The session suspended on Thursday 21 January 2021 was resumed.
2. Opening of the sitting
The sitting opened at 17.04.
3. Approval of the minutes of the previous sittings
The minutes of the sittings of 18, 19, 20 and 21 January 2021 were approved.
4. Composition of Parliament
The Belgian authorities had given notice of the election of Tom Vandenkendelaere to replace Kris Peeters as Member of Parliament with effect from 25 January 2021.
The Swedish authorities had given notice of the election of Emma Wiesner to replace Fredrick Federley as Member of Parliament with effect from 4 February 2021.
Parliament took due note of their election.
Under Rule 3(2), until such time as their credentials had been verified or a ruling had been given on any dispute, and provided that they had previously made a written declaration stating that they did not hold any office incompatible with that of Member of the European Parliament, Tom Vandenkendelaere and Emma Wiesner would take their seats in Parliament and on its bodies and would enjoy all the rights attaching thereto.
5. Composition of committees and delegations
The President had received from the PPE, Renew and ID groups the following decisions changing the composition of the committees and delegations:
ECON Committee: France Jamet to replace Herve Juvin
ENVI Committee: Emma Wiesner to replace Karin Karlsbro
IMCO Committee: Tom Vandenkendelaere
REGI Committee: Yana Toom
PECH Committee: Emma Wiesner to replace Jan Huitema
SEDE Subcommittee: Tom Vandenkendelaere
Delegation for Northern cooperation and for relations with Switzerland and Norway and to the EU-Iceland Joint Parliamentary Committee and the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee: Emma Wiesner
Delegation for relations with Iran: Tom Vandenkendelaere
Delegation for relations with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly: Tom Vandenkendelaere
The decisions took effect as of that day.
6. Negotiations ahead of the Council’s first reading (Rule 72)
The President announced that the ECON Committee had decided to enter into interinstitutional negotiations, in accordance with Rule 72, on the basis of Parliament’s following position at first reading:
- European Parliament legislative resolution of 17 April 2019 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the ‘Fiscalis’ programme for cooperation in the field of taxation (COM(2018)0443 – C8-0260/2018 – 2018/0233(COD)) – position at first reading P8_TA(2019)0404.
The position adopted by Parliament at first reading constituted the mandate for the negotiations.
7. Delegated acts and implementing measures (Rule 111(6) and Rule 112(4)(d))
The President announced that the Chair of the Conference of Committee Chairs had made it known that no objections had been raised to:
- the ECON Committee recommendation to raise no objections to the draft Commission regulation amending Regulations (EU) 2019/424, (EU) 2019/1781, (EU) 2019/2019, (EU) 2019/2020, (EU) 2019/2021, (EU) 2019/2022, (EU) 2019/2023 and (EU) 2019/2024 with regard to ecodesign requirements for servers and data storage products, electric motors and variable speed drives, refrigerating appliances, light sources and separate control gears, electronic displays, household dishwashers, household washing machines and household washer-dryers and refrigerating appliances with a direct sales function (D069494/02 - 2020/2917(RPS)) (B9-0107/2021);
- the AGRI Committee recommendation to raise no objections to the Commission delegated regulation of 19 January 2021 amending Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the amounts of Union support for rural development in the year 2021 (C(2021)00188 - 2021/2517(DEA)) (B9-0110/2021);
- the AGRI Committee recommendation to raise no objections to the Commission delegated regulation of 27 January 2021 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/884 derogating in respect of the year 2020 from Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/891 as regards the fruit and vegetables sector and from Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1149 as regards the wine sector in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic, and amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1149 (C(2021)00371 - 2021/2530(DEA)) (B9-0111/2021);
- the ECON Committee recommendation to raise no objections to the Commission delegated regulation of 21 December 2020 amending technical standards laid down in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/2251 as regards to the timing of when certain risk management procedures will start to apply for the purpose of the exchange of collateral (C(2020)09147 - 2020/2942(DEA)) (B9-0098/2021);
- the ECON Committee recommendation to raise no objections to the Commission delegated regulation of 21 December 2020 amending regulatory technical standards laid down in Delegated Regulations (EU) 2015/2205, (EU) 2016/592 and (EU) 2016/1178 as regards the date at which the clearing obligation takes effect for certain types of contracts (C(2020)09148 - 2020/2943(DEA)) (B9-0097/2021).
