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Standing Committee

Draft Agenda
of the meeting to be held on
Monday 6 June 2005
(from 11 am to 1 pm and from 2.30 to 5 pm)

at the Palácio de S. Bento (Senate Room)
1249-068 LISBOA (Portugal)
Tel.: + 351 21 391 93 00
Fax : + 351 21 391 95 86

1 June 2005


1. Opening of the meeting by Mr René VAN DER LINDEN, President of the Parliamentary Assembly Doc. 10555 and  Doc. 10556
2. Welcome address by Mr Jaime GAMA, Speaker of the Portuguese Parliament
3. Exchange of views with Mr Diogo FREITAS DO AMARAL, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Portugal and Chairperson of the Committee of Ministers CM/Inf (2005) 29
4. Examination of new credentials Doc. 10554
5. Modification in the composition of committees Commissions (2005) 5
6. Request(s) for a current affairs debate or a debate under urgent procedure
7. Agenda AS/Per (2005) OJ 2
Adoption of the draft agenda
8. Approval of the minutes of proceedings of the Parliamentary Assembly’s sitting held on 29 April 2005 (morning) AS (2005) PV 16
9. Third part of the 2005 Ordinary Session of the Parliamentary Assembly (20-24 June 2005)  
  Information on the changes to the agenda and draft order of business by the Bureau of the Assembly Doc. 10534
AS/Bur (2005) 64 and 65
10. References, transmissions and modifications of references to committees
Consideration of the proposals submitted by the Bureau of the Assembly AS/Bur (2005) 60
11. (Possibly) Current affairs debate or debate under urgent procedure
12. Political Affairs
  Recent political developments in “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” in the context of regional stability Doc. 10547
  Rapporteur of the Committee on Political Affairs:
Mr Gerardo Bianco (Italy, EPP/CD)
 
Debate
Vote on a draft Resolution and a draft Recommendation
13. Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by member States of the Council of Europe  
Progress of the Assembly’s monitoring procedure (May 2004-May 2005) Doc. 10541
  Rapporteur of the Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee):
Mr György Frunda (Romania, EPP/CD)
 
Debate
14. Economic Affairs and Development
a. Development challenges in Europe’s islands Doc. 10465
Rapporteur of the Committee on Economic Affairs and Development:
Mr Michel Hunault (France, EDG)
Debate
Vote on a draft Resolution
b. Budgets of the Council of Europe for the financial year 2006 Doc. 10558 rev.
Rapporteur of the Committee on Economic Affairs and Development:
Mr Andrea Rigoni (Italy, EPP/CD)
c. Expenditure of the Parliamentary Assembly for the financial year 2006 Doc. 10559
Rapporteur of the Committee on Economic Affairs and Development:
Mr Andrea Rigoni (Italy, EPP/CD)
Joint debate
Vote on two draft Opinions
d. The right to strike in essential services: economic implications Doc. 10546
Rapporteur of the Committee on Economic Affairs and Development:
Mr Giovanni Crema (Italy, SOC)
Debate
Vote on a draft Resolution
15. Environment, Agriculture and Local and Regional Affairs

a.

Protection of European deltas Doc. 10542
Rapporteur of the Committee on Environment, Agriculture and Local and Regional Affairs: Mr Leo Platvoet (Netherlands, UEL)
Debate
Vote on a draft Resolution

b.

Co-operation and sustainable development in the Adriatic basin [*] Doc. 10563
Rapporteur of the Committee on Environment, Agriculture and Local and Regional
Affairs: Mr Giovanni Crema (Italy, SOC)
Debate
Vote on a draft Resolution
16. Rules of Procedure and Immunities
a. Challenge of credentials of individual members of a national delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly on substantive grounds Doc. 10494
Rapporteur of the Committee on Rules of Procedure and Immunities:
Mr Karim van Overmeire (Belgium, NR)
Debate
Vote on a draft Resolution
b. Increase of the number of seats of the Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men to 83 Doc. 10493
Rapporteur of the Committee on Rules of Procedure and Immunities:
Mrs Ganka Samoilovska-Cvetanova (“the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”, EPP/CD)
Debate
Vote on a draft Resolution
c. Request forcurrent affairs and urgent debates (Rules 50.2 and 52.2 of the Assembly’s Rules of Procedure) Doc. 10490
Rapporteur of the Committee on Rules of Procedure and Immunities:
Mr Andrea Manzella (Italy, SOC)
Debate
Vote on a draft Resolution
d. Deadline for tabling amendments Doc. 10491
Rapporteur of the Committee on Rules of Procedure and Immunities:
Mr Giuseppe Mulas (Italy, EDG)
Debate
Vote on a draft Resolution
17. Other business
18. Date and place of future meetings:
Thursday 1September 2005, Monaco,
Friday 25 November 2005, Bucharest (Romania).

N.B.: Members who wish to speak in one of the debates on the reports are invited to give their name to the Table Office.  Members who wish to present amendments and sub-amendments on the reports are invited to table them in writing with the Table Office as soon as possible.

[*] Subject to confirmation