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Brussels, 10.11.2005

SEC(2005) 1420

COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT

Annex to the Report from the Commission on the working of committees during 2004 {COM (2005) 554 final}

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PRESENTATION OF ACTIVITIES BY SECTORAL POLICY 3

Detailed information for ENTERPRISE POLICY 4

Detailed information for EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS 8

Detailed information for AGRICULTURE 9

Detailed information for TRANSPORT AND ENERGY 11

Detailed information for ENVIRONMENT 16

Detailed information for RESEARCH 22

Detailed information for INFORMATION SOCIETY 24

Detailed information for FISHERIES 25

Detailed information for INTERNAL MARKET 26

Detailed information for REGIONAL POLICY 27

Detailed information for TAXATION AND CUSTOMS UNION 27

Detailed information for EDUCATION and CULTURE 29

Detailed information for HEALTH AND CONSUMER PROTECTION 31

Detailed information for HOME AND JUSTICE 33

Detailed information for EXTERNAL RELATIONS 35

Detailed information for TRADE 35

Detailed information for ENLARGEMENT 37

Detailed information for EUROPEAID (AIDCO) 37

Detailed information for HUMANITARIAN AID (DG ECHO) 39

Detailed information for STATISTICS 39

Detailed information for BUDGET 40

Detailed information for ANTI FRAUD (OLAF) 40

PRESENTATION OF ACTIVITIES BY SECTORAL POLICY

This working document contains snapshots of the sectoral policies and includes the figures for all the committees in a sector. All individual committees under the responsibility of each Commission department (whether active or not) are listed, together with their relevant data. This approach provides for transparency of the sector policy activities. In addition, textual comments highlight important changes in the organisation and situations of disagreement in the work of the committees in the reporting year[1].

The following explanations are intended to the reader to better understand the statistical data:

Opinions delivered by the committees may be of various kinds: they may concern draft Commission legislative acts (directives, regulations), decisions designed to regulate a specific legal situation or to approve financial projects in the context of any of the many Community programmes, or just position statements (which explains why the total number of favourable opinions may be greater than the total number of legal acts adopted in a specific sector).

Consequently, the implementing measures adopted by the Commission follow these categories.

In the event of a favourable opinion , the rule is that the Commission adopts the implementing measure; under the management procedure it may also adopt an implementing measure in the absence of an opinion (shown in the row ‘no opinion’, although a formal voting has taken place[2]). Only if there is an unfavourable opinion is the decision referred to the Council as “an appeal body”, which then has the power to decide ( referrals to the Council). Under the regulatory procedure , the Council is also consulted if there is ‘no opinion’. In the (summary) Table IV of the Report, all three categories: favourable opinions, unfavourable opinions and no opinions appear as one total figure under “Opinions”.

A further source of difference between the total number of favourable opinions delivered by committees and the number of implementing measures adopted by the Commission in a given sector occurs when opinions were delivered in 2003 but the instruments adopted only the following year (2004), or opinions were adopted at the end of 2004 and instruments adopted only in 2005.

In certain cases committees are required to deliver opinions on dossiers which will not be the subject of a draft implementing measure until some time later. Hence there may be considerable discrepancies between the total number of opinions and the number of implementing measures adopted by the Commission.

DETAILED INFORMATION FOR ENTERPRISE POLICY

Committee |Nr of meetings |Nr of days |Procedure |Favourable opinions |Unfavourable opinions |No opinion |Measures adopted by the Commission |Referred to Council |Cases in which EP has adopted a resolution according to art. 8 of Council Decision 1999/468/EEC | |(1) Advisory Committee on standardisation in the field of information technology (SOGITS). |0 |0 |Advisory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(2) Machinery Committee |1 |1 |Advisory |1 |0 |0 |1 |0 |0 | |(3) Advisory Committee on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to medical devices. |0 |0 |Several: Advisory, Regulatory |1 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(4) Committee for harmonisation of national regulations relating to cableway installations designed to carry persons. |1 |1 |Advisory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(5) Committee for the adaptation to technical progress of legislation on the removal of technical barriers to trade in agricultural and forestry tractors. |1 |1 |Regulatory |2 |0 |0 |2 |0 |0 | |(6) Committee for the adaptation to technical progress of legislation on the removal of technical barriers to trade in detergents (CATP-DETERGENTS). |1 |1 |Regulatory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(7) Committee for the adaptation to technical progress of legislation on the removal of technical barriers to trade in fertilisers (CATP-FERTILISERS). |2 |1 |Regulatory |2 |0 |0 |1 |0 |0 | |(8) Committee for the adaptation to technical progress of legislation on the removal of technical barriers to trade in motor vehicles and their trailers. |4 |4 |Regulatory |12 |0 |0 |12 |0 |0 | |(9) Committee for the adaptation to technical progress of legislation to remove technical barriers to trade in aerosol dispensers (CATP/AEROSOLS). |0 |0 |Regulatory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(10) Committee for the adaptation to technical progress of legislation to remove technical barriers to trade in electro-medical equipment used in human or veterinary medicine. |0 |0 |Regulatory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(11) Committee for the adaptation to technical progress of legislation to remove technical barriers to trade in measuring instruments. |0 |0 |Regulatory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(12) Committee for the adaptation to technical progress of legislation to remove technical barriers to trade in pressure vessels. |0 |0 |Regulatory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(13) Committee for the adaptation to technical progress of the directives on the removal of technical barriers to trade in colouring matters which may be added to medicinal products. |0 |0 |Regulatory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(14) Committee for the adaptation to technical progress of the directives on the removal of technical barriers to trade in cosmetic products (CATP/COSM). |4 |2 |Regulatory |8 |0 |0 |4 |0 |0 | |(15) Committee for the harmonisation of national legislation relating to recreational craft. |1 |1 |Several: Advisory, Regulatory |1 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(16) Committee on directives relating to textile names and labelling. |1 |1 |Regulatory |1 |0 |0 |1 |0 |0 | |(17) Committee on Drug Precursors |3 |3 |Management |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(18) Committee on implementation of projects, actions and measures to ensure interoperability of trans-European networks for telematic data interchange between administrations (IDA II-TAC) |5 |5 |Management |13 |1 |0 |2 |0 |0 | |(19) Committee on the Adaptation to Technical Progress of the Directives for the Elimination of Technical Barriers to Trade in Dangerous Substances and Preparations |3 |3 |Regulatory |2 |0 |0 |2 |0 |0 | |(20) Committee on the harmonisation of the provisions relating to the placing on the market and supervision of explosives for civil uses (EXPLOSIVES). |1 |.5 |Regulatory |2 |0 |0 |2 |0 |0 | |(21) Management Committee for the fourth multiannual programme for small and medium-sized enterprises in the European Union (2001-2005) (SMEs). |3 |3 |Management |7 |0 |0 |7 |0 |0 | |(22) Management Committee on horizontal questions concerning trade in processed agricultural products not listed in Annex I. |9 |9 |Management |22 |0 |0 |22 |0 |0 | |(23) Structuring the European Research Area" (2002-2006) - Configuration “Research and Innovation” |3 |3 |Management |7 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(24) Standing Committee on approximation of the laws relating to construction products. |2 |2 |Regulatory |4 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(25) Standing Committee on medicinal products for human use. |2 |1.5 |Regulatory |1 |0 |1 |1 |0 |0 | |(26) Standing Committee on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning equipment and protective systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres (ATEX). |2 |2 |Advisory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(27) Standing Committee on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning pressure equipment. |0 |0 |Advisory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(28) Lifts Committee |2 |3 |Advisory |1 |0 |2 |1 |0 |0 | |(29) Standing Committee on veterinary medicinal products |0 |0 |Regulatory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(30) Telecommunications Conformity Assessment and Market Surveillance Committee (TCAM). |3 |6 |Several: Advisory, Regulatory |1 |0 |0 |1 |0 |0 | |TOTAL: |54 |54 | |88 |1 |3 |59 |0 |0 | | The 30 committees of this policy sector have delivered a total of 89 opinions giving raise to 59 implementing measures.

Abolished committee(s):

- Committee for the adaptation to technical progress of legislation to remove technical barriers to trade in electric materials used in an explosive atmosphere (CATP/EXAT). Basic legal act: Directive 76/117 EEC

- Committee for the adaptation to technical progress of legislation to remove technical barriers to trade in construction plant and equipment .Basic legal act: Directive 85/532/EEC

Newly attributed procedure(s) to existing committees :

- Committee for the harmonisation of national legislation relating to recreational craft .Procedure attributed: RegulatoryBasic legal act: Directive 2003/44/EC amending Directive 94/25/EC relating to recreational craft (article 6a)

Specification of the unfavourable opinions/ no opinions :

- Committee on implementation of projects, actions and measures to ensure interoperability of trans-European networks for telematic data interchange between administrations (IDA II-TAC) Draft measure concerned: Global Implementation Plan for the project of common interest LISFLOOD ALERT on the development of an on-line information system for early alert on floodsRelated basic legal acts: Council Decision 1999/847/EC of 9.12.1999 establishing a Community action programme in the field of civil protection, Council Decision 2001/792/EC of 23.10.2001 establishing a Community mechanism to facilitate reinforced cooperation in civil protection assistance interventions (Article 4), Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy and Decision 1719/1999/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 1999 on a series of guidelines, including the identification of projects of common interest, for trans-European networks for the electronic interchange of data between administrations (IDA) as amended by Decision 2046/2002/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2002.Date of voting: 02/12/2004Result of voting (absence of opinion): 162 votes for and 51 against, with 29 votes abstaining and 79 votes not participating

- Standing Committee on medicinal products for human use. Draft measure concerned: Decision concerning the placing on the market, under Article 31 of Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, of the medicinal products for human use which contain the active substance “Paroxetine”Related basic legal act: Article 31 of Directive 2001/83/ECDate of voting: 08/11/2004Result of voting: The draft was rejected by the Legal Service and sent back to the EMEA to adopt a revised opinion and a new draft was submitted to a new vote in 2005

- Lifts Committee Draft measure concerned: Opinion on safety components for existing lifts.Related basic legal act: Directive 95/16/ECDate of voting: 09/09/2004Result of voting: The draft was not put to vote and it was agreed that the Commission would submit an amended draft at a later committee meeting. Draft measure concerned: Draft Opinion to modify Recommendation 95/216/EC on the improvement of the safety of existing lifts.Related basic legal act: Commission Recommendation 95/216/ECDate of voting: 09/09/2004Result of voting: Several Member States spoke against the draft measure which was withdrawn by the Commission without a vote.

DETAILED INFORMATION FOR EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS

Committee |Nr of meetings |Nr of days |Procedure |Favourable opinions |Unfavourable opinions |No opinion |Measures adopted by the Commission |Referred to Council |Cases in which EP has adopted a resolution according to ART. 8 of Council Decision 1999/468/EEC | |(1) Committee for the implementation of the Programme relating to the Community framework strategy on gender equality. |2 |2 |- |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(2) Committee for the technical adaptation of legislation on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work. |0 |0 |Regulatory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(3) Committee for the technical adaptation of legislation on the minimum safety and health requirements for improved medical treatment on board vessels. |0 |0 |Regulatory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(4) Committee of the Community Action Programme to combat discrimination. |2 |4 |Several: Advisory, Management |1 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(5) Committee of the Community action programme to encourage co-operation between Member States to combat social exclusion |4 |4 |Several: Advisory, Management |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(6) Employment Incentive Measures. |2 |2 |Several: Advisory, Management |5 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |TOTAL: |10 |12 | |6 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | | The 6 committees of this policy sector have delivered a total of 6 opinions giving raise to no implementing measure.

Abolished committee:

- Restricted Committee for Safety and Health in the Mining and Other Extractive Industries. Basic legal act: The Restricted Committee of the Safety and Health Commission for the Mining and other Extractive Industries set up by Council Decisions of 9 July 1957, 11 March 1965 and 27 June 1974 was mandated by Directive 82/130/EEC as Technical Adaptation Committee. The Restricted Committee was disbanded from this function on 1st January 2004 by Council Decision of 22 July 2003 setting up an Advisory Committee on Safety and Health at Work (a non-comitology advisory body based on article 202 of the EC-Treaty).

DETAILED INFORMATION FOR AGRICULTURE

Committee |Nr of meetings |Nr of days |Procedure |Favourable opinions |Unfavourable opinions |No opinion |Measures adopted by the Commission |Referred to Council |Cases in which EP has adopted a resolution according to art. 8 of Council Decision 1999/468/EEC | |(1) Committee on Agricultural Structures and Rural Development (STAR Committee) |11 |11 |Several: Advisory, Management |57 |0 |0 |57 |0 |0 | |(2) Committee on the conservation, characterisation, collection and utilisation of genetic resources in agriculture. |2 |2 |Management |1 |0 |0 |1 |0 |0 | |(3) Community Committee on the Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN). |3 |3 |Management |7 |0 |0 |7 |0 |0 | |(4) European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund Committee. |15 |19 |Management |9 |0 |0 |9 |0 |0 | |(5) Implementation Committee for aromatised wine-based drinks. |0 |0 |Several, Management, Regulatory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(6) Implementation Committee for spirit drinks. |5 |5 |Several: Advisory, Regulatory |3 |0 |0 |3 |0 |0 | |(7) Joint meetings of management committees |32 |32 |- |23 |0 |3 |26 |0 |0 | |(8) Management Committee for bananas. |14 |14 |Management |13 |0 |1 |14 |0 |0 | |(9) Management Committee for beef and veal. |18 |18 |Management |28 |0 |1 |29 |0 |0 | |(10) Management Committee for cereals. |43 |43 |Management |448 |0 |70 |518 |0 |0 | |(11) Management committee for direct payments |26 |26 |Management |17 |0 |2 |19 |0 |0 | |(12) Management Committee for dried fodder. |1 |1 |Management |1 |0 |0 |1 |0 |0 | |(13) Management Committee for fruit and vegetables. |13 |13 |Management |50 |0 |5 |55 |0 |0 | |(14) Management Committee for hops. |1 |1 |Management |3 |0 |0 |3 |0 |0 | |(15) Management Committee for live plants and floriculture products. |0 |0 |Management |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(16) Management Committee for milk and milk products. |24 |24 |Management |160 |0 |66 |226 |0 |0 | |(17) Management Committee for Natural Fibres |5 |5 |Management |5 |0 |0 |5 |0 |0 | |(18) Management Committee for oils and fats. |14 |14 |Management |21 |0 |4 |25 |0 |0 | |(19) Management Committee for pig meat. |11 |11 |Management |18 |0 |1 |19 |0 |0 | |(20) Management Committee for poultry and eggs. |11 |11 |Management |47 |0 |0 |47 |0 |0 | |(21) Management Committee for products processed from fruit and vegetables. |13 |13 |Management |23 |0 |1 |24 |0 |0 | |(22) Management Committee for raw tobacco. |9 |9 |Management |9 |0 |0 |9 |0 |0 | |(23) Management Committee for seeds. |2 |2 |Management |0 |0 |1 |1 |0 |0 | |(24) Management Committee for sheep meat and goat meat. |2 |2 |Management |2 |0 |0 |2 |0 |0 | |(25) Management Committee for sugar. |33 |33 |Management |138 |0 |2 |140 |0 |0 | |(26) Management Committee for wines. |16 |16 |Management |26 |0 |2 |28 |0 |0 | |(27) Regulatory Committee on certificates of specific character for agricultural products and foodstuffs. |3 |3 |Regulatory |1 |0 |0 |1 |0 |0 | |(28) Regulatory Committee on Organic Farming. |6 |8 |Regulatory |4 |0 |0 |4 |0 |0 | |(29) Regulatory Committee on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs (OAP). |5 |5 |Regulatory |4 |0 |0 |4 |0 |0 | |(30) Standing Committee on Agricultural Research (SCAR). |0 |0 |Management |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(31) Standing Forestry Committee (SFC). |6 |6 |Regulatory |2 |0 |0 |2 |0 |0 | |TOTAL: |344 |350 | |1279 |0 |159 |1279 |0 |0 | | The 30 committees of this policy sector have delivered a total of 1279 opinions giving raise to 1279 implementing measures.

