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Weekly Information Bulletin: 3rd February 2001

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES DOCUMENTS
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Draft Legislation

SEC (2000) 1922f

SEC(2000) 1922 Final. Budget General--2000--Section III--Commission Part B: Transfer of Appropriations No. 40/2000, Non-Compulsory Expenditure.

COM (2000) 380/f2

9886/00 REV 1. Revised edition of document COM(00)380 final.

COM (2000) 545f

11322/00. Proposal for a European Parliament and Council Recommendation concerning the implementation of Integrated Coastal Zone Management in Europe.

COM (2000) 757f

11529/00. Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on a Community immigration policy.

COM (2000) 660f/2

12770/1/00 REV 1. Amended proposal for a Council Regulation on Community design.

COM (2000) *

12825/00. Draft Convention on improving mutual assistance in criminal matters.

COM (2000) 634f2

13032/00 COR 1. Corrigendum to document COM(00)634 final.

SEC (2000) 1814f

13178/00. Letter of Amendment No 2 to the preliminary draft budget for 2001--Section III--Commission.

COM (2000) 756f

13349/00. Proposal for a Council Regulation amending the Annex to Council Regulation (EC) No 2042/2000 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of television camera systems originating in Japan.

SEC (2000) 1890

13682/00. Commission Regulation (EURATOM, ECSC, EC) amending Commission Regulation No 3418/93 of 9 December 1993 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of certain provisions of the Financial Regulation of 21 December 1977.

COM (2000) 734f

13973/00. Proposal regarding the implementation of measures to promote economic and social development in Turkey--Commission opinion pursuant to Article 251(2)(c) of the EC Treaty, on the European Parliament's amendments to the Council's common position.

COM (2000) *

13986/00. Communication from the Governments of France, Sweden and Belgium: Initiative by the Governments of France, Sweden and Belgium on the execution in the European Union of orders freezing assets or evidence.

COM (2000) 766f

1334/2000 with regard to intra-Community transfers and exports of dual-use items and technology.

COM (2000) 763f

14093/00. Proposal amending the transitional measures governing the common organisation of the market in cereals and rice in Portugal as provided for by Regulation (EEC) No 3653/90.

COM (2000) 760f

14109/00. Proposal for a Council Decision on the signing of the United Nations Convention against transnational organised crime and its Protocols on combating trafficking in persons, especially women and children, and the smuggling of migrants by land, air and sea.

COM (2000) 807f

14159/00. Proposal on the conservation and management of fishery resources in the South East Atlantic Ocean.

COM (2000) 716f

14174/00. Proposal laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Authority, and laying down procedures in matters of food.

COM (2000) 785f

14187/00. Amended proposal relating to restrictions on the marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and preparations (azocolourants).

COM (2000) 783f

14203/00. eEurope 2002: The Europe 2002 update prepared by the European Commission for the European Council in Nice on 7 and 8 December 2000.

COM (2000) 742f

14215/00. Report from the Commission to the Council on harmonisation of consumer price indices in the European Union.

COM (2000) 776f

14220/00. Proposal extending the double-checking system for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2001, concerning the export of certain steel products from Poland to the Community.

COM (2000) 781f

14227/00. Proposal for a Council Regulation concerning the export of certain ECSC and EC steel products from the Slovak Republic to the Community for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2001 (extension of the double-checking system).

COM (2000) 791f

14234/00. 1. Proposal for a Council Regulation introducing specific measures for certain agricultural products for the French overseas departments.

2. Proposal for a Council Regulation introducing specific measures for certain agricultural products for the Azores and Madeira.

3. Proposal for a Council Regulation introducing specific measures for certain agricultural products for the Canary islands.

4. Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1254/1999 on the common organisation of the market in beef and veal.

COM (2000) 770f

14236/00. Communication from the Commission on the joint harmonised EU programme of business and consumer surveys.

COM (2000) 786f

14245/00. Prevention of crime in the European Union: Reflection on common guidelines and proposals for Community financial support. Proposals for a Council Decision establishing a programme of incentives and exchanges, training and cooperation for the prevention of crime (Hippocrates).

COM (2000) 772f

14253/00. Commission Report to the European Council: Better Lawmaking 2000.

COM (2000) 796f

14255/00. Amended proposal establishing a programme of Community action to encourage cooperation between Member States to combat social exclusion.

COM (2000) 736f

14270/00. Proposal for a Council Recommendation: ``Drinking of alcohol by children and adolescents''.

COM (2000) 727f

14291/00. Communication: An evaluation of the bridge phase of TIDE (Technology Initiative for Disabled and Elderly People).

COM (2000) 794f

14292/00. Proposal on the conclusion of Agreements in the form of Exchanges of Letters between the EC and Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania on reciprocal preferential trade concessions for certain wines and spirits, opening and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain wines (presented by the Commission.

COM (2000) *

14295/00. Special Report No 20/2000 by the Court of Auditors concerning the management of the Common Organisation of the Market for Sugar.

COM (2000) 750f

14304/00. Commission Communication to the European Parliament and the Council on GALILEO.

COM (2000) 595f

14329/00. Proposal on establishing common rules in the field of civil aviation and creating a European Aviation Safety Agency.

COM (2000) 748f

14334/00. Proposal on the conclusion of an additional Protocol to the Europe Agreement establishing an Association between the EC and the Czech Republic,on conformity assessement and acceptance of industrial products.

COM (2000) 741f

14335/00. Proposal on the conclusion of an additional Protocol to the Europe Agreement establishing an Association between the EC and Hungary on conformity assessement and acceptance of industrial products.

COM (2000) 744f

14344/00. Opinion on the European Parliament's amendments to the Council's common position regarding the proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to tyres for motor vehicles and their trailers and to their fitting, amending Directive 92/23/EEC.

COM (2000) 787f

14351/00. State of implementation of Council Directive 93/104/EC of 23 November 1993 concerning certain aspecs of the organisation of working time (``Working Time Directive'')--Report from the Commission.

COM (2000)*

14352/00. Draft Convention on improving mutual assistance in criminal matters.

COM (2000) 764f

14357/00. Relations with Morocco: Proposal on a Community position in the Association Council on the implementation of Article 73 of the EU-Morocco Euro-Mediterranean Agreement.

COM (2000)*

14373/00. Draft Framework Decision on the protection of the environment through criminal law.

COM (2000) 789f

143894/00. Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament and the Economic and Social Committee: Follow-up to the Green Paper on combating counterfeiting and piracy in the single market.

COM (2000) 782f

14402/00. Biannual update of the scoreboard to review progress on the creation of an area of ``Freedom, Security and Justice'' in the European Union.

COM (2000) 777f

14440/00. Amended fixing the principles governing the organisation of official inspections in the field of animal nutrition and Council Directive 1999/29/EC on undesirable substances and products in animal nutrition.

COM (2000) 810f

14482/00. European Training Foundation: Annual Report 1999.

COM (2000) 811f

14484/00. Communication on the results of the World Radiocommunications Conference 2000 (WRC-2000) in the context of radio spectrum policy in the European Community.

SEC (2000) 2077f

14507/00. Proposal establishing an Advisory Group on Standards in Public Life.

COM (2000) 814f

14511/00. Sixth report on the implementation of the telecommunications regulatory package.

COM (2000) 817f

14551/00. Proposal regarding the position to be taken by the Community within the ACP-EC Committee of Ambassadors with a view to a Decision adopting the rules of procedure of the ACP-EC Council of Ministers.

COM (2000) 802f

14595/00. Communication on a second set of Community measures on maritime safety following the sinking of the oil tanker Erika: Proposal establishing a Community monitoring, control and information system for maritime traffic on the establishment of a fund for the compensation of oil pollution damage in European waters and related measures. Proposal establishing a European Maritime Safety Agency.

COM (2000) 821f

14701/00.: Community objectives for the 33rd Assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and ICAO Council decisions prior to this Assembly in the field of environmental protection.

