Decision 2003/367 - 2003/367/EC: Commission Decision of 15 May 2003 establishing the Rules of Procedure of the EC Energy Star Board - Main contents

official title

Avis juridique important

|

2003/367/EC: Commission Decision of 15 May 2003 establishing the Rules of Procedure of the European Community Energy Star Board

Official Journal L 125 , 21/05/2003 P. 0009 - 0011

Commission Decision

of 15 May 2003

establishing the Rules of Procedure of the European Community Energy Star Board

(2003/367/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 2422/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001 on a Community energy efficiency labelling programme for office equipment(1), and in particular Article 8(4) thereof,

Whereas:

• (1) 

  Pursuant to Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2422/2001, the European Community Energy Star Board ("ECESB") was established by Commission Decision 2003/168/EC(2).

• (2) 

  Pursuant to Article 8(4) of that Regulation, it is appropriate to establish the Rules of Procedure of the ECESB, taking into account the views expressed by the representatives of the Member states within the ECESB,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Sole Article

The Rules of Procedure of the European Community Energy Star Board, as set out in the Annex to this Decision, are hereby established.

Done at Brussels, 15 May 2003.

For the Commission

Loyola De Palacio

Vice-President

• (1) 

  OJ L 332, 15.12.2001, p. 1.

• (2) 

  OJ L 67, 12.3.2003, p. 22.

ANNEX

RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY ENERGY STAR BOARD

Article 1

Convening a meeting

• 1. 

  The ECESB meeting is convened by the Chairperson, either on his or her own initiative, or at the request of a simple majority of the ECESB members.

• 2. 

  The Chairperson shall, with the assistance of the secretariat, be responsible for preparing and circulating the invitations, agendas and supporting papers, as well as for drafting and circulating the corresponding minutes and drawing up the attendance list.

• 3. 

  In general, no more than three representatives of a member of the ECESB should participate in a given meeting.

Article 2

Agenda

• 1. 

  The Chairperson shall draw up the agenda and submit it to the ECESB.

• 2. 

  The agenda shall make a distinction between:

(a) issues about which the ECESB is consulted,

(b) other issues put to the ECESB for information, either on the Chairperson's initiative, or at the written request of a ECESB member.

Article 3

Documentation to be sent to ECESB members

• 1. 

  The Chairperson shall send the invitation to the meeting, the agenda and the working documents to the ECESB members in accordance with Article 12(2), if possible no later than 14 calendar days before the date of the meeting.

• 2. 

  In urgent cases, the Chairperson may, at the request of a ECESB member or on his or her own initiative, shorten the period laid down in paragraph 1 to five working days before the date of the meeting.

Article 4

Views of the ECESB

The ECESB should aim at reaching a high level of consensus in shaping its views.

• 1. 

  The Chairperson may gather the views of the members of the ECESB as provided for in Regulation (EC) No 2422/2001. The views of the ECESB members will be given by the members present or represented.

• 2. 

  If a member so requests, the gathering of the views on an issue can be postponed if the documents relating to a specific agenda point have not been sent to the members within the time frames laid down in Article 3(1) and (2).

Article 5

Representation and quorum

• 1. 

  Each Member State delegation is considered to be one ECESB member and is composed as laid down in Article 2(2) of Commission Decision 2003/168/EC. With the Chairperson's permission, the delegations may be accompanied by experts, at the expense of the Member State concerned.

A Member State delegation may, if necessary, represent a...

This text has been adopted from EUR-Lex.

This page is also available in a full version containing the legal context, de Europese rechtsgrond, other dossiers related to the dossier at hand and the related cases of the European Court of Justice.