GENERAL SECRETARIAT
PRESS
RELEASE
tLL73/92 (Presse 252)
1636th Council meet,Lng
.
GENERÀL AFFAIR§I- POIJITTEÀL CO-OPERÀTION .
Brrrssele, 2L December L992
PresldenE:
!{r
Douglas HIIRD,Denmark:
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EIJIJEIIIAI{N - iTENs ENtrtlr ilorgen @STROI{ I{OI-,IJER
Germanv:
NrICTâÏg KINKEIJ
Mrs Ursula SEU-rER-AIJBRING
Soain:
[TFTisuel Arrqel FEITO HERNAI{DEZ Mr CaÉIos WE§TENDORP
France:
Effifand
DITIIASMr Dominigue STRÀUSS-KAIIN
Ireland:
!Mm-KITT
fEalv:
[mfiilio
COLOMBO Lruxembourq:@GPOOS
2L.XTI.92
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fhe
Gover4menÈs.of
the
Mesrber SEat,es _and Ehe Conunissionof
EheEuropean CosununiEies were represèntéd-âs fôIfôwËl
Belqium:
ffiTIfv
CIÀESlIIr RObEiT, I'RBAIN
UinisEer
!{inister
for
f9ç
Foreicn sorei§nAffairs
Trade àndEuropean
Affairs
{inistgr for
ForeiqnAffairs
§EaÈe SecreE,ary foÉ Foréign
Affairs
Eçêefal
Minist,er
for
ForeignAffaire
Ulqipt,er
of
SEat,e, ForeignAffairs
ginist,er
for
ForeicnAffairs
§EaEÇ SecreEary foÉ Foreign
Affairs
Stat,e Secretarrr
for
TradeSta-te Secretarÿ
for
Relàtionswith
the
Europêan ComnunitiesUiniptre_êlEÇat,, MinJ-st,er
for
Foreiqn
Affairs-$inigEer
fof
Industry
andForelgrr Trade
Minister
of
Stat,eat
theDeparEmenE
of
Ehe TaoiseachwiËh
special
responsibilitv
tqr
ârËs aud Cu1ture, womèâ'sAffairs
and European'Affairs
MinLsE,er
for
ForeignAffairs
MinisÈer
for
ForeignÀffairs
Vinist,er
for
ForeiqnAffairs
SEatre Secret,ary foÉ Foreign
Affairs
Greece:[ffilEhe1
PAPACONSTÀIITINOUI'1r Georges PAPÀSTAI4KOS
PorÈuqal:
ffi.T6Ï
IIIARTTNS Stat,e SecreEaryfor
EuropeanIntegrat,ion
SeçreÈary
of
§taEç_Eof Foreign afd. Couunônwealth Affairs
Mini.sE,er
of
StaEe, Foreiqn and ConrnonwealthOffice
MinisEer
of
St,at,e, DepartmenE,of
Trade andInduÉtry-PresidenÈ
Vice- President Vice-Preeident
Menber Member
BROEK
Mr TrisI,an GÀREL.üoNES Mr Tim SATNSBI,RY
Conunissi-on:
ffidffi
DEIJORSMr F.H.-'J.,J. AI{DRIESSEN
TIIr
Filippo
Maria PÀI{DOIIFI MT ilean- DOIüDEI,INGERI'Ir Abel MATUIBS üUÀN Netherlands:
NF-Hens
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FOIJIJOÿü-I'P TO
fiIE
ET'ROPEAI{ COI'NCIIJ TN E TNBI'RGHTtre councLr was presented
with a
document estabrishedby
the Presidencyaft,er
coneurt,ingthe
fuÈure Danlsh presidency and theconunissLon on
the follow-up
E,othe
Europeancouncir
ln
Edinburgh. The Council Eook noÈeof
the
provisional
work programme eonEainedin
Ehe Presldency
note,
of, which Ehe main erementsare
as
foLrows: PART À1.
Subsidiarity
The European councJ.l agreed Eo Ehe
overart
approachset
ouEin
Ànnex1
t,o ParE, Aof
the
conclusions andlnviEed
Ehe CouncLt t,o seek aninÈerinsElEutional
agreemeatwith
the
European parlia-meng,and
the
Comnlssion.The PresLdency has LndLcaEed Èo
the
European parlLament and t,o E,he conmissioathe
wilLlngnessof
the council
t,oenter
into
negoE,lat,ions on such an agreemenE. NegoE,iaEions
will
sg,artearly
next,
year.
Thecouncil
will
baseits
posiÈion onthe overall
approach.Ttre
overarr
approach agreedby
Ehe Europeancouncil
wirl
furthermore gtrlde
the
workof
Ehecouncir
in
Eheperiod
unt,L1ent,ry
into
force
of
the
!flaasÈricht, TreaÈy andafEer
thaE daÈebecome an
int,egrar
part,of
Ehe examlnaE,lonin
the
councir
of
any Comnunicy measure.2.
Openness and EransparencyTtre European Couacll adopt,ed
a
numberof
specific
measuree set, ouEin
Annex3
Eo ParEA.
Ttrese measureswill
apply
from now on(in
pract,ice
from Èhe begfuurlngof
the
Danlsh presidency) .The Danleh presidency int,ends
holdlng
the
first,
open debat,eof
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3.
