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PE-7/CPG/PV/2010-16

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

CONFERENCE OF PRESIDENTS

MINUTES

of the ordinary meeting of Wednesday

16 June 2010

Louise Weiss Building - Room R 1.1

STRASBOURG

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PE-7/CPG/PV/2010-16

CONFERENCE OF PRESIDENTS

MINUTES

of the ordinary meeting of

Wednesday, 16 June 2010

from 11.00 to 12.30 hours

Louise Weiss - Room LOW R 1.1

Strasbourg

CONTENTS

Page

1. Adoption of draft agenda ............................................................................................................ 7

2. Approval of the Minutes of the meeting of 10 June 2010 .......................................................... 8

3. Adoption of the draft agenda for the July part-session (5 - 8 July 2010 in Strasbourg)

- Scheduling of priority debates in plenary ................................................................................ 9

4. Communications of the President ............................................................................................. 10

4.1 Invitation to Mr van ROMPUY, President of the European Council to attend the

Conference of Presidents .......................................................................................................... 10

4.2 Nomination by the President of a Non-attached Member to attend the Conference of

President following change in Rules ........................................................................................ 10

4.3 25th anniversary of Spain and Portugal's accession to the EU ................................................. 10

4.4 25th Anniversary of the signature of the Schengen Agreement ............................................... 10

4.5 European Council meeting on 17 June 2010 ............................................................................ 11

4.6 Official visit to Russia on 21-22 June 2010 ............................................................................. 11

4.7 EuroNest Parliamentary Assembly ........................................................................................... 11

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5. Draft calendar of the other EP activities for 2011 - political group, committee and

constituency weeks - Letters from the Chairs of the Conferences of committee Chairs

and delegation Chairs ................................................................................................................ 13

6. An exchange of views with Mr ROUCEK, Vice-President and coordinator of the

High-Level Contact Group for Relations with the Turkish Cypriot Community in the

Northern Part of the Island ........................................................................................................ 15

7. Request to extend the mandate of the Special Committee on the Financial, Economic

and Social Crisis (CRIS) until the end of July 2011 and to present an interim report

in September 2010 – letter from Mr KLINZ, Chair of the special committee ......................... 16

8. Request from the Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO) to hold a joint

meeting with representatives of the national parliaments on 30 September 2010 –

financial statement – Letter from CASINI, Chair of the Committee on Constitutional

Affairs ....................................................................................................................................... 18

9. Initiative of the ECR Group on the recommendation to the Council on declaring 25

May the European Day Honouring the Heroes of the Fight against the

Totalitarianism - Letters from Mr KAMIŃSKI, Chair of the ECR Group ............................... 19

10. Request for authorisation for an ad hoc delegation from the ITRE committee to take

part in the EU delegation to the 5th Internet Governance Forum in Vilnius, Lithuania

from 14 to 17 September 2010 - financial statement - draft programme - Letter from

Mr REUL, Chair of the committee concerned .......................................................................... 20

11. Request for authorization to hold the next meeting of a Committee of the EMPA

Assembly at the European Parliament in Brussels on 30 September 2010 - financial

statement - Letter from Mr ROMEVA i RUEDA, Vice-Chair of this EMPA

Committee ................................................................................................................................. 22

12. Urgent Matters and Any Other Business .................................................................................. 23

13. Items for information ................................................................................................................ 24

13.1 Internal correspondence ............................................................................................................ 24

13.2 Inter-institutional correspondence ............................................................................................ 24

13.3 External correspondence ........................................................................................................... 24

14. Date and place of next meeting ................................................................................................. 26

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CONFERENCE OF PRESIDENTS

MINUTES

of the meeting of Wednesday 16 June 2010

from 11.00 to 12.30 hours

Strasbourg

The meeting opened at 11.10 hours, with Mr Jerzy BUZEK,

President of the European Parliament, in the chair.

Present

Mr BUZEK, President

Political group Chairs

Mr DAUL (EPP)

Mr SCHULZ (S&D)

Mr VERHOFSTADT (ALDE)

Mr COHN-BENDIT (Co-Chair) (Greens/EFA)

Mr KIRKHOPE (acting) (ECR)

Mr BISKY (GUE/NGL)

Mr SPERONI (Co-Chair) (EFD)

Also Present

Mr WELLE, Secretary-General

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Invited

Mr LEHNE, Chair of the Conference of Committee Chairs

Invited for item 6

Mr ROUCEK, Vice-President and Coordinator of the High-Level Contact Group for Relations

with the Turkish Cypriot Community in the Northern Part of the Island

Also Invited

The Council 1

represented by Mr ARPIO

Mr MILTON

The Commission (1)

represented by Mr ANASTOPOULOS

Mr MITEK

Mr BARANY

The Economic and Social Committee(1)

Mr OLIVIERA

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Office of the President

Mr POPOWSKI

Mr TEASDALE

Mr O'BEARA

Mr ALPERMANN

Ms STUTZMANN

Ms ROSINSKA

Mr POMÉS RUIZ

Mr EVISON

Ms WORUM

Office of the Secretary-General

1 presnet for items 1-3; (2) present for item 6

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Mr DREXLER

Mr MANGOLD

Ms BLAU

Ms FREDSGAARD

Mr HILLER

Secretariat

DG Presidency (PRES) Ms F. RATTI/Mr DUNSTAN(1)/Ms VERGER/Ms

DUDZINSKA/Mr LANE/Mr SÁNCHEZ

RODRÍGUEZ(1)/Mr CAHEN/Mr SCOTT(1)/Ms

JIMENEZ LOZANO

DG Internal Policies (IPOL) Mr RIBERA D'ALCALÀ/Ms VANDENBOSCH/Mr

HANSEN/ Mr NEMOZ-HERVENS (2)

DG External Policies (EXPO) Mr AGUIRIANO NALDA/Mr STOKELJ/

Mr C. HUBER (1)

DG Communication (COMM) Ms LAHOUSSE/Mr DUCH GUILLOT/ Mr

WARASIN

DG INTE Ms COSMIDOU

DG Finances (FIN) Mr VANHAEREN

Legal Service Mr PENNERA/Mr PERILLO

Ms O. RATTI, Director for relations with the secretariats of the political groups.

Political groups

Mr KAMP/Mr RYNGAERT/Ms SCRIBAN/Mr RIPOLL (EPP)

Ms COLOMBO/Mr VALLI/Ms BAPTISTA/Mr WINKLER (S&D)

Mr BEELS/Mr DEBEUF/Ms COLERA/Mr RASMUSSEN (ALDE)

Ms TSETSI/Mr DENKINGER/Mr LINAZASORO (Greens/EFA)

Mr BARRETT/Mr ISAACS (ECR) 1Ms D'ALIMONTE/Ms LEPOLA (GUE/NGL)

Mr BORDEZ/Mr VAUGIER (EFD)

Mr BUGALHO (Non-attached)

Mr PEGAZZANO, Ms CASALPRIM and Ms SHEIL, acted as secretaries to the meeting.

1 present for items 1-3; (2) present for item 6

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1. Adoption of draft agenda

The Conference of Presidents

- noted the draft agenda (PE 443.317/CPG) and adopted it in the form shown in these

Minutes.

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2. Approval of the Minutes of the meeting of 10 June 2010

The Conference of Presidents

- noted and approved the Minutes of the ordinary meeting of 10 June 2010 in Brussels

(PE 443.260/CPG).

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3. Adoption of the draft agenda for the July part-session (5 - 8 July 2010 in Strasbourg) -

Scheduling of priority debates in plenary

The Conference of Presidents

- noted the following documents:

a letter dated 15 June 2010 from Ms BERES, Chair of the EMPL Committee,

(PE 443.394/CPG);

a letter dated 15 June 2010 from Mr LEHNE, Chair of the Conference of

Committee Chairs, on the recommendations concerning the agenda for the

July part-session 2010 (5 to 8 July 2010) (PE 443.388/CPG and annex);

a letter dated 7 June 2010 from Mr SIMPSON, Chair of the Committee on

Transport and Tourism, on a resolution adopted by this Committee on the

implementation of the first railway package to be adopted at the June Plenary (PE

443.323/CPG);

a note from Ms RATTI, Deputy Secretary-General, on the deadline for questions

for Question Time for the September I part-session (PE 443.361/CPG).

