Official Journal of the European Union

19 January 2022

MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 19 JANUARY 2022

(2022/C 371/03)

Contents

1. Opening of the sitting 39

2. Composition of Parliament 39

3. Election of the Quaestors of Parliament (first ballot) 39

4. Resumption of the sitting 39

5. Election of the Quaestors of Parliament (first ballot) (announcement of results) 40

6. Resumption of the sitting 40

7. Delegated acts (Rule 111(6)) 40

8. Signing of acts adopted in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure (Rule 79) 41

9. Order of business 41

10. Presentation of the programme of activities of the French Presidency (debate) 41

11. Election of the Quaestors of Parliament (second ballot) 42

12. Presentation of the programme of activities of the French Presidency (continuation of debate) 42

13. Resumption of the sitting 42

14. Digital Services Act ***I (debate) 43

15. Election of the Quaestors of Parliament (second ballot) (announcement of results) 43

16. Digital Services Act ***I (continuation of debate) 44

17. Voting session 44

18. Digital Services Act ***I (continuation of debate) 46

19. Composition of committees and delegations 46

20. Debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (debate) 46

20.1. Violations of fundamental freedoms in Hong Kong 46

20.2. Situation in Kazakhstan 47

20.3. Political crisis in Sudan 47

21. Transfers of appropriations and budgetary decisions 48

22. Documents received 48

23. Delegated acts (Rule 111(2)) 48

24. Implementing measures (Rule 112) 50

25. Explanations of vote 51

26. Corrections to votes and voting intentions 51

27. Agenda of the next sitting 51

28. Closure of the sitting 51

ATTENDANCE REGISTER 56

ANNEX I

RESULT OF VOTES 58

ANNEX II

RESULT OF ROLL-CALL VOTES 59

1. Numerical strength of the standing committees — B9-0063/2022 — Proposal for a decision (text as a whole) 59

2. European Medicines Agency — A9-0216/2021 — Nicolás González Casares — Provisional agreement — Am 156 60

3. Objection under Rule 111(3): Determining cases where identity data may be considered as same or similar for the purpose of the multiple identity detection pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/817 — B9-0061/2022 — Motion for a resolution (text as a whole) 62

4. Objection under Rule 111(3): Determining cases where identity data may be considered as same or similar for the purpose of the multiple identity detection pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/818 — B9-0062/2022 — Motion for a resolution (text as a whole) 63

5. Digital Services Act — A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — Amendments by the committee responsible — vote en bloc 65

6. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — after Article 1 — Am 106/1 66

7. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — after Article 1 — Am 106/2 68

8. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — § 1, after point h — Am 494 69

9. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — § 3 — Am 522D 71

10. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — § 3 — Am 127 72

11. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — § 2 — Am 523 74

12. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — § 2 — Am 134 75

13. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — § 2 — Am 545 77

14. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — § 3 — Am 490 78

15. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — § 3 — Am 135 80

16. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — § 4 — Am 524 81

17. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — § 4 — Am 136 83

18. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — Article 6 — Am 546D 84

19. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — Article 6 — Am 137-138 86

20. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — after § 1 — Am 540/1 87

21. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — after § 1 — Am 540/2 89

22. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — after § 1 — Am 520 91

23. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — § 1 — Am 525 92

24. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — after § 1 — Am 526 94

25. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — § 2, point b — Am 527 95

26. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — § 1, after point b — Am 528 97

27. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — § 1, after point b — Am 529 98

28. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — § 1, after point c — Am 152 100

29. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — § 1, after indent 1 — Am 530 102

30. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — § 1 — Am 531 103

31. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — § 2, before point a — Am 532 105

32. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — § 2, before point a — Am 533 106

33. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — § 1, point a, after indent — Am 163 108

34. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — after § 4 — Am 535 109

35. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — after § 4 — Am 536 111

36. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — after § 1 — Am 495 113

37. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — after § 5 — Am 477 114

38. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — § 1 — Am 513/1 116

39. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — § 1 — Am 513/2 117

40. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — § 1 — Am 513/3 119

41. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — after § 2 — Am 537 121

42. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — after § 2 — Am 538 122

43. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — after § 2 — Am 539 124

44. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — after Article 13 — Am 202 125

45. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — after Article 13 — Am 514 127

46. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — after Article 13 — Am 547 129

47. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — § 2, point c — Am 459D 130

48. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — after § 3 — Am 207 132

49. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — after § 5 — Am 460 133

50. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — § 6 — Am 515 135

51. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — after § 6 — Am 478 137

52. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — after § 6 — Am 484= 548= 138

53. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — after § 4 — Am 479 140

54. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — after Article 15 — Am 480 141

55. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — § 1 — Am 221 143

56. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — after § 1 — Am 549 144

57. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — Article 19 — Am 492D 146

58. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — Article 19 — Am 244-254 148

59. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — § 2, point b — Am 516 149

60. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — § 2, point b — Am 551 151

61. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — § 1, after point f — Am 552 152

62. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — after Article 22 — Am 463 154

63. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — after Article 22 — Am 553 155

64. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — after Article 22 — Am 274 157

65. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — § 1, introductory part — Am 554 158

66. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — after § 1 — Am 499 160

67. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — after § 1 — Am 500 161

68. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — after § 1 — Am 555 163

69. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — after Article 24 — Am 464 164

70. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — after Article 24 — Am 290/1 166

71. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — after Article 24 — Am 290/2 167

72. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — after Article 24 — Am 521 169

73. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — § 1 — Am 292 170

74. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — after Article 25 — Am 466 172

75. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — after Article 27 — Am 467 173

76. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — § 1 — Am 330 175

77. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — after § 2 — Am 468 176

78. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — after § 2 — Am 541 178

79. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — after Article 29 — Am 481/1 179

80. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — after Article 29 — Am 481/2 181

81. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — after Article 33 — Am 469 183

82. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — after Article 33 — Am 559 184

83. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — after Article 34 — Am 470 186

84. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — after Article 35 — Am 471 188

85. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — after § 4 — Am 496 189

86. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — § 3 — Am 560 191

87. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — § 1 — Am 497 192

88. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — § 1 — Am 396 194

89. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — Article 47 — Am 561 195

90. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — Article 47 — Am 413 197

91. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — § 3 — Am 419S 199

92. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — § 5 — Am 420= 562CP= 200

93. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — § 6 — Am 562CP 202

94. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — § 6 — Am 422 203

95. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — § 1 — Am 563 205

96. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — after Article 50 — Am 472 206

97. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — § 4 — Am 473 208

98. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — Recital 9 — Am 8/1 209

99. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — Recital 9 — Am 8/2 211

100. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — after Recital 12 — Am 485 213

101. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — Recital 13 — Am 474 214

102. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — after Recital 15 — Am 542 216

103. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — Recital 22 — Am 509 217

104. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — Recital 22 — Am 19 219

105. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — after Recital 23 — Am 486 221

106. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — Recital 25 — Am 519 222

107. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — Recital 26 — Am 510 224

108. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — after Recital 27 — Am 24/1 225

109. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — after Recital 27 — Am 24/2 227

110. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — Recital 28 — Am 517 229

111. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — Recital 31 — Am 518 230

112. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — Recital 38 — Am 493 232

113. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — Recital 38 — Am 511/1 233

114. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — Recital 38 — Am 511/2 235

115. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — Recital 38 — Am 38 237

116. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — Recital 38 — Am 487 238

117. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — after Recital 38 — Am 488 240

118. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — after Recital 39 — Am 512 241

119. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — Recital 46 — Am 489D 243

120. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — Recital 46 — Am 50 244

121. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — Recital 46 — Am 482 246

122. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — after Recital 50 — Am 458 248

123. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — after Recital 52 — Am 498 249

124. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — Recital 64 — Am 543 251

125. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — after Recital 65 — Am 475 252

126. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — after Recital 65 — Am 476 254

127. A9-0356/2021 — Christel Schaldemose — after Recital 106 — Am 483= 544= 256

Minutes of the sitting of 19 January 2022

IN THE CHAIR: Roberta METSOLA

President

1. Opening of the sitting

The sitting opened at 9.01.

2. Composition of Parliament

The Netherlands authorities had given notice of the election of Catharina Rinzema to replace Liesje Schreinemacher as Member of Parliament with effect from 18 January 2022.

Parliament took note of her election.

Under Rule 3(2), until such time as her credentials had been verified or a ruling had been given on any dispute, and provided that she had previously made a written declaration stating that she did not hold any office incompatible with that of Member of the European Parliament, Catharina Rinzema would take her seat in Parliament and on its bodies and would enjoy all the rights attaching thereto.

3. Election of the Quaestors of Parliament (first ballot)

Parliament elected its Quaestors (2021/3046(RSO)).

