Minutes of the sitting of 11 April 2016
Date: 2016-04-11
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: European Parliament, parliamentary debate








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11 April 2016MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 11 APRIL 2016
(2017/C 181/01)
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.

Request for the waiver of parliamentary immunity
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5.

Verification of credentials
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6.

Composition of political groups
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7.

Composition of committees
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8.

Council positions at first reading
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9.

Corrigenda (Rule 231)
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10.

Signature of acts adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure (Rule 78)
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11.

Documents received
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12.

Action taken on Parliament's positions and resolutions
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13.

Questions for oral answer (submission)
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14.

Order of business
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15.

International Roma Day (debate)
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16.

Annual reports 2012-2013 on subsidiarity and proportionality (debate)
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17.

Objection pursuant to Rule 106: renewal of the approval of the active substance glyphosate (debate)
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18.

Regulatory Fitness and Performance Programme (short presentation)
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19.

Towards improved single market regulation (short presentation)
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20.

Learning EU at school (short presentation)
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21.

Erasmus+ and other tools to foster mobility in vocational education and training (short presentation)
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22.

The EU role in the framework of international financial, monetary and regulatory institutions and bodies (short presentation)
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23.

Small-scale coastal fishing in regions dependent on fishing (short presentation)
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24.

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea: fisheries aspects (short presentation)
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25.

External dimension of the CFP, including fisheries agreements (short presentation)
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26.

One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
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27.

Agenda of the next sitting
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28.

Closure of the sitting
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ATTENDANCE REGISTER
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Minutes of the sitting of 11 April 2016

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 recent terrorist attacks in Brussels, in which 32 people died and 340 were injured. He noted that Islamist terrorism was claiming victims all over the world, and that we needed to defend democracy and our freedoms together, without hatred or violence.
The President expressed Parliament's condolences with the victims' families.
Parliament observed a minute's silence.
3.   Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting
The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.
Reinhard Bütikofer had been present at the sittings of 2 July 2014, 13 November 2014, 12 February 2015, 25 March 2015, 9 June 2015 and 14 October 2015, but his name was not on the attendance register.
Reinhard Bütikofer had made it known that he had been present at the sitting of 20 May 2015, but that his name was not on the attendance register.
4.   Request for the waiver of parliamentary immunity
The Hungarian authorities had forwarded a request to waive the parliamentary immunity of Csaba Molnár in relation to criminal proceedings before the Budapest II and III District Court.
Pursuant to Rule 9(1), the request had been referred to the committee responsible, the JURI Committee.
5.   Verification of credentials
On a proposal from the JURI Committee, Parliament validated the mandates of João Pimenta Lopes MEP, Carolina Punset MEP and Jaromír Kohlicek MEP, with effect from 31 January 2016, 3 February 2016 and 4 February 2016 respectively.
6.   Composition of political groups
Beatrix von Storch had left the ECR Group and joined the EFDD Group with effect from 8 April 2016.
7.   Composition of committees
The President had received the following requests for appointments from the GUE/NGL, EFDD and ECR Groups:






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CONT Committee: Luke Ming Flanaganto replace Rina Ronja Kari










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ECON Committee: Beatrix von Storchto replace Diane James










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ENVI Committee: Syed Kamallto replace Marcus Pretzell.




The appointments would be deemed ratified if there were no objections before the approval of these minutes.
8.   Council positions at first reading
The President announced under Rule 64(1) that the following positions had been received from the Council, together with the reasons which had led to their adoption, and the Commission's position on:






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Position of the Council at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on promoting the free movement of citizens by simplifying the requirements for presenting certain public documents in the European Union and amending Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012(14956/2/2015— C8-0129/2016— 2013/0119(COD)) 06457/2016— COM(2016)0206)
referred to responsible: JURI










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Position of the Council at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) and replacing and repealing Council Decisions 2009/371/JHA, 2009/934/JHA, 2009/935/JHA, 2009/936/JHA and 2009/968/JHA (14957/2/2015— C8-0130/2016— 2013/0091(COD)) 06415/2016— COM(2016)0209)
referred to responsible: LIBE










