ACAA agreement between Israel and the EU ratified
The ACAA agreement with Israel is a framework agreement that recognizes
Israel industrial standards as equivalents to European standards.
(Communicated by the MFA Spokesperson)
23 Oct 2012

The European Parliament ratified an extremely important technical-commercial
agreement today (Tuesday, 23 October 2012). The ACAA agreement (Agreements
on Conformity Assessment and Acceptance of industrial products) with Israel
is a framework agreement that recognizes Israel industrial standards as
equivalents to European standards. An appendix regarding pharmaceutical
products was added to the vote. The meaning of this is that the European
Union will recognize the Israeli pharmaceutical standard, and Israeli
pharmaceutical products can now be marketed without delay or further
inspection (in parallel to similar marketing of European drugs in Israel).
Additional appendixes covering other industrial spheres will be added to the
framework agreement in the near future.

Due to irrelevant political objections, the agreement was stalled in the
European Parliament for the past two years. After many efforts by the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Israeli embassies in the EU countries and
particularly of the mission to the EU, the agreement was finally adopted: in
this evening’s vote in Strasbourg, 379 voted for, 240 against and 40
abstained.

[The following voting report was provided to IMRA by the offices of the
European Parliament ]

379 For
ALDE: Alvaro, Bennahmias, BuÅŸoi, Chatzimarkakis, Creutzmann, De
Backer, Donskis, Gerbrandy, Godmanis, Griesbeck, Ilchev, Jensen,
Kozlík, Krahmer, Lambsdorff, Lepage, Ludford, Lyon, Løkkegaard, Manders,
Michel, Mulder, Mănescu, Newton Dunn, Nicolai, Ojuland, Oviir,
Parvanova, Reimers, Ries, Rohde, Savisaar-Toomast, Schaake, Schmidt,
Takkula, Theurer, Tremosa i Balcells, Vălean, Weber Renate, Wikström, in 't
Veld, van Baalen
ECR: Ashworth, Bielan, Bokros, Bradbourn, Callanan, Campbell
Bannerman, Chichester, Deva, Elles, Eppink, Fajmon, Foster, Fox,
Harbour, Kamiński, Kowal, Kožušník, Legutko, McClarkin, Migalski,
Muscardini, Nicholson, Ouzký, Piotrowski, Rosbach, Stevenson, StrejÄ?ek,
Sturdy, Szymański, Tannock, Tomaševski, Tošenovský, Van Orden, Vlasák,
Yannakoudakis, Zahradil, ZÄ«le, van Dalen
EFD: (The Earl of) Dartmouth, Agnew, Allam, Belder, Bizzotto,
Borghezio, Bufton, Cymański, Fontana, Helmer, Imbrasas, Kurski,
Messerschmidt, Morganti, Provera, Rossi, Salavrakos, Salvini, Scottà,
Speroni, Terho, Tzavela, Vanhecke, WÅ‚osowicz
GUE/NGL: KohlíÄ?ek, MaÅ¡tálka, Ransdorf
NI: Claeys, Dodds, Hartong, Sosa Wagner, Stassen, Szegedi,
Zijlstra, van der Kammen, van der Stoep
PPE: Albertini, Andrikien÷, Antonescu, Antoniozzi, Arias
