EP News, February 17th, 2006 (No. 249)
20-24 February 2006
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| AFET - Foreign Affairs [ list ] | 21-23 February 2006 | full agenda | committee homepage |
| Exchange of views with representatives of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly on relations between the European Union and NATO |
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| A stronger partnership between the European Union and Latin America | José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra (EPP-ED) | Own initiative | Consideration of amendments, vote , adoption of draft report |
| Exchange of views with Mr Amre M. Moussa, Secretary General of the League of Arab States | |||
| Hearing on "Promoting Stability and Democratization in our Neighbourhood: What Role for the EU in the South Caucasus?" 22 February 2006, Brussels |
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| Exchange of views with Enlargement Commissioner Mr Olli Rehn on the Communication from the Commission "The Western Balkans on the road to the EU: consolidating stability and raising prosperity" |
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| SEDE - Subcommittee on Security and Defence [ list ] | 21-23 February 2006 | full agenda | committee homepage |
| In the presence of the Council and the European Commission | |||
| The Battlegroup concept and other ESDP related issues
- Exchange of views with General PERRUCHE, Director of EUMS |
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| Latest developments in ESDP | |||
| Budgetary issues related to security and defence - Exchange of views with Mr Reimer BÖGE and Mr Alain LAMASSOURE | |||
| Delegation to Finland (7-10 February 2006) - Conclusions | |||
| Draft resolution on small arms and light weapons, with a view to the UN Review Conference (New-York - 26 June/7 July 2006) |
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| 23 February 2006, 15:00-18:30, Brussels: Public Hearing : The EU and the use of force: criteria for intervention | |||
| DROI - Subcommittee on Human Rights [ list ] | 20 February 2006 | full agenda | committee homepage |
| Questions to the Commission | |||
| Report on the annual report on human rights in the world in 2005 and the EU's policy | Richard Howitt (PSE) | Own initiative | Exchange of views |
| Exchange of views on Nepal, one year after the coup d'état | |||
| Possibly, Sakharov Prize: exchange of views on proposals to revise the procedure |
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| BUDG - Budgets [ list ] | 20 February 2006 | full agenda | committee homepage |
| Budget 2007 : "Section III" - Commission - Working document Nχ1 on context and procedure aspects | James ELLES (PPE-DE) | Budget | Exchange of views on the annual priorities |
| Budget 2007 : "Other sections" | Louis Grech (PSE) | Budget | Consideration of a draft report on the Guidelines |
| Budget 2006 : "Commission" - Consideration of transfer requests | Giovanni Pittella (PSE) | Budget | |
| Budget 2006 : "Other sections" - Other possible transfer requests | Valdis Dombrovskis (PPE-DE) | Budget | |
| The European Communities' system of own ressources - "Follow-up to the questionnaire sent to the National Parliaments" | Alain Lamassoure (PPE-DE) | Exchange of views on a working document | |
| Guarantee Fund for external actions | Esko Seppänen (GUE/NGL) | Vote on Draft Report | |
| Interinstitutional Agreement and the Financial Perspective 2007-2013 | Reimer Böge (EPP-ED) |
Preparation of the Trialogue | |
| Financial Regulation | Ingeborg Grässle (PPE-DE) | Consideration of a Draft Report | |
CONT - Budgetary Control [ list ] |
21-22 February 2006 | full agenda | committee homepage |
| Presentation of the European Court of Auditors' work programme 2006 by the President of the Court, Mr Hubert Weber |
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| Presentation of the new OLAF Supervisory Committee | |||
| 2004 Discharge: Other Institutions, in the presence of Mr Morten Louis Levysohn, Member of the Court of Auditors responsible for administrative expenditure of the Institutions of the EU | |||
| 2004 discharge: EC general budget - Council | Nils Lundgren (IND/DEM) | Discharge | Consideration of a draft report |
