EU Parliament Agenda on 23 January 2024

PRESIDENT’S AGENDA

10:15 President Metsola´s audience with his Majesty King Philippe of the Belgians, followed by New Year’s Reception

14:30 President Metsola participates in the book talk “Protection of journalists in the European Union” featuring Paul Caruana Galizia’s book “A Death in Malta, An assassination and a family’s quest for justice”

17:00 President Metsola meets the Speaker of the National Council of the Republic of Slovakia, Peter Pellegrini

18:00 President Metsola presents the book “Scintille. L’avventura dell’energia in Europa dalla scissione dell’atomo alla rivoluzione verde”, with the author Donato Bendicenti

PRESS CONFERENCES

09:30 – 10:00

The petition about the draft Amnesty Law

Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 0A50

Rosa ESTARÀS FERRAGUT (EPP, ES)

11:00 – 11:30

The League of Domestic Workers

Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 0A50

Miguel URBÁN CRESPO (The Left, ES)

11:30 – 12:00

PizzAut. European citizen winner 2023

Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 0A50

Brando BENEFEI (S&D, IT), Giuliano PISAPIA (S&D, IT), and Patrizia TOIA (S&D, IT)

PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES

AFET

Committee on Foreign Affairs

Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 3C050

Vote

EU-Russia political relations (2023/2125(INI)) – rapporteur: Andrius KUBILIUS (EPP, LT) – adoption of draft report

Debates (15.00 – 17.30)

Exchange of views with the Commission and the EEAS on the political situation in Serbia following the elections

Exchange of views with the Commission and the EEAS on the political situation in Albania

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09:00 – 09:15

AFET

AFCO

Joint meeting of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Constitutional Affairs

Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 3C050

Vote

Deepening EU integration in view of future enlargement (2023/2114(INI)) – rapporteurs: Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS (Renew, LT), Pedro SILVA PEREIRA (S&D, PT) PR – adoption of draft report

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09:00 – 18:00

LIBE

Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

Brussels, Jòzsef Antall, 4Q2

Debates

Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, 2024 — Exchange of views with
– Paul VAN TIGCHELT, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice and the North Sea
– Mathieu MICHEL, State Secretary for Digitalization, in charge of Administrative Simplification, Privacy and the Buildings Administration, attached to the Prime Minister

The situation in Tunisia with regard to asylum and migration, and the cooperation with the EU in this area — Exchange of views with an expert

EU-Tunisia cooperation in the field of asylum and migration – update on the state of play of the EU-Tunisia Memorandum of understanding — Exchange of views with Commissioner for Home Affairs, Ylva JOHANSSON

Laying down minimum rules to prevent and counter the facilitation of unauthorised entry, transit and stay in the Union, and replacing Council Directive 2002/90/EC and Council Framework Decision 2002/946 JHA (2023/0439(COD)) — Presentation by the Commissioner for Home Affairs, Ylva JOHANSSON

Enhancing police cooperation in relation to the prevention, detection and investigation of migrant smuggling and trafficking in human beings, and on enhancing Europol’s support to preventing and combating such crimes and amending Regulation (EU) 2016/794 (2023/0438(COD)) — Presentation by the Commissioner for Home Affairs, Ylva JOHANSSON

Study: Compliance assessment of measures adopted by the Member States to adapt their systems to Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 of 12 October 2017 implementing enhanced cooperation on the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office — Presentation by
– Ana GALLEGO TORRES, Director-General – Directorate-General Justice and Consumers (DG JUST)
– Laura CODRUȚA KÖVESI, European Chief Prosecutor

Report of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights: “Being Black in the EU – Experiences of people of African descent” — Presentation by FRA representative, Siobhan MCINERNEY-Lankford, Head of Equality, Roma and Social Right

Agreement between Canada and the European Union on the transfer and processing of passenger name record (PNR) data – update on the state of play from the European Commission — Presentation by Olivier ONIDI, Deputy Director-General, Schengen & Internal Security

Votes

Report on the Commission’s 2023 Rule of Law report (2023/2113(INI)) — Rapporteur: Sophia IN ‘T VELD (Renew, NL) — Adoption of draft report

Implementation report on the EU LGBTIQ Equality Strategy 2020-2025 (2023/2082(INI)) — Rapporteur: José GUSMÃO (The Left, PT) — Adoption of draft report

Combating corruption, replacing Council Framework Decision 2003/568/JHA and the Convention on the fight against corruption involving officials of the European Communities or officials of Member States of the European Union and amending Directive (EU) 2017/1371 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2023/0135(COD)) — Rapporteur: Ramona STRUGARIU (Renew, RO) — Adoption of draft report — Vote on the decision to enter into interinstitutional negotiations

