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►B COMMISSIONDECISION
of21April1976
settingupaCommittee onWasteManagement
(76/431 /EEC)
(OJ L 115, 1.5.1976, p. 73)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►A1 Actof Accession of Greece L 291 17 19.11.1979
►A2 Actof Accession of Spain and Port ugal L 302 23 15.11.1985
►A3 Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the
Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia,the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic ofMalta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak
Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European
Union is foundedL 236 33 23.9.2003
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COMMISSIONDECISION
of21April1976
settingupaCommittee onWasteManagement
(76/431 /EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community,
Whereas the Programme of Action of the European Communities on
the Environment (1), stresses the need for a Community policy on
industrial and consumer wastes;
Whereas special attention should be given to the protection of natural
resources by making a sustained effort to avoid waste and in particularby taking measures to facilitate the recycling and re-use of wastes;
Whereas in its resolution of 3 March 1975 on energy and the environ-
ment(
2) the Council noted that it was very important to promote the
recycling and re-use of waste materials for the conservation of energy;
Whereas the Commission needs to obtain the opinions of persons
highly qualified on the subject of waste management,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
There shall be attached to the Commission a Committee on Waste
Management (hereinafter called ‘the committee’).
Article 2
The task of the committee shall be to supply the Commission with
opinions, either at the request of the Commission or on its own initia-tive, on all matters relating to:
(a) the formulation of a policy for waste management having regard to
the need to ensure the best use of resources and the safe and effec-
tive disposal of waste;
(b) the different technical, economic, administrative and legal measures
which could prevent the production of wastes or ensure their re-
use, recycling or disposal;
(c) the implementation of Directives on waste management and the
formulation of fresh proposals for Directives in this field.
Article 3
1. The committee shall consist of 52 members.
2. Seats on the committee shall be apportioned as follows
to the Commission, two;
to each Member State, two.
Article 4
The members of the committee shall be appointed by the Commission.
For each seat to be filled which is appositioned to the Member States,
the Commission, after consulting the Member States concerned, shall
appoint the members from among top level national experts who arecompetent in the fields referred to in Article 2.1976D0431 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 003.001 — 2
(1) OJ No C 112, 20. 12. 1973, p. 28.
(2) OJ No C 168, 25. 7. 1975, p. 2.▼A3
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Article 5
The term of office for members of the committee shall be three years.
Their appointments may be renewed. After the expiry of the three yearsmembers of the committee shall remain in office until they are replaced
or until their appointments are renewed.
A member's term of office may be terminated before the expiry of the
three years by resignation or death.
A person shall be appointed, in the manner provided in Article 4, to
replace such member for the remainder of the term of office.
Members shall not be remunerated for their services.
Article 6
A list of members of the committee shall be published by the Commis-
sion, for information purposes, in the Official Journal of the European
Communities .
Article 7
The chairman of the committee shall be a representative of the
Commission.
Article 8
The chairman may invite any person with special qualifications in any
subject on the agenda to take part in an expert capacity in the delibera-tion of the committee or the working parties referred to in Article 9.
Experts shall take part in discussions only of those questions on
account of which they were invited.
Article 9
The committee may set up working parties.
Article 10
1. The committee and working parties shall be convened by the
chairman of the committee and shall meet at the Commission head-quarters.
2. Representatives of the Commission departments concerned shall
take part in meetings of the committee and its working parties.
3. Secretarial services for the committee and its working parties
shall be provided by the Commission.
Article 11
No vote shall be taken on the discussions of the committee.The Commission may, when seeking the opinion of the committee, set
a time limit within which such opinions must be given.
Article 12
Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 214 of the Treaty, when
the chairman of the committee informs them that the opinion requested
or the question raised is on a matter of a confidential nature, membersof the committee shall be under an obligation not to disclose informa-tion which has come to their knowledge through the work of thecommittee or its working parties.
In such cases only committee members and representatives of the
Commission departments concerned may be present at the meetings.1976D0431 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 003.001 — 3
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Article 13
This Decision shall enter into force on 1 May 1976.1976D0431 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 003.001 — 4