<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><AQE.QER VERSION="2"><QUESTION QID="P-001908-15" AIDREF="AP-001908-15" LEG.VAL="WQ"><HEAD.Q><TI1><P.WQ>Question for written answer<NO.WQ QID="Q-P-001908-15">P-001908-15</NO.WQ></P.WQ><P.WQ>to the<DEST.WQ ORG="COM"> Commission</DEST.WQ></P.WQ></TI1><TI2><P.WQ>Rule 130</P.WQ><P.WQ><AUTHOR.WQ PERSID="24505">Emmanuel Maurel</AUTHOR.WQ><POL.GROUP GR="S&amp;D">(S&amp;D)</POL.GROUP></P.WQ></TI2><P.WQ><DATE.WQ DATE.DOC="20150204">(4 February 2015)</DATE.WQ></P.WQ></HEAD.Q><OBJ.Q OBJID="O-P-001908-15"><INT.OBJ.Q>Subject:</INT.OBJ.Q><TXT> Setting-up of an EU-US regulation cooperation body</TXT></OBJ.Q><CONTENTS CTNID="QC-P-001908-15"><P><NO.P>1.</NO.P>Could the Commission confirm that it is currently negotiating the setting-up of a regulation cooperation body as part of the eighth round of talks on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership between the European Union and the United States?</P><P><NO.P>2.</NO.P>If this is the case, what democratic scrutiny would there be over such a body?</P><P><NO.P>3.</NO.P>What impact might it have on EU public policymaking?</P></CONTENTS></QUESTION></AQE.QER>