From jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr Sat Sep 9 23:00:44 2006 From: jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr (Jean-Louis FULLSACK) Date: Sat Sep 9 23:02:35 2006 Subject: [WSIS-EUC] European Commission and CS Message-ID: <11978626.1157835644275.JavaMail.www@wwinf1613> Dear Europeans I hope the list is still working ... although it is completely silent. You'll find herafter a document from the European Commission, dealing with the future European Institute of Technology (an item not so far from WSIS issues...). As you can notice, they only invited the business community to this two days meeting. Has te "WSIS spirit" and the so much touted multistakeholderism already faded at the highest level of Euiropean institutions ? All the best Jean-Louis Fullsack Commission invited business leaders to Brussels to discuss the European Institute of Technology and the Role of the Business Sector in Education, Science and Innovation in Europe Reference: IP/06/1164 Date: 08/09/2006 HTML: EN PDF: EN DOC: EN IP/06/1164 Brussels, 8 September 2006 Commission invited business leaders to Brussels to discuss the European Institute of Technology and the Role of the Business Sector in Education, Science and Innovation in Europe A meeting of business leaders was held in Brussels on 7 September at the initiative of the President of the Commission Jos? Manuel Barroso. Representatives from some of the most R&D-intensive European enterprises in key technology sectors, as well as major business organisations, agreed to take part in the meeting organised by the European Commission's Bureau of European Policy Advisers (BEPA). Vice President Verheugen, Commissioners Figel' and Kroes also attended the meeting, which focused on the role of the business sector in education, science and innovation in Europe, linked to the Commission's flagship project, the European Institute of Technology. As President Barroso observed, ?Europe is wasting some of its potential for excellence. We do not sufficiently combine our efforts in education, research and business and the fragmentation of the research efforts do not allow the reduction of the gap between knowledge and innovation?. How can this fragmentation be overcome? What needs to be done to improve the relationship between education, research and innovation and their contribution to economic growth, employment and social cohesion? These were just two of the questions that the business leaders have been considering at the meeting. The representatives of business and industry gave their overall support to the EIT proposal. They emphasized the importance to strengthen Europe's competitiveness by linking research, education and innovation in the Knowledge Triangle. They further believed that the EIT would contribute to the European economic growth and the creation of more and better jobs. The meeting took place during two days of public consultation on the EIT with stakeholders and Member States in Brussels. More information on the Commission?s plan : http://ec.europa.eu/education/policies/educ/eit/index_en.html and IP(06)751 + MEMO(06)233 Annex: List of participants EIT Meeting List of Participants Mr. Reinhold ACHATZ, Corporate Vice President and Head of Division at Corporate Technology of Siemens Dr. G?nter A. BAUMANN, Vice President of the Deutscher Industrie- und Handelskammer (DIHK) Mr. Jean-Philippe COURTOIS, President of Microsoft International and Senior Vice President of Microsoft Corp. Dr. Annette DOHERTY, Senior Vice President, Pfizer Global Research and Development and Site Director, Sandwich Laboratories Mr. David DUNCAN, Head of Global Research and Development, Unilever Mr. Bo EKMAN, Chairman of Nextwork AB, Founder and Chairman of the T?llberg Foundation Mr. Fran?ois GUINOT, Pr?sident de l'Acad?mie des Technologies Dr. Heinrich H?FER, Director of Technology and Innovation Dept. of the Federation of German Industries (BDI) Dr. Bob IANNUCCI, Senior Vice President, Head of Nokia Research Centre Dr. Steven KOONIN, Chief Scientist, BP PLC Mr. Magnus MADFORS, Director R&D Policy, Ericsson European Affairs Office Mr. Jan VAN DER EIJK, Chief Technology Officer of Royal Dutch Shell Prof. Dr. Walter Ch. ZIMMERLI, Founding President of the Volkswagen Auto University -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://mail.fsfeurope.org/pipermail/wsis-euc/attachments/20060914/2aa804f5/EESCBiennialConference.htm From bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de Wed Sep 20 20:03:11 2006 From: bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de (Ralf Bendrath) Date: Wed Sep 20 20:18:20 2006 Subject: [WSIS-EUC] 10 October: EU Parliament's meeting on Internet Governance and Civil Society Message-ID: <4511825F.2080509@zedat.fu-berlin.de> -----Original Message----- From: a2k-admin@lists.essential.org [mailto:a2k-admin@lists.essential.org] On Behalf Of Michelle Childs Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 