In May 2013 the EU Affairs Committee (SUE) held 12 meetings: no. 148-159. During these meetings the Committee:

• scrutinised 152 EU documents;
• considered amendments tabled in the second reading to the Committee's draft resolution on Poland's participation in the work of the European Union in the period July-December 2012, during the Cyprus Presidency (paper no. 1209, meeting no. 148);
• heard the information on the activities of the Polish delegation to the EU Committee of Regions (meeting no. 149);
• heard the information on the current situation regarding the method of spending EU funds by Poland and all risk payments under the European Commission's clearance of accounts procedure, presented by Marceli Niezgoda, Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Regional Development and Krystyna Gurbiel, Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (meeting no. 153);
• together with Public Finance Committee heard the information on the Communication from the European Committee "A blueprint for a deep and genuine economic and monetary union. Launching a European debate" (COM(2012) 777), presented by Jacek Dominik, Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Finance (meeting no. 158).

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Published in May 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 May,
- information and documents on SUE meetings no. 148, 150-152, 154-159, provided by the EU Affairs Committee secretariat.

In May 2013 two bills implementing EU law have been referred to the first reading – see papers no.:

• Government bill amending the act on rail transport [1407],
• Government bill amending the act - Tax Ordinance and the act on tax inspection [1405].

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

• Act of 24 May 2013 amending the act on rail transport and the act amending the act on rail transport [1046],
• Act of 10 May 2013 on management of packaging and packaging waste [815].

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

• Act of 5 April 2013 amending the act on road transport and act on working time of drivers [812],
• Act of 5 April 2013 amending the act on the organisation of the fisheries market [1171 ].

• Meeting of the European Affairs Committees of the Parliaments of the Weimar Triangle countries, Gdańsk, 13-14 May 2013
  Information on the meeting
• Meeting of the European Affairs Committees of the Parliaments of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland, Gdańsk, 12-13 May 2013
  Information on the meeting
• Meetings of sectorial committees of national parliaments and the European Parliament
  • Meeting of Chairpersons of Environment and Energy Committees, Dublin, 12-13 May 2013
    Information on the meeting
  • Interparliamentary committee meeting "The role and experiences of National Parliaments in the fight against organised crime, corruption and money laundering", Brussels, 7 May 2013
    Information on the meeting
  • Interparliamentary committee meeting "The Future of European Defence: a NATO perspective - Understanding Political Islam: views from within", Brussels, 6-7 May 2013
    Information on the meeting

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Articles on the current political and economic issues in the EU from the specialist periodicals available on-line (accessed 06.06.2013)

• Biscop S.: And what will Europe do? The European Council and Military Strategy, "Security Policy Brief" no. 46, May 2013.
• Blick A.: EU Regulation and the European Single Market: Incompatible or inseparable?, "Policy Brief", The Federal Trust, May 2013.
• Cîrlig C.: The EU-US Trade and Investment Partnership, "Library Briefing", Library of the European Parliament, 16.05.2013.
• De Jong W.: A single EU banking supervisory mechanism, "Library Briefing", Library of the European Parliament, 16.05.2013.
• Eriksson J., Hjeds Löfmark M.: Crisis Management in the EU: Strengthening Economic Governance and Financial Stability; Summary of the report, Swedish Institute for European Policy Studies.
• Fouéré E.: Thessaloniki ten years on: Injecting momentum into the enlargement process for the Western Balkans, "CEPS Commentaries", 15.05.2013.
• Gawlikowska-Fyk A.: Jaki klimat dla nowej polityki energetycznej UE?, „Biuletyn PISM" nr 48 (1024), 14.05. 2013.
• Grieger G.: Sanctions as an EU foreign policy instrument, "Library Briefing", Library of the European Parliament, 22.05.2013.
• Katsarova I.: Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Seventh EU progress report towards accession: what has changed, "Library Briefing", Library of the European Parliament, 16.05.2013.
• Kościński P.: Umowa stowarzyszeniowa UE–Ukraina: stanowisko Komisji Europejskiej, „Biuletyn PISM" nr 51 (1027), 17.05.2013.
• Lannoo K.: The EU should tax in harmony, "CEPS Commentaries", 03.05.2013.
• Lecarte J.: Bosnia and Herzegovina: reactions to the Commission's 2012 progress report, "Library Briefing", Library of the European Parliament, 16.05.2013.
• Liszczyk D.: Jak radzić sobie z deficytem demokracji w Unii Europejskiej? Wnioski z Międzyparlamentarnej Konferencji ds. WPZiB/WPBiO, „Biuletyn PISM" nr 52 (1028), 20.05.2013.
• Mayer T.: A Copernican Turn for Banking Union, "CEPS Policy Brief", 14.05.2013.
• Poptcheva E.: A FATCA for the EU?, Data protection aspects of automatic exchange of bank information, "Library Briefing", Library of the European Parliament, 27.05.2013.
• Szczepanski M.: Further steps to complete the Single Market, "Library Briefing", Library of the European Parliament, 17.05.2013.
• Tindale S.: Commission should move to structural reform of the ETS, Centre for European Reform, 09.05. 2013.
• Tomkiewicz J.: Przyjęcie euro a konkurencyjność gospodarki, "INFOS - Zagadnienia społeczno-gospodarcze" nr 10(147), Biuro Analiz Sejmowych, 23.05.2013.
• Torreblanca J., Leonard M.: The continent-wide rise of Euroscepticism, European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR),16.05. 2013.
• Verhelst S.: Don't complicate it even further: Macroeconomic Conditionality as a Substitute for new Structural Reform Contracts, "European Policy Brief" no. 15, May 2013.