COUNCIL OF EUROPE CONSEIL DE L' EUROPE
CONFIDENTIAL ^^N. Strasbourg 19 June 1981 '^C AS/Loc (33) PV 2 J PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY
COMMITTEE ON REGIONAL PLANNING PACECOM060365 AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES
DRAFT MINUTES
of the meeting in Luxembourg on 10 and 11 June 1981
r MEMBERS PRESENT:
MM AHRENS, Chairman Federal Republic of Germany JUNG;, Vice Chairman France AGRIMI Italfy . , • AMADEI Italy : Mrs GIRARD-MONTET Switzerland / 'c MM GUTERES (for Mr MARQUES) Portugal HILLJ United Kingdom JENSEN Denmark LlENf Norway McGUIRE Uriited Kingdom : MARQUE Luxembourg MULLER G (f or Mr LEMMRICH) Federal Republic of Germany ROSETA (for Mrs ROSETA) Portugal . > SCHLINGEMANN (for Mr STOFFELEN) Netherlands STA^INTON United Kingdom • TANGHE - Belgium VERDE SpVin WINDSTEIG Austria • '•• . . r \ ' ' ' ALSO PRESENT:
MM BERCHEM Luxembourg GARRETT Unitled Kingdom HARDY . United Kingdom HAWKINS United .Kingdom
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EXPERTS:
For items 3 and 4
Mr Paul Weber, representing the Luxembourg Ministry of the Environment
For item 6
Mr Thill, representing the Luxembourg Ministry of the Interior For item 5 a. Konsortium Magnetbahn Transrapid (Munich): Mr Hessler Mr Eitelhuber Mr Parnitzke b. International Union of Railways (IUR): Mr Harbinson
APOLOGISED FOR ABSENCE;
MM MUNOZ PEIRATS, Vice Chairman Spain BECK Liechtenstein BONNEL Belgium BOZZI France CHLOROS Greece COWEN Ireland FOSSON Italy MERCIER France MICALLEF Malta PANAGOULIS Greece SCHAUBLE Federal Republic of Germany^ SCHWAIGER Austria * SJONELL Sweden THORARINSSON Iceland VALLEIX France WAAG Sweden Mrs van der WERF TERPSTRA Netherlands
The Chairman, Mr Ahrens, opened the meeting at 10 am on 10 June 1981 and thanked the Luxembourg authorities for their generous hospitality.
1. AGENDA
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The.draft agenda was adopted, subject to changes in the order of items (see appendix).
2. MINUTES
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The draft minutes of the meeting in Strasbourg on 14 May 1981 were approved.
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3. PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN LUXEMBOURG
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Mr Paul Weber, representing the Luxembourg Ministry of the Environment, outlined his government's general policy on the environment. A series of protective measures had made it possible to halt the deterioration in the natural environment which had started at the beginning of the century. Clean water policies had greatly reduced pollution levels since 1963. The 1973 national waste disposal plan had given excellent results and had now reached its final phase. As regards prevention, impact studies had become common practice for all major projects likely to affect the environment. The most recent examples were the surveys on the proposed runway extension at Findel airport.
The Chairman thanked Mr Weber and threw the discussion open.
Mr Hawkins asked what the population of the Grand Duchy was and whether the Moselle was affected by pollution.
Mr Weber replied that Luxembourg had a population of 360,000. The Moselle was already seriously polluted when it reached Luxembourg. Other rivers,, such as the Sure and the Alzette, had been easier to clean. The plant at Echternach to purify the water of the Sure was governed by an international management agreement.
^ - ' . Mr Hill raised the question of noise pollution resulting from the runway extension and asked whether the public had been involved in the impact studies.
Mr Weber said that the present level of traffic did not constitute a serious nuisance and that extension of the runway would, in fact, reduce noise affecting the population of the town of Luxembourg. There had been no public involvement at the preparatory stage of the project but an environmental committee, composed of representatives of the various sectors concerned, had recently been set up to examine existing problems.
Mr Jung was interested in the question of financing the purification plant.
Mr Weber said that the central government had provided a 90% subsidy for the investment in construction of the plant and the main collectors. Op-erating costs were entirely the responsibility of the local authorities.
Mr Schlingemann referred to the pollution of the Rhine and asked whether the Luxembourg tributaries were properly cleaned.
Mr Weber said that the great efforts made by Luxembourg to clean up the water courses would benefit the Netherlands. None of the saline pollution of the Rhine originated in Luxembourg.
Mr Stainton was pleasantly surprised by the quality of relations between Luxembourg and its neighbours and asked what resources the Luxembourg Government had at its disposal to implement the environmental protection programme.
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Mr Weber said that Luxembourg allocated 1.5% of its GNP to environmental protection.Furthermore, a large body of legislation had existed for several years and was regularly up-dated, particularly to take account of EEC directives on the environment. . Mr Lien asked about water pollution caused by agricultural-activities.
Mr Garrett asked about the problem of storing steel industry waste.
Mr Guteres commented that open-cast mining might harm "the environment.
Mr Hardy wanted to know what role was assigned to the Luxembourg forests.
Mr Weber answered the speakers. The effect of farming on water quality in Luxembourg was negligible. Mining had had a considerable impact on the environment in the past but agricultural land reclamation was now in progress. There were no restrictions on access to forests, which were used principally {• for leisure.
The Chairman said that in the Federal Republic of Germany open-cast mines were subject to special regulations which compelled the owners to reclaim the land concerned.
The committee thanked Mr Weber for his statements and for his replies to the various questions.
4. LUXEMBOURG AND TRANSFRONTIER CO-OPERATION
a. Germano-Luxembourg_Nature Park
Mr Weber described the park's legal status and ownership, its state of conservation, the work done in 1980, visitor statistics and visitor behaviour together with research carried out in the park. It was planned to extend the park in the near future. There were also plans to create a Belgian-Luxembourg nature park and an effort would be made to link the two parks together to form^^ one. <9 Mr Margue commented that the Luxembourg authorities considered tourism to be the principal function of the Germane-Luxembourg park, as could be'seen from the 1980 budget.
The committee took note of the information supplied. The meeting was adjourned at 12.50 am and resumed at 3 pm.
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b. Cf^Y.6"!:*011 between_the Grand_Duchy_of Luxembourg_and_the Federal Republic of Germany on mutual assistance in the event of serious accidents or disasters
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This item would be discussed at the working meeting on Thursday 11 June.
c. The exercise_of_certain professional_activitiesi especially in_the iiii^Oiii!""" -~" This item was postponed.
5. RECENT DEVELOPMENT CONCERNING TRUNK COMMUNICATIONS IN EUROPE.
a. Advance_d_trans£ort technology: jnagnetic cushion_and_guidance
Mr Eitelhuber, the technical director of Konsortium Magnetbahn Transrapid, described the research and development programme on the magnetic cushion transport system, In the industrialised countries there was a revival of interest in the railways, because of their low energy consumption, lack of dependence on oil supplies, high transport capacity, safety, low environmental impact and high degree of automation. Magnetic trains had the additional advantages of suspension without contact with the ground and frictionless guidance, propulsion and braking system. The combination of these characteristics with the traditional advantages of rail transport resulted in high speeds, low wear and tear, low weight-passenger ratio, reduced energy consumption, absence of noise and the possibility of routes with minimum radii of curvature, comparatively steep slopes and elevated sections of track.
In the Federal Republic of Germany, the programme of research into magnetic trains had started in 1968. The technical trials were now being completed. Operational trials were due to start in 1982 on an experimental track in the Emsland and. should be completed by 1985. Technical data concerning the magnetic train and its guidance system were set out in the documents distributed to the members of the committee.
The Chairman recapitulated the committee's activities on this topic, particularly its visit to the premises of the French hovertrain near .Orleans. These new technologies should be compared with the advantages of the. conventional railways, which already possessed a very extensive infrastructure. The question was whether a whole new infrastructure was justified under these circumstances.
Mr Hessler, the Executive Director of the Konsortium, described the present state of passenger and freight transport in the Federal Republic of Germany. The railways accounted for 6% of passenger traffic in 'terms .of passenger-km and 28% of total goods traffic in terms of tonne-km. In most countries, the railways' share of total traffic volume was falling. Magnetic trains could supplement the. present rail network efficiently over distances of around 500 km. Cost-benefit analysis of magnetic trains had shown that they were more economic in terms of infrastructure and that their energy
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AS/Loc (33) PV 2 - 6 - consumption per passenger-km was low* Furthermore, introduction of the new system would create jobs in the regions concerned. The people in charge.of the Konsortium Magnetbahn Transrapid had the impression that a great many institutions in Europe were discussing the transport problem but that it was hard to find partners ready to co-operate in bringing a practical project to fruition.
Mr Muller said that buses were the cheapest mode of transport in terms of running costs. The problem was whether magnetic trains would be attractive to the public as a whole or whether only a few large urban centres would benefit from them.
Mr Schlingemann said that the railways attached excessive importance to speed and that it would be better to offer travellers an alternative to the private car. |
Mr Hessler said that magnetic trains could pay their way only over a large network. The International Union of Railways had drawn up a master plan which envisaged the construction of new tracks. Some of these new lines might. be under joint management but this would not be possible until a fundamental decision was taken on the system.
Mr Hawkins referred to the problem of electrification of some lines and asked whether magnetic train tracks could be superimposed on conventional lines.
Mr Hardy said that if trials were limited to central Europe, the peripheral countries would again feel .themselves discriminated against. The main problem of cutting transport time involved cutting journey times between town centres and airports.
Mr Sand, Head of Division, asked what effect the high speed trains would have on the magnetic train project.
Mr Hessler said that the Parisiyons high speed .train" link had had the 4 advantage of a very favourable route which had reduced infrastructure costs. But the system had yet to show that it could pay its way.
Mr Windsteig asked about the construction of the network for the magnetic trains.
Mr Eitelhuber thought that this problem could be solved gradually by linking up the various lines.
Mr Hill wanted to know the total cost of establishing such a system.
Mr Hessler said that the cost per km of a line between Frankfurt and Paris would be 17.5 million DM.
The committee took note of these details and thanked Mr Eitelhuber and Mr Hessler for attending the meeting.
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6. LOCAL AND REGIONAL STRUCTURES IN EUROPE
This item would be examined at the working session on Thursday 11 June.
7. PLASTIC AND OTHER NON-BIODEGRADABLE WASTE
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The Rapporteur, Mr Hardy, presented the results of the International Conference on the collection, treatment and recycling of solid urban waste, held in Rome from 10-13 March 1981. The conference had made a series of recommendations to the various bodies, competent at local, regional, national and international level.
The Chairman thought that a public information campaign on the problem of waste should be undertaken. In the Federal Republic of Germany experiments, on glass recuperation at local level had had very encouraging results.
The committee Secretary reminded the meeting that the report on this subject would be presented to the Assembly at the January 1982 session.
The committee took note of this information.
.8. REPORT ON OECD ACTIVITIES IN 1980
At the Chairman's suggestion, the committee appointed Mr Guteres Rapporteur to prepare the committee's opinion on OECD's 1980 activities on the environment, urban management and highway research.
9. EUROPEAN CONFERENCE OF MINISTERS RESPONSIBLE FOR -REGIONAL PLANNING
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The Chairman told the committee that the exchange of views with the Committee of Senior Officials of the Conference was due to take place on 1 July 1981 in Strasbourg. A decision should be made as to which items should take priority during these discussions, on the basis of document AS/Loc (33) 4.
Mr Jung thought that problems of common interest should be given priority.
Mr Garrett and Mr Verde considered that the survey of co-operation between the Assembly and CEMAT should form the focal point of the meeting, as there seemed to be room for improvement on this subject.
Mr Schlingemann said that the senior officials were not always in a position to discuss certain political questions.
The.committee agreed to the proposals for topics for discussion contained in document AS/Loc (38) 4.
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10. CONFERENCE OF PYRENEAN REGIONS
The Chairman made a statement on the last meeting on 25 and 26 May at La Seu d'Urgell, Spain of the Joint Working Party (Committee - Conference of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe) responsible for preparing the conference. All the Pyrenean regions and Andorra had been represented at the meeting, which had found that although problems were not viewed in the same light north and south of the Pyrenees, there was nevertheless, a very clear desire for co-operation. The conference would take place in spring 1982.
Mr Berchem asked whether representatives of the Spanish and French central authorities had attended the meeting.
The Chairman said that the Spanish State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Mr Robles Piquer, and the Permanent Representative of Spain to the Council of Europe, Mr Messia, had attended the meeting.
The committee took note of. these details and .expressed its satisfaction.
11. OTHER BUSINESS
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Mr Schlingemann, speaking on behalf of Mrs van der Werf Terpstra, gave an account of the very successful presentation ceremony at Ingelheim (FRG).
The committee appointed the following parliamentarians to present flags to:
SOUTH TYNESIDE (United Kingdom) 17 July 1981 . Mr Tanghe RIOM (France) .20 September 1981 Mr Lemmrich EKEREN (Belgium) 20 September 1981 Mr Hardy RUSSELSHEIM (FRG) 3 October 1981 Mr Windsteig
The committee instructed the Secretariat to contact committee members not present at the meeting in order to appoint a parliamentarian to present a Flag of Honour to Livry-Gargan (France) on 27 June 1981.
b. 4th Symposium of European HistoricJTowns /Fribourg (Switzerland) 14-16 October 1981/ .
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The committee appointed Mrs Girard-Montet, the Chairman and Mr Miiller as delegates to this symposium, on the understanding that their attendance expenses would be borne by the national parliaments.
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The committee accepted the dates of 12 and 13 September 1981 suggested by the town of Braunfels (FRG) for the Europe Prize presentation ceremonies and decided that its Sub-Committee on the Europe Prize and the propagation of the European idea would meet on this occasion.
12. DATE AND PLACE OF NEXT MEETING
The committee confirmed its decision to hold its next meeting in Strasbourg on 30 June and 1 July 1981 and decided to meet in Paris on 17 September 1981.
The meeting was adjourned at 6.00 pm and resumed on Thursday 11 June at 10.00 am.
The committee examined the items which had been postponed.
5. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN TRUNK COMMUNICATIONS IN EUROPE
b. Activities of the_International_Union_of Railways
Mr Harbinson, IUR representative, made a statement on the organisation's activities. (Mr Harbinson's statement will be available in the form of a committee working paper, reference AS/LOC (33) 8.)
Mr Hill enquired about the traffic potential of the Channel tunnel and the percentage of electrification of British railway lines.
Mr Harbinson replied that the tunnel could cope with 8,000,000 passengers annually. 52% of the UK rail network could be electrified by 1990.
Mr Windsteig asked about the problems of small countries which had a large amount of transit traffic and could not afford the necessary infrastructure work.
Mr Harbinson agreed that some infrastructure projects in transit countries required an international approach.
Mr Stainton said that in some countries not enough freight transport went by rail and too much by road.
Mr Harbinson said that some countries had taken measures to encourage the use of the railways.
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Mr Garrett asked about the extent of technical co-operation on rail . equipment.
Mr Harbinson said that there was a very high degree of co-operation where rolling stock was concerned, but much remained to be done as regarded signalling.
Mr Guteres said that the Lisbon - Porto link was not included on the European railway master plan and asked Mr Harbinson for his opinion on magnetic trains. .
Mr Harbinson said that internal lines were not shown on the master plan and that magnetic trains would not be operational before the end of the century.
Mr Agrimi said that the problem of rail transport was wider than the European Community. An urgent.appeal should be sent to the European Conference of Ministers of Transport (ECMT) asking it to take a greater interest in the European railway master plan. It should not be forgotten that the rail network was a permanent network which united the European nations. .
The Chairman reminded the committee that Mr Hill's report on trunk communications would be presented to the Assembly at the session in January 1982 and.would be sent to the ECMT for information.
The committee thanked Mr Harbinson for his statement and for his replies to member's questions.
