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industry an society WEEKLY REPRODUCTION AUTHORIZED Brussels, 2 December 1975 No 42/75 IN THIS ISSUE: * European solidarity (p. 1) * The CAP: the case for the defence (p. 2) * Europe in the classroom (p. 2) * World economic recovery (p. 2) * Economic situation in the Community (p. 2) * Women at work (p. 3) * 600 million associates (p. 3) * Woman and health (p. 3) * Door-to-door sales (p. 4) * Industrial training and retraining (p. 4) * Cosmetics in the Netherlands (p. 4) * Schools television (p. 4) * Skimmed~ilk powder (p. 4) * The Court of Justice (p. 5) * Biological control in farming (p. 5) ** The commitment of each member of the Community to the European ideal must be absolute, to the exclusion of major or minor national interests. This in a nutshell is the point of view put by Mr Gaston Thorn, Luxembourg's Premier and Minister for Foreign Affairs, during a recent interview. X/668/75-E This bulletin is published by t he Commission of the European Communities Directorate General of Information Division for industri al information and consumers Rue de Ia Loi 200 B - 1049- Brussels- Tel. 7350040 Further information is available from the Commission's press and informat ion offices in the countries listed on the inside cover. The information published in this bulletin covers the European Communities' acti vities in the fields of industrial development, protection of the environment and consumer welfare. It is there fore not limited to recording Commission decisions or opinions. PRESS AND INFORMATION OFFICES OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES BELGIUM GERMANY ITALY SWITZERLAND 1049 BRUSSELS 53 BONN 00187 ROME 1202 GENEVA Rue de Ia Loi 244 ZitelmannstraBe 22 Via Poli, 29 37-39, rue de Vermont Tel. 7350040 Tel. 238041 Tel. 689722 a 26 Tel. 3497 50 1 BERLIN 31 Kurfurstendamm 102 Tel. 886 40 28 DENMARK LUXEMBOURG UNITED STATES 1457 COPENHAGEN LUXEMBOURG WASHINGTON, D.C. 2003, GREAT BRITAIN 4 Gammeltorv Centre europeen du Kirchberg 2100 M Street, N.W. Tel. 14 41 40 LONDON W8 4QQ Tel. 479 41 Suite 707 20, Kensington Palace Gardens Tel. (202) 872-8350 Tel. 727 8090 FRANCE IRELAND NETHERLANDS 75782 PARIS CEDEX 16 DUBLIN 2 THE HAGUE NEW YORK 10017 61, rue des Belles-Feuilles 29 Merrion Square 29, Lange Voarhout 277 Park Avenue Tel. 5535326 Tel. 760353 Tel. 070-469326 Tel. 371-3804 Induatty and Societz - No 42/75 - 2.12.1975 - P• 2 ADEX 1 explains the relevance ot SOLIDlii'l'!' to the various i t•• on the agend& tor the EUropean Council in Rome on 1 and 2 Dec ..ber. ** Is there a caae tor the c~ AORICULTO'R1L POLICY? AIIEl 2 omtlinea the aain arcaaenta tor the defence and the extenuating circumstances which a ..bers of the ~ - in thia tnatance consumers and t~era - should keep in sind. ** The C~ t7' s Education JUnlatera are to aeet in the near fUture to take the first steps to bring JJJROPE Ilft'O '!liB CLlSSllOCII. AIIEl ~ outlines how and wbT C~t7 cooperation in education can help to foster a sense ot !Dropean oitisenship. ** A QllDJAL BmOV!Bt D Till 1fORLD WJC.(JI! can be u:pected in the 7ear ahead. 'l'hia is the optilliatic aessace to ••rp trca a business 11UrV87 recentl7 carried out 'b7 the Ellropean O~asion. Indutri&l production ill the C~t7 as a whole ia no longer falling. There are ••e sip ot a recover.r in oh.U.cala, man-made fibres, textiles, clothiq and in the COD8UIIer durablea industries. Apart from seasonal infiuencea, there should also be acae rec0Yft7 1D btdlding and oonatru.ction. The u•plment situation baa not 7et improved, with hip JlUilbere ot achool-leavera swelling the still riainc tipres. The upwarclaov•ent ef the cost ot liviq accelerated in Sept•ber when oouuaer prices in the C~t7 as a whole rose at an amma1 rate of about 1~ compared with about ~in Aup.st. laporte have in pneral steadied or bepn to riae apin and exports continue to be weak. While still r•ainiq close to equilibri11111 the trade balance of the Baropean Ca..DDit.J baa started to deteriorate slilbtl7 since earl7 ~er. ** !he aonthl7 fip.rea npplied 'b7 X•ber States ahowJ.Dc percentage variations in the industrial production index ( uoludiDc buildiq), registered un•pl0111ent (persona registered at •PlOJilent ottioea), the wholesale price index and the connaer price index cc.bine to give the followiq picture ot the m<lfCIUC SI'MATIOI' in the CCIIIII1Udt7. Indust;r and Society - No 42/75 - 2.12.1975 - p. 3 Reference month September 1975 October 1975 October 1975 October 1975 Industrial Registered Wholesale Consumer production unemployment prices prices Germ~ - 1.5 1.8 0.4 0.3 France o.s o.s 0.3 (Sep) o.s Italy 1.7 o.6 (Jul) 1.0 (Sep) o.s (Sep) Netherlands 0.3 - 0.4 4.1 (Aug) o.s :Belgium o.s 6.8 0.4 