DETAILED INFORMATION FOR TRANSPORT AND ENERGY

Committee |Nr of meetings |Nr of days |Procedure |Favourable opinions |Unfavourable opinions |No opinion |Measures adopted by the Commission |Referred to Council |Cases in which EP has adopted a resolution according to art. 8 of Council Decision 1999/468/EEC | |(1) Advisory Committee for the technical adaptation of the Community procedure to improve the transparency of gas and electricity prices charged to industrial end-users. |0 |0 |Advisory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(2) Advisory Committee on application of the legislation on access for Community air carriers to intra-Community air routes. |1 |1 |Advisory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(3) Advisory Committee on measures taken in the event of a crisis in the market in the carriage of goods by road and for laying down the conditions under which non-resident carriers may operate national road haulage services within a Member State (cabotage) |0 |0 |Advisory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(4) Advisory Committee on the conditions under which non-resident carriers may operate national road passenger transport services within a Member State (cabotage) |0 |0 |Several: Advisory, Safeguard |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(5) Advisory Committee on unfair pricing practices in maritime transport. |0 |0 |Advisory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(6) Combined heat and power committee |0 |0 |Regulatory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(7) Committee on the interoperability of electronic road toll systems in the Community |1 |1 |Regulatory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(8) Committee for implementation of the multiannual framework programme for action in the energy sector (2003 to 2006) (Intelligent energy for Europa) |3 |3.5 |Management |2 |0 |0 |2 |0 |0 | |(9) Committee on application of the legislation on ship inspection and survey organisations and the relevant activities of maritime administrations |0 |0 |Regulatory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(10) Committee for the implementation of the distribution and management of authorisations for heavy trucks of the Community circulating in Switzerland |0- |0 |Regulatory |1 |0 |0 |1 |0 |0 | |(11) Committee on the adaptation to technical progress on the possible adoption of a harmonised method of analysis of the risks concerning minimum safety requirements for tunnels in the trans-European road network. |1 |1 |Regulatory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(12) Committee for harmonisation of national measures on the indication by labelling and standard product information of the consumption of energy and other resources by household appliances. |2 |1.5 |Regulatory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(13) Committee for the establishment of conditions for the interoperability of the trans-European high-speed rail system. |5 |8 |Regulatory |4 |0 |0 |2 |0 |0 | | (14) Committee for the implementation of common rules for the transport, distribution, provision and storage of natural gas |0 |0 |Regulatory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | | (15) Committee for the implementation of legislation relating to conditions of access to the network for cross boarder exchanges of electricity |0 |0 |Regulatory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(16) Committee for the implementation of the series of guidelines for trans-European energy networks. |1 |0.5 |Regulatory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(17) Committee on adaptation of the legislation concerning reciprocal recognition of national boatmasters' certificates for the carriage of goods and passengers by inland waterway. |0 |0 |Several: Advisory, Management, Regulatory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(18) Committee on application of the legislation concerning the definition and use of compatible technical specifications for the procurement of air traffic management equipment and systems. |0 |0 |Regulatory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(19) Committee on application of the legislation on access to the ground handling market at Community airports. |0 |0 |Advisory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(20) Committee on application of the legislation on enhancing ship and port facility security |3 |3 |Advisory,

Regulatory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(21) Committee on application of the legislation on harmonisation of technical requirements and administrative procedures in the field of civil aviation. |0 |0 |Regulatory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(22) Committee on application of the legislation on the minimum requirements for vessels bound for or leaving Community ports and carrying dangerous or polluting goods. |0 |0 |Regulatory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(23) Committee on application of the legislation on tonnage measurement of ballast spaces in segregated ballast oil tankers (SBT). |0 |0 |Regulatory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(24) Committee on application of the legislation on harmonisation of technical requirements and administrative procedures in the field of civil aviation security. |8 |14 |Regulatory |1 |0 |0 |1 |0 |0 | |(25) Committee on driving licences. |2 |2 |Regulatory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(26) Committee on Energy Demand Management (Directive 2002/91/EC on the energy performance of buildings) |6 |7.5 |Regulatory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(27) Committee on Safe Seas and prevention of pollution from ships + regulation |2 |3 |Regulatory |5 |0 |0 |5 |0 |0 | |(28) Committee on tachograph (CATP). |0 |0 |Regulatory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(29) Committee on the transport of dangerous goods. |2 |2 |Regulatory |6 |0 |0 |6 |0 |0 | |(30) Committee overseeing the conditions governing imports of agricultural products originating in third countries following the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power station. |0 |0 |Regulatory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(31) Community/Switzerland Transport Committee (rail and road). |1 |1 |Regulatory |1 |0 |0 |1 |0 |0 | |(32) Developing European Railways Committee. |2 |2 |Several: Advisory, Regulatory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(33) EASA Committee (air safety) |2 |2 |Several: Advisory, Regulatory, Safeguard |4 |0 |0 |4 |0 |0 | |(34) Committee on a transitional points system applicable to heavy goods vehicles travelling through Austria for 2004 within the framework of a sustainable transport policy (Ecopoints committee Austria 2004) |0 |0 |Advisory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(35) Marco Polo Committee |1 |1.5 |Management |2 |0 |0 |2 |0 |0 | |(36) Single Sky Committee (SSC) |5 |6 |Advisory, Regulatory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(37) Technical Adaptation Committee on Roadworthiness Testing. |0 |0 |Several: Advisory, Regulatory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(38) Ten-Energy Financial Assistance Committee. |1 |.5 |Regulatory |2 |0 |0 |2 |0 |0 | |(39) Ten-Transport Financial Assistance Committee. |2 |3.5 |Regulatory |10 |0 |0 |10 |0 |0 | |(40) Transport infrastructure charging |0 |0 |Advisory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |TOTAL: |51 |64.5 | |38 |0 |0 |36 |0 |0 | | The 40 committees of this policy sector have delivered a total of 38 opinions giving raise to 36 implementing measures.

Newly created committee(s) :

- Committee on the adaptation to technical progress on the possible adoption of a harmonised method of analysis of the risks concerning minimum safety requirements for tunnels in the trans-European road network .Basic legal act: Directive 2004/54/EC on minimum safety requirements for tunnels in the trans-European road network.

- Single Sky Committee (SSC) Basic legal act: Regulation 549/2004 Of the EP and the Council laying down the framework for the creation of the single European sky (OJ L96, 31/03/2004)

- Committee for the implementation of legislation relating to conditions of access to the network for cross boarder exchanges of electricity Basic legal act: Regulation 1228/2003 on conditions for access to the network for cross border exchanges of electricity (OJ L 176 of 15/07/2003)

- Committee for the implementation of common rules for the transport, distribution, provision and storage of natural gas Basic legal act: Directive 2003/55 of the EP and the Council concerning common rules for the internal market in natural gas and repealing Directive 98/30 (EC) - OJ 176/2003

- Committee for implementation of the multiannual framework programme for action in the energy sector (2003 to 2006) (Intelligent energy for Europa) Basic legal act: Decision 1230/2003 of the EP and the Council adopting a multiannual programme for action in the field of energy 'Intelligent energy - Europe' (2003-2006) OJ L 176, 2003

- Committee on Energy Demand Management asic legal act: Directive 2002/91 of the EP and the Council on the energy performance of buildings - OJ L 1, 2003

- Committee on the promotion of cogeneration based on a useful heat demand in the internal energy market (Cogeneration Committee) Basic legal act: Directive 2004/8 of the EP and the Council on the promotion of cogeneration based on a useful heat demand in the internal energy market and amending Directive 92/42/EEC - OJ L 52, 2004.

- Committee on a transitional points system applicable to heavy goods vehicles travelling through Austria for 2004 within the framework of a sustainable transport policy Basic legal act: Regulation 2327/2003 of the EP and the Council establishing a transitional points system applicable to heavy goods vehicles travelling through Austria for 2004 within the framework of a sustainable transport policy - OJ L 345, 2003

- Electronic road tolls Committee Basic legal act: Directive 2004/52 of the EP and the Council on the interoperability of electronic road toll systems in the Community -OJ L 166, 2004.

- Maritime security Committee Basic legal act: Regulation 725/2004 of the EP and the Council on enhancing ship and port facility security - OJ L 129, 2004.

Abolished committee(s):

- Committee for implementation of the regulation concerning the granting of Community financial assistance for actions of an innovative nature to promote combined transport (PACT) (1997-2001). Basic legal act: Programme period for this Committee has elapsed. Superseded by the Marco Polo committee” (Running N° 35)

- Committee for implementation of the multiannual framework programme for actions in the energy sector (1998-2002) - rational and efficient use of energy resources (SAVE).*

- Committee for implementation of the multiannual framework programme for actions in the energy sector (1999-2002) - clean solid fuel technologies ("CARNOT").*

- Committee for implementation of the multiannual framework programme for actions in the energy sector (1999-2002) -- future development of energy policy ("ETAP").*

- Committee for implementation of the multiannual framework programme for actions in the energy sector (1999-2002) - reinforcement of international cooperation ("SYNERGY").*

- Committee for implementation of the multiannual framework programme for actions in the energy sector (1999-2002) - safety of nuclear installations in the countries participating in the TACIS programme ("SURE").*

- Committee for the application of legislation on the transfer of ships from one register to another within the Community.

- Committee on application of the legislation on ship inspection and survey organisations and the relevant activities of maritime administrations.

- Committee on application of the legislation on the minimum level of training for seafarers and the recognition of certificates issued by training institutes or administrations of third countries (STCW).

- Ecopoints Management Committee; elapsed due to end of the interim period covered by the Treaty of Austria’s accession. Replaced by the ecopoints Austria 2004 committee (Running N° 34).

* The SAVE, CARNOT, ETAP, SYNERGY and SURE committees have been superseded by the Intelligent Energy Committee (Running N° 8)

DETAILED INFORMATION FOR ENVIRONMENT

Committee |Nr of meetings |Nr of days |Procedure |Favourable opinions |Unfavourable opinions |No opinion |Measures adopted by the Commission |Referred to Council |Cases in which EP has adopted a resolution according to art. 8 of Council Decision 1999/468/EEC | |(1) Advisory Committee for implementation of the directive on the limitation of emissions of volatile organic compounds due to the use of organic solvents in certain activities and installations |0 |0 |Advisory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(2) Advisory Committee for implementation of the directive relating to a reduction in the sulphur content of certain liquid fuels. |0 |0 |Advisory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(3) Committee for application of the regulation authorising voluntary participation by undertakings in the industrial sector in a Community eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS). |3 |6 |Regulatory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(4) Committee for implementation of the directive on integrated pollution prevention and control (IPPC). |2 |4 |Regulatory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(5) Committee for implementation of the directive on packaging and packaging waste. |1 |1 |Regulatory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(6) Committee for implementing the Community action programme in the field of civil protection (CPC) (2000-2004) |3 |6 |Several |2 |0 |0 |2 |0 |0 | |(7) Committee for implementing the directive establishing a Community policy regarding water. |3 |1.5 |Regulatory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(8) Committee for the adaptation to scientific and technical progress and implementation of the directive on protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources. |2 |2 |Regulatory |1 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(9) Committee for the adaptation to scientific and technical progress and implementation of the directive on the incineration of hazardous waste. |0 |0 |Regulatory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(10) Committee for the adaptation to scientific and technical progress and implementation of the directive on urban waste water treatment. |1 |2 |Regulatory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(11) Committee for the adaptation to scientific and technical progress and implementation of the directives on waste. |11 |11 |Regulatory |3 |1 |0 |2 |1 |0 | |(12) Committee for the adaptation to scientific and technical progress of the directive on conservation of wild birds (ORNIS). |2 |2 |Regulatory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(13) Committee for the adaptation to technical and scientific progress of the directive on the quality of water intended for human consumption. |0 |0 |Management |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(14) Committee for the adaptation to technical progress and application of the Community award scheme for an eco-label (ECO-LABEL). |3 |1.5 |Regulatory |7 |0 |0 |7 |0 |0 | |(15) Committee for the adaptation to technical progress and implementation of the directive on the contained use of genetically modified micro-organisms. |1 |0 |Regulatory |1 |0 |0 |1 |0 |0 | |(16) Committee for the adaptation to technical progress and implementation of the directive on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms. |6 |5.5 |Several |2 |0 |11 |2 |11 |0 | |(17) Committee for the adaptation to technical progress and implementation of the regulation on the evaluation and control of the risks of existing substances. |1 |1 |Regulatory |2 |0 |0 |1 |0 |0 | |(18) Committee for the adaptation to technical progress of legislation to remove technical barriers to trade in dangerous substances and preparations. |2 |2 |Several |3 |0 |0 |3 |0 |0 | |(19) Committee for the adaptation to technical progress of the directive on the control of volatile organic compound emissions resulting from the storage of petrol and its distribution from terminals to service stations (VOC). |0 |0 |Regulatory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(20) Committee for the adaptation to technical progress of the directive on the quality of bathing water. |0 |0 |Regulatory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(21) Committee for the application of the directive relating to the availability of consumer information on fuel economy and CO2 emissions in respect of the marketing of new passenger cars |0 |0 |Regulatory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(22) Committee for the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to measures against the emission of gaseous and particulate pollutants from internal combustion engines to be installed in non-road mobile machinery |0 |0 |Regulatory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(23) Committee for the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to noise emission in the environment by equipment for use outdoors |0 |0 |Regulatory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(24) Committee for the implementation of the Community framework for cooperation to promote sustainable urban development (2001 - 2004) |1 |.5 |Advisory |1 |0 |0 |1 |0 |0 | |(25) Committee for the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein (CITES). |5 |5 |Regulatory |3 |0 |0 |3 |0 |0 | |(26) Committee on implementing legislation on ambient air quality assessment and management. |0 |0 |Regulatory |1 |0 |0 |4 |0 |0 | |(27) Committee on Marine Pollution |2 |4 |Management |1 |0 |0 |1 |0 |0 | |(28) Committee on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora (HABITAT). |2 |2 |Regulatory |3 |0 |0 |3 |0 |0 | |(29) Committee on the financial instrument for the environment (LIFE). |1 |1 |Management |2 |0 |0 |2 |0 |0 | |(30) Climate Change Committee. |6 |10 |Regulatory |2 |0 |0 |2 |0 |0 | |(31) Management Committee for application of the directive on the standardisation and rationalisation of reports on the implementation of certain directives relating to the environment. |0 |0 |Management |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(32) Management Committee to monitor production and consumption of substances that deplete the ozone layer (SDO) |4 |8 |Management |7 |0 |0 |6 |0 |0 | |(33) Standing Committee for implementation of the directive concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market. |0 |0 |Several |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(34) Standing Committee for implementation of the directive on the control of major accidental hazards involving dangerous substances. |2 |2 |Regulatory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(35) Committee for Directive 2003/65/EEC on the approximation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States regarding the protection of animals used for experimental and other scientific purposes. |0 |0 |Regulatory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |TOTAL: |64 |78 | |41 |1 |11 |40 |12 |0 | | The 35 committees of this policy sector have delivered a total of 42 opinions giving raise to 40 implementing measures.

Newly created committee(s) :

- Climate Change Committee Basic legal act: Decision 2004/280/EC concerning a mechanism for monitoring Community Greenhouse Gas emissions and for implementing the Kyoto protocol

Specification of the unfavourable/ absence of opinions – referrals to the Council :

(Unfavourable opinion)

- Committee for the adaptation to scientific and technical progress and implementation of the directives on waste. Draft measure concerned: Decision establishing the maximum concentration values for certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment; repealed due to the lack of transmission to the European Parliament of the draft Council decision for the exercise of the right of scrutiny.Related basic legal act: Directive 2002/95/EC (RoHS-Directive)Date of voting: 10/06/2004Result of voting: NegativeFollow up in the Council: The Council did not act by the deadline 29/12/2004. Referred again to the Council in 2005, due to the lack of transmission to the European Parliament of the draft Council decision for the exercise of the right of scrutiny.

(Absence of opinions)

- Committee for the adaptation to technical progress and implementation of the directive on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms .Draft measure concerned: Decision on authorisation of GM Maize (NK 603) – COM2004/643/ECRelated basic legal act: Directive 2001/18/ECDate of voting: 18/02/2004Result of voting: Negative – referred to the CouncilFollow up in the Council: The Council did not act by the deadline 29/06/2004.Product authorised by Commission Decision 2004/643/EC of 19.07.2004

- Committee for the adaptation to technical progress and implementation of the directive on the contained use of genetically modified micro-organisms .Draft measure concerned: Decision on authorisation for GM oilseed rape (GT 73)Related basic legal act: Directive 2001/18/ECDate of voting: 16/06/2004Result of voting: Negative – referred to the CouncilFollow up in the Council: The Council did not act by the deadline 20/12/2004.Product authorised by Commission Decision 2005/635/EC of 31.08.2005

- Committee for the adaptation to technical progress and implementation of the directive on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms .Draft measure concerned: Decision for authorisation of GM maize (MON 863)Related basic legal act: Directive 2001/18/ECDate of voting: 29/11/2004Result of voting: Negative – referred to the Council (transmitted 26/04/2005)Product authorised by Commission Decision 2005/608/EC of 08.08.2005

Due to a qualified majority against the following 8 draft Council proposals to lift the ongoing safeguard clauses (bans) concerning certain GMO approved under DIR 2001/18/EC at the June Environment Council, the Commission has been requested to gather further scientific evidence and to further assessment. Therefore, the 8 draft measures are now at the European Food & Safety Authority (EFSA). No opinions have been released so far.

- Committee for the adaptation to technical progress and implementation of the directive on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms .Draft measure concerned: Decision on provisional prohibition of BT 176 Maize in AustriaRelated basic legal act: Directive 2001/18/ECDate of voting: 29/11/2004Result of voting: Negative – referred to the Council

- Committee for the adaptation to technical progress and implementation of the directive on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms .Draft measure concerned: Decision on provisional prohibition of BT 176 Maize in LithuaniaRelated basic legal act: Directive 2001/18/ECDate of voting: 29/11/2004Result of voting: Negative – referred to the Council

- Committee for the adaptation to technical progress and implementation of the directive on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms. Draft measure concerned: Decision on the provisional prohibition of BT 176 Maize in GermanyRelated basic legal act: Directive 2001/18/ECDate of voting: 29/11/2004Result of voting: Negative – referred to the Council

- Committee for the adaptation to technical progress and implementation of the directive on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms .Draft measure concerned: Decision on provisional prohibition of MON 810 maize in AustriaRelated basic legal act: Directive 2001/18/ECDate of voting: 29/11/2004Result of voting: Negative – referred to the Council

- Committee for the adaptation to technical progress and implementation of the directive on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms .Draft measure concerned: Decision on provisional prohibition of T 25 Maize in AustriaRelated basic legal act: Directive 2001/18/ECDate of voting: 29/11/2004Result of voting: Negative – referred to the Council

