3. The Committee:
(a) shall, to the extent possible, in carrying out its functions, seek the assistance of relevant international and North American standardizing organizations to obtain available scientific and technical advice and minimize duplication of effort;
(b) may draw upon such experts and expert bodies as it
considers appropriate;
(c) shall report annually to the Commission on the
implementation of this Subchapter;
(d) shall meet upon the request of any Party and, unless the Parties otherwise agree, at least once each year; and
(e) may, as it considers appropriate, establish and determine the scope and mandate of working groups.
Article 765: Technical Consultations
1. A Party may request consultations with another Party on any matter covered by this Subchapter.
2. Each Party should use the good offices of relevant international and North American standardizing organizations, including those referred to in Article 755(5), for advice and assistance on sanitary and phytosanitary matters within their respective mandates.
3. Where a Party requests consultations regarding the application of this Subchapter to a Party's sanitary or phytosanitary measure, and so notifies the Committee, the Committee may facilitate such consultations, if it does not consider the matter itself, by referring the matter for non-binding technical advice or recommendations to a working group, including an ad hoc working group, or to another forum.