PART III: THE POLICIES AND FUNCTIONING OF THE UNION
TITLE III - INTERNAL POLICIES AND ACTION
CHAPTER II - ECONOMIC AND MONETARY POLICY
SECTION 3 - INSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS
ARTICLE III-192
1. In order to promote coordination of the policies of Member States to the
full extent needed for the functioning of the internal market, an Economic and
Financial Committee is hereby set up.
2. The Committee shall have the following tasks:
(a) to deliver opinions at the request of the Council or of the Commission, or on its own initiative, for submission to those institutions;
(b) to keep under review the economic and financial situation of the Member States and of the Union and to report on it regularly to the Council and to the Commission, in particular with regard to financial relations with third countries and international institutions;
(c) without prejudice to Article III-344, to contribute to the preparation of the work of the Council referred to in Article III-159, Article III-179(2), (3), (4) and (6), Articles III-180, III-183 and III-184, Article III-185(6), Article III-186(2), Article III-187(3) and (4), Articles III-191 and III-196, Article III-198(2) and (3), Article III-201, Article III-202(2) and (3) and Articles III-322 and III-326, and to carry out other advisory and preparatory tasks assigned to it by the Council;
(d) to examine, at least once a year, the situation regarding the movement of capital and the freedom of payments, as they result from the application of the Constitution and of Union acts; the examination shall cover all measures relating to capital movements and payments; the Committee shall report to the Commission and to the Council on the outcome of this examination.
The Member States, the Commission and the European Central Bank shall each appoint no more than two members of the Committee.
3. The Council, on a proposal from the Commission, shall adopt a European decision laying down detailed provisions concerning the composition of the Economic and Financial Committee.
It shall act after consulting the European Central Bank and the Committee. The President of the Council shall inform the European Parliament of that decision.
4. In addition to the tasks referred to in paragraph 2, if and as long as there are Member States with a derogation as referred to in Article III-197, the Committee shall keep under review the monetary and financial situation and the general payments system of those Member States and report regularly to the Council and to the Commission on the matter.
ARTICLE III-193
For matters within the scope of Article III-179(4), Article III-184 with the
exception of paragraph 13, Articles III-191, III-196, Article III-198(3) and
Article III-326, the Council or a Member State may request the Commission to
make a recommendation or a proposal, as appropriate. The Commission shall examine
this request and submit its conclusions to the Council without delay.