Minutes of the sitting of 26 October 2015
Date: 2015-10-26
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: European Parliament, parliamentary debate








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26 October 2015MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 26 OCTOBER 2015
(2016/C 423/01)
Contents







1.

 Resumption of the session
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2.

 Statement by the President
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3.

 Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting
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4.

 Announcement by the President
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5.

 Composition of committees and delegations
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6.

 Corrigendum (Rule 231)
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7.

 Signature of acts adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure (Rule 78)
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8.

 Action taken on Parliament's resolutions
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9.

 Questions for oral answer (submission)
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10.

 Documents received
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11.

 Order of business
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12.

 Mandatory automatic exchange of information in the field of taxation * — EU-Switzerland agreement on the automatic exchange of financial account information * — Taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments: repealing the Savings Directive * (debate)
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13.

 Package travel and linked travel arrangements ***II (debate)
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14.

 Trade in certain goods which could be used for capital punishment, torture or other treatment or punishment ***I (debate)
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15.

 European Citizens' Initiative (debate)
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16.

 Ebola crisis: long-term lessons (debate)
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17.

 Announcement by the President
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18.

 Discharge 2013: Artemis Joint Undertaking — Discharge 2013: European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) — Discharge 2013: ENIAC Joint Undertaking — Discharge 2013: EU general budget — European Council and Council (debate)
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19.

 One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
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20.

 Agenda of the next sitting
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21.

 Closure of the sitting
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ATTENDANCE REGISTER
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Minutes of the sitting of 26 October 2015

IN THE CHAIR: Martin SCHULZ

President

1.    Resumption of the session
The sitting opened at 17.05.
2.    Statement by the President
The President made a statement on the coach accident in Puisseguin (France) on Friday, 23 October 2015 in which 43 people lost their lives. He offered Parliament's condolences to the families of the victims.
3.    Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting
Alberto Cirio had been present at the sitting of 14 October 2015, but his name did not appear on the attendance register.
The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.
Siôn Simon had been present at the sittings of 28.1.2015, 25.3.2015 and 15.4.2015, but his name did not appear on the attendance register.
Siôn Simon stated that he had been present at the sittings of 12.1.2015 and 25.2.2015 but that his name did not appear on the attendance register.
4.    Announcement by the President
The President announced that he had decided to take disciplinary measures against Janusz Korwin-Mikke and Gianluca Buonanno for disturbing Parliament's work on 7 July 2015 and 8 September 2015, and on 6 and 7 October 2015. The measures would comprise, firstly, the loss of the subsistence allowance for 10 days, and secondly, suspension from all the activities of Parliament and its bodies, also for a period of 10 days, in accordance with Rule 166. The Members concerned had been informed of the decision.
The President stated that Janusz Korwin-Mikke and Gianluca Buonanno had presented an internal appeal under Rule 167. The Bureau would rule on the appeal in the course of the evening.
5.    Composition of committees and delegations
The President had received the following requests for appointments from the ENF Group and non-attached Members:






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 Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly: Béla Kovács would be leaving his position;










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 DEVE Committee: Nicolas Bay.




The appointments would be deemed ratified if there were no objections before the approval of these minutes.
6.    Corrigendum (Rule 231)

The IMCO Committee had forwarded the following corrigendum to a text adopted by Parliament:
Corrigendum (P6_TA(2009)0092(COR1)) to Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 concerning type-approval requirements for the general safety of motor vehicles, their trailers and systems, components and separate technical units intended therefor (OJ L 200, 31.7.2009, p. 1) (position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 10 March 2009 with a view to the adoption of the above regulation P6_TA(2009)0092 (OJ C 87 E, 1.4.2010, p. 190) (COM(2008)0316 — C6-0210/2008 — 2008/0100(COD))
The corrigendum would be available on Europarl for the remainder of the current part-session.
Pursuant to Rule 231(4), this corrigendum would be deemed approved unless, within 24 hours, a request was made by a political group or at least 40 Members that it be put to the vote.
7.    Signature of acts adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure (Rule 78)

The President announced that on Wednesday 28 October 2015, together with the President of the Council, he would sign the following acts adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure:






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 Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 1343/2011 on certain provisions for fishing in the GFCM (General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean) Agreement area (00060/2015/LEX — C8-0318/2015 — 2014/0213(COD))










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 Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union (00043/2015/LEX — C8-0311/2015 — 2014/0180(COD)).




