As the PIC Scheme is an arrangement between Regulatory Authorities, it is very flexible, dynamic and proactive. A Committee of the Participating Authorities’ representatives (PIC/S Committee) supervises the operation of the Scheme. All decisions are taken unanimously. The Committee is assisted in its task by 7 Sub-Committees (e.g. on the training of Inspectors, on GMDP harmonisation, etc.), by an Executive Bureau, which steers the Organisation in between meetings, and by a small Secretariat, which mainly assists the Committee, the Sub-Committees, the Bureau and Participating Authorities in their duties.
Between 1971 and 2003, PIC/S did not have a distinct legal identity. Its Secretariat was provided by the European Free Trade Association...
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The decision-making (“legislative”) body is the PIC/S Committee, which is an assembly of the representatives of all Participating Authorities. The PIC/S Committee has 7 Sub-Committees and numerous working groups...
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Because of PIC/S dual nature (an international treaty - the PIC Convention - and an arrangement between Competent Authorities - the PIC Scheme), the Committee, which governs the Organisation, is a joint Committee...
MoreThe PIC/S Chairperson is assisted in his/her task by the PIC/S Deputy Chairperson, the immediate past PIC/S Chairperson, the Chairs of Sub-Committees and the PIC/S Secretary (the latter with no voting right)...
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Since 1971, there have been 22 Chairpersons of whom a number were able to reunite at the occasion of the 40th Anniversary of PIC/S in Geneva (Switzerland) in 2011.
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