EP News, March 16th, 2006 (No. 252)
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| AFET - Foreign Affairs [ list ] | 20-21, 23 March 2006 | full agenda | committee homepage |
| Exchange of views with Mr Mangala SAMARAWEERA, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka | -- | -- | -- |
| SEDE - Subcommittee on Security and Defence [ list ] | 23 March 2006 | full agenda | committee homepage |
| In the presence of the Council and the European Commission | -- | -- | -- |
| Development of military capabilities in the EU - Exchange of views with Mr Nick Witney, Director of the European Defence Agency | -- | ---- | -- |
| The fight against international terrorism in the context of ESDP - Exchange of views with Mr Gijs De Vries, EU Counter-terrorism Coordinator | -- | -- | -- |
| Small arms and light weapons with a view to the 2006 UN Review Conference in New-York (26 June - 7 July 2006) - Exchange of views on the basis of a draft resolution | -- | -- | -- |
| DROI - Subcommittee on Human Rights [ list ] | 23 March 2006 | full agenda | committee homepage |
| Exchange of views on the accession of Bulgaria and Romania | -- | -- | -- |
| Exchange of views with the Turkish Parliament's committee of investigation of human rights on Turkey's progress in the area of human rights | -- | -- | -- |
| Exchange of views with Mr Juan Mendez, president of the International Centre for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) | -- | -- | -- |
| BUDG - Budgets [ list ] | 21, 23 March 2006 | committee homepage | |
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CONT - Budgetary Control [ list ] |
20-21 March 2006 | full agenda | committee homepage |
| 2004 Discharge: presentation of the Council Recommendation by the Austrian Secretary of State, Federal Ministry of Finance, Dr Alfred Finz | -- | budget discharge | -- |
| 2004 discharge: EC general budget - Section III - Commission | Jan Mulder (ALDE) | budget discharge | Vote and adoption of a draft report |
| 2004 discharge: sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth European Development Funds | Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou (EPP-ED) | budget discharge | Vote and adoption of a draft report |
| Meeting with OLAF and internal auditors of the Committee of the Regions (CdR) on the 2004 Discharge to the CdR (in camera) | -- | -- | -- |
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| 2004 Discharge: Other Institutions | -- | -- | -- |
| 2004 discharge: EC general budget | Nils Lundgren (IND/DEM) | budget discharge | Vote and adoption of a draft report |
| 2004 discharge: EC general budget - Court of Justice | Nils Lundgren (IND/DEM) | budget discharge | Vote and adoption of a draft report |
| 2004 discharge: EC general budget - Court of Auditors | Nils Lundgren (IND/DEM) | budget discharge | Vote and adoption of a draft report |
| 2004 discharge: EC general budget - Economic and Social Committee | Nils Lundgren (IND/DEM) | budget discharge | Vote and adoption of a draft report |
| 2004 discharge: EC general budget - Committee of the Regions | Nils Lundgren (IND/DEM) | budget discharge | Vote and adoption of a draft report |
| 2004 discharge: EC general budget - European Ombudsman | Nils Lundgren (IND/DEM) | budget discharge | Vote and adoption of a draft report |
| 2004 discharge: EC general budget, European Data Protection Supervisor | Nils Lundgren (IND/DEM) | budget discharge | Vote and adoption of a draft report |
| Court of Auditors Special Report No 5/2005 on interpretation expenditure incurred by the Parliament, the Commission and the Council | Alexander Stubb (EPP-ED) | -- | Vote and adoption of a draft report |
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| 2004 Discharge: Agencies | -- | -- | -- |
| 2004 discharge: European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training | Umberto Guidoni (GUE/NGL) | budget discharge | Vote and adoption of a draft report |
| 2004 discharge: European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions | Umberto Guidoni (GUE/NGL) | budget discharge | Vote and adoption of a draft report |
| 2004 discharge: European Agency for Reconstruction | Umberto Guidoni (GUE/NGL) | budget discharge | Vote and adoption of a draft report |
| 2004 discharge: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction | Umberto Guidoni (GUE/NGL) | budget discharge | Vote and adoption of a draft report |
