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Index
Texts adopted
Wednesday, 18 December 2024-Strasbourg
Amendment of Annex VI – Powers and responsibilities of the standing committees
Setting up a special committee on the European Democracy Shield, and defining its responsibilities, numerical strength and term of office
Setting up a special committee on the Housing Crisis in the European Union, and defining its responsibilities, numerical strength and term of office
Appointment of the Chair of the Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA)
EC-Pacific States Interim Partnership Agreement: accession of Tonga
United Nations Convention on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration
EC-Pacific States Interim Partnership Agreement: accession of Niue
EC-Pacific States Interim Partnership Agreement: accession of Tuvalu

Amendment of Annex VI – Powers and responsibilities of the standing committees
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European Ϸվ decision of 18 December 2024 on setting up a standing committee on Security and Defence and a standing committee on Public Health ()
P10_TA(2024)0064B10-0215/2024

Ϸվ,

–having regard to the proposal from the Conference of Presidents,

–having regard to its decision of 15 January 2014 on the powers and responsibilities of the standing committees(1),

–having regard to Rules 212, 218 and 219 of its Rules of Procedure,

1.Decides to set up a standing committee on Security and Defence and that the subcommittee on Security and Defence shall cease to exist; decides that the responsibilities of the committee on Foreign Affairs shall be amended accordingly;

2.Decides that the standing committee on Security and Defence shall be responsible for EU security and EU defence integration and cooperation including the issues related to the European Defence Agency, the permanent structured cooperation, the scrutiny of the common security and defence policy (CSDP), European Defence Industry and European defence industry funding where it contributes to the objectives of CSDP and related defence-exclusive measures of the European Union;

3.Decides to set up a standing committee on Public Health and that the subcommittee on Public Health shall cease to exist; decides that the name and the responsibilities of the committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety shall be amended accordingly;

4.Decides that Annex VI to its Rules of Procedure is amended as follows:

(1)in Part I, paragraph 1, point 1 is replaced by the following:"‘1. the common foreign and security policy (CFSP);’"

(2)the following Part is inserted:"‘Ia. Committee on Security and Defence

Committee responsible for the promotion, implementation and monitoring of the common security and defence policy (CSDP) and related defence-exclusive measures of the Union as envisaged in Article 42(2) of the Treaty on European Union, including:

1. the developments threatening the territorial integrity of the Union and its Member States and the security of Union citizens;
2. the capabilities and assets for civilian and military CSDP missions outside the Union, complementary measures under the European Peace Facility (EPF) as well as other budget lines and financial instruments directly supporting or contributing to the CSDP framework;
3. the implementation and regular review of strategic defence decisions and policies;
4. the progressive framing of a common Union defence policy leading to a Common Defence Union and the alignment of CSDP instruments with other Union financial instruments, legislation and policies;
5. the capabilities to monitor and counter hybrid threats from outside the Union – including foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI), cyber-defence, and related issues such as the protection of space assets, and the security of defence related critical infrastructure – within the limits of the CSDP and related defence-exclusive measures of the Union;
6. the defence capabilities, preparedness and resilience of the Union and its Member States, including defence-specific research, development and innovation, joint production and life-cycle management;
7. the measures, activities and instruments related to Union defence industrial integration and cooperation in pursuit of a single market for defence;
8. the military mobility infrastructure relevant to the defence readiness of the Union and its Member States and the capacities to protect that infrastructure from foreign threats, except in relation to TEN-T-related projects and dual-use transport infrastructure, where, when appropriate, advice shall be provided to the responsible Committee on Transport and Tourism;
9. the parliamentary oversight of defence-specific institutional Union structures and agencies, in particular:
the Directorate-General of the EU Military Staff,
the European Security and Defence College,
the European Defence Agency (EDA),
the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO),
the EU Satellite Centre within the limits of the CSDP and in establishing the European Defence Union, and
the European External Action Service CSDP structure;
10. initiatives, programmes and policies insofar as they aim to strengthen the European defence technological and industrial base and consolidate defence industrial cooperation aimed for exclusively military use by Member States and relevant Union capacities;
11. defence-specific international agreements, depending on their content and scope, on security and defence, the external dimension of counter-terrorism, cyber defence, arms exports and control, disarmament and non-proliferation;
12. relations with the Union’s security and defence partners, including NATO, the UN Department of Peace Operations, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), and other international organisations, and with inter-parliamentary bodies for matters falling under the responsibility of the Committee on Security and Defence;
13. political oversight and coordination with the work of the delegation for relations with the NATO Ϸվary Assembly and the possible future delegations with competences in the field of security and defence;
14. multilateral frameworks for security, arms exports and control and non-proliferation issues, the external dimension of counter-terrorism, good practices to improve the effectiveness of security and defence, and the Union legal and institutional developments in those fields within the limits of the CSDP and related defence-exclusive measures of the Union;
15. joint consultations, meetings and conferences on a regular basis to exchange information with the Council, the European External Action Service, and the Commission within the remit of the competences of the Committee on Security and Defence.’
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(3)Part VIII is replaced by the following:"‘VIII. Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety

Committee responsible for:

1. environmental and climate policy and protection measures, in particular concerning:
(a) climate change, adaptation, resilience and preparedness,
(b) environmental policy for the protection of public health,
(c) air, soil and water pollution, waste management and recycling, noise levels and the protection of biodiversity,
(d) chemicals, dangerous substances and preparations, pesticides and maximum residue levels, and cosmetics,
(e) sustainable development,
(f) international and regional measures and agreements aimed at protecting the environment,
(g) restoration of environmental damage,
(h) civil protection,
(i) the European Environment Agency and the European Chemicals Agency;
2. food safety issues, including in particular:
(a) the labelling and safety of foodstuffs,
(b) veterinary legislation concerning protection against risks to human health; public health checks on foodstuffs and food production systems,
(c) the European Food Safety Authority and the Commission’s Directorate for Health and Food Audits and Analysis.’
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(4)the following Part is inserted:"‘VIIIa. Committee on Public Health

Committee responsible for public health matters related to:

1. pharmaceuticals and medical devices;
2. programmes and specific actions in the field of public health;
3. health crisis preparedness and response;
4. mental health and patients’ rights;
5. health aspects of bioterrorism;
6. the European Medicines Agency and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control;
7. relations with the World Health Organization concerning the above matters.’
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5.Decides that the standing committee on Security and Defence shall have 43 members and that the standing committee on Public Health shall have 43 members;

6.Decides that the standing committee on Security and Defence committee shall cooperate with other committees, guided by the principle of good and sincere cooperation, notably with the Committee on Foreign Affairs;

7.Decides, with reference to the decisions of the Conference of Presidents of 30 June 2019 and 9 January 2020 relating to the composition of committee and subcommittee bureaux, that the bureaux of the standing committee on Security and Defence and of the standing committee on Public Health may each consist of up to four vice-chairs;

8.Decides that this decision will enter into force on the first day of the next part-session;

9.Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council and the Commission, for information.

(1) OJ C 482, 23.12.2016, p. 160.


Setting up a special committee on the European Democracy Shield, and defining its responsibilities, numerical strength and term of office
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European Ϸվ decision of 18 December 2024 on setting up a special committee on the European Democracy Shield, and defining its responsibilities, numerical strength and term of office ()
P10_TA(2024)0065B10-0216/2024

Ϸվ,

–having regard to the proposal from the Conference of Presidents,

–having regard to the Commission communication on the European democracy action plan (),

–having regard to Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 of the European Ϸվ and of the Council of 19 October 2022 on a Single Market For Digital Services and amending Directive 2000/31/EC (Digital Services Act)(1) and Regulation (EU) 2022/1925 of the European Ϸվ and of the Council of 14 September 2022 on contestable and fair markets in the digital sector and amending Directives (EU) 2019/1937 and (EU)2020/1828 (Digital Markets Act)(2),

