Interparliamentary Committee Meeting

Directorate-General for the Presidency Relations with National Parliaments Legislative Dialogue Unit

INTERPARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE MEETING

Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

Equal and effective application of EU environmental law - why is it not happening?

List of Participants National Parliaments

Tuesday 26 March 2013 14h30 - 17h30

József Antall building, room JAN 4Q2 European Parliament Brussels

Closed on 20.03.2013

BELGIQUE/BELGIE (Belgium)

CHAMBRE DES REPRESENTANTS/ KAMER VAN VOLKSVERTEGENWOORDIGERS

Members: Ms Thérèse SNOY ET D'OPPUERS

Vice-Chair, Committee on Public Health and Environment Ecolo-Groen - Greens/EFA

Mr Daniel BACQUELAINE

Committee on Public Health and Environment Mouvement Réformateur (MR) - ALDE

Officials: Mr Sébastien VAN KOEKENBEEK Committee on Public Health and Environment

VLAAMS PARLEMENT (Flemish Parliament)

Members: Mr Bart MARTENS

Chair, Committee on Environment, Nature, Urban Planning and Public Heritage sp.a - S&D

PARLEMENT WALLON (Walloon Parliament)

Members: Ms Véronica CREMASCO

Vice-Chair, Committee on Environment Ecolo-Groen - Greens/EFA

DEUTSCHLAND (Germany)

BUNDESTAG

Members: Ms Eva BULLING-SCHRÖTER

Chair, Committee on the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety Die Linke - GUE/NGL

Mr Michael KAUCH

Committee on the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety FDP - ALDE

Officials: Mr Fabian LANG National Parliament Liaison Office

EESTI (Estonia)

RIIGIKOGU

Members: Mr Rainer VAKRA

Committee on Environment Non-attached - Non-attached (NI)

Officials: Ms Vivi ALEKSEJEVA Adviser, Committee on Environment

Ms Elle KAUR Adviser, Head of Secretariat, Committee on Environment

Ms Malle KUULER National Parliament Representative

EIRE-IRELAND

DÁIL ÉIREANN (House of Representatives)

Members: Mr Michael McCARTHY

Chair, Committee on Environment Labour - S&D

Officials: Mr Eoin SHEANON EU Policy Clerk, Committee on Environment

ΕΛΛΑΑ (Greece)

ΒΟΥΛΗ ΤΝ ΕΛΛΗΝΝ (VOULI TON ELLINON)

Members: Ms Dionysia-Theodora AVGERINOPOULOU

Chair, Special Permanent Commission on Environmental Protection ND - EPP

Officials: Ms Eleni VASILIKI ZERVOU National Parliament Representative

ESPAÑA (Spain)

CONGRESO DE LOS DIPUTADOS

Members: Mr José Luis ÁBALOS MECO

Committee on Agriculture, Food and Environment Socialist Party - S&D

4 Ms María Teresa de LARA CARBÓ

Committee on Agriculture, Food and Environment Partido Popular - EPP

Officials: Mr Jose Manuel SALA Legal Advisor, Committee on Agriculture, Food and Environment

Ms Carmen SÁNCHEZ-ABARCA National Parliament Representative

FRANCE

SÉNAT Members: Ms Bernadette BOURZAI

Vice-Chair, Committee on European Affairs Groupe Socialiste - S&D

Officials: Mr André COMMEAU Committee on European Affairs

LIETUVA (Lithuania)

SEIMAS Members:

Mr Paulius SAUDARGAS

Vice-Chair, Committee on Environment Protection Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrat Political Group - EPP

Mr Linas BALSYS

Committee on Environment Protection Green Party - Greens/EFA

5 Officials: Ms Rasa MATUSEVIČIŪTö Adviser, Committee on Environment Protection

Ms Živil÷ PAVILONYTö National Parliament Representative

LUXEMBOURG

CHAMBRE DES DEPUTES

Members: Mr Fernand BODEN

Chair, Commission du Développement durable CSV - EPP

Mr Roger NEGRI

Commission du Développement durable LSAP - S&D

Mr Fernand ETGEN

Commission du Développement durable DP - ALDE

Officials: Mr Frédéric BOHLER National Parliament Representative

MAGYARORSZÁG (Hungary)

