In March 2022 the EU Affairs Committee (SUE) held 12 meetings, no. 115-126, via electronic means of distance communication. During these meetings the Committee:

• pursuant to Art. 7(4) of the Cooperation Act, considered:
  • proposal for a regulation of the EP and of the Council on the statute and funding of European political parties and European political foundations (recast) (COM(2021) 734) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 115],
  • proposal for a directive of the EP and of the Council amending Directive 2010/40/EU on the framework for the deployment of Intelligent Transport Systems in the field of road transport and for interfaces with other modes of transport (COM(2021) 813) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 115],
  • proposal for a directive of the EP and of the Council on the protection of the environment through criminal law and replacing Directive 2008/99/EC (COM(2021) 851) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 116],
  • proposal for a regulation of the EP and of the Council on the protection of the Union and its Member States from economic coercion by third countries (COM(2021) 775) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 116],
  • proposal for a directive of the EP and of the Council on information exchange between law enforcement authorities of Member States, repealing Council Framework Decision 2006/960/JHA (COM(2021) 782) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 116],
  • proposal for a regulation of the EP and of the Council on automated data exchange for police cooperation ("Prüm II"), amending Council Decisions 2008/615/JHA and 2008/616/JHA and Regulations (EU) 2018/1726, 2019/817 and 2019/818 of the European Parliament and of the Council (COM(2021) 784) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 116],
  • proposal for a directive of the EP and of the Council amending Directives 2011/61/EU and 2009/65/EC as regards delegation arrangements, liquidity risk management, supervisory reporting, provision of depositary and custody services and loan origination by alternative investment funds (COM(2021) 721) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 117],
  • proposal for a regulation of the EP and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2015/760 as regards the scope of eligible assets and investments, the portfolio composition and diversification requirements, the borrowing of cash and other fund rules and as regards requirements pertaining to the authorisation, investment policies and operating conditions of European long-term investment funds (COM(2021) 722) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 117],
  • proposal for a regulation of the EP and of the Council establishing a European single access point providing centralised access to publicly available information of relevance to financial services, capital markets and sustainability (COM(2021) 723) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 117],
  • proposal for a regulation of the EP and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 as regards enhancing market data transparency, removing obstacles to the emergence of a consolidated tape, optimising the trading obligations and prohibiting receiving payments for forwarding client orders (COM(2021) 727) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 117],
  • proposal for a Council directive on ensuring a global minimum level of taxation for multinational groups in the Union (COM(2021) 823) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 122],
  • proposal for a Council directive laying down rules to prevent the misuse of shell entities for tax purposes and amending Directive 2011/16/EU (COM(2021) 565) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 122],
  • proposal for a directive of the EP and of the Council amending certain Directives as regards the establishment and functioning of the European single access point (COM(2021) 724) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 122],
  • proposal for a regulation of the EP and of the Council on Union guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network, amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1153 and Regulation (EU) No 913/2010 and repealing Regulation (EU) 1315/2013 (COM (2021) 812) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 123],
  • proposal for a regulation of the EP and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2021/953 on a framework for the issuance, verification and acceptance of interoperable COVID-19 vaccination, test and recovery certificates (EU Digital COVID Certificate) to facilitate free movement during the COVID-19 pandemic (COM(2022) 50) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 125],
  • proposal for a directive of the EP and of the Council on the energy performance of buildings (recast) (COM(2021) 802) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 125],
  • proposal for a regulation of the EP and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 514/2014 laying down general provisions on the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund amending Regulation (EU) 514/2014 laying down general provisions on the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund and on the instrument for financial support for police cooperation, preventing and combating crime, and crisis management and amending Regulation (EU) No 516/2014 establishing the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund and amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1147 establishing the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (COM(2022) 112) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 125],