Accessionof
nevÿ Member Stat,es Eothe
UnionThe European
council
agreed that, enrargemenE, negot,iaÈions wouldstart,
with
Aust,ria,
Sweden and Finland aÈthe
beginningof
1993. The Danish Presidency proposesthat
a joinÈ minlst,erial
openingsession
wlth
Ehe3
count,ries be herdin
connecÈLonwith
Èhe GenerarAffairs
councir
on1
and2
Febnrarytgg3.
Before theopening, coREpER
will
ensurethe fLnalization
of
the
workconcerning
the
general negot,iations framework and LnparEicular
draft
the
generardeclaration
whichwirr
be made aÈ Eheministerial
session Èhat, opensthe
negot,iaÈLons.The Corunission
intends
E,o submiÈiÈs
opinion
on Nornayin
l,farchand negotiat,ions
will start
with
Nomay inunediatery aft,er.rÿiÈh regard
to
swiÈzerland Èhe conunissionwirr
proceedin
preparing
iÈs
opinion
and Èake lnÈo account Ehe viewsof
theswiss authorit,Les
following
t,he 6 December referendum.4.
Promot,inq economic recover^)rin
EuroBeAE t,he ECO/FIN Council on 14 December MinisÈers agreed thaE, speed was essent,ial
with
regardto
the
implementat,ionof
È,heconcrusions
of
the
Europeancouncir.
with
Èhat,in
mind,
theECO/FrN Council
will
havea
first
debaE,e on substance relatJ-ngboÈh Eo naÈional measures and
to
conmtrnity measuresat ite
meet,ing on 18
'January.
ÿtorkwill
becarried
fonrard
by the
Boardof
Direct,orsof
the
ErB andthe
comnissionwith
a view
ÈopresenÈing E,he nece§tsary
legal
EexE, on E,he investmentfund
in
the ilanuary Eco/FrNcouncil.
Ttre newlending
facllity wirr
besubmitted E,o Ehe Governors
of
Ehe ErBln
ilanuary,with
a
view t,oa rapid
decision.The European
council's
conclusionsalso carled
for
further
internationar
co-operaEion E,o promoEe gro!ÿth wit,h coungriesout,side Ehe conununit,ies.
rn
this
cont,ext,, t,he concrusionsof
t,heEuropean Council
will
formthe basis
for
Member SÈat,egt posiÈlonsin
the
upcoming meeÈingof
the fnterim
CormniÈt,eein
the
IMF.
AmeeEing
with
the
FinanceMinisters
of
Èhe EFTA count,rLesls
2L.XIr.92
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planned
early
in
the
newyear.
The ConnrLssLonwLtl
enÈerinto
contact,
wlth
Ehe EBRDwlth
a
view Lo ensuring Ehe necessaryco-ordinat,ion
with
infra-st,rucEureproject,s
in
cent,rar European counE,ries- in
part,lcurar
in
Èhefierd of
trans-Europeannetworks.
5.
§ize
of
Ehe European parliasrent,The European Council agreed on
a
changein
Ehe composig,ionof
theEuropean
Parliament.
GLventhe
import,anceof this
quesE,J-on J-nthe
cont,extof
Ehe 1994direct
erections
Eothe
EuropeanParlLament and
the
needfor
naEional raELflcat,J.on,the
procedure Eo changethe
L976 act,wlrl
be raunched earl)znext
year.6.
Seat,sof
the
Inst,itut,iongThe formar
declslon
adopÈed on Ehe occaslonof
the
Europeancouncll
andthe
declaratlons
madewirl
be publiehed Ln Ehe Of ftcial
llournal
( nC, series) .PÀRT B
Denmark and E,he
Treaty
on European Unlonthe
Europeancouncilrs
conclusions,
the decislon,
andthe
at,EachedFuEure
flnancinq
of
Ehe CotrEruniÈy1.
PART C
The European Council agreed thaÈ
a
newIIA
wit,h
the
Europeanparliament.
In
agreemenEParliament, negoÈiations
wi1l
be pursuedat
1993.
should be negoEiaE,ed
wit,h Ehe European
Ehe beginning
of
2.
Revisionof
Èhe Decision concerninq budqetarydiscipllne
(88l377 tEECl
The Decision needs t,o be
modified
t,o cover:-
budgetarydisciprine applicable
Eoarr
e:çendlture
ot,her than EAGGF Guarant,eeoçenditure;
-
a
numberof
poinÈs onagricurtural
budgeÈarydlsclpllne;
-
operation
of
the
reser1\resfor
emergency aLd and 10anguaranÈees;
A comnission proposal
wtll
be presenÈedearry
in
Ehe neîr year.3.
Recnrlat,ion setÈ,inq upa
lJoan GuaranÈee FundThe Regulat,ion should incorporat,e Ehe mechanism
set out in
Annex
5
to
Part
Cof
Èhe conclusionsof
Ehe European Council. comnission proposarwill
be tabredearry
in
the
new year.2L.XIr.92
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4.
Decision on own resourcesThe
exist,ing decision
should be amended,ln
particular
Eo reflecg,E,he European Council conclusions on Ehe
ceilings
and on Ehe ownregources str:ucture.
A proposal E,o
thls
effect,
ghould be E,abredby the
corunisslonln
good
t,ine
for
the
changes t,o be operaE,ionalas
from l-gg1.5.
European InvesEment, Fund(See poinE
4
In
part, À above).6.
