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From · resolution motion · 13 Dec 2024 B-10-2024-0215 on setting up a standing committee on Security and Defence and a standing committee on Public Health
To · Adopted text · 18 Dec 2024 TA-10-2024-0064 Amendment of Annex VI – Powers and responsibilities of the standing committees
✦ In short · AI narration of the differences below, generated 4 Sept 2026

The versions differ only in formal and wording changes: capitalization, punctuation, list formatting, and minor rephrasing. #1#2#3#4

0 changes of substance, plus 40 wording-only. Each change below carries a one-line ✦ note from the same model. Written from the two texts only — read the highlighted passages before relying on it.

The changes to the text itself, in document order. Cover page, citations (“having regard to …”), standard resolution paragraphs and punctuation-only edits are left out — they are in “Show every difference”.

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Change #1 Wording

Changes the initial capital letter to lowercase.

1. Thethe developments threatening the territorial integrity of the Union and its Member States and the security of Union citizens;

Change #2 Wording

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2. Thethe 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;

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3. Thethe implementation and regular review of strategic defence decisions and policies;

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4. Thethe 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;

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5. Thethe 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;

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Changes the initial capital letter to lowercase and replaces a semicolon with a comma.

6. Thethe defence capabilities, preparedness and resilience of the Union and its Member States, including defence-specific research, development and innovation, joint production and life-cycle managementmanagement;

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7. Thethe measures, activities and instruments related to Union defence industrial integration and cooperation in pursuit of a single market for defence;

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8. Thethe 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;

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9. Thethe parliamentary oversight of defence-specific institutional Union structures and agencies, in particular:

Change #10 Wording

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– the European Defence Agency (EDA);(EDA),

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– the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO);(PESCO),

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– the EU Satellite Centre within the limits of the CSDP and in establishing the European Defence Union;Union, and,and

Change #13 Wording

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10. Initiatives,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;

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11. Defence-specificdefence-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;

Change #15 Wording

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12. Relationsrelations 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 responsibility;Defence;

Change #16 Wording

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13. Politicalpolitical oversight and coordination with the work of the delegation for relations with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly and the possible future delegations with competences in the field of security and defence;

Change #17 Wording

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14. Multilateralmultilateral 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;

Change #18 Wording

Changes the initial capital letter to lowercase and rephrases the final clause.

15. Jointjoint 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 thisthe committee;’Committee on Security and Defence.’

Change #19 Wording

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1. Environmentalenvironmental and climate policy and protection measures, in particular concerning:

Change #20 Wording

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a)(a) climate change, adaptation, resilience and preparedness,

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b)(b) environmental policy for the protection of public health,

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c)(c) air, soil and water pollution, waste management and recycling, noise levels and the protection of biodiversity,

Change #23 Wording

Changes the list marker format from d) to (d) and adds 'and' before 'cosmetics'.

d)(d) chemicals, dangerous substances and preparations, pesticides and maximum residue levels, and cosmetics,

Change #24 Wording

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e)(e) sustainable development,

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f)(f) international and regional measures and agreements aimed at protecting the environment,

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g)(g) restoration of environmental damage,

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h)(h) civil protection,

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i)(i) the European Environment Agency and the European Chemicals Agency;

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2. Foodfood safety issues, including in particular:

Change #30 Wording

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a)(a) the labelling and safety of foodstuffs,

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b)(b) veterinary legislation concerning protection against risks to human health; public health checks on foodstuffs and food production systems,

Change #32 Wording

Changes the list marker format from c) to (c) and adds 'Commission’s Directorate for'.

c)(c) the European Food Safety Authority and the Commission’s Directorate for Health and Food Audits and Analysis.’

Change #33 Wording

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1. Pharmaceuticalspharmaceuticals and medical devices;

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2. Programmesprogrammes and specific actions in the field of public health;

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3. Healthhealth crisis preparedness and response;

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4. Mentalmental health and patients’ rights;

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5. Healthhealth aspects of bioterrorism;

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6. Thethe European Medicines Agency and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control;

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7. Relationsrelations with the World Health Organization concerning the above matters.’

Change #40 Wording

Adds a comma after 'committees'.

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