arrangements necessary to carry this forward.The European Council at Vienna will take stock of progress.

35.The European Council welcomes the progress in following up the Kyoto Conference on Climate Change.The Community and the Member States now need to develop strategies to meet their commitments under the Kyoto Protocol.Meeting these demanding targets wiII be a practical test of the progress the Community and Member States are making towards integrating environmental concerns into their policies.The European Council will review progress in 1999.

36.The European Council urges the earliest possible agreement of those elements of the Auto-Oil package which are under conciliation with the European Parliament.These measures will make an important contribution to improving Europe's air quality

JUSTICE AND HOME AFFAIRS

37.Working together to tackle the ever greater dangers posed by cross-border crime is crucial for people's safety and security.The European Council welcomes the excellent progress made in implementing the Action Plan to fight organised crime, including the ratification by all Member States of the Europol Convention and the conclusion of the pre-accession pact with the countries of Eastern and Central Europe and Cyprus.It invites the Council to report to its meeting in Vienna on progress in implementing the Action Plan as a whole.

38.The European Council urges those Member States which have not already done so to ratify rapidly the Convention on the Protection of the European Communities' Financial Interests (the Fraud Convention) and the Convention of 27 September 1996 relating to extradition between the Member States of the European Union.It also urges the Council to conclude the Joint Action on private sector corruption by December 1998 and calls on Member States to ratify the Corruption Convention by December 1999.

39.The European Council underlines the importance of effective judicial cooperation in the fight against cross-border crime.It recognises the need to enhance the ability of national legal systems to work closely together and asks the Council to identify the scope for greater mutual recognition of decisions of each others' courts.

40 Serious environmental crime is a grave problem, often with cross-border effects.The European Council invites the Council to consider, building on work in other fora, closer cooperation and common measures to protect the environment through effective criminal law provision and enforcement in each Member State.

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