Article 27
Where reference is made to this Article, Articles 4 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC(48) shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof. The period laid down in Article 4(3) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at two months. 25) Council Regulation (EC) No 322/97 of 17 February 1997 on Community Statistics(49).Article 20(2) and (3) are replaced by the following: 2. Articles 4 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC(50) shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof. The period laid down in Article 4(3) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at three months. 3. The Committee shall adopt its rules of procedure. 26) Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 1998 concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market(51).Article 28(1) and (2) are replaced by the following: 1. The Commission shall be assisted by a Standing Committee on Biocidal Products (hereinafter referred to as "the Committee"). The Standing Committee shall adopt its rules of procedure. 2. For matters referred to the Standing Committee by virtue of Articles 4, 11(3), 15, 17, 18, 19, 27(1)(b), 29 and 33 and for the compilation of specific data by product type referred to in Annex V, to be drawn from Annexes III A and III B and, as appropriate, from Annexes IV A and IV B, Articles 4 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC(52) shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof. The period laid down in Article 4(3) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at three months. 27) Council Regulation (EC) No 1172/98 of 25 May 1998 on statistical returns in respect of the carriage of goods by road(53).Article 10 is replaced by the following: