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COORDINATION OFTHEPOSITIONOFMEMBERSTATES
INRESPECTOFTHECONVENTIONOFTHECOUNCIL\//OFEUROPECONCERNING THEPROTECTION;^ANIMALS
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KEPTFORFARMINGPURPOSES
(Communication fromtheCommission totheCouncil)
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
TheEuropeanConventionfortheProtectionofAnimalskeptforFarming
Purposes,concludedundertheauspicesoftheCouncilofEurope,was
approvedonbehalfoftheEuropeanEconomicCommunitybytheCouncil
(Decision78/923/EEC)(1).
Article8oftheConventionprovidedforthesetting-upofaStanding
Committeechargedwithworkingoutdetailedrulesforthepurposesof
applyingthisConvention .
SincetheCommunityisnotyetacontractingpartytotheConvention,
owingtothefactthatithasnotsubmittedtheinstruments ofaccession,
itisallowedmerelyobserverstatuswithoutvotingrights.However,
fourMemberStates(Germany,France,Luxembourg andtheUnitedKingdom)
arealreadyinapositiontotakepartinthevotingofthisCommittee
onwhichtheyrepresent,inanycase,themajorityofthevotes.
ItisthereforenecessarytocoordinatethepositionoftheMemberStates
forthenextmeetingofthe.StandingCommittee,especiallysincethis
Committeewilldealwiththeinclusioninitsrulesofprocedureofa
clauseallowingtheEECtotakepartinthevotingwhentheEEChasbecome
acontractingpartytotheConvention.
(1)O.J.NoL323of17.11.1978,p.12

COMMUNICATION FROMTHECOMMISSION TOTHECOUNCIL
Subject:Coordination ofthepositionofMemberStatesin
respectoftheConventionoftheCouncilofEurope
concerningtheprotectionofanimalskeptforfarming
purposes.
A.ByDecision78/923/EECof19thJune1978IheCouncilapprovedtheEuropean
Conventionfortheprotectionofanimalskeptfo,rfarmingpurposesonbehalf
oftheCommunityastheConventionalreadyincludesclausesenablingthe
Communitytobecomeacontracting party.
Article8oftheConventionprovidesfortheestablishment ofaStanding
Committeetoberesponsible fortheelaboration andadoptionofrecommendations
tothecontractingpartiesforthedetailedapplication oftheConvention.
TheStandingCommitteehasnowbeenset-upandatpresentiscomposedof
representatives withvotingrights,namelyFrance,Germany,Cyprus,Sweden,
LuxembourgandUnitedKingdom,theremainderoftheMemberStatesoftheCouncil
ofEuropeandtheEECatpresentonlyhavingtheobserverstatus.
InaccordancewithArticle8,paragraph6oftheConventiontheCommitteeis
intheprocessofestablishing internalrulesforitsactivities.
AsthequestiondirectlyinvolvestheCommunityandisoneofCommunity
competenceitisnecessarytocoordinatethepositionsofMemberStatesfor
thenextmeetingonthissubject,whetherMemberStatesbecontractingparties
orobservers.
B,TheCommissionhasstudiedtheinternalrulesandproposesthat:
-theCouncilagreesthatMemberStatesshallrequestmodificationoftrie
textinaccordancewiththeAnnex,theCommissionbeinginprinciplethe
spokesmanfortheCommunities;
-onthespotcoordinationshalltakeplaceifnecessary.
O.J.NoL323of17.11.1978,p.12

ANNEX
ThetextofthenewArticletobeaddedtotheRulesofProcedureofthe
StandingCommitteeoftheEuropeanConventionfortheprotectionofanimals
keptforfarmingpurposes :
"Withinitscompetences,theEuropeanEconomicCommunityisentitledtoa
numberofvotesequaltothenumberofitsMemberStateswhichare
ContractingPartiestothepresentConvention.
TheEuropeanEconomicCommunityshallnotexerciseitsrighttovotein
caseswhereitsMemberStatesexercisetheirsandconversely."