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Tuesday, 8 March 2016 - Strasbourg

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1. Animal Health ***II

2. Aid scheme for the supply of fruit and vegetables, bananas and milk in the educational establishments ***I

3. Market access to port services and financial transparency of ports ***I

4. Harmonised indices of consumer prices ***I

5. Annual Report 2014 on the Protection of the EU’s Financial Interests - Fight against fraud

Report: Benedek Jávor (A8-0026/2016)


Subject	Am No	Author	RCV etc.		Vote		RCV/EV – remarks
§ 11	1	ENF			-
§ 22	2	ENF			-
§ 25	3	ENF			-
§ 26	§	original text	split
			1/RCV		+		569, 69, 73
			2/RCV		+		536, 159, 11
§ 29	§	original text	split
			1		+
			2		-
§ 31	§	original text	split
			1/RCV		+		649, 11, 49
			2/RCV		+		652, 25, 26
			3/RCV		+		669, 9, 26
§ 36	4S	ENF			-
§ 41	5	ENF			-
§ 48	§	original text	split
			1/RCV		+		618, 40, 54
			2/RCV		+		648, 33, 27
After § 49	10	EFDD	EV		-		320, 361, 23
§ 52	6S	ENF	RCV		-		135, 541, 14
§ 53	7D	ENF	RCV		-		144, 519, 27
After § 56	11	EFDD	EV		+		404, 275, 25
	12	EFDD			+
§ 59	8	ENF			-
After § 63	13	EFDD	EV		+		336, 277, 93
§ 69	14	EFDD			+
§ 75	9	ENF			-
§ 76	§	original text	RCV		+		447, 32, 231
Vote: resolution (text as a whole)				RCV		+		576, 50, 84


Requests for roll-call votes
GUE/NGL:	§§ 52, 53, 76


Requests for split votes
GUE/NGL
§ 26
First part	‘Invites the Commission to develop a system of strict indicators and easily applicable, uniform criteria, based on the requirements set out in the Stockholm Programme, to measure the level of corruption in the Member States and evaluate the Member States’ anti-corruption policies; is concerned about the reliability and quality of the data coming from the Member States; calls on the Commission, therefore, to work closely with the Member States to guarantee the provision of comprehensive, accurate and reliable data, keeping in mind the goal of full implementation of the Single Audit Scheme;’
Second part	‘invites the Commission to develop a corruption index in order to categorise the Member States;’
§ 31
First part	‘Urges the Commission to maintain its strict policy on interruption and suspension of payments in accordance with the relevant legal basis;’ ‘
Second part	‘welcomes the fact that the Commission has adopted a new decision on the Early Warning Mechanism (EWS); looks forward to the creation of a comprehensive system of early detection and exclusion to be proposed by the Commission; calls on the Commission to better inform the Member States and local authorities about the implementation of its policy,’
Third part	‘bearing in mind that this process should not be undermined by political considerations;’
§ 48
First part	‘Notes that the definition, classification and detection of, and reporting on, irregularities continue to vary between and within Member States, mainly on account of differing definitions of irregularities; takes the view that further harmonisation is necessary, and welcomes, in this context, the Commission delegated regulation of 8 July 2015 on the reporting of irregularities, which supplements the Common Provisions Regulation; calls on the Commission and the Member States to establish coherent strategies for the treatment of irregularities and for the fight against fraud in cohesion policy; highlights the preventive and corrective measures taken by the Commission to avoid fraudulent irregularities,’
Second part	‘including the interruption of 193 payments under cohesion policy;’
PPE:
§ 29
First part	‘Underlines the importance of access to information and the transparency of lobbying, and of using EU funding to support the work of independent organisations in this area,’
Second part	‘ inter alia in order to establish financial support for cross-border investigative journalism;’

6. Gender mainstreaming in the work of the European Parliament

Report: Angelika Mlinar (A8-0034/2016)


