OVERVIEW OF ACTIVITIES DURING THE MANDATE. September November 2018

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1 OVERVIEW OF ACTIVITIES DURING THE MANDATE September November

2 COMMITTEE COMPOSITION 1. Bureau Nathalie Griesbeck Chair ALDE Elena Valenciano 1st Vice-Chair S&D Judith Sargentini 2nd Vice-Chair Greens/EFA Jeroen Lenaers 3rd Vice-Chair EPP Geoffrey Van Orden 4th Vice-Chair ECR 2. Coordinators Arnaud Danjean EPP Artis Pabriks (Vice-Coordinator) EPP Ana Gomes S&D Anders Vistisen ECR Gérard Deprez ALDE Judith Sargentini (earlier Jan Philip Albrecht) Greens/EFA Cornelia Ernst (Co-Coordinator) GUE/NGL Javier Couso Permuy (Co-Coordinator) GUE/NGL Dominique Martin (earlier André Elissen) ENF 3. Co-Rapporteurs Monika Hohlmeier EPP Helga Stevens ECR 4. Shadow-Rapporteurs Caterina Chinnici S&D 2

3 Maite Pagazaurtundúa ALDE Marie-Christine Vergiat GUE/NGL Eva Joly (earlier Jan Philipp Albrecht) Greens/EFA Dominique Martin (earlier André Elissen) ENF Members The committee was composed of 30 Members distributed by political groups as illustrated in the table hereunder. The EFDD was represented by one Member who changed the group membership to ECR. EPP 10 S&D 8 ECR 4 ALDE 3 GUE/NGL 2 Greens/EFA 2 ENF 1 3

4 List of Full Members as of 14 November 2018 EPP Ivo BELET (BE) Heinz K. BECKER (DE) Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT (SV) Arnaud DANJEAN (FR) Agustín DÍAZ DE MERA GARCÍA CONSUEGRA (ES) Elisabetta GARDINI (IT) Monika HOHLMEIER (DE) Jeroen LENAERS (NL) Roberta METSOLA Milan ZVER (SL) S&D Caterina CHINNICI (IT) Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ (RO) Ana GOMES (PT) Sylvie GUILLAUME (FR) Péter NIEDERMÜLLER (HU) Demetris PAPADAKIS (GR) Birgit SIPPEL (DE) Elena VALENCIANO (ES) ECR Edward CZESAK (PL) Helga STEVENS (BE) Geoffrey VAN ORDEN (UK) Kristina WINBERG (SV) ALDE Gérard DEPREZ (BE) Nathalie GRIESBECK (FR) Maite PAGAZAURTUNDÚA RUIZ (ES) Greens Eva JOLY (FR) Judith SARGENTINI (NL) GUE/NGL Javier COUSO PERMUY (ES) Cornelia ERNST (DE) ENF Dominique MARTIN (FR) 4

5 List of Substitute Members as of 14 November 2018 EPP Lorenzo CESA (IT) Rachida DATI (FR) Christian EHLER (DE) Andrzej GRZYB (PL) Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO (ES) Nuno MELO (PT) Emil RADEV (BG) Dubravka ŠUICA (HR) Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI (PL) S&D Tanja FAJON (SL) Peter KOUROUMBASHEV (BG) Bogusław LIBERADZKI (PL) Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR (ES) Claude MORAES (UK) Pina PICIERNO (IT) Kati PIRI (NL) Pavel POC (CS) ECR Bernd KÖLMEL (DE) Monica MACOVEI (RO) Anders Primdahl VISTISEN (DA) ALDE Johannes Cornelis VAN BAALEN (NL) Petr JEŽEK (CS) Morten Helveg PETERSEN (DA) GREENS Sven GIEGOLD (DE) Josep-Maria TERRICABRAS (ES) GUE/NGL Lynn BOYLAN (IRL) Marie-Christine VERGIAT (FR) ENF Harald VILIMSKY (AT) 5

6 ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMITTEE IN NUMBERS TERR Committee meetings The constituent meeting took place on 14 September 2017 in Strasbourg. The TERR Committee held 21 committee meetings (31 half-days), 11 Coordinators and 9 Shadow-rapporteurs meetings from September 2017 until November in camera meetings 1 in camera EU-Restricted meeting 15 meetings in Brussels 6 meetings in Strasbourg 1 joint meeting with CONT on ECA Special Report 13/2018 (Discharge 2017): Tackling radicalisation that leads to terrorism in Brussels on 19 June joint hearing with TAX3 on The use of tax frauds - including VAT or Carousel fraud - to finance terrorism in Brussels on 28 June workshop on Terrorism and CBRN threat in Brussels on 16 May public hearings 6

