(EP) Next week in the Committee on Petitions

Date of article: 26/11/2021

Daily News of: 26/11/2021

Country: EUROPE

Author: Committee on Petitions of the European Parliament

Article language: en

Wednesday 1 December 2021, 9.00 – 12.00, 13.45 – 15.45 and 16.45-18.45

Thursday 2 December, 9.00 – 12.00, 13.45 – 15.45

the Antall building, room 6Q2, and by remote connection

Vote

Draft Report on the annual report on the activities of the European Ombudsman in 2020. Rapporteur: Eleonora Evi (Greens/EFA). Vote on amendments Wed AM, final vote Thu AM.

Presentations & hearings

Wednesday

Presentation of the ECA Special Report: EU funding for biodiversity and climate change in EU forests - positive but limited results. Presented by ECA Member Samo Jereb. From 13.45

Thursday

Public Hearing: “Environmental and social impacts of mining activity in the EU”. Organised by the Committee on Petitions in association with Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI). More info here. 09.00 - 11.15

Exchange of views with European Commission Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič on the Commission’s 2022 Work Program and the cooperation between EC and PETI on improving interinstitutional relations in handling petitions. 14.45 - 15.45

Consideration of petitions

Wednesday

0204/2019 by Evelien Van Den Brink (Dutch) on a request for funding for biomedical research on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis.

On the use of defective building blocks in construction in Ireland:

•	0789/2021 by Catherine Duffy (Irish)
•	0790/2021 by Joseph Morgan (Irish)
•	0799/2021 Elaine Morgan (Irish)
•	0800/2021 by Chris Duddy (Irish)
•	0801/2021 by Michelle Patton (Irish)
•	0813/2021 by Valerie Smyth (Irish)
•	0814/2021 by Maria Crossan (Irish)
•	0837/2021 by Alli Farren (Irish)

0278/2021 by Mario Alonso (Spanish), on behalf of Federación Andaluza de Asociaciones de Emigrantes y Retornados, on the recognition of disability status and degree across the EU.

0314/2021 by Heidi Hebesberger (Austrian), on behalf of the Austrian Geese Grazing Association, on the consequences of EU regulations on food hygiene for small-scale poultry and rabbit slaughterhouses.

0752/2020 by V.P.Z. (Bulgarian), on behalf of the association K. K. Borovets 1992 and citizens, bearing 225 signatures, on the project of an MEG building on the site of the houses built by the local people and existing old forest.

0429/2017 by Harald Bolsinger (German) on the compliance of the European Central Bank with the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights.

On taxation, gender and sanitary products:

•	0291/2018 by A.N.M. (Spanish) bearing 3 signatures, on gender price discrimination
•	0018/2019 by Eleonora Stancato (Italian) on abolishing 22% VAT on diapers and sanitary products
•	0440/2021 by Svetla Pencheva (Bulgarian) on the reduction or abolishment of VAT on sanitary products intended for women in the EU

On the lignite mine in Turów, Poland:

•	1236/2019 by Jiří Vozák (Czech), on behalf of Liberecký kraj, on the danger of losing drinking water in the Liberec Region (Czech Republic) due to the expansion of a brown coal mine in Turów.

•	0677/2020 by A. S. (Polish), on behalf of Stowarzyszenie Rozwoju Innowacyjności Energetycznej w Zgorzelcu (Association for Development and Innovation in Zgorzelec), bearing 27,000 signatures, against immediate closure of the Lignite Mine in Turów.

On the environmental impacts of mining and heavy metals:

•	1099/2018 by Józef Drzazgowski (Polish), bearing 531 signatures, on the environmental disaster caused by opencast coal mining in eastern Wielkopolska.

•	0511/2020 by X.E.P. (Spanish), on behalf of the Montescola Foundation, on pollution from the tin and tungsten mine of Santa Comba (Galicia).

•	0761/2020 by José Manuel Romarís Cercós (Spanish), on behalf of PLADEMAR Muros-Noia, on the pollution of the Noia-Muros estuary caused by heavy metals.

•	0987/2020 by S.I.G. (Spanish) on the lack of environmental impact assessment studies regarding lithium mining projects in Galicia.