In January 2022 the EU Affairs Committee (SUE) held 7 meetings, no. 102-108. 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 measures against transport operators that facilitate or engage in trafficking in persons or smuggling of migrants in relation to illegal entry into the territory of the European Union (COM(2021) 753) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 103],
  • proposal for a regulation of the EP and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 549/2013 and repealing 11 legal acts in the field of national accounts (COM(2021) 776) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 107],
  • proposal for a directive of the EP and of the Council on improving working conditions in platform work (COM(2021) 762 together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 107],
  • proposal for a directive of the EP and of the Council amending Directive 2013/36/EU as regards supervisory powers, sanctions, third-country branches, and environmental, social and governance risks, and amending Directive 2014/59/EU (COM(2021) 663) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 108],
  • proposal for a regulation of the EP and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 as regards requirements for credit risk, credit valuation adjustment risk, operational risk, market risk and the output floor (COM(2021) 664) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 108],
• pursuant to Art. 8(2) of the Cooperation Act, considered:
  • proposal for a Council decision on provisional emergency measures for the benefit of Latvia, Lithuania and Poland (COM(2021) 752) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [pos. nr 105],
• pursuant to Art. 11(1) of the Cooperation Act, considered information on the position the Council of Ministers intends to take during consideration of draft EU legal acts at the meetings of:
  • Economic and Financial Council, 18 January 2022 - COM(2021) 823 [mtg no. 102],
  • General Affairs Council, 25 January 2022 - COM(2021) 731, 732, 733, 734 [mtg no. 103],
• 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 results of the European Council meeting held on 16 December 2021 [mtg no. 103],
  • information of the Council of Ministers on the Foreign Affairs Council meeting planned for 24 January 2022 [mtg no. 103],
  • report from the Commission: Speeding up European climate action towards a green, fair and prosperous future EU Climate Action Progress Report 2021 (COM(2021) 960) together with the Government position [mtg no. 104],
  • communication from the Commission: Tackling rising energy prices: a toolbox for action and support (COM(2021) 660) together with the Government position [mtg no. 107],
• pursuant to Art. 151(1) of the Sejm Standing Orders, considered:
  • proposal for a directive of the EP and of the Council amending Directive 2009/138/EC as regards proportionality, quality of supervision, reporting, long-term guarantee measures, macro-prudential tools, sustainability risks, group and cross-border supervision (COM(2021) 581) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 102],
  • proposal for a directive of the EP and of the Council establishing a framework for the recovery and resolution of insurance and reinsurance undertakings and amending Directives 2002/47/EC, 2004/25/EC, 2009/138/EC, (EU) 2017/1132 and Regulations (EU) No 1094/2010 and (EU) No 648/2012 (COM(2021) 582) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 102],
  • proposal for a regulation of the EP and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 and Directive 2014/59/EU as regards the prudential treatment of global systemically important institution groups with a multiple point of entry resolution strategy and a methodology for the indirect subscription of instruments eligible for meeting the minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities (COM(2021) 665) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 102],
  • proposal for a regulation of the EP and of the Council on shipments of waste and amending Regulations (EU) No 1257/2013 and (EU) No 2020/1056 (COM(2021) 709) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 104],
  • proposal for a decision of the EP and of the Council establishing the 2030 Policy Programme "Path to the Digital Decade" (COM(2021) 574) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 105],
• 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 2 draft legislative acts: COM(2021) 769 [mtg no. 102]; COM(2021) 817 [mtg no. 108];
  • pursuant to Art. 8(2) of the Cooperation Act – to 21 draft legal acts: COM(2021) 735, 736, 743, 745, 746, 749, 754, 755, 770, 772, 773, 780, 781, 783, 785 [mtg no. 102]; COM(2022) 3 [mtg no. 107]; COM(2021) 801, 807, 825, 833, 834 [mtg no. 108];
  • pursuant to Art. 151(1) of the Sejm Standing Orders and Art. 3(2) of the Cooperation Act – to 52 documents: JOIN(2021) 30, 32, COM(2021) 670, 713, 717, 720, 729, 730, 738, 741, 742, 747, 761, 763, 764, 765, 766, 771, 774, 777, 778, 786, 787, 788, 789, 790, 791, 793, 799, 818, 819, 820, 900, 915, 916 [mtg no. 102]; JOIN(2021) 35, C(2021) 9040, 9041, COM(2021) 794, 797, 798, 800, 809, 810, 814, 816, 822, 827, 829, 830, 965, 970 [mtg no. 108];
• considered the reply of the Minister of Climate and Environment on the desideratum no. 3 on including nuclear energy in the EU green finance taxonomy [mtg no. 104],
• considered a draft work programme of the Committee for the period 1 January – 30 June 2022 [mtg no. 104],
• considered a draft desideratum addressed to the President of the Council of Ministers on taking action intended to execute the appropriate transparency and presentation of precise explanations by the EU organs concerning a so-called trade in the influence, described by the French newspaper Liberation [mtg no. 105],
• together with the Foreign Affairs Committee held the meeting [no. 106]:
  • on the results of the Slovenian Presidency of the EU, with participation of the Slovenian Presidency representative, Ambassador of the Republic of Slovenia in Poland, Ms Božena Forštnarič Boroje,
  • on the programme of the French Presidency of the EU Council, with participation of the French Presidency representative, Ambassador of the French Republic in Poland, Mr Frédéric Billet,
• considered a draft desideratum addressed to the Minister for EU Affairs on the reform of provisions concerning possibility of getting additional income by Members of the European Parliament [mtg no. 108].

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In January 2022 information on and documents of SUE meetings no. 102-108, provided by the EU Affairs Committee secretariat, were published in the EDL-S (European Legislative Documents in the Sejm) and IPEX databases.

• 11.01.2022, considered a reply to the desideratum no. 103 addressed to the President of the Council of Ministers concerning the transposition of the Directive (EU) 2019/2161 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019 amending Council Directive 93/13/EEC and Directives 98/6/EC, 2005/29/EC and 2011/83/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the better enforcement and modernisation of Union consumer protection rules [mtg no. 88].

• 26.01.2022, heard the information on "Annual report of the European Court of Auditors on the performance of the EU budget 2020" together with a review of the cohesion policy arrangements and selected special reports concerning Poland. The information has been presented by Marek Opioła, member of ECA [mtg no. 80].

• Meeting of the COSAC Presidential Troika
• Welcome speech and opening remarks
• Procedural and other general matters
  • Presentation of the results of the COSAC Troika of Chairpersons' Meeting
  • Provisional agenda for the 67th COSAC Meeting
  • Outline of the 37th COSAC Bi-Annual Report
  • Letters received by the presidency
  • Procedural items
  • Debate
• Session I - Presentation of the priorities of the French Presidency; debate
• Session II - New working methods within COSAC; debate
• Session III - Twentieth anniversary of the euro: achievements and future of the euro; debate
• Closing remarks of the Chairpersons