7 * * * Coordinators meetings 28 September 2017 in Brussels 16 October 2017 in Brussels 9 November 2017 in Brussels 16 November 2017 in Strasbourg 14 December 2017 in Strasbourg 25 January 2018 in Brussels 8 February 2018 in Strasbourg 15 March 2018 in Strasbourg 23 April 2018 in Brussels 16 May 2018 in Brussels 19 June 2018 in Brussels Shadow-Rapporteurs meetings 5 December February March April October October October November November

8 * * * The TERR Committee held 6 missions and 2 working visits from December 2017 until July 2018: 1 December Mission to Paris, France 7-8 December Mission to Europol and Eurojust (The Hague, The Netherlands) 13 February Mission to London, United Kingdom February Mission to Berlin, Germany 21 February Working visit to Zaventem Airport, Belgium May Mission to Madrid, Spain 6-8 June Mission to Rome & Catania, Italy 12 July Working visit to Antwerp Harbour, Belgium In addition to the above, the Chair of the TERR Committee, Ms Nathalie Griesbeck, accompanied the LIBE delegation on their mission to Washington from July Ms Griesbeck also accepted an invitation from the Mayor of Nice, Mr Christian Estrosi, to visit Nice on 17 October 2018 to learn more about the tools used by the city in the fight against terrorism, including the services available to the victims of terrorism. 8

9 * * * Amendments Total of 1519 amendments tabled to the report by Members representing 7 political groups: EPP 295 S&D 373 ECR 180 ALDE 192 GUE 214 Greens 173 ENF Compromises were negotiated and voted, out of which only one was rejected. The final report in committee was adopted on 13 November 2018 with 23 votes in favour, 2 against and 5 abstentions. The final report was adopted in plenary on 12 December 2018 with 474 votes in favour, 112 against and 75 abstentions. 9

10 List of topical exchanges of views, public hearings missions Date Topic / objective 14 September 2017 Constituent meeting 11 October October October November 2017 Exchange of views with Sir Julian King, Commissioner for the Security Union Comprehensive Assessment of EU Security Policy - Presentation by Commission representatives from DG HOME and DG JUST Presentation of study "The European Union s Policies on Counter- Terrorism: Relevance, Coherence and Effectiveness" Exchange of views with Mr Gilles de Kerchove, EU Counter-Terrorism Coordinator Exchange of views with Mr Saad Amrani, Chief Commissioner and Policy Adviser of the Belgian Federal Police Exchange of views with Mr Gerhard Conrad, Director of the EU Intelligence and Situation Centre (EU INTCEN) 1 December 2017 Mission to Paris 7-8 December 2017 Mission to Europol & Eurojust (The Hague) 14 December January January 2018 Exchange of views with Mr Manuel Navarrete Paniagua, Head of European Counter Terrorism Centre (Europol) Exchange of views with Mr Michael O'Flaherty, Director of the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights Exchange of views with Mr Jacques Toubon, Défenseur des Droits Outcome of the Belgian Chamber of representatives parliamentary inquiry responsible for examining the circumstances leading up to the terrorist attacks of 22 March 2016, in particular at Brussels-National Airport - exchange of views with Prof. Dirk Van Daele, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and Prof. Dr. Willy Bruggeman, Chairman Governing Council for the Belgian Federal Police, Head lecturer, Benelux university centre, Eindhoven Exchange of views with Fabrice Leggeri, Executive Director of Frontex 23 January 2018 Exchange of views with Mr Paweł Herczyński, Director for Security Policy at the European External Action Service Exchange of views with Commissioner Avramopoulos 10

