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International Rubber Study Group: amended Constitution and Rules of Procedure

2011/0116(NLE)

PURPOSE: to approve, on behalf of the European Union, the amended Constitution and Rules of Procedure of the International Rubber Study Group (IRSG).

NON-LEGISLATIVE ACT: Council Decision 2012/283/EU on the conclusion by the European Union of the amended Constitution and Rules of Procedure of the International Rubber Study Group.

CONTENT: the Council approved the conclusion of an amended constitution and rules of procedure of the international rubber study group, following the consent given by the European Parliament.

Further to several rounds of negotiation, on 14 July 2011 the Heads of Delegation of the International Rubber Study Group (‘the Group’) agreed on the text of the amendments to the Group’s Constitution and Rules of Procedure.

Those Member States of the Union that were members of the Group have served formal notices of withdrawal and have withdrawn from the Group as from 1 July 2011.

The adoption of the Group’s amended Constitution and Rules of Procedure is indispensable for confirming the Group’s new Headquarters and for making explicit provisions regarding the status of the Union within the Group, as well as for realigning the organisational structure, budget contributions and decision-making procedures.

ENTRY INTO FORCE: 24/04/2012.