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

Article 4 Operation

1. The Committee shall be chaired by the Commission.

2. In agreement with the Commission, sub-groups may be set up to examine specific issues under terms of reference established by the Committee. Such sub-groups shall be dissolved as soon as their mandates are fulfilled.

3. In agreement with the Commission, experts, who may include representatives of international organisations with specific competence in a subject under discussion, may be invited on a case-by-case basis to participate in the Committee’s or sub-group’s deliberations if this is useful and/or necessary.

4. The Committee and its sub-groups shall normally meet on Commission premises in accordance with the procedures and schedule laid down. It may be called upon to meet in other locations, in particular on a proposal from a Member State wishing to host the Committee or one of its sub-groups in connection with an event of particular interest for the Committee, its sub-group(s) or that Member State.

The Commission shall provide secretarial services. Other Commission officials with a specific interest in the proceedings may attend meetings of the Committee and its sub-groups.

5. The Committee shall adopt its rules of procedure on the basis of the standard rules of procedures adopted by the Commission.

6. Information obtained through participating in the deliberations of the Committee or a sub-group shall not be divulged if, in the opinion of the Commission, that information relates to confidential matters.

7. The Commission may publish on the Internet, in the original language of the document concerned, any summary, conclusion or partial conclusion or working document of the Committee.