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SN 533/1/00 REV 1. Treaty of Nice--Provisional text approved by the Intergovernmental Conference on institutional reform.

SEC(2000)2336. Communication from the commission to the council on the opening of consultations with Coˆte d'Ivoire pursuant to article 96 of the Cotonou Agreement.

10968/2/00 REV 2 Annex. Draft Resolution on the principles of personal data protection in the field of judicial cooperation in criminal matters as well as police and customs cooperation.

13095/2/00 REV 2. Draft Council Directive on the mutual recognition of decisions on the expulsion of third country nationals.

13729/00. Council Decision authorising the French Republic to apply a differentiated rate of excise duty to certain mineral oils, when used for specific purposes, in accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 8(4) of Directive 92/81/EEC.

14009/00. Explanatory memorandum related to two Swedish initiatives in the field of drugs.

14096/00. Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No. 2402/98 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of unwrought unalloyed magnesium originating in the People's Republic of China.

14751/00. Proposal for a Council Regulation imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and collecting definitively the provisional duty imposed on imports of ammonium nitrate originating in Poland and Ukraine, and terminating the anti-dumping proceeding in respect of imports originating in Lithuania.

4487/00. Draft Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.

5268/01. Draft Convention on improving mutual assistance in criminal matters.

5555/01. Possible amendments to the Europol Convention and possible extensions of Europol's competence.

5666/01. Draft Council Decision on making certain categories of Council documents available to the public.

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.

13852/00. Special Report No. 16/2000 on tendering procedures for service contracts under PHARE and TACIS programmes.

14007/00. 14008/00. 14009/00. 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. 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. Explanatory Memorandum related to two Swedish Initiatives in the field of drugs.

14223/00. Proposal for a Council Decision on the position to be taken within the Association Council established under the Europe Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Czech Republic, of the other part, which entered into force on 1 February 1995, concerning the export of certain steel products from the Czech Republic to the European Community. Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) extending the double-checking system established by Decision No. 3/97 of the Association Council for the period 1 January to 31 December 2001.

14227/00. Proposal for a Council Decision on the position to be taken within the Association Council established under the Europe Agreement between the European communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Slovak Republic, of the other part, which entered into force on 1 February 1995, concerning the export of certain steel products from the Slovak Republic to the European Community. Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) extending the double-checking system established by Decision No. 3/97 of the Association Council for the period 1 January to 31 December 2001.

14686/00. Proposal for a Council Decision authorising Italy to extend an existing derogation under Article 27 of the Sixth VAT Directive (77/388/EEC).

14747/00. Proposal for a Council Decision authorising the Netherlands to apply a reduced rate of excise duty for diesel used by taxis in 2000 in accordance with the procedure provided for in article 8(4) of Directive 92/81/EEC.

14762/00. 14763/00. 1. Document 14762/00 of 19 December 2000 concerning a report from the Commission to the Council on the situation in the hops sector; and 2. Draft Instrument 14763/00 of 19 December 2000 concerning a proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending Regulation (EEC) No. 1696/71 on the common organisation of the market in hops.

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.

14894/00. Amended proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use (consolidated version).

14869/00. Opinion of the Commission pursuant to Article 251(2)(C) of the EC Treaty on the European Parliament's Amendments to the Council's common position 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.

5666/01. Proposal for a Council Decision on making certain categories of Council documents available to the public.

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