Activites

• 2000/12/07 Final act published in Official Journal
  • Regulation 2000/2667
  • OJ L 306 07.12.2000, p. 0007
• #2318
• 2000/12/05 Council Meeting
• 2000/12/05 End of procedure in Parliament
• 2000/12/05 Act adopted by Council after consultation of Parliament
• #2308
• 2000/11/20 Council Meeting
• 2000/11/15 Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • T5-0506/2000 summary

    The European Parliament has adopted, with amendments, the report drafted by Mr Jan Joost LAGENDIJK (Greens/EFA, Nl) on the European Agency for Reconstruction. (Refer to the decisions of the committee responsible). With regard to the Agency's Governing Board, they shall deliver an opinion on the draft annual programme for reconstruction at the latest by 30 November. The Director, who is answerable to the Governing Board, shall forward the opinion to the Commission, which will adopt the programme before the end of the year. Moreover, the Director shall establish each year, before the end of October, a preliminary draft budget for the Agency covering administrative expenditure and the proposed operational programme for the following financial year. The budget shall also specify the number, grade and category of staff employed by the Agency during the financial year. The Agency will be subject to inspection by OLAF with a view to protecting the interests of the Community. �

• 2000/11/14 Debate in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament
• 2000/11/07 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
  • A5-0324/2000
• 2000/10/23 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• #2294
• 2000/10/09 Council Meeting
  • 2294
• 2000/10/04 Legislative proposal published
  • COM(2000)0628 summary

    This amended proposal, (presented before the adoption of the EP's opinion) seeks to take into account the new guidelines proposed by the Commission concerning the reform of the management of external aid. The main aim of the reform is to improve radically the speed, quality and visibility of external aid and the role of the committees responsible for helping the Commission in managing aid (comitology). The main changes relate to comitology: in particular, the management committee's opinion would be sought for the priorities and broad guidelines for assistance rather than on specific projects, in order to speed up the decision-making process. It is proposed that the management committee, together with the Commission, would examine the strategy framework (country strategy paper) on which programming is to be based. Only the multiannual and annual programmes would be submitted to the committee for its opinion. Moreover, the experience gained since the Agency began operations in February 2000 has highlighted the need to make the decision making process mechanisms connected with reconstruction programmes faster and more operational. It is proposed that the reconstruction programmes proposed by the Agency must be able to be adopted by the Commission without needing to be reviewed by the management committee, and, therefore, that the management committee procedure should not apply. The proposed modifications do not entail financial consequences.�

  • DG ['External Relations'],
• 2000/05/10 Initial legislative proposal published
  • COM(2000)0281 summary

    PURPOSE : to incorporate in a new Regulation the provisions for the European Agency for Reconstruction. CONTENT : This Agency was established by Regulation 2454/1999/EC of 15 November 1999 amending Regulation 1628/96/EC, which is the legal basis for implementing the assistance provided under the Obnova Regulation. The proposal for a Regulation on assistance to Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia repeals Regulation 1628/96/EC. The provisions on the creation and operation of the European Agency for Reconstruction are, therefore, incorporated into a new proposal for a Regulation, with a few minor amendments to adapt them to the new Aid Regulation.�

  • DG ['External Relations'],

Documents

• Initial legislative proposal published: COM(2000)0281
• Legislative proposal published: COM(2000)0628
• Debate in Council: 2294
• Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A5-0324/2000
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T5-0506/2000
• : Regulation 2000/2667
• : OJ L 306 07.12.2000, p. 0007

History

(these mark the time of scraping, not the official date of the change)