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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 :

ARTICLE 1

MR NIELS E . N . ERSBOELL IS HEREBY APPOINTED SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS WITH EFFECT FROM 8 OCTOBER 1980 ; THE TERM OF OFFICE MAY BE RENEWED ONCE FOR FIVE YEARS .

ARTICLE 2

THIS DECISION SHALL BE NOTIFIED TO MR ERSBOELL BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL .

IT SHALL ALSO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 26 SEPTEMBER 1980 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

P . HELMINGER