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 institutions 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, - contribute to the procedure leading to the adoption of the Broad Economic Guidelines in order to ensure consistency between the Employment Guidelines and those guidelines and contribute to the synergy between the European Employment Strategy, macroeconomic policy coordination and the process of economic reform in a mutually supportive way, - participate in the macroeconomic dialogue at Community level, - promote exchanges of information and experience between Member States and with the Commission.