PART II : DOCUMENTS WHICH HAVE CLEARED
SCRUTINY IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS
i. Documents cleared from scrutiny by the
Chairman of the Committee on 11 September and 9 October 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
11 September 2007:
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| Unnumbered | Report of the European Anti-Fraud Office - Seventh Activity Report for the period 1 January 2006 to 31 December 2006 (HM Treasury) [09.08.07]
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| Unnumbered | Joint Action in support of the World Health Organisation activities in the area of laboratory bio-safety and bio-security, and in the framework of the European Union Strategy against the proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (FCO) [5.9.07]
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| Unnumbered | Council Decision concerning the conclusion of an Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Croatia on the participation of the Republic of Croatia in the European Union Police Mission in Afghanistan (EUPOL AFGHANISTAN) (FCO) [5.9.07]
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| Unnumbered | Council Joint Action amending Joint Action 2007/113/CFSP amending and extending the mandate of the European Union Special Representative for Central Asia (FCO) [5.9.07]
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| COM (07) 464 | Proposal for a Council Decision on the signing and provisional application of a Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the State of Israel, 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 a Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the State of Israel, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union (FCO)
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| 9751/07 + ADD 1 COM (07) 418
| Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the progress of the re-evaluation of food additives (FSA)
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| 11164/07 COM (07) 345 | Proposal for a Council Regulation extending the suspension of the definitive anti-dumping duty imposed by Regulation (EC) No 215/2002 on imports of ferro molybdenum originating in the People's Republic of China (BERR)
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| 11367/07 COM (07) 363 | Proposal for a Council Regulation terminating the interim review of anti-dumping measures imposed by Council Regulation (EC) No 1910/2006 on imports of television camera systems originating in Japan and repealing the anti-dumping measures imposed by Regulation (EC) No 1910/2006 (BERR)
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| 11383/07 11384/07 11385/07 11386/07 11387/07
| Five separate proposals for a draft Council Decision on the signature of the Agreements between the European Community and Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYRM), Montenegro and Serbia (Western Balkans) on the facilitation of issuance of short stay visas and five separate proposals for a draft Council Decision on the conclusion of Agreements between the European Community and Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, FYRM, Montenegro and Serbia (Western Balkans) on the facilitation of issuance of short stay visas (Home Office)
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| 11403/07 COM (07) 347 | State Aid Scoreboard - Spring 2007 update (BERR)
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| 11477/07 COM (07) 365 | Proposed Council Decision concerning a one-year extension of the 2003-06 supplementary research programme to be implemented by the EU Joint Research Centre for the European Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM) (DIUS)
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| 11525/07 COM (07) 382 | Proposal for a Council Regulation repealing the anti-dumping duty on imports of urea originating in Russia, following an expiry review pursuant to Article 11(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 and terminating the partial interim review pursuant to Article 11(3) of such imports originating in Russia (BERR)
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| 11602/07 COM (07) 308 | Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 397/2004 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of cotton-type bed linen originating in Pakistan (BERR)
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| 11686/07 + ADD 1 COM (07) 374
| Mid-term review of industrial policy. A contribution to the EU's Growth and Jobs Strategy (BERR)
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| 11710/07 11711/07 | Council opinions on the stability and convergence programmes of Austria and the Czech Republic (HM Treasury)
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| 11722/07 | Council Decision on the full application of the provisions of the Schengen acquis in the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic (Home Office)
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| 11724/07 + ADD 1, 2 COM (07) 390
| Protection of the Financial Interests of the Communities - Fight against fraud - Annual Report 2006 (HM Treasury)
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| 11746/07 COM (07) 396 | Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament and the European Economic and Social Committee on implementation of the Community strategy for dioxins, furans and polychlorinated biphenyls (COM(2001)593) (DEFRA)
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| 11784/07 COM (07) 387 | Proposal from the European Commission for a Council Decision concerning the signing of the convention between the European Community and the Republic of Iceland, the Kingdom of Norway, the Swiss Confederation, and the Kingdom of Denmark on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial Matters (Ministry of Justice)
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| 11814/07 COM (07) 406 | Draft Instrument concerning a Proposal for a Council Regulation opening autonomous and transitional Community tariff quotas for the import of certain agricultural products originating in Switzerland (DEFRA)
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| 11817/07 COM (07) 420 |
Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: "Annual Report on the operation of the Third Phase of the Tempus Programme in 2006" (DIUS)
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| 11881/07 COM (07) 404 | Proposal for a Council Decision on the signing and provisional application of a Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Kingdom of Morocco, 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 a Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States , of the one part, and the Kingdom of Morocco, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union (FCO)
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| 11883/07 COM (07) 411 | Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2003/54/EC as regards the application of certain provision to Estonia (BERR)
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| 11998/07 COM (07) 425 | Proposal for a Council Decision concerning the signing of the Agreement between the European Community and Bosnia and Herzegovina on readmission; Proposal for a Council Decision concerning the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and Bosnia and Herzegovina on readmission (Home Office)
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| 12000/07 COM (07) 431 | Proposal for a Council Decision concerning the signing of the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Montenegro on readmission; Proposal for a Council Decision concerning the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Montenegro on readmission (Home Office)
