Posted on 04 May 2016
The inventory for the Economic and Social Committee’s sub-fonds for 1978 and 1979 is now available online. The material was inventoried and transferred in Florence by The European Economic and Social Committee’s Archival department in Brussels.
The sub-fonds, CES.VOL20 and CES.VOL21, contain 1196 files. The fonds is open for consultation following the thirty year rule.
The European Economic and Social Committee is a consultative body, set up by the Rome Treaties, which takes part in decision-making procedures by providing opinions without legislative role on final decisions. In 1978 and 1979 the European Economic and Social Committee was consulted in diverse areas within its powers. New study groups were created, relating to agricultural policy on the development of the CAP, notably market balance and the rationalisation of expenditure, agricultural prices and diverse programs of research and development.
The EESC’s new study groups also concentrated on various other areas such as maritime transport, in particular flags of convenience and safety at sea, development of air transport services, technical features of road transport.
There was a study group focused on social policy in the field of health and safety in the workplace, protection for workers against working conditions. In particular these conditions included protection against harmful exposures, employees’ social security, and a joint action in the cultural field and safeguarding human rights and fundamental freedom.
The EESC paid attention also to external relations policy on custom tariff field, Greece-Portugal-Spain’s membership application, relationships with Spain and Yugoslavia, the results and coherency of EESC’s external relations as well as on the economic and financial policy on value-added tax in different areas and economic evolution in the Community.
One of the EESC’s centres of attention was the policy on industry: trade, craft and services on progress of work on technical barriers, shipbuilding, the competition policy, and structural aspects of development and harmonisation of customs.
Energy policy and nuclear issues including energy targets for 1990, research and development policy, industrial metrology and radioactive waste were areas in which the EESC was also consulted on in 1978-1979.
The EESC offered consultation on matters regarding environment, public health and consumption of hazardous substances, pollution, aquatic pollution and products used in human nutrition.
The EESC also advised on European Regional Development Fund‘s regional policy, the role and influence of social and economic organisations and their development program.
European Economic and Social Committee’s fonds in the HAEU.
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