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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

CONFERENCE OF PRESIDENTS

MINUTES

of the ordinary meeting of Thursday

6 April 2017

Louise WEISS, Room R1.1

Strasbourg

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MINUTES

of the ordinary meeting of

Thursday, 6 April 2017

from 10:00 to 12:00 hours

Louise WEISS, Room R1.1

Strasbourg

CONTENTS

Page

1. Adoption of the draft agenda ............................................................................................. 9

2. Approval of the draft Minutes of the meeting of 29 March 2017 ................................... 10

3. Adoption of the final draft agenda for the April II part-session (from 26 to 27 April 2017)

and the draft agenda for the May I part-session (from 15 to 18 May 2017) – Scheduling

of key debates in plenary ................................................................................................. 11

4. Communications by the President ................................................................................... 13

4.1 President’s visit to London, United Kingdom ................................................................. 13

4.2 Meeting with Ms MOGHERINI, Vice-President of the European Commission/High

Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy ............................ 13

4.3 Meeting of the Conference of Presidents with the incoming Council Presidency in Tallinn,

Estonia ............................................................................................................................. 13

4.4 Guest speakers in plenary ................................................................................................ 14

5. Preparation of the extraordinary meeting of the European Council on the UK withdrawal

from the EU, on 29 April 2017 ....................................................................................... 15

6. Request from parliamentary committees to draw-up own-initiative reports under Rule 52,

and requests for application of Rule 54, and related requests ......................................... 18

7. Request from the Committee on Constitutional Affairs to draw-up an own-initiative report

under Rule 45 entitled “Composition of the European Parliament” ............................... 20

8. Attribution of competence for the legislative report on a Union certification system for

aviation security screening equipment ............................................................................ 22

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9. Recommendation from the Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

concerning a proposal to appoint representatives from patients’ and health professionals’

organisations to the Paediatric Committee of the European Medicines Agency ............ 23

10. Proposal for the appointment of two members to the Committee of Independent Eminent

Persons pursuant to Article 11(1) of Regulation No 1141/2014 ..................................... 25

11. Request from the Transparency Register contact Group to hold a workshop entitled ‘EU

Transparency Register – Lobbying, Parliament and Public Trust’, in Brussels, 10 May

2017 ................................................................................................................................. 26

12. Request from the Committee on Development to send one Member with the delegation

of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs to Athens and the Samos

Island, Greece, from 22 to 25 May 2017 ........................................................................ 27

13. Request from the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety and the

Committee on Industry, Research and Energy to send an ad hoc delegation to the 23rd

Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate

Change in Bonn, Germany, from 14 to 18 November 2017 .......................................... 28

14. Request from the Committee of Inquiry into Money Laundering, Tax Avoidance and Tax

Evasion to send two ad hoc delegations to Portugal, from 22 to 23 June 2017 .............. 29

15. Request from the Committee on Development to send its standing rapporteur for

humanitarian aid to the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in Cancun, Mexico,

from 24 to 26 May 2017 ................................................................................................. 30

16. Request from the Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula to allow a one-day

stopover in Tokyo during their mission to South Korea in week 21, 2017 ................... 31

17. Request from the Democracy Support and Election Coordination Group to authorise one

Member to travel to Ukraine, from 18 to 20 April 2017 ............................................... 32

18. Request from the Democracy Support and Election Coordination Group for authorisation

for a five Member delegation to travel to Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam and Dodoma,

Tanzania, from 8 to 11 May 2017 ................................................................................... 34

19. Request from the Steering Group of the Parliamentary Conference on the World Trade

Organisation to send an ad hoc delegation to attend the Public Forum 2017 in Geneva,

Switzerland, from 26 to 28 September 2017 .................................................................. 36

20. Request from the Co-Chairs of the Steering Group of the Parliamentary Conference on

the World Trade Organisation to send an ad-hoc delegation to the 11th WTO Ministerial

Conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from 10 to 14 December 2017 ...................... 38

21. Urgent matters and any other business .......................................................................... 40

21.1 Attribution of competences for the own-initiative report on International Ocean

Governance ..................................................................................................................... 40

21.2 Request from the Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Committee on Foreign Affairs

to add two Members to Parliament’s delegation to the 4th EU-Turkmenistan Inter-

parliamentary meeting, in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, from 17 to 21 April 2017 ............. 41

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21.3 Request for association under Rule 55 by the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee

regarding a legislative report of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home

Affairs on countering money laundering by criminal law .............................................. 42

21.4 Change of venue of the Euro-Latin Parliamentary Assembly meeting, from 22 to 24 May

2017, to Florence, Italy ................................................................................................... 43

22. Items for information ...................................................................................................... 44

22.1 Internal correspondence .................................................................................................. 44

22.2 Inter-institutional correspondence ................................................................................... 44

22.3 External correspondence ................................................................................................. 44

23. Date and place of next meeting ....................................................................................... 45

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MINUTES

of the meeting of Thursday 6 April 2017

from 10:00 to 12:00 hours

Strasbourg

The meeting opened at 10.05 hours with Mr Antonio TAJANI,

President of the European Parliament, in the chair

Present

Mr TAJANI, President

Political Group Chairs

Mr WEBER (EPP)

Mr PITTELLA (S&D)

Ms STEVENS (Acting) 1 (ECR)

Mr VERHOFSTADT (ALDE)

Ms ZIMMER (GUE/NGL)

Ms KELLER (Co-Chair) (Greens/EFA)

Mr LUNDGREN (Acting) (EFDD)

Mr DE GRAAFF (Co-Chair) (ENF)

Ms DODDS2 (NI)

Also Present

Mr WELLE, Secretary-General

Mr WINKLER, Deputy Secretary-General

1 Assisted by Ms De Maere and Ms Borinstein, sign interpreters 2 Present pursuant to Rule 26 (2) of the Rules of Regulations of Procedure

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Invited:

Ms WIKSTRÖM, Chair of the Conference of Committee

Chairs Also invited - item 5 on the agenda Ms HÜBNER, Chair of the Committee on Constitutional

