The EU Digital COVID Certificate aims to facilitate safe free movement inside the EU during the COVID-19 pandemic.The certificate should&nbsp;be available in either digital or paper format. It attests that a person has been vaccinated against coronavirus or has a recent negative test result or has recovered from the infection.

&nbsp;A common EU framework is&nbsp;allowing member states to issue certificates that will then be accepted in other EU countries. The EU Digital Covid Certificate regulation should be&nbsp;in place for 12 months. The certificate should&nbsp;not be a precondition to exercise the right to free movement and is&nbsp;not&nbsp;considered a travel document.

Member states should not impose additional travel restrictions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, such as quarantine, self-isolation or testing, “unless they are necessary and proportionate to safeguard public health”. Member states must accept vaccination certificates issued in other member states for persons inoculated with a vaccine authorised for use in the EU by the European Medicines Agency (EMA).

It is&nbsp;up to the member states to decide whether they also accept vaccination certificates that have been authorised by other Member States following national authorisation procedures or for vaccines listed by the World Health Organisation (WHO) for emergency use. The Regulation entered&nbsp;into force on&nbsp;1 July 2021.
 Parliament and EU member states’ negotiators have agreed to keep the EU Digital COVID Certificate framework in place for another year, until June 2023

EU Digital COVID certificate

On 6 April 2022 MEPs backed new legislation to increase the availability of data for start-ups and businesses to stimulate innovation. The Data Governance Act (DGA), already agreed by MEPs with EU governments, aims to boost data sharing and help unlock the potential of Artificial Intelligence. It establishes new EU rules on the neutrality of data marketplaces, facilitates the reuse of certain data held by the public sector - e.g. certain health, agricultural or environmental data - and creates common European data spaces in strategic domains, including health, environment, energy, agriculture, mobility, finance, manufacturing, public administration and skills.

 
The overall objective of the proposed regulation is to give customers better access to goods and services in the single market.

Geo-blocking

MEPs call for a ban on ‘golden passports’ and EU rules for ‘golden visas’. The European Parliament's&nbsp;proposal sets out an array of measures to address problems linked to ‘citizenship and residence by investment schemes’.

Golden passports’ are objectionable ethically, legally and economically and pose several serious security risks.

‘Golden visas’ need to be regulated and should be levied at EU level. Third-countries with visa-free access to the EU should also end their ‘golden passports’ schemes.

At least 130,000 persons have taken advantage of CBI and RBI schemes in the EU between 2011 and 2019, which have generated over €21.8 billion in revenue for the countries concerned. Three member states have CBI schemes: Bulgaria (where the government has tabled a draft law to end the scheme), Cyprus (currently only processing applications submitted prior to November 2020) and Malta. Twelve member states have RBI schemes, all with diverging amounts and options of investment, as well as standards for checks and procedures.

European citizenship and residence

In the context of the Commission's proposal for a multiannual financial framework (MFF) for the 2021-2027 period, the Commission published a proposal for a Council regulation establishing a European instrument for nuclear safety complementing the neighbourhood, development and international cooperation instrument on the basis of the Euratom Treaty on 14 June 2018.

Nuclear safety

The end of May 2019 marked the first year since the full application of the General data protection regulation (GDPR).

The Parliament and the Commission have stressed that the full potential of data as a social good cannot be unlocked until citizens' lack of trust in technology and their sense of a loss of control of their personal data is properly addressed. Various matters are concerned: Artificial Intelligence (AI); Facial Recognition Technology (FRT); The Internet of Things (IoT); etc.

Data Protection

The European Solidarity Corps is the European Union programme which creates opportunities for young people to volunteer or work in projects in their own country or abroad that benefit communities and people around Europe. It brings together young people to build a more inclusive society, supporting vulnerable people and responding to societal challenges. It offers an inspiring and empowering experience for young people who want to help, learn and develop.

The Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027 (MFF) proposal follows through a number of issues that the European Parliament had highlighted. The Commission proposes that the European Solidarity Corps 2021-2027 would be a stand-alone programme, with its own budget, and no longer depend on the budget of Erasmus and other EU programmes. The European Solidarity Corps 2021-2027 regulation absorbs the European Voluntary Service, which currently falls under the 'Youth' section of the Erasmus+ 2014-2020 programme.

European Solidarity Corps (2019-2020)

Humanitarian visas are one of the tools that countries can use to enable people in need to access international protection legally and safely.

