Commons European Business Order Paper
Friday 27 February 2015 (No. 113)

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

To be considered on Tuesday 10 March

Mr David Lidington

That this House takes note of European Union Documents No. 12425/14, the 2013 Annual Report from the Commission on relations between the Commission and national parliaments, and No. 12424/14, the 2013 Annual Report from the Commission 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; deplores the failure of the outgoing Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship to respond to national parliaments’ concerns about the proposal to establish a European Public Prosecutors Office; looks forward to the European Commission responding to the call of national parliaments and the European Council to strengthen national parliaments’ role in improving EU legislation; 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:

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

6. 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

7. COMMISSION WORK PROGRAMME 2015

To be considered on Monday 9 March

Mr David Lidington

That this House takes note of European Union Document No. 5080/15 and Addenda 1 to 4, a Commission Communication: Commission Work Programme 2015–A New Start; and supports the Government’s view that the most significant initiatives are those that focus on the strategic priorities set out by the European Council in June 2014 to promote jobs, growth and investment in the EU.

Relevant documents:

31st Report of Session 2014-15, HC 219-xxx, Chapter 1

8. EU CHARTER OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS

Date and time of consideration to be arranged

European Union Document No. 9042/14 and Addenda 1 to 3, a Commission Report: 2013 Report on the application of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights

Relevant documents:

32nd Report of Session 2014-15, HC 219-xxxi, 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.

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

31st Report of Session 2014-15, HC 219-xxx, Chapter 4

Notes:

This is an opt-in debate.

2. 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

25th Report of Session 2014-15, HC 219-xxiv, Chapter 20

3. EUROPEAN SEMESTER

To be considered on Wednesday 4 March at 8.55am

Mr David Gauke

That the Committee takes note of European Union Documents No. 15985/14, a Commission Communication: Annual Growth Survey 2015, No. 15953/14 and Addendum, a draft Joint Employment Report from the Commission and the Council, accompanying the Commission Communication on the Annual Growth Survey 2015, No. 15988/14, and Addendum, a Commission Report: Alert Mechanism Report 2015 (prepared in accordance with Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EU) No. 1176/2011 on the prevention and correction of macroeconomic imbalances), and unnumbered Document, European Economic Forecast, Autumn 2014; and acknowledges the priorities identified in the Annual Growth Survey of boosting investment and renewing commitment to structural reform and fiscal responsibility, and the contents of the Alert Mechanism Report.

Relevant documents:

27th Report of Session 2014-15, HC 219-xxvi, Chapter 2

28th Report of Session 2014-15, HC 219-xxvii, Chapter 3

4. VALUE ADDED TAXATION

Date and time of consideration to be arranged

European Union Document No. 9926/12 and Addenda 1 and 2, a draft Council Directive amending Directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of value added tax, as regards the treatment of vouchers

Relevant documents:

28th Report of Session 2014-15, HC 219-xxvii, Chapter 2

5. THE EU AND THE POST-2015 DEVELOPMENT AGENDA

To be considered on Wednesday 11 March at 8.55am

European Union Document No. 10412/14 and Addendum, a Commission Communication: A decent Life for all: from vision to collective action

Relevant documents:

29th Report of Session 2014-15, HC 219-xxviii, Chapter 1

7th Report from the Environmental Audit Committee, Session 2014-15, on Connected world, Agreeing ambitious Sustainable Development Goals in 2015, HC 452

6. EU DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE: EUROPEAID’S EVALUATION AND RESULTS-ORIENTED MONITORING SYSTEMS

To be considered on Monday 9 March at 4.30pm

Mr Desmond Swayne

That the Committee takes note of unnumbered European Union Document, the European Court of Auditors’ Special Report No. 18/2014: EuropeAid’s evaluation and results-orientated monitoring systems; welcomes the report as an important assessment of the EU’s performance in this area; and supports the Government’s efforts to closely monitor the Commission’s progress in implementing the Court of Auditors’ recommendations, and in pressing the Commission to implement improvements in both evaluation and monitoring.

Relevant documents:

29th Report of Session 2014-15, HC 219-xxviii, Chapter 2

30th Report of Session 2014-15, HC 219-xxix, Chapter 7

7. INVESTMENT PLAN FOR EUROPE

Date and time of consideration to be arranged

European Union Document No. 16115/14, a Commission Communication: An investment plan for Europe, No. 5112/15 and Addendum, a draft Regulation on the European Fund for Strategic Investments and amending Regulations (EU) No. 1291/2013 and (EU) No. 1316/2013, and No. 5317/15, draft Amending Budget No. 1 to the General Budget 2015 accompanying the draft Regulation on the European Fund for Strategic Investments and amending Regulations (EU) No. 1291/2013 and (EU) No. 1316/2013

Relevant documents:

32nd Report of Session 2014-15, HC 219-xxxi, Chapter 2

8. EU Strategy in Afghanistan 2014–16

Date and time of consideration to be arranged

European Union Document No. 9467/14, a Joint Communication to the European Parliament and the Council: Elements for an EU Strategy in Afghanistan 2014–16

Relevant documents:

34th Report of Session 2014-15, HC 219-xxxiii, 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 to 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