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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81)250final
Brussels,20May1981
Proposalfor;
RULESOF'PROCEDURE
oftheCommitteereferredtoinArticle11ofRegulation (EEC)
-No442/81
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
On17February1981theCounciUof theEuropean
Communities adoptedRegulation (EEC)No442/81onfinancial andtech­
nicalaidtonon-associated developing .countries.ThisRegulation
definestheactiontobetakentoimplementtheaid,theobjectivesto
beattainedandthedetailedrulesforadministering theaid.Article11
oftheRegulationprovidesforthesettingupattiieC<emissionofa
Committeecomposedofrepresentatives oftheMemberStates.Therole
oftheCommitteeistogiveitsopiniononthedraftfinancingdecisions
inconnectionwiththisaidsubmittedtoitbytheCommission .TheCommittee
istobechairedbyaCommission representative anditsSecretariat istobe
providedbytheCommission.
Article11(3)ofRegulation (EEC)n°442/81stipulates
that"AnyruleofprocedurefortheCommitteenotlaiddowninthis
RegulationshallbedecidedonbytheCouncil,actingunanimously ona
proposalfromtheCommission".Thatisthecontextinwhichthisproposal
fortheCommittee'srulesofprocedureissubmitted;itislimitedstrictly
tolayingdownthepracticaloperatingprocedures notspecifiedinthe
abovementioned Regulations .

Proposal for
;RULES OFPROCEDURE
oftheCommittee referred toinArticle 11of/iJ-Regulation (EEC)
N°442 /81
THE COUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN .COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
Having regard toCouncil Regulation (EEC)N)442/81of17February 1981
onfinancial andtechnical aidtonon-associated developing countries (1),
andinparticular Article 11'(3)thereof ,_ -
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
Whereas itisforthe Council toadopt the rules ofprocedure ofthe
Committee setupattheCommission byArticle 11ofRegulation (EEC )No442/81,
HAS ADOPTED THESE RULES OFPROCEDURE

Article 1
1.TheCommittee shall comprise ,under thechairmanship ofaCommisj -
sion representative ,theDelegations oftheMember S'aies ,here­
inafter referred toas"theDelegation' 1.
2.TheMember States shall inform theCommission of+h°names of
thepersons entitled toexercise theright tovote andofthe
addresses towhich communications totheDelegations aretobe
sent *
Article 2
TheCommittee shall meet when convened byitsChairman ,
either onhisowninitiative orattherequest ofaDelegation .
Article 3
Under the conditions laid down inArticle 13of
Regulation ,(EEC)No442/81/theCommittee shall deliver anopinion :
a)ondraft decisions forthefinancing ofprojects orprogrammes
submitted toitbytheCommission j ,
b)ondraft financing decisions involving asupplementary commitment
inexcess of20$oftheinitial commitment laid down bythe
financing decision j Nv "
c)ohdraft financing decisions involving overall credits foritu^.ies
andtechnical assistance ,andtocover thecost ofconsultancy
services andmonitoring costs *.
Article 4
Atleast three weeks before the dpt.-sched^leu .for the
meeting ,theChairman oftheCommittee shall send tot'.r
designated pursuant toArticle 1(2),intheofficial Le..guinea ofthe?
Communities ,adraft agenda together with the financing rlvoi -:ons
referred toinArticle 3*
/
e'o

Article 5
1.The Secretariat oftheCommittee shall beprovided bytheCommission .
2.Within amaximum period ofthree weeks theSecretariat shall ,under the
responsibility oftheChairman ,draw up,intheofficial languages of
theCommunity ,arecord ofthemain conclusions ofeach Committee
meeting andofthebasic positions adopted bytheDelegations .
This record shall beconsidered final when ithasbeen approved by
theCommittee either bymeans ofthewritten procedure oratasubsequent
meeting .
3.Thefinal record ofeach meeting shall besent tothepersons designated
pursuant toArticle 1(2).
4.Correspondence concerning theCommittee shall beaddressed tothe
Commission ,fortheattention oftheChairman oftheCommittee .
5.Those attending meetings oftheCommittee shall berequired torespect
theconfidentiality oftheCommittee 'swork anddeliberations -
Documents relating tosuch work anddeliberations maybecommunicated
only totherelevant authorities oftheMember States andtheCommunity
institutions .
Article 6
f -
/ ■ • \
Themeetings oftheCommittee shall beheld attheseat ofthe
Commission .
Done atBrussels , 1981
Forthe Council
ThePresident