In December 2023 the EU Affairs Committee (SUE) held 3 meetings, no. 3-5. During these meetings the Committee:

• pursuant to Art. 7(4) of the Cooperation Act, considered:
  • proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council repealing Regulation (EU) No 524/2013 and amending Regulations (EU) 2017/2394 and (EU) 2018/1724 with regards to the discontinuation of the European ODR Platform (COM(2023) 647) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 3],
  • proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards multiannual survey programmes, notifications concerning the presence of regulated non-quarantine pests, temporary derogations from import prohibitions and special import requirements and establishment of procedures for granting them, temporary import requirements for high risk plants, plant products and other objects, the establishment of procedures for the listing of high risk plants, the content of phytosanitary certificates, the use of plant passports and as regards certain reporting requirements for demarcated areas and surveys of pest (COM(2023) 661) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 3],
  • proposal for a Council directive on transfer pricing (COM(2023) 529) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 4],
  • proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2013/11/EU on alternative dispute resolution for consumer disputes, as well as Directives (EU) 2015/2302, (EU) 2019/2161 and (EU) 2020/1828 (COM(2023) 649) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 4],
• pursuant to Art. 10(2) of the Cooperation Act, considered:
  • Poland's notification on the intention to participate in enhanced cooperation in the framework of the European Public Prosecutor's Office, established by the Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 of 12 October 2017 implementing enhanced cooperation on the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor's Office, together with the information on the position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 5],
• 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:
  • Agriculture and Fisheries Council, 10-11 December 2023 - COM(2022) 305, COM(2023) 201, 411, 414, 415 [mtg no. 3],
• pursuant to Art. 151(1) of the Sejm Standing Orders and Art. 3(2) of the Cooperation Act, considered the information:
  • on the Foreign Affairs Council meeting planned for 11 December 2023 [mtg no. 3],
  • of the Council of Ministers on the results of the European Council meeting held on 14-15 December 2023 [mtg no. 4],
• pursuant to Art. 151(1) of the Sejm Standing Orders considered:
  • proposal for a Council directive establishing a Head Office Tax system for micro, small and medium sized enterprises, and amending Directive 2011/16/EU (COM(2023) 528) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 4],
• 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 4 draft legislative acts: COM(2023) 660, 698, 727, 738 [mtg no. 3],
  • pursuant to Art. 8(2) of the Cooperation Act – to 29 draft legal acts: COM(2023) 681, 693, 695, 697, 701, 705, 706 [mtg no. 3]; COM(2023) 704, 708, 718, 719, 721, 722, 726, 729, 731, 734, 735, 736, 739, 742, 743, 744, 746, 747, 748, 749, 761, 903 [mtg no. 5],
  • pursuant to Art. 151(1) of the Standing Orders of the Sejm and Art. 3(2) of the Cooperation Act – to 22 documents: JOIN(2023) 37, COM(2023) 689, 691, 694, 703 [mtg no. 3]; JOIN(2023) 34, 36, SWD(2023) 385, COM(2023) 699, 707, 709, 710, 712, 713, 714, 723, 724, 740, 759, 900, 902, 904 [mtg no. 5],
• considered the EU Affairs Committee draft work programme for 1 January – 30 June 2024 [mtg no. 4],
• examined, in the scope of the SUE competence, the draft budget act for 2024 (paper no. 125) and adopted an opinion on it for the Public Finances Committee [mtg no. 5].

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In December 2023, information on and documents of SUE meetings no. 3-5, provided by the EU Affairs Committee secretariat, were published in the EDL-S (European Legislative Documents in the Sejm) and IPEX databases.

In December 2023 the national parliaments submitted 1 reasoned opinion on the non-compliance of the scrutinised draft legislative acts with the subsidiarity principle.

4 December 2023, Participation of persons with disabilities in the electoral process, Interparliamentary Committee Meeting organised by the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs of the European Parliament (EMPL)

• Opening session
  Dragoş Pîslaru, EMPL Chair, Roberta Metsola, EP President, Evelyn Regner, EP Vice-President
• Session I: Participation of persons with disabilities in the electoral process - State of play and remaining obstacles
• Session II: Preparing for the European elections 2024 - How can improvements still be achieved?
• Closing remarks, Dragoş Pîslaru, EMPL Chair

4 December 2023, The situation of the Rule of Law in the EU, Inter-parliamentary Committee Meeting (ICM) organised by the EP Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE)

• Opening and keynote speeches
  Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Chair of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE), Didier Reynders, Commissioner for Justice, European Commission (video messsage), Pascual Ignacio Navarro Ríos, Secretary of State for the European Union, Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union
• Session I - Exchange of views on the situation of the Rule of Law in 2023 - the annual Rule of Law report by the Commission and the European Parliament resolution
  Interventions; Question and Answer Session
• Session II - Fight against corruption as key pillar of democracy
  Interventions; Question and Answer Session
• Closing remarks by Juan Fernando LÓPEZ AGUILAR, LIBE Chair