September 2013 Issue No 8

Important dates

September 16-17 – JURI meeting

September 17 – Hearing on Private Copying Levies

October 14 – JURI meeting

November 4-5 – JURI meeting

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European Parliament

Committee on Legal Affairs

Head of Unit: Robert Bray

Responsible Administrator: Alexander Keys

At this meeting

On 16 September, the meeting will commence with the presentation of the Cost of Non-Europe Report on a European Code on Private International Law. This will be followed by the presentation of a study entitled “Tools for Ensuring Implementation and Application of EU Law and Evaluation of their Effectiveness”, which is linked to the exchange of views on the 29th Annual Report on Monitoring the Application of EU Law (2011), for which the rapporteur is Eva Lichtenberger. The committee will then proceed to consider the amendments tabled to Sajjad Karim's draft report on EU regulatory fitness, subsidiarity and proportionality. Another important item will be the presentation by Klaus-Heiner Lehne of his draft report on the amendment of the insolvency regulation, which will be followed by a debate on Bernhard Rapkay’s draft report on promoting the free movement of citizens and businesses by simplifying the acceptance of certain public documents in the EU. On 17 September, the meeting will open with the consideration of József Szájer’s draft report on the follow-up on the Delegation of Legislative Powers and the Control by Member States of the Commission's Exercise of Implementing Powers and a draft opinion by Antonio López-Istúriz White on prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering and terrorist financing. The major event in voting time will be the vote on the Common European Sales Law (co-rapporteurs: Klaus-Heiner Lehne and Luigi Berlinguer). The committee will also be voting on Evelyn Regner’s initiative report on improving private international law: jurisdiction rules applicable to employment, Raffaele Baldassarre’s draft opinion on access of third-country goods and services to the Union’s internal market in public procurement and procedures supporting negotiations on access of Union goods and services to the public procurement markets of third countries and Lidi Geringer de Oedenberg’s draft opinion on cloud computing. Other items to be voted include Dimitar

Stoyanov’s opinion on Conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purposes of research, studies, pupil exchange, remunerated and unremunerated training , voluntary service and au pairing and Raffaele Baldassarre’s opinion on misleading advertising practices. The morning of 17 September will conclude with a hearing on Private Copying Levies (rapporteur: Françoise Castex). Following the coordinators’ meeting and an in-camera session, the afternoon will be devoted to consideration of Cecilia Wikström’s draft reports on the Community trade mark and other aspects of the Trade Mark Package.

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Misleading advertisement practices

JURI will vote on its opinion on an own-initiative report drawn up by IMCO on the basis of a Commission communication on the review of Directive 2006/114/EC concerning misleading and comparative advertising, in which the Commission gives an overview of how the directive has been implemented in the Member States, identifies problems in its application and outlines plans to revise it in the future. In particular, the Commission proposes to clarify the scope of that directive by introducing a clearer definition of ‘misleading marketing practices’, to introduce a blacklist of the most harmful misleading marketing practices, to introduce effective, proportionate and dissuasive penalties for infringements of the national provisions adopted in application of the directive, and also to clarify certain aspects of comparative advertising based on the case law of the Court of Justice.

Procedure 2013/2122(INI) Basic doc COM(2012)0702 Rapporteur Raffaele Baldassarre Administrator respons.

Kjell Sevon

Lead Comm./rapporteur

IMCO/Cornelis de Jong

PRELIMINARY TIMETABLE Adoption JURI 17.9.2013

Adoption Lead Comm. 26.9.2013

Improving private international law: jurisdiction rules applicable to employment

On 12 December 2012, the new version of the Brussels I Regulation on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters was signed. In particular, it abolishes the exequatur procedure, meaning that enforcing a judgment in another Member State will in future be much easier. However, the review procedure did not cover certain aspects of the rules on jurisdiction which apply to employment

Procedure 2013/2023(INI) Basic doc Regulation (EU) No

1215/2012 Legal basis Rule 48 RoP Rapporteur Evelyn Regner Administrator respons. Alexander Keys Opinion Comm./ rapporteur

EMPL/Ria Oomen-Ruijten

PRELIMINARY TIMETABLE Consideration of amendments

9.7.2013

Adoption JURI 17.9.2013 Plenary October II

law, even though many experts believe there is a need for adjustments in this area. For this reason, the Committee on Legal Affairs decided to draw up an own-initiative report on jurisdiction in the field of employment law.

Evelyn Regner’s draft report makes a number of specific proposals, backed up with academic arguments, for changes to jurisdiction rules in the field of employment law. At this meeting, the committee will vote on the draft report and the amendments.

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Verification of credentials

The President has announced to the plenary that the competent national authorities have given notice of the appointment of the following as Members of the European

Parliament, with effect from the dates shown below: Iñaki IRAZABALBEITIA FERNÁNDEZ

(to replace Ana MIRANDA), as from 11 July 2013;

Eduard-Raul HELLVIG (to replace Ramona Nicole MĂNESCU), as from 4 September 2013;

Ovidiu Ioan SILAGHI (to replace Cristian Silviu BUŞOI), as from 4 September 2013;

Martina MICHELS (to replace Lothar BISKY), as from 5 September 2013;

Rapporteur Klaus-Heiner Lehne

Administrator respons.

Magnus Nordanskog

TIMETABLE

Exchange of views 17.9.2013 Adoption JURI 17.9.2013

Rule 3 of the Rules of Procedure states that, on the basis of a report by the JURI Committee, Parliament shall verify credentials without delay and rule on the validity of the mandate of each of its newly elected Members. Parliament shall also rule on any dispute referred to it pursuant to the provisions of the Act of 20 September 1976, except for disputes based on national electoral laws. It is not possible to confirm the validity of the mandate of a Member unless the written declarations required under Article 7 of the Act of 20 September 1976 and Annex I to the Rules have been made. Until such time as a Member’s credentials have been verified or a ruling has been given on any dispute, the Member shall take his seat in Parliament and on its bodies and shall enjoy all the rights attaching thereto.

Disputes involving Parliament (IN CAMERA)

The committee will discuss in camera a possible intervention of Parliament before the Court of Justice in Case C-409/13, Council v Commission. The Council has brought an action seeking to annul the decision by the Commission to withdraw its proposal for a Regulation on general principles for macro-financial assistance to third countries (2011/0276(COD)). The committee has been called upon to decide whether to recommend intervening in support of either party, under Rule 128(4) of Parliament’s Rules of Procedure. The committee will also discuss in camera whether Parliament should submit written observations to the Court of Justice in the context of the request from the Commission for an opinion on the accession of the EU to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR), Opinion 2/13.

The committee will also possibly discuss whether to recommend to bring an action challenging

Council Decision of 22 July 2013 fixing the date of effect of Decision 2008/633/JHA concerning access for consultation of the Visa Information System (VIS) by designated authorities of Member States and by Europol for the purposes of the prevention, detection and investigation of terrorist offences and of other serious criminal offences (2013/392/EU). A further case, Case C-329/13, Stefan, concerns a request for preliminary ruling by the Independent Administrative Tribunal of Vienna, Austria on the validity, in the light of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, of Directive 2003/4/EC on public access to environmental information. The committee will be considering whether to recommend to the President that Parliament submit observations. In Case C-425/13, Commission v Council, the Commission is seeking the annulment of a Council Decision of 13 May 2013 authorising the opening of negotiations on linking the EU emissions trading scheme with an emissions

trading system in Australia on the ground that the Council infringed Articles 13(2) TFEU and Articles 218(2) to (4) and 295 TFEU. The question is whether Parliament should intervene to protect the principle of institutional balance.

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Payment accounts

Procedure 2013/0139 (COD)

Basic doc COM(2013)0266 Legal basis Article 114 TFEU Rapporteur Dimitar Stoyanov Administrator respons. Alexander Keys Lead Comm./Rapp. ECON/Jürgen Klute PRELIMINARY TIMETABLE Presentation of draft opinion

9.7.2013

Deadline for amend. 29.8.2013 Adoption JURI 17.9.2013 Adoption Lead Comm. 30.9.2013

On 8 May 2013, the Commission presented its proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the comparability of fees related to payment accounts, payment account switching and access to payment accounts with basic features (COM(2013)0266). The proposal covers three issues: – Comparability of payment account fees: the aim is to make it easier for consumers to compare the fees charged for payment accounts by banks and other payment service providers in the EU; – Payment account switching: the Commission envisages establishing a simple and quick procedure for consumers who wish to change their payment account to another bank or payment service provider; – Access to payment accounts: the proposal aims to allow EU consumers to open a payment account without being residents of the Member State where the payment service provider is located. Moreover, all EU consumers should be allowed, irrespective of their financial situation, to open a payment account that enables them to perform essential operations, such as receiving their salary, pensions or allowances or paying utility bills. At this meeting, the committee will vote on the opinion.

Petition 0753/2012 on the functioning of the British police and judicial system

The Committee on Petitions has requested an opinion from JURI on Petition 0753/2012, in which the petitioner, a UK national, expresses his dissatisfaction with

the police and judicial system in the United Kingdom, referring to numerous instances of alleged failure by British legal institutions to comply fully with EU and international law. They maintain that the British police regularly fail to investigate human rights infringements, that covert agreements between the various legal services are undermining their impartiality and independence, and that judges frequently fail to seek a preliminary ruling from the European Court of Justice even where legally required to do so, referring specifically to the rejection by the British

Supreme Court of a request for a ruling on matters claimed to be of national and international importance and human rights issues. JURI is invited to adopt an opinion in the form of a letter to PETI.

Petition number 0753/2012 Rapporteur Klaus-Heiner Lehne Administrator respons.

Kjell Sevon

Lead committee PETI

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Proposal for a Regulation amending Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 on the Community Trade Mark

Proposal for a Directive to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to Trade Marks (Recast)

Procedure 2013/0088(COD) Procedure 2013/0089(COD) Basic doc COM(2013)0161 Basic doc COM(2013)0162 Rapporteur Cecilia Wikström Rapporteur Cecilia Wikström Rapporteur on the delegation of legislative powers

Juri Mastalka Rapporteur on recast Francesco Enrico Speroni

Administrator respons.

Magnus Nordanskog Administrator respons.

Magnus Nordanskog

Opinion Committees /rapporteurs

IMCO/ Regina Bastos INTA/ George Cutas

Opinion Committees /rapporteurs

IMCO/ Regina Bastos INTA/ George Cutas

PRELIMINARY TIMETABLE PRELIMINARY TIMETABLE Consideration of draft reports and exchange of views on the delegated acts and recast

17.9.2013 Consideration of draft reports and exchange of views on the delegated acts and recast

17.9.2013

Second consideration of draft reports and vote on delegated acts and recast

14.10.2013 Second consideration of draft reports and vote on delegated acts and recast

14.10.2013

Deadline for amendments

17.10.2013, at 12.00

Deadline for amendments

17.10.2013, at 12.00

On 27 March 2013, the Commission presented the long-awaited trade mark package, which consists of two legislative proposals - a suggested revision of the Community Trade Mark Regulation and a recast of the Trade Mark Directive - and a proposal for an implementing act to revise the Commission regulation on the fees payable to OHIM. The overall objective of the package is to implement a well-targeted modernisation of registration systems all over the EU in order to make trade mark protection cheaper, quicker, more reliable and predictable. To achieve this, the Commission is among other things proposing to introduce a principle of ‘one class per fee’, which would apply at both at European and national levels, in order to enhance the cooperation between the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market in Alicante (OHIM) and national trade mark offices, and to further harmonise national procedures. At the meeting of 29 May 2013 the Commission presented the proposals and a first exchange of views took place, primarily focused on the rapporteur’s suggested timetable and the procedure for drawing up the report. At its meeting of 19 June 2013 the Committee held an exchange of views on the substantive aspects of the proposals. In addition, a mini-hearing was held at the meeting on 8 July 2013, at which the committee heard representatives of Member States, OHIM and trade mark users. Whereas the ambitious timetable in Parliament has so far remained on track, it seems that the progress in the Council towards a negotiation mandate is not moving as fast as originally hoped. It therefore looks increasingly doubtful whether negotiations can start before the end of the year, which was the original ambition of both Parliament and the Council. At this meeting, the rapporteur, Cecilia Wikström, will present her draft reports, and an exchange of views will be held on the aspects of the proposals that relate to delegated and implementing acts, as well as the proposed recast of the directive.

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Launch of negotiations for a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (T-TIP)

The first round of negotiations on the T-TIP took place between 8 and 12 July 2013 in Washington, D.C., between the Commission and the United States Trade Representative (USTR). The negotiations follow in the wake of the groundwork laid by the High-Level Working Group on Jobs and Growth established at the US-EU meeting in November 2011. US Chief Negotiator Dan Mullaney and EU Chief Negotiator Ignacio García Bercero stated at the end of the first round of negotiations that all of the engagements had been very positive, substantive and productive, and confirmed that ambitions are high on both sides for the continuing talks. The initial discussions covered all of the major areas likely to be addressed in the negotiations, with both sides sharing initial thoughts on how to approach the different issues and discussing their respective priorities and objectives in order to pave the way for an

increased substantive engagement in the second round of negotiations. Both sides are very optimistic about the prospects of the negotiations. The overall goal of the exercise is to negotiate a broad and comprehensive trade agreement that will promote jobs, growth and international competitiveness for the two economies, and both sides consider the agreement as having the potential to deliver something that will be transformative for the EU and US economies in terms of market access, regulatory compatibility and rulemaking. The subjects covered in the first round included: investment, government procurement, cross-border services, electronic commerce and telecommunications, textiles and rules of origin, energy and raw materials, intellectual property rights, labour, market access for industrial goods, small and medium-sized enterprises, competition, state-owned enterprises, dispute settlement and other legal issues, localisation, and various regulatory issues, including transparency and regulatory coherence, as well as cooperation in specific sectors, including technical barriers to trade and sanitary and phytosanitary (animal and plant health) measures. Discussions also touched upon agricultural market access, financial services and the environment. The aim of the agreement is thus to accomplish more than just removing tariffs. Estimates show that 80 % of the overall potential wealth gains of a trade deal will come from cutting administrative costs and liberalising trade in services and public procurement. The two sides will therefore reinforce their regulatory cooperation, so as to create converging regulations rather than have to try to adapt them at a later stage. The aim is to build a more integrated transatlantic marketplace, while respecting each side’s right to regulate in a way that ensures the protection of health, safety and the environment at a level it considers appropriate. Both sides hope that by aligning their domestic standards they will be able to set the benchmark for developing global rules. Such a move would not only be clearly beneficial to both EU and US exporters, but would also have the potential to strengthen the multilateral trading system and contribute to global standards, an issue which remains unsolved in the wake of the WTO Doha round of trade talks. The negotiators have also engaged directly with numerous non-governmental stakeholders in both Washington and Brussels, representing a wide array of groups, including industry,

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academia, labour unions, environmental groups and consumer advocacy organisations. Of the latter, the US organisation Public Citizen has come out against the inclusion of intellectual property rights in T-TIP (see link below).

The most contentious areas for Parliament, as highlighted in its resolution of 23 May 2013 on the EU negotiating mandate, are audiovisual works and financial services, with Parliament favouring the exclusion of the former and the inclusion of the latter in the negotiations. While the US side has not closed the door completely on financial services it remains doubtful as to whether this area will be included in the negotiations, not least taking into account the considerable opposition voiced by the US Congress. On audiovisual works, the US has not yet taken a firm position, and while it has taken note of the EU mandate of possibly including this area depending on how the negotiations progresses, it has stated that it will return to the question in due course. Parliament will be asked to give its consent to the ratification of the final negotiated text of the agreement, which is expected to be available no earlier than at the end of 2014. Against the background of the experiences with the US-EU Passenger Name Record Agreement and the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, Parliament reiterated in its above-mentioned resolution of 23 May 2013 that the Commission is under an obligation to keep Parliament immediately and fully informed at all stages of the negotiations, before and after each negotiating round. On 3 September 2013, following the first rounds of negotiations, EU Chief Negotiator Ignacio García Bercero briefed the INTA Monitoring Group on the United States, to which the chairs of the relevant committees are invited (JURI included). For JURI, the main issues of interest in the T-TIP negotiations are intellectual property rights, including audiovisual works, and regulatory coherence, in the latter case not least taking into account the committee’s responsibility for simplification and better law-making. Both of these issues were raised in JURI’S opinion in letter form to INTA of 12 April 2013, in view of the above resolution of 23 May 2013 on the EU negotiating mandate.

The next round of negotiations will take place during the week of 7 October 2013 in Brussels, and a third round is scheduled for December 2013 in Washington. The first round is generally summarized in Commission's press release The Commission has made available to the public a number of the EU's initial position papers on various aspects of the negotiations. List of EU's lead negotiators for TTIP List of US's lead negotiators for TTIP Leaflet from Public Citizen, a US consumer advocacy group

Cost of Non-Europe Report on the codification of EU private international law

At this meeting, the European Added Value Unit will present the Cost of Non-Europe Report drawn up on the issue of the codification of EU private international law. The report seeks to quantify the potential damage caused to EU citizens and businesses by gaps and omissions in the EU’s legal provisions on private international law, and also assesses the possible added benefits of codification.

Diana Wallis elected new president of the European Law Institute

Diana Wallis, a highly regarded former member of the Committee on Legal Affairs, renowned

for her work on legislation in the field of private international law and civil law, left the European Parliament in early 2012. She has now been elected president of the European Law Institute (ELI), at the ELI’s conference in Vienna. The ELI is a body representing legal professionals and researchers from across Europe, with current work focusing on the Common European Sales Law project.

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Unleashing the Potential of Cloud Computing in Europe

Procedure 2013/2063(INI) Exchange of views 29.5.2013 Basic doc COM(2012)0529 Consideration of

draft opinion 9.7.2013

Rapporteur for opinion

Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg

Deadline for amendments

30.8.2013, at 12.00 24.4.2013

Administrator respons.

Magnus Nordanskog Vote in JURI 17.9.2013 30.5.2013

Lead committee/rapporteur

ITRE/Pilar del Castillo Vera

Adoption in lead committee

October 2013 3.6.2013, at 12.00

Opinion Committees/rapporteurs

LIBE (Rule 50)/Judith Sargentini IMCO/Sabine Verheyen

Adoption plenary November 2013 20.6.2013

On 27 September 2012, the Commission presented the above communication, aimed at setting out a strategy to enable and facilitate faster adoption of cloud computing – defined simply as the storing, processing and use of data on remotely located computers accessed over the internet – throughout all sectors of the economy, with the ultimate goal of cutting information and communication technology costs and thereby boosting productivity, growth and jobs. Many of the proposed actions are designed to address the perception that the use of cloud computing may bring additional risk, by aiming at greater clarity and enhancing knowledge regarding the applicable legal framework, by making it easier to signal and verify compliance with the legal framework, and by developing it further. Legal experts have warned about the multitude of legal issues and challenges raised by the use of cloud computing, such as difficulties in determining applicable law, compliance and liability issues, data protection safeguards, data portability, and the enforcement of copyright and other intellectual property rights. The Committee on Legal Affairs has therefore entered into an agreement under Rule 50 with the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, the lead committee on this dossier, whereby it will deliver an opinion on legal aspects of cloud computing and will hold exclusive competence over such aspects. The Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs is also party to this agreement and will deliver an opinion with exclusive competence regarding aspects relating to data protection, fundamental

rights and police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters. At the meeting on 9 July 2013, the rapporteur, Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, presented her draft opinion. 25 amendments have been tabled to the draft opinion. At this meeting, the committee will vote.

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EU Regulatory Fitness and Subsidiarity and Proportionality – 19th Report on Better Lawmaking covering the year 2011

Procedure 2013/2077(INI)

Basic docs COM(2012)0373 COM(2012)0746 COM(2013)0122

Rapporteur Sajjad Karim Administrator respons.

Magnus Nordanskog

Opinion Committees /rapporteurs

AFCO/no rapporteur announced

PRELIMINARY TIMETABLE Exchange of views

29.5.2013

Consideration of draft report

9.7.2013

Deadline for amendments

30.8.2013, at 12.00

Vote in JURI tbc Adoption plenary

tbc

In its resolution of 14 September 2011, Parliament set out its views on the Commission’s smart regulation agenda, which is focused on achieving a more streamlined policy circle, with the preparation of legislation being based on wide consultations and impact assessments and its implementation being the subject of ex-post fitness checks, with the overarching goal of simplifying and reducing regulatory and administrative burdens. This agenda is now being followed up by the communication on EU regulatory fitness (COM2012)0746), the main suggestion of which is that the Commission should launch a Regulatory Fitness and Performance Programme (REFIT), which would seek to identify burdens, inconsistencies, gaps and ineffective measures. Through REFIT, the Commission will identify, assess, adopt and monitor the implementation of initiatives, resulting in a significant reduction or simplification in regulatory costs. REFIT will also include a follow-up to the Administrative Burden Reduction Programme (ABR), which was aimed at reducing burdens on business stemming from EU legislation by 25 % by 2012. On 7 March 2013, the Commission presented a communication on smart regulation focused on the needs of SMEs (COM(2013)0060), in which it reviews the progress made

in applying the micro-enterprise exemption from certain regulations, the lighter regulatory regimes for SMEs, the SME scoreboard and ensuring regulatory fitness. The Commission will from now on include these activities in REFIT. The 19th annual report on subsidiarity and proportionality (COM(2012)0373), covering the year 2011, assesses the implementation of these principles in the EU institutions, with a particular focus on the subsidiarity control mechanism set up by the Lisbon Treaty, whereby the national parliaments may issue reasoned opinions on whether legislative proposals comply with this principle. In 2011, the threshold for the ‘yellow card’ was not reached (the first yellow card was not issued until 2012, for the Monti II Regulation) and only some 10 % of the opinions sent by national parliaments were reasoned opinions within the meaning of the Lisbon Treaty. In addition to discussing the above three communications from the Commission, this report also provides an opportunity to follow up more generally on Parliament’s work on impact assessments, in the wake of the Niebler report on the subject in 2011 and the setting-up of Parliament’s Directorate for Impact Assessment and European Added Value. At this meeting, the 19 amendments tabled to the draft report will be considered.

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Access of third-country goods and services to the Union's internal market in public procurement and procedures supporting negotiations on access of Union goods and services to the public procurement markets of third countries

Procedure 2012/0060 (COD)

Basic doc COM(2012)0124 Rapporteur Raffaele

Baldassarre Administrator respons.

Ewa Wojtowicz

Lead Comm./ rapporteur

INTA/Daniel Caspary

PRELIMINARY TIMETABLE Consideration of draft opinion

29-30.5.2013

Deadline for amend.

4.6.2013

Consideration of amend.

20.6.2013

Adoption JURI 17.9.2013 ADOPTION PLENARY

tbd

As the Commission explains in the documents accompanying its proposal, the EU advocates an ambitious opening of international public procurement markets. Some EUR 352 billion of EU public procurement is open to bidders from countries that are signatory to the WTO agreement on government procurement. However, many third countries are reluctant to open their procurement markets to international competition. Currently, EU suppliers face manifold restrictive procurement practices in many of the countries that are the EU’s main trading partners. All in all, more than half of the world’s procurement market is currently closed owing to protectionist measures, and this proportion is growing. As a result, the value of EU exports that currently find their way onto global procurement markets is only EUR 10 billion (0.08 % of total EU GDP), whereas an estimated EUR 12 billion of further EU exports remains unrealised owing to restrictions. In contrast, the EU has kept its public procurement market largely open to international competition, despite growing pressure on its domestic market. With the exception of certain provisions that are limited in scope to supply and service

contracts in the utilities sector, the EU has not exercised its power to regulate the access of foreign goods, services and companies to the EU’s public procurement market. Given the rising importance of emerging economies, the absence of a level playing field causes many problems. This initiative is aimed at solving these problems: (i) by strengthening the position of the EU when negotiating access for EU companies to the public procurement markets of third countries, in order to open up our trading partners’ markets; and (ii) by clarifying, for this purpose, the rules governing access by third-country companies, goods and services to the EU’s public procurement market. The initiative establishes a comprehensive EU external public procurement policy that governs the access of foreign goods and services to the EU public procurement market and includes mechan isms to encourage the EU’s trading partners to start market access discussions. At this meeting, the committee will vote.

