European Parliament 2019-2024 Committee on Legal Affairs JURI_PV(2021)0317_1 MINUTES Meeting of 18 March 2021, 9.00-12.00 and 13.45-14.45 BRUSSELS and with remote participation of JURI Members The meeting opened at 9.03 on Thursday, 18 March 2021, with Marion Walsmann (Vice­Chair) presiding. 18 March 2021, 9.00 – 10.30 1. Adoption of agenda Decision: The draft agenda was adopted in the form shown in these minutes. 2. Chair’s announcements The Chair announced the voting results from the previous meeting (see items 5-7 of the meeting of 17 March 2021). 9.05 - Checking of the quorum and opening of the remote voting procedure Voting was open from 9.10 to 11.00. *** Remote voting procedure *** *** Voting time *** 3. Liability of companies for environmental damage PV\1227206EN.docx PE689.848v01-00 EN United in diversityEN JURI/9/02513 2020/2027(INI) Rapporteur: Antonius Manders (PPE) PR – PE660.299v02-00 AM – PE663.019v01-00 Responsible: JURI Opinions: DEVE Caroline Roose (Verts/ALE) AD – PE658.987v02-00 AM – PE660.080v01-00 ENVI Pascal Canfin (Renew) AD – PE657.389v02-00 AM – PE661.797v01-00 LIBE Saskia Bricmont (Verts/ALE) AD – PE658.919v02-00 AM – PE658.928v01-00 Deadline for tabling amendments:16 December 2020, 12.00 Adoption of draft report Final vote Decision: The draft report was adopted by 19 votes in favour, 6 against, no abstentions. 4. Amending Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 September 2006 on the application of the provisions of the Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters to Community institutions and bodies JURI/9/04376 ***I 2020/0289(COD) COM(2020)0642 – C9-0321/2020 Rapporteur for the opinion: Jiří Pospíšil (PPE) PA – PE661.912v01-00 AM – PE680.916v01-00 Responsible: ENVI – Christian Doleschal (PPE) PR – PE662.051v01-00 AM – PE689.651v02-00 Deadline for tabling amendments:4 February 2021, 12.00 Adoption of draft opinion Final vote Decision: The draft opinion was adopted by 11 votes in favour, 8 against, 6 abstentions. 5. Parliament’s right of initiative JURI/9/03617 2020/2132(INI) Rapporteur for the opinion: PE689.848v01-00 2/19 PV\1227206EN.docx EN Pascal Durand (Renew) PA – PE657.481v01-00 AM – PE662.145v02-00 Responsible: AFCO* – Paulo Rangel (PPE) Deadline for tabling amendments:15 December 2020, 12.00 Adoption of draft opinion Final vote Decision: The draft opinion was adopted by 20 votes in favour, 3 against, 2 abstentions. 6. Petition No 0427/2020 by T.M (German) on codifying case-law and improving the coordination of EU and national social security systems JURI/9/05363 Rapporteur: Adrián Vázquez Lázara (Renew) Adoption Decision: Postponed. 7. Petition No 1311/2019 by Lech Obara (Polish), on behalf of Patria Nostra, on the enforcement in Germany of a final judgment by a Polish court JURI/9/05361 Rapporteur: Adrián Vázquez Lázara (Renew) Adoption Decision: The draft opinion in the form of a latter was adopted by 23 votes in favour, none against, 2 abstentions. 8. Legal basis (Rule 40) Decision: The draft opinion on the legal basis of the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Strategic Innovation Agenda of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) 2021-2027: Boosting the Innovation Talent and Capacity of Europe was adopted unanimously by 24 votes in favour. Decision: The draft opinion on the legal basis of the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council to amend the Visa Information System (VIS) was adopted by 20 votes in favour, non against and 3 abstentions. 9. Vote on Pilot Projects and Preparatory Actions (PPPAs) PV\1227206EN.docx 3/19 PE689.848v01-00 EN Decision: The following proposals for Pilot Projects and Preparatory Actions (PPPAs) were adopted: Democratic Forum on Artificial Intelligence (author: Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, S&D) by 15 votes in favour, 9 against and 1 abstention; Best practices in online court proceedings (author: Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO, S&D) by 19 votes in favour, 5 against and 1 abstention; Novel forms of contracting in the digital economy (author: Tiemo WOELKEN, S&D) by 24 votes in favour, none against and 1 abstention; A comparative study of national legislations on domestic violence and child custody rights (author: Luisa REGIMENTI, ID) by 13 votes in favour, 4 against and 4 abstentions; Domestic Violence - Development of dedicated platforms for training and information exchange between courts, central authorities of the Member States and law enforcement agencies (author: Luisa REGIMENTI, ID) by 12 votes in favour, 6 against and 3 abstentions; Regulated professions - Study on the identification of common principles and criteria for the conduct and evaluation of the tests for the qualifying examination for the legal profession (author: Luisa REGIMENTI, ID) by 12 votes in favour, 7 against and 2 abstentions; The protection of quality journalism in the digital area: the role of advertising revenue models (author: Patrick BREYER, Verts/ALE) unanimously by 25 votes in favour; The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on Education, Research and Library institutions: the role of copyright laws in facilitating distance education and research (author: Patrick BREYER, Verts/ALE) by 18 votes in favour, 6 against and 1 abstention; The following proposals for Pilot Projects and Preparatory Actions (PPPAs) were rejected: Promote an awareness-raising campaign across the EU to prevent domestic violence and protect women and children (author: Luisa REGIMENTI, ID) by 11 votes against, 6 in favour and 4 abstentions. Use of existing compulsory licencing of patents scheme to fight Covid-19 pandemic (author: Manon AUBRY, The Left) by 13 votes against, 10 in favour and 2 abstentions. * * * The meeting continued in camera at 9.20. In camera 9.20 - Checking of the quorum and opening of the remote voting procedure Voting was open from 9.20 to 11.00. *** Remote voting procedure *** PE689.848v01-00 4/19 PV\1227206EN.docx EN *** Voting time *** 10. Request for waiver of the immunity of Jean-Francois Jalkh JURI/9/03507 2020/2110(IMM) Rapporteur: Ibán García Del Blanco (S&D) Responsible: JURI Adoption of draft report Decision: The draft report was adopted by 21 votes in favour, 4 against, no abstentions. 11. Request for the waiver of the immunity of Lívia Járóka JURI/9/04179 2020/2198(IMM) Rapporteur: Stéphane Séjourné (Renew) Responsible: JURI Adoption of draft report Decision: The draft report was adopted by 24 votes in favour, none against, 1 abstention. 12. Disputes involving Parliament (Rule 149) Decision: The Committee adopted the following recommendations (Rule 149; rapporteur: Lara Wolters): unanimously by 25 votes in favour to submit observations in Case C-574/20 Finanzamt Waldviertel – Reference for a preliminary ruling –Regulation (EC) 883/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council – Social security and free movement of workers – Validity – Possible submission of observations by the European Parliament; unanimously by 25 in favour to intervene in Cases T-762/20, Sinopec Chongqing SVW Chemical Co. Ltd and Others v Commission, T-763/20 Inner Mongolia Shuangxin Environment-Friendly Material Co. Ltd v Commission, and T-764/20 Anhui Wanwei Updated High-Tech Material Industry Co. Ltd and Inner Mongolia Mengwei Technology Co. Ltd v Commission - Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1336 - Definitive anti-dumping duty - Plea of inconsistency with WTO rules of Article 2(6.a) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 tantamount to a plea of illegality - Possible intervention of the European Parliament. The vote was closed at 11.00. * * * PV\1227206EN.docx 5/19 PE689.848v01-00 EN 13. Request for the waiver of the immunity of Ioannis Lagos JURI/9/04468 2020/2219(IMM) Rapporteur: Angel Dzhambazki (ECR) Responsible: JURI Second exchange of views Decision: The Committee held a second exchange of views. 14. Request for the waiver of the immunity of Nils Ušakovs JURI/9/04659 2020/2239(IMM) Rapporteur: Andrzej Halicki (PPE) Responsible: JURI Second exchange of views Decision: The Committee held a second exchange of views. 15. Request for the waiver of the immunity of Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz JURI/9/04180 2020/2199(IMM) Rapporteur: Gilles Lebreton (ID) Responsible: JURI Second exchange of views Decision: The Committee held a second exchange of views and decided to address to the President a letter concerning competent authority. * * * 18 March 2021, 10.30 – 11.00 The meeting continued in public at 10.07. 16. European Union regulatory fitness and subsidiarity and proportionality - report on Better Law Making covering the years 2017, 2018 and 2019 JURI/9/04857 2020/2262(INI) PE689.848v01-00 6/19 PV\1227206EN.docx EN Rapporteur: Mislav Kolakušić (NI) PR – PE663.292v01-00 Responsible: JURI Opinions: IMCO Barbara Thaler (PPE) PA – PE680.764v01-00 AM – PE681.008v01-00 AFCO Gerolf Annemans (ID) PA – PE680.882v01-00 AM – PE689.607v01-00 Consideration of draft report Deadline for tabling amendments:23 March 2021, 12.00 Decision: The Committee considered the draft report. The following spoke: Mislav Kolakušić (the rapporteur), Marion Walsmann on behalf of Christian Sagartz (PPE), Karen Melchior on behalf of Ilhan Kyuchyuk (Renew), Nacho Sánchez Amor (S&D), Gilles Lebreton (ID), Antonina Cipollone (Head of Unit, Evaluation & Impact Assessment, European Commission). The meeting was adjourned at 10.28. * * * 18 March 2021, 11.00 – 12.00 The meeting continued in camera at 11.08, with Adrián Vázquez