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PE-7/CPG/PV/2013-13
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
CONFERENCE OF PRESIDENTS
MINUTES
of the meeting of Thursday
4 July 2013
Louise Weiss Building, Room R1.1
Strasbourg
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CONFERENCE OF PRESIDENTS
MINUTES
of the meeting of
Thursday, 04 July 2013
from 10.00 to 12.00 hours
Louise WEISS Building, Room R 1.1
Strasbourg
CONTENTS
Page
1. Adoption of the draft agenda ...................................................................................................... 8
2. Approval of the draft minutes of the meeting of 27 June 2013 .................................................. 9
3. Adoption of the preliminary draft agenda for the September part-session (9 to 12
September 2013 in Strasbourg) – Scheduling of key debates in plenary ................................. 10
4. Communications of the President ............................................................................................ 12
4.1 Debriefing on the Youth Employment Summit ....................................................................... 12
4.2 Follow-up to problems encountered by a group of Members regarding a visit to
Morocco ................................................................................................................................... 12
4.3 Invitations to address the Plenary ............................................................................................. 13
A. DECISIONS/EXCHANGE OF VIEWS ............................................................................... 14
4a. United States spying ................................................................................................................. 14
5. Parliament's representation outside of the EU - Exchange of views with Mr
CASHMAN, Chair of the Conference of Delegation Chairs ................................................... 16
6. European governance and democratic scrutiny of the euro ..................................................... 18
B. DECISIONS WITHOUT DEBATE ..................................................................................... 19
7. Numerical composition of inter-parliamentary delegations following the accession of
Croatia ...................................................................................................................................... 19
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8. Request for association under Rule 50 by the Committee on Development to a non-
legislative report by the Committee on Foreign Affairs entitled "The EU comprehensive
approach and its implications for the coherence of EU external action" .................................. 20
9. Request for association under Rule 51 by the Committee on Women's Rights and
Gender Equality to a non-legislative report by the Committee on Fisheries entitled
"Specific actions in the Common Fisheries Policy for developing the role of women ............ 21
10. Contestation by the Committee on International Trade of the Committee on Foreign
Affairs regarding four own-initiative reports ............................................................................ 22
11. Contestation by the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy of the competence of
the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection and request for
association under Rule 50 by the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home
Affairs regarding a legislative report "concerning measures to ensure a high common
level of network and information security across the Union" .................................................. 24
12. Participation of the European Parliament in the EU-Myanmar Task Force in
Myanmar/Burma from 14 to 15 November 2013 ..................................................................... 26
13. Request from the Democracy Support and Elections Coordination Group to co-organise
a Conference on the role and functioning of political groups in Tunisia from 26 to 27
August 2013 .............................................................................................................................. 27
14. Request by the Democracy Support and Election Coordination Group (DEG) to allow
up to five Members to participate in a seminar "Open Parliament - transparency of
parliamentary activities" in Skopje, FYR Macedonia, from 23 to 24 September 2013 ........... 28
15. Inter-parliamentary cooperation in the context of the implementation of article 13 of the
Treaty on Stability, Coordination, and Governance (TSCG) - Nomination of the
European Parliament delegation to the Conference to be held in Vilnius, Lithuania, from
16 to 18 October 2013 .............................................................................................................. 29
Committee delegations within the EU and the applicant countries ................................................ 30
16. Request from the Committee on Development to send two Members to a High-Level
Panel to be organised in the framework of the 2013 edition of the European
Development Days in Brussels from 26 to 27 November 2013 ............................................... 30
Interparliamentary delegations ......................................................................................................... 31
17. Request from the SINEEA Delegation to attend the meeting of the Standing Committee
of Parliamentarians of the Arctic region to be held in Murmansk, Russia, from 18 to 20
September 2013 ........................................................................................................................ 31
18. Request from the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly to hold a workshop on 'Policies and
initiatives for enhancing cooperation in energy efficiency and renewable energy under
the Eastern Partnership' in Vilnius, Lithuania, on 20 September 2013 .................................... 32
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Meetings of political groups ............................................................................................................. 33
19. Request from the Europe of Freedom and Democracy Group (EFD) to hold study days
of the Group in Viareggio, Italy, from 30 September to 3 October 2013 ................................ 33
20. Request from the European People's Party Group (EPP) to hold a Bureau meeting in
Nicosia, Cyprus, from 17 to 18 October 2013 ......................................................................... 34
21. Urgent matters and any other business ..................................................................................... 35
21.1 Filming of Members without their consent .............................................................................. 35
22. Items for information ............................................................................................................... 36
22.1 Internal correspondence ........................................................................................................... 36
22.2 Interinstitutional correspondence ............................................................................................. 36
22.3 External correspondence .......................................................................................................... 36
23. Date and place of next meeting ................................................................................................ 37
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CONFERENCE OF PRESIDENTS
MINUTES
of the meeting of Thursday, 4 July 2013
from 10.00 to 12.00 hours
Strasbourg
The meeting opened at 10.02 hours with Mr Martin SCHULZ,
President of the European Parliament, in the chair
Present
Mr SCHULZ, President
Political Group Chairs
Mr DAUL (EPP)
Mr SWOBODA (S&D)
Mr VERHOFSTADT (ALDE)
Mr COHN-BENDIT (Co-Chair) (Greens/EFA)
Mr CALLANAN (ECR)
Ms ZIMMER (GUE/NGL)
Mr SPERONI (Co-Chair) (EFD)
Non-attached Member
Mr SOSA WAGNER1 (Non-attached Member)
Also Present
Mr WELLE, Secretary-General
1 Present pursuant to Rule 24 (2) of the Rules of Regulations of Procedure
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Invited:
Mr LEHNE, Chair of the Conference of Committee Chairs
Also invited
Mr BROK, Chair of the Committee of Foreign Affairs (items 4a and 5 of the Agenda)
Mr LÓPEZ AGUILAR, Chair of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (item
4a of the Agenda)
Mr CASHMAN, Chair of the Conference of Delegations Chairs (item 5 of the Agenda),
The Council1
represented by Mr MILTON
Mr FROIS FIDALGO
The Commission1
represented by Mr NYMAND CHRISTENSEN
Mr BARANY
Mr MITEK
The Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and
Security Policy1
represented by Mr LEVINE
Office of the President
Mr WINKLER
Mr KAISER
Ms MARTINEZ IGLESIAS
Mr MACHMER
Mr STUTZMANN
Mr FREEDMAN
Ms WOLLNY
Mr DIRRIG
Office of the Secretary-General
Mr MANGOLD
Mr SORENSEN
Ms FREDSGAARD
1 Present for items 1-3
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Secretariat
DG Presidency (PRES) Ms F. RATTI/Mr DUNSTAN/Mr LANE /Mr KNUDSEN/Mr BROGGI/
Mr SANCHEZ/ Mr SCOTT1/ Mr URBIETA/Mr O'BEARA
DG Internal Policies (IPOL)
Mr RIBERA d'ALCALA/Ms VANDENBOSCH/Mr CHIOCCHETTI/
Mr CAHEN1
DG External Policies (EXPO)
Mr AGUIRIANO/Mr PENALVER/Mr GONZATO2/
Mr STOKELJ3/Mr FERNÁNDEZ FERNÁNDEZ3/
DG Communication (COMM)
Ms LAHOUSSE/Mr DUCH GUILLOT
DG Interpretation and Conferences (INTE)
Ms COSMIDOU
DG Finance (FINS)
Mr VANHAEREN
DG Innovation, Technical
Support (ITEC) Mr VILELLA
Legal Service Mr PENNERA/Mr PASSOS
Directorate for relations with
political groups Mr SCHWETZ
Secretariat of the Bureau Mr TZIORKAS
Political groups
Mr KAMP/Mr RYNGAERT/Ms SCRIBAN/Ms LASKAVÁ (EPP)
Ms COLOMBO/Mr BURU/Ms BAPTISTA/Mr VERHEYDEN (S&D)
Mr BEELS//Ms COLERA-GARZÓN/Mr RASMUSSEN/Mr MCLAUGHLIN (ALDE)
Mr DENKINGER/Mr LINAZASORO (Greens/EFA)
Mr BARRETT/Mr BOYS SMITH (ECR)
Ms D'ALIMONTE/Ms LEPOLA (GUE/NGL)
Mr BORDEZ/Mr VAUGIER/Mr CAMPOMENOSI (EFD)
Mr BUGALHO (NI)
Mr HILLER, Mr HUBER, Mr MENEGHINI, Mr PEGAZZANO and Mr ISAACS acted as
secretaries to the meeting.
1 Present for item 4a 2 Present for items 4a - 5 3 Present for items 5
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1. Adoption of the draft agenda
The Conference of Presidents
- noted the draft agenda (PE 512.436/CPG) and adopted it in the form shown in these
minutes.
