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| 28.3.2013 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | CE 92/1 |

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Monday 14 January 2013  
MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 14 JANUARY 2013

2013/C 92 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. | Statement by the President |

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| 4. | Composition of Parliament |

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| 5. | Request for the waiver of parliamentary immunity |

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| 6. | Verification of credentials |

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| 7. | Composition of committees and delegations |

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| 8. | Parliament's calendar of part sessions – 2013 |

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| 9. | Decision on the opening of interinstitutional negotiations (Rule 70a) |

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| 10. | Signature of acts adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure |

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| 11. | Follow-up to a request for the defence of immunity |

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| 12. | Action taken on Parliament's positions and resolutions |

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| 13. | Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council |

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| 14. | Delegated acts (Rule 87a) |

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| 15. | Questions for oral answer (submission) |

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| 16. | Written declarations (Rule 123(7)) |

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| 17. | Petitions |

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| 18. | Documents received |

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| 19. | Order of business |

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| 20. | Information and consultation of workers, anticipation and management of restructuring (debate) |

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| 21. | Youth guarantee (debate) |

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| 22. | Urban redevelopment as contribution to economic growth - Role of territorial development in cohesion policy - Role of EU cohesion policy in implementing the new European energy policy - European Union Solidarity Fund, implementation and application (debate) |

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| 23. | Administrative procedure law (debate) |

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| 24. | One-minute speeches on matters of political importance |

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| 25. | EU strategy for the Horn of Africa (short presentation) |

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| 26. | Development aspects of intellectual property rights on genetic resources (short presentation) |

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| 27. | Agenda of the next sitting |

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| 28. | Closure of the sitting |

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 14 JANUARY 2013

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.   Statement by the President

The President made a statement condemning the murder last Wednesday in Paris of the three Kurdish activists Sakine Cansiz, Leyla Söylemez and Fidan Dogan. He informed the House that the parents, sister and brother of Fidan Dogan were present in the public gallery and expressed Parliament's condolences to the families of the three victims.

4.   Composition of Parliament

The Italian authorities had given notice of the election of Rosario Crocetta as President of the Region of Sicily with effect from 17 December 2012 and the appointment of Francesca Barracciu to replace him on the same date.

In accordance with Article 7(1) of the Act concerning the election of the Members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage, and with Rule 4(1) and (4) of its Rules of Procedure, Parliament established the vacancy of Rosario Crocetta's seat with effect from 17 December 2012 and noted the appointment of Francesca Barracciu as a Member of the European Parliament from that date.

Under Rule 3(2), until such time as her credentials had been verified or a ruling had been given on any dispute, and provided that she had previously made a written declaration stating that she did not hold any office incompatible with that of Member of the European Parliament, Francesca Barracciu would take her seat in Parliament and on its bodies and would enjoy all the rights attaching thereto.

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Frieda Brepoels had resigned as a Member of the European Parliament with effect from 31 January 2013.

Pursuant to Rule 4(1), Parliament established the vacancy with effect from that date and informed the national authorities concerned.

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The authorities of the Republic of Bulgaria had given notice of the election of Preslav Borissov to replace Iliana Ivanova as Member of Parliament with effect from 1 January 2013.

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, Preslav Borissov would take his seat in Parliament and on its bodies and would enjoy all the rights attaching thereto.

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The authorities of the Republic of Romania had given notice the election of George Becali to the Romanian parliament with effect from 19 December 2012.

Pursuant to Rule 4(1), Parliament established the vacancy with effect from that date and informed the national authorities concerned.

The authorities of the Republic of Romania had given notice of the election of Dan Dumitru Zamfirescu as a Member of the European Parliament to replace George Becali, with effect from 9 January 2013.

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, Dan Dumitru Zamfirescu would take his seat in Parliament and on its bodies and would enjoy all the rights attaching thereto.

5.   Request for the waiver of parliamentary immunity

The Greek competent authorities had forwarded to the President a request for the waiver of the parliamentary immunity of Spyros Danellis in connection with legal proceedings before the Appeal Court of Crete.

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

6.   Verification of credentials

On a proposal from its JURI Committee, Parliament had decided to confirm the mandates of Justina Vitkauskaite, with effect from 21 November 2012, and Monika Panayotova, with effect from 6 December 2012.

7.   Composition of committees and delegations

The President had received the following requests for appointments from the EFD Group:

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|  | PECH Committee: John Stuart Agnew to replace Nigel Farage |

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|  | Delegation for relations with Israel: Preslav Borissov to replace Monika Panayotova |

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|  | Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee: Preslav Borissov |

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

8.   Parliament's calendar of part sessions – 2013

The Conference of Presidents had announced its proposals for the 2013 calendar of part-sessions.

The proposals were as follows:

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| — | 14 to 17 January |

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| — | 4 to 7 February |

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| — | 11 to 14 March |

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| — | 15 to 18 April |

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| — | 20 to 23 May |

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| — | 10 to 13 June |

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| — | 1 to 4 July |

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| — | 9 to12 September |

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| — | 7 to 10 October |

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| — | 21 to 24 October |

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| — | 18 to 21 November |

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| — | 9 to 12 December. |

The deadline for tabling amendments was set for 19.00 on Tuesday, 15 January 2013.

The vote would take place on Wednesday, 16 January 2013.

