In June 2019 the EU Affairs Committee (SUE) held 5 meetings: no. 265-269. During these meetings the Committee:

• conducted the first reading of the Government draft act on regulation of certain matters relating to the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union pursuant to Article 50(2) TEU (paper no. 3469) [mtg no. 265],
• pursuant to Art. 7(4) of the Cooperation Act considered the draft directive amending Directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of value added tax and Directive 2008/118/EC concerning the general arrangements for excise duty as regards defence effort within the Union framework (COM(2019) 187) together with the Government position [mtg no. 266],
• 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 of the EU Council:
  • Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs, 14 June: session on health – COM(2018) 51 [mtg no. 266]; session on employment – COM(2008) 426, COM(2016) 551, 815) [mtg no. 267],
  • Agriculture and Fisheries, 18 June – COM(2018) 390, 392, 393, 394 [mtg no. 266],
  • Economic and Financial Affairs, 14 June – COM(2013) 71, COM(2015) 586, COM(2016) 850, 851, 852, 854 [mtg no. 266],
  • Environment, 26 June – COM(2018) 337, 385, COM(2019) 38 [mtg no. 267],
  • General Affairs, 18 June – COM(2018) 322 [mtg no. 268]; 25 June: ministers for cohesion – COM(2018) 372, 373, 374, 375, 382 [mtg no. 268];
• pursuant to Art. 151(1) of the Sejm Standing Orders and Art. 3(2) of the Cooperation Act, considered:
  • information on the position the Council of Ministers took while considering draft EU legal acts at the following EU Council meetings:
    Transport, Telecommunication and Energy, 6-7 June [mtg no. 267],
    Justice and Home Affairs, 6-7 June [mtg no. 267],
  • report from the Commission on Directive 2011/98/EU on a single application procedure for a single permit for third-country nationals to reside and work in the territory of a Member State and on a common set of rights for third-country workers legally residing in a Member State (COM(2019) 160) together with the Government position [mtg no. 267],
  • communication from the Commission: 2019 European Semester: Assessment of progress on structural reforms, prevention and correction of macroeconomic imbalances, and results of in-depth reviews under Regulation (EU) No 1176/2011, (COM(2019) 150) together with the Government position [mtg no. 267],
  • information on the Foreign Affairs Council meeting planned for 17 June 2019 [mtg no. 268],
  • the Council of Ministers' information on the European Council meeting planned for 20-21 June 2019 [mtg no. 268];
• according to the proposal of the Committee Bureau, didn't raise any comment to the following EU documents:
  • pursuant to Art. 7(4) of the Cooperation Act – to 3 EU draft legislative acts, including draft amending budget no. 1 to the general budget 2019 (COM(2019) 300) [mtg no. 266] and others: COM(2019) 205, 320 [mtg no. 269],
  • pursuant to Art. 8(2) of the Cooperation Act – to 11 EU draft legal acts, including draft Council regulation amending Regulation (EU) No 1388/2013 opening and providing for the management of autonomous tariff quotas of the Union for certain agricultural and industrial products (COM(2019) 210) and others: COM(2019) 199, 204, 207 [mtg no. 266]; draft decision of the EP and the Council on the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to Romania, Italy and Austria (COM(2019) 206) and others: COM(2019) 219, 238, 239, 241, 242, 243 [mtg no. 269],
  • pursuant to Art. 151(1) of the Sejm Standing Orders and Art. 3(2) of the Cooperation Act – to 13 documents, including report from the Commission on the implementation of the Joint Statement and Common Approach on the location of the seats of decentralised agencies (COM(2019) 187) and others: COM(2019) 191, 196, 203, 211, 214, 215 [mtg no. 266]; report from the Commission on the evaluation of the 7th Environment Action Programme (COM(2019) 233) and others: COM(2019) 234, 236, 244, 310, C(2019) 3589 [mtg no. 269];
• considered the report from the implementation of the State budget for 2018 and adopted a positive opinion thereon, in the scope of the SUE competence, intended for the Public Finance Committee (paper no. 3490) [mtg no. 269].

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In June 2019 information on and documents of SUE meetings no. 266-269, provided by the EU Affairs Committee secretariat, were published in the EDL-S (European Legislative Documents in the Sejm) and IPEX databases.

• 11.06.2019, considered the information on restrictions in investments and developing business facilities in the areas within the impact of the programme Natura 2000 and other forms of nature protection (mtg no. 154).

According to the information from IPEX database as of 9 July 2019, in June 2019, 1 draft legislative acts was subject to subsidiarity scrutiny. The national parliaments submitted no reasoned opinion on the non-compliance of the scrutinised draft act with the subsidiarity principle.
All reasoned opinions of national parliaments in IPEX

27-28 June 2019 r., Poprad, Meeting of the presidents of parliaments of the Visegrád Group countries

16-18 June 2019, Bratislava,  Meeting of the Committees on European Affairs of the Visegrád Group countries and Serbia

• Session I - Enlargement of the European Union
• Session II – Exchange of views for the LXI COSAC in Bucharest, 23-25 June 2019
• Session III – Future of the EU in terms of the election to the European Parliament

9-10 June 2019, Warsaw, Meeting of the Chairpersons of the Committees on European Affairs of the National Parliaments of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland

• The future of Europe and the European Union – possible options in regional and global perspectives.
• The European elections – the day-after evaluation.
• The Digital Single Market – challenges for the new Commission
• Exchange of views on the draft agenda of the LXI COSAC (working lunch)