Traduction de «Consiglio delle Comunità europee » (Italien → Anglais) :

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

To enter into force the proposal will need to be adopted unanimously by the Council of the European Communities.

To mark the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Communities, the three Belgian communities, in collaboration with the Commission of the European Communities, are presenting an exhibition entitled "93" in the Commission's Albert Borschette Conference Centre and Breydel building and in the Secretariat of the Council in Brussels.

Whereas it is necessary for the effective working of the internal market, established since 1 January 1993, that all involved parties including individual consumers have confidence in the operation of that market and fully benefit from it; 3. Whereas in its Resolution of 9 November 1989 on future priorities for relaunching consumer protection policy (1)OJ the Council, in line with its Resolutions of 14 April 1975 and 19 May 1981, set as a priority inter alia seeking a Community framework for providing information on products by means of labelling; 4. Whereas the Council Resolution of 13 July 1992 on future priorities for the developmen ...[+++]t of consumer protection policy (2)OJ underlines the need to secure consumer confidence in the operation of the single market and to ensure the consumer's freedom to choose from a diverse range of goods and services by improved information and transparency; whereas that Resolution calls for further measures in the areas of transparency and information inter alia with regard to further harmonization of labelling; 5. Whereas various recent studies show that consumers set a high value on information by labelling and a large majority consider it necessary that the same kind of information on specific products be provided in all Member States; 6. Whereas legislation already adopted by Council has established detailed labelling requirements for certain products while for other products requirements are insufficient or even lacking; 7. Whereas disparity of existing national legislation on labelling risks creating barriers to trade within the Community and thereby impeding the operation of the internal market, REAFFIRMS that labelling is one important means to achieve better information and transparency for the consumer and to ensure the smooth operation of the internal market.

This policy was first outlined by the Council of the European Communities in its resolution of December 1989 on a global approach to conformity assessment. It has been put into effect by the recent adoption of directives which enable the Commission of the European Communities to negotiate such agreements with third countries.

On 22 July 1985 the Council of the European Communities expressed its continuing interest, from both political and economic standpoints, in developing relations with the GCC.