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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

CONFERENCE OF PRESIDENTS

MINUTES

of the ordinary meeting of Thursday

18 September 2014

Louise Weiss Building, Room R1.1

Strasbourg

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MINUTES

of the ordinary meeting of

Thursday, 18 September 2014

from 10:00 to 12:00

Louise Weiss Building, Room R1.1

Strasbourg

CONTENTS

Page

1. Adoption of draft agenda ............................................................................................................ 7

2. Approval of the draft Minutes of the meetings of 11 September 2014 ...................................... 8

3. Adoption of the draft agenda for October II part-session (from 20 to 23 October 2014) –

Scheduling of key debates in plenary ......................................................................................... 9

4. Communications by the President ............................................................................................ 10

4.1 Future meetings of the Conference of Presidents ..................................................................... 10

4.2 European Parliamentary Week 2015 ........................................................................................ 10

4.3 Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee ................................................ 11

4.4 ACP meeting ............................................................................................................................ 11

4.5 Ukraine in plenary .................................................................................................................... 11

5. Hearing of Commissioners - outstanding issues ...................................................................... 13

B. DECISIONS WITHOUT DEBATE ..................................................................................... 15

6. Resumption or continuation of unfinished business from the 7th parliamentary term -

Application of Rule 229 ........................................................................................................... 15

7. Nomination of the representatives of the European Parliament to the Board of Governors of

the European Endowment for Democracy ............................................................................... 17

8. Request from the Committee on Foreign Affairs to send an ad hoc delegation to attend the

69th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, USA, from 27 to 28

October 2014 ............................................................................................................................ 18

9. Priorities for the second half of 2014 regarding election observation delegations, and

specific requests for missions to observe elections in Mozambique, Tunisia and Ukraine ..... 19

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10. Composition of the European Parliament's delegation to the Conference under Article 13 of

the fiscal compact, taking place from 29 to 30 September 2014 in Rome, Italy ...................... 21

11. Request for authorisation to send a delegation to the Fifth Inter-Parliamentary Conference on

the Common Foreign and Security Policy and the Common Security and Defence Policy, to

be held in Rome, Italy, from 6 to 7 November 2014 ................................................................ 23

12. Urgent matters and any other business ..................................................................................... 24

12.1 Request from the Delegation for relations with the Pan-African Parliament to hold an Inter-

Parliamentary Meeting in Midrand, South Africa, from 16 to 17 October 2014 ...................... 24

12.2 Request of authorisation for the activities of the delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary

Assembly for the remainder of 2014 ........................................................................................ 25

13. Items for information ................................................................................................................ 26

13.1 Internal correspondence ............................................................................................................ 26

13.2 Interinstitutional correspondence .............................................................................................. 26

13.3 External correspondence ........................................................................................................... 26

14. Date and place of next meetings ............................................................................................... 27

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MINUTES

of the meeting of Thursday 18 September 2014

from 10:00 to 12:00

Strasbourg

The meeting opened at 10:04 with Mr Martin SCHULZ,

President of the European Parliament, in the chair

Present

Mr Martin SCHULZ, President

Political Group Chairs

Mr WEBER (EPP)

Mr PITTELLA (S&D)

Mr KAMALL (ECR)

Ms IN’T VELD (acting) (ALDE)

Ms ZIMMER (GUE/NGL)

Ms HARMS (Co-Chair) (Greens/EFA)

Mr BORRELLI (Co-Chair) (EFDD)

Ms DODDS1 (NI)

Also Present

Mr WELLE, Secretary-General

Ms RATTI, Deputy Secretary-General

1 Present pursuant to Rule 26 (2) of the Rules of Procedure

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Invited:

Mr BUZEK, Chair of the Conference of Committee Chairs

The Council1

represented by Mr MILTON

Ms COOK

The Commission1

represented by Mr CLEMENS

Mr BARANY

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 MACHMER

Ms WOLLNY

Mr DIRRIG

Mr PRANCKEVICIUS

Ms NOYON

Ms PERETIE

Office of the Secretary-General

Mr MANGOLD

Mr SORENSEN

Ms FREDSGAARD

Mr SCHULMEISTER

Office of the Deputy Secretary-General

Mr LANE

Mr NATSCHERADETZ1

Secretariat

DG Presidency (PRES)