Affairs

Mr BROK, EPP Group Contact Person

Mr GUALTIERI, S&D Group Contact Person

Mr FOX, ECR Group Contact Person

Ms ANDERSON, GUE/NGL Group Contact Person

Mr TERRICABRAS, Greens/EFA Group Contact Person

Mr HELMER, EFDD Group Contact Person

The Council1

represented by Mr KERLEROUX

Ms JAANSALU

The Commission1

represented by Mr CLEMENS

Mr LEGAL

The Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and

Security Policy1

represented by Mr VISENTIN

Office of the President Mr CANGA FANO

Mr CHIOCCHETTI

Mr CORAZZA

Ms SALVELLI

Mr WEISS

Office of the Secretary-General Mr MANGOLD

Mr DEBIE

Ms FERNANDEZ PERLES

Ms SOCHACKA

Mr DE FINANCE

Office of the Deputy Secretary-General

Mr SCHWARTZ

Secretariat

1 Present for items 1-3

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DG Presidency (PRES) Mr LANE/Ms ROBSON/Ms GANDOLFO/Ms VLASTARA1/

Ms SAILIS1

DG Internal Policies (IPOL) Mr RIBERA d’ALCALA/Ms VANDENBOSCH/Mr PACHECO2

DG External Policies (EXPO)

Mr AGUIRIANO

DG European Parliamentary Research Services (EPRS)

Mr BASSOT

DG Communication (COMM)

Mr DUCH GUILLOT/Ms VAN DEN BROEKE

DG Personnel (PERS)

Mr KNUDSEN

DG Infrastructures and Logistics (INLO)

Ms LINNUS

DG Translation (TRAD)

Mr MAVRIČ

DG Finance (FINS)

Mr KLETHI

DG Interpretation and Conferences (INTE)

Ms WISNIEWSKA

DG Innovation and Technical Support (ITEC)

Mr VILELLA

DG Security and Safety (SAFE)

Mr CAROZZA

Legal Service (SJ) Mr DREXLER/Ms MARTINEZ IGLESIAS

Directorate for relations with political groups

Mr SCHWETZ

__________________ 1 Present for items 1-3

2 Present for item 5

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Secretariat of the Bureau

Mr TZIORKAS

Political groups

Mr KAMP/Ms SCRIBAN/Ms LASKAVA (EPP)

Mr MORENO SANCHEZ/Mr BURU/Ms PEREIRA/Mr CARDELLA/Ms GLIUBIZZI (S&D)

Mr BARRETT/Mr BOYD (ECR)

Mr BEELS/Ms COLERA-GARZÓN/Mr RASMUSSEN/McLAUGHLIN (ALDE)

Ms LEPOLA/Ms ASLETT-RYDBJERG/Mr CARTY (GUE/NGL)

Ms TSETSI/Mr BROUWER/Mr LINAZASORO (Greens/EFA)

Ms LALOUX/Mr TEUSCHER (EFDD)

Mr DE DANNE/Mr CAMPOMENOSI (ENF)

Mr BORDEZ (NI)

Ms WOLLNY, Ms KOSTIDOU, Mr ROHLJE, Ms BERTULESSI and Mr VAUGIER acted

as secretaries to the meeting.

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1. Adoption of the draft agenda

The Conference of Presidents

- noted and adopted the draft agenda in the form shown in these minutes

(PE 599.234/CPG).

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2. Approval of the draft Minutes of the meeting of 29 March 2017


- noted and approved the draft Minutes of the ordinary meeting of 29 March 2017, held in

Brussels (PE 599.195/CPG and annex).

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3. Adoption of the final draft agenda for the April II part-session (from 26 to 27 April 2017) and the

draft agenda for the May I part-session (from 15 to 18 May 2017) – Scheduling of key debates in

plenary


- took note of the following documents:

the draft agenda for the April II part-session (from 26 to 27 April 2017) in Brussels,

and the draft agenda for the May I part-session (from 15 to 18 May 2017) in

Strasbourg;

a letter dated 4 April 2017 from Ms WIKSTRÖM, Chair of the Conference of

Committee Chairs, submitting a recommendation regarding the agenda of the

May I part-session (from 15 to 18 May 2017) (PE 602.128/CPG and annexes);

- held an exchange of views with the participation of Mr WEBER, Chair of EPP Group,

Mr PITTELLA, Chair of S&D Group, Ms STEVENS, acting Chair of ECR Group,

Mr VERHOFSTADT, Chair of the ALDE Group, Ms ZIMMER, Chair of the GUE/NGL,

Ms KELLER, Co-Chair of the Greens/EFA Group, Mr LUNDGREN, acting Chair of the

EFDD Group, and Mr DE GRAAFF, Co-Chair of the ENF Group, and adopted the final

draft agenda for the April II 2017 part-session with the following modifications:

Wednesday, 26 April 2017

- decided to add a Commission statement on the situation in Hungary and to postpone

the joint debate on the EU-Norway agreement to the May I 2017 part-session;

Thursday, 27 April 2017

- decided to debate jointly the Annual report on the financial activities of the European

Investment Bank and the Annual report on the control of the financial activities of the

European Investment Bank for 2015, to postpone the Annual Report 2014 on

subsidiarity and proportionality to the May I 2017 part-session, to be added on

Wednesday afternoon after the report on cross-border portability of online content

services in the internal market, and to invite Mr DIJSSELBLOEM, President of the

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Eurogroup, to give a statement on the State of play of the second review of the

economic adjustment programme for Greece, followed by a debate;

- adopted the preliminary draft agenda for the May I 2017 part-session, including the

addition of the Annual Report 2014 on subsidiarity and proportionality.

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4. Communications by the President

4.1 President’s visit to London, United Kingdom


- heard the President report that he had accepted an invitation from Ms MAY, Prime

Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, to London, United

Kingdom, with a view to maintaining and strengthening a cooperative approach, against

the backdrop of Parliament’s resolution on negotiations with the United Kingdom

following its notification that it intended to withdraw from the European Union;

- endorsed the President’s approach.

