In February 2021 the EU Affairs Committee (SUE) held 7 meetings, no. 47-54, 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 guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure and repealing Regulation (EU) No 347/2013 (COM/2020/824) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 47],
  • proposal for a regulation of the EP and of the Council establishing the Brexit Adjustment Reserve (COM/2020/854) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 52],
  • proposal for a directive of the EP and of the Council on measures for a high common level of cybersecurity across the Union, repealing Directive (EU) 2016/1148 (COM/2020/823) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 53],
  • proposal for a directive of the EP and of the Council amending Council Framework Decision 2002/465/JHA, as regards its alignment with EU rules on the protection of personal data (COM/2021/20) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 53],
• pursuant to Art. 8(2) of the Cooperation Act, considered:
  • proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the other part, and of the Agreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland concerning security procedures for exchanging and protecting classified information (COM/2020/856) together with the Government position [mtg no. 52],
• pursuant to Art. 151(1) of the Sejm Standing Orders and Art. 3(2) of the Cooperation Act, considered:
  • communication from the Commission: 2020 Communication on EU enlargement policy (COM/2020/660) together with the Government position [mtg no. 47],
  • communication from the Commission: Action plan on Integration and Inclusion 2021-2027 (COM/2020/758) together with the Government position [mtg no. 47],
  • joint communication to the EP, the European Council and the Council: A new EU-US agenda for global change (JOIN/2020/22) together with the Government position [mtg no. 51],
  • the Council of Ministers' information concerning the Foreign Affairs Council meetting planned for 22 February 2021 [mtg no. 51],
  • proposal for a Council decision on the signing, on behalf of the Union, and on provisional application of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the other part, and of the Agreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland concerning security procedures for exchanging and protecting classified information (COM/2020/855) together with the Government position [mtg no. 52],
  • Commission working document: 2020 Rule of Law Report. Country Chapter on the rule of law situation in Poland, accompanying communication from the Commission: 2020 Rule of Law Report. The rule of law situation in the European Union (COM/2020/580) - (SWD 2020/320) together with the Government position [mtg no. 52],
  • communication from the Commission: On the European democracy action plan (COM/2020/790) together with the Government position [mtg no. 53],
  • communication from the Commission: First Progress Report on the EU Security Union Strategy (COM/2020/797) together with the Government position [mtg no. 53],
• 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 8 draft legislative acts: (COM(2020) 818 [mtg no. 47], (COM(2020) 712, 791, COM(2021) 21, 25, 28 [mtg no. 51]; (COM(2021) 30, 34 [mtg no. 52],
  • pursuant to Art. 8(2) of the Cooperation Act – to 19 draft legal acts: COM(2020) 697, COM(2021) 4, 6, 11, 13, 14, 16, 23, 24, 26, 31, 38, 39 [mtg no. 51], COM(2020) 832, 833, 834, 835, 841 COM(2021) 27 [mtg no. 52],
  • pursuant to Art. 151(1) of the Sejm Standing Orders and Art. 3(2) of the Cooperation Act – to 12 documents: COM(2021) 3, 18, C(2021) 32 [pos. nr 47], C(2020) 171, C(2021) 320, COM(2021) 5, 9, 17, 19, 35 [mtg no. 51]; COM(2021) 29, 33 [mtg no. 52],
• considered the information for the Sejm and the Senate on the Republic of Poland's participation in the activities of the European Union in July-December 2020 (German Presidency of the Council of European Union), paper no. 910 [mtg no. 48],
• heard the information on financing regional policy in Poland from the European funds 2021-2027, submitted by the Minister of Finance, Funds and Regional Policy Tadeusz Kościński and Minister for EU Affairs Konrad Szymański [mtg no. 49],
• heard the information presented by Janusz Wojciechowski, Agriculture Commissioner, on the Commission Work Programme for 2021: „A Union of vitality in a world of fragility" and on „A Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system" [mtg no. 50],
• together with the Foreign Affairs Committee held the following meetings [mtg no. 54]:
  • with the representative of the German Presidency, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Poland, Mr Arndt Freytag von Loringhoven, on the results of the German Presidency of the EU Council,
  • with the representative of the Portuguese Presidency, Amassador of the Portuguese Republic, Mr Luís Manuel Ribeiro Cabaço, on the programme of the Portuguese Presidency of the EU Council.

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In February 2021 information on and documents of SUE meetings no. 47-54, provided by the EU Affairs Committee secretariat, were published in the EDL-S (European Legislative Documents in the Sejm) and IPEX databases.

• 23.02.2021, considered the information provided by the Secretary of State at the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Ryszard Bartosik, on the draft Strategic Plan for the Common Agricultural Policy for 2023-2027 (mtg no. 35).

• 23.02.2021, heard "Information from the Minister of Finance, Funds and Regional Policy on financing regional policy in Poland from the European funds 2021-2027", presented by the Secretary of State at the Ministry of Funds and Regional Policy, Waldemar Buda (mtg no. 35). 

According to the information from IPEX database as of 9 March 2021, 32 draft legislative acts were subject to subsidiarity scrutiny in February 2021. The national parliaments submitted 3 reasoned opinions on the non-compliance of the scrutinised draft acts with the subsidiarity principle.

22 February 2021, videoconference, European Parliamentary Week / Interparliamentary Conference on Stability, Economic Coordination and Governance in the European Union

• Political group meetings
• Opening plenary session: Investing in our climate, social and economic resilience: What are the main policy priorities?
• Panel discussion: The preparations of national recovery and resilience plans: Where do we stand?
• Inter-parliamentary Committee Meetings (in parallel):
  • Resilience and Recovery from the COVID-19 crisis: economic and fiscal priorities for investment and reforms
  • Strengthening and implementing the Social Dimension: How to integrate the Pillar of Social Rights into the recovery and resilience plans?
  • The EU budget at the centre of the Recovery Plan. Next Generation EU, MFF and Own Resources: New intersections between the competences of the EP and national parliaments?
  • The Recovery and Resilience Plan: synergies between the European Green Deal and the path towards building a more resilient European Health Union