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Han omtalte desuden udvidelsen af ALA-pro- grammet (Asien-Latinamerika) til ogsa˚ at omfatte Mongoliet.
On 19 September the Commission adopted a regulation establishing a joint committee for all the institutions, to be consulted on notices of open competitions organised by EPSO (→ point 1138).
Samarbejdsforanstaltninger
Social policy and welfare at work
Der er som led i Unionens hurtige reaktionsmekanisme iværksat projekter vedrørende finansiering af terrorisme, grænseforvaltning og politisk ra˚dgivning i Indonesien (424 000 EUR) og Filippinerne (651 000 EUR).
On 23 July, the Commission adoptedguidelines defining the personal financial liability of officials who are shown to have beenresponsible, through serious personal misconduct, for financial loss to the Community
(1) De nærmere enkeltheder vedrørende aktioner finansieret af Det Europæiske Fællesskab findes i Bulletin for Den Europæiske Union.
¥1∂COM(2000) 200; 2000 General Report, points 1205 to 1211.¥2∂Regulation (EC, Euratom) No1605/2002 (OJ L248, 16.9.2002; 2002 General Report, point 1048).RAPP. GÉN. UE 2002
I denne sammenhæng blev der undertegnet to aftaler, der skal bidrage til at intensivere den politiske dialog og samarbejdet med dels Det Andinske Fællesskab og dets medlemslande, dels de mellemamerikanske lande.
In addition, an action plan wasdrawn up, accompanied by a broad-ranging consultation of IT and resource stakeholderswithin the Commission.
Aftalerne indeholder bestemmelser om et udvidet samarbejde pa˚ visse omra˚der, f.eks. bekæmpelse af terrorisme og ulovlig indvandring.
A common approach was worked out for following up the actionplan in terms of improving coordination and decisionmaking structures and for consolidating infrastructure.
Unionen har ogsa˚ søgt at fremme den regionale integration og har ført forhandlinger med Mercosur med henblik pa˚ indga˚else af en associeringsaftale.
Lastly, majorachievements both ongoing and completed included the successful rollout of the e-Com-mission technological platform and the introduction of the new application pay (NAP)payroll system.
Der blev til forberedelse af det tredje topmøde mellem Den Europæiske Union, Latinamerika og Caribien, der skal finde sted i Mexico i maj 2004, afholdt to møder mellem højtsta˚ende tjenestemænd den 25. marts i Grækenland og den 17. oktober i Mexico.
In this context the Commission adopted, in January, a decision to undertake a far-reaching reorganisation of the service aimed at refocusing it on its core activities for the Commission and the European institutions. This decision includes an amendment of the establishment plan and the transformation of the serv-
Pa˚ det 11. ministermøde mellem Den Europæiske Union og Rio-Gruppen i Athen den 27.-28. marts (3) drøftede parterne i hovedsagen udsigterne for de generelle aspekter ved forbindelserne mellem Den Europæiske Union og Rio-Gruppen samt social samhørighed og demokratisk styreform i et nyt økonomisk klima.
1148.Main activities. With particular regard to quality assurance within the context of thesimplification of the language process, the Translation DG provided the following mainservices: translation, editing originals (36 698 pages) and summarising original documents(1 089 pages in writing and 147 pages orally).
Pa˚ mødet kunne parterne konstatere, at samarbejdet er blevet stadig tættere siden det første topmøde i Rio i 1999 (4).
In addition, the recruitment of auxiliary and temporary staff forthe new languages was stepped up starting in September.
(1) Yderligere oplysninger findes pa˚ Europa-serveren (http://europa.eu.int/comm/external_relations/la/index.htm).
In 2003, the Translation Centre for Bodies of the European Union had a staffof 158 (including 77 LA officials) and ensured translation of 257 500 pages.
Forrige møde: den almindelige beretning 2001, nr. 1084.
On 15 October, the Joint Interpreting and Conference Service (SCIC) was transformed into the Directorate-General for Interpretation.
