13 April 2023, the Sejm held the debate on the information of the Minister of Foreign Affairs on the tasks of the Polish foreign policy in 2023; the Sejm acknowledged the information (verbatim record/PL, point 16).

14 April 2023, the Sejm adopted the resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on methane emissions reduction in the energy sector - resolution (debate on the draft resolution: verbatim record/PL, point 43, papers no. 3173, 3174).

14 April 2023, the Sejm adopted the resolution on the defence of the Polish forests - resolution (debate on the draft resolution: verbatim record/PL, point 24, papers no. 3104, 3134).

In April 2023 the EU Affairs Committee (SUE) held 9 meetings, no. 208-216. 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 amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 as regards the digital labelling of EU fertilising products (COM(2023) 98) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 209],
  • proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on temporary trade liberalisation supplementing trade concessions applicable to Ukrainian products under the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part (COM(2023) 106) [mtg no. 209],
  • proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 98/24/EC and Directive 2004/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the limit values for lead and its inorganic compounds and diisocyanates (COM(2023) 71) together with the draft positions of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 209],
  • proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on packaging and packaging waste, amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 and Directive (EU) 2019/904, and repealing Directive 94/62/EC (COM(2022) 677) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 210),
  • proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on measures to reduce the cost of deploying gigabit electronic communications networks and repealing Directive 2014/61/EU (Gigabit Infrastructure Act) (COM(2023) 94) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 215],
  • proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive (EU) 2015/413 facilitating cross-border exchange of information on road-safety-related traffic offences (COM(2023) 126) [mtg no. 215],
• 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:
  • Agriculture and Fisheries Council, 25 April 2023 – (COM(2021) 346, 551, 568, COM(2022) 53, 672) [mtg no. 210],
• 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 European Council meeting held on 23-24 March 2023 [mtg no. 209],
  • information of the Council of Ministers on the Foreign Affairs Council meeting planned for 24 April 2023 [mtg no. 210],
  • information of the Council of Ministers on the Foreign Affairs Council (development) meeting planned for 4 May 2023 [mtg no. 210],
• pursuant to Art. 151(1) of the Sejm Standing Orders, considered:
  • proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on combating violence against women and domestic violence (COM(2022) 105) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 209],
• 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(2023) 150 [mtg no. 215];
  • pursuant to Art. 8(2) of the Cooperation Act – to 12 draft legal acts: COM(2023) 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 136, 143, 144, 174 [mtg no. 209], COM(2023) 149, 151, 172 [mtg no. 215];
  • pursuant to Art. 151(1) of the Standing Orders of the Sejm and Art. 3(2) of the Cooperation Act – do 38 documents: COM(2023) 134, 135, 140, 141, 146; C(2023) 1112, 1121, JOIN(2022) 7, 10, 18, 32, 35, 52, 55; JOIN(2023) 9, 72, 118, 134, 135, 139, 140, 141, 142, 145, 146, 156, 162, 168, 173 [mtg no. 209], COM(2023) 157, 158, 159, 163, 164, 167, 169, 170, C(2023) 1839 [mtg no. 215];
• held the first reading of the Deputies' draft resolution on the defence of the Polish forests [mtg no. 208] and considered amendments tabled to this draft resolution during the second reading (papers no. 3104, 3134) [mtg no. 214],
• pursuant to Art. 20(2) and Art. 19 of the Cooperation Act submitted the opinion on the candidacy of Tomasz Skurzewski for member of the Board of Directors of the European Investment Bank [mtg no. 209],
• pursuant to Art. 18(4) of the Cooperation Act considered the information on legislative work related to the implementation of EU directives, for which the time limit for implementation had expired or would expire within 3 months of the presentation of such information (as at 24 February 2023) [mtg no. 210],
• heard the information on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the reduction of methane emissions in the energy sector and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/924 [mtg no. 211],
• held the first reading of the committee's draft resolution concerning proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the reduction of methane emissions in the energy sector (paper no. 3173) [mtg no. 212],
• considered and adopted the desideratum addressed to the Minister for EU Affairs on reforming the operation of the European Union institutions in terms of increasing the openness and transparency of their functioning [mtg no. 213],
• heard the information on the study visit of the EU Affairs Committee in Brussels, 20-23 March 2023, presented by the Committee Chair Kacper Płażyński {mtg no. 215],
• heard the information of the Deputy Sylwester Tułajew on the participation in the meeting of the Common Foreign and Security Policy Interparliamentary Conference held in Stockholm, 2-3 March 2023 [mtg no. 215],
• heard the information of the Deputy Agnieszka Soin on the participation in the meeting of the EP Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality, Brussels, 1 March 2023 [mtg no. 215],
• together with the committees on Maritime Economy and Inland Water Transport as well as on Environmental Protection, Natural Resources and Forestry heard the information on:
  • the state of implementation of the European Green Deal in the light of Russian aggression on Ukraine, as well as on economic and energy crisis;
  • activities of the European Commission concerning new package for fisheries and oceans [mtg no. 216].

