ACALSES2.2007_1
20 March 2007
DRAFT ORDER OF BUSINESS
of the second part of the 2007 Ordinary Session
(16-20 April 2007)
drawn up by the Bureau of the Assembly
on 15 March 2007
Monday 16 April 2007
8 a.m.           Bureau of the Assembly
9.30 a.m.       Political groups
11.30 a.m.    1.   Opening of the second part of the 2007 Ordinary Session
                    a.   Statement by Mr René van der Linden, President of the Parliamentary Assembly
                    b.   Examination of new credentials (Doc. )
                    c.   Changes in the membership of Committees
                    d.   Request for debate under urgent procedure on:
                           - the situation in the Middle East
                    e.   Adoption of the order of business
                    f.    Adoption of the minutes of the meeting of the Standing Committee
                           (16 March 2007, Paris)
                    2.   Progress report of the Bureau of the Assembly and the Standing Committee (Doc. )
                           Rapporteur: Mr José Vera Jardim (Portugal, SOC)
                           Debate and approval
1 p.m.           End of the sitting
2 p.m.           Committees
3 p.m.           1.   Honouring of obligations and commitments by Azerbaijan (Doc. )
                           Co-rapporteurs of the Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee): Mr Andres Herkel (Estonia, EPP/CD) and Mr Tony Lloyd (United Kingdom, SOC)
                                     Deadline for tabling amendments: Monday 16 April at 12 noon.
                           Debate
                           Vote on …
5 p.m.           End of the sitting
5 p.m.           Political groups
Tuesday 17 April 2007
8.30 a.m.       Committees
                           Rapporteur of the Political Affairs Committee: Mr Jean-Charles Gardetto (Monaco, EPP/CD)
                           Rapporteur of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (for opinion) (Doc. 11205): Mr Erik Jurgens (Netherlands, SOC)
                           Rapporteur of the Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) (for opinion) (Doc. ): Mr Serhiy Holovaty (Ukraine, ALDE)
                                     Deadline for tabling amendments: Monday 16 April at 4 p.m.
                           Debate
                           Vote on a draft opinion
                           Statement by Mr Ranko KRIVOKAPIĆ, Speaker of the Parliament of Montenegro*
12 noon        2.   Address by an invited personality*
                           Questions
1 p.m.           End of the sitting
2 p.m.           Committees
3 p.m.           1.   Communication from the Committee of Ministers to the Parliamentary Assembly presented by Mr Fiorenzo STOLFI, Minister for Foreign Affairs of San Marino, Chairperson of the Committee of Ministers
                           Questions (Doc. )
                                     (Questions must be tabled by Monday 16 April at 4 p.m. at the latest)
                    2.   Code of good practice for political parties (Doc. 11210)
                           Rapporteur of the Political Affairs Committee: Mr Luc Van den Brande (Belgium, EPP/CD)
                           Rapporteur of the Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men (for opinion) (Doc. ): Mrs Gülsün Bilgehan (Turkey, SOC)
                                     Deadline for tabling amendments: Monday 16 April at 4 p.m.
                           Debate
                           Vote on a draft resolution
                    3.   Candidates for the European Court of Human Rights (Doc. 11208)
                           Rapporteur of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights: Mrs Marie-Louise Bemelmans-Videc (Netherlands, EPP/CD)
                           Rapporteur of the Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men (for opinion) (Doc. ): Mr José Mendes Bota (Portugal, EPP/CD)
                           Deadline for tabling amendments: Monday 16 April at 4 p.m.
                           Debate
                           Vote on a draft resolution
7.30 p.m.      End of the sitting
* Subject to confirmation.
Wednesday 18 April 2007
8.30 a.m.       Political groups
10 a.m.         State of human rights and democracy in Europe
                    (see separate programme, AS/Inf (2007) 4)
                    1.   State of human rights in Europe (Doc. 11202)
                           Rapporteur of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights: Mr Christos Pourgourides (Cyprus, EPP/CD)
                           Rapporteur of the Social, Health and Family Affairs Committee (for opinion) (Doc. ): Mr Marcel Glesener (Luxembourg, EPP/CD)
                           Rapporteur of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population (for opinion) (Doc. ): Mr Ed van Thijn (Netherlands, SOC)
                                     Deadline for tabling amendments: Tuesday 17 April at 3.30 p.m.
