Select Committee on European Union Seventh 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 4 and 11 March 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 4 March 2008:

Unnumbered	Council Joint Action amending and extending Joint Action 2006/304/CFSP on the establishment of an EU Planning Team (EUPT Kosovo) regarding a possible European Security and Defence Policy crisis management operation in the field of rule of law and possible other areas in Kosovo (FCO) [28.02.08]
Unnumbered	Council Common Position extending Common Position 2004/293/CFSP on further measures in support of the effective implementation of the mandate of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) (FCO) [28.02.08]
COM (07) 842	Report from the Commission on the working of Committees during 2006 (FCO)
5727/08 COM (08) 12	Proposal for a Council Regulation amending the scope of the anti-dumping measures imposed by Council Regulation (EC) No 130/2006 on imports of tartaric acid originating in the People's Republic of China (BERR)
6087/08 COM (08) 51	Draft Instrument concerning a Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 as regards the transfer of tobacco aid to the Community Tobacco Fund for the years 2008 and 2009 and Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 with regard to financing of the Community Tobacco Fund (DEFRA)
6107/08 COM (08) 41	Proposal for a Council Decision on the signature and provisional application of the Agreement between the European Community and the Government of Nepal on certain aspects of air services; Proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Government of Nepal on certain aspects of air services ((DfT)
6123/08 + ADD 1 COM (08) 6	Report from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on the implementation of the Forest Focus scheme according to Regulation (EC) No 2152/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 November 2003 concerning monitoring of forests and environmental interactions in the Community (Forest Focus); Commission staff working document on the Annex to the Report (Forestry Commission)
6188/08 COM (08)48	Draft Instrument concerning a proposal for a Council Regulation adapting Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on official controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules (FSA)
6322/08 COM (08) 59	Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Decision No 1904/2006/EC establishing for the period 2007 to 2013 the programme 'Europe for citizens ' to promote active European citizenship (DCMS)
6327/08 COM (08) 57	Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Decision No 1855/2006/EC establishing the Culture Programme (2007 to 2013) (DCMS)
`6366/08 COM (08) 26	Proposal to amend Regulation (EC) No 638/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on Community statistics relating to the trading of goods between Member States (HMRC)
6400/08 COM (08) 79	Proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the European Community and Ukraine concerning the elimination by Ukraine of export duties on trade in goods (BERR)

Cleared in Chairman's sift of 11 March 2008:

Un-numbered	Joint Action amending Joint Action 2007/369/CFSP on the establishment of the European Union Police Mission in Afghanistan (EUPOL AFGHANISTAN) [6.03.08] (FCO)
5942/08 + ADD 1 COM (08) 31	Communication from the Commission: Monitoring Consumer Outcomes in the Single Market. First Consumer Markets Scoreboard; Commission working document (BERR)
6041/08 COM (08) 21	Proposal for a Council Regulation on the common rules for imports (codified version) (BERR)
6077/08 + ADD 1 6082/08 6192/08 COM (08) 32 COM (08) 33 COM (08) 35	Second strategic review of Better Regulation in the European Union; Impact Assessment Board: Report for the year 2007; Second progress report on the strategy for simplifying the regulatory environment; Reducing administrative burdens in the European Union 2007 progress report and 2008 outlook (BERR)
6306/08 6309/08 6311-6318/08 6320/08	Council Opinions on the Stability and Convergence Programmes of Luxembourg, Finland, Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Hungary, UK, Italy, France, Romania and Slovakia (HM Treasury)
6521/08 COM (08) 65	Proposal for Council Decisions on the signing, provisional application and conclusion of a Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreements establishing an Association between the EC and its Member States and the Republic of Lebanon (FCO)
6581/08 COM (08) 81	Proposal for a Council Decision on the signature and provisional application of the Agreement between the European Community and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan on certain aspects of air services; Proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan on certain aspects of air services (DfT)
6717/08 COM (08) 66	Report from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament - Noise Operation Restrictions at EU Airports (Report on the application of Directive 2002/30/EC ) (DfT)
7110/08 COM (08) 126	Proposal for a Council Regulation imposing restrictive measures on the illegal authorities of the island of Anjouan in the Union of Comoros (FCO)

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