CELEX: 31964D0299
Language: en
Date: 1964-05-08 00:00:00
Title: 64/299/EEC: Council Decision of 8 May 1964 on co-operation between the competent government departments of Member States in the field of budgetary policy

140                                 Official Journal of the European Communities
21.5.64                        OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES                                     1205 /64
                                                 COUNCIL DECISION
                                                      of 8 May 1964
              on co-operation between the competent government departments of Member States in the
                                                field of budgetary policy
                                                       (64/299/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC                            The Opinion of the Committee may be obtained by
COMMUNITY,                                                      the' Council or by the Commission.
Haying regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­              Moreover, the Committee may, on its own initiative,
pean Economic Community, and in particular Article              deliver Opinions whenever it considers this necessary
105 ( 1 ) and the first indent of Article 145 thereof;          for the proper fulfilment of its task.
Having regard to the Recommendation of the Com­
mission of 19 June 1963 ;                                                              Article 2
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Par­               The Committee shall consist of representatives of the
liament1 ;                                                      Member States and of the Commission . The Member
                                                                States and the Commission shall each appoint a full
Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic and                member and two alternates .
Social Committee2 ;
                                                                                       Article 3
Whereas budget decisions have a considerable influ­
ence on the development of the conjunctural and                 The Commission shall be responsible for co-ordinat­
monetary situation of the Member States and the                 ing and synchronising the work of the Committee
Community;                                                      with that of the Monetary Committee and of the
                                                                Conjunctural Policy Committee.
Whereas examination and comparison of. the budget­
ary policies of Member States are necessary in order            The Chairman of the Monetary Committee and the
to facilitate co-ordination of economic and financial           Chairman of the Conjunctural Policy Committee may
policies ;                                                      participate in the meetings of the Committee, either
Whereas it is desirable that this examination and com­
                                                                in person or through a representative.
parison should be made by a group consisting of
representatives of the governments of the Member                                       Article 4
States and of the Commission ;
                                                                The Committee shall elect its officers ; their term of
                                                                office shall be for two years and renewable. It shall
HAS DECIDED :
                                                                adopt its own rules of procedure. Secretarial services
                                                                shall be provided for the Committee by the Com­
                          Article 1                             mission.
A Budgetary Policy Committee (hereinafter called the
' Committee') is hereby set up . The Committee shall            Done at Brussels, 8 May 1964.
study and compare the broad lines of the budgetary
policies of the Member States.
                                                                                              ■ For the Council
                                                                                                  The President
1 OJ No 24, 8.2.1964, p . 40 .
2 OJ No 38 , 5.3.1964, p. 65                                                                        H. FAYAT