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26.4.2018 EN Off icial Jour nal of the European Union C 147/1 Monday 13 November 2017 IV (Notices) NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT 2017-2018 SESSION Sittings of 13 to 16 November 2017 STRASBOURG MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 13 NOVEMBER 2017 (2018/C 147/01) Contents Page 1. Resumption of the session . 3 2. Opening of the sitting . 3 3. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting . 3 4. Election of Vice-Presidents of the European Parliament (deadline for submitting nominations) . 3 5. Composition of Parliament . 3 6. Composition of committees and delegations . 4 7. Corrigendum (Rule 231) . 4 8. Signature of acts adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure (Rule 78) . 5 9. Negotiations before the first reading in Parliament (Rule 69(c)) . 5 10. Action taken on Parliament's positions and resolutions . 6 C 147/2 EN Off icial Jour nal of the European Union 26.4.2018 Monday 13 November 2017 Contents Page 11. Documents received . 7 12. Questions for oral answer (submission) . 9 13. Order of business . 10 14. Territorial typologies ***I (debate) . 11 15. Recognition of professional qualifications in inland navigation ***I (debate) . 12 16. Saving lives: boosting car safety in the EU (debate) . 12 17. The persecution of Christians in the world (debate) . 13 18. Protection of coastal marine habitats: the case of Posidonia oceanica (debate) . 13 19. Deployment of cohesion policy instruments by regions to address demographic change (debate) . 14 20. Action plan on retail financial services (short presentation) . 14 21. One-minute speeches on matters of political importance . 15 22. Agenda of the next sitting . 15 23. Closure of the sitting . 15 ATTENDANCE REGISTER . 16 ANNEX RESULT OF ROLL-CALL VOTES . 17 1. Agenda for Tuesday — request from the EFDD Group (Situation in Catalonia) . 17 2. Agenda for Tuesday — request from the EFDD Group (Denial of access to courts of human rights for 18 employees of international organisations) . 26.4.2018 EN Off icial Jour nal of the European Union C 147/3 Monday 13 November 2017 MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 13 NOVEMBER 2017 IN THE CHAIR: Antonio TAJANI President 1. Resumption of the session The session suspended on Thursday 26 October 2017 was resumed. 2. Opening of the sitting The sitting opened at 17.05. 3. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting The minutes of the previous sitting were approved. 4. Election of Vice-Presidents of the European Parliament (deadline for submitting nominations) The President announced that Parliament would elect two new Vice-Presidents to replace Ildikó Gáll-Pelcz and Alexander Graf Lambsdorff. The deadline for submitting nominations had been set for Tuesday, 14 November 2017 at 20.30. Voting would take place on Wednesday, 15 November at 12.30. 5. Composition of Parliament The relevant authorities in the Netherlands had announced that Cora van Nieuwenhuizen had been appointed to a post in the government with effect from 26 October 2017. The relevant authorities in Estonia had announced the end of the term of office of Marju Lauristin with effect from 6 November 2017 following her election to the municipal council of Tartu (Estonia). Elisabeth Köstinger had been elected a member of the national parliament of Austria with effect from 9 November 2017. C 147/4 EN Off icial Jour nal of the European Union 26.4.2018 Monday 13 November 2017 Parliament noted that, under Article 7(1), (2) and (3) of the Act concerning the election of the Members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage, these functions were incompatible with that of Member of the European Parliament and established the vacancy of their seats with effect from 26 October, 6 and 9 November 2017 respectively and informed the relevant national authorities. * * * Jutta Steinruck had tendered her resignation from her position as Member of the European Parliament with effect from 1 January 2018. In accordance with Rule 4(1) and (2), Parliament established the vacancy of the seat of Jutta Steinruck with effect from 1 January 2018 and informed the relevant national authorities. * * * The relevant authorities in Estonia and Austria had announced the election to the European Parliament of Ivari Padar and Thomas Waitz with effect from 6 November 2017 and 10 November 2017 to replace Marju Lauristin and Ulrike Lunacek, respectively. Parliament took note of their election. Under Rule 3(2), until such time as their credentials had been verified or a ruling had been given on any dispute, and provided that they had previously made a written declaration stating that they did not hold any office incompatible with that of Member of the European Parliament, Ivari Padar and Thomas Waitz would take their seats in Parliament and on its bodies and would enjoy all the rights attached thereto. 