9.   Decision on the opening of interinstitutional negotiations (Rule 70a)

The President announced that, in accordance with Rule 70a, he had received from the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs three proposals for decisions on the opening of, and mandate for, interinstitutional negotiations:

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| — | Proposal for a decision on the opening of, and mandate for, interinstitutional negotiations on the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing, as part of the Internal Security Fund, the instrument for financial support for external borders and visa (COM(2011)0750 – C7-0441/2011 – 2011/0365(COD) – (2013/2503(RSP))  (B7-0001/2013) |

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| — | Proposal for a decision on the opening of, and mandate for, interinstitutional negotiations on the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Asylum and Migration Fund (COM(2011)0751 – C7-0443/2011 – 2011/0366(COD) – (2013/2504(RSP))  (B7-0002/2013) |

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| — | Proposal for a decision on the opening of, and mandate for, interinstitutional negotiations on the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing, as part of the Internal Security Fund, the instrument for financial support for police cooperation, preventing and combating crime, and crisis management (COM(2011)0753 – C7-0445/2011 – 2011/0368(COD) – (2013/2505(RSP))  (B7-0003/2013) |

These proposals for decisions had been translated into all the official languages and were available on ‧Séance en direct‧.

If no political group, or group of at least 40 Members, requested within 48 hours that they be considered with a debate and vote, these decisions would be deemed to have been approved

10.   Signature of acts adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure

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

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| — | Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European statistical programme 2013-2017 (00065/2012/LEX - C7-0017/2013 - 2011/0459(COD)) |

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| — | Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the approval and market surveillance of two- or three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles (00052/2012/LEX - C7-0015/2013 - 2010/0271(COD)) |

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| — | Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1406/2002 establishing a European Maritime Safety Agency (00078/2012/LEX - C7-0014/2013 - 2010/0303(COD)) |

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| — | Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the marketing and use of explosives precursors (00048/2012/LEX - C7-0013/2013 - 2010/0246(COD)) |

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| — | Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council implementing the bilateral safeguard clause and the stabilisation mechanism for bananas of the Agreement establishing an Association between the European Union and its Member States, on the one hand, and Central America on the other (00063/2012/LEX - C7-0012/2013 - 2011/0263(COD)) |

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| — | Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council implementing the bilateral safeguard clause and the stabilisation mechanism for bananas of the Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Colombia and Peru, of the other part (00062/2012/LEX - C7-0010/2013 - 2011/0262(COD)) |

11.   Follow-up to a request for the defence of immunity

Following the decision of the European Parliament of 1 December 2011 to waive the parliamentary immunity of Georgios Toussas in connection with legal proceedings before the Court of First Instance of Piraeus (minutes of 1.12.2011, item 6.5), the Greek competent authorities had notified Parliament, pursuant to Rule 7(9), that legal proceedings had ended.

That notification had been forwarded for information to the JURI Committee.

12.   Action taken on Parliament's positions and resolutions

The Commission communication on the action it had taken in response to the resolutions adopted by Parliament during the September part-session was available on the Séance en direct site.

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

13.   Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council

The Council had forwarded certified true copies of the following:

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| — | Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Armenia on the facilitation of the issuance of visas; |

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| — | Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, of the other part, on a Framework Agreement between the European Union and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan on the general principles for the participation of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in Union programmes; |

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| — | Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution under the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania for a period of two years. |

14.   Delegated acts (Rule 87a)

The following draft delegated acts had been forwarded to Parliament:

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| — | Commission delegated regulation supplementing Directive 2011/61/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to exemptions, general operating conditions, depositaries, leverage, transparency and supervision (C(2012)8370)  Objection deadline: three months from receipt of document on 19 December 2012   |  |  | | --- | --- | | Referred to | committees: ECON; JURI (Rule 50) | |

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| — | Commission delegated regulation amending Annex II to Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences (C(2012)9454)  Objection deadline: two months from receipt of document on 18 December 2012   |  |  | | --- | --- | | Referred to | committee: INTA | |

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| — | Commission delegated regulation establishing rules related to the procedure for granting the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance by virtue of Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences (C(2012)9460)  Objection deadline: two months from receipt of the document on 18 December 2012   |  |  | | --- | --- | | Referred to | committee: INTA | |

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| — | Commission delegated regulation supplementing Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories with regard to regulatory technical standards on the minimum details of the data to be reported to trade repositories (C(2012)9586)  Objection deadline: one month from receipt of document on 19 December 2012   |  |  | | --- | --- | | Referred to | committee: ECON | |

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| — | Commission delegated regulation supplementing Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards on indirect clearing arrangements, the clearing obligation, the public register, access to a trading venue, non-financial counterparties, risk mitigation techniques for OTC derivatives contracts not cleared by a CCP (C(2012)9593)  Objection deadline: one month from receipt of document on 19 December 2012   |  |  | | --- | --- | | Referred to | committee: ECON | |

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| — | Commission delegated regulation supplementing Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories with regard to regulatory technical standards specifying the details of the application for registration as a trade repository (C(2012)9602)  Objection deadline: one month from receipt of document on 19 December 2012.   |  |  | | --- | --- | | Referred to | committee: ECON | |

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| — | Commission delegated regulation supplementing Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories, with regard to regulatory technical standards specifying the data to be published and made available by trade repositories and operational standards for aggregating, comparing and accessing the data (C(2012)9603)  Objection deadline: one month from receipt of document on 19 December 2012   |  |  | | --- | --- | | Referred to | committee: ECON | |

