Category: Business

  • MIL-OSI: Hyperscale Data Subsidiary Ault Markets Plans to Launch StableShare in Early 2026 – A Platform for Tokenized Securities, Real Assets and Global Markets

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    LAS VEGAS, July 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Hyperscale Data, Inc. (NYSE American: GPUS), a diversified holding company (“Hyperscale Data” or the “Company”), today announced that its indirect, wholly owned subsidiary, Ault Markets, Inc. (“Ault Markets”), plans to launch StableShare in the first quarter of 2026. StableShare is a next-generation platform for tokenizing public equities, private securities, real-world assets and structured finance products. The platform will be purpose-built for broker-dealers, institutional investors and other market participants seeking compliant access to digital assets backed by real-world value.

    This announcement follows recent news of Ault Markets’ plans to introduce a decentralized exchange (“DEX”), forming part of a broader strategy to build a fully integrated blockchain-based financial ecosystem. Both StableShare and the DEX are expected to be powered by Ault Blockchain, a custom Layer 1 network under development to deliver institutional-grade speed, compliance and transparency.

    “StableShare is more than just a product. We believe it represents the beginning of a borderless, fully digitized financial infrastructure,” said Milton “Todd” Ault III, Founder and Executive Chairman of Hyperscale Data. “Together with our DEX and Ault Blockchain, we are building a new foundation for how the world trades, owns and interacts with all types of assets.”

    StableShare will be designed to enable the tokenization and management of a wide range of asset classes, including public and private securities, real estate and infrastructure projects. All tokenized assets are expected to be recorded on the Ault Blockchain, supporting rapid settlement, smart contract automation and real-time transparency.

    “Ault Blockchain will be designed to be more than just rails—it is expected to be the foundation,” Ault added. “It is where we envision equity meets liquidity, where compliance meets code and where traditional finance meets the future. We look forward to sharing more information on the combined ecosystem of StableShare, the DEX and Ault Blockchain.”

    For more information on Hyperscale Data and its subsidiaries, Hyperscale Data recommends that stockholders, investors and any other interested parties read Hyperscale Data’s public filings and press releases available under the Investor Relations section at hyperscaledata.com or available at www.sec.gov.

    About Hyperscale Data, Inc.

    Through its wholly owned subsidiary Sentinum, Inc., Hyperscale Data owns and operates a data center at which it mines digital assets and offers colocation and hosting services for the emerging artificial intelligence (“AI”) ecosystems and other industries. Hyperscale Data’s other wholly owned subsidiary, Ault Capital Group, Inc. (“ACG”), is a diversified holding company pursuing growth by acquiring undervalued businesses and disruptive technologies with a global impact.

    Hyperscale Data expects to divest itself of ACG on or about December 31, 2025 (the “Divestiture”). Upon the occurrence of the Divestiture, the Company would solely be an owner and operator of data centers to support high-performance computing services, though it may at that time continue to operate in the digital asset space as described in the Company’s filings with the SEC. Until the Divestiture occurs, the Company will continue to provide, through ACG and its wholly and majority-owned subsidiaries and strategic investments, mission-critical products that support a diverse range of industries, including an AI software platform, social gaming platform, equipment rental services, defense/aerospace, industrial, automotive, medical/biopharma and hotel operations. In addition, ACG is actively engaged in private credit and structured finance through a licensed lending subsidiary. Hyperscale Data’s headquarters are located at 11411 Southern Highlands Parkway, Suite 190, Las Vegas, NV 89141.

    On December 23, 2024, the Company issued one million (1,000,000) shares of a newly designated Series F Exchangeable Preferred Stock (the “Series F Preferred Stock”) to all common stockholders and holders of the Series C Convertible Preferred Stock on an as-converted basis. The Divestiture will occur through the voluntary exchange of the Series F Preferred Stock for shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock of ACG (collectively, the “ACG Shares”). The Company reminds its stockholders that only those holders of the Series F Preferred Stock who agree to surrender such shares, and do not properly withdraw such surrender, in the exchange offer through which the Divestiture will occur, will be entitled to receive the ACG Shares and consequently be stockholders of ACG upon the occurrence of the Divestiture.

    Forward-Looking Statements

    This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward-looking statements generally include statements that are predictive in nature and depend upon or refer to future events or conditions, and include words such as “believes,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “projects,” “estimates,” “expects,” “intends,” “strategy,” “future,” “opportunity,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “potential,” or similar expressions. Statements that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on current beliefs and assumptions that are subject to risks and uncertainties.

    Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update any of them publicly in light of new information or future events. Actual results could differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement as a result of various factors. More information, including potential risk factors, that could affect the Company’s business and financial results are included in the Company’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including, but not limited to, the Company’s Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K. All filings are available at www.sec.gov and on the Company’s website at hyperscaledata.com.

    Hyperscale Data Investor Contact:
    IR@hyperscaledata.com or 1-888-753-2235

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  • MIL-OSI: Hyperscale Data Subsidiary Ault Markets Plans to Launch StableShare in Early 2026 – A Platform for Tokenized Securities, Real Assets and Global Markets

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    LAS VEGAS, July 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Hyperscale Data, Inc. (NYSE American: GPUS), a diversified holding company (“Hyperscale Data” or the “Company”), today announced that its indirect, wholly owned subsidiary, Ault Markets, Inc. (“Ault Markets”), plans to launch StableShare in the first quarter of 2026. StableShare is a next-generation platform for tokenizing public equities, private securities, real-world assets and structured finance products. The platform will be purpose-built for broker-dealers, institutional investors and other market participants seeking compliant access to digital assets backed by real-world value.

    This announcement follows recent news of Ault Markets’ plans to introduce a decentralized exchange (“DEX”), forming part of a broader strategy to build a fully integrated blockchain-based financial ecosystem. Both StableShare and the DEX are expected to be powered by Ault Blockchain, a custom Layer 1 network under development to deliver institutional-grade speed, compliance and transparency.

    “StableShare is more than just a product. We believe it represents the beginning of a borderless, fully digitized financial infrastructure,” said Milton “Todd” Ault III, Founder and Executive Chairman of Hyperscale Data. “Together with our DEX and Ault Blockchain, we are building a new foundation for how the world trades, owns and interacts with all types of assets.”

    StableShare will be designed to enable the tokenization and management of a wide range of asset classes, including public and private securities, real estate and infrastructure projects. All tokenized assets are expected to be recorded on the Ault Blockchain, supporting rapid settlement, smart contract automation and real-time transparency.

    “Ault Blockchain will be designed to be more than just rails—it is expected to be the foundation,” Ault added. “It is where we envision equity meets liquidity, where compliance meets code and where traditional finance meets the future. We look forward to sharing more information on the combined ecosystem of StableShare, the DEX and Ault Blockchain.”

    For more information on Hyperscale Data and its subsidiaries, Hyperscale Data recommends that stockholders, investors and any other interested parties read Hyperscale Data’s public filings and press releases available under the Investor Relations section at hyperscaledata.com or available at www.sec.gov.

    About Hyperscale Data, Inc.

    Through its wholly owned subsidiary Sentinum, Inc., Hyperscale Data owns and operates a data center at which it mines digital assets and offers colocation and hosting services for the emerging artificial intelligence (“AI”) ecosystems and other industries. Hyperscale Data’s other wholly owned subsidiary, Ault Capital Group, Inc. (“ACG”), is a diversified holding company pursuing growth by acquiring undervalued businesses and disruptive technologies with a global impact.

    Hyperscale Data expects to divest itself of ACG on or about December 31, 2025 (the “Divestiture”). Upon the occurrence of the Divestiture, the Company would solely be an owner and operator of data centers to support high-performance computing services, though it may at that time continue to operate in the digital asset space as described in the Company’s filings with the SEC. Until the Divestiture occurs, the Company will continue to provide, through ACG and its wholly and majority-owned subsidiaries and strategic investments, mission-critical products that support a diverse range of industries, including an AI software platform, social gaming platform, equipment rental services, defense/aerospace, industrial, automotive, medical/biopharma and hotel operations. In addition, ACG is actively engaged in private credit and structured finance through a licensed lending subsidiary. Hyperscale Data’s headquarters are located at 11411 Southern Highlands Parkway, Suite 190, Las Vegas, NV 89141.

    On December 23, 2024, the Company issued one million (1,000,000) shares of a newly designated Series F Exchangeable Preferred Stock (the “Series F Preferred Stock”) to all common stockholders and holders of the Series C Convertible Preferred Stock on an as-converted basis. The Divestiture will occur through the voluntary exchange of the Series F Preferred Stock for shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock of ACG (collectively, the “ACG Shares”). The Company reminds its stockholders that only those holders of the Series F Preferred Stock who agree to surrender such shares, and do not properly withdraw such surrender, in the exchange offer through which the Divestiture will occur, will be entitled to receive the ACG Shares and consequently be stockholders of ACG upon the occurrence of the Divestiture.

    Forward-Looking Statements

    This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward-looking statements generally include statements that are predictive in nature and depend upon or refer to future events or conditions, and include words such as “believes,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “projects,” “estimates,” “expects,” “intends,” “strategy,” “future,” “opportunity,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “potential,” or similar expressions. Statements that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on current beliefs and assumptions that are subject to risks and uncertainties.

    Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update any of them publicly in light of new information or future events. Actual results could differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement as a result of various factors. More information, including potential risk factors, that could affect the Company’s business and financial results are included in the Company’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including, but not limited to, the Company’s Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K. All filings are available at www.sec.gov and on the Company’s website at hyperscaledata.com.

    Hyperscale Data Investor Contact:
    IR@hyperscaledata.com or 1-888-753-2235

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  • MIL-OSI: Capital City Bank Group, Inc. to Announce Quarterly Earnings Results on Tuesday, July 22, 2025

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    TALLAHASSEE, Fla., July 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Capital City Bank Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: CCBG) announced today that it will release second quarter 2025 results on Tuesday, July 22, 2025, before the market opens. Upon release, investors may access a copy of the earnings results at the Company’s Investor Relations website, investors.ccbg.com.

    About Capital City Bank Group, Inc.
    Capital City Bank Group, Inc. is one of the largest publicly traded financial holding companies headquartered in Florida and has approximately $4.4 billion in assets. We provide a full range of banking services, including traditional deposit and credit services, mortgage banking, asset management, trust, merchant services, bankcards, securities brokerage services and financial advisory services, including the sale of life insurance, risk management and asset protection services. Our bank subsidiary, Capital City Bank, was founded in 1895 and now has 62 banking offices and 107 ATMs/ITMs in Florida, Georgia and Alabama. For more information about Capital City Bank Group, Inc., visit www.ccbg.com.

    For Information Contact:
    Jep Larkin
    Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
    850.402.8450

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  • MIL-OSI: Capital City Bank Group, Inc. to Announce Quarterly Earnings Results on Tuesday, July 22, 2025

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    TALLAHASSEE, Fla., July 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Capital City Bank Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: CCBG) announced today that it will release second quarter 2025 results on Tuesday, July 22, 2025, before the market opens. Upon release, investors may access a copy of the earnings results at the Company’s Investor Relations website, investors.ccbg.com.

    About Capital City Bank Group, Inc.
    Capital City Bank Group, Inc. is one of the largest publicly traded financial holding companies headquartered in Florida and has approximately $4.4 billion in assets. We provide a full range of banking services, including traditional deposit and credit services, mortgage banking, asset management, trust, merchant services, bankcards, securities brokerage services and financial advisory services, including the sale of life insurance, risk management and asset protection services. Our bank subsidiary, Capital City Bank, was founded in 1895 and now has 62 banking offices and 107 ATMs/ITMs in Florida, Georgia and Alabama. For more information about Capital City Bank Group, Inc., visit www.ccbg.com.

    For Information Contact:
    Jep Larkin
    Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
    850.402.8450

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  • MIL-OSI: Topnotch Crypto Launches Green Cloud Mining to Protect the Earth Like Superman

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    London, England, July 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Topnotch Crypto, a global leader in cloud mining and blockchain technology, is on a mission to safeguard the planet — much like Superman protects the Earth. The company today unveiled new eco-conscious initiatives that blend powerful cloud mining with clean and renewable energy.

    Mining Crypto Without Harming the Planet
    Traditional crypto mining often relies on fossil fuels and consumes massive energy, raising serious environmental concerns. Topnotch Crypto is changing that. Its mining operations are powered by solar and wind energy in state-of-the-art, energy-efficient data centers. Users can mine top cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum without owning any hardware or damaging the environment.

    Be Part of the Green Movement 

    Topnotch Crypto believes collective action can lead to real change — just like the communities Superman defends. To encourage user participation, The platform has carefully designed incentive programs for new and active users.

    It’s easy to participate:
    Visit the official website: https://topnotchcrypto.com, register and get $15 new user bonus immediately;
    Start mining through the cloud and support a cleaner blockchain future.

    How Topnotch Crypto Leads in Eco-Friendly Cloud Mining
    Powered by Nature: Mining operations run on 100% renewable solar and wind energy
    Smarter Infrastructure: Efficient mining rigs and advanced cooling reduce power usage
    Circular Economy: Recycled hardware lowers electronic waste
    Global Partnerships: Collaborating with clean energy providers and environmental groups
    Education for All: Helping users understand how to mine sustainably

    Building a Cleaner Digital Economy
    Topnotch Crypto is expanding its green mining hubs worldwide. By offering a simple and sustainable way to mine, the platform proves that blockchain technology can be powerful and planet-friendly. Users don’t just earn — they contribute to a better future.

    Ready to Mine Like a Hero?
    In today’s world, sustainability is a necessity. When you choose Topnotch Crypto, you’re not just mining — you’re helping protect the Earth, just like Superman would.

    About Topnotch Crypto
    Topnotch Crypto is a future-focused cloud mining and blockchain company committed to building a greener digital economy. By combining advanced technology with environmental care, it allows users across the globe to mine responsibly and profitably.

    Media Contact:
    Topnotch Crypto Media Relations
    Email: info@topnotchcrypto.com
    Website: https://topnotchcrypto.com

    Disclaimer: This press release is for informational purposes only and does not offer investment advice, financial guidance, or recommendations for transactions. Cryptocurrency mining and staking carry market volatility, regulatory uncertainty, and technical risks that can lead to financial loss. Investors should perform thorough due diligence and seek independent financial or legal advice before making any decisions.

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  • MIL-OSI: Topnotch Crypto Launches Green Cloud Mining to Protect the Earth Like Superman

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    London, England, July 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Topnotch Crypto, a global leader in cloud mining and blockchain technology, is on a mission to safeguard the planet — much like Superman protects the Earth. The company today unveiled new eco-conscious initiatives that blend powerful cloud mining with clean and renewable energy.

    Mining Crypto Without Harming the Planet
    Traditional crypto mining often relies on fossil fuels and consumes massive energy, raising serious environmental concerns. Topnotch Crypto is changing that. Its mining operations are powered by solar and wind energy in state-of-the-art, energy-efficient data centers. Users can mine top cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum without owning any hardware or damaging the environment.

    Be Part of the Green Movement 

    Topnotch Crypto believes collective action can lead to real change — just like the communities Superman defends. To encourage user participation, The platform has carefully designed incentive programs for new and active users.

    It’s easy to participate:
    Visit the official website: https://topnotchcrypto.com, register and get $15 new user bonus immediately;
    Start mining through the cloud and support a cleaner blockchain future.

    How Topnotch Crypto Leads in Eco-Friendly Cloud Mining
    Powered by Nature: Mining operations run on 100% renewable solar and wind energy
    Smarter Infrastructure: Efficient mining rigs and advanced cooling reduce power usage
    Circular Economy: Recycled hardware lowers electronic waste
    Global Partnerships: Collaborating with clean energy providers and environmental groups
    Education for All: Helping users understand how to mine sustainably

    Building a Cleaner Digital Economy
    Topnotch Crypto is expanding its green mining hubs worldwide. By offering a simple and sustainable way to mine, the platform proves that blockchain technology can be powerful and planet-friendly. Users don’t just earn — they contribute to a better future.

    Ready to Mine Like a Hero?
    In today’s world, sustainability is a necessity. When you choose Topnotch Crypto, you’re not just mining — you’re helping protect the Earth, just like Superman would.

    About Topnotch Crypto
    Topnotch Crypto is a future-focused cloud mining and blockchain company committed to building a greener digital economy. By combining advanced technology with environmental care, it allows users across the globe to mine responsibly and profitably.

    Media Contact:
    Topnotch Crypto Media Relations
    Email: info@topnotchcrypto.com
    Website: https://topnotchcrypto.com

    Disclaimer: This press release is for informational purposes only and does not offer investment advice, financial guidance, or recommendations for transactions. Cryptocurrency mining and staking carry market volatility, regulatory uncertainty, and technical risks that can lead to financial loss. Investors should perform thorough due diligence and seek independent financial or legal advice before making any decisions.

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  • MIL-OSI Asia-Pac: LCSD invites partner for Victoria Park Bazaar

    Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region – 4

         The Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) today (July 11) invited interested parties to submit proposals to become a partner to organise the cultural and creative arts bazaar at Victoria Park (Victoria Park Bazaar).

         The Working Group on Developing Tourist Hotspots, led by the Deputy Chief Secretary for Administration, announced nine hotspot projects on May 20, 2025, including setting up a Victoria Park Bazaar. The bazaar will operate from mid-December 2025 to November 2026, featuring about 30 stalls and a variety of thematic activities to enhance community vibrancy and enrich visitor experience, as well as developing as a vibrant, tasteful, and appealing tourism hotspot. 

         The LCSD is inviting interested registered companies, organisations, and non-governmental organisations providing youth services or possessing experience in operating bazaars to attend a briefing session to be held at 11am on July 23, 2025 (Wednesday), at the Press Room of Victoria Park Swimming Pool (details in annex (Chinese version only)), at which the detailed arrangements for the Victoria Park Bazaar and the requirements on proposals will be explained.

         For further information, please contact Mr Lo (2890 4298) or Mr Chan (2890 4204) of the Victoria Park Management Office.

    MIL OSI Asia Pacific News

  • MIL-OSI Asia-Pac: Gazettal of banking amendment rules to implement Basel cryptoassets standard

    Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region – 4

         The Banking (Capital) (Amendment) Rules 2025, the Banking (Disclosure) (Amendment) Rules 2025 and the Banking (Exposure Limits) (Amendment) Rules 2025 (collectively referred to as “the amendment rules”) were gazetted today (July 11) to implement the new prudential standard promulgated by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) in Hong Kong.

         The amendment rules seek to implement the capital standards and the associated requirements on disclosure and exposure limits promulgated by the BCBS in relation to the prudential treatment of cryptoasset exposures, which are scheduled to take effect from January 1, 2026, in accordance with the BCBS timeline.
     
         The opportunity is also taken to include certain amendments in the Banking (Capital) Rules (Cap. 155L) and Banking (Exposure Limits) Rules (Cap. 155S)  for better aligning the capital framework with international practices, as well as ensuring the effective operation of the exposure limits framework as informed by implementation experiences, industry feedback and regulatory developments.
     
         A Government spokesperson said, “The amendment rules aim at providing a robust and prudent regulatory framework in line with international standards for banks’ exposures to cryptoassets that promotes responsible innovation while preserving financial stability.”
     
         A Hong Kong Monetary Authority spokesperson added, “In formulating the amendment rules, we have conducted several rounds of consultations with the industry and taken local circumstances into account.”
     
         The amendment rules will be tabled at the Legislative Council on July 16, 2025. They will take effect on January 1, 2026.

    MIL OSI Asia Pacific News

  • MIL-OSI Asia-Pac: Secretary for Health commences visit to Nanjing (with photos)

    Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region

    Secretary for Health commences visit to Nanjing  
         During the meeting with the Commissioner of the Jiangsu Commission of Health, Ms Tan Ying, Professor Lo introduced the efforts of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government in promoting the international inheritance and innovation of Chinese medicine, as well as the high-quality development of public hospitals.
     
         Professor Lo said, “The HKSAR Government is committed to developing Hong Kong into a bridgehead for the internationalisation of Chinese medicine and promoting the high-quality and high-standard development of Chinese medicine in Hong Kong on all fronts. Jiangsu and Hong Kong have established a solid foundation in Chinese medicine academic inheritance and talent exchange. By the end of this year, the two flagship projects, namely the Chinese Medicine Hospital of Hong Kong (CMHHK) and the permanent Government Chinese Medicines Testing Institute building, will commence services in phases. This will further strengthen the co-operation between the two places in the areas of Chinese medicine services, talent development and testing research.”
     
         Regarding the high-quality development of public hospitals, Professor Lo emphasised that the HKSAR Government will continue to promote the accreditation of more public hospitals under the China’s International Hospital Accreditation Standards (2021 Version), with a view to maintaining the high standard of hospital management and services in the HKSAR while aligning with the national healthcare service system. Apart from Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital and Prince of Wales Hospital, which have been successfully accredited in December last year and March this year respectively, the Hospital Authority will launch the accreditation programme at Queen Mary Hospital, United Christian Hospital and Tuen Mun Hospital this year, and plans to implement the programme at one major acute hospital under each of the seven hospital clusters by 2026. The participation of public hospitals in the relevant accreditation programme can serve as a demonstration to the international community of the national hospital accreditation standards, with Hong Kong acting as a gateway to facilitate the national standards going global. In this connection, both sides also explored ways to further encourage more hospitals in the two places to pursue accreditation under the relevant standards to amplify the impact of national standards.
     
         Professor Lo also visited Simcere Pharmaceutical Group headquartered in Nanjing earlier. He introduced the senior management of the company to the initiatives put forward by the HKSAR Government in developing Hong Kong into an international health and medical innovation hub, including strengthening the approval regimes for drugs and medical devices, as well as promoting the development of the clinical trial industry.
     
         He said, “The Chief Executive announced in his 2023 and 2024 Policy Addresses to develop Hong Kong into an international health and medical innovation hub. We will set up the Hong Kong Centre for Medical Products Regulation by the end of next year to accelerate the clinical use of new drugs and medical devices. Moreover, the HKSAR Government will make full use of the Greater Bay Area International Clinical Trial Institute located in the Hong Kong Park of the Hetao Shenzhen-Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Co-operation Zone, and working in collaboration with the Greater Bay Area International Clinical Trials Center in the Shenzhen Park to jointly establish a one-stop clinical trial collaboration platform.”
     
         Professor Lo encouraged Mainland pharmaceutical companies to make good use of the “1+” mechanism and “primary evaluation” for new drug registration, which will be rolled out in phases starting next year, to introduce newly developed drugs into Hong Kong to meet local healthcare needs and access international markets through Hong Kong. He also welcomed Mainland pharmaceutical companies to conduct clinical trials in Hong Kong, fully leveraging the multiple unique advantages of the HKSAR to facilitate the translation and clinical application of advanced biomedical technologies.
     
         Professor Lo will attend the 13th Nanjing Academic Symposium on Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation and visit a local hospital in Nanjing tomorrow.
    Issued at HKT 19:00

    NNNN

    MIL OSI Asia Pacific News

  • MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Boost for Sri Lankan garment sector after new UK trade measures

    Source: United Kingdom – Executive Government & Departments

    World news story

    Boost for Sri Lankan garment sector after new UK trade measures

    Sri Lankan garment sector set to benefit following reforms to simplify imports from developing countries like Sri Lanka.

    • Liberalised rules of origin will now allow for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
    • Further measures will make it easier for countries like Sri Lanka to trade, supporting jobs and growth.
    • UK businesses and consumers to benefit from more competitively priced products.

    On 10 July, the UK government unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries like Sri Lanka. Upgrades to the Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS) make it easier for businesses to trade with the UK and help lower prices on the UK high street.  

    The changes, announced as part of the UK’s wider Trade for Development offer, aim to support economic growth in partner countries including Sri Lanka while helping UK businesses and consumers access high-quality, affordable goods.  This announcement builds on the UK’s Trade Strategy published last month.

    New measures include simplifying rules of origin, enabling more goods from countries such as Sri Lanka, Nigeria, and the Philippines to enter the UK tariff-free — even when using components from across Asia and Africa.

    The announcement follows engagement with UK businesses and international partners, major importers and trade associations. This included the Sri Lankan government and the Joint Apparel Association Forum (JAAF). The most significant positive change for Sri Lanka is that the rules of origin for the garments sector specifically will be liberalised. The changes will ensure that DCTS countries can now source their materials from a wider range of nations and will give manufacturers from countries such as Sri Lanka the opportunity to take advantage of 0% tariffs on garments. These changes are expected to be in place by early 2026.

    The British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Andrew Patrick said:

     “This is a win for the Sri Lankan garment sector, and for UK consumers. With the UK being the second largest export market and garments making up over 60% of that trade, we know manufacturers here will welcome this announcement.

    “We want Sri Lanka to improve the utilisation of the UK’s Developing Countries Trading Scheme for a wider range of goods, not just garments. With the Sri Lankan government’s ambition to grow exports, and with the simplification of rules of origin for other sectors too, we strongly encourage more exporters to explore how they can benefit from the preferences offered by the DCTS.

    “The UK remains committed to working towards creating shared prosperity for both our countries.

    Responding to the announcement Secretary General of the Joint Apparel Association Forum (JAAF) Yohan Lawrence said:

    “We warmly welcome the UK’s Trade Strategy. JAAF has worked very closely with the UK Government to work on solutions to improve utilisation of the Scheme. We are delighted that, for garments, it will now be possible to source more raw material regionally and continue to qualify for duty free export to the UK. This will be a game-changer for our trade with the UK under the DCTS.

    “We believe that the changes will also deliver significant improvements against the objectives of the Scheme. At around USD 675m in value, the UK is the second largest market for Sri Lanka Apparel, accounting for close to 15% of apparel exports, while the industry supports a million livelihoods across the country. This announcement will help secure employment opportunities and ensure sustainable growth in Sri Lanka by allowing us to compete on equal terms with our major competitors, and we expect exports to increase significantly when the new rules come into effect.”

    Background

    Launched in 2023, following the UK’s exit from the EU, DCTS is the UK’s flagship trade preference scheme. Covering 65 countries (including Sri Lanka) DCTS offers reduced or zero tariffs on thousands of products. It is one of the most generous schemes of its kind in the world. The recent changes further improve this offer. This will open up new commercial opportunities for UK businesses to build resilient supply chains, invest in emerging markets, and tap into fast-growing economies.

    In addition to the DCTS changes, the UK will continue to provide targeted support to help exporters in Sri Lanka to access the UK market and meet import standards particularly focused on agri-foods and apparel sectors. This is through programmes being delivered by the International Trade Centre (ITC) in partnership with the Sri Lanka Export Development Board:

    • The UK Trade Partnerships programme will continue to support on-going work on strengthening and rolling out Sri Lanka’s national organic standards, alongside completing certification audits of existing beneficiaries, and delivering training on digital marketing.

    • Following the work on establishing the SheTrades Commonwealth+ hub in Sri Lanka earlier this year, the UK will continue to support in building policy capacity to mainstream gender into trade policy.

    Updates to this page

    Published 11 July 2025

    MIL OSI United Kingdom

  • MIL-OSI: Orezone Lodges Prospectus to Raise A$75 Million as Part of ASX Listing

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

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    VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Orezone Gold Corporation (TSX: ORE, OTCQX: ORZCF) (the “Company” or “Orezone”) is pleased to announce that it has today lodged a prospectus (“Prospectus”) with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (“ASIC”) for an initial public offering to raise proceeds of A$75.0 million (before associated costs) (“Offer”). The Prospectus will assist the Company to meet the requirements of the Australian Securities Exchange (“ASX”) and satisfy Chapters 1 and 2 of the ASX Listing Rules, as part of the Company’s application for admission to the official list of the ASX.

    Under the Prospectus, the Company is offering 65,789,474 CHESS Depository Interests (“CDIs”) over fully paid common shares in the capital of the Company (“Shares“) at an offer price of A$1.14 per CDI (the “Offer Price”) to raise gross proceeds of A$75.0 million. Each CDI represents a beneficial interest in one Share.

    The Company has entered into an underwriting agreement (“Underwriting Agreement”) with Canaccord Genuity (Australia) Limited (“Canaccord”) under which Canaccord has been appointed as lead manager, bookrunner and underwriter to the Offer. Canaccord has agreed, subject to customary conditions, to underwrite applications for all CDIs under the Offer.

    Euroz Hartleys Limited, Argonaut Securities Pty Limited, SCP Resource Finance LP and BMO Capital Markets Corp. have been appointed as co-managers to the Offer.

    Patrick Downey, President and CEO stated, “We look forward to the ASX listing which will raise the Company’s profile by broadening its shareholder base and increase trading liquidity for all shareholders. The listing also represents an exciting opportunity for investors to participate in the Company’s growth strategy as we execute on our staged hard rock expansion at the Bomboré Mine which will significantly increase our annual gold production. First gold from the stage 1 hard rock plant is scheduled for Q4-2025 and production in 2026 from the combined oxide and stage 1 hard rock operations is forecasted to be 170,000 to 185,000 ounces. The stage 2 expansion is forecasted to increase the overall gold production profile at the Bomboré Mine to 220,000 to 250,000 ounces per annum. Subject to funding, ongoing studies and final Board approval, the stage 2 hard rock expansion will commence in H2-2025, with commissioning expected in Q4-2026.”

    The net proceeds of the Offer will be used for the ongoing advancement of stage 2 of the hard rock expansion, including procurement of mechanical and electrical equipment, freight to site, engineering design and construction plus commissioning of stage 2, as well as ongoing exploration at the Bomboré Mine, in addition to administration and working capital purposes.

    Additional details of the Offer and the ASX Listing

    • The Offer opened on July 11, 2025 and is expected to close on July 21, 2025.
    • Trading on the ASX is expected to commence on a normal settlement basis on or about August 8, 2025 under the ASX code “ORE” (subject to the Company satisfying ASX’s listing requirements, which it is currently working towards).
    • Using an exchange rate of A$0.895 = C$1.00, the Offer Price per CDI is approximately C$1.02 and the gross proceeds of the Offer is approximately C$67.1 million.
    • The Offer Price represents a 7.2% discount to Orezone’s closing price of C$1.10 on the Toronto Stock Exchange (“TSX”) on July 9, 2025, and an 8.5% discount to the five-day volume-weighted average price (“VWAP“) of C$1.115.

    In accordance with section 734(6) of the Australian Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), the Company advises in respect of the Offer of CDIs under the Prospectus:

    • The issuer of the CDIs is Orezone Gold Corporation (ARBN 686 478 875).
    • The Prospectus is available online for Australian residents only at: www.computersharecas.com.au/oreipooffer.
    • The Offer will only be made in, or accompanied by, a copy of the Prospectus.
    • A person should consider the Prospectus in deciding whether to acquire the CDIs.
    • Anyone who wishes to acquire the CDIs under the Offer will need to complete the application form that will be in, or will accompany, the Prospectus.
    • The Offer under the Prospectus will only be made available to persons receiving the Prospectus in Australia and certain investors in New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore, the United Kingdom, the European Union (excluding Austria), Switzerland, Canada (Alberta, British Columbia and Ontario) and the United States.

    The Offer is subject to certain conditions including, but not limited to, receipt of all necessary regulatory approvals, including any approvals of the ASX, TSX and applicable securities regulatory authorities.  

    The Prospectus has not been filed with any securities commission in Canada and the CDIs may not be offered or sold within Canada or for the account of any Canadian residents except in transactions exempt from, or not subject to, the prospectus and registration requirements of applicable Canadian securities laws.

    A copy of the Prospectus, containing full details of the Offer, will be available on SEDAR+ (www.sedarplus.ca) under Orezone’s profile.

    About Orezone Gold Corporation

    Orezone Gold Corporation (TSX: ORE OTCQX: ORZCF) is a West African gold producer engaged in mining, developing, and exploring its 90%-owned flagship Bomboré Gold Mine in Burkina Faso. The Bomboré mine achieved commercial production on its oxide operations on December 1, 2022, and is now focused on its staged hard rock expansion that is expected to materially increase annual and life-of-mine gold production from the processing of hard rock mineral reserves. Orezone is led by an experienced team focused on social responsibility and sustainability with a proven track record in project construction and operations, financings, capital markets, and M&A.  

    The technical report entitled Bomboré Phase II Expansion, Definitive Feasibility Study is available on SEDAR+ and the Company’s website.

    Contact Information

    Patrick Downey
    President and Chief Executive Officer

    Kevin MacKenzie
    Vice President, Corporate Development and Investor Relations

    Tel: 1 778 945 8977
    info@orezone.com / www.orezone.com

    For further information please contact Orezone at +1 (778) 945 8977 or visit the Company’s website at www.orezone.com.

    The Toronto Stock Exchange nor the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization neither approves nor disapproves the information contained in this news release.

    Cautionary Note – United States

    The securities referred to in this news release have not been, nor will they be, registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the U.S. Securities Act), or the securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction in the United States, and may not be offered or sold within the United States except in transactions exempt from, or not subject to, the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act and applicable US state securities laws. This news release does not constitute an offer for sale of securities, nor a solicitation for offers to buy any securities in the United States, nor in any other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful. Any public offering of securities in the United States must be made by means of a prospectus containing detailed information about the company and management, as well as financial statements.

    Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

    This press release and the Prospectus contain “forward-looking statements” and “forward-looking information”, including statements and forecasts which include (without limitation) expectations regarding the financial position of the Company, production targets, the Offer and the terms thereof, ASX listing, the stage 1 and stage 2 hard rock expansions, industry growth and other trend projections, future strategies, results and outlook of the Company and the opportunities available to the Company. Often, but not always, forward-looking information can be identified by the use of words such as “plans”, “expects”, “is expected”, “is expecting”, “budget”, “outlook”, “scheduled”, “target”, “estimates”, “forecasts”, “intends”, “anticipates”, or “believes”, or variations (including negative variations) of such words and phrases, or state that certain actions, events or results “may”, “could”, “would”, “might”, or “will” be taken, occur or be achieved. Such information is based on assumptions and judgments of the Company regarding future events and results. Readers are cautioned that forward-looking information involves known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, targets, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, targets, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking information.

    Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other important factors, many of which are beyond the control of the Company, the Directors and management of the Company. Past performance is not a guide to future performance. Key risk factors associated with an investment in the Company are detailed in Section 4 of the Prospectus. These and other factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in forward-looking statements.

    Forward-looking information and statements (including the Company’s belief that it has a reasonable basis to expect it will be able to fund the hard rock expansion at the Bomboré Mine, the Offer and the ASX listing) are (further to the above) based on the reasonable assumptions, estimates, analysis and opinions of the Company made in light of its perception of trends, current conditions and expected developments, as well as other factors that the Company believes to be relevant and reasonable in the circumstances at the date such statements are made, but which may prove to be incorrect. Although the Company believes that the assumptions and expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements and information (including as described throughout the Prospectus) are reasonable, readers are cautioned that this is not exhaustive of all factors which may impact on the forward-looking information. The Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking information or statements, except in accordance with applicable securities laws. Due to the risks, uncertainties and assumptions contained herein, investors should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information.

    The MIL Network

  • MIL-OSI: Signing Day Sports Advances Business Combination with One Blockchain LLC; Confidential Draft Registration Statement on Form S-4 Submitted to the SEC, Including Preliminary Prospectus and Proxy Statement

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    SCOTTSDALE, AZ, July 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Signing Day Sports, Inc. (“Signing Day Sports” or the “Company”) (NYSE American: SGN), the developer of the Signing Day Sports app and platform dedicated to improving the recruiting process for high school athletes and college coaches, today announced the confidential submission with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) of a draft registration statement on Form S-4 (the “Registration Statement”) by BlockchAIn Digital Infrastructure, Inc., a newly created Delaware corporation (“BlockchAIn”).

    As previously announced on May 28, 2025, Signing Day Sports entered into a Business Combination Agreement (“BCA”) with BlockchAIn, One Blockchain LLC (“One Blockchain”), a developer and operator of digital infrastructure focused on Bitcoin mining and high-performance computing, and certain other parties. The closing of the transactions contemplated by the BCA is subject to certain conditions, including, without limitation, the approval of Signing Day Sports stockholders and approval of the listing of the registered common shares of BlockchAIn by the NYSE American LLC (“NYSE American”).

    Signing Day Sports, Inc.

    Signing Day Sports’ mission is to help student-athletes achieve their goal of playing college sports. Signing Day Sports’ app allows student-athletes to build their Signing Day Sports’ recruitment profile, which includes information college coaches need to evaluate and verify them through video technology. For more information on Signing Day Sports, go to https://bit.ly/SigningDaySports.

    One Blockchain LLC

    One Blockchain is a developer and operator of digital infrastructure focused on Bitcoin mining and high-performance computing (HPC) hosting. One Blockchain’s operations are centered around its existing 40 MW data center facility in South Carolina, which is one of the largest single mining sites in the state. In 2024, this facility generated approximately $26.8 million in revenue and approximately $5.7 million in net income. One Blockchain’s mission is to become a leader in providing and operating sustainable blockchain computing infrastructure.

    Additional Information and Where to Find It

    In connection with the proposed business combination, BlockchAIn plans to publicly file or cause to be publicly filed relevant materials with the SEC, including the Registration Statement, that will contain a proxy statement of Signing Day Sports and a prospectus for registration of shares of BlockchAIn. The Registration Statement has not been publicly filed with or declared effective by the SEC. Following and subject to the Registration Statement being declared effective by the SEC, its definitive proxy statement/prospectus would be mailed or otherwise disseminated to Signing Day Sports stockholders. BEFORE MAKING ANY VOTING DECISION, INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS OF SIGNING DAY SPORTS ARE URGED TO READ THESE MATERIALS CAREFULLY AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT ONE BLOCKCHAIN, SIGNING DAY SPORTS, THE PROPOSED BUSINESS COMBINATION, AND RELATED MATTERS. The proxy statement/prospectus and other relevant materials (when they become available), and any other documents filed by BlockchAIn and Signing Day Sports with the SEC, may be obtained free of charge at the SEC website at www.sec.gov. In addition, investors and security holders may obtain free copies of the documents filed with the SEC by Signing Day Sports by directing a written request to: Signing Day Sports, Inc., 8355 East Hartford Rd., Suite 100, Scottsdale, AZ 85255. Investors and security holders are urged to read the proxy statement/prospectus and the other relevant materials when they become available before making any voting or investment decision with respect to the proposed business combination.

    Participants in the Solicitation

    Signing Day Sports, and its directors, executive officers and certain other members of management and employees may, under SEC rules, be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the stockholders of Signing Day Sports with respect to the proposed business combination and related matters. Information about the directors and executive officers of Signing Day Sports, including their ownership of shares of Signing Day Sports common stock, is included in Signing Day Sports’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, which was filed with the SEC on April 11, 2025. Additional information regarding the persons or entities who may be deemed participants in the solicitation of proxies from Signing Day Sports stockholders, including a description of their interests in the proposed business combination by security holdings or otherwise, will be included in the proxy statement/prospectus and other relevant documents to be publicly filed with the SEC when they become available. The managers and officers of One Blockchain do not currently hold any interests, by security holdings or otherwise, in Signing Day Sports.

    No Offer or Solicitation

    This communication does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities or a solicitation of any vote or approval, nor shall there be any sale of any securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such other jurisdiction. No offering of securities in connection with the proposed business combination shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

    Forward-Looking Statements

    This press release may contain “forward-looking statements” that are subject to substantial risks and uncertainties. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, contained in this press release are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements contained in this press release may be identified by the use of words such as “may,” “could,” “will,” “should,” “would,” “expect,” “plan,” “intend,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential,” “project” or “continue” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. These statements are only predictions. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements because they involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors, including without limitation, the parties’ ability to complete the transaction, the parties’ ability to integrate their respective businesses into a combined publicly listed company post-merger, the ability of the parties to obtain all necessary consents and approvals in connection with the transaction, obtain NYSE American clearance of a listing application in connection with the transaction, the parties’ ability to obtain their respective equity securityholders’ approval, obtain sufficient funding to maintain operations and develop additional services and offerings, market acceptance of the parties’ current products and services and planned offerings, competition from existing or new offerings that may emerge, impacts from strategic changes to the parties’ business on net sales, revenues, income from continuing operations, or other results of operations, the parties’ ability to attract new users and customers, the parties’ ability to retain or obtain intellectual property rights, the parties’ ability to adequately support future growth, the parties’ ability to comply with user data privacy laws and other current or anticipated legal requirements, and the parties’ ability to attract and retain key personnel to manage their business effectively. These risks, uncertainties and other factors are expected to be further described in a proxy statement/prospectus to be publicly filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to this transaction. See also the section titled “Risk Factors” in the Company’s periodic reports which are filed with the SEC. These risks, uncertainties and other factors are, in some cases, beyond the parties’ control and could materially affect results. If one or more of these risks, uncertainties or other factors become applicable, or if these underlying assumptions prove to be incorrect, actual events or results may vary significantly from those implied or projected by the forward-looking statements. No forward-looking statement is a guarantee of future performance. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements concerning Signing Day Sports, One Blockchain, or any of their affiliates, or other matters and attributable to Signing Day Sports, One Blockchain, any of their affiliates, or any person acting on their behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements above. Forward-looking statements contained in this announcement are made as of this date, and the Company undertakes no duty to update such information except as required under applicable law.

    Investor Contacts:
    Crescendo Communications, LLC
    212-671-1020
    SGN@crescendo-ir.com

    The MIL Network

  • MIL-OSI Banking: Samsung Days Sale Kicks Off on July 12: Will Unlock AI-Powered Living with Unbeatable offers across Categories

    Source: Samsung

     
    Samsung, India’s largest consumer electronics brand, announced the launch of the Samsung Days Sale, going live on July 12, exclusively on Samsung.com, Samsung Shop App and Samsung Experience Stores. This highly anticipated campaign, which will continue until July 18, 2025, brings to customers – the best offers, exclusive exchange deals, and a truly unparalleled shopping experience.
     
    Unlock the Power of AI with Samsung
     This year, Samsung Days puts a spotlight on Samsung’s cutting-edge AI-powered products —from Smartphones to TVs, Tablets, Refrigerators, and Laptops & Washing Machines — empowering customers to make their lives easier with the latest intelligent technology.
     
    Fabulous Smartphones and Laptops Deals up for Grab
    As the sale kicks off, customers can pre-order the latest Galaxy Z Fold7 & Galaxy Z Flip7 512 GB version at the price of a 256 GB version. Those purchasing the Galaxy Z Flip7 FE will get the 256GB version at the price of 128 GB. Customers can also pair up the latest Galaxy Z Fold7 & Galaxy Z Flip7 with all new Galaxy Watch8 series and get up to INR 15000 off. Whether it is the latest foldables or powerful camera-centric models, there is something for every tech enthusiast. In addition, select Galaxy tablets, accessories and wearables will be available at discount of up to 65% off, making it the perfect time to complete your Galaxy ecosystem.
     
    Not just that, users seeking a seamless and versatile tablet-like experience can avail up to 35% off on select Galaxy Book5 and Book4 laptops and elevate their workflow with Galaxy AI.
     
    Big Screen Luxury at Incredible Prices
    For those looking out to upgrade their TV viewing experience – there are some amazing offers on Vision AI TVs – such as the Neo QLED 8K TVs, OLED TVs & QLED TVs. Customers can get a Free TV or Soundbar with select TVs, up to 20% Instant Bank discount and Exchange Bonus up to ₹ 5000. Those pairing the TV with an Audio device can get up to 40%* Off on MRP of Select Audio Devices
     
     
    Smart Savings on Digital and Premium Home Appliances
    Samsung is also rolling out exclusive offers on its full suite of digital appliances. Shoppers can enjoy deals across refrigerators, washing machines & microwaves. For those seeking top-tier performance and design, select models of side-by-side refrigerators, French-door refrigerators will be up for grab at an exclusive deal of up to 49% off.
     
    Select models of washing machines will be available at up to 50% off. Additionally, they will get a generous 20-year warranty on the Digital Inverter Motor for both Fully Automatic Front Loading and Fully Automatic Top Loading machines. For easy access, the affordable EMI option is also available starting at just INR 1990 for Fully Automatic Front Loading, INR 990 for Fully Automatic Top Loading, and INR 890 for Semi-Automatic Washing Machines
     
    Upgrade to AI, Upgrade Your Life
    With Samsung’s AI-powered innovations, customers can enjoy smarter entertainment, effortless productivity, and immersive audio-visual experiences. Don’t miss your chance to upgrade and enjoy exclusive benefits, only on Samsung.com, Samsung Shop App and Samsung Experience Stores
     
    Exclusive Discounts and Offers

    Category
    Consumer Offers
    Highlight Model

    Smartphones
    Up to 41% off on MRP
    Galaxy S25 Ultra, Galaxy S25, Galaxy S25 Edge, Galaxy S24 Ultra, Galaxy S24, Galaxy S24 FE, Galaxy A56, Galaxy A55, Galaxy A36, Galaxy A35, Galaxy A26
     

    Laptops
    Up to 35% off on MRP
    Galaxy Book 5 Pro 360, Galaxy Book 5 Pro, Galaxy Book5 360, Galaxy Book 4

    Tablets, Accessories & Wearables
    Up to 65% off on MRP
    Galaxy Tab S10 FE+, Galaxy Tab S10 FE, Galaxy Tab S9 FE+, Galaxy Tab S9 FE, Galaxy Tab A9, Galaxy Buds3 Pro, Galaxy Watch7 Ultra, Galaxy Watch7 Series, Galaxy Fit3

    TVs
    – Up to 40% off on MRP
    – Free TV or Soundbar on select TVs
    – Up to 20% Instant bank discount
    – Up to ₹7,000 instant cart discount on Frame TVs
    – Exchange Bonus up to ₹5,000
    43″ Crystal UHD 43UE81F 4K Smart TV, 43″ QEF1 QLED TV, 55″ Q8F QLED TV, 55″ 55LS03F Frame TV, 65″ QN85F 4K Neo QLED, 65″ QN90F 4K OLED TV

    Refrigerators
    Up to 49% off on MRP
    – Instant cart discount up to ₹5,000*
    – Samsung Care+ Offer: 1 Year Extended Warranty worth ₹4,490 at ₹449* (Side by Side & French Door Refrigerators)
    – 20 Years warranty on Digital Inverter Compressor
    – EMI from ₹1,290
    236L Convertible Freezer Plus Double Door, 653L Convertible Side by Side, 419L Bespoke AI Double Door

    Washing Machines
    – Up to 50% off on MRP
    – Samsung Care+ Offer: 2 Year Extended Warranty worth ₹4,290 at ₹499* (Front Load)
    – 20 Years warranty on Digital Inverter Motor (Fully Automatic Top Load & Front Load)
    – EMI from ₹890
    All Front Load ≥8kg and Top Load ≥8kg

    Microwaves
    – Up to 50% off on MRP
    – 10 year warranty on Ceramic Enamel Cavity
    – EMI from ₹990
    28L & above convection microwaves

    Monitors
    – Up to 59% off on MRP
    – Instant cart discount up to ₹5,000* on Gaming Monitors
    32″ M5 FHD Smart Monitor, 32″ M7 UHD 4K Smart Monitor, 49″ Odyssey OLED G9 2K DQHD Gaming Monitor

    Air Conditioners
    – 10 Year warranty on compressor (all models)
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    – Free Installation on 5 Star Windfree models
    Windfree Series

    Bank Cashback
    Up to 27.5% cashback with HDFC, Axis and other leading Bank Cards (Up to ₹55,000)
     

     
    Mark your calendars for July 12th and experience the best of Samsung, where innovation meets irresistible offers!
     
    Note: All offers are valid exclusively on Samsung.com, Samsung Shop App and Samsung Experience Stores during Samsung Days, starting July 12th, 2025. Upgrade to Samsung’s latest AI-powered products and enjoy smarter productivity, entertainment and sound experiences.
     

    MIL OSI Global Banks

  • MIL-OSI Asia-Pac: Light public housing tenders invited

    Source: Hong Kong Information Services

    The Housing Bureau today invited tenders for two Light Public Housing (LPH) operation and management contracts pertaining to Phase 2 of the project at Olympic Avenue in Kai Tak.

    The two contracts are for the operation and management of about 4,500 and 3,200 units at the Olympic Avenue LPH project. This includes the management of property and occupants, daily maintenance, provision of social services, and the management and operation of ancillary facilities.

    To encourage participation by different stakeholders in the community, the bureau said it welcomes tenders from all capable and experienced service providers, including non-government organisations and those with a valid property management company licence, or collaborations between different organisations.

    The bureau remarked that two separate contracts are being drawn up due to the project’s relatively scale, and to encourage participation from different organisations.

    To ensure service quality, the bureau will carry out technical assessments based on organisations’ management capabilities, relevant experience and past service performance, as well as their proposed modes of operation and management, the social services they will provide, the feasibility of their exit plans, and their intended use of innovation and information technology. The tender price will then be evaluated to form a consolidated assessment before the contracts are awarded.

    Interested organisations can download the tender documents from the bureau’s website or via the e-Tendering System. They may also contact the Dedicated Team on Light Public Housing directly.

    The tender references are HB2025/OPR-LPH-OA2 and HB2025/OPR-LPH-OA3.

    Tenderers must submit their tenders by noon on August 29, either electronically via the e-Tendering System or by deposit in the Government Secretariat Tender Box situated at the lobby of the public entrance on Ground Floor, East Wing, Central Government Offices, 2 Tim Mei Avenue, Tamar. Late tenders will not be accepted.

    MIL OSI Asia Pacific News

  • MIL-OSI Africa: Utility provides feedback on sale of Eskom Finance Company

    Source: Government of South Africa

    Friday, July 11, 2025

    Eskom and African Bank have signed agreements for the sale of Eskom Finance Company SOC Limited.

    “As announced in the Stock Exchange News Service (SENS) notice on 5 December 2024, Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd accepted a binding offer from African Bank Limited (African Bank) for the acquisition of Eskom Finance Company SOC Limited (EFC) staff home loan portfolio, related assets, and Eskom’s stake in Nqaba Finance 1 (RF) Limited (the Disposal).

    “The parties have now signed the sale agreements, satisfying a key condition of the transaction, along with several other preliminary requirements,” said Eskom.

    In December, the parties were in the process of concluding a sale and purchase agreement with the disposal being subject to various conditions precedent, including board and regulatory approvals.

    In an update on Thursday, the power utility said the milestone will see it and African Bank proceed to submit the necessary filings to the Competition Commission for regulatory approval.

    “Finalising the sale agreements marks a significant step in Eskom’s journey to streamline operations and focus on its core mandate. This transaction not only supports our strategic goals but also fulfils one of the conditions set by the National Treasury under the debt relief programme, which requires the disposal of non-core assets.

    “We appreciate the constructive engagement with African Bank and remain committed to ensuring a smooth transition that delivers value to our stakeholders,” said Eskom’s Chief Financial Officer, Calib Cassim.

    Eskom said it remains committed to transparent communication and will continue to update stakeholders as the transaction progresses. –SAnews.gov.za

    MIL OSI Africa

  • MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Over £1bn in investment deals as UK-France launch new Industrial Strategy Partnership

    Source: United Kingdom – Executive Government & Departments

    Press release

    Over £1bn in investment deals as UK-France launch new Industrial Strategy Partnership

    The UK and France have launched a new Industrial Strategy Partnership following a successful UK-France Summit, where over £1 billion worth of investment deals into the UK have been confirmed.

    • New Partnership is first of its kind in Europe, boosting UK-France collaboration in key high growth sectors.   

    • Follows a successful UK-France Summit, where leading firms announced a billion pounds worth of investment creating thousands of highly skilled jobs.  

    • Deals are the latest vote of confidence and show the Plan for Change is working – as recent survey puts UK as joint-top global investment destination.   

    A new partnership between the UK and France will deepen economic collaboration and unlock billions in valuable investment into high growth-driving sectors – boosting the economy and delivering on the Plan for Change. 

    The announcement comes following yesterday’s 37th UK-France Summit, where leading French companies announced investments worth over £1 billion into the UK, creating thousands of highly-skilled jobs across the country – helping to put more money in people’s pockets. 

    This builds on the tidal wave of investment the government has welcomed into the UK since taking Office, worth over £100 billion, alongside 384,000 jobs created since the election. 

    The partnership forms part of the UK’s recent modern Industrial Strategy – a new approach that will create a more connected, high-skilled and resilient economy to kickstart an era of economic prosperity, the central mission in the government’s Plan for Change. 

    This partnership is a collaboration in key growth sectors including in technology, clean energy industries and advanced manufacturing, supporting a quicker green and digital transition and building our economic resilience to drive economic growth and innovation. 

    It advances a cross-Channel trade relationship worth £104 billion in 2024 and reaffirms the UK’s position as a global investment destination, the same week a Deloitte survey found that international finance leaders see the UK as the joint-most attractive destination when it comes to investment. 

    It also builds on the strong collaboration which already exists between the UK and France across vital areas including energy, aviation, tech and finance – all of which fall under the key growth sectors identified in the government’s modern Industrial Strategy. 

    Today’s announcement follows Wednesday’s roundtable attended by leading French and British firms hosted by the Chancellor Rachel Reeves, Business and Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds, French Economy, Finance and Industry Minister Eric Lombard and French Digital Affairs Minister Clara Chappaz.  

    Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves said:  

    This is our first Industrial Strategy Partnership with a major European partner, and will combine our joint expertise across energy, advanced manufacturing, technology and more, helping deliver our Plan for Change by boosting growth to deliver more money in people’s pockets.

    Business and Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds said:

    This milestone is an exciting new chapter in our already strong relationship with France and will boost both countries’ key sectors by driving two-way innovation and investment, delivering on our Plan for Change.”  

    Our Modern Industrial Strategy is a 10-year plan to kickstart an era of economic prosperity and this partnership will serve as a welcome anchor at a time of significant geopolitical uncertainty. It is built on the best of foundations, with both our businesses and citizens sharing deep links.

