2. The despicable terrorist attacks by Hamas against Israel, Israel’s right to defend itself in line with humanitarian and international law and the humanitarian situation in Gaza (debate)
Council and Commission statements: The despicable terrorist attacks by Hamas against Israel, Israel’s right to defend itself in line with humanitarian and international law and the humanitarian situation in Gaza (2023/2899(RSP))
The President made an introductory statement
José Manuel Albares Bueno (President-in-Office of the Council), Josep Borrell Fontelles (Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy) and Ursula von der Leyen (President of the Commission) made the statements.
The following spoke: Manfred Weber, on behalf of the PPE Group, Iratxe García Pérez, on behalf of the S&D Group, Stéphane Séjourné, on behalf of the Renew Group, Philippe Lamberts, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Bert-Jan Ruissen, on behalf of the ECR Group, Jordan Bardella, on behalf of the ID Group, Manon Aubry, on behalf of The Left Group, Fabio Massimo Castaldo, non-attached Member, and Antonio López-Istúriz White.
IN THE CHAIR: Othmar KARAS Vice-President
The following spoke: Tonino Picula, Hilde Vautmans, Jordi Solé, Charlie Weimers, Jaak Madison, Manu Pineda (the President reminded the speaker of the rules on conduct and responded to some of his remarks), Nicolas Bay, Michael Gahler, Katarina Barley, Nicola Beer, Reinhard Bütikofer, Hermann Tertsch, Anna Bonfrisco, Martina Michels, Dino Giarrusso and Rasa Juknevičienė.
IN THE CHAIR: Pedro SILVA PEREIRA Vice-President
The following spoke: Pedro Marques, Bernard Guetta, Margrete Auken, Assita Kanko, Sylvia Limmer, Chris MacManus, Francesca Donato, Daniel Caspary, Brando Benifei, Mounir Satouri, Alexandr Vondra, Filip De Man, Miroslav Radačovský, Ioan-Rareş Bogdan, Carina Ohlsson, Ernest Urtasun, Harald Vilimsky, Reinhard Bütikofer, on the previous speaker’s comments, Salvatore De Meo, Dan Nica, Sergey Lagodinsky, François-Xavier Bellamy, who also answered a blue-card question from Özlem Demirel, Tomas Tobé, Anna-Michelle Asimakopoulou and Andrey Kovatchev.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Tomislav Sokol, Milan Brglez, Barry Andrews, Ana Miranda, Michiel Hoogeveen, Marisa Matias, Edina Tóth, Andrius Kubilius, Costas Mavrides and Frédérique Ries.
The following spoke: Maroš Šefčovič (Executive Vice-President of the Commission), José Manuel Albares Bueno and Josep Borrell Fontelles.
Monika Beňová and Katarína Roth Neveďalováwere no longer members of the S&D Group and sat with the non-attached Members as of 18 October 2023.
4. Composition of Parliament’s political bodies
Monika Beňová had tendered her resignation as Quaestor of the European Parliament with effect from 18 October 2023.
5. Welcome
On behalf of Parliament, the President welcomed a delegation from the South African Parliament, led by Sylvia Lucas, a member of that parliament, who had taken their seats in the distinguished visitors’ gallery.
6. Preparation of the European Council meeting of 26-27 October 2023 (debate)
Council and Commission statements: Preparation of the European Council meeting of 26-27 October 2023 (2023/2864(RSP))
Pascual Navarro Ríos (President-in-Office of the Council) and Maroš Šefčovič (Executive Vice-President of the Commission) made the statements.
The following spoke: Paulo Rangel, on behalf of the PPE Group, Gabriele Bischoff, on behalf of the S&D Group, Malik Azmani, on behalf of the Renew Group, Terry Reintke, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Nicola Procaccini, on behalf of the ECR Group, Jaak Madison, on behalf of the ID Group, Kinga Gál, non-attached Member, Dolors Montserrat, Rovana Plumb, Nicola Danti, Beata Szydło, Márton Gyöngyösi, Luděk Niedermayer, Pina Picierno, Valérie Hayer, José Manuel Fernandes, Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Adrián Vázquez Lázara, Javier Moreno Sánchez, Christel Schaldemose and Andreas Schieder.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Juan Fernando López Aguilar.
The following spoke: Maroš Šefčovič and Pascual Navarro Ríos.
The debate closed.
(The sitting was suspended for a few moments.)
IN THE CHAIR: Roberta METSOLA President
7. Resumption of the sitting
The sitting resumed at 12.19.
8. Welcome
On behalf of Parliament, the President welcomed a group of representatives of the families of those taken hostage by Hamas on 7 October 2023, who had taken their seats in the distinguished visitors’ gallery.
9. Voting time
Detailed voting results (amendments, separate and split votes, etc.) appear in the ‘Results of votes’ annex, and the results of roll-call votes appear in the ‘Results of roll-call votes’ annex. Both annexes are published alongside these minutes and are available on Parliament’s website.
9.1. Election of a Vice-President of Parliament (to replace Michal Šimečka) (vote)
Parliament was called upon to elect a Vice-President (to replace Michal Šimečka) (2023/2911(RSO)).
The President announced, with the consent of the nominee, that she had received the nomination of Martin Hojsík, proposed by the Renew Group.
The President noted, in accordance with Rule 15(1), that the number of nominations did not exceed the number of seats to be filled and that no request for a vote had been submitted. The candidate was therefore elected by acclamation.
The President congratulated Martin Hojsík on his election.
Pursuant to Rule 20(1), he took the place of his predecessor in the order of precedence.
9.2. Election of a Quaestor of Parliament (to replace Christophe Hansen) (vote)
Parliament was called upon to elect a Quaestor (to replace Christophe Hansen) (2021/3046(RSO)).
The President announced, with the consent of the nominee, that she had received the nomination of Isabel Wiseler-Lima, proposed by the PPE Group.
The President noted, in accordance with Rule 15(1), that the number of nominations did not exceed the number of seats to be filled and that no request for a vote had been submitted. The candidate was therefore elected by acclamation.
The President congratulated Isabel Wiseler-Lima on her election.
Pursuant to Rule 18 and Rule 17(2), Ms Wiseler-Lima took the place of her predecessor in the order of precedence.
IN THE CHAIR: Rainer WIELAND Vice-President
10. Negotiations ahead of Parliament’s first reading (Rule 71) (action taken)
The decisions of the EMPL, IMCO and JURI, LIBE and FEMM committees to enter into interinstitutional negotiations had been announced on 16 October 2023 (minutes of 16.10.2023, item 8).
Since no requests for vote had been made pursuant to Rule 71(2), the committees responsible had been able to begin negotiations after the expiry of the deadline set.
11. Voting time (continued)
11.1. Draft general budget of the European Union – Financial year 2024 – all sections (vote)
(Majority of Parliament’s component Members required)
DRAFT AMENDMENTS
(The amendments adopted are annexed to the Texts adopted.)
(‘Results of votes’ annex item 1)
The following had spoken:
Before the vote on block 16, Siegfried Mureşan (rapporteur) had made some clarifications on the vote concerned.
After the vote, Esperanza Samblás (President-in-Office of the Council) took note of the differences between Parliament’s position and that of the Council and agreed that the Conciliation Committee should be convened in accordance with Article 314(4)(c) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
11.2. General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2024 – all sections (vote)
Report on the Council position on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2024 [11565/2023 - C9-0336/2023 - 2023/0264(BUD)] - Committee on Budgets. Rapporteurs: Siegfried Mureşan and Nils Ušakovs (A9-0288/2023)
(Majority of the votes cast)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION
Adopted (P9_TA(2023)0367) (‘Results of votes’ annex, item 2)
11.3. Draft amending budget No 3/2023: Update of revenue (own resources) and other technical adjustments (vote)
Report on the Council position on Draft amending budget No 3/2023 of the European Union for the financial year 2023 – Update of revenue (own resources) and other technical adjustments including the set-up and financing for 2023 of the new Defence Industrial Reinforcement Instrument and of the European Chips Act [12435/2023 - C9-0343/2023 - 2023/0240(BUD)] - Committee on Budgets. Rapporteur: Fabienne Keller (A9-0287/2023)
(Majority of the votes cast)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION
Adopted by single vote(P9_TA(2023)0368) (‘Results of votes’ annex, item 3)
The Council position on Draft amending budget No 3/2023 was thus approved.
