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Article 4 MNEPR Committee

Article 4
MNEPR Committee

 

1. To facilitate cooperation and to exchange information under the MNEPR, the Parties hereby establish the MNEPR Committee. The MNEPR Committee shall be composed of one authorised official/governmental representative of each of the Parties, who shall also serve as a contact point for all questions of relevance to the MNEPR.

2. The MNEPR Committee may:

- discuss the development and implementation of projects and any other form of cooperation under this Agreement,

- discuss relevant activities under other bilateral or multilateral agreements or arrangements,

- coordinate funding for projects under Article 3.1(c),

- identify obstacles and problems encountered in the implementation of projects, and make recommendations regarding their resolution,

- establish working groups as required for the functioning of the MNEPR Committee,

- discuss and make recommendations on other matters relevant to the operation of MNEPR activities, and

- invite States, intergovernmental organisations or regional economic integration organisations being subject to public international law to accede in accordance with Article 16.

3. The MNEPR Committee shall adopt its Rules of Procedure.

4. The MNEPR Committee shall elect two co-chairpersons for 12 month periods from among representatives of the Parties, one from among the Contributing Parties and one representing the Russian Party.

5. The MNEPR Committee may decide to admit as observers any interested State, intergovernmental organisation or regional economic integration organisation being subject to public international law not party to this Agreement. Where a coordinator has been designated according to Article 5, that coordinator shall be admitted as an observer to meetings of the MNEPR Committee, where relevant.

6. Decisions and recommendations of the MNEPR Committee shall be made by consensus.