Adam JARUBAS

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• 2025-06-20 “P-002491/2025 Answer given by Executive Vice-President Mînzatu on behalf of the European Commission The goal of Directive 2005/36/EC 1 is to facilitate cross-border access of EU nationals to regulated professions. The Directive sets out recognition rules and minimum training requirements for a number of professions 2 . As regards midwifery qualifications, under Article 40 of the Directive there are indeed two possible routes to obtain them, namely three-year midwifery training or a combination of qualifications as a general care nurse with specific 18 months’ long training as a midwife. As regards qualifications as a general care nurse, a three-year profession-specific training is required under Article 31(3). The Commission is currently preparing an Implementation Report 3 for the Directive based on evidence gathered in relation to all aspects of its functioning, including the EU level minimum training requirements for nurses responsible for general care. In preparing this report, the Commission has consulted a wide range of stakeholders including national competent authorities, regulators, professional associations, social partners and citizens. The findings of this Report will provide the basis of any initiative to improve the implementation of the Directive. In addition, as announced in the Communication on the Union of Skills 4 , the Commission will consider actions to further facilitate, expand and modernise recognition processes for regulated professions. 1 Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 on the recognition of professional qualifications, last consolidated version: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legalcontent/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A02005L0036-20240620. 2 I.e., doctors and dentists (including certain specialties), midwives, nurses responsible for general care, pharmacists, veterinary surgeons and architects. 3 Based on Article 60(2) of the Directive, every five years the Commission publishes a report on its implementation. The last such report has been published in 2020, available here: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legalcontent/EN/ALL/?uri=COM:2020:191:FIN. 4 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/en/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX%3A52025DC0090.”
  EU competences on health
• 2025-04-16 “E-001556/2025 Answer given by Mr Várhelyi on behalf of the European Commission The European Respiratory Virus Surveillance Summary (ERVISS) 1 provides weekly epidemiological summaries for influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) for the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA). The application is public and interactive, allowing the user to make selections of data presented in dashboards according to preferences. Selected aggregated data at EU/EEA country level is available for download 2 . The main purpose of the tool is to inform policy decisions, but it may also inform personal health decisions, such as on vaccination. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) Respiratory Diseases Forecasting Hub 3 is an international collaboration platform for hosting and sharing forecasts for respiratory disease surveillance indicators. Its results are integrated into ERVISS and the ECDC weekly communicable disease threats reports, if applicable. Therefore, its use for making personal health decisions is rather limited. The ECDC provides effective tools to healthcare professionals and citizens to promote lung health, such as recommendations to mitigate the impact of respiratory virus circulation during winter 2024/2025 4 , professional training programmes 5 for diagnosis, detection, identification and characterisation of primarily influenza and SARS-CoV-2 viruses 6 , and public communication materials 7 on hygiene and increasing vaccination uptake 8 . ERVISS was presented to the Health Security Committee, to relevant ECDC disease networks and other panels, thus reaching national policy makers as the major stakeholders of the platforms. 1 https://erviss.org/. 2 https://github.com/EU-ECDC/Respiratory_viruses_weekly_data/tree/main/data. 3 RespiCast https://respicast.ecdc.europa.eu/. 4 https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-events/acute-respiratory-infections-eueea-epidemiological-update-andcurrent-public-health-0. 5 https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/training. 6 https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/training/professional-development. 7 https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications-data/weekly-respiratory-virus-update-week-17-april-2025. 8 https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/training-and-tools/communication-materials.”
  EU competences on health · Vaccination
• 2024-12-09 “E-002829/2024 Answer given by Mr Šefčovič on behalf of the European Commission One of EU’s key priorities is the health of its citizens, including food safety. To this end, EU citizens are protected by some of the strictest food safety rules in the world. Therefore, all agriculture products imported from the Mercosur countries – and from any other third country, with or without trade agreements – must comply with EU’s sanitary and phytosanitary standards including the ban on the use of hormones as growth promoters for beef intended to export to the EU and the compliance with EU pesticides maximum residue levels 1 . The high level of consumer protection will continue to apply in the EU. The 2019 EU-Mercosur agreement already included an ambitious chapter dedicated to promoting sustainable development, including the effective implementation of the Paris Agreement. In addition, the parties agreed on 6 December 2024 to make the Paris Agreement an essential element of the EU-Mercosur agreement and include a binding commitment to halt deforestation. Furthermore, EU Green Deal legislation such as the EU Deforestation Regulation 2 will apply to products imported under the agreement, ensuring that no commodities associated with deforestation are placed on the EU market. Now that a final political agreement has been reached between the EU and Mercosur, and after completion of the legal verification and translation into all official languages, the Commission will transmit a proposal to the Council and the European Parliament for signature and conclusion of the agreement. In that context, the Commission will present its proposal for the legal basis and architecture of the deal after an assessment of the outcome of the negotiations. 1 Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 February 2005 on maximum residue levels of pesticides in or on food and feed of plant and animal origin and amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC. 2 Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 May 2023 on the making available on the Union market and the export from the Union of certain commodities and products associated with deforestation and forest degradation; https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legalcontent/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32023R1115”
  Climate efforts
• 2024-10-07 “P-001971/2024 Answer given by Mr Hoekstra on behalf of the European Commission In accordance with Article 11 (1) of Directive (EU) 2003/87/EC 1 , Member States submitted their National Implementation Measures by 30 September 2024. The Commission is currently assessing the data received and at the end of that exercise the benchmark values will be revised. Once the Commission Implementing Regulation determining revised benchmark values for free allocation of emission allowances for the period from 2026 to 2030 is adopted, the Member States will determine and notify the preliminary annual amounts per installation of free allowances, using the revised benchmark values. The Commission will thereafter determine any factor established pursuant to Article 10a(5) of the Directive by comparing the sum of the preliminary annual amounts of free allowances to installations in each year over the relevant allocation period with the annual amount of allowances that is calculated in accordance with Article 10a(5) and (5a) of the Directive 2003/87/EC and relevant provisions in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/331 2 . The determination of the uniform cross-sectoral correction factor for the adjustment of free allocation of emission allowances for the period 2026 to 2030 is scheduled for the second quarter of 2026. 1 Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC (OJ L 275, 25.10.2003, p. 32). 2 Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/331 of 19 December 2018 determining transitional Union-wide rules for harmonised free allocation of emission allowances pursuant to Article 10a of Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council.”