The President announced that she had received the following nominations for the office of Quaestor: Monika Beňová, Christophe Hansen, Karol Karski, Fabienne Keller, Marcel Kolaja and Anne Sander.

Referring to the provisions of Rule 15(1), the President said that the number of candidates was greater than the number of seats to be filled, and announced that a secret ballot would take place and that blank or spoiled ballot papers would not be counted.

In accordance with Rule 18, Parliament would conduct the election according to the same rules as for the election of the Vice-Presidents.

The ballot would be open until 9.45. The voting results would be announced at 11.00 (minutes of 19.1.2022, item 5).

The vote was taken.

(The sitting was suspended at 9.04.)

4. Resumption of the sitting

The sitting resumed at 11.02.

5. Election of the Quaestors of Parliament (first ballot) (announcement of results)

The President read out the results of the ballot:

— Members voting: 688

— Blank or spoiled ballot papers: 12

— Votes cast: 676

— Absolute majority: 339

The votes had been cast as follows:

— Monika Beňová 487 votes

— Christophe Hansen 576 votes

— Karol Karski 321 votes

— Fabienne Keller 479 votes

— Marcel Kolaja 277 votes

— Anne Sander 622 votes

Anne Sander, Christophe Hansen, Monika Beňová and Fabienne Keller had obtained an absolute majority of the votes cast and were thus elected as Quaestors. The President congratulated them on their election.

Since one position as Quaestor remained to be filled, a second ballot would be necessary.

The President noted that the remaining candidates would go forward into the second ballot.

The second ballot would take place at 14.30.

(The list of Members voting is annexed to these minutes. See minutes of 19.1.2022, Annex 1.)

(The sitting was suspended at 11.05.)

6. Resumption of the sitting

The sitting resumed at 11.32.

7. Delegated acts (Rule 111(6))

In accordance with Rule 111(6), the Chair of the Conference of Committee Chairs had informed the President of Parliament that no objections had been raised to:

— The recommendation by the AGRI Committee to raise no objections to the Commission delegated regulation of 7 December 2021 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council with additional requirements for certain types of intervention specified by Member States in their CAP Strategic Plans for the period 2023 to 2027 under that Regulation as well as rules on the ratio for the good agricultural and environmental condition (GAEC) standard 1 (C(2021)09115 — 2021/3008(DEA)) (B9-0058/2022);

— The recommendation by the AGRI Committee to raise no objections to the Commission delegated regulation of 7 December 2021 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2116 of the European Parliament and of the Council with rules on paying agencies and other bodies, financial management, clearance of accounts, securities and use of euro (C(2021)09119 — 2021/3009(DEA)) (B9-0059/2022).

If no objections were raised by a political group or a number of Members reaching at least the low threshold within 24 hours of this announcement, the recommendations would be deemed approved. If objections were raised, they would be put to the vote.

8. Signing of acts adopted in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure (Rule 79)

The President announced that, since the adjournment of the session on 15 December 2021, she had, together with the President of the Council, signed the following act adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure:

— Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on a European Year of Youth (2022) (00081/2021/LEX — C9-0477/2021 — 2021/0328(COD)).

9. Order of business

The final draft agenda for the plenary sittings of January 2022 (PE 703.593/PDOJ) had been made available to Members and the following changes had been proposed (Rule 158):

With the agreement of the political groups, the President proposed the following changes to the final draft agenda:

Wednesday

Election of the Quaestors: second ballot from 14.30 to 15.15.

Announcement of the results: 16.00.

Debate on the conclusions of the European Council of 16 and 17 December 2021: cancelled. The sitting would resume at 15.00 with the debate on the report by Christel Schaldemose on the Digital Services Act (A9-0356/2021).

Voting from 18.00 to 19.15.

Announcement of the results: the following day, Thursday 20 January 2022, 9.00.

The House agreed to the proposals.

The order of business was thus established.

10. Presentation of the programme of activities of the French Presidency (debate)

Council and Commission statements: Presentation of the programme of activities of the French Presidency (2022/3022(RSP))

Emmanuel Macron (President-in-Office of the Council) and Maroš Šefčovič (Vice-President of the Commission) made the statements.

The following spoke: Manfred Weber, on behalf of the PPE Group, Iratxe García Pérez, on behalf of the S&D Group, Stéphane Séjourné, on behalf of the Renew Group, Yannick Jadot, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Iratxe García Pérez and Stéphane Séjourné on the conduct of the debate (the President gave details), Jordan Bardella, on behalf of the ID Group, Raffaele Fitto, on behalf of the ECR Group, Manon Aubry, on behalf of the The Left Group (the President reminded Members of the subject of the debate), and Tiziana Beghin, non-attached Member.

The following spoke: Emmanuel Macron.

The following spoke: François-Xavier Bellamy, Sylvie Guillaume, Katalin Cseh, Jordi Solé, Nicolas Bay, Hermann Tertsch, Manuel Bompard, Mislav Kolakušić, Angelika Niebler, Simona Bonafè, Luis Garicano, Heidi Hautala, Jörg Meuthen, Beata Szydło, Tamás Deutsch, Ioan-Rareș Bogdan, Alex Agius Saliba, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Rasmus Andresen, Jaak Madison, Nicola Procaccini, Kostas Papadakis, Dolors Montserrat, Heléne Fritzon, Charles Goerens, Gerolf Annemans, Márton Gyöngyösi, Vangelis Meimarakis, Gabriele Bischoff, Valérie Hayer, Paulo Rangel and Marek Belka.

(Continuation of debate: minutes of 19.1.2022, item 12)

11. Election of the Quaestors of Parliament (second ballot)

Parliament held the second round of the election of the Quaestors of Parliament (2021/3046(RSO)).

The ballot would be open until 15.15. The voting results would be announced at 16.00 (minutes of 19.1.2022, item 15).

The vote was taken.

12. Presentation of the programme of activities of the French Presidency (continuation of debate)

Council and Commission statements: Presentation of the programme of activities of the French Presidency (2022/3022(RSP))

(Start of debate: minutes of 19.1.2022, item 10)

The following spoke: Guy Verhofstadt, Esther de Lange, Aurore Lalucq, Benoît Lutgen, Agnes Jongerius, Arnaud Danjean and Raphaël Glucksmann.

The following spoke: Maroš Šefčovič (Vice-President of the Commission) and Emmanuel Macron (President-in-Office of the Council).

The debate closed.

(The sitting was suspended at 15.14.)

IN THE CHAIR: Pedro SILVA PEREIRA

Vice-President

13. Resumption of the sitting

The sitting resumed at 15.20.

14. Digital Services Act ***I(debate)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on a Single Market For Digital Services (Digital Services Act) and amending Directive 2000/31/EC [COM(2020)0825 — C9-0418/2020 — 2020/0361(COD)] — Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection. Rapporteur: Christel Schaldemose (A9-0356/2021)

Christel Schaldemose introduced the report.

The following spoke: Henna Virkkunen (rapporteur for the opinion of the ITRE Committee), Geoffroy Didier (rapporteur for the opinion of the JURI Committee) and Patrick Breyer (rapporteur for the opinion of the LIBE Committee).

The following spoke: Margrethe Vestager (Executive Vice-President of the Commission) and Thierry Breton (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Mikuláš Peksa (rapporteur for the opinion of the ECON Committee), Roman Haider (rapporteur for the opinion of the TRAN Committee), Sabine Verheyen (rapporteur for the opinion of the CULT Committee), Jadwiga Wiśniewska (rapporteur for the opinion of the FEMM Committee), Arba Kokalari, on behalf of the PPE Group, Alex Agius Saliba, on behalf of the S&D Group, Dita Charanzová, on behalf of the Renew Group, and Alexandra Geese, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group.

(Continuation of debate: minutes of 19.1.2022, item 16)

IN THE CHAIR: Roberta METSOLA

President

15. Election of the Quaestors of Parliament (second ballot) (announcement of results)

The President read out the results of the ballot:

— Members voting: 688

— Blank or spoiled ballot papers: 20

— Votes cast: 668

Votes obtained:

— Karol Karski 324 votes

— Marcel Kolaja 344 votes

Having obtained an absolute majority of the votes cast, Marcel Kolaja was therefore elected as a Quaestor. The President congratulated him on his election.

In accordance with Rule 18 and Rule 17(2), the Quaestors would take precedence in the order in which they were elected. In the event of a tie, age would be the determining factor.

The Presidents of the institutions of the European Union would be notified of the new composition of the Bureau.

(The list of Members voting is annexed to these minutes. See minutes of 19.1.2022, Annex 2.)