11:00 AM To: a2k@lists.essential.org Subject: [A2k] EU Parliament's meeting on Internet Governance and Civil Society http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/doc/epposter.pdf 10 October 2006 . Internet Governance and the role of the civil society Brussels, Belgium The European Parliament's Commitee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) is organising this meeting with civil society on 10th October. The meeting will be chaired by Catherine Trautmann, Member of the European Parliament. More details will soon be available. The flyer says that it will be from 3- 6pm Michelle -- Michelle Childs -Head of European Affairs Consumer Project on Technology in London 24, Highbury Crescent, London, N5 1RX,UK. Tel:+44(0)207 226 6663 ex 252. Mob:+44(0)790 386 4642. Fax: +44(0)207 354 0607 http://www.cptech.org Consumer Project on Technology in Washington, DC 1621 Connecticut Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20009 USA .Tel.: +1.202.332.2670,Fax: +1.202.332.2673 Consumer Project on Technology in Geneva 1 Route des Morillons, CP 2100, 1211 Geneva 2, Switzerland Tel: +41 22 791 6727 -- Michelle Childs -Head of European Affairs Consumer Project on Technology in London 24, Highbury Crescent, London, N5 1RX,UK. Tel:+44(0)207 226 6663 ex 252. Mob:+44(0)790 386 4642. Fax: +44(0)207 354 0607 http://www.cptech.org Consumer Project on Technology in Washington, DC 1621 Connecticut Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20009 USA .Tel.: +1.202.332.2670,Fax: +1.202.332.2673 Consumer Project on Technology in Geneva 1 Route des Morillons, CP 2100, 1211 Geneva 2, Switzerland Tel: +41 22 791 6727 From christine.wenzel at web.de Wed Sep 27 09:27:12 2006 From: christine.wenzel at web.de (christine.wenzel@web.de) Date: Wed Sep 27 09:48:29 2006 Subject: [WSIS-EUC] FYI: Public Hearing on Internet Governance Message-ID: <591434720@web.de> Dear all, you find below the programme for a public hearing on Internet Governance and the role of Civil Society in Brussels on Tuesday, 10 October 2006, 15.00 to 18.30. . It is being organized by Catherine Trautmann, MEP. If you would like to attend this hearing, I think you are supposed to let her office know by sending them an email on ctrautmann@europarl.eu.int But I am not 1000% sure - so better check. Warm greetings to everyone! All the best- Christine > > EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > COMMITTEE ON > > > INDUSTRY, RESEARCH AND ENERGY > > > > > > Chair: Catherine Trautmann, MEP > > > > > > > > > Internet Governance and the Role of the Civil Society > > > > > > Conference > > > > > > Tuesday, 10 October 2006 > > > 15.00 pm to 18.30 pm > > > > > > AT THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT > > > 60 Rue Wiertz, Brussels > > > Room PHS - B001 > > > > > > > > > > > > Draft Programme > > > > > > During the first phase of the World Summit on Information Society, which took place in Geneva, in December 2003, it was underligned that: > > > > > > ?[..]the Internet has evolved into a global facility available to the public and its governance should constitute a core issue of the Information Society agenda.The international management of the Internet should be multilateral, transparent and democratic, with the full involvement of governments, the private sector, civil society and international Organisations. It should ensure an equitable distribution of resources, facilitate access for all and ensure a stable and secure functioning of the Internet, taking into account multilingualism.? > > > > > > The evolution of the Internet underlines the importance of defining its governance as well as a clarification of the role of the civil society. In addition, it is necessary to see how the European civil society can participate in this process. > > > > > > The aim of this conference will be to clarify the role and the responsibility of the different actors involved (States, enterprises, users).To this end, a series of questions will be raised and discussed including the ones of: > > > - How should governance be defined? > > > - Citizens ? Actors ? Consumers: Which is the role of the civil society? > > > - What should be the economic model to follow the emerging governance? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 15.00 > > > > > > > Opening Remarks > > > > > > - Catherine Trautmann, MEP > > > > > > > > 15.10 - 16.00 > > > > > > > First session > > > > > > Can the Information Society (IS) be a tool to protect and promote the cultural diversity? > > > > > > - Moderator: Badia i Cutchet Maria, MEP > > > - Expert: Teresa Serra i Majem, ex-Member of the Parliament of Catalonia > > > > > > The IS, as a phenomenon that is born in the globalized world, can be a danger for the cultural diversity as a result of the overcoming of the borders, which makes more difficult to preserve everyone's culture, language and identity. But it can be also a great opportunity to promote intercultural dialogue, in the aim of removing misunderstandings, so as to provide a more peaceful coexistence. That is the goal we are working for. > > > > > > > > > > > 16.00 - 16.50 > > > > > > > Second session > > > > Technological Convergence > > > > > > -Moderator: Malcolm Harbour, MEP > > > -Expert: Patrik F?ltstr?m, Senior Consulting Engineer, Cisco Systems > > > > > > Information and Communication Technologies have created a dynamic effect for innovation. In this context it is of crucial importance to look into their role with regard to the governance of the internet and discuss whether technological convergence and technological neutrality constitute an obstacle or an advantage for the emergence of a shared governance of the Internet. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 16.50-17. 45 > > > > > > > Third Session > > > > Towards a shared responsibility > > > > > > -Moderator: Catherine Trautmann, MEP > > > -Expert: Alain GIFFARD, President of Alphabetville > > > > > > ICTs have contributed to erasing the limits between what is public and what is private. Whether by choice or as a result of events imposed upon him/her, the role of the individual is becoming blurred, even as the systems that manage data seem more and more opaque. ICTs have contributed to erasing the limits between what is public and what is private. One must therefore consider in a new light the question of authority and responsibility, for states, businesses and consumers alike. > > > > > > > > > > > 17.45- 18.30 > > > > > > > > > > Closing Panel > > > > > > > > > - Peter Zangl, Deputy Director General, DG Information and Media > > > > > > > > > -Maria Badia, MEP > > > -Malcom Harbour, MEP > > > -Catherine Trautmann, MEP > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________________________________ Erweitern Sie FreeMail zu einem noch leistungsst?rkeren E-Mail-Postfach! Mehr Infos unter http://freemail.web.de/home/landingpad/?mc=021131 From bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de Thu Sep 28 02:42:07 2006 From: bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de (Ralf Bendrath) Date: Thu Sep 28 02:37:05 2006 Subject: [WSIS-EUC] EP hearing on "the area of freedom, justice and home affairs", Monday-Tuesday Message-ID: <451B1A5F.1070509@zedat.fu-berlin.de> Sounds like an important meeting. Anyone going? Ralf http://www.cosac.eu/en/calendar/doc/event51/ JOINT PARLIAMENTARY MEETING on the initiative of the European Parliament and the Parliament of Finland FROM TAMPERE TO THE HAGUE: MOVING FORWARD? PROGRESS AND SHORTCOMINGS IN THE AREA OF FREEDOM, SECURITY AND JUSTICE Monday 2 and Tuesday 3 October 2006 Hemicycle European Parliament, Brussels The Presidency Conclusions of the Tampere European Summit in October 1999, the first ever to be dedicated solely to the area of freedom, justice and home affairs, formed what was called the 'Tampere Programme'. When it came to an end, in 2004, the Commission published an evaluation which highlighted the under the Dutch Presidency. In its Communication1 assessing the state of implementation of the Hague Programme published in June 2006, the European Commission affirms that many shortcomings of the Tampere Programme are still in place. It underlines that there are some deficiencies in the transposition of EU legislation in the Member States, which undermine unanimity which is required in some areas ('third pillar' or legal migration for example). The Commission considers that the 'bridging clauses' (provided for in Article 42 TEU and Article 67 TEC) constitute a solution to overcoming these difficulties in applying the 'Community method' to the policies in the area of freedom, justice and security. The European Parliament has repeatedly called for the implementation of these clauses3. The European Council of 15 and 16 June 2006 also called upon the Finnish Presidency "to explore (...) the possibilities of improving decision-making and action in the area of Freedom, Security and Justice on the basis of existing Treaties". The Finnish Presidency organised an informal Council on Justice and Home Affairs on 20-22 September 2006 where EU Ministers discussed this issue. Following the Commission's Communication and the informal JHA Council, it seems important to evaluate what has been done until now to implement the Tampere and Hague Programmes and to assess what can still be achieved in the near future to foster European cooperation and to increase efficiency and democratic accountability In each session, the discussion could focus on assessing: - the effectiveness of the policies in the area of freedom, security and justice; - the balance between fundamental rights and security needs in these policies. Practical guidelines for the debate ? Presentations opening each session should be limited to 8 minutes. ? During the discussion, so as to make it possible for the highest possible number of parliamentarians to intervene, speaking