EP News, November 27th, 2006 (No. 283)
The Week Ahead in the European Parliament
27 November - 1 December 2006
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Highlights of this week's plenary session in Brussels (29-30 Nov):
Highlights of the week ahead in committee include
UK MEPs
Hearings
Petitions
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Note to readers: A new column appears in the table below, with the type of legislation at hand. [ For a quick reminder of the different types of European laws, please check this link on the Commission's website, Europa ].
Edited committee agenda below, with links to full agenda on www.europarl.eu.int, and working documents on the committees' websites:
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MEP in charge |
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Proposed Act / OEIL |
| AFET - Foreign Affairs [ list ] | 28 November 2006 | full agenda | committee homepage | - |
| On the negotiating mandate for an Association Agreement between the European Union and its Member States on the one part and the Andean Community and its member countries on the other part | Luis Yañez-Barnuevo García (PSE) | Own initiative | Exchange of views | |
| On the negotiating mandate for an Association Agreement between the European Union and its Member States on the one part and Central American countries on the other part | Willy Meyer Pleite (GUE/NGL) | Own initiative | Exchange of views | |
| Kashmir: present situation and future prospects | Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne (ALDE) | Own initiative | Exchange of views | |
| Report by Alexander Graf LAMBSDORFF, report on ad hoc delegation to the United Nations General Assembly (New York, 9-10 November 2006) | - | - | - | - |
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| SEDE - Subcommittee on Security and Defence [ list ] | 27 November 2006 | full agenda | committee homepage | - |
| In the presence of the Council and the European Commission | ||||
| Latest developments in EDSP - Exchange of views with Mr Teemu TANNER, Finnish Ambassador to the PSC and Acting President of the Council | ||||
| ESDP Operations (EUFOR, EUSEC, EUPOL) in DR Congo
- Oral report by the ad hoc delegation |
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| Activities of the European Defence Agency
- Long Term Vision
- First research programme on better protection of armed forces -
Exchange of views with Mr Nick WITNEY, Director of EDA |
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| DROI - Subcommittee on Human Rights [ list ] | 18-19 December 2006 | committee homepage | - |
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| BUDG - Budgets [ list ] | 27-28, 30 November 2006 | full agenda | committee homepage | - |
| Legislative procedures in progress - Section III Commission: rapporteur James Elles (EPP-ED) |
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| Financial Regulation | Ingeborg Grässle (EPP-ED) | possible adoption of a draft report | ||
| The future of the European Union's own resources | Alain Lamassoure (EPP-ED) | - 1st exchange of views and presentation of two working documents | ||
BUDGET 2006 Amending budget 6/2006: revision of the forecast for traditional own resources, VAT and GNI bases - reduction in appropriations for the EAGGF and the Structural and Cohesion Funds |
Giovanni Pittella (PSE) | Consideration and adoption of a draft report -possibly | ||
| Transfer of appropriations - Section III - Commission | Giovanni Pittella (PSE) | Consideration and adoption of transfer requests: | ||
| Budget 2006 : "Other sections" Parliament: C26/2006 |
Valdis Dombrovskis (EPP-ED) | Consideration and adoption of transfer request: | ||
| Trans-European transport networks - State of play | Mario Mauro (EPP-ED) | |||
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CONT - Budgetary Control [ list ] |
27-28 November 2006 | full agenda | committee homepage | - |
| ECA Special Report 7/2006 - Rural development investments: do they effectively address the problems of rural areas? |
Albert Jan Maat (EPP-ED) | Consideration of a working document | ||
| ECA Special Report 9/2006 on the translation expenditure incurred by the Commission, the Parliament and the Council | Alexander Stubb (EPP-ED) | Consideration of a working document | ||
| ECA Special Report 10/2006 - Ex post evaluation of objectives 1 and 3 programmes 1994-1999 (Structural Funds) | Inés Ayala Sender (PSE) | Consideration of a working document | ||
| 2005 discharge: EC general budget, Section III, Commission Exchange of views: - from 9:00 to 10:15 - the Member of the Commission responsible for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mrs Mariann Fischer Boel; - from 15:00 to 16:30, exchange of views with the Secretary-General of the Commission, Mrs Catherine Day |
Salvador Garriga Polledo (EPP-ED) | |||
| Community action programme to promote activities in the field of the protection of the Community's financial interests (Hercule II programme) | Herbert Bösch (PSE) | Codecision first reading | Vote and adoption of a draft report | |
| ECA Special Report 6/2006 on the environmental aspects of the Commission's development cooperation | Mogens N.J. Camre (UEN) | Consideration of a working document | ||
| The Court of Auditors' Special Report No 6/2005 on the Trans-European Network for Transport | Margarita Starkevičiūtė (ALDE) | Consideration of a draft report | ||
Appointment of two Members of the European Court of Auditors Hearings of: - Mrs Nadezhda SANDOLOVA (Bulgaria) |
José Javier Pomés Ruiz (EPP-ED) | |||
