EP News, May 20th, 2005 (No. 212)
The Week Ahead 23-27 May 2005
Edited committee agenda below, with links to full agenda on www.europarl.eu.int, and working documents on the committees' websites:
| AFET - Foreign Affairs | 23-24 May 2005 | full agenda | committee homepage |
| Winding-up resolution for plenary debate on UN reform | Armin Laschet
(EPP-ED) |
Consideration
of amendments, adoption of a draft resolution |
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| Exchange of views with Dr. Edgardo Maya Villazón, Attorney General of the Nation on the current situation in Colombia | |||
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Exchange of views with the Knesset Delegation (Israel) |
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| SEDE - Subcommittee on Security and Defence | 26 May 2005 | committee homepage | |
| DROI - Subcommittee on Human Rights | 16 June 2005 | committee homepage | |
| BUDG - Budgets | 23-24 May 2005 | committee homepage | |
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CONT - Budgetary Control |
23-24 May 2005 | full agenda | committee homepage |
| Administrative assistance for the protection of the Community's financial interests | Petr
Duchon (EPP-ED) |
Codecision 1st reading | Vote and adoption of a draft report |
| Accounts of the EP political groups for the period 1 January 2004 to 30 June 2004 | Alexander
Stubb (EPP-ED) |
Exchange of views | |
| Joint meeting COBU and COCOBU | |||
| Financial Regulation: first exchange of views on the Commission proposal and the EP's work programme | Borut
Pahor (PES) |
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| Visit to the European Court of Auditors | |||
| DEVE - Development | 23-24 May 2005 | full agenda | committee homepage |
| Serious and neglected illnesses in developing countries | John Bowis
(EPP-ED) |
initiative | Consideration of draft report |
| Tourism and development | Thierry
Cornillet (ALDE) |
initiative | Adoption of draft report |
| World action against poverty | Adoption of oral question | ||
| The impact of the European Community's lending activities in the developing countries | Gabriele
Zimmer (GUE/NGL) |
initiative | Adoption of draft report |
| The exploitation of children in developing countries, especially child labour | Manolis
Mavrommatis (EPP-ED) |
initiative | Adoption of draft report |
| Possibly,
United Nations Conference on sustainable development (New York, 19-22 April 2005) - Report by Nirj Deva |
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| ECON - Economic and Monetary Affairs | 23-24 May 2005 | full agenda | committee homepage |
| Monetary
Dialogue with the ECB (Art.113.3 of the EU Treaty) Exchange of views with Mr TRICHET, President of the ECB. |
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| Implementation of an information and communication strategy on the euro and Economic and Monetary Union | Jules
Maaten (ALDE) |
initiative | Consideration
of amendments; adoption of a draft report |
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Stability and Growth
Pact: |
Othmar
Karas (EPP-ED) |
consultation | Consideration
of amendments; adoption of a draft report |
| Stability
and Growth Pact: Surveillance of budgetary positions and surveillance and coordination of economic policies |
Othmar
Karas (EPP-ED) |
Consideration
of amendments; adoption of a draft report |
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| Quality of statistical data concerning excessive deficits | Jean-Paul
Gauzès (EPP-ED) |
consultation | Consideration of a draft report |
| Company taxation | Pier Luigi
Bersani (PES) |
initiative | Consideration of a draft report |
| Clearing and settlement in the European Union | Piia-Noora
Kauppi (EPP-ED) |
initiative | Adoption of a draft report |
| Amendment to simplify obligations in connection with VAT | Zsolt László
Becsey (EPP-ED) |
consultation | Consideration of a draft report |
| Capital
adequacy of investment firms and credit institutions (recast) |
Alexander
Radwan (EPP-ED) |
codecision first reading | Consideration of amendments |
| EMPL - Employment and Social Affairs | 24 May 2005 | full agenda | committee homepage |
| Health and safety at work: the exposure of workers to optical radiation | Csaba Ory
(EPP-ED) |
Codecision second reading | Consideration of a common position |
| Community Programme for Employment and Social Solidarity - PROGRESS | Karin Jöns
(PES) |
Codecision first reading | Consideration of amendments |
| European Social Fund | José
Albino Silva Peneda (EPP-ED) |
Codecision first reading | Consideration of amendments |
| ENVI - Environment, Public Health and Food Safety | 24 May 2005 | full agenda | committee homepage |
| Dangerous substances and preparations (phthalates) and the safety of toys | Antonios
Trakatellis (EPP-ED) |
Codecision second reading | Consideration of a draft report |
| Report back on the delegation to Punta del Este, Uruguay, 1st meeting of the Conference of the Parties of the Stockholm Convention, 2-6 May 2005 - Presentation | |||
| Amendment of the directive relating to restrictions on the marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and preparations (c/m/r) | Karl-Heinz
Florenz (EPP-ED) |
Codecision first reading | Adoption of a draft report |
| The UN-ECE Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers | Johannes
Blokland (IND/DEM) |
Consultation | Adoption of a draft report |
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Establishment
of a European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register
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Johannes
Blokland (IND/DEM) |
Codecision first reading | Adoption of a draft report |
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Extractive
industries: waste management
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Jonas Sjöstedt
(GUE/NGL) |
Codecision second reading | Consideration of a draft recommendation |
| ITRE - Industry, Research and Energy | 24 May 2005 | full agenda | committee homepage |
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In
the presence of the Council and the European Commission
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Deployment
and commercial operating phases of the European programme of satellite
radionavigation
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Etelka Barsi-Pataky (EPP-ED) | codecision first reading | Consideration of a draft report |
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Supervision
and control of shipments of radioactive waste and spent fuel
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Esko Seppänen (GUE/NGL) | consultation | Consideration of a draft report |
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The
information society
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Catherine
Trautmann (PES)
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initiative
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Adoption
of a draft report
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| IMCO - Internal Market and Consumer Protection | 24 May 2005 | full agenda | committee homepage |
| Services in the internal market | Evelyne Gebhardt (PES) | Codecision first reading | Consideration of a draft report (Part I & II) |
| INTA - International Trade | 23-24 May 2005 | full agenda | committee homepage |
| In the presence of the Council and the European Commission | |||
| The exploitation of children in developing countries, with a special focus on child labour | Sajjad Karim (ALDE) | initiative | Adoption of a draft report |
| Regulation (EC) No 382/2001: expiry date and certain provisions relating to execution of the budget | David Martin (PES) | consultation | Adoption of a draft report |
| Licences
for pharmaceutical products intended for countries with public health problems
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Johan Van Hecke (ALDE) | Codecision first reading | Consideration of a draft report |
| Textiles and clothing after 2005 | Tokia Saïfi (EPP-ED) | initiative | Consideration of a draft report |
| Prospects for trade relations between the EU and China | Caroline Lucas (Greens) | initiative | 1st exchange of views |
| Meeting with Mr Peter Mandelson, Commissioner for External Trade | |||
| Meeting with Mr Pascal Lamy, candidate for the post of Director General of WTO | |||
| HEARING
Thursday, 26 May 2005, from 15:00 to 18:30 Bridging the Gap or Dividing the Pond?: Transatlantic Economic Relations - programme |
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| TRAN - Transport and Tourism | 23-24 May 2005 | full agenda | committee homepage |
| Road accident victims in the EU in the period up to 2010 | Ari Vatanen (EPP-ED) | initiative | Consideration of amendments |
| High-level group on gender equality - feedback by Mrs Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou | |||
| New prospects and challenges for sustainable European Tourism | Luís Queiró (EPP-ED) | initiative | Consideration of amendments |
| REGI - Regional Development | 24 May 2005 | full agenda | committee homepage |
| European Regional Development Fund | Giovanni Claudio Fava (PES) | Codecision first reading | Consideration of amendments |
| European Regional Development Fund, European Social Fund and Cohesion Fund | Konstantinos Hatzidakis (EPP-ED) | assent | Adoption of a draft report |
| European Regional Development Fund | Giovanni Claudio Fava (PES) | Codecision first reading | Adoption of a draft report |
| Cohesion Fund | Alfonso Andria (ALDE) | assent | Adoption of a draft report |
| A stronger partnership for the outermost regions | Sérgio Marques (EPP-ED) | initiative | Consideration of a draft report |
| Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) | Gábor Harangozó (PES) | consultation | Exchange of views |
| AGRI - Agriculture and Rural Development | 23-24 May 2005 | full agenda | committee homepage |
| Exchange of views with Mrs Dalia GRYBAUSKAITÉ, Commissioner responsible for financial planning and the budget | |||
| Amendment as regards exceptional market support measures | Niels Busk (ALDE) | consultation | Exchange
of views Possibly, confirmation of rejection of the Commission proposal |
| Presentation of a study on multifunctionality by Mr Gonzalez Regidor | |||
| Exchange of views with representatives of the European Dairy Association (EDA) | |||
| PECH - Fisheries | 23-24 May 05 | committee homepage | |
| CULT - Culture and Education | 24 May 2005 | full agenda | committee homepage |
| In the presence of the Council and Commission | |||
| Television without frontiers | Henri Weber (PES) | initiative | Consideration of draft report |
| Consultation on options for developing the European schools system | Mary Honeyball (PES) | initiative | Consideration of draft report |
| Exchange
of views with Mr Jan Figel, Commissioner responsible for education, training, culture and multilingualism - Report on the Culture and Education Council meeting in Brussels - Debate on the Commission's draft legislative programme |
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| Education as the cornerstone of the Lisbon process | Guy Bono (PES) | initiative | Exchange of views |
| Immigrant
communities' integration in Europe through multilingual schools and education |
Miguel Portas (GUE/NGL) | initiative | Exchange of views |
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New challenges for the circus as part of European culture |
Doris Pack (PPE-DE) | initiative | Exchange of views |
| JURI - Legal Affairs | Meeting of 23-24 May 05 | full agenda | committee homepage |
| In the presence of the Council and the European Commission | |||
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HEARING |
Michel
Rocard (PES) |
Codecision second reading | Consideration of a draft report and amendments |
| Civil and commercial judicial cooperation: cross-border disputes, non-contractual obligations, ROME II | Diana Wallis
(ALDE) |
Codecision first reading | Consideration of amendments |
| European order for payment procedure | Arlene
McCarthy (PES) |
Codecision first reading | Consideration of a draft report |
| Amendment
of the directive on the formation of public limited liability companies
and the maintenance and alteration of their capital |
Piia-Noora
Kauppi (EPP-ED) |
Codecision first reading | Exchange of views |
| Mediation in civil and commercial matters | Arlene
McCarthy (PES) |
Codecision first reading | Exchange of views |
| Request to defend Mr Gollnisch's parliamentary immunity | Diana Wallis
(ALDE) |
Exchange of views | |
| Request to defend Mr. Di Marchiani's parliamentary immunity | Diana Wallis
(ALDE) |
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| Request that Mr Matsakis's immunity be waived | Klaus-Heiner
Lehne (EPP-ED) |
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Request that Mr Ashley Mote's parliamentary immunity be waived |
Klaus-Heiner
Lehne (EPP-ED) |
Hearing | |
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Amendment concerning the annual accounts of certain types of companies and consolidated accounts |
Klaus-Heiner
Lehne (EPP-ED) |
codecision first reading | Consideration of a draft report |
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| LIBE - Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs | 24 May 2005 | full agenda | committee homepage |
| Resolution
to wind up the annual debate on progress in implementing the area of freedom,
security and justice |
Jean-Marie Cavada (ALDE) | Adoption of a draft resolution | |
| Exchanging data in the fight against terrorism and other serious forms of crime | Antoine Duquesne (ALDE) | consultation | Adoption of a draft report |
| Exchange of information and intelligence concerning terrorist offences | Antoine Duquesne (ALDE) | initiative | Adoption of a draft recommendation |
| European Union action plan against terrorism | Rosa Díez González (PES) | initiative | Adoption of a draft report |
| The fight against terrorist financing | Mario Borghezio (IND/DEM) | initiative | Adoption of a draft report |
| Prevention, preparedness and response to terrorist attacks | Jaime Mayor Oreja (EPP-ED) | initiative | Adoption of a draft report |
| Protection of critical infrastructures in the framework of the fight against terrorism | Stavros Lambrinidis (PES) | initiative | Adoption of a draft report |
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Agreement
between the EU and Switzerland on the Schengen acquis
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Timothy
Kirkhope (EPP-ED)
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consultation | Adoption of a draft report |
| Procedures in Member States for granting and withdrawing refugee status | Wolfgang Kreissl-Dörfler (PES) | consultation | Consideration of a draft report |
| AFCO - Constitutional Affairs | 24 May 2005 | committee homepage | |
| FEMM - Women's Rights and Gender Equality | 26 May 2005 | full agenda | committee homepage |
| Equal opportunities and treatment of men and women: employment and occupation. Recast version | Angelika Niebler (EPP-ED) | codecision first reading | Adoption of a draft report |
| The role of women in Turkey in social, economic and political activities | Emine Bozkurt (PES) | initiative | Adoption of a draft report |
| Gender discrimination and health systems | Eva-Britt Svensson (GUE/NGL) | initiative | Consideration of a draft report |
| PETI - Petitions | 24 May 2005 | committee homepage |
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