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The Permanent Representatives Committee and the ‘Deepening’ of the Communities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2014

Emile Noel  and
Henri Étienne
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THE NINETEEN YEARS DURING WHICH THE TREATY OF PARIS HAS been in force and the thirteen years of the Treaties of Rome have led to a development in the Communities which, in its extent, variety and depth, exceeds anything the signatories could have hoped for. The volume of derived Community legislation has increased considerably and it now governs important sectors of economic activity. The enlargement of the Communities provides the best confirmation of this success.

Furthermore, the dynamic force of the Community system has been such that the deepening of the Communities has extended far further than the areas delimited by the Treaty. More and more action has been undertaken in sectors at or beyond the limit of the Communities’ responsibilities – not to speak of decisions taken on ‘foreign policy’, which, since 1970, have led to the introduction of procedures for political co-operation.

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Government and Opposition , Volume 6 , Issue 4 , 01 October 1971 , pp. 422 - 447
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Copyright © Government and Opposition Ltd 1971

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References

1 Community measures adopted in 1970

In 1970 the Council took 599 decisions in the form of ‘A’ items as against 497 in 1969.

The number of measures adopted by the Commission by written procedure was approximately 4000 in 1969 and in 1970 (including internal administration measures).

2 Particularly as regards agriculture (preparation by the Special Committee on Agriculture).

3 The Commission does in some cases have wider powers under Article 101 of the Euratom Treaty, but the number and importance of the matters for negotiation in the EEC field are such that EEC practice is the more typical of the two.