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28 February 2019
EU DOCUMENTS IN THE SEJM

In February 2019 the EU Affairs Committee (SUE) held 4 meetings: no. 251-254. During these meetings the Committee:

  • held debates on EU documents and the Council of Ministers' positions thereon:
    • pursuant to Art. 151(1) of the Sejm Standing Orders and Art. 3(2) of the Cooperation Act:
      - 2 Commission's communications concerning preparations for the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 30 March 2019: 'Contingency Action Plan' (COM(2018) 880) and 'Implementing the Commission's Contingency Action Plan' (COM(2018) 890), (mtg no. 251),
      - 2 Commission's reports: 'EU and the Paris Climate Agreement: Taking stock of progress at Katowice COP' (COM(2018) 716) and 'On the development of plant proteins in the European Union' (COM(2018) 757), (mtg no. 253),
      - Commission communication 'Annual Growth Survey 2019: For a stronger Europe in the face of global uncertainty' (COM(2018) 770), (mtg no. 254),
  • pursuant to Art. 151(1) of the Sejm Standing Orders and Art. 3(2) of the Cooperation Act, considered the Government information on the Foreign Affairs Council meeting planned for 18 February 2019, presented by the Secretary of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Konrad Szymański (mtg no. 251),
  • pursuant to Art. 11(1) of the Cooperation Act, considered the information about the position the Council of Ministers intended to take with regard to draft EU legal acts during the following meetings:
    • General Affairs Council, 19 February 2019 (COM(2018) 322), (mtg no. 251),
    • Competitiveness Council, 18-19 February 2019 (COM(2018) 231, 241, 238, 239, 259, 261, COM(2017) 329, 795), (mtg no. 251),
    • Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council, 4 March 2019 (COM(2018) 296, 438, COM(2017) 660), (mtg no. 253),
    • Environment Council, 5 March 2019 (COM(2018) 337, COM(2017) 753, COM(2019) 38), (mtg no. 253),
    • Justice and Home Affairs Council, 7-8 March 2019 (COM(2016) 270, 272, 465, 466, 467, 468, COM(2018) 218, 226, 631), (mtg no. 254),
  • pursuant to Art. 3(2) of the Cooperation Act, considered the information for the Sejm and the Senate on the Republic of Poland's participation in the activities of the European Union during the Austrian Presidency of the EU Council: July – December 2018 (paper no 3145), presented by the Secretary of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Konrad Szymański (mtg no. 251),
  • considered without debate the documents to which comments were not submitted:
    • pursuant to Art. 7(4) of the Cooperation Act – 8 EU draft legislative acts including i.a. draft regulation of the EP and the Council establishing the conditions for accessing the other EU information systems (COM(2019) 3); draft regulation of the EP and the Council on common rules ensuring basic air connectivity with regard to the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union (COM (2018) 893) and others: COM(2018) 825, 894, 895, COM(2019) 4, COM(2019) 48, 49,
    • pursuant to Art. 8(2) of the Cooperation Act – 12 EU draft legal acts including i.a. draft implementing decision of the Council on the transitional rules for the appointment of European Prosecutors for and during the first mandate period, [...] (COM(2019) 2); draft Council decision on the renewal of the Agreement on cooperation in science and technology between the European Community and the Government of the Russian Federation (COM(2019) 7) and others: COM(2018) 821, 853, 854, 862, COM(2019) 6, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16,
    • pursuant to Art. 151(1) of the Sejm Standing Orders and Art. 3(2) of the Cooperation Act – 9 documents, including i.a. joint communication on elements for an EU strategy on India (JOIN(2018) 28); Commission report on competition enforcement in the pharmaceutical sector (2009-2017) (COM(2019) 17) and others: COM(2018) 809, 824, 848, COM(2019) 12, 13, 14, C(2019) 244,
  • held the following meetings (mtg no. 252):
    • with the representative of the Austrian Presidency, Ambassador of the Republic of Austria in Poland, Mr Werner Almhofer – on the results of the Austrian Presidency of the EU Council,
    • with the representative of the Romanian Presidency, Ambassador of the Republic of Romania in Poland, Mr Ovidiu Dranga – on the programme of the Romanian Presidency of the EU Council.
SUBSIDIARITY CHECK IN NATIONAL PARLIAMENTS

According to the information from IPEX database as of 7 March 2019, in February 2019, 17 draft legislative acts were subject to subsidiarity scrutiny. The national parliaments submitted no reasoned opinion on the non-compliance of the scrutinised draft acts with the subsidiarity principle.

FEBRUARY 2019 – SUBSIDIARITY SCRUTINY IN IPEX
INTERPARLIAMENTARY COOPERATION

18-19 February 2019, Brussels, European Parliamentary Week 2019

  • 2019 European Semester cycle
    • How has the European Semester for economic policy coordination worked in practice until today?
    • Interparliamentary Committee Meetings (in parallel):
      Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
      - Topic I: Tax and anti-money laundering issues
      - Topic II: Banking Union - what are the challenges ahead?
      Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
      - Topic I: New forms of employment
      - Topic II: Permanent monitoring and evaluation of Member States’ activities addressed to people with disabilities as integral part of European Semester
      Committee on Budgets
      - Topic: The Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2021-2027 and own resources
  • Interparliamentary Conference on Stability, Economic Coordination and Governance in the European Union
    • Convergence, stabilisation and cohesion in EMU: What role for the MFF?
    • Euro at 20 years: The road ahead
    • Investment priorities for the post-2020 period

24-25 February 2019, Bukarest, Joint Parliamentary Scrutiny Group on Europol (JPSG)

  • Meeting of the Presidential Troika of JPSG Europol
  • 2nd meeting of the Working Group on the participation of Denmark to the JPSG meetings
  • Adoption of the agenda and opening remarks by the JPSG Co-Chairs
  • Reporting on Europol activities from Septrmber 2018 to February 2019
  • Europol Management Board activities from Septrmber 2018 to February 2019
  • Reporting back by the European Data Protection Supervisor and Europol Cooperation Board
  • Europol Travel Intelligence Centre (ETIC): State of play and activity report
  • European Cybercrime Centre (EC3): State of play and activity report including support against counterfeiting of non-cash means of payment, monitoring and countering dark web crimes
  • Key note speech by Julian King, European Commissioner for Security Union
  • Designation of the JPSG representative to the meetings of the Europol Management Board
  • Conclusion and closing remarks by the Co-Chairs