IN THE CHAIR: Martin SCHULZ
President

1. Resumption of the session

The sitting opened at 17.00.

2. Statement by the President

The President, on Parliament’s behalf, made a statement inviting the parties to the conflict in Northern Ireland to refrain from any provocative action seeking to upset the peace process, and to promote dialogue, as the only conceivable way forward, in the new round of negotiations launched on 16 October 2014.

The President emphasised that Parliament was willing to play an impartial mediating role in the process.

3. Composition of political groups

The President announced that Iveta Grigule had left the EFDD Group to sit with the non-attached Members with effect from 16 October 2014.

Following her decision, the EFDD Group no longer fulfilled the conditions laid down in Rule 32(2) for forming a political group and would therefore cease to exist with effect from 16 October 2014.

Paul Nuttall spoke on the allocation of seats in the Chamber and on the specific role of the President (the President drew attention to the relevant provisions of the Rules of Procedure).

4. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

5. Composition of Parliament

Isabella Lövin had been appointed Minister for Development in Sweden with effect from 3 October 2014.

In accordance with Rule 4(1) and (4) of the Rules of Procedure, Parliament took note that her seat had been vacant as of that date.

The Swedish authorities had given notice of the election of Linnéa Engström to replace Isabella Lövin as Member of Parliament with effect from 8 October 2014.

In accordance with Article 7(3) of the Act of 20 September 1976 concerning the election of the Members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage, and with Rule 4(1) and (4) of the Rules of Procedure, Parliament took note of the election of Linnéa Engström with effect from 8 October 2014.

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, Linnéa Engström would take her seat in Parliament and on its bodies and would enjoy all the rights attaching thereto.

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Johan Van Overtveldt had been appointed Minister for Finance in Belgium with effect from 11 October 2014.

In accordance with Rule 4(1) and (4), Parliament took note that his seat had been vacant as of that date.

6. Composition of political groups (continued)

The President announced that Richard Sulík had left the ALDE Group and had joined the ECR Group with effect from 8 October 2014.

7. Composition of committees and delegations

The President had received the following requests for appointments and changes from the GUE/NGL, S&D, ALDE, Verts/ALE, ECR and PPE Groups:

Committee on Fisheries: Linnéa Engström;

Committee on Transport and Tourism: Tania González Peñas;

Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean: Fernando Maura Barandiarán to replace Frédérique Ries; Syed Kamall; Michela Giuffrida;

Delegation for relations with the Andean Community: Tania González Peñas;

Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly: Tanja Fajon;

Delegation to the Cariforum-EC Parliamentary Committee: Anna Záborská;

Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly: Linnéa Engström;

Delegations for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union: Syed Kamall;

Delegation for relations with Iran: Seán Kelly;

Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly: Evelyne Gebhardt to replace Maria Noichl.

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

8. Election of the European Ombudsman – application received

The President announced that he had received an application from Emily O'Reilly for the post of European Ombudsman, before the closing date of 30 September 2014 (minutes of 15.9.2014, item 7), and said he would forward the application file to the Committee on Petitions when it was available in all the official languages.

The President also announced that the Committee on Petitions would hold a hearing for the applicant on 2 December 2014, which would be open to all Members.

9. Corrigenda (Rule 231)

The ECON had forwarded the following corrigenda to texts adopted by Parliament

- Corrigendum P8_TA(2014)0357(COR01) to the position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 15 April 2014 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) No .../2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council on key information documents for packaged retail and insurance based investment products (PRIIPs) (P7_TA-PROV(2014)0357) (COM(2012)0352 – C7-0179/2012 – 2012/0169(COD))

- Corrigendum P8_TA(2014)0451(COR01) to the position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 17 April 2014 with a view to the adoption of Directive 2014/.../EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain rules governing actions for damages under national law for infringements of the competition law provisions of the Member States and of the European Union (P7_TA-PROV(2014)0451) (COM(2013)0404 – C7-0170/2013 – 2013/0185(COD))

The corrigenda were available on Europarl.

Pursuant to Rule 231(4), these corrigenda would be deemed approved unless, within 24 hours, a request was made by a political group or at least 40 Members that they be put to the vote.

10. Signature of acts adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure (Rule 78)

The President announced that on Wednesday 22 October 2014, together with the President of the Council, he would sign the following acts adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure:

- Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure (00079/2014/LEX - C8-0216/2014 - 2013/0012(COD));

- Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2013/34/EU as regards disclosure of non-financial and diversity information by certain large undertakings and groups (00047/2014/LEX - C8-0217/2014 - 2013/0110(COD));

- Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the prevention and management of the introduction and spread of invasive alien species (00070/2014/LEX - C8-0218/2014 - 2013/0307(COD));

- Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 as regards the financing of European political parties (00068/2014/LEX - C8-0219/2014 - 2012/0336(COD));

- Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the statute and funding of European political parties and European political foundations (00062/2014/LEX - C8-0220/2014 - 2012/0237(COD));

- Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on information provision and promotion measures concerning agricultural products implemented in the internal market and in third countries and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 3/2008 (00090/2014/LEX - C8-0221/2014 - 2013/0398(COD)).

11. Action taken on unfinished business (Rule 229)

In accordance with Rule 229, second paragraph, on 18 September 2014 the Conference of Presidents had decided to resume or continue the consideration of the procedures listed in Annex 1.

12. Action taken on Parliament's positions and resolutions

The Commission communications on the action taken on the positions adopted by Parliament during the March 2014 part-session and the resolutions adopted by Parliament at the April I and April II 2014 part-sessions were available on Europarl.

13. Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council

The Council had forwarded certified true copies of the following:

- Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Moldova, of the other part;

- Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Georgia, of the other part;

- Protocol to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union.

14. 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 215(6):

17 October 2014

(name confidential) (No 2891/2013); Zvonimir E. Cekalovic Ballon (No 1817/2014); Matthew Ciantar (No 1818/2014); Matthew Ciantar (No 1819/2014); (name confidential) (No 1820/2014); Marjut Kivimäki (No 1821/2014); (name confidential) (No 1822/2014); (name confidential) (No 1823/2014); (name confidential) (No 1824/2014); (name confidential) (No 1825/2014); (name confidential) (No 1826/2014); (name confidential) (No 1827/2014); Rosen Karagozov (No 1828/2014); (name confidential) (No 1829/2014); (name confidential) (No 1830/2014); Victor Merten (No 1831/2014); Shirley Scheck (No 1832/2014); Bryan Wrenn (No 1833/2014); Alberto Ruiz González (No 1834/2014); Jana Schwarz (Chez Mme Emmanuelle Ecker) (No 1835/2014); Mauro Parilli (No 1836/2014); (name confidential) (No 1837/2014); Danut Sivu (No 1838/2014); Eva Maria García Román (No 1839/2014); (name confidential) (No 1840/2014); Evelin Petkov (No 1841/2014); (name confidential) (No 1842/2014); Raymond McGovern (No 1843/2014); Elka Bozhinova (No 1844/2014); George Lawlor (No 1845/2014); (name confidential) (No 1846/2014); Marco Bava (No 1847/2014); Robert Hendra (No 1848/2014); Andrásné Gál (No 1849/2014); József Szundi (No 1850/2014); Marian Matei (No 1851/2014); Alin Ovidiu Preda (No 1852/2014); (name confidential) (No 1853/2014); Mircea - Gabriel Negară (No 1854/2014); Jean-Michel Hameau (No 1855/2014); Zoltán Gyalog (No 1856/2014); László Kiril (No 1857/2014); Antonio Valenciano Sal ("Asociación ANDET". ) (No 1858/2014); Valentina Mitea (No 1859/2014); Rafael De la Fuente García (No 1860/2014); (name confidential) (No 1861/2014); Juan Antonio Gómez Címbora (No 1862/2014); (name confidential) (No 1863/2014); David Vallespí i Ros (No 1864/2014); Marina Elena Chiru (No 1865/2014); Enrica Bernasconi (No 1866/2014); René Sauer (No 1867/2014); Wolfgang Arnold (No 1868/2014); Gustaaf Van der Feltz (No 1869/2014); (name confidential) (No 1870/2014); (name confidential) (No 1871/2014); Sylwia Łastowska (No 1872/2014); Abubakir Lashkari (No 1873/2014); Ants Erm (No 1874/2014); (name confidential) (No 1875/2014); Sandor Marton (No 1876/2014); Sandor Marton (No 1877/2014); (name confidential) (No 1878/2014); (name confidential) (No 1879/2014); (name confidential) (No 1880/2014); Jan Bülthoff (No 1881/2014); (name confidential) (No 1882/2014); (name confidential) (No 1883/2014); (name confidential) (No 1884/2014); Juan Ochoa Chamorro (No 1885/2014); Fabian Knipper (No 1886/2014); (name confidential) (No 1887/2014); William Sur Restucci Anguelo (No 1888/2014); (name confidential) (No 1889/2014); María del Carmen Sánchez Bolaños (No 1890/2014); Hamdi Bouchra (No 1891/2014); János Gácsi (No 1892/2014); David James Waring (No 1893/2014); Marius Mihail Russo Got (No 1894/2014); Enrique Cortés Calvo (No 1895/2014); (name confidential) (No 1896/2014); Matteo La Cara (No 1897/2014); Francesco Saverio Mazzeo (No 1898/2014); (name confidential) (No 1899/2014); Andrew Harbert (No 1900/2014); (name confidential) (No 1901/2014); (name confidential) (No 1902/2014); Luis Perez Perez (No 1903/2014); Cristina Frutos Fuentes (No 1904/2014); (name confidential) (No 1905/2014); Jacinto Oliva Sosa (No 1906/2014); Amen Binai (No 1907/2014); (name confidential) (No 1908/2014); Javier Tapia Valverde (No 1909/2014); Emil Dimitrov (No 1910/2014); (name confidential) (No 1911/2014); (name confidential) (No 1912/2014); (name confidential) (No 1913/2014); (name confidential) (No 1914/2014); (name confidential) (No 1915/2014); Francesco Di Pasquale (No 1916/2014); (name confidential) (No 1917/2014); Joaquín López García (No 1918/2014); Dimitris Zevgitis (No 1919/2014); Dana Lucia Craiovan (No 1920/2014); (name confidential) (No 1921/2014); (name confidential) (No 1922/2014); Simona Bossi (No 1923/2014); (name confidential) (No 1924/2014); Manik Hettiarachchi (No 1925/2014); Gheorgh Serban (No 1926/2014); Andrea Scudella (No 1927/2014); Davide Doglioli (No 1928/2014); Ingrid Peltzer (No 1929/2014); Elena Skoko (No 1930/2014); Claudia Lesage (No 1931/2014); Davide Tanda (No 1932/2014); (name confidential) (No 1933/2014); (name confidential) (No 1934/2014); Nicolae Alin Covasa (No 1935/2014); Antonina Patrizia Romano (No 1936/2014); (name confidential) (No 1937/2014); Jörg Lüddecke (No 1938/2014); Justin Tisbury (No 1939/2014); (name confidential) (No 1940/2014); (name confidential) (No 1941/2014); María del Carmen Dona López (No 1942/2014); Bernard Mulholland (No 1943/2014); Flavio Miccono (No 