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JURI Report At the meeting of 23-24 May 2016

The May 2016 meeting of the Committee on Legal Affairs is short, as it is over only two

half-days. On 23 May in the afternoon, the meeting will commence with discussion of the

package on international couples. The rapporteur, Jean-Marie Cavada, will present his draft

recommendation on assent to the enhanced cooperation procedure, and will lead a debate

on the amendments tabled to the two regulations, concerning matrimonial property regimes

and the property consequences of registered partnerships respectively.

Mady Delvaux, the rapporteur for the fourth stage of the reform of the Court of Justice, will

then report back to committee on the outcome of the interinstitutional negotiations on the

transfer to the General Court of jurisdiction for staff disputes at the European institutions.

There will then be an exchange of views with the Legal Service on the recast on

extra-territorial legislation of third countries. Finally, the committee will consider various

immunity cases.

On the following morning of 24 May, Jean-Marie Cavada will lead an exchange of views on

the cross-border portability of online content. The ensuing votes will include the two interim

reports on the HNS Convention, which concerns the carriage of noxious and hazardous

substances by sea, the approval of the agreed text on the reform of the Court of Justice, the

assent to enhanced cooperation for the international couples package, a opinion on

subsidiarity aspects of the proposed directive on arms control, the 2017 budget, an opinion

on workers representation at board level, and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons

with Disabilities.

There will then be an exchange of views on Sajjad Karim's report on subsidiarity and

proportionality in 2014, following which Mady Delvaux will present her draft report on civil

law rules on robotics. There will be a report back to committee on the interpretation and

implementation of the interinstitutional agreement on better law-making. The meeting will

conclude with the consideration of eight proposals from a subsidiarity perspective, for which

the rapporteur is Gilles Lebreton, and the consideration of the implementation in the EU of

international financial reporting standards and international accounting standards, for which

the rapporteur is Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann.

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Contractual relations and consumer remedies

in the digital sphere, on 24.05.2016

On 24 May 2016, the IMCO and JURI committees will jointly

hold a public hearing with experts and stakeholders on

contractual relations and consumer remedies in the digital

sphere (15.00-17.00, room PHS 5B001). The first part of the

joint hearing will focus on contracts for the supply of digital

content. The second part will be held by the Internal Market

Committee only and will focus on contracts for the online

sales of goods.

The hearing will be webstreamed.

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MAY 2016

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Workshop on Common minimum standards of civil procedure, on 15.6.2016

On 15 June 2016, the Committee on Legal Affairs will hold a

workshop on common minimum standards of civil procedure

in the EU. This workshop relates to the legislative initiative

report (rapporteur: Emil Radev) on the same topic (2015/2084

(INL)). Civil procedure provides the means for the enforcement

of the substantive rights and duties of legal subjects in legal

proceedings. As such, it is inextricably linked with the

fundamental right to a fair trial and effective remedy

guaranteed under the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the

European Union (Article 47 CFREU) and the European

Convention on Human Rights (Article 6 ECHR).

European citizens, especially those who move across borders,

are now far more likely to come into contact with the civil

procedure of another Member State. As part of the move

towards a European Area of Justice based on mutual trust,

common standards of civil procedure now seem

indispensable. Against this background, this workshop will

bring together Members of the European Parliament and a

number of experts, practitioners, academics and stakeholders with a view to discussing the question of the

convergence of civil procedure in Europe through the creation of minimum standards in EU law.

The workshop is organised by DG IPOL's Policy Department C from 09.00 to 12.30 in room ASP 1G2 at the European

Parliament in Brussels. The event will be webstreamed.

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EXCHANGE OF VIEWS

Annual report 2014 on subsidiarity and proportionality

On 2 July 2015 the Commission submitted its 22nd annual report on the

application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality in EU law-making,

for the year 2014. This report was submitted in accordance with Article 9 of

Protocol No 2 on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and

proportionality. The report looks primarily at how the EU institutions and bodies

have implemented these two principles and how practice evolved in 2014 in

comparison with previous years. According to Annex VI to the Rules of Procedure,

the Committee on Legal Affairs is responsible for the compliance of Union acts with

primary law, notably with regard to the choice of legal basis and respect for the

principles of subsidiarity and proportionality. The Committee on Legal Affairs is

therefore responsible for examining the Commission’s report on subsidiarity and

proportionality and shaping Parliament’s initial reaction. At this meeting, the

Committee will hold a first exchange of views on the annual report.

Procedure: 2015/2283 (INI)

Basic doc: COM(2015)0315

Rapporteur: Sajjad KARIM

(ECR)

Administrator: Francisco

Ruiz-Risueño

Opinion giving committee:

ENVI, AFCO

Preliminary Timetable

Exchange of views:

24.5.2016

Draft Report: 11-12.7.2016

Deadline for amend:

8.9.2016

Adoption JURI: 7-8.11.2016

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Procedure: 2015/0135(NLE);

2015/0136(NLE)

Basic Doc: 13806/15; 14112/15;

COM(2015) 305 final; COM(2015)

304 final

Legal basis: Rule 99 RoP / Article

218(6) (a)(v) and Article 100(2)

TFEU; Rule 99 RoP / Article 218(6)

(a)(v) and Article 81

Rapporteur: Pavel Svoboda

Administrator: Zampia Vernadaki


Vote at Committee level:

23-24.05.2016

Vote in Plenary: 6-9.06.2016

VOTE

Ratification and accession by Member States on behalf of the Union to the Protocol

of 2010 to the International Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage

in connection with the Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea

The 2010 International Convention on Liability and

Compensation for Damage in connection with the

Carriage of Hazardous and Noxious Substances by Sea

(the ‘2010 HNS Convention’) is an important piece of

the international maritime liability regime, in particular

as the carriage of hazardous and noxious substances

(HNS) by sea, including liquefied natural gas (LNG) and

liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), is a booming trade

representing a significant share of the maritime

transport sector.

The 2010 HNS Convention applies to claims for

damage arising from the carriage of HNS by sea,

except for claims arising under a contract for the carriage of goods or passengers, and establishes strict liability of the

owner of a ship carrying HNS for any damage resulting from an incident in connection with the carriage of HNS by

sea on board that ship. Strict liability is coupled with the obligation of owners to take out insurance or other financial

security to cover their liability for damage under the Convention.

The biggest contribution of this Convention to the international regime covering liability and compensation for

accidents caused by shipping activities, and in particular by HNS trade by sea, is the establishment of a specialised

compensation fund. This, the HNS Fund, aims at paying compensation to any person suffering damage in connection

with the carriage of HNS by sea to the extent that such person has been unable to obtain full and adequate

compensation for the damage from the shipowner and its insurer. The 2010 HNS Convention also contains rules on

jurisdiction of courts of States Parties over claims made by persons suffering damage covered by the Convention

against the owner or its insurer, or against the HNS Fund. Recognition and enforcement of judgments by courts in

States Parties is also covered by the Convention.

In the absence of a REIO (Regional Economic Integration Organisation)

clause in the text of the Convention or in the Protocol, Member States

should conclude this international agreement on behalf of the Union. They

can only do so on behalf of the Union following the authorisation of the

Council and the consent of the European Parliament on a proposal by the

Commission, in accordance with Article 218(6)(a) TFEU. The Council decided

on 10 December 2015 to request Parliament to give its consent.

According to Rule 99(3) of the Rules of Procedure the committee

responsible may present an interim report to Parliament including a motion

for a resolution containing recommendations for modification or

implementation of the envisaged international agreement. The draft interim

reports (rapporteur: Pavel Svoboda) thus call on the Council and

Commission to consider carefully the legal basis of the draft decisions, the

scope and nature of the obligation incumbent on Member States to ratify or

accede to the HNS Convention, and to ensure that the uniformity, integrity

and effectiveness of common EU rules is not adversely affected in view of

the overlap between the HNS Convention, on the one hand, and the

Environmental Liability Directive and the recast Brussels I Regulation, on the

other. At this meeting, the Committee will vote on the two interim reports

and the amendments tabled thereto.

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Transfer to the General Court of the EU of jurisdiction at first instance in disputes

between the Union and its servants

At this meeting, the committee will vote on whether to approve the compromise

text agreed in interinstitutional negotiations on 12 May 2016.

The committee has already adopted both a report on the subject and an

opinion on the legal basis, and conferred a negotiating mandate at its last

meeting.

This regulation is the fourth relating to the

reform of the Court of Justice. It follows on

from the third, which concerned an increase in the number of judges at the

General Court to 56. This increase was subject to the condition that the Civil

Service Tribunal be abolished, with civil service disputes transferred back to the

General Court.

The present regulation is therefore a follow-up to the third regulation

reforming the Court of Justice. In parallel with the second step in the increase

in the number of judges at the General Court, from 40 to 47, the Civil Service

Tribunal, which has seven judges, is to be abolished.

The Court of Justices proposal merely proposes the repeal of the legal

provisions relating to the Civil Service Tribunal, along with a small number of

consequential amendments and transitional provisions concerning the transfer

of ongoing cases.

The reform is due to come into force on 1 September 2016, so as to coincide

with the second step of the increase in the number of judges at the General Court.

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Implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities with

special regard to the Concluding Observations of the UN CRPD Committee

On 17 August and 4 September 2015

the UN’s Committee on the Rights

of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)

adopted its Concluding Observations

on the initial report on the

implementation of the UN

Convention on the Rights of Persons

with Disabilities by the European

Union.

The Committee on Employment and Social Affairs was authorised to draw up an

own-initiative non-legislative report on the implementation of this convention,

with special regard to the concluding observations of the CRPD (2015/2258(INI)).

The Committee on Legal Affairs will provide an opinion to the EMPL committee.

At this meeting, the Committee will vote on the draft opinion.

Procedure: 2015/0906(COD)

Basic doc: N8-0110/2015

Legal basis: Articles 256(1), 257

and 281 TFEU; Article 106a(1)

Euratom

Rapporteur: Mady Delvaux

Administrator: Alexander Keys

Opinion giving committee: AFCO


Adoption of report, legal basis

opinion and negotiating mandate:

21.04.2016

Confirmation vote following

trilogues: 24.05.2016

Procedure:

2015/2258(INI)

Basic document: UN

CRPD Committee

Concluding Observations

on the initial report of

the European Union

Rapporteur: Heidi

Hautala


Ruiz-Risueño


Adoption JURI:

23-24.05.2016

Adoption Lead

Committee: 30.05.2016

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Autorisation de la coopération renforcée: Compétence, loi applicable,

reconnaissance et exécution des décisions en matière de régimes matrimoniaux et

d'effets patrimoniaux des partenariats enregistrés

Dans cette réunion, le rapporteur va présenter sa

proposition de recommandation sur l'utilisation

de la coopération renforcée. La commission

votera sur cette proposition dans la même

réunion.

