Decision No 2/99 of the Association Council between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Tunisia, of the other part, of 3 September 1999 setting up a working party on social matters
Date: 1999-09-03
Institutions: EC–Tunisia Association Council
Subjects: Tunisia, association agreement (EU), social policy

L 258/28

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

5. 10. 1999

DECISION No 2/99 OF THE ASSOCIATION COUNCIL

between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of
Tunisia, of the other part,

of 3 September 1999

setting up a working party on social matters

(1999/654/EC)

THE ASSOCIATION COUNCIL,

Article 5

Having regard to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement estab-
lishing an association between the European Communities and
their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of
Tunisia, of the other part (1),

1.
The chair shall draw up the provisional agenda for each
meeting. It shall be sent with the convening notice to the
members of the working party no later than 20 days before the
beginning of the meeting.

Whereas Article 73 of the Agreement provides that a working
party be set up to evaluate the implementation of Chapters I, II
and III of Title VI of the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

In accordance with Article 73 of
the Euro-Mediterranean
Agreement establishing an association between the European
Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the
Republic of Tunisia, of the other part, there shall be established
a working party on social affairs which shall be responsible for
undertaking a continuous and regular evaluation of the imple-
mentation of Chapters I, II and III of Title VI of the Agreement.

Article 2

The working party shall be responsible for:

1. ensuring compliance with the principle of non-discrim-
ination on the basis of nationality between workers of
Tunisian nationality and workers who are nationals of each
Member State as regards working conditions, remuneration
and dismissal and social security (within the meaning of the
Agreement);

2.

implementing the social security provisions laid down in
Articles 65 to 68 of the Agreement;

3. dialogue in social matters in accordance with Article 69 of

the Agreement;

4. cooperation on social matters referred to in Article 71 of

the Agreement.

2.
The provisional agenda shall include the items in respect
of which the chair has received from any of the working party's
members, not
the
meeting, a request for inclusion on the agenda together with
any relevant document.

later than 25 days before the date of

The agenda shall be adopted by the working party at the
3.
beginning of each meeting. Any item other than those on the
provisional agenda may be placed on the agenda if
the
Community and its Member States, of
the one part, and
Tunisia, of the other part, so agree.

Article 6

The Working Party shall comprise officials of the Member
States of the European Communities, Tunisia and the Commis-
sion of the European Communities, assisted by officials of the
General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union.

An official of the General Secretariat of the Council of the
European Union and an official of the Tunisian Government
shall jointly provide the working party with secretarial services.

If both parties agree that
the presence or participation of
particular experts is required in order to obtain specialised
information, the working party may invite such experts for
such purposes as it shall define.

Article 7

The working party shall report after each of its meetings to the
Association Council and may submit to it drafts or proposals
for decisions and/or recommendations.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter force on the day of its adoption.

Article 8

The working party shall be convened by its chair with the
parties' mutual consent. It shall meet alternately in Brussels and
Tunisia.

Article 4

The working party shall be chaired in turn by a representative
of the party acting as President of the Association Council.

Done at Luxembourg, 3 September 1999.

For the Association Council

The President

Ch. NEFFATI

(1) OJ L 97, 30.3.1998, p. 1.