Bulletin of the European Communities. No 12 1991 Volume 24

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Bulletin
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No 12 D 1991
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I — Maastricht European Council 7
PART riMF ACTIVITIES IN
ΓΗΠ I VJ IM E DECEMBER 1991
News in brief 14
1. Towards European union7
— Economic and monetary union 1
— Political union9
2. The single market and the Community economic and
social area 20
— Economic and monetary policy 2
— Internal market1
— Competition 3
— Enterprise policy, industrial policy and services 37
— Research and technology9
— Telecommunications and information services 4
— Transport 42
— Energy7
— Coordination of structural policies 50
— Social dimension 51
— Regional policies
— Agriculture 6
— Fisheries 75
— Environment 86
— Consumers 93
— Audiovisual media, information, communication
and culture4
3. The role of the Community in the world 9
— European Free Trade Association5
— The Soviet Union and the countries of Central and
Eastern Europe— Mediterranean and Middle East 99
— United States of America, Japan and other
industrialized countries 101
— Asia and Latin America2
— African, Caribbean and Pacific countries and overseas
countries and territories3
— General development cooperation5
— Commercial policy 110
— International organizations and conferences 11
— Human rights in the world7
— Diplomatic relations
4. Intergovernmental cooperation8
— European politicaln
— Other intergovernmental cooperation 122
5. Financing Community activities3
— Budgets 12
— Financial operations7
— European Investment Bank
6. Statistics 131
7. Community institutions4
— Parliament
— Council6
— Commission 140
— Community lawcourts
— Economic and Social Committee 14
— ECSC Consultativee7
PART TWO DOCUMENTATION
1. The ecu 150
2. Infringement proceedings2
3. Additional references in the Official Journal 157
4. Index9 Supplements 1991
1 /91 The Commission's programme for 1991
2/91 Intergovernmental Conferences: Contributions by the Com­
mission
3/91 European industrial policy for the 1990s
4/91 Removal of tax obstacles to the cross-frontier activities of
companies
5/91 The development and future of the common agricultural policy I — Maastricht European Council
and reiterated its commitment to a substan­Maastricht, 9 and 10 December
tial, balanced package of results consistent
1.1. The meeting of Heads of State or with the objectives of the Community.
Government held in Maastricht on 9 and
On cooperation in the spheres of justice and 10 December was chaired by Mr Lubbers,
home affairs, the European Council asked President of the Council and Prime Minister
the Ministers responsible for immigration of the Netherlands, and attended by Mr
to implement their proposed programme of Delors and Mr Andriessen, President and
work on immigration and asylum and called Vice-President of the Commission respect­
on the Presidency of the Council to look for ively. It was preceded by an address by
a solution to the last remaining problem Mr Barón Crespo, President of the Euro­
preventing the signing of the Convention pean Parliament, who put forward his insti­
between the Member States on the crossing tution's views on the draft Treaties on Pol­
of their external frontiers. It instructed the itical Union and Economic and Monetary
Trevi Ministers, in collaboration with the Union.
Commission, to take the measures needed
The chief result of the summit was the to allow Europol to be set up, and stressed
agreement between the Heads of State or the importance of establishing the European
Government on the draft Treaty on Euro­ anti-drug monitoring body at an early date.
pean Union. Economic and monetary union, Lastly, it called for an analysis of the impli­
in particular, is now well and truly launched cations of the draft Treaty on European
in a gradual but irreversible process, spurred Union for proceedings in the above areas.
on by the prospect of a single currency by
1 January 1999 and the establishment of a On external relations, concerned at the criti­
procedure for transition to Stage III by cal food supply situation in Moscow and
1 July 1999. A qualitative step forward was St Petersburg, the Council agreed that the
taken in the field of political union with Community should act rapidly to help the
the inclusion of provisions for a common populations of both cities.
foreign and security policy in the Treaty on
Speaking in the context of political cooper­European Union; this covers all aspects of
ation, the Council adopted declarations on foreign and security policy and establishes
the peace process in the Middle East, devel­cooperation between the Member States as
opments in the Soviet Union, and racism standard practice in the conduct of national
and xenophobia. Referring back to the policy.
recent declaration on the inquiries into the
bombing of flights Pan Am 103 and The European Council also decided to
annex to the Treaty a protocol authorizing UTA 772, it reiterated its firm condem­
nation of all acts of terrorism. 11 of the Member States to use the insti­
tutions, procedures and mechanisms of the
European Community for the purpose of
adopting and, where relevant, implementing
the decisions needed for further progress
Conclusions of the Presidency
in putting into effect the Charter of the
Fundamental Social Rights of Workers.
1.2. Mr Barón Crespo, President of the European
Parliament, put to the European Council his insti­The Council instructed the Commission to
tution's views on the draft Treaties on Political consider the implications of Community
Union and Economic and Monetary Union.
enlargement for the development of the
Union in time for the European Council in The European Council welcomed all the contacts
Lisbon. which had been established with Parliament during
the preparation of the drafts and, in particular, the
The European Council gave further serious interinstitutional conferences which had made for
thought to the Uruguay Round negotiations a better understanding of the respective opinions.
Bull. EC 12-1991 Maastricht European Council
The European Council notes that a number of Treaty on European Union
European countries have submitted applications or
announced their intention of seeking membership
• References:
of the Union. The European Council invites the
Conclusions of the special meeting of the European
Commission to examine those questions including Council, Dublin: Bull. EC 4-1990, point 1.12 s of the Dublin European Council: Bull. the implications for the Union's future develop­
EC 6-1990, point 1.11 ment and with regard to the European Council in
Commission communication on economic and mon­ Lisbon.
etary union: Bull. EC 7/8-1990, point 1.3.2 n opinion on the proposal for amendment
of the Treaty establishing the European