# Council Decision of 31 December 1998 adopting the Statutes of the Economic and Financial Committee (1999/8/EC), Article 13

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

The Committee shall be assisted by a Secretariat under the direction of a Secretary. The Secretary and the Secretariat’s staff shall be supplied by the Commission. The Secretary shall be appointed by the Commission after consultation of the Committee. The Secretary and his staff shall act on the instructions of the Committee when carrying out their responsibilities towards the Committee.
The expenses of the Committee shall be included in the estimates of the Commission.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/1999/8/annex/article/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1999-8/annex/article-13
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