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| 1.5.2012 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | CE 127/1 |

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Monday 13 February 2012  
MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 13 FEBRUARY 2012

2012/C 127 E/01

Contents

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| 1. | Resumption of the session |

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

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| 3. | Composition of Parliament |

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| 4. | Appointment of Members to the Advisory Committee on the Conduct of Members |

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| 5. | Composition of committees and delegations |

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| 6. | Corrigendum (Rule 216) |

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| 7. | Signature of acts adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure |

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| 8. | Documents received |

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| 9. | Oral questions (submission) |

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| 10. | Petitions |

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| 11. | Action taken on Parliament's resolutions |

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| 12. | Order of business |

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| 13. | Statements by the President |

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| 14. | Situation of the homeless in Europe as a result of the spell of cold weather (debate) |

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| 15. | Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market and protection of intellectual property rights \*\*\*I (debate) |

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| 16. | Interconnection of central, commercial and companies registers \*\*\*I (debate) |

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| 17. | Technical requirements for credit transfers and direct debits in euros \*\*\*I (debate) |

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| 18. | Collective rights management (debate) |

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| 19. | Reprogramming of the structural funds (debate) |

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| 20. | One-minute speeches on matters of political importance |

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| 21. | Agenda of the next sitting |

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| 22. | Closure of the sitting |

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 13 FEBRUARY 2012

IN THE CHAIR: Martin SCHULZ

President

1.   Resumption of the session

The sitting opened at 17.00.

2.   Approval of the minutes of the previous sittings

Marian Harkin had been present at the sitting of 1 February 2012, but her name was not on the attendance register.

The minutes of the sittings of 1 February 2012 and 2 February 2012 were approved.

3.   Composition of Parliament

The United Kingdom authorities had given notice of the election of Phil Bennion to replace Elizabeth Lynne as Member of the European Parliament.

Parliament took note of this, with effect from 6 February 2012.

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

Kurt Lechner had submitted his resignation as Member of the European Parliament with effect from 17 March 2012.

In accordance with Rule 4(1), Parliament had established the vacancy of his seat with effect from that date and informed the relevant national authority.

4.   Appointment of Members to the Advisory Committee on the Conduct of Members

The President announced that, pursuant to Article 7 of the Code of Conduct for Members of the European Parliament with respect to financial interests and conflicts of interest (Annex I to the Rules), he had appointed the following Members to the Advisory Committee on the Conduct of Members: Carlo Casini, Evelyn Regner, Cecilia Wikström, Gerald Häfner, Sajjad Karim, and Jiří Maštálka and Francesco Enrico Speroni as reserve members.

5.   Composition of committees and delegations

The President had received the following requests for appointments from the PPE, S&D, ALDE, Verts/ALE and GUE/NGL groups, and from the Non-attached Members' secretariat:

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| — | Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee: Satu Hassi; Mikael Gustafsson was no longer a full member |

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| — | Delegation for relations with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo Delegation for relations with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo: Nikos Chrysogelos |

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| — | Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees: Elena Băsescu to replace Peter Jahr |

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| — | Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee: Pilar Ayuso to replace Luis de Grandes Pascual |

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| — | Delegation for relations with Israel: Isabelle Durant to replace Franziska Katharina Brantner |

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| — | Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees and Delegation for relations with Tadjikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia: Nicole Kiil-Nielsen to replace Bart Staes |

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| — | Delegation for relations with the Andean Community: Luis de Grandes Pascual |

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| — | Delegation for relations with the Mercosur countries: Ana Miranda; Pilar Ayuso was no longer a full member |

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| — | Delegation for relations with Japan: Dolores García-Hierro Caraballo to replace Antolín Sánchez Presedo |

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| — | Delegation for relations with South Africa: Antolín Sánchez Presedo to replace Dolores García-Hierro Caraballo |

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| — | Delegation for relations with the Pan-African Parliament: Sabine Lösing; Isabella Lövin was no longer a full member |

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| — | Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly: Isabella Lövin to replace Nicole Kiil-Nielsen |

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| — | Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean: Malika Benarab-Attou to replace Raül Romeva i Rueda |

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| — | Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly: Ana Miranda |

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| — | Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly: Werner Schulz to replace Ulrike Lunacek |

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| — | Delegation for relations with Iran: Peter Jahr to replace Kurt Lechner; Franz Obermayr was no longer a full member |

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| — | Delegation for relations with the United States: Christian Ehler to replace Elmar Brok |

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| — | Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China: Elmar Brok to replace Herbert Reul |

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| — | Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula: Herbert Reul to replace Christian Ehler |

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| — | Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand: Hannu Takkula to replace Jean-Luc Bennahmias |

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| — | Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries: Franz Obermayr to replace Martin Ehrenhauser |

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| — | Subcommittee on Human Rights: Daniël van der Stoep |

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

6.   Corrigendum (Rule 216)

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

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|  | Corrigendum (P7\_TA-PROV(2011)0486(COR01)) to the position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 15 November 2011 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) No …/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on short selling and certain aspects of credit default swaps P7\_TA-PROV(2011)0486 - (COM(2010)0482 – C7-0264/2010 – 2010/0251(COD)). |

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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. |

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7.   Signature of acts adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure

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

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| — | Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 810/2009 establishing a Community Code on Visas (Visa Code) (00075/2011/LEX - C7-0037/2012 - 2011/0223(COD)) |

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| — | Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulations (EC) No 1290/2005 and (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards distribution of food products to the most deprived persons in the Union (00004/2012/LEX - C7-0036/2012 - 2008/0183(COD)) |

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| — | Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1085/2006 establishing an Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) (00064/2011/LEX - C7-0035/2012 - 2011/0193(COD)) |

8.   Documents received

The following documents had been received:

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| 1) | from the Council and Commission   |  |  |  |  | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | — | Implementation measures for the Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on Deposit Guarantee Schemes [recast] (N7-0040/2012 - C7-0031/2012 - 2010/0207(COD))   |  |  | | --- | --- | | referred to | responsible: ECON  opinion: JURI, IMCO, JURI (recast) | | |

