European Parliament

Monday 4 March

Committee on Development (DEVE)
Debates: Workshop on humanitarian assistance to persons with disabilities; Addressing the challenges associated with plastic pollution, waste disposal and management in Africa; Policy Coherence for Development – thematic session: the impact of economic partnership/investment agreements on developing countries.

Joint meeting of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE), Committee on Development (DEVE) and Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI)
Debates: Reporting back on the DEVE-LIBE-DROI delegation to the Global Refugee Forum in Geneva, 13-15 December 2023

Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE)
Votes: Amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 of the European Parliament and of the Council on a temporary derogation from certain provisions of Directive 2002/58/EC for the purpose of combating online child sexual abuse. 
Debates: 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; 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; Amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1232 of the European Parliament and of the Council on a temporary derogation from certain provisions of Directive 2002/58/EC for the purpose of combating online child sexual abuse; The status of third-country nationals who are long-term residents (recast); Agreement between the European Union and the Kingdom of Norway on supplementary rules in relation to the instrument for financial support for border management and visa policy, as part of the Integrated Border Management Fund; Agreement between the European Union and the Swiss Confederation on supplementary rules in relation to the instrument for financial support for border management and visa policy, as part of the Integrated Border Management Fund; Agreement between the European Union and Iceland on supplementary rules in relation to the instrument for financial support for border management and visa policy, as part of the Integrated Border Management Fund; Agreement between the European Union and the Principality of Liechtenstein on supplementary rules in relation to the instrument for financial support for border management and visa policy, as part of the Integrated Border Management Fund; Amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1806 as regards the revision of the suspension mechanism.

Committee on Budgets (BUDG)
Votes: Guidelines for the 2025 Budget – Section III; Re-attribution of scientific and technical tasks and improving cooperation among Union agencies in the area of chemicals; 2024 Budget: Section III – Commission; 2024 Budget: Other Sections; Building policy.
Debates: Estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2025 – Section I – European Parliament; Estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2025 – Section I – European Parliament; Pilot Projects and Preparatory Actions in budget 2024 and 2025; Draft amending budget no 1 to the general budget 2024.

Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT)
Votes: 2022 discharge: General budget of the EU – Commission; 2022 discharge: Report on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union Agencies for the financial year 2022: performance, financial management and control; 2022 discharge: European Union Agency for Asylum (before 19.1.2022 the European Asylum Support Office); 2022 discharge: European Union Aviation Safety Agency; 2022 discharge: European Banking Authority; 2022 discharge: Agency for Support for BEREC (BEREC Office); 2022 discharge: European Border and Coast Guard Agency; 2022 discharge: European Chemicals Agency; 2022 discharge: European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER); 2022 discharge: European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust); 2022 discharge: European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop); 2022 discharge: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control; 2022 discharge: ENISA (European Union Agency for Cybersecurity); 2022 discharge: European Environment Agency; 2022 discharge : European Fisheries Control Agency; 2022 discharge : European Food Safety Authority; 2022 discharge: European Foundation for the improvement of living and working conditions (Eurofound); 2022 discharge: European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights.
Debates: Study on “Future of digitalization in budgetary control”.

Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN)
Votes: Amending Directive 2005/35/EC on ship-source pollution and on the introduction of penalties, including criminal penalties, for pollution offences; Amending Directive 2009/18/EC establishing the fundamental principles governing the investigation of accidents in the maritime transport sector; Use of railway infrastructure capacity in the single European railway area, amending Directive 2012/34/EU and repealing Regulation (EU) No 913/2010; Accounting of greenhouse gas emissions of transport services.
Debates: Amending Directive 2009/16/EC on port State control; Amending Directive 2009/21/EC on compliance with flag State requirements; Amending Directive 2005/35/EC on ship-source pollution and on the introduction of penalties, including criminal penalties, for pollution offences; Amending Directive 2009/18/EC establishing the fundamental principles governing the investigation of accidents in the maritime transport sector; Presentation of the European Court of Auditors (ECA) special report 29/2023: The EU’s support for sustainable biofuels in transport: An unclear route ahead, by the Rapporteur, Mr Nikolaos Milionis.

Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON)
Votes: Effective coordination of economic policies and multilateral budgetary surveillance and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1466/97; Amending Regulation (EC) No 1467/97 on speeding up and clarifying the implementation of the excessive deficit procedure; Amending Directive 2011/85/EU on requirements for budgetary frameworks of the Member States; 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; 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; Amending Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics; Amending Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 as regards the scope of the rules for benchmarks, the use in the Union of benchmarks provided by an administrator located in a third country, and certain reporting requirements; Amending Directive 2014/59/EU as regards early intervention measures, conditions for resolution and financing of resolution action; Amending Regulation (EU) No 806/2014 as regards early intervention measures, conditions for resolution and funding of resolution action; Amending Directive 2014/49/EU as regards the scope of deposit protection, use of deposit guarantee schemes funds, cross-border cooperation, and transparency; Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT).

Joint meeting of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) and the Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN)
Votes: Accounting of greenhouse gas emissions of transport services.

Thursday 7 March

Committee on International Trade (INTA)
Votes: Temporary trade-liberalisation measures supplementing trade concessions applicable to Ukrainian products under the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part; Temporary trade-liberalisation measures supplementing trade concessions applicable to products from the Republic of Moldova under the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Moldova, of the other part; Protocol amending the Agreement between the European Union and Japan for an Economic Partnership regarding free flow of data; Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Argentine Republic amending the Agreement of the European Union and the Argentine Republic pursuant to Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions on all the tariff-rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union; Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Arab Republic of Egypt pursuant to Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions on all the tariff rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union; Partnership Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Members of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States, of the other part.
Debates: State of play of ongoing trilogue negotiations; State of play on trade-related aspects of the Deforestation Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 on the making available on the Union market and the export from the Union of certain commodities and products associated with deforestation and forest degradation); Monitoring Groups Activities; Ad-hoc delegation to the Parliamentary Conference on the WTO and the 13th WTO Ministerial Conference, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 24-27 February 2024; Exchange of views on the consequences on international trade of the recent Belt and Road Summit (13-14 September 2023) and the Global Gateway Forum (25-26 October 2023).

Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM)
Debates: Interparliamentary Committee Meeting on the occasion of International Women’s Day: Women in Sports

Find an overview of the parliamentary agenda here.

Council of Ministers

Monday 4 March 

Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council (Energy)
Ministers will address the state of play in terms of security of supply and preparations for winter 2024-2025. Ministers will also have an exchange of views on flexibility as an essential tool in the energy transition.

Monday 4 – Tuesday 5 March

Justice and Home Affairs Council
Ministers will exchange views about the general state of the Schengen area, the European free travel zone, and the recently presented evaluation of the EU law establishing Frontex (the EU border and coast guard regulation). The Commission and eu-LISA, an EU agency dealing with IT systems in the area of migration, security and justice, will inform ministers about the state of play to ensure interoperability of the EU’s information systems to fight crime, control borders and manage migration flows.

Thursday 7 March

Competitiveness Council (Internal market and industry)
Ministers will discuss a report on the advance of the works to reach an agreement on the late payment regulation. The proposal is part of the ‘SME relief package’, a series of initiatives presented by the Commission on 12 September 2023 to address the needs of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the current economic environment. One of the main problems that SMEs are facing is the frequent payment delays from administration or other companies. The proposal introduces a stricter maximum payment limit of 30 days, eliminates ambiguities, and addresses the legal gaps in the current EU legislation.

An overview of planned Council meetings can be found here.