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European Parliament 2019-2024 Committee on International Trade INTA_PV(2019)1106_1 MINUTES Meeting of 6 November 2019, 09.00-12.30 and 15.00-18.30 and 7 November 2019, 09.00-12.30 BRUSSELS The meeting opened at 09.00 on Wednesday, 6 November 2019, with Bernd Lange (Chair) presiding. 1. Adoption of agenda INTA_OJ (2019)1106_1 The agenda was adopted without changes. Speaker: Bernd Lange. 2. Approval of minutes of meetings 23-24 September 2019 PV – PE641.309v01-00 2 October 2019 PV – PE641.379v01-00 The minutes were approved. Speaker: Bernd Lange. 3. Chair’s announcements concerning coordinators’ decisions The decisions taken by the Coordinators during their meetings of 23 September and of 2 October 2019 have been included in the minutes of the Committee meetings of those days. PV\1192506EN.docx PE643.179v01-00 EN United in diversityEN In addition, the decisions taken by the Coordinators during their meetings of 16 September, 30 September and 1 October 2019 will be included in the minutes of today’s meeting (Annex I). Speaker: Bernd Lange. 4. Chair’s announcements Speaker: Bernd Lange. 5. Conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Union and Ukraine amending the trade preferences for poultry meat and poultry meat preparations provided for by the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part INTA/9/00529 *** 2019/0132(NLE) 10720/2019 – C9-0105/2019 Rapporteur: Enikő Győri (PPE) PR – PE641.176v01-00 Responsible: INTA Opinions: AGRI Consideration of draft recommendation (consent) Speakers: Bernd Lange, Enikő Győri, Kathleen Van Brempt, Karin Karlsbro, Geert Bourgeois, Helmut Scholz, Markéta Gregorová, Susana Azpiroz Marazuela (European Commission, DG AGRI), Heidi Hautala, Annie Schreijer-Pierik. 6. State of play of ongoing trilogue negotiations INTA/9/01200 Reporting back to committee Speakers: Bernd Lange, Klaus Buchner. 7. Ad hoc delegation to Hanoi, Vietnam, 29 - 31 October 2019 INTA/9/01411 Presentation of the mission report Speakers: Bernd Lange, Jan Zahradil, Iuliu Winkler, Jude Kirton-Darling, Nicola Danti, Karin Karlsbro, Saskia Bricmont, Inma Rodríguez-Piñero, Danilo Oscar Lancini, Heidi Hautala. Joint debate PE643.179v01-00 2/18 PV\1192506EN.docx EN 8. Conclusion of the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam INTA/9/00393 *** 2018/0356(NLE) 06050/2019 – C9-0023/2019 Rapporteur: Jan Zahradil (ECR) PR – PE642.857v01-00 Responsible: INTA Opinions: AFET, DEVE, PECH Consideration of draft recommendation (consent) 9. Conclusion of the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam INTA/9/01391 2018/0356M(NLE) Rapporteur: Jan Zahradil (ECR) PR – PE642.858v01-00 Responsible: INTA Opinions: AFET – Isabel Wiseler-Lima (PPE) PA – PE641.414v01-00 DEVE – Tomas Tobé (PPE) PA – PE641.208v01-00 AM – PE641.386v01-00 PECH – Pietro Bartolo (S&D) PA – PE641.153v03-00 Consideration of draft report containing a motion for a non-legislative resolution Speakers: Bernd Lange, Jan Zahradil, Iuliu Winkler, Jude Kirton-Darling, Karin Karlsbro, Saskia Bricmont, Danilo Oscar Lancini, Emmanuel Maurel, Tiziana Beghin, Inma Rodríguez-Piñero, Kathleen Van Brempt, Seán Kelly, Heidi Hautala, Geert Bourgeois, Nicola Danti, Jörgen Warborn, Christophe Hansen, Helena König (European Commission, DG Trade). * * * Joint debate 10. Investment Protection Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, of the other part INTA/9/00391 *** 2018/0358(NLE) 05931/2019 – C9-0020/2019 Rapporteur: Jan Zahradil (ECR) PR – PE642.860v01-00 Responsible: INTA Opinions: PV\1192506EN.docx 3/18 PE643.179v01-00 EN AFET, DEVE Consideration of draft recommendation (consent) 11. Investment Protection Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, of the other part INTA/9/01390 2018/0358M(NLE) Rapporteur: Jan Zahradil (ECR) PR – PE642.888v01-00 Responsible: INTA Opinions: AFET – Isabel Wiseler-Lima (PPE) PA – PE641.417v01-00 DEVE – Tomas Tobé (PPE) PA – PE641.207v01-00 AM – PE641.387v01-00 Consideration of draft report containing a motion for a non-legislative resolution Speakers: Bernd Lange, Jan Zahradil, Iuliu Winkler, Jude Kirton-Darling, Karin Karlsbro, Saskia Bricmont, Danilo Oscar Lancini, Emmanuel Maurel, Geert Bourgeois, Anna Cavazzini, Helena König (European Commission, DG Trade). * * * 12. Macro-financial assistance to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan INTA/9/01222 ***I 2019/0192(COD) COM(2019)0411 – C9-0116/2019 Rapporteur: Luisa Regimenti (ID) PR – PE641.311v01-00 Responsible: INTA Opinions: AFET, BUDG Consideration of draft report Speakers: Bernd Lange, Luisa Regimenti, Christophe Hansen (on behalf of Arnaud Danjean), Isabel Santos, Jérémy Decerle, Emmanuel Maurel, Dr. Yousef Bataineh (H.E. Ambassador of Jordan), Saskia Bricmont, Santiago Loranca Garcia (European Commission, DG ECFIN). 