Bulletin of the European Communities. No 11 1984 Volume 17

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Bulletin
OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
Commission
No 11 1984
Volume 17 The Bulletin of the European Communities reports on the activities of
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No 11
1984
Volume 17
Sent to press in January 1985 contents
PART ONE ?»»
1. Renewal of the ACP-EEC Convention 7
2. Famine in Africa 9
3. New arrangements for the supply of nuclear materials for
peaceful uses under the Euratom Treaty: the Commission
11 amends its proposal
AK1 VVU IN NOVEMBER 1984
1. Building the Community 14
14 — Economic and monetary policy
— Internal market and industrial affairs 15
— Industrial innovation and the information market 19
— Customs union 19
— Competition 23
27 — Financial institutions and taxation
— Employment, education and social policy 28
— Culture 31
— Regional policy 33
34 — Environment and consumers
— Agriculture 35
42 — Fisheries
— Transport 45
— Energy 45
47 — Research and development
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2. Enlargement and external relations 50
— Enlargement and bilateral relations with applicant
countries 50
— Commercial policy 51
— Relations with industrialized countries 53
—s with other countries and regions 55
• Countries of the Gulf and the Arabian peninsula 55
• Asia 55
• Latin America 56
• State-trading countries 56
— Development 57
— International organizations and conferences 61
— Diplomatic relations 63
3. Financing Community activities 64
4. Political and institutional matters 69
— Political cooperation 69
— European policy and relations between the institutions 70
— Institutions and organs of the Communities 71
• Parliament 71
• Council 76
• Commission 79
• Court of Justice 80
•t of Auditors 86
• Economic and Social Committee 86
• European Investment Bank 88
DOCUMENTATION
1. ECU 94
2. Additional references in the Official Journal 95
3. Infringement procedures 96
4. Implementation of Community Code of Conduct by com­
panies with subsidiaries in South Africa 98
5. Interim report by the ad hoc Committee on Institutional Affairs 101
Pu blications of the European Communities Supplements 1984
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Standardized abbreviations for the designation of certain monetary units in the different languages of
the Community:
ECU = European currency unit
BFR = Belgische frank / Franc beige
DKR = Dansk krone
DM = Deutsche Mark
DR = Greek drachma
FF = Franc français
HFL = Nederlandse gulden (Hollandse florijn)
IRL = Irish pound / punt
LFR = Franc luxembourgeois
LIT = Lira italiana
UKL = Pound sterling
USD = United States dollar 1. Renewal of the ACP-EEC Convention
quarter of a century ago. In a particularly 1.1.1. The negotiations for the conclusion
of a new convention between the Com­ unfavourable international economic cli­
munity and the 64 ACP States, plus Angola mate, where most of the multilateral finan­
and Mozambique,1 which were opened cing institutions are having their aid budgets
drastically cut, it is important that the Com­officially in Luxembourg on 6 and 7
munity should maintain at the same level Ocotber 1983,2 were completed on 22
November following a meeting between Mr the financial contribution which it makes
Rabbie Namaliu, Minister for Foreign to the ACP countries under this agreement.
Affairs of Papua New Guinea and President
Under the new Convention what was achie­
of the ACP Council of Ministers, Mr Peter
ved in earlier conventions is maintained and
Barry, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ire­
the basic principles of ACP-EEC cooper­
land and President of the Council of the
ation are clearly reaffirmed, namely non­
European Communities, and Mr Edgard
interference and mutual respect for the sov­
Pisani, Vice-President of the Commission
ereignty of the parties; the main instruments
with special responsibility for development.
of cooperation are extended and streng­
thened—trade regulations, Stabex, Sysmin, At the meeting the Presidents confirmed
protocols and special trade arrangements. the agreements reached ad referendum at
And yet it goes much further than merely negotiator level following the ministerial
maintaining acquired rights and established meeting held in Brussels from 9 to 12
obligations. October3 and concluded the negotiations
on the two outstanding points—the issue
of human rights and the definition of the
Main features of Lomé III
concept of human dignity, and the volume
of financing to be made available under 1.1.2. The Convention has a new struc­
the new Convention and its breakdown by ture, in which the first chapter sets out
method and instrument. clearly the objective of ACP-EEC cooper­
ation so as to make it easily understandable
Regarding the first issue, the Preamble to
to the layman.
the new Convention will contain an explicit
reference to fundamental human rights, The joint institutions, which are one of the
taken from the Charter of the United special features of ACP-EEC cooperation,
Nations. The parties will adopt a joint dec­ have been maintained. The role and oper-
laration in which the concept of human
dignity will be defined and which makes an
' Since Angola has not yet signed the Convention, the explicit reference to the parties' determi­
ACP States are as follows: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas,
nation to do all in their power to eradicate
Barbados, Belize, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Butundi,
apartheid. Cameroon, Cap Verde, Central African Republic, Chad,
Comoros, Congo, Djibouti, Dominica, Equatorial Guinea,
The aid package available under the new Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada,,
Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Ivory Coastjamaica, Kenya, Kiri­Convention was set definitively at 8 500
bati, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauri­
million ECU, of which 7 400 million ECU
tania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Papua New
constitutes the EDF allocation and 1 100
Guinea, Rwanda, Saint Christopher and Nevis, Saint Lucia,
million ECU the EIB's own resources allo­ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and
Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, cation.
Somalia, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo,
Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, This enabled the co-Presidents to declare
Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
the negotiations formally concluded and
2 Bull. EC 10-1983, points 1.2.1 to 1.2.4; see also Bull. 2-
confirm that the Convention would be
1984, points 2.2.32 and 2.2.33; Bull. EC 5-1984, points 2.2.39
signed in Lomé, Togo, on 8 December. et seq. Bull. EC 6-1984, point 2.2.42 et seq.; Bull. 7/8-1984,
point 2.2.37; Bull. EC 9-1984, points 2.2.27 to 2.2.29; Bull.
It will now be possible to continue and step EC 10-1984, point 2.2.34.
3 Bull. EC 10-1984, point 2.2.35. up cooperation which started more than a
Bull. EC 11-1984 ACP-EEC Convention
ation of these institutions is to be improved long-term approach, and require the soli­
and their activities harmonized. darity of the international community.
As regards the problems connected with In the commercial sphere, the Community
programming, the dialogue and effective­ has eased the rules of origin, offered better
ness, the text of the Convention ensures terms for imports of ACP rice and rum and
both the total independence of recipient improved the procedure for examining ACP
countries and close convergence between requests