In January 2021 the EU Affairs Committee (SUE) held 4 meetings, no. 43-46, via electronic means of distance communication. During these meetings the Committee:

• pursuant to Art. 7(4) of the Cooperation Act, considered:
  • proposal for a regulation of the EP and of the Council on a reinforced role for the European Medicines Agency in crisis preparedness and management for medicinal products and medical devices (COM(2020) 725, together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 43], and adopted the conclusions [mtg no. 45],
  • proposal for a regulation of the EP and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 851/2004 establishing a European Centre for disease prevention and control (COM(2020) 726), together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 43],
  • proposal for a regulation of the EP and of the Council on European data governance (Data Governance Act) (COM(2020) 767), together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 43],
  • proposal for a regulation of the EP and of the Council on digital operational resilience for the financial sector and amending Regulations (EC) No 1060/2009, (EU) No 648/2012, (EU) No 600/2014 and (EU) No 909/2014 (COM(2020) 595), together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 44],
  • proposal for a directive of the EP and of the Council amending Directives 2006/43/EC, 2009/65/EC, 2009/138/EU, 2011/61/EU, EU/2013/36, 2014/65/EU, (EU) 2015/2366 and EU/2016/2341 (COM(2020) 596), together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 44],
  • Proposal for a Council directive amending Directive 2006/112/EC as regards conferral of implementing powers to the Commission to determine the meaning of the terms used in certain provisions of that Directive (COM(2020) 749), together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 44],
  • proposal for a regulation of the EP and of the Council on serious cross-border threats to health and repealing Decision No 1082/2013/EU (COM(2020) 727), together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 45],
  • proposal for a regulation of the EP and of the Council concerning batteries and waste batteries, repealing Directive 2006/66/EC and amending Regulation (EU) No 2019/1020 (COM(2020) 798), together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 46],
• pursuant to Art. 151(1) of the Sejm Standing Orders and Art. 3(2) of the Cooperation Act, considered:
  • report from the Commission: Kick-starting the journey towards a climate-neutral Europe by 2050. EU Climate Action Progress Report 2020 (COM(2020) 777), together with the Government position [mtg no. 45],
  • communication from the Commission: 2020 Strategic Foresight Report. Strategic foresight – charting the course towards a more resilient Europe (COM(2020) 493), together with the Government position [mtg no. 46],
  • communication from the Commission: Annual Sustainable Growth Strategy 2021 (COM(2020) 575), together with the Government position [mtg no. 46],
  • communication from the Commission: Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability. Towards a Toxic-Free Environment (COM(2020) 667), together with the Government position [mtg no. 46],
  • report from the Commission: 2020 assessment of the progress made by Member States towards the implementation of the Energy Efficiency Directive 2012/27/EU and towards the deployment of nearly zero-energy buildings and cost-optimal minimum energy performance requirements in the EU in accordance with the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive 2010/31/EU (COM(2020) 954), together with the Government position [mtg no. 46],
• 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 7 draft legislative acts, including to draft decision authorising the Commission to vote in favour of the capital increase of the European Investment Fund (COM(2020) 774) and to other: COM(2020) 782, 826, 827, 828 [mtg no. 43], (COM(2020) 852, 853 [mtg no. 45],
  • pursuant to Art. 8(2) of the Cooperation Act – to 23 draft legal acts, including to the proposal for a Council decision on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union regarding the Sector Understanding on Export Credits for Civil Aircraft COM(2020) 847) and to other: COM(2020) 659, 709, 746, 757, 759, 763, 764, 765, 769, 770, 780, 781, 783, 787, 792, 794, 801, 802, 812, 814 [mtg no. 43]; COM(2020) 849, COM(2021) 1[mtg no. 45],
  • pursuant to Art. 151(1) of the Sejm Standing Orders and Art. 3(2) of the Cooperation Act – to 49 documents, including to the communication from the Commission: Digitalisation of justice in the European Union. A toolbox of opportunities (COM(2020) 710) and to other: COM(2020) 713, 730, 731, 755, 760, 761, 766, 768, 772, 773, 775, 776, 778, 779, 784, 785, 786, 788, 789, 793, 795, 799, 803, 804, 806, 807, 808, 809, 810, 811, 813, 819, 820, 821, 822, 830, 831, 836, 838, 846, 848, 851, SWD(2020) 920, JOIN(2020) 17 [mtg no. 43], COM(2020) 857, SWD(2020) 402, 403, C(2020) 9660 [mtg no. 45],
• considered a draft plan of the Committee for the period 1 January – 31 July 2021 [mtg no. 44].

According to the information from IPEX database as of 5 February 2021, 32 draft legislative acts were subject to subsidiarity scrutiny in January 2021. The national parliaments submitted 3 reasoned opinions on the non-compliance of the scrutinised draft acts with the subsidiarity principle.

Please note
Reasoned opinions to the above-mentioned documents were submitted also in December 2020 - see the Biuletyn OIDE, December 2020

12 January 2021, Meeting of the Presidents of Parliaments of the Visegrád Group Countries, videomeetting

• Development of the Visegrád parliamentary cooperation. Resolution commemorating 30th anniversary of the Visegrád Group
• Regional cooperation to combat the economic and social crisis caused by COVID-19
• European Green Deal, new Pact on asylum and migration, other current issues on the EU agenda
• V4 in view of the foreign policy current challenges (situation in Bielarus, European integration of the Western Balkans, US policy towards Central Europe after presidential election)

11 January 2021, Meeting of the Chairpersons of COSAC, videomeeting organised by the Portuguese Presidency

• Meeting of the Presidential Troika of COSAC
• Opening session - Introductory remarks (adoption of the Agenda for the Meeting of the Chairpersons of COSAC)
• Procedural issues and miscellaneous matters (briefing on the results of the meeting of the Presidential Troika of COSAC, Draft Programme of the LXV COSAC, outline of the 35th Bi-annual Report of COSAC, letters received by the Presidency, any other business), debate
• Session I – Priorities of the Portuguese Presidency of the EU Council, debate
• Session II – The European Union’s Recovery and Resilience, debate
• Closing remarks