European Communities - Second Report

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Here you can browse the report which was ordered by the House of Lords to be printed 1 July 1997.

CONTENTS

Description	Paragraph
PART 1 INTRODUCTION	1
Background	1
The Scope of this Enquiry	3
Issues raised by this Enquiry	7
Significant developments over the past five years	10
The Commission's Communication of October 1996	12
PART 2 THE EVIDENCE AND THE COMMITTEE'S OPINIONS	13
The Commission's Communication-General Points	13
The Commission's general approach	13
Witnesses' views	14
Opinion-general approach of the Communication	22
Preparation and Formulation of Policy	25
The Commission's proposals	25
Witnesses' views	26
Opinion-preparation and formulation of policy	32
Form and Drafting of Legislation	36
The Commission's proposals	36
Witnesses' views	38
Opinion-form and drafting of legislation	41
Transposition and Practical Implementation	43
The Commission's proposals	43
Witnesses' views	45
Opinion-transposition and practical implementation	46
Monitoring, Reporting and Evaluation	48
The Commission's proposals	48
Witnesses' views	49
The Commission	49
The European Parliament and National Parliaments	50
The Council of Ministers	52
The European Environment Agency	53
Opinion-monitoring, reporting and evaluation	58
Inspectorates	69
The Commission's proposals	69
Witnesses' views	70
Opinion-inspectorates	75
Enforcement	80
The Commission's proposals	80
Witnesses' views	82
Opinion-enforcement	91
Complaints and Access to Justice	99
The Commission's proposals	99
Witnesses' views on national courts	100
Opinion-national courts	102
Witnesses' views on ombudsmen and tribunals	104
Opinion-ombudsmen and tribunals	105
Non-governmental Organisations	106
The Commission's proposals	106
Witnesses' views	107
Opinion-role of non-governmental organisations	110
Implications for the Future Enlargement of the Community	112
Witnesses' views	112
Opinion-implications for Community enlargement	114
PART 3 SUMMARY OF CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS	115
General	(i)
Preparation and formulation of policy	(iv)
Form and drafting of legislation	(vii)
Transposition and practical implementation	(ix)
Monitoring, reporting and evaluation	(xi)
Inspectorates	(xix)
Enforcement	(xxiv)
Access to justice	(xxxi)
Non-governmental organisations	(xxxiv)
Implications for the future enlargement of the Community	(xxxv)
Recommendation to the House	116

Appendices

Appendix 1-Membership of the Committee

Appendix 2-List of Witnesses

Appendix 3-Call for evidence, July 1996

Appendix 4-Commission's Communication : Implementing Community Environmental Law

Appendix 4- Part II

Appendix 4- Part III (Continued)

Appendix 4- Annexes

Appendix 5-Paper by Nigel Haigh for joint public hearing (EP and Commission), May 1996

Appendix 5- (Continued)

Appendix 6-European Parliament working document

Appendix 7-European Parliament Resolution on Community environmental law

Appendix 8-DOE discussion paper on the future role and organisation of IMPEL

Appendix 9-The Commission's General Guidelines for Legislative Policy

Appendix 10-DG XI Organisation Chart

Appendix 11-The Cabinet Office's Checklist "Implementing European Law"

Appendix 12-DOE discussion paper on the future role and organisation of IMPEL

Appendix 13-Commission's internal guidelines on enforcement and use of Article 169

Appendix 14-Glossary of acronyms etc

NOTE:    Pages of the Report and Appendices are numbered in bold type; pages of evidence are numbered in ordinary type. References in the text of the Report are as follows:

    (Q)    refers to a question in oral evidence;

    (p)    with a bold number refers to a page of the Report or Appendices and with an ordinary number to a page of evidence.

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Prepared 21 July 1997