Paragraph 10 Agendas for the Meetings

A provisional agenda for each meeting shall be drawn up by the Secretariat of the Association Committee on the basis of proposals made by the Parties. It shall be forwarded, together with the relevant documents, to the Chair of the Association Committee and its Members no later than 15 calendar days before the beginning of the meeting as documents referred to in Article 8 of these Rules of Procedure.

The provisional agenda shall include items in respect of which the Secretariat of the Association Committee has received a request for inclusion in the agenda by a Party, together with the relevant documents, no later than 21 calendar days before the beginning of the meeting.

The agenda shall be adopted by the Association Committee at the beginning of each meeting. Items other than those appearing on the provisional agenda may be placed on the agenda if the Parties so agree.

The Chairperson of the session of the Association Committee may, upon agreement, invite observers on an ad-hoc basis to attend its meetings or experts in order to provide information on specific subjects.

The Chairperson of the session of the Association Committee may reduce, in consultation with the Parties, the time periods specified in paragraphs 1 and 2 in order to take account of the requirements of a particular case.