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En En Minutes European Parliament 2019-2024 Committee on Transport and Tourism TRAN_PV(2021)0525_2 MINUTES Meeting of 25 May 2021, 9.00-11.00 and 11.00-12.00 and 13.45-15.45 and 16.15-18.15 BRUSSELS The meeting opened at 9.06 on Tuesday, 25 May 2021, with Karima Delli (Chair) presiding. 25 May 2021, 9.00 – 11.00 With remote participation of TRAN Members 1. Adoption of agenda The agenda was adopted in the form shown in these minutes. 2. Approval of minutes of meetings 14-15 April 2021 PV – PE691.339v01-00 The minutes were approved. 3. Chair’s announcements Deadlines for amendments announced: The deadline for tabling amendments on the Single Market For Digital Services (Digital Services Act) TRAN/9/05061 2020/0361(COD) Rapporteur: Roman HAIDER (ID) was set to 31 May 2021 at 12.00; on Contestable and fair markets in the digital sector (Digital Markets Act) TRAN/9/05565 - 2020/0374(COD) Rapporteur: Markus FERBER (EPP), was set to 31 May 2021 at 12.00. PV\1232450EN.docx PE693.598v01-00 EN United in diversityEN 4. Single Market For Digital Services (Digital Services Act) and amending Directive 2000/31/EC TRAN/9/05061 ***I 2020/0361(COD) COM(2020)0825 – C9-0418/2020 Rapporteur for the opinion: Roman Haider (ID) PA – PE691.254v01-00 Responsible: IMCO* – Christel Schaldemose (S&D) Opinions: ECON, ITRE*, TRAN, CULT, JURI*, LIBE*, FEMM Consideration of draft opinion Deadline for tabling amendments:31 May 2021, 12.00 Speakers: Roman Haider, Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Josianne Cutajar, José Ramón Bauzá Díaz, Ignazio Corrao, Kosma Złotowski, Kateřina Konečná, Henna Virkkunen, Ciarán Cuffe, Prahbat Argawal (European Commission), Johan Danielsson 5. Contestable and fair markets in the digital sector (Digital Markets Act) TRAN/9/05565 ***I 2020/0374(COD) COM(2020)0842 – C9-0419/2020 Rapporteur for the opinion: Markus Ferber (PPE) PA – PE691.253v02-00 Responsible: IMCO* – Andreas Schwab (PPE) Opinions: ECON*, ITRE*, TRAN, CULT, JURI, LIBE Consideration of draft opinion Deadline for tabling amendments: 31 May 2021, 12.00 Speakers: Marian-Jean Marinescu, Josianne Cutajar, Ondřej Kovařík, Ciarán Cuffe, Kosma Złotowski, Pablo Arias Echeverría, Kateřina Konečná, Dominique Riquet, Michael Koenig (European Commission) 6. Guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure and repealing Regulation (EU) No 347/2013 TRAN/9/04921 ***I 2020/0360(COD) COM(2020)0824 – C9-0417/2020 Rapporteur for the opinion: Paolo Borchia (ID) PA – PE689.672v01-00 AM – PE691.397v01-00 AM – PE691.146v01-00 Responsible: PE693.598v01-00 2/20 PV\1232450EN.docx EN ITRE – Zdzisław Krasnodębski PR – PE691.151v01-00 (ECR) AM – PE691.345v01-00 AM – PE691.400v01-00 AM – PE691.401v01-00 Opinions: ECON, ENVI, IMCO, TRAN, REGI Consideration of amendments Speakers: Pablo Arias Echeverría, Josianne Cutajar, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Jutta Paulus, Kateřina Konečná, Henna Virkkunen, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Philippe Olivier, Dominique Riquet, Paolo Borchia, Joachim Balke (European Commission) * * * ***Remote voting procedure: first round - amendments*** 7. Railway safety and signalling: Assessing the state of play of the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) deployment TRAN/9/02082 2019/2191(INI) Rapporteur: Izaskun Bilbao Barandica (Renew) PR – PE680.983v01-00 AM – PE691.170v01-00 Responsible: TRAN Consideration of draft report Vote on amendments All compromise amendments and amendments 1, 3, 4, 5 were adopted. 8. A new approach to the Atlantic maritime strategy TRAN/9/04952 2020/2276(INI) Rapporteur for the opinion: Izaskun Bilbao Barandica (Renew) PA – PE689.483v01-00 AM – PE689.854v01-00 Responsible: REGI* – Younous Omarjee (The Left) PR – PE689.656v01-00 Opinions: ENVI*, TRAN*, PECH Consideration of draft opinion Vote on amendments All compromise amendments and amendment 51 were adopted. All Members taking part in the vote - via remote participation – voted using EPvote. PV\1232450EN.docx 3/20 PE693.598v01-00 EN Members had until 13.00 to send their ballot papers. ***End of Remote Voting Procedure** The meeting adjourned at 10.32 and resumed at 13.46 with Karima Delli (Chair) presiding. * * * 25 May 2021, 11.00 – 12.00 In camera 9. Coordinators’ meeting The Coordinators’ meeting was held from 11.04 to 12.04 in camera with Karima Delli (Chair) in the chair. (See Annex) * * * 25 May 2021, 13.45 – 15.45 10. Exchange of views with Commissioner for the Internal Market Thierry Breton on the updated EU Industrial Strategy (Tourism Task Force meeting) Speakers: Thierry Breton (European Commission), Cláudia Monteiro de Aguiar, István Ujhelyi, José Ramón Bauzá Díaz, Julie Lechanteux, Tilly Metz, Elena Kountoura, Jens Gieseke, Isabel García Muñoz, Nicola Danti, Inma Rodríguez-Piñero, Tomasz Frankowski, Karima Delli, Elsi Katainen, Josianne Cutajar, Benoît Lutgen, Johan