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| 19.4.2012 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | CE 114/1 |

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Wednesday 1 February 2012  
MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 1 FEBRUARY 2012

2012/C 114 E/01

Contents

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| 1. | Resumption of the session |

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| 2. | Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting |

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| 3. | Composition of Parliament |

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| 4. | Verification of credentials |

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| 5. | Corrigendum (Rule 216) |

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| 6. | Documents received |

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| 7. | Oral questions and written declarations (submission) |

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| 8. | Lapsed written declarations |

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| 9. | Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council |

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| 10. | Action taken on Parliament’s positions and resolutions |

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| 11. | Order of business |

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| 12. | Conclusions of the informal European Council meeting of 30 January 2012 (debate) |

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| 13. | Question hour with the Vice-President of the Commission and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy |

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| 13.1. | Questions from the political groups |

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| 13.2. | Questions under the catch-the-eye procedure |

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| 14. | Iran and its nuclear programme (debate) |

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| 15. | Situation in Russia (debate) |

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| 16. | EU foreign policy towards the BRICS and other emerging powers (debate) |

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| 17. | Consistent policy towards regimes against which the EU applies restrictive measures (short presentation) |

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| 18. | European dimension in sport (debate) |

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| 19. | One-minute speeches on matters of political importance |

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| 20. | Agenda of the next sitting |

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| 21. | Closure of the sitting |

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 1 FEBRUARY 2012

IN THE CHAIR: Martin SCHULZ

President

1.   Resumption of the session

The sitting opened at 15.00.

2.   Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

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Jens Rohde and Lorenzo Fontana had made it known that they had been present at the sitting of 16 January 2012 but that their names were not on the attendance register.

Elena Băsescu had been present at the sitting of 19 January 2012, but her name was not on the attendance register.

3.   Composition of Parliament

Diana Wallis had submitted her resignation as a Member of Parliament with effect from 1 February 2012.

Proinsias De Rossa had submitted his resignation as a Member of Parliament with effect from 2 February 2012.

In accordance with Rule 4(1) and (3), Parliament established the vacancy as of the above-mentioned date and informed the national authorities concerned.

Ville Itälä had given notice of his appointment as Member of the European Court of Auditors with effect from 1 March 2012.

Parliament took note of this and, in accordance with Article 7(1) of the Act concerning the election of the representatives the Parliament by direct universal suffrage and with Rule 4(1) and (4), established the vacancy of his seat with effect from 1 March 2012.

4.   Verification of credentials

On a proposal from the JURI Committee, Parliament validated the mandates of:

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|  | Amelia Andersdotter, Joseph Cuschieri, Vicente Miguel Garcés Ramón, Dolores García-Hierro Caraballo, Anthea McIntyre, Svetoslav Hristov Malinov, Jens Nilsson, Eva Ortiz Vilella, Kārlis Šadurskis, Salvador Sedó i Alabart, Gino Trematerra and Josef Weidenholzer, with effect from 1 December 2011, |

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|  | Arkadiusz Tomasz Bratkowski, Yves Cochet, Jean Roatta and Ewald Stadler, with effect from 7 December 2011, |

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|  | Zofija Mazej Kukovič, with effect from 8 December 2011, |

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|  | Daniël van der Stoep, with effect from 15 December 2011, |

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|  | Ana Miranda, with effect from 1 January 2012, |

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|  | Younous Omarjee, with effect from 4 January 2012, |

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|  | María Auxiliadora Correa Zamora and Juan Andrés Naranjo Escobar, with effect from 13 January 2012, |

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|  | Inês Cristina Zuber, with effect from 18 January 2012. |

5.   Corrigendum (Rule 216)

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

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|  | Corrigendum (P6\_TA(2008)0600(COR01)) to Regulation (EC) No 596/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2009 adapting a number of instruments subject to the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty to Council Decision 1999/468/EC with regard to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny (P6\_TA(2008)0600 ([OJ C 45 E, 23.2.2010, p. 110](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:C:2010:045E:TOC)) - (COM(2008)0071 – C6-0065/2008 – 2008/0032(COD)) – JURI |

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|  | Pursuant to Rule 216(4) of the Rules of Procedure, this corrigendum would be deemed approved unless, not later than 48 hours after its announcement, a request was made by a political group or at least 40 Members that it be put to the vote. |

The corrigendum was available on the Séance en direct site.

