COUNCIL OF , 7 October 2002 (08.10) THE EUROPEAN UNION (OR. fr)

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OJ/CRP1 33

PROVISIONAL AGENDA for : 1980th Meeting of the Permanent Representatives Committee (Part 1) date : Wednesday 9 (10.15) and Friday 11 (10.15) October 2002

MEETING ON WEDNESDAY 9 OCTOBER 2002 (10.15)

1. Adoption of the agenda

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2. Written Questions put to the Council by Members of the

(a) No 581/02 put by Neil MacCORMICK "Postal services in rural areas" 9776/1/02 PE-QE 203 REV 1 (b) No 815/02 put by Camilo NOGUEIRA ROMÁN – "European Maritime Safety Agency" 9785/02 PE-QE 212 (c) No 1031/02 put by Philip BUSHILL-MATTHEWS – "Human rights" 12495/02 PE-QE 316 (d) No 1062/02 put by Stavros XARCHAKOS – "Seats of the EU institutions" 12496/02 PE-QE 317 (e) No 1091/02 put by Lousewies VAN DER LAAN and others –"Arms embargo against Israel" 12497/02 PE-QE 318

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(f) No 1139/02 put by – "EU measures to take effective steps against continuing colonisation, destruction and eviction activities by Israel in the Palestinian territories" 12499/02 PE-QE 319 + COR 1 (g) No 1180/02 put by Piia-Noora KAUPPI – "South Korea's distortion of the shipbuilding market: referral to the WTO" 12500/02 PE-QE 320 (h) No 1363/02 put by Geoffrey VAN ORDEN – "The future of Kozloduy nuclear power plant in Bulgaria" 9929/02 PE-QE 239 (i) No 1428/02 put by Isidoro SÁNCHEZ GARCÍA – "Crisis in Venezuela" 12501/02 PE-QE 321 (j) No 1482/02 put by Massimo CARRARO – "Madagascar" 12502/02 PE-QE 322 (k) Nos 1568/02 put by Lucio MANISCO and 1641/02 put by Emmanouil BAKOPOULOS – "The EU and the risk of war between India and Pakistan" – "Deterioration of Indo-Pakistani relations" 12503/02 PE-QE 323 (l) No 1657/02 put by Ioannis SOULADAKIS – "Funding of CARDS infrastructure programmes" 12504/02 PE-QE 324 (m) No 1699/02 put by Martin SCHULZ – "Firearms legislation in the European Union" 12505/02 PE-QE 325 (n) No 1741/02 put by Camilo NOGUEIRA ROMÁN – "The views of the UK Foreign Minister, Jack Straw, concerning the decisions to be taken about the enlargement of the Union to include new countries" 11610/02 PE-QE 297 (o) No 1787/02 put by Camilo NOGUEIRA ROMÁN – "Proposals to reform the EU Council Presidency" 11609/02 PE-QE 296

3. Case before the Court of Justice – Case C-333/02 (Italy v. Commission and Council of the European Union) = Information for the Permanent Representatives Committee 12675/02 JUR 389 AGRI 229

4. Management Board of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training – Mr Aly SCHROEDER, member who has resigned; appointment of Mr Gilles ESTGEN 12431/02 SOC 407

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5. Administrative Board of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions – Mr Per LAURENTS, alternate member, who has resigned; appointment of Mr Nils J. ANDREASEN 12370/02 SOC 404

6. Draft minutes of Council meetings

(a) 2415th (Employment and Social Policy) on 7 March 2002 * 6955/02 PV/CONS 12 SOC 129 (b) 2422nd (Agriculture) on 22 April 2002 * 8188/02 PV/CONS 19 AGRI 88 + ADD 1 (c) 2426th (Internal market, Consumers and Tourism)on 21 May 2002 ∗ 9023/02 PV/CONS 23 MI 88 CONSOM 40 TOUR 10 + COR 1 + ADD 1

∗ Item on which a procedural decision may be taken by Coreper in accordance with Article 19(7) of the Council's Rules of Procedure.

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7. Drawing up the provisional agenda for the next Council meeting on Education, Youth and Culture on 11 and 12 November 2002

8. Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) (2000/0158 COD) – Preparation for conciliation

9. Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (RoHS) (2000/0159 COD) – Preparation for conciliation

10. Preparation for the Agriculture/Fisheries Council on 14 and 15 October 2002

1. Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on genetically modified food and feed (LA) – Political agreement – (poss.) Public debate 11576/01 AGRI 171 MI 121 ENV 422 CONSOM 61 SAN 100 CODEC 837 (x) 12498/02 AGRI 220 MI 184 ENV 522 DENLEG 61 CONSOM 82 SAN 142 CODEC 1164 + ADD 1

2. Proposals for 12587/02 AGRILEG 183 CODEC 1174

(a) a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the monitoring of zoonoses and zoonotic agents, amending Council Decision 90/424/EEC and repealing Council Directive 92/117/EEC (LA) 10977/2/02 AGRILEG 153 CODEC 912 REV 2

(b) a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the control of salmonella and other food-borne zoonotic agents and amending Council Directives 64/432/EEC, 72/462/EEC and 90/539/EEC (LA) 11058/2/02 AGRILEG 156 CODEC 927 REV 2 – Political agreement – Public debate

3. Follow-up to the Johannesburg Summit – Contribution by the Agriculture and Fisheries Council 12751/02 AGRI 232 PECHE 144 ENV 549

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4. Reform of the Common Fisheries Policy 12470/02 PECHE 139

(a) Proposal for a Council Regulation on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the Common Fisheries Policy 9361/02 PECHE 84 (x) (b) Proposal for a Council Regulation establishing an emergency Community measure for scrapping fishing vessels 9418/02 PECHE 90 (x) (c) Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999 laying down the detailed rules and arrangements regarding Community structural assistance in the fisheries sector 9417/02 PECHE 89 (x)

5. Proposal for a Council Regulation establishing measures for the recovery of cod and hake stocks (LA) 15245/02 PECHE 283 (x) 12527/02 PECHE 141

6. Action Plan for fisheries management in the Mediterranean

11. Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of a common classification of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) – Political agreement on a common position 12532/02 ECO 296 UD 98 CODEC 1169

12. Preparation for the Council meeting (Environment) on 17 October 2002

1. Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning traceability and labelling of genetically modified organisms and traceability of food and feed products produced from genetically modified organisms and amending Directive 2001/18/EC – Political agreement – Public debate 11496/01 ENV 418 AGRI 170 WTO 84 CONSOM 59 MI 199 CODEC 825 12662/02 ENV 531 AGRI 266 WTO 121 CONSOM 85 MI 189 CODEC 1185

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2. Proposal for a Council Decision on the Community position to be adopted on certain proposals submitted to the 12th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), Santiago, Chile, 3 to 15 November 2002 – Adoption of a Decision on the negotiating brief 12158/02 ENV 496 WTO 109 12666/02 ENV 533 WTO 123

3. Progress reports

(a) Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on environmental liability with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental damage 6568/02 ENV 117 IND 24 TRANS 61 ENER 49 AGRI 49 CONSOM 18 CODEC 240 (x) 12524/02 ENV 524 IND 66 TRANS 240 ENER 204 AGRI 221 CONSOM 83 CODEC 1167

(b) Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning monitoring of forests and environmental interactions in the Community (Forest Focus) 11180/02 FORETS 25 ENV 420 FIN 292 CODEC 948 (x) 12668/02 ENV 535 FORETS 27 FIN 381 CODEC 1187

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MEETING ON FRIDAY 11 OCTOBER 2002 (10.15)

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13. Follow-up to the Transport, Telecomunications and Energy Council on 3 and 4 October 2002

12. Preparation for the Council meeting (Environment) on 17 October 2002 (continued)

4. Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the transboundary movement of genetically modified organisms (implementation of the Cartagena Protocol) (LA) – Political agreement – Public debate 6447/02 ENV 106 MI 33 WTO 14 ONU 9 AGRI 45 CODEC 225 (x) 12665/02 ENV 532 MI 191 WTO 122 ONU 71 AGRI 227 CODEC 1186

5. Climate Change – Preparation for the eighth Conference of the Parties (COP 8) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) (New Delhi, 23 October to 1 November 2002) = Draft Council conclusions 12672/02 ENV 537 ENER 208 FISC 252 ONU 72

6. European Union strategy for sustainable development – Conclusions on putting into practice the environmental dimension of the Johannesburg commitments and the European Union strategy for sustainable development 12671/02 ENV 536 DEVGEN 132

7. Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC – Political agreement on a common position 14394/01 ENV 595 MI 186 IND 33 ENER 184 CODEC 1238 (x) + COR 1 (x) 12682/02 ENV 538 MI 193 IND 70 ENER 209 CODEC 1190

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8. Progress report on discussions – Export and import of dangerous chemicals 12667/02 ENV 534 WTO 124 MI 192

= Proposal for a Council Regulation concerning the export and import of dangerous chemicals 5974/02 ENV 58 WTO 9 MI 15 (x)

= Proposal for a Council Decision approving, on behalf of the European Community, the Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for certain hazardous chemicals and pesticides in international trade 5891/02 ENV 53 WTO 7 MI 14 (x) • (poss.) Overall solution from the Presidency concerning the proposal for a Regulation

– Other business

(LA) Legislative Act (x) Out of stock

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