Hearings
A committee is permitted to organise a hearing with experts, where this is considered essential to its work on a particular subject. Hearings can also be held jointly by two or more committees. Most committees organise regular hearings, as they allow them to hear from experts and hold discussions on the key issues. On this page you will find all the available information relating to committee hearings, including programmes and contributions from speakers.
On Thursday 25 May, from 9.00, ENVI will hold a hearing on the European Citizens’ Initiative: ‘Save cruelty-free cosmetics – Commit to a Europe without animal testing’. The AGRI and PETI Committees will be associated.
On Wednesday 24 May 2023, the Committee on Petitions, in association with the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, held a public hearing on “The state of implementation of the Habitats Directive”.
The AGRI and ENVI Committees organised a joint public hearing on the IPMWORKS networks. IPMWORKS is a project supported by the Horizon 2020 Programme. Its objective is to coordinate and promote pioneering farms implementing Integrated Pest Management across Europe.
On 25 April, ENVI and AGRI Members jointly held a public hearing on the sustainable management of water resources in agriculture.
On Monday 27 March, the PECH Committee, in association with the ENVI and PETI Committees held a public hearing on the European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) "Stop Finning – Stop the Trade".
On 22 March ENVI and AGRI committees are jointly organising a public hearing on carbon farming and its practical applications in the EU.
Save bees and farmers! Towards a bee-friendly agriculture for a healthy environment
On Tuesday 24 January, the ENVI and AGRI Committees, in association with the Committee on Petitions held a public hearing on the European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) "Save bees and farmers! Towards a bee-friendly agriculture for a healthy environment"
ENVI and LIBE Committees organized a public hearing on 'Depathologisation of transgender and non-binary persons'. The European Parliament has strongly condemned all forms of discrimination against LGBTIQ+ people, including LGBTIQ+ conversion 'therapies'. Moreover, it has also made repeated calls on the Member States to ban such practices.
On 25 October, the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development held a public hearing in cooperation with the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety on the impact of the war on EU agriculture and food security
IMCO in association with ENVI held a public hearing on 'Making the Internal Market for Construction Products fit for the 21st century'. The hearing focused on important objectives of the revision of the Construction Products Regulation. These are the improvement of the existing harmonised rules for such products, as well as their alignment with the goals of the Green Deal and the increased uptake of digital technologies.
The Committee in Budgets held a public hearing on social and biodiversity tracking in the EU budget and EU policies. The hearing aimed to provide the Committee on Budgets - and the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety for the first panel - with insight on social and biodiversity methodologies which are or could be applied to the EU budget and EU policies.
On 30 May, 15:45 – 17:45, the joint ECON-ENVI Committee will hold a public hearing on the Commission delegated Regulation amending delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2139 as regards economic activities in certain energy sectors and Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2178 as regards specific public disclosures for those economic activities, commonly referred to as the Taxonomy complementary climate delegated act.