Minutes of the sitting of 13 March 2017
Date: 2017-03-13
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: European Parliament, parliamentary debate








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13 March 2017MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 13 MARCH 2017
(2017/C 430/01)
Contents







1.

Resumption of the session
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2.

Statements by the President
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3.

Approval of the minutes of the previous sittings
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4.

Composition of committees and delegations
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5.

Negotiations ahead of Parliament's first reading (Rule 69c)
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6.

Signature of acts adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure (Rule 78)
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7.

Question for oral answer (submission)
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8.

Major interpellations (Rule 130b) (submission)
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9.

Documents received
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10.

Order of business
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11.

Mercury ***I (debate)
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12.

Long-term shareholder engagement and corporate governance statement ***I (debate)
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Equality between women and men in the EU in 2014-2015 — Equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services — Report on EU funds for gender equality (debate)
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14.

Composition of committees and delegations
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15.

Fundamental rights implications of big data (short presentation)
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16.

Minimum standards for the protection of farm rabbits (short presentation)
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17.

Responsible ownership and care of equidae (short presentation)
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18.

One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
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19.

Agenda of the next sitting
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20.

Closure of the sitting
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21.

Closure of the session
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ATTENDANCE REGISTER
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ANNEX





RESULT OF ROLL-CALL VOTES
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1.

Amendment of agenda
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Minutes of the sitting of 13 March 2017

IN THE CHAIR: Antonio TAJANI

President

1.   Resumption of the session
The sitting opened at 17.00.
2.   Statements by the President
The President expressed Parliament's condolences to the families of the victims of the fire which, on 8 March 2017, swept through a youth care home in San José Pinula, Guatemala.
The President also gave an account of the celebrations to mark International Women's Day on 8 March, his participation in the extraordinary meeting of the FEMM Committee and his meeting with Sakharov Prize winners Lamiya Aji Bashar and Hauwa Ibrahim.
The President strongly condemned the Member who made unacceptable remarks during the debate on the pay gap between men and women on 1 March 2017, and confirmed that he would announce an appropriate penalty once the ongoing disciplinary procedure had finished.
3.   Approval of the minutes of the previous sittings
The minutes of the sittings of 1 March 2017 and 2 March 2017 were approved.
4.   Composition of committees and delegations
At the request of the PPE, S&D, ALDE and EFDD Groups, Parliament ratified the following appointments:






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AFET Committee: Julia Pitera to replace Jacek Saryusz-Wolski










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AFCO Committee: Michał Boni to replace Jacek Saryusz-Wolski










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PETI Committee: Jacek Saryusz-Wolski to replace Julia Pitera










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PANA Committee of Inquiry: Victor Negrescu to replace Cătălin Sorin Ivan










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Delegation for relations with Switzerland and Norway and to the EU-Iceland Joint Parliamentary Committee and the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee: Nils Torvalds was no longer a member










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REGI Committee: Raymond Finch to replace Bill Etheridge.




5.   Negotiations ahead of Parliament's first reading (Rule 69c)
The President announced the decisions of several committees to enter into interinstitutional negotiations in accordance with the first paragraph of Rule 69(c):






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LIBE Committee, based on the report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2016/399 as regards the use of the Entry/Exit System (COM(2016)0196 — C8-0134/2016 — 2016/0105(COD)). Rapporteur: Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra (A8-0059/2017)










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LIBE Committee, based on the report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing an Entry/Exit System (EES) to register entry and exit data and refusal of entry data of third country nationals crossing the external borders of the Member States of the European Union and determining the conditions for access to the EES for law enforcement purposes and amending Regulation (EC) No 767/2008 and Regulation (EU) No 1077/2011 (COM(2016)0194 — C8-0135/2016 — 2016/0106(COD)). Rapporteur: Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra (A8-0057/2017)










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CULT Committee, based on the report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Decision No 445/2014/EU establishing a Union action for the European Capitals of Culture for the years 2020 to 2033 (COM(2016)0400 — C8-0223/2016 — 2016/0186(COD)). Rapporteur: Santiago Fisas Ayxelà (A8-0061/2017)










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EMPL Committee, based on the report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2004/37/EC on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens or mutagens at work (COM(2016)0248 — C8-0181/2016 — 2016/0130(COD)). Rapporteur: Marita Ulvskog (A8-0064/2017)










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ECON Committee, LIBE Committee, based on the report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive (EU) 2015/849 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing and amending Directive 2009/101/EC (COM(2016)0450 — C8-0265/2016 — 2016/0208(COD)). Rapporteurs: Krišjānis Kariņš, Judith Sargentini (A8-0056/2017)




