548th plenary session: Workers’ Group meeting, Brussel - Hoofdinhoud

Invitation Gr II December 2019

Subject: Group II meeting

Dear colleagues,

You are warmly invited to attend the Group II meeting to be held at the EESC headquarters on Wednesday 11 December 2019 from 9.30 a.m., in room JDE 52.

The agenda is as follows:

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  Statement by the president

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  Intervention of MEP Manon Aubry, Co-President of the GUE Group

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  Preparations for the plenary session

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  New work - on Friday 6 December at 3 p.m. at the latest (Brussels time), you will receive an email message from "Agora" informing you that the consultation is open. The deadline for submitting applications is 11 a.m. on Tuesday 10 December (Brussels time).

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  Briefing on

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  COCOM meeting

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  Quaestors' meeting

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  Bureau meeting

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  CAF meeting

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  Work in progress: if you encounter any difficulties in study group work, please inform the Group II secretariat as soon as possible.

  Please note that the plenary session will be held in the European Parliament building, main debating chamber PHSHEM

  Tabling of amendments

  Amendments must be tabled by 5 p.m. on Monday 9 December at the latest, so that they can be translated into all languages.

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  Interpreting

  Interpreting requested

   

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  Interpreting obtained

   

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  (interpreting arrangements subject to modification)

  Document submitted for translation: 28 November 2019

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  PREPARATIONS FOR THE PLENARY SESSION

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  Opinions discussed and voted on at section meetings

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    INT/883 - "Use-value" is back: new prospects and challenges for European products and services

  Rapporteur: Mr Dimitriadis Dimitris (GRI)

  President: Mr Ivaşcu Mihai (GRIII)

  The draft opinion was adopted with 72 votes in favour and 3 abstentions.

  The following were members of the study group: Mrs Janoszka; Mr Palmieri; Mrs Studničná.

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    INT/891 - Report on Competition Policy 2018

  Rapporteur working alone: Mr Larghi Gerardo (GRII)

  2 amendments tabled by Mr Pegado Liz were accepted.

  The draft opinion was adopted with 84 votes in favour and 4 abstentions.

  Possible amendments at the plenary session.

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    SOC/583 - Common minimum standards in the field of unemployment insurance in EU Member States - a concrete step towards the effective implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights (own-initiative opinion)

  Rapporteur: Mr Röpke Oliver (GRII)

  President: Mr Topolánszky Ákos (GRIII)

  8 amendments tabled together by Mr Ahtela, Mr Pilawski, Mr Soete and Mrs Drbalová (2 accepted as tabled, 3 as compromises and 3 rejected).

  The draft opinion was adopted with 79 votes in favour, 11 votes against and 8 abstentions.

  The following were members of the study group: Mrs Del Rio; Mr von Brockdorff.

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    SOC/616 - Shaping the EU agenda for disability rights 2020-2030: a contribution from the European Economic and Social Committee (own-initiative opinion)

  Rapporteur: Mr Vardakastanis Ioannis (GRIII)

  President: Mrs Zvolská Marie (GRI)

  The draft opinion was adopted with 85 votes in favour.

  The following were members of the study group: Mr Broniarz; Mr Jansson; Mrs Popelková; Mrs Ābeltiņa.

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    NAT/767 - Evaluation on Environmental Crime Directive (information report)

  Rapporteur: Mr Schwartz Arnaud (GRIII)

  Co-rapporteur: Mr Novotný Vladimír (GRI)

  President: Mrs Yildirim Ozlem (GRII)

  The draft opinion was adopted with 69 votes in favour.

  The following were members of the study group: Mr Fatovic; Mr Mitov.

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    NAT/771 - Populism and fundamental rights - suburban and rural areas (own-initiative opinion)

  Rapporteur: Mrs Dreszer-Smalec Karolina (GRIII)

  Co-rapporteur: Mr Ahtela Jukka (GRI)

  President: Mr Moreno Díaz José Antonio (GRII)

  The draft opinion was adopted with 54 votes in favour, 6 votes against and 4 abstentions.

  Probable amendments at the plenary session.

  The following were members of the study group: Mrs Kállay; Mrs Petraitienė; Mr Siecker; Mrs Yildirim.

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  Opinions to be discussed and voted on at the REX section on 28 November and ECO section on 29 November

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    REX/516 - External aid, investment and trade as instruments to reduce economic migration, with a special focus on Africa (own-initiative opinion)

  Rapporteur: Mr Metzler Arno (GRIII)

  Co-rapporteur: Mr Wagnsonner Thomas (GRII)

  President: Mr Peel Jonathan (GRI)

  The following were members of the study group: Mr Iuliano; Mr Petropoulos.

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    REX/518 - Binding UN agreement on business and human rights (own-initiative opinion)

  Rapporteur: Mr Wagnsonner Thomas (GRII)

  President: Mr Pîrvulescu Cristian (GRIII)

  The following were members of the study group: Mr Valentin; Mrs Yildirim; Mr Zorko.

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    REX/519 - Digitalisation and SMEs in the Mediterranean region (information report)

  Rapporteur: Mrs De Felipe Lehtonen Helena (GRI)

  President: Mrs Yildirim Ozlem (GRII)

  The following were members of the study group: Mrs Del Rio; Mrs González de Txabarri Etxaniz; Mr Petropoulos.

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    ECO/494 - Taxation/private investment and the Sustainable Development Goals - cooperation with the UN Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters (own-initiative opinion)

  Rapporteur: Mr Andersson Krister (GRI)

  President: Mr Mendoza Castro Juan (GRII)

  The following were members of the study group: Mr Dandea; Mr Lefèvre.

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  Debates and events

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    Debate on the theme "From development to partnership", in connection with the REX/516 dossier with Jutta Urpilainen, European Commissioner for International Partnerships, Werner Hoyer, president of the European Investment Bank (EIB), Abozer Elmana Elligai, president of the African Union Economic, Social and Cultural Council (ECOSOCC), Isabelle A.J. Durant, deputy secretary-general of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and Vera Songwe, executive secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) on Thursday, 12 December at 9.30 a.m.
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    2019 Civil Society Prize awards ceremony "More women in Europe's society and economy" with Helena Dalli, European Commissioner for Equality on Thursday, 12 December at 11 a.m.

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