Traduction de «Comité d'examen technique des projets de résolution » (Français → Anglais) :

The Council also noted that work had sufficiently advanced on the IIA (interinstitutional agreement on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure) in order to allow technical examination of the Commission's draft with the European Parliament to begin shortly, taking into account, however, the fact that some general issues are subject to the overall outcome of negotiations on Agenda 2000.

The Council also noted that work had sufficiently advanced on the IIA (interinstitutional agreement on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure) in order to allow technical examination of the Commission's draft with the European Parliament to begin shortly, taking into account, however, the fact that some general issues are subject to the overall outcome of negotiations on Agenda 2000.

The draft Council Resolution has not been actively considered by the Council or its working parties in recent months.

ORDERED: That the Senate do unite with the House of Commons in the appointment of a Special Joint Committee of the Senate and the House of Commons to study matters related to the proposed resolution respecting a proposed Amendment to Section 93 of the Constitution Act, 1867 concerning the Quebec school system; That seven Members of the Senate and sixteen Members of the House of Commons be members of the Committee; That the Members to act on behalf of the Senate on the Committee be the Honourable Senators Beaudoin, Grafstein, Lavoie-Roux, Lynch-Staunton, Pépin, Robichaud (Saint-Louis- de-Kent) and Wood; That the Committee be directed t ...[+++]o consult broadly and review such information as it deems appropriate with respect to this issue; That the Committee have the power to sit during sittings and adjournments of the Senate; That the Committee have the power to report from time to time, to send for persons, papers, and records, and to print such papers and evidence as may be ordered by the Committee; That the Committee have the power to retain the services of expert, professional technical and clerical staff; That the quorum of the Committee be twelve members whenever a vote, resolution or other decision is taken, so long as both Houses are represented, and that the Joint Chairpersons be authorized to hold meetings, to receive evidence and authorize the printing thereof, whenever six members are present, so long as both Houses are represented; That the Committee be empowered to appoint, from among its members, such sub-committees as may be deemed advisable, and to delegate to such sub-committees all or any of its powers except the power to report to the Senate and the House of Commons; That the Committee be empowered to authorize television and radio broadcasting of any or all of its proceedings; That the Committee make its final report no later than November 7, 1997; and That, notwithstanding usual practices, if the Senate or the House of Commons are not sitting ...

Evidence gathered from annual project reviews suggests that on the whole, the technical quality of projects is satisfactory whilst business plans were found to be relatively weak in a number of areas.

On the basis of this report, the Committee has drafted a new draft Council Resolution, which provides for the setting up of an initial series of measures to promote the European dimension in school curricula involving the training of teachers and the preparation of special modules of teaching material on Europe, and calls on the Commission to take a number of initiatives to that end.