– having regard to the reasoned opinions submitted, within the framework of Protocol No 2 on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality, by the Czech Chamber of Deputies, the Czech Senate, the Netherlands Senate, the Netherlands House of Representatives, the Austrian National Council and the Austrian Federal Council, asserting that the draft legislative act does not comply with the principle of subsidiarity,

The Council reached a political agreement by qualified majority, with the Netherlands delegation opposing, subject to consideration of the opinion of the European Parliament, on a regulation specifying conditions under which herring may be landed for industrial purposes other than direct human consumption.

Based on this bill and what is in the main estimates, this department is responsible for a variety of quasi and independent agencies and tribunals which include the following: the office of the federal chief negotiator, internal trade negotiations; the office of the chief scientist; the Canadian aboriginal economic development program; Canadian Workplace Automation Research Centre; the Defence industry productivity program; the Canada scholarships program; the Information Highway Advisory Council; the National Advisory Board on Science and Technology; the Industrial research ...[+++]assistance program; the remnants of Investment Canada; the Canadian Network for the Advancement of Research Industry and Education, commonly known as CANARIE; the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council; the Federal Office of the Regional Development-Quebec, which requires an order in council to pass these responsibilities to yet another minister, the Minister of Finance; regional development in northern Ontario under FEDNOR; the network of centres of excellence, the National Research Council; the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council; the Standards Council of Canada; the Canadian Space Agency; the Communications Research Centre; Statistics Canada; Emergency Preparedness Canada; the Bureau of Competition; the Copyright Board of Canada; and more.

Specific programmes under the 4th Framework Programme Following the political agreement reached by the Research Council on 27 June 1994 (see Press Release No 7978/94, Presse 137), the Council adopted: - unanimously, the Decision on the specific programme of research, technological development and demonstration in the area of advanced communications technologies and services; - by a qualified majority, with the Netherlands delegation voting against (see explanation of vote annexed hereto), the Decision on the specific programme of research, technological development and demonstration in the field of industrial and materials technologies.

C. THE COUNCIL notes that the Community on the basis of the Commission's initiatives will contribute to the above objectives and priorities in particular through : 1. the taking of all necessary steps to ensure, at such time as the criteria laid down by the European Union have been substantially fulfilled, the prompt signature of the Interim Agreement and early ratification of the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement signed at Corfu on 24 June 1994; 2. the pursuit of its dialogue with the Russian Federation concerning its application for membership of international organizations, including the current application to WTO; 3. implemention of programmes in support of the democratic process and establishment of human rights in the Russian Fe ...[+++]deration, on the basis of among others the EU's Democracy Programme and in cooperation with the relevant programmes of the Member States; and support other forms of cooperation at various levels between Russian and European opinion- leaders, parliamentarians and representatives of governmental and non- governmental organizations, both at the centre and in the regions; 4. continuing to refine and develop its technical assistance programmes, while working towards more effective coordination between donor organisations implementing programmes with the Russian Federation, and in particular to ensure that the new TACIS regulation is adopted in due time, before the end of 1995; 5. working with the Russian Federation to promote European cooperation aimed at ensuring the rational and equitable exploitation of energy resources, within the framework of the European Energy Charter; 6. reconsidering the question of the Russian Federation's eventual access to certain of the European Union's financial instruments, particularly in the context of the Trans-European Networks; 7. continuing to provide humanitarian assistance where necessary; 8. continuing to cooperate with the Russian Federation in the fields of education and training, enviro ...

Employment and business competitiveness: The ERDF (with 91.230 MECU in this priority) contributes to the co-financing of the following actions: . Creation and extension of 30 enterprise centres for industrial, craft and service sector SMEs . Extension and equipping of the Zamudio Technological park .