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| 12.4.2017 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 119/1 |
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1 February 2016MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 1 FEBRUARY 2016

(2017/C 119/01)

Contents

| 1. | Resumption of the session | 3 |
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| 2. | Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting | 3 |
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| 3. | Tribute | 3 |
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| 4. | Composition of Parliament | 3 |
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| 5. | Composition of committees | 3 |
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| 6. | Documents received | 4 |
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| 7. | Questions for oral answer (submission) | 5 |
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| 8. | Order of business | 5 |
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| 9. | European Central Bank annual report for 2014 (debate) | 6 |
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| 10. | Recommendations to the European Commission on the negotiations for the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) (debate) | 7 |
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| 11. | Commercial relationship between EU and China and market economy status (debate) | 7 |
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| 12. | Composition of committees and delegations | 8 |
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| 13. | Request for the defence of parliamentary immunity | 8 |
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| 14. | Sustainable development provisions of the EU-West Africa Economic Partnership Agreement (debate) | 8 |
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| 15. | Mid-term review of the EU biodiversity strategy (debate) | 9 |
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| 16. | One-minute speeches on matters of political importance | 9 |
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| 17. | Agenda of the next sitting | 9 |
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| 18. | Closure of the sitting | 9 |
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| ATTENDANCE REGISTER | 10 |
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ANNEX II

| RESULT OF ROLL-CALL VOTES | 11 |
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| 1. | Amendment to order of business, Tuesday — request from GUE/NGL | 11 |
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Minutes of the sitting of 1 February 2016

IN THE CHAIR: Martin SCHULZ

President

1.   Resumption of the session

The sitting opened at 17.05.

2.   Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

3.   Tribute

The President paid tribute to the memory of Miloslav Ransdorf, Member of the European Parliament.

Parliament observed a minute's silence.

4.   Composition of Parliament

Following the death of Miloslav Ransdorf, Parliament, acting under Rule 4(1), established the vacancy of his seat with effect from 23 January 2016.

The Portuguese authorities had given notice of the election of João Pimenta Lopes to replace Inês Cristina Zuber as Member of Parliament with effect from 31 January 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, João Pimenta Lopes would take his seat in Parliament and on its bodies and would enjoy all the rights attaching thereto.

The following spoke: Birgit Sippel, to comment on what certain Members were purported to have said about migrants (the President said that responding to things said outside Parliament fell outside the scope of his competences).

5.   Composition of committees

The President had received the following request for an appointment from the ECR Group:

| — | Committee of Inquiry into Emission Measurements in the Automotive Sector: Julie Girlingto replace Remo Sernagiotto |
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The appointment would be deemed ratified if no objections were raised before the approval of these minutes.

6.   Documents received

The following documents had been received:

| 1) | from the Council and Commission
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Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Framework Decision 2009/315/JHA, as regards the exchange of information on third country nationals and as regards the European Criminal Records Information System (ECRIS), and replacing Council Decision 2009/316/JHA (COM(2016)0007— C8-0012/2016— 2016/0002(COD))
referred to responsible: LIBE —
Proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (application from Belgium — EGF/2015/007 BE/Hainaut-Namur Glass) (COM(2016)0001— C8-0013/2016— 2016/2013(BUD))
referred to responsible: BUDG opinion: EMPL, REGI —
Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on a European travel document for the return of illegally staying third-country nationals (COM(2015)0668— C8-0405/2015— 2015/0306(COD))
referred to responsible: LIBE opinion: DEVE, AFET | — | Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Framework Decision 2009/315/JHA, as regards the exchange of information on third country nationals and as regards the European Criminal Records Information System (ECRIS), and replacing Council Decision 2009/316/JHA (COM(2016)0007— C8-0012/2016— 2016/0002(COD))
referred to responsible: LIBE | — | Proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (application from Belgium — EGF/2015/007 BE/Hainaut-Namur Glass) (COM(2016)0001— C8-0013/2016— 2016/2013(BUD))
referred to responsible: BUDG opinion: EMPL, REGI | — | Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on a European travel document for the return of illegally staying third-country nationals (COM(2015)0668— C8-0405/2015— 2015/0306(COD))
referred to responsible: LIBE opinion: DEVE, AFET |
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| — | Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Framework Decision 2009/315/JHA, as regards the exchange of information on third country nationals and as regards the European Criminal Records Information System (ECRIS), and replacing Council Decision 2009/316/JHA (COM(2016)0007— C8-0012/2016— 2016/0002(COD))
referred to responsible: LIBE | | | | | | |
| — | Proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (application from Belgium — EGF/2015/007 BE/Hainaut-Namur Glass) (COM(2016)0001— C8-0013/2016— 2016/2013(BUD))
referred to responsible: BUDG opinion: EMPL, REGI | | | | | | |
| — | Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on a European travel document for the return of illegally staying third-country nationals (COM(2015)0668— C8-0405/2015— 2015/0306(COD))
referred to responsible: LIBE opinion: DEVE, AFET | | | | | | |

