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6 . 5 . 93 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 125 / 9

THE COMMISSION 'S LEGISLATIVE PROGRAMME FOR 1993

( 93 / C 125 / 02 )

INTRODUCTION

The legislative programme

The legislative programme is a planning tool prepared by
the Commission of the European Communities to give
an overview of the Communities ' legislative business . It is

interinstitutional . Once it has been transmitted to the

other institutions and their subordinate bodies have

discussed it ( Parliamentary Committees, for instance ),
the programme is adopted by Joint Declaration of the
European Parliament, represented by its Enlarged
Bureau, and the Commission, in the presence of the
Council Presidency .

The objectives of the programme

The programme seeks to attain two primary objectives .

First, it meets a need for transparency, that is to say for
clear, direct information on the grounds and scheduling
of Community legislative business that is pending or
foreseeable in the medium term . From 1993, therefore,
the programme is to be published in the Official Journal

of the European Communities . The information it
contains is intended both for the Community institutions
and for the Member States, the business world and the
citizen . The document is also presented in such a way as
to improve transparency by distinguishing between
planned legislation on which broad consultations could
be held in advance and that which might require a
business impact assessment .

It also seeks to boost the efficiency of the Community
institutions, by providing the necessary programming
tool that can help determine in a rational way the
specific objectives to be attained in legislative business
during the reference period and direct the deployment of
the appropriate resources .

The bases for the programme

To reflect these needs for efficiency and transparency,
the programme, which first saw the light of day as a
forecasting instrument as a Commission initiative in
1988, is based on a set of objectives directly inspired by
the Communities ' constitutional instruments .

For 1993, the programme follows the structure of these
constitutional instruments — the existing Treaties and,
provisionally pending completion of the procedures for
its ratification, the Treaty on European Union . Within
this provisional structure, the specific status conferred by
that Treaty on the common foreign and security policy
( the ' second pillar ') and cooperation in justice and home
affairs ( the ' third pillar ') is highlighted .

It should be pointed out that Commission proposals for
legislation are subjected to a comprehensive examination
of the costs and benefits for the public authorities of the
Member States and for all interested parties .

The underlying purpose of the legislative programme is
to offer a comprehensive overview in a dynamic time
frame of all principal legislative activity ( excluding purely
executive or delegated instruments ). It covers measures
currently in preparation at the Commission which are to
be presented : proposals for directives, regulations and
decisions, including those relating to international

agreements .

Subsidiarity

This programme contains 100 items of new legislation to
be proposed, plus 50 proposals for amendment, inte ­
gration or updating of existing instruments, 19 consoli ­
dation measures and some 50 international agreements .

The Commission must emphasize that the legislative
programme is purely indicative as regards both substance
and timing ; its intention is to comply with the principle
of subsidiarity by closely examining all the draft
proposals listed in it which do not fall within the areas
where the Community has exclusive competence, so as to
establish whether the proposed action can best be carried
out at Community level . In the same spirit, having due
regard for the principle of proportionality, every
proposal will be carefully examined so as to confine
Community management and monitoring to what is
strictly necessary .

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The following Annexes are attached :

I. List of pending proposals mentioned in Annex 2 to Part A of the Conclusions of the

Presidency on the December 1992 Edinburgh European Council ;

II . List of subjects on which Green or White Papers, not necessarily leading to legislation, are

to be prepared in 1993 ;

III . List of principal legislative proposals already made by the Commission and still pending

before the other institutions .

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Explanatory notes

Each item of legislation is preceded by a dash (— ).

The description of each item is so drafted as to bring out its content and purpose .

The following identifiers are used :

O : forthcoming proposals which, it would appear at first sight, should be preceded by broad
discussions ;

O O : forthcoming proposals which at first sight require specific assessment of their impact on

business in general and on small business in particular .

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1 . CITIZENS ' RIGHTS

2 . PROMOTING BALANCED AND SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL

PROGRESS

2 1 . An area without internal frontiers 13

211 . Ensuring the smooth operation of the Single Market 13

2111 . Free movement of goods 13

2112 . Free movement of persons, freedom of establishment and legal environment for business
activities 15

2113 . Free movement of services 16

2114 . Free movement of capital and payments 17

2115 . Competition policy 17

2116 . Interoperability of network systems 17

2117 . Consumer protection 17

212 . Common commercial policy 17

213 . Common agricultural policy 18

214 . Common fisheries policy 18

215 . Common transport policy 18

22 . Increasing economic and social cohesion 20

221 . Structural activities 20

222 . Trans-European networks 20

223 . Overseas departments and territories

23 . Stimulating growth and establishing an economic and monetary union 21

231 . A closely coordinated economic policy 21

232 . Defining a single monetary policy 21

233 . Stimulating economic growth 21

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24 . Promoting sustainable, environment-friendly growth 21

241 . Environment policy 21

242 . Research and technological development 22

243 . Industry and small business 23

244 . Energy 23

25 . Promoting a high level of employment and social protection 23

251 . Social policy 23

252 . Vocational training 24

26 . Promoting a better quality of life 24

261 . Consumer protection 24

262 . Public health 25

263 . Education and youth 25

264 . Culture 25

265 . Civil protection

3 . AFFIRMING THE UNION 'S IDENTITY ON THE INTERNATIONAL SCENE

3 1 . Establishing a common foreign and security policy (') 25

311 . European Political Cooperation 26

312 . Implementing the common foreign and security policy 26

32 . Enlargement 26

33 . European Economic Area and other relations with the Member States of the European Free
Trade Association 26

34 . Policy on cooperation and relations with developing countries and other associated
countries 26

341 . Countries of central and eastern Europe and the independent States of the former Soviet
Union 26

342 . Mediterranean, Middle East and Gulf countries 27

343 . Countries of Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific 27

344 . Countries of Asia and Latin America 27

345 . Horizontal and general cooperation and aid measures 28

35 . Multilateral and bilateral relations with the industrialized countries 28

36 . Relations with international organizations 28

4 . DEVELOPING CLOSE COOPERATION IN THE FIELDS OF JUSTICE AND
HOME AFFAIRS ( 2 )

5 . FUNCTIONING

51 . Financing 29

52 . European statistical system 29

53 . Progr amming and transparency 30

531 . Consolidation of Community legislation 30

532 . Information for the public

54 . Community administration 30

(') Second pillar ( Title V of the Treaty on European Union ).
( 2 ) Third pillar ( Tide VI of the Treaty on European Union ).

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PROGRAMME

Continuing the task of laying the foundations of an ever closer union among the peoples of Europe, maintaining and building
on the ' acquis communautaire ' on the basis of the existing Treaties, and playing a full part, once ratification of the Treaty on
European Union signed at Maastricht on 7 February 1992 has been completed, in the task, assigned to the Union by that

Treaty, of organizing relations between the Member States and between their peoples in an integrated and cohesive fashion,
by working towards the new goal of economic and monetary union, backed up by the Single Market and structural policies,
and gradually supplemented by implementation of a common foreign and security policy and by enhanced cooperation in the

fields of justice and home affairs

1 . CITIZENS ' RIGHTS

Once ratification of the Treaty on European Union is completed, protection of the rights and interests of
Member States ' nationals will have to be strengthened by gradually giving substance to Union citizenship to
supplement national citizenship, which will include the right to travel and settle freely in the territory of the
Member States .

O — Right to vote and stand in elections for the European Parliament in the Member State of residence

2 . PROMOTING BALANCED AND SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL PROGRESS

The Community must at one and the same time consolidate and balance its aims in competition, cooperation
and solidarity, pursuing the top priority of boosting job creation and lowering unemployment, incorporating
essential environmental requirements in the definition and implementation of its policies, reinforcing economic
and social cohesion in the Community, as a fundamental pillar of political union, and of development
cooperation in policies liable to affect the developing countries, improving competitiveness and taking care to
ensure that any financial or administrative burden falling on the Community, national governments, local auth ­
orities, economic operators or the citizen is kept to the minimum and is proportionate to the goal to be
achieved .

21 . AN AREA WITHOUT INTERNAL FRONTIERS

In the present economic environment, one of the Community 's priority objectives in 1993 must be to enable
individuals and firms to derive the maximum benefit from the Single Market and thus stimulate economic
activity .

211 . Ensuring the smooth operation of the Single Market

In order to make a success of the Single Market, the Commission will rise to the challenge of managing this
market and will endeavour to eliminate the remaining barriers to the exercise of the four fundamental freedoms
and prevent the emergence of new ones, while leaving as much scope for decisions at national level as is
compatible with attainment of the aim in question and the requirements of the Treaty .

— Vocational training for customs officers : adaptation of the Matthaeus multiannual Community action

programme to ensure the efficient functioning of the frontier-free internal area and the uniform
application of Community customs legislation at its external frontiers

— Mutual recognition of national rules : introduction of an information procedure

2111 . Free movement of goods

Veterinary matters

O O — Livestock products and live animals : fees for veterinary inspections

— Products imported from non-member countries : amendment to the current Directive on veterinary

inspections

— Well-being of animals during transport

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Animal feedingstuffs

— Micro-organisms and enzymes in animal feedingstuffs : legal status of possibilities for their use

— Animal feedingstuffs : laying down principles for the organization of controls

Plant health and quality of plant products

OO — Plant health products : establishment of uniform principles for granting authorization to place on the

market and for evaluation

Technical and legal matters

Health protection

Pharmaceutical products

— European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products : Financial Regulation

Foodstuffs

'
OO — Mineral and spring waters : replacing Directive 80 / 777 / EEC by harmonization under the new
approach ', confined to essential requirements

Environmental protection

O — Biocides for non-agricultural use and their active ingredients : laying down common rules for granting

national authorization to place on the market ( guidelines and settlement of conflicts )

O — Emissions of volatile organic compounds resulting from the storage of petrol and its distribution from
OO terminals to service stations : stage 2

O — Biodegradability of detergents : amendment, for certain uses, of the minimum thresholds laid down by

framework Directive 73 / 404 / EEC, in order to take account of environmental developments

Safety protection

OO — Cable installations for public passenger transport : essential safety conditions

O — Pressure vessels : harmonization of essential safety requirements to ensure a consistent approach

OO

— Two     - or three-wheel motor vehicles : harmonization (' old approach ') of the final aspects or charac ­

teristics to complete the EEC type-approval procedure introduced by framework Directive 92 / 61 / EEC

— Motor vehicles other than private cars : harmonization (' old approach ') of interior fittings in buses and

coaches as regards inflammability, supplementing framework Directive 92 / 53 / EEC

— Aerosols for decorative and recreational use : amendment of Directive 76 / 769 / EEC to limit the use of

inflammable gases

O O — Asbestos : restrictions on placing on the market for certain uses

— Gas appliances : extending the scope of Directive 90 / 396 / EEC to appliances using fuels other than gas

to ensure a consistent approach to safety

— Adapting to technical progress existing harmonization legislation (' old approach ') on certain
components of motor vehicles, motor cars, and agricultural and forestry tractors

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Fair trading

OO — Articles made of precious metals ( gold, silver, platinum, palladium ): harmonization of essential

requirements

OO — In vitro diagnosis : harmonization of rules in line with the outcome of work by the European

Standardization Committee

Taxation

— Special VAT scheme for automobiles : common rules defining new cars

— Registration and road taxes for automobiles : common rules on temporary use

— Excise duty on mineral oils : introduction of rules on the colouring and marking of oils used, at reduced

rates, as car fuel

— Tobacco and alcoholic beverages : gradual raising of the tax-free allowances laid down by Directive

92 / 12 / EEC

O — Annual taxes on private motor vehicles : harmonization of structure by establishing a consistent and fair
OO base in the light of environmental problems and harmful emissions

— Tax allowances for losses inherent in the nature of dutiable products in the course of production,

processing and storage : conditions for granting such allowances

— Rates of duty : adjustment of the target rates laid down in Directive 92 / 12 / EEC, in line with

developments

2112 . Free movement of persons, freedom of establishment and legal environment for business
activities

Ensuring freedom of establishment and freedom of residence for Community citizens, creating a propitious
legal environment for businesses .

Facilitating access to self-employed activities and their performance and encouraging mutual recognition of
diplomas, certificates and qualifications

O — Collectively regulated occupations : establishment of Community rules for cross-border activities so as

to remove obstacles caused by differences between national regulations

O — Legal professions : preparation of a proposal for a directive to improve the rules on right of estab ­

lishment currently applying to the professions

Company law and company taxation

OO — Cross-border cooperation between companies of different Member States : extension of scope of

Directives 90 / 434 / EEC ( Mergers ) and 90 / 435 / EEC ( Parent companies / subsidiaries ) to cover all forms
of company subject to corporation tax

O — Annual and consolidated accounts : amendment of Fourth and Seventh Directives 78 / 660 / EEC and
OO 83 / 349 / EEC to extend their scope to financial conglomerates

OO — European company : taxation arrangements applicable to transfers of places of business

Intellectual and industrial property

— Plant health products : introduction of a supplementary protection certificate

O — Industrial designs and models : legal protection rules, creation of a Community Industrial Designs and
OO Models Office and coordination of the national rules relating to the term of protection and the legal
effect

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2113 . Free movement of services

Ensuring the freedom to offer services in the case of operators established in a Member State other than that of
the recipient of the service so as to encourage competition, increase competitiveness and extend the range of
choice offered to private users and to businesses within the single market .

Telecommunications services

In the light of the conclusions to be drawn from the consultations on the Green Paper on postal services
published in July 1992 and the report on the situation of telecommunications services submitted in October

1992, the Commission will deliberate on guidelines for the substantive and scheduling aspects of any
subsequent legislative proposals required to ensure the proper operation of the common market .

New technologies and information technologies

Standardization

O — Provision of satellite telecommunications services : approximation of the laws of the Member States on

the mutual recognition of licences

Transport services

— Hiring of heavy goods vehicles and buses in other Member States : removal of certain restrictions

Financial services

— Coordination of certain undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities ( Ucits ):
extension of the scope of Directive 85 / 611 / EEC to such undertakings which invest their assets in
money market instruments and to those which invest their assets in shares issued by other such under ­
takings, to make them subject to a single approval system

— Supervision of credit institutions : measures to strengthen and clarify the role of auditors in the light of

the analysis of the implications of the BCCI affair

— possibility for supervisory authority to refuse or cancel authorization when the structure of a group

becomes opaque

— correspondence in one country between real place of business and registered office

— strengthening of intra-Community cooperation between regulatory authorities and other bodies

— obligation for auditors to report to supervisory authorities any facts casting doubt on the solvency of

the institution

O — Prudential supervision of financial groups ( credit, insurance, stock exchange institutions ): measures to

supplement the Directive in force relating to supervision on a consolidated basis ( 92 / 30 / EEC ) in order
to establish the conditions for adequate supervision

— System for indemnifying investors in transferable securities : minimum protection against bankruptcy,

winding-up, fraud, etc . of the issuing companies

Audiovisual services

Regulatory aspects

O — Copyright and neighbouring rights : harmonization of the rules applicable to the private copying of
O O sound and audiovisual works

Technological aspects

— High definition television ( HDTV ): harmonization of the different means of broadcasting ( satellite,

cable, land-based ) and of the different technologies possible ( analog or digital ) in order to ensure the
interoperability of the new HDTV systems

Audiovisual production

— Media programme of measures to promote the development of the audiovisual industry : evaluation and

amendment of Decision 90 / 685 / EEC which established the programme

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2114 . Free movement of capital and payments

Ensuring that there are no restrictions on the movement of capital and payments between Member States of
the Community and, in due course, between Member States and non-member countries .

2115 . Competition policy

Creating a level playing field by taking action against agreements, concerted practices, abuse of dominant
positions and mergers which are incompatible with the common market, government subsidies, exclusive rights
and dumping .

O — Merger control : revision of certain provisions of Regulation ( EEC ) No 4064 / 89

2116 . Interoperability of network systems

Contributing to the functioning of the internal market and enabling citizens of the union, economic operators
and local and regional authorities to derive full benefit from the setting up of an area without internal frontiers .

Ensuring the interoperability of networks, in particular by harmonization of technical standards

— Data-transmission connections between Community and national departments : programme for the

development of interchange of data between administrations ( IDA ) networks

OO — Intra-Community trade statistics : establishment of a computerized data-transmission infrastructure for

collection, processing and distribution

— Satellite telecommunications : approximation of national laws with a view to improving access to tele ­

communications space segments in Europe

— High-speed train network : rules to ensure technical interoperability of networks

— Security of information systems : approximation of national laws by extending the current plan of

action, adopted by the Council on 31 March 1992

2117 . Consumer protection

Contributing to the attainment of a high level of consumer protection through measures concerned with the
establishment and functioning of the internal market .

O — Information concerning certain foodstuffs : harmonization of national legislation to increase trans ­

CD O parency ( to complement Directives 79 / 112 / EEC, 84 / 450 / EEC and 90 / 496 / EEC )

212 . Common commercial policy

Safeguarding the unity of the Single Market through implementation of uniform common import
arrangements, contributing to the harmonious development of world trade through liberalization, while main ­
taining appropriate trade protection .

— National tariff quotas : total elimination

— Anti-counterfeiting measures : introduction of uniform rules to protect the Community 's economy and

reassure consumers and manufacturers

— European pharmacopoeia : signing by the Community of the Council of Europe Convention, harmon ­

ization of human medicine tests, harmonization of veterinary medicines

— Duty-free allowance for travellers : re-drafting of the Regulation (( EEC ) No 918 / 83 ) currently in force

in accordance with a concept which takes account of the fiscal aspects of the question, so as to ensure
uniform implementation of Community law

— Imports of ECSC products originating in GATT countries, countries accorded like treatment and

non-GATT ( primarily State-trading ) countries : introduction of Community arrangements

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213 . Common agricultural policy

As part of the changing agricultural policy, achieving rational development of agricultural production in the
Community, technical progress and optimum utilization of production factors, particularly labour, while
ensuring a fair standard of living for the agricultural community, market stability, security of supply and
reasonable prices for consumers .

Implementing the reforms adopted in 1992 with a view to bringing about more balanced markets, improving
both the internal and international competitiveness of the Community 's agricultural sector, providing farmers
with more stable incomes and ensuring that the Community 's resources are distributed more fairly, while main ­
taining the social and economic balance in rural areas, in particular by environmental protection and, at the
same time, observing the basic principles of the common agricultural policy ( unity of the market, Community
preference and financial solidarity ).

— Sugar : common market organization

— Wine : reform of the common market organization

— Alcohol of agricultural origin : establishment of a common market organization replacing the various

national arrangements, designed to remove all obstacles to free movement, superseding the proposal
pending since 1981

— Accompanying measures for the reform of the common agricultural policy, adopted in 1992 ( early

retirement, afforestation, environmental protection measures, including extensification and set-aside of
land )

O — Community genetic heritage and bio-diversity : coordination of Mepiber States ' efforts concerning the

conservation, characterization and use of genetic resources in agriculture

— Agricultural prices and related measures for 1993 / 94

214 . Common fisheries policy

Sustaining fishery resources by rationalizing fishing activities and ensuring the economic and social viability of
the industry in the Community by regulating access to external resources and developing control mechanisms
and sources of supply .

— Regulation of fishing operations in the area of the North-West Atlantic Fisheries Organization

— Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal to the European Communities : amendment of certain accession

arrangements regarding fisheries in the light of the discussions on the 1992 report

— Fishing activities using static gear : amendment of technical measures for the conservation of fishery

resources ( Regulation ( EEC ) No 3094 / 86 )

— Limits on fishing : setting of total allowable catches and quotas, and related measures for 1994

— Prices of fishery products for 1994

— Access of waters of non-member countries for Community fishing vessels : negotiation or renegotiation

of new fishing agreements with the Russian Federation, Canada, Seychelles, Sao Tome, Guinea-Bissau,
Gambia, Mauritania, Mozambique, Mauritius, Guinea, Gabon, India, Namibia, Chile, Colombia,
Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela

215 . Common transport policy

Reinforcing and completing the operation of the Single Market, through the establishment of a genuine
common transport market by ensuring lasting mobility, improving safety standards, providing better living and
working conditions for transport workers, developing and integrating transport systems in the Community and
building up outside links .

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In the light of the discussions on the White Paper on the development of the transport policy published in
December 1992 the Commission has finalized its guidelines .