| 2004 discharge: European Environment Agency | Umberto Guidoni (GUE/NGL) | budget discharge | Vote and adoption of a draft report |
| 2004 discharge: Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union | Umberto Guidoni (GUE/NGL) | budget discharge | Vote and adoption of a draft report |
| 2004 discharge: European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products | Umberto Guidoni (GUE/NGL) | budget discharge | Vote and adoption of a draft report |
| 2004 discharge: Eurojust | Umberto Guidoni (GUE/NGL) | budget discharge | Vote and adoption of a draft report |
| 2004 discharge: European Training Foundation | Umberto Guidoni (GUE/NGL) | budget discharge | Vote and adoption of a draft report |
| 2004 discharge: European Maritime Safety Agency | Umberto Guidoni (GUE/NGL) | budget discharge | Vote and adoption of a draft report |
| 2004 discharge: European Aviation Safety Agency | Umberto Guidoni (GUE/NGL) | budget discharge | Vote and adoption of a draft report |
| 2004 discharge: European Food Safety Authority | Umberto Guidoni (GUE/NGL) | budget discharge | Vote and adoption of a draft report |
| 2004 discharge: European Agency for Safety and Health at Work | Umberto Guidoni (GUE/NGL) | budget discharge | Vote and adoption of a draft report |
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| 2004 discharge: EC general budget - European Parliament | Markus Ferber (EPP-ED) | budget discharge | Vote and adoption of a draft report |
| Proposal for a Commission regulation (EC, Euratom) amending Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2342/2002 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities | Borut Pahor (PSE) Ingeborg Gräßle (EPP-ED) | consultation | Consideration of a draft report |
| Presentation of the external study "Whistleblowing Rules: Best Practice; Assessment and Revision of Rules Existing in EU Institutions" | Paul Van Buitenen (Verts/ALE) | -- | -- |
| DEVE - Development [ list ] | 21 March 2006 | full agenda (in French) | committee homepage |
| ECON - Economic and Monetary Affairs [ list ] | 20-21 March 2006 | full agenda | committee homepage |
| Situation of the European economy: preparatory report on the broad economic policy guidelines for 2006 | José Manuel García-Margallo y Marfil (EPP-ED) | Own initiative | Consideration of amendments, adoption of a draft report. |
| The effects of the increasing oil prices | Manuel António dos Santos (PSE) | -- | Consideration of a working document |
| Sectoral aspects of the State Aid Action Plan: aid for innovation | Sophia in 't Veld (ALDE) | -- | Consideration of amendments, adoption of a draft report. |
| Charging value added tax and countering tax evasion and avoidance | Christoph Konrad (EPP-ED) | Consultation | Consideration of a draft report |
| VAT: the place of supply of services (amendment of Directive 77/388/EEC) | Othmar Karas (EPP-ED) | Consultation | Consideration of a draft report |
| Towards further consolidation in the European financial services industry | Joseph Muscat (PSE) | -- | Consideration of a draft report |
| Report on asset management | Wolf Klinz (ALDE) | Own initiative | Consideration, adoption of a draft report |
| Public Finance in the UEM 2005 | Dariusz Rosati (PSE) | Own initiative | Consideration of a draft report (Possibly) |
| Markets in financial instruments with regard to certain deadlines (Level II mesures) | Piia-Noora Kauppi (EPP-ED) | -- | Exchange of views on the basis of a draft resolution |
| EMPL - Employment and Social Affairs [ list ] | 20-21, 23 March 2006 | full agenda | committee homepage |
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In the presence of the European Commission: Vocational training policy 2006 - 2007 |
Ona Jukneviciene (ALDE) | -- | Exchange of views |
| ENVI - Environment, Public Health and Food Safety [ list ] | 20-21 March 2006 | full agenda | committee homepage |
| ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEW COMMON POSITIONS | -- | -- | -- |
| Medicinal products for paediatric use | Françoise Grossetête (EPP-ED) | -- | -- |
| Flood assessment and management | Richard Seeber (EPP-ED) | Codecision first reading | Consideration of a draft report |
| Natural disasters (fires and floods) - environmental aspects | Edite Estrela (PSE) | Own initiative | Consideration of a draft report |