- Committee for the adaptation to technical progress and implementation of the directive on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms .Draft measure concerned: Decision on provisional prohibition of MS1, RF1 swede rape in FranceRelated basic legal act: Directive 2001/18/ECDate of voting: 29/11/2004Result of voting: Negative – referred to the Council

- Committee for the adaptation to technical progress and implementation of the directive on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms .Draft measure concerned: Decision on provisional prohibition of Topas 19/2 swede rape in GreeceRelated basic legal act: Directive 2001/18/ECDate of voting: 29/11/2004Result of voting: Negative – referred to the Council

- Committee for the adaptation to technical progress and implementation of the directive on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms .Draft measure concerned: Decision on provisional prohibition of Topas 19/2 swede rape in FranceRelated basic legal act: Directive 2001/18/ECDate of voting: 29/11/2004Result of voting: Negative – referred to the Council

Detailed information for RESEARCH

Committee |Nr of meetings |Nr of days |Procedure |Favourable opinions |Unfavourable opinions |No opinion |Measures adopted by the Commission |Referred to Council |Cases in which EP has adopted a resolution according to art. 8 of Council Decision 1999/468/EEC | |(1) Committee for the execution of the specific programme for research, technological development and demonstration: "Integrating and Strengthening the European Research Area" (2002-2006)* |41 |39 |Several, Management, Regulatory |142 |0 |0 |142 |0 |0 | |(2) Committee for the execution of the specific programme for research, technological development and demonstration: "Structuring the European Research Area" (2002-2006)* |17 |22 |Management |43 |0 |0 |43 |0 |0 | |(3) Standing Committee for Agricultural Research (SCAR)** |0 |0 |Management |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |TOTAL: |58 |61 | |185 |0 |0 |185 |0 |0 | | The 3 committees of this policy sector have delivered a total of 185 opinions giving raise to 185 implementing measures.

* In accordance with the statements for the minutes of the Competitiveness Council of 30/9/2002 concerning the operation of these two programme committees, each meets in different configurations, according to the nature of the issues on the agenda to be discussed.

The configurations are as follows:

1) Committee for the execution of the specific programme for research, technological development and demonstration: "Integrating and Strengthening the European Research Area" (2002-2006):

- Horizontal configuration;

- Life sciences, genomics and biotechnology for health;

- Information society technologies;

- Nanotechnologies and nanosciences, knowledge-based multifunctional materials and new production processes and devices;

- Aeronautics and space;

- Food quality and safety;

- Sustainable development, global change and ecosystems;

- Citizens and governance in a knowledge-based society.

2) Committee for the execution of the specific programme for research, technological development and demonstration: "Structuring the European Research Area" (2002-2006):

- Horizontal configuration;

- Research and innovation;

- Human resources and mobility;

- Research infrastructures;

- Science and society.

The data in this table are aggregated for all configurations in each committee, with the exception of the configuration “Information society technologies” (data provided under “Detailed information for INFORMATION SOCIETY”) and of the configuration “Research and Innovation” (data provided under “Detailed information for ENTERPRISE POLICY”).

** The work of the Standing Committee for Agricultural Research (SCAR) is undertaken in the Research policy sector since 2/07/2004.

DETAILED INFORMATION FOR INFORMATION SOCIETY

Committee |Nr of meetings |Nr of days |Procedure |Favourable opinions |Unfavourable opinions |No opinion |Measures adopted by the Commission |Referred to Council |Cases in which EP has adopted a resolution according to art. 8 of Council Decision 1999/468/EEC | |(1) Advisory Committee on information systems security (SOG-IS) |0 |0 |Several |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(2) Committee for the execution of the specific programme for research, technological development and demonstration: "Integrating and Strengthening the European Research Area" (2002-2006) - Configuration “Information society technologies” |9 |12 |Several, Management, Regulatory |15 |0 |0 |15 |0 |0 | |(3) Committee for the implementation of the multiannual Community programme to stimulate the development and use of European digital content on the global networks and to promote linguistic diversity in the information society (eContent) |1 |.5 |Management |2 |0 |0 |2 |0 |0 | |(4) Committee for the implementation of the series of guidelines for trans-European telecommunications networks (TEN-TELECOM guidelines). |4 |4 |Regulatory |1 |0 |0 |1 |0 |0 | |(6) Committee on the multiannual Community action plan on promoting safe use of the Internet (1999-2002). (Safer Internet) |1 |1 |Regulatory |4 |0 |0 |5 |0 |0 | |(7) Communications Committee- framework directive 2002/21/EC (COCOM) |7 |6.5 |Several |4 |0 |0 |4 |0 |0 | |(8) Electronic Signatures Committee. |0 |0 |Management |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(9) Radio Spectrum Committee (RSC) - Decision n° 676/2002/EC (RSC) |4 |4 |Several |5 |0 |0 |4 |0 |0 | |(10) TEN TELECOM Financial Regulation Committee (Regulation n°2236/95). |2 |2 |Regulatory |1 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(11) MODINIS Management Committee |3 |2 |Management |3 |0 |0 |3 |0 |0 | |TOTAL: |31 |32 | |35 |0 |0 |34 |0 |0 | | The 10 committees of this policy sector have delivered a total of 35 opinions giving raise to 34 implementing measures.

Newly created committee(s) :

- MODINIS Management Committee Basic legal act: Decision No 2256/2003/EC

Abolished committee(s):

- Advisory Committee on the implementation of open telecommunications network provision (ONP). Basic legal act: The ONP was set up by Art. 9 of Directive 90/387/EEC and repealed by Art. 26 of Directive 2002/21/EC

- Committee for application of the legislation on general authorisations and individual licences in the field of telecommunications services (GAIL/AGLI). Basic legal act: The GAIL/AGLI was set up by Art. 14 of Directive 97/13/EC and repealed by Art. 26 of Directive 2002/21/EC

- Advisory Committee on Telecommunications Procurement Basic legal act: The ACTP was set up by Art. 39 of Directive 93/38/EC and repealed by Art. 73 of Directive 2004/17/EC with effect from 30/04/2004 (the date of effective application of this directive by the Member States will be 31/01/2006)

Detailed information for FISHERIES

Committee |Nr of meetings |Nr of days |Procedure |Favourable opinions |Unfavourable opinions |No opinion |Measures adopted by the Commission |Referred to Council |Cases in which EP has adopted a resolution according to art. 8 of Council Decision 1999/468/EEC | |(1) Committee on Structures for Fisheries and Aquaculture |4 |4 |Several: Advisory, Management |3 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(2) Committee for Fisheries Products |9 |5.5 |Management |15 |0 |0 |15 |0 |0 | |(3) Committee for Fisheries and Aquaculture |9 |7 |Several: Management, Regulatory |11 |0 |1 |11 |0 |0 | |TOTAL: |22 |16.5 | |29 |0 |1 |26 |0 |0 | | The 3 committees of this policy sector have delivered a total of 29 opinions giving raise to 26 implementing measures.

Specification of the absence of opinion :

- Management Committee for the Fisheries and Aquaculture Sector (MCFAS). Draft measure concerned: Proposal for a Commission Regulation laying down detailed rules for the marking and identification of passive fishing gear and beam trawlsRelated basic legal act: Council Regulation (EEC) No 2846/1993 of 12 October 1993 establishing a control system applicable to the common fisheries policyDate of voting: 14/12/2005Result of voting: Favourable 231, unfavourable 70, abstentions 12.

Detailed information for INTERNAL MARKET

Committee |Nr of meetings |Nr of days |Procedure |Favourable opinions |Unfavourable opinions |No opinion |Measures adopted by the Commission |Referred to Council |Cases in which EP has adopted a resolution according to art. 8 of Council Decision 1999/468/EEC | |(1) Accounting Regulatory Committee |8 |8 |Regulatory |6 |0 |0 |5 |0 |0 | |(2) Advisory Committee on Public Procurement (ACPC). |3 |3 |Advisory |2 |0 |0 |2 |0 |0 | |(3) Banking Advisory Committee (BAC). |3 |3 |Regulatory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(4) Committee for application of the legislation concerning common rules for the development of the internal market of Community postal services and the improvement of quality of service. |2 |2 |Regulatory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(5) Committee of Senior Officials on Public Health (CSOPH). |1 |1 |Management |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(6) Committee on fees, implementation rules and the procedure of the boards of appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (trade marks and designs). |8 |8 |Regulatory |3 |0 |0 |3 |0 |0 | |(7) Committee on the second general system for the recognition of professional education and training. |1 |1 |Management |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(8) European Securities Committee |10 |10 |Regulatory |2 |0 |0 |2 |0 |0 | |(9) Insurance Committee. |2 |2 |Regulatory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(10) UCITS Contact Committee |1 |1 |Advisory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(11) European Financial Conglomerates Committee |1 |1 |Regulatory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |TOTAL: |40 |40 | |13 |0 |0 |12 |0 |0 | | The 11 committees of this policy sector have delivered a total of 13 opinions giving raise to 12 implementing measures.

