1636th Meeting of the Council (General Affairs). Council Press Release 11173/92 (Presse 257), Brussels, 21 December 1992

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:

ft-UTF

EIJIJEIIIAI{N - iTENs EN

trtlr 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

DITIIAS

Mr Dominigue STRÀUSS-KAIIN

Ireland:

!Mm-KITT

fEalv:

[mfiilio

COLOMBO Lruxembourq:

@GPOOS

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fhe

Gover4menÈs.

of

_the

Mesrber SEat,es _{_and Ehe Conunission}

of

_Ehe

European CosununiEies were _{represèntéd-âs fôIfôwËl}

Belqium:

ffiTIfv

CIÀES

lIIr RObEiT, I'RBAIN

_UinisEer

!{inister

for

_f9ç

Foreicn _sorei§n

Affairs

_{Trade ànd}

European

Affairs

{inistgr for

Foreiqn

Affairs

§EaÈe SecreE,ary foÉ Foréign

Affairs

Eçêefal

Minist,er

for

Foreign

Affaire

Ulqipt,er

of

SEat,e, Foreign

Affairs

ginist,er

_for

_Foreicn

_Affairs

§EaEÇ SecreEary foÉ Foreign

Affairs

Stat,e Secretarrr

for

Trade

Sta-te Secretarÿ

for

Relàtions

with

the

Europêan Comnunities

Uiniptre_êlEÇat,, MinJ-st,er

for

Foreiqn

Affairs-$inigEer

fof

Industry

and

Forelgrr Trade

Minister

of

Stat,e

at

the

DeparEmenE

of

Ehe Taoiseach

wiËh

special

responsibilitv

tqr

ârËs aud Cu1ture, womèâ's

Affairs

and European'

Affairs

MinLsE,er

for

Foreign

Affairs

MinisÈer

for

Foreign

Àffairs

Vinist,er

for

Foreiqn

Affairs

SEatre Secret,ary foÉ Foreign

Affairs

Greece:

[ffilEhe1

PAPACONSTÀIITINOU

I'1r Georges PAPÀSTAI4KOS

PorÈuqal:

ffi.T6Ï

IIIARTTNS Stat,e SecreEary

for

_European

Integrat,ion

SeçreÈary

of

_{§taEç_Eof Foreign} afd. Couunônwealth Af

fairs

Mini.sE,er

of

StaEe, Foreiqn and Conrnonwealth

_Office

MinisEer

of

St,at,e, DepartmenE,

of

Trade and

InduÉtry-PresidenÈ

Vice- President Vice-Preeident

Menber Member

BROEK

Mr TrisI,an GÀREL.üoNES Mr Tim SATNSBI,RY

Conunissi-on:

ffidffi

DEIJORS

Mr F.H.-'J.,J. AI{DRIESSEN

TIIr

Filippo

Maria PÀI{DOIIFI MT ilean- DOIüDEI,INGER

I'Ir Abel MATUIBS üUÀN Netherlands:

NF-Hens

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fiIE

ET'ROPEAI{ COI'NCIIJ TN E TNBI'RGH

Ttre councLr was presented

_{with a}

document estabrished

by

the Presidency

aft,er

coneurt,ing

the

fuÈure Danlsh presidency and the

conunissLon on

the follow-up

E,o

the

European

councir

ln

Edinburgh. The Council Eook noÈe

of

_the

provisional

work programme _eonEained

_in

Ehe Presldency

note,

of, which Ehe main erements

are

as

foLrows: PART À

1.

Subsidiarity

The European councJ.l agreed Eo Ehe

overart

approach

_set

ouE

in

Ànnex

1

t,o ParE, A

of

the

conclusions and

lnviEed

Ehe CouncLt t,o seek an

inÈerinsElEutional

agreemeat

with

the

European parlia-meng,

and

the

Comnlssion.

The PresLdency has LndLcaEed Èo

the

European parlLament and t,o E,he conmissioa

the

wilLlngness

of

the council

_t,o

_enter

_into

negoE,lat,ions on such an agreemenE. NegoE,iaEions

will

_sg,art

_early

next,

year.

The

council

will

base

its

posiÈion on

the overall

approach.

Ttre

overarr

approach agreed

by

Ehe European

council

wirl

furthermore gtrlde

the

work

of

Ehe

councir

in

Ehe

period

unt,L1

ent,ry

into

force

of

the

!flaasÈricht, TreaÈy and

afEer

thaE daÈe

become an

int,egrar

part,

of

Ehe examlnaE,lon

in

_the

_councir

of

any Comnunicy measure.

2.

Openness and Eransparency

Ttre European Couacll adopt,ed

a

number

of

specific

measuree set, ouE

in

Annex

3

Eo ParE

A.

Ttrese measures

will

_apply

_{from now on}

(in

pract,ice

from Èhe begfuurlng

of

_the

Danlsh presidency) .

The Danleh presidency int,ends

holdlng

the

first,

open debat,e

of

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3.

