1.The Contact Committee set up by Article 20 of Council Directive 79/279/EEC of 5 March 1979 coordinating the conditions for the admission of transferable securities to official stock-exchange listing (8), as last amended by Directive 82/148/EEC (9), shall also have as its function:
to facilitate, without prejudice to Articles 169 and 170 of the Treaty, the harmonized implementation of this Directive through regular consultations on any practical problems arising from its application on which exchanges of views are deemed useful
to facilitate consultation between the Member States on the supplements and improvements to prospectuses which they are entitled to require or recommend at national level
to advise the Commission, if necessary, on any additions or amendments to be made to this Directive
2.It shall not be the function of the Contact Committee to appraise the merits of decisions taken in individual cases.
SECTION IX
Final provisions