  • proposal for a regulation of the EP and of the Council addressing situations of instrumentalisation in the field of migration and asylum (COM(2021) 890) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 126],
  • proposal for a regulation of the EP and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2016/399 on a Union Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (COM(2021) 891) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 126],
• pursuant to Art. 8(2) of the Cooperation Act, considered:
  • proposal for a Council recommendation on building bridges for effective European higher education cooperation (COM(2022) 17) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 126],
• pursuant to Art. 11(1) of the Cooperation Act, considered information on the position the Council of Ministers intends to take during consideration of draft EU legal acts at the meetings of:
  • Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council, 14 March 2022 - COM(2012) 614 [mtg no. 116],
  • Economic and Financial Council, 15 March 2022 [mtg no. 117],
  • General Affairs Council, 22 March 2022 - COM(2021) 734 [mtg no. 119],
  • Environment Council, 17 March 2022 - COM(2020) 798, COM(2021) 555, 554, 556, 568, 656, 706, 851 [mtg no. 120],
  • Economic and Financial Council, 5 April 2022 – COM(2021) 823 [mtg no. 122],
  • Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council, 29 March 2022 [mtg no. 125],
• pursuant to Art. 151(1) of the Sejm Standing Orders and Art. 3(2) of the Cooperation Act, considered:
  • communication from the Commission: The New EU Urban Mobility Framework (COM(2021) 811) together with the Government position [mtg no. 115],
  • information of the Council of Ministers on the meeting of the European Council planned for 24-25 March 2022 [mtg no. 119],
  • information of the Council of Ministers on the meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council planned for 21 March 2022 [mtg no. 120],
  • information of the Council of Ministers on the meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council (defence ministers) planned for 21 March 2022 [mtg no. 120],
  • report from the Commission on the implementation of the common monitoring and evaluation framework including an assessment of the performance of the common agricultural policy 2014-2020 (COM(2021) 815) together with the Government position [mtg no. 120],
  • communication from the Commission on a European strategy for universities (COM(2022) 16) together with the Government position [mtg no. 126],
• pursuant to Art. 151(1) of the Sejm Standing Orders, considered:
  • proposal for a regulation of the EP and of the Council on the transparency and targeting of political advertising (COM(2021) 731) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 119],
• 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 5 draft legislative acts: COM(2022) 32, 39 [mtg no. 116]; COM(2022) 51, 53, 55 [mtg no. 122],
  • pursuant to Art. 8(2) of the Cooperation Act – to 19 draft legal acts: COM(2022) 29, 33, 35, 41 [mtg no. 115]; COM(2022) 36, 38, 40, 47, 49 [mtg no. 116]; COM(2022) 54, 58, 59, 62, 63, 64, 65, 67, 69, 70 [mtg no. 122],
  • pursuant to Art. 151(1) of the Sejm Standing Orders and Art. 3(2) of the Cooperation Act – to 18 documents: COM(2021) 30, 31, 34, SWD(2022) 26, 27, C(2022) 630, 700 [mtg no. 115]; COM(2022) 42, 44, 45 [mtg no. 116]; JOIN(2022) 4, COM(2022) 43, 52, 60, 61, 66, 74, 78 [mtg no. 122],
• considered the information on the "Annual report of the European Court of Auditors on the performance of the EU budget for 2020" together with a review of arrangements within the cohesion policy framework and of selected special reports concerning Poland, presented by the member of the European Court of Auditors Marek Opioła [mtg no. 118],
• considered the reply of the Minister for European Affairs to the SUE desideratum no. 4 on taking steps to ensure that EU bodies are properly transparent and provide a full explanation in the so-called "trading in influence" case described by the French newspaper Libération [mtg no. 119],
• considered the reply of the Minister for European Affairs to the SUE desideratum no. 5 on reform of the rules on earning additional income by Members of the European Parliament - [mtg no. 119],
• together with the Local Government and Regional Policy Committee considered the Government bill on the performance standards for the tasks financed from European funds in the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027 (paper no. 2022) [mtg no. 121] as well as the amendments to it submitted during the second reading (papers no. 2022, 2065) [mtg no. 124],
• pursuant to Art. 18(4) of the Cooperation Act, considered the information on legislative work related to the implementation of directives, for which the time limit for implementation has expired or will expire within the next 3 months (as at 25 February 2022) [mtg no. 123].

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In March 2022 information on and documents of SUE meetings no. 115-126, provided by the EU Affairs Committee secretariat, were published in the EDL-S (European Legislative Documents in the Sejm) and IPEX databases.

