European Parliament
Monday 24 April
Subcommittee on Public Health (SANT)
Debates: Exchange of views with Ms Emer Cooke, Executive Director of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and Mr Pierre Delsaux, Director General for the Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA); Presentation of the study by EPRS ‘Increasing European added value in an age of global challenges: Mapping the cost of non-Europe (2022-2032)’, February 2023.
Monday 24 April – Tuesday 25 April
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON)
Debates: Amending Directive 2011/16/EU on administrative cooperation in the field of taxation; Update on the digital euro; Exchange of views with Aurel Schubert, Chair of the European Statistical Governance Advisory Board (ESGAB); Exchange of views with Mariana Kotzeva, Director-General of Eurostat; Financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2022; Presentation of the study on “Recent trends in UK financial sector regulation and possible implications for the EU, including its approach to equivalence”.
Votes: Nomination of an EP representative to the “European Statistical Advisory Committee”; Banking Union – annual report 2022; Competition policy – annual report 2022.
Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE)
Debates: Public hearing on the reform of the electricity market; Laying down measures for a high level of public sector interoperability across the Union (Interoperable Europe Act); Establishing a framework of measures for strengthening Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem (Chips Act); Harmonised rules on fair access to and use of data (Data Act); Amending Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Directive 98/70/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the promotion of energy from renewable sources, and repealing Council Directive (EU) 2015/652; Horizontal cybersecurity requirements for products with digital elements and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1020; The consequences of the war in Ukraine on the relationship of the European Union with Norway in the areas related to ITRE competences; Establishing a Single Market emergency instrument and repealing Council Regulation No (EC) 2679/98; Structured dialogue with Johannes Hahn, Commissioner for Budget and Administration; Presentation by the Commission on the 2022 implementation report on the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between United Kingdom and European Union.
Votes: Energy efficiency (recast); . Laying down harmonised conditions for the marketing of construction products, amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 and repealing Regulation (EU) 305/2011.
Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI)
Debate: Exchange of views on EU instruments for tackling corruption globally in the presence of Tinatin Tsertsvadze, Senior Policy Analyst, Open Society Foundation and Channing Sophia Mavrellis, Illicit Trade Director, Global Financial Integrity; Exchange of views on the implications of the EU external migration policy in West Africa, in particular in relation to NDICI and other EU funded projects; Prohibiting products made with forced labour on the Union market; Follow-up to the DROI visit to Pakistan of 19-21 September 2022, in the presence of Rabiya Javeri Agha, Chairwoman of the Pakistani National Commission for Human Rights; Constitutive meeting of DROI delegation to El Salvador on 14-18 May 2023.
Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI)
Debates: Exchange of views with Commissioner Stella Kyriakides, responsible for Health and Food Safety, in the framework of the Structured Dialoguem Exchange of views with Markian Dmytrasevych, Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine; Packaging and packaging waste, amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 and Directive (EU) 2019/904, and repealing Directive 94/62/EC; Public hearing on “Sustainable management of water resources in agriculture” organised jointly with the Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI); Generational renewal in the EU farms of the future; Presentation of study “The impact of the extreme climate events on agricultural production in the EU”, organised by Policy Department B; European protein strategy.
Vote: Labelling of organic pet food; Ensuring food security and long term resilience of the EU agriculture; Amending Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control) and Council Directive 1999/31/EC of 26 April 1999 on the landfill of waste.
Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN)
Debates: Public hearing on Future challenges for the rail infrastructure: Single European Track Access charges and investments needed towards decarbonisation; Feedback on the TRAN mission to Genova and Florence, 3-5 April 2023; Presentation of a study on “Environmental challenges through the life cycle of battery electric vehicles”; Structured Dialogue with Commissioner Breton on the Implementation of the EU Tourism Agenda 2030 and update on new developments for the tourism sector; Structured Dialogue with Commissioner Vălean on the latest and upcoming transport-related proposals; Exchange of views with the Ukrainian Deputy Minister for Transport Serhii Derkach – one year after the invasion update; Report back on ongoing interinstitutional negotiations.