time will be limited to three minutes per contribution or question. ? Speakers wishing to supplement their speeches may do so in writing by submitting a document (preferably in English or French) in advance to the secretariat (email: amalia.nicolaidou@europarl.europa.eu). This document will be circulated during the meeting. ? Members requesting the floor are kindly asked to inform the chair indicating their name and Parliament on a special sheet. The floor will be given to Members in the order in which requests are received, and in turn to two Members of national Parliaments, followed by one Member of the European Parliament, and so forth. ? At the end of each session a short amount of time will be reserved to allow some Members to react to what has been said in an intervention limited to one minute (by means of a blue card). Monday 2 October 2006 15.00 - 15.30 OPENING SESSION Welcome by Mr Jean-Marie CAVADA, Chairman of the EP Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, Ms Tuija BRAX, Chairwoman of the Committee on Legal Affairs of the Parliament of Finland and Mr Matti V?IST?, Chairman of the Committee on Internal Affairs of the Parliament of Finland Opening speeches by Mr. Josep BORRELL FONTELLES, President of the European Parliament (to be confirmed), and Mrs Sirkka-Liisa ANTTILA, Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Finland 15.30 - 17.00 SESSION 1 DATA EXCHANGE AND DATA PROTECTION: WHAT ARE THE OBSTACLES TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PRINCIPLE OF AVAILABILITY? Chair: Mr. Jean-Marie CAVADA, Chairman of the EP Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Many initiatives are being developed at the European level to facilitate the exchange of data between Member States' authorities4 as well as with third countries, especially for police and judicial cooperation. The main proposal of the Hague Programme in this regard is to create a legal basis and an implementation mechanism for the 'principle of availability': the Commission issued a proposal on the exchange of information under this principle in October 20055 but negotiations in the Council on this issue seem proposals of the European Commission on the consultation of DNA and fingerprints databases). The recent ruling of the European Court of Justice on PNR (Passenger Name Records)7 also shows how crucial the issues of data exchange and data protection are when those data are exchanged with third countries8. Do national Parliaments support the implementation of the principle of availability? Is the Treaty of Pr?m a desirable form of integration? Do national Parliaments support a rapid adoption and implementation of the Framework decision on the protection of personal data in the third pillar? What is the position of the national Parliaments on the PNR issue? 15.30-16.00: Presentations Mr. Peter SCHAAR, German Federal Data Protection Commissioner and Chairman of the Article 29 Working Party Lord AVEBURY, Member of the House of Lords Select Committee on the European Union, Sub-Committee on Home Affairs Mr. Alexander ALVARO and Mrs. Sophie IN'T VELD, Members of the European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs 16.00-17.00 Discussion 17.00-18.30 SESSION 2 WHAT FUTURE FOR EUROPOL? Chair: Mr. Matti V?IST?, Chairman of the Committee on Internal Affairs of the Parliament of Finland Europol, the European Police Office which became operational in 1999, aims to help the EU Member States cooperate more closely in preventing and combating organised international crime. As it is not part of the EU framework, Europol's activities are subject neither to the supervision of the European Parliament nor to The European Parliament and several national Parliaments have repeatedly asked for more accountability of Europol. In its communication on the assessment of the Hague Programme, the European Commission declares that it is considering presenting a proposal to replace the existing Europol Convention and that it will be necessary to improve Parliaments? 17.00-17.30 Presentations Mr. Max-Peter RATZEL, Director of Europol Mr. Hubert HAENEL, Chairman of the European Union Delegation, Senate, France Mr. Claude MORAES, Member of the European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs 17.30-18.30 Discussion 19.30 Dinner in the Members' Restaurant (ground floor) Tuesday 3 October 2006 09.00-10.30 SESSION 3 AN INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF BORDERS FOR A SAFER ENLARGED UNION? Chair: Mr. Jean-Marie CAVADA, Chairman of the European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs In recent years, considerable progress has been achieved in setting up a common policy on management of external borders: the common corpus of legislation was consolidated and further developed (notably by the adoption of the Schengen Borders Code); the new European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders (FRONTEX) was given the coordinating role and the idea of burden sharing between Member States is now firmly embedded with the creation of the Borders Fund. FRONTEX was inaugurated slightly more than a year ago. What conclusions can be drawn from its activities so far and what are the challenges ahead? The enlargement of the Schengen area to the new Member States is currently under consideration and an evaluation of the implementation of the Schengen acquis in these countries is taking place. It is expected that the Council will decide in 2007 on the lifting of controls at the borders with and between the new Member States. What are the challenges and the difficulties in this regard? 