IN THE CHAIR: Martin SCHULZ
President

1. Resumption of the session

The sitting opened at 17.05.

2. Statement by the President

The President made a statement on the challenge posed to Europe by the wave of migrants fleeing from war and persecution. He called on the Member States to overcome national self-interest and to put in place a joint European policy on asylum and the reception of refugees together with a permanent mechanism for disseminating this policy throughout the EU. He also thanked those who had assisted refugees and said that solidarity must be the common theme of European policy in this area.

3. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

4. Composition of Parliament

The Italian authorities had given notice of the election of Giovanni Toti to the Presidency of the Regional Council of Liguria.

Since, pursuant to Article 7(3) of the Act of 20 September 1976 concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage, this office was incompatible with that of Member of the European Parliament, Parliament established under Rule 4(4) of its Rules of Procedure that the vacancy would take effect from 10 July 2015.

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The Austrian authorities had given notice of the election of Karoline Graswander-Hainz to replace Jörg Leichtfried as Member of Parliament with effect from 9 July 2015.

The Italian authorities had given notice of the election of Stefano Maullu to replace Giovanni Toti as Member of Parliament with effect from 13 July 2015.

The Greek authorities had given notice of the election of Nikolaos Chountis to replace Emmanouil Glezos as Member of Parliament with effect from 20 July 2015.

The Swedish authorities had given notice of the election of Jasenko Selimovic to replace Marit Paulsen as Member of Parliament with effect from 30 September 2015.

The Dutch authorities had given notice of the election of Auke Zijlstra to replace Hans Jansen as Member of Parliament with effect from 1 September 2015.

Under Rule 3(2), until such time as their credentials had been verified or a ruling had been given on any dispute, and provided that they had previously made a written declaration stating that they did not hold any office incompatible with that of Member of the European Parliament, Karoline Graswander-Hainz, Stefano Maullu, Nikolaos Chountis, Jasenko Selimovic and Auke Zijlstra would take their seats in Parliament and on its bodies and would enjoy all the rights attaching thereto.

5. Composition of political groups

Laurenţiu Rebega had left the S&D Group and joined the ENF Group with effect from 15 July 2015.

Juan Fernando López Aguilar had joined the S&D Group with effect from 22 July 2015.

6. Composition of committees and delegations

The President had received the following requests for appointments from the PPE, S&D, GUE/NGL, EFDD and ENF Groups:

BUDG Committee: Marco Valli was no longer a member

INTA Committee: Karoline Graswander-Hainz

CULT Committee: Nikolaos Chountis, Stefano Maullu

Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly: Karoline Graswander-Hainz

Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee: Stefano Maullu

Delegation for relations with the Federative Republic of Brazil: Karoline Graswander-Hainz

Delegation for relations with Mercosur: Karoline Graswander-Hainz

Delegation to the EU-Serbia Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee: Nikolaos Chountis

Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly: Aymeric Chauprade in place of Florian Philippot

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

The following spoke: Yannick Jadot.

7. Verification of credentials

On a proposal from the JURI Committee, Parliament confirmed the validity of the mandate of Edward Czesak with effect from 11 June 2015.

8. Request for the waiver of parliamentary immunity

The Hungarian authorities had forwarded a request to waive the parliamentary immunity of István Ujhelyi in relation to a judicial procedure brought before the Central District Court of Pest.

Pursuant to Rule 9(1), the request had been referred to the committee responsible, the JURI Committee.

9. Written declarations (Rule 136)

The President informed Parliament that the following written declarations had been signed by a majority of Parliament's Members:

Written declaration 15/2015 on accessible tourism, submitted by the following Members: Enrico Gasbarra, Helga Stevens, Ádám Kósa, Claudia Tapardel, Ivan Jakovčić, István Ujhelyi, Nessa Childers, Nicola Caputo, Sergio Gaetano Cofferati, Mara Bizzotto and Cláudia Monteiro de Aguiar

In accordance with Rule 136, this written declaration has been published in these minutes with the names of the signatories (minutes of 7.9.2015 annex 1).

Written declaration 17/2015 on the fight against breast cancer in the European Union, submitted by the following Members: Nessa Childers, Simona Bonafè, Anna Záborská, Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, Françoise Grossetête, Marisa Matias, Emma McClarkin, Biljana Borzan, Alojz Peterle and Miriam Dalli

In accordance with Rule 136, this written declaration has been published in these minutes with the names of the signatories (minutes of 7.9.2015 annex 2).

Written declaration 18/2015 on autism, submitted by the following Members: Nicola Caputo, Enrico Gasbarra, Miriam Dalli, Marian-Jean Marinescu, Ivan Jakovčić, Renata Briano, Péter Niedermüller, Maite Pagazaurtundúa Ruiz, Daniel Buda, Barbara Kappel, Lampros Fountoulis, Milan Zver, Ivo Vajgl, Tibor Szanyi, Kostas Chrysogonos, Rosa Estaràs Ferragut, Biljana Borzan, Marek Plura, José Blanco López, Ivan Štefanec, Dubravka Šuica, Eleftherios Synadinos, Demetris Papadakis, Igor Šoltes, Eduard Kukan, Eva Kaili, Momchil Nekov, Marlene Mizzi, Laurențiu Rebega, Mara Bizzotto and Georgios Epitideios

In accordance with Rule 136, this written declaration has been published in these minutes with the names of the signatories (minutes of 7.9.2015 annex 3).

10. Corrigenda (Rule 231)

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

- corrigendum P7_TA(2012)0241(COR02) to Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences and repealing Council Regulation(EC) No 732/2008 (OJ L 303, 31.10.2012, p. 1) (position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 13 June 2012 with a view to the adoption of the above regulation P7_TA(2012)0241 (OJ C 332 E, 15.11.2013, p. 127) - (COM(2011)0241 – C7-0116/2011 – 2011/0117(COD)) - INTA Committee

- corrigenda P7_TA(2013)0491(COR02) to Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 487) (position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 20 November 2013 with a view to the adoption of the above regulation P7_TA(2013)0491) - (COM(2011)0627 – C7-0340/2011 – COM(2012)0553 – C7-0313/2012 – 2011/0282(COD)); P7_TA(2013)0490(COR02) to Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 352/78, (EC) No 165/94, (EC) No 2799/98, (EC) No 814/2000, (EC) No 1290/2005 and (EC) No 485/2008 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 549) (position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 20 November 2013 with a view to the adoption of the above regulation P7_TA(2013)0490) - (COM(2011)0628 – C7-0341/2011 – COM(2012)0551 – C7-0312/2012 – 2011/0288(COD)); P7_TA(2013)0492(COR03) to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 671) (position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 20 November 2013 with a view to the adoption of the above regulation P7_TA(2013)0492) - (COM(2011)0626 – C7-0339/2011– COM(2012)0535 – C7-0310/2012 – 2011/0281(COD)); P7_TA(2013)0494(COR02) to Regulation (EU) No 1310/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 laying down certain transitional provisions on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), amending Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards resources and their distribution in respect of the year 2014 and amending Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 and Regulations (EU) No 1307/2013, (EU) No 1306/2013 and (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards their application in the year 2014 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 865) (position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 20 November 2013 with a view to the adoption of the above regulation P7_TA(2013)0494) - (COM(2013)0226 – C7-0104/2013 – 2013/0117(COD)) - AGRI Committee.

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.

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

The President announced that on Wednesday 9 September 2015, 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 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical regulations and of rules on Information Society services (codification) (00008/2015/LEX - C8-0259/2015 - 2010/0095(COD))

- 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 (00028/2015/LEX - C8-0256/2015 - 2012/0288(COD))

- Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 515/97 on mutual assistance between the administrative authorities of the Member States and cooperation between the latter and the Commission to ensure the correct application of the law on customs and agricultural matters (00051/2015/LEX - C8-0258/2015 - 2013/0410(COD)).

12. Interpretations of the Rules of Procedure

The President informed the House, under Rule 226(3), of the following interpretation of Rule 130(3), provided by the Committee on Constitutional Affairs, which had been consulted on the application of that provision:

"The expression "by way of exception" is to be interpreted as meaning that the additional question concerns a matter of urgency and that the submission of that question cannot wait until the following month. Furthermore, the number of questions tabled under the second subparagraph of paragraph 3 must be smaller than the norm of five questions per month."

If this interpretation was not contested by a political group or by at least 40 Members, in accordance with Rule 226(3), before the current minutes had been approved, it would be deemed to have been adopted. Otherwise, the matter would be put to the vote in Parliament.

The President informed Parliament, in accordance with Rule 226(3), of the following interpretation of Rule 191 provided by the Committee on Constitutional Affairs, which had been consulted on the application of that provision:

""If a request to suspend or close the sitting is presented, the procedure to vote on that request is to be initiated without undue delay. The usual means of announcing plenary votes should be used and, in line with existing practice, sufficient time should be given for Members to reach the Chamber.

By analogy with the second subparagraph of Rule 152(2), if such a request has been rejected, a similar request cannot be tabled again during the same day. In accordance with the interpretation to Rule 22(1), the President has the right to put an end to excessive use of requests presented under this Rule."

If this interpretation was not contested by a political group or by at least 40 Members, in accordance with Rule 226(3), before the current minutes had been approved, it would be deemed to have been adopted. Otherwise, the matter would be put to the vote in Parliament.

13. Delegated acts (Rule 105(6))

The following draft delegated acts had been forwarded to Parliament:

- Commission Delegated Regulation supplementing Regulation (EU) No 223/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council with specific provisions on the reporting of irregularities concerning the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (C(2015)04538 - 2015/2776(DEA))

Deadline for lodging objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 8 July 2015

Extension to deadline for lodging objections: a further 2 months at the request of the Council.

Referred to the committee responsible: EMPL

- Commission Delegated Regulation supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with specific provisions on the reporting of irregularities concerning the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (C(2015)04539 - 2015/2775(DEA))

Deadline for lodging objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 8 July 2015

Extension to deadline for lodging objections: a further 2 months at the request of the Council.

Referred to the committee responsible: REGI (Rule 54), EMPL (Rule 54)

- Commission Delegated Regulation supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with specific provisions on the reporting of irregularities concerning the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 1848/2006 (C(2015)04540 - 2015/2774(DEA))

Deadline for lodging objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 8 July 2015

Referred to the committee responsible: AGRI

- Commission Delegated Regulation supplementing Regulation (EU) No 514/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council with specific provisions on the reporting of irregularities concerning the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund and the instrument for financial support for police cooperation, preventing and combating crime, and crisis management (C(2015)04541 - 2015/2777(DEA))

Deadline for lodging objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 8 July 2015

Referred to the committee responsible: LIBE

- Commission Delegated Decision on the applicable systems to assess and verify constancy of performance of ventilation ducts and pipes for air ventilation pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council (C(2015)04550 - 2015/2778(DEA))

Deadline for lodging objections: 3 months from the date of receipt of 8 July 2015

Referred to the committee responsible: IMCO

- Commission Delegated Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91 on the characteristics of olive oil and olive-residue oil and on the relevant methods of analysis (C(2015)04562 - 2015/2773(DEA))

Deadline for lodging objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 8 July 2015

Referred to the committee responsible: AGRI

- Commission Delegated Regulation on supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1304/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Social Fund, regarding the definition of standard scales of unit costs and lump sums for reimbursement of expenditure by the Commission to Member States (C(2015)04625 - 2015/2779(DEA))

Deadline for lodging objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 9 July 2015

Referred to the committee responsible: EMPL

- Commission Delegated Regulation amending Regulation (EU) No 389/2013 as regards the technical implementation of the Kyoto Protocol after 2012 (C(2015)04676 - 2015/2800(DEA))

Deadline for lodging objections: 3 months from the date of receipt of 13 July 2015

Referred to the committee responsible: ENVI

- Commission Delegated Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 543/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2009 concerning crop statistics (C(2015)04722 - 2015/2799(DEA))

Deadline for lodging objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 13 July 2015

Referred to the committee responsible: AGRI

- Commission Delegated Regulation supplementing Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund as regards the criteria for establishing the level of financial corrections and for applying flat rate financial corrections, and amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 665/2008 (C(2015)04833 - 2015/2823(DEA))

Deadline for lodging objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 21 August 2015

Referred to the committee responsible: PECH

- Commission Delegated Regulation supplementing Directive 2002/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards specifying the definitions and coordinating the supplementary supervision of risk concentration and intra-group transactions (C(2015)05067 - 2015/2824(DEA))

Deadline for lodging objections: 1 month from the date of receipt of 21 August 2015

Referred to the committee responsible: ECON

- Commission Delegated Regulation supplementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1017 of the European Parliament and of the Council by the establishment of a scoreboard of indicators for the application of the EU guarantee (C(2015)05176 - 2015/2825(DEA))

Deadline for lodging objections: 3 weeks from the date of receipt of 26 August 2015

Referred to the committee responsible: ECON (Rule 55), BUDG (Rule 55), ITRE (Rule 54),TRAN (Rule 54)

- Commission Delegated Regulation supplementing Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to detailed rules of specifying some of the provisions of the Union Customs Code (C(2015)05195 - 2015/2822(DEA))

Deadline for lodging objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 21 August 2015

Referred to the committee responsible: IMCO

- Commission Delegated Regulation supplementing Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards on the clearing obligation (C(2015)05390 - 2015/2826(DEA))

Deadline for lodging objections: 3 months from the date of receipt of 21 August 2015

Referred to the committee responsible: ECON

- Commission Delegated Regulation amending Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1031/2014 laying down further temporary exceptional support measures for producers of certain fruit and vegetables (C(2015)05533 - 2015/2819(DEA))

Deadline for lodging objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 21 August 2015

Referred to the committee responsible: AGRI

- Commission Delegated Regulation amending Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the modalities for the application of Article 8 listed in Annex VI to that Regulation (C(2015)05946 - 2015/2831(DEA))

Deadline for lodging objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 28 August 2015

Referred to the committee responsible: INTA

- Commission Delegated Regulation amending Annexes II, III and IV to Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences (C(2015)05950 - 2015/2830(DEA))

Deadline for lodging objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 28 August 2015

Referred to the committee responsible: INTA

14. Implementing measures (Rule 106)

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

- Proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on persistent organic pollutants as regards Annex I (COM(2015)0409 - 2015/2832(RPS) - deadline: 27 December 2015)
referred to the committee responsible: ENVI

- Commission Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on persistent organic pollutants as regards Annex I (D039618/02 - 2015/2795(RPS) - deadline: 11 October 2015)
referred to the committee responsible: ENVI

- Commission Regulation amending Annexes III and V to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for guazatine in or on certain products (D035769/04 - 2015/2818(RPS) - deadline: 1 October 2015)
referred to the committee responsible: ENVI

- Commission Regulation amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down specific rules for the organisation of official controls on products of animal origin intended for human consumption as regards certain requirements for live bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods and Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 on microbiological criteria for foodstuffs (D037347/04 - 2015/2828(RPS) - deadline: 29 November 2015)
referred to the committee responsible: ENVI

- Commission Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 as regards maximum levels of ergot sclerotia in certain unprocessed cereals and the provisions on monitoring and reporting (D038125/03 - 2015/2784(RPS) - deadline: 11 October 2015)
referred to the committee responsible: ENVI

- Commission Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 282/2008 on recycled plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foods (D038828/02 - 2015/2783(RPS) - deadline: 11 October 2015)
referred to the committee responsible: ENVI

- Commission Decision establishing the ecological criteria for the award of the EU Ecolabel for growing media, soil improvers and mulch (D038860/02 - 2015/2780(RPS) - deadline: 10 October 2015)
referred to the committee responsible: ENVI

- Commission Regulation amending, for the purpose of its adaptation to technical progress, Regulation (EC) No 440/2008 laying down test methods pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) (D039048/03 - 2015/2792(RPS) - deadline: 11 October 2015)
referred to the committee responsible: ENVI
opinion: ITRE, IMCO

- Commission Regulation refusing to authorise certain health claims made on foods and referring to children's development and health (D039049/02 - 2015/2790(RPS) - deadline: 11 October 2015)
referred to the committee responsible: ENVI
opinion: IMCO

- Commission Regulation refusing to authorise a health claim made on foods, other than those referring to the reduction of disease risk and to children's development and health (D039053/01 - 2015/2789(RPS) - deadline: 11 October 2015)
referred to the committee responsible: ENVI
opinion: IMCO

- Commission Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 as regards maximum levels for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in cocoa fibre, banana chips, food supplements, dried herbs and dried spices (D039096/04 - 2015/2802(RPS) - deadline: 16 October 2015)
referred to the committee responsible: ENVI

- Commission Regulation amending Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) as regards nonylphenol ethoxylates (D039202/03 - 2015/2809(RPS) - deadline: 18 October 2015)
referred to the committee responsible: ENVI
opinion: ITRE, IMCO

- Commission Regulation amending Annexes IC and V to Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on shipments of waste (D039302/02 - 2015/2794(RPS) - deadline: 11 October 2015)
referred to the committee responsible: ENVI

- Commission Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1708/2005 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 2494/95 as regards the common index reference period for the harmonised index of consumer prices (D039381/02 - 2015/2785(RPS) - deadline: 11 October 2015)
referred to the committee responsible: ECON

- Commission Regulation implementing Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and the Council on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS), as regards the transmission of the time series for the new regional breakdown (D039478/02 - 2015/2786(RPS) - deadline: 11 October 2015)
referred to the committee responsible: REGI

- Commission Regulation amending Annex I to Commission Regulation (EC) No 251/2009 implementing Regulation (EC) No 295/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning structural business statistics, as regards the adaptation of the series of data following the revision of the classification of products by activity (CPA) (D039490/01 - 2015/2797(RPS) - deadline: 11 October 2015)
referred to the committee responsible: ECON

- Commission Directive amending, for the purpose of adopting specific limit values for chemicals used in toys, Appendix C to Annex II to Directive 2009/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the safety of toys, as regards chloromethylisothiazolinone and methylisothiazolinone, both individually and in a ratio of 3:1 (D039780/02 - 2015/2781(RPS) - deadline: 11 October 2015)
referred to the committee responsible: IMCO

- Commission Directive amending, for the purpose of adopting specific limit values for chemicals used in toys, Appendix C to Annex II to Directive 2009/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the safety of toys, as regards benzisothiazolinone (D039794/02 - 2015/2788(RPS) - deadline: 11 October 2015)
referred to the committee responsible: IMCO

- Commission Directive amending, for the purpose of adopting specific limit values for chemicals used in toys, Appendix C to Annex II to Directive 2009/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the safety of toys, as regards formamide (D039821/02 - 2015/2787(RPS) - deadline: 11 October 2015)
referred to the committee responsible: IMCO

- Commission Regulation amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 183/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the dioxin testing of oils, fats and products derived thereof (D039828/03 - 2015/2782(RPS) - deadline: 11 October 2015)
referred to the committee responsible: ENVI

- Commission Directive amending Annex II to Directive 2000/59/EC of the European Parliament and the Council on port reception facilities for ship-generated waste and cargo residues (D039870/02 - 2015/2815(RPS) - deadline: 27 October 2015)
referred to the committee responsible: TRAN

- Commission Regulation amending Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for capric acid, paraffin oil (CAS 64742 46-7), paraffin oil (CAS 72623-86-0), paraffin oil (CAS 8042-47-5), paraffin oil (CAS 97862-82-3), lime sulphur and urea in or on certain products (D039942/02 - 2015/2798(RPS) - deadline: 14 September 2015)
referred to the committee responsible: ENVI

- Commission Regulation amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council and the Annex to Commission Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 as regards the use of the Iron tartrate as an anti-caking agent in salt and its substitutes (D040073/03 - 2015/2804(RPS) - deadline: 16 September 2015)
referred to the committee responsible: ENVI

- Commission Regulation amending Annex to Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 laying down specifications for food additives listed in Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards specifications for Ethyl lauroyl arginate (E 243) (D040074/03 - 2015/2803(RPS) - deadline: 16 September 2015)
referred to the committee responsible: ENVI

- Commission Regulation amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the use of Erythritol (E 968) as a flavour enhancer in energy-reduced or with no added sugars flavoured drinks (D040075/03 - 2015/2817(RPS) - deadline: 29 September 2015)
referred to the committee responsible: ENVI

- Commission Regulation on implementing Regulation (EC) No 808/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning Community statistics on the information society (D040087/01 - 2015/2796(RPS) - deadline: 11 October 2015)
referred to the committee responsible: ITRE

- Commission Regulation (EU) amending Regulation (EC) No 1126/2008 adopting certain international accounting standards in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards International Accounting Standards 16 and 41 (D040221/01 - 2015/2806(RPS) - deadline: 17 October 2015)
referred to the committee responsible: ECON
opinion: JURI

- Commission Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1983/2003 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning Community statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC) as regards the list of target primary variables (D040223/02 - 2015/2810(RPS) - deadline: 21 October 2015)
referred to the committee responsible: EMPL

- Commission Regulation (EU) amending Regulation (EC) No 1126/2008 adopting certain international accounting standards in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards International Accounting Standards 16 and 38 (D040274/01 - 2015/2807(RPS) - deadline: 17 October 2015)
referred to the committee responsible: ECON
opinion: JURI

- Commission Regulation (EU) amending Regulation (EC) No 1126/2008 adopting certain international accounting standards in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards International Financial Reporting Standard 11 (Text with EEA relevance) (D040302/01 - 2015/2805(RPS) - deadline: 17 October 2015)
referred to the committee responsible: ECON
opinion: JURI

- Commission Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the establishment of a new functional group of feed additives (D040363/04 - 2015/2829(RPS) - deadline: 29 November 2015)
referred to the committee responsible: AGRI

- Commission Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards essential requirements for environmental protection (D040411/02 - 2015/2812(RPS) - deadline: 27 October 2015)
referred to the committee responsible: TRAN

- Commission Regulation amending Regulation (EU) No 748/2012 as regards the implementation of essential requirements for environmental protection (D040412/02 - 2015/2813(RPS) - deadline: 27 October 2015)
referred to the committee responsible: TRAN

- Commission Regulation amending Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 as regards requirements for flight recorders, underwater locating devices and aircraft tracking systems (D040413/02 - 2015/2814(RPS) - deadline: 27 October 2015)
referred to the committee responsible: TRAN

- Commission Decision amending Decisions 2009/300/EC, 2009/563/EC, 2009/894/EC, 2011/330/EU and 2011/337/EU in order to prolong the validity of the ecological criteria for the award of the EU Ecolabel to certain products (D040452/02 - 2015/2811(RPS) - deadline: 25 October 2015)
referred to the committee responsible: ENVI

- Commission Regulation (EU) amending Regulation (EC) No 1126/2008 adopting certain international accounting standards in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards International Financial Reporting Standards 5 and 7 and International Accounting Standards 19 and 34 (Text with EEA relevance) (D040649/01 - 2015/2816(RPS) - deadline: 28 October 2015)
referred to the committee responsible: ECON
opinion: JURI

15. 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 setting a framework for energy efficiency labelling and repealing Directive 2010/30/EU (COM(2015)0341 - C8-0189/2015 - 2015/0149(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 directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2003/87/EC to enhance cost-effective emission reductions and low-carbon investments (COM(2015)0337 - C8-0190/2015 - 2015/0148(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 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund as regards specific measures for Greece (COM(2015)0365 - C8-0192/2015 - 2015/0160(COD))
The President had consulted 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).

