TITLE III

INSTITUTIONAL AND FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 2

The Institutions of the Community
Section 3

The Commission
Articles 124 to 133
(repealed)
Article 134
1
A Scientific and Technical Committee is hereby set up; it shall be attached to the Commission and shall have advisory status.
The Committee must be consulted where this Treaty so provides. The Committee may be consulted in all cases in which the Commission considers this appropriate.
2
The Committee shall consist of forty-two members, appointed by the Council after consultation with the Commission.
The Members of the Committee shall be appointed in their personal capacity for five years. Their appointment shall be renewable. They shall not be bound by any mandatory instructions.
The Scientific and Technical Committee shall each year elect its chairman and officers from among its Members.
Article 135
The Commission may undertake any consultations and establish any study groups necessary to the performance of its tasks.
Substituted by Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Republic of Croatia and the adjustments to the Treaty on European Union, the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community.