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RESOLUTION OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES

OF 24 JULY 1984

ON THE RATIONAL DISTRIBUTION OF FILMS THROUGH ALL THE AUDIO-VISUAL COMMUNICATION MEDIA

( 84/C 204/02 )

THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES ,

AWARE OF THE THREAT POSED BY THE ABSENCE OF AGREEMENTS ON THE SEQUENCE OF FILM DISTRIBUTION THROUGH THE VARIOUS MEDIA ,

WILL ENDEAVOUR , WITHIN THE POWERS AT THEIR DISPOSAL , TO IMPLEMENT MEASURES TO ENSURE THE RATIONAL DISTRIBUTION OF FILMS THROUGH ALL THE AUDIO-VISUAL COMMUNICATION MEDIA .
RESOLUTIONof the Ministers with responsibility for Cultural Affairs, meeting within the Councilof 13 November 1986on business sponsorship of cultural activities(86/C 320/02)

1. The Ministers reponsible for cultural affairs meeting within the Council recognise that the European cultural heritage and cultural activities in general benefit from a combination of public and private support. In their view these can best be maintained and developed through strengthened support from a plurality of sources, including different forms of sponsorship both private and corporate. 2. In this context business sponsorship can enhance the cultural heritage and increase the production and dissemination of artistic activity. Ministers believe that business sponsorship can be developed in ways which do not inhibit artistic freedom; and that it should provide supplementary funding for cultural activities, not a substitute for existing resources. 3. A greater degree of artistic activity enhances the cultural life and leisure activities of European citizens. It provides various benefits, including increased tourism, at local, regional and national levels, as well as to the European Community as a whole. The businesses concerned can improve their image, the environment for their work force is improved, and often through such artistic activity an extra inducement is provided to industry to locate itself or remain located in a particular area. 4. Sponsorship also offers possibilities for funding transnational arts activities through companies with strong European interests, and for thus improving the opportunities for cultural exchanges within the Community. 5. With these considerations in mind, the Ministers agree to encourage: (i) the promotion of greater business sponsorship of cultural activities within the Member States of the European Community, by calling attention to sponsorship as an activity which provides benefits to both parties, as well as helping to enhance cultural and economic activity; (ii) consideration of the introduction within their own countries of measures to promote suitable sponsorship schemes; (iii) the setting up of organizations to advise and help those businesses and arts which are interested in sponsorship; (iv) the development of links between the sponsorship organizations concerned; (v) the sharing of information on current sponsorship activities, thus permitting an assessment of the need for future initiatives. 6. They take note of the Commission's intention to contribute further to the realization of measures in this field.
Declaration against racism and xenophobia



Official Journal C 158 , 25/06/1986 P. 0001 - 0003



DECLARATION AGAINST RACISM AND XENOPHOBIA(86/C 158/01) THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEMBER STATES, MEETING WITHIN THE COUNCIL, AND THE COMMISSION, Recognizing the existence and growth of xenophobic attitudes, movements and acts of violence in the Community which are often directed against immigrants; Whereas the Community institutions attach prime importance to respect for fundamental rights, as solemnly proclaimed in the Joint Declaration of 5 April 1977, and to the principle of freedom of movement as laid down in the Treaty of Rome; Whereas respect for human dignity and the elimination of forms of racial discrimination are part of the common cultural and legal heritage of all the Member States; Mindful of the positive contribution which workers who have their origins in other Member States or in third countries have made, and can continue to make, to the development of the Member State in which they legally reside and of the resulting benefits for the Community as a whole, 1. vigorously condemn all forms of intolerance, hostility and use of force against persons or groups of persons on the grounds of racial, religious, cultural, social or national differences; 2. affirm their resolve to protect the individuality and dignity of every member of society and to reject any form of segregation of foreigners; 3. look upon it as indispensable that all necessary steps be taken to guarantee that this joint resolve is carried through; 4. are determined to pursue the endeavours already made to protect the individuality and dignity of every member of society and to reject any form of segregation of foreigners; 5. stress the importance of adequate and objective information and of making all citizens aware of the dangers of racism and xenophobia, and the need to ensure that all acts or forms of discrimination are prevented or curbed.
RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL AND OF THE MINISTERS RESPONSIBLE FOR CULTURAL AFFAIRS MEETING WITHIN THE COUNCIL of 27 May 1988 on the future organization of their work (88/C 197/01)

THE COUNCIL AND THE MINISTERS RESPONSIBLE FOR CULTURAL AFFAIRS MEETING WITHIN THE COUNCIL, resolved to intensify their work on cultural affairs and having regard to their conclusions on future priority actions, HAVE AGREED THAT:

1. A Committee on cultural affairs shall be appointed consisting of the representatives of the Member States and of the Commission.

The chairman of this Commitee shall come from the country holding the office of President of the Council.

The Committee shall evaluate all proposals relating to cultural cooperation and prepare the work of the Council and/or the Ministers responsible for cultural affairs meeting within the Council on cultural priorities and actions involving the Community and/or all the Member States without prejudice to the procedure laid down in Article 4 of the Treaty establishing a Single Council and a Single Commission of the European Communities and current practice regarding the preparation of meetings of Ministers meeting within the Council.

The Committee shall also have the task of monitoring the implementation of actions decided on by the Council and/or the Ministers meeting within the Council and of reporting back regularly.

2. The Council and/or the Ministers meeting within the Council may invite European countries that are not members of the Community and organizations concerned with European cultural cooperation, especially the Council of Europe, to participate in specific cultural activities of mutual interest.

3. If, in the absence of a decision or agreement on certain actions at the level of the Council and/or the Ministers meeting within the Council, Member States continue their discussions on such actions, they shall report regularly to the Committee on the progress of their work.

4. Without prejudice to the dispositions of Article 155 of the EEC treaty, the Commission shall implement, in close cooperation with the Committee on cultural affairs, actions decided on by the Council or the Council and the Ministers meeting within the Council that are to be implemented at Community level.

The Commission may be invited to assume a coordinating function, in agreement with the Committee on cultural affairs, in the implementation of the decisions of the Ministers meeting within the Council.

The Commission may also be invited to ensure coordination of projects not involving all Member States of the Community and/or projects involving European countries which are not members of the Community.
CONCLUSIONS OF THE COUNCIL AND THE MINISTERS FOR EDUCATION MEETING WITHIN THE COUNCIL of 14 December 1989 on a possible change in the Statute of the European School and on the utilization of their pedagogical experience (90/C 27/02)

THE COUNCIL AND THE MINISTERS FOR EDUCATION, MEETING WITHIN THE COUNCIL, Following a first exchange of views on the Commission communcations concerning a change in the Statute of the European Schools and the utilization of their pedagogical experience in the educational systems of the Member States, INVITE the Education Committee, in the light of the conclusions of the Board of Governors of the European Schools (which should emerge from the meeting on 30 and 31 January 1990), to report to them, according to the existing procedures and in time for the next meeting of the Council and Ministers on the various aspects of a possible change in the Statute of the European Schools, and on the available options for a better utilization of the Schools' pedagogical experience.
RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL AND OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES, MEETING WITHIN THE COUNCIL,

of 19 June 1990

on improving passenger ferry safety

(90/C 206/02)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES AND THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES, MEETING WITHIN THE COUNCIL,

Aware of:

- the large number of passengers who travel by passenger ferries in European waters,

-the essentially international nature of such operations,

-the necessity of crews being able to function in a satisfactory manner in the event of an emergency,

-the dangers which can arise from management and communication failures,

-the potentially large-scale intervention which could be required in the event of an accident involving a passenger ferry,

-the fact that the transport of passengers in European waters is carried out by vessels registered both inside and outside the Community, thus requiring any necessary improvement of passenger ferry safety, including the question of crewing, to take place in a broad international context;

Wishing to improve the safety of passenger ferries;

CALLS UPON the Member States and the Commission, in their capacity as members or as observer of

(a) the International Maritime Organization of the United Nations,

(b)the memorandum of understanding on port State control,

to press for the urgent identification, elaboration, adoption and implementation of measures which will improve safety of passenger ferries on an international basis in the framework of the aforementioned fora.
CONCLUSIONS OF THE COUNCIL AND THE MINISTERS OF EDUCATION MEETING WITHIN THE COUNCIL of 25 November 1991 on cooperation for the reinforcement of mobility in higher education (91/C 321/03)

In line with the conclusions of the Council and the Ministers of Education of 2 June 1983 concerning the promotion of mobility in higher education and the subsequent Council decisions establishing the Comett, Erasmus and Lingua programmes, there has been a strengthening of cooperation between institutions of higher education in the Member States, and mobility among students and staff has been increasing steadily.

