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IIPM IIPM TOWER, SATBARI,CHANDAN HAULA, CHATTARPUR-BHATIMINES ROADNEW DELHI
A report submitted for assessment of GOTA Report
PREPARED BY
Roll No. Name Section Signature
01 Mr. Abbas
SH –2
04 Mr. Adhitya
24 Ms. Komal
26 Mr. Manish
44 Mr. Rohan
48 Mr. Shipra
Mr. Vishal
GOTA Details
Country Visited: Belgium & Paris
The following Companies were visited:-
European Commission on December 10, 2007European Parliament on December 10, 2007Port of Antwerp on December 11, 2007Palm Breweries on December 12, 2007Val-Saint Lambert on December 13, 2007
Coca Cola (Bottling Plant) on December 19, 2007IMI Brussels on December 20, 2007
Starting Date of our tour: December 7, 2007
(Departure)
Ending Date of our tour was December 24, 2007
(Arrival at Delhi, Indira Gandhi International Airport)
Abstract
Belgium
Belgium is a Northwest European Country. Its neighbor countries are Luxembourg, Netherlands, France & Germany.
Belgium is one of the founding members of European Union & it even hosts it’s headquarter in Brussels, capital of Belgium. In Belgium two languages are spoken, French & Dutch. And
Brussels is the only place where both of these languages are spoken. Belgium’s economy& its transportation infrastructure
is integrated with the rest of Europe. Its economy is characterized by high productive work force, high Gross National Product & high exports per capita. Belgium is famous
for diamond & Chocolates. Belgian chocolates are very famous
in the world. Main exports of Belgium are finished diamond,
iron & steel, petroleum products, textiles, plastics & etc. Belgium is very organized country. Its main source of
transportation is through tram.
European Parliament
European Parliament constitutes 785 members, from different countries. All these countries follow same trade policies. They all follow rule, policies, Acts( Consumer Protection Act),etc which are set by European Union. So whenever any meeting is held or
wherever it is held, it is been attended by different people belonging from different countries, who speak in their mother Language, side- by –side, there is 25 chambers which translate the speech of any person in the language, which is understand by other people at
the very same time. So if 1 person speaks in French, at the very same time it is translated in other 24 languages.
Acknowlegment
We thank Mr. Amit Sood & Mr. Sanket Choudhary in particular for guiding us during our
trip. They encouraged us to write in the first place. We owe much to Mr. Amit Sood &
Mr.Sanket Choudhary for the same.
We are indebted to all those who have been helpful throughout the process of writing
this Report– Mr. Abbas, Ms. Komal, Mr Manish, Mr.Rohan & Ms. Shipra. but as the
cliché goes, we are solely responsible for any remaining errors of fact or judgment.
Signature of group members
(Mr.Abbas)(Mr.Aditya)(Ms.Komal)(Mr.Manish)(Mr.Rohan)
(Ms.Shipra) (Mr.Vishal)
Table of Content
S.No Topic Page No.
I Introduction
II Control & Powers of European Parliament
III Women MEP’s
IV 20 Committees of European Parliament
V Co- decision
VI Budget of European
Parliament
VII Source
VIIIs Sakharov Prize
Introduction
The European Parliament (EP) is directly elected
parliament body of the European Union. Together with the council of European Union, it forms the bicameral
legislatures in the world. The Parliament & Council forms
the highest legislative body within Union. European Parliament is composed of 785 members. Three places of
EP are Brussels, Luxembourg & France. No Parliamentary in Luxembourg.The vision of the European Parliament on the Single European Information Space.
PEST Analysis
Political Analysis
Control & Powers EP
I) Legislative procedure
With each new treaty, the powers of the Parliament
have expanded. Its powers have been primarily defined through the Union's legislative procedures. The method
which has slowly become the dominant procedure (about three-quarters of policy areas) is the Co-Decision
Procedures, where powers are essentially equal between
Parliament and Council. Co-Decision provides an equal footing between the two bodies. Under the procedure,
the Commission presents a proposal to Parliament and the Council. They then send amendments to the Council which can either adopt the text with those amendments or send back a "common position". That proposal may either be approved or further amendments may be
tabled by the Parliament. If the Council does not approve these, then a "Conciliation Committee" is formed. The Committee is composed of the Council
members plus an equal number of MEP’s who seek to agree a common position. Once a position is agreed, it
has to be approved by Parliament. Other procedures include: Co-operation, meaning the Council can overrule
the Parliament if it is unanimous; Consultation, which
require just consultation of the Parliament; and Assent procedure, where the Parliament has a veto. The
Commission and Council, or just Commission, can also
act completely independently of the Parliament.