Accession

of

nevÿ Member Stat,es Eo

the

Union

The European

council

agreed that, enrargemenE, negot,iaÈions would

start,

with

Aust,ria,

Sweden and Finland aÈ

the

beginning

of

1993. The Danish Presidency proposes

that

a joinÈ minlst,erial

opening

session

wlth

Ehe

3

count,ries be herd

in

connecÈLon

with

Èhe Generar

Affairs

_councir

_on

₁

_and

₂

_Febnrary

_tgg3.

_{Before the}

opening, coREpER

will

ensure

the fLnalization

of

the

work

concerning

the

general negot,iations framework and Ln

parEicular

draft

the

generar

_declaration

_which

_wirr

_{be made aÈ Ehe}

ministerial

session Èhat, opens

the

negot,iaÈLons.

The Corunission

intends

E,o submiÈ

iÈs

opinion

on Nornay

in

l,farch

and negotiat,ions

will start

with

Nomay inunediatery aft,er.

rÿiÈh regard

to

swiÈzerland Èhe conunission

wirr

proceed

_in

preparing

iÈs

opinion

and Èake lnÈo account Ehe views

of

the

swiss authorit,Les

following

t,he 6 December referendum.

4.

Promot,inq economic recover^)r

in

EuroBe

AE t,he ECO/FIN _{Council on} 14 December MinisÈers agreed thaE, speed was essent,ial

with

regard

to

the

implementat,ion

of

È,he

concrusions

_of

the

European

councir.

_with

Èhat,

in

_mind,

the

ECO/FrN Council

will

have

a

first

debaE,e on substance relatJ-ng

boÈh Eo naÈional measures and

to

conmtrnity measures

at ite

meet,ing on 18

_'January.

ÿtork

will

be

carried

fonrard

by the

Board

of

Direct,ors

of

the

ErB and

the

comnission

with

a view

Èo

presenÈing E,he nece§tsary

legal

EexE, on E,he investment

fund

in

the ilanuary Eco/FrN

council.

Ttre new

lending

facllity wirr

be

submitted E,o Ehe Governors

of

Ehe ErB

ln

ilanuary,

with

a

view t,o

a rapid

decision.

The European

council's

conclusions

_{also carled}

_for

_further

internationar

co-operaEion E,o promoEe gro!ÿth wit,h coungries

out,side Ehe conununit,ies.

rn

this

cont,ext,, t,he concrusions

of

t,he

European Council

will

form

the basis

for

Member SÈat,egt posiÈlons

in

the

upcoming meeÈing

of

_{the fnterim}

CormniÈt,ee

in

the

IMF.

A

meeEing

with

the

Finance

Ministers

of

Èhe EFTA count,rLes

ls

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planned

_early

_in

_the

new

year.

The ConnrLssLon

wLtl

enÈer

into

contact,

wlth

Ehe EBRD

wlth

a

_{view Lo ensuring Ehe necessary}

co-ordinat,ion

with

infra-st,rucEure

project,s

_in

cent,rar European counE,ries

- in

part,lcurar

_in

Èhe

fierd of

trans-European

networks.

5.

§ize

of

Ehe European parliasrent,

The European Council agreed on

a

change

in

Ehe composig,ion

of

the

European

Parliament.

GLven

the

import,ance

of this

quesE,J-on J-n

the

cont,ext

of

Ehe 1994

direct

erections

Eo

the

European

ParlLament and

the

need

for

naEional raELflcat,J.on,

the

procedure Eo change

the

L976 act,

wlrl

be raunched earl)z

next

year.

6.

Seat,s

of

the

Inst,itut,iong

The formar

declslon

adopÈed on Ehe occaslon

of

the

European

councll

and

the

declaratlons

made

wirl

be publiehed Ln Ehe Of f

tcial

llournal

( nC, series) _.

PÀRT B

Denmark and E,he

Treaty

on European Unlon

the

European

councilrs

_conclusions,

_{the decislon,}

_and

_the

_at,Eached

FuEure

flnancinq

_of

Ehe CotrEruniÈy

1.

PART C

The European Council agreed thaÈ

a

new

IIA

wit,h

the

European

parliament.

_In

_agreemenE

Parliament, negoÈiations

_wi1l

be pursued

at

1993.

should be negoEiaE,ed

wit,h Ehe European

Ehe beginning

of

2.

Revision

of

Èhe Decision _{concerninq budqetary}

_discipllne

(88l377 tEECl

The Decision needs t,o be

modified

t,o cover:

-

budgetary

_{disciprine applicable}

_Eo

_arr

_e:çendlture

_{ot,her than} EAGGF Guarant,ee

oçenditure;

-

a

number

of

poinÈs on

agricurtural

budgeÈary

dlsclpllne;

-

operation

of

the

reser1\res

for

emergency aLd and 10an

guaranÈees;

A comnission proposal

wtll

be presenÈed

earry

in

Ehe neîr year.

3.