La décision de recourir à la coopération renforcée

dans le domaine de la compétence, de la loi

applicable, de la reconnaissance et de l’exécution

des décisions en matière de régimes

patrimoniaux des couples internationaux,

concernant les questions relatives tant aux

régimes matrimoniaux qu’aux effets patrimoniaux

des partenariats enregistrés, intervient après le

blocage des négociations entre la totalité des États membres sur les propositions initiales faites par la Commission

en 2011.

En effet, dans le domaine du droit de la famille, les actes législatifs sont adoptés par le Conseil en statuant à

l'unanimité, après consultation du Parlement. Le Parlement avait donné en 2013 son avis favorable aux projets

d'actes de 2011, mais, fin 2015, il était devenu clair que l'ensemble des États membres ne pourrait pas consentir aux

propositions.

La coopération renforcée s'est alors imposée comme la solution idéale, dans la

mesure où la majorité des États membres étaient, en principe, d'accord pour

adopter ces deux actes. La Commission a donc, début 2016, fait de nouvelles

propositions d'actes en utilisant la procédure de la coopération renforcée, basées

quant au contenu sur le compromis rejoint précédemment. La coopération

renforcée doit remplir plusieurs conditions:

• être un choix de dernier ressort, lorsque les objectifs recherchés par

cette coopération ne peuvent être atteints dans un délai raisonnable par

l'Union dans son ensemble, et à condition qu'au moins neuf États

membres y participent;

• respecter les traités et le droit de l'Union, ainsi que les compétences,

droits et obligations des États membres qui n'y participent pas;

• favoriser la réalisation des objectifs de l'Union, préserver ses intérêts et

renforcer son processus d'intégration;

• ne pas porter atteinte au marché intérieur ou à la cohésion économique,

sociale et territoriale, ni constituer une entrave ou une discrimination

aux échanges entre les États membres, ni provoquer de distorsions de

concurrence entre ceux-ci.

Il est clair que, dans ce cas, ces conditions sont remplies. Le choix a été fait en dernier ressort face au blocage par

certains États membres. Toutefois, les actes à adopter ne portent pas atteinte aux droits des États membres

non-participants, et n'affectent pas le marché intérieur. Cette coopération renforcée dans le domaine du droit

patrimonial des couples internationaux est clairement conforme aux objectifs de l'Union et dans l'intérêt de ses

citoyens.

La recommandation propose par conséquent que le Parlement donne son approbation à la coopération

renforcée dans ce domaine.

Procédure: 2016/0061(NLE)

Documents de base:

COM(2016)0108

Base juridique: Article 329(1)

TFUE

Rapporteur: Jean-Marie

Cavada

Administrateur: Alexander Keys

Agenda prévisionnel

Présentation du projet de

recommandation: 23.05.2016

Adoption JURI: 24.05.2016

Adoption PLÉNIÈRE:

07.06.2016

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General Budget of the European Union for the Financial Year 2017 - All sections

Following the coordinators’ exchange of views on the procedure for

adoption of the opinion on the 2017 Budget (meeting of 20 April 2016),

the Committee will adopt an opinion

in the form of a mandate to the

rapporteur to support the

Commission’s draft budget, and to

adapt it mutatis mutandis once the

Council has issued its position (expected for the beginning of July - to be

confirmed).

The rapporteur will also be mandated to support the section ‘Court of

Justice’ of the draft budget, as presented by the Commission or including any

modification acceptable to the Court of Justice as a compromise position.

Last but not least, the mandate will include the creation of the pilot projects and

preparatory actions endorsed by the coordinators, as adapted to the ad hoc

assessment made by the Commission in June.

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Proposal for a recommendation on subsidiarity on the proposal for a Directive of the

European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 91/477/EEC on

control of the acquisition and possession of weapons

Further to the reasoned opinions received from the Swedish Parliament and

the Polish Senate on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament

and of the Council amending Council Directive 91/477/EEC on control of the

acquisition and possession of weapons (see the Committee’s report -

meeting of 14 and 15 March 2016), the standing rapporteur for subsidiarity has

decided to put forward a proposal for a recommendation for the attention of

the IMCO committee, as the committee responsible for the subject-matter, to

abandon the study of the proposal because it violates the principle of

subsidiarity. At this meeting the Committee on Legal Affairs, as the committee

responsible for the issue of respect of the principle of subsidiarity, will decide whether to make a recommendation

under Rule 42(2) for the attention of the IMCO committee. This recommendation may or may not follow the

rapporteur’s proposal.

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Workers representation on the supervisory or administrative bodies of undertakings

in Europe

Further to a request made by the lead Committee (the Committee on Employment

and Social Affairs) to the Conference of Committee Chairs, the title of the INI report

on workers’ representation at board level in Europe has been changed to that

shown above. The report aims to present the different systems of workers’

representation at board level that currently exist in the Member States, and to

examine how those systems work, along with a framework and criteria to help

optimise their operation. The Committee on Legal Affairs will deliver an opinion. At

this meeting, the committee will put the draft opinion to the vote.

