EP News, February 23rd, 2007 (No. 295)
The Week Ahead in the European Parliament
Highlights of the week in committee include
UK MEPs
Public hearings
Petitions
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 ] | 26-28 February 2007 | full agenda | committee homepage | - |
| Kashmir: present situation and future prospects | Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne (ALDE) | Own initiative | Consideration of compromise amendments | OEIL |
| Report by Ms Neena GILL, Chairperson of the Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the SAARC, on the 6th interparliamentary meeting EP / National Assembly of Pakistan on 15-23 December 2006 | - | - | - | - |
| Presentation of the Annual UNDP Arab Human Development Report by Ms Amat Al Alim Alsoswa, Assistant Secretary General and Regional Director, Regional Bureau for Arab States |
- | - | - | - |
| Exchange of views with Mr Erwan Fouéré, EU Special Representative in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) and Head of EC Delegation in FYROM |
- | - | - | - |
28 February: PUBLIC HEARING |
- | - | - | |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| SEDE - Subcommittee on Security and Defence [ list ] | 28 February - 1 March 2007 | full agenda | committee homepage | - |
| In the presence of the Council and the European Commission | - | - | - | - |
| Meeting of NATO Foreign Affairs Ministers (26 January 2007) and informal meeting of NATO Defence Ministers (8-9 February 2007) - Kosovo and Afghanistan
- Exchange of views with Ambassador Martin ERDMANN, Assistant Secretary General of NATO
(in the presence of the Delegation for relations with NATO-PA) |
- | - | - | - |
| European concept for support to disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration - Exchange of views with Mr Hugh GRIFFITHS, investigations consultant | - | - | - | - |
| Private security companies: their role in crisis management and humanitarian aid - Exchange of views | - | - | - | - |
| German presidency of COARM - Exchange of views with Mr Cyrill Jean NUNN, Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs | - | - | - | - |
| Exchange of views with Mrs Annalisa GIANNELLA, Mr Solana's Personal Representative on Non-Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction | - | - | - | - |
| Civil/Military Cell and Operations Centre - Exchange of views with Brigadier General BRAUSS, Director of the Civil/Military Cell | - | - | - | - |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| DROI - Subcommittee on Human Rights [ list ] | 28 February 2007 | full agenda | committee homepage | - |
| Annual Report on Human Rights in the World 2006 and the EU's policy on the matter | Simon Coveney (PPE-DE) | Non legislative | Consideration of draft report | OEIL |
| Towards an EU strategy on the rights of the child | Irena Belohorská (NI) | initial exchange of views | OEIL | |
| Exchange of views on the human rights situation in Uzbekistan
- review of the sanctions adopted by the General Affairs Council |
||||
| - | - | - | - | - |
| BUDG - Budgets [ list ] | 26-27 February 2007 | full agenda | committee homepage | - |
| BUDGET 2008 | Kyösti Virrankoski (ALDE) | Budget | Presentation of 1st working document and, possibly, 1st discussion on APS | OEIL |
| 2008 budget guidelines - other sections | Ville Itälä (EPP-ED) | Budget | 1st exchange of views in the presence of the Secretary General of the EP | OEIL |
| The future of the European Union's own resources | Alain Lamassoure (EPP-ED) | - | 2nd exchange of views | OEIL |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| LEGISLATIVE REPORTS | - | - | - | - |
| Repeal of Council Regulation (EC) No 2040/2000 of 26 September 2000 on budgetary discipline | Janusz Lewandowski (EPP-ED) | Consultation | Consideration and adoption of a draft report | Regulation - OEIL |
| Community participation in the capital increase of the European Investment Fund | Esko Seppänen (GUE/NGL) | Consultation | Presentation of a draft report | Decision - OEIL |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| BUDGET 2007 | - | - | - | - |
| 2007 budget: Section III - Commission | James Elles (EPP-ED) | Budget | Consideration and adoption of a transfer requests DEC 1 - Other possible transfer requests | - |
| 2007 budget - Other Sections | Louis Grech (PSE) | Budget | Consideration of transfer requests : Parliament C 1/2007 - Other possible transfer requests | - |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| BUILDING POLICY | ||||
| - European Parliament: Sports Centre - Court of Auditors: Extension of K3 building |
Jan Mulder (ALDE) | - | - | - |
| HEARING ON MICRO-CREDITS 27 February 2007 10:30-12:30 |
- | - | - | |
| - | - | - | - | - |
CONT - Budgetary Control [ list ] |
27-28 Feb - 1 March 2007 | full agenda | committee homepage | - |
| Presentation of the European Court of Auditors' work programme 2007 by the President of the Court, Mr Hubert Weber |
- | - | - | - |
| The European Court of Auditors' Special Report 11/2006 on the Community Transit System