4.2 Meeting with Ms MOGHERINI, Vice-President of the European Commission/High

Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy


- heard the President propose that Ms MOGHERINI, Vice President of the European

Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,

be invited to a forthcoming meeting of the Conference of Presidents to discuss current

international developments, and that Mr McALLISTER, Chair of the Committee on

Foreign Affairs, and Ms AYALA SENDER, Chair of the Conference of Delegation

Chairs, be invited to that meeting;

- endorsed the President’s proposal.

4.3 Meeting of the Conference of Presidents with the incoming Council Presidency in Tallinn, Estonia


- heard the President note that a meeting of the Conference of Presidents with the incoming

Estonian Council Presidency would take place on 30 May 2017, in Tallinn, Estonia, and

that the meeting would be guided by the following principles: the Conference of

Presidents, as Parliament’s political governing body, would represent Parliament’s

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priorities for the term of the Council Presidency, based on a content-oriented programme

and meeting agenda, and that the programme would include an event with civil society;

- heard the President propose that the programme be discussed in more detail at a

subsequent meeting;


4.4 Guest speakers in plenary


- heard the President report that Mr GUTERES, Secretary-General of the United Nations,

would speak in plenary, on 17 May 2017, and that Mr OUATTARA, President of the

Ivory Coast, would be invited to speak in plenary in June 2017, in view of the forthcoming

EU-Africa Summit in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, in November 2017;


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5. Preparation of the extraordinary meeting of the European Council on the UK withdrawal from the

EU, on 29 April 2017



a draft motion for a resolution dated 29 March 2017 to wind up the debate on

negotiations with the United Kingdom following its notification that it intends to

withdraw from the European Union (PE 620.123/CPG);

a statement by the European Council dated 29 March 2017 on the United Kingdom’s

notification of its intention to withdraw from the European Union, under Article 50

TEU (PE 602.159/CPG);

a letter dated 29 March 2017, from Ms MAY, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, to Mr TUSK, President of the European

Council, notifying the European Council of the United Kingdom’s intention to

withdraw from the European Union, under Article 50 TEU (PE 602.158/CPG);

- heard the President introduce the item by recalling Parliament’s plenary debate and its

resolution on negotiations with the United Kingdom following its notification that it

intended to withdraw from the European Union, adopted on 5 April 2017;

- heard the President propose that the resolution would serve as a basis and mandate for his

address at the extraordinary meeting of the European Council on the UK withdrawal from

the EU, on 29 April 2017; further heard him underline Parliament’s role in the

negotiations and in the consent procedure;

- heard the President note that Mr BARNIER, EU chief negotiator for the preparation and

conduct of the negotiations with the United Kingdom, had expressed his readiness to

attend subsequent meetings of the Conference of Presidents, in order to discuss the state

of play of negotiations;

- further heard the President thank Mr VERHOFSTADT, in his capacity as coordinator of

the Conference of Presidents for the negotiations on the UK withdrawal from the EU, Mr

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BROK, Mr GUALTIERI, Ms HÜBNER and Mr LAMBERTS, for their work; and heard

the President propose that the Conference of Presidents retain the overall responsibility

and oversight on the UK withdrawal within Parliament, and that, on the grounds of the

successful work that had been done so far, a steering group on the UK withdrawal be

established, composed of Mr VERHOFSTADT, as coordinator of the steering group, Mr

BROK, Mr GUALTIERI, Ms ZIMMER, Mr LAMBERTS, and Ms HÜBNER, in order

to coordinate and prepare Parliament’s deliberations, considerations and resolutions on

the UK withdrawal;

- further heard the President propose that Mr VERHOFSTADT, Mr BROK, and

Mr GUALTIERI represent Parliament at Sherpa meetings in preparation of European

Council meetings on the UK withdrawal, and that Mr VERHOFSTADT attend the

relevant meetings of the General Affairs Council as well as meetings on political

stocktaking of the state of play;

- further heard the President propose, upon a suggestion from Mr WEBER, Chair of the

EPP Group, that committee travel to the UK be suspended until further notice in order to

ensure the coherence of Parliament’s position, in accordance with the principle of

sequencing as adopted by Parliament in its resolution of 5 April 2017;

- heard Mr VERHOFSTADT express his support for the President’s proposals and note

that, while the Conference of Presidents remained the body in overall control of the

process, the steering group could, inter alia, coordinate the preparation of further

resolutions on the UK withdrawal, which might include specific matters or sectorial

issues, such as citizens’ rights or the financial settlement, in the light of the progress of

the negotiations, and in close cooperation with the Conference of Committee Chairs and

the relevant committees involved;

- held an exchange of views with the participation of Mr WEBER, Chair of the EPP Group,

Mr PITTELLA, Chair of the S&D Group, Ms STEVENS, acting Chair of the ECR Group,

Ms ZIMMER, Chair of the GUE/NGL Group, Ms KELLER, Co-Chair of the Greens/EFA

Group, Mr LUNDGREN, acting Chair of the EFDD Group, Mr DE GRAAFF, Co-Chair

of the ENF Group, Ms DODDS, non-attached Member, and Ms WIKSTRÖM, Chair of

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the Conference of Committee Chairs, during which broad support for the President’s

proposals were expressed, and which focussed, inter alia, on:

the strong signal sent by Parliament’s resolution on negotiations with the United

Kingdom, adopted on 5 April 2017;

the debate on 5 April 2017, during which Mr JUNCKER, President of the

European Commission, had underlined Parliament’s role in the process;

the principle of sequencing;

the working method of the European Council and the Council foreseen under

Article 50 (4) TEU;

the need for close cooperation between the Conference of Presidents, the

Conference of Committee Chairs, the steering group on the UK withdrawal, and

the committees;

- endorsed the President’s proposals.

