In December the EU Affairs Committee (SUE) held 8 meetings: no. 208-215. It scrutinised 80 EU documents.

Information and documents concerning SUE meetings no. 206-208, 210-212 and 215 provided by the EU Affairs Committee secretariat have been published in SUE and IPEX databases.

* Concerning drafts which time limits for scrutiny expired in December

• 3772 – Rządowy projekt ustawy o zmianie ustawy o systemie oceny zgodności oraz niektórych innych ustaw,
• 3755 – Rządowy projekt ustawy o zmianie ustawy - Kodeks karny oraz niektórych innych ustaw,
• 3737 – Rządowy projekt ustawy o substancjach chemicznych i ich mieszaninach.

From among bills uploaded into the UST database before December, the following acts have been adopted [papers no.]:

• Ustawa o zmianie ustawy o szczególnych warunkach sprzedaży konsumenckiej oraz o zmianie Kodeksu cywilnego [3627],
• Ustawa o zmianie ustawy o podatku od towarów i usług oraz ustawy o transporcie drogowym [3620],
• Ustawa o zmianie ustawy o Bankowym Funduszu Gwarancyjnym oraz niektórych innych ustaw [3554],
• Ustawa o zmianie ustawy o cudzoziemcach oraz niektórych innych ustaw [3423],
• Ustawa o zmianie ustawy o broni i amunicji oraz ustawy o wykonywaniu działalności gospodarczej w zakresie wytwarzania i obrotu materiałami wybuchowymi, bronią, amunicją oraz wyrobami i technologią o przeznaczeniu wojskowym lub policyjnym [3388],
• Ustawa o wdrożeniu niektórych przepisów Unii Europejskiej w zakresie równego traktowania [3386],
• Ustawa o publicznym transporcie zbiorowym [2916].

The following acts implementing EU law have been published [papers no.]:

• Ustawa o zmianie ustawy o podatku od towarów i usług oraz ustawy o transporcie drogowym [3620],
• Ustawa o zmianie ustawy o Bankowym Funduszu Gwarancyjnym oraz niektórych innych ustaw [3554],
• Ustawa o zmianie ustawy o organizacji rynków owoców i warzyw, rynku chmielu, rynku tytoniu oraz rynku suszu paszowego oraz niektórych innych ustaw [3424],
• Ustawa o zmianie ustawy o cudzoziemcach oraz niektórych innych ustaw [3423],
• Ustawa o zmianie ustawy o zarządzaniu kryzysowym [3387],
• Ustawa o wdrożeniu niektórych przepisów Unii Europejskiej w zakresie równego traktowania [3386],
• Ustawa o zmianie ustawy o paszach oraz ustawy o bezpieczeństwie żywności i żywienia [3358].

COMMISSION WORK PROGRAMME 2011

15 December 2010

European Parliament adopted a resolution on the Commission work programme 2011.

European Parliament resolution of 15 December 2010 on the Communication from the Commission on the Commission Work Programme 2011, (P7_TA(2010)0481)

CITIZENS’ INITIATIVE

15 December 2010

European Parliament adopted a resolution on the proposal for for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the citizens‘ initiative.

European Parliament legislative resolution of 15 December 2010 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the citizens‘ initiative,  (2010/0074(COD))

6 December 2010

European Parliament, Council and Commission reached an agreement in a trialogue on a draft regulation on the citizens' initiative.

PARLIAMENTARY PREPARATIONS CALENDAR

14 December 2010, Sejm

80th sitting of the Sejm, item 4 on the agenda

Information of the minister of foreign affairs on the preliminary priorities and programme of the Polish Presidency in the EU Council (second semester of 2011) and the speech of the chairman of the European Affairs Committee of the Sejm

Speeches and questions – shorthand report (PL)

Sejm accepted information of the minister of foreign affairs.

15 December 2010, Senate

Government's information on the priorities of the Polish Presidency in the EU Council (second semester of 2011)

Questions and debate – shorthand report (PL), page 11

CURRENT EU AFFAIRS

Articles on the current political-economic issues in the EU from the specialist periodicals available on-line.

• Barysch K.: Turkey and the EU: Can stalemate be avoided?, Centre for European Reform, December 2010.
• Becker P.: Kräftemessen zwischen EP und Rat um den EU-Haushalt 2011, SWP-Aktuell 2010/A 83, Dezember 2010.
• Bursens P., Drieskens E., Van Hecke S.: The 2010 Belgian Presidency: Driving in the EU´s Back Seat, Swedish Institute for European Policy Studies, 2010. 
• Cellerino C.: The new European External Action Service and the Lisbon call for coherence of European external action: issues of accountability and scope, “Columbia Journal of European Law Online” 2010, Vol. 17, s. 22. 
• Drieskens E., Schaik L. van: The European External Action Service: Preparing for Success, Netherlands Institute of International Relations, 23 December 2010. 
• Gostyńska A., Tokarski P.: The EU Budget for 2011 as a Tool in the European Parliament's Struggle for More Influence in the EU, "Biuletyn PISM", 1.12.2010, No. 137 (213).
• Poland and the Czech Republic: Advocates of the EU Enlargement? (red. A. Balcer), raport demosEUROPA, grudzień 2010.
• Roth F.: The Eurozone Crisis and Its Effects on Citizens’ Trust in National Parliaments, CEPS Commentaries, 8 December 2010.
• Stratulat C., Emmanouilidis J. A.: The European Citizens' Initiative: next step, implementation, European Policy Centre, 16 December 2010.
• Verhelst S.: Addressing the financial crisis: the EU’s incomplete regulatory response, “Egmont Papers”, December 2010, No. 39.

