E. whereas EU policy objectives vis-à-vis Tajikistan are primarily aimed at support for poverty reduction, good governance and reforms, and, regionally, for a more effective fight against drug trafficking and organised crime, and whereas the EU provides assistance for this, particularly through support for border management through its Border Management and Drug Action in Central Asia (BOMCA/CADAP) programmes,

This will include helping improve public accountability and financial management systems in Africa, early ratification by all EU member states and African partners of the UN Convention on Corruption, assisting proper management of conflict resources including timber as well as mineral resources, support to the Kimberly Process and to the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) so that eleven African countries begin implementation of the EITI by July 2006.

ANNEX I Council conclusions on fraud and the 1995 work programme in this area THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, - recalling the Essen European Council conclusions on the need for fraud, wastefulness and mismanagement to be combated with the greatest rigour and the call for concerted action by the institutions and the Member States, as well as the ECOFIN Council conclusions on combating fraud; - recalling that under EC Article 209a "Member States shall take the same measures to counter fraud affecting the financial interests of the Community as they take to counter fraud affecting their own financial interests"; - recalling the procedu ...[+++]res provided for in Articles 169 to 171 as amended by the EC Treaty; - taking note of the report of the European Court of Auditors for the financial year 1993 and the relevant special reports and pointing to the Council's interest in seeing the Court's comments followed up with a view to tight, efficient management and financial control; - having examined the Commission's annual report on the fight against fraud in 1994 and its work programme for 1995; - taking note of the proceedings of the Advisory Committee for the Coordination of Fraud Prevention on 31 May 1995, HAS ADOPTED THE FOLLOWING CONCLUSIONS: 1.

The adoption of the "third airline package" means that Community policy will now include the following features: - the distinction between scheduled and non-scheduled (charter) flights has been dropped; - airlines are free to set their own fares; - capacity restrictions are eliminated; - airlines are free to operate on a commercial basis; - certain safeguards are retained, the aim being to guarantee: . commercial viability . technological reliability . ownership . the provision of public services . the management of capacity (slots) . the management of crises . intervention against excessive fares . intervention in the event of costs rising to disastrous levels . adherence to competition rules which also require ...[+++]action against predatory pricing.

Environment Cooperation will focus on: - assessing environmental problems in the Mediterranean region and defining, where appropriate, the initiatives to be taken; - making proposals to establish and subsequently update a short and medium-term priority environmental action programme for intervention coordinated by the European Commission and supplemented by long-term actions; it should include among the main areas for action, the following: integrated management of water, soil and coastal areas; management of waste; preventing and combating air pollution and pollution in the Mediterranean sea; natural heritage, landscapes and site c ...[+++]onservation and management; Mediterranean forest protection, conservation and restoration, in particular through the prevention and control of erosion, soil degradation, forest fires and combating desertification; transfer of Community experience in financing techniques, legislation and environmental monitoring; integration of environmental concerns in all policies; - setting up a regular dialogue to monitor the implementation of the action programme; - reinforcing regional and subregional cooperation and strengthening coordination with the Mediterranean Action Plan; - stimulating coordination of investments from various sources, and implementation of relevant international conventions; - promoting the adoption and implementation of legislation and regulatory measures when required, especially preventive measures and appropriate high standards.

4. Its priority objectives are: . integrated management of water resources, maximizing them by thrifty use of the resource, purification and re-use of sewage; . combating erosion and soil degradation and forest fires; . combating pollution, especially marine pollution; . reducing waste production and managing waste in an ecologically rational way; . protection and sustainable management of the coastline; . conservation of the natural heritage, of landscapes and beauty spots.