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European Parliament EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PE/XVII/OJ/06-138 COMMITTEE ON PETITIONS MEETING Monday, 10 July 2006, at 15.00 and Tuesday, 11 July 2006, at 9.00 ASP A1G-2 rue Wiertz BRUSSELS DRAFT AGENDA 1. Adoption of draft agenda1 PE 376.435 FdR 622944 2. Approval of minutes PE 374.136 - 24 - 25 April 2006 FdR 615199 3. Chairman's announcements 4. Any other business In the presence of the European Commission 5. Report on the Fact-finding mission to Malta (9 - 12 May 2006) PE 374.415 - adoption FdR DT/619183 A. Petitions for discussion in committee on the basis of the Commission's written reply Environment 6. N° 925/2005 by Francois-Valéry Moneaux (Belgian) concerning the PE 374.220 illegal hunting of birds in Cyprus FdR 615994 7. Report on the Fact-finding mission to Madrid (25 - 28 June 2006) PE ___________________________ 3-07-2006 FINAL / SP OJ\622944EN 1/11 PE 376.435 FdR DT/ N° 504/2004 by Inés Sabanés Nadal (Spanish), on behalf of the Madrid Municipal ‘Izquierda Unida’, on the environmental impact of proposed PE 357.170 work on the M30 motorway in Madrid FdR 561886 N° 788/2005 by Belen Gómez Alfonso (Spanish), on behalf of the 'Afectados Nudo Sur', concerning the environmental impact of the M30 motorway in Madrid N° 838/2005 by Samuel Martin-Sosa Rodriguez (Spanish), on behalf of 'Ecologists in Action', on the environmental impact of projected work on the M30 motorway in Madrid 8. N° 1079/2003 by Carlo Oldani and five co-signatures, (Italian), on PE 357.724/REV. behalf of the coordinating committee opposing the Ticino Park and FdR 612098 South Milan Agricultural Park bypass on opposing a projected motorway infrastructure infringing European environmental impact and public works transparency legislation 9. N° 546/2005 by Julietta Clancy (Irish), on behalf of Meath PE 362.788 Archaeological and Historical Society, bearing 2 signatures, on FdR 602230 protest against a new M3 motorway in Ireland. N° 723/2005 by Kim Montia (British) concerning the Tara Valley motorway in Northern Ireland 10. N° 577/2005 by Eva Perez Francisco (Spanish), on behalf of the PE 372.072 ‘Vecinos Mediterrania-Grao’ Association, on a planning change to the FdR 610628 layout of a projected park situated in a protected coastal area and receiving Community funding 11. N° 1277/2003 by Margaret Pryke (British), bearing 4300 signatures on PE 357.164/REV. unauthorised lorry parking FdR 612178 12. N° 437/2001 by Mr José Antonio Muñoz Grau (Spanish), on behalf of PE 313.911/REV. IV the ‘Asociación Comisión Pro-Río’, on pollution of the Segura FdR 609767 river in the Murcia region N° 1026/2002, by Mr Pedro Marset Campos, (Spanish), on the constant and unremitting pollution of the Segura river and, consequently, the network of irrigation channels connected to it 13. N° 1161/2003 by Bernard Robles Marin (Spanish), on behalf of the PE 365.126/REV. 'Caralluma' Alternative Wildlife Defence Association, on pollution of FdR 615804 the river Alhárabe in Murcia, Spain PE 2/11 OJ\ 14. N° 873/2004 by Concepción Dominguez Prats (Spanish) on an PE 374.223 environmental threat to the Cambrones river (Segovia) FdR 616044 15. N° 962/2004 by Thanos Kafkalidis (Greek), concerning environmental PE 362.785/REV. II pollution in Corfu. FdR 614491 16. N° 770/2004 by Frantisek Brychta (Czech) concerning a leaking sewer PE 374.227 in Moravské Budějovice in the Czech Republic FdR 616083 17. N° 45/2005 by Roger Abiven (French), on behalf of the association PE 372.034 ‘Agir pour l’Environnement et le Développment durable’ (Action for the FdR 610350 Environment and Sustainable Development), onprotection of waterways in northern Finistère 18. N° 801/2005 by Sergio Mantovani (Italian), on behalf of the 'Insieme PE 374.210 per Borgo Roma-Verona' Committee, bearing 11 signatures, concerning FdR 615971 the deterioration of an urban residential area caused by overbuilding and atmospheric pollution 19. N° 612/2004 by Adam Bedkowski (Polish) on biodiversity protection PE 357.721/REV. II in Poland. FdR 615726 20. N° 779/2005 by Adam Bohdan (Polish), on behalf of 'Pracownia na PE rzecz wszystkich Istot - Oddział Podlaski', bearing 38 signatures, on the FdR projected 'Via Baltica' N° 845/2005 by Agnieska Morzyk (Polish), and 2 co-signatories, on the projected 'Via Baltica' N° 190/2006 by Michal Szyszka (Polish) concerning the projected 'Via Baltica' N° 294/2006 by Joanna Frackiewicz (Polish), on the projected 'Via Baltica' Freedom of movement 21. N° 288/2005 by Arkadiusz Seliga (Polish), concerning credit transfers PE 372.041 between Germany and Poland FdR 610357 at around 5.30 p.m. 22. Coordinators' meeting ___________________________ 3-07-2006 FINAL / SP OJ\622944EN 3/11 PE 376.435 ***** Tuesday, 11 July 2005, at 9 a.m. 23. Chairman's announcements concerning coordinators' decisions 24. Opinion on the draft general budget of the European