The following spoke: Matt Carthy on the fire which killed ten people at a travellers' site on 10 October 2015, and on the death in the course of duty of Tony Golden, a member of the Irish police force, on 11 October 2015. Matt Carthy asked for Parliament's condolences to the families of the victims to be recorded in the minutes (the President took note of this).
The following spoke: João Ferreira to ask what criteria lay behind the decisions by Parliament's services on justifying the urgency of supplementary questions for written response submitted by Members (the President referred to the interpretation of Rule 130, approved by plenary, and stated that the matter was currently being examined).
8.    Action taken on Parliament's resolutions
The Commission communication on the action taken on the resolutions adopted by Parliament during the April II 2015 and May I 2015 part-sessions was available on the Europarl site.
9.    Questions for oral answer (submission)

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






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 (O-000106/2015) by Claude Moraes, on behalf of the LIBE Committee, to the Council: Smart Borders Package (2015/2868(RSP)) (B8-0766/2015)










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 (O-000107/2015) by Claude Moraes, on behalf of the LIBE Committee, to the Commission: Smart Borders (2015/2868(RSP)) (B8-0767/2015)










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 (O-000111/2015) by Pavel Svoboda, on behalf of the JURI Committee and Michael Cramer on behalf of the TRAN Committee, to the Commission: Hearing on summer-time changes in Europe (2015/2722(RSP)) (B8-0768/2015)










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 (O-000114/2015) by Claude Moraes, on behalf of the LIBE Committee, to the Council: The follow-up to the European Parliament resolution of 12 March 2014 on the electronic mass surveillance of EU citizens (2015/2635(RSP)) (B8-0769/2015)










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 (O-000115/2015) by Claude Moraes, on behalf of the LIBE Committee, to the Commission: The follow-up to the European Parliament resolution of 12 March 2014 on the electronic mass surveillance of EU citizens (2015/2635(RSP)) (B8-0770/2015)










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 (O-000118/2015) by Michael Cramer, on behalf of the TRAN Committee, to the Commission: Development of a satellite-based technology to enable global flight tracking systems (2015/2857(RSP)) (B8-1101/2015)










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 (O-000121/2015) by Thomas Händel, on behalf of the EMPL Committee, to the Council: Council Recommendation on the integration of the long-term unemployed into the labour market (2015/2820(RSP)) (B8-1102/2015)










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 (O-000127/2015) by Iskra Mihaylova, on behalf of the REGI Committee, to the Commission: Towards simplification and performance orientation in cohesion policy for 2014-2020 (2015/2772(RSP)) (B8-1103/2015)




10.    Documents received
The following documents had been received:






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 from the Council and Commission







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 Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Mobilisation of the Flexibility Instrument for immediate budgetary measures under the European Agenda on Migration (COM(2015)0514 — C8-0308/2015 — 2015/2264(BUD))
referred to responsible: BUDG opinion: LIBE










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 Extension of the term of office of the Chairperson of the European Banking Authority (EBA) (N8-0078/2015 — C8-0313/2015 — 2015/0903(NLE))
referred to responsible: ECON










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 Extension of the term of office of the Chairperson of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) (N8-0079/2015 — C8-0314/2015 — 2015/0904(NLE))
referred to responsible: ECON










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 Extension of the term of office of the Chairperson of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) (N8-0080/2015 — C8-0315/2015 — 2015/0905(NLE))
referred to responsible: ECON














2)



 from committees







2.1)



 reports







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 Report on safe use of remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS), commonly known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), in the field of civil aviation (2014/2243(INI)) — TRAN Committee — Rapporteur: Jacqueline Foster (A8-0261/2015)










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 Report on the European Structural and Investment Funds and sound economic governance: guidelines for the implementation of Article 23 of the Common Provisions Regulation (2015/2052(INI)) — REGI Committee — Rapporteur: José Blanco López (A8-0268/2015)










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 Second report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2013, Section II — European Council and Council (COM(2014)0510[[03]] — C8-0148/2014 — 2014/2079(DEC)) — CONT Committee — Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (A8-0269/2015)










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 ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EC) No 715/2007 and (EC) No 595/2009 as regards the reduction of pollutant emissions from road vehicles (COM(2014)0028 — C7-0027/2014 — 2014/0012(COD)) — ENVI Committee — Rapporteur: Albert Deß (A8-0270/2015)










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 * Report on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Amending Protocol to the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation providing for measures equivalent to those laid down in Council Directive 2003/48/EC on taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments (08266/2015 — C8-0169/2015 — 2015/0076(NLE)) — ECON Committee — Rapporteur: Jeppe Kofod (A8-0271/2015)










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 ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on requirements relating to emission limits and type-approval for internal combustion engines for non-road mobile machinery (COM(2014)0581 — C8-0168/2014 — 2014/0268(COD)) — ENVI Committee — Rapporteur: Elisabetta Gardini (A8-0276/2015)










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 Report on cohesion policy and the review of the Europe 2020 strategy (2014/2246(INI)) — REGI Committee — Rapporteur: Fernando Ruas (A8-0277/2015)










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 Report on Towards improved single market regulation (2015/2089(INI)) — IMCO Committee — Rapporteur: Anneleen Van Bossuyt (A8-0278/2015)










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 Report on an EU strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian region (2014/2214(INI)) — REGI Committee — Rapporteur: Ivan Jakovčić (A8-0279/2015)










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 Report on the Ebola crisis: the long-term lessons and how to strengthen health systems in developing countries to prevent future crises (2014/2204(INI)) — DEVE Committee — Rapporteur: Charles Goerens (A8-0281/2015)










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 Second report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology for the financial year 2013 (COM(2014)0510[[40]] — C8-0201/2014 — 2014/2125(DEC)) — CONT Committee — Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (A8-0282/2015)










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 Second report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Artemis Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2013 (COM(2014)0510[[46]] — C8-0208/2014 — 2014/2132(DEC)) — CONT Committee — Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (A8-0283/2015)










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 Report on the European Citizens' Initiative (2014/2257(INI)) — AFCO Committee — Rapporteur: György Schöpflin (A8-0284/2015)










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 Second Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the ENIAC Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2013 (COM(2014)0510[[49]] — C8-0211/2014 — 2014/2135(DEC)) — CONT Committee — Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (A8-0285/2015)










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 Report on the reform of the electoral law of the European Union (2015/2035(INL)) — AFCO Committee — Rapporteurs: Danuta Maria Hübner, Jo Leinen (A8-0286/2015)










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 Report on the Council position on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2016 (11706/2015 — C8-0274/2015 — 2015/2132(BUD)) — BUDG Committee — Rapporteurs: José Manuel Fernandes, Gérard Deprez (A8-0298/2015)










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 * Report on the proposal for a Council directive repealing Council Directive 2003/48/EC (COM(2015)0129 — C8-0086/2015 — 2015/0065(CNS)) — ECON Committee — Rapporteur: Molly Scott Cato (A8-0299/2015)










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 * Report on the draft Council implementing decision on the launch of automated data exchange with regard to dactyloscopic data in Poland (09989/2015 — C8-0195/2015 — 2015/0806(CNS)) — LIBE Committee — Rapporteur: Monika Flašíková Beňová (A8-0302/2015)










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 * Report on the draft Council implementing decision on the launch of automated data exchange with regard to dactyloscopic data in Belgium (10029/2015 — C8-0196/2015 — 2015/0805(CNS)) — LIBE Committee — Rapporteur: Monika Flašíková Beňová (A8-0303/2015)










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 * Report on the draft Council implementing decision on the launch of automated data exchange with regard to dactyloscopic data in Sweden (10027/2015 — C8-0197/2015 — 2015/0804(CNS)) — LIBE Committee — Rapporteur: Monika Flašíková Beňová (A8-0304/2015)










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 ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 as regards the possibility for the Member States to restrict or prohibit the use of genetically modified food and feed on their territory (COM(2015)0177 — C8-0107/2015 — 2015/0093(COD)) — ENVI Committee — Rapporteur: Giovanni La Via (A8-0305/2015)










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 * Report on the proposal for a Council directive amending Directive 2011/16/EU as regards mandatory automatic exchange of information in the field of taxation (COM(2015)0135 — C8-0085/2015 — 2015/0068(CNS)) — ECON Committee — Rapporteur: Markus Ferber (A8-0306/2015)










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 Report on European Semester for economic policy coordination: implementation of 2015 priorities (2015/2210(INI)) — ECON Committee — Rapporteur: Dariusz Rosati (A8-0307/2015)














2.2)



 recommendations for second reading







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 ***II Recommendation for second reading on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 1343/2011 on certain provisions for fishing in the GFCM (General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean) Agreement area (08806/1/2015 — C8-0260/2015 — 2014/0213(COD)) — PECH Committee — Rapporteur: Gabriel Mato (A8-0295/2015)










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 ***II Recommendation for second reading on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Protocol No 3 on the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union (09375/1/2015 — C8-0166/2015 — 2011/0901B(COD)) — JURI Committee — Rapporteur: António Marinho e Pinto (A8-0296/2015)










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 ***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 on package travel and linked travel arrangements, amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 and Directive 2011/83/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directive 90/314/EEC (09173/3/2015 — C8-0281/2015 — 2013/0246(COD)) — IMCO Committee — Rapporteur: Birgit Collin-Langen (A8-0297/2015)










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 ***II Recommendation for second reading on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down measures concerning open internet access and amending Directive 2002/22/EC on universal service and users' rights relating to electronic communications networks and services and Regulation (EU) No 531/2012 on roaming on public mobile communications networks within the Union (10788/2/2015 — C8-0294/2015 — 2013/0309(COD)) — ITRE Committee — Rapporteur: Pilar del Castillo Vera (A8-0300/2015)












11.    Order of business
The final draft agenda for the October III sittings (PE 570.418/PDOJ) had been distributed and the following changes had been proposed (Rule 152):

Monday

No changes.

Tuesday and Wednesday

In agreement with the political groups, the President proposed the following two changes:
The statements by the Vice President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on the situation in Israel and Palestine (point 105 of the final draft agenda) and on the situation in South Sudan (point 93 of the final draft agenda) would be brought forward from Wednesday afternoon to Tuesday afternoon after the debate on the budget.
The debates on the Commission statement on the ‘Perspectives and review of the Europe 2020 strategy’(point 96 of the final draft agenda) and on the report by Renato Soru on ‘Transparency of securities financing transactions’ (A8-0120/2015) (point 53 of the final draft agenda) would be postponed from Tuesday afternoon to Wednesday evening, just before the debate on the Commission statement on ‘Access to finance for SMEs’(point 94 of the final draft agenda).
The House agreed to the changes.
The following spoke: Paul Rübig, to ask for voting time on Thursday to be brought forward by half an hour.
A request was received from the PPE Group for a statement by the Vice President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on Georgia, and in particular the situation of the TV Rustavi 2 broadcaster, with the tabling of motions for resolutions, to be added to the afternoon's agenda.
The following spoke: Elmar Brok, on behalf of the PPE Group, who moved the request, and Heidi Hautala, who spoke against the request.
Parliament rejected the request by electronic vote (122 in favour, 168 against, 35 abstentions).
A request was received from the GUE/NGL Group for a statement by the Vice President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on ‘The Green March in Western Sahara forty years on’ to be added to the afternoon's agenda.
The following spoke: Lola Sánchez Caldentey, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, who moved the request, Philippe Lamberts, who proposed that the debate be held when Parliament next convened in Brussels, and Cristian Dan Preda, who spoke against the request.
Lola Sánchez Caldentey agreed with the proposal of Philippe Lamberts. The President called on Gabriele Zimmer, Chair of GUE/NGL, to submit a proposal to this end to the following Conference of Presidents.

Thursday

Parliament noted its agreement with the proposal of Paul Rübig. Voting time on Thursday would be brought forward by one hour and the preceding debates would be correspondingly shorter.
The following spoke: Fabio Massimo Castaldo and Anne Sander.
The order of business was thus established.
12.    Mandatory automatic exchange of information in the field of taxation * — EU-Switzerland agreement on the automatic exchange of financial account information * — Taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments: repealing the Savings Directive * (debate)

Report on the proposal for a Council directive amending Directive 2011/16/EU as regards mandatory automatic exchange of information in the field of taxation [COM(2015)0135 — C8-0085/2015 — 2015/0068(CNS)] — Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Markus Ferber (A8-0306/2015)
Report on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Amending Protocol to the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation providing for measures equivalent to those laid down in Council Directive 2003/48/EC on taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments [08266/2015 — C8-0169/2015 — 2015/0076(NLE)] — Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Jeppe Kofod (A8-0271/2015)
Report on the proposal for a Council directive repealing Council Directive 2003/48/EC [COM(2015)0129 — C8-0086/2015 — 2015/0065(CNS)] — Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Molly Scott Cato (A8-0299/2015)
Markus Ferber (rapporteur) introduced the report.
IN THE CHAIR: Anneli JÄÄTTEENMÄKI

Vice-President

Elisa Ferreira (for the rapporteur Jeppe Kofod) and Molly Scott Cato, who also replied to a blue-card question by Tibor Szanyi, presented their reports.
The following spoke: Pierre Moscovici (Member of the Commission).
The following spoke: Andreas Schwab, on behalf of the PPE Group, Peter Simon, on behalf of the S&D Group, Sander Loones, on behalf of the ECR Group, Petr Ježek, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Marisa Matias, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Eva Joly, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Marco Zanni, on behalf of the EFDD Group, Barbara Kappel, on behalf of the ENF Group, Ivana Maletić, Hugues Bayet, Bernd Lucke, Michael Theurer, Miguel Viegas, who also replied to a blue-card question by Bill Etheridge, Patrick O'Flynn, Luděk Niedermayer, Olle Ludvigsson, Pirkko Ruohonen-Lerner, Sylvie Goulard and Fabio De Masi.
IN THE CHAIR: Antonio TAJANI

Vice-President

The following spoke: Theodor Dumitru Stolojan, Othmar Karas and Tom Vandenkendelaere.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Nicola Caputo, Romana Tomc, Notis Marias, Ivan Jakovčić, Igor Šoltes, Maria Spyraki and Doru-Claudian Frunzulică.
The following spoke: Pierre Moscovici, Markus Ferber, Peter Simon (for the rapporteur Jeppe Kofod) and Molly Scott Cato.
The debate closed.
Vote: minutes of 27.10.2015, item 5.10, minutes of 27.10.2015, item 5.2 and minutes of 27.10.2015, item 5.3.
13.    Package travel and linked travel arrangements ***II (debate)

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 on package travel and linked travel arrangements, amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 and Directive 2011/83/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directive 90/314/EEC [09173/3/2015 — C8-0281/2015 — 2013/0246(COD)] — Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection. Rapporteur: Birgit Collin-Langen (A8-0297/2015)
Birgit Collin-Langen introduced the recommendation for second reading.
The following spoke: Pierre Moscovici (Member of the Commission).
The following spoke: Andreas Schwab, on behalf of the PPE Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Paul Rübig, Sergio Gaetano Cofferati, on behalf of the S&D Group, Anneleen Van Bossuyt, on behalf of the ECR Group, Dita Charanzová, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Igor Šoltes, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Margot Parker, on behalf of the EFDD Group, Franz Obermayr, on behalf of the ENF Group, Ildikó Gáll-Pelcz, Evelyne Gebhardt, Daniel Dalton, Carlos Coelho, Catherine Stihler, Maria Grapini and Bogusław Liberadzki.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Othmar Karas, Nicola Caputo, Notis Marias, Ivan Jakovčić, Dubravka Šuica and Doru-Claudian Frunzulică.
The following spoke: Pierre Moscovici and Birgit Collin-Langen.
The debate closed.
Vote: minutes of 27.10.2015, item 5.7.
14.    Trade in certain goods which could be used for capital punishment, torture or other treatment or punishment ***I (debate)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1236/2005 concerning trade in certain goods which could be used for capital punishment, torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment [COM(2014)0001 — C7-0014/2014 — 2014/0005(COD)] — Committee on International Trade. Rapporteur: Marietje Schaake (A8-0267/2015)
Marietje Schaake introduced the report.
The following spoke: Cecilia Malmström (Member of the Commission).
The following spoke: Barbara Lochbihler (rapporteur for the opinion of the AFET Committee), Santiago Fisas Ayxelà, on behalf of the PPE Group, Inmaculada Rodríguez-Piñero Fernández, on behalf of the S&D Group, Sander Loones, on behalf of the ECR Group, Lola Sánchez Caldentey, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Ska Keller, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Tiziana Beghin, on behalf of the EFDD Group, Georgios Epitideios, non-attached Member, Jarosław Wałęsa, Alessia Maria Mosca and Pedro Silva Pereira.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: José Inácio Faria, Doru-Claudian Frunzulică, Notis Marias and Nicola Caputo.
The following spoke: Cecilia Malmström and Marietje Schaake.
The debate closed.
Vote: minutes of 27.10.2015, item 5.9.
15.    European Citizens' Initiative (debate)

Report on the European Citizens' Initiative [2014/2257(INI)] — Committee on Constitutional Affairs. Rapporteur: György Schöpflin (A8-0284/2015)
György Schöpflin introduced the report.
The following spoke: Frans Timmermans (First Vice-President of the Commission).
The following spoke: Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann (rapporteur for the opinion of the JURI Committee), Beatriz Becerra Basterrechea (rapporteur for the opinion of the PETI Committee), Pál Csáky, on behalf of the PPE Group, Mercedes Bresso, on behalf of the S&D Group, Kazimierz Michał Ujazdowski, on behalf of the ECR Group, Charles Goerens, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Barbara Spinelli, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Josep-Maria Terricabras, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Fabio Massimo Castaldo, on behalf of the EFDD Group, and Gerolf Annemans, on behalf of the ENF Group.
IN THE CHAIR: Rainer WIELAND

Vice-President

The following spoke: Zoltán Balczó, non-attached Member, who also replied to a blue-card question by David Coburn, Dubravka Šuica, Claudia Tapardel, Notis Marias, Pascal Durand, Milan Zver, Marlene Mizzi and Arne Gericke.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Anna Záborská, Ramón Jáuregui Atondo, Branislav Škripek, João Ferreira, Igor Šoltes, Jonathan Arnott and Franz Obermayr.
The following spoke: Frans Timmermans and György Schöpflin.
The debate closed.
Vote: minutes of 28.10.2015, item 7.8.
16.    Ebola crisis: long-term lessons (debate)

Report on the Ebola crisis: the long-term lessons and how to strengthen health systems in developing countries to prevent future crises [2014/2204(INI)] — Committee on Development. Rapporteur: Charles Goerens (A8-0281/2015)
Charles Goerens introduced the report.
The following spoke: Christos Stylianides (Member of the Commission).
The following spoke: Josu Juaristi Abaunz (rapporteur for the opinion of the ENVI Committee).
IN THE CHAIR: Ioan Mircea PAȘCU

Vice-President

The following spoke: Maurice Ponga, on behalf of the PPE Group, Norbert Neuser, on behalf of the S&D Group, Arne Gericke, on behalf of the ECR Group, Lola Sánchez Caldentey, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Maria Heubuch, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Nathan Gill, on behalf of the EFDD Group, Jean-Luc Schaffhauser, on behalf of the ENF Group, Bogdan Brunon Wenta, Linda McAvan and Cristian Dan Preda.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Cristian-Silviu Bușoi, Caterina Chinnici, Notis Marias, João Ferreira, Michèle Rivasi and Jonathan Arnott.
The following spoke: Christos Stylianides and Charles Goerens.
The debate closed.
Vote: minutes of 27.10.2015, item 5.15.
17.    Announcement by the President
As announced by the President when the session resumed (minutes of 26.10.2015, item 4), the Bureau had considered the internal appeals presented by Janusz Korwin-Mikke and Gianluca Buonanno and had confirmed the disciplinary measures imposed on the two Members. Said measures would apply from the following day therefore.
18.    Discharge 2013: Artemis Joint Undertaking — Discharge 2013: European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) — Discharge 2013: ENIAC Joint Undertaking — Discharge 2013: EU general budget — European Council and Council (debate)

Second report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Artemis Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2013 [COM(2014)0510 — C8-0208/2014 — 2014/2132(DEC)] — Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (A8-0283/2015)
Second report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology for the financial year 2013 [COM(2014)0510 — C8-0201/2014 — 2014/2125(DEC)] — Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (A8-0282/2015)
Second report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the ENIAC Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2013 [COM(2014)0510 — C8-0211/2014 — 2014/2135(DEC)] — Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (A8-0285/2015)
Second report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2013, Section II — European Council and Council [COM(2014)0510 — C8-0148/2014 — 2014/2079(DEC)] — Committee on Budgetary Control. Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (A8-0269/2015)
Ryszard Czarnecki introduced the reports.
The following spoke: Christos Stylianides (Member of the Commission).
The following spoke: Marian-Jean Marinescu, on behalf of the PPE Group, Derek Vaughan, on behalf of the S&D Group, Nedzhmi Ali, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Igor Šoltes, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Jonathan Arnott, on behalf of the EFDD Group, Tomáš Zdechovský, Zigmantas Balčytis, Tamás Deutsch, Ingeborg Gräßle and Franc Bogovič.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Notis Marias.
The following spoke: Christos Stylianides and Ryszard Czarnecki.
The debate closed.
Vote: minutes of 27.10.2015, item 5.11, minutes of 27.10.2015, item 5.12, minutes of 27.10.2015, item 5.13 and minutes of 27.10.2015, item 5.14.
19.    One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
In accordance with Rule 163, the following Members who wished to draw the attention of Parliament to matters of political importance spoke for one minute:
Claude Rolin, Damian Drăghici, Notis Marias, Neoklis Sylikiotis, Igor Šoltes, Piernicola Pedicini, Laurențiu Rebega, Krisztina Morvai, József Nagy, Clara Eugenia Aguilera García, Marek Jurek, Miguel Viegas, Josep-Maria Terricabras, Fabio Massimo Castaldo, Anna Záborská, Nicola Caputo, Javier Couso Permuy, James Carver, Marijana Petir, Claudiu Ciprian Tănăsescu, Cristian-Silviu Bușoi, Péter Niedermüller, Milan Zver, Csaba Molnár, Jaromír Štětina, Neena Gill, Franc Bogovič and Ivana Maletić.
20.    Agenda of the next sitting
The agenda of the next day's sitting had been established (‘Agenda’ PE 570.418/OJMA).
21.    Closure of the sitting
The sitting closed at 23.20.


