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Commission Decision of 14 July 1999 renewing the Advisory Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture (notified under document number C(1999) 2042) (1999/478/EC)
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Commission Decision of 14 July 1999 renewing the Advisory Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture (notified under document number C(1999) 2042) (1999/478/EC)
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COMMISSION DECISION of 14 July 1999 renewing the Advisory Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture (notified under document number C(1999) 2042) (OJ L 187 20.7.1999, p. 70) |
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COMMISSION DECISION
of 14 July 1999
renewing the Advisory Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture
(notified under document number C(1999) 2042)
(1999/478/EC)
Article 1
Article 2
The Committee may be consulted by the Commission on or take up, at the initiative of its chairman or at the request of one or more of its members, questions concerning the rules of the common fisheries policy and in particular measures that the Commission may take in the framework of such rules as well as economic and social questions in the fisheries sector, apart from those which concern, as social partners, employers and workers.
Article 3
The Committee is composed of 21 members hereafter referred to as ‘the members’.
One seat is allotted to each of the 11 following interests, numbered from (1) to (11). For each of these 11 seats a full member and a deputy member is foreseen:
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Professional organisations: |
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Fishing companies: |
1) private shipowners |
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2) co-operative shipowners |
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3) producers organisations |
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Aquaculture companies: |
4) stock-breeders of mulluscs and shellfish |
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5) stock-breeders of fish |
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Downstream companies: |
6) processors |
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7) traders (import/export and wholesalers) |
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Trade unions: |
8) fishermen and salaried employees of those companies |
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Non-professional organisations concerned with the CFP: |
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9) consumers |
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10) environment |
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11) development |
The following also have a seat on the Committee: the chairman and vice-chairman of the Fisheries sectorial dialogue committee and the chairman and vice-chairman of working groups 1, 2, 3 and 4 as referred to in Article 7.
Article 4
For each seat to be filled, except for the seats reserved for the sectoral dialogue committee on fisheries, the organisations shall propose two candidates of different nationality. For the seats allotted to the interests foreseen by Article 3(1) the proposals shall specify the name of the full member and that of the substitute.
The term of office for a member of the Committee shall be three years. It may be renewable. The functions carried out are not subject to remuneration.
After expiry of the three-year period, the members of the Committee remain in office until their replacement or the renewal of their mandate has been decided on.
The mandate of a member comes to an end before the expiry of the three-year period through resignation or death.
It may also be terminated when the body which put forward the member's candidacy requests that he or she be replaced.
A person shall be appointed in accordance with the procedure laid down in paragraph 1 to replace such a member for the remainder of his or her term of office.
Article 5
The Committe shall elect, for a three-year duration, one chairman and two vice-chairmen. The election shall take place by a majority of two thirds of the members present.
The members of the Committee referred to in Article 3(2) shall, with the exception of the shipowner member of the sectoral dialogue committee, make up the bureau of the Committee.
The bureau shall elects its chairman and prepare and organise the activities of the working groups referred to in Article 7.
Article 6
At the request of one of the organisations referred to in Article 4(1), the chairman may invite a delegate of this organisation to attend the meetings of the Committee. He or she may under the same conditions invite to take part in the work of the Committee as an expert any person having particular authority on one of the subjects on the agenda. Deputy members may participate at the meetings as observers and at their own expense.
Article 7
The Committee shall appoint four working groups in order to prepare its opinions.
The names of these groups as well as their chairmanships and composition appear in the annex to this decision.
In agreement with the Commission, the participants in the working groups shall be chosen according to the agenda of each meeting by the most representative organisations set up at Community level. The representatives of biology or of the economy shall be chosen by the STECF ( 5 ). The Commission may, according to the agenda, designate additional experts.
Article 8
Article 9
The Committee shall be required to give an opinion on the proposals formulated by the Commission as well as on the subjects appearing in its work programme.
The Commission, in requesting the opinion of the Committee, may fix the period in which the opinion will have to be delivered.
The positions of the concerned interests shall appear in a report forwarded forwarded to the Commission.
If the required opinion is the subject of a unanimous agreement of the Committee, it shall establish joint conclusions which shall be attached to the report.
Article 10
Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 287 of the Treaty, the members of the Committee as well as those of the working groups shall be required not to reveal information they have received through the work of the Committee or the working groups, in the event that the Commission informs them that the required opinion or the question raised deals with a confidential matter.
In this event, only the members of the Committee and representatives of the Commission services may attend the meetings.
Article 11
Decisions 71/128/EEC and 97/247/EC ( 6 ) are repealed.
Article 12
This Decision shall enter into force on 1 August 1999.
ANNEX
working groups referred to in Article 7
1. Names of the working groups
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Group 1 |
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Access to fisheries resources and management of fishing activity. |
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Group 2 |
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Aquaculture: fish, shellfish and molluscs. |
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Group 3 |
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Markets and trade policy. |
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Group 4 |
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General questions: economics and sectoral analysis. |
2. Chairmen and vice-chairmen
A representative of the private shipowners shall chair working groups 1 and 4.
A representative of the cooperative shipowners shall be vice-chairman of working group 1.
A representative of the stock-breeders of fish and a representative of the stock-breeders of molluscs/shellfish shall alternatively chair and vice-chair working group 2.
A representative of the processors shall chair working group 3.
A representative of the traders shall chair working group 4.
A representative of the producer organisations shall vice-chair working group 3.
3. Number of seats per interest concerned :
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Group 1 |
Group 2 |
Group 3 |
Group 4 |
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Private shipowners |
5 |
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1 |
3 |
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Cooperative shipowners |
3 |
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1 |
2 |
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Employed fishermen |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
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Producer organisations |
1 |
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3 |
1 |
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Stock-breeders of fish |
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6 |
1 |
1 |
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Mollusc/shellfish stock-breeders |
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4 |
1 |
1 |
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Processors |
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3 |
2 |
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Traders |
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2 |
1 |
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Consumers |
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1 |
1 |
1 |
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Environment |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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Development |
1 |
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1 |
1 |
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Biology |
1 |
1 |
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Economy |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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Banks |
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1 |
1 |
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Auctions and ports |
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1 |
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15 |
15 |
19 |
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The Commission may designate additional experts according to the agenda.
( 1 ) OJ L 68, 22.3.1971, p. 18.
( 2 ) OJ L 5, 7.1.1989, p. 33.
( 3 ) OJ L 97, 12.4.1997, p. 27.
( 4 ) OJ L 162, 13.7.1995, p. 37.
( 5 ) OJ L 297, 2.12.1993, p. 25.
( 6 ) OJ L 97, 12.4.1997, p. 28.