PURPOSE : to adapt the provisions relating to committees which assist the Commission.
LEGISLATIVE ACT : Regulation 1882/2003/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council adapting to Council Decision 1999/468/EC the provisions relating to committees which assist the Commission in the exercise of its implementing powers laid down in instruments subject to the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the EC Treaty.
CONTENT : Council Decision 1999/468/EC replaced Decision 87/373/EEC. The Council and the have agreed that the provisions relating to committees which assist the Commission in the exercise of its implementing powers, provided for in application of Decision 87/373/EEC, should be adapted in order to bring them into line with Decision 1999/468/EC. The time limits set in the provisions to be adapted will remain in force. Wherever there is no specific time limit laid down for adopting the implementing measures, the time limit is set at three months. Accordingly:
- the provisions of the instruments providing for recourse to the type I committee procedure established by Decision 87/373/EEC are replaced by provisions referring to the advisory procedure laid down in Article 3 of Decision 1999/468/EC;
- the provisions of the instruments providing for recourse to type IIa and IIb committee procedures established by Decision 87/373/EEC are replaced by provisions referring to the management procedure provided for in Article 4 of Decision 1999/468/EC;
- the provisions of the instruments providing for recourse to type IIIa and IIIb committee procedures established by Decision 87/373/EEC are replaced by provisions referring to the regulatory procedure provided for in Article 5 of Decision 1999/468/EC.
The Regulation concerns solely the alignment of committee procedures. The names of the committees connected with such procedures have, where appropriate, been amended.
ENTRY INTO FORCE : 20/11/03.