Klaus Welle

Secretary-General



Martin Schulz

President





26 October 2015ATTENDANCE REGISTER
Present:
Adaktusson, Adinolfi, Affronte, Agea, Agnew, Aguilera García, Aiuto, Aker, Albrecht, Ali, Alliot-Marie, Anderson Lucy, Anderson Martina, Andersson, Androulakis, Annemans, Arena, Arnautu, Arnott, Arthuis, Ashworth, Assis, Atkinson, Auken, Auštrevičius, Ayuso, van Baalen, Bach, Balas, Balčytis, Balczó, Bashir, Batten, Bay, Bayet, Bearder, Becerra Basterrechea, Becker, Beghin, Belder, Bendtsen, Berès, Bergeron, Bilde, Bizzotto, Blanco López, Blinkevičiūtė, Bocskor, Böge, Bogovič, Boni, Borghezio, Borrelli, Borzan, Boștinaru, Bours, Boutonnet, Bové, Brannen, Bresso, Briano, Briois, Brok, Buchner, Buda, Bullmann, Bușoi, Bütikofer, Cabezón Ruiz, Calvet Chambon, van de Camp, Campbell Bannerman, Caputo, Carthy, Carver, Casa, Caspary, Castaldo, Cavada, Charanzová, Chauprade, Childers, Chinnici, Chountis, Christensen, Christoforou, Chrysogonos, Cicu, Cirio, Coburn, Coelho, Cofferati, Collin-Langen, Collins, Comi, Comodini Cachia, Corbett, Costa, Couso Permuy, Cozzolino, Cramer, Csáky, Czarnecki, Czesak, van Dalen, Dalli, Dalton, D'Amato, Dance, Dăncilă, Danti, (The Earl of) Dartmouth, De Backer, De Castro, Delahaye, Deli, Delli, Delvaux, De Masi, Demesmaeker, De Monte, Denanot, Deprez, de Sarnez, Deß, Deutsch, Deva, Dodds Diane, Dorfmann, D'Ornano, Drăghici, Duncan, Durand, Eck, Eickhout, Engström, Epitideios, Erdős, Eriksson, Ernst, Ertug, Etheridge, Evans, Evi, Fajon, Farage, Faria, Federley, Ferber, Fernandes, Fernández, Ferrand, Ferreira Elisa, Ferreira João, Finch, Fisas Ayxelà, Flanagan, Flašíková Beňová, Fleckenstein, Florenz, Fontana, Ford, Forenza, Foster, Fotyga, Fountoulis, Fox, Freund, Frunzulică, Gabriel, Gahler, Gál, Gáll-Pelcz, García Pérez, Gardiazabal Rubial, Gardini, Gasbarra, Gebhardt, Geier, Gentile, Gerbrandy, Gericke, Geringer de Oedenberg, Giegold, Gierek, Gieseke, Gill Nathan, Gill Neena, Girauta Vidal, Girling, Giuffrida, Goerens, Gomes, González Pons, Gosiewska, Goulard, de Graaff, Grammatikakis, de Grandes Pascual, Grapini, Gräßle, Graswander-Hainz, Griesbeck, Griffin, Grigule, Gróbarczyk, Groote, Grossetête, Grzyb, Gualtieri, Guerrero Salom, Guillaume, Guteland, Gutiérrez Prieto, Gyürk, Hadjigeorgiou, Händel, Hannan, Harkin, Häusling, Hautala, Hayes, Hazekamp, Hedh, Helmer, Henkel, Herranz García, Hetman, Heubuch, Hoffmann, Hökmark, Hölvényi, Honeyball, Hookem, Hortefeux, Howitt, Hübner, Hudghton, Huitema, Hyusmenova, in 't Veld, Iotova, Iturgaiz, Ivan, Iwaszkiewicz, Jaakonsaari, Jäätteenmäki, Jadot, Jahr, Jakovčić, Jalkh, James, Jáuregui Atondo, Jazłowiecka, Ježek, Joly, Jongerius, Juaristi Abaunz, Jurek, Juvin, Kadenbach, Kalinowski, Kallas, Kalniete, Kamall, Kammerevert, Kappel, Karas, Karim, Kariņš, Karlsson, Karski, Kaufmann, Kefalogiannis, Kelam, Keller Jan, Keller Ska, Kelly, Khan, Kirkhope, Kirton-Darling, Koch, Kölmel, Korwin-Mikke, Köster, Köstinger, Kouloglou, Kovács, Kovatchev, Kozłowska-Rajewicz, Krasnodębski, Krehl, Kudrycka, Kuhn, Kukan, Kumpula-Natri, Kuneva, Kuźmiuk, Kyllönen, Kyrkos, Kyrtsos, Kyuchyuk, Lamassoure, Lambert, Landsbergis, Lange, Langen, Lauristin, La Via, Lavrilleux, Lebreton, Le