- considered the draft agenda for the July part-session (5 - 8 July 2010 in Strasbourg)

in the light of a note drafted by DG Presidency setting out the various options,

distributed after the preparatory meeting of 15 June 2010 with the secretaries-general

of the political groups, and adopted the proposals contained therein without

modification.

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4. Communications of the President

4.1 Invitation to Mr van ROMPUY, President of the European Council to attend the

Conference of Presidents

The Conference of Presidents

- heard the President inform the meeting that Mr VAN ROMPUY, President of the

European Council, would no longer be available to attend the Conference of

Presidents' meeting on 1 July 2010, but that he had proposed to attend a meeting of

the Conference in early autumn instead.

4.2 Nomination by the President of a Non-attached Member to attend the Conference of

President following change in Rules

The Conference of Presidents

- heard the President, who noted that the Martin report, adopted by plenary on 15 June

2010, had introduced a change to the Rules of Procedure which gave the President

responsibility for designating a delegate for the 27 Non-Attached MEPs to attend

meetings of the Conference of Presidents, and that, as a result, he intended to take a

decision in the near future as to whom that delegate might be.

4.3 25th anniversary of Spain and Portugal's accession to the EU

The Conference of Presidents

- heard the President inform the meeting that he had paid visits to Lisbon and Madrid,

on Saturday 12 June 2010, to represent the Parliament at ceremonies to mark the 25th

anniversary of of Portuguese and Spanish accession to the EU.

4.4 25th anniversary of the signature of the Schengen Agreement

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The Conference of Presidents

- heard the President report that he had paid visit to Schengen, Luxembourg, on

Sunday 13 June, for the 25th anniversary of the Schengen Agreement and where he

participated in the inauguration of a new museum on the history of Schengen Zone

cooperation.

4.5 European Council meeting on 17 June 2010

The Conference of Presidents

- heard the President foreshadow his speech to the European Council on 17 June 2010 -

focussed on "Europe 2020", European economic governance, the regulation of

financial services, the forthcoming G20 Summit in Toronto, as well as opening of

accession negotiations with Iceland - which would be guided by the Parliament's

recent resolutions on these issues.

4.6 Official visit to Russia on 21-22 June 2010

The Conference of Presidents

- heard the President inform the meeting that he would pay an official visit to Russia,

on 21-22 June 2010, during which he would meet with President, Mr Dmitri

MEDVEDEV, the Speaker of the Duma, Mr Boris GRYZLOV, the Speaker of the

Federation Council, Mr Sergei MIRONOV and the Foreign Minister, Mr Sergei

LAVROV. He also stated that he would focus on human rights during the visit,

including the case of Mikhail KHODORKOVSKY, and following consultations with

Ms HAUTALA, Chair of the Human Rights Subcommittee, and that he would meet

with recent Sakharov Prize winners Memorial as well as other human rights groups.

4.7 EuroNest Parliamentary Assembly

The Conference of Presidents

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- heard the President recall the decision of the Conference of Presidents on 11 March

2010 to postpone the constituent meeting of the EuroNest Parliamentary Assembly

and inviting the President to open consultations with the Speakers of the five partner

parliaments on the structure of the EuroNest PA and notably on the options available

regarding the representation of Belarus in this Assembly;

heard the President report on the numerous individual consultations which he had

held in recent weeks with the Speakers of the parliaments of Armenia, Azerbaijan,

Moldova, Ukraine and Georgia, on the subject, detailing the current state of play;

- held a exchange of views with the participation of, inter alia, Mr SCHULZ, Chair of

the S&D Group, Mr VERHOFSTADT, Chair of the ALDE Group, Mr COHN-

BENDIT, Co-Chair of the Greens/EFA Group, Mr KIRKHOPE, acting Chair of the

ECR Group and Mr SPERONI, Co-Chair of the EFD Group;

- thanked the President for his work and invited him to continue such consultations,

with a view to finding, if possible, a common understanding regarding the structure

of the EuroNest Parliamentary Assembly.