Mr KNUDSEN/Ms ROBSON/Mr SCOTT1/Ms VERGER2

DG Internal Policies (IPOL)

Mr RIBERA d’ALCALA/Ms VANDENBOSCH/Mr CHIOCCHETTI

1 Present for items 1-3

2 Present for item 10

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Ms KAVALIERAKIS

DG External Policies (EXPO)

Mr AGUIRIANO

DG European Parliamentary Research Services (EPRS)

Mr TEASDALE

DG Communication (COMM)

Ms LAHOUSSE/Mr DUCH GUILLOT

DG Personnel (PERS)

Mr KAISER

DG Finance (FINS)

Mr KLETHI

DG Innovation and Technical Support (ITEC)

Mr VILELLA

Legal Service (SJ)

Mr DREXLER/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 CARDELLA/Mr BURU/Ms PEREIRA (S&D)

Mr BARRETT/Mr BOYD (ECR)

Mr BEELS/Ms COLERA-GARZÓN/Mr RASMUSSEN/Mr McLAUGHLIN (ALDE)

Ms LEPOLA (GUE/NGL)

Ms TSETSI/Mr DENKINGER/Mr LINAZASORO (Greens/EFA)

Mr VAUGIER/Ms ALBERTINI (EFDD)

Mr BUGALHO (NI)

Mr HILLER, Mr MENEGHINI, Mr ISAACS, Mr PEGAZZANO and Mr ROHLJE acted as secretaries

to the meeting.

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1. Adoption of draft agenda

The Conference of Presidents,

- noted and adopted the draft agenda as shown in these minutes (PE 533.305/CPG).

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2. Approval of the draft Minutes of the meetings of 11 September 2014


- noted and approved the draft Minutes of the meeting of 11 September 2014 held in

Brussels (PE 533.300/CPG and annex).

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3. Adoption of the draft agenda for October II part-session (from 20 to 23 October 2014) – Scheduling

of key debates in plenary


- noted a letter dated 17 September 2014 from Mr BUZEK, Chair of the Conference of

Committee Chairs, submitting the Conference of Committee Chairs' recommendation

concerning the agenda of the October II part-session (Monday 20 to Thursday 23 October

2014) in Strasbourg (PE 539.266/CPG and annexes);

- took note of the proposal for a draft agenda for the October II part-session (from 20 to 23

October 2014 in Strasbourg), and adopted it with the following modification:

Tuesday 21 October 2014

- decided to move the discussion on the "Preparation of the European Council (23-24 October

2014)" forward to Tuesday from Wednesday afternoon.

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4. Communications by the President

4.1 Future meetings of the Conference of Presidents


- heard the President announce that the meeting of the Conference of Presidents with the

incoming Latvian Presidency would take place in Riga, Latvia on 3 and 4 December

2014;

- further heard the President announce that the ordinary meeting of the Conference of

Presidents scheduled on 23 October 2014 would be moved forward to Wednesday

22 October 2014 in Strasbourg, on account of the European Council taking place in

Brussels on Thursday 23 October 2014.

4.2 European Parliamentary Week 2015


- heard the President announce that, following a discussion with the Latvian Parliament,

the next European Parliamentary Week would be held in week 6, from 2 to 6 February

2015, which would encompass both the meeting with national parliaments in the

framework of the European Semester, and the Article 13 Conference, foreseen by the

Fiscal Compact.

- further heard the President draw the attention of Group Chairs to a letter from Mr

GUALTIERI, Chair of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, referring to

a letter from Mr ARTHUIS Chair of the Committee on Budgets in regard to the article

13 Conference;

- heard Ms HARMS, Co-Chair of the Greens/EFA Group, stress the need for good

coordination within Parliament in this regard;

- heard the President conclude by noting general agreement on the need for better

coordination, on the basis of Parliament's established position, and that the matter

should be further considered at an appropriate juncture.

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4.3 Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee


- heard the President draw attention to the likely composition of the future Bureau of the

Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee;

- invited the political groups to consider the matter in order to find an appropriate

solution.

