EP News, December 15th, 2006 (No. 286)
The Week Ahead in the European Parliament
18-22 December 2006
|
|
Highlights of the week ahead:-
The next issue of EP News will be published on 5 or 6 January 2007.
|
|
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 ].
Edited committee agenda below, with links to full agenda on www.europarl.eu.int, and working documents on the committees' websites:
Committee in charge |
Date of meeting |
Link to full agenda |
Link to Committee |
|
Title of procedure |
MEP in charge |
Type of procedure |
Stage of procedure |
Proposed Act / OEIL |
| AFET - Foreign Affairs [ list ] | 19-20 December 2006 | full agenda | committee homepage | - |
| Exchange of views with Finish Presidency of Council, Mr Erkki TUOMIOJA, Minister for Foreign Affairs | - | - | - | - |
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN VENEZUELA OF 3 DECEMBER 2006:
|
- | - | - | - |
| The future of Kosovo and the role of the EU | Joost Lagendijk (Verts/ALE) | Own initiative | Consideration of a working document | OEIL |
| Bosnia Herzegovina | Doris Pack (EPP-ED) | - | Consideration of a draft recommendation | - |
| Wednesday, 20 December 2006, from 9:00 to 11:00 Brussels - (RESTRICTED) DEMOCRATIC SCRUTINY OF THE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS FOR EXTERNAL ASSISTANCE: MEETING OF ENPI WORKING GROUPS *** IN CAMERA *** in the presence of the European Commission Working Group on the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument (ENPI) - Southern Mediterranean Countries Working Group on the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument (ENPI) - Eastern Countries |
- | - | - | - |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| SEDE - Subcommittee on Security and Defence [ list ] | 19 December 2006 | full agenda | committee homepage | - |
| In the presence of the Council and the European Commission | - | - | - | - |
| NATO Summit in Riga on 28-29 November 2006 (this exchange of views is co-organised with the NATO PA delegation) - Exchange of views with Mr Jamie SHEA, Director Policy Planning, Private Office of the Secretary General | - | - | - | - |
| Combating crime and terrorism: detection technologies in the work of law enforcement, customs and other security authorities. Green paper | - | Non legislative | - | Green Paper - OEIL |
| Report from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on transport security and its financing | - | - | - | - |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| DROI - Subcommittee on Human Rights [ list ] | 18-19 December 2006 | full agenda | committee homepage | - |
| Exchange of views with Ambassador Luis Alfonso de Alba, President of the United Nations Human Rights Council |
- | - | - | - |
| Exchange of views with the Finnish and German Presidencies of the Council of the European Union |
- | - | - | - |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| BUDG - Budgets [ list ] | 24-25 January 2007 | - | committee homepage | - |
| - | - | - | - | - |
CONT - Budgetary Control [ list ] |
20 December 2006 | full agenda | committee homepage | - |
| 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 | Adoption of a draft report | Decision - OEIL |
| The Court of Auditors' Special Report No 6/2005 on the Trans-European Network for Transport | Margarita Starkevičiūtė (ALDE) | Own initiative | Consideration of a draft report | OEIL - working documents |
| Presentation of a study on Agencies' Discharge (2004 discharge to the Agencies) | Umberto Guidoni (GUE/NGL) | - | - | working documents |
| The European Court of Auditors' DAS methodology: presentation by the Member of the European Court of Auditors responsible for DAS, Mr Josef Bonnici | Javier Pomés Ruiz (EPP-ED) | - | - | - |
| The European Transparency Initiative | José Javier Pomés Ruiz (EPP-ED) | - | Consideration of a working document | working documents |
| ECA Special Report 4/2006 concerning Phare Investment Projects in Bulgaria and Romania | Cristina Gutiérrez-Cortines (EPP-ED) | - | Consideration of a working document | working documents |
| 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 | working documents |
| The official car services of the European Union | Ingeborg Gräßle (EPP-ED) | - | Consideration of a working document | working documents |
| Amendment of the (linked) rules for the implementation of the Financial Regulation | Ingeborg Gräßle (EPP-ED) | - | Consideration of a draft report | - |
| MEDA and financial support to Palestine - evaluation, implementation and control |
Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou (EPP-ED) | Own initiative | Consideration of a working document | OEIL |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| DEVE - Development [ list ] | 18-19 December 2006 | full agenda | committee homepage | - |
