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II 
(Preparatory Acts) 
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE 
Opinion on the economic policy guidelines for Greece in 1981 drawn up with reference to 
the Council Decision of 15 December 1980 adopting the annual report on the economic 
situation in the Community (1980) and fixing the economic policy guidelines for 1981 
(addendum to the communication from the Commission to the Council) 
The text referred to the Committee has not yet been published in the Official Journal of 
the European Communities. 
A. LEGAL BASIS FOR THE OPINION 
On 16 March 1981 the Council referred the abovementioned proposal to the Economic 
and Social Committee in accordance with Article 198 of the Treaty establishing the 
European Economic Community. 
B. OPINION OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE 
The Economic and Social Committee prepared its opinion on the above matter at its 
187th plenary session held in Brussels on 29 and 30 April 1981. 
The full text of the opinion is as follows: 
THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the 
European Economic Community, and in particular 
Article 198 thereof, 
Having regard to the resolution of 16 March 1971 of 
the Council and the Representatives of the 
Governments of the Member States concerning the 
attainment by stages of economic and monetary 
union in the Community, 
Having regard to the Council Decision of 
18 February 1974 on the attainment of a high degree 
of convergence of the economic policies of the 
Member States of the European Community, Having regard ro the request made by the Council of 
the European Communities on 23 March 1981 for an 
opinion on the Economic Policy Guidelines for 
Greece in 1981 drawn up with reference to the 
Council Decision of 15 December 1980 adopting the 
annual report on the economic situation in the 
Community (1980) and fixing the economic policy 
guidelines for 1981 (addendum to the 
Communication from the Commission to the 
Council), 
Having regard to the decision taken by the Bureau of 
the Economic and Social Committee on 24 March 
1981 instructing the Section for Economic and 
Financial Questions to draw up an opinion on the 
Commission's proposals, 
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Having regard to the Commission's annual economic 
report 1980 dated 15 October 1980 and to the 
Economic and Social Committee's opinion 
thereon C1), 
Having regard to the oral report made by the 
rapporteur, Mr Zinkin, 
Having regard to the discussions of the Section for 
Economic and Financial Questions at its 63rd 
meeting, held on 22 April 1981, 
Having regard to the discussions on 29 April 1981, 
during the 187th plenary session held on 29 and 
30 April 1981, 
HAS ADOPTED THE FOLLOWING OPINION 
unanimously: 
Done at Brussels, 29 April 1981. 1. The Committee takes note of the economic 
policy guidelines the Commission now proposes 
Greece should pursue during the course of 1981. 
2. The Committee considers that the opinion it 
delivered on 20 November 1980 on the annual 
economic reports 1980 applies equally to Greece. In 
its opinions on the annual economic reports in the 
past, the Committee has refrained from commenting 
individually on the proposed economic policy 
guidelines for Member States, and will likewise 
refrain from doing so in this instance. 
3. The Committee would however underscore the 
continuing need for convergence of the economies of 
Member States, now including Greece. 
The Chairman 
of the Economic and Social Committee 
Tomas ROSEINGRAVE 
(') OJ No C 348, 31. 12. 1980, p. 30.