Procedure: 2016/2047(BUD)

Legal basis: 314 TFEU


Administrator: Andrea

Scrimali


Exchange of views:

23-24.05.2015

Adoption JURI:

23-24.05.2015



Legal basis: Rule 42(2) RoP

Rapporteur: Gilles Lebreton


Ruiz-Risueño

Procedure: 2015/2222(INI)

Rapporteur: Enrico

GasbarraAdministrator:

Francisco Ruiz-Risueño


Vote: 24.05.2016

Vote in lead committee:

30.05.2016

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CONSIDERATION OF DRAFT REPORT

Liability, compensation and financial security for offshore and gas operations

According to Article 39 of Directive 2013/30/EU (the ‘Offshore

Safety Directive’), the Commission is required to submit reports

on:

a) the availability of financial security instruments, and on the

handling of compensation claims, accompanied, where

appropriate, by proposals;

b) its assessment of the effectiveness of the liability regimes in

the Union in respect of the damage caused by offshore oil and

gas operations and of the appropriateness of broadening

liability provisions, accompanied, where appropriate, by

proposals; and

c) its findings regarding the appropriateness of bringing certain conduct leading to a major accident within the

scope of Directive 2008/99/EC on the protection of the environment through criminal law, accompanied, where

appropriate, by legislative proposals, subject to appropriate information being made available by Member States.

The Commission published its findings on all the above aspects in a single report on 14 September 2015 (Report

from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on liability, compensation and financial security

for offshore and gas operations pursuant to Article 39 of Directive 2013/30/EU - COM(2015)0422).

The Offshore Safety Directive defines the elements of a comprehensive EU-wide framework for preventing major

accidents and limiting their consequences. As regards liability for offshore accidents and their consequences, this is

vested unequivocally with offshore licensees, i.e. the individual holder or joint holders of authorisations for oil/gas

prospection, exploration, and/or production operations issued in accordance with Directive 94/22/EC. The directive

also makes the licensees strictly liable for any environmental damage resulting from their operations.

The following dilemmas in relation to offshore oil and gas are of particular importance: who is liable for what kinds

of damage and loss and to whom; how to ensure liable parties’ sufficient financial capacity to provide rightful

compensation for the damage and loss they are liable for; and how to disburse compensation so as to reach

legitimate claimants quickly, while minimising the risks of cascading impacts on the broader economy.

The publication of the above Commission report in accordance with Article 39 of

the Offshore Safety Directive has thus offered the Committee on Legal Affairs

and its rapporteur, Kostas Chrysogonos, a timely opportunity to make concrete

recommendations for the reinforcement of liability for damage from offshore

accidents in oil and gas prospection, exploration and production in the EU.

At this meeting Mr Chrysogonos will present his draft report on ‘liability,

compensation and financial security for offshore oil and gas operations’. The

draft report focuses on the importance of updating existing liability systems in

the Member States to ensure the application of the polluter-pays principle not

only to environmental damage but also to traditional forms of damage, be they

bodily injuries, damage to property or economic loss, consequential or pure. The

rapporteur is of the opinion that an incident in European waters should not

adversely affect either the future of offshore oil and gas operations or that of the

entire EU (were the incident to occur in an area that was largely dependent on

tourism for revenue) and that, therefore, compensation and financial security

systems for offshore oil and gas operations in the EU should be brought up to

speed.



Legal basis: Rule 52 RoP

Rapporteur: Kostas

Chrysogonos

Administrator: Zampia

Vernadaki

Opinion giving committee:

ENVI, ITRE


Exchange of views:

14.03.2016

Draft Report: 24.05.2016

Deadline for amendments:

10.06.2016

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DISCUSSION DES AMENDEMENTS

Compétence, loi applicable, reconnaissance et exécution des décisions en matière

de régimes matrimoniaux et d'effets patrimoniaux des partenariats enregistrés

Lors de cette réunion, la commission débattra des

amendements proposés aux projets de rapport de

Jean-Marie Cavada, qui sont relativement peu

nombreux.

Les propositions de règlements du Conseil relatifs à la

compétence, à la loi applicable, à la reconnaissance et à

l'exécution des décisions en matière de régimes

matrimoniaux et d'effets patrimoniaux des partenariats

enregistrés sont les deuxièmes en la matière. Après le

blocage des négociations entre États membres – tout

accord devant être unanime en matière de droit de la

famille –, cette proposition revient au Parlement sous la

forme d'une coopération renforcée.

La proposition de règlement de 2016 n'est pas identique à la proposition initiale de la Commission de

2011 – au contraire, elle intègre de nombreuses modifications proposées par le Parlement en 2013 et

correspond ainsi au texte auquel 23 États membres étaient prêts à donner leur accord fin 2015.

Le règlement sera un instrument très utile pour les couples internationaux au sein de l'Union européenne.

Il couvre, en matière de régimes matrimoniaux, la compétence et la loi applicable, ainsi que la

reconnaissance et l'exécution de décisions. Toutefois, il exclut de son domaine, notamment, les questions

concernant la capacité des époux, l’existence, la validité ou la reconnaissance d’un mariage, les obligations

alimentaires et la succession du conjoint décédé. L'autonomie des

État membres en matière de droit de la famille semble donc

sauvegardée.

Le règlement n'affecte pas, non plus, le fond du droit des États

membres sur les régimes matrimoniaux. En matière d'effets

patrimoniaux des partenariats enregistrés, la proposition reprend

largement les mêmes règles que pour les régimes matrimoniaux, avec

les modifications qui s'imposent. Les demandes du Parlement ont

donc été entendues.