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A. DECISIONS

5. Draft calendar of the other EP activities for 2011 - political group, committee and

constituency weeks - Letters from the Chairs of the Conferences of committee Chairs and

delegation Chairs

The Conference of Presidents, without debate

- noted the following documents:

a draft updated calendar dated 16 June 2010 on the activities and sessions of

the European Parliament for 2011 (PE 443.238/CPG);

a letter from Mr LEHNE, dated 15 June 2010, on the above-mentioned subject

(PE 443.393/CPG);

a letter from Mr LEHNE, dated 21 April 2010, on the above-mentioned subject

(PE 440.798/CPG);

a letter from Mr YÁŇEZ-BARNUEVO, dated 20 April 2010, on the above-

mentioned subject (PE 440.787/CPG).

a letter dated 21 May 2010 from Ms HIRSCH and 51 Members on the draft

calendar for 2011; (CPG 443.264/CPG).

- approved the draft calendar for the European Parliament's activities (other than the

plenary sessions) in 2011;

- invited the Secretary-General to submit a draft of the 2012 calendar to the Conference

of Presidents in the near future, in order to promote improved long-term planning of

the Parliament's various activities;

- requested the Secretary-General to circulate a list of all requests for meetings of

parliamentary committees and inter-parliamentary delegations (as well of trialogues,

bureaux, coordinators, shadow rapporteurs, etc) to be held during any given

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Strasbourg session, for inclusion in the file of the meeting of the Conference of

Presidents during the week preceding the relevant Strasbourg plenary session;

- reiterated the importance, in accordance with the Rules Governing the Holding of

Meetings Simultaneously with Plenary Sittings, of all meetings of full committees or

delegations only occurring, during Strasbourg plenary sessions, at the specific times

indicated in those rules and that in particular no committee meetings should be held

on Tuesdays or Wednesdays of Strasbourg sessions;

- endorsed the intention of the President henceforth automatically to refuse

authorisation, as a matter of principle, for any proposals for meetings of full

committees or delegations to be held at the same time as meetings of one or more of

the political groups already planned in Strasbourg.

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B. EXCHANGE OF VIEWS

6. An exchange of views with Mr ROUCEK, Vice-President and coordinator of the High-

Level Contact Group for Relations with the Turkish Cypriot Community in the Northern

Part of the Island

The Conference of Presidents

- noted the following documents:

a letter dated 25 March 2010 from Mr ROUCEK (PE 439.791/CPG);

a revised mandate, drawn up by the Political Group Coordination Unit, for the

High-Level Contact Group for Relations with the Turkish-Cypriot Community

in the Northern Part of the Island (429.147/CPG);

Extracts from the Decisions of the Conference of Presidents of 6 May 2009,

22 October 2009 and 15 April 2010;

- heard Mr ROUCEK, Vice-President and Coordinator of the High-Level Contact

Group for relations with the Turkish Cypriot Community in the Northern part of the

Island (CYTR Contact Group), who reported back from the Contact Group's visit to

the island on 9-10 June and its meetings with political leaders, diplomats, NGOs and

academia in both parts of the island;

- heard Mr ROUCEK, who mentioned inter alia: i) various aspects of the work carried

out by the High-Level Contact Group; ii) the relevance of the objectives contained in

the mandate so as to conduct a constructive and fruitful dialogue, and iii) the

importance of consensual approach within the High-Level Contact Group;

- held an exchange of views with the participation of Mr DAUL, Chair of the EPP

Group, Mr SCHULZ, Chair of the S&D Group, Mr VERHOFSTADT, Chair of the

ALDE Group, Mr COHN-BENDIT, Co-Chair of the Greens/EFA Group, Mr

KIRKHOPE, acting Chair of the ECR Group, Mr BISKY, Chair of the GUE/NGL

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Group, Mr SPERONI, Co-Chair of the EFD Group, and Mr LEHNE, Chair of the

Conference of Committee Chairs, who noted:

Mr ROUCEK's considerable experience in both the field of external relations

and as a consensus builder;

the importance of creating a bridge between the Parliament and the Turkish

Cypriot Community in the Northern part of the Island;

that the guiding principle for contact with the Turkish Cypriot community in

the Northern part of the island was to base itself on the contact group mandate

and on the United Nations' resolutions on the matter;

the clear intention of the mandate of the High-Level Contact Group was that it

should proceed through consensus-based decision making, avoiding resort to

voting;

the right of the Coordinator, according to the mandate, to brief European

Parliament committees, as appropriate;

- requested the JURI Committee, as the competent organ of the Parliament, to

pronounce on the appropriate choice of the legal basis of a related legislative

proposal referred to the Conference of Presidents by the Chair of the INTA

Committee, Mr MOREIRA;

- decided to revert to the matter of the functioning of the High-Level Contact

Group, as well as the related INTA Committee referral, at a forthcoming meeting,

taking into account the relevant clarification by the JURI Committee.

C. PROPOSALS FOR DECISIONS WITHOUT DEBATE

7. Request to extend the mandate of the Special Committee on the Financial, Economic and

Social Crisis (CRIS) until the end of July 2011 and to present an interim report in

September 2010 – letter from Mr KLINZ, Chair of the special committee

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The Conference of Presidents, without debate,

- noted the following documents:

the above-mentioned letter, dated 4 June 2010 (PE 443.315/CPG and annexes);

the mandate of the Special Committee on the Financial, Economic and Social

Crisis of 7 October 2009.

- noted that the 12-month mandate of the Special Committee on the Financial,

Economic and Social Crisis (CRIS) would expire on 7 October 2010, in accordance

with the mandate given by a plenary decision of 7 October 2009 to adopt a report

proposing appropriate measures for the long-term reconstruction of sound, stable

financial markets able to support sustainable growth, social cohesion and

employment at all levels;

- noted the request of Mr KLINZ, Chair of the special committee, to:

extend until the end of July 2011, the mandate of the Special Committee in

order for it to present a draft political work programme for the EU and a

concrete legislative action plan concerning measures and initiatives to be taken

to overcome the crisis in a ten-year perspective by the summer 2011;

submit an "interim report" to the September II part-session, which will focus

on political conclusions on how to combat the crisis. The final report would

then be adopted by the Special Committee in April 2011 and submitted to

plenary shortly before the summer break in 2011 at the latest;

- forwarded its recommendation to extend the mandate of the CRIS Committee until

the end of July 2011 to the Plenary, in accordance with the Rules of Procedure.

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8. Request from the Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO) to hold a joint meeting

with representatives of the national parliaments on 30 September 2010 – financial

statement – Letter from CASINI, Chair of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs

The Conference of Presidents, without debate,

- noted the following document:

a letter dated 14 June 2010 from Mr CASINI, Chair of the Committee on

Constitutional Affairs, on the above-mentioned subject (PE 443.372/CPG and

financial statement).

- took note of the request from the Chair of the AFCO Committee to organise an inter-

parliamentary committee meeting with national parliaments on 30 September 2010;

- authorised the event in question.

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9. Initiative of the ECR Group on the recommendation to the Council on declaring 25 May

the European Day Honouring the Heroes of the Fight against the Totalitarianism - Letters

from Mr KAMIŃSKI, Chair of the ECR Group

The Conference of Presidents,

- noted the following document:

a letter dated 25 May 2010 from Mr KAMIŃSKI, Chair of the European

Conservatives and Reformists Group, on the above-mentioned subject

(PE 443.275/CPG and annexes).

- took note the proposal from the ECR Group that 25 May be declared the European

Day Honouring the Heroes of the Fight against Totalitarianism;

- held a brief exchange of views with the participation of Mr KIRKHOPE, acting Chair

of the ECR Group and the President;

- invited the President to write to the President of the European Commission seeking

the Commission's view on the initiative and to return to the matter at a future date on

the basis of the Commission's position.

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Visits outside the three places of work

10. Request for authorisation for an ad hoc delegation from the ITRE committee to take part in

the EU delegation to the 5th Internet Governance Forum in Vilnius, Lithuania from 14 to

17 September 2010 - financial statement - draft programme - Letter from Mr REUL, Chair

of the committee concerned

The Conference of Presidents, without debate,

- noted the following document:

a letter dated 31 May 2010 from Mr REUL on the above-mentioned subject

(PE 443.294/CPG and annexes).

