Article 1General provisions1.The Association Committee established in accordance with Article 464(1) of the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other (‘the Agreement’), shall assist the Association Council in the performance of its duties and perform the tasks provided for in the Agreement and assigned to it by the Association Council. Pursuant to Article 465(1) of the Agreement, the Association Council shall determine in its Rules of Procedure the duties and functioning of the Association Committee.2.The Association Committee shall prepare the meetings and the deliberations of the Association Council, implement the decisions of the Association Council where appropriate and ensure continuity of the association relationship and the proper functioning of the Agreement in general. The Association Committee shall consider any matter referred to it by the Association Council as well as any other matter which may arise in the course of the day-to-day implementation of the Agreement. The Association Committee shall submit proposals or any draft decisions or recommendations for adoption to the Association Council.3.As provided for in Article 464(2) of the Agreement, the Association Committee shall be composed of representatives of the Parties, in principle at senior civil servant level, who are responsible for specific issues to be addressed at any given meeting.4.Pursuant to Article 465(4) of the Agreement, when the Association Committee in Trade configuration, as set out in Article 465(4) of the Agreement (‘the Association Committee in Trade configuration’), performs the tasks conferred upon it under Title IV of the Agreement, it shall be composed of senior officials of the European Commission and of Ukraine who are responsible for trade and trade-related matters. A representative of the European Commission or of Ukraine who is responsible for trade and trade-related matters shall act as Chair of the Association Committee in accordance with Article 2 of these Rules of Procedure. The meetings will also be attended by a representative of the European External Action Service.5.As provided for in Article 465(3) of the Agreement, the Association Committee shall have the power to adopt decisions in the cases provided for in the Agreement and in areas in which the Association Council has delegated powers to it. Those decisions shall be binding upon the Parties, which shall take appropriate measures to implement them. The Association Committee shall adopt its decisions by agreement between the Parties after the completion of the respective internal procedures for their adoption.6.The Parties in these Rules of Procedure shall be defined as provided for in Article 482 of the Agreement.