Hearings
A committee is permitted to organise a hearing with experts, where this is considered essential to its work on a particular subject. Hearings can also be held jointly by two or more committees. Most committees organise regular hearings, as they allow them to hear from experts and hold discussions on the key issues. On this page you will find all the available information relating to committee hearings, including programmes and contributions from speakers.
On 4 May 2017, from 11.00 to 12.30, the Committee on Legal Affairs held a public hearing on the Commission's proposal for a Regulation laying down rules on the exercise of copyright and related rights applicable to certain online transmissions of broadcasting organisations and retransmissions of television and radio programmes.
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On 11 April 2017, the JURI and ENVI Comittees held a public hearing on the implementation of the Environmental Liability Directive (ELD).
The ELD entered into force on 30 April 2004. The EU Member States had three years to transpose the Directive in domestic law. The transposition of ELD was completed by July 2010. The ELD was amended three times through Directive 2006/21/EC on the management of waste from extractive industries, through Directive 2009/31/EC on the geological storage of
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On 23 March, Members of the Legal Affairs Committee had a presentation by the President of the European Patent Office and by a representative of the Commission on the latest state of play on the Unitary Patent. A discussion followed with Bernhard Rapkay, former Member of the European Parliament and rapporteur for the unitary patent.
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On 22 March, the JURI and EMPL Committees organised a hearing on a "Statute for social and solidarity-based enterprises", from 17.00 to 18.30. The purpose of this hearing was to provide an overview of the current state of the legislation on social and solidarity-based enterprises in Europe and to provide information of how the proliferation of this kind of enterprises could boost employment, improve community welfare and advance economic growth.
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On 22 March 2017, from 11.30 to 12.30, the Committee on Legal Affairs held a second public hearing on the legislative proposal on copyright, focusing on mandatory exceptions.
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On 30 January, the JURI Committee organised a hearing on "The Treaty of Marrakesh: realising the potential", from 15.00 to 16.00. The purpose of this hearing was to offer participants an opportunity to hear about the origins and negotiation of the Treaty, and the challenges of its implementation. Experts, stakeholders and high-ranking officials from the institutions participated.
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On 29 November 2016, the Committee on Legal Affairs held a public hearing on intellectual property law and the implementation of the Biotech Directive with the participation of the Committee on Agricultural and Rural Development. The hearing concentrated on the current developments in the area of biotechnology and intellectual property law, with a particular focus on patenting products resulting from essential biological processes.
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On 29 November 2016, the Committee on Legal Affairs held a public hearing on Copyright reform. The aim of this hearing was to examine, after the Commission has published its copyright reform, the copyright directive proposal and especially the question of the so-called "value gap" in the context of the use of protected content by online services.
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On 13 October 2016, the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Committee on Women’s Rights held a public hearing on public international law perspectives on the prosecution of Daesh’s crimes against women and girls before international jurisdictions.
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On 12 July 2016, the Committee on Legal Affairs will hold a public hearing on limitation periods for road traffic accidents in the EU. This hearing relates to the legislative initiative report (rapporteur: Pavel Svoboda) on the same topic (2015/2087 (INL)).
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