Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION replacing members and alternate members of the European Social Fund Committee
Date: 1996-03-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Social Fund, Structural Funds, committee (EU), operation of the Institutions

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Proposal  tor a 

COUNCIL  DECISION 

replacing  members  and alternate  members 
of the  European  Social  Fund Committee 

(presented  by  (he Commission) 

EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

Subject: 

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

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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 
Committee'  for  the period  up to 22 October  1998; 

Whereas one member's seat (government representative) has become vacant following the 
resignation  of  Mr P. Hayden  (Ireland); 

Whereas  one  alternate  member's  seat  (government  representative)  has  become  vacant 
following  the resignation  of Mr D. Kerr (Ireland); 

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  I 

1. 

2. 

In Article  1, I a), the member representing  the Irish government, Mr P. Hayden, 
is replaced  by  Mr Michael  English. 

In  Article  1,  I  b),  the  alternate  member  representing  the  Irish  government,  Mr 
David  Itsrr,  is replaced  by Mr  William  Parnell. 

Article 2 

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

Done  at Brussels 

for  the Council 
The President 

O J N o C 2 $ 6,  10.11.1995. 

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