EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

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Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection

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MINUTES of the meeting of 28 July 2004, 15h00 - 18h30, and 29 July 2004, 9h00 - 12h30 BRUSSELS

Coordinators' meeting: Wednesday, 28 July 2004, 15h00 - 16h00 in camera

The meeting opened at 16h15 on Wednesday, 28 July 2004, with Phillip Whitehead, chairman, in the chair.

1. Adoption of draft agenda IMCO(2004)0728_1

The draft agenda was adopted.

2. Chairman's announcements:

In the presence of the Council and the European Commission. The Chairman introduced himself and welcomed the new members of the committee.

3. 6th Legislature calendar 2004 IMCO/6/22537

The Chairman proposes a possible meeting on 2 December.

The following spoke: Malcolm Harbour, , Toine Manders and .

Decision: The calendar is adopted accordingly.

4. Hearings of the Members of the Commission designated and responsible for the Internal Market and Consumer Protection IMCO/6/22586

Phillip Whitehead, Chairman, presented the calendar for the adoption of both, the general and the specific calendar. Whereas the deadline for the adoption of the general

PV\539538EN.doc PE 346.961 Or. en EN EN questionnaire shall be adopted today, the deadline for amending the specific questionnaire should be fixed today at 17h00 and be voted on the following day, 29 July.

The following spoke: Malcolm Harbour, Evelyne Gebhardt, Toine Manders, Manuel Medina Ortega, Dagmar Roth-Behrendt, Othmar Karas, Mercedes Bresso and Béatrice Patrie.

Two further lists of questions of the PPE and the Green/EFA group were distributed.

Decision: a) the general questionnaire was adopted without amendments. b) the deadline for amendments of the specific questionnaire was fixed at today 17h00.

5. 2005 budget: Section III/ Commission and other sections IMCO/6/21063 IMCO/6/21091

The secretariat distributed the detailed plan of the budget lines.

The following spoke: Malcolm Harbour.

Decision: has been appointed as draftsman. Deadline for amendments was fixed for Monday, 30 August, 17h00, depending on whether the request for a special meeting on 14 September in Strasbourg will be granted.

6. Appointment of rapporteurs and draftspersons - decisions on procedure

The Committee approved the coordinators' proposals on appointment of rapporteurs and draftspersons as listed:

− Services in the internal market IMCO/6/21156 ***I 2004/0001/(COD) COM(2004)0002 - C5-0069/2004

The following spoke: Evelyne Gebhardt, Malcolm Harbour, .

Decision: As rapporteur was appointed Evelyne Gebhardt. Points: 2 Working document of last legislature period to be translated into new languages and distributed to all members, a public hearing is to be organised.

− Protection of consumers and unfair commercial practices (amendment of of Directive 84/450/EEC, 97/7/EC) IMCO/6/22876

Decision: draft a report. PSE group will communicate the name of a rapporteur. Points: 1

− Chemicals: REACH system and European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and regulation on polluants IMCO/6/21102 ***I 2003/0256/(COD) COM(2003)0644 - C5-0530/2003

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The following spoke: , Béatrice Patrie, Barbara Weiler, , Edit Herczog, Mercedes Bresso, Mr Danat, official of the European Commission, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff with a question to Mr Danat, official of the European Commission.

On proposal of Phillip Whitehead, Chairman, a vote of orientation on the question of the speed of the further works on the proposal was held. 17 against 12 members voted for a slower proceeding, awaiting the outcome of the works in the Council.

Decision: draft a report. Rapporteur: Hartmut Nassauer. Points: 0.5 Working document will be presented. Letter shall be addressed to ENVI committee which articles will be claimed for by IMCO committee in the framework of the procedure of Rule 47 of the Rules of Procedure.

The meeting was closed at 17h12.

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The meeting reopened at 9h00 on Thursday, 29 July 2004, with Phillip Whitehead, chairman, in the chair.

7. Amendments of the specific hearing questionnaire for designated Commission Members

Part A

The following spoke: Toine Manders, Barbara Weiler, Malcolm Harbour, Gisela Kallenbach, Bill Newton Dunn, Diana Wallis, , Christopher Heaton- Harris, Guntars Krasts, Edit Herczog, Evelyne Gebhardt, Toine Manders.

