14 July 2014
MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 14 JULY 2014

(2015/C 167/01)

Contents

1.

Resumption of the session

3

2.

Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

3

3.

Statement by the President

3

4.

Composition of Parliament

3

5.

Composition of political groups

3

6.

Composition of committees

4

7.

Draft budget for the financial year 2015 (deadlines for tabling draft amendments)

4

8.

Corrigenda (Rule 231)

4

9.

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

5

10.

Documents received:

5

11.

Petitions

6

12.

Order of business

7

13.

One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

8

14.

Agenda of the next sitting

9

15.

Closure of the sitting

9

ATTENDANCE REGISTER

10

Minutes of the sitting of 14 July 2014

IN THE CHAIR: Martin SCHULZ

President

1.   Resumption of the session

The sitting opened at 17.05.

2.   Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.

3.   Statement by the President

The President made a statement on the numerous floods which had struck several Member States and other European countries in recent months. While highlighting the high cost of these natural disasters in human and economic terms, he also pointed to the far-reaching solidarity they engendered between the people concerned.

He said it was now up to Europe to come to the assistance of the people in the regions affected.

4.   Composition of Parliament

Willy Meyer had given notice in writing of his resignation as Member of Parliament, with effect from 10 July 2014.

Pursuant to Rule 4(3), Parliament established the vacancy of the seat with effect from that date and informed the national authority.

The Italian authorities had given notification that the mandate of Flavio Tosi had ended with effect from 9 July 2014, owing to the incompatibility of his circumstances under national law, and that Lorenzo Fontana had replaced him as from 11 July 2014.

In accordance with Rule 4(4), Parliament established that Flavio Tosi's seat was vacant as from 9 July 2014 and took note of the election of Lorenzo Fontana with effect from 11 July 2014.

Under Rule 3(2), until such time as his credentials had been verified or a ruling had been given on any dispute, and provided that he had previously made a written declaration stating that he did not hold any office incompatible with that of Member of the European Parliament, Lorenzo Fontana would take his seat in Parliament and on its bodies and would enjoy all the rights attaching thereto.

5.   Composition of political groups

Norica Nicolai had left the PPE Group and joined the ALDE Group with effect from 7 July 2014.

6.   Composition of committees

The President had received the following requests for appointments from the ALDE, GUE/NGL, PPE, ECR and EFDD Groups:

—	BUDG Committee: Younous Omarjee, Marco Valli to replace Petr Mach, Richard Ashworth to replace Philip Bradbourn

—	ECON Committee: Ramon Tremosa i Balcells

—	CULT Committee: Fernando Maura Barandiarán to replace Maite Pagazaurtundúa Ruiz, Anders Primdahl Vistisen to replace Rikke Karlsson

—	DEVE Committee: Maite Pagazaurtundúa Ruiz to replace Fernando Maura Barandiarán

—	DROI Subcommittee: Maite Pagazaurtundúa Ruiz to replace Fernando Maura Barandiarán

—	SEDE Subcommittee: Christian Ehler to replace György Schöpflin

—	EMPL Committee: Tiziana Beghin to replace Marco Valli

—	CONT Committee: Marco Valli to replace Tiziana Beghin; Bernd Kölmel to replace Philip Bradbourn

—	LIBE Committee: Alessandra Mussolini to replace Barbara Matera

—	TRAN Committee: Barbara Matera to replace Alessandra Mussolini, Syed Kamall to replace Mirosław Piotrowski

—	REGI Committee: Ruža Tomašić to replace Stanisław Ożóg.

The appointments would be deemed ratified if there were no objections before the approval of these minutes.

7.   Draft budget for the financial year 2015(deadlines for tabling draft amendments)

The deadlines for tabling draft amendments to the draft budget for the financial year 2015 had been set as follows:

—	for the committees and Members (at least 40 Members): Thursday 4 September 2014 at 12 noon

—	for the political groups: Thursday 11 September 2014 at 12 noon.

