Official Journal of the European Union

14 March 2018

MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 14 MARCH 2018

(2018/C 377/03)

Contents

1. Opening of the sitting 69

2. Debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (announcement of motions for resolutions tabled) 69

3. Negotiations ahead of Parliament's first reading (consent) (Rule 69c) 71

4. US decision to impose tariffs on steel and aluminium (debate) 71

5. Resumption of the sitting 72

6. Debate with the Prime Minister of Portugal, António Costa, on the Future of Europe (debate) 72

7. Request for waiver of immunity 72

8. Voting time 72

8.1. Guidelines on the framework of future EU-UK relations (vote) 73

8.2. Rail transport statistics ***I (Rule 150) (vote) 73

8.3. Appointment of the Vice-President of the European Central Bank * (Rule 150) (vote) 73

8.4. Measures for the control of Newcastle disease ***I (vote) 74

8.5. Further macro-financial assistance to Georgia ***I (vote) 74

8.6. Objection to Commission delegated regulation amending Regulation (EU) No 347/2013 as regards the Union list of projects of common interest (vote) 74

8.7. Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2017/008 DE/Goodyear (Rule 150) (vote) 75

8.8. Nominal composition of the special committee on financial crimes, tax evasion and tax avoidance (vote) 75

8.9. The next MFF: Preparing the Parliament's position on the MFF post-2020 (vote) 75

8.10. Reform of the European Union's system of own resources (vote) 76

8.11. European Semester for economic policy coordination: Annual Growth Survey 2018 (vote) 76

8.12. European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social aspects in the Annual Growth Survey 2018 (vote) 76

9. Explanations of vote 76

10. Corrections to votes and voting intentions 77

11. Resumption of the sitting 77

12. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting 77

13. International cooperation in the fight against cybercrime — the threat to public services (topical debate) 77

14. Protection of investigative journalists in Europe: the case of Slovak journalist Ján Kuciak and Martina Kušnírová (debate) 78

15. Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base * — Common Corporate Tax Base * (debate) 79

16. US attack on EU farm support under the CAP (in the context of Spanish olives) (debate) 79

17. Corporate social responsibility (debate) 80

18. Composition of committees and delegations 81

19. Europass: framework for skills and qualifications ***I (debate) 81

20. Creative Europe Programme (2014 to 2020) ***I (debate) 82

21. EU-Comoros fisheries partnership agreement: denunciation *** — EU-Comoros fisheries partnership agreement: denunciation (resolution) (debate) 82

22. Delegated acts (Rule 105(6)) 83

23. Implementing measures (Rule 106) 85

24. Transfers of appropriations 85

25. Documents received 86

26. Agenda of the next sitting 86

27. Closure of the sitting 86

ATTENDANCE REGISTER 91

ANNEX I

RESULT OF VOTES 93

1. Guidelines on the framework of future EU-UK relations 93

2. Rail transport statistics ***I 97

3. Appointment of the Vice-President of the European Central Bank * 97

4. Measures for the control of Newcastle disease ***I 97

5. Further macro-financial assistance to Georgia ***I 98

6. Objection to Commission delegated regulation amending Regulation (EU) No 347/2013 as regards the Union list of projects of common interest 98

7. Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2017/008 DE/Goodyear 98

8. Nominal composition of the special committee on financial crimes, tax evasion and tax avoidance 98

9. The next MFF: Preparing the Parliament's position on the MFF post-2020 99

10. Reform of the European Union's system of own resources 109

11. European Semester for economic policy coordination: Annual Growth Survey 2018 112

12. European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social aspects in the Annual Growth Survey 2018 113

ANNEX II

RESULT OF ROLL-CALL VOTES 115

1. B8-0134/2018 — Resolution 115

2. B8-0135/2018 — Am 3 116

3. B8-0135/2018 — Am 14 118

4. B8-0135/2018 — Am 15 119

5. B8-0135/2018 — Am 4 121

6. B8-0135/2018 — Am 5 122

7. B8-0135/2018 — § 7/2 124

8. B8-0135/2018 — Am 6 125

9. B8-0135/2018 — Am 20 127

10. B8-0135/2018 — Am 17 128

11. B8-0135/2018 — Am 21 130

12. B8-0135/2018 — § 11/1 132

13. B8-0135/2018 — § 11/2 133

14. B8-0135/2018 — Am 7 135

15. B8-0135/2018 — § 17/1 136

16. B8-0135/2018 — § 17/3 138

17. B8-0135/2018 — § 19/1 139

18. B8-0135/2018 — § 19/2 141

19. B8-0135/2018 — Am 24 142

20. B8-0135/2018 — Am 8 144

21. B8-0135/2018 — Am 29 145

22. B8-0135/2018 — Am 30 147

23. B8-0135/2018 — Am 26S 149

24. B8-0135/2018 — Am 9 150

25. B8-0135/2018 — Am 1 152

26. B8-0135/2018 — Am 27S 154

27. B8-0135/2018 — Am 28S 155

28. B8-0135/2018 — § 26 157

29. B8-0135/2018 — § 32/1 158

30. B8-0135/2018 — § 32/2 160

31. B8-0135/2018 — § 32/3 161

32. B8-0135/2018 — § 32/4 163

33. B8-0135/2018 — Am 10 164

34. B8-0135/2018 — § 34 166

35. B8-0135/2018 — § 45 167

36. B8-0135/2018 — Am 18 169

37. B8-0135/2018 — § 50 170

38. B8-0135/2018 — Am 11 172

39. B8-0135/2018 — § 52/2 174

40. B8-0135/2018 — Am 12 175

41. B8-0135/2018 — § 53 177

42. B8-0135/2018 — § 55 178

43. B8-0135/2018 — Am 13 180

44. B8-0135/2018 — Am 2 181

45. B8-0135/2018 — Resolution 183

46. A8-0038/2018 — Karima Delli — Single vote 185

47. A8-0026/2018 — Adina-Ioana Vălean — Commission Proposal 186

48. A8-0028/2018 — Hannu Takkula — Commission Proposal 188

49. B8-0136/2018 — Resolution 189

50. A8-0061/2018 — Ingeborg Gräßle — Single vote 191

51. A8-0048/2018 — Jan Olbrycht and Isabelle Thomas — Am 144S 192

52. A8-0048/2018 — Jan Olbrycht and Isabelle Thomas — Am 67 194

53. A8-0048/2018 — Jan Olbrycht and Isabelle Thomas — Am 23/1 196

54. A8-0048/2018 — Jan Olbrycht and Isabelle Thomas — Am 23/2 197

55. A8-0048/2018 — Jan Olbrycht and Isabelle Thomas — Am 74 199

56. A8-0048/2018 — Jan Olbrycht and Isabelle Thomas — Am 8 200

57. A8-0048/2018 — Jan Olbrycht and Isabelle Thomas — Am 147 202

58. A8-0048/2018 — Jan Olbrycht and Isabelle Thomas — Am 41 203

59. A8-0048/2018 — Jan Olbrycht and Isabelle Thomas — Am 148 205

60. A8-0048/2018 — Jan Olbrycht and Isabelle Thomas — Am 76 207

61. A8-0048/2018 — Jan Olbrycht and Isabelle Thomas — Am 9 208

62. A8-0048/2018 — Jan Olbrycht and Isabelle Thomas — Am 149 210

63. A8-0048/2018 — Jan Olbrycht and Isabelle Thomas — Am 85 211

64. A8-0048/2018 — Jan Olbrycht and Isabelle Thomas — Am 86 213

65. A8-0048/2018 — Jan Olbrycht and Isabelle Thomas — Am 14S = 150S = 215

66. A8-0048/2018 — Jan Olbrycht and Isabelle Thomas — Am 88 216

67. A8-0048/2018 — Jan Olbrycht and Isabelle Thomas — Am 151S 218

68. A8-0048/2018 — Jan Olbrycht and Isabelle Thomas — Am 90 219

69. A8-0048/2018 — Jan Olbrycht and Isabelle Thomas — Am 152 221

70. A8-0048/2018 — Jan Olbrycht and Isabelle Thomas — Am 156 223

71. A8-0048/2018 — Jan Olbrycht and Isabelle Thomas — Am 157 224

72. A8-0048/2018 — Jan Olbrycht and Isabelle Thomas — Am 158S 226

73. A8-0048/2018 — Jan Olbrycht and Isabelle Thomas — Am 97 227

74. A8-0048/2018 — Jan Olbrycht and Isabelle Thomas — Am 159 229

75. A8-0048/2018 — Jan Olbrycht and Isabelle Thomas — § 67 230

76. A8-0048/2018 — Jan Olbrycht and Isabelle Thomas — Am 103 232

77. A8-0048/2018 — Jan Olbrycht and Isabelle Thomas — Am 107S 234

78. A8-0048/2018 — Jan Olbrycht and Isabelle Thomas — Am 112 235

79. A8-0048/2018 — Jan Olbrycht and Isabelle Thomas — Am 30/1 237

80. A8-0048/2018 — Jan Olbrycht and Isabelle Thomas — Am 30/2 239

81. A8-0048/2018 — Jan Olbrycht and Isabelle Thomas — § 89 240

82. A8-0048/2018 — Jan Olbrycht and Isabelle Thomas — Am 160S 242

83. A8-0048/2018 — Jan Olbrycht and Isabelle Thomas — § 98 243

84. A8-0048/2018 — Jan Olbrycht and Isabelle Thomas — § 99 245

85. A8-0048/2018 — Jan Olbrycht and Isabelle Thomas — Am 35 247

86. A8-0048/2018 — Jan Olbrycht and Isabelle Thomas — Am 36 249

87. A8-0048/2018 — Jan Olbrycht and Isabelle Thomas — Am 37 250

88. A8-0048/2018 — Jan Olbrycht and Isabelle Thomas — Am 130 252

89. A8-0048/2018 — Jan Olbrycht and Isabelle Thomas — Am 132 253

90. A8-0048/2018 — Jan Olbrycht and Isabelle Thomas — Am 161 255

91. A8-0048/2018 — Jan Olbrycht and Isabelle Thomas — Am 134 257

92. A8-0048/2018 — Jan Olbrycht and Isabelle Thomas — Am 135 258

93. A8-0048/2018 — Jan Olbrycht and Isabelle Thomas — Am 38 260

94. A8-0048/2018 — Jan Olbrycht and Isabelle Thomas — § 112 262

95. A8-0048/2018 — Jan Olbrycht and Isabelle Thomas — Am 138S 263

96. A8-0048/2018 — Jan Olbrycht and Isabelle Thomas — Am 139 265

97. A8-0048/2018 — Jan Olbrycht and Isabelle Thomas — Am 162 267

98. A8-0048/2018 — Jan Olbrycht and Isabelle Thomas — Am 39 268

99. A8-0048/2018 — Jan Olbrycht and Isabelle Thomas — Am 141S 270

100. A8-0048/2018 — Jan Olbrycht and Isabelle Thomas — Am 142 271

101. A8-0048/2018 — Jan Olbrycht and Isabelle Thomas — Am 10 273

102. A8-0048/2018 — Jan Olbrycht and Isabelle Thomas — Am 11 275

103. A8-0048/2018 — Jan Olbrycht and Isabelle Thomas — Am 165 276

104. A8-0048/2018 — Jan Olbrycht and Isabelle Thomas — Am 167S 278

105. A8-0048/2018 — Jan Olbrycht and Isabelle Thomas — Am 12 279

106. A8-0048/2018 — Jan Olbrycht and Isabelle Thomas — Am 55 281

107. A8-0048/2018 — Jan Olbrycht and Isabelle Thomas — Am 56 282

108. A8-0048/2018 — Jan Olbrycht and Isabelle Thomas — Am 168 284

109. A8-0048/2018 — Jan Olbrycht and Isabelle Thomas — § 130 286

110. A8-0048/2018 — Jan Olbrycht and Isabelle Thomas — Am 21 287

111. A8-0048/2018 — Jan Olbrycht and Isabelle Thomas — Am 64 289

112. A8-0048/2018 — Jan Olbrycht and Isabelle Thomas — Resolution 291

113. A8-0041/2018 — Gérard Deprez and Janusz Lewandowski — Am 16 292

114. A8-0041/2018 — Gérard Deprez and Janusz Lewandowski — Am 18 294

115. A8-0041/2018 — Gérard Deprez and Janusz Lewandowski — Am 51 296

116. A8-0041/2018 — Gérard Deprez and Janusz Lewandowski — Am 53 297

