# Council Decision (EU) 2019/1908 of 8 November 2019 on the position to be taken, on behalf of the European Union, in the Council for Trade in Goods of the World Trade Organization as regards the rules of procedure of the Committee on Trade Facilitation, Chapter V — Officers

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(e) Rules 12, 13 and 14 should be amended to authorise the Committee to elect a Vice-Chairperson. Accordingly, Rules 12, 13 and 14 should read as follows:
‘Rule 12. The Committee shall elect a Chairperson and may elect a Vice-Chairperson from among the representatives of Members. The election shall take place at the first meeting of the year and shall take effect at the end of the meeting. The Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson shall hold office until the end of the first meeting of the following year.
Rule 13. If the Chairperson is absent from any meeting or part thereof, the Vice-Chairperson shall perform the functions of the Chairperson. If no Vice-Chairperson was elected or if the Vice-Chairperson is not present, the Committee shall elect an interim Chairperson for that meeting or that part of the meeting.
Rule 14. If the Chairperson can no longer perform the functions of the office, the Committee shall designate the Vice-Chairperson referred to in Rule 12 or, if no Vice-Chairperson was elected it shall elect an interim Chairperson to perform those functions pending the election of a new Chairperson.’

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2019/1908/annex/chapter/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-1908/annex/chapter-3
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