| 2) | from committees
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*** Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the acceptance of the Amendments to the 1998Protocol to the 1979Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Persistent Organic Pollutants (08651/2015— C8-0158/2015— 2014/0358(NLE)) — ENVI Committee — Rapporteur: Giovanni La Via (A8-0001/2016) —
*** Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the acceptance of the Amendments to the 1998Protocol to the 1979Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Heavy Metals (08648/2015— C8-0157/2015— 2014/0359(NLE)) — ENVI Committee — Rapporteur: Giovanni La Via (A8-0002/2016) —
Report on the mid-term review of the EU's Biodiversity Strategy (2015/2137(INI)) — ENVI Committee — Rapporteur: Mark Demesmaeker (A8-0003/2016) —
***I Report on the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013and Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013as regards the aid scheme for the supply of fruit and vegetables, bananas and milk in the educational establishments (COM(2014)0032— C7-0025/2014— 2014/0014(COD)) — AGRI Committee — Rapporteur: Marc Tarabella (A8-0006/2016) —
- Report on the draft Council implementing decision approving the conclusion by Eurojust of the Agreement on Cooperation between Eurojust and Ukraine (11592/2015— C8-0300/2015— 2015/0810(CNS)) — LIBE Committee — Rapporteur: Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann (A8-0007/2016) —
- Report on the draft Council implementing decision approving the conclusion by Eurojust of the Agreement on Cooperation between Eurojust and Montenegro (11596/2015— C8-0299/2015— 2015/0812(CNS)) — LIBE Committee — Rapporteur: Nathalie Griesbeck (A8-0008/2016) —
Report containing the European Parliament's recommendations to the Commission on the negotiations for the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) (2015/2233(INI)) — INTA Committee — Rapporteur: Viviane Reding (A8-0009/2016) —
Report on the request for waiver of the immunity of Florian Philippot (2015/2267(IMM)) — JURI Committee — Rapporteur: Laura Ferrara (A8-0014/2016) —
Report on the request for waiver of the immunity of Robert Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz (2015/2313(IMM)) — JURI Committee — Rapporteur: Kostas Chrysogonos (A8-0015/2016) —
Report on the request for waiver of the immunity of Robert Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz (2015/2240(IMM)) — JURI Committee — Rapporteur: Kostas Chrysogonos (A8-0016/2016) | — | *** Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the acceptance of the Amendments to the 1998Protocol to the 1979Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Persistent Organic Pollutants (08651/2015— C8-0158/2015— 2014/0358(NLE)) — ENVI Committee — Rapporteur: Giovanni La Via (A8-0001/2016) | — | *** Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the acceptance of the Amendments to the 1998Protocol to the 1979Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Heavy Metals (08648/2015— C8-0157/2015— 2014/0359(NLE)) — ENVI Committee — Rapporteur: Giovanni La Via (A8-0002/2016) | — | Report on the mid-term review of the EU's Biodiversity Strategy (2015/2137(INI)) — ENVI Committee — Rapporteur: Mark Demesmaeker (A8-0003/2016) | — | ***I Report on the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013and Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013as regards the aid scheme for the supply of fruit and vegetables, bananas and milk in the educational establishments (COM(2014)0032— C7-0025/2014— 2014/0014(COD)) — AGRI Committee — Rapporteur: Marc Tarabella (A8-0006/2016) | — | * Report on the draft Council implementing decision approving the conclusion by Eurojust of the Agreement on Cooperation between Eurojust and Ukraine (11592/2015— C8-0300/2015— 2015/0810(CNS)) — LIBE Committee — Rapporteur: Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann (A8-0007/2016) | — | * Report on the draft Council implementing decision approving the conclusion by Eurojust of the Agreement on Cooperation between Eurojust and Montenegro (11596/2015— C8-0299/2015— 2015/0812(CNS)) — LIBE Committee — Rapporteur: Nathalie Griesbeck (A8-0008/2016) | — | Report containing the European Parliament's recommendations to the Commission on the negotiations for the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) (2015/2233(INI)) — INTA Committee — Rapporteur: Viviane Reding (A8-0009/2016) | — | Report on the request for waiver of the immunity of Florian Philippot (2015/2267(IMM)) — JURI Committee — Rapporteur: Laura Ferrara (A8-0014/2016) | — | Report on the request for waiver of the immunity of Robert Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz (2015/2313(IMM)) — JURI Committee — Rapporteur: Kostas Chrysogonos (A8-0015/2016) | — | Report on the request for waiver of the immunity of Robert Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz (2015/2240(IMM)) — JURI Committee — Rapporteur: Kostas Chrysogonos (A8-0016/2016) |
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| — | *** Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the acceptance of the Amendments to the 1998Protocol to the 1979Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Persistent Organic Pollutants (08651/2015— C8-0158/2015— 2014/0358(NLE)) — ENVI Committee — Rapporteur: Giovanni La Via (A8-0001/2016) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| — | *** Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the acceptance of the Amendments to the 1998Protocol to the 1979Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Heavy Metals (08648/2015— C8-0157/2015— 2014/0359(NLE)) — ENVI Committee — Rapporteur: Giovanni La Via (A8-0002/2016) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| — | Report on the mid-term review of the EU's Biodiversity Strategy (2015/2137(INI)) — ENVI Committee — Rapporteur: Mark Demesmaeker (A8-0003/2016) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| — | ***I Report on the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013and Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013as regards the aid scheme for the supply of fruit and vegetables, bananas and milk in the educational establishments (COM(2014)0032— C7-0025/2014— 2014/0014(COD)) — AGRI Committee — Rapporteur: Marc Tarabella (A8-0006/2016) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| — | * Report on the draft Council implementing decision approving the conclusion by Eurojust of the Agreement on Cooperation between Eurojust and Ukraine (11592/2015— C8-0300/2015— 2015/0810(CNS)) — LIBE Committee — Rapporteur: Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann (A8-0007/2016) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| — | * Report on the draft Council implementing decision approving the conclusion by Eurojust of the Agreement on Cooperation between Eurojust and Montenegro (11596/2015— C8-0299/2015— 2015/0812(CNS)) — LIBE Committee — Rapporteur: Nathalie Griesbeck (A8-0008/2016) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| — | Report containing the European Parliament's recommendations to the Commission on the negotiations for the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) (2015/2233(INI)) — INTA Committee — Rapporteur: Viviane Reding (A8-0009/2016) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| — | Report on the request for waiver of the immunity of Florian Philippot (2015/2267(IMM)) — JURI Committee — Rapporteur: Laura Ferrara (A8-0014/2016) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| — | Report on the request for waiver of the immunity of Robert Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz (2015/2313(IMM)) — JURI Committee — Rapporteur: Kostas Chrysogonos (A8-0015/2016) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| — | Report on the request for waiver of the immunity of Robert Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz (2015/2240(IMM)) — JURI Committee — Rapporteur: Kostas Chrysogonos (A8-0016/2016) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

