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of 25 February 1991
setting up the European Advisory Committee on statistical information in the economic and social
spheres
(91/116/EEC)
(OJ L 59, 6.3.1991, p. 21)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1Council Decision 97/255/EC of 14 April 1997 L 102 32 19.4.1997
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COUNCIL DECISION
of 25 February 1991
settinguptheEuropeanAdvisoryCommitteeonstatisticalinforma-
tion in the economic and social spheres
(91/116/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community,
Having regard to the draft decision submitted by the Commission(1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament(2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee(3),
Whereas the implementation, monitoring and assessment of Community
policies depend to a great extent on the availability of reliable statisticsin the economic and social spheres;
Whereas in April 1989 the Commission submitted to the Council a
communication on the adoption of a Community statistical policy;
Whereas, on the basis of this communication and acting on a proposal
from the Commission, after receiving the European Parliament’sopinion the Council adopted on 19 June 1989 a resolution on theimplementation of a plan of priority actions in the field of statisticalinformation for the period 1989-1992 (
4);
Whereas by its Decision 89/382/Euratom(5), the Council established the
Statistical Programme Committee, which comprises the representativesof the Statistical Institutes of the Member States and is chaired by arepresentative of the Commission (namely the Director-General of theStatistical Office of the European Communities); whereas thiscommittee is responsible for coordinating the work, resources, sched-ules and methods involved in Community and national statisticalprogrammes;
Whereas in order to achieve the objectives set for the European
Communities, in particular the establishement of the single marketprovided for in the Single European Act, leading representatives fromthe scientific, economic and social fields must be consulted regularlywith a view to determining the objectives, priorities and nature of theinformation required to support Community policies;
Whereas, in almost all Member States, there are consultative bodies of
users and producers of statistical information concerned mainly with theproblems of the countries in question;
Whereas it is therefore necessary to establish a European Advisory
Committee on Economic and Social Statistical Information, made up ofrepresentatives of the producers and users of this information, whosetask it will be to help the Council and the Commission to coordinate theobjectives of the Community’s statistical information policy,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
A European Advisory Committee on Statistical Information in the
Economic and Social Spheres, hereinafter called the Committee, shallbe set up. Its task shall be to assist the Council and the Commission in
(1) OJ No C 208, 21. 8. 1990, p. 9.
(2) OJ No C 19, 28. 1. 1991.
(3) OJ No C 31, 6. 2. 1991, p. 25.
(4) OJ No C 161, 28. 6. 1989, p. 1.
(5) OJ No L 181, 28. 6. 1989, p. 47.
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the coordination of the objectives of the Community’s statistical infor-
mation policy, taking into account user requirements and the costs borneby the information producers.
Article 2
The Committee shall consider and make suggestions on projects to the
implemented and the resources needed to achieve the objectives of thestatistical information policy decided upon by the Community.
The Committee shall deliver an opinion on the Community’s statistical
programme and on the way in which it is designed and monitored. Inparticular, it shall comment on:
— the relevance of statistical programmes to the requirements of Euro-
pean integration, as expressed by the Community institutions,national and regional authorities and the various economic andsocial categories and by scientific circles;
— cooperation, at organizational and planning levels, between the
various bodies which, as a whole, comprise the Community statist-ical infrastructure;
— the costs of the sectoral statistical programmes, including both the
costs directly incurred by Community, national and regional authori-ties and the cost to those who have to provide the basic information;
— the resources needed to implement the sectoral statistical
programmes and their conformity with the objectives.
Article 3
The Committee may be consulted by the Council and the Commission
on any matter relating to statistical information policy. It shall deliveropinions or present reports to the European Parliament, the Council andthe Commission whenever it considers this necessary for the fulfilmentof its task. It shall work in close cooperation with the StatisticalProgramme Committee and the Committee on Monetary, Financial andBalance of Payments Statistics set up by Decision 91/115/EEC (
1), to
which it shall send, for information purposes, its opinions and reports,principally in so far as requests which imply new statistical works areconcerned.
The Committee shall draw up an annual report on the progress of
European economic and social statistical information, which shall besent to the European Parliament, the Council, the Commission and theEconomic and Social Committee.
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Article 4
The Committee shall consist of
— four members representing the Commission, one of whom shall be
the Member of the Commission responsible for statistical informa-tion policy,
— the Chairman of the Committee on Monetary, Financial and Balance
of Payments Statistics,
— the Presidents or Directors-General of the national statistical insti-
tutes of the Member States,
— two representatives per Member State appointed by the Council,
after consulting the Commission, from among leading representa-tives of the various economic and social categories and scientificcircles. With a view to the appointment of these members, eachMember State shall provide the Council with a list comprising fourcandidates. The Council shall take account of the need for thevarious economic and social categories and the scientific field to beadequately represented.
(1) See page 19 of this Official Journal.
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Article 5
The members appointed by the Council shall hold office for a four-year
term, which shall be renewable. They shall hold office in a personal andhonorary capacity. The list of members shall be published in the Official
Journal of the European Communities , C series.
Article 6
The Committee shall be chaired by the Member of the Commission
responsible for statistical information policy.
It shall elect a vice-chairman from among its members for a two-year
term of office which shall be renewable once.
Secretarial services shall be provided by the Statistical Office of the
European Communities.
Article 7
The Chairman shall convene the Committee whenever necessary and at
least once a year, either on his own initiative or at the request of aminimum of one-third of its members.
Article 8
The Chairman may invite the Commission Directors-General involved
in the subjects under discussion to attend the meetings as observes, orany other person able to contribute to the discussions.
Article 9
The Committee shall take decisions which shall be considered valid if at
least half of the members are present. A member may delegate his voteto another member and may represent no more than two members.
Article 10
The Committee shall draw up its own rules of procedure.