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- FINAL ACT
- 1. The Conferences of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member
- States convened in Rome on 15 December 1990 to adopt by common accord the
- amendments to be made to the Treaty establishing the European Economic
- Community with a view to the achievement of political union and with a view to
- the final stages of economic and monetary union, and those convened in
- Brussels on 3 February 1992 with a view to amending the Treaties establishing
- respectively the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic
- Energy Community as a result of the amendments envisaged for the Treaty
- establishing the European Economic Community have adopted the following texts:
-
- I the Treaty on European Union
-
- II Protocols
- 1. Protocol on the acquisition of property in Denmark
- 2. Protocol concerning Article 119 of the Treaty establishing the European
- Community
- 3. Protocol on the Statute of the European System of central banks and of the
- European Central Bank
- 4. Protocol on the Statute of the European Monetary Institute
- 5. Protocol on the excessive deficit procedure
- 6. Protocol on the convergence criteria referred to in Article 109j of the
- Treaty establishing the European Community
- 7. Protocol amending the Protocol on the privileges and immunities of the
- European Communities
- 8. Protocol on Denmark
- 9. Protocol on Portugal
- 10. Protocol on the transition to the third stage of economic and monetary
- union
- 11. Protocol on certain provisions relating to the United Kingdom of Great
- Britain and Northern Ireland
- 12. Protocol on certain provisions relating to Denmark.
- 13. Protocol on France
- 14. Protocol on social policy, to which is annexed an agreement concluded
- between the Member States of the European Community with the exception of the
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, to which two
- declarations are attached
- 15. Protocol on economic and social cohesion
- 16. Protocol on the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the
- Regions
- 17. Protocol annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaties
- establishing the European Communities
- The Conferences agreed that the Protocols referred to in 1 to 16 above will be
- annexed to the Treaty establishing the European Community and that the
- Protocol referred to in 17 above will be annexed to the Treaty of European
- Union and to the Treaties establishing the European Communities.
- 2. At the time of signature of these texts, the Conferences adopted the
- declarations listed below and annexed to this Final Act:
-
- III Declarations
- 1. Declaration on civil protection, energy and tourism
- 2. Declaration on nationality of a Member State
- 3. Declaration on Part Three, Titles III and VI, of the Treaty establishing
- the European Community
- 4. Declaration on Part Three, Title VI, of the Treaty establishing the
- European Community
- 5. Declaration on monetary cooperation with non-Community countries
- 6. Declaration on monetary relations with the Republic of San Marino, the
- Vatican City and the Principality of Monaco
- 7. Declaration on Article 73d of the Treaty establishing the European
- Community
- 8. Declaration on Article 109 of the Treaty establishing the European Economic
- Community
- 9. Declaration on Part Three, Title XVI, of the Treaty establishing the
- European Community
- 10. Declaration on Articles 109, 130r and 130y of the Treaty establishing the
- European Community
- 11. Declaration on the Directive of 24 November 1988 (Emissions)
- 12. Declaration of the European Development Fund
- 13. Declaration on the role of national Parliaments in the European Union
- 14. Declaration on the Conference of the Parliaments
- 15. Declaration on the number of members of the Commission and of the European
- Parliament
- 16. Declaration on the hierarchy of Community Acts
- 17. Declaration on the right of access to information
- 18. Declaration on estimated costs under Commission proposals
- 19. Declaration on the implementation of Community law
- 20. Declaration on assessment of the environmental impact of Community
- measures
- 21. Declaration on the Court Auditors
- 22. Declaration of the Economic and Social Committee
- 23. Declaration on cooperation with charitable associations
- 24. Declaration on the protection of animals
- 25. Declaration on the representation of the interests of the overseas
- countries and territories referred to in Article 227(3) and (5)(a) and (b) of
- the Treaty establishing the European Community
- 26. Declaration on the outermost regions of the Community
- 27. Declaration on voting in the field of the common foreign and security
- policy
- 28 Declaration on practical arrangements in the field of the common foreign
- and security policy.
- 29. Declaration on the use of languages in the field of the common foreign and
- security policy
- 30. Declaration on Western European Union
- 31. Declaration on asylum
- 32. Declaration on police cooperation
- 33. Declaration on disputes between the ECB and the EMI and their servants
- Done at Maastricht this seventh day of February in the year on thousand nine
- hundred and ninety-two
-
- DECLARATION
- ON CIVIL PROTECTION, ENERGY AND TOURISM
- The Conference declares that the question of introducing into the Treaty
- establishing the European Community Titles relating to the spheres referred to
- in Article 3(t) of that Treaty will be examined, in accordance with the
- procedure laid down in Article N(2) of the Treaty on European Union, on the
- basis of a report which the Commission will submit to the Council by 1996 at
- the latest.
- The Commission declares that Community action in those spheres will be pursued
- on the basis of the present provisions of the Treaties establishing the
- European Communities.
-
- DECLARATION
- ON NATIONALITY OF A MEMBER STATE
- The Conference declares that, wherever in the Treaty establishing the European
- Community reference is made to nationals of the Member States, the question
- whether an individual possesses the nationality of a Member State shall be
- settled solely by reference to the national law of the Member State concerned.
- Member States may declare, for information, who are to be considered their
- nationals for Community purposes by way of declaration lodged with the
- Presidency and may amend any such declarations when necessary.
-
- DECLARATION
- ON PART THREE,TITLES III AND VI, OF THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN
- COMMUNITY
- The Conference affirms that, for the purposes of applying the provisions set
- out in Part Three, Title III, Chapter 4 on capital and payments, and Title VI
- on economic and monetary policy, of this Treaty, the usual practice, according
- to which the Council meets in the composition of Economic and Finance
- Ministers, shall be continued, without prejudice to Article 109j(2) to (4) and
- Article 109k(2).
-
- DECLARATION
- ON PART THREE, TITLE VI, OF THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
- The Conference affirms that the President of the European Council shall invite
- the Economic and Finance Ministers to participate in European Council meetings
- when the European Council is discussing matters relating to Economic and
- Monetary Union.
-
- DECLARATION
- ON MONETARY COOPERATION WITH NON-COMMUNITY COUNTRIES
- The Conference affirms that the Community shall aim to contribute to stable
- international monetary relations. To this end the Community shall be prepared
- to cooperate with other European countries and with those non-European
- countries with which the Community has close economic ties.
-
- DECLARATION
- ON MONETARY RELATIONS WITH THE REPUBLIC OF SAN MARINO, THE VATICAN CITY AND
- THE PRINCIPALITY OF MONACO
- The Conference agrees that the existing monetary relations between Italy and
- San Marino and the Vatican City and between France and Monaco remain
- unaffected by the Treaty establishing the European Community until the
- introduction of the ECU as the single currency of the Community.
- The Community undertakes to facilitate such renegotiations of existing
- arrangements as might become necessary as a result of the introduction of the
- ECU as a single currency.
-
- DECLARATION
- ON ARTICLE 73d OF THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
- The Conference affirms that the right of Member States to apply the relevant
- provisions of their tax law as referred to in Article 73d(1)(a) of this Treaty
- will apply only with respect to the relevant provisions which exist at the end
- of 1993. However, this Declaration shall apply only to capital movements
- between Member States and to payments effected between Member States.
-
- DECLARATION
- ON ARTICLE 109 OF THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
- The Conference emphasizes that use of the term "formal agreements" in Article
- 109(1) is not intended to create a new category of international agreement
- within the meaning of Community law.
-
- DECLARATION
- ON PART THREE, TITLE XV1, OF THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
- The Conference considers that, in view of the increasing importance of nature
- conservation at national, Community and international level, the Community
- should, in exercising its powers under the provisions of Part Three, Title
- XVI, take account of the specific requirements of this area.
-
- DECLARATION
- ON ARTICLES 109, 130r AND 130y of THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN
- COMMUNITY
- The Conference considers that the provisions of Article 109(5), Article
- 130r(4), second subparagraph, and Article 130y do not affect the principles
- resulting from the judgment handed down by the Court of Justice in the AETR
- case.
-
- DECLARATION
- ON THE DIRECTIVE OF 24 NOVEMBER 1988 (Emissions)
- The Conference declares that changes in Community legislation cannot undermine
- the derogations granted to Spain and Portugal until 31 December 1999 under the
- Council Directive of 24 November 1988 on the limitation of emissions of
- certain pollutants into the air from large combustion plants.
-
- DECLARATION
- ON THE EUROPEAN DEVELOPMENT FUND
- The Conference agrees that the European Development Fund will continue to be
- financed by national contributions in accordance with the current provisions.
-
- DECLARATION
- ON THE ROLE OF NATIONAL PARLIAMENTS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION
- The Conference considers that it is important to encourage greater involvement
- of national Parliaments in the activities of the European Union.
- To this end, the exchange of information between the national Parliaments and
- the European Parliament should be stepped up. In this context, the governments
- of the Member States will ensure, inter alia, that national Parliaments
- receive Commission proposals for legislation in good time for information or
- possible examination.
- Similarly, the Conference considers that it is important for contacts between
- the national Parliaments and the European Parliament to be stepped up, in
- particular through the granting of appropriate reciprocal facilities and
- regular meetings between members of Parliament interested in the same issues.
-
- DECLARATION
- ON THE CONFERENCE OF THE PARLIAMENTS
- The Conference invites the European Parliament and the national Parliaments to
- meet as necessary as a Conference of the Parliaments (or "Assises")
- The Conference of the Parliaments will be consulted on the main features of
- the European Union, without prejudice to the powers of the European Parliament
- and the rights of the national Parliaments. The President of the European
- Council and the President of the Commission will report to each session of the
- Conference of the Parliaments on the state of the Union.
-
- DECLARATION
- ON THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION AND OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
- The Conference agrees that the Member States will examine the questions
- relating to the number of members of the Commission and the number of members
- of the European Parliament no later than at the end of 1992, with a view to
- reaching an agreement which will permit the establishment of the necessary
- legal basis for fixing the number of members of the European Parliament in
- good time for the 1994 elections. The decisions will be taken in the light,
- inter alia, of the need to establish the overall size of the European
- Parliament in an enlarged Community.
-
- DECLARATION
- ON THE HIERARCHY OF COMMUNITY ACTS
- The Conference agrees that the Intergovernmental Conference to be convened in
- 1996 will examine to what extent it might be possible to review the
- classification of Community acts with a view to establishing an appropriate
- hierarchy between the different categories of act.
-
- DECLARATION
- ON THE RIGHT OF ACCESS TO INFORMATION
- The Conference considers that transparency of the decision-making process
- strengthens the democratic nature of the institutions and the public's
- confidence in the administration. The Conference accordingly recommends that
- the Commission submit to the Council no later than 1993 a report on measures
- designed to improve public access to the information available to the
- institutions.
-
- DECLARATION
- ON ESTIMATED COSTS UNDER COMMISSION PROPOSALS
- The Conference notes that the Commission undertakes, by basing itself where
- appropriate on any consultations it considers necessary and by strengthening
- its system for evaluating Community legislation, to take account in its
- legislative proposals of costs and benefits to the Member States' public
- authorities and all the parties concerned.
-
- DECLARATION
- ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMMUNITY LAW
- 1. The Conference stresses that it is central to the coherence and unity of
- the process of European construction that each Member State should fully and
- accurately transpose into national law the Community Directives addressed to
- it within the deadlines laid down therein.
- Moreover, the Conference, while recognizing that it must be for each Member
- State to determine how the provisions of Community law can best be enforced in
- the light of its own particular institutions, legal system and other
- circumstances, but in any event in compliance with Article 189 of the Treaty
- establishing the European Community, considers it essential for the proper
- functioning of the Community that the measures taken by the different Member
- States should result in Community law being applied with the same
- effectiveness and rigour as in the application of their national law.
- 2. The Conference calls on the Commission to ensure, in exercising its powers
- under Article 155 of this Treaty, that Member States fulfill their
- obligations. It asks the Commission to publish periodically a full report for
- the Member States and the European Parliament.
-
- DECLARATION
- ON ASSESSMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF COMMUNITY MEASURES
- The Conference notes that the Commission undertakes in its proposals, and that
- the Member States undertake in implementing those proposals, to take full
- account of their environmental impact and of the principle of sustainable
- growth.
-
- DECLARATION
- ON THE COURT OF AUDITORS
- The Conference emphasizes the special importance it attaches to the task
- assigned to the Court of Auditors by Articles 188a, 188b, 188c and 206 of the
- Treaty establishing the European Community.
- It requests the other Community institutions to consider, together with the
- Court of Auditors, all appropriate ways of enhancing the effectiveness of its
- work.
-
- DECLARATION ON THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE
- The Conference agrees that the Economic and Social Committee will enjoy the
- same independence with regard to its budget and staff management as the Court
- Auditors has enjoyed hitherto.
