COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS: JULY 2-3 PLENARY SESSION AGENDA.

The EU's Committee of the Regions next plenary session will be on July 2-3. It will be attended by Enrico La Loggia, the Italian Minister for Regional Affairs, who will present the programme of the Italian presidency of the EU Council, and Michel Barnier, European Commissioner for Regional Policy, who will take a more detailed look at the conclusions of the conference on the future of European cohesion policy held at the beginning of May by the Committee of the Regions in Leipzig.

List of opinions on the agenda:

- Governance and simplification of the Structural Funds after 2006

(Outlook report) Rapporteurs: Mr Fitto (I/EPP); Mr Van Cauwenberghe (B/PES)

- Second progress report on economic and social cohesion Rapporteur: Mr Schneider (D/EPP);

- European Convention: Resolution on the recommendations made by the European Convention

- Strategy for the sustainable development of European Aquaculture

Rapporteur: Mr Gamallo Aller (E/EPP)

- Measures for the control of foot and mouth disease (Proposal for a Council directive) Rapporteur: Mr Whiteman (UK/EA)

- Gender mainstreaming in the Structural Funds Programming documents 2000-2006 Rapporteur: Ms Bunyan (UK/PES)

- Entrepreneurship in Europe (Green Paper) COM(2003) 27 final

A better environment for companies Rapporteur: Ms Hanniffy (IRL/EPP)

- The lessons of the Go Digital initiative and the challenges ahead

Presented by the President of the Committee of the Regions

- The capacity of regional airports

(Outlook report) Rapporteur: Mr Verburg (NL/EPP)

- Minimum safety requirements for tunnels in the Trans-European Road Network (Proposal for a European Parliament and...