Le rapporteur retient que ces propositions de règlements sur les

régimes matrimoniaux et les effets patrimoniaux des partenariats

enregistrés sont clairement dans l'intérêt de l'Union et de ses couples

internationaux. Elles permettront de mettre fin à de nombreux cas de

confusion et de difficulté juridique. Les propositions actuelles ont

intégré une bonne partie des amendements proposés précédemment

par le Parlement. Le rapporteur propose donc que le Parlement donne

un avis favorable sur ces propositions.

Procédure: 2016/0059(CNS),

2016/0060(CNS)

Documents de base:

COM(2016)0106, COM(2016)0107

Base juridique: Article 81(3) TFUE

Rapporteur: Jean-Marie Cavada

Administrateur: Alexander Keys

Agenda prévisionnel

Présentation des projets de

rapport: 20.04.2016

Date limite pour amendements:

05.05.2016

Discussion des amendements: mai

2016


Adoption PLÉNIÈRE: 23.06.2016

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EXCHANGE OF VIEWS

Cross-border portability of online content services in the internal market

Upon taking up his new office in 2014, Jean-Claude Juncker, the President of the Commission, announced that reform of copyright in the context of creating the Digital Single Market in Europe would be one of his top ten priorities during the 2014-2019 legislature. Vice-President Andrus Ansip was given responsibility in the Commission for the Digital Single Market whereas Günther Oettinger became the Commissioner in charge of the Digital Economy and Society, which includes copyright. When the Commission on 6 May 2015 presented its Digital Single Market strategy (COM(2015)0192) it included a roadmap for its completion, which among other things listed "legislative proposals for a reform of the copyright regime" to be presented during 2015.

Of course, these developments, at least as far as copyright is concerned, did not however take place in a vacuum, but were rather preceded by extensive analytical and legislative work over a number of years in the EU institutions. The orphan works and collective rights management directives, which were both negotiated and adopted in the last legislature, constitute, as far as the European Parliament is concerned, but the end results of long discussions and diverse activities conducted by the working groups on copyright set up by the Committee on Legal Affairs during the two preceding legislatures, both of which focused primarily on the different consequences of the principle of territoriality.

In fact, the former Commission came very close to presenting a roadmap on how to revise copyright rules in Europe by the end of the last legislature, but it was never formally adopted or made publically available owing to unresolved conflicts between the different Commissioners who were then responsible for the relevant policy areas: internal market and services; digital agenda; research, innovation and science; and education, culture, multilingualism and youth. Some of these tensions continue in the current Commission, illustrated by the fact that Vice-President Ansip has come out publically against the practice of geo-blocking, whereby access to media content (and more generally, any product or service) is restricted on the basis of the location of the consumer, and favors portability cross-border of legally acquired media content, whereas Commissioner Oettinger has stated that "we should not throw the baby out with the bath water" and has enumerated three sectors which would warrant looking into, namely sports, state-funded television and European film.

Exclusive territorial licensing practices in Europe allow right-holders to apply technical and contractual measures which limit cross-border portability (ability for a consumer who lawfully subscribes to online services in a country to access the same service when moving -temporarily- to another country) and access (ability for consumers living in a MS to access - whether through subscription or not - copyrighted content that is available in another MS and at the conditions and prices of that MS) of copyrighted works. Geo-blocking practices, which denies access to a website or re-routes consumers to a local store with different conditions, are not per se a copyright issue. However, technological measures preventing online consumers from accessing protected online content based on geographic location are the result of these exclusive territorial licensing practices.

On 9 December 2015, the Commission presented a proposal for a regulation on ensuring the cross-border portability of online content services in the internal market (COM(2015)0627), which is the first proposal on



Rapporteur: Jean-Marie Cavada

Administrator: Magnus Nordanskog

Opinion giving committee: IMCO and

CULT (associated committees), ITRE


24.5.2016: Exchange of views

11-12.7.2016: Consideration of draft

report

15.9.2016: Deadline for amendments

13.10.2016: Adoption in JURI

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copyright as part of the Digital Single Market strategy. The Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI) is the lead committee on this file and the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) and the Committee on Culture and Education (CULT) are associated committees in accordance with Rule 54 of the Rules of Procedure. The Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) will also give an opinion on this file. On the same day, 9 December 2015, Commissioner Oettinger presented the proposal at a JURI meeting and held an exchange with Members. The Working Group on Intellectual Property Rights and Copyright Reform held an exchange with Vice-President Ansip on 16 December 2015.

The Working Group also devoted its meeting on 18 February 2016 to the portability question and heard presentations from the Commission and the European Parliament Research Service on the proposal and its impact assessment as well as viewpoints from representatives of public broadcasters, audiovisual producers and distributors, content service providers, sports bodies and users.

A public hearing was held on portability at the JURI meeting on 20 April 2016, where Members heard the Commission as well as external experts on the technical perspective of portability and the perspectives of consumers, authors, producers and content providers.

At this meeting, the rapporteur, Mr Jean-Marie Cavada, will present his views on the proposal and his suggestions for dealing with the dossier in the Parliament and the Committee will hold a first exchange of views.

