The Riigikogu conducts proceedings on 27 Bills and draft Resolutions this working week

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At the beginning of the sitting, the new Minister of Culture Tiit Terik took the oath of office.

The Riigikogu approved its extensive agenda for this working week.

No deliberation of Bills or replies to interpellations have been scheduled for Monday’s sitting.

At Tuesday’s sitting, one Bill will be at the second reading: the Bill on Amendments to the Traffic Act (414 SE).

Three Bills will be at the first reading: the Bill on Amendments to § 8¹ of the Political Parties Act (disclosure the lists of members of political parties) (416 SE), the Bill on Amendments to the European Union Common Agricultural Policy Implementation Ac (439 SE) and the Bill on Amendments to the Preschool Child Care Institutions Act (415 SE).

At Wednesday’s sitting, two Bills will be at the third reading: the Bill on Amendments to the Commercial Code and the Accounting Act (digital solutions in company law) (394 SE) and the Bill on Amendments to the Law of Obligations Act and the Consumer Protection Act (transposition of the Digital Content Directive, the Sale of Goods Directive, and the Enforcement and Modernisation Directive) (404 SE).

Six Bills will be at the second reading: the Bill on the Approval of the Amendments to the Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail and to its Appendices (386 SE), the Bill on Amendments to the Building Code (395 SE), the Bill on Amendments to the Employment Contracts Act and the Taxation Act (403 SE), the Bill on Amendments to the Public Information Act (409 SE), the Bill on Amendments to the Covered Bonds Act and Other Acts (407 SE) and the he Bill on Amendments to the State Budget for 2021 Act (431 SE).

First reading – 14 Bills and draft Resolutions: the Draft Resolution of the Riigikogu “Approval of the Consolidated Report of 2019 of the State (432 OE), the Bill on Amendments to the State Export Guarantees Ac (423 SE), e Bill on Amendments to the Consumer Protection Ac (424 SE), the Draft Resolution of the Riigikogu “Use of the Defence Forces in the Fulfilment of the International Commitments of the Estonian State in the Composition of the United Kingdom’s Joint Expeditionary Force” (444 OE), the Draft Resolution of the Riigikogu “Use of the Defence Forces in the Fulfilment of the International Commitments of the Estonian State in the European Union Training Mission in Mozambique” (445 OE), the Draft Resolution of the Riigikogu “Extension of the Time Limit for the Use of the Defence Forces in the Fulfilment of the International Commitments of the Estonian State in the International Military Operation ‘Inherent Resolve’” (446 OE), the Draft Resolution of the Riigikogu “Extension of the Time Limit for the Use of the Defence Forces in the Fulfilment of the International Commitments of the Estonian State in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Mission in Iraq” (447 OE), the Draft Resolution of the Riigikogu “Extension of the Time Limit for the Use of the Defence Forces in the Fulfilment of the International Commitments of the Estonian State in the European Union Military Mission EUNAVFOR Med/Irini” (448 OE), the Draft Resolution of the Riigikogu “Use of the Defence Forces in the Fulfilment of the International Commitments of the Estonian State in the Composition of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Readiness Units” (449 OE), the Draft Resolution of the Riigikogu “Extension of the Time Limit for the Use of the Defence Forces in the Fulfilment of the International Commitments of the Estonian State in the European Union Training Mission and the UN Peacekeeping Mission in Mali” (450 OE), the Draft Resolution of the Riigikogu “Extension of the Time Limit for the Use of the Defence Forces in the Fulfilment of the International Commitments of the Estonian State in the Post-Conflict Peacekeeping Mission in Lebanon, Israel, Egypt and Syria” (451 OE), the Draft Resolution of the Riigikogu “Extension of the Time Limit for the Use of the Defence Forces in the Fulfilment of the International Commitments of the Estonian State in France’s Military Operation Task Force Takuba in Mali and Niger (former name “Use of the Defence Forces in the Fulfilment of the International Commitments of the Estonian State in France’s Military Operation Barkhane in Mali”) (452 OE), the Draft Resolution of the Riigikogu “Use of the Defence Forces in the Fulfilment of the International Commitments of the Estonian State in Another International Military Operation Led by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization or its Member State, the European Union or the UN upon the First Contribution thereto” (453 OE) and the Draft Resolution of the Riigikogu “Extension of the Time Limit for the Use of the Defence Forces in the Fulfilment of the International Commitments of the Estonian State in the UN Peacekeeping Mission in Lebanon” (454 OE).

The agenda also includes the overview of the use and preservation of state assets in 2020-2021 by Auditor General Janar Holm.

No deliberation of Bills has been scheduled for Thursday’s sitting.

Source: Parliament of Estonia