Article 8 Procedures and methodology

The deliberations of the Committee shall relate to any request for a Recommendation on an OEL for a specific substance or group of substances or any other scientific Opinion (‘Opinion’) requested by the Commission.

The Commission, in requesting any Recommendation or Opinion of the Committee, in accordance with paragraph 1, may fix the period of time within which those are to be given.

The Committee, and in particular the Board, shall make every effort to base its Recommendations or Opinions on a consensus. The Committee’s deliberations shall not be followed by a vote. In the absence of unanimous agreement, the various positions taken in the course of the deliberations shall be reported to the Commission by the Committee.

The Committee shall ensure, with the support of the Secretariat, that its methodology reflects the latest scientific standards and that it is implemented.

Without prejudice to the provisions on confidentiality referred to in Article 9(3), the Commission shall publish the updated methodology, along with adopted Recommendations and Opinions of the Committee, in the part of its website dedicated to the Committee.