Official Journal of the European Union

23 March 2022

MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 23 MARCH 2022

(2022/C 456/01)

Contents

1. Resumption of the session 3

2. Opening of the sitting 3

3. Statement by the President 3

4. Approval of the minutes of the previous sittings 3

5. Composition of the Advisory Committee on the Conduct of Members 3

6. Composition of committees and delegations 4

7. Negotiations ahead of Parliament's first reading (Rule 71) 4

8. Negotiations ahead of the Council's first reading (Rule 72) 4

9. Delegated acts (Rule 111(2)) 5

10. Implementing measures (Rule 112) 6

11. Questions for oral answer (submission) 6

12. Action taken on Parliament's resolutions 6

13. Documents received 7

14. Order of business 14

15. Votes on requests for urgent procedure (Rule 163) 15

16. Debriefing of the European Council meeting in Paris on 10 March 2022 — Preparation of the European Council meeting 24-25 March 2022 (debate) 16

17. Resumption of the sitting 16

18. Address by Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada 16

19. Need for an urgent EU action plan to ensure food security inside and outside the EU in light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine (debate) 17

20. Composition of committees and delegations 18

21. Pilot regime for market infrastructures based on distributed ledger technology ***I (debate) 18

22. Roaming Regulation (recast) ***I (debate) 19

23. Suisse Secrets — How to implement anti-money-laundering standards in third countries (debate) 19

24. Macro-financial assistance to the Republic of Moldova ***I (debate) 19

25. MFF 2021-2027: fight against oligarch structures, protection of EU funds from fraud and conflict of interest (debate) 20

26. One-minute speeches on matters of political importance 20

27. Agenda of the next sitting 21

28. Closure of the sitting 21

ATTENDANCE REGISTER 22

Minutes of the sitting of 23 March 2022

IN THE CHAIR: Roberta METSOLA

President

1. Resumption of the session

The session adjourned on Thursday 10 March 2022 was resumed.

2. Opening of the sitting

The sitting opened at 15.00.

3. Statement by the President

The President made a statement hailing the fact that the House was once again sitting in person.

She emphasised that during the pandemic, Parliament had continued its legislative work at the service of the people of Europe. She pointed out that the next three part-sessions would be an opportunity to test the recommendations of focus groups set up at President David Sassoli's behest.

The President welcomed Pat Cox, the former President of Parliament, as well as Charles Michel (President of the European Council) and Ursula von der Leyen (President of the Commission) to the House.

4. Approval of the minutes of the previous sittings

The minutes of the sittings of 7, 8, 9 and 10 March 2022 were approved.

5. Composition of the Advisory Committee on the Conduct of Members

In accordance with Article 7 of the Code of Conduct for Members of the European Parliament with respect to financial interests and conflicts of interest, the President had, on 16 March 2022, decided to appoint:

— Danuta Maria Hübner (PPE)

— Giuliano Pisapia (S&D)

— Pascal Durand (Renew)

— Heidi Hautala (Verts/ALE)

— Geert Bourgeois (ECR) as members of the Advisory Committee on the Conduct of Members, and to nominate

— Gerolf Annemans (ID)

— Helmut Scholz (The Left) as reserve members of the Advisory Committee on the Conduct of Members.

6. Composition of committees and delegations

The Renew, Verts/ALE, ID and ECR groups had notified the President of the following decisions changing the composition of the committees and delegations:

— AFET Committee: Mounir Satouri, Salima Yenbou to replace María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos

— REGI Committee: Maximilian Krah

— CULT Committee: Diana Riba i Giner

— Subcommittee on Tax Matters: Roman Haider to replace Hélène Laporte

— Delegation for relations with Canada: Johan Van Overtveldt to replace Ladislav Ilčić

The decisions took effect as of that day.

7. Negotiations ahead of Parliament's first reading (Rule 71)

The JURI, EMPL & FEMM and ECON committees had decided to enter into interinstitutional negotiations in accordance with Rule 71, on the basis of the following reports:

— JURI Committee — Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2013/34/EU, Directive 2004/109/EC and Directive 2006/43/EC and Regulation (EU) No 537/2014, as regards corporate sustainability reporting (COM(2021)0189 — C9-0147/2021 — 2021/0104(COD)) — Rapporteur: Pascal Durand (A9-0059/2022);

— EMPL, FEMM committees — Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council to strengthen the application of the principle of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value between men and women through pay transparency and enforcement mechanisms (COM(2021)0093 — C9-0089/2021 — 2021/0050(COD)) — Rapporteurs: Kira Marie Peter-Hansen, Samira Rafaela (A9-0056/2022);

— ECON Committee — Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on markets in crypto-assets and amending Directive (EU) 2019/1937 (COM(2020)0593 — C9-0306/2020 — 2020/0265(COD)) — Rapporteur: Stefan Berger (A9-0052/2022).

In accordance with Rule 71(2), requests for the decisions to be put to the vote could be submitted until midnight the following day, 24 March 2022.

Negotiations may start at any time after that deadline has expired if no request for a vote on the decision to enter into negotiations has been made.

8. Negotiations ahead of the Council's first reading (Rule 72)

The JURI and FEMM committees had decided to enter into interinstitutional negotiations in accordance with Rule 72, on the basis of the following position of Parliament at first reading:

— JURI, FEMM committees — Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on improving the gender balance among non-executive directors of companies listed on stock exchanges and related measures (COM(2012)0614 — C7-0382/2012 — 2012/0299(COD)) — position at first reading, P7_TA(2013)0488.

The position adopted by Parliament at first reading constituted the mandate for the negotiations.

9. Delegated acts (Rule 111(2))

The following draft delegated acts had been forwarded to Parliament:

— Commission delegated regulation amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2139 as regards economic activities in certain energy sectors and Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2178 as regards specific public disclosures for those economic activities (C(2022)00631 — 2022/2594(DEA)) Deadline for raising objections: 4 months from the date of receipt of 10 March 2022 referred to responsible: ECON, ENVI

— Commission delegated regulation supplementing Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards specifying how to determine the indirect exposures to a client arising from derivatives and credit derivatives contracts where the contract was not directly entered into with the client but the underlying debt or equity instrument was issued by that client (C(2022)01377 — 2022/2595(DEA)) Deadline for raising objections: 3 months from the date of receipt of 10 March 2022 referred to responsible: ECON

— Commission delegated regulation supplementing Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council by specifying fees relating to the supervision by the European Securities Markets Authority of data reporting service providers (C(2022)01405 — 2022/2596(DEA)) Deadline for raising objections: 3 months from the date of receipt of 10 March 2022 referred to responsible: ECON

— Commission delegated regulation supplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2033 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards for public disclosure of investment policy by investment firms (C(2022)01413 — 2022/2598(DEA)) Deadline for raising objections: 3 months from the date of receipt of 11 March 2022 referred to responsible: ECON

— Commission delegated regulation correcting the Swedish language version of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1189 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the production and marketing of plant reproductive material of organic heterogeneous material of particular genera or species (C(2022)01416 — 2022/2597(DEA)) Deadline for raising objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 11 March 2022 referred to responsible: AGRI

— Commission delegated regulation supplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 of the European Parliament and of the Council by laying down criteria on agronomic efficiency and safety for the use of by-products in EU fertilising products (C(2022)01437 — 2022/2599(DEA)) Deadline for raising objections: 3 months from the date of receipt of 14 March 2022 referred to responsible: IMCO, ENVI (Rule 57), AGRI (Rule 57)

— Commission delegated regulation amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/98 on the implementation of the Union's international obligations, as referred to in Article 15(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council, under the International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas and the Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries (C(2022)01489 — 2022/2600(DEA)) Deadline for raising objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 15 March 2022 referred to responsible: PECH

— Commission delegated regulation amending Annex II to Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1062/2014 on the work programme for the systematic examination of all existing active substances contained in biocidal products referred to in Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (C(2022)01534 — 2022/2603(DEA)) Deadline for raising objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 17 March 2022 referred to responsible: ENVI, IMCO (Rule 57)

— Commission delegated regulation amending the regulatory technical standards laid down in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/653 as regards the extension of the transitional arrangement laid down in Article 14(2) of that Regulation and amending the regulatory technical standards laid down in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2268 as regards the date of application of that Regulation (C(2022)01541 — 2022/2602(DEA)) Deadline for raising objections: 3 months from the date of receipt of 17 March 2022 referred to responsible: ECON

— Commission delegated directive amending the Annex to Council Framework Decision 2004/757/JHA as regards the inclusion of new psychoactive substances in the definition of ‘drug’ (C(2022)01552 — 2022/2604(DEA)) Deadline for raising objections: 2 months from the date of receipt of 18 March 2022 referred to responsible: LIBE

10. Implementing measures (Rule 112)

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

— Commission regulation amending Regulation (EU) 2017/2400 as regards the determination of the CO2 emissions and fuel consumption of medium and heavy lorries and heavy buses and to introduce electric vehicles and other new technologies (D076241/01 — 2022/2592(RPS) — deadline: 9 June 2022) referred to responsible: ENVI

— Commission regulation amending Regulation (EU) No 68/2013 on the Catalogue of feed materials (D077625/02 — 2022/2601(RPS) — deadline: 17 June 2022) referred to responsible: AGRI

11. Questions for oral answer (submission)

The following questions for oral answer with debate had been placed on the agenda (Rule 136):

— O-000008/2022 by Bernd Lange, on behalf of the INTA Committee, to the Commission: Update from the Commission on the state of play of the Energy Charter Treaty modernisation exercise (B9-0008/2022);

— O-000009/2022 by Bernd Lange, on behalf of the INTA Committee, to the Council: Update from the Council on the state of play of the Energy Charter Treaty modernisation exercise (B9-0009/2022).

12. Action taken on Parliament's resolutions

The Commission communication on the action taken on the resolutions adopted by Parliament during the November II 2021 part-session was available on Parliament's website.

13. Documents received

The following documents had been received:

1) from other institutions — Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on harmonised rules on fair access to and use of data (Data Act) (COM(2022)0068 — C9-0051/2022 — 2022/0047(COD)) The President would consult the European Economic and Social Committee on this proposal, in accordance with Rule 145(1). referred to responsible: ITRE opinion: IMCO, JURI, LIBE — Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on combating violence against women and domestic violence (COM(2022)0105 — C9-0058/2022 — 2022/0066(COD)) referred to responsible: FEMM opinion: BUDG, EMPL, IMCO, LIBE — Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down rules for the exercise of the Union's rights in the implementation and enforcement of the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the other part (COM(2022)0089 — C9-0059/2022 — 2022/0068(COD)) In accordance with Rules 145(1) and 146(1), the President would consult the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on this proposal. referred to responsible: INTA opinion: AFET, ITRE, IMCO, TRAN, AGRI, PECH, JURI, AFCO — 2020 discharge: General budget of the EU — European Commission (06001/2022 [01] — C9-0061/2022 — 2021/2106(DEC)) referred to responsible: CONT opinion: AFET, DEVE, INTA, BUDG, ECON, EMPL, ENVI, ITRE, IMCO, TRAN, REGI, AGRI, PECH, CULT, JURI, LIBE, AFCO, FEMM, PETI — 2020 discharge: General budget of the EU — European Parliament (06001/2022 [02] — C9-0062/2022 — 2021/2107(DEC)) referred to responsible: CONT opinion: AFET, DEVE, INTA, BUDG, ECON, EMPL, ENVI, ITRE, IMCO, TRAN, REGI, AGRI, PECH, CULT, JURI, LIBE, AFCO, FEMM, PETI — 2020 discharge: General budget of the EU — Council and European Council (06001/2022 [03] — C9-0063/2022 — 2021/2108(DEC)) referred to responsible: CONT opinion: AFET, DEVE, INTA, BUDG, ECON, EMPL, ENVI, ITRE, IMCO, TRAN, REGI, AGRI, PECH, CULT, JURI, LIBE, AFCO, FEMM, PETI — 2020 discharge: General budget of the EU — Court of Justice (06001/2022 [04] — C9-0064/2022 — 2021/2109(DEC)) referred to responsible: CONT opinion: AFET, DEVE, INTA, BUDG, ECON, EMPL, ENVI, ITRE, IMCO, TRAN, REGI, AGRI, PECH, CULT, JURI, LIBE, AFCO, FEMM, PETI — 2020 discharge: General budget of the EU — Court of Auditors (06001/2022 [05] — C9-0065/2022 — 2021/2110(DEC)) referred to responsible: CONT opinion: AFET, DEVE, INTA, BUDG, ECON, EMPL, ENVI, ITRE, IMCO, TRAN, REGI, AGRI, PECH, CULT, JURI, LIBE, AFCO, FEMM, PETI — 2020 discharge: General budget of the EU — European Economic and Social Committee (06001/2022 [06] — C9-0066/2022 — 2021/2111(DEC)) referred to responsible: CONT opinion: AFET, DEVE, INTA, BUDG, ECON, EMPL, ENVI, ITRE, IMCO, TRAN, REGI, AGRI, PECH, CULT, JURI, LIBE, AFCO, FEMM, PETI — 2020 discharge: General budget of the EU — European Committee of the Regions (06001/2022 [07] — C9-0067/2022 — 2021/2112(DEC)) referred to responsible: CONT opinion: AFET, DEVE, INTA, BUDG, ECON, EMPL, ENVI, ITRE, IMCO, TRAN, REGI, AGRI, PECH, CULT, JURI, LIBE, AFCO, FEMM, PETI — 2020 discharge: General budget of the EU — European Ombudsman (06001/2022 [08] — C9-0068/2022 — 2021/2113(DEC)) referred to responsible: CONT opinion: AFET, DEVE, INTA, BUDG, ECON, EMPL, ENVI, ITRE, IMCO, TRAN, REGI, AGRI, PECH, CULT, JURI, LIBE, AFCO, FEMM, PETI — 2020 discharge: General budget of the EU — European Data Protection Supervisor (06001/2022 [09] — C9-0069/2022 — 2021/2114(DEC)) referred to responsible: CONT opinion: JURI, LIBE — 2020 discharge: General budget of the EU — European External Action Service (06001/2022 [10] — C9-0070/2022 — 2021/2115(DEC)) referred to responsible: CONT opinion: AFET, DEVE, AFCO — 2020 discharge: European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) (06003/2022 [01] — C9-0071/2022 — 2021/2116(DEC)) referred to responsible: CONT opinion: ITRE — 2020 discharge — Agency for Support for BEREC (BEREC Office) (06003/2022 [02] — C9-0072/2022 — 2021/2117(DEC)) referred to responsible: CONT opinion: ITRE, IMCO — 2020 discharge — Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union (06003/2022 [03] — C9-0073/2022 — 2021/2118(DEC)) referred to responsible: CONT opinion: CULT — 2020 discharge — European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop) (06003/2022 [04] — C9-0074/2022 — 2021/2119(DEC)) referred to responsible: CONT opinion: EMPL, ITRE — 2020 discharge — European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training (CEPOL) (06003/2022 [05] — C9-0075/2022 — 2021/2120(DEC)) referred to responsible: CONT opinion: LIBE — 2020 discharge — European Union Aviation Safety Agency (06003/2022 [06] — C9-0076/2022 — 2021/2121(DEC)) referred to responsible: CONT opinion: TRAN — 2020 discharge — European Asylum Support Office (06003/2022 [07] — C9-0077/2022 — 2021/2122(DEC)) referred to responsible: CONT opinion: LIBE — 2020 discharge — European Banking Authority (06003/2022 [08] — C9-0078/2022 — 2021/2123(DEC)) referred to responsible: CONT opinion: ECON — 2020 discharge — European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (06003/2022 [09] — C9-0079/2022 — 2021/2124(DEC)) referred to responsible: CONT opinion: ENVI — 2020 discharge — European Chemicals Agency (06003/2022 [10] — C9-0080/2022 — 2021/2125(DEC)) referred to responsible: CONT opinion: ENVI — 2020 discharge — European Environment Agency (06003/2022 [11] — C9-0081/2022 — 2021/2126(DEC)) referred to responsible: CONT opinion: ENVI — 2020 discharge — European Fisheries Control Agency (06003/2022 [12] — C9-0082/2022 — 2021/2127(DEC)) referred to responsible: CONT opinion: PECH — 2020 discharge — European Food Safety Authority (06003/2022 [13] — C9-0083/2022 — 2021/2128(DEC)) referred to responsible: CONT opinion: ENVI — 2020 discharge — European Institute for Gender Equality (06003/2022 [14] — C9-0084/2022 — 2021/2129(DEC)) referred to responsible: CONT opinion: FEMM — 2020 discharge — European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (06003/2022 [15] — C9-0085/2022 — 2021/2130(DEC)) referred to responsible: CONT opinion: ECON, EMPL — 2020 discharge — European Institute of Innovation and Technology (06003/2022 [16] — C9-0086/2022 — 2021/2131(DEC)) referred to responsible: CONT opinion: ITRE — 2020 discharge — European Medicines Agency (06003/2022 [17] — C9-0087/2022 — 2021/2132(DEC)) referred to responsible: CONT opinion: ENVI — 2020 discharge — European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (06003/2022 [18] — C9-0088/2022 — 2021/2133(DEC)) referred to responsible: CONT opinion: ENVI, LIBE — 2020 discharge — European Maritime Safety Agency (06003/2022 [19] — C9-0089/2022 — 2021/2134(DEC)) referred to responsible: CONT opinion: TRAN — 2020 discharge — ENISA (European Union Agency for Cybersecurity) (06003/2022 [20] — C9-0090/2022 — 2021/2135(DEC)) referred to responsible: CONT opinion: ITRE — 2020 discharge — European Union Agency for Railways (06003/2022 [21] — C9-0091/2022 — 2021/2136(DEC)) referred to responsible: CONT opinion: TRAN — 2020 discharge — Euratom Supply Agency (06003/2022 [22] — C9-0092/2022 — 2021/2137(DEC)) referred to responsible: CONT opinion: ITRE — 2020 discharge — European Securities and Markets Authority (06003/2022 [23] — C9-0093/2022 — 2021/2138(DEC)) referred to responsible: CONT opinion: ECON — 2020 discharge — European Training Foundation (06003/2022 [24] — C9-0094/2022 — 2021/2139(DEC)) referred to responsible: CONT opinion: EMPL — 2020 discharge — European Union Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (eu-LISA) (06003/2022 [25] — C9-0095/2022 — 2021/2140(DEC)) referred to responsible: CONT opinion: LIBE — 2020 discharge — European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) (06003/2022 [26] — C9-0096/2022 — 2021/2141(DEC)) referred to responsible: CONT opinion: EMPL — 2020 discharge — European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound) (06003/2022 [27] — C9-0097/2022 — 2021/2142(DEC)) referred to responsible: CONT opinion: EMPL — 2020 discharge — European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust) (06003/2022 [28] — C9-0098/2022 — 2021/2143(DEC)) referred to responsible: CONT opinion: LIBE — 2020 discharge — European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) (06003/2022 [29] — C9-0099/2022 — 2021/2144(DEC)) referred to responsible: CONT opinion: LIBE — 2020 discharge — European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (06003/2022 [30] — C9-0100/2022 — 2021/2145(DEC)) referred to responsible: CONT opinion: LIBE — 2020 discharge — European Border and Coast Guard Agency (06003/2022 [31] — C9-0101/2022 — 2021/2146(DEC)) referred to responsible: CONT opinion: AFET, LIBE — 2020 discharge — European GNSS Agency (From 1 January 2021, the European Union Agency for the Space Programme) (06003/2022 [32] — C9-0102/2022 — 2021/2147(DEC)) referred to responsible: CONT opinion: ITRE — 2020 Discharge: EU general budget — Executive agencies (06004/2022 — C9-0103/2022 — 2021/2106(DEC)) referred to responsible: CONT opinion: AFET, DEVE, INTA, BUDG, ECON, EMPL, ENVI, ITRE, IMCO, TRAN, REGI, AGRI, PECH, CULT, JURI, LIBE, AFCO, FEMM, PETI — 2020 discharge — Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking (06005/2022 [01] — C9-0104/2022 — 2021/2148(DEC)) referred to responsible: CONT opinion: ITRE, REGI — 2020 discharge — Clean Sky 2 Joint Undertaking (06005/2022 [02] — C9-0105/2022 — 2021/2149(DEC)) referred to responsible: CONT opinion: ENVI, ITRE, TRAN — 2020 discharge — ECSEL Joint Undertaking (06005/2022 [03] — C9-0106/2022 — 2021/2150(DEC)) referred to responsible: CONT opinion: ITRE — 2020 discharge — Euro High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (06005/2022 [04] — C9-0107/2022 — 2021/2151(DEC)) referred to responsible: CONT opinion: ITRE — 2020 discharge — European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy (06005/2022 [05] — C9-0108/2022 — 2021/2152(DEC)) referred to responsible: CONT opinion: ITRE — 2020 discharge — Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 2 Joint Undertaking (06005/2022 [06] — C9-0109/2022 — 2021/2153(DEC)) referred to responsible: CONT opinion: ITRE — 2020 discharge — Innovative Medicines Initiative 2 Joint Undertaking (06005/2022 [07] — C9-0110/2022 — 2021/2154(DEC)) referred to responsible: CONT opinion: ENVI, ITRE — 2020 discharge — SESAR Joint Undertaking (06005/2022 [08] — C9-0111/2022 — 2021/2155(DEC)) referred to responsible: CONT opinion: ITRE, TRAN — 2020 discharge — Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking (06005/2022 [09] — C9-0112/2022 — 2021/2156(DEC)) referred to responsible: CONT opinion: ITRE, TRAN — Proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EU) 2021/2085 establishing the Joint Undertakings under Horizon Europe, as regards the Chips Joint Undertaking (COM(2022)0047 — C9-0113/2022 — 2022/0033(NLE)) referred to responsible: ITRE — 2020 discharge: EU general budget — 8th EDF (05553/2022 — C9-0114/2022 — 2021/2158(DEC)) referred to responsible: CONT opinion: DEVE, BUDG — 2020 discharge: EU general budget — 9th EDF (05554/2022 — C9-0115/2022 — 2021/2158(DEC)) referred to responsible: CONT opinion: DEVE, BUDG — 2020 discharge: EU general budget — 10th EDF (05555/2022 — C9-0116/2022 — 2021/2158(DEC)) referred to responsible: CONT opinion: DEVE, BUDG — 2020 discharge: EU general budget — 11th EDF (05557/2022 — C9-0117/2022 — 2021/2158(DEC)) referred to responsible: CONT opinion: DEVE, BUDG — Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2016/1628 as regards the extension of the empowerment of the Commission to adopt delegated acts (COM(2022)0113 — C9-0119/2022 — 2022/0080(COD)) The President would consult the European Economic and Social Committee on this proposal, in accordance with Rule 145(1). referred to responsible: ENVI opinion: IMCO — Draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Moldova on operational activities carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency in the Republic of Moldova (07202/2022 — C9-0120/2022 — 2022/0087(NLE)) referred to responsible: LIBE

2) from committees 2.1) reports — *** Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Agreement between the European Union and the Federative Republic of Brazil amending the Agreement between the European Union and the Federative Republic of Brazil on short-stay visa waiver for holders of ordinary passports (13448/1/2018 — C9-0416/2021 — 2018/0084(NLE)) — LIBE Committee — Rapporteur: Paulo Rangel (A9-0029/2022) — *** Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Agreement between the European Union and the Federative Republic of Brazil amending the Agreement between the European Union and the Federative Republic of Brazil on short-stay visa waiver for holders of diplomatic, service or official passports (13445/1/2018 — C9-0415/2021 — 2018/0086(NLE)) — LIBE Committee — Rapporteur: Paulo Rangel (A9-0030/2022) — Report on the protection of the rights of the child in civil, administrative and family law proceedings (2021/2060(INI)) — JURI Committee — Rapporteur: Adrián Vázquez Lázara (A9-0033/2022) — Report on MFF 2021-2027: fight against oligarch structures, protection of EU funds from fraud and conflict of interest (2020/2126(INI)) — CONT Committee — Rapporteur: Petri Sarvamaa (A9-0039/2022) — ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on providing macro-financial assistance to the Republic of Moldova (COM(2022)0004 — C9-0007/2022 — 2021/0438(COD)) — INTA Committee — Rapporteur: Markéta Gregorová (A9-0043/2022) — * Report on the draft Council implementing decision on the launch of automated data exchange with regard to DNA data in Italy (14836/2021 — C9-0002/2022 — 2021/0806(CNS)) — LIBE Committee — Rapporteur: Juan Fernando López Aguilar (A9-0046/2022) — * Report on the draft Council implementing decision on the launch of automated data exchange with regard to vehicle registration data in Italy (14838/2021 — C9-0004/2022 — 2021/0808(CNS)) — LIBE Committee — Rapporteur: Juan Fernando López Aguilar (A9-0047/2022) — Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from France — EGF/2021/007 FR/ Selecta (COM(2022)0035 — C9-0036/2022 — 2022/0023(BUD)) — BUDG Committee — Rapporteur: Eider Gardiazabal Rubial (A9-0048/2022) — * Report on the draft Council implementing decision on the launch of automated data exchange with regard to vehicle registration data in Greece (14839/2021 — C9-0005/2022 — 2021/0809(CNS)) — LIBE Committee — Rapporteur: Juan Fernando López Aguilar (A9-0049/2022) — * Report on the draft Council implementing decision on the launch of automated data exchange with regard to dactyloscopic data in Italy (14837/2021 — C9-0003/2022 — 2021/0807(CNS)) — LIBE Committee — Rapporteur: Juan Fernando López Aguilar (A9-0050/2022) — Report on the request for waiver of the immunity of Ioannis Lagos (2021/2225(IMM)) — JURI Committee — Rapporteur: Angel Dzhambazki (A9-0055/2022) — Report on the request for waiver of the immunity of Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz (2021/2256(IMM)) — JURI Committee — Rapporteur: Gilles Lebreton (A9-0057/2022) 2.2) recommendations for second reading — ***II Recommendation for second reading on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2006/1/EC on the use of vehicles hired without drivers for the carriage of goods by road (13531/1/2021 — C9-0014/2022 — 2017/0113(COD)) — TRAN Committee — Rapporteur: Cláudia Monteiro de Aguiar (A9-0041/2022)

14. Order of business

The final draft agenda for the March II 2022 plenary sittings (PE 729.736/PDOJ) had been made available to Members under Rule 157(3).

The President reminded the House that she had received three requests for urgent procedure (Rule 163) from the Commission and the REGI and LIBE committees on the following legislative files:

— Refugees in Europe: CARE (COM(2022)0109 — C9-0057/2022 — 2022/0075(COD)) — REGI Committee;

— More flexible use of funds under the AMIF Regulations in light of the war in Ukraine (COM(2022)0112 — C9-0056/2022 — 2022/0077(COD)) — LIBE Committee;

— Status Agreement between the EU and Moldova on Frontex operational activities (COM(2022/0124 — 07202/2022 — C9-0120/2022 — 2022/0087(NLE)) — LIBE Committee.

The vote on the three requests would be taken after the adoption of the agenda.

With the agreement of the political groups, the President proposed the following changes:

Wednesday

An address by Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, would be added at 17.30, after the joint debate on the European Council meetings (items 43 and 19 on the final draft agenda).

The address would be followed by a round of speakers from the political groups.

The remaining debates on the agenda for Wednesday afternoon would begin at 18.30, or after the address by the Prime Minister of Canada.

The sitting would therefore be extended until midnight.

Thursday

If the request for urgent procedure on ‘Refugees in Europe: CARE’ was adopted, a debate on the matter would be added to the agenda and held at 11.00.

The President also informed the House that the votes on:

— ‘Objection pursuant to Rule 112(2) and (3), and (4)(c): Maximum residue levels for flutianil’ (B9-0168/2022) and

— The reports by Gilles Lebreton (A9-0057/2022) and Angel Dzhambazki (A9-0055/2022) on requests for waiver of immunity would be included directly in voting time.

The vote on the motions for resolutions on ‘Implementation of the 2021-2027 cohesion policy’(item 34 on the final draft agenda) would be held over until the next part-session.

The House agreed to the changes.

The order of business was thus established.

The following spoke: Manfred Weber, Christine Anderson, Bernhard Zimniok and Iratxe García Pérez.

15. Votes on requests for urgent procedure (Rule 163)

Parliament voted on the following requests for urgent procedure made by the Commission and the REGI and LIBE committees:

— Refugees in Europe: CARE (COM(2022)0109 — C9-0057/2022 — 2022/0075(COD)) — Committee on Regional Development ***I The following spoke before the vote on the request for urgent procedure: Younous Omarjee (Chair of the REGI Committee), to move the request. Parliament approved the request for urgent procedure. The debate would be held the following day at 11.00. As a result, the sitting would begin at 8.30. The vote would be taken the following day at 11.30. The following tabling deadlines had been set: — Amendments: 23 March 2022 at 17.00. — Split and separate votes: 23 March 2022 at 20.00.

— More flexible use of funds under the AMIF Regulations in light of the war in Ukraine (COM(2022)0112 — C9-0056/2022 — 2022/0077(COD)) — Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs ***I The following spoke before the vote on the request for urgent procedure: Juan Fernando López Aguilar (Chair of the LIBE Committee), to move the request. Parliament approved the request for urgent procedure. The vote would be taken the following day at 11.30. The following tabling deadlines had been set: — Amendments: 23 March 2022 at 17.00. — Split and separate votes: 23 March 2022 at 20.00.

— Status Agreement between the EU and Moldova on Frontex operational activities (COM(2022)0124 — 07202/2022 — C9-0120/2022 — 2022/0087(NLE)) — Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs *** The following spoke before the vote on the request for urgent procedure: Juan Fernando López Aguilar (Chair of the LIBE Committee), to move the request. Parliament approved the request for urgent procedure. The vote would be taken the following day at 11.30.

16. Debriefing of the European Council meeting in Paris on 10 March 2022 — Preparation of the European Council meeting 24-25 March 2022(debate)

European Council and Commission statements: Debriefing of the European Council meeting in Paris on 10 March 2022 (2022/2570(RSP))

Council and Commission statements: Preparation of the European Council meeting 24-25 March 2022 (2022/2532(RSP))

Charles Michel (President of the European Council) and Ursula von der Leyen (President of the Commission) made the statements.

The following spoke: Manfred Weber, on behalf of the PPE Group, Iratxe García Pérez, on behalf of the S&D Group, Stéphane Séjourné, on behalf of the Renew Group, and Ska Keller, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group.

IN THE CHAIR: Pina PICIERNO

Vice-President

The following spoke: Marco Zanni, on behalf of the ID Group, Raffaele Fitto, on behalf of the ECR Group, Dimitrios Papadimoulis, on behalf of The Left Group, Daniela Rondinelli, non-attached Member, Michael Gahler, Simona Bonafè, Malik Azmani, Jordi Solé, Gunnar Beck, Beata Szydło, Özlem Demirel, Balázs Hidvéghi, Siegfried Mureșan, Marek Belka, Katalin Cseh, Bas Eickhout, Jaak Madison, Hermann Tertsch, José Gusmão, Kostas Papadakis, Arnaud Danjean, Pedro Marques, Luis Garicano, Viola Von Cramon-Taubadel, Anna Fotyga, Clara Ponsatí Obiols, Antonio Tajani, Heléne Fritzon, Frédérique Ries, Marie Toussaint, Paulo Rangel, Gabriele Bischoff, Nicola Danti, Reinhard Bütikofer, Luděk Niedermayer, Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Seán Kelly, Klára Dobrev, Andrius Kubilius and Ivan Štefanec.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Karlo Ressler, Margarida Marques, Bronis Ropė, Bogdan Rzońca and João Pimenta Lopes.

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

The debate closed.

(The sitting was suspended at 17.36.)

IN THE CHAIR: Roberta METSOLA

President

17. Resumption of the sitting

The sitting resumed at 17.40.

18. Address by Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada

The President made a brief statement in which she welcomed the Prime Minister of Canada and referred to the close relationship between Canada and the European Union, in particular in the light of the recent developments in Ukraine.

Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, addressed the House.

The following spoke: Siegfried Mureșan, on behalf of the PPE Group, Iratxe García Pérez, on behalf of the S&D Group, Malik Azmani, on behalf of the Renew Group, Ernest Urtasun, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Marco Zanni, on behalf of the ID Group, Raffaele Fitto, on behalf of the ECR Group, Nikolaj Villumsen, on behalf of The Left Group, and Mislav Kolakušić, non-attached Member.

IN THE CHAIR: Evelyn REGNER

Vice-President

19. Need for an urgent EU action plan to ensure food security inside and outside the EU in light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine (debate)

Council and Commission statements: Need for an urgent EU action plan to ensure food security inside and outside the EU in light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine (2022/2593(RSP))

Clément Beaune (President-in-Office of the Council) and Janusz Wojciechowski (Member of the Commission) made the statements.

The following spoke: Herbert Dorfmann, on behalf of the PPE Group, Iratxe García Pérez, on behalf of the S&D Group, Ulrike Müller, on behalf of the Renew Group, Martin Häusling, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Mara Bizzotto, on behalf of the ID Group, Veronika Vrecionová, on behalf of the ECR Group, Anja Hazekamp, on behalf of The Left Group, Andrea Bocskor, non-attached Member, Siegfried Mureșan, Mohammed Chahim, Jan Huitema, Benoît Biteau, Thierry Mariani, Mazaly Aguilar, Eugenia Rodríguez Palop, Dino Giarrusso, Norbert Lins, Clara Aguilera, Pierre Karleskind, Eleonora Evi, Nicolaus Fest, Krzysztof Jurgiel, Luke Ming Flanagan, Ivan Vilibor Sinčić, Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez, Maria Noichl, Atidzhe Alieva-Veli, Erik Marquardt, Julie Lechanteux, Milan Uhrík, who also replied to a blue-card question by Michaela Šojdrová, François-Xavier Bellamy and Paolo De Castro.

IN THE CHAIR: Nicola BEER

Vice-President

The following spoke: Jérémy Decerle, Roman Haider, Daniela Rondinelli, Gabriel Mato, Carmen Avram, Martin Hlaváček, Krzysztof Hetman, Alin Mituța, Simone Schmiedtbauer, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Annie Schreijer-Pierik, Álvaro Amaro, Marlene Mortler, Benoît Lutgen and Michaela Šojdrová.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Salvatore De Meo, Barry Andrews, Bronis Ropė, Bogdan Rzońca, Franc Bogovič, Irène Tolleret and Francisco José Millán Mon.

The following spoke: Janusz Wojciechowski and Clément Beaune.

Motions for resolutions to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 132(2):

— Mohammed Chahim and Clara Aguilera, on behalf of the S&D Group, on the need for urgent EU action to ensure food security in light of Russian aggression against Ukraine, and a long-term action plan on developing EU food autonomy (2022/2593(RSP)) (B9-0160/2022);

— Herbert Dorfmann and Siegfried Mureșan, on behalf of the PPE Group, on the need for an urgent EU action plan to ensure food security inside and outside the EU in light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine (2022/2593(RSP)) (B9-0162/2022);

— Ulrike Müller, Søren Gade and Nils Torvalds, on behalf of the Renew Group, on the need for an urgent EU action plan to ensure food security inside and outside the EU in light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine (2022/2593(RSP)) (B9-0163/2022);

— Eugenia Rodríguez Palop and Anja Hazekamp, on behalf of The Left Group, on the need for an urgent EU action plan to ensure food security inside and outside the EU in light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine (2022/2593(RSP)) (B9-0164/2022);

— Gilles Lebreton, Mara Bizzotto, Angelo Ciocca, Julie Lechanteux, Joëlle Mélin, Elena Lizzi, Jaak Madison and Sylvia Limmer, on behalf of the ID Group, on the need for an urgent EU action plan to ensure food security inside and outside the EU in light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine (2022/2593(RSP)) (B9-0165/2022);

— Veronika Vrecionová, Bert-Jan Ruissen, Zbigniew Kuźmiuk, Krzysztof Jurgiel, Ladislav Ilčić and Nicola Procaccini, on behalf of the ECR Group, on the need for an urgent EU action plan to ensure food security inside and outside the EU in light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine (2022/2593(RSP)) (B9-0166/2022);

— Martin Häusling, Benoît Biteau, Sarah Wiener, Pär Holmgren, Tilly Metz and Francisco Guerreiro, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, on the need for urgent EU action to ensure food security in light of Russian aggression against Ukraine, and a long-term action plan on developing EU food autonomy (2022/2593(RSP)) (B9-0167/2022).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 24.3.2022, item 6.19.

20. Composition of committees and delegations

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

— INTA Committee: Markus Buchheit to replace Maximilian Krah

— REGI Committee: Joachim Kuhs to replace Maximilian Krah

— DROI Subcommittee: Jaak Madison to replace Maximilian Krah

— SEDE Subcommittee: Bernhard Zimniok to replace Maximilian Krah

The decisions took effect as of that day.

21. Pilot regime for market infrastructures based on distributed ledger technology ***I(debate)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on a pilot regime for market infrastructures based on distributed ledger technology [COM(2020)0594 — C9-0305/2020 — 2020/0267(COD)] — Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Johan Van Overtveldt (A9-0240/2021)

Johan Van Overtveldt introduced the report.

The following spoke: Mairead McGuinness (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Jessica Polfjärd, on behalf of the PPE Group, Eva Kaili, on behalf of the S&D Group, Caroline Nagtegaal, on behalf of the Renew Group, France Jamet, on behalf of the ID Group, Michiel Hoogeveen, on behalf of the ECR Group, Chris MacManus, on behalf of The Left Group, and Jonás Fernández.

The following spoke: Mairead McGuinness.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 24.3.2022, item 6.7.

22. Roaming Regulation (recast) ***I(debate)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on roaming on public mobile communications networks within the Union (recast) [COM(2021)0085 — C9-0085/2021 — 2021/0045(COD)] — Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. Rapporteur: Angelika Winzig (A9-0286/2021)

Angelika Winzig introduced the report.

The following spoke: Andreas Schwab (rapporteur for the opinion of the IMCO Committee).

The following spoke: Mairead McGuinness (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Robert Hajšel, on behalf of the S&D Group, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, on behalf of the Renew Group, Jordi Solé, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Evžen Tošenovský, on behalf of the ECR Group, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Dita Charanzová and Miapetra Kumpula-Natri.

IN THE CHAIR: Rainer WIELAND

Vice-President

The following spoke: Mairead McGuinness and Angelika Winzig.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 24.3.2022, item 6.8.

23. Suisse Secrets — How to implement anti-money-laundering standards in third countries (debate)

Council and Commission statements: Suisse Secrets — How to implement anti-money-laundering standards in third countries (2022/2572(RSP))

Clément Beaune (President-in-Office of the Council) and Mairead McGuinness (Member of the Commission) made the statements.

The following spoke: Emil Radev, on behalf of the PPE Group, Marek Belka, on behalf of the S&D Group, Ramona Strugariu, on behalf of the Renew Group, Ernest Urtasun, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Assita Kanko, on behalf of the ECR Group, Clare Daly, on behalf of The Left Group, Juan Fernando López Aguilar and Kira Marie Peter-Hansen.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Mick Wallace.

The following spoke: Mairead McGuinness and Clément Beaune.

The debate closed.

24. Macro-financial assistance to the Republic of Moldova ***I(debate)

Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on providing macro-financial assistance to the Republic of Moldova [COM(2022)0004 — C9-0007/2022 — 2021/0438(COD)] — Committee on International Trade. Rapporteur: Markéta Gregorová (A9-0043/2022)

Markéta Gregorová introduced the report.

The following spoke: Paolo Gentiloni (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Siegfried Mureșan, on behalf of the PPE Group, Marek Belka, on behalf of the S&D Group, Dragoș Tudorache, on behalf of the Renew Group, Markus Buchheit, on behalf of the ID Group, Cristian Terheș, on behalf of the ECR Group, Helmut Scholz, on behalf of The Left Group, Ernő Schaller-Baross, non-attached Member, Andrzej Halicki, Juozas Olekas, Ryszard Czarnecki and Anna-Michelle Asimakopoulou.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Maria Grapini.

The following spoke: Paolo Gentiloni.

IN THE CHAIR: Heidi HAUTALA

Vice-President

The following spoke: Markéta Gregorová.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 24.3.2022, item 6.9.

25. MFF 2021-2027: fight against oligarch structures, protection of EU funds from fraud and conflict of interest (debate)

Report on MFF 2021-2027: fight against oligarch structures, protection of EU funds from fraud and conflict of interest [2020/2126(INI)] — Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Petri Sarvamaa (A9-0039/2022)

Monika Hohlmeier (deputising for the rapporteur) introduced the report.

The following spoke: Johannes Hahn (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Maria Noichl (rapporteur for the opinion of the AGRI Committee), Tomáš Zdechovský, on behalf of the PPE Group, Sándor Rónai, on behalf of the S&D Group, Ramona Strugariu, on behalf of the Renew Group, Daniel Freund, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Joachim Kuhs, on behalf of the ID Group, Elżbieta Rafalska, on behalf of the ECR Group, Luke Ming Flanagan, on behalf of The Left Group, José Manuel Fernandes, Maria Grapini, Karin Karlsbro, Claude Gruffat and Siegfried Mureșan.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Mick Wallace and Clare Daly.

The following spoke: Johannes Hahn and Monika Hohlmeier.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 24.3.2022, item 6.20.

26. One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

In accordance with Rule 172, the following Members who wished to draw Parliament's attention to matters of political importance spoke for one minute:

Stanislav Polčák, Victor Negrescu, Barry Andrews, Francisco Guerreiro, Gunnar Beck, Eugen Jurzyca, Sandra Pereira, Miriam Lexmann, Anna-Michelle Asimakopoulou, Vlad-Marius Botoș, Michiel Hoogeveen, Peter Pollák, João Pimenta Lopes, Tomislav Sokol, Mick Wallace, Eugen Tomac and Clare Daly.

27. Agenda of the next sitting

The agenda of the next day's sitting had been established (‘Agenda’PE 729.736/OJJE).

28. Closure of the sitting

The sitting closed at 23.45.