Minutes of the sitting of 5 February 2018
Date: 2018-02-05
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: European Parliament, parliamentary debate








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5 February 2018MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 5 FEBRUARY 2018
(2018/C 254/01)
Contents







1.

Resumption of the session
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2.

Opening of the sitting
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3.

Tribute
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4.

Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting
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5.

Announcement by the President
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6.

Composition of Parliament
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7.

Verification of credentials
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8.

Request for the defence of immunity
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9.

Composition of committees and delegations
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10.

Negotiations ahead of Parliament's first reading (Rule 69c)
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11.

Signature of acts adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure (Rule 78)
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12.

Delegated acts and implementing measures (Rules 105(6) and 106(4)(d))
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13.

Questions for oral answer (submission)
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14.

Major interpellations (Rule 130b) (submission)
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15.

Action taken on Parliament's positions and resolutions
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16.

Documents received
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17.

Order of business
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18.

European Central Bank Annual Report for 2016 (debate)
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19.

Manipulation of scientific research by multinationals in the wake of the emission tests on monkeys and humans by the German car industry (debate)
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20.

Geo-blocking and other forms of discrimination based on customers'nationality, place of residence or place of establishment ***I (debate)
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21.

Decision adopted on the Fair Taxation package II and III (debate)
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22.

Cost-effective emission reductions and low-carbon investments ***I (debate)
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23.

Accelerating clean energy innovation (debate)
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24.

Objection to a delegated act: Adding Sri Lanka, Trinidad and Tobago and Tunisia to the list of high-risk third countries (debate)
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25.

One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
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26.

Agenda of the next sitting
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27.

Closure of the sitting
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ATTENDANCE REGISTER
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Minutes of the sitting of 5 February 2018

IN THE CHAIR: Antonio TAJANI

President

1.   Resumption of the session
The session suspended on Thursday, 18 January 2018 was resumed.
2.   Opening of the sitting
The sitting opened at 17.04.
3.   Tribute
On behalf of Parliament, The President paid tribute to the memory of Edouard Ferrand.
Parliament observed a minute's silence.
The following spoke: Cécile Kashetu Kyenge on the racially-motivated shooting in Italy (the President joined Cécile Kashetu Kyenge in roundly condemning the attack).
4.   Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting
The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.
5.   Announcement by the President
The President made the following announcement:
‘On 11 January 2018, I received a letter from the Chairs of the PPE, S&D, ALDE and Verts/ALE Groups concerning the conduct of Vice-President Czarnecki and requesting that the procedure laid down in Rule 21 of the Rules of Procedure be applied as a result of the statements he had made concerning another Member of the European Parliament.
The matter was discussed at two consecutive meetings of the Conference of Presidents on 18 January 2018 and 1 February 2018.
On 18 January 2018, I also received a letter from Vice-President Czarnecki addressing the concerns set out in the aforementioned letter. I then met Vice-President Czarnecki in person on 23 January 2018 to discuss the matter.
After taking note of Mr Czarnecki's views on 1 February 2018, the Conference of Presidents, acting by a majority of three-fifths of the votes cast representing at least three political groups, decided to propose that Parliament bring to an end the term of office of Vice-President Czarnecki as it considered him to be guilty of serious misconduct under Rule 21.
Parliament will take a decision on that proposal on Wednesday, 7 February 2018, acting by a majority of two-thirds of the vote cast constituting a majority of its component Members.’
The following spoke: Jadwiga Wiśniewska on the procedure followed (the President made clarifications), Manfred Weber (the President made clarifications), Udo Bullmann, Philippe Lamberts and Eleonora Forenza (the President made clarifications).
6.   Composition of Parliament
Following the death of Edouard Ferrand, Parliament, acting under Rule 4(1), established a vacancy with effect from 2 February 2018 and notified the Member State concerned.
Tatjana Ždanoka had given notice in writing of her resignation as Member of Parliament, with effect from 5 March 2018.
Acting under Rule 4(1) and (2), Parliament established the vacancy of her seat with effect from that date and would notify the competent national authority.
Viorica Dăncilă had been appointed Prime Minister of Romania with effect from 29 January 2018.
Parliament noted her appointment and, acting under Article 7(1) of the Act of 20 September 1976 concerning the election of the Members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage, established the vacancy of her seat with effect from 29 January 2018.
The Romanian authorities had given notice of the election of Gabriela Zoană to replace Viorica Dăncilă as Member of Parliament with effect from 30 January 2018.
Parliament noted her election.
Under Rule 3(2), until such time as her credentials had been verified or a ruling had been given on any dispute, and provided that she had previously made a written declaration stating that she did not hold any office incompatible with that of Member of the European Parliament, Gabriela Zoană would take her seat in Parliament and on its bodies and would enjoy all the rights attaching thereto.
7.   Verification of credentials
On a proposal from the JURI Committee, Parliament validated the mandates of Ivari Padar, Jörg Meuthen, Lukas Mandl and Michael Detjen with effect from 6 November 2017, 8 November 2017, 30 November 2017 and 1 January 2018, respectively.
8.   Request for the defence of immunity
Victor Boștinaru had sent the President a request for the defence of his privileges and immunities in connection with civil proceedings brought before the Court of Appeal of Bucharest.
Under Rule 9(1), the request had been referred to the committee responsible, the JURI Committee
9.   Composition of committees and delegations
The President had received the following requests for appointments from the S&D and EFDD Groups:






