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28.5.2021 EN Off icial Jour nal of the European Union C 203/1 Monday 25 November 2019 IV (Notices) NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT 2019-2020 SESSION Sittings of 25 to 28 November 2019 STRASBOURG MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 25 NOVEMBER 2019 (2021/C 203/01) Contents Page 1. Resumption of the session . 3 2. Opening of the sitting . 3 3. Statement by the President . 3 4. Approval of the minutes of the previous sittings . 3 5. Announcements by the President . 3 6. Requests for waiver of immunity . 4 7. Composition of committees and delegations . 4 8. Corrigenda (Rule 241) (follow-up) . 4 9. Negotiations ahead of Parliament's first reading (Rule 71) (action taken) . 4 10. Signing of acts adopted in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure (Rule 79) . 5 C 203/2 EN Off icial Jour nal of the European Union 28.5.2021 Monday 25 November 2019 Contents Page 11. Questions for oral answer (submission) . 5 12. Documents received . 6 13. Order of business . 8 14. Climate and environmental emergency — 2019 UN Climate Change Conference (COP25) (debate) . 9 15. EU accession to the Istanbul Convention and other measures to combat gender-based violence (debate) . 10 16. EU-Ukraine Agreement amending the trade preferences for poultry meat and poultry meat preparations 11 provided for by the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement *** (debate) . 17. The 30th Anniversary of the Velvet revolution: importance of the fight for freedom and democracy in 11 Central and Eastern Europe for the historical unification of Europe (debate) . 18. Recent actions by the Russian Federation against Lithuanian judges, prosecutors and investigators involved 12 in investigating the tragic events on 13 January 1991 in Vilnius (debate) . 19. One-minute speeches on matters of political importance . 12 20. Agenda of the next sitting . 12 21. Closure of the sitting . 13 ATTENDANCE REGISTER . 14 ANNEX RESULT OF ROLL-CALL VOTES . 16 1. Tuesday's agenda — request from the GUE/NGL Group . 16 2. Tuesday's agenda — request from the ID Group . 17 28.5.2021 EN Off icial Jour nal of the European Union C 203/3 Monday 25 November 2019 MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF 25 NOVEMBER 2019 IN THE CHAIR: David Maria SASSOLI President 1. Resumption of the session The session suspended on Thursday 14 November 2019 was resumed. 2. Opening of the sitting The sitting opened at 17.06. 3. Statement by the President The President made a statement to mark that year's International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. He called for joint action to ensure gender equality, prevent violence against women and to protect victims. He further urged all EU Member States to ratify the Istanbul Convention as a matter of urgency. The President announced that Parliament was participating in the ‘Orange the World’ initiative and that the Parliament building would be bathed in orange light that evening to express solidarity with all victims of violence against women. Parliament observed a minute's silence to commemorate all of these victims. 4. Approval of the minutes of the previous sittings The minutes of the sittings of 13 November 2019 and 14 November 2019 were approved. * * * Álvaro Amaro had been present at the sitting of 13 November 2019 but his name had not been included on the attendance register. Álvaro Amaro had been present at the sitting of 14 November 2019 but his name had not been included on the attendance register. 5. Announcements by the President The President announced that, pursuant to Rule 176(1), he had decided to censure Manon Aubry for appealing to ‘Extinction Rebellion’ activists to occupy the European Parliament in a video recorded on Parliament's premises and published on her YouTube and Twitter accounts on 17 October 2019. This behaviour constituted a serious breach of Rule 10(2). Ms Aubry was issued a reprimand. C 203/4 EN Off icial Jour nal of the European Union 28.5.2021 Monday 25 November 2019 The President had also decided, again pursuant to Rule 176(1), to censure Pierre Larrouturou for the behaviour of certain individuals he had helped enter Parliament's buildings on 16 October 2019 and whom he was obliged to accompany. This behaviour constituted a serious breach of Rules 10(2) and (7). The President reminded Members of their responsibility concerning the behaviour of visitors they welcome to Parliament. Mr Larrouturou was issued a reprimand. Both Members had been informed, and were entitled to lodge an internal appeal with the Bureau pursuant to Rule 177. 6. Requests for waiver of immunity The German authorities had forwarded a request to waive the immunity of Gunnar Beck in relation to the reopening of criminal investigations against him by the Düsseldorf Public Prosecutor. The Bulgarian authorities had forwarded a request to waive the immunity of Elena Yoncheva in relation to ongoing criminal proceedings brought against her by the Specialised Public Prosecutor. Pursuant to Rule 9(1), the request had been referred to the committee responsible, the JURI Committee. 