Minutes of the sitting of 11 March 2013
Date: 2013-06-07
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: European Parliament, parliamentary debate








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Official Journal of the European Union


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Monday 11 March 2013
MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 11 MARCH 2013

2013/C 162 E/01
Contents






1.

Resumption of the session









2.

Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting









3.

Composition of Parliament









4.

Verification of credentials









5.

Composition of political groups









6.

Composition of committees and delegations









7.

Written declaration (Rule 123(4))









8.

Corrigendum (Rule 216)









9.

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









10.

Statements by the President









11.

Documents received









12.

Decisions concerning certain documents









13.

Questions for oral answer (submission)









14.

Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council









15.

Action taken on Parliament's positions and resolutions









16.

Petitions









17.

Transfers of appropriations









18.

Order of business









19.

Impact of the economic crisis on gender equality and women's rights - Eliminating gender stereotypes in the EU - Situation of women in North Africa (debate)









20.

Trans-European energy infrastructure guidelines ***I (debate)









21.

Energy roadmap 2050 (debate)









22.

Risk and safety assessments of nuclear power plants in the European Union ("stress tests") (debate)









23.

Accounting rules and action plans on greenhouse gas emissions and removals resulting from activities related to land use ***I - Mechanism for monitoring and reporting greenhouse gas emissions and other information relevant to climate change ***I (debate)









24.

One-minute speeches on matters of political importance









25.

Financing of EU cooperation for African, Caribbean and Pacific States and overseas countries and territories for 2014-2020 (short presentation)









26.

Association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Union *(short presentation)









27.

Agenda of the next sitting









28.

Closure of the sitting









29.

Closure of the session



ATTENDANCE REGISTER






Annex 1 -

European Year for Reconciling Work and Family Life (written declaration)




MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 11 MARCH 2013

IN THE CHAIR: Martin SCHULZ

President


1.   Resumption of the session

The sitting opened at 17.00.
The President wished Marc Tarabella a happy birthday.

2.   Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.
The following spoke: Marco Scurria, to say that a Parliament delegation travelling to the Western Sahara had been turned back in Morocco (the President said that Elmar Brok, Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, had contacted the Moroccan minister with responsibility in this area).

3.   Composition of Parliament

Ioannis Kasoulides had been appointed Cypriot Foreign Minister with effect from 1 March 2013.
The Cypriot authorities had announced the appointment of Andreas Pitsillides to replace him with effect from 4 March 2013.
In accordance with Article 7(1) of the Act on the election of members of the European Parliament by universal suffrage and with Rule 4(1) and (4), Parliament established that the seat was vacant with effect from 1 March 2013 and noted the appointment of Andreas Pitsillides as Member of the European Parliament with effect from 4 March 2013.
In accordance with 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 signed the declaration that he did not hold any office incompatible with that of Member of the European Parliament, Andreas Pitsillides would take his seat in Parliament and on its bodies and would enjoy all the rights attaching thereto.

4.   Verification of credentials

On a proposal from the JURI Committee, Parliament validated the mandate of Mark Demesmaeker.

5.   Composition of political groups

Marta Andreasen was no longer a member of the EFD Group as of 26 February 2013.

6.   Composition of committees and delegations

At the request of the S&D Group, Parliament ratified the following appointment:
CONT Committee: Francesca Barracciu

7.   Written declaration (Rule 123(4))
The President informed Parliament that the following written declaration had been signed by a majority of Parliament's component Members:
Written declaration 0032/2012 on the European Year for Reconciling Work and Family Life, submitted by the following Members: Marian Harkin, Elisabeth Morin-Chartier, Roberta Angelilli and Jutta Steinruck.
This declaration has been published in these minutes with the names of the signatories (minutes of 11.3.2013, Annex 1).

8.   Corrigendum (Rule 216)
The committee responsible had forwarded the following corrigendum to a text adopted by Parliament:
Corrigendum (P7_TA-PROV(2013)0048(COR01)) to the European Parliament’s resolution of 6 February 2013 on the guidelines for the 2014 budget procedure, Section I – European Parliament, Section II – Council, Section IV – Court of Justice, Section V – Court of Auditors, Section VI – European Economic and Social Committee, Section VII – Committee of the Regions, Section VIII – European Ombudsman, Section IX – European Data Protection Supervisor, Section X – European External Action (P7_TA-PROV(2013)0048) (2013/2003(BUD))
Pursuant to Rule 216(4), this corrigendum would be deemed approved unless, within 24 hours, 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.

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






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Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Decision No 574/2007/EC with a view to increasing the co-financing rate of the External Borders Fund for certain Member States experiencing or threatened with serious difficulties with respect to their financial stability (00072/2012/LEX - C7-0056/2013 - 2012/0253(COD))










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Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down specific measures for agriculture in favour of the smaller Aegean islands and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1405/2006 (00068/2012/LEX - C7-0055/2013 - 2010/0370(COD))










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Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down specific measures for agriculture in the outermost regions of the Union and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 247/2006 (00067/2012/LEX - C7-0054/2013 - 2010/0256(COD))










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Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Decisions No 573/2007/EC, No 575/2007/EC and Decision 2007/435/EC with a view to increasing the co-financing rate of the European Refugee Fund, the European Return Fund and the European Fund for the Integration of third-country nationals as regards certain provisions relating to financial management for certain Member States experiencing or threatened with serious difficulties with respect to their financial stability (00071/2012/LEX - C7-0053/2013 - 2012/0252(COD))










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Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 850/98 for the conservation of fishery resources through technical measures for the protection of juveniles of marine organisms and Regulation (EC) No 1434/98 specifying conditions under which herring may be landed for industrial purposes other than direct human consumption (00064/2012/LEX - C7-0052/2013 - 2012/0158(COD))





10.   Statements by the President

The President made a statement on International Women's Day, which had been held on 8 March 2013.
The President said that the seven European hostages held by a terrorist group in Nigeria had been executed the previous day. On behalf of Parliament, he condemned the assassinations and sent condolences to the victims' families.

11.   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 on Union guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network (COM(2011)0650 - C7-0375/2011 - 2011/0294(COD)) - TRAN Committee - Rapporteurs: Ismail Ertug, Georgios Koumoutsakos (A7-0012/2013)










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Report on Special Report No 6/2012 (discharge 2011) - "European Union Assistance to the Turkish Cypriot community", (pursuant to Article 287(4), second subparagraph, TFEU) (N7-0065/2012 - C7-0128/2012 - 2012/2107(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Ivailo Kalfin (A7-0013/2013)










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Report with recommendations to the Commission on the Statute for a European mutual society (2012/2039(INI)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Luigi Berlinguer (A7-0018/2013)










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***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Connecting Europe Facility (COM(2011)0665 - C7-0374/2011 - 2011/0302(COD)) - ITRE Committee - TRAN Committee - Rapporteur: Adina-Ioana Vălean - Rapporteur: Dominique Riquet (A7-0021/2013)










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Report on the Special Report of the European Ombudsman concerning his inquiry into complaint 2591/2010/GG against the European Commission (Vienna Airport) (2012/2264(INI)) - PETI Committee - Rapporteur: Margrete Auken (A7-0022/2013)










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Report on asbestos related occupational health threats and prospects for abolishing all existing asbestos (2012/2065(INI)) - EMPL Committee - Rapporteur: Stephen Hughes (A7-0025/2013)










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***I Report on the amended proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing an action programme for customs in the European Union for the period 2014-2020 (Customs 2020) and repealing Decision No 624/2007/EC (COM(2012)0464 - C7-0241/2012 - 2011/0341A(COD)) - IMCO Committee - Rapporteur: Raffaele Baldassarre (A7-0026/2013)










—


Report on the protection of public health from endocrine disrupters (2012/2066(INI)) - ENVI Committee - Rapporteur: Åsa Westlund (A7-0027/2013)










—


Report on improving the delivery of benefits from EU environment measures: building confidence through better knowledge and responsiveness (2012/2104(INI)) - ENVI Committee - Rapporteur: Oreste Rossi (A7-0028/2013)










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Report on 2011 Annual Report of the European Central Bank (2012/2304(INI)) - ECON Committee - Rapporteur: Marisa Matias (A7-0031/2013)










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*Report on the proposal for a Council directive laying down requirements for the protection of the health of the general public with regard to radioactive substances in water intended for human consumption (COM(2012)0147 - C7-0105/2012 - 2012/0074(NLE)) - ENVI Committee - Rapporteur: Michèle Rivasi (A7-0033/2013)










—


Report on the Energy roadmap 2050, a future with energy (2012/2103(INI)) - ITRE Committee - Rapporteur: Niki Tzavela (A7-0035/2013)










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***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure and repealing Decision 1364/2006/EC (COM(2011)0658 - C7-0371/2011 - 2011/0300(COD)) - ITRE Committee - Rapporteur: António Fernando Correia de Campos (A7-0036/2013)










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***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning flag State responsibilities for the enforcement of Council Directive 2009/13/EC implementing the Agreement concluded by the European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA) and the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) on the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, and amending Directive 1999/63/EC (COM(2012)0134 - C7-0083/2012 - 2012/0065(COD)) - EMPL Committee - Rapporteur: Pervenche Berès (A7-0037/2013)










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Report on the integration of migrants, its effects on the labour market and the external dimension of social security coordination (2012/2131(INI)) - EMPL Committee - Rapporteur: Nadja Hirsch (A7-0040/2013)










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Report on the composition of the European Parliament with a view to the 2014 elections (2012/2309(INI)) - AFCO Committee - Rapporteurs: Rafał Trzaskowski, Roberto Gualtieri (A7-0041/2013)










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Report on the general guidelines for the preparation of 2014 budget, Section III - Commission (2013/2010(BUD)) - BUDG Committee - Rapporteur: Anne E. Jensen (A7-0043/2013)










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Report on the situation of women in North Africa (2012/2102(INI)) - FEMM Committee - Rapporteur: Silvia Costa (A7-0047/2013)










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Report on the impact of the economic crisis on gender equality and women's rights (2012/2301(INI)) - FEMM Committee - Rapporteur: Elisabeth Morin-Chartier (A7-0048/2013)










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Report on the preparation of the multiannual financial framework regarding the financing of EU cooperation for African, Caribbean and Pacific States and Overseas Countries and Territories for the 2014-2020 period (11th European Development Fund) (2012/2222(INI)) - DEVE Committee - Rapporteur: Patrice Tirolien (A7-0049/2013)










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*Report on the proposal for a Council decision on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Union ("Overseas Association Decision") (COM(2012)0362 - C7-0285/2012 - 2012/0195(CNS)) - DEVE Committee - Rapporteur: Patrice Tirolien (A7-0052/2013)










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Report on eliminating gender stereotypes in the EU (2012/2116(INI)) - FEMM Committee - Rapporteur: Kartika Tamara Liotard (A7-0401/2012)










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***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council Amending Directive 2003/98/EC on re-use of public sector information (COM(2011)0877 - C7-0502/2011 - 2011/0430(COD)) - ITRE Committee - Rapporteur: Ivailo Kalfin (A7-0404/2012)














2)


from Members, motions for resolutions (Rule 120)






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Nicole Sinclaire. Motion for a resolution on observance of Remembrance Day (November 11th) (B7-0084/2013)






referred to


responsible: CULT














—


Tiziano Motti and Cristiana Muscardini. Motion for a resolution on the professionalism of dog trainers (B7-0085/2013)






referred to


responsible: EMPL
opinion: AGRI














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Cristiana Muscardini. Motion for a resolution on combating rare diseases through widespread neonatal screening (B7-0093/2013)






referred to


responsible: ENVI














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Cristiana Muscardini. Motion for a resolution on a proposal for transparent labelling for correct information on the origin, quality and traceability of foodstuffs (B7-0094/2013)






referred to


responsible: ENVI














—


Philip Claeys. Motion for a resolution on the violation of the rights of minorities in South Africa (B7-0127/2013)






referred to


responsible: AFET














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Cristiana Muscardini. Motion for a resolution on classifying horses as companion animals (B7-0128/2013)






referred to


responsible: ENVI













12.   Decisions concerning certain documents


Decision to apply a procedure with joint committee meetings (Rule 51)

(Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 31 January 2013)






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Mid-term review of the Stockholm Programme (2013/2024(INI))
committees: JURI, LIBE, AFCO





Changes to titles of own-initiative reports

(Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 6.2.2013)






 


TRAN Committee






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Blue Growth - Enhancing sustainable growth in the EU’s marine, maritime transport and tourism sectors (2012/2297(INI))














 


AFCO Committee






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The location of the seats of the European Union institutions (2012/2308(INI))









Decision to draw up own-initiative reports (Rule 48)

(Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 6 February 2013)






 


JURI, LIBE and AFCO Committees






—


Mid-term review of the Stockholm Programme (2013/2024(INI))
(opinion: FEMM)














 


AFET Committee






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The situation of human rights in the Sahel region and Western Sahara (2013/2020(INI))
(opinion: FEMM, DEVE)














 


DEVE Committee






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The role of property rights, property ownership and wealth creation in eradicating poverty and fostering sustainable development in developing countries (2013/2026(INI))
(opinion: FEMM)














 


ECON Committee






—


Annual Tax report: how to free the EU potential for economic growth (2013/2025(INI))
(opinion: PETI, IMCO, TRAN)










—


Reforming the structure of the EU banking sector (2013/2021(INI))














 


ENVI Committee






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Report from the Commission to the Council on the basis of Member States' reports on the implementation of the Council Recommendation (2009/C 151/01) on patient safety, including the prevention and control of healthcare associated infections (2013/2022(INI))
(opinion: EMPL)














 


JURI Committee






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Improving private international law: jurisdiction rules applicable to employment (2013/2023(INI))









Decision to draw up own-initiative reports (Rule 202(8))

(Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 31 January 2013)






 


PETI Committee






—


Annual Report of the activities of the Committee on Petitions 2012 (2013/2013(INI))









Modified referrals to committees







 


JURI Committee






—


Recommendation to the EEAS and to the Council on the 2013 review of the organisation and the functioning of the EEAS (2012/2253(INI))
referred to responsible: AFET
opinion: DEVE, ENVI, BUDG, CONT, JURI














 


AGRI Committee






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Innovating for Sustainable Growth: A Bioeconomy for Europe (2012/2295(INI))
referred to responsible: ENVI
opinion: DEVE, AGRI, EMPL, ITRE, IMCO, REGI














 


Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs






—


Clinical trials on medicinal products for human use, and repeal of Directive 2001/20/EC (COM(2012)0369 - C7-0194/2012 - 2012/0192(COD))
referred to responsible: ENVI
opinion: ITRE, LIBE, IMCO














 


ECON Committee






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Follow-up on the Delegation of Legislative Powers and the Control by Member States of the Commission's Exercise of Implementing Powers (2012/2323(INI))
referred to responsible: JURI
opinion: AFCO, DEVE, PECH, ENVI, ITRE, ECON, LIBE, TRAN














 


FEMM Committee






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European Commission's Seventh progress report on the EU Cohesion Policy (2013/2008(INI))
referred to responsible: REGI
opinion: FEMM, ENVI, EMPL, ITRE









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






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(O-000183/2012) by Amalia Sartori, on behalf of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, to the Commission: Stress tests (B7-0108/2013)










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(O-000018/2013) by Pervenche Berès, on behalf of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, to the Commission: The impact of austerity on the living conditions of people with disabilities (2012/2927(RSP)) (B7-0113/2013)





14.   Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council

The Council had forwarded certified true copies of the following:






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Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the European Union on the coordination of energy-efficiency labelling programs for office equipment;










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Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the United States of America pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedules of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania in the course of their accession to the European Union;










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Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community, on the one hand, and the Republic of Kiribati, on the other.





15.   Action taken on Parliament's positions and resolutions

The Commission communications on the action taken on the positions and resolutions adopted by Parliament during the October I and II 2012 and November 2012 part-sessions were available on the Séance en direct site.

