E2001G0001

Decision of the Standing Committee of the EFTA States

No 1/2001/SC

of 24 January 2001

amending the Rules of Procedure of the Standing Committee of the EFTA States

THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE EFTA STATES,

Having regard to the Agreement on a Standing Committee of the EFTA States as adjusted by the Protocol Adjusting the Agreement on a Standing Committee of the EFTA States, hereinafter referred to as the Agreement, and in particular Article 7 thereof,

Having regard to Decision of the Standing Committee of the EFTA States No 2/95/SC of 18 May 1995 amending the Rules of Procedure of the Standing Committee of the EFTA States,

Whereas the EFTA States have agreed to amend the Rules of Procedure of the Standing Committee regarding the Chairmanship of subcommittees and working groups,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Decision of the Standing Committee No 1/94/SC (Rules of Procedure) shall be amended as follows:

1. The following shall be added in Article 19(2): ", following a timely written proposal by an EFTA State to the Chairman of the Standing Committee."

2. The following paragraph shall be added in Article 20: "2. The Chairman of each working group shall be appointed by the relevant subcommittee, following a timely written proposal by the working group to the Chairman of the subcommittee concerned."

3. The current text of Article 20 shall become paragraph 1.

Article 2

This Decision shall take immediate effect.

Article 3

This Decision shall be published in the EEA section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Communities.

Done at Brussels, 24 January 2001.

For the Standing Committee

The President

N. v. Liechtenstein