In March 2021 the EU Affairs Committee (SUE) held 3 meetings, no. 55-57, 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 amending Regulation (EU) 2016/794, as regards Europol's cooperation with private parties, the processing of personal data by Europol in support of criminal investigations, and Europol's role on research and innovation COM(2020) 796 together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 55],
  • proposal for a regulation of the EP and of the Council on a Single Market For Digital Services (Digital Services Act) and amending Directive 2000/31/EC (COM(2020) 825) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 55],
  • proposal for a regulation of the EP and of the Council on contestable and fair markets in the digital sector (Digital Markets Act) (COM(2020) 842) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 55],
  • proposal for a regulation of the EP and of the Council on statistics on agricultural input and output and repealing Regulations (EC) No 1165/2008, (EC) No 543/2009, (EC) No 1185/2009 and Council Directive 96/16/EC (COM(2021) 37) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 56],
  • proposal for a regulation of the EP and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 138/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards regional economic accounts for agriculture (COM(2021) 54) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 56],
  • proposal for a directive of the EP and of the Council on the resilience of critical entities (COM(2020) 829) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 57],
• pursuant to Art. 11(1) of the cooperation act, considered:
  • information on the position the Council of Ministers intends to take during the consideration of the draft EU legal acts at the meeting of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council on 22-23 March 20201 - COM(2018) 392, COM(2018) 393, COM(2018) 394 [mtg no. 56],
• pursuant to Art. 151(1) of the Sejm Standing Orders and Art. 3(2) of the Cooperation Act, considered:
  • information of the Council of Ministers on the meeting of the European Council planned for 25-26 March 2021 [mtg no. 57],
  • communication from the Commission: Strategy to strengthen the application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights in the EU (COM(2020) 711) together with the Government position [mtg no. 57],
• 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 1 draft legislative act: COM(2021) 36 [mtg no. 55],
  • pursuant to Art. 8(2) of the Cooperation Act – to 9 draft legal acts: COM(2021) 41, 47, 48, 53, 58, 64, 68, 72, 73 [mtg no. 55],
  • pursuant to Art. 151(1) of the Sejm Standing Orders and Art. 3(2) of the Cooperation Act – to 12 documents: COM(2021) 32, 42, 44, 46, 49, 56, 57, 59, 60, 62, C(2021) 1002, JOIN(2021) 2 [mtg no. 55],

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In March 2021 information on and documents of SUE meetings no. 55-57, provided by the EU Affairs Committee secretariat, were published in the EDL-S (European Legislative Documents in the Sejm) and IPEX databases.

• 03.03.2021, considered the information presented by the Government plenipotentiary for cybersecurity on the principles of the operational program on digitalisation under the new financial perspective of the European Union and discussed the National Reconstruction Plan in the field of digitalisation (mtg no. 26).

Foreign Affairs Committee

• 10.03.2021, considered the information of the Minister of Development, Labour and Technology and the Minister of Foreign Affairs on EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI) and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP - consequences for Poland, the EU and cooperation under the Three Seas initiative (mtg no. 41).

According to the information from IPEX database as of 11 April 2021, 32 draft legislative acts were subject to subsidiarity scrutiny in March 2021. The national parliaments submitted 1 reasoned opinion on the non-compliance of the scrutinised draft acts with the subsidiarity principle.

3-4 March 2021, [Lisbon] videoconference, 18th meeting of the Common Foreign and Security Policy and the Common Security and Defence Policy

• Troika meeting
• Opening of the session: welcome address, welcome remarks
• Keynote Speech by Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary-General of NATO; debate
• Session I: Defending Europe: EU-NATO cooperation and the Strategic Compass
• Session II: Discussion with Josep Borrell i Fontelles, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
• Session III: An EU comprehensive Strategy for Africa
• Closing remarks by Co-Chairs: David McAllister (EP) and Marcos Perestrello (Assembly of the Republic)

Information on the Conference website

4 March 2021, videomeeting, Interparliamentary Committee Meeting organised on the occasion of the International Women’s Day 2021 by the EP Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality on “We are strong: Women leading the fight against Covid-19”

• Welcoming words and opening speeches
• Keynote speech: Katerina Sakellaropoulou, President of the  Hellenic Republic
• Panel discussion: "Women on the frontlines: lessons learnt from the crisis management”
• Closing words

Information on the EP website