Voting session

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MEPs held their daily voting session on 6 February 2013 during which they voted to approve:

  • technical changes to EU-US trade rules
  • a report by the Employment Committee on guidelines for the employment policies of member states
  • changes to the laws on the pricing of medicines
  • reform of the EU's Common Fisheries Policy
  • laws on the sound level of motor vehicles
  • changes to the funding of the EU's External Borders Fund, European Refugee Fund, European Return Fund and European Fund for the Integration of Third-Country Nationals
  • laws on the conservation of fishery resources
  • a report setting out the European Parliament's initial priorities for the 2014 budget
  • a report by the Public Health Committee on active ageing
  • resolutions setting out the parliament's position ahead of forthcoming meetings of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, and of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
  • non-legislative reports on corporate social responsibility

Useful links.

Read Democracy Live's guide to how the plenary sessions work here.

The European Parliament's disclaimer on the use of simultaneous interpretations can be found here.