COM (2000)*

European Parliament: Texts Adopted at the sitting of Thursday, 26th October 2000.

COM (2000)*

European Parliament: Annex to Texts Adopted at the sitting of Thursday, 26th October 2000--Amendments and proposed modifications to the draft general budget of the European Communities for the financial year 2001. 1st part: Section III--Commission: Subsections B1 and B2.

COM (2000)*

European Parliament: Annex to Texts Adopted at the sitting of Thursday, 26th October 2000--Amendments and proposed modifications to the draft general budget of the European Communities for the financial year 2001. 2nd part: Section III--Commission: Subsection B3.

COM (2000)*

European Parliament: Annex to Texts Adopted at the sitting of Thursday, 26th October 2000--Amendments and proposed modifications to the draft general budget of the European Communities for the financial year 2001. 3rd part: Section III--Commission: Subsections B4, B5 and B6.

COM (2000)*

European Parliament: Annex to Texts Adopted at the sitting of Thursday, 26th October 2000--Amendments and proposed modifications to the draft general budget of the European Communities for the financial year 2001. 4th part: Section III--Commission: Subsections B7 and B8.

COM (2000)*

European Parliament: Annex to Texts Adopted at the sitting of Thursday, 26th October 2000--Amendments to the draft general budget of the European Communities for the financial year 2001. 5th part: Section III--Commission: Part A--Other sections.

COM (2000) 846f

COM (2000) 846 Final. Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament: The contribution of public finances to growth and employment: improving quality and sustainability.

SEC (2000) 1777f

SEC (2000) 1777 Final. General Budget--2000: Section III--Commission Part B: Transfer of Appropriations No. 43/2000--Compulsory expenditure.

COM (2000)*

ACP--CE 2167/00. Operation in 1999 of the export earnings stabilisation system set up by the Fourth ACP--EC Convention revised by the Agreement signed in Mauritius.

COM (2000)*

12615/00. Commission staff working paper: Mid-term review of the 5th Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development.

COM (2000)*

12617/00. Council Directive establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation.

COM (2000) 755f

13119/00. Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament ``Towards a common asylum procedure and a uniform status, valid throughout the Union, for persons granted asylum''.

COM (2000)*

13289/00--Add 1. Communication from the Government of the French Republic--Initiative of the Government of the French Republic for the Council to adopt a draft Decision setting up a European legal training network.

COM (2000)*

13396/00--Add 1. Commission staff working paper--Set of annexes concerning information on ``Participation of candidate countries on Community programmes''. (The Secretariat received this document in English only.)

COM (2000) 726f

13545/00. Proposal for a Council Regulation amending, for the sixth time, Regulation (EC) No. 2742/1999 fixing for 2000 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for Community vessels, in waters where limitations in catch are required and amending Regulation 66/98.

COM (2000)*

13739/00. Draft Council Framework Decision on the strengthening of the penal framework to prevent the facilitation of unauthorised entry and residence: Draft Council Directive defining the facilitation of unauthorised entry, movement and residence.

COM (2000)*

13852/00. Special Report No. 16/2000 on tendering procedures for service contracts under the Phare and Tacis programmes.

COM (2000) 751f

13905/00. Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EEC) No. 881/92 on access to the market in the carriage of goods by road within the Community to and from the territory of a Member State or passing across the territory of one or more Member States as regards a uniform Driver Attestation.

COM (2000)*

13906/00. Proposal for a Council Decision on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Community (``Overseas'').

COM (2000) 753f

13924/00. Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning statistical surveys in order to determine the production potential of plantations of certain species of fruit trees.

COM (2000) 773f

139415/00. Proposal for a Council Regulation fixing for 2001 the fishing opportunities and associated conditions for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Community waters and, for community vessels, in waters where limitations in catch are required.

COM (2000) 754f

13972/00. Amended proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the organisation of working time for mobile workers performing road transport activities and for self-employed drivers.