-
- DECLARATION
- ON COOPERATION WITH CHARITABLE ASSOCIATIONS
- The Conference stresses the importance, in pursuing the objectives of Article
- 117 on the Treaty establishing the European Community, of cooperation between
- the latter and charitable associations and foundations as institutions
- responsible for social welfare establishments and services.
-
- DECLARATION
- ON THE PROTECTION OF ANIMALS
- The Conference calls upon the European Parliament, the Council and the
- Commission, as well as the Member States, when drafting and implementing
- Community legislation on the common agricultural policy, transport, the
- internal market and research, to pay full regard to the welfare requirements
- of animals.
-
- DECLARATION
- on the representation of the interests of the overseas countries and
- territories referred to in Article 227(3) and (5)(a) and (b) of the Treaty
- establishing the European Community
- [[editor's note: the above line is emboldened, rather than capitalized, in a
- copy of the original treaty of 7th February 1992]]
- The Conference, noting that in exceptional circumstances divergences may arise
- between the interests of the Union and those of the overseas countries and
- territories referred to in Article 227(3) and (5)(a) and (b), agrees that the
- Council will seek to reach a solution which accords with the position of the
- Union. However, in the event that this proves impossible, the Conference
- agrees that the Member State concerned may act separately in the interests of
- the said overseas countries and territories, without this affecting the
- Community's interests. The Member State concerned will give notice to the
- Council and the Commission where such a divergence of interests is likely to
- occur and, when separate action proves unavoidable, make it clear that it is
- acting in the interests of overseas territory mentioned above.
- This declaration also applies to Macao and East Timor.
-
- DECLARATION
- ON THE OUTERMOST REGIONS OF THE COMMUNITY
- The Conference acknowledges that the outermost regions of the Community (the
- French overseas departments, Azores and Madeira and Canary Islands) suffer
- from major structural backwardness compounded by several phenomena
- (remoteness, island status, small size, difficult topography and climate,
- economic dependence on a few products), the permanence and combination of
- which severely restrain their economic and social development.
- It considers that, while the provisions of the Treaty establishing the
- European Community and secondary legislation apply automatically to outermost
- regions, it is nonetheless possible to adopt specific measures to assist them
- inasmuch and as long as there is an objective need to take such measures with
- a view to the economic and social development of those regions. Such measures
- should have their aim both the completion of the internal market and a
- recognition of the regional reality to enable the outermost regions to achieve
- the average economic and social level of the Community.
-
- DECLARATION
- ON VOTING IN THE FIELD OF THE COMMON FOREIGN AND SECURITY POLICY
- The Conference agrees that, with regard to Council decisions requiring
- unanimity, Member States will, to the extent possible, avoid preventing a
- unanimous decision where a qualified majority exists in favour of that
- decision.
-
- DECLARATION
- ON PRACTICAL ARRANGEMENTS IN THE FIELD OF THE COMMON FOREIGN AND SECURITY
- POLICY
- The Conference agrees that the division of work between the Political
- Committee and the Committee of Permanent Representatives will be examined at a
- later stage, as will the practical arrangements for merging the Political
- Cooperation Secretariat with the General Secretariat of the Council and for
- cooperation between the latter and the Commission.
-
- DECLARATION
- ON THE USE OF LANGUAGES IN THE FIELD OF THE COMMON FOREIGN AND SECURITY POLICY
- The Conference agrees that the use of languages shall be in accordance with
- the rules of the European Communities.
- For COREU communications, the current practice of European political
- cooperation will serve as a guide for the time being.
- All common foreign and security policy texts which are submitted to or adopted
- at meeting of the European Council and of the Council as well as all texts
- which are to be published are immediately and simultaneously translated into
- all the official Community languages.
-
- DECLARATION
- ON WESTERN EUROPEAN UNION
- The Conference notes the following declarations:
- I. DECLARATION
- by Belgium, Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands,
- Portugal and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, which
- are members of the Western European Union and also members of the European
- Union on
- THE ROLE OF THE WESTERN EUROPEAN UNION AND ITS RELATIONS WITH THE EUROPEAN
- UNION AND WITH THE ATLANTIC ALLIANCE
- Introduction
- 1. WEU Member States agree on the need to develop a genuine European security
- and defence identity and a greater European responsibility on defence matters.
- This identity will be pursued through a gradual process involving successive
- phases. WEU will form an integral part of the process of the development of
- the European Union and will enhance its contribution to solidarity within the
- Atlantic Alliance. WEU Member States agree to strengthen the role of WEU, in
- the longer term perspective of a common defence, compatible with that of the
- Atlantic Alliance.
- 2. WEU will be developed as the defence component of the European Union and as
- a means to strengthen the European pillar of the Atlantic Alliance. To this
- end, it will formulate common European defence policy and carry forward its
- concrete implementation through the further development of its own operational
- role.
- WEU Member States take note of Article J.4 relating to the common foreign and
- security policy of the Treaty on European Union which reads as follows:
- "1. The common foreign and security policy shall include all questions related
- to the security of the Union, including the eventual framing of a common
- defence policy, which might in time lead to a common defence.
- 2. The union requests the Western Union (WEU), which is an integral part of
- the development of the Union, to elaborate and implement decisions and actions
- of the Union which have defence implications. The Council shall, in agreement
- with the institutions of the WEU, adopt the necessary practical arrangements.
- 3. Issues having defence implications dealt with under this Article shall not
- be subject to the procedures set out in Article J.3.
- 4. The policy of the Union in accordance with this Article shall not prejudice
- the specific character of the security and defence policy of certain Member
- States and shall respect the obligations of certain Member States under the
- North Atlantic Treaty and be compatible with the common security and defence
- policy established within that framework.
- 5. The provisions of this Article shall not prevent the development of closer
- cooperation between two or more Member States on a bilateral level, in the
- framework of the WEU and the Atlantic Alliance, provided such cooperation does
- not run counter to or impede that provided for in this Title.
- 6. With a view to furthering the objective of this Treaty, and having in view
- the date of 1998 in the context of Article XII of the Brussels Treaty, the
- provisions of this Article may be revised as provided for in Article N(2) on
- the basis of a report to be presented in 1996 by the Council to the European
- Council, which shall include an evaluation of the progress made and the
- experience gained until then."
- A. WEU's relations with European Union
- 3. The objective is to build up WEU in stages as the defence component of the
- European Union. To this end, WEU is prepared, at the request of the European
- Union, to elaborate and implement decisions and actions of the Union which
- have defence implications.
- To this end, WEU will take the following measures to develop a close working
- relationship with the Union:
- - as appropriate, synchronization of the dates and venues of meetings and
- harmonization of working methods;
- - establishment of close cooperation between the Council and Secretariat-
- General of WEU on the one hand, and the Council of the Union and General
- Secretariat of the Council on the other;
- - consideration of the harmonization of the sequence and duration of the
- respective Presidencies;
- - arranging for appropriate modalities so as to ensure that the Commission of
- the European Communities is regularly informed and, as appropriate, consulted
- on WEU activities in accordance with the role of the Commission in the common
- foreign and security policy as defined in the Treaty on European Union;
- - encouragement of closer cooperation between the Parliamentary Assembly of
- WEU and the European Parliament.
- The WEU Council shall, in agreement with the competent bodies of the European
- Union, adopt the necessary practical arrangements.
- B. WEU's relations with the Atlantic Alliance
- 4. The objective is to develop WEU as a means to strengthen the European
- pillar of the Atlantic Alliance. Accordingly WEU is prepared to develop
- further the close working links between WEU and the Alliance and to strengthen
- the role, responsibilities and contributions of WEU Member States in the
- Alliance. This will be undertaken on the basis of the necessary transparency
- and complementarity between the emerging European security and defence
- identity and the Alliance. WEU will act in conformity with the positions
- adopted in the Atlantic Alliance.
- - WEU Member States will intensify their coordination on Alliance issues which
- represent an important common interest with the aim of introducing joint
- positions agreed in WEU into the process of consultation in the Alliance which
- will remain the essential forum for consultation among its members and the
- venue for agreement on policies bearing on the security and defence
- commitments of Allies under the North Atlantic Treaty.
- - Where necessary, dates and venues of meetings will be synchronized and
- working methods harmonized.
- - Close cooperation will be established between the Secretariats-General of
- WEU and NATO.
- C. Operational role of WEU
- 5. WEU's operational role will be strengthened by examining and defining
- appropriate missions, structures and means, covering in particular:
- -WEU planning cell;
- - closer military cooperation complementary to the Alliance in particular in
- the fields of logistics, transport, training and strategic surveillance;
- - meetings of WEU Chiefs of Defence Staff;
- - military units answerable to WEU.
- Other proposals will be examined further including:
- - enhanced cooperation in the field of armaments with the aim of creating a
- European armaments agency;
- -development of the WEU Institute into a European Security and Defence
- Academy.
- Arrangements aimed at giving WEU a stronger operational role will be fully
- compatible with the military dispositions necessary to ensure the collective
- defence of all Allies.
- D. Other measures
- 6. As a consequence of the measures set out above, and in order to facilitate
- the strengthening of WEU's role, the seat of the WEU Council and Secretariat
- will be transferred to Brussels.
- 7. Representation of the WEU Council must be such that the Council is able to
- exercise its functions continuously in accordance with Article VIII of the
- modified Brussels Treaty. Member States may draw on a double-hatting formula,
- to be worked out, consisting of their representatives to the Alliance and to
- the European Union.
- 8. WEU notes that, in accordance with the provisions of Article J.4(6)
- concerning the common foreign and security policy of the Treaty on European
- Union, the Union will decide to review the provisions of this Article with a
- view to furthering the objective to be set by it in accordance with the
- procedure defined. The WEU will re-examine the present provisions in 1996.
- This re-examination will take account of the progress and experience acquired
- and will extend to relations between WEU and the Atlantic Alliance.
- II. DECLARATION
- by Belgium, Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands,
- Portugal and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland which
- are members of the Western European Union.
- "The Member States of WEU welcome the development of the European security and
- defence identity. They are determined, taking into account the role of WEU as
- the defence component of the European Union and as the means to strengthen the
- European pillar of the Atlantic Alliance, to put the relationship between WEU
- and the other European States on a new basis for the sake of stability and
- security in Europe. In this spirit, they propose the following:
- States which are members of the European Union are invited to accede to WEU on
- conditions to be agreed in accordance with Article XI of the modified Brussels
- Treaty, or to become observers if they so wish. Simultaneously, other European
- Member States of NATO are invited to become associate members of WEU in a way
- which will give them the possibility of participating fully in the activities
- of WEU.
- The Member States of WEU assume that treaties and agreements corresponding
- with the above proposals will be concluded before 31 December 1992."
-
- DECLARATION
- ON ASYLUM
- 1. The Conference agrees that, in the context of the proceedings provided for
- in Articles K.1 and K.3 of the provisions on cooperation in the fields of
- justice and home affairs, the Council will consider as a matter of priority
- questions concerning Member States' asylum policies, with the aim of adoption
- by the beginning of 1993, common action to harmonize aspects of them, in the
- light of the work programme and timetable contained in the report on asylum
- drawn up at the request of the European Council meeting in Luxembourg on 28
- and 29 June 1991.
- 2. In this connection, the Council will also consider, by the end of 1993, on
- the basis of a report, the possibility of applying Article K.9 to such
- matters.
-
- DECLARATION
- ON POLICE COOPERATION
- The Conference confirms the agreement of the Member States on the objectives
- underlying the German delegations's proposals at the European Council meeting
- in Luxembourg on 28 and 29 June 1991.
- For the present, the Member States agree to examine as a matter of priority
- the drafts submitted to them, on the basis of the work programme and timetable
- agreed upon in the report drawn up at the request of the Luxembourg European
- Council, and they are willing to envisage the adoption of practical measures
- in areas such as those suggested by the German delegation, relating to the
- following functions in the exchange of information and experience:
- - support for national criminal investigation and security authorities, in
- particular in the coordination of investigations and search operations;
- - creation of data bases;
- - central analysis and assessment of information in order to take stock of the
- situation and identify investigative approaches;
- - collection and analysis of national prevention programmes for forwarding to
- Member States and for drawing up Europe-wide prevention strategies;
- - measures relating to further training, research, forensic matters and
- criminal records departments.
- Member States agree to consider on the basis of a report, during 1994 at the
- latest, whether the scope of such cooperation should be extended.
-
- DECLARATION
- ON DISPUTES BETWEEN THE ECB AND THE EMI AND THEIR SERVANTS
- The Conference considers it proper that the Court of First Instance should
- hear this class of action in accordance with Article 168a of the Treaty
- establishing the European Community. The Conference therefore invites the
- institutions to adapt the relevant rules accordingly.
- Done at Maastricht on the seventh day of February one thousand nine hundred
- and ninety two
- [[editor's note: the above sentence appears in all 10 languages]]
- [[ the signatures follow ]]
-