| 2004 discharge: EC general budget - Court of Justice | Nils Lundgren (IND/DEM) | Discharge | Consideration of a draft report |
| 2004 discharge: EC general budget - Court of Auditors | Nils Lundgren (IND/DEM) | Discharge | Consideration of a draft report |
| 2004 discharge: EC general budget - Economic and Social Committee | Nils Lundgren (IND/DEM) | Discharge | Consideration of a draft report |
| 2004 discharge: EC general budget - Committee of the Regions | Nils Lundgren (IND/DEM) | Discharge | Consideration of a draft report |
| 2004 discharge: EC general budget - European Ombudsman | Nils Lundgren (IND/DEM) | Discharge | Consideration of a draft report |
| 2004 discharge: EC general budget, European Data Protection Supervisor | Nils Lundgren (IND/DEM) | Discharge | Consideration of a draft report |
| Court of Auditors Special Report No 5/2005 on interpretation expenditure incurred by the Parliament, the Commission and the Council - in the presence of Mr Morten Louis Levysohn, Member of the Court of Auditors responsible for administrative expenditure of the Institutions of the EU |
Alexander Stubb (EPP-ED) | Own initiative | Consideration of a draft report |
| Financial Perspectives: Interinstitutional Agreement on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure | MULDER (ALDE) | Exchange of views | |
| 2004 Discharge: EC general budget - Section III - Commission,
in the presence of the Vice-President of the Commission responsible for Administrative Affairs, Audit and Anti-Fraud, Mr Siim Kallas and Mr Vítor Manuel da Silva Caldeira, Member of the Court of Auditors responsible for coordination, evaluation, assurance and development |
Jan Mulder (ALDE) | Discharge | Consideration of a draft report |
| Minimising administrative costs imposed by legislation | Jan Mulder (ALDE) | Own initiative | Exchange of views |
| 2004 Discharge: Agencies 2004 discharge: European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training 2004 discharge: European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions 2004 discharge: European Monitoring Centre for Racism and Xenophobia 2004 discharge: European Agency for Reconstruction 2004 discharge: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction 2004 discharge: European Environment Agency 2004 discharge: Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union 2004 discharge: European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products 2004 discharge: Eurojust 2004 discharge: European Training Foundation 2004 discharge: European Maritime Safety Agency 2004 discharge: European Aviation Safety Agency 2004 discharge: European Food Safety Authority 2004 discharge: European Agency for Safety and Health at Work |
Umberto Guidoni (GUE/NGL) | Discharge | Consideration of draft reports |
| 2004 Discharge: EC general budget - European Parliament | Markus Ferber (EPP-ED) | Discharge | Consideration of a draft report |
| 2004 Discharge: sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth European Development Funds, in the presence of Mr Robert Reynders, Member of the Court of Auditors responsible for external actions | Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou (EPP-ED) | Discharge | Consideration of a draft report |
| DEVE - Development [ list ] | 20-21 February 2006 | full agenda | committee homepage |
| Presidential and legislative elections in Liberia (11 October and 8 November 2005)
- Statement by Margrietus van den Berg, Chief Observer of the European Union's election observation mission, on human rights in Liberia |
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Human rights - situation in Chad Speakers: |
Thierry Cornillet | Exchange of views | |
| Effectiveness of aid, and corruption in developing countries | Margrietus van den Berg (PSE) | Own initiative | Adoption of draft report |
| Small and medium-sized enterprises in the developing countries - Exchange of views in the presence of experts | Jürgen Schröder (EPP-ED) | Own initiative | |
| A financing instrument for development cooperation and economic cooperation | Gay Mitchell (EPP-ED) | Codecision first reading | Consideration of draft report |
| Impact on development issues of economic partnership agreements | Luisa Morgantini (GUE/NGL) | Own initiative | Adoption of draft report |
| Possibly, adoption of a motion for a resolution on the human rights situation in Chad (Rule 91) | |||