16.   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):






 


15 February 2013
Wilson Cardenas Fonseca (1749/2012); José Manuel Martín Álvarez (1750/2012); Fernando Parra López (1751/2012); (name confidential) (1752/2012); Joan Ferrer Matamala (1753/2012); (name confidential) (1754/2012); (name confidential) (1755/2012); (name confidential) (1756/2012); José Manuel Martín Álvarez (1757/2012); (name confidential) (1758/2012); (name confidential) (1759/2012); José Manuel Martín Álvarez (1760/2012); (name confidential) (1761/2012); María Gema Peña Jiménez (1762/2012); David Román Faura (1763/2012); Juan Morenilla Ruiz (1764/2012); (name confidential) (1765/2012); Petre Petrica (1766/2012); Fulvio Albano (Tekmed Instruments SpA) (1767/2012); (name confidential) (1768/2012); Marta Sperduto (1769/2012); Regula Glauser (1770/2012); Andrea Somma (1771/2012); Ana Peso Haro (1772/2012); Marco Bava (1773/2012); Marco Bava (1774/2012); Marco Bava (1775/2012); Atanas Tchobanov (1776/2012); Yosheba Miren Sainz de la Higuera y Gartzia (1777/2012); Gianluca Sciacchitano (1778/2012); Mărcușanu Aurel Dorel (1779/2012); Anne Marie Vicau (1780/2012); George Florin Brăteanu (1781/2012); Felix Fru Mukong (1782/2012); (name confidential) (1783/2012); (name confidential) (1784/2012); Constantin Zaharia (1785/2012); Víctor Luis Acosta González (1786/2012); Marjukka Hagström (1787/2012); (name confidential) (1788/2012); Remeikis Stasys (1789/2012); Ascensión Barbero Sánchez (1790/2012); Manuel Moreno Romero (1791/2012); Félix de la Fuente (Ciudadanos Libres Unidos - Cilus) (1792/2012); Pablo Gutiérrez Jiménez (1793/2012); Aurel Truică (1794/2012); Dragomir Corneliu (1795/2012); Giovanni Bellin (Nova Hollad) (1796/2012); Gabino José Carballo Pérez (1797/2012); Kevin Scardifield (1798/2012); James Bainbridge (1799/2012); Sam Budhdeo (1800/2012); Dumitru Duguleanu (1801/2012); Pierangelo Saba (1802/2012); Kestutis Vilkauskas (1803/2012); (name confidential) (1804/2012); Kestutis Vilkauskas (1805/2012); Maria Hinca (1806/2012); Dino Guido Rinoldi (Associazione L.E.T.A.) (2 signatures) (1807/2012); Maria Rosaria Fonti (1808/2012); Andrea Signorini (1809/2012); Maria Victòria González Cenzano (1810/2012); (name confidential) (1811/2012); (name confidential) (1812/2012); Krisztián Pifkó (1813/2012); Yavor Djidjev (Union for Private Economic Enterprise) (1814/2012); (name confidential) (1815/2012); Pena Borobia (1816/2012); Irina Rodríguez de la Flor (1817/2012); (name confidential) (1818/2012); (name confidential) (1819/2012); (name confidential) (1820/2012); (name confidential) (1821/2012); (name confidential) (1822/2012); (name confidential) (1823/2012); Wolfgang Sohst (1824/2012); João Paulo Gomes Baptista Lopes (1825/2012); Daniel Pérez Creus (1826/2012); María Pilar Pérez García (1827/2012); Alexandru Mogoșanu (1828/2012); Osmo Juola (1829/2012); Victor Ruse (1830/2012); (name confidential) (1831/2012); Joan Cazador Mercader (1832/2012); Alvaro Vte. Tur Parra (1833/2012); Eduardo Ribeiro (1834/2012); (name confidential) (1835/2012); (name confidential) (1836/2012); Josep Antoni Rodríguez Solé (1837/2012); Ramona Riscau (1838/2012); Mihail Vrabie (1839/2012); (name confidential) (1840/2012); Santiago Carcas Cuartero (1841/2012); (name confidential) (1842/2012); (name confidential) (1843/2012); Marin Vasilescu (1844/2012); Teodora Vatuiu (1845/2012).










 


26 February 2013
Miquel Àngel Estévez Torrent (1846/2012); Albert Boadella Prat (1847/2012); Mihail Vrabie (1848/2012); Juan Calvo Díaz (1849/2012); Alexandra Jaraiz Lara (1850/2012); Rufino Manzaneque Ramos (1851/2012); Juan Luis Figueredo Alonso (1852/2012); Efren Javier Rubiera Cuervo (1853/2012); Issa Sacko (1854/2012); Víctor Escoda Vegas (1855/2012); Javier Sert Díaz (1856/2012); Constantin Potânc (1857/2012); Elena del Valle Reboul (1858/2012); Rosita Welcker (1859/2012); (name confidential) (1860/2012); (name confidential) (1861/2012); (name confidential) (1862/2012); (name confidential) (1863/2012); (name confidential) (1864/2012); (name confidential) (1865/2012); Eva Rodríguez Calvar (1866/2012); José Luis Gallego Carrasco (1867/2012); Cătălin Bîzgan (1868/2012); Viorica Giurca (1869/2012); Andreas Ebert (1870/2012); Andrea Herrfurth (1871/2012); (name confidential) (1872/2012); Rolf Weber (1873/2012); Karla Kamp (1874/2012); Roman Lopushanskyy (1875/2012); Markus Hugendick (1876/2012); (name confidential) (1877/2012); Liane Steiner (1878/2012); Andrej Poleev (1879/2012); Sebastian Władarz (1880/2012); (name confidential) (1881/2012); (name confidential) (1882/2012); Angel Dzhambazki (1883/2012); (name confidential) (1884/2012); Mairo Kõvask (1885/2012); Włodzimierz Krzciuk (1886/2012); Włodzimierz Krzciuk (1887/2012); Włodzimierz Krzciuk (1888/2012); Wiesław Boratyński (1889/2012); (name confidential) (1890/2012); Oksana Jewell (1891/2012); Yosheba Miren Sainz de la Higuera y Gartzia (1892/2012); Alberto de la Penã Guillén (1893/2012); Ferdinando Papeo (1894/2012); Luigi Diana (1895/2012); Carmen-Elena Călin (1896/2012); (name confidential) (1897/2012); Marzio Panelli (1898/2012); Flavio Miccono (I.P.A.) (1899/2012); (name confidential) (1900/2012); Patrick Fossier (1901/2012); Felipe Ureta (1902/2012); Denis Rolli (1903/2012); Victorin Borsciov (1904/2012); (name confidential) (1905/2012); Chi ama la Sicilia A.p.S. (Chi ama la Sicilia A.p.S.) (1906/2012); Thomas Kuhlmann (1907/2012); María del Carmen Fernández Otero (1908/2012); Aurelio Rosini (1909/2012); Flavio Miccono (I.P.A.) (1910/2012); (name confidential) (1911/2012); José Bastos (1912/2012); Peter Cassar Torreggiani (1913/2012); (name confidential) (1914/2012); Wojciech Wódka (1915/2012); Alfonsín Manuel Javier Rodríguez (1916/2012); Armenio Caetano Henriques (1917/2012); Frances Patricia Gibbs (1918/2012); Dhiraj Saha (1919/2012); Anita Oller Kamińska (1920/2012); (name confidential) (1921/2012); (name confidential) (1922/2012); (name confidential) (1923/2012); Roberto Carballal Moreno (1924/2012); Elisa Navas Herrera (1925/2012); Félix de la Fuente Pascual (1926/2012); Patrick Garces García (1927/2012); (name confidential) (1928/2012); Marrahí Escribà Marrahí (1929/2012); (name confidential) (1930/2012); (name confidential) (1931/2012); Ioan-Laurențiu Cocan (1932/2012); František Brychta (1933/2012); Owen Evan (1934/2012); (name confidential) (1935/2012); (name confidential) (1936/2012); (name confidential) (1937/2012); Danny Byrne (1938/2012); Milen Iliev (1939/2012); Rehan Haider (1940/2012); Peter Fake (1941/2012); Amélie Bodin (1942/2012); Aferdita Hasandocaj (1943/2012); (name confidential) (1944/2012); Anni Nielsen (1945/2012); Carsten Braatz (1946/2012); Arturo Brizzi (1947/2012); (name confidential) (1948/2012); Marcel Orzan (1949/2012); (name confidential) (1950/2012); Cesare Conte (1951/2012); (name confidential) (1952/2012); Janusz Anioł (1953/2012); Fazakas Palma (Birth House Association) (3 signatures) (1954/2012); Stelian Mihai (1955/2012); Associação Nacional dos Professores Contratados ANVPC (ANVPC) (1956/2012); Mariano Velasco Lizcano (Asociación Ecologista para la Defensa del Acuífero 23) (1957/2012); Nerea Garrido Montenegro (1958/2012); (name confidential) (1959/2012); (name confidential) (1960/2012); (name confidential) (1961/2012); José Manuel Martín Álvarez (1962/2012); Jesús Gerardo Ortiz Morales (1963/2012); (name confidential) (1964/2012); Miguel Ângelo de OM Correia (1965/2012); Juan Forjan (1966/2012); Enrique Arraiz Curbelo (1967/2012); (name confidential) (1968/2012); (name confidential) (1969/2012); José Antonio Sánchez Raba (1970/2012); Natália Maria Pereira Moura (1971/2012); (name confidential) (1972/2012); Manuel Mera Gomez (1973/2012); Manuel Mera Gomez (1974/2012); Julio Perdomo Lugo (1975/2012); (name confidential) (1976/2012); (name confidential) (1977/2012); Ioan-Laurențiu Cocan (1978/2012); Josep Francesc Chaqués i Noverques (1979/2012); José Manuel Martín Álvarez (1980/2012); Tudor Socrate Gregorian (1981/2012); Marc Aliart Cortés (1982/2012); Thomas Stamopoulos (1983/2012).










