IN THE CHAIR: Martin SCHULZ
President

1. Resumption of the session

The sitting opened at 17.00.

2. Statements by the President

The President made a statement on the earthquake that had struck Nepal on 25 April 2015, killing 4 000 people and injuring over 6 500. He called on the international community to provide assistance to those affected and expressed Parliament's solidarity with the victims' families.

He also spoke with reference to the latest vessel carrying migrants to sink in the Mediterranean, on 21 April 2015, with the deaths of between 800 and 1 000 people.

Parliament observed a minute's silence in memory of the victims of the earthquake and of all those who had lost their lives in the Mediterranean.

The President ended with a statement on the nine people, including a French national, two Australians and an Indonesian, who were on death row in Indonesia. He called on the President of Indonesia to reinstate the moratorium on the death penalty and to abolish capital punishment in that country.

3. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

4. Verification of credentials

On a proposal from the Committee on Legal Affairs, Parliament validated the mandates of Estefanía Torres Martínez, with effect from 25 March 2015, and of Mihai Ţurcanu, with effect from 2 March 2015.

5. Request for the waiver of parliamentary immunity

The Committee on Legal Affairs, as the committee responsible, had notified the President that the competent German authorities had withdrawn their application for the waiver of the parliamentary immunity of Udo Voigt in connection with criminal proceedings initiated by the public prosecutor for Saarbrücken. This waiver of parliamentary immunity procedure had therefore been closed.

6. Composition of Interparliamentary Delegations

The President had received the following requests for appointments from the S&D and PPE Groups:

Delegation for relations with Iran: Damiano Zoffoli

Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly: Carlos Iturgaiz was no longer a member.

7. Interpretation of the Rules of Procedure

The interpretation of paragraph 1(a) of Annex XVI to the Rules of Procedure, concerning the guidelines for the approval of the Commission, given by the Committee on Constitutional Affairs, had been announced in plenary on Wednesday 15 April 2015 (minutes of 15.4.2015, item 6).

As that interpretation had not been contested by a political group or by at least 40 Members, in accordance with Rule 226(3) it was deemed to have been adopted (P8_TA(2015)0096).

8. Corrigenda (Rule 231)

The relevant committees had forwarded the following corrigenda to texts adopted by the Parliament:

- Corrigendum P7_TA-PROV(2014)0345(COR01) to the position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 15 April 2014 with a view to the adoption of Directive (EU) 2015/... of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical regulations and rules on Information Society services P7_TA-PROV(2014)0345 (COM(2013)0932 – C7-0006/2014 – 2010/0095(COD))

- Corrigendum P7_TA-PROV(2014)0123(COR01) to Regulation (EU) No 375/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014 establishing the European Voluntary Humanitarian Aid Corps (‘EU Aid Volunteers initiative’) (OJ L 122, 24.4.2014, p. 1) (position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 25 February 2014 with a view to the adoption of the above regulation) P7_TA(2014)0123) (COM(2012)0514 – C7-0303/2012 – 2012/0245(COD))

- Corrigendum P7_TA-PROV(2014)0160(COR01) to Directive 2014/40/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning the manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco and related products and repealing Directive 2001/37/EC (OJ L 127, 29.4.2014, p. 1)(position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 26 February 2014 with a view to the adoption of the above directive) P7_TA-PROV(2014)0160) (COM(2012)0788 – C7-0420/2012 – 2012/0366(COD))

- Corrigendum P7_TA-PROV(2014)0416(COR01) to Directive 2014/60/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on the return of cultural objects unlawfully removed from the territory of a Member State and amending Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 (Recast) (OJ L 159, 28.5.2014, p. 1) (position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 16 April 2014 with a view to the adoption of the above directive) P7_TA-PROV(2014)0416) (COM(2013)0311 – C7-0147/2013 – 2013/0162(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.

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

The President announced that on Wednesday, 29 April 2015, together with the President of the Council, he would sign the following acts adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure:

- Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the monitoring, reporting and verification of carbon dioxide emissions from maritime transport, and amending Directive 2009/16/EC (00020/2015/LEX - C8-0104/2015 - 2013/0224(COD))*;

- Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 94/62/EC as regards reducing the consumption of lightweight plastic carrier bags (00021/2015/LEX - C8-0105/2015 - 2013/0371(COD))*;

- Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning type-approval requirements for the deployment of the eCall in-vehicle system based on the 112 service and amending Directive 2007/46/EC (00022/2015/LEX - C8-0106/2015 - 2013/0165(COD))*;

- Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on European Long-term Investment Funds (00097/2014/LEX - C8-0110/2015 - 2013/0214(COD));

- Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules for imports from certain third countries (recast) (00007/2015/LEX - C8-0111/2015 - 2014/0168(COD));

- Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 96/53/EC laying down for certain road vehicles circulating within the Community the maximum authorised dimensions in national and international traffic and the maximum authorised weights in international traffic (00002/2015/LEX - C8-0112/2015 - 2013/0105(COD));

- 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) (00004/2015/LEX - C8-0113/2015 - 2014/0190(COD));

- Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the import into the Union of agricultural products originating in Turkey (codification) (00005/2015/LEX - C8-0114/2015 - 2014/0272(COD));

- 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) (00009/2015/LEX - C8-0115/2015 - 2014/0275(COD));

- Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on interchange fees for card based payment transactions (00003/2015/LEX - C8-0116/2015 - 2013/0265(COD));

- 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) (00006/2015/LEX - C8-0117/2015 - 2014/0276(COD));

- Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics (00026/2015/LEX - C8-0119/2015 - 2012/0084(COD))*.