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AFET Committee: Wajid Khan to replace Alex Mayer










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ECON Committee: Alex Mayer to replace Wajid Khan










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AGRI Committee: Gabriela Zoană










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FEMM Committee: Gabriela Zoană










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DROI Subcommittee: Wajid Khan to replace Alex Mayer










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Delegation for relations with the Arabian Peninsula: Gabriela Zoană










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BUDG Committee: Raymond Finch to replace Jonathan Arnott










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CONT Committee: Jonathan Bullock to replace Jonathan Arnott










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Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee: Jörg Meuthen.




The appointments would be deemed ratified if there were no objections before the approval of these minutes.
10.   Negotiations ahead of Parliament's first reading (Rule 69c)

The President announced the decisions by several committees to enter into interinstitutional negotiations pursuant to Rule 69c (1):






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ECON Committee, on the basis of the report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the harmonisation of gross national income at market prices (GNI Regulation) repealing Council Directive 89/130/EEC, Euratom and Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1287/2003 (COM(2017)0329 — C8-0192/2017 — 2017/0134(COD)). Rapporteur: Roberto Gualtieri (A8-0009/2018)










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ECON Committee, on the basis of the report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on a framework for the recovery and resolution of central counterparties and amending Regulations (EU) No 1095/2010, (EU) No 648/2012, and (EU) 2015/2365 (COM(2016)0856 — C8-0484/2016 — 2016/0365(COD)). Rapporteurs: Jakob von Weizsäcker and Kay Swinburne (A8-0015/2018)










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ENVI Committee, on the basis of the report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the monitoring and reporting of CO2 emissions from and fuel consumption of new heavy-duty vehicles (COM(2017)0279 — C8-0168/2017 — 2017/0111(COD)). Rapporteur: Damiano Zoffoli (A8-0010/2018)










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JURI Committee, on the basis of the report on the 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)). Rapporteur: József Szájer (A8-0020/2018)










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JURI Committee, on the basis of the report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council adapting a number of legal acts in the area of justice providing for the use of the regulatory procedure with scrutiny to Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (COM(2016)0798 — C8-0525/2016 — 2016/0399(COD)). Rapporteur: József Szájer (A8-0012/2018)










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LIBE Committee, on the basis of the report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a centralised system for the identification of Member States holding conviction information on third country nationals and stateless persons (TCN) to supplement and support the European Criminal Records Information System (ECRIS-TCN system) and amending Regulation (EU) No 1077/2011 (COM(2017)0344 — C8-0217/2017 — 2017/0144(COD)). Rapporteur: Daniel Dalton (A8-0018/2018)




In accordance with Rule 69c (2), Members or political group(s) reaching at least the medium threshold may request in writing, before midnight the following day, Tuesday 6 February 2018, that decisions to enter into negotiations be put to the vote
Negotiations may start at any time after that deadline has expired if no request for a vote in Parliament on the decision to enter into negotiations has been made.
11.   Signature of acts adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure (Rule 78)

The President announced that on Wednesday, 7 February 2018, together with the President of the Council, he would sign the following act adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure:






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Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on additional customs duties on imports of certain products originating in the United States of America (codification) (00060/2017/LEX — C8-0021/2018 — 2014/0175(COD)).




12.   Delegated acts and implementing measures (Rules 105(6) and 106(4)(d))

In accordance with Rule 105(6), the Chair of the Conference of Committee Chairs had informed the President of Parliament that no objections had been raised with regard to:






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Recommendation of the ECON Committee to raise no objections to the draft Commission regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1126/2008 adopting certain international accounting standards in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards amendments to International Financial Reporting Standard 9 (D054380/02 — 2017/3018(RPS)) (B8-0066/2018);










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Recommendation of the ECON Committee to raise no objections to the Commission delegated regulation of 20 December 2017 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/2358 and Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/2359 as regards their dates of application (C(2017)08681 — 2017/3032(DEA)) (B8-0069/2018).




