§ Mr. SpearingTo ask the Lord President of the Council (1) if he will tabulate in theOfficial Report, grouped under subject content, in respect of each of the European Community Documents of which note was taken by resolution of the House on Thursday 9 December (a) the European Council and/or Commission number, (b) the Command, House of Commons European Select Committee number, or other United Kingdom reference, (c) the title, and number of pages, (d) the purpose of the document and if it amends, or adds, to a previous related document, (e) the date first received by Her Majesty's Government, (f) the date first published by the originating or publishing body, (g) the date when placed in the Vote Office, (h) the date of ministerial signature on any explanatory, or supplementary explanatory memoranda, and the date if placed in the Vote Office more than three days after signature, (i) the date and reference numbers of published related reports of the Select Committee on European Legislation, (j) the date when any typescript report of the Select Committee on European Legislation not in (i) above was placed in the Vote Office, together with the relevant reference number of any forthcoming report, (k) the date of any debate in a European Standing Committee or the Floor of the House concerning that document and (1) the column number in the Official Report of any principal references to that document made by a Minister in the course of debate on 9 December; and if he will state the means whereby any member of the public could be informed of the existence of any of these documents of the European Community and be informed and obtain, a copy of the related ministerial memoranda;
(2) if he will provide details of the references and dates relating to the documents listed on the Order Paper of 9 1015W December as relevant to the motion relating to European Communities, in the same manner which has been requested by the hon. Member for Newham, South in respect of the documents listed in the motion.
§ Mr. NewtonThe information requested in regard to points(a) to (j) is set out in the table, which groups together, first, the documents included in the motion for debate, the subject of the first question, and, secondly, those shown as relevant to the debate, the subject of the second question. In regard to point (k), none of the
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Documents included in the Motion for debate a b c d e f g h i j EC Budget and Finance related documents (1) HM Treasury unnumbered EM of 6 December 1993 14938 Commission Recommendation for the broad guidelines of the economic policies of the Member States drawn up in conformity with Article 103(2) of the Treaty onEuropean Union (informal EC text attached to EM, 5 pages) Text of Commission Recommendation EC document 10691/93 received 13 December 1993 24 November 1993 (1) HM Treasury unnumbered EM with text attached 6 December 1993 6 December 1993 HC 48-ii (1993–94) To be published 8 December 1993 (2) COM(93)700 (informal text) 14937 Commission white Book on Growth, Competitiveness and Employment (185 pages) Commission paper for discussion at the European Council on 10 December 1993 6 December 1993 Not formally published yet (2)7 December 1993 (informal text) 3 December 1993 (HM Treasury unnumbered EM) HC 48-ii (1993–94) To be published 8 December 1993 (3)7665/93 (COM (93)400) 14625 Preliminary Draft General Budget of the Ec for 1994 (serveral volumes, Totalling 1,851 pages) Commission proposal for the community budged for 1994 15 September 1993 (Vol.2) 2 July 1993 (other Volumes) 15 June 1993 (3)15 September 1993 (Vol. 2) 2 July 1993 (other Volumes) 15 July 1993 HC 79-xxxvi (1992–93) Published on 5 August 1993 No MS report (4) 9303/93 (Previously the subject of HM Treasury unnumbered EM of 18 October 1993) 14824 Letter of Amendment No. 1 to the Preliminary Draft Budget for 1994 (33 pages) Commission amendments 25 November 1993 8 October 1993 (4) 29 November 1993 18 October 1993 HC 79-xxxviii (1992–93) Published 16 November 1993 No MS report (5)8012/93 14760 Draft General Budget of the EC for 1994 (7 volumes totalling 1,815 pages) Council of Ministers'proposal for Community budget for 1994 16 September 1993 Documents undated (5) 16 September 1993 20 September 1993 HC 79-xxxvii (1992–93) Published 16 November 1993 No Ms report (6)9922/93 (Previously the subject of HM Treasury unnumbered EM of 5 November 1993) 14886 European Parliament's proposed amendments to the Draft General Budget for 1994 (727 pages) See Column (c) 3 November 1993 28 October 1993 (6) 8 November 1993 5 November 1993 (HM Treasury unnumbered EM) HC 48-i (1993–94) To be published 2 December 1993 (7) HM Treasury unnumbered EM of 22 November 1993 14898 Council Decision on European Parliament's proposed amendments and modifications to the Draft General