# Council Decision (EU) 2017/477 of 3 March 2017 on the position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union within the Cooperation Council established under 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 as regards the working arrangements of the Cooperation Council, the Cooperation Committee, specialised subcommittees or any other bodies, Paragraph 9: Agendas for meetings


1. A provisional agenda for each meeting of the Cooperation Committee as well as draft operational conclusions as provided for in Article 10 shall be drawn up by the secretariat of the Cooperation Committee on the basis of proposals made by the Parties. The provisional agenda shall include items which the secretariat of the Cooperation Committee has received for inclusion in the agenda by a Party. Agenda items shall be supported by relevant documents and submitted no later than 21 calendar days before the meeting.
2. The provisional agenda, together with the relevant documents, shall be circulated in accordance with Article 7 and no later than 15 calendar days before the meeting.
3. The agenda shall be adopted by the Cooperation Committee at the start of each meeting. Any item other than those featuring on the provisional agenda may be added on the agenda if the Parties so agree.
4. The chair of the Cooperation Committee meeting may, upon agreement of the other Party, invite representatives of other bodies of the Parties or independent experts in a subject area on an ad hoc basis, to attend meetings of the Cooperation Committee in order to provide information on specific subjects. The Parties shall ensure that those representatives or experts respect any confidentiality requirements.
5. The chair of the Cooperation Committee meeting may reduce, in consultation with the Parties, the periods of time provided for in paragraphs 1 and 2 in order to take account of special circumstances.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2017/477/schedule/ANNEX II/paragraph/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-477/schedule-ANNEX II/paragraph-9
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