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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
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CONFERENCE OF PRESIDENTS
MINUTES
of the ordinary meeting of Thursday
8 December 2016
House of Representatives of Malta
Valletta, Malta
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CONFERENCE OF PRESIDENTS
MINUTES
of the ordinary meeting of
Thursday, 8 December 2016
from 16:45 to 17:30 hours
House of Representatives of Malta
Valletta, Malta
CONTENTS
Page
1.
Adoption of the draft agenda ............................................................................................................. 6
2.
Approval of the draft Minutes of the meetings of 23 and 30 November 2016 ................................. 7
3.
Adoption of the final draft agenda for the December part-session (from 12 to 15 December 2016)
– Scheduling of key debates in plenary ............................................................................................. 8
4.1
Change of portfolio of Commissioner OETTINGER ..................................................................... 10
5.
Consideration of the outcome of the negotiations on the Joint Declaration on annual
programming 2017 .......................................................................................................................... 11
6.
Items for information ...................................................................................................................... 13
6.1
Internal correspondence .................................................................................................................. 13
6.2
Inter-institutional correspondence ................................................................................................... 13
6.3
External correspondence ................................................................................................................. 13
7.
Date and place of next meetings ..................................................................................................... 14
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CONFERENCE OF PRESIDENTS
MINUTES
of the meeting of Thursday 8 December 2016
from 16:45 to 17:30 hours
Valletta, Malta
The meeting opened at 17:40 hours with Mr Martin SCHULZ,
President of the European Parliament, in the chair
Present
Mr SCHULZ, President
Political Group Chairs
Mr
GONZÁLEZ PONS (acting Chair)
(EPP)
Mr
GUERRERO SALOM (acting Chair)
(S&D)
Ms
IN’T VELD (acting Chair)
(ALDE)
Mr
SYLIKIOTIS (acting Chair)
(GUE/NGL)
Ms
KELLER (acting Chair)
(Greens/EFA)
Mr
FINCH (acting Chair)
(EFDD)
Ms
ATKINSON (acting Chair)
(ENF)
Also Present
Mr
Mr
WELLE, Secretary-General
WINKLER, Deputy Secretary-General and Director-General of DG PRES
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The Council1
represented by
Ms
TUTS
The Commission1
represented by
Mr
FORTI
The Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and
Security Policy1
represented by
Mr VISENTIN
Office of the President
Mr
Ms
Mr
KNUDSEN
BLAU
SCHRANZ
Mr
Mr
MANGOLD
SORENSEN
Office of the Secretary-General
Secretariat
DG European Parliamentary Research Services (EPRS)
Mr TEASDALE
DG Communication (COMM)
Mr DUCH GUILLOT
Legal Service (SJ)
Mr DREXLER
Political groups
Mr RYNGAERT
Ms GARNIER
Ms COLERA-GARZÓN
Ms LEPOLA
Ms TSETSI
Mr KELLY
Mr DE DANNE
Mr BORDEZ
1
Present for items 1-3
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(EPP)
(S&D)
(ALDE)
(GUE/NGL)
(Greens/EFA)
(EFDD)
(ENF)
(NI)
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Ms WOLLNY and Ms BERTULESSI acted as secretaries to the meeting.
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1.
Adoption of the draft agenda
The Conference of Presidents
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noted and adopted the draft agenda in the form shown in these minutes (PE 595.123/CPG).
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2.
Approval of the draft Minutes of the meetings of 23 and 30 November 2016
The Conference of Presidents
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noted and approved the draft Minutes of the ordinary meeting of 23 November 2016
(PE 590.396/CPG and annex);
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noted and approved the draft Minutes of the extraordinary meeting of 30 November 2016
(PE 590.502/CPG and annex).
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3.
Adoption of the final draft agenda for the December part-session (from 12 to 15 December 2016) –
Scheduling of key debates in plenary
The Conference of Presidents
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noted the following documents:
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the final draft agenda for the December part-session (from 12 to 15 December 2016) in
Strasbourg, as adopted by the Conference of Presidents on 23 November 2016 in
Strasbourg;
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a provisional table dated 8 December 2016 summarizing committee and delegation
meetings planned for the December part-session (from 12 to 15 December 2016) in
Strasbourg (PE 590.500/CPG);
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held an exchange of views with the participation of Mr GONZÁLEZ PONS, acting Chair of
the EPP Group, Mr GUERRERO SALOM, acting Chair of the S&D Group, Ms IN’T
VELD, acting Chair of the ALDE Group, Mr SYLIKIOTIS, acting Chair of the GUE/NGL
Group, Ms KELLER, acting Chair of the Greens/EFA Group, Mr FINCH, acting Chair of
the EFDD Group, and Ms ATKINSON, acting Chair of the ENF Group, considered various
proposals to amend the final draft agenda, and, following a vote on various items, adopted
the final draft agenda for the December 2016 part-session with the following modifications:
Monday, 12 December 2016
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decided that the Nagy report on ‘Situation of fundamental rights in the European
Union in 2015’ be added after the report on ‘North-East Atlantic: deep-sea stocks and
fishing in international waters’;
Tuesday, 13 December 2016
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decided that:
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a ceremony for the three Presidents’ signature of the Joint Declaration on the
EU’s legislative priorities for 2017 be added at the opening of the afternoon
session;
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a Commission statement on the ‘Situation of the rule of law and democracy in
Poland’ be added in the afternoon, after the review of the Slovak Council
Presidency;
Wednesday, 14 December 2016
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decided that:
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a statement from the President with regard to the end of his term as Parliament’s
President be added before the votes;
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the report on ‘Third countries whose nationals are subject to or exempt from a
visa requirement: suspension mechanism’ be added in the afternoon after the
Council and Commission statements on ‘Labour market reforms an labour
relations in Greece’;
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the Oral Question of the JURI Committee on ‘Recognising the content of civil
status documents’ be added in the afternoon after the LIBE Oral Questions
‘Obligations in the field of visa reciprocity in accordance with Article 1(4) of
Regulation 539/01’.
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4.
Communications by the President
4.1
Change of portfolio of Commissioner OETTINGER
The Conference of Presidents
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heard the President note that, due to the delay in the designation of the new Bulgarian
Commissioner replacing Ms Kristalina GEORGIEVA, Vice-President for Budget and
Human Resources, it would be appropriate to proceed with the arrangements foreseen by the
applicable rules in the event of a Commissioner’s substantial portfolio change, before Mr
Günther OETTINGER, Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society, took up his new
responsibilities;
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heard the President propose that, in line with the relevant provisions, Mr OETTINGER be
invited to appear before the Committees on Budgets (BUDG), on Budgetary Control
(CONT), and on Legal Affairs (JURI) on 9 January 2017, with a view to enabling the
Conference of Presidents to consider subsequently the assessment of the BUDG, CONT and
JURI Committees;
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endorsed the President’s proposal.
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5.
Consideration of the outcome of the negotiations on the Joint Declaration on annual
programming 2017
The Conference of Presidents,
- took note of the following documents:
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a draft Joint Declaration (PE 595.199/CPG and annex);
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a draft mandate for the inter-institutional negotiations on the joint declaration
(PE 590.446/CPG);
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a European Commission communication dated 25 October 2016, entitled ‘Commission
Work Programme 2017 - Delivering a Europe that protects, empowers and defends’
(COM(2016) 710 final);
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European Parliament resolution of 6 July 2016 on the strategic priorities for the
Commission Work Programme 2017 (P8_TA-PROV(2016)0312);
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Inter-institutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council of the
European Union and the European Commission on Better Law-Making (OJ L 123,
12.5.2016, p. 1–14);
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Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the European
Commission (Annex XIII of Parliament's Rules of Procedure);
- heard the President report on the outcome of the negotiations on the Joint Declaration of the
European Parliament, the Council, and the European Commission on annual programming,
which had had the purpose to identify items of major political importance that should
receive priority treatment by the institutions in the legislative process in 2017;
- heard him underline the positive results achieved on the basis of the Parliament’s mandate for
the inter-institutional negotiations, adopted by the Conference of Presidents on 17
November 2016;
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- heard him further underline the importance of the three institutions working closely together,
with a view to ensuring substantial progress on, and delivery of, key legislative files before
the end of 2017, while remaining committed to a joint regular monitoring of those legislative
priorities throughout the year;
- held an exchange of views with the participation of Mr GONZÁLEZ PONS, acting Chair of the
EPP Group, Mr GUERRERO SALOM, acting Chair of the S&D Group, Ms IN’T VELD,
acting Chair of the ALDE Group, Mr SYLIKIOTIS, acting Chair of the GUE/NGL Group,
and Ms KELLER, acting Chair of the Greens/EFA Group, during which support for the
priorities set out in the Joint Declaration was expressed, the need of continuing the work on
all legislative proposals contained in the Commission Work Programme for 2017 was
underlined, in particular on files relating to:
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the Posting of Workers Directive
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taxation policy, notably the Disclosure of tax information by certain undertakings and
branches (CBCR) and the Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base (CCCTB), and
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migration policy and the new resettlement framework;
- endorsed the Joint Declaration by a large majority.
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Items for information
6.1
Internal correspondence
There was none.
6.2
Inter-institutional correspondence
There was none.
6.3
External correspondence
There was none.
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Date and place of next meetings
The Conference of Presidents
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noted that the next ordinary meeting would be held on Wednesday 14 December 2016 from
15:00 to 17:00 hours in room R1.1, in Louise WEISS Building, in Strasbourg.
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The meeting closed at 18:10 hours
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