| Petition No 0873/2002 concerning the development of the Vuosaari Cargo Port and related projects in Finland | Jonas Sjöstedt (GUE/NGL) | -- | Consideration of a petition |
| Report back from the meeting between the E.P. Health Working Group and the Sub-Committee on Health of the Council of Europe on 7 March 2006, Brussels | -- | -- | -- |
| Nutrition and health claims made on foods | Adriana Poli Bortone (UEN) | Codecision second reading | Adoption of a draft recommendation |
| Addition of vitamins and minerals and certain other substances to food | Karin Scheele (PSE) | Codecision second reading | Vote and adoption of a draft recommendation |
| Allocation of quotas of hydrochlorofluorocarbons with respect to the new Member States | Karl-Heinz Florenz (EPP-ED) | Codecision first reading | Adoption of a draft report |
| Infrastructure for spatial information in the Community (INSPIRE) | Frederika Brepoels (EPP-ED) | Codecision second reading | Adoption of a draft recommendation |
| Pandemic influenza preparedness and response planning in the European Community | Adamos Adamou (GUE/NGL) | Own initiative | Consideration of a draft report |
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| ITRE - Industry, Research and Energy [ list ] | 20-21 March 2006 | full agenda | committee homepage |
| Energy efficiency or doing more with less - Green Paper | Alejo Vidal-Quadras Roca (EPP-ED) | Own initiative | Consideration of a draft report |
| Shipments of radioactive waste and nuclear spent fuel | Esko Seppänen (GUE/NGL) | Consultation | Consideration of a draft report |
| A policy framework to strengthen EU manufacturing - towards a more integrated approach for industrial policy | Joan Calabuig Rull (PSE) | Own initiative | Exchange of views |
| Conclusion by the European Community of the Energy Community Treaty | Giles Chichester (EPP-ED) | Assent | Adoption of a draft report |
| Guidelines for trans-European energy networks | Anne Laperrouze (ALDE) | Codecision second reading | Adoption of a draft report |
| IMCO - Internal Market and Consumer Protection [ list ] | 21 March 2006 | full agenda | committee homepage |
| The placing on the market of pyrotechnic articles | Joel Hasse Ferreira (PSE) | Codecision first reading | Mini-Hearing with experts |
| Financing of European standardisation | Zita Plestinská (EPP-ED) | Codecision first reading | Vote (decision) in committee |
| The implementation, consequences and impact of the internal market legislation in force | Arlene McCarthy (PSE) | Own initiative | Consideration of amendments - Vote (decision) in committee |
| Communication from the Commission on public-private partnerships | Barbara Weiler (PSE) | Own initiative | 1st exchange of views |
| Commission White Paper on services of general interest | Bernhard Rapkay (PSE) | Own initiative | 1st exchange of views |
| Professional Sport in the Internal Market | Toine Manders (ALDE) | -- | 1st exchange of views |
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Hearing: The placing on the market of pyrotechnic articles. Brussels, 21 March 2006 |
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| INTA - International Trade [ list ] | 21, 23 March 2006 | full agenda | committee homepage |
| In the presence of the Council and the European Commission | -- | -- | -- |
| The EU's economic and trade relations with India - 1st exchange of views | Sajjad Karim (ALDE) | Own initiative | -- |
| Exchange of views with Mrs Christine Lagarde, French Minister for Trade | -- | -- | -- |
| Exchange of views with Commissioner Peter MANDELSON | -- | -- | -- |
| Interim Agreement with Turkmenistan | Daniel Caspary (EPP-ED) | Consultation | Adoption of a draft report |
| EU economic and trade relations with Mercosur with a view to negotiation of an interregional association agreement | Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna (EPP-ED) | -- | Consideration of a working document |
| Recent developments in the WTO Dispute settlement - 1st exchange of views with representatives of the Commission | -- | -- | -- |
| Trade Defense Instruments new and notable cases (in particular the seamless pipes anti-dumping case) - Exchange of views with Representative of the Commission | -- | -- | -- |
| TRAN - Transport and Tourism [ list ] | 21 March 2006 | full agenda | committee homepage |
