Division 17

Council Directive 76/117/EEC of 18 December 1975 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning electrical equipment for use in potentially explosive atmospheres ^f1.

Article 6(2) shall be deleted.

Article 7 shall be replaced by the following:

‘Article 7

1.

The Commission shall be assisted by the Commitee on the adaptation to technical progress of the Directives on the removal of technical barriers to trade in electrical equipment for use in potentially explosive atmospheres.

2.

Where reference is made to this Article, Articles 5 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC ^f2 shall apply.

The period laid down in Article 5(6) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at three months.

3.

The committee shall adopt its rules of procedure.’