When the Committee for the Protection of Individuals examines an application for a substantial amendment, the Committee may provide the competent authority with ethically-related comments on elements falling under Part I provided for in Article 6 of the aforementioned Regulation of 16 April 2014 within 15 days of the date of validation of the application referred to in Article 17(5) of this Regulation.
If the competent authority has sent a request for additional information to the sponsor, the personal data protection committee may forward observations relating to ethics on the answers provided by the sponsor within 10 days of receipt.