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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-355/annex/article-5",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2015/355",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision (EU) 2015/355 of 2 March 2015 adopting the rules of procedure of the European Development Fund Committee",
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  "path": "annex/article/5",
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  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Documentation to be sent or submitted to the members of the Committee",
  "text": "1. The Chair shall send the invitation and the draft agenda of the meeting, as well as any draft measures about which the Committee is asked to give an opinion to the members of the Committee well in advance of the meeting, taking into account the urgency and the complexity of the matter, and in any case at least 21 calendar days before the date of the meeting. Other documents related to the meeting, in particular documents for information and an exchange of views, shall, as far as possible, be submitted within the same time limit.\nAll documents shall be submitted in accordance with Article 15(2) and (3).\n2. In cases of urgency, and where the measure to be adopted must be applied immediately, the Chair may, on his or her own initiative or at the request of a member of the Committee, shorten the time limit for submission of documents referred to in paragraph 1. That time limit shall not be shorter than seven calendar days. Such cases of urgency shall be duly justified in writing by the Commission.\n3. By way of exception, in cases of extreme urgency in a partner country or region, for example serious economic, social and political circumstances, natural disasters suffered by the recipient country, and humanitarian crises or other external circumstances of a similar nature requiring a very rapid reaction, the Chair may, at the request of a Committee member or on his or her own initiative, depart from the time limits laid down in paragraphs 1 and 2. Such cases of extreme urgency shall be duly justified in writing by the Commission.\n4. Paragraphs 2 and 3 shall not apply to Strategy Papers and Multiannual Indicative Programmes and their adjustment as a result of the mid-term and end-of-term reviews referred to in Article 7(2) of the 11th EDF Implementation Regulation.\n5. In the case of draft measures submitted to the Committee for its opinion by oral procedure, delegations shall inform the secretariat of the Committee in writing at least three working days before the date of the meeting of:\n(a) those items to which they can already give their assent in principle and that they propose to include as A items (with or without comments or requests for further information); and\n(b) those items that they think need discussion and that they propose to include as B items;\non the agenda referred to in Article 4(1).\nAt the request of a Member State, any A item may be submitted for discussion and transferred to the list of B items as early as possible before or, in exceptional cases, at the meeting.\nDelegations shall also formulate any comments and requests for further information in writing and, wherever possible, at least three working days before the date of the meeting.\nThe Commission shall provide further information and respond to any comments, wherever possible, in writing and at least one day before the meeting.\n6. On duly justified imperative grounds of urgency, the Commission may also use the procedure set out in Article 14(4) of the 11th EDF Implementation Regulation. In such cases, the Chair shall submit the measures to the Committee within 14 days from their adoption in order to obtain its opinion.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
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