Definicija: The Committee was established by Directive 97/67/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 December 1997 on common rules for the development of the internal market of Community postal services and the improvement of quality of service to assist the Commission with the implementation of the above Directive, particularly in relation to the future work on the development of measures relating to the quality of Community cross-border service and technical standardisation.

Definicija: The terms of reference of the Committee shall be as follows: 1. to advise the Commission on all problems concerning the implementation of Community measures for the control and reduction of pollution caused by oil and other harmful substances discharged at sea; 2. to allow the collection of existing information and experience gained in the Member States, on ways of controlling and reducing pollution caused by oil and other harmful substances discharged at sea, thus facilitating the coordination of measures taken or planned at national, international or Community level.