Commission Decision (EU) 2024/572

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THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom), and in particular Article 101, paragraph 2 thereof,Having regard to Council and Commission Decision of 26 February 2009 on the conclusion of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Albania (hereinafter referred to as ‘Albania’), of the other part, and in particular Article 2, paragraph 1 thereof,Having regard to the opening of accession negotiations between the European Union and Albania which took place on 19 July 2022,Whereas:

(1)Article 116 of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement establishes a Stabilisation and Association Council.

(2)Article 117 (2) of said Agreement provides that the Stabilisation and Association Council shall establish its rules of procedure.

(3)Article 120 (4) of said Agreement provides that the Stabilisation and Association Council may decide to set up other special committees or bodies that can assist it in carrying out its duties. The same provision of said Agreement further provides that the Stabilisation and Association Council shall, in its rules of procedure, determine the composition and duties of such committees or bodies and how they shall function

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