If no objections to these recommendations are raised by a political group or by a number of Members corresponding at least to the threshold within 24 hours, they shall be deemed to have been approved. If this is not the case, they shall be put to the vote.
The recommendations are available on Europarl for the duration of the current part-session.
13.   Questions for oral answer (submission)

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






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(O-000099/2017) by Danuta Maria Hübner, on behalf of the AFCO Committee, to the Council: Reform of the electoral law of the European Union (2017/3019(RSP)) (B8-0002/2018);










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(O-000101/2017) by Agnieszka Kozłowska-Rajewicz, Barbara Matera, Dubravka Šuica, Elissavet Vozemberg-Vrionidi, Teresa Jiménez-Becerril Barrio and Rosa Estaràs Ferragut, on behalf of the PPE Group, Iratxe García Pérez and Soraya Post, on behalf of the S&D Group, Malin Björk, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Arne Gericke, on behalf of the ECR Group, Terry Reintke and Ernest Urtasun Domènech, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Angelika Mlinar Izaskun Bilbao Barandica and Hilde Vautmans, on behalf of the ALDE Group, to the Commission: Situation of women human rights defenders and their support by the EU (2018/2531(RSP)) (B8-0003/2018);










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(O-000102/2017) by Agnieszka Kozłowska-Rajewicz, Barbara Matera, Dubravka Šuica, Elissavet Vozemberg-Vrionidi, Teresa Jiménez-Becerril Barrio and Rosa Estaràs Ferragut, on behalf of the PPE Group, Iratxe García Pérez and Soraya Post, on behalf of the S&D Group, Arne Gericke, on behalf of the ECR Group, Malin Björk, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Terry Reintke and Ernest Urtasun Domènech, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Angelika Mlinar, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica and Hilde Vautmans, on behalf of the ALDE Group, to the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy: Situation of women human rights defenders and their support by the EU (2018/2531(RSP)) (B8-0004/2018);










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(O-000003/2018) by Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, on behalf of the FEMM Committee, to the Commission: Zero tolerance for female genital mutilation (2017/2936(RSP)) (B8-0005/2018).




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

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






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(O-000086/2017) by Rosa D'Amato and Dario Tamburrano, on behalf of the EFDD Group, to the Commission: Trans Adriatic Pipeline in Italy (2017/3031(RSP)) (B8-0615/2017).




15.   Action taken on Parliament's positions and resolutions
The Commission communications on the action taken on the positions and resolutions adopted by Parliament during the October I and II part-sessions were available on the Europarl site.
16.   Documents received
The following documents had been received:






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from the Council and Commission







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Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down rules and procedures for compliance with and enforcement of Union harmonisation legislation on products and amending Regulations (EU) No 305/2011, (EU) No 528/2012, (EU) 2016/424, (EU) 2016/425, (EU) 2016/426 and (EU) 2017/1369 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and Directives 2004/42/EC, 2009/48/EC, 2010/35/EU, 2013/29/EU, 2013/53/EU, 2014/28/EU, 2014/29/EU, 2014/30/EU, 2014/31/EU, 2014/32/EU, 2014/33/EU, 2014/34/EU, 2014/35/EU, 2014/53/EU, 2014/68/EU and 2014/90/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (COM(2017)0795 — C8-0004/2018 — 2017/0353(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: ENVI, ITRE, INTA










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Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mutual recognition of goods lawfully marketed in another Member State (COM(2017)0796 — C8-0005/2018 — 2017/0354(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: ITRE, JURI










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Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on port reception facilities for the delivery of waste from ships, repealing Directive 2000/59/EC and amending Directive 2009/16/EC and Directive 2010/65/EU (COM(2018)0033 — C8-0014/2018 — 2018/0012(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: ENVI










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Proposal for a Council decision on the putting into effect of the remaining provisions of the Schengen acquis relating to the Schengen Information System in the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania (15820/2017 — C8-0017/2018 — 2018/0802(CNS))
referred to responsible: LIBE










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Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council setting emission performance standards for new passenger cars and for new light commercial vehicles as part of the Union's integrated approach to reduce CO2 emissions from light-duty vehicles and amending Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 (recast) (COM(2017)0676 — C8-0395/2017 — 2017/0293(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: ENVI opinion: ITRE, IMCO, TRAN, JURI (Rule 104)