COM (2000)*

14401/00. Amended proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on a transparent system of harmonised rules for restrictions on heavy goods vehicles involved in international transport on designated roads.

COM (2000)*

14007/00. Initiative of the Kingdom of Sweden with a view to the adoption of a Council Decision establishing a system of special forensic profiling analysis of synthetic drugs.

COM (2000)*

14008/00. Initiative of the Kingdom of Sweden with a view to the adoption of a Council Decision on the transmission of samples of illegal narcotic substances.

COM (2000) 761f

14021/00. Amended proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on unbundled access to the local loop.

COM (2000) 766f

14026/00. Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No. 1334/2000 with regard to intra-Community transfers and exports of dual-use items and technology.

COM (2000) 803f

14058/00. Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament: Application of the precautionary principle and multiannual arrangements for setting TACs.

COM (2000) 801f

14061/00. Proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters concerning the provisional application of the Fouth Protocol laying down the conditions relating to fishing provided for in the Agreement on fisheries between the European Economic Community, on the one hand, and the Government of Denmark and the local Government of Greenland, on the other.

COM (2000) 804f

14177/00. Council decision on the position to be adopted by the Community within the ACP-EC Council of Ministers regarding a Decision intended to safeguard, by means of specific financial measures, the continuity of certain activities of the 8th EDF before the entry into force of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement. Decision of the ACP-EC Council of Ministers on the adoption of specific financial measures to ensure the continuity of certain activities of the 8th EDF before the entry into force of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement.

COM (2000) 820f

14181/00. Proposal for a Council Decision concerning certain protection measures with regard to transmissible spongiform encephalopathies and the feeding of animal protein.

COM (2000) 749f

14184/00. Commission Report under Council Decision 1999/296/EC for a monitoring mechanism of Community greenhouse gas emissions.

SEC (2000) 2088

14197/00. Commission staff paper--Single Market Scoreboard: November 2000--No. 7.

COM (2000) 765f

14205/00. Proposal for a Council Decision on the signing and the provisional application of the Agreement on trade in textile products between the European Community and the Republic of Croatia initialled in Brussels on 8th November 2000.

COM (2000) 744f

14219/00. 1) Proposal laying down general provisions on the Structural Funds. 2) Proposal introducing specific measures in respect of certain agricultural products for the benefit of the French overseas departments as regards the structural measures.

3) Proposal concerning specific measures for the Azores and Madeira relating to certain agricultural products as regards the structural measures. 4) Proposal concerning specific measures for the Canary Islands with ragard to certain agricultural products as regards the structural measures. 5) Proposal laying down the detailed rules and arrangements regarding Community structural assistance in the fisheries sector.

COM (2000) 778f

14223/00. Proposal extending the double-checking system for the period from 1st January to 31st December 2001, concerning the export of certain steel products from the Czech Republic to the Community.

COM (2000) 815f

14469/00. Proposal on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to compulsory use of safety belts in vehicles of less than 3,5 tonnes.

COM (2000)*

14476/00. Amendments to the Rules of Procedure of the Court.

SEC (2000)*

14511/00--Add 1. Commission staff working document: ``Technical annexes of the 6th Report on the Implementation of the telecommunications regulatory Package.

SEC (2000) 21946

14511/00--Add 1 Cor 1. Commission staff working document: ``Technical annexes of the 6th Report on the Implementation of the telecommunications regulatory Package''.

COM (2000)*

14610/00. Communication on the European Development Fund (EDF): Estimate of the contributions needed for expenditure in the 2001 financial year and expenditure forecast for 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005.

SEC (2000) 2167f

14616/00. Decision concerning the mobilisation of the flexibility instrument (paragraph 24 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6th May 1999 on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure).

COM (2000) 824f

14639/00. Amended proposal for the prevention and control of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies.

COM (2000)*

14649/00. Communication on the availability of veterinary medicinal products.

COM (2000) 809f

14650/00. Report on the experience acquired by Member States since the implementation of Council Directive 95/29/EC amending Directive 91/628/EEC concerning the protection of animals during transport.

