Select Committee on European Union Progress of Scrutiny Fourth Report



SUB-COMMITTEE D

ENVIRONMENT AND AGRICULTURE

MEMBERSHIP: Chairman: Lord Sewel

Co-opted Members:

Lord Bach, Viscount Brookeborough, Lord Cameron of Dillington, Lord Greaves, Baroness Jones of Whitchurch, Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer, Lord Moynihan, Lord Palmer, Lord Plumb, Viscount Ullswater.

(For further information please contact the Clerk, Robert Preston, 020 7219 3015)

i.  Documents awaiting consideration by the Sub-Committee
*16902/06 COM (06) 798Draft Instrument concerning a proposal for a Council Regulation opening tariff quotas for imports into Bulgaria and Romania of raw cane sugar for supply to refineries in the marketing years 2006/07, 2007/08 and 2008/09 (Defra)
Sifted 30 January 2007
*5051/07 COM (06) 857Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament - Employment in rural areas: closing the jobs gap (DWP)
Sifted 30 January 2007
*5288/07 + ADD 1 COM (06) 872Document concerning the Annual report from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on Member States' efforts during 2005 to achieve a sustainable balance between fishing capacity and fishing opportunities; Commission staff working document - annex to the Annual report (DEFRA)
Sifted 6 February 2007
16715/06Draft Instrument concerning a proposal for a Council Regulation establishing a Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets, on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Defra)
Sifted 23 January 2007

ii.  Awaiting the outcome of Correspondence with Ministers, or held under scrutiny
10665/02 Agrileg 147 Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament and the Economic and Social Committee:- Towards a thematic strategy on the sustainable use of pesticides (Defra) (COM(02) 349)
Sifted 23 July 2002

(Awaiting Supplementary EM)

12200/04 Env 456Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council introducing humane trapping standards for certain animal species (Defra) (COM(04) 532)
Sifted 2 November 2004

Letters to the Government 20 Dec, 17 Mar 06

Letters to the Chairman 4 Feb 05, 14 Apr 06

14181/04Proposal for a Council Regulation on electronic recording and reporting of fishing activities and on means of remote sensing (Defra) (COM(04) 724)
Sifted 7 December 2004

Letters to the Government 26 Jan 05, 17 Mar 06, 10 Jul 06

Letters to the Chairman 28 Feb 05, 22 Feb 06, 14 Jun , 3 Nov 06, 28 Nov 06

14686/04Proposal for a Council Directive on the supervision and control of shipments of radioactive waste and spent fuel (Defra) (COM(04) 716)
Sifted 11 January 2005
8399/05Proposal for a Council Directive on the control of potato cyst nematodes (Defra) (COM(05) 151)
Sifted 14 June 2005

Letter to the Chairman 5 Jun 06

Letter to the Government 10 Jul 06

11408/05Communication from the Commission - "TSE Roadmap" (Defra)
Sifted 6 December 2005

Letter to the Chairman 22 May 06 [+ full RIA]

Letter to the Government 15 Jun 05

5047/06 + Add 1 & 2Communication: "Taking sustainable use of resources forward: A Thematic Strategy on the Prevention and Recycling of Waste"; and Commission Staff Working Document Annex to the Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste and Communication from the Commission - Taking Sustainable Use of Resources Forward: A Thematic Strategy on the Prevention and Recycling of Waste - Impact Assessment on the Thematic Strategy on the Prevention and Recycling of waste and immediate implementing measures; and Commission Staff Working Document Annex to the Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - Taking Sustainable use of Resources Forward: A Thematic Strategy on the Prevention and Recycling of Waste - Technical Annexes to the Thematic Strategy on the Prevention and Recycling of Waste (Defra)
Sifted 24 January 2006
5050/06 + Add 1Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste and; Communication from the Commission - Taking Sustainable Resources Forward: A Thematic Strategy on the Prevention and Recycling of Waste Impact Assessment on the Thematic Strategy on the prevention and recycling of waste and immediate implementing measures (Defra)
Sifted 24 January 2006
5050/06 + Add 1[Supplementary EM] Draft Instrument concerning a Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste; Commission Staff Working Document Annex to the Proposal for a Directive of the European Council on waste and Communication from the Commission - Taking sustainable resources forward: A Thematic Strategy on the prevention and recycling of waste - Impact Assessment on the Thematic strategy on the prevention and recycling of waste and the immediate implementing measures (Defra)
Sifted 24 April 2006
5058/06Draft Instrument concerning a Proposal for a Council Directive on the supervision and control of shipments of radioactive waste and spent fuel (Defra)
Sifted 31 January 2006

