European Parliament) 2014-2019 Committee on Foreign Affairs AFET_PV(2019)0220 MINUTES Meeting of 20 February 2019, 9.00-12.30 and 15.00-18.30 BRUSSELS The meeting opened at 9.08 on Wednesday, 20 February 2019, with David McAllister (Chair) presiding. 1. Adoption of agenda AFET_OJ (2019)0220 The agenda was adopted. 2. Chair's announcements None 3. Approval of minutes of meetings of 8-9 October 2018 PE 628.691v01-00 6 December 2018 PE 632.081v01-00 28 January 2019 PE 634.582v01-00 The minutes were approved. 4. Recommendation to the Council, to the Commission and to the Vice- President/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on the new comprehensive agreement between the EU and Uzbekistan AFET/8/14679 2018/2236(INI) Rapporteur: David McAllister (PPE) PR – PE632.006v01-00 AM – PE634.584v01-00 Responsible: AFET October – 1 November PV\1177678EN.docx PE636.111v01-00 EN United in diversityEN Consideration of amendments Deadline for tabling amendments:23 January 2019, 11.00 Speakers: David McAllister, Brando Benifei, Charles Tannock, Helmut Scholz, Michael Gahler, Frank Schmiedel (EEAS) 5. Recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the Vice President of Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on the Institutional Framework Agreement between the European Union and the Swiss Confederation AFET/8/14791 2018/2262(INI) Rapporteur: Doru-Claudian Frunzulică (S&D) PR – PE630.430v01-00 AM – PE632.825v01-00 Responsible: AFET* Opinions: INTA* – Tiziana Beghin (EFDD) AD – PE630.624v02-00 AM – PE634.550v01-00 IMCO – Andreas Schwab (PPE) AD – PE632.768v02-00 Consideration of amendments Deadline for tabling amendments:10 January 2019, 11.00 Speakers: David McAllister, Doru-Claudian Frunzulică, Željana Zovko, Charles Tannock, Jørn Dohrmann, Dubravka Šuica, Tonino Picula, Helmut Scholz, Martin Skylv (EEAS) 6. Debriefing on the mission to Guatemala of the EP Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America (DCAM), 29 October-1 November 2018 Speakers: David McAllister, Xabier Benito Ziluaga, Ramón Jáuregui Atondo 7. Debriefing on the European Parliament Ad hoc Delegation to Nicaragua, 23-26 January 2019 Speakers: David McAllister, Ramón Jáuregui Atondo The meeting adjourned at 10.29 and resumed on at 15.07 with David McAllister (Chair) presiding. ***Electronic vote*** PE636.111v01-00 2/16 PV\1177678EN.docx EN 8. Recommendation to the High Representative and to the Council on the Proposal of the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, with the support of the Commission, to the Council for a Council Decision establishing a European Peace Facility AFET/8/14680 2018/2237(INI) Rapporteur: Hilde Vautmans (ALDE) PR – PE629.525v01-00 AM – PE632.922v01-00 Responsible: AFET Adoption of amendments Deadline for tabling amendments:15 January 2019, 12.00 Decision: The amendments were voted and the draft report, as amended, was adopted: for: 52; against: 7; abstentions: 3 Correction to vote: Charles Tannock indicated his intention to vote in favour of the draft report. 9. Recommendation to the Council, to the Commission and to the Vice- President/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on the new comprehensive agreement between the EU and Uzbekistan AFET/8/14679 2018/2236(INI) Rapporteur: David McAllister (PPE) PR – PE632.006v01-00 AM – PE634.584v01-00 Responsible: AFET Adoption of amendments Deadline for tabling amendments:23 January 2019, 11.00 Decision: The amendments were voted and the draft recommendation, as amended, was adopted: for 60; against: 2; abstentions: 0 Correction to vote: Charles Tannock indicated his intention to vote on favour of the draft recommendation. 10. Recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the Vice President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on the Institutional Framework Agreement between the European Union and the Swiss Confederation AFET/8/14791 2018/2262(INI) Rapporteur: Doru-Claudian Frunzulică (S&D) PR – PE630.430v01-00 AM – PE632.825v01-00 PV\1177678EN.docx 3/16 PE636.111v01-00 EN Responsible: AFET* Opinions: INTA* – Tiziana Beghin (EFDD) AD – PE630.624v02-00 AM – PE634.550v01-00 IMCO – Andreas Schwab (PPE) AD – PE632.768v02-00 Adoption of amendments Deadline for tabling amendments:10 January 2019, 11.00 Decision: The amendments were voted and the draft recommendation, as amended, was adopted: for: 48; against: 8; abstentions: 6 Correction to vote: Charles Tannock indicated his intention to vote in favour of the draft recommendation. 11. Report on the 2018 Commission Report on Turkey AFET/8/13879 2018/2150(INI) SWD(2018)0153 Rapporteur: Kati Piri (S&D) PR – PE630.524v01-00 AM – PE632.114v01-00 AM – PE632.131v01-00 Responsible: AFET Adoption of amendments Deadline for tabling amendments:11 December 2018, 11.00 Decision: The amendments were voted and the draft report, as amended, was adopted: for: 47; against: 7; abstentions: 10 Correction to vote: Patricia Lalonde indicated her intention to vote in favour of the draft report. ***End of electronic vote*** 12. Any other business 13. Date and place of next meeting 4 March 2019, 15.00-19.00 Brussels The meeting closed at 15.48. PE636.111v01-00 4/16 PV\1177678EN.docx EN COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS ENLARGED BUREAU 20 February 2019 RECORD OF DECISIONS I. CHAIR'S ANNOUNCEMENTS None II.DECISIONS/EXCHANGES OF VIEWS A. Legislative opinions on 2 proposals for regulations establishing the conditions for accessing the other EU information systems 1) Proposal for a regulation establishing the conditions for accessing the other EU information systems and amending EU regulation 2018/1862 and EU regulation 2018/XXX (COM(2019)0003 FINAL - COD 2019/0001) Lead: LIBE 2) Proposal for a regulation establishing the conditions for accessing other EU information systems for ETIAS purposes and amending EU regulation 2018/1240, EC regulation N° 767/2008, EU regulation 2017/2226 and EU regulation 2018/1861 (COM(2019)0004 FINAL - COD 2019/0002) Lead: LIBE Decided not to draw up an opinion on either procedure. B. Procedure for the consultation on the extension of the Madad trust fund Decided on the following procedure for approval: 1. Presentation of the draft Commission decision and the report justifying the extension in a joint BUDG/AFET meeting. 2. Sending a joint letter to the President setting out the committees’ opinion. The President should then announce the Committees’ PV\1177678EN.docx 5/16 PE636.111v01-00 EN position in plenary and subsequently inform the Commission President in writing of Parliament’s views on the extension of the fund. 3. Letter from AFET, BUDG and DEVE Chairs to the AFCO Chair, asking for a procedure to be formally included in the EP's Rules of Procedure when Parliament is to give an opinion on establishing or extending Trust Funds. C. Conclusion of the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community 2018/0427 NLE AFET/8/xxxx Lead: AFCO AFCO/8/15437 Rapporteur in Lead: Guy Verhofstadt (ALDE, BE) Opinion in the form of a letter from the Chair pursuant to Rule 53(1) III.MOTIONS FOR A RESOLUTION PURSUANT TO RULE 133 OF THE RULES OF PROCEDURE 1. Motion for a resolution on the destruction and looting of works of art in the north of Cyprus (B8-0553/2018) Requester: Dominique Bilde (ENF, FR) No follow up 2. Motion for a resolution on the creation of a Kosovo army (B8- 0597/2018) Requester: Dominique Bilde (ENF, FR) No follow up IV. SUBCOMMITTEES 1. SEDE PE636.111v01-00 6/16 PV\1177678EN.docx EN a. Future status of the SEDE subcommittee SEDE Enlarged Bureau to reconfirm its request for a joint AFET/SEDE coordinators discussion with a possibility that such discussion is held with DROI coordinators present, should the DROI Chair formally request this. Should the discussion take place, a clear proposal for SEDE's competencies (and possibly DROI’s) needs to be put forward and political groups need to clarify their position on the issue. V. ANY OTHER BUSINESS 1. Meeting on progress reports on EU Enlargement Presentation of the progress reports in an extraordinary AFET Committee meeting on 29 May 2019. 2. Tabling of the IPA III report Committee to withhold the tabling of the final report until after the NDICI vote on week 10 (4 March). PV\1177678EN.docx 7/16 PE636.111v01-00 EN Results of roll-call votes Contents- 1. Draft report on the recommendation to the High Representative and to the Council on the proposal of the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, with the support of the Commission, to the Council for a Council Decision establishing a European Peace Facility (2018/2237(INI)) – Rapporteur: Hilde Vautmans (ALDE) ...............9 1.1. Final vote ..................................................................................................................9 2. Draft recommendation to the Council, to the Commission and to the Vice-President/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on the new comprehensive agreement between the EU and Uzbekistan (2018/2236(INI)) – Rapporteur: David McAllister (EPP)..............................................................................................................9 2.1. Final vote ................................................................................................................10 3. Draft report on a European