Minutes of the sitting of 11 March 2019

• Jurisdiction: European Union
• Published date: 04 December 2020
• Celex Number: C2020/420/01

4.12.2020 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 420/1

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11 March 2019
MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 11 MARCH 2019

(2020/C 420/01)

Contents

1. Resumption of the session 4

2. Opening of the sitting 4

3. Statements by the President 4

4. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting 4

5. Verification of credentials 4

6. Assessment of compatibility of a mission entrusted to a Member 4

7. Interpretation of the Rules of Procedure 5

8. Negotiations ahead of Parliament's first reading (Rule 69c) 5

9. Delegated acts (Rule 105(6)) 5

10. Request for urgent procedure (Rule 154) 6

11. Signature of acts adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure (Rule 78) 6

12. Documents received 7

13. Decisions concerning certain documents 11

14. Questions for oral answer (submission) 11

15. Action taken on Parliament's positions and resolutions 12

16. Order of business 12

17. Exchange of information on third country nationals and European Criminal Records Information System (ECRIS) ***I — Centralised system for the identification of Member States holding conviction information on third country nationals and stateless persons (ECRIS-TCN) ***I (debate) 13

18. European Solidarity Corps programme ***I (debate) 14

19. EU Cybersecurity Act ***I — European Cybersecurity Industrial, Technology and Research Competence Centre and Network of National Coordination Centres ***I (debate) 15

20. Unfair trading practices in business-to-business relationships in the food supply chain ***I (debate) 16

21. EU-Vietnam Voluntary Partnership Agreement on forest law enforcement, governance and trade *** — EU-Vietnam Voluntary Partnership Agreement on forest law enforcement, governance and trade (resolution) (debate) 16

22. European citizens' initiative ***I (debate) 17

23. State of EU-Russia political relations (debate) 18

24. Building EU capacity on conflict prevention and mediation (short presentation) 18

25. One-minute speeches on matters of political importance 18

26. Agenda of the next sitting 19

27. Closure of the sitting 19

28. Closure of the session 19

ATTENDANCE REGISTER 20

ANNEX

RESULT OF ROLL-CALL VOTES 21

1. Monday's agenda — request by the ECR Group 21

2. Tuesday's agenda — request by the S&D Group 22

Minutes of the sitting of 11 March 2019

IN THE CHAIR: Antonio TAJANI

President

1. Resumption of the session

The session suspended on Thursday 14 February 2019 was resumed.

2. Opening of the sitting

The sitting opened at 17.04.

3. Statements by the President

The President expressed his condolences to the families of the victims of the aeroplane crash on Sunday, 10 March 2019 involving a Boeing 737 carrying passengers between Addis Ababa and Nairobi.

He then mentioned the attack of 11 March 2004 at Madrid's Atocha train station, in which 192 people had been killed. He drew attention to the fact that 11 March had been chosen by the EU as the symbolic date for commemorating the victims of terrorism.

He made a statement to mark the five years that had passed since the annexation of Crimea by Russia, a move that had been repeatedly condemned by Parliament as a violation of international law. He reiterated that Parliament supported Ukraine's independence and territorial integrity.

To conclude, he mentioned the situation in Venezuela, in which certain areas had been deprived of electricity for several days, with serious repercussions for public health.

4. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

5. Verification of credentials

On a proposal from the JURI Committee, Parliament confirmed the validity of the mandates of Babette Winter and Aleksejs Loskutovs with effect from 10 and 14 January 2019, respectively.

6. Assessment of compatibility of a mission entrusted to a Member

At its meeting of 4 March 2019, the JURI Committee assessed, in accordance with Rule 4(5), the compatibility of the temporary assignment entrusted by the French Prime Minister to Alain Lamassoure, on the teaching of history in Europe, with the Act of 20 September 1976 concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage.

The committee decided that the assignment was compatible with the Act.

7. Interpretation of the Rules of Procedure

The President informed the House, under Rule 226(3), of the following interpretation of Rule 171(1)(b), provided by the Committee on Constitutional Affairs, which had been consulted on the application of that provision:

‘If the proposal for a legally binding act, amended or otherwise, does not receive the majority of the votes expressed in committee, the committee shall propose that Parliament reject the act.’

If this interpretation was not contested by a political group or at least the threshold number of Members established in Rule 226(4) within 24 hours of being announced, it would be deemed to have been adopted. Otherwise, the matter would be put to the vote in the House.

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

The President announced the decision by the committee responsible to enter into interinstitutional negotiations on the basis of the following report (in accordance with Rule 69c (1):

— IMCO Committee: Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on type-approval requirements for motor vehicles and their trailers, and systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles, as regards their general safety and the protection of vehicle occupants and vulnerable road users, amending Regulation (EU) 2018/… and repealing Regulations (EC) No 78/2009, (EC) No 79/2009 and (EC) No 661/2009 (COM(2018)0286 — C8-0194/2018 — 2018/0145(COD)). Rapporteur: Róża Thun und Hohenstein (A8-0151/2019).

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, that a decision 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.

9. Delegated acts (Rule 105(6))

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:

— Recommendation for a decision pursuant to Rule 105(6) of the Rules of Procedure to raise no objections to the Commission delegated regulation of 30 January 2019 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1799 as regards the exemption of the Bank of England from the pre- and post-trade transparency requirements in Regulation (EU) No 600/2014(C(2019)00793 — 2019/2546(DEA)) (B8-0143/2019)

— Recommendation for a decision pursuant to Rule 105(6) of the Rules of Procedure to raise no objections to the Commission delegated regulation of 30 January 2019 amending Regulation (EU) 2015/2365 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the list of exempted entities (C(2019)00794 — 2019/2547(DEA)) (B8-0144/2019)

— Recommendation for a decision pursuant to Rule 105(6) to raise no objections to the Commission delegated regulation of 30 January 2019 amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the list of exempted entities (C(2019)00791 — 2019/2549(DEA)) (B8-0145/2019)

— Recommendation for a decision pursuant to Rule 105(6) of the Rules of Procedure to raise no objections to the Commission delegated regulation of 30 January 2019 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/522 as regards the exemption of the Bank of England and the United Kingdom Debt Management Office from the scope of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (C(2019)00792 — 2019/2550(DEA)) (B8-0146/2019)

— Recommendation for a decision pursuant to Rule 105(6) to raise no objections to the Commission delegated regulation of 13 February 2019 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/588 as regards the possibility to adjust the average daily number of transactions for a share where the trading venue with the highest turnover of that share is located outside the Union (C(2019)00904 — 2019/2579(DEA)) (B8-0149/2019).

If no objections to these recommendations were raised by a political group or by a number of Members corresponding at least to the threshold within 24 hours, they would be deemed to have been approved. If this was not the case, they would be put to the vote.

The recommendations were available on Parliament's website for the duration of the part-session.

10. Request for urgent procedure (Rule 154)

Commission request for the application of urgent procedure for:

— Rules relating to the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund by reason of the UK's withdrawal from the Union [COM(2019)0048 — C8-0037/2019 — 2019/0009(COD)] — PECH Committee

— Fishing authorisations for Union fishing vessels in United Kingdom waters and fishing operations of...