Select Committee on European Union Progress of Scrutiny Fourteenth 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 29 August, 30 September and 7 October 2008.

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 29 August 2008:
Unnumbered Draft Council Joint Action amending Joint Action 2007/369/CFSP on the establishment of the European Union Police Mission in Afghanistan (EUPOL AFGHANISTAN) (FCO) [4.08.08]
UnnumberedSecond Quarterly Report of transfers of appropriations within the general budget for the financial year 2008 (HM Treasury) [3.08.08]
8178/08 COM (08) 173Proposal for a Council Regulation imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of coumarin originating in the People's Republic of China following an expiry review pursuant to Article 11(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 extended to India, Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia (BERR)
9587/08 9588/07 9589/08 9590/08 Council Decision abrogating Decisions 2005/694/EC, 2005/730/EC, 2005/185/EC and 2005/182/EC on the Existence of an excessive deficit in Italy, Portugal, The Czech Republic, and Slovakia - Application of Article 104(12) of the Treaty (HM Treasury)
10620/08 COM (08) 353Proposal for a Council Regulation imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of ammonium nitrate originating in Russia following an expiry review pursuant to Article 11(2) and a partial interim pursuant to Article 11(3) of council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 (BERR)
10826/08 COM (08) 173Proposal for a Corrigendum to Council Regulation of 28 April 2008 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on impost coumarin originating in the People's Republic of China following an expiry review pursuant to Article 11(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 extended to India, Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia (BERR)
10850/08 COM (08) 363Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EC) No 442/2007 of 19 April 2007 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of ammonium nitrate originating in Ukraine following an expiry review pursuant to Article 11(2) of Regulation (EC) No 384/96 (BERR)
10969/08 COM (08) 351Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the approximation of the laws of Member States relating to the driver's seat on wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (codified version) (DWP)
11010/08 + ADD 1 COM (08) 366 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council and the European Economic and Social Committee - Regulatory aspects of nanomaterials; Commission staff working document - summary of legislation in relation to health, safety and environment aspects of nanomaterials, regulatory research needs and related measures (DEFRA)
11080/08 COM (08) 382Proposal for a Council Regulation clarifying the scope of the anti-dumping measures imposed by Regulation (EC) No 1174/2005 on imports of hand pallet trucks and their essential parts originating in the People's Republic of China (BERR)
11094/08 + ADD 1 COM (08) 327 Annual Report from the Commission on the Guarantee Fund and its Management in 2007; Commission staff working document - annex to the annual report (HM Treasury)
11144/08 COM (2008) 386 Proposal for a Council Regulation on protection against subsidised imports from countries not members of the European Community (BERR)
11165/08 COM (2008) 387Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on Public Finances in EMU - 2008: the role of quality of public finances in the EU governance framework; Commission staff working document (HM Treasury)
11288/08 COM (08) 393Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation of Article 9 of the Council Directive 89/398/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to foodstuffs intended for particular nutritional uses (FSA)
11289/08 COM (08) 392Report form the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council n foods for persons suffering from carbohydrate metabolism disorders (diabetes) (FSA)
11340/08 + ADD 1 COM (08) 403 Communication from the Commission on notifications of postponements of attainment deadlines and exemptions from the obligations to apply certain limit values pursuant to Article 22 of Directive 2008/50/Ec on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe; Staff working paper (DEFRA)
11349/08 COM (08) 413Recommendation form the Commission to the Council concerning proposals, on behalf of t he European Community together with the Member States, for amendments to Annex I of the Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) under the UN-ECE Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (DEFRA)
11364/08 COM (08) 395Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - Guidelines for an integrated approach to maritime policy: Towards best practice in integrated maritime governance and stakeholder consultation (DfT)
11442/08 COM (2008) 411Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1911/2006 of 19 December 2006 imposing a definitive anti-dumping policy on imports of solutions of urea and ammonium nitrate originating in Algeria, Belarus, Russia and Ukraine following an expiry review pursuant to Article 11(2) of Regulation (EC) No 384/96 (BERR)
11494/08+ ADD 1,2 COM (08) 373Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament: Report on the Implementation of the Hague Programme for 2007 (Home Office)
11533/08 11534/08Council opinion on the updated Stability Programme of Belgium, 2007-2010; Council opinion on the updated Convergence Programme of Poland 2007-2010 (HM Treasury)
11610/08 COM (08) 417 Communication from the Commission - Summary of commission (DG TREN) activities carried out in 2007 in implementation of Title II, Chapters 3 to 10, of the Euratom Treaty (BERR)
11728/08 COM (08) 443 Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and to the Council on Annex XI to the Staff Regulations (FCO)

