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European Communities - Eleventh Report

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A.   GENERAL POLICY QUESTIONS

1.  COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL LAW (11418/96)

Letter from Lord Tordoff, Chairman of the Committee

2.  AMENDED PROPOSAL FOR A RECOMMENDATION ON A PARKING CARD FOR DISABLED PEOPLE (6480/97)

Letter from Lord Geddes, Chairman of Sub-Committee B

Letter from the Rt Hon Dr Gavin Strang MP, Minister for Transport, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Letter from Lord Geddes

Letter from Glenda Jackson CBE MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Letter from Lord Tordoff, Chairman of the Committee

3.  CHANGES TO THE EC MERGER REGULATION (ECMR)

Letter from the Rt Hon Margaret Beckett MP, President of the Board of Trade

Letter from Lord Tordoff, Chairman of the Committee

4.  MAXIMUM LEVELS FOR PESTICIDE RESIDUES

Letter from Jeff Rooker MP, Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Letter from Lord Tordoff, Chairman of the Committee

Letter from Jeff Rooker MP

Letter from Lord Tordoff

5.  PROPOSALS FOR DIRECTIVES ON MOTOR VEHICLE EMISSIONS AND FUEL QUALITY (9856/96)

Letter from Glenda Jackson CBE MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Letter from Lord Geddes, Chairman of Sub-Committee B

Letter from Baroness Hayman, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Letter from Lord Tordoff, Chairman of the Committee

Letter from Baroness Hayman

Letter from Lord Geddes

6.  PROPOSAL FOR A REGULATION AMENDING REGULATION (EEC) 3821/85 AND DIRECTIVE 88/559/EEC ON RECORDING EQUIPMENT IN ROAD TRANSPORT (12173/95)

Letter from Lord Geddes, Chairman of Sub-Committee B

Letter from the Rt Hon Dr Gavin Strang MP, Minister for Transport, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

7.  COMMISSION COMMUNICATION ON SUPPORT FOR STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT AND DEBT RELIEF IN HEAVILY INDEBTED ACP STATES: A COMMUNITY RESPONSE TO THE HIPC DEBT INITIATIVE (7158/97)

Letter from Lord Tordoff, Chairman of the Committee

8.  DRAFT DIRECTIVE ON THE REGISTRATION OF PERSONS SAILING ON BOARD PASSENGER SHIPS (12395/96)

Letter from the Rt Hon Dr Gavin Strang MP, Minister for Transport, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Letter from Lord Tordoff, Chairman of the Committee

9.  DRAFT DIRECTIVE AMENDING DIRECTIVE 96/26/EC ON ADMISSION TO THE OCCUPATION OF ROAD HAULAGE OPERATOR AND ROAD PASSENGER TRANSPORT OPERATOR AND MUTUAL RECOGNITION OF QUALIFICATIONS (5875/97)

Letter from Lord Tordoff, Chairman of the Committee

Letter from Baroness Hayman, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Letter from Baroness Hayman

Letter from Baroness Hayman

Letter from Lord Tordoff

10.  DRAFT DECISION ON A MULTI-ANNUAL PROGRAMME FOR THE PROMOTION OF RENEWABLE SOURCES OF ENERGY IN THE COMMUNITY (ALTENER II) (7937/97)

Letter from Lord Geddes, Chairman of Sub-Committee B

11.  COMMISSION COMMUNICATION ON CONSUMER HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY (8386/97 COM(97)183)

Letter from Lord Tordoff, Chairman of the Committee

12.  AMENDED PROPOSAL FOR A DIRECTIVE ON MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR IMPROVING THE SAFETY AND HEALTH PROTECTION OF WORKERS POTENTIALLY AT RISK FROM EXPLOSIVE ATMOSPHERES (7388/97)

Letter from Lord Tordoff, Chairman of the Committee (including letters from the CBI and the TUC attached as annexes)

Letter from Angela Eagle MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

13.  EC FINANCIAL REGULATION AMENDMENTS TO SOLVENCY AND CAPITAL ADEQUACY DIRECTIVES

Letter from Lord Tordoff, Chairman of the Committee

Letter from Helen Liddell MP, Economic Secretary to the Treasury

Letter from Lord Tordoff

14.  CO-OPERATION IN THE SEA FISHERIES SECTOR BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY AND THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF MAURITANIA (8731/97)

