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European Parliament 2014-2019 Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs LIBE_PV(2017)0322_1 MINUTES Meeting of 22 March 2017, 9.00-12.30 and 15.00-18.30, and 23 March 2017, 9.00-12.30 and 14.00-16.30 BRUSSELS The meeting opened at 9.04 on Wednesday, 22 March 2017, with Claude Moraes (Chair) presiding. 1. Adoption of agenda LIBE_OJ (2017)0322_1 The agenda was adopted with the following changes of the order of busines: - Point 13 on the Swiss Referendum and the Freedom of Movement was postponed - Point 4 from the Agenda changed order and became Point 6, Point 5 became Point 4 and Point 6 became Point 5. - Point 11 and 12 on the presentations of the state of play of trilogue negotiations on the drugs files took place after Point 14 on the Rule of Law in Poland. 2. Chair's announcements The Chair announced that interpretation in Croatian, Danish, Maltese, and Gaelic was unavailable for the meetings of 22 March and 23 March 2017 and that the voting time was set at 12h00 on 23 March 2017. The Chair announced that the meeting would be interrupted at 10h55 for a minute of silence in front of the Hemicycle in commemoration of the terrorist attacks in Brussels on 22 March 2016. 3. EU Agency for law enforcement training (Cepol) LIBE/8/09515 Dr Ferenc Banfi, Executive Director at Cepol presented the multi-annual programme of CEPOL. The following Members took the floor: Birgit Sippel (S&D), Roberta Metsola (EPP) Joint debate on the operationalization of the European Border and Coast Guard PV\1134936EN.docx PE601.187v02-00 EN United in diversity EN 4. Report from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council and the Council on the operationalisation of the European Border and Coast Guard COM(2017)0042, LIBE/8/09527 Mr Oliver Seiffarth, Deputy Head of Unit (DG HOME) presented EU Commission Communications on the operationalisation of the European Border and Coast Guard. 5. Second report from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council and the Council on the operationalisation of the European Border and Coast Guard COM(2017)0201, LIBE/8/09516 Exchange of views with Fabrice Leggeri, Executive Director of Frontex 6. FRONTEX - the European Border and Coast Guard Agency LIBE/8/08388 7. LIBE mission to Frontex (20 - 21 February 2017) LIBE/8/09384 Fabrice Leggeri, Executive Director of Frontex took the floor. Olivier Seiffarth, Deputy Head of Unit, DG Home, European Commission, took the floor. Artis Pabriks (EPP) who was the head of the recent mission of the LIBE Committee to Frontex informed about the mission and its conclusions. The following Members took the floor: Péter Niedermüller (S&D), Nathalie Griesbeck (ALDE), Birgit Sippel (S&D), Carlos Coelho (EPP), Helga Stevens (ECR), Ska Keller (Greens/EFA), Juan Fernando López Aguilar (S&D), Miltiadis Kyrkos (S&D), Judith Sargentini(Greens/EFA), Sylvie Guillaume (S&D), Barbara Spinelli (GUE), Kristina Winberg (EFDD), Emil Radev (EPP). Mr Oliver Seiffarth, Mr Fabrice Leggeri and Mr Artis Pabriks (EPP) answered the questions. The meeting adjourned at 9.55 when the Chair invited Members and guests to join President Antonio Tajani for a minute of silence in front of the Hemicycle in commemoration of the terrorist attacks in Brussels on 22 March 2016. The meeting resumed at 10.10 with Claude Moraes (Chair) presiding. Joint debate on democracy and justice in Romania 8. Debate on democracy and justice in Romania further to the plenary decision of 1st February 2017, LIBE/8/09466 The following speakers took the floor: Mr Tudorel Toader, Minister of Justice of Romania, Mr Liviu Avram, Deputy Editor in chief “Adevarul”, Mr Victor Alistar, Executive Director, Transparency Romania, Mr Gabriel Liiceanu, Professor, University of Bucharest, Mr Attila BIRO, Investigative Journalist. Mr William Sleath, Director of the Policy coordination II’ Directorate in SG of the EU Commission took the floor. The following Members took the floor: Roberta Metsola (EPP), Birgit Sippel (S&D), Helga Stevens (ECR), Nathalie Griesbeck (ALDE), Cornelia Ernst (GUE/NGL), Rebecca Harms (Verts/ALE), Csaba Sógor (EPP), Traian Ungureanu (EPP), Maria PE601.187v02-00 2/18 PV\1134936EN.docx EN Grapini (S&D, Emilian Pavel (S&D), Monica Macovei (ECR), Josef Weidenholzer (S&D), Miltiadis Kyrkos (S&D), Barbara Spinelli (GUE/NGL), Juan Fernando López Aguilar (S&D). The Chair concluded the point. The meeting ended at 12.50 and resumed at 15.05 with Claude Moraes (Chair) presiding. 9. European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS), LIBE/8/08500 2016/0357(COD), COM(2016)0731 – C8-0466/2016, Rapporteur: Kinga Gal (EPP) Ms Belinda Pyke, Director, DH HOME took the floor and presented the European Commission’s proposal on ETIAS. The following Members took the floor: Kinga Gál (EPP, Rapporteur) was replaced by Andrea Bocskor (EPP), Sylvie Guillaume (S&D), Helga Stevens (ECR), Gérard Deprez (ALDE), Marie-Christine Vergiat (GUE/NGL), Claude Moraes (S&D), Bodil Valero (Verts/ALE), Jussi Halla-aho (ECR), Maria Grapini (S&D), Birgit Sippel (S&D), Gérard Deprez (ALDE). Ms Pyke answered questions from Members. 