- Presentation by Mr Juan Ramallo Massanet, Member of the Court responsible for own resources |
Bart Staes (Verts/ALE) | - | - | - |
| Minimising administrative costs imposed by legislation | Jan Mulder (ALDE) | - | Consideration of a draft report (possibly) | OEIL |
| Fact-finding mission to Romania of 18-21 September 2006: presentation of the findings by the chairman of the delegation, Mr Herbert Bösch (PSE) | - | - | - | - |
| Presentation of a study on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities | - | - | - | - |
| 2005 Discharge: Agencies European Environment Agency; European Agency for Reconstruction; European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training; European Food Safety Authority; European Training Foundation; Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union; European Agency for Networks and Information Security; European Centre for Disease prevention and control (ECDC); European Aviation Safety Agency; European Maritime Safety Agency; Eurojust; European Medicines Agency; European Agency for Safety and Health at Work; European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction; European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia; European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions. |
- | Discharge | Consideration of draft reports | - |
2005 discharge: Other Institutions EC general budget, Council; EC general budget, Court of Justice; EC general budget, Court of Auditors; EC general budget, Economic and Social Committee; EC general budget, Committee of the Regions; EC general budget, European Ombudsman; EC general budget, European Data Protection Supervisor |
- | Discharge | Consideration of draft reports | - |
| Exchange of views with the Supervisory Committee of the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) |
- | - | - | - |
| Oral evidence by the European Commission's Accounting Officer, Mr Brian Gray, to the House of Lords' Inquiry into the Management and Audit of EC Expenditure and Accounts. Member responsible: Ashley Mote (ITS). Exchange of views | - | - | - | - |
| MEDA and financial support to Palestine - evaluation, implementation and control | Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou (EPP-ED) | Own initiative | Consideration of a draft report | OEIL |
| 2005 discharge: EC general budget, European Parliament | Bart Staes (Verts/ALE) | Discharge | Consideration of a draft report | OEIL |
| 2005 Discharge: presentation of the Council Recommendation by the Parliamentary State Secretary, German Federal Ministry of Finance, Mr Karl Diller | - | - | - | - |
| 2005 discharge: EC general budget, Section III, Commission | Salvador Garriga Polledo (EPP-ED) | Discharge | Consideration of a draft report | - |
| Discharge for 2005: sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth European Development Funds | Mogens N.J. Camre (UEN) | Discharge | Consideration of a draft report | - |
| Contracts for the provision of technical services in the audiovisual sector of the European Parliament
- Exchange of views with the EP administration |
- | - | - | - |
| - | - | - | - | -- |
| DEVE - Development [ list ] | 27 February 2007 | full agenda | committee homepage | - |
| With the Council and Commission: | - | - | - | - |
| Meeting with Louis Michel, Member of the Commission for development and humanitarian aid, on subjects including Parliament’s right of scrutiny over the Development Cooperation Instrument, documents on a cooperation strategy concerning the ACP countries and the joint EU-Africa strategy - Exchange of views | - | - | - | - |
| An EU regional political partnership for peace, security and development in the Horn of Africa - Exchange in the presence of Nicholas Grono, Vice-Chair of the International Crisis Group | Filip Kaczmarek (EPP-ED) | Non legislative | Consideration of a second working document | OEIL |
| Parliament’s right of scrutiny concerning the Development Cooperation Instrument - Results of the coordinators’ meeting of 12 February 2007 - Thematic strategy papers: . Presentation by the Commission . Decision on procedure |
- | - | - | - |
| Local authorities and development cooperation | Pierre Schapira (PSE) | Own initiative | Adoption of draft report | OEIL |
| Parliament’s right of scrutiny concerning the Development Cooperation Instrument - Comitology: follow-up to the resolution adopted at the February part-session in Strasbourg - Reports by the four working parties: - Dialogue relating to the right of democratic scrutiny: |
- | - | - | - |
- |
||||
| ECON - Economic and Monetary Affairs [ list ] | 28 February 2007 | full agenda | committee homepage | |
| Structural business statistics | Elisa Ferreira (PSE) | Codecision first reading | Adoption of a draft report | Regulation - OEIL |
| Green Paper: Damages actions for breach of the EC antitrust rules | Antolín Sánchez Presedo (PSE) | Non legislative | Adoption of a draft report | Green Paper - OEIL |
