Select Committee on European Scrutiny First Report

12. We consider that the following documents do not raise questions of legal or political importance:-

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

(20527) 11762/99 COM(99) 462	Draft Decision on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters concerning the provisional application of the Protocol setting out, for the period 1 June 1999 to 31 May 2002, the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for by the Agreement between the European Community and the Government of the Democratic Republic of São Tomé e Principe on fishing off the coast of São Tomé e Principe.
(20607) 12159/99 COM(99) 489	Draft Regulation on the conclusion of Agreements in the form of Exchanges of Letters amending the Agreements in the form of Exchanges of Letters between the European Community and the Republic of Bulgaria, the Republic of Hungary and Romania on the reciprocal establishment of tariff quotas for certain wines, and amending Regulation No 933/95 opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain wines.
(20623)  —	Draft Regulation temporarily suspending all or some of the autonomous common customs tariff duties on certain fishery products (2000).
(20661) 12348/99 COM(99) 550	Draft Regulation on the conclusion of the Protocol setting out for the period 1 June 1999 to 31 May 2002 the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for in the Agreement between the European Community and the Government of the Democratic Republic of São Tomé e Principe on fishing off the coast of São Tomé e Principe.
(20664)  —	Draft Regulation modifying No 745/99 opening and providing for the administration of autonomous Community tariff quotas for certain fishery products.

Department for Culture Media and Sport

(20548) 10767/99 COM(99) 371

Commission Communication on the Study on Parental Control of Television Broadcasting.

Department for Education and Employment

(20608) 12090/99 COM(99) 485

Draft Decision establishing the European Year of Languages 2001.

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

(20615) 12507/99 —

Draft Decision implementing Joint Action 1999/34/CFSP with a view to a European Union contribution to combating the destabilising accumulation and spread of small arms and light weapons in Cambodia.

Department of Health

(20580) 12042/99 COM(99) 463

Commission Interim Report on the implementation of the programmes of Community action on the prevention of cancer, AIDS and certain other communicable diseases, and drug dependence within the framework for action in the field of public health (1996-2000) (Decisions Nos 646/96, 647/96 and 102/97)

Department for International Development

(20505) 11060/99

Draft Regulation apportioning the quantities of grain provided for under the Food Aid Convention 1995 for the period 1 July 1998 to 30 June 1999.

Office of National Statistics

(20609) 12111/99 COM(99) 488

Draft Regulation clarifying Regulation No 2223/96 as concerns principles for recording taxes and social contributions.

Department of Trade and Industry

(20474) 11029/99 COM(99) 439	Commission Report on the application of the Agreement between the European Communities and the Government of the United States of America regarding the application of their competition laws - 1 January to 31 December 1998.
(20590) —	Draft Decision on the renewal of the bilateral agreement between the European Community and Ukraine on the international trade in textiles and clothing products.
(20591)  —	Draft Decision on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Republic of Kazakhstan establishing a double-checking system without quantitative limits in respect of the export of certain steel products covered by the EC and ECSC Treaties from the Republic of Kazakhstan to the European Community.
(20612)  —	Draft Regulation on administering the double-checking system without quantitative limits in respect of the export of certain steel products covered by the EC and ECSC Treaties from Kazakhstan to the European Union.
(20613)  —	Draft Decision on administering certain restrictions on imports of certain steel products from Kazakhstan.
(20667)  —	Draft Directive on a common framework for electronic signatures. (Amended)

HM Treasury

(20620) SEC(99) 1608	Proposal for transfer of appropriations No 53A/99 — Section III — Commission Part B — of the general budget for the financial year 1999.
(20621) —	Second Quarterly Report of transfer of appropriations within the general budget for the financial year 1999.
(20622) —	First Quarterly Report of transfers of appropriations within the general budget for the financial year 1999.
(20652) —	Draft Directive amending Directive 85/611 on the co-ordination of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities (UCITS).

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Prepared 7 December 1999