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Future Business Part F: Business to be taken in European Committees

Business to be taken in European Committees.

For Business for the period ending on Tuesday 21 December 2010 see Part A of this paper. For Backbench business see Part B of this paper. For Remaining Orders and Notices see Part C of this paper. For Business to be taken in Westminster Hall see Part D of this paper. For Other future business see Part E of this paper. For Notices of Public Petitions see Part G of this paper. For Notices of written ministerial statements see Part H of this paper.


F
Business to be taken in European Committees
   The following list consists of European Union Documents to be considered in European Committees. The dates appointed for consideration are provisional.
European Committee A
1 SAFETY OF OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS ACTIVITIES
 
   European Union Document No. 14768/10, relating to a Commission Communication to the European Parliament and the Council—Facing the challenge of the safety of offshore oil and gas activities, was referred to European Committee A
on 10 November 2010 by the European Scrutiny Committee [7th Report of Session 2010-11, HC 428-vii, Chapter 1].
To be considered at 4.30 pm on 25 January 2011.
2 ANIMAL CLONING FOR FOOD
 
   European Union Document No. 15277/10, relating to a report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on animal cloning for food, was referred to European Committee A on 24 November 2010 by the European Scrutiny Committee [9th Report of Session 2010-11, HC 428-ix, Chapter 1].
To be considered at 4.30 pm on 31 January 2011.
3 ENERGY 2020
 
   European Union Document No. 16096/10, relating to Energy 2020: A strategy for competitive, sustainable and secure energy, was referred to European Committee A on 15 December 2010 by the European Scrutiny Committee.
Date and time of consideration to be arranged.
European Committee B
1 SECOND REVISION OF THE COTONOU AGREEMENT
 
   An Unnumbered Explanatory Memorandum, dated 31 March 2010, submitted by the Department for International Development, relating to the Second Revision of the Cotonou Agreement, was referred to European Committee B on 8 September 2010
by the European Scrutiny Committee [1st Report of Session 2010-11, HC 428-i, Chapter 1].
To be considered at 4.30 pm on 24 January 2011.
2 TERRORIST FINANCE TRACKING PROGRAM
 
   European Documents No. 11048/10, relating to a Draft Agreement, No. 11172/10, relating to a Council Decision on the conclusion of the Agreement, and No. 11173/10, relating to a Council Decision on the signature of the Agreement between the European Union and the United States of America on the Processing and Transfer of Financial Payment Messaging Data from the European Union to the United States of America for the purposes of the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program, were referred to European Committee B on 8 September 2010 by the European Scrutiny Committee [1st Report of Session 2010-11, HC 428-i, Chapter 6].
Date and time of consideration to be arranged.
3 FINANCIAL STABILISATION MECHANISM
 
   European Documents No. 9606/10, relating to a Council Regulation establishing a European financial stabilisation mechanism and No. 12119/10, relating to a Draft amending budget No. 7 to the general budget 2010—Statement of expenditure by Section—Section III—Commission, were referred to European Committee B on
8 September 2010 by the European Scrutiny Committee [1st Report of Session 2010-11, HC 428-i, Chapter 7].
Date and time of consideration to be arranged.
4 CITIZENS’ INITIATIVE
 
   European Union Document No. 8399/10 and Addendum, relating to a proposal for the regulation on the citizens’ initiative, was referred to European Committee B on
8 September 2010 by the European Scrutiny Committee [1st Report of Session 2010-11, HC 428-i, Chapter 3].
To be considered at 4.30 pm on 17 January 2011.
5 EUROPE 2020 INTEGRATED GUIDELINES
Justine Greening
Chris Grayling
 
   That the Committee takes note of European Union Documents No. 9231/10, Recommendation for a Council Recommendation on broad guidelines for the economic policies of the Member States and of the Union–Part I of the Europe 2020 Integrated Guidelines, and No. 9233/10, Proposal for a Council Decision on guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States–Part II of the Europe 2020 Integrated Guidelines; and supports the Government’s engagement with the overall Europe 2020 Strategy which seeks to encourage the structural reforms needed to promote growth in Europe. [1st Report of Session 2010-11, HC 428-i, Chapter 9, and 5th Report of Session 2010-11, HC 428-v, Chapter 3].
To be considered at 4.30 pm on 10 January 2011.
6 INTERINSTITUTIONAL AGREEMENT
 
   European Union Documents No. 9193/10, relating to a Commission Report on the functioning of the Interinstitutional Agreement on budgetary discipline and sound financial management, No. 10346/10 and Addenda 1 and 2, relating to a Commission Communication: “More or less controls? Striking the right balance between the administrative costs of control and the risk of error”, No. 10561/10 and Addendum, relating to a Draft Regulation on the Financial regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Union (recast) and European Union Document No. 15759/10, relating to the European Court of Auditors’ Opinion, were referred to European Committee B on 15 Septemberand 15 December 2010 by the European Scrutiny Committee [2nd Report of Session 2010-11, HC 428-ii, Chapter 1].
Date and time of consideration to be arranged.
7 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
 
   European Union Documents No. 12393/10 and Addenda 1 and 2, relating to protection of the European Union’s financial interests, No. 13075/10 and Addendum, relating to an Annual Report to the discharge report on internal audits carried out in 2009, and an Unnumbered Explanatory Memorandum dated 22 October 2010 submitted by HM Treasury, relating to the Annual Report 2010: European Anti-Fraud Office, were referred to European Committee B on 3 November 2010 by the European Scrutiny Committee; Unnumbered Explanatory Memorandum dated 24 November 2010, submitted by the Department for International Development, relating to the European Court of Auditors’ Annual Report on Activities Funded by the Seventh, Eighth and Ninth European Development Funds (EDFs), and Unnumbered Explanatory Memorandum dated 25 November 2010, submitted by HM Treasury, relating to the European Court of Auditors’ Annual Report on Implementation of the Budget concerning the financial year 2009, were referred to European Committee B on 8 December 2010 by the European Scrutiny Committee [6th Report of Session 2010-11, HC 428-vi, Chapter 1 and 11th Report of Session 2010-11, HC 428-x, Chapters 1 and 3].
Date and time of consideration to be arranged.
8 TAXATION OF THE FINANCIAL SECTOR
 
   European Union Document No. 15282/10 and Addendum, relating to a Commission Communication: Taxation of the Financial Sector, was referred to European Committee B on 24 November 2010 by the European Scrutiny Committee [9th Report of Session 2010-11, HC 428-ix, Chapter 2].
Date and time of consideration to be arranged.
9 EU INTERNAL SECURITY STRATEGY
 
   European Union Document No. 16797/10, relating to a Commission Communication, The EU Internal Security Strategy in Action: Five steps towards a more secure Europe, was referred to European Committee B on 8 December 2010 by the European Scrutiny Committee. [11th Report of Session 2010-11, HC 428-x, Chapter 4].
Date and time of consideration to be arranged.
10 EU BUDGET REVIEW
 
   European Union Document No. 15285/10 and Addendum, relating to the Commission Communication: The EU Budget Review, were referred to European Committee B on 15 December 2010 by the European Scrutiny Committee.
Date and time of consideration to be arranged.
European Committee C
1 AUDIT POLICY
 
   European Union Document No. 15274/10, relating to the Commission Green Paper: Audit Policy–Lessons from the Crisis, was referred to European Committee C on 15 December 2010 by the European Scrutiny Committee.
Date and time of consideration to be arranged.