EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

2016 - 2017 SESSION

Sittings of 1 and 2 February 2017

BRUSSELS

MINUTES

WEDNESDAY 1 FEBRUARY 2017

IN THE CHAIR: Antonio TAJANI
President

1. Resumption of the session

The sitting opened at 15.05.

2. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

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Andi Cristea had been present at the sitting of 19 January 2017, but his name was not on the attendance register.

3. Verification of credentials

On a proposal from the JURI Committee, Parliament validated the mandates of John Procter, with effect from 17 November 2016 and of Jordi Solé, with effect from 3 January 2017.

4. Composition of committees and delegations

At the request of the PPE, ALDE, GUE/NGL, Verts/ALE and ENF Groups, Parliament ratified the following appointments:

CONT Committee: Hannu Takkula to replace Michael Theurer

Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean: Francesc Gambús to replace Esteban González Pons

Delegation for relations with Belarus: Anneli Jäätteenmäki to replace Nils Torvalds

Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly: Jaromír Kohlíček, Anneli Jäätteenmäki to replace Nils Torvalds

Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee: Jordi Solé

Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China: Julia Reda to replace Max Andersson

Commission of Enquiry into Emission Measurements in the Automotive Sector: Mireille D'Ornano to replace Jean-François Jalkh

5. Negotiations ahead of Parliament's first reading (Rule 69c)

The President announced that the following committee had decided to enter into interinstitutional negotiations under Rule 69c(1):

- the ECON Committee (committee responsible), on the basis of the report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on establishing a Union programme to support specific activities enhancing the involvement of consumers and other financial services end-users in Union policymaking in the field of financial services for the period 2017-2020, 2017-2020 (COM(2016)0388 – C8-0220/2016 – 2016/0182(COD)). Rapporteur: Philippe Lamberts (A8-0008/2017).

Under Rule 69c(2), requests that the decision to enter into interinstitutional negotiations be put to the vote had to be forwarded by the end of the following day, 2 February 2017.

If no request for a vote in Parliament on the decision to enter into negotiations was made, negotiations could start at any time after that deadline.

6. Transfers of appropriations

In accordance with Articles 27 and 179 of the Financial Regulation, the Committee on Budgets had decided to approve transfer of appropriations by the Commission DEC 40/2016 Section III - Commission.

In accordance with Article 25 of the Financial Regulation, the Committee on Budgets had decided not to raise any objection to transfer of appropriations V/AB-01/C/17 by the European Court of Auditors.

7. Action taken on Parliament's resolutions

The Commission communications on the action taken on the positions and resolutions adopted by Parliament during the July 2016, October I and October II 2016 part-sessions were available on the Europarl site.

8. Delegated acts (Rule 105(6))

The following draft delegated acts had been forwarded to Parliament:

- Commission Delegated Regulation correcting Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/2251 of 4 October 2016 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 for risk-mitigation techniques for OTC derivative contracts not cleared by a central counterparty (C(2017)00149 - 2017/2532(DEA))

Deadline for lodging objections: 1 one month from the date of receipt of 20 January 2017

Referred to the committee responsible: ECON

- Commission Delegated Regulation on the classification of frost resistance performance for clay tiles under EN 1304 pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council (C(2017)00315 - 2017/2543(DEA))

Deadline for lodging objections: 3 months from the date of receipt of 27 January 2017

Referred to the committee responsible: IMCO

Draft delegated act for which the period for lodging objections has been extended:

- Commission Delegated Regulation amending Annex III to Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences C(2016)08996 - 2017/2511(DEA)

Deadline for lodging objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 11 January 2017

Extension of the deadline for lodging objections: 2 months

Referred to the committee responsible: INTA

9. Implementing measures (Rule 106)

The following draft implementing measures falling under the regulatory procedure with scrutiny had been forwarded to Parliament:

- Commission Regulation amending Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 as regards an alternative method for processing certain rendered fats (D044352/06 - 2017/2541(RPS) - deadline: 25 April 2017)
referred back to committee responsible: ENVI

- Commission Directive amending Directive 2008/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the indicative lists of elements to be taken into account for the preparation of marine strategies (D044527/03 - 2017/2531(RPS) - deadline: 20 April 2017)
referred back to committee responsible: ENVI

- Commission Decision laying down criteria and methodological standards on good environmental status and specifications and standardised methods for monitoring and assessment, and repealing Decision 2010/477/EU (D046061/03 - 2017/2530(RPS) - deadline: 20 April 2017)
referred back to committee responsible: ENVI