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| — | Commission delegated regulation supplementing Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards on capital requirements for central counterparties (C(2012)9614)  Objection deadline: one month from receipt of document on 19 December 2012   |  |  | | --- | --- | | Referred to | committee: ECON | |

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| — | Commission delegated regulation supplementing Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 with regard to regulatory technical standards on requirements for central counterparties (C(2012)9623)  Objection deadline: one month from receipt of document on 19 December 2012   |  |  | | --- | --- | | Referred to | committee: ECON | |

15.   Questions for oral answer (submission)

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

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| — | (O-000217/2012) by Vital Moreira and Cristiana Muscardini, on behalf of the INTA Committee, to the Commission: Regulation on mandatory marking of origin for certain products imported from third countries (B7-0552/2012); |

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| — | (O-000218/2012) by Vital Moreira, on behalf of the INTA Committee, to the Commission: State of play of trade negotiations with Mercosur (B7-0553/2012); |

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| — | (O-000219/2012) by Pervenche Berès, on behalf of the EMPL Committee, to the Commission: Youth Guarantee (B7-0554/2012); |

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| — | (O-000208/2012) by Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Andreas Schwab and Daniel Caspary, on behalf of the PPE Group, to the Commission: Modernisation of Customs Code and introduction of list of non-preferential rules of origin (B7-0101/2013); |

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| — | (O-000213/2012) by Sharon Bowles, on behalf of the ECON Committee, to the Commission: State aid modernisation (B7-0102/2013); |

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| — | (O-000220/2012) by Brian Simpson, on behalf of the TRAN Committee, to the Commission: ‧One carry-on bag‧ rule imposed by certain airlines (B7-0103/2013); |

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| — | (O-000221/2012) by Brian Simpson, on behalf of the TRAN Committee, to the Commission: Revision of Directive 96/53/EC concerning authorised dimensions and weights for certain road vehicles (B7-0104/2013); |

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| — | (O-000001/2013) by Silvana Koch-Mehrin, on behalf of the ALDE Group, to the Commission: Modernisation of Customs Code and introduction of list of non-preferential Rules of Origin (B7-0105/2013). |

16.   Written declarations (Rule 123(7))

In accordance with Rule 123(7), written declarations Nos 0025/2012, 0027/2012, 0029/2012, 0030/2012 had lapsed as they had not obtained the required number of signatures.

17.   Petitions

The following petitions, which had been entered in the register on the dates shown below, had been forwarded to the committee responsible under Rule 201(6):

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|  | 19 December 2012  Barbara Schneider (No 1470/2012); (name withheld) (No 1471/2012); Dirk Scherer (No 1472/2012); (name withheld) (No 1473/2012); Isam Eshibani (No 1474/2012); (name withheld) (No 1475/2012); Silke Hofmann (No 1476/2012); Lasse Schuldt (6 signatures) (No 1477/2012); Daniel Brückner (No 1478/2012); Clas Hillebrand (TAV, Initiative für Tabak-Abgas-Vermeidung) (No 1479/2012); (name withheld) (No 1480/2012); Susanne Anzengruber (No 1481/2012); Timo Müller (No 1482/2012); Wolfgang Obermüller (No 1483/2012); (name withheld) (No 1484/2012); Vera Artz (No 1485/2012); (name withheld) (No 1486/2012); (name withheld) (No 1487/2012); (name withheld) (No 1488/2012); (name withheld) (No 1489/2012); Gerrie Kok (No 1490/2012); (name withheld) (No 1491/2012); Petar Troyanski (Асоциация на свободното слово "Анна Политковская")) (No 1492/2012); Hannu Heikki Oskari Hietikko (No 1493/2012); Krisztina Orosz (No 1494/2012); Zsolt Néveri (No 1495/2012); (name withheld) (No 1496/2012); Juan Adolfo López Montes (No 1497/2012); Xesus Domínguez Domínguez (Plataforma afectados por participacions preferentes e obligacions subord. da Galiza) (43 000 signatures) (No 1498/2012); Georgeta Elisabeta Ionescu (Civil Society Initiative Group of Bârlad - CSIGB) (2 signatures) (No 1499/2012); Monika Kavecká (Primary Trade Union Organization of Nurses and Obstetricians at Faculty Hospital with Policlinic Žilina) (3 signatures) (No 1500/2012); Paula Pereira (No 1501/2012); Teresa Jakubowska (No 1502/2012); Santiago Carcas Cuartero (ARDF- Asociación por la Recuperación de los Desaparecidos en el Franquismo) (No 1503/2012); Chantal Maynard (No 1504/2012); Ruth Wodak (Lancaster University - Department of Linguistics and English Language) (45 signatures) (No 1505/2012); Alessandra Proietti De Nicola (Associazione Rinascita Piediluco) (No 1506/2012); Rosella Lucente (No 1507/2012); Paolo Andrea Lazzerini (No 1508/2012); Manifattura Chimica Italiana Trading srl (No 1509/2012); Susan Fox (The Isles Communities Turbine Action Campaign) (2 signatures) (No 1510/2012); Vincenzo Iezzone (No 1511/2012); Andreino Della Bona (No 1512/2012); Elise De Brouwer (Lush France) (No 1513/2012); José Félix Del Río Rosendi (No 1514/2012); Józef Antoniuk (Społeczny Komitet Członków Rodzin Osób Pomordowanych przez Zbrojne Podziemie) (No 1515/2012); Carmine Pirozzi (8 signatures) (No 1516/2012); (name withheld) (No 1517/2012); (name withheld) (No 1518/2012); Lorenzo Croce (Ass. Italiana Difesa Animali ed Ambiente - AIDAA) (No 1519/2012); Erik Dale (No 1520/2012); (name withheld) (No 1521/2012); Pierre Perri (No 1522/2012); Marc Fiammante (No 1523/2012); Flavio Miccono (No 1524/2012); Fariborz Arya (No 1525/2012); Andree May Shand (No 1526/2012); Carlo Rizzuto (European Research Facilities Association) (No 1527/2012); Graham Smith (No 1528/2012); Andrew Fitzgerald (No 1529/2012); Trudy Carroll (No 1530/2012); Alain Saiche (No 1531/2012); Boriss Dunajevskis (No 1532/2012); Monika Pape (No 1533/2012); Francisco Moreno Gayá (Ayuntament de Torrella) (No 1534/2012); Carlos Arribas Ugarte (Ecologistes en Acción País Valencià) (No 1535/2012); Maria Angeles Helena Maldonado Granados (Platoforma por la Comarca de Antequera "No al Anillo") (No 1536/2012); Graziella Zavalloni (Lega per l'abolizione della caccia) (17 953 signatures) (No 1537/2012); Jeanne Zanella (No 1538/2012); Ravinder Singh Chumber (No 1539/2012); Liz Gaffer (15 000 signatures) (No 1540/2012); Nicholas Crossin (No 1541/2012); Denis Gallo (No 1542/2012); Dorcas Makgato-Malesu (Ministry of Trade and Industry of Botswana) (No 1543/2012); Savvas Mikropoulos (No 1544/2012); Rafael Domínguez Romero (No 1545/2012); Ernesto Aurelio Vandama Puentes (Asociación Cubana Española de Madrid y Ámbito Nacional) (No 1546/2012); Christian Paulussen (No 1547/2012); Brigitta Elisabeth Gerken (No 1548/2012); (name withheld) (No 1549/2012); M Hammann (Euro Media Trade GmbH) (No 1550/2012); Frank Wegner (No 1551/2012); Dieter Schroder (No 1552/2012); Georg Kuhn (No 1553/2012); Eike Riemann (No 1554/2012); Helmut Wolfram (Gemeindeverwaltung Bad Brambach) (No 1555/2012); (name withheld) (No 1556/2012); Vasile Capra (No 1557/2012); Ria Hermanns (No 1558/2012); (name withheld) (No 1559/2012). |

