A Scientific Steering Committee (hereinafter called 'SSC') in the field of consumer health and food safety is hereby established. ...
The SSC shall assist the Commission to obtain the best scientific advice available on matters relating to consumer health.
The SSC shall coordinate the work of the scientific committees set up by the Commission to address matters of consumer health ...
The SSC shall, in the area of consumer health:
(a) deliver scientific advice only on matters which are not covered by the mandates of the other scientific committees. ...
(b) specifically deliver scientific advice on multidisciplinary aspects of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, including bovine spongiform encephalopathy. ...
The SSC shall be composed of eight scientific experts not being members of any other scientific committee, and the chairpersons of the scientific committees.