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2. Approval of the draft minutes of the meeting of 27 June 2013
The Conference of Presidents
- approved the draft minutes of the meeting of 27 June 2013, held in Brussels
(PE 512.384/CPG and annex).
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3. Adoption of the preliminary draft agenda for the September part-session (9 to 12 September
2013 in Strasbourg) – Scheduling of key debates in plenary
The Conference of Presidents
- noted the following documents:
a letter dated 3 July 2013 from Mr LEHNE, Chair of the Conference of Committee
Chairs, submitting a recommendation on the agenda of the Plenary part-session
(Monday 9 to Thursday 12 September 2013 in Strasbourg) (PE 512.488/CPG and
annexes);
a letter dated 3 July 2013 from Mr LEHNE, Chair of the Conference of Committee
Chairs, with an overview of all legislative files currently under negotiation in first,
early second or second reading (PE 512.489/CPG and annex).
- took note of the preliminary draft agenda for the September part-session (9 to 12
September 2013 in Strasbourg), in the light of notes drafted by DG Presidency setting
out the various options, distributed after the preparatory meetings of 2 and 3 July 2013
with the Secretaries-General of the political groups, and adopted the proposal contained
in those notes with the following modifications:
Tuesday 10 September 2013
- heard the President underline the high political importance of the reports
GIEGOLD on "European Banking Authority and prudential supervision of credit
institutions" and THYSSEN on "Specific tasks for the European Central Bank
concerning policies relating to the prudential supervision of credit institutions",
recall that a debate on these reports already took place and that Parliament's Rules
of Procedure do not provide for a second debate in such cases and suggest,
therefore, to have a debate on the wider subject of the Banking Union, instead,
which would allow for Parliament to debate the political issues covered by both
reports;
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- heard Mr DAUL, Chair of the EPP Group, Mr SWOBODA, Chair of the S&D
Group, Mr VERHOFSTADT, Chair of the ALDE Group and Mr COHN-
BENDIT, Co-Chair of the GREENS/EFA Group supporting the President's
intention to have a debate;
- decided to add to the agenda for Tuesday morning a new item on the State of
negotiations on the European Banking Union, the details of which would be
finalised by the political groups ahead of the next meeting of the Conference of
Presidents.
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4. Communications of the President
4.1 Debriefing on the Youth Employment Summit
The Conference of Presidents
- heard the President inform the meeting that on 3 July 2013, at the invitation of Mrs
MERKEL, Chancellor of Germany, he had attended the Youth Employment Summit in
Berlin, together with Mr BARROSO, President of the European Commission, Mr VAN
ROMPUY, President of the European Council and other EU heads of state and
government, note that this was an event of such importance that it justified his absence
from the presentation of the Sakharov prize to Guillermo Farinas on that day; further
heard the President note that there seemed to be a growing acceptance of the role of the
European Parliament in providing democratic legitimacy for European action;
- heard the President report that a follow-up conference would take place in November
2013 in Paris;
- held an exchange of views with the participation of Mr DAUL, Chair of the EPP Group,
Mr SWOBODA, Chair of the S&D Group, Mr COHN-BENDIT, Co-Chair of the
Greens/EFA Group, Mr CALLANAN, Chair of the ECR Group, Ms ZIMMER, Chair of
the GUE/NGL Group, Mr SPERONI, Co-Chair of the EFD Group;
- welcomed the participation of the Parliament, represented by the President, in this
event, noting its political importance and the growing acceptance of Parliament's role in
this area
4.2 Follow-up to problems encountered by a group of Members regarding a visit to Morocco
The Conference of Presidents
- heard the President recall that, in contacts with the President of the Moroccan
Parliament, he had made a formal complaint about the treatment of the Members
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concerned and suggest that in the future, Members visiting that country should inform
him beforehand, in order to allow the authorities of the country concerned and the EU-
representations in that country to be informed of the presence of Members, in the
expectation that they would benefit from the usual diplomatic protection;
- heard Mr BROK, Chair of the AFET committee recall that, by letter of 11 April 2013,
the AFET committee had informed the Conference of Presidents of its intention to send
a fact finding mission to Morocco, and additionally that that the Chair of the Foreign
Affairs Committee of the Moroccan Parliament had been at an AFET meeting for a
discussion on this subject;
- held an exchange of views with the participation of Mr SWOBODA, Chair of the S&D
Group, Mr COHN-BENDIT, Co-Chair of the Greens/EFA Group, Ms ZIMMER, Chair
of the GUE/NGL Group;
- noted the actions outlined above.