117. A8-0041/2018 — Gérard Deprez and Janusz Lewandowski — Am 43 299

118. A8-0041/2018 — Gérard Deprez and Janusz Lewandowski — Am 20 300

119. A8-0041/2018 — Gérard Deprez and Janusz Lewandowski — Am 41 302

120. A8-0041/2018 — Gérard Deprez and Janusz Lewandowski — Am 21 304

121. A8-0041/2018 — Gérard Deprez and Janusz Lewandowski — Am 45 305

122. A8-0041/2018 — Gérard Deprez and Janusz Lewandowski — Am 22 307

123. A8-0041/2018 — Gérard Deprez and Janusz Lewandowski — Am 23 309

124. A8-0041/2018 — Gérard Deprez and Janusz Lewandowski — § 22/2 310

125. A8-0041/2018 — Gérard Deprez and Janusz Lewandowski — Am 42 312

126. A8-0041/2018 — Gérard Deprez and Janusz Lewandowski — § 23 313

127. A8-0041/2018 — Gérard Deprez and Janusz Lewandowski — Am 3 315

128. A8-0041/2018 — Gérard Deprez and Janusz Lewandowski — Am 46 317

129. A8-0041/2018 — Gérard Deprez and Janusz Lewandowski — Am 47 318

130. A8-0041/2018 — Gérard Deprez and Janusz Lewandowski — Am 31 320

131. A8-0041/2018 — Gérard Deprez and Janusz Lewandowski — Am 5 321

132. A8-0041/2018 — Gérard Deprez and Janusz Lewandowski — § 37 323

133. A8-0041/2018 — Gérard Deprez and Janusz Lewandowski — Am 6 325

134. A8-0041/2018 — Gérard Deprez and Janusz Lewandowski — Am 7S 326

135. A8-0041/2018 — Gérard Deprez and Janusz Lewandowski — § 42/1 328

136. A8-0041/2018 — Gérard Deprez and Janusz Lewandowski — § 42/2 330

137. A8-0041/2018 — Gérard Deprez and Janusz Lewandowski — Am 8S 331

138. A8-0041/2018 — Gérard Deprez and Janusz Lewandowski — Am 9 333

139. A8-0041/2018 — Gérard Deprez and Janusz Lewandowski — Am 10S 335

140. A8-0041/2018 — Gérard Deprez and Janusz Lewandowski — Am 36 336

141. A8-0041/2018 — Gérard Deprez and Janusz Lewandowski — Am 11S 338

142. A8-0041/2018 — Gérard Deprez and Janusz Lewandowski — Am 12S 339

143. A8-0041/2018 — Gérard Deprez and Janusz Lewandowski — Am 13S 341

144. A8-0041/2018 — Gérard Deprez and Janusz Lewandowski — Am 14S 343

145. A8-0041/2018 — Gérard Deprez and Janusz Lewandowski — § 55/1 344

146. A8-0041/2018 — Gérard Deprez and Janusz Lewandowski — § 55/3 346

147. A8-0041/2018 — Gérard Deprez and Janusz Lewandowski — Am 15S 348

148. A8-0041/2018 — Gérard Deprez and Janusz Lewandowski — § 60/2 349

149. A8-0041/2018 — Gérard Deprez and Janusz Lewandowski — § 60/3 351

150. A8-0041/2018 — Gérard Deprez and Janusz Lewandowski — Resolution 353

151. A8-0047/2018 — Hugues Bayet — Am 12 354

152. A8-0047/2018 — Hugues Bayet — Am 1 356

153. A8-0047/2018 — Hugues Bayet — Am 2 357

154. A8-0047/2018 — Hugues Bayet — Am 14 359

155. A8-0047/2018 — Hugues Bayet — Am 15 361

156. A8-0047/2018 — Hugues Bayet — Am 10 362

157. A8-0047/2018 — Hugues Bayet — Am 11 364

158. A8-0047/2018 — Hugues Bayet — Am 16 366

159. A8-0047/2018 — Hugues Bayet — Am 7 367

160. A8-0047/2018 — Hugues Bayet — Am 17 369

161. A8-0047/2018 — Hugues Bayet — Am 18 371

162. A8-0047/2018 — Hugues Bayet — Am 3 372

163. A8-0047/2018 — Hugues Bayet — Am 9 374

164. A8-0047/2018 — Hugues Bayet — Am 13 375

165. A8-0047/2018 — Hugues Bayet — Resolution 377

166. A8-0052/2018 — Krzysztof Hetman — Am 3 379

167. A8-0052/2018 — Krzysztof Hetman — Am 4 380

168. A8-0052/2018 — Krzysztof Hetman — Am 6 382

169. A8-0052/2018 — Krzysztof Hetman — Am 7 383

170. A8-0052/2018 — Krzysztof Hetman — Am 8 385

171. A8-0052/2018 — Krzysztof Hetman — Am 1 387

172. A8-0052/2018 — Krzysztof Hetman — Resolution 388

Minutes of the sitting of 14 March 2018

IN THE CHAIR: Bogusław LIBERADZKI

Vice-President

1. Opening of the sitting

The sitting opened at 8.31.

2. Debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (announcement of motions for resolutions tabled)

In accordance with Rule 135, the following Members or political groups had requested that such a debate be held on the following motions for resolutions:

I. Situation in the Maldives (2018/2630(RSP)) — Jean Lambert, Barbara Lochbihler, Margrete Auken, Michel Reimon, Heidi Hautala, Judith Sargentini, Igor Šoltes, Monika Vana, Helga Trüpel and Jordi Solé, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the situation in the Maldives (B8-0168/2018); — Fabio Massimo Castaldo and Isabella Adinolfi, on behalf of the EFDD Group, on the situation in the Maldives (B8-0169/2018); — Charles Tannock, Karol Karski, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Ruža Tomašić, Monica Macovei, Raffaele Fitto, Ryszard Czarnecki, Hans-Olaf Henkel, Jan Zahradil, Angel Dzhambazki, Notis Marias, Branislav Škripek and Valdemar Tomaševski, on behalf of the ECR Group, on the situation in the Maldives (B8-0171/2018); — Cristian Dan Preda, Tomáš Zdechovský, Jaromír Štětina, Jarosław Wałęsa, Bogdan Brunon Wenta, Marijana Petir, Lefteris Christoforou, Ivan Štefanec, Luděk Niedermayer, Csaba Sógor, Tunne Kelam, Milan Zver, Patricija Šulin, Romana Tomc, Eduard Kukan, Željana Zovko, David McAllister, Eva Maydell, Elisabetta Gardini, Adam Szejnfeld, Michaela Šojdrová, Sandra Kalniete, Dubravka Šuica, Lorenzo Cesa, Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Ivana Maletić, Deirdre Clune, Pavel Svoboda, Seán Kelly, Anna Záborská, Manolis Kefalogiannis, Ramón Luis Valcárcel Siso and Francisco José Millán Mon, on behalf of the PPE Group, on the situation in the Maldives (B8-0172/2018); — Miguel Urbán Crespo, Merja Kyllönen, Helmut Scholz, Sabine Lösing, Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Kostadinka Kuneva, Stelios Kouloglou, Patrick Le Hyaric, Malin Björk, Marie-Christine Vergiat, Takis Hadjigeorgiou, Tania González Peñas, Xabier Benito Ziluaga, Lola Sánchez Caldentey, Estefanía Torres Martínez, Younous Omarjee and Barbara Spinelli, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the situation in the Maldives (B8-0174/2018); — Urmas Paet, Nedzhmi Ali, Beatriz Becerra Basterrechea, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Gérard Deprez, Martina Dlabajová, Marian Harkin, Filiz Hyusmenova, Ivan Jakovčić, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Patricia Lalonde, Louis Michel, Javier Nart, Maite Pagazaurtundúa Ruiz, Jozo Radoš, Frédérique Ries, Robert Rochefort, Marietje Schaake, Pavel Telička, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Ivo Vajgl, Johannes Cornelis van Baalen, Hilde Vautmans and Cecilia Wikström, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the situation in the Maldives (B8-0175/2018); — Elena Valenciano, Victor Boștinaru, Josef Weidenholzer and Wajid Khan, on behalf of the S&D Group, on the situation in the Maldives (B8-0176/2018).

II. The arrest of human rights defenders in Sudan, notably the case of Sakharov Prize laureate Salih Mahmoud Osman (2018/2631(RSP)) — Charles Tannock, Karol Karski, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Monica Macovei, Ruža Tomašić, Anna Elżbieta Fotyga, Ryszard Czarnecki, Valdemar Tomaševski, Angel Dzhambazki, Raffaele Fitto, Jan Zahradil, Branislav Škripek and Notis Marias, on behalf of the ECR Group, on the arrest of human rights defenders in Sudan, notably the case of Sakharov Prize laureate Salih Mahmoud Osman (B8-0159/2018); — Cristian Dan Preda, Bogdan Brunon Wenta, Jaromír Štětina, Jarosław Wałęsa, Marijana Petir, Lefteris Christoforou, Ivan Štefanec, Luděk Niedermayer, Tomáš Zdechovský, Csaba Sógor, Tunne Kelam, Milan Zver, Patricija Šulin, Romana Tomc, Eduard Kukan, Željana Zovko, David McAllister, Elisabetta Gardini, Adam Szejnfeld, Michaela Šojdrová, Sandra Kalniete, Dubravka Šuica, Lorenzo Cesa, Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Ivana Maletić, Ivo Belet, Deirdre Clune, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Pavel Svoboda, Seán Kelly, Anna Záborská, Manolis Kefalogiannis, Ramón Luis Valcárcel Siso and Francisco José Millán Mon, on behalf of the PPE Group, on the arrest of human rights defenders in Sudan, notably the case of Sakharov Prize laureate Salih Mahmoud Osman (B8-0160/2018); — Michèle Rivasi, Judith Sargentini, Heidi Hautala, Florent Marcellesi, Bodil Valero, Barbara Lochbihler, Bart Staes, Ernest Urtasun, Igor Šoltes, Helga Trüpel and Jordi Solé, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the arrest of human rights defenders in Sudan, notably the case of Sakharov Prize laureate Salih Mahmoud Osman (B8-0161/2018); — Marie-Christine Vergiat, Miguel Urbán Crespo, Patrick Le Hyaric, Malin Björk, Merja Kyllönen, Barbara Spinelli, Neoklis Sylikiotis, Takis Hadjigeorgiou, Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Stelios Kouloglou, Tania González Peñas, Xabier Benito Ziluaga, Lola Sánchez Caldentey, Estefanía Torres Martínez and Younous Omarjee, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the arrest of human rights defenders in Sudan, notably the case of Sakharov Prize laureate Salih Mahmoud Osman (B8-0162/2018); — Louis Michel, Nedzhmi Ali, Beatriz Becerra Basterrechea, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Thierry Cornillet, Gérard Deprez, Martina Dlabajová, Marian Harkin, Filiz Hyusmenova, Ivan Jakovčić, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Patricia Lalonde, Javier Nart, Urmas Paet, Maite Pagazaurtundúa Ruiz, Jozo Radoš, Frédérique Ries, Robert Rochefort, Marietje Schaake, Pavel Telička, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Ivo Vajgl, Johannes Cornelis van Baalen, Hilde Vautmans and Cecilia Wikström, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the arrest of human rights defenders in Sudan, notably the case of Sakharov Prize laureate Salih Mahmoud Osman (B8-0163/2018); — Elena Valenciano, Victor Boștinaru, Josef Weidenholzer and Ana Gomes, on behalf of the S&D Group, on the arrest of human rights defenders in Sudan, notably the case of Sakharov Prize laureate Salih Mahmoud Osman (B8-0164/2018).

III. Mercy killings in Uganda (2018/2632(RSP)) — Charles Tannock, Karol Karski, Urszula Krupa, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Monica Macovei, Ruža Tomašić, Raffaele Fitto, Zdzisław Krasnodębski, Anna Elżbieta Fotyga, Pirkko Ruohonen-Lerner, Ryszard Czarnecki, Notis Marias and Branislav Škripek, on behalf of the ECR Group, on mercy killings in Uganda (B8-0165/2018); — Cristian Dan Preda, Michaela Šojdrová, Jaromír Štětina, Marijana Petir, Lefteris Christoforou, Ivan Štefanec, Luděk Niedermayer, Tomáš Zdechovský, Csaba Sógor, Tunne Kelam, Milan Zver, Patricija Šulin, Romana Tomc, Željana Zovko, David McAllister, Eva Maydell, Elisabetta Gardini, Bogdan Brunon Wenta, Adam Szejnfeld, Sandra Kalniete, Dubravka Šuica, Lorenzo Cesa, Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Ivana Maletić, Deirdre Clune, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Pavel Svoboda, Seán Kelly, Anna Záborská, Manolis Kefalogiannis, Ramón Luis Valcárcel Siso and Francisco José Millán Mon, on behalf of the PPE Group, on mercy killings in Uganda (B8-0166/2018); — Lola Sánchez Caldentey, Marie-Christine Vergiat, Merja Kyllönen, Barbara Spinelli, Patrick Le Hyaric, Marina Albiol Guzmán, Malin Björk, Neoklis Sylikiotis, Takis Hadjigeorgiou, Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Stelios Kouloglou, Javier Couso Permuy, Miguel Urbán Crespo, Tania González Peñas, Xabier Benito Ziluaga, Estefanía Torres Martínez, Younous Omarjee, Paloma López Bermejo, Ángela Vallina and Helmut Scholz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on mercy killings in Uganda (B8-0167/2018); — Hilde Vautmans, Nedzhmi Ali, Beatriz Becerra Basterrechea, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Gérard Deprez, Martina Dlabajová, Marian Harkin, Filiz Hyusmenova, Ivan Jakovčić, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Patricia Lalonde, Louis Michel, Javier Nart, Urmas Paet, Maite Pagazaurtundúa Ruiz, Jozo Radoš, Frédérique Ries, Robert Rochefort, Marietje Schaake, Pavel Telička, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells, Ivo Vajgl, Johannes Cornelis van Baalen and Cecilia Wikström, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on mercy killings in Uganda (B8-0170/2018); — Elena Valenciano, Victor Boștinaru and Josef Weidenholzer, on behalf of the S&D Group, on mercy killings in Uganda (B8-0173/2018).

Speaking time would be allocated in accordance with Rule 162.

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

The President announced that no request had been received on behalf of a number of Members or a political group or groups reaching at least the medium threshold concerning the decisions to enter into interinstitutional negotiations announced in the minutes of Monday 12 March 2018(minutes of 12.3.2018, item 7).

The IMCO, CULT and ECON Committees had therefore been able to start the negotiations following the expiry of the deadline laid down in Rule 69c(2).

4. US decision to impose tariffs on steel and aluminium (debate)

Commission statement: US decision to impose tariffs on steel and aluminium (2018/2629(RSP))

Jyrki Katainen (Vice-President of the Commission) and Cecilia Malmström (Member of the Commission) made the statement.

The following spoke: Manfred Weber, on behalf of the PPE Group, Bernd Lange, on behalf of the S&D Group, Emma McClarkin, on behalf of the ECR Group, Marietje Schaake, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Yannick Jadot, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Helmut Scholz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, William (The Earl of) Dartmouth, on behalf of the EFDD Group, Nicolas Bay, on behalf of the ENF Group, Lampros Fountoulis, non-attached Member, Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Alessia Maria Mosca, Joachim Starbatty, who also replied to a blue-card question by Daniel Caspary, Nadja Hirsch, Reinhard Bütikofer, Patrick Le Hyaric, Tiziana Beghin, Mario Borghezio, Diane James, Daniel Caspary, Victor Boștinaru, Sander Loones, Fredrick Federley, Matt Carthy, Franck Proust, Jeppe Kofod, Evžen Tošenovský, Salvatore Cicu, Inmaculada Rodríguez-Piñero Fernández, Iuliu Winkler, Karoline Graswander-Hainz, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Pedro Silva Pereira, Esther de Lange and Edouard Martin.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Romana Tomc, Maria Grapini, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Georgios Epitideios, Milan Zver, Maria Arena, Christian Ehler, Doru-Claudian Frunzulică, Notis Marias, Konstantinos Papadakis, Seán Kelly and José Blanco López.

The following spoke: Cecilia Malmström and Jyrki Katainen.

The debate closed.

(The sitting was suspended until 10.06)

IN THE CHAIR: Antonio TAJANI

President

5. Resumption of the sitting

The sitting resumed at 10.07.

6. Debate with the Prime Minister of Portugal, António Costa, on the Future of Europe (debate)

Debate with António Costa, Prime Minister of Portugal, on the future of Europe (2018/2576(RSP))

The President made a brief statement introducing the debate and explaining how the electronic voting system could be used for the ‘catch the eye’ procedure.

The following spoke: António Costa (Prime Minister of Portugal) and Jean-Claude Juncker (President of the Commission).

The following spoke: Manfred Weber, on behalf of the PPE Group, Maria João Rodrigues, on behalf of the S&D Group, Ulrike Trebesius, on behalf of the ECR Group, Guy Verhofstadt, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Philippe Lamberts, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Tania González Peñas, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Jiří Payne, on behalf of the EFDD Group, Marcel de Graaff, on behalf of the ENF Group, Reinhard Bütikofer, to comment on what the previous speaker had said, and Georgios Epitideios, non-attached Member.

