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1. The Standing Committee shall be responsible for the elaboration and adoption of Recommendations to the Contracting Parties containing detailed provisions for the implementation of the principles set out in Chapter I of this Convention, to be based on scientific knowledge concerning the various species of animals.
2. For the purpose of carrying out its responsibilities under paragraph 1 of this Article, the Standing Committee shall follow developments in scientific research and new methods in animal husbandry.
3. Unless a longer period is decided upon by the Standing Committee, a Recommendation shall become effective as such six months after the date of its adoption by the Committee. As from the date when a Recommendation becomes effective each Contracting Party shall either implement it or inform the Standing Committee by notification to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe of the reasons why it has decided that it cannot implement the Recommendation or can no longer implement it.
4. If two or more Contracting Parties or the European Economic Community, being itself a Contracting Party, have given notice in accordance with paragraph 3 of this Article of their decision not to implement or no longer to implement a Recommendation, that Recommendation shall cease to have effect.