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"BCOMMISSION DECISION
of 4 March 1992
setting up a Committee of Experts on the Transit of Electricity between Grids
(92/167/EEC)
(OJ L 74, 20.3.1992, p. 43)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
"M1 Commission Decision 97/559/EC of 24 July 1997 L 230 18 21.8.1997
Amended by:
"A1 Act of Accession of Austria, Sweden and Finland C 241 21 29.8.1994
(adapted by Council Decision 95/1/EC, Euratom, ECSC) L 1 1 1.1.19951992D0167 — EN — 24.07.1997 — 002.001 — 1
COMMISSION DECISION
of 4 March 1992
setting up a Committee of Experts on the Transit of Electricity
between Grids
(92/167/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community,
Whereas, in the context of the completion of the internal energy market,
the Commission has the objective of facilitating energy transfers by
promoting the transit of electricity between grids within the meaning of
Article 2 of Council Directive 90/547/EEC of 29 October 1990 on the
transit of electricity through transmission grids (1);
Whereas, to this end, it is desirable for the Commission to be advised by
a committee of experts on matters relating to the smooth functioning of
transit and related economic, technical, legal and social factors;
Whereas the entities responsible for the grids should be represented on
that committee; whereas provision should also be made for the
participation of particularly qualified persons capable of providing
specific knowledge in the field of electricity transit;
Whereas it would be appropriate for the committee of experts also to act
as the conciliation body provided for in Article 3 (4) of Directive
90/547/EEC;
Whereas, for the sake of the efficiency of the conciliation procedure, the
committee of experts should meet in an ad hoc composition to consider
any request for conciliation,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
The Committee of Experts on Transit of Electricity between Grids,
hereinafter referred to as ‘the Committee’, is hereby set up under the
auspices of the Commission.
Article 2
Responsibilities
The tasks of the Committee shall be:
— to advise the Commission, at the latter’s request,— to propose conciliation compromises, at the request of the negotiat-
ing parties, in the event of specific requests for transit.
Article 3
Provision of advice
As part of its role of providing advice, the Committee:
(a) shall examine more specifically:
— the technical, financial and legal conditions of transit, taking
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— measures to promote the development of electricity transfers and
the improvement of infrastructures,
— the possibilities of cooperation with entities in non-member
countries;
(b) shall assist the Commission in connection with:
— the drafting of an annual report on the implementation of
Directive 90/547/EEC,
— the revision of the Annex to Directive 90/547/EEC.
Article 4
Composition
1. The Committee shall comprise 20 members, namely:
— 15 representatives of the high-voltage grids operating in the
Community (one representative per Member State),
— three independent experts whose professional experience and
competence in the field of electricity transit in the Community are
widely recognized,
— one representative of Eurelectric,
— one Commission representative.
2. The members of the Committee shall be appointed by the
Commission. The 15 representatives of the grids and the Eurelectric
representative shall be appointed after consultation of the circles
concerned from a list containing at least two proposals for each post.
Article 5
Publication
The list of members shall be published by the Commission in the Official
Journal of the European Communities .
Article 6
Term of office
1. The term of office of members of the Committee shall be four years.
2. Their term of office shall be renewable once.
4. On expiry of their term of office, the members of the Committee
shall remain in office until they are replaced.
5. Where the term of office of a member ends before the expiry of the
four-year period, as a result of his resignation or death or for any other
reasons, he shall be replaced for the remainder of his term of office in
accordance with Article 4 (2).
6. The Commission may bring to an end the term of office of a member
after consulting the circles concerned referred to in Article 4 (2) and to
replace him in accordance with that provision.
7. The office of member of the Committee shall be unpaid.!B
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Article 7
Operation
1. The Committee shall be chaired by the Commission representative.
2. Representatives of the Commission departments concerned shall
attend meetings of the Committee as observers.
3. Secretariat services for the Committee shall be provided by the
Commission departments.
4. The chairman may invite any person with particular competence in
respect of an item included on the agenda to take part in the deliberations
as an expert. Experts shall take part in the deliberations only for the item
for which they have been invited to attend.
5. The Committee shall adopt its own rules of procedure.6. The Committee shall meet at least once a year.
Article 8
Conciliation
1. Only the parties to a dispute relating to a specific request for transit
may refer a matter to the Committee.
2. The Committee shall meet in an ad hoc composition to consider any
request for conciliation.
3. The Committee in its conciliation composition shall comprise the
chairman and six members:
— the Eurelectric representative,— two experts chosen by and from among the three experts who asre
members of the Committee,
— three representatives of the grids not involved in the negotiations
relating to the specific request for transit on which conciliation has
been requested, chosen by and from among the twelve represen-
tatives of the grids which are members of the Committee.
The chairman shall not vote.4. Any conciliation request must be acted upon.5. The Committee in its conciliation composition shall designate a
rapporteur from among its members.
6. The representatives of the grids involved in the negotiations on a
specific request for transit on which conciliation by the Committee has
been requested shall be invited to present their points of view.
7. After discussion by the Committee in its conciliation composition,
the rapporteur shall formulate a conciliation compromise on which there
is likely to be a consensus among the five other members of the
Committee. In the event of disagreement, the rapporteur shall formulate
a conciliation compromise on which there is likely to be agreement
among a majority of the five other members. In that event, the opinions
of the minority members shall be put on record.
8. The chairman shall submit the conciliation compromise to the
parties, accompanied by any minority opinions, within three months of
the date on which the request for conciliation by the Committee was
submitted.
9. The outcome of the conciliation procedure shall not have binding
force.
10. Representatives of the Member States concerned by a request for
transit may take part in the conciliation procedure as observers.!B1992D0167 — EN — 24.07.1997 — 002.001 — 4
Article 9
Confidentiality
Members of the Committee and, where appropriate, the experts referred
to in Article 7 (4), shall be required not to disclose information brought
to their knowledge through the work of the Committee, where the
Commission informs them that the opinion requested or the question
raised relates to a confidential matter.
Article 10
Effect
This Decision shall take effect on 4 March 1992.!B1992D0167 — EN — 24.07.1997 — 002.001 — 5