(4) Den almindelige beretning 1999, nr. 848.
¥1∂SEC(2002) 382; 2002 General Report, point 1142.¥2∂http://europa.eu.int/comm/scic/index_en.htm.RAPP. GÉN. UE 2002
Den Europæiske Union og Mellemamerika (1).
Open competitions were also launched by EPSO with a view torecruiting the first permanent staff interpreters for the nine new languages as of 1 May 2004.Efforts to ensure an adequate supply of interpreters for the new languages continued in theform of providing subsidies to universities, grants to individual students and teachingassistance to recognised interpreter training institutes.
Der blev i overensstemmelse med retningslinjerne i Madrid-erklæringen af maj 2002 (2) om en uddybning af et stra- tegisk partnerskab med de latinamerikanske lande den 15. december undertegnet en aftale i Rom om politisk dialog og samarbejde med Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua og Panama (tab. III).
1152.Interinstitutional cooperation. Work also continued in the context of the Interinstitutional Committee for Translation and Interpreting (ICTI) to find and promote synergiesbetween the interpretation services of the Commission, European Parliament and Court of Justice.
Forma˚let med aftalen er at intensivere den politiske dialog og samarbejdet mellem de to regioner, navnlig om bekæmpelse af terrorisme og ulovlig indvandring.
The main activity continued to be the provision of interpretation to meetings organised by the Commission, Council, and the other institutions and bodies served.In part as a result of strict adherence to budgetary discipline, there was a further consolidation in the amount of interpretation provided, with a total of 135 727 interpreter days and10 733 meeting days in 2003 (139 438 and 11 162 respectively in 2002).
Den Europæiske Union tilstræber med denne aftale ogsa˚ at støtte processen for regional integration mellem San Jose´-Grup-
A totalof 41 conferences were organised with some 21 300 participants in 2003 (36 and23 000 respectively in 2002).
Det Europæiske Ra˚d gav den 12. december (
1155.Staff Regulations of officials of the European Communities.
4) udtryk for sin til- pens medlemmer ( fredshed med undertegnelsen af denne aftale.
In 2003, the Commission continued work onmodernising and simplifying its working methods and work on the switchover to the ‘e-Com-mission’.
Parterne havde allerede pa˚ den 19. mini- sterkonference mellem Den Europæiske Union og San Jose´-Gruppen den 12. maj (5) diskuteret spørgsma˚let om forhandlinger.
As part of the follow-up to Decision 2002/47/EC (4), it adopted procedures for registering and keeping records of the institution’s documents.
Pa˚ dette møde glædede ministrene sig ligeledes over de mellemamerikanske landes fremskridt med befæstelse af demokratiet.
IT applications were developed for the filing and management of files and subsequently tested in a large number ofdepartments during the second half of the year.
Der blev i overensstemmelse med retningslinjerne i Madrid-erklæringen af maj 2002 (8) om en uddyb- ning af et strategisk partnerskab med de latinamerikanske lande den 15. december undertegnet en aftale i Rom om politisk dialog og samarbejde med Det Andinske Fællesskab og dets medlemsstater (tab. III).
The process of devolving to the Community delegations the responsibility for managing external assistance, approved bythe Commission in May 2000 (5) as an essential component of the reform of this manage- ment with a view to improving its effectiveness and the quality and visibility of actions,entered its final phase in 2003.
Den Europæiske Union tilstræber med denne aftale ogsa˚ at støtte processen for regional integration iDet Andinske Fællesskab.
By the end of 2003, devolution had taken place in 60 of the Commission’s 78 delegations,more than half of them located in the ACP countries.
Det Europæiske Ra˚d gav den 12. december (10) udtryk for sin tilfredshed med undertegnelsen af denne aftale.
The process of devolving budgetlines to the delegations made considerable progress in 2003.
Parterne havde allerede pa˚ det 11. ministermøde mellem Den Europæiske Union og Det Andinske Fællesskab i Athen den 27.-28. marts (11) diskuteret spørgsma˚let om forhandlinger.
It was completed in the caseof the ‘programmes for specific regions’ for Europe, the Mediterranean, Asia and Latin America, and for the programmes financed out of the Community budget (excluding the European Development Fund — EDF); more than 70 % of the ‘programmes for specificregions’ have now been devolved. Experience shows, moreover, that because of the
5-2003, punkt 1.6.104, og http://europa.eu.int/comm/external_relations/ca/doc/19sjd.htm Forega˚ende konference: den almindelige beretning 2002, nr. 972.
1/2-2003, point 1.10.14.2000 General Report, point 1205.OJ L21, 24.1.2002; 2002 General Report, point 1151.2000 General Report, point 1207.
Bilaterale forbindelser (6
1158.General developments.
Under et besøg i Bruxelles den 21.-23. januar (7) mødtes udenrigsminister Carlos Ruckauf ledsaget af vicepremierminister med ansvar for international handel Martı´n Redrado og produktionsminister Roque B. Ferna´ndez med bl.a. den høje repræsentant for FUSP, Javier Solana, og formand for Kommissionen, Romano Prodi.
The 23 representations (15 in the capitalsand eight in certain regions) were assigned a more prominent role, particularly in relationto the Info-Points Europe and the rural carrefours.
Den 29. september udstedte Ra˚det en ny forordning om import af vin, der fremstilles i Argentina efter vinfremstillingspraksis, der ikke er tilladt i Fællesskabet (R nr. 458).
In 2003, the Commission representations ran, in cooperation with the European Parliament and the Member States, majorinformation campaigns designed to raise public awareness of key European issues, asdecided jointly at interinstitutional level: enlargement, the future of Europe (preparationof the Constitutional Treaty by the Convention and the Intergovernmental Conference),the area of freedom, security and justice, and the euro.
FORBINDELSER MED LANDENE I LATINAMERIKA
In particular, with the start-up of the Rome centre’s activities, the major national centres were further consolidated and rationalised.
I en beslutning af 23. oktober (1) fordømte Europa-Parlamentet voldshandlingerne i Bolivia og opfordrede den nye præsident, Carlos Mesa Gisbert, til at demokratisere det politiske system.
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION request, against the background of shared responsibilities with the Commission representations, and along the same lines as has already been done for Paris, Lisbon and Rome.
Det Europæiske Ra˚d udtalte sig ligeledes pa˚ mødet i Bruxelles den 16.-17. oktober (2) om samme emne.
The assembly was attended by representatives of the European Parliament, the Council, the Commission, the Committee of the Regions and the European Economic and Social Committee.
Kommissionsmedlem Pascal Lamy aflagde besøg i Brasilien den 29. januar til 2. februar (3) og blev bl.a. modtaget af den nye brasilianske præsident,
In 2003, ‘Corporate web content management’ was selected as the data management and portal access tool: it will play its part inthe interactive and multilingual (20 languages) development of Europa II, with specificportals for particular target groups, enabling the second-generation relays and networks todevelop into ‘cyber-relays’.
Den 22. september besluttede Ra˚det at undertegne en aftale med Brasilien om videnskabeligt og teknologisk samarbejde (R nr. 376).
In 2003, the Commission published, in the 11 official languages,15 brochures and leaflets giving general information on the European Union’s achievements and major topics of interest.
Den 18. februar (4) udstedte Ra˚det forordning (EF) nr. 312/2003 om bemyndigelse af Kommissionen til at træffe forskellige gennemførelsesforanstaltninger vedrørende associeringsog frihandelsaftalen, der blev undertegnet den 18. november 2002 (tab.
The audiovisual communication strategy continued to centreon the development of ‘Europe by satellite’ (EbS), assistance for the electronic media andthe audiovisual library, all in digital form.
III), sa˚som fremskyndet gennemførelse af toldbestemmelserne.
Internet availability and use made great stridesin 2003.
Den 27. marts (5) fandt det første møde idet ved denne aftale oprettede associeringsra˚d sted i Athen.
