Ministers took their oaths of office before the Riigikogu

Member of the Riigikogu Toomas Järveoja also took his oath of office.

Two Bills passed the first reading

The Bill on Amendments to the Act on Protection of Persons Who Report Work-Related Breaches of European Union Law and the International Sanctions Act (Union restrictive measures directive) (584 SE), initiated by the Government, will transpose into Estonian law the European Union directive on the definition of criminal offences and penalties for the violation of sanctions. The same directive also amends the relevant directive so that the violation of European Union restrictive measures will be considered a predicate offence for money laundering.

Two amendments will be made to Estonian law. EU restrictive measures will be included in the list of areas of activity provided for in the Act on Protection of Persons Who Report Work-Related Breaches of European Union Law. The International Sanctions Act will also be specified by adding a clause to the effect that the provisions on whistleblower protection also extend to reporting breaches of international sanctions.

The purpose of the Bill is to establish uniform rules for determining violations of European Union restrictive measures and the penalties to be imposed for them, in order to ensure uniform application of sanctions. According to the explanatory memorandum, this will help to detect and prevent violations, supporting compliance with European Union law and the achievement of objectives.

During the debate, Mart Helme took the floor on behalf of the Estonian Conservative People’s Party Group and Ando Kiviberg on behalf of Estonia 200 Parliamentary Group.

Under the Bill on Amendments to the Emergency Act (589 SE), initiated by the Government, a provider of an essential service whose data or equipment essential for the operation of the service are located in a foreign country must ensure connection through at least two technologically different electronic communications services in order to reduce the risk of interruptions and ensure continuity of the service.

The Bill will also provide that, in the future, instead of the Information System Authority, the authority organising the continuity of an essential service will exercise supervision over the information systems of a critical entity that are located in a foreign country within the framework of supervision exercised over critical entities.

At the beginning of the sitting, the Riigikogu observed a moment of silence in memory of the victims of the 1949 March deportation.

After the sitting, it is planned to form the Estonia-Singapore Parliamentary Friendship Group on the initiative of Anastassia Kovalenko-Kõlvart.

Verbatim record of the sitting (in Estonian)

Photos (Erik Peinar / Chancellery of the Riigikogu)

Video recording of the sitting will be available to watch later on the Riigikogu YouTube channel.

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Source: Parliament of Estonia