Catalogue description HM Treasury: Overseas Finance Sector, European Community Group, European Community Division 2: Monetary, Financial and Miscellaneous Europe (MFME) prefix records

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Reference: T 449
Title: HM Treasury: Overseas Finance Sector, European Community Group, European Community Division 2: Monetary, Financial and Miscellaneous Europe (MFME) prefix records
Description:

These records mainly comprise top copy briefings for the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Financial Secretary for attendance at European Community (EC) Finance Council meetings. Also included is advice on EC monetary questions including development of the European Monetary System (EMS); EC credit facilities; the EC Monetary Committee; the European Investment Bank (EIB); reform of EC policies and budget implementation of the agreement to reduce the UK's net contribution.
Date: 1980-1992
Arrangement:

The records are arranged in chronological and file prefix order.
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: MFME
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Treasury, European Community Division 2, 1981-1995

Treasury, Overseas Finance Sector, European Community Group, 1981-1995
Physical description: 503 file(s)
Access conditions: Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 2013 Treasury
Accumulation dates: 1981 to 1996
Selection and destruction information: Records selected under records appraisal / selection criteria 3.1.4 'the regulation and support of UK economic activity by government'.
Accruals: Series is accruing.
Administrative / biographical background:

The European Community Division 2 was created in 1981 under the European Community Group, and thereunder the Overseas Finance Sector of the HM Treasury. Its main functions concerned: EC budget; budgetary aspects of community policies; own resources system of financing the budget; co-ordination of work on EC economic policy including preparations for EC Financial Ministers meetings; co-ordination of HM Treasury's response to the interests of Parliament in EC matters; enlargement of the EC.

Division 1 also existed under the European Community Group which covered matters of EC monetary questions including the development of the European Monetary System; EC credit facilities; the EC Monetary Committee; European Investment Bank (EIB); Reform of the EC policies and budget agreement reducing UK's net contribution.

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