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| 12001/07 COM (07) 432 | Proposal for a Council Decision concerning the signing of the Agreement between the European Community and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) on readmission; Proposal for a Council Decision concerning the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) on readmission (Home Office)
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| 12002/07 COM (07) 438 | Proposal for a Council Decision concerning the signing of the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Serbia on readmission; Proposal for a Council Decision concerning the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Serbia on readmission (Home Office)
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| 12057/07 12058/07 COM (07) 429 COM (07) 428
| Draft Instrument concerning an amended proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters on the provisional application of the Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and the financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Communities and the Republic of Madagascar for the period from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2012, and; Draft Instrument concerning an amended proposal for a Council Regulation on the conclusion of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Madagascar (DEFRA)
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| 12076/07 COM (07) 433 | Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on a Programme for the Modernisation of European Enterprise and Trade Statistics (MEETS) (ONS)
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| 12212/07 COM (07) 442 | Proposal for a Council Decision authorising France to apply a reduced rate of taxation to unleaded petrol used as motor fuel and consumed in the Corsican Departments in accordance with Article 19 of Directive 2003/96/EC (HM Treasury)
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| 12262/07 COM (07) 449 | Draft Instrument concerning a proposal for a Council Regulation adapting Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemical (REACH), by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania (DEFRA)
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| 12300/07 COM (07) 457 | Proposal for a Decision of the Council and of the Commission on the position to be taken by the Communities in the Governing Board of the International Science and Technology Centre as regards the accession of the Swiss Confederation to the Agreement establishing an International Science and Technology Centre, concluded between the Untied States of America, Japan, the Russian Federation and, acting as one Party, the European Atomic Energy Community and the European Economic Community (BERR)
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| 12379/07 COM (07) 467 | Proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion of consultations with the Republic of the Fiji Islands under Article 96 of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement and Article 37 of the Development Cooperation Instrument (FCO)
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| 12678/07 COM (07) 471 | 2006 Report from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on the Macao Special Administrative Region (FCO)
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CLEARED IN CHAIRMAN'S SIFT OF 9 OCTOBER 2007:
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| COM (07) 434 | Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions and the European Central Bank "Fifth Report on the practical preparations for the future enlargement of the Euro Area (HM Treasury)
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| COM (07) 448 | Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament: Reports from Members States on behaviour which seriously infringed the rules of the Common Fisheries Policy in 2005 (DEFRA)
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| COM (07) 455 | A proposed Council Decision amending Council Decision of 16 December 1980 setting up the consultative committee for the fusion programme (DIUS)
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| COM (07) 463 | Proposal for a Council Decision on the signing and provisional application of an additional protocol to the Agreement on Trade, Development and Cooperation between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of South Africa, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union (BERR)
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| 11634/07 SEC (07) 978 | Commission staff working paper - Internal Market Scoreboard No 16 (BERR)
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| 11712/07 COM (07) 385 | Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council concerning a report on the implementation, functioning and effectiveness of the ".eu" Internet top level domain (BERR)
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| 11755/07 COM (07) 393 | Proposal for a Council Decision on the multiannual technical guidelines for the research programme of the Research Fund for Coal and Steel (BERR)
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| 11795/06 COM (06) 385 | Communication from the Commission to the Council and Parliament - Cohesion Policy and cities : the urban contribution to growth and jobs in the regions; Commission staff working document: Annex to the Communication from the Commission, which develops the analysis and provides background (DCLG)
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| 12161/07 COM (07) 435 | Proposal for a Council Decision amending Decision 2003/77/EC laying down multiannual financial guidelines for managing the assets of the ECSC in liquidation and, on completion of the liquidation, the Assets of the Research Fund for Coal and Steel (BERR)
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| 12185/07 COM (07) 441 | Proposal for a Council Decision on a Community position within the EU/Mexico Joint Council concerning the implementation of Article 9 of the Joint Council Decision No 2/2001 on the establishment of a framework for the negotiation of mutual recognition agreements (BERR)
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| 12278/07 + ADD 1 COM (07) 454
| Report from the Commission on guarantees covered by the general budget - Situation at 31 December 2006; Accompanying document to the report from the Commission on guarantees covered by the general budget - Situation at 31 December 2006 - Commission staff working document (HM Treasury)
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| 12294/07 12295/07 COM (07) 416 COM (07) 459
| Document concerning a report from the Commission to the Council: 2001-2005 report on the implementation of the long-term national aid scheme for agriculture in the northern regions of Sweden pursuant to Commission Decision 2004/291/EC; Document concerning a report from the Commission to the Council: 2001-2005 report on the implementation of the long-term national aid scheme for agriculture in the northern regions of Finland pursuant to Commission Decision 2002/404/EC (DEFRA)
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| 12303/07 COM (07) 445 | Draft Instrument concerning a Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 as regards the entitlement to file an application for a Community plant variety right (DEFRA)
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| 12348/07 | Communication from the President of the Court of Auditors to the President of the Council of the European Union: Report of the Court of Auditors on the annual accounts of the Euratom Supply Agency for the financial year 2006 together with the Agency' replies (BERR)