–having regard to its resolution of 20 October 2021 on Europe’s Media in the Digital Decade: an Action Plan to Support Recovery and Transformation(3),

–having regard to the 2022 Code of Practice on Disinformation,

–having regard to Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of the European Ϸվ and of the Council of 23 October 2019 on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law(4),

–having regard to Directive (EU) 2022/2557 of the European Ϸվ and of the Council of 14 December 2022 on the resilience of critical entities and repealing Council Directive 2008/114/EC(5),

–having regard to Regulation (EU) 2024/1083 of the European Ϸվ and of the Council of 11 April 2024 establishing a common framework for media services in the internal market and amending Directive 2010/13/EU (European Media Freedom Act)(6),

–having regard to Directive (EU) 2024/1069 of the European Ϸվ and of the Council of 11 April 2024 on protecting persons who engage in public participation from manifestly unfounded claims or abusive court proceedings (‘Strategic lawsuits against public participation’)(7),

–having regard to the March 2021 EU toolbox of risk mitigating measures on the cybersecurity of 5G networks,

–having regard to the Communication from the Commission on Defence of Democracy (),

–having regard to the Commission proposal of 12 December 2023 for a Directive of the European Ϸվ and of the Council establishing harmonised requirements in the internal market on transparency of interest representation carried out on behalf of third countries and amending Directive (EU) 2019/1937 (),

–having regard to the Commission recommendations on inclusive and resilient electoral processes in the Union and enhancing the European nature and efficient conduct of the elections to the European Ϸվ (C(2023)8626) and on promoting the engagement and effective participation of citizens and civil society organisations in public policy-making processes (C(2023)8627),

–having regard to its resolution of 9 March 2022 on foreign interference in all democratic processes in the European Union, including disinformation(8) (INGE 1),

–having regard to its resolution of 1 June 2023 on foreign interference in all democratic processes in the European Union, including disinformation(9) (INGE2),

–having regard to its recommendation of 15 June 2023 to the Council and the Commission following the investigation of alleged contraventions and maladministration in the application of Union law in relation to the use of Pegasus and equivalent surveillance spyware(10),

–having regard to the report of 30 October 2024 entitled ‘Safer Together – Strengthening Europe’s Civilian and Military Preparedness and Readiness’, authored by Sauli Niinistö, former President of the Republic of Finland, in his capacity as Special Adviser to the President of the European Commission,

–having regard to Rule 213 of its Rules of Procedure,

A.whereas foreign interference constitutes a serious violation of the universal values and principles on which the Union is founded, such as human dignity, freedom, equality, solidarity, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, democracy and the rule of law; whereas evidence shows that malicious and authoritarian foreign state actors and malicious non-state actors are using information manipulation and other tactics to interfere in democratic processes in the Union; whereas such attacks mislead and deceive citizens and affect their voting behaviour, amplify divisive debates, divide, polarise, and exploit the vulnerabilities of societies, promote hate speech, worsen the situation of vulnerable groups which are more likely to become victims of disinformation, distort the integrity of democratic elections and referendums, cast suspicion on national governments, public authorities, the democratic order and the rule of law and have the goal of destabilising European democracy; whereas this has become a question of internal security and safety of Union society as a whole;

B.whereas a campaign of disinformation of an unparalleled malice and magnitude with the purpose of deceiving both domestic citizens and the international community of States as a whole has continuously been carried out by Russia for many years, with particular intensity since the eve of and during its war of aggression against Ukraine which started on 24 February 2022; whereas there is a need for continuous support and close cooperation with Ukraine and Moldova in that regard, but also the pro-European forces in Georgia and the countries of the Western Balkans, which all face strong Russian interference into their process of convergence with the Union, leveraging the possibilities of mutual exchange of information and best practices;