7. Composition of committees and delegations The President had received, from the ECR Group and from the non-attached Members' secretariat, the following deci- sions changing the composition of the committees and delegations: — CULT Committee: Gilbert Collard to replace Catherine Griset — JURI Committee: Jean-Paul Garraud to replace Gilbert Collard — Delegation for relations with Canada: Ruža Tomašić to replace Johan Van Overtveldt The decisions took effect as of that day. 8. Corrigenda (Rule 241) (follow-up) Corrigenda Nos P8_TA-PROV(2019)0178(COR01), P8_TA-PROV(2019)0374(COR01), P8_TA-PROV(2019)0376(COR01) and P8_TA-PROV(2019)0375(COR01) had been announced in plenary on Wednesday 13 November 2019 (minutes of 13.11.2019, item 10). In accordance with Rule 241(4) these corrigenda were deemed approved as no request had been made by a political group or Members reaching at least the low threshold that they be put to the vote. 9. Negotiations ahead of Parliament's first reading (Rule 71) (action taken) The President announced that no request had been received on behalf of a number of Members or a political group or groups reaching at least the medium threshold concerning the decision to enter into interinstitutional negotiations as announced in the minutes of Wednesday 13 November 2019 (minutes of 13.11.2019, item 8). The LIBE Committee had therefore been able to initiate the negotiations on expiry of the deadline laid down in Rule 71(2). 28.5.2021 EN Off icial Jour nal of the European Union C 203/5 Monday 25 November 2019 10. Signing of acts adopted in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure (Rule 79) The President announced that on Wednesday 27 November 2019, 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 on European business statistics, repealing 10 legal acts in the field of business statistics (00081/2019/LEX — C9-0184/2019 — 2017/0048(COD)); — Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive (EU) 2017/1132 as regards cross- border conversions, mergers and divisions (00084/2019/LEX — C9-0183/2019 — 2018/0114(COD)); — Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on type-approval requirements for motor vehicles and their trailers, and systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles, as regards their general safety and the protection of vehicle occupants and vulnerable road users, amending Regulation (EU) 2018/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Regulations (EC) No 78/2009, (EC) No 79/2009 and (EC) No 661/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Regulations (EC) No 631/2009, (EU) No 406/2010, (EU) No 672/2010, (EU) No 1003/2010, (EU) No 1005/2010, (EU) No 1008/2010, (EU) No 1009/2010, (EU) No 19/2011, (EU) No 109/2011, (EU) No 458/2011, (EU) No 65/2012, (EU) No 130/2012, (EU) No 347/2012, (EU) No 351/2012, (EU) No 1230/2012 and (EU) 2015/166 (00082/2019/LEX — C9-0182/2019 — 2018/0145(COD)); — Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 93/13/EEC and Directives 98/6/EC, 2005/29/EC and 2011/83/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the better enfor- cement and modernisation of Union consumer protection rules (00083/2019/LEX — C9-0179/2019 — 2018/0090(COD)); — Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the prudential requirements of investment firms and amending Regulations (EU) No 1093/2010, (EU) No 575/2013, (EU) No 600/2014 and (EU) No 806/2014 (00080/2019/LEX — C9-0177/2019 — 2017/0359(COD)); — Directive of the European parliament and of the Council on the prudential supervision of investment firms and amending Directives 2002/87/EC, 2009/65/EC, 2011/61/EU, 2013/36/EU, 2014/59/EU and 2014/65/EU (00079/2019/LEX — C9-0176/2019 — 2017/0358(COD)); — Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on sustainability related disclosures in the financial services sector (00087/2019/LEX — C9-0171/2019 — 2018/0179(COD)) — Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 as regards EU Climate Transition Benchmarks, EU Paris aligned Benchmarks and sustainability related disclosures for benchmarks (00090/2019/LEX — C9-0170/2019 — 2018/0180(COD)); — Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2014/65/EU and Regulations (EU) No 596/2014 and (EU) 2017/1129 as regards the promotion of the use of SME growth markets (00089/2019/LEX — C9-0169/2019 — 2018/0165(COD)); — Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 as regards exposures in the form of covered bonds (00085/2019/LEX — C9-0168/2019 — 2018/0042(COD)); — Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the issue of covered bonds and covered bond public supervision and amending Directives 2009/65/EC and 2014/59/EU (00086/2019/LEX — C9-0167/2019 — 2018/0043(COD)).