Motion for a resolution tabled by MathildeAndrouët, on behalf of the ID Group, pursuant to Rule 111(3) of the Rules of Procedure, on the Commission delegated regulation of 27 June 2023 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2139 establishing additional technical screening criteria for determining the conditions under which certain economic activities qualify as contributing substantially to climate change mitigation or climate change adaptation and for determining whether those activities cause no significant harm to any of the other environmental objectives (C(2023)03850 - 2023/2769(DEA)) (B9-0431/2023)
(Majority of Parliament’s component Members required)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION
Rejected (‘Results of votes’ annex, item 4)
The following had spoken:
Before the vote, Mathilde Androuët had made a statement under Rule 159(4).
11.5. Objection pursuant to Rule 111(3): European Sustainability Reporting Standards (vote)
Motion for a resolution tabled by Christian Ehler, Angelika Niebler, Nicola Beer, Markus Pieper, Andreas Schwab, Sabine Verheyen, Christine Schneider, Stefan Berger, Peter Jahr, Monika Hohlmeier, Michael Gahler, Daniel Caspary, Jens Gieseke, Lena Düpont, Marlene Mortler, Ralf Seekatz, David McAllister, Christian Doleschal, Barbara Thaler, Angelika Winzig, Karolin Braunsberger Reinhold, Niclas Herbst, Jan Christoph Oetjen, Engin Eroglu, Moritz Körner, Norbert Lins, Jessica Polfjärd, Sara Skyttedal, Ivan Štefanec, Tomas Tobé, Henna Virkkunen, Marion Walsmann, Rainer Wieland, Andreas Glueck, Ondřej Kovařík, Martin Hlaváček, Ondřej Knotek, Jörgen Warborn, David Lega, Martina Dlabajová, Seán Kelly, Ulrike Müller, Cristian Silviu Buşoi, Ioan Rareş Bogdan, pursuant to Rule 111(3) of the Rules of Procedure, on the Commission delegated regulation of 31 July 2023 supplementing Directive 2013/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards sustainability reporting standards (C(2023)05303 - 2023/2816(DEA)) (B9-0426/2023)
(Majority of Parliament’s component Members required)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION
Rejected (‘Results of votes’ annex, item 5)
The following had spoken:
Before the vote, Tiemo Wölken had made a statement under Rule 159(4).
11.6. 2022 Report on Montenegro (vote)
Report on the 2022 Commission Report on Montenegro [2022/2202(INI)] - Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rapporteur: Tonino Picula (A9-0277/2023)
(Majority of the votes cast)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION
Adopted (P9_TA(2023)0369) (‘Results of votes’ annex, item 6)
11.7. Schengen area: digitalisation of the visa procedure ***I (vote)
Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EC) No 767/2008, (EC) No 810/2009 and (EU) 2017/2226 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Regulations (EC) No 1683/95, (EC) No 333/2002, (EC) No 693/2003 and (EC) No 694/2003 and Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement, as regards the digitalisation of the visa procedure [COM(2022)0658 - C9-0165/2022 - 2022/0132A(COD)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Matjaž Nemec (A9-0025/2023)
11.8. Schengen area: amending the Visa Sticker Regulation ***I (vote)
Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1683/95, as regards the digitalisation of the visa procedure [COM(2022)0658 - C9-0307/2023 - 2022/0132B(COD)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Matjaž Nemec (A9-0268/2023)
13. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting
The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.
14. A true geopolitical Europe now (topical debate)
The following spoke: Stéphane Séjourné to open the debate proposed by the Renew Group.
The following spoke: Pascual Navarro Ríos (President-in-Office of the Council) and Josep Borrell Fontelles (Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy).
