Europe in Figures

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1 The European Community 9
1 The building of the European Community 11
2 The European Community and Western Europe 15
3 The European Community and Central and Eastern Europe 17
4 Towards European union 21
2 The European Community institutions 25
1 The Commission 27
2 The Council
3 The European Parliament 31
4 The Court of Justice 33
5 The Economic and Social Committee 35
6 The Court of Auditors 37
7 The European Investment Bank 39
3 The Financing of the European Community and Community Policies 41
1 The budget 43
2 The structural bonds and regional policy 45
3 The main Community policies 49
4 The Environment 61
1 The physical and human environment 63
2 Noxious substances 69
3 Nature conservation and protection 77
5 Population 81
1 Structure of the population 83
2 Mortality 85
3 Fertility 87
4 Marriage 89
5 Foreign residents 91
6 Structure of households 93
6 Education and Vocational Training 95
7 Research and Technological Development 101
1 Situation of R&D in the European Community 103
2 Cooperation on research and development 105
8 The Labour Market 107
1 The active population 109
2 Employment 113
3 Working conditions 117
4 Unemployment 121
9 Standard of Living 125
1 Labour costs, wages and social protection 127
2 Prices and price trends 131
3 Households’ consumption expenditure 135
4 Housing 139
5 Health 141
10 Agriculture 145
1 Agricultural output 147
2 The importance of agriculture for the economy 153
3 Agricultural incomes and prices 155
4 The structure of agriculture 159
5 Forests and forestry 165
11 Fishing and Fish-Farming 167
12 Energy 169
1 Energy supply 171
2 Energy consumption 175



Europe in Figures