Select Committee on European Union Progress of Scrutiny Second 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 27 November and 5 December 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 27 November 2007:

Unnumbered	Council Joint Action amending Joint Action 2005/889/CFSP on establishing a European Union Border Assistance Mission for the Rafah Crossing Point (EU BAM Rafah); Council Joint Action amending Joint Action 2005/797/CFSP on the European Union Police Mission for the Palestinian Territories (EUPOL COPPS); Council Decision amending Council Decision 2006/807/CFSP on the European Union Police Mission for the Palestinian Territories (FCO) [20.11.07]
Unnumbered	Council Decision implementing a Joint Action on the European Union Police Mission (EUPM) in Bosnia and Herzegovina (FCO) [22.11.07]
Unnumbered	Proposal for a draft Joint Action on support for EU activities in order to promote the control on arms exports and the principles and criteria of the EU Code of Conduct on Arms Exports among third countries (FCO [ 22.11.07]
Unnumbered	Council joint Action amending Joint Action 2007/108/CFSP extending the mandate of the European Union Special Representative for Sudan [23.11.07]
COM (07) 543 SEC (07) 1199	Commission Communication: Annual Report from the European Commission to the European Parliament on the functioning of the European School System 2006 (DCSF)
COM (07) 627 SEC (07) 1373	Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: Outcome of the public consultation on the Commission's Green Paper "Modernising labour law to meet the challenges of the 21st century"; Commission staff working document (BERR)
13860/07 + ADD 1, 2, 3 COM (07) 379	Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - Small, clean and competitive. A programme to help small and medium-sized enterprises comply with environmental legislation; Commission staff working document - Impact Assessment; Commission staff working document - Executive summary of Impact Assessment; Commission staff working document - Case studies and good practices in Environmental Compliance Assistance (DEFRA)
14064/07 COM (07) 437	Proposal for a Council Decision on a Community Position concerning a Decision of the EC - the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) Stabilisation and Association Council amending Protocol 2 (on steel products) to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement (BERR)
14067/07 COM (07) 436	Proposal for a Council Regulation repealing Regulation (EC) No 152/2002 concerning the export of certain ECSC and EC steel products from the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the European Community (double checking system) (BERR)
14195/07 COM (07) 610	Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the minimum level of training for seafarers (Recast) (DfT)
14642/07 COM (07) 655	Proposal for a Council Regulation on the trade in certain steel products between the European Community and the Republic of Kazakhstan (BERR)
14897/07 COM 907) 667	Draft Instrument concerning a Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of the European Environment Agency and the European Environment Information and Observation Network (codified version) (DEFRA)
15188/07	Draft Instrument concerning a proposal for a Council Regulation fixing for the 2008 fishing year the guide prices and Community producer prices for certain fishery products pursuant to Regulation EC No 104/2000 (DEFRA)

CLEARED IN CHAIRMAN'S SIFT OF 5 DECEMBER 2007:

Unnumbered	Council Decision concerning the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Space Agency and the European Union on the security and exchange of classified information (FCO) [29.11.07]
10802/07	Commission recommendations for a Council Decision concerning the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the convention on the protection of the European Communities' financial interests (HM Treasury)
12838/07 SEC (07) 1098	Commission staff working document: Towards more knowledge-based policy and practice in education and training (DIUS)
13672/07 COM (07) 680	Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council repealing Council Decision 85/368/EEC on comparability of vocational training qualifications between the Member States of the European Community (DIUS)
14569/07 COM (07) 646	Communication from the Commission - Summary of Commission (DG TREN) activities carried out during 2006 in implementation of Title II, Chapters 3 to 10, of the Euratom Treaty (BERR)
14715/07 COM (07) 633	Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the harmonisation of the laws of Members States relating to appliances burning gaseous fuels (codified version) (BERR)
14721/07 COM (07) 663	Enlargement Strategy and Main Challenges 2007-2008 (FCO)
14722/07 14723/07 14724/07 14725/07 COM (07) 1436 COM (07) 1431 COM (07) 661 COM 07) 658	Turkey 2007 Progress Report; Croatia 2007 Progress Report; Proposal for a Council Decision on the principles, priorities and conditions contained in the Accession Partnership with Turkey and repealing Decision 2006/35/EC; Proposal for a Council Decision on the principles, priorities and conditions contained in the Accession Partnership with Turkey and repealing Decision 2006/145/EC (FCO)
14871/07 + ADD 1 COM (07) 685	Report from the Commission: Annual Report of the Instrument for Structural Policy for Pre-Accession (ISPA) 2006 (DfID)
14959/07 + ADD 1 COM (07) 651	Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on enhancing the Security of Explosives (Home Office)
14966/07 COM (07) 682	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 Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, 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 Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union (FCO)
14973/07 + ADD 1, 2, 3 COM (07) 675	Report from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament Fifth Report on the statistics on the number of animals used for experimental and other scientific purposes in the Member States of the European Union (Home Office)
14998/07 COM (07) 686	Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament - Transmitting the European framework agreement on harassment and violence at work (BERR)
15026/07 + ADD 1,2,3 COM (07) 701	Draft Instrument concerning a Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers, as regards the support scheme for cotton; Commission staff working document - Cotton Impact Assessment (Part I); Commission staff working document - Cotton Impact Assessment (Part II); Commission staff working document - Impact Assessment Summary (DEFRA)
15090/07 COM (07) 691	Communication from the European Commission on developing a Common Aviation Area with Israel (DfT)
15129/07	Report on the annual accounts of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training for the financial year 2006 together with the Centre's replies (DIUS)
15132/07	Report on the annual accounts of the European Training Foundation for the financial year 2006 together with the Foundation's replies (DIUS)
15133/07	Report on the annual accounts of the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) for the financial year 2006, together with the Agency's reply (DoH)
15135/07	Report on the annual accounts of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work for the financial year 2006 together with the Agency's replies (DWP)
15138/07	Report on the annual accounts of the Translation Centre for the bodies of the European Union for the Financial year 2006 together with the Centre's replies (FCO)
15140/07	Report on the annual accounts of the European Aviation Safety Agency for the financial year 2006 together with the Agency's replies (DfT)
15144/07	Court of Auditors Report on the financial statement of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) for the financial year 2006 (DoH)
15145/07	Report on the Annual Accounts of the European Railway Agency for the Financial Year 2006, together with the Agency's replies (DfT)
15150/07	Court of Auditors 2006 Report on the annual accounts of the Intelligent Energy Executive Agency (BERR)

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