The following spoke: Sven Simon, on behalf of the PPE Group, Raphaël Glucksmann, on behalf of the S&D Group, Nathalie Loiseau, on behalf of the Renew Group, Jordi Solé, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Hermann Tertsch, on behalf of the ECR Group, Anders Vistisen, on behalf of the ID Group, Emmanuel Maurel, on behalf of The Left Group, Ivan Vilibor Sinčić, non-attached Member (the President reminded the speaker of the need to keep to the topic of the debate), Eugen Tomac, Javi López, Urmas Paet, Sergey Lagodinsky, Geert Bourgeois, Jordan Bardella, Helmut Scholz, Nicolas Bay, Angelika Winzig, Victor Negrescu, Petras Auštrevičius, Niklas Nienaß and Beata Kempa.
IN THE CHAIR: Nicola BEER Vice-President
The following spoke: Maximilian Krah, Fabio Massimo Castaldo, Francisco José Millán Mon, Kathleen Van Brempt, Nicola Danti, Anna Zalewska, Alessandro Panza, José Manuel Fernandes, Matjaž Nemec, Jordi Cañas, Ladislav Ilčić, Andrius Kubilius, Costas Mavrides, Marie-Pierre Vedrenne, Angel Dzhambazki, Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez, Łukasz Kohut, Klemen Grošelj, Vincenzo Sofo, Eleni Stavrou, Nacho Sánchez Amor, Abir Al-Sahlani, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Tomislav Sokol, Beatrice Covassi, Sandro Gozi, Andrey Slabakov, Leszek Miller, Billy Kelleher, Carlos Zorrinho, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Cyrus Engerer, José Ramón Bauzá Díaz, Christophe Clergeau, Engin Eroglu, Brando Benifei and Tonino Picula.
The following spoke: Josep Borrell Fontelles and Pascual Navarro Ríos.
IN THE CHAIR: Marc ANGEL Vice-President
The debate closed.
15. Presentation of the Court of Auditors’ annual report 2022 (debate)
Presentation of the Court of Auditors’ annual report 2022 (2023/2863(RSP))
Tony Murphy (President of the Court of Auditors) made the presentation.
The following spoke: Johannes Hahn (Member of the Commission).
The following spoke: Petri Sarvamaa, on behalf of the PPE Group, Isabel García Muñoz, on behalf of the S&D Group, Olivier Chastel, on behalf of the Renew Group, Viola von Cramon-Taubadel, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Johan Van Overtveldt, on behalf of the ECR Group, Joachim Kuhs, on behalf of the ID Group, Luke Ming Flanagan, on behalf of The Left Group, Monika Hohlmeier, Sándor Rónai, Moritz Körner, Mikuláš Peksa, Eugen Jurzyca, Virginie Joron, Caterina Chinnici, Victor Negrescu, Eva Maria Poptcheva, Daniel Freund, Pirkko Ruohonen-Lerner, Gilles Lebreton, Carlos Coelho and Damian Boeselager.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Vlad Gheorghe and Mick Wallace.
The following spoke: Johannes Hahn and Tony Murphy.
The debate closed.
16. Outcome of the SDGs Summit (18-19 September 2023, New York) – transformative and accelerated actions leading up to 2030 and beyond (debate)
Council and Commission statements: Outcome of the SDGs Summit (18-19 September 2023, New York) – transformative and accelerated actions leading up to 2030 and beyond (2023/2903(RSP))
Pascual Navarro Ríos (President-in-Office of the Council) and Věra Jourová (Vice-President of the Commission) made the statements.
The following spoke: Stanislav Polčák, on behalf of the PPE Group, Udo Bullmann, on behalf of the S&D Group, Barry Andrews, on behalf of the Renew Group, Malte Gallée, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, on behalf of the ECR Group, Gianantonio Da Re, on behalf of the ID Group, and Petros Kokkalis, on behalf of The Left Group.
