CELEX: 51976PC0177
Language: en
Date: 1976-04-28
Title: DRAFT DECISION OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE No 1/76 adopting the rules of procedure of the Joint Committee (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

ARCHIVES HISTORIQUES
DE LA COMMISSION
COLLECTION RELIEE DES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM (76) 177
Vol. 1976/0055
 ---pagebreak--- Disclaimer
Conformément au règlement (CEE, Euratom) n° 354/83 du Conseil du 1er février 1983
concernant l'ouverture au public des archives historiques de la Communauté économique
européenne et de la Communauté européenne de l'énergie atomique (JO L 43 du 15.2.1983,
p. 1), tel que modifié par le règlement (CE, Euratom) n° 1700/2003 du 22 septembre 2003
(JO L 243 du 27.9.2003, p. 1), ce dossier est ouvert au public. Le cas échéant, les documents
classifiés présents dans ce dossier ont été déclassifiés conformément à l'article 5 dudit
règlement.
In accordance with Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 354/83 of 1 February 1983
concerning the opening to the public of the historical archives of the European Economic
Community and the European Atomic Energy Community (OJ L 43, 15.2.1983, p. 1), as
amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1700/2003 of 22 September 2003 (OJ L 243,
27.9.2003, p. 1), this file is open to the public. Where necessary, classified documents in this
file have been declassified in conformity with Article 5 of the aforementioned regulation.
In Übereinstimmung mit der Verordnung (EWG, Euratom) Nr. 354/83 des Rates vom 1.
Februar 1983 über die Freigabe der historischen Archive der Europäischen
Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft und der Europäischen Atomgemeinschaft (ABI. L 43 vom 15.2.1983,
S. 1), geändert durch die Verordnung (EG, Euratom) Nr. 1700/2003 vom 22. September 2003
(ABI. L 243 vom 27.9.2003, S. 1), ist diese Datei der Öffentlichkeit zugänglich. Soweit
erforderlich, wurden die Verschlusssachen in dieser Datei in Übereinstimmung mit Artikel 5
der genannten Verordnung freigegeben.
 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION 0 F THE EIUROPEAN COMMUNITI
                                             COM(76)177 final .
                                             Brussels . 28 April 1976 *
                               DRAFT *
                DECISION OP THE JOINT COMMITTEE No I /76
        adopting the rules of procedure of the Joint Committee
            ( submitted to the Council by the Commission)
  COK(76)' 177 final .
 ---pagebreak---                                       o
    According to article 19 (3 ) of the Agreement between the Community and.
     Israel of 11 May 1975 » "the Joint Committee established by that Agreement
    must formally adopt its own rules of procedure . This is the purpose of the
    draft decision set out below .
It is recommended   that the Council adopt this text as the Community 's position
    with a view to the first meeting of the EEC-Israel Joint Committee .
 ---pagebreak--- AGREEMENT EEC-ISRAEL
                                                                 CES-ISR n° 1/ 76 - E
THE JOINT COMMITTEE
                                    Draxt
                      DECISION OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE N° 1 / 76
                adopting the rules of procedure of the Joint Committee
     THE JOINT OOMMITTEE
     having regard to the agreement between the European Economio Community
     and the State of Israel , and in particular article 19 » thereof,
     HAS DECIDED
                                 Article 1
     The Joint Committee shall be presided in turn for six months at a time
     by a representative of the Community and a representative of Israel ,
                                 Article 2
     Once he has obtained the agreement of both parties , the Chairman of the
     Joint Committee shall fix the dates and times of meetings .
                                 Article 3
     Before each meeting the Chairman shall be informed how each delegation is to
     be made up .
                                 Article 4
     Unless there is a decision to the contrary, the meetings of the Joint Committee
     shall not be public . For access to the Committee 's meetings a pass must be
     shown .
 ---pagebreak---                                    - 2 -
                                Article 5
The Joint Committee 's decisions in respect of urgent matters may be taken
"by written procedure if both parties are in -agreement .
                                Article 6
All communications from the Chairman in accordance with these rules of
procedure shall be addressed to the Commission 's Secretariat, to the members
of the Council of the European Communities , to the Council 's Secretariat and
to the Israel Mission to the European Communities .
                                Article 7
1.   The Chairman shall draw up the provisional agenda for each meeting .   It
     shall be forwarded to the addresses referred to in the proceeding article
     not later than fifteen days before the beginning of the meeting .
     The provisional agenda shall include the items in respect of which the
     Chairman has received a request for inclusion in the agenda not later
     tha^i' twenty-one days before the beginning of the meeting .
     Items shall not be written into the provisional agenda unless the relevant
     documentation has been forwarded to the addresses referred to in the
     preceding article by the date on which the agenda is sent out .
     The agenda shall be adopted by the Joint Committee at the beginning of
     each meeting . An item other than those appearing on the provisional agenda
     may be placed on the agenda if the two parties so agree .
2.   The Chairman may shorten, in agreement with the two parties , the periods
     specified in paragraph 1 in order to take account of the requirements of
     a particular case .
                                 Article 8
     Minutes shall be taken for each meeting and shall in particular include
     a summary,' based on a summing up of the jproceedings by the Chairman, of
     the conclusions arrived at by the Joint Committee .
                                                                       ./
 ---pagebreak--- Under adoption by the Joint OoiMittee , the minutes shall "be signed by tho
acting Chairman and. by the Secretaries of the Joint Committee and shall be
filed in the Joint Committee 's records .   A copy of the minutes shall be
forwarded to each of the addresses referred to in article 6 above .
                                Article 9 ■
The Danish, Dutch , English , French, German, Italian, and Hebraic languages shall
be the official languages of the Joint Committee .
Unless there is a decision to the contrary, the Joint Committee shall base
its discussions on documentation drawn up in these seven languages .
                                Article 10
Acts of the Joint Committee shall be signed by the Chairman .
                                Article 11
Recommendations and Decisions of the Joint Committee within the meaning of
article 19 of the agreement shall be entitled " Recommendation" of "Decision"
followed by a serial number and a reference to their subject matter .
                                Article 12
Recommendations and Decisions within the meaning of article 19 of the agreement
shall be divided into articles .
The acts referred to in the paragraph above shall end with the words
"Done at       ......                  ( date )", the date being that on which
they were adopted by the Joint Committee .
Recommendations and Decisions of the Joint Committee shall be forwarded to the
addresses referred to in article 6 above .
                               Article 13
An official of the Community and an official of the government of Israel shall
act jointly as the secretaries of the Joint Committee .
 ---pagebreak---                                Article 1A
The Community, on the one hand., and Israel , on the other, shall defray the
expenses that they incur as a result of their participation in meetings of
the Joint Committee and of working parties in respect of staff, travelling
and subsistence expenses and also of postal and telecommunications costs .
Expenses in respect of interpretation at meetings , translation and duplication
of documents and also those relating to the material organization of meetings
shall normally "be defrayed by the Community .
                                                •i
                               Article 15
Without prejudice to other provisions applicable in this matter, the business
of the Joint Committee shall be confidential .
                               Article 16 i
                                          f
Correspondence for the Joint Committee shall be addressed to its Chairman .
                                        Done at
                                                  For the Joint Committee
                                                      The Chairman
          The Secretaries
 ---pagebreak---                                                                     Annex
Declarations to "be included in the minutes of the first meeting of the
EEC - Israel Joint Committee
With regard to Article 5
" The written procedure may be used inter alia for the adoption
- of the minutes .
- of a common standpoint to be agreed in advance ,
- of suggestions put forward by a working party ."
With regard to Article 16
"Mail for the Joint Committee shall be sent to its Chairman at the address
  of the Secretariat , Joint Committe, EEC-Israel Agreement , rue de la Loi, 200
  1049  Brussels ."
- noted the following Community declaration :
With regard to Article 3
" The Community will be represented on the Joint Committee by the Commission
  assisted by representatives of the Member States .  A representative of   the
  Secretary General of the Council will attend the Joint Committee 's meetings .