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|  | 11 January 2013  Emanuel Kroemer (No 1560/2012); Dariusz Ciotucha (No 1561/2012); Anna Kotlińska (No 1562/2012); Barbara Wawrzyniak (No 1563/2012); Aneta Mrugała (No 1564/2012); Zbigniew Barski (Wójt Gminy Gubin) (No 1565/2012); Janusz Szwagrun (Korporacja "Poli-Service" SA) (No 1566/2012); Zdzisław Roman Gagalski (No 1567/2012); Georgios Choustoulakis (No 1568/2012); Giorgios Toussas (Komunistiko Komma Elladas) (No 1569/2012); Giorgios Toussas (Komunistiko Komma Elladas) (2 signatures) (No 1570/2012); Váncsa Györgyné (No 1571/2012); (name withheld) (No 1572/2012); Johannes Tilman (No 1573/2012); Marlies Van Hoef (Transplant Creations & Van Hoef Consulting) (No 1574/2012); Michael Maier (No 1575/2012); Rolf Juschkewitz (No 1576/2012); Jacqueline Cadell (No 1577/2012); M Moreau (No 1578/2012); Alberto Lago González (Ferbal Agrícola SL) (No 1579/2012); Kenneth Price (No 1580/2012); (name withheld) (No 1581/2012); W. van Deijl (No 1582/2012); Nordine Gheraissa (No 1583/2012); Jurgis Andriuška (No 1584/2012); Bernard Delforge (No 1585/2012); (name withheld) (No 1586/2012); Hal Wilson (No 1587/2012); Eusebio De Blas Rivero (No 1588/2012); Marco Da Prato (No 1589/2012); Oisin Jones-Dillon (No 1590/2012); Matilde Ducco (No 1591/2012); Philippe Bornes (No 1592/2012); Siegfried Teske (Antennengemeinschaft Arzberg II e. V.) (No 1593/2012); Heiner Schwab (No 1594/2012); Fritz Schachtner (No 1595/2012); Lucie Haardt (Jugendliche ohne Grenzen) (3 signatures) (No 1596/2012); Joachim Schroeder (No 1597/2012); (name withheld) (No 1598/2012); Gianna Gérbrandt (No 1599/2012); Angelika Kraus (No 1600/2012); Beata Kostorz (No 1601/2012); Margot Mar (No 1602/2012); Ralf Friedrich (No 1603/2012); (name withheld) (No 1604/2012); Matthias Ferrari (No 1605/2012); Oliver Koch (No 1606/2012); Barbara Schneider (No 1607/2012); (name withheld) (No 1608/2012); (name withheld) (No 1609/2012); Michael Leßmann (No 1610/2012); Kinga Katalin Toth (No 1611/2012); Dirk Graupner (No 1612/2012); (name withheld) (No 1613/2012); (name withheld) (No 1614/2012); Cacilia Braun Muller (Katholische Landvolk Bewegung im Erzbischoflichen Seelsorgeamt) (No 1615/2012); Martina Schachtner (No 1616/2012); Gunars Ruskulis (No 1617/2012); Jan Douwe Kooistra (No 1618/2012); Evelien Leloux (No 1619/2012); Wim Hamhuis (No 1620/2012); Konstantin Krastev (No 1621/2012); Renata Nowosadzka (No 1622/2012); Hieronim Więcek (No 1623/2012); Janina Rutkowska (No 1624/2012); Magdalena Michalczyk (No 1625/2012); Daniela Kosinski (Instytut obrony zdrowia naturalnego) (No 1626/2012); Gábor Kale (No 1627/2012); Katalin Gyöngyössy (No 1628/2012); Csaba Gál (10 signatures) (No 1629/2012); Marios Achilleos (No 1630/2012); Carmen Gómez Heredia (No 1631/2012); Alain Mustière (ACIPRAN) (No 1632/2012); Mara Bizzotto (No 1633/2012); (name withheld) (No 1634/2012); Michele Sierchio (No 1635/2012); (name withheld) (No 1636/2012); Maria Gomes (Association Luso-Guinée Bissau Lanta asbl) (No 1637/2012); Pere Parés i Rosés (Ajuntament del Masnou) (No 1638/2012); Sara Vasconi (No 1639/2012); George Daniel Piciorea (No 1640/2012); (name withheld) (No 1641/2012); Vasile Toma (No 1642/2012); Joan Lluís Pineda i Garcia (No 1643/2012); Alberto Puglia (No 1644/2012); Bruno Genty (France Nature Environnement) (No 1645/2012); Josef Greiner (No 1646/2012); Cornelia Schifferdecker (No 1647/2012); Leszek Kubczyk (No 1648/2012); Stanisław Pietyra (No 1649/2012); Vicente Manuel Cano Moya (Establecimiento Penitenciario de Ocaña I) (No 1650/2012); Pablo Muñoz Dorado (Establecimiento Penitenciario de Ocaña I) (No 1651/2012); Dimitris Karlovassitis (No 1652/2012); Dimitris Karlovassitis (No 1653/2012); Dimitrios Examiliotis (No 1654/2012); Stavros Agorastos (No 1655/2012); Zoltán Lomnici (No 1656/2012); Stanislav Gulbinovic (No 1657/2012); Cvetan Vetsov (No 1658/2012). |