11739/08

COM (08) 444

Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 639/2004 on the management of fishing fleets registered in the Community outermost regions (DEFRA)
11740/08 SEC (08) 2275Commission staff working paper - Internal Market Scoreboard No 17 (BERR)

11796/08

COM (08) 409

+ ADD1

SEC (08) 2150


Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on the 2007 Environment Policy Review;

Commission staff working document (DEFRA)

11861/08 + ADD 1 COM (08) 451 Report from the Commission on guarantees covered by the general budget - Situation at 31 December 2007; Commission staff working document (HM Treasury)
11902/08 COM (08) 456Proposal for a Council Regulation repealing the anti-dumping duties imposed by Council Regulation (EC) No 437/2004 on imports of large rainbow trout originating in Norway (BERR)
11998/08 COM (08) 472Proposal fro a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 954/2006 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain seamless pipes and tubes of iron or steel originating, inter alia, in Russia (BERR)
12048/08 COM (08) 477 Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 74/2004 imposing a definitive countervailing duty on imports of cotton-type bed linen originating in India (BERR)
12051/08 COM (08) 474Proposal for a Council Regulation extending the definitive anti-dumping duty imposed by Council Regulation (EC) No 2074/2004 on imports of slightly modified ring binder mechanisms originating in the People's Republic of China and terminating the investigation concerning the possible circumvention of anti dumping measures imposed by Council Regulation (EC) No 2074/ 2004 on imports of certain ring binder mechanisms originating in the People's Republic of China by imports of certain ring binder mechanisms consigned from Thailand, whether declared as originating in Thailand or not (BERR)
12177/08 + ADD 1 COM (08) 494

12182/08 + ADD 1 COM (08) 495

Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on Progress in Romania under the Co-operation and Verification Mechanism; Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on Progress in Bulgaria under the Co-operation and Verification Mechanism (FCO)
12213/08 COM (08) 486 Fourth 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)
12244/08 COM (08) 496Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the management of EU-funds in Bulgaria (FCO)
12249/08 COM (08) 462Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Annexes IV and V to Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the treatment of waste containing persistent organic pollutants in thermal and metallurgical production processes (DEFRA)
12250/08 COM (08) 416Report 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 (2007) (BERR)
12288/08 COM (08) 480 Communication from the Commission the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions and the European Central Bank - Seventh Report on the practical preparations for the future enlargement of the Euro Area (HM Treasury)

