European Parliament
Monday 27 November
Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI)
Debates: Technical preparatory meeting for the legislative Interim Agreement on Trade between EU and Republic of Chile; Meeting with New Zealand’s Special Agricultural Trade Envoy.
Monday 27 – Tuesday 28 November
Committee on Culture and Education (CULT)
Debates: Interparliamentary Committee meeting on European Citizenship Education; Presentation of 2023 European Charlemagne Youth Prize winners.
Votes: Implementation of the Erasmus+ programme 2021-2027; Implementation of the Creative Europe programme 2021-2027; Implementation of the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values programme 2021-2027 – citizens’ engagement and participation; European historical consciousness; Cultural diversity and the conditions for authors in the European music streaming market.
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE)
Debates: European Drug Report 2023: Trends and Developments; Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the EU roadmap to fight drug trafficking and organised crime; Implementation report on the EU LGBTIQ Equality Strategy 2020-2025; LIBE delegation to FRONTEX, Warsaw, Poland; Study: Substitute Impact Assessment of the Proposal for a Regulation addressing situations of instrumentalisation in the field of migration and asylum; Addressing situations of instrumentalisation in the field of migration and asylum; Study: Reception Conditions across the EU; Laying down additional procedural rules relating to the enforcement of Regulation (EU) 2016/679; European Ombudsman on the time the European Commission takes to deal with requests for public access to documents; 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; 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.
Votes: Collection and transfer of advance passenger information (API) for enhancing and facilitating external border controls; 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; Transparency and accountability of non-governmental organisations funded from the EU budget; Implementation of the Treaty provisions on EU citizenship.
Joint meeting of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) and the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI)
Votes: European Health Data Space.
Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET)
Debates: Exchange of views with Maroš Šefčovič, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission, on the negotiations with Andorra and San Marino, and on EU-Switzerland relations; Hearing on the EU sanctions regime – implementation, expansion, efficiency and deterring impact including the presentation of a study on the ‘Implementation and monitoring of EU sanctions regimes’; Recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the EEAS on the situation in Syria; Presentation of a study: Antarctica: What role for the European Union?; Exchange of views with Miroslav Lajčák, EU Special Representative for the Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue, and Giovanni Pietro Barbano, EULEX Head of Mission, on the relations between Serbia and Kosovo; Exchange of views with the Head of EU Delegation to the Democratic Republic of the Congo; High-level Geopolitical dialogue with Olivér Várhelyi, Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, on the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA III).
Votes: Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2023; Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2023; Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2023; Role of the European Parliament and its parliamentary diplomacy in the EU’s foreign and security policy; Role of preventive diplomacy in tackling frozen conflicts around the world – missed opportunity or change for the future?; EU strategy on Central Asia; 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; Security and defence implications of China’s influence on critical infrastructure in the European Union.
Committee on International Trade (INTA)
Debates: Public hearing – New approaches to EU FDI policy: Investment Facilitation Agreements and incentivising investment in the green and digital transitions; Third Annual Report from the Commission on the screening of foreign direct investments into the Union; Conclusion of the Sustainable Investment Facilitation Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Angola; Economic Partnership Agreement between the Republic of Kenya, Member of the East African Community of the one part, and the European Union; Mission to Toulouse, France; Ad hoc delegation to San Francisco, USA; Mission to Hamburg, Germany; Tackling of illegal trade; 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; Presentation of the 2023 World Trade Report, by Ralph Ossa, WTO Chief Economist; Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber and timber products to the European Union; Interim Agreement on Trade between the European Union and the Republic of Chile; Establishing the Union Customs Code and the European Union Customs Authority; Monitoring Groups Activities.
Votes: Implementation of the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA); Building a comprehensive European port strategy; Compulsory licensing for crisis management; Regulation of the European Parliament and the Council on standard essential patents, and amending Regulation (EU) 2017/1001; The conclusion of the Partnership Agreement between the European Union, of the one part, and the members of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific (OACPS) States, of the other part.
