14. 2. 87 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 45/7 COMMISSION DECISION of 7 January 1987 on the special Rice Section of the Advisory Committee on Cereals (87/72/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas the special Rice Section of the Advisory Committee on Cereals was set up by Commission Decision 64/436/EEC ('), as last amended by Decision 83/77/EEC (3); 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 special Rice Section of the Advisory Committee on Cereals 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 rice; 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 a special Rice Section of the Advisory Committee on Cereals; hereinafter called the ‘Section’. 2. TheSection shall be composed of representatives of the following interests: growers, cooperatives, the processing and food-manufacturing industries, traders in agricultural (1) OJ No 122,29.7. 1964, p. 2051/64. (?) O No L 51, 24.2. 1983, p. 34. produce and foodstuffs, agricultural workers and workers in the processing and food-manufacturing industries, consumers. Article 2 1. The Section may be consulted by the Commission on any problem concerning the operation of Regulations on the - common organization of the market in rice and in particular on measures to be adopted by the Commission under those Regulations. 2. The chairman of the Section may indicate to the Commission the desirability of consulting the Section 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. Article 3 1. The Section shall consist of 28 members. 2. Seats shall be apportioned as follows: — 14 to rice growers and cooperatives of the sector, — three to representatives of the rice-milling industries, — one to a representative of the industries using rice and broken rice, — three to representatives of the wholesale rice trade, — four to representatives of agricultural workers and of workers in the food-manufacturing industry, — three to consumers’ representatives. Article 4 1. Members of the Section 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 rice; 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.