EP News, July 7th, 2006 (No. 268)
The Week Ahead in the European Parliament
10-14 July 2006
MEPs return to Brussels on Monday 10 July for a final week of meetings in committee before the start of the summer recess. Diary note: MEPs return from recess on Monday 28 August.
Highlights of the week include:-
Public hearings:
Note to readers: A new column appears in the table below, with the type of legislation at hand. Where available, a link to the factsheet on the European Parliament's Legislative Observatory (the 'OEIL') is also included: OEIL files often contain a summary of the successive stages of the legislative procedure, and links to the original proposal. [ For a quick reminder of the different types of European laws, please check this link on the Commission's website, Europa ].
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| AFET - Foreign Affairs [ list ] | 11-12 July 2006 | committee homepage | - |
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| JOINT MEETING WITH THE COMMITTEE ON DEVELOPMENT | ||||
| Exchange of views with Dr. Rangin DAFAR SPANTA, Foreign Minister of Afghanistan | ||||
| Financing instrument for the promotion of democracy and human rights worldwide | Codecision first reading | Exchange of views on content and procedure | Regulation - OEIL |
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| UN Human Rights Council, Geneva
- Report on ad hoc delegation by Ms FLAUTRE MEP, Chairperson |
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| Report on Turkey's progress towards accession | Camiel Eurlings (EPP-ED) | own initiative | Consideration of amendments - Vote and adoption of a draft report | |
| European Agency for Reconstruction | Jelko Kacin (ALDE) | Consultation | 1st exchange of views | Regulation - OEIL |
| ALBANIA | ||||
| Stabilisation and Association Agreement with Albania | Toomas Hendrik Ilves (PSE) | Assent | Consideration of a draft recommendation - Adoption of a draft recommendation | |
| Motion for a resolution on the conclusion of the Stabilization and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States and the Republic of Albania | Toomas Hendrik Ilves (PSE) | Consideration of amendments - Adoption of a draft resolution | ||
| The negotiations with a view to a Euro-Mediterranean Association Agreement between the European Community and its Member States of the one part, and the Syrian Arab Republic, of the other part | Véronique De Keyser (PSE) | Assent | Consideration of a draft recommendation | Council Decision - OEIL |
| Exchange of views with Mr Aldo AJELLO, EU Special Representative for the African Great Lakes Region (incl. Democratic Republic of Congo). | ||||
| Exchange of views with Mr Erkki TUOMIOJA, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland, President-in-Office of Council, on external policy priorities of Finnish Presidency | ||||
| EU-China relations | Bastiaan Belder (IND/DEM) | own initiative | Vote and adoption of a draft report | |
| Election Observation Mission to Columbia (25 - 29 May 2006) - Report by Mr Fernando FERNANDEZ MARTIN MEP, Chairman of the ad hoc delegation | ||||
| Kashmir: present situation and future prospects | Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne (ALDE) | own initiative | 1st exchange of views | |
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| SEDE - Subcommittee on Security and Defence [ list ] | 12-13 July 2006 | committee homepage | - |
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Brussels, 13 July 2006 - 9-12.30am: Public Hearing The European security strategy Welcome and opening remarks by
How to improve ESDP?
The European Security Strategy and ESDP: a dynamic process?
The limits of ESDP: geography or geopolitics?
The Civil-Military Cooperation
Open debate Concluding remarks by Mr von WOGAU |
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| DROI - Subcommittee on Human Rights [ list ] | 10 July 2006 | full agenda | committee homepage | - |
| Report on the ad hoc delegation to the inaugural session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva |
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| Exchange of views on the outcome of the Austrian Presidency and on the upcoming Finnish Presidency on Human Rights Issues | - | - | - | - |
| Exchange of views on follow-up to EP report on the Human Rights and Democracy Clause in EU agreements | - | - | - | - |
| Presentation of a study on the Impact of the Work of the EP in the field of Human Rights - exchange of views |
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| BUDG - Budgets [ list ] | 11-12 July 2006 | full agenda | committee homepage | - |
| BUDGET 2007 | - | - | - | - |
| Budget 2007 : Section III - Commission - De-briefing on trilogue in Helsinki on 10 July 2006 | J. Elles (EPP-ED) | - | Vote and adoption of a draft mandate | - |
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DELEGATION VISITS Delegation visits to Spain and Poland |
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| Transfer of appropriations DEC 19/2006 - Section III - Commission - Consideration of transfer requests | Giovanni Pittella (PSE) | - | - | - |
| Budget 2006 : "Other sections" - Consideration of transfers request : | Valdis Dombrovskis (EPP-ED) | - | - | - |
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| BUILDING POLICIES | - | - | - | - |
| Building policy - State-of-play of construction plans of various institutions (Parliament, ESC-CoR, Court of Justice Art 179 (3)) and agency (Frontex) | J. Mulder (ALDE) | - | - | - |
| Presentation of the European Parliament's projects in the information field (including Web TV, transfer C13/2006) - Exchange of views in presence of Mr Vidal-Quadras, Vice-President in charge of the communication policy of the Parliament | - | - | - | - |
| BUDGET 2007 | - | - | - | - |
| Budget 2007 : "Other sections" - Discussion of a working document on the Other Institutions | Louis Grech (PSE) | - | - | - |
| 12 July 2006 9:00-12:30 -
Meeting with the agencies |
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CONT - Budgetary Control [ list ] |
12 July 2006 | full agenda | committee homepage | - |
| Workshop "Tolerable risk of error in underlying transactions" Wednesday, 12 July 2006
Welcome and opening - Szabolcs FAZAKAS, MEP, Chairman of the Committee on Budgetary Control in the European Parliament Introduction by José Javier POMES RUIZ, rapporteur. Presentation of the concept as used in the Court of Auditors' Opinion 2/2004 - Mr Vίtor Manuel DA SILVA CALDEIRA, Member of the European Court of Auditors responsible for ADAR "Towards an Integrated Internal Control Framework" - Mr Brian GRAY, Deputy-Director General and Accounting Officer, European Commission Short questions for clarification to Mr Caldeira and Mr Gray - Moderator, Mr Jules MUIS, former Internal Auditor in the European Commission “To be in control: myth or reality?” - Mr Jean-Pierre GARITTE, Partner, Deloitte Enterprise Risk Services "Do controls improve performance?" - Mrs Andrea SCHENKER-WICKI, University of Zürich, Institut für Strategie und Unternehmensökonomik Short questions for clarification to Mr Garitte and Mrs Schenker-Wicki - Moderator Jules MUIS Exchange of views - Moderator Jules MUIS Winding up -
José Javier POMÉS RUIZ, rapporteur |
José Javier Pomés Ruiz (EPP-ED) | - | - | |
| 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 | - |
| 2004 discharge: EC general budget - European Parliament | Markus Ferber (EPP-ED) | - | Consideration of a draft report | - |
| Commission's modified proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities - Statement by the rapporteurs, Mrs Ingeborg Grässle and Mr Borut Pahor, on the latest state of play and, possibly, adoption of a draft resolution | - | - | - | - |
| Minimising administrative costs imposed by legislation | Jan Mulder (ALDE) | non legislative | Consideration of a draft report (and, if possible, vote and adoption) | |
| Recovery of Community funds | Paulo Casaca (PSE) | own initiative | Consideration of a draft report | |
| ECA Special Report on the environmental aspects of the Commission's development cooperation - Presentation by Mr Jan Kinšt, Member of the European Court of Auditors responsible for external actions | Mogens N.J. Camre (UEN) | - | - | - |
| ECA Special Report on the MEDA Programme - Presentation by the European Court of Auditors | Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou (EPP-ED) | - | - | - |
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| DEVE - Development [ list ] | 10-11 July 2006 | full agenda | committee homepage | - |
| Fragile States -
Activities of the NGO Saferworld
- Speaker: Thomas Ansorg (Saferworld), coordinator for European Union projects in the Horn of Africa
- Exchange of views |
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| EU relations with the Pacific Islands - A strategy for a strengthened partnership | Nirj Deva (PPE-DE) | Consideration of draft report in the presence of experts | ||
| The media and development | Manolis Mavrommatis (PPE-DE) | own initiative | Consideration of draft report | |
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Human rights situation for people with a mental disability in Africa Speakers: Mr Grégoire Ahongbonon, Director of the St Camille de Lellis Association in Bouaké (Côte d'Ivoire); Dr John Martin, Director of the WHO Office in Brussels - Exchange of views |
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| Budget aid for developing countries | Michael Gahler (PPE-DE) | own initiative | Consideration of draft report | |
| Meeting with Ms Paula Lehtomäki, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development (Finland), President-in-Office of the Development Council - Exchange of views |
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| Development Cooperation and Economic Cooperation Instrument (DCECI) - Presentation by Luisa Morgantini and Gay Mitchell on progress on the proposal - Exchange of views | Gay Mitchell | Codecision | Regulation - OEIL |
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| Meeting with Louis Michel, Commissioner for development and humanitarian aid, in particular on the effectiveness of aid (rapporteur: Alain Hutchinson) and on the European Union's strategy towards South Africa (rapporteur: Luisa Morgantini) - Exchange of views | ||||
| More and better cooperation: the 2006 EU aid effectiveness package - Exchange of views in the presence of Michael Roeskau, Director of the Development Cooperation Directorate of the DAC |
Alain Hutchinson | Consideration of draft report | ||
| Community civil protection mechanism (recast) - Exchange of views | Luisa Morgantini (GUE/NGL) | |||
| Meeting with HE Mr Thomas Yayi Boni, President of the Republic of Benin - Exchange of views | ||||
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| ECON - Economic and Monetary Affairs [ list ] | 11-12 July 2006 | full agenda | committee homepage | |
| Payment services in the internal market | Jean-Paul Gauzès (EPP-ED) | Codecision first reading | Consideration of amendments | Directive - OEIL |
| Commission White Paper on services of general interest | Bernhard Rapkay (PSE) | Non legislative | Consideration of amendments, Adoption of draft report | White paper - OEIL |
| Annual Policy Strategy 2007 - Exchange of views with Mr László Kovács, Member of the Commission |
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| Statistical classification of economic activities: NACE Rev. 2 | Guntars Krasts (UEN) | Codecision first reading | Consideration of amendments, Adoption of draft report | Regulation - OEIL |
| The exemption from valued added tax and excise duty of goods imported by persons travelling from third countries |
Charles Tannock (EPP-ED) | Consultation | Consideration of a draft report | Directive - OEIL |
| Communication on Euro Area - Exchange of views with Mr Joaquín Almunia, Member of the Commission | - | - | - | - |
| Presentation of the Finnish Presidency Programme by Mr Eero Heinäluoma, Minister of Finance | - | - | - | - |
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| EMPL - Employment and Social Affairs [ list ] | 10-11 July 2006 | full agenda | committee homepage | - |
| The Finnish Presidency of the Council of the European Union
- Presentation of the programme of the Finnish Presidency
by Ms Tarja FILATOV , Minister of Labour and Ms Tuula HAATAINEN, Minister of Social Affairs and Health. |
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| Community Programme for Employment and Social Solidarity - PROGRESS | Karin Jöns (PSE) | Consideration of a common position | Vote and adoption of a draft recommendation (possibly) | Council Decision - OEIL |
| Application of Directive 96/71/EC on the posting of workers | Elisabeth Schroedter (Verts/ALE) | Non legislative | Consideration of amendments - Vote and adoption of a draft report | Communication - OEIL |
| Establishment of the European Globalisation adjustment Fund | Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin (EPP-ED) | Codecision first reading | Consideration of a draft report | Regulation - OEIL |
| Social security schemes for employed persons and members of their families moving within the Community | Maria Matsouka (PSE) | Codecision first reading | Consideration of a draft report | Regulation - OEIL |
| Creation of a European Qualifications Framework | Thomas Mann (EPP-ED) | Non legislative | Vote and adoption of a draft report | Framework - OEIL |
| Presentation by M. Hans-Horst KONKOLEWSKY, Director of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (Bilbao) on workplace Health and Safety in the New Member's States. | - | - | - | - |
| Improvement of the portability of supplementary pension rights | Ria Oomen-Ruijten (EPP-ED) | Codecision first reading | Consideration of a draft report | Directive - OEIL |
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| ENVI - Environment, Public Health and Food Safety [ list ] | 12 July 2006 | full agenda | committee homepage | |
| Exchange of views with Mr Jan-Erik Enestam, Finnish Minister for Environment | - | - | - | - |
| REACH | - | - | - | - |
| Chemicals: REACH system and European Chemicals Agency (amendment of Directive 1999/45/EC and regulation on pollutants) | Guido Sacconi (PSE) | Codecision second reading | Consideration of a draft recommendation | Regulation - OEIL |
| Registration, evaluation, authorisation and restrictions of chemicals - REACH (amendment of Directive 67/548/EC) | Guido Sacconi (PSE) | Codecision second reading | Consideration of a draft recommendation | Regulation - OEIL |
| Thematic Strategy on the Marine Environment | Aldis Kušķis (EPP-ED) | non legislative | Statement by the Rapporteur | |