• 22.03.2022, heard an information presented by the Executive Director of the European Labour Authority on the role and programme of action of the European Labour European Labour Authority [mtg no. 86].

Public Finances Committee

• 09.03.2022, heard the "Annual report of the European Court of Auditors on the performance of the EU budget for 2020" together with an overview of the arrangements for the cohesion policy presented by a member of the European Court of Auditors [mtg. 274].

Maritime Economy and Inland Water Transport Committee

• 08.03.2022, considered the information of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on the principles of support for fishing and aquaculture in the new financial perspective of the European Union [mtg. 88].

Agriculture and Rural Development Committee

• 22.03.2022, heard the information of the Ministry of Climate and Environment information on the work on the government draft amendment to the "bio" law in the context of the implementation of the RED2 directive. [mtg. 118].
• 07.03.2022, heard the information of the Ministry of Agriculture and Development on the impact of the EU-Mercosur trade agreement on agriculture and the agri-food sector in Poland [mtg. 115].

In March 2022, 60 draft legislative acts were subject to subsidiarity scrutiny. The national parliaments submitted 10 reasoned opinions on the non-compliance of the scrutinised draft acts with the subsidiarity principle.

28-29 March 2022, Brdo pri Kranju, Conference of Speakers of the European Union Parliaments

• Meeting of the Presidential Troika (Germany, Slovenia, Czech Republic, European Parliament)
• Opening Session
  • Welcome addresses
  • Adoption of the agenda
• Session I - The Role of Parliaments in Emergency Politics – Building Resilience for Democratic Governance 
• Session II - European Union as the Guarantor of Stability, Security and Prosperity in the Region (and Beyond)
• Debate and adoption of the conclusions
• Closing remarks

15 March 2022, European Parliamentary Week

15 March 2022, Inter-parliamentary Conference on Stability, Economic Coordination and
Governance in the European Union

• Welcoming words: Roberta Metsola, President of the EP, Éric Woerth, Chair of the Finance Committee of the French, Assembly Claude Raynal, Chair of the Finance Committee of the French Senate; key-intervention by Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission
• Plenary: EU own resources; debate
• Plenary: Reform of the Stability and Growth Pact; debate

16 March 2022, High-Level Conference on the Recovery and Resilience Facility: Lessons for the
future

• Session 1 – Key note speech: Antonio Costa, Prime Minister of Portugal; panel contributions; debate
• Session 2 – Key note speech: Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Prime Minister of Greece; panel contributions; debate
• Closing remarks by the co-chairs

3-5 March 2022, Paris, Plenary meeting of the LXVII COSAC

• Meeting of the Presidential Troika
• Opening of the LXVII COSAC, adoption of the agenda
• Session I – First assessment of France’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union; debate
• Procedural issues and any other business
  • presentation of the results of the meeting of the Presidential Troika of COSAC
  • presentation of the 37th Bi-Annual Report of COSAC
  • letters received by the Presidency
  • any other business
• Session II – Recovery plan for Europe and end of crisis; debate
• Session III – Climate change and energy transition; debate
• Session IV – Conference on the Future of Europe; debate
• Session V – Progress reports from the working groups
• Session VI – Debate on Ukraine
• Closing session

3 March 2022, An ambitious future for Europe's women after COVID-19: mental load, gender equality in teleworking and unpaid care work after the pandemic, Interparliamentary Committee Meeting organised by the EP Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality FEMM) on the occasion of the International Women’s Day 2022, videomeeting

• Welcoming words by Robert Biedroń, Chair of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality
• Opening speeches: Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament, Élisabeth Moreno, Minister for Gender Equality, Diversity and Equal Opportunities, France, Věra Jourová, Vice-President of the European Commission for Values and Transparency
• Keynote speech by Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Prime Minister of Iceland
• Speech by Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze, Chair of the Verkhovna Rada's Committee for Ukraine's integration into the European Union
• Panel discussion with experts
• Closing words: Helena Dalli, European Commissioner for Equality, Robert Biedroń, Chair of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality