§ Mr. SpringTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will publish a statement of forthcoming business in the European Community's Council of Ministers.
§ Mr. HurdThe Economic and Finance Council will meet on 13 July to conduct a multilateral surveillance of the economies of member states, including the examination of a national convergence programme. The Council will also consider the Commission's proposals for the future financing of the Community—Delors II—and work programme for meetings of the Economic and Finance Council for the next six months.
The Agriculture Council will meet on 13 and 14 July. Ministers will discuss CAP reform and Newcastle disease controls and possibly the review of sugar cane import arrangements. The Foreign Affairs Council will meet on 20 July. It will consider the follow-up to the Lisbon European Council, including how to take forward preparations for enlargement, subsidiarity and the Community's future financing. The Council may discuss the state of negotiation on the GATT Uruguay round and the EC/US oilseed dispute and the negotiating mandate for a new EC/ASEAN co-operation agreement. The Council will also consider EC relations with the former Soviet Union, including trade and co-operation agreements; and may discuss the state of negotiations on the Romania and Bulgaria association agreements. Ministers will discuss the former Yugoslavia and the development of the Community's relations with Turkey. A co-operation council with Egypt will also be held in the margins of the Foreign Affairs Council.
The Budget Council will meet on 23 July to consider the 1993 preliminary draft budget submitted by the Commission and to establish the Council's 1993 draft budget.