Article 8
1. The Commission shall be assisted by a committee. 2. Where reference is made to this Article, Articles 4 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC(56) 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 one month. 3. The Committee shall adopt its rules of procedure. (b) Articles 9 and 10 are deleted and references to those Articles should be read as references to Article 8. 29) Council Directive 98/83/EC of 3 November 1998 on the quality of water intended for human consumption(57).Article 12 is replaced by the following: