Environment: LIFE and ACNAT proposals
Meeting on the 18 and 19 March 1991, the Council of the European Communities considered matters relating to the environment, inter alia holding a preliminary exchange of views on a Commission proposal for a Council Regulation (COM(91) 28) establishing a financial instrument for the environment, LIFE, (here the Opinions of the European Parliament and the Economic and Social Committee are awaited), and on a Commission proposal for a Council Regulation (COM(91) 35) on action by the Community relating to nature conservation (ACNAT). The Council invited the Permanent Representatives Committee (COREPER) to expedite its proceedings with a view to the early adoption of the ACNAT proposal, and to continue in parallel its examination of the LIFE proposal.