2 The Minister of Agriculture and Forestry shall, in cases where he received the request under the provision of the preceding paragraph, hear the opinion of the Committee about whether or not a Japanese Agricultural and Forest Standard should be established on the proposed agricultural and forest commodity;and, as the result, if he deems it reasonable to establish such standards, he shall submit the draft plan under the preceding paragraph for discussion to the Committee;on the other hand, if he deems it unnecessary to do so, he shall notify to that effect, stating the reasons therefor, to the applicant.