Dublin, 4 May 2004

1. Delegations will find attached a working document for the meeting of Focal Points on Tuesday 4 May 2004. For ease of reference, it is based on document CIG 60/03 ADD1, with which delegations are familiar.

2. The Presidency wishes to stress that this is purely a working document. It is not intended to be seen in any way as a fresh overall Presidency proposal.

3. In particular, the Presidency does not believe that the time is ripe for discussion at this meeting of a number of issues connected with the scope of Qualified Majority Voting. Therefore, as will be seen from the document, no new proposals are made on these issues at this time. This is without prejudice to future proposals the Presidency may bring forward.

4. The Presidency recalls that the President of the European Council, in writing to his colleagues on 8 April, made clear that he assumed and expected that no concerns not already signalled will be raised.

Full document is available on-line at:

http://ue.eu.int/igcpdf/en/04/cg00/cg00073.en04.pdf