Highlights

The Committee on Budgets will mark an important milestone of the budgetary year, as Members will vote the 1253 amendments tabled to the Council's position on the Commission's Draft Budget 2023 on 3 October. Following the publication of the Commission's Draft Budget, the Council’s reading cuts EUR 1.64 billion in commitments. The Rapporteurs will present their compromise proposals aimed to ensure that the 2023 budget will be fit to react to the multiple crises the Union is facing.

The Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety will vote on a resolution on the UN Climate Change Conference 2022 in Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt (COP27) on 3 October. Members will also vote on opinions on the system of own resources of the European Union and on upscaling the 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework, on the Energy Efficiency of Buildings, on RepowerEU, and on the objection to the implementing act on approval period of 8-hydroxyquinoline.

The Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety will hold an exchange of views with Mr Ruslan Strilets, Ukraine’s Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources, on 3 October. Mr Strilets, who will participate remotely, will explain the extent of the environmental damage of the war in Ukraine and its devastating impact on the people and nature. The Members will discuss how the European Parliament can support Ukraine in mitigating the risks and repairing the damage.

The Committees on Budgets and on Budgetary Control will hold a joint debate with Commissioner Hahn on the implementation of the Rule of Law Conditionality Regulation on 3 October. The European Commission has proposed measures to the Council in order to protect the EU budget against breaches of the principle of the rule of law in Hungary. The Commission proposes a suspension of 65% of the commitments for three operational programmes under cohesion policy.

The Committee on Transport and Tourism will vote on the amendments to the proposal for a Regulation on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure, which is part of the ‘Fit for 55’ legislative package contributing to the 55% reduction of CO2 emissions by 2030. The Committee will also vote on the proposal for a new Regulation on the use of renewable and low-carbon fuels in maritime transport (Fuel EU Maritime, also part of the Fit for 55 package).

The Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development will hold an extraordinary meeting on 3 October. Members will adopt two opinions on, respectively, EU energy policy (REPowerEU) and the promotion of energy from renewable sources.