14. 2. 87 THE COMMISSION bF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Official Journal of the European Communities No L 45/31 COMMISSION DECISION of 7 January 1987 on the setting-up of an Advisory Committee on Wine (87/80/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 Wine was set up by the Commission Decision of 18 July 1962 (1), 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 Committee 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 Wine 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 wine; 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 There shall be attached to the Commission an Advisory Committee on Wine, hereinafter called the ‘Committee’. 2. The Committee shall be composed of representatives of the following interests: growers, cooperatives, the wine-making and processing industries, the wine trade, agricultural workers and workers in the wine industry, consumers. (1) OJ No 72,'8. 8. 1962, p. 2034/62. (%) 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 wine and in particular on measures to be adopted by the Commission 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 but on which its opinion has not been sought. He shall do so, in particular, at the request of one of the interests represented: Article 3 1. The Committee shall consist of 48 members. 2. Seats on the Committee shall be apportioned as follows: — 24 to agricultural producers and cooperatives in the sector, — seven to representatives of the wine trade, — five to representatives of the wine-processing industries, ~— six to representatives of agricultural workers and of workers in the wine industry, — six to consumers’ representatives. Article 4 1.  Members of the Committee shall be appointed by the Commission on proposals from the trade workers’ organizations set up at Community level which are most representative of the interests specified in Article 1 (2) and whose activities come within the scope of the common organization of the market in wine; consumers’ representatives shall be appointed on proposals from the Consumers’ Advisory Committee. Those bodies shall for each seat to be filled put forward the names fo two candidates of different nationality. 2. The term of office for members of the Committee shall be three years. Their appointments may be renewed. Members shall not be remunerated for their services.