| Exchange of views with Mr Mauri Pekkarinen, Finnish Minister for Trade and Industry | - | - | - | - |
| Type approval of motor vehicles with respect to emissions and access to vehicle repair information | Matthias Groote (PSE) | Codecision first reading | Consideration and adoption | Regulation - OEIL |
| Green Paper on mental health | John Bowis (EPP-ED) | Non legislative | Adoption of a draft report | Green Paper - OEIL |
| Restrictions on the marketing and use of perfluorooctane sulfonates | Carl Schlyter (Verts/ALE) | Codecision first reading | Adoption of a draft report | Directive - OEIL |
| Financial Instrument for the Environment (LIFE +) | Marie Anne Isler Béguin (Verts/ALE) | Consideration of a draft recommendation | Package of legislative proposals - OEIL |
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| Marine environment | - | - | - | - |
| Thematic Strategy on the Marine Environment | Aldis Kušķis (EPP-ED) | non legislative | Consideration of a draft report | |
| Community action in the field of marine environmental policy | Marie-Noëlle Lienemann (PSE) | Codecision first reading | Consideration of a draft report | Directive - OEIL |
| Waste | - | - | - | - |
| Thematic Strategy on the recycling of waste | Johannes Blokland (IND/DEM) | non legislative | Consideration of a draft report | |
| Revision of the framework directive on waste | Caroline Jackson (EPP-ED) | Codecision first reading | Consideration of a draft report | Directive - OEIL |
| Advanced therapy medicinal products | Miroslav Mikolášik (EPP-ED) | Codecision first reading | Consideration of amendments | Regulation - OEIL |
| Report back from the delegation visit to the European Centre of Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) in Stockholm, 29 June 2006 - Presentation | - | - | - | - |
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| ITRE - Industry, Research and Energy [ list ] | 12-13 July 2006 | full agenda | committee homepage | - |
| In the presence of the Council and the European Commission | - | - | - | - |
| Visit of Mr. Mauri PEKKARINEN, Finish Minister for Trade and Industry |
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| Visit of Mrs. Susanna HUOVINEN, Finish Minister for Transport and Communications | - | - | - Exchange of views | - |
| Rules on participation for implementation of the seventh framework programme (2007-2013) | Philippe Busquin (PSE) | Codecision first reading | Consideration of amendments - Adoption of draft report | Regulation - OEIL |
| Rules for participation in implementation of the Seventh Euratom Framework Programme (2007-2011) | Anne Laperrouze (ALDE) | Consultation | Adoption of a draft report | Regulation - OEIL |
| Strategy on Biomass and Biofuels | Werner Langen (EPP-ED) | Non legislative | Consideration of a draft report | Action Plan - OEIL |
| A European strategy for sustainable, competitive and secure energy | Eluned Morgan (PSE) | Non legislative | Exchange of views | Green Paper - OEIL |
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| Specific Programme 'Ideas' (Seventh RTDD Framework Programme, 2007-2013) | Angelika Niebler (EPP-ED) | Consultation | Consideration of amendments | Decision - OEIL |
| Specific Programme 'People' (Seventh RTDD Framework Programme, 2007-2013) | Umberto Pirilli (UEN) | Consultation | Consideration of amendments | Decision - OEIL |
| Specific programme of the European Atomic Energy Community (Seventh Research and Training Framework Programme, 2007-2011) | Umberto Guidoni (GUE/NGL) | Consultation | Consideration of amendments | Decision - OEIL |
| Specific Programme 'Cooperation' (Seventh RTDD Framework Programme, 2007-2013) | Teresa Riera Madurell (PSE) | Consultation | Consideration of amendments | Decision - OEIL |
| 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 amendments | Decision - OEIL |
| 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 amendments | Decision - OEIL |
| Specific Programme 'Capacities' (Seventh RTDD Framework Programme, 2007-2013) | Vittorio Prodi (ALDE) | Consultation | Consideration of amendments | Decision - OEIL |
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| IMCO - Internal Market and Consumer Protection [ list ] | 10-11-12 July 2006 | full agenda | committee homepage | |
| In the presence of the Council and the European Commission | ||||
| Exchange of views and presentation on SOLVIT - Presentation by the Commission | - | - | - | - |
| Specific problems in the Transposition and Implementation of Public Procurement Legislation and its relation to the Lisbon Agenda | Arlene McCarthy (PSE) | own initiative | 1st exchange of views | |
| Harmonisation of the Member States' legislation on credit for consumers (repeal of Directive 87/102/EEC) - Exchange of views with Baroness Thomas (House of Lords) - possibly | Kurt Lechner (EPP-ED) | - | - | - |
| Control of the acquisition and possession of weapons | Gisela Kallenbach (Verts/ALE) | Codecision first reading | Exchange of views | Directive - OEIL |
| The placing on the market of pyrotechnic articles | Joel Hasse Ferreira (PSE) | Codecision first reading | Consideration of amendments | Directive - OEIL |
| Consumer confidence in the digital environment | Zuzana Roithova (EPP-ED) | own initiative | Exchange of views | |
| Working Group on European Contract Law | Diana Wallis (ALDE) | - | Exchange of views | - |
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