 


7 March 2013
Kestutis Vilkauskas (1984/2012); Lorenz H. Becker (0001/2013); Stanislaw Tyma (0002/2013); Zbigniew Jozef Krajewski (0003/2013); Petar Penchev (Nacionalno Dvigenie Ekoglasnost - The National Movement of Ecoglasnost) (0004/2013); Hans Werner Sperber (0005/2013); Mohamed Musa Gbondo Sama (0006/2013); Daniel Krieger (0007/2013); Gert Winterwerber (0008/2013); Alois Krause (0009/2013); Tomasz Elbanowski (Rzecznik Praw Rodzicow) (2 signatures) (0010/2013); Andrej Kržišnik (0011/2013); Jésus Salamanca Tejero (0012/2013); Paraskevas Tsavdaridis (0013/2013); Istvan Erdelyi (0014/2013); Cleante Ravani (0015/2013); Graeme Garson (0016/2013); Patricio Germán García Bartholin (0017/2013); Lodovico Pizzati (0018/2013); Sophie De Blieck (CNE GNC) (10 signatures) (0019/2013); Lea Ruth Ziebold (0020/2013); John Savage (0021/2013); (name confidential) (0022/2013); Ghizela Eremia (0023/2013); Andrés Francisco Cabrera (0024/2013); Mohamed Musa Gbondo Sama (0025/2013); Bold Dragos-Ionut (0026/2013); Frans Swartele (0027/2013); Chumber Ravinder Singh (0028/2013); (name confidential) (0029/2013); Małgorzata Ciembronowicz (0030/2013); Marie Bardot (0031/2013); Yosheba Miren Sainz de la Higuera y Gartzia (0032/2013); E. Constantin Mercioiu (0033/2013); Andreas Mai (0034/2013); Michael Leven (0035/2013); Vasilios Karamanlis (0036/2013); Fotios Batzios (0037/2013); Doncho Dudev (80 signatures) (0038/2013); Carolin Janker (0039/2013); Ulf Scheel (0040/2013); Jos Eisberg (0041/2013); Jonas Dieckmann (0042/2013); Helmut Hillenbrand (0043/2013); Pedro Yubero Rivas (0044/2013); Bernard Ducosson (0045/2013); Mihail Vrabie (0046/2013); Antonio Serrao (0047/2013); Norbert Claus (Trucker Akademie GmbH) (0048/2013); Pascal Roy (0049/2013); Marius Juodagalvis (0050/2013); Pedro Jiménez San José (Izquierda Unida los Verdes - Convocatoria por Andalucía) (0051/2013); (name confidential) (0052/2013); Rafał Dąbrowski (30 signatures) (0053/2013); Leszek Jerzak (0054/2013); (name confidential) (0055/2013); Produkcyjne Pneumatyki Centrum (Centrum Produkcyjne Pneumatyki) (0056/2013); Bogdan Mohammed Gasiński (0057/2013); Adam Salkowski (0058/2013); Manuela Michel (0059/2013); Cyrille Gbemanse (0060/2013); Mohamed Musa Gbondo Sama (0061/2013); Jurgen Mozer (0062/2013); Ingeborg Burtin (0063/2013); Dirk Zimmermann (0064/2013); (name confidential) (0065/2013); (name confidential) (0066/2013); Joachim Kromm (17 signatures) (0067/2013); Holger Bauermeister (0068/2013); Ludwig Bühlmeier (0069/2013); Ludwig Bühlmeier (0070/2013); Ludwig Bühlmeier (0071/2013); Natalia Eitelbach (0072/2013); Christos Vlachojannis (Dimarcheio Parou) (2 signatures) (0073/2013); Horst Irsch (0074/2013); (name confidential) (0075/2013); Martin Matuttis (0076/2013); Oskar Fischer (0077/2013); Josef Jakobs (Josef Jakobs Spargelhof GbR) (0078/2013); Doris Fureder (Amnesty International Gruppe 108 Ottensheim) (33 signatures) (0079/2013); Marianthi Pagouteli (0080/2013); Evangelos Sarantidis (Sindesmos Emporon Agoras Michanikon Ochimaton & Skafon ) (0081/2013); Maria Pitikari (0082/2013); Angeliki Kallia (0083/2013); Stefan Penyacsek (0084/2013); (name confidential) (0085/2013); Petr Kohout (0086/2013); (name confidential) (0087/2013); Pentti Juhani Palokari (0088/2013); Hannu Heikki Oskari Hietikko (0089/2013); Richard De Jong (0090/2013); Serge Grass (Union Civique des Contribuables Citoyens de Franche Comté) (0091/2013); Jan Peter Schneider (0092/2013); Véronique Van Poppel (0093/2013); Evanghelos Moutsopoulos (World Philosophical Forum) (0094/2013); Jürgen Engert (0095/2013); Norma Shearer (Training for Women Network (TWN)) (0096/2013); Marco Tarabugi (0097/2013); Ferran Rosa Gaspar (0098/2013); (name confidential) (0099/2013); David Reiling (0100/2013); Vincent Kachler (0101/2013); Germano Russo (0102/2013); Dominique Joron (0103/2013); Geert Claes (0104/2013); Claudio Matta (0105/2013); Oisin Jones-Dillon (0106/2013); Hjördis Svan Aðalheiðardóttir (0107/2013); Sarah Charlotte West (0108/2013); Maurizio Benedetto (0109/2013); Paul Haran (0110/2013); Lidia Beduschi (0111/2013).





17.   Transfers of appropriations

In accordance with Article 13(2) and (3) of the Financial Regulation, the Commission had informed the Budgetary Authority of the differentiated and non-differentiated appropriations.
In accordance with Article 50(1) of the Financial Regulation, the European Ombudsman had informed the Budgetary Authority of the request for Establishment Plan (1) – 2013 financial year to be amended.
In accordance with Article 50(1) of the Financial Regulation, the Court of Justice had informed the Budgetary Authority of the request for Establishment Plan (1) – 2013 financial year to be amended.

