Decision No 4/1999 of the EU-Romania Association Council of 27 September 1999 amending through the setting-up of a Joint Consultative Committee, Decision No 1/95 adopting the rules of procedure of the Association Council (95/429/EC)
Date: 1999-09-27
Institutions: EC–Romania Association Council
Subjects: Association Council (EU), Romania, advisory committee (EU), association agreement (EU), operation of the Institutions, rules of procedure

L 270/26

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

20. 10. 1999

DECISION No 4/1999 OF THE EU-ROMANIA ASSOCIATION COUNCIL

of 27 September 1999

amending through the setting-up of a Joint Consultative Committee, Decision No 1/95 adopting the
rules of procedure of the Association Council (95/429/EC)

(1999/681/EC)

THE ASSOCIATION COUNCIL,

Having regard to the Europe Agreement establishing an asso-
ciation between the European Communities and their Member
States, of the one part, and Romania, of the other part (1), and
in particular Article 111 thereof,

(1) Whereas dialogue and cooperation between economic
and social interest groups in the European Community
and Romania can make a major contribution to the
development of their relations;

(2) Whereas it seems appropriate that such cooperation
should be organised at the level of the members of the
the European
Economic and Social Committee of
Communities, of the one part, and of the representatives
of the Economic and Social Council of Romania, of the
other part, by the setting up of a joint consultative
committee;

(3) Whereas the rules of procedure of

the Association
Council, adopted by Decision No 1/95 (2), should be
amended accordingly,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The rules of procedure of the Association Council shall be
supplemented by the following Articles:

‘Article 15

cooperation

A joint consultative committee is hereby established with
the task of assisting the Association Council with a view to
the
dialogue
promoting
and
economic and social
interest groups in the European
Community and those in Romania. Such dialogue and
cooperation shall encompass all economic and social
aspects of relations between the European Community and
Romania, as they arise in the context of implementation of
the Europe Agreement. The Committee shall express its
views on questions arising in these areas.

between

tatives of the Economic and Social Council of Romania, on
the other hand.

The committee shall carry out its activities on the basis of
consultation by the Association Council or, as concerns the
promotion of
the dialogue between the economic and
social

interest groups, on its own initiative.

Members shall be chosen to ensure that the committee is as
faithful a reflection as possible of the various economic and
social
interest groups in both the European Community
and Romania.

The Committee shall be co-chaired by a member of the
European
Social Commitee of
Economic
Communities and a Romanian member.

and

the

The Committee shall adopt its own Rules of Procedure.

Article 17

The Economic and Social Committee of
the European
Communities, on the one hand, and the Economic and
Social Council of Romania, on the other hand, shall each
defray the expenses they incur by reason of their participa-
tion in the meetings of the joint consultative committee
and of its working groups with regard to staff, travel and
subsistence expenditure and to postal and telecommunica-
tions expenditure.

Expenditure in connection with interpreting at meetings,
translation and reproduction of documents shall be borne
by the Economic and Social Committee, with the exception
of expenditure in connection with interpreting or transla-
tion into or from Romanian, which shall be borne by the
Economic and Social Council of Romania.

Expenditure relating to the material organisation of meet-
ings shall be borne by the Party which hosts the meetings.’

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the first day of the
second month following the date of its adoption.

Done at Brussels, 27 September 1999.

Article 16

The joint consultative committee shall comprise six repre-
sentatives of the Economic and Social Committee of the
European Communities, on the one hand, and six represen-

For the Association Council

The President

T. HALONEN

(1) OJ L 357, 31.12.1994, p. 2.
(2) OJ L 171, 21.7.1995, p. 41.