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17-12-2018 13:00
Fact Finding Visit to Italy: 17 - 18 December 2018
The Committee on Petitions will conduct a fact-finding mission from 17-18 December 2018 to Valledora, Italy. The purpose of the mission is to investigate concerns about several quarries and landfills located between the municipalities of Alice Castello and Cavaglià (Piedmont Region, Italy). The delegation will meet with local civil and religious authorities, and consult citizens as well as scientific and legal experts before conducting a site inspection in the area concerned.
- Programme (PDF - 1 MB)
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Mission report and recommendations EN (PDF - 922 KB) | BG (PDF - 1 MB) | ES (PDF - 934 KB) | DA (PDF - 884 KB) | DE (PDF - 968 KB) | ET (PDF - 934 KB) | EL (PDF - 1 MB) | FR (PDF - 959 KB) | LV (PDF - 1 MB) | HU (PDF - 1 MB) | MT (PDF - 1 MB) | NL (PDF - 947 KB) | PL (PDF - 1 MB) | RO (PDF - 1005 KB) | SK (PDF - 1 MB) | SL (PDF - 1 MB) | SV (PDF - 797 KB)
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Background documents EN (PDF - 574 KB) | IT (PDF - 563 KB) | ES (PDF - 563 KB)
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19-09-2018 08:30
Fact-finding visit to Spain: 19 - 21 September 2018
The Petitions Committee conducted a fact-finding mission to Donana, Spain from 19-21 September 2018. The objective of the mission is to investigate the concerns raised in a series of petitions submitted to the Committee on the environmental situation and possible degradation of the national park in Donana and the surroundings area.
- Programme (PDF - 259 KB)
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Mission Report and Recommendations EN (PDF - 586 KB) | BG (PDF - 943 KB) | ES (PDF - 589 KB) | DA (PDF - 587 KB) | DE (PDF - 716 KB) | ET (PDF - 642 KB) | EL (PDF - 979 KB) | FR (PDF - 727 KB) | IT (PDF - 592 KB) | LV (PDF - 869 KB) | HU (PDF - 726 KB) | MT (PDF - 927 KB) | NL (PDF - 606 KB) | PL (PDF - 787 KB) | RO (PDF - 865 KB) | SK (PDF - 867 KB) | SV (PDF - 664 KB) | SL (PDF - 908 KB)
- Background documents (PDF - 2 MB)
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07-05-2018 07:00
Fact-finding visit to Famagusta, Cyprus: 7-8 May 2018
The Committee on Petitions conducted a fact-finding visit to Famagusta, Cyprus, on 7-8 May 2018. The purpose of the mission, was to reassess the situation in Famagusta, and in particular Varosha, the sealed-off section of the city, in the context of the follow-up to petition 733/2004, 10 years after the Committee’s previous fact-finding visit to the island, which took place on 25-28 November 2007. The petition was submitted by Loizos Afxentiou on behalf of the Famagusta Refugee Movement.
- Programme (PDF - 278 KB)
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Mission report and recommendations EN (PDF - 956 KB) | BG (PDF - 1 MB) | ES (PDF - 964 KB) | DA (PDF - 1 MB) | DE (PDF - 967 KB) | ET (PDF - 1 MB) | EL (PDF - 1 MB) | FR (PDF - 1 MB) | IT (PDF - 959 KB) | LV (PDF - 1 MB) | HU (PDF - 1 MB) | MT (PDF - 1 MB) | NL (PDF - 961 KB) | PL (PDF - 1 MB) | RO (PDF - 1 MB) | SK (PDF - 1 MB) | SL (PDF - 1 MB) | SV (PDF - 957 KB)
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14-02-2018 09:00
Fact finding visit to Germany: 14-16 February 2018
A delegation from the Committee on Petitions (PETI) conducted a fact-finding mission to Brandenburg (Germany), specifically to Potsdam and the Lusatia region, on 14-16 February 2018. The purpose of the mission was to examine issues raised in two petitions relating to the local impacts of the coal industry.
The second petition concerns the pollution of the river Spree and the adjacent waters as a consequence of coal-mining activities. During their visit the MEPs met with petitioners, national authorities and other local stakeholders to gather information on the allegations raised in the petitions. On Friday 16 February 2018, the PETI delegation held a press conference in Cottbus.
- Programme (PDF - 402 KB)
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Mission report and recommendations EN (PDF - 418 KB) | BG (PDF - 696 KB) | ES (PDF - 307 KB) | CS (PDF - 666 KB) | DA (PDF - 317 KB) | DE (PDF - 338 KB) | ET (PDF - 299 KB) | EL (PDF - 703 KB) | FR (PDF - 545 KB) | HR (PDF - 587 KB) | IT (PDF - 335 KB) | LV (PDF - 596 KB) | LT (PDF - 664 KB) | HU (PDF - 535 KB) | MT (PDF - 655 KB) | NL (PDF - 323 KB) | PL (PDF - 598 KB) | PT (PDF - 323 KB) | RO (PDF - 668 KB) | SK (PDF - 689 KB) | SL (PDF - 651 KB) | FI (PDF - 308 KB) | SV (PDF - 296 KB)
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20-09-2017 08:30
Fact-finding visit to Cyprus: 20-22 September 2017
The Committee on Petitions conducted a fact-finding mission to Larnaca, Cyprus on 20-22 September 2017. The purpose of the mission was to provide a follow-up to a series of petitions by local residents concerning environmental and health concerns due to the creation of an industrial port in Larnaca and consequences of its operation to the broader area.
- Programme (PDF - 268 KB)
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Mission report and recommendations EN (PDF - 362 KB) | ES (PDF - 250 KB) | CS (PDF - 501 KB) | DE (PDF - 308 KB) | ET (PDF - 273 KB) | EL (PDF - 517 KB) | HR (PDF - 401 KB) | IT (PDF - 289 KB) | LT (PDF - 398 KB) | HU (PDF - 377 KB) | MT (PDF - 450 KB) | NL (PDF - 299 KB) | PL (PDF - 459 KB) | PT (PDF - 247 KB) | RO (PDF - 520 KB) | SK (PDF - 517 KB) | SL (PDF - 471 KB) | SV (PDF - 280 KB) | FI (PDF - 280 KB) | BG (PDF - 588 KB) | DA (PDF - 297 KB) | LV (PDF - 401 KB) | FR (PDF - 372 KB)
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17-07-2017 09:00
Fact-finding visit to Italy: 17 - 19 July 2017
The Committee on Petitions conducted a fact-finding mission to Taranto, Italy, on 17-19 July 2017. The delegation visited the ILVA plant (Europe's largest integrated-cycle steelworks), the ENI oil refinery, and the site of the planned extension of the oil jetty. The purpose of the mission was to provide a follow-up to a series of petitions concerning heavy pollution of the air, soil, surface and ground waters both at the ILVA site and in the nearby Tamburi quarter.
A certain number of petitions are related to a pending infringement procedure (2013/2177) on the breach of the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED 2010/75/EU) and the Seveso Directive (2012/18/EU), commenced by European Commission in view of ensuring that the Italian authorities take all the necessary measures to reduce as much as possible the emissions produced by ILVA.
- Programme (PDF - 557 KB)
- Background documents (PDF - 471 KB)
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Mission report and recommendations EN (PDF - 798 KB) | BG (PDF - 1 MB) | ES (PDF - 874 KB) | DA (PDF - 815 KB) | DE (PDF - 878 KB) | ET (PDF - 849 KB) | EL (PDF - 1 MB) | FR (PDF - 960 KB) | IT (PDF - 797 KB) | LV (PDF - 1014 KB) | HU (PDF - 907 KB) | MT (PDF - 1 MB) | NL (PDF - 894 KB) | PL (PDF - 874 KB) | SK (PDF - 1 MB) | SL (PDF - 980 KB) | SV (PDF - 866 KB)
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22-05-2017 09:00
Fact-finding visit to Spain: 22 - 23 May 2017
A Petitions Committee delegation was in Madrid from 22 to 23 May, to investigate several petitions on babies allegedly stolen at birth by hospital personnel in the country. MEPs met national authorities and petitioners, to see what could be done to get closer to the truth behind the disappearances.
The aim of the delegation was also to examine what could be done in order to possibly reunite parents with their missing children. MEPs inter alia exchanged views with petitioners, Attorney General José Manuel Maza Martín, representatives of Spain's Episcopal Conference, MPs of the Justice Committee of the Spanish Congress and deputy Spanish Ombudsman Concepció Ferrer.
A press conference was held at the European Parliament's Information Office in Madrid on Tuesday 23 May, at 13.00.