Coverage was also extended to take in the European Parliament’s plenary sessionsand the Convention on the Future of the Union (→ points 3 to 7), press conferences at theend of Council meetings, the Commission’s daily press conferences, official visits, tripsby the President and Members of the Commission, and the follow-up to European councils.
Pa˚ dette møde glædede ministrene sig over det fremtidige samarbejde, der etableres med den nye aftale, og de vedtog forskellige retningslinjer for associeringsra˚dets funktionsma˚de.
Technical assistance for journalists increased by 13 %, and for the other institutionsby 75 %.
Mødet blev fulgt op af et handelsforhandlingsmøde i Chile den 19.-20. juni. Associeringsudvalget tra˚dte sammen for første gang den 10.-11. december.
Input to Eurovision increased by 50 % and the supply of photos by 33 %, with Internet distribution within 30 minutes.
Den 21. juli besluttede Ra˚det at indga˚ en aftale med Chile om videnskabeligt og teknologisk samarbejde (R nr. 376).
By the sametoken, framework contracts are being drawn up to facilitate rapid and effective television
Det tredje møde iDet Fælles Ra˚d mellem Den Europæiske Union og Mexico fandt sted i Athen den 27.-28. marts (7).
Specifically as regards EuroNews, which is the onlymultilingual programme with a European editorial charter, the Commission decided tofinance 10 projects (reports, interviews, live transmissions, European elections, etc.) tosupplement projects co-funded under the framework agreement (2001–04). These 10 newprojects will account for 15 % of total EuroNews production.
Parterne fremhævede deres fremra- gende bilaterale forbindelser og gennemgik de resultater, der var opna˚et med associe-
1164.Public opinion. Against the background of an extended range of products, thenumber of opinion polls carried out was significantly higher in 2003, with the results ofthese polls and surveys being disseminated regularly by the media, again on a wider scale.
8) siden dennes ikrafttræden i 2000, ligesom de drøftede rings- og frihandelsaftalen ( perspektiverne for deres partnerskab pa˚ kort og mellemlang sigt, navnlig i lyset af
1165.Europe Direct (1). The Commission continued to operate this service, which wasinaugurated in May 2000 (2); with effect from 2002, it has a new single freephone number (3).
Forrige møde: den almindelige beretning 2002, nr. 974.
4-2003, point 1.8.1.
Kommissionen forslag til undertegnelse af en aftale med Mexico om videnskabeligt og teknologisk samarbejde (R nr. 376).
ACTIVITIES OF THE OFFICE FOR OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
Dekoncentrationen af Fællesskabets bistand (R nr. 1157) blev afsluttet for alle Kommissionens delegationer i Latinamerika, med undtagelse af Guatemala.
In mid-2003, the Publications Office completed the consolidation of Community legislation in force in 11 languages.The consolidated texts are constantly kept up to date.
Der blev foretaget kontrolbesøg pa˚ de delegationer, der var berørt af dekoncentrationen i 2002.
Community law as it applies todayis thus at the public’s disposal in a more easily understandable form on the EUR-Lexwebsite (2).
FORBINDELSER MED LANDENE I AFRIKA, VESTINDIEN OG STILLEHAVET (AVS)
This is linked to an electronic archive of Community publications and to logistical and commercial services.
Forbindelser med landene i Afrika, Vestindien og Stillehavet (AVS), Sydafrika og de oversøiske lande og territorier (OLT)
Moreover, following the publication in 2002 (5) of a new version of the CD-ROM containing the L and C series of the Official Journal of the European Union, the Publications Office has produced some special CD-ROMs (Combined nomenclature, TARIC) which use similar structures.
2003 markerer ogsa˚ indledningen pa˚ de forhandlinger, der skal bidrage til at for med e økonomiske partnerskabsaftaler, som EU ønsker at indga˚ med hver enkelt af de større regioner, der grupperer AVS-staterne, med henblik pa˚ at fremme landenes integration i verdensøkonomien.
