APPENDIX 1: EUROPEAN UNION COMMITTEE'S
TERMS OF REFERENCE
13 November 2007
Moved, That a Select Committee be appointed to consider
European Union documents and other matters relating to the European
Union.
That the expression "European Union documents"
shall include the following documents:
(i) Any proposal under the Community treaties for
legislation by the Council or the Council acting jointly with
the European Parliament;
(ii) Any document which is published for submission
to the European Council, the Council or the European Central Bank;
(iii) Any proposal for a common strategy, a joint
action or a common position under Title V (provisions on a common
foreign and security policy) of the Treaty on European Union which
is prepared for submission to the Council or to the European Council;
(iv) Any proposal for a common position, framework
decision, decision or a convention under Title VI (provisions
on police and judicial co-operation in criminal matters) of the
Treaty on European Union which is prepared for submission to the
Council;
(v) Any document (not falling within (ii), (iii)
or (iv) above) which is published by one Union institution for
or with a view to submission to another Union institution and
which does not relate exclusively to consideration of any proposal
for legislation;
(vi) Any other document relating to European Union
matters deposited in the House by a Minister of the Crown.
That the committee have power to appoint sub-committees
and to refer to them any matters within its terms of reference;
that the committee have power to appoint the Chairmen of sub-committees,
but that the sub-committees have power to appoint their own Chairmen
for the purpose of particular inquiries; that the quorum of each
sub-committee be two;
That the committee have power to co-opt any member
to serve on a sub-committee;
That the committee have power to appoint specialist
advisers;
That the committee and its sub-committees have power
to adjourn from place to place;
That the committee have leave to report from time
to time;
That the reports of the committee shall be printed,
regardless of any adjournment of the House;
That the evidence taken by the committee or its sub-committees
in the last Session of Parliament be referred to the committee
or its sub-committees;
That the evidence taken by the committee or its sub-committees
shall, if the committee so wishes, be published.
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