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Committee meetings 21-25 November 2005

 

 

AFET - Foreign Affairs	22-23 November 05	full agenda	committee homepage
Exchange of views with Dr John REID, UK Secretary of State for Defence
Stability instrument	Angelika Beer (Verts/ALE)	Codecision first reading	Consideration of amendments, Adoption of amendments
Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA)	István Szent-Iványi (ALDE)	Consultation	Consideration of amendments, Adoption of amendments
European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument	Konrad Szymanski (UEN)	Codecision first reading	Consideration of amendments, Adoption of amendments
Exchange of views with Mrs Ilinka MITREVA, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
BULGARIA - Exchange of views with Mr Ivailo KALFIN, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria - Report on the comprehensive monitoring report on the state of preparedness for EU membership of Bulgaria	Geoffrey Van Orden (EPP-ED)	Own initiative	Consideration of a draft report and amendments, Vote and adoption of a draft report
ROMANIA - Exchange of views with Mr Mihai-Razvan UNGUREANU, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania - Report on the comprehensive monitoring report on the state of preparedness for EU membership of Romania	Pierre Moscovici (PSE)	Own initiative	Consideration of a draft report and amendments, Vote and adoption of a draft report
The Human Rights and Democracy Clause in EU agreements	Vittorio Agnoletto (GUE/NGL)	Own initiative	Consideration of amendments, Vote and adoption of a draft report
Interim Agreement with Turkmenistan	Panagiotis Beglitis (PSE)	Consultation	Exchange of views
Report by Mr Fernández Martín, Chairperson of the EP ad hoc delegation visit to Bolivia, from 12 to 16 September 2005
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SEDE - Subcommittee on Security and Defence	01 December 05		committee homepage
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DROI - Subcommittee on Human Rights	21 November 05	full agenda	committee homepage
BUDG - Budgets	22 November 05	full agenda	committee homepage
TRILOGUE
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CONT - Budgetary Control	21 November 05	full agenda	committee homepage
Exchange of views on the 2004 Discharge, in the presence of: * the Member of the Commission responsible for Regional Policy, Mrs Danuta Hubner; * the Member of the Commission responsible for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, Mr Vladimír Spidla; * Mr Josef Bonnici and Mr Vojko Anton Antoncic, Members of the Court of Auditors responsible for internal and structural policies
Repercussions of the agreement between the Community-Member States/ Philip Morris on the combating of cigarette smuggling and further consideration of the recommendations of the Committee of Inquiry into the Community Transit System	Bart Staes (Verts/ALE)	Own initiative	Presentation followed by an exchange of views
ECA Special report 2/2005 on the Commission's management of public finance risk in ACP countries receiving EDF budget aid - in the presence of Mr Robert Reynders, Member of the Court of Auditors responsible for external actions	Mogens N.J. Camre (UEN)		Consideration of a working document
DEVE - Development	01 December 05		committee homepage
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ECON - Economic and Monetary Affairs	21 November 05	full agenda	committee homepage
Monetary Dialogue with the European Central Bank (Art. 113.3 of the EU Treaty) Exchange of views with M TRICHET, President of the ECB.
Implementation of the European Charter for Small Enterprises	Katerina Batzeli (PSE)	own initiative	Consideration of amendments
Business registers for statistical purposes	Hans-Peter Martin (NI)	Codecision first reading	1st exchange of views
Markets in financial instruments with regard to certain deadlines	Piia-Noora Kauppi (EPP-ED)	Codecision first reading	Consideration of amendments, Adoption of a draft report
Green Book on Asset Management	Wolf Klinz (ALDE)		Exchange of views with experts.