18.   Order of business

The next item was the order of business.
The final draft agenda for the March 2013 part-session (PE 505.526/PDOJ) had been distributed. No changes had been proposed.
The order of business was thus established.
The following spoke: Bernd Posselt, who objected to the withdrawal from the agenda of the debates on four reports on the enlargement of the European Union originally entered for Wednesday (the President took note), and William (The Earl of) Dartmouth.
The following spoke: Jean-Pierre Audy, who hoped the President of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy would be present at Wednesday's debate on preparations for the European Council (14-15 March 2013).
The following spoke: Pat the Cope Gallagher on the fact that Parliament's website was not available in Irish.

19.   Impact of the economic crisis on gender equality and women's rights - Eliminating gender stereotypes in the EU - Situation of women in North Africa (debate)
Report on the impact of the economic crisis on gender equality and women's rights [2012/2301(INI)] - Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality. Rapporteur: Elisabeth Morin-Chartier (A7-0048/2013)
Report on eliminating gender stereotypes in the EU [2012/2116(INI)] - Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality. Rapporteur: Kartika Tamara Liotard (A7-0401/2012)
Report on the situation of women in North Africa [2012/2102(INI)] - Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality. Rapporteur: Silvia Costa (A7-0047/2013)
Elisabeth Morin-Chartier introduced her report.
IN THE CHAIR: Gianni PITTELLA

Vice-President

The following spoke: Kartika Tamara Liotard, who introduced her report and answered two blue-card questions from Liisa Jaakonsaari and Paul Rübig, and Silvia Costa, who introduced her report.
The following spoke: Viviane Reding (Vice-President of the Commission).
The following spoke: Corina Crețu (rapporteur for the opinion of the DEVE Committee), Gabriele Zimmer (rapporteur for the opinion of the EMPL Committee), Mariya Gabriel, on behalf of the PPE Group, Zita Gurmai, on behalf of the S&D Group, Angelika Werthmann, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Marije Cornelissen, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Marina Yannakoudakis, on behalf of the ECR Group, Mikael Gustafsson, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Laurence J.A.J. Stassen, Non-attached Member, Anna Záborská, Marc Tarabella, Norica Nicolai, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Vicky Ford, Edit Bauer, Véronique De Keyser, Antonyia Parvanova, Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Antigoni Papadopoulou, Licia Ronzulli, Joanna Senyszyn and Andrea Češková.
The following spoke under the ‧catch-the-eye‧ procedure: Roberta Angelilli, Mojca Kleva Kekuš, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Elena Oana Antonescu, Christian Engström, Inês Cristina Zuber, Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă, Franz Obermayr, who also replied to a blue-card question by Lena Kolarska-Bobińska, Ildikó Gáll-Pelcz, Emine Bozkurt and Joanna Katarzyna Skrzydlewska.
The following spoke: Viviane Reding, Elisabeth Morin-Chartier, Kartika Tamara Liotard and Silvia Costa.
The debate closed.
Vote: minutes of 12.3.2013, item 10.6, minutes of 12.3.2013, item 10.7 and minutes of 12.3.2013, item 10.8.

20.   Trans-European energy infrastructure guidelines ***I (debate)
Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure and repealing Decision 1364/2006/EC [2011/0300(COD)] - Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. Rapporteur: António Fernando Correia de Campos (A7-0036/2013)
António Fernando Correia de Campos introduced the report.
The following spoke: Günther Oettinger (Member of the Commission).
IN THE CHAIR: László SURJÁN

Vice-President

The following spoke: Philippe Lamberts (rapporteur for the opinion of the ECON Committee), Pavel Poc (rapporteur for the opinion of the ENVI Committee), Bogdan Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz (rapporteur for the opinion of the TRAN Committee), Wojciech Michał Olejniczak (rapporteur for the opinion of the REGI Committee), Teresa Riera Madurell, on behalf of the S&D Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Paul Rübig, Adina-Ioana Vălean, on behalf of the ALDE Group, and Mario Pirillo.
The following spoke under the ‧catch-the-eye‧ procedure: Elena Băsescu, Sergio Gaetano Cofferati, Claude Turmes, Lena Kolarska-Bobińska and Josefa Andrés Barea.
The following spoke: Günther Oettinger and António Fernando Correia de Campos.
The debate closed.
Vote: minutes of 12.3.2013, item 8.1.

21.   Energy roadmap 2050 (debate)
Report on the Energy roadmap 2050, a future with energy [2012/2103(INI)] - Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. Rapporteur: Niki Tzavela (A7-0035/2013)
Niki Tzavela introduced the report.
The following spoke: Günther Oettinger (Member of the Commission).
The following spoke: Jacek Saryusz-Wolski (rapporteur for the opinion of the AFET Committee), Romana Jordan (rapporteur for the opinion of the ENVI Committee), Lena Kolarska-Bobińska (rapporteur for the opinion of the REGI Committee), Herbert Reul, on behalf of the PPE Group, Kathleen Van Brempt, on behalf of the S&D Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Paul Rübig, Claude Turmes, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Graham Watson, Konrad Szymański, on behalf of the ECR Group, Oreste Rossi, on behalf of the EFD Group, Marisa Matias, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Francisco Sosa Wagner, Non-attached Member, Krišjānis Kariņš, Teresa Riera Madurell, Roger Helmer and Nick Griffin.
The following spoke under the ‧catch-the-eye‧ procedure: Seán Kelly, António Fernando Correia de Campos, Jaroslav Paška, Andreas Mölzer, Iosif Matula and Luís Paulo Alves.
The following spoke: Günther Oettinger and Niki Tzavela.
IN THE CHAIR: Rainer WIELAND

Vice-President

The debate closed.
Vote: minutes of 13.3.2013, item 8.11 and minutes of 14.3.2013, item 8.1.

22.   Risk and safety assessments of nuclear power plants in the European Union ("stress tests") (debate)
Oral question (O-000183/2012 by Amalia Sartori, on behalf of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, to the Commission: Stress tests (B7-0108/2013) (2012/2830(RSP))
Amalia Sartori moved the question.
Günther Oettinger (Member of the Commission) answered the question
The following spoke: Lena Kolarska-Bobińska, on behalf of the PPE Group, Teresa Riera Madurell, on behalf of the S&D Group, Claude Turmes, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Evžen Tošenovský, on behalf of the ECR Group, Jaroslav Paška, on behalf of the EFD Group, Sabine Wils, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Andreas Mölzer, Non-attached Member, Richard Seeber, Kathleen Van Brempt, Oldřich Vlasák, Niki Tzavela, Vladimir Urutchev, Zigmantas Balčytis and Romana Jordan.
The following spoke under the ‧catch-the-eye‧ procedure: Christa Klaß, Erik Bánki, Franz Obermayr, Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė and Alajos Mészáros.
The following spoke: Günther Oettinger (Member of the Commission).
Motion for a resolution to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 115(5):






—


Amalia Sartori, on behalf of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, on risk and safety assessments (‘stress tests’) of nuclear power plants in the European Union and related activities (2012/2830(RSP)) (B7-0086/2013).




The debate closed.
Vote: minutes of 14.3.2013, item 8.2.

23.   Accounting rules and action plans on greenhouse gas emissions and removals resulting from activities related to land use ***I - Mechanism for monitoring and reporting greenhouse gas emissions and other information relevant to climate change ***I (debate)
Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on accounting rules and action plans on greenhouse gas emissions and removals resulting from activities related to land use, land use change and forestry [2012/0042(COD)] - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. Rapporteur: Kriton Arsenis (A7-0317/2012)
Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on a mechanism for monitoring and reporting greenhouse gas emissions and for reporting other information at national and Union level relevant to climate change [2011/0372(COD)] - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. Rapporteur: Bas Eickhout (A7-0191/2012)
Kriton Arsenis and Bas Eickhout presented their reports.
The following spoke: Connie Hedegaard (Member of the Commission).
IN THE CHAIR: Georgios PAPASTAMKOS

Vice-President

The following spoke: Åsa Westlund (rapporteur for the opinion of the DEVE Committee) and Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė, on behalf of the PPE Group, Marita Ulvskog, on behalf of the S&D Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Zbigniew Ziobro, Theodoros Skylakakis, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Satu Hassi, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Jiří Maštálka, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Richard Seeber, Christa Klaß and Bogusław Sonik.
The following spoke under the ‧catch-the-eye‧ procedure: Romana Jordan, Miroslav Mikolášik, Marek Józef Gróbarczyk, João Ferreira, Elena Băsescu and Erik Bánki.
The following spoke: Connie Hedegaard, Kriton Arsenis and Bas Eickhout.
The debate closed.
Vote: minutes of 12.3.2013, item 8.3 and minutes of 12.3.2013, item 8.4.

