In November 2022 the EU Affairs Committee (SUE) held 6 meetings, no. 177-182. During these meetings the Committee:

• pursuant to Art. 7(4) of the Cooperation Act, considered:
  • proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2009/148/EC on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to asbestos at work (COM(2022) 489) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 177],
  • proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on adapting non-contractual civil liability rules to artificial intelligence (AI Liability Directive) (COM(2022) 496) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 177],
  • amended proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on Union guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network, amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1153 and Regulation (EU) No 913/2010 and repealing Regulation (EU) 1315/2013 (COM(2022) 384) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 177],
  • proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on prohibiting products made with forced labour on the Union market (COM(2022) 453) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 177], and the follow up at the meeting no. 181,
  • proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on liability for defective products (COM(2022) 495) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 181],
• pursuant to Art. 8(2) of the Cooperation Act, considered:
  • proposal for a Council recommendation on adequate minimum income ensuring active inclusion (COM(2022) 490) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 181],
• 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, 8 November 2022 - COM(2017) 276, COM(2021) 663, COM(2021) 664, and on 11 November 2022 – COM(2022) 400 [mtg no. 178],
  • General Affairs Council, 18 November 2022 - COM(2022) 122 [mtg no. 180],
  • Agriculture and Fisheries Council, 21 November 2022 - COM(2022) 351, COM(2022) 304 [mtg no. 180], and on 11-12 December 2022 - COM(2022) 134, 305 [mtg no. 182],
  • Education, Youth, Culture and Sport Council, 29 November 2022 - COM(2022) 457 [mtg no. 180],
  • Competitiveness Council, 1-2 December 2022 - COM(2022) 46, 71, 142, 143, 174, 349 [mtg no. 182],
• 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 Foreign Affairs Council meetings planned for 14-15 November 2022 [mtg no. 178], and for 12 December 2022 [mtg no. 182],
  • report from the Commission: Review report on the implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility (COM(2022) 383) together with the Government position [mtg no. 178],
  • Council of Ministers' information on the Foreign Affairs Council meeting (ministers for development) planned for 28 November 2022 [mtg no. 179],
  • Council of Ministers' information on the Foreign Affairs Council meeting (ministers for trade) planned for 25 November 2022 [mtg no. 179],
  • communication from the Commission: EU response to COVID-19: preparing for autumn and winter 2023 (COM(2022) 452) together with the Government position [mtg no. 181],
  • communication from the Commission on the European care strategy (COM(2022) 440) together with the Government position [mtg no. 181],
• pursuant to Art. 151(1) of the Sejm Standing Orders, considered:
  • proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down rules to prevent and combat child sexual abuse (COM(2022) 209) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 177],
• 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: COM(2022) 351 [mtg no. 179], COM(2022) 539, 670 [mtg no. 181], COM(2022) 563, 595, 596, 597 [mtg no. 182],
  • pursuant to Art. 8(2) of the Cooperation Act – to 28 draft legal acts: COM(2022) 501, 502, 508, 521, 522 [mtg no. 177], COM(2022) 519, 520, 525, 531, 532, 543, 665, 680, 681 [mtg no. 179], COM(2022) 526, 536, 537, 538, 545, 551, 562 [mtg no. 181], COM(2022) 559, 561, 564, 565, 566, 569, 572 [mtg no. 182],
  • pursuant to Art. 151(1) of the Sejm Standing Orders and Art. 3(2) of the Cooperation Act – to 21 documents: JOIN(2022) 53, COM(2022) 499, 504, 517, 523, 730 [mtg no. 177], COM(2022) 518, 524, 527, 529, 530, 533, 548 [mtg no. 179], C(2022) 7418 [mtg no. 181], COM(2022) 514, 515, 554, 560, 567, 568, 578 [mtg no. 182],
• took note of the information of Deputy Daniel Milewski on the participation in the meeting of the Baltic Assembly, 27-29 October 2022 [mtg no. 182].

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In November 2022 information on and documents of SUE meetings no. 177-182, provided by the EU Affairs Committee secretariat, were published in the EDL-S (European Legislative Documents in the Sejm) and IPEX databases.

• 03.11.2022, considered the information of the Chief Labour Inspector on the activity of the National Labour Inspectorate on the elimination of illegal employment carried out in the years 2019-2022 - against the background of solutions adopted in selected European Union Member States [mtg no. 107].

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

30 November 2022, Current EU foreign and security policy challenges, Interparliamentary Committee Meeting organised by the EP Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET)

• Welcome and opening remarks by David McAllister, Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the European Parliament
• Europe in the world - reinvigorating our global alliances and partnerships
  • Belén Martinez Carbonell, Managing Director for Global Agenda and Multilateral Relations, European External Action Service
• Supporting Ukraine - European resilience, commitment and unity for the challenges ahead
  • Maciej Popowski, Acting Director-General, Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations, European Commission

28 November 2022, Brussels, Universal Jurisdiction - improving accountability for serious international crimes, Interparliamentary Committee Meeting organised by the European Parliament's Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI) and the Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI)

• Welcome and opening remarks by:
  • Maria Arena, Chair of the Subcommittee on Human Rights
  • Adrián Vázquez Lázara, Chair of the Committee on Legal Affairs
• Interventions by:
  • Gabija Grigaitė-Daugirdė, Vice-Minister, Ministry of Justice of Lithuania
  • Matevž Pezdirc, Head of the EU Genocide Network Secretariat, Eurojust
  • Almudena Bernabéu, Co-founder of the Guernica Group, Director of the Guernica Centre for International Justice
  • Catherine Marchi-Uhel, Head of the International Mechanism to assist in the prosecution of persons responsible for the most serious crimes committed in the Syrian Arab Republic since March 2011
  • Andreas Schüller, Director of the International Crimes and Accountability program, European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR)
• Debate with MEPs and Members of EU National Parliament
• Conclusions

13-15 November 2022, Prague, Plenary meeting of the LXVIII COSAC

• Meeting of the Presidential Troika
• Meeting of the political groups
• Opening of the LXVIII COSAC, welcome address, adoption of the agenda
• Procedural issues and miscellaneous matters
  • presentation of the results of the meeting of the Presidential Troika of COSAC
  • presentation of the 38th Bi-Annual Report of COSAC
  • letters received by the Presidency
  • any other business
• Keynote video message by Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission
• Session I – The Czech Presidency of the Council of the EU; debate
• Session II – Future of the EU; debate
• Session III – Strategic autonomy of the EU
• Meeting of the COSAC Chairpersons