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The Week Ahead , 7-11 April 2008

The Week Ahead 7-11 April

Committee Meetings

Hearings

Highlights of the week ahead in committees:

The parents of Madeleine McCann meet MEPs on Thursday 10 April to discuss a Europe-wide alert system for missing or abducted children. Yorks & Humber Conservative MEP Edward McMillan-Scott is leading on this issue but many other UK MEPs are also involved.

Timeshare directive - Adoption 1st reading - Consumer Protection Cttee;
UK detention centres - report on November 2007 visits - Civil Liberties Cttee;
Maritime policy - adoption report - Transport Cttee;
Intelligent Car Report - adoption Transport Cttee;
Jean-Claude Juncker of the Eurogroup of countries to Economic Cttee.

UK MEPs

South West Conservative Caroline Jackson - adoption 2nd reading Waste Directive (Envt Cttee);
South West Labour Glyn Ford - adoption report on relations with ASEAN (Intl Trade Cttee);
North West Labour Arlene McCarthy - adoption 2nd reading Mediation in civil & commercial matters (Legal Affairs Cttee);
Wales Labour Eluned Morgan - amendments on electricity internal market (Energy Cttee);
Yorks & Humber Conservative Timothy Kirkhope - computerised reservations system - adoption Transport Cttee.

Public hearings

Hedge Funds - Financial Services Authority give evidence to hearing in Economic Cttee (Tue);
Round Table between European and National Parliaments on the EU's anti-terrorism policy (Civil Liberties Cttee, Monday).

The Week Ahead 7-11 April

Committee meetings

AFET	SEDE	DROI	BUDG	CONT	DEVE	ECON	EMPL	ENVI	ITRE	IMCO	INTA
TRAN	REGI	AGRI	PECH	CULT	JURI	LIBE	AFCO	FEMM	PETI	CLIM

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 ]	8 April 2008	full agenda	committee homepage	-
Exchange of views with Javier Solana, High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union	-	-	-	-
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SEDE - Subcommittee on Security and Defence [ list ]	14 April 2008		committee homepage	-
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DROI - Subcommittee on Human Rights [ list ]	7 April 2008	full agenda	committee homepage	--
Presentation of the study on Minority Rights in the Western Balkans	-	-	-	-
Exchange of views on the human rights situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo - Presentation by members of the ad hoc delegation of the Development Committee to the DRC (25 March - 1 April 2008)	-	-	-	-
Exchange of views on the HR situation in Russia after the Presidential Elections on 9 March 2008 and in preparation of the EU-Russia Human Rights Consultations	-	-	-	-
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BUDG - Budgets [ list ]	8 April 2008	full agenda	committee homepage	-
BUDGET 2009	-	-	-	Budget procedure website
2009 budget - Section III Commission	Jutta Haug (PSE)	-	-	-
2009 budget: Parliament's estimates - Exchange of views in the presence of Secretary General and possible preparation of the pre-conciliation	Janusz Lewandowski (EPP–ED)	-	-	-
The financial aspects of the Reform Treaty	Catherine Guy-Quint (PSE)	Own initiative	Exchange of views	OEIL
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BUDGET 2008	-	-	-	-
Preliminary draft amending budget no 2 to the 2008 budget - statement of expenditure by section - Section III - Commission	Kyösti Virrankoski (ALDE)	-	Consideration and adoption of draft report possibly	-
Structural Funds - Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the adjustment of the financial framework to take account of implementation and the technical adjustment for 2009 in line with movements in GNI - Consideration and possibly adoption of draft report	-	-	-	-
2008 budget: Section III - Commission - DEC 5/2008 - Other possible transfer requests	Kyösti Virrankoski (ALDE)	-	-	-
2008 budget - Other Sections - Possible transfer requests	Ville Itälä (EPP-ED)	-	-	-
STUDIES - Presentation of a study - Does the EU have sufficient resources to meet its objectives on energy policy and climate change? * Appointed Members: Dombrovskis, Grech, Kuc	-	-	-	-
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CONT - Budgetary Control [ list ]	5-6 May 2008		committee homepage	-
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DEVE - Development [ list ]	21 April 2008		committee homepage	-
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ECON - Economic and Monetary Affairs [ list ]	7-8 April 2008	full agenda	committee homepage
Amendment ot Annex I of the Act of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Convention of 23 July 1990 on the elimination of double taxation in connection with the adjustment of profits of associated enterprises	Mariela Velichkova Baeva (ALDE)	Consultation	Consideration of draft report	Decision - OEIL
EXCHANGE OF VIEWS with Mr Jean-Claude JUNCKER, President of the Eurogroup	-	-	-	-
Exchange of views with Kerstin af Jochnick (Chairperson of Committee of European Banking Supervisors- CEBS)	-	-	-	-
Exchange of views with Gerrit Zalm (Chairman of the Trustees of the IASCF - International Accounting Standards Commitee Foundation)	-	-	-	-
Competition: Sector inquiry on retail banking	Gianni Pittella (PSE)	Non legislative	Consideration of amendments	Commission report on competition inquiry - OEIL
Green Paper on Retail Financial Services in the Single Market	Othmar Karas (EPP–ED)	Non legislative	Consideration of amendments	Green Paper - OEIL
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Public Hearing on Hedge Funds and Private Equity ECON Session of 8 April 2008, 11h00 to 13h00 Rapporteur: Poul Nyrup Rasmussen (PSE) Shadow Rapporteurs: Kurt Joachim Lauk (EPP-ED), Sharon Bowles (ALDE) 11h00-11h10 Introduction by the ECON Chairwoman and by the ECON Rapporteur 11h10-12h10 Presentations by the speakers Focus on financial stability and/or hedge funds Jean-Pierre Landau, Second Deputy Governor, Banque de France (confirmed) Dan Waters, Director, Retail Policy (alternative investment issues), Financial Services Authority (confirmed) David Pitt-Watson, Chairman, Hermes Equity Ownership Services (tbc) Focus on private equity Ann Kristin Achleitner, Professor, Head of Entrepreneurial Finance Department, Technische Universität München (confirmed) Peter Rossman, International Union of Food, Farm and Hotel Workers (confirmed) 12h10-13h00 Joint discussion	-	-	-	-
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EMPL - Employment and Social Affairs [ list ]	5-6 May 2008		committee homepage	-
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ENVI - Environment, Public Health and Food Safety [ list ]	8 April 2008	full agenda	committee homepage
EU strategy for the third meeting of the parties to the Aarhus Convention in Riga	-	-	Consideration of draft motion for a resolution. Adoption.	-
Ninth ordinary meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 9) and the fourth meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP 4)	-	-	Adoption of motion for a resolution further to a question for oral answer	-
Comitology - regulatory procedure with scrutiny - draft Commission regulation laying down test methods pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1907/ 2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH)	Guido Sacconi (PSE)	-	Presentation by the rapporteur	-
Emission performance standards for new passenger cars	Guido Sacconi (PSE)	Codecision first reading	Exchange of views without a draft report	Regulation - OEIL
Shared effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions	Satu Hassi (Verts/ALE)	Codecision first reading	Exchange of views without a draft report	Decision - OEIL