Subject	Am No	Author	RCV etc.		Vote		RCV/EV – remarks
Alternative motion for a resolution	4	+ 40 Members			-
§ 5	§	original text	split
			1		+
			2/EV		+		365, 327, 8
§ 7	§	original text	split
			1/RCV		+		667, 33, 3
			2		+
§ 8	§	original text	split
			1		+
			2/EV		-		316, 390, 2
§ 9	2	ALDE, S&D, Verts/ALE, GUE/NGL	EV		+		364, 338, 7
§ 10	§	original text	split
			1		+
			2/EV		+		463, 223, 19
			3		+
§ 11	§	original text	RCV		+		354, 347, 10
§ 12	§	original text	sep		+
§ 13	§	original text	split
			1		+
			2/EV		+		419, 262, 21
§ 14	§	original text	split
			1		+
			2/RCV		+		348, 337, 20
			3/EV		+		360, 335, 8
§ 15	§	original text	sep		+
§ 16	§	original text	split
			1		+
			2		+
			3		+
			4		+
§ 18	§	original text	split
			1		+
			2		+
			3/EV		+		404, 283, 15
§ 20	§	original text	sep		+
§ 21	§	original text	RCV		-		335, 350, 21
§ 23	§	original text	RCV		+		479, 200, 24
§ 24	§	original text	sep		-
§ 26	§	original text	split
			1/RCV		+		517, 166, 18
			2		+
			3		+
§ 29	§	original text	split
			1/RCV		+		533, 158, 16
			2/RCV		+		352, 340, 11
§ 32	§	original text	RCV		-		339, 346, 15
§ 33	§	original text	split
			1		+
			2/EV		+		355, 342, 2
§ 34	§	original text	split
			1		+
			2		-
After § 34	3	ALDE, S&D, Verts/ALE, GUE/NGL	EV		+		363, 328, 11
§ 36	§	original text	RCV		+		568, 124, 13
Citation 9	§	original text	sep		+
After citation 24	1	ALDE, S&D, Verts/ALE, GUE/NGL	EV		+		353, 345, 12
Recital A	§	original text	RCV		+		576, 78, 55
Recital B	§	original text	RCV		+		555, 55, 88
Recital C	§	original text	RCV		+		627, 30, 49
Recital E	§	original text	split
			1/RCV		+		550, 63, 89
			2/RCV		+		361, 284, 58
Recital F	§	original text	RCV		+		607, 48, 45
Recital H	§	original text	sep		+
Recital L	§	original text	split
			1		+
			2/EV		+		360, 320, 26
Recital P	§	original text	split
			1		+
			2		+
Recital Q	§	original text	sep		+
Recital T	§	original text	split
			1		+
			2		+
Recital W	§	original text	RCV		+		505, 168, 24
Recital X	§	original text	sep		+
Recital Z	§	original text	split
			1		+
			2		+
Vote: FEMM committee resolution (as a whole)				RCV		+		453, 173, 79


Requests for roll-call votes
ALDE:	§ 23
S&D:	recitals A, B, C, E, F, W; § 36
ECR:	§§ 7 (1st part), 11, 14 (2nd part), 21, 26 (2nd part), 29, 32


Requests for separate votes
ECR:	Citation 9
PPE:	§§ 11, 12, 15, 20, 24, 32; recitals H, Q, W, X