Letter from Lord Tordoff, Chairman of the Committee

Letter from Elliot Morley MP, Parliamentary Secretary of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Letter from Lord Tordoff

15.  DRAFT DIRECTIVE ON THE ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECTS OF CERTAIN PLANS AND PROGRAMMES ON THE ENVIRONMENT (7093/97)

Letter from Baroness Hilton of Eggardon QPM, Chairman of Sub-Committee C

Letter from Richard Caborn MP, Minister for the Regions, Regeneration and Planning, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

16.  AMENDED PROPOSAL FOR A EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND COUNCIL DIRECTIVE CONCERNING COMMON RULES FOR THE INTERNAL MARKET IN NATURAL GAS

Letter from Lord Geddes, Chairman of Sub-Committee B

17.  AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT

Letter from the Rt Hon Dr Gavin Strang MP, Minister for Transport, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Letter from Lord Tordoff, Chairman of the Committee

18.  AMENDED PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE ON THE REGISTRATION OF PERSONS SAILING ON BOARD PASSENGER SHIPS (10253/97)

Letter from Lord Tordoff, Chairman of the Committee

Letter from Glenda Jackson CBE MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Letter from Lord Tordoff

Letter from Glenda Jackson CBE MP

19.  PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) IMPOSING DEFINITIVE ANTI-DUMPING DUTY ON IMPORTS OF FARMED ATLANTIC SALMON FROM NORWAY (10392/97) AND COUNTERVAILING DUTY ON IMPORTS OF FARMED ATLANTIC SALMON ORIGINATING FROM NORWAY (10420/97)

Letter from Lord Tordoff, Chairman of the Committee

Letter from Lord Clinton-Davis, Minister for Trade, Department of Trade and Industry

Letter from Lord Tordoff

20.  PROPOSAL FOR A DIRECTIVE ON SAFETY REQUIREMENTS AND ATTESTATION OF PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE FOR CABIN CREWS IN CIVIL AVIATION (10309/97)

Letter from Lord Tordoff, Chairman of the Committee

Letter from the Rt Hon Dr Gavin Strang MP, Minister for Transport, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

21.  COMMON SYSTEM OF VALUE ADDED TAX (THE VALUE ADDED TAX COMMITTEE) (9118/97) AND GENERAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO EXCISE DUTY AND ON THE HOLDING, MOVEMENT AND MONITORING OF SUCH PRODUCTS (9527/97)

Letter from Lord Tordoff, Chairman of the Committee

Letter from Dawn Primarolo MP, Financial Secretary to the Treasury

Letter from Lord Tordoff

22.  STANDARDS FOR LIVESTOCK ON JOURNEYS OVER EIGHT HOURS (8880/97)

Letter from Lord Tordoff, Chairman of the Committee

23.  REPORT NO 2 FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL ON THE APPLICATION OF THE EARLY MARKETING AND THE CALF PROCESSING SCHEMES IN THE BEEF SECTOR AND A PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION AMENDING REGULATION NO 805/68 ON THE COMMON ORGANISATION IN THE MARKET IN BEEF AND VEAL (10934/97)

Letter from Lord Tordoff, Chairman of the Committee

Letter from Lord Donoughue, Minister for Farming and the Food Industry

24.  PROPOSED DIRECTIVE RELATING TO SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR VEHICLES USED FOR THE CARRIAGE OF PASSENGERS COMPRISING MORE THAN EIGHT SEATS IN ADDITION TO THE DRIVER'S SEAT AND AMENDING DIRECTIVE

70/156/EC (9734/97)

Letter from Lord Tordoff, Chairman of the Committee

Letter from Baroness Hayman, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

25.  PROPOSALS FOR A EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND COUNCIL DIRECTIVES RELATING TO PRODUCTS INTENDED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION (8164/96)

Letter from Lord Tordoff, Chairman of the Committee

26.  DRAFT COUNCIL RECOMMENDATION ON EUROPEAN CO-OPERATION IN QUALITY ASSURANCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION (7999/97)

Letter from Baroness Blackstone, Minister of State, Department of Education and Employment

Letter from Lord Tordoff, Chairman of the Committee

27.  UNITED KINGDOM PRESIDENCY PROPOSAL FOR AN ACTION PLAN ON MEASURES TO BE TAKEN BY MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION ON THE INFLUX OF MIGRANTS FROM IRAQ

Letter from the Rt Hon Jack Straw MP, Home Secretary

Letter from Lord Tordoff, Chairman of the Committee

B.  CASES WHERE EFFECTIVE SCRUTINY HAS NOT BEEN POSSIBLE

28.  PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION FIXING, FOR CERTAIN FISH STOCKS AND GROUPS OF FISH STOCKS, THE TOTAL ALLOWABLE CATCHES FOR 1997 AND CERTAIN CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THEY MAY BE FISHED

Letter from Elliot Morley MP, Minister for Fisheries and the Countryside, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Letter from Lord Tordoff, Chairman of the Committee

Letter from Elliot Morley MP

29.  DRAFT SECOND PROTOCOL TO THE CONVENTION ON THE PROTECTION OF THE FINANCIAL INTERESTS OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (7622/97)

Letter from Joyce Quin MP, Minister of State, Home Office

Letter from Joyce Quin MP

Letter from Lord Tordoff, Chairman of the Committee

Letter from Joyce Quin MP

Letter from Lord Tordoff

30.  SOCIAL AFFAIRS COUNCIL 27 JUNE 1997

Letter from the Rt Hon Andrew Smith MP, Minister for Employment, Department for Education and Employment

Letter from Lord Tordoff, Chairman of the Committee

31.  PRELIMINARY DRAFT BUDGET OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 1998

Letter from Lord Tordoff, Chairman of the Committee

Letter from Helen Liddell MP, Economic Secretary to the Treasury

Letter from Helen Liddell MP

Letter from Lord Tordoff

32.  PROPOSAL FOR A DIRECTIVE AMENDING DIRECTIVE 94/58/EC ON THE MINIMUM LEVEL OF TRAINING FOR SEAFARERS (10788/97)

Letter from Glenda Jackson CBE MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Letter from Glenda Jackson CB MP

Letter from Lord Tordoff, Chairman of the Committee

33.  DRAFT DIRECTIVE RELATING TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS TERMINAL EQUIPMENT AND SATELLITE EARTH STATION EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING MUTUAL RECOGNITION OF CONFORMITY (4278/96)

Letter from Barbara Roche MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Small Firms, Trade and Industry, Department of Trade and Industry

Letter from Lord Tordoff, Chairman of the Committee

34.  DRAFT CONVENTION ON MUTUAL ASSISTANCE AND CO-OPERATION BETWEEN CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATIONS (NAPLES II) (11089/97)

Letter from Lord Tordoff, Chairman of the Committee

Letter from Dawn Primarolo MP, Financial Secretary, HM Treasury

Letter from Joyce Quin MP, Minister of State, Home Office

35.  MID TERM REVIEW OF DECISION 91/482/EEC: OVERSEAS COUNTRIES & TERRITORIES (OCTS)

Letter from Doug Henderson MP, Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Letter from Lord Tordoff, Chairman of the Committee

36.  COUNCIL DIRECTIVE AMENDING DIRECTIVE 95/21/EC CONCERNING THE ENFORCEMENT, IN RESPECT OF SHIPPING USING COMMUNITY PORTS AND SAILING IN THE WATERS UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE MEMBER STATES, OF INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS FOR SHIP SAFETY, POLLUTION PREVENTION AND SHIPBOARD LIVING AND WORKING CONDITIONS (PORT STATE CONTROL) (10278/97)

Letter from Lord Tordoff, Chairman of the Committee

Letter from Glenda Jackson CBE MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

37.  COUNCIL DECISION APPROVING THE SIGNATURE OF AN AGREEMENT FOR SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Letter from John Battle MP, Minister of State for Science, Energy and Industry, Department of Trade and Industry