  Energy (green transition)
• “Our speakers to comment question sorry I didn't notice Ignacio Marino please. **Ignazio Roberto Marino (Italy, Greens/EFA): We are small group but we can speak sorry. Well I appreciate the optimism and the hope expressed by Natalie Moll and Adrian van der Hoeven but I have maybe because I have less information than they have but I have a different perspective. The meeting between Ursula von der Leyen and Donald Trump in Scotland from my point of view was a total disaster for Europe. Ursula von der Leyen did not protect the interest of our continent at all. She just accepted what Donald Trump was asking and she looked like a host on her own territory. And I believe that yes we can hope as I heard today for a zero to zero tariff on drugs but this is just a hope at the present time. We don't have anything in writing and I have heard from both of you that there are high level negotiation going well. This Parliament does not know about this high level negotiation at least I don't know and I usually read everything I can read to be informed. So the Parliament who is the house of democracy does not know anything about what you have announced to us today and that is not really something nice in a democratic Parliament. The other thing is that again I appreciate the optimism on the drugs but I didn't hear a single word about the medical devices. Medical devices are important in a hospital. Hospital works not only with drugs but with sophisticated tools in cardiothoracic surgery, transplantation or even in a regular follow-up of a patient with a tumor. How do you do that if you need to pay two hundred percent for a CT scan produced in the United States? You are not talking. At the end of the day it's not an issue between United States and Europe. At the end of the day who is going to suffer are the patients on both continents and that is something that somebody like Ursula von der Leyen should stress every single day. The only thing that I hear from her is about new investment in weapons, bombs, missiles, guns these kind of things. I never heard in the Parliament talking and discussing about new investment for example to attract as I heard a minute ago you know scientists from United States. In a crazy decision one of his executive decision signed with the Mark Black Marker Donald Trump announced that every single university should pay one hundred thousand dollars for every H1B visa. I know exactly I don't know if you all of you know what that is. That is the visa for extraordinary scientists. I myself entering that country with not really a visa I was granted a step more than a visa. I was granted at that time the green card on the basis of alien of exceptional value. I don't know if my university would have paid one hundred thousand dollars if that would have been the cost for that green card. So we have a fantastic opportunity. You know how many people are in that situation in United States as we speak? Fifty nine thousand. There are fifty nine thousand scientists of exceptional value that probably would move very very happily to Europe if Europe instead of just concentrating on weapons, bombs, missiles would say look we would like to attract you, we will not kick you out and we will give you stability and next year you know somebody cannot write with a black marker that we are going to kick you off. This is what I would like to hear. Thank you.”
  EU-US trade relations
• “Thank you Professor Jeris for your presentation. Now I open the floor to MEPs. Is there anyone who wants to take the floor? Mister Androcitis please. **Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis (Lithuania, S&D): Thank you so much. It is good to know that we are all using core ecosystems you know but when we see at EU level we have different different today's functioning systems you know which are not interconnected between them. And when we are using understanding of ecosystem which can help us to achieve results moonshot initiatives streamlined our efforts to achieve final results and we all understand that we need to join different and different in one collider or one more more you know more manageable situation as you just mentioned about about E AI for health. We have thirteen AI fabrics now in the EU but we have European Health Data Space initiative we have also European Reference Networks which unite one thousand six hundred hospitals centers of excellence. If we are speaking about necessity to use clinical trials you know by banks by Americans and so on we have you know the country a lot of different different components but they are not interconnected. And when we speak about excellence and science we need to understand that now we need as never before to build ecosystem to join together man manual hayter report act align accelerate it was done by European Commission by a a researcher in in R and D director and of course letter report of course the Raghi report. Now my question is how can we help you know scientists you know academia to understand to press that we need to build much better connections between different ecosystems and helping us really to move forward in excellence in science what do you think about?”
  Processing of health data
• “Now, S&D has one too many. So could you reduce? Now ECR has also one too many. We can start. So that inform you that the voting in favor means press green button. So I open the voting now. So sorry sorry sorry sorry. Yes yes yes yes yes. So.”
  EU political integration
• “Rejected. Amendment nine. Who is in favor? Against abstention. Rejected. Amendment 11. Who is in favor against abstention. Rejected. Compromise. Two. Who is in favor? Against abstention. Adopted. Amendment. 17. Who is in favor? Against. Abstention. Rejected. Compromise. Three. Who is in favor against abstention. I think we should check it. Please. I open the vote. Compromise three. I close the vote. Adopted. Amendment. Compromise. Compromise. Yes. Adopt. Compromise for who is in favour. Against abstention. Adopted. Amendment 35. Who is in favour? Against abstention. We should check it, please. Amendment 35, I opened the vote. I close the vote. Adopted. Amendment 36. Who is in favour? Against abstention, rejected. Amendment 37. Who is in favour? Against. Abstention. Rejected. Compromise. Five. Who is in favour? Against. Abstention. Adopted. Amendment 49. Who is in favor? Against. Abstention. We should check it, please. 49. I open. Sorry. 49. I open the vote. I close the vote. Rejected. Compromise six. Who is in favor against. Abstentions. Adopted. Compromise seven. Who is in favor against? Abstention. Adopted. Amendment 63. Who is in favor against abstention. Rejected. Compromise eight. Who is in favor against abstention. Adopted. Amendment 81. Who is in favor against abstention. Rejected. And we're going to the final vote by roll call. I open the vote. I close the vote. Adopted. Congratulations to the rapporteur. Now we are going to the vote on the opinion on the discharge of the agencies. Amendment one. Who is in favour? Against abstention. Adopted. Amendment two. Who is in favour? Against abstention. Adopted. Amendment three. Who is in favor? Against abstention. Let's check it. Amendment three I open the vote. I close the vote. Adopt Adopted.”
