Resolution of the Council and of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council of 21 June 1999 concerning the expiry of the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community
7. 7. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 190/1 I (Information) COUNCIL RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL AND OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES, MEETING WITHIN THE COUNCIL of 21 June 1999 concerning the expiry of the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community (1999/C 190/01) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES MEETING WITHIN THE COUNCIL, RECALLING: - the resolution of the European Council on growth and employment adopted in Amsterdam on 16 and 17 June 1997, according to which the Commission is invited to make the appropriate proposals in order to ensure that, on expiry in 2002 of the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community (hereafter referred to as áthe ECSCí), the revenues of outstanding reserves are used for a research fund for sectors related to the coal and steel industries (hereafter referred to as the áfund,í - the Commission’s communication on the expiry of the ECSC Treaty - Financial Activities of 10 October 1997, - The resolution of the Council and of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council of 20 July 1998 concerning the expiry of the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community (1), and in particular points 3(d) and 4(c) thereof, - The Commission’s contributiong of 17 November 1998 to the study referred to at points 2(c), 5 and 6 of the said resolution of 20 July 1998, 1. CONSIDER THAT, in relation to the ownership of the ECSC assets and liabilities: (a) these assets and liabilities should revert to the Communities remaining; (b) in order to ensure separation of the assets and liabilities from other Community funds a balance sheet of the ECSC in liquidationí should be made out, as an Annex of the Communities’ general assets and liabilities while consolidating the sum of the balance sheet in the Communities’ assets and liabilities and that the profit and loss account shall be dealt with in a similiar way; (c) after the end of the liquidation of the ECSC, the assets generating the fund revenue shall be called the Coal and Steel Research Assetsí; (d) the cost of the Commission’s management of the assets or of the fund respectively, will be borne by the Commission from the general budget of the European Communities; (e) all contributions to the assets or the fund respectively, shall accrue to it. 2. FURTHERMORE, CONSIDER THAT: (a) the question of the contributions of future Member States to the assets or fund respectively should be clarified during the accession negotiations, taking into account the decisions reached on previous similar occasions; (1) OJ C 247, 7. 8. 1998, p. 5. C 190/2 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 7. 7. 1999 (b) the breakdown of research allocations between the sectors of coal and steel and their related sectors the the ECSC should be confirmed in the final Decision of Governments of Treaty on the basis of the Commision’s contribution of 17 November 1998. the Member States, meeting within the Council on the expiry of the Representatives of the Council and of 3. INVITE THE COMMISSION: to submit in good time a proposal for a Decision containing measures necessary for implementing the contents of this resolution. RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL of 24 June 1999 on the management of Agreements on mutual recognition (1999/C 190/02) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, importance of mutual UNDERLINING the conformity assessment barriers Community and third countries; to trade a means and to promote as recognition of to reduce technical trade between the RECALLING that the Council on 21 September 1992 adopted a decision authorising the Commission to negotiate Agreements between the Community and certain third countries on mutual recognition relating to conformity assessment; the RECALLING that, as a result of successful negotiations, European Community has been able to conclude Mutual Recognition Agreements (MRA) with Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States of America; NOTING that the objective of these Agreements is to provide effective market access throughout the territories of the Parties for all products covered by the Agreements; RECALLING the Council Conclusions adopted on 26 June 1997 concerning standards and conformity assessment; EMPHASING the importance of involved in the preparation, negotiation as well as implementation phases of Mutual Recognition Agreements; the Council being actively the STRESSING the need to develop guiding principles for the management of Mutual Recognition Agreements in order to achieve a more efficient and coherent system, 1. 2. for INVITES the Commission to present a proposal for guiding principles the management of Mutual Recognition Agreements covering the preparation, negotiation and implementation phases and to draw up a draft model agreement as a basis for negotiations and conclusions of future such Agreements, taking into account the experience gained from already concluded agreements. regarding INVITES the Commission also to develop a vade-mecum the Mutual Recognition containing an explanation of Agreements, as well as a guide for all Community parties concerned these Agreements. Such a vade-mecum should also explain the respective MRA decision-making Committees as well as the coordination of the decision- making process and sectoral) within the Community. implementation (horizontal function the the of of 3. CALLS ON the Member States to lend their full support to Recognition effective implementation Agreements, including sectoral annexes. Mutual of 4. CALLS ON the Commission to establish regular reports on interim results regarding the implementation of existing Mutural Recognition Agreements. 5. TAKES NOTE with satisfaction of the Commission’s intention to ensure a timely planning of meetings of Mutual Recog- nition Agreement Committees and a proper Community preparation and coordination of such meetings. 6. REQUESTS the Commission to inform the Council before the end of 1999 on progress in these regards