1944/2014); (name confidential) (No 1945/2014); (name confidential) (No 1946/2014); (name confidential) (No 1947/2014); (name confidential) (No 1948/2014); (name confidential) (No 1949/2014); Daniel Moore (No 1950/2014); (name confidential) (No 1951/2014); Alain Baranger (No 1952/2014); (name confidential) (No 1953/2014); (name confidential) (No 1954/2014); Giacomo Sperlinga (No 1955/2014); Giacomo Sperlinga (No 1956/2014); Santiago Petschen Verdaguer (No 1957/2014); (name confidential) (No 1958/2014); Giovanni Storace (No 1959/2014); (name confidential) (No 1960/2014); Prof. Dr. Andreas Wamsler (No 1961/2014); Romano Perrino (No 1962/2014); (name confidential) (No 1963/2014); Juris Dubrovskis (No 1964/2014); Fotis Batzios (No 1965/2014); Georgios Floras (No 1966/2014); (name confidential) (No 1967/2014); Walter Achille Giovanni Serpagli (No 1968/2014); (name confidential) (No 1969/2014); (name confidential) (No 1970/2014); (name confidential) (No 1971/2014); Latz Ralf (No 1972/2014); Mircea Gheorghe Bogorin (No 1973/2014); Cosmin Munteanu (No 1974/2014); Georgios Floras (No 1975/2014); Mihai Vaida (No 1976/2014); (name confidential) (No 1977/2014); Matilde Escribà Marrahí (No 1978/2014); (name confidential) (No 1979/2014); (name confidential) (No 1980/2014); (name confidential) (No 1981/2014); Simon Blanchard (No 1982/2014); (name confidential) (No 1983/2014); (name confidential) (No 1984/2014); (name confidential) (No 1985/2014); (name confidential) (No 1986/2014); (name confidential) (No 1987/2014); (name confidential) (No 1988/2014); Dimitar Kavaldzhiev (No 1989/2014); (name confidential) (No 1990/2014); Alberto De la Peña Guillén (No 1991/2014); (name confidential) (No 1992/2014); (name confidential) (No 1993/2014); (name confidential) (No 1994/2014); Helmut Harhaus (No 1995/2014); (name confidential) (No 1996/2014); Dario Messineo (No 1997/2014); (name confidential) (No 1998/2014); Francisco Javier González Martín (No 1999/2014); Giacomo Sperlinga (No 2000/2014); Kevin Rooney (No 2001/2014); Rafael Cid Navarro (No 2002/2014); Javier Rosell Felipe (No 2003/2014); Cristin-Adrian Petre (No 2004/2014); (name confidential) (No 2005/2014); Rainer Lehmacher (No 2006/2014); István Dalnoki (No 2007/2014); Jasper Ten Brink (No 2008/2014); Lea Kanerva (No 2009/2014); (name confidential) (No 2010/2014); (name confidential) (No 2011/2014); Leif Lundgren (No 2012/2014); (name confidential) (No 2013/2014); (name confidential) (No 2014/2014); Flavio Miccono (No 2015/2014); Jean-Claude Estivie (No 2016/2014); Lorenzo Croce (Associazione Italiana Difesa Animali ed Ambiente) (No 2017/2014); (name confidential) (No 2018/2014); (name confidential) (No 2019/2014); Giacomo Sperlinga (No 2020/2014); Leopold Samoticha (No 2021/2014); (name confidential) (No 2022/2014); (name confidential) (No 2023/2014); Salud Martínez Monreal (No 2024/2014); Eleuterio Moreno Contreras (No 2025/2014); (name confidential) (No 2026/2014); (name confidential) (No 2027/2014); Helen Weedon (No 2028/2014); Manuel António Cavaco Palhinha (No 2029/2014); Emmanuel Smeljansky (No 2030/2014); Riccardo Cassetta (No 2031/2014); Matthew Ciantar (No 2032/2014); (name confidential) (No 2033/2014); (name confidential) (No 2034/2014); (name confidential) (No 2035/2014); (name confidential) (No 2036/2014); (name confidential) (No 2037/2014); (name confidential) (No 2038/2014); (name confidential) (No 2039/2014); (name confidential) (No 2040/2014); (name confidential) (No 2041/2014); Pedro Manuel Soriano Galán (No 2042/2014); Aitor Uriarte Bautista (No 2043/2014); (name confidential) (No 2044/2014); (name confidential) (No 2045/2014); (name confidential) (No 2046/2014); (name confidential) (No 2047/2014); Natalia Guío Rodríguez (No 2048/2014); Giacomo Sperlinga (No 2049/2014); Giacomo Sperlinga (No 2050/2014); (name confidential) (No 2051/2014); (name confidential) (No 2052/2014); Simixis Michel (No 2053/2014); Roberto Cossu (No 2054/2014); (name confidential) (No 2055/2014); Pedro Barrio nuevo Valero (No 2056/2014); (name confidential) (No 2057/2014); (name confidential) (No 2058/2014); (name confidential) (No 2059/2014); Susan Irwin (15 signatures) (No 2060/2014); (name confidential) (No 2061/2014); (name confidential) (No 2062/2014); (name confidential) (No 2063/2014); (name confidential) (No 2064/2014); Stefan Suckow (No 2065/2014); Dr. Björn Reetz (No 2066/2014); Dr. Björn Reetz (No 2067/2014); Dr. Björn Reetz (No 2068/2014); Dr. Björn Reetz (No 2069/2014); (name confidential) (No 2070/2014); (name confidential) (No 2071/2014); (name confidential) (No 2072/2014); (name confidential) (No 2073/2014); Ileana Genoveva Georgescu (No 2074/2014); (name confidential) (No 2075/2014); (name confidential) (No 2076/2014); Rafael Ortiz García (No 2077/2014); Lyubima Dimitrova (No 2078/2014); Stefcho Minchev (No 2079/2014); Flavio Miccono (No 2080/2014); Sarah Fenwick (No 2081/2014); (name confidential) (No 2082/2014).

The President announced that in accordance with Rule 215(13) on 17 October 2014 he had forwarded to the committee responsible petitions addressed to Parliament by natural or legal persons who were not citizens of the European Union and who did not reside in a Member State or have their registered office in a Member State.

15. Decisions concerning certain documents

Decision to draw up own-initiative reports (Rule 52)
(Following the Conference of Presidents' decision of 15 July 2014)

ECON Committee (Rule 54)

- European Semester for economic policy coordination: implementation of 2014 priorities (2014/2059(INI))
(opinions: ENVI, IMCO, EMPL (Rule 54), BUDG (Rule 54))

16. Documents received

The following documents had been received:

1) from the Council and Commission

- Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on measures that the Union may take in relation to the combined effect of anti-dumping or anti-subsidy measures with safeguard measures (codification) (COM(2014)0318 - C8-0016/2014 – 2014/0164(COD))

In accordance with Article 304 of the Treaty the President would consult the European Economic and Social Committee on this proposal.

- Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the measures that the Union may take following a report adopted by the WTO Dispute Settlement Body concerning anti-dumping and anti-subsidy matters (codification) (COM(2014)0317 - C8-0017/2014 – 2014/0163(COD))

In accordance with Article 304 of the Treaty the President would consult the European Economic and Social Committee on this proposal.

- Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain procedures for applying the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Montenegro, of the other part (codification) (COM(2014)0374 - C8-0035/2014 – 2014/0190(COD))

In accordance with Article 304 of the Treaty the President would consult the European Economic and Social Committee on this proposal.

- European Commission: Annual accounts of the European Union - Financial year 2013 - European Commission (COM(2014)0510 [01] - C8-0140/2014 - 2014/2075(DEC))

- Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 laying down Community procedures for the authorisation and supervision of medicinal products for human and veterinary use and establishing a European Medicines Agency (COM(2014)0557 - C8-0142/2014 - 2014/0256(COD))
The President would consult the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on this proposal, in accordance with Rule 137(1) and Rule 138(1).

- Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the manufacture, placing on the market and use of medicated feed and repealing Council Directive 90/167/EEC (COM(2014)0556 - C8-0143/2014 - 2014/0255(COD))
The President would consult the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on this proposal, in accordance with Rule 137(1) and Rule 138(1).

- Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, and the Court of Auditors annual accounts of the 8th, 9th and 10th European Development Funds - financial year 2013 (COM(2014)0487 - C8-0146/2014 - 2014/2077(DEC))

- European Commission: Annual accounts of the European Union - Financial year 2013 - European Parliament (COM(2014)0510 [02] - C8-0147/2014 - 2014/2078(DEC))

- European Commission: Annual accounts of the European Union - Financial year 2013 - European Council and Council (COM(2014)0510 [03] - C8-0148/2014 - 2014/2079(DEC))

- European Commission: Annual accounts of the European Union - financial year 2012 - Court of Justice (COM(2014)0510 [04] - C8-0149/2014 - 2014/2080(DEC))

- European Commission: Annual accounts of the European Union - financial year 2013 - European Court of Auditors (COM(2014)0510 [05] - C8-0150/2014 - 2014/2081(DEC))

- European Commission: Annual accounts of the European Union - financial year 2013 - European Economic and Social Committee (COM(2014)0510 [06] - C8-0151/2014 - 2014/2082(DEC))

- European Commission: Annual accounts of the European Union - financial year 2013 - Committee of the Regions (COM(2014)0510 [07] - C8-0152/2014 - 2014/2083(DEC))

- European Commission: Annual accounts of the European Union - financial year 2013 - European Ombudsman (COM(2014)0510 [08] - C8-0153/2014 - 2014/2084(DEC))

- European Commission: Annual accounts of the European Union - financial year 2013 - European Data Protection Supervisor (COM(2014)0510 [09] - C8-0154/2014 - 2014/2085(DEC))

- European Commission: Final annual accounts of the European Union - Financial Year 2013 - European External Action Service (COM(2014)0510 [10] - C8-0155/2014 - 2014/2086(DEC))

- European Commission: Final annual accounts of the European Union - Financial Year 2013 - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (COM(2014)0510 [11] - C8-0156/2014 - 2014/2087(DEC))

- European Commission: Final annual accounts of the European Union - Financial Year 2013 - European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (COM(2014)0510 [12] - C8-0157/2014 - 2014/2088(DEC))

- European Commission: Final annual accounts of the European Union - Financial Year 2013 - European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (COM(2014)0510 [13] - C8-0158/2014 - 2014/2089(DEC))

- European Commission: Final annual accounts of the European Union - Financial Year 2013 - European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (COM(2014)0510 [14] - C8-0159/2014 - 2014/2090(DEC))

- Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on veterinary medicinal products (COM(2014)0558 - C8-0164/2014 - 2014/0257(COD))
The President would consult the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on this proposal, in accordance with Rule 137(1) and Rule 138(1).

- Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 374/2014 on the reduction or elimination of customs duties on goods originating in Ukraine (COM(2014)0597 - C8-0165/2014 - 2014/0279(COD))

- Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the import into the Union of agricultural products originating in Turkey (codification) (COM(2014)0586 - C8-0166/2014 – 2014/0272(COD))

In accordance with Article 304 of the Treaty the President would consult the European Economic and Social Committee on this proposal.

- Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council opening and providing for the administration of certain Union tariff quotas for high-quality beef, and for pigmeat, poultrymeat, wheat and meslin, and brans, sharps and other residues (codification) (COM(2014)0594 - C8-0169/2014 – 2014/0276(COD))

In accordance with Article 304 of the Treaty the President would consult the European Economic and Social Committee on this proposal.

- Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council suspending certain concessions relating to the import into the Union of agricultural products originating in Turkey (codification) (COM(2014)0593 - C8-0170/2014 – 2014/0275(COD))

In accordance with Article 304 of the Treaty the President would consult the European Economic and Social Committee on this proposal.

- Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the tariff treatment for goods originating from Ecuador (COM(2014)0585 - C8-0172/2014 - 2014/0287(COD))

- Proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, in accordance with Point 13 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 2 December 2013 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management (application EGF/2014/007 IE/Andersen Ireland) (COM(2014)0616 - C8-0173/2014 - 2014/2098(BUD))

- Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a multiannual plan for the stocks of cod, herring and sprat in the Baltic Sea and the fisheries exploiting those stocks, amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2187/2005 and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1098/2007 (COM(2014)0614 - C8-0174/2014 - 2014/0285(COD))
The President would consult the European Economic and Social Committee on this proposal, in accordance with Rule 137(1).

- European Commission: Final annual accounts of the European Union - Financial Year 2013 - European Environment Agency (COM(2014)0510 [15] - C8-0175/2014 - 2014/2099(DEC))

- European Commission - Final annual accounts of the European Union - Financial Year 2013 - European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (COM(2014)0510 [16] - C8-0176/2014 - 2014/2100(DEC))

- European Commission: Final annual accounts of the European Union - Financial year 2013 - Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union (COM(2014)0510 [17] - C8-0177/2014 - 2014/2101(DEC))

- European Commission: Final annual accounts of the European Union - Financial year 2013 - European Medicines Agency (COM(2014)0510 [18] - C8-0178/2014 - 2014/2102(DEC))

- European Commission: Final annual accounts of the European Union - Financial year 2013 - EUROJUST (COM(2014)0510 [19] - C8-0179/2014 - 2014/2103(DEC))

- European Commission: Final annual accounts of the European Union - Financial year 2013 - European Training Foundation (COM(2014)0510 [20] - C8-0180/2014 - 2014/2104(DEC))

- European Commission: Final annual accounts of the European Union - Financial year 2013 - European Maritime Safety Agency (COM(2014)0510 [21] - C8-0181/2014 - 2014/2105(DEC))

- European Commission: Final annual accounts of the European Union - Financial year 2013 - European Aviation Safety Agency (COM(2014)0510 [22] - C8-0182/2014 - 2014/2106(DEC))

- Proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, in accordance with Point 13 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 2 December 2013 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management (application EGF/2014/009 EL/Sprider Stores) (COM(2014)0620 - C8-0183/2014 - 2014/2107(BUD))

- European Commission: Final annual accounts of the European Union - Financial year 2013 - European Food Safety Authority (COM(2014)0510 [23] - C8-0184/2014 - 2014/2108(DEC))

- European Commission: Final annual accounts of the European Union - Financial Year 2013 - European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (COM(2014)0510 [24] - C8-0185/2014 - 2014/2109(DEC))

- European Commission: Final annual accounts of the European Union - Financial year 2013 - European Network and Information Security Agency (COM(2014)0510 [25] - C8-0186/2014 - 2014/2110(DEC))

- European Commission: Final annual accounts of the European Union - Financial year 2013 - European Railway Agency (COM(2014)0510 [26] - C8-0187/2014 - 2014/2111(DEC))

- European Commission: Final annual accounts of the European Union - Financial year 2013 - European Police College (COM(2014)0510 [27] - C8-0188/2014 - 2014/2112(DEC))

- European Commission: Final annual accounts of the European Union - Financial year 2013 - FRONTEX (COM(2014)0510 [28] - C8-0189/2014 - 2014/2113(DEC))

- European Commission: Final annual accounts of the European Union - Financial year 2013 - The European Supervisory Authority - GNSS (COM(2014)0510 [29] - C8-0190/2014 - 2014/2114(DEC))

- European Commission: Final annual accounts of the European Union - Financial year 2013 - European Fisheries Control Agency (COM(2014)0510 [30] - C8-0191/2014 - 2014/2115(DEC))

- European Commission: Final annual accounts of the European Union - Financial year 2013 - European Chemicals Agency (COM(2014)0510 [31] - C8-0192/2014 - 2014/2116(DEC))

- European Commission: Final annual accounts of the European Union - Financial year 2013 - Euratom Supply Agency (COM(2014)0510 [32] - C8-0193/2014 - 2014/2117(DEC))

- European Commission: Final annual accounts of the European Union - Financial year 2013 - EUROPOL (COM(2014)0510 [33] - C8-0194/2014 - 2014/2118(DEC))

- European Commission: Final annual accounts of the European Union - Financial year 2013 - European Institute for Gender Equality (COM(2014)0510 [34] - C8-0195/2014 - 2014/2119(DEC))

- European Commission: Final annual accounts of the European Union - Financial year 2013 - European Banking Authority (COM(2014)0510 [35] - C8-0196/2014 - 2014/2120(DEC))

- European Commission: Final annual accounts of the European Union - Financial year 2013 - European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (COM(2014)0510 [36] - C8-0197/2014 - 2014/2121(DEC))

- European Commission - Final annual accounts of the European Union - Financial year 2013 - European Securities and Markets Authority (COM(2014)0510 [37] - C8-0198/2014 - 2014/2122(DEC))

- European Commission: Final annual accounts of the European Union - Financial year 2013 - European Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (COM(2014)0510 [38] - C8-0199/2014 - 2014/2123(DEC))

- European Commission: Final annual accounts of the European Union - Financial year 2013 - Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (COM(2014)0510 [39] - C8-0200/2014 - 2014/2124(DEC))

- European Commission - Final annual accounts of the European Union - Financial year 2013 - European Institute of Innovation and Technology (COM(2014)0510 [40] - C8-0201/2014 - 2014/2125(DEC))

- European Commission - Consolidated annual accounts of the European Union - Financial year 2013 - European Asylum Support Office (COM(2014)0510 [41] - C8-0202/2014 - 2014/2126(DEC))

- European Commission: Final annual accounts of the European Union - Financial year 2013 - European Agency for the operational management of large-scale IT systems - LISA (COM(2014)0510 [42] - C8-0204/2014 - 2014/2128(DEC))

- European Commission: Final annual accounts of the European Union - Financial year 2013 - ITER International Fusion Energy Organisation (COM(2014)0510 [43] - C8-0205/2014 - 2014/2129(DEC))

- European Commission: Final annual accounts of the European Union - Financial year 2013 - SESAR Joint Undertaking (COM(2014)0510 [44] - C8-0206/2014 - 2014/2130(DEC))

- European Commission: Final annual accounts of the European Union - Financial year 2013 - Clean Sky Joint Undertaking (COM(2014)0510 [45] - C8-0207/2014 - 2014/2131(DEC))

- European Commission: Final annual accounts of the European Union - Financial year 2013 - 'ARTEMIS' Joint Technology Initiative in Embedded Computer Systems (COM(2014)0510 [46] - C8-0208/2014 - 2014/2132(DEC))

- European Commission: Final annual accounts of the European Union - Financial year 2013 - Innovative Medicines Initiative 'IMI' (COM(2014)0510 [47] - C8-0209/2014 - 2014/2133(DEC))

- European Commission: Final annual accounts of the European Union - Financial year 2013 - Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking 'FCH' (COM(2014)0510 [48] - C8-0210/2014 - 2014/2134(DEC))

- European Commission: Final annual accounts of the European Union - Financial year 2013 - Nanoelectronics Initiative Advisory Council (ENIAC) (COM(2014)0510 [49] - C8-0211/2014 - 2014/2135(DEC))

- Council Regulation laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (codification) (COM(2014)0534 - C8-0212/2014 - 2014/0246(NLE))

- Proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, in accordance with Point 13 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 2December2013 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management (application EGF/2014/008 FI/STX Rauma) (COM(2014)0630 - C8-0214/2014 - 2014/2137(BUD))

2) from committees, the following reports

- Second Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2012, Section II – European Council and Council (COM(2013)0570[[03]] - C7-0275/2013 - 2013/2197(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Tamás Deutsch (A8-0010/2014)

- Second Report on the discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Office of the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications for the financial year 2012 (COM(2013)0570[[39]] - C7-0329/2013 - 2013/2241(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Petri Sarvamaa (A8-0011/2014)

- ***Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union and its Member States, of the Additional Protocol to the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Korea, of the other part, to take account of the accession of Croatia to the European Union (06035/2014 - C7-0113/2014 - 2014/0019(NLE)) - INTA Committee - Rapporteur: Jan Zahradil (A8-0012/2014)

- Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, in accordance with Point 13 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 2 December2013 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management (application EGF/2014/004 ES/Comunidad Valenciana metal) (COM(2014)0515 - C8-0125/2014 - 2014/2064(BUD)) - BUDG Committee - Rapporteur: Patricija Šulin (A8-0013/2014)

- Report on the Council position on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2015 (12608/2014 - C8-0144/2014 - 2014/2040(BUD)) - BUDG Committee - Rapporteurs: Eider Gardiazabal Rubial, Monika Hohlmeier (A8-0014/2014)

- Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund in accordance with point 13 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 2 December 2013 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management (application EGF/2013/012 BE/Ford Genk from Belgium) (COM(2014)0532 - C8-0126/2014 - 2014/2065(BUD)) - BUDG Committee - Rapporteur: Paul Rübig (A8-0015/2014)

- Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, in accordance with Point 13 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 2 December 2013 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management (application EGF/2014/006 FR/PSA from France) (COM(2014)0560 - C8-0141/2014 - 2014/2076(BUD)) - BUDG Committee - Rapporteur: Isabelle Thomas (A8-0016/2014)

- Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, in accordance with point 13 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 2 December 2013 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management (application EGF/2013/002 BE/Carsid from Belgium) (COM(2014)0553 - C8-0136/2014 - 2014/2071(BUD)) - BUDG Committee - Rapporteur: Petri Sarvamaa (A8-0017/2014)

- Report on the Council position on Draft amending budget No 2/2014 of the European Union for the financial year 2014, Section III – Commission (12300/2014 - C8-0160/2014 - 2014/2035(BUD)) - BUDG Committee - Rapporteur: Gérard Deprez (A8-0018/2014)

17. Order of business

The final draft agenda for the October 2014 sittings (PE 538.918/PDOJ) had been distributed and a number of changes had been proposed.

The following spoke: Notis Marias, on moving 'One-minute speeches on matters of political importance' to be the first item on Thursday morning's agenda, and Beatrix von Storch, on the German version of the final draft agenda.

The following changes were proposed in accordance with Rule 152.

Monday

No changes.

Tuesday

The following spoke: Jean Arthuis.

With the agreement of the political groups, the President announced that the debate on 'Draft amending budget No 2/2014 - surplus resulting from the implementation of the budget year 2013' (item 21 of the final draft agenda) had been included on the agenda before the debate on 'General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2015 - all sections' (item 12 of the final draft agenda).

Wednesday

Proposal by the ECR Group for a statement by the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on the death sentence imposed on Asia Bibi, to be included, without a vote, as the third debate of the afternoon.

The following spoke: Peter van Dalen, who moved the proposal, and Malin Björk, who requested that the statement relate to the death penalty in general.

Parliament approved the proposal by Peter van Dalen.

The following spoke: Marie-Christine Vergiat, who requested additional information on the vote, and Malin Björk, who repeated her earlier request.

Parliament rejected the request by Malin Björk and confirmed its approval of the proposal by Peter van Dalen.

Thursday

No changes.

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The order of business was thus established.

18. Better prevention and management of floods at European level (debate)

Commission statement: Better prevention and management of floods at European level (2014/2897(RSP))

Tonio Borg (Member of the Commission) made the statement.

IN THE CHAIR: Olli REHN
Vice-President

The following spoke: Lambert van Nistelrooij, on behalf of the PPE Group, Renata Briano, on behalf of the S&D Group, Notis Marias, on behalf of the ECR Group, Ivan Jakovčić, on behalf of the ALDE Group, João Ferreira, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Molly Scott Cato, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Louis Aliot, Non-attached Member, Elisabetta Gardini, Tibor Szanyi, Giulia Moi, Michèle Alliot-Marie, Iliana Iotova, Tiziana Beghin and Flavio Zanonato.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Lara Comi, Angel Dzhambazki, Jozo Radoš, Emmanouil Glezos and Sergio Gaetano Cofferati.

The following spoke: Tonio Borg.

The debate closed.

19. Response to Ebola crisis (debate)

Commission statement: Response to Ebola crisis (2014/2896(RSP))

Kristalina Georgieva, Tonio Borg (Members of the Commission) made the statements.

The following spoke: Peter Liese, on behalf of the PPE Group, Linda McAvan, on behalf of the S&D Group, Charles Tannock, on behalf of the ECR Group, Charles Goerens, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Lola Sánchez Caldentey, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Maria Heubuch, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Eleonora Evi, on behalf of the EFDD Group, Davor Ivo Stier, Gilles Pargneaux, Bolesław G. Piecha, Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy, Lidia Senra Rodríguez, Margrete Auken, Mario Borghezio, Françoise Grossetête, Norbert Neuser, Notis Marias, Jiří Maštálka, Jordi Sebastià, Joëlle Mélin, Esteban González Pons, Maria Arena, Mairead McGuinness, Soledad Cabezón Ruiz and Annie Schreijer-Pierik.

The following spoke: Kristalina Georgieva and Tonio Borg.

The debate closed.

20. Agenda of the next sitting

The agenda of the next day's sitting had been established ('Agenda' PE 538.918/OJMA).

21. Closure of the sitting

The sitting closed at 19.00.

Present:

Adaktusson, Adinolfi, Affronte, Agnew, Aiuto, Aker, Albrecht, Aliot, Alliot-Marie, Anderson Lucy, Anderson Martina, Andersson, Andrieu, Androulakis, Annemans, Ansip, Arena, Arias Cañete, Arnautu, Arnott, Arthuis, Ashworth, Assis, Atkinson, Auken, Auštrevičius, Ayala Sender, Ayuso, van Baalen, Bach, Balas, Balczó, Balz, Bashir, Batten, Bay, Bayet, Bearder, Becerra Basterrechea, Beghin, Belder, Bendtsen, Benifei, Berès, Bergeron, Bilbao Barandica, Bilde, Björk, Blanco López, Bocskor, Böge, Bogovič, Boni, Borghezio, Borrelli, Borzan, Boștinaru, Boutonnet, Bové, Brannen, Bresso, Briano, Buchner, Buda, Bullmann, Bütikofer, Buzek, Cabezón Ruiz, Cadec, van de Camp, Caputo, Carthy, Carver, Caspary, Castaldo, del Castillo Vera, Cavada, Ceballos, Charanzová, Childers, Chinnici, Christensen, Cicu, Cirio, Clune, Coburn, Coelho, Cofferati, Collin-Langen, Comi, Corbett, Corrao, Cramer, Creţu, Cristea, Csáky, Czarnecki, van Dalen, D'Amato, Dance, Dăncilă, Danti, De Backer, De Castro, Delahaye, Deli, Delvaux, Demesmaeker, De Monte, Denanot, Deprez, de Sarnez, Deß, Deva, Diaconu, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dodds Anneliese, Dodds Diane, Dohrmann, Dombrovskis, Dorfmann, D'Ornano, Drăghici, Duncan, Durand, Dzhambazki, Eickhout, Engel, Engström, Epitideios, Erdős, Eriksson, Estaràs Ferragut, Evans, Evi, Fajon, Faria, Fernandes, Fernández, Ferrand, Ferrara, Ferreira João, Finch, Fisas Ayxelà, Flašíková Beňová, Fleckenstein, Fontana, Ford, Forenza, Fotyga, Fountoulis, Freund, Frunzulică, Gahler, Gál, Gáll-Pelcz, Gambús, García Pérez, Gardiazabal Rubial, Gardini, Gasbarra, Gebhardt, Geier, Gentile, Gerbrandy, Gericke, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gierek, Gieseke, Gill Nathan, Gill Neena, Girauta Vidal, Girling, Glezos, Goddyn, Goerens, Gollnisch, Gomes, González Pons, Gosiewska, Goulard, de Graaff, Grammatikakis, Grapini, Gräßle, Griesbeck, Grigule, Gróbarczyk, Groote, Grossetête, Gualtieri, Guerrero Salom, Guillaume, Guoga, Gutiérrez Prieto, Gyürk, Halla-aho, Hannan, Harkin, Hautala, Hedh, Helmer, Henkel, Herranz García, Hetman, Heubuch, Hohlmeier, Hökmark, Hölvényi, Honeyball, Hortefeux, Hübner, Hudghton, Iotova, Iwaszkiewicz, Jaakonsaari, Jäätteenmäki, Jadot, Jahr, Jakovčić, Jalkh, James, Jansen, Jáuregui Atondo, Jazłowiecka, Ježek, Jiménez-Becerril Barrio, Joly, Juaristi Abaunz, Jurek, Kaili, Kallas, Kalniete, Kammerevert, Kappel, Karas, Karim, Kariņš, Karlsson, Karski, Kaufmann, Kefalogiannis, Kelam, Keller Jan, Keller Ska, Kelly, Khan, Kirton-Darling, Koch, Kofod, Kölmel, Konečná, Kósa, Köstinger, Kovatchev, Kozłowska-Rajewicz, Krehl, Kudrycka, Kuhn, Kukan, Kumpula-Natri, Kuźmiuk, Kyenge, Kyllönen, Kyrkos, Kyrtsos, Lamassoure, Lambert, Lange, Langen, Lauristin, La Via, Lavrilleux, Le Grip, Legutko, Le Hyaric, Leichtfried, Leinen, Lenaers, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Lewandowski, Lewer, Liberadzki, Liese, Lietz, Loiseau, Lope Fontagné, López, López Aguilar, López Bermejo, López-Istúriz White, Lösing, Lucke, Ludvigsson, Łukacijewska, Lunacek, Lundgren, Łybacka, McAllister, McAvan, McGuinness, McIntyre, Maeijer, Maletić, Maltese, Mamikins, Maňka, Mann, Manscour, Maragall, Marias, Marinescu, Martin David, Martin Dominique, Martin Edouard, Martusciello, Maštálka, Matias, Mato, Maura Barandiarán, Mayer, Mélenchon, Mélin, Melior, Melo, Messerschmidt, Meszerics, Michel, Millán Mon, van Miltenburg, Mlinar, Moi, Moisă, Monot, Montel, Moraes, Morgano, Morin-Chartier, Mosca, Müller, Mureșan, Muselier, Mussolini, Nart, Negrescu, Nekov, Neuser, Nica, Nicholson, Niebler, Niedermayer, Nilsson, van Nistelrooij, Noichl, Nuttall, Obermayr, O'Flynn, Olbrycht, Ożóg, Pabriks, Panzeri, Papadakis Demetris, Papadimoulis, Pargneaux, Parker, Pașcu, Paulsen, Pedicini, Peterle, Petir, Picula, Piecha, Pieper, Piotrowski, Piri, Pitera, Pittella, Plenković, Poc, Polčák, Ponga, Pospíšil, Post, Preda, Pretzell, Preuß, Proust, Radoš, Rangel, Regner, Rehn, Reid, Reintke, Reul, Ribeiro, Ries, Riquet, Rochefort, Rodrigues Liliana, Rodrigues Maria João, Rohde, Rolin, Rosati, Rozière, Ruas, Rübig, Sakorafa, Salini, Sánchez Caldentey, Sander, Sarvamaa, Sassoli, Schaake, Schaffhauser, Schaldemose, Schmidt, Scholz, Schöpflin, Schreijer-Pierik, Schulz, Schulze, Schuster, Schwab, Scott Cato, Sebastià, Sehnalová, Senra Rodríguez, Sernagiotto, Seymour, Siekierski, Silva Pereira, Simon Peter, Simon Siôn, Sippel, Škrlec, Smith, Sógor, Šojdrová, Šoltes, Soru, Spinelli, Staes, Starbatty, Štefanec, Steinruck, Štětina, Stevens, Stier, Stihler, Stolojan, von Storch, Stuger, Stylianides, Šuica, Šulin, Sylikiotis, Synadinos, Szájer, Szanyi, Szejnfeld, Tajani, Tamburrano, Tang, Tannock, Tapardel, Tarabella, Tarand, Telička, Terho, Terricabras, Theocharous, Thomas, Toia, Tomaševski, Tomašić, Tomc, Toom, Tošenovský, Trebesius, Troszczynski, Trüpel, Ujazdowski, Ulvskog, Urtasun, Vajgl, Vălean, Valli, Vallina, Vana, Van Brempt, Vaughan, Vergiat, Verheyen, Viegas, Vilimsky, Viotti, Virkkunen, Vistisen, Voigt, Voss, Vozemberg, Wałęsa, Weber Renate, Weidenholzer, Wenta, Werner, Westphal, Wieland, Wikström, Willmott, Winberg, Winkler Hermann, Wiśniewska, Woolfe, Záborská, Zahradil, Zalba Bidegain, Zanni, Zanonato, Ždanoka, Zdechovský, Zdrojewski, Zeller, Zemke, Zīle, Zimmer, Zorrinho, Zuber, Zullo, Zver

Excused:

Bradbourn, Cesa, Crowley, Händel, Michels, Monteiro de Aguiar, Taylor, Wojciechowski, Żółtek