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(c) decisions adopted by the Council during the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the EC Treaty and joint texts approved by the Conciliation Committee.

The office of President of the EEA Joint Committee shall be held alternately, for a period of six months, by the representative of the Community, i.e. the EC Commission, and the representative of one of the EFTA States.

The Contracting Parties, as to the Community and the EC Member States in their respective fields of competence, shall hold consultations in the EEA Joint Committee on any point of relevance to the Agreement giving rise to a difficulty and raised by one of them.

The Contracting Parties, as to the Community and the EC Member States in their respective fields of competence, may, after having discussed it in the EEA Joint Committee, or directly in exceptionally urgent cases, raise in the EEA Council any issue giving rise to a difficulty.

Where cooperation takes the form of an exchange of information between public authorities, the EFTA States shall have the same rights to receive, and obligations to provide, information as EC Member States, subject to the requirements of confidentiality, which shall be fixed by the EEA Joint Committee.

In the latter case, or if a Contracting Party notifies the non-ratification of a decision of the EEA Joint Committee, the suspension provided for in Article 102(5) shall take effect one month after such a notification but in no event earlier than the date on which the corresponding EC act is implemented in the Community.

In the event that two or more Member States envisage applying to the fuel supplied to aircraft of U.S. airlines in the territories of such Member States for flights between such Member States any waiver of the exemption contained in Article 14.1 (b) of Council Directive 2003/96/EC of 27 October 2003, the Joint Committee shall consider that issue, in accordance with paragraph 4(e) of Article 18.

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of 20 September 1976 on practical measures of economic cooperation within the EC-Canada Joint Committee

That practical measures of economic cooperation may not be initiated by the Community within the EC-Canada Joint Committee unless a common position has been agreed beforehand under the Community's usual procedures;

The Committee set up pursuant to Article 21 of Directive 96/48/EC has appointed the European Association for Railway Interoperability (AEIF) as the joint representative body in accordance with Article 2(h) of the Directive.

Whereas Decision No 1/99 of the EC/Denmark-Faroe Islands Joint Committee(3) replaced Protocol 1 of the Agreement concerning the tariff treatment and arrangements applicable to certain fish and fishery products released for free circulation in the Community or imported into the Faroes;

Decision No 2/1999 of the EC/EFTA Joint Committee on common transit provides that the CCN/CSI is to be used by all contracting Parties to the Convention(3) and that the financial participation of the partner countries and other related issues will be determined by mutual Agreement between the Community and each of the partner countries.

Decision No 2/1999 of the EC/EFTA Joint Committee on common transit provides that the CCN/CSI is to be used by all Contracting Parties to the Convention(3) and that the financial participation of the partner countries and other related issues will be determined by mutual agreement between the Community and each of the partner countries.

The implementation of the computerised system introduced by Decision No 1/1999 of the EC/EFTA Joint Committee on common transit(1) requires the setting up of an international computer network to make possible the exchange of information between the competent authorities of the Contracting Parties to the Convention of 20 May 1987 on a common transit procedure(2), hereinafter referred to as "the Convention".

The implementation of the computerised transit system provided for by Decision No 1/1999 of the EC/EFTA Joint Committee on common transit(1) requires the setting up of an international computer network to make possible the exchange of information between the competent authorities of the contracting Parties to the Convention of 20 May 1987 on a common transit procedure(2), hereinafter referred to as "the Convention".

Following the abolition of export refunds for all Community cheeses exported to Switzerland provided for in the Bilateral Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products (hereafter referred to as "the Agreement"), signed in Luxembourg on 21 June 1999, and approved by Council Decision of 28 February 2002(5), and in the interests of the simplification of customs formalities, the export of cheeses to Switzerland will be allowed on the basis of a simple export declaration accompanied by proof of origin, in accordance with Protocol No 3, concerning the definition of the concept 'of originating products' and methods of administrative cooperation, to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation of 22 July 1972, as last amended by Decision No 1/2001 of the EC-Switzerland Joint Committee of 24 January 2001(6), approved by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2840/72 of 19 December 1972(7).

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The executive agents shall set up an EC-Morocco Joint Scientific and Technical Cooperation Committee with responsibility for:

The executive agents shall set up an EC-Tunisia Joint Scientific and Technical Cooperation Committee with responsibility for:

The Group may issue recommendations to the Joint Committee regarding concerns raised by the representatives of either Canada or the EC.

