9. Negotiations ahead of Parliament's first reading (Rule 69(c))

The President announced the decisions by several committees to enter into interinstitutional negotiations pursuant to Rule 69c (1):

- LIBE Committee, on the basis of the Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on standards for the qualification of third-country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection, for a uniform status for refugees or for persons eligible for subsidiary protection and for the content of the protection granted and amending Council Directive 2003/109/EC of 25 November 2003 concerning the status of third-country nationals who are long-term residents (COM(2016)0466 – C8-0324/2016 – 2016/0223(COD)). Rapporteur: Tanja Fajon (A8-0245/2017)

- LIBE Committee, on the basis of the Report on the Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purposes of highly skilled employment (COM(2016)0378 – C8-0213/2016 – 2016/0176(COD)). Rapporteur: Claude Moraes (A8-0240/2017)

- REGI Committee, on the basis of the Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 as regards the territorial typologies (Tercet) (COM(2016)0788 – C8-0516/2016 – 2016/0393(COD)). Rapporteur: Iskra Mihaylova (A8-0231/2017)

- INTA Committee, on the basis of the Report on the 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)). Rapporteur: Salvatore Cicu (A8-0236/2017)

- EMPL and CULT Committees, on the basis of the Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on a common framework for the provision of better services for skills and qualifications (Europass) and repealing Decision No 2241/2004/EC (COM(2016)0625 - C8-0404/2016 – 2016/0304(COD)). Rapporteurs: Svetoslav Hristov Malinov and Thomas Mann (A8-0244/2017)

- EMPL Committee, on the basis of the Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council Establishing a common framework for European statistics relating to persons and households, based on data at individual level collected from samples (COM(2016)0551 – C8-0345/2016 – 2016/0264(COD)). Rapporteur: Tamás Meszerics (A8-0247/2017).

In accordance with Rule 69c (2), Members or political group(s) reaching at least the medium threshold may request in writing, by midnight on Tuesday 4 July 2017, that decisions to enter into negotiations be put to the vote

Negotiations may start at any time after that deadline has expired if no request for a vote in Parliament on the decision to enter into negotiations has been made.