The Commission had indicated its intention to consult the Advisory Committee on Cultural Goods on the issue of the time-limit for bringing proceedings and the frequency of the reports.

1. If two or more applications submitted in accordance with Articles 12 to 14 have been made for marketing authorisation for a particular veterinary medicinal product and Member States have adopted divergent decisions concerning the authorisation of that veterinary medicinal product, or suspension or revocation of authorisation, a Member State, or the Commission, or the marketing-authorisation holder may refer the matter to the Committee for Medicinal Products for Veterinary Use, hereinafter referred to as 'the Committee', for the application of the procedure laid down in Articles 36, 37 and 38.

If the Community or Turkey considers that a particular practice is incompatible with the terms of Article 3 or 4 it may refer the matter to the ECSC/Turkey Joint Committee and may take appropriate measures following consultation of the Joint Committee or after 45 days of referral for such consultations.

I suggest it is incumbent upon the hon. member and his colleagues on the committee in question to go back to the chairman of the committee, raise the issues before the chair and seek to have the matter rectified in the committee.

There have been decisions in the past—I'm talking to the witnesses right now—that unfortunately have introduced or attempted to introduce matters into the committee that are not part of the committee mandate.

[138] A week later, on June 10, the Standing Orders concerning committees were amended in the following respects: Vice-Chairs of standing and standing joint committees were removed from membership on the Liaison Committee; responsibility for matters relating to the election of Members to the House was added to the mandate of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs; Chairs of legislative committees were no longer to ...[+++]be considered part of the quorum of such committees; committees seeking to have their proceedings broadcast using facilities other than those provided by the House were to first obtain the consent of the House; reference to payment of witness expenses was deleted from the Standing Orders; and a proviso was added that if a Member filed a certificate with the Chair of a committee, stating that evidence to be obtained from a particular person was “material and important”, the Chair of the committee was to apprise the members of that particular committee.