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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(78)592final
Brussels,21November1978
RECOMMENDATION FORACOUNCIL DECISION
authorizingtheCommissiontonegotiateanagreementtosetupa
EuropeanEconomicandSocialPolicyResearchInstitute
(presented "bytheCommissiontotheCouncil)
COM(78)592final

EXPLANATORY tt*?-!QRA2}I' rJM
Theprupose oftheattached recon send -r,ion istoobtain authorization
fortheCommunity tostart negotiations with FJvropean non-member States with
aview tosetting upaEuropean Economic eukVSocial Policy Research Institute
TheCommission on10October 1975 submitted totheCouncil aproposal
foraRegulation setting upaEuropean Communities Institute forEconomic
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Analysis andResearch ,tostudy thedifficulties enr^iirlercd bytheCommunity
both initsexternal relations andinitsinternal f-pment ,inprograssin
towards integration .
2 , ., 3
•TheEuropean Parliament anatheEconomic aril i'ocial Coaanittee gave
opinions infavour® Discussion ofthescheme bythe Council working party
oneconomic affairs ,towhich thePermanent Representatives *Committee
referred it,ended ineight Delegations *signifying agreement inprinciple
subject toanumber ofminor adjustments ,while oneDelegation reserved its
position »
Onthestrength ofdiscussions since then ,theCommission isnow ina
position topropose afresh scheme .
TheInstitute would besetupbyaninternational agreement between
theCommunity assuch ,under Article 235oftheTreaty ofRome ,anda
number ofEuropean non–member States .Itwould beindependent ,with its
Management Board ,appointed bytheseveral signatories totheagreement ,
having full liberty toappoint anddismiss theDirector .TheInstitute
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Doc.COM(75 )450 ,17September 1975 »published irtheOfficial Journal
oftheEuropean Communities ,11November 1975j ®'258.
^Official Journal ,5April 1976 ,NoC79*
Doc.CES374/76CS.
+Doc.R/12/77(fin.3),4January 1977-

itselfwould"beresponsiblefordrawingup,inaependently ,itsworkprogramme;
itmight,however,takeaccountofsuggestions madetoit"bytheCommunity,
theGovernments oftheStatessignatorytotheagreement,andtheManagement
Board'sownmembers.
Itwouldbefinancedinaccordancewithascaleofapportionment tobe
determinedbyallthesignatoriestotheagreement.TheCommunity 1^share
wouldbepaid"bymeansofasubsidyfromthaCommunityBudget.
*
**
TheCommissionconsidersthattheseprinciplesaffordapracticalbasisfor
thesetting-upofaEuropeanEconomicandSocialPolicyResearchInstitute
inplaceoftheschemeitproposedearlier.
Consequently ,itrecommendstheCouncilthatnegotiations beopenedwith
othernon–memberEuropeanStatesforthesetting-upoftheInstituteonthe
basisoftherecommendation annexedhereto.

RECOMMENDATION FORA
COUNCILDECISION
authorizingtheCommissiontonegotiateanagreementtosetupaEuropean
EconomicandSocialPolicyResearchInstitute
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
Havingregardtotherecommendation fromtheCommission,
Whereastheproblemsraisedbyeconomicandsocialchangearegrowingin
complexityandnumber,
WhereasEuropedoesnotpossessaninstrumentwnich,throughthepooling
ofexperienceandknowledge,wouldenableitproperlytoanalyzethefactors,
bothinternalandexternal(whichhoweverarelargelythesameforall),
thatmayinfluencesucheconomicandsocialchange;whereas,thisbeingthe
case,thesetting-upofaEuropeanEconomicandSocialPolicyResearchInstitute
wouldseemappropriatetoneedthismeetthisneed;
HASDECIDEDASFOLLOWS:
SoleArticle
TheCommissionisherebyauthorizedtonegotiateanagreementbetween
theEuropeanEconomicCommunityandEuropeanStateswhicharenotmembers
oftheCommunitywithaviewtosettingupaEuropeanEconomicandSocial
PolicyResearchInstitute.
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The Commission shall conduct the negotiations inconsultation with
acommittee composed ofrepresentatives ofthe Member States inaccordance
with the directives set out inthe Annex .
Done atBrussels , 19 « For the Council
The President

ANNEX
Negotiating Directives
TheCommunity should negotiate theadoption ofaCharter setting
upaEuropean Economic and Social Policy Research Institute which follows
these guidelines asclosely aspossible .
Draft Charter
setting upaEuropean Economic and Social Policy Research Institute
Preamble (tobeprepared )
Article 1
1. AEuropean Economic and Social Policy Research Institute ,hereinafter
called thdInstitute ,ishereby setup.
2.The Institute shall enjoy the most extensive legal capacity accorded
tolegal persons .
3-The Institute shall benon-profit -making. Itshall have its seat
in
Article 2
The Institute shall ,within the framework ofthework programma
referred toinArticle 9,study the economic and social problems facing
Europe both internally and initsrelations with the rest oftheworld .
Within thi6 framework itshall give particular attention topro­
blems connected with integration inside theEuropean Communities .
Article 3
1.Incarrying out itstask ,the Institute shall cooperate asclosely
aspossible with economic and social research andforecasting bodies ,

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particularly thbse located inEurope ;itshall encourage them intheir
work oneconomic and social studies concerned with Europe and shall
seek toutilize tothe best possible advantage the services ofsuch
bodies and the results they produce .
2.The Institute should establish contacts and cooperate with research
bodies outside Europe andwith the international bodies concerned with
economic and social affairs .
Article
The Institute shall bemanaged byaManagement Board .
Article 5
1.The Management Board shall consist of xmembers .
2.The members ofthe Management Board shall bechosen with regard to
their competence and experience inthe field ofeconomic orsocial ana­
lysis and research .
3.The Director and members ofthe Management Board shall befully in­
dependent inthe performance oftheir duties .
b.Themembers oftheManagement Board shall beappointed bytheHigh
Contracting Parties ,with ymembers for theEuropean Community and one
for each ofthe other Contracting Parties .
5-The term ofoffice ofmembers shall befour years .Itshall be
renewable once .Upon the expiry oftheir term ofoffice orinthe event
oftheir resignation members shall remain inoffice until their appoint­
ments are renewed oruntil they are replaced .
6.TheManagement Board shall elect itsChairman andthree Vice-Chair -
men from among itsmembers toserve for atwice-renewable period oftwo
years .
7.The Chairman shall convene theManagement Board atleast three times
ayear .The Management Board must also beconvened ifnot less than a
third ofitsmembers 60requests . L
8.Save asotherwise provided intheInstitute 'srules ofprocedure ,
theManagement Board shall take decisions byasimple majority ofits
members .Thequorum shall consist oftwothirds ofthemembers .

Article 6
The Management Board shall adopt its own rules ofprocedure .
Article 7
1 1
1.The Director shall beappointed bythe Management Board .
2.The term ofoffice ofthe Director shall befive years ;itshall
berenewable .
3-TheDirector shall automatically beamember ofthe Management
Board .
Article 8
1.The Director shall beresponsible formanaging the Institute in
accordance with the guidelines ordecisions oftheManagement Board .
Heshall bethe legal representative ofthe Institute .
2.Heshall prepare and organize thework oftheManagement Board
and provide the Secretariat for its meetings .
3-Heshall coordinate the activities oftheworking parties .
k.Heshall beresponsible forallstaff matters andforengaging
and dismissing staff .
5-Heshall beaccountable totheManagement Board forhis activities
Article 9
Onthebasis ofproposals from theDirector ,theManagement Board
shall lay down guidelines for the activities ofthe Institute and set
therequisite deadlines .
Asfar aspossible theInstitute shall take into account theneeds
expressed bythe Community ,theGovernments ofthe States signatories t
the agreement and the members ofthe Management Board .
Article 10
whenever necessary ,the Institute shall organize symposia and semi
rtuvsinorder tofacilitate contact with persons responsible for econo­
mic and social policy ,research workers and academics .

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Article 11
TheDirector ,shall prepare andpresent totheManagement Board
anannual report onitsactivities .Thereport shall bepublished by
31March atthelatest every year .
Article 12
The Institute shall publish all the studies which itcarries out .
Inexceptional cases ,theDirector may decide topostpone publication .
astatement ofall revenue and
for each financial year ,which
receive donations .
revenue ofthe Institute shall
Contracting Parties inthefollowing
Article 16etseq.
(financial andlegal provisions tobeprepared ).
With regard toStaff Regulations , .the arrangements should bethe
same asthose adopted inrespect oftheEuropean University Institute in
Florence .The arrangements concerning the part ofthe financing tobe
charged tothe Community budget and financial control should bemodelled
onthose applied bythe Commission inrespect ofsubsidies *Article 13
The Management Board shall draw up
expenditure ,which shall beinbalance ,
shall bethe same asthe calendar year .
Article 1H
The Institute shall beentitled to
i
Article 15
Any expenditure not covered bythe
beborne bythe Community and the other
proportions :