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| 12372/07 COM (07) 444 | Proposal for a Council Decision on a Community position within the EU-South Africa Cooperation Council on the amendment of Annexes IV and VI to the Agreement on Trade, Development and Cooperation between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of South Africa , of the other part (TDCA), regarding certain agricultural products (BERR)
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| 12460/07 COM (07) 451 | Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on rear registration plate lamps for motor vehicles and their trailers (Codified version) (Transport)
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| 12462/07 COM (07) 462 | Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the suppression of radio interference produced by agricultural or forestry tractors (electromagnetic compatibility) (codified version) (Transport)
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| 12493/07 + ADD 1, 2 COM (07) 398
| 24th Annual Report from the Commission on monitoring the application of Community Law (2006) (FCO)
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| 12539/07 COM (07) 482 | Draft Instrument concerning a proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion of the Protocol amending the Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Thailand on manioc production, marketing and trade (DEFRA)
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| 12541/07 | Proposals for a Council Decision on the signature of the Agreement between the European Community and Moldova on the facilitation of issuance of short stay visas and a proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of an Agreement between the European Community and Moldova on the facilitation of issuance of short stay visas (Home Office)
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| 12565/07 12578/07 COM (07) 472 COM (07) 473
| Draft Instrument concerning a proposal for a Council Regulation on the conclusion of the fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Mozambique: Draft Instrument concerning a proposal for a Council Decision concerning the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters on the provisional application of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Mozambique (DEFRA)
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| 12577/07 COM (07) 491 | Proposal for a Council Decision authorising the Kingdom of the Netherlands to apply a measure derogating from Article 193 of Directive 2006/112/EC on the Common System of Value Added Tax (HM Treasury)
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| 12582/07 COM (07) 492 | Draft Instrument on a proposal for a Council Regulation fixing the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks applicable in the Baltic Sea for 2008 (DEFRA)
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| 12612/07 COM (07) 483
| Draft Instrument concerning a proposal for a Council Decision amending Decision 2003/17/EC on the equivalence of field inspections carried out in third countries on seed producing crops and on the equivalence of seed produced in third countries (DEFRA)
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| 12647/07 COM (07) 499 | Draft Instrument concerning a proposal for a Council Decision regarding the position to be taken by the Community within the International Cocoa Agreement 2001 (DEFRA)
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| 12650/07 COM (07) 49 | Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council concerning the implementation of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 58/97 (ONS)
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| 12718/07 COM (07) 487 | Proposal for a Council Decision on the signing and provisional application of Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Arab Republic of Egypt , 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 a Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Arab Republic of Egypt , of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union (FCO)
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| 12793/07 COM (07) 501
| Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on the policy for the accommodation of Commission services in Brussels and Luxembourg (FCO)
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| 12840/07 | Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council introducing a simplified regime for the control of persons at the external borders based on the unilateral recognition by Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Cyprus, Latvia, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovenia and Slovakia of certain documents as equivalent to their national visas for the purpose of transit through their territories; Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Decision No 896/2006/EC establishing a simplified regime for the control of persons at the external borders based on the unilateral recognition by the Member States of certain residence persist issued by Switzerland and Liechtenstein for the purpose of transit through their territory (Home Office)
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| 12881/07 | Third Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on certain third countries' maintenance of visa requirements in breach of the principle of reciprocity in accordance with Article 1 (5) of Council Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 listing the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement, as amended by Regulation (EC) No 851/2005 as regards the reciprocity mechanism (Home Office)
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| 12901/07 COM (07) 517 | Proposal for a Council Decision concerning the conclusion of an agreement between the European Community and the Russian Federation on trade in certain steel products (BERR)
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| 12904/07 COM (07) 518 | Proposal for a Council Regulation on administering certain restrictions on imports of certain steel products for the Russian Federation (BERR)
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| 12909/07 COM (07) 497 | Proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion of a Protocol amending the Agreement between the European Community and the Kingdom of Morocco on certain aspects of air services in order to take account of the accession to the European Union of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania (Transport)
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| 12974/07 12975/07 COM (07) 520 COM (07) 521
| Proposal for a Council Regulation on certain procedures for applying the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Montenegro, of the other part, and for applying the Interim Agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Montenegro, of the other part; Proposal for a Council Decision concerning the provisional application of Protocol 8 to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Montenegro, of the other part, on the general principles for the participation of Montenegro in European Community programmes (FCO)
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| 13029/07 + ADD 1, 2 COM (07) 519
| Report from the Commission - Annual Report on research and technological development activities of the European Union in 2006 (DIUS)
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| 13035/07 COM (07) 465 | Draft Instrument concerning a proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council repealing Council Directive 84/539/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to electro-medical equipment used in veterinary medicine (DEFRA)
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| 14222/06 | Report from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on the borrowing and lending activities of the European Communities in 2005 (DfID)
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