9 February 2015
MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 9 FEBRUARY 2015

(2016/C 102/01)

Contents

1.

Resumption of the session

3

2.

Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

3

3.

Composition of Parliament

3

4.

Corrigendum (Rule 231)

3

5.

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

3

6.

Establishment of a special committee

4

7.

Documents received

4

8.

Questions for oral answer (submission)

6

9.

Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council

6

10.

Petitions

6

11.

Order of business

7

12.

Commission's group of experts on the enforcement of intellectual property rights (debate)

8

13.

Renewal of the mandate of the Internet Governance Forum (debate)

9

14.

Country of origin labelling for meat ingredients in processed food (debate)

9

15.

Composition of committees

10

16.

One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

10

17.

Agenda of the next sitting

11

18.

Closure of the sitting

11

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

12

Minutes of the sitting of 9 February 2015

IN THE CHAIR: Martin SCHULZ

President

1.    Resumption of the session

The sitting opened at 17.00.

2.    Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

Jørn Dohrmann had made it known that he had been present at the sitting of 28 January 2015, but that his name was not on the attendance register.

The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

3.    Composition of Parliament

Alessandra Moretti had given notice in writing of her resignation as Member of Parliament, with effect from 2 February 2015.

Pursuant to Rule 4(1) and (3), Parliament established the vacancy with effect from that date and informed the national authorities concerned.

4.    Corrigendum (Rule 231)

The ENVI Committee had submitted the following corrigendum to a text adopted by Parliament:

—

Corrigendum (P8_TA-PROV(2015)0004(COR01)) to the position of the European Parliament adopted at second reading on 13 January 2015 with a view to the adoption of Directive (EU) 2015/… of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2001/18/EC as regards the possibility for the Member States to restrict or prohibit the cultivation of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in their territory (P8_TA-PROV(2015)0004) (10972/3/2014 — C8-0145/2014 — 2010/0208(COD))

The corrigendum was available on Europarl.

Pursuant to Rule 231(4), this corrigendum would be deemed approved unless, within 24 hours, a request was made by a political group or at least 40 Members that it be put to the vote.

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

The President announced that on Wednesday, 11 February 2015, together with the President of the Council, he would sign the following act adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure:

—	Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council repealing Council Directive 93/5/EEC on assistance to the Commission and cooperation by the Member States in the scientific examination of questions relating to food (00094/2014/LEX — C8-0034/2015 — 2014/0132(COD)).

6.    Establishment of a special committee

The President announced that the vote on the draft decision of the Conference of Presidents on the establishment of a Special Committee on Tax Rulings and Other Measures Similar in Nature or Effect would take place on Thursday.

Deadline for tabling amendments to the draft decision: Wednesday at 19.00.

7.    Documents received

The following documents had been received:

1)

from the Council and Commission — Proposal for a Council Decision establishing the Social Protection Committee and repealing Decision 2004/689/EC (05126/2015 — C8-0025/2015 — 2015/0802(CNS)) referred to responsible: EMPL opinion: FEMM, BUDG, ECON — Proposal for a Council Decision establishing the Employment Committee and repealing Decision 2000/98/EC (05125/2015 — C8-0026/2015 — 2015/0801(CNS)) referred to responsible: EMPL opinion: BUDG — Proposal for a Council Decision on the acceptance, on behalf of the European Union, of the amended Agreement for the establishment of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (14993/2014 — C8-0027/2015 — 2014/0274(NLE)) referred to responsible: PECH — Proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the joint fulfilment of commitments thereunder (10400/2014 — C8-0029/2015 — 2013/0376(NLE)) referred to responsible: ENVI opinion: AFET, ITRE — Annex to the Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (application EGF/2014/018 GR/Attica Broadcasting) (COM(2015)0037 — C8-0030/2015 — 2015/2031(BUD)) referred to responsible: BUDG opinion: EMPL, REGI — Annex to the Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (application EGF/2014/015 GR/Attica Publishing activities) (COM(2015)0040 — C8-0031/2015 — 2015/2032(BUD)) referred to responsible: BUDG opinion: EMPL, REGI — Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union and its Member States, of a Protocol amending the Common Aviation Area Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Georgia, of the other part, to take account of the accession to the European Union of the Republic of Croatia (12227/2014 — C8-0035/2015 — 2014/0134(NLE)) referred to responsible: TRAN

2)

from committees — ***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on facilitating cross-border exchange of information on road safety related traffic offences (COM(2014)0476 — C8-0113/2014 — 2014/0218(COD)) — TRAN Committee — Rapporteur: Inés Ayala Sender (A8-0001/2015) — * Report on the proposal for a Council Decision on the declaration of acceptance by the Member States, in the interest of the European Union, of the accession of Albania to the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (COM(2011)0912 — C8-0262/2014 — 2011/0448(NLE)) — JURI Committee — Rapporteur: Heidi Hautala (A8-0002/2015) — * Report on the proposal for a Council decision on the declaration of acceptance by the Member States, in the interest of the European Union, of the accession of Singapore to the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (COM(2011)0915 — C8-0267/2014 — 2011/0450(NLE)) — JURI Committee — Rapporteur: Heidi Hautala (A8-0003/2015) — * Report on the proposal for a Council decision on the declaration of acceptance by the Member States, in the interest of the European Union, of the accession of Andorra to the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (COM(2011)0908 — C8-0264/2014 — 2011/0443(NLE)) — JURI Committee — Rapporteur: Heidi Hautala (A8-0004/2015) — * Report on the proposal for a Council decision on the declaration of acceptance by the Member States, in the interest of the European Union, of the accession of Morocco to the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (COM(2011)0916 — C8-0268/2014 — 2011/0451(NLE)) — JURI Committee — Rapporteur: Heidi Hautala (A8-0005/2015) — * Report on the proposal for a Council decision on the declaration of acceptance by the Member States, in the interest of the European Union, of the accession of Seychelles to the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (COM(2011)0909 — C8-0265/2014 — 2011/0444(NLE)) — JURI Committee — Rapporteur: Heidi Hautala (A8-0006/2015) — * Report on the proposal for a Council decision on the declaration of acceptance by the Member States, in the interest of the European Union, of the accession of Gabon to the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (COM(2011)0904 — C8-0263/2014 — 2011/0441(NLE)) — JURI Committee — Rapporteur: Heidi Hautala (A8-0007/2015) — * Report on the proposal for a Council decision on the declaration of acceptance by the Member States, in the interest of the European Union, of the accession of the Russian Federation to the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (COM(2011)0911 — C8-0266/2014 — 2011/0447(NLE)) — JURI Committee — Rapporteur: Heidi Hautala (A8-0008/2015) — * Report on the proposal for a Council decision on the declaration of acceptance by the Member States, in the interest of the European Union, of the accession of Armenia to the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (COM(2011)0917 — C8-0269/2014 — 2011/0452(NLE)) — JURI Committee — Rapporteur: Heidi Hautala (A8-0009/2015) — *** Recommendation on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of a Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Senegal and the Implementation Protocol thereto (12812/2014 — C8-0276/2014 — 2014/0238(NLE)) — PECH Committee — Rapporteur: Norica Nicolai (A8-0010/2015) — Report on the work of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2014/2154(INI)) — DEVE Committee — Rapporteur: Charles Goerens (A8-0012/2015) — Report on the verification of credentials (2014/2165(REG)) — JURI Committee — Rapporteur: Pavel Svoboda (A8-0013/2015) — ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulations (EC) No 850/98, (EC) No 2187/2005, (EC) No 1967/2006, (EC) No 1098/2007, (EC) No 254/2002, (EC) No 2347/2002 and (EC) No 1224/2009 and repealing (EC) No 1434/98 as regards the landing obligation (COM(2013)0889 — C7-0465/2013 — 2013/0436(COD)) — PECH Committee — Rapporteur: Alain Cadec (A8-0060/2014)

8.    Questions for oral answer (submission)

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

—	(O-000091/2014) by Giovanni La Via, on behalf of the ENVI Committee, to the Commission: Country of origin labelling for meat ingredients in processed food (2014/2875(RSP)) (B8-0101/2015);

—	(O-000001/2015) by Pavel Svoboda, Jean-Marie Cavada and Angel Dzhambazki, on behalf of the JURI Committee, to the Commission: Commission's group of experts on the enforcement of intellectual property rights (2014/2972(RSP)) (B8-0102/2015);

—	(O-000002/2015) by Marita Ulvskog, on behalf of the EMPL Committee, to the Commission: Promotion of employee financial participation (2014/2987(RSP)) (B8-0103/2015);

—	(O-000003/2015) by Iratxe García Pérez, on behalf of the FEMM Committee, to the Commission: Zero tolerance for female genital mutilation (FGM) (2014/2988(RSP)) (B8-0104/2015).

9.    Texts of agreements forwarded by the Council

The Council had forwarded certified true copies of the following:

—

Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Azerbaijan, of the other part, on a framework agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Azerbaijan on the general principles for the participation of the Republic of Azerbaijan in Union programmes;

—	Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation between the European Union and the Faroe Islands associating the Faroe Islands to Horizon2020 — the framework programme for research and innovation (2014-2020);

—	Protocol to the Framework Agreement on Partnership and Cooperation between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of the Philippines, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union.

10.    Petitions

The following petitions, which had been entered in the register on the dates shown below, had been forwarded to the committee responsible under Rule 215(6):

5 February 2015

(*) Name confidential. Leslie Le Monnier de Gouville (No 2580/2014); (*) (No 2581/2014); (*) (No 2582/2014); (*) (No 2583/2014); (*) (No 2584/2014); Silvio Pancheri (No 2585/2014); (*) (No 2586/2014); (*) (No 2587/2014); (*) (No 2588/2014); (*) (No 2589/2014); (*) (No 2590/2014); (*) (No 2591/2014); (*) (No 2592/2014); (*) (No 2593/2014); (*) (No 2594/2014); (*) (No 2595/2014); (*) (No 2596/2014); (*) (No 2597/2014); (*) (No 2598/2014); (*) (No 2599/2014); Werner Kulka (No 2600/2014); (*) (No 2601/2014); (*) (No 2602/2014); (*) (No 2603/2014); (*) (No 2604/2014); (*) (No 2605/2014); (*) (No 2606/2014); (*) (No 2607/2014); Nicanor Pohoata (No 2608/2014); (*) (No 2609/2014); (*) (No 2610/2014); (*) (No 2611/2014); Cristian Moldoveanu (No 2612/2014); Francesco Orbitello (No 2613/2014); (*) (No 2614/2014); (*) (No 2615/2014); (*) (No 2616/2014); (*) (No 2617/2014); (*) (No 2618/2014); (*) (No 2619/2014); (*) (No 2620/2014); (*) (No 2621/2014); (*) (No 2622/2014); (*) (No 2623/2014); (*) (No 2624/2014); (*) (No 2625/2014); (*) (No 2626/2014); (*) (No 2627/2014); (*) (No 2628/2014); (*) (No 2629/2014); Javier Villar Céspedes (No 2630/2014); (*) (No 2631/2014); Hanna Ehlers (No 2632/2014); (*) (No 2633/2014); (*) (No 2634/2014); (*) (No 2635/2014); (*) (No 2636/2014); (*) (No 2637/2014); Ernest Subrai (No 2638/2014); (*) (No 2639/2014); (*) (No 2640/2014); Ismael Antonio López Pérez (No 2641/2014); (*) (No 2642/2014); (*) (No 2643/2014); (*) (No 2644/2014); (*) (No 2645/2014); (*) (No 2646/2014); (*) (No 2647/2014); (*) (No 2648/2014); (*) (No 2649/2014); (*) (No 2650/2014); Adrijana Kos (No 2651/2014); (*) (No 2652/2014); (*) (No 2653/2014); Francisco Verdún Pérez (No 2654/2014); Christian Ries (No 2655/2014); (*) (No 2656/2014); (*) (No 2657/2014); (*) (No 2658/2014); (*) (No 2659/2014); (*) (No 2660/2014); Nicodim Eugen Lupea (No 2661/2014); (*) (No 2662/2014); (*) (No 2663/2014); (*) (No 2664/2014); (*) (No 2665/2014); (*) (No 2666/2014); (*) (No 2667/2014); (*) (No 2668/2014); (*) (No 2669/2014); (*) (No 2670/2014); (*) (No 2671/2014); (*) (No 2672/2014); (*) (No 2673/2014); (*) (No 2674/2014); (*) (No 2675/2014); (*) (No 2676/2014); (*) (No 2677/2014); (*) (No 2678/2014); (*) (No 2679/2014); (*) (No 2680/2014); (*) (No 2681/2014); (*) (No 2682/2014); (*) (No 2683/2014); (*) (No 2684/2014); (*) (No 2685/2014); (*) (No 2686/2014); (*) (No 2687/2014); (*) (No 2688/2014); (*) (No 2689/2014); (*) (No 2690/2014).

