# Council Directive 1999/31/EC of 26 April 1999 on the landfill of waste, Article 17: Committee procedure

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Committee established by Article 39 of Directive 2008/98/EC. That committee shall be a committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council .
2. When reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply.
Where the committee delivers no opinion, the Commission shall not adopt the draft implementing act and the third subparagraph of Article 5(4) of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1999/31/article/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1999-31/article-17
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