Commission work programme for 1999 - New legislative initiatives
26. 11. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 366/11 NEW LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES COM(1998) 609 final (98/C 366/02) The measures set out below for the Commission’s 1999 work programme correspond to the new legislative proposals which it plans to present. These are all new measures: adaptations or amendments of existing legislation are not included. Proposals already programmed in previous years do not appear here. ADMINISTRATION AND BUDGET 1. Proposal to recast the Financial Regulation AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES 2. Proposal for a regulation on the reform of the common organisation of the cotton market 3. Proposal for a regulation on the reform of the common organisation of the market in fishery and aquaculture products COMPETITION 4. Proposal for the amendment of the first regulation implementing Articles 85 and 86 5. Proposal for regulation on exemptions (vertical restraints) 6. Proposal for regulation on exemptions (small businesses) 7. Proposal for regulation on exemptions (training) ECONOMY AND FINANCE 8. Proposal for instrument on protecting the euro against counterfeiting EMPLOYMENT/SOCIAL AFFAIRS 9. Proposal for decision on job-creating measures 10. Legislative proposals for action against discrimination 11. Proposal for decision on incentive measures for social inclusion 12. Proposal for decision on a Community action programme in the field of health C 366/12 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 26. 11. 98 ENVIRONMENT 13. Proposals for directives on the environmental specifications for heavy vehicles, motorcycles and fuels JUSTICE AND HOME AFFAIRS 14. Legislative proposals on the application of the new provisions of the Treaty of Amsterdam on the fields of immigration, asylum, crossing of external frontiers and judicial cooperation INTERNAL MARKET 15. Proposal for amendment of the money-laundering directive 16. Proposal for a directive on venture capital funds 17. Proposal for a directive on the movement of third-country nationals in connection with the provision of services 18. Proposal for a regulation to create a Community patent 19. Proposal for a directive on the harmonisation of criteria for patentability of computer programs 20. Proposal for a directive on the tax treatment of the supplementary pensions rights of employed and self-employed people moving within the EC 21. Proposal for a directive on determining a single place of VAT taxation INSTITUTIONAL QUESTIONS 22. Proposal for a regulation on access to Parliament, Council and Commission documents EXTERNAL RELATIONS 23. Proposal for a regulation on anti-personnel mines 24. Proposal for a regulation on the reconstruction of former Yugoslavia TRANSPORT 25. Legislative proposals on the conditions of access to markets in port services 26. Proposal for a directive on the loading and unloading of bulk carriers in ports