Proposal for a Council Decision on the position to be taken by the Community within the Association Council established by the Europe Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, on the one part, and the Slovak Republic, of the other part with regard to the establishment of a Joint Consultative Committee by the EU-Slovak Association Council
Date: 2000-06-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, Slovakia, agreement (EU), competition law, trade relations

28.11.2000

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

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Proposal for a Council Decision on the position to be taken by the Community within the
Association Council established by the Europe Agreement between the European Communities
and their Member States, on the one part, and the Slovak Republic, of the other part with regard
to the establishment of a Joint Consultative Committee by the EU-Slovak Association Council

(2000/C 337 E/13)

COM(2000) 354 final (cid:16) 2000/0153(CNS)

(Submitted by the Commission on 9 June 2000)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

committee or body that can assist it in carrying out its
duties.

regard to the Treaty

European
Having
the Treaty establishing a European Coal and
Community,
Steel Community and the Treaty establishing a European
Atomic Energy Community (Euratom),

establishing

a

Having regard in particular to Article 300 EC paragraph 2,
second subparagraph and paragraph 3, first subparagraph,

Having regard to Article 2(1) of the Council and Commission
Decision of 19 December 1994 on the conclusion of
the
Europe Agreement establishing an Association between the
European Communities and their Member States, of the one
part, and the Slovak Republic, of the other part,

Having regard to the Commission proposal,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,

Whereas:

(1) Article 109 of the said Europe Agreement provides that the
Association Council may decide to set up any special

(2) Dialogue and cooperation between economic and social
interest groups in the European Union and the Slovak
Republic can make a major contribution to the full
implementation of the Europe Agreement.

(3) It seems appropriate that such cooperation should be
between the members of
and Social
Committee of the European Communities and the Slovak
Republic’s economic and social partners,

the Economic

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

The position to be adopted by the Community within the
Association Council established by the Europe Agreement
between the European Communities and their Member States,
of the one part, and the Slovak Republic, of the other part, in
relation to the establishment of a Joint Consultative Committee
shall be based on the draft decision of the said Association
Council which is annexed to the present decision.

ANNEX

Draft Decision No . . . /1999 of the Association Council Association between the European Communities and
their Member States, of the one part, and the Slovak Republic, of the other part, of . . . 1999 amending,
through the setting-up of a Joint Consultative Committee, Decision No 1/95 establishing the rules of
procedure of the Association Council

THE ASSOCIATION COUNCIL,

HAVING REGARD to the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their
Member States, of the one part, and the Slovak Republic, of the other part, and in particular Article 109 thereof,

WHEREAS dialogue and cooperation between economic and social interest groups in the European Union and the
Slovak Republic can make a major contribution to the development of EU-Slovak relations,

WHEREAS it seems appropriate that such cooperation be organised between the members of the Economic and Social
Committee of the European Communities and the Slovak Republic’s economic and social partners, by the setting up of a
Joint Consultative Committee,

WHEREAS this means that the rules of procedure of the Association Council, adopted by Decision 1/95, have to be
amended accordingly,

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HAS ADOPTED THE FOLLOWING DECISION:

Article 1

The following rules shall be added to the rules of procedure of the Association Council:

>Article 16

Joint Consultative Committee

A Joint Consultative Committee is hereby established with the task of promoting dialogue and cooperation
between the economic and social interest groups in the European Union and the Slovak Republic. Such dialogue
and cooperation shall encompass all economic and social aspects of relations between the European Union and
the Slovak Republic, as they arise in the context of the implementation of the Europe Agreement. The Joint
Consultative Committee shall express its views on questions arising in these areas.

Article 17

The Joint Consultative Committee shall comprise four representatives of the Economic and Social Committee of
the European Communities and four representatives of the Slovak Republic’s economic and social
interest
groups.

The Joint Consultative Committee shall carry out its activities on the basis of consultation by the Association
Council or on its own initiative.

Members shall be chosen to ensure that the Joint Consultative Committee is as faithful a reflection as possible of
the various economic and social interest groups in both the European Union and the Slovak Republic.

The Joint Consultative Committee shall be co-chaired by a member of the Economic and Social Committee of
the European Communities and a Slovak member.

The Joint Consultative Committee shall adopt its own Rules of Procedure.

Article 18

The Economic and Social Committee of the European Communities, on the one hand, and the Slovak economic
and social interest groups, on the other hand, shall each defray the expenses they incur by reason of their
participation in the meetings for the Committee and of its working groups with regard to staff, travel and
subsistence expenditure and to postal and telecommunications 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 Slovak expenditure in connection with
interpreting or translation into or from Slovak, which shall be borne by the Slovak economic and social interest
groups.

Other expenditure relating to the material organisation of meetings shall be borne by the party which hosts the
meetings.@

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

Article 2