EPA Committee Sample Clauses

EPA Committee. 1. For the purposes of implementing this Agreement, an EPA Committee will be established within 3 months from the date of signature of this Agreement. 2. The Parties agree that the composition, organisation and operation of this EPA Committee will respect the principle of equality. The Committee will determine its organisation and functioning rules. 3. The EPA Committee is responsible for the administration in all fields covered by this Agreement and the achievement of all tasks mentioned in this Agreement. 4. In order to ease communication and ensure an effective implementation of the present Agreement, each Party will designate a focal point within the Committee. 5. The EPA Committee meetings may be open to third parties. ECOWAS Commission may be invited to the EPA Committee meetings, according to its internal procedures.
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EPA Committee. 1. For the purposes of implementing this Agreement, an EPA Committee shall be established within three months from the date of signature of this Agreement. 2. The Parties agree that the composition, organisation and operation of this EPA Committee will respect the principle of equality. The Committee shall determine the rules governing its organisation and operation. 3. The EPA Committee shall be responsible for the administration of all the fields covered by this Agreement and for the achievement of all the tasks mentioned in this Agreement. 4. In order to facilitate communication and ensure the effective implementation of this Agreement, each Party shall designate a correspondent within the EPA Committee. 5. The EPA Committee meetings may be open to third parties. The West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) and ECOWAS Commissions may be invited to the EPA Committee meetings, in accordance with their internal procedures.
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EPA Committee. 1. An EPA Committee is hereby established. 2. The EPA Committee shall be responsible for the administration of all matters under this Agreement including development cooperation as provided for under article 53 and for the fulfilment of any of the tasks mentioned in this Agreement. 3. The EPA Committee shall be composed of representatives of the Parties. Each Party determines the organisation of its representation. 4. The EPA Committee shall adopt its rules of procedure within three months of entry into force of the interim agreement.
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EPA Committee. 1. To implement this Agreement, an EPA Committee shall hereby be set up. 2. The EPA Committee shall be composed of representatives of the Parties. Each Party determines the organisation of its representation. 3. The EPA Committee shall determine the rules governing its organisation and operation. 4. Except as otherwise provided for in paragraph 5 of this Article, the EPA Committee shall be responsible for the administration of all areas covered by this Agreement and for the completion of all tasks referred to in this Agreement. 5. The EPA Committee shall not be responsible for dialogue, consultations held or measures taken (as referred to in Annex IV) relating to the essential and fundamental elements of this Agreement. 6. The EPA Committee shall reach its decisions by consensus. 7. Inorder to facilitate communication and ensure the effective implementation of this Agreement, each Party shall designate a focal point. 8. Any decisions adopted by the EPA Committee established by the EU-Central Africa iEPA before that Agreement ceased to apply to the UK shall, to the extent those decisions relate to the Parties to this Agreement and unless the Parties agree otherwise, be deemed to have been adopted, mutatis mutandis, by the EPA Committee which the Parties establish under paragraph 1 of this Article. 9. In this Article, a reference to decisions adopted by the "EPA Committee established by the EU-Central Africa EPA" shall be understood as also including decisions adopted by any special committees or bodies established by that Committee. 10. Nothing in paragraph 8 prevents the EPA Committee established by this Agreement from making decisions which are different to, modify, revoke or supersede the decisions deemed to have been adopted under that paragraph.
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EPA Committee. For the purposes of implementing this Agreement, an EPA Committee shall be established within three months from the date of signature of this Agreement.
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EPA Committee. 1. an EPa Committee is hereby established. inconsistency between provisions of WTO agreements or decisions of WTO bodies or Committees on the one part and provisions of this agreement, the latter shall always prevail in respect of Signatory ESa States who are not members of the WTO.
