Council Decision of 22 July 2003 on the replacement of members of the European Social Fund Committee
Date: 2003-07-22
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European Social Fund, appointment of staff, committee (EU)

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Official Journal of the European Union

6.8.2003

COUNCIL DECISION

of 22 July 2003

on the replacement of members of the European Social Fund Committee

(2003/C 186/02)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 147 thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 of 21 June 1999 laying down general provisions
on the Structural Funds, and in particular Article 49 thereof (1),

Having regard to the Council Decision of 8 October 2001 appointing members and alternate members of
the Committee referred to in Article 147 of the EC Treaty (2),

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1) The Council, acting on a proposal from the Commission, by Decision of 8 October 2001 appointed
the members and alternate members of the European Social Fund Committee for the period ending 22
October 2004.

(2) In the meantime, the seats of various members have become vacant as a result of resignations.

(3) Members must be appointed to the European Social Fund Committee for the seats that have become

vacant,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

The persons whose names appear in the Annex hereto are hereby appointed members of the European
Social Fund Committee for the remainder of the term of office, i.e. until 22 October 2004, as indicated.

Article 1

This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 22 July 2003.

For the Council

The President

G. ALEMANNO

(1) OJ L 161, 26.6.1999, p. 1.
(2) OJ C 292, 18.10.2001, p. 1.

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ANNEX

Member State

Representing

Name

Replacing

Belgium

Employers

Mr ABELSHAUSEN Werner

Mr BELLEFROID Jos, alternate

Belgium

Workers

Mr ENGELEN Hugo

Mr HAAZE Guy, alternate

Denmark

Workers

Ms WILSTER Lisbeth

Mr FRANK Jens, member

Germany

Government

Mr WINKLER Günter

Ms WERKER Vera, member

Germany

Employers

Ms HÖRDER Alexandra

Ms ROTHER Friedericke,
alternate

Spain

Government

Mr GÓMEZ DE VILLALOBOS
Gonzalo

Mr GARCÍA VILLAR Francisco,
member

Ireland

Ireland

Italy

Government

Mr HUGHES John

Mr O'LEARY Brendan, member

Government

Mr LANDERS Vincent

Mr MURRAY Thomas, alternate

Workers

Mr TRERÉ Graziano

Mr AMMANNATI Sergio,
member

Portugal

Government

Mr DE MATOS DE COSTA Luis Mr MELO ALBINO Francisco,

Portugal

Workers

Ms SANTOS Maria Leonor

member

Mr GUERRA DE OLIVEIRA
Evaristo, member

Sweden

Workers

Ms KJELLSTRAND Erika

Mr DERGEL Leif, member

COUNCIL CONCLUSIONS

of 22 July 2003

Employment in rural areas under the European Employment Strategy

(2003/C 186/03)

WHEREAS:

land, which can only be ensured by maintaining a suitable level
of employment.

strategy (EES)

its meeting in Lisbon in 2000, under

the European
At
employment
its meeting in
Luxembourg in 1997, the European Council set the goal of
full employment and, as a medium-term target, an employment
rate of 70 % by 2010, as pointed out in the working paper
submitted by the Greek Presidency on 7 May 2003.

launched at

special

life has

its own particular

Rural
features, with
considerable differences being observable across the Union in
the organisation and structure of the population and of rural
society. Such differences are particularly marked in the
structure of
significantly
rural employment, which varies
from one Member State to another as to numbers of people
intensity, workers' average age and
employed, employment
relative percentages of employed and self-employed workers.
Categorisation of rural areas could be a useful tool in estab-
lishing a comparable basis for the collection of statistics and
framing specific rural policies.

Environmental protection, animal welfare, agricultural product
quality improvement, countryside conservation and protection
of the cultural heritage, of biodiversity and of rural tradition
and culture, aspects seen by Europe's citizens as being looked
after by the farming population, require custodianship of the

The ageing of the farming population is observable, to varying
degrees, throughout the Union and poses one of the main
problems faced by rural areas.