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Position of the Council at first reading with a view to the adoption of a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purposes of research, studies, training, voluntary service, pupil exchange schemes or educational projects and au pairing (recast) (14958/2/2015— C8-0131/2016— 2013/0081(COD)) 06414/2016— COM(2016)0184)
referred to responsible: LIBE










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Position of the Council at first reading with a view to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by competent authorities for the purposes of the prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences or the execution of criminal penalties, and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Council Framework Decision 2008/977/JHA (05418/1/2016— C8-0139/2016— 2012/0010(COD)— COM(2016)0213)
referred to responsible: LIBE










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Position of the Council at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) (05419/1/2016— C8-0140/2016— 2012/0011(COD)— COM(2016)0214)
referred to responsible: LIBE




The three-month period available to Parliament to adopt its position would therefore begin the following day (12 April 2016).
9.   Corrigenda (Rule 231)

The JURI committee had forwarded the following corrigenda to texts adopted by Parliament:






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Corrigendum P8_TA(2015)0439(COR01)to Regulation (EU) 2015/2424 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2015amending Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009on the Community trade mark and Commission Regulation (EC) No 2868/95 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 40/94 on the Community trade mark, and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 2869/95 on the fees payable to the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (Official Journal of the European Union L 341, 24.12.2015) — (P8_TA(2015)0439— 2013/0088(COD))










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Corrigendum P8_TA(2015)0440(COR01)to Directive (EU) 2015/2436 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2015to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks (Official Journal of the European Union, L 336, 23.12.2015) — (P8_TA(2015)0440— 2013/0089(COD))




The corrigenda were available on Europarl.
Pursuant to Rule 231(4), these corrigenda would be deemed approved unless, within 24 hours, a request was made by a political group or at least 40 Members that they be put to the vote.
10.   Signature of acts adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure (Rule 78)

The President announced that on Wednesday 13 April 2016, 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 on a European network of employment services (EURES), workers'access to mobility services and the further integration of labour markets, and amending Regulations (EU) No 492/2011and (EU) No 1296/2013(00068/2015/LEX— C8-0132/2016— 2014/0002(COD))










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Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the introduction of emergency autonomous trade measures for the Republic of Tunisia (00004/2016/LEX— C8-0138/2016— 2015/0218(COD))




11.   Documents received
The following documents had been received:






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from the Council and Commission







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Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the recognition of professional qualifications in inland navigation and repealing Council Directive 96/50/EC and Council Directive 91/672/EEC (COM(2016)0082— C8-0061/2016— 2016/0050(COD))
The President would consult the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on this proposal, in accordance with Rule 137(1) and Rule 138(1).
referred to responsible: TRAN opinion: EMPL, JURI, IMCO










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Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 539/2001listing the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement (Georgia) (COM(2016)0142— C8-0113/2016— 2016/0075(COD))
referred to responsible: LIBE










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Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 96/71/EC of The European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1996concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services (COM(2016)0128— C8-0114/2016— 2016/0070(COD))
In accordance with Article 304 of the Treaty, the President would consult the European Economic and Social Committee on this proposal.
referred to responsible: EMPL opinion: JURI, IMCO










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Proposal for a Council decision on subjecting the new psychoactive substance 1-phenyl-2-(1-pyrrolidin-1-yl) pentan-1-one (α-pyrrolidinovalerophenone, α-PVP) to control measures (15386/2015— C8-0115/2016— 2015/0309(CNS))
referred to responsible: LIBE opinion: ENVI










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Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of the Cooperation Agreement on a Civil Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) between the European Community and its Member States of the one part, and the Republic of Korea, of the other part (05977/2016— C8-0116/2016— 2015/0265(NLE))
referred to responsible: ITRE










