Council Resolution of 13 May 1996 on Euro-Mediterranean cooperation regarding tourism
Date: 1996-05-13
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU policy, Mediterranean third countries, cooperation policy, data collection, exchange of information, tourism













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Council Resolution of 13 May 1996 on Euro-Mediterranean cooperation regarding tourism  


Official Journal C 155 , 30/05/1996 P. 0001 - 0002 





COUNCIL RESOLUTIONof 13 May 1996on Euro-Mediterranean cooperation  regarding tourism(96/C  155/01)THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, CONFIRMS the importance of giving practival effect, as regards tourism, to the Euro-Mediterranean  partnership, the objectives and principles of which are established in the Barcelona Declaration  adopted following the Euro-Mediterranean Conference on 27 and 28 November 1995; EMPHASIZES the importance for tourism of consistent, closer cooperation between the European  Community and the Mediterranean non-member partner countries and of developing such cooperation; RECOGNIZES that, in order to bring about such cooperation on tourism, regional, multilateral or  bilateral action should be undertaken, particularly in the areas of information, training and  promotion; REALIZES the importance of improving knowledge of the features of tourism in the Euro-Mediterranean  region; IS MINDFUL of the value of enhancing human resources as a factor in developing tourist businesses,  particularly small and medium-sized businesses, and in improving the quality of services offered to  tourists; CONSIDERS that, in accordance with the principle of sustainable development, the promotion of  Mediterranean tourism should ensure the safeguarding and maximize the potential of the natural,  historical and cultural heritage and can thus help to develop a climate of tolerance in which  diversity and pluralism are respected, without any discrimination on grounds of race, nationality,  language, religion or sex; TAKES THE VIEW that, in order to achieve the objectives laid down by the Barcelona Declaration and  the annexed work programme, it is appropriate that Mediterranean non-member partner countries share  the principles and guidelines on which the acquis communautaire is based, to the extent that these  affect tourism; Within the financial framework envisaged for Euro-Mediterranean cooperation, CALLS: 1. as regards information: (a) upon the Commission to: - promote the collection and dissemination of information and statistical data on tourist flows and  on the characteristics and impact of tourist activity in the Euro-Mediterranean area, having regard  to the method worked out pursuant to the implementation of Council Directive 95/57/EC of 23  November 1995 on the collection of statistical information in the field of tourism  (1), - identify, in the framework of the gradual establishment of a Euro-Mediterranean free-trade area,  in compliance with World Trade Organization obligations, obstacles standing in the way of the  application of Community provisions affecting tourism by non-member partner countries; (b) upon the Member States and the Commission to: - develop the exchange of information on Community rules and their implementation, on the rules of  the Member States and on provisions affecting tourism laid down by non-member partner countries; 2. as regards training: upon the Member States and the Commission to: - pay the requisite attention to tourism in implementing the work programme adopted at the  Barcelona Conference, with the aim of enhancing human resources, especially by way of the regular  dialogue established for these purposes; 3. as regards promotion: (a) upon the Commission to: - set in hand, with the Mediterranean non-member partner countries, closer consideration of tourist  market trends and identify possible avenues of cooperation in the sphere of promotion, (b) upon the Member States and the Commission to: - examine together the factors likely to encourage the joint development of Euro-Mediterranean  tourism, including new technology, with particular reference to maximizing the potential of the  common natural, historical and cultural heritage. IN CONCLUSION, the Council calls upon the Commission, - to assess, with regard to tourism, the follow-up to the cooperation process initiated in  Barcelona, and, if necessary, put forward proposals for the updating of the Barcelona work  programme in accordance with the procedure laid down in the Barcelona Declaration. (1) OJ No L 291, 6. 12. 1995, p. 32.