90/449/EEC: Commission Decision of 30 July 1990 setting up a Joint Committee on Civil Aviation

COMMISSION  DECISION
of 30 July 1990
setting up a Joint Committee on Civil Aviation
(90/449/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Whereas the Heads of State or of 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 better quality of life and higher standard of living;
Whereas, in this connection, 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 actions contained in the Community's 'social action programme' the Commission has recommended that dialogue and cooperation between employers and employees be promoted at Community level;
Whereas the Council in its resolution of 21 January 1974 concerning a social action programme (1) named increased involvement of management and labour in the economic and social decisions of the Community as one of the priority measures to be taken;
Whereas the European Parliament in its resolution of 13 June 1972 (2) stated that the participation of employers and employees in the formulation 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 Council stressed in its conclusions of 22 June 1984 concerning a Community medium-term social action programme (3), that the European social dialogue must be strengthened and its procedures adapted in order to involve the social partners more effectively in the economic and social decisions of the Community;
Whereas Article 118b of the Treaty states that the Commission shall endeavour to develop the dialogue between management and labour at European level which could, if the two sides consider it desirable, lead to relations based on agreement;
Whereas full recognition should be given to the priority objectives for the air transport industry to achieve the levels of cost efficiency and productivity performances required to ensure its economic viability, not only within the context of EC liberalization measures but also in the worldwide competitive environment of international air transport;
Whereas full recognition should be given to the complexity of the civil air transport sector and to the activities necessary to deliver an economic and competitive product which are beyond the direct control of the operators;
Whereas it is necessary to take account of the social implications of economical policies in the field of civil aviation;
Whereas a Joint Committee attached to the Commission is an appropriate forum at the Community level for the socio-economic interest involved to address the economic and competitive objectives of civil aviation as well as the improvement of living and working conditions,