Article 20–Article 22 · 3 articles
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Replacement of the Scientific Committees
Without prejudice to Article 21, the Scientific Committees established by Article 1 of this Decision shall replace the existing Scientific Committees set up by Decision 2008/721/EC as follows:
(a)
the Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety shall replace the Committee of the same name;
(b)
the Scientific Committee on the Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks shall replace the Scientific Committee on Health and Environmental Risks and the Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks.
Transitional provisions
All the Scientific Committees established by Decision 2008/721/EC shall continue to operate in accordance with the relevant provisions of that Decision, and their members shall remain in office until the members of the Scientific Committees established by this Decision are appointed.
Repeal
(1) Decision 2008/721/EC is repealed.
(2) References to the repealed Decision shall be construed as references to this Decision. References to the Committees established by the repealed decision shall be construed as references to the Committees established by this Decision.
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