| Meeting with Ms Paula Lehtomäki, Finnish Minister for Foreign Trade, Cooperation and European Affairs, President-in-Office of the Development Council - Exchange of views, in particular on the instrument for development cooperation, the instrument for democracy and human rights and on the economic partnership agreements | - | - | - | - |
Human rights - situation of the Dalit cast (untouchables) in India Speakers:
|
Margrete Auken | - | Exchange of views - Possibly, adoption of motion for a resolution (Rule 91) | - |
| Budget aid for developing countries | Michael Gahler (EPP-ED) | Own initiative | Adoption of draft report | OEIL |
| EU relations with the Pacific Islands - A strategy for a strengthened partnership | Nirj Deva | Non legislative | Adoption of draft report | Communication - OEIL |
| Conclusion of the Agreement amending the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement | José Ribeiro e Castro (EPP-ED) | Assent procedure | Adoption of draft report | Partnership Agreement - OEIL |
| Mainstreaming sustainability in development cooperation policies | Danutė Budreikaitė (ALDE) | Own initiative | Adoption of draft report | OEIL - working documents |
| An EU regional political partnership for peace, security and development in the Horn of Africa | Filip Kaczmarek (EPP-ED) | Non legislative | Exchange on the basis of a working document | Communication - OEIL |
| Local authorities and development cooperation | Pierre Schapira (PSE) | Own initiative | Consideration of draft report | OEIL |
| Visit by a delegation from the Committee on Development to Haiti (24 – 28 November
2006) - Report by members of the delegation chaired by Luisa Morgantini - Exchange of views |
- | - | - | - |
| Visit by a delegation from the Committee on Development to the Dominican Republic
(24 – 28 November 2006) - Report by members of the delegation chaired by Danuté Budreikaité - Exchange of views |
- | - | - | working documents |
| Meeting with Louis Michel, Member of the Commission for development and humanitarian aid - Exchange of views, in particular on the instrument for development cooperation and the 10th EDF, the ECHO strategy for 2007, the European Development Days and the EU-Africa week (Brussels, 13 – 17 November 2006) |
- | - | - | - |
| European Parliament Mission to East Timor (28 November to 5 December 2006) - Report by Ana Gomes, Head of delegation - Exchange of views |
- | - | - | working documents |
| Ad hoc European Parliament delegation to the United Nations General Assembly (New
york, 9 – 10 November 2006) - Report by Miguel Martinez-Martinez, member of the delegation - Exchange of views |
- | - | - | - |
| Mission to observe the legislative and municipal election of 19 November and
3 December 2006 in Mauritania - Report by Alain Hutchinson, Head of the European Parliament delegation, in the presence of Marie Anne Isler-Béguin, Observer-in-Chief of the European Union - Exchange of views |
- | - | - | - |
| Mission to observe the elections in the Indonesian province of Aceh (11 December
2006) - Report by Jürgen Schröder, Head of the European Parliament delegation, in the presence of Glyn Ford, Observer-in-Chief of the European Union - Exchange of views |
- | - | - | - |
- |
||||
| ECON - Economic and Monetary Affairs [ list ] | 19-20 December 2006 | full agenda | committee homepage | |
| EXCHANGE OF VIEWS with Mr Bertrand COLLOMB, Chairman of the European Corporate Governance Forum | - | - | - | - |
| ECHANGE OF VIEWS with Mr Arthur DOCTERS van LEEUWEN, Chairman of the Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR) | - | - | - | - |
| Situation of the European economy: preparatory report on the broad economic policy guidelines for 2006 | Udo Bullmann (PSE) | Own initiative | Consideration of a draft report | OEIL |
| Green Paper: Damages actions for breach of the EC antitrust rules | Antolín Sánchez Presedo (PSE) | Non legislative | Consideration of amendments | Green Paper - OEIL |
| The EIB Annual Report for 2005 | Cristobal Montoro Romero (EPP-ED) | Non legislative | Consideration of amendments | OEIL |
| Transmission of national accounts data | José Manuel García-Margallo y Marfil (EPP-ED) | Codecision first reading | Consideration of a draft report | Regulation - OEIL |
| Prudential assessment of acquisitions and increase of shareholdings in the financial sector | Wolf Klinz (ALDE) | Codecision first reading | Consideration of amendments | Directive - OEIL |
| EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK - Monetary dialogue with Mr Jean-Claude TRICHET, President of the ECB | - | - | - | - |
| Macro-economic impact of the increase in the price of energy | Manuel António dos Santos (PSE) | Own initiative | Adoption of a draft report | OEIL |
| EXCHANGE OF VIEWS with Mr Michel PRADA, Chairman of the Technical Committee of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) |
- | - | - | - |
| EMPL - Employment and Social Affairs [ list ] | 18-19 December 2006 | full agenda | committee homepage | - |
| Corporate social responsibility: a new partnership | Richard Howitt (PSE) | Non legislative | Consideration of amendments - Vote and adoption of a draft report | Communication - OEIL |
| Social services of general interest in the European Union | Joel Hasse Ferreira (PSE) | Non legislative | Consideration of amendments | Communication - OEIL |
| Simplification and rationalisation of the reports on practical implementation | Ilda Figueiredo (GUE/NGL) | Codecision first reading | Consideration of a draft report | Directive - OEIL |
| Exchange of views on the Programme of the Finnish Presidency with Minister Haatainen | - | - | - | - |
| ENVI - Environment, Public Health and Food Safety [ list ] | 22-23 January 2007 | - | committee homepage | |
| ITRE - Industry, Research and Energy [ list ] | 19 December 2006 | full agenda | committee homepage | - |
| In the presence of the Council and the European Commission | - | - | - | - |
| Visit of Mrs Susanna HUOVINEN, Finnish Minister for Transport and Communications - Exchange of views | - | - | - | - |
| Assessing Euratom - 50 years of European nuclear energy policy | Eugenijus Maldeikis (UEN) | Own initiative | Exchange of views | OEIL |
| Putting knowledge into practice: A broad-based innovation strategy for Europe | Adam Gierek (PSE) | Non legislative | Exchange of views | Communication - OEIL |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| IMCO - Internal Market and Consumer Protection [ list ] | 19 December 2006 | full agenda | committee homepage | |
| In the presence of the Council and the European Commission | - | - | - | - |
| Exchange of views with Commissioner VERHEUGEN | - | - | - | - |
| Impact and consequences of the exclusion of Health Services from the Directive on Services in the Internal Market | Bernadette Vergnaud (PSE) | Own initiative | Consideration of a working document | OEIL |
| Control of the acquisition and possession of weapons | Gisela Kallenbach (Verts/ALE) | Codecision first reading | Exchange of views | Directive - OEIL |
| Obligations of Cross-Border Service Providers | Lasse Lehtinen (PSE) | Own initiative | Exchange of views | OEIL |
| Review procedures concerning the award of public contracts | Jean-Claude Fruteau (PSE) | Codecision first reading | Consideration of a working document | Directive - OEIL |
- |
||||
| INTA - International Trade [ list ] | 18-19 December 2006 | full agenda | committee homepage | |
| Presentation by Mrs Lehtomäki, Finnish Minister for international trade and development, president-in-office of the Council on achievements of the Finnish Presidency in the area of International Trade Policy. | - | - | - | - |
| Construction of the Euro-Med Free Trade Area | Kader Arif (PSE) | own initiative | Adoption of a draft report | OEIL |
| Approval of motor vehicles with regard to the forward field of vision of the motor vehicle driver | Enrique Barón Crespo (PSE) | Assent procedure | Adoption of a draft report (procedure rule 43.1 "without amendments") | Council Decision - OEIL |
| Macrofinancial aid for Moldova | Béla Glattfelder (EPP-ED) | Consultation | Consideration of a draft report | Council Decision - OEIL |
| Recent developments in EU-US bilateral trade and economic relations, including 62nd TLD meeting in Charleston on 1-3 December 2006 | - | - | - | - |
| Presentation on 5th Parliamentary Conference on the WTO (PCWTO) in Geneva on 1-2 December 2006 | - | - | - | - |
| Recent developments in the WTO Dispute settlement - Presentation by representative of the Commission | - | - | - | - |
| Presentation on DASE mission to Indonesia on 18-24 November 2006 - Rapporteur Glyn Ford | - | - | - | - |
- |
||||
| TRAN - Transport and Tourism [ list ] | 18-19 December 2006 | full agenda | committee homepage | - |
| Development of the Community's railways | Georg Jarzembowski (EPP-ED) | Codecision second reading | Consideration of amendments - Adoption of a draft recommendation | Directive - OEIL |
| Certification of train crews operating locomotives and trains on the Community's rail network | Gilles Savary (PSE) | Codecision second reading | Consideration of amendments - Adoption of a draft recommendation | Directive - OEIL |
| International rail passengers' rights and obligations | Dirk Sterckx (ALDE) | Codecision second reading | Consideration of amendments - Adoption of a draft recommendation | Regulation - OEIL |
| Common rules for the operation of air transport services in the Community (recast) | Arūnas Degutis (ALDE) | Codecision first reading | Exchange of views | Regulation - OEIL |
| Exchange of views with Ms Susanna Huovinen, Finnish Minister of Transport | - | - | - | - |
| Freight transport logistics in Europe – the key to sustainable mobility | Inés Ayala Sender (PSE) | Non legislative | Mini-Hearing - programme to be published in working documents | Communication - OEIL |
- |
||||
| REGI - Regional Development [ list ] | 18-19 December 2006 | full agenda | committee homepage | - |
| In the presence of the Council and the European Commission | - | - | - | - |
