OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS FROM THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION.

Non-exhaustive list of documents recently published or made available by the European Commission:1.Communication from the Commission to the Council on the consultations undertaken by the Commission with the aim of resolving the banana dispute - COM(2000)431 - 6 pages2.Communication from the Commission on additional Commission contribution to the Inter-Governmental Conference on institutional reform - Statute for European political parties - COM(2000)444 - 4 pages3.Communication from the Commission on protection of the Communities' financial interests - The fight against fraud for an overall strategic approach - COM(2000)358 - 18 pages4.Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on a strategy to improve the operation of the VAT system within the context of the Internal Market - COM(2000)348 - 14 pages5.Proposal for a Council Decision on the programme relating to the Community framework strategy on gender equality (2001-2005) - COM(2000)335 - 53 pages6.Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - Social Policy Agenda - COM(2000)379 - 31 pages7.Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a programme of Community action to encourage co-operation between Member States to combat social exclusion - COM(2000)368 - 32 pages8.Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on general product safety - COM(2000)139 - 56 pages9.Amended proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning the manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco products (recast version) COM(2000)428 - 24 pages10.Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending for the 20th time Council Directive 76/769/EEC relating to restrictions on the marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and preparations (Short Chain Chlorinated Paraffins) - COM(2000)260 - 8 pages11.Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 96/22/EC concerning the prohibition on the use in stockfarming of certain substances having a hormonal or thyrostatic action and of beta-agonists - COM(2000)320 - 11...