6. . LOCAL AND REGIONAL STRUCTURES IN EUROPE . •
a. Local legislation and_draft reforms jn_Luxembourg
Mr Thill, representing the Minister of the Interior, made a statement on local legislation and structures in Luxembourg. The 118 Luxembourg, local government districts each possessed a district council and a college of aldermen. The district council was composed of elected representatives and dealt with all matters of local concern. The college of aldermen, the executive body of the municipality, was appointed by the Grand Duke or the Prime Minister. The mayor was the first in rank among the aldermen. The government had the power to annul or suspend any decision by the local authorities which was contrary to law or to the public interest. The local authorities' financial resources came from various government taxes., ,local taxes and fees charged by the local authority for certain servies.
The Luxembourg .Government had drafted a Local Authorities Co-operation Bill under which federations of local authorities could be created for 'certain purposes. Members .of these federations' boards would be democratically elected. In addition the bill would authorise district councils to hold shares in companies.
• A plan to reform local government structures to make them more democratic and efficient was being studied. The college of aldermen -would be elected by and answerable to the district council. Provision was made for referendums to be held at local level. The new act would also improve the functioning of institutions by reducing the Grand Duke's supervisory powers in respect of district councils.-
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Mr Verde asked whether the district councils received enough,income from central government. .
Mr Thill said that income was adequate in small and medium-sized districts. Large authorities found themselves in a more difficult situation.
Mr Margue said that although small authorities had a smaller income, they also had lower outgoings. Moreover, some items of expenditure did not concern all local authorities, eg local police, theatre, music and public transport.
Mr Guteres asked about the role of the cantons and districts.
Mr Thill replied that these were purely administrative divisions.
Mr Margue added that the cantons had no legal status.
Mr McGuire asked whether the high percentage of immigrants in Luxembourg posed a threat to national identity. <
Mr Thill said that the number of immigrants had risen continuously since the beginning of the century. At present, the Portugese community formed the largest group of immigrants and like all the others, Italian, Spanish, etc, was well integrated into Luxembourg society.
Mr Stainton wanted to know whether local authorities could borrow money.
Mr Thill said that they could do so subject to the Grand Duke's approval.
The committee took note of these details.
b. Work of the Intergovernmental C6mmittee_of Experts on_Local and Regional finance
c. Congress on_the problems of_regionalisation in_Europ_e (Dulmen7~3-6~April~1981)
Discussion of these two items was postponed.
4. LUXEMBOURG AND TRANSFRONTIER CO-OPERATION
b- Convention between the Grand Duchy °f_Luxembourg and the Federal Regublic of_Gerroany__on_mutual assistance_in_the event 2^_§£li£H§ accidents °r_.disasters
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Mr Thill described the convention, concluded in 1978 and ratified by Luxembourg in 1980. Other conventions on mutual assistance had been concluded with France (1962) and Belgium (1970).
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The committee took note of this information and thanked Mr Thill very heartily for his participation at the meeting. c. The exercise of_certain professional activities^ especially in the healtlTf ield" '
.Discussion of this item was postponed.
The agenda having been exhausted, the meeting closed at 12.50 pro.
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heard a statement by Mr Paul Weber, representative of the Ministry of the Environment, on the protection of environment in Luxembourg;
- held an exchange of views on the outcome of the International Conference .on the Collection. Treatment and Recycling of Solid Urban Waste (Rome, 10-13 March 1981); - . .'•'•. .
appointed Mr Guteres, Rapporteur to prepare .the Committee's opinion on the OECD activites in 1980 in the field of .environment, urban management and road research policy;
prepared the exchange of views with the Committee of Senior Officials of the European Confernece of Ministers responsible for Regional Planning foreseen for 1 July 1981 in Strasbourg;
- heard a report by its Chairman on the last meeting of the Joint Working Party on the preparation of the Conference of Pyrenean Regions /La Seu d'1-Urge 11 (Spain) 25-26 May 1981/ . .
- in order to prepare the report on recent developments concerning trunk communication in Europe (Rapportuer: Mr Hill), held an exchange of views with a representative of the International Union of Railways on the activities of this organisation and heard a statement by representatives of the Transrapid Magnetbahn Konsor.tium on train magnetic levitation and guidance;
- heard a statement by Mr Thill, representative of the Minister of the Interior, on local structures and legislation in Luxembourg, draft reforms under consideration and the Convention between Luxembourg and the Federal Republic of Germany on mutual assistance in the event of serious accidents on disasters;.
— appointed Mrs Girard-Montet, its Chairman and_Mr Miiller to take part in the fourth Symposium of European Historic towns /Fribourg, (Switzerland), 14-16 October 1981/ . ...
- appointed the following parliamentarians to present the European Flag of Honour to: SOUTH TYNESIDE (UK) . 17 July 1981 Mr Tanghe RIOM (France) 20 September. 1981 Mr I^emmrich EKKEREN (Belgium) .. 20 September 1981 ' Mr Hardy RUSSELSHEIM (FRG) . 3 October.1981 MrWinsteig; instructed the Secretariat to contact committee members not present at the meeting, in order to appoint a parliamentarian to present the European Flag of Honour to LIVRY-GARGAN (France) on 27 June 1981; confirmed 12 and 13 September 1981 as dates for the ceremonies on the presentation of Europe Prize 1981 to the town of BRAUNFELS (FRG) and decided also to hold on this occasion a meeting of its Sub-Committee on the. Europe Prize and the propagation of the European idea; confirmed its decision to hold its next meeting in Strasbourg on 30 June and 1 July 1981; decided to meet in Paris on 17 September 1981;
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DRAFT AGENDA
of the meeting to be held on Wednesday 10 June 1981 at 10 am in Luxembourg Ministere de 1'IntSrieur '. 19, rue Beaumont
, 1. AGENDA , . : :
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Adoption of the draft agenda.
2. . MINUTES .
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Approval of the draft minutes of the meeting held in Strasbourg on 14 May 1981.
3. PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT IN LUXEMBOURG
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Statement by a representative of the Ministry of the Environment. .
4. LUXEMBOURG AND THE TRANSFRQNTIER CO-OPERATION
a. Germane-Luxembourg Nature Park.
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b. Convention between the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Federal Republic of Germany on mutual assistance in the event of serious accidents or disasters.
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c. The exercise of certain professional activities, especially in the health field.
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5. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS CONCERNING TRUNK COMMUNICATION IN EUROPE
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a. Activities on the International Union of Railways in this field. Statement by a member of the IUR. - Exchange of views.
b. Advanced technology in transport, magnetic cushion and guidance. Statement by a representative of the Transrapid Magnetbahn Konsortium - Exchange of views Rapporteur: Mr Hill;
6. LOCAL AND REGIONAL STRUCTURES IN EUROPE
a. Local legislation and draft reforms in Luxembourg. - Statement by a representative of the Ministry of the Interior.
b. Work of the Committee of Experts on local and regional finance.
c. Congress on the regionalism problems in Europe (Dulmen, 3-6 April 1981) - Statement by the Chairman of the committee.
7. .PLASTIC AND OTHER NON-BIODEGRADABLE WASTE
/Doc. 4694J Exchange of views on the outcome of the International Conference on the Collection, Treatment and Recycling of Solid Urban Waste . (Rome, 10-13 March 1981)
8. REPORT ON THE OECD ACTIVITIES IN 1980
Appointment of a rapporteur to prepare the committee's opinion.
.9. EUROPEAN CONFERENCE OF MINISTERS RESPONSIBLE FOR REGIONAL PLANNING
Preparation of the exchange of views with the Committee of Senior Officials of the conference foreseen for 1 July in Strasbourg.
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10. CONFERENCE OF PYRENEAN REGIONS
Statement by the Chairman of the committee concerning the last meeting of the Joint Working Party on the preparation of the Confernece of Pyrenean Regions (La Seu d'Urgell (Spain), 25-26 May 1981).
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11. OTHER BUSINESS .
a. Flags_of_Honour
. Reports on the presentation ceremony in Ingelheim (FRG) (30 May 1981)
. Appointment of members of the committee to present flags to: ANGLE! (France)
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b. Fourth Sy_mp_osium of_Europ_ean_Hi.storic Towns
/Fribourg (Switzerland) 14-16 October 198l/
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Participation of the Committee.
12. DATE AND PLACE.OF THE NEXT MEETING
Strasbourg, 30 June at 5 pm 1 July at 9 am.
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