S.L. 437.42 Art. 24Committees.

(1) The European Commission shall be assisted by the Standing Veterinary Committee. However, for matters exclusively concerning animal feedingstuffs, the European Commission shall be assisted by the Standing Committee on Feedingstuffs and, for matters exclusively concerning foodstuffs, by the Standing Committee on Foodstuffs.

(2) Where reference is made to this subregulation, regulations 5 and 7 of European Union Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, in compliance with regulation 8 thereof. The period referred to in article 5(6) of that Decision shall be three months and, in the case of safeguard measures referred to in regulation 4(2) of these regulations, fifteen days.

(3) Each Committee shall adopt its rules of procedure.