EU Parliament Agenda on 28 November 2023

PRESS CONFERENCES

14:00 – 14:30

The gas and hydrogen markets directive

Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 0A50

Jens GEIER (S&D, DE), rapporteur

PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES

09:00 – 11:30

DEVE Committee on Development

Brussels, Altiero Spinelli, 1E2

Votes

Recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the EEAS on the situation in Syria – consideration and adoption of draft letter – rapporteur: Tomas TOBÉ (EPP, SE)

Implementation of the EU-Southern African Development Community (SADC) Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) – adoption of draft opinion – rapporteur: Karsten LUCKE (S&D, DE)

Debates

The humanitarian situation in Gaza – exchange of views with the European Commission and humanitarian partners

Access to education and training for persons with disabilities in developing countries – exchange of views organised as part of the Disability Rights Week

Global Sustainable Development Report 2023 – presentation by Imme Scholz, Co-Chair, UN Independent Group of Scientists

In association with the Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (DACP) and the Delegation for relations with the Pan-African Parliament (DPAP) – hearing on the EU-Africa Strategy: state of play (see details here)

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09:00 – 11:30

SANT Subcommittee on Public Health

Brussels, Altiero Spinelli, 3E-2

Debates

Election of the Chair of Subcommittee on Public Health

SANT delegation to Washington D.C. — Reporting back to committee

Presentation of the ECDC report on health-related quality of life among people living with HIV

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09:00 – 12:00

AFCO Committee on Constitutional Affairs

Votes

Implementation of the Treaty provisions on special legislative procedures (2023/2083(INI)) – adoption of draft report – rapporteur: Victor NEGRESCU (S&D, RO)

Debates

Implementation of the Treaty provisions on EU citizenship (2023/2085(INI)) – consideration of amendments – rapporteur: Maite PAGAZAURTUNDÚA (Renew, ES)

Implementation of the Treaty provisions on national parliaments (2023/2084(INI)) – consideration of amendments – rapporteur: Paulo RANGEL (EPP, PT)

Hearing

”The review of the Transparency Register: shortcomings and ways to improve”. Programme

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09:00 – 12:30

IMCO Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection

Brussels, Altiero Spinelli, 3G-3

Debates

Short term rentals (2022/0358(COD)) — Reporting back to committee on the negotiations (Rule 74(3)) — Rapporteur: Kim VAN SPARRENTAK (Greens/EFA, NL)

IMCO ad hoc delegation to Washington D.C., USA, 30 October – 2 November 2023 — Reporting back to committee

Election of the third Vice-Chair

Votes

Approval and market surveillance of non-road mobile machinery circulating on public roads and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 (2023/0090(COD)) — Adoption of draft report — Rapporteur: Tom VANDENKENDELAERE (EPP, BE)

Virtual worlds – opportunities, risks and policy implications for the single market (2022/2198(INI)) — Adoption of draft report — Rapporteur: Pablo ARIAS ECHEVERRÍA (EPP, ES)

Amending and correcting Directive 2005/36/EC as regards the recognition of professional qualifications of nurses responsible for general care trained in Romania (2023/0307(COD)) — Adoption of draft report — Rapporteur: Adam BIELAN (ECR, PL)

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09:00 – 17:15

AFET Committee on Foreign Affairs

Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 3C050

Votes (10.15 – 11.15)

Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2023 (2023/2117(INI))  – rapporteur: David McALLISTER (EPP, DE) – adoption of draft report

Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2023 (2023/2119(INI)) – rapporteur: Sven MIKSER (S&D, EE) – adoption of draft report

Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2023 (2023/2118(INI)) – rapporteur: Nacho SÁNCHEZ AMOR (S&D, ES) – adoption

Role of the European Parliament and its parliamentary diplomacy in the EU’s foreign and security policy (2023/2105(INI)) – rapporteur: Jordi SOLÉ (Greens/EFA, ES) – adoption of draft report

Role of preventive diplomacy in tackling frozen conflicts around the world – missed opportunity or change for the future? (2023/2050(INI)) – rapporteur: Željana ZOVKO (EPP, HR) – adoption of draft report

EU strategy on Central Asia (2023/2106(INI)) – rapporteur: Karsten LUCKE (S&D, DE) – adoption of draft report