4.3 Invitations to address the Plenary
The Conference of Presidents
- heard the President report that he had invited Mr Macky SALL, President of Senegal,
to address the Plenary: on 9 October 2013, and Mr Milos ZEMAN, President of the
Czech Republic, to do so on 19 November 2013.
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A. DECISIONS/EXCHANGE OF VIEWS
4a. United States spying
The Conference of Presidents
- noted the following documents:
a letter dated 3 July 2013 from Mr LÓPEZ AGUILAR, Chair of the Committee
on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, on the
above-mentioned subject (PE 512.503/CPG and annex);
a letter dated 3 July 2013 from Mr LEHNE, Chair of the Conference of
Committee Chairs on the above-mentioned subject (PE 512.502/CPG);
Press statement dated 29 June 2013 by President SCHULZ on the alleged
bugging of EU office by the US authorities PE 512.497/CPG).
- heard the President note reports of a meeting between Mrs MERKEL, Chancellor of
Germany, Mr HOLLANDE, President of France, Mr BARROSO, President of the
Eurropean Commission, and Mr VAN ROMPUY , President of the European Council
on allegations of US spying activities and the possible consequences, in particular for
the start of negotiations of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
Agreement (TTIP);
- heard the President note the proposal to establish working groups to look at data
protection, with the EU delegation to be headed by Commissioners MALMSTRÖM and
REDING, and express the view that it was essential that these working groups make
significant progress in parallel to the TTIP negotiations;
- heard Mr LÓPEZ AGUILAR, Chair of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and
Home Affairs (LIBE), present the suggestions of the coordinators of the LIBE
committee on how to proceed, with the aim of providing a speedy and thorough reaction
from the European Parliament. Three possible options had been considered: a temporary
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committee under Rule 184, a committee of inquiry under Rule 185, and an inquiry
within the framework of the LIBE committee resulting in an own-initiative report under
Rule 48, out of quota. The last option was proposed, with the intention of having a
report ready for plenary before the end of this year. In this context, the LIBE committee
was open to full cooperation with all committees with a legitimate interest in the
subject;
- held an exchange of views with the participation of Mr DAUL, Chair of the EPP Group,
Mr SWOBODA, Chair of the S&D Group, Mr VERHOFSTADT, Chair of the ALDE
Group, Mr COHN-BENDIT, Co-Chair of the Greens/EFA Group, Mr CALLANAN,
Chair of the ECR Group, Ms ZIMMER, Chair of the GUE/NGL Group; Mr SPERONI,
Co-Chair of the EFD Group, Mr LEHNE, Chair of the Conference of Committee Chairs
and Mr BROK, Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET);
- decided to authorise the drawing up of an own-initiative report by LIBE out of quota as
proposed, allowing for all relevant committees to be able to contribute to the works; in
particular the AFET, Committee on International Trade and the Committee on Industry;
- outlined Parliament's position that there needed to be strict parallelism between the talks
on the TTIP agreement and the establishment of working groups on data security, and
stressed that this official line of the European Parliament, which will also be set out in a
resolution, should unequivocally be followed in Parliament's contacts with the US
counterparts;
- underlined that official contacts with the US counterparts should go ahead as planned
and authorised.
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5. Parliament's representation outside of the EU - Exchange of views with Mr CASHMAN, Chair
of the Conference of Delegation Chairs
The Conference of Presidents
- noted the following documents:
extracts from the minutes of the meetings of the Conference of Presidents of
10 January 2013 and 6 February 2013;
a letter dated 3 April 2013 from Mr SCHULZ, President of the European
Parliament to Mr CASHMAN, Chair of the Conference of Delegation Chairs, on
the activities of inter-parliamentary delegations (PE 508.873/CPG);
a letter dated 16 April 2013, from Mr CASHMAN, Chair of the Conference of
Delegation Chairs, on future revision of implementing provisions governing the
work of delegations (PE 508.874/CPG);
a letter dated 26 June 2013, from Mr BROK, Chair of the Committee on Foreign
Affairs, on the use of the EU logo on documents established by informal working
groups (PE 512.479/CPG and annex)
- heard Mr CASHMAN, Chair of the Conference of Delegation Chairs, introduce the
subject by referring to the proposals for reform agreed in the Conference of Delegation
Chairs and set out in his letter of 3 April 2013, highlighting inter alia the desire to
restore the "one in - one out" rule, and greater flexibility with travel dates to
accommodate the timetable of counterparts; further heard him note that cooperation
between the permanent delegations and the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) had
been working well; heard him conclude his introductory remarks by stressing that
work should continue to achieve a comprehensive overhaul of the existing
arrangements for travel;
- held an exchange of views with Mr DAUL, Chair of the EPP Group, Mr SWOBODA,
Chair of the S&D Group, Mr VERHOFSTADT, Chair of the ALDE Group, Mr
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COHN-BENDIT, Co-Chair of the Greens/EFA Group, Mr CALLANAN, Chair of the
ECR Group, Ms ZIMMER, Chair of the GUE/NGL Group; Mr SPERONI, Co-Chair
of the EFD Group and Mr BROK, Chair of the AFET Committee;
- agreed that a reflection on the revision of the provisions on travel for parliamentary
committees and standing inter-parliamentary delegations was desirable in order to
have a new set of rules ready for the start of the next legislature, and recalled that, as a
general rule, Members participating in a delegation mission should participate actively
in the entire official programme.
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6. European governance and democratic scrutiny of the euro
This point was postponed to a subsequent meeting.
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B. DECISIONS WITHOUT DEBATE
7. Numerical composition of inter-parliamentary delegations following the accession of Croatia
The Conference of Presidents, without debate,
- took note of a draft proposal by the political groups on the numerical composition of
inter-parliamentary delegations following the accession of Croatia (PE 515.982/CPG);
- endorsed the draft proposal submitted by the political groups concerning the numerical
composition of inter-parliamentary delegations, following the accession of Croatia and
submitted that proposal to plenary for final approval.
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8. Request for association under Rule 50 by the Committee on Development to a non-legislative
report by the Committee on Foreign Affairs entitled "The EU comprehensive approach and its
implications for the coherence of EU external action"
The Conference of Presidents, without debate,
- took note of the letter dated 20 June 2013 from Mr LEHNE, Chair of the Conference of
Committee Chairs (PE 512.444/CPG and annexes) on the request for association under
Rule 50 by the Committee on Development to a non-legislative own-initiative report
under Rule 48 by the Committee on Foreign Affairs on:
"The EU comprehensive approach and its implications for the coherence of EU external
action"
Committee responsible: AFET
DEVE had requested application of Rule 50
- noted the recommendations of the Chair of the Conference of Committee Chairs that
the:
AFET Committee be authorised to draw up a non-legislative own-initiative
report entitled "The EU comprehensive approach and its implications for the
coherence of EU external action";
DEVE Committee's request for association under Rule 50 to the AFET report be
dismissed;
DEVE Committee be authorised to contribute with an opinion under Rule 49 to
the above-mentioned report;
- approved the recommendations of the Chair of the Conference of Committee Chairs on
this matter.
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9. Request for association under Rule 51 by the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender
Equality to a non-legislative report by the Committee on Fisheries entitled "Specific actions in
the Common Fisheries Policy for developing the role of women
The Conference of Presidents, without debate,
- took note of the letter dated 20 June 2013 from Mr LEHNE, Chair of the Conference of
Committee Chairs (PE 512.445/CPG) on the request for association under Rule 51 by
the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality to a non-legislative own-
initiative report under Rule 48 by the Committee on Fisheries on:
"Specific actions in the Common Fisheries Policy for developing the role of women"
Committee responsible: PECH
FEMM has requested application of Rule 51
- noted the recommendations of the Chair of the Conference of Committee Chairs that
the:
PECH Committee be authorised to draw up a non-legislative own-initiative
report entitled "Specific actions in the Common Fisheries Policy for
developing the role of women";
FEMM Committee's request for association under Rule 51 to the PECH
report be granted;
- approved the recommendations of the Chair of the Conference of Committee Chairs on
this matter.
