In line with the Commission decision on convergence dating from 1974, the annual reports take stock of the economic situation in the Community and formulate economic policy recommendations. For a number of years, though, the structural nature of the economic problems facing the Community has gradually led the Commission to carry out analyses and to make recommendations that go beyond the cyclical framework.
Les rapports annuels, ainsi que le demande la decision du Conseil de 1974 sur la convergence, font le point sur la situation economique dans la Communaute et formulent des recommandations de politique economique.Cependant, depuis quelques annees, le caractere structurel des problemes economiques auxquels la Communaute est confrontee a progressivement amene la Commission a formuler des analyses et des recommandations qui depassent le cadre conjoncturel.