Top legislative dossiers - all timings are subject to change
| Aviation security charges
What's it about?: financing of security measures in planes and airports, following new regulations strengthening security obligations |
Rapporteur: Jörg Leichtfried (Austria, S&D group)
Committee: Transport Committee vote scheduled 1 March 2010 Plenary schedule: 19 April (Strasbourg)
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Maternity leave - health & safety of pregnant workers
What's it about?: The Commission proposed extending minimum leave from 14 to 18 weeks. The parliamentary committee last term favoured an extension to 20 weeks, and 2 weeks of compulsory paternity leave. However, no vote took place in the full Parliament. The issue now returns to the committee in the new parliament
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Rapporteur: Edite Estrela (Portugal, Socialist S & D)
Committee: Women's Rights Committee - vote scheduled 23 February 2010
Plenary: 5 or 18 May 2010
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Organ transplants
What's it about? European Commission proposal aims to ensure that human organs used for transplantation in the EU comply with the same quality and safety requirements |
Rapporteur: Miroslav Mikoslavik (Slovakia, EPP)
Committee: Environment Committee scheduled vote 16 March 2010
Plenary: 17 May 2010 (Strasbourg)
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Security of gas supply
What's it about?: coordinated response to gas supply crisis, both preventive action and reaction to disruptions in supply; a competent authority in every Member State responsible for monitoring gas supply developments, assessing risks, establishing preventive action plans and setting up emergency plans.
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Rapporteur: Alejo Vidal-Quadras (Spain, EPP)
Committee: Industry & Energy Committee vote scheduled 18 March 2010
Plenary schedule: 17 May 2010
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Late payments Directive
What's it about?: The proposal to revise the current directive says that public authorities must pay within 30 days. Afterwards they will have to pay interest and face additional compensation charges. |
Rapporteur: Barbara Weiler (Germany, Socialist S & D)
Committee: Internal Market Committee vote scheduled for 28 April 2010
Plenary: 19 May 2010 (Strasbourg) |
| Reporting formalities for ships arriving or departing
Rapporteur: Dirk Sterckx (Belgium, ALDE)
Committee: Transport Committee vote scheduled for 23 March 2010
Plenary schedule: 17 May 2010 (Strasbourg) |
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Food information to consumers
What's it about?: The Commission has proposed providing clearer information on contents of salt, sugar or fat and mandatory nutrition labelling. Food sold in restaurants and canteens should contain information on all allergic ingredients (as is already the case for pre-packed food); labelling of the country of origin or place of provenance of food. |
Rapporteur: Renate Sommer (Germany, EPP)
Committee: Environment Committee scheduled vote 16 March 2010
Plenary schedule: 17 May 2010
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Pharmacology package of legislation
What's it about?: Amending existing rules on reporting Adverse Drug Reactions - pharmacovigilance. Sets out the role of Member State authorities, pharmaceutical companies, healthcare professionals, also on information to patients using new drugs. Two pieces of legislation being amended: a regulation governing the authorisation of medicines at EU level; and a directive on the mutual recognition of drugs authorised in other Member States. |
Rapporteur: Linda McAvan (Labour, Yorkshire & Humber)
Committee: Environment Committee scheduled vote 27 April 2010
Plenary schedule: 14 June 2010 (Strasbourg) |
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Working Time - lorry drivers
What's it about?: self-employed drivers or owner-drivers, and how to define them or exempt them from the scope of the directive
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Rapporteur: Edit Bauer (Slovakia, EPP)
Committee: Employment Committee vote scheduled 28 April 2010
Plenary: 14 June 2010
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Insurance supervision authority
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Rapporteur: Peter Skinner (Labour, South East)
Committee: Economic Committee vote scheduled for 4 May 2010
Plenary: June 2010
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Capital Requirements Directive
What's it about?: to ensure that banks capital reflects true risks taken; remuneration of executives in financial services
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Rapporteur: Arlene McCarthy (Labour, North West)
Committee: Economic Committee vote scheduled for 3 May 2010
Plenary: June 2010
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Air traffic accident investigations |
Rapporteur: Christine de Veyrac (France, EPP)
Committee: Transport Committee vote scheduled for 1 June 2010
Plenary: 5 July 2010
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Alternative Investment fund Managers Directive (hedge funds/private equity)
What's it about?: capital requirements of hedge funds and private equity vehicles (to make sure funds can meet investor claims), mandatory registration and single EU passport |
Rapporteur: Jean-Paul Gauzès (France - EPP)
Committee: Economic Committee - scheduled vote 27 April 2010
Plenary schedule: 5 July 2010
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Biocidal Products
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Rapporteur: Christa Klass (Germany, EPP)
Committee: Environment Committee vote scheduled 3 June 2010
Plenary schedule: 5 July 2010 |
| RoHS - Restriction on the use of Hazardous Substances Directive - recast
What's it about? The European Commission is proposing an update of both the RoHS and the WEEE (Waste electrical and electronic equipment) directives. |
Rapporteur: Jill Evans (Plaid Cymru, Wales)
Committee: Environment Committee vote scheduled 3 June 2010
Plenary: 5 July 2010 (Strasbourg) |
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Passenger rights travelling by sea and inland waterway
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Rapporteur: Inés Ayala Sender (Spanish, S&D)
Committee: Transport Committee 2nd reading vote scheduled for 1 June 2010
Plenary: 5 July 2010 (Strasbourg) |
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Passenger rights - bus and coach travel
What's it about? |
Rapporteur: Antonio Cancian (Italy, EPP)
Committee: Transport Committee 2nd reading vote scheduled for 1 June 2010
Plenary: 5 July 2010
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Industrial emissions (IPPC) Directive
What's it about?
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Rapporteur: Holger Krahmer (Germany, EPP)
Committee: Environment Committee vote scheduled for 27 April 2010
Plenary: 5 July 2010 |
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Timber & timber products - obligations of operators
What's it all about?
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Rapporteur: Caroline Lucas (Greens, South East)
Committee: Environment Committee 2nd reading vote scheduled for 4 May 2010
Plenary: 5 July 2010 |
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Information on medicinal products
What's it about?: Information to accompany prescription-only medicines, and channels of information on such medicines (eg internet and health publications, but not TV or radio). Monitoring and control systems for such information. |
Rapporteur: Christofer Fjellner (Sweden, EPP)
Committee: Environment Committee vote scheduled 22 June 2010
Plenary schedule: 6 September 2010 (Strasbourg) |
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Consumer Rights Directive
What's it about?: Cooling period for internet shopping; responsibility for damages during delivery (seller); time for delivery (30 days) |
Rapporteur: Andreas Schwab (Germany, EPP)
Committee: Consumer Protection Committee: 30 September 2010
Plenary schedule: 22 November 2010 |
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Rights to interpretation & translation in criminal proceedings
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Sarah Ludford (LibDem, London region)
Civil Liberties Committee vote: 8 April 2010
Plenary: 14 June 2010
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Mid-term review of Millennium Development Goals
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Michael Cashman (Labour, West Midlands)
Development Committee vote scheduled for 10 May 2010
Plenary: 14 June 2010
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Report on Economic Partnership Agreement with Southern African Development Community
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Robert Sturdy (Conservative, Eastern Region)
International Trade Committee: no timing available
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Report on Economic Partnership Agreement with Pacific States
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David Martin (Labour, Scotland)
International Trade Committee: Vote scheduled for 28 September 2010
Plenary schedule: 18 October 2010
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CAP simplification
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Richard Ashworth (Conservative, South East)
Agriculture Committee: Adoption scheduled 17 March 2010
Plenary schedule: April 2010
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CAP - post 2013
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George Lyon (LibDem, Scotland)
Agriculture Committee: Adoption scheduled 28 April 2010
Plenary schedule: 5 July 2010
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Emissions from new light-commercial vehicles
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Martin Callanan (Conservative, North East)
Environment Committee - Committee vote scheduled for 28 September 2010
Plenary: 23 November 2010
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