C.whereas attempts by state actors from third countries and malicious non-state actors to interfere in the functioning of democracy in the Union and its Member States, and put pressure on the values enshrined in Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union by means of malicious interference, are part of a wider disruptive trend experienced by democracies worldwide;

D.whereas malicious actors continue to seek to interfere in electoral processes and take advantage of the openness and pluralism of our societies, and to attack democratic processes and the resilience of the Union and its Member States;

E.whereas malign autocratic actors are increasingly conducting disinformation campaigns against the work of the Union delegations; whereas this is a clear attempt to hinder the Union’s strategic communication abroad;

F.whereas, before 8 October 2024, the EU and its Member States did not have a specific regime of sanctions relating to foreign interference and disinformation campaigns orchestrated by malicious state actors from third countries, meaning that such actors were in a position to safely assume that their destabilisation campaigns against the Union will face no consequences;

G.whereas there is a lack of a common definition and understanding of this phenomenon and many gaps and loopholes remain in current legislation and policies at Union and national level intended to detect, prevent and counter foreign interference;

H.whereas foreign interference, disinformation, and numerous attacks on and threats against democracy are expected to continue in ever-greater numbers and more sophisticated ways;

I.whereas Ϸվ’s previous recommendations to counter malign foreign interference operations in the democratic processes of the Union have contributed to an overall Union understanding and to a greater awareness of the issue;

J.whereas the hearings and work of the INGE 1 and INGE 2 special committees have contributed to public recognition and the contextualisation of these issues, and have successfully framed the Union debate on foreign interference in democratic processes and disinformation;

K.whereas there is a need for global, multilateral cooperation and support among like-minded partners, including between parliamentarians, in dealing with foreign malicious interference and disinformation; whereas democracies have developed advanced skills and counter-strategies in dealing with those threats and attacks;

L.whereas addressing foreign interference, disinformation and threats against democracy requires a multifaceted approach in order to foster critical thinking and media and information literacy, and promoting civic engagement and democracy education;

M.whereas hybrid threats and attacks may lead to full-scale and cross-sectoral crises with detrimental effects on safety and security, the well-being of citizens and the functioning of society and economy as a whole, constituting a key challenge to the Union’s internal affairs; whereas that new reality requires a more robust approach to Union crisis management and civilian and defence preparedness, building strategic foresight and anticipation and strengthening early warning, detection, analysis and operational coordination capabilities;

1.Decides to set up a special committee named ‘special committee on the European Democracy Shield’ and that it shall carry out, in cooperation and consultation with the competent standing committees where their powers and responsibilities under Annex VI of the Rules of Procedure are concerned, the following responsibilities:

(a) to assess relevant existing and planned legislation and policies to further detect possible loopholes, gaps and overlaps that could be exploited for malicious interference in democratic processes, including as regards the following matters:
(i) policies, legislative proposals and structures to be established under the European Democracy Shield, and already established under the European Democracy Action Plan, as well as relevant instruments under the Strategic Compass such as the EU Hybrid Toolbox;
(ii) opportunities of cooperation among Union agencies and national authorities in the area of justice and home affairs, including for the purposes of information sharing, intelligence and advance detection mechanisms;
(iii) policies and recommendations outlined in the report of 30 October 2024 entitled ‘Safer Together – Strengthening Europe’s Civilian and Military Preparedness and Readiness’;
(iv) policies contributing to Union democratic processes, democratic resilience through situational awareness, media and information literacy, media pluralism and independent journalism, the promotion of civic engagement, education, critical thinking and citizens’ awareness and participation;
(v) democratic resilience against home-grown hybrid threats and attacks and malign interference;
(vi) interference using online platforms, in particular by evaluating, in-depth, the responsibility and effects that very large online platforms have on democracy and democratic processes in the Union;
(vii) impact of interference on critical infrastructure and strategic sectors, including foreign investment and ownership of property located in the Union;
(viii) hybrid threats and attacks, including but not limited to: cyberattacks including on military and non-military targets, human-made text and audiovisual content, as well as AI-generated content and ‘deepfakes’ used for the purpose of foreign interference and disinformation, interference in political institutions, economic influence or coercion, interference through global actors via elite capture, national diasporas, universities and cultural events, covert funding of political activities by malicious foreign actors and donors, foreign information manipulation and interference actions targeting Union action abroad and the exploitation of artificially created migration flows through an increased role of state actors;
(ix) policies ensuring a high common level of cybersecurity across the Union and resilience against cyberattacks, where related to democratic processes;
(x) the role of malicious state and non-state actors, their modus operandi and financing, as well as physical sabotage perpetrated by them;
(xi) the impact of interference on the rights of minorities and other discriminated groups;
(xii) deterrence, attribution and collective countermeasures, including sanctions;
(xiii) neighbourhood and global cooperation, and multilateralism;
(xiv) interference by Union-based actors both within the Union and in third countries;
(xv) policies and measures to preserve the fairness and integrity of elections, and to strengthen democratic checks and balances;
(b) to develop, in close cooperation with the competent standing committees, suggestions and proposals on how to further remedy these gaps in order to foster the Union’s resilience towards hybrid threats and attacks, including foreign information manipulation and interference, and on how to improve the Union’s legal and institutional framework;
(c) to assess the activities of the Commission and the European External Action Service regarding the fight against foreign information manipulation and interference and hybrid threats and attacks;
(d) to counter information campaigns and strategic communication of malign third countries, including those through domestic Union actors and organisations, that harm the goals of the Union and that are created to influence Union public opinion;
(e) to follow up, where relevant, on the implementation of the reports of the INGE 1 and INGE 2 special committees;
(f) to contribute to overall institutional resilience against foreign interference, hybrid threats, attacks and disinformation;
(g) to maintain relations with other Union institutions and bodies, Member States authorities, other international organisations and interparliamentary assemblies, civil society as well as state and non-state partners in relevant third countries for matters falling under its responsibility, in order to reinforce Union action against hybrid threats and attacks and internal and foreign information manipulation and interference; to engage particularly with state and non-state partners in Ukraine and Moldova and the pro-European partners in Georgia as well as the countries from the Western Balkans; to counter manipulated narratives coming from Russia, given the critical and continuous danger Russia poses to the stability and security in the whole of the Union;

2.Decides that, whenever the special committee work includes the hearing of evidence of a confidential nature, testimonies involving personal data, or exchanges of views or hearings with authorities and bodies on confidential information, including scientific studies or parts thereof granted confidentiality status under Article 63 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Ϸվ and of the Council(11), the meetings shall be held in camera; decides further that witnesses and experts shall have the right to make a statement or provide testimony in camera;

3.Decides that the list of people invited to public meetings, the list of those who attend them and the minutes of such meetings, shall be made public;

4.Decides that confidential documents that have been received by the special committee shall be assessed in accordance with the procedure set out in Rule 227 of its Rules of Procedure, decides further that such information shall be used exclusively for the purposes of drawing up the final report of the special committee;

5.Decides that the special committee shall have 33 members;

6.Decides that the term of office of the special committee shall be 12 months and that that term of office shall start running from the date of its constituent meeting;

7.Decides that the special committee may present to Ϸվ a mid-term report; decides further that it shall present to Ϸվ at the latest during the part-session of January 2026 a final report focusing on the matters set out in paragraph 1 and containing factual findings and recommendations concerning the measures and initiatives to be taken, without prejudice to the competences of the standing committees in accordance with Annex VI to its Rules of Procedure; stresses that the recommendations of the special committee shall be taken into consideration by the competent standing committees in their work.