Statistics on the structure and activity of foreign affiliates	Enrico Letta (ALDE)	Codecision first reading	Consideration of amendments, Adoption of a draft report
Further integration and consolidation of European financial services industries	Joseph Muscat (PSE)		Consideration of a working document
Company taxation	Pier Luigi Bersani (PSE)	Own initiative	Consideration of amendments
EMPL - Employment and Social Affairs	22-23 November 05	full agenda	committee homepage
The U.K. Presidency of the Council of the European Union - Presentation by Mr James Plaskitt, Parliamentary Undersecretary for Work and Pensions on progress of work during the U.K. Presidency
Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament: Outcome of the screening of legislative proposals pending before the Legislator - Exchange of view with Ms Odile QUINTIN, Director General of DG Employment and Social Policy
Demographic challenges and solidarity between the generations	Philip Bushill-Matthews (EPP-ED)	Own initiative	Consideration of a draft report
European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia - Presentation by Ms. Beate WINKLER, Director - Exchange of views
Restructuring and employment	Jean Louis Cottigny (PSE)		Consideration of amendments
Social protection and social inclusion	Edit Bauer (EPP-ED)	Own initiative	Consideration of a draft report
ENVI - Environment, Public Health and Food Safety	21-22 November 05	full agenda	committee homepage
Implementation of EU environmental law in Member States - Exchange of views
Community strategy concerning mercury	Marios Matsakis (ALDE)	Own initiative	Consideration of a draft report
Regulation applying the Århus Convention to EC institutions and bodies	Eija-Riitta Korhola (EPP-ED)	Codecision second reading	Adoption of a draft recommendation
Batteries and accumulators and spent batteries and accumulators	Johannes Blokland (IND/DEM)	Codecision second reading	Adoption of a draft recommendation
Environmental aspects of sustainable development	Anne Ferreira (PSE)	Own initiative	Adoption of a draft report
Report back from the ENVI-delegation to EFSA in Parma
Hearing of the shortlisted candidates for the 2 representatives on the Management Board of the European Environmental Agency - Exchange of views
Joint debate: Rapid Response and Preparedness Instrument for major emergencies	Dimitrios Papadimoulis (GUE/NGL)	Consultation	Consideration of a draft report
Natural disasters (fires and floods) - environmental aspects	Edite Estrela (PSE)	Own initiative	1st exchange of views
Oral question no 4/6/2005 by Mr Richard Seeber on the Alps Convention - Commission's declaration
ITRE - Industry, Research and Energy	22-23 November 05	full agenda	committee homepage
In the presence of the Council and the European Commission
Scientific and technological cooperation agreement between the EC, the EAEC and the Swiss Confederation	Giles Chichester (EPP-ED)	Consultation	Exchange of views - Adoption of a draft report
Energy end-use efficiency	Mechtild Rothe (PSE)	Codecision second reading	Consideration of amendments, Adoption of a draft recommendation
Conclusion by the European Community of the Energy Community Treaty	Giles Chichester (EPP-ED)	Assent procedure	Exchange of views
Oral Question of the committee to Commissioner Andris PIEBALGS on the procedure regarding the "Supervision and control of shipments of radioactive waste and spent fuel"			Exchange of views
Joint debate: Research, technological development and demonstration activities (seventh framework programme, 2007-2013)	Jerzy Buzek (EPP-ED)	Codecision first reading	Consideration of working documents
Nuclear research and training activities (2007-2011)	Jerzy Buzek (EPP-ED)	Consultation	Exchange of views
A European information society for growth and employment	Reino Paasilinna (PSE)	Own initiative	Consideration of a working document
Innovation and competitiveness (2007-2013)	Jorgo Chatzimarkakis (ALDE)	Codecision first reading	Consideration of a draft report
IMCO - Internal Market and Consumer Protection	21-22-23 November 05	full agenda	committee homepage
In the presence of the Council and the European Commission
Machinery (amendment of Directive 95/16/EC)	Andreas Schwab (EPP-ED)	Codecision second reading	Consideration of amendments
The promotion and protection of consumers' interests in the new Member States	Henrik Dam Kristensen (PSE)	Own initiative	Consideration of amendments
The implementation, consequences and impact of the internal market legislation in force	Arlene McCarthy (PSE)	Own initiative	- Exchange of views
The effect of globalisation on the internal market	Edit Herczog (PSE)	Own initiative	- Exchange of views
Exchange of views with UK President-in-Office Mr Alan JOHNSON
Machinery (amendment of Directive 95/16/EC)	Andreas Schwab (EPP-ED)	Codecision second reading	Vote (decision) in committee
Community action programme in the field of consumer protection (2007-2013)	Marianne Thyssen (EPP-ED)	Codecision first reading	Consideration of a draft report
Services in the internal market	Evelyne Gebhardt (PSE)	Codecision first reading	Vote (decision) in committee
Joint IMCO-Meeting with European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee			Exchange of views - debate
Financing of European standardisation	Zita Plestinská (EPP-ED)	Codecision first reading	Exchange of views -
Rules on nominal quantities for pre-packed products	Jacques Toubon (EPP-ED)	Codecision first reading	Exchange of views
Petitions concerning the Banning the import and sale of cat and dog fur and on compulsory labelling of origin for fur and fur products - Exchange of views with Commission [DG SANCO]
INTA - International Trade	23-24 November 05	full agenda	committee homepage
In the presence of the Council and the European Commission:
Exchange of views with Commissioner Peter MANDELSON
Outcome of the WTO Ministerial Conference in Hong Kong - 1st exchange of views
Protocol to the framework trade and cooperation agreement with the Republic of Korea, following enlargement		Consultation	Adoption of a draft report (procedure rule 43.1 "without amendments")
Trans-Atlantic economic relations	Erika Mann (PSE)	Own initiative	Consideration of a working document
State of Play of WTO accession negotiations and, in particular, those with Russia - Exchange of views with a representative of the European Commission
Communication from the Commission on Thematic Programmes - Exchange of views with a representative of the European Commission
Latest developments in the reform of the EU banana regime - Presentation by a representative of the European Commission
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TRAN - Transport and Tourism	21-22 November 05	full agenda	committee homepage
Community air traffic controller licence	Christine De Veyrac (EPP-ED)		Exchange of views
Funding to deal with pollution caused by ships	Luis de Grandes Pascual (EPP-ED)	Codecision first reading	Consideration of a draft report
Market access to port services	Georg Jarzembowski (EPP-ED)	Codecision first reading	Adoption of a draft report
Improvement of the environmental performance of the freight transport system ('Marco Polo II')	Reinhard Rack (EPP-ED)	Codecision first reading	Adoption of a draft report
Relations with the Russian Federation and China in the field of air transport	Roberts Zile (UEN)	Own initiative	Adoption of a draft report
Developing the agenda for the Community's external aviation policy	Saïd El Khadraoui (PSE)	Own initiative	Adoption of a draft report
Application of the Postal Directive (Directive 97/67/EC as amended by Directive 2002/39/EC)	Markus Ferber (EPP-ED)	Own initiative	Adoption of a draft report
Statistics of goods transport by inland waterways	Paolo Costa (ALDE)	Codecision first reading	Consideration and adoption of a draft report
Agreement between the EC and Bosnia and Herzegovina on certain aspects of air services	Paolo Costa (ALDE)	Consultation	Consideration and adoption of a draft report
Agreement between the EC and Serbia and Montenegro on certain aspects of air services	Paolo Costa (ALDE)	Consultation	Consideration and adoption of a draft report
Agreement between the EC and Albania on certain aspects of air services	Paolo Costa (ALDE)	Consultation	Consideration and adoption of a draft report
Agreement between the EC and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on certain aspects of air services	Paolo Costa (ALDE)	Consultation	Consideration and adoption of a draft report
Agreement between the EC and Romania on certain aspects of air services	Paolo Costa (ALDE)	Consultation	Consideration and adoption of a draft report
Agreement between the EC and Moldova on certain aspects of air services	Paolo Costa (ALDE)	Consultation	Consideration and adoption of a draft report
Agreement between the EC and Ukraine on certain aspects of air services	Paolo Costa (ALDE)	Consultation	Consideration and adoption of a draft report
Agreement between the EU and Morocco on certain aspects of air services	Paolo Costa (ALDE)	Consultation	Consideration and adoption of a draft report
Public service requirements for transport by rail and road	Erik Meijer (GUE/NGL)		Exchange of views
Exchange of views with Mr Victor M. Aguado, Director-General, Eurocontrol
REGI - Regional Development	21-22 November 05	full agenda	committee homepage
In the presence of the Council and the European Commission
The role of direct State aid as a tool of regional development - Exchange of views with Ms Neelie Kroes, European Commissioner for Competition	Milos Koterec (PSE)	Own initiative	Consideration of amendments, Adoption of a draft report
Communication from the Commission on public-private partnerships	Grazyna Staniszewska (ALDE)		Exchange of views
AGRI - Agriculture and Rural Development	22-23 November 05	full agenda	committee homepage
In the presence of the Commission:
Implementation of the EU Forestry Strategy	Heinz Kindermann (PSE)	Own initiative	Consideration of draft report
Minimum rules for the protection of chickens kept for meat production	Thijs Berman (PSE)	Consultation	Consideration of draft report
Natural disasters (fires and flooding) - agricultural aspects	Luis Manuel Capoulas Santos (PSE)	Own initiative	Exchange of views
Strategic guidelines for rural development (2007-2013)	Mairead McGuinness (EPP-ED)	Consultation	Consideration of draft report
Risk and crisis management in agriculture	Friedrich-Wilhelm Graefe zu Baringdorf (Verts/ALE)	Own initiative	Consideration of draft report
Common organisation of the market in sugar	Jean-Claude Fruteau (PSE)	Consultation	Consideration of amendments;
Support schemes for farmers (sugar)	Jean-Claude Fruteau (PSE)	Consultation	Consideration of amendments;
Restructuring of the sugar industry	Jean-Claude Fruteau (PSE)	Consultation	Consideration of amendments;
Presentation by the European Commission of an evaluation report on the banana scheme
PECH - Fisheries	23-24 November 05	full agenda in French	committee homepage
CULT - Culture and Education	23-24 November 05	full agenda in French	committee homepage
JURI - Legal Affairs	21-22 November 05	full agenda	committee homepage
Succession and wills - Green Paper - Hearing	Giuseppe Gargani (EPP-ED)
Exchange of views with the Right Honourable Baroness Ashton, Department of Constitutional Affairs, British Presidency
Request to defend the parliamentary immunity of Mr Tomczak	Diana Wallis (ALDE)
Request to defend the parliamentary immunity of Mr Peczak	Diana Wallis (ALDE)
Request for the defence of Mr Giovanni Claudio Fava's parliamentary immunity	Klaus-Heiner Lehne (EPP-ED)
Request to defend Mr Gollnisch's parliamentary immunity	Diana Wallis (ALDE)
In the presence of the Council and the European Commission
Échange de vues avec les services juridiques du Parlement européen et de la Commission européenne sur les conséquences à tirer de l'Arrêt de la Cour dans le cas C-176/03 en ce qui concerne la possibilité de prévoir des sanctions pénales dans la législation communautaire.
