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DIRECTORATE FOR THE PLANNING OF PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS ACTIVITIES 06/A-2004 Directorate-General for the Presidency EN EN ABBREVIATIONS USED Political Groups PPE-DE Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats PSE Group of the Party of European Socialists ELDR Group of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party Verts/ALE Group of the Greens / European Free Alliance GUE/NGL Confederal Group of the European United Left – Nordic Green Left UEN Union for Europe of the Nations group EDD Group for a Europe of Democracies and Diversities NI Non-attached Members Committees AFET Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy BUDG Committee on Budgets CONT Committee on Budgetary Control LIBE Committee on Citizens’ Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs ECON Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs JURI Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market ITRE Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy EMPL Committee on Employment and Social Affairs ENVI Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy AGRI Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development PECH Committee on Fisheries RETT Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism CULT Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport DEVE Committee on Development and Cooperation AFCO Committee on Constitutional Affairs FEMM Committee on Women’s Rights and Equal Opportunities PETI Committee on Petitions MARE Temporary Committee on improving safaty at sea http://www.europarl.ep.ec/bulletins (Intranet) http://www.europarl.eu.int/bulletins (Internet) \\Epades\public\bulletin\Activités Closed on : 16.07.2004 CONTENTS 3 PRESIDENCY Main decisions of the College of Quaestors .......................................................................................8 MEMBERSHIP OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT Appointments/resignations/end of Members' terms of office...........................................................10 MEMBERS’ ACTIVITIES Written questions ..............................................................................................................................37 Written declarations..........................................................................................................................53 COMMITTEES Appointment of rapporteurs and draftsmen......................................................................... 60 OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS Commission documents....................................................................................................... 62 GENERAL INFORMATION Common Foreign and Security Policy Declaration on the parliamentary elections in Georgia ....................................................... 70 Declaration concerning the presidential election held in El Salvador on 21 March 2004... 71 Declaration on the parlimentary elections in Guinea-Bissau............................................... 71 Declaration on the situation in Côte d'Ivoire ....................................................................... 72 Declaration on the Occasion of the 10th Anniversary of the Genocide in Rwanda ............ 73 Declaration on the Zengeza by-elections in Zimbabwe....................................................... 74 Declaration on the situation in Darfur, Sudan ..................................................................... 75 Declaration concerning Council Common Position 2004/293/CFSP of 30 March 2004 renewing measures in support of the effective implementation of the mandate of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) ................................... 75 Declaration on Legislative Elections in Indonesia .............................................................. 76 Declaration by the Presidency on behalf of the European Union on the verdict in the case of Leyla Zana ............................................................................................................... 77 Declaration on 10 Years of Democracy in South Africa..................................................... 77 Declaration on the applications of specific measures to combat terrorism ......................... 78 Declaration concerning Council Position 2004/423/CFSP renewing restrictive measures against Burma/Myanmar...................................................................................... 78 Bulletin 20.07.2004 - EN - PE 344.004 4 CONTENTS Declaration on the peace process in Burundi.......................................................................79 Declaration on harassment by the Belarussian Authorities in relation to enlargement celebrations in Minsk ...........................................................................................................79 Declaration on the events of the last few days at the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of Rwanda...........................................................80 Declaration concerning the Georgian Autonomous Republic of Adjara .............................81 Declaration concerning the Georgian Autonomous Republic of Adjara .............................82 Declaration on recent events in Nigeria ...............................................................................82 Declaration on the adoption of the Resolution and Recommendations of the Pourgourides Report on "Disappeared Persons in Belarus" by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on 28th April 2004......................................................83 Declaration on Presidential elections in Panama .................................................................84 Declaration on human rights in Cuba...................................................................................85 Declaration in support of the IGAD Ministeiral meeting and the SNRC ............................86 Declaration on the occasion of the launching of the Peace and Security Council of the African Union, Addis Ababa................................................................................................87 Declaration on the situation in Darfur, western Sudan ........................................................87 Declaration on the recent serious disturbances in Plateau state in Nigeria and the suspension of the Governor and the State Assembly by President Obasanjo .........88 Declaration on Phase III of the Reconciliation Conference for Somalia .............................89 Declaration on welcoming the decision of the UN Security Council on 21 May 2004 to establish a UN peace-keeping mission in Burundi (ONUB) and renewing the Union's call for intensified efforts to ensure a successful completion of the transition process in Burundi................................................................................................................90 Declaration on the Lupane by-elections in Zimbabwe.........................................................91 Declaration to welcome the signing in Naivasha of the last three protocols leading to a framework peace agreement on Sudan..............................................................................91 Declaration on the situation in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo ......................92 Declaration on the loss of life in San Pedro Sula prison in Honduras .................................93 Declaration on the Presidential Elections in the Dominican Republic ................................93 Declaration on the "reparo" process in Venezuela...............................................................94 Declaration on the Malawi presidential and parliamentary elections ..................................94 Declaration on Equatorial Guinea........................................................................................95 Declaration on the application of specific measures to combat terrorism ...........................96 Declaration concerning progress in Tajikistan towards a moratorium on the death penalty ........................................................................................................................97 Declaration on closure of Tribune newpaper, Zimbabwe....................................................97 European Economic and Social Committee Plenary Assembly of 2 and 3 June 2004 ..............................................................................99 Bulletin 20.07.2004 - EN - PE 344.004 CONTENTS 5 ACTIVITIES OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT This document is available at : http://www.europarl.ep.ec/bulletins/postsession.htm (Intranet) http://www.europarl.eu.int/bulletins/postsession.htm (Internet) Bulletin 20.07.2004 - EN - PE 344.004 PRESIDENCY 7 PRESIDENCY Bulletin 20.07.2004 - EN - PE 344.004 8 PRESIDENCY MAIN DECISIONS OF THE COLLEGE OF QUAESTORS The Chairmen-in-Office of the College of Quaestors, have circulated the following communications to the Members of the European Parliament: No 15/04 Reminder of the new rules in force since 1 June 2003 on visitors (nine or more) invited directly by Members No 16/04 May 200 part-session in Strasbourg No 17/04 General information about the European Parliament's restaurant services No 18/04 Supplies of paper for fax machines and priters No 20/04 Dates for the hearings of the future Commissioners No 21/04 Sundry items of office equipment made available to Members No 22/04 European Parliament restaurant facilities and Staff Shop Opening hours and services fro 10 May to 2 July and during summer 2004 No 23/04 Rules governing the use by Members and political groups of office space in the