Geological storage of carbon dioxide	Chris Davies (ALDE)	Codecision first reading	Exchange of views without a draft report	Directive - OEIL
Addressing the challenge of water scarcity and droughts in the European Union	Richard Seeber (EPP–ED)	Non legislative	Exchange of views	Communication - OEIL
Revision of the framework directive on waste	Caroline Jackson (EPP–ED)	Codecision second reading	Adoption of draft recommendation for second reading	Directive - OEIL
Establishment of residue limits of pharmacologically active substances in foodstuffs of animal origin	Avril Doyle (EPP–ED)	Codecision first reading	Consideration of amendments	Regulation - OEIL
Industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control) (recast version)	Holger Krahmer (ALDE)	Codecision first reading	Exchange of views without a draft report	Directive - OEIL
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ITRE - Industry, Research and Energy [ list ]	7-8 April 2008	full agenda	committee homepage	-
With the Council and Commission	-	-	-	-
Presentation of the Court of Auditors Report on "Evaluating the EU Research and Technological Development (RTD) Framework programmes"	-	-	-	-
The European strategic energy technology plan	Jerzy Buzek (EPP–ED)	Non legislative	Consideration of draft report	Communication - OEIL
Regulation setting up the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking	Pia Elda Locatelli (PSE)	Consultation	Adoption of draft report	Regulation - OEIL
Deployment and commercial operating phases of the European programme of satellite radionavigation	Etelka Barsi-Pataky (EPP–ED)	Codecision first reading	Adoption of compromise amendments	Regulation - OEIL
Internal market in electricity	Eluned Morgan (PSE)	Codecision first reading	Consideration of amendments	Directive - OEIL
Internal market in natural gas	Romano Maria La Russa (UEN)	Codecision first reading	Consideration of amendments	Directive - OEIL
Visit of Günter Verheugen, Commissioner for Enterprise and Industry	-	-	-	-
Energy produced from renewable sources ° Presentation by the Commission ° Presentation of the biofuels opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee by Edgardo Iozia	rapporteur not yet appointed	Codecision first reading	Exchange of views	Directive - OEIL
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IMCO - Internal Market and Consumer Protection [ list ]	7-8 April 2008	full agenda	committee homepage
With the Council and Commission	-	-	-	-
Certain issues relating to motor insurance	Nickolay Mladenov (EPP–ED)	Non legislative	Consideration of draft report	Report - OEIL
Safety of toys	Marianne Thyssen (EPP–ED)	Codecision first reading	Exchange of views	Directive - OEIL
Exchange of views with the European Commission: Presentation on the new SOLVIT Report	-	-	-	-
Protection of consumers in respect of certain aspects of timeshare	Toine Manders (ALDE)	Codecision first reading	Adoption of draft report	Directive - OEIL
The EU Consumer Policy strategy 2007-2013	Lasse Lehtinen (PSE)	Non legislative	Adoption of draft report	Communication - OEIL
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INTA - International Trade [ list ]	8 April 2008	full agenda	committee homepage
In camera - State of play on Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA's) and other ongoing International Trade Negotiations - Exchange of views with Mr David O'Sullivan, Director General of DG Trade, European Commission	-	-	-	-
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With the Council and Commission	-	-	-	-
Community statistics relating to external trade with non-member countries	Helmuth Markov (GUE/NGL)	Codecision first reading	Second exchange of views	Regulation - OEIL
Trade and economic relations with the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN)	Glyn Ford (PSE)	Non legislative	Adoption of draft report	Communication - OEIL
Oral question with a resolution on the Airbus/Boeing WTO disputes	-	-	Consideration of draft motion for a resolution	-
OQ with resolution on the "International Tropical Timber Agreement"	-	-	Consideration of a draft Oral Question and a draft resolution	-
Presentation on the delegation to Bulgaria (16-20 March 2008)	-	-	-	-
Presentation by the Legal Service on the new powers by the European Parliament in the field of commercial policy and the implications for the work of the Committee on International Trade	-	-	-	-
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TRAN - Transport and Tourism [ list ]	7-8 April 2008	full agenda	committee homepage	-
Amendment of Directive 2004/49/EC on safety on the Community's railways	Paolo Costa (ALDE)	Codecision second reading	Consideration of draft recommendation for second reading	Directive - OEIL
Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 881/2004 establishing a European Railway Agency	Paolo Costa (ALDE)	Codecision second reading	Consideration of draft recommendation for second reading	Regulation - OEIL
An Integrated Maritime Policy for the European Union	Willi Piecyk (PSE)	Non legislative	Consideration of amendments · Adoption of draft report	Communication - OEIL
Towards Europe-wide Safer, Cleaner and Efficient Mobility: The First Intelligent Car Report	Zita Gurmai (PSE)	Non legislative	Consideration of amendments · Adoption of draft report	Communication - OEIL
Code of Conduct for computerised reservation systems	Timothy Kirkhope (EPP–ED)	Codecision first reading	Consideration of draft report	Regulation - OEIL
Freight transport in Europe	Michael Cramer (Verts/ALE)	Non legislative	Exchange of views	Communication - OEIL
Financing of TEN-T and Western Balkans	-	-	-	-
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REGI - Regional Development [ list ]	8 April 2008	full agenda	committee homepage	-
With the Council and Commission	-	-	-	-
The impact of cohesion policy on the integration of vulnerable communities and groups	Gábor Harangozó (PSE)	Own initiative	Consideration of draft report	OEIL
