House of Lords - European Union Progress of Scrutiny

Select Committee on European Union Progress of Scrutiny Eleventh 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 5 and 13 June 2007.

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 5 June 2007:

Unnumbered Council Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 817/2006 of 29 May 2006 renewing the restrictive measures in respect of Burma/Myanmar and repealing Regulation (EC) No 798/2004 (FCO) [31.5.07]

8211/07 + COR 1 Council Decision establishing a mechanism to administer the financing of the common costs of European Union operations having military or defence implications (ATHENA) (FCO)

9163/07 COM (07) 240 Report from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament and the European Court of Auditors Annual Report on the Financial Management of the 6th - 9th European Development Funds (EDFs) in 2006 (DfID)

9237/07 + ADD 1 COM (07) 162 Document concerning a Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social committee and the committee of the Regions Report of the Environmental Technologies Action Plan (2005-06); Commission staff working document - Report of the Environmental Technologies Action Plan (2005-06) (DEFRA)

9371/07 COM (07) 232 Report from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on the Development, Validation and Legal Acceptance of Alternative Methods to Animal Tests in the Field of Cosmetics (2005) (DTI)

9422/07 COM (07) 234 Document concerning a Report from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament Pursuant to Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 648/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on detergents, concerning the use of phosphates (DEFRA)

9468/07 COM (07) 238 Proposal for a Council Decision authorising the Italian Republic to apply measures derogating from Articles 26(1)(a) and 168 of Directive 2006/112/EC on the Common System of Value Added Tax (HM Treasury

9518/07 COM (07) 236 Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on rear-view mirrors for wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (codified version) (DoT)

9557/07 COM (07) 210 Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on the implementation of Directive 1999/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 May 1999 on certain aspects of the sale of consumer goods and associated guarantees including analysis of the case for introducing direct producers' liability (DTI)

9717/07 COM (07) 244 Communication from the Commission to the Council: 'Promoting Solidarity between the Generations' (DWP)

CLEARED IN CHAIRMAN'S SIFT OF 13 JUNE 2007:

Unnumbered Council Common Position renewing restrictive measures against Uzbekistan (FCO) [4.6.07] (C)

7920/07 COM (07) 134 Proposal for a Council Decision on the signature and provisional application of the Agreement between the European Community and the United Arab Emirates on certain aspects of air services; Proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the United Arab Emirates on certain aspects of air services (DoT)

8799/07 COM (07) 202 Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2505/96 opening and providing for the administration of autonomous Community tariff quotas for certain agricultural and industrial products (DTI)

9077/07 9072/07 COM (07) 204 COM (07) 217 Proposal for a Council Decision amending Annex 1 to the Act of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania; Proposal for the European Commission for a Council Decision concerning the Accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the 1980 Rome Convention of the Law applicable to contractual obligations (Ministry of Justice)

9335/07 COM (07) 230 Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council - Quality Report according to Regulation (EC) No 501/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2004 on quarterly financial accounts for general government (ONS)

9817/07 COM (07) 254 Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/96 temporarily suspending the autonomous common customs tariff duties on certain industrial, agricultural and fishery products (DTI)

9848/07 COM (07) 251 Proposal for a Council Decision authorising Austria to conclude an agreement with Switzerland that includes provisions derogating from Article 2(1)(d) of Directive 2006/112/EC on the common system of Value Added Tax (HM Treasury)

9881/07 COM (07) 237 Proposal for a Council Decision on the signature and provisional application of an Additional Protocol to the Association Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Chile, of the other part, to take account of the Accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union; Proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion of an Additional Protocol to the Association Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Chile, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union (FCO )

9991/07 COM (07) 218 Recommendation for a Council Decision concerning the Accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Convention of 26 May 1997, drawn up on the basis of Article K 3(2) (c) of the Treaty on European Union, on the fight against corruption involving officials of the European Communities or officials of Members States of the European Union (Ministry of Justice)

10057/07 COM (07) 213 Recommendation for a Council Decision concerning the Accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Convention of 29 May 2000, drawn up on the basis of Article 34 of the Treaty of European Union, on mutual assistance in criminal matters between Members States of the European Union (Home Office)

10058/07 COM (07) 214 Recommendation for a Council Decision concerning the Accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Convention of 17 June 1998, drawn up on the basis of Article K 3 of the Treaty of European Union, on driving disqualifications (Home Office)

10196/07 COM (07) 215 Council Decision concerning the Accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Convention of 26 July 1995, based on Article K 3 of the Treaty on European Union, on the establishment of a European Police Office (Europol Convention) (Home Office)

10315/07 COM (07) 211 Recommendation from the European Commission for a Council Decision concerning the Accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Convention of 26 July 1995, drawn up on the basis of Article K 3 of the Treaty on European Union on the use of information technology for customs purposes (HM Revenue and Customs)

10316/07 COM (07) 216 Recommendation from the European Commission for a Council Decision concerning the Accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Convention of 18 December 1997 drawn up on the basis of Article K 3 of the Treaty on European Union on mutual assistance and cooperation between customs administrations (HM Revenue and Customs)