Recnrlat,ion _{setÈ,inq up}

_a

_{lJoan GuaranÈee Fund}

The Regulat,ion _{should incorporat,e Ehe mechanism}

_{set out in}

Annex

5

to

Part

C

of

Èhe conclusions

_of

Ehe European Council. comnission proposar

_will

_{be tabred}

_earry

_in

_the

_{new year.}

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4.

Decision on own resources

The

exist,ing decision

should be amended,

ln

particular

Eo reflecg,

E,he European _{Council conclusions on Ehe}

_ceilings

_{and on Ehe own}

regources str:ucture.

A proposal E,o

thls

effect,

ghould be E,abred

by the

corunisslon

ln

good

t,ine

for

the

changes t,o be operaE,ional

as

from l-gg1.

5.

European InvesEment, Fund

(See poinE

4

In

part, À above).

6.

Cohesion Fund

-

InE,erim instnrment

A Comnission proposal

for

the

inÈerLm insÈrumenE J-s e:çecEed

shortly

(before _{ChrisEmas), and}

_for

_{implementaEion}

_before

_the

end

of

üanuary. Ihe

insÈnrment,

wiII

be adopted before 1

April

1993.

-

Deflnitive

instnrment

The cormissLon

will

_{also tabre}

_rapidly

drafE, proposars

for

a

Reguration

settinE

up Ehe cohesion Fund under

Àrt,ic1e

130d, second subparagraph

of

Èhe EC

Treaty,

and

for

Ehe imprement,i-ng

regulat,ion linlced

to thls

def

tnit,ive

insErumenE,.

7.

Revlsion

of

the

SÈrîucturat Rrnds Reqrlat,Lons

The

exieting

Regulat,ions (framework _{regulaÈion and lmplement,ing}

decisl,ons) should be

modified

Eo E,ake account

of

the

erement,e

agreed

by the

European

Councll.

_{The Conunlesion's proposals E,o}

Ehls effecE,

are

erq)ect,ed Eowards Ehe end,

of

üanuary L993.

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into

contact,

with

Èhe European Parliament,

_with

_{a view}

_{Èo ensuring}

Èhe _{necessary co-operat,lon beEween}

_{the three inst,itut,tons}

_ln

_the implemenEaÈion

of

_the

concrusions

_of

the

European

councir

on

fuEure financing.

PÀRT D

ExEernal

relations

Central

and EasEenx Europe

The European councl-l carred on Èhe

council

to

give

earry

considerat,ion

_to

È,he recommendat,ions

of

_the

_{Conunission on iE,s}

_report

nTowards

_a

_{new AssociaÈion}

_with

_{Èhe Countries}

_of

_Central

_{and Eastern}

Europetr and t,o promote

a

wide-ranging debat,e

involving

interest,ed

part,ies

in

t,he conrntrniEy and

in

cenE,rar and East,ern European

count,ries.

The Danish _{Presidency, which int,ends t,o hord a}

conference

_with

Ehe counEries

of

Cent,ral and Eastern Europe durJ.ng

iÈs

Presidency,

will

give

high

priority

t,o

this

question

in

order

Èo prepare

_for

_decisions

_at

_{Èhe European Council}

_in

_{Copenhagen on Èhe}

framework necessary

for

E,his process

of

preparing

E,he associat,e

countries

for

accession E,o

the

Union.

HTGH - DEFTNITION _TEIJEVISION

ConE,inuing

the

discussions

held

on HDTV aE

iEs

TeleconununLcatLons meeEing,

the council

not,ed Èhat,

iÈ

was

not

possible

at,

this

sgage

to

reach agreement on

the

act,lon

plan

for

Ehe int,roducEion

_of

advanced

t,elevision

services

in

Europe.

Ereven deregations cont,inued t,o

favour a

mrltiannual

five-year

plan

with a

budgec

of

Ecu 500

million.

one deregatJ.on was unabre Èo agree

to

this

formula.

The

council therefore

asked Ehe Danish preeidency

to

Eake up Ehe matEer again

as

soon as

possible

with

a

view t,o

finding

a

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EïTROPEAII ECONO!,IIC AREA .

The Councl-r heard

a

reporE, from

the

Conurlssion on

its

contacts

with

EFTA member stat,es

_{folrowing the councilrs}

_conclusions

_of

7 Decenbex L992.

The CouncLl

_recalled

_{Ehe conclusions}

_of

_{Ehe Edinburgh Europeaa}

council,

which welcomed

_the

_{contacÈs under way wiÈh}

_the

_EFTÀ

counÈ,rles

to

LdenEify

the

next, st,eps

_in

_{proceeding wLth the}

Agreement.

