CELEX: 51996PC0439
Language: en
Date: 1996-09-09
Title: Draft COUNCIL DECISION amending Council Decision 91/116/EEC setting up the European Advisory Committee on statistical information in the economic and social spheres

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51996PC0439

Draft COUNCIL DECISION amending Council Decision 91/116/EEC setting up the European Advisory Committee on statistical information in the economic and social spheres  /* COM/96/0439 FINAL - CNS 96/0223 */  

Official Journal C 324 , 30/10/1996 P. 0011

Draft Council Decision amending Decision 91/116/EEC setting up the  European Advisory Committee on statistical information in the economic and social spheres (96/C   324/07) COM(96) 439 final - 96/0223(CNS)(Submitted by the Commission on 10 September 1996) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of the Kingdom of Norway, the Republic of Austria, the  Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden  (1), and in particular Article 169 thereof, Having regard to the draft Decision submitted by the Commission, Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament, Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee, Whereas Article 4 of Decision 91/116/EEC  (2) setting up the European Advisory Committee on  statistical information in the economic and social spheres specifies the number of members of which  the Committee shall consist; Whereas by reason of the accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden it is necessary to adjust the  number of members on the Committee accordingly, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Sole Article Article 4 of the Decision 91/116/EEC setting up the European  Advisory Committee on statistical information in the economic and social spheres shall be replaced  with the following text: 'The Committee shall consist of: - four members representing the Commission, one of whom shall be the member of the Commission  responsible for statistical information policy, - the Chairman of the Committee on monetary, financial and balance of payments statistics, - the presidents or Directors-General of the national statistical institutes of the Member States, - two representatives per Member State appointed by the Council, after consulting the Commission,  from among leading representatives of the various economic and social categories and scientific  circles. With a view to the appointment of these members, each Member State shall provide the  Council with a list comprising four candidates. The Council shall take account of the need for the  various economic and social categories and the scientific field to be adequately represented.` (1) OJ No C 241, 29. 8. 1994, p. 3.  (2) OJ No L 59, 6. 3. 1991, p. 21.