IN THE CHAIR: Pedro SILVA PEREIRA

Vice-President

16. Digital Services Act ***I(continuation of debate)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on a Single Market For Digital Services (Digital Services Act) and amending Directive 2000/31/EC [COM(2020)0825 — C9-0418/2020 — 2020/0361(COD)] — Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection. Rapporteur: Christel Schaldemose (A9-0356/2021)

(Start of debate: minutes of 19.1.2022, item 14)

The following spoke: Alessandra Basso, on behalf of the ID Group, Adam Bielan, on behalf of the ECR Group, Martin Schirdewan, on behalf of the The Left Group, Lefteris Nikolaou-Alavanos, non-attached Member, Andreas Schwab, Tiemo Wölken, Sandro Gozi, Kim Van Sparrentak, Tom Vandendriessche, Eugen Jurzyca and Marisa Matias.

IN THE CHAIR: Rainer WIELAND

Vice-President

The following spoke: Clara Ponsatí Obiols, Pablo Arias Echeverría, Marina Kaljurand, Moritz Körner, Anna Cavazzini, Jean-Lin Lacapelle, Beata Mazurek, Sandra Pereira, Miroslav Radačovský, Vladimír Bilčík, Petra Kammerevert, Karen Melchior, Rasmus Andresen, Ivan David, Geert Bourgeois, Clare Daly, Edina Tóth, Tom Vandenkendelaere, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Valérie Hayer, Isabella Tovaglieri, Kosma Złotowski, Ivan Štefanec, Alfred Sant, Róża Thun und Hohenstein, Robert Roos, Brando Benifei, Svenja Hahn, Patryk Jaki, Tomislav Sokol, Evelyne Gebhardt, Luis Garicano, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Deirdre Clune, Adriana Maldonado López, Bart Groothuis, Jessica Stegrud, Angelika Niebler and Maria Grapini.

(Continuation of debate: minutes of 19.1.2022, item 18)

17. Voting session

Parliament voted on

Numerical strength of the standing committees

Proposal for a decision tabled under Rule 206 by the Conference of Presidents on the numerical strength of the standing committees (2021/3026(RSO)) (B9-0063/2022).

Parliament took a single vote on:

Nomination of a member of the Court of Auditors — Jan Gregor Report on the nomination of Jan Gregor as a Member of the Court of Auditors [12535/2021 — C9-0405/2021 — 2021/0802(NLE)] — Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (A9-0002/2022); Nomination of a member of the Court of Auditors — Marek Opioła Report on the nomination of Marek Opioła as a Member of the Court of Auditors [13231/2021 — C9-0406/2021 — 2021/0803(NLE)] — Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Claudiu Manda (A9-0004/2022); Nomination of a member of the Court of Auditors — Mihails Kozlovs Report on the nomination of Mihails Kozlovs as a Member of the Court of Auditors [13353/2021 — C9-0407/2021 — 2021/0804(NLE)] — Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Tomáš Zdechovský (A9-0003/2022); Nomination of a member of the Court of Auditors — Jorg Kristijan Petrovič Report on the nomination of Jorg Kristijan Petrovič as a Member of the Court of Auditors [13355/2021 — C9-0408/2021 — 2021/0805(NLE)] — Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Olivier Chastel (A9-0005/2022).

Parliament voted on the provisional agreement on:

European Medicines Agency ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on a reinforced role for the European Medicines Agency in crisis preparedness and management for medicinal products and medical devices [COM(2020)0725 — C9-0365/2020 — 2020/0321(COD)] — Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. Rapporteur: Nicolás González Casares (A9-0216/2021) The debate was held on 7 July 2021(minutes of 7.7.2021, item 13 and minutes of 7.7.2021, item 15) and was followed by a first vote on 8 July 2021. The matter had been referred back to the committee responsible in accordance with Rule 59(4) (minutes of 8.7.2021, item 11).

Parliament voted on:

Objection pursuant to Rule 111(3): Determining cases where identity data may be considered as same or similar for the purpose of the multiple identity detection pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/817 Motion for a resolution tabled under Rule 111(3) by Juan Fernando López Aguilar, on behalf of the LIBE Committee, on the Commission delegated regulation of 29 September 2021 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/817 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards determining cases where identity data may be considered as same or similar for the purpose of the multiple identity detection (C(2021)05056; 2021/2913(DEA)) (B9-0061/2022); Objection pursuant to Rule 111(3): Determining cases where identity data may be considered as same or similar for the purpose of the multiple identity detection pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/818 Motion for a resolution tabled under Rule 111(3) by Juan Fernando López Aguilar, on behalf of the LIBE Committee, on the Commission delegated regulation of 29 September 2021 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/818 of the European Parliament and Council as regards determining cases where identity data may be considered as same or similar for the purpose of the multiple identity detection (C(2021)05057; 2021/2912(DEA)) (B9-0062/2022).

