The Governments of the Me
mber States and the Commission of the European Communities were represented as follows: Belgium: Mrs Laurette ONKELINX Minister for the Environment Denmark: Mr Svend AUKEN Minister for the Environment Mr Leo BJØRNESKOV State Secretary for the Environment Germany: Mr Klaus TOEPFER Minister for the Environment Mr Clemens STROETMANN State Secretary for the Environment Greece: Mr Achilleas KARAMANLIS Minister for the Environment, Regional Planning and Public Works Spain: Mr José BORRELL Minister for Public Works and Transport France: Mrs Ségolène ROYAL Minister for the Environment Ireland: Mr Michael SMITH Minister f
...[+++]or the Environment Italy: Mr Valdo SPINI Minister for the Environment Luxembourg: Mr Alex BODRY Minister for the Environment Netherlands: Mr J.G.M. ALDERS Minister for Housing, Planning and the Environment Portugal: Mr Carlos BORREGO Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources Mr António TAVEIRA DA SILVA State Secretary for Natural Resources United Kingdom: Mr Michael HOWARD Secretary of State for the Environment Mr David MACLEAN Minister of State, Department of the Environment ------- Commission: Mr Yannis PALEOKRASSAS Member COMMUNITY STRATEGY ON CLIMATE CHANGE The Council discussed in depth Community strategy on climate change, on the basis in particular of: - a progress report on the proposal for a Directive introducing a CO2/energy tax, following the ECOFIN Council meeting on 15 March 1993; - a Commission working document on the effects of national plans for limiting CO2 emissions.