CELEX: 31980D0918
Language: en
Date: 1980-09-26 00:00:00
Title: 80/918/EEC, Euratom, ECSC: Council Decision of 26 September 1980 appointing the Secretary-General of the Council of the European Communities

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31980D0918

80/918/EEC, Euratom, ECSC: Council Decision of 26 September 1980 appointing the Secretary-General of the Council of the European Communities  

Official Journal L 261 , 04/10/1980 P. 0016 - 0016

****      COUNCIL DECISION   OF 26 SEPTEMBER 1980   APPOINTING THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES  ( 80/918/EEC , EURATOM , ECSC )   THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN   COMMUNITIES ,   HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING A SINGLE COUNCIL AND A SINGLE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 5 THEREOF ,   HAVING REGARD TO THE RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE COUNCIL , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 17 ( 1 ) THEREOF ,   WHEREAS THE OPERATION OF THE COUNCIL CALLS FOR :   -  A HIGHER DEGREE OF CONTINUITY IN THE WORK OF THE COUNCIL DURING SUCCESSIVE PRESIDENCIES ,   -  A BETTER COORDINATION OF THE WORK OF THE COUNCIL IN ITS VARIOUS FORMATIONS ,   -  A HIGHER DEGREE OF COHERENCE IN THE WORK OF THE SUBSIDIARY BODIES OF THE COUNCIL ,   -  SUSTAINED EFFORTS TO PRODUCE MORE COUNCIL DECISIONS BY COMPROMISE THROUGH PREPARATORY CONTACTS WITH DELEGATIONS ,   -  SIGNIFICANT ALLEVIATION OF THE COUNCIL ' S WORK LOAD BY WAY OF PRELIMINARY AGREEMENT BEING REACHED IN COREPER ON A LARGER NUMBER OF ISSUES ;   WHEREAS THESE IMPROVEMENTS SHOULD BE BROUGHT ABOUT THROUGH DETERMINED CONTRIBUTIONS BY ALL MEMBER COUNTRIES TO A MORE EFFICIENT USE OF THE COUNCIL ' S DECISION-MAKING STRUCTURE , A SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITY RESTING WITH THE PRESIDENCY-IN-OFFICE ;   WHEREAS THE TASK OF THE SECRETARIAT OF THE COUNCIL IS TO ASSIST THE COUNCIL IN GENERAL AND THE PRESIDENCY IN PARTICULAR IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR TASKS ;   WHEREAS THE OFFICE OF SECRETARY-GENERAL IS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE IN BRINGING ABOUT THE NECESSARY IMPROVEMENTS ,   HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :   ARTICLE 1   MR NIELS E . N . ERSBOELL IS HEREBY APPOINTED SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS WITH EFFECT FROM 8 OCTOBER 1980 ; THE TERM OF OFFICE MAY BE RENEWED ONCE FOR FIVE YEARS .   ARTICLE 2   THIS DECISION SHALL BE NOTIFIED TO MR ERSBOELL BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL .   IT SHALL ALSO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .   DONE AT BRUSSELS , 26 SEPTEMBER 1980 .   FOR THE COUNCIL   THE PRESIDENT   P . HELMINGER