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067401/EU XXVII. GP Eingelangt am 02/07/21 Council of the European Union Brussels, 2 July 2021 (OR. en) 10311/21 PE-QE 132 'I' ITEM NOTE From: General Secretariat of the Council To: Permanent Representatives Committee Subject: Replies to questions for written answer submitted to the Council by Members of the European Parliament – Examination by Coreper The Permanent Representatives Committee is invited to examine the draft replies to the questions for written answer set out in the documents listed in the Annex to this note. Pursuant to Article 12(2)(a) of the Council's Rules of Procedure, the Presidency intends to propose the use of the 'silence procedure' to adopt the texts of the replies to the abovementioned questions for written answer. 10311/21 PZ/dv 1 GIP.INST EN www.parlament.gv.at ANNEX Replies to questions for written answer submitted to the Council by Members of the European Parliament a) E-000118/2021 - Manuel Bompard (The Left), Manon Aubry (The Left), Leila Chaibi (The Left), Emmanuel Maurel (The Left), Nikolaj Villumsen (The Left), Sylvie Guillaume (S&D), Nora Mebarek (S&D), Alex Agius Saliba (S&D), Eric Andrieu (S&D), Raphaël Glucksmann (S&D), Cristina Maestre Martín De Almagro (S&D), Viktor Uspaskich (NI), Laurence Farreng (Renew), Nathalie Colin-Oesterlé (PPE), Agnès Evren (PPE), Geoffroy Didier (PPE) Cross-border family disputes 10320/21 PE-QE 133 b) E-001531/2021 - Bettina Vollath (S&D), Lara Wolters (S&D) Mandate for the negotiations on a binding UN treaty on business and human rights 9814/21 PE-QE 108 c) E-002076/2021 - Łukasz Kohut (S&D), Evelyn Regner (S&D), Alessandra Moretti (S&D), Raphaël Glucksmann (S&D), Robert Biedroń (S&D), Olivier Chastel (Renew), Carles Puigdemont i Casamajó (NI), Antoni Comín i Oliveres (NI), Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska (PPE), Pina Picierno (S&D), Ibán García Del Blanco (S&D), Irène Tolleret (Renew), Petra Kammerevert (S&D), Frédérique Ries (Renew), Sylwia Spurek (Verts/ALE), Birgit Sippel (S&D), Frances Fitzgerald (PPE), Andrzej Halicki (PPE), Terry Reintke (Verts/ALE), Evin Incir (S&D), Andreas Schieder (S&D), Leila Chaibi (The Left), Sylvie Guillaume (S&D), Maria Walsh (PPE), Aurore Lalucq (S&D), Magdalena Adamowicz (PPE), Cyrus Engerer (S&D), Alice Kuhnke (Verts/ALE), Rosa D'Amato (Verts/ALE), Samira Rafaela (Renew), Maria Noichl (S&D), Fabienne Keller (Renew), Milan Brglez (S&D) Conclusion of the EU’s accession to the Istanbul Convention 9815/21 PE-QE 109 10311/21 PZ/dv 2 ANNEX GIP.INST EN www.parlament.gv.at.

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