Economic measures and regulations

— Rail transport : drawing-up of common rules on establishment of companies, allocation of infrastructure

capacity and charges for the use of railway infrastructure

'
OO — Carriage of goods by inland waterway : adjustment of ' tour de role system and other positive measures

OO — Fees for intra-Community air services : introduction of principles and criteria for setting fees

Harmonization measures

— Weights and dimensions of road vehicles : application of Directive 85 / 3 / EEC to national traffic

— Tachograph : alterations to incorporate technological developments and amendment of Regulation

( EEC ) No 3821 / 85

Transport safety

— Establishment of database on road accidents ( CARE )

— Carriage of dangerous goods : Community standards for the application to national traffic of interna ­

tional arrangements ( ADR / RID ) and uniform procedures

— Carriage by sea of dangerous and polluting goods : minimum requirements for ships entering or leaving

Community seaports, designed to ensure that the authorities are properly informed and can take appro ­
priate action should there be an incident ( Phase II )

— Control of ships by the port State : tighter measures

— International rules and certain resolutions of the Intrnational Maritime Organization : convergent

application in the Community

— Introduction of common safety rules for :

O — marine equipment

— training for seamen

— Introduction of common rules and standards for classification societies and technical shipbuilding

standards

Transport ecology

O — ' NO x ' emissions from new aircraft : reduction in two stages not affecting engines currently in

production

External matters

— Inland waterway transport : requirements for entry into the Community for vessels from non-member

countries

— Civil aviation : negotiation of agreements with Switzerland and certain countries in central and eastern

Europe

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22 . INCREASING ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COHESION

Promoting harmonious development of the Community as a whole, in partnership with Member States, firms
and regions, by narrowing the regional development gap ; helping less-favoured regions, including rural areas
and outermost regions to catch up ; making the employment of workers easier, increasing their geographic and
occupational mobility, and facilitating their adaptation to industrial change and changes in production systems .

221 . Structural activities

In the light of the conclusions reached by the Edinburgh European Council, the Commission will propose the
necessary measures to adjust the structural policies . It has already proposed a temporary legal basis for early
establishment of the Cohesion Fund and a definitive regulation

— Reform for the Structural Funds : revision of the basic Regulations (( EEC ) No 2052 / 88 and ( EEC ) No

4253 / 88 )

— European Regional Development Fund : amendment of Regulation ( EEC ) No 4254 / 88

— European Social Fund : amendment of Regulation ( EEC ) No 4255 / 88 to render the employment of

workers easier, to increase their geographic and occupational mobility and to facilitate their adaptation
to industrial change and changes in production systems in particular through vocational training and
retraining

— EAGGF ( Guidance Section ): amendment of Regulation ( EEC ) No 4256 / 88

— EAGGF ( Guidance Section ): adaptation of Regulations ( EEC ) No 2328 / 91, ( EEC ) No 866 / 90 and

( EEC ) No 867 / 90 on improving the efficiency of agricultural structures and the conditions for the
processing and marketing of agricultural and forestry products

— Inclusion of the structural components of the common fisheries policy in the revision of the Structural

Funds Regulations

222 . Trans-European networks

Contributing, notably through support programmes, to economic and social cohesion by encouraging the inter ­
connection and interoperability of national networks and access to these networks ; promoting the estab ­
lishment and development of trans-European networks, and taking account of the need to provide links
between island, enclave and remote regions and central regions of the Community .

Defining and implementing guidelines on objectives, priorities and main lines of action

— Master plans for traditional railways, ports, airports, management of air traffic and shipping

T elecommunications

— Integrated services digital network ( ISDN ): objectives and priorities for the coordination of action by

the Member States to ensure interoperability

— Broadband services network : objectives and priorities for the coordination of action by the Member

States to ensure interoperability ( pilot phase )

Energy

— Natural gas and electricity networks : identification of missing links and projects of common interest

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23 . STIMULATING GROWTH AND ESTABLISHING ECONOMIC AND MONETARY UNION

Regenerating economic momentum by implementing the European growth initiative, strengthening competi ­
tiveness and making progress towards establishing EMU

231 . A closely coordinated economic policy

Improving economic policy coordination and the convergence of economic performance

— Economic convergence : annual report for 1993 on the economic situation in the Community

— Economic convergence : annual report for 1994 on the economic situation in the Community

— Preparations for Stage II of economic and monetary union :

— detailed rules for prohibiting privileged access by the public sector to financial institutions

— rules for applying the ban on monetary financing of public deficits

232 . Defining a single monetary policy

Preparing for a single monetary and exchange rate policy with a view to the irrevocable fixing of exchange
rates as a preliminary to the introduction of a single currency, the ecu, and the maintenance of price stability .

— Preparations for Stage II of economic and monetary union :

— rules on compilation of the statistics to be used to determine the key for capital subscriptions to the

European Monetary Institute

— setting the limits and conditions for consultation of the European Monetary Institute by Member

States on proposed legislation in areas falling within its competence

233 . Stimulating economic growth

The Edinburgh European Council agreed on an action programme to stimulate economic growth in Europe .
This programme contains a number of initiatives by Member States and Community authorities . The

Community measures come under various chapters of the legislative programme : the area without internal
frontiers, cohesion, research, trans-European networks, etc .

24 . PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE, ENVIRONMENT-FRIENDLY GROWTH

241 . Environment policy

Aiming for a high level of protection, with allowance for regional diversity ; applying the principle of preventive

action, the principle of correction, preferably at source, of attacks on the environment and the ' polluter pays '
principle ; implementing the fifth Community action programme against a background of radical change in current
forms of growth, production, consumption, and behaviour patterns within the Community and practice at global,

regional, national, local and, indeed, personal level .,

O — Integrated pollution control : introduction of an integrated system to limit and prevent emissions which
OO pollute air, water and soil

— Environmental impact assessment : revision and / or extension of existing instruments

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Contributing to conservation, protection and improvement of the quality of the environment

Air

O — Consumption of HCFCs : control in the Community following the November 1992 revision of the

Montreal Protocol with a view to phasing-out substances that deplete the ozone layer

O — Products containing CFCs or halons originating in countries not party to the Montreal Protocol : ban

on imports into the Community

— Monitoring and evaluation of air quality : introduction of framework standards to harmonize moni ­

toring rules to promote the comparability of data and harmonize health protection criteria

— Basic air quality data : improvement of comparability and transparency to secure a coherent overview of

the impact of measures to reduce emissions

— Revision of the ' Seveso ' Directive

water

O — Ecological quality of surface waters : introduction of procedures for the gradual improvement of the

aquatic environment in line with objectives set by Member States

O — Protection of bathing waters : adaptation of Directive 76 / 150 / EEC to clarify its provisions and take

account of new scientific knowledge

O — Quality of drinking water : amendment of Directive 80 / 778 / EEC to adapt it to scientific progress and

extend it to all water for domestic use

Developing international cooperation ( follow-up to the June 1992 Rio Summit )

— Montreal Protocol : revision

242 . Research and technological development ( R&TD )

In partnership with the Member States, industry, research centres and universities, promoting high-quality
R&TD in order to increase the international competitiveness of Community industry and to improve the
quality of life by increasing the selectivity, quality and effectiveness of the research effort, by encouraging
cooperation and promoting coherence between national policies, by enabling the potential of the internal
market to be exploited in full throughout the Community, by increasing cooperation with non-member
countries and international organizations, by promoting the dissemination and utilization of R&TD results, by
stimulating the training and mobility of researchers and by promoting the coordination of national R&TD
policies .

— Fourth framework programme of research and technological development ( 1994 to 1998 ): programme

consolidating and concentrating the full range of R&TD and industrial innovation activities with a view
to maintaining the competitiveness of European industry and using science and technology to serve
society

O — Fourth framework programme of research and technological development ( 1994 to 1998 ): establishing

rules for the participation of industry, research centres and universities and for the dissemination of
research results

— Fourth framework programme of research and technological development ( 1994 to 1998 ): first specific

R&TD programmes

Developing international scientific and technical cooperation

— EEC-Canada : negotiation of an agreement on scientific and technical cooperation

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243 . Industry and small business

Enhancing the competitiveness of firms in a system of open and competitive markets, supported by the estab ­
lishment of trans-European networks, backed by the research effort and anticipating change .

Coal and steel industries

On the general assumption that the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community will duly
expire in July 2002, making use of the flexibility of the Treaty to adapt its application to the situation in the
coal and steel industries and organizing their gradual incorporation into the EEC Treaty, focusing on the
financial instruments and social provisions .

244 . Energy

Improving the Community 's energy balance

Promoting the development and dissemination of energy technologies

O — Demonstration of innovating technology and dissemination and utilization of the results of techno ­
OO logical development ; Community support to enhance security of supply, to improve the quality of the
environment and to promote the rational use of resources both as pan of the follow-up to the
Community Thermie programme and under the fourth framework programme of research and techno ­
logical development ( 1994 to 1998 )

Promoting energy efficiency and new and renewable energy sources

— Efficiency of domestic appliances : introduction of standards designed to achieve a 10 to 15 %
improvement over a four-year period and a corresponding reduction in C0 2 emissions and to remove
obstacles to intra-Community trade

External aspects

— European Energy Charter : negotiation and conclusion of a basic agreement setting out general rules on

trade in energy, conditions for investment and environmental protection, and of sectoral protocols on
cooperation ( nuclear safety, energy efficiency, oil and gas ) with the G-24 countries, the countries of
Central and Eastern Europe and the independent States of the former Soviet Union

— Community accession to the International Energy Agency : amendment of the pending recommendation

for negotiating directives

25 . PROMOTING A HIGH LEVEL OF EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL PROTECTION

Developing the social dimension of the internal market and consolidating Community cohesion and competi ­
tiveness by strengthening social policy, with due regard for the diversity of national systems, cultures and
practices, and by developing vocational training .

25 1 . Social policy

Promoting employment, improving living and working conditions, providing proper social protection,
promoting and developing the dialogue between management and labour at European level with a view to
arriving at relations based on agreement, developing human resources with a view to sustainable high
employment, and combating social exclusion .

Improving health protection and safety at the workplace by harmonizing conditions while maintaining the
improvements made and by the gradual application of minimum rules ( through individual directives within the
meaning of framework Directive 89 / 391 / EEC ).

— Protection of workers against risks related to exposure to chemical agents : minimum requirements

implementing Community rules and regulations on chemical agents and measures in force for the
protection of the outside environment

OO — Specific work equipment : minimum health and safety requirements relating to rules for the use and

periodic inspection of equipment, supplementing Directive 89 / 655 / EEC and directives in force on
freedom of movement

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Providing protection for employees in the event of termination of contract

'
OO — Safeguarding employees rights in the event of transfers of undertakings : amendment of Directive

77 / 187 / EEC on the approximation of legislation

Combating social exclusion and encouraging the integration of persons excluded from the labour market .