                           Statements by invited personalities
                           Debate
12.30 p.m.    2.   State of democracy in Europe (Doc. 11203)
                           Rapporteur of the Committee on Economic Affairs and Development (for opinion) (Doc. ): Mrs Liudmila Pirozhnikova (Russian Federation, EDG)
                           Rapporteur of the Committee on Culture, Science and Education (for opinion) (Doc. ): Mrs Maria Manuela de Melo (Portugal, SOC)
                           Rapporteur of the Committee on the Environment, Agricultural and Local and Regional Affairs (for opinion) (Doc. ): Mr Leo Platvoet (Netherlands, UEL)
                           Rapporteur of the Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men (for opinion) (Doc. ): Mrs Anna Čurdová (Czech Republic, SOC)
                           Rapporteur of the Committee on Rules of Procedure and Immunities (for opinion) (Doc. ): Mr Jonas Čekuolis (Lithuania, ALDE)
                                     Deadline for tabling amendments: Tuesday 17 April at 3.30 p.m.
                           Statements by invited personalities
1 p.m.           End of the sitting
2 p.m.           Committees
3 p.m.           1.   State of democracy in Europe (Doc. 11203) (continued)
                                     Deadline for tabling amendments: Tuesday 17 April at 3.30 p.m.
                           Statements by invited personalities
                           Debate
4.30 p.m.      2.   Monitoring of States' performance: Progress of the Assembly's monitoring procedure (Doc. )
                           Rapporteur of the Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee): Mr Eduard Lintner (Germany, EPP/CD)
                                     Deadline for tabling amendments: Tuesday 17 April at 3.30 p.m.
                           Statements by invited personalities
                           Debate
                           Vote on a draft resolution (Doc. 11203)
                           Vote on a draft recommendation (Doc. 11202)
                           Vote on a draft resolution (Doc. )
7.30 p.m.      End of the sitting
Thursday 19 April 2007
8.30 a.m.       Committees
10 a.m.         1.   [Possibly] Debate under urgent procedure**
                                     Deadline for tabling amendments: …
                           Debate
                           Vote on …
                    2.   Debate on general policy: Opinion on the draft memorandum of understanding between the Council of Europe and the European Union (Doc. )***
                                   Deadline for tabling amendments: Wednesday 18 April at 10.30 a.m.
                           Debate
                           Vote on …
1 p.m.           End of the sitting
2 p.m.           Committees
3 p.m.           1.   Honouring of obligations and commitments by the Principality of Monaco (Doc. )
                           Co-rapporteurs of the Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee): Mr Pedro Agramunt (Spain, EPP/CD) and Mr Leonid Slutsky (Russian Federation, SOC)
                                     Deadline for tabling amendments: Wednesday 18 April at 3.30 p.m.
                           Debate
                           Vote on …
                    2.   Fair trial issues in criminal cases concerning espionage or divulging state secrets (Doc. 11031)
                           Rapporteur of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights: Mr Christos Pourgourides (Cyprus, EPP/CD)
                                     Deadline for tabling amendments: Wednesday 18 April at 3.30 p.m.
                           Debate
                           Vote on a draft resolution
                           Vote on a draft recommendation
6.30 p.m.      End of the sitting
6.30 p.m.       Joint Committee
**Â Â Â If the urgent procedure is decided by the Assembly.
***Â Â Subject to the Committee of Ministers having transmitted the draft text to the Assembly for opinion.
Friday 20 April 2007
8.30 a.m.       Bureau of the Assembly
10 a.m.         1.a. The need for a Council of Europe Convention on the suppression of counterfeiting and trafficking in counterfeit goods (Doc. )
                           Rapporteur of the Committee on Economic Affairs and Development: Mr Bernard Schreiner (France, EPP/CD)
                                     Deadline for tabling amendments: Thursday 19 April at 10.30 a.m.
                    1.b. The quality of medicines in Europe (Doc. 11193)
                           Rapporteur of the Social, Health and Family Affairs Committee: Mr Bernard Marquet (Monaco, ALDE)
                                     Deadline for tabling amendments: Thursday 19 April at 10.30 a.m.
                           Joint debate
                           Vote on …
                           Vote on a draft recommendation
12 noon        Closure of the second part of the 2007 Ordinary Session