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6. Request from parliamentary committees to draw-up own-initiative reports under Rule 52, and

requests for application of Rule 54, and related requests

The Conference of Presidents, without debate


a letter dated 17 March 2017 from Ms WIKSTRÖM, Chair of the Conference of

Committee Chairs, submitting a list of two strategic reports authorised by the CCC

and two requests for authorisation for co-rapporteurship (PE 599.224/CPG and

annexes);

a letter dated 27 March 2017 from Mr GUALTIERI, Chair of the Committee on

Economic and Monetary Affairs, on the request from the Committee on Budget to

draw-up an own-initiative report on the reform of the EU system of Own-Resources

(PE 602.155/CPG and annexes);

an excerpt from the Minutes of the meeting of the Conference of Committee Chairs

on 14 March 2017 relating to the recommendation concerning requests for

authorisation to draw-up own-initiative reports, according to which the Chair of the

Committee on Budget (BUDG) provided assurances that in case the envisaged

report on the “Reform of the EU system of Own-Resources” should include issues

falling within the ECON Committee's competence dealt with under the joint

BUDG-ECON report on the “Budgetary capacity for the euro area

(2015/2344(INI))”, the ECON Committee's opinion would be treated pursuant to

Rule 54 of Parliament’s Rules of Procedures;

- noted and endorsed the drawing-up of two strategic reports by the Committee on Budgets

entitled “The next MFF: Preparing the Parliament’s position on the MFF post-2020” and

“Reform of the European Union’s system of own resources”;

- noted that the BUDG Committee had requested that both strategic reports be allocated to

two co-rapporteurs, in view of the importance of the matter;

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- recalled that Parliament’s Rules of Procedure made no provision for the appointment of

co-rapporteurs, and that the Conference of Presidents, on previous occasions, had,

therefore, only authorised the appointment of co-rapporteurs for a very limited number of

highly important reports, generally of a budgetary or institutional nature;

- authorised the requests by way of exception, in line with previous practice.

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7. Request from the Committee on Constitutional Affairs to draw-up an own-initiative report under

Rule 45 entitled “Composition of the European Parliament”



a letter dated 9 February 2017 from Ms HÜBNER, Chair of the Committee on

Constitutional Affairs, on the above-mentioned subject (PE 599.091/CPG and

annex);

a letter dated 25 October 2016 from Ms HÜBNER, Chair of the Committee on

Constitutional Affairs (AFCO), on the request for authorisation to draft a non-

legislative initiative report on the “Composition of the European Parliament” as

well as the request to appoint two co-rapporteurs (PE 590.423/CPG);

a letter dated 18 October 2016 from Mr BUZEK, Chair of the Conference of

Committee Chairs, submitting a list of requests for authorisation which include one

own-initiative report under Rule 45 pursuant to Article 14 (2) TEU from the

Committee on Constitutional Affairs entitled “Composition of the European

Parliament”, with the request for authorisation to appoint two co-rapporteurs

(PE 590.342/CPG and annex);

- recalled that, at its meeting on 27 October 2016, the Conference of Presidents had

considered the AFCO requests to draw up one own-initiative report under Rule 45

pursuant to Article 14 (2) TEU entitled “Composition of the European Parliament” and

to appoint two co-rapporteurs, and that it had noted that the content of such a report had

been contingent on the state of the withdrawal process of the United Kingdom from the

EU and, in view of the complexity of the issues involved, had postponed a decision on

authorisation to a subsequent meeting;

- recalled that, at its meeting on 23 November 2016, the Conference of Presidents had held

an exchange of views on the matter and had decided that the AFCO Committee be

authorised to begin preparatory work on a non-legislative initiative report on Parliament’s

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composition, on the understanding that issues pertaining to the UK withdrawal from the

EU would not be addressed, while withholding the authorisation to draw up the

own-initiative report until the United Kingdom had triggered Article 50 TEU; it had

decided, furthermore, that the appointment of two co-rapporteurs would be authorised on

the understanding that they liaised closely on the drafting of this report with

Mr VERHOFSTADT, in his capacity as coordinator of the Conference of Presidents for

the negotiations on the UK withdrawal from the EU;

- recalled that, under the current rules, the authorisation of a report under the right of

initiative conferred on Parliament by the Treaties might be withheld only on the grounds

that the conditions set out in the Treaties had not been met, and that the Conference of

Presidents would take a decision within two months;

- following the notification under Article 50 TEU by the UK Government on 29 March

2017, authorised the drawing-up of the report on the understanding that the two

co-rapporteurs liaised closely with Parliament’s coordinator for the negotiations on the

UK withdrawal from the EU.

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8. Attribution of competence for the legislative report on a Union certification system for aviation

security screening equipment


- took note of a letter dated 22 March 2017 from Ms WIKSTRÖM, Chair of the Conference

of Committee Chairs, submitting a recommendation on the contestation by the Committee

on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) of the competence of the

Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN) regarding a legislative report entitled

“Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a

Union certification system for aviation security screening equipment” (COM(2016)0491

- 2016/0236(COD)) (PE 602.121/CPG and annexes);

- noted that it had not been possible to find a solution acceptable to all the committees

concerned;

- took note of the recommendation from the Chair of the CCC that the IMCO Committee

be associated to the legislative report on a Union certification system for aviation security

screening equipment under Rule 55;

- endorsed the recommendation of the Chair of the CCC.

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9. Recommendation from the Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

concerning a proposal to appoint representatives from patients’ and health professionals’

organisations to the Paediatric Committee of the European Medicines Agency


- took note of a letter dated 22 March 2017 from Ms VĂLEAN, Chair of the Committee

on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, submitting a proposal to appoint

representatives from patients’ and healthcare professionals’ organisations to the

Paediatric Committee (PDCO) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA)

(PE 599.238/CPG and annexes);

- recalled that, under Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1901/2006 on medical products for

paediatric use, the European Parliament was consulted by the Commission regarding the

appointment of three members and alternates to represent “patient associations” and three

members and alternates to represent “healthcare professionals“ for a

three-year term;

- recalled its decision of 6 March 2014 to endorse the recommendation of the ENVI

Committee Coordinators on the appointment of three members and alternates to represent

“patients associations” and three members and alternates to represent “healthcare

professionals”;

- noted that the mandate of the current representatives of the PDCO would expire on 30

June 2017;

- noted that the Commission had submitted its proposal to the European Parliament on

21 February 2017, with a list of 18 candidates, their CVs, application forms, motivation

letters and declarations of interests following the public call of expression of interest;

- took note that, on 21 March 2017, the ENVI Committee Coordinators, after examination

of the competence and expertise of the shortlisted candidates, had recommended that the

following candidates be appointed as full members and alternates within the PDCO:

Full Members of paediatric organisation:

- Johannes TAMINIAU (ESPHI – European Society of Paediatric Haematology);

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- Fernando CABANAS (EAP – European Academy of Paediatrics);

- Francesca ROCCHI (PENTA Foundation – For the treatment and care of children with

HIV-ON LUS).

