Article 9 Decisions and recommendations

The Joint Committee may adopt its decisions or recommendations by consensus of the Parties, in accordance with Article 6(4) of the Agreement.

The Joint Committee may decide to adopt decisions or recommendations by means of a written procedure. In such cases, the Parties will mutually decide upon a time-limit for the duration of the procedure. If at the expiry of that time-limit, no Party has expressed opposition to the proposed decision or recommendation, the co-chairs will declare the decision or recommendation to have been adopted by mutual consent.

Decisions and recommendations of the Joint Committe will be entitled ‘Decision’ or ‘Recommendation’, followed by a serial number, the date of their adoption and a description of the subject matter. Each decision will state the date of its entry into force.

Decisions and recommendations adopted by the Joint Committee will be drawn up in duplicate and signed by the co-chairs.

Each Party may decide to publish the Joint Committee's decisions and recommendations in its respective official publication.