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1992 European Union Government News & Press Releases

24th December, 1992
MEETING BETWEEN MR PANDOLFI AND MR COTTI
On Thursday 24 December 1992 Mr Filippo Maria Pandolfi, Vice-President of the Commission, received a Swiss Government delegation led by Mr Flavio Cotti, Federal Councillor. During the meeting Mr Cotti informed the Commission of last week's decision by the Swiss Parliament to allocate SwF 477 million to Switzerland's participation...
24th December, 1992
HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE FOR PALESTINIANS.
In the face of the deteriorating living conditions suffered by the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, the EC Commission will provide supplementary food aid consisting of 6,000 tonnes of wheat flour, to be distributed through the services of UNRWA. Moreover, for strict humanitarian considerations, the Commission will make...
23rd December, 1992
COMMISSION FINES SHIPPING COMPANIES FOR ABUSING DOMINANT POSITIONON SHIPPING TRADE BETWEEN NORTHERN EUROPE AND ZAIRE
The European Commission has imposed fines totalling 10.1 MECU on four shipowners (armateurs) for anti-competitive practices on behalf of the CEWAL shipping conference (Associated Central West Africa Lines). The Compagnie Maritime Belge (CMB) has been fined 9.6 MECU, while the remainder has been imposed on Woermann Linie, Dafra...
23rd December, 1992
COMMISSION APPROVES REGIONAL AID TO METAL FIRM IN THE NEW LAENDER
The Commission has approved the granting of regional investment aids in favour of an investment project in the ECSC steel undertaking Metall - Rohstoffe Thüringen GmbH, Erfurt/Thüringen, which will add to the company's capacity in disposal and recycling of steel scrap and scrap metals but will not have any impact...
23rd December, 1992
FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE VISEGRAD COUNTRIES:COMMISSION REACTION
The Commission welcomes the signing of a free trade agreement between the Hungarian, Polish, Czech and Slovak governments in Krakow on 21 December. The creation of this new area will revitalize trade between the countries involved and boost economic development and stability in Central and Eastern Europe. The agreement drew...
23rd December, 1992
COMMISSION APPROVES PORTUGUESE PRIVATIZATION PROGRAMME,WITH A NUMBER OF EXCEPTIONS
The Commission has studied the Portuguese privatization programme implemented under Law 11/90 of 5 April 1990, which provides for a transparent privatization procedure based as a general rule on public tenders without discriminatory conditions and leading to the selection of the highest bidder. The price at which companies...
23rd December, 1992
APPROVAL OF AID TO THE VEV TEXTILE GROUP
Following press reports and in response to a number of complaints, the Commission asked the French authorities for information concerning aid to the VEV textile group, which produces ready-to-wear clothing, car-seat covers and similar accessories, wool, woven products, knitwear, clothing and furnishing fabrics, and shirts. ...
23rd December, 1992
COMMISSION SETS 1993 CEILING FOR SHIPBUILDING AID
The Commission has decided to set the new aid ceiling applicable for shipbuilding at 9%. This ceiling applies for contracts entered into after 1 January 1993 and all other operating aid granted after that date. At the same meeting the Commission decided with effect from 1 January 1993 not to allow contract-related aid higher...
23rd December, 1992
APPROVAL OF AID FOR THE CONVERSION OF VICTORIO LUZURIAGA SA
The Commission has decided to terminate the Article 93(2) proceedings which it had initiated in respect of social aid for the conversion of Victorio Luzuriaga SA from the ECSC steel sector (in overcapacity) to nodular and grey cast iron (sector which is not sensitive or covered by a framework). Although the aid referred to...
23rd December, 1992
THE ENTERPRISE DIMENSIONESSENTIAL TO COMMUNITY GROWTH
The Commission recently adopted Community measures to press ahead with and intensify enterprise policy in the Community, particularly in the case of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). In Edinburgh on 11 and 12 December 1992, the European Council, endorsing the guidelines put forward by the Commission, agreed action...
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