Administrative Commission of the European Communities on social security for migrant workers - Decision no 200 of 15 December 2004 concerning the methods of operation and the composition of the Technical Commission on Data Processing of the Administrative Commission on Social Security for Migrant WorkersText with EEA relevance

1 The Administrative Commission on Social Security for Migrant Workers sets up the Technical Commission on Data Processing provided for in Article 117c(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 574/72. It shall be called ‘the Technical Commission’.

2 The Technical Commission shall have the functions laid down in Article 117c(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 574/72.

3 The mandate with regard to the specific tasks of the Technical Commission shall be set by the Administrative Commission on Social Security for Migrant Workers, who may modify these tasks as required.

The Technical Commission shall adopt its reports and reasoned opinions where necessary on the basis of technical documents and studies. It can request from national administrations any information it deems necessary for appropriate accomplishment of its tasks.

1 The Technical Commission shall be composed of two members from each Member State, one of whom shall be nominated as the standing member, with the other designated as his deputy. The nominations from each Member State shall be forwarded to the Secretary-General of the Administrative Commission by the government representative for the Member State on the Administrative Commission.

2 Reports and reasoned opinions shall be adopted by simple majority of all members of the Technical Commission, each Member State having a single vote that shall be cast by the standing member or in his absence by his deputy. The reports or reasoned opinions of the Technical Commission must indicate whether they were reached unanimously or by simple majority. They must, should there be a minority, set out conclusions or reservations of the minority.

3 A representative of the Commission of the European Communities or a person designated by him shall act in a consultative capacity within the Technical Commission.

The office of Chairman of the Technical Commission shall be held each half-year by either the standing member or another designated official belonging to the State whose representative on the Administrative Commission holds the office of Chairman of that Commission for the same period. The Chairman of the Technical Commission shall report on the activities of the Technical Commission as required by the Chairman of the Administrative Commission.

The Technical Commission may set up ad hoc working groups to consider specific issues. The Technical Commission shall describe the tasks to be taken forward by such working groups, the timetable for completion of those tasks and the financial implications of its action in the work programme mentioned in Article 7.

The Secretariat of the Administrative Commission shall prepare and organise the meetings of the Technical Commission and draw up the minutes thereof.

The Technical Commission shall submit a detailed work programme to the Administrative Commission for its approval. The Technical Commission shall also report each year, to the Administrative Commission, on its activities and achievements in relation to the work programme and with any proposals for amending it.

Any proposed action of the Technical Commission involving expenses to be borne by the Commission of the European Communities is subject to the approval of the representative of that institution.

The languages of the Technical Commission shall be the same as those recognised as official languages of the Community institutions in accordance with the Article 290 of the Treaty establishing the European Community.

The supplementary rules laid down in the attached Annex shall also apply to the Technical Commission.

This Decision shall replace the Decision No 169 of the Administrative Commission .

This decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from 1 March 2005.