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| 2) | from committees   |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2.1) | reports   |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | \* Report on the proposal for a Council Regulation implementing enhanced cooperation in the area of the creation of unitary patent protection with regard to the applicable translation arrangements (COM(2011)0216 - C7-0145/2011 - 2011/0094(CNS)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Raffaele Baldassarre (A7-0002/2012) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | \* Report on the proposal for a Council decision on guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States (COM(2011)0813 - C7-0500/2011 - 2011/0390(CNS)) - EMPL Committee - Rapporteur: Pervenche Berès (A7-0011/2012) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | \*\*\* Recommendation on the draft Council Decision on the conclusion on behalf of the Union, of the Arrangement between the European Union and the Republic of Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein, the Kingdom of Norway and the Swiss Confederation on the participation by those States in the work of the committees which assist the European Commission in the exercise of its executive powers as regards the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis (07763/2010 - C7-0272/2011 - 2009/0168(NLE)) - LIBE Committee - Rapporteur: Timothy Kirkhope (A7-0013/2012) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | \*\*\* Recommendation on the Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of a Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Kingdom of Morocco, of the other part, on a framework agreement between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco on the general principles for the participation of Kingdom of Morocco in Union programmes (12712/2010 - C7-0430/2010 - 2010/0125(NLE)) - AFET Committee - Rapporteur: Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck (A7-0016/2012) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | \*\*\* Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Protocol agreed between the European Union and the Republic of Guinea-Bissau setting out fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the two parties currently in force (15178/2011 - C7-0003/2012 - 2011/0257(NLE)) - PECH Committee - Rapporteur: Carl Haglund (A7-0017/2012) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Report on the contribution to the Annual Growth Survey 2012 (2011/2319(INI)) - ECON Committee - Rapporteur: Jean-Paul Gauzès (A7-0018/2012) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Report on employment and social aspects in the Annual Growth Survey 2012 (2011/2320(INI)) - EMPL Committee - Rapporteur: Marije Cornelissen (A7-0021/2012) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | \*\*\* I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directives 89/666/EEC, 2005/56/EC and 2009/101/EC as regards the interconnection of central, commercial and companies registers (COM(2011)0079 - C7-0059/2011 - 2011/0038(COD)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Kurt Lechner (A7-0022/2012) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | \*\*\* Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco concerning reciprocal liberalisation measures on agricultural products, processed agricultural products, fish and fishery products, the replacement of Protocols 1, 2 and 3 and their Annexes and amendments to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Kingdom of Morocco, of the other part (15975/2010 - C7-0432/2010 - 2010/0248(NLE)) - INTA Committee - Rapporteur: José Bové (A7-0023/2012) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | \*\*\* Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the regional Convention on pan-Euro-Mediterranean preferential rules of origin (11343/2010 - C7-0207/2011 - 2010/0093(NLE)) - INTA Committee - Rapporteur: Emilio Menéndez del Valle (A7-0026/2012) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Report on the guidelines for the 2013 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 Service (2012/2001(BUD)) - BUDG Committee - Rapporteur: Derek Vaughan (A7-0030/2012) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | \* Report on the nomination of Mr Baudilio Tomé Muguruza as a Member of the Court of Auditors (N7-0002/2012 - C7-0015/2012 - 2012/0801(NLE)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Inés Ayala Sender (A7-0036/2012) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | \*\*\*I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the issuance of euro coins (COM(2011)0295 - C7-0140/2011 - 2011/0131(COD)) - ECON Committee - Rapporteur: Hans-Peter Martin (A7-0439/2011) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | \* Report on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 975/98 of 3 May 1998 on denominations and technical specifications of euro coins intended for circulation (COM(2011)0296 - C7-0189/2011 - 2011/0128(NLE)) - ECON Committee - Rapporteur: Hans-Peter Martin (A7-0440/2011) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | \*\*\*I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the approval of agricultural or forestry vehicles (COM(2010)0395 - C7-0204/2010 - 2010/0212(COD)) - IMCO Committee - Rapporteur: Pier Antonio Panzeri (A7-0446/2011) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | \*\*\*I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 302/2009 concerning a multiannual recovery plan for bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean (COM(2011)0330 - C7-0154/2011 - 2011/0144(COD)) - PECH Committee - Rapporteur: Raül Romeva i Rueda (A7-0449/2011) | |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2.2) | recommendations for second reading   |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | \*\*\*II Recommendation for second reading on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a multi-annual radio spectrum policy programme (16226/1/2011 - C7-0012/2012 - 2010/0252(COD)) - ITRE Committee - Rapporteur: Gunnar Hökmark (A7-0019/2012) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | \*\*\*II Recommendation for second reading on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2000/75/EC as regards vaccination against bluetongue (16696/1/2011 - C7-0011/2012 - 2010/0326(COD)) - AGRI Committee - Rapporteur: Janusz Wojciechowski (A7-0031/2012) |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | \*\*\*II Recommendation for second reading on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulations (EC) No 1290/2005 and (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards distribution of food products to the most deprived persons in the Union (18733/1/2011 - C7-0022/2012 - 2008/0183(COD)) - AGRI Committee - Rapporteur: Czesław Adam Siekierski (A7-0032/2012) | | |

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| 3) | from Members, motions for resolutions (Rule 120)   |  |  |  |  | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | — | Cristiana Muscardini and Niccolo Rinaldi. Motion for a resolution on the need to finance SME trade fairs in the Euro-Mediterranean area (B7-0046/2012)   |  |  | | --- | --- | | referred to | responsible: INTA | | |

9.   Oral questions (submission)

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

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| — | (O-000308/2011) by Carmen Fraga Estévez and Pat the Cope Gallagher, on behalf of the Committee on Fisheries, to the Council: State of play regarding the proposed multiannual plan for the western stock of Atlantic horse mackerel and the fisheries exploiting that stock (B7-0023/2012) |

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| — | (O-000309/2011) by Carmen Fraga Estévez and Pat the Cope Gallagher, on behalf of the Committee on Fisheries, to the Commission: State of play regarding the proposed multiannual plan for the western stock of Atlantic horse mackerel and the fisheries exploiting that stock (B7-0024/2012); |

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| — | (O-000315/2011) by Sophia in 't Veld, Sylvie Goulard, Sonia Alfano, Alexander Alvaro, Sarah Ludford, Theodoros Skylakakis, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Philippe De Backer, Jens Rohde, Stanimir Ilchev and Giommaria Uggias, on behalf of the ALDE Group, to the Commission: Extra-territorial impact of third-country legislation and EU data protection laws (B7-0025/2012); |

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| — | (O-000318/2011) by Cornelia Ernst, Miguel Portas and Marisa Matias, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, to the Commission: Extra-territorial impact of third country legislation and EU data protection laws (B7-0026/2012); |

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| — | (O-000325/2011) by Norbert Glante, on behalf of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, to the Commission: Future of GMES (B7-0027/2012); |

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| — | (O-000326/2011) by Jan Philipp Albrecht, Rui Tavares, Raül Romeva i Rueda and Judith Sargentini, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, to the Commission: Extraterritorial impact of third-country legislation and EU data protection laws (B7-0028/2012); |

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| — | (O-000004/2012) by Maria do Céu Patrão Neves, on behalf of the PPE Group, Marek Józef Gróbarczyk, on behalf of the ECR Group, and Ulrike Rodust, on behalf of the S&D Group, to the Commission: Contribution of the CFP to the production of public goods (B7-0029/2012); |

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| — | (O-000006/2012) by Erminia Mazzoni, on behalf of the Committee on Petitions, to the Commission: Blind persons' access to books (B7-0030/2012); |

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| — | (O-000015/2012) by Juan Fernando López Aguilar, on behalf of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, to the Commission: Green Paper on the right to family reunification of third-country nationals living in the EU (Directive 2003/86/EC) (B7-0031/2012); |

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| — | (O-000016/2012) by Gabriel Mato Adrover, on behalf of the Committee on Fisheries, to the Council: Measures in the TAC and Quotas Regulation for 2012 exceeding the scope of Article 43(3) TFEU (B7-0032/2012); |

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| — | (O-000017/2012) by Gabriel Mato Adrover, on behalf of the Committee on Fisheries, to the Commission: Measures in the TAC and Quotas Regulation for 2012 exceeding the scope of Article 43(3) TFEU (B7-0033/2012); |

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| — | (O-000020/2012) by Klaus-Heiner Lehne, on behalf of the Committee on Legal Affairs, to the Commission: Proposal for a directive on collective rights management (B7-0034/2012); |

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| — | (O-000022/2012) by Simon Busuttil, Manfred Weber and Jean-Paul Gauzès, on behalf of the PPE Group, to the Commission: Extra-territorial impact of third-country legislation and EU data protection laws (B7-0035/2012); |

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| — | (O-000024/2012) by Emilio Menéndez del Valle and Vital Moreira, on behalf of the Committee on International Trade, to the Commission: Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the regional Convention on pan-Euro-Mediterranean preferential rules of origin (B7-0036/2012) |

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| — | (O-000025/2012) by Danuta Maria Hübner, on behalf of the Committee on Regional Development, to the Commission: Reprogramming of the structural funds to better combat youth unemployment and help SMEs (B7-0037/2012); |

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| — | (O-000029/2012) by João Ferreira, Patrick Le Hyaric, Willy Meyer and Jacky Hénin, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, to the Commission: Contribution of the CFP to the production of public goods (B7-0038/2012). |

10.   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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|  | 27 January 2012  Marcin Gall (Międzynarodowe Stowarzyszenie Przeciw Dyskryminacji Dzieci w Niemczech t. z.) (2 signatures) (No 1372/2011); Lukasz Plodzien (No 1373/2011); Joanna Pawlowicz (Stowarzyszenie Inicjatyw Spolecznych Terra, Stowarzyszenie LOS) (No 1374/2011); Jaroslaw Gryko (Komitet Spoleczny Nasze Drogi Wspolna Sprawa) (8 signatures) (No 1375/2011); (name confidential) (No 1376/2011); Jurgen Lang (25 signatures) (No 1377/2011); (name confidential) (No 1378/2011); Michèle Souflet (No 1379/2011); Ferenc Tibor Zsák (No 1380/2011); Marion Hegge (No 1381/2011); Péter Szepesházi (2 signatures) (No 1382/2011); Purificación García Camaño (No 1383/2011); Ángel Martín Jaén (No 1384/2011); Antoni Bagué Guerrero (Generalitat de Catalunya - Delegació Territorial del Govern de la Generalitat a Lleida) (No 1385/2011); Antonio Javier Rodríguez Castillo (Ayuntamiento de Ayamonte) (No 1386/2011); Gheorghe Popa (No 1387/2011); Ana María Darias Fierro (Afigranca - Asociación de Fibromialgia de Gran Canaria) (No 1388/2011); Rafael Faet Oltra (Colegio de Abogados de Valencia) (No 1389/2011); Ion Vîlceanu (21 signatures) (No 1390/2011); Anton Garbacea (No 1391/2011); Sigrid Lüber (OceanCare & European Alliance to End Dolphins in Captivity (EAEDC)) (No 1392/2011); Domenico Proietti Dante (No 1393/2011); Anton Kodzhabashev (Bulgarian National Weightlifting Alliance and Anti-Doping Policy in the 21st Century) (2 signatures) (No 1394/2011); Tomasz Adamski (No 1395/2011); Roberto Giurastante (Greenaction Transnational) (No 1396/2011); Anna Spina (Studio Avv.Angela FIORE & Caterina CICCIA) (66 signatures) (No 1397/2011); Diomede Castaldo (No 1398/2011); Anna Hollerer (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Osterreichische Bauerinnen PK der LK Osterreichs) (38 signatures) (No 1399/2011); Hans Josef Friedrich (No 1400/2011); Ingeborg Munker (No 1401/2011); Bernd Leinberger (No 1402/2011); Hans Werner Forster (No 1403/2011); Theodoridis Panagiotis (No 1404/2011); Efthymios Chatzopoulos (No 1405/2011); Konstantin Smaraidos (No 1406/2011); Paraskevas Petsanas (No 1407/2011); Philippe Lafaye De Micheaux (No 1408/2011); Milivoj Cvetkovic (No 1409/2011); Siegfried Glomb (No 1410/2011); Georgi Prokopiev Ivanov (No 1411/2011); Diana Spânu (No 1412/2011). |

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|  | 2 February 2012  Abdelfettah Sahmi (No 1413/2011); Pedro Martos Miralles (Fundación Sierra Minera) (No 1414/2011). |

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|  | 3 February 2012  Godfrey Brincat (No 0001/2012); Angelo Vassena (No 0002/2012); Egon Wittich (No 0003/2012); (name confidential) (No 0004/2012); Heinz Schnobel (No 0005/2012); Nikolai Baschinski (No 0006/2012); Nicole Todzy (No 0007/2012); Ludewig Daniel (No 0008/2012); Klára Rychtarčiková (No 0009/2012); Gisbert Sauer (No 0010/2012); (name confidential) (No 0011/2012); Markus Muckenthaler (No 0012/2012); Lucia Bartolotti (No 0013/2012); Joseph Furneaux-Gotch (No 0014/2012); (name confidential) (No 0015/2012); Andrew Summer (No 0016/2012); Sofía Patiño Fontán (No 0017/2012); Isabella Bellaccini (2 signatures) (No 0018/2012); Vladi Manev (No 0019/2012); William Dartmouth (No 0020/2012); Mario Herrera (2 signatures) (No 0021/2012); (name confidential) (No 0022/2012); Riccardo Lovatini (No 0023/2012); Daniela Spera (Comitato Legamjonici) (2 signatures) (No 0024/2012); (name confidential) (No 0025/2012); Matteo Califano (No 0026/2012); (name confidential) (No 0027/2012); Antonio Cassano (No 0028/2012); Jozef Dreisig (4 signatures) (No 0029/2012); (name confidential) (No 0030/2012); Alojz Kovačič (No 0031/2012); (name confidential) (No 0032/2012); Martin Wurm (No 0033/2012). |