IN THE CHAIR: Heidi HAUTALA Vice-President
The following spoke: Antoni Comín i Oliveres, non-attached Member, Cyrus Engerer, Charles Goerens, Pierrette Herzberger-Fofana, Robert Roos, Philippe Olivier, Helmut Scholz, Mercedes Bresso, Catherine Chabaud, Saskia Bricmont, Carlos Zorrinho, Ciarán Cuffe, Javi López and Mónica Silvana González.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Clare Daly.
The following spoke: Věra Jourová and Pascual Navarro Ríos.
The debate closed.
17. Rule of Law in Malta: 6 years after the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia and the need to protect journalists (debate)
Council and Commission statements: Rule of Law in Malta: 6 years after the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia and the need to protect journalists (2023/2901(RSP))
Pascual Navarro Ríos (President-in-Office of the Council) and Věra Jourová (Vice-President of the Commission) made the statements.
The following spoke: David Casa, on behalf of the PPE Group, Alex Agius Saliba, on behalf of the S&D Group, Sophia in 't Veld, on behalf of the Renew Group, Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group (the President reminded the House of the rules on conduct), Beata Kempa, on behalf of the ECR Group, Gianantonio Da Re, on behalf of the ID Group, Konstantinos Arvanitis, on behalf of The Left Group, Jeroen Lenaers, Cyrus Engerer, Ramona Strugariu, Diana Riba i Giner, Paulo Rangel, who also answered blue-card questions from Daniel Freund, Cyrus Engerer and Sophia in 't Veld, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Maite Pagazaurtundúa, Daniel Freund, Isabel Wiseler-Lima, Tiemo Wölken, Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová, Vladimír Bilčík, Josianne Cutajar, Sara Skyttedal and Nuno Melo, who also answered a blue-card question from Alex Agius Saliba.
IN THE CHAIR: Othmar KARAS Vice-President
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Sunčana Glavak and Mick Wallace.
The following spoke: Věra Jourová and Pascual Navarro Ríos.
The competent Austrian authorities had notified the President of the election of Wolfram Pirchner to the European Parliament to replace Simone Schmiedtbauer with effect from 17 October 2023.
Parliament took note of his election.
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, Wolfram Pirchner would take his seat in Parliament and on its bodies and would enjoy all the rights attaching thereto.
19. Composition of committees and delegations
The S&D Group had notified the President of the following decisions changing the composition of the committees and delegations:
INTA Committee: Miapetra Kumpula-Natri
ENVI Committee: João Albuquerque
The decisions took effect as of that day.
20. Fighting disinformation and dissemination of illegal content in the context of the Digital Services Act and in times of conflict (debate)
Council and Commission statements: Fighting disinformation and dissemination of illegal content in the context of the Digital Services Act and in times of conflict (2023/2902(RSP))
Pascual Navarro Ríos (President-in-Office of the Council), Věra Jourová (Vice-President of the Commission) and Thierry Breton (Member of the Commission) made the statements.
The following spoke: Andreas Schwab, on behalf of the PPE Group, Christel Schaldemose, on behalf of the S&D Group, Morten Løkkegaard, on behalf of the Renew Group, Alexandra Geese, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Adam Bielan, on behalf of the ECR Group, Virginie Joron, on behalf of the ID Group, Clare Daly, on behalf of The Left Group, Marcel de Graaff, non-attached Member, Arba Kokalari, Alex Agius Saliba, Stéphanie Yon-Courtin, Kim Van Sparrentak, Andrey Slabakov, Marco Campomenosi, Sandra Pereira, Tatjana Ždanoka, Pablo Arias Echeverría, Brando Benifei, Anna Júlia Donáth, Markéta Gregorová, Alexandr Vondra, Alessandra Basso, Milan Uhrík, Geoffroy Didier, Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Irena Joveva, Johan Nissinen, Gunnar Beck, Fabio Massimo Castaldo, Andrey Kovatchev, Leszek Miller, Moritz Körner, Tom Vandenkendelaere, René Repasi, Samira Rafaela and Ivan Štefanec.
IN THE CHAIR: Evelyn REGNER Vice-President
The following spoke: Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Deirdre Clune and Tiemo Wölken.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Michaela Šojdrová, Cereza Ballarin, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Mick Wallace, Henna Virkkunen and Miriam Lexmann.
