procedure after the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty.
The Committee on Budgets had authorised the Commission's proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 10/2012 (N7-0063/2012 - C7-0115/2012 - 2012/2090(GBD)) in accordance with Article 24(4) of the Financial Regulation as interpreted in point 20 of the joint declaration on transitional measures applicable to the budgetary procedure after the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty.
The Committee on Budgets had authorised the Commission's proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 13/2012 (N7-0069/2012 - C7-0130/2012 - 2012/2109(GBD)) in accordance with Article 24(4) of the Financial Regulation as interpreted in point 20 of the joint declaration on transitional measures applicable to the budgetary procedure after the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty.

17.   Order of business

The next item was the order of business.
The final draft agenda for the June 2012 plenary sittings (488.324 PDOJ) had been distributed. No amendments had been proposed (Rule 140).
The order of business was thus established.

18.   EU trade negotiations with Japan (debate)
Commission statement: EU trade negotiations with Japan
Karel De Gucht (Member of the Commission) made the statement.
The following spoke: Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa, on behalf of the PPE Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Jörg Leichtfried, and Bernd Lange, on behalf of the S&D Group.
IN THE CHAIR: Georgios PAPASTAMKOS

Vice-President

The following spoke: Metin Kazak, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Yannick Jadot, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Helmut Scholz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Daniel Caspary, Daniel Caspary, who also replied to a blue-card question by Yannick Jadot, Gianluca Susta, Niccolò Rinaldi, Elisabeth Köstinger, George Sabin Cutaș, Christofer Fjellner, Christel Schaldemose, Ivo Belet, Bogusław Liberadzki, Sandra Kalniete, Ioan Mircea Pașcu and Malcolm Harbour, who also replied to a blue-card question by Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa.
The following spoke under the ‧catch-the-eye‧ procedure: Andrew Henry William Brons.
The following spoke: Karel De Gucht.
Motion for a resolution to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 110(2):






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Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa and Daniel Caspary, on behalf of the PPE Group, Bernd Lange and Gianluca Susta, on behalf of the S&D Group, Yannick Jadot, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, et Helmut Scholz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on EU trade negotiations with Japan (B7-0297/2012).




The debate closed.
Vote: minutes of 13.6.2012, item 9.2.

19.   Scheme of generalised tariff preferences ***I (debate)
Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences [COM(2011)0241 - C7-0116/2011- 2011/0117(COD)] - Committee on International Trade. Rapporteur: Christofer Fjellner (A7-0054/2012)
Christofer Fjellner introduced the report.
The following spoke: Karel De Gucht (Member of the Commission).
The following spoke: Michèle Striffler (rapporteur for the opinion of the DEVE Committee), Daniel Caspary, on behalf of the PPE Group, Bernd Lange, on behalf of the S&D Group, Niccolò Rinaldi, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Franziska Keller, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Robert Sturdy, on behalf of the ECR Group, John Stuart Agnew, on behalf of the EFD Group, Helmut Scholz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, David Martin, Metin Kazak, Sajjad Karim, Jaroslav Paška, Younous Omarjee and Vital Moreira.
IN THE CHAIR: Isabelle DURANT

Vice-President

The following spoke: Maria Badia i Cutchet, Gianluca Susta, George Sabin Cutaș, Josefa Andrés Barea and Patrice Tirolien.
The following spoke under the ‧catch-the-eye‧ procedure: Carl Schlyter, João Ferreira and Andrew Henry William Brons.
The following spoke: Karel De Gucht and Christofer Fjellner.
The debate closed.
Vote: minutes of 13.6.2012, item 7.3.

20.   Public consultations and their availability in all EU languages (debate)
Commission statement: Public consultations and their availability in all EU languages
Karel De Gucht (Member of the Commission) made the statement.
The following spoke: Róża Gräfin von Thun und Hohenstein, on behalf of the PPE Group, Olga Sehnalová, on behalf of the S&D Group, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Ana Miranda, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Oldřich Vlasák, on behalf of the ECR Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, John Stuart Agnew, on behalf of the EFD Group, Marie-Christine Vergiat, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Philip Claeys, Non-attached Member, Marco Scurria, Silvia-Adriana Țicău, Véronique Mathieu, Salvatore Iacolino and Roberta Angelilli.
The following spoke under the ‧catch-the-eye‧ procedure: Katarína Neveďalová, João Ferreira and Jaroslav Paška.
The following spoke: Karel De Gucht.
The motions for resolutions to be tabled under Rule 110(2) would be announced in the House at a later time.
The debate closed.
Vote: minutes of 14.6.2012, item 11.4.

