Select Committee on European Scrutiny First Report

27.   We consider that the following documents do not raise questions of sufficient legal or political importance to warrant a substantive report to the House :—

HM CUSTOMS AND EXCISE

(23908) 13270/02 COM(02) 575	Amended draft Decision adopting an action programme for customs in the Community.
(23913) 13360/02 COM(02) 509	Draft Council Decision concerning the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Community and Malta adding a Protocol on mutual administrative assistance in customs matters to the Agreement establishing an association between the European Economic Community and Malta.
(23963) 13534/02 COM(02) 587	Commission Report to the Council on the review of Article 9 of the Sixth VAT Directive — Place of supply of services.
(23971) — —	Draft Council Decision authorising Denmark and Sweden to apply for an extension of the measure derogating from Article 17 of the sixth VAT Directive (77/388/EEC).

DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS

(22317) 6976/01 COM(01) 131	Amended draft Directive amending Council Directive 96/22/EC concerning the prohibition on the use in stockfarming of certain substances having a hormonal or thyrostatic action and of beta­agonists.
(23891) 13064/02 COM(02) 560	Draft Council Decision on the prolongation of the International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives, 1986.
(23915) 13372/02 COM(02) 578	Amended draft Regulation on the transboundary movement of genetically modified organisms.
(23927) 13523/02 COM(02) 586	Commission Opinion, pursuant to Article 251 (2), third subparagraph, point (c) of the EC Treaty, on the European Parliament's amendments to the Council's common position regarding the draft Directive providing for public participation in respect of the drawing up of certain plans and programmes relating to the environment and amending with regard to public participation and access to justice Council Directives 85/337/EEC and 96/61/EC amending the proposal of the Commission pursuant to Article 250(2) of the EC Treaty.
(23935) 13489/02 COM(02) 576	Draft Council Decision on the equivalence of field inspections carried out in third countries on seed producing crops and on the equivalence of seed produced in third countries.
(23944) 13306/02 —	Draft Council Regulation on the animal­health requirements applicable to the non­commercial movement of pet animals and amending Council Directive 92/65/EEC.
(23946) — —	Draft Council Decision concerning the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters derogating temporarily, as regards the importation into the Community of tomatoes originating in Morocco, from agricultural Protocol 1 to the Euro­Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States and the Kingdom of Morocco.
(23949) 13806/02 COM(02) 572	Draft Council Decision on the conclusion of a Protocol adjusting the trade aspects of the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States and the Republic of Estonia to take account of the outcome of negotiations between the parties on new mutual agricultural concessions.

FOOD STANDARDS AGENCY

(23892) 13132/02 COM(02) 559

Amended draft Regulation on genetically modified food and feed.

FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

(23933) 13553/02 COM(02) 579	Draft Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EC) No. 2248/2001 of 19 November 2001 on certain procedures for applying the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States and the Republic of Croatia and for applying the Interim Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Croatia.
(23934) 13554/02 COM(02) 580	Draft Council Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No. 153/2002 of 21 January 2002 on certain procedures for applying the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and for applying the Interim Agreement between the European Community and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
(23940) — —	Common Position concerning restrictive measures against Somalia.
(23941) — —	Joint Action extending the mandate of the European Union Monitoring Mission.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

(23889) 13108/02 COM(02) 552	Commission Interim report on the implementation of the programme of Community action on injury prevention in the framework for action in the field of Public Health (1999 to 2003) ­ Decision No. 372/1999/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 February 1999.
(23922) 13528/02 COM(02) 547	Interim Report from the Commission on the implementation of the programme of Community action on health monitoring within the framework for action in the field of Public Health (1997­2001).

HOME OFFICE

(23925) — —

Draft amendments to the Europol Rules on the confidentiality of Europol information.

DEPARTMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

(23931) 13540/02 COM(02) 582

Draft Council Decision on the position to be adopted by the Community within the ACP­EC Council of Ministers regarding a decision on the reallocation of unallocated resources as well as uncommitted interest subsidies from the eighth European Development Fund.

OFFICE FOR NATIONAL STATISTICS

(23907) 13246/02 COM(02) 558

Draft Council Regulation on the harmonisation of Gross National Income at market prices.

DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY

(23880) 12942/02 COM(02) 545	Commission Report on development and implications of patent law in the field of biotechnology and genetic engineering.
(23916) 13397/02 COM(02) 566	Commission Report on the operation of the Euratom Safeguards Office in 2001.
(23937) — —	Draft Council Decision on the renewal and implementation of the Agreement on trade in textile products between the European Community and the Kingdom of Cambodia.
(23938) — —	Draft Council Decision on the renewal and implementation of the Agreement on trade in textile products between the European Community and the Kingdom of Nepal.
(23942) — —	Draft Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1255/96 suspending the autonomous common customs tariff duties on certain industrial, agricultural and fishery products.
(23954) 12308/02 COM(02) 531	Draft Council Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No. 900/2001 imposing definitive anti­dumping duties on imports of urea and ammonium nitrate solutions originating in Poland.

HM TREASURY

(23912) 13358/02 COM(02) 551	Commission Communication: Structural Indicators.
(23952) — SEC(02) 1106	Commission Request for a transfer of appropriations No. 35/2002 — Section III — of the general budget for the financial year 2002.
(23953) — SEC(02) 1116	Commission Request for a transfer of appropriations No. 41/2002 — Section III — of the general budget for the financial year 2002.

DEPARTMENT FOR WORK AND PENSIONS

(23888) 13166/02 —

Draft Council Resolution on Social Inclusion — through Social Dialogue and Partnership.

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Prepared 8 January 2003