The Council

oçressed

Èhe Conununlty's

wllllngness

_to

ent,er

into

negotiat,l-ons

_within

_the

_framework

_of

_{t,he diplomaEic conference}

provided

_{for in}

_{Ehe EEA ÀgreemenE,}

_in

_order

_{t,o agree} saE,lsfact,orlly

the

necessary

_{modifications.}

Accordingly,

the

Councll

invited

Ehe Conunisslon E,o submit Eo

it

aE Ehe

earriest, possible

opportuniEy

_a

recotrülendat,ion

for

_a

council

_{Decieion on}

_the

_opening

_of

_{such negoE,iat,lons.}

TRÀDE POLICY

The Council

held

a

furE,her

regulaÈions on cottnnon rrrles

economies and stat,e-EradJ-ng Corununity'

_s

declsion-making corunercial _{def ence.}

in-depth

examlnaEion

of

propoeals

for

for

import,s from count,ries

with

market,

counEries and

revision

of

the procedures

_for

_it,s

_insÈnment,s

_of

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rhe council

noÈed _{that, although} progress was made on varLous aspects

of

these proposals and

that

arr

deregations accepted

the

need Eo speed up procedures

_for

Ehe Conuntrnity's inst,rrrmenÈs

of

conunercial

defence,

it,

was

not

possible

at, Ehis stage t,o reach agreemeng on the

cent,ral issue

of

the revision

of

Ehe decisl_on maklng rrrres.

The

council therefore

agreed t,o

return

to this

mat,t,er

earry

in

Ehe Danish Presidency.

COI'RT OF FIRST INSTAIVCE

since

one deregat,ion conEinued. Eo

rink this

matÈer wLth the

conunerciar

_{poricy dossier, the council}

_{was unable E,o make any}

progress on

the

Èransfer

of

jurisdicÈion

_in

_certain

_{areas from Ehe} CourE

of

_ilustice

_Èo

_the

_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 corunission

_recarl

_the

provisions

of

Article

8a

of

t,he Treaty under which Èhe cormuniÈy

shaIl

adopt,

measures wit,h

the

aim

of

progressively

est,ablishing the

int,ernal

markeÈ over

a

period oçirJ-ng

on 31 December Lggz.

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2.

considering

the

sErateglc

character

of

cerEain duar-use goods

and E,echnologies,

they

recognize thaÈ Ehe fundamental

conditlon

for

Ehe ellmLnat,ion

of

exlet,lng

cont,rols on

int,ra-ConmtrniEy t,rade

in

these goods and E,echnologies

is

the

applicaElon

by

Ehe Member St,aEes

of

effecE,ive

controls,

based

on comnon standarde, on

the

erq)orE t,o

Ehird

counEries

of

t,hese

dual-uae goods and t,echnologies.

3.

fhey

will

t,herefore

int,enslfy

Chetr work Ln Èhe Councl_I's

ad hoc High-Level !{orkinE

Party

with

a

vLew

to

adopt,ing a

Regnrlation

by

31 !fiarch 1993.

4.

Given E,heLr cosurLtment, Èo compleE,l-ng

the

lnt,ernal

market, and

pendlng Ehe adopt,ion oÊ

the

RegrulaEion aiming Eo

estabtish

the fundamental conditLons

for

Ehe

eliminacion

of

conÈro1s on

int,ra-Connunity

trade

in

Ehese dual-use goods and

technologies,

Èhe Meurber Stat,es agree Ehat,,

as

f rom

1 ilanuary 1993, int,ra-Cormrunity

trade

in

the

dual-use goods

and technologies

ln

quest,ion

_shall

no

longer

be subjecÈ t,o

int,ernal

front,ier controls

within

the

ConumrnlEy but,

solely

to

conErols performed as part,

of

Ehe norrral

control

procedures

applted

in

a

non-discriminatory fashion

throughout the

EerriE,ory

of

Èhe Conununity" Ttrey agree E,hat, any problem or

diffieulEy

arising

from

the

new

sltuaÈlon

will

be examined as

oçedlt,lousry

as

possible by

Ehe ad hod lligh-rrever working Party.

-

Proqress reporE oa

the

RequlaEion: e:E)orE cont,rols

The

council

arso

Eook noÈe

of

a

reporÈ from

the

presidency

concernlng progress on

the

proposal

for

a

RegrulaEion eu.bmit,t,ed by

the

Cormission on 31 AugusE L992,

dealing

wiEh etq)orE cont,rols on

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I'RUGUAY ROI'ND

The Council heard stat,emenE,s

_{by several}

_{delegat,lons on Ehe Unrgnray} Round negoE,iat,ions and how Ehey were progressing

_in

Geneva.

The Council asked

the

Conunlssion Eo report,

regrrlarly

aE each Councll meeting on Ehe progress

of

_{Ehe negoÈiat,ions.}

FORMER YI'GOSIÀVIA

The Presidnecy and Èhe Conunission report,ed. on developmenÈe

in

Èhe

former Yugosravia

_since

_the

_{Edinburgh European}

_councir,

_wit,h

particular

reference Eo

the

erecE,ions

in

serbia, the apprication

of

sancEions and Ehe implemenEat,ion

of

the

humanitarian and Lechnical

aid

prograntrne

for

_the

_{former Yugoslav Republic}

_of

_{Macedonia which} had been approved

in

Edinburgh.

