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The Intergovernmental
Conference (IGC) to amend the EC Treaties in preparation for
EU enlargement was launched on 14 February 2000. The purpose
of the IGC was to adapt the Community institutions so that they
can operate efficiently in an enlarged Union concentrating on
the three main issues not resolved at the last IGC in 1996-97,
namely: the size and composition of the Commission, the weighting
of votes in the Council of Ministers and the extension of Qualified
Majority Voting.
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Preparatory Group of Government representatives decided to divide
the negotiating phase into two stages. The first ran from the
inaugural meeting of ministers on 14 February until the ministerial
meeting on 10 April. During this stage there was a preliminary
examination of the subjects mentioned in the Cologne and Helsinki
European Council Conclusions. The first part of the second stage,
which ran from 10 April until the Feira European Council, identified
the subjects that were discussed in the Portuguese Presidency
Report. The second part of stage two has been managed by the French
EU Presidency, which took over on 1 July 2000.
The
following official documents served as the basis for the discussions.
Procedural
Papers
General Approach to IGC: Institutions
- Member States - Applicant
Countries
Institutions: Commission - Council
- Parliament - Judicial
- Other
Policy/Other: Cooperation - Defence
- Democratic Values - Parties
- Social Security
Treaties - Further
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PROCEDURAL
PAPERS
List
of members participating in the IGC
Work Programme - 14/2/2000 CONFER 4704/2/00. Inaugural meeting
Presidency:
Organization of meetings and work
- 21/2/2000 CONFER 4714/00
Introductory
Note to meeting on 25/2/2000 - 25/2/2000 CONFER 4705/1/00
Amendments
to IGC Agenda - 7/3/2000 CONFER 4716/00
Presidency: Provisional work plan - 6/4/2000 CONFER 4732/00
Parliament:
Preparation of European Council in Feira - 15/6/2000 A5-0163/2000
Presidency report of Feira European Council - 18-20/6/2000 CONFER
4750/00
European
Parliament resolution on the conclusions Feira European Council -
6/7/2000 B5-0587, 0588 and 0590/2000
Organisation
of work - 6/7/2000 CONFER 4752/00
Organisation
of work - 10/7/2000 CONFER 4755/00
Presidency:
Provisional work plan - 27/8/2000 CONFER 4777/00
Record of Biarritz European Council - 13-14/10/2000 (Prepared by the Presidency)
Parliament:
Outcome of informal European Council in Biarritz - 25/10/2000 B5-0814,
0815, 0817 and 0818/2000
Presidency:
Summary document of IGC Progress - 4/11/2000 CONFER 4790/00
Presidency:
Summary document of outstanding topics - 25/11/2000 CONFER 4810/00.
Commission, weighting of votes, closer cooperation, Court of Justice,
European Parliament, other institutions and organs, qualified-majority
voting, etc.
Parliament:
Preparation of Nice European Council - 30/11/2000 B5-0884, 0886, 0890
and 0891/2000
Presidency: summary of meeting on 3/12/2000 - 30/11/2000 CONFER 4815/00.
Closer cooperation, extension of QMV.
Parliament:
Outcome of Nice European Council - 14/12/2000 B5-0938, 0939 and 0942/2000
GENERAL
APPROACH TO IGC
Institutions
Parliament:
IGC 27/3/2000 A5-0086/2000 (Rapport Dimitrakopoulos/Leinen, part I:
Motion for a Resolution)
Parliament:
IGC 24/3/2000 A5-0086/2000 (Rapport Dimitrakopoulos/Leinen, part II:
Minority opinion and opinions of committees)
Parliament:
IGC - 13/4/2000 A5-0086/00. (Resolution Dimitrakopoulos/Leinen: EP
proposals)
Court of Justice: IGC - 28/2/2000
CONFER/VAR 3964/00 (French)
Court of Auditors: IGC - 2/5/2000
CONFER 4738/00 (French)
Member
States
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| Denmark |
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| Finland |
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| France |
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| Germany |
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| Greece |
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| Ireland |
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| Italy |
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| Luxembourg |
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| Netherlands |
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| Portugal |
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| Spain |
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| Sweden |
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| United Kingdom |
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Applicant
Countries
| Bulgaria: |
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Republic: |
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| Estonia |
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| Hungary |
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| Latvia |
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| Lithuania |
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| Malta |
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| Poland |
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| Romania |
- 24/2/2000
CONFER/VAR 3955/00 (French)
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| Slovakia |
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| Slovenia |
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| Turkey |
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INSTITUTIONS
European
Commission
Presidency:
Commission - 28/3/2000 CONFER 4727/00. Size, composition, internal
organisation, accountability.