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|  | 10 February 2012  Alexander Götz (No 0034/2012); Zbigniew Zajaczkowski (No 0035/2012); Hans-Joachim Jens (No 0036/2012); Wasilios Katsioulis (No 0037/2012); Claudio Jarczyk (14 signatures) (No 0038/2012); Klaus Gummert (No 0039/2012); Christina Trautmann (No 0040/2012); Vladimír Cibulka (No 0041/2012); Jacek Kuźma (No 0042/2012); Tilman Kluge (No 0043/2012); Christiane Schröter (No 0044/2012); (name confidential) (No 0045/2012); Frauke Schmidt (No 0046/2012); Rolf Meyer (No 0047/2012); Christian Hoppensack (No 0048/2012); Jorg West (No 0049/2012); Mathias Bickel (No 0050/2012); Spyridon Zouridakis (Association Pulley) (No 0051/2012); Friedrich Hans-Josef (No 0052/2012); Friedrich Hans-Josef (No 0053/2012); (name confidential) (No 0054/2012); Pino González Santana (No 0055/2012); Daniel Pavel (Strângătorii Revendicărilor) (12 signatures) (No 0056/2012); Ion Bordinc (No 0057/2012); Alberto Mendoza Martínez-Manso (No 0058/2012); (name confidential) (No 0059/2012); María Carmen Valverde Sanvisen (No 0060/2012); Thierry Pino Le Derff (No 0061/2012); Yves Chanel (No 0062/2012); Georgios Siamos (No 0063/2012); (name confidential) (No 0064/2012); Alain Perraud (No 0065/2012); Davis Germanis (Vesminas Kirbizu ciems) (No 0066/2012); Marc Fiammante (No 0067/2012); Laurent Lasselin (No 0068/2012); Georgios Floras (No 0069/2012); Imre Juhász (No 0070/2012); István Balogh (No 0071/2012); George Arvanitis (International Telematic University UNINETTUNO) (2 signatures) (No 0072/2012); Eva Johansson (No 0073/2012); (name confidential) (No 0074/2012); (name confidential) (No 0075/2012); Mark Austin (No 0076/2012); Radu-Victor Obreja (No 0077/2012); Fernand Collet (No 0078/2012); Association Victoire de la révolution de décembre 89 (Association Victoire dela révolution de décembre 89 Bucarest = Asociația Victoria Revoluției din decembrie 89) (No 0079/2012); Carlos Bruno Nascimento Rodrigues (No 0080/2012); Fulvio Fiorentini (No 0081/2012); Giuseppina Paternoster (No 0082/2012); Kenneth Ingle (No 0083/2012); Paulo Sequeira Wandschneider (No 0084/2012); Claudio Carcone (No 0085/2012); Camelia Cioară (No 0086/2012); Giuseppe Pastore (No 0087/2012); Daria Bonfietti (Ass.ne Parenti delle Vittime della Strage di Ustica) (No 0088/2012); Piero Carini (No 0089/2012); Arefi Doost Parisa (No 0090/2012); José Luis Baró Fuentes (No 0091/2012); Fulvio Fiorentini (No 0092/2012). |

11.   Action taken on Parliament's resolutions

The Commission communications on the action it had taken in response to the resolutions adopted by Parliament during the September I and II and October I 2011 part-sessions were available on the Séance en direct site.

12.   Order of business

The next item was the order of business.

The final draft agenda for the February II 2012 sittings (PE 481.354 PDOJ) had been distributed and a number of changes had been proposed (Rule 140):

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|  | Tuesday  Request from the Verts/ALE Group to hold the debate on the oral question ‘Feasibility of introducing stability bonds’ (item 111 on the final draft agenda) after the joint debate on the Agreement between the EU and Morocco concerning reciprocal liberalisation measures on agricultural products and fishery products (items 37 and 101 on the final draft agenda).  The following spoke: Daniel Cohn-Bendit.  Parliament approved the request. |

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The order of business was thus established.

