Joint Committee on Environment, Culture and
the Gaeltacht
Meeting of 12th February 2013
DECISION LIST
Joint Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht
Meeting 12th February 2013
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Further Action Proposed .......................................................................................... 3
For Further scrutiny .................................................................................................... 3
COM(2012)643 ....................................................................................................... 3
Further Action Not Proposed ................................................................................... 4
For no further scrutiny ................................................................................................ 4
COM(2012)393 ....................................................................................................... 4
COM(2012)394 ....................................................................................................... 4
COM(2012)577 ....................................................................................................... 4
COM(2012)651 ....................................................................................................... 4
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Joint Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht
Meeting 12th February 2013
(i)
Further Action Proposed
1.
For Further scrutiny
1.1
COM(2012)643
Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on fluorinated
greenhouse gases
Lead department Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
Other departments Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
It was agreed that this proposal warrants further scrutiny, by way of a letter to the
Secretary General of the Department of Environment, Community and Local
Government, requesting that the Joint Committee be kept updated on significant
developments relating to this proposal.
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Joint Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht
Meeting 12th February 2013
(ii)
Further Action Not Proposed
2.
For no further scrutiny
2.1
COM(2012)393
Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending
Regulation (EC) No 443/2009 to define the modalities for reaching the 2020 target to
reduce CO2 emissions from new passenger cars.
Lead department Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
Other department Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
It was agreed that this proposal does not warrant further scrutiny.
2.2
COM(2012)394
Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending
Regulation (EU) No 510/2011 to define the modalities for reaching the 2020 target to
reduce CO2 emissions from new light commercial vehicles.
Lead department Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
Other department Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
It was agreed that this proposal does not warrant further scrutiny.
2.3
COM(2012)577
Proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion of the Nagoya Protocol on Access to
Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their
Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity
Lead department Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Other departments Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
Office of Public Works
It was agreed that this proposal does not warrant further scrutiny.
2.4
COM(2012)651
Proposal for a Council Decision Approving the conclusion by the European Commission on
behalf of the European Atomic Energy Community of an Agreement on scientific and
technological cooperation between the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one
part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other part, associating the Swiss Confederation to
the Framework Programme of the European Atomic Energy Community for nuclear research
and training activities (2012-2013)
Lead department Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
Other departments Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
It was agreed that this proposal does not warrant further scrutiny.
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