EUU, Alm.del - 2023-24 - Bilag 426: Referat, bidrag og konklusioner fra COSAC-mødet 24-26/3-24 i Bruxelles

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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE PRESIDENTIAL TROIKA OF COSAC

RUSSELS

, B

ELGIUM

, 24 M

ARCH

2024

PRESENT AT THE MEETING

CHAIR: Ms Eliane TILLIEUX, Co-Chair of the Federal Advisory Committee on

European

affairs,

Belgian

Chambre

des

représentants/Kamer

van

Volksvertegenwoordigers,

and Mr Gaëtan VAN GOIDSENHOVEN, Co-Chair of the

Federal Advisory Committee on European Affairs, Belgian

Sénat/Senaat;

Mr Péter BALASSA, Vice-Chair of the Committee on European Affairs of the Hungarian

Országgyűlés;

Mr Francisco José CONDE LÓPEZ, Chair of the Joint Committee for EU Affairs of the

Spanish

Cortes Generales,

and Mr Pere Joan PONS, Member of the Joint Committee for

EU Affairs of the Spanish

Cortes Generales;

Mr Othmar KARAS, First Vice-President, European Parliament, and Mr Salvatore DE

MEO, Chair of the Committee for Constitutional Affairs, European Parliament.

1. A

DOPTION OF THE DRAFT AGENDA OF THE

EETING OF THE

RESIDENTIAL

ROIKA

COSAC

Ms Eliane TILLIEUX, Co-Chair of the Federal Advisory Committee on European affairs,

Belgian

Chambre des représentants/Kamer van Volksvertegenwoordigers,

welcomed the

delegations of the Presidential Troika of COSAC (hereinafter referred to as "the Troika").

She then referred to the

agenda of the Meeting of the Troika,

previously circulated to all

delegations, which was adopted without amendments.

2. A

PPROVAL

COSAC

OF THE DRAFT PROGRAMME OF THE PLENARY MEETING OF THE

LXXI

Mr Gaëtan VAN GOIDSENHOVEN, Co-Chair of the Federal Advisory Committee on

European Affairs, Belgian

Sénat/Senaat

presented the

draft programme of the plenary

meeting of the LXXI COSAC,

which was adopted without amendments.

3. P

RESENTATION OF THE

ANNUAL

EPORT OF

COSAC

Mr VAN GOIDSENHOVEN referred to the

41st Bi-annual report of COSAC

which was

drafted by the COSAC Secretariat on the basis of replies to the related questionnaire

EUU, Alm.del - 2023-24 - Bilag 426: Referat, bidrag og konklusioner fra COSAC-mødet 24-26/3-24 i Bruxelles

circulated to national Parliaments/Chambers on 16 January 2024, with a deadline on 8

February for submitting the answers. He then gave the floor to the Permanent Member of

the COSAC Secretariat, Mr Jakob SJÖVALL, who made a brief presentation of the report.

5. D

RAFT

ONTRIBUTION AND

ONCLUSIONS OF THE PLENARY MEETING OF THE

LXXI

COSAC

Ms TILLIEUX introduced the procedure regarding the adoption of Contribution and

Conclusions by the LXXI COSAC.

She recalled that the Presidency had consulted the Troika for comments and reactions

about the initial drafts of the Contribution and Conclusions on two occasions, firstly on

18 March 2024 and on 22 March. A revised version of the Contribution was made

available to the Troika on 22 March, as a basis for the discussion at the meeting of the

Presidential Troika. She noted that several amendments to the draft Contribution had been

put forward by delegations within the set deadline of 19 March and that the Presidency

had distributed a table with those amendments.

Moreover, she informed the Troika that the Presidency had tried to accommodate the

majority of these amendments in the compromise text distributed ahead of the meeting,

provided they were not contradictory with the original draft or addressed matters that were

beyond the agenda of the LXXI COSAC.

Mr Othmar KARAS proposed adjustments, on behalf of the European Parliament

delegation to paragraphs 51, 62, 65 and 66 of the draft Conclusions. These proposed

amendments were accepted and the draft text thus changed accordingly.

Mr BALASSA indicated that the amendment to paragraph 51 of the draft Contribution

would be resubmitted by the Hungarian delegation. At the same time, he noted that, in the

absence of Mr Zoltán TESSELY, Chair of the Committee on European Affairs of the

Hungarian

Országgyűlés,

Mr BALASSA would for the time being limit himself to this

remark, and noted that further proposals for amendments could be tabled after the Troika

meeting.

Ms TILLIEUX concluded that a new draft would be submitted to delegations after the

Troika meeting, with an opportunity for delegations to table further proposals for

amendment until 12.00 on 25 March 2024.

6. L

ETTERS RECEIVED BY THE

RESIDENCY

Ms TILLIEUX recalled the letters received by the Presidency requesting, i.a., invitations

to attend the COSAC meeting that were received before the Chairpersons meeting. All

the letters mentioned were made available on

IPEX.

7. A

NY OTHER BUSINESS

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Ms TILLIEUX thanked the Spanish Presidency, who were leaving the Troika, and gave

the floor to Mr BALASSA, who remarked that as concerns the incoming Hungarian

Presidency, he was pleased to be able to welcome COSAC to Budapest, where the

Chairpersons meeting will be held on 28-29 July and the LXXII COSAC on 27-29

October.