Paragraph 1 General provisions
The Cooperation Committee established in accordance with Article 269(1) of the Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Kazakhstan, of the other part (‘the Agreement’) shall assist the Cooperation Council in the performance of its duties and perform the tasks provided for in the Agreement and assigned to it by the Cooperation Council. Pursuant to Article 269(7) of the Agreement, the Cooperation Council shall determine the duties and functioning of the Cooperation Committee in its rules of procedure.
The Cooperation Committee shall prepare the meetings and deliberations of the Cooperation Council, implement the decisions of the Cooperation Council where appropriate and ensure continuity of the association relationship and the proper functioning of the Agreement in general. The Cooperation Committee shall consider any matter referred to it by the Cooperation Council as well as any other matter which may arise in the course of the day-to-day implementation of the Agreement. The Cooperation Committee shall submit proposals or any draft decisions or recommendations for adoption to the Cooperation Council.
In accordance with Article 269(2) of the Agreement, the Cooperation Committee shall be composed of representatives of the Parties, in principle at senior civil servant level. These representatives are responsible for specific issues to be addressed at any given meeting of the Cooperation Committee. In accordance with Article 2 of these Rules of Procedure, the Cooperation Committee shall be chaired alternately by a representative of the European Union and a representative of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Pursuant to Article 269(5) of the Agreement, when the Cooperation Committee meets in a special composition to address relevant issues related to Title III (Trade and Business) of the Agreement (‘trade configuration’), it shall be composed of officials of the European Commission and of the Republic of Kazakhstan who are responsible for trade and trade-related matters. In accordance with Article 2 of these Rules of Procedure, a senior representative of the European Commission or of the Republic of Kazakhstan who is responsible for trade and trade-related matters shall act as chair of the Cooperation Committee when it meets in a trade configuration. The meetings will also be attended by a representative of the European External Action Service.
In accordance with Article 269(4) of the Agreement the Cooperation Committee shall have the power to adopt decisions in the cases provided for in the Agreement and in areas where the Cooperation Council has delegated powers to it. Those decisions shall be binding upon the Parties, which shall take appropriate measures to implement them. The Cooperation Committee shall adopt its decisions by agreement between the Parties after the completion of the respective internal adoption procedures.
The Parties subject to these Rules of Procedure are those set out in Article 285 of the Agreement.