| Joint meeting with the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs | |||
| Meeting with António Guterres, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees - Exchange of views | |||
| ECON - Economic and Monetary Affairs [ list ] | 20-21 February 2006 | full agenda | committee homepage |
| Trans-Atlantic economic relations | Gunnar Hökmark (EPP-ED) | Own initiative | Consideration of amendments |
| Assessment of the Doha Round following the WTO Ministerial Conference in Hong Kong | Margarita Starkeviciute (ALDE) | Own initiative | Consideration of amendments |
| Annual report on the Broad Economic Policy Guidelines | José Manuel García-Margallo y Marfil (EPP-ED) | Consideration of a draft report | |
| VAT: the place of supply of services (amendment of Directive 77/388/EEC) | Othmar Karas (EPP-ED) | consultation | 1st exchange of views |
| (Possibly) Monetary Dialogue with the European Central Bank (Art. 113.3 of the EU Treaty). Exchange of views with M Trichet, President of the ECB. |
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"How to raise growth in the euro area?" |
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| Level 2 mesures on Directive on Markets in Financial instruments (MiFID) Exchange of views with: - European Commission; - Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR) - Dr van Leeuwen, Chairman of CESR, Mr McCarthy, Mr Casperi and Mr Prada (Chairmen of the CESR working parties). |
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| Sectoral aspects of the State Aid Action Plan: aid for innovation | Sophia in 't Veld (ALDE) | Own initiative | Consideration of a draft report |
| EMPL - Employment and Social Affairs [ list ] | 21-22 February 2006 | full agenda | committee homepage |
| Consequences of Directive 71/96 on the posting of workers - Hearing | Elisabeth Schroedter (Verts/ALE) | ||
| Cohesion Policy in Support of Growth and Jobs: Community Strategic Guidelines, 2007-2013 | Ana Mato Adrover (EPP-ED) | Consideration of amendments | |
| Guidelines for the Member States' employment policies - Exchange of views with Mr. Maarten Camps, chairman of the Employment Committee | Magda Kósáné Kovács (PSE) | Consultation | Consideration of a draft report |
| Demographic challenges and solidarity between the generations | Philip Bushill-Matthews (EPP-ED) | Own initiative | Vote and adoption of a draft report |
| The transitional arrangements for the free movement of workers from the new Member States following enlargement of the European Union on 1 May 2004 |
Csaba Ory (EPP-ED) | Consideration of a draft report - Exchange of views |
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Global labour standards |
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| ENVI - Environment, Public Health and Food Safety [ list ] | 21-23 February 2006 | full agenda | committee homepage |
| Infrastructure for spatial information in the Community (INSPIRE) | Frederika Brepoels (EPP-ED) | Consideration of a draft recommendation | |
| Oral Question 2/6/2006 by Mr Andrejevs on a programme of action to tackle cardiovascular diseases | Consideration of an oral question to the Commission | ||
| Allocation of quotas of hydrochlorofluorocarbons with respect to the new Member States | Karl-Heinz Florenz (EPP-ED) | Codecision first reading | Consideration of a draft report |
| Flood assessment and management | Richard Seeber (EPP-ED) | Codecision first reading | Exchange of views without a document |
| Protection of groundwater against pollution | Christa Klaß (EPP-ED) | Consideration of a draft recommendation | |
| Community strategy concerning mercury | Marios Matsakis (ALDE) | Own initiative | Adoption of a draft report |
| Exchange of views with Commissioner Dimas on the thematic strategies | |||
| Air quality | |||
| Ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe | Holger Krahmer (ALDE) | Codecision first reading | 2nd exchange of views on the impact assesment |
| Thematic strategy on air pollution | Dorette Corbey (PSE) | Codecision first reading | 2nd exchange of views on the impact assesment |
| Eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (amendment of the regulation) | Dagmar Roth-Behrendt (PSE) | Codecision first reading | Consideration of a draft report |
