Commons European Business Order Paper
Tuesday 9 December 2014 (No. 75)

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. THE FREE MOVEMENT OF EU CITIZENS

Date and time of consideration to be arranged

European Union Document No. 16930/13, a Commission Communication: Free movement of EU citizens and their families: Five actions to make a difference

Relevant documents:

31st Report of Session 2013-14, HC 83-xxviii, Chapter 2

15th Report of Session 2014-15, HC 83-xv, Chapter 16

2. STRATEGIC GUIDELINES FOR EU JUSTICE AND HOME AFFAIRS TO 2020

Date and time of consideration to be arranged

European Union Documents No. 7838/14, a Commission Communication: The EU Justice Agenda for 2020: Strengthening Trust, Mobility and Growth within the Union, and No. 7844/14 and Addendum, a Commission Communication: An open and secure Europe: making it happen

Relevant documents:

46th Report of Session 2013-14, HC 83-xli, Chapter 3

3rd Report of Session 2014-15, HC 219-iii, Chapter 2

8th Report of Session 2014-15, HC 219-viii, Chapter 1

3. RULE OF LAW IN EU MEMBER STATES

Date and time of consideration to be arranged

European Union Document No. 7632/14 and Addendum, a Commission Communication: A new EU Framework to strengthen the Rule of Law

Relevant documents:

48th Report of Session 2013-14, HC 83-xliii, Chapter 1

4. PORTS

Date and time of consideration to be arranged

Mr John Hayes

That the Committee takes note of European Union Document No. 10154/13 and Addenda 1 to 5, a draft Regulation establishing a framework on market access to port services and financial transparency of ports; supports the Government’s efforts to seek an alternative text, which removes those elements of its provisions that risk harming the competitive edge of the UK port sector; and further supports the Government’s determination to secure solutions that recognise and protect the UK port sector as an exemplar of the claimed underlying objectives of the Proposal, since it is already fully competitive, efficient and actively investing to expand capacity.

As an Amendment to Mr John Hayes’ proposed Motion (Ports):

Amendment (a)

Mr Gordon Marsden

Line 8, at end add ‘but believes the Government must commit to rigorously seeking the co-operation of other Member States in order to achieve the objective of an alternative text; and calls on the Government to continue negotiating but to resist any aspects of the Regulation that are sustained or added that do not address the continued effectiveness of the UK ports industry and its employees and that frustrate fair competition between ports.’.

Relevant documents:

5th Report of Session 2014-15, HC 219-v, Chapter 3

10th Report of Session 2014-15, HC 219-x, Chapter 2

14th Report of Session 2014-15, HC219-xiii

Notes:

On 2 July 2014 the European Scrutiny Committee recommended this Document for debate on the floor of the House (Fifth Report of Session 2014-15). The Government scheduled the Document for consideration in European Committee A on 3 September 2014, on which date the Committee adjourned without debating the Document. At its meeting on 3 September 2014, the European Scrutiny Committee reiterated its recommendation that the Document be debated on the floor of the House (Tenth Report of Session 2014-15). On 15 October the Committee also recommended that European Union Document No. 13764/14, a draft Regulation establishing a framework on market access to port services and financial transparency of ports (First reading: General approach) be debated with this Document (Thirteenth Report of Session 2014-15).

5. SUBSIDIARITY AND PROPORTIONALITY AND THE COMMISSION’S RELATIONS WITH NATIONAL PARLIAMENTS

Date and time of consideration to be arranged

European Union Document No. 12424/14, Report from the Commission Report: Annual Report 2013 on Subsidiarity and Proportionality and No. 12425/14, a Commission Report: Annual Report 2013 on relations between the European Commission and National Parliaments

Relevant documents:

13th Report of Session 2014-15, HC 219-xiii, Chapters 1 and 2

6. THE EU-UKRAINE ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT

Date and time of consideration to be arranged

European Union Document No. 13519/14, a Council Decision amending the Council Decision on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and provisional application of the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part, as regards Title III (with the exception of the provisions relating to the treatment of third-country nationals legally employed as workers in the territory of the other Party) and Titles IV, V, VI and VII thereof, as well as the related Annexes and Protocols

Relevant documents:

13th Report of Session 2014-15, HC 219-xiii, Chapters 3 and 35

16th Report of Session 2014-15, HC 219-xvi, Chapter 10

7. EU BUDGET 2014

Date and time of consideration to be arranged

European Union Document No. 14442/14, a Draft Amending Budget No. 6 to the General Budget for 2014: General statement of revenue - Statement of expenditure by section: Section III - Commission and Section VIII - European Ombudsman and No. 15444/14, a draft Regulation amending Regulation (EC, Euratom) No. 1150/2000 implementing Decision 2007/436/EC, Euratom on the system of the European Communities' own resources

Relevant documents:

19th Report of Session 2014-15, HC 219-xiii, Chapter 1

22nd Report of Session 2014-15, HC 219-xxi, Chapter 1

EUROPEAN COMMITTEE A

1. ZERO WASTE PROGRAMME FOR EUROPE AND EU LEGISLATION ON WASTE

Date and time of consideration to be arranged

European Union Document No. 11592/14 and Addenda 1 to 3, a Commission Communication: Towards a circular economy–A zero waste programme for Europe, and No. 11598/14 and Addenda 1 to 10, a draft Directive amending Directives 2008/98/EC on waste, 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste, 1999/31/EC on the landfill of waste, 2000/53/EC on end-of-life vehicles, 2006/66/EC on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators, and 2012/19/EU on waste electrical and electronic equipment

Relevant documents:

9th Report of Session 2014-15, HC 219-ix, Chapters 2 and 3

3rd Report from the Environmental Audit Committee, Session 2014-15, on Growing a circular economy: Ending the throwaway society, HC 214 and the Government Response, HC 699.

2. ORGANIC FOOD PRODUCTION

Date and time of consideration to be arranged

European Union Documents No. 7956/14, a draft Regulation on organic production and the labelling of organic products, amending Regulation (EU) No. XXX/XXX [Official Controls Regulation] and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No. 834/2007, and No. 8194/14, a Commission Communication: Action Plan for the future of organic production in the European Union

Relevant documents:

12th Report of Session 2014-15, HC 219-xii

EUROPEAN COMMITTEE B

1. THE EUROPEAN POLICE COLLEGE (OPT-IN DECISION)

Date and time of consideration to be arranged

European Union Documents No. 8230/13, a Commission Communication: Establishing a European Law Enforcement Training Scheme, and No. 12013/14, a draft Regulation establishing a European Union agency for law enforcement training (Cepol), repealing and replacing Council Decision 2005/681/JHA

Relevant documents:

9th Report of Session 2014-15, HC 219-ix, Chapter 5

Notes:

This is an opt-in debate.

2. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

Date and time of consideration to be arranged

European Union Document No. 12213/14 and Addenda 1-6, a Commission Report: Protection of the European Union’s financial interests–Fight against fraud 2013 Annual Report, and unnumbered European Union Document, the European Court of Auditors’ 2013 Annual Reports on the implementation of the Budget and on the activities funded by the 8th, 9th and 10th European Development Funds

Relevant documents:

13th Report of Session 2014-15, HC 219-xiii, Chapter 5

24th Report of Session 2014-15, HC 219-xxiii, Chapter 1

3. EUROPEAN DEFENCE: IMPLEMENTATION ROAD MAP

Date and time of consideration to be arranged

European Union Document No. 11358/14, a Commission Report: A New Deal for European Defence: Implementation Roadmap for Communication COM(2013)542; Towards a more competitive and efficient defence and security sector

Relevant documents:

18th Report of Session 2014-15, HC 219-xvii, Chapter 1

EUROPEAN COMMITTEE C

1. EU MERGER CONTROL

Date and time of consideration to be arranged

European Union Document No 11976/14 and Addenda 1-3, a Commission White Paper: Towards more effective EU merger control

Relevant documents:

9th Report of Session 2014-15, HC 219-ix, Chapters 2 and 3