European Union - Fortieth Report
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CONTENTS
REPORT
Correspondence With Ministers
EUROPEAN UNION SELECT COMMITTEE
1. European Council Meeting, June
2006
ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS, AND INTERNATIONAL
TRADE
2. Bilateral Trade Agreements on Textiles
and Clothing
3. Cohesion Policy in Support
of Growth and Jobs: CommunityStrategic Guidelines 2007-13 (10684/05,
5745/06, 11706/06)
4. Community Lisbon Programme:
A Paperless Environment forCustoms and Trade (15380/05, 15381/05)
5. Community Lisbon Programme:
Common ConsolidatedCorporate Tax Base (8231/06)
6. Community Lisbon Programme:
Fostering EntrepreneurialMindsets Through Education and Training
(6505/06)
7. Community Lisbon Programme:
Growth and Employment(11618/05)
8. Community Lisbon Programme:
Transfer of Businesses(7721/06)
9. EC Budget 2006
EC Budget 2006 (continued)
EC Budget 2006 (continued)
10. EC Budget 2007
EC Budget 2007 (continued)
11. European Court of Auditors'
Annual Report (8630/06)
12. European Grouping of Territorial
Co-operation (EGTC)(7554/06)
13. European Structural Funds
2007-13 (7177/06, 8216/06, 8218/06)
14. European Union Solidarity
Fund (8323/05)
15. Financial Perspective 2007-2013
(11734/05, 5834/06, 5835/06,5836/06, 5837/06, 6297/06)
16. Financial Regulation (9628/06)
17. Fiscal Fraud (10054/06)
18. Imports from Third Countries:
Indication of Country of Origin(5091/06)
19. Indirect Tax (16112/05)
20. Inter-Institutional Agreement
on Budgetary Discipline andImprovement of the Budgetary Procedure
(5973/06, 6426/06)
21. Internal Audits : Annual Report
to the Discharge Authority(10480/06)
22. International Timber Trade
Agreement (ITTA)
23. Passenger Car Related Taxes
(11067/05)
24. Repeal of Council Regulation
(EC) NO 171/2005 (15892/04)
25. Shareholders Voting Rights
(5217/06)
26. Sixth VAT Directive (13394/04)
27. Supply of Services (11439/05)
28. Taxation Systems and Customs
in the Community (9500/06,9609/06)
29. Trade Agreements in Services
other than Transport (11641/05)
30. UK Abatement
31. UK Presidency: The Treasury's
Update
32. VAT and Excise Duty Exemptions
on Goods Imported by PersonsTravelling from Third Counties (6746/06)
33. VAT Arrangements Applicable
to Radio and TelevisionBroadcasting Services (9405/06)
34. VAT Reduced Rates (9125/05)
35. VAT Simplification (14248/04)
INTERNAL MARKET
36. Air Traffic Management System,
SESAR (15143/05)
37. Bridging the Broadband Gap
(7622/06)
38. Civil Aviation Security (12588/05)
39. Clean Road Transport Vehicles
(5130/06)
40. Community Vessel Traffic Monitoring
and Information System(5171/06)
41. Competitiveness and Innovation
Framework Programme 2007-2013 (8081/05)
42. Competitiveness Council
43. Cross Border Services (8473/00)
44. Digital Broadcasting (9411/05)
45. Double-Hull Tankers and Compliance
with Flag StateRequirements (8010/06)
46. Driving Licenses (15820/03)
47. Electricity from Renewable
Energy Sources (15745/05)
48. Energy Council
49. Energy: European Strategy
(7070/06)
50. EU Spectrum Policy (12393/05,
12817/05)
51. EURATOM: Agreement on Inter-Institutional
Co-operation in theFramework of International Conventions (9018/06)
52. EURATOM: International Atomic
Energy Agency (IAEA)(7609/06)
53. EURATOM: Seventh Framework
Programme (8087/05, 5057/06,6185/06, 9981/06)
54. European Audiovisual Sector
- Media 2007 (11585/04)
55. European Aviation Safety Agency
(14895/05, 14903/05)
56. EU - US Aviation Agreement
(8656/06)
57. Expanding the EU Emissions
Trading Scheme (EU ETS)(11863/03, 12790/05)
58. External Aviation Policy (7214/05,
7369/05, 12044/05, 12276/05,12752/05)
59. Financial Services Policy
2005-2010 (15345/05)
60. Financing of European Standardisation
(9264/06)
61. Finnish Presidency: Transport
Expectations
62. Flag State Requirements (6843/06)
63. Freight Transport System -
"Marco Polo II" (11816/04)
64. Galileo: Progress Report (11834/04,
13300/04)
65. Galileo Programme (10427/06)
66. i2010 - A European Information
Society for Growth andEmployment (15177/04)
67. i2010 eGovernment
Action Plan: Accelerated eGovernment
inEurope for the Benefit of All (8688/06)
68. ILO Maritime Labour Convention
(10900/06)
69. Inland Waterway Transport
(5583/06)
70. Korean Peninsular Energy Development
Organisation, KEDO(15523/05)
71. Liability of Carriers of Passengers
by Sea and Inland Waterway inthe Event of Accidents (6827/06)
72. Machinery Directive (5557/01)
73. Maritime Accident Investigation
(6436/06)
74. Maritime Activities (5912/06)
75. Maritime Transport - EC Competition
Rules (16106/05)
76. Market Access to Port Services
(13681/04)
77. Market Reviews for Electronic
Communications (6114/06)
78. Motor Vehicles: Emissions
and Access to Repair Information(5163/06)
79. Payment Services in the Internal
Market (15625/05)
80. Port State Control (5632/06)
81. Public Contracts (9138/06)
82. Public-Private Partnerships
(12303/05)
83. Public Transport Services
by Rail and Road (11508/05)
84. Rights of Persons with Reduced
Mobility when Travelling by Air(6622/05)
85. Road Transport Legislation
(3671/05, 3672/05)
86. Satellite Radio - Navigation
Programmes (10431/06)
87. Security of Electricity Supply
and Infrastructure Investment(5118/04)
88. Services Directive (8413/06)
89. State Aid for Innovation (12695/05)
90. Supply Chain Security (6935/06)
91. Telecoms Council, Luxembourg,
June 2006
92. Television Broadcasting Activities
(15983/05)
93. Trans-European Networks 2007-13
(11740/04)
94. Trans-European Transport and
Energy Networks (10089/06)
95. UK Presidency: Eurovignette
- 2nd Reading Deal with theEuropean Parliament (11944/03)
96. United Nations Economic Commission
for Europe - Regulation(8301/06)
97. Universal Service (8485/06)
98. Vehicle Approvals Directive
(14469/04)
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DEFENCE AND DEVELOPMENT
POLICY
99. 2005 Indian Ocean Tsunami and
Earthquake: UK ResponseUpdate
100. ACEH Monitoring Mission
101. ACP-EC Partnership (Cotonou)
Agreement (15329/05)
102. Arms Embargo on Lebanon
103. Assets of Persons Indicated
for War Crimes (PIFWCS) inFormer Yugoslavia
104. Belarus: Opening a Delegation
(5236/06)
105. Bosnia and Herzegovina: Opening
of Negotiations on aStabilisation and Association Agreement
106. China: Partnership and Co-operation
Framework Agreement
107. Civilian Capability Improvement
Plan
108. Comprehensive Nuclear Test
Ban Treaty Organisation(CTBTO)
109. Conflict Settlement Process
in South Ossetia
110. Cotonou Agreement - Consultation
Between the EU and Haiti:Haitian Elections (11691/05)
111. Defence Procurement
112. EC Development Policy - Annual
Report
113. ESDP: EU Planning Team in
Kosovo
114. ESDP: Military Operations
in Bosnia-Herzegovina andPartnership Agreement from Fyrom
115. ESDP: Possible Activity in
Afghanistan
116. ESDP: Security Sector Reform
in Democratic Republic of Congo(7733/06)
117. EU- Albania Stabilisation
and Association Agreement
118. EU- Caribbean Partnership
(6129/06)
119. EU- Egypt Action Plan (10560/06)
120. EU- Iraq Relations
121. EU- Russia Summit - May 2006
122. EU-South Africa Strategic
Partnership
123. EU Aid (7066/06, 7067/06,
7068/06)
124. EU Contribution to Combating
the Destabilising Accumulationand Spread of Small Arms and Light
Weapons (SALW)
125. EU Disaster Response
126. EU External Relations Budget:
Update and Outline Plans for2006 (11734/05, 5834/06, 5835/06,5836/06,
5837/06, 6297/06)
127. EU Military Operation in
Support of the UN Mission in TheDemocratic Republic of Congo (7779/06)
128. EU Police Assistance Team
(EUPAT) in Macedonia
129. EU Relations with the Pacific
Islands (10873/06)
130. EU Strategy Against the Proliferation
of Weapons of MassDestruction (WMD)
131. EU Strategy for Africa
EU Strategy For Africa (continued)
EU Strategy For Africa (continued)
132. Europe in the World - Greater
Coherence, Effectiveness andVisibility (10325/06)
133. European Agency for Reconstruction
(5275/06)
134. European Defence Agency -
Budget
135. European Defence Agency -
Steering Board Meeting, March2006
136. European Defence Agency -
Steering Board Meeting,May 2006
137. European Defence Agency -
Steering Board Meeting, October2006
138. European Instrument for Democracy
