Article 10 Third parties and experts

Representatives of acceding countries shall be invited to attend the meetings of the Committee as from the date of signature of the Treaty of Accession.

The Chair may decide to invite representatives of other third parties or other experts to talk on specific points on the agenda of the Committee, on his or her own initiative or at the request of a member of the Committee. However, a simple majority of Member States may oppose their participation in the meeting.

Representatives of third parties and experts referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 and those mentioned in Article 9(2) shall not be present during, and shall not participate in, the voting of the Committee.