News Service Week 36/2010

News Service week 36/2010

Table of contents:

Official documents

Press releases (24)
Secondary legislation (5)
Commission documents (5)
EP documents (2)
Council documents (13)
Case law (3)
Other documents

Academic novelties

Courses, congresses, grants and vacancies

New acquisitions
Peace Palace Library
Asser Press
Other documents (1)

Official documents

Press releases

03/09/10 Statement by the spokesperson of HR Catherine Ashton on the outcome of the launch of Middle East peace talks (English)

04/09/10 Statement by the spokesperson of HR Catherine Ashton on the murder of police officers in Colombia (English)

06/09/10European Training Foundation :Private-public partnerships at the heart of Palestinian TVET relaunch

07/09/10State of the Union Address 2010

07/09/10State of the (E)Union: The Europe of today and tomorrow debated in the EP

07/09/10Speech Lorenzo Bini Smaghi: What has the financial crisis taught us? The global dimension and international policy cooperation [ECB]

07/09/10 EU-South Korea trade agreement: final vote on the safeguard clause postponed [European Parliament]

07/09/10 EU to grant €90 million to crisis-hit Moldova [European Parliament]

07/09/10 EU-Switzerland: fewer barriers for cross-border workers [European Parliament]

07/09/10High Representative Catherine Ashton met Boris Tadic, President of Serbia (English)

07/09/10Commission welcomes OECD report underlining high return on investment in education

08/09/10Asylum procedures: Commission identifies shortcomings in existing common standards

08/09/10 MEPs condemn stoning sentence on Iranian Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani [European Parliament]

08/09/10European Training Foundation :ETF, UN agencies and GTZ link up for entrepreneurial learning

09/09/10 Statement by EU High Representative Catherine Ashton on the next steps at the UN concerning the advisory opinion on Kosovo [Rapid]

09/09/1081/2010 : 9 September 2010 - Judgment of the General Court in case T-348/07 [Court of Justice]

(Judgment below)

09/09/10 Talks on anti-counterfeiting agreement must be more transparent, say MEPs [European Parliament]

09/09/10 Human rights: Kenya's refusal to arrest al-Bashir, jailing of Syrian activist [European Parliament]

10/09/10 - 11/09/10Brussels, Informal Meeting of Foreign Affairs Ministers (Gymnich)

10/09/10 EU steps up academic co-operation with the USA and Canada [Rapid]

10/09/10 Viviane Reding Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship Justice and Fundamental rights: the Key for Successful Accession to the EU Zagreb, 10 September 2010 [Rapid]

10/09/10Statement by the spokesperson of the HR Catherine Ashton on the suicide bombing in Vladikavkaz [Council]

10/09/10Speech Lorenzo Bini Smaghi: Joint ECB-JIE conference on “What future for financial globalisation”: Sovereign debt and the global economy [ECB]

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Secondary legislation

Council Decision 2010/478/EU of 26July 2010
concerning the conclusion of an Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation in the audiovisual field, establishing the terms and conditions for the participation of the Swiss Confederation in the Community programme MEDIA 2007, and a Final Act 1

Commission Regulation (EU) No787/2010 of 3September 2010 amending for the 134th time Council Regulation (EC) No881/2002
imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Al-Qaida network and the Taliban 11

Notice for the attention of Mohammad Ilyas Kashmiri, Muhammad Abdallah Hasan Abu-Al-Khayr and Harakat-ul Jihad Islami who were added to the list referred to in Articles 2, 3 and 7 of Council Regulation (EC) No881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Al-Qaida network and the Taliban, by virtue of Commission Regulation (EU) No787/2010 13

Council Decision 2010/479/EU of 12July 2010
on a position of the European Union to be adopted in the EU-Mexico Joint Committee relating to Annex III to Decision No2/2000 of the EU-Mexico Joint Council concerning the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation 14

Political and Security Committee Decision 2010/480/CFSP EUMM Georgia/1/2010 of 3September 2010
extending the mandate of the Head of Mission of the European Union Monitoring Mission in Georgia, EUMMGeorgia 16

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Commission documents (related SEC-documents to be delivered on request)

COM (2010) 0460 Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on the signing of the Framework Agreement on Partnership and Cooperation between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of the Philippines, of the other part