Parliament voted on the amendments to:

Digital Services Act ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on a Single Market For Digital Services (Digital Services Act) and amending Directive 2000/31/EC [COM(2020)0825 — C9-0418/2020 — 2020/0361(COD)] — Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection. Rapporteur: Christel Schaldemose (A9-0356/2021).

The ballot would be open until 19.15.

The results of votes would be announced the next day, 20 January 2022 at 9.00 (minutes of 20.1.2022, item 3).

The vote was taken.

18. Digital Services Act ***I(continuation of debate)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on a Single Market For Digital Services (Digital Services Act) and amending Directive 2000/31/EC [COM(2020)0825 — C9-0418/2020 — 2020/0361(COD)] — Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection. Rapporteur: Christel Schaldemose (A9-0356/2021)

(Start of debate: minutes of 19.1.2022, item 14 and minutes of 19.1.2022, item 16)

The following spoke: Claudia Gamon, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński, Karlo Ressler, Leszek Miller, Vlad-Marius Botoș, Salvatore De Meo, Patrizia Toia, Anna Júlia Donáth and Seán Kelly.

IN THE CHAIR: Othmar KARAS

Vice-President

The following spoke: Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Laurence Farreng, Barbara Thaler, Sylvie Guillaume, Stelios Kympouropoulos, Clara Aguilera, Eugen Tomac, Stanislav Polčák, Andrea Caroppo, Miriam Lexmann and Antonius Manders.

The following spoke: Thierry Breton (Member of the Commission), Margrethe Vestager (Executive Vice-President of the Commission) and Christel Schaldemose (rapporteur).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 19.1.2022, item 17 (amendments); minutes of 20.1.2022, item 12 (final vote).

Announcement of voting results: minutes of 20.1.2022, item 3 (amendments); minutes of 20.1.2022, item 15 (final vote).

19. Composition of committees and delegations

The Renew Group had notified the President of the following decisions changing the composition of committees and delegations:

— Delegation for relations with the United States: Catharina Rinzema

— Delegation to the EU-United Kingdom Parliamentary Assembly: Catharina Rinzema

The decisions took effect as of that day.

20. Debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (debate)

(For the titles and authors of the motions for resolutions, see minutes of 18.1.2022, item 22.)

20.1. Violations of fundamental freedoms in Hong Kong

Motions for resolutions B9-0066/2022, B9-0067/2022, B9-0071/2022, B9-0073/2022, B9-0075/2022 and B9-0076/2022 (2022/2503(RSP))

Miriam Lexmann, Isabel Santos, Engin Eroglu, Reinhard Bütikofer, Anna Fotyga and Manu Pineda introduced the motions for resolutions.

The following spoke: Michaela Šojdrová, on behalf of the PPE Group, Maria Arena, on behalf of the S&D Group, Marie-Pierre Vedrenne, on behalf of the Renew Group, Salima Yenbou, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Silvia Sardone, on behalf of the ID Group, Bert-Jan Ruissen, on behalf of the ECR Group, Mick Wallace, on behalf of The Left Group, Fabio Massimo Castaldo, non-attached Member, Peter van Dalen, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Svenja Hahn, Hannah Neumann, Marco Dreosto, Isabel Wiseler-Lima, Thijs Reuten, Petras Auštrevičius, Markéta Gregorová, Gilles Lebreton, Jytte Guteland and Karin Karlsbro.

The following spoke: Stella Kyriakides (Member of the Commission).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 20.1.2022, item 5 (amendments); minutes of 20.1.2022, item 12 (final vote).

Announcement of voting results: minutes of 20.1.2022, item 10 (amendments); minutes of 20.1.2022, item 15 (final vote).

20.2. Situation in Kazakhstan

Motions for resolutions B9-0064/2022, B9-0065/2022, B9-0072/2022, B9-0074/2022, B9-0077/2022 and B9-0079/2022 (2022/2505(RSP))

Andrius Kubilius and Nacho Sánchez Amor introduced motions for resolutions B9-0079/2022 and B9-0074/2022.

IN THE CHAIR: Michal ŠIMEČKA

Vice-President

Róża Thun und Hohenstein, Anna Fotyga, Heidi Hautala and Miguel Urbán Crespo introduced motions for resolutions B9-0072/2022, B9-0077/2022, B9-0065/2022 and B9-0064/2022.

