18 March 2013
EU accounts Generic medicines and the fight against counterfeiting Eurogroup head Ground handling services and air passenger rights Offshore oil and gas
Mar 18, 2013
EU accounts
Generic medicines and the fight against counterfeiting
Eurogroup head
Ground handling services and air passenger rights
Offshore oil and gas
Last week’s summit
Last week’s summit
The leaders of parliament’s political groups will debate the outcome of last week’s summit with Presidents Barroso and Van Rompuy. ECR Vice-President Jan Zahradil will represent the ECR at the meeting.
Press Officer to contact: Jan Krelina on +32 493 214346
Conference of Presidents: Wednesday (TBC)
EU accounts
The Budgetary Control committee will vote on whether to ‘grant discharge’ (to sign off) the EU’s budget for 2011, and to adopt a number of recommendations that would improve budgetary management. ECR MEP Andrea Ceskova is rapporteur on the reports for the Council of Ministers, Economic and Social Committee, Committee of the Regions, the Ombudsman, and the European Data Protection Supervisor. ECR budgetary control spokesman Ryszard Czarnecki is the rapporteur on the External Action Service, Court of Justice and the Court of Auditors.
Press Officers to contact: Jan Krelina on +32 493 214346 (Mrs Ceskova) or Katarzyna Ochman on +32 470 955928 (Mr Czarnecki)
Votes: Monday and Tuesday
Generic medicines and the fight against counterfeiting
ECR Vice-President Jan Zahradil will hold the latest in his hearings on trade and investment, this time looking at the fight against counterfeiting of medicines. Panellists will include the European Generic Medicines Association, the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations, and Medicines Sans Frontieres. See
for more information.
Press Officer to contact: Jan Krelina on +32 493 214346
Hearing: Wednesday @ 12.00 in room A5G3
Eurogroup head
The new head of the Eurogroup will meet with MEPs on the economics committee for the first time. ECR Vice-President Derk Jan Eppink will ask a question of Mr Dijsselbloem.
Press Officer to contact: Luc Rochtus on +32 479 73 45 67
Meeting: Thursday @ 09.00
Ground handling services and air passenger rights
The transport committee will vote on reforms to ground handling services in airports, and it will discuss with the EU’s transport commissioner new proposals to amend the rights of air passengers. ECR Transport spokesman Roberts Zile MEP was broadly supportive of the commission’s plans last week. See:
Press Officer to contact: Roland Petersons on +32 498984707
Debate: Tuesday @ 15.30
Offshore oil and gas
MEPs on the industry committee will vote on an agreement to improve the safety of offshore oil and gas installations in the EU, following on from the Gulf of Mexico disaster. ECR shadow rapporteur Vicky Ford had managed to amend, line-by-line, the proposal so that it promotes much stronger standards in Europe, without prescriptive legislation that would have cost the industry untold sums that would have been passed on to consumers.
Press Officer to contact:John Furbisher on +32 498 984760
Vote: Tuesday @ 10.00
Contact
ECR spokesman: James Holtum on +32 473 861762
UK delegation: John Furbisher on +32 498 984760
Czech delegation: Jan Krelina on +32 493 214346
Polish delegation (PiS): Mateusz Kochanowski on +32 489 582781
Latvian delegation: Roland Petersons on +32 228 41545
Danish delegation: Peter Hansen on+32 489 84 47 96
Belgian delegation: Luc Rochtus on +32 479 73 45 67
Netherlands delegation: Maarten van de Fliert on +31 652 24 44 64
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