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In September 2020 the EU Affairs Committee (SUE) held 3 meeting, no. 28-30, via electronic means of distance communication. During this meeting the Committee:
- pursuant to Art. 3(1) of the Cooperation Act, considered the information for the Sejm and the Senate on the Republic of Poland's participation in the activities of the European Union in January-June 2020 (Croatian Presidency of the Council of European Union) (paper no. 565) [mtg no. 28],
- pursuant to Art. 151(1) of the Sejm Standing Orders and Art. 3(2) of the Cooperation Act, considered:
- communication from the Commission: Europe's moment: Repair and Prepare for the Next Generation (COM(2020) 456) together with the Government position [mtg no. 28],
- White Paper on levelling the playing field as regards foreign subsidies (COM(2020) 253) together with the Government position [mtg no. 30],
- report from the Commission on the progress made on the implementation of Directive (EU) 2016/2284 on the reduction of national emissions of certain atmospheric pollutants (COM(2020) 266) together with the Government position [mtg no. 30],
- communication from the Commission: European Skills Agenda for sustainable competitiveness, social fairness and resilience (COM(2020) 274) together with the Government position [mtg no. 30],
- according to the proposal of the Committee Bureau, didn't raise any comment to the following EU documents:
- pursuant to Art. 7(4) of the Cooperation Act – to 18 draft legislative acts, including proposal for a regulation of the EP and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 514/2014 of the EP and the Council, as regards the decommitment procedure (COM(2020) 309) and other: COM(2020) 308, 319, 323, 332, 424, 622, 623 [mtg no. 28]; COM(2020) 280, 281, 282, 283, 337, 355, 360, 371, 375, 384 [mtg no. 30],
- pursuant to Art. 8(2) of the Cooperation Act – to 26 draft legal acts, including proposal for a Council recommendation on vocational education and training (VET) for sustainable competitiveness, social fairness and resilience (COM(2020) 275) and other: COM(2020) 273, 277, 292, 295, 303, 319, 320, 321, 322, 328, 331 [mtg no. 28]; COM(2020) 340, 341, 344, 353, 357, 361, 362, 366, 367, 368, 369, 370, 374, 377 [mtg no. 30],
- pursuant to Art. 151(1) of the Sejm Standing Orders and Art. 3(2) of the Cooperation Act – do 41 documents, including communication from the Commission to the EP and the Council: Data protection as a pillar of citizens' empowerment and the EU's approach to the digital transition - two years of application of the General Data Protection Regulation (COM(2020) 264) and other: COM(2020) 270, 276, 278, 284, 286, 291, 293, 296, 302, 305, 306, 307, 311, 312, 313, 316, 317, 318, 325, 326, 327, 329, 334, 606, 607, 608, JOIN(2020) 12 [mtg no. 28]; COM(2020) 342, 343, 346, 348, 349, 351, 354, 358, 359, 378, 379, 385, 386 [mtg no. 30],
- pursuant to Art. 7(4) of the Cooperation Act considered:
- draft Union's annual budget for the financial year 2021 - General Introduction - General statement of expenditure - General statement of revenue - Statement of revenue and expenditure by section (COM(2020) 300) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 28],
- proposal for a Council directive amending Directive 2011/16/EU on administrative cooperation in the field of taxation (COM(2020) 314) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 28],
- submitted, for the State Audit Committee, an opinion on the report on the activity of the Supreme Audit Office in 2019 (paper no. 522) in the scope of the SUE competence [mtg no. 28]
- held the following meetings [mtg no. 29]:
- with the representative of the Croatian Presidency, Ambassador of the Republic of Croatia in Poland, Mr Tomislav Vidoševič, on the results of the Croatian Presidency of the EU Council,
- with the representative of the German Presidency, Chargé d'Affaires ad interim of the Federal Republic of Germany, Mr Knut Abraham, on the programme of the German Presidency of the EU Council.
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In September 2020 information on and documents of SUE meetings no. 28-30, provided by the EU Affairs Committee secretariat, were published in the EDL-S (European Legislative Documents in the Sejm) and IPEX databases.
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SUBSIDIARITY CHECK IN NATIONAL PARLIAMENTS |
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INTERPARLIAMENTARY COOPERATION |
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28-29 September 2020, Joint Parliamentary Scrutiny Group on Europol (JPSG), (videoconference)
- Meeting of the Presidential Troika
- Adoption of the agenda and opening remarks
- Europol activities March-September 2020 with a special focus on Covid-19 crisis
- Europol Draft Multiannual Programming Document 2021-2023
- Thematic debate: Fight against right-wing extremism and terrorism
- Keynote interventions on future role of Europol and Brexit related challenges
- Closing remarks by JPSG Co-Chairs
14 September 2020, Meeting of the Chairpersons of COSAC, (videoconference)
- Opening of the Meeting
- Procedural issues and miscellaneous matters-
- Briefing on the results of the meeting of the Presidential Troika of COSAC
- Letters received by the Presidency
- Topics and organisational aspects of the LXIV COSAC
- Session I: Report by the German Federal Government on the priorities of the German Presidency
- Session II: Dealing with the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic and lessons learned
- Closing remarks by the Chairs
4 September 2020, Inter-Parliamentary Conference for the Common Foreign and Security Policy and the Common Security and Defence Policy, (videoconference)
- Opening of the meeting: welcome remarks
- Session I: Discussion with Josep Borrell i Fontelles, High Representative of the Union for Foreign and Security Policy
- Session II: Paths towards a European Defence Union – strategic realignment of the EU's security and defence policy
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