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Article 7 
1. A management committee (hereinafter called 
'the Committee') is hereby established, composed of 
representatives of the Member States and chaired by a 
representative of the Commission. 
2. Within the Committee, the votes of the Member 
States shall be weighted in accordance with Article 
148 (2) of the Treaty. The chairman shall not vote. 
Article 8 
1. Where the procedure laid down in this Article is 
to be followed, the chairman shall refer the matter to 
the Committee either on his own initiative or at the 
request of the representative of a Member State. 
2. The representative of the Commission shall 
submit drafts of decisions to be taken. The 
Committee shall deliver its opinion on the drafts 
within a time limit which the chairman may fix 
according to the urgency of the questions under 
consideration. An opinion shall be adopted by a 
qualified majority in accordance with Article 148 (2) 
of the Treaty. 
3. The Commission shall adopt decisions which 
shall apply immediately. However, if these decisions 
are not in accordance with the opinion of the Committee, they shall be communicated to the 
Council as soon as possible and at the latest within 
one month. In that event, the Commission shall defer 
application of the decisions it has adopted for not 
more than two months from the date of such 
communication. The Council, acting by a qualified 
majority, may take a different decision within two 
months. 
Article 9 
Each of the Member States concerned shall, in 
agreement with the Commission, take the necessary 
steps to ensure that suitable publicity is given to the 
assistance granted under this Regulation. 
Article 10 
The Commission shall twice a year report to the 
Council and to the European Parliament on the 
application of this Regulation. 
Article 11 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of 
its publication in the Official Journal of the European 
Communities, 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and 
directly applicable in all Member States. 
Amendments to the proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 71/118/EEC on 
health problems affecting trade in fresh poultrymeat (') 
COM(84) 286 final 
{Submitted by the Commission to the Council pursuant to Article 149 (2) of the EEC Treaty 
on 4 June 1984) 
(84/C 162/05) 
The proposal referred to above, which was submitted 
by the Commission to the Council on 19 March 1981, 
is hereby amended as follows: 
Article 1 (2) is replaced by the following: 
'2. The following Article is inserted: 
"Article 17 
1. The cost of the health inspections and 
controls provided for in this Directive shall be 
borne by the authorities of the Member States. 
2. In order to participate in the financing of 
the inspections and controls referred to in 
paragraph 1, Member States shall collect or 
(') OJ No C 97, 29. 4. 1981, p. 12. order the collection of a contribution towards 
the cost of the said inspections and controls, 
fixed in accordance with the procedure laid 
down in paragraph 4 and payable upon the 
slaughter of the animals specified in Article 
1 (1) or upon the importation of poultrymeat 
from non-member countries. This contribution 
to be borne by the person on whose account 
the animal is slaughtered or the importation 
made. 
3. The contribution shall replace all charges 
payable in the Member States in connection 
with the health and control of fresh poultry-
meat, with the exception of the charges 
provided for: 
— where slaughter or destruction is ordered 
by the inspection department, 
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— in respect of the control of fresh poultry-
meat intended for export to non-member 
countries, which entails additional costs, 
— where tests for residues are positive, 
— where additional services are performed at 
the request of the party concerned. 
4. The Council, acting on a proposal from 
the Commission, shall decide by a qualified majority on the level on the contribution 
referred to in paragraph 2 and on the detailed 
rules for its application. The said level may be 
altered in accordance with the same procedure 
in order to take account of changes in 
inspection costs. 
5. Member States shall ensure that adequate 
health inspection and control measures are 
taken by allocating to that end resources at 
least equivalent to the overall amount of the 
contribution." '