To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the Answer of 1 April 2009, Official Report, column 1196W, on the European Union, for which international bodies his Department recognises the European Commission as having an active treaty competence interest. (277115)

The European Commission’s Treaties Office keeps track of all the treaties to which the European Community is a party. It is publicly available at:

http://ec.europa.eu/world/agreements/default.home.do

Where the European Community is a member of an international organisation the European Commission will attend meetings of the organisation and may speak on matters falling within the European Community’s competence.