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COUNCIL CONSEIL OF EUROPE DE L'EUROPE COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS CONFIDENTIAL CM/Del/Concl(80)318 CONCLUSIONS OF THE 318th MEETING OF THE MINISTERS' DEPUTIES HELD IN STRASBOURG FROM 28 TO 30 APRIL 1980 STRASBOURG CONFIDENTIAL CM/Del/Concl(80)318 - i - SUMMARY Page 1. Adoption of the Agenda 7 2. State of written procedures 9 Adoption of decisions without debate 3. 1980 annual review of the daily subsistence allowance rates for staff of the Co-ordinated Organisations travelling on duty - 170th report of the Co-ordinating Committee of Government Budget Experts 11 4. Council of Europe Budget - Accounts of the Cultural Fund for the financial year 1978 13 Human rights 5. Economic, social and cultural rights - Written Question No. 225 by Mr Peridier and others 15 6. Protection of personal data - Recommendation 890 21 Legal Questions 7. Resolution No. 4 of the 11th Conference of European Ministers of Justice on the death penalty - Opinions by the CDDH and the CDPC 23 8. Ad hoc Committee on Legal Aspects of Territorial Asylum and Refugees (CAHAR) - Report of the 6th meeting (Strasbourg, 12-16 November 1979) 29 CONFIDENTIAL CM/Del/Concl(80)318 - ii - Page 9. Teaching, research and training in the field of "computers and law" - Draft Recommendation 33 Economic and Social Questions 10. European Public Health Committee (CDSP) - Report of the 6th meeting (Strasbourg, 13-16 November 1979) 35 11. European Social Charter - 5th period of supervision of its application - Opinion No. 95 39 12. Request of the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers' Associations (IFPMA) to be admitted, as an observer, to the meetings of the Committee of Experts on Blood Transfusion and Immunohaematology (SP-HM) 45 13. Conference of European Ministers responsible for Public Health - Report of the Ad hoc Committee of Senior officials 47 14. Cancer Control - Recommendation 836 49 15. Committee of Experts on Nuptiality and the family (ED-NF) - Extension of specific terms of reference 51 16. Potential dangers of the use of chemical herbicides - Recommendation 823 53 17. Methods and trends of organic farming in Europe - Recommendation 745 55 18. Drawing up of social reports - Written Question No. 226 by Mr. Holtz 57 CONFIDENTIAL - iii - CM/Del/Concl(80)318 Page 19. Social protection for professional, intellectual and artistic workers (self- employed or employees) - Rec. 857 59 20. 8th progress report of the International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (1976 - 1978) - Recommendation 884 61 21. Implementation and revision of the European Social Charter - Recommendation 839 63 22. European Economic and Social Policy Research Institute - Written Question No. 219 by Mr Alemyr 65 Education, Culture and Sport 23. Committee for the Development of Sport (CDDS) - Report of the 3rd meeting (Strasbourg, 4-6 March 1980) 67 24. Council for Cultural Co-operation (CDCC) - Report of the 5th meeting (Strasbourg, 4-8 February 1980) 69 25. Establishment of an international school in Strasbourg - Recommendation 863 71 Environment and Local Authorities 26. Interim Committee for Co-operation within the framework of the Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats (T-VS) - 1st meeting (Strasbourg, 28-30 January 1980) 73 CONFIDENTIAL CM/Del/Concl(80)318 - iv - Page 27. 3rd European Ministerial Conference on the Environment (Bern, 19-21 September 1979) - Recommendation 888 75 28. Energy and the environment - Recommendation 846 - Opinions by the CDAT and the CDDH 79 29. Preparation of forthcoming meetings 81 30. Any other business a. Consultative Assembly - Texts adopted by the Standing Committee 83 b. United Nations - Preparation of the next exchange of views 85 c. European Social Charter - Election of one member of the Committee of Experts set up under Article 25 of the Charter 87 d. Opening of Conventions for signature 89 e. Conference of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe (CLRAE) - Letter by the President of the Conference 91 f. Conservation of the European Architectural heritage - Question by Mr Flanagan to the Chairman of the Committee of Ministers 93 g. Committee of Ministers - Date of next Session 95 h. Malta 97 CONFIDENTIAL - v - CM/Del/Concl(80)318 Page APPENDIX I Agenda of the 318th meeting of the (item I) Ministers' Deputies - B level a1 APPENDIX II Draft agenda of the 320th meeting of (item XXIX) Ministers' Deputies - B level a5 APPENDIX III Daily subsistence allowance rates as from (item III) 1st January 1980 a9 APPENDIX IV Resolution (80)5 concerning the Cultural (item IV) Fund Accounts for the financial year 1978 a13 APPENDIX V Decision No. CM/189/300480 - CDDH a15 (item VI) APPENDIX VI Recommendation No. R(80)3 of the Committee (item XI) of Ministers to member states concerning teaching, research and training in the field of "computers and law" a17 APPENDIX VII Recommendation No. R(80)4 of the Committee (item X) of Ministers to the member states concerning the patient as an active participant in his own treatment a19 APPENDIX VIII Recommendation No. R(80)5 of the Committee (item X) of Ministers to member states concerning "blood products for the treatment of haemophiliacs" a25 APPENDIX IX Decision No. CM/190/300480 - CDDH a29 (item X) APPENDIX X Decision No. CM/191/300480 - SP-HM a31 (item XII) CONFIDENTIAL CM/Del/Concl(80)318 - vi - Page APPENDIX XI Recommendation No. R(80)6 of (item XIV) the Committee of Ministers to member states concerning cancer control a33 APPENDIX XII Specific terms of reference - DS-SR a35 (item XXIII) APPENDIX XIII Message from the Committee of Ministers (item XXIII) to the Steering Committee for social security (CDSS) a37 APPENDIX XIV Decision No. CM/192/300480 - T-VS a39 (item XXVII) CONFIDENTIAL - 1 - CM/Del/Concl(80)318 The 318th meeting of the Deputies was opened on Monday 28 April 1980 at 3 pm under the Chairmanship of Mr B. Akerren, Deputy for the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden. Item XXX(h) of the Agenda was discussed at A level under the Chairmanship of Mr J.L. Messía, Deputy for the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Spain. PRESENT AUSTRIA Mr O. Maschke Mr U. Hack BELGIUM Mr A.J. Vranken Mr J. Coene CYPRUS DENMARK Mr P.A. von der Hüde Mr B. Christensen FRANCE Mr J. Cazeneuve Mr T. de Kerros FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY Mr K. Timmermann Mrs R. Lässing GREECE Mr J. Grigoriadis Mr P. Caracassis ICELAND IRELAND Mr M. Flynn ITALY Mr M. Pisa Mr N. Cappello Mr G. Ceruti LIECHTENSTEIN HSH Prince Nicholas of Liechtenstein CONFIDENTIAL CM/Del/Concl(80)318 - 2 - LUXEMBOURG Mr J. Hostert MALTA NETHERLANDS Mr J.F.E. Breman Mr D.T. Schuurman Volker Mr H.J. Regeur NORWAY Mr K. Paus PORTUGAL Mr J.P. Cutileiro Mr J.D. Barata SPAIN Mr J.L. Messía, Chairman Mr J.A. Yáñez-Barnuevo Mr J. Fernandez Torrejon SWEDEN Mr B. Åkerren, Vice-Chairman Mr L. Westerberg Mr S.O. Petersson SWITZERLAND Mr A. Wacker Mr B. Schenk TURKEY Mr S. Günver Mr V. Sentürker Mr S. Özsoy Mr S. Umar UNITED KINGDOM Mr D. Cape Miss R. Vining CONFIDENTIAL - 3 - CM/Del/Concl(80)318 The Chairman welcomed Mr Schuurman Volker, the new Deputy Permanent Representative of the Netherlands and Mr H.J. Regeur who was accompanying the Netherlands delegation. He wished good luck to Mr H.P. Furrer who was attending the meeting for the first time as Secretary to the Committee of Ministers. He was sure that the collaboration between Mr Furrer and the Committee would be fruitful and welcomed him on behalf of all those present. The Secretary to the Committee thanked the Chairman for his kind words. He was looking forward to working with the Committee and his colleagues from the Secretariat of the Committee of Ministers. He would do his best to justify their hopes of him. At the close of the meeting the Representative of Switzerland, as dean, made the following statement: "It is always a moment of sadness and contemplation when a colleague leaves us. It is on such occasions that one realises how fast time passes. Ambassador Bengt Åkerren, the Permanent Representative of Sweden, arrived in Strasbourg in September 1976, i.e. almost 4 years ago. Your government's decision thus compels me to say a few words on behalf of all your colleagues and in particular on behalf of the Deputy Permanent Representatives whose meeting you have just chaired to their great satisfaction, as their dean has just told me. I confess I would have preferred to speak later, in May at the earliest, firstly as I would have been able to do so with all our colleagues present, including those of level A, and secondly as I would have been able to highlight one of the greatest successes among your activities in Strasbourg. I an convinced that the Conference of European Ministers responsible for Migration Affairs will be a success and that it will be largely to your credit. CONFIDENTIAL CM/Del/Concl(80)318 - 4 - You have persevered in defending before the Committee this proposal by your government and subsequently chaired the Committee of Senior Officials and in this capacity, have assured much of the responsibility for the conference. I am sure that the ministers meeting here next week will be grateful to you for this. I would like to mention one other point. You have been one of those colleagues who, while representing your country and its particular interests perfectly at the Council of Europe, has managed to be something more: an active and integral member of our Committee, a volunteer for working parties, helping in this way to put the interests of the Committee of Ministers, the Organisation and therefore of the whole of western Europe above individual obstacles.