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Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the conservation of fishery resources and the protection of marine ecosystems through technical measures, amending Council Regulations (EC) No 1967/2006, (EC) No 1098/2007, (EC) No 1224/2009and Regulations (EU) No 1343/2011and (EU) No 1380/2013of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 894/97, (EC) No 850/98, (EC) No 2549/2000, (EC) No 254/2002, (EC) No 812/2004and (EC) No 2187/2005(COM(2016)0134— C8-0117/2016— 2016/0074(COD))
The President would consult the European Economic and Social Committee on this proposal, in accordance with Rule 137(1).
In accordance with Article 307 of the Treaty, the President would consult the Committee of the Regions on this proposal.
referred to responsible: PECH opinion: DEVE, ENVI










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Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products to the World Health Organisation's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, with the exception of its provisions falling within the scope of Title V of Part Three of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (14384/2015— C8-0118/2016— 2015/0101(NLE))
referred to responsible: INTA opinion: ENVI, ECON, IMCO










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Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products to the World Health Organisation's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, as regards its provisions on obligations related to judicial cooperation in criminal matters and the definition of criminal offences (14387/2015— C8-0119/2016— 2015/0100(NLE))
referred to responsible: LIBE opinion: ENVI, ECON, CONT, INTA, IMCO










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Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of a Protocol to the Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other, on the free movement of persons, regarding the participation of the Republic of Croatia as a Contracting Party, following its accession to the European Union (14381/2013— C8-0120/2016— 2013/0321(NLE))
referred to responsible: EMPL opinion: AGRI, LIBE










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Draft amending budget No 1to the general budget for 2016: New instrument to provide emergency support within the Union — Council position of 16 March 2016(07068/2016— C8-0122/2016— 2016/2037(BUD))
referred to responsible: BUDG opinion: ECON, LIBE










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Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down rules on the making available on the market of CE marked fertilising products and amending Regulations (EC) No 1069/2009and (EC) No 1107/2009(COM(2016)0157— C8-0123/2016— 2016/0084(COD))
The President would consult the European Economic and Social Committee on this proposal, in accordance with Rule 137(1).
referred to responsible: IMCO opinion: AGRI, ENVI, ITRE










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Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council fixing the adjustment rate provided for in Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013for direct payments in respect of the calendar year 2016(COM(2016)0159— C8-0124/2016— 2016/0086(COD))
The President would consult the European Economic and Social Committee on this proposal, in accordance with Rule 137(1).
referred to responsible: AGRI opinion: DEVE, BUDG, CONT, REGI










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Partial renewal of of members of the Court of Auditors — LT nominee (07319/2016— C8-0126/2016— 2016/0805(NLE))
referred to responsible: CONT










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Proposal for a Council Regulation on jurisdiction, applicable law and the recognition and enforcement of decisions in matters of matrimonial property regimes (COM(2016)0106— C8-0127/2016— 2016/0059(CNS))
referred to responsible: JURI opinion: FEMM, LIBE










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Proposal for a Council Regulation on jurisdiction, applicable law and the recognition and enforcement of decisions in matters of the property consequences of registered partnerships (COM(2016)0107— C8-0128/2016— 2016/0060(CNS))
referred to responsible: JURI opinion: FEMM, LIBE










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Proposal for a Council Decision amending Council Decision (EU) 2015/1601 of 22 September 2015establishing provisional measures in the area of international protection for the benefit of Italy and Greece (COM(2016)0171— C8-0133/2016— 2016/0089(NLE))
referred to responsible: LIBE opinion: BUDG














2)



from committees







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reports







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Report on the EU role in the framework of international financial, monetary and regulatory institutions and bodies (2015/2060(INI)) — ECON Committee — Rapporteur: Sylvie Goulard (A8-0027/2016)










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Report on new territorial development tools in cohesion policy 2014-2020: Integrated Territorial Investment (ITI) and Community-Led Local Development (CLLD) (2015/2224(INI)) — REGI Committee — Rapporteur: Ruža Tomašić (A8-0032/2016)










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Report on meeting the antipoverty target in the light of increasing household costs (2015/2223(INI)) — EMPL Committee — Rapporteur: Tamás Meszerics (A8-0040/2016)