— Combating social exclusion : support, innovation and exchange programme to promote exchanges of

experience and consciousness-raising among the parties concerned

252 . Vocational training

By means of encouragement, cooperation and support between Member States, helping to develop quality
training, to set up a European area of qualifications and to promote growth-stimulating initiatives, in particular
by catering for industrial change .

O — Vocational qualifications : introduction of a system of transparency based on cooperation between
OO Member States

Improving initial and continuing training

— Force programme for the development of continuing vocational training in the Community : reorgan ­

ization, rationalization and extension of current Community measures ( Eurotecnet programme and Iris
network )

Facilitating access to vocational training and encouraging mobility of instructors and trainees, particularly
young people

— Petra programme for training and preparation of young people for adult and working life ( 1987 to

1994 ): modifications designed to consolidate application and to increase participation by the two sides
of industry

Stimulating cooperation on training between educational or training establishments and firms

— Comett programme to encourage cooperation between higher education and industry in the field of

technology — Phase III : launching of Comett III

Fostering cooperation with third countries and the competent international organizations in the sphere of
vocational training

— European Training Foundation : updating of draft regulation establishing the Foundation to take

account of the vocational training requirements of the Commonwealth of Independent States

— European Training Foundation : conditions of employment for staff

— Cooperation between the Community and the USA : launching of a Community scheme in the field of

vocational training and higher education

                 - Developing exchange of information and experience on issues common to the training systems of the Member

States

O — Trans-European networks in the field of vocational training and education : support for action by the

Member States

26 . PROMOTING A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE

Strengthening solidarity between the peoples of Europe with due regard for their individuality, history, culture
and traditions .

26 1 . Consumer production

Supporting and complementing Member States ' policies to achieve a high level of protection for the health and
physical safety and the economic and legal interests of consumers and to provide them with appropriate infor ­
mation .

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262 . Public health

Contributing to a high level of health protection, by promoting cooperation between Member States,
supporting and complementing their efforts where necessary but stopping short of harmonization .

Promoting cooperation with non-member countries and international organizations

— EEC-Asean : negotiation and conclusion of an agreement to strengthen international action to prevent

the deflection of precursors for the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances

263 . Education and youth

Contributing to the development of quality education provision, by promoting cooperation between the
Member States and the involvement of young people in European integration, supporting and complementing
the measures taken by the Member States .

Developing the European dimension of education by promoting the study and dissemination of the languages
of the Member States

— Lingua programme for the promotion of language skills ( 1990 to 1994 ): extension by one year to attain

the objectives of the programme and to take account of the requirements of the various sectors of
economic life

Facilitating student and teacher mobility by promoting academic recognition of diplomas and periods of study

O — Erasmus student mobility programme ( third phase ): launching of Erasmus III to follow up the 1987 to

1993 programme with the aim of increasing student mobility, promoting inter-university cooperation,
encouraging teacher mobility and creating a pool of graduates with direct experience in intra-Comunity
cooperation

Developing the exchange of information and experience on problems common to the education systems of the
Member States

— Education in the Community and the European Economic Area : creation of an information network

based on the Eurydice experience to promote exchange of information on national education systems

Facilitating the development of exchanges of young people and youth workers

— Youth for Europe programme 1992 to 1994 ( third phase ): rationalization of existing actions to

complement policy and action at national level

264 . Culture

Contributing to the flowering of the cultures of the Member States, while respecting national diversity and
bringing the common cultural heritage to the fore, by encouraging cooperation between the Member States,
complementing and supporting their efforts where necessary but stopping short of harmonization .

The audiovisual sector is covered in section 2113 .

3 . AFFIRMING THE UNION 'S IDENTITY ON THE INTERNATIONAL SCENE

Strengthening new international responsibilities in the new architecture of Europe in order to contribute to the
future equilibrium of the continent and to the harmonious development of international relations, while
ensuring that the Community 's external activities are based on and backed up by strong and stable common
internal policies .

3 1 . ESTABLISHING A COMMON FOREIGN AND SECURITY POLICY

Affirming the European identity on the international scene once the Treaty on European Union has been
ratified, by putting a common foreign and security policy into effect, eventually leading to the framing of a
common defence policy which might in time lead to a common defence, with the objective of safeguarding

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common values, fundamental interests and independence, strengthening security, preserving international
security, and developing and consolidating democracy and the rule of law and respect for human rights and
fundamental freedoms .

311 . European Political Cooperation

In the exercise of its own powers, the Commission will seek to achieve and to maintain coherence between the
various policies of the Member States and to promote European political cooperation

— Regional economic cooperation in the Middle East : implementation of the guidelines emerging from

political cooperation in the light of progress in the peace process

312 . Implementing the common foreign and security policy

Once ratification of the Treaty on European Union is completed, the Commission will exercise its right of
initiative to gradually implement common action in those areas where the Member States have substantial
interests in common while seeking to ensure coherence between external action, economic policy and
development policy .

32 . ENLARGEMENT

Progress along the lines laid down by the Treaty on European Union, with proper regard for the essential
components of the European identity, the democratic system, respect for human rights and the capacity of the
applicant countries to accept and apply the acquis communautaire and the common foreign and security policy .

— Accession of Austria, Sweden and Finland : negotiations

— Accession of Norway : presentation of the Commission 's opinion

— Accession of Malta : presentation of the Commission 's opinion

— Accession of Cyprus : presentation of the Commission 's opinion

33 . EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA AND OTHER RELATIONS WITH THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN

FREE TRADE ASSOCIATION

Progress towards implementation of the Agreement signed at Oporto on 2 May 1992, establishing a European
Economic Area between the Community and the Member States of the European Free Trade Association as an
integrated, dynamic and homogeneous economic entity founded on common rules relating to the four
freedoms, rules of fair competition and shared policies, in the general context of relations based on proximity,
shared values regarding democracy and the market economy and a common European identity .

— European Economic Area : implementation of planned tariff measures

34 . POLICY ON COOPERATION AND RELATIONS WITH DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND OTHER

ASSOCIATED COUNTRIES

Promoting cooperation for the development of non-member countries or groups of such countries or giving
them associations with the Community, either multilaterally or bilaterally, with a view to developing and
consolidating democracy, the rule of law and respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms in
non-member countries and thereby encouraging the sustainable economic and social development of the
developing countries, especially the least-developed of them, and the fight against proverty there and harmoni ­
ously and progressively integrating them into the world economy, and boosting the support given to the
economic and political reform processes launched in the countries of central and eastern Europe and in the
members of the CIS .

— Framework for Community medium and long-term macroeconomic and financial assistance to

non-member countries

341 . Countries of central and eastern Europe and the independent States of the former Soviet Union

With support from the Tacis technical assistance programmes, advancing towards closer links and broader
cooperation with the independent States of the former Soviet Union so as to generate the conditions required
for establishment of a market economy and a democratic society ; with support from the Phare programme of
multilateral cooperation and assistance and the food aid programmes, advancing towards closer association

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with the countries of central and eastern Europe, by developing the bilateral relations established by the current
or future Europe Agreements with Poland, Hungary, the Czech and Slovak Republics, Romania and Bulgaria
so as to bring these countries into the process of European integration with a prospect of ultimate accession,
and developing the relations established by the trade and cooperation agreements with Albania and the Baltic
States

— EEC-independent States of the former Soviet Union / Baltic States / Mongolia / former Yugoslavia /

Albania / Romania / Bulgaria : negotiation of bilateral textile agreements

— Contracting parties to the Common Transit Convention ( EEC / Member States of the European Free

Trade Association ) — Hungary / Poland / Czech and Slovak Republics : establishment of relations

concerning transit procedures with a view to helping these countries adopt modern customs legislation
and confirm their transition to a market economy

— EEC-Bulgaria / Romania / Slovenia : tariff measures provided for in the Europe Agreements to come into

effect

— European Investment Bank loans in countries of central and eastern Europe : renewal of all Community

guarantees

342 . Mediterranean, Middle East and Gulf countries

Working for a comprehensive strategy which, looking beyond the restoration of peace and the pursuit of
humanitarian aid, consists of establishing Treaty-based relations with the States of former Yugoslavia,
promoting the implementation of the reformed Mediterranean policy elaborated in 1992 for the harmonious
development of the peoples of the southern countries of the basin through the fourth bilateral financial
protocols, for that purpose accelerating the dismantling of tariff barriers and boosting support for regional
projects, and launching a new form of partnership-based cooperation with the Maghreb countries .

— Textiles : negotiation of an extension of the preferential arrangements with Turkey, Morocco, Tunisia,

Egypt, Malta

— EEC-Israel : negotiation of an extension to the scope of the free trade agreement in force since 1975, in

the context of regional economic cooperation in the Middle East

— EEC-Tunisia : negotiation and conclusion of a Europe-Maghreb type agreement on a partnership basis

— EEC-Cyprus : negotiation of a cooperation agreement to allow audiovisual professionals in Cyprus to

take part in the Media programme

— Reformed Mediterranean policy : negotiation of improvements to the protocols on rules of origin

343 . Countries of Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific

Full implementation of the Fourth Lome Convention for the association between the Community and the 69
ACP countries under national and regional framework programmes, including support for structural

adjustment, and preparing for the mid-term review .

344 . Countries of Asia and Latin America

Implementing financial and technical cooperation in accordance with the new multiannual guidelines that came
into force in 1992, while broadening cooperation with the Asian countries and pursuing the process of
strengthening bilateral and multilateral relations with Latin America, notably through third-generation bilateral
agreements extending to industrial cooperation, the development of human resources and environmental
protection .