The President announced that in accordance with Rule 215(13) on 5 February 2015 he had referred to the committee responsible a petition addressed to Parliament by natural or legal persons who were not citizens of the European Union and who did not reside or have their registered office in a Member State.

11.    Order of business

The final draft agenda for the February I 2015 sittings (PE 548.169/PDOJ) had been distributed and a number of changes had been proposed (Rule 152):

Monday

With the agreement of the political groups, the President proposed that the sitting be extended until 22.00.

Parliament approved the proposal.

The following spoke: Matt Carthy to request a change to the rules on the organising of one-minute speeches on matters of political importance.

Tuesday

No changes.

Wednesday

Request by the Verts/ALE Group to amend the title of the Statement by the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy: ‘Humanitarian crisis in Iraq and Syria caused by IS violence’ (2015/2559(RSP)) as follows: ‘Humanitarian crisis in Iraq and Syria, in particular in the IS context’(point 75 of the final draft agenda).

The following spoke: Alyn Smith, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, to move the request.

Parliament approved the request.

Request by the PPE Group for the addition of a Commission statement: ‘Energy interconnections’ and the tabling of proposals for resolutions.

The following spoke: Françoise Grossetête, on behalf of the PPE Group, to move the request, Marian-Jean Marinescu, in support of the request, and Dan Nica, against the request.

Parliament rejected the request.

Request by Marek Jurek and 40 MEPs for the inclusion of a Commission statement: ‘70th anniversary of the Yalta Conference’, together with the tabling of proposals for resolutions.

The following spoke: Marek Jurek, on behalf of the ECR Group, to move the request; Philippe Lamberts, against the request, and Kazimierz Michał Ujazdowski to support the request.

Parliament rejected the request by electronic vote (82 in favour, 194 against, 30 abstentions).

Thursday

Request by the PPE Group to close the debate on the Commission statement: ‘Fight against child sexual abuse on the Internet’ (2015/2564(RSP)) (point 79 of the final draft agenda) by tabling proposals for resolutions, which would be voted on in March 2015.

The following spoke: Monika Hohlmeier, on behalf of the PPE Group, to move the request, and Anna Maria Corazza Bildt in support of the request.

Parliament approved the request.

The order of business was thus established.

The following spoke: Emmanouil Glezos to ask for a debate to be held on the situation in Greece.

12.    Commission's group of experts on the enforcement of intellectual property rights (debate)

Question for oral answer (O-000001/2015) by Pavel Svoboda, Jean-Marie Cavada and Angel Dzhambazki, on behalf of the JURI Committee, to the Commission: Commission's group of experts on the enforcement of intellectual property rights (2014/2972(RSP)) (B8-0102/2015)

Pavel Svoboda moved the question.

IN THE CHAIR: Alexander Graf LAMBSDORFF

Vice-President

Elżbieta Bieńkowska (Member of the Commission) answered the question.

