Article 9

In its deliberations the Committee shall deal with the requests from the Commission for an opinion. They shall not be followed by any vote.

The representative of the Commission, in requesting the opinion of the Committee, may fix a period within which the opinion is to be given.

Where the opinion requested is unanimously agreed on by the members of the Committee, the latter shall draw up common conclusions. In the absence of unanimous agreement, the various positions taken in the course of the deliberations shall be entered in a report, drawn up on the responsibility of the representative of the Commission.