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14.6.68 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL132/9
COMMISSION DECISION
of7June1968
settingupaJointAdvisoryCommitteeonSocialQuestionsarisinginthe
SeaFishingIndustry
(68/252/EEC)
withsuchquestionsshouldbeabletotakepartin
formulatingtheOpinionsonthesemattersrequested
bytheCommission ;
Whereasthevariousrepresentative bodiesinthesea
fishingindustryhavesetuporganisations atCom­
munitylevel;
HASDECIDEDASFOLLOWS :
Article1
1.ThereshallbeattachedtotheCommissionaCom­
mitteecalledthe'JointAdvisoryCommitteeon
SocialQuestionsarisingintheSeaFishingIndustry'.
2.TheCommitteeshallconsistofrepresentatives of
fisheriesemployersandworkers.
Article2THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COM­
MUNITIES ,
WhereasintheReport1ontheSituationintheSea
FishingIndustryinMemberStatesoftheEECand
BasicPrinciplesforaCommonPolicy,ChapterX:
'Basicprinciplesforacommonfisheriespolicy',
SectionF,'Socialpolicy',theCommissionprovided
forthesettingupofaJointAdvisoryCommittee
withthetaskofgivingitsviewstotheCommission
onallsocialquestionsaffectingbothsides,employers
andworkers,oftheseafishingindustry;
Whereas,inpoints19and20ofitsresolution
adoptedon25January1968onthebasicprinciples
foracommonfisheriespolicy,theEuropeanPar­
liamentrequestedthataJointAdvisoryCommittee
besetuponsocialquestionsarisinginthesea
fishingindustry;
Whereas,initsOpinionof7November1967,the
Commission forSocialAffairsandPublicHealthof
theEuropeanParliamentstressedthedesirability
ofsettingupaJointAdvisoryCommittee;
WhereastheEconomicandSocialCommittee,inits
Opinionof26January1967,referredunderpoint6
tovarioussocialquestionsaffectingthetwosides
oftheseafishingindustrywhichmakeitessential
thatconsultationsshouldbeheldbetweenrepresen­
tativesoffisheriesemployersandworkers;
Whereas,duringtheconsultationsbetweenthetwo
sidesofindustryheldon3and4November1966
onthesocialaspectsofacommonfisheriespolicy,
the'employersandworkersunanimouslyexpressed
thewishthataJointAdvisoryCommitteebeset
upassoonaspossible;
WhereasitisimportantthattheCommissionobtain
theviewsofthetwosidesofindustryonsocial
questionsarisinginseafisherieswhichconcernthem
assuchandthatthetwosidesdirectlyconcernedTheCommitteemaybeconsultedbytheCom­
missiononallsocialquestionsaffectingthetwo
sides,employersandworkers,oftheseafishing
industry.
TheChairmanandVice-Chairman actingjointlymay
drawtheattentionoftheCommission tothede­
sirabilityofconsultingtheCommitteeonanymatter
withinthelatter'scompetenceonwhichitsopinion
hasnotbeensought.Theyshalldosowherethe
requestforconsultation ismadebyonehalfofthe
membersoftheCommittee .
Article3
(a)TheCommitteeshallconsistoftwenty-fourfull
membersandtwenty-fouralternatemembers.
(b)SeatsontheCommitteeshallbeapportionedas
follows:
—toemployers,twelvefullmembersandtwelve
alternatemembers;
—toworkerstwelvefullmembersandtwelve
alternatemembers.1OJNo58,29.3.1967.

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shallbepresentonlyatthediscussionofthat
particularquestiononaccountofwhichtheywere
invited.(c)AlternatemembersshallattendCommitteemeet­
ingsandtakepartintheworkoftheCommittee
onlyintheeventoffullmembersbeingunable
todoso,exceptwhere,inpursuanceofArticle6,
theyareattendingasexperts.Article7
Article4 TheCommitteemaysetupworkingpartiestopre­
pare,onspecificquestionsorinspecificfields,draft
OpinionstobesubmittedtotheCommitteefor
consideration .Theseworkingpartiesshallconsistof
alimitednumberofmembersoralternatemembers.(a)MembersoftheCommitteeshallbeappointed
bytheCommissiononproposalsfromthe
followingorganisations setupatCommunity
leveltorepresentthevarioussectionsofthe
industry; Article8
Workers:
—CommitteeofITFUnionsintheEEC(ITF—
ICFTU);1.TheCommitteeandtheworkingpartiesshall
meetwhenconvenedbytheCommission .
2.Representatives oftheCommissiondepartments
concernedshalltakepartinthesemeetings.—EuropeanTransportCommittee (ETC—
IFCTU);
Employers: Article9
AnOpiniondeliveredbytheCommitteeshallnot
bevalidunlesstwothirdsofthefullmembersare
presentorrepresented .
TheCommissionmay,whenseekingtheOpinionof
theCommittee,setatimelimitwithinwhichsuch
Opinionshallbegiven.
Intheeventofunanimousagreementbeingreached
intheCommitteeontheOpiniontobegiventothe
CommissiontheCommitteeshallformulatejoint
conclusionsandattachthemtothereportofits
proceedingsforwardedtotheCommission .Other­
wisetheopinionsexpressedbyeachofthesides
representedshallbeincludedinthatreport.—AssociationofNationalOrganisations ofEEC.
FisheriesUndertakings (EUROPECHE );
—SpecialCommitteeofFisheryCo-operatives in
EECCountries(COGECA).
(b)ThelistofCommitteemembersshallbepublished
forinformationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .
(c)Thetermofofficeformembersandalternates
shallbethreeyears.Theirappointments may
berenewed.Thedutiesperformedshallbe
unremunerated .
Afterexpiryofthethreeyears,membersandalter­
natesshallremaininofficeuntilreplaced.
Intheeventofthedeathorresignationofamember
oralternate,orofhisceasingtobelongtothe
organisationwhichherepresents,heshallbere­
placedfortheremainderofhistermofoffice.Article10
Article5WithoutprejudicetotheprovisionsofArticle214
oftheTreaty,wheretheCommissionindicatesthat
theOpinionrequestedisonamatterofaconfidential
nature,personspresentatthemeetingsoftheCom­
mitteeandoftheworkingpartiesshallnotdisclose
informationwhichhascometotheirknowledge
throughtheworkoftheCommittee .Insuchcases
onlymembersoftheCommitteeandrepresentatives
oftheCommissiondepartmentsconcernedshall
attendthemeetings.TheCommitteeshall,byatwo-thirdsmajorityof
fullmemberspresentorrepresented,electaChair­
manandVice-Chairman eachyearfromamongits
members.TheChairmanandVice-Chairman may
notbothcomefromthesamesideoftheindustry;
theyshallbechosenalternatelyfromthetwosides
represented .Theyshallberesponsibleforrelations
withtheCommission .
TheCommissionshallprovidesecretarialservices
fortheCommitteeandfortheworkingparties.Article11
AfterhearingtheCommittee,thepresentDecision
maybeamendedinthelightofexperience . Article6
Attherequestofoneoftheorganisations rep­
resented,theChairmanmayinviteanalternate .
ofthecentralbodyoftheorganisationinquestion
toattendmeetings.Hemayalsorequestthepresence,
inanexpertcapacity,ofanypersonwithspecial
qualifications inasubjectontheagenda.ExpertsDoneatBrussels,7June1968
FortheCommission
ThePresident
JeanREY