DIRECTORATE FOR THE PLANNING OF PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS ACTIVITIES 10/A-2001 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 TDI Technical Group of Independent Members - mixed 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 ENQU Temporary Committee of Inquiry http://www.europarl.eu.int/Bulletins \\Epades\public\bulletin\Activités Closed on : 12.10.2001 CONTENTS 3 PRESIDENCY Answers to questions to the Presidency (Rule 28 (2))........................................................................6 Main decisions of the College of Quaestors .......................................................................................7 MEMBERSHIP OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT Appointments/resignations/end of Members' terms of office...........................................................10 Membership of the political groups ..................................................................................................11 MEMBERS’ ACTIVITIES Written questions ..............................................................................................................................12 Question Time (B5-0333/2001)........................................................................................................24 Summary of Questions time - October I/2001..................................................................................26 Written declarations..........................................................................................................................27 COMMITTEES Meetings of committees to which the power of decision has been delegated (Rule 62/4 of the Rule of Procedure).............................................................................................30 Appointment of rapporteurs and draftsmen ......................................................................................31 OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS Commission documents....................................................................................................................36 GENERAL INFORMATION Common Foreign and Security Policy Declaration concerning East Timor ......................................................................................... 38 Declaration on talks between the government of Nepal and thw Maoist insurgents .......................38 Declaration on the inter-Korean ministerial meeting from 15 to 18 September 2001 .....................39 Declaration concerning the development of the situation in the Mano River Union Countries ......39 Declaration on the elections in Fiji ..................................................................................................40 Declaration on Eritrea ......................................................................................................................40 Declaration concerning the elections in Bangladesh .......................................................................41 Declaration condemning the murder of Ms Araujo Noguera, former Minister for Culture of Colombia .....................................................................................................................................41 Declaration upon the nomination of the new Prime Minister of Belarus ........................................42 Bulletin 22.10.2001 - EN - PE 305.000 4 CONTENTS ACTIVITIES OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT Part-session from 3 to 6 September and from 19 to 20 September 2001 Post-session.view ..........................................................................................................................46 Post-session.leg Legislative Procedures ......................................................................................................................52 Post-session.budg Budget work .....................................................................................................................................69 Post-session.ctrl Political scrutiny ..............................................................................................................................72 Miscellanoeus decisions ...................................................................................................................94 Post-session.impact Action taken by the Commission .....................................................................................................97 οοΟΟοο Bulletin 22.10.2001 - EN - PE 305.000 PRESIDENCY 5 PRESIDENCY Bulletin 22.10.2001 - EN - PE 305.000 6 PRESIDENCY ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS TO PRESIDENCY (Rule 28(2) of the Rules of Procedure) Question N° 01/2001 by Mr Richard CORBETΤ (PSE) Subject : Bureau decision on the publication on the Internet of MEPs' Financial Interests Following the Bureau decision of 04.04.01 measures have been set in motion for the publication of Members' declaration of financial interests on the internet. However, Members have been invited (Quaestors' circular 18/01) to "object" to the publication of their interests. If any Member were to objet, what would be the procedure for dealing with such an objection ? Who would decide whether the reasons given are sufficient to allow a derogation from publication ? Has the Bureau laid down any criteria for evaluating objections ? Have there been any cases already ? Answer In line with the decision taken by the Bureau at its meeting of 2 & 4 April 2001, communicated to Members by means of Quaestors' Communication 18/01, Members were entitled to lodge express individual objections to the publication of their declarations of financial interests on the Internet. Members who lodged such objections were not requested to give reasons since, pursuant to the current rules, Members draw up their declarations of financial interests under their own responsibility. The issue of a procedure to deal with objections, and the existence of any cases as a result of that procedure, does not, therefore, arise. _______________________ Bulletin 22.10.2001 - EN - PE 305.000 PRESIDENCY 7 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 28/2001 : Security measures at the European Parliament; No 30/2001 : Utilisation of secretarial assistance allowance appropriations (item 3910) in respect of the 2001 financial year; No 32/2001 : Strengthened security measures and changes in practices affecting visitors invited by Members in Brussels and Strasbourg. Further information may be obtained from the Secretariat of the College of Quaestors in: Strasbourg : Salvador de Madariaga (SDM) Building, 6/20 Tel. 74195 Brussels : Paul-Henri Spaak (PHS) Building, 8b/66 Tel. 43722 ____________________ Bulletin 22.10.2001 - EN - PE 305.000 MEMBERS’ ACTIVITIES 9 MEMBERSHIP OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT Bulletin 22.10.2001 - EN - PE 305.000 10 MEMBERS’ ACTIVITIES APPOINTMENTS/RESIGNATIONS/END OF MEMBERS' TERMS OF OFFICE OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION OF THE ELECTION OF A BELGIAN MEMBER OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT At its sitting of 1 October 2001 Parliament took note of the election of: Véronique DE KEYSER to replace Jacques SANTKIN (PSE/BE) with effect from 25 September 2001. __________________________ Bulletin 22.10.2001 - EN - PE 305.000 MEMBERS’ ACTIVITIES 11 MEMBERSHIP OF THE POLITICAL GROUPS The President wishes to announce the judgment by the Court of First Instance, given in open court in Luxembourg on 2 October 2001, which rejected the applications by Members of the European Parliament, the Front National and the Lista Bonino against the European Parliament’s act of 14 September 1999 which stated that the Technical Group of Independent Members does not exist. Consequently the suspension ordered by the President of the Court of First Instance on 25 November 1999 ceased to have effect from the date of judgment, 2 October 2001, in accordance with Article 107(3) of the Court’s Rules of Procedure. Therefore the European Parliament’s act of 14 September 1999 again has full effect. ____________________ At its sitting of 3 October 2001 Parliament took note that: Roberto Felice BIGLIARDO had joined the UEN Group with effect from 1 October 2001. ____________________ At its sitting of 1 October 2001 Parliament took note that: Mrs Ilka SCHRÖDER had joined the GUE/NGL Group with