European Parliament

2019-2024

Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development

AGRI_PV(2019)0904_1
MINUTES

Meeting of 4 September 2019, 9.00 – 12.30 and 15.00 – 17.30
BRUSSELS

The meeting opened at 9.10 on Wednesday, 4 September 2019, with Norbert Lins (Chair) presiding.

4 September 2019, 9.00 – 11.00

With the Council and Commission

• 1.
• Adoption of agenda

AGRI_OJ(2019)0904_1
The draft agenda was adopted.

• 2.
• Chair's announcements

None.

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• 3.
• General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2020 - all sections

AGRI/9/00552
2019/2028(BUD)

Rapporteur for the opinion:

• Paolo De Castro (S&D)
• PA – PE639.624v01-00

AM – PE639.812v01-00 AB – PE640.618v01-00
Responsible:
BUDG – Monika Hohlmeier (PPE)
Eider Gardiazabal Rubial (S&D)

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Adoption of draft opinion

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United in diversity

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Decision:

The draft opinion was adopted with amendments: 39 votes to 5, with one abstention

Speaker: Norbert Lins

• 4.
• General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2020 - all sections

AGRI/9/00552
2019/2028(BUD)

Rapporteur for the opinion:

• Paolo De Castro (S&D)
• PA – PE639.624v01-00

AM – PE639.812v01-00 AB – PE640.618v01-00
Responsible:
BUDG – Monika Hohlmeier (PPE)
Eider Gardiazabal Rubial (S&D)

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Adoption of budget amendments and pilot projects
The budget amendments and pilot projects were adopted. Speakers: Norbert Lins, Paolo De Castro

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• 5.
• Exchange of views on the issue of patentability of plants with a view to submitting

a written statement to the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office (case G3/19)

Speakers: Norbert Lins, Jan Huitema, Eric Gippini Fournier (Legal Service, European Commission), Amaryllis Verhoeven (DG GROW), Annie Schreijer-Pierik, Eric Andrieu, Herbert Dorfmann, Marc Tarabella, Martin Häusling, Luke Ming Flanagan, Bert-Jan Ruissen, Daniel Buda, Anthea McIntyre, Asger Christensen, Ivan David, Benoît Biteau, Amaryllis Verhoeven (DG GROW), Jan Huitema, Dacian Cioloș, Norbert Lins, Martin Häusling, Ulrike Müller, Dacian Cioloș, Paolo De Castro, Amaryllis Verhoeven, Eric Gippini Fournier, Ulrike Müller, Herbert Dorfmann.

The meeting adjourned at 10.11 and was followed by a meeting of coordinators in closed session.

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• 6.
• Coordinators’ meeting

The coordinators met in camera. Their decisions were approved by the Committee on Wednesday, 4 September 2019.

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The meeting resumed at 15.09 on Wednesday, 4 September 2019, with Norbert Lins (Chair) presiding.

• 7.
• Exchange of views with Jari Leppä, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry on the

priorities of the Finnish Presidency of the Council of the European Union

Speakers: Norbert Lins, Jari Leppä, Herbert Dorfmann, Paolo De Castro, Ulrike Müller, Martin Häusling, Ivan David, Krzysztof Jurgiel, Annie Schreijer-Pierik, Carmen Avram, Anne Sander, Juozas Olekas, Balázs Hidvéghi, Elsi Katainen, Bronis Ropė, Daniel Buda, Mazaly Aguilar, Gilles Lebreton, Jérémy Decerle, Bert-Jan Ruissen, Irène Tolleret, Ivo Hristov, Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg, Zbigniew Kuźmiuk, Clara Aguilera, Asim Ademov, Álvaro Amaro, Petri Sarvamaa, Asger Christensen, Michaela Šojdrová, Benoît Biteau, Peter Jahr, Carmen Avram, Jari Leppä

• 8.
• Approval of recommendations issued by AGRI Coordinators

• 1.
• DEALING WITH UNFINISHED BUSINESS

• 1.1.
• CAP legislative Proposals

• Decision:
• Write a letter to the Chair of the CCC requesting a resumption of the 3 CAP

files and that the files not be place on a Plenary agenda before November (at the earliest).