Cohesion Fund-
InE,erim instnrmentA Comnission proposal
for
the
inÈerLm insÈrumenE J-s e:çecEedshortly
(before ChrisEmas), andfor
implementaEionbefore
theend
of
üanuary. Ihe
insÈnrment,wiII
be adopted before 1April
1993.-
Deflnitive
instnrmentThe cormissLon
will
also tabre
rapidly
drafE, proposarsfor
aReguration
settinE
up Ehe cohesion Fund underÀrt,ic1e
130d, second subparagraphof
Èhe ECTreaty,
andfor
Ehe imprement,i-ngregulat,ion linlced
to thls
deftnit,ive
insErumenE,.7.
Revlsionof
the
SÈrîucturat Rrnds Reqrlat,LonsThe
exieting
Regulat,ions (framework regulaÈion and lmplement,ingdecisl,ons) should be
modified
Eo E,ake accountof
the
erement,eagreed
by the
EuropeanCouncll.
The Conunlesion's proposals E,oEhls effecE,
are
erq)ect,ed Eowards Ehe end,of
üanuary L993.2L.Xrr.92
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into
contact,with
Èhe European Parliament,with
a view
Èo ensuringÈhe necessary co-operat,lon beEween
the three inst,itut,tons
ln
the implemenEaÈionof
the
concrusionsof
the
Europeancouncir
onfuEure financing.
PÀRT D
ExEernal
relations
Central
and EasEenx EuropeThe European councl-l carred on Èhe
council
to
give
earryconsiderat,ion
to
È,he recommendat,ionsof
the
Conunission on iE,sreport
nTowards
a
new AssociaÈionwith
Èhe Countriesof
Central
and EasternEuropetr and t,o promote
a
wide-ranging debat,einvolving
interest,edpart,ies
in
t,he conrntrniEy andin
cenE,rar and East,ern Europeancount,ries.
The Danish Presidency, which int,ends t,o hord aconference
with
Ehe counEriesof
Cent,ral and Eastern Europe durJ.ngiÈs
Presidency,will
give
high
priority
t,othis
question
in
order
Èo preparefor
decisions
at
Èhe European Councilin
Copenhagen on Èheframework necessary
for
E,his processof
preparing
E,he associat,ecountries
for
accession E,othe
Union.HTGH - DEFTNITION TEIJEVISION
ConE,inuing
the
discussionsheld
on HDTV aEiEs
TeleconununLcatLons meeEing,the council
not,ed Èhat,iÈ
wasnot
possible
at,this
sgageto
reach agreement on
the
act,lonplan
for
Ehe int,roducEionof
advancedt,elevision
services
in
Europe.
Ereven deregations cont,inued t,ofavour a
mrltiannual
five-year
plan
with a
budgecof
Ecu 500
million.
one deregatJ.on was unabre Èo agreeto
this
formula.
The
council therefore
asked Ehe Danish preeidencyto
Eake up Ehe matEer againas
soon aspossible
with
a
view t,ofinding
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EïTROPEAII ECONO!,IIC AREA .
The Councl-r heard
a
reporE, fromthe
Conurlssion onits
contactswith
EFTA member stat,esfolrowing the councilrs
conclusionsof
7 Decenbex L992.The CouncLl
recalled
Ehe conclusionsof
Ehe Edinburgh Europeaacouncil,
which welcomedthe
contacÈs under way wiÈhthe
EFTÀcounÈ,rles
to
LdenEifythe
next, st,epsin
proceeding wLth theAgreement.
The Council
oçressed
Èhe Conununlty'swllllngness
to
ent,erinto
negotiat,l-ons
within
the
frameworkof
t,he diplomaEic conferenceprovided
for in
Ehe EEA ÀgreemenE,in
order
t,o agree saE,lsfact,orllythe
necessarymodifications.
Accordingly,
the
Councllinvited
Ehe Conunisslon E,o submit Eoit
aE Ehe
earriest, possible
opportuniEya
recotrülendat,ionfor
acouncil
Decieion onthe
openingof
such negoE,iat,lons.TRÀDE POLICY
The Council
held
a
furE,herregulaÈions on cottnnon rrrles
economies and stat,e-EradJ-ng Corununity'
s
declsion-making corunercial def ence.in-depth
examlnaEionof
propoealsfor
for
import,s from count,rieswith
market,counEries and
revision
of
the proceduresfor
it,s
insÈnment,sof
-10
2L.Xrr..92
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rhe council
noÈed that, although progress was made on varLous aspectsof
these proposals andthat
arr
deregations acceptedthe
need Eo speed up proceduresfor
Ehe Conuntrnity's inst,rrrmenÈsof
conunercialdefence,
it,
wasnot
possible
at, Ehis stage t,o reach agreemeng on thecent,ral issue
of
the revision
of
Ehe decisl_on maklng rrrres.The
council therefore
agreed t,oreturn
to this
mat,t,erearry
in
Ehe Danish Presidency.COI'RT OF FIRST INSTAIVCE
since
one deregat,ion conEinued. Eorink this
matÈer wLth theconunerciar
poricy dossier, the council
was unable E,o make anyprogress on
the
Èransferof
jurisdicÈion
in
certain
areas from Ehe CourEof
ilustice
Èothe
Court,of
FirsE, Inst,ance.ExPoRT coi{TRols oN DUAr,-usE cooDs AIID TEcltr{or,ocrEs
area
1.
