Notes
Numbering of documents
Three separate numbering systems are
used in this Report for European Union documents:
Numbers in brackets are the Committee's
own reference numbers.
Numbers in the form "5467/05"
are Council of Ministers reference numbers. This system is also
used by UK Government Departments, by the House of Commons Vote
Office and for proceedings in the House.
Numbers preceded by the letters COM
or SEC or JOIN are Commission reference numbers.
Where only a Committee number is given,
this usually indicates that no official text is available and
the Government has submitted an "unnumbered Explanatory Memorandum"
discussing what is likely to be included in the document or covering
an unofficial text.
Abbreviations used in the headnotes
and footnotes
EC (in "Legal base")
Treaty establishing the European Community
EM Explanatory Memorandum (submitted
by the Government to the Committee)*
EP European Parliament
EU (in "Legal base")
Treaty on European Union
GAERC General Affairs and External
Relations Council
JHA Justice and Home Affairs
OJ Official Journal of the European
Communities
QMV Qualified majority voting
RIA Regulatory Impact Assessment
SEM Supplementary Explanatory Memorandum
TEU Treaty on European Union
TFEU Treaty on the Functioning of
the European Union
Euros
Where figures in euros have been converted
to pounds sterling, this is normally at the market rate for the
last working day of the previous month.
Further information
Documents recommended by the Committee
for debate, together with the times of forthcoming debates (where
known), are listed in the European Union Documents list, which
is published in the House of Commons Vote Bundle each Monday,
and is also available on the parliamentary website. Documents
awaiting consideration by the Committee are listed in "Remaining
Business": www.parliament.uk/escom. The website also contains
the Committee's Reports.
*Explanatory Memoranda (EMs) can be
downloaded from the Cabinet Office website: http://europeanmemoranda.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/.
Letters sent by Ministers to the Committee
relating to European documents are available for the public to
inspect; anyone wishing to do so should contact the staff of the
Committee ("Contacts" below).
Staff
The staff of the Committee are Sarah
Davies (Clerk), David Griffiths (Clerk Adviser), Terry Byrne (Clerk
Adviser), Leigh Gibson (Clerk Adviser), Peter Harborne (Clerk
Adviser), Arnold Ridout (Legal Adviser) (Counsel for European
Legislation), Joanne Dee (Assistant Legal Adviser) (Assistant
Counsel for European Legislation), Hannah Finer (Assistant to
the Clerk), Julie Evans (Senior Committee Assistant), Jane Bliss
and Beatrice Woods (Committee Assistants), Paula Saunderson and
Ravi Abhayaratne (Office Support Assistants).
Contacts
All correspondence should be addressed
to the Clerk of the European Scrutiny Committee, House of Commons,
7 Millbank, London SW1P 3JA. The telephone number for general
enquiries is (020) 7219 3292/5465. The Committee's email address
is escom@parliament.uk
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