§ Mr. Spearingasked the Lord Privy Seal if he will state numbers and titles of any EEC draft directives or regulations which have been discussed by the EEC Council of Ministers in May and June and are to be discussed in any meeting in July which were not considered by the EEC Scrutiny Committee in the last Parliament.
§ Sir Ian GilmourThe numbers and titles of proposals for Council decisions, directives and regulations deposited in the House since 30 March 1979, together with explanatory memoranda by the responsible Government Departments, are listed.
It is not possible to supply full information about Council discussion of proposals in May and June in the time available. I shall arrange to publish this information in the Official Report as soon as possible.
Major documents which are expected to be discussed at Councils in July were listed in the forecast of Council business for July which was deposited in the House on 27 June.
It is not possible at this time to forecast all of the less important documents which may be considered at Councils during July.
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No. Date Subject 5311/79 7/3/1979 Proposal for a Council decision for a research and development programme for the European Atomic Energy Community on the plutonium cycle and in safety. 5745/79 27/3/79 Proposal for a Council regulation on the regions where aid for hop growers is granted. 5881/79 27/3/79 Proposals for Council regulations amending regulations (EEC) Nos. 1418/76, 2742/75 and 2727/75. 5877/79 27/3/79 Amendment to the amended proposal for a Council regulation on technical, measures for the conservation of fishery resources. 5871/79 28/3/79 Proposal for a Council regulation (EEC) amending regulation (EEC) 2967/76 laying down common standards for the water content of frozen and deep-frozen chickens, hens and cocks. 5886/76 27/3/79 Alteration of the proposal for a Council directive on the approximation of the laws of the member states concerning the protection of employees in the even; of the insolvency of their employer. 5794/79 28/3/79 Amendment of the proposal for a Council decision adopting a research and training programme (1979–83) for the European Atomic Energy Community in the field of controlled thermonuclear fusion. 5620/79 29/3/79 Relations with the ACP States—Proposal for a Council regulation concerning the import arrangements for ACP rum (1979–80). 5966/79 29/3/79 Relations with the OCT—Proposal for a Council regulation concerning the import arrangements for OCT rum (1979–80). 5899/79 27/3/79 Proposal for a Council directive establishing safety measures against the conjectural risks associated with recombinant deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) work. 6053/79 4/4/79 Proposal for a Council decision adopting a five-year research and training programme (1980–84) of the European Atomic Energy Community in the field of biology-health protection (radiation protection programme). 6032/79 3/4/79 Amendment to the proposal for a Council regulation (EEC) concerning a Community aid system for intra-Community trade in power station coal. 5967/79 30/3/79 Proposal for a Council directive prolonging, in respect of brucellosis, tuber culosis and swine fever, certain derogations granted to Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom. 5959/79 29/3/79 Proposal for a Council decision authorising the extension or tacit renewal of certain trade agreements concluded between member States and third countries. 5957/79 29/3/79 Proposal for a Council regulation (EEC) opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota for apricot pulp from Turkey. 6450/79 10/5/79 Proposal for a Council regulation (EEC) amending regulation (EEC) No. 2753/78 laying down general rules in respect of production aid for olive oil for the 1978–79 marketing year. 6422/79 26/4/79 Proposal for a Council regulation imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on a certain herbicide originating in Romania. 6893/79 15/5/79 Proposal for a Council directive (EEC) on the approximation of the laws of the member States relating to powered industrial trucks. 7003/79 18/5/79 Draft Council regulation (EEC) temporarily suspending the autonomous common Customs tariff duties on a number of agricultural products. 6995/79 21/5/79 Proposal for a Council directive on the limit values for discharges of aldrin, dieldrin and endrin into the aquatic environment. Proposal for a Council directive on the quality objectives required for the aquatic environment into which aldrin, dieldrin and endrin are discharged. 6994/79 21/5/79 Proposal for a Council decision concerning chlorofluorocarbons in the environment. 7015/79 18/5/79 Proposal for a Council Decision on notification by the member States of withdrawal from the Convention on the Valuation of Goods for Customs Purposes of 15 December 1950. 7054/79 21/5/79 Draft Council regulation temporarily suspending the autonomous common Customs tariff duty for mechanically propelled aircraft of an unladen weight exceeding 15,000 kilograms, falling within subheading ex 88.02 B II(c). 