Echeverría, Auconie, Audy, Ayuso, Bach, Bagó, Baldassarre, Balz,
Bartolozzi, Bastos, Bauer, Becker, Belet, Bendtsen, Berlato, Bodu,
Bonsignore, Borys, Boulland, Bratkowski, Brok, Busuttil, Buzek, Böge,
Băsescu, Březina, Cadec, Cancian, Carvalho, Casa, Casini, Caspary,
Collin-Langen, Corazza Bildt, Correa Zamora, Danjean, Dantin, Daul, David,
Deutsch, Deß, Dorfmann, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Ehler, Engel,
Essayah, Estaràs Ferragut, Ferber, Fernandes, Fidanza, Fisas Ayxela,
Fjellner, Florenz, Fraga Estévez, Franco, Gahler, Gardini, Gargani, Garriga
Polledo, Gauzès, Giannakou, Glattfelder, Grossetête, Grzyb, Gräßle, Gál,
Gáll-Pelcz, Handzlik, Herranz García, Hibner, Higgins, Hohlmeier,
Hortefeux, Hökmark, Hübner, Ibrisagic, Ivanova, Jahr, Jazłowiecka,
Jeggle, Jiménez-Becerril Barrio, Jordan, Juvin, Járóka, Jędrzejewska,
Kaczmarek, Kalinowski, Kalniete, Karas, KariĦš, Kasoulides, Kastler,
Kelam, Kelly, Klaß, Koch, Kolarska-Bobińska, Koumoutsakos,
Kovatchev, Kozłowski, Kuhn, Kukan, Kósa, Köstinger, La Via, Lamassoure,
Landsbergis, Le Brun, Le Grip, Liese, Lisek, Lope Fontagné, Luhan,
Lulling, López-Istúriz White, Macovei, Malinov, Mann, Marcinkiewicz,
Marinescu, Matera, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Matula, Mauro, Mayer, Mazej
KukoviÄ?, Mazzoni, McGuinness, Melo, Mikolášik, Mitchell, MorkÅ«nait÷-
Mikul÷nien÷, Motti, Mészáros, Naranjo Escobar, Neynsky, Niculescu,
Nitras, Olbrycht, Oomen-Ruijten, Ortiz Vilella, Pack, Pallone,
Papanikolaou, Papastamkos, Patriciello, Patrão Neves, Peterle, Pieper,
Pirker, Posselt, Poupakis, Preda, Protasiewicz, Proust, Pöttering,
Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Rangel, Reul, Riquet, Rivellini, Roatta, Roithová,
Ronzulli, Rübig, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Salatto, Sartori, Sarvamaa,
Saryusz-Wolski, Saudargas, Schnellhardt, Schwab, Schöpflin, Scurria,
Seeber, Siekierski, Silvestris, Skrzydlewska, Sommer, Stolojan, Surján,
Svensson, Szájer, Sógor, Tatarella, Teixeira, Theocharous, Thun und
Hohenstein, Thyssen, Trematerra, Trzaskowski, Tsoukalas, Tıkés, Ulmer,
Ungureanu, Urutchev, Vaidere, Verheyen, Vidal-Quadras, Vlasto, Voss,
Wałęsa, Weber Manfred, Weisgerber, Wieland, Winkler Iuliu, Winkler Hermann,
Wortmann-Kool, Zalba Bidegain, Zalewski, Zanicchi, Zasada, Zwiefka,
Záborská, de Grandes Pascual, del Castillo Vera, van Nistelrooij, van de
Camp, Å?ukacijewska, Ä°ry, Å adurskis, Šťastný
S&D: Andrés Barea, Attard-Montalto, Boştinaru, Brzobohatá,
Cliveti, CreŃu, Cutaş, Dušek, Dăncilă, Enciu, Falbr, Flašíková Beňová,
Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gurmai, Göncz, Herczog, Liberadzki,
Maňka, NeveÄ?alová, Olejniczak, PaÅŸcu, Sehnalová, Siwiec, Skinner,
Smolková, Sârbu, Tabajdi, Tănăsescu, Vigenin, Zala, Zemke, łicău
Verts/ALE: Schulz, Trüpel