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Report on Fisheries aspects within the international agreement on marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction, United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (2015/2109(INI)) — PECH Committee — Rapporteur: Norica Nicolai (A8-0042/2016)










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Report on the private sector and development (2014/2205(INI)) — DEVE Committee — Rapporteur: Nirj Deva (A8-0043/2016)










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Report on innovation and diversification of small-scale coastal fishing in fisheries-dependent regions (2015/2090(INI)) — PECH Committee — Rapporteur: Ruža Tomašić (A8-0044/2016)










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Report on Erasmus+ and other tools to foster mobility in VET — a lifelong learning approach (2015/2257(INI)) — CULT Committee — Rapporteur: Ernest Maragall (A8-0049/2016)










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Report on the European Investment Bank (EIB) — Annual Report 2014(2015/2127(INI)) — CONT Committee — Rapporteur: Georgi Pirinski (A8-0050/2016)










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Report on implementation and review of the EU-Central Asia Strategy (2015/2220(INI)) — AFET Committee — Rapporteur: Tamás Meszerics (A8-0051/2016)










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Report on common rules in respect of application of the external dimension of the CFP, including fisheries agreements (2015/2091(INI)) — PECH Committee — Rapporteur: Linnéa Engström (A8-0052/2016)










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Report on the nomination of Ladislav Balko as a Member of the Court of Auditors (13879/2015— C8-0413/2015— 2015/0816(NLE)) — CONT Committee — Rapporteur: Igor Šoltes (A8-0055/2016)










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Report on the nomination of Jan Gregor as a Member of the Court of Auditors (14091/2015— C8-0412/2015— 2015/0815(NLE)) — CONT Committee — Rapporteur: Igor Šoltes (A8-0057/2016)










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Report on the nomination of Anthony Abela as a Member of the Court of Auditors (05769/2016— C8-0024/2016— 2016/0803(NLE)) — CONT Committee — Rapporteur: Igor Šoltes (A8-0058/2016)










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Report on the nomination of Mihails Kozlovs as a Member of the Court of Auditors (14446/2015— C8-0411/2015— 2015/0814(NLE)) — CONT Committee — Rapporteur: Igor Šoltes (A8-0059/2016)










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Report on the nomination of Samo Jereb as a Member of the Court of Auditors (05890/2016— C8-0025/2016— 2016/0804(NLE)) — CONT Committee — Rapporteur: Bart Staes (A8-0060/2016)










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Report on the nomination of Janusz Wojciechowski as a Member of the Court of Auditors (13904/1/2015— C8-0414/2015— 2015/0817(NLE)) — CONT Committee — Rapporteur: Igor Šoltes (A8-0061/2016)










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Report on the request for waiver of the immunity of Hermann Winkler (2016/2000(IMM)) — JURI Committee — Rapporteur: Angel Dzhambazki (A8-0062/2016)










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* Report on the proposal for a Council directive amending Directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of value added tax, with regard to the duration of the obligation to respect a minimum standard rate (COM(2015)0646— C8-0009/2016— 2015/0296(CNS)) — ECON Committee — Rapporteur: Peter Simon (A8-0063/2016)










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***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 575/2013as regards exemptions for commodity dealers (COM(2015)0648— C8-0403/2015— 2015/0295(COD)) — ECON Committee — Rapporteur: Sander Loones (A8-0064/2016)










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*** Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Cooperation Agreement on a Civil Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) between the European Community and its Member States of the one part, and the Republic of Korea, of the other part (05977/2016— C8-0116/2016— 2015/0265(NLE)) — ITRE Committee — Rapporteur: Gianluca Buonanno (A8-0065/2016)










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Report on the situation in the Mediterranean and the need for a holistic EU approach to migration (2015/2095(INI)) — LIBE Committee — Rapporteurs: Roberta Metsola, Kashetu Kyenge (A8-0066/2016)










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*** Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community on the one hand, and the Government of Denmark and the Home Rule Government of Greenland, on the other hand (11634/2015— C8-0377/2015— 2015/0152(NLE)) — PECH Committee — Rapporteur: Marco Affronte (A8-0067/2016)