7.   Questions for oral answer (submission)

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

| — | (O-000005/2016) by Bernd Lange, on behalf of the INTA Committee, to the Commission: Commercial relationship between the EU and China and market economy status (2016/2514(RSP)) (B8-0102/2016); |
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| — | (O-000006/2016) by Iratxe García Pérez, on behalf of the FEMM Committee, to the Commission: New Strategy for Gender Equality and Women's Rights post-2015(2016/2526(RSP)) (B8-0103/2016); |
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| — | (O-000153/2015) by Bernd Langeand Salvatore Cicu, on behalf of the INTA Committee, to the Council: UN Convention on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration (2015/2930(RSP)) (B8-0104/2016); |
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| — | (O-000012/2016) by Iskra Mihaylova, on behalf of the REGI Committee, to the Commission: Role of local and regional authorities in the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) (2015/3013(RSP)) (B8-0105/2016); |
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| — | (O-000013/2016) by Iskra Mihaylova, on behalf of the REGI Committee, to the Commission: Insularity condition (2015/3014(RSP)) (B8-0106/2016) |
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| — | (O-000003/2016) by Matthias Groote, on behalf of the S&D Group, Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Bas Eickhout, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Merja Kyllönen, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, and Piernicola Pedicini, on behalf of the EFDD Group, to the Commission: Commission action to comply with judgment in Case T-521/14 Sweden v Commission (2016/2536(RSP)) (B8-0107/2016); |
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| — | (O-000011/2016) by Bernd Langeand Christofer Fjellner, on behalf of the INTA Committee, to the Commission: Sustainable development provisions of the EU-West Africa Economic Partnership Agreement (2016/2554(RSP)) (B8-0108/2016). |
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8.   Order of business

The final draft agenda for the February and I 2016 sittings (PE 576.422/PDOJ) had been distributed and the following changes had been proposed (Rule 152):

Monday

No changes.

Tuesday

Request from the ENF Group to include on the agenda, as the first item in the afternoon, a debate on ‘The spread of the Zika virus’.

The following spoke: Joëlle Mélin, on behalf of the ENF Group, to move the request, and Enrique Guerrero Salom, to request that the matter first be referred to the competent committee.

Parliament approved the latter request.

The following spoke: Viviane Reding, to insist that report A8-0009/2016 on ‘Negotiations for the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA)’, for which she was rapporteur, remain on the agenda for voting time on the Wednesday, Manfred Weber, to support what she had said, and Richard Corbett and Edouard Ferrand on the application of Rule 175.

Request from the GUE/NGL Group to insert, as a fourth item in the joint discussion on the Tuesday afternoon, statements by the Council and the Commission on ‘Increased racist hatred and violence against refugees and migrants across Europe’.

The following spoke: Gabriele Zimmer, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, to move the request, Enrique Guerrero Salom, for the request, and Olaf Stuger, against the request.

Parliament voted by EV to approve the request (183 in favour, 142 against, 27 abstentions).

Pervenche Berès said that she would have voted in favour but had not had her voting card.

Wednesday and Thursday

No changes.

The order of business was thus established.