Under the second paragraph of Rule 69(c), Members or political group(s) reaching at least the medium threshold may request in writing, by midnight the following day, Wednesday, 14 March, that the decisions to enter into negotiations be put to the vote.
The negotiations may begin at any time after the expiry of this deadline if no request for a vote on the decision to enter into negotiations has been submitted to Parliament.
6.   Signature of acts adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure (Rule 78)

The President announced that on Wednesday, 15 March 2017, together with the President of the Council, he would sign the following acts adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure:






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Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on combating terrorism and replacing Council Framework Decision 2002/475/JHA and amending Council Decision 2005/671/JHA (00053/2016/LEX — C8-0108/2017 — 2015/0281(COD))










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Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2016/399 as regards the reinforcement of checks against relevant databases at external borders (00055/2016/LEX — C8-0107/2017 — 2015/0307(COD))










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Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products, amending Regulations (EC) No 999/2001, (EC) No 396/2005, (EC) No 1069/2009, (EC) No 1107/2009, (EU) No 1151/2012, (EU) No 652/2014, (EU) 2016/429 and (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Regulations (EC) No 1/2005 and (EC) No 1099/2009 and Council Directives 98/58/EC, 1999/74/EC, 2007/43/EC, 2008/119/EC and 2008/120/EC, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 854/2004 and (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 89/608/EEC, 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC, 91/496/EEC, 96/23/EC, 96/93/EC and 97/78/EC and Council Decision 92/438/EEC (Official Controls Regulation) (00001/2017/LEX — C8-0106/2017 — 2013/0140(COD))










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Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 19/2013 implementing the bilateral safeguard clause and the stabilisation mechanism for bananas of the Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Colombia and Peru, of the other part, and amending Regulation (EU) No 20/2013 implementing the bilateral safeguard clause and the stabilisation mechanism for bananas of the Agreement establishing an Association between the European Union and its Member States, on the one hand, and Central America on the other (00061/2016/LEX — C8-0101/2017 — 2015/0112(COD)).




7.   Question for oral answer (submission)

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






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(O-000007/2017) by Danuta Maria Hübner, on behalf of the AFCO Committee, to the Commission: Review of the regulation on the statute and funding of European political parties and foundations (2017/2550(RSP)) (B8-0205/2017)




8.   Major interpellations (Rule 130b) (submission)

The following major interpellation for written answer with debate had been submitted (Rule 130b):






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(O-000004/2017/rev.1) by Beatrix von Storch, on behalf of the EFDD Group, to the Commission: Cooperation between human traffickers and NGOs engaged in search and rescue in the Mediterranean (2017/2582(RSP)) (B8-0206/2017)




9.   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 European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF/2017/000 TA 2017 — Technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission) (COM(2017)0101 — C8-0097/2017 — 2017/2033(BUD))
referred to responsible: BUDG opinion: EMPL, REGI










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Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Multilateral Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, the Republic of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Bulgaria, the Republic of Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the Republic of Iceland, the Republic of Montenegro, the Kingdom of Norway, Romania, the Republic of Serbia and the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (11) on the establishment of a European Common Aviation Area (ECAA) (15654/2016 — C8-0098/2017 — 2006/0036(NLE))
referred to responsible: TRAN










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Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion on behalf of the European Union of the Air Transport Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the United States of America, of the other part (13419/2016 — C8-0100/2017 — 2006/0058(NLE))
referred to responsible: TRAN










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Proposal for a Council regulation amending the Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2014 2020 (14942/2016 — C8-0103/2017 — 2016/0283(APP))
referred to responsible: BUDG










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Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council adapting a number of legal acts providing for the use of the regulatory procedure with scrutiny to Articles 290 and 291 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (COM(2016)0799 — C8-0524/2016 — 2016/0400(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: JURI opinion: DEVE, CULT, PECH, AGRI, ENVI, EMPL, ITRE, ECON, INTA, TRAN, REGI














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from committees: reports







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***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste (COM(2015)0596 — C8-0385/2015 — 2015/0276(COD)) — ENVI Committee — Rapporteur: Simona Bonafè (A8-0029/2017)










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***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 1999/31/EC on the landfill of waste (COM(2015)0594 — C8-0384/2015 — 2015/0274(COD)) — ENVI Committee — Rapporteur: Simona Bonafè (A8-0031/2017)










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Report on an integrated European Union policy for the Arctic (JOIN(2016)0021 — 2016/2228(INI)) — AFET Committee — ENVI Committee — Rapporteur: Urmas Paet — Rapporteur: Sirpa Pietikäinen (A8-0032/2017)










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Report on EU funds for gender equality (2016/2144(INI)) — FEMM Committee — Rapporteur: Clare Moody (A8-0033/2017)










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***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2008/98/EC on waste (COM(2015)0595 — C8-0382/2015 — 2015/0275(COD)) — ENVI Committee — Rapporteur: Simona Bonafè (A8-0034/2017)










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Report on constitutional, legal and institutional implications of a common security and defence policy: possibilities offered by the Lisbon Treaty (2015/2343(INI)) — AFET Committee — AFCO Committee — Rapporteur: Michael Gahler — Rapporteur: Esteban González Pons (A8-0042/2017)










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Report on the application of Council Directive 2004/113/EC implementing the principle of equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services (COM(2015)0190 — 2016/2012(INI)) — FEMM Committee — Rapporteur: Agnieszka Kozłowska-Rajewicz (A8-0043/2017)










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Report on fundamental rights implications of big data: privacy, data protection, non-discrimination, security and law-enforcement (2016/2225(INI)) — LIBE Committee — Rapporteur: Ana Gomes (A8-0044/2017)










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Report on addressing refugee and migrant movements: the role of EU External Action (JOIN(2015)0040 — 2015/2342(INI)) — AFET Committee — DEVE Committee — Rapporteur: Elena Valenciano — Rapporteur: Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra (A8-0045/2017)










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Report on equality between women and men in the European Union in 2014-2015 (2016/2249(INI)) — FEMM Committee — Rapporteur: Ernest Urtasun (A8-0046/2017)










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Report on the 2016 Commission Report on Montenegro (2016/2309(INI)) — AFET Committee — Rapporteur: Charles Tannock (A8-0050/2017)










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* Report on the draft Council implementing decision on the launch of automated data exchange with regard to vehicle registration data in Denmark (12212/2016 — C8-0476/2016 — 2016/0815(CNS)) — LIBE Committee — Rapporteur: Maria Grapini (A8-0051/2017)










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*** Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Federative Republic of Brazil pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedule of the Republic of Croatia in the course of its accession to the European Union (13037/2016 — C8-0490/2016 — 2016/0307(NLE)) — INTA Committee — Rapporteur: José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra (A8-0052/2017)










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* Report on the draft Council implementing decision on the launch of automated data exchange with regard to DNA data in Greece (12211/2016 — C8-0477/2016 — 2016/0816(CNS)) — LIBE Committee — Rapporteur: Claude Moraes (A8-0053/2017)










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Report on the 2016 Commission Report on the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (2016/2310(INI)) — AFET Committee — Rapporteur: Ivo Vajgl (A8-0055/2017)










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Report on general guidelines for the preparation of the 2018 budget, Section III — Commission (2016/2323(BUD)) — BUDG Committee — Rapporteur: Siegfried Mureșan (A8-0060/2017)








10.   Order of business
The final draft agenda for the March II 2017 sittings (PE 600.410/PDOJ) had been distributed and the following changes had been proposed (Rule 149 a):

Thursday

With the agreement of the political groups, the President proposed that the debate on ‘Sudan, the cases of Hassan Abduraheem and Abdulmonen Abdumawla’(item 80 on the draft agenda) be replaced by a debate on ‘Zimbabwe, the case of Pastor Evan Mawarire’.
Parliament approved the proposal.

Monday

Request by the ENF Group to add, as the first item on the agenda, a statement by the Vice President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on ‘Wikileaks revelations on hacking tools used by the CIA’.
The following spoke: Marcus Pretzell, on behalf of the ENF Group, to move the request.
Parliament rejected the request.
The following spoke: Kristina Winberg, to request the cancellation of the vote on Control of the acquisition and possession of weapons (Report Vicky Ford — A8-0251/2016) (item 35 on the draft agenda) (the President pointed out that the request had not been submitted in time), and Beatrix von Storch, on the title of the item listed on the agenda for Thursday afternoon as ‘Major interpellations’(item 87 on the draft agenda) (the President confirmed that the title had been agreed by the Conference of Presidents).

Tuesday

Request by the GUE/NGL Group to add a statement by the Vice President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on ‘Continuing demolition of houses and structures owned by Palestinians’, as the third item on the agenda for that afternoon, after her statement on ‘EU priorities for the UN Human Rights Council sessions in 2017’(item 83 on the draft agenda).
The following spoke: Neoklis Sylikiotis, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, to move the request, and Cristian Dan Preda, against the request.
Parliament rejected the request by roll-call vote (174 for, 177 against, 16 abstentions).
The following spoke: Sander Loones, to request a debate on the situation in Turkey (the President pointed out that the request had not been submitted in time), Tomáš Zdechovský, on what the previous speaker had said, and Stefan Eck, on the admissibility of the alternative motion for a resolution, submitted by the PPE, on minimum standards for the protection of farm rabbits (Report Stefan Eck — A8-0011/2017) (the President confirmed that the motion was admissible).
The order of business was thus established.
11.   Mercury ***I (debate)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on mercury, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1102/2008 [COM(2016)0039 — C8-0021/2016 — 2016/0023(COD)] — Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. Rapporteur: Stefan Eck (A8-0313/2016)
Stefan Eck introduced the report.
IN THE CHAIR: David-Maria SASSOLI

Vice-President

The following spoke: Věra Jourová (Member of the Commission).
The following spoke: Michel Dantin, on behalf of the PPE Group, Massimo Paolucci, on behalf of the S&D Group, Julie Girling, on behalf of the ECR Group, Anneli Jäätteenmäki, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Merja Kyllönen, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Bas Eickhout, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Piernicola Pedicini, on behalf of the EFDD Group, Mireille D'Ornano, on behalf of the ENF Group, Peter Liese, Pavel Poc, Bolesław G. Piecha, Gesine Meissner, João Ferreira, Julia Reid, Pilar Ayuso, Susanne Melior, Norbert Lins, who also replied to a blue-card question by Tibor Szanyi, Christel Schaldemose and Jiří Pospíšil.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Eleftherios Synadinos, Igor Šoltes, Ivan Jakovčić, Doru-Claudian Frunzulică, Notis Marias and Nicola Caputo.
The following spoke: Věra Jourová and Stefan Eck.
The debate closed.
Vote: minutes of 14.3.2017, item 6.2.
12.   Long-term shareholder engagement and corporate governance statement ***I (debate)

Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2007/36/EC as regards the encouragement of long-term shareholder engagement and Directive 2013/34/EU as regards certain elements of the corporate governance statement [COM(2014)0213 — C7-0147/2014 — 2014/0121(COD)] — Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: Sergio Gaetano Cofferati (A8-0158/2015)
Sergio Gaetano Cofferati introduced the report.
The following spoke: Olle Ludvigsson (rapporteur for the opinion of the ECON Committee).
IN THE CHAIR: Pavel TELIČKA

Vice-President

The following spoke: Věra Jourová (Member of the Commission).
The following spoke: Tadeusz Zwiefka, on behalf of the PPE Group, Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann, on behalf of the S&D Group, Hans-Olaf Henkel, on behalf of the ECR Group, Jiří Maštálka, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Pascal Durand, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Laura Ferrara, on behalf of the EFDD Group, Axel Voss, Anneliese Dodds, Molly Scott Cato, Pavel Svoboda, Paul Tang, Andreas Schwab, Elly Schlein and Evelyn Regner.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Nicola Caputo, Notis Marias, Miguel Viegas, Igor Šoltes, Maria Grapini and Doru-Claudian Frunzulică.
The following spoke: Věra Jourová and Sergio Gaetano Cofferati.
The debate closed.
Vote: minutes of 14.3.2017, item 6.3.
13.   Equality between women and men in the EU in 2014-2015— Equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services — Report on EU funds for gender equality (debate)

Report on equality between women and men in the European Union in 2014-2015 [2016/2249(INI)] — Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality. Rapporteur: Ernest Urtasun (A8-0046/2017)
Report on the application of Council Directive 2004/113/EC implementing the principle of equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services [2016/2012(INI)] — Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality. Rapporteur: Agnieszka Kozłowska-Rajewicz (A8-0043/2017)
Report on EU funds for gender equality [2016/2144(INI)] — Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality. Rapporteur: Clare Moody (A8-0033/2017)
Ernest Urtasun, Agnieszka Kozłowska-Rajewicz and Clare Moody introduced the reports.
The following spoke: Věra Jourová (Member of the Commission).
The following spoke: Jiří Maštálka (rapporteur for the opinion of the JURI Committee) and Eider Gardiazabal Rubial (rapporteur for the opinion of the BUDG Committee).
IN THE CHAIR: Dimitrios PAPADIMOULIS

Vice-President

The following spoke: Luke Ming Flanagan (rapporteur for the opinion of the CONT Committee), Michaela Šojdrová, on behalf of the PPE Group, Iratxe García Pérez, on behalf of the S&D Group, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, on behalf of the ECR Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Stanislav Polčák, Beatriz Becerra Basterrechea, on behalf of the ALDE Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Diane James, Stefan Eck, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Monika Vana, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Daniela Aiuto, on behalf of the EFDD Group, Mylène Troszczynski, on behalf of the ENF Group, Diane James, non-attached Member, Constance Le Grip, Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, Julie Girling, Angelika Mlinar, João Pimenta Lopes, Jordi Solé, Margot Parker, Lampros Fountoulis, Anna Záborská, Pina Picierno, Jana Žitňanská, Ángela Vallina, Florent Marcellesi, Beatrix von Storch, Jérôme Lavrilleux, Evelyn Regner, Branislav Škripek, Tania González Peñas, Linnéa Engström, Dubravka Šuica, who also replied to a blue-card question by Davor Škrlec, Marc Tarabella, who also replied to a blue-card question by Marek Jurek, Urszula Krupa, Lefteris Christoforou, Biljana Borzan, Helga Stevens, Emilian Pavel and Notis Marias.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Stanislav Polčák, Julie Ward, Ruža Tomašić, Davor Škrlec, Csaba Sógor, Maria Grapini and Marek Jurek.
The following spoke: Věra Jourová and Ernest Urtasun.
IN THE CHAIR: Rainer WIELAND

Vice-President

The following spoke: Agnieszka Kozłowska-Rajewicz and Clare Moody.
The debate closed.
Vote: item 6.9, item 6.10 and minutes of 14.3.2017, item 6.11.
14.   Composition of committees and delegations
The President had received the following request for a nomination from the S&D Group:






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Delegation to the EU-Albania Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee: Arndt Kohn to replace Jutta Steinruck.