  Discharge of EU institutions and agencies
• “Let's move to the next vote, which is the adoption of the opinion on the draft Council decision, on the conclusion of a broad package of agreements to consolidate, deepen and expand the bilateral relations with the Swiss Confederation. The committee in the lead is offered at their meeting of 24th September of last year, sent coordinators appointed the chair of the Committee to provide an opinion to the non legislative enactment under the consent procedure, which grants the European Parliament the power to aid or strictly accept or reject a proposal without making amendments. This opinion calls on the Committee on Foreign Affairs to recommend approval of the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the broad package of agreement to consolidate, deepen and expands the bilateral relations with the Swiss Confederation found within this extensive package the draft agreement on half and the draft Amending Protocol on Mutual Recognition justify this support as they establish binding mechanisms that integrate Switzerland into the EU's cross-border health crisis, preparedness and disease prevention agencies, and regulatory oversight of medical devices and pharmaceuticals. Given the significance of this policy areas to our daily work, it is relevant that the views of our committee are reflected in Parliament's position on this agreement. Let's now proceed to the vote, which is a single vote by roll call. I open the vote. I close the vote. Adopted. Thank you so much to everyone. Okay, let's move to the next point. Exchange of views within the Serious Excellence in Health Science with Doctor Pavel Bém on the missing public health dimension in drug policy reforms in candidate countries within the EU accession process. I invite the speaker to take his podium and take his place on the podium. Okay.”
  EU-Switzerland relations
• “Thank you for your work. Thank you, colleagues, for your comments. The deadline for tabling amendments is set to 5th December at 11. Okay. Thank you. Our next point is an exchange of views with Mr. Christian Ehler, chair of the panel for the Future of Science and Technology Store. Christian. Welcome. Please. Okay. Please join us. This? Yes. Yes, yes. Dear colleagues store is a structure that provides parliaments, committees and other parliamentary bodies with independent, impartial and accessible information about developments in science and technology, the opportunities they offer, and the risks they entail, and their ethical implications. Sand has recently been allowed to appoint one member to this panel. We welcome today Christian. Christian Ehler chair of the panel, to update us on the activities of store and how they can contribute to shaping the work of the Senate Committee. First, I will first give the floor to Mr. Ehler for eight minutes and then to any member who asks for the floor based on catch the eye procedure. Christian, the floor is yours, please.”
  EU engagement with civil society
• “Thank you. As there are no other comments, I thank the members for their feedback and the mission report is deemed adopted. Thank you for your work. ***Exchange of views with the European Society of Gynaecological Oncology (ESGO) on ovarian cancer, rare diseases and women’s health”
  Sexuality and reproduction
• “Dear colleagues, on 14 15th April, a mission of Saint Committee took place in Ukraine. During this mission we met with Ruslan Stefanchuk, president of the Verkhovna Rada, and Michal Wolodyjowski, chair of the Committee on Public Health, as well as the chairs of several subcommittees. We also held meetings with three deputy ministers of health, leaders of multiple state institutions responsible for health policy, and with representatives of the civil society. The aim of the mission was to learn more about healthcare system in Ukraine, how it was disrupted by Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, and how it is reformed and adapt for the future. Of Ukraine's accession to the European Union. Five cent members participated in the mission. I was accompanied by Tilly Metz, Veronika Safarova, Austria Jonava, Vytenis Andriukaitis and Nikos Papandreou. I would like to thank them for an excellent cooperation and their engagement in the meetings. I believe that the meetings were very fruitful and provided us a lot of information. On the first day, we held a joint meeting with members of the Committee on Public Health, Medical Care and Health Insurance of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and covered the following topics. First, the current state of Ukrainian health care system. Second, planned initiatives in the field of public health. And the third adaptation of Ukrainian legislation to EU norms and standards. We have also discussed about the potential for the future cooperation between our committees, especially in the light of the EU accession negotiations of Ukraine. This was also the major topic of our meeting with Ruslan Stefanchuk, president of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, on the second day.”
  EU enlargement
• “I would like to thank the commission for that, that it takes seriously the concerns that arise with the implementation of Cbam, and it properly uses the transition phase in period of Cbam to assess and address the challenges. This is exactly why we, as EPP, wanted that this transition period is long enough to test the working on of Cbam, both to find the unneeded red tape and to check if the mechanism works as intended and will prevent the carbon leakage and set up level playing field for EU producers and importers from third countries. The first change in Cbam is the simplification, and we welcome this move as it cuts the red tape for businesses while keeping the integrity of the mechanism. However, it is still important to monitor and adjust the policy if needed and with satisfaction. I can see that the Commission has also prepared the tools in case of significant circumvention level. Here I would like to ask the Commission that it should look at the imports, not only globally, but also check if there are no sectoral on regional anomalies, especially in the border regions, as the circumvention level might not be evenly spread across the EU. Of course, we will need to further analyse the proposal, but at least at first glance, we think it is a step in the right direction.”
  Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)
• “Sorry. Now I give the floor back to the rapporteur for the reaction. But before that, I'd like to remind that formerly is a part of the commission that is not separate. Yes. Problem. We should scrutinise the the work, but formally it is a part of the commission. But yes, we share many of your points of view. Mrs. Konecna, the floor is yours, please.”
  EU Supervision of the Rule of Law
• “Now it's secret. Now it's is secret. Okay? Sorry for. It's our mistake. Now I open the secret ballot, please.”
  Transparency requirements of EU institutions
• “Thank you. Okay, colleagues, let's now proceed to the vote. First, let's do an electronic vote. Uh. Artistic votes. Uh, I open the votes. One moment, I forgot. I close the vote. Okay. We're ready. Okay, colleagues, we're starting with. Voting by raising hands, but finally by roll call. Uh, compromise amendment one. Who is in favor against abstention. Adopted. Compromise two on article four. Who is in favor against abstention. Adopted. Compromise three who is in favor against abstention. Adopted. Compromise. Amendment four who is in favor? Against. Abstention. Adopted. Compromise. Five who is in favor against abstention? Adopted. Now we have separate vote. We have three amendments in one vote. 274275276. Who is in favor? Against abstention. Rejected. Yeah, we should check it. I open the vote. I close the vote. Rejected. Yes. Compromise. Amendment six. Who is in favor? Against abstention adopted. Final vote as a roll call. Vote. I open the vote. One moment, one moment. I open the vote. I close the vote. Adopted. Congratulations to the rapporteur. Thank you for your work. Thank you. Dear colleagues. Our next point is the adoption of the draft opinion in the form of a letter of the EU Youth Strategy 2019 2027, for which Curtis lead Committee. The Committee invited sun to provide an opinion to their implementation report and the sand coordinators decided to provide the opinion in the form of a letter from the chair. I want to thank the groups for their collaboration in achieving this balanced opinion, and in ensuring that the sand views on youth shall be reflected in the final report. Let us proceed to vote, which is a single vote by roll call. I open the vote. I close the vote. It is adopted. Thank you.”
  EU volunteering programs
• “(16:25:46 – 16:26:22): Thank you, professor Stratigos. Thank you for your presentation. You you mentioned partially about it, but I'd like to ask, how can, the parliament do more in the in the field of skin diseases and to integrate the mother of our public health policy making in which specific fields of dermatology can we reinforce research and how can we integrate the outcome in addressing skin diseases, the scope of communicable and noncommunicable diseases.”
  EU policy on mental health
• “04:14 – 17:07:12): Speak in my mother language, Poland, Polish. Ladies and gentlemen, if our guest wants to react to any of the statements made here, of course, go ahead. But the format we assumed was that we will have a speech from our guests and then we will just react to it and to what is going on in Ukraine. I think we heard a great speech from both President Zelenskyy but also from Mister Radutsky, and it shows us the scale of challenges that Ukraine is facing. The nation, as mentioned by Commissioner Andrukaitis, is facing a huge challenge. We had the opportunity to visit Kyiv to look at how this country operates under these extreme conditions, whether people are bleeding, and we were able to see this wounded, exposed system that is being subject to brutal daily attacks, to daily threats from the Russian invaders. The future of Europe, as somebody recently said, is being played out in the fields of Ukraine, and I agree with the statements we heard here that we do have to keep up our support for Ukraine, our solidarity support, our defensive support, but also we have to maintain the functionality of the state. This is what we owe to the people of Ukraine who are currently fighting for our security. As we heard, we can really learn a lot from you. We will continue our support. We are open to many different formats of cooperation. Vitanis mentioned bilateral projects where we could potentially invite Ukrainian partners who would receive funding from the European Union. What is ahead of you is the great work of rebuilding Ukraine, hopefully under conditions of a just peace that most of all requires your consent as Ukrainian people. So we are your allies, we are your supporters, and we hope to see you again soon within a joint project of an integrated Europe. Thank you very much, Chairman. Huge applause for you. Thank you very much. Much respect if you want to.”
  Russia-Ukraine conflict (10th term)
• “Now I closed the voting. Yeah. So we have 18 votes for, five against and six abstentions. So that is it. So congratulations, Mr. Francos, and invite you between us. Yes. Congratulations”
  EU Supervision of the Rule of Law
• “(11:15:14 – 11:16:26): Thank you, mister Cheddar. I'd like to thank our experts. As Europe raises its climate ambitions, we face a growing problem. The competitiveness of European industry is declining, while the risk of carbon electric is becoming increasingly serious. Energy intensive and high emission sectors are under mounting pressure, and production together with investments are moving to countries with much lower climate standards. In light of the recently adopted EU climate targets for 2040, I'd like to ask the panelists, how should we redesign the UETS so that our energy intensive enterprises can continue to compete successfully on global markets without having to choose between ambitious climate policy and industrial competitiveness? Is it possible at all? And finally, what is the single biggest mistake in the current debate on the future of the EU ETS? We need pragmatic solutions to succeed in the green transition. We cannot afford to export European jobs and investments overseas. Thank you.”
  Carbon leakage support
• “Mr. president, Commissioner, tomorrow we will be voting the omnibus simplification of Cbam. This is a this is a good day for businesses across the EU, particularly SMEs, who are dependent on importing materials covered under the Cbam. We, as EPP Group, support the proposal to exempt over 90% of businesses while keeping 99% of emissions within the scope of Cbam. From the beginning, the EPP Group called for a mechanism that would protect European producers without being too burdensome for other companies in the market. While working on the initial regulation, the EPP Group called for the longest possible transition period during which there are no payments, only reporting. Although there were calls for full implementation of Cbam from the beginning of 2025. We rejected that approach and we were proven right. Early implementation of Cbam would have been disastrous for many SMEs. The Commission made good use of the transition period to find weak spots in the regulation and propose the right solution. Imported goods under the threshold of 50 tonnes will be exempted from cbam. Furthermore, authorisation, data collection and emissions verification rules will be more streamlined for importers who are subject to the new rules. This practical change to see them make sense and are a welcome step in the right direction. The EU's focus should be on heating emissions, not businesses. Epp Group has long called for introduction of a solution for exporters, as cbam regulation does not prevent carbon leakage for exports, but only secures domestic market. From the declaration of the Commission, we know that during the upcoming review of the Cbam by the end of this year, the Commission also wants to address this problem. Thank you very much.”
  Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)
• “I would also like to thank the commission that it considers further work on the regulation. We certainly need a thorough review of the regulation and its direct and indirect impact on business. We need to rethink the level of the default values so that they encourage, to a greater extent, the disclosure of real emissions. We need the solution to the challenge of downstream sectors and products. We need the proper solution for the exporters who will no longer to be covered by the shield of free allowances, and whose sales are not covered by cbam as it works on internal market only. Finally, we cannot escape forever from the discussion of the phase out of free allowances in the ETS for the sectors covered by cbam and the use of revenues from phase out allowances. This is of course this ETS directive and not cbam regulation itself, but the two are interlinked in this regard. Once again, I thank the Commission for this proposal and I look forward to further cooperation on this matter. Thank you.”
  Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)
• “(15:15:13 – 15:17:36): Thank you, mister Scherder, colleagues. I would like to thank, Mohammad, our reporter, for his excellent work on the draft report. It is no surprise we clearly see the continuation of his strong contribution to the original regulation. I fully support his efforts to close the loopholes in the CBAM system. We cannot allow a mechanism that is easy to circumvent. In this context, the EPP wants to highlight the growing problem of resource shuffling where low carbon production moves to the EU while high emission production shifts elsewhere, bringing no real benefit to global emissions. We raised this issue already in 2022 and we see it happening today especially in the steel sector. We support the deletion of the Argences suspension in article 27 a. It creates legal uncertainty and would damage both CBAN and ETS. Adjustments, if needed, should be made through the ordinary ordinary legislative procedure. At the same time, we cannot forget our farmers. If the commission is ready to sacrifice revenue by, suspending CBAM, it must also be ready to use that revenue to support affected sectors, especially agriculture. That is why together with deleting this suspension, we will propose a mechanism to redistribute CBAM revenues to sectors in difficulty. Finally, 2 important points where we differ from the rapporteur. First, the inclusion of indirect emission in SIBAM must not come at the expense of indirect cost compensation in the ETS. Second, while we support downstream expansion, we are cautious about any further horizontal, expansion. We must first make the current system work properly before going, further. I'm also open to talk about the force majeure clause mentioned by the rapporteur. I look forward to constructive cooperation with the rapporteur and shadow rapporteur. I'm confident we will find a good compromise. Thank you.”
  Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)
• “Okay. Can I ask the Secretariat to confirm all documents are completed? Okay. Are there other candidates? I can't see. So I propose to confirm your election by acclamation. Now we are going further. Um, the third Vice-Chair and I can see. Recommendation, please.”
  Recruitment policies in the EU
• “We are facing a challenging global scenario and this should be reflected, as the rapporteur said in the report. In addition, and based on that, the EU should reflect that we need to strengthen international partnership with reliable partners and also to explore new ones. In that sense, I consider that we have to pay attention to the phasing out of Russian gas and other fuel sources, fossil sources From from that area, from that country. In this sense, we think we should keep the headline of phasing out Russian energy. Maybe we differ on aspects of how to do it, but I think and I agree with the with the rapporteur in demands to the Commission to clarify when the Commission is going to present the phasing out report roadmap, more precisely in other aspects, um, they should also point out that the EU should continue the energy transition based on low carbon sources, efficiency and technology. While leading this energy transition, we need to reaffirm the principle as well of technological neutrality, together with renewable gas and nuclear. Gas and nuclear have an important role to play. Yes. Sorry, sorry, but just give me a little bit more time.”
  EU approach to energy security (home-made vs import sources)
• “Now let us proceed to vote at the beginning. Let's test our electronic vote, please. I open the vote, please.”
  EU public communication strategy
• “Okay. Dear colleagues. Let's start. The next item on our agenda is an exchange of views in the series Excellence in Health Science. By developing this series of exchange of views, I wanted to put more focus on science and innovation in health. And for this purpose, you are inviting representative of excellence in health science. As you remember, we already had four exchange of views in this series, and we are continuing today with the presentation of the missing public health dimension in drug policy reforms in candidate countries within the EU accession process. I welcome today Doctor Pavel Bém, who is a Czech politician, medical doctor, a former member of the Parliament of Czech Republic and a former mayor of Prague. Currently, Doctor Bém is a national drug policy coordinator in the Czech Republic. He initiated and conducted progressive drug policy reform in his country. Doctor Bém is an expert for the UN expert panel that was established to review global drug policy today. As a speaker, Doctor Bremmer presents the Eastern and Central European and Central Asian Commission on Drug Policy. I will give the floor to Doctor Bem for his introductory statement and afterward to the members for Q&A session. Uh, if you, um, want to take the floor, please indicate us by raising hands. Doctor Bem, you have the floor for eight minutes, please.”
  Cannabis consumption
• “We can go to the next agenda item point five exchange of views with the European Society of Gynecological Oncology on ovarian cancer, rare diseases and women's health. Of the European Society of Gynaecological Oncology is a professional organisation that unites healthcare specialists, specialists and researchers across Europe to advance the prevention, treatment and care of gynaecological cancers. It supports clinical research, professional training, accreditation and public awareness through conferences, educational tools, and its official journal, the International Journal of Gynaecological Cancer. I would like to welcome on this occasion Professor Maya Bakis, the vice president of the European Society of Gynaecological Oncology. Nice to meet you. Welcome. This exchange of views with Professor Bakis presents an opportunity to address the public health challenges of ovarian cancer, as well as unmet needs in gynecological oncology and rare diseases. The intervention of Professor Parkes will be followed by a Q&A session with the members. As usual, our discussion is based on Catch the Eye. Please indicate us if you want to take the floor. Professor Pakis, you have the floor for ten minutes, please. This microphone. Yes.”
  Sexuality and reproduction
• “The joint Signed report establishing a framework of measures for strengthening unions, biotechnology and bio manufacturing sectors, particularly in the area of health and amending regulation. Was allocated to coordinators. Also appointed a map from the EPP Group as a member to the star panel. Um coordinators also agreed on the program of the Sand Mission to Nicosia, Cyprus, and the participation of three accompanying members. Coordinators agreed on the following hearings. Topics for the rest of the year 2020 6.1 building half resilience and ensuring preparedness of Public Health Systems in Q1 or Q2. The second point digital health preparing healthcare systems for the future in Q 2.3. Nutrition and Healthy Lifestyles in Q three and four. Development and access to Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products in the EU in Q4. Finally, coordinators agreed on seven topics to be proposed for the European Court of Auditors work programme topics for 2020 7.3 adoption of minutes. We have on the table minutes of 11th December 2025. Can it be deemed adopted? Thank you. Now let's move to today's meeting point, uh, for, uh, marking the words Cancer Day 2026.”
  Nutrition
• “Thank you. Thank you all for this constructive discussion. We have set the ground for our work of good quality in this this file. Um, dear colleagues, I close today's meeting. Our next meeting will take place on first and 2nd December. And on 11th November afternoon, we will have a joint meeting with. And the committee on the presentation by the Commission Commissioner Labib, of the proposal on the Union Civil Protection Mechanism and Financing of Health Emergency Preparedness and Response. Thank you all. Have a good evening. Thank you.”
  Covid-19 vaccines procurement
• “Thank you Nicholas. Now, I I would like to ask if any other members of the delegation would like to take the floor. Any comments from other colleagues? If not thank you very much for your feedback. And the mission report is deemed adopted. Dear colleagues our next point is the vote on the discharge procedure. The committee is responsible for two opinions on the discharge procedure. One concerning the Commission and the other concerning the agencies under s responsibility. This being CDC and EMA. Before proceeding with the vote, I give the floor to the rapporteur, Katerina Konieczna, for one minute statement.”
  Discharge of EU institutions and agencies
• “Dear colleagues. Short info about replacement before we start the vote. Uh, from Petros Hermann Tertsch replaces Margarita de la Pisa and map Diringer will replace MEB Hauser from the new. Lucas replaces Steiner and Ser Markus quarta will vote for the ECR and quarta. Please.”