Strategy for the outermost regions: achievements and future prospects	Margie Sudre (EPP–ED)	Non legislative	Adoption of draft report	Communication - OEIL
Excise duty on beer produced locally in Madeira	Sérgio Marques (EPP–ED)	Consultation	Adoption of draft report	Decision - OEIL
Governance and partnership at a national, regional and project basis in the field of regional policy	Jean Marie Beaupuy (ALDE)	Own initiative	Exchange of views	OEIL
Complementarities and coordination of cohesion policy with rural development measures	Wojciech Roszkowski (UEN)	-	Exchange of views	-
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AGRI - Agriculture and Rural Development [ list ]	17 April 2008		committee homepage	-
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PECH - Fisheries [ list ]	5-6 May 2008		committee homepage	-
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CULT - Culture and Education [ list ]	5-6 May 2008		committee homepage	-
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JURI - Legal Affairs [ list ]	8 April 2008	full agenda	committee homepage
With the Council and Commission	-	-	-	-
e-Justice	Diana Wallis (ALDE)		Exchange of views
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In camera	-	-	-	-
Consultation on the parliamentary immunity of Mr Ryszard Czarnecki	Diana Wallis (ALDE)	-	Exchange of views	-
Request for defence of the parliamentary immunity of Mrs Tatjana Zdanoka	Francesco Enrico Speroni (UEN)	-	Exchange of views	-
Request for waiver of the immunity of Witold Tomczak	Diana Wallis (ALDE)	-	Exchange of views	-
Verification of credentials	-	-	-	-
Disputes involving Parliament	-	-	-	-
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With the Council and Commission	-	-	-	-
Mediation in civil and commercial matters	Arlene McCarthy (PSE)	Codecision second reading	Adoption of draft report	Directive - OEIL
Protection of the environment through criminal law	Hartmut Nassauer (EPP–ED)	Codecision first reading	Adoption of draft report	Directive - OEIL
Transparency of institutional investors	Klaus-Heiner Lehne (EPP–ED)	Own initiative	Consideration of draft report	OEIL
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CODIFICATION	-	-	-	-
The return of cultural objects unlawfully removed from the territory of a Member State (codified version)	Lidia Joanna Geringer De Oedenberg (PSE)	Codecision first reading	Adoption	Directive - OEIL
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LIBE - Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs [ list ]	7-8 April 2008	full agenda	committee homepage	-
Round Table with National Parliaments "Public provocation to commit terrorist offences", 7 April 2008 · Exchange of views on the revision of framework decision 2002/475/JHA "Combating terrorism"	programme	-	-	-
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Joint debate on legal migration	-	-	-	-
Conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purposes of highly qualified employment	Ewa Klamt (EPP–ED)	Consultation	Exchange of views	Directive - OEIL
Single application procedure for residence and work	Patrick Gaubert (EPP–ED)	Consultation	Exchange of views	Directive - OEIL
Community Code on Visas	Henrik Lax (ALDE)	Codecision first reading	Adoption of draft report	Regulation - OEIL
LIBE delegation visit to refugee centres in the UK (21 - 23 November 2007)	Panayiotis Demetriou (EPP–ED)	-	Adoption of a draft delegation report	-
State of play and political perspectives on border controls, migration policies and security in transports · Debate in the presence of Jacques BARROT, Vice-President of the Commission responsible for transport and interim Commissioner in the area of justice, freedom and security	-	-	-	-
Enforcement of decisions rendered in absentia and amending FD 2002/584/JHA on the European arrest warrant and the surrender procedures between Member States, FD 2005/ 214/JHA on the application of the principle of mutual recognition to financial penalties, FD 2006/783/JHA on the application of the principle of mutual recognition to confiscation orders and Framework Decision 2008/…/JHA on the application of the principle of mutual recognition to judgments in criminal matters imposing custodial sentences or measures involving deprivation of liberty for the purpose of their enforcement in the EU	Armando França (PSE)	Consultation	Consideration of draft report	Framework Decision - OEIL
Strengthening of Eurojust and amendment of Decision 2002/187/JHA	Renate Weber (ALDE)	Consultation	Consideration of draft report	Decision - OEIL
European Judicial Network	Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann (GUE/NGL)	Consultation	Consideration of draft report	Decision - OEIL
Data protection · Presentation of the working programme and the main issues in WP art. 29 (possibly by Alex TURK, President of working party art. 29)	-	-	-	-
Draft wind-up resolution on the EP debates on Visa Waiver (EU/USA Troika meeting of 13 March 2008) · possibly (if plenary debate on this item will take place in April) preparation of a wind-up resolution	-	-	-	-
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AFCO - Constitutional Affairs [ list ]	26-27 May 2008		committee homepage	-
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FEMM - Women's Rights and Gender Equality [ list ]	14 April 2008		committee homepage	--
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PETI - Petitions [ list ]	26-27 May 2008		committee homepage	-
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CLIM - Temporary Committee on Climate Change [ list ]	29 May 2008		committee homepage
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The Week Ahead 7-11 April

Hearings

Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality
14 April 2008
Situation of Muslim women
programme

Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
7 April 2008
Round Table European Parliament - National Parliaments: "Public provocation to commit Terrorist offences".
Exchange of views on the revision of Framework decision 2002/475/JHA "Combating terrorism"
programme

Diary Dates