24.   One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

In accordance with Rule 150, the following Members who wished to draw the attention of Parliament to matters of political importance spoke for one minute:
Teresa Jiménez-Becerril Barrio, Maria Eleni Koppa, Pat the Cope Gallagher, Marian-Jean Marinescu, Ana Miranda, Kyriacos Triantaphyllides, Martin Ehrenhauser, Csaba Sógor, Alexander Mirsky, Jelko Kacin, Georgios Papanikolaou, George Sabin Cutaș, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Amelia Andersdotter, Claudio Morganti, João Ferreira, Elena Oana Antonescu, Kristian Vigenin, Karim Zéribi, Ildikó Gáll-Pelcz, Josefa Andrés Barea, Lívia Járóka, Arkadiusz Tomasz Bratkowski and Ricardo Cortés Lastra.

25.   Financing of EU cooperation for African, Caribbean and Pacific States and overseas countries and territories for 2014-2020 (short presentation)
Report on the preparation of the multiannual financial framework regarding the financing of EU cooperation for African, Caribbean and Pacific States and Overseas Countries and Territories for the 2014-2020 period (11th European Development Fund) [2012/2222(INI)] - Committee on Development. Rapporteur: Patrice Tirolien (A7-0049/2013)
Patrice Tirolien made the presentation.
The following spoke under the ‧catch-the-eye‧ procedure: Miroslav Mikolášik, Elena Băsescu, João Ferreira and Maurice Ponga.
The following spoke: Connie Hedegaard (Member of the Commission).
The item closed.
Vote: minutes of 12.3.2013, item 10.9.

26.   Association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Union *(short presentation)
Report on the proposal for a Council decision on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Union ("Overseas Association Decision") [2012/0195(CNS)] - Committee on Development. Rapporteur: Patrice Tirolien (A7-0052/2013)
Patrice Tirolien made the presentation.
The following spoke under the ‧catch-the-eye‧ procedure: Maria do Céu Patrão Neves, Maurice Ponga and Elena Băsescu.
The following spoke: Connie Hedegaard (Member of the Commission).
The item closed.
Vote: minutes of 12.3.2013, item 8.7.

27.   Agenda of the next sitting

The agenda of the next day's sitting had been established (PE505.526).

28.   Closure of the sitting

The sitting closed at 23.15.

29.   Closure of the session

The 2012-2013 session of the European Parliament closed.
In accordance with the Treaty, Parliament would meet the following day, Tuesday 12 March 2013 at 8.30.