* provided that Parliament approves the Council's position before that date.

10. Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council

The Council had forwarded a certified true copy of the following:

- Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Tunisia, of the other part, on a Framework Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Tunisia on the general principles for the participation of the Republic of Tunisia in Union programmes.

11. 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):

24 April 2015

(name confidential) (No 2709/2014); (name confidential) (No 2710/2014); (name confidential) (No 2711/2014); (name confidential) (No 0244/2015); (name confidential) (No 0245/2015); (name confidential) (No 0246/2015); (name confidential) (No 0247/2015); (name confidential) (No 0248/2015); (name confidential) (No 0249/2015); Leif Lundgren (No 0250/2015); (name confidential) (No 0251/2015); Riccardo Giuliano (No 0252/2015); (name confidential) (No 0253/2015); (name confidential) (No 0254/2015); (name confidential) (No 0255/2015); (name confidential) (No 0256/2015); (name confidential) (No 0257/2015); Alexandru Pârvu (No 0258/2015); Regina Neumann (No 0259/2015); (name confidential) (No 0260/2015); (name confidential) (No 0261/2015); (name confidential) (No 0262/2015); Riccardo Giuliano (No 0263/2015); (name confidential) (No 0264/2015); (name confidential) (No 0265/2015); William M. Trent (No 0266/2015); (name confidential) (No 0267/2015); (name confidential) (No 0268/2015); (name confidential) (No 0269/2015); Andrzej Kania (122 signatures) (No 0270/2015); (name confidential) (No 0271/2015); (name confidential) (No 0272/2015); Péter Szeidl (No 0273/2015); (name confidential) (No 0274/2015); (name confidential) (No 0275/2015); (name confidential) (No 0276/2015); (name confidential) (No 0277/2015); Beate Höß-Zenker (No 0278/2015); Angeline Arnaud (No 0279/2015); (name confidential) (No 0280/2015); (name confidential) (No 0281/2015); (name confidential) (No 0282/2015); (name confidential) (No 0283/2015); (name confidential) (No 0284/2015); Johanna Wasström (No 0285/2015); María Nemesia García Fernández (No 0286/2015); (name confidential) (No 0287/2015); (name confidential) (No 0288/2015); (name confidential) (No 0289/2015); (name confidential) (No 0290/2015); (name confidential) (No 0291/2015); (name confidential) (No 0292/2015); Christian Ries (No 0293/2015); Juana Lene Martínez Almanzar (No 0294/2015); (name confidential) (No 0295/2015); (name confidential) (No 0296/2015); (name confidential) (No 0297/2015); Ferenc Czimbalmos Kozma (No 0298/2015); (name confidential) (No 0299/2015); Flavio Miccono (No 0300/2015); (name confidential) (No 0301/2015); (name confidential) (No 0302/2015); Augustin Răzvan Mirsolea (No 0303/2015); (name confidential) (No 0304/2015); (name confidential) (No 0305/2015); (name confidential) (No 0306/2015); Christian Frener (No 0307/2015); Andoni Monforte Duart (No 0308/2015); (name confidential) (No 0309/2015); (name confidential) (No 0310/2015); (name confidential) (No 0311/2015); Rudi Eifert (No 0312/2015); (name confidential) (No 0313/2015); (name confidential) (No 0314/2015); (name confidential) (No 0315/2015); (name confidential) (No 0316/2015); (name confidential) (No 0317/2015); Sergy Alpin (No 0318/2015); (name confidential) (No 0319/2015); (name confidential) (No 0320/2015); (name confidential) (No 0321/2015); (name confidential) (No 0322/2015); (name confidential) (No 0323/2015); Johanna Macrae (No 0324/2015); (name confidential) (No 0325/2015); (name confidential) (No 0326/2015); (name confidential) (No 0327/2015); (name confidential) (No 0328/2015); (name confidential) (No 0329/2015); (name confidential) (No 0330/2015); (name confidential) (No 0331/2015); (name confidential) (No 0332/2015); (name confidential) (No 0333/2015); Andreas Jüttemann (No 0334/2015); (name confidential) (No 0335/2015); Mihályné Niegreisz (No 0336/2015); Alejandro Peña Pérez (No 0337/2015); (name confidential) (No 0338/2015); (name confidential) (No 0339/2015); (name confidential) (No 0340/2015); (name confidential) (No 0341/2015); (name confidential) (No 0342/2015); Elena Cambieri (No 0343/2015); (name confidential) (No 0344/2015); (name confidential) (No 0345/2015); (name confidential) (No 0346/2015); (name confidential) (No 0347/2015); (name confidential) (No 0348/2015); (name confidential) (No 0349/2015).

The President announced that, on 24 April 2015, he had forwarded to the committee responsible, in accordance with Rule 215(13), petitions addressed to Parliament by natural or legal persons who are not citizens of the European Union and who do not reside in a Member State or have their registered office in a Member State.

12. Documents received

The following documents had been received:

1) from the Council and Commission

- Proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Iceland, of the other part, concerning Iceland's participation in the joint fulfilment of commitments of the European Union, its Member States and Iceland for the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (10883/2014 - C8-0088/2015 - 2014/0151(NLE))

- Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council implementing the anti-circumvention mechanism providing for the temporary suspension of tariff preferences of the 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 (COM(2015)0155 - C8-0091/2015 - 2015/0080(COD))

- Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council implementing the safeguard clause and the anti-circumvention mechanism providing for the temporary suspension of tariff preferences of the 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. (COM(2015)0154 - C8-0092/2015 - 2015/0079(COD))

- Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF/2015/000 TA 2015 - Technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission) (COM(2015)0156 - C8-0093/2015 - 2015/2076(BUD))

- Proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund (Floods in Romania, Bulgaria and Italy) (COM(2015)0162 - C8-0094/2015 - 2015/2079(BUD))

- Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of a Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Lebanon, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia, and the Slovak Republic to the European Union (13349/2014 - C8-0095/2015 - 2007/0078(NLE))

- Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on trade in certain steel products between the European Union and theRepublicofKazakhstan (codification) (COM(2015)0157 - C8-0097/2015 - 2015/0082(COD))

- Draft amending budget No 2 to the general budget for 2015 accompanying the Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013 of 2 December 2013 laying down the multiannual financial framework: Council position of 21 April 2015 (07660/2015 - C8-0098/2015 - 2015/2013(BUD))

- Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council repealing Council Directive 76/621/EEC relating to the fixing of the maximum level of erucic acid in oils and fats and Council Regulation (EC) No 320/2006 establishing a temporary scheme for the restructuring of the sugar industry (COM(2015)0174 - C8-0101/2015 - 2015/0090(COD))
The President would consult the European Economic and Social Committee on this proposal, in accordance with Rule 137(1).

- Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union and its Member States, of a Protocol amending the Euro-Mediterranean Aviation Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part and the Government of the State of Israel, of the other part, to take account of the accession to the European Union of the Republic of Croatia (12265/2014 - C8-0102/2015 - 2014/0187(NLE))

- Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union and its Member States, of the Additional Protocol to the Agreement on Trade, Development and Cooperation between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of South Africa, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union (07657/2015 - C8-0103/2015 - 2014/0236(NLE))

2) from committees

2.1) reports

- ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93 on common rules for imports of certain textile products from third countries (COM(2014)0707 - C8-0271/2014 - 2014/0334(COD)) - INTA Committee - Rapporteur: Bernd Lange (A8-0026/2015)

- Interim report on the proposal for a Council regulation on the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (COM(2013)0534 - 2013/0255(APP)) - LIBE Committee - Rapporteur: Monica Macovei (A8-0055/2015)

- ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1215/2009 introducing exceptional trade measures for countries and territories participating in or linked to the European Union's Stabilisation and Association process and suspending its application with regard to Bosnia and Herzegovina (COM(2014)0386 - C8-0039/2014 - 2014/0197(COD)) - INTA Committee - Rapporteur: Goffredo Maria Bettini (A8-0060/2015)

- ***Recommendation on the draft Council decision authorising Member States to become party, in the interest of the European Union, to the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Fishing Vessel Personnel, of the International Maritime Organization (15528/2014 - C8-0295/2014 - 2013/0285(NLE)) - EMPL Committee - Rapporteur: Sofia Ribeiro (A8-0064/2015)

- Report on the Court of Auditors' special reports in the context of the 2013 Commission discharge (COM(2013)0570[[53]] - C8-0224/2014 - 2014/2140(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Ingeborg Gräßle (A8-0067/2015)

- Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction for the financial year 2013 (COM(2014)0510[[14]] - C8-0159/2014 - 2014/2090(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (A8-0068/2015)

- Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control for the financial year 2013 (COM(2014)0510[[24]] - C8-0185/2014 - 2014/2109(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (A8-0069/2015)

- Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union agencies for the financial year 2013: performance, financial management and control (COM(2013)0570[[54]] - C8-0225/2014 - 2014/2139(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (A8-0070/2015)

- Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Banking Authority for the financial year 2013 (COM(2014)0510[[35]] - C8-0196/2014 - 2014/2120(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (A8-0072/2015)

- Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Chemicals Agency for the financial year 2013 (COM(2014)0510[[31]] - C8-0192/2014 - 2014/2116(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (A8-0073/2015)

- Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Aviation Safety Agency for the financial year 2013 (COM(2014)0510[[22]] - C8-0182/2014 - 2014/2106(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (A8-0074/2015)

- Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Medicines Agency for the financial year 2013 (COM(2014)0510[[18]] - C8-0178/2014 - 2014/2102(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (A8-0075/2015)

- Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work for the financial year 2013 (COM(2014)0510[[16]] - C8-0176/2014 - 2014/2100(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (A8-0076/2015)

- Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology for the financial year 2013 (COM(2014)0510[[40]] - C8-0201/2014 - 2014/2125(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (A8-0077/2015)

- Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Railway Agency for the financial year 2013 (COM(2014)0510[[26]] - C8-0187/2014 - 2014/2111(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (A8-0078/2015)

- Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training for the financial year 2013 (COM(2014)0510[[11]] - C8-0156/2014 - 2014/2087(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (A8-0079/2015)

- Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Police Office for the financial year 2013 (COM(2014)0510[[33]] - C8-0194/2014 - 2014/2118(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (A8-0080/2015)

- Report on 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 2013 (COM(2014)0510[[39]] - C8-0200/2014 - 2014/2124(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (A8-0081/2015)

- Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2013, Section I - European Parliament (COM(2014)0510[[02]] - C8-0147/2014 - 2014/2078(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Gilles Pargneaux (A8-0082/2015)

- Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union for the financial year 2013 (COM(2014)0510[[17]] - C8-0177/2014 - 2014/2101(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (A8-0084/2015)

- Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Asylum Support Office for the financial year 2013 (COM(2014)0510[[41]] - C8-0202/2014 - 2014/2126(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (A8-0085/2015)

- Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Police College for the financial year 2013 (COM(2014)0510[[27]] - C8-0188/2014 - 2014/2112(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (A8-0086/2015)

- Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Securities and Markets Authority for the financial year 2013 (COM(2014)0510[[37]] - C8-0198/2014 - 2014/2122(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (A8-0087/2015)

- Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Maritime Safety Agency for the financial year 2013 (COM(2014)0510[[21]] - C8-0181/2014 - 2014/2105(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (A8-0088/2015)

- Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union Agency for Network and Information Security for the financial year 2013 (COM(2014)0510[[25]] - C8-0186/2014 - 2014/2110(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (A8-0089/2015)

- Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Training Foundation for the financial year 2013 (COM(2014)0510[[20]] - C8-0180/2014 - 2014/2104(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (A8-0090/2015)

- Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of Eurojust for the financial year 2013 (COM(2014)0510[[19]] - C8-0179/2014 - 2014/2103(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (A8-0091/2015)

- Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions for the financial year 2013 (COM(2014)0510[[12]] - C8-0157/2014 - 2014/2088(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (A8-0092/2015)

- Report on discharge in respect in the implementation of the budget of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights for the financial year 2013 (COM(2014)0510[[13]] - C8-0158/2014 - 2014/2089(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (A8-0093/2015)

- Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union for the financial year 2013 (COM(2014)0510[[28]] - C8-0189/2014 - 2014/2113(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (A8-0094/2015)

- Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European GNSS Agency for the financial year 2013 (COM(2014)0510[[29]] - C8-0190/2014 - 2014/2114(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (A8-0095/2015)

- Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority for the financial year 2013 (COM(2014)0510[[36]] - C8-0197/2014 - 2014/2121(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (A8-0096/2015)

- Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Food Safety Authority for the financial year 2013 (COM(2014)0510[[23]] - C8-0184/2014 - 2014/2108(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (A8-0097/2015)

- Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Institute for Gender Equality for the financial year 2013 (COM(2014)0510[[34]] - C8-0195/2014 - 2014/2119(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (A8-0098/2015)

- Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Agency for the Οperational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice for the financial year 2013 (COM(2014)0510[[42]] - C8-0204/2014 - 2014/2128(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (A8-0099/2015)

- Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Fisheries Control Agency for the financial year 2013 (COM(2014)0510[[30]] - C8-0191/2014 - 2014/2115(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (A8-0100/2015)

- Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2013, Section III - Commission and executive agencies (COM(2014)0510[[01]] - C8-0140/2014 - 2014/2075(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Ingeborg Gräßle (A8-0101/2015)

- Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the eighth, ninth and tenth European Development Funds for the financial year 2013 (COM(2014)0487 - C8-0146/2014 - 2014/2077(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Martina Dlabajová (A8-0102/2015)

- Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2013 (COM(2014)0510[[46]] - C8-0208/2014 - 2014/2132(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (A8-0103/2015)

- Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the ENIAC Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2013 (COM(2014)0510[[49]] - C8-0211/2014 - 2014/2135(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (A8-0104/2015)

- Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2013, Section VII - Committee of the Regions (COM(2014)0510[[07]] - C8-0152/2014 - 2014/2083(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (A8-0105/2015)

- Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Joint Undertaking for the implementation of the Joint Technology Initiative on Innovative Medicines for the financial year 2013 (COM(2014)0510[[47]] - C8-0209/2014 - 2014/2133(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (A8-0106/2015)

- Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2013 (COM(2014)0510[[45]] - C8-0207/2014 - 2014/2131(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (A8-0107/2015)

- Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy for the financial year 2013 (COM(2014)0510[[43]] - C8-0205/2014 - 2014/2129(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Anders Primdahl Vistisen (A8-0108/2015)

- Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2013, Section X – European External Action Service (COM(2014)0510[[10]] - C8-0155/2014 - 2014/2086(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (A8-0109/2015)

- Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the SESAR Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2013 (COM(2014)0510[[44]] - C8-0206/2014 - 2014/2130(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Anders Primdahl Vistisen (A8-0110/2015)

- Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2013, Section IV – Court of Justice (COM(2014)0510[[04]] - C8-0149/2014 - 2014/2080(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (A8-0111/2015)

- Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2013 (COM(2014)0510[[48]] - C8-0210/2014 - 2014/2134(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (A8-0112/2015)

- Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2013, Section V – Court of Auditors (COM(2014)0510[[05]] - C8-0150/2014 - 2014/2081(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (A8-0113/2015)

- Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2013, Section VI – European Economic and Social Committee (COM(2014)0510[[06]] - C8-0151/2014 - 2014/2082(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (A8-0114/2015)

- Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2013, Section VIII – European Ombudsman (COM(2014)0510[[08]] - C8-0153/2014 - 2014/2084(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (A8-0115/2015)

- Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2013, Section II – European Council and Council (COM(2014)0510[[03]] - C8-0148/2014 - 2014/2079(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (A8-0116/2015)

- Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators for the financial year 2013 (COM(2014)0510[[38]] - C8-0199/2014 - 2014/2123(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (A8-0117/2015)

- Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2013, Section IX – European Data Protection Supervisor (COM(2014)0510[[09]] - C8-0154/2014 - 2014/2085(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (A8-0118/2015)

- Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Euratom Supply Agency for the financial year 2013 (COM(2014)0510[[32]] - C8-0193/2014 - 2014/2117(DEC)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (A8-0119/2015)

- ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on reporting and transparency of securities financing transactions (COM(2014)0040 - C7-0023/2014 - 2014/0017(COD)) - ECON Committee - Rapporteur: Renato Soru (A8-0120/2015)

- Report on Follow-up on the implementation of the Bologna Process (2015/2039(INI)) - CULT Committee - Rapporteur: Krystyna Łybacka (A8-0121/2015)

- Report on European film in the digital era (2014/2148(INI)) - CULT Committee - Rapporteur: Bogdan Brunon Wenta (A8-0123/2015)

- Report on ‘A new EU Forest Strategy: for forests and the forest-based sector’ (2014/2223(INI)) - AGRI Committee - Rapporteur: Elisabeth Köstinger (A8-0126/2015)

- ***I Report on the 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)) - PECH Committee - Rapporteur: Jarosław Wałęsa (A8-0128/2015)

- ***Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union and its Member States, of the Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement establishing a partnership between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Russian Federation, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union (11878/2014 - C8-0006/2015 - 2014/0052(NLE)) - AFET Committee - Rapporteur: Gabrielius Landsbergis (A8-0129/2015)

- ***I Report on the 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 former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, of the other part (codified text) (COM(2014)0394 - C8-0041/2014 - 2014/0199(COD)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Andrzej Duda (A8-0132/2015)

- ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 1304/2013 of the European Parliament and the Council on the European Social Fund, as regards an increase of the initial pre-financing amount paid to operational programmes supported by the Youth Employment Initiative (COM(2015)0046 - C8-0036/2015 - 2015/0026(COD)) - EMPL Committee - Rapporteur: Elisabeth Morin-Chartier (A8-0134/2015)

- Report on the Council position on Draft amending budget No 2/2015 of the European Union for the financial year 2015, Section III – Commission (07660/2015 - C8-0098/2015 - 2015/2013(BUD)) - BUDG Committee - Rapporteur: Eider Gardiazabal Rubial (A8-0138/2015)

2.2) recommendations for second reading

- ***II Recommendation for second reading on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 98/70/EC relating to the quality of petrol and diesel fuels and amending Directive 2009/28/EC on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources (10710/2/2014 - C8-0004/2015 - 2012/0288(COD)) - ENVI Committee - Rapporteur: Nils Torvalds (A8-0025/2015)

- ***II Recommendation for second reading on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning type-approval requirements for the deployment of the eCall in-vehicle system based on the 112 service and amending Directive 2007/46/EC (05130/3/2015 - C8-0063/2015 - 2013/0165(COD)) - IMCO Committee - Rapporteur: Olga Sehnalová (A8-0053/2015)

- ***II Recommendation for second reading on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the monitoring, reporting and verification of carbon dioxide emissions from maritime transport, and amending Directive 2009/16/EC (17086/1/2014 - C8-0072/2015 - 2013/0224(COD)) - ENVI Committee - Rapporteur: José Inácio Faria (A8-0122/2015)

- ***II Recommendation for second reading on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 94/62/EC as regards reducing the consumption of lightweight plastic carrier bags (05094/1/2015 - C8-0064/2015 - 2013/0371(COD)) - ENVI Committee - Rapporteur: Margrete Auken (A8-0130/2015)

- ***II Recommendation for second reading on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics (05161/2/2015 - C8-0073/2015 - 2012/0084(COD)) - ECON Committee - Rapporteur: Hugues Bayet (A8-0137/2015)

13. Questions for oral answer (submission)

The following questions for oral answer had been submitted by Members (Rule 128):

- (O-000008/2015) by Alberto Cirio, Glenis Willmott, Marcus Pretzell, José Inácio Faria, Younous Omarjee and Piernicola Pedicini, on behalf of the ENVI Committee, to the Commission: Alcohol strategy (2015/2543(RSP)) (B8-0108/2015);

- (O-000016/2015) by Paolo De Castro, on behalf of the AGRI Committee, to the Commission: Expo Milano 2015: 'Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life' (2015/2574(RSP)) (B8-0109/2015);

- (O-000021/2015) Pavel Svoboda, on behalf of the JURI Committee, to the Council: Marrakesh Treaty on copyright exceptions for the visually impaired (2015/2586(RSP)) (B8-0110/2015);

- (O-000029/2015) by Claude Moraes, on behalf of the LIBE Committee, to the Council: Smart Borders Package (2015/2614(RSP)) (B8-0111/2015);

- (O-000030/2015) by Claude Moraes, on behalf of the LIBE Committee, to the Commission: Smart Borders Package (2015/2614(RSP)) (B8-0111/2015);

- (O-000035/2015) by Linda McAvan, on behalf of the DEVE Committee, to the Council: EU Member States' commitments to Official Development Assistance (ODA) (2015/2611(RSP)) (B8-0113/2015);

- (O-000036/2015) by Linda McAvan, on behalf of the DEVE Committee, to the Commission: EU Member States' commitment to Official Development Assistance (ODA) (2015/2611(RSP)) (B8-0114/2015);

- (O-000031/2015) by Silvia Costa, on behalf of the CULT Committee, to the Council: Destruction of cultural sites perpetrated by ISIS/Da'esh (2015/2649(RSP)) (B8-0115/2015);

- (O-000032/2015) by Silvia Costa, on behalf of the CULT Committee, to the Commission: Destruction of cultural sites perpetrated by ISIS/Daesh (2015/2649(RSP)) (B8-0116/2015);

- (O-000038/2015) by Czesław Adam Siekierski, on behalf of the AGRI Committee, to the Commission: Xylella fastidiosa emergency (2015/2652(RSP)) (B8-0117/2015).

14. Order of business

The final draft agenda for the April II 2015 sittings (PE 552.730/PDOJ) had been distributed.

The following spoke: Richard Corbett, on whether or not Janice Atkinson remained a member of the EFDD Group (the President said he had heard nothing in this connection) and John Stuart Agnew, on the same subject.

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The following changes had been proposed (Rule 152):

Monday

No changes.

Tuesday

- Request from the Verts/ALE Group to enter, as the third item on the agenda for Tuesday afternoon, following the debate on the report by Monica Macovei (A8-0055/2015) and without the tabling of motions for resolutions, a debate on the Commission statement on 'Recent revelations on mass organised spying by NSA, and the implication of the Bundesnachrichtendienst, against EU citizens, politicians and companies'.

The debate on the question for oral answer on the 'Smart borders package' (item 130 on the final draft agenda) would be postponed to the May I 2015 part-session.

The following spoke: Rebecca Harms, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, who moved the request, and Cornelia Ernst, in support of the request.

Parliament agreed to the request by electronic vote (187 in favour, 127 against, 9 abstentions)

- Request from the GUE/NGL Group to enter, as the last item on the agenda for Tuesday and without the tabling of motions for resolutions, a debate on the Commission statement on 'Adequate protection of whistle-blowers and journalists to fight tax evasion and tax avoidance'.

The following spoke: Fabio De Masi, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, who moved the request, and Philippe Lamberts, in support of the request.

Parliament agreed to the request.

Wednesday

- Request by the S&D Group to enter, as the first item on the agenda for Wednesday afternoon, a statement by the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on the 'Situation in Burundi', without the tabling of motions for resolutions.

The following spoke: Kashetu Kyenge, on behalf of the S&D Group, who moved the request, and Philippe Lamberts, in support of the request.

Parliament agreed to the request.

- Request by the PPE Group to change the title of the statement by the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on the killing of students in Kenya by the terror group Al-Shabaab to: 'Persecution of Christians around the world, in relation to the killing of students in Kenya by the terror group Al-Shabaab'.

The following spoke: Manfred Weber, on behalf of the PPE Group, to move the request, Kazimierz Michał Ujazdowski, in support of the request, and Enrique Guerrero Salom, against the request.

Parliament agreed to the request by roll-call vote (192 in favour, 134 against, 13 abstentions).

Thursday

No changes.

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The order of business was thus established.

15. Deployment of the eCall in-vehicle system ***II (debate)

Recommendation for second reading on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning type-approval requirements for the deployment of the eCall in-vehicle system based on the 112 service and amending Directive 2007/46/EC [05130/3/2015 - C8-0063/2015 - 2013/0165(COD)] - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection. Rapporteur: Olga Sehnalová (A8-0053/2015)

Olga Sehnalová introduced the recommendation for second reading.

IN THE CHAIR: David-Maria SASSOLI
Vice-President

The following spoke: Phil Hogan (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Carlos Coelho, on behalf of the PPE Group, Evelyne Gebhardt, on behalf of the S&D Group, Anneleen Van Bossuyt, on behalf of the ECR Group, Kaja Kallas, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Merja Kyllönen, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Jan Philipp Albrecht, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Georg Mayer, non-attached Member, Andreas Schwab, who also replied to a blue-card question by Paul Rübig, Josef Weidenholzer, Daniel Dalton, Gesine Meissner, Mylène Troszczynski, Ildikó Gáll-Pelcz, Catherine Stihler, Vicky Ford, Róża Gräfin von Thun und Hohenstein and Nicola Danti, and Richard Corbett, on the conduct of the debat.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Eva Paunova, Monika Flašíková Beňová, Notis Marias, Ivan Jakovčić, Igor Šoltes, Franz Obermayr, Marijana Petir and Nicola Caputo.

The following spoke: Phil Hogan and Olga Sehnalová.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 28.4.2015, item 7.3.

16. Alcohol strategy (debate)

Question for oral answer (O-00008/2015) by Alberto Cirio, Glenis Willmott, Marcus Pretzell, José Inácio Faria, Younous Omarjee and Piernicola Pedicini, on behalf of the ENVI Committee, to the Commission: Alcohol strategy (2015/2543(RSP)) (B8-0108/2015)

Giovanni La Via (Chair of the ENVI Committee) moved the question.

IN THE CHAIR: Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ
Vice-President

Phil Hogan (Member of the Commission) answered the question

The following spoke: Alberto Cirio, on behalf of the PPE Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Ivan Jakovčić, Glenis Willmott, on behalf of the S&D Group, Marcus Pretzell, on behalf of the ECR Group, José Inácio Faria, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Younous Omarjee, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Alyn Smith, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Piernicola Pedicini, on behalf of the EFDD Group, Mireille D'Ornano, who also replied to a blue-card question by Anna Hedh, Peter Liese, Susanne Melior, Gesine Meissner, Françoise Grossetête, who also replied to a blue-card question by Marc Tarabella, Biljana Borzan, Bolesław G. Piecha, Renate Sommer, Tibor Szanyi, Dubravka Šuica, Soledad Cabezón Ruiz, Pilar Ayuso, Massimo Paolucci, Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska and Angélique Delahaye.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Cristian-Silviu Buşoi, Ricardo Serrão Santos, Ruža Tomašić, Kaja Kallas, João Ferreira, Igor Šoltes, Ignazio Corrao, Miroslav Mikolášik and Doru-Claudian Frunzulică

The following spoke: Phil Hogan.

Motion for a resolution to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 128(5).

- Alberto Cirio, on behalf of the PPE Group, Glenis Willmott, on behalf of the S&D Group, Marcus Pretzell, on behalf of the ECR Group, José Inácio Faria, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Younous Omarjee, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Bas Eickhout, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, and Piernicola Pedicini, on behalf of the EFDD Group, on Alcohol Strategy 2015/2543(RSP) (B8-0357/2015)

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 29.4.2015, item 10.65.

17. Second anniversary of the Rana Plaza building collapse and the state of play of the Sustainability Compact (debate)

Commission statement: Second anniversary of the Rana Plaza building collapse and the state of play of the Sustainability Compact (2015/2589(RSP))

Cecilia Malmström (Member of the Commission) made the statement.

The following spoke: Cristian Dan Preda, on behalf of the PPE Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Marc Tarabella, Bernd Lange, on behalf of the S&D Group, Charles Tannock, on behalf of the ECR Group, Catherine Bearder, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Anne-Marie Mineur, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Ska Keller, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Tiziana Beghin, on behalf of the EFDD Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Ivan Jakovčić, Gilles Lebreton, non-attached Member, Fernando Ruas, Agnes Jongerius, Helmut Scholz, Jarosław Wałęsa, Maria Arena, Lola Sánchez Caldentey, Thomas Mann, who also replied to a blue-card question by Doru-Claudian Frunzulică, Josef Weidenholzer, Jutta Steinruck and David Martin.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Marijana Petir, Ramón Jáuregui Atondo, Notis Marias, Beatriz Becerra Basterrechea, Fabio Massimo Castaldo and Afzal Khan.

The following spoke: Cecilia Malmström.

The motions for resolutions to be tabled under Rule 123(2) would be announced in the House at a later time.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 29.4.2015, item 10.66.

18. Multiannual plan for the stocks of cod, herring and sprat in the Baltic Sea and the fisheries exploiting those stocks ***I (debate)

Report on the 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)] - Committee on Fisheries. Rapporteur: Jarosław Wałęsa (A8-0128/2015)

Jarosław Wałęsa introduced the report.

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

The following spoke: Gabriel Mato, on behalf of the PPE Group, Ulrike Rodust, on behalf of the S&D Group, Marek Józef Gróbarczyk, on behalf of the ECR Group, and Nils Torvalds, on behalf of the ALDE Group.

IN THE CHAIR: Ulrike LUNACEK
Vice-President

The following spoke: Anja Hazekamp, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Linnéa Engström, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Marco Affronte, on behalf of the EFDD Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Ivan Jakovčić, Sylvie Goddyn, non-attached Member, Werner Kuhn, Ole Christensen, Louise Bours and Ricardo Serrão Santos.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Richard Corbett, Ivan Jakovčić and Igor Šoltes.

The following spoke: Karmenu Vella and Jarosław Wałęsa.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 28.4.2015, item 7.8.

19. Composition of political groups

Iveta Grigule had joined the ALDE Group with effect from 27 April 2015.

20. Landing obligation ***I (debate)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulations (EC) No 850/98, (EC) No 2187/2005, (EC) No 1967/2006, (EC) No 1098/2007, No 254/2002, (EC) No 2347/2002 and (EC) No 1224/2009 and repealing (EC) No 1434/98 as regards the landing obligation [COM(2013)0889 - C7-0465/2013 - 2013/0436(COD)] - Committee on Fisheries. Rapporteur: Alain Cadec (A8-0060/2014)

Alain Cadec introduced the report.

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

The following spoke: Gabriel Mato, on behalf of the PPE Group, Ulrike Rodust, on behalf of the S&D Group, Ruža Tomašić, on behalf of the ECR Group, Norica Nicolai, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Liadh Ní Riada, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Louise Bours, on behalf of the EFDD Group, Sylvie Goddyn, non-attached Member, Francisco José Millán Mon, Clara Eugenia Aguilera García, James Nicholson, Ian Hudghton, Marco Affronte, Ricardo Serrão Santos and Julie Girling.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Jarosław Wałęsa, Notis Marias, Isabelle Thomas, Ivan Jakovčić, João Ferreira and Igor Šoltes.

The following spoke: Karmenu Vella and Alain Cadec.

IN THE CHAIR: Rainer WIELAND
Vice-President

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 28.4.2015, item 7.9.

21. 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:

József Nagy, Soledad Cabezón Ruiz, Ryszard Czarnecki, Jozo Radoš, Pablo Iglesias, Igor Šoltes, Fabio Massimo Castaldo, Gilles Lebreton, Tomáš Zdechovský, Damian Drăghici, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Inês Cristina Zuber, Jordi Sebastià, Sotirios Zarianopoulos, Csaba Sógor, Virginie Rozière, Zbigniew Kuźmiuk, Yana Toom, Ildikó Gáll-Pelcz, Anneliese Dodds, Marian Harkin, Renate Sommer, Iliana Iotova, Claude Rolin, Neena Gill and Doru-Claudian Frunzulică.

22. Implementation of the Bologna process (short presentation)

Report on Follow-up on the implementation of the Bologna Process [2015/2039(INI)] - Committee on Culture and Education. Rapporteur: Krystyna Łybacka (A8-0121/2015)

Krystyna Łybacka (rapporteur) made the presentation.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Andrea Bocskor, Momchil Nekov, Andrew Lewer, Maite Pagazaurtundúa Ruiz, Josu Juaristi Abaunz, Ernest Maragall, Danuta Jazłowiecka, Ilhan Kyuchyuk and Bogdan Brunon Wenta.

The following spoke: Phil Hogan (Member of the Commission)

The item closed.

Vote: minutes of 28.4.2015, item 7.11.

23. European film in the digital era (short presentation)

Report on European film in the digital era [2014/2148(INI)] - Committee on Culture and Education. Rapporteur: Bogdan Brunon Wenta (A8-0123/2015)

Bogdan Brunon Wenta (rapporteur) made the presentation.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Nicola Caputo and Isabella Adinolfi.

The following spoke: Phil Hogan (Member of the Commission).

The item closed.

Vote: minutes of 28.4.2015, item 7.12.

24. A new EU Forest Strategy (short presentation)

Report on ‘A new EU Forest Strategy: for forests and the forest-based sector’ [2014/2223(INI)] - Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development. Rapporteur: Elisabeth Köstinger (A8-0126/2015)

Elisabeth Köstinger (rapporteur) made the presentation.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Maria Noichl, Angel Dzhambazki, Ulrike Müller, Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Anthea McIntyre and Paul Brannen.

The following spoke: Phil Hogan (Member of the Commission).

The item closed.

Vote: minutes of 28.4.2015, item 7.13.

25. Agenda of the next sitting

The agenda of the next day's sitting had been established ('Agenda' PE 552.730/OJMA).

26. Closure of the sitting

The sitting closed at 23.10.

Present:

Adaktusson, Adinolfi, Affronte, Agea, Agnew, Aguilera García, Aiuto, Albrecht, Ali, Alliot-Marie, Anderson Lucy, Anderson Martina, Andersson, Andrieu, Androulakis, Annemans, Arena, Arnautu, Ashworth, Assis, Atkinson, Auken, Auštrevičius, Ayala Sender, Ayuso, van Baalen, Bach, Balas, Balčytis, Balczó, Башир, Bay, Bayet, Bearder, Becerra Basterrechea, Becker, Beghin, Belder, Belet, Benifei, Berès, Bergeron, Bettini, Bilbao Barandica, Bizzotto, Björk, Blanco López, Blinkevičiūtė, Bocskor, Böge, Bogovič, Bonafè, Boni, Borghezio, Borrelli, Borzan, Boştinaru, Bours, Boutonnet, Bové, Brannen, Bresso, Briano, Briois, Buchner, Buda, Bullmann, Buşoi, Bütikofer, Buzek, Cabezón Ruiz, Cadec, Calvet Chambon, van de Camp, Campbell Bannerman, Caputo, Carthy, Casa, Caspary, Castaldo, del Castillo Vera, Cavada, Valero, Charanzová, Chauprade, Childers, Chinnici, Christensen, Christoforou, Chrysogonos, Cicu, Cirio, Clune, Coelho, Cofferati, Collin-Langen, Comi, Comodini Cachia, Corazza Bildt, Corbett, Corrao, Costa, Couso Permuy, Cozzolino, Cramer, Cristea, Csáky, Czarnecki, Dalton, D'Amato, Dance, Dăncilă, Danjean, Danti, (The Earl of) Dartmouth, De Backer, 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 Anneliese, Dohrmann, Dorfmann, D'Ornano, Drăghici, Duda, Duncan, Durand, Dzhambazki, Eickhout, Engel, Engström, Epitideios, Erdős, Eriksson, Ernst, Ertug, Estaràs Ferragut, Evans, Evi, Fajon, Faria, Federley, Ferber, Fernandes, Fernández, Ferrand, Ferrara, Ferreira Elisa, Ferreira João, Fisas Ayxelà, Fitto, Fjellner, Flanagan, Flašíková Beňová, Fleckenstein, Florenz, Fontana, Ford, Forenza, Foster, Fotyga, Fountoulis, Fox, Freund, Frunzulică, Gahler, Gál, Gáll-Pelcz, Gambús, Gardini, Gasbarra, Gebhardt, Geier, Gentile, Gerbrandy, Gericke, Geringer de Oedenberg, Giegold, Gierek, Gieseke, Gill Neena, Girling, Giuffrida, Glezos, Goddyn, Goerens, Gollnisch, Gomes, 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Bendtsen, Crowley, Gabriel, Guteland, Händel, Morvai, Parker, Taylor, Vozemberg-Vrionidi