The Member sÈ,aÈ,es and Ehe corunissionrecarl
the
provisions
ofArticle
8aof
t,he Treaty under which Èhe cormuniÈyshaIl
adopt,measures wit,h
the
aimof
progressively
est,ablishing theint,ernal
markeÈ overa
period oçirJ-ng
on 31 December Lggz.2t "xIT.92
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2.
consideringthe
sErateglc
characterof
cerEain duar-use goodsand E,echnologies,
they
recognize thaÈ Ehe fundamentalconditlon
for
Ehe ellmLnat,ionof
exlet,lng
cont,rols onint,ra-ConmtrniEy t,rade
in
these goods and E,echnologiesis
theapplicaElon
by
Ehe Member St,aEesof
effecE,ivecontrols,
basedon comnon standarde, on
the
erq)orE t,oEhird
counEriesof
t,hesedual-uae goods and t,echnologies.
3.
fhey
will
t,hereforeint,enslfy
Chetr work Ln Èhe Councl_I'sad hoc High-Level !{orkinE
Party
with
a
vLewto
adopt,ing aRegnrlation
by
31 !fiarch 1993.4.
Given E,heLr cosurLtment, Èo compleE,l-ngthe
lnt,ernal
market, andpendlng Ehe adopt,ion oÊ
the
RegrulaEion aiming Eoestabtish
the fundamental conditLonsfor
Eheeliminacion
of
conÈro1s onint,ra-Connunity
trade
in
Ehese dual-use goods andtechnologies,
Èhe Meurber Stat,es agree Ehat,,as
f rom1 ilanuary 1993, int,ra-Cormrunity
trade
in
the
dual-use goodsand technologies
ln
quest,ionshall
nolonger
be subjecÈ t,oint,ernal
front,ier controls
within
the
ConumrnlEy but,solely
to
conErols performed as part,of
Ehe norrralcontrol
proceduresapplted
in
a
non-discriminatory fashion
throughout theEerriE,ory
of
Èhe Conununity" Ttrey agree E,hat, any problem ordiffieulEy
arising
fromthe
newsltuaÈlon
will
be examined asoçedlt,lousry
aspossible by
Ehe ad hod lligh-rrever working Party.-
Proqress reporE oathe
RequlaEion: e:E)orE cont,rolsThe
council
arso
Eook noÈeof
a
reporÈ fromthe
presidencyconcernlng progress on
the
proposalfor
a
RegrulaEion eu.bmit,t,ed bythe
Cormission on 31 AugusE L992,dealing
wiEh etq)orE cont,rols on2t.xrr.92
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GATT
-
I'RUGUAY ROI'NDThe Council heard stat,emenE,s
by several
delegat,lons on Ehe Unrgnray Round negoE,iat,ions and how Ehey were progressingin
Geneva.The Council asked
the
Conunlssion Eo report,regrrlarly
aE each Councll meeting on Ehe progressof
Ehe negoÈiat,ions.FORMER YI'GOSIÀVIA
The Presidnecy and Èhe Conunission report,ed. on developmenÈe
in
Èheformer Yugosravia
since
the
Edinburgh Europeancouncir,
wit,hparticular
reference Eothe
erecE,ionsin
serbia, the apprication
of
sancEions and Ehe implemenEat,ion
of
the
humanitarian and Lechnicalaid
prograntrnefor
the
former Yugoslav Republicof
Macedonia which had been approvedin
Edinburgh.REIJATIONS WTTH CYPRUS
Ttre
council
preparedthe
posiE,ion t,o be adopt,edby the
conumrnityat
Ehe 14Eh meeE,ing
of
the
EEc-c1ærus Associat,ioncouncir,
which washeld
onthe
eveningof
Ehe sameday
(see iroint, press Release2t.xlr.92
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MOROCCO
The CouncLl heard Conunlssioner MATIITES
give a
presentat,Lonof
thecomnisslon's recommendatLon
for
negotiat,ingdirect,ives for
a Euro-I'traghreb associaÈion agreenenÈ wlEh Morocco.During Èhe
brief
dLscussion whlchfollowed,
the
prospectof
closerrelaE,ions beEween
the
conunrnlÈy and Morocco was wercomed.The CouncLl insErucÈed
the
Permanent, RepresenEaEives Comnitt,eeto
examine È,hle imporEant,
matter
wiEha
vlew t,opreparing
for
councir2L.Xîr.92 oyd/r,e/)t
MISCEI,IJAI{EOUS DECIS IONS
Social
Àffairs
Folrowing
the
agreement reached at, Ehe socLarAffairs
councirmeet,ing on
3
December L992,the
councir
formarry adopt,ed:-
Ehe Resolut,ion on Èhe need t,o Èacklethe
serious
anddeÈ,eriorat,lng unemployment,
situat,ion
in
the
conununity;-
t'he conclusions onthe effect,ive
implementaEion and enforcemenEof
Corurunitylegislat,ion
in
the social
affairs
area.(See press
release
10519/92
presse 231) .The Council
also
adopteda
Regulation concerningthe
organJ-zationof
a
sun eyof
rabour cost,sin
lndustry
and Eheseryicee
sect,orin
1993.