The transfer of proceedings in criminal matters (2023/0093(COD)) — Rapporteur: Assita KANKO (ECR, BE) — Adoption of draft report — Vote on the decision to enter into interinstitutional negotiations

The time the European Commission takes to deal with requests for public access to documents (2023/2941(RSP)) — Adoption of motion for a resolution

Amending Council Decision 2009/917/JHA, as regards its alignment with Union rules on the protection of personal data (2023/0143(COD)) — Rapporteur: Cornelia ERNST (The Left, DE) — Vote on the provisional agreement resulting from interinstitutional negotiations

Asset recovery and confiscation (2022/0167(COD)) — Rapporteur: Loránt VINCZE (EPP, RO) — Vote on the provisional agreement resulting from interinstitutional negotiations

Definition of criminal offences and penalties for the violation of Union restrictive measures (2022/0398(COD)) — Rapporteur: Sophia IN ‘T VELD (Renew, NL) — Vote on the provisional agreement resulting from interinstitutional negotiations

A single application procedure for a single permit for third-country nationals to reside and work in the territory of a Member State and on a common set of rights for third-country workers legally residing in a Member State (recast) (2022/0131(COD)) — Rapporteur: Javier MORENO SÁNCHEZ (S&D, ES) — Vote on the provisional agreement resulting from interinstitutional negotiations

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09:00 – 18:30

TRAN

Committee on Transport and Tourism

Brussels, Jòzsef Antall, 4Q1

Debates (14.30 – 18.30)

Presentation of the priorities of the Belgian Presidency:
– Georges Gilkinet, Deputy Prime Minister and (federal) Minister of Mobility
– Valérie De Bue, Minister of the Civil Service, IT and Administrative Simplification of the Walloon Government, in charge of Child Benefits, Tourism, Heritage and Road Safety

Exchange of views with Commissioner Vălean in the framework of the Structured Dialogue

Exchange of views with Josef Doppelbauer, the Executive Director of the European Agency for Railways (ERA)

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09:00 – 18:30

PETI

Committee on Petitions

Brussels, Altiero Spinelli, 1G3

Vote

The working conditions of teachers in the EU (2023/3015(RSP)) – rapporteur: Dolors MONTSERRAT (EPP, ES) – adoption of Oral Question

Debate

Draft Mission Report Following the fact-finding visit to Ireland from 30 October to 1 November 2023 – rapporteur: Dolors MONTSERRAT (Head of the Delegation) – consideration of draft report

Presentation of the Study on “Linguistic and cultural diversity – Minority and minoritised languages as part of European linguistic and cultural diversity” Commissioned by Policy Department C for the Committee on Petitions, presented by Paul VIDESOTT, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano (unibz) / South Tyrolean Institute of Ethnic Groups (SVI)

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09:15 – 11:15

ECON

Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 1A002

Vote

Faster and Safer Relief of Excess Withholding Taxes (2023/0187(CNS)) — Rapporteur: Herbert DORFMANN (EPP, IT) — Adoption of draft report

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09:30 – 11:00

AFET

SEDE

DEVE

Joint meeting of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Committee on Development, and Subcommittee on Security and Defence

Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 3C050

Public hearing

The European Union’s Strategy in the Sahel – full programme here.

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09:30 – 11:00

AFCO

Committee on Constitutional Affairs

Brussels, Altiero Spinelli, 3G-2

Debates

Permanent system for the allocation of seats in the European Parliament (2023/2104(INL)) – co-rapporteurs: Ana COLLADO JIMÉNEZ (EPP, ES), Niklas NIENASS (Greens/EFA, DE) – consideration of draft report

AFCO mission to Washington D.C. (U.S.A.) and Ottawa, (Canada) – 30 October to 2 November 2023 – consideration of draft mission report

AFCO mission to Dublin (Ireland) – 30 November to 1 December 2023 – consideration of draft mission report

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09:30 – 18:30

PECH

Committee on Fisheries

Brussels, Altiero Spinelli, 1E-2

Votes

2022 discharge : European Fisheries Control Agency (2023/2150(DEC)) — Chair: Pierre KARLESKIND (Renew, FR) — Adoption of draft opinion

Laying down conservation, management and control measures applicable in the area covered by the Convention on future multilateral cooperation in the North-East Atlantic fisheries, amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1241 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1899/85 and Regulation (EU) No 1236/2010 (2023/0206(COD)) — Rapporteur: Francisco GUERREIRO (Greens/EFA, PT) — Adoption of draft report — Vote on the decision to enter into interinstitutional negotiations

Debates

European Court of Auditors’ Special report 25/2023 “EU aquaculture policy: stagnating production and unclear results despite increased EU funding” — Presentation by Nikolaos MILIONIS, Member of European Court of Auditors

Training and social security schemes for fishers – State of play and perspectives in the EU — Presentation of a study by the Policy Department B

