# Council Decision of 26 March 2012 on the conclusion of the Regional Convention on pan-Euro-Mediterranean preferential rules of origin (2013/94/EU), Article 4


1. It shall be the responsibility of the Joint Committee to administer this Convention and ensure its proper implementation. For this purpose, it shall be regularly informed by the Contracting Parties about the experiences they have in the application of this Convention. The Joint Committee shall make recommendations, and in the cases provided for in paragraph 3, shall take decisions.
2. In particular the Joint Committee shall recommend to the Contracting Parties:
(a) explanatory notes and guidelines for the uniform application of this Convention;
(b) any other measures required for its application.
3. The Joint Committee shall adopt by decision:
(a) amendments to this Convention including amendments to the Appendixes;
(b) invitations to third parties to accede to this Convention in accordance with Article 5;
(c) transitional measures required in the case of the accession of new Contracting Parties.
Decisions referred to in this paragraph shall be put into effect by the Contracting Parties in accordance with their own legislation.
4. If a representative of a Contracting Party in the Joint Committee has accepted a decision subject to the fulfilment of fundamental legal requirements, the decision shall enter into force, if no date is contained therein, on the first day of the second month after the lifting of the reservation is notified.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2013/94/attachment/1/article/4 (the official version)
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