2008/823/EC: Commission Decision of 22 October 2008 amending Decision 95/319/EC setting up a Committee of Senior Labour Inspectors (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2008-10-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European social policy, administrative cooperation, application of EU law, committee (EU), labour inspectorate, occupational safety

30.10.2008

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 288/5

(Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is not obligatory)

II

DECISIONS

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 22 October 2008

amending Decision 95/319/EC setting up a Committee of Senior Labour Inspectors

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/823/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

tatives of the national labour inspection services with a
mandate to carry out the tasks of the Committee.

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

By Decision 95/319/EC (1)
Committee of Senior Labour
referred to as ‘the Committee’.

the Commission set up a
Inspectors, hereinafter

Recent enlargements of the European Union have effec­
tively doubled the size of the Committee. The plenary
meetings now comprise 54 Committee members. In the
event of new enlargements this number will increase still
further.

To enable the Committee to fulfil its tasks and allow the
members of
the Committee to engage in a practical,
interactive exchange of experience and opinion, which
is not
the
number of members per Member State should be
reduced from two to one. The Member States should
be able to appoint an alternate member
to attend
meetings where the full member cannot be present.

feasible with such a large Committee,

(5)

(6)

Provision should be made for each member or alternate
member to be able to be accompanied by an expert at
Committee meetings. For practical reasons relating to
meeting organisation, notification of
such experts'
attendance should be given at least one month before
the Committee meeting concerned.

To facilitate the way working groups operate, it should
be possible for them to be chaired by an expert from a
national labour inspection service who is not a member
of the Committee.

(7)

Specific categories of observers should be able to attend
Committee meetings.

(8)

The Committee should adopt rules of procedure laying
down the practical arrangements for its work.

(9)

Decision 95/319/EC should be amended accordingly.

(4)

To guarantee the quality of
the Committee's work,
nominees for membership should be the senior represen­

(1) OJ L 188, 9.8.1995, p. 11.

(10)

This Decision should take effect on 1 January 2010, the
date on which a new term of office starts for members of
the Committee,

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HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

4. the following Article 9a is inserted:

Article 1

‘Article 9a

Decision 95/319/EC is amended as follows:

1. Article 5 is amended as follows:

(a) paragraphs 1 and 2 are replaced by the following:

The Committee shall comprise one full member

‘1.
per Member State.

One alternate member may be appointed for each full
the
member. An alternate member
Committee meetings only when the full member
is
unable to be present.

attend

shall

2.
Full and alternate members of the Committee shall
be appointed by the Commission on a proposal by the
Member State.

When submitting the names of their nominees to the
Commission, the Member States shall ensure that these
are the senior representatives of their labour inspection
services with a mandate to carry out the tasks of the
Committee.’;

(b) paragraph 5 is deleted;

2. Article 8 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 8

The Committee may, in accordance with the represen­
1.
tative of the Commission, invite any person with particular
competence in respect of an item on the agenda to take part
in its work.

2.
Each member or alternate member may be accom­
panied by an expert, provided that the member submits a
reasoned request to the chairman at least one month before
the relevant Committee meeting.’;

Neither members nor experts shall receive payment for their
work.’;

5.

in Article 10, the following paragraph 3 is added:

The following may attend meetings of the Committee

‘3.
as observers:

(a) a representative of the labour inspection service of each

EEA/EFTA state;

(b) the Director of
Health at Work;

the European Agency for Safety and

(c) a representative of the International Labour Organisa­

tion.’;

6. the following Article 11a is inserted:

‘Article 11a

The Committee shall adopt its rules of procedure, which
shall
lay down the practical arrangements for its work,
including the convening of meetings and the organisation
of working groups.’;

7.

in Article 12, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:

The Commission shall

‘2.
to the
Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic
and Social Committee and the Advisory Committee on
Safety and Health at Work.’

forward that report

This Decision shall take effect on 1 January 2010.

Article 2

3.

in Article 9, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:

Done at Brussels, 22 October 2008.

‘2. Working groups shall be chaired by a member of the
Committee or an expert of the labour inspection services of
the Member States, and shall consist of members of the
Committee and/or experts, as the case may be. Working
groups shall report to the Committee in plenary session.’;

For the Commission
Vladimír ŠPIDLA
Member of the Commission