We will move on to correspondence from the Sub-committee on European Scrutiny which has examined several proposals falling within the remit of the Department of Foreign Affairs: COM (2004) 68, proposal for a Council decision on the position to be adopted by the Community with the ACP-EC Council of Ministers regarding the revision of the terms and conditions of financing for short-term fluctuations in export earnings; COM (2004) 258, proposal for a Council directive on the conclusion on behalf of the European Community and its member states of a protocol to the agreement on co-operation and customs union between the European Economic Community and the Republic of San Marino regarding the participation, as contracting parties, of the new EU member states; COM (2004) 275, Council decision on the principles, priorities and conditions contained in the European partnership with Croatia; COM (2004) 251, 267, 268, 272, 292, 302, 305 and 307 which concern the protocol to the partnership and co-operation agreement between the EU and the member states with Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Georgia, United Mexican States, Uzbekistan, Russian Federation, Moldova, Kyrgystan and Kazakhstan. This involves a technical procedure to take account of the accession of the ten new member states and does not in any way affect the scope of the agreements.
Several similar proposals, COM (2004) 252, 266, 269, 270, 271, 300, 303 and 306 were adopted before their presentation to the Oireachtas for scrutiny. The sub-committee has recommended no further scrutiny of these proposals is necessary. Is that agreed?