Practical experience of this trend and the results of conferences at Community level on higher education (Louvain in 1989 and Siena in 1990) have brought into focus a number of obstacles to mobility among staff and students on which short-term action could be taken. While recognizing that significant debate on this issue is being launched by the memorandum of the Commission on higher education in the European Community, the Council and the Ministers of Education consider that action could meanwhile be taken in regard to these obstacles.

Development of a computerized register at European level

A third step would be to improve information on courses in higher education in the Member States by developing computerized data bases and networks. The Commission is invited to intensify activities leading to the development of a data base for student information purposes, containing a compendium of courses offered. It could base these activities on existing networks and initiatives including the national academic recognition information centres (NARIC) and the student handbook, as well as utilizing data provided by relevant governmental and non-governmental organizations. It is invited to make a progress report by December 1992.
CONCLUSIONS OF THE MINISTERS OF CULTURE MEETING WITHIN THE COUNCIL of 12 November 1992 on the procedure for designation of European cities of culture (92/C 336/02)

As a complement to their resolution of 13 June 1985 (1) as well as the conclusions of 18 May 1990 (2) and 18 May 1992 (3) concerning the European City of Culture, the Ministers of Culture meeting within the Council consider it advisable to have a more precise procedure for the designation of cities, bearing in mind that the event is open not only to Community cities but also to cities in other European countries basing themselves on the principles of democracy, pluralism, the rule of law and respect for human rights.

They accordingly approve the procedure for the designation of European cities of culture appearing in the Annex to this conclusion.

(1) OJ No C 153, 22. 6. 1985.

(2) OJ No C 162, 3. 7. 1990.

(3) OJ No C 151, 16. 6. 1992.

ANNEX

PROCEDURE FOR THE DESIGNATION OF EUROPEAN CITIES OF CULTURE 1. Timing of designations

The Council intends to designate cities for 1998 and 1999 in 1993. Designations for 2000 and 2001 will be made in 1995. The same procedure will apply in 1997 and thereafter, every two years.

2. Deadlines for submission

Applications by national governments on behalf of candidate cities for 1998 and/or 1999 should be made not later than 30 June 1993 to enable the designations to be made by 31 December 1993. The same procedure will apply in 1995 and thereafter.

3. Accompanying dossier

Applications should specify the preferred year(s) of designation. The Council will welcome, and take into account, dossiers submitted in support of applications, insofar as these give greater information about the state of preparedness, and plans, of the city concerned.

4. Criteria for selection

The following criteria, which are not exclusive of other considerations, have already been agreed by the Ministers:

(a) the city should be in a European State basing itself on the principles of democracy, pluralism, the rule of law and respect for human rights;

(b) they propose to alternate between Community cities and cities from other European countries, without this being a hard and fast rule;

(c) the cities should not be from the same geographical zone in consecutive years;

(d) a balance should be found between capital cities and provincial cities;

(e) for a specific year a pair of cities may be designated jointly.

5. European Cultural Month

The designation procedure for the European Cultural Month could be examined at the time of the review of that event planned for the second half of 1993.
CONCLUSIONS OF THE COUNCIL AND OF THE MINISTERS OF EDUCATION MEETING WITHIN THE COUNCIL of 27 November 1992 on Community/United States cooperation in the field of education and training (92/C 336/05)

1. The Council and the Ministers of Education note the Commission communication on the development of Community/United States cooperation in the field of education and training. They welcome this opportunity to examine the possibilities for strengthening mutual cooperation in the field of education, including academic exchanges, as provided for in the Transatlantic Declaration on Community/United States relations agreed by the Community and its Member States and the United States in November 1990.

2. Fruitful bilateral activities between Member States and the United States of America exist in the education area and particularly in higher education. Special efforts have accordingly to be made to ensure that Community cooperation with the United States of America will provide added value to Member States' existing cooperation.

3. The Council and the Ministers accordingly express their readiness to assist the Commission in the consideration of future action, which should:

- take account of existing bilateral programmes,

- be closely tied to Community policies and programmes,

- bring balanced benefits to both the Community and the United States sides,

- make the most effective use of resources and provide a specific European added value.

