File is composed of the following documents produced by the European Union's Council relating to the 1996 Inter-Governmental Conference:

- "Council Report on the Functioning of the Treaty on European Union" (05/04/1995 [5082/95]). "Regierungskonferenz 1996 (RK '96): Bericht der Reflexionsgruppe und dokumentarische Hinweise" (12/1995). Five notes by the General Secretariat [SN1802/96] to [SN1806/96] (03/1996). Conclusions of the Presidency of the European Council in Amsterdam held from 16 to 17/06/1997.
Contains also:
- Proceedings of the Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance of the European Communities no.15/95 "Report of the Court of Justice on Certain Aspects of the Application of the Treaty on European Union - Contribution of the Court of First instance for the Purposes of the 1996 Intergovernmental Conference" (22-26/05).
- "Draft Report on the 1996 Inter-Governmental Conference of the European Union" by the Council of Europe's Political Affairs Committee (rapporteur Mr. Masseret), (30/08/1995, [AS/Pol(1995)36rev.]).

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