No L 45/10 Official Journal of the European Communities 14. 2. 87 - ‘ COMMISSION DECISION of 7 January 1987 on the setting-up of an Advisory Committee on Poultrymeat (87/73/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Article 2 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 1. The Committee may be consulted by the Commission Economic Community, Whereas the Advisory Committee on Poultrymeat was set up by Commission Decision 73/419/EEC (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 Poultrymeat 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 poultrymeat; 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 Poultrymeat, hereinafter called the ’Committee’. 2.  The Committee shall be composed of representatives of the following interests: farmers, cooperatives, the processing and food-manufacturing industries, traders in agricultural produce and foodstuffs, agricultural workers and workers in the processing and food manufacturing industries, consumers. (1) O] No L 355, 24. 12. 1973, p. 34. (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 poultrymeat und 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 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 30 members. 2. Seats on the Committee shall be apportioned as follows: _ : — 15 to agricultural producers and cooperatives of the sector, — three to representatives of the poultry-slaughtering industry, — four to representatives of the poultry trade, including one to supermarkets, — four to representatives of agricultural workers and workers in the processing and food-manufacturing industries, — four 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 poultrymeat: 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.