CELEX: 52003XG1231(01)
Language: en
Date: 2003-12-22 00:00:00
Title: Council conclusions of 22 December 2003 on dock dues

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52003XG1231(01)

Council conclusions of 22 December 2003 on dock dues  

Official Journal C 321 , 31/12/2003 P. 0020 - 0020

Council conclusionsof 22 December 2003on dock dues(2003/C 321/04)THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,RECALLING:- the particular handicaps of the outermost regions recognised by the Treaty,- the importance of specific measures to support their socio-economic development,- the Seville European Council's request that the Council and the Commission complete certain priority proceedings, in particular the question of dock dues in the French overseas departments,CONSIDERS IT DESIRABLE that the continuity of the dock dues arrangements should be ensured during the period between 1 January 2004 and 30 June 2004, with a view to the forthcoming decision on those arrangements;INTENDS TO EXAMINE as soon as possible the Commission proposal regarding the future of those arrangements, taking account in particular of the principles of necessity and proportionality.