The following spoke: Thierry Breton and Pascual Navarro Ríos.
The debate closed.
21. Mental health at work (debate)
Question for oral answer O-000041/2023 by Dragoş Pîslaru, Estrella Durá Ferrandis, Kim Van Sparrentak, Elżbieta Rafalska, José Gusmão and Maria Walsh, on behalf of the EMPL Committee, to the Commission: Mental health at work (B9-0030/2023) (2023/2793(RSP))
Dragoş Pîslaru moved the question.
Thierry Breton (Member of the Commission) answered the question.
The following spoke: Maria Walsh, on behalf of the PPE Group, Estrella Durá Ferrandis, on behalf of the S&D Group, Atidzhe Alieva-Veli, on behalf of the Renew Group, Kim Van Sparrentak, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión, on behalf of the ECR Group, Dominique Bilde, on behalf of the ID Group, José Gusmão, on behalf of The Left Group, Ádám Kósa, non-attached Member, Tomáš Zdechovský, Marc Angel, Max Orville, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Kateřina Konečná, Kostas Papadakis, Tom Vandenkendelaere, Daniela Rondinelli, Chris MacManus, Maria Angela Danzì, Pernille Weiss, Alex Agius Saliba, João Pimenta Lopes, Miriam Lexmann, Carina Ohlsson, Eleni Stavrou, Brando Benifei, Tomislav Sokol, Alicia Homs Ginel and Lukas Mandl.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Jiří Pospíšil, Katarína Roth Neveďalová and Juozas Olekas.
The following spoke: Thierry Breton.
IN THE CHAIR: Roberts ZĪLE Vice-President
The debate closed.
22. New European innovation agenda (debate)
Question for oral answer O-000038/2023 by Cristian-Silviu Buşoi, on behalf of the ITRE Committee, to the Commission: New European Innovation Agenda (B9-0031/2023) (2023/2799(RSP))
Christian Ehler moved the question.
Iliana Ivanova (Member of the Commission) answered the question.
The following spoke: Henna Virkkunen, on behalf of the PPE Group, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, on behalf of the S&D Group, Billy Kelleher, on behalf of the Renew Group, Damian Boeselager, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Pernille Weiss, Patrizia Toia, Ivan Štefanec, Carlos Zorrinho, Angelika Winzig, Josianne Cutajar, Dace Melbārde, Jiří Pospíšil and Stanislav Polčák.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Juozas Olekas.
The following spoke: Iliana Ivanova.
The debate closed.
23. Islamist terrorist attack on French schools and the need to protect people and promote social cohesion (debate)
Council and Commission statements: Islamist terrorist attack on French schools and the need to protect people and promote social cohesion (2023/2920(RSP))
Pascual Navarro Ríos (President-in-Office of the Council) and Iliana Ivanova (Member of the Commission) made the statements.
The following spoke: Nadine Morano, on behalf of the PPE Group, Raphaël Glucksmann, on behalf of the S&D Group, Salima Yenbou, on behalf of the Renew Group, Mounir Satouri, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, on behalf of the ECR Group, Jordan Bardella, on behalf of the ID Group, Manon Aubry, on behalf of The Left Group, Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez, Pierre Larrouturou (the President reminded the speaker of the rules on conduct), Ilana Cicurel, Karima Delli, Beata Kempa, Susanna Ceccardi, Tomáš Zdechovský, Brando Benifei, Charlie Weimers, Silvia Sardone, Loránt Vincze, Angel Dzhambazki, Lukas Mandl, Emmanouil Fragkos and Michaela Šojdrová.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Stanislav Polčák.
The following spoke: Iliana Ivanova and Pascual Navarro Ríos.
The debate closed.
24. Explanations of vote
Oral explanations of vote
General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2024 – all sections –Report: Siegfried Mureşan and Nils Ušakovs - A9-0288/2023 Jiří Pospíšil, Stanislav Polčák
2022 Report on Montenegro – Report: Tonino Picula - A9-0277/2023 Jiří Pospíšil, Stanislav Polčák
Schengen area: digitalisation of the visa procedure– Report: Matjaž Nemec - A9-0025/2023 Jiří Pospíšil, Stanislav Polčák
Written explanations of vote
Explanations of vote submitted in writing under Rule 194 appear on the Members’ pages on Parliament’s website.