If no objection was expressed by a political group or a number of Members reaching at least the low threshold within 24 hours, the recommendations would be deemed approved after announcement in plenary. If such an objection were forthcoming, they would be put to the vote.
8. Signing of acts adopted in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure (Rule 79)
The President announced that on Wednesday 10 February 2021, jointly with the President of the Council, he would sign the following acts adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure:
- Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 654/2014 concerning the exercise of the Union’s rights for the application and enforcement of international trade rules (00052/2020/LEX - C9-0015/2021 - 2019/0273(COD));
- Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Technical Support Instrument (00061/2020/LEX - C9-0014/2021 - 2020/0103(COD));
- Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 as regards the exemption of certain third-country spot foreign exchange benchmarks and the designation of replacements for certain benchmarks in cessation, and amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 (00063/2020/LEX - C9-0013/2021 - 2020/0154(COD));
- Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 223/2014 as regards the introduction of specific measures for addressing the crisis associated with the outbreak of COVID-19 (00051/2020/LEX - C9-0012/2021 - 2020/0105(COD)).
9. Questions for oral answer (submission)
The following questions for oral answer with debate had been placed on the agenda (Rule 136):
- O-000004/2021 by Cristian-Silviu Buşoi, on behalf of the ITRE Committee, to the Commission: Safety of the nuclear power plant in Ostrovets (Belarus) (B9-0003/2021);
- O-000006/2021 by Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Dragoş Pîslaru, Elena Lizzi, Kim Van Sparrentak, Anna Zalewska and Eugenia Rodríguez Palop, on behalf of the EMPL Committee, and Andrea Bocskor, to the Commission: European Skills Agenda for sustainable competitiveness, social fairness and resilience (B9-0004/2021);
- O-000074/2020 by Sabine Verheyen, on behalf of the CULT Committee, to the Commission: The impact of COVID-19 on young people and on sport (B9-0005/2021).
10. Action taken on Parliament’s positions and resolutions
The Commission communications on the action taken on the positions and resolutions adopted by Parliament during the May I 2020 and November II 2020 part-sessions were available on Parliament’s website.
11. Documents received
The following documents had been received:
1) from other institutions
- Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down specific and temporary measures in view of the COVID-19 outbreak concerning the renewal or extension of certain certificates, licences and authorisations and the postponement of certain periodic checks and periodic training in certain areas of transport legislation, for reference periods subsequent to those referred to in Regulation (EU) 2020/698 (COM(2021)0025 – C9-0004/2021 – 2021/0012(COD)) The President would consult the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on this proposal, in accordance with Rule 145(1) and Rule 146(1).
referred to
responsible :
TRAN
- Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Framework Decision 2002/465/JHA, as regards its alignment with EU rules on the protection of personal data (COM(2021)0020 – C9-0005/2021 – 2021/0008(COD))
referred to
responsible :
LIBE
opinion :
JURI
- Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2014/41/EU, as regards its alignment with EU rules on the protection of personal data (COM(2021)0021 – C9-0006/2021 – 2021/0009(COD))
referred to
responsible :
LIBE
opinion :
JURI
- Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the initial qualification and periodic training of drivers of certain road vehicles for the carriage of goods or passengers (codification) (COM(2021)0034 – C9-0008/2021 – 2021/0018(COD)) The President would consult the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on this proposal, in accordance with Rule 145(1) and Rule 146(1).
referred to
responsible :
JURI
- Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on statistics on agricultural input and output and repealing Regulations (EC) No 1165/2008 , (EC) No 543/2009, (EC) No 1185/2009 and Directive 96/16/EC (COM(2021)0037 – C9-0009/2021 – 2021/0020(COD))
referred to
responsible :
AGRI
- Proposal for a Council regulation amending Council Regulation (EU) No 389/2012 on administrative cooperation in the field of excise duties as regards the content of electronic registers (COM(2021)0028 – C9-0016/2021 – 2021/0015(CNS))
referred to
responsible :
ECON
- Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2016/794, as regards Europol’s cooperation with private parties, the processing of personal data by Europol in support of criminal investigations, and Europol’s role on research and innovation (COM(2020)0796 – C9-0401/2020 – 2020/0349(COD))
referred to
responsible :
LIBE
opinion :
BUDG, CONT
- Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on a Single Market For Digital Services (Digital Services Act) and amending Directive 2000/31/EC (COM(2020)0825 – C9-0418/2020 – 2020/0361(COD)) The President would consult the European Economic and Social Committee on this proposal, in accordance with Rule 145(1), and the Committee of the Regions, in accordance with Article 307 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. The President would consult the European Data Protection Supervisor on this proposal, in accordance with Article 16 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
referred to
responsible :
IMCO
opinion :
ECON, ITRE, TRAN, CULT, JURI, LIBE
- Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on contestable and fair markets in the digital sector (Digital Markets Act) (COM(2020)0842 – C9-0419/2020 – 2020/0374(COD)) The President would consult the European Economic and Social Committee on this proposal, in accordance with Rule 145(1), and the Committee of the Regions, in accordance with Article 307 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. The President would consult the European Data Protection Supervisor on this proposal, in accordance with Article 16 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
referred to
responsible :
IMCO
opinion :
ECON, ITRE, JURI, LIBE
2) from committees
- Report on the European Central Bank Annual Report 2020 (2020/2123(INI)) – ECON Committee – Rapporteur: Sven Simon (A9-0002/2021)
- ***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on credit servicers, credit purchasers and the recovery of collateral (COM(2018)0135[[01]] – C8-0115/2018 – 2018/0063A(COD)) – ECON Committee – Rapporteurs: Esther de Lange and Irene Tinagli (A9-0003/2021)
- Report on public access to documents (Rule 122(7)) – annual report for the years 2016-2018 (2019/2198(INI)) – LIBE Committee – Rapporteur: Ioan-Rareş Bogdan (A9-0004/2021)
- Report on the implementation of Article 43 of Directive 2013/32/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on common procedures for granting and withdrawing international protection (2020/2047(INI)) – LIBE Committee – Rapporteur: Erik Marquardt (A9-0005/2021)
- Report on reducing inequalities with a special focus on in-work poverty (2019/2188(INI)) – EMPL Committee – Rapporteur: Özlem Demirel (A9-0006/2021)
- Report on the proposal of the European Central Bank for the appointment of the Vice-Chair of the Supervisory Board of the European Central Bank (N9-0080/2020 – C9-0425/2020 – 2020/0910(NLE)) – ECON Committee – Rapporteur: Irene Tinagli (A9-0007/2021)
- Report on the New Circular Economy Action Plan (2020/2077(INI)) – ENVI Committee – Rapporteur: Jan Huitema (A9-0008/2021)
- Report on the request for waiver of the immunity of Álvaro Amaro (2019/2150(IMM)) – JURI Committee – Rapporteur: Stéphane Séjourné (A9-0009/2021)
- ***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on control of the acquisition and possession of weapons (codification) (COM(2020)0048 – C9-0017/2020 – 2020/0029(COD)) – JURI Committee – Rapporteur: Magdalena Adamowicz (A9-0010/2021)
- Report on the implementation of Directive 2011/36/EU on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims (2020/2029(INI)) – LIBE Committee – FEMM Committee – Rapporteurs: Juan Fernando López Aguilar and María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos (A9-0011/2021)
12. Order of business
The final draft agenda for the February 2021 (PE 679.108/PDOJ) sittings had been distributed and the following changes had been proposed (Rule 158):
The President informed the House that he had received two requests for urgent procedure under Rule 163 for the adoption of the following files during the part-session:
- Slot utilisation rules at Union airports: temporary relief (Item 63 on the final draft agenda);
- Temporary measures concerning the validity of certificates and licences (Omnibus II) (Item 64 on the final draft agenda).