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10. Contestation by the Committee on International Trade of the Committee on Foreign Affairs
regarding four own-initiative reports
The Conference of Presidents, without debate,
- took note of the letter dated 20 June 2013 from Mr LEHNE, Chair of the Conference of
Committee Chairs, on the contestation by the Committee on International Trade (INTA)
on the attribution of competence for four non-legislative own-initiative reports under
Rule 48 to the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) (PE 512.446/CPG and annexes)
on:
"The EU comprehensive approach and its implications for the coherence of EU external
action"
Committee responsible: AFET
INTA had contested the competence of the AFET Committee;
"Saudi Arabia, its relations with the EU and its role in the Middle East and North
Africa"
Committee responsible: AFET
INTA had contested the competence of the AFET Committee;
"The future of the EU-ASEAN relations"
Committee responsible: AFET
INTA had contested the competence of the AFET Committee;
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"Assessing and setting priorities for EU relations with the Eastern partnership countries"
Committee responsible: AFET
INTA had contested the competence of the AFET Committee;
- noted the recommendations of the Chair of the Conference of Committee Chairs that
the:
AFET Committee be authorised to draw up these four non-legislative own-
initiative reports
INTA Committee's contestation of competence for the above-mentioned
reports be dismissed;
INTA Committee be authorised to contribute with an opinion under Rule 49
to those reports;
- approved the recommendations of the Chair of the Conference of Committee Chairs
on these matters.
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11. Contestation by the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy of the competence of the
Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection and request for association under
Rule 50 by the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs regarding a legislative
report "concerning measures to ensure a high common level of network and information security
across the Union"
The Conference of Presidents
- took note of a letter dated 27 June 2013 from Mr LEHNE, Chair of the Conference of
Committee Chairs (PE 512.473/CPG and annexes) submitting a contestation of
competence by the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) and a request
for association under Rule 50 by the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home
Affairs (LIBE) on the legislative report of the Committee on Internal Market and
Consumer Protection (IMCO):
"Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning
measures to ensure a high common level of network and information security across the
Union"
Committee responsible: IMCO
ITRE had contested the competence of the IMCO;
LIBE had requested application of Rule 50;
- noted the recommendations of the Chair of the Conference of Committee Chairs that the:
ITRE Committee's contestation of competence be dismissed;
ITRE Committee be associated to the IMCO Committee's legislative report
under Rule 50 with the division of competences as set out in the annex of the
above mentioned letter;
LIBE Committee's request for association under Rule 50 be dismissed;
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LIBE Committee be authorised to contribute with an opinion under Rule 49 to
the above-mentioned legislative report;
- heard Mr SWOBODA, Chair of the S&D Group propose that LIBE be associated under
Rule 50;
- decided to ask Mr LEHNE, Chair of the Conference of Committee Chairs, to find a
mutually-agreeable solution between the three committees concerned or should that not
be possible, to resubmit a recommendation for a final decision at a subsequent meeting.
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12. Participation of the European Parliament in the EU-Myanmar Task Force in Myanmar/Burma
from 14 to 15 November 2013
The Conference of Presidents, without debate,
- noted the following documents:
a letter dated 21 May 2013 from Ms ASHTON, Vice-President of the European
Commission/High-Representative, on the above-mentioned subject
(PE 512.351/CPG and financial statement);
a letter dated 2 July 20132 from Mr BROK, Chair of the Committee on Foreign
Affairs, on the above-mentioned subject (PE 512.499/CPG);
- noted the letter of 21 May 2013 from Ms ASHTON, High Representative/Vice-
President of the European Commission, inviting Members of the European Parliament
to participate in the launch of the EU-Myanmar Task Force in Myanmar planned for 14
to 15 November 2013 and the letter of 2 July 2013 from Mr BROK, Chair of the
Committee on Foreign Affairs, suggesting that five Members participate in the EU-
Myanmar Task Force, to be appointed by the political groups drawing from the
Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Development and the relevant
Delegation;
- decided that Parliament should send a small delegation to the meeting in question,
composed of at most five Members, to be nominated by the political groups in
accordance with previous practice, on the understanding that interpretation into one
language only will be provided.
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13. Request from the Democracy Support and Elections Coordination Group to co-organise a
Conference on the role and functioning of political groups in Tunisia from 26 to 27 August 2013
The Conference of Presidents, without debate,
- took note of a letter dated 18 June 2013 from Mr BROK and Ms JOLY, Co-Chairs of
the Democracy Support and Election Coordination Group (DEG) (PE 512.424/CPG,
annexes and financial statement) requesting authorisation to convene a Conference on
the role and functioning of political groups in Tunisia, from 26 to 27 August 2013, and
to send a delegation of a maximum of eight Members to this event;
- noted that this conference should be co-organised with the Constituent National
Assembly (ANC) and the UN Development Program (UNDP) Country Office in
Tunisia and that the European Parliament should be represented by Mr GAHLER on
behalf of the DEG and one MEP per political group;
- authorised this request.