The following spoke: Tadeusz Zwiefka, on behalf of the PPE Group, Dietmar Köster, on behalf of the S&D Group, Angel Dzhambazki, on behalf of the ECR Group, António Marinho e Pinto, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Jiří Maštálka, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Julia Reda, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Laura Ferrara, on behalf of the EFDD Group, Sabine Verheyen, who also replied to a blue-card question by Paul Rübig, Catherine Stihler, Beatrix von Storch, who also replied to a blue-card question by Bill Etheridge, Javier Couso Permuy, Isabella Adinolfi, Daniel Buda, Giorgos Grammatikakis, Pablo Echenique, Rosa Estaràs Ferragut, Victor Negrescu, Therese Comodini Cachia, Milan Zver, Alessia Maria Mosca, Evelyn Regner and José Blanco López.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Nicola Caputo, Angelika Niebler, Ivan Jakovčić, Notis Marias and Maria Grapini.

The following spoke: Elżbieta Bieńkowska.

The debate closed.

13.    Renewal of the mandate of the Internet Governance Forum (debate)

Commission statement: Renewal of the mandate of the Internet Governance Forum (2015/2526(RSP))

Andrus Ansip (Vice-President of the Commission) made the statement.

The following spoke: Pilar del Castillo Vera, on behalf of the PPE Group, Petra Kammerevert, on behalf of the S&D Group, and Vicky Ford, on behalf of the ECR Group.

IN THE CHAIR: Olli REHN

Vice-President

The following spoke: Kaja Kallas, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Michel Reimon, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, John Stuart Agnew, on behalf of the EFDD Group, Jean-François Jalkh, non-attached Member, Sabine Verheyen, Miroslav Poche, Dita Charanzová, Julia Reda, Mylène Troszczynski, Róża Gräfin von Thun und Hohenstein, Josef Weidenholzer, Marietje Schaake, who also replied to a blue-card question by Krisztina Morvai, Gilles Lebreton, Angelika Niebler, Nicola Danti, Massimiliano Salini, José Blanco López, Paul Rübig, Maria Spyraki and Eva Paunova.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Lambert van Nistelrooij, Nicola Caputo, Notis Marias, Ivan Jakovčić, Bill Etheridge, Michaela Šojdrová, Victor Negrescu, József Nagy, Michał Boni and Krisztina Morvai.

The following spoke: Andrus Ansip and Krisztina Morvai, to comment on what Mr Ansip said (the President reminded Members of the rules in force).

Motions for resolutions to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 123(2).

—

Pilar del Castillo Vera, Sabine Verheyen, Jerzy Buzek, Michał Boni and Róża Gräfin von Thun und Hohenstein, on behalf of the PPE Group, Dan Nica, Petra Kammerevert, Renato Soru, José Blanco López, Nicola Danti and Miroslav Poche, on behalf of the S&D Group, and Kaja Kallas, Dita Charanzová, Morten Helveg Petersen, Pavel Telička, Marietje Schaake and Filiz Hyusmenova, on behalf of the ALDE Group, on the renewal of the mandate of the Internet Governance Forum (2015/2526(RSP)) (B8-0099/2015);

—	Michel Reimon and Julia Reda, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, and Cornelia Ernst and Curzio Maltese, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, on the renewal of the mandate of the Internet Governance Forum (2015/2526(RSP)) (B8-0121/2015);

—	Evžen Tošenovský, Ashley Fox, Hans-Olaf Henkel and Marek Józef Gróbarczyk, on behalf of the ECR Group, on the renewal of the mandate of the Internet Governance Forum (2015/2526(RSP)) (B8-0130/2015);

—	David Borrelli, Dario Tamburrano, Laura Ferrara, Marco Zullo, Isabella Adinolfi, Tiziana Beghin and Rolandas Paksas, on behalf of the EFDD Group, on the renewal of the mandate of the Internet Governance Forum (2015/2526(RSP)) (B8-0131/2015).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 11.2.2015, item 9.19.

14.    Country of origin labelling for meat ingredients in processed food (debate)

Question for oral answer (O-000091/2014) by Giovanni La Via, on behalf of the ENVI Committee, to the Commission: Country of origin labelling for meat ingredients in processed food (2014/2875(RSP)) (B8-0101/2015)

Giovanni La Via (Chair of the ENVI Committee) moved the question.

Jyrki Katainen (Vice-President of the Commission) answered the question.

The following spoke: Renate Sommer, on behalf of the PPE Group, who also replied to two blue-card questions by Franz Obermayr and Tibor Szanyi, Glenis Willmott, on behalf of the S&D Group, who also replied to a blue-card question by Michaela Šojdrová, Jørn Dohrmann, on behalf of the ECR Group, who also replied to two blue-card questions by Renate Sommer and Margrete Auken, Anneli Jäätteenmäki, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Lynn Boylan, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Keith Taylor, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Piernicola Pedicini, on behalf of the EFDD Group, who also replied to two blue-card questions by Marc Tarabella and Renate Sommer, and Zoltán Balczó, non-attached Member.

IN THE CHAIR: Ryszard CZARNECKI

Vice-President

The following spoke: Angélique Delahaye, who also replied to a blue-card question by Bronis Ropė, Simona Bonafè, who also replied to a blue-card question by Giulia Moi, Mark Demesmaeker, Jan Huitema, who also replied to a blue-card question by Janusz Wojciechowski, Luke Ming Flanagan, Martin Häusling, who also replied to a blue-card question by Gesine Meissner, Julia Reid, Iveta Grigule, Andrzej Grzyb, Susanne Melior, who also replied to a blue-card question by Renate Sommer, Janusz Wojciechowski, Gesine Meissner, Anja Hazekamp, who also replied to a blue-card question by József Nagy, Eleonora Evi, Philippe Loiseau, Elisabetta Gardini, Daciana Octavia Sârbu, Beata Gosiewska, Marit Paulsen, Lidia Senra Rodríguez, Franz Obermayr and Elisabeth Köstinger, Karin Kadenbach, who also replied to a blue-card question by József Nagy, James Nicholson, Ivan Jakovčić, Miguel Viegas, Annie Schreijer-Pierik, Paolo De Castro, Zbigniew Kuźmiuk, Norbert Lins, Pavel Poc, Cristian-Silviu Bușoi, Biljana Borzan, Mairead McGuinness, Jytte Guteland, Tom Vandenkendelaere, Christel Schaldemose and Eric Andrieu.

The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Deirdre Clune, Marc Tarabella, Notis Marias, Marijana Petir, Tibor Szanyi, Ruža Tomašić and Giulia Moi.

The following spoke: Jyrki Katainen.

Motion for a resolution to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 128(5).

—	Giovanni La Via, Glenis Willmott, Julie Girling, Anneli Jäätteenmäki, Lynn Boylan, Keith Taylor and Piernicola Pedicini, on behalf of the ENVI Committee, on behalf of the ENVI Committee, on country of origin labelling for meat in processed food (2014/2875(RSP)) (B8-0097/2015).

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 11.2.2015, item 9.20.

15.    Composition of committees

At the request of the S&D Group, Parliament ratified the following appointment:

—	PETI Committee: Miriam Dalli.

16.    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:

Milan Zver, Nicola Caputo, Notis Marias, Marian Harkin, Paloma López Bermejo, Julia Reda, Eleonora Evi, Gerolf Annemans, József Nagy, Doru-Claudian Frunzulică, Marek Jurek, Jozo Radoš, Sofia Sakorafa, Igor Šoltes, James Carver, Janusz Korwin-Mikke, Stanislav Polčák, Tibor Szanyi, Zbigniew Kuźmiuk, Maite Pagazaurtundúa Ruiz, Josep-Maria Terricabras, Elissavet Vozemberg, Iliana Iotova, Ildikó Gáll-Pelcz, Claudia Tapardel, Dubravka Šuica, Soledad Cabezón Ruiz, Krzysztof Hetman and Miroslav Mikolášik.

17.    Agenda of the next sitting

The agenda of the next day's sitting had been established (‘Agenda’ PE 548.169/OJMA).

18.    Closure of the sitting

The sitting closed at 22.20.