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Coming up in committees 05-02-2018 07:40 PM CET Special committee on authorisation procedure for pesticides: plenary vote on mandate COMMITTEES - 02-02-2018 - 09:17 The European Parliament is set to vote on the mandate of a new special committee on the EU's authorisation procedure for pesticides, during its plenary sitting of 06.02.18 in Strasbourg. Parliament decided to set up this special committee following concerns regarding the risks related to glyphosate. The special committee will be composed of 30 members with a term of office of 9 months. Further information Plenary agenda - January 2018 Setting up a special committee - European Parliament Rules of procedure, 197 European Parliament resolution on renewing the approval of the active substance glyphosate, October 2017 Thematic Digest on European Citizens' Initiative: Ban glyphosate Policy Departments' Monthly Highlights: focus on terrorist-related crime suspects COMMITTEES - 05-02-2018 - 19:39 New anti-terror legislation and policies have been adopted at national and EU level following recent terror attacks, says LIBE Committee Chair Claude Moraes, who presents a new study on EU and national policies on persons suspected of terrorism-related crimes. Other topics featured in this month's Policy Departments' Monthly Highlights include: transitional allowances for former EU office holders, Serbia's international outlook, personalised medicine, and China's new Silk Route initiative. Further information Policy Departments' Monthly Highlights, February 2018 Study: EU and Member States' policies and laws on persons suspected of terrorism-related crimes eu-LISA and the management of EU databases: committee debate TERR - 05-02-2018 - 19:39 The Committee on Terrorism will look into the role of eu-LISA in the management of EU databases, together its Executive Director Krum Garkov, on 08.02.18. eu-LISA, the European Agency for the operational management of large-scale IT systems in the area of freedom, security and justice, is currently managing Eurodac, the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II) and the Visa Information System (VIS), and is developing the Entry/Exit System and ensuring its operational management. Further information TERR meeting agenda and documents Fact Sheets compilation on migration, asylum and management of external borders Geo-blocking and other forms of discrimination: plenary debate and vote IMCO - 02-02-2018 - 09:16 The report on geo-blocking and other forms of discrimination based on customers' nationality, place of residence or of establishment, tabled by the Committee on Internal Market, will be discussed and voted by Parliament on 05-06.02.18. Amongst other things, the proposed regulation defines situations when there can be no justified reason for discrimination on grounds of nationality or residence, and bans the blocking of access to websites and the use of automatic re-routing without prior consent. Further information Plenary agenda - January 2018 Procedure file: Geo-blocking and other forms of discrimination Subject file on Geo-blocking Source : © European Union, 2018 - EP QUESTIONS? STAY CONNECTED  Contact Us |   This email was sent on behalf of the European Parliament · Bât. Altiero Spinelli · 60 rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60 · B-1047 - Bruxelles/Brussels  · Belgium · Phone: +32(0)2 28 42111