DETAILED INFORMATION FOR REGIONAL POLICY

Committee |Nr of meetings |Nr of days |Procedure |Favourable opinions |Unfavourable opinions |No opinion |Measures adopted by the Commission |Referred to Council |Cases in which EP has adopted a resolution according to art. 8 of Council Decision 1999/468/EEC | |(1) Committee for the Development and Conversion of Regions (CDCR) |10 |10 |Several: Advisory, Management |20 |0 |0 |17 |0 |0 | |(2) Committee on the regulation establishing an Instrument for Structural Policies for Pre-Accession (ISPA). |1 |1 |Management |9 |0 |0 |9 |0 |0 | |TOTAL: |11 |11 | |29 |0 |0 |26 |0 |0 | | The 2 committees of this policy sector have delivered a total of 29 opinions giving raise to 26 implementing measures.

DETAILED INFORMATION FOR TAXATION AND CUSTOMS UNION

Committee |Nr of meetings |Nr of days |Procedure |Favourable opinions |Unfavourable opinions |No opinion |Measures adopted by the Commission |Referred to Council |Cases in which EP has adopted a resolution according to art. 8 of Council Decision 1999/468/EEC | |(1) Committee for implementation of an action programme for customs in the Community (Customs 2007) (2003-2007). |1 |1 |Management |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(2) Committee for monitoring trade in substances used for the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances (precursors). |2 |3 |Management |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(3) Committee for mutual assistance on recovery of claims (assistance). |1 |1 |Regulatory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(4) Committee on economic outward processing arrangements for textiles. |0 |0 |Regulatory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(5) Committee on excise duties. |9 |14 |Regulatory |1 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(6) Committee on the export and return of cultural goods. |0 |0 |Advisory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(7) Committee on the movement of air or sea passengers' baggage (principles). |0 |0 |Regulatory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(8) Customs Code Committee - counterfeit and pirated goods. |3 |3 |Management |0 |1 |0 |1 |0 |0 | |(8…) Customs Code Committee - customs procedures with economic impact. |2 |3 |Regulatory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(8…) Customs Code Committee - customs valuation. |7 |8 |Regulatory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(8…) Customs Code Committee - customs warehouses and free zones.. |5 |5 |Regulatory |1 |0 |0 |1 |0 |0 | |(8…) Customs Code Committee - duty-free arrangements. |0 |0 |Regulatory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(8…) Customs Code Committee - economic tariff questions - Quotas |2 |4 |Several, Management, Regulatory |9 |0 |0 |11 |0 |0 | |(8…) Customs Code Committee - favourable tariff treatment (end-use of goods) |3 |3 |Management |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(8…) Customs Code Committee - general legislation. |7 |7 |Regulatory |1 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(8…) Customs Code Committee - movement of air or sea passengers' baggage (technical problems). |0 |0 |Regulatory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(8…) Customs Code Committee - origin. |7 |16 |Several, Management, Regulatory |4 |0 |0 |4 |0 |0 | |(8…) Customs Code Committee - repayment |7 |7 |Regulatory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(8…) Customs Code Committee - Single Administrative Document |4 |4 |Regulatory |1 |0 |0 |1 |0 |0 | |(8…) Customs Code Committee - tariff and statistical nomenclature - Agriculture and chemicals |5 |10 |Management |7 |0 |1 |8 |0 |0 | |(8…) Customs Code Committee - tariff and statistical nomenclature - BTI |2 |3 |Management |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(8…) Customs Code Committee - tariff and statistical nomenclature - HS-CN-TARIC-QUOTAS |11 |18 |Management |6 |0 |0 |1 |0 |0 | |(8…) Customs Code Committee - tariff and statistical nomenclature - Mechanical appliances |5 |11 |Management |13 |0 |0 |11 |0 |0 | |(8…) Customs Code Committee - tariff and statistical nomenclature - Textiles |3 |4.5 |Management |5 |0 |0 |3 |0 |0 | |(8…) Customs Code Committee - transit. |12 |12 |Regulatory |4 |0 |1 |4 |1 |0 | |(9) Standing Committee on Administrative Cooperation |9 |9 |Regulatory |2 |0 |0 |2 |0 |0 | |(10) Committee for implementation of a programme of Community action to reinforce the functioning of the indirect taxation systems in the internal market (Fiscalis 2003-2007) |1 |1 |

Management |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |TOTAL: |108 |147,5 | |54 |1 |2 |47 |1 |0 | | The 10 committees of this policy sector have delivered a total of 55 opinions giving raise to 47 implementing measures.

Specification of the unfavourable opinion :

- Customs Code Committee - transit. Draft measure concerned: Draft Regulation of the Commission amending Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs CodeRelated basic legal act: Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs CodeDate of voting: 30/11/2004.

- Result of voting: Favourable 217, unfavourable 97, abstentions 7.

Follow-up in the Council: Adoption by the Council (CAGRE) on 22 May 2004.

DETAILED INFORMATION FOR EDUCATION AND CULTURE

Committee |Nr of meetings |Nr of days |Procedure |Favourable opinions |Unfavourable opinions |No opinion |Measures adopted by the Commission |Referred to Council |Cases in which EP has adopted a resolution according to art. 8 of Council Decision 1999/468/EEC | |(1) Committee for implementation of the actions laid down in the second phase of the Community vocational training action programme 'Leonardo da Vinci' (2000-2006) |5 |5 |Several: Advisory, Management |11 |0 |0 |11 |0 |0 | |(2) Committee for implementation of the programme establishing a single financing and programming instrument for cultural cooperation ("Culture 2000") (2000-2004). |2 |2 |Several: Advisory, Management |12 |0 |0 |12 |0 |0 | |(3) Committee for implementation of the second phase of the Community action programme in the field of education 'Socrates' (2000-2006). |3 |6 |Several: Advisory, Management |35 |0 |0 |24 |0 |0 | |(4) Committee for implementation of the third phase of the trans-European cooperation scheme for higher education (Tempus III) (2000-2006). |2 |1 |Several: Advisory, Management |2 |0 |0 |2 |0 |0 | |(5) Committee for the implementation of the training programme for professionals in the European audiovisual programme industry and of the programme to encourage the development, distribution and promotion of European audiovisual works (MEDIA-formation / MEDIA Plus) (2001-2005) |5 |5 |Several: Advisory, Management |49 |0 |0 |49 |0 |0 | |(6) Committee on the Community action programme concerning cooperation policy in the youth field, including European voluntary service and youth exchanges within the Community and with third countries (YOUTH) (2000-2006). |2 |2 |Several: Advisory, Management |1 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(7) The advisory committee for the European Year of Education through Sport 2004 |4 |5 |Advisory |2 |0 |0 |1 |0 |0 | |(8) Erasmus Mundus Committee |3 |3 |Several: Advisory, Management |14 |0 |0 |14 |0 |0 | |(9) eLearning Committee |2 |2 |Several: Advisory, Management |2 |0 |0 |2 |0 |0 | |TOTAL: |28 |31 | |128 |0 |0 |115 |0 |0 | | The 9 committees of this policy sector have delivered a total of 128 opinions giving raise to 115 implementing measures.

Newly created committees

- Erasmus Mundus Committee Basic legal act: Decision N° 2317/2003/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 December 2003 establishing a programme for the enhancement of quality in higher education and the promotion of intercultural understanding through cooperation with third countries (Erasmus Mundus) (2004 – 2008), OJ L 345/1 of 31.12.2003.

- eLearning Committee Basic legal act: Decision N° 2318/2003/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 December 2003 adopting a multiannual programme (2004 – 2006) for the effective integration of information and communication technologies (ICT) in education and training systems in Europe (eLearning programme), OJ L 345/9 of 31.12.2003.

