Barroso and Straub hold dialogue with associations – CoR opinion on EU Budget – Services of General Interest State Aid – Fighting Europe’s worst floods – Public Debate on Constitution – Cyprus Week at the Committee of the Regions

The Council approved, on behalf of the Community, a draft Decision of the EC-Cyprus Association Council concerning the establishment of a Joint Consultative Committee.

Moreover, the Central and Eastern European countries associated with the European Union and the associated countries Cyprus and Malta aligned themselves with the EU declaration at the Sixth Committee of the UN General Assembly in November 2001, which sought to encourage a swift start to the ICC.

Moreover, the Central and Eastern European countries associated with the European Union and the associated countries Cyprus and Malta aligned themselves with the EU declaration at the Sixth Committee of the UN General Assembly in November 2001, which sought to encourage a swift start to the ICC.

IVEUROPEAN REFUGEE FUND PAGEREF _Toc484330113 \h IVCOMMUNITY READMISSION AGREEMENTS PAGEREF _Toc484330114 \h IVRIGHT TO FAMILY REUNIFICATION PAGEREF _Toc484330115 \h VTEMPORARY PROTECTION PAGEREF _Toc484330116 \h VIASYLUM AND MIGRATION : ACTIVITY REPORT OF THE HIGH LEVEL WORKING GROUP PAGEREF _Toc484330117 \h VITERRORISM - THREAT ASSESSMENT PAGEREF _Toc484330118 \h VIISTATE OF PLAY OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TAMPERE EUROPEAN COUNCIL PAGEREF _Toc484330119 \h VII?MUTUAL RECOGNITION PAGEREF _Toc484330120 \h VII?EUROJUST PAGEREF _Toc484330121 \h VII?EUROPEAN POLICE COLLEGE PAGEREF _Toc484330122 \h VII?EXTERNAL RELATIONS IN JHA PAGEREF _Toc484330123 \h VII?SCOREBOARD PAGEREF _Toc484330124 \h VIIICHILD PORNOGRAPHY ON THE INTERNET PAGEREF _Toc48 ...[+++]4330125 \h VIIIINFORMATION TO NATIONAL PARLIAMENTS IN THE JHA FIELD PAGEREF _Toc484330126 \h VIIICONVENTION ON MUTUAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE IN CRIMINAL MATTERS PAGEREF _Toc484330127 \h VIIICOOPERATION BETWEEN FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNITS PAGEREF _Toc484330128 \h IXCOMBATING FRAUD AND COUNTERFEITING OF NON-CASH PAYMENT MEANS PAGEREF _Toc484330129 \h IXSTATUS OF THE VICTIM IN THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PAGEREF _Toc484330130 \h IXALTERNATIVE METHODS OF SETTLING DISPUTES UNDER CIVIL AND COMMERCIAL LAW - CONCLUSIONS PAGEREF _Toc484330131 \h XEUROPEAN JUDICIAL NETWORK PAGEREF _Toc484330132 \h XANY OTHER BUSINESS PAGEREF _Toc484330133 \h X?TASK FORCE CHIEFS OF POLICE PAGEREF _Toc484330134 \h X?CONFERENCE ON CRIME PREVENTION PAGEREF _Toc484330135 \h XIMIXED COMMITTEE AT MINISTERIAL LEVEL WITH NORWAY AND ICELAND PAGEREF _Toc484330136 \h XIITEMS APPROVED WITHOUT DEBATEJUSTICE AND HOME AFFAIRS PAGEREF _Toc484330137 \h XI--Penal sanctions against counterfeiting in connection with the Euro * PAGEREF _Toc484330138 \h XI--EU Organised Crime Situation Report (1998) PAGEREF _Toc484330139 \h XII--Service of Documents PAGEREF _Toc484330140 \h XII--Insolvency proceedings * PAGEREF _Toc484330141 \h XII--Jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement of judgments in ...

6PREPARATION FOR THE EXTRAORDINARY EUROPEAN COUNCIL (Lisbon, 23/24 March 2000) PAGEREF _Toc475411479 \h 6STRENGTHENING OF EUROPEAN SECURITY AND DEFENCE POLICY PAGEREF _Toc475411480 \h 7CHARTER OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS PAGEREF _Toc475411481 \h 8COMMISSION REFORMS - COUNCIL CONCLUSIONS PAGEREF _Toc475411482 \h 8WESTERN BALKANS - COUNCIL CONCLUSIONS PAGEREF _Toc475411483 \h 9MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS - COUNCIL CONCLUSIONS PAGEREF _Toc475411484 \h 14RUSSIA - COUNCIL CONCLUSIONS PAGEREF _Toc475411485 \h 15MEXICO - COUNCIL CONCLUSIONS PAGEREF _Toc475411486 \h 16SOUTH AFRICA PAGEREF _Toc475411487 \h 16INDONESIA PAGEREF _Toc475411488 \h 16INTERNATIONAL FORUM ON THE HOLOCAUST PAGEREF _Toc475411489 \h 16OPENING OF ACCESSION NEGOTIATIONS WITH MALTA, ROMA ...[+++]NIA, SLOVAKIA, LATVIA, LITHUANIA AND BULGARIA PAGEREF _Toc475411490 \h 17ANNEX PAGEREF _Toc475411491 \h 19ITEMS APPROVED WITHOUT DEBATEEXTERNAL RELATIONS--Lomé Convention - conclusion of consultations with Comoros PAGEREF _Toc475411494 \h I--Restrictive measures against the Taliban PAGEREF _Toc475411495 \h I--Kosovo - financial assistance * PAGEREF _Toc475411496 \h I--Association with Estonia PAGEREF _Toc475411497 \h I--Association with Latvia PAGEREF _Toc475411498 \h II--Association with Lithuania PAGEREF _Toc475411499 \h II--Association with Bulgaria PAGEREF _Toc475411500 \h II--Relations with Russia PAGEREF _Toc475411501 \h II--European Economic Area - environment and sustainable development PAGEREF _Toc475411502 \h II--Prohibition of nuclear weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean PAGEREF _Toc475411503 \h IIITRADE QUESTIONS--Steel products / CCEE PAGEREF _Toc475411505 \h III--Steel products - Russian Federation and Ukraine PAGEREF _Toc475411506 \h III--Relations with Poland and Bulgaria PAGEREF _Toc475411507 \h IV--Anti-dumping : Croatia and Ukraine - seamless pipes and tubes of iron or non-alloy steel PAGEREF _Toc475411508 \h IV--Anti-dumping : China - dead-burned (sintered) magnesia PAGEREF _Toc475411509 \h IV--Vietnam : ...