4. They invite the Commission as soon as possible to enter into this consideration of future action, with a view to preparing a draft agreement with the United States of America.
41997X0113R(01)

CORRIGENDUM TO: - Resolution of the Council AND of the representatives of the governments of the member states meeting within the Council of 20 December 1996 on equality of opportunity for people with disabilities
RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL AND OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES, MEETING WITHIN THE COUNCIL

of 21 June 1999

concerning the expiry of the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community

(1999/C 190/01)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES MEETING WITHIN THE COUNCIL,

RECALLING:

- the resolution of the European Council on growth and employment adopted in Amsterdam on 16 and 17 June 1997, according to which the Commission is invited to make the appropriate proposals in order to ensure that, on expiry in 2002 of the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community (hereafter referred to as "the ECSC"), the revenues of outstanding reserves are used for a research fund for sectors related to the coal and steel industries (hereafter referred to as the "fund,"

- the Commission's communication on the expiry of the ECSC Treaty - Financial Activities of 10 October 1997,

- The resolution of the Council and of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council of 20 July 1998 concerning the expiry of the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community(1), and in particular points 3(d) and 4(c) thereof,

- The Commission's contributiong of 17 November 1998 to the study referred to at points 2(c), 5 and 6 of the said resolution of 20 July 1998,

1. CONSIDER THAT, in relation to the ownership of the ECSC assets and liabilities:

(a) these assets and liabilities should revert to the Communities remaining;

(b) in order to ensure separation of the assets and liabilities from other Community funds a balance sheet of the "ECSC in liquidation" should be made out, as an Annex of the Communities' general assets and liabilities while consolidating the sum of the balance sheet in the Communities' assets and liabilities and that the profit and loss account shall be dealt with in a similiar way;

(c) after the end of the liquidation of the ECSC, the assets generating the fund revenue shall be called the "Coal and Steel Research Assets";

(d) the cost of the Commission's management of the assets or of the fund respectively, will be borne by the Commission from the general budget of the European Communities;

(e) all contributions to the assets or the fund respectively, shall accrue to it.

2. FURTHERMORE, CONSIDER THAT:

(a) the question of the contributions of future Member States to the assets or fund respectively should be clarified during the accession negotiations, taking into account the decisions reached on previous similar occasions;

(b) the breakdown of research allocations between the sectors of coal and steel and their related sectors should be confirmed in the final Decision of the Council and of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council on the expiry of the ECSC Treaty on the basis of the Commision's contribution of 17 November 1998.

3. INVITE THE COMMISSION:

to submit in good time a proposal for a Decision containing measures necessary for implementing the contents of this resolution.

(1) OJ C 247, 7.8.1998, p. 5.
Conclusions of the Council and the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council

of 4 December 2000

on combating doping

(2000/C 356/01)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES, IN AGREEMENT WITH THE COMMISSION,

(1) EMPHASISE the importance of measures to combat doping in sport, as acknowledged by the European Union, in the conclusions of the European Council in Vienna on 11 and 12 December 1998. The European Council's conclusions underlined "its concern at the extent and seriousness of doping in sport, which undermines the sporting ethic and endangers public health. It emphasises the need for mobilisation at European level and invites the Member States to examine jointly with the Commission and international sports bodies possible measures to intensify the fight against this danger ...".

(2) NOTE the recent developments in this area and the creation of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), and WADA's intention to become an international body based on public international law, and consider that arrangements should be made for the Member States' and the European Union's roles in that body in order to ensure that they are suitably represented on its Foundation Board.

(3) AGREE that the European Community and its Member States will be represented by the President-in-Office of the Council and a member of the Commission. Within a reasonable period of time before each meeting, coordination will take place under the responsibility of the Presidency. The Commission member will be able to speak on matters within the Community's sphere of competence in accordance with the Treaty and the case-law of the Court of Justice (given that there is no direct Community competence in the area of sport). The content of the statements made by the Commission member will be approved in accordance with the principles referred to above and following the customary procedures. Where appropriate, the Commission member may speak on matters which are not within the Community's sphere of competence, along the lines approved by a consensus of the Member States and in addition to the Presidency.

(4) NOTE that any Community expenditure on activities of WADA involving measures within the Community's sphere of competence will be decided in accordance with the Interinstitutional Agreement on budgetary discipline. In particular, any significant Community expenditure will require the adoption, following a proposal from the Commission, of a measure with an appropriate legal basis.

(5) CONSIDER that the Member States should encourage cooperation between the competent authorities at national level on efforts to combat doping in sport.
EN Official Journal of the European Union L 141/82

Corrigendum to Regulation No 51 of the Economic Commission for Europe of the United Nations (UN/ECE) — Uniform provisions concerning the approval of motor vehicles having at least four wheels with regard to their noise emissions

( Official Journal of the European Union L 137 of 30 May 2007 )

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