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EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA
THEEEAJOINTPARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE
RULESOFPROCEDURE OFTHEEEAJOINTPARLIAMENTARY
COMMITTEE (EEAJPC)
TheEEAJPCisestablishedonthebasisofArticle95and
Protocol36oftheEuropeanEconomicAreaAgreement,
aswellasonthebasisoftheEuropeanParliament'sreso­
lutionof22January1993andthedecisionofthe
CommitteeofMembersofParliamentoftheEFTAStates
of24January1994.
Rule1
TheEEAJointParliamentaryCommitteeshallconsistof
66members.AnequalnumberofmembersoftheEEA
JPCshallbeappointedbytheEuropeanParliamentand
bytheParliamentsoftheEFTAStates,respectively .The
membersoftheCommitteemaysitaccordingtotheir
politicalaffinities.
Rule2
ThetermofofficeofthemembersoftheEEAJPCshall
correspondtothetermsofofficeoftheEuropeanParli­
amentandoftheParliaments oftheEFTAStates.forthetablingofdraftresolutionsandamendmentswith
aviewtoensuringtranslationandproperdebatewithin
theJPC.Motionsforresolutionsmustconcernmatters
coveredbytheEEAAgreement.
Rule6
TheEEAJPCshallholdageneralsessiontwiceayear,
alternatelyintheCommunityandinanEFTAState.
ExtraordinarysessionsoftheEEAJPCshallbeconvened
bytheBureauonitsowninitiativeoruponawritten
requestbyatleastone-thirdofthemembersoftheJPC.
Rule7
AnyParliamentofanEFTAStatewhichdoesnottake
partintheEEAAgreementmayobtainobserverstatus
duringsessionsoftheEEAJPC.
Rule8
ThesessionsoftheEEAJPCshallbeheldinpublic,
unlesstheCommitteedecidesotherwise.
Rule9
ThetaskoftheEEAJPCshallbetocontribute,through
dialogueanddebate,toabetterunderstanding between
theCommunityandtheEFTAStatesinthefieldscovered
bytheEEAAgreement.
Rule10
Inordertoensuredemocraticparliamentarycontrol,the
PresidentoftheEEACouncil,aswellastherepresenta­
tivesoftheEEAJointCommittee,willbeinvitedto
participateactivelyintheworkoftheEEAJPC.The
Bureaumayinviteanyotherpersontoattendmeetingsof
theJPC.
AllEuropeanCommunitylegislationapplyingtothe
EEA,aswellasitsimplementation shallbesubjectto
scrutinybytheEEAJPC.Rule3
TheEEAJPCshallelectitsPresidentandVice-President
fromamongitsmembers.TheofficeofPresidentofthe
Committeeshallbeheldalternately,foraperiodofone
year,byamemberappointedbytheEuropeanParliament
andbyamemberappointedbyaparliamentofanEFTA
State.
Rule4
TheBureauoftheEEAJPCshallconsistofthechairman
ofthedelegationfromtheEuropeanParliament,the
chairmanofthedelegationfromtheParliamentsofthe
EFTAStatesandthreevice-chairmen ofeachdelegation.
Rule5
TheBureaushallprepare,coordinateandguidethework
oftheEEAJPC.Itshall,inparticular,establishadraft
agendaforeachsession.TheBureaushallfixdeadlines

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Rule11
TheEEAJPCwillexpressitsviewsintheformofreports
orresolutions,asappropriate.Itshall,inparticular,
examinetheannualreportoftheEEAJointCommittee,
issuedinaccordancewithArticle94(4)oftheEEA
Agreeement,onthefunctioningandthedevelopmentof
theAgreement.
Rule12
TheCommitteeshallappoint,foroneyear,tworappor­
teursfromamong,ontheonehand,theMEPs,and,on
theotherhand,theIMPsofEFTAStatesmembersofthe
Committee,whoshallpresenttotheCommitteedraft
reportsandresolutionsontheannualreportissuedbythe
EEAJointCommittee .
SuchdraftsmustbesubmittedinduetimetotheBureau,
sothattranslationandproperdebatewithintheJPCcan
beensured.
Rule13
TheCommitteemayappointco-rapporteurs onspecific
issues.OnaproposalfromtheBureauitshalldecidethe
termsofreferenceanddurationoftheirfunctions.
Rule14
Reportsandresolutionsshallbeconsideredadoptedif
theyreceivethesupportoftwo-thirdsofthemembers
present.
Adoptedreportsandresolutionsshallbeforwardedtothe
EuropeanParliamentandtheEFTAParliaments ,aswell
astotheEEACouncilandJointCommitteeforfurther
action.
Rule15
DecisionsotherthanthosefallingunderRule14shallbe
takenwithasimplemajorityofthememberspresent.
Rule16
MembersoftheEEAJPChavetherighttoputoraland
writtenquestionstotherepresentatives oftheEEA
CouncilandtheEEAJointCommittee .Rule17
DuringsessionsoftheEEAJPCinterpretation willbe
availabletoandfromallofficiallanguagesoftheEuro­
peanCommunityaswellasanyotherlanguagerequested
bytheEFTAParliaments .
ActsadoptedbytheEEAJPCshallbepublishedinthe
officiallanguages.
Rule18
MinutesshallbedrawnupforeachsessionoftheEEA
JPCforapprovalattheopeningofthefollowingmeeting.
Rule19
Thetravelexpensesandsubsistenceallowancesof
Committeemembersandofficialsassistingthemshallbe
paidbytheParliamentthathasappointedthem.
Rule20
Thecostsforinterpretationandtranslationshallbeborne
bytherespectiveParliaments .Otherexpensesoccasioned
bythemeetingsandactivitiesoftheJPCwillbemetby
thehostbody.
Rule21
ThesecretariatoftheEEAJPCshallbeprovidedjointly
bythesecretariatoftheEuropeanParliamentandthe
secretariatoftheCommitteeofMembersofParliamentof
theEFTAStates.
Rule22
TheEEAJPCshalladoptitsrulesofprocedurewitha
two-thirdmajorityofthemembersoftheCommittee.The
sameappliestochangestotherules.
DoneatBrussels,24February1994.
FortheEEAJointParliamentary
Committee
ThePresident
GaryTITLEY