2001/136/EC: Decision No 4/2000 of the EU-Slovak Association Council of 27 December 2000 amending, through the setting-up of a Joint Consultative Committee, Decision No 1/95 establishing the rules of procedure of the Association Council
Date: 2000-12-27
Institutions: EC–Slovakia Association Council
Subjects: Association Council (EU), Slovakia, advisory committee (EU), association agreement (EU), economic cooperation, joint committee on EU matters, operation of the Institutions, rules of procedure

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COUNCIL

DECISION No 4/2000 OF THE EU-SLOVAK ASSOCIATION COUNCIL

of 27 December 2000

amending, through the setting-up of a Joint Consultative Committee, Decision No 1/95 establishing
the rules of procedure of the Association Council

(2001/136/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 the Slovak Republic, of the other
part, and in particular Article 109 thereof,

Republic. Such dialogue and cooperation shall encompass
all economic and social aspects of relations between the
European Community 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.

Whereas:

Article 17

(1)

(2)

(3)

Dialogue and cooperation between economic and social
interest groups in the European Community and the
Slovak Republic can make a major contribution to the
development of their relations

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.

This means that the rules of procedure of the Associa-
tion Council, adopted by Decision 1/95, have to be
amended accordingly,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

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
entrusted with the
task of helping the Association
Committee with a view to promoting dialogue and
cooperation between the economic and social
interest
in the European Community and the Slovak
groups

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 tasks
on the basis of consultation by the Association Council or,
as regards the promotion of dialogue between economic
and social circles, on its own initiative.

Members shall be chosen to ensure that the Joint Consulta-
tive Committee is as faithful a reflection as possible of the
various economic and social interest groups in both the
European Community 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 participa-
tion in the meetings for the Committee and of its working
groups with regard to staff, travel and subsistence expendi-
ture and to postal and telecommunications expenditure.

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Expenditure in connection with interpreting at meetings,
translation and reproduction of documents shall be born 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 born by the
Slovak economic and social

interest groups.

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 December 2000.

Other expenditure relating to the material organisation of
meetings shall be born by the Party which hosts the meet-
ings.’

For the Association Council

E. KUKAN

The President