• pursuant to Art. 7(4) of the Cooperation Act, considered:
  • proposal for a regulation of the EP and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 as regards settlement discipline, cross-border provision of services, supervisory cooperation, provision of banking-type ancillary services and requirements for third-country central securities depositories (COM(2022) 120) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 135],
  • proposal for a regulation of the EP and of the Council on European Union geographical indications for wine, spirit drinks and agricultural products, and quality schemes for agricultural products, amending Regulations (EU) No 1308/2013, (EU) 2017/1001 and (EU) 2019/787 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 (COM(2022) 134) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 135],
  • proposal for a directive of the EP and of the Council amending Directives 2005/29/EC and 2011/83/EU as regards empowering consumers for the green transition through better protection against unfair practices and better information (COM(2022) 143) [mtg no. 135],
  • proposal for a regulation of the EP and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1727 of the European Parliament and the Council, as regards the collection, preservation and analysis of evidence relating to genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes at Eurojust (COM(2022) 187) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 136],
  • proposal for a directive of the EP and of the Council on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence and amending Directive (EU) 2019/1937 (COM(2022) 71) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 136],
  • proposal for a regulation of the EP and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2017/1938 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning measures to safeguard the security of gas supply and Regulation (EC) no 715/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on conditions for access to natural gas transmission networks (COM(2022) 135) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 137],
• 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:
  • General Affairs Council, 23 May 2022 - COM(2021) 731 [mtg no. 134],
  • Economic and Financial Council, 24 May 2022 – COM(2021) 823, COM(2021) 722 [mtg no. 135],
  • Foreign Affairs Council (defence), 17 May 2022 [mtg no. 137],
  • Foreign Affairs Council, 16 May 2022 [mtg no. 137],
  • Transport, Telecommunication and Energy Council, 2-3 June 2022 - COM(2021) 206, 281, 561, 562, 812, 813; COM(2022) 53, 68, 113 [mtg no. 141],
• pursuant to Art. 11(3) of the Cooperation Act, considered:
  • proposal for a regulation of the EP and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 and Regulation (EU) No 223/2014 as regards increased pre-financing from REACT-EU resources (COM(2022) 145) together with the proposed amendment to the above proposal with reference number: COM(2022) 162, as well as the explanation of the reasons why the opinion of the Committee has not been sought [mtg no. 136],
  • information on the position concerning Draft Amending Budget no. 3 to the General Budget 2022. Financing reception costs of people fleeing Ukraine (COM(2022) 262), as well as the explanation of the reasons why the opinion of the Committee has not been sought [mtg no. 140],
• pursuant to Art. 151(1) of the Sejm Standing Orders, considered:
  • proposal for a regulation of the EP and of the Council establishing a framework of measures for strengthening Europe's semiconductor ecosystem (Chips Act) (COM(2022) 46) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 136],
  • proposal for a directive of the EP and of the Council on common rules for the internal markets in renewable and natural gases and in hydrogen (COM(2021) 803) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 137],
  • proposal for a regulation of the EP and of the Council amending Regulation on the internal markets for renewable and natural gases and for hydrogen (recast) (COM(2021) 804) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 137],
• pursuant to Art. 151(1) of the Sejm Standing Orders and Art. 3(2) of the Cooperation Act, considered:
  • information of the Council of Ministers on the Foreign Affairs Council planned for 17 May 2022 [mtg no. 137],
  • information of the Council of Ministers on the Foreign Affairs Council planned for 16 May 2022 - COM(2020) 739, 767, 824; COM(2022) 26, 76, 262 [mtg no. 137],
  • information of the Council of Ministers on the Foreign Affairs Council (development) planned for 20 May 2022 [mtg no. 137],
  • communication: Ukraine's application for membership of the European Union – transmission to the parliaments of member states (CM 2003/22) together with the position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 137],
  • information of the Council of Ministers on the Foreign Affairs Council (trade) planned for 3 June 2022 [mtg no. 138],
  • communication: Georgia's application for membership of the European Union – transmission to the parliaments of member states (CM 2065/22) together with the Government position[mtg no. 138],
  • communication: Republic of Moldova's application for membership of the European Union – transmission to the parliaments of member states (CM 2077/22) together with the position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 138],
  • communication from the Commission: Fiscal policy guidance for 2023 (COM(2022) 85) together with the Government position [mtg no. 140],
  • report from the Commission: Report on the European instrument for Temporary Support to mitigate Unemployment Risks in an Emergency (SURE) following the COVID-19 outbreak pursuant to Article 14 of Council Regulation (EU) 2020/672 SURE at 18 months: third bi-annual report (COM(2022) 128) together with the Government position [pos. nr 140],
  • communication from the Commission: European solidarity with refugees and those fleeing war in Ukraine (COM(2022) 107) together with the Government position [mtg no. 141],
  • report from the Commission: First Annual Report on the screening of foreign direct investments into the Union (COM(2021) 714) together with the Government position [mtg no. 141],
  • communication from the Commission: Safeguarding food security and reinforcing the resilience of food systems (COM(2022) 133) together with the Government position [mtg no. 141],
• 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 8 draft legislative acts: COM(2022) 151, 157, 171, 179, 195, 250, 262, 658 [mtg no. 138];
  • pursuant to Art. 8(2) of the Cooperation Act – to 12 draft legal acts: COM(2022) 158, 164, 165, 167, 168, 172 [pos. nr 134]; COM(2022) 169, 176, 183, 186, 191, 202 [mtg no. 138],
  • pursuant to Art. 151(1) of the Sejm Standing Orders and Art. 3(2) of the Cooperation Act – to 10 documents: COM(2022) 137 [mtg no. 134]; SWD(2022) 127, C(2022) 2753, COM(2022) 166, 173, 180, 181, 182, 185, 190 [mtg no. 138],
• together with Foreign Affairs Committee considered the information of the Minister for EU Affairs Konrad Szymański on the conclusion of the Conference on the Future of Europe work and its follow-up as well as the Government position in this regard [mtg no. 139].

