Select Committee on European Union First Report

PART II : DOCUMENTS WHICH HAVE CLEARED SCRUTINY IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS

i.  Documents cleared from scrutiny by the Chairman of the Committee on 22 and 28 November 2006.

Documents deposited under Titles V or VI of the Treaty on European Union (the Inter-governmental Pillars) are marked (P).

NOTE: Documents cleared as un-numbered documents, on the basis of the Government explanatory memorandum alone, are included in this list. After the document has been deposited in Parliament they are shown in this list with an asterisk (*) with a note indicating when they were cleared.

Cleared in Chairman's sift of 22 November 2006:

Unnumbered	Second Quarterly Report of transfers of appropriations within the general budget for the financial year 2006 (HM Treasury) [11.9.06]
Unnumbered	Third Quarterly Report of transfers of appropriations within the general budget for the financial year 2006 (HM Treasury) [1.11.06]
Unnumbered	Draft Instrument concerning a proposal for a Council Regulation amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 suspending for an indefinite period the autonomous common customs tariff duties on certain pharmaceutical products contained in Chapter 30 of the Combined Nomenclature for 2007 (DTI) [14.11.06]
9620/05	Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Community Action for the "European Capital of Culture" event for the years 2007 to 2019 (DCMS)
5288/1/06 REV 1	Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing for the period 2007-2013 the specific programme "Civil Justice" as part of the General Programme "Fundamental Rights and Justice" (DCA)
12625/06 + ADD 1	Document concerning a proposal for a Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament establishing an environment strategy for the Mediterranean; Document concerning a Commission Staff Working Document: Annex to the Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament establishing an environment strategy for the Mediterranean (Defra)
13537/06	Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council repealing Council Directive 68/89/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning the classification of wood in the rough (Forestry Commission)
14088/06	Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 on the organisation of a labour force sample survey in the Community (ONS)
14120/06	Report from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on the promotion by Member States of voluntary unpaid donation of tissues and cells (Department of Health ) [9.11.06]
14128/06	Proposal for a Council Regulation on the import of certain steel products originating in Ukraine (DTI)
14161/06	Recommendation for a Council Decision on the European Capital of Culture event for 2010 (DCMS)
14208/06	Draft Instrument concerning a proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the Common Fisheries Policy (Defra)
14252/06	Proposal for a Council Directive on Mutual Assistance for the recovery of claims relating to certain levies, duties and taxes and other measures (codified version) (HM Treasury)
14348/06	European Development Fund (EDF) - Estimate of commitments and payments and of contributions to be paid by the Member States for 2006 and 2007, and forecast of commitments and payments for 2008 and 2011 (DfID)
14410/06	Draft Instrument concerning a Proposal for a Council Regulation laying down conservation and enforcement measures applicable in the Regulatory Area of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (Defra)
14433/06	Proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion of a Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Azerbaijan extending the provisions of the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement to bilateral trade in textiles, taking account of the expiry of the bilateral textiles agreement (DTI)
14528/06	Proposal for a Council Regulation on trade in certain steel products between the Community and the Republic of Kazakhstan (DTI)
14531/06	Proposal for a Council Regulation on trade in certain steel products between the Community and Ukraine (DTI)
14534/06	Proposal for a Council Regulation on trade in certain steel products between the Community and the Russian Federation (DTI)
14577/06	Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2006/…/EC laying down technical requirements for inland waterway vessels (Department for Transport)
14581/06	Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 3922/91 on the harmonisation of technical requirements and administrative procedures in the field of civil aviation (Department of Transport)
14606/06	Proposal for a Council Decision on the Community participation in the capital increase of the European Investment Fund (HM Treasury)
14645/06	Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament: Report on the Evaluation of the Implementation of the IDABC Programme (Cabinet Office)
14654/06	European Commission Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation xxx/06 on medicinal products for Paediatric use and amending Regulation (EEC) No 1768/92, Directive 2001/20/EC, Directive 2001/83/EC and Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 (Department of Health)
15006/06	Council Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 234/2004 concerning certain restrictive measures in respect of Liberia and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1030/2003 (FCO)

  

Cleared in Chairman's sift of 28 November 2006:

Unnumbered	Proposal for a Council Decision authorising the UK, Sweden, Estonia, and Slovenia to derogate from Article 17 of the Sixth Council Directive 77/388/EEC on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to turnover taxes (HM Treasury) [20.11.06]
Unnumbered	Council Common Position renewing certain restrictive measures against Uzbekistan (FCO) [21.11.06]
Unnumbered	Second Progress Report on the implementation of the EU Strategy to Combat the Illicit Accumulation and Trafficking of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) and their Ammunition (FCO) [22.11.06]
13854/06	Commission Working Document on the control of recognised organisations by the Commission and on the impact of the civil liability regime in accordance with Directive 94/57/EC (Department for Transport)
14205/06	Council Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 930/2004 on temporary derogation measures relating to the drafting in Maltese of the acts of the institutions of the European Union (FCO)
14371/06	Report from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament - Prospective study on the impact on universal service of the full accomplishment of the postal internal market in 2009 (DTI)
14493/06 14494/06	Proposal for a Council Decision establishing the Community position within the General Council of the World Trade Organisation on the accession of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to the World Trade Organisation (DTI)
14626/06	Proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion of a Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Kazakhstan extending the provisions of the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement to bilateral trade in textiles, taking account of the expiry of the bilateral textiles agreement (DTI)
14668/06	Report from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on genetically modified food and feed (Food Standards Agency)
14718/06	Recommendation from the Commission to the Council on the approval of an Agreement for cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy between the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) and the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan (DTI)
14851/06 + ADD 1 + ADD 2 + ADD 3	EU Strategy to support Member States in reducing alcohol related harm; Report on the implementation of the Council Recommendation of 5 June 2001 on the drinking of alcohol by young people, in particular children and adolescents; Summary of the Impact Assessment; Impact Assessment Report (Department of Health)
14867/06	Draft Instrument concerning a proposal for a Council Regulation adapting Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers, Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 on the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector and Regulation (EC) No 320/2006 establishing a temporary scheme for the restructuring of the sugar industry in the Community, by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union (Defra)
14921/06	Council Decision on the appointment of the Special Coordinator of the Stability Pact for South-Eastern Europe (FCO)
15194/06	Council Joint Action amending Joint Action 2004/847/CFSP of the European Union Police Mission in Kinshasa (DRC) regarding the Integrated Police Unit (EUPOL "KINSHASA") (FCO)
15428/06	Expected proposal for a Council Directive amending 2002/38/EC as regards the period of application of the arrangements for Value Added Tax applicable to radio and television broadcasting services and certain electronically supplied services (HM Treasury)
15482/06	Opinion of the Commission pursuant to Article 251(2), third subparagraph, point (c ) of the EC Treaty, on the European Parliament's amendments to the Council's Common Position regarding the proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on Services in the Internal Market amending the proposal of the Commission pursuant to Article 250(2) of the EC Treaty (DTI)
15550/06	Proposal for a Council Decision on the signing and the provisional application of a bilateral agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Belarus on trade in textile products (DTI)

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