IN THE CHAIR: Martin SCHULZ
President

1. Resumption of the session

The sitting opened at 17.00.

2. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

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Michela Giuffrida had been present at the sittings of 15 July 2014 and 12 November 2014, but her name did not appear on the attendance register.

Michela Giuffrida pointed out that she had been present at the sittings of 20 October 2014 and 12 January 2015, but her name did not appear on the attendance register.

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The following spoke: Tibor Szanyi on the human rights situation in Malaysia.

3. Composition of Parliament

The competent authorities of Croatia had given notification of the election of Ivica Tolić and Željana Zovko as Members of the European Parliament to replace Andrej Plenković and Davor Ivo Stier with effect from 24 October 2016.

Parliament took note of their election.

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, Ivica Tolić and Željana Zovko would take their seats in Parliament and on its bodies and would enjoy all the rights attaching thereto.

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The competent authorities of Germany had given notification of the election of Tiemo Wölken as a Member of the European Parliament to replace Matthias Groote.

Parliament took note with effect from 14 November 2016.

Under Rule 3(2), until such time as his credentials had been verified or a ruling had been given on any dispute, and provided that he had previously made a written declaration stating that he did not hold any office incompatible with that of Member of the European Parliament, Tiemo Wölken would take his seat in Parliament and on its bodies and would enjoy all the rights attaching thereto.

4. Composition of political groups

Diane James was no longer a member of the EFDD Group and would sit with the non-attached Members as of 19 November 2016.

5. Composition of committees and delegations

The President had received the following requests for appointments from the PPE, ALDE and GUE/NGL Groups:

DEVE Committee: Željana Zovko

IMCO Committee: Morten Løkkegaard to replace Catherine Bearder

Delegation for relations with Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Kosovo: Željana Zovko

Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly: Ivica Tolić

Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee: Dubravka Šuica

Delegation for relations with the Arabian Peninsula: Ángela Vallina to replace Dennis de Jong

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

6. Parliament's calendar of part-sessions – 2018

At its meeting of 27 October 2016, the Conference of Presidents had adopted the draft calendar of part-sessions for the 2018 parliamentary year, as follows:

—   15 to 18 January

—   5 to 8 February

—   28 February and 1 March

—   12 to 15 March

—   16 to 19 April

—   2 and 3 May

—   28 to 31 May

—   11 to 14 June

—   2 to 5 July

—   10 to 13 September

—   1 to 4 October

—   22 to 25 October

—   12 to 15 November

—   28 and 29 November

—   10 to 13 December

Deadline for tabling amendments: 12.00 on Tuesday 22 November 2016.

Vote: minutes of 23.11.2016, item 10.1.

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

The President announced that on Wednesday, 23 November 2016, together with the President of the Council, he would sign the following acts adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure:

- Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1236/2005 concerning trade in certain goods which could be used for capital punishment, torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (00027/2016/LEX - C8-0468/2016 - 2014/0005(COD))

- Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 as regards certain provisions relating to financial management for certain Member States experiencing or threatened with serious difficulties with respect to their financial stability (00039/2016/LEX - C8-0467/2016 - 2016/0193(COD))

- Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1342/2008 establishing a long-term plan for cod stocks and the fisheries exploiting those stocks (00044/2016/LEX - C8-0460/2016 - 2012/0236(COD))

8. Documents received

The following documents had been received:

1) from the Council and Commission

- Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union and amending Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002, Regulations (EU) No 1296/2013, (EU) No 1301/2013, (EU) No 1303/2013, (EU) No 1304/2013, (EU) No 1305/2013, (EU) No 1306/2013, (EU) No 1307/2013, (EU) No 1308/2013, (EU) No 1309/2013, (EU) No 1316/2013, (EU) No 223/2014,(EU) No 283/2014, (EU) No 652/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Decision No 541/2014/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (COM(2016)0605 - C8-0372/2016 - 2016/0282(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).

The President would consult the European Court of Auditors on this proposal, in accordance with Article 322 of the Treaty.

- Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the Contingency Margin in 2017 (COM(2016)0678 - C8-0420/2016 - 2016/2118(BUD))

- Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada, of the one part, and the European Union and its Member States, of the other part (10975/2016 - C8-0438/2016 - 2016/0205(NLE))

- Annexes to the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Union trade mark (codification) (COM(2016)0702 - C8-0439/2016 - 2016/0345(COD))

- Partial renewal of of members of the Court of Auditors - EE nominee (12886/2016 - C8-0445/2016 - 2016/0817(NLE))

- Proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund following an application from Spain – EGF/2016/004 ES/Comunidad Valenciana automotive (COM(2016)0708 - C8-0454/2016 - 2016/2298(BUD))

- Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union and its Member States, of the Protocol to the Framework Agreement on Partnership and Cooperation between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Mongolia, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union (09264/2016 - C8-0455/2016 - 2015/0113(NLE))

- Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Union and Regulation (EU) 2016/1037 on protection against subsidised imports from countries not members of the European Union (COM(2016)0721 - C8-0456/2016 - 2016/0351(COD))

- Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council on key information documents for packaged retail and insurance-based investment products as regards the date of its application (COM(2016)0709 - C8-0457/2016 - 2016/0355(COD))
The President would consult the European Economic and Social Committee on this proposal, in accordance with Rule 137(1).

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

- Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Agreement establishing the EU-LAC International Foundation (11342/2016 - C8-0458/2016 - 2016/0217(NLE))

- Proposal for a Council directive amending Directive (EU) 2016/1164 as regards hybrid mismatches with third countries (COM(2016)0687 - C8-0464/2016 - 2016/0339(CNS))

2) from committees

2.1) reports

- Report on EU strategic communication to counteract propaganda against it by third parties (2016/2030(INI)) - AFET Committee - Rapporteur: Anna Elżbieta Fotyga (A8-0290/2016)

- ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 258/2014 establishing a Union Programme to support specific activities in the field of financial reporting and auditing for the period of 2014-20 (COM(2016)0202 - C8-0145/2016 - 2016/0110(COD)) - ECON Committee - Rapporteur: Theodor Dumitru Stolojan (A8-0291/2016)

- Report on the Green Paper on Retail Financial Services (2016/2056(INI)) - ECON Committee - Rapporteur: Olle Ludvigsson (A8-0294/2016)

- ***I Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council providing further macro-financial assistance to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (COM(2016)0431 - C8-0242/2016 - 2016/0197(COD)) - INTA Committee - Rapporteur: Emmanuel Maurel (A8-0296/2016)

- Report on the application of the European Order for Payment Procedure (2016/2011(INI)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Kostas Chrysogonos (A8-0299/2016)

- Report on the European Central Bank Annual Report for 2015 (2016/2063(INI)) - ECON Committee - Rapporteur: Ramon Tremosa i Balcells (A8-0302/2016)

- Report on EU action plan against wildlife trafficking (2016/2076(INI)) - ENVI Committee - Rapporteur: Catherine Bearder (A8-0303/2016)

- Report on new opportunities for small transport businesses, including collaborative business models (2015/2349(INI)) - TRAN Committee - Rapporteur: Dominique Riquet (A8-0304/2016)

- ***I Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on establishing an information exchange mechanism with regard to intergovernmental agreements and non-binding instruments between Member States and third countries in the field of energy and repealing Decision No 994/2012/EU (COM(2016)0053 - C8-0034/2016 - 2016/0031(COD)) - ITRE Committee - Rapporteur: Zdzisław Krasnodębski (A8-0305/2016)

- Report on unleashing the potential of waterborne passenger transport (2015/2350(INI)) - TRAN Committee - Rapporteur: Keith Taylor (A8-0306/2016)

- Report on towards a definitive VAT system and fighting VAT fraud (2016/2033(INI)) - ECON Committee - Rapporteur: Werner Langen (A8-0307/2016)

- Report on liability, compensation and financial security for offshore oil and gas operations (2015/2352(INI)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Kostas Chrysogonos (A8-0308/2016)

- ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning measures to safeguard the security of gas supply and repealing Regulation (EU) No 994/2010 (COM(2016)0052 - C8-0035/2016 - 2016/0030(COD)) - ITRE Committee - Rapporteur: Jerzy Buzek (A8-0310/2016)

- ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2015/936 of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules for imports of textile products from certain third countries not covered by bilateral agreements, protocols or other arrangements, or by other specific Union import rules (COM(2016)0044 - C8-0022/2016 - 2016/0029(COD)) - INTA Committee - Rapporteur: Hannu Takkula (A8-0311/2016)

- ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on mercury, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1102/2008 (COM(2016)0039 - C8-0021/2016 - 2016/0023(COD)) - ENVI Committee - Rapporteur: Stefan Eck (A8-0313/2016)

- Report on Commissioners’ declarations of interests – guidelines (2016/2080(INI)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Pascal Durand (A8-0315/2016)

- Report on the European Defence Union (2016/2052(INI)) - AFET Committee - Rapporteur: Urmas Paet (A8-0316/2016)