Italy:
Commission - 26/5/2000 CONFER 4746/00 Size and composition.
Presidency: Commission - 30/5/2000 CONFER
4744/00. Size, composition, motion of confidence.
Presidency:
Commission - 14/7/2000 CONFER 4757/00. Strengthening the powers of
the President, number and function of the Vice-Presidents, number of portfolios,
etc.
Presidency:
Commission - 24/7/2000 CONFER 4762/00
Presidency:
Commission - 13/11/2000 CONFER 4797/00
Presidency:
Commission - 20/11/2000 CONFER 4802/00
Commission: Commission's
Internal Organization - 22/11/2000 COM(2000) 771
Presidency: Summary document of outstanding topics - 25/11/2000 CONFER
4810/00.
Presidency: Commission - 3/12/2000 CONFER 4813/00. Size and composition.
European
Council
Presidency: size and composition of the Commission- 4/4/2000 CONFER
4728/00
Presidency:
Weighting of votes - 30/5/2000 CONFER 4745/00
Italy: Weighting of votes - 16/6/2000 CONFER 4751/00
Presidency:
Weighting of votes - 6/7/2000 CONFER 4754/00
Presidency:
Weighting of votes - 18/9/2000 CONFER 4781/00
Presidency:
Weighting of votes - 13/11/2000 CONFER 4796/00
Presidency:
Weighting of votes - 20/11/2000 CONFER 4801/00
Presidency:
Summary document of outstanding topics - 25/11/2000 CONFER 4810/00.
Presidency:
QMV (Extension of Qualified Majority Voting) - 15/2/2000 CONFER 4705/00.
Presidency:
QMV - Articles ready for QMV as they stand - 25/2/2000 CONFER 4706/1/00
Presidency:
QMV- Taxation - 22/2/2000 CONFER 4707/00
Presidency:
QMV - Social provisions - 25/2/2000 CONFER 4708/00
Presidency:
QMV - The environment - 25/2/2000 CONFER 4709/00
Presidency:
QMV - JHA field - 25/2/2000 CONFER 4710/00
Presidency:
QMV - Article 308 - 25/2/2000 CONFER 4711/00
Presidency:
QMV - taxation - 7/3/2000 CONFER 4707/00
Presidency: QMV - social provisions - 7/3/2000 CONFER 4708/00
Presidency: QMV - the environment - 7/3/2000 CONFER 4709/00
Commission: QMV - taxation and social security fields - 14/3/2000 COM(2000)
114
Presidency: QMV - article 308 - 28/3/2000 CONFER 4711/00
Presidency: QMV - JHA field - 28/3/2000 CONFER 4710/00
Italy:
QMV - 3/4/2000 CONFER 4731/00 (French)
Presidency:
QMV - 06/04/2000 CONFER 4734/00
Presidency:
QMV - 20/04/2000 CONFER 4737/00
Presidency:
QMV - 03/07/2000 CONFER 4753/00
Presidency:
QMV - 29/08/2000 CONFER 4767/00
Presidency:
QMV / Employment Committee - 09/11/2000 CONFER 4795/00
Presidency:
QMV - 14/09/2000 CONFER 4770/00 Addendum.
