Paragraph 9 Agenda for the meetings

A provisional annotated agenda for each meeting shall be drawn up by the Secretary of the EPA Committee on the basis of proposals made by the Parties. It shall be forwarded by the Secretary of the EPA Committee to the Parties no later than three weeks before the beginning of the meeting.

The provisional annotated agenda shall include the items for which a request for inclusion in the agenda has been received by the Secretary no later than one month before the beginning of the meeting, although such items will not be included in the provisional agenda unless the relevant supporting documents have been received by the Secretary no later than the date of dispatch of the provisional agenda.

The agenda shall be adopted by the EPA 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 Parties so agree.

The Co-chairs of the EPA Committee, in agreement with the Parties, may invite experts to attend its meetings in order to provide information on specific subjects.

With the agreement of the Parties, the Secretary may abridge the time limit specified in paragraph 1 in order to take account of the requirements of a particular case.