    Today’s deals show that the UK is open for international companies to expand their businesses in a wide range of priority sectors, including:  

    • Veolia has announced a £70 million investment to transform an existing, disused industrial facility to a state-of-the-art plastics sorting and recycling facility in Shropshire, creating more than 130 local jobs. 

    • Thales, in conjunction with partners, is planning £40 million of AI-focussed R&D investment as part of its CortAIx UK AI Accelerator, which will employ 200 people. 

    • Comand AI are investing £35 million over the next five years to set up an office in the UK, in their first step to becoming a pan-European defence company.  

    • Pernod Ricard is investing a further £17.5 million in its Scotch whisky producer, Chivas Brothers, to create two new bottling lines at its Kilmalid site near Glasgow.   

    • LVMH will operate at least twenty Sephora stores by 2028, with a need of 800 additional recruitments.   

    • EDF confirmed earlier this week that thousands of UK jobs and apprenticeships will be created as it announced it will take a 12.5% stake in Sizewell C – in a major boost for UK growth and energy security. Assystem will double its nuclear workforce in the UK, creating 1,000 new engineering, digital and project management jobs. Urenco also signed a 15-year deal with EDF to produce fuel for nuclear power stations, supporting Urenco UK’s workforce of more than 1,400 people. 

    • French company Ardian has also in the last week finalised its acquisition of an additional 10% stake in London Heathrow as a gateway for growth with a further £888 million investment, taking their investment into the airport to £2.85 billion, supporting the site’s 80,000 jobs.  

    Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds also met with French Economy, Finance and Industry Minister Éric Lombard yesterday, to discuss the importance of French investment in the UK and how this new partnership will enable more collaboration in key sectors such as clean energy, tech and economic resilience. 

    UK companies are also continuing to succeed in the French market, delivering on the government’s AI opportunities action plan, from capability to R&D. British tech unicorns are winning tens of millions of pounds in significant contracts with French corporates, driving jobs and growth at home. 

    This includes Synthesia’s new partnership with Decathlon to create a pioneering AI avatar lab, ElevenLabs’ collaboration with M6 and TV5 Monde, and Darktrace’s contract with GL Events, a French major events operator. BT is also connecting more than 80 French-headquartered companies including Alstom and Michelin in France, with operations totalling approximately £130 million last financial year. 

    The refresh of the Lancaster House defence partnership is also creating new opportunities in the UK’s aerospace and defence sectors, supporting over 2,750 highly skilled jobs and representing billions to the UK and French economies through joint export promotion and capability projects which benefit the UK’s defence industries, including MBDA and Airbus. 

    The agreement with France follows the Industrial Strategy Partnership committed to between the UK and Japan in March, preceding publication of the Strategy in June.

    Updates to this page

    Published 11 July 2025

    MIL OSI United Kingdom

  • 798 people killed while receiving aid in Gaza, says UN human rights office

    Source: Government of India

    Source: Government of India (4)

    The U.N. human rights office said on Friday that it had recorded at least 798 killings both at aid points run by the U.S.- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) and near humanitarian convoys run by other relief groups, including the U.N.

    The GHF uses private U.S. security and logistics companies to get supplies into Gaza, largely bypassing a U.N.-led system that Israel says had let militants divert aid.

    The United Nations has called the plan “inherently unsafe” and a violation of humanitarian impartiality rules.

    “Up until the seventh of July, we’ve recorded now 798 killings, including 615 in the vicinity of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation sites, and 183 presumably on the route of aid convoys,” OHCHR spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani told reporters in Geneva.

    The GHF began distributing food packages in Gaza at the end of May and has repeatedly denied that incidents had occurred at its sites.

    -Reuters

  • India’s creator economy set to shape a trillion-dollar future

    Source: Government of India

    Source: Government of India (4)

    At WAVES 2025, a new report by the Boston Consulting Group grabbed the spotlight, drawing the attention of policymakers, creators, and investors. The report revealed that India’s creator economy is already driving more than $350 billion in consumer spending, a number expected to exceed $1 trillion by 2030.

    Titled From Content to Commerce: Mapping India’s Creator Economy, the report paints a vivid picture of a nation in the midst of a creative and commercial boom. With 2 to 2.5 million active creators—defined as individuals with more than 1,000 followers—India is home to one of the world’s largest and youngest digital communities. But what’s most striking is the current monetization gap. Only 8 to 10 percent of these creators are earning meaningful income from their content, revealing a vast reserve of untapped potential that may well become the fuel for the next stage of India’s economic growth story.

    The report underscores the sweeping influence creators now hold over consumer decisions. Over 30 percent of purchases are directly shaped by digital content—ranging from short-form videos to long-format storytelling, tutorials, product reviews, and live streams. Comedy, film, fashion, and serials remain the dominant genres, but the expansion into new content territories like gaming, wellness, and finance is reshaping how India learns, shops, and interacts.

    What makes this shift even more profound is how it is transcending generational and geographic lines. No longer confined to Gen Z or urban metros, the creator ecosystem is reaching deep into smaller towns, regional markets, and older demographics. The emergence of multilingual creators and regional influencers has catalyzed a more inclusive digital marketplace—one that mirrors the real India in all its complexity and diversity.

    For brands and marketers, this evolution has not just altered strategies; it has flipped the entire funnel. Traditional advertising methods are being replaced or supplemented by more agile, creative, and targeted forms of engagement. Campaigns are now designed with creators at the core—allowing for faster content production, greater freedom of expression, and improved metrics through outcome-based testing. Virtual gifting, live commerce, subscription models, and fan-funded initiatives are rising as new revenue streams, giving creators both financial agency and deeper community ownership.

    WAVES 2025 served as the perfect launchpad for this new digital vision. With its ambitious scope covering media, technology, and storytelling, the summit highlighted how India’s creator economy is not merely an offshoot of the entertainment sector, it is the engine powering a new form of commerce and cultural diplomacy. As discussions ranged from AI in filmmaking to the future of AVGC (Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming, and Comics), one theme emerged with clarity: creators are not just influencing trends—they are shaping the market.

    Investors are recalibrating strategies to fund content-driven startups. Policy frameworks are being debated to offer protections and incentives for digital freelancers. Education platforms are rolling out creator economy courses. And most significantly, creators across India—from school-going influencers in Raipur to AI-powered illustrators in Chennai—are beginning to realize their role not just as entertainers, but as economic contributors.

    The trillion-dollar forecast is not a distant dream—it is a pathway already in motion. With the right mix of innovation, infrastructure, and inclusivity, India’s creator economy could become one of its most significant exports. And as the world turns its eyes toward this new digital juggernaut, one thing is certain: India is no longer just telling stories. It is rewriting the script of global influence—one post, one video, one idea at a time.

  • India’s creator economy set to shape a trillion-dollar future

    Source: Government of India

    Source: Government of India (4)

    At WAVES 2025, a new report by the Boston Consulting Group grabbed the spotlight, drawing the attention of policymakers, creators, and investors. The report revealed that India’s creator economy is already driving more than $350 billion in consumer spending, a number expected to exceed $1 trillion by 2030.

    Titled From Content to Commerce: Mapping India’s Creator Economy, the report paints a vivid picture of a nation in the midst of a creative and commercial boom. With 2 to 2.5 million active creators—defined as individuals with more than 1,000 followers—India is home to one of the world’s largest and youngest digital communities. But what’s most striking is the current monetization gap. Only 8 to 10 percent of these creators are earning meaningful income from their content, revealing a vast reserve of untapped potential that may well become the fuel for the next stage of India’s economic growth story.

    The report underscores the sweeping influence creators now hold over consumer decisions. Over 30 percent of purchases are directly shaped by digital content—ranging from short-form videos to long-format storytelling, tutorials, product reviews, and live streams. Comedy, film, fashion, and serials remain the dominant genres, but the expansion into new content territories like gaming, wellness, and finance is reshaping how India learns, shops, and interacts.

    What makes this shift even more profound is how it is transcending generational and geographic lines. No longer confined to Gen Z or urban metros, the creator ecosystem is reaching deep into smaller towns, regional markets, and older demographics. The emergence of multilingual creators and regional influencers has catalyzed a more inclusive digital marketplace—one that mirrors the real India in all its complexity and diversity.

    For brands and marketers, this evolution has not just altered strategies; it has flipped the entire funnel. Traditional advertising methods are being replaced or supplemented by more agile, creative, and targeted forms of engagement. Campaigns are now designed with creators at the core—allowing for faster content production, greater freedom of expression, and improved metrics through outcome-based testing. Virtual gifting, live commerce, subscription models, and fan-funded initiatives are rising as new revenue streams, giving creators both financial agency and deeper community ownership.

    WAVES 2025 served as the perfect launchpad for this new digital vision. With its ambitious scope covering media, technology, and storytelling, the summit highlighted how India’s creator economy is not merely an offshoot of the entertainment sector, it is the engine powering a new form of commerce and cultural diplomacy. As discussions ranged from AI in filmmaking to the future of AVGC (Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming, and Comics), one theme emerged with clarity: creators are not just influencing trends—they are shaping the market.

    Investors are recalibrating strategies to fund content-driven startups. Policy frameworks are being debated to offer protections and incentives for digital freelancers. Education platforms are rolling out creator economy courses. And most significantly, creators across India—from school-going influencers in Raipur to AI-powered illustrators in Chennai—are beginning to realize their role not just as entertainers, but as economic contributors.

    The trillion-dollar forecast is not a distant dream—it is a pathway already in motion. With the right mix of innovation, infrastructure, and inclusivity, India’s creator economy could become one of its most significant exports. And as the world turns its eyes toward this new digital juggernaut, one thing is certain: India is no longer just telling stories. It is rewriting the script of global influence—one post, one video, one idea at a time.

  • India’s creator economy set to shape a trillion-dollar future

    Source: Government of India

    Source: Government of India (4)

    At WAVES 2025, a new report by the Boston Consulting Group grabbed the spotlight, drawing the attention of policymakers, creators, and investors. The report revealed that India’s creator economy is already driving more than $350 billion in consumer spending, a number expected to exceed $1 trillion by 2030.

    Titled From Content to Commerce: Mapping India’s Creator Economy, the report paints a vivid picture of a nation in the midst of a creative and commercial boom. With 2 to 2.5 million active creators—defined as individuals with more than 1,000 followers—India is home to one of the world’s largest and youngest digital communities. But what’s most striking is the current monetization gap. Only 8 to 10 percent of these creators are earning meaningful income from their content, revealing a vast reserve of untapped potential that may well become the fuel for the next stage of India’s economic growth story.

    The report underscores the sweeping influence creators now hold over consumer decisions. Over 30 percent of purchases are directly shaped by digital content—ranging from short-form videos to long-format storytelling, tutorials, product reviews, and live streams. Comedy, film, fashion, and serials remain the dominant genres, but the expansion into new content territories like gaming, wellness, and finance is reshaping how India learns, shops, and interacts.

    What makes this shift even more profound is how it is transcending generational and geographic lines. No longer confined to Gen Z or urban metros, the creator ecosystem is reaching deep into smaller towns, regional markets, and older demographics. The emergence of multilingual creators and regional influencers has catalyzed a more inclusive digital marketplace—one that mirrors the real India in all its complexity and diversity.

    For brands and marketers, this evolution has not just altered strategies; it has flipped the entire funnel. Traditional advertising methods are being replaced or supplemented by more agile, creative, and targeted forms of engagement. Campaigns are now designed with creators at the core—allowing for faster content production, greater freedom of expression, and improved metrics through outcome-based testing. Virtual gifting, live commerce, subscription models, and fan-funded initiatives are rising as new revenue streams, giving creators both financial agency and deeper community ownership.

    WAVES 2025 served as the perfect launchpad for this new digital vision. With its ambitious scope covering media, technology, and storytelling, the summit highlighted how India’s creator economy is not merely an offshoot of the entertainment sector, it is the engine powering a new form of commerce and cultural diplomacy. As discussions ranged from AI in filmmaking to the future of AVGC (Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming, and Comics), one theme emerged with clarity: creators are not just influencing trends—they are shaping the market.

    Investors are recalibrating strategies to fund content-driven startups. Policy frameworks are being debated to offer protections and incentives for digital freelancers. Education platforms are rolling out creator economy courses. And most significantly, creators across India—from school-going influencers in Raipur to AI-powered illustrators in Chennai—are beginning to realize their role not just as entertainers, but as economic contributors.

    The trillion-dollar forecast is not a distant dream—it is a pathway already in motion. With the right mix of innovation, infrastructure, and inclusivity, India’s creator economy could become one of its most significant exports. And as the world turns its eyes toward this new digital juggernaut, one thing is certain: India is no longer just telling stories. It is rewriting the script of global influence—one post, one video, one idea at a time.

  • MIL-OSI China: TCM footprint now covers 196 countries; acupuncture recognized by 113 WHO members

    Source: People’s Republic of China Ministry of Health

    Traditional Chinese medicine has spread to 196 countries and nations across the world and more than 100 types of TCM drugs have obtained registration in countries involved in the Belt and Road Initiative, with the market size estimated to exceed 4.8 trillion yuan ($665.3 billion) by 2025, China’s Health Minister said on Monday.

    Lei Haichao, minister of the National Health Commission, said that acupuncture is now recognized in 113 member states of the World Health Organization. Also, a TCM technology committee under the International Organization for Standardization has issued 119 TCM-related standards.

    Lei made the statements in a signed article that called for strengthened efforts to make TCM better benefit people around the world. It was released by Study Times, a newspaper administered by the Central Party School of the Communist Party of China.

    Lei highlighted the significance of deepening cooperation with the WHO, the ISO and other international organizations, and advancing the development of TCM standards.

    He said that more high-quality overseas TCM centers will be established and more TCM clinics or training facilities will be set up in key Belt and Road countries and African nations.

    Efforts will also be made to explore the establishment of TCM hospitals overseas and ensure that all Chinese medical aid teams dispatched abroad include TCM practitioners.

    Lei also proposed collaborating with the WHO to build an international clinical trial registration platform for traditional medicine. The objective is to cultivate a batch of competitive TCM companies and brands with high added value to drive the entire industrial chain development of TCM.

    MIL OSI China News

  • MIL-OSI: CIB Marine Bancshares, Inc. Announces Second Quarter 2025 Results

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    BROOKFIELD, Wis, July 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — CIB Marine Bancshares, Inc. (the “Company” or “CIB Marine”) (OTCQX: CIBH), the holding company of CIBM Bank (the “Bank”), announced its unaudited results of operations and financial condition for the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2025. During the quarter, net interest income and mortgage operations both improved operating results on a quarterly and year-to-date basis as further outlined below.

    Net income for the quarter was $0.7 million, or $0.50 basic and $0.48 diluted earnings per share, compared to $0.5 million, or $0.34 basic and $0.25 diluted earnings per share, for the same period of 2024 excluding the effects of the sale-leaseback transaction gain on sale reported in the second quarter of 2024. Net income for the six months ended June 30, 2025, was $1.0 million, or $0.74 basic and $0.71 diluted earnings per share, compared to $0.6 million, or $0.80 basic and $0.35 diluted earnings per share, for the same period of 2024 also excluding the effects of the sale-leaseback transaction gain on sale.

    Financial highlights for the quarter and six months ended June 30 include:

    • Net interest margin increased to 2.69% from 2.62% in the first quarter of 2025 and 2.38% in the second quarter of 2024. The cost of funds declined 51 basis points compared to the same quarterly period last year, due to the repricing of interest-bearing liabilities in a lower-cost interest rate environment, while yields on earning assets declined by 16 basis points. The net interest margin improved to 2.65% for the six months ended June 30, 2025, compared to 2.34% for the same period of 2024 as the cost of funds declined 45 basis points compared to a 10 basis point decline in yields on earning assets. Net interest income rose $0.3 million for the quarter compared to the same period of 2024, and $0.6 million for the six months ended June 30th compared to the same period of 2024.
    • Although quarter-end loan balances declined $19 million from March 31, 2025, and $32 million from December 31, 2024, the allowance for credit losses to loans rose from 1.26% at December 31, 2024, and 1.29% at March 31, 2025, to 1.32% at June 30, 2025, primarily due to continued deterioration in the Federal Reserve’s economic forecasts used in the Company’s credit loss analysis. Non-performing assets to total assets were 0.68% and non-accrual loans to loans were 0.85% on June 30, 2025, compared to 0.67% and 0.84% on March 31, 2025, and 0.68% and 0.81% on December 31, 2024, respectively. Business plans continue to include higher loan balances by year-end 2025, primarily driven by anticipated growth in the commercial segments. Non-performing loans, other real estate loans, modified loans to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty and loans 90 days or more past due but still accruing to total assets increased to 1.85% at June 30, 2025, compared to 0.97% at March 31, 2025, and 0.98% at December 31, 2024. The increase was primarily due to two commercial loans—one in the transportation industry and the other in manufacturing—that were both 90 days or more past due but still accruing interest and in the collection process. Since June 30, 2025, one of the loans has been brought current and the adjusted ratio would be 1.43%.
    • The Banking Division reported net income of $1.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2025, a $0.4 million improvement over the same period in 2024 excluding the sale-leaseback transaction gain on sale, driven primarily by higher net interest margins and continued cost controls. The Mortgage Division’s $0.1 million net loss for the six months ended June 30, 2025, is an improvement of $0.1 million from the prior year. This modest progress reflects the decline in lending staff noted in the first-quarter earnings release. The net remaining Other Division, comprised primarily of parent company operations, had a net loss of $0.5 million with roughly one-third of that amount attributed to subordinated debt interest expense. Although the parent company has a $2 million line of credit, no draws have been made on that potential funding source to date.

    Mr. J. Brian Chaffin, CIB Marine’s President and CEO, commented, “Net interest margins continue to improve as we actively manage our cost of funds in a lower rate environment compared to last year. This contributed to stronger operating results from our Banking Division. While loan balances declined again, our commercial group continues to build the loan pipeline, and we anticipate higher balances by year-end. The Mortgage Division showed modest improvement despite ongoing challenges in the residential mortgage market. Although mortgage production is expected to be lower than last year due to lender staff reductions, our current team is well-positioned to maintain consistent performance in a competitive market. Expense controls continue to support improved operating results.”

    He added, “In February, we launched our 2025 common stock repurchase program, authorizing up to $1 million in share buybacks. During the second quarter of 2025, we repurchased 8,083 shares through open market transactions for a total of $262,000, at an average price of $32.37 per share. Year to date, we have repurchased 15,512 shares for a total of $497,000, at an average price of $32.02 per share. Barring unforeseen factors, we intend to complete our 2025 common stock repurchase program during the second half of the year, using available resources including $0.7 million in cash on hand at the parent company, our $2 million line of credit, and other potential sources such as a possible capital distribution from CIBM Bank.”

    CIB Marine Bancshares, Inc. is the holding company for CIBM Bank, which operates nine banking offices in Illinois, Wisconsin, and Indiana, and has mortgage loan officers and/or offices in six states. More information on the Company is available at www.cibmarine.com, including recent shareholder letters, links to regulatory financial reports, and audited financial statements.

    FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
    CIB Marine has made statements in this release that may constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. CIB Marine intends these forward-looking statements to be subject to the safe harbor created thereby and is including this statement to avail itself of the safe harbor. Forward-looking statements are identified generally by statements containing words and phrases such as “may,” “project,” “are confident,” “should be,” “intend,” “predict,” “believe,” “plan,” “expect,” “estimate,” “anticipate” and similar expressions. These forward-looking statements reflect CIB Marine’s current views with respect to future events and financial performance that are subject to many uncertainties and factors relating to CIB Marine’s operations and the business environment, which could change at any time.

    There are inherent difficulties in predicting factors that may affect the accuracy of forward-looking statements.

    Stockholders should note that many factors, some of which are discussed elsewhere in this Earnings Release and in the documents that are incorporated by reference, could affect the future financial results of CIB Marine and could cause those results to differ materially from those expressed in forward-looking statements contained or incorporated by reference in this document. These factors, many of which are beyond CIB Marine’s control, include but are not limited to:

    • operating, legal, execution, credit, market, security (including cyber), and regulatory risks;
    • economic, political, and competitive forces affecting CIB Marine’s banking business;
    • the impact on net interest income and securities values from changes in monetary policy and general economic and political conditions; and
    • the risk that CIB Marine’s analyses of these risks and forces could be incorrect and/or that the strategies developed to address them could be unsuccessful.

    These factors should be considered in evaluating the forward-looking statements, and undue reliance should not be placed on such statements. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. CIB Marine undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. Forward-looking statements are subject to significant risks and uncertainties and CIB Marine’s actual results may differ materially from the results discussed in forward-looking statements.

    FOR INFORMATION CONTACT:
    J. Brian Chaffin, President & CEO
    (217) 355-0900
    brian.chaffin@cibmbank.com

    CIB MARINE BANCSHARES, INC.
    Selected Unaudited Consolidated Financial Data
                     
      At or for the
      Quarters Ended   6 Months Ended
      June 30, March 31, December 31, September 30, June 30,   June 30, June 30,
        2025     2025     2024     2024     2024       2025     2024  
      (Dollars in thousands, except share and per share data)
    Selected Statement of Operations Data:                
    Interest and dividend income $ 11,017   $ 10,941   $ 11,408   $ 12,283   $ 12,052     $ 21,958   $ 23,853  
    Interest expense   5,541     5,652     6,259     6,707     6,897       11,193     13,737  
    Net interest income   5,476     5,289     5,149     5,576     5,155       10,765     10,116  
    Provision for (reversal of) credit losses   9     42     (332 )   (113 )   10       51     (18 )
    Net interest income after provision for                
    (reversal of) credit losses   5,467     5,247     5,481     5,689     5,145       10,714     10,134  
    Noninterest income (1)   1,765     1,552     1,724     2,897     6,904       3,317     8,531  
    Noninterest expense   6,311     6,373     6,678     7,163     6,904       12,684     13,325  
    Income before income taxes   921     426     527     1,423     5,145       1,347     5,340  
    Income tax expense   253     105     123     347     1,361       358     1,378  
    Net income (loss) $ 668   $ 321   $ 404   $ 1,076   $ 3,784     $ 989   $ 3,962  
                     
    Common Share Data:                
    Basic net income (loss) per share (2) $ 0.50   $ 0.24   $ 0.60   $ 0.79   $ 2.79     $ 0.74   $ 2.94  
    Diluted net income (loss) per share (2)   0.48     0.23     0.54     0.59     2.06       0.71     2.17  
    Dividend   0.00     0.00     0.00     0.00     0.00       0.00     0.00  
    Tangible book value per share (3)   59.55     58.46     57.37     57.80     55.36       59.55     55.36  
    Book value per share (3)   59.59     58.51     57.42     56.06     53.61       59.59     53.61  
    Weighted average shares outstanding – basic   1,349,613     1,348,995     1,357,737     1,357,259     1,356,255       1,344,573     1,348,440  
    Weighted average shares outstanding – diluted   1,397,365     1,396,274     1,507,344     1,833,586     1,833,881       1,392,090     1,826,911  
    Financial Condition Data:                
    Total assets $ 838,441   $ 852,018   $ 866,474   $ 888,283   $ 901,634     $ 838,441   $ 901,634  
    Loans   665,393     684,787     697,093     707,310     719,129       665,393     719,129  
    Allowance for credit losses on loans   (8,793 )   (8,818 )   (8,790 )   (8,973 )   (9,083 )     (8,793 )   (9,083 )
    Investment securities   126,795     124,109     120,339     120,349     123,814       126,795     123,814  
    Deposits   684,480     692,028     692,378     747,168     768,984       684,480     768,984  
    Borrowings   59,292     67,214     81,735     33,583     28,222       59,292     28,222  
    Stockholders’ equity   80,492     79,309     77,961     92,358     89,008       80,492     89,008  
    Financial Ratios and Other Data:                
    Performance Ratios:                
    Net interest margin (4)   2.69 %   2.62 %   2.44 %   2.55 %   2.38 %     2.65 %   2.34 %
    Net interest spread (5)   2.06 %   1.99 %   1.74 %   1.80 %   1.71 %     2.03 %   1.67 %
    Noninterest income to average assets (6)   0.83 %   0.73 %   0.82 %   1.25 %   3.09 %     0.78 %   1.91 %
    Noninterest expense to average assets   3.00 %   3.05 %   3.06 %   3.17 %   3.09 %     3.02 %   2.98 %
    Efficiency ratio (7)   87.24 %   93.65 %   96.17 %   85.32 %   57.19 %     90.35 %   71.34 %
    Earnings (loss) on average assets (8)   0.32 %   0.15 %   0.19 %   0.48 %   1.69 %     0.24 %   0.88 %
    Earnings (loss) on average equity (9)   3.36 %   1.65 %   1.94 %   4.71 %   17.92 %     2.52 %   9.38 %
    Asset Quality Ratios:                
    Nonaccrual loans to loans (10)   0.85 %   0.84 %   0.81 %   0.44 %   0.47 %     0.85 %   0.47 %
    Nonperformance assets to total assets (11)   0.68 %   0.67 %   0.68 %   0.38 %   0.41 %     0.68 %   0.41 %
    Nonaccrual loans, modified loans to borrowers experiencing                
    financial difficulty, loans 90 days or more past due and still                
    accruing to total loans (12)   2.33 %   1.21 %   1.19 %   1.62 %   1.38 %     2.33 %   1.38 %
    Nonaccrual loans, OREO, modified loans to borrowers                
    experiencing financial difficulty, loans 90 days or more past                
    due and still accruing to total assets (12)   1.85 %   0.97 %   0.98 %   1.32 %   1.14 %     1.85 %   1.14 %
    Allowance for credit losses on loans to total loans (10)   1.32 %   1.29 %   1.26 %   1.27 %   1.26 %     1.32 %   1.26 %
    Allowance for credit losses on loans to nonaccrual loans,                
    modified loans to borrowers experiencing financial difficulty loans                
    and loans 90 days or more past due and still accruing (10)   56.76 %   106.25 %   105.95 %   82.53 %   91.24 %     56.76 %   91.24 %
    Net charge-offs (recoveries) annualized                
    to average loans (10)   -0.02 %   -0.01 %   -0.01 %   -0.01 %   0.03 %     -0.01 %   0.03 %
    Capital Ratios:                
    Total equity to total assets   9.60 %   9.31 %   9.00 %   10.40 %   9.87 %     9.60 %   9.87 %
    Total risk-based capital ratio   13.55 %   13.34 %   13.02 %   14.54 %   13.90 %     13.55 %   13.90 %
    Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio   10.82 %   10.62 %   10.33 %   11.89 %   11.27 %     10.82 %   11.27 %
    Leverage capital ratio   8.54 %   8.40 %   8.14 %   9.30 %   8.93 %     8.54 %   8.93 %
    Other Data:                
    Number of employees (full-time equivalent)   144     152     165     170     172       144     172  
    Number of banking facilities   9     9     9     9     9       9     9  
                     
