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31 December 2012

EUROPEAN DEBATES OF THE SEJM

On 6 December 2012 the Sejm heard the current information and held debate on implementation of the Rural Development Programme for 2007-2013 (verbatim record /PL).

On 7 December 2012 the Sejm heard the information of the Prime Minister, presented by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, and held debate on:
  • the state of negotiations on the legislative package on Common Agriculture Policy after 2013, in the context of the new financial perspective 2014-2020,
  • the implementation of the resolution of the Sejm of 25 April 2013 on supporting the Government of the Republic of Poland and calling on the European Parliament to actively pursue the simplification of the common agricultural policy, competitiveness and growth, the introduction of equal and non-discriminating principles of division of funds for direct farming payments between the Member States of the European Union,
  • the way of presentation of agriculture and rural development issues in the EU and Government of the RP's programming and legislative documents concerning financial perspective 2014-2020, in the context of improving the quality of life in rural areas (verbatim record /PL).
EU DOCUMENTS IN THE SEJM

In December 2012 the EU Affaires Committee (SUE) held 11 meetings: no. 102-112. During these meetings the Committee:

  • scrutinised 102 EU documents,
  • adopted 5 opinions: no. 26, 27, 28, 29 and 30,
  • heard information on the current situation in European Union presented by the Secretary of the State in the Ministry of Foreign Affaires Piotr Serafin (meeting no. 102),
  • together with the Public Finance Committee and Foreign Affairs Committee held the first reading of the governmental bill on the ratification of Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union (paper no. 961) (meeting no. 111).

SUBSIDIATITY SCRUTINY

COM(2012) 614 - deadline for scrutiny 15.01.2012
Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on improving the gender balance among non-executive directors of companies listed on stock exchanges and related measures

  • 14.12.2012, at the 110th meeting, the EU  Affairs Committee adopted opinion no. 30 on the non-compliance with the principle of subsidiarity of COM(2012) 614,
  • 19.12.2012, at the 112th meeting the EU Affairs Committee adopted committee draft resolution on declaring COM(2012) 614 to be incompatible with the principle of subsidiarity.

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    Published in December 2012 in databases European Legislative Documents in the Sejm (EDL-S) and IPEX:
    - EU documents concerning which a procedure in the Sejm has begun in December,
    - information and documents on SUE meetings no. 102-110 and 112, provided by the EU Affairs Committee secretariat.

    SUBSIDIARITY CHECK IN NATIONAL PARLIAMENTS
     

    Subsidiarity scrutiny in December

    (Information from IPEX database as of 7.01.2013)

    Draft legislative act
    Deadline for subsidiarity scrutiny
    Adoption / transmission of reasoned opinion
    Chamber / parliament (country)
    COM(2012) 548 12.12.2012 - -
    COM(2012) 584 13.12.2012 - -
    COM(2012) 576 21.12.2012 20.12.2012 / - Senate (France)
    - / 20.12.2012 Riksdag (Sweden)
    COM(2012) 628 24.12.2012 - -
     COM(2012) 595  25.12.2012 -  -
    COM(2012) 643 9.01.2013 - -
    COM(2012) 650 9.01.2013 - -
    COM(2012) 614 15.01.2013 6.12.2012 / 11.12.2012

    Senate (Czech Republic)

    14.12.2012 / 14.12.2012 Folketing (Denmark)
    4.01.2012 / - Sejm (Poland)
    - / 20.12.2012 Riksdag (Sweden)
    19.12.2012 / 19.12.2012 Senate (Netherlands)
    18.12.2012 / - Chamber of Representatives (Netherlands)
    12.12.2012 / - House of Commons (United Kingdom)
    COM(2012) 697 18.01.2013 - -
    COM(2012) 710 25.01.2013 - -
    COM(2012) 721 29.01.2013 - -

     

    ALL REASONED OPINIONS OF NATIONAL PARLIAMENTS IN IPEX
    UST DATABASE

    In December 2012 one bill implementing EU law has been referred to the first reading – see paper no.:

    • Government bill amending the act on payment periods in commercial transactions [1001].

    In December 2012 from among bills uploaded into the UST database earlier, the following acts have been adopted [paper no.]:

    • Act of 7 December 2012 amending the act – Air law [739],
    • Act of 7 December 2012 amending the act on tonnage tax and some other acts [802],
    • Act of 7 December 2012 amending the act on the tax on goods and services and some other acts [805],
    • Act of 7 December 2012 amending the act – Water law and some other acts [811].

    In December 2012 the following act implementing EU law has been published [paper no.]:

    • Act of 24 November 2012 amending the act on trading in financial instruments and some other acts [715].
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