Council Decision (EU) 2022/2408 of 5 December 2022 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union in the Regional Steering Committee of the Transport Community as regards the amendment of the Regional Steering Committee rules of procedure, of the Staff Regulations, and as regards the introduction of the rules of procedure of the Conciliation Committee and of the rules on dispute settlement for the Transport Community Permanent Secretariat

The position to be taken on behalf of the Union in the Regional Steering Committee of the Transport Community regarding the amendment of its rules of procedure, the rules of procedure of the Conciliation Committee and the rules on dispute settlement for the Transport Community Permanent Secretariat, and the amendments to the Staff Regulations of the Transport Community shall be based on the draft decisions of the Regional Steering Committee attached to this Decision. Minor changes to the draft decisions may be agreed to by the representatives of the Union in the Regional Steering Committee without a further decision by the Council.

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.

The Staff Regulations of the Transport Community, adopted as set out in Annex II to Decision No 3/2019 of the Regional Steering Committee of the Transport Community of 5 June 2019, are amended as follows: (a) Section 14 is amended as follows: (i) point b, subparagraph (iii) is replaced by the following: ‘(iii) a representative of the preceding Presidency of the Regional Steering Committee’; (ii) point (c) is replaced by the following: ‘(c) The Conciliation Committee shall decide by unanimity.’; (b) Section 15 is amended as follows: (i) point (a) is replaced by the following: ‘(a) Any dispute between the Secretariat and a staff member concerning these Staff Regulations, the rules on recruitment, working conditions and geographical equilibrium or other relevant rules shall, in the second instance, be settled by the European Commission acting as the arbitrator.’; (ii) point (c) is replaced by the following: ‘(c) All dispute settlement proceedings shall take place in Belgrade or online, and the language of these proceedings shall be English. The Steering Committee shall lay down the rules on dispute settlement with a view to facilitating a timely procedure with reasonable costs to the parties.’.

The detailed Rules of Procedure of the Conciliation Committee and the rules on dispute settlement for the Transport Community Permanent Secretariat, attached to this decision, are hereby adopted.

Heading IV, point 4 of the Rules of Procedure of the Regional Steering Committee of the Transport Community is replaced by the following: ‘4. The draft agenda of the meeting shall be agreed by the Presidency and the Vice-Presidency. The draft agenda and any documents related to it shall be distributed to the members and the observers at least four weeks prior to the relevant meeting. The members may make comments and propose that new items be added. Material of interest to other states, international organisations or other bodies invited in accordance with paragraph 3 of Section II shall also be distributed to those other states, international organisations and other bodies.’