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Europäisches Parlament 2.7.2021 DE Amtsblatt der Europäische n Uni on C 261/1 Montag, 10. Februar 2020 IV (Informationen) INFORMATIONEN DER ORGANE, EINRICHTUNGEN UND SONSTIGEN STELLEN DER EUROPÄISCHEN UNION EUROPÄISCHES PARLAMENT SITZUNGSPERIODE 2019-2020 Sitzungen vom 10. bis 13. Februar 2020 STRASSBURG PROTOKOLL DER SITZUNG VOM 10. FEBRUAR 2020 (2021/C 261/01) Inhalt Seite 1. Wiederaufnahme der Sitzungsperiode . 3 2. Eröffnung der Sitzung . 3 3. Erklärung des Präsidenten . 3 4. Genehmigung der Protokolle der vorangegangenen Sitzungen . 3 5. Zusammensetzung des Parlaments . 3 6. Personelle Zusammensetzung der Ausschüsse . 4 7. Anfragen zur mündlichen Beantwortung (Einreichung) . 4 8. Vorlage von Dokumenten . 5 9. Arbeitsplan . 6 10. Mitteilung der Kommission zur Überprüfung der wirtschaftspolitischen Steuerung (Aussprache) . 8 C 261/2 DE Amtsblatt der Europäische n Uni on 2.7.2021 Montag, 10. Februar 2020 Inhalt Seite 11. Bewertung des Vorschlags der Kommission für ein überarbeitetes Erweiterungsverfahren (Aussprache) . 8 12. Automatisierte Entscheidungsfindungsprozesse: Gewährleistung des Verbraucherschutzes und des freien 9 Verkehrs von Waren und Dienstleistungen (Aussprache) . 13. KMU und bessere Rechtsetzung (Aussprache) . 9 14. Überarbeitung der Leitlinien für die transeuropäische Energieinfrastruktur — Einwand gemäß 10 Artikel 111 GO: Unionsliste der Vorhaben von gemeinsamem Interesse (Aussprache) . 15. Ausführungen von einer Minute zu Fragen von politischer Bedeutung . 11 16. Tagesordnung der nächsten Sitzung . 11 17. Schluss der Sitzung . 11 Anlage 1 — Personelle Zusammensetzung der Ausschüsse . 12 ANWESENHEITSLISTE . 45 ANLAGE ERGEBNIS DER NAMENTLICHEN ABSTIMMUNGEN . 47 1. Tagesordnung für Dienstag — Antrag der ID-Fraktion . 47 2. Tagesordnung für Mittwoch — Antrag der GUE/NGL-Fraktion . 48 3. Tagesordnung für Mittwoch — Antrag der Verts/ALE-Fraktion . 49 4. Tagesordnung für Mittwoch — Antrag der PPE-Fraktion . 50 5. Tagesordnung für Donnerstag — Antrag der GUE/NGL-Fraktion . 51 2.7.2021 DE Amtsblatt der Europäische n Uni on C 261/3 Montag, 10. Februar 2020 PROTOKOLL DER SITZUNG VOM 10. FEBRUAR 2020 VORSITZ: Mairead McGUINNESS Vizepräsidentin 1. Wiederaufnahme der Sitzungsperiode Die am Donnerstag, 30. Januar 2020, unterbrochene Sitzungsperiode wird wieder aufgenommen. 2. Eröffnung der Sitzung Die Sitzung wird um 17.06 Uhr eröffnet. 3. Erklärung des Präsidenten Anlässlich des „Giorno del ricordo“ in Italien würdigt die Präsidentin die Opfer der Foibe-Massaker sowie die Bewohner von Dalmatien, Rijeka und Istrien, die nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg ins Exil gehen mussten. Das Parlament legt eine Schweigeminute ein. 4. Genehmigung der Protokolle der vorangegangenen Sitzungen Die Protokolle der Sitzungen vom 29. Januar 2020 und 30. Januar 2020 werden genehmigt. 