Bulletin of the European Communities. No 3 1991 Volume 24

ISSN 0378-3693
Bulletin
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Communities
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No 3 D 1991
Volume 24 The Bulletin of the European Communities reports on the activities of the Commission and the
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ACTIVITIES IN
Ρ RT MARCH 1991
News in brief 8
1. Towards European union 10
— Economic and monetary union
— Political union
2. The single market and the Community economic and
social area 11
— Economic and monetary policy
— Internal market2
— Competition 20
— Enterprise policy, industrial policy and services 23
— Research and technology7
— Telecommunications and information services8
— Transport9
— Energy 3
— Coordination of structural policies 31
— Social dimension2
— Regional policies3
— Agriculture4
— Fisheries 4
— Environment6
— Consumers 5
3. Role of the Community in the world 53
— European Free Trade Association
— The Soviet Union and the countries of Central and
Eastern Europe
— Mediterranean and Middle East
— United States, Japan and other industrialized countries 59 — Asia and Latin America 59
— African, Caribbean and Pacific countries and overseas
countries and territories 61
— General development cooperation3
— Commercial policy5
— Human rights in the world8
— Diplomatic relations 7
4. Intergovernmental cooperation
— European politicaln1
5. Financing Community activities2
— Budgets
— Financial operations4
— Anti-fraud measures 7
— European Investment Bank
6. Statistics6
7. Community institutions8
— Parliament
— Council 79
— Commission 82
— Community lawcourts
— Court of Auditors 91
— Economic and Social Committee
— ECSC Consultativee
PART TWO DOCUMENTATION
1. The ecu 94
2. Infringement proceedings6
3. Additional references in the Official Journal 97
4. Index8 Supplements 1991
1 /91 The Commission's programme for 1 991 PARTONE
ACTIVITIES
IN MARCH 1991 News ¡n brief
The single market
and the Community economic and social area
Internal market
The Council adopts conclusions in respect of VAT (—» point 1.2.4).
Thel agrees a Directive providing for an increase in value limits on intra-
Community travellers' allowances (—> point 1.2.5).
The Council adopts a Directive on monitoring and controlling large exposures of
credit institutions (—> point 1.2.6).
The Commission adopts a proposal for a Regulation on the type-approval of two- or
three-wheel motor vehicles ( —» point 1.2.7).
The Commission adopts a proposal for a Directive on assistance to the Commission
and cooperation by the Member States in the scientific examination of question s
relating to food (—> point 1.2.8).
Enterprise policy, industrial policy and services
The Commission adopts a communication on the future of the ECSC Treaty (-> point
1.2.49).
The Commission adopts a communication on the European electronics and infor­
mation technology industry (—> point 1.2.50).
The Commission adopts an on internal trade in the Community setting
out a programme of work designed to create the conditions for a single market in
distribution (—> point 1.2.51).
Thé Commission adopts a proposal for a Community action plan to assist tourism
(-> point 1.2.52).
Coordination of structural policies
The Commission adopts a Community support framework for structural assistance
in the five new Länder of Germany and eastern Berlin (—» point 1.2.77).
Fisheries policy
The Commission adopts Community support frameworks for Community structural
funding to improve the conditions under which fishery and aquaculture products are
processed and marketed (—► point 1.2.147).
Bull. EC 3-1991