09.00-09.30: Presentations Mr. Kari RAJAM?KI, Minister of Home Affairs, Finland Mr. Ilkka LAITINEN, Director of the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders (FRONTEX) Mr. Urmas REINSALU, Chairman of the Constitutional Committee, Riigikogu (Parliament of Estonia) and Mr. Se?n ARDAGH, Chairman of the Irish Parliamentary Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women's Rights Mr. Henrik LAX and Mr. Michael CASHMAN, Members of the European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs 09.30-10.30 Discussion 10.30-12.00 SESSION 4 A BALANCE BETWEEN THE INTEGRATION OF LEGAL MIGRANTS AND THE FIGHT AGAINST ILLEGAL MIGRATION? Chair: Mr. Matti V?IST?, Chairman of the Committee on Internal Affairs of the Parliament of Finland The recent mass influxes of immigrants in Malta, the Canary Islands and Lampedusa highlight the importance of the issue of migration and of the reception of migrants in the European Union. Since the Seville European Council in 2002 and more recently with the Hampton Court informal European Council in October policy in the field of legal migration. On the contrary, over recent years, migration policies that have been developed at European level have focused on illegal immigration and on the development of repressive measures. However, the Hague Programme does not provide only for measures to counter illegal immigration, but also for measures to implement a common immigration policy and to promote the integration of legal migrants. The European Commission published in December 2005 an Action Plan for legal migration and legislatives measures are expected in the near future. How do national Parliaments assess the implementation of the Hague Programme in this area? How can national Parliaments be involved in the follow-up of the Rabat Action Plan? More specifically, are national Parliaments aware that the draft Directive on the return of illegal migrants will have a strong effect on national policy concerning detention/retention centres? What is the position of national Parliaments on this specific issue, which is now being negotiated between the European Parliament and the Council? 10.30-11.00 Presentations Mr. Kari RAJAM?KI, Minister of Home Affairs, Finland Mr. Brunson McKINLEY, Director General of the Internal Organisation for Migration (IOM) (to be confirmed) Mr. John DENHAM, Chairman of the Home Affairs Committee, House of Commons Mr. Manfred WEBER and Mr. Stavros LAMBRINIDIS, Members of the European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs 11.00-12.00 Discussion 12.00-14.00 Buffet lunch the Members' Restaurant (ground floor) 14.00-15.30 SESSION 5 10 YEARS AFTER THE 'APPEL DE GEN?VE': WHAT IS THE STATE OF JUDICIAL COOPERATION IN EUROPE? Chair: Ms. Tuija BRAX, Chairwoman of the Committee for Legal Affairs of the Parliament of Finland On 1 October 1996, seven anti-corruption European magistrates from Belgium (Benoit Dejemeppe), France (Renaud Van Ruymbeke), Italy (Edmondo Bruti Liberati and Gherardo Colombo), Spain (Baltasar Garz?n Real and Carlos Jim?nez Villarejo) and Switzerland (Bernard Bertossa) commonly launched an appeal for the creation of a "European judicial area" in order to tackle the trans-national nature of crime. Ten years later, what has been achieved? Some progress has been made in this direction (for example the harmonisation of several crimes at the European level, the improvement of the principle of mutual recognition, the creation of the European Judicial Network and of Eurojust), but there are still obstacles to face (cf the European Arrest Warrant) or some issues are still being discussed (European Evidence Warrant). The 1999 Tampere European Council concluded that the principle of mutual recognition should become the cornerstone of judicial cooperation within the Union. This presupposes that Member States have mutual trust in each other's criminal justice systems and a common approach to fundamental rights. However, this seems problematic for some Member Evidence Warrant). 