Dear friends,
I am intrigued by the mention of CONECCS both here and by Commissioner
Kallis and others:
Three years ago we tried to register with CONECCS but were refused and
there is no right of appeal!!
This was on the grounds that Statewatch is not a membership organisation.
Statewatch is a UK registered charity (since 1981) for research, education
and publication on civil liberties - how many civil society groups have I
wonder been refused?
Tony Bunyan
At 00:04 15/11/2005, you wrote:
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>Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 14:03:36 +0000
>From: I Thomson <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: Register of Expert Groups
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>Dear Patrick
>
>Thanks for your comment. However, I still think there is an overlap and
>confusion:
>
>(I am not mixing up 'consultative committees' with 'comitology committees':
>they are two totally distinct types of committee, the latter are not 'European
>Commission' committees as such at all, for example).
>
>However, the key point about CONECCS is that it is divided into two distinct
>parts:
>
>Consultative Bodies
>Civil Society Organisations
>
>What you describe as being in CONECCS is only the second section. The first
>section 'Consultative bodies' is made up of committees or bodies
>established by
>the European Commission. On CONECCS the perspective is of those committees set
>up by the Commission which have civil society participation.
>
>However, the new Register of Expert Groups seems to list essentially the same
>type of committee or group, except without any specific civil society
>perspective (thus, a committee which has no civil society members but
>instead is
>exclusively made up of national experts from governmental authorities might be
>listed in the Register but not CONECCS).
>
>So, while I can see a logic behind what is in CONECCS and the new
>register, the
>end result for the 'citizen' is confusion (I think)!
>
>Best wishes
>
>Ian
>
>
>
>Ian Thomson
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>Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 17:31:20 +0000
>From: Grace Hudson <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: EU Databases User Group meeting - 2nd Dec
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>Dear Colleagues
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