6. Composition of committees and delegations The President had received the following requests for appointments from the Verts/ALE and EFDD Groups: — AFET Committee: Michel Reimon — Delegation for relations with Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Kosovo: Thomas Waitz — DEVE Committee: Mireille D'Ornano to replace Raymond Finch The appointments would be deemed ratified if there were no objections before the approval of these minutes. 7. Corrigendum (Rule 231) The AGRI Committee had forwarded the following corrigendum to a text adopted by Parliament: — Corrigendum P7_TA(2013)0490(COR03) to Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 352/78, (EC) No 165/94, (EC) No 2799/98, (EC) No 814/2000, (EC) No 1290/2005 and (EC) No 485/2008 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 549) (position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 20 November 2013 with a view to the adoption of the above regulation) (P7_TA(2013)0490) — (COM(2011)0628 — C7-0341/2011 — COM(2012)0551 — C7-0312/2012 — 2011/0288(COD)) 26.4.2018 EN Off icial Jour nal of the European Union C 147/5 Monday 13 November 2017 Pursuant to Rule 231(4), this corrigendum would be deemed approved unless, within 24 hours, a request was made by a political group or at least 40 Members that it be put to the vote. The corrigendum would be available on Europarl for the remainder of the current part-session. 8. Signature of acts adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure (Rule 78) The President announced that on Wednesday 15 November 2017, together with the President of the Council, he would sign the following acts adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure: — Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1920/2006 as regards information exchange on, and an early warning system and risk assessment procedure for, new psychoactive sub- stances (00026/2017/LEX — C8-0398/2017 — 2016/0261(COD)); — Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 on the Common Fisheries Policy (00048/2017/LEX — C8-0397/2017 — 2017/0190(COD)); — Directive of the European ParlIament and of the Council amending Directive 2011/65/EU on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (00040/2017/LEX — C8-0392/2017 — 2017/0013(COD)); — Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down management, conservation and control measures applicable in the Convention area of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), and amending Council Regulations (EC) No 1936/2001, (EC) No 1984/2003 and (EC) No 520/2007 (00031/2017/LEX — C8-0390/2017 — 2016/0187(COD)); — Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on a system of inspections for the safe operation of ro-ro passenger ships and high-speed passenger craft in regular service and amending Directive 2009/16/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directive 1999/35/EC (00036/2017/LEX — C8-0378/2017 — 2016/0172(COD)); — Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 98/41/EC on the registration of persons sailing on board passenger ships operating to or from ports of the Member States of the Community and Directive 2010/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on reporting formalities for ships arriving in and/or departing from ports of the Member States (00035/2017/LEX — C8-0377/2017 — 2016/0171(COD)); — Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2009/45/EC on safety rules and standards for passenger ships (00034/2017/LEX — C8-0376/2017 — 2016/0170(COD)); — Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Framework Decision 2004/757/JHA in order to include new psychoactive substances in the definition of ‘drug’ and repealing Council Decision 2005/387/JHA (00051/2017/LEX — C8-0350/2017 — 2013/0304(COD)). 9. Negotiations before the first reading in Parliament (Rule 69(c)) The President announced the decisions by several committees to enter into interinstitutional negotiations pursuant to Rule 69c (1): — LIBE Committee, on the basis of the report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for examining an application for international protection lodged in one of the Member States by a third-country national or a state- less person (recast) (2016/0133(COD) — COM(2016)0270 — C8-0173/2016). Rapporteur: Cecilia Wikström (A8-0345/2017; C 147/6 EN Off icial Jour nal of the European Union 26.4.2018 Monday 13 November 2017 — LIBE Committee, on the basis of the report on the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the use of the Schengen Information System for the return of illegally staying third-country nationals (2016/0407(COD) — COM(2016)0881 — C8-0532/2016).