Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION replacing members and alternate members of the european social fund committee
Date: 1996-02-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Social Fund, appointment of staff, committee (EU), personnel administration

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COM(96) 43  final 

Proposal  for  a 

COUNCIL  DECISION 

replacing  members and  alternate  members 
of the  European Social  Fund  Committee 

(presented  by the  Commission) 

EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

Subject: 

Replacement of new members and alternate members of the European 
Social  Fund  Committee  for  the period  up to 22 October  1998 

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2. 

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Article  17 of  Council  Regulation  (EEC)  No 2052/88  of  24 June  1988,  as most 
recently  amended  by  Council  Regulation  (EEC)  No  3193/94  of  19  December 
1994,  on  the  tasks  of  the  Structural  Funds  and  their  effectiveness  and  on 
coordination  of their activities between themselves and with the operations of the 
European  Investment Bank and the other existing financial  instruments, states that 
the Commission  shall be assisted in respect of Objectives  3 and 4 by a Committee 
pursuant  to Article  124 of the Treaty. 

The  provisions  relating to the  organisation  and  tasks  of  this Committee  are laid 
down  in  the  implementing  regulations,  principally  in  Article  28  of  Council 
Regulation  (EEC)  No  4253/88,  as  amended  by  Council  Regulation  (EEC)  No 
3193/94  of  19 December  1994,  concerning  coordination  of  the  activities  of  the 
different  Structural  Funds  between  themselves  and  with  the  operations  of  the 
European  Investment  Bank  and the other  existing  financial  instruments. 

The  said  Article  provides  that  the  Committee  shall  be  composed  of  two 
government representatives, two representatives of the workers' organisations and 
two representatives of the employers' organisations from  each Member State. The 
members and alternates are appointed by the Council, acting on a proposal  from 
the Commission,  for  a period  of three years. 

The Council  decided, on 23 October  1995, to appoint the members and alternate 
members  of  the  European  Social  Fund  Committee,  on  a  proposal  from  the 
Commission,  for  the period  from  23 October  1995 to 22 October  1998. 

Following the resignation of a member and an alternate member, the Commission 
is presenting to the Council this proposal for a Decision replacing those members 
for  the period  up to 22 October  1998. 

PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL  DECISION 

replacing  members  and  alternate  members 
of the European  Social  Fund  Committee 

THE COUNCIL  OF THE EUROPEAN  UNION, 

Having regard  to the proposal  from  the  Commission, 

Whereas the Council,  on 23 October  1995, acting  on a proposal  from  the  Commission, 
decided  to  appoint  the  members  and  alternate  members  of  the  European  Social  Fund 
Committee1 for  the period  up to 22 October  1998; 

Whereas one member's seat (employers' representative) has become vacant following the 
resignation  of Mr G. Wetterberg (Sweden); 

Whereas  one  alternate  member's  seat  (employers'  representative)  has  become  vacant 
following  the resignation  of Mr J. R. Hagedorn  (Germany); 

Whereas, therefore,  it is necessary  to amend the said  Decision, 

HAS DECIDED  AS FOLLOWS: 

The Decision  of 23 October  1995 is amended  as follows: 

Article 1 

1. 

2. 

In Article  1, II a), the member representing  Swedish employers, Mr G. 
Wetterberg,  is replaced  by Mr Johan Carlstrôm. 

In Article  1, II b), the alternate member representing  German  employers, Mr J. 
R.  Hagedorn,  is replaced by  Mr H. Koellmann. 

Article 2 

The appointments  referred  to in  Article  1 shall  be published,  for  information,  in the 
Official  Journal  of the European  Communities. 

Done at Brussels 

For the  Council 
The President 

OJNoC296,  10.11 1995. 

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