F1Article 7

1.

The Commission shall be assisted by the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health (the Committee) established by Article 58(1) of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council 9 . The Committee is a committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council 10 .

2.

Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply.

Where the Committee delivers no opinion, the Commission shall not adopt the draft implementing act and the third subparagraph of Article 5(4) of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply.