EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

2017 - 2018 SESSION

Sittings of 29 and 30 November 2017

BRUSSELS

MINUTES

WEDNESDAY 29 NOVEMBER 2017

IN THE CHAIR: Mairead McGUINNESS
Vice-President

1. Resumption of the session

The session suspended on Thursday 16 November 2017 was resumed.

2. Opening of the sitting

The sitting opened at 15.04.

3. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

4. Welcome

On behalf of Parliament, the President welcomed a delegation from the Irish Council of Churches, who had taken their seats in the distinguished visitors' gallery.

5. Composition of political groups

Sorin Moisă was no longer a member of the S&D Group, having left on 22 November 2017, and had joined the PPE Group as of 29 November 2017.

6. Verification of credentials

On a proposal by the JURI Committee, Parliament decided to validate the mandates of Members Jiří Payne, Nosheena Mobarik, Răzvan Popa, Asim Ahmedov Ademov, Lívia Járóka and Rory Palmer with effect from 5 September 2017, 8 September 2017, 13 September 2017, 14 September 2017, 15 September 2017 and 3 October 2017, respectively.

7. Composition of committees and delegations

At the request of the PPE, ALDE and EFDD Groups, Parliament ratified the following appointments:

Delegation for relations with Belarus: Julia Pitera to replace Agnieszka Kozłowska-Rajewicz

Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly: Julia Pitera to replace Agnieszka Kozłowska-Rajewicz

Delegation for relations with Switzerland and Norway and to the EU-Iceland Joint Parliamentary Committee and the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee: Wolf Klinz

Delegation for relations with India: Caroline Nagtegaal-van Doorn

Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand: Ulrike Müller

Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee: Nadja Yvonne Hirsch

LIBE Committee: Jörg Meuthen

FEMM Committee: Jörg Meuthen

PANA Committee of Inquiry: Jörg Meuthen

8. 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):

— CULT Committee, on the basis of the report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 1295/2013 establishing the Creative Europe Programme (2014 to 2020) (2017/0163(COD) - COM(2017)0385 - C8-0236/2017) – Rapporteur: Silvia Costa (A8-0369/2017)

— JURI Committee, on the basis of the report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down rules on the exercise of copyright and related rights applicable to certain online transmissions of broadcasting organisations and retransmissions of television and radio programmes (2016/0284(COD) – COM(2016)0594 – C8-0384/2016) – Rapporteur: Tiemo Wölken (A8-0378/2017)

— AFCO Committee, on the basis of the report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1141/2014 of the European Parliament and the Council of 22 October 2014 on the statute and funding of European political parties and European political foundations (2017/0219(COD) – COM(2017)0481 – C8-0307/2017) – Rapporteurs: Mercedes Bresso and Rainer Wieland (A8-0373/2017)

—IMCO Committee/JURI, on the basis of the report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain aspects concerning contracts for the supply of digital content ((IMCO and JURI) – 2015/0287(COD) – COM(2015)0634 – C8-0394/2015) – Rapporteurs: Evelyne Gebhardt and Axel Voss (A8-0375/2017)

In accordance with Rule 69c(2), Members or political group(s) reaching at least the medium threshold could request in writing, before midnight on Thursday 30 November 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.

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

The President informed the House that, together with the President of the Council, the President of Parliament would, the following day, sign two acts adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure:

- Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2016/399 as regards the use of the Entry/Exit System (00046/2017/LEX – C8-0410/2017-2016/0105(COD))

- Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing an Entry/Exit System (EES) to register entry and exit data and refusal of entry data of third-country nationals crossing the external borders of the Member States and determining the conditions for access to the EES for law enforcement purposes, and amending the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement and Regulations (EC) No 767/2008 and (EU) No 1077/2011 (00047/2017/LEX - C8-0411/2017 – 2016/0106(COD))

10. Implementing measures (Rule 106)

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

- Commission Directive amending Directive 2001/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the environmental risk assessment of genetically modified organisms (D050702/05 - 2017/2986(RPS) - deadline: 24 February 2018)
referred back to committee responsible ENVI

11. Delegated acts (Rule 105(6))

The following draft delegated acts had been forwarded to Parliament:

- Commission Delegated Regulation supplementing Directive 2014/94/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards recharging points for L-category motor vehicles, shore-side electricity supply for inland waterway vessels and refuelling points for LNG for waterborne transport, and amending that Directive as regards connectors for motor vehicles for the refuelling of gaseous hydrogen (C(2017)07348 - 2017/2980(DEA))

Deadline for lodging objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 20 November 2017

referred back to committee responsible: TRAN

- Commission Delegated Regulation supplementing Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards specifying the criteria relating to the methodologies for valuation of difference in treatment in resolution (C(2017)07436 - 2017/2969(DEA))

Deadline for lodging objections: 1 one month from the date of receipt of 14 November 2017

referred back to committee responsible: ECON

- Commission Delegated Regulation supplementing Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards specifying the criteria relating to the methodology for assessing the value of assets and liabilities of institutions or entities (C(2017)07438 - 2017/2970(DEA))

Deadline for lodging objections: 1 one month from the date of receipt of 14 November 2017

referred back to committee responsible: ECON

- Commission delegated regulation amending Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1238 with regard to the compositional requirements and quality characteristics of milk and milk products eligible for public intervention and aid for private storage (C(2017)07477 - 2017/2976(DEA))

Deadline for lodging objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 15 November 2017

referred back to committee responsible: AGRI

- Commission Delegated Regulation fixing a flat-rate reduction for the import duty for sorghum in Spain imported from third countries (C(2017)07514 - 2017/2977(DEA))

Deadline for lodging objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 16 November 2017

referred back to committee responsible: AGRI

- Commission Delegated Regulation on the increase of the percentage of the budgetary resources allocated to projects supported by way of action grants under the sub-programme for Environment dedicated to projects supporting the conservation of nature and biodiversity according to Article 9 paragraph 4 of the Regulation (EU) No 1293/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on the establishment of a Programme for the Environment and Climate Action (LIFE) and repealing Regulation (EC) No 614/2007 (C(2017)07538 - 2017/2978(DEA))

Deadline for lodging objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 16 November 2017

referred back to committee responsible: ENVI

- Commission Delegated Regulation correcting certain language versions of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms and amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 (C(2017)07610 - 2017/2984(DEA))

Deadline for lodging objections: 3 months from the date of receipt of 21 November 2017

referred back to committee responsible: ECON

- Commission Delegated Regulation supplementing Regulation (EU) No 576/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to preventive health measures for the control of Echinococcus multilocularis infection in dogs, and repealing Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1152/2011 (C(2017)07619 - 2017/2983(DEA))

Deadline for lodging objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 21 November 2017

referred back to committee responsible: ENVI

- Commission Delegated Regulation establishing a discard plan as regards salmon in the Baltic Sea (C(2017)07672 - 2017/2981(DEA))

Deadline for lodging objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 21 November 2017

referred back to committee responsible: PECH

- Commission Delegated Regulation amending Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1393/2014 establishing a discard plan for certain pelagic fisheries in north-western waters (C(2017)07678 - 2017/2989(DEA))

Deadline for lodging objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 24 November 2017

referred back to committee responsible: PECH

- Commission Delegated Regulation amending Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1394/2014 establishing a discard plan for certain pelagic fisheries in South-Western waters (C(2017)07679 - 2017/2982(DEA))

Deadline for lodging objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 21 November 2017

referred back to committee responsible: PECH

- Commission Delegated Regulation amending Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Annexes II and III to Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (C(2017)07683 - 2017/2987(DEA))

Deadline for lodging objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 23 November 2017

referred back to committee responsible: AGRI

- Commission Delegated Regulation supplementing Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council on markets in financial instruments with regard to regulatory technical standards on the trading obligation for certain derivatives (C(2017)07684 - 2017/2979(DEA))

Deadline for lodging objections: 1 one month from the date of receipt of 17 November 2017

referred back to committee responsible: ECON

- Commission Delegated Regulation amending Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1395/2014 establishing a discard plan for certain small pelagic fisheries and fisheries for industrial purposes in the North Sea (C(2017)07695 - 2017/2985(DEA))

Deadline for lodging objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 23 November 2017

referred back to committee responsible: PECH

- Commission Delegated Regulation supplementing Directive 2015/2366 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards for strong customer authentication and common and secure open standards of communication (C(2017)07782 - 2017/2991(DEA))

Deadline for lodging objections: 3 months from the date of receipt of 27 November 2017

referred back to committee responsible: ECON

- Commission Delegated Regulation amending Regulation (EU) No 347/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the Union list of projects of common interest (C(2017)07834 - 2017/2990(DEA))

Deadline for lodging objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 24 November 2017

referred back to committee responsible: ITRE

Draft delegated acts for which the period for lodging objections has been extended:

- Commission Delegated Regulation correcting the Spanish language version of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 812/2013 supplementing Directive 2010/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the energy labelling of water heaters, hot water storage tanks and packages of water heater and solar device (C(2017)06261 – 2017/2862(DEA))

Deadline for lodging objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 25 September 2017

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

referred back to committee responsible: ITRE

- Commission Delegated Regulation amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675, as regards adding Ethiopia to the list of high-risk third countries in the table in point I of the Annex (C(2017)07136 – 2017/2944(DEA))

Deadline for lodging objections: 1 month from the date of receipt of 27 October 2017

Extension of the deadline for lodging objections: 1 month at Parliament's request

referred back to committees responsible: ECON, LIBE

12. Action taken on Parliament's resolutions

The Commission communication on the action taken on the resolutions adopted by Parliament during the June 2017 part-session was available on the Europarl site.

13. Questions for oral answer (submission)

The following question for oral answer had been submitted by a Member (Rule 128):

- (O-000084/2017) by Bernd Lange, on behalf of the INTA Committee, to the Commission: Negotiations for a Convention establishing a multilateral court for the settlement of investment disputes (MIC) (2017/2924(RSP)) (B8-0611/2017)

14. Documents received

The following documents had been received:

1) from the Council and Commission

- Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 92/106/EEC on the establishment of common rules for certain types of combined transport of goods between Member States (COM(2017)0648 - C8-0391/2017 - 2017/0290(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 2009/33/EC on the promotion of clean and energy-efficient road transport vehicles (COM(2017)0653 - C8-0393/2017 - 2017/0291(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 2009/73/EC concerning common rules for the internal market in natural gas (COM(2017)0660 - C8-0394/2017 - 2017/0294(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 (EC) No 1073/2009 on common rules for access to the international market for coach and bus services (COM(2017)0647 - C8-0396/2017 - 2017/0288(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 Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Agreement between the European Union and the Kingdom of Norway on administrative cooperation, combating fraud and recovery of claims in the field of Value Added Tax (COM(2017)0621 - C8-0407/2017 - 2017/0272(NLE))

- Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Decision (EU) 2017/344 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2016 on the mobilisation of the Contingency margin in 2017 (COM(2017)0900 - C8-0408/2017 - 2017/2265(BUD))

- Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the Swiss Confederation on the linking of their greenhouse gas emissions trading systems (13076/2017 - C8-0415/2017 - 2017/0193(NLE))

- Draft amending budget No 6 to the general budget for 2017: Reduction of payment and commitment appropriations in line with updated forecasts of expenditure and update of revenue (own resources and fines) (14275/2017 - C8-0417/2017 - 2017/2217(BUD))

- 2018 Budget Procedure – Conciliation document – Joint text (14587/2017 - C8-0416/2017 - 2017/2044(BUD))

2) from committees

- ***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending directive 2010/31/EU on the energy performance of buildings (COM(2016)0765 - C8-0499/2016 - 2016/0381(COD)) - ITRE Committee - Rapporteur: Bendt Bendtsen (A8-0314/2017)

- Report on implementation of the European Disability Strategy (SWD(2017)0029 - 2017/2127(INI)) - EMPL Committee - Rapporteur: Helga Stevens (A8-0339/2017)

- ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for examining an application for international protection lodged in one of the Member States by a third-country national or a stateless person (recast) (COM(2016)0270 - C8-0173/2016 - 2016/0133(COD)) - LIBE Committee - Rapporteur: Cecilia Wikström (A8-0345/2017)

- ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the use of the Schengen Information System for the return of illegally staying third-country nationals (COM(2016)0881 - C8-0532/2016 - 2016/0407(COD)) - LIBE Committee - Rapporteur: Jeroen Lenaers (A8-0348/2017)

- *** Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation between the European Union and the Republic of Lebanon setting out the terms and conditions for the participation of the Republic of Lebanon in the Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA) (11967/2017 - C8-0344/2017 - 2017/0199(NLE)) - ITRE Committee - Rapporteur: Sofia Sakorafa (A8-0352/2017)

- *** Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation between the European Union and the Arab Republic of Egypt setting out the terms and conditions for the participation of the Arab Republic of Egypt in the Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA) (11965/2017 - C8-0345/2017 - 2017/0196(NLE)) - ITRE Committee - Rapporteur: Sofia Sakorafa (A8-0353/2017)

- *** Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the agreement for scientific and technological cooperation between the European Union and the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria setting out the terms and conditions for the participation of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria in the Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA) (11964/2017 - C8-0346/2017 - 2017/0197(NLE)) - ITRE Committee - Rapporteur: Sofia Sakorafa (A8-0354/2017)

- *** Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation between the European Union and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan setting out the terms and conditions for the participation of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in the Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA) (11966/2017 - C8-0343/2017 - 2017/0200(NLE)) - ITRE Committee - Rapporteur: Sofia Sakorafa (A8-0355/2017)

- ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 as regards the changes to the resources for economic, social and territorial cohesion and to the resources for the Investment for growth and jobs goal and for the European territorial cooperation goal (COM(2017)0565 - C8-0342/2017 - 2017/0247(COD)) - REGI Committee - Rapporteur: Iskra Mihaylova (A8-0358/2017)

- Report on the joint text on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2018 approved by the Conciliation Committee under the budgetary procedure (11815/2017 - C8-0313/2017 - 2017/2044(BUD)) - BUDE Committee - Rapporteurs: Siegfried Mureşan, Richard Ashworth (A8-0359/2017)

- * Report on the proposal for a Council decision authorising Croatia, the Netherlands, Portugal and Romania to accept, in the interest of the European Union, the accession of San Marino to the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (COM(2017)0359 - C8-0232/2017 - 2017/0149(NLE)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Angel Dzhambazki (A8-0360/2017)

- * Report on the proposal for a Council decision authorising Luxembourg and Romania to accept, in the interest of the European Union, the accession of Georgia and South Africa to the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (COM(2017)0357 - C8-0233/2017 - 2017/0148(NLE)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Angel Dzhambazki (A8-0361/2017)

- * Report on the proposal for a Council decision authorising Austria and Romania to accept, in the interest of the European Union, the accession of Panama, Uruguay, Colombia and El Salvador to the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (COM(2017)0369 - C8-0231/2017 - 2017/0153(NLE)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Angel Dzhambazki (A8-0362/2017)

- Report on the request for waiver of the immunity of Ana Gomes (2017/2096(IMM)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Laura Ferrara (A8-0363/2017)

- * Report on the proposal for a Council decision authorising Romania to accept, in the interest of the European Union, the accession of Chile, Iceland and Bahamas to the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (COM(2017)0360 - C8-0234/2017 - 2017/0150(NLE)) - JURI Committee - Rapporteur: Angel Dzhambazki (A8-0364/2017)

- Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (application from Finland – EGF/2017/005 FI/Retail) (COM(2017)0618 - C8-0364/2017 - 2017/2231(BUD)) - BUDG Committee - Rapporteur: Răzvan Popa (A8-0366/2017)

- Report 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 Greece – EGF/2017/003 GR/Attica retail (COM(2017)0613 - C8-0360/2017 - 2017/2229(BUD)) - BUDG Committee - Rapporteur: Marie-Pierre Vieu (A8-0367/2017)

- Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the Flexibility Instrument to finance immediate budgetary measures to address the on-going challenges of migration, refugee inflows and security threats (COM(2017)0271 - C8-0163/2017 - 2017/2077(BUD)) - BUDG Committee - Rapporteur: Siegfried Mureşan (A8-0370/2017)

- 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 2018 (COM(2017)0270 - C8-0161/2017 - 2017/2076(BUD)) - BUDG Committee - Rapporteur: Inese Vaidere (A8-0371/2017)

- Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Decision (EU) 2017/344 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2016 on the mobilisation of the Contingency Margin in 2017 (COM(2017)0900 - C8-0408/2017 - 2017/2265(BUD)) - BUDG Committee - Rapporteur: Jens Geier (A8-0372/2017)

- Report on the Council position on Draft amending budget No 6/2017 of the European Union for the financial year 2017: Reduction of payment and commitment appropriations in line with updated forecasts of expenditure and update of revenue (own resources and fines) (14275/2017 - C8-0417/2017 - 2017/2217(BUD)) - BUDG Committee - Rapporteur: Jens Geier (A8-0379/2017)

15. Order of business

The following spoke:

- Doru-Claudian Frunzulică on new Ukrainian legislation concerning education in minority languages,

- Dubravka Šuica on the suicide, that day, of the former commander of Bosnian Croat forces Slobodan Praljak in the court room of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, in The Hague,

- Sophia in 't Veld, to condemn the dissemination via the internet of images depicting a mock hanging of six Polish MEPs and to ask the President to ensure the safety of the Members concerned, and, on the same subject, William (The Earl of) Dartmouth, Rebecca Harms and Zdzisław Krasnodębski,

- Ivo Vajgl on the imprisonment in Spain of two former MEPs.

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The final draft agenda for the November II 2017 plenary sittings (PE 614.424/PDOJ) had been distributed.

Having consulted the political groups, the President proposed the following changes (Rule 149a):

Wednesday:

The Commission statement on the Decision adopted on the Fair Taxation package II (item 8 on the final draft agenda) to be postponed.

A Commission statement on 'Deadly floods in Attica and disaster relief aid' to be included as item 3 on the agenda.

Thursday:

The report by Jens Geier on the mobilisation of the Contingency Margin in 2017 (A8-0372/2017) to be included in voting time.

The vote on Sofia Sakorafa's report on the EU-Lebanon Agreement for scientific and technical cooperation: participation of Lebanon in the Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA) (A8-0352/2017) to be postponed.

Parliament approved the changes.

In addition, report No A8-0363/2017 by Laura Ferrara had been adopted in the JURI Committee and had been included in voting time in accordance with Rule 9(9).

The order of business was thus established.

16. 2018 budgetary procedure (debate)

Report on the joint text on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2018 approved by the Conciliation Committee under the budgetary procedure [11815/2017 - C8-0313/2017 - 2017/2044(BUD)] - European Parliament delegation to the Budgetary Conciliation Committee. Rapporteurs: Siegfried Mureşan and Richard Ashworth (A8-0359/2017)

The following spoke: Jean Arthuis (Chair of the BUDG Committee).

Siegfried Mureşan and Richard Ashworth introduced the report.

The following spoke: Matti Maasikas (President-in-Office of the Council) and Günther Oettinger (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Paul Rübig, on behalf of the PPE Group, Daniele Viotti, on behalf of the S&D Group, Bernd Kölmel, on behalf of the ECR Group, Gérard Deprez, on behalf of the ALDE Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Bill Etheridge, Xabier Benito Ziluaga, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Indrek Tarand, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Nigel Farage, on behalf of the EFDD Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Siegfried Mureşan, Michał Marusik, on behalf of the ENF Group, José Manuel Fernandes, Isabelle Thomas, who also replied to a blue-card question by Paul Rübig, Zbigniew Kuźmiuk, Anneli Jäätteenmäki, Jonathan Arnott, who also replied to a blue-card question by Doru-Claudian Frunzulică, André Elissen, Inese Vaidere, Eider Gardiazabal Rubial, Jan Huitema, Marco Zanni, who also replied to a blue-card question by David Coburn, and Jan Olbrycht.

IN THE CHAIR: Heidi HAUTALA
Vice-President

The following spoke: Manuel dos Santos, Lefteris Christoforou, Jens Geier, Seán Kelly, Vladimír Maňka and Jean-Paul Denanot.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: John Howarth, Doru-Claudian Frunzulică, Eleftherios Synadinos, Monika Beňová, Notis Marias, Tibor Szanyi and Krisztina Morvai.

The following spoke: Günther Oettinger, Matti Maasikas and Jean Arthuis.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 30.11.2017, item 8.7.

17. Decision adopted on the State of Energy Union 2017 (debate)

Commission statement: Decision adopted on the State of Energy Union 2017 (2017/2856(RSP))

Miguel Arias Cañete (Member of the Commission) made the statement.

The following spoke: Krišjānis Kariņš, on behalf of the PPE Group, Kathleen Van Brempt, on behalf of the S&D Group, Evžen Tošenovský, on behalf of the ECR Group, Kaja Kallas, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Neoklis Sylikiotis, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Rebecca Harms, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Jonathan Bullock, on behalf of the EFDD Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Gunnar Hökmark, Barbara Kappel, on behalf of the ENF Group, Zoltán Balczó, non-attached Member, Gunnar Hökmark, Dan Nica, Julie Girling, Morten Helveg Petersen, Paloma López Bermejo, who also replied to a blue-card question by José Blanco López, Florent Marcellesi, Auke Zijlstra, Janusz Korwin-Mikke, Markus Pieper, Peter Kouroumbashev, Zdzisław Krasnodębski and Fredrick Federley.

IN THE CHAIR: Bogusław LIBERADZKI
Vice-President

The following spoke: Xabier Benito Ziluaga, Jakop Dalunde, Seán Kelly, Carlos Zorrinho, Hans-Olaf Henkel, Kateřina Konečná, Bendt Bendtsen, Martina Werner, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Paul Rübig, José Blanco López, Arne Gericke, Pilar del Castillo Vera, Miroslav Poche and Ruža Tomašić.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Lefteris Christoforou, Nicola Caputo, Notis Marias, Jiří Maštálka, Davor Škrlec, Rosa D'Amato, Doru-Claudian Frunzulică, Costas Mavrides, Arndt Kohn and Monika Beňová.

The following spoke: Miguel Arias Cañete.

The debate closed.

18. Deadly floods in Attica and disaster relief aid (debate)

Commission statement: Deadly floods in Attica and disaster relief aid (2017/2992(RSP))

Corina Crețu (Member of the Commission) made the statement.

The following spoke: Manolis Kefalogiannis, on behalf of the PPE Group, Nikos Androulakis, on behalf of the S&D Group, Notis Marias, on behalf of the ECR Group, Dimitrios Papadimoulis, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Ska Keller, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Rosa D'Amato, on behalf of the EFDD Group, Konstantinos Papadakis, non-attached Member, Lambert van Nistelrooij, Miltiadis Kyrkos, Mireille D'Ornano, Eleftherios Synadinos, Elisabetta Gardini, Demetris Papadakis, Maria Spyraki and Elissavet Vozemberg-Vrionidi.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Michaela Šojdrová, Kostas Chrysogonos, Lampros Fountoulis, Kostadinka Kuneva and Georgios Epitideios.

The following spoke: Corina Crețu.

IN THE CHAIR: Ramón Luis VALCÁRCEL SISO
Vice-President

The debate closed.

19. Composition of interparliamentary delegations

At the request of the PPE Group, Parliament ratified the following appointment:

Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (including Libya): Francis Zammit Dimech.

20. Transitional arrangements for mitigating the impact of the introduction of IFRS 9 ***I (debate)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 as regards the leverage ratio, the net stable funding ratio, requirements for own funds and eligible liabilities, counterparty credit risk, market risk, exposures to central counterparties, exposures to collective investment undertakings, large exposures, reporting and disclosure requirements and amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 [COM(2016)0850 - C8-0158/2017 - 2016/0360B(COD)] - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Peter Simon (A8-0255/2017)

Peter Simon introduced the report.

The following spoke: Jyrki Katainen (Vice-President of the Commission).

The following spoke: Othmar Karas, on behalf of the PPE Group, Pervenche Berès, on behalf of the S&D Group, Stanisław Ożóg, on behalf of the ECR Group, Marco Valli, on behalf of the EFDD Group, Bernard Monot, on behalf of the ENF Group, Theodor Dumitru Stolojan, Andrea Cozzolino and Joachim Starbatty.

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

The following spoke: Jyrki Katainen and Peter Simon.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 30.11.2017, item 8.17.

21. Instrument contributing to stability and peace ***I (debate)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 230/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2014 establishing an instrument contributing to stability and peace [COM(2016)0447 - C8-0264/2016 - 2016/0207(COD)] - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: Arnaud Danjean (A8-0261/2017)

Arnaud Danjean introduced the report.

The following spoke: Christos Stylianides (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, on behalf of the PPE Group, Knut Fleckenstein, on behalf of the S&D Group, Charles Tannock, on behalf of the ECR Group, Sabine Lösing, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Bodil Valero, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Mario Borghezio, on behalf of the ENF Group, Georgios Epitideios, non-attached Member, Michael Gahler, Andrejs Mamikins, Anna Elżbieta Fotyga, Gilles Lebreton, Željana Zovko, Arne Lietz, Soraya Post, Soraya Post, Tonino Picula, Eugen Freund and Francisco Assis.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Jiří Pospíšil, Notis Marias, Lampros Fountoulis and Csaba Sógor

The following spoke: Christos Stylianides and Arnaud Danjean.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 30.11.2017, item 8.18.

22. Situation in Yemen (debate)

Statement by the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy: Situation in Yemen (2017/2849(RSP))

Christos Stylianides (Member of the Commission) made the statement on behalf of the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.

IN THE CHAIR: Ryszard CZARNECKI
Vice-President

The following spoke: Tunne Kelam, on behalf of the PPE Group, Victor Boştinaru, on behalf of the S&D Group, Charles Tannock, on behalf of the ECR Group, Marietje Schaake, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Ángela Vallina, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Barbara Lochbihler, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Fabio Massimo Castaldo, on behalf of the EFDD Group, Franz Obermayr, on behalf of the ENF Group, Udo Voigt, non-attached Member, Cristian Dan Preda, who also replied to a blue-card question by Franz Obermayr, Cécile Kashetu Kyenge, Anna Elżbieta Fotyga, Lars Adaktusson, Julie Ward and Mark Demesmaeker.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Jiří Pospíšil, Notis Marias, Georgios Epitideios and Konstantinos Papadakis.

The following spoke: Christos Stylianides.

Motions for resolutions to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 123(2):

—   Charles Tannock, on behalf of the ECR Group, on the situation in Yemen (2017/2849(RSP)) (B8-0649/2017);

—   Marietje Schaake, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Valentinas Mazuronis, Javier Nart, Norica Nicolai, Urmas Paet, Maite Pagazaurtundúa Ruiz, Ivo Vajgl and Hilde Vautmans, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the situation in Yemen (2017/2849(RSP)) (B8-0650/2017);

—   Fabio Massimo Castaldo, Ignazio Corrao, Isabella Adinolfi, Rolandas Paksas on behalf of the EFDD Group, on the humanitarian situation in Yemen (2017/2849(RSP)) (B8-0651/2017);

—   Elena Valenciano, Victor Boştinaru and Knut Fleckenstein, on behalf of the S&D Group, on the situation in Yemen (2017/2849(RSP)) (B8-0652/2017);

—   Ángela Vallina, Javier Couso Permuy, Paloma López Bermejo, Patrick Le Hyaric, Merja Kyllönen, Sabine Lösing, Neoklis Sylikiotis, Takis Hadjigeorgiou, Sofia Sakorafa, Marina Albiol Guzmán, Jiří Maštálka, Kateřina Konečná, Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Maria Lidia Senra Rodríguez and João Pimenta Lopes, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the situation in Yemen (2017/2849(RSP)) (B8-0653/2017);

—   Barbara Lochbihler, Ernest Urtasun, Igor Šoltes, Bodil Valero, Michel Reimon, Yannick Jadot, Molly Scott Cato and Alyn Smith, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the situation in Yemen (2017/2849(RSP)) (B8-0654/2017);

—   Cristian Dan Preda, Tunne Kelam, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, David McAllister, Sandra Kalniete, Dubravka Šuica, Lorenzo Cesa, Manolis Kefalogiannis and Daniel Caspary, on behalf of the PPE Group, on the situation in Yemen (2017/2849(RSP)) (B8-0655/2017);

—   Harald Vilimsky, on behalf of the ENF, on the situation in Yemen (2017/2849(RSP)) (B8-0656/2017).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 30.11.2017, item 8.22.

23. Negotiations for a Convention establishing a multilateral court for the settlement of investment disputes (MIC) (debate)

Question for oral answer (O-000084/2017) by Bernd Lange to the Commission: Negotiations for a Convention establishing a multilateral court for the settlement of investment disputes (MIC) (2017/2924(RSP)) (B8-0611/2017)

Bernd Lange moved the question.

Cecilia Malmström (Member of the Commission) answered the question.