Tnt,ellectua1 property
The Council adopt,ed Decigions:
-
onthe
ext,ensionof
Ehe lega1 proÈect,ionof
t,opographiesof
semiconducEor producE,s
to
persons fromthe united
sEat,esof
America and
certain
territ,ories;
-
amending Decision 9I/5!0/EEC on Ehe ext,ensionof
the
regalproE,ecÈion
of
Èopographieeof
eerniconduct,or product,s E,o personsf rom cert,ain counÈries and t,errl-Eories.
.II
2L.XTI.92
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Public
BrocuremenÈ-
excluded sect,orsThe Council adopt,ed
a
common posiÈJ.on onthe
amendmenEof
Direct,ive
90/53L/B,EC on Ehe procurement, proceduresof
encities
operating
in
t,hewater,
energry, t,ransporE and telecomttrnicatlonssecE,ors (excluded sect,ors)
.
fÈ
will
be remernbered Ehat EheInteraal
!fiarkeÈ CouncLl reached unanimous agreement,In princlple
onthls
proposal
at
it,s
meeE,ing on 18 üune L992.The new DirecE,ive
is
designed t,o exEendthe
procedural arrangement,sof
DirecEive gO/ï3L/EEC, which regulaÈed purchasesof
supplles
andworks
by
enEit,iesin
t,he excluded sect,ors,to
purchasesof
seryices 'by Ufre s;rmeenÈit,ies.
It, is
E,he f
lnal
sEageof
the legislat,ion
onpublic
procurement, providedfor in
the
whit,e paper onthe
int,er:nalmarket,.
Ttre
provisions are
aimedin
particular
at
supplementingDirect,ive
90/13L/EEC,of
which Ehe new DLrecE,Lveis
a
congolidat,edversion,
Eoallow
for
Ehespecific
characE,erLst,Lcsof
senrLceconÈracE,s. The adjustmenEs proposed
for this
puryoseby
and largereplicate
t,he arrangemente adopt,edin
the
DirecÈive onthe
awardof
public seryice
cont,racE,s.The Direct,Lve
will in
part,icular
apply
ln full
t,osenrices
regardedas
priorlties
(for
example maint,enance andrepair
serrrices,
compuEersenrices,
advert,isingservices,
certain fl-nancial
and brokingsenrLces,
certain
R&D seryLces,archit,ectural
and engineeringservices,
cerE,ain E,ransporE, and E,elecornntrnLcaEions serîvices) sinceÈhey show greaEer poÈent,Ia1
for
cross-frontier
operations.- III
21-.Xrt.92
oyd/rfr/)L
The opening up
of
conurnrnityseryice
cont,ract,sin
Ehe excludedsecEors E,o
third-count,ry providers
of
services
and tendersis
accompanied
by
a provision
st,ipulat,ing that,
the
conunission may propose thaE Ehecouncil, acting
bya quarified
majoriEy,
takesafegnrard measures
in
relaEion
to third
count,ries which do noÈ grantcommunlty undert,akings ef
fect,ive
accessto
E,heir markeEs.SecuriEies
Following Ehe agreemenE,
of
principle
reached on 23 November !992,Ehe Council adopÈed
a
commonposition
on Èhe amended proposalfor
aCouncil
Direct,ive
on investmentserÿices
in
uhesecurLties
field.
(See ECOFIN
press
release,
L00gg/gZ presse 2L6) "Credit
instituE,ionsFollowing complet,ion
of
the
co-operation procedurewith
the
EuropeanParliament,
t,he Council adopÈed Èhe DirecÈive onthe
monit,oring andconE,rol
of
large
elq)osuresof
crediE,inst,iEut,ions
(see ECOFIN pressrelease
of
29 June 7992, 7460/92 Presse132,
issued whenthe
conunonposition
was adopted).CapiE,aI movemente
Following
the
substant.ive agreement reached at,the
ECOFIN Council meeting on 14 December L992,the
councir
adopted E,he DirecEiveaut,horizing
the Hellenic
Republicto
defer
liberalizaE,ion
of
certain
capital
movemenÈs underArt,tcle
6(2)
of
Councilpirectl_ve
eg/36L/EEC(see ECOFIN press
release,
L0792/92 presse 224).rv-2L.Xrr.92
oyd/r,G/)L TaxaE,ion
The Couneil adoPt,ed eighc
obligaEions
in
connectionDirecEive 77 /388/EEC) .
Decisions Eo
simplify
administraEivewiEh vAT
(ÀrÈicle
22(L2) of
The Decisions
authorize
Germany, Denmark,Spain,
Ireland,
It'a1y,Luxenücourg,
the
Net,herlands and Èhe United Kingdom t,o derogaEe,in
the
caseof
small
and medium-sized underEakJ.ngs, from Ehe obllgat,Lonto
sunbit,quart,erly
recapitulat,ive
sE,aternentsof
goodsor
eervicessupplied"
Transit
and storaqe sÈaEisticsThe Council adopt,ed
a
common positJ-on on Ehe Regrulat,ion ont,ransit
st,at,istics
and sÈorage eEaEistsics relat'J.ng t,o Ehetrading
of
goods between Member St,aÈes-T6aE, Regutation, which
follows
from Art,ic1es4
and 31of
RegulationNo 3330/91,
ls
designed Èo deEernrine E,he frameworkwithin
which Member StaÈesare
auÈhorized Eo organizeEheir
sÈatist,lcal
sunreysof
Eransit
and storage movementsin
order
t,o preventthe
burden onthose responsible
for providing
infor:nation
varying
excessively fromone Member Stat,e
to another. It, will
be remembered Ehat, Regnrlation No 3330/9L seE, upa
Bystemfor the
collecEion of
sgat,istics
relaEing
t,othe
t,radingof
goods between Member SEaÈes from1
ifanual^y L9g3 and Ehat Art,Lcles4
and 31of
thaÈ Regulationprovide
for
Èhe Council t,o adopEthe
necessaryprovisions for
EhecompilaÈion
of
t,ransporÈ, and st,orage sEatisELcs.Relauions
with
San DfiarlnoIn
preparat,ionfor
Èhefirsts
meet,ingof the
EEC-San MarinoCo-operat.ion Conunit,t,ee, Lo be
held
in
Bnrssels on 22 December L992,the
eouncil
approved onbehalf of
Èhe Conuntrnityfour draft,
Decisionsof
thaE Conunit,tee concernlng iÈ,snrles of
procedure and cuet,oms and-v-2L.Xrr.92
oyd/rÉ/
jL
administrative
co- operation.Impor
:
arranqemenEs: former YugoglaviaThe Council adopt,ed
a
Regulation anda
Decision on import,arrangemenEs
for
EEC and ECSC products originaE,ingin
Bosnl_a and Herzogovina,croatia,
slovenia
and Ehet,errit,ory
of
Ehe former Yugoslav Republicof
l{aeedoniafor
1993.Re1aEions YriÈh Ehe former USSR
The Council adopEed
a
Regulation concerning E,he conclusion on behalfof
the
CoruruniE,yof
an Agreement, esE,ablishing an Int,ernat,ionalScj-ence and Technology CenEre between Ehe Unit,ed SEates
of
America,ilapan, t,he Russian FederaÈion
and,
acEingas
oneparty,
the
EuropeanÀEomic Ener:gy Conrnunity and
the
European Economic ConurunJ-ty.The Corrnunity had signed
the
Agreement,in
Moscow on27 November L992.
ConvenE,ion on Chemical Weapons
The Council adopEed
the following
conclusions on E,he ConvenÈion on Chemical üIeapons:NTHE COIJNCII, OF THE ET'ROPEJAI{ COMM'NTTIES
NoEing:
-
t,he importance at,Eachedby
Ehe Comnunity andit,s
Member St,aE,es t,oEhe conclusion
of
t,he Convention on Chemical Weapons;-vï
2L.Xrl.92
oyd/IL,G/JL
that. certal-n
provisions of
proposedArElclee
VI
andXI of
t'hedraft
ConvenEionrelate
tso cont,rols upon t,radein
chemicalpreeursore which could poÈent,ialty have
inpllcations for the
free
movement,
of
goods €rmong Member SEat,es and Ehe ConunrnLtyts Èradepolicy;
-
Ehatall
Member SEat,es have indLcaEedtheir
inEent.ionto
becomeparLy E,o
the
ConvenEion;requesEs
the
Mernber SEat,eSto
ensure, by whatever means LsappropriaEe,
that
the provisions
of
propoeedArt,icles
VI
andXI
areapplied
consLstenÈIywith
the
nrles
of
the
ComrrtrnlEy concerning thefree
movementof
goode crmong Menber Stat,es and t,radepolicy.
Recoronends Èhat, Menrber St,at,es co-ordLnaEe Ehe dates
of
EheLrsignagure and evenÈua1 rat,ifLcaElon
of the
Convent,ion. nRelations
wlth
EheBalEic
StaÈesT6e Council adopt,ed Decisions on t,he conclusion
of
Ehe Agreement,s betweenthe
EEC and EsEonia, LatvLa andLilhuania
on t,rade andconmercial and economic co-operation signed
in
Bnrssels on 11 May LggZ (see pressrelease
6L66/92 Presse 57) "Provisional apglicat,lon
of
bllat,era1
t,exElle aqreemenÈsThe ConmlssLon having
intÈialled
bllateral
E,ext,Ile agreements wiEhthe
MFÀsupplier
counEries, Romania, BulgarLa and VleEnclm, and newtext,ile
prot,ocols on quant,lt,aÈive arrangemenÈswith
Poland, Hungarlrand t,he CSFR,
within
t,he termsof
Eherespective
negot,laÈlngdirectives
glvenby
EheCouncil,
the
Council decided eo applyall
t,hese
bLlateral
agreement,s ona
provisional basis
from1 ;Ianuary L993
in
order
Eo avol-d anyuncertainty
Ln int,ernat,lonaltrade
in
E,extilesconclusion
in
due2L "XIT.92 oyd/LG/)t
with
these count,ries pendingtheir
formalcourse.
The
council
decided Eo renew t,he 1991 schemeof
generalizedtariff
preferences (GsP)in
1993, await.ing Eheten-year
reviewof
thecomnunit'yrs GSP
to
be undertakenafEer
the
uruguay Roundis
agreed.The scheme provides
preferenEial
Eariffs
on cerE,ainagricurturar,
indust'riar
andEextile
productsoriginaEing
in
developing coungries"The
council
hasaligned
Ehelist of
leaeE developedcount,ries
(r,Dcs)with
that
of
the
UniÈed Nat,ions, §to addingLiberia,
ZaLre,l4adagascar, zambia, cambodia,
the
soromonrsres
and vanuatu t,o thelist of
I-,DCbeneficiaries
under t,he Corununity's GSp.The
council
hasarso
decided, as an except,ional and temporarymeasure, Èo add t,he
ukraine,
Belar:us, Moldova, Russia, Georgria,Armenia,
Àzerbaijan,
KazakhsÈan, firrkmenigtan, uzbekisEan,Taj
ikist'an
and Kyrgyzstan Èo EhelisE of
eount,ries benefiting
fromthe
generalized sysEemof
preferencesin 1993.