(1) OJ L 277, 27.10.2022, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2022/2065/oj.
(2) OJ L 265, 12.10.2022, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2022/1925/oj.
(3) OJ C 184, 5.5.2022, p. 71.
(4) OJ L 305, 26.11.2019, p. 17, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2019/1937/oj.
(5) OJ L 333, 27.12.2022, p. 164, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2022/2557/oj.
(6) OJ L, 2024/1083, 17.4.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1083/oj.
(7) OJ L, 2024/1069, 16.4.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2024/1069/oj.
(8) OJ C 347, 9.9.2022, p. 61.
(9) OJ C, C/2023/1226, 21.12.2023, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2023/1226/oj.
(10) OJ C, C/2024/494, 23.1.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/494/oj.
(11) Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Ϸվ and of the Council of 21October 2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing Council Directives 79/117/EEC and 91/414/EEC (OJ L 309, 24.11.2009, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2009/1107/oj).


Setting up a special committee on the Housing Crisis in the European Union, and defining its responsibilities, numerical strength and term of office
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European Ϸվ decision of 18 December 2024 on setting up a special committee on the Housing Crisis in the European Union, and defining its responsibilities, numerical strength and term of office ()
P10_TA(2024)0066B10-0217/2024

Ϸվ,

–having regard to the proposal from the Conference of Presidents,

–having regard to the Treaty on European Union (TEU), in particular Article 3(3) thereof, and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), in particular Articles 9, 14, 148, 153, 160 and 168 thereof, and Protocol No 26 to the TEU and to the TFEU on services of general interest,

–having regard to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union,

–having regard to the European Pillar of Social Rights,

–having regard to its resolution of 21 January 2021 on access to decent and affordable housing for all(1),

–having regard to Rule 213 of its Rules of Procedure,

A.whereas the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights includes the right to housing;

B.whereas the European Pillar of Social Rights states that access to social housing or housing assistance of good quality is to be provided for those in need and this is to be implemented at both Union and national level within their respective competences; whereas adequate shelters and services are to be provided to the homeless in order to promote their social inclusion; whereas the right to housing for people with disabilities deserves special protection and dedicated policies to ensure housing accessibility;

C.whereas the European Union is facing a housing crisis, with people of all ages across different income groups struggling with high prices and scarcity of affordable homes; whereas unaffordable housing is a matter of great concern for many Union citizens and prevents them, particularly young people, from starting an independent life; whereas that crisis affects people in all Member States and can have a negative impact on their health, well-being and living conditions;

D.whereas protecting private property and ensuring legal certainty for private owners, including best practices in relation to the fight against squatting, as well as protecting people from evictions, are important aspects at national level affecting housing availability and the right to housing in certain Member States;

E.whereas the Union has a number of competences relating to housing;

F.whereas there is a need to have an holistic approach on housing combining different policies dealt with in different committees within Ϸվ;

1.Decides to set up a special committee named ‘Special committee on the Housing Crisis in the European Union’ with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housing, and that that committee shall carry out, in cooperation and consultation with the competent standing committees where their powers and responsibilities under Annex VI to the Rules of Procedure are concerned, the following responsibilities:

(a) to map current housing needs across territories and population groups, particularly low and middle income groups, and to assess the impact of scarcity of housing on inequalities, affordability, demography, poverty and social exclusion, including using existing gender-disaggregated data;
(b) to analyse the existing relevant Union, national, regional, and local housing policies with a focus on the availability of targeted instruments for social, sustainable and affordable housing in cities, islands and coastal and rural areas with a view to identifying and issuing recommendations, including policies dedicated to housing accessibility for people with disabilities and reduced mobility;
(c) to analyse the impact of housing speculation and its economic consequences, as well as to propose follow-up actions;
(d) to assess whether the trend in house prices and rents is adequately taken into account in the cost of living indicators and related policies;
(e) to map and to assess the effectiveness of public and private Union and national resources, including existing Union funds dedicated to decent, sustainable and affordable housing and to the eradication of homelessness and to make recommendations, where relevant;
(f) to analyse systemic issues with short-term accommodation rentals and their impact on the availability of affordable housing in particularly affected areas and to make relevant proposals;
(g) to monitor the implementation of the Union legislation on data collection and sharing relating to short-term accommodation rental services, which has to be adopted at national level by 20 May 2026;
(h) to analyse effects of Union policies that influence the availability and affordability of housing, including bottlenecks in current Union regulations with regard to investment capacity, on housing and social housing, State aid and supply chain shortages;
(i) to assess potential barriers affecting the construction sector and their impact on the housing crisis;
(j) to identify shortages in availability, sustainability and financing needs for affordable housing and the need for potential reforms;
(k) to assess the impact of non-profit and limited-profit housing solutions, such as social or cooperative housing, on the affordability and accessibility of housing for different groups;
(l) to assess policies and legislative proposals needed to improve the provision and availability of decent, sustainable and affordable housing, including by enabling new construction, housing reconversion and renovation programs, taking into consideration the potential of vacant buildings;
(m) to map innovative technologies, processes, services and products to support the renovation wave, taking into account existing Union initiatives; to map where administrative and regulatory burdens are hampering the renovation wave, with the aim of reducing unnecessary regulatory burden while ensuring quality work in the construction sector and quality standards for affordable housing;
(n) to contribute to the development and the future implementation of the European affordable housing plan and the European strategy for housing construction to be presented by the Commission;
(o) to conduct hearings with experts from the Union institutions and competent authorities, international, national and regional institutions, non-governmental organisations and relevant sectors of the economy, taking into account the perspectives of a range of stakeholders;
(p) to conduct visits to study best practices around Europe;

2.Decides that the special committee shall have 33 members;

3.Decides that the term of office of the special committee shall be 12 months and that that term shall start running from the date of its constituent meeting;

4.Instructs the special committee to present a final report at the end of its term of office focusing on the matters set out in paragraph 1.

(1) OJ C 456, 10.11.2021, p. 145.


Appointment of the Chair of the Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA)
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European Ϸվ decision of 18 December 2024 on the proposal for the appointment of the Chair of the Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (N10-0050/2024 – C10-0210/2024 – )
P10_TA(2024)0067A10-0032/2024

(Approval)

Ϸվ,

–having regard to the proposal of the Commission of 4 December 2024 (C10-0210/2024),

–having regard to Article 68(1) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1620 of the European Ϸվ and of the Council of 31 May 2024 establishing the Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism and amending Regulations (EU) No 1093/2010, (EU) No 1094/2010 and (EU) No 1095/2010(1),

–having regard to its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the report of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (A10-0032/2024),

A.whereas Article 68(1) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1620 provides that the Chair of the Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism shall be selected on the basis of merit, skills, knowledge, integrity, recognised standing and experience in the area of AML/CFT and other relevant qualifications;

B.whereas Ϸվ is committed to ensuring gender balance in executive positions in Union institutions, bodies and agencies; whereas all Union and national institutions and bodies should implement concrete measures to ensure gender balance;

C.whereas in accordance with Article 68(1) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1620, on 9 October 2024 the Commission adopted a shortlist of candidates for the position of Chair of the Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism and the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs held hearings with those shortlisted candidates on 25November 2024;

D.whereas in accordance with Article 68(1) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1620, the Commission provided the shortlist to Ϸվ on 9 October 2024;

E.whereas on 4 December 2024, the Commission adopted a proposal to appoint BrunaSzego as Chair of the Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism and transmitted that proposal to Ϸվ;

F.whereas the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs then proceeded to evaluate the credentials of the proposed candidate for the position of Chair of the Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism, in particular in view of the requirements laid down in Article 68 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1620;

G.whereas on 16 December 2024, the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs held a hearing with Bruna Szego, at which she made an opening statement and then answered questions put by members of the Committees;

1.Approves the proposal for the appointment of Bruna Szego as Chair of the Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism;

2.Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council, the Commission, the Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism and the governments of the Member States.

(1) OJ L, 2024/1620, 19.6.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1620/oj.


EC-Pacific States Interim Partnership Agreement: accession of Tonga
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European Ϸվ legislative resolution of 18 December 2024 on the draft Council decision on the accession of the Kingdom of Tonga to the Interim Partnership Agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Pacific States, of the other part (07921/2024 – C10-0055/2024 – )
P10_TA(2024)0068A10-0023/2024

(Consent)

Ϸվ,

–having regard to the draft Council decision (07921/2024),

–having regard to the Interim Partnership Agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Pacific States, of the other part(1),

–having regard to the request for consent submitted by the Council in accordance with Article207(4) first subparagraph and Article218(6) second subparagraph, point(a)(v) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (C10‑0055/2024),

–having regard to Rule 107(1) and (4) and Rule 117(7) of its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the recommendation of the Committee on International Trade (A10-0023/2024),

1.Gives its consent to the accession of the Kingdom of Tonga to the agreement;

2.Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the governments and parliaments of the Member States and of the Kingdom of Tonga.

(1) OJ L 272, 16.10.2009, p. 2, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/agree_internation/2009/729/oj.


United Nations Convention on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration
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European Ϸվ legislative resolution of 18 December 2024 on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the United Nations Convention on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration (07011/2024 – C10-0080/2024 – )
P10_TA(2024)0069A10-0021/2024

(Consent)

Ϸվ,

–having regard to the draft Council decision (07011/2024),

–having regard to the United Nations Convention on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration (07012/2024),

–having regard to the request for consent submitted by the Council in accordance with Article207(4) first subparagraph and Article 218(6) second subparagraph, point(a) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (C10‑0080/2024),

–having regard to Rule 107(1) and (4) and Rule 117(7) of its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the recommendation of the Committee on International Trade (A10-0021/2024),

1.Gives its consent to the conclusion of the agreement;

2.Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the governments and parliaments of the Member States, as well as to the UNCITRAL Secretariat.


EC-Pacific States Interim Partnership Agreement: accession of Niue
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European Ϸվ legislative resolution of 18 December 2024 on the draft Council decision on the accession of Niue to the Interim Partnership Agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Pacific States, of the other part (07920/2024 – C10-0054/2024 – )
P10_TA(2024)0070A10-0024/2024

(Consent)

Ϸվ,

–having regard to the draft Council decision (07920/2024),

–having regard to the Interim Partnership Agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Pacific States, of the other part(1),

–having regard to the request for consent submitted by the Council in accordance with Article207(4), first subparagraph, in conjunction with Article218(6), second subparagraph, point(a)(v) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (C10‑0054/2024),

–having regard to Rule 107(1) and (4) and Rule 117(7) of its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the recommendation of the Committee on International Trade (A10-0024/2024),

1.Gives its consent to Niue’s accession to the agreement;

2.Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the governments and parliaments of the Member States and of Niue.

(1) OJ L 272, 16.10.2009, p. 2, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/agree_internation/2009/729/oj.


EC-Pacific States Interim Partnership Agreement: accession of Tuvalu
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European Ϸվ legislative resolution of 18 December 2024 on the draft Council decision on the accession of Tuvalu to the Interim Partnership Agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Pacific States, of the other part (05757/2024 – C9-0033/2024 – )
P10_TA(2024)0071A10-0025/2024

(Consent)

Ϸվ,

–having regard to the draft Council decision (05757/2024),

–having regard to the Interim Partnership Agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Pacific States, of the other part(1),

–having regard to the request for consent submitted by the Council in accordance with the firstsubparagraph of Article207(4), in conjunction with point (a)(v) of the second subparagraph of Article218(6) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (C9‑0033/2024),

–having regard to Rule 107(1) and (4) and Rule 117(7) of its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the recommendation of the Committee on International Trade (A10-0025/2024),

1.Gives its consent to Tuvalu’s accession to the agreement;

2.Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the governments and parliaments of the Member States and of Tuvalu.

(1) OJ L 272, 16.10.2009, p. 2, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/agree_internation/2009/729/oj.

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