Expiry of the ECSC Treaty: financial and search activities after 2002

PURPOSE: to present Commission proposals on the financial activities and research to be carried out after the expiry of the ECSC Treaty in 2002. CONTENT: in concluding its communication, the Commisison: - invites representatives of the Member States governments meeting in the Council to adopt the proposal for a decision concerning the financial consequences of the expiry of the Treaty setting up the European Coal and Steel Community; - invites the Council to adopt the proposal for a decision fixing the multiannual budgetary guidelines for the management of the ECSC's 'liquidation funds' and the proposal fixing the multiannual budgetary guidelines relating to the research programme 'Research Funds for Coal and Steel'; - invites the Council to consult the European Parliament. �