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054364/EU XXVI. GP Eingelangt Am 15/02/19 054364/EU XXVI. GP Eingelangt am 15/02/19 Council of the European Union Brussels, 15 February 2019 (OR. en) 6268/19 PE-RE 4 'I/A' ITEM NOTE From: General Secretariat of the Council To: Permanent Representatives Committee/Council Subject: RESOLUTIONS and DECISIONS adopted by the European Parliament at its part-session in Strasbourg from 11 to 14 February 2019 The Council is invited to take note of the following acts adopted by the European Parliament. At the above mentioned part-session, the European Parliament adopted 61 acts1 as follows: – 31 legislative acts – 30 non-legislative acts I. LEGISLATIVE ACTS A. ORDINARY LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURE First reading 1. EU Anti-Fraud Programme Report: José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra (A8-0064/2019) European Parliament legislative resolution P8_TA(2019)0068 2. Multiannual plan for stocks fished in the Western Waters and adjacent waters, and for fisheries exploiting those stocks Report: Alain Cadec (A8-0310/2018) European Parliament legislative resolution P8_TA(2019)0069 1 To consult the acts, Ctrl + click on the hyperlink (P8 reference) contained in the text concerned. You will be directed to the act as published on the European Parliament's website. 6268/19 FFF/mn 1 DRI EN www.parlament.gv.at 3. Union Civil Protection Mechanism Report: Elisabetta Gardini (A8-0180/2018) European Parliament legislative resolution P8_TA(2019)0070 4. Minimum requirements for water reuse Report: Simona Bonafè (A8-0044/2019) European Parliament legislative resolution P8_TA(2019)0071 5. Approval and market surveillance of agricultural and forestry vehicles Report: Nicola Danti (A8-0318/2018) European Parliament legislative resolution P8_TA(2019)0072 6. Programme for single market, competitiveness of enterprises and European statistics Report: Nicola Danti (A8-0052/2019) European Parliament legislative resolution P8_TA(2019)0073 7. European Fisheries Control Agency Report: Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg (A8-0037/2019) European Parliament legislative resolution P8_TA(2019)0084 8. Law applicable to the third-party effects of assignments of claims Report: Pavel Svoboda (A8-0261/2018) European Parliament legislative resolution P8_TA(2019)0086 9. Exchange, assistance and training programme for the protection of the euro against counterfeiting for the period 2021-2027 (Pericles IV programme) Report: Dennis de Jong (A8-0069/2019) European Parliament legislative resolution P8_TA(2019)0087 10. Cooperation between the courts of the Member States in the taking of evidence in civil or commercial matters Report: Emil Radev (A8-0477/2018) European Parliament legislative resolution P8_TA(2019)0103 11. Service in the Member States of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters Report: Sergio Gaetano Cofferati (A8-0001/2019) European Parliament legislative resolution P8_TA(2019)0104 6268/19 FFF/mn 2 DRI EN www.parlament.gv.at 12. Streamlining measures for advancing the realisation of the trans-European transport network Report: Dominique Riquet (A8-0015/2019) European Parliament legislative resolution P8_TA(2019)0109 13. Mechanism to resolve legal and administrative obstacles in a cross-border context Report: Matthijs van Miltenburg (A8-0414/2018) European Parliament legislative resolution P8_TA(2019)0118 14. Health technology assessment Report: Soledad Cabezón Ruiz (A8-0289/2018) European Parliament legislative resolution P8_TA(2019)0120 15. Framework for screening of foreign direct investments into the European Union Report: Franck Proust (A8-0198/2018) European Parliament legislative resolution P8_TA(2019)0121 16. Interoperability of electronic road toll systems and facilitating cross-border exchange of information on the failure to pay road fees in the Union Report: Massimiliano Salini (A8-0199/2018) European Parliament legislative resolution P8_TA(2019)0122 17. Mutual recognition of goods lawfully marketed in another Member State Report: Ivan Štefanec (A8-0274/2018) European Parliament legislative resolution P8_TA(2019)0123 18. Charges on cross-border payments in the Union and currency conversion charges Report: Eva Maydell (A8-0360/2018) European Parliament legislative resolution P8_TA(2019)0124 19. Common rules for access to the international market for coach and bus services Report: Roberts Zīle (A8-0032/2019) European Parliament legislative resolution P8_TA(2019)0125 20. Adapting Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on energy efficiency, by reason of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union Report: Miroslav Poche (A8-0014/2019) European Parliament legislative resolution P8_TA(2019)0126 6268/19 FFF/mn 3 DRI EN www.parlament.gv.at B. SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURE Consent 21. Fisheries Partnership Agreement between Côte d’Ivoire and the EU (2018-2024) Recommendation: João Ferreira (A8-0030/2019) European Parliament legislative resolution P8_TA(2019)0063 22. EU-Morocco Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement Recommendation: Alain Cadec (A8-0027/2019) European Parliament legislative resolution P8_TA(2019)0065 23. Agreement to prevent unregulated high seas fisheries in the Central Arctic Ocean Recommendation: Norica Nicolai (A8-0016/2019) European Parliament legislative resolution P8_TA(2019)0066 24. Protocol to the EU-Mexico Economic Partnership, Political Coordination and Cooperation Agreement (accession of Croatia) Recommendation: Inmaculada Rodríguez-Piñero Fernández (A8-0066/2019) European Parliament legislative resolution P8_TA(2019)0067 25. EU-Singapore Free Trade Agreement Recommendation: David Martin (A8-0053/2019) European Parliament legislative resolution P8_TA(2019)0088 26. EU-Singapore Investment Protection Agreement Recommendation: David Martin (A8-0054/2019) European Parliament legislative resolution P8_TA(2019)0090 27. EU-Singapore Partnership and Cooperation Agreement Recommendation: Antonio López-Istúriz White (A8-0020/2019) European Parliament legislative resolution P8_TA(2019)0092 28. Treaty establishing the Transport Community Recommendation: Karima Delli (A8-0022/2019) European Parliament legislative resolution P8_TA(2019)0094 6268/19 FFF/mn 4 DRI EN www.parlament.gv.at 29. GATS: necessary compensatory adjustments resulting from the accession of Czechia, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Austria, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland and Sweden to the EU Recommendation: José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra (A8-0067/2019) European Parliament legislative resolution P8_TA(2019)0108 Consultation 30. VAT: Definitive system for the taxation of trade between Member States Report: Fulvio Martusciello (A8-0028/2019) European Parliament legislative resolution P8_TA(2019)0074 31. Draft Agreement on Cooperation between Eurojust and Georgia Report: lvia-Yvonne Kaufmann (A8-0065/2019) European Parliament legislative resolution P8_TA(2019)0119 II. NON-LEGISLATIVE ACTS 1. Fisheries Partnership Agreement between Côte d’Ivoire and the EU (2018-2024) (resolution) Report: João Ferreira (A8-0034/2019) European Parliament resolution P8_TA(2019)0064 2. Roma integration strategies European Parliament resolution P8_TA(2019)0075 3. Implementation of the Treaty provisions related to EU Citizenship Report: Maite Pagazaurtundúa Ruiz (A8-0041/2019) European Parliament resolution P8_TA(2019)0076 4. Implementation of the Treaty provisions concerning enhanced cooperation Report: Alain Lamassoure (A8-0038/2019) European Parliament resolution P8_TA(2019)0077 5. Implementation of the Treaty provisions on Parliament’s power of political control over the Commission Report: Mercedes Bresso (A8-0033/2019) European Parliament resolution P8_TA(2019)0078 6268/19 FFF/mn 5 DRI EN www.parlament.gv.at 6. Implementation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union in the EU institutional framework Report: Barbara Spinelli (A8-0051/2019) European Parliament resolution P8_TA(2019)0079 7. Regulations and general conditions governing the performance of the Ombudsman’s duties (Statute of the European Ombudsman) Report: Paulo Rangel (A8-0050/2019) European Parliament resolution P8_TA(2019)0080 8. A comprehensive European industrial policy on artificial intelligence and robotics Report: Ashley Fox (A8-0019/2019) European Parliament resolution P8_TA(2019)0081 9. Sustainable use of pesticides Report: Jytte Guteland (A8-0045/2019) European Parliament resolution P8_TA(2019)0082 10. Implementation of the cross-border Healthcare Directive Report: Ivo Belet (A8-0046/2019) European Parliament resolution P8_TA(2019)0083 11. EU-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (resolution) Report: David Martin (A8-0048/2019) European Parliament resolution P8_TA(2019)0089 12. EU-Singapore Investment Protection Agreement (resolution) Report: David Martin (A8-0049/2019) European Parliament resolution P8_TA(2019)0091 13. EU-Singapore Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (resolution) Report: Antonio López-Istúriz White (A8-0023/2019) European Parliament resolution P8_TA(2019)0093 14. 2018 Report on Bosnia and Herzegovina Report: Cristian Dan Preda (A8-0467/2018) European Parliament resolution P8_TA(2019)0095 6268/19 FFF/mn 6 DRI EN www.parlament.gv.at 15. The state of the debate on the Future of Europe Report: Ramón Jáuregui Atondo (A8-0427/2018) European Parliament resolution P8_TA(2019)0098 16. Experiencing backlash in women’s rights and gender equality in the EU European Parliament resolution P8_TA(2019)0111 17. Policy challenges and strategies against women's cancers and related comorbidities European Parliament resolution P8_TA(2019)0112 18. Use of cannabis for medicinal
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