News Service Week 9/2011

News Service week 9/2011

Table of contents:

Official documents

Press releases(54)
Secondary legislation(15)
Commission documents
EP documents(4)
Council documents(35)
Case law
Other EU documents(7)

Academic novelties

Courses, congresses, grants and vacancies

New acquisitions
Peace PalaceLibrary(12)
Asser Press
Other documents(1)

Official documents

Press releases

10/02/11Foreign Affairs MEPs discuss Turkey and Montenegro's EU aspirations

25/02/11Remarks by High Representative, Catherine Ashton on Libya in the margins of the Informal Defence Ministerial Meeting [Council]

25/02/11Remarks by High Representative, Catherine Ashton on Libya

25/02/11Crisisin Libya: European Commission allocates €3 million to address humanitarian needs

25/02/11European Agency for the Management of Operational Coordination at the External Borders (FRONTEX) :Frontex GuestOfficers Sent to Work in Italy27/02/11 Catherine Ashton, Commission Vice-President to address UN Human Rights Council, to discuss Libya with international partners

25/02/11Catherine Ashton EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the European Commission A world built on co-operation, sovereignty, democracy and stability Corvinus University Budapest, 25 February 2011 [Rapid]

25/02/11European Police College :Serving the new EU Security Architecture

27/02/11Statement by Catherine Ashton, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, on UNSC resolution and latest developments regarding the situation in Libya [Council]

27/02/11 Statement by Catherine Ashton, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/ Commission Vice-President, on appointment of new Tunisian Prime Minister [Rapid]

28/02/11Justice and Home Affairs Council discusses Schengen Area and Arab refugees

28/02/11 Štefan Füle European Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy Speech on the recent events in North Africa Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET), European Parliament Brussels, 28 February 2011 [Rapid]

28/02/11Beyond fighting poverty – Commission pushes for modernised EU relationship with Overseas Countries and Territories [Rapid]

28/02/11Q&A on EU support to Overseas Countries and Territories [Rapid]

28/02/11 Catherine Ashton EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the European Commission Remarks in the margins of the Human Rights Security Council Human Rights Council, 16th session Geneva, 28 February 2011 [Rapid]

28/02/11Catherine Ashton EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the European Commission Speech before the Human Rights Council Human Rights Council, 16th session, High Level Segment Geneva, 28 February 2011 [Rapid]

28/02/11Buzek meets Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican

28/02/11EU in the world : Enlargement : EU support to Croatian Customs administration[Rapid]

01/03/11Egypt: transition to democracy needs at least a year

01/03/11 SPEECH/11/135 José Manuel Durão Barroso President of the European Commission Statement of President Barroso following his meeting with the President of Kyrgyzstan Roza Otunbaeva Joint press point Brussels, 1 March 2011 [Rapid]

01/03/11 Commissioner Piebalgs announces new support for culture in the African, Caribbean and Pacific countries on the occasion of the Ouagadougou Film Festival [Rapid]

01/03/11MEPs urged Member States to accelerate work on the "asylum package" and stressed the need for solidarity as regards relocating migrants

01/03/11 Brussels, 28 February 2011 Libya: EU imposes arms embargo and targeted sanctions [Rapid]

01/03/11Egypt: transition to democracy needs at least a year

01/03/11 Mediterranean migrants: coping with influx and backing future democracies [European Parliament]

02/03/11Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on the alignment of certain third countries with the Council Decision 2011/70/CFSP updating the list of persons, groups and entities subject to Articles 2, 3 and 4 of Common Position 2001/931/CFSP on the application of specific measures to combat terrorism [Council]

02/03/11Statement byPresident Barroso on the situation in North Africa

02/03/11Meeting of EU, Southern Mediterranean MPs comes at "historic moment"

02/03/11"Baseforeign policy on values" - Buzek in North Africa debate with Ashton and political group leaders

02/03/11José Manuel Durão Barroso President of the European Commission Statement by President Barroso on the situation in North Africa Press point Brussels, 2 March 2011 [Rapid]

02/03/11Štefan Füle European Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy Interim Report on Reforms in Croatia in the field of Judiciary and Fundamental Rights (Negotiation Chapter 23) Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET), European Parliament Brussels, 2 March 2011 [Rapid]

02/03/11 Frontex and the RABIT operation at the Greek-Turkish border [Rapid]

02/03/11 Statement by Commissioner Malmström on the end of the RABIT operation and the launch of Operation Poseidon in Greece [Rapid]