11 Date 8 February 2017 Topic / objective Exchange of views with Mr Jürgen Ebner, Director, German Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA), Head of the Department Central Information Management, and with Mr Jean-Jacques Colombi, Head of the International Relations Division, Judicial Police Directorate, French National Police Exchange of views with Mr Krum Garkov (Director EU-LISA) 13 February 2018 Mission to London February 2018 Mission to Berlin 22 February 2018 Exchange of views with Mr Ahmed Abbadi, Secretary General of the Rabita Mohammedia des Oulémas (Mohammadia League of Scholars) 21 February 2018 Working Visit to Zaventem Airport 21 March 2018 Public hearing on Protecting the rights of victims of terrorism in the EU 22 March April 2018 Public hearing on Building capacities for resilience against terrorism within the EU Exchange of views with Mr Jean-Charles Brisard, Président du Centre d Analyse du Terrorisme (CAT) Exchange of views with Mr Raphael Malagnini, Belgian Prosecutor s Office Exchange of views with Mr Commissioner Moscovici 23 April 2018 Exchange of views on the External border management with: Rear Admiral (Upper Half) Enrico Credendino, Commander of EUNAVFORMED Operation SOPHIA, Captain Sergio Liardo, Head of the Operation Centre of IMRCC, General Command, Coast Guard, Italy, Senior Commissioner Svetoslav Malonov, Ministry of Interior, Bulgaria, Sofie Mortier, Sirene Bureau Belgium 24 April 2018 Public hearing on Preventing and Countering Radicalisation May 2018 Mission to Madrid 16 May 2018 Exchange of views with Mr Manuel Navarrete Paniagua, Head of European Counter Terrorism Centre (Europol) Exchange of views with Mr Olivier Burgersdijk, Programme Manager Travel Intelligence (Europol), on information exchange and interoperability 11

12 Date Topic / objective Workshop: Terrorism and CBRN threat Presentation of a study: Member States approach to tackle the return of foreign fighters 17 May 2018 Public Hearing on How to improve Counter Terrorist Financing within the EU? 6-8 June 2018 Mission to Rome & Catania Presentation of Study: "Virtual currencies and terrorist financing: assessing the risks and evaluating responses" 18 June June 2018 Exchange of views on new trends in counter-terrorism financing and public private partnerships with Mr Maarten Rijssenbeek, National Coordinating Prosecutor Terrorism Financing, The Netherlands Illicit Gun Markets and Firearms Acquisition of Terrorist Networks in Europe - exchange of views with: Mr Nils Duquet, Senior Researcher, Flemish Peace Institute, Belgium; Mr Nicolas Florquin, Senior Researcher, Small Arms Survey, Switzerland; Europol representative Exchange of views on judicial cooperation in the field of terrorism with Mr Antonio Balsamo - Legal Advisor of the Permanent Mission of Italy to the International Organisations in Vienna, Reserve Judge of the Specialist Chamber of the Constitutional Court of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers, Professor of Criminal law at the Faculty of Law of LUMSA in Palermo, Ms Camille Hennetier - Vice-Prosecutor, Head of the Anti-Terrorism Unit in the Paris Public Prosecutor s Office, France, and Mr Frédéric Baab - Chair of Eurojust's Counter-Terrorism Team, National Member for France at Eurojust Joint meeting with the Committee on Budgetary Control Presentation of the ECA Special Report 13/2018 (Discharge 2017): Tackling radicalisation that leads to terrorism: the Commission addressed the needs of Member States, but with some shortfalls in coordination and evaluation Exchange of views on intelligence cooperation with Mr Patrick Calvar, former Head of the French General Directorate for Internal Security (DGSI) and Director of Intelligence of the DGSE, Mr Dimitar Georgiev, Chairperson of State Agency for National Security, Bulgarian Presidency 28 June 2018 Joint Public Hearing on Terrorism Financing (with TAX3) 5 July 2018 Presentation of the draft report 11 July 2018 Exchange of views with Mr Gilles de Kerchove, Counter-Terrorism Coordinator In camera 12

13 Date Topic / objective Exchange of views with Mr Philippe Pradal, Deputy Mayor of Nice on the security of public spaces and counter-terrorism urban security initiatives Exchange of views with Mr Javed Patel, UK Deputy Director of the Counter Terrorism and Extremism Network, Europe on the UK CT Strategy "CONTEST" Exchange of views with Günther Oettinger, Commisioner for Budget and Human Resources 12 July 2018 Public Hearing on The Security of Critical Infrastructures and Public Spaces 12 July 2018 Working Visit to Antwerp Harbour 4 October 2018 Exchange of views with Commissioner King 9 October 2018 Exchange of views with Commander General Giovanni Nistri Consideration of Amendments 13 November 2018 Vote on the draft report Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on Terrorism 12 December 2018 Vote on the final report in plenary 13