27 October 2022, the Sejm accepted the Council of Ministers' information on the Republic of Poland's participation in the activities of the European Union in January-June 2022 (French Presidency of the Council of European Union) - resolution. The information was earlier debated in plenary with participation of the Minister for EU Affairs, Szymon Szynkowski vel Sęk (verbatim record/PL, point 15).

27 October 2022, under "Current information" item the Sejm held the debate on the information on blocking of the European funds (National Recovery and Resilience Plan, Multiannual Financial Framework) by the Polish Government (verbatim record/PL, point 10).

In October 2022 the EU Affairs Committee (SUE) held 6 meetings, no. 171-176. During these meetings the Committee:

• pursuant to Art. 7(4) of the Cooperation Act, considered:
  • proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union (recast) (COM(2022) 223 together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 173],
• 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:
  • Justice and Home Affairs Council, 13-14 October 2022 - COM(2021) 851, COM(2022) 325 [mtg no. 173],
  • Agriculture and Fisheries Council, 17-18 October 2022 - COM(2012) 614 [mtg no. 173],
  • Environment Council, 24 October 2022 - COM(2020) 673,726, 727, COM(2021) 113, 574, 656, 851, COM(2022) 142, 156 [mtg no. 174],
  • Transport, Telecommunication and Energy Council, 25 October 2022 - COM(2021) 802, 803, 804 [mtg no. 174],
• pursuant to Art. 151(1) of the Sejm Standing Orders and Art. 3(2) of the Cooperation Act, considered:
  • Council of Ministers' information on the meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council planned for 17 October 2022 [mtg no. 171],
  • Information of the Council of Ministers on the European Council meeting planned for 20-21 October [mtg no. 171],
  • report from the Commission: Monitoring the application of European Union law. 2021 Annual Report (COM(2022) 344) together with the Government position [mtg no. 171],
  • communication from the Commission: 2022 Rule of Law Report. The rule of law situation in the European Union (COM(2022) 500); Annex – Recommendations to the Member States: Poland, together with the Government position [mtg no. 171],
  • Information of the Council of Ministers on the European Council meeting held on 20-21 October [mtg no. 176],
• 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 draft legislative acts: COM(2022) 465, 662 [mtg no. 174], COM(2022) 503 [mtg no. 176],
  • pursuant to Art. 8(2) of the Cooperation Act – to 28 draft legal acts: COM(2022) 441, 442, 445, 446, 448, 451, 469 [mtg no. 173], COM(2022) 421, 422, 423, 455, 456, 464, 468, 471, 472, 474, 476, 479, 491, 492 [mtg no. 174], COM(2022) 484, 487, 497, 505, 506, 507, 509 [mtg no. 176],
  • pursuant to Art. 151(1) of the Sejm Standing Orders and Art. 3(2) of the Cooperation Act – to 20 documents: C(2022) 6108, 6193; JOIN(2022) 21, 30; COM(2022) 412, 443, 447, 449 [mtg no. 173], COM (2022) 463, 466, 467, 470, 481, 482, 483, SWD(2022) 324 [mtg no. 174], C(2022) 6901, COM(2022) 486, 488, 498 [mtg no. 176],
• pursuant to Art. 18(4) of the Cooperation Act, considered the information on legislative work related to the implementation of directives, for which the time limit has expired or will expire within 3 months of the presentation of such information (as at 12 August 2022) [mtg no. 172]
• considered the information of Deputy Bolesław Piecha on the participation in the meeting of the Chairs of the Committees on European Affairs of the Parliaments of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland in Vilnius, 18-19 September 2022 [mtg no. 172],
• examined, in the scope of the SUE competence, the draft budget act for 2023 (paper no. 2653) and adopted an opinion on it for the Public Finances Committee [mtg no. 175],
• considered the information of Deputy Daniel Milewski on the participation in the meeting of the Interparliamentary Conference on Stability, Economic Coordination and Governance in the European Union in Prague, 10-11 October 2022 [mtg no. 176].

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In October 2022 information on and documents of SUE meetings no. 171-176, provided by the EU Affairs Committee secretariat, were published in the EDL-S (European Legislative Documents in the Sejm) and IPEX databases.

In October 2022 the national parliaments submitted 1 reasoned opinion on the non-compliance of the scrutinised draft legislative acts with the subsidiarity principle.

26 October 2022, Brussels, Conclusions of the Conference on the Future of Europe and the role of national parliaments in the EU, Interparliamentary Committee Meeting (ICM) organised by the Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO)

• Introductory statements:
  • Salvatore De Meo, Chair of the AFCO committee
  • Guy Verhofstadt, Member of the EP
  • Dubravka Šuica, Vice-President of the European Commission for Democracy and Demography
• Presentations by:
  • Jan Berki, Member of the Chamber of Deputies, Czech Republic
  • Magnus Berntsson, Member of the Riksdagu, Sweden
• Debate with Members of national Parliaments and Members of the European Parliament
• Closing remarks by: Guy Verhofstadt, Dubravka Šuica, Salvatore De Meo

24-25 October 2022, Brussels, 11th meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Scrutiny Group on Europol

• Adoption of the agenda and opening remarks; feedback following troika meeting
• Reporting on Europol activities March - October 2022; Presentation of the Europol Draft Multiannual Programming Document 2023-2025 and reply to written contributions by delegations; exchange of views
• Report by the European Data Protection Supervisor; Report by the Europol Management Board on activities March - October 2022 with a special focus on the functions listed in article 11 of the Europol Regulation (regulation (EU) 2016/794); exchange of views
• Implementation of the revised Europol Regulation (on matters related to the JPSG); exchange of views
• Members follow up on Written and Oral Questions, and other miscellaneous questions or requests
• The impact of the war in Ukraine on the area of security; exchange of views
• Closing remarks

10-11 October 2022, Prague, Interparliamentary Conference on Stability, Economic Coordination and Governance in the EU

• Meeting of political groups
• Opening session: Markéta Pekarová Adamová, Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, Josef Bernard, Chairperson of the Committee on the Budget, Chamber of Deputies, Vladislav Vilímec, Chairperson of the Committee on National Economy, Agriculture and Transport, Senate
• Session 1: Recovery and Resilience Facility - National Recovery and Resilience Plans (current state of implementation and new challenges)
• Session 2: Energy independence costs - the financing of energy and climate measures
• Session 3: Strengthening Europe’s economic resilience - preparedness for future crises
• Closing remarks:  Ivan Adamec, Chairperson of the Committee on Economic Affairs,
• Chamber of Deputies