Letter from Lord Tordoff, Chairman of the Committee

38.  MICROFINANCING

Letter from the Rt Hon Clare Short MP, Secretary of State, Department for International Development

Letter from Lord Tordoff, Chairman of the Committee

39.  DRAFT DIRECTIVE ON ADVERTISING FOR TOBACCO PRODUCTS (6294/92-COM(92)196 FINAL)

Letter from Tessa Jowell MP, Minister of State for Public Health, Department of Health

Letter from Lord Tordoff, Chairman of the Committee

Letter from Tessa Jowell MP

Letter from Lord Tordoff, Chairman of the Committee

40.  REPORT FROM THE HORIZONTAL DRUGS GROUP ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE JOINT ACTION ON APPROXIMATION OF LAWS AND PRACTICES IN TACKLING DRUGS (11736/97)

Letter from George Howard MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Home Office

Letter from Lord Tordoff, Chairman of the Committee

41.  DRAFT COUNCIL RESOLUTION: CO-OPERATION IN THE FIELD OF JUSTICE AND HOME AFFAIRS

Letter from Joyce Quin MP, Minister of State, Home Office

Letter from Lord Tordoff, Chairman of the Committee

42.  THE IMPORTATION OF WINES, GRAPE JUICE AND GRAPE MUST

Letter from Lord Donoughue, Minister for Farming and the Food Industry, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Letter from Lord Tordoff, Chairman of the Committee

43.  AMENDED PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ESTABLISHING COMMON RULES AND PROCEDURES TO APPLY TO SHIPMENTS OF CERTAIN NON-OECD COUNTRIES OF CERTAIN TYPES OF WASTE

Letter from Nick Raynsford MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Letter from Lord Tordoff, Chairman of the Committee

44.  COMMISSION REPORT AND PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION AUTHORISING THE UNITED KINGDOM TO EXTEND A MEASURE DEROGATING FROM ARTICLES 6 AND 17 OF THE SIXTH VAT DIRECTIVE (77/388/EEC)(12806/97)

Letter from Lord Tordoff, Chairman of the Committee

45.  COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE SPECIAL EUROPEAN COUNCIL ON EMPLOYMENT: COMMUNITY POLICIES IN SUPPORT OF EMPLOYMENT (12392/97)

Letter from Lord Tordoff, Chairman of the Committee

46.  ELECTRONIC MEANS OF PAYMENT IN THE SINGLE MARKET

Letter from Lord Tordoff, Chairman of the Committee

47.  CAR EMISSION AND FUEL QUALITY STANDARDS (THE "AUTO-OIL" PROGRAMME)

Letter from Baroness Hayman, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

48.  PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) FIXING, FOR CERTAIN FISH STOCKS AND GROUPS OF FISH STOCKS, THE TOTAL ALLOWABLE CATCHES FOR 1998 AND CERTAIN CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THEY MAY BE FISHED (12855/97)

Letter from Lord Tordoff, Chairman of the Committee

Letter from Elliot Morley MP, Minister for Fisheries and the Countryside

49.  TRADE CONCESSIONS FOR THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA (FYROM)

Letter from Lord Clinton-Davis, Minister for Trade, Department of Trade and Industry

Letter from Lord Tordoff, Chairman of the Committee

50.  COUNCIL DIRECTIVE ON THE BURDEN OF PROOF IN CASES OF DISCRIMINATION BASED ON SEX

Letter from Lord Tordoff, Chairman of the Committee

C.  LEGAL AND PROCEDURAL ISSUES

51.  PROPOSED COUNCIL REGULATIONS RELATING TO THE IDENTIFICATION AND REGISTRATION OF CATTLE AND LABELLING OF BEEF AND BEEF PRODUCTS (10495/96)

Letter from Lord Tordoff, Chairman of the Committee

Letter from Mrs Angela Browning MP, Parliamentary Secretary,

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

52.  COMMISSION COMMUNICATION CONCERNING THE COMMUNITY VOTE ON A PROPOSAL WITHIN THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF ANIMALS KEPT FOR FARMING PURPOSES (6991/97)

Letter from Lord Tordoff, Chairman of the Committee

Letter from Elliot Morley MP, Minister for Fisheries and the Countryside, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