4.4 ACP meeting


- heard the President recall that, at the previous meeting of the Conference of Presidents,

a decision had been taken to postpone the ACP Bureau and Committee meetings, owing

to the workload at the start of the parliamentary term; further heard the President report

that Mr MICHEL, Chair of the Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary

Assembly, had contacted him with a proposal for a new date in mid-October 2014;

further heard the EP President raise the possibility, however, that the meeting of the

ACP Bureau could be postponed to a further date;

- held an exchange of views with the participation of Mr WEBER, Chair of the EPP

Group, Mr PITELLA, Chair of the S&D Group, Mr KAMALL, Chair of the ECR

Group, Ms IN’T VELD, acting Chair of the ALDE Group, Ms ZIMMER, Chair of the

GUE/NGL Group and Ms HARMS, Co-Chair of the Greens/EFA Group;

- agreed to postpone the meetings until further notice.

4.5 Ukraine in plenary


- heard the President report that he had received a complaint from Ms ZIMMER, Chair of

the GUE/NGL Group, concerning the lack of information about the organisation, and

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the conduct of proceedings, of the vote on the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement on

16 September 2014;

- further heard the President regret that he had not been able to keep Group Chairs fully

up to date with developments, owing to the speed at which events had unfolded since

the matter had been previously discussed in the Conference of Presidents; further heard

him explain that in such an unprecedented event, where the Parliament voted at the

same time as a national parliament, it had not been possible to accommodate all requests

for the floor;

- held an exchange of views with the participation of Mr WEBER, Chair of the EPP

Group, Mr PITTELLA, Chair of the S&D Group, Mr KAMALL, Chair of the ECR

Group, Ms IN’T VELD, Ms ZIMMER, Chair of the GUE/NGL Group and Ms

HARMS, Co-Chair of the Greens/EFA Group, during which it was appreciated that

with such unprecedented and fast-moving events it was always possible that not all

information was communicated in as timely a manner as desirable, and expressed their

expectation that all efforts would be taken to improve this in similar circumstances in

the future.

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A. DECISIONS WITH DEBATE

5. Hearing of Commissioners - outstanding issues


- took note of a letter dated 17 September 2014 from Mr BUZEK, Chair of the Conference

of Committee Chairs, on the draft programme for the hearings and the questionnaires

(PE 538.245/CPG and annexes);

- heard the President introduce the item by restating that Parliament was committed to

playing its full part in ensuring that the new Commission could take up its duties on

1 November 2014, as foreseen by the Treaties, and that, as a result, the hearings of the

Commissioners-designate needed to take place in as timely a manner as possible; further

heard the President underline that the afternoon of 8 October and the morning of 9

October could be used by the political groups for their assessments, and as a result, the

extraordinary meeting of the Conference of Presidents would take place at 13:00 hours

on 9 October 2014 with a view to decide to close the hearings;

- heard Mr BUZEK, Chair of the Conference of Committee Chairs (CCC), present the

outcome of the CCC meeting, and underline that the Rules clearly state the two

following points: the hearings should take place in the context of the Committees' work,

and that all Commissioners should be treated equally;

- held a wide-ranging exchange of views with the participation of Mr WEBER, Chair of

the EPP Group, Mr PITTELLA, Chair of the S&D Group, Mr KAMALL, Chair of the

ECR Group, Ms IN’T VELD, acting Chair of the ALDE Group, Ms ZIMMER, Chair of

the GUE/NGL Group, Ms HARMS, Co-Chair of the Greens/EFA Group, and Mr

BORRELLI Co-Chair of the EFDD Group;

- agreed the following:

the proposal from the CCC on the responsible committees for the individual

hearings should be amended with the following amendments:

Commissioner-designate hearing of Mr TIMMERMANS would take the form

of a Conference of Presidents open to all Members;

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The Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI) is added to those committees

responsible for the hearing of Ms GEORGIEVA;

The Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) would be

included as an associated committee for the hearing of Mr ANSIP;

The Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) would be

included as an associated committee for the hearing of Mr OETTINGER.