Klaus Welle

Secretary-General



Anni Podimata

Vice-President





Monday 11 March 2013ATTENDANCE REGISTER
The following signed:
Albrecht, Alfonsi, Allam, Alves, Andersdotter, Anderson, Andreasen, Andrés Barea, Angelilli, Antinoro, Antonescu, Antoniozzi, Arias Echeverría, Arlacchi, Arsenis, Ashworth, Atkins, Audy, Margrete Auken, Ayala Sender, Aylward, Ayuso, Bach, Badia i Cutchet, Bagó, Balčytis, Baldassarre, Balz, Bánki, Barracciu, Bartolozzi, Băsescu, Bastos, Batten, Bauer, Bearder, Becker, Belder, Belet, Bélier, Benarab-Attou, Bendtsen, Bennahmias, Bennion, Berlato, Berlinguer, Bielan, Bilbao Barandica, Binev, Bisky, Bizzotto, Blinkevičiūtė, Bloom, Bodu, Böge, Bokros, Bonsignore, Borghezio, Borys, Boștinaru, Boulland, Bové, Bowles, Bozkurt, Bradbourn, Bratkowski, Březina, Brok, Brons, Brzobohatá, Bufton, Bullmann, Bușoi, Buzek, Cabrnoch, Cadec, van de Camp, Campbell Bannerman, Cancian, Capoulas Santos, Caronna, Carvalho, Cashman, Casini, Caspary, Castex, del Castillo Vera, Cavada, Cercas, Češková, Chatzimarkakis, Chichester, Childers, Chountis, Christensen, Chrysogelos, Claeys, Clark, Cliveti, Coelho, Cofferati, Collin-Langen, Colman, Comi, Cornelissen, António Fernando Correia de Campos, Cortés Lastra, Costa, Costello, Cottigny, Cozzolino, Crețu, Creutzmann, Cutaș, Cymański, Czarnecki, van Dalen, Dăncilă, Danellis, Danjean, Dantin, (The Earl of) Dartmouth, Daul, David, Davies, De Backer, De Castro, De Keyser, Delli, Delvaux, Demesmaeker, De Mita, de Sarnez, Désir, Deutsch, Deva, De Veyrac, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dodds, Domenici, Donskis, Dorfmann, Droutsas, Duff, Durant, Dušek, Ehrenhauser, Eickhout, El Khadraoui, Enciu, Engel, Engström, Eppink, Ernst, Ertug, Essayah, Estaràs Ferragut, Estrela, Evans, Fajmon, Fajon, Falbr, Farage, Färm, Feio, Ferber, Fernandes, Elisa Ferreira, João Ferreira, Fidanza, Fisas Ayxela, Flašíková Beňová, Fleckenstein, Florenz, Fontana, Ford, Foster, Fox, Fraga Estévez, Franco, Mariya Gabriel, Gál, Gallagher, Gallo, Gáll-Pelcz, Garcés Ramón, García-Hierro Caraballo, Gardiazábal Rubial, Gardini, Gargani, Garriga Polledo, Gauzès, Gebhardt, Geringer de Oedenberg, Giannakou, Glante, Glattfelder, Godmanis, Goebbels, Gollnisch, Gomes, Göncz, de Grandes Pascual, Gräßle, Grèze, Griesbeck, Griffin, Gróbarczyk, Groote, Grossetête, Grzyb, Gualtieri, Guerrero Salom, Guillaume, Gurmai, Gustafsson, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Gyürk, Häfner, Handzlik, Hankiss, Hannan, Harbour, Harkin, Hartong, Hassi, Haug, Häusling, Hedh, Helmer, Hénin, Herczog, Herranz García, Hibner, Jim Higgins, Nadja Hirsch, Hoang Ngoc, Hohlmeier, Hökmark, Honeyball, Hortefeux, Howitt, Hübner, Hudghton, Hughes, Iacolino, Ibrisagic, Ilchev, Imbrasas, in 't Veld, Iovine, Irigoyen Pérez, Iturgaiz Angulo, Jaakonsaari, Jäätteenmäki, Jahr, Járóka, Jędrzejewska, Jeggle, Jensen, Jiménez-Becerril Barrio, Johansson, Jordan, Jørgensen, Juvin, Kacin, Kadenbach, Kalfin, Kalinowski, Kalniete, Kamall, Kamiński, Kammerevert, Karas, Karim, Kariņš, Kastler, Kazak, Kelam, Keller, Kelly, Kiil-Nielsen, Kirilov, Kirkhope, Klaß, Kleva Kekuš, Klute, Koch, Koch-Mehrin, Kohlíček, Kolarska-Bobińska, Koppa, Korhola, Kósa, Köstinger, Koumoutsakos, Kovatchev, Kowal, Kozlík, Kozłowski, Kožušník, Krahmer, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Krehl, Kreissl-Dörfler, Kuhn, Kukan, Kurski, Lamassoure, Lambert, Lamberts, Lambsdorff, Lange, de Lange, Langen, La Via, Le Grip, Legutko, Lehne, Leichtfried, Leinen, Marine Le Pen, Liberadzki, Lichtenberger, Liotard, Lisek, Lochbihler, Løkkegaard, Lope Fontagné, López Aguilar, Lösing, Lövin, Ludford, Ludvigsson, Łukacijewska, Lulling, Lunacek, Lyon, McAvan, McCarthy, McClarkin, McGuinness, McIntyre, McMillan-Scott, Malinov, Maňka, Mann, Marcinkiewicz, Marinescu, David Martin, Hans-Peter Martin, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, Maštálka, Mastella, Matera, Mathieu Houillon, Matias, Mato Adrover, Matula, Mauro, Mayer, Mayor Oreja, Mazej Kukovič, Mazzoni, Meissner, Mélenchon, Melo, Menéndez del Valle, Merkies, Mészáros, Michel, Migalski, Mikolášik, Milana, Millán Mon, Miranda, Mirsky, Mitchell, Mölzer, Moraes, Moreira, Morganti, Morin-Chartier, Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė, Mulder, Muñiz De Urquiza, Murphy, Muscardini, Mynář, Naranjo Escobar, Nattrass, Neuser, Neveďalová, Newton Dunn, Nicholson, Nicolai, Niculescu, Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Nitras, Obermayr, Obiols, Ojuland, Olbrycht, Olejniczak, Omarjee, Oomen-Ruijten, Ortiz Vilella, Őry, Ouzký, Oviir, Pack, Padar, Paksas, Paliadeli, Pallone, Panayotov, Panayotova, Panzeri, Papadopoulou, Papanikolaou, Papastamkos, Pargneaux, Parvanova, Pașcu, Paška, Patrão Neves, Patriciello, Paulsen, Perelló Rodríguez, Peterle, Pieper, Piotrowski, Pirillo, Pirker, Pitsillides, Pittella, Poc, Podimata, Ponga, Poręba, Posselt, Pöttering, Preda, Prendergast, Prodi, Protasiewicz, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Ransdorf, Rapkay, Rapti, Regner, Reimers, Remek, Repo, Reul, Riera Madurell, Ries, Rinaldi, Riquet, Rivellini, Rochefort, Rodust, Rohde, Roithová, Romero López, Romeva i Rueda, Ronzulli, Rosbach, Rossi, Roth-Behrendt, Rouček, Rübig, Rubiks, Rühle, Šadurskis, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Salatto, Salavrakos, Sánchez Presedo, Sanchez-Schmid, Sârbu, Sargentini, Sartori, Sarvamaa, Saryusz-Wolski, Saudargas, Savisaar-Toomast, Schaake, Schaldemose, Schlyter, Olle Schmidt, Schnellhardt, Schnieber-Jastram, Scholz, Schöpflin, Martin Schulz, Werner Schulz, Schwab, Scottà, Scurria, Sedó i Alabart, Seeber, Sehnalová, Senyszyn, Serracchiani, Severin, Siekierski, Silvestris, Simon, Simpson, Sinclaire, Sippel, Siwiec, Skrzydlewska, Skylakakis, Smith, Smolková, Sógor, Sommer, Søndergaard, Sonik, Sophocleous, Sosa Wagner, Sousa, Speroni, Stadler, Staes, Stassen, Šťastný, Stavrakakis, Steinruck, Stevenson, Stihler, van der Stoep, Stolojan, Stoyanov, Strejček, Sturdy, Surján, Svensson, Szájer, Szegedi, Szymański, Tabajdi, Takkula, Tănăsescu, Tannock, Tarabella, Tarand, Tatarella, Tavares, Keith Taylor, Teixeira, Thein, Theocharous, Theurer, Thomas, Thomsen, Thun und Hohenstein, Thyssen, Tirolien, Toia, Tőkés, Tomaševski, Torvalds, Tošenovský, Trautmann, Trematerra, Tremosa i Balcells, Triantaphyllides, Trüpel, Trzaskowski, Tsoukalas, Turmes, Turunen, Tzavela, Uggias, Ulmer, Ulvskog, Urutchev, Vaidere, Vajgl, Vălean, Van Brempt, Vanhecke, Van Orden, Vattimo, Vaughan, Vergnaud, Verheyen, Vidal-Quadras, Vigenin, de Villiers, Vitkauskaite, Vlasák, Vlasto, Voss, Wałęsa, Watson, Henri Weber, Manfred Weber, Weidenholzer, Weiler, Werthmann, Westlund, Wieland, Wikström, Willmott, Wils, Hermann Winkler, Iuliu Winkler, Wojciechowski, Yáñez-Barnuevo García, Yannakoudakis, Záborská, Zahradil, Zala, Zalewski, Zamfirescu, Zanicchi, Zasada, Ždanoka, Zeller, Zemke, Zéribi, Zijlstra, Zīle, Zimmer, Ziobro, Zuber, Zver, Zwiefka
Observers
Grubišić, Jerković, Matušić, Vrbat


Monday 11 March 2013Annex 1 -   European Year for Reconciling Work and Family Life (written declaration)
Written declaration 0032/2012, submitted under Rule 123 by Marian Harkin, Elisabeth Morin-Chartier, Roberta Angelilli and Jutta Steinruck, on the European Year for Reconciling Work and Family Life (1) (minutes of 11.3.2013, item 7) and signed by 388 Members.

Text of the written declaration:







1.


On 9 March 2004, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on reconciling professional, family and private lives (2);










2.


The reconciliation of work and family life is an important means of achieving equality between women and men, which is a fundamental value of the EU enshrined in the Treaties,










3.


Better support for reconciliation measures will enable women and men in all kinds of family models to exercise greater choice in balancing work and family life on the basis of their individual needs and preferences, and will also contribute to achieving the major policy objectives of the EU;










4.


A dedicated European Year will trigger responses to pressing challenges such as demographic change, economic and financial crisis, unemployment, poverty and social exclusion;










5.


Policies supporting the reconciliation of work and family life, and tools such as the ESF can reduce gender wage inequalities, and can be a key element for sustainable employment and income-led recovery, as well as have a positive impact on demography and enable carers to fulfil their care responsibilities;










6.


The Commission and all other European institutions are called upon to announce 2014 as the European Year for Reconciling Work and Family Life;










7.


This declaration, together with the names of the signatories, is forwarded to the Commission, the Council and the Member States.