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In May 2022 information on and documents of SUE meetings no. 134-141, provided by the EU Affairs Committee secretariat, were published in the EDL-S (European Legislative Documents in the Sejm) and IPEX databases.

• 25.05.2022, considered the information of the Ministry of Development Funds and Regional Policy and the Ministry of Infrastructure on the state of implementation of the European funds of the EU budget 2014-2020 regarding the infrastructure programmes and contracts [mtg no. 192].

• 10.05.2022, considered the information of the Government Plenipotentiary for Equal Treatment on the functioning of the anti-discrimination law in the European Union, with particular focus on counteracting a discrimination of national and ethnic minorities [mtg no. 55].

In May 2022 the national parliaments submitted 2 reasoned opinions on the non-compliance of the scrutinised draft legislative acts with the subsidiarity principle.

17 May 2022, First results of the Conference on the Future of Europe, Interparliamentary Committee Meeting (ICM) AFCO, hybrid format

• Introductory statements by
  
  • Antonio Tajani, Chair of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs of the European Parliament
  • Guy Verhofstadt, Co-Chair of the Executive Board of the CoFE
  • Clément Beaune, Secretary of State to the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, with responsibility for European Affairs, of the French Republic; Council Presidency Co-Chair of the Executive Board of the CoFE
  • Dubravka Šuica, European Commission Vice-President, in charge of Democracy and Demography; Co-Chair of the Executive Board of the CoFE
• Presentations by
  
  • Jean-François Rapin, Chair of the Committee for European Affairs of the Senate, Member of the CoFE Plenary
  • Jitka Seitlová, Vice-President of the Czech Senate, Delegate of the Czech Senate at the CoFE

• Debate with Members of National Parliaments and Members of the European Parliament
• Closing remarks

15-16 May 2022, Warsaw, Meeting of the of the Committees on European Affairs of the Parliaments of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland

• Panel I – Current agenda of the EU – exchange of views
  Discussion with participation of Konrad Szymański, Minister for EU Affairs at the Chancellery of the Prime Minister
• Panel II – Migration and humanitarian challenges for the EU in view of the war in Ukraine
  Discussion with participation of Paweł Szefernaker, Secretary of State in the Ministry of the Interior and Administration, the Government Plenipotentiary for Ukrainian War Refugees