The following spoke: Christofer Fjellner, on behalf of the PPE Group, Inmaculada Rodríguez-Piñero Fernández, on behalf of the S&D Group, Notis Marias, on behalf of the ECR Group, Marietje Schaake, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Anne-Marie Mineur, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Heidi Hautala, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Tiziana Beghin, on behalf of the EFDD Group, Karoline Graswander-Hainz, Helmut Scholz and Pedro Silva Pereira.

The following spoke: Cecilia Malmström.

The debate closed.

24. 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:

Jiří Pospíšil, Răzvan Popa, Notis Marias, João Pimenta Lopes, Davor Škrlec, Laurenţiu Rebega, Sotirios Zarianopoulos, Stanislav Polčák, Nicola Caputo, Marek Jurek, Kostas Chrysogonos, Rory Palmer, Cristian Dan Preda, Marie-Pierre Vieu, Paloma López Bermejo, Josep-Maria Terricabras and Maria Lidia Senra Rodríguez.

25. Agenda of the next sitting

The agenda of the next day's sitting had been established ('Agenda' PE 614.424/OJJE).

26. Closure of the sitting

The sitting closed at 22.55.

Present:

Adaktusson, Ademov, Adinolfi, Affronte, Agea, Aguilera García, Aiuto, Aker, Albiol Guzmán, Albrecht, Ali, Alliot-Marie, Andersson, Andrieu, Andrikienė, Androulakis, Annemans, Arimont, Arnautu, Arnott, Arthuis, Ashworth, Assis, Atkinson, Auštrevičius, Ayala Sender, Ayuso, Bach, Balas, Balčytis, Balczó, Balz, Barekov, Batten, Bay, Bayet, Becerra Basterrechea, Becker, Beghin, Belet, Bendtsen, Benifei, Benito Ziluaga, Beňová, Berès, Bergeron, Bettini, Bilbao Barandica, Bilde, Bizzotto, Blanco López, Blinkevičiūtė, Bocskor, Böge, Bogovič, Bonafè, Boni, Borghezio, Borrelli, Boştinaru, Boutonnet, Bové, Bresso, Briano, Briois, Brok, Buda, Bullmann, Buşoi, Cabezón Ruiz, Cadec, van de Camp, Campbell Bannerman, Caputo, Carthy, Casa, Caspary, del Castillo Vera, Cavada, Cesa, Charanzová, Chauprade, Chinnici, Chountis, Christoforou, Chrysogonos, Cicu, Ciocca, Cirio, Clune, Coburn, Cofferati, Comi, Corazza Bildt, Corbett, Corrao, Costa, Couso Permuy, Cozzolino, Cramer, Csáky, Czarnecki, Czesak, van Dalen, Dalli, Dalton, Dalunde, D'Amato, Dance, Danjean, Danti, Dantin, (The Earl of) Dartmouth, De Castro, Delahaye, Deli, Delvaux, Demesmaeker, De Monte, Denanot, Deprez, Deß, Deutsch, Diaconu, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dodds, Dorfmann, D'Ornano, Dzhambazki, Eck, Ehler, Elissen, Epitideios, Erdős, Estaràs Ferragut, Evans, Fajon, Farage, Faria, Federley, Ferber, Fernández, Ferrand, Fisas Ayxelà, Fitto, Fjellner, Flack, Flanagan, Fleckenstein, Florenz, Fontana, Forenza, Foster, Fotyga, Fountoulis, Fox, Freund, Frunzulică, Gahler, Gál, Gambús, García Pérez, Gardiazabal Rubial, Gardini, Gasbarra, Gebhardt, Geier, Gentile, Gericke, Geringer de Oedenberg, Giegold, Gierek, Gieseke, Gill Neena, Gill Nathan, Giménez Barbat, Girling, Goddyn, Goerens, Gollnisch, Gomes, González Peñas, González Pons, Gosiewska, Grammatikakis, Grapini, Gräßle, Graswander-Hainz, Griesbeck, Grigule-Pēterse, Grossetête, Grzyb, Gualtieri, Guerrero Salom, Guillaume, Guteland, Gutiérrez Prieto, Hadjigeorgiou, Harkin, Harms, Hautala, Hayes, Hedh, Henkel, Herranz García, Hetman, Heubuch, Hirsch, Hoc, Hohlmeier, Hökmark, Honeyball, Hookem, Hortefeux, Howarth, Hübner, Hudghton, Huitema, Hyusmenova, in 't Veld, Iturgaiz, Iwaszkiewicz, Jaakonsaari, Jäätteenmäki, Jahr, Jakovčić, James, Jamet, Jáuregui Atondo, Jazłowiecka, Jiménez-Becerril Barrio, Jongerius, Juaristi Abaunz, Jurek, Juvin, Kadenbach, Kaili, Kalinowski, Kallas, Kalniete, Kammerevert, Kappel, Karas, Kari, Karim, Kariņš, Karski, Kaufmann, Kelam, Keller Jan, Keller Ska, Kelly, Kirton-Darling, Klinz, Kłosowski, Koch, Kofod, Kohlíček, Kohn, Kölmel, Konečná, Korwin-Mikke, Kósa, Kouroumbashev, Kovács, Kovatchev, Kozłowska-Rajewicz, Krasnodębski, Krehl, Kudrycka, Kuhn, Kukan, Kumpula-Natri, Kuneva, Kuźmiuk, Kyenge, Kyllönen, Kyrkos, Lamassoure, Lambert, Lange, de Lange, Langen, La Via, Lavrilleux, Lebreton, Legutko, Le Hyaric, Leinen, Lenaers, Le Pen, Lewandowski, Liberadzki, Liese, Lietz, Lins, Lochbihler, Loiseau, Lope Fontagné, López Aguilar, López Bermejo, López-Istúriz White, Lösing, Ludvigsson, Łukacijewska, Łybacka, McAllister, McGuinness, Macovei, Maletić, Malinov, Maltese, Mamikins, Maňka, Mann, Marcellesi, Marias, Marinescu, Marinho e Pinto, Martin David, Martin Edouard, Marusik, Maštálka, Mato, Maurel, Mavrides, Mayer Alex, Mazuronis, Meissner, Mélin, Melior, Messerschmidt, Metsola, Michels, Mihaylova, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, van Miltenburg, Mineur, Mlinar, Mobarik, Moisă, Molnár, Monot, Monteiro de Aguiar, Moraes, Morano, Morgano, Morin-Chartier, Morvai, Mosca, Müller, Mureşan, Muselier, Nagtegaal, Nart, Neuser, Nica, Nicholson, Nicolai, Niebler, Niedermayer, Niedermüller, Nilsson, van Nistelrooij, Novakov, Obermayr, O'Flynn, Olbrycht, Omarjee, Ożóg, Pabriks, Pagazaurtundúa Ruiz, Paksas, Palmer, Panzeri, Paolucci, Papadakis Demetris, Papadakis Konstantinos, Papadimoulis, Pargneaux, Parker, Paşcu, Patriciello, Pavel, Payne, Pedicini, Peillon, Petersen, Petir, Picula, Piecha, Pieper, Pietikäinen, Pimenta Lopes, Piotrowski, Piri, Pirinski, Pitera, Pittella, Poc, Poche, Pogliese, Polčák, Ponga, Popa, Poręba, Pospíšil, Post, Preda, Preuß, Procter, Proust, Radoš, Radtke, Rangel, Rebega, Regner, Reid, Reimon, Revault d'Allonnes Bonnefoy, Ribeiro, Ries, Riquet, Rochefort, Rodrigues Liliana, Rodrigues Maria João, Rodríguez-Piñero Fernández, Rodust, Rolin, Ropė, Rosati, Ruas, Rübig, Ruohonen-Lerner, Saïfi, Sakorafa, Salini, Salvini, Sander, Sant, dos Santos, Saryusz-Wolski, Sassoli, Saudargas, Schaake, Schaldemose, Schirdewan, Schlein, Scholz, Schöpflin, Schreijer-Pierik, Schulze, Schuster, Schwab, Sehnalová, Selimovic, Senra Rodríguez, Sernagiotto, Serrão Santos, Siekierski, Silva Pereira, Simon Peter, Simon Siôn, Škripek, Škrlec, Smith, Smolková, Sógor, Šojdrová, Solé, Šoltes, Sommer, Spyraki, Staes, Starbatty, Štefanec, Steinruck, Štětina, Stevens, Stihler, Stolojan, Stuger, Šuica, Sulík, Šulin, Swinburne, Sylikiotis, Synadinos, Szájer, Szanyi, Tajani, Takkula, Tamburrano, Tănăsescu, Tang, Tannock, Țapardel, Tarabella, Tarand, Telička, Terricabras, Thun und Hohenstein, Toia, Tőkés, Tolić, Tomaševski, Tomašić, Tomc, Toom, Torres Martínez, Torvalds, Tošenovský, Tremosa i Balcells, Troszczynski, Trüpel, Ţurcanu, Ujazdowski, Ulvskog, Ungureanu, Urtasun, Urutchev, Vaidere, Vajgl, Vălean, Valenciano, Valero, Valli, Vallina, Vana, Van Bossuyt, Van Brempt, Van Orden, Vaughan, Vautmans, Väyrynen, Vergiat, Verheyen, Viegas, Vieu, Vilimsky, Viotti, Virkkunen, Voigt, Voss, Vozemberg-Vrionidi, Wałęsa, Ward, Weber Renate, Weidenholzer, Wenta, Werner, Westphal, Wieland, Wierinck, Wikström, Winkler Hermann, Winkler Iuliu, Wiśniewska, Wölken, Woolfe, Záborská, Zahradil, Zammit Dimech, Zanni, Zanonato, Zarianopoulos, Ždanoka, Zdechovský, Zdrojewski, Zeller, Zemke, Zijlstra, Zīle, Zimmer, Žitňanská, Złotowski, Żółtek, Zorrinho, Zovko, Zullo, Zver, Zwiefka

Excused:

Coelho, Crowley, Händel, Matias, Maydell, Punset