In its 2016 resolution, Parliament already called on Member States to 'make use of any existing possibilities to provide for humanitarian visas', while the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) Committee tried unsuccessfully to address the issue as part of the review of the Visa Code. Consequently, on 16 October 2018, the LIBE committee adopted a legislative own-initiative report on humanitarian visas. It called on the Commission to submit by March 2019 a proposal for a regulation establishing a European humanitarian visa giving access to European territory for the sole purpose of submitting an application for international protection in the Member State issuing the visa.

Humanitarian visas

A ‘posted worker’ is an employee sent by his or her employer to carry out a service in another EU Member State on a temporary basis. EU law on posted workers is generally regarded as a targeted effort to regulate and balance the following two principles: creating a level playing field for cross-border service provision in a way that is as unrestricted as possible; protecting the rights of posted workers by guaranteeing a common set of social rights in order to prevent unfair treatment and the creation of a low-cost workforce.

On May 2018, MEPs voted on revised rules: workers posted temporarily to another EU country must get equal pay for equal work in the same place.

See more on this topic by visiting our <a href="https://multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/posted-workers-8th-parliamentary-term_6601_pk">package</a> for the 8th parliamentary term.

Posted workers (2019-2020)

On Friday 25 May 2018 the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force.

MEPs approved the regulation in 2016, in order to provide universal and high-level data protection rules across the EU.&nbsp; GDPR will ensure that everyone is able to control what kind of personal data they share with companies and for which purposes.

#EUelections2019 - Data Protection

Roaming fees for calling, sending text messages and using mobile internet abroad in the EU banned since 15 June 2017.

Since 2006, the European Commission has taken action to address the high roaming charges paid by consumers for using their mobile phones when travelling abroad in another EU Member State. In 2015, the European Parliament and the Council adopted a fourth Roaming Regulation, which entered into force on 29 November 2015. In January 2016, the European Parliament voted on its resolution 'Towards a single market act' for a timely wholesale review, to end roaming charges for all European consumers by 15 June 2017. During the third trilogue meeting on 31 January 2017, an agreement was reached between the Parliament and the Council. The Final Act was published in the Official Journal on 9 June 2017. As a result, since 15 June 2017 retail roaming charges have disappeared in the EU and EEA/EFTA countries (as they decided also to abolish them). The wholesale roaming charges were again reduced.

#EUelections2019 - Roaming

The refugee and migrant crisis in Europe has exposed the need for reform of the Common European Asylum System, in general, and of the Dublin rules, in particular.

Parliament’s lead MEP on the reform of the Dublin system, Swedish liberal Cecilia Wikström, presented her draft report to the Civil Liberties Committee in October 2017. The draft report, approved by the Plenary of the Parliament in November 2017, is a first response to the Commission’s proposal, presented in May 2016, for reform of the Dublin regulation. This regulation, which determines which member state is responsible for processing an asylum application, constitutes the cornerstone of the EU asylum system, which is currently undergoing a major revamp.

The European Parliament is therefore ready to start talks on revamping the Dublin system to ensure that asylum seekers are fairly shared among EU member states.

#EUelections2019 - Common asylum policy - Dublin reform

Security, fight against terrorism and defence are topics of utmost importance and where the European Parliament has been active in passing new laws to help us face challenges in these fields. Important to name in this regard is the PNR directive. This directive regulates the use of Passenger Name Record (PNR) data in the EU for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences and serious crime.

#EUelections2019 -  PNR

On 12 September 2018, the Commission came forward with a proposal for a new regulation on the European Border and Coast Guard as part of initiatives aiming to develop long-term migration policy. The proposal aims to reinforce the protection of the European Union external borders and to increase the efficiency of returning migrants in an irregular situation.

During the last Plenary session of its mandate the European Parliament approved the new law to strengthen the European Border and Coast Guard, to ensure better protection of EU external borders.

A new standing corps will be set up to support EU countries on the ground in border control and return tasks, as well as in the fight against cross-border crime. Starting with 5,000 operational staff in 2021, the standing corps will be fully operational by 2027 with 10,000 staff. In addition, a rapid reserve pool will be created for deployment in emergencies.

