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THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 91 and Article 100(2), in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,Whereas:
(1)The Treaty establishing the Transport Community (‘TCT’) was signed by the Union in accordance with Council Decision (EU) 2017/1937note.
(2)The TCT was approved on behalf of the Union by means of Council Decision (EU) 2019/392note and entered into force on 1 May 2019.
(3)Article 24 of the TCT establishes the Regional Steering Committee of the Transport Community (the ‘Regional Steering Committee’). Pursuant to Article 24(1) of the TCT, the Regional Steering Committee is responsible for the administration of the TCT and is to ensure the proper implementation of the TCT.
(4)Pursuant to Article 30 of the TCT, the Regional Steering Committee is to lay down the rules of the Permanent Secretariat (the ‘Secretariat’) established by Article 28 of the TCT, in particular for the recruitment, working conditions and geographic equilibrium of the Secretariat’s staff.
(5)On 5 June 2019, the Staff Regulations of the Transport Community were adopted as Annex II to Decision No 2019/3note of the Regional Steering Committee. The rules on maternity leave of the staff members of the Secretariat (the ‘rules on maternity leave’) are set out in Section 10.4 of Annex II.
(6)The Regional Steering Committee intends to adopt a decision amending the rules on maternity leave. The amendment of those rules is necessary for the proper functioning of the Secretariat.
(7)It is appropriate to establish the position to be taken on the Union’s behalf within the Regional Steering Committee with regard to the amendment of the rules on maternity leave as such amendment will have legal effects.
(8)The position of the Union within the Regional Steering Committee should therefore be based on the attached draft decision,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
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The position to be taken on behalf of the Union within the Regional Steering Committee of the Transport Community (the ‘Regional Steering Committee’) with regard to the amendment of the rules on maternity leave of the staff members of the Permanent Secretariat of the Transport Community set out in Annex II (Staff Regulations of the Transport Community) to Decision No 2019/3 of the Regional Steering Committee shall be based on the draft decision of the Regional Steering Committee attached to this Decision.Minor changes to the draft decision may be agreed to by the representatives of the Union in the Regional Steering Committee without further decision by the Council.
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