Consolidated version of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (c. )

PART SIX U.K. INSTITUTIONAL AND FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

TITLE I U.K. INSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS

CHAPTER 3 U.K. THE UNION'S ADVISORY BODIES

SECTION 1 U.K. THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE

Article 302 U.K. (ex Article 259 TEC)

1. The members of the Committee shall be appointed for five years The Council shall adopt the list of members drawn up in accordance with the proposals made by each Member State. The term of office of the members of the Committee shall be renewable.

2. The Council shall act after consulting the Commission. It may obtain the opinion of European bodies which are representative of the various economic and social sectors and of civil society to which the Union's activities are of concern.