Common use of Decisions and recommendations Clause in Contracts

Decisions and recommendations. 1. In accordance with Article 102 of the Agreement, the Joint Council shall adopt decisions or recommendations by consensus in the cases provided for in the Agreement. 2. Where the Joint Council is empowered under the Agreement to adopt decisions or recommendations, such acts shall be entitled 'Decision' or 'Recommendation' respectively in the minutes. The Secretariat shall give any adopted decision or recommendation a serial number, the date of adoption and a description of its subject-matter. Each decision or recommendation shall provide for the date of its entry into force. 3. In the event that a SADC EPA State is unable to attend a Joint Council meeting, the decisions or recommendations agreed to during that meeting shall be communicated to that member by the Secretariat. The SADC EPA State concerned shall provide a written response within ten (10) calendar days from dispatch of the decisions or recommendations, indicating those decisions or recommendations it disagrees with, including the reasons thereof. In the absence of that written response within the given deadline, the decisions or recommendations shall be deemed adopted. In the event that the SADC EPA State that did not attend the meeting disagrees with one or several decisions or recommendations, the Parties shall endeavour to resolve the outstanding issues by written procedure or by electronic means as provided for in paragraph 4. 4. In the period between meetings, the Joint Council may adopt decisions or recommendations by written procedure or by electronic means if both Parties so agree. A written procedure shall consist of an exchange of notes between representatives of the Parties. 5. Decisions and recommendations adopted by the Joint Council shall be authenticated by two original copies signed by a representative of the European Commission on behalf of the EU Party and by a representative of the SADC EPA States.