Brussels, 05/07/2007 (Agence Europe) - The final European Parliament plenary before the summer break will take place next week (9-12 July) in Strasbourg. Liberalisation of the postal services will be one of the main dossiers on the agenda (EUROPE yesterday, 9461), but Parliament will also adopt its opinion on the intergovernmental conference (IGC) on the future treaty, and discuss the work programme of the Portuguese presidency for the next six months. The situation in Palestine and future of Kosovo will also be discussed, as well as the internal gas and electricity markets, food security, transport, modernisation of labour law, the eurozone and financial services.
The detailed agenda for this plenary session is as follows:
Monday 9 July (from 17: 00). Common discussion on food additives: - report by Asa Westlund on the uniform authorisation procedure for additives, enzymes and food flavourings; - report by Asa Westlund on food additives; - report by Avril Doyle on food enzymes; - report by Mojca Drcar Murko on flavourings and food ingredients containing properties used in flavourings; recommendation for second reading Antonios Trakatellis on the Community action programme (2007-2013) “Health”; - recommendation for the second reading by Maria Sornosa Martinez on mechanisms for measuring mercury; - report by Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert on the protection of critical European infrastructure; - report by Diana Wallis on the law applied to non-contractual obligations (“Rome II”).
Tuesday 10 July (from 9: 00): - report by Markus Ferber on the completion of the internal market in postal services; - report by Jacek Protasiewicz on the modernisation of labour law; - oral question on the posting of workers; - report by Willi Piecyk on EU maritime policy; - report by Ieke van den Burg on financial services 2005-2010; - report by Helmuth Markov on road infrastructure security; - report by Michael Cramer on implementation of the first railway package; - report by Arunas Degutis on common rules for the exploitation of air transport services; - report by Etelka Barsi-Pataky on sustainable mobility; - oral question on EU/China trade relations.
Wednesday 11 July (from 9: 00): - declaration of the Council on the Portuguese presidency of the EU's programme; - debate on the EP opinion on the organisation of the IGC on the future treaty; - votes; - common discussion on the eurozone and the European Central Bank (report by Dariusz Rosati and Gay Mitchell); - declarations by the Council and Commission on the situation in Palestine; - declarations by the Council and Commission on the future agreement on Kosovo; - report by Erik Meijer on the 2006 follow-up report on FYROM; - oral questions on the TRIPS agreement and access to medicines; - report by Michal Tomasz Kaminski on the negotiating brief on the new partnership agreement between the EU and Ukraine.
Thursday 12 July (from 10: 00): - report by Alejo Vidal-Quadras on prospects for the internal gas and electricity markets; - report by Nikolaos Vakalis on energy efficiency labelling of office equipment; - votes; - declaration of the Commission on demographic monitoring in the development cooperation instrument; - debates on breaches of human rights, demography and rule of law. (hb)