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COMMISSION 0FTHE EIUROPEAN COMMUNITI
COM(76)177 final .
Brussels .28April 1976 *
DRAFT *
DECISION OPTHEJOINT COMMITTEE NoI/76
adopting therules ofprocedure oftheJoint Committee
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
COK(76)' 177final .

o
According toarticle 19(3)oftheAgreement between theCommunity and .
Israel of11May 1975 »"theJoint Committee established bythat Agreement
must formally adopt itsownrules ofprocedure .This isthepurpose ofthe
draft decision set out below .
Itisrecommended that theCouncil adopt this text astheCommunity 'sposition
with aview tothefirst meeting oftheEEC-Israel Joint Committee .

AGREEMENT EEC-ISRAEL
THEJOINTCOMMITTEECES-ISRn°1/76-E
Draxt
DECISIONOFTHEJOINTCOMMITTEE N°1/76
adoptingtherulesofprocedureoftheJointCommittee
THEJOINTOOMMITTEE
havingregardtotheagreementbetweentheEuropeanEconomioCommunity
andtheStateofIsrael,andinparticulararticle19»thereof,
HASDECIDED
Article1
TheJointCommitteeshallbepresidedinturnforsixmonthsatatime
byarepresentative oftheCommunityandarepresentative ofIsrael,
Article2
Oncehehasobtainedtheagreementofbothparties,theChairmanofthe
JointCommitteeshallfixthedatesandtimesofmeetings.
Article3
BeforeeachmeetingtheChairmanshallbeinformedhoweachdelegationisto
bemadeup.
Article4
Unlessthereisadecisiontothecontrary,themeetingsoftheJointCommittee
shallnotbepublic.ForaccesstotheCommittee'smeetingsapassmustbe
shown.

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Article 5
TheJoint Committee 'sdecisions inrespect ofurgent matters maybetaken
"bywritten procedure ifboth parties arein-agreement .
Article 6
All communications from the Chairman inaccordance with these rules of
procedure shall beaddressed totheCommission 'sSecretariat ,tothemembers
oftheCouncil oftheEuropean Communities ,totheCouncil 'sSecretariat and
tothe Israel Mission totheEuropean Communities .
Article 7
1.TheChairman shall draw uptheprovisional agenda foreach meeting .It
shall beforwarded tothe addresses referred tointheproceeding article
notlater than fifteen days before thebeginning ofthemeeting .
Theprovisional agenda shall include the items inrespect ofwhich the
Chairman hasreceived arequest forinclusion intheagenda notlater
tha^i' twenty-one days before thebeginning ofthemeeting .
Items shall not bewritten into theprovisional agenda unless the relevant
documentation has been forwarded tothe addresses referred tointhe
preceding article bythedate onwhich theagenda issent out .
Theagenda shall beadopted bytheJoint Committee atthebeginning of
each meeting .Anitem other than those appearing ontheprovisional agenda
may beplaced ontheagenda ifthe twoparties soagree .
2.TheChairman mayshorten ,inagreement with thetwoparties ,theperiods
specified inparagraph 1inorder totake account oftherequirements of
aparticular case .
Article 8
Minutes shall betaken foreach meeting andshall inparticular include
asummary,' based onasumming upofthejproceedings bytheChairman ,of
theconclusions arrived atbytheJoint Committee .
./

UnderadoptionbytheJointOoiMittee,theminutesshall "besignedbytho
actingChairmanand.bytheSecretaries oftheJointCommitteeandshallbe
filedintheJointCommittee'srecords.Acopyoftheminutesshallbe
forwardedtoeachoftheaddressesreferredtoinarticle6above.
Article9■
TheDanish,Dutch,English,French,German,Italian,andHebraiclanguagesshall
betheofficiallanguagesoftheJointCommittee.
Unlessthereisadecisiontothecontrary,theJointCommitteeshallbase
itsdiscussions ondocumentation drawnupinthesesevenlanguages.
Article10
ActsoftheJointCommitteeshallbesignedbytheChairman.
Article11
Recommendations andDecisionsoftheJointCommitteewithinthemeaningof
article19oftheagreementshallbeentitled"Recommendation "of"Decision"
followedbyaserialnumberandareferencetotheirsubjectmatter.
Article12
Recommendations andDecisionswithinthemeaningofarticle19oftheagreement
shallbedividedintoarticles.
Theactsreferredtointheparagraphaboveshallendwiththewords
"Doneat...... (date)",thedatebeingthatonwhich
theywereadoptedbytheJointCommittee.
Recommendations andDecisionsoftheJointCommitteeshallbeforwardedtothe
addressesreferredtoinarticle6above.
Article13
AnofficialoftheCommunityandanofficialofthegovernmentofIsraelshall
actjointlyasthesecretaries oftheJointCommittee.

Article 1A
TheCommunity ,ontheonehand .,andIsrael ,ontheother ,shall defray the
expenses that they incur asaresult oftheir participation inmeetings of
theJoint Committee andofworking parties inrespect ofstaff ,travelling
and subsistence expenses and also ofpostal andtelecommunications costs .
Expenses inrespect ofinterpretation atmeetings ,translation andduplication
ofdocuments andalso those relating tothematerial organization ofmeetings
shall normally "bedefrayed bytheCommunity .
•i
Article 15
Without prejudice toother provisions applicable inthis matter ,thebusiness
ofthe Joint Committee shall beconfidential .
Article 16 i
f
Correspondence fortheJoint Committee shall beaddressed toitsChairman .
Done at
For the Joint Committee
The Chairman
The Secretaries

Annex
Declarations to"beincludedintheminutesofthefirstmeetingofthe
EEC-IsraelJointCommittee
WithregardtoArticle5
"Thewrittenproceduremaybeusedinteraliafortheadoption
-oftheminutes.
-ofacommonstandpointtobeagreedinadvance,
-ofsuggestionsputforwardbyaworkingparty."
WithregardtoArticle16
"MailfortheJointCommitteeshallbesenttoitsChairmanattheaddress
oftheSecretariat ,JointCommitte,EEC-IsraelAgreement,ruedelaLoi,200
1049Brussels."
-notedthefollowingCommunitydeclaration :
WithregardtoArticle3
"TheCommunitywillberepresented ontheJointCommitteebytheCommission
assistedbyrepresentatives oftheMemberStates.Arepresentative ofthe
SecretaryGeneraloftheCouncilwillattendtheJointCommittee'smeetings.