97/247/EC: Commission Decision of 4 April 1997 on setting up a special aquaculture section of the Advisory Committee on Fisheries

COMMISSION DECISION of 4 April 1997 on setting up a special aquaculture section of the Advisory Committee on Fisheries (97/247/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Whereas it is important to seek the views of the trade and of consumers on various aspects of a Community system for fisheries and aquaculture, in the aquaculture sector;
Whereas an Advisory Committee on Fisheries was set up in the fisheries sector by Commission Decision 71/128/EEC (1), which text has last been replaced by Decision 89/4/EEC (2);
Whereas in view of the development of the aquaculture industry, of its economic importance and of certain of its special features, a special aquaculture section of the Advisory Committee on Fisheries should be set up to improve opportunities for consulting the industry;
Whereas, in order to ensure that consultation in the fisheries and aquaculture sector is coordinated, the section should be chaired by the chairman of the Advisory Committee on Fisheries, and joint meetings of the Advisory Committee of Fisheries and the special aquaculture section should be organized whenever necessary,