EUR-Lex - 31980D0918 - EN

EUR-Lex - 31980D0918 - EN Avis juridique important | 80/918/EEC, Euratom, ECSC: Council Decision of 26 September 1980 appointing the Secretary-General of the Council of the European Communities Official Journal L 261 , 04/10/1980 P. 0016 - 0016

COUNCIL DECISION OF 26 SEPTEMBER 1980 APPOINTING THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ( 80/918/EEC , EURATOM , ECSC ) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING A SINGLE COUNCIL AND A SINGLE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 5 THEREOF , HAVING REGARD TO THE RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE COUNCIL , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 17 ( 1 ) THEREOF , WHEREAS THE OPERATION OF THE COUNCIL CALLS FOR :

• A HIGHER DEGREE OF CONTINUITY IN THE WORK OF THE COUNCIL DURING SUCCESSIVE PRESIDENCIES ,
• A BETTER COORDINATION OF THE WORK OF THE COUNCIL IN ITS VARIOUS FORMATIONS ,
• A HIGHER DEGREE OF COHERENCE IN THE WORK OF THE SUBSIDIARY BODIES OF THE COUNCIL ,
• SUSTAINED EFFORTS TO PRODUCE MORE COUNCIL DECISIONS BY COMPROMISE THROUGH PREPARATORY CONTACTS WITH DELEGATIONS ,
• SIGNIFICANT ALLEVIATION OF THE COUNCIL ' S WORK LOAD BY WAY OF PRELIMINARY AGREEMENT BEING REACHED IN COREPER ON A LARGER NUMBER OF ISSUES ; WHEREAS THESE IMPROVEMENTS SHOULD BE BROUGHT ABOUT THROUGH DETERMINED CONTRIBUTIONS BY ALL MEMBER COUNTRIES TO A MORE EFFICIENT USE OF THE COUNCIL ' S DECISION-MAKING STRUCTURE , A SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITY RESTING WITH THE PRESIDENCY-IN-OFFICE ; WHEREAS THE TASK OF THE SECRETARIAT OF THE COUNCIL IS TO ASSIST THE COUNCIL IN GENERAL AND THE PRESIDENCY IN PARTICULAR IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR TASKS ; WHEREAS THE OFFICE OF SECRETARY-GENERAL IS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE IN BRINGING ABOUT THE NECESSARY IMPROVEMENTS , HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :