Article 7
1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Customs Code Committee established by Article 247 of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 (1). 2. The representative of the Commission shall submit to the Committee a draft of the measures to be taken. The Committee shall deliver its opinion on the draft within a time limit which the chair 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 that Article. The chair shall not vote. The Commission shall adopt the measures, which apply immediately. However, if these measures are not in accordance with the opinion of the Committee, they shall be communicated by the Commission to the Council forthwith. In that event: - the Commission shall defer application of the measures which it has decided for three months from the date of such communication, - the Council, acting by qualified majority, may take a different decision within the period referred to in the previous paragraph. 3. The Committee may examine any question concerning the application of this Regulation which is raised by its chair either at the latter's initiative or at the request of a Member State.