CELEX: 51990PC0528
Language: en
Date: 1990-12-18
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION REVISING THE PROGRAMME FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT AND THE PROMOTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENTERPRISES, AND IN PARTICULAR SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES, IN THE COMMUNITY

19. 1.91                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                No C 13/5
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                                                     (Preparatory Acts )
                                                COMMISSION
               Proposal for a Council Decision revising the programme for the improvement of the business
              environment and the promotion of the development of enterprises, and in particular small and
                                       medium-sized enterprises, in the Community
                                                    COM(90) 528 final
                                   (Submitted by the Commission on 28 November         1990)
                                                       (91/C 13/05)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          in terms of dynamism, productivity, adaptability and
                                                                  innovation;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Article 235
thereof,                                                         Whereas this new approach, based on the ascertained
                                                                  efficacy of the action so far undertaken, implies a
                                                                  strategy for the qualitative and quantitative development
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                of the instruments available to businesses and thus
                                                                 justifies resort being had to the ECU 25 million deemed
                                                                  necessary for this purpose;
Having regard       to  the   opinion  of   the  European
Parliament,
                                                                 Whereas the Treaty does not provide, for the adoption
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and                 of this Decision, powers other than those of Article 235,
Social Committee,
Whereas on 28 July 1989 the Council adopted Decision             HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
89/490/EEC on the improvement of the business envi-
ronment and the promotion of the development of enter-
prises, and in particular small and medium-sized enter-
prises, in the Community;                                                                    Article 1
                                                                  In order to improve the business environment and
Whereas Article 7 of that Decision states that for the           promote the development of enterprises, and in
period 1990 to 1993, the initial amount deemed                   particular small and medium-sized enterprises, the
necessary is estimated at ECU 110 million, and that a            programme of assistance to SMEs is hereby revised in
further estimated amount, of ECU 25 million, may be               accordance with Article 7 of Decision 89/490/EEC.
deemed necessary for expenditure in the same period
should the Council so decide following a review of the
programme;                                                       This revision concerns in particular:
Whereas a review of the programme has shown that it is            firstly, expansion of measures for the removal of admin-
necessary to give this policy a new dimension with a view         istrative, financial and legal constraints and the formu-
to the completion of the internal market and other                lation of rules facilitating economic activity in general,
means deriving from the Single European Act;                      including, for example, the creation and transfer of
                                                                  enterprises, the opening-up of public procurement and
Whereas that review concerns in particular support for            administrative simplification;
the activities of SMEs in dealing with concrete economic
realities and the many and growing forms of cooperation
between businesses, which is a basic element in the               secondly, increasing the efficiency of the ways in which
completion of the internal market, given the importance           enterprises are informed of national and Community
of SMEs not only in economic activity in general and the          policies, rules and activities which concern them or might
development of the regions but also of the role they play         concern them, and supporting them in the matter;
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thirdly, expanding the promotion of cooperation and             of Decision 89/490/EEC, is deemed necessary in order
partnership between enterprises, especially small and           to achieve the aims set out in Article 1.
medium-sized ones, in the different regions of the
Community and the different sectors of economic                The appropriations for implementing the programme
activity, and opening up external markets to them.              shall be determined each year under the budgetary
                                                               procedure.
                        Article 2                                                       Article 3
Consequently, for the period 1990 to 1993, a further           This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of
amount of ECU 25 million, as provided for in Article 7          the European Communities.
             Proposal for a decision of the Council and the Ministers for Health of the Member States
             meeting within the Council adopting a plan of action in the framework of the 1991 to 1993
                                            'Europe against AIDS' programme
                                                    COM(90) 601 final
                                  (Submitted by the Commission on 11 December 1990)
                                                       (91/C 13/06)
THE COUNCIL AND THE MINISTERS FOR HEALTH OF                    Whereas the conclusions of the Council and Ministers
THE MEMBER STATES, MEETING WITHIN THE                          for Health of the Member States, meeting within the
COUNCIL,                                                       Council of 16 May 1989, regarding the prevention of
                                                               AIDS in intravenous drug users, requested the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European          Commission to prepare and submit to the Council a
Economic Community,                                            programme in this area;
Having regard to the proposed decision submitted by the
Commission,                                                    Whereas the conclusions of the Council and the
                                                               Ministers for Health of the Member States, meeting
Having regard     to  the   opinion   of   the   European      within the Council of 16 May 1989, on the improvement
Parliament,                                                    of the general system for collecting epidemiological data,
                                                               including the application of the new definition of AIDS
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and               cases, asked the Commission to compare the system for
Social Committee,                                              recording notifications of AIDS cases at national and
                                                               Community level in order to pinpoint where the
                                                               improvement of coverage can take place, as well as the
Whereas, the increase in the AIDS epidemic is of major
                                                               reliability and the comparability of the data used;
concern to Member States and the Community;
Whereas the resolution of the European Parliament of
30 March 1989 on the fight against AIDS called on the          Whereas the conclusions of the Council and the
Commission for action in particular in the fields of infor-    Ministers for Health of the Member States, meeting
mation and training of health professionals;                   within the Council of 16 May 1989, regarding future
                                                               activities on AIDS prevention and control at Community
                                                               level called upon the Commission to examine the possi-
Whereas the resolution of the representatives of        the
                                                               bilities for harmonization with regard to condoms and
governments of the Member States, meeting within        the
                                                               HIV self-testing kits;
Council, of 29 May 1986, on AIDS, requested             the
Commission to organize an exchange of information      and
experience;
                                                               Whereas the resolution of the Council and Ministers for
Whereas the resolution of the Council and of the               Health of the Member States, meeting within the
Ministers of Education meeting within the Council of 23        Council of 22 December 1989, on the fight against
November 1988, concerning health education in schools,         AIDS, requested the Commission to develop exchanges
expressed concern about the high incidence of AIDS,            of information and experience defining in priority the
and invited the Commission to undertake a series of            details and contents of an action plan integrating appro-
actions at Community level;                                    priate measures to prevent and control AIDS;