    (1) Noninterest income includes gains and losses on securities.
    (2) Net income available to common stockholders in the calculation of earnings per share includes the difference between the carrying amount less the consideration paid for redeemed preferred stock of $0.4 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2024.
    (3) Tangible book value per share is the stockholder equity less the carry value of the preferred stock and less the goodwill and intangible assets, divided by the total shares of common outstanding. Book value per share is the stockholder equity less the liquidation preference of the preferred stock, divided by the total shares of common outstanding. Book value measures are reported inclusive of the net deferred tax assets. As presented here, shares of common outstanding excludes unvested restricted stock awards.
    (4) Net interest margin is the ratio of net interest income to average interest-earning assets.
    (5) Net interest spread is the yield on average interest-earning assets less the rate on average interest-bearing liabilities.
    (6) Noninterest income to average assets excludes gains and losses on securities.
    (7) The efficiency ratio is noninterest expense divided by the sum of net interest income plus noninterest income, excluding gains and losses on securities.
    (8) Earnings on average assets are net income divided by average total assets.
    (9) Earnings on average equity are net income divided by average stockholders’ equity.
    (10) Excludes loans held for sale.
    (11) Nonperforming assets includes nonaccrual loans and securities and other real estate owned.
    (12) A large loan 90 days or more past due and still accruing was brought current after June 30, 2025. The adjusted ratio to total loans would be 1.80% and to total assets 1.43%.
    CIB MARINE BANCSHARES, INC.  
    Consolidated Balance Sheets (unaudited)  
                 
      June 30, March 31, December 31, September 30, June 30,  
        2025     2025     2024     2024     2024    
      (Dollars in Thousands, Except Shares)  
    Assets            
    Cash and due from banks $ 10,363   $ 7,717   $ 6,748   $ 13,814   $ 10,690    
    Reverse repurchase agreements                      
    Securities available for sale   124,618     121,939     118,206     118,145     121,687    
    Equity securities at fair value   2,177     2,170     2,133     2,204     2,127    
    Loans held for sale   7,733     7,685     13,291     19,472     17,897    
                 
    Loans   665,393     684,787     697,093     707,310     719,129    
    Allowance for credit losses on loans   (8,793 )   (8,818 )   (8,790 )   (8,973 )   (9,083 )  
    Net loans   656,600     675,969     688,303     698,337     710,046    
                 
    Federal Home Loan Bank Stock   3,401     2,607     2,607     2,238     2,238    
    Premises and equipment, net   1,660     1,486     1,570     1,526     1,569    
    Accrued interest receivable   2,733     2,680     2,651     2,926     3,230    
    Deferred tax assets, net   12,160     12,529     12,955     12,796     14,840    
    Other real estate owned, net           200     211     283    
    Bank owned life insurance   6,536     6,486     6,437     6,388     6,340    
    Goodwill and other intangible assets   64     64     64     64     64    
    Other assets   10,396     10,686     11,309     10,162     10,623    
    Total assets $ 838,441   $ 852,018   $ 866,474   $ 888,283   $ 901,634    
                 
    Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity            
    Deposits:            
    Noninterest-bearing demand $ 87,479   $ 98,403   $ 86,886   $ 95,471   $ 95,457    
    Interest-bearing demand   74,921     77,620     84,833     90,095     86,728    
    Savings   226,663     232,046     224,960     234,969     244,595    
    Time   295,417     283,959     295,699     326,633     342,204    
    Total deposits   684,480     692,028     692,378     747,168     768,984    
    Short-term borrowings   49,514     57,444     71,973     23,829     18,477    
    Long-term borrowings   9,778     9,770     9,762     9,754     9,745    
    Accrued interest payable   1,656     1,614     1,911     2,101     2,145    
    Other liabilities   12,521     11,853     12,489     13,073     13,275    
    Total liabilities   757,949     772,709     788,513     795,925     812,626    
                 
    Stockholders’ Equity            
    Preferred stock, $1 par value; 5,000,000 authorized shares at periods prior to December 31, 2024; 7% fixed rate noncumulative perpetual issued; 14,633 shares of series A and 1,610 shares of series B; convertible; $16.2 million aggregate liquidation preference               13,806     13,806    
    Common stock, $1 par value; 75,000,000 authorized shares; 1,385,842 and 1,372,642 issued shares; 1,351,397 and 1,358,473 outstanding shares at June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively (1)   1,386     1,383     1,372     1,372     1,372    
    Capital surplus   181,908     181,801     181,708     181,603     181,486    
    Accumulated deficit   (98,498 )   (99,167 )   (99,487 )   (100,297 )   (101,373 )  
    Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net   (3,273 )   (3,939 )   (5,098 )   (3,592 )   (5,749 )  
    Treasury stock, 35,167 shares on June 30, 2025 and 14,791 shares December 31, 2024 (2)   (1,031 )   (769 )   (534 )   (534 )   (534 )  
    Total stockholders’ equity   80,492     79,309     77,961     92,358     89,008    
    Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity $ 838,441   $ 852,018   $ 866,474   $ 888,283   $ 901,634    
                 
    (1) Both issued and outstanding shares as stated here exclude 46,686 shares and 42,259 shares of unvested restricted stock awards at June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively.
    (2) Treasury stock includes 722 shares held by subsidiary bank CIBM Bank.  
                 
    CIB MARINE BANCSHARES, INC.  
    Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited)  
                       
      At or for the  
      Quarters Ended   6 Months Ended  
      June 30, March 31, December 31, September 30, June 30,   June 30, June 30,  
        2025     2025     2024     2024     2024       2025     2024    
      (Dollars in thousands)  
                       
    Interest Income                  
    Loans $ 9,653   $ 9,623   $ 9,999   $ 10,573   $ 10,582     $ 19,276   $ 20,976    
    Loans held for sale   149     137     215     300     213       286     355    
    Securities   1,186     1,150     1,151     1,183     1,217       2,336     2,448    
    Other investments   29     31     43     227     40       60     74    
    Total interest income   11,017     10,941     11,408     12,283     12,052       21,958     23,853    
                       
    Interest Expense                  
    Deposits   4,795     5,029     5,638     6,354     6,466       9,824     12,693    
    Short-term borrowings   625     504     500     232     310       1,129     803    
    Long-term borrowings   121     119     121     121     121       240     241    
    Total interest expense   5,541     5,652     6,259     6,707     6,897       11,193     13,737    
    Net interest income   5,476     5,289     5,149     5,576     5,155       10,765     10,116    
    Provision for (reversal of) credit losses   9     42     (332 )   (113 )   10       51     (18 )  
    Net interest income after provision for                  
    (reversal of) credit losses   5,467     5,247     5,481     5,689     5,145       10,714     10,134    
                       
    Noninterest Income                  
    Deposit service charges   65     59     55     63     67       124     133    
    Other service fees   (10 )   (9 )   (5 )   (5 )   1       (19 )   (4 )  
    Mortgage banking revenue, net   1,424     1,140     1,564     2,264     2,166       2,564     3,375    
    Other income   279     177     192     150     273       456     436    
    Net gains on sale of securities available for sale   0     0     0     0     0       0     0    
    Unrealized gains (losses) recognized on equity securities   7     36     (71 )   78     (14 )     43     (32 )  
    Net gains (loss) on sale of SBA loans   0     161     0     420     0       161     202    
    Net gains on sale of assets and (writedowns)   0     (12 )   (11 )   (73 )   4,411       (12 )   4,421    
    Total noninterest income   1,765     1,552     1,724     2,897     6,904       3,317     8,531    
                       
    Noninterest Expense                  
    Compensation and employee benefits   4,060     4,066     4,344     4,852     4,700       8,126     8,989    
    Equipment   583     559     467     504     457       1,142     919    
    Occupancy and premises   519     549     500     495     391       1,068     827    
    Data Processing   212     221     220     243     208       433     420    
    Federal deposit insurance   101     129     144     182     219       230     418    
    Professional services   218     278     240     254     219       496     418    
    Telephone and data communication   57     52     74     51     51       109     107    
    Insurance   75     64     71     78     80       139     161    
    Other expense   486     455     618     504     579       941     1,066    
    Total noninterest expense   6,311     6,373     6,678     7,163     6,904       12,684     13,325    
    Income from operations                  
    before income taxes   921     426     527     1,423     5,145       1,347     5,340    
    Income tax expense   253     105     123     347     1,361       358     1,378    
    Net income (loss)   668     321     404     1,076     3,784       989     3,962    
    Preferred stock dividend   0     0     0     0     0       0     0    
    Discount from repurchase of preferred
    stock
      0     0     406     0     0       0     0    
    Net income (loss) allocated to                  
     common stockholders $ 668   $ 321   $ 810   $ 1,076   $ 3,784     $ 989   $ 3,962    
                       

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  • MIL-OSI: Form 8.3 – [ALPHA GROUP INTERNATIONAL PLC – 10 07 2025] – (CGAML)

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    FORM 8.3

    PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY
    A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE
    Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the “Code”)

    1.        KEY INFORMATION

    (a)   Full name of discloser: CANACCORD GENUITY ASSET MANAGEMENT LIMITED (for Discretionary clients)
    (b)   Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):
            The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient. For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named.
    N/A
    (c)   Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:
            Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
    ALPHA GROUP INTERNATIONAL PLC
    (d)   If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree: N/A
    (e)   Date position held/dealing undertaken:
            For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure
    10 JULY 2025
    (f)   In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
            If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state “N/A”
    N/A

    2.        POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

    If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.

    (a)      Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)

    Class of relevant security: 0.2p ORDINARY
      Interests Short positions
    Number % Number %
    (1)   Relevant securities owned and/or controlled: 1,323,000 3.1273    
    (2)   Cash-settled derivatives:        
    (3)   Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:        
    TOTAL: 1,323,000 3.1273    

    All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

    Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).

    (b)      Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors’ and other employee options)

    Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:  
    Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:  

    3.        DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

    Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

    The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

    (a)        Purchases and sales

    Class of relevant security Purchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit
    0.2p ORDINARY SALE 15,000 3346.3854p

    (b)        Cash-settled derivative transactions

    Class of relevant security Product description
    e.g. CFD
    Nature of dealing
    e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position
    Number of reference securities Price per unit
    NONE        

    (c)        Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

    (i)        Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

    Class of relevant security Product description e.g. call option Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc. Number of securities to which option relates Exercise price per unit Type
    e.g. American, European etc.
    Expiry date Option money paid/ received per unit
    NONE              

    (ii)        Exercise

    Class of relevant security Product description
    e.g. call option
    Exercising/ exercised against Number of securities Exercise price per unit

    (d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

    Class of relevant security Nature of dealing
    e.g. subscription, conversion
    Details Price per unit (if applicable)
    NONE      

    4.        OTHER INFORMATION

    (a)        Indemnity and other dealing arrangements

    Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal or refrain from dealing entered into by the person making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:
    Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state “none”

    NONE

    (b)        Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

    Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the person making the disclosure and any other person relating to:
    (i)   the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or
    (ii)   the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced:
    If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state “none”

    NONE

    (c)        Attachments

    Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? NO
    Date of disclosure: 11 JULY 2025
    Contact name: MARK ELLIOTT
    Telephone number: 01253 376539

    Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service.

    The Panel’s Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code’s disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

    The Code can be viewed on the Panel’s website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

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  • Semicon India 2025 to feature global pavilions, country roundtables, and record participation

    Source: Government of India

    Source: Government of India (4)

    The fourth edition of Semicon India 2025, scheduled for September 2–4 at Yashobhoomi (India International Convention and Expo Centre), New Delhi, will see the largest-ever global participation, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) announced on Friday.

    Jointly organised by the India Semiconductor Mission (ISM) and SEMI, the event aims to showcase India’s expanding capabilities across the microelectronics and semiconductor value chain. This year’s theme is ‘Building the Next Semiconductor Powerhouse’.

    According to the ministry, over 300 companies from 18 countries will exhibit at Semicon India 2025 — the highest to date. The event will, for the first time, feature four international pavilions from Japan, South Korea, Singapore, and Malaysia. Eight country roundtables are also planned to promote bilateral partnerships between India and key semiconductor markets.

    In line with India’s push to strengthen its talent pipeline, the event will include dedicated skilling and workforce development programmes. Students and engineers will have access to training, upskilling sessions, and career counselling. A dedicated Semiconductor Design Startup Pavilion will highlight innovation-driven chip design firms, while the number of State Government Pavilions has risen to nine from six in the last edition.

    The three-day conference will bring together global CXOs, technology leaders, and policy experts to share insights on manufacturing trends, supply chain strategies, and emerging technologies.

    The Centre has been working to position India as a trusted semiconductor hub, supported by the Semicon India programme — a ₹76,000-crore initiative to build a robust domestic semiconductor and display manufacturing ecosystem. The government recently revised the programme to keep pace with aggressive incentives offered by other countries and the limited number of companies with advanced node technologies.

    In a related development, the Union Cabinet has approved India’s sixth semiconductor manufacturing unit, which will come up near Jewar Airport in Uttar Pradesh through a joint venture between the HCL Group and Taiwan’s Foxconn. The facility, with a capacity of 20,000 wafers per month, is expected to produce 36 million chips monthly and create employment for around 2,000 people.

    Meanwhile, work is underway on the other five approved units, one of which is expected to be inaugurated later this year.

    To further boost the sector, the government recently amended Special Economic Zone (SEZ) rules to address the unique requirements of semiconductor and electronics component manufacturing. Given the capital-intensive nature and longer gestation periods of these industries, the changes are intended to attract pioneering investments and strengthen India’s position in the global semiconductor landscape.

     

  • China’s GDP growth set to slow, raising pressure on policymakers

    Source: Government of India

    Source: Government of India (4)

    China’s economy is expected to have slowed down in the second quarter from a solid start to the year as trade tensions with the United States added to deflationary pressures, reinforcing expectations that Beijing may need to roll out more stimulus.

    The world’s second-largest economy has so far avoided a sharp slowdown in part due to a fragile U.S.-China trade truce and policy stimulus, but markets are braced for a gloomier second half pressured by slowing exports, weak consumer demand, and a persistent property downturn.

    Gross domestic product growth in April-June is forecast at 5.1% year-on-year, cooling from 5.4% in the first quarter, a Reuters poll of 40 economists showed on Friday.

    The projected pace would still exceed the 4.7% growth forecast in a Reuters poll in April and remain broadly in line with the official full-year target of around 5%.

    Investors are closely watching for signs of fresh stimulus at the upcoming Politburo meeting due in late July, which is likely to shape economic policy for the remainder of the year.

    “We expect second-quarter GDP growth to exceed 5%, compared to 5.4% in the first quarter, indicating that there is no immediate need for additional stimulus,” analysts at Societe Generale said in a note.

    GDP growth is projected to slow to 4.5% in the third quarter and 4.0% in the fourth, according to the poll, underscoring mounting economic headwinds as U.S. President Donald Trump’s global trade war leaves Beijing with the tough task of getting households to spend more at a time of uncertainty.

    “We see a demand cliff in the second half, driven by multiple factors,” said Ting Lu, chief China economist at Nomura, in a note. Lu cited slowing exports under U.S. tariffs, the fading boost from a consumer goods trade-in program, austerity measures, and a protracted property slump.

    “We believe Beijing will very likely rush to roll out a new round of supportive measures at some point during H2.”

    For the whole of 2025, China’s GDP growth is forecast to cool to 4.6% – falling short of the official goal – from last year’s 5.0% and ease further to 4.2% in 2026, according to the poll.

    On a quarterly basis, the economy is forecast to have expanded 0.9% in the second quarter, slowing from 1.2% in January-March, the poll showed.

    The government is due to release second-quarter GDP data and June retail sales, industrial production and investment data at 0200 GMT on July 15.

    STIMULUS ALONE NOT ENOUGH

    Beijing has ramped up infrastructure spending and consumer subsidies, alongside steady monetary easing. In May, the central bank cut interest rates and injected liquidity as part of broader efforts to cushion the economy from Trump’s trade tariffs.

    Analysts polled by Reuters expect the central bank to cut its key policy rate – the seven-day reverse repo rate – by 10 basis points in the fourth quarter, along with a similar cut to the benchmark loan prime rate (LPR). The central bank is also expected to lower the weighted average reserve requirement ratio (RRR) by 20 basis points during the same period.

    But China observers and analysts say stimulus alone may not be enough to address deflation, which deepened to its worst level in almost two years in June.

    China’s GDP deflator – the broadest measure of prices across goods and services – is expected to decline further in the second quarter, marking a ninth consecutive quarterly drop, the longest streak since records began in 1993.

    Analysts polled by Reuters estimate a 0.1% rise in China’s consumer prices for this year, well below the government’s target of around 2%, before picking up 1.0% in 2026.

    Expectations are growing that China could accelerate supply-side reforms to curb excess industrial capacity and find new ways to boost domestic demand.

    Chinese government advisers are stepping up calls to make the household sector’s contribution to broader economic growth a top priority at Beijing’s upcoming five-year policy plan, as the trade tensions and deflation threaten the outlook.

    (Reuters)

  • MIL-OSI Europe: Minutes – Thursday, 10 July 2025 – Strasbourg – Final edition

    Source: European Parliament 2

    PV-10-2025-07-10

    EN

    EN

    iPlPv_Sit

    Minutes
    Thursday, 10 July 2025 – Strasbourg

    IN THE CHAIR: Christel SCHALDEMOSE
    Vice-President

    1. Opening of the sitting

    The sitting opened at 09:00.



    2. Council positions at first reading (Rule 64)

    – Position of the Council at first reading with a view to the adoption of a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2008/98/EC on waste – Adopted by the Council on 23 June 2025 (06978/2/2025 – COM(2025)0388 – C10-0139/2025 – 2023/0234(COD))
    referred to committee responsible: ENVI

    The three-month period available to Parliament under Article 294 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union for it to adopt its position would begin the following day, 11 July 2025.



    3. Post-2027 common agricultural policy (debate)

    Commission statement: Post-2027 common agricultural policy (2025/2791(RSP))

    Christophe Hansen (Member of the Commission) made the statement.

    The following spoke: Herbert Dorfmann, on behalf of the PPE Group, Dario Nardella, on behalf of the S&D Group (the President reminded the speaker of the rules on conduct), Raffaele Stancanelli, on behalf of the PfE Group, Carlo Fidanza, on behalf of the ECR Group, Elsi Katainen, on behalf of the Renew Group, Thomas Waitz, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Luke Ming Flanagan, on behalf of The Left Group, Arno Bausemer, on behalf of the ESN Group, Carmen Crespo Díaz, Cristina Maestre, Mathilde Androuët, Veronika Vrecionová, Barry Cowen, Anna Strolenberg, Arash Saeidi, Sarah Knafo, Katarína Roth Neveďalová, Siegfried Mureşan, André Rodrigues, Mireia Borrás Pabón, who also answered a blue-card question from Ana Miranda Paz, Bert-Jan Ruissen, Asger Christensen, Giuseppe Antoci, David Cormand, Norbert Lins, Camilla Laureti, Gilles Pennelle, Waldemar Buda, Christine Singer, who also answered a blue-card question from Arkadiusz Mularczyk, Cristina Guarda, Konstantinos Arvanitis, Daniel Buda, Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Valérie Deloge, Benoit Cassart, Martin Häusling, Paulo Do Nascimento Cabral, Maria Grapini, Ton Diepeveen, Jacek Ozdoba, Ciaran Mullooly, Pär Holmgren, Péter Magyar, Marko Vešligaj, Barbara Bonte, Michal Wiezik, Jessika Van Leeuwen, Csaba Dömötör and Céline Imart.

    The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Gabriel Mato, Sebastian Tynkkynen, Ana Miranda Paz, Maria Zacharia, Nina Carberry and Arkadiusz Mularczyk.

    IN THE CHAIR: Pina PICIERNO
    Vice-President

    The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Francisco José Millán Mon, Maria Walsh, Stefan Köhler and Lefteris Nikolaou-Alavanos.

    The following spoke: Christophe Hansen.

    The debate closed.



    4. European Citizens’ Initiative ‘Cohesion policy for the equality of the regions and sustainability of the regional cultures’ (debate)

    European Citizens’ Initiative ‘Cohesion policy for the equality of the regions and sustainability of the regional cultures’ (2025/2655(RSP)) (Rule 228(8))

    Francesco Ventola and Bogdan Rzońca presented the European Citizens’ Initiative.

    The following spoke: Hadja Lahbib (Member of the Commission).

    The following spoke: Iuliu Winkler, on behalf of the PPE Group, Alex Agius Saliba, on behalf of the S&D Group, Kinga Gál, on behalf of the PfE Group, Antonella Sberna, on behalf of the ECR Group, Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, on behalf of the Renew Group, Vladimir Prebilič, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Siegbert Frank Droese, on behalf of the ESN Group, Gabriella Gerzsenyi, Marcos Ros Sempere, André Rougé, who also answered a blue-card question from Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Guillaume Peltier, Joachim Streit, Kathleen Funchion, Volker Schnurrbusch, Fidias Panayiotou, Daniel Buda, Hannes Heide, Rody Tolassy, Nora Junco García, Irmhild Boßdorf, who also answered a blue-card question from Arkadiusz Mularczyk, Rosa Estaràs Ferragut, Sabrina Repp, Alexandra Mehnert, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Loránt Vincze, Isilda Gomes, Łukasz Kohut, Sandra Gómez López, Andi Cristea and Sofie Eriksson.

    The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Gabriel Mato, Viktória Ferenc, Arkadiusz Mularczyk, Oihane Agirregoitia Martínez, Diana Iovanovici Şoşoacă, Nikolina Brnjac and Sebastian Tynkkynen.

    The following spoke: Hadja Lahbib.

    The debate closed.

    (The sitting was suspended at 11:51.)



    IN THE CHAIR: Roberta METSOLA
    President

    5. Resumption of the sitting

    The sitting resumed at 12:00.

    The President thanked the Members and Parliament’s staff for their work during the first year of the current parliamentary term.



    6. Voting time

    For detailed results of the votes, see also ‘Results of votes’ and ‘Results of roll-call votes’.



    6.1. Motion of censure on the Commission (vote)

    Motion of censure on the Commission B10-0319/2025 (minutes of 10.7.2025, item I) (2025/2140(RSP))

    (Majority of two thirds of the votes cast, constituting a majority of Parliament’s component Members)

    MOTION OF CENSURE (Rule 131)

    Rejected

    (‘Results of votes’, item 1)

    Özlem Demirel, on the admissibility of an amendment concerning one of the items in voting time (the President gave explanations).



    6.2. Case of Ryan Cornelius in Dubai (vote)

    Motions for resolutions RC-B10-0328/2025 (minutes of 10.7.2025, item I), B10-0328/2025, B10-0333/2025, B10-0336/2025, B10-0340/2025 and B10-0341/2025 (minutes of 9.7.2025, item I) (2025/2796(RSP))

    (Majority of the votes cast)

    JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

    Adopted (P10_TA(2025)0161)

    (‘Results of votes’, item 2)



    6.3. Arbitrary arrest and torture of Belgian-Portuguese researcher Joseph Figueira Martin in the Central African Republic (vote)

    Motions for resolutions RC-B10-0327/2025 (minutes of 10.7.2025, item I), B10-0323/2025, B10-0327/2025, B10-0334/2025, B10-0339/2025 and B10-0342/2025 (minutes of 9.7.2025, item I) (2025/2797(RSP))

    (Majority of the votes cast)

    JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

    Adopted (P10_TA(2025)0162)

    (Motion for a resolution B10-0323/2025 fell.)

    (‘Results of votes’, item 3)



    6.4. Urgent need to protect religious minorities in Syria following the recent terrorist attack on Mar Elias Church in Damascus (vote)

    Motions for resolutions RC-B10-0335/2025 (minutes of 10.7.2025, item I), B10-0325/2025, B10-0335/2025, B10-0338/2025, B10-0343/2025, B10-0344/2025, B10-0345/2025, B10-0346/2025 and B10-0347/2025 (minutes of 9.7.2025, item I) (2025/2798(RSP))

    (Majority of the votes cast)

    JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

    Adopted (P10_TA(2025)0163)

    (Motions for resolutions B10-0325/2025, B10-0338/2025 and B10-0343/2025 fell.)

    (‘Results of votes’, item 4)



    6.5. Amending Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 as regards obligations of economic operators concerning battery due diligence policies ***I (vote)

    Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 as regards obligations of economic operators concerning battery due diligence policies [COM(2025)0258 – C10-0089/2025 – 2025/0129(COD)] – Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety. Rapporteur: Antonio Decaro (A10-0134/2025)

    (Majority of the votes cast)

    COMMISSION PROPOSAL and AMENDMENTS

    Approved (P10_TA(2025)0164)

    Parliament’s first reading thus closed.

    (‘Results of votes’, item 5)



    6.6. Future of the EU biotechnology and biomanufacturing sector: leveraging research, boosting innovation and enhancing competitiveness (vote)

    Report on the future of the EU biotechnology and biomanufacturing sector: leveraging research, boosting innovation and enhancing competitiveness [2025/2008(INI)] – Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. Rapporteur: Hildegard Bentele (A10-0123/2025)

    (Majority of the votes cast)

    MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

    Adopted (P10_TA(2025)0165)

    The following had spoken:

    Hildegard Bentele, before the vote, to make a statement pursuant to Rule 165(4).

    (‘Results of votes’, item 6)



    6.7. Tackling China’s critical raw materials export restrictions (vote)

    Motions for resolutions RC-B10-0324/2025/REV1, B10-0324/2025, B10-0326/2025, B10-0329/2025, B10-0330/2025, B10-0331/2025 and B10-0332/2025 (minutes of 10.7.2025, item I) (2025/2800(RSP))

    (Majority of the votes cast)

    JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

    Adopted (P10_TA(2025)0166)

    (Motion for a resolution B10-0326/2025 fell.)

    (‘Results of votes’, item 7)

    (The sitting was suspended at 12:18.)



    IN THE CHAIR: Younous OMARJEE
    Vice-President

    7. Resumption of the sitting

    The sitting resumed at 15:00.



    8. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

    The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.



    9. Composition of committees and delegations

    The non-attached Members had notified the President of the following decisions changing the composition of the committees and delegations:

    – FEMM Committee: Fernand Kartheiser

    – Delegation to the OACPS-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly: Fernand Kartheiser

    The decisions took effect as of that day.



    10. Endometriosis: Europe’s wake-up call on the gender health gap (debate)

    Commission statement: Endometriosis: Europe’s wake-up call on the gender health gap (2025/2795(RSP))

    Hadja Lahbib (Member of the Commission) made the statement.

    The following spoke: András Tivadar Kulja, on behalf of the PPE Group, Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, on behalf of the S&D Group, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión, on behalf of the PfE Group, Chiara Gemma, on behalf of the ECR Group, Billy Kelleher, on behalf of the Renew Group, Majdouline Sbai, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Catarina Martins, on behalf of The Left Group, Tomasz Froelich, on behalf of the ESN Group, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Evelyn Regner, who also answered a blue-card question from Petras Gražulis, Marie Dauchy, Mariateresa Vivaldini, Tilly Metz, Günther Sidl and Maria Grapini.

    The following spoke: Hadja Lahbib.

    The debate closed.