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REPORT BACK TO COMMITTEE

Interpretation and implementation of the Interinstitutional

Agreement on better law-making

On 13 April 2016 the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission

signed a new Interinstitutional Agreement (IIA) on better law-making. The

Committee on Legal Affairs and the Committee on Constitutional Affairs have,

therefore, decided to create a joint Working Group (WG) on the interpretation

and implementation of the IIA with a view to the preparation of an own-initiative report on the same topic. The

rapporteurs are Pavel Svoboda, for the Committee on Legal Affairs, and Richard Corbett, for the Committee on

Constitutional Affairs.

On 10 May 2016, the WG held its constituent meeting, during which it

adopted its mission statement and an indicative timetable, on the

understanding that these are ‘living’ documents which may need to be

updated at a later stage, especially in view of possible developments in

the future interinstitutional negotiations with regard to the two

so-called ‘leftovers’, i.e.: delineation criteria for delegated and

implementing acts; and practical arrangements for cooperation and

information-sharing regarding international agreements.

The WG also held an exchange of views with Francesca Ratti, the

Deputy Secretary-General, who is in charge of Parliament’s Task Force

on the implementation of the new IIA. Ms Ratti gave an overview of the

specificities of the negotiations and the main elements of the new IIA,

and outlined the organisation and responsibilities of the Task Force,

whose mission is to coordinate the actions of the different services involved in the implementation of the IIA and,

most importantly, to support the political work of the Members taking part in the WG. At this meeting, the

rapporteur for the Committee on Legal Affairs will report back to the Committee on the above meeting of the WG.


Basic doc: Interinstitutional

Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better

Law-Making

Legal basis: Rules 52 and 55 RoP

Rapporteur: Pavel Svoboda (JURI),

Richard Corbett (AFCO)

Administrator: Andrea Scrimali (JURI),

Annemieke Beugelink (AFCO)

Opinion giving committee: INTA,

EMPL, ENVI, PETI

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PRESENTATION OF DRAFT REPORT

Civil law rules on robotics

Humankind stands on the threshold of an era in which

ever more sophisticated robots, bots and other

manifestations of artificial intelligence (AI) seem

poised to unleash a new industrial revolution which

is likely to leave no stratum of society untouched.

Annual patent filings relating to robotics technology

have tripled over the past decade, and between 2010

and 2014 robot sales increased by an average of 17 %

per annum. The increase for 2014 was 29 %, - the

highest increase ever recorded for a single year.

In the short to medium term, robotics and AI promise

to bring benefits of efficiency and savings, not only in

production and commerce but also in areas such as

transport, medical care, education or farming, as well

as making it possible to avoid exposing humans to

dangerous conditions such as cleaning up toxically

polluted sites.

In the longer term, the potential exists for robotics and AI to bring virtually

boundless prosperity. However, these advances also raise concerns, from the

effects on employment to questions of physical safety, privacy and integrity.

Furthermore, new and planned applications of robotics and AI with

increasing capabilities for learning and autonomous action appear to put

traditional legal concepts and doctrines under strain, for instance as regards

liability and insurance.

Taking into account that not only consumers but also European industry

could benefit from a coherent approach at European level to regulation, the

Committee on Legal Affairs has decided to draw up an own-initiative

legislative report pursuant to Article 225 TFEU on civil law rules on robotics,

appointing Mady Delvaux-Stehres as rapporteur.

A Working Group has been set up with the objective of hearing experts and

carry out preparatory work for the report, with involvement also of the

Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, the Committee on the Internal

Market and Consumer Protection and the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs.

The rapporteur will present her draft report at the meeting of 24 May 2016.

Procedure: 2015/2103(INL)

Legal basis: Article 225 TFEU

Rapporteur: Mady Delvaux-Stehres

Administrator: Kjell Sevón

Opinion giving committees: ITRE,

IMCO, EMPL, LIBE


Draft report: 24.5.2016

Deadline for amend: 25.10.2016


Adoption PLENARY: 12-15.12.2016

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PAST EVENTS

Hearing on 'Modernisation of EU Copyright rules, 20.4.2016

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Hearing on Legal and ethical aspects of robotics and artificial intelligence, 21.4.2016

Exchange of views with Commissioner Hill

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SCRUTINY OF DELEGATED ACTS AND IMPLEMENTING MEASURES

a) Commission Regulation (EU) No …/... of XXX

amending Regulation (EC) No 1126/2008 adopting

certain international accounting standards in

accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002 of

the European Parliament and of the Council as

regards International Financial Reporting Standard 15

b) Commission Regulation (EU) .../... of XXX amending

Regulation (EC) No 1126/2008 adopting certain

international accounting standards in accordance

with Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002 of the European

Parliament and of the Council as regards

International Financial Reporting Standards 10 and 12 and International Accounting Standard 28.

These draft implementing measures amend Commission Regulation (EC) No 1126/2008 adopting certain

international accounting standards in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002 of the European Parliament

and of the Council as regards International Financial Reporting Standards 10 and 12 (IFRS) and International

Accounting Standards (IAS) 15 and 28.

In particular, in May 2014 the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB)

issued the new accounting standard IFRS 15 Revenue from Contracts with

Customers. This standard aims to improve both the financial reporting of

revenue and the comparability of top line in financial statements globally. In

September 2015 the IASB issued an amendment to IFRS 15 that postpones the

date of coming into effect from 1 January 2017 to 1 January 2018.

On 18 December 2014, the IASB published amendments to IFRS 10

Consolidated Financial Statements and IFRS 12 Disclosure of Interests in Other

Entities and IAS 28 Investments in Associates and Joint Ventures entitled

Investment Entities: Applying the Consolidation Exception. The amendments

aim to clarify the requirements with regard to accounting for investment entities and provide for the possibility of

relief in particular circumstances.