Cleared in Chairman's sift of 30 September 2008:
COM (08) 378Communication from the Commission: Annual report from the European Commission to the European Parliament on the functioning of the European School System in 2007 (DCSF)
10962/08 COM (08) 365Proposal for a Council regulation (EC, Euratom) No/ establishing a Guarantee Fund for external actions (codified version) (HMT)
11105/08 COM (08 )337 Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the final evaluation of the Community's action programme to promote bodies active at European level and support activities in the field of Education and Training (DIUS)
11461/08 COM (08) 427Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the first evaluation of the Europass initiative (DIUS)
11709/08 + ADD 1 COM (08) 449 Report from the Commission - Directorate-General for Humanitarian Aid - (ECHO) - Annual Report 2007 (DfID)
12033/08 COM (08) 493Communication from the Commission to the Council pursuant to Article 37 of the Act of Accession of Bulgaria to the European Union regarding a draft Regulation repealing Regulation (EC) No 1962/2006 (DfT)
12055/08 COM (08) 357Proposal Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council 2008/0123(COD) dated 13 June 2008 consolidating amendments to a Directive relating to common provisions for both measuring instruments and methods of metrological control (DIUS)
12090/08 COM (08) 463Proposal for a Council Decision on the signing and provisional application of the Agreement between the European Community and the West African Economic and Monetary Union on Certain aspects of air services; Proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the West African Economic and Monetary Union on Certain aspects of air services (DfT)
12178/08 Special Report No 6/2008 - "European Commission Rehabilitation Aid following the Tsunami and Hurricane Mitch (DfID)
12198/08 COM (08) 482 12199/08 COM (08) 484 Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the: Implementation of the Public Health Programme in 2007; Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: Interim Evaluation of the Public Health Programme (2003-2008) (Department of Health)
12267/08 COM (08) 465Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament , the Council and the European Economic and Social Committee: An Industrial Property Rights Strategy for Europe (DIUS)
12318/08 COM (08) 491Proposal for a Council Regulation extending the suspension of the definitive anti-dumping duty imposed by Regulation (EC) No 1420/2007 on imports of silico-manganese originating in the People's Republic of China and Kazakhstan (BERR)
12379/08 COM (08) 489 Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provision for certain agricultural products ("single CMO Regulation") (DEFRA)
12443/08 COM (08) 509Proposal for a Council Decision on the signing on behalf of the Community of the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation amending with the provisional application the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products and a Proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation amending the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products (DEFRA)
12475/08 COM (08) 501Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the results of the pilot studies referred to in Article 4(3) and Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2150/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2002 on waste statistics (DEFRA)
12539/08 COM (08) 492Proposal for a Council Directive on the common system of taxation applicable to mergers, division, partial division, transfer of assets and exchanges of shares concerning companies of different Member States and to the transfer of the registered office of an SE or SCE between Member States (codfied version) (HM Treasury)
12659/08 COM (08) 532Report from the Commission on the application of Council Recommendation of 12 July 1999 (1999/519/EC) on the limitation of the exposure of the general public to electromagnetic fields (0Hz to 300 GHz), Second Implementation Report 2002-2007 (DoH)

