TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY ( E.A.E.C. - EURATOM ), TITLE TWO - PROVISIONS FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF PROGRESS IN THE FIELD OF NUCLEAR ENERGY, CHAPTER III: HEALTH AND SAFETY, ARTICLE 31
++++ ARTICLE 31 THE BASIC STANDARDS SHALL BE WORKED OUT BY THE COMMISSION AFTER IT HAS OBTAINED THE OPINION OF A GROUP OF PERSONS APPOINTED BY THE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL COMMITTEE FROM AMONG SCIENTIFIC EXPERTS , AND IN PARTICULAR PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERTS , IN THE MEMBER STATES . THE COMMISSION SHALL OBTAIN THE OPINION OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE ON THESE BASIC STANDARDS . AFTER CONSULTING THE ASSEMBLY THE COUNCIL SHALL , ON A PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION , WHICH SHALL FORWARD TO IT THE OPINIONS OBTAINED FROM THESE COMMITTEES , ESTABLISH THE BASIC STANDARDS : THE COUNCIL SHALL ACT BY A QUALIFIED MAJORITY .