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from committees







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***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mutual recognition of freezing and confiscation orders (COM(2016)0819 — C8-0002/2017 — 2016/0412(COD)) — LIBE Committee — Rapporteur: Nathalie Griesbeck (A8-0001/2018)










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*** Recommendation on the draft Council decision concerning the renewal of the Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation between the European Community and the Federative Republic of Brazil (11040/2017 — C8-0320/2017 — 2017/0139(NLE)) — ITRE Committee — Rapporteur: Angelo Ciocca (A8-0004/2018)










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Report on accelerating clean energy innovation (2017/2084(INI)) — ITRE Committee — Rapporteur: Jerzy Buzek (A8-0005/2018)










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Report on the revision of the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the European Commission (N8-0065/2017 — C8-0366/2017 — 2017/2233(ACI)) — AFCO Committee — Rapporteur: Esteban González Pons (A8-0006/2018)










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Report on the composition of the European Parliament (2017/2054(INL)) — AFCO Committee — Rapporteurs: Danuta Maria Hübner, Pedro Silva Pereira (A8-0007/2018)










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Report on the request for waiver of the immunity of Steeve Briois (2017/2221(IMM)) — JURI Committee — Rapporteur: Evelyn Regner (A8-0011/2018)










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Report on the Annual Report on the Financial Activities of the European Investment Bank (2017/2071(INI)) — BUDG Committee — Rapporteur: Eider Gardiazabal Rubial (A8-0013/2018)










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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 Portugal (13308/2017 — C8-0419/2017 — 2017/0821(CNS)) — LIBE Committee — Rapporteur: Ignazio Corrao (A8-0017/2018)










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***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on countering money laundering by criminal law (COM(2016)0826 — C8-0534/2016 — 2016/0414(COD)) — LIBE Committee — Rapporteur: Ignazio Corrao (A8-0405/2017)








17.   Order of business
The final draft agenda for the February 2018 plenary sittings (PE 617.443/PDOJ) had been distributed and the following changes had been proposed (Rule 149a):

Monday

No changes.

Tuesday

No changes.

Wednesday

With the agreement of the political groups, the report on the draft Council implementing decision on the launch of automated data exchange with regard to vehicle registration data in Portugal (A8-0017/2018) would be put to the vote at voting time on Wednesday.
Request from the ENF Group to postpone the vote on the report on the composition of the European Parliament (A8-0007/2018) (item 32 on the final draft agenda) to Thursday 8 February or 1 March 2018.
The following spoke: Nicolas Bay, on behalf of the ENF Group, to move the request, and Maria João Rodrigues, on behalf of the S&D Group, against the request.
Parliament rejected the request.

Thursday

No changes.
The order of business was thus established.
18.   European Central Bank Annual Report for 2016(debate)

Report on the European Central Bank Annual Report for 2016 [2017/2124(INI)] — Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Jonás Fernández (A8-0383/2017)
Jonás Fernández introduced the report.
The following spoke: Mario Draghi (President of the European Central Bank) and Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President of the Commission).
The following spoke: Siegfried Mureșan, on behalf of the PPE Group, Pervenche Berès, on behalf of the S&D Group, Sander Loones, on behalf of the ECR Group, Nils Torvalds, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Dimitrios Papadimoulis, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Molly Scott Cato, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, David Coburn, on behalf of the EFDD Group, Bernard Monot, on behalf of the ENF Group, and Burkhard Balz.
IN THE CHAIR: Ioan Mircea PAȘCU

Vice-President

The following spoke: Hans-Olaf Henkel, to put a blue-card question to Burkhard Balz, who replied, Roberto Gualtieri, Stanisław Ożóg, who also replied to a blue-card question by Maria Grapini, Sophia in 't Veld, Barbara Kappel, Brian Hayes, who also replied to a blue-card question by Sven Giegold, Bernd Lucke, Marcus Pretzell and Werner Langen.
IN THE CHAIR: Ramón Luis VALCÁRCEL SISO

Vice-President

The following spoke: Mario Borghezio.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Bogdan Andrzej Zdrojewski, Nicola Caputo, Notis Marias, Nikolaos Chountis, Lampros Fountoulis, Gabriel Mato, Maria Grapini, Joachim Starbatty, Franc Bogovič and Ivana Maletić.
The following spoke: Valdis Dombrovskis, Mario Draghi and Jonás Fernández.
The debate closed.
Vote: minutes of 6.2.2018, item 5.6.
19.   Manipulation of scientific research by multinationals in the wake of the emission tests on monkeys and humans by the German car industry (debate)

