There is a further danger . the inclusion of statutory bodies, which are instruments of the state, tarnishes by association the concept of the truly independent press council.

If, the press/media council were established today, I could not find any reason why the existing code of the journalistic association should not be used as a basis for its operation.

In Slovenia, the seven-member council is nominated by civil institutions (the university, the journalists' association, the chambers of culture and commerce), but approved by Parliament.

The following text shall be added to Annex I to the Council Decision of 16 December 1980 on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Economic Community:

'For 43 years now the German Press Council has been defending the freedom of the press and the reputation of the press, supported by the two leading organizations of publishers (The Federal Association of German Newspaper Publishers - bdzv and the Federal Association of German Magazine Publishers - vdz) and the two journalists . trade unions (The German Association of Journalists - djv and the Industrial Union of Media, Printing and Paper, Journalism and Art - ig Medien).

The rules governing the implementation of this assistance shall be laid down in the Council Decision on the association of the OCT with the Community, adopted pursuant to Article 187 of the Treaty.

The Council, acting unanimously, shall, on the basis of the experience acquired under the association of the countries and territories with the Community and of the principles set out in this Treaty, lay down provisions as regards the detailed rules and the procedure for the association of the countries and territories with the Community.

The Council, acting unanimously, shall, on the basis of the experience acquired under the association of the countries and territories with the Community and of the principles set out in this Treaty, lay down provisions as regards the detailed rules and the procedure for the association of the countries and territories with the Community.`.

Association, representational trade unions acting as workers' association, the Youth Council and the Union of Youth Supporters, and religious communities in Slovenia. The representatives of civil society cannot be deputies to the National Assembly, members of the National Council, state officials or political party leaders, nor current employees of rtv Slovenia or employees during the past three years.

On who proposed the establishment of the press council, the reasons for that, the amount of funds the founder is ready to provide and the composition of the council The founders of a press council, in its most credible form, are journalists, or rather their associations, publishers and representatives of the public.

Having regard to Council Decision 2001/822/EC of 27 November 2001 on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Community(1), and in particular Article 6(4) of Annex III thereto,

Council Decision 91/482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Economic Community, has been extended until 28 February 2001 by Decision 2000/169/EC(1).

the associated central and eastern European countries in accordance with the conditions established in the Europe Agreements, in their additional protocols and in the decisions of the respective Association Councils;

a press council, composed of the representatives of owners, the journalists' association and civil society, should appoint the media ombudsman to investigate particular violations of citizen rights on the part of the media.

the candidate countries of central and eastern Europe (CCEE) in accordance with the conditions established in the Europe Agreements, in their additional protocols and in the decisions of the respective Association Councils;

The Conference invites the Council, acting in accordance with the provisions of Article 136 of the Treaty establishing the European Community, to review the association arrangements by February 2000, with the fourfold objective of:

Commission Regulation (EC) No 672/2004 of 13 April 2004 setting, for the 2003/2004 marketing year, the amounts to be paid to olive oil producer organisations and associations thereof recognised under Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC

COUNCIL DECISION of 17 May 1999 on the conclusion of the Agreement with the Republic of Iceland and the Kingdom of Norway concerning the latters' association with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis

Of the current 25 members of the hrt Council, 7 are appointed and discharged by various cultural and educational institutions, 1 by national minorities, 2 by religious communities, and 12 by professional associations and various societies.

The Council also brings together those States with the Central and Eastern European States linked to the European Union by an Association Agreement and that are applicants for accession to both the European Union and the Atlantic Alliance.

In his opinion media guardianship should be implemented through the institution of the media ombudsman. The latter should be appointed by a press council consisting of the representatives of media owners, civil society and the journalists' association.

The new president of the Association Gregor Repovž compared the intrusion of the public into the Field of self-regulation with the case of the rtv Counciland the National Council of the Slovenian parliament, neither of which could boast efficacy or consistency.

The arrangements resulting from the Council Decision of 29 September 1970 on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Economic Community shall not apply in relations between those countries and territories and the new Member States.

The Zagreb Declaration of the Summit on 24 November 2000 between the Heads of State or Government of the European Union and the countries covered by the stabilisation and association process recognised that the prospect of accession is offered on the basis of fulfilment of the criteria defined at the Copenhagen European Council in June 1993 and the progress made in implementing the Stabilisation and Association Agreements, in particular those on regional cooperation.

The European partnerships shall provide a framework covering the priorities resulting from the analysis of Partners' different situations, on which preparations for further integration into the European Union must concentrate in the light of the criteria defined by the European Council, and the progress made in implementing the stabilisation and association process including stabilisation and association agreements, where appropriate, and in particular regional cooperation.

whereas, having regard to the tasks assigned to the groups recognized under Council Regulation (EEC) No 1360/78 of 19 June 1978 on producer groups and associations thereof (4), aid should be granted to their members in proportion to the quantity of oil actually produced by them;

Council Decision 1999/437/EC of 17 May 1999 on certain arrangements for the application of the Agreement concluded by the Council of the European Union and the Republic of Iceland and the Kingdom of Norway concerning the association of those two states with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis (OJ L 176, 10.7.1999, p. 31)

The council members denied all "insinuations about bribery," but at the same meeting they endorsed the purchase of offices from a company whose director was the representative of the employers' association in the Council (Grega Repovž, "Svet drobnih povezav"/The World of Tiny Connections, in Delo's Sobotna priloga (Saturday Supplement), January 27, 2001).

The distorted view that a press council would sap the strength of the association of journalists could be likened to a dialogue of the deaf, while the simple fact is that the journalists' association cannot much longer hold out in the role of the keeper of the seal anyway. In other words, it cannot much longer remain the only guardian of professional ethics, if only for the simple fact that its influence on the owners of the media is negligible and will even diminish in the future.

The members of the Advisory Committee and their alternates shall be appointed by the Council which shall endeavour, when selecting representatives of trade unions and employers' associations, to achieve adequate representation on the Committee of the various economic sectors concerned.

Dr. Veljko Troha from the Expert Council for Education assessed this brochure as unsuitable for young people, stating that it did not 'take into account our, Slovene, family mentality.'The Association for the Democratization of the Mass Media headed by Prof. Anton Dolenc, a doctor of medicine and the president of the Slovene Medical Association, joined the criticism of the brochure on the grounds that it promoted group sex. Its statement, given by Prof. Anton Dolenc on behalf of the Association, said that 'unnatural forms of sexuality, often involving abuse, ... are mainly practiced by people of different sexual orientation, who should be tolerated and who are also entitled to receive suitable medical treatment.

The Council, acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission and after consulting the European Parliament, shall adopt the measures necessary for the implementation of paragraph 1. The Council shall act unanimously for the association agreements referred to in Article 310 and for the agreements to be concluded with the States which are candidates for accession to the Union.

In 2001 new people took over the leadership of the association, and although the management board confirmed at its first session that the talks on the establishment of the press council should be continued, the new president soon indicated that the climate had changed with the introduction of the new management.

The association of the non-European territories maintaining special relations with the United Kingdom and of the Anglo-French Condominium of the New Hebrides, listed in Article 24 (2), shall take effect on 1 February 1975 at the earliest upon a decision of the Council taken under Article 136 of the EEC Treaty ( fn ).

Undertakings, research institutes or natural persons in applicant States shall be entitled to participate without receiving any financial contribution under the programme, unless otherwise provided under the relevant European Agreements and their additional Protocols, and in the decisions of the various Association Councils.

The current director general of the public service broadcaster, Hrvatska Radio Televizija (HRT), witnessed three legislative amendments in the course of his term in office. Some among these radically altered the composition of the HRT Council as the highest management and supervisory body - it changed from the Council whose members were appointed by political bodies, to the Council composed of individuals appointed by various civil associations (as representatives of the public interest), to the Council that represented a compromise between political interests represented in the Croatian Parliament.

The former president of the Association of Journalists in Slovenia, Branko Maksimovič supports the media council, since, in his opinion, radio and television should be subject to the same principles and criteria, and the same review as the press, while, of course, taking into account the specific features of these media (Maksimovič 2000).

In its conclusions of 18 November 2002, the Council asked the Community to consider making appropriate assistance available to third countries for implementing the clause on joint management of migratory flows and compulsory readmission in cases of illegal immigration to be included in any future cooperation, association or equivalent agreement.

The purpose of the transfer of some functions of the ethics commission to the press council is precisely to achieve a position where the code of the association acquires wider social significance and through it - and of course with the consent of the founders of the press council - becomes the basis of the professional ethics that would be binding for all participants, regardless of how many new journalists. associations happen to emerge in Slovenia.

Advocacy of the idea of the press council and readiness to leave the ethical code and the ethics commission to the mercy of self-regulation, not yet tested in this country, is not beneficial for the project of modernizing the organization of the association, which has only started with the changes in the leadership; moreover, it even seems irresponsible.

Having regard to Council Decision 2003/917/EC of 22 December 2003 on the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the State of Israel concerning reciprocal liberalisation measures and the replacement of Protocols 1 and 2 to the EC-Israel Association Agreement(1), and in particular Article 2 thereof,

Such an arrangement has been contemplated in the Exchange of Letters between the Community and Iceland and Norway(5), annexed to the Agreement concluded by the Council of the European Union and the Republic of Iceland and the Kingdom of Norway concerning the latter's association with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis(6).

By means of Common Position 2002/145/CFSP of 18 February 2002 concerning restrictive measures against Zimbabwe(2), the Council expressed serious concern about the situation in Zimbabwe and in particular about serious violations of human rights by the Government of Zimbabwe, including violations of the freedoms of opinion, of association and of peaceful assembly.

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2000 of 18 September 2000 introducing exceptional trade measures for countries and territories participating in or linked to the European Union's stabilisation and association process, amending Regulation (EC) No 2820/98 and repealing Regulations (EC) No 1763/1999 and (EC) No 6/2000(1), and in particular Article 12(3) thereof,

Community assistance under the stabilisation and association process to the western Balkan countries will be provided by the relevant financial instruments, and in particular by Council Regulation (EC) No 2666/2000 of 5 December 2000 on assistance for Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia(2);