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AGRI-PV-2021-04-22-1 EN.Pdf European Parliament 2019-2024 Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development AGRI_PV(2021)0422_1 MINUTES Meeting of 22 April 2021, 9.00-12.00 BRUSSELS The meeting opened at 9.00 on Thursday, 22 April 2021, with Francisco Guerreiro (Vice-Chair) presiding. With remote participation of AGRI Members, the Council and Commission 1. Adoption of agenda AGRI_OJ(2021)0422_1 The agenda was adopted in the form shown in these minutes. 2. Chair’s announcements Interpretation was available in 16 languages, FR, DE, IT, NL, EN, DA, ES, EL, PT, FI, CS, LT, PL, SL, BG and RO. 3. Presentation by a Commission representative (DG AGRI) on the state of play in relation to the revision of the geographical indications systems Speakers: Francisco Guerreiro, Nathalie Sauze-Vandevyver (DG AGRI, European Commission), Herbert Dorfmann, Paolo De Castro, Ulrike Müller, Zbigniew Kuźmiuk, Martin Häusling, Anne Sander, Ivo Hristov, Irène Tolleret, Daniel Buda, Clara Aguilera, Gilles Lebreton, Krzysztof Jurgiel, Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez, Dino Giarrusso. 4. Presentation by Commission representatives (DG AGRI and JRC) on the report "Farmers of the Future" Speakers: Francisco Guerreiro, Tassos Haniotis (DG AGRI, European Commission), Maciek PV\1229817EN.docx PE691.418v01-00 EN United in diversityEN Krzysztofowicz (Joint Research Centre, European Commission), Herbert Dorfmann, Paolo De Castro, Elsi Katainen, Ivan David, Martin Häusling, Zbigniew Kuźmiuk, Luke Ming Flanagan, Clara Aguilera, Asger Christensen, Daniel Buda, Gilles Lebreton, Anne Sander, Krzysztof Jurgiel, Irène Tolleret, Annie Schreijer-Pierik, Chris MacManus, Álvaro Amaro, Jan Huitema, Jérémy Decerle, Bert-Jan Ruissen. 5. State of play of ongoing trilogue negotiations CAP Strategic Plans - 2018/0216(COD) • Reporting back to committee on the negotiations (Rule 74(3)) Speakers: Francisco Guerreiro, Peter Jahr, Maria Noichl, Martin Hlaváček, Gilles Lebreton, Martin Häusling, Bert-Jan Ruissen, Luke Ming Flanagan. 6. State of play of ongoing trilogue negotiations CMO - 2018/0218(COD) • Reporting back to committee on the negotiations (Rule 74(3)) Speakers: Francisco Guerreiro, Eric Andrieu, Anne Sander, Benoît Biteau, Ruža Tomašić. 7. Approval of recommendations issued by AGRI Coordinators during their meeting of 14 Avril 2021 1. REQUESTS FOR ITEMS TO BE INCLUDED IN UPCOMING COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDAS 1.1 Geographic Indications reform Decision: Coordinators decided to invite a representative of DG AGRI to present the results of this study and the idea for the revision of Geographical Indications schemes. 2. ACTIVITIES WITH NATIONAL PARLIAMENTS - 2ND SEMESTER 2021 Decision: Coordinators decided to discuss the topic of CAP Strategic plans in each Member States with national parliaments. 3. PUBLIC HEARINGS 3.1. Joint AIDA-AGRI hearing on AI & agriculture & food security next June Decision: Coordinators decided that AGRI jointly organises the hearing with AIDA, and sets up one of the two panels. 3.2. AGRI public hearings for the 2nd half of 2021 Decision: Coordinators approved 2 hearing topics to be organised during the 2nd semester 2021: 1. Economic comparison of the performance, viability and competitiveness of the EU agriculture (for main commodities) with the main competitors outside the EU; 2. Brexit situation/the influence of Brexit on the European market; PE691.418v01-00 2/10 PV\1229817EN.docx EN A third hearing on animal welfare will be further discussed at the next Coordinator’s meeting, it will be communicated as an ad hoc request to the CCC once the title is agreed. 4. MISCELLANEOUS DECISIONS 4.1 Proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion of an agreement between the EU and United States (2021/0063(NLE)) on the apportionment of tariff-rate quotas following Brexit Decision: ComAGRI will give consent to the conclusion of the agreement between the EU and the US, in the form of a Chair’s letter to INTA (lead committee) pursuant to Rule 56. Coordinators decided to invite the Commission to provide clarification on the topic. 5. PETITIONS Decision: Coordinators decided to issue an opinion to the petition No 1174/2020 in the form of a letter to the PETI committee drawing the attention on the importance of the issue to AGRI. The AGRI Committee will take note of the petition No 1300/2020 and its Chair will inform the Chair of the PETI Committee that it has done so. 6. OTHER DOCUMENTS FOR INFORMATION Decision: No action with respect to any of the documents included in Annex I. 7. FOR INFORMATION 7.1. Proposals for EP and Council decisions on the Equivalence of EU and UK rules on (1) forest reproductive material produced in the UK and (2) field inspections and checks on practices for the maintenance of varieties of agricultural plant species carried out in the UK On 17 March Council approved decisions 2020/0378(COD) (Equivalence of forest reproductive material produced in the United Kingdom) and 2020/0379(COD) (Equivalence of field inspections and equivalence of checks on practices for the maintenance of varieties of agricultural plant species carried out in the United Kingdom) in accordance with EP single reading of 11 March. 