25. Agenda of the next sitting
The agenda of the next day’s sitting had been established (‘Agenda’ PE 754.490/OJ).
26. Approval of the minutes of the sitting
In accordance with Rule 202(3), the minutes of the sitting would be put to the House for approval at the beginning of the afternoon of the next sitting.
27. Closure of the sitting
The sitting closed at 22.43.
Alessandro Chiocchetti
Rainer Wieland
Secretary-General
Vice-President
LIST OF DOCUMENTS SERVING AS A BASIS FOR THE DEBATES AND DECISIONS OF PARLIAMENT
1. Delegated acts (Rule 111(2))
Draft delegated acts forwarded to Parliament
- Commission Delegated Regulation supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards rules on import in the sectors of rice, cereals, sugar and hops, and repealing Commission Regulations (EC) No 3330/94, (EC) No 2810/95, (EC) No 951/2006, (EC) No 972/2006, (EC) No 504/2007, (EC) No 1375/2007, (EC) No 402/2008, (EC) No 1295/2008, (EC) No 1312/2008 and (EU) No 642/2010, (EEC) No 1361/76, (EEC) No 1842/81, (EEC) No 3556/87, (EEC) No 3846/87, (EEC) No 815/89, (EC) No 765/2002, (EC) No 1993/2005, (EC) No 1670/2006, (EC) No 1731/2006, (EC) No 1741/2006, (EC) No 433/2007, (EC) No 1359/2007, (EC) No 1454/2007, (EC) No 508/2008, (EC) No 903/2008, (EC) No 147/2009, (EC) No 612/2009, (EU) No 817/2010, (EU) No 1178/2010, (EU) No 90/2011 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1373/2013 (C(2023)04051 - 2023/2898(DEA))
Deadline for raising objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 10 October 2023
referred to committee responsible: AGRI
- Commission Delegated Regulation supplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/631 of the European Parliament and of the Council by setting out the guiding principles and criteria for defining the procedures for the verification of the CO2 emissions and fuel consumption values of passenger cars and light commercial vehicles in-service (in-service verification) (C(2023)06627 - 2023/2895(DEA))
Deadline for raising objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 5 October 2023
referred to committee responsible: ENVI
- Commission Delegated Regulation amending the Annex to Regulation (EU) 2020/2170 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the application of Union tariff rate quotas and other import quotas to certain steel products transferred to Northern Ireland (C(2023)06691 - 2023/2893(DEA))
Deadline for raising objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 3 October 2023
referred to committee responsible: INTA
- Commission Delegated Regulation amending the regulatory technical standards laid down in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2205 as regards the transition to the TONA and SOFR benchmarks referenced in certain OTC derivative contracts (C(2023)06692 - 2023/2909(DEA))
Deadline for raising objections: 3 months from the date of receipt of 11 October 2023
referred to committee responsible: ECON
- Commission Delegated Regulation amending Regulation (EU) 2015/757 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the rules for monitoring greenhouse gas emissions and other relevant information from maritime transport (C(2023)06728 - 2023/2914(DEA))
Deadline for raising objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 12 October 2023
referred to committee responsible: ENVI
- Commission Delegated Regulation supplementing Regulation (EU) 2015/757 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the rules for reporting and submission of the aggregated emissions data at company level (C(2023)06748 - 2023/2915(DEA))
Deadline for raising objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 12 October 2023
referred to committee responsible: ENVI
- Commission Delegated Regulation amending Council Regulation (EC) No 32/2000 as regards the volumes of food preparations, processed shrimp of the species Pandalus borealis and certain plywood of coniferous species that may be imported under tariff quotas 09.0013, 09.0047, 09.0088 and 09.0096 (C(2023)06750 - 2023/2913(DEA))
Deadline for raising objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 12 October 2023
referred to committee responsible: INTA
