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Bulletin of the EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ISSN 0378-3693 Bulletin OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES Commission No 12 1980 Volume 13 The Bulletin of the European Commun1t1es reports on the activities of the Commission and the other Community institutions It is edited by the Secretanat-General of the Commission (rue de Ia Loi 200, B-1 049 Brussels) and published eleven times a year (one issue covers July and August) in the offic1al Community languages and Spanish. Reproduction is authorized provided the source IS acknowledged The following reference system 1s used: the first digit indicates the part number, the second digit the chapter number and the subsequent digit or d1g1ts the point number Citations should therefore read as follows· Bull EC 1-1979, pomt 1 1 3 or 2 2 36 Supplements to the Bulletin are publtshed tn a separate series at trregular intervals They contain official CommissiOn matenal (e g commumcations to the Council, programmes, reports and proposals). The Supplements do not appear tn Spanish Printed in Belgium BULLETIN OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES European Coal and Steel Community European Economic Community European Atomic Energy Community Commission of the European Communities Secretariat-General Brussels No 12 1980 Sent to press in February 1981 . Volume 13 contents SPECIAL PART ONE FEATURES 1. Luxembourg European Council - Discussions dominated by the international situation . 7 2. Poland to receive food supplies from the Community . 12 3. Community solidarity with Italy - After the November earth- quake . 14 4. The new Commission . 15 5. Common agricultural policy: the Commission's reflections and 1980 Report . 25 6. Community railway policy- Outlook for the 1980s . 27 ACTIVITIES PART TWO IN DECEMBER 1980 1 . Building the Community . 30 - Economic and monetary policy 30 - Internal market and industrial affairs 31 - Customs union . 34 - Competition . 35 - Financial institutions and taxation 41 - Employment and social policy 44 - Regional policy . ·. 47 - Environment and consumers 51 - Agriculture 54 - Fisheries 61 -Transport 62 -Energy 67 - Research and development, science and education 67 - Scientific and technical information and information manage- ment . 69 2. Enlargement and extemal relations . 71 - Enlargement and bilateral relations with applicant countries 71 - Commercial policy . 72 -Development . 75 - International organizations and conferences 78 - Industrialized countries 81 - Mediterranean countries 83 - Developing countries 84 - State-trading countries 85 - Diplomatic relations . 86 - European political cooperation 86 3. Institutional and political matters . 87 - Institutional developments and European policy 87 - institutions and organs of the Communities 88 • Parliament 88 • Council . 93 • Commission . 96 • Court of Justice 98 • Court of Auditors 1 08 • Economic and Social Committee 108 • ECSC Consultative Committee 109 • European Investment Bank 111 - Financing Community activities . 115 PART THREE DOCUMENTATION 1. ECU 124 2. Additional references in the Official Joumal 126 3. Infringement procedures . 128 4. Eurobarometer . 130 Main chapters of and Supplements to the Bulletin in 1980 130 Corrigendum . 133 Publications of the European Communities Supplements 1980 1/80 Report on the scope for convergence of tax systems in the Com­ munity 2/80 Council and Commission Committees 3/80 Employee information and consultation procedures 4/80 European Union - Reports for 1980 *5/80 A new trade-mark system for the Community • In preparation. PART ONE SPECIAL FEATURES Standardized abbreviations for the designation of certain monetary units in the different languages of the Community: BFA Belgische frank/ Franc beige LFR Franc luxembourgeois DKR Dansk krone FF Franc franc;:ais DM Deutsche Mark LIT Lira italiana HFL Nederlandse gulden (Hollandse florijn) UKL Pound sterling IRL Irish pound USD United States dollar 1. Luxembourg European Council European Council Discussions dominated international trade (especially relations with by the international situation Japan and the United States), European Union and Poland. 1.1.1. The European Council met in Lux­ embourg on 1 and 2 December with Mr Results of the Luxembourg meeting Werner, Prime Minister of Luxembourg and President of the Council and of political cooperation, in the chair. The Commission 1.1.2. The subjects dealt with at the Luxem­ was represented by Mr Jenkins and Mr bourg European Council and the outcome of Ortoli. the discussions were, as usual, set out in the Conclusions made public by the President at Besides the Heads of State or of Government the end of the meeting. But this time the of the nine Member States, the European statements adopted by the European Council Council was attended for the first time by Mr are prefaced by a 'political introduction'. Rallis, the Greek Prime Minister. He took a full part in the proceedings on matters relat­ ing to political cooperation but reverted to Conclusions of the Presidency observer status when the Council discussed specifically Community matters, since it was 1.1.3. The following is the full text of the not until 1 January 1981 that Greece was Conclusions issued by the President to the formally to become the tenth member of the national delegations and made public after Community. This participation by a new­ the meeting: comer before it has actually joined the Com­ munity is not without precedent: the Prime 1.1.4. 