Considerations on COM(2011)267 - Conclusion by the EU of the amended Constitution and Rules of Procedure of the International Rubber Study Group Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on the conclusion by the EU of the amended Constitution and Rules of Procedure of the International Rubber Study Group

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table>(1)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.
(2)The Union is a member of the Group.

(3)Those Member States of the Union that were members of the Group have served formal notices of withdrawal and have withdrawn from the Group as from 1 July 2011.

(4)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.

(5)The signature, on behalf of the Union, of the Group’s amended Constitution and Rules of Procedure has been authorised by Council Decision 2011/664/EU (1) which also has provided for their application on a provisional basis, pending the completion of the procedures for their conclusion.

(6)The Group’s amended Constitution and Rules of Procedure should be approved,