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Report on the EU in a changing global environment — a more connected, contested and complex world (2015/2272(INI)) — AFET Committee — Rapporteur: Sandra Kalniete (A8-0069/2016)










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* Report on the draft Council implementing decision approving the conclusion by the European Police Office (Europol) of the Agreement on Strategic Cooperation between the Federative Republic of Brazil and Europol (13980/2015— C8-0010/2016— 2016/0801(CNS)) — LIBE Committee — Rapporteur: Claude Moraes (A8-0070/2016)










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*** Recommendation on the draft Council decision on on the conclusion of the Agreement on certain aspects of air services between the European Union and the Government of the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (05255/2014— C8-0040/2015— 2012/0015(NLE)) — TRAN Committee — Rapporteur: Dieter-Lebrecht Koch (A8-0072/2016)










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Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (application from Sweden — EGF/2015/009 SE/Volvo Trucks) (COM(2016)0061— C8-0033/2016— 2016/2022(BUD)) — BUDG Committee — Rapporteur: Victor Negrescu (A8-0077/2016)










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Report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF/2016/000 TA 2016— Technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission) (COM(2016)0078— C8-0095/2016— 2016/2025(BUD)) — BUDG Committee — Rapporteur: Andrey Novakov (A8-0078/2016)














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 directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on railway safety (recast) (10580/1/2015— C8-0417/2015— 2013/0016(COD)) — TRAN Committee — Rapporteur: Michael Cramer (A8-0056/2016)










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***II Recommendation for second reading on the position of the Council at first reading with a view to the adoption of the directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the interoperability of the rail system within the European Union (Recast) (10579/1/2015— C8-0416/2015— 2013/0015(COD)) — commission TRAN — Rapporteur: Izaskun Bilbao Barandica (A8-0071/2016)










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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 on the European Union Agency for Railways and repealing Regulation (EC) No 881/2004(10578/1/2015— C8-0415/2015— 2013/0014(COD)) — TRAN Committee — Rapporteur: Roberts Zīle (A8-0073/2016)












12.   Action taken on Parliament's positions and resolutions
The Commission communication on the action taken on the positions and resolutions adopted by Parliament during the October III, November II, and December I and II 2015 part-sessions was available on the Europarl site.
13.   Questions for oral answer (submission)

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






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(O-000055/2016) by Czesław Adam Siekierski, on behalf of the AGRI Committee, to the Commission: Measures to alleviate the crisis in the European agriculture sector (2016/2611(RSP)) (B8-0352/2016)










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(O-000045/2016) by Antonio Tajani, Othmar Karasand Burkhard Balz, on behalf of the PPE Group, to the Commission: Review of the SME supporting factor (2016/2652(RSP)) (B8-0353/2016)










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(O-000057/2016) by Elisa Ferreira, on behalf of the S&D Group, to the Commission: Review of the SME supporting factor (2016/2652(RSP)) (B8-0354/2016)










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(O-000060/2016) by Paloma López Bermejo, Fabio De Masi, Marisa Matias, Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Miguel Viegasand Merja Kyllönen, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, to the Commission: Review of the SME supporting factor (2016/2652(RSP)) (B8-0355/2016)










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(O-000065/2016) by Sylvie Goulard, Michael Theurer, Marian Harkin, Petr Ježek, Sophia in 't Veld, Philippe De Backerand Cora van Nieuwenhuizen, on behalf of the ALDE Group, to the Commission: SME supporting factor (2016/2652(RSP)) (B8-0356/2016)










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(O-000066/2016) by Kay Swinburne, on behalf of the ECR Group, to the Commission: Review of the SME supporting factor (2016/2652(RSP)) (B8-0357/2016)