and Human Rights
139. European Neighbourhood Policy:
Action Plans for Egypt andLebanon
140. European Security and Defence
Policy (ESDP): PresidencyReport
141. European Union Special Representative
to Bosnia andHerzegovina
142. European Union Special Representative
to Central Asia
143. European Union Special Representative
to Moldova
144. European Union Special Representative
to The Former YugoslavRepublic of Macedonia
145. Foreign Ministers' Informal
(Gymnich) Meeting, September2006
146. General Affairs and External
Relations Council, Brussels,February 2006
147. General Affairs and External
Relations Council, Luxembourg,April 2006
148. General Affairs and External
Relations Council, ExtraordinaryMeetings, August 2006
149. General Affairs and External
Relations Council, Brussels,September 2006
150. Global Monitoring for Environment
and Security (GMES)(14443/05)
151. Instrument for Pre-accession
Assistance
152. Israel/Gaza Casualties
153. Joint Declaration on Political
Dialogue Between the EU andMontenegro
154. Latin America: Partnership
with the EU - CommissionProposals
155. Lessons Identified from Battlegroups
Initial OperationalCapability
156. Liberia Sanctions
157. Multiannual Financial Framework
2008-2013: ACP Countries(7625/06)
158. Restrictive Measures Against
Democratic Republic of Congo(12256/06)
159. Restrictive Measures Against
Officials of Belarus (8015/06)
160. Restrictive Measures Against
Sudan
161. Restrictive Measures Against
Uzbekistan
162. Scrutiny over the Summer
Recess
163. Security Sector Reform
164. Seventh Framework Programme
for Research: TechnologicalDevelopment and Demonstration Activities
2007-13 (8087/05)
165. Sixth Review Conference of
Biological and Toxin WeaponsConvention (BTWC) 2006
166. Stabilisation and Association
Agreement with Serbia andMontenegro
167. Western Balkins: Consolidating
Stability and Raising Prosperity(5773/06)
AGRICULTURE AND ENVIRONMENT
168. Aarhus Convention (14152/03)
169. Agricultural Pesticides (10930/06
- 10937/06)
170. Agriculture and Fisheries
Council - December 2005
171. Agriculture and Fisheries
Council - July 2006
172. Agriculture and Fisheries
Council - September 2006
173. Air Pollution (12735/05,
14335/05)
174. Alpine Convention - Mountain
Farming (8705/06)
175. Animal Welfare (5734/06)
176. Aquaculture: Alien and Locally
Absent Species (8296/06)
177. Avian Influenza
178. Batteries and Accumulators
(15494/03)
179. Biodiversity: Halting the
Loss (9769/06)
180. Cattle and Egg Regulations
181. Common Agricultural Policy:
Rural Development Funding 2007-13 (10016/06)
182. Common Agricultural Policy:
Simplification Action Plan(13494/05)
183. Common Agricultural Policy:
Voluntary Modulation(10014/06)
184. Common Fisheries Policy (8142/05)
185. Community Fisheries Management
(9898/06)
186. Cyprus: State Aid for Agricultural
Debt
187. Electronic Recording and
Reporting of Fishing Activities(14181/04)
188. Energy End-Use Efficiency
and Energy Services (16261/03)
189. EU/Angola: Fisheries Agreement
(16101/05)
190. EU Emissions Trading 2008-12
(5055/06)
191. Exceptional Market Support
Measures (7933/06)
192. Fisheries: Total Allowable
Catches and Quotas
193. FLEGT Licensing Scheme for
Timber Imports
194. Flood Management (5540/06)
195. Fluorinated Gases and Emissions
from Motor Vehicles AirConditioning Systems (12179/03)
196. Genetically Modified Maize
(8635/05, 10785/05, 11834/05,14423/05)
197. Groundwater Pollution (12985/03)
198. Health Requirements for Aquaculture
(11880/05)
199. Hormones in Stock Farming
(12173/03)
200. Humane Trapping Standards
(12200/04)
201. Hydrochlorofluorocarbons
Quotas (12123/04, 8718/06)
202. Infrastructure for Spatial
Information in the Community(INSPIRE) (11781/04)
203. Kyoto: Progress Towards Achieving
the Community's Target(15912/05)
204. North Sea Plaice and Sole
(5403/06)
205. Organic Pollutants (8257/06)
206. Organic Production and the
Labelling of Organic Products(5101/06)
207. Perfluorooctane Sulfonates
(15552/05)
208. Potato Cyst Nematodes (8399/05)
209. Poultry Import Regime
210. Protection of Chickens Kept
for Meat Production
211. REACH (Registration, Evaluation,
Authorisation and Restrictionof Chemicals) (15409/03)
212. Reform of the EU Sugar Regime
(10514/05, 10598/05)
213. Restrictions on Mercury Devices
(6693/06)
214. Salmon: Anti-Dumping and
Anti-Subsidy Measures (8721/03)
215. Sustainable Development Strategy
- A Platform for Action(15796/05)
216. Sustainable European Wine
Sector (10851/06)
217. Toothfish: Catch Documentation
Scheme
218. TSE Regulation (15874/04)
219. TSE Roadmap (11408/05)
220. Verification of Agri-Environment
Expenditure (12921/05)
LAW AND INSTITUTIONS
221. Antitrust Rules (5127/06)
222. Asset Recovery: Co-operation
Between Offices of Member States(6589/2/06, 6589/3/06)
223. Comitology (9087/04)
224. Company Law and Corporate
Governance (10041/03)
225. Company Law Directive: Mandatory
Audit Committees(7677/04)
226. Conflicts of Jurisdiction
and the Principle of ne
bis in idem inCriminal Proceedings (5381/06)
227. Control of the Acquisition
and Possession of Weapons(7258/06)
228. Criminal Law Competence of
the European Community(15444/05)
229. Disqualifications Arising
from Criminal Convictions in the EU(7162/06)
230. European Anti-Corruption
Network (15629/05)
231. European Arrest Warrant (5706/06)
232. European Evidence Warrant
(14246/05)
233. European Regulatory Agencies
(7032/05)
234. European Small Claims Procedure
(10160/06)
235. European Strategy for Combating
Radicalisation andRecruitment to Terrorism (14781/05)
236. Fight Against Organised Crime
(6582/05, 8496/06)
237. Fundamental Rights Agency
(10774/05)
238. Hague Conference on Private
International Law: Accession of theEuropean Community (15835/05)
239. Illicit Trafficking on the
High Seas (5832/02, 5563/02)
240. Information Extracted from
Criminal Records (5463/06)
241. Information on the Payer
Accompanying Transfers of Funds(11549/05)
242. Intellectual Property Rights
(8866/06)
243. Judicial and Extrajudical
Documents in Civil or CommercialMatters (11131/05)
244. Jurisdiction of the Court
of Justice (11356/06)
245. Maintenance Obligations (5198/06,
5199/06)
246. Mutual Administrative Assistance
for the Protection of theCommunity's Financial Interests Against
Fraud and any otherIllegal Activities (12993/04)
247. National Contact Points for
Restorative Justice (10575/02)
248. New Criminal Proceedings:
Taking Account of Convictions(7645/05, 10676/06)
249. Presumption of Innocence
(9128/06)
250. Procedural Rights During
Criminal Proceedings (10880/05)
251. Proceeds from Crime and the
Financing of Terrorism(12467/05)
252. Public Limited Liability
Companies: Maintenance and Alterationof their Capital (14197/04)
253. Review of the Hague Programme
254. Rome I: Law Applicable to
Contractual Obligations (5023/06)
255. Rome II: Law Applicable to
Non-Contractual Obligations(16231/04, 6622/06)
256. Rome III
257. Shipowners: Civil Liability
and Financial Securities (5907/06)
258. Succession and Wills (7027/05)
259. Surrender Procedures between
the EU and Iceland and Norway(8762/06, 9226/06)
260. Trafficking in Human Organs
and Tissues (9228/03)
HOME AFFAIRS
261. Asylum System: Improving Decision
Making (6520/06)
262. Community Civil Protection
Mechanism (8430/05, 8436/05,5865/06)
263. Counter-Terrorism Security
in Explosives (11929/05)
264. Counter- Terrorism Strategy
(14469/1/05)
265. Data Protection: Framework
Decision (13019/05)
266. European Databases in Justice
and Home Affairs (15122/05)
267. European Migration Network
(15240/05)
268. Europol
269. Financing Terrorists (15203/05)
270. Illegal Immigration: Monitoring
and Evaluation Mechanism ofThird Countries (11614/05)
271. Information and Intelligence:
Simplifying the Exchange betweenLaw Enforcement Authorities (13563/05)
272. Justice and Home Affairs
Council, July 2006
273. Legal Migration: Policy Plan
(5052/06)
274. Meeting of the Interior Ministers,
Heiligendamm,March 2006
275. Migration: Priority Actions
for Responding to the Challenge(15204/05)
276. Passenger Name Records -
Termination of EC-US Agreement(10613/06)
277. Police Co-operation between
Member States (11407/05,5284/06)
278. Regional Protection Programmes
(11989/05)
279. Return of Illegally Staying
Third Country Nationals
280. Schengen Information System:
Second Generation (SIS II) -Access by Vehicle Registration Authorities
(9944/05)
281. Schengen Information System:
Second Generation (SIS II) -Establishment, Operation and Use (9942/05,
9943/05, 5709/06,5710/06)
282. Scrutiny Overrides - UK Presidency
283. Strengthening Cross-Border
Police Co-operation (6930/05)
284. Terrorism: Critical Infrastructure
Protection (14910/05)
285. Terrorism: Transmission of
Security Information (5335/06)
286. UK Presidency: Home Office
Plans
287. Uniform Format for Residence
Permits for Third-CountryNationals (7298/06)
288. Visa Information System (VIS)
- Access for Consultation(15142/05)
SOCIAL POLICY AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS
289. Addition of Vitamins and Minerals
to Food (14842/03)
290. Advanced Therapy Medicinal
Products (15023/05)
291. Citizens for Europe 2007-2013
(8154/05)
292. Confronting Demographic Change:
A New Solidarity betweenthe Generations (7607/05)
293. Consumer Policy 2007-2013
(9909/06)
294. Consumer Prices (6546/06)
295. Credit Agreements for Consumers
(13193/05)
296. Culture Programme 2007-2013
(11572/04)
297. Education and Lifelong Learning:
Statistics (15615/05)
298. Education and Training 2010
Work Programme (13415/05)
299. Education and Youth Council
300. Employment and Social Solidarity
- Progress (8974/06,9873/06)
301. Employment Equality (Age)
Regulations
302. Employment Policies - Guidelines
303. Employment, Social Policy,
Health and Consumer AffairsCouncil (ESPHCA)
304. Equal Opportunities and Equal
Treatment of Men and Womenin Matters of Employment and Occupation
(8839/04, 11865/05,15623/05)
305. European Globalisation Adjustment
Fund (EGF) (7301/06)
306. European Indicator of Language
Competence (11704/05)
307. European Institute of Technology
(6844/06, 10361/06)
308. European Monitoring Centre
for Drugs and Drug Addiction(EMCDDA) (12143/05)
309. European Qualifications Framework
for Life-long Learning(11189/05)
310. European Quality Charter
for Mobility (12639/05)
311. European Social Fund (13531/05,
8219/06)
312. European Year of Equal Opportunities
2007: Towards a JustSociety (9883/05)
313. European Year of Intercultural
Dialogue 2008 (13094/05,8596/06)
314. Health and Consumer Protection
Strategy (8064/05, 9405/06)
315. Health and Long-term Care:
Open Method of Co-ordination(8131/04)
316. Healthy Diets and Physical
Activity (15700/05)
317. Human Tissues and Cells (10122/03)
318. Injury Prevention (10938/06,
10950/06)
319. Institute for Gender Equality
(9195/06)
320. Labelling of Spirit Drinks
(15902/05)
321. Life-long Learning - Action
Programme (9697/06)
322. Life-long learning: Key Competences
(13425/05, 8084/06)
323. Medical Device Directive
(5072/06)
324. Medicinal Products for Paediatric
Use (13880/04)
325. Mental Health Strategy for
the European Union (13442/05)
326. Minimum Heath and Safety
Requirements Regarding theExposure of Workers to the Risks Arising
from Physical Agents:Optical Radiation (10678/04)
327. Mortgage Credit in the EU
(11500/05)
328. Multi-lingualism: A New Framework
Strategy (14908/05)
329. Nominal Quantities for Pre-packed
Products (15570/04, 15614/04, 8680/06)
330. Nutrition and Health Claims
(11646/03)
331. Pandemic Influenza Preparedness
(15127/05)
332. Partnership for the Change
in an Enlarged Europe - Enhancing the Contribution of Social Dialogue
(12002/04)
333. Promoting Active European
Citizenship: New Impetus for European Youth
334. Promoting Decent Work for
All - Implementing the Decent Work Agenda in the World (9988/06)
335. Protection of Minors (5593/06)
336. Pyrotechnic Articles (13568/05)
337. Roadmap for Equality between
Men and Women 2006-11 (7034/06)
338. Social Security Systems (5896/06,
9584/06)
339. Universities Modernisation
Agenda (9166/06)
340. Working Time Directive (12683/04,
9554/05)
341. Working Together, Working
Better: EU Social Protection and Inclusion Policies (5070/06)
342. Youth in Action (11586/04,
9838/06) 560
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