2002/795/EC: Decision No 2/2002 of the EU-Lithuania Association Council of 24 July 2002 amending, through the setting-up of a Joint Consultative Committee, Decision No 1/98 adopting the rules of procedure of the Association Council
Date: 2002-07-24
Institutions: EC–Lithuania Association Council
Subjects: Association Council (EU), European Association Agreement, Lithuania, advisory committee (EU), rules of procedure

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(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COUNCIL

DECISION No 2/2002 OF THE EU-LITHUANIA ASSOCIATION COUNCIL

of 24 July 2002

amending, through the setting-up of a Joint Consultative Committee, Decision No 1/98 adopting
the rules of procedure of the Association Council

(2002/795/EC)

THE ASSOCIATION COUNCIL,

Having regard to the Europe Agreement establishing an Asso-
ciation between the European Communities and their Member
States, on the one part, and the Republic of Lithuania, on the
other part (1), and in particular Article 116 thereof,

the Republic of Lithuania. Such dialogue and cooperation
shall encompass all economic and social aspects of relations
between the European Community and the Republic of
Lithuania, as they arise in the context of implementation of
the Europe Agreement. The Joint Consultative Committee
shall express its views on questions arising in these areas.

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Dialogue and cooperation between economic and social
interest groups in the European Community and the
Republic of Lithuania 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 repre-
sentatives of Lithuania's economic and social
interest
groups, by the setting up of a Joint Consultative
Committee.

This means that the rules of procedure of the Association
Council, adopted by its Decision No 1/98 (2), have to be
amended accordingly,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

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

‘Article 15

Joint Consultative Committee

A Joint Consultative Committee is hereby established with
the task of helping the Association Council with a view to
promoting dialogue and cooperation between the economic
and social interest groups in the European Community and

(1) OJ L 51, 20.2.1998, p. 3.
(2) OJ L 73, 12.3.1998, p. 24.

Article 16

The Joint Consultative Committee shall comprise six repre-
sentatives of the Economic and Social Committee of the
European Communities and six representatives of Lithua-
nian 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
the promotion of dialogue between the
economic and social interest groups, on its own initiative.

regards

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 Republic of Lithuania.

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

The Joint Consultative Committee shall adopt its Rules of
Procedure.

Article 17

The Economic and Social Committee of
the European
Communities, on the one hand, and the Lithuanian
economic and social interest groups, on the other hand,
shall each defray the expenses they incur by reason of their
participation 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 tele-
communications expenditure.

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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 translation into or from Lithuanian, which shall be borne by Lithuanian 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

Done at Brussels, 24 July 2002.

For the Association Council

The President

P. S. MØLLER