    11. Oral explanations of votes (Rule 201)



    11.1. Motion of censure on the Commission (B10-0319/2025)
    Cristian Terheş



    11.2. Tackling China’s critical raw materials export restrictions (RC-B10-0324/2025)
    Günther Sidl



    12. Explanations of votes in writing (Rule 201)

    Explanations of votes given in writing would appear on the Members’ pages on Parliament’s website.



    13. Approval of the minutes of the sitting and forwarding of texts adopted

    In accordance with Rule 208(3), the minutes of the sitting would be put to the House for approval at the start of the next sitting.

    With Parliament’s agreement, the texts adopted during the part-session would be forwarded to their respective addressees without delay.



    14. Dates of the next part-session

    The next part-session would be held from 8 September 2025 to 11 September 2025.



    15. Closure of the sitting

    The sitting closed at 15:47.



    16. Adjournment of the session

    The session of the European Parliament was adjourned.

    Alessandro Chiocchetti

    Roberta Metsola

    Secretary-General

    President



    LIST OF DOCUMENTS SERVING AS A BASIS FOR THE DEBATES AND DECISIONS OF PARLIAMENT



    I. Motions for resolutions tabled

    Motion of censure on the Commission

    Motion for a resolution tabled under Rule 131:

    MOTION OF CENSURE ON THE COMMISSION (2025/2140(RSP)) (B10-0319/2025)
    Gheorghe Piperea, Adrian-George Axinia, Claudiu-Richard Târziu, Georgiana Teodorescu, Şerban Dimitrie Sturdza, Fidias Panayiotou, Daniel Obajtek, Ivan David, Patryk Jaki, Zsuzsanna Borvendég, Fernand Kartheiser, Nikolaos Anadiotis, Volker Schnurrbusch, Katarína Roth Neveďalová, Irmhild Boßdorf, Virginie Joron, Ondřej Dostál, Cristian Terheş, Christine Anderson, António Tânger Corrêa, Emmanouil Fragkos, Milan Mazurek, Alexander Jungbluth, Siegbert Frank Droese, Petar Volgin, Rada Laykova, Stanislav Stoyanov, Arno Bausemer, Arkadiusz Mularczyk, Bogdan Rzońca, Milan Uhrík, Mary Khan, Tomasz Froelich, Hans Neuhoff, Alexander Sell, René Aust, Petr Bystron, Jacek Ozdoba, Galato Alexandraki, Kosma Złotowski, Waldemar Buda, Tobiasz Bocheński, Małgorzata Gosiewska, Marlena Maląg, Mariusz Kamiński, Dominik Tarczyński, Anna Zalewska, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Maciej Wąsik, Michał Dworczyk, Alvise Pérez, Luis-Vicențiu Lazarus, Erik Kaliňák, Judita Laššáková, Waldemar Tomaszewski, Ewa Zajączkowska-Hernik, Jaak Madison, Anja Arndt, Marcin Sypniewski, Markus Buchheit, Filip Turek, Friedrich Pürner, Kateřina Konečná, Ľuboš Blaha, Thierry Mariani, Jan-Peter Warnke, Thomas Geisel, Branislav Ondruš, Diana Iovanovici Şoşoacă, Monika Beňová, Marc Jongen, Nikola Bartůšek, Grzegorz Braun, Sarah Knafo, Petras Gražulis, Piotr Müller, Gerald Hauser

    Case of Ryan Cornelius in Dubai

    Joint motion for a resolution tabled under Rule 150(5) and Rule 136(4):

    on the case of Ryan Cornelius in Dubai (2025/2796(RSP)) (RC-B10-0328/2025)
    (replacing motions for resolutions B10-0328/2025, B10-0333/2025, B10-0336/2025, B10-0340/2025 and B10-0341/2025)
    Sebastião Bugalho, Seán Kelly, Tomáš Zdechovský, Ingeborg Ter Laak, Isabel Wiseler-Lima, Tomas Tobé, Wouter Beke, Davor Ivo Stier, Łukasz Kohut, Mirosława Nykiel, Michał Wawrykiewicz, Inese Vaidere
    on behalf of the PPE Group
    Yannis Maniatis, Francisco Assis, Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
    on behalf of the S&D Group
    Adam Bielan, Sebastian Tynkkynen, Bogdan Rzońca, Arkadiusz Mularczyk, Waldemar Tomaszewski, Marlena Maląg, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński
    on behalf of the ECR Group
    Petras Auštrevičius, Malik Azmani, Dan Barna, Benoit Cassart, Engin Eroglu, Olivier Chastel, Karin Karlsbro, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Hilde Vautmans, Lucia Yar
    on behalf of the Renew Group
    Villy Søvndal
    on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

    Arbitrary arrest and torture of Belgian-Portuguese researcher Joseph Figueira Martin in the Central African Republic

    Joint motion for a resolution tabled under Rule 150(5) and Rule 136(4):

    on the arbitrary arrest and torture of Belgian-Portuguese researcher Joseph Figueira Martin in the Central African Republic (2025/2797(RSP)) (RC-B10-0327/2025)
    (replacing motions for resolutions B10-0327/2025, B10-0334/2025, B10-0339/2025 and B10-0342/2025)
    Sebastião Bugalho, Wouter Beke, Ingeborg Ter Laak, Željana Zovko, Isabel Wiseler-Lima, Andrey Kovatchev, Tomas Tobé, Tomáš Zdechovský, Davor Ivo Stier, Łukasz Kohut, Liudas Mažylis, Vangelis Meimarakis, Loránt Vincze, Seán Kelly, Mirosława Nykiel, Michał Wawrykiewicz, Inese Vaidere
    on behalf of the PPE Group
    Yannis Maniatis, Kathleen Van Brempt, Francisco Assis
    on behalf of the S&D Group
    Adam Bielan, Jaak Madison, Alexandr Vondra, Sebastian Tynkkynen, Veronika Vrecionová, Ondřej Krutílek, Michał Dworczyk, Bogdan Rzońca, Arkadiusz Mularczyk, Waldemar Tomaszewski, Małgorzata Gosiewska, Assita Kanko, Marlena Maląg, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński
    on behalf of the ECR Group
    Hilde Vautmans, Oihane Agirregoitia Martínez, Petras Auštrevičius, Malik Azmani, Dan Barna, Benoit Cassart, Olivier Chastel, Engin Eroglu, Svenja Hahn, Karin Karlsbro, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Nathalie Loiseau, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Lucia Yar
    on behalf of the Renew Group
    Saskia Bricmont
    on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

    Urgent need to protect religious minorities in Syria following the recent terrorist attack on Mar Elias Church in Damascus

    Joint motion for a resolution tabled under Rule 150(5) and Rule 136(4):

    on the urgent need to protect religious minorities in Syria following the recent terrorist attack on Mar Elias Church in Damascus (2025/2798(RSP)) (RC-B10-0335/2025)
    (replacing motions for resolutions B10-0335/2025, B10-0344/2025, B10-0345/2025, B10-0346/2025 and B10-0347/2025)
    Sebastião Bugalho, Ingeborg Ter Laak, David McAllister, François-Xavier Bellamy, Andrzej Halicki, Wouter Beke, Željana Zovko, Isabel Wiseler-Lima, Andrey Kovatchev, Tomas Tobé, Ioan-Rareş Bogdan, Tomáš Zdechovský, Davor Ivo Stier, Sander Smit, Elissavet Vozemberg-Vrionidi, Eleonora Meleti, Vangelis Meimarakis, Georgios Aftias, Dimitris Tsiodras, Emmanouil Kefalogiannis, Antonio López-Istúriz White, Matej Tonin, Massimiliano Salini, Łukasz Kohut, Loránt Vincze, Seán Kelly, Mirosława Nykiel, Michał Wawrykiewicz, Inese Vaidere, Michalis Hadjipantela, Miriam Lexmann
    on behalf of the PPE Group
    Yannis Maniatis, Francisco Assis, Marco Tarquinio, Hana Jalloul Muro, Evin Incir, Nikos Papandreou
    on behalf of the S&D Group
    Adam Bielan, Reinis Pozņaks, Alexandr Vondra, Veronika Vrecionová, Ondřej Krutílek, Guillaume Peltier, Marion Maréchal, Nicolas Bay, Laurence Trochu, Małgorzata Gosiewska, Aurelijus Veryga, Bogdan Rzońca, Arkadiusz Mularczyk, Waldemar Tomaszewski, Assita Kanko, Marlena Maląg, Carlo Fidanza, Alberico Gambino, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński
    on behalf of the ECR Group
    Nathalie Loiseau, Oihane Agirregoitia Martínez, Petras Auštrevičius, Malik Azmani, Dan Barna, Engin Eroglu, Svenja Hahn, Karin Karlsbro, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Urmas Paet, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Hilde Vautmans, Lucia Yar
    on behalf of the Renew Group
    Hannah Neumann
    on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group
    Nikolas Farantouris

    Tackling China’s critical raw materials export restrictions

    Motions for resolutions tabled under Rule 136(2) to wind up the debate:

    on tackling China’s critical raw materials export restrictions (2025/2800(RSP)) (B10-0324/2025)
    Hildegard Bentele
    on behalf of the PPE Group

    on tackling China’s critical raw materials export restrictions (2025/2800(RSP)) (B10-0326/2025)
    Martin Schirdewan
    on behalf of The Left Group

    on tackling China’s critical raw materials export restrictions (2025/2800(RSP)) (B10-0329/2025)
    Beata Szydło
    on behalf of the ECR Group

    on tackling China’s critical raw materials export restrictions (2025/2800(RSP)) (B10-0330/2025)
    Bart Groothuis, Oihane Agirregoitia Martínez, Petras Auštrevičius, Malik Azmani, Dan Barna, Engin Eroglu, Svenja Hahn, Ľubica Karvašová, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Hilde Vautmans, Lucia Yar
    on behalf of the Renew Group

    on tackling China’s critical raw materials export restrictions (2025/2800(RSP)) (B10-0331/2025)
    Ville Niinistö, Michael Bloss, Majdouline Sbai, Maria Ohisalo, Markéta Gregorová, Sara Matthieu
    on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

    on tackling China’s critical raw materials export restrictions (2025/2800(RSP)) (B10-0332/2025)
    Kathleen Van Brempt
    on behalf of the S&D Group

    Joint motion for a resolution tabled under Rule 136(2) and (4):

    on tackling China’s critical raw materials export restrictions (2025/2800(RSP)) (RC-B10-0324/2025/REV1)
    (replacing motions for resolutions B10-0324/2025, B10-0329/2025, B10-0330/2025, B10-0331/2025 and B10-0332/2025)
    Hildegard Bentele
    on behalf of the PPE Group
    Kathleen Van Brempt
    on behalf of the S&D Group
    Beata Szydło, Mariusz Kamiński
    on behalf of the ECR Group
    Bart Groothuis, Oihane Agirregoitia Martínez, Petras Auštrevičius, Malik Azmani, Dan Barna, Engin Eroglu, Christophe Grudler, Svenja Hahn, Ľubica Karvašová, Michał Kobosko, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Nathalie Loiseau, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Hilde Vautmans, Marie-Pierre Vedrenne, Lucia Yar
    on behalf of the Renew Group
    Ville Niinistö
    on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group



    II. Petitions

    Petitions Nos 0818-25 to 1048-25 had been entered in the register on 4 July 2025 and had been forwarded to the committee responsible, in accordance with Rule 232(9) and (10).

    The President had, on 4 July 2025, forwarded to the committee responsible, in accordance with Rule 232(15), petitions addressed to Parliament by natural or legal persons who were not citizens of the European Union and who did not reside, or have their registered office, in a Member State.



    III. Documents received

    The following documents had been received:

    1) from other institutions

    – Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2014/45/EU on periodic roadworthiness tests for motor vehicles and their trailers and Directive 2014/47/EU on the technical roadside inspection of the roadworthiness of commercial vehicles circulating in the Union (COM(2025)0180 – C10-0072/2025 – 2025/0097(COD))
    In accordance with Rules 151(1) and 152(1), the President consults the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on the proposal.
    referred to committee responsible: TRAN

    – Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the registration documents for vehicles and vehicle registration data recorded in national vehicle registers and repealing Council Directive 1999/37/EC (COM(2025)0179 – C10-0073/2025 – 2025/0096(COD))
    In accordance with Rules 151(1) and 152(1), the President consults the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on the proposal.
    referred to committee responsible: TRAN
    opinion: IMCO

    – Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2024/1348 as regards the application of the ‘safe third country’ concept (COM(2025)0259 – C10-0088/2025 – 2025/0132(COD))
    referred to committee responsible: LIBE

    – Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EU) No 765/2008, (EU) 2016/424, (EU) 2016/425, (EU) 2016/426, (EU) 2023/1230, (EU) 2023/1542 and (EU) 2024/1781 as regards digitalisation and common specifications (COM(2025)0504 – C10-0090/2025 – 2025/0134(COD))
    In accordance with Rule 151(1), the President consults the European Economic and Social Committee on the proposal.
    referred to committee responsible: IMCO
    opinion: ENVI

    – Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directives 2000/14/EC, 2011/65/EU, 2013/53/EU, 2014/29/EU, 2014/30/EU, 2014/31/EU, 2014/32/EU, 2014/33/EU, 2014/34/EU, 2014/35/EU, 2014/53/EU, 2014/68/EU and 2014/90/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards digitalisation and common specifications (COM(2025)0503 – C10-0091/2025 – 2025/0133(COD))
    In accordance with Rule 151(1), the President consults the European Economic and Social Committee on the proposal.
    referred to committee responsible: IMCO
    opinion: ENVI, TRAN

    – Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EU) 2016/679, (EU) 2016/1036, (EU) 2016/1037, (EU) 2017/1129, (EU) 2023/1542 and (EU) 2024/573 as regards the extension of certain mitigating measures available for small and medium-sized enterprises to small mid-cap enterprises and further simplification measures (COM(2025)0501 – C10-0092/2025 – 2025/0130(COD))
    In accordance with Rules 151(1) and 152(1), the President consults the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on the proposal.
    referred to committee responsible: ECON, ENVI, LIBE
    opinion: INTA, ITRE, IMCO

    – Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directives 2009/43/EC and 2009/81/EC, as regards the simplification of intra-EU transfers of defence-related products and the simplification of security and defence procurement (COM(2025)0823 – C10-0120/2025 – 2025/0177(COD))
    In accordance with Rule 151(1), the President consults the European Economic and Social Committee on the proposal.
    referred to committee responsible: SEDE, IMCO
    opinion: ITRE

    – Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EC) No 1907/2006, (EC) No 1272/2008, (EU) No 528/2012, (EU) 2019/1021 and (EU) 2021/697 as regards defence readiness and facilitating defence investments and conditions for defence industry (COM(2025)0822 – C10-0121/2025 – 2025/0176(COD))
    In accordance with Rules 151(1) and 152(1), the President consults the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on the proposal.
    referred to committee responsible: SEDE, ENVI, ITRE
    opinion: IMCO

    2) from Members

    – Mathilde Androuët, Gerolf Annemans, Jordan Bardella, Nikola Bartůšek, Christophe Bay, Barbara Bonte, Paolo Borchia, Mireia Borrás Pabón, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Anna Bryłka, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Susanna Ceccardi, Anna Maria Cisint, Marie Dauchy, Valérie Deloge, Mélanie Disdier, Csaba Dömötör, Marieke Ehlers, Viktória Ferenc, Anne-Sophie Frigout, Angéline Furet, Jean-Paul Garraud, Catherine Griset, András Gyürk, Enikő Győri, Kinga Gál, Roman Haider, Gerald Hauser, György Hölvényi, Virginie Joron, Ondřej Knotek, Vilis Krištopans, Afroditi Latinopoulou, Fabrice Leggeri, Julien Leonardelli, András László, Thierry Mariani, Jorge Martín Frías, Tiago Moreira de Sá, Aleksandar Nikolic, Philippe Olivier, Gilles Pennelle, Pascale Piera, Pierre Pimpie, Jaroslava Pokorná Jermanová, Julie Rechagneux, Julien Sanchez, Silvia Sardone, Ernő Schaller-Baross, Pál Szekeres, Hermann Tertsch, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Rody Tolassy, Isabella Tovaglieri, Filip Turek, António Tânger Corrêa, Matthieu Valet, Roberto Vannacci, Alexandre Varaut, Séverine Werbrouck and Margarita de la Pisa Carrión. Motion for a resolution on combating the establishment of transnational Islamist networks in Europe (B10-0279/2025)
    referred to committee responsible: LIBE

    – Zsuzsanna Borvendég, Siegbert Frank Droese, Milan Mazurek, Volker Schnurrbusch and Petar Volgin. Motion for a resolution on the escalation in the Middle East following Israel’s attack on Iran (B10-0301/2025)
    referred to committee responsible: AFET
    opinion: SEDE, LIBE



    IV. Decisions to draw up own-initiative reports

    Decisions to draw up own-initiative reports (Rule 55)

    (Following the Conference of Presidents’ decision of 2 July 2025)

    ECON Committee

    – Competition policy – annual report 2025 (2025/2134(INI))

    – Banking Union – annual report 2025 (2025/2136(INI))

    EMPL Committee

    – Addressing subcontracting chains and the role of intermediaries in order to protect workers’ rights (2025/2133(INI))
    (opinion: IMCO)

    LIBE Committee

    – Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025 (2025/2135(INI))

    – Public access to documents – report covering the years 2022-2024 (2025/2137(INI))

    PETI Committee

    – Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 (2025/2138(INI))

    SANT Committee

    – An EU cardiovascular diseases strategy (2025/2132(INI))

    – Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan (2025/2139(INI))

    (Following the Conference of Presidents’ decision of 8 July 2025)

    SEDE Committee

    – European defence readiness 2030: assessment of needs (2025/2142(INI))
    (opinion: BUDG, ECON, ITRE)

    – Tackling barriers to the single market for defence (2025/2143(INI))
    (opinion: ECON, ITRE, IMCO)

    – Flagship European defence projects of common interest (2025/2144(INI))
    (opinion: ITRE, IMCO)

    Decisions to draw up own-initiative reports (Rule 47)

    (Following the Conference of Presidents’ decision of 2 July 2025)

    EMPL Committee

    – Just transition directive in the world of work: ensuring the creation of jobs and revitalising local economies (2025/2131(INL))

    SANT Committee

    – EU rare disease action plan (2025/2130(INL))



    V. Consent procedure

    Reports with a motion for a non-legislative resolution (consent procedure) (Rule 107(2))

    (Following notification by the Conference of Committee Chairs on 2 July 2025)

    INTA Committee

    – Digital Trade Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Singapore (2025/0009M(NLE) – 2025/0009(NLE))



    ATTENDANCE REGISTER

    Present:

    Aaltola Mika, Abadía Jover Maravillas, Adamowicz Magdalena, Aftias Georgios, Agirregoitia Martínez Oihane, Agius Peter, Agius Saliba Alex, Alexandraki Galato, Allione Grégory, Anadiotis Nikolaos, Anderson Christine, Andersson Li, Andresen Rasmus, Andrews Barry, Andriukaitis Vytenis Povilas, Androuët Mathilde, Angel Marc, Annemans Gerolf, Annunziata Lucia, Antoci Giuseppe, Arias Echeverría Pablo, Arłukowicz Bartosz, Arnaoutoglou Sakis, Arndt Anja, Arvanitis Konstantinos, Asens Llodrà Jaume, Assis Francisco, Attard Daniel, Aubry Manon, Auštrevičius Petras, Axinia Adrian-George, Azmani Malik, Bajada Thomas, Baljeu Jeannette, Ballarín Cereza Laura, Bardella Jordan, Barley Katarina, Barna Dan, Barrena Arza Pernando, Bartulica Stephen Nikola, Bartůšek Nikola, Bausemer Arno, Bay Nicolas, Bay Christophe, Beke Wouter, Beleris Fredis, Bellamy François-Xavier, Benifei Brando, Benjumea Benjumea Isabel, Beňová Monika, Bentele Hildegard, Berendsen Tom, Berger Stefan, Berg Sibylle, Berlato Sergio, Bernhuber Alexander, Biedroń Robert, Bielan Adam, Bischoff Gabriele, Blaha Ľuboš, Blinkevičiūtė Vilija, Blom Rachel, Bloss Michael, Bocheński Tobiasz, Boeselager Damian, Bogdan Ioan-Rareş, Bonaccini Stefano, Bonte Barbara, Borchia Paolo, Borrás Pabón Mireia, Borvendég Zsuzsanna, Borzan Biljana, Bosanac Gordan, Boßdorf Irmhild, Bosse Stine, Botenga Marc, Boyer Gilles, Boylan Lynn, Brandstätter Helmut, Brasier-Clain Marie-Luce, Brejza Krzysztof, Bricmont Saskia, Brnjac Nikolina, Brudziński Joachim Stanisław, Bryłka Anna, Buczek Tomasz, Buda Daniel, Buda Waldemar, Bugalho Sebastião, Buła Andrzej, Bullmann Udo, Buxadé Villalba Jorge, Bystron Petr, Bžoch Jaroslav, Camara Mélissa, Canfin Pascal, Carberry Nina, Carême Damien, Casa David, Caspary Daniel, Cassart Benoit, Castillo Laurent, del Castillo Vera Pilar, Cavazzini Anna, Ceccardi Susanna, Cepeda José, Ceulemans Estelle, Chahim Mohammed, Chaibi Leila, Chastel Olivier, Chinnici Caterina, Christensen Asger, Ciccioli Carlo, Cifrová 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  • MIL-OSI Europe: Minutes – Thursday, 10 July 2025 – Strasbourg – Final edition

    Source: European Parliament 2

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    Minutes
    Thursday, 10 July 2025 – Strasbourg

    IN THE CHAIR: Christel SCHALDEMOSE
    Vice-President

    1. Opening of the sitting

    The sitting opened at 09:00.



    2. Council positions at first reading (Rule 64)

    – Position of the Council at first reading with a view to the adoption of a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2008/98/EC on waste – Adopted by the Council on 23 June 2025 (06978/2/2025 – COM(2025)0388 – C10-0139/2025 – 2023/0234(COD))
    referred to committee responsible: ENVI

    The three-month period available to Parliament under Article 294 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union for it to adopt its position would begin the following day, 11 July 2025.



    3. Post-2027 common agricultural policy (debate)

    Commission statement: Post-2027 common agricultural policy (2025/2791(RSP))

    Christophe Hansen (Member of the Commission) made the statement.

    The following spoke: Herbert Dorfmann, on behalf of the PPE Group, Dario Nardella, on behalf of the S&D Group (the President reminded the speaker of the rules on conduct), Raffaele Stancanelli, on behalf of the PfE Group, Carlo Fidanza, on behalf of the ECR Group, Elsi Katainen, on behalf of the Renew Group, Thomas Waitz, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Luke Ming Flanagan, on behalf of The Left Group, Arno Bausemer, on behalf of the ESN Group, Carmen Crespo Díaz, Cristina Maestre, Mathilde Androuët, Veronika Vrecionová, Barry Cowen, Anna Strolenberg, Arash Saeidi, Sarah Knafo, Katarína Roth Neveďalová, Siegfried Mureşan, André Rodrigues, Mireia Borrás Pabón, who also answered a blue-card question from Ana Miranda Paz, Bert-Jan Ruissen, Asger Christensen, Giuseppe Antoci, David Cormand, Norbert Lins, Camilla Laureti, Gilles Pennelle, Waldemar Buda, Christine Singer, who also answered a blue-card question from Arkadiusz Mularczyk, Cristina Guarda, Konstantinos Arvanitis, Daniel Buda, Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Valérie Deloge, Benoit Cassart, Martin Häusling, Paulo Do Nascimento Cabral, Maria Grapini, Ton Diepeveen, Jacek Ozdoba, Ciaran Mullooly, Pär Holmgren, Péter Magyar, Marko Vešligaj, Barbara Bonte, Michal Wiezik, Jessika Van Leeuwen, Csaba Dömötör and Céline Imart.

    The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Gabriel Mato, Sebastian Tynkkynen, Ana Miranda Paz, Maria Zacharia, Nina Carberry and Arkadiusz Mularczyk.

    IN THE CHAIR: Pina PICIERNO
    Vice-President

    The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Francisco José Millán Mon, Maria Walsh, Stefan Köhler and Lefteris Nikolaou-Alavanos.

    The following spoke: Christophe Hansen.

    The debate closed.



    4. European Citizens’ Initiative ‘Cohesion policy for the equality of the regions and sustainability of the regional cultures’ (debate)

    European Citizens’ Initiative ‘Cohesion policy for the equality of the regions and sustainability of the regional cultures’ (2025/2655(RSP)) (Rule 228(8))

    Francesco Ventola and Bogdan Rzońca presented the European Citizens’ Initiative.

    The following spoke: Hadja Lahbib (Member of the Commission).

    The following spoke: Iuliu Winkler, on behalf of the PPE Group, Alex Agius Saliba, on behalf of the S&D Group, Kinga Gál, on behalf of the PfE Group, Antonella Sberna, on behalf of the ECR Group, Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, on behalf of the Renew Group, Vladimir Prebilič, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Siegbert Frank Droese, on behalf of the ESN Group, Gabriella Gerzsenyi, Marcos Ros Sempere, André Rougé, who also answered a blue-card question from Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Guillaume Peltier, Joachim Streit, Kathleen Funchion, Volker Schnurrbusch, Fidias Panayiotou, Daniel Buda, Hannes Heide, Rody Tolassy, Nora Junco García, Irmhild Boßdorf, who also answered a blue-card question from Arkadiusz Mularczyk, Rosa Estaràs Ferragut, Sabrina Repp, Alexandra Mehnert, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Loránt Vincze, Isilda Gomes, Łukasz Kohut, Sandra Gómez López, Andi Cristea and Sofie Eriksson.

    The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Gabriel Mato, Viktória Ferenc, Arkadiusz Mularczyk, Oihane Agirregoitia Martínez, Diana Iovanovici Şoşoacă, Nikolina Brnjac and Sebastian Tynkkynen.

    The following spoke: Hadja Lahbib.

    The debate closed.

    (The sitting was suspended at 11:51.)



    IN THE CHAIR: Roberta METSOLA
    President

    5. Resumption of the sitting

    The sitting resumed at 12:00.

    The President thanked the Members and Parliament’s staff for their work during the first year of the current parliamentary term.



    6. Voting time

    For detailed results of the votes, see also ‘Results of votes’ and ‘Results of roll-call votes’.



    6.1. Motion of censure on the Commission (vote)

    Motion of censure on the Commission B10-0319/2025 (minutes of 10.7.2025, item I) (2025/2140(RSP))

    (Majority of two thirds of the votes cast, constituting a majority of Parliament’s component Members)

    MOTION OF CENSURE (Rule 131)

    Rejected

    (‘Results of votes’, item 1)

    Özlem Demirel, on the admissibility of an amendment concerning one of the items in voting time (the President gave explanations).



