/ 6. 9. 88 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 247/23 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION DECISION : ~ of 24 June 1988 setting up a Consultative Council of Regional and Local Authorities (88/487/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, . Whereas it is necessary for regional and local authorities to be more closely involved in the formulation and implementation of Community regional policy, which includes the regional and local implications -of the other Community policies ; Whereas it is necessary, to that end, for the Commission to be able to consult the regional and local authorities in a body open to all levels of local government in the Member States ; Whereas the European Parliament, in its resolution of 13 April 1984 (), asked the Commission to make its relations - with representatives of regional and local authorities official,  HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: Article 1 A consultative committee, to be called ‘the Consultative Council of Regional and Local Authorities’, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Consultative Council’, attached to the -Commission, is hereby set up. Article 2 The Consultative Council may be consulted by the Commission on any matter relating to regional () OJ No C 127, 14. 5. 1984, p. 240. development and in particular to the formulation and implementation of Community regional policy, which includes the regional and local implications of the other Community policies. Article 3 1. The Consultative Council shall consist of 42 members holding elected office at regional or local level. They shall be appointed in a personal capacity. Half of them shall be appointed for their special expertise and experience in dealing with problems of regional development and the other half for their expert knowledge and experience of development problems facing municipalities and ‘intermediate’ administrative areas (‘départements’, ‘Kreise’, ‘nomos’, etc.). 2. The members of the Consultative Council shall be appointed by the Commission for a period of three years on a joint proposal from the Assembly of Regions in Europe, the International Union of Local Authorities and the Council of European Municipalities and Regions. Seats shall be allocated as shown in the Annex. The terms of office of members may be renewed. 3. Alternates shall be appointed for each for “the members of the Consultative Council in the same manner - as specified in paragraphs 1 and 2. Alternates shall attend meetings only if the members for whom they deputize are prevented from doing so. 4. The list of members and alternates shall' be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities for information. S..  Duties carried out in connection with the Consul- tative Council shall not be remunerated.