| Road safety: bringing eCall to citizens | Gary Titley (PSE) | Own initiative | Adoption of a draft report |
| REGI - Regional Development [ list ] | 20-21 March 2006 | full agenda | committee homepage |
| Solidarity Fund | Rolf Berend (EPP-ED) | Codecision first reading | Adoption of a draft report |
| AGRI - Agriculture and Rural Development [ list ] | 21 March 2006 | full agenda | committee homepage |
| Exchange of views with Mrs Jacqueline McGlade, Executive Director of the European Environment Agency, on IRENA (Indicator Reporting on the Integration of Environmental Concerns into Agriculture Policy) | -- | -- | -- |
| Natural disasters (fires and flooding) - agricultural aspects | Luis Manuel Capoulas Santos (PSE) | -- | Consideration of a draft report |
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Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on the review of the Sustainable Development Strategy - A platform for action Representatives from COMAGRI: Mr Friedrich-Wilhelm Graefe zu Baringdorf and Mr Lutz Goepel |
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| Exchange of views with Mariann FISCHER BOEL, Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, on the WTO and the coexistence of GMOs and non-GMOs | -- | -- | -- |
| Joint Public Hearing (REGI + AGRI): Brussels,
20 March 2006 NATURAL DISASTERS: HOW SHOULD EUROPE RESPOND? |
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| PECH - Fisheries [ list ] | 20-21 March 2006 | full agenda | committee homepage |
| Fisheries Agreement between the EC and Angola - Exchange of views | Pedro Guerreiro (GUE/NGL) | Consultation | Consideration of draft report |
| Extension of the protocol on the fishing agreement with Sao Tomé and Príncipe | Duarte Freitas (EPP-ED) | Consultation | Consideration of draft report |
| Inshore fishing and the problems encountered by inshore fishermen | Seán O Neachtain (UEN) | Own initiative | Consideration of draft report |
| Submission of data on landings of fishery products in Member States - Exchange of views | Philippe Morillon (ALDE) | Codecision first reading | Consideration of draft report |
| Fisheries Agreement between the EC and Tanzania - Exchange of views | Marie-Hélène Aubert (Verts/ALE) | Consultation | -- |
| A new management plan for the Kattegat - Exchange of views with the Danish fishermen's association | -- | -- | -- |
| Introduction of non-native species by the release of ballast water into the environment | -- | -- | -- |
| Animal health requirements for aquaculture animals and products thereof | Heinz Kindermann (PSE) | Consultation | Vote (decision) in committee |
| Expenditure in the veterinary field | Heinz Kindermann (PSE) | Consultation | Vote (decision) in committee |
| Agreement between the EC and Mauritania on sea fisheries | Pedro Guerreiro (GUE/NGL) | Consultation | Vote (decision) in committee |
| Convention for the strengthening of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission | Duarte Freitas (EPP-ED) | Assent | Vote (decision) in committee |
| Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and Morocco | Daniel Varela Suanzes-Carpegna (EPP-ED) | Consultation | Exchange of views |
| 2006-2008 action plan for simplifying and improving the Common Fisheries Policy | Philippe Morillon (ALDE) | Own initiative | Exchange of views |
| CULT - Culture and Education [ list ] | 20-21 March 2006 | full agenda | committee homepage |
| In the presence of the Council and the Commission: | -- | -- | -- |
| European Year of Intercultural Dialogue (2008) | Erna Hennicot-Schoepges (PPE-DE) | Codecision first reading | Consideration of draft report |
| Coordination of certain provisions in Member States concerning the pursuit of television broadcasting activities | Ruth Hieronymi (PPE-DE) | Codecision first reading | Exchange of views |
| i2010: Digital libraries | Marie-Hélène Descamps (PPE-DE) | Own initiative | Exchange of views |
| European qualifications framework for lifelong learning | Milan Gal'a (PPE-DE) | Own initiative | Exchange of views |
| Europe’s cultural and architectural heritage at local level: an unknown heritage | Nikolaos Sifunakis (PSE) | Own initiative | Exchange of views |
| Exchange of views with Mrs Odile QUINTIN, Director-General DG EAC - Commission | -- | -- | -- |