Commission statement: Manipulation of scientific research by multinationals in the wake of the emission tests on monkeys and humans by the German car industry (2018/2565(RSP))
Elżbieta Bieńkowska (Member of the Commission) made the statement.
The following spoke: Peter Liese, on behalf of the PPE Group, Kathleen Van Brempt, on behalf of the S&D Group, Hans-Olaf Henkel, on behalf of the ECR Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Doru-Claudian Frunzulică, Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Stefan Eck, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, and Karima Delli, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group.
IN THE CHAIR: Bogusław LIBERADZKI

Vice-President

The following spoke: Mireille D'Ornano, on behalf of the EFDD Group, Alojz Peterle, Christine Revault d'Allonnes Bonnefoy, who also replied to a blue-card question by Peter Liese, Zdzisław Krasnodębski, Rebecca Harms, Christel Schaldemose, Claude Turmes and Ismail Ertug.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Nicola Caputo, Notis Marias, Younous Omarjee, Eleonora Evi, Igor Šoltes, Georgios Epitideios, Karin Kadenbach, Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Lampros Fountoulis, Seán Kelly and João Ferreira.
The following spoke: Elżbieta Bieńkowska.
The debate closed.
20.   Geo-blocking and other forms of discrimination based on customers'nationality, place of residence or place of establishment ***I (debate)

Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on addressing geo-blocking and other forms of discrimination based on customers' nationality, place of residence or place of establishment within the internal market and amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 and Directive 2009/22/EC [COM(2016)0289 — C8-0192/2016 — 2016/0152(COD)] — Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection. Rapporteur: Róża Gräfin von Thun und Hohenstein (A8-0172/2017)
Róża Gräfin von Thun und Hohenstein introduced the report.
The following spoke: Andrus Ansip (Vice-President of the Commission).
The following spoke: Eva Kaili (rapporteur for the opinion of the ITRE Committee), Bogdan Brunon Wenta (rapporteur for the opinion of the CULT Committee), Antanas Guoga, on behalf of the PPE Group, Virginie Rozière, on behalf of the S&D Group, Anneleen Van Bossuyt, on behalf of the ECR Group, Dita Charanzová, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Julia Reda, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, John Stuart Agnew, on behalf of the EFDD Group, Mylène Troszczynski, on behalf of the ENF Group, Udo Voigt, non-attached Member, Lambert van Nistelrooij, who also replied to a blue-card question by Udo Voigt, Nicola Danti, Daniel Dalton, who also replied to a blue-card question by Janusz Korwin-Mikke, and Josef Weidenholzer.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Michaela Šojdrová, Olga Sehnalová, Notis Marias, João Ferreira, Igor Šoltes, Krzysztof Hetman and Julie Ward.
The following spoke: Andrus Ansip and Róża Gräfin von Thun und Hohenstein.
The debate closed.
Vote: minutes of 6.2.2018, item 5.4.
21.   Decision adopted on the Fair Taxation package II and III (debate)

Commission statement: Decision adopted on the Fair Taxation package II and III (2017/2857(RSP))
Valdis Dombrovskis (Vice-President of the Commission) made the statement.
The following spoke: Luděk Niedermayer, on behalf of the PPE Group.
IN THE CHAIR: Heidi HAUTALA

Vice-President

The following spoke: Pervenche Berès, on behalf of the S&D Group, Lieve Wierinck, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Marisa Matias, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Sven Giegold, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Jörg Meuthen, on behalf of the EFDD Group, Othmar Karas, Jeppe Kofod and Molly Scott Cato.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Arndt Kohn, Notis Marias and Izaskun Bilbao Barandica.
The following spoke: Valdis Dombrovskis.
The debate closed.
22.   Cost-effective emission reductions and low-carbon investments ***I (debate)

Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2003/87/EC to enhance cost-effective emission reductions and low-carbon investments [COM(2015)0337 — C8-0190/2015 — 2015/0148(COD)] — Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. Rapporteur: Julie Girling (A8-0003/2017)
Julie Girling introduced the report.
The following spoke: Fredrick Federley (rapporteur for the opinion of the ITRE Committee).
The following spoke: Miguel Arias Cañete (Member of the Commission).
The following spoke: Florent Marcellesi (rapporteur for the opinion of the DEVE Committee), Ivo Belet, on behalf of the PPE Group, Jytte Guteland, on behalf of the S&D Group, Mark Demesmaeker, on behalf of the ECR Group, Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Kateřina Konečná, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Bas Eickhout, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Eleonora Evi, on behalf of the EFDD Group, Peter Liese, Edouard Martin, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Janusz Korwin-Mikke, Françoise Grossetête (the President indicated to Janusz Korwin-Mikke that what he had said was inappropriate), Simona Bonafè, Esther de Lange, Jerzy Buzek, Elisabetta Gardini and Andrzej Grzyb.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Seán Kelly, Carlos Zorrinho, Notis Marias, Gesine Meissner and João Ferreira.
The following spoke: Miguel Arias Cañete and Julie Girling.
The debate closed.
Vote: minutes of 6.2.2018, item 5.5.
23.   Accelerating clean energy innovation (debate)

