CELEX: 51981PC0250
Language: en
Date: 1981-05-20
Title: Proposal for RULES OF PROCEDURE of the Committee referred to in Article 11 of Regulation (EEC) No 442/81 (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                Proposal for ;
                             RULES OF' PROCEDURE
       of the Committee referred to in Article 11 of Regulation ( EEC )
                              -   No 442 / 81
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 ---pagebreak---                     EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
                On 17 February 1981 the CounciUof the European
Communities adopted Regulation ( EEC ) No 442 / 81 on financial and tech­
nical aid to non-associated developing . countries . This Regulation
defines the action to be taken to implement the aid, the objectives to
be attained and the detailed rules for administering the aid . Article 11
of the Regulation provides for the setting up at tiie C < emission of a
Committee composed of representatives of the Member States . The role
of the Committee is to give its opinion on the draft financing decisions
in connection with this aid submitted to it by the Commission . The Committee
is to be chaired by a Commission representative and its Secretariat is to be
provided by the Commission .
                Article 11 ( 3 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) n° 442 / 81 stipulates
that " Any rule of procedure for the Committee not laid down in this
Regulation shall be decided on by the Council , acting unanimously on a
proposal from the Commission". That is the context in which this proposal
for the Committee 's rules of procedure is submitted; it is limited strictly
to laying down the practical operating procedures not specified in the
abovementioned Regulations .
 ---pagebreak---                             Proposal for
                       ; RULES OF PROCEDURE
    of the Committee referred to in Article 11 of /     i J - Regulation ( EEC)
                      N° 442 /81
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN. COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) N) 442 /81 of 17 February 1981
on financial and technical aid to non-associated developing countries ( 1 ),
and in particular Article 11' ( 3 ) thereof , _                     -
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas it is for the Council to adopt the rules of procedure of the
Committee set up at the Commission by Article 11 of Regulation ( EEC ) No 442 / 81 ,
HAS ADOPTED THESE RULES OF PROCEDURE
 ---pagebreak---                               Article 1
 1.  The Committee shall comprise , under the chairmanship of a Commisj-
     sion representative , the Delegations of the Member S'aies , here­
     inafter referred to as "the Delegation'1 .
 2. The Member States shall inform the Commission of +h° names of
    the persons entitled to exercise the right to vote and of the
    addresses to which communications to the Delegations are to be
    sent *
                              Article 2
                   The Committee shall meet when convened by its Chairman ,
either on his own initiative or at the request of a Delegation .
                              Article 3
                   Under the conditions laid down in Article 13 of
Regulation , ( EEC ) No 442 / 81 / the Committee shall deliver an opinion :
a) on draft decisions for the financing of projects or programmes
    submitted to it by the Commission j                                    ,
b) on draft financing decisions involving a supplementary commitment
    in excess of 20$ of the initial commitment laid down by the
    financing decision j                                                   Nv"
c) oh draft financing decisions involving overall credits for itu^.ies
    and technical assistance , and to cover the cost of consultancy
    services and monitoring costs *.
                              Article 4
                  At least three weeks before the dpt.- sched^leu. for the
meeting, the Chairman of the Committee shall send to t '.r
designated pursuant to Article 1(2), in the official Le . guinea of the?
Communities , a draft agenda together with the             financing rlvoi - : ons
referred to in Article 3 *
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 ---pagebreak---                             Article 5
1 . The Secretariat of the Committee shall be provided by the Commission .
2 . Within a maximum period of three weeks the Secretariat shall , under the
    responsibility of the Chairman, draw up, in the official languages of
    the Community, a record of the main conclusions of each Committee
    meeting and of the basic positions adopted by the Delegations .
    This record shall be considered final when it has been approved by
    the Committee either by means of the written procedure or at a subsequent
    meeting .
3 . The final record of each meeting shall be sent to the persons designated
    pursuant to Article 1 (2 ).
4 . Correspondence concerning the Committee shall be addressed to the
    Commission, for the attention of the Chairman of the Committee .
5 . Those attending meetings of the Committee shall be required to respect
    the confidentiality of the Committee 's work and deliberations-
    Documents relating to such work and deliberations may be communicated
    only to the relevant authorities of the Member States and the Community
    institutions .
                            Article 6
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            The meetings of the Committee shall be held at the seat of the
Commission .
                           Done at Brussels ,                    1981
                                            For the Council
                                            The President