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31 October 2012
EU DOCUMENTS IN THE SEJM

In October 2012 the EU Affaires Committee (SUE) held 12 meetings: no. 78-89. During these meetings the Committee:

  • scrutinised 97 EU documents,
  • held meetings outside the precincts of the Sejm in Wysoka-Zdrój (meetings no. 78-80), during which:
    • heard information on the projects carried out in the Gorlice district in implementation of EU programmes and founds,
    • held discussion on “The importance of Local Action Groups (LGD) for the development of the public, economic and social sectors through the designing and implementation of the Local Development Strategy (LSR)”,
    • held discussion on European Territorial Cooperation 2007-2013 (ETC) programmes,
    • heard information on Cross-border Cooperation Programme Poland-Slovak Republic 2007-2013,
  • together with Agriculture and Rural Development Committee held a debate:
    • on the motion not to discuss the information of the Prime Minister on the state of negotiations on the Common Agriculture Policy after 2013, procedure of implementation of the resolution of the Sejm of 25.04.2013 on the CAP and the position of this policy in the financial perspective 2014-2020, and
    • on submitting to the Marshal of the Sejm the request for a debate on these issues at the next sitting of the Sejm.

 

SUBSIDIARITY SCRUTINY

COM(2012) 372 - deadline for scrutiny: 28.10.2012
Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the collective management of copyright and related rights and multi-territorial licensing of rights in musical works for online uses in the internal market

  • 11.10.2012, at the 83rd meeting, the EU Affairs Committee held the first reading of the committee draft resolution on declaring the proposal COM(2012) 372 to be incompatible with the principle of subsidiarity (paper no. 791)
  • 12.10.2012, at the 23rd sitting, Sejm adopted resolution on declaring the proposal to be incompatible with the principle of subsidiarity (reasoned opinion)
  • 19.10.2012 the resolution was transmitted to the presidents of the European Parliament, Council and European Commission

COM(2012) 369 - deadline for scrutiny: 15.10.2012
Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on clinical trials on medicinal products for human use, and repealing Directive 2001/20/EC

  • 10.10.2012, at the 23rd sitting, Sejm adopted resolution on declaring the proposal COM(2012) 369 to be incompatible with the principle of subsidiarity (reasoned opinion)
  • 15.10.2012 the resolution was transmitted to the presidents of the European Parliament, Council and European Commission

ALL REASONED OPINIONS OF THE POLISH SEJM (TABLE)

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Published in October 2012 in databases European Legislative Documents in the Sejm (EDL-S) and IPEX:
- EU documents concerning which a procedure in the Sejm has begun in September,
- information and documents on SUE meetings no. 81, 83-89, provided by the EU Affairs Committee secretariat.

SUBSIDIARITY CHECK IN NATIONAL PARLIAMENTS
 

Subsidiarity scrutiny in October

(Information from IPEX database as of 7.11.2012)

Draft legislative act
Deadline for subsidiarity scrutiny
Adoption / transmission of reasoned opinion
Chamber / parliament (country)
COM(2012) 352 12.10.2012 - -
 COM(2012) 393 12.10.2012 - -
COM(2012) 394 12.10.2012 - -
 COM(2012) 350 15.10.2012 - -
COM(2012) 360 15.10.2012 - -
COM(2012) 369 15.10.2012 10.10.2012 / 15.10.2012 Sejm (Poland)
COM(2012) 403 15.10.2012 - -
COM(2012) 363 18.10.2012 - / 17.10.2012 Riksdag (Sweden)
COM(2012) 407 18.10.2012 - -
COM(2012) 362 22.10.2012 - -
COM(2012) 380 22.10.2012  5.10.2012 / - Chamber of Representatives (Cyprus)
 22.10.2012 / - Senate (France)
- / 17.10.2012 Riksdag (Sweden)
11.10.2012 / 12.10.2012 Senate (Netherlands)
- / 9.10.2012 Chamber of Representatives (Netherlands)
COM(2012) 381 22.10.2012 5.10.2012 / - Chamber of Representatives (Cyprus)
11.10.2012 / 12.10.2012 Senate (Netherlands)
- / 9.10.2012 Chamber of Representatives (Netherlands)
COM(2012) 382 22.10.2012 5.10.2012 / - Chamber of Representatives (Cyprus)
11.10.2012 / 12.10.2012 Senate (Netherlands)
- / 9.10.2012 Chamber of Representatives (Netherlands)
COM(2012) 372 29.10.2012 26.10.2012 / - Senate (France)
12.10.2012 / 19.10.2012 Sejm (Poland)
- / 24.10.2012 Riksdag (Sweden)
COM(2012) 416 29.10.2012 - -
COM(2012) 428 29.10.2012 - -
COM(2012) 456 29.10.2012 - -
COM(2012) 511 8.11.2012 - -
COM(2012) 512 8.11.2012 - -
COM(2012) 206 13.11.2012 - -
COM(2012) 499 16.11.2012 - -
COM(2012) 526 16.11.2012 - -
COM(2012) 527 16.11.2012 - -
COM(2012) 530 19.11.2012 - -
COM(2012) 514 20.11.2012 - -
COM(2012) 535 27.11.2012 - -
COM(2012) 541 27.11.2012 - -
COM(2012) 542 27.11.2012 - -
COM(2012) 551 27.11.2012 - -
COM(2012) 552 27.11.2012 - -
COM(2012) 553 27.11.2012 - -

 

ALL REASONED OPINIONS OF NATIONAL PARLIAMENTS IN IPEX
UST DATABASE
In October 2012 six bills implementing EU law have been referred to the first reading – see papers no.:
  • Rządowy projekt ustawy o gospodarce opakowaniami i odpadami opakowaniowymi [815],
  • Rządowy projekt ustawy o zmianie ustawy o transporcie drogowym oraz niektórych innych ustaw [812],
  • Rządowy projekt ustawy o zmianie ustawy - Prawo wodne oraz niektórych innych ustaw [811],
  • Rządowy projekt ustawy o zmianie ustawy o podatku od towarów i usług oraz niektórych innych ustaw [805],
  • Rządowy projekt ustawy o zmianie ustawy o podatku tonażowym oraz niektórych innych ustaw [802],
  • Rządowy projekt ustawy - Prawo pocztowe [801].

In October 2012 from among bills uploaded into the UST database earlier, the following statutes have been adopted [paper no.]:

  • Ustawa o zmianie ustawy - Kodeks postępowania karnego [492],
  • Ustawa o zmianie ustawy o odpadach wydobywczych oraz niektórych innych ustaw [717],
  • Ustawa o zmianie ustawy o obrocie instrumentami finansowymi oraz niektórych innych ustaw [715],
  • Ustawa o zmianie ustawy o organizacji rynków owoców i warzyw, rynku chmielu, rynku suszu paszowego oraz rynków lnu i konopi uprawianych na włókno [707],
  • Ustawa o zmianie ustawy o radiofonii i telewizji [693],
  • Ustawa o zmianie ustawy - Prawo telekomunikacyjne oraz niektórych innych ustaw [627].

In October 2012 the following statutes implementing EU law has been published [paper no.]:

  • Ustawa z dnia 14 września 2012 r. o zmianie ustawy o kredycie konsumenckim oraz ustawy o odpowiedzialności podmiotów zbiorowych za czyny zabronione pod groźbą kary [635],
  • Ustawa z dnia 14 września 2012 r. o zmianie ustawy o weterynaryjnej kontroli granicznej oraz ustawy – Prawo pocztowe [601],
  • Ustawa z dnia 14 września 2012 r. o obowiązkach w zakresie informowania o zużyciu energii przez produkty wykorzystujące energię [533],
  • Ustawa z dnia 31 sierpnia 2012 r. o zmianie ustawy – Kodeks postępowania karnego [492].
INTERPARLIAMENTARY COOPERATION
  • 23-24 October 2012, Nicosia
    Plenary meeting of XLVIII COSAC
    Information on the meeting
  • 11 October 2012, Brussels
    Interparliamentary Committee Meeting "Cohesion Policy 2014-2020: Towards a Common Strategic Framework and Partnership Contracts"
    Information on the meeting
  • 9-10 October 2012, Brussels
    Interparliamentary Committee Meeting "The Reform of the EU Data Protection Framework"
    Information on the meeting
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
 
