The Permanent UNIMARC Committee (PUC) was formed in 1991, under the IFLA UBCIM Programme and in accordance with Resolution Nº 5 issued at the end of the Seminar on Bibliographic Records held in Stockholm before IFLA General Conference, August 1990.

It is formed by a minimum of 7 and no more than 9 members, who are experts in UNIMARC and come from different countries and institutions. As of March 2004 the composition is as follows:

Alan Hopkinson (UK), Chair
Jay Weitz (USA), Vice Chair
Mirna Willer (Croatia), Honorary Member and Special Consultant
Rosa Galvão (Portugal)
Cristina Magliano (Italy)
Vladimir Skvortsov (Russia)
Philippe Le Pape (France)
Liubove Buckiene (Lithuania)
Joanna Demopoulos (Greece)

The main objective of the PUC is to develop the UNIMARC format in accordance with the principles of Universal Bibliographic Control, thus

advising in matters concerning UNIMARC promotion, training, research, testing and priorities and strategies for developments
maintaining the UNIMARC format by discussing proposals and officially approving changes to the format
reviewing the further development of the UNIMARC format to encompass new functions and new forms of materials and officially approving the results
acting as a review committee for UNIMARC documentation published by IFLA.

The Permanent UNIMARC Committee meets once a year at the UNIMARC Core Activity venue, in Lisbon, Portugal. PUC acts as an advisory committee to the Core Activity who ensures and promotes liaison to other IFLA groups especially Division IV - Bibliographic Control and ICABS - IFLA/CDNL Alliance for Bibliographic Standards.