The appointment would be deemed ratified if no objections were raised before the approval of these minutes.
15.   Fundamental rights implications of big data (short presentation)

Report on fundamental rights implications of big data: privacy, data protection, non-discrimination, security and law-enforcement [2016/2225(INI)] — Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Ana Gomes (A8-0044/2017)
Ana Gomes made the presentation.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Anna Záborská, Nicola Caputo, Notis Marias, Jan Philipp Albrecht, Jean-Luc Schaffhauser, Georgios Epitideios, Csaba Sógor and Victor Negrescu.
The following spoke: Věra Jourová (Member of the Commission).
The item closed.
Vote: minutes of 14.3.2017, item 6.12.
16.   Minimum standards for the protection of farm rabbits (short presentation)

Report on minimum standards for the protection of farm rabbits [2016/2077(INI)] — Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development. Rapporteur: Stefan Eck (A8-0011/2017)
Stefan Eck made the presentation.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Jiří Pospíšil, Nicola Caputo, Notis Marias, Florent Marcellesi, Georgios Epitideios, Anna Záborská and Stanislav Polčák.
The following spoke: Věra Jourová (Member of the Commission).
The item closed.
Vote: minutes of 14.3.2017, item 6.13.
17.   Responsible ownership and care of equidae (short presentation)

Report on responsible ownership and care of equidae [2016/2078(INI)] — Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development. Rapporteur: Julie Girling (A8-0014/2017)
Julie Girling made the presentation.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Stanislav Polčák, Nicola Caputo and Notis Marias.
The following spoke: Věra Jourová (Member of the Commission).
The item closed.
Vote: minutes of 14.3.2017, item 6.1.
18.   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:
György Hölvényi, Emilian Pavel, Zdzisław Krasnodębski, Yana Toom, Kostas Chrysogonos, Florent Marcellesi, Tiziana Beghin, Ivan Štefanec, Maria Grapini, Urszula Krupa, Ivan Jakovčić, Matt Carthy, Josep-Maria Terricabras, Stanislav Polčák, Javi López, Notis Marias, Jasenko Selimovic, Martina Anderson, Jordi Solé, Andor Deli, Claudiu Ciprian Tănăsescu, João Ferreira, Csaba Sógor, Nicola Caputo, Tomáš Zdechovský, Victor Negrescu, Anna Záborská, Julie Ward, Deirdre Clune and Iuliu Winkler.
19.   Agenda of the next sitting
The agenda of the next day's sitting had been established (‘Agenda’ PE 600.410/OJMA).
20.   Closure of the sitting
The sitting closed at 22.45.
21.   Closure of the session
The 2016-2017 session of the European Parliament closed.
In accordance with the Treaty, Parliament would meet the following day, Tuesday 14 March 2017 at 9.00.


Klaus Welle

Secretary-General



Bogusław Liberadzki

Vice-President





(11)  This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.


13 March 2017

Present:
Adaktusson, Adinolfi, Affronte, Agea, Agnew, Aguilera García, Aiuto, Aker, Albrecht, Anderson Lucy, Anderson Martina, Andersson, Andrieu, Andrikienė, Androulakis, Annemans, Arena, Arimont, Arnautu, Arthuis, Ashworth, Assis, Atkinson, Auken, Auštrevičius, Ayala Sender, Ayuso, van Baalen, Bach, Balčytis, Balczó, Balz, Barekov, Bashir, Bay, Bayet, Bearder, Becerra Basterrechea, Becker, Beghin, Belder, Belet, Bendtsen, Benifei, Berès, Bergeron, Bettini, Bilde, Bizzotto, Blanco López, Blinkevičiūtė, Bocskor, Böge, Bogovič, Bonafè, Boni, Borghezio, Borrelli, Borzan, Boștinaru, Bours, Boutonnet, Bové, Boylan, Briano, Briois, Brok, Buchner, Buda, Bullmann, Bütikofer, Buzek, Cabezón Ruiz, Cadec, Calvet Chambon, van de Camp, Caputo, Carthy, Casa, Caspary, Castaldo, del Castillo Vera, Cavada, Cesa, Charanzová, Chauprade, Childers, Chinnici, Chountis, Christensen, Christoforou, Chrysogonos, Cicu, Ciocca, Cirio, Clune, Coburn, Coelho, Cofferati, Collin-Langen, Comodini Cachia, Corazza Bildt, Corbett, Corrao, Costa, Couso Permuy, Cozzolino, Cramer, Cristea, Csáky, Czarnecki, Czesak, van Dalen, Dalli, Dalton, Dalunde, D'Amato, Dance, Dăncilă, Danti, Dantin, (The Earl of) Dartmouth, De Castro, Delahaye, Deli, Delli, Delvaux, De Masi, Demesmaeker, De Monte, Denanot, Deprez, de Sarnez, Deß, Deva, Diaconu, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Dlabajová, Dodds Anneliese, Dodds Diane, Dohrmann, Dorfmann, D'Ornano, Duncan, Durand, Dzhambazki, Eck, Eickhout, Engel, Engström, Epitideios, Erdős, Ernst, Ertug, Estaràs Ferragut, Etheridge, Evans, Evi, Fajon, Farage, Faria, Federley, Ferber, Fernandes, Fernández, Ferrand, Ferrara, Ferreira, Finch, Fisas Ayxelà, Fitto, Flanagan, Flašíková Beňová, Fleckenstein, Florenz, Fontana, Ford, Forenza, Foster, Fotyga, Fountoulis, Fox, Freund, Frunzulică, Gabriel, Gahler, Gál, Gambús, García Pérez, Gardiazabal Rubial, Gardini, Gebhardt, Geier, Gentile, Gerbrandy, Gericke, Geringer de Oedenberg, Giegold, Gierek, Gieseke, Gill Neena, Gill Nathan, Girling, Giuffrida, Goddyn, Goerens, Gollnisch, Gomes, González Peñas, González Pons, Gosiewska, Goulard, de Graaff, Grammatikakis, de Grandes Pascual, Grapini, Gräßle, Graswander-Hainz, Griesbeck, Griffin, Grigule, Grossetête, Grzyb, Gualtieri, Guerrero Salom, Guillaume, Guoga, Gutiérrez Prieto, Gyürk, Hadjigeorgiou, Halla-aho, Harkin, Harms, Häusling, Hautala, Hayes, Hazekamp, Hedh, Helmer, Henkel, Herranz García, Heubuch, Hoc, Hoffmann, Hohlmeier, Hökmark, Hölvényi, Honeyball, Hookem, Hortefeux, Hübner, Hudghton, Huitema, in 't Veld, Iturgaiz, Ivan, Iwaszkiewicz, Jaakonsaari, Jäätteenmäki, Jadot, Jahr, Jakovčić, Jalkh, James, Jáuregui Atondo, Jávor, Jazłowiecka, Ježek, Jiménez-Becerril Barrio, Jongerius, Joulaud, Juaristi Abaunz, Jurek, Juvin, Kadenbach, Kaili, Kalinowski, Kallas, Kalniete, Kammerevert, Kappel, Karas, Kari, Kariņš, Karlsson, Karski, Kaufmann, Kefalogiannis, Kelam, Keller Jan, Keller Ska, Kelly, Kłosowski, Koch, Kofod, Kohlíček, Kohn, Kölmel, Konečná, Korwin-Mikke, Kósa, Köster, Köstinger, Kouloglou, Kouroumbashev, Kovács, Kovatchev, Kozłowska-Rajewicz, Krasnodębski, Krehl, Krupa, Kudrycka, Kuhn, Kukan, Kumpula-Natri, Kuźmiuk, Kyenge, Kyllönen, Kyrkos, Kyrtsos, Lamassoure, Lambert, Lambsdorff, Lange, de Lange, Langen, Lauristin, La Via, Lavrilleux, Lebreton, Le