Shaping the EU’s position on the UN binding instrument on business and human rights, in particular on access to remedy and the protection of victims (2023/2108(INI)) – rapporteur: Heidi HAUTALA  (Greens/EFA, FI) – adoption of draft report

Security and defence implications of China’s influence on critical infrastructure in the European Union (2023/2072(INI)) – rapporteur: Klemen GROŠELJ (Renew, SL) – adoption of draft report

Debates

Presentation of a study: Antarctica: What role for the European Union? (11.15 – 12.00)

Jointly with the Committee on Constitutional Affairs: Deepening EU integration in view of future enlargement (2023/2114(INI)) – rapporteurs: Petras Auštrevičius (Renew), Pedro Silva Pereira (S&D) – consideration of draft report and amendments (12.00 – 12.30)

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09:00 – 17:30

ECON Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

Brussels, Jòzsef Antall, 4Q-1

Public hearing (14.30 – 16.30)

The Digital Euro

Votes (16.30 – 17.30)

Amending Directives 2011/61/EU and 2009/65/EC as regards delegation arrangements, liquidity risk management, supervisory reporting, provision of depositary and custody services and loan origination by alternative investment funds – (COD) – Rapporteur: Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA (EPP, ES) – Vote on the provisional agreement resulting from interinstitutional negotiations

Amending Regulations (EU) No 648/2012, (EU) No 575/2013 and (EU) 2017/1131 as regards measures to mitigate excessive exposures to third-country central counterparties and improve the efficiency of Union clearing markets – (COD) – Rapporteur: Danuta Maria HÜBNER (EPP, PL) – Adoption of draft report – Vote on the decision to enter into interinstitutional negotiations·

Amending Directives 2009/65/EU, 2013/36/EU and (EU) 2019/2034 as regards the treatment of concentration risk towards central counterparties and the counterparty risk on centrally cleared derivative transactions – (COD) – Rapporteur: Danuta Maria HÜBNER (EPP, PL) – Adoption of draft report -Vote on the decision to enter into interinstitutional negotiations

Amending Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics – (COD) Rapporteur Johan VAN OVERTVELDT (ECR, BE) – Adoption of draft report – Vote on the decision to enter into interinstitutional negotiations

Laying down rules on a debt-equity bias reduction allowance and on limiting the deductibility of interest for corporate income tax purposes – (CNS) – Rapporteur: Luděk NIEDERMAYER (EPP, CZ) – Adoption of draft report

European Central Bank – annual report 2023 – (INI) – Rapporteur: Johan VAN OVERTVELDT (ECR, BE) – Adoption of draft report

Banking Union – annual report 2023 (INI) – Rapporteur: Ivars IJABS (Renew, LV) – Adoption of draft report

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09:00 – 18:00

AGRI Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development

Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 1A002

Workshop

‘Reassessment of methane emissions, focus on biogenic methane emissions’, organised by Policy Department B. Programme

Debates

Exchange of views ‘The inclusion of persons with disabilities in the agricultural sector’

Exchange of views with the Commission on the increase in imports of agricultural products from Ukraine

Exchange of views with the Commission on new wine labelling rules

Exchange of views with the Commission on the ongoing negotiations with Mercosur

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09:00 – 18:00

LIBE Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

Brussels, Jòzsef Antall, 2Q2

Debates

Study: Substitute Impact Assessment of the Proposal for a Regulation addressing situations of instrumentalisation in the field of migration and asylum – presentation of the study of the European Parliamentary Research Service (9.00 – 9.45)

Addressing situations of instrumentalisation in the field of migration and asylum (2021/0427(COD)) – rapporteur: Patryk JAKI (ECR, PL) – consideration of draft report (9.45 – 10.15)

Study: Reception Conditions across the EU – presentation of the study of the Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs (10.15 – 11.15)

Laying down additional procedural rules relating to the enforcement of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (2023/0202(COD)) – rapporteur: Sergey LAGODINSKY (Greens/EFA, DE) – consideration of draft report (15.00 – 15.30)

European Ombudsman on the time the European Commission takes to deal with requests for public access to documents – exchange of views with Emily O’Reilly, European Ombudsman (15.30 – 16.30)

2022 discharge: General budget of the EU – Commission (2023/2129(DEC)) – rapporteur for the opinion: Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ (EPP, CZ) – consideration of draft opinion (16.30 – 17.00)