Report on accelerating clean energy innovation [2017/2084(INI)] — Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. Rapporteur: Jerzy Buzek (A8-0005/2018)
Jerzy Buzek introduced the report.
The following spoke: Carlos Moedas (Member of the Commission).
The following spoke: Stefan Eck (rapporteur for the opinion of the ENVI Committee), Isabella De Monte (rapporteur for the opinion of the TRAN Committee), Monika Smolková (rapporteur for the opinion of the REGI Committee), Seán Kelly, on behalf of the PPE Group, Peter Kouroumbashev, on behalf of the S&D Group, Gesine Meissner, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Xabier Benito Ziluaga, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Jakop Dalunde, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Dario Tamburrano, on behalf of the EFDD Group, Barbara Kappel, on behalf of the ENF Group, José Blanco López, Jonathan Bullock and Carlos Zorrinho.
The following spoke: Carlos Moedas and Jerzy Buzek.
The debate closed.
Vote: minutes of 6.2.2018, item 5.7.
24.   Objection to a delegated act: Adding Sri Lanka, Trinidad and Tobago and Tunisia to the list of high-risk third countries (debate)

Motion for a resolution, tabled by Marie-Christine Vergiat, Cornelia Ernst, Marisa Matias, Merja Kyllönen, Helmut Scholz, Barbara Spinelli and Lola Sánchez Caldentey, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, pursuant to Rule 105(3): on the Commission delegated regulation of 13 December 2017 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675 supplementing Directive (EU) 2015/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council, as regards adding Sri Lanka, Trinidad and Tobago and Tunisia to the table in point I of the Annex (C(2017)8320 — 2017/3020(DEA)) (B8-0074/2018)
Marie-Christine Vergiat (author) introduced the motion for a resolution.
The following spoke: Věra Jourová (Member of the Commission).
The following spoke: Cristian Dan Preda, on behalf of the PPE Group, Pervenche Berès and Ana Gomes.
The following spoke: Věra Jourová.
The debate closed.
Vote: minutes of 7.2.2018, item 7.6.
25.   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:
Seán Kelly, Zoană Gabriela, Marek Jurek, Jasenko Selimovic, Marie-Pierre Vieu, Jordi Solé, Ignazio Corrao, Gilles Lebreton, Janusz Korwin-Mikke, Elissavet Vozemberg-Vrionidi, Wajid Khan, Notis Marias, Martina Anderson, Josep-Maria Terricabras, László Tőkés, Răzvan Popa, Michaela Šojdrová, Nicola Caputo, Dariusz Rosati, Julie Ward, Claudiu Ciprian Tănăsescu and Andrejs Mamikins.
26.   Agenda of the next sitting
The agenda of the next day's sitting had been established (‘Agenda’ PE 617.443/OJMA).
27.   Closure of the sitting
The sitting closed at 23.49.