- heard Ms IN’T VELD, recall the decision, that the speaking time should be allocated in

accordance with Rule 162(4), meaning the first round divided equally among all political

groups, followed by the remainder allocated in proportion to the number of their

members, allocated globally by the political groups; further agreed that the aim was to

allow for 45 questions per hearing, while respecting the 3 hours timeframe.

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B. DECISIONS WITHOUT DEBATE

6. Resumption or continuation of unfinished business from the 7th parliamentary term - Application of

Rule 229

The Conference of Presidents, without debate:

- took note of the following documents:

• a letter dated 16 July 2014 from President SCHULZ to Mr BUZEK, Chair of the

Conference of Committee Chairs (CCC), on the above-mentioned subject (PE

538.236/CPG);

• two letters dated 16 July 2014 from President SCHULZ to President BARROSO and

Mr RENZI, President-in-Office of the Council, in relation to the unfinished business

and the newly constituted parliamentary committees (PE 538.237/CPG and

PE 538.238/CPG);

• a letter dated 16 July 2014 from Mr BUZEK, Chair of the CCC, to the chairs of all

the parliamentary committees requesting them to examine the various files under the

ordinary legislative procedure and other legislative procedures which were not

completed before the end of the last parliamentary term (PE 538.248/CPG);

• a letter dated 11 September 2014 from Mr BUZEK, Chair of the CCC, to President

SCHULZ, submitting the contribution from the committees on the outcome of a

written procedure, as concluded on 10 September 2014, with the following lists

attached (PE 538.239/CPG):

a list of unfinished files under the ordinary legislative procedure on which

work should resume (Annex I);

a list of unfinished files under other procedures (NLE and CNS) on which

work should resume, including one legislative initiative proposal adopted by

Parliament pursuant to Article 226 TFEU (Annex II);

a list of legislative proposals which Parliament invites the Commission to

withdraw (Annex III);

a list of files on which Parliament invites the Council to re-consult it (Annex

IV).

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- approved the above-mentioned lists with one amendment, that the legislative

proposal on Hygiene of foodstuffs (COD 2007/0037B) be included in the list of

proposals to be withdrawn (Annex III), and

- decided to forward the relevant requests to the Council and the Commission as

appropriate.

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7. Nomination of the representatives of the European Parliament to the Board of Governors of the

European Endowment for Democracy


- recalled the European Parliament resolution of 29 March 2012 on a recommendation to

the Council on the modalities for the possible establishment of a European Endowment

for Democracy (EED);

- took note of the letter dated 8 September 2014 from Mr BROK, Chair of the Committee

on Foreign Affairs (AFET), in which he:

recalled that, according to Art. 5.1 of the Statute of the EED, "up to nine Members of

the European Parliament" will be members of the Board of Governors;

recalled that, at its meeting on 5 July 2012, the Conference of Presidents confirmed

that these nine members would be drawn from the relevant committees and that places

would be allocated according to the d'Hondt method;

noted that, following the recent EP elections, five of the EP's representatives on the

Board have left the Parliament, and recommended that the political groups be invited

to nominate Members of the EP to fill the five vacant places;

- invited the political groups to nominate the European Parliament's 9 representatives for

the Board of Governors of the EED in accordance with the d'Hondt method

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8. Request from the Committee on Foreign Affairs to send an ad hoc delegation to attend the 69th

session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, USA, from 27 to 28 October 2014


- noted the letter dated 10 September 2014 from Mr BROK, Chair of the Committee on

Foreign Affairs (AFET) with a request to send a 7 Member ad hoc AFET delegation to the

69th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, from 27 to

28 October 2014, during a week set aside for external parliamentary activities (PE

538.256/CPG and financial statement);

- recalled that in accordance with Paragraph 109 of Parliament's resolution of 23 October

2013 on the draft general budget of the EU for the financial year 2014, no travel by

delegations during the second half of this year should be organised;

- recalled that the European Parliament had sent annual missions to UNGA sessions during

the last years, however, always in the format of AFET Committee delegations;

- in light of the above, declined to authorise the request.