| ‘Citizens for Europe’ Programme (2007-2013) | Hannu Takkula (ALDE) | Codecision first reading | Vote and adoption of draft report |
| UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions | Christa Prets (PSE) | Consultation | Vote and adoption of draft report |
| Measures to promote multilingualism and language learning in the European Union: European indicator of Language Competence | Manolis Mavrommatis (PPE-DE) | Own initiative | Vote and adoption of draft report |
| The transition from analogue to digital broadcasting: an opportunity for audiovisual policy and cultural diversity | Henri Weber (PSE) | Own initiative | Vote and adoption of a draft report |
| JURI - Legal Affairs [ list ] | 21 March 2006 | full agenda | committee homepage |
| In the presence of the Council and the European Commission | -- | -- | -- |
| Request that Mr Pflüger's immunity be waived | Francesco Enrico Speroni (IND/DEM) | -- | Hearing |
| Request to defend the parliamentary immunity of Mr Tomczak | Diana Wallis | -- | Adoption of a draft report |
| Request for the defence of the parliamentary immunity of Mr. Bossi- Follow up | Diana Wallis (ALDE) | -- | -- |
| Request for the defence of the parliamentary immunity of Mr. Matzakis Rapporteur: Klaus-Heiner Lehne (PPE) | -- | -- | -- |
| Exchange of views concerning the parliamentary immunity of Ms. Zdanoka | Maria Berger (PSE) | -- | -- |
| EP-Litigation | -- | -- | -- |
| Verification of credentials | -- | -- | -- |
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| In the presence of the Council and the European Commission | -- | -- | -- |
| Better lawmaking 2004: application of the principle of subsidiarity - 12th annual report | Bert Doorn (EPP-ED) | Own initiative | Adoption of a draft report |
| Monitoring the application of Community law (2003 and 2004) - overall position - 21st and 22nd annual reports | Monica Frassoni (Verts/ALE) | Own initiative | Adoption of a draft report |
| A strategy for the simplification of the regulatory environment | Giuseppe Gargani (EPP-ED) | Own initiative | Adoption of a draft report |
| The implications of the Court's judgment of 13 September 2005 (Case C-176/03 - Commission v Council) | Giuseppe Gargani (EPP-ED) | Own initiative | Adoption of a draft report |
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| CODIFICATIONS: | -- | -- | -- |
| The Community scale for the classification of carcases of adult bovine animals | Manuel Medina Ortega (PSE) | Consultation | Adoption of a codification report |
| Rules of competition for the production of and trade in agricultural products | Manuel Medina Ortega (PSE) | Consultation | Adoption of a codification report |
| Commission Recommendation of 18 May 2005 on collective cross-border management of copyright and related rights for legitimate online music services | Katalin Lévai (PSE) | Own initiative | Exchange of views |
| The limitation periods in cross-border disputes involving injuries and fatal accidents | Diana Wallis (ALDE) | Own initiative | Consideration of a draft report |
| Succession and wills - Green Paper | Giuseppe Gargani (EPP-ED) | Own initiative | Consideration of a draft report |
| LIBE - Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs [ list ] | 20-21 March 2006 | full agenda | committee homepage |
| Debate on immigration and asylum in the presence of representatives from the Council of Europe, especially on the following reports: | -- | -- | -- |
| Common standards and procedures for the return of third-country nationals residing illegally LIBE/6/30095 Rapporteur: Manfred Weber (EPP-ED) - - Exchange of views in the presence of the Austrian Presidency and the European Commission | Manfred Weber | Codecision first reading | -- |
| Agreements EU-Russia on the facilitation of procedures on the issue of visas and of readmission - Exchange of views and information concerning the state of negotiation, also of other agreements of readmission, by Mr Jean-Luis DE BROUWER, Director, European Commission | Maria da Assunçao ESTEVES (PPE-DE) | -- | -- |
| Strategies and means for the Integration of third-country nationals in the European Union | Stavros Lambrinidis (PSE) | Own initiative | Consideration of a working document |
| Mutual information procedure in the areas of asylum and immigration | Patrick Gaubert (EPP-ED) | Consultation | 1st exchange of views |