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14. Request by the Democracy Support and Election Coordination Group (DEG) to allow up to five
Members to participate in a seminar "Open Parliament - transparency of parliamentary activities"
in Skopje, FYR Macedonia, from 23 to 24 September 2013
The Conference of Presidents, without debate,
- took note a letter dated 25 June 2013 from Mr BROK and Ms JOLY, Co-Chairs of the
Democracy Support and Election Coordination Group (DEG) (PE 512.443/CPG,
annexes and financial statement) requesting authorisation for up to five Members,
chosen from the relevant committees and delegations dealing with the Western Balkans
countries and Turkey, to travel from 23 to 25 September 2013 to the seminar "Open
Parliament - transparency of parliamentary activities", taking place in Skopje (former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) on 23 and 24 September 2013;
- recalled that, at its meeting on 7 March 2013, it authorised the above request, at that
time the seminar being scheduled to take place on 25 and 26 April 2013, and which was
later postponed for lack of participants;
- reconfirmed its authorisation for the new date, on the understanding that the delegation
would be nominated by the political groups.
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15. Inter-parliamentary cooperation in the context of the implementation of article 13 of the Treaty
on Stability, Coordination, and Governance (TSCG) - Nomination of the European Parliament
delegation to the Conference to be held in Vilnius, Lithuania, from 16 to 18 October 2013
The Conference of Presidents, without debate,
- took note of Conclusions from the EU Speakers Conference, held in Nicosia on 21-23
April 2013 (PE 508.881/CPG) and financial statement;
- noted that Article 13 of the TSCG provides for the organisation of a Conference of
representatives of the European Parliament and national Parliaments in order to discuss
issues covered by the TSCG;
- noted that the EU Speakers Conference, held in Nicosia on 21-23 April 2013, decided
that the above Conference "shall meet twice a year and be coordinated with the
European Semester cycle" and that "in the first semester of each year, the Conference
shall be held in Brussels and will be co-hosted and co-presided over by the European
Parliament and the Parliament of the country holding the Presidency of the Council of
the European Union, while in the second semester, the Conference shall be held in, and
presided over by the country holding the six-monthly Council Presidency";
- decided that the Parliament's delegation to future meetings of the TSCG Conference
outside its own premises shall be composed of 16 Members, preferably to be drawn
from the ECON, EMPL and BUDG committees and in accordance with the rolling
d´Hondt system, taking due account of the non-attached Members; decided that the
delegation should be chaired by either one Vice-President with responsibility for
relations with national parliaments or the Chair of the ECON committee;
- authorised the sending of a 16-Member delegation, chaired by a Vice-President with
responsibility for relations with national parliaments, to the first meeting of the TSCG
Conference, to be held in Vilnius on 16-18 October 2013;
- decided to return to the organisation of the 2014 European Parliamentary Week at a
future meeting.
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Committee delegations within the EU and the applicant countries
16. Request from the Committee on Development to send two Members to a High-Level Panel to be
organised in the framework of the 2013 edition of the European Development Days in Brussels
from 26 to 27 November 2013
The Conference of Presidents, without debate,
- took note of a letter dated 17 June 2013 from Ms JOLY, Chair of the committee
concerned, on the above-mentioned subject (PE 512.442/CPG and financial
statement) requesting authorisation to:
send a two-Member delegation to participate in the 2013 European
Development Days (2013 EDDs) to be held in Brussels from 26 to 27
November 2013 and in the High Level Panel (HLP) organised on behalf of
the European Parliament at the EDDs on the topic of "Food Security and
Food Justice";
cover the obligatory fee of Euro 3.000, required by the European
Commission for each participating organisation holding a HLP, to be used
for offsetting the energy consumption at the conference venue (heating,
lightning, equipment transport etc.);
- noted that during the 2013 EDDs, the European Parliament would organise a High
Level Panel (HLP) and that the European Commission was expecting each
participating institution/organisation to contribute to the carbon offsetting of the
forum; noted that the related costs linked to its HLP would amount to € 3 000;
further noted that the issue of carbon offsetting fell within the specific competence of
the Bureau;
- endorsed the request from the DEVE Committee to send a two-Member delegation
to the 2013 EDDs, counted towards the committee's quota;
- referred the matter to the Bureau for a final decision.
