House of Lords - European Union Progress of Scrutiny

Select Committee on European Union Progress of Scrutiny Fourth 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 30 January and 6 February 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 30 January 2007:

Unnumbered Council Joint Action extending the mandate of the Special Representative of the European Union in Sudan; Council Joint Action extending the mandate of the Special Representative of the European Union for the South Caucasus; Council Joint Action extending and amending the mandate of the Special Representative of the European Union for the Middle East peace process; Council Joint Action extending the mandate of the Special Representative of the European Union for Afghanistan; Council Joint Action appointing the Special Representative of the European Union for the African Great Lakes Region; Council Joint Action appointing the Special Representative of the European Union for Moldova; Council Joint Action extending and amending the mandate of the Special Representative of the European Union for Central Asia (FCO) [24.01.07]

Unnumbered Council Joint Action appointing the European Union Special Representative in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FCO) [25.01.07]

13716/06 SEM COM (06) 580 Supplementary Explanatory Memorandum Draft Instrument concerning a proposal for a Council Decision relating to the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Republic of Iceland concerning trade preferences in agricultural products undertaken on the basis of Article 19 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area (Defra)

15507/06 Council Decision establishing, in accordance with Article 104(8), that the action taken by Poland in response to the recommendation of the Council in accordance with Article 104(7) of the Treaty establishing the European Community is proving to be inadequate (HM Treasury)

16313/06 Report on the annual accounts of the Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union for the financial year 2005 together with the Centre's replies (FCO)

16531/06 COM (06) 749 Draft Instrument concerning a proposal for a Council Directive on pure-bred breeding animals of the bovine species [codified version] (Defra)

16835/06 COM (06) 832 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council and the Economic and Social Committee: European Training Foundation (DfES)

16891/06 COM (06) 793 Proposal for a Council decision authorising the Republic of Slovenia to ratify, in the interest of the European Community, the Protocol of 12 February 2004 amending the Paris Convention of 29 July 1960 on Third Party Liability in the Field of Nuclear Energy (DTI)

16953/06 Document concerning a report from the Commission to the Council on the experience acquired on the implementation of Directive 98/58/EC on the protection of animals kept for farming purposes (Defra)

16974/06 COM (06) 808 Draft Instrument concerning a proposal for a Council Decision on a Community position in the EC-Turkey Association Council on the amendment of the trade concessions for processed agricultural products covered by Decision No 1/95 of the EC-Turkey Association Council on implementing the final phase of the Customs Union and by Decision No 1/97 of the EC-Turkey Association Council on the arrangements applicable to certain processed agricultural products (Defra)

16995/06 COM (06) 799 Document concerning a Report from the Commission on Assigned Amount of the European Union (required under Article 7(1) of Decision 280/2004/EC concerning a mechanism for monitoring Community greenhouse gas emissions and for implementing the Kyoto Protocol (Defra)

17096/06 COM (06) 836 Proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Community and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan amending the EC-Jordan Association Agreement (DTI)

17103/06 COM (06) 812 A proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and the Council, to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks (codified version) (DTI)

17104/06 COM (06) 830 A proposal for a Council Regulation on the Community trade mark (codified version ) (DTI)

17112/06 COM (06) 813 Draft Instrument concerning a proposal for a Council Regulation on scrutiny by Member States of transactions forming part of the system of financing by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (codified version) (Defra)

5160/07 COM (06) 864 Draft Instrument concerning a Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the submission of statistics on aquaculture by Member States (Defra)

5162/07 COM (06) 868 Draft Instrument concerning a proposal for a Council Regulation on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Government of the Russian Federation on co-operation in fisheries and the conservation of the living marine resources in the Baltic Sea (Defra)

5262/07 COM (06) 863 Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament, to the European Economic and Social Committee and to the Committee of the Regions: Co-operation in the field of accidental or deliberate marine pollution after 2007 (Department of Transport)

5321/07 COM (06) 831 Report from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament: Evaluation report on the application of the Council Regulation (EC) No 994/98 of 7 May 1998 regarding the application of Articles 87 (ex-Article 92 ) and 88 (ex-Article 93) of the EC Treaty to certain categories of horizontal State aid, pursuant to Article 5 of this Regulation (DTI)

5390/07 COM (06) 865 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council - The Financial Perspectives of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (DTI)

5553/07 COM (07) 13 Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: Proposal for the Joint Report on Social Protection and Social Inclusion 2007 (DWP)

Cleared in Chairman's sift of 6 February 2007:

Unnumbered EU Common Position concerning restrictive measures against Zimbabwe (FCO) [30.01.07]

Unnumbered Renewal of Common Position 2004/179/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against the leadership of the separatist regime in Transnistria (FCO) [31.01.07]

Unnumbered Fourth Quarterly Report of transfers of appropriations within the general budget for the financial year 2006 (HM Treasury) [31.01.07]

COM (06) 853 Report from the Commission on the operation of the provisions of Directive 2003/88/EC applicable to offshore workers (DTI)

12697/06 COM (06) 495 Proposal for a Council Regulation repealing the anti-dumping duty on imports of synthetic staple fibres of polyesters originating in Australia, India, Indonesia and Thailand and terminating the proceedings in respect of such imports, following expiry reviews 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 Thailand (DTI)

13391/06 COM (06) 560 Proposal for a Council Regulation imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of ethanolamines originating in the United States of America (DTI)

13892/06 COM (06) 584 Proposal for a Council Regulation terminating the partial interim review of the anti-dumping measures applicable to imports of bicycles originating in the People's Republic of China (DTI)

14573/06 COM (06 )634 Proposal for a Council Regulation terminating the partial interim review of anti-dumping measures on imports of silicon originating in the Russian Federation (DTI)

15391/06 COM (06) 683 Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation amending Council Regulation (EC) No 74/2004 imposing a definitive countervailing duty on imports of cotton-type bed linen originating in India (DTI)

15693/06 COM(06) 702 Proposal for a Council Regulation amending the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2042/2000 imposing a definitive anti-dumping on imports of television camera systems originating in Japan (DTI)

15987/07 + ADD 1 COM (06) 635 Report from the European commission; Report from the European Commission: Annual Report on the Cohesion fund (2005); Commission staff working document Annex (DTI)

16066/06 COM (06) 738 Proposal for a Council Regulation imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of television camera systems originating in Japan following an expiry review pursuant to Article 11(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 (DTI)

16401/06 COM (06) 752 Council Decision on the signature, on behalf of the European Union, and on the provisional application of, certain provisions of the Protocol between the European Union, the European Community, the Swiss Confederation and the Principality of Liechtenstein on the accession of the Principality of Liechtenstein to the Agreement between the European Union, the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on the Swiss Confederation's association with implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis; Council Decision on the signature, on behalf of the European Community, and on the provisional application of, certain provisions of the Protocol between the European Union, the European Community, the Swiss Confederation and the Principality of Liechtenstein on the accession of the Principality of Liechtenstein to the Agreement between the European Union, the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on the Swiss Confederation's association with implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis; Council Decision on the conclusion on behalf of the European Union of the Protocol between the European Union, the European Community, the Swiss Confederation and the Principality of Liechtenstein on the accession of the Principality of Liechtenstein to the Agreement between the European Union, the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on the Swiss Confederation's association with implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis; Council Decision on the conclusion on behalf of the European Community of the Protocol between the European Union, the European Community, the Swiss Confederation and the Principality of Liechtenstein on the accession of the Principality of Liechtenstein to the Agreement between the European Union, the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on the Swiss Confederation's association with implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis (Home Office)

16998/06 COM (06) 826 Proposal for a Council Regulation extending the definitive anti-dumping duty imposed by Regulation (EC) No 398/2004 on imports of silicon originating in the People's Republic of China to imports of silicon consigned from the Republic of Korea whether declared as originating in the Republic of Korea or not (DTI)

5068/07 + ADD 1 COM (06) 862 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 - five years of Euro banknotes and coins; Commission staff working document - annex (HM Treasury)

5114/07 + ADD1 REV 1 COM (06) 855 Document concerning a Report from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on the application of Council Regulation (EC) 2702/1999 on measures to provide information on, and to promote, agricultural products in third countries and Council Regulation (EC) No 2826/2000 on information and promotion actions for agricultural products on the internal market; Commission staff working document accompanying the Report (DEFRA)

5141/07 COM (06) 833 Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council: Evaluation report on the Financial Collateral Arrangements Directive (2002/47/EC) (HM Treasury)

5223/07 COM (06) 840 Report from the Commission on the functioning of the facilitated transit for persons between the Kaliningrad region and the rest of the Russian Federation (FCO)

5233/07 COM (2006) 867 Proposal for a Council regulation amending Council Regulation (EC) No.601/2004 of 22 March 2004 laying down certain control measures applicable to fishing activities in the area covered by the Convention on Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 3943/90, (EC) No 66/98 and (EC) No 1721/1999 ( FCO)

5241/07 COM (06) 835 Report from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament and the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on the implementation of Council Decision 1999/784/EC of 22 November 1999 as amended by Decision 2239/2004/EC of the EP and the Council concerning participation in the Audiovisual Observatory (DCMS)

5366/07 + ADD 1 COM (07) 03 Report from the Commission to the Council and the Parliament - 2005 Report on PHARE, Pre-Accession and Transition Instruments (DfID)

5390/07 COM (06) 865 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council: The Financial Perspectives of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (DTI)

5712/07 COM (07) 21 Proposal for a Council Decision extending the period of application of the measures in Decision 2002/148/EC concluding consultations with Zimbabwe under Article 96 of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement (FCO)