The following spoke: Traian Băsescu, on behalf of the PPE Group, Maria Arena, on behalf of the S&D Group, Klemen Grošelj, on behalf of the Renew Group, Viola Von Cramon-Taubadel, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Thierry Mariani, on behalf of the ID Group, Hermann Tertsch, on behalf of the ECR Group, Özlem Demirel, on behalf of The Left Group, Milan Uhrík, non-attached Member, Tomislav Sokol, Evin Incir, Atidzhe Alieva-Veli, Markéta Gregorová, Bernhard Zimniok (the President reminded the speaker of the need to keep to the subject of the debate), Ryszard Czarnecki, Vladimír Bilčík, Juozas Olekas, Petras Auštrevičius, Sergey Lagodinsky, Maximilian Krah, Michiel Hoogeveen, Seán Kelly, Isabel Santos, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Tatjana Ždanoka, Ivo Hristov, Christophe Grudler, Engin Eroglu and Vlad Gheorghe.

The following spoke: Stella Kyriakides (Member of the Commission).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 20.1.2022, item 5 (amendments); minutes of 20.1.2022, item 12 (final vote).

Announcement of voting results: minutes of 20.1.2022, item 10 (amendments); minutes of 20.1.2022, item 15 (final vote).

20.3. Political crisis in Sudan

Motions for resolutions B9-0068/2022, B9-0069/2022, B9-0070/2022, B9-0078/2022, B9-0080/2022, B9-0081/2022 and B9-0082/2022 (2022/2504(RSP))

Jiří Pospíšil and Jytte Guteland introduced motions for resolutions B9-0082/2022 and B9-0080/2022.

IN THE CHAIR: Evelyn REGNER

Vice-President

Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Katrin Langensiepen, Assita Kanko, Marisa Matias and Thierry Mariani introduced motions for resolutions B9-0078/2022, B9-0070/2022, B9-0081/2022, B9-0068/2022 and B9-0069/2022.

The following spoke: Fulvio Martusciello, on behalf of the PPE Group, Hannes Heide, on behalf of the S&D Group, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, on behalf of the Renew Group, Elżbieta Kruk, on behalf of the ECR Group, Maria Arena, Beata Kempa and Bettina Vollath.

The following spoke: Stella Kyriakides (Member of the Commission).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 20.1.2022, item 5 (amendments); minutes of 20.1.2022, item 12 (final vote).

Announcement of voting results: minutes of 20.1.2022, item 10 (amendments); minutes of 20.1.2022, item 15 (final vote).

21. Transfers of appropriations and budgetary decisions

In accordance with Article 31(1) of the Financial Regulation, the Committee on Budgets had decided to approve Commission transfers of appropriations DEC 22/2021, DEC 23/2021, DEC 27/2021 and DEC 28/2021 — Section III — Commission.

22. Documents received

The following documents had been received:

— Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 30/2021 — Section III — European Commission (N9-0002/2022 — C9-0008/2022 — 2022/2000(GBD)) referred to responsible: BUDG

— Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 01/2022 — Section III — European Commission (N9-0003/2022 — C9-0009/2022 — 2022/2001(GBD)) referred to responsible: BUDG

23. Delegated acts (Rule 111(2))

The following draft delegated acts had been forwarded to Parliament:

— Commission delegated regulation on amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675 supplementing Directive (EU) 2015/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council, as regards adding Burkina Faso, Cayman Islands, Haiti, Jordan, Mali, Morocco, the Philippines, Senegal, and South Sudan to the table in point I of the Annex and deleting The Bahamas, Botswana, Ghana, Iraq and Mauritius from this table (C(2021)04335 — 2022/2500(DEA)) Deadline for raising objections: 1 month from the date of receipt of 10 January 2022 referred to responsible: ECON, LIBE

— Commission delegated regulation amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 95/93 as regards the extension of measures for temporary relief from the slot utilisation rules due to the COVID-19 crisis (C(2021)09105 — 2021/3048(DEA)) Deadline for raising objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 15 December 2021 referred to responsible: TRAN

— Commission delegated regulation amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 as regards measures to reduce incidental catches of the resident population of the Baltic Proper harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in the Baltic Sea (C(2021)09134 — 2021/3050(DEA)) Deadline for raising objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 15 December 2021 referred to responsible: PECH

— Commission delegated directive amending, for the purposes of adapting to scientific and technical progress, Annex III to Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards an exemption for the use of mercury in double-capped linear fluorescent lamps for general lighting purposes (C(2021)09156 — 2021/3051(DEA)) Deadline for raising objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 16 December 2021 referred to responsible: ENVI