    6.2. Case of Ryan Cornelius in Dubai (vote)

    Motions for resolutions RC-B10-0328/2025 (minutes of 10.7.2025, item I), B10-0328/2025, B10-0333/2025, B10-0336/2025, B10-0340/2025 and B10-0341/2025 (minutes of 9.7.2025, item I) (2025/2796(RSP))

    (Majority of the votes cast)

    JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

    Adopted (P10_TA(2025)0161)

    (‘Results of votes’, item 2)



    6.3. Arbitrary arrest and torture of Belgian-Portuguese researcher Joseph Figueira Martin in the Central African Republic (vote)

    Motions for resolutions RC-B10-0327/2025 (minutes of 10.7.2025, item I), B10-0323/2025, B10-0327/2025, B10-0334/2025, B10-0339/2025 and B10-0342/2025 (minutes of 9.7.2025, item I) (2025/2797(RSP))

    (Majority of the votes cast)

    JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

    Adopted (P10_TA(2025)0162)

    (Motion for a resolution B10-0323/2025 fell.)

    (‘Results of votes’, item 3)



    6.4. Urgent need to protect religious minorities in Syria following the recent terrorist attack on Mar Elias Church in Damascus (vote)

    Motions for resolutions RC-B10-0335/2025 (minutes of 10.7.2025, item I), B10-0325/2025, B10-0335/2025, B10-0338/2025, B10-0343/2025, B10-0344/2025, B10-0345/2025, B10-0346/2025 and B10-0347/2025 (minutes of 9.7.2025, item I) (2025/2798(RSP))

    (Majority of the votes cast)

    JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

    Adopted (P10_TA(2025)0163)

    (Motions for resolutions B10-0325/2025, B10-0338/2025 and B10-0343/2025 fell.)

    (‘Results of votes’, item 4)



    6.5. Amending Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 as regards obligations of economic operators concerning battery due diligence policies ***I (vote)

    Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 as regards obligations of economic operators concerning battery due diligence policies [COM(2025)0258 – C10-0089/2025 – 2025/0129(COD)] – Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety. Rapporteur: Antonio Decaro (A10-0134/2025)

    (Majority of the votes cast)

    COMMISSION PROPOSAL and AMENDMENTS

    Approved (P10_TA(2025)0164)

    Parliament’s first reading thus closed.

    (‘Results of votes’, item 5)



    6.6. Future of the EU biotechnology and biomanufacturing sector: leveraging research, boosting innovation and enhancing competitiveness (vote)

    Report on the future of the EU biotechnology and biomanufacturing sector: leveraging research, boosting innovation and enhancing competitiveness [2025/2008(INI)] – Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. Rapporteur: Hildegard Bentele (A10-0123/2025)

    (Majority of the votes cast)

    MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

    Adopted (P10_TA(2025)0165)

    The following had spoken:

    Hildegard Bentele, before the vote, to make a statement pursuant to Rule 165(4).

    (‘Results of votes’, item 6)



    6.7. Tackling China’s critical raw materials export restrictions (vote)

    Motions for resolutions RC-B10-0324/2025/REV1, B10-0324/2025, B10-0326/2025, B10-0329/2025, B10-0330/2025, B10-0331/2025 and B10-0332/2025 (minutes of 10.7.2025, item I) (2025/2800(RSP))

    (Majority of the votes cast)

    JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

    Adopted (P10_TA(2025)0166)

    (Motion for a resolution B10-0326/2025 fell.)

    (‘Results of votes’, item 7)

    (The sitting was suspended at 12:18.)



    IN THE CHAIR: Younous OMARJEE
    Vice-President

    7. Resumption of the sitting

    The sitting resumed at 15:00.



    8. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

    The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.



    9. Composition of committees and delegations

    The non-attached Members had notified the President of the following decisions changing the composition of the committees and delegations:

    – FEMM Committee: Fernand Kartheiser

    – Delegation to the OACPS-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly: Fernand Kartheiser

    The decisions took effect as of that day.



    10. Endometriosis: Europe’s wake-up call on the gender health gap (debate)

    Commission statement: Endometriosis: Europe’s wake-up call on the gender health gap (2025/2795(RSP))

    Hadja Lahbib (Member of the Commission) made the statement.

    The following spoke: András Tivadar Kulja, on behalf of the PPE Group, Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, on behalf of the S&D Group, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión, on behalf of the PfE Group, Chiara Gemma, on behalf of the ECR Group, Billy Kelleher, on behalf of the Renew Group, Majdouline Sbai, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Catarina Martins, on behalf of The Left Group, Tomasz Froelich, on behalf of the ESN Group, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Evelyn Regner, who also answered a blue-card question from Petras Gražulis, Marie Dauchy, Mariateresa Vivaldini, Tilly Metz, Günther Sidl and Maria Grapini.

    The following spoke: Hadja Lahbib.

    The debate closed.



    11. Oral explanations of votes (Rule 201)



    11.1. Motion of censure on the Commission (B10-0319/2025)
    Cristian Terheş



    11.2. Tackling China’s critical raw materials export restrictions (RC-B10-0324/2025)
    Günther Sidl



    12. Explanations of votes in writing (Rule 201)

    Explanations of votes given in writing would appear on the Members’ pages on Parliament’s website.



    13. Approval of the minutes of the sitting and forwarding of texts adopted

    In accordance with Rule 208(3), the minutes of the sitting would be put to the House for approval at the start of the next sitting.

    With Parliament’s agreement, the texts adopted during the part-session would be forwarded to their respective addressees without delay.



    14. Dates of the next part-session

    The next part-session would be held from 8 September 2025 to 11 September 2025.



    15. Closure of the sitting

    The sitting closed at 15:47.



    16. Adjournment of the session

    The session of the European Parliament was adjourned.

    Alessandro Chiocchetti

    Roberta Metsola

    Secretary-General

    President



    LIST OF DOCUMENTS SERVING AS A BASIS FOR THE DEBATES AND DECISIONS OF PARLIAMENT



    I. Motions for resolutions tabled

    Motion of censure on the Commission

    Motion for a resolution tabled under Rule 131:

    MOTION OF CENSURE ON THE COMMISSION (2025/2140(RSP)) (B10-0319/2025)
    Gheorghe Piperea, Adrian-George Axinia, Claudiu-Richard Târziu, Georgiana Teodorescu, Şerban Dimitrie Sturdza, Fidias Panayiotou, Daniel Obajtek, Ivan David, Patryk Jaki, Zsuzsanna Borvendég, Fernand Kartheiser, Nikolaos Anadiotis, Volker Schnurrbusch, Katarína Roth Neveďalová, Irmhild Boßdorf, Virginie Joron, Ondřej Dostál, Cristian Terheş, Christine Anderson, António Tânger Corrêa, Emmanouil Fragkos, Milan Mazurek, Alexander Jungbluth, Siegbert Frank Droese, Petar Volgin, Rada Laykova, Stanislav Stoyanov, Arno Bausemer, Arkadiusz Mularczyk, Bogdan Rzońca, Milan Uhrík, Mary Khan, Tomasz Froelich, Hans Neuhoff, Alexander Sell, René Aust, Petr Bystron, Jacek Ozdoba, Galato Alexandraki, Kosma Złotowski, Waldemar Buda, Tobiasz Bocheński, Małgorzata Gosiewska, Marlena Maląg, Mariusz Kamiński, Dominik Tarczyński, Anna Zalewska, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Maciej Wąsik, Michał Dworczyk, Alvise Pérez, Luis-Vicențiu Lazarus, Erik Kaliňák, Judita Laššáková, Waldemar Tomaszewski, Ewa Zajączkowska-Hernik, Jaak Madison, Anja Arndt, Marcin Sypniewski, Markus Buchheit, Filip Turek, Friedrich Pürner, Kateřina Konečná, Ľuboš Blaha, Thierry Mariani, Jan-Peter Warnke, Thomas Geisel, Branislav Ondruš, Diana Iovanovici Şoşoacă, Monika Beňová, Marc Jongen, Nikola Bartůšek, Grzegorz Braun, Sarah Knafo, Petras Gražulis, Piotr Müller, Gerald Hauser

    Case of Ryan Cornelius in Dubai

    Joint motion for a resolution tabled under Rule 150(5) and Rule 136(4):

    on the case of Ryan Cornelius in Dubai (2025/2796(RSP)) (RC-B10-0328/2025)
    (replacing motions for resolutions B10-0328/2025, B10-0333/2025, B10-0336/2025, B10-0340/2025 and B10-0341/2025)
    Sebastião Bugalho, Seán Kelly, Tomáš Zdechovský, Ingeborg Ter Laak, Isabel Wiseler-Lima, Tomas Tobé, Wouter Beke, Davor Ivo Stier, Łukasz Kohut, Mirosława Nykiel, Michał Wawrykiewicz, Inese Vaidere
    on behalf of the PPE Group
    Yannis Maniatis, Francisco Assis, Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
    on behalf of the S&D Group
    Adam Bielan, Sebastian Tynkkynen, Bogdan Rzońca, Arkadiusz Mularczyk, Waldemar Tomaszewski, Marlena Maląg, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński
    on behalf of the ECR Group
    Petras Auštrevičius, Malik Azmani, Dan Barna, Benoit Cassart, Engin Eroglu, Olivier Chastel, Karin Karlsbro, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Hilde Vautmans, Lucia Yar
    on behalf of the Renew Group
    Villy Søvndal
    on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

    Arbitrary arrest and torture of Belgian-Portuguese researcher Joseph Figueira Martin in the Central African Republic

    Joint motion for a resolution tabled under Rule 150(5) and Rule 136(4):

    on the arbitrary arrest and torture of Belgian-Portuguese researcher Joseph Figueira Martin in the Central African Republic (2025/2797(RSP)) (RC-B10-0327/2025)
    (replacing motions for resolutions B10-0327/2025, B10-0334/2025, B10-0339/2025 and B10-0342/2025)
    Sebastião Bugalho, Wouter Beke, Ingeborg Ter Laak, Željana Zovko, Isabel Wiseler-Lima, Andrey Kovatchev, Tomas Tobé, Tomáš Zdechovský, Davor Ivo Stier, Łukasz Kohut, Liudas Mažylis, Vangelis Meimarakis, Loránt Vincze, Seán Kelly, Mirosława Nykiel, Michał Wawrykiewicz, Inese Vaidere
    on behalf of the PPE Group
    Yannis Maniatis, Kathleen Van Brempt, Francisco Assis
    on behalf of the S&D Group
    Adam Bielan, Jaak Madison, Alexandr Vondra, Sebastian Tynkkynen, Veronika Vrecionová, Ondřej Krutílek, Michał Dworczyk, Bogdan Rzońca, Arkadiusz Mularczyk, Waldemar Tomaszewski, Małgorzata Gosiewska, Assita Kanko, Marlena Maląg, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński
    on behalf of the ECR Group
    Hilde Vautmans, Oihane Agirregoitia Martínez, Petras Auštrevičius, Malik Azmani, Dan Barna, Benoit Cassart, Olivier Chastel, Engin Eroglu, Svenja Hahn, Karin Karlsbro, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Nathalie Loiseau, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Lucia Yar
    on behalf of the Renew Group
    Saskia Bricmont
    on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

    Urgent need to protect religious minorities in Syria following the recent terrorist attack on Mar Elias Church in Damascus

    Joint motion for a resolution tabled under Rule 150(5) and Rule 136(4):

    on the urgent need to protect religious minorities in Syria following the recent terrorist attack on Mar Elias Church in Damascus (2025/2798(RSP)) (RC-B10-0335/2025)
    (replacing motions for resolutions B10-0335/2025, B10-0344/2025, B10-0345/2025, B10-0346/2025 and B10-0347/2025)
    Sebastião Bugalho, Ingeborg Ter Laak, David McAllister, François-Xavier Bellamy, Andrzej Halicki, Wouter Beke, Željana Zovko, Isabel Wiseler-Lima, Andrey Kovatchev, Tomas Tobé, Ioan-Rareş Bogdan, Tomáš Zdechovský, Davor Ivo Stier, Sander Smit, Elissavet Vozemberg-Vrionidi, Eleonora Meleti, Vangelis Meimarakis, Georgios Aftias, Dimitris Tsiodras, Emmanouil Kefalogiannis, Antonio López-Istúriz White, Matej Tonin, Massimiliano Salini, Łukasz Kohut, Loránt Vincze, Seán Kelly, Mirosława Nykiel, Michał Wawrykiewicz, Inese Vaidere, Michalis Hadjipantela, Miriam Lexmann
    on behalf of the PPE Group
    Yannis Maniatis, Francisco Assis, Marco Tarquinio, Hana Jalloul Muro, Evin Incir, Nikos Papandreou
    on behalf of the S&D Group
    Adam Bielan, Reinis Pozņaks, Alexandr Vondra, Veronika Vrecionová, Ondřej Krutílek, Guillaume Peltier, Marion Maréchal, Nicolas Bay, Laurence Trochu, Małgorzata Gosiewska, Aurelijus Veryga, Bogdan Rzońca, Arkadiusz Mularczyk, Waldemar Tomaszewski, Assita Kanko, Marlena Maląg, Carlo Fidanza, Alberico Gambino, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński
    on behalf of the ECR Group
    Nathalie Loiseau, Oihane Agirregoitia Martínez, Petras Auštrevičius, Malik Azmani, Dan Barna, Engin Eroglu, Svenja Hahn, Karin Karlsbro, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Urmas Paet, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Hilde Vautmans, Lucia Yar
    on behalf of the Renew Group
    Hannah Neumann
    on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group
    Nikolas Farantouris

    Tackling China’s critical raw materials export restrictions

    Motions for resolutions tabled under Rule 136(2) to wind up the debate:

    on tackling China’s critical raw materials export restrictions (2025/2800(RSP)) (B10-0324/2025)
    Hildegard Bentele
    on behalf of the PPE Group

    on tackling China’s critical raw materials export restrictions (2025/2800(RSP)) (B10-0326/2025)
    Martin Schirdewan
    on behalf of The Left Group

    on tackling China’s critical raw materials export restrictions (2025/2800(RSP)) (B10-0329/2025)
    Beata Szydło
    on behalf of the ECR Group

    on tackling China’s critical raw materials export restrictions (2025/2800(RSP)) (B10-0330/2025)
    Bart Groothuis, Oihane Agirregoitia Martínez, Petras Auštrevičius, Malik Azmani, Dan Barna, Engin Eroglu, Svenja Hahn, Ľubica Karvašová, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Hilde Vautmans, Lucia Yar
    on behalf of the Renew Group

    on tackling China’s critical raw materials export restrictions (2025/2800(RSP)) (B10-0331/2025)
    Ville Niinistö, Michael Bloss, Majdouline Sbai, Maria Ohisalo, Markéta Gregorová, Sara Matthieu
    on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

    on tackling China’s critical raw materials export restrictions (2025/2800(RSP)) (B10-0332/2025)
    Kathleen Van Brempt
    on behalf of the S&D Group

    Joint motion for a resolution tabled under Rule 136(2) and (4):

    on tackling China’s critical raw materials export restrictions (2025/2800(RSP)) (RC-B10-0324/2025/REV1)
    (replacing motions for resolutions B10-0324/2025, B10-0329/2025, B10-0330/2025, B10-0331/2025 and B10-0332/2025)
    Hildegard Bentele
    on behalf of the PPE Group
    Kathleen Van Brempt
    on behalf of the S&D Group
    Beata Szydło, Mariusz Kamiński
    on behalf of the ECR Group
    Bart Groothuis, Oihane Agirregoitia Martínez, Petras Auštrevičius, Malik Azmani, Dan Barna, Engin Eroglu, Christophe Grudler, Svenja Hahn, Ľubica Karvašová, Michał Kobosko, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Nathalie Loiseau, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Hilde Vautmans, Marie-Pierre Vedrenne, Lucia Yar
    on behalf of the Renew Group
    Ville Niinistö
    on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group



    II. Petitions

    Petitions Nos 0818-25 to 1048-25 had been entered in the register on 4 July 2025 and had been forwarded to the committee responsible, in accordance with Rule 232(9) and (10).

    The President had, on 4 July 2025, forwarded to the committee responsible, in accordance with Rule 232(15), petitions addressed to Parliament by natural or legal persons who were not citizens of the European Union and who did not reside, or have their registered office, in a Member State.



    III. Documents received

    The following documents had been received:

    1) from other institutions

    – Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2014/45/EU on periodic roadworthiness tests for motor vehicles and their trailers and Directive 2014/47/EU on the technical roadside inspection of the roadworthiness of commercial vehicles circulating in the Union (COM(2025)0180 – C10-0072/2025 – 2025/0097(COD))
    In accordance with Rules 151(1) and 152(1), the President consults the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on the proposal.
    referred to committee responsible: TRAN

    – Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the registration documents for vehicles and vehicle registration data recorded in national vehicle registers and repealing Council Directive 1999/37/EC (COM(2025)0179 – C10-0073/2025 – 2025/0096(COD))
    In accordance with Rules 151(1) and 152(1), the President consults the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on the proposal.
    referred to committee responsible: TRAN
    opinion: IMCO

    – Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2024/1348 as regards the application of the ‘safe third country’ concept (COM(2025)0259 – C10-0088/2025 – 2025/0132(COD))
    referred to committee responsible: LIBE

    – Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EU) No 765/2008, (EU) 2016/424, (EU) 2016/425, (EU) 2016/426, (EU) 2023/1230, (EU) 2023/1542 and (EU) 2024/1781 as regards digitalisation and common specifications (COM(2025)0504 – C10-0090/2025 – 2025/0134(COD))
    In accordance with Rule 151(1), the President consults the European Economic and Social Committee on the proposal.
    referred to committee responsible: IMCO
    opinion: ENVI

    – Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directives 2000/14/EC, 2011/65/EU, 2013/53/EU, 2014/29/EU, 2014/30/EU, 2014/31/EU, 2014/32/EU, 2014/33/EU, 2014/34/EU, 2014/35/EU, 2014/53/EU, 2014/68/EU and 2014/90/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards digitalisation and common specifications (COM(2025)0503 – C10-0091/2025 – 2025/0133(COD))
    In accordance with Rule 151(1), the President consults the European Economic and Social Committee on the proposal.
    referred to committee responsible: IMCO
    opinion: ENVI, TRAN

    – Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EU) 2016/679, (EU) 2016/1036, (EU) 2016/1037, (EU) 2017/1129, (EU) 2023/1542 and (EU) 2024/573 as regards the extension of certain mitigating measures available for small and medium-sized enterprises to small mid-cap enterprises and further simplification measures (COM(2025)0501 – C10-0092/2025 – 2025/0130(COD))
    In accordance with Rules 151(1) and 152(1), the President consults the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on the proposal.
    referred to committee responsible: ECON, ENVI, LIBE
    opinion: INTA, ITRE, IMCO

    – Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directives 2009/43/EC and 2009/81/EC, as regards the simplification of intra-EU transfers of defence-related products and the simplification of security and defence procurement (COM(2025)0823 – C10-0120/2025 – 2025/0177(COD))
    In accordance with Rule 151(1), the President consults the European Economic and Social Committee on the proposal.
    referred to committee responsible: SEDE, IMCO
    opinion: ITRE

    – Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EC) No 1907/2006, (EC) No 1272/2008, (EU) No 528/2012, (EU) 2019/1021 and (EU) 2021/697 as regards defence readiness and facilitating defence investments and conditions for defence industry (COM(2025)0822 – C10-0121/2025 – 2025/0176(COD))
    In accordance with Rules 151(1) and 152(1), the President consults the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on the proposal.
    referred to committee responsible: SEDE, ENVI, ITRE
    opinion: IMCO

    2) from Members

    – Mathilde Androuët, Gerolf Annemans, Jordan Bardella, Nikola Bartůšek, Christophe Bay, Barbara Bonte, Paolo Borchia, Mireia Borrás Pabón, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Anna Bryłka, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Susanna Ceccardi, Anna Maria Cisint, Marie Dauchy, Valérie Deloge, Mélanie Disdier, Csaba Dömötör, Marieke Ehlers, Viktória Ferenc, Anne-Sophie Frigout, Angéline Furet, Jean-Paul Garraud, Catherine Griset, András Gyürk, Enikő Győri, Kinga Gál, Roman Haider, Gerald Hauser, György Hölvényi, Virginie Joron, Ondřej Knotek, Vilis Krištopans, Afroditi Latinopoulou, Fabrice Leggeri, Julien Leonardelli, András László, Thierry Mariani, Jorge Martín Frías, Tiago Moreira de Sá, Aleksandar Nikolic, Philippe Olivier, Gilles Pennelle, Pascale Piera, Pierre Pimpie, Jaroslava Pokorná Jermanová, Julie Rechagneux, Julien Sanchez, Silvia Sardone, Ernő Schaller-Baross, Pál Szekeres, Hermann Tertsch, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Rody Tolassy, Isabella Tovaglieri, Filip Turek, António Tânger Corrêa, Matthieu Valet, Roberto Vannacci, Alexandre Varaut, Séverine Werbrouck and Margarita de la Pisa Carrión. Motion for a resolution on combating the establishment of transnational Islamist networks in Europe (B10-0279/2025)
    referred to committee responsible: LIBE

    – Zsuzsanna Borvendég, Siegbert Frank Droese, Milan Mazurek, Volker Schnurrbusch and Petar Volgin. Motion for a resolution on the escalation in the Middle East following Israel’s attack on Iran (B10-0301/2025)
    referred to committee responsible: AFET
    opinion: SEDE, LIBE



    IV. Decisions to draw up own-initiative reports

    Decisions to draw up own-initiative reports (Rule 55)

    (Following the Conference of Presidents’ decision of 2 July 2025)

    ECON Committee

    – Competition policy – annual report 2025 (2025/2134(INI))

    – Banking Union – annual report 2025 (2025/2136(INI))

    EMPL Committee

    – Addressing subcontracting chains and the role of intermediaries in order to protect workers’ rights (2025/2133(INI))
    (opinion: IMCO)

    LIBE Committee

    – Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025 (2025/2135(INI))

    – Public access to documents – report covering the years 2022-2024 (2025/2137(INI))

    PETI Committee

    – Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 (2025/2138(INI))

    SANT Committee

    – An EU cardiovascular diseases strategy (2025/2132(INI))

    – Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan (2025/2139(INI))

    (Following the Conference of Presidents’ decision of 8 July 2025)

    SEDE Committee

    – European defence readiness 2030: assessment of needs (2025/2142(INI))
    (opinion: BUDG, ECON, ITRE)

    – Tackling barriers to the single market for defence (2025/2143(INI))
    (opinion: ECON, ITRE, IMCO)

    – Flagship European defence projects of common interest (2025/2144(INI))
    (opinion: ITRE, IMCO)

    Decisions to draw up own-initiative reports (Rule 47)

    (Following the Conference of Presidents’ decision of 2 July 2025)

    EMPL Committee

    – Just transition directive in the world of work: ensuring the creation of jobs and revitalising local economies (2025/2131(INL))

    SANT Committee

    – EU rare disease action plan (2025/2130(INL))



    V. Consent procedure

    Reports with a motion for a non-legislative resolution (consent procedure) (Rule 107(2))

    (Following notification by the Conference of Committee Chairs on 2 July 2025)

    INTA Committee

    – Digital Trade Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Singapore (2025/0009M(NLE) – 2025/0009(NLE))



    ATTENDANCE REGISTER

    Present:

    Aaltola Mika, Abadía Jover Maravillas, Adamowicz Magdalena, Aftias Georgios, Agirregoitia Martínez Oihane, Agius Peter, Agius Saliba Alex, Alexandraki Galato, Allione Grégory, Anadiotis Nikolaos, Anderson Christine, Andersson Li, Andresen Rasmus, Andrews Barry, Andriukaitis Vytenis Povilas, Androuët Mathilde, Angel Marc, Annemans Gerolf, Annunziata Lucia, Antoci Giuseppe, Arias Echeverría Pablo, Arłukowicz Bartosz, Arnaoutoglou Sakis, Arndt Anja, Arvanitis Konstantinos, Asens Llodrà Jaume, Assis Francisco, Attard Daniel, Aubry Manon, Auštrevičius Petras, Axinia Adrian-George, Azmani Malik, Bajada Thomas, Baljeu Jeannette, Ballarín Cereza Laura, Bardella Jordan, Barley Katarina, Barna Dan, Barrena Arza Pernando, Bartulica Stephen Nikola, Bartůšek Nikola, Bausemer Arno, Bay Nicolas, Bay Christophe, Beke Wouter, Beleris Fredis, Bellamy François-Xavier, Benifei Brando, Benjumea Benjumea Isabel, Beňová Monika, Bentele Hildegard, Berendsen Tom, Berger Stefan, Berg Sibylle, Berlato Sergio, Bernhuber Alexander, Biedroń Robert, Bielan Adam, Bischoff Gabriele, Blaha Ľuboš, Blinkevičiūtė Vilija, Blom Rachel, Bloss Michael, Bocheński Tobiasz, Boeselager Damian, Bogdan Ioan-Rareş, Bonaccini Stefano, Bonte Barbara, Borchia Paolo, Borrás Pabón Mireia, Borvendég Zsuzsanna, Borzan Biljana, Bosanac Gordan, Boßdorf Irmhild, Bosse Stine, Botenga Marc, Boyer Gilles, Boylan Lynn, Brandstätter Helmut, Brasier-Clain Marie-Luce, Brejza Krzysztof, Bricmont Saskia, Brnjac Nikolina, Brudziński Joachim Stanisław, Bryłka Anna, Buczek Tomasz, Buda Daniel, Buda Waldemar, Bugalho Sebastião, Buła Andrzej, Bullmann Udo, Buxadé Villalba Jorge, Bystron Petr, Bžoch Jaroslav, Camara Mélissa, Canfin Pascal, Carberry Nina, Carême Damien, Casa David, Caspary Daniel, Cassart Benoit, Castillo Laurent, del Castillo Vera Pilar, Cavazzini Anna, Ceccardi Susanna, Cepeda José, Ceulemans Estelle, Chahim Mohammed, Chaibi Leila, Chastel Olivier, Chinnici Caterina, Christensen Asger, Ciccioli Carlo, Cifrová Ostrihoňová Veronika, Ciriani Alessandro, Cisint Anna Maria, Clausen Per, Cormand David, Corrado Annalisa, Costanzo Vivien, Cotrim De Figueiredo João, Cowen Barry, Cremer Tobias, Crespo Díaz Carmen, Cristea Andi, Crosetto Giovanni, Cunha Paulo, Dahl Henrik, Danielsson Johan, Dauchy Marie, Dávid Dóra, David Ivan, Decaro Antonio, de la Hoz Quintano Raúl, Della Valle Danilo, Deloge Valérie, De Masi Fabio, De Meo Salvatore, Demirel Özlem, Deutsch Tamás, Devaux Valérie, Dibrani Adnan, Diepeveen Ton, Dieringer Elisabeth, Dîncu Vasile, Di Rupo Elio, Disdier Mélanie, Dobrev Klára, Doherty Regina, Doleschal Christian, Dömötör Csaba, Do Nascimento Cabral Paulo, Donazzan Elena, Dorfmann Herbert, Dostalova Klara, Dostál Ondřej, Droese Siegbert Frank, Düpont Lena, Dworczyk Michał, Ecke Matthias, Ehler Christian, Ehlers Marieke, Eriksson Sofie, Erixon Dick, Eroglu Engin, Estaràs Ferragut Rosa, Everding Sebastian, Ezcurra Almansa Alma, Falcă Gheorghe, Falcone Marco, Farantouris Nikolas, Farreng Laurence, Farský Jan, Ferber Markus, Ferenc Viktória, Fernández Jonás, Fidanza Carlo, Fiocchi Pietro, Firmenich Ruth, Fita Claire, Flanagan Luke Ming, Fourlas Loucas, Fourreau Emma, Fragkos Emmanouil, Freund Daniel, Frigout Anne-Sophie, Fritzon Heléne, Froelich Tomasz, Fuglsang Niels, Funchion Kathleen, Furet Angéline, Furore Mario, Gahler Michael, Gál Kinga, Galán Estrella, Gálvez Lina, Gambino Alberico, García Hermida-Van Der Walle Raquel, Garraud Jean-Paul, Gasiuk-Pihowicz Kamila, Geadi Geadis, Gedin Hanna, Geese Alexandra, Geier Jens, Geisel Thomas, Gemma Chiara, Georgiou Giorgos, Gerbrandy Gerben-Jan, Germain Jean-Marc, Gerzsenyi Gabriella, Geuking Niels, Gieseke Jens, Giménez Larraz Borja, Girauta Vidal Juan Carlos, Glavak Sunčana, Glück Andreas, Glucksmann Raphaël, Goerens Charles, Gomart Christophe, Gomes Isilda, Gómez López Sandra, Gonçalves Bruno, Gonçalves Sérgio, González Casares Nicolás, González Pons Esteban, Gosiewska Małgorzata, Gotink Dirk, Gozi Sandro, Grapini Maria, Gražulis Petras, Gregorová Markéta, Grims Branko, Griset Catherine, Gronkiewicz-Waltz Hanna, Groothuis Bart, Grossmann Elisabeth, Grudler Christophe, Guarda Cristina, Guetta Bernard, Guzenina Maria, Győri Enikő, Gyürk András, Hadjipantela Michalis, Hahn Svenja, Haider Roman, Halicki Andrzej, Hansen Niels Flemming, Hassan Rima, Hauser Gerald, Häusling Martin, Hava Mircea-Gheorghe, Heide Hannes, Heinäluoma Eero, Herbst Niclas, Herranz García Esther, Hohlmeier Monika, Hojsík Martin, Holmgren Pär, Homs Ginel Alicia, Humberto Sérgio, Ijabs Ivars, Imart Céline, Incir Evin, Inselvini Paolo, Iovanovici Şoşoacă Diana, Jamet France, Jarubas Adam, Jerković Romana, Jongen Marc, Joński Dariusz, Joron Virginie, Jouvet Pierre, Joveva Irena, Juknevičienė Rasa, Junco García Nora, Jungbluth Alexander, Kabilov Taner, Kalfon François, Kaliňák Erik, Kaljurand Marina, Kalniete Sandra, Kamiński Mariusz, Kanev Radan, Karlsbro Karin, Kartheiser Fernand, Karvašová Ľubica, Katainen Elsi, Kefalogiannis Emmanouil, Kelleher Billy, Keller Fabienne, Kelly Seán, Kemp Martine, Kennes Rudi, Khan Mary, Kircher Sophia, Knafo Sarah, Knotek Ondřej, Kobosko Michał, Köhler Stefan, Kohut Łukasz, Kokalari Arba, Kolář Ondřej, Kollár Kinga, Kols Rihards, Konečná Kateřina, Kopacz Ewa, Körner Moritz, Kountoura Elena, Kovatchev Andrey, Krištopans Vilis, Kruis Sebastian, Krutílek Ondřej, Kubín Tomáš, Kuhnke Alice, Kulja András Tivadar, Kulmuni Katri, Kyllönen Merja, Kyuchyuk Ilhan, Lagodinsky Sergey, Lakos Eszter, Lalucq Aurore, Lange Bernd, Langensiepen Katrin, Laššáková Judita, László András, Latinopoulou Afroditi, Laurent Murielle, Laureti Camilla, Laykova Rada, Lazarov Ilia, Lazarus Luis-Vicențiu, Le Callennec Isabelle, Leggeri Fabrice, Lenaers Jeroen, Leonardelli Julien, Lewandowski Janusz, Lexmann Miriam, Liese Peter, Lins Norbert, Loiseau Nathalie, Løkkegaard Morten, Lopatka Reinhold, López Javi, López-Istúriz White Antonio, Lövin Isabella, Luena César, Łukacijewska Elżbieta Katarzyna, Lupo Giuseppe, McAllister David, Madison Jaak, Maestre Cristina, Magoni Lara, Magyar Péter, Maij Marit, Maląg Marlena, Manda Claudiu, Mandl Lukas, Maniatis Yannis, Mantovani Mario, Maran Pierfrancesco, Marino Ignazio Roberto, Marquardt Erik, Martín Frías Jorge, Martins Catarina, Martusciello Fulvio, Marzà Ibáñez Vicent, Mato Gabriel, Matthieu Sara, Mavrides Costas, Maydell Eva, Mayer Georg, Mazurek Milan, Mažylis Liudas, Mebarek Nora, Mehnert Alexandra, Meimarakis Vangelis, Meleti Eleonora, Mendes Ana Catarina, Mendia Idoia, Mertens Verena, Mesure Marina, Metsola Roberta, Metz Tilly, Mikser Sven, Millán Mon Francisco José, Miranda Paz Ana, Molnár Csaba, Montero Irene, Montserrat Dolors, Morace Carolina, Morano Nadine, Moratti Letizia, Moreira de Sá Tiago, Moreno Sánchez Javier, Moretti Alessandra, Mularczyk Arkadiusz, Müller Piotr, Mullooly Ciaran, Mureşan Siegfried, Muşoiu Ştefan, Nagyová Jana, Nardella Dario, Navarrete Rojas Fernando, Negrescu Victor, Nemec Matjaž, Nerudová Danuše, Nesci Denis, 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    Minutes
    Thursday, 10 July 2025 – Strasbourg

    IN THE CHAIR: Christel SCHALDEMOSE
    Vice-President

    1. Opening of the sitting

    The sitting opened at 09:00.



    2. Council positions at first reading (Rule 64)

    – Position of the Council at first reading with a view to the adoption of a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2008/98/EC on waste – Adopted by the Council on 23 June 2025 (06978/2/2025 – COM(2025)0388 – C10-0139/2025 – 2023/0234(COD))
    referred to committee responsible: ENVI

    The three-month period available to Parliament under Article 294 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union for it to adopt its position would begin the following day, 11 July 2025.



    3. Post-2027 common agricultural policy (debate)

    Commission statement: Post-2027 common agricultural policy (2025/2791(RSP))

    Christophe Hansen (Member of the Commission) made the statement.

    The following spoke: Herbert Dorfmann, on behalf of the PPE Group, Dario Nardella, on behalf of the S&D Group (the President reminded the speaker of the rules on conduct), Raffaele Stancanelli, on behalf of the PfE Group, Carlo Fidanza, on behalf of the ECR Group, Elsi Katainen, on behalf of the Renew Group, Thomas Waitz, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Luke Ming Flanagan, on behalf of The Left Group, Arno Bausemer, on behalf of the ESN Group, Carmen Crespo Díaz, Cristina Maestre, Mathilde Androuët, Veronika Vrecionová, Barry Cowen, Anna Strolenberg, Arash Saeidi, Sarah Knafo, Katarína Roth Neveďalová, Siegfried Mureşan, André Rodrigues, Mireia Borrás Pabón, who also answered a blue-card question from Ana Miranda Paz, Bert-Jan Ruissen, Asger Christensen, Giuseppe Antoci, David Cormand, Norbert Lins, Camilla Laureti, Gilles Pennelle, Waldemar Buda, Christine Singer, who also answered a blue-card question from Arkadiusz Mularczyk, Cristina Guarda, Konstantinos Arvanitis, Daniel Buda, Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Valérie Deloge, Benoit Cassart, Martin Häusling, Paulo Do Nascimento Cabral, Maria Grapini, Ton Diepeveen, Jacek Ozdoba, Ciaran Mullooly, Pär Holmgren, Péter Magyar, Marko Vešligaj, Barbara Bonte, Michal Wiezik, Jessika Van Leeuwen, Csaba Dömötör and Céline Imart.

    The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Gabriel Mato, Sebastian Tynkkynen, Ana Miranda Paz, Maria Zacharia, Nina Carberry and Arkadiusz Mularczyk.

    IN THE CHAIR: Pina PICIERNO
    Vice-President

    The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Francisco José Millán Mon, Maria Walsh, Stefan Köhler and Lefteris Nikolaou-Alavanos.

    The following spoke: Christophe Hansen.

    The debate closed.



    4. European Citizens’ Initiative ‘Cohesion policy for the equality of the regions and sustainability of the regional cultures’ (debate)

    European Citizens’ Initiative ‘Cohesion policy for the equality of the regions and sustainability of the regional cultures’ (2025/2655(RSP)) (Rule 228(8))

    Francesco Ventola and Bogdan Rzońca presented the European Citizens’ Initiative.

    The following spoke: Hadja Lahbib (Member of the Commission).

    The following spoke: Iuliu Winkler, on behalf of the PPE Group, Alex Agius Saliba, on behalf of the S&D Group, Kinga Gál, on behalf of the PfE Group, Antonella Sberna, on behalf of the ECR Group, Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, on behalf of the Renew Group, Vladimir Prebilič, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Siegbert Frank Droese, on behalf of the ESN Group, Gabriella Gerzsenyi, Marcos Ros Sempere, André Rougé, who also answered a blue-card question from Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Guillaume Peltier, Joachim Streit, Kathleen Funchion, Volker Schnurrbusch, Fidias Panayiotou, Daniel Buda, Hannes Heide, Rody Tolassy, Nora Junco García, Irmhild Boßdorf, who also answered a blue-card question from Arkadiusz Mularczyk, Rosa Estaràs Ferragut, Sabrina Repp, Alexandra Mehnert, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Loránt Vincze, Isilda Gomes, Łukasz Kohut, Sandra Gómez López, Andi Cristea and Sofie Eriksson.

    The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Gabriel Mato, Viktória Ferenc, Arkadiusz Mularczyk, Oihane Agirregoitia Martínez, Diana Iovanovici Şoşoacă, Nikolina Brnjac and Sebastian Tynkkynen.

    The following spoke: Hadja Lahbib.

    The debate closed.

    (The sitting was suspended at 11:51.)



    IN THE CHAIR: Roberta METSOLA
    President

    5. Resumption of the sitting

    The sitting resumed at 12:00.

    The President thanked the Members and Parliament’s staff for their work during the first year of the current parliamentary term.



    6. Voting time

    For detailed results of the votes, see also ‘Results of votes’ and ‘Results of roll-call votes’.



    6.1. Motion of censure on the Commission (vote)

    Motion of censure on the Commission B10-0319/2025 (minutes of 10.7.2025, item I) (2025/2140(RSP))

    (Majority of two thirds of the votes cast, constituting a majority of Parliament’s component Members)

    MOTION OF CENSURE (Rule 131)

    Rejected

    (‘Results of votes’, item 1)

    Özlem Demirel, on the admissibility of an amendment concerning one of the items in voting time (the President gave explanations).



    6.2. Case of Ryan Cornelius in Dubai (vote)

    Motions for resolutions RC-B10-0328/2025 (minutes of 10.7.2025, item I), B10-0328/2025, B10-0333/2025, B10-0336/2025, B10-0340/2025 and B10-0341/2025 (minutes of 9.7.2025, item I) (2025/2796(RSP))

    (Majority of the votes cast)

    JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

    Adopted (P10_TA(2025)0161)

    (‘Results of votes’, item 2)



    6.3. Arbitrary arrest and torture of Belgian-Portuguese researcher Joseph Figueira Martin in the Central African Republic (vote)

    Motions for resolutions RC-B10-0327/2025 (minutes of 10.7.2025, item I), B10-0323/2025, B10-0327/2025, B10-0334/2025, B10-0339/2025 and B10-0342/2025 (minutes of 9.7.2025, item I) (2025/2797(RSP))

    (Majority of the votes cast)

    JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

    Adopted (P10_TA(2025)0162)

    (Motion for a resolution B10-0323/2025 fell.)

    (‘Results of votes’, item 3)



    6.4. Urgent need to protect religious minorities in Syria following the recent terrorist attack on Mar Elias Church in Damascus (vote)

    Motions for resolutions RC-B10-0335/2025 (minutes of 10.7.2025, item I), B10-0325/2025, B10-0335/2025, B10-0338/2025, B10-0343/2025, B10-0344/2025, B10-0345/2025, B10-0346/2025 and B10-0347/2025 (minutes of 9.7.2025, item I) (2025/2798(RSP))

    (Majority of the votes cast)

    JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

    Adopted (P10_TA(2025)0163)

    (Motions for resolutions B10-0325/2025, B10-0338/2025 and B10-0343/2025 fell.)

    (‘Results of votes’, item 4)



    6.5. Amending Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 as regards obligations of economic operators concerning battery due diligence policies ***I (vote)

    Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 as regards obligations of economic operators concerning battery due diligence policies [COM(2025)0258 – C10-0089/2025 – 2025/0129(COD)] – Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety. Rapporteur: Antonio Decaro (A10-0134/2025)

    (Majority of the votes cast)

    COMMISSION PROPOSAL and AMENDMENTS

    Approved (P10_TA(2025)0164)

    Parliament’s first reading thus closed.

    (‘Results of votes’, item 5)



    6.6. Future of the EU biotechnology and biomanufacturing sector: leveraging research, boosting innovation and enhancing competitiveness (vote)

    Report on the future of the EU biotechnology and biomanufacturing sector: leveraging research, boosting innovation and enhancing competitiveness [2025/2008(INI)] – Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. Rapporteur: Hildegard Bentele (A10-0123/2025)

    (Majority of the votes cast)

    MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

    Adopted (P10_TA(2025)0165)

    The following had spoken:

    Hildegard Bentele, before the vote, to make a statement pursuant to Rule 165(4).

    (‘Results of votes’, item 6)



    6.7. Tackling China’s critical raw materials export restrictions (vote)

    Motions for resolutions RC-B10-0324/2025/REV1, B10-0324/2025, B10-0326/2025, B10-0329/2025, B10-0330/2025, B10-0331/2025 and B10-0332/2025 (minutes of 10.7.2025, item I) (2025/2800(RSP))

    (Majority of the votes cast)

    JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION

    Adopted (P10_TA(2025)0166)

    (Motion for a resolution B10-0326/2025 fell.)

    (‘Results of votes’, item 7)

    (The sitting was suspended at 12:18.)



    IN THE CHAIR: Younous OMARJEE
    Vice-President

    7. Resumption of the sitting

    The sitting resumed at 15:00.



    8. Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

    The minutes of the previous sitting were approved.



    9. Composition of committees and delegations

    The non-attached Members had notified the President of the following decisions changing the composition of the committees and delegations:

    – FEMM Committee: Fernand Kartheiser

    – Delegation to the OACPS-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly: Fernand Kartheiser

    The decisions took effect as of that day.



    10. Endometriosis: Europe’s wake-up call on the gender health gap (debate)

    Commission statement: Endometriosis: Europe’s wake-up call on the gender health gap (2025/2795(RSP))

    Hadja Lahbib (Member of the Commission) made the statement.

    The following spoke: András Tivadar Kulja, on behalf of the PPE Group, Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, on behalf of the S&D Group, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión, on behalf of the PfE Group, Chiara Gemma, on behalf of the ECR Group, Billy Kelleher, on behalf of the Renew Group, Majdouline Sbai, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Catarina Martins, on behalf of The Left Group, Tomasz Froelich, on behalf of the ESN Group, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Evelyn Regner, who also answered a blue-card question from Petras Gražulis, Marie Dauchy, Mariateresa Vivaldini, Tilly Metz, Günther Sidl and Maria Grapini.

    The following spoke: Hadja Lahbib.

    The debate closed.



    11. Oral explanations of votes (Rule 201)



    11.1. Motion of censure on the Commission (B10-0319/2025)
    Cristian Terheş



    11.2. Tackling China’s critical raw materials export restrictions (RC-B10-0324/2025)
    Günther Sidl



    12. Explanations of votes in writing (Rule 201)

    Explanations of votes given in writing would appear on the Members’ pages on Parliament’s website.



    13. Approval of the minutes of the sitting and forwarding of texts adopted

    In accordance with Rule 208(3), the minutes of the sitting would be put to the House for approval at the start of the next sitting.

    With Parliament’s agreement, the texts adopted during the part-session would be forwarded to their respective addressees without delay.



    14. Dates of the next part-session

    The next part-session would be held from 8 September 2025 to 11 September 2025.



    15. Closure of the sitting

    The sitting closed at 15:47.



    16. Adjournment of the session

    The session of the European Parliament was adjourned.

    Alessandro Chiocchetti

    Roberta Metsola

    Secretary-General

    President



    LIST OF DOCUMENTS SERVING AS A BASIS FOR THE DEBATES AND DECISIONS OF PARLIAMENT



    I. Motions for resolutions tabled

    Motion of censure on the Commission

    Motion for a resolution tabled under Rule 131:

    MOTION OF CENSURE ON THE COMMISSION (2025/2140(RSP)) (B10-0319/2025)
    Gheorghe Piperea, Adrian-George Axinia, Claudiu-Richard Târziu, Georgiana Teodorescu, Şerban Dimitrie Sturdza, Fidias Panayiotou, Daniel Obajtek, Ivan David, Patryk Jaki, Zsuzsanna Borvendég, Fernand Kartheiser, Nikolaos Anadiotis, Volker Schnurrbusch, Katarína Roth Neveďalová, Irmhild Boßdorf, Virginie Joron, Ondřej Dostál, Cristian Terheş, Christine Anderson, António Tânger Corrêa, Emmanouil Fragkos, Milan Mazurek, Alexander Jungbluth, Siegbert Frank Droese, Petar Volgin, Rada Laykova, Stanislav Stoyanov, Arno Bausemer, Arkadiusz Mularczyk, Bogdan Rzońca, Milan Uhrík, Mary Khan, Tomasz Froelich, Hans Neuhoff, Alexander Sell, René Aust, Petr Bystron, Jacek Ozdoba, Galato Alexandraki, Kosma Złotowski, Waldemar Buda, Tobiasz Bocheński, Małgorzata Gosiewska, Marlena Maląg, Mariusz Kamiński, Dominik Tarczyński, Anna Zalewska, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Maciej Wąsik, Michał Dworczyk, Alvise Pérez, Luis-Vicențiu Lazarus, Erik Kaliňák, Judita Laššáková, Waldemar Tomaszewski, Ewa Zajączkowska-Hernik, Jaak Madison, Anja Arndt, Marcin Sypniewski, Markus Buchheit, Filip Turek, Friedrich Pürner, Kateřina Konečná, Ľuboš Blaha, Thierry Mariani, Jan-Peter Warnke, Thomas Geisel, Branislav Ondruš, Diana Iovanovici Şoşoacă, Monika Beňová, Marc Jongen, Nikola Bartůšek, Grzegorz Braun, Sarah Knafo, Petras Gražulis, Piotr Müller, Gerald Hauser

    Case of Ryan Cornelius in Dubai

    Joint motion for a resolution tabled under Rule 150(5) and Rule 136(4):

    on the case of Ryan Cornelius in Dubai (2025/2796(RSP)) (RC-B10-0328/2025)
    (replacing motions for resolutions B10-0328/2025, B10-0333/2025, B10-0336/2025, B10-0340/2025 and B10-0341/2025)
    Sebastião Bugalho, Seán Kelly, Tomáš Zdechovský, Ingeborg Ter Laak, Isabel Wiseler-Lima, Tomas Tobé, Wouter Beke, Davor Ivo Stier, Łukasz Kohut, Mirosława Nykiel, Michał Wawrykiewicz, Inese Vaidere
    on behalf of the PPE Group
    Yannis Maniatis, Francisco Assis, Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
    on behalf of the S&D Group
    Adam Bielan, Sebastian Tynkkynen, Bogdan Rzońca, Arkadiusz Mularczyk, Waldemar Tomaszewski, Marlena Maląg, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński
    on behalf of the ECR Group
    Petras Auštrevičius, Malik Azmani, Dan Barna, Benoit Cassart, Engin Eroglu, Olivier Chastel, Karin Karlsbro, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Hilde Vautmans, Lucia Yar
    on behalf of the Renew Group
    Villy Søvndal
    on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

    Arbitrary arrest and torture of Belgian-Portuguese researcher Joseph Figueira Martin in the Central African Republic

    Joint motion for a resolution tabled under Rule 150(5) and Rule 136(4):

    on the arbitrary arrest and torture of Belgian-Portuguese researcher Joseph Figueira Martin in the Central African Republic (2025/2797(RSP)) (RC-B10-0327/2025)
    (replacing motions for resolutions B10-0327/2025, B10-0334/2025, B10-0339/2025 and B10-0342/2025)
    Sebastião Bugalho, Wouter Beke, Ingeborg Ter Laak, Željana Zovko, Isabel Wiseler-Lima, Andrey Kovatchev, Tomas Tobé, Tomáš Zdechovský, Davor Ivo Stier, Łukasz Kohut, Liudas Mažylis, Vangelis Meimarakis, Loránt Vincze, Seán Kelly, Mirosława Nykiel, Michał Wawrykiewicz, Inese Vaidere
    on behalf of the PPE Group
    Yannis Maniatis, Kathleen Van Brempt, Francisco Assis
    on behalf of the S&D Group
    Adam Bielan, Jaak Madison, Alexandr Vondra, Sebastian Tynkkynen, Veronika Vrecionová, Ondřej Krutílek, Michał Dworczyk, Bogdan Rzońca, Arkadiusz Mularczyk, Waldemar Tomaszewski, Małgorzata Gosiewska, Assita Kanko, Marlena Maląg, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński
    on behalf of the ECR Group
    Hilde Vautmans, Oihane Agirregoitia Martínez, Petras Auštrevičius, Malik Azmani, Dan Barna, Benoit Cassart, Olivier Chastel, Engin Eroglu, Svenja Hahn, Karin Karlsbro, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Nathalie Loiseau, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Lucia Yar
    on behalf of the Renew Group
    Saskia Bricmont
    on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

    Urgent need to protect religious minorities in Syria following the recent terrorist attack on Mar Elias Church in Damascus

    Joint motion for a resolution tabled under Rule 150(5) and Rule 136(4):

    on the urgent need to protect religious minorities in Syria following the recent terrorist attack on Mar Elias Church in Damascus (2025/2798(RSP)) (RC-B10-0335/2025)
    (replacing motions for resolutions B10-0335/2025, B10-0344/2025, B10-0345/2025, B10-0346/2025 and B10-0347/2025)
    Sebastião Bugalho, Ingeborg Ter Laak, David McAllister, François-Xavier Bellamy, Andrzej Halicki, Wouter Beke, Željana Zovko, Isabel Wiseler-Lima, Andrey Kovatchev, Tomas Tobé, Ioan-Rareş Bogdan, Tomáš Zdechovský, Davor Ivo Stier, Sander Smit, Elissavet Vozemberg-Vrionidi, Eleonora Meleti, Vangelis Meimarakis, Georgios Aftias, Dimitris Tsiodras, Emmanouil Kefalogiannis, Antonio López-Istúriz White, Matej Tonin, Massimiliano Salini, Łukasz Kohut, Loránt Vincze, Seán Kelly, Mirosława Nykiel, Michał Wawrykiewicz, Inese Vaidere, Michalis Hadjipantela, Miriam Lexmann
    on behalf of the PPE Group
    Yannis Maniatis, Francisco Assis, Marco Tarquinio, Hana Jalloul Muro, Evin Incir, Nikos Papandreou
    on behalf of the S&D Group
    Adam Bielan, Reinis Pozņaks, Alexandr Vondra, Veronika Vrecionová, Ondřej Krutílek, Guillaume Peltier, Marion Maréchal, Nicolas Bay, Laurence Trochu, Małgorzata Gosiewska, Aurelijus Veryga, Bogdan Rzońca, Arkadiusz Mularczyk, Waldemar Tomaszewski, Assita Kanko, Marlena Maląg, Carlo Fidanza, Alberico Gambino, Joachim Stanisław Brudziński
    on behalf of the ECR Group
    Nathalie Loiseau, Oihane Agirregoitia Martínez, Petras Auštrevičius, Malik Azmani, Dan Barna, Engin Eroglu, Svenja Hahn, Karin Karlsbro, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Urmas Paet, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Hilde Vautmans, Lucia Yar
    on behalf of the Renew Group
    Hannah Neumann
    on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group
    Nikolas Farantouris

    Tackling China’s critical raw materials export restrictions

    Motions for resolutions tabled under Rule 136(2) to wind up the debate:

    on tackling China’s critical raw materials export restrictions (2025/2800(RSP)) (B10-0324/2025)
    Hildegard Bentele
    on behalf of the PPE Group

    on tackling China’s critical raw materials export restrictions (2025/2800(RSP)) (B10-0326/2025)
    Martin Schirdewan
    on behalf of The Left Group

    on tackling China’s critical raw materials export restrictions (2025/2800(RSP)) (B10-0329/2025)
    Beata Szydło
    on behalf of the ECR Group

    on tackling China’s critical raw materials export restrictions (2025/2800(RSP)) (B10-0330/2025)
    Bart Groothuis, Oihane Agirregoitia Martínez, Petras Auštrevičius, Malik Azmani, Dan Barna, Engin Eroglu, Svenja Hahn, Ľubica Karvašová, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Hilde Vautmans, Lucia Yar
    on behalf of the Renew Group

    on tackling China’s critical raw materials export restrictions (2025/2800(RSP)) (B10-0331/2025)
    Ville Niinistö, Michael Bloss, Majdouline Sbai, Maria Ohisalo, Markéta Gregorová, Sara Matthieu
    on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

    on tackling China’s critical raw materials export restrictions (2025/2800(RSP)) (B10-0332/2025)
    Kathleen Van Brempt
    on behalf of the S&D Group

    Joint motion for a resolution tabled under Rule 136(2) and (4):

    on tackling China’s critical raw materials export restrictions (2025/2800(RSP)) (RC-B10-0324/2025/REV1)
    (replacing motions for resolutions B10-0324/2025, B10-0329/2025, B10-0330/2025, B10-0331/2025 and B10-0332/2025)
    Hildegard Bentele
    on behalf of the PPE Group
    Kathleen Van Brempt
    on behalf of the S&D Group
    Beata Szydło, Mariusz Kamiński
    on behalf of the ECR Group
    Bart Groothuis, Oihane Agirregoitia Martínez, Petras Auštrevičius, Malik Azmani, Dan Barna, Engin Eroglu, Christophe Grudler, Svenja Hahn, Ľubica Karvašová, Michał Kobosko, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Nathalie Loiseau, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, Hilde Vautmans, Marie-Pierre Vedrenne, Lucia Yar
    on behalf of the Renew Group
    Ville Niinistö
    on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group



    II. Petitions

    Petitions Nos 0818-25 to 1048-25 had been entered in the register on 4 July 2025 and had been forwarded to the committee responsible, in accordance with Rule 232(9) and (10).

    The President had, on 4 July 2025, forwarded to the committee responsible, in accordance with Rule 232(15), petitions addressed to Parliament by natural or legal persons who were not citizens of the European Union and who did not reside, or have their registered office, in a Member State.



    III. Documents received

    The following documents had been received:

    1) from other institutions

    – Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2014/45/EU on periodic roadworthiness tests for motor vehicles and their trailers and Directive 2014/47/EU on the technical roadside inspection of the roadworthiness of commercial vehicles circulating in the Union (COM(2025)0180 – C10-0072/2025 – 2025/0097(COD))
    In accordance with Rules 151(1) and 152(1), the President consults the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on the proposal.
    referred to committee responsible: TRAN

    – Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the registration documents for vehicles and vehicle registration data recorded in national vehicle registers and repealing Council Directive 1999/37/EC (COM(2025)0179 – C10-0073/2025 – 2025/0096(COD))
    In accordance with Rules 151(1) and 152(1), the President consults the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on the proposal.
    referred to committee responsible: TRAN
    opinion: IMCO

    – Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2024/1348 as regards the application of the ‘safe third country’ concept (COM(2025)0259 – C10-0088/2025 – 2025/0132(COD))
    referred to committee responsible: LIBE

    – Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EU) No 765/2008, (EU) 2016/424, (EU) 2016/425, (EU) 2016/426, (EU) 2023/1230, (EU) 2023/1542 and (EU) 2024/1781 as regards digitalisation and common specifications (COM(2025)0504 – C10-0090/2025 – 2025/0134(COD))
    In accordance with Rule 151(1), the President consults the European Economic and Social Committee on the proposal.
    referred to committee responsible: IMCO
    opinion: ENVI

    – Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directives 2000/14/EC, 2011/65/EU, 2013/53/EU, 2014/29/EU, 2014/30/EU, 2014/31/EU, 2014/32/EU, 2014/33/EU, 2014/34/EU, 2014/35/EU, 2014/53/EU, 2014/68/EU and 2014/90/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards digitalisation and common specifications (COM(2025)0503 – C10-0091/2025 – 2025/0133(COD))
    In accordance with Rule 151(1), the President consults the European Economic and Social Committee on the proposal.
    referred to committee responsible: IMCO
    opinion: ENVI, TRAN

    – Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EU) 2016/679, (EU) 2016/1036, (EU) 2016/1037, (EU) 2017/1129, (EU) 2023/1542 and (EU) 2024/573 as regards the extension of certain mitigating measures available for small and medium-sized enterprises to small mid-cap enterprises and further simplification measures (COM(2025)0501 – C10-0092/2025 – 2025/0130(COD))
    In accordance with Rules 151(1) and 152(1), the President consults the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on the proposal.
    referred to committee responsible: ECON, ENVI, LIBE
    opinion: INTA, ITRE, IMCO

    – Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directives 2009/43/EC and 2009/81/EC, as regards the simplification of intra-EU transfers of defence-related products and the simplification of security and defence procurement (COM(2025)0823 – C10-0120/2025 – 2025/0177(COD))
    In accordance with Rule 151(1), the President consults the European Economic and Social Committee on the proposal.
    referred to committee responsible: SEDE, IMCO
    opinion: ITRE

    – Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EC) No 1907/2006, (EC) No 1272/2008, (EU) No 528/2012, (EU) 2019/1021 and (EU) 2021/697 as regards defence readiness and facilitating defence investments and conditions for defence industry (COM(2025)0822 – C10-0121/2025 – 2025/0176(COD))
    In accordance with Rules 151(1) and 152(1), the President consults the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on the proposal.
    referred to committee responsible: SEDE, ENVI, ITRE
    opinion: IMCO

    2) from Members

    – Mathilde Androuët, Gerolf Annemans, Jordan Bardella, Nikola Bartůšek, Christophe Bay, Barbara Bonte, Paolo Borchia, Mireia Borrás Pabón, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Anna Bryłka, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Susanna Ceccardi, Anna Maria Cisint, Marie Dauchy, Valérie Deloge, Mélanie Disdier, Csaba Dömötör, Marieke Ehlers, Viktória Ferenc, Anne-Sophie Frigout, Angéline Furet, Jean-Paul Garraud, Catherine Griset, András Gyürk, Enikő Győri, Kinga Gál, Roman Haider, Gerald Hauser, György Hölvényi, Virginie Joron, Ondřej Knotek, Vilis Krištopans, Afroditi Latinopoulou, Fabrice Leggeri, Julien Leonardelli, András László, Thierry Mariani, Jorge Martín Frías, Tiago Moreira de Sá, Aleksandar Nikolic, Philippe Olivier, Gilles Pennelle, Pascale Piera, Pierre Pimpie, Jaroslava Pokorná Jermanová, Julie Rechagneux, Julien Sanchez, Silvia Sardone, Ernő Schaller-Baross, Pál Szekeres, Hermann Tertsch, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Rody Tolassy, Isabella Tovaglieri, Filip Turek, António Tânger Corrêa, Matthieu Valet, Roberto Vannacci, Alexandre Varaut, Séverine Werbrouck and Margarita de la Pisa Carrión. Motion for a resolution on combating the establishment of transnational Islamist networks in Europe (B10-0279/2025)
    referred to committee responsible: LIBE

    – Zsuzsanna Borvendég, Siegbert Frank Droese, Milan Mazurek, Volker Schnurrbusch and Petar Volgin. Motion for a resolution on the escalation in the Middle East following Israel’s attack on Iran (B10-0301/2025)
    referred to committee responsible: AFET
    opinion: SEDE, LIBE



    IV. Decisions to draw up own-initiative reports

    Decisions to draw up own-initiative reports (Rule 55)

    (Following the Conference of Presidents’ decision of 2 July 2025)

    ECON Committee

    – Competition policy – annual report 2025 (2025/2134(INI))

    – Banking Union – annual report 2025 (2025/2136(INI))

    EMPL Committee

    – Addressing subcontracting chains and the role of intermediaries in order to protect workers’ rights (2025/2133(INI))
    (opinion: IMCO)

    LIBE Committee

    – Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025 (2025/2135(INI))

    – Public access to documents – report covering the years 2022-2024 (2025/2137(INI))

    PETI Committee

    – Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 (2025/2138(INI))

    SANT Committee

    – An EU cardiovascular diseases strategy (2025/2132(INI))

    – Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan (2025/2139(INI))

    (Following the Conference of Presidents’ decision of 8 July 2025)

    SEDE Committee

    – European defence readiness 2030: assessment of needs (2025/2142(INI))
    (opinion: BUDG, ECON, ITRE)

    – Tackling barriers to the single market for defence (2025/2143(INI))
    (opinion: ECON, ITRE, IMCO)

    – Flagship European defence projects of common interest (2025/2144(INI))
    (opinion: ITRE, IMCO)

    Decisions to draw up own-initiative reports (Rule 47)

    (Following the Conference of Presidents’ decision of 2 July 2025)

    EMPL Committee

    – Just transition directive in the world of work: ensuring the creation of jobs and revitalising local economies (2025/2131(INL))

    SANT Committee

    – EU rare disease action plan (2025/2130(INL))



    V. Consent procedure

    Reports with a motion for a non-legislative resolution (consent procedure) (Rule 107(2))

    (Following notification by the Conference of Committee Chairs on 2 July 2025)

    INTA Committee

    – Digital Trade Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Singapore (2025/0009M(NLE) – 2025/0009(NLE))



    ATTENDANCE REGISTER

    Present:

    Aaltola Mika, Abadía Jover Maravillas, Adamowicz Magdalena, Aftias Georgios, Agirregoitia Martínez Oihane, Agius Peter, Agius Saliba Alex, Alexandraki Galato, Allione Grégory, Anadiotis Nikolaos, Anderson Christine, Andersson Li, Andresen Rasmus, Andrews Barry, Andriukaitis Vytenis Povilas, Androuët Mathilde, Angel Marc, Annemans Gerolf, Annunziata Lucia, Antoci Giuseppe, Arias Echeverría Pablo, Arłukowicz Bartosz, Arnaoutoglou Sakis, Arndt Anja, Arvanitis Konstantinos, Asens Llodrà Jaume, Assis Francisco, Attard Daniel, Aubry Manon, Auštrevičius Petras, Axinia Adrian-George, Azmani Malik, Bajada Thomas, Baljeu Jeannette, Ballarín Cereza Laura, Bardella Jordan, Barley Katarina, Barna Dan, Barrena Arza Pernando, Bartulica Stephen Nikola, Bartůšek Nikola, Bausemer Arno, Bay Nicolas, Bay Christophe, Beke Wouter, Beleris Fredis, Bellamy François-Xavier, Benifei Brando, Benjumea Benjumea Isabel, Beňová Monika, Bentele Hildegard, Berendsen Tom, Berger Stefan, Berg Sibylle, Berlato Sergio, Bernhuber Alexander, Biedroń Robert, Bielan Adam, Bischoff Gabriele, Blaha Ľuboš, Blinkevičiūtė Vilija, Blom Rachel, Bloss Michael, Bocheński Tobiasz, Boeselager Damian, Bogdan Ioan-Rareş, Bonaccini Stefano, Bonte Barbara, Borchia Paolo, Borrás Pabón Mireia, Borvendég Zsuzsanna, Borzan Biljana, Bosanac Gordan, Boßdorf Irmhild, Bosse Stine, Botenga Marc, Boyer Gilles, Boylan Lynn, Brandstätter Helmut, Brasier-Clain Marie-Luce, Brejza Krzysztof, Bricmont Saskia, Brnjac Nikolina, Brudziński Joachim Stanisław, Bryłka Anna, Buczek Tomasz, Buda Daniel, Buda Waldemar, Bugalho Sebastião, Buła Andrzej, Bullmann Udo, Buxadé Villalba Jorge, Bystron Petr, Bžoch Jaroslav, Camara Mélissa, Canfin Pascal, Carberry Nina, Carême Damien, Casa David, Caspary Daniel, Cassart Benoit, Castillo Laurent, del Castillo Vera Pilar, Cavazzini Anna, Ceccardi Susanna, Cepeda José, Ceulemans Estelle, Chahim Mohammed, Chaibi Leila, Chastel Olivier, Chinnici Caterina, Christensen Asger, Ciccioli Carlo, Cifrová Ostrihoňová Veronika, Ciriani Alessandro, Cisint Anna Maria, Clausen Per, Cormand David, Corrado Annalisa, Costanzo Vivien, Cotrim De Figueiredo João, Cowen Barry, Cremer Tobias, Crespo Díaz Carmen, Cristea Andi, Crosetto Giovanni, Cunha Paulo, Dahl Henrik, Danielsson Johan, Dauchy Marie, Dávid Dóra, David Ivan, Decaro Antonio, de la Hoz Quintano Raúl, Della Valle Danilo, Deloge Valérie, De Masi Fabio, De Meo Salvatore, Demirel Özlem, Deutsch Tamás, Devaux Valérie, Dibrani Adnan, Diepeveen Ton, Dieringer Elisabeth, Dîncu Vasile, Di Rupo Elio, Disdier Mélanie, Dobrev Klára, Doherty Regina, Doleschal Christian, Dömötör Csaba, Do Nascimento Cabral Paulo, Donazzan Elena, Dorfmann Herbert, Dostalova Klara, Dostál Ondřej, Droese Siegbert Frank, Düpont Lena, Dworczyk Michał, Ecke Matthias, Ehler Christian, Ehlers Marieke, Eriksson Sofie, Erixon Dick, Eroglu Engin, Estaràs Ferragut Rosa, Everding Sebastian, Ezcurra Almansa Alma, Falcă Gheorghe, Falcone Marco, Farantouris Nikolas, Farreng Laurence, Farský Jan, Ferber Markus, Ferenc Viktória, Fernández Jonás, Fidanza Carlo, Fiocchi Pietro, Firmenich Ruth, Fita Claire, Flanagan Luke Ming, Fourlas Loucas, Fourreau Emma, Fragkos Emmanouil, Freund Daniel, Frigout Anne-Sophie, Fritzon Heléne, Froelich Tomasz, Fuglsang Niels, Funchion Kathleen, Furet Angéline, Furore Mario, Gahler Michael, Gál Kinga, Galán Estrella, Gálvez Lina, Gambino Alberico, García Hermida-Van Der Walle Raquel, Garraud Jean-Paul, Gasiuk-Pihowicz Kamila, Geadi Geadis, Gedin Hanna, Geese Alexandra, Geier Jens, Geisel Thomas, Gemma Chiara, Georgiou Giorgos, Gerbrandy Gerben-Jan, Germain Jean-Marc, Gerzsenyi Gabriella, Geuking Niels, Gieseke Jens, Giménez Larraz Borja, Girauta Vidal Juan Carlos, Glavak Sunčana, Glück Andreas, Glucksmann Raphaël, Goerens Charles, Gomart Christophe, Gomes Isilda, Gómez López Sandra, Gonçalves Bruno, Gonçalves Sérgio, González Casares Nicolás, González Pons Esteban, Gosiewska Małgorzata, Gotink Dirk, Gozi Sandro, Grapini Maria, Gražulis Petras, Gregorová Markéta, Grims Branko, Griset Catherine, Gronkiewicz-Waltz Hanna, Groothuis Bart, Grossmann Elisabeth, Grudler Christophe, Guarda Cristina, Guetta Bernard, Guzenina Maria, Győri Enikő, Gyürk András, Hadjipantela Michalis, Hahn Svenja, Haider Roman, Halicki Andrzej, Hansen Niels Flemming, Hassan Rima, Hauser Gerald, Häusling Martin, Hava Mircea-Gheorghe, Heide Hannes, Heinäluoma Eero, Herbst Niclas, Herranz García Esther, Hohlmeier Monika, Hojsík Martin, Holmgren Pär, Homs Ginel Alicia, Humberto Sérgio, Ijabs Ivars, Imart Céline, Incir Evin, Inselvini Paolo, Iovanovici Şoşoacă Diana, Jamet France, Jarubas Adam, Jerković Romana, Jongen Marc, Joński Dariusz, Joron Virginie, Jouvet Pierre, Joveva Irena, Juknevičienė Rasa, Junco García Nora, Jungbluth Alexander, Kabilov Taner, Kalfon François, Kaliňák Erik, Kaljurand Marina, Kalniete Sandra, Kamiński Mariusz, Kanev Radan, Karlsbro Karin, Kartheiser Fernand, Karvašová Ľubica, Katainen Elsi, Kefalogiannis Emmanouil, Kelleher Billy, Keller Fabienne, Kelly Seán, Kemp Martine, Kennes Rudi, Khan Mary, Kircher Sophia, Knafo Sarah, Knotek Ondřej, Kobosko Michał, Köhler Stefan, Kohut Łukasz, Kokalari Arba, Kolář Ondřej, Kollár Kinga, Kols Rihards, Konečná Kateřina, Kopacz Ewa, Körner Moritz, Kountoura Elena, Kovatchev Andrey, Krištopans Vilis, Kruis Sebastian, Krutílek Ondřej, Kubín Tomáš, Kuhnke Alice, Kulja András Tivadar, Kulmuni Katri, Kyllönen Merja, Kyuchyuk Ilhan, Lagodinsky Sergey, Lakos Eszter, Lalucq Aurore, Lange Bernd, Langensiepen Katrin, Laššáková Judita, László András, Latinopoulou Afroditi, Laurent Murielle, Laureti Camilla, Laykova Rada, Lazarov Ilia, Lazarus Luis-Vicențiu, Le Callennec Isabelle, Leggeri Fabrice, Lenaers Jeroen, Leonardelli Julien, Lewandowski Janusz, Lexmann Miriam, Liese Peter, Lins Norbert, Loiseau Nathalie, Løkkegaard Morten, Lopatka Reinhold, López Javi, López-Istúriz White Antonio, Lövin Isabella, Luena César, Łukacijewska Elżbieta Katarzyna, Lupo Giuseppe, McAllister David, Madison Jaak, Maestre Cristina, Magoni Lara, Magyar Péter, Maij Marit, Maląg Marlena, Manda Claudiu, Mandl Lukas, Maniatis Yannis, Mantovani Mario, Maran Pierfrancesco, Marino Ignazio Roberto, Marquardt Erik, Martín Frías Jorge, Martins Catarina, Martusciello Fulvio, Marzà Ibáñez Vicent, Mato Gabriel, Matthieu Sara, Mavrides Costas, Maydell Eva, Mayer Georg, Mazurek Milan, Mažylis Liudas, Mebarek Nora, Mehnert Alexandra, Meimarakis Vangelis, Meleti Eleonora, Mendes Ana Catarina, Mendia Idoia, Mertens Verena, Mesure Marina, Metsola Roberta, Metz Tilly, Mikser Sven, Millán Mon Francisco José, Miranda Paz Ana, Molnár Csaba, Montero Irene, Montserrat Dolors, Morace Carolina, Morano Nadine, Moratti Letizia, Moreira de Sá Tiago, Moreno Sánchez Javier, Moretti Alessandra, Mularczyk Arkadiusz, Müller Piotr, Mullooly Ciaran, Mureşan Siegfried, Muşoiu Ştefan, Nagyová Jana, Nardella Dario, Navarrete Rojas Fernando, Negrescu Victor, Nemec Matjaž, Nerudová Danuše, Nesci Denis, Neuhoff Hans, Neumann Hannah, Niebler Angelika, Niedermayer Luděk, Niinistö Ville, Nikolaou-Alavanos Lefteris, Nikolic Aleksandar, Ní Mhurchú Cynthia, Noichl Maria, Nordqvist Rasmus, Novakov Andrey, Nykiel Mirosława, Obajtek Daniel, Ódor Ľudovít, Oetjen Jan-Christoph, Oliveira João, Olivier Philippe, Omarjee Younous, Ondruš Branislav, Ó Ríordáin Aodhán, Orlando Leoluca, Ozdoba Jacek, Paet Urmas, Pajín Leire, Palmisano Valentina, Panayiotou Fidias, Papadakis Kostas, Pappas Nikos, Pascual de la Parte Nicolás, Patriciello Aldo, Paulus Jutta, Pedro Ana Miguel, Pedulla’ Gaetano, Pellerin-Carlin Thomas, Peltier Guillaume, Penkova Tsvetelina, Pennelle Gilles, Pereira Lídia, Peter-Hansen Kira Marie, Petrov Hristo, Picaro Michele, Picierno Pina, Picula Tonino, Piera Pascale, Pietikäinen Sirpa, Pimpie Pierre, Piperea Gheorghe, de la Pisa Carrión Margarita, Pokorná Jermanová Jaroslava, Polato Daniele, Polfjärd Jessica, Popescu Virgil-Daniel, Pozņaks Reinis, Prebilič Vladimir, Princi Giusi, Protas Jacek, Pürner Friedrich, Rackete Carola, Radev Emil, Radtke Dennis, Rafowicz Emma, Ratas Jüri, Razza Ruggero, Rechagneux Julie, Regner Evelyn, Repp Sabrina, Ressler Karlo, Reuten Thijs, Riba i Giner Diana, Ridel Chloé, Riehl Nela, Rodrigues André, Ros Sempere Marcos, Roth Neveďalová Katarína, Rougé André, Ruissen Bert-Jan, Ruotolo Sandro, Rzońca Bogdan, Saeidi Arash, Salini Massimiliano, Salis Ilaria, Salla Aura, Sánchez Amor Nacho, Sanchez Julien, Sancho Murillo Elena, Saramo Jussi, Sardone Silvia, Šarec Marjan, Satouri Mounir, Saudargas Paulius, Sbai Majdouline, Sberna Antonella, Schaldemose Christel, Schaller-Baross Ernő, Schenk Oliver, Scheuring-Wielgus Joanna, Schieder Andreas, Schilling Lena, Schneider Christine, Schnurrbusch Volker, Schwab Andreas, Scuderi Benedetta, Seekatz Ralf, Sell Alexander, Serrano Sierra Rosa, Sidl Günther, Sienkiewicz Bartłomiej, Simon Sven, Singer Christine, Sinkevičius Virginijus, Sippel Birgit, Sjöstedt Jonas, Śmiszek Krzysztof, Smith Anthony, Smit Sander, Sokol Tomislav, Solier Diego, Solís Pérez Susana, Sommen Liesbet, Sonneborn Martin, Sorel Malika, Sousa Silva Hélder, Søvndal Villy, Staķis Mārtiņš, Stancanelli Raffaele, Ștefănuță Nicolae, Steger Petra, Stier Davor Ivo, Storm Kristoffer, Stöteler Sebastiaan, Stoyanov Stanislav, Strack-Zimmermann Marie-Agnes, Strada Cecilia, Streit Joachim, Strik Tineke, Strolenberg Anna, Sturdza Şerban Dimitrie, Stürgkh Anna, Sypniewski Marcin, Szekeres Pál, Szydło Beata, Tamburrano Dario, Tânger Corrêa António, Tarczyński Dominik, Tarquinio Marco, Tarr Zoltán, Târziu Claudiu-Richard, Tavares Carla, Tegethoff Kai, Temido Marta, Teodorescu Georgiana, Teodorescu Måwe Alice, Terheş Cristian, Ter Laak Ingeborg, Terras Riho, Tertsch Hermann, Thionnet Pierre-Romain, Timgren Beatrice, Tinagli Irene, Tobback Bruno, Tobé Tomas, Tolassy Rody, Tomašič Zala, Tomaszewski Waldemar, Tomc Romana, Tonin Matej, Toom Jana, Topo Raffaele, Torselli Francesco, Tosi Flavio, Toussaint Marie, Tovaglieri Isabella, Toveri Pekka, Tridico Pasquale, Trochu Laurence, Tsiodras Dimitris, Turek Filip, Tynkkynen Sebastian, Uhrík Milan, Vaidere Inese, Valchev Ivaylo, Vălean Adina, Valet Matthieu, Van Brempt Kathleen, Van Brug Anouk, van den Berg Brigitte, Vandendriessche Tom, Van Dijck Kris, Van Lanschot Reinier, Van Leeuwen Jessika, Vannacci Roberto, Van Overtveldt Johan, Van Sparrentak Kim, Varaut Alexandre, Vasconcelos Ana, Vasile-Voiculescu Vlad, Vautmans Hilde, Vedrenne Marie-Pierre, Ventola Francesco, Verheyen Sabine, Veryga Aurelijus, Vešligaj Marko, Vicsek Annamária, Vieira Catarina, Vigenin Kristian, Vincze Loránt, Vind Marianne, Vivaldini Mariateresa, Volgin Petar, von der Schulenburg Michael, Vondra Alexandr, Voss Axel, Vozemberg-Vrionidi Elissavet, Vrecionová Veronika, Vázquez Lázara Adrián, Waitz Thomas, Walsh Maria, Walsmann Marion, Warborn Jörgen, Warnke Jan-Peter, Wąsik Maciej, Wawrykiewicz Michał, Wcisło Marta, Wechsler Andrea, Weimers Charlie, Werbrouck Séverine, Wiesner Emma, Wiezik Michal, Wilmès Sophie, Winkler Iuliu, Winzig Angelika, Wiseler-Lima Isabel, Wiśniewska Jadwiga, Wolters Lara, Yar Lucia, Yon-Courtin Stéphanie, Yoncheva Elena, Zacharia Maria, Zajączkowska-Hernik Ewa, Zalewska Anna, Žalimas Dainius, Zan Alessandro, Zarzalejos Javier, Zdechovský Tomáš, Zdrojewski Bogdan Andrzej, Zijlstra Auke, Zingaretti Nicola, Złotowski Kosma, Zoido Álvarez Juan Ignacio, Zovko Željana, Zver Milan

    Excused:

    Burkhardt Delara, Friis Sigrid, Hazekamp Anja

    MIL OSI Europe News

  • MIL-OSI Europe: Minister Dillon approves new Employment Regulation Order for workers in the Security Industry

    Source: Government of Ireland – Department of Jobs Enterprise and Innovation

    The Minister of State for Employment, Small Business and Retail, Alan Dillon, has confirmed that he intends to sign a new Employment Regulation Order for the Security Industry.

    The Order will amend the 2024 Order already in place for the Sector and will commence on 22 July 2025. It will provide for a new minimum rate of pay of €15.41 per hour for workers in the Sector from that date onwards.    

    Announcing the new Employment Regulation Order, the Minister stated: 

    I am pleased to sign this amendment Order which will provide a welcome and deserved pay increase for workers in this important Sector. A well-functioning Security Sector ensures public safety and is essential for the operation of a wide range of other industries and public services including in retail, entertainment and banking. I recognise that this is a Sector which has seen significant growth and professionalisation over recent years and I welcome that this ERO will provide greater certainty and stability for both workers and employers in this Sector.

    I remain strongly supportive of the state’s collective bargaining and wage setting mechanisms, and the important work of the Joint Labour Committees. This Employment Regulation Order is an example of how effective the Committee system can be when negotiations are entered into in good faith by both sides. I would like to thank the members of the Joint Labour Committee for Security and the Labour Court for their work in delivering this positive outcome.  

    Note for Editors                                                 

    This ERO amends the 2024 ERO for the sector: SI No 319 of 2024. It provides for an increase in the minimum rate of pay for an adult worker in the sector from €14.50 to €15.41 per hour. The national statutory minimum wage rate is currently €13.50 per hour.

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  • MIL-OSI Europe: Minister Dillon approves new Employment Regulation Order for workers in the Security Industry

    Source: Government of Ireland – Department of Jobs Enterprise and Innovation

    The Minister of State for Employment, Small Business and Retail, Alan Dillon, has confirmed that he intends to sign a new Employment Regulation Order for the Security Industry.

    The Order will amend the 2024 Order already in place for the Sector and will commence on 22 July 2025. It will provide for a new minimum rate of pay of €15.41 per hour for workers in the Sector from that date onwards.    

    Announcing the new Employment Regulation Order, the Minister stated: 

    I am pleased to sign this amendment Order which will provide a welcome and deserved pay increase for workers in this important Sector. A well-functioning Security Sector ensures public safety and is essential for the operation of a wide range of other industries and public services including in retail, entertainment and banking. I recognise that this is a Sector which has seen significant growth and professionalisation over recent years and I welcome that this ERO will provide greater certainty and stability for both workers and employers in this Sector.

    I remain strongly supportive of the state’s collective bargaining and wage setting mechanisms, and the important work of the Joint Labour Committees. This Employment Regulation Order is an example of how effective the Committee system can be when negotiations are entered into in good faith by both sides. I would like to thank the members of the Joint Labour Committee for Security and the Labour Court for their work in delivering this positive outcome.  

    Note for Editors                                                 

    This ERO amends the 2024 ERO for the sector: SI No 319 of 2024. It provides for an increase in the minimum rate of pay for an adult worker in the sector from €14.50 to €15.41 per hour. The national statutory minimum wage rate is currently €13.50 per hour.

    ENDS

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