News alert : 05-12-97

• News Alert 40-Week 8 to 14 December

News Alert 40-Week 8 to 14 December

Brussels, 5th December 1997

Another key item will be the Budget Committee's vote, on Tuesday 9th December, on the amendments to the 1998 draft budget (2nd reading).

On Wednesday 10th December, topics before the Conciliation Committee will be the Socrates programme and voice telephony.

On Monday 8th December, the Foreign Affairs Committee will hold a meeting with Commissioner Manuel MARIN to discuss the CFSP. The committee will then decide its position on future relations between Europe and the USA. Also on Monday, the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs will look at access to continuing training in the EU.

The Civil Liberties Committee will reach a decision on Monday on sects and cults in Europe and will hold talks with the Spanish Interior Minister, Mr Jaime MAYOR OREJA, on Tuesday.

Also on Tuesday, the Environment Committee will state its view on emissions of volatile organic compounds.

Tue 9th 10.30am:    Ana PALACIO VALLELERSUNDI (EPP, E) and Jaime MAYOR ORTEGA, Spanish Interior Minister
Fri 12th 9.30am:    Pre-session briefing

Wed 10th 9.30am:     Socrates programme
11am:    Open network provision and universal service in voice telephony

            

Foreign Affairs: Mon 8th, 3pm / Tue 9th, 9am (LEO 1A002)
Discussion with Mr Manuel MARIN, Commission Vice-President
Dominique SOUCHET (I-EN, F): Commission paper on future relations between Europe and the USA

Budgets: Mon 8th, 3pm / Tue 9th, 9am & 3pm (LEO 1G3)
Stanislaw TILLICH (EPP, D): 1998 general budget, Section III
John TOMLINSON (PES, UK): 1998 budget, other institutions
Jean-Antoine GIANSILY (UFE, F): 1998 ECSC operating budget

Employment/Social Affairs: Mon 8th, 3pm / Tue 9th, 9am (LEO 04B01)
Susan WADDINGTON (PES, UK): Access to continuing training in the EU (9th)

Civil Liberties: Mon 8th, 3pm / Tue 9th, 9am (LEO 3G153)
Maria BERGER (PES, A): Sects and cults in Europe (8th)
Hartmut NASSAUER (EPP, D): Progress in the field of justice and home affairs (8th)
Hedy d'ANCONA (PES, NL): EURODAC system for comparing asylum seekers' fingerprints (8th)
Discussion with Mr Jaime MAYOR OREJA, Spanish Interior Minister, on internal matters in his country (9th - 9.30am)
Discussion with Mr Guy SCHLEDER, chairman of the K4 Committee, on the outcome of the Justice and Home Affairs Council of 4th-5th December (9th - 10.30am)

Environment: Mon 8th, 3pm / Tue 9th, 9am (LEO 3C050)
Christian CABROL (UFE, F): Emissions of volatile organic compounds caused by organic solvents used in industry (9th)

Agriculture: Mon 8th, 3pm / Tue 9th, 9am (LEO 3G253)
Meeting with representatives of the European Dairy Association on the EU's dairy policy, with regard to Agenda 2000 (8th, 5pm)

Culture: Mon 8th, 3pm / Tue 9th, 9am (LEO 05B01)
Meeting with the European Forum for Arts and Heritage, the European Council of Artists and the European Heritage Group on the future of EU cultural programmes (9th - 10.30am)

Research/Energy : Mon 8th, 3pm and Tue 9th, 9am (LEO 07C50)
Juan IZQUIERDO COLLADO (PES, E): Technological feasibility of trans-European hydraulic networks (8th)

Transport: Mon 8th, 3pm / Tue 9th, 9am (LEO 5E155)
Discussion with Commissioner Karel Van MIERT on competition in air transport and postal services (8th, 3pm)
Eolo PARODI (UFE, I): Safety at sea - minimum level of training for seafarers (9th)
Rijk van DAM (I-EN, NL): Limitation of the operation of aeroplanes (9th)
Pavlos SARLIS (EPP, Gr): Strategy for revitalising the EU's railways (9th)
Barry SEAL (PES, UK): Impact of the 3rd package of air transport liberalisation measures

Rules: Mon 8th, 3pm and Tue 9th, 9.30am (LEO 3E153)
James FORD (PES, UK): Rule 75, delegation to the Conciliation Committee
Brian CROWLEY (UFE, Irl ): Rule 135 and Annex VI (responsibilities of the Committee on Petitions)
Brian CROWLEY (UFE, Irl): Simplification of procedures for the presentation of annual reports

Other committee meetings

Subcommittee on Monetary Affairs: Tue 9th, 9am (LEO 1G51)