Minutes of the sitting of 11 March 2021

• Jurisdiction: European Union
• Publication Date: 25 February 2022
• Celex Number: C2022/091/04

25.2.2022 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 91/703

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11 March 2021
MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 11 MARCH 2021

(2022/C 91/04)

Contents

1. Opening of the sitting 712

2. Composition of political groups 712

3. Composition of committees and delegations 712

4. Announcement of voting results 712

5. Application of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2092, the rule of law conditionality mechanism (debate) 714

6. First voting session 714

7. Application of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2092, the rule of law conditionality mechanism (continuation of debate) 716

8. Respecting the partnership principle in the preparation and implementation of national recovery and resilience plans, and ensuring good governance of the spending (debate) 717

9. Debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (debate) 717

9.1. Situation in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and the assassination of the Italian Ambassador Luca Attanasio and his entourage 717

9.2. The human rights situation in the Kingdom of Bahrain, in particular the cases of death row inmates and human rights defenders 718

9.3. The mass trials against the opposition and civil society in Cambodia 718

10. Resumption of the sitting 719

11. Announcement of voting results 719

12. Resumption of the sitting 720

13. Second voting session 720

14. Resumption of the sitting 721

15. Long term vision for rural areas (debate) 721

16. Evaluation of the Geo-blocking Regulation (debate) 722

17. EU Pledge for Afghanistan at 2020 Geneva Conference (debate) 722

18. Announcement of voting results 722

19. Explanations of vote 724

20. Corrections to votes and voting intentions 724

21. Petitions 724

22. Documents received 724

23. Associated committees (Rule 57) 725

24. Decision to draw up own-initiative reports 726

25. Modified referrals to committees (Rule 56) 726

26. Approval of the minutes of the part-session and forwarding of texts adopted 727

27. Dates of forthcoming sittings 727

28. Closure of the sitting 727

29. Adjournment of the session 727

ATTENDANCE REGISTER 728

ANNEX I

RESULT OF VOTES (Sittings of 8 to 11 March 2021) 730

1. Request for waiver of the immunity of Carles Puigdemont i Casamajó 730

2. Request for waiver of the immunity of Antoni Comín i Oliveres 731

3. Request for waiver of the immunity of Clara Ponsatí Obiols 731

4. Request for waiver of the immunity of Valter Flego 731

5. Request for waiver of the immunity of Nuno Melo 731

6. InvestEU programme ***I 731

7. Programme for the Union's action in the field of health for the period 2021-2027 ('EU4Health programme') ***I 732

8. Establishing the ‘Customs’ programme for cooperation in the field of customs ***II 732

9. A WTO-compatible EU carbon border adjustment mechanism 733

10. Administrative cooperation in the field of taxation * 736

11. Corporate due diligence and corporate accountability 736

12. Implementation of the Construction Products Regulation 741

13. Equal treatment in employment and occupation in light of the UNCRPD 742

14. Fisheries control ***I 745

15. Equivalence of forest reproductive material produced in the UK ***I 754

16. Equivalence of field inspections and equivalence of checks on practices for the maintenance of varieties of agricultural plant species carried out in the UK ***I 754

17. Objection pursuant to Rule 112(2) and (3): Active substances, including dimoxystrobin 754

18. Objection pursuant to Rule 112(2) and (3): Genetically modified cotton GHB614 × T304-40 × GHB119 754

19. Objection pursuant to Rule 112(2) and (3): Genetically modified maize MZIR098 (SYN-ØØØ98-3) 755

20. Activities of the European Ombudsman — annual report 2019 755

21. European Semester: annual sustainable growth strategy 2021 757

22. European Semester: employment and social aspects in the annual sustainable growth strategy 2021 763

23. Situation in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and the assassination of the Italian Ambassador Luca Attanasio and his entourage 767

24. The human rights situation in the Kingdom of Bahrain, in particular the cases of death row inmates and human rights defenders 768