7.2. Reply from the Commission on the SAIO Coordinators found in Annex II the reply from Commissioner Gentiloni on the impact assessment for the proposal for a Regulation on statistics on agricultural input and output (SAIO). 8. ANYOTHER BUSINESS PV\1229817EN.docx 3/10 PE691.418v01-00 EN 8.1. CAP trilogues Ms Müller raised a certain number of issues linked to the CAP trilogues: the conclusions from the super trilogue of 26 March, the planning for future trilogues as well as the limitation in participants imposed by the Council. A letter from the ComAGRI will be sent to President Sassoli on the limitation in participants for the trilogues held at the Council. 8.2. Hearing on "Perspectives of animal production in the EU in the context of the Green Deal, Farm to Fork and Biodiversity Strategies" Mr Dorfmann raised the issue of the identification of experts for this hearing. *** PE691.418v01-00 4/10 PV\1229817EN.docx EN ANNEX I 6.1. Opinion from the Spanish Parliament on the proposal for a Regulation on statistics on agricultural input and output and repealing Regulations (EC) No 1165/2008, (EC) No 543/2009, (EC) No 1185/2009 and Council Directive 96/16/EC 6.2. Opinion from the Spanish Parliament on the Amending Regulation (EC) No 138/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards regional economic accounts for agriculture 6.3. Proposal for a Council decision on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union in the International Grains Council with respect to the extension of the Grains Trade Convention, 1995 - COM(2021) 125 6.4. Adoption of a Council decision on the signing, on behalf of the Union, of the agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Union and Indonesia pursuant to article XXVIII of the general agreement on tariffs and trade (GATT) 1994 of concessions on all the tariff-rate quotas included in the EU schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union 6.5. Adoption of a Council decision on the signing, on behalf of the Union, of the agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Union and Islamic Republic of Pakistan pursuant to article XXVIII of the general agreement on tariffs and trade (GATT) 1994 of concessions on all the tariff-rate quotas included in the EU schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union 6.6. Adoption of a Council decision on the signing, on behalf of the Union, of the agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Union and the Commomwealth of Australia pursuant to article XXVIII of the general agreement on tariffs and trade (GATT) 1994 of concessions on all the tariff-rate quotas included in the EU schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union 6.7. Resolution of the Czech senate on the Commission Staff Working Document “Commission recommendations for Czechia CAP Strategic Plan 6.8. Proposal for Council decision on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Joint Committee on Organic Products established by the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Chile on trade in organic products as regards the adoption of its rules of procedure - COM(2021) 145 final 6.9. Opinion of the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies on Ethics of Genome Editing 6.10. Commission Staff Working Document - Evaluation of the European Union Strategy for the Protection and Welfare of Animals 2012-2015 - SWD(2021) 76 final - and its executive summary - SWD(2021) 77 final PV\1229817EN.docx 5/10 PE691.418v01-00 EN 8. Next meetings 10 May 2021, 16.45 – 18.45 (Brussels) 26 May 2021, 9.00 – 12.00 and 13.45 – 16.15 and 16.45 – 18.45 (Brussels) The meeting closed at 11.52. * * * PE691.418v01-00 6/10 PV\1229817EN.docx EN ПРИСЪСТВЕН ЛИСТ/LISTA DE ASISTENCIA/PREZENČNÍ LISTINA/DELTAGERLISTE/ ANWESENHEITSLISTE/KOHALOLIJATE NIMEKIRI/ΚΑΤΑΣΤΑΣΗ ΠΑΡΟΝΤΩΝ/RECORD OF ATTENDANCE/ LISTE DE PRÉSENCE/POPIS NAZOČNIH/ELENCO DI PRESENZA/APMEKLĒJUMU REĢISTRS/DALYVIŲ SĄRAŠAS/ JELENLÉTI ÍV/REĠISTRU TA' ATTENDENZA/PRESENTIELIJST/LISTA OBECNOŚCI/LISTA DE PRESENÇAS/ LISTĂ DE PREZENŢĂ/PREZENČNÁ LISTINA/SEZNAM NAVZOČIH/LÄSNÄOLOLISTA/NÄRVAROLISTA Бюро/Mesa/Předsednictvo/Formandskabet/Vorstand/Juhatus/Προεδρείο/Bureau/Predsjedništvo/Ufficio di presidenza/Prezidijs/ Biuras/Elnökség/Prezydium/Birou/Predsedníctvo/Predsedstvo/Puheenjohtajisto/Presidiet
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