Requests for split votes
ALDE
§ 8
First part	text as a whole without the words ‘and family’
Second part	those words
ECR
§ 7
First part	‘Invites the services responsible to continue working on specific measures to promote work life balance;’
Second part	‘regrets that among EP officials women remain in the majority in the assistants’ function group (AST); calls for a yearly analysis of the state of play of gender equality within Parliament, based on gender disaggregated data, at all levels of staff and political bodies, including parliamentary assistants, and for this reporting to be made public;’
PPE
§ 5
First part	Calls for ongoing development of the gender mainstreaming network, representing committees but also interparliamentary delegations, and its full involvement in regular monitoring of the state of play of gender mainstreaming across policy areas; notes the need for greater and active participation by MEPs in the network’
Second part	‘and calls for substitute MEPs to be added to the network in order to increase participation, as with committees and delegations;’
§ 10
First part	‘Notes that the High Level Group on Gender Equality and Diversity is responsible for adopting an Action Plan for the Promotion of Equality and Diversity in Parliament and ensuring its implementation; calls on the high level group, with the support of the competent services, to submit a comprehensive gender equality roadmap’
Second part	‘indicating how to increase the representation of women in middle and senior management positions to 40 % by 2020;’
Third part	‘invites the Directorate-General for Personnel and the political groups to consider proposing both a woman and a man for Head of Unit positions when posts are vacant;’
§ 13
First part	Text as a whole without the words ‘invites the political groups to consider nominating MEPs from the underrepresented gender in each committee, in a coordinated fashion;’
Second part	those words
§ 16
First part	‘Stresses that gender-responsive budgeting in the form of planning, programming and budgeting that contributes to the advancement of gender equality and the fulfilment of women’s rights is one of the key tools used by policy-makers to tackle the gender gaps;’
Second part	‘deplores that the gender budgeting exercise has revealed that the gender perspective is far from being assumed in all policies, at all levels and at every stage of the policy-making process;’
Third part	‘notes that, in this context, it is particularly crucial to build up in-house capacity on gender-responsive budgeting in order to enhance Parliament’s scrutiny role on these matters;’
Fourth part	‘notes that the implications of spending and revenue decisions have an extremely different impact on women and men and underlines that MEPs on the relevant committees should take these different effects into consideration in the design of budgets; stresses that gender-responsive budgeting promotes accountability and transparency in respect of Parliament’s commitment to gender equality;’
§ 29
First part	‘Welcomes the specific initiatives taken by several parliamentary committees in this field; regrets that a large majority of the committees have neither adopted nor discussed an action plan on gender equality for their work; stresses how important it is for the competent bodies to work with all committees and delegations in order to share best practices, including through the gender mainstreaming network,’
Second part	‘and to establish a clear procedure, to be incorporated into Parliament’s Rules of Procedure, on the adoption of a gender action plan by each committee and delegation; recommends that each committee hold a hearing on gender mainstreaming in its policy area once every two years, to coincide with the drafting of the gender mainstreaming report;’
§ 33
First part	text as a whole without the word ‘body’
Second part	that word
§ 34
First part	text as a whole without the words ‘such as the establishment of an interinstitutional high level working group on gender mainstreaming,’
Second part	those words
Recital E
First part	‘whereas, in the Strategic engagement for gender equality 2016-2019, the Commission undertook to continue gender mainstreaming actions, including through evaluation and monitoring exercises;’
Second part	‘whereas the Commission has downgraded its strategic engagement for gender equality post 2015 to a staff working document;’
Recital L
First part	‘whereas the majority of parliamentary committees generally give importance to gender mainstreaming (e.g. in their legislative work, in their working relations with the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality and when drawing up action plans on equality)’
Second part	‘while some committees exhibit little or no interest in this matter;’
Recital P
