Article 3
1. Provisions for the application of tariff quotas and tariff ceilings provided for in the new Annexes to the Europe Agreement, including amendments and technical adaptations made necessary by amendments to the Combined Nomenclature and TARIC codes, or arising from the conclusion by the Council of agreements, protocols or exchanges of letters between the Community and Lithuania, shall be adopted by the Commission, assisted by the Customs Code Committee set up by Article 247 of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 (7), according to the procedure set out in paragraph 2 of this Article. 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 may defer application of the measures which it has decided for a period of not more than 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 first indent. 3. The Committee may examine any question concerning the application of tariff quotas and tariff ceilings, which is raised by its chair either at the latter's initiative or at the request of a Member State. 4. As soon as the tariff ceilings are reached, the Commission may adopt a regulation re-establishing, until the end of the calendar year, the customs duties applicable to third countries.