81/376/EEC: Commission Decision of 15 May 1981 setting up an Advisory Committee on Sheepmeat and Goatmeat
Official Journal L 145 , 03/06/1981 P. 0026 - 0027
Spanish special edition: Chapter 03 Volume 22 P. 0018
Portuguese special edition Chapter 03 Volume 22 P. 0018
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COMMISSION DECISION
OF 15 MAY 1981
SETTING UP AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON SHEEPMEAT AND GOATMEAT
( 81/376/EEC )
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,
WHEREAS COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1837/80 ( 1 ) INSTITUTED A COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN SHEEPMEAT AND GOATMEAT ;
WHEREAS IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMISSION TO OBTAIN THE OPINIONS OF THE VARIOUS PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS CONCERNED AND OF CONSUMERS ON ANY DIFFICULTIES THAT MAY ARISE IN THE APPLICATION OF THIS REGULATION ;
WHEREAS THE VARIOUS PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS OF FARMERS , OF PROCESSORS AND MANUFACTURERS , OF TRADERS AND OF WORKERS AND THE CONSUMERS' ORGANIZATIONS IN THE MEMBER STATES HAVE SET UP ORGANIZATIONS TO REPRESENT THEM AT COMMUNITY LEVEL ,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
ARTICLE 1
1 . THERE SHALL BE ATTACHED TO THE COMMISSION AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON SHEEPMEAT AND GOATMEAT , HEREINAFTER CALLED " THE COMMITTEE " .
2 . THE COMMITTEE SHALL BE COMPOSED OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE FOLLOWING INTERESTS : FARMERS , COOPERATIVES , THE PROCESSING AND FOOD-MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES , TRADERS IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE AND FOODSTUFFS , AGRICULTURAL WORKERS AND WORKERS IN THE PROCESSING AND FOODMANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES , CONSUMERS .
ARTICLE 2
1 . THE COMMITTEE MAY BE CONSULTED BY THE COMMISSION ON ANY PROBLEM CONCERNING THE OPERATION OF THE REGULATIONS ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN SHEEPMEAT AND GOATMEAT AND IN PARTICULAR ON MEASURES TO BE ADOPTED BY THE COMMISSION UNDER THOSE REGULATIONS .
2 . THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE MAY INDICATE TO THE COMMISSION THE DESIRABILITY OF CONSULTING THE COMMITTEE ON ANY MATTER WITHIN THE LATTER'S COMPETENCE ON WHICH ITS OPINION HAS NOT BEEN SOUGHT .
HE SHALL DO SO IN PARTICULAR AT THE REQUEST OF ANY OF THE INTERESTS REPRESENTED .
ARTICLE 3
1 . THE COMMITTEE SHALL CONSIST OF 28 MEMBERS .
2 . SEATS ON THE COMMITTEE SHALL BE APPORTIONED AS FOLLOWS :
( A ) NINE TO SHEEP FARMERS ;
( B ) FIVE TO LIVESTOCK AND MEAT COOPERATIVES AND PROCESSING COOPERATIVES ;
( C ) ONE TO THE MEAT INDUSTRY ;
( D ) TWO TO THE LIVESTOCK TRADE ;
( E ) TWO TO THE WHOLESALE MEAT TRADE ;
( F ) TWO TO THE MEAT DISTRIBUTION TRADE ;
( G ) THREE TO AGRICULTURAL WORKERS AND WORKERS IN THE PROCESSING AND FOOD-MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES ;
( H ) FOUR TO CONSUMERS .
ARTICLE 4
1 . MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE COMMISSION ON PROPOSALS FROM THE PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS SET UP AT COMMUNITY LEVEL WHICH ARE MOST REPRESENTATIVE OF THE INTERESTS SPECIFIED IN ARTICLE 1 ( 2 ) AND WHOSE ACTIVITIES COME WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE