S.L. 437.87 Art. 15Standing Committee on Feedingstuffs.

(1) Where the procedure laid down in this rule is to be followed, the matter shall be referred without delay to the Standing

Committee for Feedingstuffs, hereinafter called ‘the Committee’, by its chairman, either on his own initiative or at the request of a Member State.

(2) The representative of the Commission shall submit to the Committee a draft of the measures to be adopted. The Committee shall deliver its opinion on the draft within a time limit which the Chairman may lay down according to the urgency of the matter. The opinion shall be delivered by the majority laid down in Article 148(2) of the Treaty in the case of decisions which the Council is required to adopt on a proposal from the Commission. The votes of the representatives of the Member States within the Committee shall be weighted in the manner set out in Article 148(2). The Chairman shall not vote.

(3) The Commission shall adopt the measures and implement them forthwith where they are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee. Where they are not in accordance with the opinion of the Committee, or if no opinion is delivered, the Commission shall at once submit a proposal to the Council on the measures to be taken. The Council shall adopt the measures by a qualified majority.

(4) If the Council has not adopted any measures within three months of receiving the proposal, the Commission shall adopt the proposed measures and implement them forthwith except where the Council has voted by a simple majority against such measures.