Question No. 51 Ms. Kirsty Duncan With regard to the development of greenhouse gas regulations for the oil and gas sector: (a) what is the total of all relevant government expenditures related to the activities of the Process Working Group (PWG) including, but not limited to, (i) travel expenses (transportation, accommodation, rental of meeting spaces or equipment, food, and other travel-related expenses), (ii) staff time costs, including any overtime pay incurred, (iii) any services or other support procured from consultants or other contractors, (iv) other relevant expenses incurred, with a break-down of all related details; (b) in ad ...[+++]dition to those expenditures incurred through the operations of the PWG, what are any other government expenditures regarding consultation, discussion, engagement or negotiation with oil and gas sector companies including, but not limited to, (i) travel expenses (transportation, accommodation, rental of meeting spaces or equipment, food, and other travel-related expenses), (ii) staff time costs, including any overtime pay incurred, (iii) any services or other support procured from consultants or other contractors, (iv) other relevant expenses incurred, with a break-down of all related details; (c) in addition to those expenditures incurred through the operations of the PWG, what are any other government expenditures, regarding consultation, discussion, engagement or negotiation with oil and gas sector industry associations including, but not limited to, (i) travel expenses (transportation, accommodation, rental of meeting spaces or equipment, food, and other travel-related expenses), (ii) staff time costs, including any overtime pay incurred, (iii) any services or other support procured from consultants or other contractors, (iv) other relevant expenses incurred, with a break-down of all related details; (d) in addition to those expenditures incurred through the operations of the PWG, what are any other government expenditures, reg ...

29. Considers that the establishment of a limit on the automaticity of the carry-over of unused commitments is a limit in itself to the principle of the maximum overall flexibility as well as it creates a certainty that the MFF ceilings in commitments will never be mobilized to the fullest extent;

8. Reiterates the crucial importance of the enhanced flexibility in the MFF 2014-2020 with a view to making full use of the respective MFF ceilings for commitments (EUR 960 billion) and payments (EUR 908.4 billion), as imposed by the European Council; welcomes, therefore, the Council’s approval of two key proposals put forward by Parliament, namely the creation of a Global Margin in Payments and a Global Margin in Commitments, which will allow the automatic carry-over of unused appropriations from one financial year to the next; views as regrettable, however, the limitations imposed by the Council (in terms of time or amount) which may ...[+++] prevent the full use of these instruments; considers that improving these mechanisms should be an integral part of the post-electoral revision of the MFF to be proposed by the Commission;

9. Urges the Commission to commit itself and to provide evidence in writing to the European Parliament in due time before initialling that ACTA does not constrain the harmonisation of exceptions and limitations for copyright and related rights in the EU; considers that ACTA, -should it be concluded- would constrain the possibility of future expansion of the exceptions and limitations beyond those listed in Directive 2001/29/EC; foreclose future policy options and judicial actions to expand access to creative works given technological advances through the use of exceptions; limit legislative options being on orphan works or prevent Mem ...[+++]ber States from introducing legislation to expand access to orphaned copyrighted works, that limit the remedies of infringing such works;

a combined approach of including in a protocol both commitments on policies and measures (Annexes A, B and C), including legally binding policies and measures as well as on quantified legally binding objectives for emission limitations and significant overall reductions within specified time-frames; coverage in the protocol of industrialised countries including all OECD members and countries with economies in transition (Annex X list); Annex E, covering the strengthening by all Parties of the implementation of existing Convention ...[+++]commitments, which contains inter alia provisions to enhance the development, application and diffusion, including transfer of technology; provisions for the review of all commitments in Article 4; provision in Article 2(d) that Annex X Parties may implement policies and measures and attain QELROs jointly with other Annex-X Parties; Annex Y, which is still to be developed, meant to specify the QELRO provisions in Article 2(c) for Annex X Parties; -the resolution of questions regarding implementation and compliance in Article 10. 2. The Council notes that:

It must also agree not to build a second continuous casting facility for slabs for at least five years from the date of closure of the slab mill; (d) ProfilArbed SA agrees by the end of 1995 at the latest, pursuant to the abovementioned Decision, to replace its L-D steel melting shop at Esch-Belval with an electric melting shop with an MPP not exceeding 1 500 kt/year; (e) until output at rolling mill IX at Esch-Belvan begins, Klöckner Stahl agrees to limit production of hot-rolled coil at the Bremen hot strip mill to 2 640 kt/year and not to exceed 3 360 kt/year, including rolling to order; (f) Klöckner Stahl undertakes not to invest, save ...[+++] by prior agreement with the Commission, in maintenance or other plant, in order to maintain the bottleneck identified in the SNV expert report ("Einschleusungslogistik für die Warmbreitbankstrasse der Hütte Bremen, 8.3.1984, Studiengesellschaft Nahverkehr mbH) which limits the quantity of slabs coming from outside for processing to 1 020 kt/year; (g) Klöckner Stahl GmbH cuts its MPP of cold-rolled strip and sheet products by 500 kt/year by reducing MPP at its Bremen plant from 1500 to 1000 kt/year as follows: 300 kt/year before the end of June 1996 200 kt/year before the end of June 1998.