Any other business:

- report by Ms Neena GILL, Chairperson of ad hoc delegation to Nepal from 15 to 20 July 2006

- report by Mr MORILLON, Chief Observer of EU Election Observation Mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo and by Mr Jürgen SCHRÖDER, Chairperson of the of EP delegation to observe the elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo, on 30 July 2006

- report by Mr Albert Jan MAAT, Chairperson of the EU - Turkmenistan Inter-Parliamentary meeting from 19 to 22 June 2006 in Turkmenistan

- report by Ms FRASSONI, Chief Observer of the EU Election Observation Mission to Bolivia 2006

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Reports on activities of the Subcommittees:

- Ms FLAUTRE, Chairperson of Subcommittee on Human Rights

- Mr Von WOGAU, Chairperson of Subcommittee on Security and Defence

Brussels, Thursday, 14 September 2006, from 15:00 to 18:30

Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Security and Defence

JOINT PUBLIC HEARING ON
THE FUTURE OF THE NUCLEAR NON PROLIFERATION TREATY

Welcome and opening remarks by

• Mr Elmar BROK, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign
  Affairs, and
• Mrs Angelika BEER, Chairwoman of the Delegation for
  Relations with Iran

Is the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty still a useful instrument?

• Prof. William C. POTTER, Director of the Centre for Non- Proliferation Studies and the Centre for Russian and Eurasian Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies, USA
• Dr Bruno TERTRAIS, Researcher at La Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique, Paris, France.

The approach of the EU to nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament

• Mrs Annalisa GIANNELLA, Mr Solana's personal representative for matters of non-proliferation
• Mr Lars-Erik LUNDIN, Head of Unit, Deputy Political Director, Security Policy, Relex, European Commission

The challenges to the NPT from two case studies: Iran and North Korea

• Dr Bernd KUBBIG, Researcher at Hessische Stiftung Friedens und Konfliktforschung, Frankfurt, Germany
• Dr Pierre GOLDSCHMIDT, Former Deputy Director General of the IAEA and Head of its Safeguards Department, Fellow at Pole Bernheim ULB and Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

How can the goals of nuclear non-proliferation, nuclear disarmament and the peaceful use of nuclear technology be achieved?

• Dr Stephen PULLINGER, Director of ISIS Europe, Brussels
• Mrs Janet BLOOMFIELD, Honorary Vice-President of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, UK

Open debate

Concluding remarks by Mr von WOGAU

Budget 2007 : Section III - Commission

- Assessment of the Council's first reading (working document 11)
- Consideration of working document 12 on policy hearings
- Consideration of working document 13 on pilot projects and preparatory actions (in collaboration with Mr Pittella)

CONT - Budgetary Control [ list ]

Presentation by the Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for Administrative Affairs, Audit and Anti-Fraud, Mr Siim Kallas, of:

- the 2005 Synthesis Report on the Annual Activity Reports submitted by the Commission's Directorates-General (COM(2006)0277); and

- the 2005 Annual Report to the Discharge Authority on internal audits (article 86-4 of the Financial Regulation) (COM(2006)0279), in the presence of the Commission's Internal Auditor, Mr Walter Deffaa

PUBLIC HEARING on

"Green Paper on a European Strategy
for Sustainable, Competitive and Secure Energy"

Chaired by Mr Giles Chichester,
Chairman of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

Mrs Eluned Morgan, Rapporteur

European Parliament, Room 3 C 50
Brussels, 12 September 2006, 14.30 - 18.00

Opening Giles Chichester, Chairman

What needs to change to encourage one trillion Euro of investment in Europe's single market in energy?

• Dr Johannes TEYSSEN, Chairman, E.ON - Energy
• Mr Arvid GRUNDEKJØN, Chairman, STATKRAFT
• Mr Jorge VASCONCELOS, Chairman, ERSE
• Mr Graham SMITH, Managing Director, PGS-Europe (Poland), BOC

Open Discussion

What is Missing from the Energy Green Paper?

• Ms Coby van der LINDE, Director, Clingendael International Energy Programme
• Mr Pierre RADANNE, former President of ADEME
• Mr Allan ASHER, CEO, Energy Watch
• Mr Mark JOHNSTON, Greenpeace European Unit

Open Discussion

Conclusion

• Commissioner Andris PIEBALGS
• Mrs Eluned MORGAN, Rapporteur

HEARING ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF
THE EURO-MED FREE TRADE AREA

Tuesday, 12 September 2006, 09.00-12.00

Brussels, ASP A3G-3

PROGRAMME

• Opening of the Hearing by Mr Enrique Barón Crespo, Chairman of the Committee on International Trade
• Presentation by H.E. Mahmoud Karem, Ambassador of Egypt to the European Union (subject to confirmation)
• Presentation by H.E. Halim Benattalah, Ambassador of Algeria to the European Union
• Presentation by Mr Philippe de Fontaine Vive, Vice-President of EIB (Euro-Mediterranean facility)
• Presentation by Mr Erwan Lannon, Professor at the College of Europe and at the University of Ghent
• Presentation by Ms Dorothée Schmid, researcher on Mediterranean/Middle Eastern issues and European policies regarding them at IFRI (Institut français des relations internationales, Paris)
• Presentation by Dr Ibrahim Magdi, Executive secretary of ENDA Maghreb - Morocco
• Questions and comments by Members
• Presentation by Mr Ignacio Garcia Bercero, Director, DG Trade, European Commission
• Questions and comments by Members
• Concluding remarks from the rapporteur, Mr Kader Arif
• Conclusions