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Common European Sales Law

Procedure 2011/0284 (COD) PRELIMINARY TIMETABLE Basic doc COM (2011)0635 Hearing 19.3.2013 Legal basis Article 114 TFEU Deadline for

amend. 23.4.2013

Rapporteur Klaus-Heiner Lehne, Luigi Berlinguer

Consideration of amendments

29.5.2013

Administra-tor respons.

Leticia Zuleta de Reales Conference with national parliaments

10.7.2013

Opinion Comm./ Rapporteur

IMCO/Evelyne Gebhardt, Hans-Peter Mayer

(associated under Rule 50) ECON/Marianne Thyssen

Vote 17.9.2013

The initiative on European Contract Law, which seeks to address internal market problems created by diverging bodies of contract law, examines an issue that has been under discussion for many years, with Parliament most recently reacting to the Commission’s Green Paper of 1 July 2010 (COM(2010)0348), in its resolution of 8 June 2011 on policy options for progress towards a European Contract Law for consumers and businesses . On 11 October 2011, the Commission presented a proposal for a Common European Sales Law. The overall objectives of this proposal are to improve the functioning of the internal market and to facilitate trade by offering a single set of rules in Member States for cross-border contracts. The proposal puts forward, in the form of a regulation, a set of contract law rules which are intended to be self-standing and to coexist, within each Member State’s national law, alongside the pre-existing rules of national contract law, as a second contract law regime which is identical throughout the EU.

The Common European Sales Law is proposed as an optional instrument for contracts within its personal and material scope, i.e. for cross-border contracts on sales and the supply of digital content and related services in B2B and B2C relations. In B2B trade the new regime is proposed for use only if one of the parties is an SME. Parties would have to agree on use of the Common Sales Law; in B2C relations, explicit consent would be required and the consumer would receive a standard information notice summarising the main features of the Common European Sales Law. Member States could also opt to allow the Common Sales Law to be applied in domestic transactions and to B2B transactions which do not involve an SME. The Commission further aims to set up a database for the exchange of information on final judgments within Member States. Annex I to the proposed regulation contains a set of rules which follows the life-cycle of

a contract, including provisions on making a binding contract, assessing what is in the contract, obligations and remedies of the parties, damages and interest, restitution and prescription. In the accompanying communication (COM(2011)0636), the Commission commits itself to setting up, as a flanking measure, a Group of Experts in order to develop ‘European model contract terms’. In order to consult broadly with experts and stakeholders, JURI organised an ambitious programme of events in 2012 on the subject. After an initial hearing focusing on certain fundamental questions raised by the Commission’s proposal, in particular how its provisions would function within the existing legal framework and whether their coverage and content met the needs of users, the committee went on to organise, together with its Policy Department, three workshops on the main subjects covered by the proposal’s Annex I (unfair contract terms, remedies, restitution and prescription), and a conference with representatives of national parliaments. The dialogue is being continued in 2013, with a hearing held on 19 March and a conference with representatives of national parliaments due to take place on 10 July. In addition to the 205 amendments drafted by the co-rapporteurs, 326 amendments have been tabled. At this meeting, the committee will vote.

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Amendment of Council Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 on insolvency proceedings

Council Regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 established a European framework for cross-border insolvency proceedings. It determines which Member State has jurisdiction for opening insolvency proceedings, establishes uniform rules on applicable law, and provides for the recognition and enforcement of insolvency-related decisions as well as for the coordination of main and secondary insolvency proceedings.

Adopted in May 2000, the Insolvency Regulation has applied since 31 May 2002. Ten years after its entry into force, the Commission’s December 2012 report on the application of the Regulation concludes that the Regulation is functioning well in general but that it is desirable to improve the application of certain of its provisions. The main elements of the proposed reform of the Insolvency Regulation

may be summarised as follows: Scope: the proposal extends the scope of the Regulation by revising the definition of insolvency proceedings to include hybrid and pre-insolvency proceedings, as well as debt discharge proceedings and other insolvency proceedings for natural persons which currently do not fit the definition. Jurisdiction: the proposal clarifies the

jurisdiction rules and improves the procedural framework for determining jurisdiction. It retains the concept of the centre of main interest (COMI) but complements its definition. It also introduces a provision determining the COMI of natural persons. In addition, a new recital clarifies the circumstances in which the presumption that the COMI of a legal person is located at the place of its registered office can be rebutted. Furthermore, the proposal grants all foreign creditors a right to challenge the opening decision and ensures that these creditors are informed of the opening decision in order to be able to effectively exercise their rights.

Procedure 2012/0360(COD) Basic doc COM(2012)0744 Rapporteur Klaus-Heiner Lehne Administrator respons. Leticia Zuleta de

Reales PRELIMINARY TIMETABLE Exchange of views 24.4.13 Draft report 17.9.213 Deadline for amend. 10.10.2013 Adoption JURI 17.12.2013

Secondary proceedings: several modifications are

proposed with the aim of improving the efficient administration of the debtor’s estate in situations where the debtor has an establishment in another Member State. Publicity of insolvency proceedings and lodging of claims: the proposal requires Member States to publish the relevant court decisions in cross-border insolvency cases in a publicly accessible electronic register, and provides for the interconnection of national insolvency registers. The proposal facilitates the lodging of claims for foreign creditors, particularly small creditors and

SMEs, in three ways: (i) it introduces standard forms for the lodging of claims which will be available in all official languages of the European Union; (ii) it gives foreign creditors at least 45 days following publication of the notice of opening of proceedings in the insolvency register to lodge their claims; (iii) legal representation will not be mandatory for lodging a claim in a foreign jurisdiction, thereby reducing costs for creditors. Groups of companies: the proposal creates a specific legal framework to deal with the insolvency of members of a group of companies while maintaining the entity-by-entity approach which underlies the current Insolvency Regulation. The rapporteur will present his draft report at this meeting.

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Follow-up on the delegation of legislative powers and the control by Member States of the commission’s exercise of implementing powers

Procedure 2012/2323(INI) PRELIMINARY TIMETABLE Rapporteur József Szájer Exchange of

views 21.2.2013

Administrator respons.

Magnus Nordanskog Consideration of working document

25.4.2013

Opinion Committees /rapporteurs

TRAN/Werner Kuhn & Saïd El Khadraoui, ITRE/Amalia Sartori, LIBE/Monika Flašíková Beňová, ENVI/Matthias Groote, DEVE/Gay Mitchell, PECH/Antolin Sanchez Presedo, ECON/tbc, IMCO/Chair, opinion in letter form, INTA/Chair, opinion in letter form

Consideration of draft opinion

17.9.2013

Deadline for amendments

26.9.2013, 12.00

Consideration of amendments

14.10.2013

Adoption JURI Adoption Plenary

5.11.2013 December 2013 December 2013

The Committee on Legal Affairs is, in accordance with Annex VII to the Rules of Procedure, the committee responsible for the interpretation, application and simplification of Union law and compliance of Union acts with primary law, and therefore holds horizontal responsibility within Parliament for questions relating to delegated and implementing acts under Articles 290 and 291 TFEU. The Committee may furthermore issue opinions under Rule 37a concerning specific legislative proposals, either at the request of the committee responsible for the subject-matter or on its own initiative. Three opinions have so far been issued at the request of other committees.

JURI was responsible for the two important reports drawn up in 2010 and 2011 on Articles 290-291 TFEU for which József Szájer was the rapporteur, namely the reports on the power of legislative delegation and on Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms or control by Member States regarding the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers. JURI was also the initiator of the Common Understanding on Delegated Acts, which was approved on 3 March 2011 by the Conference of Presidents. In some negotiations Parliament faces difficulties in obtaining delegated acts for provisions where the criteria of Article 290 TFEU are clearly met and the issue has been addressed several times in the Conference of Committee Chairs (CCC) and the Conference of Presidents. The latter has therefore endorsed the common line that EP negotiators should always insist on the inclusion of delegated acts when the criteria of Article 290 TFEU are fulfilled and their

use would be desirable, and has also decided that the CCC should, in close cooperation with the competent services of Parliament, undertake regular screening exercises in order to avoid future decisions which would be legally questionable. By the end of the present legislative term, all comitology provisions in legislative acts that already existed before the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty should be aligned to delegated

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and implementing acts. The alignment of these legislative acts, in particular in the areas which before Lisbon were not subject to codecision, such as agriculture and fisheries, has proved to be difficult and has not yet been finalised for several dossiers.

In order to take stock of the developments outlined above, and to give further general guidance to committees when dealing with provisions on delegated and implementing acts, the Committee on Legal Affairs has been granted authorisation to draw up a non-legislative own-initiative report to follow up on the delegation of legislative powers under Article 290 TFEU, the use of the Common Understanding, the control by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers under Article 291 TFEU, and the use of the Implementing Acts Regulation, in particular in connection with the alignment exercise. At the request of the rapporteur, József Szájer, a project team consisting of the responsible administrators from the opinion-giving committees and the relevant services has been set up in order to ensure that all aspects of delegated and implementing acts affecting Parliament will be taken into account during the procedure leading to the adoption of the report. JURI held a first exchange of views on the subject at its meeting of 21 February 2013, and the rapporteur presented a working document at the meeting of 25 April 2013. At this meeting, the rapporteur will present his draft report.

Consumer product safety

Procedure 2013/0049(COD)

Basic doc COM(2013)0078 Rapporteur Jiří Maštálka Administrator respons. Alexander Keys Lead Comm./Rapp. IMCO/Christel

Schaldemose PRELIMINARY TIMETABLE Presentation of draft opinion

9.7.2013

Deadline for Amend. 29.8.2013 JURI Vote 17.9.2013

The Commission has proposed this regulation on consumer product safety as part of a package of legislative and non-legislative measures to improve consumer product safety and strengthen the market surveillance of products in the EU. The regulation will replace Directive 2001/95/EC on general product safety, and concerns

manufactured non-food consumer products. The main elements of the proposal include the following: – The Commission envisages that the proposal should have a clearly defined scope as compared to sector-specific harmonising Union legislation. The definitions section has been updated and, where applicable, aligned with the accompanying measures proposed in the package. – The Commission has kept the general product safety requirement laid down in the current directive. Moreover, the proposal sets out the elementary obligations of economic operators (manufacturers, importers, distributors) involved in the supply chain of consumer products insofar as they are not subject to corresponding requirements under sector-specific harmonising Union legislation. – Like the current directive, the proposal for the new regulation favours the use of standards in support of the implementation of the general safety requirement. However, the process for identifying existing European standards or requesting the development of such standards has been modified, and, in particular, has been aligned with Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012, which sets a new overarching framework for European standardisation. In the draft opinion, the rapporteur proposes reintroducing the precautionary principle, and puts forward a number of other changes, for instance concerning the terminology relating to the ‘safety’ of products. At this meeting, the committee will vote.

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Simplifying the acceptance of certain public documents in the EU

The proposed regulation simplifying the acceptance of certain public documents in the EU aims to fulfil the very important role of making formalities easier for citizens who move across borders. A large number of EU citizens live in a Member State other than their own, and this number is steadily increasing. Even more citizens have links to another Member State, be it for family or professional reasons or just for holidays. However, administrative formalities across borders are generally considerably more complicated than within each Member State. Citizens may have to have their documents legalised by diplomatic authorities (legalisation or apostille), provide expensive certified translations of even the simplest documents, or submit certified copies of official records. The rapporteur, Bernhard Rapkay, considers that this proposal has the potential to make the cross-border lives of European citizens

considerably easier. At this meeting, the rapporteur will present his draft report, which proposes, inter alia, an increase in the number of public document types covered by the proposal, the strengthening of the provisions abolishing certain formalities, and the introduction of additional EU multilingual forms for cross-border use. Proposed deadline for tabling amendments: 27 September 2013.

Procedure 2013/0119(COD) Basic doc COM(2013)0228 Legal basis Articles 21(2) and

114(1) Rapporteur Bernhard Rapkay Administrator respons. Alexander Keys PRELIMINARY TIMETABLE Exchange of views 19.6.2013 Presentation of draft report

16.9.2013

Deadline for amend. 27.9.2013 Consideration of amend. 14.10.2013 Adoption JURI 17.12.2013 ADOPTION PLENARY tbc

Freddy Drexler appointed as Jurisconsult

The Committee on Legal Affairs congratulates Freddy Drexler on his appointment on 9 September 2013 as Parliament’s Jurisconsult. Mr Drexler will take over from Christian Pennera, who will be retiring in the near future.

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Private copying levies

Procedure 2013/2114(INI)

Rapporteur Francoise Castex Administrator respons.

Ewa Wojtowicz

PRELIMINARY TIMETABLE Exchange of views

8-9.7.2013

Hearing 17.9.2013 Draft report 14.10.2013

Private copying levies are payments due on recording equipment and blank recording media in certain Member States which have introduced a statutory exception for private copying. According to Econlaw (2007), a total of EUR 453 million in private copying levies was collected on digital devices and carriers in 2006 in the EU. These levies are therefore a significant source of income for copyright rightholders. This important and sensitive subject has been debated at length in the Union, with various solutions being adopted by Member States and attempts being made to tackle the issue at European level. In 2012, on the initiative of the Commission, the issue of private copying levies was subjected to an industry mediation process led by the former Commissioner António Vitorino. On 31 January 2013 the results of the mediation process were presented in a document entitled ‘Recommendations resulting from the mediation on private copying and reprography levies’. The Commission envisages that those recommendations should serve as a basis for drawing conclusions as to appropriate follow-up actions. The issue of private copying levies is closely related to Directive 2001/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society (the ‘Infosoc Directive’), which provides in Article 5(2)(b) that Member States may provide for exceptions and limitations to the reproduction right in respect of reproductions on any medium made by a natural person for private use, on condition that the rightholders receive ‘fair compensation’. The possible review of this directive, as well as exceptions and limitations, has been hinted at by the Commission in its recent communications. In addition, the issue of private copying levies, and in particular their setting and payment in cross-border transactions, has proved to be difficult and has led in recent years to a number of cases being taken to the Court of Justice. The Legal Affairs Committee decided to draw up an own-initiative report on private copying levies. At its meeting in May 2013 it heard Mr Vitorino’s presentation of the mediation, results and at this meeting it will hear a number of stakeholders. The rapporteur, Françoise Castex, will present her draft report in October.

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Subsidiarity (Rule 38a)

Since 9 July 2013 Parliament has received the following reasoned opinions from national parliaments raising concerns about subsidiarity:

Reasoned opinion

by the Swedish Parliament on the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework on market access to port services and financial transparency of ports (COM(2013)0296– C7-0144/2013– 2013/0157(COD))

by the Austrian Federal Council Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on Animal Health (COM(2013)0260 – C7-0124/2013 – 2013/0136(COD))

by the Austrian Federal Council on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on protective measures against pests of plants (COM(2013)0267 – C7-0122/2013 – 2013/0141(COD))

by the Netherlands House of Representatives on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the production and making available on the market of plant reproductive material (plant reproductive material law) (COM(2013)0262 – C7-0121/2013 – 2013/0137(COD))

by the Luxemburgish Chamber of Deputies on the proposal for a regulation of

the European Parliament and of the Council on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health, plant reproductive material, plant protection products and amending Regulations (EC) No 999/2001, 1829/2003, 1831/2003, 1/2005, 396/2005, 834/2007, 1099/2009, 1069/2009, 1107/2009, Regulations (EU) No 1151/2012, and Directives 98/58/EC, 1999/74/EC, 2007/43/EC, 2008/119/EC, 2008/120/EC and 2009/128/EC (Official Controls Regulation) (COM(2013)0265 – C7-0123/2013 – 2013/0140(COD))

by the Spanish Congress of Deputies and the Spanish Senate on the proposal for

a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework on market access to port services and financial transparency of ports (COM(2013)0296 – C7-0144/2013 – 2013/0157(COD))

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by the Polish Diet on the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework on market access to port services and financial transparency of ports (COM(2013)0296 – C7-0144/2013 –

2013/0157(COD))

by the Latvian Parliament on the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework on market access to port services and financial transparency of ports (COM(2013)0296 – C7-0144/2013 – 2013/0157(COD))

by the Italian Senate on the proposal for a Regulation of the European

Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework on market access to port services and financial transparency of ports (COM(2013)0296 – C7-0144/2013 – 2013/0157(COD))

by the Maltese Parliament on the proposal a Regulation of the European

Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework on market access to port services and financial transparency of ports (COM(2013)0296 – C7-0144/2013 – 2013/0157(COD))

29th annual report on monitoring the application of EU law (2011)

Procedure 2013/2119(INI)

Basic doc COM(2012)0714 Rapporteur Eva Lichtenberger Administrator Magnus Nordanskog Lead Committee AFCO/Morten

Messerschmidt, PETI/Roger Helmer

PRELIMINARY TIMETABLE Exchange of views 16.9.2013 Consideration of draft report

14.10.2013

Deadline for amendments

7.11.2013, at 12.00

Vote in JURI 26.11.2013 Adoption plenary December 2013

The correct application of EU law continues to present challenges for the Member States. Problems are frequent in the early stages of implementation, with late transposition becoming increasingly problematic. According to the Commission, late transposition infringements have steadily increased for the past three years, indicating a worrisome trend. This report looks at the year 2011, when the total number of participating Member States in EU Pilot reached 25. EU Pilot is a problem solving mechanism supported by an on-line data base and communication tool, introduced by the Commission and aimed at responding to questions and identifying solutions to problems related to the application of EU Law. Of the 700 EU Pilot files opened in 2011, the Commission closed 508 because the Member State provided a satisfactory answer, whereas 183 files led to the launch of formal infringement procedures. The Commission continues to link the application of EU law to the smart regulation agenda, systematically feeding infringement performance data into the policy development cycle, in particular into evaluations.

At this meeting, a presentation will be made by a study commissioned by Parliament's Policy Department on "Tools for Ensuring Implementation and Application of EU Law and Evaluation of their Effectiveness" The rapporteur, Eva Lichtenberger, will then introduce this dossier and a first exchange of views will take place.

