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On Tuesday 15 June 2021 between 16h45-17h45 the FEMM committee will hold an exchange of views on “The Generation Equality Forum, Paris“.

On Tuesday 15 June 2021 from 10:35 – 11:35, the Committee on Development (DEVE) is organising a High-Level panel on food security and biodiversity entitled "Diverse, local, indigenous: Pathways for food security and conservation" within the framework of the European Development Days (EDDs).

On Tuesday 25 May 2021, the FEMM and LIBE committees held an exchange of views entitled ‘The Istanbul Convention - 10th anniversary, including the impact of the withdrawal of Turkey’.

On Tuesday 25 May 2021 the FEMM and LIBE Committees considered the draft report with recommendations to the Commission on identifying gender-based violence as a new area of crime listed in Article 83(1) TFEU.

The FISC Subcommittee held an exchange of views with Ms. Lyudmila Petkova, Chair of the Code of Conduct Group on the reform of the Code of Conduct Group criteria and process on 19 April 2021. The discussion came in context of calls for reform from both the Commission and the European Parliament, most recently in its resolution of 21 January 2021 on reforming the EU list of tax havens, spurred by developments in tax matters since the establishment of the CoC in 1997.

On 23 March 2021, the FISC subcommittee held an exchange views with Margrethe Vestager, Executive Vice President of the European Commission in charge of Europe Fit for the Digital Age, and Commissioner for Competition, on digital taxation and state aid in the tax area.

On 23 March 2021, the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM), in association with the Committee on Development (DEVE), organized the side event on "Enhancing gender equality and women's empowerment in the Covid-19 recovery”. The side event took place between 17.00 – 18.45 CET (12.00 – 13.45 EST).

On 22 March, the FISC subcommittee held an exchange views on digital taxation and other tax matters with Mr João Leão, accompanied by his Deputy Minister for Finance and Tax Affairs, Mr António Mendonça Mendes.

TRAN Members discussed with experts the prospects of the use of hydrogen fuel in the transport sector and the related technologies for road, rail, waterborne and air transport.

The eighth meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Scrutiny Group on Europol (JPSG) took place on 1-2 February 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal and via remote participation due to the pandemic. The JPSG brought together Members of national parliaments and the European Parliament to fulfil the scrutiny and oversight on the activities of Europol including on fundamental rights.

During the AFCO meeting of 2 December 2020, Dr. Andreas MAURER, Professor for Political Science and European Integration Studies, University of Innsbruck (Austria) presented a study commissioned by the Policy Department for Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs on request of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs on “The European Parliament’s right of initiative”.

On 28 October, the FISC Members discussed the state of play on the ongoing reform of the international tax system with Benjamin Angel (Director for direct taxation at DG TAXUD) and Pascal Saint Amans (Director for Tax policy at OECD).