• 2.
• OTHER PENDING FILES

• 2.1.
• Cloning of certain animals (Joint ENVI-AGRI files)

2.1.1. Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the cloning of animals of the bovine, porcine, ovine, caprine and equine species kept and reproduced for farming purposes - 2013/0433(COD) - COM(2013)0892

2.1.2 Proposal for a Council Directive on the placing on the market of food from animal

clones – 2013/0434 (APP) - COM (2013)0893

• Decision:
• Attributed to the Greens Group.

In consultation with the new co-rapporteurs, the ENVI and AGRI Chairs will send a joint letter to the Council requesting an update on the state of play of these files

• 3.
• ATTRIBUTION OF OPINIONS

• 3.1
• European Commission Discharge 2018 – (COM(2019) 316 final - 2019/2055(DEC))

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Decision:

3.2.

AGRI will draft an opinion Opinion attributed to S&D Group for 1 point

Proposal for a Council Decision on the 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

COM(2019) 297 final - 2019/0142 (NLE) COM(2019) 296 final - 2019/0141 (NLE)

• Decision:
• AGRI will draft an opinion

Opinion attributed to EPP Group for 0.5 point

• 3.3.
• Proposal for a Council Decision on the 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

COM(2019) 267 final - 2019/0132 (NLE) 10721/19 10752/19

• Decision:
• AGRI will draft an opinion

Opinion attributed to ECR Group for 0.5 point

• 3.4.
• Programme for single market, competitiveness of enterprises, including small and

medium-sized enterprises, and European statistics 2021–2027

2018/0231(COD) COM(2018)441

• Decision:
• EPP to appoint a rapporteur

• 4.
• REQUESTS FOR ITEMS TO BE INCLUDED IN UPCOMING COMMITTEE

MEETING AGENDAS

• 4.1.
• Request from Ms Sander (EPP, FR) for an exchange of views on the Delegated Act

concerning rules for establishments keeping terrestrial animals and hatcheries, and the traceability of certain kept terrestrial animals and hatching eggs

• Decision:
• Invite a Commission representative (DG SANTE) to an upcoming meeting of

ComAGRI to present the above-mentioned delegated act.

Request the prolongation of the European Parliament deadline for objection.

• 4.2.
• Request from Ms Sander (EPP, FR) to organise an exchange of views on the

situation in the sugar market

• Decision:
• Invite a Commission representative (DG AGRI) to an upcoming meeting of

ComAGRI to give a state of play on the situation in the sugar market and to

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present the report of the High Level Group on Sugar

• 4.3.
• Request from the FAO to organise a joint AGRI-DEVE-ENVI exchange of views to

celebrate World Food Day

• Decision:
• The Secretariat is instructed to liaise with the DEVE and ENVI committees

with a view to organising a possible joint AGRI-DEVE-ENVI exchange of views with the FAO to mark the celebration of “World Food Day 2019”.

• 4.4.
• Exchange of views on the pesticide chlorpyrifos following a recent EFSA statement

• Decision:
• Invite a Commission representative (DG SANTE) to an upcoming meeting of

ComAGRI to give a state of play on the situation concerning the pesticide chlorpyrifos.

• 4.5.
• Request from Ms Sander (EPP, FR) to invite a Commission representative (DG

SANTE) to provide an update on the sanitary situation in Brazil

Decision:

4.6.

Invite a Commission representative (DG SANTE) to an upcoming meeting of ComAGRI to give a state of play on the sanitary situation in Brazil

Request from Ms McGuinness (EPP, IE) to organise an exchange of views with DG COMP and DG AGRI on the long-term prospects for the European beef sector, in light of falling beef prices for producers, climate change, weakening consumer demand for beef and the impact of EU trade agreements.

• Decision:
• Invite Commission representatives (DG AGRI, DG COMP and DG TRADE) to

an upcoming meeting of ComAGRI to discuss the long-term prospects for the European beef sector.

• 5.
• ACTIVITIES WITH NATIONAL PARLIAMENTS - 1st SEMESTER 2020

• Decision:
• Organise, at the beginning of next year, an inter-parliamentary meeting with

members of national parliament committees.

Political Groups are invited to submit proposals on the theme of the inter- parliamentary committee meeting.

• 6.
• HEARING OF COMMISSIONER-DESIGNATE (AGRICULTURE)

• 6.1.
• Consideration and approval of written questions to Commissioner-designate for

agriculture

• Decision:
• Political Groups are invited to submit proposals on the five specific questions

by the deadline of 11 September at 17h00 to be submitted to the future Commissioner-designate for agriculture.

• 7.
• AGRI MISSION TO FRANCE (28-30 OCTOBER 2019) - STATE OF PLAY

• Political Groups are invited to submit proposals to the mission programme.
• Decision:

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• 8.
• THE ISSUE OF PATENTABILITY OF PLANTS IN VIEW OF A DECISION

OF THE ENLARGED BOARD OF APPEAL OF THE EUROPEAN PATENT OFFICE (CASE G3/19)

• Decision:
• AGRI will prepare and table an OQ on the issue of patentability of plants.

Political Groups will prepared and table a resolution.

9.

Decision:

10. OTHER DOCUMENTS FOR INFORMATION

Decision:

HEARING ON THE CAP REFORM

A hearing on the CAP Reform will be organised in the second half of 2019. No action with respect to any of the documents included in Annex I

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ANNEX I

10.1. Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the
European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - Stepping up EU Action to Protect and Restore the World’s Forests

COM(2019) 352 final - SWD(2019) 307 final

10.2. Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council - 12th
Financial Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund - 2018 Financial Year

COM(2019) 366 final - SWD(2019) 317 final

10.3. Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on EAGF expenditure - Early Warning System No 4-6/2019

COM(2019) 367 final

10.4. Commission Staff Working Document - EU guidance on integrating ecosystems and their services into decision-making

SWD(2019) 305 final

10.5. Letter from the European Court of Auditors concerning the closure of the audit of the
2018 EU consolidated accounts

10.6. European Investment Bank: Decisions taken by the EFSI Investment Committee in

July 2019

10.7. European Investment Bank: European Fund For Strategic Investments - Steering
Board - Minutes of the Meeting held on 8 April 2019

10.8. Opinion of National Parliaments concerning the Commission Reflection Paper -
Towards a Sustainable Europe by 2030 (COM(2019) 22 final) - Senate of the Czech Republic

10.9. Opinion of National Parliaments concerning the Communication from the
Commission to the European Parliament, the Council and the European Economic and Social Committee - European Union Strategic Approach to Pharmaceuticals in the

Environment (COM(2019)128)

- Senate of the Czech Republic
10.10. Opinion of National Parliaments concerning the Communication from the
Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - Better regulation: taking stock and sustaining our commitment - COM(2019) 178 final - Italian Chamber of Deputies

10.11. Observations from the German Bundestag on the Common Agricultural Policy (DE only)

10.12. Excmo. Ayuntamiento de Beas de Segura: Resolution on Olive Oil

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• 9.
• Any other business

Next meetings

None.

10.

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25 September 2019, 9.00 – 12.30 and 14.30 – 18.30 26 September 2019, 9.00 – 12.30 (Brussels)

The meeting closed at 17.06

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Results of roll-call votes

1. General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2020 – all sections
1.1. Final vote
5
Key to symbols: + : in favour - : against 0 : abstention

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• 1.
• General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2020 – all sections

• Final vote
• 1.1

39

+

Mazaly Aguilar, Krzysztof Jurgiel, Anthea McIntyre, Veronika Vrecionová

ECR

Matt Carthy, Luke Ming Flanagan

GUE/NGL

Mara Bizzotto, Gilles Lebreton, Joëlle Mélin Diane Dodds, Dino Giarrusso

ID NI

Álvaro Amaro, Franc Bogovič, Daniel Buda, Herbert Dorfmann, Lena Düpont, Jarosław Kalinowski, Norbert Lins, Marlene Mortler, Anne Sander, Petri Sarvamaa, Annie Schreijer-Pierik, Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez

PPE

Asger Christensen, Dacian Cioloș, Jérémy Decerle, Martin Hlaváček, Elsi Katainen, Ulrike Müller, Sheila Ritchie

Renew S&D

Eric Andrieu, Attila Ara-Kovács, Carmen Avram, Adrian-Dragoş Benea, Paolo De Castro, Estrella Dura Ferrandis, Ivo Hristov, Juozas Olekas, Marc Tarabella

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