6.   Documents received

The following documents had been received:

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| 1) | from committees, reports   |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | \*\*\*I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council implementing enhanced cooperation in the area of the creation of unitary patent protection (COM(2011)0215 - C7-0099/2011 - 2011/0093(COD)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Bernhard Rapkay (A7-0001/2012) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | \*\*\*I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on entrusting the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) with certain tasks related to the protection of intellectual property rights, including the assembling of public and private sector representatives as a European Observatory on Counterfeiting and Piracy (COM(2011)0288 - C7-0136/2011 - 2011/0135(COD)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Antonio Masip Hidalgo (A7-0003/2012) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Report on the Daphne programme: achievements and future prospects (2011/2273(INI)) - FEMM Committee - Rapporteur: Regina Bastos (A7-0006/2012) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Report with a proposal for a European Parliament recommendation to the Council on a consistent policy towards regimes against which the EU applies restrictive measures, when their leaders exercise their personal and commercial interests within EU borders (2011/2187(INI)) - AFET Committee - Rapporteur: Sir Graham Watson (A7-0007/2012) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Report with recommendations to the Commission on a 14th company law directive on the cross-border transfer of company seats (2011/2046(INI)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Evelyn Regner (A7-0008/2012) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Report on jurisdictional system for patent disputes (2011/2176(INI)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Klaus-Heiner Lehne (A7-0009/2012) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Report on the EU foreign policy towards the BRICS and other emerging powers: objectives and strategies (2011/2111(INI)) - AFET Committee - Rapporteur: Jacek Saryusz-Wolski (A7-0010/2012) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Report on Towards a Coherent European Approach to Collective Redress (2011/2089(INI)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Klaus-Heiner Lehne (A7-0012/2012) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Report on the Annual Tax Report (2011/2271(INI)) - ECON Committee - Rapporteur: Olle Schmidt (A7-0014/2012) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | \*\*\*I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the export and import of dangerous chemicals (recast) (COM(2011)0245 - C7-0107/2011 - 2011/0105(COD)) - ENVI Committee - Rapporteur: Dan Jørgensen (A7-0015/2012) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Report on the Statute for a European Cooperative Society with regard to the involvement of employees (2011/2116(INI)) - EMPL Committee - Rapporteur: Sven Giegold (A7-0432/2011) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Report on the budgetary control of EU humanitarian aid managed by ECHO (2011/2073(INI)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Martin Ehrenhauser (A7-0444/2011) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | \*\*\*I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1198/2006 on the European Fisheries Fund, as regards certain provisions relating to financial management for certain Member States experiencing or threatened with serious difficulties with respect to their financial stability (COM(2011)0484 - C7-0219/2011 - 2011/0212(COD)) - PECH Committee - Rapporteur: João Ferreira (A7-0447/2011) | |

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| 2) | from Members, motions for resolutions (Rule 120)   |  |  |  |  | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | — | Cristiana Muscardini. Motion for a resolution on setting up a European fund for the conservation and promotion of photographic works in their original form (B7-0014/2012)   |  |  | | --- | --- | | referred to | responsible: CULT | |  |  |  |  |  | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | — | Cristiana Muscardini. Motion for a resolution on the need to harmonise laws on illegal trafficking in animals and experiments on stray animals (B7-0015/2012)   |  |  | | --- | --- | | referred to | responsible: AGRI  opinion: ENVI | | |

7.   Oral questions and written declarations (submission)

The following documents had been submitted by Members:

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| 1) | oral questions (Rule 115)   |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | (O-000333/2011) by Sharon Bowles, on behalf of the Commission: Initial response to the Commission Green Paper on the feasibility of introducing stability bonds (B7-0022/2012). | |

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| 2) | written declaration for inclusion in the register (Rule 123)   |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Gabriele Albertini, Lena Kolarska-Bobińska, Niccolò Rinaldi and David-Maria Sassoli, on support for the establishment of a European Day of Remembrance for the Righteous (0003/2012). | |

8.   Lapsed written declarations

In accordance with Rule 123(5), written declarations 0036/2011, 0038/2011, 0040/2011 had lapsed as they had not obtained the required number of signatures.

9.   Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council

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

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| — | Agreement between the United States of America and the European Union on the use and transfer of Passenger Name Records to the United States Department of Homeland Security. |

10.   Action taken on Parliament’s positions and resolutions

The Commission communication on the action taken on the positions and resolutions adopted by Parliament at the October I and II 2011 part-sessions was available on the Séance en direct site.

11.   Order of business

The next item was the order of business.

