75/320/EEC: Council Decision of 20 May 1975 setting up a pharmaceutical committee

A Committee called the ‘Pharmaceutical Committee’ shall be set up and attached to the Commission.

Without prejudice to the tasks of the Committee for Proprietary Medicinal Products referred to in Article 8 of the Second Council Directive 75/319/EEC of 20 May 1975 on the approximation of provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action relating to proprietary medicinal products, the task of this Committee shall be to examine: any question relating to the application of Directives on proprietary medicinal products which are brought up by its Chairman — either on his initiative or at the request of the representative of a Member State; any other question in the field of proprietary medicinal products brought up by its Chairman — either on his initiative or at the request of the representative of a Member State. The Commission shall consult the Committee when preparing proposals for Directives in the field of proprietary medicinal products, and in particular when it considers any amendments to Council Directive 65/65/EEC of 26 January 1965 on the approximation of provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action relating to proprietary medicinal products which it might have occasion to propose.

1 The Committee shall consist of senior experts in public health matters from the Member States' administrations and each Member State shall have one representative.

2 There shall be one deputy for each representative. This deputy shall be entitled to participate in meetings of the Committee.

3 A representative of the Commission shall chair the Committee.

The Committee shall adopt its rules of procedure.