# Council Decision (EU) 2019/524 of 21 March 2019 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Joint Committee established by the Strategic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Japan, of the other part, as regards the adoption of Rules of Procedure for the Joint Committee, Paragraph 9: Decisions and recommendations


1. Within its functions and tasks pursuant to Article 42 of the Agreement, the Joint Committee will make recommendations and adopt decisions, where appropriate. These will be entitled ‘Recommendation’ or ‘Decision’, followed by a serial number, the date of their adoption and a description of the subject matter. Each recommendation or decision will state the date of its entry into effect.
2. The Joint Committee makes recommendations and adopts decisions by consensus.
3. The Joint Committee may decide to make recommendations and adopt decisions by means of a written procedure through an exchange of notes between the Co-Chairs of the Joint Committee.
4. Recommendations and Decisions of the Joint Committee will be adopted in writing by the Co-Chairs.
5. Each Party may decide to publish the Joint Committee's recommendations and decisions in any appropriate medium.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2019/524/schedule/Annex to Decision No 1/2019/paragraph/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-524/schedule-Annex to Decision No 1/2019/paragraph-9
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