74/442/EEC: Commission Decision of 25 July 1974 relating to the setting-up of a Joint Committee on Social Problems of Agricultural Workers

COMMISSION DECISION  of 25 July 1974  relating to the setting-up of a Joint Committee on Social Problems of Agricultural Workers  (74/442/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community and in particular Article 118 thereof;
Whereas the Heads of State or Government stated in their Declaration of 21 October 1972 that the first aim of economic expansion should be to enable disparities in living conditions to be reduced and that this aim should express itself in a better quality and in a higher standard of living ; whereas in this association of ideas they considered it indispensable that both employers and employees should be increasingly involved in the economic and social decisions of the Community;
Whereas amongst the priority matters contained in the Community's "Social Action Programme" the Commission has recommended that dialogue and conciliation between employers and employees be promoted at Community level;
Whereas the European Parliament in its Resolution of 13 June 1972 (1) has stated that the participation of employers and employees in the elaboration of a Community social policy should be achieved during the first stage of economic and monetary union;
Whereas the Economic and Social Committee, in its Opinion of 24 November 1971, expressed a similar view;
Whereas the situation in the Member States clearly demonstrates the need for the two sides of agriculture to participate actively in the improvement and harmonization of living and working conditions of agricultural workers ; whereas a Joint Committee attached to the Commission is the most appropriate means of ensuring such participation by creating at Community level a forum for interlocutors who represent the socio-economic elements involved,