21.   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:
Petru Constantin Luhan, Alajos Mészáros, Anna Záborská, Arkadiusz Tomasz Bratkowski, María Muñiz De Urquiza, Marian Harkin, Ana Miranda, Claudio Morganti, Takis Hadjigeorgiou, Diane Dodds, Cristian Dan Preda, Edit Bauer, George Sabin Cutaș, Jelko Kacin, Pat the Cope Gallagher, Marisa Matias and Georgios Koumoutsakos.
IN THE CHAIR: Othmar KARAS

Vice-President

The following spoke: Evelyn Regner, Georgios Papanikolaou, Inés Ayala Sender, Véronique Mathieu, Alexander Mirsky, Csaba Sógor, Ricardo Cortés Lastra and Claudiu Ciprian Tănăsescu.

22.   Development cooperation with Latin America (short presentation)
Report on defining a new development cooperation with Latin America [2011/2286(INI)] - Committee on Development. Rapporteur: Ricardo Cortés Lastra (A7-0159/2012)
Ricardo Cortés Lastra made the presentation.
The following spoke under the ‧catch-the-eye‧ procedure: Santiago Fisas Ayxela, Ana Miranda, João Ferreira, Kinga Gál, Jaroslav Paška and Franz Obermayr.
The following spoke: Karel De Gucht (Member of the Commission).
The item closed.
Vote: minutes of 12.6.2012, item 6.5.

23.   Cross-border voluntary activities (short presentation)
Report on recognising and promoting cross-border voluntary activities in the EU [2011/2293(INI)] - Committee on Culture and Education. Rapporteur: Marco Scurria (A7-0166/2012)
Marco Scurria made the presentation.
The following spoke under the ‧catch-the-eye‧ procedure: Kinga Gál, Katarína Neveďalová, Marian Harkin, Malika Benarab-Attou, Heinz K. Becker, Emer Costello, Marek Henryk Migalski, Joanna Katarzyna Skrzydlewska, Marie-Christine Vergiat, who also referred to the conduct of the debate and translation and interpretation problems, Franz Obermayr, Georgios Papanikolaou, Zuzana Roithová and Petru Constantin Luhan.
The following spoke: Karel De Gucht (Member of the Commission).
The item closed.
Vote: minutes of 12.6.2012, item 6.6.

24.   Critical information infrastructure protection (short presentation)
Report on critical information infrastructure protection - achievements and next steps: towards global cyber-security [2011/2284(INI)] - Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. Rapporteur: Ivailo Kalfin (A7-0167/2012)
Ivailo Kalfin made the presentation.
The following spoke under the ‧catch-the-eye‧ procedure: Lambert van Nistelrooij, Rui Tavares, Zuzana Roithová, Inês Cristina Zuber and Petru Constantin Luhan.
The following spoke: Neelie Kroes (Vice-President of the Commission).
IN THE CHAIR: Jacek PROTASIEWICZ

Vice-President

The item closed.
Vote: minutes of 12.6.2012, item 6.7.

25.   Energy policy cooperation (short presentation)
Report on Engaging in energy policy cooperation with partners beyond our borders: A strategic approach to secure, sustainable and competitive energy supply [2012/2029(INI)] - Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. Rapporteur: Edit Herczog (A7-0168/2012)
Edit Herczog made the presentation.
The following spoke under the ‧catch-the-eye‧ procedure: Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė, Jaroslav Paška, Maria Da Graça Carvalho, Jacek Włosowicz and Zuzana Roithová.
The following spoke: Neelie Kroes (Vice-President of the Commission).
The item closed.
Vote: minutes of 12.6.2012, item 6.8.

26.   Agenda of the next sitting

The agenda of the next day's sitting had been established (‧Agenda‧ PE 488.324/OJMA).

27.   Closure of the sitting

The sitting closed at 22.00.


Klaus Welle

Secretary General



Isabelle Durant

Vice-President





Monday 11 June 2012ATTENDANCE REGISTER
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