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In April 2023, information on and documents of SUE meetings no. 208-216, provided by the EU Affairs Committee secretariat, were published in the EDL-S (European Legislative Documents in the Sejm) and IPEX databases.

Environmental Protection, Natural Resources and Forestry Committee
12.04.2023, heard the information of the Minister for Climate and Environment on the implementation of the judgment of the Court of Justice of the EU of 2 March 2023 in case C-432/21 - a complaint for a declaration, pursuant to Art. 258 TFEU, of the infringement of a Member State's obligations, brought on 15 July 2021 by the European Commission against the Republic of Poland;

13.04.2023, considered the information on the planned financing of the activities in the scope of environmental protection from national Recovery and Resilience Plan as well as from the programme European Funds for Infrastructure, Climate and Environment 2012-2027 (FEnIKS).

In April 2022 the national parliaments submitted 3 reasoned opinions on the non-compliance of the scrutinised draft legislative acts with the subsidiarity principle.

26 April 2023, Reform of the European Electoral System, Interparliamentary Committee Meeting (ICM) organised by the European Parliament Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO)

• Introductory statements by Salvatore Salvatore De Meo, przew. AFCO, Chair of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs of the European Parliament, Domènec Ruiz Devesa, Member of the European Parliament
• Presentations by two Members of National Parliaments
• Erik Ottoson, Vice-Chair of the Committee on the Constitution of the Swedish Riksdag, Artemi Rallo, member of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs in the Spanish Senate and Full Professor of Constitutional Law
• Debate with Members of National Parliaments and Members of the European Parliament
• Closing remarks by Salvatore De Meo, Chair of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs of the European Parliament 

24-25 April 2023, Prague, Conference of Speakers of the European Union Parliaments

• Meeting of the Presidential Troika (Slovenia, Czech Republic, Spain, European Parliament)
• Opening Session
  Welcome addresses: Miloš Vystrčil, President of the Czech Senate, Markéta Pekarová Adamová, Speaker of the Czech Chamber of Deputies, Vít Rakušan, Minister of Interior of the Czech Republic
• Session I - Russian aggression against Ukraine and the EU response in a broader geopolitical context (EU enlargement, energy security, post-war reconstruction)
  Special guest: Ruslan Stefanchuk, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
  Keynote speakers: Elżbieta Witek, Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland, Andreas Norlén, Speaker of the Swedish Riksdag, Meritxell Batet Lamaña, Speaker of the Spanish Congress of Deputies Debate
• Session II - Role of the EU in global cooperation of democracies and the issue of EU member states ́ dependence on totalitarian regimes (information warfare, disinformation, security of supply chains, strategic autonomy etc.)
  Keynote speakers: Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament, Tomasz Grodzki, Speaker of the Senate of the Republic of Poland, Wolfgang Sobotka, President of the National Council of Austria
• Debate and adoption of the conclusions, final remarks
  
  

16-18.04.2023, Budapest, Meeting of the European Affairs Committees of the Visegrád Group countries

• Opening session - Richárd Hörcsik Chairman of the Committee on European Affairs of the Hungarian National Assembly
• Session I – Current issues on the EU agenda: Programme of Swedish EU Presidency and the possible tasks of the next Trio Presidency
• Session II – Energy security and the green transition
• Adoption of the Conclusions