HC Deb 31 January 1978 vol 943 cc127-8W
Mr. Marten

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the management committees which have been set up within the EEC Commission whereby the Commission can make regulations instead of the Council of Ministers, stating the subject which each committee covers; whether any further management committees are envisaged; whether they take decisions on a qualified majority; and how their proposals came before the Select Committee on European Legislation.

Mr. Judd,

pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 25th January 1978; Vol. 942, c. 678], gave the following information:

Management committees have been established for each agricultural sector in which a Common Market organisation exists. A list of them is set out below. Three Commission proposals for new market organisations for sheepmeat, potatoes and alcohol include provision for a management committee structure. The powers of each management committee are set out in the regulations creating the market organisation. The relevant Official Journal references are also set out below. Management committee opinions are adopted by qualified majority voting. The committees are, in effect advisory committees which nevertheless enable member States to play a role in the management of Community business which has been delegated to the Commission. The instruments made by the Commission, with which these committees deal, are not subject to scrutiny arrangements.

  • Management Committee for Cereals
  • OJ No. 117 of 19th June 1967
  • Management Committee for Pigmeat
  • OJ No. 117 of 19th June 1967
  • Management Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs
  • OJ No. 117 of 19th June 1967
  • Management Committee for Fruit and Vegetables
  • OJ No. 118 of 20th May 1972
  • Management Committee for Wine
  • OJ No. 30 of 20th April 1962. OJ L 99 of 5th May 1970
  • Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products
  • OJ No. L 148 of 28th June 1968
  • Management Committee for Beef and Veal
  • OJ No. 148 of 28th June 1968
  • Management Committee for Oils and Fats
  • OJ No. 172 of 30th September 1966
  • Management Committee for Sugar
  • OJ No. 40 of 3rd March 1967
  • Management Committee for Live Plants
  • OJ No. L 55 of 2nd March 1968
  • Management Committee of Processed Fruits and Vegetables
  • OJ No. L 183 of 1st July 1968
  • Management Committee for Tobacco
  • OJ No. L 97 of 28th April 1970
  • Management Committee for Hops
  • OJ No. L 175 of 4th August 1971
  • Management Committee for Flax and Hemp
  • OJ No. L 146 of 4th July 1970
  • Management Committee for Fishery Products
  • OJ No. L 236 of 27th October 1970
  • Management Committee for Seeds
  • OJ No. L 246 of 5th November 1971
  • Management Committee for Dehydrated Fodder
  • OJ No. L 120 of 1st May 1974