| Basic information on purchasing power parities | Sharon Bowles (ALDE) | Codecision first reading | Consideration of amendments (possibly) | Regulation - OEIL |
| The contribution of tax policy to the Lisbon Strategy - 1st exchange of views | Sahra Wagenknecht (GUE/NGL) | Codecision first reading | Consideration of amendments | - |
| Fiscalis 2013 programme | Hans-Peter Martin (NI) | Codecision first reading | Consideration | Decision - OEIL |
| Approximation of the rates of excise duty on alcohol and alcoholic beverages | Astrid Lulling (EPP-ED) | Consultation | Consideration of a draft report | Directive - OEIL |
| Transmission of national accounts data | José Manuel García-Margallo y Marfil (EPP-ED) | Codecision first reading | Consideration of amendments | Regulation - OEIL |
| Financial services policy (2005-2010) - White Paper | Ieke van den Burg (PSE) | Non-legislative | Consideration of a draft report | White Paper - OEIL |
| EMPL - Employment and Social Affairs [ list ] | 28 February - 1 March 2007 | full agenda | committee homepage | - |
| Social services of general interest in the European Union | Joel Hasse Ferreira (PSE) | Non legislative | Consideration of amendments - Vote and adoption of a draft report | Communication - OEIL |
| Promoting decent work for all | Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou (EPP-ED) | Non legislative | Consideration of amendments - Vote and adoption of a draft report | Communication - OEIL |
| Simplification and rationalisation of the reports on practical implementation | Ilda Figueiredo (GUE/NGL) | Codecision first reading | Consideration of amendments - Vote and adoption of a draft report | Directive - OEIL |
| Exchange of views - Briefing by DG EMPL - Mr van der Pas - on the outcome of EPSCO Council meeting | - | - | - | - |
| Exchange of views with Mr Emilio Gabaglio, EMCO Chair. Green Paper on modernising labour law. | - | - | - | - |
| Presentation of the Study "Costs of childcare". | - | - | - | - |
| Presentation of the Study "Working conditions in Europe: what workers say. Results form the 4th European Working Conditions Survey" by The European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound) | - | - | - | - |
| ENVI - Environment, Public Health and Food Safety [ list ] | 26-28 February 2007 | full agenda | committee homepage | |
| Pesticides - continuation of previous exchange of views | - | - | - | - |
| Thematic Strategy on the Sustainable Use of Pesticides | Irena Belohorská (NI) | Non legislative | 2nd exchange of views | Strategy proposal - OEIL |
| Framework directive on the sustainable use of pesticides | Christa Klaß (EPP-ED) | Codecision first reading | 2nd exchange of views | Regulation - OEIL |
| The placing of plant protection products on the market | Hiltrud Breyer (Verts/ALE) | Codecision first reading | 2nd exchange of views | Regulation - OEIL |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Food additives | - | - | - | - |
| Common authorisation procedure for food additives, food enzymes and food flavourings | Åsa Westlund (PSE) | Codecision first reading | 2nd exchange of views | Regulation - OEIL |
| Food additives | Åsa Westlund (PSE) | Codecision first reading | Consideration of a draft report | Regulation - OEIL |
| Report back from the ENVI-delegation to Italy, 22 - 24 November 2006 | - | - | - | - |
| O.Q. no. 10/6/2006 by Mrs Avril Doyle on Wild Bird Trade in the EU - Exchange of views with Commission representatives | - | - | - | - |
| Exchange of views with Commissioner Kyprianou on cross-border health care and APS 2008 (if adopted) | - | - | - | - |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Flood assessment and management | Richard Seeber (EPP-ED) | Codecision second reading | Adoption of a draft recommendation | Directive - OEIL |
| Exchanges of views with Mrs Catherine Geslain-Lanéelle, Executive Director of EFSA
- Presentation of the 2007 work programme |
- | - | - | - |
| Implementation of EU food safety legislation in Member States - Exchange of views with Commission representatives | - | - | - | - |
| Exchange of views with Mrs Zsuzsanna Jakab, Director of ECDC - Presentation of the ECDC report on pandemic influenza preparedness in the EU | - | - | - | - |
| Environmental quality standards in the field of water policy | Anne Laperrouze (ALDE) | Codecision first reading | Consideration of amendments | Directive - OEIL |
| Thematic Strategy on the sustainable use of natural resources | Kartika Tamara Liotard (GUE/NGL) | Non legislative | Adoption of a draft report | Strategy - OEIL |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| ITRE - Industry, Research and Energy [ list ] | 26-28 February 2007 | full agenda | committee homepage | - |
| In the presence of the Council and the European Commission | - | - | - | - |
| Building a European Policy on Broadband | Gunnar Hökmark (EPP-ED) | Non legislative | Consideration of a draft report | Communication - OEIL |
| Assessing Euratom - 50 years of European nuclear energy policy | Eugenijus Maldeikis (UEN) | Own initiative | Consideration of a draft report | OEIL |