1.1 Luxembourg 47·9 94.2 1.6 United Kingd.ca. 1.3 4.4 1.2 1.4 Ireland 10.3 1.5 3.8 (Mar} 0.1 (Aug) (Apr-Jun) Denmark 11.7 7.2 0.6 (Sep) 0.9 (Sep) (Oct-Dec 1973) Community - o.s ** Mae Fran9oise Giraud, French Secretar,y of State for Women's Affairs,was present at a European Seminar on Vocational Guidance and Training for WCJef.EN AT WORK held in Paris recently UDder the auspices of the European Commission. Attending the seminar were some sixty senior staff responsible for vocational gnidance and training in public and private organizations, industr.y, emplo,yers' associations and trade unions in the different COIDID'tmi ty countries. The meeting took stock of the main problems to be tackled in this area in the COIIIJDUDi ty and suggested. a number of solutions. The seminar was a further Commission contribution to International Women's Year and rounded off the year's campaign to encourage equality of treatment, an item which also appears on the agenda for the meeting of the Caamruni. ty' a Council of Ministers to be held on 18 December 1975• ** SOME 600 MILLION PlOOPLE will be associated with the ib.ropean Community once the agreements now being negotiated with a m:amber of Mediterranean countries are signed. Forty-six countries - this will soon increase to 50 - are already associated with the COIDDIUili ty through the Lome Convention. This grouping of half of the developing countries represented at the UN will carr.y cansiderable weight in world affairs. ** "WOli.Ul Alm HFALTH" is 'the theme of the Second European Health Club Congress to be held in Brussels on 11 1 12 and 13 December 1975. The papers to be read will deal with woman's biological, pqsiological and genetic identity, the nature-culture conflict in woman, the child-rearing function and woman's role in health promotion. A number of working parties will concentrate on specific problems such as women and work, fatigue, health and beauty, individual diets, and so on. Farther details can be obtained. from the European Health Club, 98, chaussee de neurgat, 1050 Brussels, or 41, boulevard de Latour-Ma.ubourg, 75007 Paris. Induat~ and Societz - No 42/75 - 2.12.1975 - P• 4 • The European CCIIIJiission is bu117 drafting a CCIIIII\1Di t7 directive on DOOJt-TO-DOOI SALES. The Conaumers• Consultative CCIIIIi ttee hall been asked to give ita vi eva on this document which is to be forwarded to the Community's Coancil of Ministers in 1976. ** '!'he Earopean Social Fund is to finance 5~ of the cost of a number of pilot soh••• tor industrial TR&IlllllG AID umtA.DilllCJ. In repl7 to a question tabl eel by a M•ber ot the European Parliament, the !bropean CCIIDilisaion recentl7 stressed the im.portance 1 t attaches to the l0Jll'-t8l'lll educational value ot these soh••• and to the need to adjust procra-e content and methoda to job opportunities and individual requir•ents. The pilot soh••• backed b7 the :&Uropean Social Fund will pide the Council of Kiniaters &D4 the European Coaaaiasion in the choice ot areaa in which the Pund could uaetul.l7 intervene. They will also help Member States and those responsible tor operations to choose the moat effective tom ot aid and to put it to the beat possible use. The J!.Dropean COIIIIIliaaion is well aware of the limitations of trainiq and retraining aoh•e• which are too specific. This is vbJ' the pilot soh••• place the •phaais on pel'lla.Uent education, trainee participation and the acquisition ot versatile skills. ** The EUropean Cammisaion1a oaapaign to eliminate restrictive practices has moved to the liJTCH COSIIE'l'ICS MARJCET. '!'he activities of the Be11ee Stichtinc, a trade association baaed in The Rape, has trapentecl the Dutch Jl&rket in perf'mlea, toiletries and coaetica. Moat Dutch mauutaoturers and sole distributors are members of the association which imposes reciprocal exclusive sale and purchasing conditions to form a closed circuit Which protects members 1 market positiona and excludes other dealers. The situation is particularly serious because the Bamee Stiohting controls a major share of the market: appro:d.mately- 9CJI, for pertwaea1 7CJI, tor cosmetics and 4~ for toiletries. Thia is wh3' the Ellropean CCIDIDissian recentl7 intervened to ban the distribution conditiona imposed b7 the Bomee Stichting. ** A series of' three f"ilms on transport in Europe produced by' the European COIIIDli ttee for SCHOOLS ~SION will be broadcast to several million primar,y school children in the montha ahead. This Camni ttee, representing the schools television services of' nine broadcasting companies in five CCIIIDIUDi ty' countries, was set up in 1967 under the auspices ot the EUropean Commission to encourage joint production of programmes on EUropean integration.