Danielsson, Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, Pablo Arias Echeverría, Sara Cerdas, Elissavet Vozemberg-Vrionidi, Dominique Riquet, Mario Furore, Jan-Christoph Oetjen 11. EU Road Safety Policy Framework 2021-2030 – Recommendations on next steps towards "Vision Zero" TRAN/9/05505 2021/2014(INI) Rapporteur: Elena Kountoura (The Left) PR – PE689.693v01-00 AM – PE691.363v01-00 Responsible: TRAN Consideration of amendments Speakers: Elena Kountoura, Elissavet Vozemberg-Vrionidi, Isabel García Muñoz, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Julie Lechanteux, Tilly Metz, Kosma Złotowski, Benoît Lutgen, Johan Danielsson, Vera Tax, Angel Dzhambazki, Clare Depre (European Commission) PE693.598v01-00 4/20 PV\1232450EN.docx EN The meeting adjourned at 16.01 and resumed at 16.23 with Karima Delli (Chair) presiding. 25 May 2021, 16.15 – 18.15 ***Remote voting procedure: second round - final votes*** 12. Railway safety and signalling: Assessing the state of play of the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) deployment TRAN/9/02082 2019/2191(INI) Rapporteur: Izaskun Bilbao Barandica (Renew) PR – PE680.983v01-00 AM – PE691.170v01-00 Responsible: TRAN Adoption of draft report Decision: The draft report was adopted: in favour 47; against: 1; abstention(s): 0. 13. A new approach to the Atlantic maritime strategy TRAN/9/04952 2020/2276(INI) Rapporteur for the opinion: Izaskun Bilbao Barandica (Renew) PA – PE689.483v01-00 AM – PE689.854v01-00 Responsible: REGI* – Younous Omarjee (The Left) PR – PE689.656v01-00 Opinions: ENVI*, TRAN*, PECH Adoption of draft opinion Decision: The draft opinion was adopted: in favour: 48; abstention(s): 0. 14. Conclusion of the Protocol to the Agreement on the international occasional carriage of passengers by coach and bus (Interbus Agreement) regarding the international regular and special regular carriage of passengers by coach and bus TRAN/9/04218 *** 2020/0258(NLE) 11441/2020 – C9-0027/2021 Rapporteur: Maria Grapini (S&D) PR – PE691.270v01-00 Responsible: TRAN Adoption of draft report PV\1232450EN.docx 5/20 PE693.598v01-00 EN Decision: The draft report was adopted: in favour 42; against 3; abstentions: 3. All Members taking part in the vote - via remote participation - will vote using EPvote. Members can send their ballot papers until 17:30 ***End of Remote Voting Procedure*** 15. Resilience of critical entities TRAN/9/04988 ***I 2020/0365(COD) COM(2020)0829 – C9-0421/2020 Rapporteur for the opinion: Angel Dzhambazki (ECR) PA – PE692.636v01-00 Responsible: LIBE* – Michal Šimečka (Renew) Opinions: AFET, ECON, ITRE*, IMCO*, TRAN Consideration of draft opinion Deadline for tabling amendments: 27 May 2021, 14.00 Speakers: Angel Dzhambazki, Tom Berendsen, Maria Grapini, Ondřej Kovařík, Alviina Alametsä, Kateřina Konečná, Heike Buss (European Commission) 16. Measures for a high common level of cybersecurity across the Union, repealing Directive (EU) 2016/1148 TRAN/9/04966 ***I 2020/0359(COD) COM(2020)0823 – C9-0422/2020 Rapporteur for the opinion: Jakop G. Dalunde (Verts/ALE) PA – PE689.861v01-00 Responsible: ITRE* – Bart Groothuis (Renew) PR – PE692.602v01-00 Opinions: AFET, ECON, IMCO, TRAN, CULT, LIBE* Consideration of draft opinion Deadline for tabling amendments:27 May 2021, 12.00 Speakers: Jakop G. Dalunde, Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Kosma Złotowski, Kateřina Konečná, Jakub Boratynski (European Commission) 17. Towards Future-proof Inland Waterway Transport (IWT) in Europe TRAN/9/05506 2021/2015(INI) Rapporteur: Caroline Nagtegaal (Renew) PR – PE689.855v01-00 AM – PE689.856v02-00 Responsible: PE693.598v01-00 6/20 PV\1232450EN.docx EN TRAN Consideration of amendments Speakers: Caroline Nagtegaal, Vera Tax, Karima Delli, Anne-Sophie Pelletier, Tom Berendsen, Dominique Riquet, Magda Kopczynska (European Commission) 18. Any other business None. 19. Next meetings 16 June 2021, 13.45 – 14.45 and 14.45 – 15.45 and 16.15 – 18.15 (Brussels) 17 June 2021, 9.30 – 12.30 (Brussels) The meeting closed at 17.26. PV\1232450EN.docx 7/20 PE693.598v01-00 EN Results of roll-call votes Contents 1. Railway safety and signalling: Assessing the state of play of the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) deployment – 2019/2191(INI) – Rapporteur: Bilbao Barandica ....................................................................................................................................9 1.1. Final vote ..................................................................................................................9 2. A new approach to the Atlantic maritime strategy – 2020/2276(INI) – Rapporteur: Bilbao Barandica.......................................................................................................................10 2.1. Final vote ....................................................................................................................10
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