| Exchange of views with Commissioner Kyprianou notably on tobacco issues (the outcome of the World Health Organisation negociations in Geneva and the first report on the application of the Tobacco Products Directive) |
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| Hearing of Mrs Catherine Geslain-Lanéelle, Nominee to be EFSA Executive Director | |||
| Thematic strategy on urban environment | Gyula Hegyi (PSE) | Exchange of views on the impact assesment | |
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| ITRE - Industry, Research and Energy [ list ] | 20-21 February 2006 | full agenda | committee homepage |
| In the presence of the Council and the European Commission | |||
| Guidelines for trans-European energy networks | Anne Laperrouze (ALDE) | Codecision second reading | Consideration of a draft report |
| Conclusion by the European Community of the Energy Community Treaty | Giles Chichester (EPP-ED) | Assent | Consideration of a draft report |
| Nanosciences and nanotechnologies: an action plan for Europe 2005-2009 | Miloslav Ransdorf (GUE/NGL) | Own initiative | Exchange of views |
| A European social model for the future | Miloslav Ransdorf (GUE/NGL) | Own initiative | Exchange of views |
| The placing on the market of pyrotechnic articles | Josu Ortuondo Larrea (ALDE) | Codecision first reading | Exchange of views |
| Visit of M. Andrea PIROTTI, Executive director of ENISA | Exchange of views | ||
| A European information society for growth and employment | Reino Paasilinna (PSE) | Adoption of a draft report | |
| Security of supply of energy in the European Union. | Adoption of a draft resolution | ||
| Visit of Norwegian Parliament Committees - "Standing Committee on Business and Industry" and "Standing Committee on Transport and Communications". | Exchange of views | ||
| Shipments of radioactive waste and nuclear spent fuel | Esko Seppänen (GUE/NGL) | consultation | Exchange of views |
| Specific Programme 'Ideas' (Seventh RTDD Framework Programme, 2007-2013) | Angelika Niebler (EPP-ED) | consultation | Consideration of a working document |
| Specific Programme 'People' (Seventh RTDD Framework Programme, 2007-2013) | Umberto Pirilli (UEN) | consultation | Consideration of a working document |
| Specific programme of the European Atomic Energy Community (Seventh Research and Training Framework Programme, 2007-2011) | Umberto Guidoni (GUE/NGL) | consultation | Consideration of a working document |
| Specific Programme 'Cooperation' (Seventh RTDD Framework Programme, 2007-2013) | Teresa Riera Madurell (PSE) | consultation | Consideration of a working document |
| Specific programme to be implemented through direct actions by the Joint Research Centre (Seventh Nuclear Research and Training Framework Programme, 2007-2011) |
Daniel Caspary (EPP-ED) | consultation | Consideration of a working document |
| Specific programme to be implemented through direct actions by the Joint Research Centre (Seventh RTDD Framework Programme, 2007-2013) |
David Hammerstein Mintz (Verts/ALE) | consultation | Consideration of a working document |
| Specific Programme 'Capacities' (Seventh RTDD Framework Programme, 2007-2013) | Vittorio Prodi (ALDE) | consultation | Consideration of a working document |
| IMCO - Internal Market and Consumer Protection [ list ] | 20-21 February 2006 | full agenda | committee homepage |
| In the presence of the Council and the European Commission | |||
| Exchange of views with Mr BÖGE - EP-Rapporteur on FP 2007-2013 | |||
| Community Customs Code | Janelly Fourtou (ALDE) | codecision first reading | 1st exchange of views |
| The placing on the market of pyrotechnic articles | Joel Hasse Ferreira (PSE) | codecision first reading | exchange of views |
| Financing of European standardisation | Zita Plestinská (EPP-ED) | codecision first reading | Consideration of amendments |
| A paperless environment for customs and trade | Christopher Heaton-Harris (EPP-ED) | codecision first reading | 1st exchange of views |
| Mortgage Credit in the EU - Green Paper - Presentation by European Commission | |||
| Community action programme in the field of consumer protection (2007-2013) | Marianne Thyssen (EPP-ED) | codecision first reading | Vote (decision) in committee |
| Exchange of views with Commissioner VERHEUGEN | |||
