which are members of the European Union are invited to
accede to WEU on conditions to be agreed in accordance with Article
XI of the modified Brussels Treaty, or to become observers if they so
wish. Simultaneously, other European Member States of NATO are
invited to become associate members of WEU in a way which will give
them the possibility of participating fully in the activities of WEU.
The Member States of WEU assume that treaties and agreements
corresponding with the above proposals will be concluded before 31
December 1992."
DECLARATION
ON ASYLUM
1. The Conference agrees that, in the context of the proceedings
provided for in Articles K.1 and K.3 of the provisions on co-operation in
the fields of justice and home affairs, the Council will consider as a
matter of priority questions concerning Member States' asylum
policies, with the aim of adoption by the beginning of 1993, common
action to harmonize aspects of them, in the light of the work
programme and timetable contained in the report on asylum drawn up
at the request of the European Council meeting in Luxembourg on 28
and 29 June 1991.
2. In this connection, the Council will also consider, by the end of
1993, on the basis of a report, the possibility of applying Article K.9 to
such matters.
DECLARATION
ON POLICE CO-OPERATION
The Conference confirms the agreement of the Member States on the
objectives underlying the German delegations's proposals at the
European Council meeting in Luxembourg on 28 and 29 June 1991.
For the present, the Member States agree to examine as a matter of
priority the drafts submitted to them, on the basis of the work
programme and timetable agreed upon in the report drawn up at the
request of the Luxembourg European Council, and they are willing to
envisage the adoption of practical measures in areas such as those
suggested by the German delegation, relating to the following
functions in the exchange of information and experience:
- support for national criminal investigation and security authorities, in
particular in the co-ordination of investigations and search operations;
- creation of data bases;
- central analysis and assessment of information in order to take stock
of the situation and identify investigative approaches;
- collection and analysis of national prevention programmes for
forwarding to Member States and for drawing up Europe-wide
prevention strategies;
- measures relating to further training, research, forens