Commission Decision of 19 December 2008 setting up the Committee of Experts on Posting of Workers (2009/17/EC)

Article 3 Membership — Appointment

1. Each Member State shall appoint two representatives to the Committee. They may also appoint two substitutes.

In appointing their representatives, Member States should involve the public bodies, such as labour inspectorates, responsible for the control of the legislation applicable to posted workers. They may also, in accordance with national law and/or practice, involve the social partners.

2. Representatives of the two sides of industry at Community level, as well as representatives of the social partners in sectors with a high incidence of recourse to posted workers may attend meetings of the Committee as observers, according to the procedures determined by their organisations and the Commission.

The representatives shall be appointed by the Commission, acting upon proposal from the relevant social partners at Community or sectoral level.

This group of observers shall comprise up to a maximum of 20 members composed as follows:

• five members representing employers’ organisations at Community level,

• five members representing workers’ organisations at Community level,

• a maximum of 10 representatives of the social partners (divided evenly between employers’ and workers’ organisations) in sectors with a high incidence of recourse to posted workers.

3. Representatives of the EEA/EFTA States, the EFTA Surveillance Authority, accession and candidate countries and Switzerland may equally attend meetings of the Committee as observers.

4. The names of members are to be collected, processed and published in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.