II) Budget
The legislative branch officially holds the Union's
budgetary authority, powers gained through the
Budgetary Treaties, of the 1970s. The EU’s Budget is divided into compulsory and non-compulsory spending.
Compulsory spending is that resulting from EU treaties (including agriculture) and international agreements; the rest is non-compulsory.
The institutions draw up budget estimates and the
Commission consolidates them into a draft budget. Both the Council and the Parliament can amend the budget with the Parliament adopting or rejecting the budget at
its second reading. The signatures of the Parliament’s President are required before the budget becomes law.
The Parliament is also responsible for discharging the
implementation of previous budgets, on the basis of the
annual report of the European Court of Auditors.
III) Supervisory powers
The Parliament also has other powers of general supervision, mainly granted by the Maastricht Treaty.
The Parliament has the power to set up a Committee of
Inquiry.The Parliament can call other institutions to answer
questions and if necessary to take them to court if they break EU law or treaties. Further more it has powers
over the appointment of the members of the Court of Auditors, and the president and executive board of the European Central Bank. The president of European
Central Bank is also responsible to present the annual report to the Parliament. EP also has a unit which also handles complaints against all institutions. Petitions are also brought in front of Parliament by any European Citizen.
Economy Analysis
I) 22 Committees of EP
In European Parliament, there are 22 Committees
working in their own areas, & these are as follows:-i) Budgets Committee
ii) Budgetary Control
iii) Economic & Monetary Affairsiv) Employment in Social Affairs
v) Employment, Public Health & Foodvi) Safety
vii) Industry Research & Energyviii) Internal Market & Consumer protectionix) Transport & Tourism
x) Regional Developmentxi) Agriculture & Rural Developmentxii) Fisheriesxiii) Culture & Educationxiv) Legal Affairs
xv) Civil Liberties, Justice & Home Affairsxvi) Constitutional Affairsxvii) Women’s Right & Gender Equality
xviii) Petitionsxix)Foreign Affairs
xx) Human Rightsxxi)Security & Defense
xxii) Development & International Trade.
Social Analysis
Women MEP’s
Women Members in European Parliament constitute 34% overall. But otherwise Women Members in EP are as follows:-
i) In EPP-DE(European People’s Party- European Democrats, Christian Democrats) women
members are 278 .ii) In PE’s (Socialist Democrats) women members are
218iii) In Alliance of Liberals, women members are 104.iv) In Union for Europe National Group women
member constitute 44%.v) In Greens / European Free Alliance, women
members constitute 42%.
vi) In GUE/NGL (Gauche Unitaire European / Nordic Green Left) women members constitute 15%.
vii) And Non attached members are 34%.
II) Co-Decisions
European Union makes the law & there are three
processes for the same: - Co-Decision, Consultation & Assent. The legal process under which most directives
are decided is the Co-Decision Procedure. Co-decision
procedure means that the European Parliament decides together with the Council of the European
Union. These decisions are regarding following:-i) Internal Market
ii) Environmentiii) Transportiv) Public Health
v) Rights of European Citizenvi) Freedom of movement of workervii) Employmentviii) Social Policyix) Social Fund
x) Educationxi) Consumer Protectionxii) Research & Technology Development
xiii) Development Co-operationxiv) Transparency & Measure to Counter Fraud.
III)Budget Of 2007
Last Budget was presented by European Union was
estimated as follows:- (brief idea of the same)i) 43% expenditure on sustainable Growth.
ii) 5% expenditure on Global
iii) 34% expenditure on Agriculture Expensesiv) 11% expenditure on Rural Development
v) 6% expenditure on Administrationvi) 1% expenditure on Citizenship, Freedom, Security
& Justice.vii) 0.4% expenditure on Compensation.
