I shall now move on to the Economic and Social Committee.

On certain issues it works in partnership with the Economic and Social Committee.

Needless to say, the same holds true for the Economic and Social Committee.

In addition, my group is pleased with the decision not to give discharge to the Economic and Social Committee.

There is another problem with the Economic and Social Committee, the problem of buildings.

It is good to see some shared expenditure with the Economic and Social Committee although at times this does not go far enough.

Everything will depend on how the Economic and Social Committee responds to our requests.

A fourth point concerns the serious possibility of overlap with the Economic and Social Committee.

In particular, the promotion policy of the Economic and Social Committee requires careful scrutiny.

It also takes account of the requirements of the Economic and Social Committee.

We have also noticed that the Economic and Social Committee was very critical of the definitions in the recommendations.

We therefore propose that discharge for the Economic and Social Committee be postponed.

I will refer very briefly to the Economic and Social Committee, to which we are also granting discharge.

For your information, the proposal has received a positive reaction from the European Economic and Social Committee.

After all, that Treaty only provides for the consultation of the Economic and Social Committee.

What we have discovered to date tends to suggest that the Economic and Social Committee is not taking our demands seriously.

Membership of the Overseas Development Administration's economic and social committee on research (1977-92)

In November 1996, the Economic and Social Committee gave a favourable opinion of this proposal.

There are again problems with the Economic and Social Committee in relation to travel costs and mission expenses.

Hence my proposals are geared towards raising the productivity of the Economic and Social Committee.

Finally allow me to touch upon the proposal for exemption of the European Economic and Social Committee.

Economic and Social Committee of the European Union.

Thus the Economic and Social Committee was established under the Treaty of Rome.

We should also reflect on the role of the Secretariat of the Economic and Social Committee.

At the very least, the Commission should, as proposed by the Economic and Social Committee, present an interpretative communication on this subject.