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CHAPTER VU.K. DELEGATION OF POWER AND COMMITTEE PROCEDURE

Article 42U.K.Exercise of the delegation

1.The power to adopt delegated acts is conferred on the Commission subject to the conditions laid down in this Article.

2.The power to adopt the delegated acts referred to in Articles 8, 12, 15, 19, 26, 31, Article 33(1), Article 36, Article 37(3), Article 39 and Article 40(2) shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of seven years from the date of entry into force of this Regulation. The Commission shall draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power not later than nine months before the end of the seven-year period. The delegation of power shall be tacitly extended for periods of an identical duration, unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extension not later than three months before the end of each period.

3.The delegation of powers referred to in Articles 8, 12, 15, 19, 26, 31, Article 33(1), Article 36, Article 37(3), Article 39 and Article 40(2) may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force.

4.As soon as it adopts a delegated act, the Commission shall notify it simultaneously to the European Parliament and to the Council.

5.A delegated act adopted pursuant to Articles 8, 12, 15, 19, 26, 31, Article 33(1), Article 36, Article 37(3), Article 39 and Article 40(2) shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or by the Council within a period of two months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council.

Article 43U.K.Urgency procedure

1.Delegated acts adopted under this Article shall enter into force without delay and shall apply as long as no objection is expressed in accordance with paragraph 2. The notification of a delegated act adopted under this Article to the European Parliament and to the Council shall state the reasons for the use of the urgency procedure.

2.Either the European Parliament or the Council may object to a delegated act adopted under this Article in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 42(5). In such a case, the Commission shall repeal the act without delay following the notification of the decision to object by the European Parliament or by the Council.

Article 44U.K.Committee procedure

1.For the purposes of Article 13, Article 17(1), (2), (4) and (5), Article 20(1), Article 27, Article 32(1), Article 33(2), Article 34(2) and Article 37(4) and, as regards processed agricultural products other than ovalbumin and lactalbumin, for the purposes of Article 5(1) and (5), and Article 16(1) and, as regards import licences and tariff quotas for processed agricultural products other than ovalbumine and lactalbumine and export refunds and refund certificates for non-Annex I goods, for the purpose of Article 40(3), the Commission shall be assisted by a committee called the Committee on horizontal questions concerning trade in processed agricultural products not listed in Annex I. That Committee shall be a committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011.

For the purposes of Article 9(1) and Article 21(1) and (2), as regards ovalbumin and lactalbumin, for the purposes of Article 5(1) and (5), and Article 16(1) and, as regards import licences and tariff quotas for ovalbumine and lactalbumine, for the purpose of Article 40(3), 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. That Committee shall be a committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011.

For the purposes of Article 35(2), the Commission shall be assisted by the Customs Code Committee established by Article 247a of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92. 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.Where the opinion of the committee is to be obtained by written procedure, that procedure shall be terminated without result when, within the time-limit for delivery of the opinion, the chair of the committee so decides or at least a quarter of committee members so request.