It should have a consultative committee composed of representatives of financial services providers and consumers, so as to be fully informed of their observations.

That authority shall provide itself with a consultative committee composed of representatives of financial services providers and consumers so as to be fully informed of their observations.

The new Advisory Group replaces five existing consultative bodies – the Advisory Committee on Foodstuffs, plus the standing groups on veterinary matters, plant health, animal welfare and feedingstuffs previously attached to the Advisory Committee on Agricultural Product Health and Safety.

The government is also establishing a program advisory committee of experienced individuals drawn primarily from the private and non-government sectors to provide ongoing advice on program improvement, quality of service and cost effectiveness (1350) If the issues with respect to public safety are based in the community, then community based responses with advisory committees of this type are the way the government should be proceedings and is proceeding.

- the decision of the Joint Committee to add the Committee for Protection of Individuals with regard to the Processing of Personal data to the list of Protocol 37 is being prepared in order to allow for EEA/EFTA participation in the interests of the good functioning of the agreement; -the EEA Council notes the participation of EEA/EFTA in the committees established in framework of programmes in which they participate like MEDIA II, INFO 2000 and in the area of Education; -the EEA Council notes EEA/EFTA participation in the Advisory Committee on the Internal market is being favourably considered; -the EEA Council also notes that EEA ...[+++]/EFTA participation as observers to the Commission's Advisory Committee to Cancer Prevention has been agreed; -noted the ongoing negotiations between the EEA/EFTA States and Canada, Australia and New Zealand of parallel Mutual Recognition Agreements on Conformity Assessment equivalent to those negotiated between the Community and those countries; the EEA Council welcomed the readiness of the EEA/EFTA States to begin parallel negotiations with those countries in Central and Eastern Europe with which the Community intends to conclude European Conformity Assessment Agreements and set up special administrative structures; while referring to the importance of the Commission's Action Plan for the Single Market underlined its general relevance to the EEA Agreement and appreciated the joint intention to cooperate on relevant projects resulting from the Action Plan; welcomed that in a spirit of constructive cooperation a solution to the salmon issue has been found in consultations between the Commission and Norway ; 5. The EEA Council noted the importance of the proposed European Parliament and Council directive on common rules for the internal market in natural gas for the supply and utilization of natural gas within the EEA.

As regards quality of service, Member States will be responsible for the establishment of quality standards for domestic postal services, while the Commission assisted by an Advisory Committee composed of Representatives of the 15 Member States will set out the quality requirements for intra- Community cross-border services.