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The next REGI Meeting: 19 and 20 June 2013

 
The next meeting of the Committee on Regional Development will take place on Wednesday 19 June 2013 from 15:00 to 18:30 and on Thursday 20 June 2013 from 9:00 to 12:30.
 
Meeting room: Paul-Henri Spaak (5B001)

 
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Cohesion legislative package - consideration of draft reports

On 19 June 2013 from 15:00 to 18:00 the REGI Committee will be considering the 5 reports of the Cohesion legislative package:
 
  • Common provisions on European Funds and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 (2011/0276(COD))
  • Specific provisions concerning the European Regional Development Fund and the 'Investment for growth and jobs' goal and repeal of Regulation (EC) No 1080/2006 (2011/0275(COD))
  • Cohesion Fund and repeal of Council Regulation (EC) No 1084/2006 (2011/0274(COD))
  • Support from the European Regional Development Fund to the 'European territorial cooperation' goal 2011/0273(COD)
  • Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1082/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 on a European grouping of territorial cooperation (EGTC) as regards the clarification, simplification and improvement of the establishment and implementation of such groupings 2011/0272(COD))
 
Meeting room: PHS (5B001)

 
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Exchange of views with Commissioner Almunia on Regional State Aid Guidelines

On 30 May 2013 from 09:00 to 10:30 the REGI Committee will hold an exchange of views with Mr Joaquín Almunia, Vice President of the European Commission and Commissioner responsible for competition, on Regional State Aid Guidelines.
 
Meeting room: ASP 3G-2

 
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Exchange of views with Ms Gaffey, DG REGIO, on Cohesion policy

On 29 May 2013 from 11:30 to 12:30 the REGI Committee will hold an exchange of views with Ms Veronica Gaffey, Head of Unit at European Commission DG REGIO, on Cohesion policy: Strategic Report 2013 on the implementation of the programmes for 2007-2013 (COM(2013)0210).
 
Meeting room: ASP 3G-2

 
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Presentation and responsibilities
 
Committee responsible for:
 
regional and cohesion policy, in particular:
 
(a)    the European Regional Development Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the other instruments of the Union's regional policy,
 
(b)    assessing the impact of other Union policies on economic and social cohesion,
 
(c)    coordination of the Union's structural instruments,
 
(d)    outermost regions and islands as well as trans-frontier and interregional cooperation,
 
(e)    relations with the Committee of the Regions, interregional cooperation organisations and local and regional authorities.
 
At the meeting of 14 December 2006, the Conference of Presidents decided to include the urban dimension as a competence of the committee.
 
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Danuta Maria HÜBNER © European Union, EP  
 

Article 3 of the Treaty on European Union states that "The Union shall promote economic, social and territorial cohesion, and solidarity among Member States". To do this the resources of the structural funds are used to support a well developed Regional development policy which interacts with other policies, notably research, energy and transport, to achieve its aims.
 
The Committee on Regional Development, which I have the honour to chair, is responsible for ensuring that the Union and its Member States conduct economic policy in a way which is conducive to achieving this objective. To do this we work closely with the Union Presidency, the Council, the European Commission, as well as with EU's advisory bodies such as the Committee of the Regions the Economic and Social Committee and many other regional and local organisations.
 
The 50 Committee Members and 50 substitutes represent all the EP's political groups which through their coordinators work with the committee's Bureau to organise our activities.
 
In this website you will be able to find detailed information of our legislative and political activities and may follow our meeting on the web, through EP Live.
 
Danuta Maria HÜBNER