Draft law amending the Customs Act (515 SE), second reading
Session: 15th Estonian Parliament, 4th session, plenary sitting
Date: 2024-12-05 04:25
Participating Politicians:
Total Speeches: 3
Membership: 15
Agenda Duration: 2m
AI Summaries: 3/3 Speeches (100.0%)
Analysis: Structured Analysis
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Summary
We will move to agenda item number 4, which concerns the second reading of the draft law amending the Customs Act, initiated by the Government of the Republic, bill number 515. The draft originated as a government initiative on October 14th and the first reading took place on October 22nd and 14th. Amendments were not submitted by 5:15 PM on November 6th, and the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Defence submitted proposals to the lead committee regarding the draft. A working group of the Economic Affairs Committee prepared for the proceedings during its meeting on November 14th, and preparations for the second reading took place on November 19th with representatives from the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Defence, and the Defence Forces.
Decisions Made 2
The economic affairs committee decided to put the bill on the agenda of the plenary session of the Riigikogu for a second reading on December 4th and to conclude the second reading. These procedural decisions were made by consensus.
Once the second reading was concluded, it was decided to put the draft bill on the agenda of the Riigikogu plenary sitting for a third reading on December 11th and to carry out the final vote. These procedural decisions were made by consensus.
Most Active Speaker
Speaker: Kristina Šmigun-Vähi (member of the economic affairs committee). Position: other (not known to be left- or right-wing). She was the most active speaker in the second reading of the draft and led the discussion and the committee's preparation.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
AI Summary
This speech concerns the last item on the agenda for December 4, which is the second reading of the Government-initiated draft law amending the Customs Act, draft no. 515, and the rapporteur is Kristina Šmigun-Vähi, a member of the Economic Committee.
Kristina Šmigun-Vähi
Profiling Eesti Reformierakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
The Economic Affairs Committee unanimously decided to place on the Riigikogu's agenda for the second reading the draft bill amending the Customs Act on 4 December, to conclude the second reading and move to the third reading and final vote on 11 December, and all five proposed amendments (four submitted by the Ministry of Finance and one by the Ministry of Defence) received consensus support.
Aseesimees Arvo Aller
AI Summary
Arvo Aller announced that the negotiations are open and there are no requests to speak, and the negotiations are closed; the Economic and Steering Committee submitted five amendment proposals, which were said to have to be fully taken into account; the leading committee decided to end the second reading of the bill 515; the second reading is finished, the agenda has been exhausted, and the meeting has ended, a safe journey home!