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NoL57/22 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 10.3.71
COMMISSION DECISION
of19February1971
settingupaJointAdvisoryCommitteeonSocialQuestionsarisingintheRailway
Industry
(71/122/EEC)
Article1
ThereshallbeattachedtotheCommission aCom­
mitteecalledthe'JointAdvisoryCommitteeonSo­
cialQuestionsarisingintheRailwayIndustry'.
Article2
1.TheCommissionmayrequesttheCommitteefor
anopiniononanyspecialquestionarisinginthe
railwayindustry.
2.TheCommissionmay,whenseekingtheopinion
oftheCommittee,setatimelimitwithinwhichsuch
opinionshallbegiven.
3.Intheeventofunanimousagreementbeing
reachedintheCommitteeontheopiniontobegiven
totheCommission,theCommitteeshallformulate
jointconclusionsandattachthemtothereportofits
proceedingsforwardedtotheCommission .
4.Otherwisetheopinionsexpressedshallbein­
cludedinthatreport.THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
WhereasinitsMemorandum of10April1961onthe
guidelinesforthecommontransportpolicy,theCom­
missionindicatedthecoursetobefollowedinap­
plyingtotransportingeneralrulesandprovisions
providedforbytheTreatyundertheCommunity's
socialpolicy,whichentailsanumberofmeasures
concerningthecommontransportpolicy;whereasin
itsactionprogrammeof23May1962onthecom­
montransportpolicytheCommissionsetoutina
moreconcreteformitsviewsonharmonization in
socialmattersaspartofthecommontransport
policy;
WhereasintheirOpinionsontheproposedCouncil
Decisionontheharmonization ofcertainprovisions
affectingcompetitionintransportbyrail,roadand
inlandwaterwaytheEuropeanParliamentandthe
EconomicandSocialCommitteeexpressedthewish
toseesetupajointcommitteerepresentingthetwo
sidesofindustry;
WhereasbyitsDecisionsof5July19651and28No­
vember19672theCommisisonhasalreadysetup
JointAdvisoryCommitteesonSocialQuestions
arisingin,respectively,RoadTransportandInland
Navigation,andwhereasthegroundsthenputfor­
wardnowjustify,inviewofprogressachieved,the
settingupofajointadvisorycommitteeonsocial
questionsarisingintherailwayindustry;
WhereasthespeciallinksexistinginallMember
StatesbetweentheStateandrailwayundertakings
makeitjustifiableforrepresentatives oftheMember
Statestoparticipatealongsidetherepresentatives
fromtheundertakingsintheworkofthecommittee,Article3
TheCommitteeshalldiscussmattersonwhichthe
Commissionhasrequestedanopinion.
Article4
1.TheCommitteeshallconsistof42fullmembers
and42alternatemembers.
2.SeatsontheCommitteeshallbeapportionedas
follows:
-torepresentatives ofGovernments ,14fullmem­
bersand14alternatemembers;
-torailwayundertakings ,14fullmembersand14
alternatemembers;
-torailwayemployees,14fullmembersand14al­
ternatemembers.HASDECIDEDASFOLLOWS :
1OJNo130,16.7.1965 .
2OJNo297,7.10.1967.3.AlternatemembersshallattendCommitteemeet­
ingsandtakepartintheworkoftheCommitteeonly

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intheeventoffullmembersbeingunabletodoso,
exceptwhere,inpursuanceofArticle10,theyare
attendingasexperts.4.NomemberoftheCommitteemayholdsuc­
cessivelytheofficesofChairmanandVice-Chairman
duringaperiodexceedingtwofulltermsofofficeas
laiddownunderparagraph3. Article5
Article8ThemembersoftheCommitteerepresentingem­
ployeesorundertakings shallbeappointedbythe
Commissiononproposalsfromthefollowingorgani­
zationssetupatCommunityleveltorepresentthe
varioussectionsoftheindustry:
Employees:1.TheChairmanshallberesponsibleforrelations
withtheCommission .
2.TheChairman.andVice-Chairman actingjointly.
maydrawtheattentionoftheCommissiontothe
desirabilityofconsultingtheCommitteeonamatter
withinthelatter'scompetenceonwhichitsviews
havenotbeensought.Theyshalldosowherethe
requestforconsultationismadebyone-thirdofthei
membersoftheCommittee .-CommitteeofITFUnionsintheEEC(ITF-
ICFTU):
-EuropeanTransportCommittee(ETC-WCL);
-CGT-CGILStandingCommittee.
Undertakings :Article9
TheCommitteemaysetupworkingpartiestopre­
pare,onspecificquestionsorinspecificfields,draft
opinionstobesubmittedtotheCommitteeforcon­
sideration.Theseworkingpartiesshallconsistofa
limitednumberoffulloralternatemembers.-CommonMarketGroupoftheInternationalUnion
ofRailways(UIC).
ThemembersrepresentingtheMemberStatesshall
benominatedbytheirrespectiveGovernments .
ThelistofthemembersoftheCommitteeshallbe
publishedforinformationpurposesintheOfficial
JournaloftheEuropeanCommunities .Article10
Article6TheChairmanmayproposetotheCommissionthat
itshouldinviteanypersonwithspecialqualifications
inasubjectontheagendatotakepartinanexpert
capacityinmeetingsoftheCommitteeorofawork­
ingpartyoftheCommittee.TheChairmanshalldo
sowhenrequestedbyanyoftheorganizationsmen­
tionedinArticle5orbyarepresentative ofaMem­
berState.Expertsshallbepresentonlyatthedis­
cussionofthosequestionsonaccountofwhichthey
wereinvited.1.Thetermofofficeformembersandalternates
shallbethreeyears.Theirappoinmentsmaybe
renewed.
2.Afterexpiryofthethreeyearsmembersandalter­
natesshallremaininofficeuntilreplaced.
3.Intheeventofthedeathorresignationofamem­
beroralternateorofhisceasingtobelongtothe
organizationwhichherepresents,heshallbereplaced
fortheremainderofhistermofoffice.Article11
1.TheCommitteeandworkingpartiesshallmeet
whenconvenedbytheCommission .
2.Representatives oftheCommissiondepartments
concernedshalltakepartinthesemeetings.Article7
Article12
SecretarialservicesshallbeprovidedfortheCom­
mitteebytheCommission .
/
Article131.TheCommitteeshall,byatwo-thirdsmajorityol
memberspresent,electaChairmanandtwoVice­
Chairmenfromamongitsfullmembers.TheChair­
manandVice-Chairmen musteachbelongtoadif­
ferentcategoryofrepresentative .
2.ShouldtheChairmanoraVice-Chairman ceaseto
holdofficebeforetheperiodforwhichhewas
electedhasexpired,heshallbereplacedforthe
remainderofhistermofoffice.
3.ThetermofofficeforChairmanandVice-Chair­
menshallbeeighteenmonths.
TheincomingChairmanshallbeelectedfromamong
themembersbelongingtothetwocategoriesofre­
presentativeotherthanthattowhichtheoutgoing
Chairmanbelongs.AnopiniondeliveredbytheCommitteeshallnotbe
validunlesstwo-thirdsofthemembersarepresent.
Article14
WithoutprejudicetotheprovisionsofArticle214of
theTreaty,wheretheCommissionindicatesthatthe
opinionrequestedisonamatterofaconfidential
nature,personspresentatthemeetingsoftheCom­
mitteeoroftheworkingpartiesshallnotdisclose

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informationwhichhascometotheirknowledge DoneatBrussels,19February1971.
throughtheworkoftheCommittee.
Article15 < "FortheCommission
AfterhearingtheCommittee,theCommissionmay ThePresident
amendthisDecisioninthelightofexperience. FrancoM.MALFATTI