| Description | This file includes material regarding the founding of the City/EEC Liaison Committee. This file also includes material regarding both the administration and meetings of the Committee (agendas, minutes and associated correspondence). Issues for discussion at Committee meetings included harmonisation of company law; harmonisation of value-added tax (VAT); mergers and takeovers; publicity for the Committee; liaison between the Committee and Whitehall and liaison between the Committee and the EEC; and harmonisation of banking law. Furthermore, this file includes papers and reports submitted to and generated by the Committee including 'Developments in International Accounting Standards'; 'The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the City'; 'The City and Europe'; 'The Development of a Common Transport Policy'; 'A Preliminary Examination of how 9 British Professional Groups have Responded to the Enlarged EEC'; 'EEC Merger Policy'; as well as briefing notes produced for then Chairman of the Committee (W P Cooke - Advisor to the Governor of the Bank of England) entitled 'Current EEC issues affecting the City'. |