in the disposal of the communication, provided that the Committee shall afford each party an opportunity to comment on such documentation or information within fixed time limits. 3. The Committee may refer any communication to a working group to make recommendations to the Committee on the merits of the communication. 4. The Committee shall not decide on the merits of the communication without having considered the applicability of all of the admissibility grounds referred to in articles 2, 3 and 4 of the Optional Protocol. 5. The Secretary-General shall transmit the Views of the Committee, determined by a simple majority, together with any recommendations, to the author or authors of the communication and to the State party concerned. 6. Any member of the Committee who has participated in the decision may request that a summary of her or his individual opinion be appended to the Committee’s Views. Follow-up to the Views of the Committee Rule 73 1. Within six months of the Committee’s issuing its Views on a communication, the State party concerned shall submit to the Committee a written response, including any information on any action taken in the light of the Views and recommendations of the Committee. 2. After the six-month period referred to in paragraph 1 of the present rule, the Committee may invite the State party concerned to submit further information about any measures the State party has taken in response to its Views or recommendations. 3. The Committee may request the State party to include information on any action taken in response to its Views or recommendations in its subsequent reports under article 18 of the Convention. 4. The Committee shall designate for follow-up on Views adopted under article 7 of the Optional Protocol a rapporteur or working group to ascertain the measures taken by States parties to give effect to the Committee’s Views and recommendations. 5. The rapporteur or working group may make such contacts and take such action as may be appropriate for the due performance of their assigned functions and shall make such recommendations for further action by the Committee as may be necessary. 6. The rapporteur or working group shall report to the Committee on follow-up activities on a regular basis. 7. The Committee shall include information on any follow-up activities in its annual report under article 21 of the Convention. 119