In September 2015 the EU Affairs Committee (SUE) held 5 meetings: no. 355-359. During these meetings the Committee:

• scrutinised 67 EU documents:
  • pursuant to Art. 151(1) of the Sejm Standing Orders and Art. 3(2) of the Cooperation Act – 33 European Commission documents (21 reports, 10 communications, 1 draft decision and 1 joint draft decision) concerning i.a. indication of labelling and standard product information, the consumption of energy and other resources by energy-related products, delivering a new deal for energy consumers or interinstitutional agreement on better regulation,
  • pursuant to Art. 151(1) of the Sejm Standing Orders – 3 draft legislative acts concerning specific measures for Greece, additional customs duties on imports of certain products originating in the United States of America and framework for energy efficiency labelling, and 1 draft amending budget to the 2015 general budget,
  • pursuant to Art. 11(1) of the Cooperation Act – EU documents, which were to be discussed by Environment Council, Economic and Financial Affairs Council, Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council and Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council,
  • pursuant to Art. 8(2) of the Cooperation Act – 20 EU draft legal acts concerning i.a. opening and providing for the management of autonomous Union tariff quotas for certain fishery products for the period 2016 to 2018, mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund or signing, on behalf of the EU, of the Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism,
• considered information on legislative proceedings relating to the implementation of EU directives for which the transposition deadline has expired or will expire within the next three months (as of 20.08.2015), presented by the representatives of appropriate ministries (mtg no. 359).

SUE together with Internal Affairs Committee (mtg no. 357)

• considered and issued a positive opinion on SLD Deputies' Club's proposal for "Government's information on Poland's preparations for the growing crisis associated with the wave of refugees in Europe" to be presented at the meeting of the Sejm by the Prime Minister.

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In September 2015 information on and documents of SUE meetings no. 355, 356 and 358, provided by the EU Affairs Committee secretariat, were published in the EDL-S (European Legislative Documents in the Sejm) and IPEX databases.

Infrastructure Committee

• 24.09.2015, took note of the „Information of the Minister of Infrastructure and Development on the method of conducting a tender procedures by the General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways on the selection of contractors for the construction of expressways, co-financed from the EU budget in the financial perspective 2014-2020 (mtg no. 402);

Agriculture and Rural Development Committee

• 23.09.2015, considered the information of the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (ARD) on the adopted package (worth 500 million euros) for the EU-28 to support European farmers (in terms of cash flows, stabilization of markets and tsupply chain), including the Polish position on this package (mtg no. 287);
• 09.09.2015, held the first reading and considered the Government bill amending the act on the groups of agricultural producers and their associations and on supporting rural development including resources of the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (for 2014-2020), paper no. 3836; heard the information of the ARD Minister on the participation in the activities of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council in September 2015 and on changing the principles of redistribution of funds from the Common Agricultural Policy to Local Development Strategies for each voivodship in the light of the letter sent by the Marshal of the Podlaskie Voivodeship (mtg no. 283);

 In September 2015

• Act of 11 September 2015 amending the act on medical devices and some other acts [3764],
• Act of 11 September 2015 amending the act on a European grouping of territorial cooperation [3762],
• Act of of 11 September 2015 amending the act on payment periods in commercial transactions, the act – Civil Code and some other acts [3760],
• Act of 11 September 2015 amending the act on inland water shipping [3747],
• Act of 11 September 2015 amending the act on personal income tax, act on corporate income tax and some other acts [3697],
• Ustawa Act of 11 September 2015 amending the act on providing information on the environment and environmental protection, public participation in environmental protection and on environmental impact assessment and some other acts [3677],
• Act of 11 September 2015 on biocidal products [3670],
• Act of 11 September 2015 amending the Act - Penal Code and some other acts [3659],
• Ustawa Act of 11 September 2015 amending the act - Energy law and some other acts [3590],
• Act of 11 September 2015 on insurance and reinsurance activity [3644],
• Act of 10 September 2015 amending the act - Tax Ordinance and some other acts [3462],
• Act of 11 September 2015 amending the act on copyright and related rights and the act on gambling [3449],
• Act of 10 September 2015 amending the act on protection of foreigners on the territory of the Republic of Poland and some other acts [3433],
• Act of 11 September 2015 amending the act on rail transport and the act on public transport [3427],
• Act of 11 September 2015 on waste electrical and electronic equipment [3244].

• Act of 24 July 2015 amending the act on maritime safety and some other acts [3369],
• Act of 23 July 2015 amending the act - Environmental law and some other actsw [3523],
• Act of 23 July 2015 amending the act on accounting and some other acts [3352],
• Act of 10 July 2015 amending the act on the Agricultural Market Agency and organization of some agricultural markets and some other acts [3524],
• Act of 10 July 2015 on the support of sustainable development of the fisheries sector with the use of the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund [3463],
• Act of 9 July 2015 amending the act on the Border Guard and some other acts [3464].

15 September 2015, Brussels, Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) meeting
European Semester for economic policy coordination: implementation of 2015 priorities (an exchange of views with national Parliaments)

23 September 2015, Brussels, Interparliamentary Committee Meeting on "The situation in the Mediterranean and the need for a holistic approach to migration"
- The role of Justice and Home Affairs Agencies in the "hot spot" concept
- Addressing migration at the national and local level

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 Selected articles on the current political and economic issues in the EU from the specialist periodicals available on-line (accessed 07.10.2015)

• Alcidi C., Gros D.: The Greek elections and the third bailout programme: Why it could work this time round, „Commentary", Centre for European Policy Studies, 21.09.2015.
• Bendiek A. i inn.: The European Union's Digital Assertiveness, „SWP Comment" no. 2015/C 43, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, September 2015.
• Borońska-Hryniewiecka K.: Różnice techniczne czy gra o wpływy? Międzyinstytucjonalne (nie)porozumienie w sprawie lepszego stanowienia prawa, „Biuletyn PISM" nr 75 (1312), Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych, 02.09.2015.
• Debyser A. i inn.: The ten priorities of the Juncker Commission: State of play a year on, „Briefing", European Parliament - European Parliamentary Research Service, 04.09.2015.
• Dröge S. i inn.: The EU's New Climate Target: Contribution to a Successful Deal in Paris, „Policy Paper" nr 29 (131), Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych, September 2015.
• Duff A.: How to deal with Europe's British problem, „Discussion Paper", European Policy Centre, 11.09.2015.
• Harbour M., Zuleeg F.: Strengthening the beating heart of the European economy, „Commentary", European Policy Centre, 29.09.2015.
• Huber D., Paciello M.C.: Overhauling EU Policy in the Mediterranean. Towards More Inclusive, Responsive and Flexible Policies, „IAI Working Paper" iss. 15/35, Istituto Affari Internazionali, 23.09.2015.
• Miller V.: EU reform negotiations: what's going on?, „Briefing Paper" no. 7311, House of Commons Library, 28.09.2015.
• Pellerin-Carlin T., Vinois J.-A.: 2015 Climate negotiations: Speeding up or slowing down the energy transition?, „Policy paper" no. 142, Jacques Delors Institute, 24.09.2015.
• Pillath S.: Śródokresowy przegląd białej księgi w sprawie transportu, „W skrócie", Parlament Europejski - Biuro Analiz Parlamentu Europejskiego, 03.09.2015.
• Poptcheva E.-M.: The State of the Union debate in the European Parliament, „Briefing", European Parliament - European Parliamentary Research Service, 03.09.2015.
• Schöllmann W.: Ratyfikacja porozumienia WTO o ułatwieniach w handlu, „W skrócie", Parlament Europejski - Biuro Analiz Parlamentu Europejskiego, 03.09.2015.
• Szczepański M.: A Digital Single Market Strategy for Europe, „Briefing", European Parliament - European Parliamentary Research Service, September 2015.
• Wilson A.: The Commission's Summer Energy Package, „At a glance", European Parliament - European Parliamentary Research Service, September 2015.
• Wolff G.B., Zachmann G.: European climate finance: securing the best return, „Policy Brief" iss. 2015/03, Bruegel, September 2015.

  Migration crisis in EU

• Bąkowski P. i inn.: EU migratory challenge. Possible responses to the refugee crisis, „Briefing", European Parliament - European Parliamentary Research Service, September 2015.
• Carrera S., Gros D.: No need for walls to equitably distribute the refugees, „Commentary", Centre for European Policy Studies, 25.09.2015.
• Carrera S., Lannoo K.: Treat the root causes of the asylum crisis, not the symptoms, „Commentary", Centre for European Policy Studies, 11.09.2015.
• Ghimis A.: The refugee crisis: Schengen's slippery slope, „Commentary", European Policy Centre, 22.09.2015.
• Ivanov D.: Provisional measures for relocating asylum-seekers arriving in Italy and Greece, „At a glance", European Parliament - European Parliamentary Research Service, September 2015.
• Kałan D.: Kryzys migracyjny jednoczy Wyszehrad, „Biuletyn PISM" nr 79 (1316), Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych,16.09.2015.
• d'Oultremont C., Martin A.: The migration crisis: A Stress Test for European values, European Policy Brief, no. 38, Egmont – The Royal Institute for International Relations, September 2015.
• Pascouau Y.: Heads buried in the sand: member states block solutions to the refugee crisis, „Commentary", European Policy Centre, 15.09.2015.
• Pastore F.: The Migration and Asylum Crisis as a Transformative Shock for Europe. Brief Thoughts on the Eve of the Next Summit, „IAI Working Paper" iss. 15/34, Istituto Affari Internazionali, 19.09.2015.
• Sabbati G.: Recent migration flows to the EU, „At a glance", European Parliament - European Parliamentary Research Service, September 2015.