86/565/EEC: Commission Decision of 19 November 1986 amending Decision 73/351/EEC setting up an Advisory Committee on Customs Matters

COMMISSION  DECISION
of 19 November 1986
amending Decision 73/351/EEC setting up an Advisory Committee on Customs Matters
(86/565/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Whereas, in order to gather the opinions of professional and consumer circles on problems arising from the operation of the customs union, the Commission set up an Advisory Committee on Customs Matters by its Decision 73/351/EEC (1), as last amended by Decision 83/111/EEC (2);
Whereas it is necessary, in view of the accession of Spain and Portugal, to assure the representative nature of this Committee by increasing by two the number of its members;
Whereas, by the nature of its professional activities, the category of customs agents (including specialized transport carriers) is particularly well qualified to contribute to the smooth functioning of the Committee; whereas it is consequently desirable to attribute the two supplementary seats to this category,