14.00-14.30 Presentations Ms. Leena LUHTANEN, Minister of Justice, Finland Mr. Bernard BERTOSSA, Mr. Edmondo BRUTI LIBERATI, Mr. Gherardo COLOMBO, Mr. Benoit DEJEMEPPE, Mr. Renaud VAN RUYMBEKE, European magistrates who initiated the 'Appel de Gen?ve' Mr. Michael KENNEDY, President of the College of Eurojust 14.30-15.30 Discussion 15.30-17.00 SESSION 6 FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM: HOW TO IMPROVE EFFECTIVENESS AND CONSIDERATION OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS? Chair: Ms Tuija BRAX, Chairwoman of the Committee on Legal Affairs of the Parliament of Finland Over the past few years, the fight against terrorism has been the basis for the adoption of many legal acts to reinforce European cooperation and set common standards in this field following the terrorist attacks in the US, Madrid and London. The Action Plan on Terrorism (updated in May 2006) detailed the actions to be taken in this area. However, in the Report on the implementation of the Hague Programme, the European Commission highlighted that "the EU determination to fight against terrorism does not appear to be correctly translated/relayed at national level where important delays in transposing essential Framework Decision on Terrorism remain in a number of Member States". Moreover, the issues of PNR and Swift have shown that the fight against terrorism cannot be pursued without taking fundamental rights into consideration. Is the legislation adopted at the European level effective and implemented in the Member States? Are new actions needed to improve and make more efficient the fight against terrorism? What can be done to improve the balance between fundamental freedoms and security needs? 15.30-16.00 Presentations Mr. Gijs DE VRIES, EU Counter-Terrorism Coordinator Mr. Martin SCHEININ, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms while Countering Terrorism Mr. Enzo BIANCO, Chairman of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs of the Italian Senate Mr. Jaime MAYOR OREJA and Mr. Javier MORENO S?NCHEZ, Members of the European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs 16.00-17.00 Discussion 17.00-17.30 CLOSING SESSION In this crucial phase for the area of freedom, security and justice, a regular and efficient dialogue between the European Parliament and national Parliaments is needed. Such a dialogue should aim at an improved transparency in a domain which covers one fifth of the documents submitted to the European Parliament and the Council and should also focus on acts for which there is no clear parliamentary scrutiny such as the EU 'common positions' adopted in the Mr. Franco FRATTINI, Vice-President of the European Commission, Commissioner for Freedom, Justice and Security Conclusions by Ms. Tuija BRAX, Chairwoman of the Committee on Legal Affairs of the Parliament of Finland, Mr. Matti V?IST?, Chairman of the Committee on Internal Affairs of the Parliament of Finland and Mr. Jean-Marie CAVADA, Chairman of the EP Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. ____________________ 25/09/2006 1 COM(2006)331, "Implementing the Hague Programme: the way forward" 2 The first pillar refers to the policies that are included in the Treaty establishing the European Community (TEC) such as visas, asylum, immigration and other policies related to movements of persons (Title IV). The third pillar relates to police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters and these provisions are integrated in the Treaty on European Union (Title VI). 3 see for example the European Parliament resolution on the next steps for the period of reflection and analysis on the Future of Europe, 14.06.2006, P6_TA-PROV(2006)0263 4 such as the proposal of a Framework decision on the protection of personal data processed in the framework of police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters, see the report of Mrs Martine Roure MEP, A6-0192/2006 5 Proposal for a Council Framework decision on the exchange of information under the principle of availability, COM(2005) 490 6 The Convention on the stepping up of cross?border cooperation, particularly in combating terrorism, cross?border crime and illegal migration (the Pr?m Treaty) was negotiated on the basis of a German initiative and signed by Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Spain on 27 May 2005. 7 Judgment of the Court of Justice in Joined Cases C-317/04 and C-318/04, European Parliament v Council of the European Union and European Parliament v Commission of the European Communities, 30 May 2006 8 see the European Parliament recommendation to the Council on the negotiations for an agreement with the United States of America on the use of passenger name records (PNR) data to prevent and combat terrorism and trans-national crime, including organised crime, 07.07.2006, P6_TA-PROV(2006)0354 9 According to the Europol Convention (Art. 43 of the Europol Convention) the protocols have to be ratified by Member States in accordance with their respective constitutional requirements. 10 COM(2001)0270, 2001/0270/CNS 11 COM(2004)328, 2004/0113/CNS, Council Framework Decision on certain procedural rights in criminal proceedings throughout the European Union