Committee procedure
Article 266
1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed established by Article 58(1) of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002. That committee shall be a committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011. 2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply. 3. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 8 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011, in conjunction with Article 5 thereof, shall apply. 4. The Commission shall allow a period of at least six months to elapse between the adoption of the respective initial implementing acts referred to in Articles 25(3), 120, and 228(2), when those implementing acts relate to the implementation of Article 117, and the date on which they start to apply.