The Council of the European Union is an institution which exercises legislative and decision-making powers. At the same time, it is the forum in which the representatives of the Governments of the 15 Member States can assert their interests and try to reach compromises. The Council ensures general coordination of the activities of the European Community, the main objective of which is the establishment of an internal market, i.e. an area without internal frontiers guaranteeing four freedoms of movement - for goods, persons, services and capital - to which should soon be added a single currency. In addition, the Council is responsible for intergovernmental cooperation, in common foreign and security policy (CFSP) and in the areas of justice and home affairs (JHA), including for example matters of immigration and asylum, combating terrorism and drugs and judicial cooperation.(Source: UEEU)
Het ontwerpbesluit van de ACS-EG-Raad van Ministers kan op formele punten worden gewijzigd zonder dat de bijlage bij dit besluit gewijzigd dient te worden.
Formal changes to the draft ACP-EU Council of Ministers decision may be agreed without its being necessary to amend the annex to this Decision.