IV) Source of Funds
Income of EU or EP comes from:-i) Gross National Income (69%);
ii) VAT (15%)iii) Custom Duties, Agriculture Duties, etc(15%)
iv) Miscellaneous (1%)
SWOT Analysis
Strength Analysis
Very strong and full support of environment protection
the leaders, that means if any of European Country is attacked by any other country outside ( other than
European countries), other European Countries support
that European Country (which is attacked)- Financially, provide defence products, if necessary they may also
provide European Union Army, etc.
Weakness Analysis
Costly system to implement environmental protection systems. European Union spend more for their defence, out of the funds collected from European Citizens as taxes.
Oppurtunity Analysis
Their no broder or boundary between any European
Country. More over they follow common trade policy. This makes dealing with any European Union
environment friendly trade, services & products.
Threat Analysis
Each Employer of European Union have to pay taxes to employ even one person. So Employers of European
Union avoid hiring people, instead install machines or
plants which work most of the things on their own on a switch of a button. So if this thing is not taken into
consideration, European Union may face problems regarding unemployment.
SAKHAROV PRIZE
Since 1988, in the spirit of Andrei Sakharov, the European Parliament has awarded the annual Sakharov
Prize for Freedom of Thought in order to honor individuals or organizations for their efforts on behalf of
human rights and fundamental freedoms and against oppression and injustice.
From Gorky, where he was living in exile, Andrei
Sakharov (1921-1989), the renowned physicist, member of the Academy of Sciences, dissident and 1975 Nobel
Peace Prize winner, sent a message to the European
Parliament saying how moved he was that it intended to create a prize for freedom of thought which would bear
his name. He rightly saw this as an encouragement to all
those who, like him, had committed themselves to championing human rights.
Coming from a background in nuclear physics and ending as a dissident, he not only sought the release of
dissenters in his country but also drew attention to the relationship between science and society and to the issues of peaceful coexistence and intellectual freedom,
which he analyzed in his writings. In the eyes of the world, Sakharov came to embody the crusade against the denial of fundamental rights. Neither intimidation nor exile could break his resistance.In awarding the Sakharov Prize, the European Parliament
honors, in particular, outstanding achievements in the fight to protect freedom of thought and expression against intolerance, fanaticism and hatred. This reflects
its conviction that fundamental freedoms include not only the right to life and physical integrity, but also
freedom of expression and of the press, two of the most effective means of fighting oppression and key
yardsticks by which to judge whether a society is
democratic and open.
The right to untrammeled freedom of opinion and
expression, which is enshrined in Article 19 of the United Nations International Covenant on Civil and
Political Rights of 16 December 1966 and which includes
‘the right to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds, regardless of frontiers, either orally, in
writing or in print, in the form of art, or though any medium of [a person's] choice', reflects the spirit in
which the European Parliament created the Sakharov Prize.The European Parliament awards the human rights prize,
endowed with EUR 50,000, at a formal sitting in Strasbourg which falls on or around 10 December, the day on which the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights was signed in 1948.
Key Findings
If any company which is in a country that forms a part of
European Union, is found breaking the law, it will be shut down.
If any country or any organization is about to deal or is dealing with any European County’s Organization, they
have to follow certain policies & procedures, rule &
regulations, & etc. If anyone is found breaking these
laws, is charged the terms or contract on which they
were working on will become void. Not only this, if any company or any outside company
cheats any customer, that company will be punished
according to the Consumer Protection Act of European Parliament.
Learning’s
We have learnt that if in future if someone makes a deal
with any of the companies of European Union, it will have to abide by the rules and policies of the
Parliament. It would serve as a great example to a
country where rules are not much thought of. Strictness is vital to India’s smooth administrative functioning.
Conclusion
European Parliament constitutes 785 members, from
different countries. All these countries follow the same
trade policies. They all follow rules, policies, Acts (Consumer Protection Act), etc which are set by
European Union. So whenever any meeting is held or wherever it is held, it is been attended by different people belonging from different countries, who speak in their mother Language, side- by –side, there are 25 chambers which translate the speech of any person in
the language, which is understood by other people at the very same time. So if one person speaks in French, at the very same time it is translated in the other 24 languages.