Strasbourg, 9 April 2009 LR-IC(2009)8
EUROPEAN COMMITTEE ON LOCAL AND REGIONAL DEMOCRACY
(CDLR)
COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS ON LOCAL AND REGIONAL
GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS AND CO-OPERATION
(LR-IC)
DRAFT MEETING REPORT
23 March 2009
1. Opening of the meeting by the Secretariat
Mr Auke van der Goot, Chair of the LR-IC Committee, opened the meeting and welcomed participants (see list of participants in Appendix I).
2. Adoption of the agenda
The agenda, as set out in Appendix II, was adopted.
3. Draft Third Protocol to Madrid Outline Convention
i) Parliamentary Assembly and Congress opinions
The Chair gave the floor to the representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe, whose forthcoming opinions would be an important part of the procedure prior to adoption of the Third Protocol by the Committee of Ministers.
The Congress representative informed the Committee that their opinion would be adopted on 15 May by the Institutional Committee, and then by the Standing Committee on 9 June. The Parliamentary Assembly representative outlined the Assembly’s approach to the Third Protocol, and informed the Committee that their opinion would also be adopted some time in June.
ii) Introductory comments on the Third Protocol
Some of the delegations from EU member states were wary of adopting a second instrument in this field, when they were already experiencing problems with the EC Regulation 1082/2006. The Congress representative reassured members, however, that in its study to compare both instruments, it had concluded that if adopted, the Third Protocol would solve the implementation problems of EC Regulation 1082/2006.
The Chair added that to not adopt at this stage would deprive non-EU member states of Council of Europe of the legal basis for co-operation groupings, and Russia and Ukraine had already stated quite clearly they very much needed a legal instrument in this field.
iii) Explanatory report
The Secretariat explained that any convention submitted by a Steering Committee to the Committee of Ministers must be accompanied by an explanatory report. The comments as they currently stood would become the Explanatory Report, but Committee members would be invited to choose whether they wanted to keep the comments explaining the interaction between the CoE and EC instruments, or whether they would prefer a more simplified version.
iv) Comments on the Articles
An in-depth discussion was subsequently held on the Articles. A number of concerns were raised and proposals for amendment were put forward. The draft third protocol, as amended accordingly, appears in document CDLR(2009)9.
v) Procedure before submitting the text to the CDLR
It was agreed that any additional proposals Committee members would like to make to the text should be sent to the Secretariat and to other Committee members by 27 March at the latest.
The Secretariat would send the revised text and the Explanatory Report to Committee members by 8 April.
The text would then be discussed at the CDLR meeting in April, with a view to this Committee adopting it.
4. Date of the next meeting
The date of the next meeting would be decided by the CDLR at its meeting in April, since work on other aspects of the LR-IC’s activities was still in progress.
APPENDIX I
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
MEMBERS / MEMBRES
CHAIRMAN / PRESIDENT
Mr Auke van der GOOT, Senior Adviser, Europe and Local and Regional Governance Unit, Directorate-General for Governance and Kingdom Relations, Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, P.O Box 20011, NL - 2500 EA THE HAGUE
Tel: (31) 70 426 7386; Fax: (31) 70 426 7665; E-mail: [email protected]
AUSTRIA / AUTRICHE
Mrs Martina BÜCHEL-GERMANN, Amt der Vorarlberger Landesregierung / Office of the State Government of Vorarlberg, PrsE, A – 6901 Bregenz, Landhaus
Tel: (43) 5574 511 20310 ; Fax: (43) 5574 511 209395
E-Mail: [email protected]
BELGIUM / BELGIQUE
Apologised for absence / Excusé
DENMARK / DANEMARK
Apologised for absence / Excusé
ESTONIA / ESTONIE
Apologised for absence / Excusé
FINLAND / FINLANDE
Apologised for absence / Excusé
FRANCE
Mme Séverine REYMUND, Bureau des structures territoriales, Direction Générale des Collectivités locales, Ministère de l'Intérieur, 1 bis, place des Saussaies, F - 75800 PARIS
Fax: (33) 01 49 27 49 79; E-mail: [email protected]
GERMANY / ALLEMAGNE
Dr Olaf DEUTSCHBEIN, Federal Ministry of the Interior, Deputy Head of Division GI4, Local Government Affairs, Alt Moabit 101d, D - 10559 BERLIN
Tel: (49) 1888 681 2740; Fax: (49) 1888 681 52740; E-mail: [email protected]
HUNGARY / HONGRIE
Mrs Viktória ZÖLD-NAGY, Department of Public Administration Offices, Notaries and State Authority, Ministry of Local Self-Governments, József A. Str. 2 – 4, 1051 - BUDAPEST
Tel: +36 1 999 4828 Fax: +36 1 441-1755 Email: [email protected]
ITALY / ITALIE
M. Giovanni VETRITTO, Dipartimento per gli Affari regionali e autonomie locali, Via della Stamperia 8 – I – 00187 ROMA
Tel: (39) 06 6779 6254; Fax: (39) 06 6779 6270; E-mail: [email protected]
LATVIA / LETTONIE
Ms Agnese PABĒRZA, Jurisconsult, Local Governments Development Department, Ministry of Regional Development and Local governments, Lacplesa str. 27, LV – 1011 RIGA
Tel : (371) 6777 03 94; Fax: (371) 6777 0363; E-mail: [email protected]
LITHUANIA / LITUANIE
Mr Paulius SKARDŽIUS, Director of Public Administration Department, Ministry of the Interior, Ŝventaragio Str. 2, LT - 01510 VILNIUS, LITHUANIA
Tel: (370) 5 271 7071; Fax: (370) 5 271 8915; E-mail: [email protected]
LUXEMBOURG
Mme Christiane LOUTSCH-JEMMING, Conseiller de Gouvernement 1ère classe, Ministère de l’Intérieur et de l’Aménagement du Territoire, 19 rue Beaumont, L – 1219 Luxembourg
Tél : (352) 247 84615 ; Fax : (352) 26 20 26 93 ; E-mail : [email protected]
MALTA / MALTE
Apologised for absence / Excusé
NORWAY / NORVEGE
Apologised for absence / Excusé
PORTUGAL
Apologised for absence / Excusé
ROMANIA / ROUMANIE
Apologised for absence / Excusé
RUSSIAN FEDERATION / FEDERATION DE RUSSIE
Mr Mikhail NEFEDOV, Head of Section, Department for Relations with the Subjects of Federation, the Parliament and Public Associations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, 57, Arbatstr., 121200 MOSCOW
Tel: (7 495) 244 49 88; Fax: (7 495) 244 44 88; Email :[email protected]
SERBIA / SERBIE
Apologised for absence / Excusé
SLOVENIA / SLOVENIE
Mr Andrej ČOKERT, Office for Local Self-Government and Regional Policy, Slovenska cesta 54, 1501 LJUBLJANA, Slovenia
Tel: + 386 1 434 15 28; Fax: + 386 1 43 41 538; e-mail: [email protected]
SPAIN / ESPAGNE
M. Daniel MANTEROLA, Conseiller Technique de la Sous-direction Générale des Relations de collaboration avec les Communautés Autonomes, Direction Générale de la Coopération Régionale, Santa Engracia, 7, E - 28071 MADRID
Tel: (34) 91 273 45 88/45 85; Fax: (34) 91 273 46 10; E-mail: [email protected]
SWEDEN / SUEDE
Mrs Helena LINDE, Ministry of Finance, Division for Local Government Affairs, SE – 103 33 STOCKHOLM
Tel: (46) 8 405 15 29 / (46) 8 730 287 104; Fax: (46) 8 20 61 96;
E-mail: [email protected]
SWITZERLAND / SUISSE
M. Fabrizio TASCHETTA, Chef Suppléant de la Section des Frontières et du Droit de voisinage, Direction du Droit international public, Département fédéral des Affaires étrangères, Bundeshaus Nord, CH-3003 BERNE
Tel. : 41 31 322 30 54; Fax : 41 31 323 16 47; Email : [email protected]
UNITED KINGDOM / ROYAUME-UNI