18.   Documents received

The following documents had been received:

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| 1) | from committees, reports   |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | \*\*\*IReport on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making availableon the market and supervision of explosives for civil uses (Recast) (COM(2011)0771 - C7-0423/2011 - 2011/0349(COD)) - IMCO Committee - Rapporteur: Zuzana Roithová (A7-0256/2012) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | \*\*\*IReport on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on criminal sanctions for insider dealing and market manipulation (COM(2011)0654 - C7-0358/2011 - 2011/0297(COD)) - ECON Committee - Rapporteur: Arlene McCarthy (A7-0344/2012) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | \*\*\*IReport on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on insider dealing and market manipulation (market abuse) (COM(2011)0651 - C7-0360/2011 - 2011/0295(COD)) - ECON Committee - Rapporteur: Arlene McCarthy (A7-0347/2012) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | \*\*\*IReport on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the marketof pyrotechnic articles (recast) (COM(2011)0764 - C7-0425/2011 - 2011/0358(COD)) - IMCO Committee - Rapporteur: Zuzana Roithová (A7-0375/2012) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | \*\*\*IReport on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Hercule III programme to promote activities in the field of the protection of the European Union's financial interests (COM(2011)0914 - C7-0513/2011 - 2011/0454(COD)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Monica Luisa Macovei (A7-0385/2012) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Report with recommendations to the Commission on information and consultation of workers, anticipation and management of restructuring (2012/2061(INI)) - EMPL Committee - Rapporteur: Alejandro Cercas (A7-0390/2012) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | \*\*\*IReport on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous preparations (recast) (COM(2012)0008 - C7-0021/2012 - 2012/0007(COD)) - ENVI Committee - Rapporteur: Eija-Riitta Korhola (A7-0391/2012) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | \*\*\*IReport on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1098/2007 of 18 September 2007 establishing a multi-annual plan for the cod stocks in the Baltic Sea and the fisheries exploiting those stocks (COM(2012)0155 - C7-0090/2012 - 2012/0077(COD)) - PECH Committee - Rapporteur: Jarosław Leszek Wałęsa (A7-0395/2012) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | \*\*\*IReport on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directives 2000/60/EC and 2008/105/EC as regards priority substances in the field of water policy (COM(2011)0876 - C7-0026/2012 - 2011/0429(COD)) - ENVI Committee - Rapporteur: Richard Seeber (A7-0397/2012) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Report on the European Union Solidarity Fund, implementation and application (2012/2075(INI)) - REGI Committee - Rapporteur: Rosa Estaràs Ferragut (A7-0398/2012) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | \*\*\*IReport on the amended proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing an action programme for customs and taxation in the European Union for the period 2014-2020 (FISCUS) and repealing Decision No 1482/2007/EC (COM(2012)0465 - C7-0242/2012 - 2011/0341B(COD)) - ECON Committee - Rapporteur: Theodor Dumitru Stolojan (A7-0399/2012) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Report on the feasibility of introducing Stability Bonds (2012/2028(INI)) - ECON Committee - Rapporteur: Sylvie Goulard (A7-0402/2012) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | \*\*\*IReport on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 294/2008 establishing the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (COM(2011)0817 - C7-0467/2011 - 2011/0384(COD)) - ITRE Committee - Rapporteur: Philippe Lamberts (A7-0403/2012) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | \*\*\*IReport on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing ‧ERASMUS FOR ALL‧ - The Union Programme for Education, Training, Youth and Sport (COM(2011)0788 - C7-0436/2011 - 2011/0371(COD)) - CULT Committee - Rapporteur: Doris Pack (A7-0405/2012) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Report on urban re-development as contribution to economic growth in the framework of the EU Cohesion Policy (2011/2311(INI)) - REGI Committee - Rapporteur: Andrea Cozzolino (A7-0406/2012) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | \*Report on the proposal for a Council regulation on the Research and Training Programme of the European Atomic Energy Community (2014-2018) complementing Horizon 2020 – The Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (COM(2011)0812 - C7-0009/2012 - 2011/0400(NLE)) - ITRE Committee - Rapporteur: Peter Skinner (A7-0407/2012) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Report on EU Strategy for the Horn of Africa (2012/2026(INI)) - AFET Committee - Rapporteur: Charles Tannock (A7-0408/2012) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | \*\*\*Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of a Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Iraq, of the other part (10209/2012 - C7-0189/2012 - 2010/0310(NLE)) - AFET Committee - Rapporteur: Mario Mauro (A7-0411/2012) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Report on amendment of Rule 15(2) of Parliament’s Rules of Procedure on the order of precedence of Vice-Presidents elected by acclamation (2012/2020(REG)) - AFCO Committee - Rapporteur: Carlo Casini (A7-0412/2012) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | \*\*\*IReport on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Programme for the Competitiveness of Enterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises (2014 - 2020) (COM(2011)0834 - C7-0463/2011 - 2011/0394(COD)) - ITRE Committee - Rapporteur: Jürgen Creutzmann (A7-0420/2012) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Report on optimising the role of territorial development in cohesion policy (2011/2312(INI)) - REGI Committee - Rapporteur: Derek Vaughan (A7-0421/2012) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Report on development aspects of intellectual property rights on genetic resources: the impact on poverty reduction in developing countries (2012/2135(INI)) - DEVE Committee - Rapporteur: Catherine Grèze (A7-0423/2012) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Report on the proposal for a Council regulation establishing for the period 2014-2020 the programme ‧Europe for Citizens‧ (COM(2011)0884 - C7-0411/2012 - 2011/0436(APP)) - CULT Committee - Rapporteur: Hannu Takkula (A7-0424/2012) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Report on Public Finances in EMU - 2011 and 2012 (2011/2274(INI)) - ECON Committee - Rapporteur: Alfredo Pallone (A7-0425/2012) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Report concerning Special Report No 13/2011 of the Court of Auditors entitled ‧Does the control of customs procedure 42 prevent and detect VAT evasion?‧ (N7-0004/2012 - C7-0019/2012 - 2012/2010(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Bart Staes (A7-0426/2012) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | \*\*\*Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion on behalf of the European Union of the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (13582/2012 - C7-0323/2012 - 2012/0120(NLE)) - ENVI Committee - Rapporteur: Matthias Groote (A7-0429/2012) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | \*\*\*Recommendation on the proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Interim Agreement establishing a framework for an Economic Partnership Agreement between Eastern and Southern Africa States, on the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, on the other part (11699/2012 - C7-0193/2012 - 2008/0251(NLE)) - INTA Committee - Rapporteur: Daniel Caspary (A7-0431/2012) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Report on EU-China relations (2012/2137(INI)) - AFET Committee - Rapporteur: Bastiaan Belder (A7-0434/2012) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Report on the role of EU cohesion policy and its actors in implementing the new European energy policy (2012/2099(INI)) - REGI Committee - Rapporteur: Lena Kolarska-Bobińska (A7-0437/2012) | |

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| 2) | from Members, motions for resolutions (Rule 120)   |  |  |  |  | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | — | Corina Crețu, Daciana Octavia Sârbu and Silvia-Adriana Țicău. Motion for a resolution on stop to violence against women in India (B7-0023/2013)   |  |  | | --- | --- | | referred to | responsible: FEMM | |  |  |  |  |  | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | — | Nuno Melo. Motion for a resolution on the need for regulation under Article 85 TFEU (B7-0582/2012)   |  |  | | --- | --- | | referred to | responsible: LIBE | | |

19.   Order of business

The next item was the order of business.

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The following spoke: Peter van Dalen, on the possibility of placing on the agenda for the next part-session a debate on the granting of EU funding to Egypt.

The following spoke: Jörg Leichtfried, on the sentence handed down by the Austrian courts to a former Member of the European Parliament.