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(O-000004/2016) by Ismail Ertug, Lucy Anderson, Francisco Assis, Georges Bach, Miriam Dalli, Isabella De Monte, Karoline Graswander-Hainz, Merja Kyllönen, Miltiadis Kyrkos, Bogusław Liberadzki, Marian-Jean Marinescu, Markus Pieper, Herbert Reul, Olga Sehnalová, Claudia Țapardel, Pavel Telička, Kathleen Van Brempt, Wim van de Camp, Kosma Złotowski, Roberts Zīle, Gesine Meissner, Peter Simon, Gabriele Preuß, Susanne Melior, Kerstin Westphal, Norbert Neuser, Bernd Lange, Petra Kammerevert, Maria Noichl, Iris Hoffmann, Ulrike Rodust, Arne Lietz, Evelyne Gebhardt, Jens Geier, Jo Leinen, Joachim Schuster, Constanze Krehl, Udo Bullmann, Jutta Steinruck, Martina Werner, Michael Cramerand Jakob von Weizsäcker, to the Commission: Autonomous driving (2016/2632(RSP)) (B8-0358/2016).




14.   Order of business
The final draft agenda for the April I sittings (PE 579.940/PDOJ) had been distributed and the following changes had been proposed (Rule 152):

Monday

Request from the PPE Group for the inclusion in the agenda, after the Sajjad Karim report (A8-0301/2015) (item 54 of final draft agenda), a debate on an objection pursuant to Rule 106: Renewing the approval of the active substance glyphosate (B8-0439/2016) (2016/2624(RSP)).
The following spoke: Angélique Delahaye, on behalf of the PPE Group, giving reasons for the request, Philippe Lamberts in favour of the request and Pavel Poc against the request.
Parliament agreed to the request by electronic vote (255 in favour, 91 against, 16 abstention).

Tuesday

No changes.

Wednesday

The President announced that Malta had withdrawn its candidate for the Member of Court of Auditors. The Igor Šoltes report (A8-0058/2016) on the appointment of Anthony Abela as a Member of the Court of Auditors was therefore withdrawn from the agenda.

Thursday

No changes.
The order of business was thus established.
The following spoke: Gianni Pittella and Manfred Weber on the confrontation between FYROM police and refugees in the Greek camp at Idomeni, and Pervenche Berès on the situation of Mr Bibo Bourgi in Senegal (the President promised to contact the President of Senegal).
15.   International Roma Day (debate)

Council and Commission statements: International Roma Day (2016/2645(RSP))
Věra Jourová (Member of the Commission) made the statement.
IN THE CHAIR: Ioan Mircea PAȘCU

Vice-President

The following spoke: György Hölvényi, on behalf of the PPE Group, Soraya Post, on behalf of the S&D Group, Jana Žitňanská, on behalf of the ECR Group, Angelika Mlinar, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Cornelia Ernst, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Terry Reintke, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, and James Carver, on behalf of the EFDD Group.
The following spoke: Věra Jourová.
The debate closed.
16.   Annual reports 2012-2013 on subsidiarity and proportionality (debate)

Report on the Annual reports 2012-2013 on subsidiarity and proportionality [2014/2252(INI)] — Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: Sajjad Karim (A8-0301/2015)
Sajjad Karim introduced the report.
The following spoke: Věra Jourová (Member of the Commission).
The following spoke: Kazimierz Michał Ujazdowski (rapporteur for the opinion of the AFCO Committee), Helga Stevens (rapporteur for the opinion of the EMPL Committee), Patricija Šulin (rapporteur for the opinion of the CONT Committee), Tiziana Beghin (rapporteur for the opinion of the INTA Committee), Tadeusz Zwiefka, on behalf of the PPE Group, Mady Delvaux, on behalf of the S&D Group, Hans-Olaf Henkel, on behalf of the ECR Group, António Marinho e Pinto, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Paloma López Bermejo, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Martina Anderson, Max Andersson, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Gerard Batten, on behalf of the EFDD Group, Gilles Lebreton, on behalf of the ENF Group, Eleftherios Synadinos, non-attached Member, Pavel Svoboda and Sergio Gaetano Cofferati.
IN THE CHAIR: Alexander Graf LAMBSDORFF

