18.3.1999 Official Journal of the European Communities L 72/33 IT (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COUNCIL COUNCIL DECISION of 9 March 1999 on the reform of the Standing Committee on Employment and repealing Decision 70/532/EEC (1999/207/EC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, to be introduced between that Committee and the Employment and Labour Market Committee; whereas, in its Resolution of 18 November 1998, the European Parliament welcomed the initiatives taken with a view to the reform of the Standing Committee on Employment; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 145 thereof, (1) Whereas, in its Resolutions of 15 December 1997 on the 1998 Employment Guidelines ('), and of 22 February 1999 on the 1999 Employment Guide- lines (%), the Council affirmed that the social partners at the levels would be involved in all stages of the coordinated employment strategy and would make an important contribution to the implementation of the Guidelines and that that contribution would be regularly assessed; (2) Whereas the social partners’ contribution to the coordinated employment strategy should be taken into account both at the level of the Employment Guidelines themselves and in examining their consistency with the Broad Economic Policy Guide- lines, in order to provide for greater synergy and with a view to incorporating the objective of a high level of employment into the drawing-up and imple- mentation of the Community’s policies; (3) Whereas, in its Resolution of 18 July 1997 on the Commission communication concerning the devel- opment of the social dialogue at Community level (%), the European Parliament calls for the Standing Committee on Employment to be reformed as a matter of urgency and for coordination mechanisms Whereas the Economic and Social Committee in its opinion of 29 January 1997 (*) on the same Commis- sion communication stated that the Standing Committee on Employment was to be given a higher profile; Whereas, in its communication of 20 May 1998 on adapting and promoting the social dialogue at Community level, the Commission considered that the new context of Community social dialogue and the incorporation of a new employment title in the Amsterdam Treaty justified reforming the Standing Committee on Employment; Whereas it seems advisable to maintain the structure of the Standing Committee on Employment while making the adjustments necessary to improve its operation; whereas it seems desirable to incorporate this reform into a new decision replacing Council Decision 70/532/EEC of 14 December 1970 setting up the Standing Committee on Employment (%) in the European Communities; () OJ C 30, 28. 1. 1998, p. 1. @) O] C 69, 12. 3. 1999, p. 2. (%) OJ C 286, 22. 9. 1997, p. 338. () OJ C 89, 19. 3. 1997, p. 27. () OJ L 273, 17. 12. 1970, p. 25. Decision as amended by De- cision 75/62/EEC (O] L 21, 28. 1. 1975, p. 17).