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON)
Debates: Monetary Dialogue with Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank; State Aid: EU’s reaction to the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA); 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; Payment services in the internal market and amending Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010; Payment services and electronic money services in the Internal Market; Amending Regulations (EU) No 1092/2010, (EU) No 1093/2010, (EU) No 1094/2010, (EU) No 1095/2010 and (EU) 2021/523 as regards certain reporting requirements in the fields of financial services and investment support; Public Hearing on the Digital Euro.
Votes: 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; 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 Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics; Laying down rules on a debt-equity bias reduction allowance and on limiting the deductibility of interest for corporate income tax purposes; Harmonising certain aspects of insolvency law; European Central Bank – annual report 2023; Banking Union – annual report 2023.
Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI)
Debates: Planting the Future – a new legal framework for seeds; Production and marketing of forest reproductive material; Production and marketing of plant reproductive material in the Union; Workshop on ‘Reassessment of methane emissions, focus on biogenic methane emissions’, organised by Policy Department B; Exchange of views ‘The inclusion of persons with disabilities in the agricultural sector; Amending Directive 2008/98/EC on waste; Soil Monitoring and Resilience (Soil Monitoring Law); 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.
Tuesday 28 November
Committee on Development (DEVE)
Debates: Coordinators’ decisions and recommendations; 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 EU-Africa Strategy – state of play; Policy Coherence for Development (PCD) Network meeting; Global Sustainable Development Report 2023; Access to education and training for persons with disabilities in developing countries; The humanitarian situation in Gaza.
Votes: Implementation of the EU-Southern African Development Community (SADC) Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA); Recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the EEAS on the situation in Syria.
Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO)
Debates: Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on data collection and sharing relating to short-term accommodation rental services and amending Regulation (EU); IMCO ad hoc delegation to Washington D.C., USA 2018/1724; Standard essential patents and amending Regulation (EU)2017/1001; Safety of toys and repealing Directive 2009/48/EC; Presentation of Policy Department study on Market surveillance for effective consumer protection in the EU.
Votes: Approval and market surveillance of non-road mobile machinery circulating on public roads and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1020; Virtual worlds – opportunities, risks and policy implications for the single market; Amending and correcting Directive 2005/36/EC as regards the recognition of professional qualifications of nurses responsible for general care trained in Romania; Amending Directives 2005/29/EC and 2011/83/EU as regards empowering consumers for the green transition through better protection against unfair practices and better information.
Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO)
Debates: Study on “Fiscal policy in times of crises – An analysis of EMU constitutional framework”; Implementation of the Treaty provisions on EU citizenship; Implementation of the Treaty provisions on national parliaments; Hearing on ”The review of the Transparency Register: shortcomings and ways to improve”.
Votes: Implementation of the Treaty provisions on special legislative procedures.
Joint meeting of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) and the Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO)
Debates: Deepening EU integration in view of future enlargement.
Subcommittee on Public Health (SANT)
Debates: Election of the Chair of Subcommittee on Public Health; SANT delegation to Washington D.C; Presentation of the ECDC report on health-related quality of life among people living with HIV.
Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE)
Debates: Report back from the ITRE Mission to Copenhagen; Exchange of views with the Commission on EU R&I projects and with AUDI on industry initiatives in support of people with disabilities; Internal markets for renewable and natural gases and for hydrogen (recast); Common rules for the internal markets in renewable and natural gases and in hydrogen (recast); Amending Regulations (EU) 2019/943 and (EU) 2019/942 as well as Directives (EU) 2018/2001 and (EU) 2019/944 to improve the Union’s electricity market design; Establishing a framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials; Horizontal cybersecurity requirements for products with digital elements; Methane emissions reduction in the energy sector and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/942; Structured dialogue with Ms Kadri Simson, Commissioner for Energy, including with respect to the first Union list of PCIs and PMIs, the state of the Energy Union and the outlook for the winter.
Votes: Amending Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 as regards establishing a framework for a European Digital Identity; Laying down measures for a high level of public sector interoperability across the Union (Interoperable Europe Act); 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; Promotion of the freedom of scientific research in the EU; Increasing innovation, industrial and technological competitiveness through a favourable environment for start-ups and scale-ups; Small modular reactors; European Hydrogen Bank.