Amendment concerning the annual accounts of certain types of companies and consolidated accounts	Klaus-Heiner Lehne (EPP-ED)	Codecision first reading	Adoption of a draft report
The term of office of the Executive Director and the Deputy Executive Director of the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union	Giuseppe Gargani (EPP-ED)	Consultation	Adoption of a draft report
The term of office of the Executive Director of the European Railway Agency	Giuseppe Gargani (EPP-ED)	Codecision first reading	Adoption of a draft report
The term of office of the Executive Director and the Directors of the European Aviation Safety Agency	Giuseppe Gargani (EPP-ED)	Codecision first reading	Adoption of a draft report
The term of office of the Executive Director of the European Maritime Safety Agency	Giuseppe Gargani (EPP-ED)	Codecision first reading	Adoption of a draft report
The term of office of the Director of the European Agency for Health and Safety at Work	Giuseppe Gargani (EPP-ED)	Codecision first reading	Adoption of a draft report
The term of office of the Executive Director of the European GNSS Supervisory Authority	Giuseppe Gargani (EPP-ED)	Consultation	Adoption of a draft report
The term of office of the Executive Director of the European Medicines Agency	Giuseppe Gargani (EPP-ED)	Codecision first reading	Adoption of a draft report
The term of office of the Director of the European Centre for disease prevention and control	Giuseppe Gargani (EPP-ED)	Codecision first reading	Adoption of a draft report
The term of office of the Executive Director of the European Food Safety Authority	Giuseppe Gargani (EPP-ED)	Codecision first reading	Adoption of a draft report
The term of office of the Director of the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia	Giuseppe Gargani (EPP-ED)	Consultation	Adoption of a draft report
The term of office of the Director of the Translation Centre for bodies of the European Union	Giuseppe Gargani (EPP-ED)	Consultation	Adoption of a draft report
The term of office of the President of the Community Plant Variety Office	Giuseppe Gargani (EPP-ED)	Consultation	Adoption of a draft report
The term of office of the President of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market	Giuseppe Gargani (EPP-ED)	Consultation	Adoption of a draft report
The term of office of the Director of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction	Giuseppe Gargani (EPP-ED)	Codecision first reading	Adoption of a draft report
The term of office of the Director of the European Training Foundation	Giuseppe Gargani (EPP-ED)	Codecision first reading	Adoption of a draft report
The term of office of the Director and Deputy Director of the European Foundation for the improvement of living and working conditions	Giuseppe Gargani (EPP-ED)	Codecision first reading	Adoption of a draft report
The term of office of the Director of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training	Giuseppe Gargani (EPP-ED)	Codecision first reading	Adoption of a draft report
The term of office of the Executive Director of the European Environment Agency and the European Environment Information and Observation Network	Giuseppe Gargani (EPP-ED)	Codecision first reading	Adoption of a draft report
Exchange of views with Paul J. Mahoney- President of the Civil Service Tribunal
Better lawmaking 2004: application of the principle of subsidiarity - 12th annual report	Bert Doorn (EPP-ED)	Own initiative	Exchange of views
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
Service in the Member States of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters	Jean-Paul Gauzès (EPP-ED)	Codecision first reading	Consideration of a working document
LIBE - Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs	23-24 November 05	full agenda	committee homepage
European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia (EUMC, Vienne) - Presentation of the Annual Report 2004/2005 (Part II : overview of trends and developments regarding racism, discrimination and good practice in the EU Member States) by Beate WINKLER, Director and in the presence of the Chair of the EUMC Management Board, Ms Anastasia CRICKLEY
Visa Information System (VIS)	Baroness Sarah Ludford (ALDE)	Codecision first reading	Consideration of a draft report
Access to the Schengen II Information System by the services responsible for issuing vehicle registration certificates	Carlos Coelho (EPP-ED)	Codecision first reading	Consideration of working documents
Regulation on the second generation Schengen information system (SIS II)	Carlos Coelho (EPP-ED)	Codecision first reading	Consideration of working documents
Decision on the second generation Schengen information system (SIS II)	Carlos Coelho (EPP-ED)	Consultation	Consideration of working documents
Local border traffic at the external land borders of the Member States	Mihael Brejc (EPP-ED)	Codecision first reading	Consideration of a draft report and amendments
ECC Communication on the follow-up of the judgement of the Court of Justice in case C-176/03 of 13/09/2005 (criminal penalties in environmental matters) - Presentation by a European Commission representative
European Monitoring Center for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA, Lisbon) - Presentation of the Annual report 2005 of the EMCDDA concerning the current state of the drugs problem in the European Union and Norway by Mr. Marcel REIMER, President of the Management Board and Mr. Wolfgang GÖTZ, Director