- Report on the implementation of the Common Security and Defence Policy (based on the Annual Report from the Council to the European Parliament on the Common Foreign and Security Policy) (2016/2067(INI)) - AFET Committee - Rapporteur: Ioan Mircea Paşcu (A8-0317/2016)

- Report on the request for waiver of the immunity of Jean-François Jalkh (2016/2115(IMM)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Kostas Chrysogonos (A8-0318/2016)

- Report on the request for waiver of the immunity of Jean-François Jalkh (2016/2107(IMM)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Kostas Chrysogonos (A8-0319/2016)

- Report on increasing the effectiveness of development cooperation (2016/2139(INI)) - DEVE Committee - Rapporteur: Cristian Dan Preda (A8-0322/2016)

- Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide for the payment of advances in the general budget of the Union for 2017 (COM(2016)0312 - C8-0245/2016 - 2016/2119(BUD)) - BUDG Committee - Rapporteur: Patricija Šulin (A8-0323/2016)

- * Report on the proposal for a Council directive amending Directive 2011/16/EU as regards access to anti-money-laundering information by tax authorities (COM(2016)0452 - C8-0333/2016 - 2016/0209(CNS)) - ECON Committee - Rapporteur: Emmanuel Maurel (A8-0326/2016)

- ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 laying down the Union Customs Code, as regards goods that have temporarily left the customs territory of the Union by sea or air (COM(2016)0477 - C8-0328/2016 - 2016/0229(COD)) - IMCO Committee - Rapporteur: Maria Grapini (A8-0329/2016)

- Report on the annual report on the activities of the European Ombudsman in 2015 (2016/2150(INI)) - PETI Committee - Rapporteur: Notis Marias (A8-0331/2016)

- * Report on the draft Council implementing decision approving the conclusion by the European Police Office (Europol) of the Agreement on Operational and Strategic Cooperation between Ukraine and Europol (10345/2016 - C8-0267/2016 - 2016/0811(CNS)) - LIBE Committee - Rapporteur: Mariya Gabriel (A8-0342/2016)

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 1342/2008 establishing a long-term plan for cod stocks and the fisheries exploiting those stocks (11309/1/2016 - C8-0403/2016 - 2012/0236(COD)) - PECH Committee - Rapporteur: Diane Dodds (A8-0325/2016)

9. Questions for oral answer (submission)

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

—   (O-000121/2016) by Anna Maria Corazza Bildt, Barbara Matera, Constance Le Grip, Teresa Jiménez-Becerril Barrio, Carlos Coelho, Birgit Collin-Langen, Mariya Gabriel, Francesc Gambús, Ingeborg Gräßle, Monika Hohlmeier, Elisabeth Köstinger, Agnieszka Kozłowska-Rajewicz, Jeroen Lenaers, Elisabeth Morin-Chartier, Siegfried Mureşan, Alessandra Mussolini, Jan Olbrycht, Alojz Peterle, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Franck Proust, Sofia Ribeiro, Tokia Saïfi, Csaba Sógor, Dubravka Šuica, Róża Gräfin von Thun und Hohenstein, Romana Tomc, Vladimir Urutchev, Axel Voss, Elissavet Vozemberg-Vrionidi, Theodoros Zagorakis, Tomáš Zdechovský and Milan Zver, on behalf of the PPE Group, Christine Revault D'Allonnes Bonnefoy, Iratxe García Pérez, Maria Arena, Birgit Sippel, Claude Moraes, Eric Andrieu, Lucy Anderson, Hugues Bayet, Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, Biljana Borzan, Viorica Dăncilă, Jean-Paul Denanot, Tanja Fajon, Ana Gomes, Sylvie Guillaume, Anna Hedh, Afzal Khan, Cécile Kashetu Kyenge, Miltiadis Kyrkos, Olle Ludvigsson, Edouard Martin, Maria Noichl, Péter Niedermüller, Emilian Pavel, Vincent Peillon, Pina Picierno, Kati Piri, Soraya Post, Evelyn Regner, Virginie Rozière, Liliana Rodrigues and Julie Ward, on behalf of the S&D Group, Beatriz Becerra Basterrechea, Angelika Mlinar, Hilde Vautmans and Cecilia Wikström, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Jean Lambert, Ulrike Lunacek, Terry Reintke, Josep-Maria Terricabras and Ernest Urtasun, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Malin Björk, Patrick Le Hyaric, Kateřina Konečná, Kostas Chrysogonos, Kostadinka Kuneva, Merja Kyllönen, Jiří Maštálka and Marie-Christine Vergiat, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Helga Stevens and Julie Girling, to the Council: The EU accession to the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women (2016/2966(RSP)) (B8-1805/2016);

—   (O-000122/2016) by Anna Maria Corazza Bildt, Barbara Matera, Constance Le Grip, Teresa Jiménez-Becerril Barrio, Carlos Coelho, Birgit Collin-Langen, Mariya Gabriel, Francesc Gambús, Ingeborg Gräßle, Monika Hohlmeier, Elisabeth Köstinger, Agnieszka Kozłowska-Rajewicz, Jeroen Lenaers, Elisabeth Morin-Chartier, Siegfried Mureşan, Alessandra Mussolini, Jan Olbrycht, Alojz Peterle, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Franck Proust, Sofia Ribeiro, Tokia Saïfi, Csaba Sógor, Dubravka Šuica, Róża Gräfin von Thun und Hohenstein, Romana Tomc, Vladimir Urutchev, Axel Voss, Elissavet Vozemberg-Vrionidi, Theodoros Zagorakis, Tomáš Zdechovský and Milan Zver, on behalf of the PPE Group, Christine Revault D'Allonnes Bonnefoy, Iratxe García Pérez, Maria Arena, Birgit Sippel, Claude Moraes, Eric Andrieu, Lucy Anderson, Hugues Bayet, Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, Biljana Borzan, Viorica Dăncilă, Jean-Paul Denanot, Tanja Fajon, Ana Gomes, Sylvie Guillaume, Anna Hedh, Afzal Khan, Cécile Kashetu Kyenge, Miltiadis Kyrkos, Olle Ludvigsson, Edouard Martin, Maria Noichl, Péter Niedermüller, Emilian Pavel, Vincent Peillon, Pina Picierno, Kati Piri, Soraya Post, Evelyn Regner, Virginie Rozière, Liliana Rodrigues and Julie Ward, on behalf of the S&D Group, Beatriz Becerra Basterrechea, Angelika Mlinar, Hilde Vautmans and Cecilia Wikström, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Jean Lambert, Ulrike Lunacek, Terry Reintke, Josep-Maria Terricabras and Ernest Urtasun, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Malin Björk, Patrick Le Hyaric, Kateřina Konečná, Kostas Chrysogonos, Kostadinka Kuneva, Merja Kyllönen, Jiří Maštálka and Marie-Christine Vergiat, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Helga Stevens and Julie Girling, to the Commission: The EU accession to the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women (2016/2966(RSP)) (B8-1806/2016);

—   (O-000128/2016) by Michael Cramer, on behalf of the TRAN Committee, to the Commission: International aviation agreements (2016/2961(RSP)) (B8-1807/2016);

—   (O-000133/2016) by Thomas Händel, on behalf of the EMPL Committee, to the Commission: Establishing a Skills Guarantee (2016/2799(RSP)) (B8-1808/2016);

—   (O-000134/2016), by Linda McAvan, on behalf of the DEVE Committee, to the Commission: Access to energy in developing countries (2016/2885(RSP)) (B8-1809/2016);

—   (O-000136/2016) by Roberto Gualtieri, on behalf of the ECON Committee, to the Commission: Finalisation of Basel III (2016/2959(RSP)) (B8-1810/2016);

—   (O-000138/2016) by Bernd Lange and Alessia Maria Mosca, on behalf of the INTA Committee, to the Commission: Environmental Goods Agreement (2016/2980(RSP)) (B8-1811/2016);

—   (O-000143/2016) by Arne Gericke, Julie Girling and Helga Stevens, on behalf of the ECR Group, to the Council: The EU accession to the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women (2016/2966(RSP)) (B8-1815/2016)

—   (O-000144/2016) by Arne Gericke, Julie Girling and Helga Stevens, on behalf of the ECR Group, to the Commission: The EU accession to the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women (2016/2966(RSP)) (B8-1816/2016)

10. Action taken on Parliament's resolutions

The Commission communication on the action taken on the resolution on the tobacco agreement (PMI Agreement) adopted by Parliament during the March 2016 part-session was available on the Europarl site.

11. Order of business

The final draft agenda for the November I 2016 sittings (PE 593.806/PDOJ) had been distributed and the following changes had been proposed (Rule 152):

Monday

No changes.

Tuesday

Request from the ECR Group for the amendment of the title of the Statement by the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy from 'Situation in the West Bank, including settlements' (Item 95 of the final draft agenda) to 'Challenges in the Middle East peace process'.

The following spoke: Zdzisław Krasnodębski, on behalf of the ECR Group, to move the request, and Marita Ulvskog, against the request.

Parliament rejected the request by electronic vote (156 in favour, 172 against, 15 abstentions).

Request by the Verts/ALE and GUE/NGL Groups for the inclusion as a sixth item on the afternoon's agenda, after the debate on the report by Anna Elżbieta Fotyga (A8-0290/2016), of the Council and Commission statements concerning the opinion by the Court of Justice on the compatibility with the Treaties of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada and the European Union.

The following spoke: Heidi Hautala, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, to move the request, Anne-Marie Mineur, in favour of the request, and Daniel Caspary, against the request.

Parliament rejected the request by roll-call vote (170 in favour, 184 against, 9 abstentions).

Wednesday

No changes.

Thursday

No changes.

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The order of business was thus established.

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The following spoke: Andrejs Mamikins to commemorate the 54 victims of the collapse of a supermarket in Riga on 21 November 2013.

12. European Central Bank annual report for 2015 (debate)

Report on the European Central Bank Annual Report for 2015 [2016/2063(INI)] - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Ramon Tremosa i Balcells (A8-0302/2016)

Ramon Tremosa i Balcells introduced the report.

IN THE CHAIR: Adina-Ioana VĂLEAN
Vice-President

The following spoke: Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President of the Commission).

The following spoke: Thomas Mann, on behalf of the PPE Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Paul Rübig, and Jonás Fernández, on behalf of the S&D Group.

The following spoke: Mario Draghi (President of the European Central Bank).

The following spoke: Bernd Lucke, on behalf of the ECR Group, Fabio De Masi, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Ernest Urtasun, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Marco Valli, on behalf of the EFDD Group, Bernard Monot, on behalf of the ENF Group, Konstantinos Papadakis, non-attached Member, Danuta Maria Hübner, Pervenche Berès, Sander Loones, Dimitrios Papadimoulis, David Coburn, Gerolf Annemans, Eleftherios Synadinos, Romana Tomc, Roberto Gualtieri, Stanisław Ożóg, Beatrix von Storch, Marcus Pretzell, Pedro Silva Pereira and Notis Marias.

IN THE CHAIR: David-Maria SASSOLI
Vice-President

The following spoke: Luke Ming Flanagan, who also replied to a blue-card question by David Coburn, Csaba Molnár, Joachim Starbatty, Merja Kyllönen, Daniele Viotti, who also replied to a blue-card question by Marco Valli, Ruža Tomašić and Peter van Dalen.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Jean-Luc Schaffhauser, Georgios Epitideios, Miguel Viegas, Franc Bogovič and Nicola Caputo.

The following spoke: Valdis Dombrovskis, Mario Draghi and Ramon Tremosa i Balcells.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 22.11.2016, item 5.6.

13. Green Paper on Retail Financial Services (debate)

Report on the Green Paper on Retail Financial Services [2016/2056(INI)] - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Olle Ludvigsson (A8-0294/2016)

Olle Ludvigsson introduced the report.

The following spoke: Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President of the Commission).

The following spoke: Sergio Gutiérrez Prieto (rapporteur for the opinion of the IMCO Committee), Gunnar Hökmark, on behalf of the PPE Group, Pervenche Berès, on behalf of the S&D Group, Stanisław Ożóg, on behalf of the ECR Group, Sophia in 't Veld, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Paloma López Bermejo, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Patrick O'Flynn, on behalf of the EFDD Group, Róża Gräfin von Thun und Hohenstein, Anneliese Dodds, Cora van Nieuwenhuizen, João Pimenta Lopes, Sergio Gaetano Cofferati, Nils Torvalds and Ashley Fox.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Notis Marias, Nicola Caputo, Stanislav Polčák and Ruža Tomašić.

The following spoke: Valdis Dombrovskis and Olle Ludvigsson.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 22.11.2016, item 5.7.

14. Finalisation of Basel III (debate)

Question for oral answer (O-000136/2016) by Roberto Gualtieri, on behalf of the ECON Committee, to the Commission: Finalisation of Basel III (2016/2959(RSP)) (B8-1810/2016)

Roberto Gualtieri moved the question.

Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President of the Commission) answered the question.

The following spoke: Markus Ferber, on behalf of the PPE Group, Pervenche Berès, on behalf of the S&D Group, Sylvie Goulard, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Miguel Viegas, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Marco Zanni, on behalf of the EFDD Group, Barbara Kappel, on behalf of the ENF Group, Bendt Bendtsen, Cora van Nieuwenhuizen, Pervenche Berès, on her Group's speaking time, Gunnar Hökmark, Jonás Fernández, Nils Torvalds, Danuta Maria Hübner, Pedro Silva Pereira and Annie Schreijer-Pierik.

IN THE CHAIR: Sylvie GUILLAUME
Vice-President

The following spoke: Neena Gill CBE, Paul Tang, Jeppe Kofod, Sergio Gaetano Cofferati, Bernd Lucke and Bernard Monot.

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

The following spoke: Valdis Dombrovskis.

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

—   Roberto Gualtieri, on behalf of the ECON Committee, on the finalisation of Basel III (2016/2959(RSP)) (B8-1226/2016).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 23.11.2016, item 10.4.

(The sitting was suspended for a short time)

15. European Defence Union (short presentation)

Report on the European Defence Union [2016/2052(INI)] - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: Urmas Paet (A8-0316/2016)

Urmas Paet made the presentation.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Michael Gahler, Tonino Picula, Ruža Tomašić, Jasenko Selimovic, Javier Couso Permuy, Reinhard Bütikofer, Jean-Luc Schaffhauser, Georgios Epitideios, Stanislav Polčák, Maria Grapini, Notis Marias, João Pimenta Lopes, Konstantinos Papadakis, Marek Jurek and Maria Lidia Senra Rodríguez.

The following spoke: Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President of the Commission).

The item closed.

Vote: minutes of 22.11.2016, item 5.8.

16. Unleashing the potential of waterborne passenger transport (short presentation)

Report on unleashing the potential of waterborne passenger transport [2015/2350(INI)] - Committee on Transport and Tourism. Rapporteur: Keith Taylor (A8-0306/2016)

Michael Cramer (deputising for the rapporteur) made the presentation.

IN THE CHAIR: Anneli JÄÄTTEENMÄKI
Vice-President

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Stanislav Polčák, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Notis Marias, João Ferreira, Tomáš Zdechovský and Ruža Tomašić.

The following spoke: Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President of the Commission).

The item closed.

Vote: minutes of 22.11.2016, item 5.9.

17. Increasing the effectiveness of development cooperation (short presentation)

Report on increasing the effectiveness of development cooperation [2016/2139(INI)] - Committee on Development. Rapporteur: Cristian Dan Preda (A8-0322/2016)

Cristian Dan Preda made the presentation.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Bogdan Brunon Wenta, Victor Negrescu, Notis Marias, Csaba Sógor, Anna Záborská, João Ferreira and Krzysztof Hetman.

The following spoke: Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President of the Commission).

The item closed.

Vote: minutes of 22.11.2016, item 5.10.

18. 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:

Tomáš Zdechovský, José Blanco López, Ruža Tomašić, Marian Harkin, Kostas Chrysogonos, Tatjana Ždanoka, Beatrix von Storch, Sotirios Zarianopoulos, Andrea Bocskor, Maria Grapini, Marek Jurek, Jasenko Selimovic, Miguel Viegas, Josep-Maria Terricabras, Gerard Batten, Anna Záborská, Javi López, Notis Marias, Paloma López Bermejo, Ignazio Corrao, Stanislav Polčák, Virginie Rozière, Lynn Boylan, Csaba Sógor, Csaba Molnár, László Tőkés, Victor Negrescu and Deirdre Clune.

19. Agenda of the next sitting

The agenda of the next day's sitting had been established ('Agenda' PE 593.806/OJMA).

20. Closure of the sitting

The sitting closed at 22.40.

Present:

Adaktusson, Adinolfi, Affronte, Agea, Agnew, Aguilera García, Aiuto, Albrecht, Али, Aliot, Anderson Lucy, Anderson Martina, Andersson, Andrieu, Andrikienė, Androulakis, Annemans, Arena, Arnautu, Arnott, Arthuis, Ashworth, Atkinson, Auken, Auštrevičius, Ayala Sender, Ayuso, van Baalen, Bach, Balas, Balčytis, Balczó, Balz, Barekov, Bashir, Batten, Bayet, Bearder, Becerra Basterrechea, Becker, Beghin, Belder, Belet, Bendtsen, Benito Ziluaga, Berès, Bergeron, Bilbao Barandica, Bilde, Bizzotto, Blanco López, Blinkevičiūtė, Bocskor, Böge, Bogovič, Boni, Borghezio, Borrelli, Borzan, Boştinaru, Bours, Bové, Boylan, Brannen, Bresso, Briano, Briois, Brok, Buchner, Buda, Bullmann, Buşoi, Bütikofer, Buzek, Cabezón Ruiz, Cadec, Calvet Chambon, van de Camp, Campbell Bannerman, Caputo, Carver, Casa, Caspary, del Castillo Vera, Cavada, Charanzová, Chauprade, Childers, Chinnici, Chountis, Christensen, Christoforou, Chrysogonos, Cicu, Ciocca, Cirio, Clune, Coburn, Coelho, Cofferati, Collin-Langen, Comi, Comodini Cachia, Corbett, Corrao, Costa, Couso Permuy, Cozzolino, Cramer, Cristea, Csáky, Czarnecki, Czesak, van Dalen, Dalli, Dalton, Dalunde, D'Amato, Dance, Dăncilă, Danti, (The Earl of) Dartmouth, De Castro, Deli, Delli, Delvaux, De Masi, Demesmaeker, De Monte, Denanot, Deprez, de Sarnez, Deß, Deutsch, Deva, Diaconu, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dlabajová, Dodds Anneliese, Dodds Diane, Dohrmann, Dorfmann, D'Ornano, Duncan, Durand, Dzhambazki, Eck, Eickhout, Engel, Engström, Epitideios, Erdős, Ernst, Ertug, Estaràs Ferragut, Etheridge, Evans, Evi, Fajon, Farage, Faria, Federley, Ferber, Fernández, Ferrand, Ferrara, Ferreira, Finch, Fisas Ayxelà, Fitto, Flanagan, Flašíková Beňová, Fleckenstein, Florenz, Fontana, Ford, Forenza, Foster, Fotyga, Fountoulis, Fox, Freund, Frunzulică, Gabriel, Gahler, Gál, Gambús, García Pérez, Gardiazabal Rubial, Gardini, Gasbarra, Gebhardt, Geier, Gentile, Gerbrandy, Gericke, Geringer de Oedenberg, Giegold, Gierek, Gieseke, Gill CBE, Girling, Giuffrida, Goddyn, Goerens, Gollnisch, Gomes, González Peñas, González Pons, Gosiewska, Goulard, Grammatikakis, de Grandes Pascual, Grapini, Gräßle, Graswander-Hainz, Griesbeck, Griffin, Grigule, Grossetête, Grzyb, Gualtieri, Guerrero Salom, Guillaume, Guteland, Gutiérrez Prieto, Hadjigeorgiou, Halla-aho, Händel, Hannan, Harkin, Häusling, Hautala, Hedh, Helmer, Henkel, Herranz García, Hetman, Heubuch, Hoc, Hoffmann, Hohlmeier, Hökmark, Hölvényi, Honeyball, Hookem, Hortefeux, Hübner, Hudghton, Huitema, Hyusmenova, in 't Veld, Iturgaiz, Iwaszkiewicz, Jaakonsaari, Jäätteenmäki, Jadot, Jahr, Jakovčić, James, Jáuregui Atondo, Jávor, Jazłowiecka, Ježek, Jiménez-Becerril Barrio, Joly, de Jong, Jongerius, Joulaud, Jurek, Juvin, Kadenbach, Kalniete, Kammerevert, Kappel, Karas, Karim, Kariņš, Karlsson, Karski, Kaufmann, Kefalogiannis, Kelam, Keller Jan, Keller Ska, Kelly, Khan, Kirton-Darling, Kłosowski, Koch, Kofod, Kohlíček, Kölmel, Konečná, Korwin-Mikke, Kósa, Köstinger, Kouloglou, Kovács, Kovatchev, Krasnodębski, Krupa, Kudrycka, Kukan, Kumpula-Natri, Kuźmiuk, Kyenge, Kyllönen, Kyrtsos, Kyuchyuk, Lamassoure, Lambert, Lange, Langen, Lauristin, La Via, Lavrilleux, Lebreton, Legutko, Le Hyaric, Leinen, Lenaers, Lewandowski, Lewer, Liberadzki, Liese, Lins, Lochbihler, Loiseau, Løkkegaard, Loones, López, López Aguilar, López Bermejo, Lösing, Lucke, Ludvigsson, Łukacijewska, Lunacek, Lundgren, Łybacka, McAvan, McClarkin, McGuinness, McIntyre, Macovei, Maletić, Malinov, Maltese, Mamikins, Mănescu, Maňka, Mann, Manscour, Maragall, Marcellesi, Marias, Marinescu, Marinho e Pinto, Martin Dominique, Martin Edouard, Martusciello, Marusik, Mato, Maullu, Maurel, Mavrides, Mayer Georg, Mazuronis, Meissner, Mélenchon, Mélin, Melior, Meszerics, Michel, Michels, Mihaylova, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, van Miltenburg, Mineur, Mizzi, Mlinar, Moi, Moisă, Molnár, Monot, Montel, Moody, Moraes, Morgano, Morin-Chartier, Mosca, Müller, Mureşan, Muselier, Mussolini, Nagy, Negrescu, Nekov, Neuser, Nica, Nicholson, Nicolai, Niebler, Niedermayer, Niedermüller, van Nieuwenhuizen, Nilsson, Ní Riada, van Nistelrooij, Noichl, Nuttall, Obermayr, O'Flynn, Olbrycht, Omarjee, Ożóg, Pabriks, Paet, Pagazaurtundúa Ruiz, Paksas, Panzeri, Paolucci, Papadakis Demetris, Papadakis Konstantinos, Papadimoulis, Maydell, Pavel, Pedicini, Peillon, Peterle, Petersen, Petir, Philippot, Picierno, Picula, Piecha, Pieper, Pietikäinen, Pimenta Lopes, Piotrowski, Piri, Pitera, Plura, Poc, Poche, Pogliese, Polčák, Poręba, Pospíšil, Post, Preda, Pretzell, Preuß, Proust, Punset, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Radoš, Rangel, Rebega, Reda, Regner, Reid, Reimon, Reintke, Reul, Revault D'Allonnes Bonnefoy, Ribeiro, Ries, Riquet, Rivasi, Rodrigues Liliana, Rodrigues Maria João, Rodríguez-Piñero Fernández, Rodust, Rolin, Ropė, Rosati, Rozière, Rübig, Ruohonen-Lerner, Sakorafa, Salini, Sánchez Caldentey, Sander, Sant, dos Santos, Sargentini, Sarvamaa, Saryusz-Wolski, Sassoli, Saudargas, Schaake, Schaffhauser, Schaldemose, Schlein, Schmidt, Scholz, Schöpflin, Schreijer-Pierik, Schulz, Schulze, Schuster, Schwab, Scott Cato, Sehnalová, Selimovic, Senra Rodríguez, Sernagiotto, Serrão Santos, Seymour, Siekierski, Silva Pereira, Simon Peter, Sippel, Škrlec, Sógor, Šojdrová, Šoltes, Sommer, Sonneborn, Spinelli, Spyraki, Staes, Starbatty, Štefanec, Steinruck, Štětina, Stevens, Stihler, Stolojan, von Storch, Stuger, Šuica, Sulík, Šulin, Svoboda, Sylikiotis, Synadinos, Szájer, Szanyi, Szejnfeld, Tajani, Takkula, Tamburrano, Tănăsescu, Tang, Tannock, Țapardel, Tarabella, Tarand, Telička, Terricabras, Theocharous, Theurer, Thomas, Thun und Hohenstein, Toia, Tőkés, Tolić, Tomaševski, Tomašić, Tomc, Toom, Torres Martínez, Torvalds, Tošenovský, Trebesius, Tremosa i Balcells, Troszczynski, Trüpel, Ţurcanu, Ujazdowski, Ulvskog, Ungureanu, Urtasun, Urutchev, Uspaskich, Vaidere, Vajgl, Valcárcel Siso, Vălean, Valenciano, Valero, Valli, Vallina, Vana, Van Bossuyt, Vandenkendelaere, Van Orden, Vaughan, Vautmans, Väyrynen, Verheyen, Viegas, Vilimsky, Viotti, Virkkunen, Voigt, Voss, Vozemberg-Vrionidi, Wałęsa, Ward, Weber Renate, Weidenholzer, von Weizsäcker, Wenta, Werner, Wieland, Wierinck, Wikström, Winberg, Winkler Hermann, Winkler Iuliu, Wiśniewska, Wölken, Woolfe, Záborská, Zagorakis, Zahradil, Zanni, Zanonato, Zarianopoulos, Ždanoka, Zdechovský, Zdrojewski, Zeller, Zemke, Zijlstra, Zīle, Zimmer, Žitňanská, Złotowski, Zoffoli, Żółtek, Zorrinho, Zovko, Zullo, Zver, Zwiefka

Excused:

Boutonnet, Collins, Crowley, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Maeijer, Maštálka, Matera, Messerschmidt, Metsola, Nart, Parker, Radev, Rochefort, Taylor