Bulletin of the European Communities. No 6/1991 Volume 24

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Bulletin
of the European
Communities
Commission
No 6 D1991
Volume 24 The Bulletin of the European Communities reports on the activities of the Commission and the
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ACTIVITIES IN
PARTONE JUNE 1991
News in brief 22
1. Towards European union5
— Economic and monetary union 2
— Political union6
2. The single market and the Community economic and
social area 27
— Economic and monetary policy
— Internal market8
— Competition 39
— Enterprise policy, industrial policy and services 42
— Research and technology 45
— Telecommunications and information services6
— Transport
— Energy 53
— Social dimension4
— Regional policies 61
— Agriculture
— Fisheries 76
— Environmentnt9
— A people's Europe 82
— Audiovisual, information, communication and culture 84
3. Role of the Community in the world
— European Free Trade Association
— The Soviet Union and the countries of Central and
Eastern Europe7
— Mediterranean and Middle East 91
— United States, Japan and other industrialized countries 94 — Asia and Latin America 95
— African, Caribbean and Pacific countries and overseas
countries and territories7
— General development cooperation9
— Commercial policy 101
— International organizations and conferences 102
— Human rights in the world4
— Diplomatic relations5
4. Intergovernmental cooperation6
— European politicaln 10
— Other intergovernmental cooperation7
5. Financing Community activities8
— Budgets 10
— Financial operations9
— European Investment Bank
6. Statistics 112
7. Community institutions4
— Parliament
— Council6
— Commission 120
— Community lawcourts1
— ECSC Consultative Committee 128
ARI WO DOCUMENTATION
1. The ecu 132
2. Meeting of Ministers responsible for immigration 134
3. Infringement proceedings5
4. Additional references in the Official Journal 14
5. Index 144 Supplements 1991
1 /91 The Commission's programme for 1991
*2/91 Intergovernmental Conferences — Contributions by the Com­
mission:
— Economic and monetary union
— Political union
*3/91 European industrial policy for the 1990s
In preparation. I. Luxembourg European Council
the process of integration or union, on the Luxembourg, 28 and 29 June
principle of subsidiarity and on the principle
1.1. With the Luxembourg Prime Minister, of economic and social cohesion; it dis­
Mr Santer, in the chair, this meeting of cussed a number of particular items in con­
Heads of State or Government of the Mem­ siderable detail.
ber States was attended by Mr Delors, Presi­
It considered, in turn, the common foreign dent, and Mr Andriessen, Vice-President,
and security policy, which would extend to
representing the Commission. It first heard
all questions relating to the security of the
a statement by Mr Barón Crespo, President
Union, democratic legitimacy, the scope of
of the European Parliament, on Parlia­
the co-decision procedure, a stronger role ment's views on the questions under dis­
for the Community in relation to the social cussion at the two Intergovernmental Con­
dimension, and the situation and outlook
ferences.
for economic and social cohesion.
This was a constructive European Council
Here, also, a final agreement should be
in that once again the twelve Heads of State
reached at the Maastricht European
or Government expressed solidarity in their
Council.
relations with the rest of the world and their
shared determination to progress towards The European Council agreed on the objec­
greater integration within the Community. tives underlying the German Government's
proposals on asylum, immigration and
The European Council confirmed that the
aliens and on the fight against international
proceedings of the two Intergovernmental
drug trafficking and organized crime.
Conferences should continue in parallel and
expressed the view that the draft Treaty Moving on to the internal market, the Euro­
prepared by the Presidency formed the basis pean Council heard a statement by Mr
for the continuation of negotiations as Delors and welcomed the fact that three
regards most of the principal points con­ quarters of the measures called for by the
tained in it and the state of play at the two White Paper had been decided on; it specifi­
Conferences. cally welcomed the agreement reached on
VAT rates and excise duties. The European
The European Council also confirmed that
Council called for everything possible to be
there were broad areas of agreement on the
done for the entire legislative programme
basic components of economic and monet­
required for completing the internal market
ary union. It emphasized the need for satis­
to be adopted by 31 December 1991, draw­
factory and lasting progress with economic
ing specific attention to individual areas
convergence, notably with regard to price
such as transport.
stability and sound public finance, and wel­
comed the fact that several governments The European Council regretted the slow­
intended to submit multiannual pro­ ness of progress on the Social Charter and
grammes designed to achieve this. It called for work here to be intensified so that
expressed the conviction that an agreement the necessary decisions could be reached,
on economic and monetary union could be having regard for the specific situation and
finalized at the Maastricht European practices of each Member State.
Council in December.
On the free movement of persons, the Euro­
On political union the European Council pean Council welcomed the fact that all the
again stated that the Union should be based Member States had signed the Convention
on full maintenance and development of the on asylum and called for rapid agreement
acquis communautaire, on a single insti­ on the Convention between the Member
tutional framework with procedures appro­ States on the crossing of their external bor­
priate to the requirements of the various ders. It asked the Ministers with responsi­
spheres of action, on the evolving nature of bility in this area to make practical pro-
Bull. EC 6-1991 Luxembourg European Council
posals for implementing the set of proposals Middle East, southern Africa, human rights,
put forward by Germany, particularly on arms exports, and the improvement of
the establishment of a European Central emergency assistance within the UN frame­
Criminal Investigation Office (Europol). work.
The external relations part of the meeting
was dominated by the situation arising in
Yugoslavia as a result of the declaration of
Conclusions of the Presidency independence by Slovenia and Croatia. It
decided to set in motion the emergency
1.2. The European Council heard a statement by mechanism in the CSCE framework and
Mr Barón, President of the European Parliament, to send t