Substitute Members:

- Riccardo RICCARDI (SIOPE – European Society of Paediatric Oncology);

- Doina Anca PLESCA (Carol Davila University Bucharest);

- Catherine CORNU (Hospices Civils de Lyon – Lyon University Hospital).

Reserve List:

- Thor Willy Ruud HANSEN (Norwegian Paediatric Association);

- Jorrit GERRITSEN (ERS – European Respiratory Society);

- Vesna MIRANOVIĆ (Medical Chamber of Montenegro).

Full Members of patients´ organisation:

- Gunter AUERSWALD (EHC – European Haemophilia Consortium);

- Dimitrios ATHANASIOU (EURORDIS – European Organisation for Rare Diseases);

- Michael ODERMARSKY (EATG – European AIDS Treatment Group).

Substitute Members:

- Paola BAIARDI (Italian Foundation “Leonardo Giambrone” for the Cure of Thalassemia);

- Milena STEVANOVIČ (EATG – European AIDS Treatment Group);

- Viviana GIANNUZZI (Italian Foundation “Leonardo Giambrone” for the Cure of

Thalassemia).

- endorsed the recommendations of the ENVI Committee and invited the President to

inform the European Commission accordingly.

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10. Proposal for the appointment of two members to the Committee of Independent Eminent Persons

pursuant to Article 11(1) of Regulation No 1141/2014



a letter dated 24 March 2017 from Ms HÜBNER, Chair of the Committee on

Constitutional Affairs, submitting a proposal for the appointment of two members

to the committee of independent eminent persons pursuant to Article 11(1) of

Regulation No 1141/2014 (PE 602.140/CPG and annex);

a letter dated 13 December 2016 from Mr ADAM, Director of the Authority for

European Political Parties and European Political Foundations, on the

establishment of a committee of independent eminent persons pursuant to Article

11(1) of Regulation No 1141/2014 (PE 595.284/CPG);

- recalled that, at its meeting on 12 January 2017, it had noted that the Authority for

European Political Parties and European Political Foundations had invited Parliament to

appoint two members to the committee of independent eminent persons;

- recalled that, under Parliament’s Rules of Procedure, Rule 223a, the Conference of

Presidents would appoint two members to the committee of independent eminent

persons, on the basis of a proposal from the responsible parliamentary committee;

- further recalled that, at its meeting on 12 January 2017, it had endorsed inviting the

Committee on Constitutional Affairs to submit such a proposal;

- noted that the Committee on Constitutional Affairs had proposed appointing:

- Ms María Emilia CASAS BAAMONDE, and

- Mr Carlo CASINI;

- endorsed the proposal and invited the President to inform the Authority for European

Political Parties and European Political Foundations of Parliament’s appointments.

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11. Request from the Transparency Register contact Group to hold a workshop entitled ‘EU

Transparency Register – Lobbying, Parliament and Public Trust’, in Brussels, 10 May 2017


- took note of a letter dated 30 March 2017 from Ms GUILLAUME, Vice-President, and

Ms HÜBNER, Chair of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs, requesting authorisation

to hold an in-depth workshop entitled ‘EU Transparency Register - Lobbying, Parliament

and Public Trust’, in Brussels, on 10 May 2017 (PE 602.161/CPG, annex and financial

statement);

- recalled that, at its meeting on 27 October 2016, it had decided that Ms GUILLAUME,

Vice-President responsible for the Transparency Register, and Ms HÜBNER, Chair of

the Committee on Constitutional Affairs, be nominated as Parliament's lead negotiators

on the Commission proposal for an Inter-institutional Agreement establishing a

mandatory transparency register covering the Parliament, Council and Commission, and

that each political group nominate one Member to a contact group chaired by the lead

negotiators;

- further recalled that, at that meeting, it had agreed that the lead negotiators draft a

negotiation mandate for endorsement by the contact group and subsequent adoption by

the Conference of Presidents, and that the lead negotiators, in the course of the

negotiations, consult and report back to the contact group, and to the Conference of

Presidents as appropriate;

- recalled that, under Parliament’s Rules on Public Hearings, Parliament’s governing

bodies or one of their working groups might organise hearings of experts in connection

with their work, if authorised by the respective governing body;

- noted that the date of the workshop coincided with a day set aside for political group

activities;

- authorised the request.

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12. Request from the Committee on Development to send one Member with the delegation of the

Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs to Athens and the Samos Island, Greece,

from 22 to 25 May 2017


- took note of a letter dated 23 March 2017 from Ms McAVAN, Chair of the Committee

on Development, requesting authorisation to send one Member with the delegation of the

Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) to Athens and the Samos

Island, Greece, from 22 to 25 May 2017 PE 602.147/CPG and financial statement);

- recalled that the Bureau, at its meeting on 21 November 2016, on the basis of the

Conference of Presidents recommendations and in the framework of the draft six-month

programme of committee missions for the first half of 2017, had authorised the LIBE

mission, and, furthermore, had authorised its extension by one day, at its meeting on

3 April 2017, on an exceptional basis, after the Conference of Presidents had issued a

positive recommendation, at its meeting on 29 March 2017;

- noted the competence of the DEVE Committee as listed in Annex V to Parliament’s Rules

of Procedure;

- recommended, nevertheless, to authorise the request, on an exceptional basis, and

forwarded its recommendation to the Bureau for final decision.