— EEC-Vietnam : negotiation and conclusion of an economic cooperation agreement

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345 . Horizontal and general cooperation and aid measures

Humanitarian aid

# OO — Food aid and emergency food aid : amendment of the current Regulation ( EEC ) No 3972 / 86 applicable

to the developing countries to extend it to all non-member countries and of the Regulations on general
rules for the mobilization of food aid (( EEC ) No 2200 / 87 ) and detailed rules for the application of the
basic Regulation (( EEC ) No 1420 / 87 )

Horizontal cooperation measures

— Tropical forests : definition, in the context of implementation of the conclusions of the June 1992 Rio

de Janeiro Conference, of the objectives and means of Community action for the sustainable conser ­
vation and management of resources

General cooperation measures

— Generalized system of preferences : review of the system and improvements to the rules of origin

— International Tropical Timber Agreement : negotiation of a new Agreement

35 . MULTILATERAL AND BILATERAL RELATIONS WITH THE INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES

Cooperating with Western partners in the context of a new style of partnership with the rest of the world based
on the gradual entrenchment of shared values and respect for each other 's interests while contributing, through
the Customs Union, to the harmonious development of world trade and to the liberalization of international
trade and pursuing both the closer dialogue with the United States and Canada under the Transatlantic
Declarations of 1990 and 1991 and, under the Joint Declaration of July 1991, the attempts with Japan to open
its market more fully to external trade and investment in the context of a coherent and comprehensive strategy .

— Uruguay Round : conclusion and implementation of the multilateral negotiations

— Customs cooperation : negotiation of a convention on a simplified scheme of international customs

transit for goods carried by rail

— Customs cooperation : conclusion of the UN Convention on the temporary importation of private and

commercial road vehicles

— Customs cooperation : negotiation of agreements with the United States and Canada to streamline

cooperation between customs authorities and put Community operators on an equal footing in partner
countries

— Textiles : upon conclusion of the Uruguay Round, integration of the industry in the GATT rules by

implementation of the first stage of the Textiles protocol

— Customs cooperation : conclusion of the UN Convention on the customs treatment of containers used

in international transport

36 . RELATIONS WITH INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Ensuring proper relations or concluding agreements with international organizations to establish associations
involving mutual rights and obligations, joint action and special procedures, notably in the form of close
cooperation with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, while maintaining all appro ­
priate links with UN organs and specialized agencies and with the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
and developing all appropriate forms of cooperation with the Council of Europe

4 . DEVELOPING CLOSE COOPERATION IN THE FIELDS OF JUSTICE AND HOME AFFAIRS

Once ratification of the Treaty on European Union has been completed, the Commission will implement the
Community measures called for by Article 100c . It will be fully associated with work on the matters listed in
Article K.l, notably those where the Treaty on European Union gives it the right to share the power of

initiative, for example in relation to immigration and asylum .

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5 . FUNCTIONING

Increasing democracy in the functioning of the institutions and improving efficiency and management .

51 . FINANCING

Guaranteeing sufficient funds for the Community, while respecting budgetary discipline and the financial
perspective .

New medium-term financial framework to accompany the second stage of Economic and Monetary Union,
reflecting the Community 's expanded powers under European Union .

— Revision of the own resources Decision

— General budget for 1994 : preliminary draft

— ECSC budget for 1994 : examination by Parliament of the Commission 's draft

Financial regulations

— Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the Communities : updating and revision to

reflect the implications of the changes brought about by the Treaty on European Union

— System of own resources : updating of Regulation ( EEC ) No 1552 / 89 implementing Decision
88 / 376 / EEC, Euratom to take account of the reserves entered in the budget as a result of the
European Council 's conclusions concerning the Delors II package of structural and financial measures,
including measures to combat fraud

— Financial Regulation : additions to proposal COM(92 ) 358 final amending the Financial Regulation of

21 December 1977 in order to take account of the reserve for humanitarian aid and the reserve for

endowing the Guarantee Fund relating to borrowing and lending operations

Measures to combat fraud

— Criminal law protection of the Community 's financial interests

— Irregularities involving the Structural Funds : harmonization of the statements presented by the Member

States pursuant to Article 23 of Regulation ( EEC ) No 4253 / 88

52 . EUROPEAN STATISTICAL SYSTEM

Establishing a Community statistical area by introducing a set of standards, methods and organizational
structures capable of producing comparable, reliable and relevant statistics throughout the Community,
providing the institutions and the Member States with the information they need to implement, monitor and
evaluate Community policies and distributing essential statistics to all concerned with economic and social

matters .

OO — Rules and principles for the production of statistics in all the Member States : coordination in order to

obtain comparable data responding to the same rules and principles of organization as Community
statistics

Transport

OO — Sea, road and other modes of transport : establishment of freight and passenger statistics

Business

OO — Trade : introduction of a system for the collection of structural and economic data based on

harmonized and synchronized concepts capable of producing comparable results in order to back up
and promote business policy and, in particular, with the aim of not making administrative obligations
any more cumbersome

OO — Industry : adoption of a common method to obtain coordinated statistics on structure and activities

through the annual business survey

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53 . PROGRAMMING AND TRANSPARENCY

531 . Consolidation of Community legislation

Continuation of efforts to make Community rules more accessible and more concise to help individuals and
businessmen find their way through the maze of legislation, by means of declaratory consolidation for infor ­
mation purposes ( amalgamation of all amendments to original instruments ) prepared by the Publications Office

of the European Communities and by means of legislative consolidation ( adoption of new legal instruments ).

Legislative consolidation

Consolidating existing legislation, including amendments and adjustments delegated to the Commission, by the
adoption of new official legal instruments in accordance with the normal decision-making procedure and publi ­
cation in the ' L ' series of the Official Journal of the European Communities, employing an accelerated and
mutually acceptable working method to be agreed with the Council and Parliament, depending on how much
of the legislation in force can be considered stable and provided that sufficient resources are available .

— Dangerous substances : classification, packaging and labelling in order to protect workers and the

environment ( Directive 67 / 548 / EEC )

— Roadworthiness tests for vehicles ( Directive 77 / 143 / EEC )

— Weights, dimensions and characteristics of road vehicles ( Directive 85 / 3 / EEC )

— Admission to the occupation of road haulage operator and mutual recognition of diplomas ( Directive

74 / 561 / EEC and 77 / 796 / EEC )

— Cosmetic products ( Directive 76 / 768 / EEC ): new amendments to the proposal for consolidation which

is pending ( amended 20 times )

— Textile names ( Directive 71 / 307 / EEC amended three times )

— Binary textile fibre mixtures : methods for quantitative analysis ( Directive 72 / 276 / EEC amended three

times )

— Excise duties on tobacco products ( Directive 72 / 464 / EEC )

— Social security ( Regulations ( EEC ) No 1408 / 71 and ( EEC ) No 574 / 72 )

— Oils and fats : common organization of the market ( Regulation 136 / 66 / EEC amended 24 times )

— Beef and veal : common organization of the market ( Regulation ( EEC ) No 805 / 68 amended 13 times )

— Bovine animals and swine : animal health ( Directive 64 / 432 / EEC amended 24 times )

— Beet seed ( Directive 66 / 400 / EEC amended 18 times )

— Fodder plant seed ( Directive 66 / 401 / EEC amended 19 times )

— Cereal seed ( Directive 66 / 402 / EEC amended 23 times )

— Seed potatoes ( Directive 66 / 403 / EEC amended 24 times )

— Oil and fibre plants ( Directive 69 / 208 / EEC amended 24 times )

— Common catalogue of varieties ( Directive 70 / 457 / EEC amended 17 times )

— Vegetable seed ( Directive 70 / 458 / EEC amended 22 times )

54 . COMMUNITY ADMINISTRATION

— Introduction of the option of payment of Community officials ' salaries in ecus and introduction of the

payment of their mission expenses in ecus, as part of the measures to strengthen the role of the ecu and
to promote recovery and development of the ecu market

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ANNEX I

LIST OF PENDING PROPOSALS TO BE REVIEWED OR WITHDRAWN, AFTER
CONSULTATION OF PARLIAMENT, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONCLUSIONS OF THE

EDINBURGH EUROPEAN COUNCIL ( ANNEX 2 TO PART A )

— Oil crisis mechanisms : review of whether to withdraw the pending proposal designed to adapt the

arrangements introduced by Council Decision 77 / 238 / EEC

— Keeping of animals in zoos : review of whether to alter the pending proposal

— Digital short-range radio-communications ( DSRR ): review of whether to withdraw the pending

proposal on radio frequencies

— Indirect taxes on operations in securities : review of whether to withdraw the pending proposal

— Indirect taxes on the raising of capital : review of whether to withdraw the pending proposal

— Sixth VAT Directive : review of whether to withdraw the proposal for amendment currently pending

— Increase in the tax-free allowance for fuel contained in the tanks of commercial vehicles : review of

whether to withdraw the pending proposal

— Temporary import arrangements for certain means of transport : review of whether to withdraw the

pending proposal

— Classification of documents of Community institutions : review of whether to withdraw the pending

proposal

— Network of information centres on agricultural markets and quality standards : review of whether to

withdraw the pending proposal

— Public takeover bids : revision of the pending proposal relating to the thirteenth Directive on the coordi ­

nation of the rules for the elimination of existing legal obstacles

— Common definition of concept of Community shipowner : revision of pending proposal

— Comparative advertising : revision of the pending proposal for a nucleus of general rules regardless of

the means of communication used

— Labelling of footwear : revision of the pending proposal

— Liability of service-providers : revision of the pending proposal on coordination of national rules

— Protection of personal and private data : revision of the pending proposal concerning the approximation

of the laws of the Member States with regard to mobile and fixed digital telecommunications networks

— Jams and preserves, natural mineral waters, honey, coffee extracts, fruit juices ( cocoa, chocolate, sugar,

preserved milk ): rationalization of the current harmonization directives replacing them by directives
under the ' new approach ', confined to essential requirements

— Protection of livestock : replacement of the existing directives laying down very strict standards for the

protection of laving hens, calves and pigs by minimum rules

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ANNEX II

LIST OF SUBJECTS ON WHICH GREEN OR WHITE PAPERS, NOT NECESSARILY LEADING

TO LEGISLATION, WILL BE PREPARED IN 1993

— Guarantees and after-sales services,

— Access of consumers to the courts,

— Mobile communications and frequencies,

— European dimension of education,

— Security of information systems,

— Community initiatives ( structural operations ),

— Civil liability for damage to the environment .