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9. Priorities for the second half of 2014 regarding election observation delegations, and specific requests

for missions to observe elections in Mozambique, Tunisia and Ukraine


- took note of the letter dated 29 July 2014 from Mr BROK and Ms McAVAN, Co-Chairs

of the Democracy Support and Election Coordination Group (DEG), on the list of

countries where elections are scheduled between September and December 2014 and

which might be considered as priority countries for sending European Parliament election

observation missions for the second half of 2014; further took note of the three letters

dated 2 September 2014 from Mr BROK and Ms McAVAN, Co-Chairs of the

Democracy Support and Election Coordination Group, on specific requests for missions

to observe general elections in Mozambique, legislative and presidential elections in

Tunisia and parliamentary elections in Ukraine;

- recalled that, according to its decision of 13 December 2012, pursuant to the relevant

Rules, the programme shall include the indicative number of five countries for every six-

month period or ten countries per year, with the possibility of an additional two countries

per year in exceptional cases;

- recalled that the DEG had not been able to hold its constituent meeting after the elections

and that therefore none of these requests had been formally considered by this body yet;

- recalled that in accordance with Paragraph 109 of Parliament's resolution of

23 October 2013 on the draft general budget of the EU for the financial year 2014, no

travel by delegations during the second half of this year should be organised; further

noted that appropriations are only sufficient to cover the approved programme for inter-

parliamentary delegations and assemblies for the first semester of 2014, and that approval

of these delegations might therefore imply a need for a budgetary transfer from the

contingency reserve or other item;

- decided nevertheless to approve, in view of its political importance, on an exceptional

basis, the sending of the requested delegations to Tunisia and Ukraine to observe the

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elections in question, each of those two delegations to be composed of seven Members,

to be appointed by the political groups in accordance with the rolling d'Hondt system,

which should also apply to the non-attached Members, on the understanding that a

limited language regime of interpretation into only one language be applied, and on the

condition that the maximum number of 10 to 12 delegations per year, foreseen in the

applicable Rules, would not be exceeded;

- further decided to postpone any further decision concerning election observation

delegations for the remainder of this year to a forthcoming meeting, until such time that

the DEG had formally considered the matter.

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10. Composition of the European Parliament's delegation to the Conference under Article 13 of the

fiscal compact, taking place from 29 to 30 September 2014 in Rome, Italy


- noted a letter of 23 July 2014 from Ms BOLDRINI, Speaker of the Italian Chamber of

Deputies and Mr GRASSO, Speaker of the Italian Senate, inviting the European

Parliament to send a delegation to the Conference under Article 13 of the Fiscal Compact,

to be held in Rome, Italy, from 29 to 30 September 2014 (PE 538.225/CPG and financial

statement);

- noted a letter dated 11 September 2014 from Mrs HÜBNER, Chair of the Committee on

Constitutional Affairs, on the above-mentioned subject (PE 538.258/CPG) and a letter

dated 17 September 2014 from Mr GUALTIERI, Chair of the Committee on Economic

and Monetary Affairs, on the preparation of the Article 13 Conference organised by the

Italian Parliament (PE 538.259/CPG);

- recalled its decision of 4 July 2013 that the Parliament's delegation to meetings of the

TSCG Conference outside its own premises should 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 and

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;

- held an exchange of views with the participation of Mr WEBER, Chair of the EPP Group,

and Mr PITTELLA, Chair of the S&D Group, in which it was proposed that the European

Parliament delegation also include members of the Committee on Constitutional affairs,

and that Mr GUALTIERI, Chair of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs be

a Co-chair of the delegation;

- authorised the sending of a 16-Member delegation, composed of members from the

ECON, EMPL and BUDG committees, to the meeting in Rome from 29 to 30 September

2014, and decided that the delegation would be co-chaired by Mr REHN, Vice-President

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with responsibility for relations with national Parliaments, and by Mr GUALTIERI,

Chair of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.

