CELEX: 51990PC0080
Language: en
Date: 1990-04-24
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION ON COMMUNITY ACTIONS FOR THE ELDERLY

No C 120/8                            Official Journal of the European Communities                                   16. 5. 90
                                                             II
                                                     (Preparatory Acts)
                                                COMMISSION
                          Proposal for a Council Decision on Community actions for the elderly
                                                     COM(90) 80 final
                                      (Submitted by the Commission on 6 April 1990)
                                                       (90/C 120/07)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         Whereas exchange of information and experience,
                                                                 concertation and consultation between the Commission,
                                                                 the Member States and representatives of the elderly on
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                 policies for the elderly are important for the development
Economic Community, and in particular Article 235
                                                                 of solidarity within the Community;
thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,               Whereas the European Community Charter of Funda-
                                                                 mental Social Rights for Workers recognizes the right of
                                                                 elderly people to adequate social protection;
Having regard      to   the   opinion  of   the  European
Parliament,
                                                                 Whereas the actions to be carried out at Community
                                                                 level have the purpose of making known and comple-
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and                 menting the different types of actions carried out in
Social Committee,                                                Member States at different levels;
Whereas account must be taken of the European
Parliament's resolution of 18 February 1982 on the               Whereas the Treaty does not provide the specific powers
situation and problems of the aged in the European               necessary for the adoption of this Decision,
Community ('), its resolution of 10 March 1986 on the
assistance to elderly people (2) and its resolution of 14
May 1986 on Community action to improve the situation            HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
of elderly people in the Member States (');
                                                                                           Article 1
Whereas account must be taken of the Council's recom-
mendation of 10 December 1982 on the principles of a             Actions at Community level for the elderly will be
Community policy with regard to retirement age (4);              carried out in the period 1 January 1991 to 31 December
                                                                 1993.
Whereas current demographic developments tend to an
increase of the elderly population with a particular
                                                                                           Article 2
emphasis on the very old which will have considerable
economic and social implications, in particular for the          The actions shall have the following objectives:
employment market, social security and social expen-
diture;
                                                                 1. to contribute to the development of preventive
                                                                    strategies to meet the economic and social challenges
Whereas the completion of the internal market in 1992               of an ageing population;
should contribute to the improvement of the situation of
elderly people in Europe;                                        2. to identify innovative approaches to strengthening
                                                                    solidarity between the generations and integration of
                                                                    the elderly population, involving all economic and
                                                                    social agents, in rural as well as in urban contexts;
(') OJ  No C 66, 15. 3. 1982, p. 71.
O   OJ  No C 88, 14. 4. 1986, p. 17.
O   OJ  No C 148, 16. 6. 1986, p. 61.                            3. to develop and highlight the positive potential of
(4) OJ  No L 357, 18. 12. 1982, p. 7.                               elderly citizens in contributing to the Community.
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                          Article 3                                                          Article 6
1.    The objectives    shall   be   pursued    through   the      The Commission shall be assisted by a Committee of an
following actions:                                                 advisory nature composed of the representatives of the
                                                                   Member States and chaired by the representative of the
(a) the organization of the exchange of information;               Commission.
(b) the carrying out of studies and establishment of a             The representative of the Commission shall submit to the
     database;                                                     Committee a draft of the measures to be taken. The
                                                                   Committee shall deliver its opinion on the draft, within a
(c) the exploration of the usefulness and the feasibility          time limit which the chairman may lay down according
     of setting up a European Network on innovative                to the urgency of the matter, if necessary by taking a
     experiences.                                                  vote.
                                                                   The opinion shall be recorded in the minutes; in
2.    The measures referred to in paragraph 1 shall be             addition, each Member State shall have the right to ask
decided in accordance with the procedure laid down in              to have its position recorded in the minutes.
Article 6.
                                                                   The Commission shall take the utmost account of the
                                                                   opinion delivered by the Committee. It shall inform the
                          Article 4                                Committee of the manner in which its opinion has been
The Commission shall have responsibility for the                   taken into account.
implementation of the actions and shall take the appro-
priate measures.                                                                             Article 7
                                                                   The year 1993 shall be designated as 'European Year of
                          Article 5                                the Elderly and Solidarity between Generations'.
The Commission shall establish the necessary annual                                          Article 8
appropriations to be included in the preliminary draft
budget within the framework of the financial                       This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of
perspectives incorporated in the inter-institutional               the European Communities.
agreement.                                                         It shall take effect on . . .
              Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 66/403/EEC on the marketing of seed
                                                            potatoes
                                                      COM(90) 134 final
                                       (Submitted by the Commission on 27 April 1990.)
                                                         (90/C 120/08)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           Community rules for seed potatoes marketed within the
                                                                   Community;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43
thereof,
                                                                   Whereas, in the light of modern advances in propagation
                                                                   techniques, it is appropriate to lay down a Community
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                 procedure for the establishment of specific rules
                                                                   applicable to the marketing of seed potatoes produced by
                                                                   techniques involving micro-propagation;
Having regard      to   the    opinion   of   the   European
Parliament,
                                                                   Whereas Directive 66/403/EEC also provides in Article
Whereas Council Directive 66/403/EEC (*), as last                   15 (2) that, after certain dates, Member States may no
amended by Directive 89/366/EEC (2), lays down                     longer determine for themselves whether seed potatoes
                                                                   harvested in third countries are equivalent to seed
(') OJ No 125, 11. 7. 1966, p. 2320/66.                            potatoes harvested in the Community and complying
(2) OJ No L 159, 10. 6. 1989, p. 59.                               with the Directive;