Asuntos destacados

The Committee on Budgetary Control will hold a hearing with Johannes Hahn, European Commissioner for Budget and Administration, on 5 December. The hearing in the presence of ECA President and reporting Members is a part of the discharge procedure for the Commission for financial year 2021. The items for discussion will include current and past MFF and the RRF.

The Committees on Economic and Monetary Affairs and on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety will hold a joint exchange with Commissioner McGuinness on 5 December. The Commissioner will report on the most recent developments in the implementation of the Taxonomy. It will be an occasion for Members to discuss the state of play in the development of the remaining technical screening criteria under the Taxonomy Regulation and on the work of the Platform on Sustainable Finance.

The Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs will discuss with Interpol’s SG Jürgen Stock Interpol’s system of Red Notices (alerts to law enforcement worldwide to locate and provisionally arrest individuals) on 5 December. Also, EC Director for Migration and Asylum Michael Shotter will report on Readmission Agreements and arrangements – the negotiations of future agreements, the state of implementation of existing ones, and informal readmission arrangements with third countries.

The Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety will exchange views with the Commission on the upcoming Marine Environment Protection Committee 79th session on 5 December. Members will also exchange views with a citizens’ spokesperson for public health matters of the Conference on the Future of Europe, as well as with the Commission and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on the state-of-the-play of negotiations of a Global Treaty on Plastic Pollution.

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