Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

To clarify, this proposal is not a proposal for new EU legislation. However, there is no problem. We will get a written brief on the report of the committee and if we need to we will also scrutinise that brief. Is it agreed that COM (2012) 709 is not proposed for scrutiny now? Agreed.

COM (2012) 725 is a proposal for Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No. 659/1999, laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 93 of the EC treaty. The Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation is supportive of the state aid modernisation, SAM, initiative of the EU and is also supportive of this proposed regulation. The regulation should lead to a reduction in the administrative burden on member states relating to state aid procedures. It is proposed that this proposal does not warrant further scrutiny. However, I propose that the wider issue of the state aid modernisation initiative of the EU be placed on the committee agenda as an item for consideration at a later date. Is that agreed?