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ANNEX III

PRINCIPAL LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS ALREADY MADE BY THE COMMISSION AND STILL

PENDING BEFORE THE OTHER INSTITUTIONS

Page

1 . CITIZENS ' RIGHTS

2 . PROMOTING BALANCED AND SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL

PROGRESS

21 . An area without internal frontiers 35

211 . Ensuring the smooth operation of the Single Market 35

2111 . Free movement of goods 35

2112 . Free movement of persons, freedom of establishment and legal environment for business
activities 37

2113 . Free movement of services 38

2114 . Free movement of capital and payments

2115 . Competition policy

2116 . Interoperability of network systems

2117 . Consumer protection 40

212 . Common commercial policy 40

213 . Common agricultural policy 41

214 . Common fisheries policy 41

215 . Common transport policy 41

22 . Increasing economic and social cohesion 42

221 . Structural activities 42

222 . Trans-European networks 42

223 . Overseas departments and territories

23 . Stimulating growth and establishing economic and monetary union 42

231 . A closely coordinated economic policy

232 . Defining a single monetary policy

233 . Stimulating economic growth 42

24 . Promoting sustainable, environment-friendly growth 42

241 . Environment policy 42

242 . Research and technological development 44

243 . Industry and small business 44

244 . Energy 44

25 . Promoting a high level of employment and social protection 45

251 . Social policy 45

252 . Vocational training

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26 . Promoting a better quality of life 46

261 . Consumer protection 46

262 . Public health 46

263 . Education and youth 46

264 . Culture 46

265 . Civil protection 46

3 . AFFIRMING THE UNION 'S IDENTITY ON THE INTERNATIONAL SCENE

3 1 . Establishing a common foreign and security policy (')

311 . European Political Cooperation

312 . Implementing the common foreign and security policy

32 . Enlargement

33 . European Economic Area and other relations with the Member States of the European Free
Trade Association 46

34 . Policy on cooperation and relations with developing countries and other associated
countries 46

341 . Countries of central and eastern Europe and the independent States of the former Soviet
Union 46

342 . Mediterranean, Middle East and Gulf countries 47

343 . Countries of Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific 47

344 . Countries of Asia and Latin America 47

345 . Horizontal and general cooperation and aid measures 47

35 . Multilateral and bilateral relations with the industrialized countries 47

36 . Relations with international organizations

4 . DEVELOPING CLOSE COOPERATION IN THE FIELDS OF JUSTICE AND HOME
AFFAIRS ( 2 )

5 . FUNCTIONING

5 1 . Financing 47

52 . European statistical system 48

53 . Programming and transparency 48

531 . Consolidation of Community legislation 48

532 . Information for the public

54 . Community administration

(') Second pillar ( Title V of the Treaty on European Union ).
( ! ) Third pillar ( Title VI of the Treaty on European Union ).

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1 CITIZENS              - RIGHTS

           - European Human Rights Convention : Community accession Pending

            - Protection of personal data : ensuring that the processing of such Pending
data follows the same principles and is handled in a similar manner
in all the Member States

            - Right to vote and stand in local elections in the Member State of Pending
residence

2 . PROMOTING BALANCED AND SUBSTAINABLE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL

PROGRESS

21 . AN AREA WITHOUT INTERNAL FRONTIERS

211 . Ensuring the smooth operation of the Single Market

            - Vocational training for national officials dealing with indirect Pending
taxation : four-year Matthaeus-Tax programme ( 1993 to 1996 ) to
prepare officials for the task of applying correctly the new tax rules
entailed by the internal market and to establish administrative
cooperation, in particular to eliminate distortions of competition
between the Member States and to combat fraud

2111 . Free movement of goods

Veterinary matters

            - Fish diseases : introduction of Community control measures Pending

Animal feedingstuffs

            - Animal feedingstuffs : particular nutritional objectives Pending

Plant health and quality of plant products

            - Plant health : introduction of the principle of Member States ' Pending
financial solidarity and responsibility

Technical and legal matters

Prevention of new barriers

            - National technical standards and rules : tightening the current Pending
Community notification procedure ( Directives 83 / 189 / EEC and
88 / 182 / EEC ) to ensure greater transparency of action at national
level and to improve discipline in the event of common action

Health protection

Pharmaceutical products

            - New medicinal products : establishment of the European Agency for Pending
the Evaluation of Medicinal Products in the context of a procedure
for Community authorization to place on the market

            - Other medicinal products for human use : introduction of a decen             - Pending
tralized procedure for Community authorization to place on the
market

            - Veterinary medicinal products : introduction of a decentralized Pending
Community procedure for authorization to place on the market

            - Active and non-active medical devices : harmonization of national Pending
regulations to protect patients ' and users ' health and safety as
regards marketing and use

Foodstuffs

           - Labelling of foodstuffs : amendment of Directive 79 / 112 / EEC Pending

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  - Foodstuffs : assistance to the Commission and cooperation by
Member States in scientific examination

  - New foods and food ingredients : harmonization of the rules on

production, placing on the market and labelling

  - Agri   - foodstuffs : harmonization of national rules for protection

against contaminants

  - Irradiation of foodstuffs : rules for control of foods and food ingre ­

dients treated by ionizing radiation

  - Additives allowed for use in foodstuffs intended for human

consumption

  - Agri-foodstuffs : hygiene rules applicable to animal and plant
products

Environmental protection

— Emissions of volatile organic compounds resulting from the storage

of petrol and its distribution from terminals to service stations :
stage 1 in the standardization of terminals to reduce photochemical
emissions

Safety protection

  - Certification : affixing and use of the CE mark of conformity for

industrial products with a view to harmonizing the current labelling
provisions under the ' new approach ' and laying down a harmonized
basis for future technical developments in the Community

  - Approval for placing explosives on the market : introduction of a

Community control system to replace controls at internal borders
based on mutual recognition, on the basis of harmonization of the
conditions for placing on the market to take account of essential
safety requirements

  - Personal protective equipment : approximation of the laws of the

Member States, amending Directive 89 / 686 / EEC to meet essential
safety requirements to protect the health and safety of users

  - Electrical equipment for use in potentially explosive atmospheres :

harmonization of minimum safety rules for protective equipment
and systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres

  - Recreational craft

  - Lifts : replacement of Directive 84 / 529 / EEC

  - Machinery : second amendment of Directive 89 / 392 / EEC

Taxation

  - 18th VAT Directive ( a ): eliminating distortions of competition
resulting from transitional measures introduced by the Sixth VAT
Directive, with a view to limiting derogations from the VAT system
as regards the VAT base and moving closer to the principle of a
uniform base

  - VAT on second-hand goods, works of art, antiques and collectors '

items : common rules to eliminate the risk of distortion of compe ­
tition and double taxation

  - VAT on passenger transport : new rules amending Directive
77 / 388 / EEC to prevent distortions of competition in road and
waterway transport and eliminate border controls necessitated by
the payment of VAT on transport services

  - VAT on gold : common rules to eliminate market distortions and

controls, by exempting transactions relating to gold for investment
purposes in such a manner as to avoid disturbance to the market

Pending

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12th VAT Directive : expenditure not giving rise to deduction Pending

22nd VAT Directive : arrangements for small and medium-sized Pending
firms

           - Eighth VAT Directive : tax-free allowances for travellers from Pending
non-member countries

           - Excise duty on fuels of agricultural origin ( bio-fuels ) common rules Pending
for reduction as part of the energy, agricultural and environmental
objectives

2112 . Free movement of persons, freedom of establishment and legal environment for
business activities

Ensuring freedom of movement for employed persons

           - Freedom of movement for workers : removal of remaining Pending
restrictions on movement and residence within the Community for
workers of the Member States and their families, by means of
amendments to Regulation ( EEC ) No 1612 / 68 and Directive
68 / 360 / EEC

            - Posting of workers for the purpose of providing services : coordi            - Pending
nation of national laws with a view to establishing a nucleus of
imperative minimum protection rules

           - Application of social security schemes to employed persons, self            - Pending
employed persons and members of their family who move within
the Community : amendment of Regulations ( EEC ) No 1408 / 71
and ( EEC ) No 574 / 72 to remove obstacles inherent in social
security schemes to the freedom of establishment and freedom of
movement of persons who are not workers or members of their
family

           - Coordination of national social security rules : extension of Regu            - Pending
lations ( EEC ) No 1408 / 71 and ( EEC ) No 574 / 72 to all insured
persons not yet covered : non-employed persons, students and civil
servants subject to a special scheme

Company law and company taxation

            - European company ( SE ): creation of a statute as a specific legal Pending
framework enabling companies established in different Member
States to merge or to form a holding company or a common
subsidiary whilst avoiding the legal and practical constraints
resulting from 12 different legal systems

            - European company : rules to supplement the SE statute concerning Pending
the status of workers, defining the concept of employee partici ­
pation and setting out several potential participation models

           - European cooperatives, European mutual societies, European as            - Pending
sociations : creation of statutes with a view to facilitating the trans ­
national operations of such bodies

            - European cooperatives European mutual societies, European associ            - Pending
ations : rules to supplement the statute concerning the role of
workers in each of the three European entities to be created

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      - Arrangements for companies to take into account losses sustained

by their permanent establishments and subsidiaries situated in other
Member States : harmonization of rules on compensation

      - Interest and royalty payments between parent companies and subsi ­

diaries in different Member States : introduction of a taxation
scheme entailing elimination of all withholding at source

      - Company structure : fifth Directive concerning powers and obli ­

gations of public limited companies, including worker participation

      - Company structure : 10th Directive on cross-border mergers of

public limited companies

      - Tax arrangements for the carryover of losses : harmonization of

Member States ' legislation

Intellectual and industrial property

      - Community trade mark and Trade Mark Office : creation with a

view to facilitating companies ' search for markets at Community
level based on the establishment of a single Community trade mark
system with a single application to a Community Trade Mark
Office

      - Plant breeding : creation of a European plant-breeder 's right with a

view to increasing the productivity of agriculture by promoting the
constant creation of improved plant varieties

      - Biotechnological inventions : approximation of the laws of the

Member States concerning legal protection with a view to
promoting future research in this field

      - Legal protection of databases : common rules to protect the intel ­

lectual property rights of the creators of databases as well as to
prevent the extraction and unfair re-use of their contents

Public procurement

      - Public works contracts : amendments concerning technical
adjustments

      - Public supply contracts : recasting of existing instruments to
consolidate contents and align them on works and services
instruments

      - Public service contracts : coordination of award procedures with a

view to their extension to hitherto excluded sectors ( water, telecom ­
munications, transport, energy )

2113 . Free movement of services

Telecommunications services

O     - Voice telephony : establishment of a regulatory environment for the

activities of the providers of services

New technologies and information technologies

Standardization

— Terminal equipment for satellites : approximation of Member States '

legislation for mutual recognition of conformity of terminal
equipment of broadcasting stations not connected to the telecom ­
munications networks, extending the scope of Directive
91 / 263 / EEC

Pending

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           - Mutual recognition of licences and other national permits for tele ­ Pending

communications services : introduction of a single Community
licence and creation of a Community Telecommunications
Committee

Transport services

  - Internal transport of goods by road : definitive cabotage system

entailing the opening up of the national markets to non-resident

operators

  - Charging of transport infrastructure costs to heavy goods vehicles :

establishment of a provisional framework for the imposition of
minimum rates of tax accompanied by the possibility of introducing
non-discriminatory charges on motorways to be replaced by a
definitive tax system based on the principle of territoriality

Financial services

  - Bank deposit guarantee schemes : coordination of national rules so

as to introduce a comprehensive system of legislation based on a
single licence and prudential supervision by the Member State in
which the bank has its registered office, replacing the recommen ­
dation of 21 December 1986

  - Reorganization and winding up of insurance companies and credit

institutions : coordination of laws, regulations and administrative
provisions relating to institutions operating in more than one
Member State

  - Investment services in the securities field : coordination of rules with

a view to facilitating the freedom to provide services in this field by
means of a single approval procedure and common rules on
prudential supervision

  - Investment enterprises and credit institutions : capital adequacy

(' committee procedure ' aspects ), aiming at the setting of a minimum
initial capital and the definition of a common framework for the
surveillance of exposure

  - Capital adequacy of investment enterprises ( and credit institutions )

to ensure that the exposure of such enterprises is subject to closer
control in the Single Market : addition to the proposed directive
pending on investment services

  - Funds collected by institutions for retirement provision ( group
insurance ): coordination of laws, regulations and administrative
procedures relating to the freedom of management and investment

  - Cross-border stock exchange listing : amendments to Directive

80 / 390 / EEC to allow such listing without a new prospectus having
to be published

  - Supervision of credit institutions : measures to strengthen and clarify

the role of auditors in the light of the analysis of the implications of
the BCCI affair

— negotiations with non-member countries on the exchange of

information

Audiovisual services

Regulatory aspects

  - Copyright : accession of Member States to the Berne Convention for

the protection of literary and artistic works ( 1971 ) and the Rome
Convention on the protection of performers, producers of
phonograms and broadcasting organizations ( 1961 ) to guarantee
authors and performers a minimum level of protection by helping to
combat piracy of works, in particular audiovisual works

Pending

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           - Copyright and neighbouring rights : coordination of certain rules Pending
applicable to broadcasts, especially by satellite and cable, by estab ­
lishing the legal and economic bases necessary for European
creative activity in the cultural field

           - Copyright and neighbouring rights : harmonization of the term of Pending
protection of copyright and neighbouring rights to remove the
divergences and obstacles arising from the shortcomings of the
Berne and Rome Conventions in this respect

            - Data protection : general directive Pending

Technological aspects

           - Standards for satellite broadcasting of HDTV signals : action and Pending
support plan for 1992 to 1996 aimed at establishing a critical mass
among HDTV services using European standards, increasing the
number of high-quality networks and increasing the volume of high
technical quality programmes

Audiovisual production

            - High definition television ( HDTV ): encouragement for the Pending
European audiovisual programme industry ( 16:9 format and HD )

Energy services and products

           - Exploitation of geographical areas for prospecting, exploration and Pending
extraction of hydrocarbons

           - Electricity and natural gas markets : second phase of liberalization Pending
to ensure the free movement of electricity and gas and freedom of
establishment for undertakings active in these sectors

2117 . Consumer protection

           - Time-share contracts : introduction of rules to put an end to abuses Pending
by ensuring that consumers have the necessary information before
signing contracts and allowing them a set period during which they
can withdraw

           - Unfair terms in contracts : approximation of national rules on unfair Pending
terms in contracts between a consumer and a professional, whether
in the public or the private sector

           - Distance selling : establishment of a nucleus of general rules Pending
regardless of the means of communication used

           - Cosmetics : revision of the legislative apparatus ( sixth amendment of Pending
Directive 76 / 768 / EEC )

212 . Common commercial policy

           - Cultural objects unlawfully removed from the territory of a Pending
Member State : rules on return

            - Export controls on certain dual-use ( civil and military ) goods and Pending
technologies and certain nuclear products and technologies : intro ­
duction of a Community system free from the obstacles associated
with national controls

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      - Checks for conformity of products imported from third countries :

introduction of product-safety rules

      - Community trade protection instruments : harmonization and
rationalization of decision-making procedures, by transferring areas
currently in the Council 's jurisdiction to the Commission 's

      - Common arrangements applicable to imports from non-member

countries with market economies and State-trading regimes :
removal of remaining national restrictions, standardization of the
various import arrangements, simplification of formalities to be
completed by importers and adjustment of decision         - making
procedure by transfer of areas currently in the Council 's jurisdiction
to the Commission

      - Community procedure for administering quantitative quotas : estab ­

lishment of a Community procedure replacing the current system
for splitting Community quotas into national shares, to prevent
market fragmentation

      - Tariff and statistical nomenclature and the Common Customs
Tariff : new rules introducing greater consistency into the system of
codes and facilitating computerization of customs procedures

213 . Common agricultural policy

      - Bananas : establishment of a common market organization,
replacing the various national arrangements with a system designed
to guarantee adequate supplies for consumers and ensure disposal
of Community bananas

      - Potatoes : common market organization

      - Forestry : renewal of Regulation ( EEC ) No 1615 / 89 establishing a

European forestry information and communication system, for the
coordinated implementation of measures for the conservation and
development of forests in a way which is compatible with rural
development and the conservation and improvement of the
environment

214 . Common fisheries policy

      - Controls on fishing activities and landings : introduction of an

improved integrated global control system to replace Regulation
( EEC ) No 2241 / 87

      - Implementation of the common fisheries policy in the Mediter ­

ranean : harmonization of certain technical measures to establish a
common system for the management and conservation of fishery
resources specially suited to the region

215 . Common transport policy

Economic measures and regulations

Pending

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  - Shipping : positive measures Pending

Harmonization measures

- Computerized reservation systems for air services : harmonization

with a view to improved competition between carriers and better
customer information

- Air traffic management equipment : short-term integration and

harmonization rules

Pending

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External matters

            - Carriage of passengers and goods by road : negotiations with certain Pending
non-member countries

22 . INCREASING ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COHESION

22 1 . Structural activities

            - Cohesion Fund to finance environment and transport infrastructure Pending
projects of common interest : temporary instrument

            - Cohesion Fund to finance environment and transport infrastructure Pending
projects of common interest : establishment

           - Greek islands in the Aegean : programme of targeted actions to Pending
reinforce structural assistance and to introduce special measures to
improve the supply of agricultural products and develop local
products

222 . Trans       - European networks

           - Declaration of European interest : introduction of mechanism to Pending
mobilize private funds to finance trans-European networks

           - Transport infrastructure programmes for 1993 to 1997 ; amendment Pending
of Regulation ( EEC ) No 3359 / 90

           - Road networks, inland waterways and combined transport : Pending
Community master plans

23 . STIMULATING GROWTH AND ESTABLISHING ECONOMIC AND MONETARY

UNION

233 . Stimulating economic growth

           - European Investment Fund : creation, as part of a growth initiative, Pending
of a fund to guarantee investment in the public and private sectors
and facilitate the financing of small firms

24 . PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE, ENVIRONMENT-FRIENDLY GROWTH

241 . Environment policy

Horizontal aspects

           - ' Eco-audit ' ( evaluation and improvement of environmental Pending
performance ): Community master plan for information for the
general public to promote utilization by industry of the most
effective environmental management systems, including eco-audits,
and encouraging the use of reports certified by accredited environ ­
mental auditors

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           - Global Community strategy to stabilize CO2 emissions by the year

2000, to promote energy efficiency and to improve security of
supply :

— monitoring mechanism for CO2 and other greenhouse gas

emissions

— introduction of a CC^ / energy tax to encourage consumers to

save energy and switch to cleaner energy sources

— improving energy efficiency ( transport, construction, industry )

under the current SAVE programme

— alternative energy programme ( Altener ) 1993 to 1997

— Climate Change Convention

— Reduction of air pollution by emissions from light commercial

vehicles : approximation of the laws of the Member States to make
emission standards as stria as those applicable to passenger cars
under Directive 9 1 / 441 / EEC

— Reduction of air pollution by emissions from passenger cars :

approximation of the laws of the Member States with a view to a
further reduction in limit values from 1996, by amending Directive
70 / 220 / EEC as last amended by Directive 91 / 441 / EEC

— Emissions of certain pollutants into the air from large combustion

plants : amendment of Directive 88 / 609 / EEC

— Sulphur content of gasoil : amendment of Directive 87 / 219 / EEC to

introduce stricter limit values with a view to reducing emissions
from ships, motor vehicles, heating plant and industrial installations

Waste

  - Supervision and control of shipments of waste within, into and out

of the Community : replacement of the rules introduced by Directive
84 / 631 / EEC to take account of the implications of the Single
Market, and requirements flowing from the Lome IV Convention
and the Basle Convention

  - Damage caused by waste : introduction of the principle of the civil

liability of producers

  - Packaging and packaging waste : common rules to prevent and

reduce the quantity of packaging waste, to promote recovery and
reuse and to reduce final disposal to the strict minimum

  - Incineration of dangerous waste : introduction of measures and

procedures to prevent or minimize harmful effects on human health
and the environment

  - Landfill of waste : harmonization of environmental and technical

standards to protect soil and groundwater and prevent the
occurrence of contaminated sites

Contributing to the protection of human health

Nuclear safety

  - Basic safety standards to protect workers and the public from

the dangers of ionizing radiation : revision of Directive
80 / 836 / Euratom

Pending

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Shipments of radioactive substances within the Community : Pending
transitional measures pending entry into force of the new basic
safety standards

Contributing to the prudent and rational use of natural resources

      - Convention on international trade in endangered species, wild flora

and fauna ( Cites ): revision of Regulation ( EEC ) No 3826 / 82

Developing international cooperation ( follow-up to the June 1992 Rio Summit )

      - Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer :

conclusion

      - Basle Convention on the control of transboundary movements of

hazardous wastes : ratification

      - Convention on biological diversity : conclusion by the Community

to allow it to participate in a global legal instrument in support of
environmental objectives and the aims of many sectoral policies

      - Convention on climate change : negotiation by the Community to

allow it to participate in a global framework for cooperation on
sustainable development, in relation to transport and energy in
particular

242 . Research and technological development ( R&TD )