The President announced that the requests would be put to the vote at that day’s voting session.
The President pointed out that the votes would be spread over the various voting sessions depending on the number of amendments and requests for split and separate votes. Information on the manner in which the votes would be spread over the various voting sessions was available on Parliament’s website under ‘Priority information and documents’.
Parliament agreed to the proposals.
The order of business was thus established.
13. European Central Bank – annual report 2020 (debate)
Report on the European Central Bank Annual Report 2020 [2020/2123(INI)] - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Sven Simon (A9-0002/2021)
Sven Simon introduced the report.
The following spoke: Christine Lagarde (President of the European Central Bank).
The following spoke: Valdis Dombrovskis (Executive Vice-President of the Commission).
IN THE CHAIR: Pedro SILVA PEREIRA Vice-President
The following spoke: Markus Ferber, on behalf of the PPE Group, Pedro Marques, on behalf of the S&D Group, Engin Eroglu, on behalf of the Renew Group, Francesca Donato, on behalf of the ID Group, Philippe Lamberts, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Johan Van Overtveldt, on behalf of the ECR Group, Dimitrios Papadimoulis, on behalf of The Left Group, Dorien Rookmaker, non-attached Member, Vangelis Meimarakis, Jonás Fernández, Luis Garicano, France Jamet, Sven Giegold, Derk Jan Eppink, Fabio Massimo Castaldo, Evelyn Regner, Billy Kelleher, Gunnar Beck, Bas Eickhout, Henrike Hahn, Claude Gruffat and Marie Toussaint.
The following spoke: Valdis Dombrovskis and Christine Lagarde.
Request for the waiver of the immunity of Álvaro Amaro Report on the request for waiver of the immunity of Álvaro Amaro [2019/2150(IMM)] - Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: Stéphane Séjourné (A9-0009/2021);
European Central Bank: appointment of the Vice-Chair of the Supervisory Board Report on the proposal of the European Central Bank for the appointment of the Vice-Chair of the Supervisory Board of the European Central Bank [N9-0080/2020 - C9-0425/2020 - 2020/0910(NLE)] - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteur: Irene Tinagli (A9-0007/2021).
Parliament took a single vote on:
Control of the acquisition and possession of weapons (codification) ***I Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on control of the acquisition and possession of weapons (codification) [COM(2020)0048 - C9-0017/2020 - 2020/0029(COD)] - Committee on Legal Affairs. Rapporteur: Magdalena Adamowicz (A9-0010/2021).
Parliament voted on the following requests to apply the urgent procedure (Rule 163):
Slot utilisation rules at Union airports: temporary relief ***I [COM(2020)0818 - C9-0420/2020 - 2020/0358(COD)] - TRAN Committee;
Temporary measures concerning the validity of certificates and licences (Omnibus II) ***I [COM(2021)0025 - C9-0004/2021 - 2021/0012(COD)] - TRAN Committee.
Parliament voted on The Left Group’s request (under Rule 59(3)) to put to the vote the amendments instead of the provisional agreement on:
Establishing the Recovery and Resilience Facility ***I Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Recovery and Resilience Facility [COM(2020)0408 - C9-0150/2020 - 2020/0104(COD)] - Committee on Budgets - Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Rapporteurs: Eider Gardiazabal Rubial, Siegfried Mureşan and Dragoş Pîslaru (A9-0214/2020).
The ballot would be open until 19.45.
The vote was taken.
The results of votes would be announced the next day, Tuesday 9 February 2021, at 8.30.
15. New Circular Economy Action Plan (debate)
Report on the New Circular Economy Action Plan [2020/2077(INI)] - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. Rapporteur: Jan Huitema (A9-0008/2021)
Jan Huitema introduced the report.
