91/116/EEC: Council Decision of 25 February 1991 setting up the European Advisory Committee on statistical information in the economic and social spheres

COUNCIL DECISION  of 25 February 1991  setting up the European Advisory Committee on statistical information in the economic and social spheres  (91/116/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to the draft decision submitted by the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3),
Whereas the implementation, monitoring and assessment of Community policies depend to a great extent on the availability of reliable statistics in the economic and social spheres;
Whereas in April 1989 the Commission submitted to the Council a communication on the adoption of a Community statistical policy;
Whereas, on the basis of this communication and acting on a proposal from the Commission, after receiving the European Parliament's opinion the Council adopted on 19 June 1989 a resolution on the implementation of a plan of priority actions in the field  of statistical information for the period 1989-1992 (4);
Whereas by its Decision 89/382/Euratom (5), the Council established the Statistical Programme Committee, which comprises the representatives of the Statistical Institutes of the Member States and is chaired by a representative of the Commission (namely  the Director-General of the Statistical Office of the European Communities); whereas this committee is responsible for coordinating the work, resources, schedules and methods involved in Community and national statistical programmes;
Whereas in order to achieve the objectives set for the European Communities, in particular the establishement of the single market provided for in the Single European Act, leading representatives from the scientific, economic and social fields must be  consulted regularly with a view to determining the objectives, priorities and nature of the information required to support Community policies;
Whereas, in almost all Member States, there are consultative bodies of users and producers of statistical information concerned mainly with the problems of the countries in question;
Whereas it is therefore necessary to establish a European Advisory Committee on Economic and Social Statistical Information, made up of representatives of the producers and users of this information, whose task it will be to help the Council and the  Commission to coordinate the objectives of the Community's statistical information policy,