- Commission Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 152/2009 as regards the methods for the determination of the levels of dioxins and polychlorinated biphenyls (D047571/03 - 2017/2522(RPS) - deadline: 19 April 2017)
referred back to committee responsible: ENVI

- Commission Decision establishing the EU Ecolabel criteria for dishwasher detergents (D047980/02 - 2017/2534(RPS) - deadline: 24 April 2017)
referred back to committee responsible: ENVI

- Commission Decision establishing the EU Ecolabel criteria for hand dishwashing detergents (D048132/02 - 2017/2535(RPS) - deadline: 24 April 2017)
referred back to committee responsible: ENVI

- Commission Decision establishing the EU Ecolabel criteria for hard surface cleaning products (D048133/02 - 2017/2536(RPS) - deadline: 24 April 2017)
referred back to committee responsible: ENVI

- Commission Decision establishing the EU Ecolabel criteria for industrial and institutional dishwasher detergents (D048142/02 - 2017/2537(RPS) - deadline: 24 April 2017)
referred back to committee responsible: ENVI

- Commission Decision establishing the EU Ecolabel criteria for industrial and institutional laundry detergents (D048143/03 - 2017/2542(RPS) - deadline: 26 April 2017)
referred back to committee responsible: ENVI

- Commission Decision establishing the EU Ecolabel criteria for laundry detergents (D048144/02 - 2017/2538(RPS) - deadline: 24 April 2017)
referred back to committee responsible: ENVI

- Commission Regulation amending Annexes II, III and V to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for fenpyroximate, triadimenol and triadimefon in or on certain products (D048327/02 - 2017/2528(RPS) - deadline: 20 March 2017)
referred back to committee responsible: ENVI

- Commission Regulation amending Annexes II, III and V to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for bitertanol, chlormequat and tebufenpyrad in or on certain products (D048330/02 - 2017/2539(RPS) - deadline: 24 March 2017)
referred back to committee responsible: ENVI

- Commission Regulation amending Annexes II and V to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for bifenazate, daminozide and tolylfluanid in or on certain products (D048340/02 - 2017/2521(RPS) - deadline: 19 March 2017)
referred back to committee responsible: ENVI

- Commission Regulation amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for clothianidin and thiamethoxam in or on certain products (D048557/02 - 2017/2540(RPS) - deadline: 25 March 2017)
referred back to committee responsible: ENVI

- Commission Regulation amending Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 as regards the definitions of fishmeal and fish oil (D048570/03 - 2017/2533(RPS) - deadline: 21 April 2017)
referred back to committee responsible: ENVI

10. Documents received

The following documents had been received:

1) from the Council and Commission

- Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 01/2017 - Section III – Commission (N8-0004/2017 - C8-0019/2017 - 2017/2016(GBD))

- Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on a proportionality test before adoption of new regulation of professions (COM(2016)0822 - C8-0012/2017 - 2016/0404(COD))
The President would consult the European Economic and Social Committee on this proposal, in accordance with Rule 137(1).

The President would consult the Committee of the Regions on this proposal, in accordance with Rule 307.

- Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the legal and operational framework of the European services e-card introduced by Regulation ....[ESC Regulation].... (COM(2016)0823 - C8-0013/2017 – 2016/0402(COD))

The President would consult the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on this proposal, in accordance with Rules 304 and 307.

- Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council introducing a European services e-card and related administrative facilities (COM(2016)0824 - C8-0014/2017 – 2016/0403(COD))

The President would consult the European Economic and Social Committee on this proposal, in accordance with Rule 137(1).

The President would consult the Committee of the Regions on this proposal, in accordance with Rule 307.

- Proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund following an application from the Netherlands – EGF/2016/005 NL/Drenthe Overijssel Retail (COM(2016)0742 - C8-0018/2017 - 2017/2014(BUD))

- Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2011/65/EU on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (COM(2017)0038 - C8-0021/2017 - 2017/0013(COD))
The President would consult the European Economic and Social Committee on this proposal, in accordance with Rule 137(1).

The President would consult the Committee of the Regions on this proposal, in accordance with Rule 307.

- Proposal for a Council directive amending Directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of value added tax as regards the temporary application of a generalised reverse-charge mechanism in relation to supplies of goods and services above a certain threshold (COM(2016)0811 - C8-0023/2017 - 2016/0406(CNS))

- Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 806/2014 as regards loss-absorbing and Recapitalisation Capacity for credit institutions and investment firms (COM(2016)0851 - C8-0478/2016 - 2016/0361(COD))
The President would consult the European Economic and Social Committee on this proposal, in accordance with Rule 137(1).

The President would consult the Committee of the Regions on this proposal, in accordance with Rule 307.

- Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 as regards the leverage ratio, the net stable funding ratio, requirements for own funds and eligible liabilities, counterparty credit risk, market risk, exposures to central counterparties, exposures to collective investment undertakings, large exposures, reporting and disclosure requirements and amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 (COM(2016)0850 - C8-0480/2016 - 2016/0360(COD))
The President would consult the European Economic and Social Committee on this proposal, in accordance with Rule 137(1).

The President would consult the European Central Bank on this proposal, in accordance with Rule 282(5).

- Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2014/59/EU on loss-absorbing and recapitalisation capacity of credit institutions and investment firms and amending Directive 98/26/EC, Directive 2002/47/EC, Directive 2012/30/EU, Directive 2011/35/EU, Directive 2005/56/EC, Directive 2004/25/EC and Directive 2007/36/EC (COM(2016)0852 - C8-0481/2016 - 2016/0362(COD))
The President would consult the European Economic and Social Committee on this proposal, in accordance with Rule 137(1).

The President would consult the European Central Bank on this proposal, in accordance with Rule 282(5).

2) from committees, the following reports

- Report on control of the Register and composition of the Commission’s expert groups (2015/2319(INI)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Dennis de Jong (A8-0002/2017)

- ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on establishing a Union programme to support specific activities enhancing the involvement of consumers and other financial services end-users in Union policy making in the field of financial services for the period of 2017-2020 (COM(2016)0388 - C8-0220/2016 - 2016/0182(COD)) - ECON Committee - Rapporteur: Philippe Lamberts (A8-0008/2017)

- Report with recommendations to the Commission on cross border aspects of adoptions (2015/2086(INL)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Tadeusz Zwiefka (A8-0370/2016)

- Report on an integrated approach to Sport Policy: good governance, accessibility and integrity (2016/2143(INI)) - CULT Committee - Rapporteur: Hannu Takkula (A8-0381/2016)

- *** Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Framework Agreement on Partnership and Cooperation between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Mongolia, of the other part (08919/2016 - C8-0218/2016 - 2015/0114(NLE)) - AFET Committee - Rapporteur: Helmut Scholz (A8-0382/2016)

- Report containing a motion for a non-legislative resolution on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Framework Agreement on Partnership and Cooperation between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Mongolia, of the other part (2016/2231(INI)) - AFET Committee - Rapporteur: Helmut Scholz (A8-0383/2016)

- Report on improving the functioning of the European Union building on the potential of the Lisbon Treaty (2014/2249(INI)) - AFCO Committee - Rapporteurs: Elmar Brok, Mercedes Bresso (A8-0386/2016)

- Report on the implementation of Regulation (EU) No 1288/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 establishing ‘Erasmus+’: the Union programme for education, training, youth and sport and repealing Decisions No 1719/2006/EC, No 1720/2006/EC and No 1298/2008/EC (2015/2327(INI)) - CULT Committee - Rapporteur: Milan Zver (A8-0389/2016)

- Report on possible evolutions of and adjustments to the current institutional set-up of the European Union (2014/2248(INI)) - AFCO Committee - Rapporteur: Guy Verhofstadt (A8-0390/2016)

- ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Union Agency for Asylum and repealing Regulation (EU) No 439/2010 (COM(2016)0271 - C8-0174/2016 - 2016/0131(COD)) - LIBE Committee - Rapporteur: Péter Niedermüller (A8-0392/2016)

11. Order of business

The final draft agenda for the 1 and 2 February 2017 sittings (PE 598.387/OJ) had been distributed and the following changes had been proposed (Rule 149a):

The following spoke: Jo Leinen, Anna Maria Corazza Bildt, Anna Elżbieta Fotyga, Peter Lundgren, Nigel Farage, Notis Marias, Ana Gomes, Janice Atkinson and Nikolay Barekov.

Wednesday

With the agreement of the political groups, the President proposed the following changes:

- to add as the first item on the agenda a statement by the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on travel restrictions following US President executive orders;

- to add as the third item on the agenda a statement by the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on managing migration along the Central Mediterranean route;

- to postpone the debate on biological low-risk pesticides to the February II part-session.

The House agreed to the proposals and the sitting was therefore extended until 24:00.

The ENF Group requested that a statement by the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on the secret activities of the EU Intelligence and Situation Centre (INTCEN), the EEAS analysis centre, be added as the second item on the agenda.

The following spoke: Georg Mayer, on behalf of the ENF Group , to move the request.

Parliament rejected the request.

Thursday

The PPE and ALDE Groups requested that a Commission statement on democracy and justice in Romania be added as the first item on the agenda.

The following spoke: Manfred Weber, on behalf of the PPE Group, and Norica Nicolai, on behalf of the ALDE Group, to move the request, Maria João Rodrigues, on behalf of the S&D Group, in support and also to request that the LIBE Committee debate the issue and that a fact-finding mission be sent to Romania.

The House agreed to the requests.

Voting the following day would therefore start only at 11:30 instead of 11.00.

The order of business was thus established.

The following spoke: Rebecca Harms.

12. Travel restrictions following US President executive orders (debate)

Statement by the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy: Travel restrictions following US President executive orders (2017/2546(RSP))

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

The following spoke: Manfred Weber, on behalf of the PPE Group, Gianni Pittella, on behalf of the S&D Group, and Syed Kamall, on behalf of the ECR Group.

IN THE CHAIR: David-Maria SASSOLI
Vice-President

The following spoke: Guy Verhofstadt, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Gabriele Zimmer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Ska Keller, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Nigel Farage, on behalf of the EFDD Group, (the President interrupted the speaker and asked him to be respectful), Marcel de Graaff, on behalf of the ENF Group, Bill Etheridge, on a point of order, and Konstantinos Papadakis, non-attached Member.

The following spoke: Federica Mogherini.

The debate closed.

13. State of the Energy Union (debate)

Commission statement: State of the Energy Union (2017/2523(RSP))

Maroš Šefčovič (Vice-President of the Commission) made the statement.

The following spoke: Krišjānis Kariņš, on behalf of the PPE Group, Dan Nica, on behalf of the S&D Group, Zdzisław Krasnodębski, on behalf of the ECR Group, Fredrick Federley, on behalf of the ALDE Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Maria Grapini, Neoklis Sylikiotis, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Benedek Jávor, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Tibor Szanyi, Dario Tamburrano, on behalf of the EFDD Group, Barbara Kappel, on behalf of the ENF Group, Janusz Korwin-Mikke, non-attached Member, Jerzy Buzek, Kathleen Van Brempt, Julie Girling, Morten Helveg Petersen, Kateřina Konečná, Jakop Dalunde, Roger Helmer, Steven Woolfe and Bendt Bendtsen.

IN THE CHAIR: Rainer WIELAND
Vice-President

The following spoke: Miriam Dalli, Evžen Tošenovský, Kaja Kallas, Markus Pieper, Martina Werner, Anna Elżbieta Fotyga, Gunnar Hökmark, Miroslav Poche, Anneleen Van Bossuyt, Herbert Reul, José Blanco López, Seán Kelly, Peter Kouroumbashev, Peter Liese, Patrizia Toia, Miapetra Kumpula-Natri and Carlos Zorrinho.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Maria Spyraki, Nicola Caputo, Notis Marias, Paloma López Bermejo and Zigmantas Balčytis.

The following spoke: Maroš Šefčovič.

The debate closed.

14. Managing migration along the Central Mediterranean Route (debate)

Statement by the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy: Managing migration along the Central Mediterranean Route (2017/2747(RSP))

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

The following spoke: Kristina Winberg, on a point of order (the President, deciding that it was not a point of order, interrupted the speaker), Mariya Gabriel, on behalf of the PPE Group, Elena Valenciano, on behalf of the S&D Group, Anders Primdahl Vistisen, on behalf of the ECR Group, Cecilia Wikström, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Barbara Spinelli, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Judith Sargentini, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Jane Collins, on behalf of the EFDD Group, Mario Borghezio, on behalf of the ENF Group, Eleftherios Synadinos, non-attached Member, Roberta Metsola, Knut Fleckenstein, Marietje Schaake, Marina Albiol Guzmán, Barbara Lochbihler, Vicky Maeijer and Alessandra Mussolini.

IN THE CHAIR: Ioan Mircea PAŞCU
Vice-President

The following spoke: Elly Schlein, Janice Atkinson, Jeroen Lenaers, Miriam Dalli, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Cécile Kashetu Kyenge and Ana Gomes.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Michela Giuffrida, Notis Marias, Ernest Urtasun, Georgios Epitideios and Nicola Caputo.

The following spoke: Neven Mimica (Member of the Commission) on behalf of the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.

The debate closed.

15. Situation in South Sudan (debate)

Statement by the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy: Situation in South Sudan (2016/2509(RSP))

Neven Mimica (Member of the Commission) made the statement on behalf of the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.

The following spoke: Bogdan Brunon Wenta, on behalf of the PPE Group, Cécile Kashetu Kyenge, on behalf of the S&D Group, Charles Tannock, on behalf of the ECR Group, Marietje Schaake, on behalf of the ALDE Group, João Pimenta Lopes, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Mario Borghezio, on behalf of the ENF Group, Eduard Kukan, Enrique Guerrero Salom, Bas Belder, Jaromír Štětina, Neena Gill and Joachim Zeller.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Nicola Caputo and Notis Marias.

The following spoke: Neven Mimica.

The debate closed.

16. Rule of law crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo and in Gabon (debate)

Statement by the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy: Rule of law crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo and in Gabon (2016/2510(RSP))

Neven Mimica (Member of the Commission) made the statement on behalf of the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.

The following spoke: Mariya Gabriel, on behalf of the PPE Group, Elena Valenciano, on behalf of the S&D Group, Charles Tannock, on behalf of the ECR Group, Pavel Telička, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Marie-Christine Vergiat, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Michèle Rivasi, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Mario Borghezio, on behalf of the ENF Group, Bogdan Brunon Wenta, Jo Leinen, Mark Demesmaeker, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Cécile Kashetu Kyenge, Cristian Dan Preda and Pier Antonio Panzeri.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Nicola Caputo and Notis Marias.

The following spoke: Neven Mimica.

Motions for resolutions to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 123(2):

—   Charles Tannock, Anna Elżbieta Fotyga, Ryszard Antoni Legutko, Ryszard Czarnecki, Tomasz Piotr Poręba, Karol Karski and Raffaele Fitto, on behalf of the ECR Group, on the rule of law crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in Gabon (2017/2510(RSP)) (B8-0120/2017)

—   Hilde Vautmans, Petras Auštrevičius, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Marielle de Sarnez, Javier Nart, Carolina Punset and Pavel Telička, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the rule of law crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in Gabon (2017/2510(RSP)) (B8-0121/2017);

—   Marie-Christine Vergiat, Barbara Spinelli, Paloma Lopez Bermejo, Angela Vallina, Javier Couso Permuy, Dimitris Papadimoulis, Stelios Kouloglou, Kostadinka Kuneva, Kostas Chrysogonos and Merja Kyllönen, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the rule of law crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Gabon (2017/2510(RSP)) (B8-0122/2017);

—   Elena Valenciano, Jo Leinen, Norbert Neuser and Cécile Kashetu Kyenge, on behalf of the S&D Group, on the rule of law crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in Gabon (2017/2510(RSP)) (B8-0123/2017);

—   Rolandas Paksas, Fabio Massimo Castaldo, Ignazio Corrao and Piernicola Pedicini, on behalf of the EFDD Group, on the rule of law crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in Gabon (2017/2510(RSP)) (B8-0124/2017);

—   Michèle Rivasi, Judith Sargentini, Igor Šoltes, Maria Heubuch and Bodil Valero, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the rule of law crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in Gabon (2017/2510(RSP)) (B8-0125/2017);

—   Mariya Gabriel, Bogdan Brunon Wenta, Michael Gahler, György Hölvényi, Maurice Ponga, Cristian Dan Preda, Anna Záborská, Joachim Zeller, Željana Zovko, Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Frank Engel, Ádám Kósa, Adam Szejnfeld, Krzysztof Hetman, Tadeusz Zwiefka, Ivo Belet and Paul Rübig, on behalf of the PPE Group, on the rule of law crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in Gabon (2017/2510(RSP)) (B8-0126/2017).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 2.2.2017, item 7.6.

17. Zero tolerance for female genital mutilation (debate)

Commission statement: Zero tolerance for female genital mutilation (2017/2524(RSP))

Věra Jourová (Member of the Commission) made the statement.

IN THE CHAIR: Bogusław LIBERADZKI
Vice-President

The following spoke: Constance Le Grip, on behalf of the PPE Group, Iratxe García Pérez, on behalf of the S&D Group, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, on behalf of the ECR Group, Angelika Mlinar, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Malin Björk, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Terry Reintke, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Mylène Troszczynski, on behalf of the ENF Group, Diane James, non-attached Member, Anna Maria Corazza Bildt, Liliana Rodrigues, Anneleen Van Bossuyt, Georgios Epitideios, Teresa Jiménez-Becerril Barrio, Julie Ward, Mariya Gabriel, Edouard Martin, Adam Szejnfeld and Viorica Dăncilă.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Nicola Caputo and Notis Marias.

The following spoke: Věra Jourová.

The debate closed.

18. Bilateral safeguard clause and stabilisation mechanism for bananas of the EU-Colombia and Peru Trade Agreement ***I (debate)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 19/2013 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, and amending Regulation (EU) No 20/2013 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 [COM(2015)0220 - C8-0131/2015 - 2015/0112(COD)] - Committee on International Trade. Rapporteur: Marielle de Sarnez (A8-0277/2016)

Marielle de Sarnez introduced the report.

The following spoke: Cecilia Malmström (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Gabriel Mato, on behalf of the PPE Group, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, on behalf of the S&D Group, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Helmut Scholz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Molly Scott Cato, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Gilles Lebreton, on behalf of the ENF Group, Fernando Ruas, Eric Andrieu, Santiago Fisas Ayxelà, Francisco Assis, Jarosław Wałęsa and Cláudia Monteiro de Aguiar.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Nicola Caputo and Notis Marias.

The following spoke: Cecilia Malmström and Marielle de Sarnez.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 2.2.2017, item 7.3.

19. Sustainable management of external fishing fleets ***I (debate)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the sustainable management of external fishing fleets, repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1006/2008 [COM(2015)0636 - C8-0393/2015 - 2015/0289(COD)] - Committee on Fisheries. Rapporteur: Linnéa Engström (A8-0377/2016)

Linnéa Engström introduced the report.

The following spoke: Karmenu Vella (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Francisco José Millán Mon, on behalf of the PPE Group, Ricardo Serrão Santos, on behalf of the S&D Group, Peter van Dalen, on behalf of the ECR Group, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Anja Hazekamp, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Marco Affronte, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Mike Hookem, on behalf of the EFDD Group, Gabriel Mato, Clara Eugenia Aguilera García, Czesław Hoc, Werner Kuhn, Renata Briano and Jarosław Wałęsa.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Nicola Caputo and Notis Marias.

The following spoke: Karmenu Vella and Linnéa Engström.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 2.2.2017, item 7.4.

IN THE CHAIR: Ramón Luis VALCÁRCEL SISO
Vice-President

20. Implementation of Erasmus + (debate)

Report on the implementation of Regulation (EU) No 1288/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 establishing ‘Erasmus+’: the Union programme for education, training, youth and sport and repealing Decisions No 1719/2006/EC, No 1720/2006/EC and No 1298/2008/EC [2015/2327(INI)] - Committee on Culture and Education. Rapporteur: Milan Zver (A8-0389/2016)

Milan Zver introduced the report.

The following spoke: Tibor Navracsics (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Michaela Šojdrová, on behalf of the PPE Group, Krystyna Łybacka, on behalf of the S&D Group, Angel Dzhambazki, on behalf of the ECR Group, Hannu Takkula, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Curzio Maltese, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Helga Trüpel, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Isabella Adinolfi, on behalf of the EFDD Group, Dominique Bilde, on behalf of the ENF Group, Eva Maydell, Julie Ward and Jiří Pospíšil.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Csaba Sógor, Nicola Caputo, Notis Marias, Ivan Jakovčić, Bogdan Brunon Wenta, Tiemo Wölken, Maria Grapini and Victor Negrescu.

The following spoke: Tibor Navracsics and Milan Zver.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 2.2.2017, item 7.7.

21. An integrated approach to Sport Policy: good governance, accessibility and integrity (short presentation)

Report on an integrated approach to Sport Policy: good governance, accessibility and integrity [2016/2143(INI)] - Committee on Culture and Education. Rapporteur: Hannu Takkula (A8-0381/2016)

Hannu Takkula made the presentation.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Michaela Šojdrová, Julie Ward, Notis Marias, Ivan Jakovčić, Bogdan Brunon Wenta and Nicola Caputo.

The following spoke: Tibor Navracsics (Member of the Commission).

The item closed.

Vote: minutes of 2.2.2017, item 7.1.

22. One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

In accordance with Rule 163, the following Members who wished to draw the attention of Parliament to matters of political importance spoke for one minute:

Siegfried Mureşan, Maria Grapini, Angel Dzhambazki, Marian Harkin, Marina Albiol Guzmán, Jordi Solé, Gilles Lebreton, Sotirios Zarianopoulos, Francesc Gambús, Viorica Dăncilă, Marek Jurek, Ivan Jakovčić, Xabier Benito Ziluaga, Csaba Sógor, Nicola Caputo, Notis Marias, Jozo Radoš, Paloma López Bermejo, Cristian Dan Preda, Victor Negrescu, Ángela Vallina, Daniel Buda, Tomáš Zdechovský and Jiří Pospíšil.

23. Agenda of the next sitting

The agenda of the next day's sitting had been established ('Agenda' PE 598.387/OJME).

24. Closure of the sitting

The sitting closed at 23.45.

Present:

Adinolfi, Affronte, Agea, Agnew, Aguilera García, Aiuto, Albiol Guzmán, Albrecht, Ali, Aliot, Andersson, Andrieu, Androulakis, Annemans, Arena, Arimont, Arnautu, Arnott, Ashworth, Assis, Atkinson, Auštrevičius, Ayala Sender, Ayuso, Bach, Balčytis, Balczó, Balz, Barekov, Batten, Bayet, Bearder, Becerra Basterrechea, Becker, Belder, Belet, Bendtsen, Benifei, Benito Ziluaga, Berès, Bergeron, Bettini, Bilbao Barandica, Bilde, Bizzotto, Björk, Blanco López, Blinkevičiūtė, Bocskor, Böge, Bogovič, Bonafè, Boni, Borghezio, Borrelli, Borzan, Boştinaru, Bours, Boutonnet, Bové, Briano, Briois, Brok, Buchner, Buda, Bullmann, Buşoi, Bütikofer, Buzek, Cadec, Calvet Chambon, van de Camp, Campbell Bannerman, Caputo, Carthy, Carver, Caspary, del Castillo Vera, Cavada, Cesa, Charanzová, Chauprade, Chinnici, Chountis, Christensen, Christoforou, Chrysogonos, Ciocca, Cirio, Clune, Coelho, Cofferati, Collin-Langen, Collins, Comi, Comodini Cachia, Corazza Bildt, Corbett, Corrao, Couso Permuy, Cozzolino, Cramer, Cristea, Csáky, Czarnecki, Czesak, van Dalen, Dalli, Dalton, Dalunde, D'Amato, Dance, Dăncilă, Danjean, Danti, Dantin, Dati, De Castro, Delahaye, Deli, Delli, Delvaux, De Masi, Demesmaeker, De Monte, Denanot, Deprez, de Sarnez, Deß, Deva, Diaconu, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dlabajová, Dodds, Dohrmann, Dorfmann, D'Ornano, Durand, Dzhambazki, Eck, Ehler, Eickhout, Engel, Engström, Epitideios, Erdős, Ernst, Estaràs Ferragut, Evans, Evi, Fajon, Farage, Faria, Federley, Ferber, Fernandes, Fernández, Ferrara, Fisas Ayxelà, Fitto, Flanagan, Beňová, Fleckenstein, Florenz, Fontana, Ford, Forenza, Foster, Fotyga, Fountoulis, Fox, Freund, Frunzulică, Gabriel, Gahler, Gál, Gáll-Pelcz, Gambús, García Pérez, Gardiazabal Rubial, Gardini, Gasbarra, Gebhardt, Gentile, Gerbrandy, Gericke, Geringer de Oedenberg, Giegold, Gierek, Gieseke, Gill Nathan, Gill Neena, Girling, Giuffrida, Goddyn, Goerens, Gollnisch, Gomes, González Pons, Gosiewska, Grammatikakis, de Grandes Pascual, Grapini, Graswander-Hainz, Grigule-Pēterse, Grossetête, Grzyb, Gualtieri, Guerrero Salom, Guoga, Guteland, Gutiérrez Prieto, Hadjigeorgiou, Halla-aho, Harkin, Harms, Hautala, Hayes, Hazekamp, Hedh, Henkel, Herranz García, Hetman, Heubuch, Hoc, Hökmark, Hölvényi, Hookem, Hortefeux, Hübner, Hudghton, Huitema, Hyusmenova, in 't Veld, Iturgaiz, Ivan, Iwaszkiewicz, Jaakonsaari, Jäätteenmäki, Jahr, Jakovčić, Jalkh, James, Jáuregui Atondo, Jávor, Jazłowiecka, Joly, Jongerius, Juaristi Abaunz, Jurek, Kadenbach, Kaili, Kalinowski, Kallas, Kalniete, Kammerevert, Kappel, Karas, Kari, Karim, Kariņš, Karski, Kaufmann, Kefalogiannis, Kelam, Keller Jan, Keller Ska, Kelly, Khan, Kłosowski, Koch, Kofod, Kohlíček, Konečná, Korwin-Mikke, Kósa, Köstinger, Kouroumbashev, Kovács, Kovatchev, Kozłowska-Rajewicz, Krasnodębski, Krehl, Krupa, Kudrycka, Kuhn, Kukan, Kumpula-Natri, Kuźmiuk, Kyenge, Kyllönen, Kyrkos, Kyrtsos, Kyuchyuk, Lambert, Lange, Langen, Lauristin, La Via, Lavrilleux, Lebreton, Le Grip, Legutko, Le Hyaric, Leinen, Lenaers, Lewandowski, Lewer, Liberadzki, Liese, Lins, Lochbihler, Loiseau, Lope Fontagné, López Aguilar, López Bermejo, López-Istúriz White, Lösing, Lucke, Ludvigsson, Łukacijewska, Lunacek, Lundgren, Łybacka, McAllister, McAvan, McIntyre, Macovei, Maeijer, Maletić, Malinov, Mamikins, Mănescu, Maňka, Mann, Marias, Marinescu, Marinho e Pinto, Martin David, Martin Dominique, Martin Edouard, Martusciello, Marusik, Maštálka, Matias, Mato, Maurel, Mavrides, Maydell, Mayer Georg, Mayer Alex, Mazuronis, Mélin, Melior, Melo, Metsola, Mihaylova, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, van Miltenburg, Mlinar, Moisă, Molnár, Monteiro de Aguiar, Moody, Moraes, Morano, Morgano, Morin-Chartier, Müller, Mureşan, Muselier, Mussolini, Nagy, Negrescu, Neuser, Nica, Nicholson, Nicolai, Niebler, Niedermayer, Nilsson, van Nistelrooij, Noichl, Obermayr, O'Flynn, Olbrycht, Omarjee, Ożóg, Pabriks, Paet, Pagazaurtundúa Ruiz, Panzeri, Papadakis Demetris, Papadakis Konstantinos, Papadimoulis, Pargneaux, Parker, Paşcu, Patriciello, Peillon, Petersen, Picierno, Picula, Piecha, Pieper, Pietikäinen, Pimenta Lopes, Piotrowski, Pirinski, Pitera, Pittella, Plura, Poc, Poche, Pogliese, Polčák, Ponga, Poręba, Pospíšil, Post, Preda, Pretzell, Preuß, Procter, Proust, Radev, Radoš, Rangel, Reding, Regner, Reid, Reintke, Reul, Revault d'Allonnes Bonnefoy, Ribeiro, Ries, Riquet, Rivasi, Rochefort, Rodrigues Liliana, Rodrigues Maria João, Rodríguez-Piñero Fernández, Rohde, Rolin, Ropė, Rozière, Ruas, Rübig, Ruohonen-Lerner, Saïfi, Sakorafa, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Salini, Salvini, Sánchez Caldentey, Sander, Sant, dos Santos, Sârbu, Sargentini, Saryusz-Wolski, Sassoli, Saudargas, Schaake, Schaldemose, Schlein, Schmidt, Scholz, Schöpflin, Schulze, Schuster, Schwab, Scott Cato, Sehnalová, Selimovic, Senra Rodríguez, Sernagiotto, Serrão Santos, Seymour, Siekierski, Silva Pereira, Simon Peter, Sippel, Škripek, Smith, Smolková, Sógor, Šojdrová, Solé, Šoltes, Sommer, Sonneborn, Soru, Spinelli, Spyraki, Staes, Štefanec, Steinruck, Štětina, Stevens, Stihler, Stuger, Šuica, Šulin, Svoboda, Sylikiotis, Synadinos, Szájer, Szanyi, Szejnfeld, Tajani, Takkula, Tamburrano, Tănăsescu, Tang, Tannock, Țapardel, Tarabella, Telička, Terricabras, Theocharous, Theurer, Thun und Hohenstein, Tolić, Tomaševski, Tomc, Toom, Torres Martínez, Tošenovský, Trebesius, Tremosa i Balcells, Troszczynski, Trüpel, Ţurcanu, Turmes, Ujazdowski, Ulvskog, Ungureanu, Urtasun, Urutchev, Vaidere, Vajgl, Valcárcel Siso, Vălean, Valenciano, Valero, Valli, Vallina, Van Bossuyt, Van Brempt, Vandenkendelaere, Van Orden, Vaughan, Verheyen, Viegas, Vilimsky, Viotti, Virkkunen, Vistisen, Voigt, Voss, Vozemberg-Vrionidi, Wałęsa, Ward, Weber Renate, Weidenholzer, von Weizsäcker, Wenta, Werner, Wieland, Wierinck, Wikström, Willmott, Winberg, Winkler Hermann, Winkler Iuliu, Wiśniewska, Wölken, Woolfe, Záborská, Zanni, Zarianopoulos, Ždanoka, Zdechovský, Zdrojewski, Zeller, Zemke, Zijlstra, Zīle, Zimmer, Žitňanská, Złotowski, Zoffoli, Żółtek, Zorrinho, Zovko, Zver, Zwiefka

Excused:

Castaldo, Crowley, Drăghici, Goulard, Händel, Kirton-Darling, Matera, Messerschmidt, Mosca, Nart, Vautmans