  EU political integration
• “Madam president, Commissioner, in October last year, in this very chamber, we talked about the crisis of the steel industry. But the crisis is still there. And the reasons for the crisis are still there. The Steel and Metals Action plan is a step in the right direction. And I welcome the fact that the commission, the new commission, uh, sees that the Cbam system is also part of the problem. Uh, and I'm glad that it decided to address this problem and look at the prices, however. Price shifting is not the only way that the cbam mechanism is being circumvented. There are other problems. There are other low carbon materials from imported goods that also contribute to the problem. We should also have another look at the Drudge Report, and look at it in the context of Cbam, and how to allocate the certificates to other sectors that are facing the problem of not having enough of them. I very much welcome the fact that the scrap metal, uh, problem is also going to be tackled, and I do hope that we will at least, uh, address the problem of those countries that block the import of those scrap metals.”
  Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)
• “I understand that the Commission proposed this provision to enable swift action in emergencies. However, we already addressed this matter during discussions among the shadow rapporteurs in 2022. At that time, we concluded that in such situations, the European Parliament and the council are capable of acting quickly while retaining full legislative authority. In our view, and as I recall, supported by Parliament's legal service, we may grant the Commission delegated powers to add or remove individual goods within sectors already covered by Cbam. However, the decision on whether entire sectors should be included in or excluded from Cbam should remain the prerogative of the legislators. The EPP Group welcomes the establishment of a temporary decarbonisation Fund as a necessary instrument to support European industry through this transition. We must ensure this fund is genuinely temporary and targeted and not a back door to permanent state aid distortions. Their decarbonization must go hand in hand with competitiveness, and European businesses need certainty and support. We will be looking closely at governance mechanisms and eligibility criteria to ensure funds reach those who need them most. Our industries and workers on the front line of the just transition. Thank you.”
  Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) · State Aid
• “Okay. Um. I informed that the election will be taken by secret ballot as at least one fifth of committee. Committee's component members request such an such as an election. So it is enough. So, um, I propose to vote electronically by secret ballot. Um, anyone has, uh, voting card? I think we should start with testing vote. So I open testing vote.”
  Transparency requirements of EU institutions
• “Thank you very much, chair and dear rapporteur. Dear colleagues, dear shadow rapporteurs. Let me start by saying that we appreciate very much the work done by the rapporteur. I think she has presented a proposal which, all in all, we can find many points of convergence and all the amendments we are going to present. It has the aim To introduce different angles, to strengthen different aspects that we have. And we believe that must be reinforced in general terms. In that sense, we are going to introduce a proposal for some restructuring of the headlines on which is articulated the report. I said a small because I think it is fine to have the new vision for energy security and the phasing out of Russian energy, but I think it is better to introduce a two more. One is the resilient energy infrastructure, and a fourth one on a more integrated energy union is only for the purpose of better accommodate the amendments and give a structure that is easy also to follow with these small touches. In any case, I'm going to refer to the main aspect that we are interested in and we will present it different ways of strengthening and reinforcing and sometimes adding new angles. To start with is clear that security of the energy supply requires greater diversification.”
  EU approach to energy security (home-made vs import sources)
• “Thank you very much for your presentation. Now I open the floor to MEPs. Okay. Vytenis. Andriukaitis as a first place. **Vytenis Andriukaitis Thank you. Thank you, Doctor Milton. This excellent presentation, especially the slide with two two sisters. You know, it's it touches heart, you know. And of course, as you know in 2019. We tried to to to to in in in in encourage member states to to to start with newborn screening proposing 1 million genomics initiative. You know it was you know proposed together with several commissioners including Martin Carlos Moya me and others pushing very much forward that we need to to to have. And now from 2018 till now, we see that that progress is very uneven. And now we are calling once again keeping in mind our nine, ten, 11. High level ministerial meeting. We are calling of necessity to introduce harmonized approach on newborn screening because it is important. Otherwise we have no chance to move in the same way. Keeping in mind data health, European health data space by registries, by your banks and possibility, and especially knowing that it requires a lot of effort in in front of personalized treatment. New treatment without newborn screening can lose capacities to to to develop new types of treatment. It is so necessary necessity. It would be good to raise those questions at council level and at much as highest level. And it should require more ecosystem, which can help us to monitor, to see and to coordinate those issues. Thank you very much indeed. Very excellent presentation.”
  Processing of health data
• “Dear colleagues, this week, the European Parliament holds its third Disability Rights Week, an important occasion that reminds us of our collective Responsibility to foster an inclusive and accessible Europe for all its citizens. Where policies and strategies are prioritising persons with disabilities, promoting better health care access and early diagnosis. On 16th July, our committee provided its input to Parliament's resolution on the EU strategy for the Rights of Persons with disabilities post 2024. This opinion emphasized our commitment towards a more inclusive and accessible Europe. Looking ahead, we will continue to prioritise inclusion rights and accessibility in upcoming legislation at EU level. We look forward to foster as Committee on Public Health Partnerships that empower persons with disabilities. Together, through collaboration, we can achieve goals of both inclusion and equality. In this context, it is especially essential to consider those who face disabilities following cancer treatments. Often, they encounter long term health issues that can result in a form of disability post treatment. Therefore, it is imperative that our policy frameworks incorporate targeted initiatives to mark the European Parliament's third Disability Rights Week. The president of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, has prepared a special video for this occasion. Before I give the floor to our experts, let's take a moment to watch it, please.”
  EU policy on disability inclusion & accessibility
• “Okay. Dear colleagues, are we going to the vote on discharge of the commission compromise amendment one. Who is in favor? Against abstention. Adopted an amendment for who is in favor? Against. Abstention. We should check it electronically, please. I open the vote. I close the vote. Yeah, I close the vote. Rejected. Amendment seven. Amendment seven. Who is in favor? Against abstention. Rejected. Amendment eight. Who is in favor? Against Abstention rejected an amendment. Eight. Ten. Who is in favour? Against abstention. I think we should check it, please. Amendment ten. I open the vote. I close the vote. Rejected.”
  Discharge of EU institutions and agencies
• “Okay. Um. I informed that the election will be taken by secret ballot as at least one fifth of committee. Committee's component members request such an such as an election. So it is enough. So, um, I propose to vote electronically by secret ballot. Um, anyone has, uh, voting card? I think we should start with testing vote. So I open testing vote.”
