Bulletin of the European Communities. No 6/1993 Volume 26

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Copenhagen European Council
ACTIVITIES IN
JUNE 1993 PART ONE
News in brief 26
1. European union9
2. The single market and the Community economic and
social area 31
— Internal market
— Economic and monetary policy 4
— Statistical area
— Competition 44
— Industrial policy 52
— Enterprise policy
— Research and technology
— Education, vocational training and youth 56
— Trans-European networks8
— Energy9
— Transport 61
— Telecommunications, information services and industry 65
— Consumers7
— Economic and social cohesion: structural measures 6
— Social dimension 72
— Environment4
— Agriculture 8
— Fisheries 9
— A people's Europe5
— Audiovisual media, information, communication and culture 96
3. The role of the Community in the world 98
— Enlargement
— European Free Trade Association 101 — Central and Eastern Europe and the independent
States of the former Soviet Union 102
— Mediterranean and Middle East4
— United States, Japan and other industrialized countries 107
— Asia and Latin America9
— African, Caribbean and Pacific countries and overseas
countries and territories 111
— General development cooperation
— Humanitarian aid4
— Commercial policy5
— International organizations and conferences 117
— Human rights in the world8
4. Intergovernmental cooperation 121
— European politicaln
— Other intergovernmental cooperation
5. Financing Community activities7
— Budgets 12
— Financial operations8
— Measures to combat fraud
6. Community institutions 130
— Parliament
— Council2
— Commission7
— Community lawcourts
— European Investment Bank 145
— Economic and Social Committee8
AR WO DOCUMENTATION
1. The ecu 150
2. Infringement proceedings2
3. Additional references in the Official Journal 161
4. Index 16Supplements 1993
1/93 Address by Jacques Delors, President of the Commission, to
the European Parliament on the occasion of the investiture
debate of the new Commission
The Commission's work programme for 1993-94
Thes legislativee for 1993
Joint declaration on the 1993 legislative programme
2/93 The challenge of enlargement — Commission opinion on
Norway's application for membership
*3/93 The future development of the common transport policy
4/93 The challenge of enlargement — Commission opinion on *
Malta's application for membership
"5/93 The challenge of enlargement — Commission opinion on the
application by the Republic of Cyprus for membership
In preparation. I — Copenhagen European Council
develop the trans-European networks (ECU 2 Copenhagen, 21 and 22 June
billion) and to strengthen the competitiveness
of small and medium-sized enterprises (ECU 1
/./. The meeting of Heads of State or billion). The European Council also welcomed
Government was chaired by Mr Rasmussen, the suggestion put forward by Mr Delors for
President of the Council and Prime Minister a ECU 5 billion bridging facility to boost
of Denmark, and attended by Mr Delors, investment projects under the Structural
President of the Commission, and Mr van den Funds.
Broek, Member of the Commission. During
his customary meeting with the members of The European Council stressed the overriding
the European Council, Mr Klepsch, President importance of creating such economic and
of then Parliament, gave a rundown budgetary conditions as will permit a rapid
of Parliament's position on the main items on cut in interest rates in Europe, a fundamental
the summit agenda, with particular reference prerequisite for economic recovery and the
to the economic and social situation in the promotion of investment.
Community. He called upon the Member
States to review their position with regard to Having confirmed that the accession of Aus­
the duties of the Ombudsman and the regu­ tria, Finland, Sweden and Norway is to be
lations governing their performance. Mr accomplished by 1 January 1995, the European
Klepsch urged the national parliaments to Council welcomed the adoption by the Com­
press ahead with ratification not only of the mission of its opinions in respect of the mem­
Treaty on European Union but also of the bership applications from Cyprus and Malta.
Agreement setting up the European Economic
Area and the 'Europe Agreements' with the The European Council also conveyed a very
countries of Central and Eastern Europe. explicit political message to the countries of
Central and Eastern Europe by providing them
Unemployment and the economic recession with the assurance that, in accordance with the
eclipsed all other issues at Copenhagen, with Commission communication 'Towards a closer
the European Council demonstrating its association with the countries of Central and
resolve to tackle the problems at Community Eastern Europe', associated countries that wish
level through a series of short- and long-term to become full members of the Union will be
measures. Backing Mr Delors's analysis of the admitted as soon as they satisfy the requisite
political and economic conditions. In this con­strengths and weaknesses of the European
text, the European Council acknowledged the economy, the European Council approved the
need for a reinforced and extended multilateral points for consideration put forward by the
dialogue and concertation on matters of com­Commission President and instructed the
mon interest as well as the need to accelerate n to present a White Paper on a
efforts to open up Community markets. It also long-term strategy to promote growth, com­
acknowledged the necessity of providing petitiveness and employment to the European
Council in Brussels next December. The Euro­ adequate support for Albania and endorsed
pean Council acknowledged the necessity of the implementation of free-trade agreements
immediate measures to kick-start the economy. with the Baltic States, as a prelude to the con­
In this context it invited the EIB, in cooper­ clusion of Europe Agreements once the necess­
ation with the Commission, to increase by ary conditions have been met. The European
ECU 3 billion the temporary facility of ECU Council welcomed the progress made in the
5 billion agreed in Edinburgh and to extend its negotiations