Grip, Legutko, Le Hyaric, Leinen, Lenaers, Lewandowski, Lewer, Liberadzki, Liese, Lietz, Lins, Lochbihler, Loiseau, Løkkegaard, Loones, Lope Fontagné, López, López Aguilar, López-Istúriz White, Lösing, Lucke, Ludvigsson, Łukacijewska, Lunacek, Lundgren, Łybacka, McAllister, McAvan, McClarkin, McGuinness, Mach, Macovei, Maletić, Malinov, Maltese, Mamikins, Mănescu, Maňka, Mann, Marcellesi, Marias, Marinescu, Marinho e Pinto, Martin David, Martin Dominique, Martin Edouard, Martusciello, Marusik, Maštálka, Matias, Mato, Maurel, Mavrides, Mayer Georg, Mayer Alex, Mazuronis, Meissner, Melior, Melo, Metsola, Michel, Michels, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, van Miltenburg, Mizzi, Mlinar, Moi, Moisă, Molnár, Monot, Monteiro de Aguiar, Montel, Moody, Moraes, Morgano, Morin-Chartier, Müller, Mureșan, Muselier, Mussolini, Nagy, Negrescu, Nekov, Neuser, Nica, Nicholson, Nicolai, Niebler, Niedermayer, Niedermüller, van Nieuwenhuizen, van Nistelrooij, Noichl, Novakov, Nuttall, Obermayr, O'Flynn, Olbrycht, Omarjee, Ożóg, Pabriks, Paet, Pagazaurtundúa Ruiz, Paksas, Panzeri, Paolucci, Papadakis Demetris, Papadakis Konstantinos, Papadimoulis, Parker, Pașcu, Pavel, Pedicini, Peillon, Peterle, Petersen, Petir, Picierno, Picula, Piecha, Pieper, Pietikäinen, Pimenta Lopes, Piotrowski, Piri, Pirinski, Pitera, Plura, Poc, Poche, Pogliese, Polčák, Ponga, Poręba, Pospíšil, Post, Preda, Pretzell, Preuß, Procter, Proust, Punset, Radoš, Rangel, Rebega, Reda, Reding, Regner, Reid, Reimon, Reintke, Reul, Revault D'Allonnes Bonnefoy, Ribeiro, Ries, Riquet, Rochefort, Rodrigues Liliana, Rodrigues Maria João, Rodríguez-Piñero Fernández, Rodust, Rolin, Ropė, Rosati, Ruas, Rübig, Ruohonen-Lerner, Saïfi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Salini, Salvini, Sánchez Caldentey, Sander, Sant, dos Santos, Sârbu, Sargentini, Saryusz-Wolski, Sassoli, Saudargas, Schaake, Schaffhauser, Schaldemose, Schlein, Schmidt, Scholz, Schöpflin, Schreijer-Pierik, Schulze, Schuster, Schwab, Scott Cato, Sehnalová, Selimovic, Senra Rodríguez, Sernagiotto, Serrão Santos, Seymour, Siekierski, Silva Pereira, Simon Peter, Sippel, Škripek, Škrlec, Smith, Smolková, Sógor, Šojdrová, Solé, Šoltes, Sonneborn, Spinelli, Spyraki, Staes, Starbatty, Štefanec, Steinruck, Štětina, Stevens, Stihler, Stolojan, von Storch, Stuger, Šuica, Sulík, Šulin, Svoboda, Sylikiotis, Synadinos, Szájer, Szanyi, Szejnfeld, Tajani, Takkula, Tamburrano, Tănăsescu, Tang, Tannock, Țapardel, Tarabella, Tarand, Taylor, Telička, Terricabras, Theocharous, Thomas, Thun und Hohenstein, Toia, Tolić, Tomašić, Tomc, Toom, Torres Martínez, Torvalds, Tošenovský, Trebesius, Tremosa i Balcells, Troszczynski, Trüpel, Țurcanu, Ujazdowski, Ulvskog, Ungureanu, Urtasun, Urutchev, Uspaskich, Vaidere, Vajgl, Valcárcel Siso, Vălean, Valero, Valli, Vallina, 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, Wieland, Wierinck, Willmott, Winberg, Winkler Hermann, Winkler Iuliu, Wiśniewska, Wölken, Woolfe, Záborská, Zagorakis, Zahradil, Zala, Zanni, Zanonato, Zarianopoulos, Ždanoka, Zdechovský, Zdrojewski, Zeller, Zijlstra, Zīle, Zimmer, Žitňanská, Złotowski, Zoffoli, Żółtek, Zorrinho, Zovko, Zullo, Zver, Zwiefka
Excused:
Bilbao Barandica, Comi, Crowley, Dati, Drăghici, Händel, Kirton-Darling, Le Pen Jean-Marie, Matera, Messerschmidt, Mosca



13 March 2017




1.   Amendment of agenda


In favour: 174




ALDE
: Marinho e Pinto


ECR
: Karlsson, Loones, Marias, Stevens, Theocharous, Van Bossuyt


EFDD
: Adinolfi, Agea, Borrelli, Castaldo, Corrao, D'Amato, Evi, Pedicini, Tamburrano, Valli, Zullo


ENF
: Martin Dominique, Zanni


GUE/NGL
: Carthy, Chountis, De Masi, Eck, Ernst, Ferreira, Hadjigeorgiou, Hazekamp, Juaristi Abaunz, Kari, Kyllönen, Le Hyaric, Maštálka, Matias, Michels, Papadimoulis, Pimenta Lopes, Sánchez Caldentey, Scholz, Senra Rodríguez, Spinelli, Sylikiotis, Viegas, Zimmer


NI
: Balczó, Epitideios, Fountoulis, Papadakis Konstantinos, Synadinos


S&D
: Aguilera García, Arena, Ayala Sender, Blanco López, Bonafè, Borzan, Boștinaru, Briano, Bullmann, Cabezón Ruiz, Caputo, Chinnici, Christensen, Cofferati, Corbett, Dalli, De Castro, Delvaux, De Monte, Denanot, Dodds Anneliese, Freund, García Pérez, Gardiazabal Rubial, Gebhardt, Geier, Gierek, Gomes, Grammatikakis, Grapini, Graswander-Hainz, Guillaume, Hedh, Kadenbach, Kammerevert, Kaufmann, Keller Jan, Krehl, Kumpula-Natri, Kyenge, Kyrkos, Lauristin, Ludvigsson, Łybacka, McAvan, Mamikins, Maňka, Martin Edouard, Melior, Mizzi, Molnár, Moody, Neuser, Panzeri, Paolucci, Papadakis Demetris, Pavel, Picierno, Picula, Piri, Pirinski, Pittella, Poc, Post, Preuß, Regner, Revault D'Allonnes Bonnefoy, Rodrigues Liliana, Rodrigues Maria João, dos Santos, Sârbu, Schaldemose, Schlein, Serrão Santos, Simon Peter, Sippel, Smolková, Steinruck, Stihler, Tang, Țapardel, Tarabella, Toia, Ulvskog, Van Brempt, Vaughan, Viotti, Weidenholzer, Werner, Westphal, Wölken, Zanonato, Zoffoli, Zorrinho


Verts/ALE
: Affronte, Andersson, Auken, Bové, Buchner, Bütikofer, Cramer, Dalunde, Delli, Durand, Eickhout, Engström, Evans, Harms, Hudghton, Jadot, Jávor, Keller Ska, Lunacek, Marcellesi, Reda, Reintke, Sargentini, Škrlec, Smith, Solé, Staes, Taylor, Terricabras, Valero, Vana


Against: 177




ALDE
: Arthuis, Auštrevičius, Becerra Basterrechea, Charanzová, Deprez, Dlabajová, Federley, Gerbrandy, Goulard, Griesbeck, in 't Veld, Jäätteenmäki, Ježek, Kallas, Meissner, Michel, van Miltenburg, Mlinar, Müller, Pagazaurtundúa Ruiz, Petersen, Radoš, Ries, Riquet, Rochefort, Selimovic, Takkula, Telička, Torvalds, Vautmans, Väyrynen, Verhofstadt, Wierinck


ECR
: Ashworth, Czesak, van Dalen, Dalton, Dohrmann, Fotyga, Gericke, Halla-aho, Jurek, Kölmel, Krasnodębski, Kuźmiuk, Ożóg, Piecha, Tannock, Tošenovský, Trebesius, Ujazdowski, Vistisen, Žitňanská


EFDD
: Agnew, Aker, Finch, Parker, Winberg


ENF
: Annemans, Atkinson, D'Ornano, Pretzell, Rebega, Stuger, Zijlstra


NI
: James


PPE
: Adaktusson, Ayuso, Bach, Belet, Bendtsen, Bocskor, Böge, Bogovič, Boni, van de Camp, Casa, del Castillo Vera, Cicu, Coelho, Collin-Langen, Dantin, Deli, Deß, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Engel, Erdős, Faria, Ferber, Fisas Ayxelà, Florenz, Gabriel, Gahler, Gál, Gambús, Gardini, Gieseke, González Pons, Gräßle, Grossetête, Hayes, Jahr, Kalinowski, Karas, Kelam, Koch, Kósa, Köstinger, Kudrycka, Kukan, Langen, La Via, Lavrilleux, Le Grip, Lewandowski, Liese, Lins, López-Istúriz White, McGuinness, Maletić, Marinescu, Mato, Metsola, Mikolášik, Morin-Chartier, Nagy, Niebler, Niedermayer, van Nistelrooij, Olbrycht, Peterle, Petir, Pieper, Pitera, Ponga, Pospíšil, Preda, Proust, Ribeiro, Rübig, Salini, Sander, Saryusz-Wolski, Schmidt, Schöpflin, Schreijer-Pierik, Siekierski, Sógor, Šojdrová, Štefanec, Štětina, Stolojan, Šuica, Svoboda, Szájer, Szejnfeld, Țurcanu, Ungureanu, Valcárcel Siso, Vandenkendelaere, Verheyen, Voss, Vozemberg-Vrionidi, Wałęsa, Weber Manfred, Wenta, Winkler Iuliu, Záborská, Zdechovský, Zdrojewski, Zovko, Zver, Zwiefka


S&D
: Flašíková Beňová, Nica, Niedermüller, Pașcu


Abstention: 16




ALDE
: Jakovčić


EFDD
: O'Flynn


ENF
: Bizzotto, Fontana, Obermayr, Troszczynski


PPE
: Christoforou, Rolin


S&D
: Dăncilă, Danti, Frunzulică, Köster, Negrescu, Szanyi, Zemke


Verts/ALE
: Häusling


Corrections to votes and voting intentions





Against

: Mara Bizzotto