Commons European Business Order Paper
Wednesday 15 January 2014 (No. 103)

The following list consists of European Union Documents to be considered in European Committees or on the floor of the House. The dates appointed for consideration are provisional.

For information on the work of the European Scrutiny Committee see: www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/european-scrutiny-committee.

FLOOR OF THE HOUSE

1. COMMISSION WORK PROGRAMME 2014

To be considered on Wednesday 22 January

Mr David Lidington

That this House takes note of European Union Document No. 15521/13 and Addendum, a Commission Communication: Commission Work Programme 2014; agrees that this document is a useful tool for planning the Government and Parliament’s engagement with the EU in 2014; and supports the Government’s view that measures which promote growth and jobs in the EU, including measures towards completing the Single Market, are the top priority.

Relevant documents:

25th Report of Session 2013-14, HC 83-xxii, Chapter 2

2. THE EU’S COMMON SECURITY AND DEFENCE POLICY

Date and time of consideration to be arranged

Unnumbered European Union Document, the High Representative’s Report on the Common Security and Defence Policy ahead of the December 2013 European Council Discussion on Defence

Relevant documents:

27th Report of Session 2013-14, HC 83-xxiv, Chapter 2

EUROPEAN COMMITTEE A

1. AVIATION AND THE EU EMISSION TRADING SYSTEM

To be considered on Thursday 23 January at 11.30am

Gregory Barker

That the Committee takes note of European Union Document No. 15051/13 and Addendum, a Draft Directive amending Directive 2003/87/EC establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community, in view of the implementation by 2020 of an international agreement applying a single global market-based measure to international aviation emissions; welcomes the acknowledgement by the European Commission that the scope of the Aviation EU Emissions Trading System should be adjusted in light of progress made towards agreement on a global market-based measure for aviation emissions at the last General Assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organisation, ICAO, in October 2013; and calls on the Government to seek revision of the System in a manner which will achieve a high level of compliance and reduce the risk of legal, political and commercial retaliatory actions from third countries, with a view to facilitating an agreement at the next ICAO General Assembly in 2016 on a global market-based measure for aviation emissions.

Relevant documents:

23rd Report of Session 2013-14, HC 83-xxi, Chapter 2

2. SAFETY OF NUCLEAR INSTALLATIONS

To be considered on Monday 20 January at 4.30pm

Michael Fallon

That the Committee takes note of European Union Document No. 15030/13, a draft Council Directive amending Directive 2009/71/EURATOM establishing a Community framework for the nuclear safety of nuclear installations; notes the importance of learning the lessons from the Fukushima nuclear accident at a national level; and agrees with the Government that, while there is a need to ensure that a robust EU nuclear safety framework is in place, any changes to the current framework should be evidence based, proportionate to the risks they aim to address and do not result in a shift of competence away from Member States.

Relevant documents:

23rd Report of Session 2013-14, HC 83-xxi, Chapter 1

EUROPEAN COMMITTEE B

1. ESTABLISHING A NEW SCHENGEN EVALUATION MECHANISM

Date and time of consideration to be arranged

European Union Document No. 11846/12, a draft Council Regulation on the establishment of an evaluation mechanism to verify the application of the Schengen acquis

Relevant documents:

13th Report of Session 2013-14, HC 83-xiii, Chapter 4

2. STATISTICS

To be considered on Monday 20 January at 4.30pm

Mr Nick Hurd

That the Committee takes note of European Union Documents No. 9122/12, a draft Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No. 223/2009 on European statistics, No. 14230/12, European Court of Auditors Special Report No. 12/2012: Did the Commission and Eurostat improve the process for producing reliable and credible European Statistics?, and No. 15976/12, a European Central Bank Opinion on the draft Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No. 223/2009 on European statistics (CON/2012/84); notes the success that the UK has achieved so far against its negotiating objectives in Council negotiations on amendments to Regulation (EC) No. 223/2009; and supports the Government’s view that it should approve any final compromise text which ensures those objectives and improves the legal framework for the production of reliable and credible European Statistics.