REIJATIONS WTTH CYPRUS

Ttre

council

prepared

_the

_{posiE,ion t,o be adopt,ed}

_{by the}

_conumrnity

_at

Ehe 14Eh meeE,ing

of

the

EEc-c1ærus Associat,ion

councir,

which was

held

on

the

evening

of

Ehe same

day

(see iroint, press Release

2t.xlr.92

oyd/Trc/

jL

MOROCCO

The CouncLl heard Conunlssioner MATIITES

give a

presentat,Lon

of

_the

comnisslon's recommendatLon

for

_negotiat,ing

_{direct,ives for}

_a Euro-I'traghreb associaÈion agreenenÈ wlEh Morocco.

During Èhe

brief

_{dLscussion whlch}

_followed,

_the

_prospect

_of

_closer

relaE,ions beEween

the

conunrnlÈy and Morocco was wercomed.

The CouncLl insErucÈed

the

Permanent, RepresenEaEives Comnitt,ee

to

examine È,hle imporEant,

_matter

wiEh

a

vlew t,o

preparing

for

councir

2L.Xîr.92 oyd/r,e/)t

MISCEI,IJAI{EOUS DECIS IONS

Social

Àffairs

Folrowing

the

agreement reached at, Ehe socLar

Affairs

councir

meet,ing on

3

December L992,

the

councir

formarry adopt,ed:

-

Ehe Resolut,ion on Èhe need t,o Èackle

the

serious

and

deÈ,eriorat,lng unemployment,

situat,ion

in

_the

_conununity;

-

t'he conclusions on

the effect,ive

implementaEion and enforcemenE

of

Corurunity

legislat,ion

in

the social

af

fairs

area.

(See _press

_release

₁₀₅₁₉

_/92

presse _{231) .}

The Council

also

adopted

a

Regulation concerning

the

organJ-zation

_of

a

sun ey

of

rabour cost,s

in

lndustry

and Ehe

seryicee

sect,or

in

1993.

Tnt,ellectua1 property

The Council adopt,ed Decigions:

-

on

the

ext,ension

of

Ehe lega1 proÈect,ion

_of

t,opographies

of

semiconducEor producE,s

to

_{persons from}

_{the united}

_sEat,es

_of

America and

certain

territ,ories;

-

amending Decision 9I/5!0/EEC on Ehe ext,ension

of

the

regal

proE,ecÈion

of

Èopographiee

of

eerniconduct,or product,s E,o persons

f rom cert,ain counÈries and t,errl-Eories.

.II

2L.XTI.92

oyd/tJc/JL

Public

BrocuremenÈ

-

excluded sect,ors

The Council adopt,ed

a

common posiÈJ.on on

the

amendmenE

of

Direct,ive

90/53L/B,EC on Ehe procurement, procedures

_of

encities

operating

in

t,he

water,

energry, t,ransporE and telecomttrnicatlons

secE,ors (excluded _sect,ors)

_.

_fÈ

_will

_be remernbered Ehat Ehe

Interaal

!fiarkeÈ CouncLl reached unanimous agreement,

In princlple

on

thls

proposal

at

it,s

meeE,ing on 18 üune L992.

The new DirecE,ive

is

designed t,o exEend

the

procedural arrangement,s

of

DirecEive gO/ï3L/EEC, _{which regulaÈed purchases}

_of

_supplles

_and

works

by

enEit,ies

in

t,he excluded sect,ors,

to

purchases

of

seryices 'by _{Ufre s;rme}

_enÈit,ies.

_{It, is}

E,he f

lnal

sEage

of

the legislat,ion

on

public

procurement, provided

for in

the

whit,e paper on

the

int,er:nal

market,.

Ttre

provisions are

aimed

in

particular

at

supplementing

Direct,ive

90/13L/EEC,

of

which Ehe new DLrecE,Lve

is

a

congolidat,ed

version,

Eo

allow

for

Ehe

specific

characE,erLst,Lcs

of

senrLce

conÈracE,s. The adjustmenEs proposed

for this

puryose

_by

and large

replicate

t,he arrangemente adopt,ed

in

the

DirecÈive on

the

award

of

public seryice

cont,racE,s.

The Direct,Lve

will in

part,icular

apply

ln full

t,o

senrices

regarded

as

priorlties

(for

example maint,enance and

repair

serrrices,

compuEer

senrices,

advert,ising

services,

certain fl-nancial

and broking

senrLces,

certain

R&D seryLces,

archit,ectural

and engineering

services,

cerE,ain E,ransporE, and E,elecornntrnLcaEions serîvices) since

Èhey show greaEer poÈent,Ia1

for

_{cross-frontier}

operations.

- III

21-.Xrt.92

oyd/rfr/)L

The opening up

of

conurnrnity

seryice

cont,ract,s

in

Ehe excluded

secEors E,o

third-count,ry providers

of

_services

_{and tenders}

is

accompanied

by

a provision

_{st,ipulat,ing that,}

the

conunission may propose thaE Ehe

council, acting

_by

_{a quarified}

_majoriEy,

_take

safegnrard measures

in

relaEion

to third

count,ries which do noÈ grant

communlty undert,akings ef

fect,ive

access

to

E,heir markeEs.

