Minutes of the sitting of 11 February 2021

• Jurisdiction: European Union
• Celex Number: C2022/079/04
• Published date: 18 February 2022

18.2.2022 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 79/720

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11 February 2021
MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 11 FEBRUARY 2021

(2022/C 79/04)

Contents

1. Opening of the sitting 726

2. Announcement of voting results 726

3. Safety of the nuclear power plant in Ostrovets (Belarus) (debate) 727

4. First voting session 728

5. Safety of the nuclear power plant in Ostrovets (Belarus) (continuation of debate) 729

6. Debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (debate) 730

6.1. Rwanda, the case of Paul Rusesabagina 730

6.2. Human rights situation in Kazakhstan 730

6.3. Political situation in Uganda 730

7. Resumption of the sitting 731

8. Announcement of voting results 731

9. Resumption of the sitting 732

10. Second voting session 732

11. Resumption of the sitting 733

12. Homologation and distribution of transparent masks (debate) 733

13. Humanitarian situation in Ethiopia (debate) 733

14. Resumption of the sitting 734

15. Council position at first reading 734

16. Proposal for a Union act 734

17. Announcement of voting results 734

18. Explanations of vote 736

19. Corrections to votes and voting intentions 736

20. Documents received 736

21. Petitions 737

22. Associated committees (Rule 57) 737

23. Decisions to apply the joint committee procedure (Rule 58) 738

24. Decision to draw up own-initiative reports (Rule 54) 738

25. Modified referrals to committees (Rule 56) 739

26. Approval of the minutes of the part-session and forwarding of texts adopted 739

27. Dates of forthcoming sittings 739

28. Closure of the sitting 740

29. Adjournment of the session 740

ATTENDANCE REGISTER 741

ANNEX I

RESULT OF VOTES (Sittings of 8 to 11 February 2021) 743

1. Request for the waiver of the immunity of Álvaro Amaro 743

2. European Central Bank: Appointment of the Vice-Chair of the Supervisory Board 744

3. Control of the acquisition and possession of weapons (codification) ***I 744

4. Establishing the Recovery and Resilience Facility ***I 744

5. European Central Bank — annual report 2020 745

6. New Circular Economy Action Plan 746

7. Implementation of the Anti-Trafficking Directive 748

8. Implementation of Article 43 of the Asylum Procedures Directive 751

9. Public access to documents for the years 2016-2018 753

10. Reducing inequalities with a special focus on in-work poverty 754

11. The impact of COVID-19 on youth and on sport 758

12. Markets in financial instruments ***I 760

13. EU Recovery prospectus and targeted adjustments for financial intermediaries to help the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic ***I 760

14. Slot utilisation rules at Union airports: Temporary relief ***I 760

15. Temporary measures concerning the validity of certificates and licences (Omnibus II) ***I 760

16. EU Association Agreement with Ukraine 761

17. European Skills Agenda for sustainable competitiveness, social fairness and resilience 765

18. Safety of the nuclear power plant in Ostrovets (Belarus) 768

19. Humanitarian and political situation in Yemen 769

20. The situation in Myanmar 771

21. Rwanda, the case of Paul Rusesabagina 772

22. Human rights situation in Kazakhstan 773

23. Political situation in Uganda 773

24. Challenges ahead for women's rights: More than 25 years after the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 774

ANNEX II

RESULT OF ROLL-CALL VOTES 783

1. Humanitarian and political situation in Yemen — RC-B9-0119/2021 — § 6/1 783

2. RC-B9-0119/2021 — § 6/2 784

3. RC-B9-0119/2021 — § 6/3 786

4. RC-B9-0119/2021 — Am 19 787

5. RC-B9-0119/2021 — Am 17/1 789

6. RC-B9-0119/2021 — Am 17/2 790

7. RC-B9-0119/2021 — Am 7 792

8. RC-B9-0119/2021 — § 11 794

9. RC-B9-0119/2021 — Am 15 795

10. RC-B9-0119/2021 — Am 8 797

11. RC-B9-0119/2021 — Am 9 798

12. RC-B9-0119/2021 — Am 10 800

13. RC-B9-0119/2021 — Am 11 802

14. RC-B9-0119/2021 — Am 12 803

15. RC-B9-0119/2021 — Am 18 805

16. RC-B9-0119/2021 — Am 1 806

17. RC-B9-0119/2021 — Am 2 808

18. RC-B9-0119/2021 — Am 16 809

19. RC-B9-0119/2021 — Am 3 811

20. RC-B9-0119/2021 — Am 4 812

21. RC-B9-0119/2021 — Am 5 814

22. RC-B9-0119/2021 — Am 6 815

23. RC-B9-0119/2021 — Am 13 817

24. RC-B9-0119/2021 — Recital P/1 818

25. RC-B9-0119/2021 — Recital P/2 820

26. RC-B9-0119/2021 — Am 14 822

27. RC-B9-0119/2021 — Recital T/1 823

28. RC-B9-0119/2021 — Recital T/2 825

29. The situation in Myanmar — RC-B9-0116/2021 — Am 1 826

30. RC-B9-0116/2021 — Am 2 828

31. RC-B9-0116/2021 — Am 3 829

32. RC-B9-0116/2021 — § 14 831

33. RC-B9-0116/2021 — Am 4 832

34. Rwanda, the case of Paul Rusesabagina — RC-B9-0130/2021 — Am 4 834

35. RC-B9-0130/2021 — Am 5 836

36. RC-B9-0130/2021 — Am 3 837

37. RC-B9-0130/2021 — Am 1 839

38. RC-B9-0130/2021 — Am 2 840

39. Human rights situation in Kazakhstan — RC-B9-0144/2021 — Am 3 842

40. RC-B9-0144/2021 — Am 1 844

41. RC-B9-0144/2021 — Am 2 845

42. Political situation in Uganda — RC-B9-0138/2021 — § 15/1 847

43. RC-B9-0138/2021 — § 15/2 849

44. RC-B9-0138/2021 — § 15/3 850

45. RC-B9-0138/2021 — Am 1 852

46. RC-B9-0138/2021 — § 18 853

47. Safety of the nuclear power plant in Ostrovets (Belarus) — B9-0109/2021 — Motion for resolution 855

48. Humanitarian and political situation in Yemen — RC-B9-0119/2021 — Motion for resolution 856

49. The situation in Myanmar — RC-B9-0116/2021 — Motion for resolution 858

50. Rwanda, the case of Paul Rusesabagina — RC-B9-0130/2021 — Motion for resolution 859

51. Human rights situation in Kazakhstan — RC-B9-0144/2021 — Motion for resolution 861

52. Political situation in Uganda — RC-B9-0138/2021 — Motion for resolution 862

53. Challenges ahead for women's rights: More than 25 years after the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action — B9-0114/2021/rev1 — Motion for resolution 864

Minutes of the sitting of 11 February 2021

IN THE CHAIR: Heidi HAUTALA

Vice-President

1. Opening of the sitting

The sitting opened at 9.00.

2. Announcement of voting results

The President read out the results of the votes on:

Markets in financial instruments ***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2014/65/EU as regards information requirements, product governance and position limits to help the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic [COM(2020)0280 — C9-0210/2020 — 2020/0152(COD)] — Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Markus Ferber (A9-0208/2020) (Simple majority needed) PROVISIONAL AGREEMENT Adopted (P9_TA(2021)0046) ('Results of votes' annex, item 12) Parliament's first reading thus closed. EU Recovery prospectus and targeted adjustments for financial intermediaries to help the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 as regards the EU Recovery prospectus and targeted adjustments for financial intermediaries to help the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic [COM(2020)0281 — C9-0206/2020 — 2020/0155(COD)] — Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Ondřej Kovařík (A9-0228/2020) (Simple majority needed) PROVISIONAL AGREEMENT, COMMISSION STATEMENT Adopted (P9_TA(2021)0047) ('Results of votes' annex, item...