This is to containthe acquis communautaire in the languages of the future Member States (approximately80 000 pages in each of the nine future official languages).
For sa˚ vidt anga˚r det finansielle samarbejde, er programmeringen af 9.
To deal with this work, over100 auxiliary staff members had to be recruited.
Europæiske Udviklingsfond (EUF) nu næsten fuldstændig afsluttet, samtidig med at den anden runde i decentraliseringen af bistandsforvaltningen til Kommissionens delegationer i AVS-staterne ligeledes er blevet gennemført.
As the authentic texts of Community laware completed in the new official languages, they are made available on the EUR-Lex site(→ point 1080).
Forega˚ende møde: den almindelige beretning 2002, nr. 988. (4) Bull. 5-2003, punkt 1.6.108.
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION
UNIONENS ROLLE I VERDEN samlingens arbejde i 2002 udtrykte Europa-Parlamentet sin bekymring over den manglende sammenhæng i Den Europæiske Unions politik og sanktioner over for Zimbabwe, det udtrykte tilfredshed med »Cape Town-erklæringen om indga˚else af nye handelsordninger og foreslog, at Den Europæiske Udviklingsfond (EUF) opføres pa˚ budgettet.
1170.Public access. Council Regulation (EC) No 1700/2003 of 22 September (Table II)amended Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 354/83 concerning the opening to the public ofthe historical archives of the EEC and the EAEC in order to bring its provisions into linewith Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 on public access to documents of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission (2) (→ point 21).
Forsamlingens sjette plenarmøde blev afholdt i Rom den 13.-15. oktober.
As part of its internal reform, the Commission has taken steps to modernise its documentmanagement (→ point 1156).
For første gang havde parlamentarikerne pa˚ dagsordenen optaget en række punkter, der var forberedt af de tre sta˚ende udvalg, der for nylig er blevet nedsat i forsamlingen: for børns rettigheder og børnesoldater, for bæredygtig forvaltning og bevarelse af naturressourcer inden for rammerne af programmeringen af 9.
After concluding a contract with a consortium of universities from different Member States in March, the Commission also contributed to the workof a team of researchers and made available the archive material necessary for producinga history of the Commission from 1958 to 1973.
EUF og for anvendelsen af EUF.
1171.Cooperation in the archive sector at European level.
Forsamlingen indførte ogsa˚ konceptet »debat om aktuelle og uopsættelige spørgsma˚l, der anvendes i Europa-Parlamentet, og behandlede i denne kontekst resultaterne af Verdenshandelsorganisationens konference i Cancu´n (R nr. 781) og situationen i Vestafrika.
In line with the Council resolution of 6 May on archives in the Member States (→ point 576), the Commissionconvened the inaugural meeting of the groups of experts representing current and future Member States in Brussels on 14 October.
Drøftelserne af disse temaer foranledigede, at der blev truffet en fælles beslutning, der dog ikke omfattede resultaterne fra Cancu´n, da dette punkt efter separat afstemning i de to kamre (AVS- og EU-repræsentanterne) blev forkastet af et flertal af de europæiske parlamentarikere.
It also contributed to various conferences onarchives, such as the meetings of the directors of the national archives of the Member States and accession countries devoted to the coordination of archives in Europe (Athens,5 and 6 June; Syracuse, Italy, 22 and 23 September), the European Conference on State Archives in Central and Eastern Europe (Elblag, Poland, 22 to 24 May), and the plenarysessions of archivists of the foreign ministries (Syros, Greece, 15 and 16 May; Rome, 27and 28 November).
2) har været den anden side, i kraft den 1. april ( foreløbig anvendt, hviler pa˚ fem indbyrdes forbundne elementer: en alsidig politisk dimension, samarbejdsfremmende strategier, skarpere fokus pa˚ nedbringelse af fattigdommen, nye rammer for økonomisk og handelsmæssigt samarbejde og reform af det finansielle samarbejde.