  Transparency requirements of EU institutions
• “Thank you Mister Chair. ETS two is the first instrument in European climate policies that will directly impact citizens, not only businesses. Moreover, it will differently impact different European countries. According to many estimations and papers that are also in the possession of the European Commission, Eastern countries of the EU will be impacted the hardest. Among them, my home country Poland, especially its most vulnerable citizens, among whom in Poland there are many who still are heating their homes with coal. Those that changed their heating system in past years switched mostly to natural gas, which already caused a rise in heating bills, and now they will be targeted with additional costs coming from ETS two. In Poland, we are in the course of a huge transformation for years. ETS two will not speed up the transformation of domestic heating as we already do not need the price signal to convince Polish people to switch to more sustainable sources of heat or to perform thermal modernization of buildings. On the contrary, ETS two can push a vast number of citizens into energy poverty. This is not only the problem of Poland. From what we hear in the Council, there are numerous EU member states, among them those much richer than Poland, that express strong reservations and demand change in the system. That is why we think that we should postpone ETS two at least until twenty thirty. We cannot allow the price of ETS two to be as volatile as it is now with the primary ETS market. We need to have strong price control instruments after two thousand and thirty. Thank you.”
  EU approach to electricity market and prices
• “Thank you. Are there other candidates? I can't see. So I propose to adopt this candidate by acclamation. Thank you. Today I invite you to take the seat between us. Okay. We are going to the next position. Uh. Um, now I invite the political groups, um, for the submit submitting, um, the candidate for second vice chair. Yes, please.”
  Recruitment policies in the EU
• “(15:58:14 – 16:00:23): Okay. Thank you. Commissioner, dear colleagues, we have one point to go through. The last item on our agenda is an exchange of views in the series Excellence in Health Science. By developing this series of exchange of views, I wanted to put more focus on science and innovation in health. For this purpose, we are inviting representatives of excellence in health science. As you remember, we already had some exchange of views in this series, and we are continuing today with the presentation of preventing skin diseases and the public health risk associated with sunbed use. Now I would like to invite our guest speakers to join us on the podium. I welcome today Professor Alexandra Leschak, head of the Department of Dermatology, Pediatric Dermatology, and Oncology at the Central Clinical Hospital of Wuch, and Professor Alexander Stratigos, professor at the Department of Dermatology, Venereology of the University of Athens Medical School. Both our guests are members of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology. I give the floor to Professor Leschak and Professor Stratigos for their introductory statement and after that, for the discussion. I now give the floor to our distinguished guest. Professor Leschak, you have the floor for 8 minutes, please.”
  EU measures on lifestyle-related behaviours (smoking, drinking, eating, etc.)
• “Thank you. Commissioner. Dear colleagues, for the second round. Unfortunately, due to the limited time, we must reduce the list of speakers to only four speakers. We start in a moment meeting with Commissioner Zakharieva. But before we start, I raised a point of order on the basis of rule 180. I give him one minute for his statement, please.”
  Transparency requirements of EU institutions
• “Those in favor against abstention adopted compromise. Amendment 25 who is in favor against abstention, adopted compromise. Amendment 26 who was in favor against abstention adopted. Amendment 8 to 2. Part one who is in favor against abstention? Let's, uh, check. I open the vote. I close the vote. Adopted a compromise amendment 27 in favor against abstention. Adopted. A compromise amendment 28 in favor against abstention adopted. Compromise amendment 29 in favor against abstention. Adopted compromise. Amendment 30 who is in favor against abstention. Adopted amendment 8831. Part one who is in favor against abstention? Let's check it. I open the vote. I closed the vote. Adopted a compromise. Amendment 31. Who's in favor against abstentions? Adopted a compromise. Amendment 32. Who is in favor? Against abstention. Adopted. Compromise. Amendment A who is in favor against abstention. Adopted. Amendment 94. Who is in favor? Against abstention. Adopted. Compromise. Amendment B who's in favor? Oh! Whoa whoa. Okay. Okay. Okay. One moment. Many pages to look. Check. Are you ready? Okay. Compromise. Amendment be. Who is in favor? Against abstention. Adopted. Let's move on to the final vote by roll call. Vote. I open the vote. I close the vote. Okay. Congratulations. Report is adopted. So a strong majority. Thank you so much. Especially to our colleagues from employment. But we continue our committee in a moment. Thank you so much.”
  EU expenditure on social policy
• “Thank you, Mrs. Konecna. We will now proceed with the vote on the sands opinion on the discharge of the commission. But at first, I'd like to announce that Camila Lauretti will substitute Alessandra moretti and Nicola Stefanita, replacing Tilly Metz. At the beginning, let's do a testing electronic vote. I open the vote.”
  Discharge of EU institutions and agencies
• “Thank you Tomislav. Thank you all for this discussion. I want to remind you that the current date of the vote is foreseen for the committee meeting of 2nd December. Thank you. We now move to the next point of our agenda, which has been moved from the afternoon slot to the morning. And it is the reporting back from delegation to Senegal. A mission of the committee took place in Dakar, Senegal, from 15 to 17 September, with a focus on the projects supported by Team Europe initiative on manufacturing and access to vaccines, medicines and health technologies in Africa. The aim of the mission was to discuss current challenges of Senegal's health system, and how the EU can further support the country to enhance public health, boost research and development in the sector, and expand vaccine production to make the continent less reliant on imported vaccines. Five members participated in the mission, together with Laurent Castilho Barreto, Catarina martins and Lara Passini. This mission was also organized with the support of the Directorate General for External Policies of the Union. The head of the delegation was Tilly Metz, whom I will now invite to provide us with his outcome of the mission. The floor is yours.”
  EU Development & Humanitarian Aid
• “Yeah, I understand, I understand, I understand. I will end immediately. We also need to harness the potential of hydrogen, biogas, biomethane and sustainable fuels. Protection of our critical structure is fundamental. And just let me say three final points, which is very brief. Three ideas. Intervention measures that are not based in market principle must be used as a last resort. We are going to have an impact an impact assessment probably, and I think we will have to when we have the review of this regulation that was approved two years ago. Authorisation procedure for new installations and networks should be simplified and streamlined. And I want to conclude by highlighting the importance of the role of digitalisation for the security of energy supply. Thank you very much.”
