# Council Decision (EU) 2015/178 of 27 January 2015 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Sanitary and Phytosanitary Sub-Committee, the Customs Sub-Committee and the Geographical Indications Sub-Committee established by the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Moldova, of the other part, as regards the adoption of decisions of the Sanitary and Phytosanitary Sub-Committee, the Customs Sub-Committee and the Geographical Indications Sub-Committee on their Rules of Procedure, Paragraph 3: Meetings


1. Save as otherwise agreed by the Parties, the SPS Sub-Committee shall meet within three months after the entry into force of the Agreement, at the request of either Party thereafter, or at least once a year.
2. Each meeting of the SPS Sub-Committee shall be convened by its Chair at a place and on a date agreed by the Parties. The notice convening the meeting shall be issued by the Chair of the SPS Sub-Committee no later than 28 calendar days prior to the start of the meeting, unless the Parties agree otherwise.
3. Whenever possible, the regular meeting of the SPS Sub-Committee shall be convened in due time in advance of the regular meeting of the Association Committee in Trade configuration.
4. The meetings of the SPS Sub-Committee may be held by any agreed technological means such as video or audio-conference.
5. The SPS Sub-Committee may address any issue out of session, by correspondence.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2015/178/schedule/ANNEX/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-178/schedule-ANNEX/paragraph-3
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.