This
measureis
inÈended
to
increase t,he e)q)ortsof
thosecountries
t,othe
Conununityand
thus
supporÈÈheir
efforts
È,o resE,ructuretheir
economies.As regards Romania and
Bulgaria,
Ehecouncil
has decided t,haÈ thesecountries
will
benefiE from GSP concessionsfor
Eheperiod of
1993preceding
the entry into force of
ÈhepreferenEial
arrangement,sprovided
for
under Ehe inÈerim agreements wieh Lhose counÈries,Ehe volumes
of
t,hefixed
amount,s beinglimited
ona fixed pro
rata
temporis basis.
Albania,
Estonia,
r,atvia
and r,iÈhuaniawill
beeligibre in
1993for
GSP concessions
for
MFAEextile
productsas they
have now ent,eredint,o agreements
simirar
Eothe
MulÈ,ifibre Àgreement (!,fi,A) .r-2L.XrT.92
oyd/trg/
jt
Some Eechnl-cal
modlfications
Eo Ehe managemenÈ,of
the
scheme havebeen made, due
to
th.e inEroduct,lonof
EheSingle
ldarkeE on1 rfanuary 1993 "
À Decision exÈending inÈo 1993
the
1991 generalJ.zedtarLff
schemein
respecE,
of
certain
st,eeI producEs wasalso
adopt,edby
EheRepresenEat,ives
of
the
GovernmenEsof
Ehe European CoaI and SEeel ConuntrniEy, meetingwithin
t,he Council.ECSC
The RepresenÈaEivee
of
E,he Government,sof
Ehe Meriber StaEesof
Ehe ECSC, meetingwithin
the
CouncJ.I, adoptseda
Decision on Ehe openlngfor
1993of
a
zero-duty
tariff
quotafor
France,the
Beneluxcountriee
and Gerrranyof
2
860E,
2
760 E and2
400t,
respecÈJ.velyof
special
wLrerod
for
the
manufacÈureof
rralve sprlnge.#)
NOTE BlO (92) 325 AUX BUREAUX NATIONAUX
cc. aux Membres du Servlce du porte-parole
PREPARATION DU CONSEIL AFFAIRES GENERALES DU 21 .12.92
(Pau I a F I GUE I REDO-LA I SSY)
Polnts
à
l'ordre du Jour:Er-Yangoslavlc
Er-RÔpubl lque Yorgoslave de ltacédotne
Sutte au Consell Européen d'Edlmbourg
et à la
décleton de fourntr unsasslstance
d'un
montanttotat do
1oo Mecu(so à
chargedu
budgetcommunautalre
et
50-à charge des Etats membres sur une base brràtgiàiEl,la
Commlsslon va présenter ses pêrspecttves pour ce qut concerne tes 50Mecus
à
chargedu
buctget communautalre.La
Conmtsstonprévolt i;
répartltlon sulvante:
20 Mecu à charge du budget 92 (5 Mocu de Phare
et
15 Mecu de Echo). LaCommlsslon souhalte
la
rapldlté d'erécutlon de cette atde. ObJecilf:falre
face aux besolnsles
ptus urgents en nat!ère do fournlturesmédlcates, chauf fage
et
équlpements col lect tfs.Les 30 Mocus restants seront engagés
sur to
budgetg3, of
sorontdestlnés
à
des programmos de coopératlon plus élaoôrés. 6es contactsentre lgs
autorttés de
l,er-Répubttque
do la
Macédolneot
!acommlsslon sont prévus pour te début de t,année prochalne.
Les Etats membres devront ausst se prononcgr quant
à
leurs
lntenttonspour mettre en oouvre leur contrlbutlon.
Alde hunanltalre
Sltuatlon actuelle:
sur
tes 289 Mocu décldés, 221 Mecu ont ét6 al toués etont
permls d'achemlner des proclults allmontatro§, des colts
famlt laux,des couvertures, des matelats, des médtcaments,
etc,
danstoutes
los répubt tquos de l'er-Yougostavle.La créatlon de la Task Force à Zagreo prend forne, mâne
et
la
réponse dee Etats membres poury
contrlbuer, notamment au nlveau du pereonnet, restefalble
par rapportà
t'accuolt que te proJet a roçu à glrmlngham.Besotns
futurs:
pour tes
premtersstr
motsâe
g3,
tes
besotns sontévalués à eSO Mecu. Selon
la clé
oe répartttlon habttueile au seln duG-24, la
contrlbutlon communautalre s'élèveralt à 325 Mecuet
cette des EMà 162.5 Mecu. La Commlsslon souhalte dès à présent que t'on se penche sur
llaroc
Au cours de la proposltlon de
Maghrebln avec 9. 1 2.92) .
réunlon, !e commlssalre fera une courte présentat lon de ta
dlrectlves de négotlatton d'un accord de partenarlat
Euro-le Maroc (dont
le
terte a été adopté par la Commtsslon tell s'aglt
du premler d'Llnesérle
d'autres accordsqul
soront cétéUrésavec les pay§ du Maghreb, en conformlté avec ce qul a été décldé tors du Sommet de Llsbonne.