02/03/11 Pacific Islands and Climate change: Commission takes the lead to help with adaptation and fight poverty [Rapid]

02/03/11 Pacific Islands – EU relations: Focus on Climate change [Rapid]

02/03/11The Commission adopted today an interim report on the progress made by Croatia in the area of judiciary and fundamental rights [Rapid]

02/03/11 Statement by Commissioner Štefan Füle following the Signature of the Memorandum of Understanding on the National Indicative Programme for Ukraine [Rapid]

02/03/11 "Base foreign policy on values" - Buzek in debate with Ashton & group chairs [European Parliament]

02/03/11MariyaNedelcheva MEP: The people of South Sudan need our help to build a new country

03/03/11 Union for the Mediterranean Assembly united in support of democratic transitions [European Parliament]

03/03/11 Štefan Füle European Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy Eastern Partnership of the EU Bratislava Global Security Forum (GLOBSEC Conference) Brussels, 3 March 2011 [Rapid]

03/03/11 Catherine Ashton EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the European Commission Remarks after the meeting with Mr Vladimir Filat, Prime Minister of the Republic of Moldova Moldova, 3 March 2011 [Rapid]

03/03/11 José Manuel Durão Barroso President of the European Commission Statement by President Barroso following his meeting with Igor Lukšić, Prime Minister of Montenegro Press point Brussels, 3 March 2011 [Rapid]

03/03/11EU ups its response to Libya’s humanitarian crisis as Commission and Hungarian presidency visit Tunisia-Libya border

(For more press releases on Libya and North Africa see below: Council documents)

03/03/11Máire Geoghegan-Quinn Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science Innovation in the Transatlantic Relationship: Unlocking the Potential of a 21st Century Economy Transatlantic Conference, the American Chamber of Commerce Crowne Plaza Hotel, Rue de la Loi 107, 1040 Brussels Thursday, 3 March 2011, 09:00 am

04/03/11Developments in Libya: an overview of the EU's response

04/03/11 Andris Piebalgs European Commissioner for Development Climate change: don't forget the Pacific. For a stronger EU-Pacific joint action High-Level Regional Conference on climate change in the Pacific Vanuatu, 4 March 2011 [Rapid]

04/03/11 MEMO/11/136 [Rapid](Media freedom in Turkey)

04/03/11Seychelles communications to be transformed following EIB support for first international fibre-optic link [EIB]

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Secondary legislation and other documents in the Official Journal

Commission Regulation (EU) No174/2011 of 23February 2011 amending Council Regulation (EC) No314/2004
concerning certain restrictive measures in respect of Zimbabwe23

Council Decision 2011/126/EU of 21February 2011
concerning the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the West African Economic and Monetary Union on certain aspects of air services 1

Commission Regulation (EU) No178/2011 of 24February 2011 amending for the 145th 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 10

Notice for the attention of Khalil Ahmed Haqqani and Said Jan ‘Abd Al-Salam 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) No178/201114

Procès-verbal of rectification to the Economic Partnership Agreement between the CARIFORUM States, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part, signed at Bridgetown, Barbados on 15October 2008 and at Haiti on 10December 2009( OJ L 289, 30.10.2008)23

Council Decision 2011/129/EU of 13September 2010
on the position to be taken by the European Union in the EU-Switzerland Joint Committee established in the 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, as regards a Joint Committee decision updating Article 1 of Annex I to the Agreement 1

Council Decision 2011/116/EU of 13December 2010
on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and the provisional application of the Protocol to the Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Federated States of Micronesia on fishing in the Federated States of Micronesia 1

Protocol setting out the fishing opportunities and financial contribution provided for in the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Federated States of Micronesia on fishing in the Federated States of Micronesia 3

Council Regulation (EU) No156/2011 of 13December 2010
concerning the allocation of the fishing opportunities under the Protocol to the Partnership Agreement between the European Community and the Federated States of Micronesia on fishing in the Federated States of Micronesia 66

Council Decision 2011/117/EU of 18January 2011
on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and Georgia on the facilitation of the issuance of visas 33

Agreement between the European Union and Georgia on the facilitation of the issuance of visas 34

Council Decision 2011/118/EU of 18January 2011
on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and Georgia on the readmission of persons residing without authorisation 45

Agreement between the European Union and Georgia on the readmission of persons residing without authorisation 47

Council Decision 2011/133/CFSP of 21February 2011
on the signing and conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and Montenegro establishing a framework for the participation of Montenegro in European Union crisis management operations 1

Agreement between the European Union and Montenegro establishing a framework for the participation of Montenegro in European Union crisis management operations 2

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

No recent additions.