In view of the interest in document lifecycle management (DLM)aroused by the publication of the proceedings of the Third DLM Forum (1) in the Member
Handel og udvikling
The year in brief
˚ ret 2003.
January 10
Sukker. Aftalenom garanterede priser for rørsukker for de producerende AVS-lande og Indien for leveringsperioderne 2001/2002 og 2002/2003 blev vedtaget den 26. maj (R nr. 830).
Commission adopts Green Paper on entrepreneurship in Europe (→ point 286).
Romano Prodi, formanden for Kommissionen, og Poul Nielson, medlem af Kommissionen, deltog i topmødet og hilste med tilfredshed oprettelsen af unionens nye institutioner og udnævnelsen af Kommissionen for Den Afrikanske Union.
Council adopts directives on minimum standards for the reception of asylumseekers (→ point 507) and access to justice in crossborder disputes(→ point 515), and a framework decision on protection of the environmentthrough criminal law (→ point 536).
FORBINDELSER MED LANDENE I AFRIKA, VESTINDIEN OG STILLEHAVET (AVS)
THE YEAR IN BRIEF
I en række nye konklusioner om forbindelserne mellem EU og Afrika, der blev vedtaget den 17. november (1), gav Ra˚det sin principielle godkendelse til oprettelsen af en støttefacilitet til fredsaktionerne i Afrika, der i den første tid skal finansieres med midler fra Den Europæiske Udviklingsfond (R nr. 1010).
European Council holds extraordinary meeting in Brussels to discuss the international situation in connection with the Iraq crisis and declares its support forthe UN Security Council in the disarmament process, stating that force shouldbe used only as a last resort (→ point 1093).
Pa˚ sit møde den 12. december (2) udtrykte Det Europæiske Ra˚d sin tilfredshed over styrkelsen af partnerskabet mellem EU og Afrika og oprettelsen af ovennævnte støttefacilitet.
Commission adopts communication on the introduction of a European healthinsurance card (→ point 157).
Suspension af anvendelsen af Cotonou-aftalen. Cotonou-aftalens artikel 96 om suspension af aftalen, i tilfælde af at en af parterne tilsidesætter et af de sa˚kaldte »væsentlige elementer (respekt for menneskerettighederne, de demokratiske principper og retsstaten), blev anvendt over for en række AVS-stater i 2003.
Commission adopts Green Paper on procedural safeguards for suspects anddefendants in criminal proceedings (→ point 502); it issues favourable opinionson the applications for accession to the European Union by Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia (→ point 44).
Den 10. januar (3) traf Ra˚det sa˚ledes afgørelse om at forlænge gyldigheden af de foranstalt- ninger, der i 2001 og 2002 var truffet over for Haiti (4) i medfør af bestemmelsen, indtil den 31. december.
Parliament and Council adopt directive relating to the quality of petrol and diesel fuels (→ point 613).
Ra˚det traf den 18. februar ( forlængelse af gyldigheden af de foranstaltninger, der var truffet over for Zimbabwe, ligeledes i 2002 (7).
Commission adopts proposal for directive on ship-source pollution and sanctions for pollution offences (→ point 683).
Efter et militært statskup den 15. marts i Den Centralafrikanske Republik foreslog Kommissionen den 28. april (8) Ra˚det at indlede konsultationer med repræsentanter for dette land med henblik pa˚ at analysere situationen. Den 24. novem-
Referendum in Malta on accession to the Union: 53.56 % in favour(→ point 44).
9) traf Ra˚det afgørelse om at afslutte konsultationerne og delvist suspendere visse ber (
Commission adopts three communications on innovation policy (→ point 301),relations with the new neighbours of Europe after enlargement (→ point 1012)and the move towards an EU defence equipment policy (→ point 316).
(6) Afgørelse 2003/112/EF (EUT L 46 af 20.2.2003 og Bull. 1/2-2003, punkt 1.6.176).
It also makes statements on the tense situations in Iraq, the Middle East in general, the Balkans and North Korea (→ point 1093).