Brussels, 28/11/2005 (Agence Europe) - The plenary of the EP, to be held in Brussels this Wednesday and Thursday, will take as its major themes negotiations at the WTO, value added tax, bird flu and the Olympic truce, ahead of the Winter Olympic Games in Turin. Here is the detailed agenda.
Wednesday 30 November: -declaration of the Council and the Commission on preparations for the conference of the WTO in Hong Kong (see other article); -declarations of the Council and the Commission on human rights in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam; -joint debate on the Olympic truce and development and sport; -joint debate on bird flu (Parish report) and veterinary expenditure (Figueiredo report); - pharmaceutical patents (Van Hecke report, co-decision, first reading); -Commission approval procedure (Duff report); -oral question on criminal sanctions in case of violation of EU legislation (see EUROPE 9075); -application of competition rules to maritime transport (Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou report); -electronic communications (Toia report); - enlargement of the euro zone (Rosati report).
Thursday 1 December: -joint debate on common VAT system and VAT reimbursements (Becsey reports) and on VAT and highly labour-intensive services (oral question; -votes.