Grip, Legutko, Le Hyaric, Lenaers, Lewandowski, Lewer, Liberadzki, Liese, Lietz, Lins, Lochbihler, Loiseau, Loones, Lope Fontagné, López Aguilar, López Bermejo, López-Istúriz White, Lösing, Lucke, Ludvigsson, Łukacijewska, Lunacek, Lundgren, Łybacka, McAvan, McClarkin, McGuinness, Mach, McIntyre, Macovei, Maletić, Malinov, Maltese, Mamikins, Mănescu, Maňka, Mann, Maragall, Marias, Marinescu, Marinho e Pinto, Martin David, Martin Dominique, Martin Edouard, Martusciello, Marusik, Maštálka, Matias, Maura Barandiarán, Maurel, Mavrides, Mayer, Mazuronis, Meissner, Mélenchon, Melior, Melo, Messerschmidt, Metsola, Michel, Michels, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, van Miltenburg, Mineur, Mizzi, Moi, Moisă, Molnár, Monot, Monteiro de Aguiar, Montel, Moody, Moraes, Morgano, Morin-Chartier, Morvai, Mosca, Müller, Mureșan, Muselier, Mussolini, Nagy, Negrescu, Nekov, Neuser, Nica, Nicholson, Nicolai, Niebler, Niedermayer, Niedermüller, Nilsson, Ní Riada, van Nistelrooij, Noichl, Novakov, Nuttall, Obermayr, O'Flynn, Olbrycht, Omarjee, Ożóg, Pabriks, Paet, Pagazaurtundúa Ruiz, Paolucci, Papadakis Konstantinos, Papadimoulis, Parker, Pașcu, Paunova, Pavel, Pedicini, Peillon, Peterle, Petersen, Petir, Piecha, Pieper, Pietikäinen, Piotrowski, Piri, Pirinski, Pitera, Pittella, Plura, Poc, Pogliese, Ponga, Poręba, Pospíšil, Preda, Pretzell, Preuß, Radoš, Rebega, Reda, Reding, Regner, Reid, Reimon, Reintke, Reul, Ribeiro, Rivasi, Rochefort, Rodrigues Liliana, Rodrigues Maria João, Rodríguez-Piñero Fernández, Rodust, Rohde, Rolin, Ropė, Rosati, Ruas, Rübig, Ruohonen-Lerner, Saïfi, Sakorafa, Salini, Salvini, Sánchez Caldentey, Sander, Sant, Sârbu, Sarvamaa, Saryusz-Wolski, Sassoli, Schaake, Schaffhauser, Schaldemose, Schlein, Schmidt, Scholz, Schöpflin, Schreijer-Pierik, Schulz, Schulze, Schuster, Schwab, Scott Cato, Sebastià, Sehnalová, Selimovic, Senra Rodríguez, Sernagiotto, Serrão Santos, Seymour, Siekierski, Silva Pereira, Simon Peter, Simon Siôn, Sippel, Škripek, Škrlec, Smith, Smolková, Sógor, Šojdrová, Šoltes, Sommer, Spinelli, Spyraki, Staes, Stanishev, Starbatty, Štefanec, Steinruck, Štětina, Stevens, Stihler, Stolojan, von Storch, Stuger, Šuica, Šulin, Svoboda, Swinburne, Sylikiotis, Synadinos, Szájer, Szanyi, Szejnfeld, Tajani, Takkula, Tamburrano, Tănăsescu, Tannock, Tapardel, Tarabella, Tarand, Taylor, Telička, Terricabras, Theocharous, Theurer, Thomas, Thun und Hohenstein, Toia, Tőkés, Tomaševski, Tomc, Torres Martínez, Torvalds, Tošenovský, Trebesius, Troszczynski, Țurcanu, Ujazdowski, Ujhelyi, Ungureanu, Urutchev, Vaidere, Vajgl, Valcárcel Siso, Valero, Valli, Vana, Van Bossuyt, Vandenkendelaere, Van Orden, Vaughan, Vautmans, Väyrynen, Verheyen, Viegas, Vilimsky, Viotti, Virkkunen, Vistisen, Voigt, Voss, Vozemberg-Vrionidi, Wałęsa, Weber Renate, Weidenholzer, von Weizsäcker, Wenta, Werner, Westphal, Wieland, Wikström, Willmott, Winberg, Winkler Iuliu, Wiśniewska, Záborská, Zala, Zanni, Zanonato, Zdechovský, Zdrojewski, Zemke, Zijlstra, Zimmer, Žitňanská, Złotowski, Zoffoli, Żółtek, Zorrinho, Zuber, Zullo, Zver, Zwiefka
Excused:
Crowley, Konečná, Picierno, Vălean, Winkler Hermann, Woolfe, Zagorakis