Appointment of two Members of the European Court of Auditors - Evaluation, vote and adoption of the draft reports on the appointment to the European Court of Auditors of the Bulgarian Member, Mrs Nadezhda Sandolova, and the Romanian Member, Mr Ovidiu Ispir (in camera) |
José Javier Pomés Ruiz (EPP-ED) | |||
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| DEVE - Development [ list ] | 30 November 2006 | full agenda | committee homepage | - |
| A financing instrument for development cooperation and economic cooperation |
Gay Mitchell (EPP-ED) | Codecision second reading | Adoption of draft report | - |
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| ECON - Economic and Monetary Affairs [ list ] | 28 November 2006 | full agenda | committee homepage | |
| Coordination of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities (UCITS) as regards the clarification of certain definitions |
Wolf Klinz (ALDE) | Adoption of a motion for resolution | ||
| Social services of general interest in the European Union | Bernhard Rapkay (PSE) | Vote (decision) in committee | ||
| Report on the European Investment Bank Annual Report | Cristobal Montoro Romero (EPP-ED) | Consideration of a draft report | ||
| Transmission of national accounts data | José Manuel García-Margallo y Marfil (EPP-ED) | Codecision first reading | Exchange of views | |
| Fiscalis 2013 programme | Hans-Peter Martin (NI) | Codecision first reading | Exchange of views | |
| Structural business statistics | Elisa Ferreira (PSE) | Codecision first reading | Consideration of a draft report | |
| Macro-economic impact of the increase in the price of energy | Manuel António dos Santos (PSE) | Own initiative | Consideration of amendments | |
| EMPL - Employment and Social Affairs [ list ] | 18-19 December 2006 | committee homepage | - |
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| ENVI - Environment, Public Health and Food Safety [ list ] | 27-28, 29 November 2006 | full agenda | committee homepage | |
| Implementation of EU environmental legislation in Member States | Exchange of views with Commission representative | |||
| Oral question 9/2006 by Mr Bowis on the Bowland Dairy | Exchange of views with Commission representative | |||
| Promoting healthy diets and physical activity: a European dimension for the prevention of overweight, obesity and chronic diseases | Frédérique Ries (ALDE) | Adoption of a draft report | ||
| Gender Main Streaming in ENVI work - Presentation by Mrs Satu Hassi, Vice-Chairwoman, responsible for Gender Main Streaming in ENVI | ||||
| Definition, description, presentation and labelling of spirit drinks | Horst Schnellhardt (EPP-ED) | Codecision first reading | Consideration of a draft report | |
| Report back from the delegation to EEA, Copenhagen - Exchange of views with members of the delegation | ||||
| Thematic Strategy on the recycling of waste | Johannes Blokland (IND/DEM) | Adoption of a draft report | ||
| Revision of the framework directive on waste | Caroline Jackson (EPP-ED) | Codecision first reading | Adoption of a draft report | |
| Exchange of views with Mr Thomas Lönngren, Executive Director of EMEA, London | Exchange of views on the work of the Agency | |||
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| ITRE - Industry, Research and Energy [ list ] | 27-28 November 2006 | full agenda | committee homepage | - |
| In the presence of the Council and the European Commission | ||||
| Internet Governance Forum Workshops - Athens (31st Oct. / 2nd Nov. 2006) | Exchange of views - Follow up | |||
| Environmental quality standards in the field of water policy | Paul Rübig (EPP-ED) | Codecision first reading | Exchange of views | |
| Communication from the Commission: Action Plan for Energy Efficiency: Realising the Potential | Presentation by the European Commission | |||
| The placing of plant protection products on the market | Dorette Corbey (PSE) | Codecision first reading | Exchange of views | |
| Food enzymes | Erna Hennicot-Schoepges (EPP-ED) | Codecision first reading | Exchange of views | |
| Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: Bridging the Broadband Gap | Presentation by the European Commission | |||
| Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: Putting knowledge into practice: A broad-based innovation strategy for the EU | Presentation by the European Commission | |||
| Joint Meeting EP / COUNCIL OF EUROPE: "Towards Enhanced Energy Security in Greater Europe" | Exchange of views | |||
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| IMCO - Internal Market and Consumer Protection [ list ] | 27-28 November 2006 | full agenda | committee homepage | |
| HEARING OF MRS MEGLENA SHTILIANOVA KUNEVA 27/11/2006, 16:30, Brussels |
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| Evaluation of the hearing of Commissioner Designate, Mrs Meglena KUNEVA [in camera] |
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In the presence of the Council and the European Commission |
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| Control of the acquisition and possession of weapons | Gisela Kallenbach (Verts/ALE) | Codecision first reading | Exchange of views on the basis of a draft report | |
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| INTA - International Trade [ list ] | 18-19 December 2006 | committee homepage | ||
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| TRAN - Transport and Tourism [ list ] | 18-19 December 2006 | committee homepage | - |
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| REGI - Regional Development [ list ] | 18-19 December 2006 | committee homepage | - |
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| AGRI - Agriculture and Rural Development [ list ] | 18-19 December 2006 | committee homepage | - |
