Files concerning the 40th and 41st meetings of the Consultative Committee, with organization details, speaking notes, agenda, lists of participants, includes: proposals for measures to activate and render the work within EFTA more effective (Sweden); Statements by delegations on the activities of the Consultative Committee; Reports of meetings (Vienna Summit, differences between EFTA and EC, relations with EC, the general economic situation and the activities of EFTA and its role in Western European cooperation, relations between the Consultative Committee and the Council, internal EFTA activities); Interim report by the Economic and Social Sub-Committee on the European Monetary System; Notes on: "Economic Situation in EFTA Countries", "The International Situation and Prospects", "The EFTA-Spain Agreement" presented at the 41st meeting of the Consultative Committee (Oct 1979); Note on the impact of the oil price increase in the Icelandic economy in 1979: Report by the CSC Chairman on the EFTA countries in the present European and world economic situation

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