Decision No 1/2004 of the EU/Iceland and Norway Mixed Committee established by the Agreement concluded by the Council of the European Union and the Republic of Iceland and the Kingdom of Norway concerning the latters' association in the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis amending Decision No 1/1999 of 29 June 1999 adopting its Rules of Procedure

(2004/C 308/01)

THE MIXED COMMITTEE,

Having regard to Article 15(2) of its Rules of Procedure [1],

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Rules of Procedure of the Mixed Committee are amended as follows:

In Article 1 the following sentence is added after the last sentence:

"The delegations representing the Governments of Iceland and Norway may cede the chair of the Mixed Committee meeting at the level of senior officials and Ministers to another delegation prepared to perform that function".

Subparagraph 2 of Article 5 is modified as follows:

"The presence of at least half of the members of the Council, of the delegation of Iceland and of the delegation of Norway at ministerial level and of the member of Commission is required to enable the Mixed Committee to take decisions".

Article 2

This Decision shall take effect on the date of its adoption.

Article 3

This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union. Iceland and Norway shall be responsible for its official publication in their respective countries.

Done at Luxembourg, 26 October 2004.

For the Mixed Committee

The Chairperson

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[1] OJ C 211, 23.7.1999, p. 9.