European Parliament decision of 25 April 2007 on setting up a temporary committee on climate change
Date: 2007-04-25
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: EP Committee, climate change, competence of the institution, composition of a parliamentary committee

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Directive 94/57/EC

This Directive

Article 16

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Article 17

Annex

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Article 25

Article 26

Article 27

Article 28

Annex I

Annex II

Annex III

P6_TA(2007)0151

Temporary committee on climate change

European Parliament decision of 25 April 2007 on setting up a temporary committee on
climate change

The European Parliament,

— having regard to Rule 175 of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the decision of the Conference of Presidents of 19 April 2007 to propose that a

temporary committee on climate change be set up and its powers and composition defined,

— having regard to the urgent need to adopt concrete measures, at all levels, to confront climate change

and the need for political leaders to activate that process,

— having regard to its resolutions on climate change, particularly those adopted on 16 November

2005 (1), 26 October 2006 (2) and 14 February 2007, (3)

— having regard to the need to collect and coordinate the opinions of the various committees concerned,
so that the Parliament can play a key role in raising awareness and placing the challenge of climate
change at the very top of the international agenda,

— having regard to the need to organise the temporary committee's work and structures accordingly, by

granting, in particular, the additional resources needed to deal with that subject appropriately;

1.

(a)

(b)

(c)

Decides to set up a temporary committee on climate change, vested with the following powers:

to formulate proposals on the EU's future integrated policy on climate change and to coordinate the
Parliament's position in the negotiations regarding the international framework for climate policy after
2012;

to analyse and evaluate the state of climate change and propose appropriate measures, at all levels,
accompanied by an assessment of both their financial impact and the cost of inaction;

to draw up as comprehensive an inventory as possible of recent progress made and future prospects in
combating climate change, in order to provide Parliament with the detailed analysis of those develop-
ments, which it needs in order to assume its political responsibilities;

(1) OJ C 280 E, 18.11.2006, p. 120.
(2) Texts Adopted, P6_TA(2006)0460.
(3) Texts Adopted, P6_TA(2007)0038.

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(d)

to study the environmental, legal, economic, social, geopolitical, regional and public-health impact of
recent progress made and of future prospects;

(e)

to analyse and evaluate the application, to date, of relevant Community legislation;

(f)

to that end, to make the necessary contacts and hold hearings with the parliaments and governments of
the Member States and third countries, the European Institutions and international organisations, as
well as representatives of the scientific community, business and civil society, including the networks
of local and regional authorities;

2.
Decides that, while the powers of the Parliament's standing committees responsible for the adoption,
follow-up and implementation of Community legislation on the subject shall remain unchanged, the tem-
porary committee may make recommendations as to measures or initiatives to be taken;

Decides that the term of office of the temporary committee shall be 12 months, beginning on 10 May
3.
2007, at the end of which it shall present a report to Parliament containing, as appropriate, recommenda-
tions as to actions or initiatives to be taken;

4.

Decides that the temporary committee shall have 60 members.

P6_TA(2007)0152

Damages actions for breach of competition rules

European Parliament resolution of 25 April 2007 on the Green Paper on Damages actions for
breach of the EC antitrust rules (2006/2207(INI))

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission Green Paper on Damages actions for breach of EC antitrust rules

(COM(2005)0672) (Green Paper on Damages),

— having regard to the Commission Report on Competition Policy 2004 (SEC(2005)0805),

— having regard to its resolution of 15 November 1961 in reply to the EEC Council of Ministers' request
for Parliament to be consulted in respect of the proposal for an initial implementing regulation con-
cerning Articles 85 and 86 of the EEC Treaty (1),

— having regard to the Commission Notice on cooperation between national competition authorities and
the Commission in handling cases falling within the scope of Articles 85 or 86 of the EC Treaty (2),

— having regard to the Presidency conclusions of the Lisbon European Council of 23 and 24 March 2000,
the Gothenburg European Council of 15 and 16 June 2001, the Laeken European Council of 14 and
15 December 2001, the Barcelona European Council of 15 and 16 March 2002, and the Brussels
European Councils of 20 and 21 March 2003, 25 and 26 March 2004, 22 and 23 March 2005, and
23 and 24 March 2006,

— having regard to the High Level Group report entitled ‘Facing the challenge — The Lisbon Strategy for

growth and employment’, November 2004,

— having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 of 16 December 2002 on the implementation of
the rules on competition laid down in Articles 81 and 82 of the Treaty (3), Commission Regulation (EC)
No 773/2004 of 7 April 2004 relating to the conduct of proceedings by the Commission pursuant to
Articles 81 and 82 of the EC Treaty (4), and Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 of 20 January 2004
on the control of concentrations between undertakings (5),

(1) OJ 61, 15.11.1961, p. 1409.
(2) OJ C 313, 15.10.1997, p. 3.
(3) OJ L 1, 4.1.2003, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 123, 27.4.2004, p. 18.
(5) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.