(Awaiting RIA) Letter to the Chairman 9 Nov 06

5403/06Council Regulation establishing a management plan for fisheries exploiting stocks of plaice and sole in the North Sea (Defra)
Sifted 14 February 2006 Letter to the Government 15 Jun 06
5403/06 SEMSupplementary Explanatory Memorandum. Draft Instrument concerning a Proposal for a Council Regulation establishing a management plan for fisheries exploiting stocks of plaice and sole in the North Sea. (Defra)
Sifted 25 May 2006

Letter to the Government 15 Jun 06

9898/06Document concerning a Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on improving consultation on Community fisheries management (Defra)
Sifted 20 June 2006 Letter to the Government 20 Jul 06
10851/06 + Add 1 + Add 2Document concerning a Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament - "Towards a sustainable European wine sector"; and

Document concerning a Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament - "Towards a sustainable European wine sector" Summary of the Impact Assessment annexed to the communication; and

Document concerning a Communication from the Commission to the Council and The European Parliament - "Towards a sustainable European wine sector" Commission Staff Working Document - Annex to the Communication: Impact Assessment (Defra)

Sifted 18 July 2006 Letter to the Government 20 Jul 06
10014/06Draft Instrument concerning a proposal for a Council Regulation laying down rules for voluntary modulation of direct payments provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 (Defra)
Sifted 20 June 2006 Letter to the Government 20 Jul 06 Letter to the Chairman 29 Nov 06
10016/06Draft Instrument concerning a Proposal for a Council Decision laying down the amount of Community support to rural development for the period from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2013, its annual breakdown and the minimum amount to be concentrated in regions eligible under the Convergence Objective (Defra)
Sifted 13 June 2006

Letters to the Government 15 Jun, 20 Jul 06 Letter to the Chairman 28 Jun 06

11640/06Council Decision regarding the placing on the market in accordance with Directive 2001/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, of oilseed rape products (Brassica napus L., lines Ms8 Rf3 and Ms8xRf3) genetically modified for tolerance to the herbicide glufosinate-ammonium (Defra) [11.01.06]
Sifted 17 January 2006

Letter to the Government 16 Feb 06

Letters to the Chairman 27 Mar, 4 Oct 06

11755/06 + ADD 1 + ADD 2-12 Draft Instrument concerning a proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market; Draft Instrument concerning a Commission Staff Working Document - Summary Report on the impact assessment for a Regulation replacing Directive 91/414/EEC on plant protection products; Draft Instrument concerning a Commission Staff Working Document - Report on the impact assessment for a Regulation replacing Directive 91/414/EEC on plant protection products; Draft Instrument concerning a Commission Staff Working Document - Report on the impact assessment for a Regulation replacing Directive 91/414/EEC on plant protection products- Annex 1; Draft Instrument concerning a Commission Staff Working Document - Report on the impact assessment for a Regulation replacing Directive 91/414/EEC on plant protection products- Annex 2, Part 1-6; Draft Instrument concerning a Commission Staff Working Document - Report on the impact assessment for a Regulation replacing Directive 91/414/EEC on plant protection products- Annex 3, 4 and 5 (Defra)
Sifted 10 October 2006 Letter to the Government 2 Nov 06 Letter to the Chairman 14 Nov 06
11816/06 + ADD1 11847/06Draft Instrument concerning a proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on environmental quality standards in the field of water policy and amending Directive 2000/60/EC; Document concerning a Commission Staff Working Document Impact Assessment - Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on environmental quality standards in the field of water policy and amending Directive 2000/60/EC; Document concerning a Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament integrated prevention and control of chemical pollution of surface waters in the European Union (Defra)
Sifted 10 October 2006 Considered at meeting 25 Oct 06 Letter to the Government 29 Nov 06
11896/06 + ADD 1 Draft Instrument concerning a proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for Community action to achieve a sustainable use of pesticides; Document concerning the commission Staff Working Paper - Accompanying the proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for Community action to achieve a sustainable use of pesticides - The impact assessment of the thematic strategy on the sustainable use of pesticides; Defra)
Sifted 10 October 2006 Letter to the Government 2 Nov 06
12917/06Document concerning a communication from the Commission to the Council - Fishing Opportunities for 2007: Policy Statement from the European Commission (Defra)
Sifted 24 October 2006 (Awaiting revised EM)
13401/06 + ADD 1 & 2 13388/06Document concerning a Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - Thematic Strategy for Soil Protection; Staff Working Document - Impact Assessment of the Thematic Strategy on Soil Protection; Summary of Impact Assessment; Draft Instrument concerning a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for the protection of soil and amending Directive 2004/35/EC (Defra)
Sifted 24 October 2006 Letter to the Government 22 Nov 06 (awaiting RIA)
13869/06 + ADD 1 + ADD 2Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the retrofitting of mirrors to heavy goods vehicles registered in the Community; Commission Staff Working Document: Full Impact Assessment; Commission Staff Working Document: Summary of the Impact Assessment (Department for Transport)
Sifted 22 November 2006 Letter to the Government 6 Dec 06
15674/06 + ADD 1, 2Draft Instrument concerning a proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council banning the placing on the market and the import of or export from the Community of cat and dog fur and products containing such fur; Commission Staff Working Document - Summary Impact Assessment; Commission Staff Working Document - Impact Assessment (Defra)
Sifted 19 December 2006 Letter to the Government - 18 Jan 07



iii  Documents under scrutiny

In connection with the Sub-Committee's Scrutiny of the Nuclear Package
12386/04 Part 1Amended proposal for a Council Directive (Euratom) laying down basic obligations and general principles on the safety of nuclear installations (DTI) (COM(04) 526)
Sifted 19 October 2004

Letter to the Government (Defra & DTI) 13 Feb 06

Letters to the Chairman 6 Mar (Defra), 7 Mar (DTI)

12386/04 Part 2Amended proposal for a Council Directive (Euratom) on the safe management of spent nuclear fuel and radioactive waste (Defra) (COM(04) 526)
Sifted 26 October 04
14074/04Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council Report on the use of financial resources earmarked for the decommissioning of nuclear power plants (DTI) (COM(04) 719)
Sifted 30 November 2004

Debated on Thursday 23rd March in the House (still under scrutiny) in connection with Sub-Committee D's Report: Too much or too little? Changes to the EU Sugar Regime, 18th Report, HL Paper 80, Session 2005-06 published 13th December 2005, the Government response has been received on 17th February 2006
10598/05 + Add 1Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing accompanying measures for Sugar Protocol countries affected by the reform of the EU sugar regime (DFID)
Sifted 18 October 2005

Letters to the Government (Defra and DFID) 10 Nov, 1 Dec (DFID), 5 Jun 06 (DFID)

Letters to the Chairman 22 Nov (Defra), 23 Nov (DFID), 9 Dec (Defra), 15 Feb 06 (Defra), 23 May 06 (Defra) enclosing RIA

Documents subject to a Scrutiny override:
13421/06Draft Instrument concerning a proposal for a Council Regulation fixing for 2007 and 2008 the fishing opportunities for Community fishing vessels for certain deep-sea fish stocks (Defra)
Sifted 7 November 2006 Letter to the Chairman 16 Nov 06 Letter to the Government 22 Nov 06 - Scrutiny Override
†16050/06Draft Instrument concerning a proposal for a Council Regulation fixing for 2007 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for Community vessels, in waters where limitations in catch are required (Defra) (D)
Sifted 19 December 2006 Letter to the Chairman 15 Jan 07 Letter to the Government 31 Jan 07 - Scrutiny Override




 
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