9.   European Central Bank annual report for 2014(debate)

Report on the European Central Bank Annual Report for 2014 [2015/2115(INI)] — Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Notis Marias (A8-0012/2016)

Notis Marias introduced the report.

The following spoke: Mario Draghi (President of the European Central Bank) and Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President of the Commission).

IN THE CHAIR: David-Maria SASSOLI

Vice-President

The following spoke: Tom Vandenkendelaere, on behalf of the PPE Group, Costas Mavrides, on behalf of the S&D Group, Stanisław Ożóg, on behalf of the ECR Group, Cora van Nieuwenhuizen, on behalf of the ALDE 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, Gerolf Annemans, on behalf of the ENF Group, Eleftherios Synadinos, non-attached Member, Dariusz Rosati, who also replied to a blue-card question by Peter van Dalen, Roberto Gualtieri, Sander Loones, Enrique Calvet Chambon, Dimitrios Papadimoulis, who also replied to a blue-card question by Jean-Luc Schaffhauser, Patrick O'Flynn, Bernard Monot, Theodor Dumitru Stolojan, Elisa Ferreira, Beatrix von Storch and Luke Ming Flanagan.

IN THE CHAIR: Ramón Luis VALCÁRCEL SISO

Vice-President

The following spoke: Barbara Kappel, who also replied to a blue-card question by Jonathan Arnott, Eva Paunova, Pervenche Berès, Zbigniew Kuźmiuk, Thomas Mann, Peter van Dalen and Siegfried Mureșan.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Ivana Maletić, Romana Tomc, Nicola Caputo, Bernd Lucke, Miguel Viegas, Peter Eriksson, Jonathan Arnott and Jean-Luc Schaffhauser.

The following spoke: Valdis Dombrovskis, Mario Draghi and Notis Marias.

The debate closed.

Vote: next part-session.

10.   Recommendations to the European Commission on the negotiations for the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) (debate)

Report containing the European Parliament's recommendations to the Commission on the negotiations for the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) [2015/2233(INI)] — Committee on International Trade. Rapporteur: Viviane Reding (A8-0009/2016)

Viviane Reding introduced the report.

The following spoke: Cecilia Malmström (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Thomas Händel (rapporteur for the opinion of the EMPL Committee), Lola Sánchez Caldentey (rapporteur for the opinion of the DEVE Committee), Alessia Maria Mosca (rapporteur for the opinion of the ECON Committee), Virginie Rozière (rapporteur for the opinion of the IMCO Committee), Terry Reintke (rapporteur for the opinion of the REGI Committee), Wim van de Camp (rapporteur for the opinion of the TRAN Committee), David Borrelli (rapporteur for the opinion of the ITRE Committee), Daniel Caspary, on behalf of the PPE Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Paul Rübig, Jude Kirton-Darling, on behalf of the S&D Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Anne-Marie Mineur, Emma McClarkin, on behalf of the ECR Group, who declined to take a blue-card question from William (The Earl of) Dartmouth, Marietje Schaake, on behalf of the ALDE Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by William (The Earl of) Dartmouth, Stelios Kouloglou, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Julia Reda, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Tiziana Beghin, on behalf of the EFDD Group, Franz Obermayr, on behalf of the ENF Group, Georgios Epitideios, non-attached Member, Jarosław Wałęsa, David Martin, who also replied to a blue-card question by Jonathan Arnott, Joachim Starbatty, Helmut Scholz, Max Andersson, who also replied to a blue-card question by Tibor Szanyi, Arne Gericke, to request that the agenda be amended to include an item on the latest initiatives by the WHO in response to the Zika virus (the President said that this matter had already been addressed when the agenda was established), Udo Voigt, Santiago Fisas Ayxelà, Bernd Lange, Jana Žitňanská, Anne-Marie Mineur, José Bové, Romana Tomc, Marita Ulvskog, Maria Arena, Inmaculada Rodríguez-Piñero Fernández and Emmanuel Maurel.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Franc Bogovič, Tonino Picula, Ruža Tomašić, Ivan Jakovčić, Marina Albiol Guzmán, Ernest Urtasun, Jonathan Arnott and Jean-Luc Schaffhauser.

The following spoke: Cecilia Malmström.

IN THE CHAIR: Alexander Graf LAMBSDORFF

Vice-President

The following spoke: Viviane Reding.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 3.2.2016, item 8.8.

11.   Commercial relationship between EU and China and market economy status (debate)

Question for oral answer (O-000005/2016) by Bernd Lange, on behalf of the INTA Committee, to the Commission, on the commercial relationship between the EU and China and market economy status (2016/2514(RSP)) (B8-0102/2016)

Bernd Lange moved the question.

