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WRITTEN QUESTION P-1609/03 by Claude Moraes (PSE) to the Commission. Human Trafficking Experts Group.
WRITTEN QUESTION P-1609/03 by Claude Moraes (PSE) to the Commission. Human Trafficking Experts Group.
WRITTEN QUESTION P-1609/03 by Claude Moraes (PSE) to the Commission. Human Trafficking Experts Group.
Dz.U. C 33E z 6.2.2004., 143.–144. lpp.
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WRITTEN QUESTION P-1609/03
by Claude Moraes (PSE) to the Commission
(7 May 2003)
Subject: Human Trafficking Experts Group
Can the Commission please give me details on the purpose and remit of its ‘Human Trafficking Experts Group’?
Answer given by Mr Vitorino on behalf of the Commission
(3 June 2003)
On 25 March 2003, the Commission adopted Decision 2003/209/EC setting up a consultative group to be known as the ‘Experts Group on Trafficking in Human Beings’ (1).
The experts group shall be an important element for the implementation of the Brussels Declaration. This document was the final outcome of European Conference on Prevention and Combating Trafficking in Human Beings — Global Challenge for the 21st Century from 18 to 20 September 2002. It includes an annex of recommendations, standards and best practices. The experts group shall contribute substantively to the further development of the prevention of and the fight against trafficking in human beings. According to Article 2 of the Decision, the Commission may consult the experts group on any matter relating to trafficking in human beings. In particular, a report of the experts group based on the recommendations of the Brussels Declaration shall be submitted within a period of nine months following the setting up of the group in order to assist the Commission with a view to launching further concrete proposals at Union level, for example an action plan or a communication.
The group shall consist of 20 experts. The Commission shall appoint the group members from a list made up of all persons proposed by governments of Member States and Candidate Countries as well as by specific international, inter-governmental and non-governmental organisations. The Commission shall publish the list of members for information in the Official Journal of the European Union.
According to Article 5 of the Commission Decision, there shall be no remuneration for the tasks performed by the members of the experts group. Travel expenses will be reimbursed following the rules for consultative committees (A-07031). Four plenary meetings of the experts group as well as four working party meetings (possible according to Article 6 of the Commission Decision) per year might be necessary. However, the number of meetings may have to be reconsidered further to budgetary requirements as well as to the view of the group once established.