5. Zusammensetzung des Parlaments Infolge des Austritts des Vereinigten Königreichs aus der Europäischen Union vom 31. Januar 2020 sind gemäß dem Abkommen über den Austritt des Vereinigten Königreichs aus der Europäischen Union die Mandate der folgenden Mitglieder, die im Vereinigten Königreich gewählt wurden, am 31. Januar 2020 ausgelaufen: Scott Ainslie, Christian Allard, Heather Anderson, Martina Anderson, Catherine Bearder, Phil Bennion, Jane Brophy, David Bull, Jonathan Bullock, Judith Bunting, Ellie Chowns, Richard Corbett, Seb Dance, Martin Edward Daubney, Chris Davies, Belinda de Lucy, Dinesh Dhamija, Diane Dodds, Gina Dowding, Andrew England Kerr, Jill Evans, Nigel Farage, Lance Forman, Claire Fox, Barbara Ann Gibson, Nathan Gill, Neena Gill, James Alexander Glancy, Theresa Griffin, Ben Habib, Daniel Hannan, Lucy Elizabeth Harris, Michael Heaver, Antony Hook, Martin Horwood, John Howarth, Jackie Jones, Christina Sheila Jordan, Jude Kirton-Darling, Naomi Long, John Longworth, Rupert Lowe, Magid Magid, Anthea Mcintyre, Aileen Mcleod, Nosheena Mobarik, Shaffaq Mohammed, Brian Monteith, Claude Moraes, June Alison Mummery, Lucy Nethsingha, Bill Newton Dunn, Henrik Overgaard Nielsen, Rory Palmer, Matthew Patten, Alexandra Lesley Phillips, Alexandra Louise Rosenfield Phillips, Luisa Porritt, Jake Pugh, Annunziata Mary Rees-Mogg, Sheila Ritchie, Catherine Rowett, Robert Rowland, Molly Scott Cato, Louis Stedman-Bryce, John David Edward Tennant, Richard Tice, Geoffrey Van Orden, Caroline Voaden, Irina Von Wiese, Julie Ward, James Wells und Ann Widdecombe. C 261/4 DE Amtsblatt der Europäische n Uni on 2.7.2021 Montag, 10. Februar 2020 Im Einklang mit dem Beschluss des Europäischen Rates vom 28. Juni 2018 und infolge des Austritts des Vereinigten Königreichs aus der Europäischen Union vom 31. Januar 2020 haben die zuständigen Behörden von 13 Mitgliedstaaten die Wahl folgender Personen zu Mitgliedern des Europäischen Parlaments mit Wirkung vom 1. Februar 2020 mitgeteilt: Dänemark: Linea Søgaard-Lidell; Estland: Riho Terras; Irland: Barry Andrews und Deirdre Clune; Spanien: Marcos Ros Sempere, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión, Gabriel Mato Adrover, Adrián Vázquez Lázara und Clara Ponsatí i Obiols; Frankreich: Ilana Cicurel, Sandro Gozi, Claude Gruffat, Jean-Lin Lacapelle und Nora Mebarek; Kroatien: Romana Jerković; Italien: Sergio Antonio Berlato, Salvatore De Meo und Vincenzo Sofo; Österreich: Thomas Waitz; Polen: Dominik Tarczyński; Rumänien: Victor Negrescu; Slowakei: Miriam Lexmann; Finnland: Alviina Alametsä; Schweden: Jakop Dalunde. Solange ihre Mandate nicht geprüft worden sind oder über eine Anfechtung noch nicht befunden worden ist, nehmen diese Mitglieder gemäß Artikel 3 Absatz 2 GO an den Sitzungen des Parlaments und seiner Organe mit vollen Rechten teil, sofern sie zuvor eine Erklärung dahingehend abgegeben haben, dass sie kein Amt innehaben, das mit der Ausübung eines Mandats als Mitglied des Europäischen Parlaments unvereinbar ist. 6. Personelle Zusammensetzung der Ausschüsse Infolge der neuen Zusammensetzung des Parlaments (Punkt 5 des Protokolls vom 10.2.2020) und der am 15. Januar 2020 angenommenen Mitgliederzahl der Ausschüsse (Punkt 10.1 des Protokolls vom 15.1.2020) teilt die Präsidentin mit, dass sie von den Fraktionen und vom Sekretariat der fraktionslosen Mitglieder die Ernennungen in die Ausschüsse gemäß Artikel 209 GO erhalten hat. Die Listen mit der personellen Zusammensetzung der Ausschüsse werden auf der Website des Parlaments veröffentlicht und sind diesem Protokoll als Anlage beigefügt (Anlage 1 des Protokolls vom 10.2.2020). * * * Es sprechen Manon Aubry zu Artikel 125 und Anlage VII GO (die Präsidentin erwidert, ihre Frage werde dem Präsidenten des Parlaments übermittelt) und Sandra Pereira. 7. Anfragen zur mündlichen Beantwortung (Einreichung) Folgende Anfragen zur mündlichen Beantwortung mit Aussprache wurden auf die Tagesordnung gesetzt (Artikel 136 GO): — O-000010/2020 von Stanislav Polčák, Sylwia Spurek, Martin Hojsík, Alexandra Louise Rosenfield Phillips, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Anja Hazekamp und Eleonora Evi im Namen des ENVI-Ausschusses an den Rat: Schutz des EU-Binnenmarkts und der Verbraucherrechte vor den negativen Auswirkungen des illegalen Handels mit Heimtieren (B9-0003/2020); — O-000011/2020 von Stanislav Polčák, Sylwia Spurek, Martin Hojsík, Alexandra Louise Rosenfield Phillips, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Anja Hazekamp und Eleonora Evi im Namen des ENVI-Ausschusses an die Kommission: Schutz des EU-Binnenmarkts und der Verbraucherrechte vor den negativen Auswirkungen des illegalen Handels mit Heimtieren (B9-0004/2020); 2.7.2021 DE Amtsblatt der Europäische n Uni on C 261/5 Montag, 10. Februar 2020 — O-000006/2020 von Evelyn Regner im Namen des FEMM-Ausschusses an den Rat: Prioritäten der EU für die 64. Tagung der Kommission der Vereinten Nationen für die Rechtsstellung der Frau (B9-0005/2020); — O-000007/2020 von Tomas Tobé im Namen des DEVE-Ausschusses an die Kommission: Die neue umfassende EU-Afrika-Strategie (B9-0006/2020); — O-000008/2020 von Petra de Sutter im Namen des IMCO-Ausschusses an die Kommission: Automatisierte Entscheidungsfindungsprozesse: Gewährleistung des Verbraucherschutzes und des freien Verkehrs von Waren und Dienstleistungen (B9-0007/2020); — O-000012/2020 von Cristian-Silviu Bușoi im Namen des ITRE-Ausschusses an die Kommission: Überarbeitung der Leitlinien für die transeuropäische Energieinfrastruktur (B9-0008/2020). 8. Vorlage von Dokumenten Folgende Dokumente sind eingegangen: — *** Empfehlung zu dem Entwurf eines Beschlusses des Rates über den Abschluss — im Namen der Union — des Investitionsschutzabkommens zwischen der Europäischen Union und ihren Mitgliedstaaten einerseits und der Sozialistischen Republik Vietnam andererseits (05931/2019 — C9-0020/2019 — 2018/0358(NLE)) — INTA-Aus- schuss — Berichterstatter: Geert Bourgeois (A9-0002/2020) — *** Empfehlung zu dem Entwurf eines Beschlusses des Rates über den Abschluss des Freihandelsabkommens zwischen der Europäischen Union und der Sozialistischen Republik Vietnam (06050/2019 — C9-0023/2019 — 2018/0356(NLE)) — INTA-Ausschuss — Berichterstatter: Geert Bourgeois (A9-0003/2020) — *** Empfehlung zu dem Entwurf eines Beschlusses des Rates über den Abschluss eines Protokolls zur Änderung des Luftverkehrsabkommens Europa/Mittelmeer zwischen der Europäischen Gemeinschaft und ihren Mitgliedstaaten einerseits und dem Königreich Marokko andererseits anlässlich des Beitritts der Republik Bulgarien und Rumäniens zur Europäischen Union (06198/2013 — C9-0006/2019 — 2007/0181(NLE)) — TRAN-Ausschuss — Berichterstatter: Sven Schulze (A9-0005/2020) — ***I Bericht über den Vorschlag für einen Beschluss des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates zur Ermächtigung Deutschlands, seine bestehende bilaterale
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