Som Jacques Delors understregede det på mødet i Det Europæiske Råd i Bruxelles i 1987 og senere over for arbejdsmarkedets parter — bl. a. i sin tale på den europæiske fagforeningskongres i Stockholm '), er der tale om et meget vigtigt led i gennemførelsen af det store indre marked i 1992, der skal fremme samarbejdet i erhvervslivet og bedre arbejdstagernes stilling i kraft af de modeller for medindflydelse, der foreslås indført.
As Mr Delors said at the 1987 Brussels European Council and recently reminded the two sides of industry—for example in the speech he made in Stockholm before the Congress of the European Trade Union Confederation1—the Statute is essential to completion of the internal market in 1992, being designed to stimulate cooperation among business people and bring progress on the social front by providing a mechanism for worker participation along various lines.