# Council Decision (EU) 2019/234 of 5 February 2019 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Joint Council established under the Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the SADC EPA States, of the other part, as regards the adoption of the rules of procedure of the Joint Council and of the Trade and Development Committee, Article 4: Secretariat

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

1. The General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union and the European Commission on the one hand, and the SADC EPA Unit within the SADC Secretariat on the other hand, shall act alternately for periods of 12 months as the Secretariat of the Joint Council (‘the Secretariat’). Those periods shall coincide with the chairmanship arrangements established under Article 1(4) and (5).
2. On the part of the EU Party, provisional agendas and draft minutes shall be drawn up by the European Commission and all official documents intended for, or emanating from, the Joint Council shall be circulated by the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2019/234/annex/I/article/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-234/annex-I/article-4
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