Mr Paul ROWSELL, Deputy Director, Local Democracy, Department for Communities and Local Government, 5/A1, Eland House, Bressenden Place, LONDON SW1E 5DU, GB
Tel: (44) 20 7944 4230; Fax: (44) 20 7944 4109; E-mail: [email protected]
PARTICIPANTS
PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY / ASSEMBLEE PARLEMENTAIRE
M. Miljenko DORIC, Président de la sous-commission de la démocratie locale et régionale, Député, Hrvatski Sabor Trg, Svetog Marka 6-7, ZAGREB HR – 10000, Croatia
Mme Agnès NOLLINGER, Head of the Secretariat / Chef du Secrétariat - Committee of the Environment, Agriculture and Local and Regional Affairs / Commission de l’environnement, de l’agriculture et des questions territoriales
Tel: (33) 3.88.41.22.88; Fax: (33) 3.88.41.27.17; E-mail: [email protected]
CONGRESS OF LOCAL AND REGIONAL AUTHORITIES OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE / CONGRES DES POUVOIRS LOCAUX ET REGIONAUX DU CONSEIL DE L’EUROPE
M. Giampaolo CORDIALE, Committee of Regions/European Union/Congress Contact Group / Groupe de contact Comité des Régions de l’Union Européenne-Congrès
Tel : (33) 3.88.41.31.02 Fax: (33) 3.88.41.27.51; E-mail: [email protected]
Ms Joanne HUNTING, Euroregions, Interregional and Transfrontier Co-operation Unit / Unité de coopération interrégionale, transfrontalière et eurorégions
Tel: +33 3 88 41 31 61 ; Fax: +33 3 90 21 56 59 ; E-mail : [email protected]
OTHER PARTICIPANT / AUTRE PARTICIPANT
HOLY-SEE / SAINT-SIEGE
Apologised for absence / Excusé
BENELUX UNION/UNION BENELUX
Mr Hans MOOREN, Administrateur, Union Benelux, Rue de la Régence 39, 1000 Bruxelles
Tel: 32-2-519 38 43 E-mail: [email protected]
OBSERVERS / OBSERVATEURS
ASSOCIATION OF EUROPEAN BORDER REGIONS / ASSOCIATION DES REGIONS FRONTALIERES EUROPEENNES
M. le Professeur Charles RICQ, Directeur du Centre d'Observation Européen des Régions (COEUR), Professeur à l’Université de Genève, Chemin de la Renardière, CH - 1272 GENOLIER (Genève)
Tel: (41) 22 366 40 66; Fax: (41) 22 366 40 65; E-mail: [email protected]
M. Pierre MEYER, Région Alsace
E-mail : [email protected]
EXPERT-CONSULTANT / CONSULTANT-EXPERT
Prof. Joseph MARKO
E-mail: [email protected]
SECRETARIAT
Mr Childerik SCHAAPVELD, Director of Democratic Institutions/ Directeur des institutions démocratiques, Directorate General of Democracy and Political Affairs / Direction générale de la démocratie et des affaires politiques
Tel: +33 (0)3 88 41 20 60; Fax: +33 (0)3 88 41 27 84;
E-mail: [email protected]
Mr Alfonso ZARDI, Head of the Department of Local and Regional Democracy and Good Governance / Chef du Service de la démocratie locale et régionale et de la bonne gouvernance - Directotrate of Democratic Institutions/ Direction des institutions démocratiques, Directorate General of Democracy and Political Affairs / Direction générale de la démocratie et des affaires politiques
Tel : +33 (0)3 88 41 39 06; Fax : +33 (0)3 88 41 27 84; E-mail : [email protected]
Ms Siobhán MONTGOMERY - Directorate of Democratic Institutions/ Direction des institutions démocratiques, Directorate General of Democracy and Political Affairs / Direction générale de la démocratie et des affaires politiques
Tel: (33) 3 88 41 24 14; Fax: (33) 3 88 41 27 84; E-mail: [email protected]
APPENDIX II
AGENDA
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1. |
Opening of the meeting |
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2. |
Adoption of the agenda |
[LR-IC(2009)OJ2] |
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3. |
Draft Third Protocol to the Madrid Outline Convention |
[LR-IC(2009)7] |
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4. |
Other business |
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5. |
Date of the next meeting |