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ANNEX Procedures to be adopted within the European conference of postal and telecommunications administrations (CEPT) by the MOU signatories for turning CEPT terminal equipment technical recommendations or part or parts thereoff into mandatory European telecommunications standards. Article 1. The signatories of this Memorandum of Understanding who are either Administrations of the CEPT whose countries are members of the EC or Administrations of the CEPT who have appropriate domestic legal instrument which would have the effect of giving comparable legal force to CEPT technical recommendations as would result within EC Member States from the application of an EC Directive shall establish a committee to be referred to as the Technical Recommendations Application Committee. Article 2. The functions of this Committee shall be: (i) deciding which terminal equipment technical recommendations or part or parts thereoff are candidate for mandatory application from existing CEPT studies and from then on, at the outset of any new proposed studies; (ii) deciding whether a terminal equipment technical recommendation (already adopted by the appropriate CEPT procedures) or part or parts thereoff shall become a European Telecommunication Standard (NET); (iii) sending all such European Telecommunication Standards (NET's) to the Commission of the European Community and other relevant competent authorities to be referred to in the frame of appropriate legislation (in the case of the EC the Directive on the first phase of the establishment of the mutual recognition of type approval for telecommunication terminal equipment (cross reference to be added) and to provide the conduit of communications for any specific needs arising from the aforementioned Directive between CEPT and the EC Commission not catered for in the more general EC Commission /CEPT dialogue; (iv) providing the signatories of the MOU with a forum for discussion on problems related to the implementation of the MOU and possible extension of the scope of the MOU to other telecommunication equipment areas. Any proposals for such extensions shall be notified to all signatories 3 months in advance of being considered by the Technical Recommendations Application Committee and shall be incorporated into the Memorandum of Understanding providing no member of the Committee votes against the proposal. Article 3. 3.1. The Technical Recommendations Application Committee shall appoint its own Chairman. The Secretariat for the Committee shall be provided by the Administration of the Chairman. The same Administration shall act as repository for the Memorandum of Understanding. 3.2. A decision of the Committee: 3.2.1. on matters falling under Article 2 (i)) shall be valid when no member of the Committee votes against a proposal; 3.2.2. on matters falling under Article 2 (ii) shall be valid when a majority of votes are cast in favour of a proposal the votes being in accordance with the specific weightings and the majority given in the Addendum to this Annex and providing a quorum exists at the time the vote is taken equivalent to 50% of the possible number of weighted votes of all signatories. 3.3 A decision by the Committee to accept a technical recommendation or part or parts thereoff shall lead to it being re-termed a European Telecommunication Standard (NET) and at the same time be designated as applicable for the purpose of the Directive mentioned in Article 2 (iii). It shall then be sent by the Committee Secretariat to the Commission for the European Community for action under the EC Directive mentioned in Article 2 (iii) and other authorities for non-EC signatories for appropriate action. Article 4. European Telecommunication Standards (NET's) shall be published through the same procedures as may exist for the publication of CEPT technical recommendations. NET documentation shall be available without restriction to any party seeking them through whatever arrangements are in place for distributing CEPT technical recommendations. Article 5. Proposals for suppression of European Telecommunication Standards (NET's) which have become superceded or obsolete shall be considered by the Committee and decisions taken as set out in Article 3.2.2. Any referral to the Committee concerning defects of an established European Telecommunication Standard (NET) shall be considered as a matter of urgency from the viewpoint of whether to suspend or not the NET. However, any studies on the alleged defects and if appropriate, remedial action shall take place through the normal CEPT procedures and the Committee shall consider any revised technical recommendation for possible adoption as a revised NET. Article 6. The coming into force of this Memorandum of Understanding shall take place at the same time the Council Directive on the initial stage of implementation of the mutual recognition of type approval for telecommunication terminal equipment is approved by the European Community providing at least ten Administrations have signed the MOU or at such later time as ten Administrations have signed the MOU. Article 7. Where at least half of the signatories so agree in writing and not less than two years after the coming into force date of this MOU, a meeting of signatories shall be convened to review the effectiveness of the MOU. At such meetings any changes to the MOU which have shown themselves to be necessary in the light of experience shall be incorporated where no signatories vote against the proposal except Article 3.2.1., where a change of wording to that used in Article 3.2.2. (appropriately changing the reference from Article 2 (ii) to Article 2 (i)) shall be incorporated when a majority of votes are cast in favour of that proposal, the votes being in accordance with the specific weightings and the majority given in the Addendum to this Annex. Article 8. The MOU shall be open for signature as from 15th November 1985 until the coming into force of the MOU. Thereafter it shall be open for adhesion to any CEPT Administrations whose countries are members of the EC or Administrations of CEPT who have appropriate domestic legal instruments which would have the effect of giving comparable legal force to CEPT technical recommendations as would result within EC Member States from the application of an EC Directive. The first meeting of the Technical Recommendations Application Committee shall be convened not later than four weeks after the coming into force of the MOU. Article 9. A signatory may withdraw from the MOU at any time after two years from the coming into force date of the MOU by giving six months notice in writing to all the other signatories.