| INTA - International Trade [ list ] | 21-22 February 2006 | full agenda | committee homepage |
| In the presence of the Council and the European Commission | |||
| Exchange of views on the customs union with Commissioner László Kovács | |||
| Assessment of the Doha Round following the WTO Ministerial Conference in Hong Kong | Georgios Papastamkos (EPP-ED) | own initiative | Consideration of amendments |
| Trade and poverty: designing trade policies to maximise trade's contribution to poverty relief | Helmuth Markov (GUE/NGL) | own initiative | Consideration of a draft report |
| Recent developments in WTO dispute settlement - February 2006 (in particular the GMOs and the Byrd Amendment cases) - Exchange of views with Representatives of the Commission | |||
| Trans-Atlantic economic relations | Erika Mann (PSE) | own initiative | Consideration of a draft report |
| Interim Agreement with Turkmenistan | Daniel Caspary (EPP-ED) | consultation | Consideration of a draft report |
| Approval of adaptive front-lighting systems (AFS) for motor vehicles | Enrique Barón Crespo (PSE) | assent | Adoption of a draft report (procedure rule 43.1 "without amendments") |
| Wheels for private cars and their trailers | Enrique Barón Crespo (PSE) | assent | Adoption of a draft report (procedure rule 43.1 "without amendments") |
| Assessment of the Doha Round following the WTO Ministerial Conference in Hong Kong | Georgios Papastamkos (EPP-ED) | own initiative | Adoption of a draft report |
| TRAN - Transport and Tourism [ list ] | 21-22 February 2006 | full agenda | committee homepage |
| Road safety: bringing eCall to citizens | Gary Titley (PSE) | own initiative | Consideration of amendments |
| The deployment of the European rail signalling system ERTMS/ETCS | Michael Cramer (Verts/ALE) | own initiative | Consideration of draft report |
| Funding to deal with pollution caused by ships |
Luis de Grandes Pascual (EPP-ED) | codecision first reading | Consideration of draft report |
| Common rules in the field of civil aviation security | Paolo Costa (ALDE) | codecision first reading | Consideration of draft report |
| Exchange of views with Mr Reimer Böge, Committee on Budgets, on the Financial Perspectives 2007-2013 | |||
| Exchange of views with Mrs Loyola de Palacio, TEN-T coordinator for the axis Lyon-Budapest | |||
| Air transport: civil aviation, technical requirements and administrative procedures | Ulrich Stockmann (PSE) | codecision | Exchange of views |
| REGI - Regional Development [ list ] | 22-23 February 2006 | committee homepage | |
| In the presence of the Council and the European Commission | |||
| Legislative proposals on Cohesion: Situation of negotiations on the legislative proposals - Joint exchange of views - Rapporteurs: - Konstantinos Hatzidakis - Giovanni Claudio Fava - Alfonso Andria - Jan Olbrycht | |||
| Cohesion Policy in Support of Growth and Jobs: Community Strategic Guidelines, 2007-2013 | Constanze Angela Krehl (PSE) | Consideration of a working document | |
| Natural disasters (fires and floods) - regional development aspects | Gerardo Galeote Quecedo (EPP-ED) | own initiative | Consideration of a working document |
| Follow up of the Ministerial Informal Meeting on "Sustainable Communities" - Bristol, 6-7 December 2005 - Exchange of views |
Rolf Berend (EPP-ED) | Codecision first reading | Adoption of a draft report |
| Solidarity Fund | |||
| AGRI - Agriculture and Rural Development [ list ] | 20-21 February 2006 | full agenda | committee homepage |
| Exchange of views with the Commission on the situation as regards Avian Influenza | |||
| Organic production and labelling of organic products | Friedrich-Wilhelm Graefe zu Baringdorf (Verts/ALE) | consultation | Exchange of views |
| Organic production and indications referring thereto on agricultural products and foodstuffs | Marie-Hélène Aubert (Verts/ALE) | consultation | Exchange of views |
| The definition, description, presentation and labelling of spirit drinks | Niels Busk (ALDE) | codecision first reading | Exchange of views |
| Protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs | Friedrich-Wilhelm Graefe zu Baringdorf (Verts/ALE) | consultation | Adoption of draft report |
| Agricultural products and foodstuffs as traditional specialities guaranteed | Friedrich-Wilhelm Graefe zu Baringdorf (Verts/ALE) | consultation | Adoption of draft report |
