(a)the revenue and expenditure of the Union, including administrative expenditure occasioned for the institutions by the provisions of the TEU relating to the Common Foreign and Security Policy, and the operational expenditure occasioned by implementation of those provisions where this is charged to the budget.

the revenue and expenditure of the Union, including administrative expenditure occasioned for the institutions by the provisions of the TEU relating to the Common Foreign and Security Policy, and the operational expenditure occasioned by implementation of those provisions where this is charged to the budget.

a) Inform the Commission of the concrete achievements resulting from the implementation of the first common objective at the occasion of their reporting to the Commission for the priorities on participation and information by the end of 2005, and at the occasion of their reporting to the Commission for the priority on voluntary activities by the end of 2006.

It intends to work resolutely for peace and disarmament within the framework of the common foreign and security policy: - on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations Organization, it adopted the statement set out in Part B (page 34); - it welcomes the fact that the joint action regarding the indefinite and unconditional extension of the Non-Proliferation Treaty, which was agreed at the Corfu European Council, has been successfully carried through; - it expresses the hope that the Convention on the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons will enter into force without d ...[+++]elay; - it intends rapidly to implement the joint action adopted by the Union to combat the indiscriminate use and the dissemination of anti-personnel landmines; - it sent a message of friendship and support to the Organization of African Unity (OAU) on the occasion of its 31st Summit (Part B, page 37) and expressed its consternation after the attempted assassination of Mr Mubarak, President of the Arab Republic of Egypt, to whom it expresses sympathy; - it adopted the statement on Burundi (Part B, page 38); - it expressed the hope that a treaty introducing a total ban on nuclear testing would be signed at the end of 1996 at the latest.

On the occasion of the World Day against poverty, held since 1987 on the initiative of ATD Quart Monde, the President of the Commission Jacques Santer recalls the challenge of poverty and exclusion which the Union must face".

- State Aid C 31/90 - CENEMESA/CONELEC/CADEMESA (CCC) of certain selected assets to ASEA BROWN BOVERI (ABB) - Spain The Commission has decided today to close the Article 93(2) EEC procedure and authorize the aid granted by the Spanish authorities on the occasion of the sale by CCC of certain selected assets to ABB.