Translation of "Questions relevant du titre II politique et procédure " (French → English) :

- considers that, in accordance with Article 67 of the EC Treaty, the limits on the Court of Justice's powers relating to Title IV should be removed and that the Court should be strengthened to allow it to face the needs arising from this new workload.

This issue relates to both employment policy and social protection policy.

At the same time, in order to increase democratic accountability of trade policy, the Commission has proposed strengthening the role of the European Parliament in trade matters significantly. The co-decision procedure would be introduced in relevant areas to this end.

COUNCIL RESOLUTION DESIGNED TO IMPLEMENT THE OUTLINES OF AN INDUSTRIAL POLICY IN THE PHARMACEUTICAL SECTOR IN THE EUROPEAN UNION THE COUNCIL Having regard to the Commission communication of 14 September 1994 entitled "An industrial competitiveness policy for the European Union"; Recalling its Resolution of 21 November 1994 on strengthening the competitiveness of Community industry [10] , and its conclusions of 7 April 1995 on an industrial competitiveness policy; Having regard to the communication of 2 March 1994 from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on the outlines of an industrial policy for the pharmaceutica ...[+++]l sector in the European Union; Whereas the European Union has an important role to play in creating a favourable environment for the expansion of activities relating to research, development, production and distribution of medicinal products and in encouraging the development of an innovative and effective European pharmaceutical industry in terms of competitiveness on the world market; Whereas European industrial policy must necessarily take account of the special nature of this sector, which relates both to public health and to social policy; whereas social security systems bear a considerable proportion of pharmaceutical expenditure; whereas this is a matter which falls within the competence of the Member States; Whereas the European Union has the responsibility of sketching out guidelines for the promotion of Community activities in this sector, HAS ADOPTED THIS RESOLUTION: I. WITH RESPECT TO THE SITUATION IN THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY 1. recalls that the European pharmaceutical industry plays an essential role in public health, remains a high-technology industry with considerable added value, which is particularly successful, generates highly skilled jobs and makes a significant contribution to the Union's balance of trade; 2. considers that, now that it is facing increasingly intense international competition, the Euro ...

IMMIGRATION AND ASYLUM - CONCLUSIONS ON THE COMMISSION COMMUNICATION The Council: - expresses its gratitude for the Commission communication, which has the great merit of encompassing the various aspects of immigration and asylum policies; - notes that the various Chapters of the Commission communication have been discussed by the General Affairs Council, the Social Affairs Council, the Development Council and, in accordance with the procedural decisions taken at its meeting on 23 March 1994, the preparatory bodies for the Justice an ...[+++]d Home Affairs Council; - recalls the exchange of views at the informal meeting of the Ministers for Home Affairs in Thessaloniki on 6 and 7 May 1994; - reiterates the importance it attaches to the action plan and the priority work programme for 1994 which were adopted at the end of 1993; - calls upon the competent bodies to examine, at the time of preparation of a new work programme, the desirability of including in it the topics in that communication which come under Title VI of the TEU but which are not included in the priority work programme for 1994.

This is a matter of non-proliferation policy, which is handled within the Community political cooperation.