53.  PROPOSAL FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A EUROPEAN INFORMATION AND ANALYSIS SYSTEM IN THE FIELD OF IMMIGRATION AND ORGANISED IMMIGRATION CRIME (5344/1/97)

Letter from Lord Tordoff, Chairman of the Committee

Letter from Joyce Quin MP, Minister of State, Home Office

54.  COMMISSION COMMUNICATION AND PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION SETTING UP A CONSULTATION PROCEDURE CONCERNING EXTERNAL RELATIONS IN THE FIELD OF MARITIME TRANSPORT (6869/97 AND 6868/97 COR 2)

Letter from Lord Geddes, Chairman of Sub-Committee B

Letter from Glenda Jackson CBE MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

55.  EUROPEAN COMMISSION PROPOSAL FOR A JOINT ACTION CONCERNING TEMPORARY PROTECTION OF DISPLACED PERSONS (7042/97)

Letter from Lord Tordoff, Chairman of the Committee

Letter from Joyce Quin MP, Minister of State, Home Office

Letter from Lord Tordoff, Chairman of the Committee

Letter from Joyce Quin MP

Letter from Lord Tordoff, Chairman of the Committee

56.  EUROPEAN JUDICIAL NETWORK

Letter from Joyce Quin MP, Minister of State, Home Office

Letter from Lord Tordoff, Chairman of the Committee

57.  PROPOSED DIRECTIVE CONCERNING THE FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT ON PART-TIME WORK CONCLUDED BY UNICE, CEEP AND THE ETUC (10230/97)

Letter from Lord Tordoff, Chairman of the Committee

Letter from Ian McCartney MP, Minister of State, Department of

Trade and Industry

58.  PRESIDENCY PROPOSAL FOR A RESOLUTION ON MEASURES TO BE ADOPTED REGARDING THE THWARTING OF MARRIAGES OF CONVENIENCE (9392/3/97)

Letter from Lord Tordoff, Chairman of the Committee

Letter from Joyce Quin MP, Minister of State, Home Office

59.  PROPOSAL FOR A JOINT ACTION ON MAKING IT A CRIMINAL OFFENCE TO PARTICIPATE IN A CRIMINAL ORGANISATION (DOC(P)10407/97)

Letter from Lord Tordoff, Chairman of the Committee

Letter from Joyce Quin MP, Minister of State, Home Office

Letter from Joyce Quin MP

Letter from Lord Tordoff, Chairman of the Committee

D.  CORRESPONDENCE ABOUT COMMITTEE REPORTS

60.  PRODUCTION AND MARKETING OF HONEY (8TH REPORT, SESSION 1996-97)

Letter from Lord Donoughue, Minister for Farming and the Food Industry

61.  REVISION TO THE EC BROADCASTING DIRECTIVE (9TH REPORT, SESSION 1996-97)

Letter from the Rt Hon Chris Smith MP, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport  

62.  REDUCING DISPARITIES WITHIN THE EUROPEAN UNION: THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE STRUCTURAL AND COHESION FUNDS (11TH REPORT, SESSION 1997-98)

Letter from the Rt Hon Margaret Beckett MP, President of the Board of Trade

63.  THE EC TOBACCO REGIME (13TH REPORT, SESSION 1996-97)

Letter from Lord Donoughue, Minister for Farming and the Food Industry

64.  COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL LAW: MAKING IT WORK (2ND REPORT, SESSION 1997-98)

Memorandum from the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions  

65.  BRUSSELS II: THE DRAFT CONVENTION ON JURISDICTION, RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS IN MATRIMONIAL MATTERS (5TH REPORT, SESSION 1997-98)

Letter from The Rt Hon the Lord Irvine of Lairg, The Lord Chancellor

66.  ENHANCING PARLIAMENTARY SCRUTINY OF THE THIRD PILLAR (6TH REPORT, SESSION 1997-98)

Letter from the Rt Hon Jack Straw MP, Home Secretary and Memorandum from the Home Office

67.  EU GAS DIRECTIVE (7TH REPORT, SESSION 1997-98)

Letter from John Battle MP, Minister of State for Science,    Energy and Industry


 
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