CELEX: 51976PC0046
Language: en
Date: 1976-02-17
Title: DRAFT COUNCIL DECISION amending the rules of procedure of the Monetary Committee (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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COM (76) 46
Vol. 1976/0020
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                                                    COM(76)46 final.
                                                    Brussels , 17th February 197»«
                                                                          ν
             ;                     DRAFT
                             COUNCIL DECISION
amending the miles of procedure of the Monetary Committee
               ( submitted to the Council by the Commission)
COM(76) 46 final .
                                                                        I
 ---pagebreak---                                    INTRODUCTION
        Experience haa sho m that Monetary Committee debates have often had
 to be chaired by a member \who was not an officer of the Conuaitteo , the
 chairman and the two vice-chairaen being unable to attend for reasons
 connected with their recponsibilities in their respective national adiainis-
                                       m . •
trations . To palliate this problem , it would be opportune to increase the
muaber of officers by" creating, as is already the case in the Econonic
Policy Committee , a third vice-chairman.
        Such a measure would, moreover , facilitate a wore equal distribution
of taakn which , when Working Parties are created, are uoually entrust od to
officers of the Couaitteo . Finally , aji increase in the number of officers
would allow bettor representation given that the present number of officers
iin that which was adopted when the Coaaunity had only 6 member States#
 ---pagebreak---                                    DRAFT
                              COUNCIL DECISION
                                 ν
THE COUNCIL
Having regard -to Article 105(2 ), of the Treaty establishing the European
Economio Community whioh sets up a Monetary Committee in order to promote
co-ordination of the policies of the Member States in the monetary field
to the full extent needed for the functioning of the common market ,
Having regard to Article 153 of the Treaty pursuant to which the Couxscil
determines the rules governing the committees provided for in the Treaty ,
Having received the Opinion of the Commission ,
HAS DECIDED
           £
to amend the Rules of Procedure of the Monetary Committee laid down by
the Decision of 18 March 1958 , as amended by the Counoil Decision of
2 April I962 and by Annex I to the Treaty of Accession as follows 1
In Article 7 » for " two Vice-Chairmen" read " three Vice-Chairmen",
Done at 'Brussels ,                            For the Council ,
                                               The President