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Batteries Recycling© Crown Copyright 2008
Working with the EP
Batteries Recycling© Crown Copyright 2008
Germany (99)France (78)Italy (78)
United Kingdom (78)
Poland (54)Spain (54)
Romania (35)
Netherlands (27)Belgium (24)
Czech Republic (24)
Greece (24)Hungary (24)Portugal (24)Sweden (19)Austria (18)
Bulgaria (17)Denmark (14)Finland (14)
Slovakia (14)Lithuania (13)
Rep. of Ireland (13)
Latvia (9)
Slovenia (7)Cyprus (6)Estonia (6)
Luxembourg (6)
Malta (5)
NI (30)IND/DEM (24)
GUE/NGL (41)Greens/EFA (42)
UEN (44)ALDE (101)
PES (215)EPP-ED (288)
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5
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30
35
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45
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Total:785 MEPs
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Standing Committees of the EP• Foreign Affairs
• Development
• International Trade
• Budgets
• Budgetary Control
• Economic and Monetary Affairs
• Employment and Social Affairs
•Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
• Industry, Research and Industry
• Petitions
• Internal Market and Consumer Protection
• Transport and Tourism
• Regional Development
• Agriculture and Rural Development
• Fisheries
• Culture and Education
• Legal Affairs
• Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
• Constitutional Affairs
• Women’s Rights and Gender Equality
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Committee(s) and Plenary
Simple majority
General Approach, Political Agreement
Working Groups, COREPER,
Council
QMV
Co-decision: 1st Reading dealCommission publishes
draft Directive
European Parliament amends
Council accepts Parliament amendments
Directive agreed
Batteries Recycling© Crown Copyright 2008
Committee(s) and Plenary
Simple majority
Working Groups, COREPER,
Council
QMV
General Approach, Political Agreement
Working Groups, COREPER,
Council
QMV
Committee(s) and Plenary
Absolute majority
Co-decision: 2nd Reading dealCommission publishes
draft Directive
European Parliament amends
Council rejects Parliament amendments
Common Position
European Parliament amends
Council accepts Parliament amendments
Directive agreed
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Committee(s) and Plenary
Simple majority
27 MEPs, 27 MS, Commission
Prepared by trialogue
Working Groups, COREPER,
Council
QMV
General Approach, Political Agreement
Working Groups, COREPER,
Council
QMV
Committee(s) and Plenary
Absolute majority
Co-decision: 3rd Reading dealCommission publishes
draft Directive
European Parliament amends
Council rejects Parliament amendments
Common Position
European Parliament amends
Council rejects Parliament amendments
Conciliation
3rd ReadingDirective agreed
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Briefing MEPs
• UK Govt provides written briefing to UK MEPs on all Commission proposals
• Impartiality: UK officials should send or offer any briefing to all UK political groupings
• You may also brief influential MEPs from other Member States
Offer the rapporteur, Chair and Vice-Chair of the Committee, and leadership of the political groups full written briefing with an oral briefing as a follow-up
Members of the lead Committee could be sent a general paper setting out concerns and improvements
• Don’t forget the EP Committee Secretariat
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Briefing MEPs
• Assume it will be made public
• Briefing is needed at least a week before a proposal is first discussed in Committee, and a short update between Committee and Plenary, giving HMG’s views on specific amendments adopted by the Committee – possibly a Ministerial letter on issues of key importance
• Use the phone – MEPs are usually working to a fast-moving Parliamentary timetable, so advice over the phone will often be particularly influential
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Effective briefing
Concentrates on:
• Specific problems with the proposal, including why it poses problems for specific groups and individuals
• Realistic solutions, based around textual amendments which would remove or ameliorate the problem
• Points where EP support is likely, or at least conceivable, rather than points which matter to you
• The EP’s own procedures, so that briefing is appropriate to the stage the proposal has reached in the Parliament