| The impact and consequences of structural policies on EU cohesion | Francisca Pleguezuelos Aguilar (PSE) | Own initiative | Consideration of a working document | see working documents |
| The role and effectiveness of cohesion policy in reducing disparities in the poorest regions of the EU | Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg (PSE) | Own initiative | Consideration of a working document | see working documents |
| The consequences of future enlargements on the effectiveness of cohesion policy | Markus Pieper (EPP-ED) | Own initiative | Consideration of a working document | see working documents |
| The islands and natural and economic constraints in the context of the regional policy | Francesco Musotto (EPP-ED) | Own initiative | Consideration of a draft report | see working documents |
- |
||||
| AGRI - Agriculture and Rural Development [ list ] | 18-19 December 2006 | full agenda | committee homepage | - |
| With the Commission: | - | - | - | - |
| Exchange of views with Mrs FISCHER BOEL, Member of the Commission for agriculture and rural development, on the establishment of a single CMO and on topical issues. | - | - | - | - |
| Reform of the common organisation of the market in wine | Katerina Batzeli (PSE) | Own initiative | Consideration of compromise amendments submitted by the rapporteur | OEIL |
| Marketing of the meat of bovine animals aged twelve months or less | Bernadette Bourzai (PSE) | Consultation | Consideration of draft report | Regulation - OEIL |
| Voluntary modulation of direct payments under the CAP | Lutz Goepel (EPP-ED) | Consultation | Consideration of second report | Regulation - OEIL |
| Organic production and labelling of organic products | Marie-Hélène Aubert (Verts/ALE) | Consultation | Consideration of draft report | Regulation - OEIL |
| Successful integration of the new Member States in the common agricultural policy | Csaba Sándor Tabajdi (PSE) | Own initiative | Consideration of draft report | OEIL |
| Biotechnology: prospects and challenges for agriculture in Europe | Kyösti Virrankoski (ALDE) | Own initiative | Consideration of amendments | OEIL |
- |
||||
| PECH - Fisheries [ list ] | 20-21 December 2006 | full agenda | committee homepage | - |
| Implementation of the EU action plan against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing | Marie-Hélène Aubert (Verts/ALE) | Own initiative | Consideration of draft report | - |
| Drift nets | Rosa Miguélez Ramos (PSE) | Consultation | Consideration of draft report | Regulation - OEIL |
| Multiannual plan for the cod stocks in the Baltic Sea and the fisheries exploiting those stocks | Zdzisław Kazimierz Chmielewski (EPP-ED) | Consultation | second exchange of views | Regulation - OEIL |
| A new comprehensive partnership with Greenland in the form of a joint declaration and a Council Decision based on Article 187 of the EC Treaty | Albert Jan Maat (EPP-ED) | Non legislative | second exchange of views | Decision / Communication - OEIL |
| Seining sector in Greece - Exchange of views with representatives of the sector | - | - | - | - |
| Technical measures for the conservation of certain stocks of highly migratory species | Rosa Miguélez Ramos (PSE) | Consultation | Vote (decision) in committee | Regulation - OEIL |
| Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Gabonese Republic | Stavros Arnaoutakis (PSE) | Consultation | Vote (decision) in committee | Regulation - OEIL |
| Towards a future maritime policy for the Union: a European vision for the oceans and the sea - First exchange of views | - | - | - | - |
| Conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources - Presentation by the Commission | Political group designated: (EPP-ED) | Consultation | - | - |
| Report from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products - Presentation by the Commission | - | - | - | - |
| Annual meetings of regional fisheries organisations (ICCAT, NAFO, SEAFO, WCPFC, etc.) - Exchange of views with the Commission | - | - | - | - |
| *** IN CAMERA *** Fishing agreements - Exchange of views with the Commission | - | - | - | - |
- |
||||
| CULT - Culture and Education [ list ] | 18-19 December 2006 | full agenda | committee homepage | - |
| With the Council and Commission: | - | - | - | - |
| Transnational cooperation in higher education - Exchange of views with Mr Christoph Ehmann, Secretary-General, Campus Europae | - | - | - | - |
| Exchange of views with Mrs Viviane Reding, Member of the Commission for the information society and the media, on the structural dialogue, current work, the 2007 work programme | - | - | - | - |
| Review of the Finnish Presidency
|
- | - | - | - |
| The future of professional football in Europe | Ivo Belet (EPP-ED) | Own initiative | Exchange of views on the amendments | OEIL |
| European Training Foundation (ETF): presentation of annual report by Mr Soren Nielsen and Mrs Joanna Anstey |
- | - | - | - |
- |
||||
| JURI - Legal Affairs [ list ] | 20 December 2006 | full agenda |