#EUelections2019 - European Border and Coast Guard

EP Plenary session - Horizontal cybersecurity requirements for products with digital elements and amending Regulation

LIBE Committee - Trilogue on the Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Transfer of judicial proceedings in criminal matters

Statement by the President

Approval of the minutes of the previous sittings

Composition of Parliament

Composition of committees and delegations

Negotiations ahead of Parliament's first reading (Rule 71) (action taken)

Negotiations ahead of Parliament’s first reading (Rule 71)

Corrigendum (Rule 241)

Signing of acts adopted in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure (Rule 79): see Minutes

Order of business

Ceremony on the 60th Anniversary of the CAP

2021 Report on Turkey (debate)

The EEAS’s Climate Change and Defence Roadmap (debate)

The EU and the security challenges in the Indo-Pacific (debate)

EU islands and cohesion policy (debate)

Question Time (Commission) Reducing the use of pesticides and strengthening consumer protection

Article 17 of the Common Fisheries Policy Regulation (short presentation)

One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Agenda of the next sitting

Closure of the sitting

Plenary session

Opening of the sitting

Tribute

Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

Delegated acts (Rule 111(6))

Election of the Members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage (debate)

Amending Annexes IV and V to Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 on persistent organic pollutants (debate)

EU action plan for organic agriculture (debate)

Persecution of minorities on the grounds of belief or religion (short presentation)

EU strategy to promote education for children in the world (short presentation)

Reaching women's economic independence through entrepreneurship and self-employment (short presentation)

A sustainable blue economy in the EU: the role of fisheries and aquaculture (short presentation)

Composition of the Advisory Committee on the Conduct of Members

Negotiations ahead of Council's first reading (Rule 72)

Votes on requests for urgent procedure (Rule 163)

Debriefing of the European Council meeting in Paris on 10 March 2022 - Preparation of the European Council meeting 24-25 March 2022 (debate)

Resumption of the sitting

Address by Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada

Pilot regime for market infrastructures based on distributed ledger technology (debate)

Roaming Regulation (recast) (debate)

Suisse Secrets - How to implement anti-money laundering standards in third countries (debate)

Macro-financial assistance to the Republic of Moldova (debate)

MFF 2021-2027: fight against oligarch structures, protection of EU funds from fraud and conflict of interest (debate)

Agenda for next sitting: see Minutes

Announcement of voting results: see Minutes

Transparency and administrative standards - the treatment of public access requests based on Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 (debate)

First voting session

Transparency and administrative standards - the treatment of public access requests based on Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 (continuation of debate)

The need for an ambitious EU Strategy for sustainable textiles

The situation of journalists and human rights defenders in Mexico

Myanmar, one year after the coup

Destruction of cultural heritage in Nagorno-Karabakh

Calendar of part-sessions

Announcement of voting results

Second voting session

A systematic EU approach to chronic kidney disease (debate)

Resumption of the sitting


Approval of the minutes of the part-session and forwarding of texts adopted

Dates of forthcoming sittings


Closure of the sitting 

Adjournment of the session : see Minutes

Press conference by Simona BONAFÈ on Batteries and waste batteries regulation, laying down a holistic set of rules to govern the entire product life cycle

VodDebate: Chair's announcements concerning Coordinators' decisions

VodDebate: Draft Opinion on Better regulation: Joining forces to make better laws 2021/2166(INI) Vote in plenary: tbcAM Final VoteFdR1245650

VodDebate: Petition 1324/2021 by Andy Battentier (French), on behalf of the association “Secrets toxiques”, signed by 24 other persons, on allegedly incorrect application of the EU regulations on pesticides, including the Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 and the judgment of the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union of 1 October 201 (in the presence of the petitioner)

VodDebate: Petition No 0975/2021 by Alex Agius Saliba (Maltese) onalleged violation of Maltese farmers' fundamental rights (in the presence of the petitioner)

VodDebate: Petition 1362/2021 by Luis Martinez Garcia (Spanish) signed by two other petitioners concerning the repatriation of children living in Al-Hol and Al-Roj refugee camps in northern Syria (Possibly in the presence of the petitioner)

Committee on Petitions

PETI

VodDebate: Adoption of draft agenda

VodDebate: Chair's announcements

VodDebate: Draft Opinion on Better regulation: Joining forces to make better laws 2021/2166(INI) Vote in plenary: tbcAM Vote on AmendmentsFdR1245650

VodDebate: Draft opinion on The situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2020 and 2021. 2021/2186(INI) Rapporteur Mario Furore (NI) Deadline forAmendments18February at 12:00 Consideration of draft Opinion

Resumption of the session 

Composition of political groups 

Composition of committees and delegations 

Negotiations ahead of Parliament’s first reading (Rule 71) (action taken): see Minutes

Order of business 

Introduction of a European Social Security pass for improving the digital enforcement of social security rights and fair mobility

Coordination of Member States’ measures in light of increasing cases of COVID-19 in the EU

The revision of the Financial Regulation in view of the entry into force of the 2021-2027 multiannual financial framework (debate)

EU sports policy: assessment and possible ways forward (debate)

A Pharmaceutical Strategy for Europe (debate)

One-minute speeches (Rule 172)

Press conference by Tomas TOBÉ, rapporteur, on “the Asylum and Migration Management Regulation”

Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 24-25 June 2021 (debate)

Breaches of EU law and of the rights of LGBTIQ citizens in Hungary as a result of the adopted legal changes in the Hungarian Parliament - The outcome of 22 June hearings under Article 7(1) of the TEU regarding Poland and Hungary (debate)

First voting session (continuation)

Breaches of EU law and of the rights of LGBTIQ citizens in Hungary as a result of the adopted legal changes in the Hungarian Parliament - The outcome of 22 June hearings under Article 7(1) of the TEU regarding Poland and Hungary (continuation of debate)

Commission Work Programme 2022 (debate)

State of play of the implementation of the EU Digital Covid Certificate regulations (debate)

European Medicines Agency (debate)

Change to the agenda

European Medicines Agency (continuation of debate)

General Union Environment Action Programme to 2030 (debate)

A new ERA for Research and Innovation (debate)

A new ERA for Research and Innovation (continuation of debate)

Establishment of Antarctic Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) and the conservation of Southern Ocean biodiversity (debate)

Review of the macroeconomic legislative framework (debate)

Agenda of the next sitting 

Adoption of agenda

Chair’s announcements

*** Remote voting procedure***Voting will be opened at 13.55 and will be closed at 15.00.All Members taking part in the vote (either present in committee meeting room or via remote participation) will vote via application EPVote.

State of play of ongoing trilogue negotiationsCAP Strategic Plans - 2018/0216(COD), Horizontal regulation - 2018/0217(COD) and CMO - 2018/0218(COD)•	Reporting back to committee on the negotiations (Rule 74(3))

Presentation by a Commission representative (DG ENV) of the report concerning the progress in the implementation of the EU Pollinators Initiative

Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development

AGRI

Announcement by the President: see Minutes

Follow-up of the Porto Social Summit of 7 May 2021 (debate)

Recent Cyberattacks on EU institutions and on sensitive national public and private institutions - The EU&#39;s Cybersecurity Strategy for the Digital Decade (debate)

Composition of committees: see Minutes

Regulations and general conditions governing the performance of the Ombudsman’s duties (debate)

The 80th anniversary of the mass deportations of 14-18 June 1941 (debate)

Women in politics – combatting online abuse (debate)

Promoting gender equality in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education and careers (debate)

Agenda of the next sitting : see Minutes

Statement by the President 

Approval of the minutes of the previous sittings : see Minutes

Request for waiver of immunity: see Minutes

Composition of political groups : see Minutes

Composition of committees and delegations : see Minutes

Council positions at first reading: see Minutes

Negotiations ahead of Parliament’s first reading (Rule 71): see Minutes

Delegated acts (Rule 111(6)): see Minutes

Order of business : see Minutes

State of the SMEs Union - Implementation of better regulation agenda/ Reduction target for administrative burden (debate)

State of the SMEs Union - Implementation of better regulation agenda/ Reduction target for administrative burden (debate) (continuation of debate)

The gender dimension in Cohesion Policy

EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030: Bringing nature back into our lives (debate)

Establishing the instrument for financial support for customs control equipment (debate)

Department for Economic, Scientific and Quality of Life Policies - WORKSHOP : "2030 climate target: review of LULUCF Regulation"

ENVI

Meeting the Global Covid-19 challenge: effects of waiver of the WTO TRIPS agreement on Covid-19 vaccines, treatment, equipment and increasing production and manufacturing capacity in developing countries (debate)

The conflict of interest of the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic (debate)

European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights: interim report (debate)

New avenues for legal labour migration (debate)

Digital future of Europe: digital single market and use of AI for European consumers (debate)

Liability of companies for environmental damage (debate)

Liability of companies for environmental damage (debate) (continuation of debate)

The importance of civil justice for the economic recovery post COVID-19 (debate)

Environment: The Aarhus Regulation (debate)

European Cybersecurity Competence Centre (debate)