- Programme (PDF - 240 KB)
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Mission Report and Recommendations EN (PDF - 442 KB) | BG (PDF - 614 KB) | ES (PDF - 369 KB) | DA (PDF - 380 KB) | DE (PDF - 400 KB) | ET (PDF - 418 KB) | EL (PDF - 581 KB) | FR (PDF - 492 KB) | IT (PDF - 366 KB) | LV (PDF - 539 KB) | HU (PDF - 475 KB) | MT (PDF - 586 KB) | NL (PDF - 393 KB) | PL (PDF - 561 KB) | RO (PDF - 580 KB) | SK (PDF - 525 KB) | SL (PDF - 537 KB) | SV (PDF - 372 KB)
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20-02-2017 17:00
Fact-finding visit to Sweden: 20 - 21 February 2017
The Committee on Petitions sent a delegation on a fact-finding visit to Stockholm after receiving several petitions on the difficulties faced by EU citizens wishing to live in Sweden for more than a few weeks to get a personal identification number. The delegation met representatives of the different ministerial services involved in the decisions contested by the petitioners.
- Programme (PDF - 17 KB)
- Study: Obstacles to the right of free movement and residence for EU citizens and their families:Country report for Sweden
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Mission report and recommendations EN (PDF - 268 KB) | BG (PDF - 520 KB) | ES (PDF - 273 KB) | CS (PDF - 468 KB) | DA (PDF - 266 KB) | DE (PDF - 277 KB) | ET (PDF - 265 KB) | EL (PDF - 512 KB) | FR (PDF - 425 KB) | HR (PDF - 465 KB) | IT (PDF - 266 KB) | LV (PDF - 463 KB) | LT (PDF - 492 KB) | HU (PDF - 382 KB) | MT (PDF - 432 KB) | NL (PDF - 273 KB) | PL (PDF - 377 KB) | PT (PDF - 273 KB) | RO (PDF - 457 KB) | SK (PDF - 472 KB) | SL (PDF - 502 KB) | FI (PDF - 263 KB) | SV (PDF - 268 KB)
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22-09-2016 10:00
Fact-finding visit to Slovakia: 22 – 23 September 2016
The Committee on Petitions constantly receives petitions detailing cases of violation of the fundamental rights of persons with disabilities. One such example is Petition 1459/2012, tabled by Judith Klein, Director of the Mental Health Initiative, Open Society Foundations, concerning the investment of EU funds in residential centres for the disabled in certain Member States of Central and Eastern Europe.
The Committee on Petitions carried out a visit to Bratislava, Slovakia between 22 - 23 September 2016, in view of better understanding the situation on the ground. The mission included a visit to a residential institution, as well as a community-based facility, dialogues with the relevant authorities, civil society representatives and people with disabilities in the respective centres.
- Programme (PDF - 715 KB)
- Study: European Structural and Investment Funds and People with Disabilities: Focus on the Situation in Slovakia
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Mission report and recommendations EN (PDF - 242 KB) | BG (PDF - 940 KB) | ES (PDF - 743 KB) | CS (PDF - 934 KB) | DA (PDF - 792 KB) | DE (PDF - 809 KB) | ET (PDF - 783 KB) | EL (PDF - 946 KB) | FR (PDF - 809 KB) | HR (PDF - 891 KB) | IT (PDF - 741 KB) | LV (PDF - 889 KB) | LT (PDF - 882 KB) | HU (PDF - 809 KB) | MT (PDF - 909 KB) | NL (PDF - 745 KB) | PL (PDF - 848 KB) | PT (PDF - 744 KB) | RO (PDF - 944 KB) | SK (PDF - 246 KB) | SL (PDF - 917 KB) | FI (PDF - 784 KB) | SV (PDF - 791 KB)
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08-02-2016 10:00
Fact-finding visit to Spain: 8-10 February 2016
On 8-10 February 2016 the Committee on Petitions will visit Spain on a fact-finding visit. The visit is organised following the reception of several petitions from EU citizens related to the possible infringement of the EU Water Framework Directive (Directive 2000/60/EC) by the River Basin Management Plans of the Ebro and Tajo rivers.
The objective of the visit is to meet the petitioners and the responsible political authorities, including the authorities of the Hydrographic Confederation of the Tajo and Ebro rivers and the representatives of the Minister of Agriculture, and to obtain actual information on matters raised by the petitioners.
- Programme (PDF - 152 KB)
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Mission report and recommendations EN (PDF - 389 KB) | BG (PDF - 556 KB) | ES (PDF - 396 KB) | DA (PDF - 445 KB) | DE (PDF - 455 KB) | ET (PDF - 381 KB) | EL (PDF - 563 KB) | FR (PDF - 449 KB) | IT (PDF - 365 KB) | LV (PDF - 361 KB) | HU (PDF - 382 KB) | MT (PDF - 519 KB) | NL (PDF - 447 KB) | PL (PDF - 498 KB) | PT (PDF - 441 KB) | RO (PDF - 550 KB) | SK (PDF - 451 KB) | SV (PDF - 330 KB)
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