Exchange of views on the issue of Missing Persons in Cyprus with representatives of the Standing Committee on Refugees-Enclaved-Missing-Adversely Affected Persons of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Cyprus and with the Standing Rapporteur for Missing Persons in Cyprus Isabel Santos (17.00 – 18.00)

Votes (11.15 – 11.30)

Collection and transfer of advance passenger information (API) for enhancing and facilitating external border controls, amending Regulation (EU) 2019/817 and Regulation (EU) 2018/1726, and repealing Council Directive 2004/82/EC (2022/0424(COD)) – rapporteur: Jan-Christoph OETJEN (Renew, DE) – adoption of draft report / vote on the decision to enter into interinstitutional negotiations

Collection and transfer of advance passenger information for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences and serious crime, and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/818 (2022/0425(COD)) – rapporteur: Assita KANKO (ECR, BE) adoption of draft report / vote on the decision to enter into interinstitutional negotiations

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09:00 – 18:30

INTA Committee on International Trade

Brussels, Altiero Spinelli, 1G-3

Debates

Exchange of views with Valdis Dombrovskis, Executive Vice-President for An Economy that Works for People and Trade Commissioner on the state of play of EU Trade Policy

Interim Agreement on Trade between the European Union and the Republic of Chile (2023/0259(NLE)) – rapporteur: Samira RAFAELA (Renew, NL) – consideration of draft recommendation (consent)

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09:30 – 12:30

CULT Committee on Culture and Education

Brussels, Jòzsef Antall, 6Q2

Debates

Interparliamentary Committee meeting on European Citizenship Education

Presentation of 2023 European Charlemagne Youth Prize winners

Votes

Implementation of the Erasmus+ programme 2021-2027 (2023/2002(INI)) — Adoption of draft report — Rapporteur: Milan ZVER (EPP, SI)

Implementation of the Creative Europe programme 2021-2027 (2023/2003(INI)) — Adoption of draft report — Rapporteur: Massimiliano SMERIGLIO (S&D, IT)

Implementation of the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values programme 2021-2027 – citizens’ engagement and participation (2023/2004(INI)) — Adoption of draft report — Rapporteur: Łukasz KOHUT (S&D, PL)

European historical consciousness (2023/2112(INI)) — Adoption of draft report — Rapporteur: Niyazi KIZILYÜREK (The Left, CY)

Cultural diversity and the conditions for authors in the European music streaming market (2023/2054(INI)) — Adoption of draft report — Rapporteur: Ibán GARCÍA DEL BLANCO (S&D, ES)

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11:30 – 12:30

ENVI / LIBE  Joint meeting of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety and the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

Brussels, Jòzsef Antall, 2Q2

Vote

European Health Data Space (2022/0140(COD)) — Adoption of draft report — Rapporteurs: Tomislav SOKOL (EPP, HR), Annalisa TARDINO (ID, IT)

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14:30 – 18:30

DEVE Committee on Development

Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 4B1

Votes

Recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the EEAS on the situation in Syria – consideration and adoption of draft letter – rapporteur: Tomas TOBÉ (EPP, SE)

Implementation of the EU-Southern African Development Community (SADC) Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) – adoption of draft opinion – rapporteur: Karsten LUCKE (S&D, DE)

Debates

The humanitarian situation in Gaza – exchange of views with the European Commission and humanitarian partners

Access to education and training for persons with disabilities in developing countries – exchange of views organised as part of the Disability Rights Week

Global Sustainable Development Report 2023 – presentation by Imme Scholz, Co-Chair, UN Independent Group of Scientists

In association with the Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (DACP) and the Delegation for relations with the Pan-African Parliament (DPAP) – hearing on the EU-Africa Strategy: state of play (see details here)

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SPECIAL EVENTS

Disability Rights Week

Parliament will hold its first Disability Rights Week to show its commitment to ensure that all persons with disabilities can live an independent life and be fully integrated into society. A series of public debates and events will take place to analyse existing initiatives and to reflect on challenges ahead (all week). Draft programme

Further information

08:45 – 18:00

Media seminar on “What does the future hold for written media?”

Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 0A50

EP media service organises a seminar for journalists on “What does the future hold for written media?” EP President Metsola will deliver a keynote speech, followed by a preview of the results of a survey on EP media coverage and a discussion on 2024 European elections and media freedom.

Programme