List of signatories

Gabriele Albertini, Sonia Alfano, François Alfonsi, Alexander Alvaro, Luís Paulo Alves, Martina Anderson, Josefa Andrés Barea, Eric Andrieu, Roberta Angelilli, Elena Oana Antonescu, Alfredo Antoniozzi, John Attard-Montalto, Sophie Auconie, Jean-Pierre Audy, Margrete Auken, Liam Aylward, Georges Bach, Zoltán Bagó, Zigmantas Balčytis, Francesca Balzani, Erik Bánki, Paolo Bartolozzi, Elena Băsescu, Regina Bastos, Edit Bauer, Catherine Bearder, Heinz K. Becker, Ivo Belet, Sandrine Bélier, Jean-Luc Bennahmias, Phil Bennion, Luigi Berlinguer, Nora Berra, Jean-Jacob Bicep, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Mara Bizzotto, Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, Sebastian Valentin Bodu, Vito Bonsignore, Mario Borghezio, Rita Borsellino, Piotr Borys, Philippe Boulland, José Bové, Franziska Katharina Brantner, Frieda Brepoels, Elmar Brok, Zuzana Brzobohatá, John Bufton, Simon Busuttil, Jerzy Buzek, Alain Cadec, Wim van de Camp, Antonio Cancian, Maria Da Graça Carvalho, David Casa, Michael Cashman, Carlo Casini, Françoise Castex, Jean-Marie Cavada, Alejandro Cercas, Nessa Childers, Ole Christensen, Minodora Cliveti, Carlos Coelho, Sergio Gaetano Cofferati, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Birgit Collin-Langen, Lara Comi, Marije Cornelissen, Silvia Costa, Emer Costello, Jean Louis Cottigny, Andrea Cozzolino, Jürgen Creutzmann, Rosario Crocetta, Tarja Cronberg, Brian Crowley, Joseph Cuschieri, George Sabin Cutaș, Ryszard Czarnecki, Frédéric Daerden, Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă, Spyros Danellis, Michel Dantin, Francesco De Angelis, Philippe De Backer, Véronique De Keyser, Karima Delli, Anne Delvaux, Marielle de Sarnez, Tamás Deutsch, Nirj Deva, Christine De Veyrac, Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Leonardo Domenici, Leonidas Donskis, Dimitrios Droutsas, Isabelle Durant, Martin Ehrenhauser, Saïd El Khadraoui, Frank Engel, Derk Jan Eppink, Cornelia Ernst, Ismail Ertug, Sari Essayah, Edite Estrela, Jill Evans, Tanja Fajon, Richard Falbr, Diogo Feio, Carlo Fidanza, Monika Flašíková Beňová, Hélène Flautre, Gaston Franco, Mariya Gabriel, Kinga Gál, Pat the Cope Gallagher, Ildikó Gáll-Pelcz, Vicente Miguel Garcés Ramón, Iratxe García Pérez, Eider Gardiazábal Rubial, Elisabetta Gardini, Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy, Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, Marietta Giannakou, Adam Gierek, Charles Goerens, Bruno Gollnisch, Ana Gomes, Kinga Göncz, Sylvie Goulard, Nathalie Griesbeck, Mathieu Grosch, Françoise Grossetête, Andrzej Grzyb, Sylvie Guillaume, Zita Gurmai, András Gyürk, Fiona Hall, Thomas Händel, Ágnes Hankiss, Marian Harkin, Martin Häusling, Jacky Hénin, Edit Herczog, Jim Higgins, Mary Honeyball, Brice Hortefeux, Danuta Maria Hübner, Ian Hudghton, Stephen Hughes, Filiz Hakaeva Hyusmenova, Salvatore Iacolino, Stanimir Ilchev, Vincenzo Iovine, María Irigoyen Pérez, Liisa Jaakonsaari, Anneli Jäätteenmäki, Peter Jahr, Lívia Járóka, Danuta Jazłowiecka, Sidonia Elżbieta Jędrzejewska, Teresa Jiménez-Becerril Barrio, Eva Joly, Romana Jordan, Jelko Kacin, Filip Kaczmarek, Karin Kadenbach, Othmar Karas, Ioannis Kasoulides, Martin Kastler, Tunne Kelam, Seán Kelly, Nicole Kiil-Nielsen, Evgeni Kirilov, Christa Klaß, Mojca Kleva Kekuš, Jürgen Klute, Silvana Koch-Mehrin, Jaromír Kohlíček, Ádám Kósa, Elisabeth Köstinger, Georgios Koumoutsakos, Sergej Kozlík, Jan Kozłowski, Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Werner Kuhn, Eduard Kukan, Alain Lamassoure, Jean Lambert, Vytautas Landsbergis, Esther de Lange, Giovanni La Via, Agnès Le Brun, Constance Le Grip, Patrick Le Hyaric, Jörg Leichtfried, Jo Leinen, Bogusław Liberadzki, Kartika Tamara Liotard, Verónica Lope Fontagné, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Antonio López-Istúriz White, Sabine Lösing, Sarah Ludford, Petru Constantin Luhan, Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Astrid Lulling, Ulrike Lunacek, George Lyon, Linda McAvan, Mairead McGuinness, Edward McMillan-Scott, Ramona Nicole Mănescu, Thomas Mann, Riikka Manner, David Martin, Hans-Peter Martin, Miguel Angel Martínez Martínez, Jiří Maštálka, Barbara Matera, Véronique Mathieu Houillon, Iosif Matula, Mario Mauro, Zofija Mazej Kukovič, Erminia Mazzoni, Gesine Meissner, Nuno Melo, Emilio Menéndez del Valle, Judith A. Merkies, Alajos Mészáros, Willy Meyer, Louis Michel, Ana Miranda, Gay Mitchell, Claude Moraes, Claudio Morganti, Elisabeth Morin-Chartier, Krisztina Morvai, María Muñiz De Urquiza, Paul Murphy, Cristiana Muscardini, Vojtěch Mynář, Norbert Neuser, Bill Newton Dunn, Nadezhda Neynsky, Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck, James Nicholson, Norica Nicolai, Angelika Niebler, Lambert van Nistelrooij, Kristiina Ojuland, Jan Olbrycht, Wojciech Michał Olejniczak, Younous Omarjee, Ria Oomen-Ruijten, Csaba Őry, Siiri Oviir, Justas Vincas Paleckis, Chrysoula Paliadeli, Antigoni Papadopoulou, Georgios Papanikolaou, Georgios Papastamkos, Antonyia Parvanova, Jaroslav Paška, Andrés Perelló Rodríguez, Alojz Peterle, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Mario Pirillo, Hubert Pirker, Gianni Pittella, Pavel Poc, Anni Podimata, Maurice Ponga, Hans-Gert Pöttering, Konstantinos Poupakis, Phil Prendergast, Vittorio Prodi, Jacek Protasiewicz, Franck Proust, Miloslav Ransdorf, Sylvana Rapti, Evelyn Regner, Mitro Repo, Frédérique Ries, Niccolò Rinaldi, Dominique Riquet, Jean Roatta, Robert Rochefort, Zuzana Roithová, Carmen Romero López, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Licia Ronzulli, Oreste Rossi, Libor Rouček, Paul Rübig, Alfreds Rubiks, Heide Rühle, Tokia Saïfi, Potito Salatto, Antolín Sánchez Presedo, Marie-Thérèse Sanchez-Schmid, Petri Sarvamaa, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, Algirdas Saudargas, Carl Schlyter, Olle Schmidt, Helmut Scholz, György Schöpflin, Andreas Schwab, Richard Seeber, Olga Sehnalová, Joanna Senyszyn, Debora Serracchiani, Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris, Peter Simon, Marek Siwiec, Peter Skinner, Joanna Katarzyna Skrzydlewska, Theodoros Skylakakis, Csaba Sógor, Renate Sommer, Francisco Sosa Wagner, Bart Staes, Georgios Stavrakakis, Jutta Steinruck, Catherine Stihler, Michèle Striffler, László Surján, Gianluca Susta, József Szájer, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Hannu Takkula, Charles Tannock, Marc Tarabella, Indrek Tarand, Salvatore Tatarella, Rui Tavares, Rebecca Taylor, Alexandra Thein, Isabelle Thomas, Britta Thomsen, Róża Gräfin von Thun und Hohenstein, Marianne Thyssen, Silvia-Adriana Țicău, Patrice Tirolien, Patrizia Toia, László Tőkés, Catherine Trautmann, Kyriacos Triantaphyllides, Ioannis A. Tsoukalas, Claude Turmes, Emilie Turunen, Giommaria Uggias, Traian Ungureanu, Vladimir Urutchev, Ivo Vajgl, Kathleen Van Brempt, Frank Vanhecke, Derek Vaughan, Bernadette Vergnaud, Sabine Verheyen, Alejo Vidal-Quadras, Kristian Vigenin, Justina Vitkauskaite, Oldřich Vlasák, Dominique Vlasto, Axel Voss, Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa, Henri Weber, Manfred Weber, Anja Weisgerber, Angelika Werthmann, Glenis Willmott, Sabine Wils, Iuliu Winkler, Jacek Włosowicz, Janusz Wojciechowski, Corien Wortmann-Kool, Luis Yáñez-Barnuevo García, Anna Záborská, Iva Zanicchi, Andrea Zanoni, Tatjana Ždanoka, Gabriele Zimmer, Milan Zver, Tadeusz Zwiefka


(1)  In accordance with Rule 123(4) and (5) of Parliament’s Rules of Procedure, when the declaration is signed by a majority of Parliament’s component Members, it shall be published in the minutes with the names of its signatories and forwarded to the addressees, without however binding Parliament.

(2)  OJ C 102 E, 28.4.2004, p. 492.