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31 March 2013
EUROPEAN DEBATES OF THE SEJM

20 March 2013 - the Sejm heard information of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and held a debate on the principles of the Polish foreign policy in 2013 (verbatim record/PL, point 1).

EU DOCUMENTS IN THE SEJM

In March 2013 the EU Affaires Committee (SUE) held 8 meetings: no. 129-136. During these meetings the Committee scrutinised 74 EU documents and adopted three opinions concerning EU documents (opinion no. 31, 32 i 33).

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SUBSIDIARITY SCRUTINY

  • 21.03.2013, at the 134th meeting the EU Affairs Committee adopted opinion no. 32 on the non-compliance with the principle of subsidiarity of COM(2013) 29

COM(2013) 29 – deadline for scrutiny 3.04.2013

Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2012/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 establishing a single European railway area, as regards the opening of the market for domestic passenger transport services by rail and the governance of the railway infrastructure

  • 21.03.2013, at the 134th meeting the EU Affairs Committee adopted opinion no. 33 on the non-compliance with the principle of subsidiarity of COM(2013) 31

COM(2013) 31 - deadline for scrutiny 3.04.2013

Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on railway safety (Recast)

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Published in March 2013 in databases European Legislative Documents in the Sejm (EDL-S) and IPEX:
- EU documents concerning which a procedure in the Sejm has begun in March,
- information and documents on SUE meetings no. 129-136, provided by the EU Affairs Committee secretariat.

SUBSIDIARITY CHECK IN NATIONAL PARLIAMENTS
 

Subsidiarity scrutiny in March

(Information from IPEX database as of 8.04.2013)

Draft legislative act
Deadline for subsidiarity scrutiny
Adoption / transmission of reasoned opinion
Chamber / parliament (country)
COM(2012) 788 4.03.2013 28.02.2013 / - National Assembly (Bulgaria)
24.01.2013 / 5.02.2013 Chamber of Deputies (Czech Republic)
- / 4.03.2013 Folketing
(Denmark)
20.02.2013 / 21.02.2013 Parliament (Greece)
30.01.2013 / 8.02.2013 Senate (Italy)
20.02.2013 / - Chamber of Deputies (Italy)
1.03.2013 / - Assembly of the Republic
(Portugal)
26.02.2013 / 28.02.2013 Chamber of Deputies (Romania)
- / 22.02.2013 Riksdag (Sweden)
COM(2012) 744 6.03.2013 - -
COM(2012) 776 11.03.2013 - -
COM(2013) 18 28.03.2013 - -
COM(2013) 26 3.04.2013 - -
COM(2013) 30 3.04.2013  26.03.2013 / - Seimas (Lithuania)
- / 28.03.2013 Riksdag (Sweden)
COM(2013) 27 3.04.2013   26.03.2013 / - Seimas (Lithuania)
2.04.2013 / - Senate (Romania)
- / 28.03.2013 Riksdag (Sweden)
COM(2013) 28 3.04.2013 13.03.2013 / - Federal Council (Austria)
26.03.2013 / - Seimas (Litthuania)
21.03.2013 / - Chamber of Deputies (Luxembourg)
- / 28.03.2013 Riksdag (Sweden)
- / 28.03.2013 Senate (The Netherlands)
- / 26.03.2013 Chamber of Representatives (The Netherlands)
COM(2013) 29 3.04.2013 26.03.2013 / - Seimas (Lithuania)
21.03.2013 / - Chamber of Deputies (Luxembourg)
- / 28.03.2013 Riksdag (Sweden)
 - / 28.03.2013 Senate (The Netherlands)
 - / 26.03.2013 Chamber of Representatives (The Netherlands)
 COM(2013) 31  3.04.2013  26.03.2013 / -  Seimas (Lithuania)
2.04.2013 / 3.04.2013 Senate (Romania)
- / 28.03.2013 Riksdag (Sweden)
COM(2013) 40 4.04.2013 - -
COM(2013) 45 8.04.2013 - -
COM(2013) 42 9.04.2013 - -
COM(2013) 44 9.04.2013 - -
COM(2013) 48 10.04.2013 - -
COM(2013) 71 16.04.2013 - -
COM(2013) 78 16.04.2013 - -
COM(2013) 102 24.04.2013 - -
COM(2013) 106 25.04.2013 - -
COM(2013) 107 26.04.2013 - -
COM(2013) 95 29.04.2013 - -
COM(2013) 97 29.04.2013 - -
ALL REASONED OPINIONS OF NATIONAL PARLIAMENTS IN IPEX
UST DATABASE

In March 2013 one bill implementing EU law has been referred to the first reading – see paper no.:

  • Government bill amending the act on the organisation of the fisheries market [1171 ].

In March 2013 from among bills uploaded into the UST database earlier, the following acts have been adopted [paper no.]:

  • Act of 8 March 2013 amending the act on payment periods in commercial transactions  [1001],
  • Act of 8 March 2013 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],
  • Act of 8 March 2013 on plant protection products [740 ].

In March 2013 the following acts implementing EU law have been published [paper no.]:

  • Act of 25 January 2013 amending the act on payment under the direct support schemes and some other acts [1054],
  • Act of 8 March 2013 amending the act on payment periods in commercial transactions [1001 ].
INTERPARLIAMENTARY COOPERATION
  • Parliamentary committees meetings
  • Interparliamentary Conference for the Common Foreign and Security Policy and Common Security and Defence Policy (24-26 March 2013, Dublin)
    Information on the meeting
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