Commission support to nuclear safety in the Newly Independent States and in Central and Eastern Europe.

(a) Supporting the promotion of an effective nuclear safety culture in line with the principles of the Convention on nuclear safety, in particular through continuous support for regulatory bodies and, at the plant level, through on site-assistance, including equipment supplies, where such assistance is most needed.

Once the core support units are there to enable and help the investigators do standardized research, pulling those together then into a national platform would be the next logical step.

The second prong of the strategy is to create core support units.

1. Support for land reform in the Coatepeque region of Guatemala EC contribution: ECU 9 million From the very outset, support for land reform has been a cornerstone of cooperation between the Community and Central America.

On a Community-wide basis, each of five main proposals found the backing of an absolute majority of people: *54% versus 25% are for a single common currency replacing the different currencies of the Member States in five or six years' time; *55% versus 23% support the European Community being responsible for foreign policy towards countries outside the EC; *55% versus 22% back the European Community having a common European Central Bank, with the heads of national central banks on its Board of Directors; *65% versus 17% are in favour of the European Community being responsible for a common policy in matters of security and defence; * ...[+++]65% versus 15% are in favour of the European Parliament having the right to decide together with the Council of Ministers, representing national governments, on the legislation of the European Community.