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House of Commons European Scrutiny Committee First Report of Session 2010–11 Documents considered by the Committee on 8 September 2010, including the following recommendations for debate: The Cotonou Agreement A twelve-point EU action plan in support of the MDGs European Security and Defence Policy: EULEX Kosovo Draft Budget 2011 Terrorist Finance Tracking Program Financial assistance for Member States Economic policy coordination Europe 2020 Strategy: integrated guidelines European citizens’ initiative Report, together with formal minutes Ordered by The House of Commons to be printed 8 September 2010 HC 428-i Published on 22 September 2010 by authority of the House of Commons London: The Stationery Office Limited £0.00 Notes Numbering of documents Three separate numbering systems are used in this Report for European Union documents: Numbers in brackets are the Committee’s own reference numbers. Numbers in the form “5467/05” are Council of Ministers reference numbers. 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Abbreviations used in the headnotes and footnotes EC (in “Legal base”) Treaty establishing the European Community EM Explanatory Memorandum (submitted by the Government to the Committee) EP European Parliament EU (in “Legal base”) Treaty on European Union GAERC General Affairs and External Relations Council JHA Justice and Home Affairs OJ Official Journal of the European Communities QMV Qualified majority voting RIA Regulatory Impact Assessment SEM Supplementary Explanatory Memorandum Euros Where figures in euros have been converted to pounds sterling, this is normally at the market rate for the last working day of the previous month. Further information Documents recommended by the Committee for debate, together with the times of forthcoming debates (where known), are listed in the European Union Documents list, which is in the House of Commons Vote Bundle on Mondays and is also available on the parliamentary website. Documents awaiting consideration by the Committee are listed in “Remaining Business”: www.parliament.uk/escom. The website also contains the Committee’s Reports. Letters sent by Ministers to the Committee about documents are available for the public to inspect; anyone wishing to do so should contact the staff of the Committee (“Contacts” below). Staff The staff of the Committee are Alistair Doherty (Clerk), Ben Williams (Second Clerk), David Griffiths (Clerk Adviser), Terry Byrne (Clerk Adviser), Leigh Gibson (Clerk Adviser), Peter Harborne (Clerk Adviser), Paul Hardy (Legal Adviser) (Counsel for European Legislation), Hannah Lamb (Senior Committee Assistant), Sarah Colebrook (Committee Assistant), Mrs Keely Bishop (Committee Assistant), Dory Royle (Committee Assistant), Shane Pathmanathan (Committee Support Assistant), and Paula Saunderson (Office Support Assistant). Contacts All correspondence should be addressed to the Clerk of the European Scrutiny Committee, House of Commons, 7 Millbank, London SW1P 3JA. The telephone number for general enquiries is (020) 7219 3292/5465. The Committee’s email address is [email protected] European Scrutiny Committee, 1st Report, Session 2010–11 1 Contents Report Page Documents for debate 1 DFID (31447) The Cotonou Agreement 5 2 DFID (31519) A twelve-point EU action plan in support of the MDGs 12 Annex: The MDG Targets and Indicators 20 3 FCO (31486) European citizens’ initiative 23 4 FCO (31677) European Security and Defence Policy: EULEX Kosovo 29 5 HMT (31644) Draft Budget 2011 38 Annex: Draft Budget 2011 (€ million) 47 Draft Budget 2011 48 6 HMT (31521) (31700) (31714) (31720) Terrorist Finance Tracking Program 49 7 HMT (31611) (31796) Financial assistance for Member States 58 8 HMT (31618) (31776) Economic policy coordination 62 9 HMT/DWP (31573) (31574) Europe 2020 Strategy: integrated guidelines 71 Documents not cleared 10 DCMS (31414) European Heritage Label 79 11 DEFRA (31798) (31799) (31800) Cultivation of genetically modified crops 82 12 DFT (31595) Trans-European Transport Network 85 13 DH (30265) (30266) Quality and safety of human organs for transplantation 88 14 FCO (31366) Iceland’s application for membership of the European Union 91 15 FCO (31416) Control of the Commission’s implementing powers 96 16 HMT (31697) Financial services 99 17 HMT (31728) EU Budget 2010 103 18 HMT (31821) Value added taxation 107 19 HMT (31695) (31696) (31702) Financial services: corporate governance 110 20 HO (31722) Implementation of the Asylum Qualifications Directive 118 2 European Scrutiny Committee, 1st Report, Session 2010–11 