ORSZÁGGYŐLÉS (National Assembly)

Members: Mr András ARADSZKI

Committee on Sustainable Development KDNP- EPP

ÖSTERREICH (Austria)

NATIONALRAT Members: Ms Christiane BRUNNER

Chair, Committee on Environment Greens - Greens/EFA

Officials: Mr Georg MAGERL National Parliament Representative

POLSKA (Poland)

SEJM

Members: Ms Krystyna POŚLEDNIA

Committee on Environmental Protection, Natural Resources and Forestry Civil Platform - EPP

Mr Tadeusz ARKIT

Committee on European Union Affairs Civil Platform - EPP

Officials: Ms Magdalena SKRZYŃSKA National Parliament Representative

SENATE

Members: Ms Jadwiga ROTNICKA

Chair, Committee on Environment Platforma Obywatelska - EPP

7 Mr Stanisław GORCZYCA

Vice-Chair, Committee on Environment Platforma Obywatelska - EPP

Officials: Ms Magdalena SKULIMOWSKA National Parliament Representative

PORTUGAL

ASSEMBLEIA DA REPÚBLICA

Members: Mr António RAMOS PRETO

Chair, Committee on Environment, Territorial Planning and Local Government Socialist Party - S&D

ROMÂNIA (Romania)

CAMERA DEPUTATILOR (Chamber of Deputies)

Members: Mr Cezar CIOATĂ

Committee for Public Administration Territorial Planning and Ecological Balance People's Party Dan Diaconescu - Non-attached (NI)

Mr VicenŃiu-Mircea IRIMIE

Committee for Health and Family Conservator Party - S&D

SVERIGE (Sweden)

RIKSDAGEN Members: Mr Lars HJÄLMERED

Committee on Environment and Agriculture Moderate Party - EPP

Officials: Ms Tuula ZETTERMAN National Parliament Representative

UNITED KINGDOM

HOUSE OF COMMONS

Members: Mr James CLAPPISON

Committee on European Scrutiny Conservative - ECR

Officials: Ms Sarah CLARKSON Deputy National Parliament Representative

HOUSE OF LORDS

Members: Lord John WHITTY

EU Sub-Committee D - Agriculture, Fisheries, Environment and Energy Labour - S&D

Officials: Mr Aaron SPEER EU Sub-Committee D - Agriculture, Fisheries, Environment and Energy

ACCEDING COUNTRY

CROATIA

HRVATSKI SABOR Members: Mr Branko BAČIĆ

Chair, The Committee on Environment and Nature Conservation Croatian Democratic Union - EPP

Mr Šimo ðURðEVIĆ

The Committee on Environment and Nature Conservation Croatian Democratic Union - EPP

Officials: Ms Tanja BABIC National Parliament Representative

Officials (of Parliaments or Chambers not having a political delegation at the present meeting)

БЪЛГАРИЯ (Bulgaria) - НАРОДНО СЪБРАНИЕ (National Assembly) Ms Anna ASENOVA National Parliament Representative

ΚΥΠΡΟΣ (Cyprus) - ΒΟΥΛΗ ΤΝ ΑΝΤΙΠΡΟΣΠΝ (House of Representatives) Ms Mary SAVVA National Parliament Representative

LATVIJA (Latvia) - SAEIMA Ms Mara MEISTERE Advisor, Committee on Economic, Agricultural, Environmental and Regional Policy

Ms Raitis GLAZERS Advisor, Committee on Economic, Agricultural, Environmental and Regional Policy

SLOVENIJA (Slovenia) - DRŽAVNI ZBOR (National Assembly) Ms Romana NOVAK National Parliament Representative