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30 April 2012
EU DOCUMENTS IN THE SEJM

In April 2012 the EU Affairs Committee (SUE) held 5 meetings: no. 39-43. During these meetings the Committee:

  • scrutinised 64 EU documents,
  • adopted two opinions (number 10 and 11)
  • together with Foreign Affairs Committee held the first reading of the deputies draft resolution on the procedure of granting consent for ratification of a European Council Decision of 25 March 2011 amending Article 136 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union with regard to a stability mechanism for Member States whose currency is the euro (meeting no. 41),
  • heard information on EU macro-regional strategies: evaluation of existing strategies and prospects for the Carpathian Strategy, presented by Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Regional Development Marceli Niezgoda, Undersecretary of State in the Foreign Affairs Ministry Maciej Szpunar and Deputy Chief Inspector for Environmental Protection Roman Jaworski (meeting no. 42).

SUBSIDIARITY SCRUTINY

On 27 April 2012, at the 43rd meeting, the EU Affairs Committee adopted opinion no. 11 on the non-compliance with the principle of subsidiarity of COM(2012) 130 final.

  • COM(2012) 130 wersja ostatecznadeadline for scrutiny: 22.05.2012
    Proposal for a Council Regulation on the exercise of the right to take collective action within the context of the freedom of establishment and the freedom to provide services


Published in April 2012 in databases "EU documents in the Polish Sejm" and IPEX:
- EU documents concerning which a procedure in the Sejm has begun in April,
- information and documents on SUE meetings no. 39, 40 and 43, provided by the EU Affairs Committee secretariat.

SUBSIDIARITY CHECK IN NATIONAL PARLIAMENTS
 

Subsidiarity scrutiny in April

(Information from IPEX database as of 8.05.2012)

Draft legislative act
Deadline for subsidiarity scrutiny
Adoption / transmission of reasoned opinion
Chamber / parliament (country)
COM(2012) 48 9.04.2012 29.03.2012 / - Senate (Poland)
COM(2012) 49 9.04.2012 29.03.2012 / - Senate (Poland)
30.03.2012 / 30.03.2012 Riksdag (Sweden)
COM(2012) 51 9.04.2012 - -
COM(2012) 52 9.04.2012 - -
COM(2012) 10 10.04.2012 30.03.2012 / - Bundesrat (Germany)
30.03.2012 / 30.03.2012 Riksdag (Sweden)
COM(2012) 11  10.04.2012 27.03.2012 / - Chamber of Representatives (Belgium)
6.03.2012 / - Senate (France)
30.03.2012 / - Bundesrat (Germany)
30.03.2012 / 30.03.2012 Rikdsag (Sweden)
4.04.2012 / - Chamber of Deputies (Italy)
COM(2012) 35 10.04.2012 10.04.2012 / - Seimas (Lithuania)
COM(2012) 84 30.04.2012 17.04.2012 / - National Council (Austria)
COM(2012) 89 2.05.2012 - -
COM(2012) 90 2.05.2012 - -
COM(2012) 85 8.05.2012 - -
COM(2012) 93 8.05.2012 - -
COM(2012) 73 9.05.2012 - -
COM(2012) 109 11.05.2012 - -
COM(2012) 118 21.05.2012 - -
COM(2012) 129 21.05.2012 - -
COM(2012) 134 21.05.2012 - -
COM(2012) 130 22.05.2012 - / 3.05.2012 Folketing (Denmark)
COM(2012) 131 22.05.2012 - -
COM(2012) 136 22.05.2012 - -
COM(2012) 150 28.05.2012 - -
COM(2012) 164 8.06.2012 - -
COM(2012) 167 13.06.2012 - -

 

ALL REASONED OPINIONS OF NATIONAL PARLIAMENTS IN IPEX
UST DATABASE
In April 2012 from among bills uploaded into the UST database earlier, the following statutes have been adopted [papers no.]:
  • Ustawa o zmianie ustawy o obrocie z zagranicą towarami, technologiami i usługami o znaczeniu strategicznym dla bezpieczeństwa państwa, a także dla utrzymania międzynarodowego pokoju i bezpieczeństwa oraz niektórych innych ustaw [229];
  • Ustawa o zmianie ustawy o cudzoziemcach oraz ustawy o promocji zatrudnienia i instytucjach rynku pracy [206];
  • Ustawa o zmianie ustawy - Prawo ochrony środowiska oraz niektórych innych ustaw[175];
  • Ustawa o zmianie ustawy o drogach publicznych oraz niektórych innych ustaw [104].

In April 2012 the following statutes implementing EU law have been published [papers no.]:

  • Ustawa o zmianie ustawy - Prawo ochrony środowiska oraz niektórych innych ustaw [175];
  • Ustawa o zmianie ustawy o drogach publicznych oraz niektórych innych ustaw [104].
INTERPARLIAMENTARY COOPERATION
  • 16-17 April 2012, Copenhagen
    Chairpersons Meeting for the Business, Growth and Export Committees and the Employment Committees
    Information on the meeting
  • 20-21 April 2012, Warsaw 
    Meeting of the Conference of Speakers of the European Union Parliaments
    Information on the meeting
  • 22-24 April 2012, Copenhagen 
    XLVII COSAC meeting
    Information on the meeting
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