European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (recast)	Frederika Brepoels (EPP-ED)	Codecision first reading	1st exchange of views
Citizenship of the Union - fourth report	Giusto Catania (GUE/NGL)	Own initiative	Consideration of a draft report
Access to the institutions' texts - Exchange of views on the basis of a draft resolution with the Secretaries General of the European Institutions	Michael Cashman (PSE)	Own initiative
Common standards and procedures for the return of third-country nationals residing illegally	Manfred Weber (EPP-ED)	Codecision first reading	1st exchange of views
Retention of data processed in connection with the provision of public electronic communication services	Alexander Nuno Alvaro (ALDE)	Codecision first reading	Adoption of a draft report
European Year of Equal Opportunities for All (2007) - towards a just society	Martine Roure (PSE)	Codecision first reading	Adoption of a draft report
Agreement extending to Denmark the criteria for determining the state responsible for examining applications for asylum and establishment of the Eurodac system	Martine Roure (PSE)	Consultation	Adoption of a draft report
Protocol to the Agreement between the EC and Iceland and Norway establishing the State responsible for examining a request for asylum	Martine Roure (PSE)	Consultation	Adoption of a draft report
European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA, Lisbon) - Designation of the EP representatives in the Management Board of the EMCDDA for the term 2006-2008 (establishment of a list of candidates, in the order of votes obtained)
The Fundamental Rights Agency - activities under Title VI of the Treaty on the European Union	Magda Kósáné Kovács (PSE)	Consultation	1st exchange of views and evaluation of the interinstitutional dialogue
European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights	Kinga Gál (EPP-ED)	Consultation	1st exchange of views and evaluation of the interinstitutional dialogue
AFCO - Constitutional Affairs	23-24 November 05	full agenda	committee homepage
In the presence of the Council and the European Commission
Amendment of the Rules of Procedure with regard to standards of good conduct for Members	Gérard Onesta (Verts/ALE)	Rules	Consideration of amendments, and of the compromise amendments presented by the rapporteur, Adoption of a draft report possibly
The period of reflection: the structure, subjects and context for an assessment of the debate on the European Union	Johannes Voggenhuber (Verts/ALE), Andrew Duff (ALDE)	Own initiative	Consideration of a draft report and amendments and presentation of opinions by the European Economic and Social Committee and by others committees
Resolution on Interinstitutional agreement on the operating framework for the European regulatory agencies			Adoption of a motion for a resolution based on an oral question
FEMM - Women's Rights and Gender Equality	23-24 November 05	full agenda in French	committee homepage
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PETI - Petitions	23-24 November 05		committee homepage

 

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Excerpts from the Tuesday's debate (15 November 2005) in Strasbourg, in which some 61 MEPs took part:

Lord Bach, Food and Farming Minister, on behalf of the Council Presidency: Firstly, I would like to emphasise that REACH is a very important dossier for the UK Presidency. This legislation offers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to achieve proper protection for humans and the environment while at the same time being workable and maintaining the competitiveness of European industry... REACH will feature strongly at the Competitiveness Council on 29 November, where we plan to hold a serious and substantive policy debate, so your views will be important in feeding into that. We recognise that we are very close to a deal, and we still intend to achieve political agreement before the end of the UK Presidency.

The challenge for us all is to agree a registration package that collects the information necessary to assess the risks. At the same time it must be proportionate. We must avoid forcing companies to provide data just for the sake of it. We all share the same concerns and want to ensure REACH does not adversely impact on small firms.

The following number among our shared proposals on registration: firstly, having a single pre-registration phase to simplify the procedure; secondly, requiring data sharing through ‘one substance, one registration’. This could deliver savings of up to EUR 600 million. We have also introduced flexibility by proposing clear criteria for companies to opt out of submitting a joint information package. It is generally accepted that the sharing of animal test data should be mandatory. However, to simplify the system, the sharing of non-animal data has been made mandatory only if requested by a potential registrant.

Like Parliament, the Council is concerned about the impacts on small firms. To reduce these impacts, a proposal for targeted information requirements for low volume substances has been put forward. Below ten tonnes, a full data set only needs to be provided on a substance if it meets simple criteria identifying it as high risk. Under this approach, not as much information will be provided about the substances as in the original Commission proposal, but it does mean that we can apply a simplified risk-based approach for the 20 000 low volume substances, and focus on those of concern in the first instance. In order to r