CHAPTER IVCOMMITTEE PROCEDURE AND FINALPROVISIONS

Article 13Committee procedure

1.

For the purpose of Articles 6 to 10, the Commission shall be assisted by the Committee on Safeguards established by Article 3(1) of Regulation (EU) 2015/478 of the European Parliament and of the Council4. That Committee shall be a committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011.

2.

For the purpose of Article 12, the Commission shall be assisted by the Committee for the Common Organisation of the Agricultural Markets, established by Article 229(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council5, and, as regards processed agricultural products, by the Committee on horizontal questions concerning trade in processed agricultural products not listed in Annex I, established by Article 44(1) of Regulation (EU) No 510/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council6.Those Committees shall be committees within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011.

3.

Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply.

4.

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

5.

Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 8 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011, in conjunction with Article 4 thereof, shall apply.

6.

Pursuant to Article 3(5) of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011, where recourse is made to the written procedure for adopting measures pursuant to paragraph 3 of this Article, that procedure shall be terminated without result where, within the time-limit set down by the chair, the chair so decides or a majority of committee members as defined in Article 5(1) of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 so request.

Article 14Report

1.

The Commission shall submit an annual report to the European Parliament and to the Council on the application and implementation of this Regulation and Title V of the Agreement and on compliance with the obligations laid down therein.

2.

The report shall, inter alia, include information about the application of provisional and definitive safeguard measures, prior surveillance measures, the termination of investigations and proceedings without measures, and the application of the anti-circumvention mechanism.

3.

The report shall set out a summary of the statistics and the evolution of trade with the Republic of Moldova.

4.

The European Parliament may, within 1 month of submission of the Commission’s report, invite the Commission to an ad hoc meeting of its responsible committee to present and explain any issues related to the implementation of this Regulation.

5.

No later than 3 months after submitting its report to the European Parliament and to the Council, the Commission shall make it public.

Article 15Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.