First part	‘whereas the MFF (multiannual financial framework) is accompanied by a joint declaration by the three institutions, which agreed that “the annual budgetary procedures applied for the MFF 2014-2020 will integrate, as appropriate, gender-responsive elements, taking into account the ways in which the overall financial framework of the Union contributes to increased gender equality (and ensures gender mainstreaming)”;’
Second part	‘whereas, despite this, the actual commitment to continuing gender mainstreaming and empowering women needs to be bolstered, since existing policies have only been implemented to a modest extent and insufficient budgetary resources have been allocated specifically for gender matters;’
Recital T
First part	‘whereas all internal and external EU policies should be designed to benefit boys and girls, and men and women;’
Second part	‘, as well as all other gender identities equally’
Recital Z
First part	‘whereas female representation in key decision-making positions at political and administrative level, including within Parliament’s political groups, remains low;’
Second part	‘whereas women tend to chair the committees which are less connected to resource allocation and economic decision making; whereas in order to improve the quality of decisions made, Parliament needs to ensure that the allocation of decision-making positions is evenly spread between genders; whereas men must commit to promoting gender equality in all areas and at all levels and male MEPs must be encouraged to engage with gender mainstreaming in their work;’
ECR, PPE
§ 14
First part	Text as a whole without the words ‘reiterates its call on the competent committee to include this practice of GMAs in the Rules of Procedure, taking into account the specific role of the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality in gender mainstreaming as a horizontal principle; and ‘aimed at bringing a substantial gender dimension into the reports’ and ‘reiterates the need for close coordination between the competent committee and lead committees on GMAs and opinions, to ensure optimal scheduling and planning for effective input into the lead committee report;’
Second part	‘reiterates its call on the competent committee to include this practice of GMAs in the Rules of Procedure, taking into account the specific role of the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality in gender mainstreaming as a horizontal principle;’
Third part	‘aimed at bringing a substantial gender dimension into the reports’ and ‘reiterates the need for close coordination between the competent committee and lead committees on GMAs and opinions, to ensure optimal scheduling and planning for effective input into the lead committee report;’
§ 18
First part	Text as a whole without the words ‘calls on the Commission to perform systematic gender impact assessments on new legislative or policy proposals, on the basis of its reinforced assessment of their impact on fundamental rights and in order to guarantee that the EU is upholding women’s rights;’ and ‘emphasises that such analyses and the data collection methods used need to be sensitive to the experiences of LGBTIQ persons;’
Second part	‘calls on the Commission to perform systematic gender impact assessments on new legislative or policy proposals, on the basis of its reinforced assessment of their impact on fundamental rights and in order to guarantee that the EU is upholding women’s rights;’
Third part	‘emphasises that such analyses and the data collection methods used need to be sensitive to the experiences of LGBTIQ persons;’
§ 26
First part	‘Expresses its full support for developing targeted and regular gender mainstreaming training, with adequate resources and tailor-made for Parliament specific needs, addressed to all Parliament staff working in policy fields, with more extensive training provided for middle and senior management, specifically Heads of Unit; calls for gender mainstreaming training to be made available for MEPs, parliamentary assistants and political group staff; calls for leadership training to be organised for women, and for women to be offered experience of leadership positions;’
Second part	‘recommends that training sessions include information on the multiple and intersectional forms of discrimination; highlights the need to ensure that all its services are aware of their responsibilities in implementing gender mainstreaming, including those in charge of human resources, security and facilities; suggests the introduction of specific human resources guidelines effectively implementing gender mainstreaming in order to improve the well-being of all staff, including LGBTIQ people, in the workplace; without the words ‘in order to improve the well-being of all staff, including LGBTIQ people’
Third part	‘in order to improve the well-being of all staff, including LGBTIQ people’

