Article 6 Committee on Standards and Technical RegulationsF1

United Kingdom

The Commission shall be assisted by the Committee set up by Article 5 of Directive F298/34/EC ^f1 , hereinafter referred to as ‘the Committee’.

Where reference is made to this Article, Articles 3 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC ^f2 shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.

The Committee shall adopt its rules of procedure.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Substituted by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 September 2003 adapting to Council Decision 1999/468/EC the provisions relating to committees which assist the Commission in the exercise of its implementing powers laid down in instruments subject to the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the EC Treaty.
F2: Substituted by Directive 2007/47/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 September 2007 amending Council Directive 90/385/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to active implantable medical devices, Council Directive 93/42/EEC concerning medical devices and Directive 98/8/EC concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market (Text with EEA relevance).

Footnotes

f1: Directive 98/34/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 June 1998 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations and of rules on Information Society services ( OJ L 204, 21.7.1998, p. 37 ). Directive as last amended by the 2003 Act of Accession.
f2: Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission ( OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23 ).