COM(2010)448 COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT pursuant to Article 294(6) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union concerning the position of the Council on the adoption of a proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council extending the provisions of Regulations (EC) No 883/2004 and (EC) No 987/2009 to nationals of third countries who are not already covered by these provisions by virtue of their nationality

COM(2010)454 Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISIONAmending and extending the period of application of Decision 2007/641/EC concluding consultations with the Republic of Fiji Islands under Article 96 of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement and Article 37 of the Development Cooperation Instrument

COM(2010)459 Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No .../2010 on restrictive measures against Iran and repealing Regulation (EC) No 423/2007

COM (2010) 0465 REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL ON THE APPLICATION OF DIRECTIVE 2005/85/EC OF 1 DECEMBER 2005 ON MINIMUM STANDARDS ON PROCEDURES IN MEMBER STATES FOR GRANTING AND WITHDRAWING REFUGEE STATUS

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EP documents

EP Study:

Monitoring budget support in developing countries (96 pp.)

Author:Dr. Pedro MORAZAN, Project leader and Svea KOCH - Institute Südwind, GERMANY

This study aims to assess the effectiveness of developing countries’ national control mechanisms in overseeing budget support. The key questions deal with the oversight role and effectiveness of parliaments and supreme audit institutions (SAI) and the extent to which the EC assesses and supports parliamentary structures and SAIs when budget support is provided. The research is based on case studies in three countries: Ghana, Burkina Faso and the Dominican Republic. Overall, parliamentary budgetary oversight is weak in all countries studied and has not significantly improved since the provision of budget support. In addition, within the framework of budget support, parliamentary performance is inadequately assessed, not yet systematically integrated at policy level and receives only limited EC support. Supreme audit institutions, on the other hand, have attracted more donor attention and their performance has improved in all three country cases. To improve public financial management and to strengthen domestic accountability in the long run, institutions outside the executive, including civil society actors, must gain more weight in the design and management of budget support.

Sarah Ludford

07/09/2010 PE 445.622v02-00 AFET_AD(2010)445622

Committee on Foreign AffairsOPINION

Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union amending Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 listing the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders of Member States and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement

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Council documents

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01-09-201013087/10 Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council providing macro-financial assistance to the Republic of Moldova

02/09/201013071/10 Proposal for a Council Decision amending and extending the period of application of Decision 2007/641/EC concluding consultations with the Republic of Fiji Islands under Article 96 of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement and Article 37 of the Development Cooperation Instrument

03/09/20109478/1/08 Draft Civcom Advice on Lessons from the EU Civilian-Military Supporting Action to the African Union Mission in the Darfur region of Sudan (AMIS) and recommended action (9092/08) REV 1

03/09/201013224/10 Extraordinary Meeting of the European Parliament's Committee on Development (DEVE) on 31 August 2010 - The humanitarian situation in Pakistan: state of play and way forward - Exchange of views with Commissioner Georgieva - Contributions from OCHA and possibly other humanitarian actors

03/09/201012919/10 Presentation of the SISNET accounts 2009
03/09/201012919/10 Presentation of the SISNET accounts 2009

03/09/201012817/10 Proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion of an Agreement between the European Union and the Swiss Confederation establishing the terms and conditions for the participation of the Swiss Confederation in the ‘Youth in Action’ programme and in the action programme in the field of lifelong learning (2007-2013) - Request by the Council for the consent of the European Parliament

06/09/201013144/10 Draft Agreement on Operational and Strategic Co-operation between the Government of HSH the Sovereign Prince of Monaco and the European Police Office (EUROPOL)

06/09/201012818/10 COUNCIL DECISION on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the Swiss Confederation establishing the terms and conditions for the participation of the Swiss Confederation in the "Youth in Action" programme and in the action programme in the field of lifelong learning (2007-2013)

06/09/201013138/10 Regional Report on the Near East

07/09/201013120/10 Draft estimates of the European Council and Council for the letter of amendment as regards the 2011 draft budget of the EEAS

07/09/201012749/1/10 Amending letter 2011 (section II of the EU budget) in view of the establishment of the EEAS - Explanatory memorandum REV 1

07/09/201013073/10 Draft Council Decision on the European Union mission to provide advice and assistance for security sector reform in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (EUSEC RD Congo)

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Case law

All case law to be found at:

Case T-210/10: Action brought on 5May 2010
Condé v Council39

Case T-295/10: Action brought on 7July 2010
Camara v Council51

Judgment of the General Court in Case T-348/07Al-Aqsa:

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