PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION (2024/2115(RSO))
On setting up a standing committee on Security and Defence and a standing committee on Public Health
B-10-2024-0215
Conference of Presidents
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Parliament decides to set up a standing committee on Security and Defence and a standing committee on Public Health, replacing the existing subcommittees and amending the responsibilities of related committees.¶¶¶ The new committees will have 43 members each, with bureaux of up to four vice-chairs, and the decision enters into force on the first day of the next part-session.¶¶¶
Key points
- Sets up a standing committee on Security and Defence, ending the subcommittee on Security and Defence and amending the Foreign Affairs committee's responsibilities.¶
- Gives the Security and Defence committee responsibility for EU security and defence integration, CSDP, the European Defence Agency, PESCO, and defence industry funding.¶
- Sets up a standing committee on Public Health, ending the subcommittee on Public Health and renaming the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety committee to Environment, Climate and Food Safety.¶¶
- Defines the Security and Defence committee's remit: threats to territorial integrity, CSDP missions, strategic defence decisions, common defence policy, hybrid threats, defence capabilities, defence industry, military mobility, oversight of defence agencies, and relations with partners like NATO.¶¶¶
- Defines the Public Health committee's remit: pharmaceuticals, medical devices, public health programmes, health crisis preparedness, mental health, patients' rights, bioterrorism, and relations with the WHO.¶¶¶
- Amends Annex VI of the Rules of Procedure to reflect the new committee structure and responsibilities.¶¶¶
- Requires the Security and Defence committee to cooperate with other committees, especially Foreign Affairs.¶
Who is affected
- The European Parliament's committee structure, particularly the Foreign Affairs and Environment committees, whose responsibilities are adjusted.¶¶
- The subcommittees on Security and Defence and on Public Health, which cease to exist.
- The new standing committees on Security and Defence and on Public Health, which gain defined responsibilities and membership.¶¶¶