The following spoke: António Costa.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Nuno Melo, Iratxe García Pérez, Mark Demesmaeker, Charles Goerens, Ana Miranda, João Ferreira, Gilles Lebreton, Paulo Rangel, Henna Virkkunen, José Blanco López, Lukas Mandl, José Manuel Fernandes, José Inácio Faria, Maria Grapini (the President elucidated the ‘catch the eye’ procedure), Maria João Rodrigues on the procedure followed (the President gave further clarifications) and Carlos Zorrinho.

The following spoke: António Costa.

João Ferreira spoke on the conduct of the debate (the President gave explanations).

The debate closed.

7. Request for waiver of immunity

The Greek authorities had forwarded a request to waive the immunity of Georgios Kyrtsos in connection with criminal proceedings against him before the Court of First Instance of Athens.

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

8. Voting time

Detailed voting results (amendments, separate and split votes, etc.) appear in the Results of Votes annex to the minutes.

The results of roll-call votes are available in electronic form only, as an annex to the minutes, and can be accessed via Europarl.

8.1. Guidelines on the framework of future EU-UK relations (vote)

Motions for resolutions B8-0134/2018 and B8-0135/2018 (2018/2573(RSP))

(Simple majority) (Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, item 1)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION B8-0134/2018

Rejected

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION B8-0135/2018

Adopted (P8_TA(2018)0069)

Before the vote, Xabier Benito Ziluaga on the vote on the Objection to Commission delegated regulation amending Regulation (EU) No 347/2013 as regards the Union list of projects of common interest (minutes of 14.3.2018, item 8.6).

IN THE CHAIR: Rainer WIELAND

Vice-President

8.2. Rail transport statistics ***I (Rule 150) (vote)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on rail transport statistics (recast) [COM(2017)0353 — C8-0223/2017 — 2017/0146(COD)] — Committee on Transport and Tourism. Rapporteur: Karima Delli (A8-0038/2018)

(Simple majority) (Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, item 2)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL

Adopted by single vote (P8_TA(2018)0070)

8.3. Appointment of the Vice-President of the European Central Bank * (Rule 150) (vote)

Report on the Council recommendation for appointment of the Vice President of the European Central Bank [N8-0053/2018 — C8-0040/2018 — 2018/0804(NLE)] — Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Roberto Gualtieri (A8-0056/2018)

(Simple majority) (Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, item 3) (Secret ballot) The list of Members voting is annexed to these minutes (minutes of 14.3.2018 annex 1)

APPOINTMENT OF LUIS DE GUINDOS

Adopted (P8_TA(2018)0071)

The following had spoken:

Before the vote, Sven Giegold, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, to request that the vote be postponed on the basis of Rule 190(4), Brian Hayes, against that request, and Pervenche Berès.

Parliament rejected the request by electronic vote (199 in favour, 481 against, 20 abstentions).

8.4. Measures for the control of Newcastle disease ***I (vote)

Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 92/66/EEC introducing Community measures for the control of Newcastle disease [COM(2017)0742 — C8-0431/2017 — 2017/0329(COD)] — Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. Rapporteur: Adina-Ioana Vălean (A8-0026/2018)

(Simple majority) (Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, item 4)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL and AMENDMENTS

Approved (P8_TA(2018)0072)

8.5. Further macro-financial assistance to Georgia ***I (vote)

Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council providing further macro-financial assistance to Georgia [COM(2017)0559 — C8-0335/2017 — 2017/0242(COD)] — Committee on International Trade. Rapporteur: Hannu Takkula (A8-0028/2018)

(Simple majority) (Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, item 5)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL and AMENDMENTS

Approved (P8_TA(2018)0073)

8.6. Objection to Commission delegated regulation amending Regulation (EU) No 347/2013 as regards the Union list of projects of common interest (vote)

Motion for a resolution, tabled by Michèle Rivasi, Philippe Lamberts and Ska Keller, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Xabier Benito Ziluaga, Dario Tamburrano, Edouard Martin, Carolina Punset, Isabella Adinolfi, Laura Agea, Daniela Aiuto, Marina Albiol Guzmán, Tiziana Beghin, Fabio Massimo Castaldo, Ignazio Corrao, Rosa D'Amato, Eleonora Evi, Cornelia Ernst, Laura Ferrara, Luke Ming Flanagan, Tania González Peñas, Rina Ronja Kari, Paloma López Bermejo, Curzio Maltese, Marisa Matias, Younous Omarjee, Piernicola Pedicini, Lola Sánchez Caldentey, Maria Lidia Senra Rodríguez, Martin Schirdewan, Helmut Scholz, Barbara Spinelli, Estefanía Torres Martínez, Miguel Urbán Crespo, Marco Valli and Marco Zullo, under Rule 105(3), on the 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 (2017/2990(DEA)) (B8-0136/2018)

(Majority of Parliament's component Members required for the adoption of the motion for a resolution) (Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, item 6)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Rejected

8.7. Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: application EGF/2017/008 DE/Goodyear (Rule 150) (vote)

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 Germany — EGF/2017/008 DE/Goodyear) [COM(2018)0061 — C8-0031/2018 — 2018/2025(BUD)] — Committee on Budgets. Rapporteur: Ingeborg Gräßle (A8-0061/2018)

(Majority of Parliament's component Members and three fifths of the votes cast) (Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, item 7)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P8_TA(2018)0074)

8.8. Nominal composition of the special committee on financial crimes, tax evasion and tax avoidance (vote)

Nominal composition of the special committee on financial crimes, tax evasion and tax avoidance (2018/2579(RSO))

(Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, item 8)

NOMINAL COMPOSITION OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON FINANCIAL CRIMES, TAX EVASION AND TAX AVOIDANCE

Declared approved (minutes of 14.3.2018 annex 2)

8.9. The next MFF: Preparing the Parliament's position on the MFF post-2020 (vote)

Report on the next MFF: Preparing the Parliament's position on the MFF post-2020 [2017/2052(INI)] — Committee on Budgets. Rapporteurs: Jan Olbrycht and Isabelle Thomas (A8-0048/2018)

(Simple majority) (Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, item 9)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P8_TA(2018)0075)

8.10. Reform of the European Union's system of own resources (vote)

Report on reform of the European Union's system of own resources [2017/2053(INI)] — Committee on Budgets. Rapporteurs: Gérard Deprez and Janusz Lewandowski (A8-0041/2018)

(Simple majority) (Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, item 10)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P8_TA(2018)0076)

8.11. European Semester for economic policy coordination: Annual Growth Survey 2018 (vote)

Report on the European Semester for economic policy coordination: Annual Growth Survey 2018 [2017/2226(INI)] — Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Hugues Bayet (A8-0047/2018)

(Simple majority) (Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, item 11)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P8_TA(2018)0077)

8.12. European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social aspects in the Annual Growth Survey 2018 (vote)

Report on the European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social aspects in the Annual Growth Survey 2018 [2017/2260(INI)] — Committee on Employment and Social Affairs. Rapporteur: Krzysztof Hetman (A8-0052/2018)

(Simple majority) (Voting record: ‘Results of votes’, item 12)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

Adopted (P8_TA(2018)0078)

9. Explanations of vote

Written explanations of vote:

Written explanations of vote within the meaning of Rule 183 appear on the Members' pages on Parliament's website.