7. The situation of women refugees and asylum seekers in the EU

Report: Mary Honeyball (A8-0024/2016)


Subject	Am No	Author	RCV etc.		Vote		RCV/EV – remarks
Alternative motion for a resolution	3	PPE	EV		-		260, 394, 44
§ 1	§	original text	split
			1		+
			2/RCV		+		543, 128, 25
			3/RCV		+		386, 292, 27
§ 2	§	original text	split
			1		+
			2		+
			3/RCV		+		547, 132, 27
§ 5	§	original text	RCV		+		583, 83, 31
§ 6	§	original text	split
			1		+
			2		+
§ 7	§	original text	split
			1		+
			2/RCV		+		558, 122, 27
§ 8	§	original text	sep		+
§ 10	§	original text	RCV		+		550, 106, 48
§ 11	§	original text	sep		+
§ 12	§	original text	split
			1		+
			2		+
			3/RCV		+		575, 88, 40
			4		+
			5/RCV		+		435, 205, 58
§ 13	§	original text	split
			1		+
			2		+
§ 15	§	original text	sep		+
§ 16	1	76+ Members	EV		+		390, 288, 23
§ 17	§	original text	sep		+
§ 18	§	original text	split
			1/RCV		+		571, 124, 7
			2/EV		+		369, 320, 8
			3		+
§ 19	§	original text	sep		+
§ 20	§	original text	sep		+
§ 26	2	76+ Members			+
	§	original text	split
			1		↓
			2		↓
§ 29	§	original text	split
			1		+
			2		+
			3		+
			4		+
§ 31	§	original text	split
			1/RCV		+		575, 96, 32
			2/RCV		+		392, 275, 32
§ 32	§	original text	sep		+
§ 33	§	original text	split
			1		+
			2/RCV		+		414, 271, 20
§ 34	§	original text	sep		+
§ 36	§	original text	split
			1		+
			2/RCV		+		395, 269, 39
			3		+
§ 37	§	original text	RCV		-		67, 590, 49
§ 38	§	original text	sep		+
§ 39	§	original text	split
			1		+
			2/RCV		+		549, 120, 32
§ 40	§	original text	split
			1		+
			2		+
§ 42	§	original text	sep		+
§ 43	§	original text	split
			1		+
			2/RCV		+		431, 259, 14
§ 48	§	original text	sep		+
§ 50	§	original text	split
			1		+
			2		+
§ 54	§	original text	split
			1/RCV		+		573, 83, 51
			2/RCV		+		393, 287, 16
§ 56	§	original text	sep		+
§ 57	§	original text	split
			1		+
			2		+
§ 58	§	original text	sep		+
§ 59	§	original text	sep		+
§ 60	§	original text	RCV		+		363, 325, 16
§ 61	§	original text	split
			1/RCV		+		395, 241, 68
			2/RCV		+		389, 270, 34
			3/RCV		+		371, 298, 28
§ 62	§	original text	sep		+
Recital C	§	original text	split
			1		+
			2/RCV		+		490, 163, 42
Recital G	§	original text	split
			1		+
			2		+
			3		+
Recital H	§	original text	sep		+
Recital P	§	original text	split
			1		+
			2		+
Recital R	§	original text	split
			1		+
			2		+
Recital V	§	original text	sep		+
Recital W	§	original text	sep		+
Vote: FEMM committee resolution (as a whole)				RCV		+		388, 150, 159