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11. Request for authorisation to send a delegation to the Fifth Inter-Parliamentary Conference on the

Common Foreign and Security Policy and the Common Security and Defence Policy, to be held in

Rome, Italy, from 6 to 7 November 2014


- noted a letter dated 9 September 2014 from Mr BROK, Chair of the Committee on

Foreign Affairs, requesting authorisation to send a 16 Member delegation from the

European Parliament to the fifth Inter-Parliamentary Conference on the Common Foreign

and Security Policy and the Common Security and Defence Policy (CFSP/CSDP), to be

held in Rome, from 6 to 7 November 2014 (PE 538.255/CPG, draft programme and

financial statement);

- recalled its decision of 6 February 2014 to send a 16-Member delegation to the fourth

CFSP/CSDP Inter-Parliamentary Conference, led by the Chair of the AFET Committee,

with its members, including the Chair, to be appointed by the political groups;

- noted that the proposed dates for the fifth Inter-Parliamentary Conference coincide with

one day of reserved for the activities of the committees (Thursday) and one day without

parliamentary activity (Friday);

- authorised, exceptionally, in view of the institutional importance of the event, the sending

of a 16 Member delegation to the fifth CFSP/CSDP Inter-Parliamentary Conference, to

be led by the Chair of the AFET Committee, its Members, including the Chair, to be

appointed by the political groups in accordance with the rolling d'Hondt system, which

should also apply to the non-attached Members and be preferably drawn from the

Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Subcommittee on Security and Defence.

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12. Urgent matters and any other business

12.1 Request from the Delegation for relations with the Pan-African Parliament to hold an Inter-

Parliamentary Meeting in Midrand, South Africa, from 16 to 17 October 2014

The Conference of Presidents, without debate

- took note of the letter dated 11 September 2014 from Mr GAHLER, former Chair of the

delegation for relations with the Pan-African Parliament (DPAP), requesting

authorisation to send a delegation of 3 Members to an inter-parliamentary meeting in

Midrand, South Africa, from 16 to 17 October 2014 (PE 538.261/CPG and financial

statement);

- noted that the Pan-African Parliament meets twice a year and that the inter-parliamentary

meeting would have to be scheduled during one of those two meetings;

- noted that the dates of the delegation requested coincided with a day set aside for

committee activities and meetings of the political groups (16 October 2014);

- noted that the authorisation is requested by the former Chair of the delegation, and that

the delegation had not yet been constituted for the 8th Parliament;

- recalled that, in accordance with Paragraph 109 of Parliament's resolution of 23 October


delegations during the second half of this year should be organised;

- in view of the above, rejected the request.

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12.2 Request of authorisation for the activities of the delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly

for the remainder of 2014

The Conference of Presidents, without debate

- noted a letter dated 17 September 2014 from Ms HAUTALA, Co-President of the

Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (Euronest PA) requesting authorisation to hold the

following five meetings of the Euronest PA in Brussels (PE 538.274/CPG and financial

statements) as follows:

• Bureau in the morning of Thursday 16 October 2014;

• Committee on Political Affairs, Human Rights and Democracy in the

morning of Tuesday 4 November 2014;

• Committee on Economic Integration, Legal Approximation and Convergence

with EU policies in the afternoon of Tuesday 4 November 2014;

• Committee on Energy Security in the morning of Wednesday 5 November

2014;

• Committee on Social Affairs, Education, Culture and Civil Society in the

afternoon of 5 November 2014.

- recalled that, in accordance with Paragraph 109 of Parliament's resolution of 23 October


delegations during the second half of this year should be organised, and that all

obligatory inter-parliamentary meetings should be held in Brussels or Strasbourg;

- noted that the above five meetings coincided with days reserved for the activities of the

parliamentary committees / committee and political group activities;

- authorised the meetings in Brussels of the Bureau of the Euronest PA in the morning of

Thursday 16 October 2014 and the above four Euronest PA committee meetings on 4 and

5 November 2014.

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13. Items for information

13.1 Internal correspondence

The documents for the meeting include:

- the results of the written procedure dated 12 September 2014 on certain aspects of the

organisation of hearings for Commissioners-designate (PE 538.259/CPG).

13.2 Interinstitutional correspondence

There was none.

13.3 External correspondence

There was none.

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14. Date and place of next meetings


- noted that an extraordinary meeting of Conference of Presidents will be held on Thursday

9 October 2014 from 13:00 to 15:00 in room 06B01, Paul-Henri Spaak Building, Brussels;

- noted that the next ordinary meeting of Conference of Presidents will be held on Thursday

16 October 2014 from 11:00 to 13:00 in room 06B01, Paul-Henri Spaak Building, Brussels.

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The meeting closed at 11:45

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