- took note of the request from the Chair of the Committee on Industry, Research and

Energy to send seven Members to the fifth meeting of the Internet Governance

Forum, which was scheduled to take place in Vilnius, Lithuania, on 14-17 September

2010, the dates in question falling in a week reserved for political group meetings;

- took note that the dates in question fell in a week reserved for political group

meetings;

- noted that Parliament has, since 2005, sent delegations on an annual basis to the

meetings of the Internet Governance Forum;

- noted that the implementing provisions state that proposals for ad hoc delegations

can only stem from a political group or the AFET, DEVE or INTA Committees;

- noted that:

the dates of the Forum coincide with a mixed committee/group week;

the Internet Governance Forum cannot be described as an unforeseen event of

major political significance which cannot be dealt with on the basis of the annual

programme referred to in Article 7(1);

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- authorised on an exceptional basis, the sending of a seven-Member delegation

appointed by the political groups, (to be appointed by the political groups in

application of the rolling d'Hondt system which shall also apply to non-attached

members) preferably to be composed of the Chairs and rapporteurs of the ITRE and

CULT Committees and from the STOA Panel;

- invited the concerned committees to include this mission, if planned again, into their

annual programme of activities for the year 2011 drawing from their annual quota for

missions.

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11. Request for authorization to hold the next meeting of a Committee of the EMPA Assembly

at the European Parliament in Brussels on 30 September 2010 - financial statement - Letter

from Mr ROMEVA i RUEDA, Vice-Chair of this EMPA Committee

The Conference of Presidents, without debate

- noted the following document:

a letter dated 10 June 2010 from Mr ROMEVA, Vice-Chair of the Euro-

Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly Committee on Culture on the above-

mentioned subject (PE 443.341/CPG and annex).

- took note of the above-mentioned letter from Mr ROMEVA, Vice-Chair of the

EMPA on Culture Committee, requesting to hold the next joint meeting of the

EMPA Committee on Improving Quality of Life, Exchanges between Civil Society

and the EMPA Culture Committee on the premises of the European Parliament in

Brussels on 30 September 2010 (the date in question falling in a committee week);

- recalled that the calendar of EMPA activities for 2010, approved by the Conference

of Presidents on 10 December 2009, had foreseen four meetings to be organised in

2010. However, the locations and dates of two of these meetings had to be confirmed

by the new Chair of the said EMPA Committee, Mr Cabrita;

- approved the request, on an exceptional basis, taking into account the precedents of

the meeting in question.

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12. Urgent Matters and Any Other Business

There was none.

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13. Items for information

13.1 Internal correspondence

The Conference of Presidents

- noted the following documents:

Letter dated 15 June 2010 from Mr LEHNE, Chair of the Conference of

Committee Chairs, on requests from parliamentary committees to draw up own

initiative reports (PE 443.389/CPG and annexes);

Letter dated 15 June 2010 from Mr LEHNE, Chair of the Conference of

Committee Chairs, on the updated list of files for co-decision

(PE 443.392/CPG and annexes);

Letter dated 15 June 2010 from Mr LEHNE, Chair of the Conference of

Committee Chairs, on the list of requests under Rule 50 of Parliament's Rules

of Procedure concerning the procedure with associated committees (PE

443.390/CPG and annex);

Letter dated 15 June 2010 from Mr LEHNE, Chair of the Conference of

Committee Chairs, on a requests under Rule 51 of Parliament's Rules of

Procedure with joint meetings of committees and a joint vote (PE 443.391/CPG

and annex);

13.2 Inter-institutional correspondence

None.

13.3 External correspondence

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The Conference of Presidents

- noted the following documents:

- Letter of 11 June 2010 from President BUZEK to Mr BAGIS, Turkish Minister for

EU Affairs and Chief Negotiator (PE 439.861/CPG/REP)

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14. Date and place of next meeting

The Conference of Presidents

- noted that:

its next ordinary meeting would take place on Thursday 1 July 2010 from 11.00 to

13.00 hours in Room 06B 01 of the PHS Building in Brussels.

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The meeting closed at 12.40 hours.

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