In October 2023 the EU Affairs Committee (SUE) held the meeting no. 247. During this meeting 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 Council Directive 96/53/EC laying down for certain road vehicles circulating within the Community the maximum authorised dimensions in national and international traffic and the maximum authorised weights in international traffic (COM(2023) 445) [mtg no. 247],
  • proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on Soil Monitoring and Resilience (Soil Monitoring Law) (COM(2023) 416) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 247],
  • proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Union Customs Code and the European Union Customs Authority, and repealing Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 (COM(2023) 258) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 247],
  • proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on a framework for Financial Data Access and amending Regulations (EU) No 1093/2010, (EU) No 1094/2010, (EU) No 1095/2010 and (EU) 2022/2554 (COM(2023) 360) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 247),
  • proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on payment services and electronic money services in the Internal Market amending Directive 98/26/EC and repealing Directives 2015/2366/EU and 2009/110/EC COM(2023) 366) oraz proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on payment services in the internal market and amending Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010 (COM(2023) 367) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 247],
  • proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Union code relating to medicinal products for human use, and repealing Directive 2001/83/EC and Directive 2009/35/EC (COM(2023) 192) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 247],
  • proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down Union procedures for the authorisation and supervision of medicinal products for human use and establishing rules governing the European Medicines Agency, amending Regulation (EC) No 1394/2007 and Regulation (EU) No 536/2014 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 726/2004, Regulation (EC) No 141/2000 and Regulation (EC) No 1901/2006 (COM(2023) 193) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 247],
  • proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the safety of toys and repealing Directive 2009/48/EC (COM(2023) 462) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 247],
  • proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed, and amending Regulation (EU) 2017/625 (COM(2023) 411) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 247],
• 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 European Council meeting planned for 26-27 October 2023,
• 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 5 draft legislative acts: COM(2023) 362, 441, 502, 512, 515 [mtg no. 247],
  • pursuant to Art. 8(2) of the Cooperation Act – to 26 draft legal acts: COM(2023) 381, 486, 487, 492, 495, 499, 503, 504, 507, 508, 509, 511, 513, 521, 522, 526, 527, 536, 539, 540, 541, 542, 544, 546, 555, 567 [mtg no. 247],
  • pursuant to Art. 151(1) of the Standing Orders of the Sejm and Art. 3(2) of the Cooperation Act – do 22 documents: C(2023) 5560, JOIN(2023) 29, 30, COM(2023) 482, 485, 488, 491, 501, 505, 506, 510, 518, 519, 520, 523, 524, 525, 534, 535, 538, 543, 545 [mtg no. 247],
• considered the draft report on the EU Affairs Committee activities during the 9th term Sejm, presented by the Chair of the Committee.

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In October 2023 information on and documents of SUE meeting no. 247, provided by the EU Affairs Committee secretariat, were published in the EDL-S (European Legislative Documents in the Sejm) and IPEX databases.

In October 2023 the national parliaments submitted 5 reasoned opinions on the non-compliance of the scrutinised draft legislative acts with the subsidiarity principle.

26-27 October 2023, Madrid, Inter-Parliamentary Conference on Stability, Economic Coordination and Governance in the EU (IPC on SECG)

• Political groups' meetings
• Conference opening session: welcome address by the Senate President, Pedro Rollán Ojeda; speeches: Celso Delgado Arce, deputy of the Cortes Generales, Irene Tinagli, Chair of the European Parliament Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
• First session: The challenges of governance and the European Union's economic recovery in the international context; debate
• Second session: Architecture of the new governance: the structural medium-term budgetary plans and specific net expenditure pathways for each country. Debt sustainability and fiscal prudence within the framework of economic and monetary union; debate
• Third session: Integrating the social pillar into economic governance
• Closing session: Javier Alfonso Cendón, deputy of the Cortes Generales, Francina Armengol Socias, President of the Congress of Deputies

25 October 2023, Brussels, “Preparing the European elections 2024”, ICM organised by the EP’s Constitutional Affairs Committee (AFCO)

• Introductory statements - Salvatore De Meo, AFCO Chair
• Keynote addresses
  • “European elections 2024”, Sven Simon, Dmènec Ruiz Devesa, co-rapporteurs
  • “Implementation of the Treaty provisions on national parliaments”, Paulo Rangel, AFCO rapporteur
  • Vasco Alves Cordeiro, President of the European Committee of the Regions
• Presentations by Members of National Parliaments
• Debate with Members of National Parliaments and the European Parliament
• European Parliament Information Campaign on the European Elections 2024, presentation
• Closing remarks - Othmar Karas, 1st Vice-President of the EP, Salvatore De Meo, AFCO Chair

24-25 October 2023, Brussels, Inter Parliamentary Conference - Tax Symposium on "The Future of taxation in the EU: challenges ahead and what are the changes needed", co-hosted by the European Parliament's Subcommittee on Tax Matters (FISC) in cooperation with the European Commission

24 October

• Opening speech, Gerassimos Thomas, Director-General for Taxation and Customs Union, European Commission
• Keynote speech, Vitor Gaspar, Head of Fiscal Affairs, IMF
• Parallel Session 1: VAT in a digitial world
• Parallel Session 2: The role of behavioural taxation
• Parallel Session 3: Balancing incentives and redistribution: The future of Personal Income Taxation (PIT)
• Parallel Session 4: The role of wealth taxation in the tax mix of tomorrow
• Closing speech, Valdis Dombrovskis, Executive Vice-President, European Commission

25 October

• Welcome speech, Othmar Karas, EP First Vice-President in charge of relations with National Parliaments
• Introductory remarks, Paul Tang, Member of the European Parliament & Chair of FISC Subcommittee
• Keynote speeches: Paolo Gentiloni, European Commissioner for Economy, Nadia Calvino First Deputy Prime Minister of Spain and Minister for Economy and Digitalization
• Panel 1: Does our tax mix age well? Next generation taxation amid structural changes
• Panel 2: Decision-making on taxation – combining the national, EU and international level
• Panel 3: Beyond the international agreement: How to further improve the business tax framework within the Single Market
• Panel 4: Competitiveness vs fairness: What role can taxation play?
• Formal closing, Paul Tang, Member of the European Parliament &Chair of FISC Subcommittee, Gerassimos Thomas, Director-General for Taxation and Customs Union, European Commission

1-2 October 2023, Madrid, Interparliamentary Conference for the Common Foreign and Security Policy and the Common Security and Defence Policy (IPC CFSP/CSDP)

• Meeting of the Parliaments of the Presidential Troika and the European Parliament
• Meetings of the political groups
• Meeting for National Parliament staff: informal CSDP Dialogue
• Opening session: Željana Zovko, Vice Chair, European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs, Francina Armengol Socias, Speaker of the Congress of Deputies
• Session I - Priorities of the CFSP/CSDP and current challenges, within the framework of the 30th anniversary of the CFSP/CSDP; debate
• Session II - Threats posed by Russia: invasion of Ukraine and global consequences; debate
• Session III – Latest developments in the CFSP/CSDP sphere; debate
• Session IV - European Defence and challenges to the CSDP; debate
• Closing of the Conference: Pedro Rollán Ojeda, Speaker of the Spanish Senate