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In the course of last week the following legislative acts and communications, among others, came into force: · Communication of the Commission to the Council, to the European Parliament, to the economic and social Committee and to the Committee of the Regions The life sciences and biotechnology A strategy for Europe (OGEC C 55/3, 2/3/2002); · Decision of the Council, of 18/2/2002, relating to guidelines for the policies of member states in support of employment for 2002 (OGEC L 60/60, 1/3/2002); · Inter-institutional agreement Relating to the financing of the Convention on the future of the European Union (OGEC C 54/1, 1/3/2002); · Announcement of implementation of MET agency for the start-up of the mechanism of guarantee for small and medium industries and launch of the Start-Up Capital scheme as part of the pluriannual programme in support of enterprises and entrepreneurship, in particular for small and medium firms (2001-2005) (OGEC C 54/7, 1/3/2002); · Decision no. 2/2001 of the ACP-EC Council of Ministers, of 20/12/2001, relating to the redemption of all the “special loans” granted to the strongly indebted and less advanced poor countries among the ACP countries, and still outstanding after the application of all the debt-reduction mechanisms of the HIPC initiative (OGEC L 56/19, 27/2/2002); · Opinions of the Council, of 12/2/2002, relating to the stability and convergence programmes of Germany, Ireland, France, Greece, Italy, United Kingdom, Portugal and Spain (OGEC C 51/1-9, 26/2/2002); · Resolution of the Council and of the representatives of the governments of member states meeting at the Council of 14/2/2002 on the added value of the volunteer service of the young in the framework of the development of the Community’s youth programme (OGEC C 50/3, 23/2/2002).
