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Committee of the Regions and European Economic and Social Committee redefine their cooperation on a new basis
18.12.2007, 15:17
A new cooperation agreement between CoR and EESC was signed on 17th December, by the presidents of the two institutions, Michel Delebarre and Dimitris Dimitriadis, and their secretaries-general, Gerhard Stahl and Patrick Venturini. The first agreement was signed in 1999, following the provisions introduced by the Amsterdam Treaty. This agreement established the joint services of the two Committees. The aim was to allow the Committee of the Regions to acquire functional maturity and to encourage co-operation which would be mutually beneficial to both institutions. The CoR and the EESC thus entered upon a form of interinstitutional cooperation which was without precedent in the EU. The joint services, which provide a real "production chain" for the two Committees, particularly with regard to translation needs, currently employ some 700 officials, with a budget of EUR 38.5 million. The new agreement will take effect on 1 January 2008 and will run for a period of seven years. It is the result of political consultations and administrative negotiations between the two institutions, involving staff representatives, with the aim of increasing further the efficiency of the two administrations.
Source: www.cor.europa.eu