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

The following spoke: Iuliu Winkler, on behalf of the PPE Group, David Martin, on behalf of the S&D Group, Emma McClarkin, on behalf of the ECR Group, Marietje Schaake, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Helmut Scholz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Reinhard Bütikofer, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, David Borrelli, on behalf of the EFDD Group, Barbara Kappel, on behalf of the ENF Group, Janusz Korwin-Mikke, non-attached Member, Daniel Caspary, Alessia Maria Mosca, Daniel Dalton, Marielle de Sarnez, William (The Earl of) Dartmouth, who also replied to a blue-card question by David Martin, Jean-Luc Schaffhauser, Salvatore Cicu, Victor Boștinaru, Bas Belder, Dita Charanzová, Roger Helmer, Franck Proust, Jo Leinen, Jarosław Wałęsa, who also reacted to a blue-card question by Janusz Korwin-Mikke, Maria Arena, Wim van de Camp, Joachim Schuster, Christofer Fjellner, Emmanuel Maurel, Jude Kirton-Darling, who also replied to a blue-card question by Jonathan Arnott, Karoline Graswander-Hainz and Inmaculada Rodríguez-Piñero Fernández.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Michaela Šojdrová and Izaskun Bilbao Barandica.

IN THE CHAIR: Sylvie GUILLAUME

Vice-President

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Nicola Caputo, Notis Marias, Hannu Takkula, Jill Evans and Tiziana Beghin.

The following spoke: Cecilia Malmström.

The debate closed.

12.   Composition of committees and delegations

The President had received the following requests for appointments from the GUE/NGL Group:

| — | FEMM Committee: João Pimenta Lopes |
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| — | EMPL Committee: João Pimenta Lopes |
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| — | Delegation for relations with the Federative Republic of Brazil: João Pimenta Lopes |
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| — | Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly: João Pimenta Lopes |
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The appointments would be deemed ratified if there were no objections before the approval of these minutes.

13.   Request for the defence of parliamentary immunity

Mario Borghezio MEP had submitted a request for the defence of his immunity in connection with proceedings brought against him before the Milan District Court.

Under Rule 9(1), the request had been referred to the committee responsible, the JURI Committee

14.   Sustainable development provisions of the EU-West Africa Economic Partnership Agreement (debate)

Question for oral answer (O-000011/2016) by Christofer Fjellner, on behalf of the INTA Committee, to the Commission: Sustainable development provisions of the EU-West Africa Economic Partnership Agreement (2016/2554(RSP)) (B8-0108/2016)

Bernd Lange (deputising for the author) moved the question.

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

The following spoke: Jude Kirton-Darling, on behalf of the S&D Group, Daniel Caspary, on behalf of the PPE Group, João Ferreira, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Arne Gericke, on behalf of the ECR Group, Ska Keller, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Christofer Fjellner and David Martin.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Maria Arena and Notis Marias.

The following spoke: Cecilia Malmström.

The debate closed.

15.   Mid-term review of the EU biodiversity strategy (debate)

Report on the mid-term review of the EU's Biodiversity Strategy [2015/2137(INI)] — Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. Rapporteur: Mark Demesmaeker (A8-0003/2016)

Mark Demesmaeker introduced the report.

The following spoke: Karmenu Vella (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Jordi Sebastià (rapporteur for the opinion of the DEVE Committee), Norbert Lins, on behalf of the PPE Group, Karin Kadenbach, on behalf of the S&D Group, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, on behalf of the ECR Group, Catherine Bearder, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Lynn Boylan, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Margrete Auken, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Marco Affronte, on behalf of the EFDD Group, Pilar Ayuso, Renata Briano, Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy, Julia Reid, Francesc Gambús, Jan Huitema, Elisabeth Köstinger, Herbert Dorfmann and Alojz Peterle.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Marijana Petir, Tibor Szanyi, Notis Marias, Ulrike Müller, João Ferreira and Jonathan Arnott.

The following spoke: Karmenu Vella.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 2.2.2016, item 6.10.

16.   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:

Pál Csáky, Victor Negrescu, Marek Jurek, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Xabier Benito Ziluaga, Josep-Maria Terricabras, Ignazio Corrao, Laurențiu Rebega, Janusz Korwin-Mikke, Esther Herranz García, Tibor Szanyi, Notis Marias, Lynn Boylan, Isabella Adinolfi, Konstantinos Papadakis, Andor Deli, Andrejs Mamikins, Pirkko Ruohonen-Lerner, Margot Parker, Ivana Maletić, Javi López, Franc Bogovič, Jude Kirton-Darling, Csaba Sógor and Tomáš Zdechovský.

17.   Agenda of the next sitting

The agenda of the next day's sitting had been established (‘Agenda’ PE 576.422/OJMA).

18.   Closure of the sitting

The sitting closed at 23.45.

