COMMISSION DECISION

of 15 November 2016

establishing the position to be taken on behalf of the European Atomic Energy Community within the Stabilisation and Association Council established by the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and Kosovo, of the other part, concerning a Decision of the Stabilisation and Association Council adopting its rules of procedure

(2016/C 453/10)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 101(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Article 126 of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and Kosovo

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, of the other part (‘the Agreement’), establishes a Stabilisation and Association Council.

(2) Article 127(2) of the Agreement provides that the Stabilisation and Association Council is to adopt its own rules of procedure.

(3) Article 129(1) of the Agreement provides that the Stabilisation and Association Council is to be assisted by a Stabilisation and Association Committee (‘the Committee’).

(4) Article 129(2) of the Agreement provides that the Stabilisation and Association Council is to, in its rules of procedure, determine the duties of the Committee and that the Stabilisation and Association Council may delegate any of its powers to the Committee.

(5) Article 131 of the Agreement provides that the Stabilisation and Association Council may decide to set up other special committees or bodies that can assist it in carrying out its duties. It further provides that the Stabilisation and Association Council shall, in its rules of procedure, determine the composition and the duties of such committees and bodies and how they are to function,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Sole Article

The position to be adopted on behalf of the European Atomic Energy Community, within the Stabilisation and Association Council established by Article 126 of the Agreement, in relation to a Decision of this Stabilisation and Association Council adopting its rules of procedure shall be based on the draft Decision of the Stabilisation and Association Council, annexed to the Council Decision 2016/1232 of 18 July 2016 establishing the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Stabilisation and Association Council established by the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and Kosovo, of the other part, concerning a Decision of the Stabilisation and Association Council adopting its rules of procedure(1).

Minor amendments to this Decision may be accepted without further decision by the Commission.

Done at Brussels, 15 November 2016.

For the Commission

Johannes HAHN

Member of the Commission

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  This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.

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OJ L 202, 28.7.2016, p. 27

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