7.1. 89 k Official Journal of the European Communities No L 5/33 COMMISSION DECISION of 21 Degember 1988 on the Advisory Committee on Fisheries (89/4/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas an Advisory Committee on fisheries was set up by Commission Decision 71/128/EEC of 25 February 1971 ('), which text has been replaced by Decision 73/429/EEC of 31 October 1973 (%); Whereas it is considered desirable, as a result of the accession of new Member States to the Community, to alter the rules fixing the apportionment of seats on this ' committee ; Whereas, moreover, the text of the abovementioned Decision requires certain minor alterations and it is therefore necessary for the sake of clarity to produce a completely new version of the text, HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: Article 1 The text of Decision 73/429/EEC setting up an Advisory Committee of Fisheries is replaced as follows : Article 1 1. There shall be attached to the Commission an Advisory Committee on Fisheries, hereinafter called the ‘Committee’. 2. The Committee shall be composed of represen- tatives of the following interests: producers and cooperatives in the fishing industry, credit institutions involved in fisheries, trade in fishery products, the " fishery products industries, and the fishing and fishery products industries consumers. Article 2 1. The Committee may be consulted by the Commission on any problem concerning the operation of Regulations relating to the common fisheries policy and in particular on measures to be adopted by the Commission under those Regulations and also on all social problems arising in the industry, with the exception of industrial disputes. 2. The chairman of the Committee may indicate to the Commission the desirabilty 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. () OJ No L 68, 22. 3. 1971, p. 18. () OJ No L 355, 24. 12. 1973, p. 61. Article 3 1. The Committee shall consist of 45 members. 2.  Seats on the Committee shall be apportioned as follows : ' — 21 to represeﬁtatives of producters of fishery products, — three to representatives of fisheries cooperatives, — one to a representative of commercial banks financing maritime activities (Banques commer- ciales pour les activités maritimes), — two to representatives of specialized cooperative credit institutions, . — five to representatives of the trade in fishery products, ' — five to representatives of the fishery industries, — five to representatives of workers in the fishing and fishery products industries, — three 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); 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 of 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. After expiry of the three years members of the Committee shall remain in office until they are replaced or until their appointments are renewed. A member’s term of office may be terminated before expiry of the three years by death or resignation. It may also be terminated where the body-which the member represents requests that he be replaced. A person shall be appointed, in accordance with the procedure laid down in paragraph 1, to replace such member for the remainder of the term of office. 3. A list of the members of the Commission shall be published by the Commission for information purposes, in the Official Journal of the European Commaunities.