      - Third framework programme of research and technological devel ­

opment ( 1990 to 1994 ): additional funding

Developing international scientific and technical cooperation

      - EEC-Australia : negotiation of an agreement on scientific and

technical cooperation

243 . Industry and small business

Pending

Pending

Pending

Pending

Pending

Pending

Pending

      - Intensifying growth-oriented priority measures for enterprise policy, Pending
in particular for small and medium-sized enterprises : multiannual
programme ( 1993 to 1996 )

      - Ensuring the continuity of enterprise policy, in particular for small Pending
and medium-sized enterprises : multiannual programme ( 1994 to

1997 )

244 . Energy

Promoting energy efficiency and new and renewable energy sources

      - Altener programme for the promotion of alternative and renewable Pending
energy sources : new series of measures for 1993 to 1996

Nuclear energy

      - Euratom safeguards : amendment of Regulation ( Euratom ) No Pending
3227 / 76 to strengthen the international safeguards and non-pro ­
liferation arrangements

Coal

      - New Community rules for State aid to the coal industry with a view Pending
to restructuring the industry to take account of social and regional
imperatives

External aspects

      - EAEC       - Russia : Agreement Pending

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25 . PROMOTING A HIGH LEVEL OF EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL PROTECTION

251 . Social policy

Employment and pay

            - Atypical work : introduction of minimum rules for different types of Pending
employment contract to eliminate distortions of competition and to
improve transparency in the labour market

            - Atypical work : introduction of rules to improve the working Pending
conditions of part-time workers with regard to vocational training,
information and social security benefits

Improving working and living conditions for workers, so as to make possible their harmon ­
ization while the improvement is being maintained

             - Organization of working time : introduction of minimum rules Pending
covering rest periods, conditions for the use of shift work and the
protection of health and safety, to help firms adapt to changes on
the labour market

            - Protection of young workers : adjustment of national labour regu             - Pending
lations applicable to workers so that their specific development,
vocational training and access to employment needs are met

Improving health protection and safety at the workplace by harmonizing conditions while main ­
taining the improvements made and by the gradual application of minimum rules ( through indi ­
vidual directives within the meaning of framework Directive 89 / 391 / EEC )

            - European Agency for Safety and Health at Work : establishment Pending

            - Protection of workers on means of transport : minimum Pending
requirements

            - Protection of workers on board fishing vessels : minimum Pending
requirements

            - Protection of workers against risks related to exposure to biological Pending
agents : minimum requirements implementing Community rules and
regulations on biological agents

OO         - Protection of workers against risks related to exposure to physical Pending
agents : minimum requirements on exposure to noise, vibration,
optical radiation, magnetic fields and waves, etc .

Promoting the information and consultation of workers

            - Information, consultation and participation of workers : intro             - Pending
duction of rules for the establishment of a European Works Council
in Community-scale undertakings or groups of undertakings for the
purposes of informing and consulting employees

Ensuring equal opportunities and equal treatment at work

            - Reversal of the burden of proof in the area of equal pay and equal Pending
treatment for women and men

            - Parental leave : granting of leave to either parent to encourage the Pending
sharing of family responsibilities

            - Social security : complementary measures to resolve the problems Pending
raised by current directives in areas including widow 's / widower 's
pension, family allowances and the same retirement age for women
and men

Combating social exclusion and encouraging the integration of persons excluded from the
labour market

            - Economic and social integration of the disabled : third Community Pending
action programme Helios II ( 1993 to 1996 ) to promote the devel ­
opment of a coordinated Community policy

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           - Transport to work of workers with reduced mobility : minimum Pending
requirements to improve mobility and safe transport to work and
thereby facilitate the occupational, economic and social integration
of the workers concerned by gradually adapting and redesigning
means of transport

26 . PROMOTING A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE

26 1 . Consumer protection

      - Health and physical safety of consumers : establishment of a

Community system for the rapid exchange of information on
products which fail to conform to Community or national rules and
could compromise the health or physical safety of consumers

      - Home and leisure accidents : establishment of a Community infor ­

mation system

262 . Public health

Preventing disease, with particular reference to the major scourges and drug addiction

Pending

Pending

      - Action against drugs : creation of a European Drugs Monitoring Pending
Centre and a European information network on drugs and drug
abuse

      - Tobacco advertising : introduction of a ban on advertising to reduce Pending
the number of smokers

263 . Education and youth

Promoting cooperation with non-member countries and international organizations

       - Tempus trans-European mobility programme 1994 to 1998 : Pending
assistance to the countries of central and eastern Europe in the area
of university studies, and extension to include the independent
States of the former Soviet Union

264 . Culture

The audiovisual sector is covered in section 2113

265 . Civil protection

      - Prevention of industrial disasters : negotiation and conclusion of an Pending
international convention within the International Labour

Conference

3 . AFFIRMING THE UNION 'S IDENTITY ON THE INTERNATIONAL SCENE

3 1 . ESTABLISHING A COMMON FOREIGN AND SECURITY POLICY

33 . EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA AND OTHER RELATIONS WITH THE MEMBER

STATES OF THE EUROPEAN FREE TRADE ASSOCIATION

       - European Economic Area : adjustments to the Agreement Pending

34 . POLICY ON COOPERATION AND RELATIONS WITH DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

AND OTHER ASSOCIATED COUNTRIES

341 . Countries of central and eastern Europe and the independent States of the former Soviet Union

      - EEC-Russian Federation and other members of the Commonwealth Pending
of Independent States which belonged to the former Soviet Union
( Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan,
Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Turkmenistan ) and Georgia :
agreements for cooperation and partnership in the fields of trade,
economics, politics and culture and proclaiming the principles of the
CSCE and the Helsinki Charter

      - EEC-Commonwealth of Independent States of the former Soviet Pending
Union and Georgia : Tacis programme of technical assistance for
economic reform and recovery

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EEC-Lithuania / Latvia / Estonia : conclusion of trade and coop ­
eration agreements

Efficiency and safety of nuclear facilities in central and eastern
Europe and the independent States of the former Soviet Union :
financial contribution to the improvements programme by means of
Euratom loans

EEC-Slovenia : negotiation and conclusion of an economic and
trade cooperation agreement, including an agreement on transport
and a financial protocol

EEC-Albania : extension, with a guarantee from the Community
budget, of assistance from the European Investment Bank for
Albania under the cooperation agreements

342 . Mediterranean, Middle East and Gulf countries

      - EEC-Turkey : signature of the Fourth Financial Protocol

      - EEC-Syria : conclusion of the Fourth Financial Protocol

      - EEC-Morocco : negotiation and conclusion of a Europe-Maghreb

type agreement to establish an association with Morocco

      - EEC-Gulf Cooperation Council : negotiation and conclusion of a

free trade agreement

343 . Countries of Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific

      - Common organization of the market in bananas : establishment of a

specific support scheme for the traditional ACP supplier countries

344 . Countries of Asia and Latin America

      - EEC-Central American isthmus : negotiation and conclusion of

cooperation agreements

      - EEC-Andean Pact countries : negotiation and conclusion of a
cooperation agreement

      - Latin       - American banana-producing countries : establishment of a

diversification and development fund

      - EEC-Association of South-East Asian Nations ( Asean ): negotiation

and conclusion of a new economic cooperation agreement

345 . Horizontal and general cooperation and aid measures

General cooperation measures

       - International Cocoa Agreement : renegotiation ( production policy,

pricing, financing system )

Pending

Pending

Pending

Pending

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Pending

Pending

Pending

Pending

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Pending

Pending

35 . MULTILATERAL AND BILATERAL RELATIONS WITH THE INDUSTRIALIZED

COUNTRIES

Temporary admission of goods : conclusion of the Istanbul Pending
Convention for the consolidation in a single international
instrument of existing conventions to facilitate international trade

Textiles : renewal of the Multifibre . Arrangement and of bilateral
agreements with Taiwan and the Republics of former Yugoslavia

5 . FUNCTIONING

51 . FINANCING

Financial perspective 1993 to 1999 : draft Interinstitutional
Agreement

Pending

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      - Risks faced by the Community budget : creation of a Guarantee

Fund containing provisions to cover these risks should Community
guarantees on loans to non-member countries be activated
      - Budgetary discipline : renewal of Decision 88 / 377 / EEC of 24 June

1988 to take account of the reform of the common agricultural
policy and the new functions of the monetary reserve and to
provide the necessary legal bases in the budget for guarantees on
loans to non-member countries and emergency aid to these
countries

Measures to combat fraud

      - Protection of the Community 's financial interests : new rules
repealing Regulation ( EEC ) No 1468 / 81 designed to facilitate
access to information obtained under the arrangements for mutual
administrative assistance between the Member States and the
Commission and to extend cooperation in combating fraud in the
customs sector and in agriculture

52 . EUROPEAN STATISTICAL SYSTEM

      - Framework programme of priority activities in the field of statistics

1993 to 1997

      - Transit and storage : statistics relating to trade in goods between

Member States

      - Economic statistics : common nomenclature of products by means of

the statistical classification of products by activity in the Community
( CPA )

      - Statistical units for observation and analysis of the production

system

Transport

      - Road accidents : establishment of statistical system

Business

      - Business register for statistical use : establishment

Research and development

      - Multiannual programme for the development of statistics on
Community R&D and innovation in order to set up an integrated
information system in this field

53 . PROGRAMMING AND TRANSPARENCY

531 . Consolidation of Community legislation

      - Wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors or machines ( Directive

74 / 150 / EEC, etc . 24 directives and 33 amendments )

      - Doctors ( Directive 75 / 362 / EEC, Directive 75 / 363 / EEC amended

four times, Directive 86 / 457 / EEC )

      - Public procurement

— works contracts ( Directive 71 / 305 / EEC amended five times )

— excluded sectors ( Directive 90 / 531 / EEC amended once )

      - Fruit juices ( Directive 75 / 726 / EEC amended three times )

      - Fertilizers ( Directive 76 / 116 / EEC amended three times, Directive

77 / 535 / EEC amended three times, Directive 80 / 866 / EEC,
Directive 87 / 94 / EEC amended once )

      - Dangerous substances and preparations : marketing and use
( Directive 76 / 769 / EEC amended 12 times )

      - Units of measurement ( Directive 71 / 354 / EEC amended three
times )

      - Fisheries ( Regulation ( EEC ) No 3086 / 86 )

Pending

Pending

Pending

Pending

Pending

Pending

Pending

Pending

Pending

Pending

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