Article 2 Tasks

The groups’ tasks shall be:

1. (a)

   to hold a regular dialogue on all matters relating to the common agricultural policy, including rural development, and its implementation, and in particular the measures which the Commission is called on to take in that context, including the international aspects of agriculture;

2. (b)

   to bring about an exchange of experience and good practice in the fields referred to in point (a);

3. (c)

   to assist the Commission and advise on policy in the fields referred to in point (a);

4. (d)

   to deliver an opinion on specific matters either upon request of the Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development (‘the Directorate-General’) and within the time limits set in that request, or on their own initiative;

5. (e)

   to monitor policy developments in the fields referred to in point (a).