Fiscalis programme for cooperation in the field of taxation 2021-2027 (debate)

Turkey&#39;s withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention (debate)

European strategy for data - Commission evaluation report on the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation two years after its application (debate)

European strategy for data - Commission evaluation report on the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation two years after its application (continuation of debate)

2019-2020 Reports on Albania – 2019-2020 Reports on Kosovo – 2019-2020 Reports on North Macedonia – 2019-2020 Reports on Serbia (debate)

Assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia and the rule of law in Malta (debate)

Delegated acts (Rule 111(6)) (action taken): see Minutes

Control of exports, brokering, technical assistance, transit and transfer of dual-use (debate)

Control of exports, brokering, technical assistance, transit and transfer of dual-use (continuation of debate)

Approval of the minutes of the part-session and forwarding of texts adopted: see Minutes: see Minutes

Dates of forthcoming sittings : see Minutes

Statements by the President

Request for the defence of immunity: see Minutes

Preparation of the European Council meeting of 25 and 26 March 2021 – Digital Green Certificate (debate)

System of own resources of the European Union - Own resource based on non-recycled plastic packaging waste and certain aspects of the GNI-based own resource - Collection of own resources accruing from value added tax (debate)

General framework for securitisation and specific framework for simple, transparent and standardised securitisation to help the recovery from the COVID-19 crisis - Amending Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 as regards adjustments to the securitisation framework to support the economic recovery in response to the COVID-19 crisis (debate)

Guidelines for the 2022 Budget - Section III (debate)

Implementation of the Ambient Air Quality Directives (debate)

Voting session

Implementation of the Ambient Air Quality Directives (continuation of debate)

New EU-Africa Strategy (debate)

Shaping digital education policy (short presentation)

Impact on fisheries of marine litter (short presentation)

EU Strategy for Sustainable Tourism (short presentation)

Strengthening the international role of the euro (short presentation)

Cohesion policy and regional environment strategies in the fight against climate change (short presentation)

The disinformation dilemma: How to respond and regulate without undermining democracy?

Panel discussion - What Does The F-Gas Regulation Revision Mean For Europe

SEDE Subcommittee- Defence Joint Procurement Task Force and the proposal for a Regulation establishing the European Defence Industry Reinforcement through Common Procurement Act (EDIRPA)

EP Plenary session - Commission implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1614 of 15 September 2022 determining the existing deep-sea fishing areas and establishing a list of areas where vulnerable marine ecosystems are known to occur or are likely to occur

EP Plenary session - Commission proposal for measures under the Rule of Law Conditionality Regulation in the case of Hungary

Meeting of the EP Conference of Presidents with an exchange of views with Johannes HAHN, Commissioner for Budget and Administration, on the application of the Conditionality Regulation

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EP Plenary session - Horizontal cybersecurity requirements for products with digital elements and amending Regulation

EP Plenary session - Horizontal cybersecurity requirements for products with digital elements and amending Regulation

EP Plenary session - Horizontal cybersecurity requirements for products with digital elements and amending Regulation

EP Plenary session - Horizontal cybersecurity requirements for products with digital elements and amending Regulation

EP Plenary session - Horizontal cybersecurity requirements for products with digital elements and amending Regulation

EP Plenary session - Horizontal cybersecurity requirements for products with digital elements and amending Regulation

EP Plenary session - Horizontal cybersecurity requirements for products with digital elements and amending Regulation

EP Plenary session - Horizontal cybersecurity requirements for products with digital elements and amending Regulation

EP Plenary session - Horizontal cybersecurity requirements for products with digital elements and amending Regulation

EP Plenary session - Horizontal cybersecurity requirements for products with digital elements and amending Regulation

EP Plenary session - Horizontal cybersecurity requirements for products with digital elements and amending Regulation

EP Plenary session - Horizontal cybersecurity requirements for products with digital elements and amending Regulation

EP Plenary session - Horizontal cybersecurity requirements for products with digital elements and amending Regulation

EP Plenary session - Horizontal cybersecurity requirements for products with digital elements and amending Regulation

EP Plenary session - Horizontal cybersecurity requirements for products with digital elements and amending Regulation

EP Plenary session - Horizontal cybersecurity requirements for products with digital elements and amending Regulation

EP Plenary session - Horizontal cybersecurity requirements for products with digital elements and amending Regulation

LIBE Committee - Trilogue on the Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Transfer of judicial proceedings in criminal matters