Klaus Welle

Secretary-General



Mairead McGuinness

Vice-President





5 February 2018

Present:
Ademov, Adinolfi, Affronte, Agnew, Aiuto, Aker, Albrecht, Ali, Alliot-Marie, Anderson Lucy, Anderson Martina, Andersson, Andrieu, Andrikienė, Androulakis, Arena, Arimont, Arnott, Arthuis, Ashworth, Assis, Atkinson, Auken, Auštrevičius, Ayala Sender, Ayuso, van Baalen, Bach, Balas, Balčytis, Balczó, Balz, Barekov, Bay, Bearder, Becerra Basterrechea, Becker, Belet, Benifei, Benito Ziluaga, Beňová, Berès, Bergeron, Bettini, Bilbao Barandica, Bilde, Bizzotto, Blanco López, Blinkevičiūtė, Bocskor, Böge, Bogovič, Bonafè, Boni, Borghezio, Borrelli, Borzan, Boștinaru, Bours, Boutonnet, Boylan, Brannen, Bresso, Briano, Briois, Brok, Buchner, Buda, Bullmann, Bullock, Bușoi, Bütikofer, Buzek, Cadec, Calvet Chambon, van de Camp, Campbell Bannerman, Caputo, Carthy, Carver, Casa, Caspary, Castaldo, del Castillo Vera, Cavada, Charanzová, Chauprade, Childers, Chinnici, Chountis, Christensen, Christoforou, Chrysogonos, Cicu, Ciocca, Clune, Coburn, Coelho, Collin-Langen, Collins, Comi, Corazza Bildt, Corbett, Cornillet, Corrao, Costa, Couso Permuy, Cozzolino, Cramer, Cristea, Csáky, Czarnecki, Czesak, van Dalen, Dalton, Dalunde, D'Amato, Dance, Danti, Dantin, (The Earl of) Dartmouth, De Castro, Delahaye, Deli, Delli, Delvaux, Demesmaeker, De Monte, Denanot, Deprez, Deß, Detjen, Deva, Diaconu, Díaz de Mera García Consuegra, Didier, Dlabajová, Dohrmann, Dorfmann, D'Ornano, Durand, Dzhambazki, Eck, Ehler, Eickhout, Elissen, Engel, Engström, Epitideios, Erdős, Ertug, Estaràs Ferragut, Evans, Evi, Fajon, Farage, Faria, Federley, Ferber, Fernandes, Fernández, Ferrara, Ferreira, Finch, Fjellner, Flack, Flanagan, Fleckenstein, Fontana, Forenza, Foster, Fotyga, Fountoulis, Fox, Freund, Frunzulică, Gahler, Gál, Gambús, García Pérez, Gardiazabal Rubial, Gardini, Gasbarra, Gebhardt, Gerbrandy, Gericke, Geringer de Oedenberg, Giegold, Gierek, Gieseke, Gill Neena, Gill Nathan, Girling, Giuffrida, Goddyn, Goerens, Gollnisch, Gomes, González Pons, Gosiewska, de Graaff, Grammatikakis, de Grandes Pascual, Grapini, Gräßle, Graswander-Hainz, Griesbeck, Griffin, Grigule-Pēterse, Grossetête, Grzyb, Gualtieri, Guerrero Salom, Guillaume, Guoga, Guteland, Gyürk, Hadjigeorgiou, Halla-aho, Hannan, Harkin, Harms, Häusling, Hautala, Hayes, Hazekamp, Hedh, Henkel, Herranz García, Hetman, Hirsch, Hoc, Hohlmeier, Hökmark, Honeyball, Hortefeux, Howarth, Hübner, Hudghton, Huitema, Hyusmenova, in 't Veld, Iturgaiz, Iwaszkiewicz, Jaakonsaari, Jäätteenmäki, Jadot, Jahr, Jakovčić, Jalkh, James, Jamet, Járóka, Jáuregui Atondo, Jávor, Jazłowiecka, Ježek, Jiménez-Becerril Barrio, Joly, Jongerius, Joulaud, Juaristi Abaunz, Jurek, Juvin, Kadenbach, Kaili, Kallas, Kalniete, Kammerevert, Kappel, Karas, Karim, Kariņš, Karlsson, Karski, Kaufmann, Kefalogiannis, Kelam, Keller Jan, Keller Ska, Kelly, Khan, Kirton-Darling, Kłosowski, Koch, Kofod, Kohlíček, Kohn, Kölmel, Konečná, Korwin-Mikke, Kósa, Köster, Kouroumbashev, Kovács, Kovatchev, Kozłowska-Rajewicz, Krasnodębski, Krehl, Krupa, Kudrycka, Kuhn, Kukan, Kumpula-Natri, Kuźmiuk, Kyenge, Kyllönen, Kyrkos, Kyrtsos, Kyuchyuk, Lambert, Lange, de Lange, Langen, La Via, Lavrilleux, Lebreton, Lechevalier, Le Hyaric, Leinen, Lenaers, Lewandowski, Liberadzki, Liese, Lins, Lochbihler, Loiseau, Loones, López, López Aguilar, López