31/01/2000 (Agence Europe) - Mrs, Estrela, Lacombe. Pecher and Taylor, Chair and Vice-Chairs of the Committee of women elected representatives of local and regional authorities (CEMR) congratulated themselves on the adoption by the French National Assembly of the law introducing parity between men and women on the candidate lists in the national elections, and particularly in municipal and regional ones. Mrs Estrela, mayor of Sintra (Portugal), underlines that the French government is the first to implement the engagements undertaken by all the EU Member States during the Paris Conference in April 1999.