Klaus Welle Secretary-General
Sylvie Guillaume Vice-President

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1 February 2016 Present: Adaktusson, Adinolfi, Affronte, Agea, Agnew, Aguilera García, Aiuto, Aker, Albiol Guzmán, Albrecht, Ali, Alliot-Marie, Anderson Lucy, Anderson Martina, Andersson, Andrieu, Androulakis, Annemans, Arena, Arnautu, Arnott, Arthuis, Ashworth, Atkinson, Auken, Auštrevičius, Ayala Sender, Ayuso, Bach, Balčytis, Balczó, Barekov, Bashir, Batten, Bay, Bayet, Bearder, Becerra Basterrechea, Becker, Beghin, Belder, Belet, Bendtsen, Benifei, Benito Ziluaga, Bettini, Bilbao Barandica, Bilde, Bizzotto, Blanco López, Blinkevičiūtė, Bocskor, Böge, Bogovič, Boni, Borghezio, Borrelli, Borzan, Boștinaru, Bours, Boutonnet, Bové, Boylan, Brannen, Bresso, Briano, Briois, Brok, Buchner, Buda, Bullmann, Bușoi, Bütikofer, Buzek, Cabezón Ruiz, Cadec, Calvet Chambon, van de Camp, Caputo, Carver, Caspary, Castaldo, del Castillo Vera, Cavada, Cesa, Charanzová, Chauprade, Childers, Chinnici, Chountis, Christensen, Christoforou, Chrysogonos, Cicu, Clune, Coburn, Coelho, Cofferati, Collin-Langen, Collins, Comi, Comodini Cachia, Corazza Bildt, Corbett, Corrao, Costa, Cozzolino, Cramer, Cristea, Csáky, Czarnecki, Czesak, van Dalen, Dalli, Dalton, D'Amato, Dance, Dăncilă, Danti, (The Earl of) Dartmouth, De Backer, De Castro, Delahaye, Deli, Delli, Delvaux, De Masi, Demesmaeker, De Monte, Denanot, Deprez, de Sarnez, Deß, Deva, Diaconu, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dlabajová, Dodds Diane, Dohrmann, Dorfmann, Duncan, Durand, Dzhambazki, Eck, Eickhout, Engel, Epitideios, Erdős, Eriksson, Ertug, Estaràs Ferragut, Etheridge, Evans, Evi, Fajon, Farage, Faria, Federley, Ferber, Fernandes, Fernández, Ferrand, Ferrara, Ferreira Elisa, Ferreira João, Fisas Ayxelà, Fitto, Fjellner, Flanagan, Flašíková Beňová, Fleckenstein, Florenz, Fontana, Ford, Foster, Fotyga, Fountoulis, Fox, Freund, Frunzulică, Gabriel, Gahler, Gál, Gáll-Pelcz, Gambús, García Pérez, Gardiazabal Rubial, Gardini, Gasbarra, Gebhardt, Geier, Gerbrandy, Gericke, Geringer de Oedenberg, Giegold, Gierek, Gieseke, Gill Nathan, Gill Neena, Giuffrida, Goddyn, Goerens, Gollnisch, Gomes, González Peñas, González Pons, Gosiewska, Grammatikakis, de Grandes Pascual, Grapini, Gräßle, Graswander-Hainz, Griesbeck, Griffin, Grigule, Groote, Grossetête, Grzyb, Gualtieri, Guerrero Salom, Guillaume, Guteland, Gutiérrez Prieto, Gyürk, Hadjigeorgiou, Halla-aho, Händel, Hannan, Harkin, Häusling, Hautala, Hazekamp, Hedh, Helmer, Henkel, Herranz García, Hetman, Heubuch, Hoc, Hoffmann, Hohlmeier, Hökmark, Hölvényi, Honeyball, Hookem, Hortefeux, Howitt, Hübner, Huitema, Hyusmenova, in 't Veld, Iotova, Iturgaiz, Ivan, Iwaszkiewicz, Jaakonsaari, Jäätteenmäki, Jadot, Jahr, Jakovčić, Jalkh, James, Jáuregui Atondo, Jávor, Jazłowiecka, Ježek, Jiménez-Becerril Barrio, Joly, Jongerius, Joulaud, Juaristi Abaunz, Jurek, Juvin, Kadenbach, Kaili, Kalinowski, Kallas, Kammerevert, Kappel, Karas, Kari, Kariņš, Karlsson, Karski, Kaufmann, Kefalogiannis, Kelam, Keller Jan, Keller Ska, Kelly, Khan, Kirkhope, Kirton-Darling, Kłosowski, Koch, Kofod, Kölmel, Korwin-Mikke, Köster, Köstinger, Kouloglou, Kovatchev, Kozłowska-Rajewicz, Krasnodębski, Krehl, Kudrycka, Kuhn, Kukan, Kumpula-Natri, Kuneva, Kuźmiuk, Kyllönen, Kyrkos, Kyrtsos, Kyuchyuk, Lamassoure, Lambert, Lambsdorff, Lange, Langen, Lauristin, La