European and External Relations Committee,

Meeting date: Tuesday, May 10, 2005

Official Report 220KB pdf

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Sift

Item 5 is our sift of European Union and European Community documents. The first pair of documents is of interest primarily to the Communities Committee and the Equal Opportunities Committee. The documents contain a proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and the European Council to establish the citizens for Europe programme for the period 2007 to 2013, with the aim of promoting active European citizenship. The second of the two documents sets out, by way of an annex, an impact assessment of the proposal.

The second pair of documents also consists of a proposal and an annex. The proposal in this case is for a decision of the European Parliament and the European Council to establish a competitiveness and innovation framework programme linked to the 2005 relaunch of the Lisbon agenda. That pair of documents is of interest primarily to the Enterprise and Culture Committee and the Environment and Rural Development Committee.

The final document, which also includes an impact assessment, is a proposal for a European Council regulation relating to the law of the sea and the establishment of financial measures for the implementation of the common fisheries policy. The document seems most relevant to the Environment and Rural Development Committee. Do members have comments on any of the documents?

On the citizens for Europe programme, is the intention to bring a further paper to committee so that we can have another look at the subject?

We can do that. We can bring the relevant documentation before the committee and discuss it.

That would be of interest.