| Promotion of crops for non-food purposes | Neil Parish (EPP-ED) | own initiative | Adoption of draft report |
| Exchange of views with
Mariann Fischer Boel, Member of the Commission for agriculture and rural development |
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| PECH - Fisheries [ list ] | 22-23 February 2006 | full agenda in French | committee homepage |
| CULT - Culture and Education [ list ] | 23 February 2006 | committee homepage | |
| JURI - Legal Affairs [ list ] | 23 February 2006 | committee homepage | |
| Hearing: Monitoring the application of Community law, 23 February 2006, Brussels | |||
| LIBE - Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs [ list ] | 21-23 February 2006 | full agenda | committee homepage |
| Information on the payer accompanying transfers of funds - Exchange of views with the European Commission and the Council Presidency | Alexander Nuno Alvaro (ALDE) | codecision first reading | Consideration of a working document |
| Protection of personal data (3rd pilar) - in the presence of the Council Presidency, the European Commission and the EDPS | Martine Roure (PSE) | consultation | Consideration of a working document |
| 8th annual report of the article 29 working party on the level of protection of personal data in the EU and at international level - presentation by Mr. P. SCHAAR, chairman of the working party (to be confirmed) | |||
| European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (recast) | Frederika Brepoels (EPP-ED) | codecision first reading | Consideration of a draft report |
| Joint debate of the 10 following dossiers on the financial perspectives : - | |||
| Establishment of a European Refugee Fund (2008-2013) | Barbara Kudrycka (EPP-ED) | codecision first reading | Consideration of a draft report |
| Creation of the Fund for the External Borders (2007-2013) | Barbara Kudrycka (EPP-ED) | codecision first reading | Consideration of a draft report |
| Creation of the European Fund for the Integration of Nationals from Third Countries (2007-2013) | Barbara Kudrycka (EPP-ED) | consultation | Consideration of a draft report |
| Creation of a European return fund (2008-2013) | Barbara Kudrycka (EPP-ED) | codecision first reading | Consideration of a draft report |
| Drugs prevention and information (2007-2013) | Inger Segelström (PSE) | codecision first reading | Consideration of a draft report |
| Specific programme: Fundamental rights and citizenship (2007-2013) | Inger Segelström (PSE) | consultation | Consideration of a draft report |
| Specific programme: Criminal justice (2007-2013) | Inger Segelström (PSE) | consultation | Consideration of a draft report |
| Specific programme: Civil justice (2007-2013) | Inger Segelström (PSE) | codecision first reading | Consideration of a draft report |
| Specific programme: Prevention, preparedness and consequence management in the fight against terrorism (2007-2013) |
Romano Maria La Russa (UEN) | consultation | Consideration of a draft report |
| Specific programme to prevent and combat organised crime (2007-2013) | Romano Maria La Russa (UEN) | consultation | Consideration of a draft report |
| Police cooperation between the Member States of the European Union and amendment of the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement |
Herbert Reul (EPP-ED) | consultation | Consideration of a draft report |
| Access to the institutions' texts | Michael Cashman (PSE) | own initiative | Consideration of a draft report |
| Prohibitions arising from convictions for sexual offences committed against children | Boguslaw Sonik (EPP-ED) | consultation | Adoption of a draft report |
| Evaluation of the European arrest warrant | Adeline Hazan (PSE) | own initiative | Adoption of a draft report |
| Joint debate in the presence of representatives from the Dutch Senate, the UK House of Lords and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe:- |
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| The Fundamental Rights Agency - activities under Title VI of the Treaty on European Union | Magda Kósáné Kovács (PSE) | consultation | Consideration of amendments |
| European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights | Kinga Gál (EPP-ED) | consultation | Consideration of amendments |