31. 8. 94 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 225/31 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 27 July 1994 setting up a Joint Committee on Postal Services (94/595/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, ‘Whereas the Heads of State or of Government stated in their declaration of 21 October 1972 that the primary aim of economic expansion should be to enable disparties in living conditions to be reduced and that this aim should express itself in a better quality of life and a higher stan- dard of living; Whereas, in this connection, they considered it indispen- sable that both employers and employees should be increasingly involved in the economic and social deci- sions of the Community; Whereas the Council, in its resolution of 21 January 1974 concerning a social action programme ('), named increased involvement of management and labour in the economic and social decisions of the Community as one of the priority measures to be taken; Whereas the European Parliament, in its resolution of 13 June 1972 (%), stated that the participation of employers and employees in the formulation of a Community social policy should be achieved during the first stage of economic and monetary union ; Whereas the Economic and Social Committee, in its opinion of 24 November 1971, expressed a similar view ; Whereas the Council stressed, in its conclusions of 22 June 1984 concerning a Community medium-term social ( OJ No C 13, 12. 2. 1974, p. 1. 0J No C 70, 1. 7. 1972, p. 11. action programme (*), that the European social dialogue must be strengthened and its procedures adapted in order to involve the social partners more effectively in the economic and social decisions of the Community ; Whereas Article 118b of the Treaty states that the Commission is to endeavour to develop the dialogue between management and labour at European level which could, if the two sides consider it desirable, lead to rela- tions based on agreement; Whereas point 12 of the Community Charter of the Fundamental Social Rights of Workers states that ‘Employers or employers’ organization, on the one hand, and workers’ organizations, on the other, shall have the right to negotiate and conclude collective agreements under the conditions laid down by national legislation and practice. The dialogue between the two sides of industry at European level which must be developed, may, if the parties deem it desirable, result in contractual rela- tions in particular at inter-occupational and sectoral level’; Whereas the situation in the various Member States clearly demonstrates the need for the two sides of the postal sector to participate actively in discussions concer- ning the improvement of living and working conditions in their sector ; whereas a joint committee attached to the Commission is the most appropriate means of ensuring such participation by creating at Community level a representative forum for the socio-economic interests involved ; () OJ No C 175, 4. 7. 1984, p. 1.