In November 2023, the EU Affairs Committee (SUE):

of the 9th term of the Sejm held the meeting no. 248,

of the 10th term of the Sejm held 2 meetings (including the first, constituent meeting).

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 use of railway infrastructure capacity in the single European railway area, amending Directive 2012/34/EU and repealing Regulation (EU) No 913/2010 (COM(2023) 443) [mtg no. 248],
  • proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on European cross-border associations (COM(2023) 516) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 248],
  • proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on combating late payment in commercial transactions (COM(2023) 533),
  • proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2008/98/EC on waste (COM(2023) 420) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 248],
  • proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the production and marketing of plant reproductive material in the Union, amending Regulations (EU) 2016/2031, 2017/625 and 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Council Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 68/193/EEC, 2002/53/EC, 2002/54/EC, 2002/55/EC, 2002/56/EC, 2002/57/EC, 2008/72/EC and 2008/90/EC (Regulation on plant reproductive material) (COM(2023) 414) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 248],
  • proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the production and marketing of forest reproductive material, amending Regulations (EU) 2016/2031 and 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directive 1999/105/EC (Regulation on forest reproductive material) (COM(2023) 415) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 248],
• 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:
  • Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council configuration, 30 November 2023 – COM(2022) 197, 338, 721, COM(2023) 192, 193 [mtg no. 2],
  • Economic and Financial Council, 8 December 2023 – COM2023) 240, 241, 330, 331, 332, 333, 364, 368, 369 [mtg no. 2],
  • Transport, Telecommunication and Energy Council, 4-5 December 2023 – COM(2020) 577, 579, COM(2021) 206, 281, 812, COM(2022) 384, 454, 720, COM(2023) 94, 126, 127, 128, 208, 209, 256, 270, 271, 272, 273, 441, 445 [mtg no. 2],
  • Justice and Home Affairs Council, 4-5 December 2023 – COM(2016) 465, COM(2018) 834, COM(2020) 610, 611, 612, 613, 614, COM(2022) 209, COM(2023) 185, 424 [mtg no. 2],
• 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 11 draft legislative acts: COM(2023) 582, 584, 591, 592, 596 [mtg no. 248]; COM(2023) 530, 531, 593, 639, 642, 643 [mtg no. 2];
  • pursuant to Art. 8(2) of the Cooperation Act – to 36 draft legal acts: JOIN(2023) 16, 25, COM(2023) 470, 548, 549, 550, 553, 556, 559, 562, 565, 568, 569, 573, 574, 575, 576, 578, 579, 580, 585, 586, 589, 595 [mtg no. 248]; COM(2023) 587, 594, 598, 644, 658, 663, 671, 673, 674, 678, 685, 696 [mtg no. 2];
  • pursuant to Art. 151(1) of the Standing Orders of the Sejm and Art. 3(2) of the Cooperation Act – to 42 documents: COM(2023) 547, 551, 552, 554, 558, 561, 566, 570, 571, 577, 581, 588, 638, 640, 648 [mtg no. 248]; COM(2023) 590, 597, 632, 633, 641, 650, 651, 652, 653, 654, 655, 657, 659, 662, 664, 665, 667, 668, 670, 672, 676, 680, 682, 686, 687, 688, 730 [mtg no. 2];
• pursuant to Art. 20(2) and Art. 19 of the Cooperation Act expressed opinions on the candidacies for the positions of judges of the Court of Justice of the EU [mtg no. 248]:
  • the Court of Justice – candidacy of dr hab. Dobrochna Bach-Golecka,
  • the General Court – candidacies of judge Aleksandra Rutkowska and dr hab. Arkadiusz Radwan.

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In November 2023, information on and documents of SUE meetings no. 248 (9th term) and no. 1-2 (10th term), provided by the EU Affairs Committee secretariat, were published in the EDL-S (European Legislative Documents in the Sejm) and IPEX databases.

In November 2023 the national parliaments submitted 2 reasoned opinions on the non-compliance of the scrutinised draft legislative acts with the subsidiarity principle.

29 November 2023, Brussels, High Level Conference on the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), organised by the European Parliament's Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI)
PANEL I
75th anniversary of the UDHR. What makes human rights universal?
Chair: Udo Bullmann, Chair of the EP’s Subcommittee on Human Rights

• Introductory remarks: David McAllister, Chair of the EP’s Committee on Foreign Affairs
• Address by: Volker Türk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
• Q&A session
• Concluding remarks: Juan Fernando Lopez Aguilar, Chair of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs of the European Parliament

PANEL II
Working together to meet the challenges of our times.
Chair: Udo Bullmann, Chair of the EP’s Subcommittee on Human Rights

• Introductory remarks: Tomas Tobé, Chair of the EP’s Committee on Development
• Addresses by: Jutta Urpilainen, Commissioner for International Partnerships, European Commission, Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations and Chair of the United Nations Sustainable Development Group
• Q&A session
• Concluding remarks: Nacho Sanchez Amor, rapporteur on the annual report on democracy and human rights in the world and the EU’s policies on the matter in 2023
• Closing of the event, Heidi Hautala, Vice President of the European Parliament

27-28 November 2023, Brussels, European Citizenship Education, Interparliamentary Committee Meeting (ICM) organised by Committee on Culture and Education of the European Parliament (CULT)

• Welcome and opening remarks by Sabine Verheyen, Chair of the CULT Committee, Pia Ahrenkilde Hansen, European Commission, José Manuel Bar Cendón, Spanish Presidency; debate
• European Citizenship Education: best practices (national and European context); presentations, debate
• The importance of European Citizenship Education for young people; presentation debate
• Role of European Parliament in the implementation of European Citizenship Education actions; presentation, debate
• Importance of European Citizenship in view of the 2024 European Parliament elections; presentation, debate
• Conclusions, Sabine Verheyen, Chair of the CULT Committee

26-28 November 2023, Madrid, LXX COSAC

• Meeting of the Presidential Troika
• Political groups meetings
• Opening session
  • Address by the Speaker of the Senate, Pedro Rollán Ojeda
  • Address by the Speaker of the Congress of Deputies, Francina Armengol Socias
• Procedural issues and miscellaneous matters
  • approval of the draft programme of the Plenary Meeting of the LXX COSAC
  • results of the meeting of the Presidential Troika of COSAC
  • presentation of the 40th Bi-Annual Report of COSAC
  • appointment of the position of the permanent member of the COSAC Secretariat
  • letters received by the Presidency
  • any other business
• Session I – Spanish Presidency of the Council of the EU; debate
• Session II – The Pact on Migration and Asylum of the EU; debate
• Meeting of the COSAC Chairpersons
• Session III – Energy crisis and green transition; debate
• Session IV – Situation in Ukraine and relations with the European Union; debate
• Session V - Open Strategic Autonomy and relations with Latin America; debate
• Adoption of the Contribution and Conclusions of the LXX COSAC
• Closing session