Bermejo, López-Istúriz White, Lösing, Lucke, Ludvigsson, Łukacijewska, Lundgren, Łybacka, McAllister, McAvan, McGuinness, McIntyre, Macovei, Maletić, Malinov, Maltese, Mamikins, Mandl, Mănescu, Maňka, Mann, Manscour, Marcellesi, Marias, Marinescu, Marinho e Pinto, Martin David, Martin Dominique, Martin Edouard, Martusciello, Marusik, Matera, Matias, Mato, Mavrides, Maydell, Mayer Georg, Mayer Alex, Meissner, Mélin, Melior, Melo, Messerschmidt, Metsola, Meuthen, Michels, Mikolášik, Millán Mon, van Miltenburg, Mizzi, Mlinar, Mobarik, Moi, Moisă, Molnár, Monot, Monteiro de Aguiar, Montel, Moody, Moraes, Morano, Morgano, Morin-Chartier, Mureșan, Muselier, Nagtegaal, Nagy, Nart, Nekov, Neuser, Nica, Nicholson, Nicolai, Niebler, Niedermayer, Ní Riada, van Nistelrooij, Noichl, Nuttall, O'Flynn, Olbrycht, Omarjee, Ożóg, Pabriks, Padar, Paet, Paksas, Palmer, Panzeri, Papadakis Demetris, Papadimoulis, Pargneaux, Parker, Pașcu, Pavel, Payne, Pedicini, Peillon, Peterle, Petersen, Picula, Piecha, Pieper, Pietikäinen, Pimenta Lopes, Piotrowski, Piri, Pirinski, Pitera, Plura, Poc, Poche, Polčák, Popa, Poręba, Post, Preda, Pretzell, Preuß, Procter, Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Radev, Radoš, Radtke, Rangel, Rebega, Reda, Regner, Reid, Reimon, Revault d'Allonnes Bonnefoy, Ribeiro, Ries, Riquet, Rochefort, Rodrigues Liliana, Rodrigues Maria João, Rodríguez-Piñero Fernández, Rodust, Rohde, Rolin, Ropė, Rosati, Rozière, Ruas, Rübig, Ruohonen-Lerner, Sakorafa, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Salini, Salvini, Sánchez Caldentey, Sander, Sant, dos Santos, Sargentini, Sassoli, Saudargas, Schaake, Schaffhauser, Schaldemose, Schirdewan, Schlein, Schmidt, Scholz, Schöpflin, Schreijer-Pierik, Schulze, Schuster, Schwab, Scott Cato, Sehnalová, Selimovic, Senra Rodríguez, Sernagiotto, Serrão Santos, Seymour, Siekierski, Silva Pereira, Simon Peter, Simon Siôn, Sippel, Škripek, Škrlec, Smith, Smolková, Sógor, Šojdrová, Solé, Šoltes, Sommer, Sonneborn, Spinelli, Staes, Starbatty, Štefanec, Štětina, Stevens, Stihler, Stolojan, Stuger, Šuica, Sulík, Šulin, Svoboda, Swinburne, Sylikiotis, Synadinos, Szanyi, Szejnfeld, Tajani, Takkula, Tamburrano, Tănăsescu, Tang, Tannock, Țapardel, Tarabella, Tarand, Taylor, Telička, Terricabras, Theocharous, Thomas, Thun und Hohenstein, Tőkés, Tolić, Tomaševski, Tomašić, Tomc, Toom, Torvalds, Tošenovský, Trebesius, Tremosa i Balcells, Troszczynski, Trüpel, Țurcanu, Ujazdowski, Ulvskog, Ungureanu, Urbán Crespo, Urtasun, Urutchev, Uspaskich, Vaidere, Vajgl, Valcárcel Siso, Vălean, Valero, Valli, Vallina, Van Bossuyt, Van Brempt, Van Orden, Vaughan, Vautmans, Väyrynen, Vergiat, Verheyen, Viegas, Vieu, Vilimsky, Viotti, Virkkunen, Vistisen, Voigt, Voss, Vozemberg-Vrionidi, Waitz, Wałęsa, Ward, Weber Renate, Weidenholzer, von Weizsäcker, Wenta, Werner, Westphal, Wieland, Wierinck, Wikström, Winberg, Winkler Hermann, Winkler Iuliu, Wiśniewska, Wölken, Woolfe, Zagorakis, Zahradil, Zala, Zammit Dimech, Zanni, Zanonato, Zarianopoulos, Ždanoka, Zdechovský, Zdrojewski, Zeller, Zemke, Zijlstra, Zīle, Zimmer, Žitňanská, Złotowski, Zoană, Zoffoli, Żółtek, Zorrinho, Zovko, Zullo, Zver, Zwiefka
Excused:
Albiol Guzmán, Bendtsen, Crowley, Fisas Ayxelà, Händel, Le Pen, Maštálka, Mazuronis, Michel, Mussolini, Nilsson, Novakov, Patriciello, Ponga, Punset, Saryusz-Wolski, Záborská