- Draft Council implementing decision fixing the date of effect of Decision 2008/633/JHA concerning access for consultation of the Visa Information System (VIS) by designated authorities of Member States and by Europol for the purposes of the prevention, detection and investigation of terrorist offences and of other serious criminal offences (10506/2015 - C8-0193/2015 - 2015/0807(CNS))

- Amended proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on additional customs duties on imports of certain products originating in the United States of America (codification) (COM(2015)0350 - C8-0194/2015 - 2014/0175(COD))

- Draft Council implementing decision on the launch of automated data exchange with regard to dactyloscopic data in Poland (09989/2015 - C8-0195/2015 - 2015/0806(CNS))

- Draft Council implementing decision on the launch of automated data exchange with regard to dactyloscopic data in Belgium (10029/2015 - C8-0196/2015 - 2015/0805(CNS))

- Draft Council implementing decision on the launch of automated data exchange with regard to dactyloscopic data in Sweden (10027/2015 - C8-0197/2015 - 2015/0804(CNS))

- Proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund (COM(2015)0370 - C8-0198/2015 - 2015/2151(BUD))

- Proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (application from Germany – EGF/2015/002 DE/Adam Opel) (COM(2015)0342 - C8-0249/2015 - 2015/2208(BUD))

- Proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (application from Belgium – EGF/2015/003 BE/Ford Genk) (COM(2015)0336 - C8-0250/2015 - 2015/2209(BUD))

- Proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (application from Italy – EGF/2015/004 IT/Alitalia) (COM(2015)0397 - C8-0252/2015 - 2015/2212(BUD))

2) from committees

2.1) reports

- ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1007/2009 on trade in seal products (COM(2015)0045 - C8-0037/2015 - 2015/0028(COD)) - IMCO Committee - Rapporteur: Cristian-Silviu Buşoi (A8-0186/2015)

- Report on empowering girls through education in the EU (2014/2250(INI)) - FEMM Committee - Rapporteur: Liliana Rodrigues (A8-0206/2015)

- Report towards an integrated approach to cultural heritage for Europe (2014/2149(INI)) - CULT Committee - Rapporteur: Mircea Diaconu (A8-0207/2015)

- Report on the application of Directive 2006/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation (2014/2160(INI)) - FEMM Committee - Rapporteur: Anna Záborská (A8-0213/2015)

- Report on untapping the potential of research and innovation in the blue economy to create jobs and growth (2014/2240(INI)) - ITRE Committee - Rapporteur: João Ferreira (A8-0214/2015)

- ***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the cloning of animals of the bovine, porcine, ovine, caprine and equine species kept and reproduced for farming purposes (COM(2013)0892 - C7-0002/2014 - 2013/0433(COD)) - ENVI Committee - AGRI Committee - Rapporteur: Renate Sommer - Rapporteur: Giulia Moi (A8-0216/2015)

- Report on the urban dimension of EU policies (2014/2213(INI)) - REGI Committee - Rapporteur: Kerstin Westphal (A8-0218/2015)

- Report on creating a competitive EU labour market for the 21st century: matching skills and qualifications with demand and job opportunities, as a way to recover from the crisis (2014/2235(INI)) - EMPL Committee - Rapporteur: Martina Dlabajová (A8-0222/2015)

- Report on family businesses in Europe (2014/2210(INI)) - ITRE Committee - Rapporteur: Angelika Niebler (A8-0223/2015)

- ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on a European network of Employment Services, workers' access to mobility services and the further integration of labour markets (COM(2014)0006 - C7-0015/2014 - 2014/0002(COD)) - EMPL Committee - Rapporteur: Heinz K. Becker (A8-0224/2015)

- *** Recommendation on the draft Council decision authorising Member States to ratify, in the interests of the European Union, the Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930, of the International Labour Organisation as regards Articles 1 to 4 of the Protocol with regard to matters relating to judicial cooperation in criminal matters (06731/2015 - C8-0078/2015 - 2014/0258(NLE)) - LIBE Committee - Rapporteur: Helga Stevens (A8-0226/2015)

- ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 184/2005 on Community statistics concerning balance of payments, international trade in services and foreign direct investment as regards conferring of delegated and implementing powers upon the Commission for the adoption of certain measures (COM(2014)0379 - C8-0038/2014 - 2014/0194(COD)) - ECON Committee - Rapporteur: Sven Giegold (A8-0227/2015)

- Report on the follow-up to the European Citizens’ Initiative Right2Water (2014/2239(INI)) - ENVI Committee - Rapporteur: Lynn Boylan (A8-0228/2015)

- Report on the request for waiver of the immunity of Janusz Korwin-Mikke (2015/2102(IMM)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Evelyn Regner (A8-0229/2015)

- Report on the situation of fundamental rights in the European Union (2013-2014) (2014/2254(INI)) - LIBE Committee - Rapporteur: Laura Ferrara (A8-0230/2015)

- *** Recommendation on the draft Council decision authorising the Kingdom of Belgium and the Republic of Poland, respectively, to ratify, and the Republic of Austria to accede to the Budapest Convention on the Contract for the Carriage of Goods by Inland Waterways (CMNI) (08223/2015 - C8-0173/2015 - 2014/0345(NLE)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Pavel Svoboda (A8-0231/2015)

- Report on the role of local authorities in developing countries in development cooperation (2015/2004(INI)) - DEVE Committee - Rapporteur: Eleni Theocharous (A8-0232/2015)

- *** Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Guinea-Bissau (11667/2012 - C8-0278/2014 - 2012/0134(NLE)) - PECH Committee - Rapporteur: João Ferreira (A8-0233/2015)

- Report on women’s careers in science and universities, and glass ceilings encountered (2014/2251(INI)) - FEMM Committee - Rapporteur: Elissavet Vozemberg (A8-0235/2015)

- Report containing a motion for a non-legislative resolution on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Guinea Bissau (2015/2119(INI)) - PECH Committee - Rapporteur: João Ferreira (A8-0236/2015)

- *** Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Protocol Amending the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization (06040/2015 - C8-0077/2015 - 2015/0029(NLE)) - INTA Committee - Rapporteur: Pablo Zalba Bidegain (A8-0237/2015)

- Report containing a motion for a non-legislative resolution on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Protocol Amending the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization (2015/2067(INI)) - INTA Committee - Rapporteur: Pablo Zalba Bidegain (A8-0238/2015)

- Report on promoting youth entrepreneurship through education and training (2015/2006(INI)) - CULT Committee - Rapporteur: Michaela Šojdrová (A8-0239/2015)

- Report on protecting the European Union’s financial interests: towards performance-based controls of the Common Agricultural Policy (2014/2234(INI)) - CONT Committee - Rapporteur: Petri Sarvamaa (A8-0240/2015)

- Report on the Report on the implementation, results and overall assessment of the 2012 European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations (2014/2255(INI)) - EMPL Committee - Rapporteur: Eduard Kukan (A8-0241/2015)

- Report on the 30th and 31st annual reports on monitoring the application of EU Law (2012-2013) (2014/2253(INI)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Kostas Chrysogonos (A8-0242/2015)

- *** Recommendation on the draft Council decision authorising Member States to ratify, in the interests of the European Union, the Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930, of the International Labour Organisation with regard to matters related to social policy (06732/2015 - C8-0079/2015 - 2014/0259(NLE)) - EMPL Committee - Rapporteur: Patrick Le Hyaric (A8-0243/2015)

- Report on EEA-Switzerland: Obstacles with regard to the full implementation of the internal market (2015/2061(INI)) - IMCO Committee - Rapporteur: Andreas Schwab (A8-0244/2015)

- * Report on the proposal for a Council decision establishing provisional measures in the area of international protection for the benefit of Italy and Greece (COM(2015)0286 - C8-0156/2015 - 2015/0125(NLE)) - LIBE Committee - Rapporteur: Ska Keller (A8-0245/2015)

- Report on the implementation of the 2011 White Paper on Transport: taking stock and the way forward towards sustainable mobility (2015/2005(INI)) - TRAN Committee - Rapporteur: Wim van de Camp (A8-0246/2015)

- Report on Social Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation in combating unemployment (2014/2236(INI)) - EMPL Committee - Rapporteur: Verónica Lope Fontagné (A8-0247/2015)

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 regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 515/97 on mutual assistance between the administrative authorities of the Member States and cooperation between the latter and the Commission to ensure the correct application of the law on customs and agricultural matters (08257/3/2015 - C8-0159/2015 - 2013/0410(COD)) - IMCO Committee - Rapporteur: Liisa Jaakonsaari (A8-0234/2015)

16. Questions for oral answer (submission)

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

- (O-000079/2015) by Iratxe García Pérez and Catherine Bearder, on behalf of the FEMM Committee, to the Commission: The gender dimension of trafficking in human beings (2015/2744(RSP)) (B8-0568/2015),

- (O-000080/2015) by Antonio Tajani and Andreas Schwab, on behalf of the PPE Group, Evelyne Gebhardt, on behalf of the S&D Group, Dita Charanzová and Reinhard Bütikofer to the Commission: Follow-up to the Action Lines for Bolstering the Business of Liberal Professions (2015/2771(RSP)) (B8-0569/2015),

- (O-000090/2015) by Thomas Händel, on behalf of the EMPL Committee, to the Council: Precarious employment (2015/2708(RSP)) (B8-0751/2015),

- (O-000091/2015) by Thomas Händel, on behalf of the EMPL Committee, to the Commission: Precarious employment (2015/2708(RSP)) (B8-0752/2015).

17. Action taken on Parliament's positions and resolutions

The Commission communication on the action taken on the positions and resolutions adopted by Parliament at the February I, March I and II, April I and II, and May I and II part-sessions was available on the Europarl site.

18. Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council

The Council had forwarded certified true copies of the following:

- Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Lebanon, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union;

- Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Vanuatu on the short-stay visa waiver;

- Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago on the short-stay visa waiver;

- Agreement between the European Union and the Independent State of Samoa on the short-stay visa waiver;

- Agreement between the European Union and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on the short-stay visa waiver;

- Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, of the other part, on a framework agreement between the European Union and the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria on the general principles for the participation of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria in Union programmes;

- Minutes of Rectification to the Agreement on the participation of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania in the European Economic Area.

19. Order of business

The final draft agenda for the September I sittings (PE 565.914/PDOJ) had been distributed and the following changes had been proposed (Rule 152):

Monday

No changes.

Tuesday

No changes.

Wednesday

Request from the PPE Group that the AFET Committee be consulted before changing the name of the 'Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council' to 'Delegation for relations with Palestine'.

The following spoke: Cristian Dan Preda, on behalf of the PPE Group, to move the request, and Neoklis Sylikiotis, against the request.

Parliament rejected the request by electronic vote (152 in favour, 180 against, 42 abstentions).

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Request by the PPE Group to wind up the debate on the statement by the Vice-President of the Commission and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on the situation in Belarus with the tabling of a motion for a resolution to be put to the vote on Thursday.

The following spoke: Cristian Dan Preda, on behalf of the PPE Group, to move the request, and Andrejs Mamikins, against the request.

Parliament agreed to the request by electronic vote (204 in favour, 169 against, 7 abstentions).

Tabling deadlines:

- motions for resolutions : Tuesday 8 September 2015 at 10.00,
- amendments and joint motions for resolutions: Wednesday 9 September 2015 at 10.00 - amendments to the joint motion for a resolution: Wednesday 9 September 2015 2015 at 11.00
- Vote: Thursday 10 September 2015

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Request by the Verts/ALE Group that a statement by the Vice-President of the Commission and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on the situation in Turkey be included on the agenda for Wednesday afternoon, to be put to the vote at the September II part-session.

The following spoke: Rebecca Harms, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, to move the request, Takis Hadjigeorgiou, supporting the request, and Cristian Dan Preda, against the request.

Parliament rejected the request by electronic vote (153 in favour, 180 against, 36 abstentions).

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The following spoke: Guy Verhofstadt, who called on the President to ensure that the President of the Council, Donald Tusk, attend the debate on 'Migrations and refugees in Europe' on Wednesday morning (the President said he had already sent an invitation to the President of the Council).

Thursday

No changes.

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The order of business was thus established.

20. Trade in seal products ***I (debate)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1007/2009 on trade in seal products [COM(2015)0045 - C8-0037/2015 - 2015/0028(COD)] - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection. Rapporteur: Cristian-Silviu Buşoi (A8-0186/2015)

Cristian-Silviu Buşoi introduced the report.

IN THE CHAIR: Anneli JÄÄTTEENMÄKI
Vice-President

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

The following spoke: Bendt Bendtsen (rapporteur for the opinion of the INTA Committee), Janusz Wojciechowski (rapporteur for the opinion of the AGRI Committee), Andreas Schwab, on behalf of the PPE Group, Christel Schaldemose, on behalf of the S&D Group, Daniel Dalton, on behalf of the ECR Group, Kaja Kallas, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Anja Hazekamp, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Igor Šoltes, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Margot Parker, on behalf of the EFDD Group, Franz Obermayr, on behalf of the ENF Group, Jiří Pospíšil, who also replied to a blue-card question by Franz Obermayr, Evelyne Gebhardt, Fredrick Federley, Christofer Fjellner and Jens Nilsson.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Doru-Claudian Frunzulică, Notis Marias, Ivan Jakovčić, Ricardo Serrão Santos, who also replied to a blue-card question by Fredrick Federley, Mark Demesmaeker and Miapetra Kumpula-Natri.

The following spoke: Karmenu Vella and Cristian-Silviu Buşoi.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 8.9.2015, item 5.4.

21. Situation of fundamental rights in the EU (2013-2014) (debate)

Report on the situation of fundamental rights in the European Union (2013-2014) [2014/2254(INI)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Laura Ferrara (A8-0230/2015)

Laura Ferrara introduced the report.

The following spoke: Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President of the Commission).

The following spoke: Ramón Jáuregui Atondo (rapporteur for the opinion of the AFCO Committee).

IN THE CHAIR: Ryszard CZARNECKI
Vice-President

The following spoke: Daniela Aiuto (rapporteur for the opinion of the FEMM Committee), Soledad Cabezón Ruiz (rapporteur for the opinion of the PETI Committee), Elissavet Vozemberg-Vrionidi, on behalf of the PPE Group, Péter Niedermüller, on behalf of the S&D Group, Helga Stevens, on behalf of the ECR Group, Louis Michel, on behalf of the ALDE Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Kazimierz Michał Ujazdowski and who refused to reply to a blue-card question by Tomáš Zdechovský, Marie-Christine Vergiat, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Ulrike Lunacek, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, who also replied to two blue-card questions by Beatrix von Storch and Zoltán Balczó, Gerard Batten, on behalf of the EFDD Group, Vicky Maeijer, on behalf of the ENF Group, Krisztina Morvai, non-attached Member, Monica Macovei, Josef Weidenholzer, Beatrix von Storch, who also replied to a blue-card question by James Carver, Cecilia Wikström, Martina Anderson, Julia Reda, Kristina Winberg, who also replied to a blue-card question by David Coburn, Lorenzo Fontana, Janusz Korwin-Mikke, Tomáš Zdechovský, who also replied to a blue-card question by Laura Agea, Caterina Chinnici, Kazimierz Michał Ujazdowski, Maite Pagazaurtundúa Ruiz, Marina Albiol Guzmán, who also replied to a blue-card question by Krisztina Morvai, Ernest Maragall, Ignazio Corrao, Udo Voigt, Csaba Sógor, Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann, Ruža Tomašić, Josu Juaristi Abaunz, Laura Agea, Carlos Coelho, who also replied to a blue-card question by Gilles Lebreton, Ana Gomes, Peter van Dalen, Pál Csáky, who also replied to a blue-card question by Krisztina Morvai, Soraya Post, Notis Marias, Milan Zver, Kati Piri, Therese Comodini Cachia and Daniele Viotti.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Patricija Šulin, Nicola Caputo, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Kateřina Konečná and Fabio Massimo Castaldo.

The following spoke: Frans Timmermans and Laura Ferrara.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 8.9.2015, item 5.6.

IN THE CHAIR: Rainer WIELAND
Vice-President

22. One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

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

Gabriel Mato, Doru-Claudian Frunzulică, Yana Toom, Inês Cristina Zuber, Josep-Maria Terricabras, Ignazio Corrao, Philippe Loiseau, Krisztina Morvai, Francesc Gambús, Anneliese Dodds, Zbigniew Kuźmiuk, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Matt Carthy, Ernest Maragall, Gerard Batten, Sophie Montel, Pál Csáky, José Blanco López, Jana Žitňanská, Ivo Vajgl, David McAllister, Richard Corbett, Andrey Kovatchev, Tonino Picula, Marijana Petir, Adam Gierek, Esther Herranz García, Csaba Molnár and Jaromír Štětina.

23. Commissioner hearings: lessons to be taken from the 2014 process (short presentation)

Report on procedures and practices regarding Commissioner hearings, lessons to be taken from the 2014 process [2015/2040(INI)] - Committee on Constitutional Affairs. Rapporteur: Richard Corbett (A8-0197/2015)

Richard Corbett made the presentation.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Milan Zver, Biljana Borzan, Notis Marias and Jonathan Arnott.

The following spoke: Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President of the Commission) and Richard Corbett.

The item closed.

Vote: minutes of 8.9.2015, item 5.7.

24. Human rights and technology in third countries (short presentation)

Report on ‘Human rights and technology: the impact of intrusion and surveillance systems on human rights in third countries’ [2014/2232(INI)] - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: Marietje Schaake (A8-0178/2015)

Marietje Schaake made the presentation.

IN THE CHAIR: Mairead McGUINNESS
Vice-President

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Stanislav Polčák, Nicola Caputo, Ivan Jakovčić, Heidi Hautala and Jonathan Arnott.

The following spoke: Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President of the Commission).

The item closed.

Vote: minutes of 8.9.2015, item 5.8.

25. Protecting the EU's financial interests: towards performance-based controls of the CAP (short presentation)

Report on protecting the European Union’s financial interests: towards performance-based controls of the Common Agricultural Policy [2014/2234(INI)] - Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Petri Sarvamaa (A8-0240/2015)

Petri Sarvamaa made the presentation.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Andrey Novakov, Nicola Caputo, Bronis Ropė, Notis Marias and Lefteris Christoforou.

The following spoke: Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President of the Commission).

The item closed.

Vote: minutes of 8.9.2015, item 5.9.

26. Family businesses in Europe (short presentation)

Report on family businesses in Europe [2014/2210(INI)] - Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. Rapporteur: Angelika Niebler (A8-0223/2015)

Angelika Niebler made the presentation.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Anna Záborská, Ruža Tomašić, Eva Kaili, Juan Carlos Girauta Vidal and Barbara Kappel.

The following spoke: Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President of the Commission).

The item closed.

Vote: minutes of 8.9.2015, item 5.10.

27. Research and innovation in the blue economy to create jobs and growth (short presentation)

Report on untapping the potential of research and innovation in the blue economy to create jobs and growth [2014/2240(INI)] - Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. Rapporteur: João Ferreira (A8-0214/2015)

Neoklis Sylikiotis (deputising for the rapporteur) made the presentation.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Notis Marias, Ivan Jakovčić, Ernest Maragall, Jonathan Arnott and Barbara Kappel.

The following spoke: Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President of the Commission).

The item closed.

Vote: minutes of 8.9.2015, item 5.11.

28. Promoting youth entrepreneurship through education and training (short presentation)

Report on promoting youth entrepreneurship through education and training [2015/2006(INI)] - Committee on Culture and Education. Rapporteur: Michaela Šojdrová (A8-0239/2015)

Michaela Šojdrová made the presentation.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Bogdan Brunon Wenta, Silvia Costa, Krzysztof Hetman, Jonathan Arnott and Eva Paunova.

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

The item closed.

Vote: minutes of 8.9.2015, item 5.12.

29. Towards an integrated approach to cultural heritage for Europe (short presentation)

Report towards an integrated approach to cultural heritage for Europe [2014/2149(INI)] - Committee on Culture and Education. Rapporteur: Mircea Diaconu (A8-0207/2015)

Mircea Diaconu made the presentation.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Lefteris Christoforou, Silvia Costa, Notis Marias, Ivan Jakovčić and Ernest Maragall.

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

The item closed.

Vote: minutes of 8.9.2015, item 5.13.

30. Follow up to the European citizens' initiative Right2Water (short presentation)

Report on the follow-up to the European Citizens’ Initiative Right2Water [2014/2239(INI)] - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. Rapporteur: Lynn Boylan (A8-0228/2015)

Lynn Boylan made the presentation.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Ivan Jakovčić, Claude Turmes, Notis Marias, Eleonora Forenza and Jonathan Arnott.

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

The item closed.

Vote: minutes of 8.9.2015, item 5.14.

31. Agenda of the next sitting

The agenda of the next day's sitting had been established ('Agenda' PE 565.914/OJMA).