Conclusion of an Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Seychelles on access for Seychelles fishing vessels to the waters of Mayotte (2022/0362(NLE)) — Rapporteur: Gabriel MATO (EPP, ES) — Consideration of draft recommendation (consent) — Decision on deadline for tabling amendments

Court case C-330/22 (Total allowable catch above zero) — Exchange of views with Commission representatives

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10:00 – 16:45

EMPL

Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

Brussels, Jòzsef Antall, 6Q2

Debates

Working conditions in the Amazon warehouses — Exchange of views with stakeholders, workers and Amazon management

Exchange of views with Pierre-Yves DERMAGNE (Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Economy and Employment) — Presentation of the Council Presidency’s programme

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10:00 – 17:30

ITRE

Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

Brussels, Jòzsef Antall, 2Q2

Votes

Internal markets for renewable and natural gases and for hydrogen (recast) (2021/0424(COD)) — Rapporteur: Jerzy BUZEK (EPP, PL) — Vote on the provisional agreement resulting from interinstitutional negotiations

Common rules for the internal markets in renewable and natural gases and in hydrogen (recast) (2021/0425(COD)) — Rapporteur: Jens GEIER (S&D, DE) — Vote on the provisional agreement resulting from interinstitutional negotiations

Amending Decision (EU) 2017/1324 as regards the continuation of the Union’s participation in the Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA) under Horizon Europe (2023/0207(COD)) — Rapporteur: Paolo BORCHIA (ID, IT) — Vote on the provisional agreement resulting from interinstitutional negotiations

Horizontal cybersecurity requirements for products with digital elements and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 (2022/0272(COD)) — Rapporteur: Nicola DANTI (Renew, IT) — Vote on the provisional agreement resulting from interinstitutional negotiations

Guidelines for the 2025 Budget – Section III (2023/2220(BUI)) — Rapporteur for the opinion: Christian Ehler (EPP, DE) — Adoption of draft opinion in letter form

Debates

Structured dialogue with Iliana IVANOVA, Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth

Exchange of views with Jo BROUNS, Flemish Minister for Economy, Innovation, Work, Social Economy and Agriculture (industry, SMEs) — Presentation of the Council Presidency’s programme

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10:30 – 11:30

SANT

Subcommittee on Public Health

Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 5B001

Debate

Presentation of the 2023 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: the imperative for a health-centered response in a world facing irreversible harm, by Marina ROMANELLO, Executive Director at Lancet Countdown

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12:15 – 12:30

AFET

ITRE

Joint meeting of Committee on Foreign Affairs and Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

Brussels, Jòzsef Antall, 2Q2

Vote

Association agreements for the participation of third countries in Union programmes. (2023/3018(RSP)) – co-rapporteurs: Jean-Lin LACAPELLE (ID, FR), Christian EHLER (EPP, DE) – adoption of a question for oral answer and adoption of motion for a resolution further to a question for oral answer

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15:00 – 17:30

CONT

Committee on Budgetary Control

Brussels, Altiero Spinelli, 3E-2

Debates

Considerations of draft discharge reports:
– European Parliament (2023/2130(DEC))
– European Council and Council (2023/2131(DEC))
– European External Action Service (2023/2134(DEC))
– Court of Justice of the European Union (2023/2132(DEC))
– Court of Auditors (2023/2133(DEC))
– European Economic and Social Committee (2023/2135(DEC))
– Committee of the Regions (2023/2136(DEC))
– European Ombudsman (2023/2137(DEC))
– European Data Protection Supervisor (2023/2138(DEC))
– European Public Prosecutors Office (the ‘EPPO’) (2023/2139(DEC))
– Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (2023/2174(DEC))
– European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy (Fusion for Energy) (2023/2178(DEC))
– European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (2023/2177(DEC))
– Innovative Health Initiative Joint Undertaking (2023/2179(DEC))
– Clean Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (2023/2175(DEC))
– Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking (2023/2173(DEC))
– Key Digital Technologies Joint Undertaking (2023/2180(DEC))
– Single European Sky ATM Research 3 Joint Undertaking (2023/2181(DEC))
– Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking (2023/2176(DEC))

Study on ”Due diligence in EU Institutions’ procurement rules and practices” – presentation of the study by the authors followed by an exchange of views (15.00 – 16.00)

Joint meeting with Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO): ECA Special report 28/2023 – Public procurement in the EU: Less competition for contracts awarded for works, goods and services in the 10 years up to 2021 – presentation of the report by ECA reporting Member Helga Berger (16.00 – 17.15)

Vote

Establishing the Union Customs Code and the European Union Customs Authority, and repealing Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 (2023/0156(COD)) – rapporteur for the opinion: Petri SARVAMAA (EPP, FI) – adoption of draft opinion (17.15 – 17.30)

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