• pursuant to Art. 7(4) of the Cooperation Act, considered:
  • proposal for a council directive amending Directive 2006/112/EC as regards exemptions on importations and on certain supplies, in respect of Union measures in the public interest (COM(2021) 181) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 68],
• pursuant to Art. 8(2) of the Cooperation Act, considered:
  
  • proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to Greece and France in relation to natural disasters and to Albania, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czechia, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Spain in relation to a public health emergency (COM(2021) 201) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 68],
• pursuant to Art. 151(1) of the Sejm Standing Orders and Art. 3(2) of the Cooperation Act, considered:
  • information of the Council of Ministers on the European Council meeting planned for 25 May 2021 [mtg no. 65],
  • communication from the Commission: HERA Incubator: Anticipating together the threat of COVID-19 variants (COM(20201) 78) together with the Government position [mtg no. 65],
  • communication from the Commission: The European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan (COM(2021) 102) together with the Government position [mtg no. 66],
  • communication from the Commission: Stepping up Europe's 2030 climate ambition Investing in a climate-neutral future for the benefit of our people (COM(2020) 562) together with the Government position [mtg no. 66],
• 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 legal acts at the Agriculture and Fisheries Council meeting on 26-27.05.2021 - COM(2018) 392, 393, 394, 460 [mtg no. 65],
• pursuant to Art. 10(2) of the Cooperation Act, considered:
  • amended proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the access of third-country goods and services to the Union's internal market in public procurement and procedures supporting negotiations on access of Union goods and services to the public procurement markets of third countries (COM(2016) 34) together with the related information on the position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 66],
• 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 3 draft legislative acts: COM(2021) 200 [pos. nr 65], COM(2021) 198, 270 [mtg no. 68],
  • pursuant to Art. 8(2) of the Cooperation Act – to 19 draft legal acts: COM(2021) 153, 154, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 173, 174, 175, 177, 178, 180, 183, 194 [mtg no. 65], COM(2021) 195, 207, 212 [mtg no. 68],
  • pursuant to Art. 151(1) of the Sejm Standing Orders and Art. 3(2) of the Cooperation Act – to 10 documents: COM(2021) 169, 170, 171, 172, 176, 197 [mtg no. 65], COM(2020) 618, COM(2021) 188, 199, 204 [mtg no. 68],
• considered proposals for the topics of the Supreme Audit Office work programme for 2022 [mtg no. 65],
• considered, together with the Foreign Affairs Committee, the information from the Minister for EU Affairs on the Conference on the Future of Europe, with special regard to the Government preparations and the plans of organising events related to the Conference [mtg no. 67],
• adopted – on the proposal of the Permanent sub-committee for the Conference on the Future of Europe – the SUE desideratum no. 1 on ensuring pluralism and freedom of discussion during the Conference on the Future of Europe - link [mtg no. 69].

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In May 2021 information on and documents of SUE meetings no. 65-69, provided by the EU Affairs Committee secretariat, were published in the EDL-S (European Legislative Documents in the Sejm) and IPEX databases.

• 26.05.2021, information of the Ministry of Funds and Regional Policy on the state of preparation for the launch of mechanisms to support the innovation of Polish enterprises financed from the EU budget for 2021-2027 and the Recovery and Resilience Facility (mtg no. 32);

Infrastructure Committee

• 25.05.2021, information by the Minister of Infrastructure on air traffic infrastructure management in the light of European Union law and the proposed changes (mtg no. 105);

Environment Protection, Natural Resources and Forestry Committee

• 19.05.2021, considering the information of the Ministry of Climate and Environment on the financing of the European Green Deal (mtg no. 53);

Infrastructure Committee and Local Government and Regional Policy Committee

• 06.05.2021, presentation by the Minister of Infrastructure and the Minister of Finance, Funds and Regional Policy of the summary of public consultations for the E component "Green, intelligent mobility" in the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (mtg no. 96 and mtg no. 62).

According to the information from IPEX database as of 7 June 2021, 9 draft legislative acts were subject to subsidiarity scrutiny in May 2021. The national parliaments submitted no reasoned opinion on the non-compliance of the scrutinised draft acts with the subsidiarity principle.

10 May 2021, [Berlin] videoconference, Conference of Speakers of the European Union Parliaments

• Meeting of the Speakers of the Troika Parliaments (Germany, Finland, Slovenia, European Parliament)
• Opening of the Conference of Speakers of the European Union Parliaments, welcome: Dr Wolfgang Schäuble, President of the German Bundestag, Dr Reiner Haseloff, President of the Bundesrat
  • Adoption of the agenda
• Session I: Digitalisation and the changing public sphere – risks and opportunities for representative democracy
Keynote speakers: Prof Dr Jeanette Hofmann, Francesca Bria, Ph.D.
• Session II: Adoption of the reports on interparliamentary cooperation
  • Amended report on enhanced interparliamentary cooperation through modern technology
  • Report by the working group on updating the Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation Guidelines
• Other business
• Closing remarks: Dr Wolfgang Schäuble, President of the German Bundestag, Dr Reiner Haseloff, President of the Bundesrat

31 May - 1 June 2021, videoconference, LXV COSAC

• Meeting of the Presidential Troika
• Opening of the meeting, welcome address by the President of the Assembleia da República, Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues, introductory remarks by the Chair of the European Affairs Committee, Luís Capoulas Santos
• Adoption of the agenda for the Plenary Meeting of the LXV COSAC
• Procedural issues and miscellaneous matters: information on the results of the Presidential Troika of COSAC; presentation of the 35th Bi-annual Report of COSAC; letters received by the Presidency; procedural issues
• Session I – The Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the EU
• Session II – Social Europe: what model for the triple economic, digital and climate transition?
• Session III – Implementation of the national recovery and resilience plans – the role of national Parliaments
• Session IV – Conference on the Future of Europe: state of play
• Closing remarks: President of the Portuguese Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa (video message)