2019-2024

Plenary sitting

A9-0146/2021

26.4.2021

***II RECOMMENDATION FOR SECOND READING

on the Council position at first reading in a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Justice Programme and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1382/2013 (06834/1/2020 – C9-0138/2021 – 2018/0208(COD))

Committee on Legal Affairs Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

Rapporteurs: Heidi Hautala, Katharina Barley

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DRAFT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION ...... 5

SHORT JUSTIFICATION ...... 6

PROCEDURE – COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE ...... 7

FINAL VOTE BY ROLL CALL IN COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE ...... 8

RR\1230082EN.docx 3/8 PE691.378v02-00 EN PE691.378v02-00 4/8 RR\1230082EN.docx EN DRAFT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION on the Council position at first reading in a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Justice Programme and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1382/2013 (06834/1/2020 – C9-0138/2021 – 2018/0208(COD))

(Ordinary legislative procedure: second reading)

The European Parliament,

– having regard to the Council position at first reading (06834/1/2020 – C9-0138/2021),

– having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 18 October 20181,

– after consulting the Committee of the Regions,

– having regard to its position at first reading2 on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2018)0384),

– having regard to Article 294(7) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the ,

– having regard to the provisional agreement approved by the committees responsible under Rule 74(4) of its Rules of Procedure,

– having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure,

– having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on Legal Affairs and of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (A9- 0146/2021),

1. Approves the Council position at first reading;

2. Notes that the act is adopted in accordance with the Council position;

3. Instructs its President to sign the act with the President of the Council, in accordance with Article 297(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;

4. Instructs its Secretary-General to sign the act, once it has been verified that all the procedures have been duly completed, and, in agreement with the Secretary-General of the Council, to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union;

5. Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.

1 OJ C 62, 15.2.2019, p. 178. 2 Texts adopted on 17.4.2019, P8_TA(2019)0097.

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On 30 May 2018, the European Commission submitted a proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Justice programme. This programme has three main objectives: - facilitating and supporting judicial cooperation in civil and criminal matters, promoting the rule of law, independence and impartiality of the judiciary; - supporting and promoting judicial training, with a view to fostering a common legal, judicial and rule of law culture; - facilitating effective and non-discriminatory access to justice for all, and effective redress, including by electronic means (e-justice).

The promotion of rule of law will benefit from a specific support, and the Commission will report annually on the performance of the Programme and the use of the funds for each specific objective, including actions linked to promotion of gender equality.

The European Parliament confirmed the common understanding reached with the Council on 17 April 2019, through the adoption of a legislative resolution (first reading).

The interinstitutional negotiations were concluded on 18 December 2020 and, at its meeting of 3 February 2021, the COREPER decided to accept the outcome of those negotiations. The Committee on Legal Affairs and the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs held a confirmation vote on the relevant compromise text on 4 February 2021.

Since the Council’s first reading position adopted on 19 April 2021 fully reflects the agreement reached in early second reading interinstitutional negotiations after legal linguistic verification, your rapporteurs recommend that it be endorsed by the European Parliament without amendments, so that the Regulation can be adopted swiftly and enter into force as soon as possible.

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Title Justice programme References 06834/1/2020 – C9-0138/2021 – 2018/0208(COD) Date of Parliament’s first reading – P 17.4.2019 T8-0406/2019 number Commission proposal COM(2018)0384 - C8-0235/2018

Committees responsible JURI LIBE Date announced in plenary

Rapporteurs Heidi Hautala Date appointed 4.9.2019 4.9.2019

Previous rapporteurs Josef Weidenholzer, Heidi Hautala

Rule 58 – Joint committee procedure Date announced in plenary 5.7.2018

Discussed in committee 27.1.2021

Date adopted 26.4.2021

Result of final vote +: 60 –: 14 0: 2

Members present for the final vote , Konstantinos Arvanitis, Katarina Barley, Pernando Barrena Arza, Pietro Bartolo, Nicolas Bay, , Vladimír Bilčík, Vasile Blaga, Ioan-Rareş Bogdan, , , Joachim Stanisław Brudziński, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Damien Carême, Caterina Chinnici, , Anna Júlia Donáth, Lena Düpont, Angel Dzhambazki, , Laura Ferrara, , Ibán García Del Blanco, Jean-Paul Garraud, Esteban González Pons, Maria Grapini, Sylvie Guillaume, , Evin Incir, Sophia in ‘t Veld, , Marina Kaljurand, Peter Kofod, Łukasz Kohut, Moritz Körner, Alice Kuhnke, Gilles Lebreton, , Juan Fernando López Aguilar, , Karen Melchior, , , Nadine Morano, Javier Moreno Sánchez, Maite Pagazaurtundúa, Jiří Pospíšil, , , i Giner, , Stéphane Séjourné, , , Raffaele Stancanelli, , Ramona Strugariu, Annalisa Tardino, Tomas Tobé, , Dragoş Tudorache, Tom Vandendriessche, Adrián Vázquez Lázara, , , Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Tiemo Wölken, , Substitutes present for the final vote Heidi Hautala, Emmanuel Maurel, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Anne-Sophie Pelletier, Rob Rooken, Isabel Santos Date tabled 27.4.2021

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60 +

PPE Magdalena Adamowicz, Vladimír Bilčík, Vasile Blaga, Ioan-Rareş Bogdan, Geoffroy Didier, Lena Düpont, Esteban González Pons, Andrzej Halicki, Jeroen Lenaers, Lukas Mandl, Nuno Melo, Roberta Metsola, Nadine Morano, Emil Radev, Ralf Seekatz, Sara Skyttedal, Tomas Tobé, Axel Voss, Javier Zarzalejos

S&D Katarina Barley, Pietro Bartolo, Caterina Chinnici, Ibán García Del Blanco, Maria Grapini, Sylvie Guillaume, Evin Incir, Marina Kaljurand, Łukasz Kohut, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Javier Moreno Sánchez, Isabel Santos, Bettina Vollath, Tiemo Wölken, Lara Wolters

Renew Anna Júlia Donáth, Pascal Durand, Sophia in 't Veld, Moritz Körner, Karen Melchior, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Maite Pagazaurtundúa, Stéphane Séjourné, Ramona Strugariu, Dragoş Tudorache, Adrián Vázquez Lázara

Verts/ALE Patrick Breyer, Saskia Bricmont, Damien Carême, Heidi Hautala, Alice Kuhnke, Terry Reintke, Diana Riba i Giner, Tineke Strik, Marie Toussaint

The Left Konstantinos Arvanitis, Pernando Barrena Arza, Cornelia Ernst, Anne-Sophie Pelletier

NI Laura Ferrara, Martin Sonneborn

14 -

ID Nicolas Bay, Gunnar Beck, Nicolaus Fest, Jean-Paul Garraud, Gilles Lebreton, Tom Vandendriessche

ECR Joachim Stanisław Brudziński, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Angel Dzhambazki, Patryk Jaki, Rob Rooken, Raffaele Stancanelli, Jadwiga Wiśniewska

Left Emmanuel Maurel

2 0

NI Peter Kofod, Annalisa Tardino

Key to symbols: + : in favour - : against 0 : abstention

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