ssion, which forms the executive arm (or opinions. The output are Recommendations which may be made civil service) of the Community. It has seventeen commis- mandatory within the Community. sioners drawn from the member states, and is led by a president, One of the major aims of the single European market is to ensure who is also one of the commissioners. Larger countries, such as the free movement of goods and services. This requires the co-ordi- the UK, supply two representatives whilst smaller ones provide nation of standards activities, and a Green Paper in 1990 proposed one. The European Commission meets once a week in Brussels. the setting up of the European Standardisation Organisation (ESO) Members of the Commission perform functions similar to those to oversee the activities of the European standards making bodies, of ministers within its individual countries, each being respon- CEN, CENELEC and ETSI. sible for one or more portfolios within the Community's acti- vities. 22.4.2 3. The European Parliament, which has five hundred and eighteen members. It is not empowered to make laws, but it does provide 22.4.2.1 CEPT aims comments and views which are then referred to the Council of Ministers for action. The Conference European des Administrations des Postes et des 4. The European Court of Justice, which carries out judicial super- Telecommunications (Conference of European Posts and Telecom- vision of the community treaties and legislation, and was set up munications) was formed in 1958 by the PTTs with the aim of under the Treaty of Rome. harmonising standards. It presently consists of 31 members, cover- 22/16 Telecommunication standards ing all the countries of the European Community and the European the management of radio frequencies. It ensures that it confers Free Trade Association, plus PTTs from other European countries. with all interested parties in this field. CEPT is a sister organisation to CEN/CENELEC and participates The European Telecommunications Information Services foun- in many of its w