The final draft agenda for the February I 2012 sittings (PE 481.151 PDOJ) had been distributed. In agreement with the political groups, the President proposed the following changes (Rule140):

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|  | Wednesday   |  |  | | --- | --- | | 1. | The debate on the conclusions of the informal European Council meeting of 30 January 2012 (Item 54 on the final draft agenda) would take place from 15.10 to 16.40. Question hour with the Vice-President of the Commission and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy would therefore take place from 16.40 to 17.40. The remaining debates would begin at 17.40. |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | 2. | The debate on the Carlos José Iturgaiz Angulo report (A7-0335/2011): Application of waste management directive (Item 40 on the final draft agenda) was postponed to Thursday. | |

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|  | Thursday   |  |  | | --- | --- | | 1. | The debate on the oral question on the feasibility of introducing stability bonds (O-000333/2011 - B7-0022/2012) (Item 57 on the final draft agenda) was postponed and replaced by the debate on the report by Carlos José Iturgaiz Angulo (A7-0335/2011). |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | 2. | A short presentation of the Evelyn Regner report (A7-0008/2012): Cross-border transfer of company seats was included after the short presentation of the Norica Nicolai report (A7-0429/2011): Women’s situation in war (Item 24 on the final draft agenda). |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | 3. | The motion for a resolution by the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, pursuant to Rule 88(2), on the draft Commission regulation amending Regulation (EC) 1924/2006 with regard to the list of nutrition claims (B7-0045/2012) was included directly in voting time. | |

The order of business was thus established.

12.   Conclusions of the informal European Council meeting of 30 January 2012 (debate)

European Council and Commission statements: Conclusions of the informal European Council meeting of 30 January 2012

Herman Van Rompuy (President of the European Council) and José Manuel Barroso (President of the Commission) made the statements.

The following spoke: Joseph Daul, on behalf of the PPE Group, Hannes Swoboda, on behalf of the S&D Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, Guy Verhofstadt, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Rebecca Harms, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Martin Callanan, on behalf of the ECR Group, Lothar Bisky, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Nigel Farage, on behalf of the EFD Group, Andrew Henry William Brons, Non-attached Member, Reinhard Bütikofer to put a blue-card question to Nigel Farage, who replied to it, Elmar Brok, who also replied to a blue-card question by Barry Madlener, Stephen Hughes, Sharon Bowles, Derk Jan Eppink, Søren Bo Søndergaard, Niki Tzavela, Barry Madlener, Herbert Reul, who also replied to a blue-card question by Rebecca Harms, Catherine Trautmann, Mario Mauro, Roberto Gualtieri, Constance Le Grip, Udo Bullmann, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, Elisa Ferreira, Marietta Giannakou and Ildikó Gáll-Pelcz.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Petru Constantin Luhan, Anni Podimata, Gay Mitchell, Zita Gurmai, Marisa Matias, Jacek Protasiewicz and Juan Fernando López Aguilar.

The following spoke: Maroš Šefčovič (Vice-President of the Commission) and Herman Van Rompuy.

Motions for resolutions to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 110(2):

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| — | Jürgen Klute, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, Miguel Portas, Nikolaos Chountis, Willy Meyer, Paul Murphy and Marisa Matias, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the Conclusions of the European Council meeting (30 January 2012) on an international agreement on a Fiscal Stability Union (B7-0043/2012); |

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| — | Elmar Brok, on behalf of the PPE Group, Roberto Gualtieri, on behalf of the S&D Group, Guy Verhofstadt, on behalf of the ALDE Group, and Daniel Cohn-Bendit, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the European Council of 30 January 2012 (B7-0044/2012). |

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 2.2.2012, item 12.7.

13.   Question hour with the Vice-President of the Commission and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy

13.1.   Questions from the political groups

The following spoke: to put questions and supplementary questions to Catherine Ashton (Vice-President of the Commission and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy), who replied: José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, on behalf of the PPE Group, Véronique De Keyser, on behalf of the S&D Group, and Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck, on behalf of the ALDE Group.

IN THE CHAIR: Roberta ANGELILLI

Vice-President

The following spoke: to put questions and supplementary questions to Catherine Ashton, who replied: Franziska Katharina Brantner, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Charles Tannock, on behalf of the ECR Group, Willy Meyer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Fiorello Provera, on behalf of the EFD Group, and Béla Kovács, Non-attached Member.

13.2.   Questions under the catch-the-eye procedure

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: to put questions to Catherine Ashton, who replied: Philippe Boulland, Alejo Vidal-Quadras, Ana Gomes, Richard Howitt, Marita Ulvskog, Andrew Duff, Nicole Kiil-Nielsen, Struan Stevenson, Laima Liucija Andrikienė, Tunne Kelam, Jacek Protasiewicz, Georgios Papanikolaou and Piotr Borys.

IN THE CHAIR: Georgios PAPASTAMKOS

Vice-President

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: to put questions to Catherine Ashton, who replied: Tarja Cronberg and Sajjad Karim.

Question hour with the Vice-President of the Commission and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy closed.

14.   Iran and its nuclear programme (debate)

Statement by the Vice-President of the Commission and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy: Iran and its nuclear programme

Catherine Ashton (Vice-President of the Commission and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy) made the statement.

The following spoke: José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, on behalf of the PPE Group, María Muñiz De Urquiza, on behalf of the S&D Group, Marietje Schaake, on behalf of the ALDE Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Charles Tannock, Tarja Cronberg, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Charles Tannock, on behalf of the ECR Group, Cornelia Ernst, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Bastiaan Belder, on behalf of the EFD Group, Martin Ehrenhauser, Non-attached Member, Elmar Brok, Ana Gomes, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, Struan Stevenson, Sabine Lösing, who also replied to a blue-card question by Bastiaan Belder, Fiorello Provera, Franz Obermayr, Cristian Dan Preda who also replied to a blue-card question by Ashley Fox, Kathleen Van Brempt, Antonyia Parvanova, Niki Tzavela, Diane Dodds, Lena Kolarska-Bobińska, Maria Eleni Koppa and Nick Griffin.

IN THE CHAIR: László SURJÁN

Vice-President

The following spoke: Charles Tannock to put a blue-card question to Nick Griffin, who answered, György Schöpflin, Josef Weidenholzer, Laima Liucija Andrikienė, George Sabin Cutaș, Filip Kaczmarek, Peter Šťastný and Christofer Fjellner.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė, Monika Flašíková Beňová, Charalampos Angourakis, who also replied to a blue-card question by Charles Tannock, Andreas Mölzer and Paul Rübig.

The following spoke: Catherine Ashton.

Motions for resolutions to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 110(2):

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| — | Johannes Cornelis van Baalen, Marietje Schaake and Alexander Alvaro, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on Iran and its nuclear programme (2012/2512(RSP)) (B7-0017/2012); |

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| — | Cornelia Ernst, Sabine Lösing and Willy Meyer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on Iran and its nuclear programme (2012/2512(RSP)) (B7-0018/2012); |

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| — | María Muñiz De Urquiza, Ana Gomes and Pino Arlacchi, on behalf of the S&D Group, on Iran and its nuclear program (2012/2512(RSP)) (B7-0019/2012); |

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| — | Charles Tannock, on behalf of the ECR Group, on Iran and its nuclear programme (2012/2512(RSP)) (B7-0020/2012); |

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| — | Tarja Cronberg, Michèle Rivasi, Isabelle Durant, Barbara Lochbihler, Emilie Turunen, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Ulrike Lunacek, Rui Tavares, Jill Evans, Rebecca Harms and Daniel Cohn-Bendit, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on Iran and its nuclear programme (2012/2512(RSP)) (B7-0041/2012); |

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| — | José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Lena Kolarska-Bobińska, Elmar Brok, Ioannis Kasoulides, Arnaud Danjean, Cristian Dan Preda, Mario Mauro, Michael Gahler, Ria Oomen-Ruijten, Tunne Kelam, Roberta Angelilli, Laima Liucija Andrikienė, Krzysztof Lisek, Gabriele Albertini and Elena Băsescu, on behalf of the PPE Group, on Iran and its nuclear programme (2012/2512(RSP)) (B7-0042/2012). |

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 2.2.2012, item 12.8.

15.   Situation in Russia (debate)

Statement by the Vice-President of the Commission and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy: Situation in Russia

Catherine Ashton (High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the Commission) made the statement.

The following spoke: Ria Oomen-Ruijten, on behalf of the PPE Group, Knut Fleckenstein, on behalf of the S&D Group, Kristiina Ojuland, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Werner Schulz, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Paweł Robert Kowal, on behalf of the ECR Group, Helmut Scholz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Jaroslav Paška, on behalf of the EFD Group, Andreas Mölzer, Non-attached Member, Krzysztof Lisek and George Sabin Cutaș.

IN THE CHAIR: Othmar KARAS

Vice-President

The following spoke: Paul Rübig to put a blue-card question to George Sabin Cutaș, who replied, Edward McMillan-Scott, Marek Henryk Migalski, Vladimír Remek, Gerard Batten, Francisco José Millán Mon, Boris Zala, Alf Svensson, Monika Flašíková Beňová who also replied to a blue-card question by Marek Henryk Migalski, Inese Vaidere, Tunne Kelam and Paweł Zalewski.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Graham Watson and Seán Kelly.

The following spoke: Catherine Ashton.

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: next part-session.

16.   EU foreign policy towards the BRICS and other emerging powers (debate)

Report on the EU foreign policy towards the BRICS and other emerging powers: objectives and strategies [2011/2111(INI)] - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: Jacek Saryusz-Wolski (A7-0010/2012)

Jacek Saryusz-Wolski introduced the report.

The following spoke: Catherine Ashton (High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the Commission).

The following spoke: Birgit Schnieber-Jastram (rapporteur for the opinion of the DEVE Committee), Ioannis Kasoulides, on behalf of the PPE Group, Boris Zala, on behalf of the S&D Group, Anneli Jäätteenmäki, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Franziska Keller, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Valdemar Tomaševski, on behalf of the ECR Group, Nikolaos Salavrakos, on behalf of the EFD Group, Jacek Protasiewicz and Ana Gomes.

IN THE CHAIR: Oldřich VLASÁK

Vice-President

The following spoke: Kristiina Ojuland, Paulo Rangel, Ioan Mircea Pașcu, Niccolò Rinaldi, Diogo Feio and Kristian Vigenin.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Petru Constantin Luhan, Silvia-Adriana Țicău, Inês Cristina Zuber, Jaroslav Paška and Elena Băsescu.

The following spoke: Catherine Ashton and Jacek Saryusz-Wolski.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 2.2.2012, item 12.1.

17.   Consistent policy towards regimes against which the EU applies restrictive measures (short presentation)

Report with a proposal for a European Parliament recommendation to the Council on a consistent policy towards regimes against which the EU applies restrictive measures, when their leaders exercise their personal and commercial interests within EU borders [2011/2187(INI)] - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: Graham Watson (A7-0007/2012)

Graham Watson made the presentation.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Tarja Cronberg, João Ferreira, Eduard Kukan and Miroslav Mikolášik.

The following spoke: Catherine Ashton (Vice-President of the Commission and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy).

The item closed.

Vote: minutes of 2.2.2012, item 12.2.

18.   European dimension in sport (debate)

Report on the European dimension in sport [2011/2087(INI)] - Committee on Culture and Education. Rapporteur: Santiago Fisas Ayxela (A7-0385/2011)

Santiago Fisas Ayxela introduced the report.

The following spoke: Androulla Vassiliou (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Burkhard Balz (rapporteur for the opinion of the ECON Committee), Toine Manders (rapporteur for the opinion of the JURI Committee), Emine Bozkurt (rapporteur for the opinion of the LIBE Committee), Marco Scurria, on behalf of the PPE Group, Cătălin Sorin Ivan, on behalf of the S&D Group, Liam Aylward, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Tatjana Ždanoka, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Emma McClarkin, on behalf of the ECR Group, Marie-Christine Vergiat, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Paul Nuttall, on behalf of the EFD Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Gerard Batten, Angelika Werthmann, Non-attached Member, Barbara Matera, Nessa Childers, Hannu Takkula, Marina Yannakoudakis, who also replied to a blue-card question by Seán Kelly, Inês Cristina Zuber, Piotr Borys, Monika Smolková, Seán Kelly and Ivo Belet.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Miroslav Mikolášik, Silvia-Adriana Țicău, Jaroslav Paška, Diane Dodds, Anna Záborská and Iosif Matula.

The following spoke: Androulla Vassiliou and Santiago Fisas Ayxela.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 2.2.2012, item 12.9.

19.   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:

Eduard Kukan, Cătălin Sorin Ivan, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, João Ferreira, Zbigniew Ziobro, Czesław Adam Siekierski, Ricardo Cortés Lastra, Marian Harkin, Miguel Portas, Georgios Papanikolaou, Inés Ayala Sender, Cristian Silviu Bușoi, Willy Meyer, Rareș-Lucian Niculescu, Corina Crețu, Kristiina Ojuland, Csaba Sógor, Elena Băsescu, Silvia-Adriana Țicău, László Tőkés, Daciana Octavia Sârbu, Anna Záborská, Claudiu Ciprian Tănăsescu, Seán Kelly, Jacek Olgierd Kurski and Nikolaos Salavrakos.

20.   Agenda of the next sitting

The agenda of the next day’s sitting had been established (‘Agenda’ PE 481.151 OJJE).

21.   Closure of the sitting

The sitting closed at 23.25.

Klaus Welle

Secretary-General

Martin Schulz

President

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