32. Closure of the sitting

The sitting closed at 23.25.

Present:

Adaktusson, Adinolfi, Affronte, Agea, Agnew, Aguilera García, Aiuto, Aker, Albiol Guzmán, Albrecht, Ali, Aliot, Alliot-Marie, Anderson Lucy, Anderson Martina, Andersson, Andrieu, Annemans, Arena, Arnautu, Arnott, Ashworth, Assis, Atkinson, Auken, Auštrevičius, Ayala Sender, Ayuso, van Baalen, Bach, Balčytis, Balczó, Balz, Bashir, Batten, Bay, Bayet, Bearder, Becerra Basterrechea, Becker, Beghin, Belder, Bendtsen, Benifei, Berès, Bergeron, Bettini, Bilbao Barandica, Bilde, Bizzotto, Blanco López, Blinkevičiūtė, Bocskor, Böge, Bogovič, Bonafè, Boni, Borghezio, Borrelli, Borzan, Boştinaru, Bours, Boutonnet, Bové, Boylan, Brannen, Bresso, Briano, Brok, Buchner, Buda, Bullmann, Buşoi, Bütikofer, Buzek, Cabezón Ruiz, Cadec, Calvet Chambon, van de Camp, Campbell Bannerman, Caputo, Carthy, Carver, Casa, Caspary, Castaldo, del Castillo Vera, Cavada, Cesa, Charanzová, Chauprade, Childers, Chinnici, Chountis, Christensen, Christoforou, Chrysogonos, Cirio, Clune, Coburn, Coelho, Cofferati, Collin-Langen, Collins, Comi, Comodini Cachia, Corbett, Corrao, Costa, Cozzolino, Cramer, Cristea, Csáky, Czarnecki, Czesak, van Dalen, Dalli, Dalton, D'Amato, Dance, Dăncilă, Danti, Dantin, (The Earl of) Dartmouth, De Backer, De Castro, Delahaye, Deli, Delli, Delvaux, De Masi, Demesmaeker, De Monte, Denanot, Deprez, de Sarnez, Deß, Diaconu, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dlabajová, Dodds Anneliese, Dodds Diane, Dohrmann, Dorfmann, D'Ornano, Duncan, Durand, Eck, Eickhout, Engström, Epitideios, Erdős, Eriksson, Ernst, Ertug, Estaràs Ferragut, Etheridge, Evans, Evi, Faria, Federley, Ferber, Fernandes, Fernández, Ferrand, Ferrara, Ferreira Elisa, Fitto, Fjellner, Flanagan, Flašíková Beňová, Fleckenstein, Fontana, Ford, Forenza, Foster, Fotyga, Fountoulis, Fox, Freund, Frunzulică, Gahler, Gál, Gáll-Pelcz, Gambús, García Pérez, Gardiazabal Rubial, Gardini, Gasbarra, Gebhardt, Geier, Gentile, Gerbrandy, Gericke, Geringer de Oedenberg, Giegold, Gierek, Gieseke, Gill Neena, Girauta Vidal, Giuffrida, Goddyn, Goerens, Gollnisch, Gomes, González Peñas, González Pons, Gosiewska, Goulard, de Graaff, Grammatikakis, de Grandes Pascual, Grapini, Gräßle, Graswander-Hainz, Grigule, Gróbarczyk, Groote, Grossetête, Grzyb, Gualtieri, Guerrero Salom, Guillaume, Guteland, Gutiérrez Prieto, Gyürk, Hadjigeorgiou, Halla-aho, Harkin, Häusling, Hautala, Hayes, Hazekamp, Hedh, Helmer, Henkel, Herranz García, Hetman, Heubuch, Hoffmann, Hohlmeier, Hökmark, Honeyball, Hookem, Hortefeux, Howitt, Hübner, Hudghton, Huitema, Hyusmenova, Iglesias, in 't Veld, Iotova, Iturgaiz, Ivan, Iwaszkiewicz, Jaakonsaari, Jäätteenmäki, Jadot, Jahr, Jakovčić, Jalkh, Jáuregui Atondo, Jávor, Jazłowiecka, Ježek, Jiménez-Becerril Barrio, Joly, Jongerius, Juaristi Abaunz, Jurek, Kadenbach, Kaili, Kalinowski, Kallas, Kalniete, Kammerevert, Kappel, Karas, Karim, Kariņš, Karlsson, Karski, Kaufmann, Kelam, Keller Jan, Keller Ska, Kelly, Khan, Kirton-Darling, Koch, Kofod, Kölmel, Konečná, Korwin-Mikke, Köster, Köstinger, Kouloglou, Kovatchev, Kozłowska-Rajewicz, Krasnodębski, Krehl, Kudrycka, Kuhn, Kukan, Kumpula-Natri, Kuneva, Kuźmiuk, Kyenge, Kyllönen, Kyrtsos, Lamassoure, Lambert, Lambsdorff, Landsbergis, Lange, Lauristin, La Via, Lavrilleux, Lebreton, Le Grip, Legutko, Le Hyaric, Leinen, Lenaers, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Lewer, Liberadzki, Liese, Lietz, Lins, Lochbihler, Loiseau, Lope Fontagné, López, López Aguilar, López Bermejo, López-Istúriz White, Lösing, Lucke, Ludvigsson, Łukacijewska, Lunacek, Lundgren, Łybacka, McAllister, McAvan, McGuinness, Mach, McIntyre, Macovei, Maeijer, Maletić, Malinov, Maltese, Mamikins, Mănescu, Maňka, Mann, Manscour, Maragall, Marias, Marinho e Pinto, Martin David, Martin Dominique, Martin Edouard, Martusciello, Marusik, Maštálka, Matias, Mato, Maullu, Maura Barandiarán, Maurel, Mayer, Mazuronis, Meissner, Mélenchon, Mélin, Melior, Melo, Messerschmidt, Meszerics, Metsola, Michel, Michels, Mihaylova, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, van Miltenburg, Mineur, Mizzi, Mlinar, Moisă, Molnár, Monot, Monteiro de Aguiar, Montel, Moraes, Morgano, Morin-Chartier, Morvai, Mosca, Müller, Mureşan, Muselier, Mussolini, Nagy, Nart, Negrescu, Nekov, Neuser, Nica, Nicholson, Nicolai, Niebler, Niedermayer, Niedermüller, van Nieuwenhuizen, Nilsson, Ní Riada, van Nistelrooij, Noichl, Novakov, Nuttall, Obermayr, O'Flynn, Olbrycht, Omarjee, Ożóg, Pabriks, Paet, Pagazaurtundúa Ruiz, Paksas, Panzeri, Paolucci, Papadakis Demetris, Papadimoulis, Pargneaux, Parker, Paşcu, Paulsen, Paunova, Pavel, Pedicini, Peillon, Peterle, Petersen, Petir, Picula, Piecha, Pietikäinen, Piotrowski, Piri, Pirinski, Pitera, Pittella, Plenković, Plura, Poc, Poche, Pogliese, Polčák, Poręba, Pospíšil, Post, Preda, Pretzell, Preuß, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Radev, Radoš, Rangel, Ransdorf, Rebega, Reda, Reding, Regner, Reimon, Reintke, Reul, Ribeiro, Ries, Riquet, Rivasi, Rochefort, Rodrigues Liliana, Rodrigues Maria João, Rodríguez-Piñero Fernández, Rodust, Rohde, Rolin, Ropė, Rosati, Ruas, Rübig, Saïfi, Sakorafa, Salini, Sánchez Caldentey, Sander, Sant, Sârbu, Sargentini, Sarvamaa, Saryusz-Wolski, Sassoli, Saudargas, Schaake, Schaffhauser, Schaldemose, Schlein, Schmidt, Scholz, Schöpflin, Schulz, Schuster, Schwab, Scott Cato, Sebastià, Sehnalová, Senra Rodríguez, Sernagiotto, Serrão Santos, Seymour, Siekierski, Silva Pereira, Simon Peter, Simon Siôn, Sippel, Škripek, Škrlec, Smith, Smolková, Sógor, Šojdrová, Šoltes, Sommer, Spinelli, Spyraki, Staes, Starbatty, Štefanec, Steinruck, Štětina, Stevens, Stier, Stihler, Stolojan, von Storch, Stuger, Šuica, Šulin, Svoboda, Swinburne, Sylikiotis, Synadinos, Szájer, Szanyi, Szejnfeld, Takkula, Tamburrano, Tănăsescu, Tang, Tannock, Tapardel, Tarand, Telička, Terricabras, Theocharous, Theurer, Thomas, Thun und Hohenstein, Toia, Tőkés, Tomaševski, Tomašić, Tomc, Toom, Torvalds, Tošenovský, Trebesius, Troszczynski, Trüpel, Ţurcanu, Turmes, Ujazdowski, Ujhelyi, Ulvskog, Ungureanu, Urtasun, Urutchev, Uspaskich, Vaidere, Vajgl, Valcárcel Siso, Vălean, Valenciano, Valero, Valli, Vana, Van Bossuyt, Van Brempt, Van Orden, Vaughan, Vautmans, Väyrynen, Vergiat, Verheyen, Viegas, Vilimsky, Viotti, Virkkunen, Vistisen, Voigt, Voss, Vozemberg-Vrionidi, Wałęsa, Weber Renate, Weidenholzer, von Weizsäcker, Wenta, Werner, Westphal, Wieland, Wikström, Willmott, Winberg, Winkler Hermann, Winkler Iuliu, Wiśniewska, Wojciechowski, Woolfe, Záborská, Zagorakis, Zahradil, Zala, Zalba Bidegain, Zanni, Zanonato, Ždanoka, Zdechovský, Zdrojewski, Zeller, Zemke, Zijlstra, Zīle, Zimmer, Žitňanská, Złotowski, Zoffoli, Żółtek, Zorrinho, Zuber, Zullo, Zver, Zwiefka

Excused:

Crowley, Gabriel, Le Pen Marine, Picierno, Ruohonen-Lerner, Taylor

Annex 1 - Accessible tourism (written declaration)

Written declaration No 15/2015 submitted under Rule 136 of Parliament's Rules of Procedure, by Enrico Gasbarra, Helga Stevens, Ádám Kósa, Claudia Tapardel, Ivan Jakovčić, István Ujhelyi, Nessa Childers, Nicola Caputo, Sergio Gaetano Cofferati, Mara Bizzotto and Cláudia Monteiro de Aguiar, on accessible tourism1 (minutes of 7.9.2015, item 9) and signed by 387 Members.

Text of the written declaration:

1.   There are currently an estimated 80 million persons with disabilities in the EU. Accessibility to the physical environment, as well as to information and means of communication, can represent a major obstacle to their mobility when travelling and on arrival at their holiday destination.

2.   By 2050 there will be 3 times as many people over 65 in Europe than in 2003, and 5 times as many people over 80, thus implying important challenges for tourism for a large part of European society.

3.   Making tourism more accessible is not merely a social responsibility, but is also in line with the EU’s social inclusion goals and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, ratified by the EU.

4.   A new action on accessible tourism could represent an important tool for growth and jobs in a sector that still remains vastly under-served, while combating discrimination, one of the fundamental values of the EU.

5.   The Commission is hence called upon to raise awareness among stakeholders and economic operators on the need for increased accessibility in tourism for travellers requiring such accessibility.

6.   This declaration, together with the names of the signatories, is forwarded to the Commission.

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1 Pursuant to Rule 136(4) and (5), of Parliament's Rules of Procedure, where a declaration is signed by a majority of Parliament's component Members, it shall be published in the minutes with the names of its signatories and forwarded to the addressees, though it shall not be binding on Parliament.

List of signatories:

Isabella Adinolfi, Clara Eugenia Aguilera García, Daniela Aiuto, Lucy Anderson, Martina Anderson, Eric Andrieu, Gerolf Annemans, Pascal Arimont, Marie-Christine Arnautu, Francisco Assis, Petras Auštrevičius, Inés Ayala Sender, Pilar Ayuso, Georges Bach, Zigmantas Balčytis, Zoltán Balczó, Burkhard Balz, Catherine Bearder, Beatriz Becerra Basterrechea, Heinz K. Becker, Ivo Belet, Brando Benifei, Joëlle Bergeron, Goffredo Maria Bettini, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Dominique Bilde, Mara Bizzotto, Malin Björk, José Blanco López, Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, Andrea Bocskor, Franc Bogovič, Simona Bonafè, Michał Boni, Mario Borghezio, Biljana Borzan, Marie-Christine Boutonnet, José Bové, Lynn Boylan, Paul Brannen, Mercedes Bresso, Renata Briano, Klaus Buchner, Daniel Buda, Gianluca Buonanno, Soledad Cabezón Ruiz, Alain Cadec, Enrique Calvet Chambon, Wim van de Camp, Nicola Caputo, Matt Carthy, David Casa, Fabio Massimo Castaldo, Pilar del Castillo Vera, Lorenzo Cesa, Dita Charanzová, Nessa Childers, Caterina Chinnici, Lefteris Christoforou, Kostas Chrysogonos, Salvatore Cicu, Deirdre Clune, Carlos Coelho, Sergio Gaetano Cofferati, Lara Comi, Therese Comodini Cachia, Richard Corbett, Silvia Costa, Javier Couso Permuy, Andrea Cozzolino, Pál Csáky, Ryszard Czarnecki, Miriam Dalli, Daniel Dalton, Rosa D'Amato, Seb Dance, Viorica Dăncilă, Nicola Danti, Paolo De Castro, Andor Deli, Karima Delli, Fabio De Masi, Mark Demesmaeker, Isabella De Monte, Tamás Deutsch, Mircea Diaconu, Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Anneliese Dodds, Jørn Dohrmann, Mireille D'Ornano, Damian Drăghici, Ian Duncan, Angel Dzhambazki, Stefan Eck, Frank Engel, Linnéa Engström, Georgios Epitideios, Norbert Erdős, Ismail Ertug, Rosa Estaràs Ferragut, Jill Evans, Tanja Fajon, José Inácio Faria, José Manuel Fernandes, Laura Ferrara, João Ferreira, Santiago Fisas Ayxelà, Raffaele Fitto, Luke Ming Flanagan, Monika Flašíková Beňová, Vicky Ford, Eleonora Forenza, Jacqueline Foster, Lampros Fountoulis, Ashley Fox, Doru-Claudian Frunzulică, Michael Gahler, Kinga Gál, Ildikó Gáll-Pelcz, Francesc Gambús, Iratxe García Pérez, Eider Gardiazabal Rubial, Elisabetta Gardini, Enrico Gasbarra, Elena Gentile, Arne Gericke, Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, Adam Gierek, Juan Carlos Girauta Vidal, Michela Giuffrida, Sylvie Goddyn, Ana Gomes, Tania González Peñas, Esteban González Pons, Luis de Grandes Pascual, Maria Grapini, Nathalie Griesbeck, Theresa Griffin, Iveta Grigule, Françoise Grossetête, Enrique Guerrero Salom, Sergio Gutiérrez Prieto, András Gyürk, Jussi Halla-aho, Marian Harkin, Heidi Hautala, Brian Hayes, Hans-Olaf Henkel, Esther Herranz García, Krzysztof Hetman, Maria Heubuch, Monika Hohlmeier, György Hölvényi, Mary Honeyball, Richard Howitt, Danuta Maria Hübner, Ian Hudghton, Pablo Iglesias, Cătălin Sorin Ivan, Liisa Jaakonsaari, Dawid Bohdan Jackiewicz, Ivan Jakovčić, Ramón Jáuregui Atondo, Benedek Jávor, Danuta Jazłowiecka, Marc Joulaud, Eva Kaili, Jarosław Kalinowski, Kaja Kallas, Petra Kammerevert, Barbara Kappel, Rina Ronja Kari, Manolis Kefalogiannis, Tunne Kelam, Jan Keller, Afzal Khan, Jude Kirton-Darling, Dieter-Lebrecht Koch, Jeppe Kofod, Kateřina Konečná, Ádám Kósa, Dietmar Köster, Stelios Kouloglou, Béla Kovács, Agnieszka Kozłowska-Rajewicz, Zdzisław Krasnodębski, Barbara Kudrycka, Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Kostadinka Kuneva, Kashetu Kyenge, Merja Kyllönen, Miltiadis Kyrkos, Georgios Kyrtsos, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Philippe Lamberts, Marju Lauristin, Giovanni La Via, Jo Leinen, Bogusław Liberadzki, Sander Loones, Verónica Lope Fontagné, Javi López, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Antonio López-Istúriz White, Sabine Lösing, Bernd Lucke, Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Krystyna Łybacka, Linda McAvan, Emma McClarkin, Mairead McGuinness, Anthea McIntyre, Ivana Maletić, Curzio Maltese, Thomas Mann, António Marinho e Pinto, David Martin, Dominique Martin, Fulvio Martusciello, Jiří Maštálka, Barbara Matera, Marisa Matias, Gabriel Mato, Fernando Maura Barandiarán, Costas Mavrides, Georg Mayer, Joëlle Mélin, Tamás Meszerics, Roberta Metsola, Iskra Mihaylova, Miroslav Mikolášik, Francisco José Millán Mon, Marlene Mizzi, Sorin Moisă, Csaba Molnár, Cláudia Monteiro de Aguiar, Clare Moody, Claude Moraes, Nadine Morano, Luigi Morgano, Krisztina Morvai, Alessia Maria Mosca, Siegfried Mureşan, Alessandra Mussolini, József Nagy, Javier Nart, Victor Negrescu, Momchil Nekov, Norica Nicolai, Péter Niedermüller, Liadh Ní Riada, Lambert van Nistelrooij, Maria Noichl, Jan Olbrycht, Younous Omarjee, Urmas Paet, Maite Pagazaurtundúa Ruiz, Pier Antonio Panzeri, Massimo Paolucci, Demetris Papadakis, Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Ioan Mircea Paşcu, Aldo Patriciello, Emilian Pavel, Vincent Peillon, Alojz Peterle, Marijana Petir, Pina Picierno, Tonino Picula, Bolesław G. Piecha, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Georgi Pirinski, Julia Pitera, Andrej Plenković, Marek Plura, Pavel Poc, Miroslav Poche, Salvatore Domenico Pogliese, Stanislav Polčák, Maurice Ponga, Tomasz Piotr Poręba, Soraya Post, Gabriele Preuß, Emil Radev, Jozo Radoš, Laurenţiu Rebega, Julia Reda, Michel Reimon, Sofia Ribeiro, Dominique Riquet, Liliana Rodrigues, Inmaculada Rodríguez-Piñero Fernández, Bronis Ropė, Fernando Ruas, Massimiliano Salini, Matteo Salvini, Alfred Sant, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, David-Maria Sassoli, Elly Schlein, Claudia Schmidt, György Schöpflin, Molly Scott Cato, Jordi Sebastià, Olga Sehnalová, Remo Sernagiotto, Ricardo Serrão Santos, Czesław Adam Siekierski, Siôn Simon, Branislav Škripek, Davor Škrlec, Csaba Sógor, Michaela Šojdrová, Igor Šoltes, Renate Sommer, Renato Soru, Bart Staes, Joachim Starbatty, Jutta Steinruck, Helga Stevens, Davor Ivo Stier, Catherine Stihler, Theodor Dumitru Stolojan, Beatrix von Storch, Dubravka Šuica, Patricija Šulin, Neoklis Sylikiotis, Eleftherios Synadinos, József Szájer, Tibor Szanyi, Adam Szejnfeld, Antonio Tajani, Claudia Tapardel, Marc Tarabella, Indrek Tarand, Keith Taylor, Pavel Telička, Josep-Maria Terricabras, Eleni Theocharous, Patrizia Toia, László Tőkés, Ruža Tomašić, Romana Tomc, Yana Toom, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Mihai Ţurcanu, Claude Turmes, Kazimierz Michał Ujazdowski, István Ujhelyi, Ernest Urtasun, Vladimir Urutchev, Viktor Uspaskich, Ivo Vajgl, Ramón Luis Valcárcel Siso, Elena Valenciano, Ángela Vallina, Anneleen Van Bossuyt, Tom Vandenkendelaere, Derek Vaughan, Hilde Vautmans, Miguel Viegas, Daniele Viotti, Axel Voss, Elissavet Vozemberg, Jarosław Wałęsa, Julie Ward, Renate Weber, Bogdan Brunon Wenta, Cecilia Wikström, Glenis Willmott, Iuliu Winkler, Janusz Wojciechowski, Theodoros Zagorakis, Pablo Zalba Bidegain, Flavio Zanonato, Tomáš Zdechovský, Joachim Zeller, Janusz Zemke, Roberts Zīle, Jana Žitňanská, Kosma Złotowski, Damiano Zoffoli, Carlos Zorrinho, Inês Cristina Zuber, Marco Zullo, Milan Zver, Tadeusz Zwiefka.

Annex 2 - The fight against breast cancer in the European Union (written declaration)

Written declaration No 17/2015 submitted under Rule 136 of Parliament's Rules of Procedure by Nessa Childers, Simona Bonafè, Anna Záborská, Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, Françoise Grossetête, Marisa Matias, Emma McClarkin, Biljana Borzan, Alojz Peterle and Miriam Dalli, on the fight against breast cancer in the European Union1 (minutes of 7.9.2015, item 9) and signed by 394 Members.

Text of the written declaration:

1.   It is important to implement nationwide mammography screening and multidisciplinary specialist breast units (SBU) by the 2016 deadline, as called for in the European Parliament resolutions of 2003 and 2006 and required by the European Guidelines for Quality Assurance in Breast Cancer Screening and Diagnosis (4th edition) so as to reduce the mortality rate for breast cancer patients – 91495 women in the EU died from breast cancer in 2012 .

2.   Among the hundreds of thousands of women diagnosed with breast cancer every year – 367090 in 2012 – those with metastatic breast cancer should have access to, and be treated in, an SBU, and their ongoing needs for care and psychosocial services should be coordinated and supported by the SBU as per the EU Guidelines .

3.   The Commission is hence called upon to ensure that the ECIBC (European Commission Initiative on Breast Cancer) project delivers an accreditation protocol for breast cancer services by 2016; this protocol must ensure that mammography screening programmes and SBUs meet the requirements of the current EU Guidelines and those of the updated version to be undertaken by the ECIBC in 2015 .

4.   This declaration, together with the names of the signatories, is forwarded to the Council and the Commission.

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1 Pursuant to Rule 136(4) and (5), of Parliament's Rules of Procedure, where a declaration is signed by a majority of Parliament's component Members, it shall be published in the minutes with the names of its signatories and forwarded to the addressees, though it shall not be binding on Parliament.

List of signatories:

Isabella Adinolfi, Marco Affronte, Clara Eugenia Aguilera García, Nedzhmi Ali, Lucy Anderson, Martina Anderson, Eric Andrieu, Gerolf Annemans, Maria Arena, Petras Auštrevičius, Inés Ayala Sender, Georges Bach, Zigmantas Balčytis, Burkhard Balz, Nikolay Barekov, Nicolas Bay, Hugues Bayet, Catherine Bearder, Heinz K. Becker, Tiziana Beghin, Ivo Belet, Bendt Bendtsen, Brando Benifei, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Dominique Bilde, Malin Björk, José Blanco López, Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, Franc Bogovič, Simona Bonafè, Michał Boni, David Borrelli, Biljana Borzan, Victor Boştinaru, Lynn Boylan, Paul Brannen, Mercedes Bresso, Renata Briano, Steeve Briois, Daniel Buda, Udo Bullmann, Gianluca Buonanno, Cristian-Silviu Buşoi, Jerzy Buzek, Soledad Cabezón Ruiz, Alain Cadec, Nicola Caputo, Matt Carthy, David Casa, Fabio Massimo Castaldo, Dita Charanzová, Aymeric Chauprade, Nessa Childers, Caterina Chinnici, Lefteris Christoforou, Kostas Chrysogonos, Salvatore Cicu, Alberto Cirio, Deirdre Clune, Birgit Collin-Langen, Lara Comi, Therese Comodini Cachia, Anna Maria Corazza Bildt, Richard Corbett, Silvia Costa, Andrea Cozzolino, Andi Cristea, Ryszard Czarnecki, Miriam Dalli, Daniel Dalton, Rosa D'Amato, Seb Dance, Viorica Dăncilă, Philippe De Backer, Paolo De Castro, Angélique Delahaye, Mady Delvaux, Mark Demesmaeker, Isabella De Monte, Jean-Paul Denanot, Marielle de Sarnez, Nirj Deva, Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Martina Dlabajová, Anneliese Dodds, Diane Dodds, Jørn Dohrmann, Mireille D'Ornano, Damian Drăghici, Ian Duncan, Stefan Eck, Bas Eickhout, Georgios Epitideios, Cornelia Ernst, Ismail Ertug, Rosa Estaràs Ferragut, Jill Evans, Eleonora Evi, Tanja Fajon, José Inácio Faria, João Ferreira, Santiago Fisas Ayxelà, Raffaele Fitto, Luke Ming Flanagan, Knut Fleckenstein, Lorenzo Fontana, Vicky Ford, Eleonora Forenza, Lampros Fountoulis, Eugen Freund, Doru-Claudian Frunzulică, Francesc Gambús, Iratxe García Pérez, Elisabetta Gardini, Enrico Gasbarra, Elena Gentile, Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy, Arne Gericke, Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, Adam Gierek, Neena Gill, Juan Carlos Girauta Vidal, Michela Giuffrida, Emmanouil Glezos, Charles Goerens, Ana Gomes, Tania González Peñas, Esteban González Pons, Beata Gosiewska, Luis de Grandes Pascual, Maria Grapini, Ingeborg Gräßle, Nathalie Griesbeck, Theresa Griffin, Iveta Grigule, Matthias Groote, Françoise Grossetête, Roberto Gualtieri, Enrique Guerrero Salom, Antanas Guoga, Sergio Gutiérrez Prieto, Takis Hadjigeorgiou, Thomas Händel, Marian Harkin, Heidi Hautala, Brian Hayes, Hans-Olaf Henkel, Esther Herranz García, Krzysztof Hetman, Maria Heubuch, Iris Hoffmann, Monika Hohlmeier, György Hölvényi, Mary Honeyball, Richard Howitt, Danuta Maria Hübner, Ian Hudghton, Pablo Iglesias, Iliana Iotova, Anneli Jäätteenmäki, Dawid Bohdan Jackiewicz, Ivan Jakovčić, Diane James, Benedek Jávor, Danuta Jazłowiecka, Marc Joulaud, Josu Juaristi Abaunz, Karin Kadenbach, Eva Kaili, Jarosław Kalinowski, Kaja Kallas, Sandra Kalniete, Barbara Kappel, Othmar Karas, Rina Ronja Kari, Krišjānis Kariņš, Karol Karski, Seán Kelly, Afzal Khan, Jude Kirton-Darling, Jeppe Kofod, Stelios Kouloglou, Zdzisław Krasnodębski, Barbara Kudrycka, Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Kostadinka Kuneva, Kashetu Kyenge, Merja Kyllönen, Miltiadis Kyrkos, Georgios Kyrtsos, Alain Lamassoure, Gabrielius Landsbergis, Esther de Lange, Marju Lauristin, Giovanni La Via, Jérôme Lavrilleux, Ryszard Antoni Legutko, Jörg Leichtfried, Jo Leinen, Jeroen Lenaers, Janusz Lewandowski, Barbara Lochbihler, Philippe Loiseau, Javi López, Sabine Lösing, Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Krystyna Łybacka, David McAllister, Linda McAvan, Emma McClarkin, Mairead McGuinness, Monica Macovei, Svetoslav Hristov Malinov, Andrejs Mamikins, Ramona Nicole Mănescu, Marian-Jean Marinescu, David Martin, Edouard Martin, Fulvio Martusciello, Barbara Matera, Marisa Matias, Gabriel Mato, Fernando Maura Barandiarán, Costas Mavrides, Georg Mayer, Valentinas Mazuronis, Joëlle Mélin, Nuno Melo, Roberta Metsola, Louis Michel, Iskra Mihaylova, Francisco José Millán Mon, Marlene Mizzi, Angelika Mlinar, Giulia Moi, Sorin Moisă, Csaba Molnár, Cláudia Monteiro de Aguiar, Sophie Montel, Clare Moody, Claude Moraes, Nadine Morano, Luigi Morgano, Elisabeth Morin-Chartier, Krisztina Morvai, Alessia Maria Mosca, Ulrike Müller, Siegfried Mureşan, Alessandra Mussolini, József Nagy, Victor Negrescu, Norica Nicolai, Péter Niedermüller, Liadh Ní Riada, Maria Noichl, Franz Obermayr, Jan Olbrycht, Younous Omarjee, Stanisław Ożóg, Urmas Paet, Maite Pagazaurtundúa Ruiz, Rolandas Paksas, Massimo Paolucci, Demetris Papadakis, Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Gilles Pargneaux, Emilian Pavel, Piernicola Pedicini, Vincent Peillon, Alojz Peterle, Marijana Petir, Florian Philippot, Pina Picierno, Tonino Picula, Bolesław G. Piecha, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Kati Piri, Georgi Pirinski, Julia Pitera, Andrej Plenković, Marek Plura, Pavel Poc, Miroslav Poche, Stanislav Polčák, Maurice Ponga, Tomasz Piotr Poręba, Soraya Post, Gabriele Preuß, Franck Proust, Emil Radev, Jozo Radoš, Laurenţiu Rebega, Evelyn Regner, Michel Reimon, Christine Revault D'Allonnes Bonnefoy, Sofia Ribeiro, Frédérique Ries, Dominique Riquet, Liliana Rodrigues, Inmaculada Rodríguez-Piñero Fernández, Claude Rolin, Bronis Ropė, Virginie Rozière, Paul Rübig, Massimiliano Salini, Matteo Salvini, Lola Sánchez Caldentey, Anne Sander, Alfred Sant, Judith Sargentini, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, David-Maria Sassoli, Algirdas Saudargas, Christel Schaldemose, Elly Schlein, Annie Schreijer-Pierik, Jordi Sebastià, Remo Sernagiotto, Ricardo Serrão Santos, Czesław Adam Siekierski, Siôn Simon, Branislav Škripek, Davor Škrlec, Michaela Šojdrová, Igor Šoltes, Renate Sommer, Renato Soru, Bart Staes, Joachim Starbatty, Ivan Štefanec, Jutta Steinruck, Davor Ivo Stier, Theodor Dumitru Stolojan, Patricija Šulin, Neoklis Sylikiotis, Eleftherios Synadinos, Tibor Szanyi, Hannu Takkula, Marc Tarabella, Keith Taylor, Pavel Telička, Josep-Maria Terricabras, Eleni Theocharous, Patrizia Toia, Valdemar Tomaševski, Ruža Tomašić, Romana Tomc, Yana Toom, Ulla Tørnæs, Estefanía Torres Martínez, Evžen Tošenovský, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Claude Turmes, Kazimierz Michał Ujazdowski, István Ujhelyi, Traian Ungureanu, Miguel Urbán Crespo, Ernest Urtasun, Viktor Uspaskich, Inese Vaidere, Ivo Vajgl, Ramón Luis Valcárcel Siso, Elena Valenciano, Monika Vana, Kathleen Van Brempt, Derek Vaughan, Hilde Vautmans, Sabine Verheyen, Miguel Viegas, Daniele Viotti, Axel Voss, Elissavet Vozemberg, Jarosław Wałęsa, Julie Ward, Renate Weber, Bogdan Brunon Wenta, Martina Werner, Glenis Willmott, Iuliu Winkler, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Janusz Wojciechowski, Anna Záborská, Pablo Zalba Bidegain, Flavio Zanonato, Tomáš Zdechovský, Roberts Zīle, Gabriele Zimmer, Jana Žitňanská, Kosma Złotowski, Damiano Zoffoli, Carlos Zorrinho, Inês Cristina Zuber, Milan Zver, Tadeusz Zwiefka.

Annex 3 - Autism (written declaration)

Written declaration No 18/2015 submitted under Rule 136 of Parliament's Rules of Procedure by Nicola Caputo, Enrico Gasbarra, Miriam Dalli, Marian-Jean Marinescu, Ivan Jakovčić, Renata Briano, Péter Niedermüller, Maite Pagazaurtundúa Ruiz, Daniel Buda, Barbara Kappel, Lampros Fountoulis, Milan Zver, Ivo Vajgl, Tibor Szanyi, Kostas Chrysogonos, Rosa Estaràs Ferragut, Biljana Borzan, Marek Plura, José Blanco López, Ivan Štefanec, Dubravka Šuica, Eleftherios Synadinos, Demetris Papadakis, Igor Šoltes, Eduard Kukan, Eva Kaili, Momchil Nekov, Marlene Mizzi, Laurenţiu Rebega, Mara Bizzotto and Georgios Epitideios on autism1 (minutes of 7.9.2015, item 9) and signed by 418 Members.

Text of the written declaration:

1.   Autism is a lifelong complex brain disorder that appears during early childhood, and affects around 1 per cent of the population. The effects of autism can range from mild to severe impairments of a person’s ability to understand everyday information, communicate and interact socially with other people. The causes of autism are still being investigated.

2.   There is currently no cure for autism, but it has been demonstrated that early and intensive intervention can help overcome the symptoms of autism and significantly improve the level of independence of people with autism.

3.   Despite the importance of early diagnosis to provide adequate support and education, early detection is still lacking across Europe.

4.   The Commission and the Council are called upon to support accurate detection and diagnosis of children and adults with autism.

5.   The Commission and the Council are also called upon to adopt a strategic and holistic approach to respond to the challenges faced by people with autism throughout their lives. A European strategy should aim at encouraging research on autism, prevalence studies and exchange of best practices regarding evidence-based interventions for children with autism, as well as support and habilitation services for adults.

6.   This declaration, together with the names of the signatories, is forwarded to the Council and the Commission.

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1 Pursuant to Rule 136(4) and (5), of Parliament's Rules of Procedure, where a declaration is signed by a majority of Parliament's component Members, it shall be published in the minutes with the names of its signatories and forwarded to the addressees, though it shall not be binding on Parliament.

List of signatories:

Clara Eugenia Aguilera García, Daniela Aiuto, Marina Albiol Guzmán, Nedzhmi Ali, Lucy Anderson, Martina Anderson, Eric Andrieu, Gerolf Annemans, Maria Arena, Pascal Arimont, Marie-Christine Arnautu, Margrete Auken, Petras Auštrevičius, Inés Ayala Sender, Pilar Ayuso, Georges Bach, Guillaume Balas, Zigmantas Balčytis, Zoltán Balczó, Burkhard Balz, Nikolay Barekov, Hugues Bayet, Heinz K. Becker, Ivo Belet, Bendt Bendtsen, Brando Benifei, Joëlle Bergeron, Goffredo Maria Bettini, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Dominique Bilde, Mara Bizzotto, José Blanco López, Reimer Böge, Franc Bogovič, Simona Bonafè, Michał Boni, Mario Borghezio, David Borrelli, Biljana Borzan, Victor Boştinaru, José Bové, Lynn Boylan, Paul Brannen, Mercedes Bresso, Renata Briano, Steeve Briois, Daniel Buda, Gianluca Buonanno, Cristian-Silviu Buşoi, Jerzy Buzek, Soledad Cabezón Ruiz, Alain Cadec, Wim van de Camp, Nicola Caputo, Matt Carthy, David Casa, Daniel Caspary, Fabio Massimo Castaldo, Pilar del Castillo Vera, Lorenzo Cesa, Dita Charanzová, Nessa Childers, Caterina Chinnici, Ole Christensen, Lefteris Christoforou, Kostas Chrysogonos, Alberto Cirio, Carlos Coelho, Sergio Gaetano Cofferati, Lara Comi, Therese Comodini Cachia, Anna Maria Corazza Bildt, Richard Corbett, Ignazio Corrao, Silvia Costa, Javier Couso Permuy, Andrea Cozzolino, Andi Cristea, Ryszard Czarnecki, Miriam Dalli, Rosa D'Amato, Seb Dance, Viorica Dăncilă, Arnaud Danjean, Nicola Danti, Michel Dantin, Rachida Dati, Paolo De Castro, Angélique Delahaye, Andor Deli, Karima Delli, Fabio De Masi, Mark Demesmaeker, Isabella De Monte, Jean-Paul Denanot, Gérard Deprez, Albert Deß, Mircea Diaconu, Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Anneliese Dodds, Diane Dodds, Herbert Dorfmann, Damian Drăghici, Ian Duncan, Pascal Durand, Angel Dzhambazki, Frank Engel, Georgios Epitideios, Rosa Estaràs Ferragut, Jill Evans, Tanja Fajon, José Inácio Faria, José Manuel Fernandes, João Ferreira, Santiago Fisas Ayxelà, Monika Flašíková Beňová, Lorenzo Fontana, Vicky Ford, Eleonora Forenza, Jacqueline Foster, Lampros Fountoulis, Eugen Freund, Doru-Claudian Frunzulică, Mariya Gabriel, Kinga Gál, Iratxe García Pérez, Enrico Gasbarra, Jens Geier, Elena Gentile, Arne Gericke, Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, Adam Gierek, Neena Gill, Juan Carlos Girauta Vidal, Michela Giuffrida, Sylvie Goddyn, Charles Goerens, Ana Gomes, Tania González Peñas, Esteban González Pons, Beata Gosiewska, Sylvie Goulard, Luis de Grandes Pascual, Maria Grapini, Ingeborg Gräßle, Nathalie Griesbeck, Theresa Griffin, Françoise Grossetête, Andrzej Grzyb, Roberto Gualtieri, Enrique Guerrero Salom, Sylvie Guillaume, Antanas Guoga, Sergio Gutiérrez Prieto, Marian Harkin, Heidi Hautala, Brian Hayes, Hans-Olaf Henkel, Esther Herranz García, Krzysztof Hetman, Maria Heubuch, Iris Hoffmann, Monika Hohlmeier, György Hölvényi, Mary Honeyball, Richard Howitt, Danuta Maria Hübner, Ian Hudghton, Pablo Iglesias, Iliana Iotova, Cătălin Sorin Ivan, Liisa Jaakonsaari, Anneli Jäätteenmäki, Ivan Jakovčić, Ramón Jáuregui Atondo, Benedek Jávor, Danuta Jazłowiecka, Marc Joulaud, Karin Kadenbach, Eva Kaili, Jarosław Kalinowski, Kaja Kallas, Barbara Kappel, Othmar Karas, Rina Ronja Kari, Krišjānis Kariņš, Karol Karski, Tunne Kelam, Afzal Khan, Jude Kirton-Darling, Dieter-Lebrecht Koch, Jeppe Kofod, Kateřina Konečná, Ádám Kósa, Dietmar Köster, Stelios Kouloglou, Andrey Kovatchev, Zdzisław Krasnodębski, Barbara Kudrycka, Eduard Kukan, Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Kashetu Kyenge, Merja Kyllönen, Miltiadis Kyrkos, Georgios Kyrtsos, Alain Lamassoure, Philippe Lamberts, Gabrielius Landsbergis, Marju Lauristin, Giovanni La Via, Jérôme Lavrilleux, Constance Le Grip, Jo Leinen, Jeroen Lenaers, Philippe Loiseau, Sander Loones, Verónica Lope Fontagné, Javi López, Paloma López Bermejo, Antonio López-Istúriz White, Sabine Lösing, Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Peter Lundgren, Krystyna Łybacka, David McAllister, Linda McAvan, Mairead McGuinness, Ivana Maletić, Andrejs Mamikins, Ramona Nicole Mănescu, Thomas Mann, Louis-Joseph Manscour, Marian-Jean Marinescu, David Martin, Edouard Martin, Fulvio Martusciello, Jiří Maštálka, Barbara Matera, Marisa Matias, Gabriel Mato, Fernando Maura Barandiarán, Emmanuel Maurel, Costas Mavrides, Georg Mayer, Joëlle Mélin, Roberta Metsola, Miroslav Mikolášik, Francisco José Millán Mon, Marlene Mizzi, Angelika Mlinar, Sorin Moisă, Csaba Molnár, Sophie Montel, Nadine Morano, Luigi Morgano, Elisabeth Morin-Chartier, Alessia Maria Mosca, Siegfried Mureşan, József Nagy, Victor Negrescu, Momchil Nekov, Norica Nicolai, Luděk Niedermayer, Péter Niedermüller, Liadh Ní Riada, Maria Noichl, Andrey Novakov, Franz Obermayr, Jan Olbrycht, Younous Omarjee, Artis Pabriks, Urmas Paet, Maite Pagazaurtundúa Ruiz, Pier Antonio Panzeri, Massimo Paolucci, Demetris Papadakis, Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Aldo Patriciello, Eva Paunova, Emilian Pavel, Vincent Peillon, Alojz Peterle, Marijana Petir, Florian Philippot, Pina Picierno, Tonino Picula, Bolesław G. Piecha, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Kati Piri, Georgi Pirinski, Julia Pitera, Andrej Plenković, Marek Plura, Miroslav Poche, Salvatore Domenico Pogliese, Stanislav Polčák, Maurice Ponga, Tomasz Piotr Poręba, Soraya Post, Cristian Dan Preda, Franck Proust, Emil Radev, Jozo Radoš, Paulo Rangel, Laurenţiu Rebega, Michel Reimon, Christine Revault D'Allonnes Bonnefoy, Sofia Ribeiro, Frédérique Ries, Dominique Riquet, Robert Rochefort, Liliana Rodrigues, Inmaculada Rodríguez-Piñero Fernández, Claude Rolin, Paul Rübig, Tokia Saïfi, Massimiliano Salini, Matteo Salvini, Lola Sánchez Caldentey, Anne Sander, Alfred Sant, Daciana Octavia Sârbu, Petri Sarvamaa, David-Maria Sassoli, Christel Schaldemose, Elly Schlein, Claudia Schmidt, Jordi Sebastià, Olga Sehnalová, Remo Sernagiotto, Ricardo Serrão Santos, Czesław Adam Siekierski, Pedro Silva Pereira, Siôn Simon, Branislav Škripek, Davor Škrlec, Michaela Šojdrová, Igor Šoltes, Renate Sommer, Renato Soru, Barbara Spinelli, Maria Spyraki, Bart Staes, Ivan Štefanec, Jutta Steinruck, Helga Stevens, Davor Ivo Stier, Catherine Stihler, Dubravka Šuica, Patricija Šulin, Neoklis Sylikiotis, Eleftherios Synadinos, Tibor Szanyi, Antonio Tajani, Hannu Takkula, Charles Tannock, Claudia Tapardel, Marc Tarabella, Indrek Tarand, Keith Taylor, Pavel Telička, Josep-Maria Terricabras, Eleni Theocharous, Isabelle Thomas, Patrizia Toia, Ruža Tomašić, Romana Tomc, Yana Toom, Estefanía Torres Martínez, Nils Torvalds, Evžen Tošenovský, Ulrike Trebesius, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Mihai Ţurcanu, Claude Turmes, Kazimierz Michał Ujazdowski, Traian Ungureanu, Ernest Urtasun, Viktor Uspaskich, Inese Vaidere, Ivo Vajgl, Ramón Luis Valcárcel Siso, Adina-Ioana Vălean, Elena Valenciano, Kathleen Van Brempt, Tom Vandenkendelaere, Derek Vaughan, Hilde Vautmans, Miguel Viegas, Harald Vilimsky, Daniele Viotti, Henna Virkkunen, Axel Voss, Jarosław Wałęsa, Julie Ward, Renate Weber, Bogdan Brunon Wenta, Cecilia Wikström, Glenis Willmott, Iuliu Winkler, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Janusz Wojciechowski, Anna Záborská, Theodoros Zagorakis, Pablo Zalba Bidegain, Flavio Zanonato, Tomáš Zdechovský, Bogdan Andrzej Zdrojewski, Joachim Zeller, Janusz Zemke, Roberts Zīle, Jana Žitňanská, Kosma Złotowski, Damiano Zoffoli, Carlos Zorrinho, Inês Cristina Zuber, Milan Zver, Tadeusz Zwiefka.