decis cooper council european commun member state part republ south africa part june adopt rule procedur cooper council ec cooper council regard agreement trade develop cooper european commun member state part republ south africa part sign pretoria octob hereinaft refer quot agreement quot articl thereof agreement enter forc provision basi januari accord exchang letter european commun south africa octob decid adopt rule procedur articl composit cooper council consist member council european union repres member commiss european commun hereinaft refer quot commiss quot repres hand member govern south africa repres articl presid cooper council presid altern member council european union repres govern south africa period provision applic agreement repres european commiss presid behalf european commun articl meet cooper council meet regular interv circumst requir parti agre equal agre parti council meet ministeri level agre parti session cooper council ministeri level held usual venu meet council european union meet cooper council jointli arrang secretari cooper council articl deleg meet presid cooper council inform intend composit head deleg parti cooper council invit agreement parti member attend meet articl secretariat offici gener secretariat council european union offici south african govern act jointli secretari cooper council period provision applic agreement offici commiss act secretari european side articl document deliber cooper council base written support document document number circul document cooper council secretari articl correspond correspond address cooper council presid council forward secretari cooper council secretari ensur correspond forward presid cooper council circul member cooper council correspond circul secretariat gener commiss gener secretariat council european union perman represent member state european union south african govern correspond presid cooper council recipi respect secretari circul member cooper council mention paragraph articl agenda meet provision agenda meet drawn secretari cooper council secretari forward recipi refer articl paragraph dai begin meet provision agenda includ item respect request inclus agenda receiv secretari dai begin meet item written provision agenda support document forward secretari date dispatch provision agenda cooper council begin meet adopt agenda item appear provision agenda agenda parti agre agreement parti time limit paragraph shorten order account requir case articl minut draft minut meet drawn jointli secretari minut gener rule respect item agenda document submit cooper council statement entri request member cooper council decis recommend made statement agre conclus adopt specif item minut includ list member cooper council particip meet draft minut submit cooper council approv meet draft minut agre write parti approv authent copi minut sign secretari file parti copi minut forward recipi refer articl paragraph articl decis recommend cooper council decis make recommend common agreement parti inter session period cooper council adopt decis make recommend written procedur parti agre written procedur consist exchang note secretari act agreement parti decis recommend cooper council mean articl agreement entitl quot decis quot quot recommend quot serial number date adopt descript subject decis recommend cooper council sign presid authent secretari authent copi archiv parti cooper council decis recommend transmit secretari recipi refer articl paragraph document cooper council articl public decid meet cooper council public parti decid public decis recommend cooper council respect offici public articl languag offici languag cooper council offici languag parti articl expens european commun south africa defrai expens incur reason particip meet cooper council regard staff travel subsist expenditur postal telecommun expenditur expenditur connect organis meet born parti host meet articl committe cooper committe establish order assist cooper council perform duti articl entri forc decis enter forc dai adopt brussel june cooper council presid richel oj oj