The Commissions of the EP will meet in Brussels from 20 to 23 May: the main points on the agenda are as follows: · Trade and development taking into account the objective of food safety and the eradication of poverty (rapporteurs: Herzog and Deva, Commission for Industry and Commission for Development); · Globalization of the economy: social governance, fundamental rights, labour regulations (rapporteurs: Alyssandrakis and Gillig, Commission for Industry and Commission for Social Affairs); · Health and rights in the field of sexuality and reproduction (rapporteur: Van Lancker, Commission for Equal Opportunities); · Implementation of the “Gender Equality” Programme (rapporteur: Figueiredo, Commission for Equal Opportunities); · Public health: traditional medicines based on plants (rapporteur: Nisticó, Commission for the Environment); · Annual Report for 2001 of the ECB (rapporteur: Kauppi, Economic Commission); · Exchange of opinions with Wim Duisenberg, President of the ECB (Economic Commission); · Annual Report on the policy of competition/Annual strategy for 2003 Exchange of opinions with Commissioner Mario Monti (Economic Commission); · Development of new prospects for the European economic union (rapporteur: Randzio-Plath, Economic Commission); · Report on the state of negotiations on EU enlargement (rapporteur: Brok, Commission for Foreign Affairs).
