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198. The French government created a National Productivity Committee as an advisory body composed of 24 members representing governmental ministries concerned with promoting productivity and 23 members representing employer, labor, and special interest groups. A sub-group of the Advisory Committee met bi-weekly. 199. The General Commission functioned as a Productivity Center and was the operational arm of the productivity programs. It had a staff of 175 persons. The Commission was organized both in (a) horizontal departments including training, education, and research; social; business and public administration; standardization; regional action; territories; credit and taxes; technical assistance; OEEC and EPA relations; information and documentation; and in (b) vertical sectors including agriculture; industry and trade; distribution; consumption; building; transport, handling and packaging. 200. A third operational entity with a staff of 80 persons was created in 1950, a private non-profit association largely governmentally funded to implement the Productivity Drive and carry out the General Commission's technical assistance functions. Called the French Association for the Promotion of Productivity (AFAP), it operated with the guidance of a governing body of 16 representing government, industry, labor, and agriculture. Its departments largely paralleled and implemented the various Marshall 111

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