The following spoke: Anna Cavazzini (rapporteur for the opinion of the IMCO Committee).
The following spoke: Virginijus Sinkevičius (Member of the Commission).
The following spoke: Svenja Hahn (rapporteur for the opinion of the INTA Committee), Romana Jerković (rapporteur for the opinion of the ITRE Committee), Ciarán Cuffe (rapporteur for the opinion of the TRAN Committee), Claude Gruffat (rapporteur for the opinion of the AGRI Committee), Arba Kokalari, on behalf of the PPE Group, Simona Bonafè, on behalf of the S&D Group, and Martin Hojsík, on behalf of the Renew Group.
IN THE CHAIR: Dita CHARANZOVÁ Vice-President
The following spoke: Joëlle Mélin, on behalf of the ID Group, Margrete Auken, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Pietro Fiocchi, on behalf of the ECR Group, Mick Wallace, on behalf of The Left Group, Edina Tóth, Jytte Guteland, Claudia Gamon, Sara Matthieu, Petros Kokkalis, Agnès Evren, Delara Burkhardt, Linea Søgaard-Lidell, Ville Niinistö, Pernille Weiss, Mohammed Chahim, Ivars Ijabs, Hildegard Bentele, Christel Schaldemose and Maria Spyraki.
The President announced that the President of Parliament had received from the Renew Group the following decision changing the composition of the committees and delegations:
EMPL Committee: Yana Toom was no longer a member
The decision took effect as of that day.
17. Implementation of the Anti-Trafficking Directive (debate)
Report on the implementation of Directive 2011/36/EU on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims [2020/2029(INI)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs - Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality. Rapporteurs: Juan Fernando López Aguilar and María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos (A9-0011/2021)
Juan Fernando López Aguilar and María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos introduced the report.
The following spoke: Ylva Johansson (Member of the Commission).
The following spoke: Loránt Vincze, on behalf of the PPE Group, Maria Noichl, on behalf of the S&D Group, Hilde Vautmans, on behalf of the Renew Group, Jean-Lin Lacapelle, on behalf of the ID Group, Alice Kuhnke, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Jessica Stegrud, on behalf of the ECR Group, Malin Björk, on behalf of The Left Group, Laura Ferrara, non-attached Member, Frances Fitzgerald, Heléne Fritzon, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński, Eugenia Rodríguez Palop, Pernille Weiss, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión and Emmanouil Fragkos.
18. European Skills Agenda for sustainable competitiveness, social fairness and resilience (debate)
Question for oral answer O-000006/2021 by Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, Dragoş Pîslaru, Elena Lizzi, Kim Van Sparrentak, Anna Zalewska and Eugenia Rodríguez Palop, on behalf of the EMPL Committee, and Andrea Bocskor, to the Commission: European Skills Agenda for sustainable competitiveness, social fairness and resilience (B9-0004/2021)
Vilija Blinkevičiūtė (Vice-Chair of the EMPL Committee) moved the question.
Nicolas Schmit (Member of the Commission) answered the question.
IN THE CHAIR: Rainer WIELAND Vice-President
The following spoke: Andrea Bocskor, on behalf of the PPE Group, Lina Gálvez Muñoz, on behalf of the S&D Group, Dragoş Pîslaru, on behalf of the Renew Group, Julie Lechanteux, on behalf of the ID Group, Eugenia Rodríguez Palop, on behalf of The Left Group, Daniela Rondinelli, non-attached Member, Romana Tomc, Marc Angel, Radka Maxová, Stelios Kympouropoulos, Radan Kanev, Anne Sander and Antonius Manders.
The following spoke: Nicolas Schmit.
Motion for a resolution to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 136(5):
- Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová, on behalf of the EMPL Committee, on the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions European Skills Agenda for sustainable competitiveness, social fairness and resilience (2020/2818(RSP)) (B9-0108/2021).