The Commission shall notify the joint management committees provided for in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 2826/2000 of its decision.'

OJ No L 171, 27. 6. 1973, p. 1. Protocol as amended by Decision No 1/94 of the EC-Norway Joint Committee (OJ No L 204, 6. 8. 1994, p. 90).

decisions adopted by the Council during the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the EC Treaty and joint texts approved by the Conciliation Committee.

The EC Commission shall communicate to the EEA Joint Committee together with relevant background material at the latest on 30 May of each financial year:

Initial residue monitoring plan approved by veterinary sub-group EC/Andorra (in accordance with Decision No 2/1999 of EC/Andorra Joint Committee of 22 December 1999 - OJ L 31, 5.2.2000, p. 84).

The EC-Morocco Joint Scientific and Technical Cooperation Committee shall be composed of an equal number of representatives of the executive agents of each Party.

The EC-Tunisia Joint Scientific and Technical Cooperation Committee shall be composed of an equal number of representatives of the executive agents of each Party.

Note is taken of Annex 3 to Recommendation'No 1/94 of the EC-Switzerland Joint Committee on facilitating certain veterinary checks and formalities for animal products and live animals.

The EC Commission and the EFTA Surveillance Authority or the Standing Committee, as the case may be, shall consult each other and exchange information during the preparation of their respective reports, copies of which shall be sent to the EEA Joint Committee.

The experience gained since the entry into force of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2760/98 fn, notably through setting up joint cooperation committees and implementing joint programming documents, has highlighted the need for a further alignment of the eligible actions with Interreg.

If a dispute arises between an EC Member State and an EFTA State, the respective Contracting Parties shall submit the dispute for settlement by the EEA Joint Committee applying equivalent procedures.

The amounts expressed in ECU and their equivalents in the national currencies of the EC Member States and EFTA States shall be reviewed by the EEA Joint Committee at the request of a Contracting Party.

(k) any other arrangement adopted by the EC-Morocco Joint Scientific and Technical Cooperation Committee referred to in Article 4, and in conformity with the policies and procedures applicable in both Parties.

(k) any other arrangement adopted by the EC-Tunisia Joint Scientific and Technical Cooperation Committee referred to in Article 4, and in conformity with the policies and procedures applicable in both parties.

The Committee set up under Article 21 of Directive 96/48/EC has appointed the European Association for Railway Interoperability (AEIF) as the joint representative body in accordance with Article 2(h) of the Directive.

The JSTCC annual report shall be made available to the Joint Cooperation Committee established under the 1976 EC-Canada framework Agreement for commercial and economic cooperation and appropriate authorities of each party.

Protocol 3 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation signed at Brussels on 22 July 1972 (1), as amended by Decision No 1/2001 of the EC-Switzerland Joint Committee of 24 January 2001 (2).

Council Decision of 11 December 1997 laying down the procedure for adopting the Community's position in the Customs Union Joint Committee set up by Decision No 1/95 of the EC-Turkey Association Council on implementation of the final phase of the Customs Union

After checking programmes, the Commission shall notify the joint management committees provided for in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 2826/2000 of the programmes selected and their budgets no later than 31 July the first time and no later than 15 November thereafter.

(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 2790/1999 of 22 December 1999 on the application of Article 81(3) of the Treaty to categories of vertical agreements and concerted practices fn was incorporated into the Agreement through Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 18/2000 fn.

The EEA Joint Committee shall, from the entry into force of the Agreement, decide the terms and conditions for the participation of the EFTA States in the programmes established under the EC Council decisions mentioned below, or deriving therefrom, in the field of information services:

(3) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1400/2002 of 31 July 2002 on the application of Article 81(3) of the Treaty to categories of vertical agreements and concerted practices in the motor vehicle sector fn was incorporated into the Agreement through Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 136/2002 fn.

As soon as the general budget has been finally adopted by the budgetary authority the EC Commission shall communicate to the EEA Joint Committee the amounts which are entered therein 'for information` both in the statement of revenue and of expenditure corresponding to the participation of the EFTA States.

The provisions of Protocol 3 of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Iceland defining the concept of originating products and setting out the arrangements for administrative cooperation, as last amended by Decision No 1/94 of the EC-Iceland Joint Committee (5), shall apply.