Article 1
The Commission hereby sets up an Advisory Committee on the control and reduction of pollution caused by hydrocarbons discharged at sea, hereinafter referred to as "the Committee".
80/686/EEC: Commission Decision of 25 June 1980 setting up an Advisory Committee on the control and reduction of pollution caused by hydrocarbons discharged at sea
80/686/EEC: Commission Decision of 25 June 1980 setting up an Advisory Committee on the control and reduction of pollution caused by hydrocarbons discharged at sea
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Article 2
The terms of reference of the Committee shall be as follows: 1. to advise the Commission, at the request of the latter or on its own initiative, on all problems concerning the implementation of Community measures for the control and reduction of pollution caused by hydrocarbons discharged at sea; 2. to allow the collection of existing information and experience gained in the Member States, on ways of controlling and reducing pollution caused by hydrocarbons discharged at sea, thus facilitating the coordination of measures taken or planned at national, international or Community level.
Article 3
1. The Committee shall consist of government experts with specialist knowledge of the areas referred to in Article 2 (three representatives per Member State). 2. Committee members shall be chosen by the Commission on the basis of nominations by the Member States. 3. Representatives of the departments of the Commission concerned shall take part in the meetings of the Committee.
Article 4
An alternate shall be appointed by each Committee member. Without prejudice to Article 9, an alternate shall attend Committee meetings and take part in the work of the Committee only if the full member in question is prevented from attending. (1)OJ No C 112, 20.12.1973, p. 1. (2)OJ No C 139, 13.6.1977, p. 1. (3)OJ No C 162, 8.7.1978, p. 1.
Article 5
The Commission shall publish the membership list in the Official Journal of the European Communities as a matter of information.
Article 6
The Committee shall be chaired by a Commission representative.
Article 7
The Committee shall elect six vice-chairmen from among its members. It shall set up a bureau consisting of the chairman and the vice-chairmen.
Article 8
The departments of the Commission shall provide the secretariat of the Committee and of the bureau.
Article 9
The chairman may invite any person with expert knowledge of a subject on the agenda to take part in the work of the Committee. Experts shall only take part in the discussions on the matter concerning which they have been invited to attend.
Article 10
The Committee shall draw up its rules of procedure.
Article 11
Without prejudice to Article 214 of the Treaty, Committee members shall be required not to disclose any information which has been acquired by them in the course of the work of the Committee or of the bureau where the Commission informs them that the opinion requested or the question raised concerns a confidential matter. In such cases, only Committee members and Commission representatives shall be present at the meetings in question.
Article 12
This Decision shall enter into force on 25 June 1980. Done at Brussels, 25 June 1980. For the Commission Lorenzo NATALI Vice-President
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