Joint meeting of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) and the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI)
Debates: Exchange of views with the European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) and the European Environment Agency (EEA) on their joint report on ‘Flexibility solutions to support a decarbonised and secure EU electricity system; Exchange of views with Mr Christian Zinglersen, Director of the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER), on the annual Market Monitoring Report; Report back from the ITRE Mission to the European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER), Ljubljana (Slovenia), 30-31 October 2023; Laying down Union procedures for the authorisation and supervision of medicinal products for human use and establishing rules governing the European Medicines Agency; Union code relating to medicinal products for human use, and repealing Directive 2001/83/EC and Directive 2009/35/EC.
Wednesday 29 November
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI)
Debates: Ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe (recast); Urban wastewater treatment (recast); Amending Directive 2012/19/EU on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE); Establishing a Union certification framework for carbon removals; Standards of quality and safety for substances of human origin intended for human application and repealing Directives 2002/98/EC and 2004/23/EC; Reporting of environmental data from industrial installations and establishing an Industrial Emissions Portal; 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); Commission Regulation amending Annexes II and V to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for fipronil in or on certain products; Proposal for a Council regulation amending Annexes II and V to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for tricyclazole in or on certain products; Exchange of views with Dr Sharon McGuinness, Executive Director of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA); Exchange of views with the European Commission on the implementation and assessment of Regulation 1107/2009, including on the withdrawal of certain plant protection products from the EU market in line of the judgement of the European Court of Justice of 19 January 2023 (C 162/21).
Votes: Nature restoration; Objection pursuant to Rule 112(3) and (4) to the draft Commission Implementing Decision authorising the placing on the market of products containing, consisting of or produced from genetically modified maize Bt11 × MIR162 × MIR604 × MON 89034 × 5307 × GA21 and thirty sub-combinations, pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (D092592); Commission Regulation amending Annexes II and V to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for fipronil in or on certain products; Implementation report on Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 on nutrition and health claims made on foods; Amending Council Directives 2001/110/EC relating to honey, 2001/112/EC relating to fruit juices and certain similar products intended for human consumption, 2001/113/EC relating to fruit jams, jellies and marmalades and sweetened chestnut purée intended for human consumption, and 2001/114/EC relating to certain partly or wholly dehydrated preserved milk for human consumption.
Committee on Fisheries (PECH)
Debates: 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; Conclusion of an Agreement between the European union and the Republic of Seychelles on access for Seychelles fishing vessels to the waters of Mayotte; Exchange of views with Charlina Vitcheva, Director-General, DG MARE; Improving the labelling legislation of vegetarian and vegan imitations of fish products; EU-UK: Implementation of the Trade & Cooperation Agreement and fishing quotas (TACs) for 2024; Autonomous Tariff Quotas (ATQ) for fisheries products for 2024-2025.
Votes: Implementation of the Common Market Organisation (CMO) Regulation in fisheries and aquaculture – Regulation (EU) 1379/2013; Amending Directive 2009/16/EC on port State control; European Maritime Safety Agency and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1406/2002; Amending Directive 2009/18/EC establishing the fundamental principles governing the investigation of accidents in the maritime transport sector; Amending Directive 2009/21/EC on compliance with flag State requirements; The Protocol on the implementation of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community on the one hand, and the Republic of Kiribati, on the other (2023-2028).
Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI)
Debates: Technical preparatory meeting for the legislative Interim Agreement on Trade between EU and Republic of Chile.
Wednesday 29 – Thursday 30 November
Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT)
Debates: 2022 Discharge to the Agencies; ECA Special Report 26/2023: The Recovery and Resilience Facility’s performance monitoring framework. Measuring implementation progress but not sufficient to capture performance; 2022 Discharge to the Joint Undertakings; Study on ”The EU Emissions Trading System: Method and Effects of Free Allowance Allocation”; 2022 discharge: General budget of the EU – Commission, European External Action Service, European Parliament.
Votes: Partial renewal of Members of the Court of Auditors – SE and PT.
