L 187/70 Official Journal of the European Communities 20.7.1999 COMMISSION DECISION of 14 July 1999 renewing the Advisory Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture (notified under document number C(1999) 2042) (1999/478/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, (1)  Whereas it is important for the Commission to obtain the reactions of the interests concerned on the questions raised by the establishment of a common fisheries policy (CFP); (2)  Whereas an advisory committee (ACF) was created in the fisheries sector by Commission Decision 71/128[EEC () the text of which as last replaced by Decision 89[4[EEC (), as amended by Decision 97/246[EC (); (3)  Whereas it appears opportune to widen, within the framework of the ACF, the dialogue on the development and management of the CFP to all parties concerned, in particular to the aquaculture sector and non-profes- sionnal organisations; whereas for this purpose it is necessary to re-examine the structure of the Committee; (4)  Whereas, in order to encourage the formulation of analyses and of joint positions on the CFP, it is useful to invite the members of ACF to deal first of all with questions of concern to them; (5)  Whereas in the interests of efficiency it is necessary to limit the number of members of the Committee; (6)  Whereas it is useful to improve the dialogue by means of a better link between the plenary committee, assigned to direct the work of the Committee and to express opinions, and the working groups charged with preparing these opinions; (7)  Whereas the mandate of the members of the Committee expires on 31 July 1999 at the end of a transitional period set for the reform of the aforementioned Committee and that it is therefore appropriate to amend the text of the Decision in the sense indicated above; (8)  Whereas in the interests of clarity the text of Decision 71/128/EEC should be replaced, () O] L 68, 22.3.1971, p. 18. () O] L 5, 7.1.1989, p. 33. () O] L 97, 12.4.1997, p. 27. HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: Article 1 1.  An Advisory Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture is set up within the Commission, made up of one plenary committee hereafter referred to as ‘the Committee’ and four working groups referred to in Article 7. 2. The Committee is composed of representatives of the following interests: professional organisations representing the producer companies, the processing industry and traders in fishery and aquaculture products and non-professional organ- isations representing the interests of consumers, the environ- ment and development. 3. Experts of the fisheries sector representing scientific andfor economic bodies, banking and first point-of-sale are represented in the groups defined in Article 7. Article 2 The Committee may be consulted by the Commission on or take up, at the initiative of its chairman or at the request of one or more of its members, questions concerning the rules of the common fisheries policy and in particular measures that the Commission may take in the framework of such rules as well as economic and social questions in the fisheries sector, apart from those which concern, as social partners, employers and workers. Article 3 The committee is composed of 20 members hereafter referred to as ‘the members’. 1. One seat is allotted to each of the 11 following interests, numbered from (1) to (11). For each of these 11 seats a full member and a deputy member is foreseen: Professional organisations: Fishing companies: 1) private shipowners 2) co-operative shipowners 3) producers organisations