Relevant documents:

13th Report of Session 2013-14, HC 83-xiii, Chapter 5

3. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

Date and time of consideration to be arranged

Unnumbered European Union Documents, the European Court of Auditors Annual Report concerning the financial year 2012 and the European Court of Auditors Annual Report on the activities funded by the Eighth, Ninth and Tenth European Development Funds (EDFs), together with European Union Document No. 12772/13 and Addenda 1 to 5, a Commission Report to the European Parliament and the Council on the protection of the European Union’s financial interests: Fight against fraud 2012 Annual Report, already referred on 9 October 2013

Relevant documents:

17th Report of Session 2013-14, HC 83-xvi, Chapter 1

26th Report of Session 2013-14, HC 83-xxiii, Chapters 3 and 4

4. REFORM OF THE EU’s STAFF REGULATIONS

Date and time of consideration to be arranged

European Union Document No. 18638/11, a draft Regulation amending the Staff Regulations of Officials and the Conditions of Employment of other Servants of the European Union

Relevant documents:

19th Report of Session 2013-14, HC 83-xviii, Chapter 4

22nd Report of Session 2013-14, HC 83-xx, Chapter 3

5. EUROPEAN INVESTIGATION ORDER

Date and time of consideration to be arranged

European Union Document No. 18918/11, a Draft Directive regarding the European Investigation Order in criminal matters–Text agreed as general approach

Relevant documents:

22nd Report of Session 2013-14, HC 83-xx, Chapter 7

6. EU SUPPORT FOR GOVERNANCE IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

Date and time of consideration to be arranged

Unnumbered European Union Document, the European Court of Auditors Special Report No. 9/2013–EU support for governance in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (pursuant to Article 287(4), second subparagraph, TFEU)

Relevant documents:

23rd Report of Session 2013-14, HC 83-xxi

7. EUROPEAN DEFENCE

Date and time of consideration to be arranged

European Union Document No. 12773/13 and Addendum, a Commission Communication: Towards a more competitive and efficient defence and security sector

Relevant documents:

27th Report of Session 2013-14, HC 83-xxiv, Chapter 5

8. EUROPEAN SEMESTER

Date and time of consideration to be arranged

European Union Documents No. 16171/13, a Commission Report: A single market for growth and jobs: an analysis of progress made and remaining obstacles in the Member States, together with No. 15808/13, a Commission Report: Alert Mechanism Report 2014, No. 15803/13, a Commission Communication: Annual Growth Survey 2014, and No. 16348/13, a Draft Joint Employment Report accompanying the Commission Communication on the Annual Growth Survey 2014, already referred on 11 December 2013

Relevant documents:

27th Report of Session 2013-14, HC 83-xxiv, Chapters 3 and 4

28th Report of Session 2013-14, HC 83-xxv, Chapter 1

9. RELATIONS BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION AND NATIONAL PARLIAMENTS

Date and time of consideration to be arranged

Mr David Lidington

That the Committee takes note of European Union Documents No. 12989/13, the 2012 Annual Report from the Commission on relations between the European Commission and national parliaments, and No. 13002/13, the Commission Annual Report on subsidiarity and proportionality; recognises the importance of the principle of subsidiarity and the value of stronger interaction between national parliaments and the EU Institutions; and welcomes the Government’s commitment to increasing the power of national parliaments in EU decision-making by strengthening and, where possible, enhancing current provisions.

Relevant documents:

22nd Report of Session 2013-14, HC 83-xx, Chapter 4

28th Report of Session 2013-14, HC 83-xxv, Chapter 2

29th Report of Session 2013-14, HC 83-xxvi, Chapter 2

10. GENDER EQUALITY AND WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT IN DEVELOPMENT

Date and time of consideration to be arranged

European Union Document No. 17432/13, a Commission Staff Working Paper: 2012 Report on the Implementation of the EU Plan of Action on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in Development 2010–2015

Relevant documents:

29th Report of Session 2013-14, HC 83-xxvi, Chapter 1

11. RELOCATION OF THE EUROPEAN POLICE COLLEGE

Date and time of consideration to be arranged

European Union Document No. 17043/13 and Addenda 1 and 2, an initiative of Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Estonia, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland and Sweden for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Decision 2005/681/JHA establishing the European Police College

Relevant documents:

29th Report of Session 2013-14, HC 83-xxvi, Chapter 3

EUROPEAN COMMITTEE C

1. A EUROPE FOR CITIZENS PROGRAMME 2014-20

Date and time of consideration to be arranged

European Union Document No. 18719/11 and Addenda 1 and 2, a draft Council Regulation establishing for the period 2014–2020 the programme Europe for Citizens

Relevant documents:

25th Report of Session 2013-14, HC 83-xxii, Chapter 1