COM (2000) 851f

14686/00. 6th VAT Directive: request for a derogation from the Government of the Italian Republic-Used and waste materials.

COM (2000) 850f

14722/00. Amended concerning the enforcement, in respect of shipping using Community ports and sailing in the waters under the jurisdiction of the Member States, of international standards for ship safety, pollution prevention and shipboard living and working conditions (port State control).

COM (2000) 849f

14723/00. Amended proposal on common rules and standards for ship inspection and survey organisations and for the relevant activities of maritime administrations.

COM (2000)*

14724/00. Amended proposal on the accelerated phasing-in of double hull or equivalent design requirements for single hull tankers.

COM (2000) 826f

14740/00. Proposal establishing a second phase of the programme of incentives and exchanges, training and co-operation for legal practitioners. Proposal establishing a second phase of the programme of incentives, exchanges, training and co-operation for law enforcement authorities--Proposal establishing a second phase of the programme of incentives, exchanges, training and co-operation for persons responsible for combating trade in human beings and the sexual exploitation of children (STOP II).

COM (2000) 852f

14747/00. Excise duties on mineral oils--Request from the Netherlands for a derogation (procedure under Article 8(4) of Directive 92/81/EEC--Diesel consumed by taxis.

COM (2000) 853f

14755/00. Excise duties on mineral oils--Request from the Netherlands for a derogation (procedure under Article 8(4) of Directive 92/81/EEC)--Low-sulphur diesel (50 ppm).

COM (2000) 838f

14762/00. Report from the Commission to the Council on the situation in the hops sector.

COM (2000) 849f

14763/00. Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No. 1696/71 on the common organisation of the market in hops.

COM (2000)*

14778/00. Special Report No. 19/2000 by the Court of Auditors on the management by the Commission of the programme of assistance to Palestinian society.

COM (2000) 841f

14795/00. Proposal establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the Common agricultural policy.

COM (2000) 825f

14799/00.Proposal concerning the reciprocal liberalisation measures and amendment of the agricultural Protocols of the EC/Tunisia Association Agreement.

COM (2000) 836f

14810/00. Allocation of financial intermediation services indirectly measured (FISIM)--Mid-term Report containing a qualitative and quantitative analysis of the first results of the trial calculations for allocating and calculating FISIM as described in the Council Regulation (EC) No. 448/98 of 16th February 1998.

COM (2000) 827f

14814/00. Proposal on the implementation of the Internet Top Level Domain. ``EU''.

COM (2000)*

14869/00. Opinion regarding the proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Decision No. 1692/96/EC as regards seaports, inland ports and intermodal terminals as well as project No. 8 in Annex III, amending the proposal of the Commission pursuant to Article 250(2) of the EC Treaty.

COM (2000)*

14877/00. Proposal on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to measures against the emission of gaseous and particulate pollutants from internal combustion engines to be installed in non-road mobile machinery.

COM (2000)*

14894/00. Amended proposal on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use (consolidated version).

COM (2000)*

14900/00. Draft Council Decision setting up Eurojust.

COM (2000) 719f

14901/00. Report concerning the implementation of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No. 58/97.

COM (2000)*

14908/00. Amended proposal on undesirable substances and products in animal nutrition.

COM (2000)*

14922/00. Special Report No. 18/2000 concerning the programme to supply agricultural products to the Russian Federation.

COM (2000) 472

14933/00. Annual report of the MEDA programme 1999.

COM (2000)*

14935/00. Initiative by the Government of the French Republic on the protection of the euro against counterfeiting.

COM (2001) 826f

5079/01. Communication on research and technological development activities of the European Union: 2000 Annual Report.

COM (2001)*

5082/01. Development of the EU Organised Crime Situation Report.

COM (2001)*

5134/01. Possible amendments to the Europol Convention and possible extensions of Europol's competence.

COM (2001)*

5146/01. Presidency programme concerning external relations in the JHA field (2001--02).

* No Com number available

 
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