• pursuant to Art. 7(4) of the Cooperation Act, considered:
  • proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Ukraine Loan Cooperation Mechanism and providing exceptional macro-financial assistance to Ukraine (COM(2024) 426) together with the draft position of the Republic of Poland [mtg no. 53],
• pursuant to Art. 151(1) of the Sejm Standing Orders and Art. 3(2) of the Cooperation Act, considered:
  • information on the Foreign Affairs Council meeting planned for 14 October 2024 [mtg no. 50],
  • Council of Ministers' information on the European Council meeting planned for 17-18 October 2024 [mtg no. 51],
  • report from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament: 35th Annual Report on the protection of the European Union's financial interests and the fight against fraud – 2023 (COM(2024) 318) together with the Government position [mtg no. 50],
  • communication from the Commission: 2024 Rule of Law Report. The rule of law situation in the European Union (COM(2024) 800) together with the Government position [mtg no. 51],
• 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 meeting of:
  • Justice and Home Affairs Council, 10-11 October 2024 – COM(2022) 209, 454, 495, 666, 667, COM(2023) 582 [mtg no. 50],
  • Economic and Financial Affairs Council, 5 November 2024 – COM (2022) 701, 703 [mtg no. 53],
  • Environment Council, 14 October 2024 – COM(2021) 762, COM(2022) 542, 748, COM(2023) 512, 584, 698) [mtg no. 51],
• 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 1 draft legislative act: COM(2024) 407 [mtg no. 50],
  • pursuant to Art. 8(2) of the Cooperation Act – to 16 draft legal acts: COM(2024) 275, 325, 383, 386, 389, 391, 392, 403, 408, 418, 421 [pos. nr 50], COM(2024) 410, 411, 412, 416, 999 [mtg no. 53],
  • pursuant to Art. 151(1) of the Standing Orders of the Sejm and Art. 3(2) of the Cooperation Act – to 10 documents: C(2024) 6086, 6087, COM(2024) 390, 400, 402, 404, 405, 550 [mtg no. 50], COM(2024) 413, 415 [mtg no. 53],
• pursuant to Art. 20(2) and Art. 19 of the Cooperation Act, gave its opinion on candidates for members of the European Union Committee of the Regions for the term 2020-2025 [mtg no. 49],
• considered the amendment tabled during the second reading to the committee draft resolution on the Republic of Poland's participation in the activities of the European Union in January–June 2024 (Belgian Presidency of the Council of European Union) (papers no. 616, 651) [mtg no. 50],
• pursuant to Art. 18(4) of the Cooperation Act, considered information on legislative work related to the implementation of directives for which the transposition deadline has already expired or would expire within the next three months (as at 6 September 2024) [mtg no. 50],
• considered the communication from the Commission - Common Implementation Plan for the Pact on Migration and Asylum (COM(2024) 251) and the state of Government work on this document [mtg no. 52],
• examined, in the scope of the SUE competence, the government draft budget act for 2025 (paper no. 687) and adopted an opinion on it for the Public Finances Committee [mtg no. 53].

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In October 2024 information on and documents of SUE meetings no. 49-53, provided by the EU Affairs Committee secretariat, were published in the EDL-S (European Legislative Documents in the Sejm) and IPEX databases.

• Informal EGOV staff meeting (The Economic Governance and EMU scrutiny Unit of the European Parliament), topic: The role of fiscal councils in EU national parliaments
• Opening session: welcoming address by János Latorcai, Deputy Speaker of the Hungarian National Assembly
• Session I: The competitive advantages of the emergence of electric cars in the European Union and the required preparations for decision-making; exchange of views

4 October, Friday

• Session II: The reform of the economic governance framework; exchange of views
• Session III: The impact of the EU budget for cohesion policy on the multiannual financial framework; exchange of views
• Closing session, Zoltán Tessely, Chair of the Committee on European Affairs, Zoltán Vajda, Chair of the Committee on the Budget, Erik Bánki, Chair of the Committee on Economics

27-29 October 2024, Budapest, Plenary Meeting of the LXXII COSAC
Sunday, 27 October 2024

• Meeting of the Presidential Troika

Monday, 28 October 2024

• Opening session, address by László Kövér, Speaker of the Hungarian National Assembly
• Procedural issues and miscellaneous matters
  • Adoption of the agenda of the Plenary Meeting of the LXXII COSAC
  • Results of the meeting of the Presidential Troika of COSAC
  • Letters received by the Presidency
• Session I – Programme and results of the Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union
• Meeting of the political groups (optional)
• Session II – The state of the European Union in the year of institutional transition and the 15-year application of the Treaty of Lisbon; debate
  • Presentation of the 42nd Bi-annual Report of COSAC
• Meeting of the Chairpersons of COSAC

Tuesday, 29 October

• Session III – European demographic trends and responses at national and European level; debate
• Session IV – European security and defence; debate
• Closing session
  • Adoption of the Contribution and Conclusions of the LXXII COSAC
  • Closing statement