Requests for roll-call votes
S&D:	§§ 5, 10, 31
ECR:	§§ 2 (3rd part), 5, 7 (2nd part), 12 (3rd and 5th parts), 18 (1st part), 31, 33 (2nd part), 36 (2nd part), 37, 39 (2nd part), 43 (2nd part), 54, 60, 61 (2nd and 3rd parts); recital C (2nd part)


Requests for separate votes
S&D:	§ 37
ECR:	§§ 8, 11, 12, 15, 19, 56
PPE:	recitals H, V, W §§ 6, 12, 17, 20, 32, 33, 34, 38, 42, 48, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62


Requests for split votes
ECR
Recital G
First part	‘whereas women and girls seeking asylum have specific protection needs and different concerns from men’
Second part	‘which require that the implementation of all asylum policies and procedures, including the assessment of the asylum claims, be gender sensitive and individual;’
Third part	‘whereas violence-related asylum claims should be dealt with in a way that protects women from secondary victimisation during the asylum process;’
§ 6
First part	text as a whole without the words ‘to guarantee’
Second part	those words
§ 7
First part	‘Expresses its deep concern at reports that women and children are engaging in survival sex to pay smugglers to continue their journey to seek asylum in the EU;’
Second part	‘reemphasises that safe and legal routes to Europe are key to effectively preventing this reality;’
§ 12
First part	‘Underlines that, even in countries deemed safe, women may suffer gender-based persecution’
Second part	‘while LGBTI people may also be subjected to abuse, and thus have a legitimate request for protection’
Third part	‘calls on all Member States to adopt asylum procedures’
Fourth part	‘and endeavour to develop training programmes which are sensitive to the needs of women with multiple marginalised identities, including LGBTI women;’
Fifth part	‘urges all Member States to combat harmful stereotypes about the behaviour and characteristics of LGBTI women and to fully apply the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights in respect of their asylum claims; stresses the need for LGBTI-sensitive reception facilities across all Member States; highlights that violence against LGBTI individuals is common in reception facilities;’
§ 33
First part	‘Stresses that undocumented migrant women and girls should have full access to their basic fundamental rights’
Second part	‘and that channels for legal migration should be developed’
§ 36
First part	‘Welcomes the development of a new training module on Gender, Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation by the EASO;’
Second part	‘calls for the full incorporation of gender mainstreaming and gender budgeting into the work of the EASO through gender focal points and formal liaison with the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE);’
Third part	‘calls for country of origin information which includes the situation of women, both legally and de facto, including information about the persecution of women, or threat thereof, by non-state actors;’
§ 39
First part	text as a whole without the words ‘for all detention of children in the EU to stop, and’
Second part	those words
§ 50
First part	‘Stresses the urgent need for independent investigations into all allegations, including sexual abuse and gender-based violence, at places of immigration detention or at the borders’
Second part	‘and for access to be granted to journalists and appropriate civil society organisations;’
§ 61
First part	text as a whole without the words ‘especially sexual and reproductive health and rights’ and ‘should be guaranteed by host countries’
Second part	‘especially sexual and reproductive health and rights’
Third part	‘should be guaranteed by host countries’
PPE
Recital P
First part	‘whereas the Office of the UNHCR has reported instances of violence and abuse, including sexual violence, against refugee women and children, throughout their journey’
Second part	‘and including in overcrowded reception centres in the EU;’
Recital R
First part	‘whereas very often, reception hubs do not contain any internal areas that are suitable for mothers housed there who have to support and look after their children;’
Second part	‘whereas, in addition, legal assistance facilities do not give adequate support in providing information and helping in the search for family members;’
§ 26
First part	text as a whole without the words ‘their rights and in particular about’
Second part	those words
§ 31
First part	text as a whole without the words ‘to suspend expulsion proceedings and/or
Second part	those words
§ 40
First part	text as a whole without the words ‘and can never be justified in the case of anyone under 18 years of age’
Second part	those words
§ 54
First part	text as a whole without the words ‘and implement specific measures to facilitate labour market participation of women refugees and asylum seekers, including’
Second part	those words
§ 57
First part	text as a whole without the words ‘high-quality’
Second part	those words
PPE, ECR
recital C
First part	text as a whole without the words ‘and LGBTI people’
Second part	those words
§ 1
First part	‘Believes that, to improve the security and safety of women and girl refugees, safe and legal routes to the EU must be made available for those fleeing conflict and persecution, and that gender should be taken into account;’
Second part	‘stresses in particular that more Member States should participate in the EU Resettlement Programmes; believes that legislation and policies relating to irregular migration should not prevent access to EU asylum procedures; stresses that the right to asylum is enshrined in Article 18 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights;’ without ‘believes that legislation and policies relating to irregular migration should not prevent access to EU asylum procedures;’
Third part	‘believes that legislation and policies relating to irregular migration should not prevent access to EU asylum procedures;’
§ 2
First part	‘Emphasises the urgent need to immediately open safe and legal asylum routes, in order to counter smuggling networks and to increasingly enable women, children, the elderly and people with disabilities to seek refuge without risking their lives; is deeply concerned about deaths, pushbacks and grave human rights violations at the EU external borders;’ without the word ‘pushbacks’
Second part	‘pushbacks’
Third part	‘takes the view that responsibilities and costs and benefits should be shared by all 28 Member States and not just by the countries of first arrival; regrets the lack of solidarity among Member States;’
§ 13
First part	‘Highlights that gendered forms of violence and discrimination, including but not limited to rape and sexual violence, FGM, forced marriage, domestic violence, so-called honour crimes and state-sanctioned gender discrimination, constitute persecution’
Second part	‘and should be valid reasons for seeking asylum in the EU and that this should be reflected in new gender guidelines;’
§ 18
First part	‘Notes the Commission’s proposal to establish a common EU list of safe countries of origin;’
Second part	‘Demands that all appropriate steps be taken to ensure that this approach is consistent with the principle of non-refoulement and that the rights of women, children and other vulnerable groups are not undermined; calls for gender differentiation to be applied; believes that any list of safe countries of origin should not result in less favourable procedural treatment for women whose claims for asylum are based on fear or experience of gender-based violence; stresses the need to avoid hasty decisions which do not take due account of the dangers, and even the threat of death, facing women who have suffered gender-based violence if their application is rejected and they are forced to return to their own country;’ without ‘believes that any list of safe countries of origin should not result in less favourable procedural treatment for women whose claims for asylum are based on fear or experience of gender-based violence;’
Third part	‘believes that any list of safe countries of origin should not result in less favourable procedural treatment for women whose claims for asylum are based on fear or experience of gender-based violence;’
§ 29
First part	‘Urges the Commission and the Member States to guarantee full access to sexual and reproductive health’ without the words ‘and rights’
Second part	‘and rights’
Third part	‘including access to safe abortion’
Fourth part	‘and to allocate additional resources to healthcare provision as a matter of urgency;’
§ 43
First part	text as a whole without the words ‘and legal aid’
Second part	those words

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