6 November 2019, 11.30 – 12.30 (in camera) 13. Coordinators’ meeting (decisions enclosed in Annex I) The meeting adjourned at 12.30 and resumed at 15.05 with Bernd Lange (Chair) presiding. PE643.179v01-00 4/18 PV\1192506EN.docx EN 6 November 2019, 15.00 – 18.30 14. Exchange of views with Gabriela Cuevas Barrón, President of the Inter- Parliamentary Union (IPU), on the role of parliamentarians in economic and trade relations Speakers: Bernd Lange, Gabriela Cuevas Barrón (IPU), Christophe Hansen, Kathleen Van Brempt, Karin Karlsbro, Geert Bourgeois, Helmut Scholz, Pedro Silva Pereira, Iuliu Winkler, Samira Rafaela. 15. Ad hoc delegation to the WTO Public Forum and 44th session of the Steering Committee of the Parliamentary Conference on the WTO, Geneva, 7-8 October 2019 INTA/9/01412 Presentation of the outcome of the mission Speakers: Bernd Lange, Sven Simon, Marie-Pierre Vedrenne. 16. Exchange of views on the evaluation of the impact of the extension of the EU- Morocco tariff preferences to products from Western Sahara Speakers: Bernd Lange, Fernando Perreau de Pinninck (European Commission, DG TAXUD), Kathleen Van Brempt, Andrey Kovatchev, Jérémy Decerle, Saskia Bricmont, Emmanuel Maurel, Andrea Cozzolino, Inma Rodríguez-Piñero, Tiziana Beghin, Jordi Cañas, Heidi Hautala, Joachim Schuster. Joint debate 17. Conclusion of an agreement with the United States of America on the Allocation to the United States of a Share in the Tariff Rate Quota provided for by Regulation (EC) No 617/2009 of 13 July 2009 opening an autonomous tariff quota for imports of high-quality beef INTA/9/00613 *** 2019/0142(NLE) 10681/2019 – C9-0107/2019 Rapporteur: Bernd Lange (S&D) PR – PE641.378v01-00 Responsible: INTA Opinions: AGRI Consideration of draft recommendation (consent) 18. Conclusion of an agreement with the United States of America on the Allocation to the United States of a Share in the Tariff Rate Quota provided for by Regulation (EC) No 617/2009 of 13 July 2009 opening an autonomous tariff quota for imports of high-quality beef PV\1192506EN.docx 5/18 PE643.179v01-00 EN INTA/9/01582 Rapporteur: Bernd Lange (S&D) PR – PE642.862v01-00 Consideration of draft report containing a motion for a non-legislative resolution Speakers: Bernd Lange, Luis Carazo Jimenez (European Commission, DG AGRI), Christophe Hansen (on behalf of Danuta Maria Hübner), Liesje Schreinemacher, Saskia Bricmont, Geert Bourgeois, Helmut Scholz, Emmanuel Maurel, Jérémy Decerle. * * * 19. Accession of Solomon Islands to the Interim Partnership Agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Pacific States, of the other part INTA/9/00467 *** 2019/0099(NLE) 09405/2019 – C9-0010/2019 Rapporteur: André Rougé (ID) Responsible: INTA Opinions: DEVE, PECH Consideration of draft recommendation (consent) Speakers: Bernd Lange, Cécile Billaux (European Commission, DG TRADE), Joseph Ma’ahanua (Trade Commissioner of Solomon Islands), France Jamet (on behalf of André Rougé), Christophe Hansen (on behalf of David McAllister), Miroslav Číž, Barbara Ann Gibson (on behalf of Morten Løkkegaard), Reinhold Brender (EEAS). 20. Presentation by Cecilia Malmström, Commissioner for trade, on the outcome of the WTO Ministerial (Shanghai, 5 November 2019) and the situation of the Appellate Body Speakers: Bernd Lange, Cecilia Malmström (European Commission, Commissioner for Trade), Christophe Hansen, Marie-Pierre Vedrenne, Pedro Silva Pereira, Geert Bourgeois, Helmut Scholz, Daniel Caspary, Iuliu Winkler, Inma Rodríguez-Piñero, Karin Karlsbro, Danuta Maria Hübner, Reinhard Bütikofer. The meeting adjourned at 18.33 and the meeting resumed on the 7 November 2019 at 09.00 with Bernd Lange (Chair) presiding. 7 November 2019, 9.00 – 12.30 21. Presentation of the Annual report on Implementation of Free Trade Agreements - 1 January 2018 - 31 December 2018 Speakers: Bernd Lange, Geraldine Emberger (European Commission, DG Trade), Marie-Pierre Vedrenne, Christophe Hansen, Jörgen Warborn, Anna Cavazzini, Helmut PE643.179v01-00 6/18 PV\1192506EN.docx EN Scholz, Kathleen Van Brempt, Heidi Hautala, Danuta Maria Hübner, Geert Bourgeois. *** Electronic vote *** At 10.00 22. Conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Union and Ukraine amending the trade preferences for poultry meat and poultry meat preparations provided for by the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their