5711/79 Add 1 5/4/79 Proposal for a Council decision adopting a research programme to be carried out by the Joint Research Centre for Euratom and the EEC (1980–83) 5711/79 Add 2 7089/79 23/5/79 Proposal for a Council directive amending directive 76/630/EEC concerning surveys of pig production to be made by member States. 7118/79 23/5/79 Amendment of the amended proposal for a Council regulation (EEC) on the common organisation of the market in ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin and laying down additional provisions for certain products containing ethyl alcohol. 7053/79 23/5/79 Proposal for a Council directive amending for the first time Council directive 76/768/EEC of 27 July, 1976 on the approximation of the laws of the member States relating to cosmetic products. 584W 585W
No. Date Subject 5574/79 5/4/79 Proposal for a Council regulation amending Council regulation (EEC) No. 3059/78 on common rules for imports of certain textile products originating in third countries. 6407/79 26/4/79 Draft Council regulation (EEC) increasing the Community tariff quota opened by regulation (EEC) No. 964/78 for certain eels falling within subheading ex 03.01 A II of the common Customs tariff. 6861/79 23/5/79 Draft Council regulation (EEC) on Community tariff quotas for certain eels. 7167/79 28/5/79 Draft Commission decision concerning coal and coke for the iron and steel industry of the Community. 6357/79 24/4/79 Proposal for a Council regulation (EEC) on the importation of Indian jute yarn into the Benelux countries. 6386/79 25/4/79 Draft Council decision on the conclusion of an agreement on a concerted action project in the field of the registration of congenital abnormalities. 6336/79 24/4/79 Proposal for a Council regulation (EEC) on tariff quotas for certain wines from Tunisia. 6335/79 24/4/79 Proposal for a Council regulation (EEC) on a Community quota of wine from Algeria. 6393/79 25/4/79 Proposal for a Council regulation amending the financial regulation of 21 December applicable to the general budget of the Community. 6403/79 25/4/79 Proposal for a Council regulation laying down the amount of aid to hop producers. 6352/79 26/4/79 Proposal for a Council regulation prohibiting the use of inward processing arrangements for whey. 6206/79 18/4/79 Proposal for Council regulations amending Council egulations (EEC) Nos. 1408/71 and 574/72 on social security schemes. 6271/79 19/4/79 Proposal for a Council regulation on a tariff quota for aubergines from Cyprus. 6214/79 17/4/79 Proposal for a Council directive amending directive 77/99/EEC on health problems affecting intra-Community trade in meat products. 6236/79 11/4/79 Proposal for a Council regulation (EEC) suspending ceilings on the imports of certain products from Norway, Portugal and Sweden. 6307/79 20/4/79 Proposal for a Council regulation (EEC) opening, allocating and providing for the administration of a Community tariff quota on tomatoes from the ACP States. 6249/79 20/4/79 Proposal for a Council regulation (EEC) amending regulation (EEC) No. 154/75 as regards the financing of the register of olive cultivation. 6285/79 19/4/79 Proposal for a Council directive amending directive 74/329/EEC on emulsifiers, stabilisers, thickeners and gelling agents for use in foodstuffs. 6736/79 10/5/79 Proposal for a Council regulation (EEC) fixing the basic and buying-in prices for apples for the month of June 1979. 6564/79 3/5/79 Proposal for a Council directive amending for the seventh time directive 73/241/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the member States relating to cocoa and chocolate products. 6565/79 2/5/79 Proposal for a Council regulation extending the period of validity of regulation (EEC) No. 2862/77 on levies applicable to imports of certain adult bovine animals and beef from Yugoslavia. 5869/79 5/4/79 Proposal for Council regulations (EEC)— extending the 1978–79 marketing year for beef and veal; fixing the basic price and the buying price for cauliflowers for May 1979. extending the 1978–79 milk year and amending regulations (EEC) Nos. 880/77 and 1078/77. 6151/79 17/4/79 Proposal for a Council regulation amending regulation (EEC) No. 2511/69 on Community citrus fruit. 6049/79 10/4/79 Amendment to the proposal for a Council directive on the methods of analysis of surface water. 6117/79 9/4/79 Proposal for a Council regulation amending, with respect to the Italian lira regulation (EEC) No. 878/77 on the exchange rates to be applied in agriculture. 6166/79 9/4/79 Proposal for a Council regulation (EEC) amending regulation (EEC) No. 471/76 on prices for lemons imported from Mediterranean countries. 6150/79 9/4/79 Proposal for a Council decision adopting a second multiannual research and development programme for the EEC in the field of textiles and clothing. 