DETAILED INFORMATION FOR HEALTH AND CONSUMER PROTECTION

Committee |Nr of meetings |Nr of days |Procedure |Favourable opinions |Unfavourable opinions |No opinion |Measures adopted by the Commission |Referred to Council |Cases in which EP has adopted a resolution according to art. 8 of Council Decision 1999/468/EEC | |(1) Committee established under Article 10 of the Directive 2001/37/EC on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning the manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco products. |1 |1 |Regulatory |1 |0 |0 |1 |0 |0 | |(2) Committee for the implementation of the Community action programme on public health (2003-2008) |2 |2 |Several: Advisory, Management |3 |0 |0 |1 |0 |0 | |(3) Committee of the General Product Safety Directive (2001/95/EC) |3 |3 |Regulatory |6 |0 |0 |6 |0 |0 | |(4) Committee for Community actions in support of Consumer Policy (2004-2007) |2 |1.5 |Advisory |5 |0 |0 |1 |0 |0 | |(5) Committee on the decision to set up a network for the epidemiological surveillance and control of communicable diseases. |0 |0 |Regulatory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(6) Regulatory Committee on the quality and safety of blood |2 |2 |Regulatory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(7) Standing Committee for Community protection of plant variety rights. |1 |1 |Regulatory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(8) Standing Committee on plant health (SCPH). |11 |19 |Regulatory |22 |0 |0 |22 |0 |0 | |(9) Standing Committee on propagating material and ornamental plants. |2 |1.5 |Several, Management, Regulatory |1 |0 |0 |1 |0 |0 | |(10) Standing Committee on propagating material and plants of fruit genera and species. |2 |1.5 |Several, Management, Regulatory |2 |0 |0 |2 |0 |0 | |(11) Standing Committee on seeds and propagating material for agriculture, horticulture and forestry (SCS). |11 |16 |Several, Management, Regulatory |16 |0 |0 |16 |0 |0 | |(12) Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health - Section "Phytopharmaceuticals- Pesticide residues" |5 |8.5 |Regulatory |10 |0 |0 |3 |0 |0 | |(13) Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health - Section: "Animal health and animal welfare" |15 |20.5 |Several: Advisory, Regulatory |133 |0 |0 |133 |0 |0 | |(14) Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health - Section: "Animal nutrition" |10 |13 |Regulatory |26 |0 |0 |26 |0 |0 | |(15) Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health - Section: "Biological safety of the food chain" |12 |11.5 |Regulatory |36 |0 |0 |36 |0 |0 | |(16) Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health - Section: "Controls and import conditions" |12 |11.5 |Regulatory |62 |0 |0 |62 |0 |0 | |(17) Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health - Section: "General food law" |6 |6 |Regulatory |5 |1 |3 |6 |4 |0 | |(18) Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health - Section: "Phytopharmaceuticals - Legislation" |5 |10 |Regulatory |18 |0 |0 |13 |0 |0 | |(19) Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health - Section: "Toxicological safety of the food chain" |5 |4.5 |Regulatory |20 |0 |0 |20 |0 |0 | |(20) Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health - Section: "Genetically Modified Food & Feed and Environmental Risk" |3 |3 |Regulatory |1 |0 |0 |1 |0 |0 | |(21) Standing Committee on Zootechnics (SCZ). |1 |1 |Regulatory |2 |0 |0 |2 |0 |0 | |TOTAL: |111 |138 | |369 |1 |3 |352 |4 |0 | | The 13 committees of this policy sector have delivered a total of 370 opinions giving raise to 352 implementing measures.

Newly created committee(s) :

- Committee for Community actions in support of Consumer policy (2004-2007) Basic legal act: Decision N°20/2004/CE of 28.12.2003

- Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health - Section: "Genetically Modified Food & Feed and Environmental Risk" Basic legal act: GM Food and Feed Regulation 1829/2003/EC

Abolished committee(s):

- Committee on implementation of the general framework for Community activities in favour of consumers (1999-2003). Basic legal act: Decision 283/1999/EC of 25.07.1999

Specification of the unfavourable opinion / referral to the Council

(Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health – Section "General food law”):

- Draft Commission decision authorising the placing on the market of sausages with added phytosterols/phytostanols as novel foods or novel food ingredients under Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

Specification of the absence of opinions / referrals to the Council

(Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health – Section "General food law”):

- Draft Commission decision authorising the placing on the market of foods and food ingredients derived from genetically modified maize line NK 603 as novel foods or novel food ingredients under Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

- Two draft Commission decisions authorising the placing on the market of rye bread with added phytosterols/phytostanols as novel foods or novel food ingredients under Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

Detailed information for HOME AND JUSTICE

Committee |Nr of meetings |Nr of days |Procedure |Favourable opinions |Unfavourable opinions |No opinion |Measures adopted by the Commission |Referred to Council |Cases in which EP has adopted a resolution according to art. 8 of Council Decision 1999/468/EEC | |(1) AGIS Committee |2 |2 |Several: Advisory, Management |2 |0 |1 |2 |0 |0 | |(2) ARGO Committee |0 |0 |Several: Advisory, Management |1 |0 |0 |1 |0 |0 | |(3) Committee Article 6 Visa |4 |8 |Regulatory |1 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(4) Committee for the Framework Programme for civil judicial cooperation |2 |2 |Several: Advisory, Management |3 |0 |0 |3 |0 |0 | |(5) Committee for the implementation of Daphne Programme |2 |1 |Several: Advisory, Management |2 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(6) European Refugee Fund Advisory Committee |3 |0 |Advisory |24 |0 |0 |24 |0 |0 | |(7) SIS II Committee |10 |10 |Several, Management, Regulatory |0 |0 |1 |0 |0 |0 | |(8) Committee on the service in the Member States of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil and commercial matters* |1 |1 |Advisory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(9) Committee on legal aid in cross-border disputes in civil and commercial matters* |2 |2 |Advisory |20 |0 |5 |1 |0 |0 | |(10) Committee Brussels I* |0 |0 |Advisory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |TOTAL: |26 |26 | |53 |0 |7 |31 |0 |0 | | The 10 committees of this policy sector have delivered a total of 53 opinions giving raise to 31 implementing measures.

Newly attributed procedure(s) to existing committees :

- SIS II Committee Procedures attributed: Management / Regulatory Basic legal act: Article 5 of the Council Decision 2004/512/EC of 8 June 2004 establishing the Visa Information System (VIS), OJ L 213 of 15.6.2004, p. 5.

* The three committees marked with an asterisk are newly listed in this policy sector, although they did exist already:

The Committee on the service in the Member States of judicial and extrajudicial documents in civil or commercial matters (Running N° 8) was created by Council Regulation (EC) N° 1348/2000/EC and exists since 2001, but it was not active until 2004.

The Committee on legal aid in cross-border disputes in civil and commercial matters) was created by Directive 2003/8/EC (Running N° 9) and had its first meeting in April 2003. It started effectively activities only in 2004.

The Brussels I Committee (Running N° 10) was created by Regulation 44/2001/EC but it has had no activities so far.

Detailed information for EXTERNAL RELATIONS

Committee |Nr of meetings |Nr of days |Procedure |Favourable opinions |Unfavourable opinions |No opinion |Measures adopted by the Commission |Referred to Council |Cases in which EP has adopted a resolution according to art. 8 of Council Decision 1999/468/EEC | |(1) Committee on certification and control of imports and exports of rough diamonds for the purpose of the implementation of the Kimberley Process certification scheme |3 |3 |Management |1 |0 |0 |1 |0 |0 | |(2) Committee on protection against the effects of the extra-territorial application of legislation adopted by a third country, and actions based thereon or resulting there from (anti-boycott) |0 |0 |Several, Management, Regulatory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(3) Committee on the implementation of projects promoting cooperation and commercial relations between the European Union and the industrialised countries of North America, the Far East and Australasia (EXPROM Advisory Committee) |2 |2 |Advisory |1 |0 |0 |1 |0 |0 | |TOTAL: |5 |5 | |2 |0 |0 |2 |0 |0 | | The 3 committees of this policy sector have delivered a total of 2 opinions giving raise to 2 implementing measures.

DETAILED INFORMATION FOR TRADE

Committee |Nr of meetings |Nr of days |Procedure |Favourable opinions |Unfavourable opinions |No opinion |Measures adopted by the Commission |Referred to Council |Cases in which EP has adopted a resolution according to art. 8 of Council Decision 1999/468/EEC | |(1) Advisory Committee on the implementation of activities relating to the Community market access strategy. |2 |2 |Advisory |1 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(2) Committee for administering the double-checking system without quantitative limits in respect of the export of certain steel products covered by the EC and the ECSC Treaties for the NIS countries (Ukraine, Russian Federation and Kazakhstan) having a steel agreement with the European Union (2000-2001). |3 |1.5 |Management |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(3) Committee on common rules for exports of products. |0 |0 |Safeguard |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(4) Textile Committee (conventional regime). |7 |3.5 |Regulatory |24 |0 |0 |24 |0 |0 | |(5) Committee on common rules for imports of textile products from certain third countries (autonomous regime). |0 |0 |- |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(6) Committee on defence against obstacles to trade which affect the market of the Community or a non-member country (TBR). |1 |1 |Several: Advisory, Safeguard |5 |0 |0 |5 |0 |0 | |(7) Committee on harmonisation of the provisions concerning export credit insurance for transactions with medium and long-term cover. |0 |0 |Management |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(8) Generalised System of Preferences Committee (GSPC). |1 |.5 |Several: Advisory, Regulatory |2 |0 |0 |2 |0 |0 | |(9) Management Committee on quantitative import or export quotas. |0 |0 |Management |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(10) OCT Transhipment Committee (Committee has never met so far) |0 |0 |Advisory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(11) Access to Medicines Committee | 0 |0 |Several: Advisory, Regulatory |9** |0 |0 |9 |0 |0 | |(12) Advisory Committee on common rules for imports of products originating in third countries*. |7 |3.5 |Safeguard |4 |0 |0 |4 |1 |0 | |(13) Advisory Committee on common rules for imports of products originating in certain third countries*. |7 |3.5 |Safeguard |4 |0 |0 |4 |1 |0 | |(14) Traditional product-specific safeguard mechanism for imports originating in the People's Republic of China (TPSSM)* | 0 |0 |Safeguard |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |TOTAL: |14 |8,5 | |41 |0 |0 |40 |0 |0 | | The 11 committees of this policy sector have delivered a total of 41 opinions giving raise to 40 implementing measures.

