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30 November 2012
EUROPEAN DEBATES OF THE SEJM
On 8 November 2012 the Sejm heard current information and held debate on entry into force on 1 January 2013 of the EU climate and energy package (verbatim record /PL).

On 9 November 2012 the Sejm held a 4-hour debate, with participation of the Prime Minister, as well as Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Finance and Agriculture, on European policy (verbatim record /PL, point 23). The same day Deputies heard the Council of Ministers’ information presented by the Under Secretary of State Maciej Szpunar and held debate on the Poland’s participation in the work of the European Union in the period  January – June 2012 (verbatim record /PL, point 24).

In November 2012 the Sejm has adopted the following resolutions on EU affairs:

  • Resolution of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland of 12 November 2012 on negotiations of the EU Multiannual Financial Framework 2014–2020 (text /PL)
  • Resolution of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland of 16 November 2012 on the Republic of Poland’s participation in the work of the European Union in the period January – June 2012 (during the Danish Presidency) (text /PL)
EU DOCUMENTS IN THE SEJM

In November 2012 the EU Affaires Committee (SUE) held 12 meetings: no. 90-101. During these meetings the Committee:

  • scrutinised 106 EU documents,
  • adopted opinion no. 25,
  • heard information on:
    • Court of Auditors annual report on the implementation of the budget concerning financial year 2011, presented by Augustyn Kubik, member of the CoA (meeting no. 91),
    • stage of proceedings on the package of legislative documents concerning the management and development of the Schengen area, presented by Piotr Stachańczyk, Secretary of State in the Ministry of Interior (meeting no. 99),
    • experiences with functioning of EU law in the framework of agreements on local border traffic, presented by Piotr Stachańczyk, Secretary of State in the Ministry of Interior and Janusz Ciosek, Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affaires (meeting no. 99),
  • considered the information on the proceedings pending before the Court of Justice of the EU concerning the Republic of Poland, presented by Maciej Szpunar, Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affaires (meeting no. 92),
  • adopted committee draft resolution on negotiations of the EU Multiannual Financial Framework 2014–2020 and held the first reading of the deputies draft resolution on negotiations of the EU Multiannual Financial Framework 2014–2020 (meeting no. 96).

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Published in November 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 November,
- information and documents on SUE meetings no. 90, 92-95, 97-101, provided by the EU Affairs Committee secretariat.

SUBSIDIARITY CHECK IN NATIONAL PARLIAMENTS
 

Subsidiarity scrutiny in November

(Information from IPEX database as of 4.12.2012)

Draft legislative act
Deadline for subsidiarity scrutiny
Adoption / transmission of reasoned opinion
Chamber / parliament (country)
COM(2012) 511 8.11.2012 - / 8.11.2012 Riksdag (Sweden)
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 - -
COM(2012) 548 12.12.2012 - -
COM(2012) 584 13.12.2012 - -
COM(2012) 576 21.12.2012 - -
COM(2012) 628 24.12.2012 - -
 COM(2012) 595  25.12.2012 -  -

 

WSZYSTKIE UZASADNIONE OPINIE PARLAMENTÓW NARODOWYCH W BAZIE IPEX
UST DATABASE
In November 2012 two bills implementing EU law have been referred to the first reading – see papers no.:
  • Government bill amending the act - Labour Code [909],
  • Government bill amending the act on public offering and conditions governing the introduction of financial instruments to organised trading and on public companies, and some other acts [903].

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

  • Act of 23 November 2012 amending the act on the tax on goods and services and some other acts [805],
  • Act of 16 November 2012 amending the act on tonnage tax and some other acts [802],
  • Act of 23 November 2012 - Postal law [801],
  • Act of 23 November 2012 amending the act on investment funds and the act on supervision of financial market [729].

In November 2012 the following acts implementing EU law have been published [paper no.]:

  • Act of 10 October 2012 amending the act on organisation of the market in fruit and vegetables, the market in hops, the market in dried fodder and the market in flax and hemp grown for fibre [707],
  • Act of 12 October 2012 amending the act on broadcasting [693],
  • Act of 12 October 2012 amending the act – Public procurement law and the act on concessions for public works or services [455].
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