EU Parliament Agenda on 4 December 2023

PRESIDENT’S AGENDA

Lecce, Puglia (Italy)

10:20 President Metsola delivers a speech at the public event “Next Generation EU e le Sfide dell’UE”

11:30 President Metsola and the Italian Minister for European Affairs, Cohesion Policy, the South, and the National Plan for Recovery and Resilience, Raffaele Fitto, speak to the press

Catanzaro, Calabria (Italy)

18:45 President Metsola visits the Control Room of Operation Zero Tolerance, at the Seat of the Region of Calabria

19:00 President Metsola and the President of the Region of Calabria, Roberto Occhiuto, speak to the press

PRESS CONFERENCES
Fostering a new payment culture
Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 0A50
Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN (Renew, PL), rapporteur on Late Payments

PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES

Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs – Frontex Scrutiny Working Group

Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 5B1

Debates

Exchange of views with Hans LEIJTENS, Frontex ED

Exchange of views with stakeholders on Frontex cooperation with Tunisia:
– Frontex
– Frontex FRO
– Human Rights Watch (tbc)

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Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 3C050

Interparliamentary Committee Meeting

The Situation of the Rule of Law in the EU (draft agenda)

Debate

Mission Report following LIBE delegation to Malta, 19-21 June 2023 — Presentation of report on the outcome of the mission

Vote

Automated data exchange for police cooperation (“Prüm II”), amending Council Decisions 2008/615/JHA and 2008/616/JHA and Regulations (EU) 2018/1726, 2019/817 and 2019/818 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2021/0410(COD)) — Vote on the provisional agreement resulting from interinstitutional negotiations — Rapporteur: Paulo RANGEL (EPP, PT)

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Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
Brussels, Jòzsef Antall, 2Q2
Debates

Exchange of views with Andrea AMMON, Director of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)

STOA Study on “Improving access to medicines and promoting pharmaceutical innovation” — Presentation — Exchange of views

Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions Addressing medicine shortages in the EU — Presentation by the Commission — Exchange of views

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Committee on Budgetary Control

Brussels, Altiero Spinelli, 3E-2

Debates

Establishing the Union Customs Code and the European Union Customs Authority, and repealing Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 (2023/0156(COD)) — Consideration of draft opinion — Rapporteur for the opinion: Petri SARVAMAA (EPP, FI)

2022 discharge: General budget of the EU – European Parliament (2023/2130(DEC)) — Hearing with Alessandro CHIOCCHETTI, Secretary-General of the European Parliament, in the context of the discharge to the European Parliament, in the presence of ECA Reporting Member Laima LIUCIJA ANDRIKIENĖ and with the participation of Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Vice-President responsible for the EP Budget (tbc), Francis CLERGEAUD, Internal Auditor and Pascal SCHONARD, Director of the Authority for European Political Parties and Foundations — Rapporteur: Andrey NOVAKOV (EPP, BG)

Presentation of the project on “Use of Artificial Intelligence on Audit of European Union Funds” — Presentation by the author Pedro SIMÕES COELHO, President of the Scientific Council of the NOVA Information Management School/Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Vote

Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2022 (2023/2045(INI) — Adoption of draft report — Rapporteur: Maria GRAPINI (S&D, RO)

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Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

Brussels, Jòzsef Antall, 6Q2

Debate

Council decision inviting Member States to ratify the Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190) of the International Labour Organization (2020/0011(NLE)) – rapporteur: Kira Marie PETER-HANSEN (Greens/EFA, DK)

Interparliamentary Committee Meeting (16.00 – 18.30)

Participation of persons with disabilities in the electoral process – exchange of views with National Parliaments. Draft agenda

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Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection

Brussels, Jòzsef Antall, 4Q2

Debates

Combating late payment in commercial transactions (2023/0323(COD)) – rapporteur: Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN (Renew, PL) – consideration of draft report

Establishing the Union Customs Code and the European Union Customs Authority, and repealing Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 (2023/0156(COD)) – rapporteur: Deirdre CLUNE (EPP, IE) – consideration of amendments

Amending Regulations (EU) No 1024/2012 and (EU) 2018/1724 as regards the use of the Internal Market Information System and the Single Digital Gateway for the purposes of certain requirements laid down by Directive (EU) …/… of the European Parliament and of the Council on European cross-border associations (COM(2023)516)) (2023/0314(COD)) – rapporteur: Anne-Sophie PELLETIER (The Left, FR) – consideration of draft report

Public hearing (17.00 – 18.15)

Performance of the Package Travel Directive and consumer protection. Programme

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Committee on Foreign Affairs

Brussels, Jòzsef Antall, 4Q1

Debate

In association with the Delegation for Relations with Canada

Debriefing by the EEAS on the outcome of the EU-Canada summit of 23-24 November 2023

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Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

Brussels, Paul-Henri Spaak, 1A002

Public Hearing

Dominique LABOUREIX, Chair of the Single Resolution Board (SRB) (more information)

Votes

Transparency and integrity of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) rating activities (2023/0177(COD)) — Adoption of draft report — Vote on the provisional agreement resulting from interinstitutional negotiations — Rapporteur: Aurore LALUCQ (S&D, FR)

Competition policy – annual report 2023 (2023/2077(INI)) — Adoption of draft report — Rapporteur: Stéphanie YON-COURTIN (Renew, FR)

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