Paragraph 11 Decisions and recommendations

The Association Council shall take decisions and make recommendations by mutual agreement between the Parties and on completion of the respective internal procedures.

The Association Council may also take decisions or make recommendations by written procedure if the Parties so agree. For this purpose, the text of the proposal shall be circulated in writing by the Chair of the Association Council to its members pursuant to Article 7, with a time-limit of no less than 21 calendar days within which members shall make known any reservations or amendments they wish to make. The Chair may reduce the aforementioned time-limit in order to take account of the requirements of a particular case, in consultation with the Parties.

The acts of the Association Council, within the meaning of Article 463(1) of the Agreement, shall be entitled ‘Decision’ or ‘Recommendation’ respectively, followed by a serial number, the date of their adoption and a description of their subject-matter. Those decisions and recommendations of the Association Council shall be signed by the Chair and authenticated by the Secretaries of the Association Council. Those decisions and recommendations shall be circulated to each of the addressees referred to in Article 7 of these Rules of Procedure. Each Party may decide on the publication of the decisions and recommendations of the Association Council in its respective official publication.

Each decision of the Association Council shall enter into force on the date of its adoption unless the decision provides otherwise.