The consultation with the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group confirms that the amendments in question

meet the technical criteria for adoption set out in Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002, i.e. understandability,

relevance, reliability and comparability. Regulation (EC) No 1126/2008 is therefore to be amended accordingly.

The Accounting Regulatory Committee (ARC) issued positive opinions on these two acts, on 11 and 18 April

respectively.

Further to the formal referral, Parliament, acting by a majority of its component members, or the Council, acting by a

qualified majority, may oppose the adoption of the draft measures concerned by the Commission, justifying their

opposition by indicating that the draft measures proposed by the Commission exceed the implementing powers

provided for in the basic instrument or that the draft is not compatible with the aim or content of the basic

instrument or does not respect the subsidiarity or proportionality principles.

The rapporteur is of the view that no objection should be raised.

Procedures: 2016/2663(RPS),

2016/2673(RPS)

Legal basis: Article 3(1) of

Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002

Rapporteur for opinion:

Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann

Administrator: Andrea Scrimali

Committee responsible: ECON

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IN CAMERA

VERIFICATION OF CREDENTIALS (RULE 3)

The President has announced to plenary that the competent national authorities have given

notice of the appointment of the following as Member(s) of the European Parliament, with

effect from the dates shown below:

• Ms Lieve WIERINCK (to replace Mr Philippe DE BACKER), as from 4 May 2016.

In accordance with Rule 3 of the Rules of Procedure, on the basis of a

report by the JURI Committee, Parliament will verify the credentials without

delay and rule on the validity of the mandate of each of its newly elected

Members. Parliament will also rule on any dispute referred to it pursuant to

the provisions of the Act of 20 September 1976, except those based on

national electoral laws.

It is not possible to confirm the validity of the mandate of a Member

unless the written declarations required on the basis of Article 7 of the Act

of 20 September 1976 and Annex I to the Rules have been made. Until

such time as a Member’s credentials have been verified or a ruling has been given on any dispute, the Member will

take his or her seat in Parliament and in its bodies and enjoy all the rights attaching thereto.

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SUBSIDIARITY (RULE 42)

The following reasoned opinion received from national parliaments will be announced in the meeting:

Reasoned opinion of the Austrian Federal Council on a proposal for a Regulation of the European

Parliament and of the Council concerning measures to safeguard the security of gas supply and repealing

Regulation (EU) No 994/2010 (2016/0030(COD)) and on a proposal for a Decision of the European

Parliament and of the Council on establishing an information exchange mechanism with regard to

intergovernmental agreements and non-binding instruments between Member States and third countries

in the field of energy and repealing Decision No 994/2012/EU (2016/0031(COD)).

The Austrian Federal Council complains that the definition of regions comprising several Member States

by the Commission, whose composition has been decided and could be altered in the future on the basis

of a delegated act without any participation of the Member States, is contrary to the principle of

subsidiarity. It also considers that making notification to the Commission of all intergovernmental





Exchange of views: 23-24.05.2016

Adoption JURI: 23-24.05.2016

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agreements with third countries in the field of energy mandatory might interfere with Member States’

sovereignty. The Austrian Federal Council expresses its concern mainly in relation to the extension of the

decision to cover non-binding instruments in the field of energy.

Reasoned opinions of the Italian Senate and of the Maltese Parliament on a proposal for a Regulation of

the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules in the field of civil aviation and establishing

a European Union Aviation Safety Agency, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 of the European

Parliament and of the Council (2015/0277(COD)).

The Italian Senate complains of various shortcomings in the proposal which might jeopardise the

achievement of the safety and security objectives the proposal intends to accomplish. It also contends

that the proposal confers on the Commission excessive powers by means of delegated acts and that this

will diminish the role of the national parliaments in the future. In the same vein, the Maltese Parliament

does not agree with the proposed scope and extent of the delegated acts provided for in the Regulation

which in its view significantly exceed the mandate issued in Article 290 TFEU. The Maltese Parliament

considers that the delegated acts should be kept to an absolute minimum and the objectives, content and

scope of the remaining implementing acts should be explicitly and clearly defined.

Reasoned opinion of the French Senate on a proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of

the Council on certain aspects concerning contracts for the supply of digital content (2015/0287(COD))

and on a proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain aspects

concerning contracts for the online and other distance sales of goods (2015/0288(COD)).

The French Senate takes the view that the abovementioned proposals do not comply with the principle of

subsidiarity because they introduce complete harmonisation in this field and therefore prevent Members

States from maintaining and developing a higher level of consumer protection.

Reasoned opinion of the Swedish Parliament on a proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive

2011/16/EU as regards mandatory automatic exchange of information in the field of taxation

(2016/010(CNS)) and on a proposal for a Council Directive laying down rules against tax avoidance

practices that directly affect the functioning of the internal market (2016/0011(CNS)).

