Considerations on COM(2018)783 - Composition of the European Economic and Social Committee

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dossier COM(2018)783 - Composition of the European Economic and Social Committee.
document COM(2018)783 EN
date May 21, 2019
 
table>(1)Article 300 of the Treaty sets out the rules for the composition of the European Economic and Social Committee.
(2)Council Decision (EU) 2015/1157 (1) adapted the composition of the European Economic and Social Committee following the accession of Croatia. The number of members for each of Estonia, Cyprus and Luxembourg was reduced by one in order to address the discrepancy between the maximum number of members of the European Economic and Social Committee set out in the first paragraph of Article 301 of the Treaty and the number of members of the European Economic and Social Committee following the accession of Croatia.

(3)The preamble to Decision (EU) 2015/1157 states that that Decision is to be revised in time for the mandate of the European Economic and Social Committee starting in 2020.

(4)On 18 September 2018, the European Economic and Social Committee adopted recommendations to the Commission and to the Council on its future composition.

(5)The current balance in the composition of the European Economic and Social Committee should as far as possible be maintained as it is the result of successive Intergovernmental Conferences.

(6)The withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union would result in 24 vacant seats in the European Economic and Social Committee. Therefore, the balance in the allocation of seats that existed before the adoption of Decision (EU) 2015/1157 should be restored,