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Accession of Austria and Malta to the Hague Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters

Procedure 2013/0177(NLE)

Basic doc COM(2013)0338 Legal basis Article 218(6)(a) and

281(2) TFEU Rapporteur Alexandra Thein Administrator respons. Alexander Keys PRELIMINARY TIMETABLE Presentation of draft recommendation

17.9.2013

Deadline for amendments

27.9.2013

Adoption JURI tbc

The Hague Convention of 15 November 1965 on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters concerns the service of judicial or extrajudicial documents from one Contracting State in another Contracting State. Transmission is through a Central Authority, which serves the documents or arranges to have them served. This is simpler that the previous system, which required transmission of such documents through diplomatic channels. The EU now has exclusive external competence in this area under the provisions of the Treaties. Only two Member States have not signed up to this convention: Austria and Malta. As it would now seem appropriate for them to do so, the draft decision authorises these two Member States to also sign up to the Hague Convention. Alexandra Thein’s draft recommendation to the plenary proposes that Parliament should consent to this move, thus allowing Austria and Malta to also benefit from the provisions of the convention. At this meeting, the rapporteur will present the draft recommendation. Proposed deadline for tabling amendments: 27 September 2013.

Prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering and terrorist financing

Procedure 2013/0025(COD)

Basic doc COM(2013)0045 Rapporteur Antonio López-Istúriz Administrator Kjell Sevón

Lead Committee/ Rapporteur

LIBE & ECON (Rule 51) Judith Sargentini

PRELIMINARY TIMETABLE Draft opinion 17.9.2013 Deadline for am. 26.9.2013 Adoption JURI 14.10.2013

The rapporteur will present his draft opinion for the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs on the Commission proposal for a directive on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering and terrorist financing (incorporating and repealing Directives 2005/60/EC and 2006/70/EC). The proposal is a response to changes made to the requirements laid down by the international Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and to a review carried out by the Commission in 2010 on the implementation of the third anti-money laundering directive (3rd AMLD). The proposed initiatives aim to coordinate and integrate the existing rules and to create a more targeted and focused risk-based approach across the EU in order to fight money laundering and the financing of terrorism more efficiently.

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Basic safety standards for protection against dangers arising from exposure to ionising radiation

Procedure 2011/0254(NLE)

Basic doc COM(2012)0242 Rapporteur Axel Voss Administrator Magnus Nordanskog Lead Committee ENVI PRELIMINARY TIMETABLE Exchange of views 17.9.2013 Adoption JURI 17.9.2013

By letter of 4 July 2012, the Chair of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and

Food Safety requested an opinion from JURI under Rule 37 on the legal basis for the proposed Council Directive laying down basic safety standards for protection against the dangers arising from exposure to ionising radiation (COM(2011)0242). The legal basis of the proposal are Articles 31 and 32 of the Treaty Establishing the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom Treaty). In its vote on 4 July 2013 on the draft report and amendments, the ENVI committee adopted an amendment which calls for a change of the legal basis to Article 192(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU). ENVI is therefore asking JURI whether it is appropriate to change the legal basis of the proposal accordingly. At this meeting, the committee will adopt its opinion.

Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1082/2006 on a European grouping of territorial cooperation (EGTC) as regards the clarification, simplification and improvement of the establishment and implementation of such groupings

Procedure 2011/0272(COD)

Basic doc COM(2011)0610/2 Rapporteur Axel Voss Administrator Magnus Nordanskog Lead Committee REGI PRELIMINARY TIMETABLE Exchange of views 17.9.2013 Adoption JURI 17.9.2013

By letter of 11 December 2012, the Chair of the Committee on Regional Development requested an opinion from JURI under Rule 37 on the legal basis for the proposed Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1082/2006 on a European grouping of territorial cooperation (EGTC) as regards the clarification, simplification and improvement of the establishment and implementation of such groupings (COM(2011)0610/2). The legal basis of the proposal are Articles 209(1) and 212(1) and Article 175 TFEU. During the interinstitutional negotiation process, the question was raised whether Articles 209(1) and 212(1) TFEU were wrongly included, and whether Article 175 TFEU should

constitute the sole legal basis for the proposal. REGI is therefore asking JURI whether it is appropriate to change the legal basis of the proposal accordingly. At this meeting, the committee will adopt its opinion

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Information accompanying transfers of funds

Procedure 2013/0024(COD)

Basic doc COM(2013)0044 Rapporteur Tadeus Zwiefka Administrator Kjell Sevón Lead Committee/ Rapporteur

LIBE & ECON (Rule 51) Timothy Kirkhope

PRELIMINARY TIMETABLE Draft opinion 17.9.2013 Deadline for am. 26.9.2013

The rapporteur will present his opinion on a proposal revision of Regulation (EC) No 1781/2006 on information on the payer accompanying transfers of funds (the "Funds

Transfers Regulation"), which lays down rules for payment service providers to send information on the payer throughout the payment chain for the purposes of prevention, investigation and detection of money laundering and terrorist financing. The Regulation was to a large extent based on Special Recommendation VII on wire transfers adopted by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and the revision aims to ensure that a new set of such international recommendations, adopted in February 2012, are transposed by the Union. The objective is to adjust to changes which should see an increased focus placed on (a) the effectiveness of regimes to counter money laundering and terrorist financing, (b) greater clarity and consistency of the rules across Member States, and (c) a broadened scope designed to address new threats and vulnerabilities.

Conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purposes of research, studies, pupil exchange, remunerated and unremunerated training, voluntary service and au pairing

JURI will adopt its opinion for LIBE on a Commission proposal for a directive which would replace two existing directives on admitting third-country nationals for the purposes of scientific research and for the purposes of studies, pupil exchange, unremunerated training or voluntary service, as well as extending its scope to two new categories, remunerated trainees and au pairs. The stated overall objectives are to support social,

cultural and economic relations between the EU and third countries, foster the transfer of skills and know-how, and promote competitiveness, while at the same time providing for safeguards ensuring fair treatment of these groups of third-country nationals. While the rapporteur supports the general objectives of the proposed directive, his amendments seek to clarify some of its elements, in particular in order to prevent abuse, including in the context of human trafficking and transnational crime.

Procedure 2013/0081(COD) Basic doc COM(2013)0151 Rapporteur Dimitar Stoyanov Rapporteur for recast Francesco Enrico

Speroni Administrator respons. Kjell Sevón Lead Committee Rapporteur

LIBE Cecilia Wikström

PRELIMINARY TIMETABLE Deadline for amend. 3.9.2013 Adoption JURI 17.9.2013

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