CELEX: 51998PC0410
Language: en
Date: 1998-07-28
Title: Proposal for a Council Decision on the appointment of members of the European Social Fund Committee

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                 Brussels, 28.07.1998
                                COM(1998) 410 final
                 Proposal for a
            COUNCIL DECISION
        on the appointment of members
   of the European Social Fund Committee
        (presented by the Commission)
 ---pagebreak---  ---pagebreak--- EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Article 17 of Council Regulation (EEC) N° 2052/88 of 24 June 1988, as most recently
amended by Council Regulation (EC) N° 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, in particular Article 28 of Council Regulation (EEC) N°
4253/88, as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) N° 3193/94 of 19 December 1994,
on 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 a period from 23 October 1995 to 22 October 1998. During this period, additional
 decisions have been taken by the Council, acting OR a proposal from the Commission,
 replacing members and alternates of this Committee. The term of office of the
  replacements also expires on 22 October 1998.
 Therefore, and after consulting the Member States, the Commission presents to the
  Council this proposal for a Council Decision appointing new members and alternate
  members of the European Social Fund Committee for the period 23 October 1998 to 22
  October 2001.
 ---pagebreak---                                                      COUNCIL DECISION
                                                                of
                                               on the appointment of members
                                           ©#tf*eEuropean Social Fund Committee
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 of 24 June 1998 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 (1), and in particular Article 17 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) no 4253/88 of 19 December 1988 laying down
provisions for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 as regards 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 (2), and in particular
Article 28, third paragraph, thereof,
Having regard to the Council Decision of 23 October 1995 appointing members and
alternate members of the European Social Fund Committee (3),
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the term of office of the members and alternate members of the European Social
Fund Committee expires on 22 October 1998;
Whereas the members and alternate members of the European Social Fund Committee
should be appointed for a period of three years,
(1) OJ No L 185, 15.7.1988, p. 9. Regulation most recently amended by Regulation (EC) No 3193/94
    (OJNoL.337, 24.12.1994, p. 11).
(2) OJ No L 374, 31 12.1988, p. 1 Regulation most recently amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2082/93
    (OJNoL 193, 31.7.1993, p. 20).
(3)OJNoC296, 10.111995, p. 7.
 ---pagebreak---    HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
                                                                           Article 1
   The following are hereby appointed members and alternate members of the European Social Fund Committee for the period from
   23 October 1998 to 22 October 2001 :
                                                   Representing:                 Member:
                            AUSTRIA                The Employers                       Full                            Mr. Fritz MIKLAU
                            AUSTRIA                The Employers                       Full                        Mr. W. TRITREMMEL
                            AUSTRIA                The Employers                    Alternate                      Mrs. M. C. SCHWENG
                            AUSTRIA               The Government                       Full                      Mr. Michael FÔRSCHNER
                            AUSTRIA               The Government                       Full                             Mr. R. HANAK
                            AUSTRIA               The Government                    Alternate                        Mr. Alfred HALLER
                            AUSTRIA                     Labour                         Full                           Mr. Franz FRIEHS
                            AUSTRIA                     Labour                         Full                        Mrs. Silvia HOFBAUER
                            AUSTRIA                     Labour                      Alternate                      Mr. Bemhard ACHITZ
                            BELGIUM                The Employers                       Full                         Mr. Johan BORTIER
                            BELGIUM                The Employers                       Full                      Mrs. S. KOHNENMERGEN
                            BELGIUM                The Employers                    Alternate                       Mr. J. BELLEFROID
                            BELGIUM               The Government                       Full                          Mrs. M. CHABEAU
                            BELGIUM               The Government                       Full                             Mr. Ph. DOMS
                            BELGIUM               The Government                    Alternate                         Mrs. A. PERNOT
                            BELGIUM                     Labour                         Full                           Mr. M. FOSTER
                            BELGIUM                     Labour                         Full                       Mr. Hugo MACHIELSEN
                            BELGIUM                     Labour                      Alternate                          Mr. GuyHAAZE
                            GERMANY                The Employers                       Full                         Mr. Gemot PREUSS
                            GERMANY^               The Employers                       Full                   Mrs. SCHÛNAICH-CAROLATH
                            GERMANY                The Employers                    Alternate                        Mr. J. HAGEDORN
                            GERMANY               The Government                       Full                           Mr. KurtBRUSS
                            GERMANY               The Government                       Full                             Mr. C. WETZ
                            GERMANY               The Government                    Alternate                       Mr. W. D. FUCHSEL
                            GERMANY                     Labour                         Full                        Mrs. IngeKAUFMANN
                            GERMANY                     Labour                         Full                           Mr. Oliver LUBKE
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 ---pagebreak---                                     Representing:    Member:
                           GERMANY      Labour         Alternate            Mr. H H fti, • i
                           DENMARK  The Employers         Full                  Mr O K *
                           DENMARK  The Employers         Full              Mrs I C>KA, i /
                           DENMARK  The Employers      Alternate             Mr N
                           DENMARK The Government         Full             Mr. Mone i P.                  >
                           DENMARK The Government         Full            Mr. H C ! <\U'\r 5G
                           DENMARK The Government      Alternate             Mr    Ai a n ,- - i[
                           DENMARK      Labour            Full               Mr    K   KIM    ,J     <\I
                           DENMARK      Labour            Full       Mrs. ManeLOui t r ^ ' ^ - " L R T
                           DENMARK      Labour         Alternate              Mr T GPP >
                            GREECE  The Employers         Full      Mr. Petro GIANNL .                 VLLOS
                            GREECE  The Employers         Full            Mr. L PAPA, i             'MGU
                            GREECE  The Employers      Alternate            MrS    1 PA JA> r » >l|\j|
                            GREECE The Government         Full             Mrs. A D A ' ^ r ^        >' ,
                            GREECE The Government         Full                Mr A /</ Z*
                            GREECE The Government      Alternate               Mrs 1 ii * i
                           GREECE       Labour            Full           Mr. K. MARA*             '      - '".
                           GREECE       Labour            Full             Mr. D TSui /
                           GREECE       Labour        Alternate        Mr. V. PAPAOG                     ixO 3
                             SPAIN  The Employers         Full               Mrs R M«
                             SPAIN  The Employers         Full   Mr. J.I.R. RODR'CUr ,                    ^IA CARO
                             SPAIN  The Employers     Alternate      Mrs. A. BEL 1 RAN                       >L ,J
                             SPAIN The Government         Full           Mr. F. »v1AM /         *i „   A I
                             SPAIN The Government         Full            Mrs. Aiiw< i                    'J
                             SPAIN The Government     Alternate      Mr. A. SAF.r /                        , ' 0
                             SPAIN     Labour             Full    Mrs. Blanca o : . .                        i PJb
                             SPAIN     Labour             Full               Mr   /->  L^   i J
                             SPAIN     Labour         Alternate      Mrs. A. HEPM ' ,           v         ^ JKA
                            FRANCE  The Employers         Full               Mr     P  v <v , '
                            FRANCE  The Employers         Full                Ml     r
                            FRANCE  The Employers     Alternate                 Mr. C. .\r...~
                            FRANCE The Government         Full               Mr. EricAUBRY
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 ---pagebreak---                                           Representing: Member:
                               FRANCE    The Government      Ful         Mrs. H. BRUNEL
                               FRANCE"   The Government   Alternate     Mr. M. THEROND
                               FRANCE        Labour          Full       Mr. Gérard SAUTY
                               FRANCE        Labour          Full       Mr. Michel MARTI
                               FRANCE        Labour       Alternate Mr. Jean-Claude QUENTIN
                               FINLAND    The Employers      Full        Mr. P. CASTREN
                               FINLAND    The Employers      Full        Mr. RiittaWARN
                               FINLAND    The Employers   Alternate Mr. Heikki SUOMALAINEN
                               FINLAND   The Government      Full       Mrs. V. KORPINEN
                               FINLAND   The Government      Full      Mr. A. PAASIVIRTA
                               FINLAND   The Government   Alternate   Mr. J. MANTYVAARA
                               FINLAND       Labour          Ful       Mr. J. P. JYRKANNE
                               FINLAND       Labour          Ful          Mrs. L. KURKI
                               FINLAND^      Labour       Alternate        Mr. H. LIEDE
                                 ITALY ~  The Employers      Full      Mr. P. FIORENTINO
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                               ~ ITALY    The Employers      Full         Mr. C. MOCHI
                                JTA1Y_    The Employers   Alternate       Mr. B. GOBBI
                              ~ ITALY    The Government      Ful        Mrs. S. AMADORI
                                 ITALY   The Government      Full       Mrs. A. VITTORE
                                 ITALY   The Government   Alternate       Mr. F. ALOISE
                                 ITALY       Labour          Full     Mr. R. PETTENELLO
                                 ITALY       Labour          Full        Mrs. M. A. TIMI
                                 ITALY       Labour       Alternate     Mr. S. AMMANATI
                               IRELAND    The Employers      Full       Mr. P. BRENNAN
                              jRELAND     The Employers      Full       Mrs. C.CARROLL
                              IRELAND     The Employers   Alternate  Mrs. A. O'DONOGHUE
                               IRELAND   The Government      Full     Mr. Michael ENGLISH
                               IRELAND   The Government      Full      Mr. HughHAYDEN
                               IRELAND   The Government   Alternate   Mr. William PARNELL
                               IRELAND       Labour          Full       Mrs. N. GREENE
                               IRELAND       Labour          Full        Mr. D. MURPHY
                               IRELAND       Labour       Alternate      Mr. J. DORNEY
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 ---pagebreak---                                       Representing: Member:
                           LUXEMBURG  The Employers       Full          Mr. Romain LANNERS
                           LUXEMBURG  The Employers       Full             Mr. M. SAUBER
                           LUXEMBURG  The Employers   Alternate              Mr. P. JUNCK
                           LUXEMBURG The Government       Full            Mr. J. P. BRAQUET
                           LUXEMBURG The Government       Full          Mr. E. DORNSEIFFER
                           LUXEMBURG The Government   Alternate            Mr. J. P. LAHIRE
                           LUXEMBURG      Labour          Full           Mr. R. PIZZAFERRI
                           LUXEMBURG      Labour          Full            Mr. R. SCHADECK
                           LUXEMBURG      Labour      Alternate              Mr. L. LAUER
                         NETHERLANDS  The Employers       Full          Mr. A. M. HUNTJENS
                         NETHERLANDS  The Employers       Full          Mr. J. H. SCHEPERS
                         NETHERLANDS  The Employers   Alternate         Mrs. A. G. JOOSTEN
                         NETHERLANDS The Government      Full           Mrs. M. G. DREWES
                         NETHERLANDS The Government      Full              Mr. J. VAN BAAL
                         NETHERLANDS The Government   Alternate      Mr. M. VAN DER MEULEN
                         NETHERLANDS      Labour         Full           Mr. P. HAZENBOSCH
                         NETHERLANDS      Labour         Full         Mrs. H. T. M. SCHOLTEN
                         NETHERLANDS      Labour      Alternate         Mrs. I. A. OVERDIEP
                            PORTUGAL  The Employers      Full           Mr. I. BRANQUINHO
                            PORTUGAL  The Employers      Full      Mr. J. A. MACIEL DE SOVERAL
                            PORTUGAL  The Employers   Alternate           Mr. N. A. DUARTE
                            PORTUGAL The Government      Full              Mrs. Ana VALE
                            PORTUGAL The Government      Full           Mr. F. MELO ALBINO
                            PORTUGAL The Government   Alternate        Mr. M. CALDEIRA DIAS
                            PORTUGAL     Labour          Full        Mr. L. DE MATOS COSTA
                            PORTUGAL     Labour          Full      Mr. J. M. MONTEIROVELUDO
                            PORTUGAL     Labour       Alternate Mr. José Fernando ASSIS PACHECO
                             SWEDEN   The Employers      Full           Mr. J. CARLSTRÔM
                             SWEDEN   The Employers      Full           Mrs. KarinEKENGER
                             SWEDEN   The Employers   Alternate          Mrs. I. WESSBERG
                             SWEDEN  The Government      Full       Mrs. Anne-Marie QVARFORT
                             SWEDEN  The Government      Full            Mr. I.WIJKSTROM
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                           SWEDEN^                      The Government                       Alternatt       Mrs. A. CARLSSON
                           SWEDEN                            Labour                             Full          Mr. LerfDERGEL
                           SWEDEN                            Labour                             Full         Mr. Sttg CARLSSON
                           SWEDEN                            Labour                          Alternate      Mr. A. ZETTERMARK
                      UNITED KINGDOM                     The Employers                          Fu«            Mr. M. MORTON
                      UNITED KINGDOM                     The Employers                          FuH         Mr. Thomas HADLEY
                      UNITED KINGDOM                     The Employers                       Alternate      Mr. Rhian CHILCOTT
                      UNITED KINGDOM                    The Government                          Full      Mrs. Etaine TREWARTHA
                      UNITED KINGDOM                    The Government                          Full          Mrs. Jane EVANS
                      UNITED KINGDOM                    The Government                       Alternate    Mrs. Anne-Marie LAWLOR
                      UNITED KINGDOM                         Labour                             Fut!         Mr. DougMcEVOY
                      UNITED KINGDOM                         Labour                             Futt        Mr. m CALLAGHAN
                      UNITED KINGDOM                         Labour                          Alternate           Mr. L MILLS
                                                                                    Article 2
    This Decision shall be published for information in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
    Done at Brussels,
                                                                                                                For the Council
                                                                                                                The President
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