Decision: Amendment 1 of Malcolm Harbour is accepted by unanimous vote. Amendment 2 of Gisela Kallenbach is accepted by a vote of 13:8. Amendment 3 of Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, presented by Bill Newton Dunn, is accepted by a vote of 14:10. Amendment 4 of Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, presented by Bill Newton Dunn, is accepted by a vote of 16:10. Question 5 is accepted unanimously. Amendment 5 by Malcolm Harbour has been voted as follows: 1st paragraphe 14:9 accepted 2nd paragraphe 12:15 rejected 3rd paragraphe 21:5 accepted 4th paragraphe unanimously accepted Amendment 6 of Diana Wallis is accepted by unanimous vote

PV\539538EN.doc 3/6 PE 346.961 Or. en EN Amendment 7 of Toine Manders is accepted unanimously.

Part B

The following spoke: Malcolm Harbour, Barbara Weiler, Gisela Kallenbach, Manuel Medina Ortega, Diana Wallis, Evelyne Gebhardt.

Decision: Amendment 8 of Malcolm Harbour is rejected by a vote of 10:15. Amendment 9 of Gisela Kallenbach is accepted by a unanimous vote as an addition to question 1. Question 2 is accepted unanimously. Amendment 10 of Malcolm Harbour is accepted as addition to question 2 by a vote of 13:12. Amendment 11 of Gisela Kallenbach, is accepted a unanimous vote . Amendment 12 of Malcolm Harbour is accepted as follows: part 1: unanimously part 2: unanimously part 3: 16:10 Amendment 13 of Diana Wallis is considered as complementary to amendment 12.

Decision: It is decided to address a letter to the conference of Presidents with the now voted questionnaire.

8. Other business

The following spoke: Malcolm Harbour and Diana Wallis on the "Solve-it" system by the Commission. Barbara Weiler, Edit Herczog, Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, Jacques Toubon, Leopold Józef Rutowicz, Mercedes Bresso, Manuel Medina Ortega, Evelyne Gebhardt on issues of general interest of the committee.

Decisions: The committee decided to ask for another presentation on "Solve-it" System. The secretariat will present an activity report on the committee's activities during the 5th legislative period. The deadline for the political groups to suggest items for the elaboration of own-initiative reports is fixed for the 30th August 2004.

9. Date and place of next meeting

Brussels: Monday, 30 August 2004, 15h00 - 18h30 Tuesday, 31 August 2004, 9h00 - 12h30

The Chairman thanked the members and closed the meeting at 10h20.

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PE 346.961 4/6 PV\539538EN.doc Or. en EN BILAG/ANLAGE/ΠΑΡΑΡΤΗΜΑ/ANNEX/ ANNEXE/ALLEGATO/BIJLAGE/ANEXO/LIITE/BILAGA

DELTAGERLISTE/ANWESENHEITSLISTE/ΚΑΤΑΣΤΑΣΗ ΠΑΡΟΝΤΩΝ/RECORD OF ATTENDANCE/LISTA DE ASISTENCIA/LISTE DE PRESENCE/ELENCO DEI PRESENTI/PRESENTIELIJST/LISTA DE PRESENÇAS/LÄSNÄOLOLISTA/DELTAGARLISTA

Til stede Formandskabet/Vorstand/Προεδρείο/Bureau/Ufficio di Presidenza/Mesa/Puheenjohtajisto/J.L. Presidium: (*) Phillip Whitehead, Zuzana Roithová, Marco Rizzo

Anwesend Medlemmer/Mitglieder/Μέλη/Members/Diputados/Députés/Deputati/Leden/Deputados/Jäsenet/ Ledamöter: Mercedes Bresso, Mia De Vits, Evelyne Gebhardt, Małgorzata Maria Handzlik, Malcolm Harbour, Christopher Παρόντες Heaton-Harris, Edit Herczog, Anneli Jäätteenmäki, Henrik Dam Kristensen, Alexander Lambsdorff Graf, Toine Manders, Manuel Medina Ortega, Bill Newton Dunn, Béatrice Patrie, Zita Pleštinská, Luisa Fernanda Rudi Ubeda, Leopold Józef Rutowicz, Andreas Schwab, József Szájer, Jacques Toubon, Bernadette Vergnaud, Barbara Present Weiler

Stedfortrædere/Stellvertreter/Αναπληρωτές/Substitutes/Suplentes/Suppléants/ Presentes Membri supplenti/Plaatsvervangers/Membros suplentes/Varajäsenet/Suppleanter: Pier Luigi Bersani, Šarūnas Birutis, António Costa, Simon Coveney, Augustín Díaz De Mera García Consuegra, Benoît Hamon, Gisela Kallenbach, Othmar Karas, Guntars Krasts, Maria Matsouka, Joseph Muscat, Hartmut Présents Nassauer, Angelika Niebler, Sérgio Ribeiro, Dagmar Roth-Behrendt, Alexander Stubb, Diana Wallis

