Au cours de sa réunion du 9 juillet 2003, la commission des libertés et des droits des citoyens, de la justice et des affaires intérieures a nommé Marie-Thérèse Hermange rapporteur.
At the sitting of 3 July 2003 the President of Parliament announced that he had referred the proposal to the Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs as the committee responsible and the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market and the Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities for their opinions (C5‑0302/2003).