  EU approach to energy security (home-made vs import sources)
• “We have visited the National Children's Specialized Hospital, which was recently hit by the Russian missile strike. We could see how important for Ukrainian hospitals is our support. We have also met representatives of Kiev City Center for Disease Control and Prevention, State Expert, Center of Ministry of Health of Ukraine and State Service of Ukraine on Medicines and Drug Control. These are key institutions for prevention of communicable diseases and for development of medicines and the control of the pharmaceutical market and industry in Ukraine. Our delegation had also met the representatives of civil society. We had a very interesting discussion with representatives of medicine students who told us about the situation of young health professionals, their career perspectives and working conditions. We have also met the NGO Rada of Ukraine, which provided us information about the difficulties of patients with rare diseases. Since 2022, Ukraine is defending itself from Russia's military aggression. Just one of the day when we are traveling to Kyiv. Russia attacked city Sumy and killed over 30 Civilians. Our support for Ukraine is very important. Our cooperation will make the future accession of Ukraine to the EU easier, faster and more beneficial for our citizens. I would like to underline that Ukraine can count on us. Now, I'd like to ask if any of members, other members of the delegation would like to take the floor. I open the floor. Maybe some colleagues. Nicholas Papandreou, please.”
  EU enlargement
• “(16:36:42 – 16:37:03): Thank you so much, professors, for your presentation. You proved that, skin disease is there for on a serious, treatment. That's a great work ahead of us in in raising awareness about the risks. And so we invite you to collaborate with with our”
  EU policy on mental health
• “Okay. We will start in a moment. Please take your seats. Please take your seats. Dear colleagues. Dear colleagues, can you hear me? No. We will start in a moment. Please take your seat. Oh, yes. I've got. Okay. It works. Dear colleagues, welcome to the full and substitute members of the Senate and Employment Committee at the Joint Committee meeting. 0.1 The adoption of the agenda. If there are no objections, the agenda is adopted. Thank you. Point two announcements. Um. Interpretation is provided in the following languages German. English. French. Italian. Greek. Spanish. Portuguese. Swedish. Czech. Lithuanian. Hungarian, Polish, Slovak, Bulgarian, Romanian and Croatian. Uh. Point three adoption of minutes. We have two minutes. 24th September 2025 and 24th October 2025. If there are no objections, the minutes of the meeting are deemed adopted. Thank you so much. Point uh for votes on the draft report on an EU health workforce crisis plan, sustainability of healthcare systems and employment and working conditions in the healthcare sector. Dear colleagues, it is a pleasure for me to co-chair this meeting. The joint meeting with the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, with the vote on the report on an EU Health workforce crisis plan. The current crisis affecting Europe's health workforce is not only a sectoral issue, but a challenge for the union as a whole. The work has been intense at political and technical level to reach today's vote. The time devoted to this file also shows how deeply colleagues care about the resilience of our health systems, and about those who sustain them every day. This is why the report focuses on staff shortages, working conditions, regional disparities, mental well-being, human centric digitalisation, and better support for proportional professionals across the union. Before proceeding with the vote, I give the floor to both the rapporteurs for a one minute statement, but before passing the floor to our rapporteurs, I would like to invite MEPs. Lee Anderson, the chair of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, to take the floor, please.”
  EU policy on mental health
• “Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'm going to speak also shortly on behalf of Mr.. Epp shadow rapporteur to Temporary Decarbonisation fund. Today we are discussing the proposal for an act amending sebum. This represents the second revision of this file, and I believe further revisions will follow as we continue to broaden the scope of the mechanism. I would like to state that I largely support the direction of this amendment. The extension to downstream products and the introduction of more robust anti-circumvention measures are essential to closing existing loopholes in the system. That said, I believe the proposal requires further fine tuning. There is a need to refine and possibly expand the list of downstream goods even further. More importantly, however, we must examine the issue of resource shuffling more closely, particularly in the steel sector. Global global overcapacity in steel production is so high that there is no difficulty in diverting all low carbon production to Europe to avoid seb.m payments, with no impact on global emissions reductions. We should also consider whether the current 50 tonne threshold for aluminium needs to be tightened, as the existing level may create opportunities for importers to circumvent seb.m obligations at the expense of European producers and transformers of aluminium. I would also like to highlight a significant concern in this revision. Article 27 A this article grants the Commission broad and almost unrestricted powers to temporarily remove an entire sector or specific goods from the scope of Zyban on the grounds of serious and unforeseen circumstances.”
  Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)
• “Thank you Tilly. We can see that, uh, shadow rapporteurs Catarina martins and Christine Andersen are absent. So we're going to the rapporteurs of the opinion giving committees on behalf of, uh, N.v rapporteur Michel Picardo. I would once again.”
  EU Supervision of the Rule of Law · Rule of law in Malta
• “Okay. Dear colleagues. Welcome. Let's start. Welcome to the full and substitute members of the committee. I inform you that interpreters for the following languages are present today German, English, French, Italian, Danish, Greek, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish, Czech, Lithuanian, Hungarian, Polish, Slovak, Romanian and Croatian. Point one adoption of the agenda. Can we adopt the agenda of today's meeting? Okay. Thank you. Point two chair's announcement. When it comes to reports information Georgios Georgiou from the left, has been nominated as rapporteur for the Senate Legislative Own initiative report on modernized tools for patients rights in Cross-border healthcare. The second reading from EPP has been nominated as rapporteur for the opinion to Itra on the proposal establishing the European Competitiveness Fund, including the Specific Programme for Defence Research and Innovation activities and the second. Further information. At today's meeting, we have DG Trade's speech to text service, speech to text. Automatic transcription and translation is available today. For accessibility purposes. Just scan the QR code on the posters with your phone or tablet. A web page will open and you can follow the live transcript. Transcription. Encryption. For translation, you can choose your preferred language from the options in the menu. If the transcription stops, please refresh the page as the survey is still in development. The Speech to text unit welcomes all feedback. Thank you. Dear colleagues, the next point on our today's agenda is the presentation of the draft opinion on the discharge procedure. The committee is responsible for two opinions on the discharge procedure, one concerning the Commission and the other concerning the agencies under Sande's responsibility, this being Ecdc and EMA. We take it both. Now first I will give the floor to the rapporteur, then to the Sant shadows and finally to any members who ask for the floor based on catch the eye. If you wish to take the floor, please raise your hand. Mrs. Konecna, you have the floor for eight minutes for your presentation on both reports, please. Floor is yours, please.”
  Discharge of EU institutions and agencies
• “Okay. Um. I informed that the election will be taken by secret ballot as at least one fifth of committee. Committee's component members request such an such as an election. So it is enough. So, um, I propose to vote electronically by secret ballot. Um, anyone has, uh, voting card? I think we should start with testing vote. So I open testing vote.”
  Transparency requirements of EU institutions