Ce
terte,
eUl sera en prlnclpe analysé par le Consel! dans te courant de l'année 93, résulte de contacts effectués avec les autorltés marocalneset
donne les grandes I lgnes do ce quo pourralt âtre unfutur
accord avec le Maroc.L'accord se basera sur quatre p I t lers pr tnc tpaur;
cl la logue po I I t lque,
coopérat lon économ I que,
coopérat lon f tnanc lère,
réal lsat !on progresslve
technlque, soclale
et
cutturette,d'une zone do t lbre-échange.
on
îera le
polnt dela
sltuatlonsur
l'6tat
des retatlons cElchypre aucours de ce 14e Consell d'assoclatlon.
Elarglseement: La commlsslon prépare un avls qut sera on prtnclpe rendu
publ
tc
l'année prochalno.En réoonse
à
une ouestlon d'un Journallste quta falt
romarquor quc rrpubllcatlon do
l'ayls
avalt été annoncée pourla
fln
de cette année,,.ai
conf lrmé qu'en
effet
te présldent Detors y ayaltfalt
al tuslon lors dc tavlslte
du Présldent vasslltou à Brurellosftn
septenbre g2, mats qus Dou?le
moment les servlces dela
Commlsston n'avalent touJours pas f lnattrl
le
terte.NOTE BIO(321)(suIte 1) AUX BUREAUX NATtoNAUx
CC. AUX MEMBRES DU SERVICE DU PORTE-PAROLE
CONSEIL MARCHE INTERIEUR 17118 DECEMBRE 1992
(Mlchael Nlebel)
Après l'adoptlon des potnts
A,
tes Mlnlstres sont arrlvés à des résuttats su I vants:Futur système de ttbrs ctrcutatton des médlcaments
Adoptlon formelle sur une posltlon commune au suJet des
trols
dlrecttveset
déclslonsur la
consultatlondu
partement européenàn
deurrèmelecture. En ralson du changement,
par le
Conselt, dela
base Jurldlqueclu
règlement (notammentsur !a
créatlon
d,une Agence européenne d'évaruatlon
des médtcaments), r! a été
décrcté oJ-ràconiurter
teParlement européen sur cette proposltton.
Radlodlffuslon par
satelllte et
rêtransmtsslon par câbleLe dossler
a
été
reporté en vue des dlfférentsqul
subslstent sur desproblèmes :
réglme
transltolre
appllcabteà la
radlodtffuslon par sateiltte
pourpermettre
la
rénegoctat lon des coproduct lons transnat Ionateser tstantes
demande de quelques Etats Membres de déstgner un organlsme de contrôte
pour les contrats de rétransmlsslon par câOlà. Règlement
sur
ta marque communautalreDossler reporté. a part du problème de t,Off lce ctes Marques,
l!
n,y a pas d'accordsur
!e
réglme !lngulstlque det'off
tce. L,Attemagne tnstste surune !lmltatlon de
la
deurlème tangue dansla
procédureà trols
tangues, c'est-à-d I re Ang ta ls/França ls/At !emandProtect lon Jur ldtque des lnvent lons blotechnotogtques
La commlsslon a annoncé ta proposltlon modlf lée pour les prochalns Jours.
La. délégat ron danorse
a
décraré de mettrece
pornt a - r;àôenoa de sa Prés I dence.Et lquetage des art lcles chaussants
La
maJor Ité des Etats
MembresCommlsslon reste
sur la
tabte.
La d'une flertbltlté
qut permettra unsouhalte
que la
proposlttonde
taEdulcorants
et
modlf lcatlon de la dlrectlve 89/197ICEE sur les addltlfsLa quest
lon
des a!de la
consultatlond I rect lve-cadre sur
Dlsposltlfs médlcaur
Accord polltlque.
passer en polnt A
Erploslfs à usage
lments tradltlonnols va être
du
Par lement européen sur les addltlfs.réOtscutée
à ta
tumlèreles
amendementsde
laLe
terte
vaêtre
flnattséâ un des prochalns Conset ls.
clvll
par le
COREPER en vue deAdopt lon posl t lon commune.
Contrôle
à
l'erportat lon de certatnset
cle certalns blenset
technologles blens nucléalreset
technologles à double usageL€
ConselI a
préparéune
déctaratlon selon
taquelte te
commercelntracommunautalre avec ces blens
et
technotogtes ne sera plus soumls àdes contrÔles aur frontlères mals seulement à des contrôtss normaux dans
les
terrltolres
de
la
communauté. pourte
moment,ll
n,y
a
pas encore certltudesur
les détal ts de cette déctarailon.Suppresslon des contrôles aur frontlères
-
Contrôtes de conformlté desmarchandlses lmportées ds pays
tters
aux règles appilcables en matlère desécur I
té
des produ I tsLes détégatlons ont soutenu le prlnclpe de
t'lnttlatlve
de la Commlsston.Ouelques délégatlons
ont
demandé une adoptton aussttôt qus posslbtc.d'autres
ont
Ins !sté sur
uns
d lscussIon
approfondle sur te
ch!trrgd'appl lcatlon de la proposltlon.