Presidency:
QMV - 14/09/2000 CONFER 4770/00
Ireland:
QMV - social security 28/9/2000 CONFER 4778/00
Presidency:
QMV - 2/10/2000 CONFER 4776/00
Presidency:
QMV - 23/10/2000 CONFER 4784/00
Presidency:
QMV - 18/10/2000 CONFER 4789/00
France/Germany:
QMV - taxation - 18/11/2000 CONFER 4808/00
Presidency:
QMV - 16/11/2000 CONFER 4800/00
Belgium:
QMV- 21/11/2000 CONFER 4809/00
Presidency: Summary document of outstanding topics - 23/11/2000 CONFER
4810/00.
Presidency:
Presidency summary of meeting on 3/12/2000 - 30/11/2000 CONFER 4815/00.
Closer cooperation, extension of QMV...
Germany:
QMV, Parliament and Institutions - 5/12/2000 CONFER 4817/00
European
Parliament
Presidency:
Parliament - 24/02/2000 CONFER 4713/00
Presidency: Parliament - 10/05/2000 CONFER 4740/00. Allocation of
seats, transitional measures, codecision procedure, suspension of cooperation.
Presidency:
Parliament and Judicial Institutions - 19/5/2000 CONFER 4743/00.
Presidency:
Parliament - 20/09/2000 CONFER 4771/00. Number of seats, codecision
procedure.
Presidency: Parliament - 16/11/2000 CONFER 4805/00. Distribution of
seats.
Presidency:
Summary document of outstanding topics - 23/11/2000 CONFER 4810/00.
Germany:
QMV, Parliament and Institutions - 05/12/2000 CONFER 4817/00
Judicial
Institutions
Commission:
Reform of the Community courts - 01/03/2000
France:
Reform EU Judicial System- 27/03/2000 CONFER 4726/00
Presidency:Judicial Institutions - 31/04/2000 CONFER 4729/00. Interim
report on amendemnts to be made to Treaties regarding Court of Justice
and Court of First Instance.
Greece: Reform
of EU Judicial System - 12/04/2000 CONFER 4730/00
Belgium:
Proposed treaty changes for the Committee of Regions and the Court of
Justice - 12/05/2000 CONFER 4742/00
Presidency: European Parliament and Judicial Institutions - 19/05/2000
CONFER 4743/00. Court of Justice and Court of First Instance.
Presidency:
Judicial Institutions - 31/05/2000 CONFER 4747/00. Court of Justice
and Court of First Instance. Presidency report on the work of the "Friends
of the Presidency" technical group.
Commission: The
criminal protection of the Community's financial interests -a European
Prosecutor - 29/9/2000 COM(2000) 608
Presidency: Court of Justice - 03/11/2000 CONFER 4790/00 ADD
France: Incorporation of a reference to Eurojust in the Treaty - 19/11/2000
CONFER 4806/00
Presidency: Summary document of outstanding topics - 25/11/2000 CONFER
4810/00.
Presidency:
Court of Justice - 13/11/2000 CONFER 4799/00. Proposal for article
230 by Parliament.
Other
Institutions
Presidency:
Court of Auditors, Economic and Social Committee, Committee of the Regions
- 24/02/2000 CONFER 4715/00
Belgium:
Proposed treaty changes for the Committee of Regions and the Court of
Justice - 12/05/2000 CONFER 4742/00
Presidency: Court of Auditors, Economic and Social Committee, Committee
of the Regions - 11/05/2000 CONFER 4741/00
Presidency:
Court of Auditors, Economic and Social Committee, and Committee of the
Regions
Netherlands:
Court of Auditors and the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) - 20/9/2000
CONFER 4773/00
Portugal:
Choosing the members of the Court of Auditors - 22/09/2000 CONFER
4774/00
Presidency:
Committee of the Regions - 25/09/2000 CONFER 4772/00
Presidency:
Employment Committee / QMV - 13/11/2000 CONFER 4795/00. Extension
of the mandate of the employment committee (article 130)
Presidency:
Employment Committee/QMV - 09/11/2000 CONFER 4795/00/COR1. Correction
of CONFER 2795/00.
Germany:
QMV, Parliament and Institutions - 05/12/2000 CONFER 4817/00.
POLICY AND OTHER AREAS
Closer
cooperation
Presidency: Closer cooperation - 11/07/2000 CONFER 4758/00
Spain:
Closer Cooperation - 14/7/2000 CONFER 4760/00
Presidency:
Closer cooperation - 24/7/2000 CONFER 4761/00
Belgium:
Closer cooperation - 28/8/2000 CONFER 4765/00
Presidency: Closer cooperation - 30/08/2000 CONFER 4766/00
Presidency:
Closer cooperation - 05/10/2000 CONFER 4780/00
Italy/Germany:
Closer Cooperation - 04/10/2000 CONFER 4783/00
Parliament:
Report on closer cooperation - 12/10/2000 A5-0288/00 (Gil-Robles report)
Parliament:
Closer Cooperation - 25/10/2000 A5-0288/2000 (Gil-Robles Resolution)
Presidency: Closer cooperation - 18/10/2000 CONFER 4786/00
Presidency:
Closer cooperation - 09/11/2000 CONFER 4798/00
Presidency:
Closer cooperation - 17/11/2000 CONFER 4803/00
Presidency:
Summary document of outstanding topics - 23/11/2000 CONFER 4810/00.
Presidency
summary of meeting on 3/12/2000 - 03/12/2000 CONFER 4815/00.
Commerce
Presidency:
Commercial policy - 11/07/2000 CONFER 4759/00
Finland: Intellectual Property - 8/12/2000 CONFER 4818/00 (French)
Defence
Belgium:
European Security and Defence Policy - 23/10/2000 CONFER 4788/00
Italy,
Benelux: European Security and Defence Policy - 23/10/2000 CONFER
4788/00
Presidency: Defence - 30/10/2000 CONFER 4788/00
Democratic
Values
Belgium:
Draft amendment to Article 7 of the TEU - 2/5/2000 CONFER 4739/00
Austria:
Draft amendments to Articles 7 and 46 of the TEU - 7/6/2000 CONFER
4748/00
Presidency:
Article 7 - 8-9/10/2000 CONFER 4782/00
Presidency:
Various matters - 11/9/2000 CONFER 4768/00. Article 7, reorganization
of treaties and other issues.
Finland:
Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms - 22/9/2000 CONFER 4775/00
Presidency:
Article 7 - 18/10/2000 CONFER 4785/00 (Presidency document)
Presidency:
Charter of fundamental rights - 27/10/2000 CONFER 4792/00. Parliament
proposal. (French)
Presidency:
Charter of fundamental rights - 16/11/2000 CONFER 4804/00. Parliament
proposal. (French)
Political Parties
Presidency: Statute for political parties - 2/10/2000 CONFER 4764/00
Commission:
Political parties - 12/7/2000 COM(2000) 444
Social
Security
Austria:
Draft amendments to Article 42 of the TEU (Social Security)- 11/9/2000
CONFER 4769/00
TREATIES
European
University Institute: 1st report on reorganisation of Treaties - 15/5/2000.
"A Basic Treaty for the European Union".
European
University Institute: Draft of Basic Treaty - 15/5/2000.
Commission:
A basic treaty for the European Union - 12/7/2000 COM(2000) 434
European
University Institute: 2nd report on reorganisation of Treaties - 31/7/2000.
"Reforming the Treaties' Amendment Procedures".
Presidency: Various matters - 06/9/2000 CONFER 4768/00. Article 7,
reorganization of previous treaties and other issues.
Parliament:
Report on the Constitutionalisation of the Treaties - 12/10/2000 A5-0289/2000
(Duhamel report)
Parliament:
Constitutionalisation of the Treaties - 25/10/2000 A5-0289/2000
Presidency:
Draft Treaty - 6/12/2000 CONFER 4816/00 (Draft distributed by the
Presidency on the eve of the Nice European Council)
FURTHER
RELEVANT DOCUMENTS AND MATERIAL
House
of Commons, IGC
2000 : Enhanced Co-operation, Research Paper, 21.11.2000.
House
of Commons, IGC
2000: from Feira to Biarritz, Research Paper, 27.10.2000.
House
of Commons, Intergovernmental
Conference 2000: the main agenda, Research Paper,
19.04.2000.
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