Mandate: - Council Decision regarding the Revision of the mandate of the Economic and Development Review Committee [C/M(2006)2, item 15] approved at its 1128th session held on 26 January 2006
- Proposed Renewal of the Mandate of the Economic and Development Review Committee [C(2008)20] approved at the Council’s 1171st session held on 17th April 2008 [C/M(2008)7].
Extract of the Annex of document [C(2008)20]
“15. PROPOSED REVISION OF THE MANDATE OF THE ECONOMIC AND DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE
THE COUNCIL
a) noted document C(2006)5;
b) decided, mindful of the vision of the founders of the Organisation as laid out in Article 1 of the Convention on the OECD, notably ‘to achieve the highest sustainable economic growth and employment and a rising standard of living in Member countries’ and ‘to contribute to sound economic expansion in Member as well as non-member countries’, that the Economic and Development Review Committee (EDRC) will examine on a regular basis and make comments and country-specific recommendations on the macroeconomic and structural policies of the Member countries and selected non-Member economies and on the interaction of these policies in raising economic performance;
c) noted that the modus operandi of the EDRC is laid out in its Agreed Principles and Practices [Annex to C(2006)5], which will be updated by the Committee from time to time as appropriate;”
Extract of Council Summary Record [C/M(2008)7]
“89. …
THE COUNCIL
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b) agreed to renew the Mandate of the Economic and Development Review Committee as set out in the Annex to document C(2008)20 until 31 December 2013.”