21 HO (30737) (30738) (31456) Agency for the management of JHA databases 123 22 HO (31526) (31678) European Investigation order 129 23 MOJ (31448) Sexual abuse and exploitation of children and child pornography 155 24 MOJ (31237) (31634) European Protection Order 169 Documents cleared 25 BIS (31467) The single market: the spring 2010 consumer scoreboard 175 26 BIS (31520) Strategy for clean and energy efficient vehicles 177 27 BIS (31601) International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) 186 28 BIS (31638) A Digital Agenda for Europe 189 29 BIS (31645) European Electronic Communications Markets 202 Annex 1: Main elements of telecoms reform 214 30 BIS (31680) Annual Report on Competition Policy 2009 218 31 BIS (31569) (31570) EU-Republic of Korea Free Trade Agreement 223 32 DCLG (30196) Energy performance of buildings 225 33 DCLG (29711) (31701) Marketing of construction products 230 34 DCMS (31577) Green Paper on cultural and creative industries 234 35 DECC (31648) Reductions in EU greenhouse gas emissions 237 36 DEFRA (31624) Fishing opportunities for 2011 244 37 DEFRA (31640) Bio-waste management 248 38 DEFRA (31706) (31782) Fishing opportunities in 2010–11 254 39 DFID (31420) Food prices: the EU and developing countries 256 40 DFID (31472) The EU and global health 266 41 DFID (31581) Addressing the needs of the most vulnerable in Sudan 271 42 DFID (31650) Financial Management of the 8th-10th European Development Funds 274 43 DFID (31424) (31427) (31429) The EU and ACP banana producers 278 44 DFID (31431) (31432) The EU and banana producers 282 45 DFID (31470) (31471) The EU and food security in the developing world 286 European Scrutiny Committee, 1st Report, Session 2010–11 3 46 DFID (31534) (31663) Cotonou Agreement: implementing the latest revision 294 47 DFID (31607) (31608) European Investment Bank 298 48 DFT (31729) Aviation security 306 49 DFT (31765) Aviation safety 309 50 DFT (31582) (31639) Air services agreements 314 51 FCO (31425) EU Special Representative for Afghanistan 318 52 FCO (31485) Commission Work Programme 325 Annex: Summary of the strategic initiatives scheduled for adoption by the Commission under the Work Programme for 2010 and those under consideration for adoption 330 53 FCO (31494) Restrictive measures against the regime in Burma 333 54 FCO (31532) Breach of Cotonou Agreement by Madagascar 339 Annex: The political dimension of the Cotonou Agreement 344 55 FCO (31557) European Security and Defence Policy: Policing in Afghanistan 345 56 FCO (31617) European Security and Defence Policy and Guinea-Bissau 352 57 FCO (31647) European Neighbourhood Policy 361 58 FCO (31685) Common Foreign and Security Policy 372 59 FCO (31692) CFSP: EU support for the Democratic Republic of Congo 380 60 FCO (31693) EU police, rule of law and civilian administration mission to Iraq 389 61 FCO (31779) Restrictive measures against Iran 396 62 FCO (30248) (30249) The EU Eastern Partnership 404 63 FCO (31212) (31609) Post–Lisbon changes to ongoing legislative proposals 412 Appendix: Annex 1 414 Annex 4 415 64 FCO (31439) (31747) The European External Action Service 423 Annex: Declaration by the High Representative on Political Accountability 437 65 FCO (31824) (31825) EU Enlargement: Bulgaria, Romania and Croatia 440 4 European Scrutiny Committee, 1st Report, Session 2010–11 66 FCO (31844) (31856) (31857) (31858) (31859) (31860) (31861) (31862) (31863) (31864) (31865) (31866) (31884) EU Special Representatives 452 67 HMT (30885) Value added taxation 466 68 HMT (31234) Value added taxation 470 69 HMT (31615) Stability and Growth Pact 474 70 HMT (31646) Financial services: bank resolution funds 479 71 HMT (31694) Financial services 483 72 HMT (31734) Stability and Growth Pact: excessive deficit procedure 486 73 HMT (31785) Stability and Growth Pact: excessive deficit procedure 494 74 HMT (31339) (31479) Growth and Stability Pact: statistical data 500 75 HMT (31537) (31538) (31539) (31540) (31541) (31542) (31544) (31545) (31546) (31547) (31549) (31550) (31551) (31552) (31553) (31554) (31555) (31556) (31558) (31559) (31560) (31561) (31562) (31563) (31564) (31698) Stability and Growth Pact 506 76 HO (31517) Action plan to implement the Stockholm Programme 521 77 HO (31596) European Pact on Immigration and Asylum 526 78 HO (31603) Unaccompanied minors 529 79 MOJ (31224) (31658) Interpretation and translation rights in criminal proceedings 533 80 MOJ (31450) (31451) Enhanced Co-operation — applicable law in certain matrimonial matters 539 Documents not raising questions of sufficient legal or political importance to warrant a