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COM (96) 348

Proposal for a Regulation (EC) imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of polyester staple fibre originating in Belarus (8986/96)

SEC (96) 1357

Present situation and prospects for use of the appropriations entered in the 1996 budget (9766/96)

COM (96) 439

Draft Decision amending 91/116/EEC setting up the European Advisory Committee on statistical information, economic and social (9912/96)

SEC (96) 1412

Request for Council assent and consultation of the ECSC Committee, concerning a draft Commission Decision on the conclusion of an Agreement between the European Coal and Steel Community and Ukraine amending the Agreement between the European Coal and Steel Community and Ukraine on trade in certain steel products (9498/96)

DRAFT LEGISLATION

SEC (96) 1168 final

General Budget 1996 Section III - Commission - Part B - Transfer of Appropriations No 19/96. Non-Compulsory Expenditure.

COM (96) 223

Proposals for a Regulation establishing European Agency for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Inspection (8460/96)

COM (96) 317

Amended proposal for a Regulation (EC) laying down technical measures for conservation of fishery resources (consolidated version) (8953/96)

COM (96) 319

Amended proposal for a Decision on inter-administration telematic networks for statistics on trading of goods between Member States (EDICOM) (9079/96)

COM (96) 381

Amended proposal for a Regulation (EC) amending (EEC) No. 1107/70 on granting of aid for transport by rail, road and inland waterway (9346/96)

COM (96) 393

Proposal for a Directive amending 92/118/EEC of 17 December 1992 on animal and public health requirements governing trade and imports into the Community of products not subject to requirements in rules referred to in Annex A(I) to 89/662/EEC and, as regards pathogens, to 90/425/EEC (9471/96)

COM (96) 422

Proposals for Regulations (EC): amending (EEC) No 805/68 on common organisation of the market in beef and veal; amending (EEC) No 1765/92 establishing support system for producers of arable crops and repealing (EEC) No 1872/94; amending (EEC) No 2328/91 on improving efficiency of agricultural structures (9551/96)

COM (96) 425

Re-examined proposal for a Regulation (EC) on rehabilitation and reconstruction in developing countries (9635/96)

COM (96) 382

Opinion on the European Parliament's amendments to the Council's common position regarding the proposal for a Directive on energy efficiency requirements for household electric refrigerators, freezers and combinations (9658/96)

COM (96) 392

Communication to the Parliament, Council and the Economic and Social Committee concerning regulatory transparency in the internal market for information society services. Proposal for a Directive amending for the third time 83/189/EEC laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations (9726/96)

SEC (96) 1524

Request for a supplementary and amending budget - Court of Justice (9765/96)

COM (96) 413

Proposal for Directive amending 92/14/EEC on limitation of the operation of aeroplanes covered by Part II, Chapter 2, Volume I of Annex 16 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation, second edition (1988) (9781/96)

COM (96) 366

Proposal for a Regulation supplementing (EEC) No 2092/91 on organic production of agriculture products and indications referring thereto on agricultural products and foodstuffs to include livestock production. (9782/96)

SEC (96) 1406

Proposal for transfer of appropriations No 27/96 - Section IV - Court of Justice - of the general budget for the financial year 1996 (NCE) (9791/96)

COM (96) 426

Communication on results of the assessment provided for in the Council Directive on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to asbestos at work (9793/96)

COM (96) 395

Add 1. Communication on the implications of the information society for European Union policies. Preparing the next steps (9795/96)

COM (96) 395

Add 2. Green paper: Living and working in the information society: People First (9795/96)

COM (96) 395

Add 3. Communication on standardisation and the global information society: the European approach (9795/96)

COM (96) 407

Second Commission report on the integration of health protection requirements in Community policies (9802/96)

COM (96) 433

Amended proposal for a Regulation (EC) on aid for population policies and programmes in the developing countries (9804/96)

COM (96) 387

1993-94 report on progress achieved in implementations of the specific measures for smaller Aegean islands (9826/96)

COM (96) 398

Report on "Young farmers and the problem of succession in European agriculture" (9827/96)

COM (96) 400

Proposal for a Regulation amending No 549/69 determining categories of officials to whom provisions of Article 12, 2nd paragraph of Article 13 and Article 14 of the Protocol on Piviliges and Immunities of the Communities apply; Proposal for a Regulation amending No 260/68 applying tax for benefit of the European Communities (9849/96)

COM (96) 248

Communication on a future strategy for control of atmospheric emmissions from road transport taking into account results from the Auto/Oil Programme: proposal for a Directive on quality of petrol and diesel fuels and amending 93/12/EEC; proposal for a Directive on measures against air pollution by emmissions from motor vehicles amending 70/156/EEC and 70/220/EEC (9586/96)

COM (96) 438

Proposal for Regulation (EC) amending Annexes II and III to (EC) No 519/94 on common rules for imports from certain third countries (9880/96)

COM (96) 411

Proposal for Decision on extension of legal protection of topographies of semiconductor products to persons from the Ilse of Man (9913/96)

COM (96) 275 Final

EU - India Enhanced Partnership

COM (96) *

Draft General Budget of the European Communities for 1997 - Volume 8 - Explanatory Memorandum (Budget 8) (9372/96)

COM (96) 332

Communication entitled "Inventing Tommorrow" (9578/96)

COM (96) 409

Proposal for Regulation (EC) amending (EC) No 3079/95 allocating for 1996 catch quotas in Greenland Waters (9590/96)

COM (96) 417

Proposal for a decision on conclusion of an agreement concerning provisional application of the Agreement on cooperation in the sea fisheries sector between the European Community and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania initialled in Brussels on 20 June 1996. Proposal for a Regulation on conclusion of an Agreement on cooperation in the sea fisheries sector between the European Community and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania and laying down provisions for its implementation (9773/96)

COM (96) 405

Proposal for a Regulation (EC) amending, for the 4th time (EC) No 3074/95, fixing, for certain fish stocks the total allowable catches for 1996 and certain conditions under which they may be fished (9776/96)

SEC (96) 1544

Results of invitations to tender financed by the European Development Fund: 1995 financial year (Volume I) (9818/96)

COM (96) 434

Report on speicific training in general medical practice provided for by Title IV of 93/16/EEC of 5 April 1993 to facilitate the free movement of doctors and the mutual recognition of their diplomas, certificates and evidence of formal qualification (9820/96)

COM (96) 429

Report on implementation and rate of use of loans granted by the European Investment Bank for projects of mutual interest in countries of Latin America and Asia with which the Community has concluded cooperation agreements (1995-96) (9911/96)

COM (96) 432

Proposal for a Regulation (EC) on the implementation by the Commission of activities to promote market access for Community industry to third countries (9919/96)

COM (96) 303

Proposal for a Directive amending 95/2/EC on food additives other than colours and sweeteners (9937/96)

COM (96) 313

Communication regarding the revision of the Merger Regulation. Proposal for a Regulation amending No 4064/89 of 21 December 1989 on the control of concentrations between undertakings. Proposal for a Regulation amending No 4064/89 of 21 December 1989 on the control of concentrations between undertakings (Articles 87 and 235) (9961/96)

COM (96) 315

Proposal for a Decision on an action programme for integrated groundwater protection and management (9967/96)

COM (96) 440

Re-examined proposal for a Directive on the control of major accident hazards involving dangerous substances (9968/96)

COM (96) 369

Proposal for a Decision amending 93/389/EEC for a monitoring mechanism of CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions (9969/96)

COM (96) 437

Research and Technological Development Activities of the European Union. Annual Report 1996 (9837/96)

COM (96) 444

Common position regarding the proposal for a Decision on guidelines for trans-European telecommunications networks. Commission's opinion on the European Parliament's amendments. Amended proposal (9885/96)

COM (96) 388

Annual Report of the Cohesion Fund 1995 (9910/96)

COM (96) 436

Communication on progress in the implementation of the Council conclusions of 26 April 1994 on the role of JRC (9990/96)

COM (96) 410

COMETT II. Final evaluation report (10018/96)

COM (96) 600

Thirteenth annual report on monitoring the application of Community law (1995) (10078/96)

COM (96) 445

Proposal for a Directive on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of Member States relating to pressure equipment, opinion of the Commission on the European Parliament's amendments to the Council's common position and the amended proposal for Directive (10105/96)

COM (96) 441

Proposal for a Decision concerning the adoption of the guidelines for MEDA indicative programmes (10132/96)

COM (96) 443

Communication on services of general interest in Europe (10137/96)

COM (96) 447

Proposal for a Decision on the conclusion of the Protocol to the Fourth ACP-EC Convention of Lom‚ consequent on the Accession of the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden to the European Union (10186/96)

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