14. 2. 87 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 45/65 COMMISSION DECISION of 7 January 1987 setting up the special Silkworm Section of the Advisory Committee on Flax and Hemp (87/92/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas the special Silkworm Section of the Advisory Committee on Flax and Hemp was set up by Commission Decision 74/72/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 Section 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 Silkworm Section of 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with the operation of the common organization of the market in silkworms; Whereas Article 7 of Decision 74/72/EEC, repealed by Decision 83/77/EEC, should be reinstated; Whereas all the occupations directly involved in the implementation of the market organization in question, and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 Silkworm Section of the Advisory Committee on Flax and Hem, hereinafter called the ‘Section’. (1) OJ No L 52, 23.2. 1974, p. 15. (3) OJ No L 51, 24. 2. 1983, p. 34. 2. TheSection shall be composed of representatives of the following interests: silkworm rearers and cooperatives, the silk industry, the silk trade, workers in the sectors concerned and consumers, Article 2 1. The Section may be consulted by the Commission on any problem concerning the operation of the Regulation laying down special measures to encourage silkworm rearing and in particular on measures to be adopted by the Commission under that Regulation. 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. Aricle 3 1. The Committee shall consist of 14 members. 2. Seats on the Committee shall be apportioned as follows: — seven to agricultural producers and cooperatives in the sector, — two to representative of the silk industry, — one to a representative of the silk trade, — two to representatives of agricultural workers and of workers in the silk industry, — two 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 special measures to encourage silkworm rearing. Consumers’ representatives shall be appointed on proposals from the Consumers’ Advisory Committee.