CELEX: 31968D0252
Language: en
Date: 1968-06-07 00:00:00
Title: 68/252/EEC: Commission Decision of 7 June 1968 setting up a Joint Advisory Committee on Social Questions arising in the Sea Fishing Industry

Official Journal of the European Communities                                 125
  14.6.68                             Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 132/9
                                                COMMISSION DECISION
                                                      of 7 June 1968
                       setting up a Joint Advisory Committee on Social Questions arising in the
                                                   Sea Fishing Industry
                                                       (68/252/EEC)
THE      COMMISSION         OF THE    EUROPEAN      COM­          with such questions should be able to take part in
MUNITIES ,                                                        formulating the Opinions on these matters requested
                                                                  by the Commission;
Whereas in the Report1 on the Situation in the Sea               Whereas the various representative bodies in the sea
 Fishing Industry in Member States of the EEC and                fishing industry have set up organisations at Com­
Basic Principles for a Common Policy, Chapter X :                munity level ;
 'Basic principles for a common fisheries policy',
Section F, 'Social policy', the Commission provided
for the setting up of a Joint Advisory Committee                 HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
with the task of giving its views to the Commission
on all social questions affecting both sides, employers
and workers, of the sea fishing industry ;                                               Article 1
                                                                 1 . There shall be attached to the Commission a Com­
Whereas, in points 19 and 20 of its resolution
adopted on 25 January 1968 on the basic principles               mittee called the 'Joint Advisory Committee on
for a common fisheries policy, the European Par­                 Social Questions arising in the Sea Fishing Industry'.
liament requested that a Joint Advisory Committee                2 . The Committee shall consist of representatives of
be set up on social questions arising in the sea                 fisheries employers and workers .
fishing industry ;
                                                                                         Article 2
Whereas, in its Opinion of 7 November 1967, the
 Commission for Social Affairs and Public Health of              The Committee may be consulted by the Com­
the European Parliament stressed the desirability                mission on all social questions affecting the two
of setting up a Joint Advisory Committee ;                       sides, employers and workers, of the sea fishing
                                                                 industry.
Whereas the Economic and Social Committee, in its
 Opinion of 26 January 1967, referred under point 6              The Chairman and Vice-Chairman acting jointly may
to various social questions affecting the two sides              draw the attention of the Commission to the de­
of the sea fishing industry which make it essential              sirability of consulting the Committee on any matter
that consultations should be held between represen­              within the latter's competence on which its opinion
 tatives of fisheries employers and workers ;                    has not been sought. They shall do so where the
                                                                 request for consultation is made by one half of the
Whereas, during the consultations between the two                members of the Committee.
sides of industry held on 3 and 4 November 1966
on the social aspects of a common fisheries policy,                                      Article 3
the ' employers and workers unanimously expressed
the wish that a Joint Advisory Committee be set                  ( a) The Committee shall consist of twenty-four full
 up as soon as possible;                                              members and twenty-four alternate members .
Whereas it is important that the Commission obtain               ( b) Seats on the Committee shall be apportioned as
the views of the two sides of industry on social                      follows :
questions arising in sea fisheries which concern them                 — to employers, twelve full members and twelve
as such and that the two sides directly concerned                         alternate members ;
                                                                      — to workers twelve full members and twelve
1 OJ No 58 , 29.3.1967.                                                   alternate members .
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  (c) Alternate members shall attend Committee meet­              shall be present only at the discussion of that
       ings and take part in the work of the Committee            particular question on account of which they were
       only in the event of full members being unable             invited .
       to do so, except where, in pursuance of Article 6,
                                                                                           Article 7
       they are attending as experts .
                           Article 4                              The Committee may set up working parties to pre­
                                                                  pare, on specific questions or in specific fields, draft
  (a) Members of the Committee shall be appointed                 Opinions to be submitted to the Committee for
       by the Commission on proposals from the                    consideration. These working parties shall consist of
       following organisations set up at Community                a limited number of members or alternate members .
       level to represent the various sections of the
       industry ;                                                                          Article 8
       Workers:
                                                                  1 . The Committee and the working parties shall
       — Committee of ITF Unions in the EEC (ITF —                meet when convened by the Commission .
           ICFTU);
       — European Transport Committee ( ETC —                    2. Representatives of the Commission departments
           IFCTU);                                                concerned shall take part in these meetings .
       Employers:                                                                         Article 9
       — Association of National Organisations of EEC .
           Fisheries Undertakings (EUROPECHE);                   An Opinion delivered by the Committee shall not
                                                                 be valid unless two thirds of the full members are
       — Special Committee of Fishery Co-operatives in
           EEC Countries ( COGECA).                              present or represented.
 ( b ) The list of Committee members shall be published          The Commission may, when seeking the Opinion of
       for information in the Official Journal of the            the Committee, set a time limit within which such
       European Communities .                                     Opinion shall be given .
 (c) The term of office for members and alternates               In the event of unanimous agreement being reached
       shall be three years . Their appointments may             in the Committee on the Opinion to be given to the
       be renewed. The duties performed shall be                 Commission the Committee shall formulate joint
       unremunerated.                                            conclusions and attach them to the report of its
 After expiry of the three years, members and alter­             proceedings forwarded to the Commission. Other­
 nates shall remain in office until replaced.                    wise the opinions expressed by each of the sides
                                                                 represented shall be included in that report.
 In the event of the death or resignation of a member
 or alternate, or of his ceasing to belong to the
                                                                                        Article 10
 organisation which he represents, he shall be re­
 placed for the remainder of his term of office.                 Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 214
                          Article 5                              of the Treaty, where the Commission indicates that
                                                                 the Opinion requested is on a matter of a confidential
The Committee shall, by a two-thirds majority of                 nature, persons present at the meetings of the Com­
full members present or represented, elect a Chair­              mittee and of the working parties shall not disclose
 man and Vice-Chairman each year from among its                  information which has come to their knowledge
members. The Chairman and Vice-Chairman may                      through the work of the Committee. In such cases
not both come from the same side of the industry;                only members of the Committee and representatives
they shall be chosen alternately from the two sides              of the Commission departments concerned shall
represented. They shall be responsible for relations             attend the meetings .
with the Commission .
The Commission shall provide secretarial services                                       Article 11
for the Committee and for the working parties.                   After hearing the Committee, the present Decision
                          Article 6                              may be amended in the light of experience.
At the request of one of the organisations rep­
resented, the Chairman may invite an alternate .                 Done at Brussels, 7 June 1968
of the central body of the organisation in question
to attend meetings . He may also request the presence,                                           For the Commission
in an expert capacity, of any person with special                                                    The President
qualifications in a subject on the agenda. Experts                                                     Jean REY