Budget for 1994 Text of proposed Decision Formal documents not yet received See Column (e) (7)22 November 1993 (HM Treasury unnumbered EM) 22 November 1993 HC 48-i (1993–94 To be pbblished 2 December 1993 (8) HM Treasury unnumbered EM of 2 November 1993 14864 Commission proposal for a Revision of the Financial Perspective (informal text (3 pages) attached to EM) To revise the 1994 expenditure ceilings agreed at the Edinburgh European Council Formal document not yet received See Column (e) (8) 2 November (informal text attached to HM Treasury unnumbered Em of 2 November 1993) 2 November 1993 HC 79-xxix (1992–93 Published 8 December 1993 No Ms report (9) OJ C309 Vol. 36 14927 Annual Report of the European Court of Auditors together with replies from the Institutions (404 pages) See Column (c) 22 November 1993 16 November 1993 (Date of OJ C309 Vol. 36 (9)22 November 1993 1 December 1993 HC 48-ii (1993–94 To be published 8 December 1993 Subsidiarity (10) COM(93)545 14941 Commission Report to the European Council on the adaptation of Community legislation to the subsidiarity principle (28 pages) Follow-up to the Commission's review of the compatibility of EC legislation with subsidiarity 1 December 1993 24 November 193 (10)2 December 1993 6 December 1993 HC 48-ii (1993–94)To be published 8 December 1993 Internal Market (11) 7194/93 (COM(93)256) 14654 (i)Commission Communication to the Council and the European Parliament entitled "Reinforcing the effectiveness of the Internal Market" (6 pages) Commission Papers outlining, for consultation, a draft strategy for the Single Market post 1993 25 June 1993 2 June 1993 (11)14 July 1993 14 July 1993 HC 79-xxvi (1992–93 Published on 5 August 1993 No MS report (ii)Commission Working Document entitled "Towards a strategic Programme for the internal Market" documents had been the subject of a previous debate either in European Standing Committee or on the Floor of the House. In respect of point (1), I refer the hon. Member to the Official Report.
Members of the public can obtain copies of published European Community documents from the European Commission's public information services. The Government's explanatory memoranda on European Community documents are made available to a number of outside organisations and libraries and can also be obtained from the relevant Government Department.
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Documents shown as relevant to the debate a b c d e f g h i j (1) 6203/93 (COM(93)141) 14521 Annual Report for the Commission on the fight against fraud Describes the work 7 May 1993 achieved in 1992 in the fight against Fraud affecting the Community's financial interests and the 1993 Action Programme 7 May 1993 20 May 1993 (1) 12 May 1993 20 May 1993 HC 79-xxx (1992–93) No MS report (2) 8366/93 (COM(93)339) (previously the subject of unnumbered EM submitted by the MAFF on 8 September 1993) 14735 (i)Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) amending Council Regulation (EEC) No. 386/90 on the monitoring carried out at the time of export of agricultural products reciving refunds or other amounts Commission report including draft Regulation to amend the Regulation on the procedures for examining export refunds 6 September 1993 19 July 1993 (2) 10 September 1993 8 September 1993 (MAFF unnumbered EM) HC 79-xxxvii (1992–93) No MS report (ii) Supplementary report on the application of Regulation (EEC) No. 360/90 (3) 8340/92 (SEC(92)582) 13908 Sweden—Commission opinion on the application for accession See Column (c) 26 August 1992 7 August 1992 (3) 16 September 1992 FCO cover-note HC 79-vi (1992–93) No Ms report (4)5725/93 (SEC(92)2048) 14340 Finland's application for membership—opinion of the Commission See Column(c) 30 November 1992 4 November 1992 (4) 10 February 1993 16 February 1993 HC 79-xx (1992–93) No MS report (5) 7839/93 (COM(93)313) (previously the subject of unnumbered EM submitted by FCO on 16 July 1993) 14669 Commission opinion on Cyprus' application for membership of the EC See Column (c) 22 July 1993 30 June 1993 (5)26 July 1993 16 July 1993 (FCO unnumbered EM) HC 79-xxxvi (1992–93) No MS report (6)7838/93 14668 Commission opinion on Malta's application for membership of EC See Column (c) 22 July 1993 30 June 1993 (6) 26 July 1993 16 July 1993 (FCO unnumbered EM) HC 79-xxxvi (1992–93) No MS report (7)9806/93 (SEC(93)1599) 14899 Communication from the Commission to the Council promoting economic recovery in Europe (the Edinburgh Growth Initiative) Autumn 1993 review Commission paper describing economic developments in the Community since the launch of the Growth Initiative in December 1992 and discusses possible further measures which might be taken to promote growth and employment 17 November 1993 20 October 1993 (7)22 November 1993 2 December 1993 HC 48-ii To be published 8 December 1993