# Council Decision (EU) 2017/189 of 16 January 2017 on the positions to be adopted on behalf of the European Union within the Sanitary and Phytosanitary Management Sub-Committee, the Trade and Sustainable Development Sub-Committee, the Customs Sub-Committee and the Sub-Committee on Geographical Indications established pursuant to the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part, as regards the adoption of the Rules of Procedure of those Sub-Committees, Paragraph 3: Meetings


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

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2017/189/schedule/ANNEX/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-189/schedule-ANNEX/paragraph-3
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