1. The Experts' Forum shall be composed of members from competent bodies specialised in gender equality issues, on the basis of one representative designated by each Member State, two members representing other relevant organisations specialised in gender equality issues designated by the European Parliament, as well as three members nominated by the Commission and representing interested parties at European level, with one representative each from :

(e) if the applicant has appointed a representative, the name of that representative and the address of his/her place of business in accordance with point (b); if the representative has more than one business address or if there are two or more representatives with different business addresses, the application shall indicate which address shall be used as an address for service; where no such indication is made, only the first-mentioned address shall be taken into account as an address for service.

The Court of Justice, in its judgement of 8 June 1994 , declared that, "by failing to provide for the designation of employee representatives where an employer does not agree to it, by excluding non-profit-making undertakings from the scope of the United Kingdom Regulations designed to implement Council Directive 77/187/EEC (...), by not requiring a transferor or transferee who envisages measures in relation to his employees to consult their representatives in good t ...[+++]ime on such measures with a view to seeking agreement, and by failing to provide for effective sanctions in the event of the employer' s failure to inform and consult employee representatives, the United Kingdom has failed to fulfil its obligations under the directive and under Article 5 of the EEC Treaty".

The Court of Justice, in its judgement of 8 June 1994 , declared that, "by failing to provide for the designation of employee representatives where an employer does not agree to it, by excluding non-profit-making undertakings from the scope of the United Kingdom Regulations designed to implement Council Directive 77/187/EEC (...), by not requiring a transferor or transferee who envisages measures in relation to his employees to consult their representatives in good t ...[+++]ime on such measures with a view to seeking agreement, and by failing to provide for effective sanctions in the event of the employer' s failure to inform and consult employee representatives, the United Kingdom has failed to fulfil its obligations under the directive and under Article 5 of the EEC Treaty".

In Article 12a(4) the following subparagraph shall be added:"If the insurance undertaking has failed to appoint a representative, Member States may give their approval to the claims representative appointed in accordance with Article 4 of Directive 2000/26/EC(13) assuming the function of the representative appointed according to this paragraph".

(15) In order to fill the gaps in question, it should be provided that the Member State where the insurance undertaking is authorised should require the undertaking to appoint claims representatives resident or established in the other Member States to collect all necessary information in relation to claims resulting from such accidents and to take appropriate action to settle the claims on behalf and for the account of the insurance undertaking, including the payment of compensation therefor; claims representatives should have sufficient powers to represent the insurance undertaking in relation to persons suffering damage from such acc ...[+++]idents, and also to represent the insurance undertaking before national authorities including, where necessary, before the courts, in so far as this is compatible with the rules of private international law on the conferral of jurisdiction.