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Interparliamentary delegations
17. Request from the SINEEA Delegation to attend the meeting of the Standing Committee of
Parliamentarians of the Arctic region to be held in Murmansk, Russia, from 18 to 20 September
2013
The Conference of Presidents, without debate,
- took note of a letter dated 18 June 2013 from Mr GALLAGHER, Chair of the
Delegation for relations with Switzerland and Norway and to the EU-Iceland Joint
Parliamentary Committee and the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary
Committee (SINEEA) (PE 512.422/CPG and financial statement) requesting permission
to participate at the meeting of the Standing Committee of Parliamentarians of the Arctic
Region (SCPAR), in Murmansk, Russia, from 17 to 21 September 2013 (partly
coinciding with days reserved for the activities of the committees);
- noted that four meetings of SCPAR were included in the annual Programme of
Delegation Activities for 2013, as approved by the Conference of Presidents on
31 January 2013; at that juncture, however, precise venues and dates were not known;
- recalled that the rules in force governing the work of delegations provide in Article 6(1)
that exceptional authorisation may be granted for missions taking place outside the
weeks set aside for external parliamentary activities, when this is imposed by the
calendar of activities of Parliament's counterparts from a third country or a non-
Community international organisation;
- authorised, by way of exception, the SINEEA Chair's participation in the SCPAR
meeting in Murmansk, while underlining that the delegation's overall quota for travel
must be respected and that no interpretation costs would be covered.
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18. Request from the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly to hold a workshop on 'Policies and
initiatives for enhancing cooperation in energy efficiency and renewable energy under the
Eastern Partnership' in Vilnius, Lithuania, on 20 September 2013
The Conference of Presidents, without debate,
- noted a letter dated 19 June 2013 from Mr KIRILOV, Co-Chair of the Euronest
Parliamentary Assembly (PE 512.426/CPG and financial statement) requesting
permission to hold a workshop of its Committee on Energy Security, on the topic of
policies and initiatives for enhancing the cooperation in energy efficiency and renewable
energy under the Eastern Partnership, in the Lithuanian Parliament in Vilnius on 20
September 2013 (a day reserved for external parliamentary activities);
- noted that this event was included in the annual Programme of Delegation Activities for
2013, as approved by the Conference of Presidents on 31 January 2013, albeit without
specifying the precise date;
- approved the above request.
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Meetings of political groups
19. Request from the Europe of Freedom and Democracy Group (EFD) to hold study days of the
Group in Viareggio, Italy, from 30 September to 3 October 2013
The Conference of Presidents, without debate,
- took note of the letter dated 18 June 2013 signed by Mr Emmanuel BORDEZ, Secretary
General of the EFD Group, (PE 512.435/CPG and financial statement) requesting
authorisation to organise study days of the Group in Viareggio, Italy, from Monday 30
September to Thursday 3 October 2013;
- authorised the request, by way of exception, noting that no interpretation for Monday
30 September 2013 was provided.
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20. Request from the European People's Party Group (EPP) to hold a Bureau meeting in Nicosia,
Cyprus, from 17 to 18 October 2013
The Conference of Presidents,
- took note of the letter dated 17 June 2013 from Mr John BIESMANS, Deputy Secretary
General and Head of Internal Organisation Services of the EPP Group
(PE 512.441/CPG and financial statement) requesting authorisation to organise a
Bureau meeting in Nicosia, Cyprus, from Thursday 17 September to Friday
18 October 2013;
- authorised the request, by way of exception,
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21. Urgent matters and any other business
21.1 Filming of Members without their consent
The Conference of Presidents,
- heard Mr SPERONI, Co-Chair of the EFD Group raise the issues of filming Members
within the premises of Parliament without their consent, and, in general, of security on
Parliament's premises;
- heard the President agree that this was a matter of great concern.
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22. Items for information
22.1 Internal correspondence
The Conference of Presidents,
- noted the following document:
a letter dated 3 July 2013 from Mr LEHNE, Chair of the Conference of
Committee Chairs on Delegated and Implementing Acts - screening of current
files in view of the September plenary (PE 512.490/CPG).
22.2 Interinstitutional correspondence
There was none.
22.3 External correspondence
There was none.
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23. Date and place of next meeting
The Conference of Presidents
- noted that its next meeting would take place on 5 September 2013 from 11:00 to 13:00
in room 06B 01 of the Paul-Henri SPAAK Building, Brussels.
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The meeting closed at 12.01 hours