14. 2. 87 No L 45/59 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Official Journal of the European Communities COMMISSION DECISION of 7 January 1987 on the setting-up of an Advisory Committee on Flax and Hemp (87/90/EEC) Article 2 1. The Committee may be consulted by the Commission Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas the Advisory Committee on Flax and Hemp was set up by Commission Decision 71/32/EEC ('), as last amended by Decision 83/77/EEC (2); Whereas, following the accession of new Member States to the Community, the number of seats on the Commirtee should be increased and they should be reallocated; whereas the procedure for the replacement of members should also be adjusted; Whereas the provisions concerning the Advisory Committee on Flax and Hemp have been amended several times and have therefore become difficult to apply; whereas they should therefore be consolidated; Whereas the Commission should seek the views of producers, traders and consumers on matters arising in connection with the operation of the common organization of the market in flax and hemp; Whereas all the occupations directly involved in the implementation of the market organization in question, and also consumers, must have an opportunity to participate in the drafting of the opinions requested by the Commission; Whereas the trade associations concerned and the consumer groups in the Member States have set up organizations at Community level which are in a position to represent those concerned in all the Member States, HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: Article 1 1. Thereshall be attached to the Commission an Advisory ‘ Committee on Flax and Hemp, hereinafter called the ‘Committee’. 2. The Committee shall be composed of representatives of the following interests: growers, cooperatives, the flax and hemp industry, traders, workers in the relevant agricultural and industrial sectors and consumers. (1) OJ No L 14, 18. 1. 1971, p. 11. (2) O] No L 51, 24. 2. 1983, p. 34, on any problem concerning the operation of Regulations on . the common organization of the market in flax and hemp and in particular on measures to be adopted under those Regulations. 2. The chairman of the Committee may indicate to the Commission the desirability of consulting the Committee on any matter within the latter’s competence on which its opinion has not been sought. He shall do so, in particular, at the request of one of the interests represented. 3. In respect of problems relating to the provisions referred to in Article 6 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1308/70 (*) the Commission may, acting through the joint working party provided for in Article 5 of this Decision, consult only the representatives of flax and hemp growers and the representatives of the flax retting and scutching industries and the hemp-using industries. Artide 3 1.  The Committee shall consist of 40 members. 2. Seats on the Committee shall be apportioned as follows: — 20 to agricultural producers and cooperatives in the sector, — four to representatives of the retting and scutching industry, — six to representatives of the flax- and hemp-using industries, of whom: ’ — three shall represent the flax and hemp spinning industry, — one shall present the flax-using industries other than the spinning industry, — one shall represent the hemp-using industries other than the spinning industry, — one shall represent the linseed oil industry, — two to a representative of the flax and hemp trade, — four to representatives of agricultural and industrial workers in this sector, — four to consumers’ representatives. Article 4 1. Members of the Committee shall be appointed by the Commission on proposals from the trade workers’ (1) OJ No L 146, 4.7. 1970, p. 1.