Vice-President

The following spoke: Bernd Lucke, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Laura Ferrara, Gerolf Annemans, Anna Záborská, Mercedes Bresso, Notis Marias, Rosa Estaràs Ferragut, Evelyn Regner, Agnieszka Kozłowska-Rajewicz, Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann, Daniel Buda and Jiří Pospíšil.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Victor Negrescu and Ivan Jakovčić.
The following spoke: Věra Jourová and Sajjad Karim.
The debate closed.
Vote: minutes of 12.4.2016, item 5.10.
17.   Objection pursuant to Rule 106: renewal of the approval of the active substance glyphosate (debate)

Motion for a resolution on the draft Commission implementing regulation renewing the approval of the active substance glyphosate in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market, and amending the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 (D044281-01 — 2016/2624(RSP)) (B8-0439/2016)), tabled by Pavel Poc, Kateřina Konečná, Bas Eickhout, Piernicola Pedicini, Mark Demesmaeker, Sirpa Pietikäinen and Frédérique Ries, on behalf of the ENVI Committee.
Giovanni La Via, Chair of the ENVI Committee, introduced the motion for a resolution.
The following spoke: Věra Jourová (Member of the Commission).
The following spoke: Angélique Delahaye, on behalf of the PPE Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Susanne Melior, Pavel Poc, on behalf of the S&D Group, Julie Girling, on behalf of the ECR Group, Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Tibor Szanyi, to put a blue-card question to Julie Girling, who replied, Merja Kyllönen, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Martin Häusling, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, who also replied to two blue-card questions by Peter Liese and Pilar Ayuso, Eleonora Evi, on behalf of the EFDD Group, Mairead McGuinness, Karin Kadenbach, Franc Bogovič and Christel Schaldemose.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Michaela Šojdrová, Clara Eugenia Aguilera García, Richard Ashworth, Marijana Petir and Bronis Ropė.
The following spoke: Věra Jourová and Giovanni La Via.
The debate closed.
Vote: minutes of 13.4.2016, item 11.9.
18.   Regulatory Fitness and Performance Programme (short presentation)

Report on Regulatory Fitness and Performance Programme (REFIT): State of Play and Outlook [2014/2150(INI)] — Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann (A8-0208/2015)
Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann made the presentation.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Angelika Niebler, Victor Negrescu, Notis Marias, Ivan Jakovčić and Andrey Novakov.
The following spoke: Věra Jourová (Member of the Commission).
The item closed.
Vote: minutes of 12.4.2016, item 5.11.
The following spoke: Paloma López Bermejo on the conduct of the catch-the-eye procedure (the President explained the rules).
19.   Towards improved single market regulation (short presentation)

Report on Towards improved single market regulation [2015/2089(INI)] — Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection. Rapporteur: Anneleen Van Bossuyt (A8-0278/2015)
Anneleen Van Bossuyt made the presentation.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Anna Maria Corazza Bildt, Tibor Szanyi, Vicky Ford, Nicola Caputo, Csaba Sógor and Ruža Tomašić.
The following spoke: Věra Jourová (Member of the Commission).
The item closed.
Vote: minutes of 12.4.2016, item 5.12.
20.   Learning EU at school (short presentation)

Report on Learning EU at school [2015/2138(INI)] — Committee on Culture and Education. Rapporteur: Damian Drăghici (A8-0021/2016)
Damian Drăghici made the presentation.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Therese Comodini Cachia, Viorica Dăncilă, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Zoltán Balczó, Isabella Adinolfi and Bogdan Brunon Wenta.
The following spoke: Tibor Navracsics (Member of the Commission).
IN THE CHAIR: Ulrike LUNACEK

Vice-President

The item closed.
Vote: minutes of 12.4.2016, item 5.13.
21.   Erasmus+ and other tools to foster mobility in vocational education and training (short presentation)