Presenti

Aanwezig

Läsnä

Närvarande

Art. 178,2 Art. 183,3 Milan Cabrnoch

Endv. deltog/Weitere Teiln./ Συµµετείχαν επίσης/Also present Participaron igualmente/ Participaient également/ Hanno partecipato altresi΄/ Andere deelnemers/ Outros participantes/ Muut osallistujat/ Dessutom deltog

(Dagsorden/Tagesordnung Pkt/Ηµερήσια ∆ιάταξη Σηµεί/Point OJ/Punto OG/Agenda Punt/Ponto OJ/punto orden del dia/ Esityslistan kohta/Föredragningslista punkt):

* (P) =Formand/Vorsitzender/Πρόεδρος/Chairman/Président/Presidente/Voorzitter/Presidente/Puheenjohtaja/Ordförande (VP) =Næstform./Stellv. Vorsitz./Αντιπρόεδρος/Vice-Chairman/Vice-Président/Vice-Presidente/Varapuheenjohtaja Ondervoorz./Vice-Pres./Vicepres/Vice ordförande.

Til stede den/Anwesend am/Παρών στις/Present on/Présent le/Presente il/Aanwezig op/Presente em/Presente el/Läsnä/Närvarande den.

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Efter indbydelse fra formanden/Auf Einladung d. Vorsitzenden/Με πρόσκληση του Προέδρου/At the invitation of the Chairman/Por invitación del presidente/Sur l'invitation du président/Su invito del presidente/Op uitnodiging van de voorzitter/A convite do Presidente/Puheenjohtajan kutsusta/ På ordförandens inbjudan:

Radet/Rat/Συµβούλιο/Council/Consejo/Conseil/Consiglio/Raad/Conselho/Neuvosto/Rådet: (*) Mr. L. Laboure

Kommissionen/Kommission/Επιτροπή/Commission/Comisión/Commissione/Commissie/Comissão/Komissio/ Kommissionen: (*) Mr. X Atutxa, Mr. Rabit, Mme A. Serizjer

Cour des comptes:

C.E.S.:

Andre deltagere/Andere Teilnehmer Επίσης Παρόντες/Also present Otros participantes/Autres participants/Altri partecipanti Andere aanwezigen/Outros participantes Muut osallistujat/Övriga deltagare

Gruppernes sekretariat PPE-DE O. Dreute, K. Zachmann Sekretariat der Fraktionen PSE J.A. Gil de Muro Arenas, M. Orsiany-Hornung, Γραµµατεία των Πολ. Οµάδων ADLE M. Colera-Garzon, B. Melis Secretariat political groups Verts/ALE L. Muir, F. Ingelaere Secr. de los grupos politicos GUE/NGL E. Ferrara Secr. Groupes politiques UEN A. Gulbe, M. Emilewicz Segr. dei gruppi politici IND/DEM P. Vaugier Secr. van de fracties NI Secr. dos grupos politicos Poliittisten ryhmien sihteeristö Gruppernas sekretariat

Cab. du Président

Cab. du Secrétaire Général

Generaldirektorat I S. Ryom Generaldirektion II N. Tziorkas, T. Lepoutre-Dumoulin Γενική ∆ιεύθυνση III Directorate-General IV C. Lewanowicz, T. Tudolf Dirección general V Direction générale VI Direzione generale VII Directoraat-generaal VIII Direcção-Geral Contrôle financier Service juridique Pääosasto Generaldirektorat

Udvalgssekretariatet R. Bray, Ausschußsekretariat U. Bux, Γραµµατεία επιτροπής S. Weissel Committee secretariat Secretaria de la comisión Secrétariat de la commission Segretariato della commissione Commissiesecretariaat Secretariado da comissão Valiokunnan sihteeristö Utskottssekretariatet

Assist./Βοηθός S. Rogowski * (P) =Formand/Pres./Πρόεδρος/Chairman/Président/Voorzitter/Puheenjohtaja/Ordförande (VP) =Næstform./Vize-Pres./Αντιπρόεδρος/Vice-Chairman/Vice-Président/Ondervoorz./Vice-pres/Varapuheenjohtaja/Vice ordförande. (M) =Medlem./Mitglied/Μέλος/Member/Miembro/Deputado/Membro/Lid/Membro/Jäsen/Ledamot (F) =Tjenestemand/Beamter/Υπάλληλος/Official/Funcionário/Fonctionnaire/Funzionario/Ambtenaar/ Functionαrio/Virkamies/Tjänsteman

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