Committee on Petitions (PETI)
Debates: Annual Workshop on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; Petitions for discussion in committee on the basis of the Commission’s written reply or other documents received – Environment, Justice, Fundamental Rights, Transport, Employment, Health; Presentation of the Study on “Homelessness in the European Union”; Review of 2013-2023 petitions.
Votes: Draft Report on the Activities of the European Ombudsman – Annual Report 2022; Draft Mission Report Following the fact-finding visit to Romania from 15 to 18 May 2023 on the management and the protection of the brown bear population and the illegal logging in Romania; Draft opinion on Establishing the European Disability Card and the European Parking Card for persons with disabilities.
Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM)
Debates: Hearing on Municipalism and gender equality policies in the EU; Exchange of views on the preparations for the 68th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women; Standards for equality bodies in the field of equal treatment and equal opportunities between women and men in matters of employment and occupation, and deleting Article 20 of Directive 2006/54/EC and Article 11 of Directive 2010/41/EU; Gender Mainstreaming Network.
Votes: Gender aspects of the rising cost of living and the impact of the energy crisis; Establishing the European Disability Card and the European Parking Card for persons with disabilities; The EU priorities for the 68th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
Joint meeting of the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) and the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE)
Debates: Amending Directive 2012/29/EU establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2001/220/JHA; Combating violence against women and domestic violence; Amending Directive 2011/36/EU on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims.
Joint meeting of the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) and the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL)
Debates: Joint Hearing on Harmful practices in the EU towards women and girls with disabilities.
Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN)
Debates: Exchange of views with Mr Hubert GAMBS, Deputy Director General for the Internal Market, European Commission, on the state of play of the implementation of the tourism pathway and the EU Tourism Agenda for 2030; Building a comprehensive European port strategy; Exchange of views with the European Commission on the evaluation of EASA’s work; Public hearing on The Future Development of Electric and Fuel Cell Trucks; Guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network; Implementation of the Single European Sky (recast); Feedback on TRAN mission to Japan; Exchange of views with European Coordinators for the TEN-T; EP Disability Rights Week: Discussion on existing barriers in the field of transports and tourism for people with disabilities; Presentation of a study on Perspectives for the rolling stock supply in the EU.
Votes: Execution of driving disqualifications with a Union-wide effect; Amending Directive (EU) 2015/413 facilitating cross-border exchange of information on road-safety-related traffic offences.
Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI)
Debates: European Parliament Conference on the 75th anniversary of the universal declaration of Human Rights.
Committee on Regional Development (REGI)
Debates: Cohesion policy 2014-2020 – implementation and outcomes in the Member States; Exchange of views with Gina McIntyre, Chief Executive of the Special EU Programmes Body, on PEACE PLUS programme 2021-2027; Mission to Kyiv, Ukraine; 2022 discharge: General budget of the EU – Commission; Presentation of the Annual summary on the implementation of financial instruments under the Structural and Investment Funds for the 2014-2020 period, by the Commission.
Votes: Current and future challenges regarding cross-border cooperation with neighbouring countries; Implementation of territorial development (CPR, Title III, Chapter II) and its application in the European Territorial agenda 2030.
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL)
Debates: Algorithmic management at work: risks, regulatory challenges and perspectives; Coordination of social security systems; Improving working conditions in platform work; Statistics on population and housing; Amending Council Directive 98/24/EC and Directive 2004/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the limit values for lead and its inorganic compounds and diisocyanates; Standards for equality bodies in the field of equal treatment and equal opportunities between women and men in matters of employment and occupation, and deleting Article 20 of Directive 2006/54/EC and Article 11 of Directive 2010/41/EU; Delegation of the European Parliament’s Committee on Employment and Social Affairs to Cedefop, 30 and 31 October 2023; The 2022 discharge package; Establishing the European Disability Card and the European Parking Card for persons with disabilities; European Court of Auditors’ special report: “Supporting people with disabilities – Practical impact of EU action is limited.”
Votes: The role of social award criteria in public procurement to strengthen social rights, good working conditions and inclusive labour markets.
Find an overview of the parliamentary agenda here.