19. Reducing inequalities with a special focus on in-work poverty (debate)
Report on reducing inequalities with a special focus on in-work poverty [2019/2188(INI)] - Committee on Employment and Social Affairs. Rapporteur: Özlem Demirel (A9-0006/2021)
Özlem Demirel introduced the report.
The following spoke: Nicolas Schmit (Member of the Commission).
The following spoke: Vilija Blinkevičiūtė (rapporteur for the opinion of the FEMM Committee), Cristina Maestre Martín De Almagro (rapporteur for the opinion of the PETI Committee), Tomáš Zdechovský, on behalf of the PPE Group, Marianne Vind, on behalf of the S&D Group, Atidzhe Alieva-Veli, on behalf of the Renew Group, Dominique Bilde, on behalf of the ID Group, Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Elżbieta Rafalska, on behalf of the ECR Group, José Gusmão, on behalf of The Left Group, Daniela Rondinelli, non-attached Member, Cindy Franssen, Agnes Jongerius, Sylvie Brunet, Guido Reil, Lefteris Nikolaou-Alavanos, Ádám Kósa and Estrella Durá Ferrandis.
20. The impact of COVID-19 on youth and on sport (debate)
Question for oral answer O-000074/2020 by Sabine Verheyen, on behalf of the CULT Committee, to the Commission: The impact of COVID-19 on young people and on sport (B9-0005/2021)
Sabine Verheyen moved the question.
Mariya Gabriel (Member of the Commission) answered the question.
The following spoke: Michaela Šojdrová, on behalf of the PPE Group, Petra Kammerevert, on behalf of the S&D Group, Laurence Farreng, on behalf of the Renew Group, Alessandra Basso, on behalf of the ID Group, Diana Riba i Giner, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Elżbieta Rafalska, on behalf of the ECR Group, Niyazi Kizilyürek, on behalf of The Left Group, Tomasz Frankowski, Victor Negrescu, Vlad-Marius Botoş, Hannes Heide and Marcos Ros Sempere.
The following spoke: Mariya Gabriel.
Motion for a resolution to wind up the debate tabled under Rule 136(5):
- Sabine Verheyen, on behalf of the CULT Committee, on the impact of COVID-19 on youth and on sport (2020/2864(RSP)) (B9-0115/2021).
21. Implementation of Article 43 of the Asylum Procedures Directive (short presentation)
Report on the implementation of Article 43 of Directive 2013/32/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on common procedures for granting and withdrawing international protection [2020/2047(INI)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Erik Marquardt (A9-0005/2021)
Erik Marquardt made the presentation.
The following spoke: Mariya Gabriel (Member of the Commission).
22. Public access to documents for the years 2016-2018 (short presentation)
Report on public access to documents (Rule 122(7)) – annual report for the years 2016-2018 [2019/2198(INI)] - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Rapporteur: Ioan-Rareş Bogdan (A9-0004/2021)
Ioan-Rareş Bogdan made the presentation.
The following spoke: Mariya Gabriel (Member of the Commission).
Explanations of vote submitted in writing under Rule 194 appear on the Members’ pages on Parliament’s website.
Exceptionally, explanations of vote of a maximum of 400 words would be accepted.
24. Corrections to votes and voting intentions
Corrections to votes and voting intentions appear on Parliament’s website under ‘Results of roll-call votes’ as an annex to the minutes of the sitting. They are for information only and have no effect on the result of the vote as announced in plenary.
The document will be regularly updated in the two weeks following the part-session concerned.
After those two weeks, the list of corrections to votes and voting intentions will be finalised so that it can be translated and published in the Official Journal.
25. Agenda of the next sitting
The agenda of the next day’s sitting had been established (‘Agenda’679.108/OJMA).
Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, a remote voting system had been introduced (see Bureau Decision of 20 March 2020 supplementing its Decision of 3 May 2004 on rules governing voting). The Members who voted are listed in the document 'Results of roll-call votes', which is annexed to the Minutes of the sitting and available on Parliament's website.