Via, Lavrilleux, Le Grip, Le Hyaric, Leinen, Lewandowski, Lewer, Liberadzki, Liese, Lietz, Lins, Lochbihler, Loiseau, Loones, Lope Fontagné, López, López Aguilar, López-Istúriz White, Lösing, Lucke, Ludvigsson, Łukacijewska, Lunacek, Lundgren, Łybacka, McAllister, McClarkin, Mach, McIntyre, Macovei, Maletić, Malinov, Maltese, Mamikins, Mănescu, Maňka, Mann, Manscour, Maragall, Marias, Marinescu, Marinho e Pinto, Martin David, Martin Dominique, Martin Edouard, Martusciello, Marusik, Matias, Mato, Maullu, Maurel, Mavrides, Mayer, Mazuronis, Meissner, Mélin, Melo, Messerschmidt, Meszerics, Metsola, Mihaylova, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, van Miltenburg, Mineur, Mizzi, Mlinar, Moi, Moisă, Molnár, Monot, Monteiro de Aguiar, Montel, Moody, Moraes, Morgano, Morin-Chartier, Mosca, Müller, Mureșan, Mussolini, Nagy, Nart, Negrescu, Nekov, Neuser, Nica, Nicholson, Nicolai, Niebler, Niedermayer, van Nieuwenhuizen, Nilsson, van Nistelrooij, Noichl, Novakov, Nuttall, Obermayr, O'Flynn, Olbrycht, Omarjee, Ożóg, Pabriks, Paet, Pagazaurtundúa Ruiz, Paksas, Panzeri, Paolucci, Papadakis Demetris, Papadakis Konstantinos, Papadimoulis, Parker, Pașcu, Paunova, Pavel, Pedicini, Peillon, Peterle, Petersen, Petir, Picierno, Picula, Piecha, Pieper, Pimenta Lopes, Piotrowski, Piri, Pirinski, Pitera, Pittella, Plenković, Plura, Poc, Poche, Pogliese, Polčák, Ponga, Post, Preda, Preuß, Proust, Radoš, Rebega, Reda, Reding, Regner, Reid, Reimon, Reintke, Reul, Ribeiro, Ries, Riquet, Rivasi, Rochefort, Rodrigues Liliana, Rodrigues Maria João, Rodríguez-Piñero Fernández, Rodust, Rohde, Rolin, Ropė, Rosati, Rozière, Ruas, Rübig, Ruohonen-Lerner, Saïfi, Sakorafa, Salini, Salvini, Sánchez Caldentey, Sander, Sant, Sârbu, Sargentini, Sarvamaa, Saryusz-Wolski, Sassoli, Saudargas, Schaake, Schaffhauser, Schaldemose, Schlein, Schmidt, Scholz, Schöpflin, Schulz, Schulze, Schuster, Schwab, Scott Cato, Sebastià, Sehnalová, Selimovic, Senra Rodríguez, Sernagiotto, Serrão Santos, Seymour, Siekierski, Silva Pereira, Simon Peter, Simon Siôn, Sippel, Škrlec, Smith, Smolková, Sógor, Šojdrová, Šoltes, Sommer, Sonneborn, Spinelli, Spyraki, Staes, Starbatty, Štefanec, Steinruck, Štětina, Stevens, Stier, Stolojan, von Storch, Stuger, Šulin, Svoboda, Sylikiotis, Synadinos, Szájer, Szanyi, Szejnfeld, Tajani, Takkula, Tamburrano, Tănăsescu, Tang, Tannock, Tapardel, Tarabella, Tarand, Taylor, Telička, Terricabras, Thun und Hohenstein, Toia, Tőkés, Tomaševski, Tomašić, Tomc, Torres Martínez, Tošenovský, Trebesius, Troszczynski, Trüpel, Țurcanu, Turmes, Ujazdowski, Ulvskog, Ungureanu, Urtasun, Urutchev, Vaidere, Vajgl, Valcárcel Siso, Vălean, Valero, Valli, Van Bossuyt, Vandenkendelaere, Van Orden, Vaughan, Vautmans, Väyrynen, Vergiat, Viegas, Vilimsky, Viotti, Virkkunen, Vistisen, Voigt, Voss, Vozemberg-Vrionidi, Wałęsa, Ward, Weber Renate, Weidenholzer, Wenta, Werner, Westphal, Wieland, Wikström, Winberg, Winkler Hermann, Winkler Iuliu, Wiśniewska, Wojciechowski, Zagorakis, Zahradil, Zalba Bidegain, Zanni, Zanonato, Zarianopoulos, Ždanoka, Zdechovský, Zdrojewski, Zeller, Zemke, Zijlstra, Zīle, Zimmer, Žitňanská, Złotowski, Zoffoli, Żółtek, Zorrinho, Zullo, Zver, Zwiefka Excused: Crowley, Dodds Anneliese, Engström, Konečná, Le Pen Jean-Marie, McAvan, McGuinness, Melior, Michels, Vallina, Verheyen