Cleared in Chairman's sift of 7 October 2008:
UnnumberedJoint Action modifying the mandate of the European Union Special Representative for the South Caucasus (FCO) [29.9.08]
11268/08 COM (08) 387Commission report to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - final evaluation of the "Youth" Community action programme (2000-2006) and the Community action programme to promote bodies active at European level in the field of youth (2004-2006) (DCSF)
12039/08 Special Report No 4/2008 concerning the implementation of milk quotas in the Member States which joined the European Union on 1 May 2004 (DEFRA)
12204/08 COM (08) 483Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) No …/…. Amending Council Regulation (EC) No 219/2007 on the establishment of a joint undertaking to develop the new generation European air traffic management system (SESAR) (DfT)
12216/08 COM (08) 511Report from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament - First monitoring report on steel restructuring in Bulgaria and Romania (BERR)
12270/08 COM (08) 473Commission Report to the Council and the European Parliament explaining the European Research Council operations and realisation of the objectives set out in the specific programme "ideas" in 2007 (DIUS)
12405/08 COM (08) 500Summary of the Progress Report to the Council on the implementation of Council Recommendation 2005/835/EC on priority actions to increase cooperation in the field of archives in Europe presented by the European Archives Group (DCMS)
12463/08 COM (08) 516Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 423/2007 concerning restrictive measures against Iran (FCO)
12467/08 COM (08) 517Proposal for a Council Regulation maintaining the anti-dumping duties ion imports of polyester staple fibres originating in Belarus, the People's Republic of China, Saudi Arabia and Korea following a partial interim review pursuant to Article 11(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 (BERR)
12470/08 COM (08) 510Communication on the scope of the liability of air carriers and airports in the event of destroyed, damaged or lost mobility equipment of passengers with reduced mobility when travelling by air (DfT)
12477/08 COM (08) 523 Proposal for a Council Regulation terminating the new exporter review of Regulation (EC) No 1659/2005 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain magnesia bricks originating in the People's Republic of China (BERR)
12550/08 + ADD 1 COM (08) 520 Report from the Commission on the implementation of macro-financial assistance to third countries in 2007; Commission staff working document (HM Treasury)
12554/08 + ADD 1 COM (08) 519 Report from the Commission - Annual Report on Research and Technological Development activities of the European Union in 2007 (DIUS)
12557/08 COM (08) 526Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on the methodology and terms of reference for the review of the European Research Council's structures and mechanisms (DIUS)
12580/08 COM (08) 513Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the committee of the Regions - Europe's cultural heritage at the click of a mouse ; Progress on the digitisation and online accessibility of cultural material and digital preservation across the EU (DCMS)
12585/08 COM (08) 524Proposal for a Council Decision on a Community position in the Joint Committee on the implementation of Article 66 of the Euro-Mediterranean Interim Association Agreement on Trade and cooperation between the European Community, of the one part, and the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) for the benefit of the Palestinian Authority of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, on the other part (FCO)
12663/08 COM (08) 512Draft Instrument of 13 August 2008 concerning a Proposal for a Council decision on the approval of amendments to the convention on future multilateral co-operation in the North East Atlantic Fisheries allowing for the establishment of a dispute settlement procedure, the extension of the scope of the convention and a review of the objectives of the Convention (DEFRA)
12718/08 COM (08) 533Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - Ex-post evaluation of the "Information Society Technologies (IST)" Thematic priority in the sixth framework programme for Research, Technological Development and Demonstration (RTD) (DIUS)
12728/08 COM (08) 529Communication from the Commission on the Annual Report on the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 886/204 of 29 April 2004 and the situation resulting from its application (FCO)
12819/08 COM (08) 547Commission proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (HM Treasury)
12974/08 COM (08) 536Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament - The quality of rail freight services (DfT)
13045/08 13043/08 COM (08) 557 COM (08) 556 Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund, dated 16 September 2008; Preliminary Draft amending Budget (PDAB) 7 to the general budget for 2008, dated 15 September 2008 (HM Treasury)
13106/08 COM (08 551Second annual report 2007 on the implementation of Community assistance under Council Regulation (EC) No 389/2006 of 27 February 2006 establishing an instrument of financial support for encouraging the economic development of the Turkish Cypriot community (HM Treasury)
13111/08 COM (08) 540Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 55/2008 introducing autonomous trade preferences for the Republic of Moldova (BERR)
13124/08 + ADD 1 SEC (08) 2420 Report from the Commission to the Council on Council Directive 2003/48/EC on taxation of income from savings (HM Treasury)
13192/08 COM (08) 554Proposal for a Council Regulation Decision on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Republic of Cuba (BERR)
13196/08 COM (08) 555Proposal for a Council Regulation concerning the implementation of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letter between the European Community and the Republic of Cuba pursuant to Article XXIV:6 of GATT 1994, amending and supplementing Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/97 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (BERR)

Cleared in Chairman's sift of 14 October 2008:
12476/08 Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 2112/78 concerning the conclusion of the Customs Convention on the international transport of good under cover of TIR Carnets (TIR Convention) of 14th November 1975 (HMRC)
13274/08 COM (08) 544 Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on coordination of safeguards which, for the protection of the interests of members and others, are required by Member States of companies within the meaning of the second paragraph of Article 48 of the Treaty, in respect of the formation of public limited liability companies and the maintenance and alteration of their capital, with a view to making such safeguards equivalent (codified version ) (BERR)

















 
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