The publication of the forecasts, the possibility of having access to the minutes of meetings and a global report on the economic progress of the Member States are elements which will contribute – as the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, by means of the intervention of its President, Mrs Randzio-Plath, has demonstrated, and as mentioned in Mr Huhne’s report – to the consolidation of the level of internal and international acceptanc ...[+++]e and, of course, transparency, not only with regard to public opinion but also with regard to the experts in monetary affairs.

Work will have to continue in order to find the most acceptable and effective ways and means of meeting this twin objective; · there is a large measure of agreement on the structure and substance of the pre-accession instruments, and that the legal texts should be rapidly aligned with the orientations in the report in order to reach a political agreement on the texts by the November General Affairs Council; · once it has received the European Parliament's opinion, expected in November, the Council should be in a position to reach a common position on the TENs financing regulation by the end of the year, as requested by the Cardiff Eu ...[+++]ropean Council; · in order to meet the request made at Cardiff for the Vienna European Council to make substantial progress on the key elements of the Agenda 2000 package, the Council needs to have at its disposal as soon as possible, and at the latest in November, a concise political paper detailing the main issues of substance on the CAP reform proposals to be resolved as part of an overall agreement on Agenda 2000.

Senator Fraser: No, the number of people who, had this bill already been passed, would have first of all received monetary compensation further to the final decision rendered by a court or a tribunal in a lawsuit against Her Majesty, which is already quite limiting.

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to the Green Paper on the development of the single market for postal services, published on 11 June 1992; Having regard to the communication from the Commission on guidelines for the development of Community postal services; Whereas the development of postal services is an important feature of the development of the single market for the promotion of the economic and social development of the Community and its Member States; Whereas the provisions of the Treaty on the freedom to provide services cover the postal sector; Whereas the Green Paper and the abovementioned communication identify the aspects of postal services whic ...[+++]h are of Community interest; Whereas in view of these aspects it appears that efforts should be made at Community level to improve the efficiency and quality of postal services; Whereas the Commission has undertaken broad public consultation and has received contributions from interested parties in the postal sector; Whereas it is necessary to fix the main objectives of the development of postal services in the Community, in accordance with the Treaty; 1. GIVES ITS SUPPORT: to the general approach contained in the Commission's Green Paper on the development of the single market for postal services; 2. TAKES NOTE OF: the consultation which took place between the interested parties and the resulting Commission communication on the guidelines for developing Community postal services, certain aspects of which nevertheless remain to be considered in detail with a view to reaching an overall agreement; 3. REAFFIRMS: that a political agreement with the full participation of both the European Parliament and the Council is the best way of encouraging the implementation of the future Community policy in the postal sector; 4. DECLARES THE FOLLOWING POINTS TO BE MAJOR POLICY GOALS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF POSTAL SERVICES IN THE COMMUNITY: ...