| Putting knowledge into practice: A broad-based innovation strategy for Europe | Adam Gierek (PSE) | Non legislative | Consideration of a draft report | Communication - OEIL |
| Roaming on public mobile networks | Paul Rübig (EPP-ED) | Codecision first reading | Consideration of a draft report | Regulation - OEIL |
| Framework Agreement on a Multilateral Nuclear Environmental Programme in the Russian Federation and the Protocol on Claims, Legal Proceedings and Indemnification | Vladimír Remek (GUE/NGL) | Consultation | Consideration of a draft report | Council Decision - OEIL |
| Intelligent Energy - Europe 2007-2013: Annual Programme for 2007" - Presentation by the Commission | - | - | - | - |
| - | - | - | - | - |
Tuesday, 27 February 2007, from 15:00 to 18:30 HEARING Energy Policy |
- | - | - | |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| IMCO - Internal Market and Consumer Protection [ list ] | 28 Feb - 1 March 2007 | full agenda | committee homepage | |
| In the presence of the Council and the European Commission | - | - | - | - |
| Car industry: harmonised approval of vehicles, trailers and systems (recast directive) | Malcolm Harbour (EPP-ED) | Codecision second reading | Consideration of a draft recommendation | - |
| Obligations of Cross-Border Service Providers | Lasse Lehtinen (PSE) | Own initiative | Exchange of views | OEIL |
| Rules on nominal quantities for pre-packed products | Jacques Toubon (EPP-ED) | Codecision second reading | Consideration of a draft recommendation | Directive - OEIL |
| Cat and dog fur | Eva-Britt Svensson (GUE/NGL) | Codecision first reading | Consideration of a draft report | Regulation - OEIL |
| Impact and consequences of the exclusion of Health Services from the Directive on Services in the Internal Market | Bernadette Vergnaud (PSE) | Own initiative | Exchange of views with experts | OEIL |
- |
||||
| INTA - International Trade [ list ] | 27-28 February 2007 | full agenda | committee homepage | |
| Presentation by representatives of the International Forum on Globalization - Exchange of views | - | - | - | - |
| The economic partnership agreements | Robert Sturdy (EPP-ED) | Own initiative | Consideration of amendments - Adoption of a draft report | OEIL |
| The EU's Aid for trade | David Martin (PSE) | Own initiative | Consideration of a draft report | OEIL |
| EU economic and trade relations with Russia | Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl (EPP-ED) | Own initiative | 1st exchange of views | OEIL |
| Global Europe - External aspects of competitiveness | Daniel Caspary (EPP-ED) | Own initiative | Consideration of a draft report | OEIL |
| Legal advice on EU Mexico Economic Partnership, Political Coordination and Cooperation Agreementt - Second Additional Protocol to take account of the accession of the Republic of the Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union - 2006/0259(CNS)) - Presentation of the legal Opinion by the Legal Service. |
- | - | - | - |
| Recent developments in the WTO Dispute settlement - Exchange of views with Mr Brakeland (Commission) | - | - | - | - |
- |
||||
| TRAN - Transport and Tourism [ list ] | 26-28 February 2007 | full agenda | committee homepage | - |
| Monday, 26 February 2007, from 14:00 to 18:00 -
Joint committee meeting with national parliaments on the mid-term review of the White Paper on Transport |
- | - | - | - |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Air transport agreement between the EC and the USA | Saïd El Khadraoui (PSE) | Consultation | Consideration of amendments - Adoption of a draft resolution | Decision - OEIL |
| Multilateral agreement on the establishment of a European Common Aviation Area (ECAA) | Eva Lichtenberger (Verts/ALE) | Consultation | Consideration of amendments - Adoption of a draft resolution | Decision - OEIL |
| Port State control (recast version) | Dominique Vlasto (EPP-ED) | Codecision first reading | Adoption of a draft report | Directive - OEIL |
| Compliance with the obligations of Flag States | Marta Vincenzi (PSE) | Codecision first reading | Adoption of a draft report | Directive - OEIL |
| Ship inspection and survey organisations (recast version) | Luis de Grandes Pascual (EPP-ED) | Codecision first reading | Adoption of a draft report | Directive - OEIL |
| Community vessel traffic monitoring and information system | Dirk Sterckx (ALDE) | Codecision first reading | Adoption of a draft report | Directive - OEIL |
| Investigation of accidents in the maritime transport sector | Jaromír Kohlíček (GUE/NGL) | Codecision first reading | Adoption of a draft report | Directive - OEIL |
| Liability of carriers of passengers by boat in the event of accidents | Paolo Costa (ALDE) | Codecision first reading | Adoption of a draft report | Regulation - OEIL |
| Civil liability and financial guarantees of shipowners | Gilles Savary (PSE) | Codecision first reading | Adoption of a draft report | Directive - |