Subcommittee on Security and Defence (SEDE)
Debates: Update on EU military support for Ukraine, by Charles FRIES, Deputy Secretary General for Peace, Security and Defence, EEAS; Joint communication to the European Parliament and the Council: European Union Space Strategy for Security and Defence; Exchange of views with Carine CLAEYS, Special Envoy for Space, Head Division for Space, EEAS; Guillaume DE LA BROSSE, Head of Unit, Innovation, Start-ups and Economics, DG DEFIS, European Commission; Daniel FIOTT author of the study on “Strategic compass and space base defence capabilities”; Debrief from the SEDE mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (20-23 February 2023); Public hearing In association with the Delegation for relations with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly EU-NATO cooperation: follow up of the Madrid Summit and the 3rd Joint Declaration; Enhancing the Partnership dimension of the Strategic Compass: update and role of the European Peace Facility Assistance Measures for third countries; Exchange of views with Rory DOMM, Head of Division, European Peace Facility, Integrated Approach for Security and Peace, EEAS; CSDP Missions and operations State of play on the European Union Police Mission for the Palestinian Territories (EUPOL COPPS) and the EU Border Assistance Mission in Rafah (EUBAM Rafah); Joint Communication on “Enhancing EU Maritime Security Strategy” and the extension of the Concept of Coordinated Maritime Presences (CMP); Exchange of views with Anatolie NOSATÎI, Minister of Defence, Republic of Moldova; Strengthening the EU’s partnership with Niger: launch of a new EU Military Partnership Mission Niger; Debrief from the SEDE mission to Djibouti and Somalia (1-5 April 2023).
Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI)
Debates: Exchange of views in the context of structured dialogue with Maroš Šefčovič, Commissioner for Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight; Geographical indication protection for craft and industrial products and amending Regulations (EU) 2017/1001 and (EU) 2019/1753 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Decision (EU) 2019/1754; Amending Council Decision (EU) 2019/1754 on the accession of the European Union to the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications; Hearing on Regulatory challenges of the Metaverse; Exchange of views in the context of structured dialogue with Johannes Hahn, Commissioner for Budget and Administration; Request for defence of the privileges and immunities of Georgios Kyrtsos; Request for the waiver of the immunity of Georgios Kyrtsos; Request for the waiver of the immunity of Eva Kaili; Request for the waiver of the immunity of Patryk Jaki ; Request for the waiver of the immunity of Beata Mazurek; Request for the waiver of the immunity of Beata Kempa; Request for the waiver of the immunity of Tomasz Piotr Poręba; Legal protection of designs (recast); Amending Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 on Community designs and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 2246/2002; JURI mission to EUIPO/Alicante; Exchange of views in the context of structured dialogue with Věra Jourová, Vice-President for Values and Transparency; Harmonising certain aspects of insolvency law.
Votes: Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence and amending Directive (EU) 2019/1937; Amending Council Decision (EU) 2019/1754 on the accession of the European Union to the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications; Legal basis; Verification of credentials; Term of office; Disputes involving Parliament.
Tuesday 25 April
Special Committee on the COVID-19 pandemic (COVI)
Debates: COVID-19 pandemic: lessons learned and recommendations for the future; Exchange of views on the draft report COVID-19 pandemic: lessons learned and recommendations for the future – in the presence of the European Commission.
Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM)
Debates: Mission report following the Mission to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 20-22 September 2022; Mission report following the Mission to Madrid, Spain, 20-22 February 2023; Laying down rules to prevent and combat child sexual abuse; Regulation of prostitution in the EU: its cross-border implications and impact on gender equality and women’s rights; Ensuring European transportation works for women.
Vote: Sexual harassment in the EU and MeToo evaluation.
Subcommittee on Tax Matters (FISC)
Debate: Public Hearing on “The work of national tax authorities: resources, strategies, cooperation”.
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) and Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM)
Debates: Presentation of the 2023 UNODC global report on trafficking in persons: crises shift trafficking patterns and hinder victim identification.
Vote: The EU accession to the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence: Institutions and public administration of the Union; The EU accession to the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence: Judicial cooperation in criminal matters, asylum and non-refoulement.
Committee on Regional Development (REGIO)
Debates: Structured dialogue with Elisa Ferreira, Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms; Presentation of the 4th report on the implementation of EU’s macro regional strategies by DG REGIO; Exchange of views on the fulfilment of enabling conditions by the Member States; Exchange of views with Vaughan Gething, Minister for Economy of Wales on Brexit and the cooperation of Wales with the European Union; Presentation of the ECA Special report 02/2023: Adapting cohesion policy rules to respond to COVID-19 (Coronavirus Response Investment Initiative (CRII, CRII Plus) and REACT-EU) by Ms Iliana Ivanova; Implementation of funds 2014-2020: Croatia – Ireland.
Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) and Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET)
Vote: Establishing the European defence industry reinforcement through common procurement act.
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) and Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI)
Debate: Sustainable management of water resources in agriculture.
Wednesday 26 April
Committee on Development (DEVE)
Debates: Coordinators’ decisions and recommendations.
Votes: Conclusion of a Protocol implementing the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Mauritius (2022-2026); Update on the post-Cotonou Agreement; Critical Raw Materials – the DEVE perspective; Structured Dialogue on the Commission Work Programme; Development Committee delegation to Kenya, 3-5 April 2023.
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE)
Agenda to be published.
Special Committee on foreign interference in all democratic processes in the European Union, including disinformation, and the strengthening of integrity, transparency and accountability in the European Parliament (ING2)
Vote: Foreign interference in all democratic processes in the European Union, including disinformation.
Debates: Exchange of views on “Doppelganger – Media Clones Serving Russian Propaganda”, with Alexandre Alaphilippe, Executive Director, EU DisinfoLab.
Committee on Budgets (BUDG)
Debates: Public Hearing on ‘Financial impact of the war in Ukraine: current and future challenges for the EU Budget’; 2023 Budget: Section III – Commission – Exchange of views – autonomous transfers; 2023 Budget: Section III – Commission – Exchange of views – autonomous transfers; Draft amending budget no 1 to the general budget 2023 technical adjustments stemming from the political agreements reached on several legislative proposals, including with respect to REPowerEU, the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism and the Union Secure Connectivity programme; Implementation of the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument – Global Europe; Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund – EGF/2023/000 – Technical Assistance at the initiative of the Commission 2023; Definition of criminal offences and penalties for the violation of Union restrictive measures ; Mission of the Committee on Budgets to Moldova (21-23 February 2023).
Votes: Impact on the 2024 EU budget of increasing European Union Recovery Instrument borrowing costs; Financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2022; Providing macro-financial assistance to the Republic of North Macedonia; 2023 Budget: Section III – Commission; 2023 Budget: Other Sections; Building policy.
Committee on Fisheries (PECH)
Vote: Conclusion of a Protocol implementing the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Mauritius (2022-2026); Multiannual management plan for bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean, amending Regulations (EU) No 2017/2107, (EU) No 2019/[NAFO], (EU) No 1936/2001, and repealing Regulation (EU) No 2016/1627; Specific rules relating to the entry into Northern Ireland from other parts of the United Kingdom of certain consignments of retail goods, plants for planting, seed potatoes, machinery and certain vehicles operated for agricultural or forestry purposes, as well as non-commercial movements of certain pet animals into Northern Ireland.
Debates: Implementation report on the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement; EU-Norway bilateral and trilateral fisheries arrangements: state of play; Briefing by the Commission ahead of the 27th IOTC Annual Session ; Mission of the Committee on Fisheries to Brittany (Brest/Lorient), 3-5 April 2023; Exchange of views with Virginijus Sinkevičius, Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries; Implications of Chinese fishing operations for EU fisheries and the way forward.
Committee on International Trade (INTA) and Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO)
Debate: Prohibiting products made with forced labour on the Union market.
Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) and Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI)
Debate: Liability for defective products.
Subcommittee on Security and Defence (SEDE) and Special Committee on foreign interference in all democratic processes in the European Union, including disinformation, and the strengthening of integrity, transparency and accountability in the European Parliament (ING2)
Debate: Presentation of the in-depth analysis “Enhancing the capabilities of CSDP missions and operations to identify and respond to disinformation attacks”, with the authors.
Committee on Development (DEVE), Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) and Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (DACP)
Debate: Election Observation Mission to Nigeria to observe the presidential election on 25 February 2023 and update on developments in the country.
Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) and Committee on International Trade (INTA)
Debate: Implementation report on the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement.
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) and Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE)
Vote: Methane emissions reduction in the energy sector and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/942.
Wednesday 26 April – Thursday 27 April
Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET)
Votes: 2022 Commission Report on Serbia; 2022 Commission Report on Kosovo.
Debates: Exchange of views with Bujar Osmani, Minister of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia; Exchange of views on the EU relations with Brazil; In association with the Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries (DMAS) Exchange of views on the situation in Lebanon with Carl Hallergard, Deputy Managing Director Middle East and North Africa, EEAS; Public Hearing on the Recovery, Reconstruction and Resilience of Ukraine: assessing the feasibility of a Marshall Plan-style facility and of enhanced coordination of defence related support; In association with the Delegation for Relations with Iran (D-IR); Exchange of views with Enrique Mora, Deputy Secretary General/Political Director of the European External Action Service, on the EU relations with Iran; Exchange of views with Gert-Jan Koopman, Director-General, European Commission, Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations (NEAR); EU-Switzerland relations; Debriefing on the AFET mission to The Gambia and Senegal (3-7 April 2023).
Committee on Petitions (PETI)
Vote: Mission report following the fact-finding visit to Germany from 3 to 4 November 2022 on the functioning of the “Jugendamt” (Youth Welfare Office).
