No L 45/34 Official Journal of the European Communities 14. 2. 87 COMMISSION DECISION of 7 January 1987 on the setting-up of an Advisory Committee on Hops (87/81/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas the Advisory Committee on Hops was set up by Commission Decision 72/286/EEC ('), as last amended by Decision 86/56/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 Hops 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 hops; 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 Hops, hereinafter called the ‘Committee’. 2. The Committee shall be composed of representatives of the following interests: growers, cooperatives, the processing and food-manufacturing industries, traders in agricultural produce, agricultural workers, and workers in the brewing and hop-processing industries, consumers. (1) O No L 179, 7. 8.1972, p. 13. (2) OJ NoL 68, 11. 3. 1986, p. 19. Article 2 1. The Committee may be consulted by the Commission on any problem concerning the operation of Regulations on the common organization of the market in hops and in particular on measures to be adopted 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. 3. In respect of problems relating to the provisions referred to in Article 6 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71 () the Commission may, acting through the joint working party provided for in Article S5 of this Decision, consult only the representatives of hop growers and the representatives of the hop trade of the brewing industry. Article 3 " 1. The Committee shall consist of 32 members. 2. Seats on the Committee shall be apportioned as follows: — 16 to agricultural producers and cooperatives in the sector, — five to representatives of the brewing industry, — five to representatives of the hop trade, including the hop-processing industry, — three to representatives of agricultural workers and of workers in the brewing and hop-processing 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) and whose activities come within the scope of the common organization of the market in hops; consumers’ representatives shall be appointed on proposals from the Consumers’ Advisory Committee. (*) Of No L 175, 4. 8.1971, p. 1.