With regards to the first proposal, the Swedish Parliament complains that during deliberations on the issue of

subsidiarity in the Riksdag, their government informed parliament that negotiations in the Council have resulted in

a compromise proposal being brought forward. This means that the Member States announced that they had

reached a political agreement in the Council before the time-limit for the national parliaments’ check process on

subsidiarity had expired. The Riksdag takes the view that the Council ought to have adhered more closely to the

national parliament scrutiny procedure. As to the second proposal, the Swedish Parliament observes that the

proposal has been drafted very quickly, that is far-reaching and that it leaves many points unclear. It contends that

as direct taxation is in principle a field where powers are vested exclusively in the Member States at national level,

there is a stringent requirement that EU legislation should be so formulated that Member States can assess

whether the purpose of the proposed measure cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States and can

therefore, by reason of the scale or effect of the action, be better achieved at Union level. The Ricksdag takes the

view that the Commission has failed to state sufficient reasons to show that the proposal does not go beyond

what is necessary in order to attain the stated objectives.

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Exchange of views on the yellow card threshold met for the proposal on posting of

workers in the framework of the provision of services

On 8 March 2016 the European Commission adopted a proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of

the Council amending Directive 96/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1996

concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provisions of services (COM(2016)128). The

Commission based the proposal on Articles 53(1) and 62 TFEU. In Parliament, the Committee on Employment and

Social Affairs is responsible for the subject-matter. JURI's rapporteur for opinion is Jean-Marie Cavada.

Article 7(2) of Protocol No 2 states that where reasoned opinions on a

draft legislative act’s non-compliance with the principle of subsidiarity

represent at least one third of all the votes allocated to the national

parliaments, the draft must be reviewed. After such review takes

places, the Commission may decide to maintain, amend or withdraw

the draft. With currently 28 national parliaments, there is a total of 56

votes. Therefore, the current “one third” threshold is at least 19 votes.

The Commission forwarded all language versions of this proposal to

national parliaments pursuant to Protocol No 2 on the application of

the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality on 15 March 2016, so the 8-week deadline for the subsidiarity

check, namely for the adoption and forwarding of the so-called “reasoned opinions” by national parliaments, was

set on Tuesday, 10 May 2016.

Fourteen national parliaments or parliamentary chambers forwarded documents entitled “reasoned opinions”

within the deadline. Together those parliaments represent 22 votes, thus above the required threshold of 19

votes. The reasoned opinions sent by those national parliaments are still under the process of being examined by

the secretariat or under translation into all languages apart from Gaelic and Maltese, so it will be only in the next

committee meeting that the JURI committee will have full knowledge of their content and will be able to carry out

a full assessment of the objections made to the proposal on subsidiarity grounds by the national parliaments.

However, a summary and overview of the reasoned opinions transmitted by national parliaments has already

been prepared and communicated by the EP Legislative Dialogue Unit to the JURI committee.

This summary states that national parliaments put forward a variety of arguments to complain that the proposal

disregards the principle of subsidiarity. These include procedural points, for instance the lack of a detailed

justification of the proposal with regards to subsidiarity, and substantive objections, such as that setting the

compensation of workers is within the exclusive power of Member States or that the proposal interferes with

industrial relations.

Rule 42 of the Rules of Procedure relates to the examination of the respect of the principle of subsidiarity.

Paragraph (2) provides for the possibility that the JURI committee, as committee responsible for the respect of the

principle of subsidiarity, decides to make a recommendation for the attention of the committee responsible for

the subject-matter in respect of any proposal for a legislative act. Paragraph (5) states that if the threshold of votes

allocated to national parliaments is reached, Parliament shall not take a decision until the author of the proposal

has stated how it intends to proceed. Paragraph (6) grants the committee responsible for the respect of the

principle of subsidiarity the right to be heard by the committee responsible for the subject-matter in relation to

proposals for legislative acts made under the ordinary legislative procedure that receive reasoned opinions

representing at least a simple majority of the votes allocated to national parliaments.

At this meeting, the Committee on Legal Affairs will have a first exchange of views on this yellow card procedure.




Rapporteur for subsidiarity:

Gilles Lebreton


Ruiz-Risueño

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SUBSCRIPTIONS WATCH LIVE: EP website or EuroparlTV

JURI Report: [email protected] Re-Watch: EP multimedia library

JURI Press Releases: [email protected]

CREDITS & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

European Parliament - Committee on Legal Affairs

Head of Secretariat: Robert BRAY - Responsible Administrator: Alexander KEYS

Editorial/Production Assistant: Natalia EWIAKOVA

IMMUNITIES

Mario Borghezio

EXCHANGE OF VIEWS

AND HEARING

Type of procedure:

Defence of immunity

Procedure: 2016/2028 (IMM)

Legal basis: RoP Rule 7

Notice to Members: 06/2016,

09/2016, 10/2016, 13/2016

Rapporteur: Angel Dzhambazki


Preliminary Timetable:

Exchange of views: 15.03.2016,

23.05.2016

Hearing: 23.05.2016

Gianluca Buonanno

EXCHANGE OF VIEWS

Type of procedure:

Defence of immunity

Procedure: 2016/2040(IMM)


Notice to Members: 11/2016

Rapporteur: Kostas

Chrysogonos

Administrator: Zampia

Vernadaki


Exchange of views: 23.05.2016

Gianluca Buonanno

CONSIDERATION AND

ADOPTION (POSSIBLY)

OF DRAFT REPORT

Type of procedure:

Waiver of immunity

Procedure:

2016/2003(IMM)


Notice to Members:

03/2016

Rapporteur: Evelyn Regner


Ruiz-Risueño


Exchange of views/hearing:

18.02.2016

Consideration of draft

report/Adoption of draft

report (possibly): 23.05.2016
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