The following spoke: Hannes Swoboda to request that the alleged attacks against Neelie Kroes (Vice-President of the Commission) and Ulrike Lunacek in the Hungarian press be investigated.

The President undertook to do this.

13.   Statements by the President

The President referred to the case of the Saudi journalist Hamza Kashgari, who was facing execution for remarks posted on Twitter. The President stressed the need to protect freedom of expression and undertook to do all he could to prevent a death sentence being pronounced.

He also expressed his concern at the items posted on an internet site created by the Dutch political party PVV to collect complaints from the public about Central and Eastern European workers living in the Netherlands. He said that he would raise this issue with the Prime Minister of the Netherlands shortly.

The following spoke on the latter issue: Corien Wortmann-Kool, Francesco Enrico Speroni and Sophia in 't Veld.

14.   Situation of the homeless in Europe as a result of the spell of cold weather (debate)

Commission statement: Situation of the homeless in Europe as a result of the spell of cold weather

Michel Barnier (Member of the Commission) made the statement.

The following spoke: Joseph Daul, on behalf of the PPE Group, Sylvie Guillaume, on behalf of the S&D Group, and Niccolò Rinaldi, on behalf of the ALDE Group.

IN THE CHAIR: Miguel Angel MARTÍNEZ MARTÍNEZ

Vice-President

The following spoke: Karima Delli, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Sajjad Karim, on behalf of the ECR Group, and Gabriele Zimmer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group.

The following spoke: Michel Barnier.

The debate closed.

15.   Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market and protection of intellectual property rights \*\*\*I (debate)

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)] - Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: Antonio Masip Hidalgo (A7-0003/2012)

Antonio Masip Hidalgo introduced the report.

The following spoke: Michel Barnier (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Alajos Mészáros, on behalf of the PPE Group, Evelyn Regner, on behalf of the S&D Group, Christian Engström, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Sajjad Karim, on behalf of the ECR Group, Paul Nuttall, on behalf of the EFD Group, Raffaele Baldassarre, Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, Alexandra Thein, who also replied to a blue-card question by Sajjad Karim, Eva Lichtenberger, Emma McClarkin, Marielle Gallo, who also replied to a blue-card question by Paul Rübig, Silvia-Adriana Țicău and Andreas Schwab.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Ildikó Gáll-Pelcz, Monika Flašíková Beňová, Iosif Matula, Elena Băsescu and Paul Rübig.

The following spoke: Michel Barnier.

IN THE CHAIR: Edward McMILLAN-SCOTT

Vice-President

The following spoke: Antonio Masip Hidalgo.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 14.2.2012, item 7.1.

16.   Interconnection of central, commercial and companies registers \*\*\*I (debate)

Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directives 89/666/EEC, 2005/56/EC and 2009/101/EC as regards the interconnection of central, commercial and companies registers [COM(2011)0079 - C7-0059/2011- 2011/0038(COD)] - Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: Kurt Lechner (A7-0022/2012)

Kurt Lechner introduced the report.

The following spoke: Michel Barnier (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Raffaele Baldassarre, on behalf of the PPE Group, Evelyn Regner, on behalf of the S&D Group, Alexandra Thein, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Sajjad Karim, on behalf of the ECR Group, Jaroslav Paška, on behalf of the EFD Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Paul Rübig, Elena Băsescu, Silvia-Adriana Țicău, Monica Luisa Macovei and Monika Flašíková Beňová.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris, Janusz Władysław Zemke and Paul Rübig.

The following spoke: Michel Barnier and Kurt Lechner.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 14.2.2012, item 7.2.

17.   Technical requirements for credit transfers and direct debits in euros \*\*\*I (debate)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing technical requirements for credit transfers and direct debits in euros and amending Regulation (EC) No 924/2009 [COM(2010)0775 - C7-0434/2010- 2010/0373(COD)] - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Sari Essayah (A7-0292/2011)

Corien Wortmann-Kool, deputising for the rapporteur, introduced the report.