Report on Erasmus+ and other tools to foster mobility in VET — a lifelong learning approach [2015/2257(INI)] — Committee on Culture and Education. Rapporteur: Ernest Maragall (A8-0049/2016)
Ernest Maragall made the presentation.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Andrea Bocskor, Viorica Dăncilă, Notis Marias, María Teresa Giménez Barbat, Isabella Adinolfi, Dominique Bilde, Michaela Šojdrová, Julie Ward, Ruža Tomašić and Ivan Jakovčić.
The following spoke: Tibor Navracsics (Member of the Commission).
The item closed.
Vote: minutes of 12.4.2016, item 5.14.
22.   The EU role in the framework of international financial, monetary and regulatory institutions and bodies (short presentation)

Report on the EU role in the framework of international financial, monetary and regulatory institutions and bodies [2015/2060(INI)] — Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Sylvie Goulard (A8-0027/2016)
Sylvie Goulard made the presentation.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Sirpa Pietikäinen, Mady Delvaux, Notis Marias, Sylvie Goulard, on the comments by Notis Marias, Notis Marias in response (the President explained the rules), Marco Zanni, Stanislav Polčák and Tibor Szanyi.
The following spoke: Karmenu Vella (Member of the Commission).
The item closed.
Vote: minutes of 12.4.2016, item 5.15.
23.   Small-scale coastal fishing in regions dependent on fishing (short presentation)

Report on innovation and diversification of small-scale coastal fishing in fisheries-dependent regions [2015/2090(INI)] — Committee on Fisheries. Rapporteur: Ruža Tomašić (A8-0044/2016)
Ruža Tomašić made the presentation.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Francisco José Millán Mon, Ricardo Serrão Santos, Notis Marias, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, João Ferreira, Davor Škrlec, Gabriel Mato, Nicola Caputo, Ivan Jakovčić, Marijana Petir, Clara Eugenia Aguilera García and Werner Kuhn.
The following spoke: Karmenu Vella (Member of the Commission).
The item closed.
Vote: minutes of 12.4.2016, item 5.16.
24.   United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea: fisheries aspects (short presentation)

Report on Fisheries aspects within the international agreement on marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction, United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea [2015/2109(INI)] — Committee on Fisheries. Rapporteur: Norica Nicolai (A8-0042/2016)
Norica Nicolai made the presentation.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Gabriel Mato, Ricardo Serrão Santos, Notis Marias, João Ferreira, Stanislav Polčák, Nicola Caputo and Werner Kuhn.
The following spoke: Karmenu Vella (Member of the Commission).
The item closed.
Vote: minutes of 12.4.2016, item 5.7.
IN THE CHAIR: Anneli JÄÄTTEENMÄKI

Vice-President

25.   External dimension of the CFP, including fisheries agreements (short presentation)

Report on common rules in respect of application of the external dimension of the CFP, including fisheries agreements [2015/2091(INI)] — Committee on Fisheries. Rapporteur: Linnéa Engström (A8-0052/2016)
Linnéa Engström made the presentation.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Gabriel Mato, Ricardo Serrão Santos, Notis Marias, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, João Ferreira, Stanislav Polčák and Werner Kuhn.
The following spoke: Karmenu Vella (Member of the Commission).
The item closed.
Vote: minutes of 12.4.2016, item 5.17.
26.   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:
Deirdre Clune, Victor Negrescu, Ruža Tomašić, Yana Toom, Marina Albiol Guzmán, Josep-Maria Terricabras, Piernicola Pedicini, Mario Borghezio, Cristian Dan Preda, Jonás Fernández, Anna Elżbieta Fotyga, Jasenko Selimovic, Xabier Benito Ziluaga, Davor Škrlec, Petr Mach, Gilles Lebreton, Mairead McGuinness, Tibor Szanyi, Marek Jurek, Javier Couso Permuy, Michaela Šojdrová, Claudiu Ciprian Tănăsescu, Angel Dzhambazki, Stanislav Polčák, Neena Gill, Afzal Khan, Jude Kirton-Darling and Andrejs Mamikins.
27.   Agenda of the next sitting
The agenda of the next day's sitting had been established (‘Agenda’ PE 579.940/OJMA).
28.   Closure of the sitting
The sitting closed at 23.00.


Klaus Welle

Secretary-General



Martin Schulz

President





11 April 2016

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