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL)
Debates: Youth unemployment, in particular in outermost regions; 2024 Budget – Section III; Future-proof jobs and skills training for the digital and green transitions; Prohibiting products made with forced labour on the Union market; Fostering and adapting vocational training as a tool for employees’ success and a building block for the EU economy in the new industry 4.0.
Votes: Election of the first Vice-Chair; Roadmap on a Social Europe: two years after Porto; Strengthening social dialogue; Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2009/148/EC on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to asbestos at work; Combating violence against women and domestic violence; Harnessing talent in Europe’s regions.
Committee on Culture and Education (CULT)
Debates: Policy Department background analysis on the European Media Freedom Act and a Q&A session with the expert; Establishing a common framework for media services in the internal market (European Media Freedom Act) and amending Directive 2010/13/EU; Exchange of views with Commissioner Schmit on the European Year of Skills; EU-Switzerland relations; Study presentation of the Policy Department – “Protecting cultural heritage from armed conflicts in Ukraine and beyond”; Exchange of views with Olena Rozvadovska, Founder of the Voices of Children Foundation.
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI)
Debates: Report back on ongoing interinstitutional negotiations; Amending Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Directive 98/70/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the promotion of energy from renewable sources, and repealing Council Directive (EU) 2015/652; Fluorinated greenhouse gases, amending Directive (EU) 2019/1937 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 517/2014; Substances s that deplete the ozone layer and repealing Regulation (EC) No1005/2009; Hearing of the candidate for the function of the Executive Director of the European Environment Agency; Amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1242 as regards strengthening the CO₂ emission performance standards for new heavy-duty vehicles and integrating reporting obligations, and repealing Regulation (EU) 2018/956; Urban wastewater treatment (recast) ; Objection pursuant to Rule 112 (2) and (3) to an implementing act renewing the authorisation for placing on the market of products containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified cotton 281-24-236 × 3006-210-23; Joint committee procedure (Rule 58) of ENVI, ITRE of Wednesday, 26 April 2023; Presentation of the Pharmaceutical Package and exchange of views with Stella Kyriakides, Commissioner for Health and Food Safety; Fees and charges payable to the European Medicines Agency, amending Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 297/95 and Regulation (EU) 658/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council; Exchange of views with the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change on its published advices and its upcoming recommendation for the EU 2040 climate targets Joint debate; Objection pursuant to Rule 112 (2) and (3) to an implementing act granting marketing authorisation for “Paxlovid – Nirmatrelvir / ritonavir”, a medicinal product for human use; Objection pursuant to Rule 112(2) and (3) to an implementing act amending the marketing authorisation for “Gardasil 9”, a medicinal product for human use; Exchange of views with Thierry Breton, Commissioner for Internal Market, as part of the structured dialogue.
Votes: Specific rules relating to medicinal products for human use intended to be placed on the market of Northern Ireland; EU Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles; Objection pursuant to Rule 112 (2) and (3) to an implementing act renewing the authorisation for placing on the market of products containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified cotton 281-24-236 × 3006-210-23; Objection pursuant to Rule 112 (2) and (3) to an implementing act granting marketing authorisation for “Paxlovid – Nirmatrelvir / ritonavir”, a medicinal product for human use; Objection pursuant to Rule 112(2) and (3) to an implementing act amending the marketing authorisation for “Gardasil 9”, a medicinal product for human use.
Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO)
Vote: The implementation of the Regulations on the European citizens’ initiative; Arrangements in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Parliament and the European Central Bank on structuring the practices for interaction in the area of central banking.
Debates: Interparliamentary Committee Meeting on the REFORM OF THE EUROPEAN ELECTORAL SYSTEM; Parliamentarism, European citizenship and democracy; The statute and funding of European political parties and European political foundations (recast); Exchange of views with Maroš Šefčovič, Vice-President of the European Commission for Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight; Amendments to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure concerning the referral of proposals for legally binding acts to committees and the procedure for solving conflicts of competence.
Thursday 27 April
Committee on Budgets (BUDG) and Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT)
Vote: Financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union (recast).
Debates: European Court of Auditors Special Report N° 05/2023: The EU’s financial landscape – A patchwork construction requiring further simplification and accountability; Presentation of the external study ‘The tools for tackling the breaches of the rule of law that constitute a risk to the EU budget – The Conditionality Regulation in context’.
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) and Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI)
Vote: Specific rules relating to the entry into Northern Ireland from other parts of the United Kingdom of certain consignments of retail goods, plants for planting, seed potatoes, machinery and certain vehicles operated for agricultural or forestry purposes, as well as non-commercial movements of certain pet animals into Northern Ireland.
Find an overview of the parliamentary agenda here.