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EP documents

David Casa

1/03/2011 PE 452.846v02-00 ECON_AD(2011)452846

Committee on Economic and Monetary AffairsOPINION

Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing transitional arrangements for bilateral investment agreements between Member States and third countries

Documents in dossier ECON/7/03415

Franziska Keller

1/03/2011 PE 456.656v02-00 LIBE_AD(2011)456656

Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home AffairsOPINION

on Migration Flows arising from Instability: Scope and Role of the EU Foreign Policy

Documents in dossier LIBE/7/04563

Véronique Mathieu

1/03/2011 PE 456.611v02-00 LIBE_AD(2011)456611

Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home AffairsOPINION

Proposal for a Regulation (EU) No …/… of the European Parliament and of the Council implementing Article 10 of the United Nations Firearms Protocol and establishing export authorisation, import and transit measures for firearms, their parts and components and ammunition SEC(2010)663 SEC(2010)662

Documents in dossier LIBE/7/03118

EP Study:

Increasing the Impact of EU Development Policy (24 pp.)
by Pedro Morazan (Institut SÜDWIND, Germany) and Christiane Gerstetter (ECOLOGIC INSTITUTE, Germany)

This present study is a contribution to the recently launched consultation process on the Green Paper "EU Development Policy in Support of Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development - Increasing the Impact of EU Development Policy". It provides evidencebased answers to selected questions raised in the Green Paper. In this brief, the authors focus on the topics related to “inclusive growth and sustainable development”, analyzing, in a more general manner, the aspects that relate with development policy impact:  Industrial investment projects in developing countries ;  Protection of social and economic rights, and better corporate accountability ;  Establishing an economic environment to promote business, particularly SMEs ;  Financial support and low cost finance and financial guarantees ;  Innovation and technology transfer in developing countries ;  Climate change, biodiversity and development.

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Council documents

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23/02/11Helping evacuate Europeans from Libya01/03/11Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council, convenes an extraordinary European Council on Friday 11 March 2011

24/02/11Europe's response to migration from North Africa03/03/11High Representative Catherine Ashton convenes an extraordinary Foreign Affairs Council [Council]

27/02/11Statement by Catherine Ashton, EU High Representative, on UNSC resolution and latest developments regarding the situation in Libya

28/02/11Libya: EU imposes arms embargo and targeted sanctions[70 KB]

28/02/11EU adoptssanctions against Libya

28/02/11Remarks by Catherine Ashton, EU High Representative, in the margins of the Human Rights Security Council

28/02/11Main results of the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council

01/03/11Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union : Keeping an eye on migration from the Southern Mediterranean

02/03/11Libyen: Durchführungsverordnung über EU-Sanktionen verabschiedet

(Adoption of the implementing regulation on EU sanctions; link to the English text)

02/03/11Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union :Viktor Orbán’s letter to Herman van Rompuy

03/03/11 EU-Mexico Human Rights Dialogue [Council]

24/02/20116887/11 Proposal for a Council decision on the conclusion of an agreement between the European Community and the United States of America on cooperation in the regulation of civil aviation safety - Adoption

25/02/20117023/11 Council Conclusions on the EU-Turkey Readmission Agreement and related issues

25/02/20117668/10Recommendation for a Council Decision authorising the Commission to negotiate the Accession Agreement of the European Union to the European Convention for the protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms EXT 2

25/02/20116935/11 Draft Commission Regulation (EU) No …/.. of […] amending Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on shipments of waste to include certain mixtures of wastes in Annex IIIA thereto = Decision not to oppose adoption (regulatory procedure with scrutiny)

25/02/20117794/1/10 Report Latin America Working Party REV 1

25/02/2011PE7/11 REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1964/2005 on the tariff rates for bananas

28/02/20116523/10 Report Latin America Working Party EXT 1

28/02/2011 Report Latin America Working Party EXT 2

28/02/20116148/10 Report Latin America Working Party EXT 1

28/02/20116525/10 Report Latin America Working Party EXT 1

28/02/20116850/10 Report Latin America Working Party EXT 2

28/02/20115974/10 Report Latin America Working Party EXT 1

28/02/20117793/10 Report Latin America Working Party EXT 1

28/02/20112106/11 Resolution of the 2nd meeting of the ACP Ministers in charge of Fisheries held in Mahe (Seychelles) from 22nd to 25th November 2010