5838/79 18/4/79 Proposal for a Council regulation (EEC) temporarily and partially suspending the autonomous common customs tariff duties on certain types of fish. 6284/79 23/4/79 Proposals for Council decisions— amending fifth decision 76/538/EEC on the equivalence of field inspections carried out in third countries on seed-producing crops; amending fifth decision 76/539/EEC on the equivalence of seed produced in third countries. 6276/79 20/4/79 Amendment to the proposal for a Council regulation on technical measures for the conservation of fishery resources. 6421/79 26/4/79 Proposal for a Council decision amending the quotas for imports into Italy and France of certain products originating in Romania. 6402/79 27/4/79 Proposal for a tenth Council directive on the harmonisation of the laws of the member States relating to turnover taxes. 586W
No. Date Subject 7206/79 30/5/79 Proposal for a Council decision adopting a European Economic Community research and development programme in the agricultural research sector consisting of four multiannual concerted projects. 7110/79 23/5/79 Proposal for a Council decision opening quotas for imports into Italy of certain products originating in Romania. 7201/79 30/5/79 Proposal for a Council regulation (EEC) on the application of a system of certificates of origin provided for under the International Coffee Agreement 1976. 7307/79 1/6/79 Proposal for a regulation amending the staff regulations of officials and the conventions of employment of other servants of the European Communities. 7285/79 31/5/79 Proposal for a Council regulation extending until 31 December 1980 the special provision applicable to the importation into the Community from Greece of goods covered by regulation (EEC) No. 1059/69. 7312/79 1/6/79 Draft Council regulation (EEC) temporarily suspending the autonomous common Customs tariff duties on certain industrial products. 7348/79 7/6/79 Modified proposal for a Council regulation (EEC) on conservation of fishery resources. 7350/79 6/6/79 Proposals for Council regulations (EEC) approving: the exchange of letters providing for provisional application of the agreement between the Government of Senegal and the European Economic Community concerning fishing off the coast of Senegal and of two exchanges of letters referring thereto; the agreement between the Government of the Republic of Senegal and the European Economic Community concerning fishing off the coast of Senegal and two exchanges of letters referring thereto. 7346/79 6/6/79 Proposal for a Council decision concerning the conclusion of an agreement on the extension of the Community network for data transmission (EURONET) to the territory of the Swiss confederation. 6844/79 14/5/79 Proposal for a Council regulation adjusting the weightings applied to the remuneration and pensions of officials and other servants of the European Communities. 7308/79 7/6/79 Proposal for a Council regulation amending the staff regulations of officials of the European Communities and conditions of employment of other servants of the Communities. 7449/79 11/6/79 Proposal for a Council regulation laying down, for the 1979–80 sugar year, measures to facilitate the disposal of sugar produced in the French overseas Departments. 7430/79 8/6/1979 Proposal for a Council regulation fixing, for the 1979–80 sugar marketing year, the differential charge to be levied on raw preferential sugar and the differential amount to be granted in respect of raw cane sugar from the French overseas Departments. 7286/79 7/6/79 Proposal for a Council directive on temporary suspension of the application of inward processing arrangements to certain dairy products. 7493/79 15/6/79 Draft Council decision amending the quotas for imports into Italy of certain products originating in China. 7640/79 19/6/79 Proposal for a regulation amending the staff regulations of officials and the conditions of employment of other servants of the European Communities. 7488/79 13/6/79 Proposal for a Council regulation (EEC) fixing, for the 1979–80 marketing year, the main intervention centres for oil seeds and the derived intervention prices applicable at these centres. 7490/79 12/6/79 Proposal for a Council regulation (EEC) on the opening, allocation and administration of the Community tariff quota of 38,000 head of heifers and cows, not intended for slaughter, of certain mountain breeds falling within subheading ex 01.02 A II (b) of the common Customs tariff. Proposal for a Council regulation (EEC) on the opening, allocation and administration of the Community tariff quota of 5,000 heads of bulls, cows and heifers, not intended for slaughter, of certain alpine breeds falling within subheading ex 01.02 A II (b) of the common Customs tariff. 7577/79 19/6/79 Draft Council regulation to register crude oil/or petroleum product purchases in the European Community. 7646/79 19/6/79 Proposal for a Council regulation (EEC) laying down certain conservation and management measures for common fishery resources off the West Greenland applicable in 1979 to vessels flying the flag of Canada.