Graham Avery joined the European Commission in Brussels in 1973 as a member of Cabinet of Christopher Soames, Vice-President responsible for external relations. He was Counsellor and then Deputy Chef de Cabinet of Roy Jenkins, President of the Commission in 1977-80. He held posts in the Directorate General for Agriculture (DG VI), as Head of Division for economic questions, and as Director for agricultural structures and for rural development. He was a member of the cabinets of several Members of the Commission responsible for agriculture (Finn Gundelach, Poul Dalsager, Frans Andriessen). These chronological files concern material regarding agriculture in the context of future enlargement of the Community.

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