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13. Request from the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety and the

Committee on Industry, Research and Energy to send an ad hoc delegation to the 23rd

Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in

Bonn, Germany, from 14 to 18 November 2017


- took note of a letter dated 6 March 2017, co-signed by Ms VĂLEAN, Chair of the

Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI), and

Mr BUZEK, Chair of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE),

requesting authorisation to send a twelve Member ad hoc delegation to the 23rd

Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate

Change (COP23) in Bonn, Germany, from 14 to 18 November 2017

(PE 579.246/CPG, and financial statement);

- recalled its decision of 5 May 2016 to send a twelve Member ad hoc delegation to the

Conferences of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate

Change;

- noted that no interpretation had been requested for the mission;

- further noted that the dates of the mission coincided with the November I 2017 part-

session in Strasbourg (Tuesday to Thursday), and two days without parliamentary

activities (Friday and Saturday);

- nevertheless, authorised, on an exceptional basis, the sending of an ad hoc delegation

to be composed of twelve Members, to be nominated by the political groups in

accordance with the rolling d'Hondt system, which should also apply to the

non-attached Members, stressing that no further accreditations as part of the

EU delegation would be requested by Parliament;

- invited the President to request from the Commission and the Council the inclusion of

up to twelve Members in the European Union's delegation to the above-mentioned

conference, and invited the President to excuse the Members concerned from plenary.

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14. Request from the Committee of Inquiry into Money Laundering, Tax Avoidance and Tax

Evasion to send two ad hoc delegations to Portugal, from 22 to 23 June 2017


- noted a letter dated 22 March 2017 from Mr LANGEN, Chair of the Committee of

Inquiry into Money Laundering, Tax Avoidance and Tax Evasion requesting

authorisation to send a delegation of ten Members (2 EPP, 2 S&D, and 1 Member from

each of the other six political groups), plus the Chair out of quota, to Lisbon, Portugal,

from 22 to 23 June 2017 (PE 602.120/CPG, and financial statement);

- recalled that a first three month extension of the PANA Committee of Inquiry mandate

had been agreed by Parliament on 16 March 2017, to enable the committee to

implement its mandate fully and correctly, as adopted by Parliament on 8 June 2016,

given the number of documents that had remained to be examined, the analyses

requested, and the various stakeholders still to be heard;

- noted that, in his letter, the Chair had requested authorisation for two other missions

of eleven Members, to Switzerland, from 6 to 7 July 2017, and to Cyprus, from 7 to 8

September 2017, that would be dealt with within the framework of the second half of

2017 draft six-month programme of committee missions outside and within the EU

respectively;

- further noted that the annual quota would already be exceeded with this request for an

eleven Member delegation to Lisbon and that it would require an authorisation to go

beyond the annual quota by three seats, with the Chair being out of quota;

- noted that the dates proposed for the mission coincided with one day set aside for

parliamentary committee activities and one day without parliamentary activities, and

that interpretation was requested into three languages;

- recommended, nevertheless to authorise the request, on an exceptional basis and above

the available annual quota, provided that the interpretation regime would be limited to

one language only, and forwarded its recommendation to the Bureau for final decision.

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15. Request from the Committee on Development to send its standing rapporteur for humanitarian

aid to the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in Cancun, Mexico, from 24 to 26 May

2017


- took note of a letter dated 23 March 2017 from Ms McAVAN, Chair of the Committee

on Development (DEVE), requesting authorisation to send its standing rapporteur for

humanitarian aid to the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in Cancun,

Mexico, from 24 to 26 May 2017(PE 602.141/CPG, annex and financial statement);

- recalled that, at its meeting on 11 February 2015, it had authorised the sending of a

two DEVE Members ad hoc delegation to the 3rd UN World Conference on Disaster

Risk Reduction, which had taken place in Sendai, Japan, from 14 to 18 March 2015;

- noted that the dates proposed coincided with a week set aside for external

parliamentary activities;

- authorised the request, and invited the President to request that Commission include

the DEVE standing rapporteur in the European Union's delegation.

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16. Request from the Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula to allow a one-day stopover

in Tokyo during their mission to South Korea in week 21, 2017


- took note of a letter dated 10 March 2017 from Mr DEVA, Chair of the Delegation for

relations with the Korean Peninsula, requesting authorisation to allow a one-day

stopover in Tokyo, Japan, in week 21, 2017(PE 599.187/CPG and financial statement);

- recalled that, at its meeting on 17 November 2016, it had authorised the visit to South

Korea, provided that it did not exceed five days, including travel time, and, in view of

the current political situation in North Korea, had withheld a decision on the request

to travel to that country at that juncture;

- further recalled that, at the same meeting, it had authorised the sending of a seven

Member ad hoc delegation of the Subcommittee on Security and Defence to Tokyo,

Japan, in the same week 21, provided that SEDE liaised with the Delegation

concerning its programme and provided that the mission did not exceed five days

including travel time;

- recalled that the EU-Japan inter-parliamentary meeting would take place in Brussels

on 9 June 2017;

- in view of the above, declined the request.

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17. Request from the Democracy Support and Election Coordination Group to authorise one Member

to travel to Ukraine, from 18 to 20 April 2017


- took note of a letter dated 23 March 2017 from Mr McALLISTER and Ms McAVAN,

Co-Chairs of the Democracy Support and Election Coordination Group, on the

above-mentioned subject (DEG), requesting authorisation to send Mr BROK, in his

capacity as lead Member guiding Parliament's democracy support activities for

Ukraine as a priority country, to participate in a seminar near Kiev, Ukraine, from 18

to 20 April 2017;

- noted that the seminar would be organised by the European Parliament and the

Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine in the framework of the second “Jean Monnet Dialogue”,

and that Parliament’s lead Member, Mr BROK, appointed on 16 March 2017, after

Mr PLENKOVIC, first appointed lead Member in 2016, had left the European

Parliament to take up his duties as Prime Minister of Croatia, would guide Parliament’s

democracy support activities during that seminar;

- recalled that the first dialogue had been launched at the premises of the historic Jean

Monnet House, near Paris, France, in October 2016;

- further recalled that a memorandum of understanding on a joint framework for

parliamentary support and capacity building had been signed between the European

Parliament and the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine;

- noted that the date proposed coincided with three days set aside for external

parliamentary activities;

- heard Mr DE GRAAFF, Co-Chair of the ENF Group, inquire about the purpose of the

mission;

- heard Mr BROK report that it would be a seminar on technical matters in relation to

statutes and rules of procedure, in the framework of parliamentary support and

capacity building;

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- after a vote, authorised the request by a large majority.

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18. Request from the Democracy Support and Election Coordination Group for authorisation for a

five Member delegation to travel to Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam and Dodoma, Tanzania,

from 8 to 11 May 2017



a letter dated 23 March 2017 from Mr McALLISTER and Ms McAVAN,

Co-Chairs of the Democracy Support and Election Coordination Group (DEG),

requesting authorisation to send a five Member delegation, including

Mr PETERLE, former Chief Observer for the EU Election Observation Mission

(EOM), to Kenya, and Mr MARTIN, lead Member on Comprehensive Democracy

Support Activities (CDSA) for Tanzania, to travel to Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es

Salaam and Dodoma, Tanzania, from 8 to 11 May 2017 (excluding travel time)

PE 602.137/CPG, annexes and financial statement);

a letter dated 20 December 2016 from Mr BROK and Ms McAVAN, Co-Chairs of

the Democracy Support and Election Coordination Group (DEG), submitting the

DEG work programme for 2017 and the list of selected priority countries for

capacity building activities (PE 595.257/CPG and annex);

- noted that the DEG work programme for 2017 had identified several priority countries

and related lead Members guiding Parliament's democracy support activities within the

framework of the CDSA;

- noted that Tanzania is among CDSA priority countries where support activity had been

put on stand-by, while Kenya was listed among CDSA priority countries for pre-

elections activities;

- recalled that, at its meeting on 12 January 2017, it had authorised to send Mr MARTIN,

in his capacity as lead Member guiding Parliament's democracy support activities for

Tanzania, to Dar es Salaam and Dodoma, Tanzania, from 9 to 10 February 2017, subject

to the security situation on the ground not precluding the sending of such a mission;

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- recalled that, at its meeting on 11 June 2015, it had noted that all requests to travel to

priority countries should be submitted by the DEG to the Conference of Presidents for

prior authorisation;

- recalled that, as a general rule, all requests to travel to priority countries should be

specific, duly justified and submitted in good time;

- noted that the requested delegation to Kenya and Tanzania would combine CDSA

activities in two neighbouring priority countries, focussing on parliamentary round

tables promoting a peaceful electoral campaign and on parliamentary support activities,

respectively;

- further noted that, in view of the focus of the scheduled CDSA activities, the delegation

should have the appropriate democracy support experience, be gender-balanced and

include young parliamentarians;

- noted that the mission proposed coincided with a day set aside for parliamentary

committee activities (Monday), two days set aside for political group activities (Tuesday

and Wednesday) and a day set aside for both parliamentary committee and political

group activities (Thursday);

- authorised the sending of a delegation of five Members, to be appointed by the political

groups in accordance with the rolling d’Hondt system, which should also apply to the

non-attached Members, including Mr PETERLE, former Chief Observer for the EOM

to Kenya, and Mr MARTIN, lead Member on CDSA activities for Tanzania, that

approval being subject to the security situation on the ground not precluding the sending

of such a mission.

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19. Request from the Steering Group of the Parliamentary Conference on the World Trade

Organisation to send an ad hoc delegation to attend the Public Forum 2017 in Geneva,

Switzerland, from 26 to 28 September 2017


- took note of a letter dated 22 March 2017, co-signed by Mr LANGE and Mr RÜBIG,

Co-Chairs of the Steering Group of the Parliamentary Conference on the World Trade

Organisation (WTO), requesting authorisation to send an ad hoc delegation to the

WTO Public Forum in Geneva, Switzerland, from 26 to 28 September 2017

(PE 602.119/CPG and financial statement);

- noted that a meeting of the Steering Committee of the Parliamentary Conference on

the World Trade Organisation (PCWTO) was scheduled to take place on the margins

of the WTO Public Forum;

- recalled that the Steering Committee of the PCWTO, composed of 22 members, seven

of whom were Members of the European Parliament, acted as board and preparatory

body of the PCWTO;

- recalled that it had previously authorised similar ad hoc delegations for meetings of

the Steering Committee, most recently on 7 July 2016 and 2 July 2015;

- recalled its decision of 27 November 2014 that the seven seats on the Steering

Committee allocated to the European Parliament be distributed as follows: 2 seats for

the EPP Group, 2 seats for the S&D Group, 1 seat for the ECR Group, 1 seat for the

ALDE Group and 1 seat rotating among other political groups;

- noted that the ad hoc delegation coincided with two days set aside for political group

activities (Tuesday and Wednesday) and one day set aside for parliamentary

committee activities and political group activities (Thursday);

- noted that no interpretation had been requested;

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- authorised the sending of an ad hoc delegation composed of Parliament's seven

Members in the Steering Committee of the PCTWO.

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20. Request from the Co-Chairs of the Steering Group of the Parliamentary Conference on the World

Trade Organisation to send an ad-hoc delegation to the 11th WTO Ministerial Conference in

Buenos Aires, Argentina, from 10 to 14 December 2017


- took note of a letter dated 23 March 2017, co-signed by Mr LANGE and Mr RÜBIG,

Co-Chairs of the Steering Group of the Parliamentary Conference on the WTO,

requesting authorisation to send an ad hoc delegation of 10 Members to the

Parliamentary Conference on the WTO and to the 11th WTO Ministerial Conference in

Buenos Aires, Argentina, from 10 to 14 December 2017 (PE 602.142/CPG, annex, and

financial statement);

- recalled that the implementing provisions governing the work of delegations foresaw

that, in principle, the duration of missions may not exceed five days, including travel

time;

- noted that the dates of the ad hoc delegation coincided with a week set aside for

Parliament’s December 2017 part-session in Strasbourg, and recalled that the dates and

venue were set by the WTO;

