Activites

• #2768
• 2006/12/04 Council Meeting
  • 2768
• 2006/11/30 Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • T6-0510/2006 summary

    The European Parliament adopted a resolution drafted by Magda Kovács (PES, HU) by 469 votes in favour to 101 against with 13 abstentions. It approved the Commission proposal as amended by Parliament on 12 October 2006. This resolution is closely connected to that drafted by Kinga GÁL and adopted on the same date. (Please see CNS/2005/0124.)

• 2006/10/12 Debate in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament
  • T6-0415/2006 summary

    The European Parliament decided to postpone the final vote on the report by Magda KÓSÁNÉ KOVÁCS (PSE, HU) regarding the extension of the competences of the Agency to matters covered by Title VI of the TEU (3rd pillar – intergovernmental cooperation.) In doing so, Parliament wished to give the Commission more time to reach a compromise with the Council. Certain Member States favour the proposition that the Agency should deal not only with first pillar issues but also third pillar ones such as police and justice cooperation which includes measures on immigration and counter-terrorism. Accordingly, Parliament approved the decision of its competent committees and accepted the 43 amendments proposed by the latter on the legislation concerning the establishment of the Agency. (Please see CNS/2005/0124).  It also rejected by a large majority the proposition of the IND/DEM group to reject the Commission’s entire proposal. Parliament inserted here a new recital stating that the Agency's remit enables it to provide protection for human rights not only in the field of terrorism and organised crime but also in other fields, such as trafficking in persons, offences against children, illicit drug and arms trafficking and corruption and fraud, where measures can also weaken the effectiveness of the protection of human rights.

• #2752
• 2006/10/05 Council Meeting
  • 2752 summary

    The Council had an exchange of views on the state of play regarding the establishment and effective functioning of the Agency.The debate focused on the main outstanding question, which is the extension of the scope of the Agency to questions relating to police and judicial penal cooperation (Title VI of the Treaty on European Union, the so-called "Third Pillar").The Presidency called on Member States, in a constructive spirit, to help in finding a compromise solution to this question, with a view to establishing of the Agency before the end of the year, in accordance with the timeframe set by the European Council in June 2006.In this respect, the Presidency indicated that it would submit a compromise solution to delegations in the near future.

• 2006/09/18 Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
  • A6-0282/2006
• 2006/09/13 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
• #2736
• 2006/06/12 Council Meeting
  • 2736 summary

    The Council took note of work on a draft Regulation aimed at establishing an EU Agency for Fundamental Rights and on a draft Decision on pursuit by the agency of its activities. It requested the Permanent Representatives Committee to continue work on the remaining outstanding questions so as to enable the Council to reach an agreement.

• 2005/09/29 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 2005/06/30 Legislative proposal published
  • COM(2005)0280 summary

    PURPOSE: To empower the European Agency for Fundamental Rights to pursue its activities in areas referred to in Title VI of the TEU.PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.CONTENT: In 2003 the Member States agreed to build upon the existing European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia (EUMC), based in Vienna and to extend its mandate by turning it into a Human Rights Agency. For legal reasons the Commission is presenting two separate proposals concerning the establishment of the Agency. The first a Regulation (see CNS/2005/0124), which is the appropriate instrument for establishing an Agency and the second this Decision, which seeks to entrust the Agency with tasks in areas referred to in Article VI of the TEU. The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union is the point of reference for the Agency’s mandate. The objective of the Agency will be to provide the relevant EU institutions, bodies, offices and agencies with assistance and expertise relating to fundamental rights when defining policies or implementing legislation. The thematic areas of activity will be distinguished by a Multi-annual Framework, determined by an implementing Regulation. The idea of the Agency is to allow the Council, for example, to exploit the Agency’s expertise when acting on a proposal by one third of the Member States, by the European Parliament or by the Commission during the procedure under Article 7 of the TEU. Importantly, the mandate of the Agency will not be to carry out systematic and permanent monitoring of the Member States for the purposes of Article 7.Regarding budgetary implications, it is being proposed that the Agency begin work as early as 1 January 2007, with a considerably extended mandate. In order to take account of the inevitable transition period, a growing budget for the period 2007-20013 is being proposed.For more details concerning the financial implications of this measure, please refer to the financial statement.

  • DG {'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/justice/', 'title': 'Justice'}, FRATTINI Franco

Documents

• Legislative proposal published: COM(2005)0280
• Debate in Council: 2736
• Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A6-0282/2006
• Debate in Council: 2752
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T6-0415/2006
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T6-0510/2006
• Debate in Council: 2768

History

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