Division 39

Council Directive 86/278/EEC of 12 June 1986 on the protection of the environment and in particular of the soil, when sewage sludge is used in agriculture ^f1.

Article 14(2) shall be deleted.

Article 15 shall be replaced by the following:

‘Article 15

1.

The Commission shall be assisted by the Committee for adapting this Directive to technical and scientific progress.

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.’