EUR-Lex - 31980D1073 - EN

EUR-Lex - 31980D1073 - EN Avis juridique important | 80/1073/EEC: Commission Decision of 24 October 1980 establishing a new Statute of the Advisory Committee on Foodstuffs Official Journal L 318 , 26/11/1980 P. 0028 - 0031 Finnish special edition: Chapter 13 Volume 11 P. 0015 Spanish special edition: Chapter 13 Volume 11 P. 0085 Swedish special edition: Chapter 13 Volume 11 P. 0015 Portuguese special edition Chapter 13 Volume 11 P. 0085 COMMISSION DECISION of 24 October 1980 establishing a new Statute of the Advisory Committee on Foodstuffs (80/1073/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas it is incumbent upon the Commission to consult and inform industry, trade and consumer groups on problems arising from the harmonization of legislation on foodstuffs; Whereas the existence of the Advisory Committee on Foodstuffs set up by Commission Decision 75/420/EEC (1), as amended by Decision 78/758/EEC (2) provides a means for the Commission of acquanting itself with the views of trade, industry and consumer groups with regard to draft regulatory measures prepared by its departments, in particular where their economic implications are concerned; Whereas this Committee also gives trade, industry and consumer groups an opportunity to raise subjects connected with the harmonization of legislation on foodstuffs; Whereas experience gained in the operation of the Committee since it was set up on 26 June 1975 has shown the need for an adjustment to its statute; Whereas the winding-up of the Committee of Commercial Organizations in the EEC Countries (COCCEE), one of the organizations listed in Article 4 (1) of Decision 75/420/EEC, has imposed the need to take into account the existence of new organizations representing commerce at Community level, HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 2

1. The committee shall consist of 10 permanent members and 20 experts divided into five economic groups representing agriculture, commerce, consumers, industry and employees.
2. Each of the groups listed in paragraph 1 shall have two permanent members assisted by four experts.
3. The permanent members shall have the task of ensuring the coordination of the work in their group. Their term of office shall be three years and shall be renewable. They shall remain in office until they are replaced or until their appointments are renewed. The term of office of a permanent member shall terminate before expiry of three years or the resignation or decease of such member. The term of office of a replacement permanent member shall expire at the same time as the terms of office of the other permanent members.
4. The bodies and organizations listed in the Annex shall propose to the Commission for their respective economic groups candidates for appointment as permanent members, and shall appoint the experts who will assist them. They shall propose to the Commission, each in respect of its own interests, four candidates of different nationality from whose number the Commission shall appoint the permanent members. They shall inform the secretariat of the committee, by letter addressed at least eight days before each meeting, of the name(s) and address(es) of the experts they propose to assign to each subject appearing on the agenda.
5. In the absence of a single Community body or organization representing a group covered by the committee, the Commission shall appoint the (1)OJ No L 182, 12.7.1975, p. 35. (2)OJ No L 251, 14.9.1978, p. 18. permanent members for that group on the basis of the proposals from the most representative among the existing organizations set up at Community level, in accordance with the procedure set out in paragraph 4. In this case the permanent members appointed by the Commission shall, with the assistance of those organizations, jointly appoint the experts brought in to assist them.
6. Organizations and bodies presenting a candidate for appointment as a permanent member may ask the Commission to replace him during the member's term of office.

Article 3

1. The chairmanship of the committee shall be held for a period of three years by a permanent member of one of the economic groups represented on it.
2. The chairman shall be elected at the first ballot by a majority vote of two-thirds of the permanent members present and at subsequent ballots by a majority vote of the permanent members present.
3. The permanent members shall elect two vice-chairmen from the permanent members of the economic groups to which the chairman does not belong, in accordance with the procedure set out in paragraph 2.

Article 9

1. No vote shall be taken after the discussions of the committee and its working parties.
2. Where the committee is consulted on a draft regulatory measure or where the Commission requests an opinion from the working parties referred to in Article 2 (1) on a subject falling within the committee's competence, the secretariat shall draw up a draft opinion which shall be submitted to the permanent members of the committee. Within a time limit to be determined by the Commission after consultation of permanent members, the secretariat shall collect any requests for corrections from the participants in the committee meeting. In the absence of such requests within the time limit laid down, the opinion shall be considered adopted.
3. The discussions of the working parties referred to in Article 5 shall be the subject of a record which shall be submitted to the members of the working parties, to the permanent members of the committee and to the observers under the conditions laid down in paragraph 2.