2.Where the joint scientific consultation on medical devices is to be carried out in parallel with the expert panel consultation, the timetable referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be agreed between the HTA secretariat, in consultation with the JSC Subgroup, and the European Medicines Agency, in consultation with the expert panel, and be synchronised with the timing of the process for the expert panel consultation as specified in Article 8(6), points (a) and (e), Article 10(2), point (a), Article 13(2) and Article 14, point (a).