Fifteenth general report on the activities of the European Communities in 1981

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Activities of the institutions and bodies

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• Annual report
• European Union law
• Bilateralism
• International organization
• Institutions of the European Union
• Single market

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• Publié par: EUROPEAN-COMMISSION
• Nombre de lectures: 7
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 11 Mo

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Commission of the European Communities
Fifteenth General Report
on the Activities of
the European Communities
in 1981
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■ÍÍÍÍÍÍ This publication contains the General Report on the Activities of
the European Communities. The President's 1982 address and
the 'Programme of the Commission' are being published separately. Commission of the European Communities
Fifteenth General Report
on the Activities of
the European Communities
in 1981
Brussels • Luxembourg This publication is also available in the following languages:
DA ISBN 92-825-2808-1
DE ISBN 92-825-2809-X
GR ISBN 92-825-2810-3
FR ISBN 92-825-2812-X
IT ISBN 92-825-2813-8
NL ISBN 92-825-2814-6
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Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 1982
ISBN 92-825-2811-1
Catalogue number: CB-33-81-401-EN-C
© ECSC - EEC - EAEC, Brussels • Luxembourg, 1982
Printed in Belgium The President and the Members of the Commission of the European Communities
to the t of the European Parliament
Sir,
We have the honour to present the General Report on the Activities of the Commu­
nities, which the Commission is required to publish by Article 18 of the Treaty
establishing a Single Council and a Single Commission of the European Communi­
ties.
This report, for 1981, is the fifteenth since the merger of the executives.
In accordance with the procedure described in the Declaration on the System for
Fixing Community Farm Prices contained in the Accession Documents of 22
January 1972, the Commission has already sent Parliament the 1981 Report on the
Agricultural Situation in the Community.
Under Article 122 of the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
the Commission is also preparing a Report on Social Developments in the Commu­
nity in 1981.
And, in accordance with an undertaking given to Parliament on 7 June 1971, the
Commission is preparing its eleventh annual Report on Competition Policy.
Please accept, Sir, the expression of our highest consideration.
Brussels,- 9 February 1982
Gaston THORN n4" President
François-Xavier ORTOLI W*I
Vice-President I
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Etienne DAVIGNON ¡/K«TI]—.
ChristopherSamuelTUGENDHAT l/W^şk/ Ittmtl
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Antonio GIOLITTI ñ.Q*¿M
Georgios CONTOGEORGISa,ú»£j*.i,¿,
Karl-Heinz NARJES ?«*p~~¿JU^■
Frans ANDRIESSEN
-.2-Ivor RICHARD
Michael O'KENNEDY
Poul DALSAGER
Edgard PISANI Contents
CHAPTER I: THE COMMUNITY IN 1981 17
Section 1: Introduction
General survey
The Community and world events8
Internal developments 20
• Revitalization of Community policies
• Economic and monetary policy2
Section 2: Institutions and other bodies4
Institutional developments
Parliament 27
Council8
Commission9
Court of Justice 31
Court of Auditors3
Economic and Social Committee4
ECSC Consultative
Section 3: Information for the general public and specific audiences 35
• Information activities 3
• Press, radio and television
• Language Service6
• Office for Official Publicatio-
• Statistical Office (Eurostat)7
• Data processing
• Records8
• The Commission's relations with workers' and employers' organizations and
with the European Youth Forum
• Culture9
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Section 4: Financing Community activities 40
Main developments 4
Budgets
— 1981 financial year
• General budget
— Implementation of the 1980 and 1981 budgets4
— 1982 financial year
• Budget projections—1982-83-84
• General budget5
• Preliminary draft budget
• Revenue9
• Budgetary procedure and establishment of the definitive budget for 1982 4
• ECSC budget 51
Own resources2
— 1981 financial year
— 1982l year
— The future of budgetary financing
— Convergence and budgetary matters
Changes to Financial Regulations6
Budgetary powers7
Internal financial control
Borrowing and lending operations8
— EEC—Balance of payments 5
— New Community Instrument and interest subsidies on EMS loans 59
• Newyt
• Interest subsidies on certain EMS loans from the NCI and EIB 60
• Loans and interest subsidies on loans for the reconstruction of the regions
affected by the earthquakes in Italy and Greece 61
— Financing ECSC activities 6
• Investment in the coal and steel industries
• Borrowing and lending2
— Euratom financing3
European Investment Bank4
CHAPTER II: BUILDING THE COMMUNITY 67
Section 1 : Economic and monetary policy
Main developments
The economic situation
Fifth medium-term economic policy programme8
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Coordination of economic and monetary policies 69
• Protective measures taken by Italy—Application of Article 108 70
• Recommendation to Belgium 71
• Principles of indexation in the Community2
European Monetary System3
The Community and the international monetary system
Initiatives and measures taken by the Community5
• Borrowing and lending
• Exceptional aid measures7
• Energy and economic policy
Section 2: Internal market and industrial affairs 78
Main developments 7
Free movement of goods9
— Measures having an effect equivalent to quantitative restrictions 80
— Removal of technical barriers to trade 81
— Euronorms 84
Business law
— Company law
— Intellectual property5
— Civil, commercial and economic law
— Criminal law6
— Public contracts 8
Free movement of persons, and freedom to provide services 87
— Removal of restrictions
— Mutual recognition of diplomas and access to economic activities
— Special rights of citizens and passport union9
Distributive trades
Small business and Business Cooperation Centre 90
Industry 9
— Steel
— Shipbuilding2
— Textiles
— Data processing3
— New information technologies
— Telecommunications4
— Automobiles
— Other industries5
Section 3: Customs union 97
Main developments
Harmonization of customs rules on trade with non-member countries 9
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— Common Customs Tariff (CCT) 98
— Economic tariff matters
— Valuation for customs purposes9
— Customs procedures with economic impact
— Origin 100
— General legislation
Simplification of customs checks and formalities in intra-Community trade 101
Reinforcing the structures of the customs union 102
Section 4: Competition3
Main developments 10
General rules applying to undertakings
The rules of competition applied to undertakings4
The rules of to forms of State intervention 106
— General aids
— Industry aids
— Regional aids7
— State monopolies of a commercial character 108
— Public undertakings
Section 5: Financial institutions and taxation9
Main developments 10
Financial institutions 110
— Insurance
— Banks1
— Stock exchanges and other institutions in the sécurités field 112
Taxation3
— Indirect taxation
• Turnover tax
• Excise duties4
• Tax-free allowances for travellers 115
— Direct taxation
— Tax avoidance
— Convergence of tax systems
— Supervision of the application of Community provisions6
Section 6: Employment, education and social policy 118
Main developments 11
Employment
— Employment policy
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