159th CoR Plenary Session

1. Adoption of the agenda (COR-2023-04736-00-04-CONVPOJ-TRA)

2. Approval of the minutes of the 158th plenary session, held on 29 and 30 November 2023 COR-2023-03812-00-01-PV-TRA – COR-2023-03812-00-00-PV-REF COR-2023-03812-01-00-PV-REF – COR-2023-03812-02-00-PV-REF COR-2023-03812-03-00-PV-REF

3. Statement by the President

4. Tribute to Jacques Delors

5. Statement by:

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• Hadja Lahbib, Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Affairs and Foreign Trade and the Federal Cultural Institutions of Belgium

Debate with members of the European Committee of the Regions

6. Green Deal and Health

Own-initiative

COR-2023-03364-00-01-PAC-TRA – ENVE-VII/041

Rapporteur: Juan Manuel MORENO BONILLA (ES/EPP)

Statement by Dolors Montserrat (ES/EPP), Chair of the Committee on Petitions of the European Parliament  

7. Towards an integrated EU policy approach to support place-based innovation for the green and digital transition

Own-initiative

COR-2023-03934-00-00-PAC-TRA – SEDEC-VII/042

Rapporteur: Andrea PUTZU (IT/ECR)

Statement by Lina Gálvez Muñoz (ES/S&D), Member of the European Parliament

8. Statement by a CoR member:

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• Flexibility of state aid rules for island territories by Margarita Prohens Rigo (ES/EPP)

Debate with members of the European Committee of the Regions

9. The SME Relief Package and the BEFIT framework

For information

COR-2023-04941-00-01-PAC-TRA – ECON-VII/035

Rapporteur: Kate FEENEY (IE/renew E.)

10. The risk management and market regulation tools to strengthen the sustainability of European agriculture

Own-initiative

COR-2023-02288-00-01-PAC-TRA – NAT-VII/034

Rapporteur: Nicola CAPUTO (IT/renew E.)

11. EU disability card and parking card for persons with disabilities

Mandatory

COR-2023-04646-00-00-PAC-TRA – SEDEC-VII/044

Rapporteur: Marko VEŠLIGAJ (HR/PES)

Statement by Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová (SK/renew E.), Member of the European Parliament

12. Report on the impact of CoR opinions

COR-2023-04735-15-01-NB-TRA

COR-2023-04735-15-00-NB-REF

13. Greening Freight Transport package

Mandatory

COR-2023-04958 -00-01-PAC-TRA – COTER-VII/033

Rapporteur -general: José RIBAU ESTEVES (PT/EPP)

Statements by Isabel García Muñoz (ES/S&D) and Tilly Metz (LU/Greens), Members of the European Parliament

14. Statement by:

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• Martin Hojsík (SK/renew E.), Vice-President of the European Parliament and member of the European Parliament delegation to the COP28

Debate with members of the European Committee of the Regions

15. Statements by:

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• Lídia Pereira (PT/EPP), President of the Youth of the European People's Party (YEPP) and Member of the European Parliament

• Enric López Jurado (ES/PES), President of the Young European Socialists (YES)

• Alexandre Servais (BE/renew E.), member of the Board of Directors of the European Liberal Youth (LYMEC)

• Alice Bernard-Montini (FR/renew E.), Representative of the Young Democrats for Europe (YDE)

• Maicol Busilacchi (IT/ECR), European Young Conservatives (EYC)

• Valentina Servera Clavell (ES/EA), President of the European Free Alliance Youth (EFAY)

• Benedetta Scuderi (IT/Greens), co-spokesperson of the Federation of Young European Greens (FYEG) remote intervention

Debate with members of the European Committee of the Regions

16. Y Factor project: "CoR on the ground: Local and Regional Success Stories"

17. Election of Bureau members (COR-2023-04736-00-00-PSP-REF) (for decision)

18. New CoR members and alternates (COR-2023-04736-00-00-PSP-TRA) (for information)

19. Any other business

20. Date of the next meeting.