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1 February 2016 1.   Amendment to order of business, Tuesday — request from GUE/NGL In favour: 183 ALDE: Ali, Auštrevičius, Becerra Basterrechea, Calvet Chambon, Charanzová, Diaconu, Dlabajová, Faria, Federley, Gerbrandy, Huitema, in 't Veld, Jakovčić, Ježek, Kallas, Kyuchyuk, Marinho e Pinto, van Miltenburg, Mlinar, Müller, van Nieuwenhuizen, Pagazaurtundúa Ruiz, Petersen, Radoš, Ries, Riquet, Rochefort, Selimovic, Telička, Verhofstadt ECR: van Dalen, Gericke, Krasnodębski, Marias, Ożóg, Piotrowski GUE/NGL: Anderson Martina, Chountis, De Masi, Flanagan, Händel, Juaristi Abaunz, Kari, Kuneva, Kyllönen, Papadimoulis, Sakorafa, Sánchez Caldentey, Scholz, Senra Rodríguez, Spinelli, Sylikiotis, Torres Martínez, Vergiat, Zimmer NI: Papadakis Konstantinos PPE: Coelho, Thun und Hohenstein S&D: Viotti, Aguilera García, Arena, Ayala Sender, Bettini, Blanco López, Borzan, Boștinaru, Briano, Bullmann, Cabezón Ruiz, Caputo, Chinnici, Christensen, Cofferati, Corbett, Dance, Dăncilă, Danti, Delvaux, De Monte, Fajon, Fernández, Ferreira Elisa, Fleckenstein, Freund, Frunzulică, Gardiazabal Rubial, Gasbarra, Gebhardt, Gierek, Gomes, Grammatikakis, Grapini, Graswander-Hainz, Groote, Guerrero Salom, Guillaume, Hedh, Honeyball, Jaakonsaari, Jáuregui Atondo, Jongerius, Kadenbach, Kammerevert, Kaufmann, Keller Jan, Kirton-Darling, Kofod, Kumpula-Natri, Kyrkos, Lauristin, Liberadzki, Lietz, Ludvigsson, Łybacka, Mamikins, Maňka, Martin Edouard, Mavrides, Mosca, Neuser, Nica, Nilsson, Panzeri, Pașcu, Pavel, Picula, Piri, Pirinski, Pittella, Post, Preuß, Regner, Rodrigues Liliana, Rodrigues Maria João, Rodust, Schaldemose, Schlein, Schulz, Schuster, Sehnalová, Silva Pereira, Sippel, Steinruck, Szanyi, Tang, Tapardel, Tarabella, Toia, Ulvskog, Vaughan, Weidenholzer, Werner, Westphal, Zanonato, Zemke, Zoffoli, Zorrinho Verts/ALE: Andersson, Auken, Delli, Durand, Eriksson, Evans, Giegold, Harms, Häusling, Heubuch, Jadot, Jávor, Lochbihler, Lunacek, Maragall, Meszerics, Reda, Sargentini, Scott Cato, Staes, Taylor, Terricabras, Turmes, Urtasun, Valero, Ždanoka Against: 142 ECR: Ashworth, Dalton, Dohrmann, Halla-aho, Jurek, Kirkhope, Kölmel, Kuźmiuk, Loones, Messerschmidt, Sernagiotto, Starbatty, Van Bossuyt, Žitňanská EFDD: Aker, Bours, Carver, Farage, James, Nuttall, O'Flynn, Parker ENF: Annemans, Atkinson, Ferrand, Fontana, Kappel, Loiseau, Mélin, Schaffhauser, Stuger, Troszczynski, Zijlstra NI: Balczó, Epitideios, Fountoulis, Korwin-Mikke, Sonneborn, Synadinos, Voigt PPE: Adaktusson, Alliot-Marie, Bach, Belet, Bendtsen, Bocskor, Bogovič, Boni, Brok, Cesa, Cicu, Collin-Langen, Comi, Csáky, Deli, Deß, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Engel, Erdős, Estaràs Ferragut, Florenz, Gabriel, Gahler, Gál, Gáll-Pelcz, Gardini, Gieseke, Grossetête, Herranz García, Hölvényi, Hübner, Karas, Kelam, Koch, Köstinger, Kovatchev, Kudrycka, Kukan, Lamassoure, Langen, La Via, Lavrilleux, Le Grip, Lins, McAllister, Maletić, Marinescu, Mato, Metsola, Mikolášik, Morin-Chartier, Mureșan, Nagy, Niebler, Niedermayer, van Nistelrooij, Novakov, Olbrycht, Peterle, Petir, Pieper, Pitera, Polčák, Preda, Proust, Reding, Reul, Rosati, Rübig, Salini, Sander, Schmidt, Schulze, Siekierski, Sógor, Šojdrová, Spyraki, Štefanec, Štětina, Stier, Stolojan, Šulin, Svoboda, Szájer, Szejnfeld, Tőkés, Tomc, Țurcanu, Ungureanu, Valcárcel Siso, Vandenkendelaere, Verheyen, Voss, Vozemberg-Vrionidi, Wałęsa, Weber Manfred, Wenta, Winkler Iuliu, Zdechovský, Zdrojewski, Zeller, Zwiefka Abstention: 27 ALDE: Deprez, Vajgl ECR: Czesak, Fotyga, Karlsson, Stevens EFDD: Agnew, Aiuto, Arnott, Borrelli, Castaldo, Corrao, D'Amato, Evi, Pedicini, Tamburrano, Valli, Zanni, Zullo ENF: Rebega PPE: van de Camp, Kozłowska-Rajewicz, Mann, Ribeiro, Rolin, Schwab S&D: Poche Corrections to votes and voting intentions For: Pervenche Berès

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