New books in the Sejm Library Przegląd Sejmowy Kronika Sejmowa

 

LATEST DEBATES - COMMENTS

Articles on the current political and economic issues in the EU from the specialist periodicals available on-line

 

  EU CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES*
Selected articles and studies

  • Biondi A., Ripley S.: Recent Developments in Luxembourg: The Activity of the European Union Courts in 2011, "European Public Law" 2012, vol. 18, iss. 4, s. 599.
  • Brandsma G. J., Blom-Hansen J.: Negotiating the Post-Lisbon Comitology System: Institutional Battles over Delegated Decision-Making, "Journal of Common Market Studies" 2012, vol. 50, iss. 6, s. 939.
  • Casteleiro A. D.: EU Declarations of Competence to Multilateral Agreements: A Useful Reference Base?, "European Foreign Affairs Review" 2012, vol. 17, iss. 4, s. 491.
  • Czuczai J.: The Autonomy of the EU Legal Order and the Law-making Activities of International Organizations: Some Examples Regarding the Council's most Recent Practice, "Yearbook of European Law" 2012, vol. 31, iss. 1, s. 452.
  • Frąckowiak-Adamska A.: O istocie praw wynikających z obywatelstwa Unii, „Europejski Przegląd Sądowy" 2012, nr 10, s. 21.
  • Konstadinides T.: Drawing the line between Circumvention and Gap-Filling: An Exploration of the Conceptual Limits of the Treaty's Flexibility Clause, "Yearbook of European Law" 2012, vol. 31, iss. 1, s. 227.
  • Kuo M.: From administrative law to administrative legitimation? Transnational administrative law and the process of European integration, "International and Comparative Law Quarterly", vol. 61, iss. 4, October 2012, s. 855.
  • Lang I., G.: The Impact of Enlargement(s) on the EU Institutions and Decision-Making Special Focus: Croatia, "Yearbook of European Law" 2012, vol. 31, iss. 1, s. 473.
  • Lenaerts K.: The European Court of Justice and Process-Oriented Review, "Yearbook of European Law" 2012, vol. 31, iss. 1, s. 3.
  • Lock T.: End of an Epic? The Draft Agreement on the EU's Accession to the ECHR, "Yearbook of European Law" 2012, vol. 31, iss. 1, s. 162.
  • Martinico G.: The Tangled Complexity of the EU Constitutional Process: On Complexity as a Constitutional Theory of the EU, "Yearbook of European Law" 2012, vol. 31, iss. 1, s. 198.
  • Merket H.: The European External Action Service and the Nexus between CFSP/CSDP and Development Cooperation, "European Foreign Affairs Review" 2012, vol. 17, iss. 4, s. 625.
  • Peers S.: The Future of EU Treaty Amendments, "Yearbook of European Law" 2012, vol. 31, iss. 1, s. 17.
  • Smulders B., Eisele K.: Reflections on the Institutional Balance, the Community Method and the Interplay between Jurisdictions after Lisbon, "Yearbook of European Law" 2012, vol. 31, iss. 1, s. 112.
  • Tierney S.: The People's Last Sigh? Referendums and European Integration, "European Public Law" 2012, vol. 18, iss. 4, s. 683.
  • Zalisko M.: Uznawanie i wykonywanie orzeczeń w prawie unijnym, „Europejski Przegląd Sądowy"2012, nr 10, s. 34.

* Articles from the specialist periodicals available on the Internet or in the Sejm Library.