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Written question asked by Angus Robertson (Scottish National Party) on Thursday, 15 December 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 19 December 2005. It was answered by John Healey (Labour) on Monday, 9 January 2006 on behalf of the Treasury.

EU Committees

Question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many meetings of the EU (a) Committee on mutual assistance in customs and agricultural matters, including operation of the CIS, (b) Customs Code Committee-general customs rules, (c) Customs Code Committee-recovery of claims and (d) Customs Code Committee-customs valuation have taken place during the UK presidency of the EU; who presided over each meeting; what other UK representatives were present; what provisions were made for representations of the devolved Governments; and if he will make a statement.
Answer

The has been one meeting of the Committee on mutual assistance in customs and agricultural matters, including operation of the C.S. during the UK presidency on the 22 November 2005, attended by officials from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). OLAF chaired the meeting.There were four meetings of the Customs Code Committee-general customs rules during the UK presidency:"13 July 2005""29–30 September 2005""26–27 October 2005""28–29 November 2005"The UK was represented by HM Revenue and Customs (HKRC) and the Commission chaired all of the meetings.There has been two meetings of the Customs Code Committee-recovery of claims during the presidency on 13 July 2005 and 21 December 2005, the UK was represented by HMRC at both meetings and the meetings are chaired by TAXUD.There was one meeting of the Customs Code Committee-customs valuation during the UK presidency on the 10 October 2005. The UK representative at this meeting was Ian Cremer and colleague. The meeting was chaired by TAXUD.Customs matters are a reserved matter for HMG and are not within the competence of the devolved Governments.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
441 c304-5W; 39033
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Committees Government departments EU action Treasury
Link
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