*These three Committees are applying safeguard procedures which do not fall under Council Decision 1999/468/EC (exception mentioned in recital 12) and their output is therefore not added to the total output of the TRADE Policy sector. They will not appear in future reports anymore. For reasons of transparency the one case referred to the Council from the Advisory Committee on common rules for imports of products originating in certain third countries is indicated hereafter:

- Draft measure concerned: Provisional safeguard measures on salmon (Commission regulation (EC) N° 1447/2004 of 13 August; OJ L 267, 14/08/2004)

- Related basic legal act: Council Regulation 519/94 (OJ L 67, 10.03.1994, p.89) and Council Regulation 3285/94 (OJ L 349, 31.12.1994, p. 53)

- Follow up in Council: No decision was taken in the Council within the three months deadline foreseen in the Regulations (3285/94 and 519/94), the measure was therefore revoked.

** All opinions of the Access to Medicines Committee were voted in written procedure according to the Rules of procedure.

DETAILED INFORMATION FOR ENLARGEMENT

Committee |Nr of meetings |Nr of days |Procedure |Favourable opinions |Unfavourable opinions |No opinion |Measures adopted by the Commission |Referred to Council |Cases in which EP has adopted a resolution according to art. 8 of Council Decision 1999/468/EEC | |(1) Committee on certain procedures for applying the Europe Agreements with the CEEC’s and the Republic of Slovenia and the free trade agreements with the Baltic countries (safeguard) |0 |0 |Safeguard |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(2) Committee on economic assistance to certain central and eastern European countries and for coordinating aid to the applicant countries in the framework of the pre-accession strategy ("PHARE"). |6 |4.5 |Management |90 |0 |0 |89 |0 |0 | |TOTAL: |6 |4.5 | |90 |0 |0 |89 |0 |0 | | The 2 committees of this policy sector have delivered a total of 90 opinions giving raise to 89 implementing measures.

DETAILED INFORMATION FOR EUROPEAID (AIDCO)

Committee |Nr of meetings |Nr of days |Procedure |Favourable opinions |Unfavourable opinions |No opinion |Measures adopted by the Commission |Referred to Council |Cases in which EP has adopted a resolution according to art. 8 of Council Decision 1999/468/EEC | |(1) CARDS: Committee for the implementation of Community Assistance to Reconstruction, Development & Stabilisation for Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro (including province of Kosovo) and Fyrom. |9 |9 |Management |33 |0 |0 |33 |0 |0 | |(2) Committee on development co-operation with South Africa (meets under the EDF Committee, in accordance with the basic rules in force) |3 |3 |Management |6 |0 |0 |6 |0 |0 | |(3) Committee on Food Security and Food Aid |2 |2 |Management |13 |0 |0 |13 |0 |0 | |(4) Human Rights and Democracy: Committee for implementation of development cooperation operations which contribute to the general objective of developing and consolidating democracy and the rule of law and to that of respecting human rights and fundamental freedoms |4 |4 |Regulatory |2 |0 |0 |2 |0 |0 | |(5) MED: Committee on financial and technical cooperation between the Community and Mediterranean non-member countries |5 |6 |Management |23 |0 |0 |23 |0 |0 | |(6) ONG: Committee on co-financing operations with European non-governmental development organisations in fields of interest to the developing countries |2 |2 |Management |3 |0 |0 |3 |0 |0 | |(7) PVD-ALA: Committee for management of financial and technical assistance to and economic cooperation with the developing countries in Asia and Latin America |8 |9 |Regulatory |83 |0 |0 |83 |0 |0 | |(8) TACIS: Committee for the implementation of the provision of assistance to the partner States in Eastern Europe and Central Asia |4 |4 |Management |18 |0 |0 |18 |0 |0 | |(9) AENEAS: Committee for the implementation of the programme for financial and technical assistance to third countries in the areas of migration and asylum (AENEAS) |1 |1 |Management |2 |0 |0 |1 |0 |0 | |TOTAL: |38 |40 | |183 |0 |0 |182 |0 |0 | | The 9 committees of this policy sector have delivered a total of 183 opinions giving raise to 182 implementing measures.

The number of comitology committees managed by AIDCO (9 committees), do not correspond to the number of budget lines which is much larger, being also covered through so-called joint committees.

Most of the AIDCO committees may work under different procedures than their main classification according to the problematic tackled (The ALA committee e.g. is working under the regulatory procedure for ALA matters, whereas it works under the management procedure when it deals with thematic subjects like “uprooted populations, “antipersonnel landmines” etc).

Newly created committee :

- Committee for the implementation of the programme for financial and technical assistance to third countries in the areas of migration and asylum (AENEAS)Basic legal act: Regulation (EC) No. 491/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council

Detailed information for HUMANITARIAN AID (DG ECHO)

Committee |Nr of meetings |Nr of days |Procedure |Favourable opinions |Unfavourable opinions |No opinion |Measures adopted by the Commission |Referred to Council |Cases in which EP has adopted a resolution according to ART. 8 of Council Decision 1999/468/EEC | |(1) Humanitarian Aid Committee (HAC) |11 |11 |Several, Management, Regulatory |52 |0 |0 |52 |0 |0 | |TOTAL: |11 |11 | |52 |0 |0 |52 |0 |0 | | The unique committee of this policy sector has delivered a total of 52 opinions giving raise to 52 implementing measures.

DETAILED INFORMATION FOR STATISTICS

Committee |Nr of meetings |Nr of days |Procedure |Favourable opinions |Unfavourable opinions |No opinion |Measures adopted by the Commission |Referred to Council |Cases in which EP has adopted a resolution according to art. 8 of Council Decision 1999/468/EEC | |(1) Committee on statistics relating to the trading of goods between Member States. |3 |4.5 |Management |2 |0 |0 |1 |0 |0 | |(2) Committee on statistics relating to the trading of goods with non-member countries. |3 |4.5 |Management |1 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(3) Committee on the harmonisation of gross national income at market prices (GNI). |3 |4 |Regulatory |20 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(4) Committee on the harmonisation of the compilation of gross national product at market prices (GNP). |0 |0 |Management |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(5) Confidentiality of Statistics Committee. |1 |1 |Management |1 |0 |0 |1 |0 |0 | |(6) Standing Committee for Agricultural Statistics (SCAS). |2 |4 |Several |12 |0 |0 |5 |0 |0 | |(7) Statistical Programme Committee (SPC). |3 |4 |Several |15 |0 |0 |5 |0 |0 | |TOTAL: |15 |22 | |51 |0 |0 |12 |0 |0 | | The 7 committees of this policy sector have delivered a total of 51 opinions giving raise to 12 implementing measures.

DETAILED INFORMATION FOR BUDGET

Committee |Nr of meetings |Nr of days |Procedure |Favourable opinions |Unfavourable opinions |No opinion |Measures adopted by the Commission |Referred to Council |Cases in which EP has adopted a resolution according to art. 8 of Council Decision 1999/468/EEC | |(1) Advisory Committee on the Communities' Own Resources (ACOR) |4 |4 |Advisory |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |(2) Regulatory Committee for Executive Agencies (RCEA) |2 |2.5 |Regulatory |2 |0 |0 |2 |0 |0 | |TOTAL: |6 |6.5 | |2 |0 |0 |2 |0 |0 | | The 2 committees of this policy sector have delivered a total of 2 opinions giving raise to 2 implementing measures.

DETAILED INFORMATION FOR ANTI FRAUD (OLAF)

Committee |Nr of meetings |Nr of days |Procedure |Favourable opinions |Unfavourable opinions |No opinion |Measures adopted by the Commission |Referred to Council |Cases in which EP has adopted a resolution according to art. 8 of Council Decision 1999/468/EEC | |(1) Committee on mutual assistance in customs and agricultural matters. |2 |2 |Regulatory |1 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | |TOTAL: |2 |2 | |1 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | | The unique committee of this policy sector has delivered a total of 1 opinion giving raise to no implementing measure.

[1] Comments are made sector by sector, but only if relevant; they regard newly created and abolished committees and procedures (marked in the lists in italics ), as well as votes which result in disagreement with the Commission’s draft measure, leading to unfavourable or “no opinions”.

[2] This situation occurs if neither the necessary quorum for a favourable , nor for an unfavourable opinion has been reached as a result of the vote.