Bulletin of the European Communities. No 5 1988 Volume 21

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SPECIAL
PART ONE FEATURES
1. The social dimension of building Europe 8
2. The contribution of education to the internal market 10
3. News in brief 15
ARI VVO IN MAY1988
1. Building the Community 18
— Economic and monetary policy
— Internal market9
— Enterprise 21
— Industrial strategy and services 22
— Research and technology3
— Telecommunications, information technology and
innovation5
— Customs union and indirect taxation8
— Competition 30
— Financial institutions and company law 34
— Employment, education and social policy
— Culture9
— Regional policy 41
— Coordination of structural instruments 43
— Environment and consumers4
— Agriculture6
— Fisheries 57
— Transport
— Energy 60 2. External relations 61
— Uruguay Round 61
— Commercial policy 61
— Relations with industrialized countries 64
—s with other countries and regions 67
• Mediterraneans 67
• Countries of the Gulf and the Arabian peninsula 68
• Asia 68
• State-trading countries 69
— Development 69
— International organizations and conferences 75
— Diplomatic relations 77
3. Financing Community activities 78
— Budgets 78
— Financial operations 80
4. Political and institutional matters 81
— European political cooperation 81
—n policy and relations between the institutions 82
— Institutions and organs of the Communities 83
• Parliament 83
• Council 90
• Commission 91
• Court of Justice 92
•t of Auditors 103
• European Investment Bank 104
5. Statistics 107
PART THREE DOCUMENTATION
1. ECU. 110
2. Additional references in the Official Journal 112
3. Infringement procedures4 Supplements 1988
1 /88 Programme of the Commission for 1988
*2/88 A people's Europe — Voting rights for Community nationals
in local elections
3/88 Statute for the European company
In preparation. PARTONE
SPECIALFEATURES 1. The social dimension
of building Europe
This is because on all these subjects, whether the
Address by Commission President
social aspects of the instruments setting up the
large market or draft Directives on health and
safety, we have, I believe, improved the consul­
1.1.1. On 12 May Mr Jacques Delors, tation process.
President of the Commission, addressed the
These provisions are based on the principles that Congress of the European Trade Union
I have just described: they represent minimum rules
Confederation in Stockholm on the social
that everyone must observe in the Community,
dimension of the internal market. After they do not prevent Member States from promot­
recalling that the first stage of the process ing or accepting higher levels of protection.
of building the Community had been to
This is one of the possible Community approaches create the conditions for greater economic
to achieving the alignment which is essential if the
and social cohesion (reform of the structural
common economic area is to come about and
Funds, introduction and development of
operate effectively.'
flanking policies) and greater solidarity
between the Member States, he was at pains
Encouraging the social dialogue to point out that 'the social dimension of
building Europe', which was 'both a con­
2.ÎJ. 'There are others, particularly the social dition and a goal' for further progress in
dialogue at Community level which we launched Europe (internal market, research policy,
in 19854 and in which the ETUC is involved. I
rural development, etc.) now required us to
must admit that after a promising beginning this
make the most of the opportunities opened dialogue has been a great disappointment, to such
up in the social field by the Single European an extent that I have sometimes wondered whether
Act1 in order to increase worker partici­ the Commission should encourage it further. I am
well aware of the nature of the problem; it is pation in the Community. However, the
difficult for the organizations involved to obtain President made this revival of social action
a negotiating mandate and the opinions adopted
at Community level subject to one con­
jointly do not represent a major step forward for
dition: a political revival, the signal for the advanced countries. There is also the fact that
which would have to be given by the Euro­ it may seem ambitious and even utopian to launch
pean Council in Hanover. an interindustry dialogue at European level when
this type of negotiation is tending to decline at
national and sectoral level, being conducted now
chiefly at company level. Yes, I know the difficult­
ies, and the last thing I want is for this dialogue to
The social dimension
be used as an excuse for failing to make progress.
However, I also realize that halting the dialogue
Legislating would weaken the position and role of European
trade unionism and would cast in an unfavourable
light our resolve to strengthen the social cohesion
1.1.2. 'We are doing this in two areas in par­
of the Community. Moreover, how can we, by ticular:
way of agreement, give signs to direct and, at a
First, by ensuring that there is a social dimension to later stage, harmonize the negotiations which are
those decisions setting up the large market which being carried on in each country? Of course, the
justify such a dimension. This applies to, for exam­ social dialogue that we call 'Val Duchesse"* can­
ple, road transport or the specifications to be not claim to play this guiding role alone, and
applied for the marketing and entry into service of
certain goods, such as machines.2
We are also doing it in the area of health and
1 OJ L 169, 29.6.1987; Supplement 2/86 — Bull. EC; Bull.
safety. It is the much-appreciated Article 118a that EC 2-1986, points 1.1.1 and 1.1.2.
enabled us to propose recently a framework direc­
2 Oj C 29, 3.2.1988; Bull. EC 11-1987, point 2.1.21.
tive and five implementing Directives on these
3 Bull. EC 2-1988, point 1.2.1 et seq.
questions. 3 These are proposals which met with 4. EC 1-1985, point 2.4.19; Bull. EC 11-1985, point
your broad approval. 2.5.25.
Bull. EC 5-1988