'In the face of the disquiet caused by Ministers of Denmark, Ireland and the developments in the international situation, the United Kingdom attended the first Summit European Council is conscious of the respon­ Conference of the enlarged Community in sibilities devolving upon Europe. 1 Paris on 19 and 20 October 1972. The Council considers that Europe's experience Apart from the aid to the victims of the and resources make it one of the essential factors earthquake in Italy, it was events on the of equilibrium and peace in the world. international scene, rather than Community It is in the context of the solidarity which unites a affairs, which dominated the discussions strong America and a Europe confident of itself -East-West relations, particularly the situa­ and of its role that dialogue and coordination bet­ ween them will best serve the cause of peace and tion in Poland, and problems in the Middle freedom. East, particularly the results of the Venice mission. The European Council will therefore ensure that Europe acquires greater cohesion and that its voice The Commission had made its usual con­ is heard. tribution to the preparations by providing the Council with a series of papers to facilitate or guide its discussions. These papers bore on the economic and social situation in the Community, industrial innovation and development, the North-South Dialogue, 1 Bull. EC 10-1972, Part One, Chap. 1. Bull. EC 12-1980 7 European Council European Council Earthquake in southern Italy The European Council is particularly concerned at the rapid increase in unemployment in the Member States of the Community. It reaffirms 1.1.5. The European Council expresses its deep that the reduction of rates of inflation and emotion in the face of the disaster which has improvements in the competitiveness of undertak­ struck part of southern Italy. The Heads of State ings by suitable investments facilitating the neces­ or of Government of the Member States of the sary structural adjustments are the most appropri­ Community and of Greece wish to convey their ate ways of achieving improved growth and com­ deepest sympathy to the stricken population, to bating unemployment on a lasting basis. A com­ tpe families mourning their dead, and to all those bined effort by Governments with the collabora­ who, in these tragic circumstances, are suffering tion of employers' and labour organizations is the destruction of their homes or the loss of their essential to cope with this situation. The various means of livelihood. Community instruments must continue to serve, first and foremost, policies aimed at reducing The peoples of the Member States of the European structural unemployment and at improving infra­ Community cannot remain indifferent to these structure and the economic situation of the less­ tragic events. Over and above the spontaneous aid favoured rural regions. rendered by the Governments and other public authorities as well as by a multitude of citizens A special effort should be made in the Community and associations in all our countries, it is the duty and in all Member States to assist young people to of the Community and its Member States, in the find employment and to ensure that their training name of solidarity, to provide exceptional assist­ is geared to requirements. ance in the present circumstances to the stricken The European Council reaffirms the importance in areas. its view of a dialogue with employers' and labour The Council of the European Communities is organizations, and of coordination and exchanges invited to decide without delay, on a proposal of information between Member States on their from the Commission and as part of the normal employment policies. The Commission will inten­ budget procedure, to supplement the emergency sify its studies, on the basis of which the Council, aid with exceptional aid measures designed to jointly composed of Economic Affairs, Finance make an effective contribution, mainly through a and Social Affairs Ministers, will be required to loan with an interest-rate subsidy, to the recon­ consider the matter further. struction programme in the affected areas in order The European Council draws attention once more to mitigate the effects of the disaster on the to the pledges of all the Community Member economic and social situation of the regions con­ States to reduce their dependence on oil by energy cerned and to ensure that these measures can be saving and by having recourse to other energy effective as soon as possible. sources, including coal and nuclear power, and to do their utmost to prevent artificial stresses from occurring on the oil market. In this connection, the Economic and social situation European Council noted the conclusions reached by the Council (Energy) on 27 November.
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