230 Against
ALDE: Aylward, Bearder, Bennion, Bilbao Barandica, Bowles,
Crowley, Davies, Duff, Gallagher, Hall, Harkin, Iovine, Johansson,
Kacin, McMillan-Scott, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Rinaldi, Skylakakis, Thein,
Verhofstadt, Watson, Werthmann, Zanoni
EFD: Ziobro
GUE/NGL: Anderson, Angourakis, Chountis, Ernst, Ferreira João, Händel,
Klute, Le Hyaric, Liotard, Lösing, Matias, Meyer, Murphy, Mélenchon,
Omarjee, Remek, Rubiks, Scholz, Sousa, Søndergaard, Triantaphyllides,
Vergiat, Wils, Zimmer, Zuber, de Jong
NI: Brons, Ehrenhauser, Griffin, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Le Pen
Marine, Obermayr, Stoyanov Dimitar, Vadim Tudor
PPE: Delvaux, Pietikäinen
S&D: Alves, Andrieu, Arlacchi, Arsenis, Ayala Sender, Badia i
Cutchet, Balzani, Berlinguer, Berman, Berès, Borsellino, Bozkurt,
Bullmann, Capoulas Santos, Caronna, Castex, Childers, Cofferati,
Correia de Campos, Cortés Lastra, Costello, Cottigny, Cozzolino,
Daerden, Danellis, De Angelis, De Castro, De Keyser, Domenici, El
Khadraoui, Ertug, Estrela, Fleckenstein, Färm, Garcés Ramón, García Pérez,
García-Hierro Caraballo, Gardiazábal Rubial, Geier, Glante, Goebbels,
Groote, Gualtieri, Guerrero Salom, Guillaume, Gutiérrez Prieto, Haug,
Hedh, Hoang Ngoc, Honeyball, Hughes, Irigoyen Pérez, Ivan, Jaakonsaari,
Jørgensen, Kadenbach, Kleva, Kreissl-Dörfler, Lange, Leinen, Ludvigsson,
López Aguilar, Martin David, Martínez Martínez, Masip Hidalgo, McAvan,
McCarthy, Menéndez del Valle, Merkies, Milana, Moraes, Moreira, Muñiz De
Urquiza, Mynář, Neuser, Obiols, Padar, Paliadeli, Panzeri, Perello
Rodriguez, Pirillo, Pittella, Poc, Podimata, Prendergast, Prodi,
Rapkay, Regner, Repo, Riera Madurell, Rodust, Romero López,
Roth-Behrendt, Sassoli, Schaldemose, Simpson, Stavrakakis, Steinruck,
Stihler, Susta, Swoboda, Tarabella, Thomas, Thomsen, Tirolien, Toia,
Trautmann, Ulvskog, Van Brempt, Vaughan, Vergnaud, Weber Henri,
Weidenholzer, Weiler, Westlund, Westphal, Willmott, Yáñez-Barnuevo García
Verts/ALE: Albrecht, Alfonsi, Andersdotter, Auken, Benarab-Attou,
Besset, Bicep, Bové, Brantner, Brepoels, Bélier, Bütikofer,
Chrysogelos, Cochet, Cohn-Bendit, Cornelissen, Cronberg, Delli, Eickhout,
Engström, Evans, Flautre, Giegold, Grèze, Harms, Hassi, Hudghton, Häfner,
Häusling, Jadot, Joly, Keller, Kiil-Nielsen, Lambert, Lamberts,
Lichtenberger, Lochbihler, Lunacek, Lövin, Miranda, Rivasi, Romeva i Rueda,
Sargentini, Schlyter, Schroedter, Smith, Staes, Tavares, Taylor Keith,
Turmes, Turunen, Ždanoka

41 Abstain
ALDE: Goulard, Hyusmenova, Jäätteenmäki, Kazak, Manner, Meissner,
Panayotov, Rochefort, Taylor Rebecca, Vajgl
ECR: Atkins, Karim, Swinburne
EFD: Andreasen, Paška
NI: Colman, Martin Hans-Peter
PPE: Angelilli, Coelho, Dati, Grosch, Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou,
Ponga, Saïfi, Striffler, Zeller
S&D: Costa, Cuschieri, Droutsas, Fajon, Iotova, Kalfin,
Leichtfried, Papadopoulou, RouÄ?ek, Scicluna, Senyszyn, Simon, Sippel
Verts/ALE: Tarand, Zéribi

CORRECTIONS TO VOTES AND VOTING INTENTIONS
For Rachida Dati, Adrian Severin
Against Josefa Andrés Barea, Maria Eleni Koppa
Abstain Francisco Sosa Wagner