EU CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES *

SELECTED ARTICLES AND STUDIES

• Albors-Llorens A.: Keeping up appearances: the Court of Justice and the effects of EU directives, “The Cambridge Law Journal” 2010, Vol. 69, Iss. 3, s. 455.
• Bredt S.: Prospects and Limits of Democratic Governance in the EU, “European Law Journal” 2011, January, Vol. 17, Iss. 1, s. 35.
• Costello R.: Does Bicameralism Promote Stability? Inter-institutional Relations and Coalition Formation in the European Parliament, “West European Politics” 2011, Vol. 34, Iss. 1, s. 122.
• Dąbrowska-Kłosińska P.: Skutki wyroków prejudycjalnych TS w postępowaniu przed sądami krajowymi w świetle orzecznictwa i Traktatu z Lizbony, „Europejski Przegląd Sądowy” 2010, nr 12, s. 4.
• Driessen B.: Delegated legislation after the Treaty of Lisbon: An analysis of Article 290 TFEU, “European Law Review” 2010, Iss. 6, s. 837-848.
• Dürand A., Mateo G.: To Call or Not to Call? Political Parties and Referendums on the EU’s Constitutional Treaty, “Comparative Political Studies” (First Online) 2010, December 27.
• Emmanouilidis J. A.: Adding pieces to the European economic governance puzzle, European Policy Centre, 20 December 2010.
• Fossum J. E., Menéndez A. J.: The Theory of Constitutional Synthesis: a constitutional theory for a democratic European Union, ARENA Working Paper 15/2010, December.
• Gornitzka A., Sverdrup U.: Access of Experts: Information and EU Decision-making, “West European Politics” 2011, Vol. 34, Iss. 1, s. 48.
• Gutiérrez-Fons J. A., Lenaerts K.: The constitutional allocation of powers and general principles of EU law, “Common Market Law Review” 2010, Vol. 47, Iss. 6, s. 1629.
• Häge F. M.: Politicising Council Decision-making: The Effect of European Parliament Empowerment, “West European Politics” 2011, Vol. 34, Iss. 1, s. 18.
• Héritier A., Moury C.: Contested Delegation: The Impact of Co-decision on Comitology, “West European Politics” 2011, Vol. 34, Iss. 1, s. 145.
• Holberg J. S.: The Treaty of Lisbon – towards an ever closer union, with a formal withdrawal procedure, “Columbia Journal of European Law Online” 2010, Vol. 17, s. 11.
• Kaliszuk E.: Traktat z Lizbony - spodziewane zmiany, „Wspólnoty Europejskie” 2010, nr 5.
• Klau T., Godement F., Torreblanca J. I.: Beyond Maastricht: a new deal for the eurozone, European Council on Foreign Relations,16 December 2010.
• Kreppel A.: Looking ‘Up’, ‘Down’ and ‘Sideways’: Understanding EU Institutions in Context, “West European Politics” 2011, Vol. 34, Iss. 1, s. 167.
• Lafarge F.: Administrative Cooperation between Member States and Implementation of EU Law, “European Public Law” 2010, Vol. 16, Iss. 4, s. 597.
• Lock T.: EU Accession to the ECHR: Implications for Judicial Review in Strasbourg, “European Law Review” 2010, Iss. 6, s. 777.
• Menon A., Peet J.: Beyond the European Parliament: Rethinking the EU's democratic legitimacy, Centre for European Reform, December 2010.
• Mik C.: Pozycja prawna parlamentów narodowych w Unii Europejskiej w świetle Traktatu z Lizbony, „Ruch Prawniczy, Ekonomiczny i Socjologiczny” 2010, nr 2.
• Naurin D., Rasmussen A.: New External Rules, New Internal Games: How the EU Institutions Respond when Inter-institutional Rules Change, “West European Politics” 2011, Vol. 34, Iss. 1, s. 1.
• Olsen E. D. H., Trenz H.-J.: Deliberative Polling. A cure to the democratic deficit of the EU?, ARENA Working Paper 13/2010, December.
• Pech L.: A Union Founded on the Rule of Law: Meaning and Reality of the Rule of Law as a Constitutional Principle of EU Law, “European Constitutional Law Review” 2010, Vol. 6, Iss. 3, s. 359.
• Rasmussen A., Toshkov D.: The Inter-institutional Division of Power and Time Allocation in the European Parliament, “West European Politics” 2011, Vol. 34, Iss. 1, s. 71.
• The scope of application of the general principles of Union law: An ever expanding Union?, “Common Market Law Review” 2010, Vol. 47, Iss. 6, s. 1589.
• Wilde P. de, Trenz H.-J., Michailidou A.: Contesting EU Legitimacy: the prominence, content and justification of euroscepticism during 2009 EP election campaigns, ARENA Working Paper 14/2010, December.
• Wollenschläger F.: A New Fundamental Freedom beyond Market Integration: Union Citizenship and its Dynamics for Shifting the Economic Paradigm of European Integration, “European Law Journal” 2011, January, Vol. 17, Iss. 1, s. 1.
• Yordanova N.: Inter-institutional Rules and Division of Power in the European Parliament: Allocation of Consultation and Co-decision Reports, “West European Politics” 2011, Vol. 34, Iss. 1, s. 97.

* Articles from the specialist periodicals available on the Internet or in the Sejm Library.