91/544/EEC: Commission Decision of 17 October 1991 on the Liaison Group on the Elderly

COMMISSION DECISION  of 17 October 1991  on the Liaison Group on the Elderly  (91/544/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Whereas the constant improvement of living and working conditions and the harmonious development of economies are aims of the European Economic Community;
Whereas the European Parliament adopted its resolution of 18 February 1982 on the situation and problems of the aged in the European Community (1), its resolution of 10 March 1986 on services for the elderly (2) and its resolution of 14 May 1986 on  Community measures to improve the situation of old people (3);
Whereas the Council adopted its Decision of 26 November 1990 on Community actions for the elderly (4);
Whereas current demographic movements tend towards an increase in the elderly population with a particular emphasis on the very old; whereas this trend will have considerable economic and social implications, inter alia, for the employment market,  social security and social expenditure;
Whereas exchanges of information and experience as well as cooperation and consultation on measures affecting the elderly between the Commission, the Member States and the representatives of the elderly are important for the development of solidarity in  the Community;
Whereas the measures to be carried out at Community level are intended to make known and to complement the different types of measures carried out in Member States at various levels;
Whereas the Commission, in its communication on the elderly, proposes to set up a Liaison Group comprising representatives of organizations with a European orientation which work with and/or for the elderly;
Whereas it is necessary to give this Group a statute based on the experience gained,