BULLETIN ' OF TH-E .EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES Secretariat VOLUME 5 of the No. 2 -1972 Commission BULLETIN OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES European Coal and Steel Community . European Economic Community European Atomic Energy Community 2 - 1972 VOLUME 5 COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMI\ ,UNITIES Secretariat of the Commission Brussels The Bulletin of the European Communities gives news of the activities of the Commission and of the other Community institutions. It is published by the Secretariat of the Commission of the European Communities (Rue de la Loi 200, 1040 Brussels) in the four Community languages (German, French, Italian and Dutch) and in English and Spanish. 'Contents Page the prospects for the enlarged Community by Mr Jean-Fran~ois Deniau, member of the Commission. 7 PART ONE: FEATURES AND DOCUMENTS I. Ceremonial conclusion of the negotiations on enlargement 13 IT. Towards a Community data processing strategy 35 m. Synopsis of the work of the Court of Justice of the European Communities in 1971 39 PART TWO: COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES..... IN DECEMBER 1971 I. Functioning of the Common Market • 47 - free movement of goods 47 - competition policy 57 - tax policy . 67 IT. Towards economic and monetary union 69 - economic, monetary and financial policy • 69 - regional policy 70 - social policy . 72 - agricultural policy 76 - industrial, technological and scientific policy . 89 - energy policy . 92 - transport policy 93 m. Enlargement and external.relations of the Community . 100 - enlargement of the Community. 100 - relations with Mediterranean countries .106 - relations with Associated Mrican States and Madagascar. 109 - relations with ij.on-member countries • 113 Bull. CB 2-1972 3 I - commercial policy 114 - commodities and wor.1d agreements 116 - the Community and the developing countries 117 - the Community and ir ttemational organizations . 120 - the Communities' dipl :>matic relations 121 IV. Activities of the lnstitutio1ts. 122 - European Parliament. 122 -Council 132 - Commission 136 - Court of Justice 137 - ECSC Consultative Committee . 140 - European Investment B mk . 142 - Financing of Communiry Activities 146 PART THREE: INFORMATION AND SOURCES I. From day to day . 153 11. Published in the Official G,·zette 161 m. Publications of the Commu: 'zities 214 IV. Recent publications 220 4 Bull. CE 2-1972 Supplement 1972 Supplement hors serie: Catalogue des publications 1952-1971 des Commu­ nautes europeennes. [Catalogue published in French (to be published in German, in Italian and in Dutch) plus a list of all publications at present available-and in preparation-in English]. Supplement 1/72: The enlarged Community. Outcome of the negotiations with the applicant States. Supplement 2/72: Memorandum from the Commission on a Community policy on development cooperation-Programme for initial actions. Bull. CE 2-1972 5 THE PROSPECTS FOR THE ENLARGED COMMUNITY by Mr ]ean-Franfois Deniau~ Member of the Commission After the signing on 22 January 1972 of the Treaty uniting the United Kingdom, Denmark, Ireland and Norway to the European Community of. the Six, the Community will , never be quite the same again nor fundamentally different. It will not be the same, since the admission of four new members, among which is Great Britain, give it a size and weight in the world which is very considerable. It will not be different since the negotiations now ending have resulted in a balanced Treaty in which account has been taken of the worries and problems of the candidate countries but which had found solutions which fully respect what the Com­ munity has achieved. It has to be stressed again that the negotia­ tions were carried out amongst the participants in a really coopera­ tive spidt and this is a favourable factor which could be very important in the future. As long as the United Kingdom and other European countries were not part of it, the Community was incomplete and the uncertainty in this respect affected all projects for deepening it both from a technical and political point of view. The entry of Great Britain establishes a clear situation from now on and offers a new chance to an enlarged Europe which is now in a position to look for new openings again, and to take advantage of "a second wind", but there will be no lack of difficulties, some aggravated by the enlarge­ ment itself~ From an internal point of view, it will sometimes be harder to ensure the cohesion of the Community as a result of the increase in numbers of its members and the necessity of having to take into consideration often very special situations. From the outside, the size of the new Community extended by numerous association agreements has already provoked apprehension or attacks. Therefore, one of the first tasks of the enlarged_ Community will be to define in regard to the Third World a role which is in keeping Bull. CE 2-1972 7 with its responsibilities. It must not create the image of a club of rich countries engaged amongst themselves with their particular problem~, and, in the debate opened by the United States on the "sharing of burdens", I think that the best reply Europe can give in the face of the temporary American difficulties is to take up the torch in the matter of aid. This must be done in line with and even as a reinforcement of' what the Community has already achieved with regard to the present associates and must be supple­ mented by an appropriate policy in regard to the other regions of the world. · It is £ertain that, with the United States as with the other large industrial countries, the enlarged Community will have to negotiate an adaptation of its relations. Such negotiations will not yield serious and lasting results unless they are founded on the notion of reciprocity and impose on each certain disciplines. Just as it would be a good thing to lay down, on a international plane, rules and. terms of reference valid for everyone, which would make it possible to follow and, where necessary, to correct the movement of trade, so it would be intolerable to place the Community under a sort of permanent control because of the argument of possible harmful consequences for international trade. In other terms, the problem· of the relations of the Community with Eastern Europe is still one of the dangers of commitments· which would limit, a priori, its chances of internal development. To recognize that the enlarged European Community creates a new situation for us and the other countries of the world is to acknowl­ edge an obvious fact. To accept the idea of discussing the general body of our relations with a view to finding a better balance, on the basis of reciprocity is an obligation of good sense which is also in the general interest. To preserve the chances for the Community to develop and to maintain its autonomy is a vital necessity which is inseparable from the idea of Europe itself, and its most profound justifications. The greatest danger for the European idea in the years to come is "freezing", the "status-quo", i.e. whatever be the name chosen, the inability to translate desires into action, be it as a result of internal difficulties in making the necessary decisions or as a result of pressure or limitations from outside. Europe has no meaning unless it can progressively spread into new fields and mark qp constant progress, day after day, or at least if 8 Bull. CE 2-1972 no field, no progress is, a priori, forbidden to it. It has always needed, at one and the same time, pragmatism in achieving its objectives and imagination in choosing the objectives themselves. What was true yesterday will be yet more true tomorrow. Bull. CE 2-1972 9 . \ . PART ONE Features and documents I. CEREMONIAL CONCLUSION OF THE NEGOTIATIONS ON ENLARGEMENT On 22 January 1972 the Final Act of the Conference on negotiations with the applicant ·states, the Treaty and the other documents drawn up by the Conference were signed during a ceremony at the Palais d'Egmont in Brussels. By signing the Final Act, the Plenipotentiaries of His Majesty the King of the Belgians, of Her Majesty the Queen of Denmark, of the President of the Federal Republic of Germany, of the President of the French Republic, of the President of Ireland, of the President of the Italian Republic, of His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Luxembourg, of Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands, of His Majesty the King of Norway, of Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and of the Council of the European Communities, adopted the documents drawn up by the Conference between the European Communities and the States applying for membership of the said Communities.- The following documents were then signed by the Plenipotentiaries of the Member States and the four applicant States: (i) The Treaty concerning the accession of the Kingdom of Denmark, Ireland, the Kingdom of Norway and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the European Economic Community and to the European Atomic Energy Community; (ii) The Act concerning the conditions of accession and the adjustments to the Trea.ties; (ill) Annexes, protocols, an exchange of letters on monetary questions, and the texts of the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community and the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and the texts of the Treaties by which these documents have been amended or supplemented iri the English, Danish, Irish and Norwegian languages. The Plenipotentiaries further took formal note of the Council decision on the four countries' accession to the ECSC and adopted and took formal note of a certain number of declarations. On the occasion of the signing ceremony, which marked the conclusion of the Communities' most important negotiations since their establishment, several speeches were made.