Oral explanations of vote:

Guidelines on the framework of future EU-UK relations — (2018/2573(RSP)) — B8-0134/2018 — B8-0135/2018

Momchil Nekov, Jasenko Selimovic, Monica Macovei, Petras Auštrevičius, Bogdan Andrzej Zdrojewski, Tibor Szanyi, Jan Zahradil, Deirdre Clune, Ashley Fox, Jiří Payne, Zoltán Balczó and Daniel Hannan

Report: Jan Olbrycht and Isabelle Thomas — A8-0048/2018

Petras Auštrevičius, Bogdan Andrzej Zdrojewski, Jasenko Selimovic, Tibor Szanyi, Michaela Šojdrová, Deirdre Clune, Ricardo Serrão Santos, Paloma López Bermejo, Csaba Sógor and Stanislav Polčák

Report: Gérard Deprez and Janusz Lewandowski — A8-0041/2018

Bogdan Andrzej Zdrojewski, Jasenko Selimovic, Michaela Šojdrová, Petras Auštrevičius, Andrejs Mamikins, Monica Macovei and Notis Marias

Report: Hugues Bayet — A8-0047/2018

Tibor Szanyi, Rosa D'Amato and Monica Macovei

Report: Krzysztof Hetman — A8-0052/2018

Michaela Šojdrová, Rosa D'Amato and Notis Marias.

10. Corrections to votes and voting intentions

Corrections to votes and voting intentions appear on the Europarl website under ‘Plenary/Votes/Results of Votes (Results of roll-call votes)’. They are published in hard copy in the ‘Results of roll-call votes’ annex.

The electronic version on Europarl will be regularly updated for a maximum of two weeks after the day of the vote concerned.

After the two-week deadline has passed, the list of corrections to votes and voting intentions will be finalised so that it can be translated and published in the Official Journal.

(The sitting was suspended at 14.09.)

IN THE CHAIR: Pavel TELIČKA

Vice-President

11. Resumption of the sitting

The sitting resumed at 15.04.

12. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

13. International cooperation in the fight against cybercrime — the threat to public services (topical debate)

International cooperation in the fight against cybercrime — the threat to public services (2018/2627(RSP))

The following spoke: Helga Stevens to open the debate proposed by the ECR Group.

The following spoke: Monika Panayotova (President-in-Office of the Council) and Julian King (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Roberta Metsola, on behalf of the PPE Group, Peter Kouroumbashev, on behalf of the S&D Group, Monica Macovei, on behalf of the ECR Group, Nathalie Griesbeck, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Jan Philipp Albrecht, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Jiří Maštálka, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Auke Zijlstra, on behalf of the ENF Group, Georgios Epitideios, non-attached Member, Emil Radev, Nicola Danti, Evžen Tošenovský, Urmas Paet, Indrek Tarand, Bogdan Andrzej Zdrojewski, Miriam Dalli, James Nicholson, Heinz K. Becker, Notis Marias, Axel Voss, Jeroen Lenaers, Carlos Coelho and Michał Boni.

The following spoke: Julian King and Monika Panayotova.

The debate closed.

14. Protection of investigative journalists in Europe: the case of Slovak journalist Ján Kuciak and Martina Kušnírová (debate)

Council and Commission statements: Protection of investigative journalists in Europe: the case of Slovak journalist Ján Kuciak and Martina Kušnírová (2018/2628(RSP))

Monika Panayotova (President-in-Office of the Council) and Julian King (Member of the Commission) made the statements.

The following spoke: Ivan Štefanec, on behalf of the PPE Group, Claude Moraes, on behalf of the S&D Group, Branislav Škripek, on behalf of the ECR Group, Sophia in 't Veld, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Benedek Jávor, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Kateřina Konečná, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Michaela Šojdrová, and Marco Valli, on behalf of the EFDD Group.

IN THE CHAIR: Sylvie GUILLAUME

Vice-President

The following spoke: Dominique Bilde, on behalf of the ENF Group, Ingeborg Gräßle, Monika Smolková, who also replied to a blue-card question by Tomáš Zdechovský, Ryszard Czarnecki, Petr Ježek, Sven Giegold, Stelios Kouloglou, Roberta Metsola, Josef Weidenholzer, Monica Macovei, Eva Joly, József Nagy, Birgit Sippel, Mark Demesmaeker, Josep-Maria Terricabras, Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Monika Beňová, who also replied to a blue-card question by Sophia in 't Veld, Zdzisław Krasnodębski, Ana Miranda, Frank Engel, who also replied to a blue-card question by Doru-Claudian Frunzulică, Notis Marias, who also replied to a blue-card question by Maria Grapini, Jaromír Štětina, who also replied to a blue-card question by Bill Etheridge, David Casa and Heinz K. Becker.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Miroslav Mikolášik, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Bogdan Andrzej Zdrojewski, Ana Gomes, Vladimír Maňka, Jiří Maštálka, Georgios Epitideios, Stanislav Polčák, Caterina Chinnici, Eduard Kukan, Tomáš Zdechovský, Francis Zammit Dimech and Michaela Šojdrová.

The following spoke: Julian King and Monika Panayotova.

The motions for resolutions to be tabled under Rule 123(2) would be announced in the House at a later time.

The debate closed.

Vote: next part-session.

15. Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base * — Common Corporate Tax Base * (debate)

Report on the proposal for a Council directive on a Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base (CCCTB) [COM(2016)0683 — C8-0471/2016 — 2016/0336(CNS)] — Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Alain Lamassoure (A8-0051/2018)

Report on the proposal for a Council directive on a Common Corporate Tax Base [COM(2016)0685 — C8-0472/2016 — 2016/0337(CNS)] — Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Paul Tang (A8-0050/2018)

Alain Lamassoure and Paul Tang presented their reports.

The following spoke: Pierre Moscovici (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Evelyn Regner (rapporteur for the opinion of the JURI Committee).

IN THE CHAIR: Evelyne GEBHARDT

Vice-President

The following spoke: Markus Ferber, on behalf of the PPE Group, Hugues Bayet, on behalf of the S&D Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Bill Etheridge, Sander Loones, on behalf of the ECR Group, Lieve Wierinck, on behalf of the ALDE Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Sander Loones, Eva Joly, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Martin Schirdewan, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Bill Etheridge, on behalf of the EFDD Group, Bernard Monot, on behalf of the ENF Group, Diane James, Non-attached, Dariusz Rosati, Pervenche Berès, David Campbell Bannerman, Petr Ježek, Ernest Urtasun, Matt Carthy, Barbara Kappel, Werner Langen, Jeppe Kofod, Ruža Tomašić, Marco Zanni, Georgios Kyrtsos, Jens Geier, Marcus Pretzell, Andreas Schwab, who also replied to a blue-card question by Doru-Claudian Frunzulică, Ramón Jáuregui Atondo and Luigi Morgano.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Stanislav Polčák, Nicola Caputo, Ana Miranda, Marco Valli, Brian Hayes, Bogdan Andrzej Zdrojewski and Ivana Maletić.

The following spoke: Pierre Moscovici, Alain Lamassoure and Paul Tang.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 15.3.2018, item 10.9 and minutes of 15.3.2018, item 10.10.

16. US attack on EU farm support under the CAP (in the context of Spanish olives) (debate)

Question for oral answer (O-000006/2018) by Czesław Adam Siekierski and Bernd Lange, on behalf of the REGI and INTA Committees, to the Commission: US attack on EU farm support under the CAP (in the context of Spanish olives) (2018/2566(RSP)) (B8-0007/2018)

Czesław Adam Siekierski and Bernd Lange moved the question.

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

The following spoke: Esther Herranz García, on behalf of the PPE Group, Clara Eugenia Aguilera García, on behalf of the S&D Group, Jørn Dohrmann, on behalf of the ECR Group, Ivan Jakovčić, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Florent Marcellesi, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Lola Sánchez Caldentey, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Philippe Loiseau, on behalf of the ENF Group, Michel Dantin, Paolo De Castro and Thomas Waitz.

IN THE CHAIR: Dimitrios PAPADIMOULIS

Vice-President

The following spoke: Maria Lidia Senra Rodríguez, Stanislav Polčák, Inmaculada Rodríguez-Piñero Fernández and Soledad Cabezón Ruiz.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: José Inácio Faria, Nicola Caputo, Paloma López Bermejo, Paul Rübig and Teresa Jiménez-Becerril Barrio.

The following spoke: Cecilia Malmström.

Motions for resolutions to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 128(5):

— Jørn Dohrmann and James Nicholson, on behalf of the ECR Group, on the US attack on EU farm support under the CAP (in the context of Spanish olives) (2018/2566(RSP)) (B8-0137/2018);

— Bernd Lange, Eric Andrieu, Clara Eugenia Aguilera García and Alessia Maria Mosca, on behalf of the S&D Group, on US measures on EU farm support under the CAP (in the context of Spanish olives) (2018/2566(RSP)) (B8-0138/2018);

— Esther Herranz García, Albert Deß, Teresa Jiménez-Becerril Barrio, Michel Dantin, Rosa Estaràs Ferragut, Santiago Fisas Ayxelà, Antonio López-Istúriz White, Gabriel Mato, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Ramón Luis Valcárcel Siso, Verónica Lope Fontagné and Carlos Iturgaiz, on behalf of the PPE Group, on the US attack on EU farm support under the CAP (in the context of Spanish olives) (2018/2566(RSP)) (B8-0145/2018);

— Tiziana Beghin and Marco Zullo, on behalf of the EFDD Group, on US measures on EU farm support under the CAP (in the context of Spanish olives) (2018/2566(RSP)) (B8-0147/2018);

— Ivan Jakovčić, Maite Pagazaurtundúa Ruiz and Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on US measures on EU farm support under the CAP (in the context of Spanish olives) (2018/2566(RSP)) (B8-0148/2018);

— Maria Lidia Senra Rodríguez, Lola Sánchez Caldentey, Merja Kyllönen, Patrick Le Hyaric, Xabier Benito Ziluaga, Tania González Peñas, Miguel Urbán Crespo, Estefanía Torres Martínez, Younous Omarjee, Javier Couso Permuy, Paloma López Bermejo, Ángela Vallina, Dimitrios Papadimoulis and Stelios Kouloglou, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the US attack on EU farm support under the CAP (in the context of Spanish olives) (2018/2566(RSP)) (B8-0149/2018);

— Florent Marcellesi, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on US measures on EU farm support under the CAP (in the context of Spanish olives) (2018/2566(RSP)) (B8-0151/2018).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 15.3.2018, item 10.13.

17. Corporate social responsibility (debate)

Commission statement: Corporate social responsibility (2018/2633(RSP))

Cecilia Malmström (Member of the Commission) made the statement.

The following spoke: Alberto Cirio, on behalf of the PPE Group, Daniele Viotti, on behalf of the S&D Group, Anthea McIntyre, on behalf of the ECR Group, Enrique Calvet Chambon, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Marco Affronte, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Patrick Le Hyaric, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Tiziana Beghin, on behalf of the EFDD Group, Mario Borghezio, on behalf of the ENF Group, Danuta Jazłowiecka, who also replied to a blue-card question by Tiziana Beghin, Agnes Jongerius, Heidi Hautala, Lola Sánchez Caldentey, Patrick O'Flynn, Romana Tomc, Evelyn Regner, Olga Sehnalová, Sergio Gaetano Cofferati and Ramón Jáuregui Atondo.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Alessandra Mussolini, Nicola Caputo, Notis Marias, Kateřina Konečná, Bogdan Andrzej Zdrojewski, Julie Ward and Michaela Šojdrová.

The following spoke: Cecilia Malmström.

Motions for resolutions to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 123(2) would be announced later.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 15.3.2018, item 10.14.

18. Composition of committees and delegations

The President had received the following requests for appointments from the Verts/ALE Group:

— PETI Committee: Ana Miranda to replace Josep-Maria Terricabras

— JURI Committee: Heidi Hautala to replace Ana Miranda

— ITRE Committee: Julia Reda to replace Michel Reimon.

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

19. Europass: framework for skills and qualifications ***I (debate)

Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on a common framework for the provision of better services for skills and qualifications (Europass) and repealing Decision No 2241/2004/EC [COM(2016)0625 — C8-0404/2016 — 2016/0304(COD)] — Committee on Employment and Social Affairs — Committee on Culture and Education. Rapporteurs: Thomas Mann and Svetoslav Hristov Malinov (A8-0244/2017)

Thomas Mann and Svetoslav Hristov Malinov introduced the report.

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

The following spoke: Bogdan Andrzej Zdrojewski, on behalf of the PPE Group, Marita Ulvskog, on behalf of the S&D Group, Czesław Hoc, on behalf of the ECR Group, Martina Dlabajová, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Nikolaos Chountis, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, and Isabella Adinolfi, on behalf of the EFDD Group.

IN THE CHAIR: Bogusław LIBERADZKI

Vice-President

The following spoke: Claude Rolin, Monika Smolková, Ruža Tomašić, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Tania González Peñas, Csaba Sógor, Agnes Jongerius, Michaela Šojdrová, Silvia Costa, Danuta Jazłowiecka and Emilian Pavel.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Bogdan Brunon Wenta, Maria Gabriela Zoană, Notis Marias, Stanislav Polčák and Julie Ward.

The following spoke: Cecilia Malmström, Thomas Mann and Svetoslav Hristov Malinov.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 15.3.2018, item 10.6.

20. Creative Europe Programme (2014 to 2020) ***I (debate)

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) [COM(2017)0385 — C8-0236/2017 — 2017/0163(COD)] — Committee on Culture and Education. Rapporteur: Silvia Costa (A8-0369/2017)

Silvia Costa introduced the report.

The following spoke: Tibor Navracsics (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Bogdan Brunon Wenta, on behalf of the PPE Group, Monika Smolková, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Isabella Adinolfi, on behalf of the EFDD Group, Bogdan Andrzej Zdrojewski, Momchil Nekov, Francis Zammit Dimech, Giorgos Grammatikakis and Julie Ward, on behalf of the S&D Group.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Michaela Šojdrová and Notis Marias.

The following spoke: Tibor Navracsics and Silvia Costa.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 15.3.2018, item 10.17.

21. EU-Comoros fisheries partnership agreement: denunciation *** — EU-Comoros fisheries partnership agreement: denunciation (resolution) (debate)

Recommendation on the draft Council decision denouncing the Partnership Agreement in the fisheries sector between the European Community and the Union of the Comoros [14423/2017 — C8-0447/2017 — 2017/0241(NLE)] — Committee on Fisheries. Rapporteur: João Ferreira (A8-0058/2018)

Report containing a motion for a non-legislative resolution on the draft Council decision denouncing the Partnership Agreement in the fisheries sector between the European Community and the Union of the Comoros [2017/2266(INI)] — Committee on Fisheries. Rapporteur: João Ferreira (A8-0055/2018)

João Ferreira introduced the recommendation and the report.

The following spoke: Tibor Navracsics (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Verónica Lope Fontagné, on behalf of the PPE Group, Ricardo Serrão Santos, on behalf of the S&D Group, Czesław Hoc, on behalf of the ECR Group, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Younous Omarjee, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Sylvie Goddyn, on behalf of the ENF Group, Werner Kuhn, Clara Eugenia Aguilera García, Jarosław Wałęsa and Michela Giuffrida.

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

The following spoke: Tibor Navracsics and João Ferreira.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 15.3.2018, item 10.4 and minutes of 15.3.2018, item 10.5.

22. Delegated acts (Rule 105(6))

The following draft delegated acts had been forwarded to Parliament:

— Commission delegated regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 273/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (EC) No 111/2005 as regards the inclusion of certain drug precursors in the list of scheduled substances (C(2018)01062 — 2018/2596(DEA)) Deadline for lodging objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 26 February 2018 referred to responsible: LIBE

— Commission delegated directive amending, for the purposes of adapting to technical progress, Annex III to Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards an exemption for lead as an alloying element in copper (C(2018)01075 — 2018/2613(DEA)) Deadline for lodging objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 1 March 2018 referred to responsible: ENVI

— Commission delegated directive amending, for the purposes of adapting to technical progress, Annex III to Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards an exemption for lead in high melting temperature type solders (C(2018)01076 — 2018/2612(DEA)) Deadline for lodging objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 1 March 2018 referred to responsible: ENVI

— Commission delegated directive amending, for the purposes of adapting to technical progress, Annex III to Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards an exemption for certain electrical and electronic components containing lead in glass or ceramic (C(2018)01079 — 2018/2606(DEA)) Deadline for lodging objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 27 February 2018 referred to responsible: ENVI

— Commission delegated directive amending, for the purposes of adapting to scientific and technical progress, Annex III to Directive2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards an exemption for lead in solders for the soldering to machined through hole discoidal and planar array ceramic multilayer capacitors (C(2018)01080 — 2018/2604(DEA)) Deadline for lodging objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 27 February 2018 referred to responsible: ENVI

— Commission delegated directive amending, for the purposes of adapting to technical progress, Annex III to Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards an exemption for lead in cermet-based trimmer potentiometer elements (C(2018)01081 — 2018/2607(DEA)) Deadline for lodging objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 27 February 2018 referred to responsible: ENVI

— Commission delegated directive amending, for the purposes of adapting to technical progress, Annex III to Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards an exemption for lead as an alloying element in aluminium (C(2018)01092 — 2018/2611(DEA)) Deadline for lodging objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 1 March 2018 referred to responsible: ENVI

— Commission delegated directive amending, for the purposes of adapting to scientific and technical progress, Annex III to Directive2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards an exemption for lead as an alloying element in steel (C(2018)01094 — 2018/2615(DEA)) Deadline for lodging objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 1 March 2018 referred to responsible: ENVI

— Commission delegated regulation amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/118 establishing fisheries conservation measures for the protection of the marine environment in the North Sea (C(2018)01194 — 2018/2614(DEA)) Deadline for lodging objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 2 March 2018 referred to responsible: PECH

— Commission delegated regulation amending Delegated Regulation (EU) No 639/2014 as regards the eligibility criteria for support for hemp under the basic payment scheme and certain requirements in respect of voluntary coupled support (C(2018)01209 — 2018/2608(DEA)) Deadline for lodging objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 28 February 2018 referred to responsible: AGRI

— Commission delegated regulation supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Union trade mark, and repealing Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1430 (C(2018)01231 — 2018/2618(DEA)) Deadline for lodging objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 5 March 2018 referred to responsible: JURI

— Commission delegated regulation amending Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1322/2014 as regards the adaptation of the vehicle construction and general requirements for the approval of agricultural and forestry vehicles (C(2018)01391 — 2018/2639(DEA)) Deadline for lodging objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 9 March 2018 referred to responsible: IMCO

— Commission delegated regulation establishing common safety methods on safety management system requirements pursuant to Directive (EU) 2016/798 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Commission Regulations (EU) No 1158/2010 and (EU) No 1169/2010 (C(2018)01392 — 2018/2636(DEA)) Deadline for lodging objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 8 March 2018 referred to responsible: TRAN

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

— Commission delegated regulation amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675 supplementing Directive (EU) 2015/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council, as regards adding Sri Lanka, Trinidad and Tobago and Tunisia to the table in point I of the Annex (C(2017)08320 — 2017/3020(DEA)) Initial deadline for lodging objections: 1 month from the date of receipt of 13 December 2017 Extension of the deadline for lodging objections: 1 month at Parliament's request referred to responsible: ECON, LIBE

Draft delegated act for which the deadline has been amended from 1 to 3 months at the request of the committee responsible:

— Commission delegated regulation supplementing Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards for procedures for excluding transactions with non-financial counterparties established in a third country from the own funds requirement for credit valuation adjustment risk — (C(2018)00256 — 2018/2547(DEA)) Deadline for lodging objections: 3 months from the date of receipt of 24 January 2018, at the request of the committee responsible. referred to responsible: ECON

23. Implementing measures (Rule 106)

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

— Commission regulation amending Annex VI to Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on cosmetic products (D049874/02 — 2018/2610(RPS) — deadline: 2 June 2018) referred to responsible: ENVI

— Commission regulation amending Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on cosmetic products (D053824/02 — 2018/2623(RPS) — deadline: 7 June 2018) referred to responsible: ENVI

— Draft Commission regulation amending, for the purposes of its adaptation to technical and scientific progress, Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures and correcting Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/776 (D054354/03 — 2018/2616(RPS) — deadline: 3 June 2018) referred to responsible: ENVI opinion: IMCO

— Commission regulation amending Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 on plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food (D055333/02 — 2018/2638(RPS) — deadline: 10 May 2018) referred to responsible: ENVI

— Commission regulation amending Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 as regards the automatic validation of Union flight crew licences and take-off and landing training (D055355/02 — 2018/2617(RPS) — deadline: 6 June 2018) referred to responsible: TRAN

— Commission directive correcting the German language version of Directive 2006/126/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on driving licences (D055427/01 — 2018/2637(RPS) — deadline: 9 June 2018) referred to responsible: TRAN

— Commission regulation amending Regulation (EU) No 582/2011 as regards the provisions on testing by means of portable emission measurement systems (PEMS) and the requirements for universal fuel range type-approval (D055456/02 — 2018/2640(RPS) — deadline: 13 June 2018) referred to responsible: ENVI

24. Transfers of appropriations

In accordance with Article 27(4) of the Financial Regulation, the Council of the European Union had informed the budgetary authority of the approval of transfers of appropriations DEC 01/2018 and DEC 03/2018 — Section III — Commission.

In accordance with Article 27(4) and Article 179 of the Financial Regulation, the Committee on Budgets had decided to approve Commission transfer of appropriations DEC 03/2018 — Section III — Commission.

25. Documents received

The following documents had been received:

(1) from the Commission — Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 04/2018 — Section III — Commission (N8-0054/2018 — C8-0098/2018 — 2018/2031(GBD)) referred to responsible: BUDG

(2) from committees — ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 as regards the location of the seat of the European Medicines Agency (COM(2017)0735 — C8-0421/2017 — 2017/0328(COD)) — ENVI Committee — Rapporteur: Giovanni La Via (A8-0063/2018)

26. Agenda of the next sitting

The agenda of the next day's sitting had been established (‘Agenda’ PE 618.460/OJJE).

27. Closure of the sitting

The sitting closed at 22.34.