10. Modernisation of the Council of Europe Convention 108 (Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data), LIBE/8/00918 Jean Philippe Walter, Vice-Chair of the Committee of Convention 108 presented the state of play of the modernisation of the Convention 108. Ms Sophie Kwasny, Head of the Secretariat of Data Protection Unit of the Council of Europe informed Members about undergoing works in the Committee. The following Members took the floor: Sophia in 't Veld (ALDE). Mr Bruno Gencarelli, Head of Unit, DG JUST, European Commission took the floor. 11. Information exchange, early warning system and risk assessment procedure on new psychoactive substances, LIBE/8/07650, 2016/0261(COD), COM(2016)0547 – C8-0351/2016, Rapporteur: Michał Boni (EPP) The Rapporteur Michał Boni (EPP) reported on the start of the trilogue negotiations. 12. Minimum provisions on the constituent elements of criminal acts and penalties in the field of illicit drug trafficking, as regards the definition of the term ‘drug’, LIBE/8/09271, 2013/0304(COD), COM(2013)0618 – C7-0271/2013, Rapporteur: Teresa Jiménez-Becerril Barrio (EPP) Michał Boni (EPP) reported on the start of the trilogue negotiations on behalf of the Rapporteur, Teresa Jiménez-Becerril Barrio (EPP). 14. Rule of Law in Poland - State of Play LIBE/8/09368 Exchange of views with Frans Timmermans, First Vice-President of the European Commission PV\1134936EN.docx 3/18 PE601.187v02-00 EN Frans Timmermans, First Vice-President of the European Commission took the floor. The following Members took the floor: Roberta Metsola (EPP), Birgit Sippel (S&D), Helga Stevens (ECR), Sophia in 't Veld (ALDE), Malin Björk (GUE/NGL), Judith Sargentini (Verts/ALE), Michał Boni (EPP), Juan Fernando López Aguilar (S&D), Marek Jurek (ECR), Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann (S&D), Frank Engel (EPP), Branislav Škripek (ECR), Barbara Kudrycka (EPP), Róża Gräfin von Thun und Hohenstein (EPP), Zbigniew Kuźmiuk (ECR), Jarosław Wałęsa (EPP), Barbara Spinelli (GUE/NGL) and Marek Jurek (ECR). The meeting adjourned at 17.56 and resumed on Thursday, 23 March 2017 at 9.00 with Claude Moraes (Chair) presiding 15. New Europol Regulation (EU)2016/794 Agreement regarding Denmark’s association with Europol after 1 May 2017, LIBE/8/09522 The following speakers took the floor: Mr David Ciliberti (Council Presidency), Ms Victoria Amici (European Commission) and Mr Dietrich Neumann (Europol) The following Members took the floor: Díaz de Mera García Consuegra Agustín (EPP), Birgit Sippel (S&D), Anders Primdahl Vistisen (ECR), Morten Helveg Petersen (ALDE). 16. Standards for the reception of applicants for international protection (recast), LIBE/8/07293, 2016/0222(COD), COM(2016)0465, C8-0323/2016, Rapporteur Sophia in’t Veld (ALDE) The Rapporteur Sophia in 't Veld (ALDE) presented the amendments tabled. The following Members took the floor: Salvatore Domenico Pogliese (EPP), Kati Piri (S&D), Jussi Halla-aho (ECR), Cornelia Ernst (GUE/NGL), Bodil Valero (Verts/ALE). Ms Anna Abela (Council Presidency) commented on the progress in the Council Ms Margareta Djordjevic, DG HOME, European Commission, welcomed the amendments. Sophia in 't Veld (ALDE) took the floor for final remarks. The Chair announced that the vote in LIBE was expected to take place on 25 April 2017. 17. Europol’s European Migrant Smuggling Centre (EMSC), LIBE/8/09523 Mr Robert Crepinko, Head of the European Migrant Smuggling Centre made a detailed presentation of the activity of the recently created EMSC as regards migrant smuggling in the EU The following Members took the floor: Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra (EPP), Marek Jurek (ECR), Cornelia Ernst (GUE/NGL), Jaromír Štětina (EPP), Dietmar Köster (S&D), Bodil Valero (Verts/ALE), Marie-Christine Vergiat (GUE/NGL), Kristina Winberg (EFDD), Birgit Sippel (S&D), Sophia in 't Veld (ALDE). Mr Crepinko replied to the questions raised. Mr Simon Riondet, Head of Financial Intelligence (EMSC) made a short presentation. PE601.187v02-00 4/18 PV\1134936EN.docx EN 18. Conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purposes of highly skilled employment, LIBE/8/06819, 2016/0176(COD), COM(2016)0378, C8- 0213/2016, Rapporteur: Claude Moraes (S&D) The Chair, Claude Moraes, rapporteur for this proposal, presented the amendments tabled. The following Members took the floor: Nathalie Griesbeck (ALDE), Barbara Spinelli (GUE/NLG), Bodil Valero (Verts/ALE), Christine Revault D'Allonnes Bonnefoy (S&D)/ Ms Laura Corrado, Head of Unit, DG HOME, European Commission took the floor. The vote in LIBE was scheduled on May 3, 2017. The meeting was suspended at 11.39 and resumed at 12.02.