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| PECH - Fisheries [ list ] | 20-21 December 2006 | committee homepage | - |
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| CULT - Culture and Education [ list ] | 27 November 2006 | full agenda | committee homepage | - |
With the Council and Commission: Hearing of the Commissioner-designate for multilingualism, Mr Leonard Orban |
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| JURI - Legal Affairs [ list ] | 11 December 2006 | committee homepage | ||
| LIBE - Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs [ list ] | 27-28 November 2006 | full agenda | committee homepage | - |
| Applicable law in matrimonial matters | Evelyne Gebhardt (PSE) | Consultation | 1st exchange of views | |
| Visas, residence permits: uniform format, photo, biometric identification (amending Regulations 1030/2002 and 1683/95/EC) | Carlos Coelho (EPP-ED) | Consultation | 1st exchange of views | |
| Visa Information System (VIS) | Baroness Sarah Ludford (ALDE) | Codecision first reading | Exchange of views on the state of play | |
| Access for consultation of the Visa Information System (VIS) | Baroness Sarah Ludford (ALDE) | Consultation | Exchange of views on the state of play | |
| Common consular instructions: biometric identifiers and visa applications | Baroness Sarah Ludford (ALDE) | Codecision first reading | 1st exchange of views | |
| Visas for crossing Member States' external borders | Ioannis Varvitsiotis (EPP-ED) | Consultation | Consideration of a draft report | |
| Security in connection with football matches | Giusto Catania (GUE/NGL) | Consultation | 1st exchange of views | |
| Presentation of the Annual Report 2006 of the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia (EUMC) by Mrs Beate WINKLER | ||||
| Legislative transparency in the area of freedom, security and justice : presentation of the interinstitutional projetct TRANS-JAI by the European Commission |
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| Community Code on Visas | Henrik Lax (ALDE) | Codecision first reading | Declaration/debate in parliamentary committee | |
| EP delegation to Algeria, 15 - 17 October 2006 | Presentation of a draft mission report - Adoption of a draft mission report (possibly) |
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| Joint debate on legal and illegal immigration (in the presence of the Finnish Presidency, the European Commission, the executive Director of FRONTEX, Mr. Ilka LAITINEN and two experts : Claire RODIER, GISTI Groupe D'Information et de Soutien des Immigrés - for illegal immigration and Prof. Kees GROENENDIJK, University of Nijmegen - for legal immigration.) | ||||
| Policy priorities in the fight against illegal immigration of third-country nationals | Javier Moreno Sánchez (PSE) | Non legislative | 1st exchange of views | |
| Policy plan on legal migration | Lilli Gruber (PSE) | Non legislative | 1st exchange of views | |
| AFCO - Constitutional Affairs [ list ] | 22-23 January 2007 | committee homepage | - |
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| FEMM - Women's Rights and Gender Equality [ list ] | 28 November 2006 | committee homepage | - |
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| PETI - Petitions [ list ] | 27-28 November 2006 | full agenda | committee homepage | - |
| In the presence of the European Commission Petitions for discussion in committee on the basis of the Commission's written reply |
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| No 18/2006 by Mr. Darryl Williams (British), on behalf of the Association Abusos de las Vias Pecuarias on Abuse of property rights by the local authorities in Andalucia |
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| No 260/2006 by Jacqueline Claire Cotterill (British), on behalf of the Association Vëins de Parcent, on breaches of EU law concerning the adoption of three Action Plans for urbanization by local authorities in Alicante (Spain) |
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| No 302/2005 by Martin Baldwin-Edwards (British), concerning alleged discrimination in respect of recruitment by the Greek Institute for Migration Policy |
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| No 847/2004 by Matthew Ball (British), on behalf of the Tobacco Workers' Alliance (TWA), on the unfavourable impact of Article 3 of Directive 2001/37/EC on those employed in the EU tobacco industry |
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| EQUI - Committee of Inquiry: collapse of Equitable Life Assurance Society [ list ] | 30 November 2006 | committee homepage | ||
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| TDIP - Temporary Committee on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transportation and illegal detention of prisoners [ list ] | 28 and 30 November 2006 | full agenda (28/11) | committee homepage | - |
| Dr. Maurice MANNING, President of the Irish Human Rights Commission accompanied by Suzanne EGAN, Commissioner of the Irish Human Rights Commission |
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| PRESENTATION of the final draft report by rapporteur Giovanni Claudio FAVA | - | - | - | - |
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27 November 2006 - Hearings of the Commissioners designate from Bulgaria and Romania - website
28 November 2006 - Committee on Culture and Education: Performances of the education systems in the EU:
Excellence and failures - programme
Link to the European Parliament's session calendar (2007 now available): http://www.europarl.europa.eu/activities/expert/staticDisplay.do?id=118
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