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Section 1 U.K. The EEA Council
Article 89U.K.
1.An EEA Council is hereby established. It shall, in particular, be responsible for giving the political impetus in the implementation of this Agreement and laying down the general guidelines for the EEA Joint Committee.
To this end, the EEA Council shall assess the overall functioning and the development of the Agreement. It shall take the political decisions leading to amendments of the Agreement.
2.The Contracting Parties, as to the Community and the EC Member States in their respective fields of competence, may, after having discussed it in the EEA Joint Committee, or directly in exceptionally urgent cases, raise in the EEA Council any issue giving rise to a difficulty.
3.The EEA Council shall by decision adopt its rules of procedure.
Article 90U.K.
1.The EEA Council shall consist of the members of the Council of the European Communities and members of the EC Commission, and of one member of the Government of each of the EFTA States.
Members of the EEA Council may be represented in accordance with the conditions to be laid down in its rules of procedure.
2.Decisions by the EEA Council shall be taken by agreement between the Community, on the one hand, and the EFTA States, on the other.
Article 91U.K.
1.The office of President of the EEA Council shall be held alternately, for a period of six months, by a member of the Council of the European Communities and a member of the Government of an EFTA State,
2.The EEA Council shall be convened twice a year by its President. The EEA Council shall also meet whenever circumstances so require, in accordance with its rules of procedure.
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