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The final draft agenda for the January 2013 sittings (PE 500.369/PDOJ) had been distributed and a number of changes had been proposed (Rule 140):

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|  | Monday  No changes. |

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|  | Tuesday  The following spoke: Charles Tannock, on the request by his Group to place on the agenda of Tuesday, 15 January 2013 a debate on Mali, in the presence of Catherine Ashton (Vice-President of the Commission and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy) (the President said that the request had not been received in due time).  The following spoke: Arnaud Danjean, in support of that request, Hannes Swoboda, to request that the debate be held in February in the presence of Catherine Ashton, Rebecca Harms, to point out that Catherine Ashton could attend the Tuesday sitting and in support of the request by Charles Tannock. The President said that Catherine Ashton had said that she could not attend the February 2013 part-session.  The following spoke: Chris Davies, on this matter.  The President said that he would ask Catherine Ashton to attend the Wednesday sitting.  The following spoke: László Andor (Member of the Commission), to say that Catherine Ashton could attend the Tuesday sitting but not the Wednesay sitting.  The President informed the House that Parliament would make a formal request to Catherine Ashton to attend the Wednesday sitting. |

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|  | Wednesday  No changes. |

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|  | Thursday  Debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (Rule 122):   |  |  | | --- | --- | |  | The following spoke: Gabriele Zimmer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, to request that the item ‧Human rights situation in Bahrain‧ be substituted with an item ‧Assassination of Kurdish activists in Paris‧. |  |  |  | | --- | --- | |  | The following spoke: Charles Tannock, in support of that request, and Hannes Swoboda, to request that the item be placed on the agenda of the next part-session and form part of a debate on the peace process between the Turkish authorities and the Kurds. | |

The order of business was thus established.

20.   Information and consultation of workers, anticipation and management of restructuring (debate)

Report with recommendations to the Commission on information and consultation of workers, anticipation and management of restructuring [2012/2061(INI)] - Committee on Employment and Social Affairs. Rapporteur: Alejandro Cercas (A7-0390/2012)

Alejandro Cercas introduced the report.

IN THE CHAIR: Rainer WIELAND

Vice-President

The following spoke: László Andor (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Veronica Lope Fontagné, on behalf of the PPE Group, Jutta Steinruck, on behalf of the S&D Group, Jelko Kacin, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Marije Cornelissen, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Oldřich Vlasák, on behalf of the ECR Group, Thomas Händel, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Andrew Henry William Brons, Non-attached Member, Csaba Őry, Frédéric Daerden, Phil Bennion, Philippe Boulland, Sergio Gaetano Cofferati, Nadja Hirsch, Sari Essayah, Sylvana Rapti, Ádám Kósa, Minodora Cliveti and Elisabeth Morin-Chartier.

The following spoke under the ‧catch-the-eye‧ procedure: Evelyn Regner, Roberta Angelilli, Silvia-Adriana Țicău, Inês Cristina Zuber, Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă and Inés Ayala Sender.

The following spoke: László Andor and Alejandro Cercas.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 15.1.2013, item 9.5.

21.   Youth guarantee (debate)

Oral question (O-000219/2012) by Pervenche Berès, on behalf of the EMPL Committee, to the Commission: Youth Guarantee (B7-0554/2012)

Pervenche Berès moved the question.

László Andor (Member of the Commission) answered the question

The following spoke: Csaba Őry, on behalf of the PPE Group, Alejandro Cercas, on behalf of the S&D Group, Nadja Hirsch, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Emilie Turunen, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Patrick Le Hyaric, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Thomas Mann, Evelyn Regner, Marian Harkin, Elisabeth Schroedter, Konstantinos Poupakis, Emer Costello, Karima Delli, Regina Bastos, Jutta Steinruck, Sergio Gutiérrez Prieto, Richard Howitt, Katarína Neveďalová and Eider Gardiazábal Rubial.

The following spoke under the ‧catch-the-eye‧ procedure: Zofija Mazej Kukovič and Olga Sehnalová.

IN THE CHAIR: Roberta ANGELILLI

Vice-President

The following spoke under the ‧catch-the-eye‧ procedure: Tarja Cronberg, Paul Murphy, Nikolaos Salavrakos, Dimitar Stoyanov, Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Joanna Katarzyna Skrzydlewska, Liisa Jaakonsaari, María Irigoyen Pérez, who also replied to a blue-card question by Silvia-Adriana Țicău, Franziska Keller, Jaroslav Paška, Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou and Seán Kelly.

The following spoke: László Andor.

Motion for a resolution to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 115(5):

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| — | Pervenche Berès, on behalf of the EMPL Committee, on Youth guarantee (2012/2901(RSP)) (B7-0007/2013). |

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 16.1.2013, item 8.10.

22.   Urban redevelopment as contribution to economic growth - Role of territorial development in cohesion policy - Role of EU cohesion policy in implementing the new European energy policy - European Union Solidarity Fund, implementation and application (debate)

Report on urban re-development as contribution to economic growth in the framework of the EU Cohesion Policy [2011/2311(INI)] - Committee on Regional Development. Rapporteur: Andrea Cozzolino (A7-0406/2012)

Report on optimising the role of territorial development in cohesion policy [2011/2312(INI)] - Committee on Regional Development. Rapporteur: Derek Vaughan (A7-0421/2012)

Report on the role of EU cohesion policy and its actors in implementing the new European energy policy [2012/2099(INI)] - Committee on Regional Development. Rapporteur: Lena Kolarska-Bobińska (A7-0437/2012)

Report on the European Union Solidarity Fund, implementation and application [2012/2075(INI)] - Committee on Regional Development. Rapporteur: Rosa Estaràs Ferragut (A7-0398/2012)

Andrea Cozzolino, Derek Vaughan, Lena Kolarska-Bobińska and Rosa Estaràs Ferragut presented their reports.

The following spoke: Johannes Hahn (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Filiz Hakaeva Hyusmenova (rapporteur for the opinion of the EMPL Committee), Ioan Enciu (rapporteur for the opinion of the ITRE Committee), Erminia Mazzoni, on behalf of the PPE Group, Constanze Angela Krehl, on behalf of the S&D Group, Ramona Nicole Mănescu, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Nikos Chrysogelos, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Oldřich Vlasák, on behalf of the ECR Group, Jaroslav Paška, on behalf of the EFD Group, Younous Omarjee, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Ewald Stadler, Non-attached Member, Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Wojciech Michał Olejniczak, Riikka Manner, Ana Miranda, James Nicholson, Mara Bizzotto, Cornelia Ernst, Andreas Mölzer and Lambert van Nistelrooij.

IN THE CHAIR: Alexander ALVARO

Vice-President

The following spoke: Georgios Stavrakakis, Peter van Dalen, Tadeusz Cymański, Charalampos Angourakis, Joachim Zeller, Jens Nilsson, Julie Girling, Iosif Matula, María Irigoyen Pérez, Adam Bielan, Marie-Thérèse Sanchez-Schmid, Francesco De Angelis, Nuno Teixeira, Csaba Sándor Tabajdi, Zofija Mazej Kukovič and Kerstin Westphal.

The following spoke under the ‧catch-the-eye‧ procedure: Erik Bánki, Romana Jordan, who also replied to a blue-card question by Silvia-Adriana Țicău, Olga Sehnalová, Luís Paulo Alves, João Ferreira and Franz Obermayr.

The following spoke: Johannes Hahn, Andrea Cozzolino, Derek Vaughan, Lena Kolarska-Bobińska and Rosa Estaràs Ferragut.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 15.1.2013, item 9.1 for report A7-0406/2013, minutes of 15.1.2013, item 9.2 for report A7-0421/2013, minutes of 15.1.2013, item 9.3 for report A7-0398/2013, minutes of 16.1.2013, item 8.11 for report A7-0437/2013.

23.   Administrative procedure law (debate)

Report with recommendations to the Commission on a Law of Administrative procedure of the European Union [2012/2024(INI)] - Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: Luigi Berlinguer (A7-0369/2012)

Luigi Berlinguer introduced the report.

The following spoke: Maroš Šefčovič (Vice-President of the Commission).

IN THE CHAIR: Georgios PAPASTAMKOS

Vice-President

The following spoke: Anneli Jäätteenmäki (rapporteur for the opinion of the AFCO Committee), Margrete Auken (rapporteur for the opinion of the PETI Committee) and Giuseppe Gargani, on behalf of the PPE Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by William (The Earl of) Dartmouth, Evelyn Regner, on behalf of the S&D Group, Cecilia Wikström, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Eva Lichtenberger, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Dimitar Stoyanov, Non-attached Member, Tadeusz Zwiefka and Francisco Sosa Wagner.

The following spoke under the ‧catch-the-eye‧ procedure: Danuta Jazłowiecka, Seán Kelly and Elena Băsescu.

The following spoke: Maroš Šefčovič and Luigi Berlinguer.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 15.1.2013, item 9.4.

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:

Iuliu Winkler, Silvia-Adriana Țicău, Joanna Katarzyna Skrzydlewska, Ioan Enciu, Metin Kazak, Nikos Chrysogelos, Martina Anderson, Marek Henryk Migalski, Gerard Batten, Iosif Matula, Romana Jordan, Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă, Graham Watson, Inês Cristina Zuber, Cristian Dan Preda, Andres Perello Rodriguez, Chris Davies, Rui Tavares, Willy Meyer, Andrzej Grzyb, Dimitar Stoyanov, Radvilė Morkūnaitė-Mikulėnienė, Elena Băsescu, Antonio Masip Hidalgo, Seán Kelly, Paul Murphy, Rebecca Taylor and Erik Bánki.

25.   EU strategy for the Horn of Africa (short presentation)

Report on EU Strategy for the Horn of Africa [2012/2026(INI)] - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: Charles Tannock (A7-0408/2012)

Charles Tannock made the presentation.

The following spoke under the ‧catch-the-eye‧ procedure: Olle Schmidt, João Ferreira, Zbigniew Ziobro and Elena Băsescu.

The following spoke: Maroš Šefčovič (Vice-President of the Commission).

The item closed.

Vote: minutes of 15.1.2013, item 9.6.

26.   Development aspects of intellectual property rights on genetic resources (short presentation)

Report on development aspects of intellectual property rights on genetic resources: the impact on poverty reduction in developing countries [2012/2135(INI)] - Committee on Development. Rapporteur: Catherine Grèze (A7-0423/2012)

Catherine Grèze made the presentation.

The following spoke under the ‧catch-the-eye‧ procedure: Jaroslav Paška, Josefa Andrés Barea, Elena Băsescu and João Ferreira.

The following spoke: Maroš Šefčovič (Vice-President of the Commission).

The item closed.

Vote: minutes of 15.1.2013, item 9.7.

27.   Agenda of the next sitting

The agenda of the next day's sitting had been established (‘Agenda’ PE 500.369/OJMA).

28.   Closure of the sitting

The sitting closed at 23.10.

Klaus Welle

Secretary-General

Roberta Angelilli

Vice-President

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