No L 45/16 Official Journal of the European Communities 14, 2. 87 COMMISSION DECISION of 7 January 1987 on the setting-up of an Advisory Committee on Sugar (87/75/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas the Advisory Committee on Sugar was set up by Commission Decision 69/146/EEC ('), as last amended by Decision 86/57/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 Sugar 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 sugar; 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 alle the Member States, HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: Article 1 1.  Thereshall be attached to the Commission an Advisory Committee on Sugar, 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 and food-stuffs, agricultural workers and workers in the processing and food-manufacturing industries, consumers. (1) O] No L 122, 22. 5. 1969, p. 2. (2) O] No L 68, 11. 3. 1986, p. 20. 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 sugar 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: (a) contracts for the supply of sugar beet, (b) payment for sugar beet and sugar cane, (c) disposal of sugar surpluses, (d) arrangements to offset storage costs for sugar, (e) the allocation of quotas particularly in the event of mergers between undertakings, the Commission may, acting through the joint working party provided for in Article 5 of this Decision, consult only the representatives of beet and cane growers and the representatives of sugar manufacturers. Article 3 1. The Committee shall consist of 52 members. 2.  Seats on the Committee shall be apportioned as follows: — 26 to sugar growers and cooperatives of the sector, — 13 to the industries producing sugar and isoglucose and to the industries using sugar, of which: — seven to sugar manufacturers, — one to isoglucose producers, — one to the sugar-refining industry, — four to the industries using sugar, — three to the sugar and molasses trade, — five agricultural and food-industry workers, — five to consumers’ representatives.