- Commission Delegated Regulation correcting the Swedish language version of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/2146 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards exceptional production rules in organic production (C(2023)06808 - 2023/2919(DEA))
Deadline for raising objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 16 October 2023
referred to committee responsible: AGRI
2. Implementing measures(Rule 112)
Draft implementing measures falling under the regulatory procedure with scrutiny forwarded to Parliament
- Commission Regulation amending Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards Pythium oligandrum strain M1, Trichoderma atroviride strain AGR2 and Trichoderma atroviride strain AT10 (D091841/02 - 2023/2918(RPS) - deadline: 17 December 2023) referred to committee responsible: ENVI
- Commission Regulation amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1334/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the removal of certain flavouring substances from the Union list (D091962/02 - 2023/2917(RPS) - deadline: 13 December 2023) referred to committee responsible: ENVI
- Commission Regulation amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1334/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the introduction of restrictions on the use of certain flavouring substances (D091974/02 - 2023/2916(RPS) - deadline: 13 December 2023) referred to committee responsible: ENVI
3. Transfers of appropriations and budgetary decisions
In accordance with Articles 29 and 31 of the Financial Regulation, the Committee on Budgets had decided to approve transfers of appropriations INF 3/2023, INF 4/2023 and DEC 1/2023 – Section VII – Committee of the Regions.
In accordance with Article 31(3) of the Financial Regulation, the Committee on Budgets had decided to approve transfer of appropriations DEC 12/2023 – Section III – Commission.
In accordance with Article 31(6) of the Financial Regulation, the Council of the European Union had decided to approve transfer of appropriations DEC 12/2023 – Section III – Commission.
4. Documents received
The following documents had been received:
- Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 16/2023 - Section III – Commission (N9-0061/2023 - C9-0357/2023 - 2023/2201(GBD)) referred to committee responsible: BUDG
- Proposal for transfer of appropriations V/AB-07/T/23 - Section V - Court of Auditors (N9-0062/2023 - C9-0358/2023 - 2023/2202(GBD)) referred to committee responsible: BUDG
- Proposal for transfer of appropriations V/AB-11/C/23 - Section V - Court of Auditors (N9-0064/2023 - C9-0359/2023 - 2023/2203(GBD)) referred to committee responsible: BUDG
- Proposal for transfer of appropriations V/AB-12/C/23 - Section V - Court of Auditors (N9-0065/2023 - C9-0360/2023 - 2023/2204(GBD)) referred to committee responsible: BUDG
- Proposal for transfer of appropriations V/AB-13/A/23 - Section V - Court of Auditors (N9-0066/2023 - C9-0361/2023 - 2023/2205(GBD)) referred to committee responsible: BUDG
- Proposal for transfer of appropriations V/AB-08/T/23 - Section V - Court of Auditors (N9-0067/2023 - C9-0363/2023 - 2023/2206(GBD)) referred to committee responsible: BUDG
- Proposal for transfer of appropriations V/AB-09/C/23 - Section V - Court of Auditors (N9-0068/2023 - C9-0364/2023 - 2023/2207(GBD)) referred to committee responsible: BUDG
- Proposal for transfer of appropriations V/AB-10/C/23 - Section V - Court of Auditors (N9-0069/2023 - C9-0365/2023 - 2023/2208(GBD)) referred to committee responsible: BUDG
- Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 17/2023 - Section III – Commission (N9-0070/2023 - C9-0367/2023 - 2023/2209(GBD)) referred to committee responsible: BUDG
- Proposal for transfer of appropriations No. 2/2023 - Section IX – European Data Protection Supervisor (N9-0071/2023 - C9-0368/2023 - 2023/2210(GBD)) referred to committee responsible: BUDG
- Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 15/2023 - Section III – Commission (N9-0072/2023 - C9-0370/2023 - 2023/2211(GBD)) referred to committee responsible: BUDG
- Proposal for transfer of appropriations 7/2023 - Section VIII – European Ombudsman (N9-0073/2023 - C9-0377/2023 - 2023/2212(GBD)) referred to committee responsible: BUDG