4.2.2000 Official Journal of the European Communities L 29/21 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COUNCIL COUNCIL DECISION of 24 January 2000 establishing the Employment Committee (2000/98EC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 130 thereof, Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament ('), Whereas: (1)  Article 3 of the Treaty states that the activities of the Community is to include the promotion of coordination between employment policies of the Member States with a view to enhancing their effectiveness by developing a coordinated strategy for employment; (2)  Part III, Title VIII of the Treaty establishes the procedures by which Member States and the Community should work towards developing a coordinated strategy for employment and particularly for promoting a skilled, trained and adaptable workforce and labour markets responsive to economic change; that Title provides for the establishment of an Employment Committee with advisory status (‘the Committee’); (3)  in fulfilling its tasks, which include advising and contri- buting to the work of the Council and the Commission, the Committee should contribute to ensuring that the European Employment Strategy, macroeconomic policy coordination and the process of economic reform are formulated and implemented in a consistent and mutu- ally supportive way; (4) it is desirable that the Committee and the Community bodies involved in the coordination of economic poli- cies, in particular the Economic and Financial Committee and the Economic Policy Committee, should work closely together; (5)  the Committee should collaborate closely with the social partners, in particular with those represented in the Standing Committee on Employment provided for by (*) Opinion delivered on 4 November 1999 (not yet published in the Official Journal). the Council Decision 1999/207/EC of 9 March 1999 on the reform of the Standing Committee on Employment and repealing Decision 70/532/EEC (3); (6)  the Employment Committee is to replace the Employ- ment and Labour Market Committee, set up by the Council Decision 97[16EC (}); Decision 97[16/EC should therefore be repealed, HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: Article 1 Institutions and functions 1. An advisory Employment Committee (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Committee’) is hereby established by the Council to promote coordination between Member States on employment and labour market policies, in full compliance with the Treaty and with due regard for the powers of the Community's insti- tutions and organs. 2. The tasks of the Committee shall be: — to monitor the employment situation and employment policies in the Member States and the Community, — without prejudice to Article 207 of the Treaty, to formulate opinions at the request of either the Council or the Commission or on its own initiative, and to contribute to the preparation of the Council proceedings referred to in Article 128 of the Treaty. To this end, the Committee should also, in particular: — promote the consideration of the objective of a high level of employment in the formulation and implementation of Community policies and activities, () OJ L 72, 18.3.1999, p. 33. () O] L 6, 10.1.1997, p. 32.