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of9December 1982
relatingtothesettingupofanAdvisoryCommitteeonEqualOpportunitiesforWomenandMen
(82/43/EEC)
(OJ L 20, 28.1.1982, p. 35)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1CommissionDecision95/420/EC of 19 July 1995 L 249 43 17.10.1995
Amended by:
►A1Act of Accessionof Spainan d Portugal L 302 23 15.11.1985
►A2Act of Accession of Austria, Sweden and Finland C241 21 29.8.1994
(adapted by Council Decision 95/1/EC, Euratom, ECSC) L 1 1 1.1.1995
►A3Act 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 SlovakRepublic and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European
Union is foundedL 236 33 23.9.2003
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COMMISSIONDECISION
of9December 1982
relating to the setting up of an Advisory Committee on Equal
OpportunitiesforWomenandMen
(82/43/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community,
Whereas the application in practice of the principle of equal treatment
for women and men must be encouraged by improved cooperation andexchanges of views and experience between those bodies which havespecial responsibility in the Member States for promoting equality ofopportunity, and the Commission;
Whereas the full implementation in practice of Council Directives 75/
117/EEC of 10 February 1975 onthe approximationof the laws of theMember States relating to the application of the principle of equal payfor menan d women(
1), 76/207/EEC of 9 February 1976 onthe imple-
mentation of the principle of equal treatment for men and women as
regards access to employment, vocational training and promotion, andworking conditions (
2) and 79/7/EEC of 19 December 1978 on the
progressive implementation of the principle of equal treatment formenan d womeninmatters of social security (
3) will be speeded up
considerably as a result of the assistance of national bodies with a
network of specialized information at their disposal;
Taking account of Directive 72/161/EEC of 17 April 1972 concerning
the provision of socio-economic guidance for and the acquisition of
occupational skills by persons engaged in agriculture (4);
Whereas the preparation and implementation of Community measures
concerning the employment of women, the improvement of the position
of women who are self-employed and those engaged in agriculture, and
the promotionof equal opportun ities require close cooperationwith thespecialized bodies inMember States;
Whereas, therefore, an institutional framework should be set up for the
purpose of regular consultations with those bodies,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
The Commissionhereby establishes anAdvisory Committee onEqual
Opportunities for Women and Men, hereinafter called ‘the Committee’.
Article 2
1. The Committee shall assist the Commission in formulating and
implementing the Community's activities aimed at promoting equal
opportunities for women and men, and shall foster ongoing exchangesof relevant experience, policies and practices between the MemberStates and the various parties involved.
2. To achieve the aims referred to inparagraph 1 above, the
Committee shall:
(a) assist the Commission in the development of instruments for moni-
toring, evaluating and disseminating the results of measures takenat Union level to promote equal opportunities;1982D0043 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 002.001 — 2
(1) OJ No L 45, 19. 2. 1975, p. 19.
(2) OJ No L 39, 14. 2. 1976, p. 40.
(3) OJ No L 6, 10. 1. 1979, p. 24.
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(b) contribute to the implementation of Community action programmes
in the field, mainly by analysing the results and suggestingimprovements to the measures taken;
(c) contribute, through its opinion, to the preparation of the Commis-
sion's annual report on progress made towards achieving equality
of opportunity for women and men;
(d) encourage exchanges of information on measures taken at all levels
to promote equal opportunities and, where appropriate, put forwardproposals for possible follow-up action;
(e) deliver opinions or submit reports to the Commission, either at the
latter's request or on its own initiative, on any matter of relevanceto the promotion of equal opportunities in the Community.
3. Procedures for the circulation of the Committee's opinions and
reports shall be determined in agreement with the Commission. Theymay be published as an annex to the Commission's annual report on
equal opportunities for women and men
Article 3
1. The Committee shall comprise ►
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(a) one representative per Member State from ministries or government
departments responsible for promoting equal opportunities; the
representative shall be designated by the Government of each
Member State;
(b) one representative per Member State from national committees or
bodies set up by official decision, having specific responsibilityfor equal opportunities between women and men through represen-tation of the sectors concerned. Where there are several committeesor bodies dealing with these matters in a Member State, the
Commissionshall determin e which body, by its objectives, struc-
ture, representativeness and degree of independence, is bestqualified to be represented on the Committee. Any country withoutsuch committees shall be represented by members of bodiesdeemed by the Commissionto perform an alogous duties; the repre-sentative shall be appointed by the Commission, acting on a
proposal from the relevant national committee or body;
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at Community level;
—►A3seven◄members representing workers' organizations at
Community level.
The representatives shall be appointed by the Commission, acting on a
proposal from the social partners at Community level.
2. Two representatives of the European Women's Lobby shall attend
meetings of the Committee as observers.
3. Representatives of international and professional organizations
and other associations making duly substantiated requests to the
Commissionmay be givenobserver status.
Article 4
An alternate shall be appointed for each member of the Committee
under the same conditions as those laid down in Article 3. Withoutprejudice to the provisions of Article 7, the alternate shall not attendmeetings of the Committee nor participate in its work unless the rele-vant member is prevented from doing so.
Article 5
The term of office of members of the Committee shall be three years
and shall be renewable.
At the end of the three-year period, the members of the Committee
shall continue in office until a replacement is provided or their termof office is renewed.1982D0043 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 002.001 — 3
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A member's term of office shall come to anen d before the expiry of
the three-year period in the event of her/his resignation, the terminationof her/his membership of the organization which she/he represents, or
her/his death. A member's terms of office may also be terminated if the
organization which nominated her/him requests her/his replacement.
The member shall be replaced for the remainder of the term of office
inaccordan ce with the procedure laid downinArticle 4.
No remuneration shall be attached to member's duties; travelling and
subsistence expenses for meetings of the Committee and the working
parties set up under Article 8 shall be met by the Commission in accor-dance with the administrative rules in force.
Article 6
The Committee shall elect a chairperson, with a one-year term of
office, from among its members. Election shall be by a majority oftwo-thirds of the members present; a minimum of half the total votesinfavour shall, n evertheless, be required.
Two vice-chairpersons shall be elected by the same majority and under
the same conditions. They shall be required to stand in for the chair-person in the absence of the latter. The chairperson and vice-
chairpersons must belong to different Member States. They shall
constitute the Bureau of the Committee, which shall meet before eachmeeting of the Committee.
The Commissionshall organ ize the work of the Committee inclose
cooperation with the chairperson. The draft agenda for meetings ofthe Committee shall be set by the Commissioninagreemen t with thechairperson. The Secretariat of the Committee shall be provided bythe Commission's Equal Opportunities Unit. The minutes of the
Committee's meetings shall be drawn up by the Commission and
submitted to the Committee for approval.
Article 7
The chairperson may invite any person who is specially qualified in a
particular subject onthe agen da to take part inits work as anexpert.
Experts shall only take part in the work on the particular subject for
which their attendance is requested.
Article 8
1. The Committee may set up working parties.2. For the preparation of its opinions, the Committee may entrust a
rapporteur or anoutside expert with the task of drawin g up reports inaccordance with procedures to be determined.
3. One or more members of the Committee may participate as
observers inthe activities of other advisory committees of the Commis-
sion, and shall inform the Committee accordingly.
Article 9
Measures adopted under Article 7 and 8 having financial implications
for the budget of the EuropeanCommun ities shall be submitted for theprior agreement of the Commission and shall be implemented in accor-dance with the administrative rules in force.
Article 10
The Committee shall be convened by the Commission and shall meet
onits premises. It shall meet at least twice a year.1982D0043 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 002.001 — 4
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Article 11
The Committee's deliberations deal with the requests for opinion
presented by the Commission or with the opinions which the
Committee delivers on its own initiative. They are not followed by a
vote.
The Commission, when requesting the Committee's opinion, may set a
deadline within which the opinion should be delivered.
The views expressed by the different categories represented in the
Committee are recorded in the minutes, which are transmitted to theCommission.
Where the opinion requested has been agreed unanimously by the
Committee, it will draft common conclusions which are annexed to
the minutes.
Article 12
Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 214 of the Treaty,
members of the Committee are required not to disclose informationobtained in the course of their work on the Committee or its workingparties when informed by the Commission that the opinion requested orquestion asked concerns a confidential matter.
In such cases, only members of the Committee and representatives of
the Commission departments shall attend meetings.
Article 13
This Decision shall enter into force on 1 January 1982.1982D0043 — EN — 01.05.2004 — 002.001 — 5
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