and competent in matters of trade, customs and law. (b) Each Partner State shall nominate three members to the Committee. 3. Each Partner State shall notify the Committee, of the investigating authority within its territory designated to initiate and conduct investigations on behalf of the Committee. 4. The functions of the Committee shall be to: (a) initiate, through the investigating authorities of the Partner States, investigation on disputes under the Regulations in paragraph 1 of this Article; (b) make affirmative or negative determinations on investigation arising from sub-paragraph (a) of this paragraph; (c) recommend provisional measures to prevent injury to a domestic industry where preliminary affirmative determination has been made under any matter in paragraph 1 of this Article; (d) undertake consultations with Partner States and other countries on matters before it; (e) report to the Council on all determinations in relations to matters that are submitted to it and decisions made by it; (f) provide advisory opinions to the Partner States in relation to matters under paragraph 1 of this Article; (g) review annually the implementation and operation of the matters in paragraph 1 of this Article; (h) issue public notices under the matters in paragraph 1 of this Article; (i) facilitate consultations by Partner States and parties to the dispute before it, to ensure timely fulfilment of all requirements by parties to the dispute and provide advice as may be appropriate; (j) administer and manage the dispute settlement mechanism; and (k) undertake any function that may be assigned to it by any regulation under this Protocol or by the Council. 23