Union for the PE 376.335 financial year 2007 - Section VIII (A) European ombudsman FdR 621425 (2006/2018B (BUD)) Rapporteur : DOBOLYI (PSE) - examination 25. Report on the Annual report on the activities of the European PE 374.250 ombudsman for the year 2005 FdR 616573 (2006/2117 (INI)) Rapporteur : SCHWAB (PPE) - examination of a draft report Environment 26. N° L-10/2005 by Suitupe Kiritome (Kiribatian), on Britain's alleged PE failure to implement provisions of Directive 96/29 EURATOM in FdR relation to survivors of the indigenous population of Christmas Island affected by nuclear tests conducted in 1957 and 1958 27. N° 703/2004 by Frank Stumpf (German), on behalf of the municipality PE 364.839 of Naila, concerning damage to health caused by radiation from mobile FdR 586270 telephony base stations and N° 704/2004 by Roland Kwieder (German) concerning damage to health caused by radiation from mobile telephony base stations N° 917/2004 by Dieter Frank (German), on behalf of the PE 372.008 municipality of Schwarzenbach am Wald, concerning health hazards FdR 610318 caused by radiation from cellular phone base stations N° 921/2004 by Klaus Adelt (German), on behalf of the Selbitz PE 4/11 OJ\ municipal authorities, concerning the health hazards caused by PE 370.035 radiation from cellular phone base stations FdR 602050 N° 9/2005, by Volker Heil (German) on behalf of the town of Homburg, on the harmful effects of radiation from mobile phone PE 372.033 installations FdR 610349 28. N° 1149/2003 by Robert William Henry (British) on behalf of PE 346.830 'AMP'('Against More Pylons/ Alternative Means of Power'), bearing 5 FdR 536479 signatures on planning permission for an electricity line 29. N° 202/2003 by Constanze Krehl, Stephen Hughes and Rolf Linkohr PE 337.339/REV. IV (German, British and German), on behalf of Collectif des Associations FdR 610740 contre la ligne T.H.T 400 000 Volts dans le Parc Naturel Régional du Verdon, on the proposed 400 000 V electricity supply cable 30. (N° 856/2005 by Sagrario Heres Sedeño (Spanish), on behalf of 'Pro PE 374.218 Santamaría de Grado’ citizens action group, on the construction of a FdR 615993 transformer plant over an area of 40 000 m2 and routing of high voltage cables through the municipality of Grado in Asturias) (POSTPONED TO SEPTEMBER ! at petitioner's request) 31. N° 363/2004 by Corrado Gallico (Italian) on construction of large gas PE 355.390/REV. II turbine plants FdR 617706 32. PE 372.138 N° 369/2005 by Gerhard Brenner (German), on the breaching of EU FdR 612043 limit values for dust particles in German cities N° 437/2005 by Axel Napolitano (German), on fine dust in German cities exceeding EU limit vales 33. N° 183/2004 by the Grefacsa Anti-Incinerator Citizens Action Group PE 370.056/REV. (Spanish), on the disposal of animal waste FdR 615.888 34. N° 722/2004, by Sabine Scharf (German) concerning the disposal of PE 372.030 dead pet animals and the disregard shown by the Germany authorities for FdR 610346 the relevant provisions of Regulation (EC) No. 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down health rules concerning animal by-products not intended for human consumption 35. N° 468/2005 by José Antonio Gómez Sampietro (Spanish), concerning PE 372.089 the danger of epizootic diseases and treatment of animals in abattoirs FdR 610650 Social Affairs ___________________________ 3-07-2006 FINAL / SP OJ\622944EN 5/11 PE 376.435 36. N° 548/2005 by George Pace-Balzan (Maltese), on discrimination on PE 374.003 grounds of nationality in connection with his disabilitypension from the FdR 613159 British Army 37. N° 826/2001 by Christian Monatte (French), on alleged sex-based PE 317.284/REV. IV discrimination FdR 612757 38. N° 383/2005 by Mrs Marie Kavanagh (Irish), on pension rights in PE 372.048 Ireland FdR 610364 39. N° 655/2005 by Brigitte van Nahuys (German) concerning the PE 372.077 withdrawal of her Dutch survivor’s pension when she reaches the age of FdR 610635 65 40. N° 668/2005 by Justo Artaraz Zuloaga (Spanish), concerning Council PE 374.205 Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 of 14 June 1971 on the application of FdR 615.965 social securityschemes to employed persons and to members of their families moving within the Community 41. N° 930/2002 by Maria Hortatou (Greek) on behalf of the OPAP AE PE 337.307/REV. Guild of Contract Workers, on the non-conversion of fixed-term work FdR 609.869 contracts to open-ended contracts N° 233/2003, by Christos Polyzogopoulos (Greek) on behalf of the PE 339.418/REV. II General Confederation of Greek Workers (GSEE), and one co-signatory FdR 610742 on non-compliance by Greece with Council Directive 1999/70/EC of 28 June 1999 concerning the framework agreement on fixed-term work concluded by ETUC, UNICE and CEEP N° 336/2003, by Spyros Provotas (Greek) on Council Directive PE 341.522/REV.
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