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RULES OF PROCEDURE

AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLES 16 AND 43

( 80/1190/EEC , EURATOM )

THE NEW ARTICLES 16 , 16A AND 43 WERE ADOPTED BY THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AT ITS 180TH PLENARY SESSION , HELD ON 2 AND 3 JULY 1980 . THEY ENTERED INTO FORCE ON 22 JULY 1980 , THE DATE OF THEIR APPROVAL BY THE COUNCIL .

IN THE REVISED RULES OF PROCEDURE ( 1 ) , REPLACE THE TEXT OF ARTICLE 16 " ASSISTANTS " BY THE FOLLOWING TEXT :

" ARTICLE 16

ALTERNATES

1 . ANY MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE WHO IS UNABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE MAY ARRANGE TO BE REPRESENTED BY AN ALTERNATE FOR THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE STUDY GROUPS TO WHICH HE BELONGS .

2 . THE NAME AND CAPACITY OF THE ALTERNATE SELECTED BY THE MEMBER SHALL BE COMMUNICATED TO THE BUREAU OF THE COMMITTEE FOR ITS APPROVAL .

3 . THE ALTERNATE MUST BE A NATIONAL OF THE SAME MEMBER STATE AND BELONG TO THE SAME CATEGORY OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL ACTIVITY AS THE MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE . THE MEMBER MAY AT ANY TIME TERMINATE THE DUTIES OF THE ALTERNATE ON HIS OWN INITIATIVE OR AT THE REQUEST OF THE LATTER . THE MEMBER SHALL INFORM THE BUREAU OF SUCH ACTION . THE DUTIES OF THE ALTERNATE SHALL IN ANY EVENT EXPIRE WHEN THE DUTIES OF THE MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE EXPIRE .

4 . THE ALTERNATE SHALL TAKE PART IN MEETINGS ON THE INITIATIVE OF THE ABSENT MEMBER , WHO SHALL NOTIFY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE STUDY GROUP CONCERNED THEREOF IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 48 OF THESE RULES OF PROCEDURE .

5 . HE SHALL CARRY OUT THE SAME DUTIES IN THE STUDY GROUPS AS THE MEMBER WHOM HE REPLACES .

ARTICLE 16A

ASSISTANTS

1 . MEMBERS OF SECTIONS OR STUDY GROUPS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED AT MEETINGS BY AN ASSISTANT , WHO MAY TAKE PART IN THE PROCEEDINGS BUT NOT VOTE IN THE CASE OF SECTIONS . BEFORE WORK IS STARTED ON A QUESTION FOR WHICH THE PARTICIPATION OF THE ASSISTANT IS REQUESTED , HIS NAME AND CAPACITY SHALL BE COMMUNICATED TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SECTION OR STUDY GROUP FOR HIS APPROVAL .

2 . MEMBERS OF SECTIONS OR STUDY GROUPS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY THEIR ALTERNATES AS ASSISTANTS . "

REPLACE THE TEXT OF ARTICLE 43 " OPINIONS " BY THE FOLLOWING TEXT :

" ARTICLE 43

OPINIONS

OPINIONS OF THE COMMITTEE SHALL CONSIST OF TWO PARTS :

- AN INTRODUCTION , SETTING OUT THE LEGAL BASIS OF THE OPINION AND THE PROCEDURE FOLLOWED IN ITS PREPARATION , AND CONTAINING AN EXPLANATORY STATEMENT ,

- A SECOND PART , CONTAINING THE VIEWS OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE QUESTION AS A WHOLE AND SPECIFIC COMMENTS ON ASPECTS THEREOF .

THE RESULT OF THE VOTING ON THE OPINION AS A WHOLE SHALL BE APPENDED THERETO . WHERE VOTING WAS BY NAME , THE NAMES OF THE VOTERS SHALL BE GIVEN .

THE TEXTS AND EXPLANATORY STATEMENTS OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS REJECTED BY THE PLENARY SESSION , AND ORIGINAL TEXTS THAT HAVE BEEN CHANGED AS A RESULT OF THE ADOPTION OF AMENDMENTS , SHALL ALSO BE APPENDED TO COMMITTEE OPINIONS TOGETHER WITH THE RESULT OF THE VOTING ON THOSE AMENDMENTS .

WHEN ONE OF THE GROUPS FORMED WITHIN THE COMMITTEE OR ONE OF THE CATEGORIES OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL ACTIVITY REPRESENTED THEREON ADOPT A DIVERGENT BUT UNIFORM STANDPOINT ON A MATTER SUBMITTED TO THE PLENARY SESSION FOR EXAMINATION , THEIR POSITION CAN BE SUMMARIZED IN A BRIEF STATEMENT TO BE APPENDED TO THE OPINION , WHERE THE DEBATE ON THAT MATTER HAS BEEN CONCLUDED BY A VOTE BY NAME . "

( 1 ) OJ NO L 288 , 19 . 8 . 1974 , P . 1 .