Foreign and Commonwealth Office: UK Presidency of Council of the European Union:...

FCO 104

1976-1982

The series contains registered files (WPP series) covering the UK Presidency of the Council of the European Communities. This covers the period from 1 January 1977 to 30 June 1977, and the period from 1 July 1981 to 31 December 1981.

For files of the European Integration Department, see also: FCO 98

WPP and WP Series

Public Record(s)

English and French

• Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1968-1968
• Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1977 Conference Unit, 1977-1977
• Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1981 Conference Unit, 1981-1981

112 file(s)

Open unless otherwise stated

Fom 2009 Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Topics

International

Europe and Russia

1977 and 1981

Series is accruing.

The Presidency of the Council of the European Communities was primarily to organise and chair all meetings of the Council and troubleshoot and solve disputes between member states. The Council is presided over for a period of six months by each member state in turn in accordance with an established rota.

The Conference Unit was set up to co-ordinate the administrative arrangements for the 1977 London meetings of NATO Ministers, Commonwealth Heads of Government and those arising from the British Presidency of the European Community. The registry was set up to include political co-operation files which were divided into groups in line with political co-operation and geographical working groups. Political co-operation files and the UK Presidency secretariat files relating to political co-operation were handed over to the European Integration Department on completetion of the six months of the UK Presidency.

A similar Conference Unit was set up to co-ordinate the administrative arrangements for the 1981 London meetings.