8.   Corrigenda(Rule 231)

The relevant committees had forwarded the following corrigenda to texts adopted by the European Parliament:

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CorrigendumP7_TA-PROV(2014)0368(COR01) to the position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 15 April 2014 with a view to the adoption of Directive 2014/…/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2013/34/EU as regards disclosure of non-financial and diversity information by certain large undertakings and groups P7_TA-PROV(2014)0368 (COM(2013)0207 — C7-0103/2013 — 2013/0110(COD)) — JURI Committee

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CorrigendumP7_TA-PROV(2014)0282(COR01) to the position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 3 April 2014 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) No …/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market P7_TA-PROV(2014)0282 (COM(2012)0238 — C7-0133/2012 — 2012/0146(COD)) — ITRE Committee

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CorrigendumP7_TA-PROV(2014)0419(COR01) to the position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 16 April 2014 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) No …/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for managing financial responsibility linked to investor-to-state dispute settlement tribunals established by international agreements to which the European Union is party P7_TA-PROV(2014)0419 (COM(2012)0335 — C7-0155/2012 — 2012/0163(COD)) — INTA Committee

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CorrigendumP7_TA-PROV(2014)0389(COR01) to the position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 15 April 2014 with a view to the adoption of Directive 2014/…/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on marine equipment and repealing Council Directive 96/98/EC P7_TA-PROV(2014)0389 (COM(2012)0772 — C7-0414/2012 — 2012/0358(COD)) — TRAN Committee

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CorrigendumP7_TA-PROV(2014)0074(COR01) to the position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 17 April 2014 with a view to the adoption of Directive 2014/…/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for maritime spatial planning P7_TA-PROV(2014)0449 (COM(2013)0133 — C7-0065/2013 — 2013/0074(COD)) — TRAN Committee

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CorrigendumP7_TA-PROV(2014)0393(COR01) to the position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 15 April 2014 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) No …/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council on multiannual funding for the action of the European Maritime Safety Agency in the field of response to marine pollution caused by ships and oil and gas installations P7_TA-PROV(2014)0393 (COM(2013)0174 — C7-0089/2013 — 2013/0092(COD)) — TRAN Committee

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

The corrigenda would be available on the Europarl site.

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

The President announced that on Tuesday, 15 July 2014, 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 establishing uniform rules and a uniform procedure for the resolution of credit institutions and certain investment firms in the framework of a Single Resolution Mechanism and a Single Resolution Fund and amending Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council (00088/2014/LEX — C8-0101/2014 — 2013/0253(COD))

10.   Documents received:

The following documents had been received from the Council and Commission

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Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 184/2005 on Community statistics concerning balance of payments, international trade in services and foreign direct investment as regards conferring of delegated and implementing powers upon the Commission for the adoption of certain measures (COM(2014)0379 — C8-0038/2014 — 2014/0194(COD)) referred to responsible: ECON opinion: JURI

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Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directives 2008/98/EC on waste, 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste, 1999/31/EC on the landfill of waste, 2000/53/EC on end-of-life vehicles, 2006/66/EC on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators, and 2012/19/EU on waste electrical and electronic equipment (COM(2014)0397 — C8-0086/2014 — 2014/0201(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, ECON, IMCO, TRAN

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Proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, in accordance with Point 13 of the Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission of 2 December 2013 on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management (application EGF/2012/010 RO/Mechel from Romania) (COM(2014)0255 — C8-0088/2014 — 2014/2043(BUD)) referred to responsible: BUDG opinion: EMPL, REGI

—	Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Agreement between Canada and the European Union on the transfer and processing of Passenger Name Record data (12652/2013 — C8-0089/2014 — 2013/0250(NLE)) referred to responsible: LIBE opinion: AFET, TRAN

—	Recommendation for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 2532/98 concerning the powers of the European Central Bank to impose sanctions (ECB/2014/19) (10896/2014 — C8-0090/2014 — 2014/0807(CNS)) referred to responsible: ECON

—	Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 11/2014 — Section III — Commission (N8-0006/2014 — C8-0091/2014 — 2014/2046(GBD)) referred to responsible: BUDG

—	Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 12/2014 — Section III — Commission (N8-0007/2014 — C8-0092/2014 — 2014/2047(GBD)) referred to responsible: BUDG

—	Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 13/2014 — Section III — Commission (N8-0008/2014 — C8-0093/2014 — 2014/2048(GBD)) referred to responsible: BUDG

—	Proposal for transfer of appropriations DEC 14/2014 — Section III — Commission (N8-0009/2014 — C8-0094/2014 — 2014/2049(GBD)) referred to responsible: BUDG

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Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union and its Member States, of the Protocol to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Serbia, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union (06682/2014 — C8-0098/2014 — 2014/0039(NLE)) referred to responsible: AFET opinion: PECH, AGRI, INTA

11.   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):

8 July 2014

(name confidential) (No 1338/2014); (name confidential) (No 1339/2014); (name confidential) (No 1340/2014); (name confidential) (No 1341/2014); (name confidential) (No 1342/2014); Robert Sobotka (No 1343/2014); (name confidential) (No 1344/2014); Alberto Ruiz González (No 1345/2014); (name confidential) (No 1346/2014); Simón Alonso Sánchez (No 1347/2014); Simón Alonso Sánchez (No 1348/2014); Götz Solmos (No 1349/2014); Joachim Guse (No 1350/2014); (name confidential) (No 1351/2014); (name confidential) (No 1352/2014); Rosemary Lima (No 1353/2014); Ana Giorgiana Bancu (No 1354/2014); Andre Dumoulin (No 1355/2014); (name confidential) (No 1356/2014); (name confidential) (No 1357/2014); István Dalnoki (No 1358/2014); (name confidential) (No 1359/2014); (name confidential) (No 1360/2014); Rudolf Schmitt (No 1361/2014); Sylvie Signoret (No 1362/2014); (name confidential) (No 1363/2014); (name confidential) (No 1364/2014); (name confidential) (No 1365/2014); (name confidential) (No 1366/2014); (name confidential) (No 1367/2014); Ioannis Sapakolis (No 1368/2014); (name confidential) (No 1369/2014); (name confidential) (No 1370/2014); (name confidential) (No 1371/2014); (name confidential) (No 1372/2014); (name confidential) (No 1373/2014); Marc Vincent Dietz (No 1374/2014); Alberto De la Peña Guillén (No 1375/2014); Leopoldo Camacho Vázquez (No 1376/2014); Juan José Suárez Crespo (No 1377/2014); (name confidential) (No 1378/2014); Ludwig Schönenbach (No 1379/2014); Gerhard Streichert (No 1380/2014); Domenico Di Conza (No 1381/2014); Diego Ignacio Castilla García (No 1382/2014); (name confidential) (No 1383/2014); Margarete Seibold (No 1384/2014); (name confidential) (No 1385/2014); (name confidential) (No 1386/2014); Eddy Vyncke (No 1387/2014); (name confidential) (No 1388/2014); Carmelo Calamia (No 1389/2014); (name confidential) (No 1390/2014); (name confidential) (No 1391/2014); Constanze Koch-Bradshaw (No 1392/2014); (name confidential) (No 1393/2014); Soňa Podušková (No 1394/2014); (name confidential) (No 1395/2014); (name confidential) (No 1396/2014); (name confidential) (No 1397/2014); (name confidential) (No 1398/2014); (name confidential) (No 1399/2014); (name confidential) (No 1400/2014); Giuseppe De Luca (No 1401/2014); Maximilian Fuchs (No 1402/2014); Gyanendra Khatiwada (No 1403/2014); (name confidential) (No 1404/2014); (name confidential) (No 1405/2014); Julien Grange (No 1406/2014); Detlef Liehnen (No 1407/2014); (name confidential) (No 1408/2014); Gérard Toussaint (No 1409/2014); (name confidential) (No 1410/2014); Adán Gracia Díaz (No 1411/2014); (name confidential) (No 1412/2014); (name confidential) (No 1413/2014); (name confidential) (No 1414/2014); (name confidential) (No 1415/2014); (name confidential) (No 1416/2014); Diego Padilla Philipps (No 1417/2014); Harry Durimel (No 1418/2014); (name confidential) (No 1419/2014); Remus Tiberiu Hirschkorn (No 1420/2014); Jancsik Árpád (No 1421/2014); Giuseppe La Regina (No 1422/2014); Lina Rossi (No 1423/2014); (name confidential) (No 1424/2014); Michal Mrázik (No 1425/2014); (name confidential) (No 1426/2014); (name confidential) (No 1427/2014); (name confidential) (No 1428/2014); Kacper Modzelewski (No 1429/2014); (name confidential) (No 1430/2014); Roberto Marcoccio (No 1431/2014); Gerhard Streichert (No 1432/2014); (name confidential) (No 1433/2014); Alberto De la Peña Guillén (No 1434/2014); Fidel Samulevich (No 1435/2014); Michele Fuoco (No 1436/2014); (name confidential) (No 1437/2014); (name confidential) (No 1438/2014); (name confidential) (No 1439/2014); Christian Heitsch (No 1440/2014); (name confidential) (No 1441/2014); (name confidential) (No 1442/2014); Poul Schulte-Frankenfeld (No 1443/2014); (name confidential) (No 1444/2014); Andreas Luschei (No 1445/2014); Günter Dillikrath (No 1446/2014); (name confidential) (No 1447/2014); Maurice Frank (No 1448/2014); Giampiero Tola (No 1449/2014); Susete Marques (No 1450/2014); (name confidential) (No 1451/2014); Petra Schuhová (No 1452/2014); Johannes Buchholz (No 1453/2014); (name confidential) (No 1454/2014); Alberto De la Peña Guillén (No 1455/2014); Ionuț-Bogdan Alexandrescu (No 1456/2014); Maurizio Cancelmo (No 1457/2014); (name confidential) (No 1458/2014); Bruce Martens (No 1459/2014); Danut Sivu (No 1460/2014); Alberto Ruiz González (No 1461/2014); Atodiresei Narcisa (No 1462/2014); (name confidential) (No 1463/2014); Francisco García Trigo (No 1464/2014); Kurt Bilogan (No 1465/2014); Bráulio Amaro Caamaño (No 1466/2014); (name confidential) (No 1467/2014); Kumar Sreeram (No 1468/2014); Gabriel Manea (No 1469/2014); Danut Sivu (No 1470/2014).

The President announced that, on 8 July 2014, he had forwarded to the committee responsible, in accordance with Rule 215(13), a petition to the European Parliament from a natural person who was not a citizen of the European Union and was not resident in a Member State.

12.   Order of business

The final draft agenda for the July II 2014 sittings (PE 536.442/PDOJ) had been distributed and a number of changes had been proposed (Rule 152:

Monday

No changes.

Tuesday

Request by the ECR Group to include on the agenda a statement by the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on the destruction of Syrian chemical weapons in the Mediterranean between Greece and Italy.

The following spoke: Notis Marias, to explain the reasons, and Rebecca Harms, in support of the request.

Parliament agreed to the request by electronic vote (148 in favour, 139 against, 57 abstentions)

The statement would be entered on the agenda as the fourth item in the afternoon.

The following spoke: Beatrix von Storch on the agenda.

Wednesday

Escalation of violence between Israel and Palestine (statement by the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy) (item 42 on the final draft agenda)

Request by the GUE/NGL Group to wind up the debate on this statement by tabling motions for resolutions.

The following spoke: Gabriele Zimmer, to explain the reasons, Enrique Guerrero Salom, supporting the request, and Cristian Dan Preda, opposing it.

Parliament approved the request.

The following deadlines had been set:

—	motions for resolutions: Tuesday 15 July 2014 at 10.00

—	joint motion for a resolution: Wednesday 16 July 2014 at 12.00

—	amendments: Wednesday 16 July 2014 at 13.00

—	vote: Thursday 17 July 2014

Thursday

No changes.

The order of business was thus established.

13.   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:

Pál Csáky.

IN THE CHAIR: Adina-Ioana VĂLEAN

Vice-President

Milan Zver, Patricija Šulin, Catherine Stihler, Notis Marias, Eva Paunova, Nicola Caputo, Georgios Kyrtsos, Andrus Ansip, Ildikó Gáll-Pelcz, Carlos Jiménez Villarejo, Jordi Sebastià, Piernicola Pedicini, Danuta Jazłowiecka, Robert Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz, Beatrix von Storch, Csaba Sógor, Csaba Molnár, Ruža Tomašić, João Ferreira, Gabriel Mato, Romana Tomc, Kristina Winberg, Czesław Adam Siekierski, Maria Grapini, Kazimierz Michał Ujazdowski, Lidia Senra Rodríguez and Sotirios Zarianopoulos.

The President gave her best wishes to the French Members on the French National Day.

14.   Agenda of the next sitting

The agenda of the next day's sitting had been established (‘Agenda’ PE 536.442/OJMA).

15.   Closure of the sitting

The sitting closed at 18.00.