28/02/20116323/11 Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council implementing the bilateral safeguard clause of the EU-Korea Free Trade Agreement - Outcome of the European Parliament's first reading (Strasbourg, 14 to 17 February 2011)

28/02/20116799/10 Recommendation from the Commission to the Council with a view to authorize modifications to the negotiating directives for an Association Agreement between the UE on the one part, and the Central American Republics of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua, on the other part in order to integrate Panama in the negotiations EXT 1

01/03/20116904/11 Draft Council conclusions on tackling the challenges on raw materials and in commodity markets

01/03/20116904/1/11 Draft Council conclusions on tackling the challenges on raw materials and in commodity markets REV 1

01/03/20116682/11 Table of travel documents entitling the holder to cross the external borders and which may be endorsed with a visa - Part I ADD 1

01/03/2011PE68/10 REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Council Regulation (EC) No 377/2004 on the creation of an immigration liaison officers network

01/03/20116821/11 COUNCIL DECISION concerning the conclusion of the Agreement between the United States of America and the European Community on cooperation in the regulation of civil aviation safety

01/03/20118312/09 Agreement between the United States of America and the European Community on cooperation in the regulation of civil aviation safety

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Case law

No recent additions. All case law to be found at:

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OtherEU documents

From: Official Journal C-series:

Opinion No1/2011 on a proposal for a regulation of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No215/2008 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the 10th European Development Fund, as regards the European External Action Service (pursuant to Article 287(4), TFEU)1

From: EU ISS:

The Arab democratic wave: how the EU can seize the moment (Report - n°9, March 2011, 72 pp.)
by Amr Elshobaki, Mohammed Al-Masri, Mouin Rabbani, George Joffe, Erwan Lannon, Gema Martin Muñoz, Luis Martinez, Abdallah Saaf, Paul Salem, Sami Kamil
edited by Álvaro de Vasconcelos

Mass exodus and the responsibility to protect under international law :The case of Libya (4 pp.)
by Luis Peral

Change in the Middle East and North Africa: a Turkish perspective (3 pp.)
by Zerrin Torun

All articles:

From: European Commission, DG Enlargement:

Launch of a consultation on the successor of the Instrument for Pre–accession Assistance (IPA) post 2013

Enlargement Newsletter:

Contents:

Commissioner Füle addresses EP plenary on the political situation in Albania
Croatia: Interim report adopted by the Commission on Chapter 23
Ashton and Füle welcome new government in Kosovo
MEPs congratulate Croatia on "substantial progress" towards EU
Turkey: Commissioner welcomes Selek acquittal
New projects for democracy and human rights presented in Bosnia and Herzegovina

From: Top News from the European Commission, 25 February – 31 March 2011:

02-04/03/11EU's help to Pacific Islands to fight climate change effects: Commissioner Piebalgs in Vanuatu to launch €50.4 million worth projects

Between 3 and 4 March, 2011, European Commissioner for Development, Andris Piebalgs, will participate in Conference on Climate Change in Vanuatu and sign an Action Plan to enhance Pacific-EU cooperation on climate change.

The sources:

Website of the EU delegation in Vanuatu:

Website of the European Commissioner for Development, Andris Piebalgs:

The contacts:

Catherine Ray: +32 2 296 99 21 or +32 498 96 99 21

Wojtek Talko: +32 2 297 85 51 or +32 498 97 85 51

03/03/11Opening of new Energy Agency "ACER" in Ljubljana

The Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators ("ACER") will formally assume its powers on 3March 2011, the same day the Third Package for the Liberalisation of the Energy Sector will enter into force. On this day, ACER will also formally open its office premises in its host country Slovenia.

ACER will complement and coordinate the work of National Regulatory Authorities in the field of energy (NRAs). Its competences include participation in the creation of European network rules, taking binding individual decisions on terms and conditions for access and operational security for cross border infrastructure if NRAs cannot agree, giving advice on various energy related issues to the European institutions and monitoring and reporting to the European Parliament and the Council.

The event

12:00 h Energy Commissioner Oettinger, Slovenian Prime Minister Pahor, ACER's director Pototschnig and Slovenian Energy Minister Radić will assist in the opening ceremony at TR3 building, Trg Republika of Ljubljana in Slovenia.