— Commission delegated regulation supplementing Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council by specifying criteria for derogation of the principle that approved publication arrangements and approved reporting mechanisms are supervised by the European Securities Markets Authority (C(2021)09430 — 2021/3054(DEA)) Deadline for raising objections: 3 months from the date of receipt of 17 December 2021 referred to responsible: ECON

— Commission delegated regulation amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/161 as regards the derogation from the obligation of wholesalers to decommission the unique identifier of medicinal products exported to the United Kingdom (C(2021)09700 — 2021/3053(DEA)) Deadline for raising objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 17 December 2021 referred to responsible: ENVI

— Commission delegated regulation supplementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1153 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the specific selection criteria and the details of the process for selecting cross-border projects in the field of renewable energy (C(2021)09875 — 2021/3055(DEA)) Deadline for raising objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 21 December 2021 referred to responsible: ITRE, TRAN

— Commission delegated regulation amending the Annex to Regulation (EU) 2021/953 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the acceptance period of vaccination certificates issued in the EU Digital COVID Certificate format indicating the completion of the primary vaccination series (C(2021)09920 — 2021/3056(DEA)) Deadline for raising objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 21 December 2021 referred to responsible: LIBE

— Commission delegated regulation correcting Directive 2009/45/EC of the European Parliament and the Council on safety rules and standards for passenger ships (C(2022)00022 — 2022/2501(DEA)) Deadline for raising objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 11 January 2022 referred to responsible: TRAN

— Commission delegated regulation amending the regulatory technical standards laid down in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/583 as regards adjustment the liquidity thresholds and trade percentile used to determine the size specific to the instrument applicable to certain non-equity instruments (C(2022)00052 — 2022/2507(DEA)) Deadline for raising objections: 3 months from the date of receipt of 12 January 2022 referred to responsible: ECON

— Commission delegated regulation amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/985 as regards its transitional provisions for certain agricultural and forestry vehicles fitted with engines in the power range greater than or equal to 56kW and less than 130kW in order to address the impact of the COVID-19 crisis (C(2022)00054 — 2022/2509(DEA)) Deadline for raising objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 13 January 2022 referred to responsible: IMCO

— Commission delegated regulation amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/127 as regards the protein requirements for infant and follow-on formula manufactured from protein hydrolysates (C(2022)00099 — 2022/2511(DEA)) Deadline for raising objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 14 January 2022 referred to responsible: ENVI

— Commission delegated regulation amending Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards specific requirements for the production and use of non-organic, in-conversion and organic seedlings and other plant reproductive material (C(2022)00101 — 2022/2513(DEA)) Deadline for raising objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 17 January 2022 referred to responsible: AGRI

24. Implementing measures (Rule 112)

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

— Commission regulation amending Annexes II, III and IV to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for acetic acid, azoxystrobin, benzovindiflupyr, cyantraniliprole, cyflufenamid, emamectin, flutolanil, lime sulphur, maltodextrin and proquinazid in or on certain products (D076995/03 — 2022/2502(RPS) — deadline: 11 March 2022) referred to responsible: ENVI

— Commission regulation refusing to authorise a health claim made on foods and referring to the reduction of disease risk (D077180/03 — 2022/2512(RPS) — deadline: 17 April 2022) referred to responsible: ENVI opinion: IMCO (Rule 57), JURI (Rule 57)

— Commission regulation refusing to authorise a health claim made on foods and referring to the reduction of disease risk (D077181/03 — 2022/2514(RPS) — deadline: 17 April 2022) referred to responsible: ENVI opinion: IMCO (Rule 57)

25. Explanations of vote

Written explanations of vote:

Explanations of vote submitted in writing under Rule 194 appear on the Members' pages on Parliament's website.

Exceptionally, explanations of vote of a maximum of 400 words would be accepted.

26. Corrections to votes and voting intentions

Corrections to votes and voting intentions appear on Parliament's website under ‘Results of roll-call votes’ as an annex to the minutes of the sitting. They are for information only and have no effect on the result of the vote as announced in plenary.

The document will be regularly updated in the two weeks following the part-session concerned.

After those two weeks, the list of corrections to votes and voting intentions will be finalised so that it can be translated and published in the Official Journal.

27. Agenda of the next sitting

The agenda of the next day's sitting had been established (‘Agenda’PE 703.593/OJJE).

28. Closure of the sitting

The sitting closed at 21.32.