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  • Joint Committee 10.1 The Councils shall form the joint committee ("Joint Committee") for the purpose of overseeing and co-ordinating the discharge of the Councils' obligations in relation to the City Deal and to carry out the functions set out in Schedule 2 (Joint Committee Terms of Reference) and the Joint Committee shall be known as the "Cardiff Capital Region Joint Cabinet", "Joint Cabinet" or "Regional Cabinet" (as the context requires). 10.2 The Joint Committee may carry out such other functions as the Councils determine from time to time and approve as a "Matter Reserved To The Councils". 10.3 The Joint Committee shall not have power to approve any "Matter Reserved To The Councils" pursuant of Clause 9.1.3 ("Matter Reserved To The Councils"). 10.4 Each Council shall appoint one (1) elected member representative to the Joint Committee. The Chairperson of the Joint Committee shall be an elected member representative of a Council appointed to the Joint Committee and shall rotate amongst the Councils on an annual basis. 10.5 Each Council shall be entitled from time to time to appoint a deputy for its representative but such deputy (in each case) shall only be entitled to attend meetings of the Joint Committee in the absence of his or her corresponding principal. 10.6 Each Council shall be entitled to invite appropriate third parties to observe Joint Committee Meetings and such third parties shall be entitled to take part in such Joint Committee Meetings at the discretion of the Chairperson of the Joint Committee. Such observers shall not have a vote. 10.7 The Regional Programme Director shall attend the Joint Committee meetings but shall not have the right to vote on any Joint Committee Matters. 10.8 Each Council may, at their discretion, replace their representatives (and their respective deputies) appointed to the Joint Committee, provided that:- 10.8.1 at all times, they have representatives appointed to the Joint Committee in accordance with the roles identified in Schedule 2 (Joint Committee Terms of Reference); and 10.8.2 any such replacement shall have no lesser status or authority than that set out in Schedule 2 (Joint Committee Terms of Reference) unless otherwise agreed by the Councils. 10.9 The Joint Committee shall meet on at least a quarterly basis during the second Accounting Period and thereafter as and when required in accordance with the timetable for the City Deal and, in any event, at appropriate times and on reasonable notice (to be issued through the Regional Programme Director) to carry out the Joint Committee Matters referred to in Schedule 1 (Delegations Policy) and in carrying out such activities. 10.10 The Regional Programme Director shall circulate a meeting agenda and any relevant information wherever possible at least five (5) Business Days prior to the Joint Committee meeting and any representative may add to the meeting agenda (i) prior to the Joint Committee meeting by written request to the Regional Programme Director and/or (ii) by request to the Chairperson at the start of the Joint Committee meeting. 10.11 The quorum necessary for a Joint Committee meeting shall be an elected member or appropriate deputy appointed pursuant to Clause 10.5 (Joint Committee) from at least seven (7) of the Councils at the relevant time. 10.12 At meetings of the Joint Committee each elected member or appropriate deputy appointed pursuant to Clause 10.5 (Joint Committee) above from each Council shall have one vote. The Chairperson shall be granted a casting vote provided always that the Councils agree and acknowledge that the Chairperson shall not under any circumstances exercise such casting vote. Decisions at meetings of the Joint Committee will be taken by a majority vote of a quorate meeting. The Regional Programme Director shall not have a vote. 10.13 If, at a meeting of the Joint Committee, a matter is not determined pursuant to Clause 10.12 above, that matter ("JC Unresolved Matter") shall be deferred for consideration at the next Joint Committee meeting which shall be convened within ten (10) Business Days of that meeting. If at the reconvened Joint Committee meeting the JC Unresolved Matter is not determined, the JC Unresolved Matter shall become a "Matter Reserved To The Councils" and shall be deferred for consideration by each Council. Each Council shall each use its reasonable endeavours to convene a full Council meeting of its councillors as soon as reasonably practicable and in any event within three (3) weeks of the Joint Committee Meeting. Where a JC Unresolved Matter is referred to each Council as a "Matter Reserved to each Council" and is not approved unanimously by each Council, the JC Unresolved Matter shall not be agreed and shall not be implemented by the Joint Committee. 10.14 Each Council shall provide all information reasonably required upon request by the Joint Committee to the Regional Programme Director and shall comply with any decisions of the Joint Committee to request such information. 10.15 Each Council shall consult with the other Councils to ensure the diligent progress of the day to day matters relating to the discharge of the Councils' obligations in relation to the City Deal. 10.16 Where a Council wishes to provide any information and/or serve a notice or demand on the Joint Committee, this should be served on the Regional Programme Director in accordance with Clause 23.3 (Notices). The Regional Programme Director shall keep a record of all information, notices and demands received and shall update each representative promptly. 10.17 The Councils agree and acknowledge that the Joint Committee shall adopt the Accountable Body's prevailing contract standing orders, financial procedure rules, codes of conduct and such other applicable policies and procedures for and behalf of the Councils in the discharge of its obligations under this Agreement.

  • Union Committee The Union shall appoint and maintain a Committee comprising persons who are employees of the Employer, and/or the Senior Union Official, or her/his representative, which shall be known as the Union Committee. The Union at all times shall keep the Employer informed of the individual membership of the Committee.