- recalled that, at its meeting on 12 September 2013, it had confirmed that the European

Parliament was willing to continue to play an active role in organising the parliamentary

dimension of the WTO and, consequently, had endorsed a request to co-organise the

Parliamentary Conference in Bali, in December 2013, which had included providing

interpretation for the event;

- recalled that for missions undertaken outside weeks set aside for external parliamentary

activities, a limited language regime that might not exceed interpretation into one

language should be applied;

- recalled that, at its meeting on 2 July 2015, it had authorised, on an exceptional basis,

the sending of an ad hoc delegation to the 10th Ministerial Conference, in Nairobi,

Kenya, from 15 to 18 December 2015, consisting of 10 Members (2 Members from the

EPP Group, 2 Members from the S&D Group and one Member from each of the other

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political groups), on the understanding that a language regime of interpretation into one

language only had been applied, and on the condition that the security situation on the

ground at the time of departure had allowed the mission to proceed;

- authorised the request, on an exceptional basis, and on the understanding that the

duration of the mission would not exceed five days, including travel time, noting that

the above-mentioned conditions set out in its decision of 2 July 2015 should apply;

- invited the President to excuse the Members concerned from the December 2017

part-session in Strasbourg.

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21. Urgent matters and any other business

21.1 Attribution of competences for the own-initiative report on International Ocean Governance


- took note of a letter dated 27 March 2017 from Ms WIKSTRÖM, Chair of the

Conference of Committee Chairs (CCC), on the contestation by the Committee on

Transport and Tourism (TRAN) of the competence of the Committee on the

Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) regarding a proposed own-

initiative report under Rule 52 entitled “International ocean governance: an agenda for

the future of our oceans in the context of the 2030 SDGs” (JOIN(2016)0049) (PE

602.138/CPG and annexes);

- noted that it had not been possible to find a solution acceptable to all the committees

concerned;

- took note of the recommendation from the Chair of the CCC that:

- the ENVI Committee be authorised to draw-up a non-legislative own-initiative

report entitled “International ocean governance: an agenda for the future of our

oceans in the context of the 2030 SDGs”;

- the TRAN Committee be associated to the above-mentioned own-initiative report

under Rule 54 with exclusive and shared competences as set out in the relevant

letter;

- authorised the ENVI Committee to draw-up the proposed non-legislative own-initiative

report and endorsed the recommendation of the Chair of the CCC on the association of

the TRAN Committee to the report, as set out in the relevant letter.

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21.2 Request from the Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Committee on Foreign Affairs to add

two Members to Parliament’s delegation to the 4th EU-Turkmenistan Inter-parliamentary meeting,

in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, from 17 to 21 April 2017


- took note of a letter dated 29 March 2017 from Mr McALLISTER, Chair of the

Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET), Ms GRIGULE, Chair of the Delegation to the

EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan, EU-Uzbekistan and EU-Tajikistan Parliamentary

Cooperation Committees (DCAS) and for relations with Turkmenistan and Mongolia,

and Mr PANZERI, Chair of the Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI), requesting

authorisation for one DROI Member and for the AFET rapporteur in the consent

procedure on the EU-Turkmenistan Partnership and Cooperation Agreement, to attend

the 4th EU-Turkmenistan Inter-parliamentary meeting (IPM) in Ashgabat,

Turkmenistan, from 17 to 21 April 2017 (PE 602.160/CPG and financial statement);

- recalled that, at its meeting on 17 November 2016, it had authorised the 4th

EU-Turkmenistan IPM to take place in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, from 17 to 21 April

2017, as well as the sending of a seven Member ad hoc delegation to Uzbekistan and

Turkmenistan, from 22 to 26 May 2017, provided that the DROI Subcommittee liaised

with DCAS concerning its programme in the two countries, and provided that the

mission did not exceed five days including travel time;

- noted that the DROI ad hoc delegation would be limited to Uzbekistan;

- authorised the request.

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21.3 Request for association under Rule 55 by the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee

regarding a legislative report of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs on

countering money laundering by criminal law


- took note of a letter dated 4 April 2017 from Ms WIKSTRÖM, Chair of the Conference

of Committee Chairs (CCC), submitting a recommendation on the request for association

under Rule 55 of Parliament’s Rules of Procedures by the Committee on Economic and

Monetary Affairs (ECON) regarding a legislative report of the Committee on Civil

Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) entitled “Proposal for a Directive of the

European Parliament and of the Council on countering money laundering by criminal law”

(COM(2016)0826 - 2016/0414(COD)) (PE 602.173/CPG and annexes);

- noted that it had not been possible to find a solution acceptable to the committees

concerned;

- took note of the recommendation from the Chair of the CCC that:

- the ECON Committee’s request for the application of Rule 55 be dismissed;

- the ECON Committee contribute with an opinion under Rule 53 to the proposal

with the additional provisions set out in the relevant letter;

- endorsed the recommendation of the Chair of the CCC.

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21.4 Change of venue of the Euro-Latin Parliamentary Assembly meeting, from 22 to 24 May 2017,

to Florence, Italy


- heard Mr PITTELLA, Chair of the S&D Group, note that, for organisational reasons,

the EUROLAT meeting, authorised by the Conference of Presidents on 17 November

2016, to take place in Rome, Italy, from 22 to 24 May 2017, would need to be held in

Florence, Italy, instead;

- heard the President propose that the change of venue to Florence be approved;

- agreed with the President’s proposal.

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22. Items for information

22.1 Internal correspondence

There was none.

22.2 Inter-institutional correspondence

a letter from Mr DIJSSELBLOEM, President of the Eurogroup, to Mr TAJANI,

President of the European Parliament, announcing his visit to the next plenary session

in Brussels end of April 2017.

22.3 External correspondence

There was none.

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23. Date and place of next meeting


- noted that the next ordinary meeting would be held on Thursday 11 May 2017 from 11:00

to 13:00 hours in room 06B01, in the Paul-Henri SPAAK Building, Brussels.

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The meeting closed at 11.57 hours

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