25. The mass trials against the opposition and civil society in Cambodia 769

26. The Syrian conflict — 10 years after the uprising 770

27. Declaration of the EU as an LGBTIQ Freedom Zone 772

28. Children's rights 774

ANNEX II

RESULT OF ROLL-CALL VOTES 776

1. Situation in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and the assassination of the Italian Ambassador Luca Attanasio and his entourage — RC-B9-0173/2021 — Am 4 776

2. RC-B9-0173/2021 — § 19/1 777

3. RC-B9-0173/2021 — § 19/2 779

4. RC-B9-0173/2021 — Am 1 780

5. RC-B9-0173/2021 — Am 2 782

6. RC-B9-0173/2021 — Am 3 784

7. The human rights situation in the Kingdom of Bahrain, in particular the cases of death row inmates and human rights defenders — RC-B9-0190/2021 — Am 2 785

8. RC-B9-0190/2021 — Am 1 787

9. The mass trials against opposition and civil society in Cambodia — RC-B9-0183/2021 — Am 1 788

10. RC-B9-0183/2021 — § 6/1 790

11. RC-B9-0183/2021 — § 6/2 791

12. RC-B9-0183/2021 — Am 5 793

13. RC-B9-0183/2021 — Am 2 795

14. RC-B9-0183/2021 — § 16/1 796

15. RC-B9-0183/2021 — § 16/2 798

16. RC-B9-0183/2021 — Am 6 800

17. RC-B9-0183/2021 — § 17/1 801

18. RC-B9-0183/2021 — § 17/2 803

19. RC-B9-0183/2021 — Am 4 804

20. RC-B9-0183/2021 — § 21 806

21. RC-B9-0183/2021 — Am 3 808

22. The Syrian conflict — 10 years after the uprising — RC-B9-0177/2021 — Am 2 809

23. RC-B9-0177/2021 — Am 3 811

24. RC-B9-0177/2021 — Am 4 813

25. RC-B9-0177/2021 — Am 5 814

26. RC-B9-0177/2021 — Am 10 816

27. RC-B9-0177/2021 — Am 6 817

28. RC-B9-0177/2021 — Am 11 819

29. RC-B9-0177/2021 — Am 12 821

30. RC-B9-0177/2021 — Am 13 823

31. RC-B9-0177/2021 — Am 14 824

32. RC-B9-0177/2021 — Am 15 826

33. RC-B9-0177/2021 — Am 16 827

34. RC-B9-0177/2021 — Am 17 829

35. RC-B9-0177/2021 — Am 7 831

36. RC-B9-0177/2021 — Am 18 833

37. RC-B9-0177/2021 — Am 8 834

38. RC-B9-0177/2021 — Am 1 836

39. RC-B9-0177/2021 — Am 9 837

40. RC-B9-0177/2021 — Recital Y 839

41. Declaration of the EU as an LGBTIQ Freedom Zone — B9-0166/2021 — Am 43 841

42. B9-0166/2021 — Am 5 842

43. B9-0166/2021 — Am 6 844

44. B9-0166/2021 — Am 7 845

45. B9-0166/2021 — Am 8D 847

46. B9-0166/2021 — Am 9D 848

47. B9-0166/2021 — Am 10D 850

48. B9-0166/2021 — Am 11D 851

49. B9-0166/2021 — Am 12D 853

50. B9-0166/2021 — Am 13D 854

51. B9-0166/2021 — Am 14D 856

52. B9-0166/2021 — Am 15D 857

53. B9-0166/2021 — Am 16D 859

54. B9-0166/2021 — Am 17D 860

55. B9-0166/2021 — Am 18D 862

56. B9-0166/2021 — Am 19D 864

57. B9-0166/2021 — Am 20D 865

58. B9-0166/2021 — Am 21D 867

59. B9-0166/2021 — Am 22D 868

60. B9-0166/2021 — Am 23D 870

61. B9-0166/2021 — Am 24D 871

62. B9-0166/2021 — Am 25D 873

63. B9-0166/2021 — Am 26D 874

64. B9-0166/2021 — Am 27D 876

65. B9-0166/2021

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