SecuriEies

Following Ehe agreemenE,

of

principle

reached on 23 November !992,

Ehe Council adopÈed

a

common

position

on Èhe amended proposal

for

a

Council

Direct,ive

on investment

serÿices

in

uhe

securLties

field.

(See ECOFIN

press

release,

L00gg/gZ presse 2L6) _"

Credit

instituE,ions

Following complet,ion

of

the

co-operation procedure

with

the

European

Parliament,

t,he Council adopÈed Èhe DirecÈive on

the

monit,oring and

conE,rol

of

large

elq)osures

of

crediE,

inst,iEut,ions

(see ECOFIN press

release

of

29 June 7992, 7460/92 Presse

132,

issued when

the

conunon

position

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 DirecEive

aut,horizing

the Hellenic

Republic

to

defer

liberalizaE,ion

of

certain

capital

movemenÈs under

Art,tcle

6

(2)

of

Council

pirectl_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

connection

DirecEive 77 _/388/EEC) .

Decisions Eo

simplify

administraEive

wiEh 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

case

of

small

and medium-sized underEakJ.ngs, from Ehe obllgat,Lon

to

sunbit,

quart,erly

recapitulat,ive

sE,aternents

of

goods

or

eervices

supplied"

Transit

and storaqe sÈaEistics

The Council adopt,ed

a

common positJ-on on Ehe Regrulat,ion on

t,ransit

st,at,istics

and sÈorage eEaEistsics relat'J.ng t,o Ehe

trading

of

goods between Member St,aÈes

-T6aE, Regutation, which

follows

from Art,ic1es

4

and 31

of

Regulation

No 3330/91,

ls

designed Èo deEernrine E,he framework

within

which Member StaÈes

are

auÈhorized Eo organize

Eheir

sÈatist,lcal

sunreys

of

Eransit

and storage movements

in

order

t,o prevent

the

burden on

those responsible

for providing

infor:nation

varying

excessively from

one Member Stat,e

to another. It, will

be remembered Ehat, Regnrlation No 3330/9L seE, up

a

Bystem

for the

collecEion of

sgat,istics

relaEing

t,o

the

t,rading

of

goods between Member SEaÈes from

1

ifanual^y L9g3 and Ehat Art,Lcles

4

and 31

of

thaÈ Regulation

provide

for

Èhe Council t,o adopE

the

necessary

provisions for

Ehe

compilaÈion

of

t,ransporÈ, and st,orage sEatisELcs.

Relauions

with

San Dfiarlno

In

preparat,ion

for

Èhe

firsts

meet,ing

of the

EEC-San Marino

Co-operat.ion Conunit,t,ee, Lo be

held

in

Bnrssels on 22 December L992,

the

eouncil

approved on

behalf of

Èhe Conuntrnity

four draft,

Decisions

of

thaE Conunit,tee concernlng iÈ,s

nrles of

procedure and cuet,oms and

-v-2L.Xrr.92

oyd/rÉ/

jL

administrative

co- operation.

Impor

:

arranqemenEs: former Yugoglavia

The Council adopt,ed

a

Regulation and

a

Decision on import,

arrangemenEs

for

EEC and ECSC products originaE,ing

in

_{Bosnl_a and} Herzogovina,

croatia,

slovenia

and Ehe

t,errit,ory

of

Ehe former Yugoslav Republic

of

l{aeedonia

for

1993.

Re1aEions YriÈh Ehe former USSR

The Council adopEed

a

Regulation concerning E,he conclusion on behalf

of

the

CoruruniE,y

of

an Agreement, esE,ablishing an Int,ernat,ional

Scj-ence and Technology CenEre between Ehe Unit,ed SEates

of

America,

ilapan, t,he Russian FederaÈion

and,

acEing

as

one

party,

the

European

ÀEomic Ener:gy Conrnunity and

the

European Economic ConurunJ-ty.

The Corrnunity had signed

the

Agreement,

in

Moscow on

27 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,Eached

by

Ehe Comnunity and

it,s

Member St,aE,es t,o

Ehe conclusion

of

t,he Convention on Chemical Weapons;

-vï

2L.Xrl.92

oyd/IL,G/JL

that. certal-n

provisions of

proposed

ArElclee

VI

and

XI of

t'he

draft

ConvenEion

relate

tso cont,rols upon t,rade

in

chemical

preeursore which could poÈent,ialty have

inpllcations for the

free

movement,

of

goods €rmong Member SEat,es and Ehe ConunrnLtyts Èrade

policy;

-

Ehat

all

Member SEat,es have indLcaEed

their

inEent.ion

to

become

parLy E,o

the

ConvenEion;

requesEs

the

Mernber SEat,eS

to

ensure, by whatever means Ls

appropriaEe,

that

the provisions

of

propoeed

Art,icles

VI

and

XI

are

applied

consLstenÈIy

with

the

nrles

of

the

ComrrtrnlEy concerning the

free

movement

of

goode crmong Menber Stat,es and t,rade

policy.