IN THE CHAIR: Anni PODIMATA

Vice-President

The following spoke: Michel Barnier (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Evelyne Gebhardt (rapporteur for the opinion of the IMCO Committee), Ivari Padar, on behalf of the S&D Group, Sophia in 't Veld, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Sven Giegold, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Nikolaos Chountis, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, who also answered blue-card questions from Hans-Peter Martin and Sven Giegold, Sampo Terho, on behalf of the EFD Group, Hans-Peter Martin, Non-attached Member, Jean-Paul Gauzès, George Sabin Cutaș, Dimitar Stoyanov, Othmar Karas, Monika Flašíková Beňová and Andreas Mölzer.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Sergio Paolo Francesco Silvestris, Silvia-Adriana Țicău, Elena Băsescu, Jaroslav Paška, Zofija Mazej Kukovič and Janusz Władysław Zemke.

The following spoke: Michel Barnier.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 14.2.2012, item 7.6.

18.   Collective rights management (debate)

Oral question (O-000020/2012) by Klaus-Heiner Lehne, on behalf of the Committee on Legal Affairs, to the Commission: Proposal for a directive on collective rights management (B7-0034/2012)

Marielle Gallo, deputising for the author, moved the oral question.

Michel Barnier (Member of the Commission) answered the oral question.

The following spoke: Monica Luisa Macovei, on behalf of the PPE Group, Luigi Berlinguer, on behalf of the S&D Group, Cecilia Wikström, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Eva Lichtenberger, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, and Françoise Castex.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Anna Záborská, Silvia-Adriana Țicău and Franz Obermayr.

The following spoke: Michel Barnier.

IN THE CHAIR: Roberta ANGELILLI

Vice-President

The debate closed.

19.   Reprogramming of the structural funds (debate)

Oral question (O-000025/2012) by Danuta Maria Hübner, on behalf of the Committee on Regional Development, to the Commission: Reprogramming of the structural funds to better combat youth unemployment and help SMEs (B7-0037/2012)

Danuta Maria Hübner moved the oral question.

Johannes Hahn (Member of the Commission) answered the oral question.

The following spoke: Lambert van Nistelrooij, 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, Elisabeth Schroedter, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Younous Omarjee, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Joachim Zeller, María Irigoyen Pérez, Michael Theurer, Ana Miranda, Cornelia Ernst, Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Marita Ulvskog, Nikos Chrysogelos, Marisa Matias, Nuno Teixeira, Patrice Tirolien, Alain Cadec, Elena Băsescu, Seán Kelly, Giovanni La Via, Rareș-Lucian Niculescu, Jim Higgins and Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou.

The following spoke under the ‘catch-the-eye’ procedure: Miroslav Mikolášik, Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Pervenche Berès, Silvia-Adriana Țicău, João Ferreira, Jaroslav Paška, Iosif Matula, Luís Paulo Alves, Evelyn Regner and Phil Prendergast.

The following spoke: Johannes Hahn.

The debate closed.

20.   One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

In accordance with Rule 150, the following Members who wished to draw the attention of Parliament to matters of political importance spoke for one minute:

Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, András Gyürk, Andrey Kovatchev, Spyros Danellis, Kinga Göncz, Michael Cashman, Andrea Zanoni, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Pat the Cope Gallagher, Nikos Chrysogelos, Ana Miranda, Sandrine Bélier, Marina Yannakoudakis, Marek Henryk Migalski, Marisa Matias, Paul Murphy, Gerard Batten, Slavi Binev, Martin Ehrenhauser, Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou, Nuno Teixeira, Marian-Jean Marinescu, Ioan Enciu, Kristian Vigenin, Arkadiusz Tomasz Bratkowski, Antonio Masip Hidalgo, Cristian Dan Preda and Alexander Mirsky.

21.   Agenda of the next sitting

The agenda of the next day's sitting had been established (‘Agenda’ PE 481.354 OJMA).

22.   Closure of the sitting

The sitting closed at 23.00.

Klaus Welle

Secretary-General

Alejo Vidal-Quadras

Vice-President

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