Recoronends Èhat, Menrber St,at,es co-ordLnaEe Ehe dates

of

EheLr

signagure and evenÈua1 rat,ifLcaElon

of the

Convent,ion. n

Relations

wlth

Ehe

BalEic

StaÈes

T6e Council adopt,ed Decisions on t,he conclusion

of

Ehe Agreement,s between

the

EEC and EsEonia, LatvLa and

Lilhuania

on t,rade and

conmercial and economic co-operation signed

in

Bnrssels on 11 May LggZ (see press

release

6L66/92 Presse 57) _"

Provisional apglicat,lon

of

bllat,era1

t,exElle aqreemenÈs

The ConmlssLon having

intÈialled

bllateral

E,ext,Ile agreements wiEh

the

MFÀ

supplier

counEries, Romania, BulgarLa and VleEnclm, and new

text,ile

prot,ocols on quant,lt,aÈive arrangemenÈs

with

Poland, Hungarlr

and t,he CSFR,

within

t,he terms

of

Ehe

respective

negot,laÈlng

directives

glven

by

Ehe

Council,

the

Council decided eo apply

all

t,hese

bLlateral

agreement,s on

a

provisional basis

from

1 ;Ianuary L993

in

order

Eo avol-d any

uncertainty

Ln int,ernat,lonal

trade

_in

E,extiles

conclusion

_in

_due

2L _"XIT.92 oyd/LG/)t

with

these count,ries pending

_their

formal

course.

The

council

decided Eo renew t,he 1991 scheme

of

generalized

_tariff

preferences (GsP)

_in

_{1993, await.ing Ehe}

_ten-year

_review

_of

_the

comnunit'yrs GSP

to

_{be undertaken}

_afEer

_the

_{uruguay Round}

_is

_agreed.

The scheme provides

preferenEial

_Eariffs

_{on cerE,ain}

_{agricurturar,}

indust'riar

and

Eextile

products

_originaEing

_in

_{developing coungries"}

The

council

has

aligned

Ehe

list of

_{leaeE developed}

_count,ries

_(r,Dcs)

with

that

of

the

UniÈed Nat,ions, §to adding

Liberia,

_ZaLre,

l4adagascar, _{zambia, cambodia,}

_the

_soromon

_rsres

_{and vanuatu t,o the}

list of

I-,DC

beneficiaries

_{under t,he Corununity's GSp.}

The

council

has

arso

decided, as an except,ional and temporary

measure, Èo add t,he

ukraine,

Belar:us, Moldova, Russia, Georgria,

Armenia,

_Àzerbaijan,

_{KazakhsÈan, firrkmenigtan, uzbekisEan,}

Taj

ikist'an

_{and Kyrgyzstan Èo Ehe}

_{lisE of}

_{eount,ries benef}

_iting

_from

the

generalized sysEem

of

preferences

_{in 1993.}

_This

_measure

_is

inÈended

to

increase t,he e)q)orts

of

those

countries

t,o

the

Conununity

and

thus

supporÈ

Èheir

ef

forts

È,o resE,ructure

their

_economies.

As regards Romania and

Bulgaria,

Ehe

council

has decided t,haÈ these

countries

will

benefiE from GSP concessions

for

Ehe

period of

1993

preceding

_{the entry into force of}

_Èhe

_preferenEial

_{arrangement,s}

provided

_for

_{under Ehe inÈerim agreements wieh Lhose counÈries,}

Ehe volumes

_of

t,he

fixed

amount,s being

limited

on

a fixed pro

rata

temporis basis.

Albania,

Estonia,

r,atvia

and r,iÈhuania

will

be

eligibre in

1993

for

GSP concessions

_for

MFA

Eextile

products

_{as they}

_{have now ent,ered}

int,o agreements

_simirar

_Eo

_the

_{MulÈ,ifibre Àgreement (!,fi,A) .}

r-2L.XrT.92

oyd/trg/

jt

Some Eechnl-cal

modlfications

Eo Ehe managemenÈ,

of

the

scheme have

been made, due

to

th.e inEroduct,lon

of

Ehe

Single

ldarkeE on

1 rfanuary 1993 _"

À Decision exÈending inÈo 1993

the

1991 generalJ.zed

tarLff

scheme

in

respecE,

of

certain

st,eeI producEs was

also

adopt,ed

by

Ehe

RepresenEat,ives

of

the

GovernmenEs

of

Ehe European CoaI and SEeel ConuntrniEy, meeting

within

t,he Council.

ECSC

The RepresenÈaEivee

of

E,he Government,s

of

Ehe Meriber StaEes

of

Ehe ECSC, meeting

within

the

CouncJ.I, adoptsed

a

Decision on Ehe openlng

for

1993

of

a

zero-duty

tariff

quota

for

France,

the

Benelux

countriee

and Gerrrany

of

2

860

E,

2

760 E and

2

400

t,

respecÈJ.vely

of

special

wLre

rod

for

the

manufacÈure

of

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 uns}

asslstance

d'un

montant

totat do

1oo Mecu

(so à

_charge

_du

budget

communautalre

et

50-à charge des Etats membres sur une base brràtgiàiEl,

la

Commlsslon va présenter ses pêrspecttves pour ce qut concerne tes 50

Mecus

à

charge

du

buctget communautalre.

La

Conmtsston

prévolt i;

répartltlon sulvante:

20 Mecu à charge du budget 92 (5 Mocu _{de Phare}

et

_{15 Mecu de Echo). La}

Commlsslon souhalte

la

rapldlté _{d'erécutlon de cette atde. ObJecilf:}

falre

face aux besolns

les

ptus urgents en nat!ère do fournltures

médlcates, chauf fage

et

équlpements col lect tfs.

Les 30 Mocus restants seront engagés

sur to

_budget

g3, of

_soront

destlnés

_à

des programmos _{de coopératlon plus élaoôrés. 6es contacts}

entre lgs

autor

ttés de

l,er-Répubt

_tque

do la

Macédolne

ot

!a

commlsslon sont prévus _{pour te début de t,année prochalne.}

Les Etats membres _{devront ausst se} prononcgr quant

_à

_leurs

_lntenttons

pour _{mettre en oouvre leur contrlbutlon.}

Alde hunanltalre

Sltuatlon actuelle:

sur

tes 289 Mocu décldés, 221 Mecu ont ét6 al toués et

ont

permls d'achemlner des proclults allmontatro§, des col

ts

famlt laux,

des couvertures, des matelats, des médtcaments,

etc,

dans

toutes

los répubt tquos de l'er-Yougostavle.

La créatlon de la Task Force à Zagreo prend forne, mâne

et

la

réponse dee Etats membres pour

y

_contrlbuer, notamment _{au nlveau du pereonnet, reste}

falble

par _rapport

_à

_t'accuolt que te proJet _a roçu à glrmlngham.

Besotns

futurs:

pour tes

premters

_str

mots

âe

g3,

tes

besotns sont

évalués à eSO Mecu. Selon

la clé

oe répartttlon habttueile au seln du

G-24, la

contrlbutlon communautalre s'élèveralt à 325 Mecu

et

cette des EM

à 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 te

ll s'aglt

du premler d'Llne

sérle

d'autres accords

qul

soront cétéUrés

avec 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 marocalnes

et

donne les grandes I lgnes do ce quo pourralt âtre _un

futur

_{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 de

la

sltuatlon

sur

l'6tat

des retatlons cElchypre au

cours 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 qut

a falt

romarquor quc rr

publlcatlon do

l'ayls

avalt été annoncée pour

la

fln

de cette année,

_,.ai

conf lrmé qu'en

_effet

te présldent Detors y ayalt

_falt

_{al tuslon lors dc ta}

vlslte

du Présldent vasslltou à Brurellos

ftn

septenbre g2, mats qus Dou?

le

moment les servlces _de

la

_{Commlsston n'avalent touJours pas f lnat}

_trl

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

dlrecttves

et

déclslon

sur la

consultatlon

du

partement _européen

_àn

_deurrème

lecture. En ralson du changement,

par le

_{Conselt, de}

_la

_{base Jurldlque}

clu

règlement (notamment

_{sur !a}

_créat

_lon

_{d,une Agence européenne} d'évaruat

lon

_des médtcaments), r

! a été

décrcté oJ-

ràconiurter

_te

Parlement européen sur cette proposltton.

Radlodlffuslon par

_{satelllte et}

_{rêtransmtsslon par câble}

Le dossler

a

été

reporté en vue des dlfférents

qul

subslstent _sur des

problèmes :

réglme

_transltolre

_appllcabte

_{à la}

_{radlodtffuslon par sateil}

_tte

_pour

permettre

_la

_{rénegoctat lon des coproduct lons transnat Ionates}

er tstantes

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pornt a - r;àôenoa de sa Prés I dence.

Et lquetage des art lcles chaussants

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maJor I

té des Etats

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sur la

tabte.

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souhalte

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du

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à ta

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les

amendements

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par le

COREPER en vue de

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à

l'erportat lon de certatns

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cle certalns blens

et

technologles blens nucléalres

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technologles à double usage

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préparé

une

déctarat

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taquel

te te

commerce

lntracommunautalre avec ces blens

et

technotogtes ne sera plus soumls à

des contrÔles aur frontlères mals seulement à des contrôtss normaux dans

les

terrltolres

de

la

communauté. pour

te

moment,

ll

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pas encore certltude

sur

les détal ts de cette déctarailon.

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marchandlses lmportées ds pays

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sécur I

té

des produ I ts

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t'lnttlatlve

de la Commlsston.

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ont

demandé une adoptton aussttôt qus posslbtc.

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ont

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uns

d lscuss

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approfond

le sur te

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d'appl lcatlon de la proposltlon.